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The wind blew the tufts of grass that throat themselves through the gaping boards of the pavement, and the dew still glistened in the bo­ som of the yellow-hearted May weed, .and the royal dressed thistle. "Hello, Miss Phyllis!" and handsome Hay Fletcher came briskly behind her with his gust slung across his shoulder, «nd his three hunters by his side; Bay Fletcher, with whom more than half the girls of the place were in love, and over whom his aristocratic mother had worried and fretted until her hair had 'become quite gray, lest her only and ibeloved son should make a misalliance. Phyllis stood still, and a few long •strides brought the young man to her side. It Was a strange habit of his to •catch up to Phyllis every four mornings •out of the five on her way to school, upon which act more than one comment had been made, and that was perhaps why his fond mother had become more Anxious of late. "Bon jour, Monsieur Fletcher," Phyl­ lis said with mocking deference. "I perceive that you are upon slaughter ibent this morning," looking at him ask­ ance. "Tea, I am upon slaughter bent, as YOU say, Miss Phillis," Bay replied. But it is only occasionally that I in­ dulge in such a cruel pastime, while a •certain person whom I know very well, never ceases to bend her bow or aim her arrow, but in a less innocent way, for it is hearts that are pierced by the iatal dart." Phyllis laughed, and crimsoned -slightly, "I am stpe your friend has at least method in her madness, cruel as it may be, she believes that by aiming At the heart is certain death, whereas, a •shot in the leg or wing would cause •only agony or a short struggle for life." 'She appeared so innocent and utterly unconscious of his real meaning, that Bay Hatcher was uncertain that she had understood him. "Oh! you know who 1 mean, Miss Phyllis," he said, "though your inno- •cent surprise would compel almost any other person but myself to the con­ trary. But to make it plainer, my young friend, in conjunction with her own propensities, teaches the young idea how to shoot." ' A light of understanding seemed to break over Phyllis' countenance. "I am quite certain that I could guess who," she returned. "Jean Ward's niece of the silver-mine fame, who teaches the infant class in Sunday- school, and who always pronounces her g's in French." A look of disgust came over Bay's ifaoe, and he did not attempt to argue the matter, for he knew well enough tihat Phyllis was in one of her contrary snoods this morning, and his words 'would go for naught. "Will you come by this road to-night on your way home?" he asked, as they oame to a point where two roads met. "Will you?" Phyllis asked, saucily, AS she turned toward the little brown school-house, -with its noisy children And open doors. Bay twirled the corner of his droop­ ing. moustache. I will not say; 'no' might bring you, -while 'yes' would surely keep you A way." If accident happened to throw Bay Fletcher in her way--which accident -was generally of Bay's own designing-- Phyllis went straight on her old, accus­ tomed beat, though she knew that more than one pair of eyes counted the number of times the erect figure took its way toward the little school-house. But Phyllis enjoyed his companionship, And, though she did not encourage him in his frequent visits, she certainly Always managed to keep him at her aide. "If Bay Fletcher marries Phyllis Dean, it will not be for her money," •one neighbor had often said to another. ""Old Amos Dean won't have enough to bury himself with, let alone leaving his miece a dowry." It was true enough. To the people Among whom he lived he was known •only as a poor cripple, who shut him­ self up in his low-ceilinwed room of the email frame house, never going among the people of the neighborhood, or al­ lowing his doors to be thrown open to "those who were disposed to be friendly, while Phyllis, his niece spent her "bright young days in the dingy school- bouse, her only pleasure being the meeting of Bay Fletcher. Phyllis did not see Bay that evening •on her way home from school. He had perhaps forgotten that it was Friday, and that Chod let out half an hour •earlier. But, in spite of his absence, there was a figure in black, with a face wonderfully like Bay's framed in a pro­ fusion of gray curls and the sharp •eyes were regarding her attentively. Very seldom it was that Madam Fletcher was seen walking over the •dusty road, or even upon the clean boards of the pavement. She always yode in the old-fashioned carriage, with the liveried footman perohed upon the high seat , Phyllis ' eyes drooped for a moment beneath the gaze. Perhaps she had come herself to meet Bay on his way ihome from his hunting tour. But her •color came and went, and her heart beat violently as this haughty woman placed herself directly in her way. "I believe that I am not mistaken in thinking that this is Miss Phyllis Dean," fcrtnaffar. I j yon. agitation was to allowbj* |p ijter a word, pardon ine,*lIaianiFletoher but you knew my son Bay?" in Phyllis bowed, while a thou- thoughts