Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1878, Page 2

THE ROS DIT3 © John T. C. Clark, esq., of this city, who | ‘has the somewhat opposing characteristics of | a thoroughly efficient magistrate, and an in- telligent and enthusiastic amateur florist, Supplies to the Floral and Fruit Musazine issued in Washington. (and which by the way is a decidedly meritorious publication,) the following matter concerning his favorite flower, the rose: ‘The rose is Na‘ure’s moralist: appear The smile of Hope, the biush of Love, and Sor- Tow’s tender tear."? | This beautiful flower has long maintained re-eminence as the queen of flowers, and has tee the theme of the poet. Other flowers bave tleir merits, being beautiful and fra- grant, but cannot rival the Rose. . ; The lapse of ages has not impaired its claims to superiority, and every year its num- bers are increased, with new features; so1 are favorites in color and character, adding new forms and colors, increasing in claims as the Queen of Flora. Formerly, most roses were similar in form ard color, and cot of a few meagre petals. Now they number thousands, em- maciig every hue of color, from pure white to dark crimson purple, beth large and small, apted to most situations. There is no the variety and beauty of its forms and colors. The love iness of its flowers exalts our con- cepticns of the wisdom and goodness of the Crea‘or. It sends to Heaven its grateful fra- grarce, and to man its smiles: and is the pro- nr oter of human joy and soother of sorrow—fit emblem of the victors triumph, the young Lride’s blu~he nd the sorrow of the tomb. In the cultivation of the rose we experience an exquis.te pleasure. It is a sense of the peautiful—a faculty of the soul—which is awakened. We perceive in its colors, forms, and the delightful odors the harm yny of Nature. “They recall the past and fo: Shacow the future: and if their fading hues and seat ered petals tell of biighted hopes and departed joys of early life. so do their burst ing seed and fresh shoots whisper of a future which shall restore in fresh beauty and un- fading verdure ihe loved, the che upon its leat the le ft usthen endeavor to reser er ot ih uilts of Nature. Dive pep ta € tho coil is a Very essen- lal requisite suceesstul cul vit When forke deep, and the bottom um ot | BLE THEATRI PERFORMANCE. Rignold at Colorado Springs—Henry V. Per- formed on a Stage 16 Feet by 20—King Henry Compelled to Stoop to Conquer Under the Low Ceiling—How he Emptied Lordon of its Popa- ion when he Entered on his Battle Horse, [Correspondence of The Star. COLORADO SPRINGS, CoL., May 1878, There has to night, May 29th, occurred in this town a memorable scene in theatrical perform- ances. Mr.Geo. Rignold, let it be hoped en- tirely through his manager, has been adver- tised for a week past to appear at Colorado Springs, in the play of Henry V. To-night.a kingly throne representing the princely char- acter of Harry, King Henry V. The stage on which he was to stride with majestic step was 16 by 20 feet; the hall he was to fill with the words of Shakespeare could contain at its ut- most 40) people. At the first Interval in his speech, the words ‘My God!" which he ut- tered. were not in the play, but they very ful- ly expressed the agony with which he coutem- plated the performance of a grand farce. IT WAS A SAD SIGHT to witness one of our greatest tragedians brought to such disadvantages; and it was a relief when the first act, cut down as it was never mutilated before, closed. He had an opportunity for rest and recovery in the sub- lime performance of the orchestra, consisting one fiddle, and nothing more. re appy in all thi fortunately, put nthe act of Henry V., and through who, by the way,, performed her «dliteult part as perfectly as if before a large, lative audience, gave us some idea ol position of the character. A DRESSING-ROOM OF LIMITED CAPACITY. The play, advertised to begin at_ eight o'clock, was delayed by the necessity of each acor gliding into the dressing-room sepa- rately that space might be had forthe arrange- Shake- | ment of his or her toilet, until nine o'clock, and was then necessarily cut down as much a3 human ingenity could accomplish. In the | second appearance of Rignold the audience, | himself, his company, and even, I very | believe,"his gallant horse “Crispin,” waiting on the Street for the time of, and room for, fis entrance, saw how perfectly out of place 5 PEARE WAS IN THIS CLOSET, : aveneral laugh—laughed Riznoll out of his disgust intoa laugh, laughed his ized and ineorporated gether, it may be easily attained. If the ground be duz ina shallow manner, the ‘ool of the p’ants ean only be imperfec'ly obtaiasd. Ground should not be worked wh sourhess and adesion then take place, not overeome until the operation Is a: formed, and proves injurious to the pants, the soil needs enriching. manure should Plied in the fall, and weil dug in the fol spring. | Good drain; ass Of free pe injured. F soil for Roses, plants are sure fam is the pri should be add Well-rotted stat poor, the Rose will hot unfrequently produces most semi-double flowers. varieties are cond from being pi and the amate on unjustly places the blame Whom he purchased the plants, when the fault is his own. out Roves hi inches to two feet de- h Z les from eizhteen | Md be madesand a | few piec brick, flower bones, & Lin the bottom, cover soil three ic yon. | layers of nts and seil, unt ieient to filled up J its orig! If th i received Bs of the wots should be mot. 1, and Such roots as are matt 1 be straightened out. After | nt inthe hole and filling th Soil in between the roois, it pre should be gently ed with the foot to keep the plant in ion we tea stake by ty water, and thin out-sho Where they er each other, or where symmetry of the plant demards it. | Systematic pruning is an importantopera | tion in the culture of the Rose. This ean only be acquired by praciice, for it is requisite [> Understand the nature and habits of the plant to be operated upon. The beauty of the 4S Well as the quality and disposi ion to flower, dependson judicious pruning. This operation is pe. formed in spring and autumn, We pr Jer the for mer, for if done in Mareh the sho ots are not so likely to be injured by frost, as is | frequer Uy the case when the operation i formed utumn; for then. if we have . the buds become excited and push forth shoots, when, itsevere weather follow, they become frosted and the bloom perishes. Muitisiora roses should b Wood thinned out, unless | ity demands it, When U.e young ‘shoots may be moderately headed in, before the buds begin to swell. . Moss roses require the wood of the preced ‘ng year thinned out. The young wood shou! only be cut out where the shoots cross eac other, and this very moderately: The plants should not be cut down lower than four feet. Noistte roses may be pruned from Novem ber to March. Thin out the old wood of two or three years’ growth, and shorten all the Shoots in proportion to their grow h. If pruned in this manuer. several varieties will bloom the whole season. Tea roses should be yeuned only of decayed NS Wood, mere! eep the branches coming foo erowde |. Zingal roses should have the shoots of the preceding year, Wher