flashed through her brain. Her faoe waa quite pale aa she stood be- fore this cold "woman who, if anything had happened, seemed very calm. "Yop nave met liim here quite fre­ quently, I understand," she said as she turned and surveyed the surrounding Country as if stamping it upon her tnemoiy. "Yes," Phyllis replied, "I have net your son here often. I met hiwn ftk morn­ ing with his gun. I trust nothing has happened." Madam Fletcher looked scornful, and smiled a little satirically. "My son is at home, and I am grieved to say has met with a slight accident while hunt­ ing." She paused. How many wild ^thoughts filled the girl's brain. Had she come to ask her to go and see him. It was a queer, romantic thought, and was dashed in an instant by Madam saying: "I trust you have not thought seri- ously oT my son's attentions, Miss Dean." How cold and even harsh her voice sounded to Phyllis, "i came only from a sense of duty to yourself, and to him, dear Bay. He will go abroad when he recovers and I do not suppose he ever told y<?u cf his engagement." Phyllis' cheek crimsoned. "I am sorry you thought it necessary to come here to tell me this," she said, vainly trying to control her voice. "I have never thought of your son as anything but a friend." Phyllis was conscious that she was not speaking the truth; for, though die had often tried to keep Baymond Fletcher's handsome faoe from her mind, just so often had she found it impossible to do, and, then too, she had thought . that he cared something .for her. As Phyllis walked home after her unexpected interview, with her spirits crushed and her pride deeply wounded, and the large tears glistening upon her cheeks, her quick ear caught the sound of some on«*. singing in the distance. She knew the voice, and hastened her footsteps. Jack Mowbray must not see her with the great tears in her eyes, neither must he suspect the anguish in her heart. But she could not keep ahead of the rapid footsteps, nor could she feign deafness to the voice calling her. She turned and tried to smile cheerily, but it was a dreary attempt at light­ ness, and Jack's quick eye detected the traces of tears, and the cheerfulness did not deceive him. "What now, Phyllis?" he asked. "Have those little Arabs been torment­ ing you to death, or have you been re­ proved by Madam Fletcher for flirting with her handsome Son. I saw you talking together a few moments ago." He laid his hand upon her arm, "You are too poor to satisfy the cravings of Madam's mercenary soul, she is as am­ bitious for gold as Croesus, while her doll-faced son is as fickle--as a worn- _ _ n an. Jack laughed merrily aa he spoke. He felt free in speaking thus plainly to Phyllis, for had not lie been her con­ stant escort, nay, even slave, when she suddenly transferred her smiles to this Bay Fletcher, and bestowed upon him­ self sundry snubs, which were not easily forgotten. "You are very candid, at any rate, Jack," Phyllis said with dignity, "and I cannot imagine why yon should think Madam and myself are not on the best of terms?" Jack laughed outright, and placed his finger upon the tear-stain traces, "I believe. Phyllis, you are fibbing." Phyllis laughed now, her old, accus­ tomed laugh. Somehow, Jack always put her in a good humor, and made her forget her wooer "Madam Fletcher appears to be very kind," she said, "though the meeting was an initiatory one. She is more considerate than the most of people, for she walked, with her own aristo­ cratic feet, for the purpose of telling me that her son was going abroad, and seemed anxious to know if I had suc­ cumbed utterly to his charms." Phyllis' lip curled. Jack's countenance fell. "' "Perhaps I did Madam an injustice about marrying her son to money. I suppose you gave her a very satisfactory reply ?" he asked, with a sudden fear, mingled with a faint hope; for he had detected the trace of irony in her voice. "Oh, yes, very satisfactory!" Phyllis said, opening the gate of the little cot­ tage, while Jack walked rather slowly away, with a rather curt good-night. Phyllis leaned her head upon the gate for a moment, and then let the hot, scalding tears come freely, wondering all the time if Bay Fletcher had been cognizant of her mother's intention. She turned and went into the dingy cottage, with disturbed thoughts and railing against fate for her poverty. "If I had been rich, I know Madam Fletcher would have done differently, but " Phyllis had climbed the narrow, winding stair, and was standing before her uncle's door, which was closed and barred against intruders. Phyllis list­ ened for a moment for apy noise within, and her ear caught the sound of the old cripple's voice, counting, in a monoto­ nous tone, as he had always done ever since die could remember. There was no key-hole through which she could peep, for the door was fastened upon the inside by a bolt. Phyllis left the spot. She had be­ come accustomed to the strange whims of her Uncle Amos, and she thought nothing of this queer fancy of his for passing so many long hours in the in­ cessant counting, for she was well aware that he had little or nothing to count. Surely, if he possessed money or treas­ ures, they would not be obliged to live and struggle with poverty; nor would she be obliged to spend her youth in the confined atmosphere of the smoky school-house. Yes, it was very hard to be poor; but, if she ever had money, both Uncle Amos and herself should live in ease and luxury, "and," she said, straightening up her slight figure, "I ought to be thankful that I am not a poor cripple like Uncle Amos; but I know, if I keep on complaining, I will soon learn to grumble, just as he has grown to count his * endless column.'" It was the last Saturday in the month, and Phyllis was equpped and ready for her shopping exjiedition to the neigh­ boring city to make her little purchases with the money she had hoarded for the last sixty days. It was a small sum enough, but her wardrobe demanded certain attributes. She had turned her Sunday dress into an every-day. one, and how was it possible to make that answer for both purposes? Her wounded feelings had not yet re- . . ' Mste. Neither ooold afceb* feel a twinge ef regret for the fickle- •hearted Bay, who hadgivra her up so with some woopU |oirar. Phyllis' thoughts had wtodese* frem herSnn- day dress, which she was about to pur­ chase, as she walked through the streets of the city. Her eyes were cast upon the ground, but she raised them quickly when she felt herself brought in sudden contact with aaother body. It was Jack standing before her, mak­ ing a wry faoe, with his hand upon his heart. "You have knocked it clean oat of me this time, Phyllis." "Oh, Jack, excuse me. I Was not looking to see where I was going." She did not feel sorry for the meet­ ing, and she would ask him to go with her to help make her purchases. "Don't you want to come and help me select a dress, Jack?" she Naked. "Two pair of eyes are better tbautone in choosing among a lot of bright fab­ rics." Jack looked pleased. "What is it going to be, Phyllis?" he asked. "Your wedding-dress? If so, I must decline." Phyllis laughed. "A bridegroom Is a necessary appurtenance to a wedding- dress, and as I am hot fortunate enough in having that future blessing, I am obliged to content myself with a plain go-to-meeting gown." Jack was quite contented. He liked to listen to Phyllis as she tripped along by his side, and, as her mission was only a Sunday gown, he did not feel un- have been thinking that blue would be a good color," she went on; "red makes me look sallow." Jack looked dazed, and suggested green, at which Phyllis laughed out- ri ght and looked a little disgusted. "Don't you know, Jack, that green is forsaken," she asked, trying to appear serious. As she littered the words a merry party passed them in an open carriage, which caused her feigned so­ briety to become genuine, for a hat was lifted to them, and* Phyllis had only time to perceive that it was Baymond Fletcher greeting her as they drove rapidly by, and the fair, frail girl by his side was no doubt the happy being of whom his mother had spoken. It was late in the afternoon before Phyllis had completed her simple shop­ ping. Jack had promised to meet her at the station in time to take the early train home. Phyllis was dissatisfied with herself and the day in general, and, most of all, her new Sunday dress, which was green, a dark bottle-green, and she could not tell why she had bought it. She had missed one train waiting for Jack, and now the last would not start until 9 o'clock. But he came at last when the day had ceased to shine, and the moon hung high and full in the sky. He took Phyllis' small parcels and stowed them away in his pockets, while the hateful green dress he tucked under his arm. It was 11 o'clock when the train stopped'at the little station to allow the few whose destination it was to alight. "Don't lose my beautiful green dress, Jack," Phyllis said, as they walked along, "for I have spent all my money upon it. Jack's heart gave several loud thumps. "Did you say green, Phyllis?" he asked. "Yes, Jack, a dark bottle-green, just as the grass looks on a cold spring day." "But," said Jack, "I thought it was gping to be blue. Say, Phyllis, did you buy that green dress because I said green, and you thought I liked it?" They were standing upon the rustic bridge looking into the water where long bars of alternate light and shadow crept across its bosom* "Well, Jack, to tell you the truth, you were the only one who seemed in­ terested, and so--so I bought green, though it is forsaken." In an instant Jack's arm was about the slight figure. "Did you really 'Jto please me, Phyllis?" he asked. Phyllis' head sank. "Oh, Jack! I would do anything on earth to please you. You are the only person who cares whether I live or die to-morrow." Jack placed his hand beneath her chin «id rinsed her face to his own. "Will you marry me, Phyllis?" he asked, hurriedly, with the almost dead hope springing into new life. "But, Jack, we are both so poor, and then you would have Uncle Amos, too." Jack laughed, "We may be rich some day, and then we can laugh at our pov­ erty." Phyllis closed her eyes. "If you will