iil-shapen or irregular, thinned out. Lavr neia roses should have the old and superfiu us wood thinned out, o1 ufficient to beep the b. anehes from becoming too crowded. Bourbon roses wiil bear closer pruning than any other variety, but care should be taken nol to spoil the appearance of the plant. Hybrid Perpetual roses, being of a very Tobust growth, should be p:uned of all surp'us wood. Heading-in of the plant will be found advantageous for this plant. If the blossom. buds of the first crop of these roses be pinched out—say from the middie of May to the middle of June—their after blooms, from July to November, will more than reward the amateur for their absence of bloum in June. Perpetual damask roses require the same treatment as recommended for the Hybrid Perpetuals. Microphylia roses should have only the old shoots thinned out. The young shoots should not be pruned unless loeaiity demand it. Musk-scented roses require the same mode of treatment as recommended for the Nois+ tres. ng the large number of varieties of the ve only the old r An ; Rose, the inexperienced amateur will find it difficult to make a judicious selection. From | the multitude of subdivisions of the Rose family we select the following, feeling su: they Wil be found to possess all the varied attractions of that ming flower. The chief merit of some ties consists in the beauty of the bud ers, in the fii | bloom. Among ho: while in the bad are the Mosses, the &e., but lose most of their beauty wh i guishing merits of _s thick, broad ferent Roses P als, with smooth edge: fragrance; 3, double, enough to hide the center, round in form, with regul: S34, distinet color; 5 9 Stalk, wit 6 compact petals. In some catalogues the sa therefore we | blooms FL fais fami but once ay (June,) and in ef are hardy and ‘strong A for arbors, e.; they are Laura Divyoust, Gre- | i (Seren Sisters.) Baltimore Belle, and of the Prairies. sID PERPETUALS.—These bloom two or three times during the season: large flowers and fragrant; hardy, strong growers, but not true to hame, perpetu, en. Jacqueminot, Cardinal Patrizzi, Richard Wallace, Lady Emily Peel, Prince Albert, Ge unt des B ittailes, General Washington, Barunne Prevoust, and many others. | BouRBoNs.—These are quite hardy, produc. | ing a succession of blooms the witjle season: | | | Armosa. (Hermosa,) Mrs. Bosanquet, Souve- nir de Malmaison, Crimson G lobe, Paul Jose ph, and others. Tgas.—These are more tender than those | above, and require winter protection, by lacing evergreen branches around them: Adam, Clara Syivain, (Lady Wor Bogere, Marie Guillot, Devoniensis, *erle de. Jardins, Duchess of Edinburgh, Sa: ona, Bon Silene, Isabella Spruit, and many others. NoiseTTES.—These are tender, and should be protected from sun in winter; they are mostly ragrant, and well adapted for verandahs, &e. : Marechal Niel, La Marque, Cloth of Gold, coe de Dijon, Solfatare, James Sprunt, and others. MossEs.—Crested Provins, (Moss Grestatu.) Princess Adelaide, (Bourton Moss,) Countesse de Murinais, —_—_ Darpures, and others. BENGAL AND Cutwa.—The Rosa Indica and tosa Sempertiorens we place in the same group, as they so nearly resemble each other sto be difficult of persion: Aggrippinia adica, (ping daity.) Alba, (white daitu,) Ve suvius, Sadame weon, Archduke Charles, #eau Carmin, and others. Kosa LAWRENCIANA.— This family is of wartish habit, and need to be planted by them es: Nemesis, Alba, La Miniature, ie. Ii UROPAYLLIA — (Smaltleaved.) — This family Is more distinct in flower and habit than ‘the others, and well adapted for veran- bo we, Alba Odorata, (white michio- hulle, Carn ink Some others Penk in es fon extended them by hundreds, but have selected such as we think Worthy a place in eyery col- michrophylla,) and w nposed leat molt | | | ment contrived to turn the | were several young men, one of wi | gave him to the above list, we might have | company into a anzh, and the audience laughed: itself into anon oa of lade When Kignold, in one of the Shame Sicee of Shakspeare, broke out and. s a men, this is too d—d ridicu'ous, you caunot pect the utterance of the words of Shaky. pn such a stage, and before such a tere was a burst of applause, lon mntinued. while the frame of Riznold sho -k ith laughter. Of it was ridiculous, it w.s painful, it was disgusting! And when abovt ing the Second charge in battle, h ceiling was extremely raise his flag, and found he ¢ ce the pole upright, he looked with the audience, at the ¢ and his countenance suitable to im uking angue to the desperate trops— S ridiculous. tion his entré into London, and ose a leiter that does not gi tenth of the most remarkable per Rignold’s experi ‘Ten men W Pshaw, ue ‘ame inn his make a few steps, and by RCL NOSE his ut sweeping all the habitants tale A Snake Den in Kansas a last Si oused several times 78 by what appeared to be poris of a den of shaki hot Coneora jon to subst st thing that artras ded our Hostriis, and which e seon found was caused by two enormous pyramids of dead snakes. $ Sight as met var gaze was the first of this din our ex verience, and Was oue that Ww ardly et to repeat. kes from fifteen inches to ree-and-a-half feet lay there, coiled, s'raight, intertwined, massed and matted together, d hu, pile of dead aud deeaying snake flesh. Not all were dead, for hereand. there amoug the pie might be’ seen some ntly moving and quivering, showing that they Were among those which had been consigned to the incre: ing pile that day ile den itseif isin a high rocky knoll or bluff. The Knoll is a magnesian jimestone for. mation of a yery loose, porous characier. About fifteen or twenty cubi: ds of earth and rocks had been excavated, and on each side of this hole near the bottom was a ledge of rocks beneath which an excavation ap- ears to have been made either naturaily or by some wild animals, forming a narrow cage which may penetrate into the inmost re- e S$ of this mound. In this excavation om es peony attracted our attention as, with a pair of heavy buckskin gloves, he would in- cessantly be upon the wateh, and now and then, reaching into the cavern as far as he could reach or get his b: in, he would pul therefrom with his hands a large snake. Hundreds must have been killed in this way on Sunday—certainly too many while we were there to Keep any accurate count, and being not a very warm day it was not a good day for snakes either. The den was dise ered two years ago by a boy who called a M Graves tothe spot. He says that the ground was literally allve with them, and that he s1 eveded in k ing three hundred in about half | an hour. He said that to his knowledge alm st 6,000 had already been killed at that spot. and it was proposed on Sunday next to call the | neighbors together for several miles around and have a “snake bee” and a general exter- | mination day, for which they would come pre- | pared with materials and tools to ensure suc- cess oF excavation if necessary. I will only add that the snakes appear to be of the racer specie: jot, however, Ue species of blue racer common to Hlinois, and not of a yenomous nalure. However, they show some fight when they get warmed up, and stci! st an approaching object promiscuously.