have me, Jack--only poor Phyllis--I will marry you." She stretched out her hand and took the parcel from him, and threw it over the railing of the bridge. "It is green, Jack, and I am not for­ saken now." The low, brown cottage was very dark when they reached the gate, and the ac­ customed light shining through Amos Dean's closed slats was not visible, but, instead, the shutters were thrown open wide, and the moonlight streamed full upon the small panes of the window. Phyllis looked for a moment at the window, and the feeling of wonder gave place to a strange sense of alarm. She took Jack's hand. "Come," she said, "I cannot go up there alone." Jack Mowbray obediently allowed the soft hand to lead him into the dark hall and up the narrow, winding stairs. Phyllis rapped upon the thin panel of her uncle's door, but there was no response, only the echo that seemed to reverberate through the dim hall. Jack pressed the weight of his strong frame against the door, which yielded with a crash as the time-seasoned wood gave way beneath his weight. Phyllis uttered a cry. The full-moon Bhone directly down through the shut- terless window, revealing plainly to her sight Amos Dean sitting bolt upright in his chair, before a small table which was drawn close up to the window. She approached him, but he made no movement; she called him by name, but his lips uttered no response; and, by the light that seemed to penetrate every corner of the room, Phyllis saw that her uncle was dead. She touched the hand that rested upon the table, and as she did so she caught the light of numerous sparkling stones lying upon the dark wood of the table. "Jack," she said in a whisper, "What does it mean--what are they ?" Jack bent down and looked long and attentively at the scintillating rays which flashed in the broad light of the moon. He stood up, and looked at Phyllis as he grasped the back of the dead man's chair." They are diamonds, Phyllis." It was all he could say as he turned away, and held out his hand to the trembling girL But Phyllis burst into tears and leaned against the table. She jiot 4hA WQ&dft tll&t CftlDft her fiM, hut they rang In her ears until herl&mm. Her Uncle Amos had been a miser. Yea, AW Dean had lived a life of struggle and poyerty that he might hoard his gnat wealth, and night by night -gaze at it and gloat over its in­ creasing value. Half a billion of money invested in diamonds, Whose combined brilliancy would have dazzled the eves and confused the brain of their be­ holder. In the excitement that followed Phyllis forgot the Sunday gown float­ ing upon the river, and her' poverty that had so long held ap its threatening finger.--Chicago Ledger. The Y Falls. Ho wonder the Indians reverenoe the beautiful Yosemite Mis. Even the white settlers in tho valley cannot re­ sist their influence, but speak of them with admiration that amounts to love. Some spend the winter in the valley, and they told me that if I could see the falls in their winter robes, all fringed with icicles, I should gain a glimpse of fairyland. At the base of the great fall the fairies build a real ic?- palace, sometimes more than 100 feet high. It is formed by the ever-falling, freezing spray, and the bright sun gleams on this glittering palace oi crystal, and the falling water striking upon it shoots off, in showers, like myr- aid opals and diamonds; but when I first beheld them, on a bright May morning, not an icicle remained, and the falls were in their glory. I had never dreamed of anything so lovely. I confess that I am not a keen lover of water-falls in general, and am oftner in­ clined to vote them a b&re, when en­ thusiastic people insist on leaving the blessed sunshine to go ever so far down a dank, damp ravine to see some fool­ ish driblet. But here we stand in the glorious sunlight, among pine trees a couple of hundred feet in height, and they are pygmies like ourselves, in presence of even the lowest step of the stately fall which leaps and dashes from so vast a height that it looses all semblance of water. It is a splendid bouquet of glistening rockets, which, instead of rushing heavenward, shoot down as if from the blue capony which seems to touch the brink. 2,700 feet above us. Like myraid-falling stars they flash, each keeping in sep­ arate course for its several hun­ dred feet, till at length it blends with 10,000 more in the grand avalanche of frothy, fleecy foam, which forever and forever falls, boiling and raging like a whirlpool, among the huge black boulders in the deep caldron below, and throwing back clouds of mist and vapor. The most exquisite moment occurs when you reach some spot where the sun's rays, streaming past you, transform the light vapor into brilliant rainbow prisms, which gird the fall with vivid iris bars. As the water-rockets flash through these radiant belts, they seem to carry the color onward as they fall; and some­ times it waves and trembles in the breeze, so that the rainbow knows not where to rest, but forms a moving col­ umn of radiant tricolor. So large a body of water rushing through the air naturally produces a strong current, which, passing between the face of the rock and the fall, carries the latter well forward, so that it becomes the sport of every breeze that dances through the valley; hence, this great column is forever vibrating from side to side, and often forms a semi-circular curve. The width of *he stream at the summit is about twenty to thirty feet, but at the base of the Tipper fall it has expanded to a width of fully 300 feet; and, as the wind carries it to one side or the other, it plays over a space of about 1,000 feet in width of a pre­ cipitous rocky face, 1,600 feet in depth. This is the height of the upper fall. As seen from below, the Yosemite, though divided into three distinct falls, is apparently all on one plane. It is only when you reach some point from which you see it sideways that you realize that the great upper fall lies fully ,a quarter of a mile further back than the middle or lower foils, and that it rushes down this space in boiling cascades till it reaches a perpendicular rock, over which it leaps about 600 feet, and then gives a third and final plunge of about 500, making up a total of little under 2,700.--Comhill Mag a* ; „ Clave Themselves A.way. A well-to-do young man married and started West on his bridal tour. The happy young couple were breakfasting at a station eating-house. During the repast two smart Alecks came into the dining-room and seated themselves op­ posite the contracting parties. They were telegraph operators. By delicate posing of their knife and fork they were able to make sounds in close imitation of telegraph. In the mystic language of the key one said to the other: "Ain't she a daisy, though ?" The party addressed replied by click­ ing off: "Wouldn't I like to hog and kiss her, the little fat angel!" "Wonder who that old bloat is that she has married?" "Some gorgeous granger, I reckon!" replied the other. The groom stood it until forbearance ceased to be a virtue, when he also bal­ anced his knife, and click, click, it went, in rapid succession. It was intelligible to the very cute twain that had made fun of its author. When interpreted it read: "DEAB SIBB: I am Superintendent of the the telegraph line upon which you work. You will please send your time to headquarters and resign your respective positions at once. Yours, Superintendent of Telegraph.--Lowell Courier. --^liaiiaeL Cremation in Japan, v . .. The cause of cremation Is progress in Japan that may well startle as well as encourage the advocates of cremation in Western lands. It is said that the number of bodies disposed of in that way is about 9 000 a year. The furnace is a stone and cement structure, with a tall chimney that makes it look like a factory. In the vestibule are a number of red earthen-ware urns and small shovels which the relatives of the deceased purchase to colleot the ashes after burning. Beside the vestibule there are four chambers, the largest of which is decorated with granite columns. After the cremation the ashes are col­ lected, placed in an urn, and then buried--often with much pomp--in a cemetery. The cremation edifice is hedged in by fences of bamboo and red camellias. A DEPUTY MARSHAL went to arrest a moonshiner down in North Carolina. After announcing his business, the old man lay down on the floor and told the officer he was ready to go, but he would have to carry him. He weighed 300 pounds. While the officer was gone fox " 1 mn.n j • Fon dyspepsia pour one quart of eoU on two tsUMtHMBhui of un* slacked lime; let it stand a few min­ utes, bottle and cork, and when clear it is ready for use; pat three table-spoon­ fuls in a cup of milk, and drink any time, usually before meals. A GOOD wash to prevent the hair from falling ont is made with one aunce powdered borax, half an ounce of powdered camphor, one quart of boiling water. When oool, pour in a bottle for a Be, and clean the head with it, apply­ ing with flannel or sponge once a week. FOR cronp, administer a teaspoonful of strong alum-water; repeat the dose every fifteen minutes until free vomit­ ing occurs. Put the feet and limbs in hot water, and then wrap up in flannel; place on the chest a poultice of corn- meal sprinkled with mustard. Beware af cold draughts. As the attack de­ parts administer a dose of magnesia, rhubarb or castor oil. When children are liable to have croup, always keep the alum-water solution ready on the washstand. WHOOPING-COUGH.-- Dr. Garth, of Vienna, proposes a singular treatment for this distressing ailment, which will doubtless receive careful consideration from the medical profession. He states that by placing twenty drops of the oil of turpentine on a handkerchief, holding it before tha face, and taking about forty deep inspirations, to be re­ peated thrice daily, marked relief, suc­ ceeded in cases of laryngeal catarrh by speedy eure, is the result. Being called in to attend an infant of 15 months in the convulsive stage, he in­ structed the child's mother to hold a cloth moistened as already described, before it when awake, and to drop the oil upon its pillow when it dept. In this instance the remedy in its effect was most beneficial. The frequency and severity of the attacks sensibly de­ creased in the course of twenty-four hours, and by proper support liy the help of stimulants, improvement was rapid. LIME JUICE'IN THE TREATMENT OF DIPHTHERIA.