—[{ Al- chison (Kan.) Champion. How Iowa Became a Territory. (Des Muines Correspondence Chicago Journal. } Ever since the world began woman has played a leading part in all great historic events. American history is no exception to the rule. Che honors which fall to Moilie Stark, Aunt Bailey and numerous other gvo- m nown. Later on it is recorded that the Quakeress, Rebecca We gallant Phil Sheridan to win the day at Win- chester. man has been the central figure in poetry and song for ages, and moulded with her deft finger kingdoms and crowas, and un- made them as well. She has been an import- | ant factor in the legislation of the country, and to the wiles of a woman is ascribed the exist- ence of Iowa. The bill forthe formation of he territory of Lowa was prepared and_pre- ented to Congress by Geo. W. Jones. Amo: iis most bitter opponents was John C. Cal houn, then in the z h of his power, and the master mind of Congress. It soon beeame pparent to Mr. Jones that Calhoun would crush his bill,and he therefore resorted to strate; then in his prime. and a man ive presence, added to which were graces of manner, which ‘aL prominence in society. He | Was a great favorite with the ladies. ‘There was at Washington a lady who wasa special friend of Mr. Calhoun—in fact, she had him | “on a string,” as it were. Jones decided to pull the rE He at once played the agree- able to the lady, aud soon, by his gallantry, won from her the expression one day that she hoped something might happen that she could. reciprocate the fayors. That was Jones's op- porstalty, He informed her she could, and how. He explained to her his Territorial bill, and how anxious he was to succeed with it, but he feared the opposition of Calhoun, who would kill it if he had the opportunity. The woman entered into the matter with zést, and told Mr. Jones to send her his card when the bill came up, and she would take care of Mr. Calhoun. When the bill was taken up Mr. Jones sent his card to the lady in the ga'lery. Soon after Mr. Calhoun was seen going out of the hall, and did not return for several hours. Inthe meanwhile Mr. Jones had secured the passage of his bill. Mx, Calhoun never knew why his fair friend wa8 so Sapecially anxious to secure his undivided attention on that day. ‘Phus was Iowa born of woman. A Bad Case. (From the D-troit Free Press. } 7 The Committee on the Sick of the Lime Kiln Club reporsed that Brother Remington Joho- son had been sick in bed for a week, and that the club must take some action regarding the pecuniary allowance due him. “*Hez de case bin extremely Inwestigated?”” asked Brother Gardner. “It hez.” was the reply. “Dis committee paid a visit to de house ez tast ez it could walk. On de way up dar we made up our mind to go right to de bottom facks in de case if we had to uncover a co‘fin to do it. We foun’ de pashient in bed. His pulse war up to 1,600 a minute and gainin’ onde moshun. His head war mos’ het “null to fry pancakes on. His feet hung out on each side of de bed, his hands kept xwine all de time, an’ his tongue was a dread{u! sight to see frew a microseopa. faxed him if Le wanted honey, fried isters, buckwheat cakes, pigses’ feet, sparrib, roas' beef or mutton stewed in champagne, but he shook his heaa in de saddest 0° way. dar. key who-e mouf wou't water at de ideah of eaiin’sech things must be sick ‘nuff to want Y watchers. De committee am son hez induiged in er, wid a power- pieture of disgust and horror, he sat on his | ckache frown in, an’ dat he am title to two dollars a week till furder notice.” The report was accepted, aud the treasurer lection, believing that ‘they will be ound to possess the merits a for them, “ou Was ordered to seud up ine money at once. THE SORT OF M Dr. Alphe An'man, a living in South Brooklyt Nobiling in Europe. ta ked wiih Dr. Aulman yesterday at his house, No. 261 9th street. The Doctor sipped hot coffee and puffed ata long German pipe a+ he told his story. ves, Si aid he, I was in Paris during 1870, 1371, know what it is to eat rats, cats, and doz. When a cup of coffee did not cost more than2 franes—before the seige—I used to goto the café de Bade, on the Boulevard de Strass- bourg, opposite the Eldorado. A zood many Germans, Swiss, Poles and Russians use to frequent ‘that café and among whom I met wiss physician, now The Times repwter . Says he knew Der. | there was Nobiling. He was then about 2tio | 25 years of age; he had a broad. pale face of dark complexion; a small black mustache overshadowing his thin yellowish lips. His height was about 5 feet 2 inches. himself a doctor of philosophy. and pretended to be a correspondent for the Neue Freie Presse of Vienna, But I do not believe that he ever wrote a line for that journal. T am convinced that he was a spy, in the service of M. Pietri, the chief mouchard of Napoleo IIT. He was always elegantly clad, and his pockets Were always filled with brand-new louis d’ors. He seemed to be a folly fellow, but Thad no confidence in him. His look was too pene- tratin, with two men, who afterwards be employes of the Prefect of One of these men was Morel, of Fleurier, in dw itzerland, and the other one, Kaiinowski, Was a native of Poland. Morel had been in the Papal Body Guard of Zouaves, and when ihe Republic was proclaimed on the 4th of September Morel disappeared from Paris. He roved to had been shot dead in one of the engagements | hunting est tween the Army of Versailles and of the | be National Guard of Paris, who were with the Commune.” Kalinowsk| entered the voluntecr orps of the Vengeurs du Rhone, whose funds he stole. They shot him near the fortress of Thionville. obiling Was always ready to proclaim his radical ‘principle: He used 'o w ite fora paper called La Kedemption. All his articles had an anarchistic tendency. He did not want any government at all; laws, ac cording to him, ought not to exist. ry body was able to govern himself. er hav- ing contributed tothe paper for about four weeks he succeeded in by order of the police. ing it suppressed He knew that [was | opposed to Bismarck. He tried hard to induce | me to express my sentiments about the po si bility of a war between Germany and France, When I told him I did not care !0 speak about thet matter, he very politely to visit him at his residence on the Rue des Eehi rs. a very fashionable neighhorhooL where y rich people could afford to live. T is very ecepted the mvitalion.. His apartments were luxuriously furnished. Pictures by celebrated masters adorned the walls, costly vases stood about the root ad rich Turkish carpets ¢ ered the floor. He treated me lo ‘a bot! of Veure Cliquot, but he did not ce in making me talk, because [susp him fromthe beginning of our aeqatint ance. When he found oat that all the in. «tucements offered to me not me break my silence in y matters, he dropped me entirely, me ly oceasionally, val Some one 1 iny friends wast ele from one of tle German pape: When he hat finishe ding a general diseussion followed. Among gentlemen taking part in thi Sion Were Several young inthe army, and urn home fo enter active e. Two of them were Wilhelm Muc delfszelf, and Carl Traut weia, of C } Delonged to the ith regiment of Bais Ludwi leave Paris on the two gentlemen spoke unfavorably of Go many, while the latter two condem N ‘eon and his despoti hext day a robber ada tyrant, and said t to be driven from » Nobiling sat ietly in atching eve dy tin the diseussion. We did not ob- » that he left quietly, but after a few min. only he returned in company. wit ectives, who arrested Voss eller atid T combined proved my susp! Es ing. He was paid by the police to de. nounce Germans, and the arrest of Mueller tnd Trautwein proves that Nobiling was in communication with the German authori. jes. There is no room for doubt in my mind that Nobiling is a bad char: , Who ft never been an adherent to any principl ieve him to be an unscrupulous, unprincipled police spy."—[.N. ¥. Tim A Contest. Between British Science and Ameriean Musel ie called | | father of the | ond wife was | ; he observed too much. He associated | he Seine. | Once a year half of London goes down to | Henley to see a regatta which is second in i terest to the Cambridge-Oxford contest on! Amateurs alone compete for the prizes. The us London Rowing Club sends a erew, ne almost always the colors of the universi- ics are conspicuous inthe races, as are those early every association in the British American clubs are invited this year, the Watkins Rowing Association anged aregatta for last week, at which crews were to compete for the honor of going to London at the association's expense. “For the single seull shemplonship a Newark man took the honors, and in the double seull the fa- mous two of the Atalanta Club won. But when the four-oared race was called there appeared the crew of the Sho-wae-cae- mette Club of Monroe, Michigan—four small, wiry, dark-complexioned French Canadians. They had an old-fashioned, heavy, wide rac- ing boat with immovable seats. It compared very unfavorably with the beautiful shell of the Ataiantas, with its polished outriggers and sliding seats. They were untrained phy- sically, smoked, drank ‘gin and brandy, and ate whatever the Watkins landlord put before them. They violated all the rules laid down for modern oarsmen. Inthe boat every man seemed to be pulling on his own hook.” They »wed without form and without grace, but with See power and endurance. Forty strokes to the minute is fast action in a boat’ race. These men with perfect rowed fifty, and showed that they might have pulled fifty-tive if they had been pressed to it. As it was they defeated the Atalantas with ridiculous ease, and are to sail to-day for Liverpool to represent America in the four- | oared race at Henley. They are unquestion- ably the best four men that ever rowed to- gether in our waters. he haiiof London that goes down to Hen- ley onthe Fourth of July will laugh at the Sho-wae-cae-mettes. Their puny forms and uncouth actions and devil-may-eare habits are in marked contrast tothe superb physique aud careful training of the admired” am: teurs of the old country, whose daily diet is printed in the newspapers for a fortnignt be- ‘ore the rowing begin The four-oared e at Henley this year is to be a contest between English’ science and American mu THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN THE STYLE OF BARBE RING. A London letter says: It seems that people, asa rule, shave themselves in this eountry, an Tam if were to stop here long [ Would mi zor and learn how to do m: sef. There are very few shops in L not ove Where there are a dozen it 3 ean city. In these little shaving isdone The barber's business is’ principally and dressing. They have none of tees, They are gen- dark rooms in out of the way hardly any furniture. The chair is a common wood-serted, straixht-backed dining-room chair, with a high back, on the hard edge of whieh the vie- is head while undergoing the tor. A ch, thank fortune, is generally short—not over two or three minutes. The lather is made of plain, unperfumed soap, an 1 as often applied cold’as warm. The razor rips down one side of the face, then the other, and then the chin—a few finishing strokes, and the job is done. The villainous barber has no bay rum, but slaps on the raw t- ing face a cold wet rag and washes off th Soap, rubs the moisture off with the roughest side of a crash towel, his “tuppence” or “thrippence” (4 or 6 cents), and turns the wretch out into the street with his face smart- ing and only half dry, and peculiarly sensitive to the coo! air. “Wax?” no, he has none. ‘But my hair needs brushing.” “Oh, yes.” A half ‘dozen strokes with a biush ; “ A penny more,pleas>,” and that is the end of it. The man wh» has a shaved me says that he does not believe in the lazy American style of barbering, and that he is sure that there are not adozen American ba in London. THomas J. TIGHE wrote a very tender letter to Miss Nellie Kelly before committing sui- cide, in San Francisco. telling her that he still loved her to distraction, that he died becau e of her cruelty, and that he diel with the memory of her last cold kiss of parting fresh in bts sorrowful mind. | A’ newspaper re: Miss Kelly to tell the ro- y of their love, and she replied: no remanee into it. He was a fool what come spooning around me, but I wouldn’. have it, and sohe slipped of and made akick, That's all about it.) And, -a) my name's N-e- jou’ svelit PEOFLE on a bluff overlooking Piymouth harbor, Mass., recently witnessed a rare sight, They first saw a heavy black cloud rise from the horthern horizon into what until then had been a clear sky, and sweep with astonishing velocity across the sea. A streak of white haze and Spray marked the course of the storm cloud. A sailboat lay directly in_its paths about two miles from the shore. The itt'@ vessel was for an instant hidden, and when it came into view again it was a wreck— filled with water, mast gone, and three men sWcpi away. “ There air a, 1 | ing a slightly horsey airs and in and 1872. 1) | race is 08 | him a “tip” asto the extraordinary excellence | of Eclipse. | aflronting his hosts, TLE DERBY D_Y, During the past three days a change has | come over the appearance of London. e railroad stations every incoming train dis gorges troops of fashionably-attired you ‘men, together with a consid ‘able sprinkling of very cleat-looking el terly fen; bate gentleyien, hay- tii seads, reoats. The fuil, bets are at a premiam all over the tow nd waiters are worked 2 hours out of th for this morning is the ninety-eighth anniyersary of the Derby, w is siways Tunon the Wednesday before ¥ sunda The Epsom races came into fame through a man whose name is yor, familiar to Ameri- cans—Gen. Burgoyne. He had been accus- tomed to stay at the inn called “The Oaks, these a number of dapper-lookin: shiny hats and light colored ov. clubs are cramm when hunting and shooting in that then wild | district, where itis likely enough that he retired when in Sissies on his return home trom this country. Taking a fancy to the place, he bought it, awd a few years later sold it to his friend and patron, Lord t Earl. Lord Derby’s sec. Farren, a famous actress, to whose careful instruction the late Earl is said to have been indebted considerably for having become the first orator in the Houtise of Commons, and on the occasion of her mar- riage Burgoyne composed a well-known poem, called ‘The Maid of the Oaks.” In 1779 Lord Derby, delighted with the racing facilities offered by the