--M Czartoryski, M. D., of Stockton, Cal., writes as follows to the ilondon Lancet. "During a prolonged residence in the interior of China, I be­ came acquainted with the fact that the Chinese place great reliance during epidemic of diphtheria in the internal use of the fresh juice of limes (a fruit closely allied to the lemon) and of the fruit itself, which they consume in enormous quantities, in every conceiv­ able form--as lemonade, with native spirits, out in slices, etc.--during attacks of this dreadful disease, with apparent­ ly most successful results, it hardly ever failing to effect a cure. The Chinese consider it a specific, and will, in case of need, do anything to obtain a supply. Since I have come back to California, as also in Louisiana, I have used limes and their juices in my prac­ tice as a physician with most successful results in cases of diphtheria, even in the most desperate cases. As soon as I take charge of a case of diphtheria, I order limes to be administered as freely as possible, in any manner the patient can be prevailed upon to take them, especi­ ally in the form of hot lemonade, sweetened with white sugar or honey, or cut in slices with powdered white sugar. Besides lime juice (which I sup­ pose acts by imparting an excess of oxygen to the circulation, and thereby prevents formation of vibriones, etc, and so has almost a specific effect on disease). I prescribe whatever drug may be indicated to relieve symptoms as they develop, and impart strength Ijy appropriate Stimulants and nourish­ ment." OPIATES.--To me it seems worse than folly to make an extensive use of opiates, the direct effects of which is to stupefy, and not remove the cause of pain. It is manifest that the object of pain is to remind us that something is wrong; that something should be done to put the system into "working order," To stupefy the system, therefore, to "muzzle" pain, to suppress the alarm, the friendly warnings, instead of seek­ ing to learn and remove the causes, is as unwise as it would be to capture and confine the ringer of the "fire alarm," or to "hush up" the owner of a house on fire. I insist that the pun is not the disease, but simply the evidence of its existence, or nature's efforts to remove the causss. All opiates, so far as I know, practically act as astringents, producing constipation, tending to "lock up" all of the powers of the sys­ tem, thus preventing all efforts of tha recuperative energies to restore order, to cure disease, since these powers are ever at work, if not shackled, in the at­ tempt to counteract the harm sustained by the l>ody by the violation of its laws. It is cruel, therefore, to hamper and badger so friendly an agency, ever seeking our good. On this subject Prof. J. P. Harrison, in his treatise on therapeutics, utters the following sensi­ ble statement: "They enhance nerv­ ousness. "If the brain is effected, they increase the disease." "Inflammation of the stomach and bowels will be made worse by an opiate, perhaps incurably worse." "A small dose of paregoric will often produce fits in small chil­ dren." "The intellect of the child will always be impaired by the use of opiates, although years may elapse after the use is abandoned. "Such children pass through teething badly." --Dr. Hanaford. T.I •coin and One of His Old Friends. In February, 1860, Mr. Lincoln made a trip to New York, where he was engaged to lecture in Cooper Institute on the 27th of the month. After the delivery of his lecture he came to New Hampshire and spoke in Manchester and Concord. While on this journey he stopped over night with a friend in Lawrence, sharing his humble quarters in preference to the better ones of a hotel, for his friend was poor. The next morning Mr. Lincoln proceeded to fill his engagement at Manchester. Weeks and months rolled by, filled with the stirring scenes of a Presiden­ tial campaign, in which Mr. Lincoln was the central and remarkable figure. Mr. Lincoln was elected, and in March, 1861, he was inaugurated. One even­ ing, a little later, there was a reception at the White House. The crowd was almost a solid and impenetrable mass. It surged about the President and it was with extreme difficulty that many were enabled to take him by the hand. Suddenly there was a commotion and a voice was heard to exclaim, as its owner came elbowing his way through the throng, "Abe, Abe!" Mr. Lincoln looked up and warmly greeted his Lawrence friend. The next day, in the privacy of the White House, Mr. Lin­ coln wrote a request to the Collector of the Port of Boston to make a place for his Lawrence friend.