Downs, established “The Oaks Stakes," and_in the following year “The Derby Stakes,’ so’ that the latter great within two years of its centenary. The ormed by Lord Derby into a vas ablishment, with fifty’ bedeham ers, Jone Ape pave? from the Stanleys. The nt Ear 3 trans S notable on the turf asi a et, like his friend, Lord (eorge Bentinck, the leading turfite ‘of his time. was never destined to win a Der °y. ‘Vhe first winner of the Oaks (rin on the Fri- | day after the Derby) was Lord Derby's Bridget, and the fst winner of the Derby was Sir Charles Bunbury’s Diomed. The most cele. brated horse which ever ran at ‘e'ipse entered when full five years old, for the maiden plate of £°0. Eclipse ne! se fouled at the time of the great eclips 764. He was bought when a yearling b r. Wildman for seventy-five guineas. story of the purchase is curious. Wilda ad a friend in the Duke's stud who had si svon as he hy o be sold, he hurri rive until his object had Db: £71 found, ethe heur wast So, as Duke's stud was -or, but didn't ar knocked down’ for that the sale had n Trish adventurer, who 'y career, bought a hull ) euineas from Wildman completed the purehase for More. On the Duke of Bedford how mueh he would take for id’ to have replied, “By tie mass, my Tord, it’s not all Bedford level"—a farm tract worth some 10,0004 year then, apd thrice That sum now—"could purchase him.” In later O'Kelly stated that he had made & by the horse. Nothing comparable to him turf He by. y f the utmost ease. Di twen progeny carned for the tlouse at Epsom to C. and died in the folowing “oak word Derby ivorite wi indu he had mateh by ne fore men of t Ayou hunting after dinner, been easily b the mare of a noted stable keeper fixed por vant of a gentleman present as his je foreigner selected bis own : howev before the mate earned that his opponent had secretly «regular jockey, aud mentioned this to a ‘horsey Yorkshire friend, adding that of his chance was n ne.‘ f him to go instant! ve Bnei the first joc at his mi and the horses were ive in a few min uddled. on the foreigner’s horse in a ful riding brought him in the 's in the grand stand at Epsom inally. it is said, designed for gamb s. When gambling became illegal, a hose “e’rect card” of the Trace ars a feature of the course, took the stand for twenty-one years, and refused to al ‘ow any gambiing, although once offered $1,00) for a corner wherein to. carry it on. there is no gambling in the wane. stand, there is plenty cutside of it. he most notable wrecks of late years have been the late Mar quis of Hasting, who was completely ruined and Lord Courtenay, who passed through the bankrupt Ourt, OWI ng $3,500,000. In 1837 al London was hoirified by the suicide of the Hon. Berkeley Craven, on the evening oi the Deiby day. Ne would have been a defaulter at Tattersall’s to the tune of 340,00), through recklessly backing Lord Jersey's famous Bay Middleton. Both at Epsom and Ascot there is always a Police Magistrate in attendance at the grand stand, and a regular court room, clerk, Xe., so that cases may be promptly dealt with, and time and trouble savyed—a highly necessary course, now that railroads have prac ically made these resorts a suburb of the great me- tropolis.—[N. ¥. Sun. That Speech of Stanley's. You will doubtless hear various aceounts of the scene created by Mr. Stanley last mare night at he Newspaper Press Fund dinner. {t was ib every Way a most unfortunate occur- rence. The greatest compliments had been | tid to the American press by Lord Dunraven 0 proposing the toast, and there was really nothing to account for the extraordinary vio- tence which Mr. Stanley displayed in “return- ing thanks.” He spoke of England “stretch: ing out her ghoul-like finger towards Amer- iea,” and poured out such a torrent of abuse on the press here and everything English that the audience was completely dumfoundered. ‘anley’s idea, of course, is that this will se the people in New WK; but I do not how why he should think so. The audience listened at first in silence to his amusing tirade, but at last some hisses burst forth, and were silenced by Mr. Forbes. Mr. Stanley evidently went there for the sole purpose of Every pode regrets the incident, for Stanley's work in Afriea is highly appreciated, and he might enjoy himself here to bis heart's content if he would only be ordi- naiiy civil. In Paris, I bell ave great offense by refusing to see any Americans. “1 do not want to have anything to do with them,” he is reported to have said. The En lish certainly do not take his faney. so that what we are to do for him, uuless a new of men for his benefi hard to understand. His book will! b. out shortly by mMpson, 7 who have paid a ve peice for the vilege of producing if. T should think they must be rather anxious tor Mr. Stanley to tone down his behavior a little, or to start on a flesh voyage of discov I have not yet heard wheiber Mr. Bennett is going to send him to the North Pole He has plenty of enterprise and courage for the task, but Mr. Bennett may perhaps intend to keep the honor of this last gr Sapedision for himself— [London Cor. N. Y. World. A Secret Attempt to Impeach Lin- coin. .F:cm an interview with Hon. Simon Cameron in N.Y. Times.) It ortly after [ came back to Amer iea, he went on, and white I was resting at my Lome in Pennsylvania, that Lreceived froma number most prominent gentlemen an invi- tation to visit Washing-:on and attend a con- tation which was to be held in regard tona- ‘iona’ affairs. T afterward discovered that this invitation was extended to me because it was Nelieved that my somewhat unpleasant exit trom the War deparment had rendered me hostile to Mr. Lincoln and his administration. Knowing nothing of this at the time, how- ever, | went to the capital and found assem. bled there a number of most influential gentle- men, who had come together ostensibly for the pu:pose of advising together regarding the condition of the country. ‘This, I say, was their ostensible purpose for calling the meeting, but I seon found that their real object was to find means by which the President could be im- peached and turned out of his office. The complaintagainst Mr. Lincoln was that he lacked ability and energy, and that he was not pushing the war with sufficient vigor. These reasons, and the plan of attack, if I may use the expression, were all made known to me, and I was asked for advice. I gave it at ones, svating with as much earnestness as I coul command that the movement proposed would. be a disastrous one, and strongly urging that it would be a little short of madness to inter- fere with Mr. Lineoln’s administration. Then J left Washing*on and returned to my home a firmer friend of the President than I had ever been before. And as you know, the Senator said, in eouclusicn, the impeachmen Scheme never amounted to anything. AN ORSERVER Of the ways of a‘l sorts of Lliots has neticed that if a pate young man is invited to join a crowd before a bar and re- Diies, “No, I thank you,” or uses similar words of declination, he is looked a cidedly “fresh.” But let him simply ain't drinking to-day,” and, if farther pressed, repeat the words in an impatient, almost an- gry tone, and the “code” ts satis! ae he basses for a good fellow all the same.