--Nashua (N. H.) Telegraph. SERVANT girls in Helena, Montana, fcDcwit whmn Mi tt» Wlhpint fey the pwssnt L«islattti& Un Hon* ace at forte to UMAMOUTTFIIINTTMIHJAMIIALA ttummy cannot be emended, as when the bill cays "not to esoeed* aa aomonnt mentioned, u other eases the amount appropriated is never drawn, as the canal and penitentiary contingent funds. In this nrnomfa where over a gross amount is appropriated it Yum been divided by two, so as to shew the average of appropriation per annum, as nearly all the appropriations ae per annum. AfwowMK-- nmmaai 13. Appvoprlatoi conttnjrently tso,ooo per an­ num to kotp the canal tn navlCMrie oeadlttoa. but noiw to be dn»wn nntil all surplus earnings axe used. 46. Appropriates, in addition to halt the col­ lege and seminary Interest ($13,000), $IT,OOO per annom Tor the Southern Normal. 63. Appropriates H:<0,000 per annum tor or­ dinary expenses of the Kankakee Insane Any lam. 65. Appropriate* (27,360 per annnm to the In­ dustrial university at Champaign. 91. Appropriates $5,000 per annum ta the State Laboratory of Natural History. 05. Appropriates Sto.ooo per annum to pnr- i oases for the battle flags. 100. Appropriates $115,000 per »«"""« to tin Elgin Asylum. 113. Appropriates $116,000 per annnm Cor the Southern Insane Hospital. 135. Appropriates $62,500 per annum for tha Feeble-Mlncfed Asylum at Lincoln. 139. Appropriates 162^00 per an nnmfor the Re­ form SobcsL 136. Appropriates $131,060 per annnm for the Central Hospital for Insane at Jacksonville. 155. Appropriates $59,000 per annum foe the Soldiers Orphan*' Home. 167. Appropriate* $75 to J. O. Chinas, due hitn as Librarian for the Southern Otand Division of the Supreme Court. 179. Appropriates $2,000 per annum to the Horticultural Society. 185. Appropriates $800,000 to pay the officers and members of the next General Assembly, and the salaries of officers oi the State as are established by statute. 186. Appropriates $3,545 to Robert Wilson, tor surveying lands at and around Copperas Creek 196. Appropriates $5,»oo per annum for build­ ings at the Institution for the Deaf and Dnmb. 197. Appropriates $100,000 per annnm for the ordinary expenses for the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. 204. Appropriates a contingent fund of $35,000 per annum for the Joliet Penitentiary, 333. To the Board of Education of Chicago $3,500 per annum as a donation for the School for Deaf and Dumb Children. 337. Reappiopriates to the estate of Wra. Allen, of Putnam County, $1,900 as damages by the overflow of lands by the construction of the Henry dam. 338. Reappropriates to W. H. White $565 for same. 391. Appropriates $5,000 to the destitute inhab­ itants of Rose Cla r 368. To the State and County Agricultural Boards $23,800 per annum. 374. Appropriates $290,000 per annum for car­ rying on the State Government, exclusive of State and Judicial, members and nffloeas of the Lecislatnre, and $1,000,000 per year for schools. 282. Appropriates $8,000 tn full of all claims Mound City had for State taxes under the "grab act." 300. Appropriates $30,000 to the Eye and Ear Infirmary. 348. Appropriates $4,000 for the State law library at the Capitol. SCO. Appropriates for new buildings at Kan­ kakee asylum, and for the care, oonungently, of any patients which may be received into these additional buildings $363,600 per annum 371. For repairs and improvements at Joliet penitentiary.tio.ooe per annum. 376. Reappropriates $390 to Jacob and Nicholas Lacinger on aooount of Henry dam. 409. For the Southern Penitentiary, for build­ ing and land. $l3,uuo. 411. Appropriates $75,000 per annnm for the National -Guards. 413. To the Institution for the Blind, $35,000 per annum. 418. In addition to one-half Of the Interest of the school fund ($13,000) $17,800 per annum to the Southern Normal. 433. Appropriates $11,000 per annnm for build­ ings for Southern Insane Asylum. filiate bill 4» appropriates $75,000 to the thernf̂ eniten Uary. ouse bin 66H appropriates $67,500 per annum to erect an additional building at the Jackson­ ville Insane Asylum. 148. Appropriates $3,500 for the Mulligan moa- nment, and $500 for a monument to the volun­ teers who fell at Stinman's Ron. 131. Appropriates $1,780 to Franklin county for putnnjt down the Kn Klux Klan in that Beulah land. 146. Appropriates to Richard Bh^-iuk t~" '<• work and material on the Southern lnnane.Asr< lum. It has in it the singular provMon "to be paid out of any money in the Turns my net otherwise appropriated, and charge to tha ae- count of said anrlum." 37. Appropriates for a defloiency to the South­ ern Penitentiary, $30,000. 222 and 223. Appropriates $234 to Alton Prosecuting Attorney. •ovsc 307. Reappropriates to the estate of Albert Spink $150 for examining books at Joliet Peni­ tentiary years ago. 361. Appropriates $25,000 to pave one-half of the street around the Capitol. 389. Appropriates 110,000 to the families of de­ ceased miners at the Diamond mine, and $3,000 to Conlterville. 493. Appropriates $30,000 to relieve the desti­ tute at Shawneetown and Gallatin county. 733. Appropriates $13,000 deficiency to pay the employes of this General Assembly. Forty-er ssssMHriatsflur sasnsv H&Mtoa vote of the bills aggregate $3,334,333. to pay William Allen a White were lost. LAWS--SENATE BXIX8. 