—[ Louis- ville Cour. Jour. Perby, 8 great grand. | LD | 1es for hone of these tips: | Epsom was | as bred by | | he Cutloden Duke of Cumberiand, 59 nameit | e S| athim.—(.N pse was removed from his owner's | A Texas Jack of Thirteen. THE TRUE AND VERACIOUS CHKONICLE OP A WOY-HIGHWATMAN AND WOULD BE MUA DERER. (From the New York World, 57h.) Adolph Baldsmeider, a dime-r thirteen years old, was: sessions. yesterday, to answer for his crime. He was born in Mott Haven, aw to schoo! there, doing well at school. Waen his mo‘her mafriea a second time he went f ive With an aunt in Harlem. He saved #7 Six months ago he engayed passage for Texts | fee! in the City of Houston, paying $0 for a first. class berth. From Galveston he went to Hous ton. There he met with two other lads of tie same variety. They called themselves" Yan- kee Bi an Shorty,” and he became “Texas Jack.” They “armed themselves with pistols and bowie knives and followed a made $00. He came home three months ago with $300 in cash, but was coldly reevived by his mother and engaged a room ina hotel atthe corner of the itehat A and Delancey | Street. He visited gambling lens in the Bow. ery, but does not believe a highwayman ought toget drunk. in due time, however, he ran | through his $300 and was compelled to. go to work. He obtained employment in Leitz’s restaurant, at the corner of Broad and Beaver streets, bul the wages were only $3.a_ m: | and he determined to quit work and ret again to Texas, He had only $15. He up Lis room in'the Bow 1 | himself in a cave near Macombd’s dam, i: j lem, Nexthe sought two of his school panions, John Ferdinand Fry and John Fri z Warne! kK them into his confidence ; till the: o yearned to deserve han sing They took a dime novel oath, with daggers n their hands, to be true to each otier ans ided to get mo: robbery. | tle morning s | they went to Stebens lane. nm which is well she by t mined to rob the first passed. They robbed—or rather Ado.ph did, vhile the others sat ona fence—Thos. Lyun Adolph shot at him, but athiek pocket book in is breast pocket Stopped the ball. He tired cwice more, and shot Mr. Lynn in the thigh | He was about to search his victim, w rd footsteps, and lay he again met Fr: er, and they went on another expedit armed w s | and pistols. They were met at ( : by Otticer H.B. Steers, who ai | Adolph. On the way to the sta Adolph admitted assin of Lynn, and iC was on that cha { he was artaigned in general sessioas. 1 Lhe had int de him mad by pic weld, id vy and house om ing been the would-ba | ng Up a Stoue Lo tarow The Clergyman Who Was Arrested Aiter Tak tor t Englana, ; Butler, Pa. who was arce under the assumed name of ss he was about to sail in th ren taken to Pitts! ays the Allegher inst the revere gery.and as there was n¢ | Against him he was diseharze: } 4 gentleman named Osb ducer, went to the Pitts: and stated that he was the ¢ | note on a Butle ‘le to the orde | alleged tha | got ad Helvetia, hi Sometime in Mi Mail, a charge Was i eoileminat A ity 1 to ) and how Jones and another Baptist minister collusion, the object being to swindle Mothis amount. Mr. Osborne was in roa ribulation over the matter, and said as h 's falling due in the sa & ty ruin hi Ike s, 1 been informed by fthe members of Jones's conn: reverend gentleman had rais niin out ik. uid. i that 1 notes on tion, jes would Osborne went tothe mayor's inest that S b+ arrested. es of Pittsbur: ys that Jones is e whieh ing been perpetrated on a gentleman in Butler. The chief says that Mr, Jones is accused also of ng the same xame on two preachers of murg, but could not give their names.— | veach $3,000, M wihar ef Hay liar: ¥. Sun, 7th. A Daren Futher,aid You are | Deed “SAT! “You are my a the Man who Did Th ctective Markham, of | T iti af Fort Miller oga. ¢ y, N.Y C <e ol murdering b fe Tuesday night by shooting her through the window. On the night of the murder the aceused was neizhbor's house when the news and he asked, “What has happ y?rand being told that his shot he Apupediaely drove home. Rushing into the room where his dead wife lay, Billings spread out his arms and eried, “Oh, dear! What does this mean?” His daughter an. >Wered: “You are my father, and you are th | man who did this deed. This is thé third tim | you have tried to do it.” Tip-toe footsteps have been found leading across a newly. wloughed garden to the spot from where tlie was fired, which show that the murder 1 e rubber boots, and Billings is said to have n such on the evening stated. Bisiags is of the most prominent business men and forwarders on the line of the Champlain s and is well known from Montreal to New Youk.—N. ¥. World, 7th. A PLUCKY SERVANT GIRL.—In West Phila. deiphia early Monday morning a bursa: flected an entrance through a front window jato the residence of a Mr. Lawrence Myers. | No sooner had he done so than a colored: girl nained Hettie Hugg, employed in a house on the opposite side" of the street, sped across the street and agitated the bell. of Mr. Myers’s in the most violent manner. The esult Was the whole house was startled, but one more so than the thief. He was the first !o reach the door, and there stood Hettie wait- | ing forhim. As he bounded down the steps | he made one spring for his coat-tails and lung to them for halfa square. Tae faster he | ‘an the tighter she hugged his garment, and it last, just as she 8 eiving out in strengih, nd she loosened her ém- ‘e Several tools found on the sent to prison for trial. TENHADI race. prisoner, A GREAT HAUL OFM — - | day, the 2ist, Joseph James and Nathaniel Church, after doing their share in using up vhat menhaden there was in Rhode Tsland vaters, took a cruise down to Buzzard’s Bay. Chey surrounded a school which ‘they were unable to manage, and summoned” erews round about to aid them until forty-one men ‘vere employed and were still unable to raise h ‘hool. “About ten o'clock at night, after working hours, they voneluded to let the bul eeling compeient to handle one thousand sariels: So they tied ropes on to the corks and et them sink, thinking, af erthe fish had run vut awhile the rest could be handied. The fish refused to desert each other, and nothing re- mained to do but to cut the seine and siip it out from under the fish, and even here they ad to callin the help of steam hoisters and tackles. To sum up, there were fort ie men completely used up, and a seine costing one thousand dollars not much better. off, as he result on one side, and a dead school of fish on the other, for the fish lost the he contlict.—[ Ful River News. Muy MAPMEN Dancl AMONG FLAMES.—The County Infimary, one mile from Zan 5 ‘), came near being the scene of a terrible disaster. John Jones, an inmate of the iasti- wion, Who had been adjudged insane by the probate court, beeame turious on Friday last, nd set fire to some bedding and furniture: Mr. Christie, the superintendent, Was absent U the time, aud things would probably hav aken adesperate turn had uot Mrs. Cliristi excited cries for heip brought to her assis- tance several men who were in the vicinity. On the doors of the room being thrown open a ierrible scene was presented to the eyes of the spectators, The ward was full of smoke and fire, while the excited madmen under the leadership of Jones, many of them denuded of their clothing, were daneing around the room and indulging in domoniac yells. Jones was seized and handcuffed. A revolver and twenty cartridges were found on his person. The fiie was extinguished. A Goppzss oF LiserTy BURIED.—One of the fair daughters of Bono, Lawrenee county, Ind., Miss Belle Mitchell, was buried to-day: She was the Goddess of Liberty in the proces- sion that went from that place to hear O. P. Morton speak at Orleans, and her death was caused by wearing thin clothes. She caught co.d, consumption was the consequence, and death followed.—[ Indianapolis Sentinel. DEaDwoop, the chief city of the Black Hills, is an interesting place to live in. The Rey. L. F. Norcross, a Congregational minister, took cecasion recently to condemn from his pulpil the lawiessness so prevalent there, and to urge an earnest promecae of erime. He also appealed to the community through the dress to see that the laws should be enforced, and that, in order to secure their enforce- ment, jurymen should be chosen willing to | convict on legal proof of guilt. This aroused | the ire of the sheriff, who {s responsible for the | selection of jurymen, and that functionar: | Seized Mr. Norcross and was hurrying the oui spoken preacher to jail, when same citizens | Femonstrated, and the prisuner was released. The Black Hills hardly seem vrepared jasi yt for organization in'o a separate territory. MorE MorMons.—The stnnmnahip Nevada, Which artivea at New York on Weiuesday, brought over 351 Mormons from Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Six hun- dred more are expected to arrive next moa h. #2-“Give me a chew, Judge,” said an im- pudent prisoner to Justice Duffy as he detected the judge helping himself on Friday. Daity thereat got huffy and fined the fellow contempt. it Tues. fore up beaten and Ik of the fish g> still | Rey, John P. Jones, the Baptist minister of | precarious life as highwaymen. Baldsmeider | yand established | tersburg, nowt | atits old tricks again. There i ve | calt Would suffice, the m hded to kill Lynn. who had | 3% | | | al Todie chance inthe com 1 natured, ing, his "se appearance and air; but the army had fidence in Nis. stat, to which bh adhered, in spite of its proved incapacity. The is. that to have got rid of the statl more mpensates for the loss of the Grand i weon persistently than ¢ Duke. There is a difference of opinion in the army | about General Todleben. He is not univer sally accepted asa great general, Dut it is ad i on all hands that he is a strong man. y uot always do the right thing, but what he does he will do with energy and vig or. Itis believed that the administration of the army will be better, the details be looked after, roads made and kept in repair, sick and wounded taken care of, nothing undertaken Without due Picparstion, and that General Todleben will be strong. in short, where the Grand Duke was weak. Lt is of course possi. ble that he may be weak where the Grand Duke is strong—in dash and boldness; but as a campaign on the Russian side must be a purely defensive one, General Todleben is probably the best man for the place. I may remark that the court part at the war is ov at St. Pe emsto be a disposition to shelve the men Who have most distinguish tmse'ves during the war, and put forward « of men who made a maddie at the begin ning of the campaign. Command is being iven to men who took no pari ia the late war who have seen uo fighting since I nk, aud whase only to command are aud ineapacity produces much dissatisfaction. in ihe General Gourko, who return other day, 1s much dispiease ut the way he has been tr sian government is incorrigi spect. Chis army haltimore Sar. makes it ua do we salt extracted, at so cured would ose little of its nutriment, besides gaining in value. Two-thivds of the smoking might be dispensed with, and one cause of iii Mstibt't ned. Modern mechanical Skill contrive a tool to disbouea ham, salt have equal aceess inside and outside. The thick skia micht be removed | | with equal benetit. Custom may elaim the ape of the ham as important, but this obje+ would give way before the great si ‘armers would find a Steerage Passaze | iy orth - Fa ir own house YS attractive. When raised f turkey boned and si y ed would tind ready sale at renumer- The Mexican cure beef without The first operation is to unbone Thy and smo ative pric Sal it it is ent into narrow strips and expose tot sun till superficial crust is formed to exe'u te the A slight smokin; insec's: It is usually kept in sacks in : and time does not injure it sted that great improv: made in curing all m some adaphion uave Seen beef and ni ad ribbands. two in brourban Aiden dri Iry ovement can h Islands and ba at luxury f, Pr captains, te oltie g has bees as ifornia, Captain the Columbus and iratoga. W to command? This was the question day by shipping men and. ot! tien found yesterday e disco f another ev keep the hammer going p time longe ted with the firm to have built another iron ship. Itjs to be 200 feet Jong and of the chipper style.” Captain Loman will. be i mmander, “It is to be completed in five months, Work will be commenced on it ina few days, he firm already having it “laid out” in the loft. It will carry three seven-ineh gans and asked some smaller ones, The sailors to man it are still on board the Cimbria, as are also, more than half the party intended T three vessels. A dozen more sailors on the Saratoga with the two captains, aymaster and other oificers yesterday.— dladeiphia Times, Jun a ti A WEDDIN There w AT THE ALTAR — strange scene at Cinciuna i Arespectable and intellig engaged to be married, 4 very that her aflianced was in inking, and told hiun what she sad learned. He promised never todrink again id sie forgave him, The wedding d. ubsemuently set, and all went we snoring appointed for the performance of the remony. During the interval he made his S, and though le drank at times. his vetrothed never learned of his faithlessness antil it was nearly too late to punish him for it. They were standing side by side,and a moment more would have found them man and wife, when he turned toward her, and his ieil-tale oreath ere of whisky. When the miuis er propounded the usual ra to her, the re- sponse came faintly, “No.” In surprise the question Was again asked, and this time the re- sponse was clear and decisive, “No.” She then turned to he: lover, accused him of drinking, minded him of his promise to her, and said that that a man who would break a promise so sclemnly made could not be relied upon, and he feared to trust her future to such a man, Expostulations and entreaties were all in vain, and that litle “Yes” still remains unsaid— (Cinennati Times. TOPPED THE CASTING OF A GREAT GOLD Brick. —At 4 o'clock the furnace lid was raised and the ‘ircular tongs lowered by Stephen Molitor to avasp the crucible. It was (he critical mo. ment, and ail eyes eagerly wateh the work- men. The tongs slip a little; Molitor grips more firmly, crushes them down among’ the living cv and the iron bands close like a vice around the pot. The iron hook is lower. ed, the hooks below are theu grasped, and steadily rose the fiery treasure. “steady!” cried Molitor, and the crucible, with its pre cious, bubbling tluid, was raised up and lan ed on the iron platform. The mold was read. and the seething vessel was gradually worked it, tipped over, and the molten mass poured in. When half full the mold cracked like rifle shot, but the pouring was con'inued waiil the last diop was drained from the crucible {afew minutes the brick was tossed oa the floor, grasped by tongs, and tumbled into a tank of waier, whieh boiled, hissed. and foam. ed over and around the mammoth brick. Bucket after bucket was poured in, and soon the monster was cooled. Thus was cast the largest god brick that we are aware of in the world, all from et unsurpassed in riehn [the Pe: The brick weighed ounces, Vi at $4,252.62. It is 196 id g inches deep, represent. cubic inches of solid metal— Independent. 385. ena, Mont. Miss COFFEY was one of the most modest | and sweet-tempered young women in Liw its eom- | that Black Bass | kn | in whieh itis pi | be } in the’s Iris now | W | hat vessel isCaptain Loman | Fhe Ponds Suitable for Black Bass. Numerous inguiries are received about fish ponds, especially ponds suitable for Black As these can be raised where trout ean bot be. the gen 1 Pend that doe liely dry upin the mer. The of this fish ts the St. Lawren, e it fourishes in the large lakes, and in the streams that them. fis favorite places of resort a rocky shores, and tn the rough water at waterfalls. “It is a large, gamy fixh, Mants plenty of room, and an abundance of live bait. Ii is an enormous feeder, aud will id iis own in a well stocked lake against all er kinds of fish. It fs th fish we wofthat will clear a pond of Picker wires Plin some part of the water nied, for breeding purposes. At makes nests like the roach, in which to lay its eggs, and in the Northern States, spawns in May and June. If the gravel is not the: aS a natural deposit, it must be su a arti ficially. Of course, all efforts top a fish of these habits in sinall, artificial ponds, staz nant during the summer, must be. unsw ful. A small pond of an acre springs, or ifa living stream, sti other fish, runs through it, may sa few Bass, and answer as an Amusem: to raise Bass for profit, we must have & large pond of twenty acres or more, or, in its. ab. sence, a stream large enough to furnish wa ier-power for factories. These fish have ti quite extensively transplanted in New and during the fast twenty five ye: conditions of success are “pretty we Tt re stood. They thrive almost uniform! and lakes at the head of stre » become full of fish, they escay outlet and sid r to. tide. K the streams below not infre. Mi, sha: will fad ly. needing groun: sof lite hat suit them. They p bo lies | of water, with re om, a are in po haste . or two hund: ville, Judy culturists, » is Fond of te with tis tastes, a r river where the 8 Ii should ne that at the saw the f yo their neigit te rd_arti ijor HG. Gibson Sworth, for. writ an, a Wealthy F ort, in which Cor M anduat at Kort ‘r to Louis de nehman. re V by him to the ener lkcepsie, from e Gilbert, of # ov Set aside an order 0! Westervelt, of Richmond ¢ amination before trial. Th the basis of the ent R costs have not been paid and that more than days have elapsed. The judge - Y Herald, to show you how peo. irteously, "Leopold de ompelie an old off alin Kome te whem. he had y f, and drawit irom his bosom and drove &#-A fair maiden, fond of theatrieals stock exchange speculation, consulted a fri of mine uy astume it Whieh she sho rof the fialian army, to inly a | appear ata faney dress ball. My friend su ted that she should go half bull and hait tr. The half * bear.’ she said, was easy, but ve the half bull puzzled her —[ 17 Truth m AMAZINGLY LOW PRICES FOR LUMBER at WILLET @ LIBBEY’ OORNER 6TH STREET AND NEW YORK Ay, VIRGINIA PINE FRAMING, per M.. 13 35 ‘We are now offering LUMBER at ak than if has ever reached im Washingvon ee JOIST, all sizes (medium length) ..., .......613 33 PRICES command the attention of Our LOW all purchasers who wish to buy low, STUDDING (medium tength)...... .. $13 33 With the largest Stock tn the city. WE HAVE THE LOWEST PRICK LIST. WILLET & LIBBEY, Corner Sixth Street and New York Avenue, my3-tr p= OFFICE DEPARTMENT. MAIL LETTINGS, NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS, Proposals wtil be received at the Contract Omice rence, Kansas, and that Mr. Leeper was a worthless, bullying fellew; yet, when they married, It was his parents who objected to the union. He lived with his wife only two weeks, and then it was mutually agreed that ‘hey should s parate. The bride assented | quietly, saying that. she was pleased to be rid of her husband. He subsequenily spoke dis- | respectfully about her to her friends. One evening he stood jauntily in the door of the post office, smoking. She came along in her customary diffident’ manner, handed her pa: asol to a bystander, took off her gloves, drew # cowhide from her pocket, and slashed Leep- er across the face until he was terribly disfiz- med. Then she took back her parasol, putoa her gloves, and walked demurely on. ee oe GARDEN THIEVES. kind of robbery is more annoying than that of plants and (ruit. In most parts of this country. the takigg of flowers and fruit is not looked upon as ac:ual Tobberz and unless there is a special law, as there is in some Siates, the depredator can only be prosecuted for “trespass,” and the pros- ecutor has to estabiish the fact that a certain amount of damage in money, has been sustain- ed. One may have a flower which is to him of a value that can not be expressed in money, or his tree may for the first time bear a sinizle pear, worth to the owner more than a bush! of similar fruit in the market, yet the matter- of-fact judze, will charge thé matter-of-fact jury to find damages to the market value of ibe ariicles “trespassed” upon. In a recent suit in England, two scamp:, who Snowdrops and other bulbs from a were sentenced to seven wears of pet tudeeach. A most sensible Judge Dench, who, finding that the thieves had b=fore s:rved @ nleigiteen mo ths ~ r si r offences, and were not cured, cosciuded that it was of no use to be lenient wits: thea. tae gave them seven years each! ** Most worthy Judge !”"—[ American Agricul ‘uri. THERE isa sort of a nbizuity in the reasoa assigned by the W'sconiin legisla ure for re fusal to make insanity a cause for divorce: which reason is that “ifa man ever wan’s a pe is when he is crazy.”—{ New Haven ister. 42-At Cambridse, Ma's, Mrs. Mary Jane Foster has been committed in default of % for | $5,000 bail on the charge of causing the death of Frances Isabella Palmer by abortion. of this Department unth 3 pm. of JuLY 20, 1878, | for carrying the Malls of the United states upon | the routes and according to the schodale of ar- rival aud departure specified by the Department in the State of Virginia from OcTOBER 1, 1878, to JANUARY 30, 1881, Lists of routes, with schedules of arrivals and de~ partures, instructions to bidders with forms for Proposals and bonds, and all other necessary in- formation will be furnished upon application to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, D, M. KEY, Postmaster General, Wasuineton, D. C., May 10, 1878, ORSEPS: Hike, BSE o. SS |