1. Provides that any instrument in writing not required by law to be attested bv a subscribing witness, it it be so attested it shall not be neces­ sary to prove its execution by such witness to the exclusion of other evidence. 3. Adds section 378 to the criminal code. It provides that whoever maliciously damages any ice on the waters of the State where ioe is taken for merchandise, or incites another to do it, shall be fined $500 or confined In jail. 4. Amends section 197 of division 1 of the criminal code in the same direction. 36. Permits school funds, held by any person by virtue of any school charter, to be loaned upon the terms and conditions of the school laws or the State. 37. Makes all claims for wages of any laborer or servant earned within three months pre­ ceding the making of a voluntary assignment preferred. For an Instrument payable on demand the statute of limitations snail begin to run at the date thereof. 84. Clothes policemen of cities and villages with the common law and statutory power of constables. 98. Amends the Township Insurance law so that a person not residing in the difltriot, but owning insurable property in it. may become a member of the company but not a director. 111. Amends section 107 of the Road law so that a town which has a stream for its boundary may vote to build or buy a bridge alone, when the township opposite refuses to join. (This is the Peoria Pridge bill, passed as an emergency bill. As the whole Roaa law was repealed, this has no effect after July 1, unless Peoria acts un­ der it before that time.) 180. Requires all coal to be weighed at the mines, and makes such weight the basis of pay­ ment of miners. 243. Authorizes the maintenance and improve­ ment of oounty ditches by the county, in Bu­ reau and other counties which have such ditches. 254. Changes the time of holding oounty oourts in Clark, Cumberland, Jackson. La Salle, Macoupin. Marshall and Randolph counties. 256. Authorises the consolidation of certain railroads in this State or roads in this with those In other States. It places such roads under the the law of this State in regard to extortion and unjust discrimination. 314. Provides for the organization and man­ agement of societies for paying pecuniary benefits to widows and heirs of deceased mem­ bers. 315. Is the Road and Bridge act. It takes the place of the present Road law in counties under township organization, and provides an option for paying the road tax in work. 334. Amends the law for the sale of unclaimed property by common carriers and warehouse­ men, so as to make it apply to and include pri­ vate warehouses. 346. Declares the right of private drainage and permits owners of land to drain for agricul­ tural purposes. mi. Authorises County Superintendents to charge a fee of $1 for certificates, the money so received to be held as s fund to pay the expenses of Teschera|Institutes, and authorises the hold­ ing of joihvinstitutea by two or more conntles. 381. Amends several sections of the Levee Drainage act, and adds two new sections to en­ able the authorities to protect what has already been done. , . 383. Amends sections 33 and 34 of McLane act. 401. Provides for the building oi permanent stone or gnvd roads, by vote of the township. 437. Amends the title of the Pleuro-Pneumonia Atft of 1881 so as to make it include "contagious g l a n d e r s . " . . . . . 431 Amends section 4 of the act in regard to guardians and wards" to authorise Prooste Courts to direct, in their discretion, that any person malting a final settlement ona minor may have permission to vistfeanch minor. noossniixs. 47. Amended the Fireman's Benevolent Asm- . elation act. Vetoed by the Governor. 77. Permits Countv Courts to adjourn to any day not beyond the first day of the next probate term. under -- . lses assessments made under it, si such drainage districts to bid In land ssfat fir delinquent taxes of any assessment. 105. Repeals the act creating the Bourbon School district in Douglas oounty. 119. Authorises the Governor to convey to the Southeast and St. Louis railroad a fraettoaof land ta Banality, Gallatin oounty. 123. Amends the sot providing for the health and safety of ooal miners. It requires flre-̂ foof iybe Authorises boundaries township M which tt ls « %0 ottdBB it Town Collector. 370. Authorises County township organization to district for election purposes. 417. Authorises overflow to divide their districts for the pmpoaw at and to do such improvement by I ment. 441.. Provides fur establishing training school . for boys. ' •* 457. Reqnlres co-operative operates* at liultar ,* and cheese factories to give bonds to thepHdsali . of such factories. • . • Z-.iWjveiqz:- 461. Provides for the appointment s* Cqulr. ̂ Treasurers pending an election to SD a tmmtmfi Emergency. farafc 467. Amends the law In regard to minority election of members of City Council. Ksasr- gency. 470. Changes the time of holding County • : ,i Court in Fnlton, Mercer and Warren eMaines. ; 471. Changes time for holding Cunty Court in Jersey countv. 473. Authorises fund the surplus In the' credit of the local bond ft poratlons and counties wbete tba bond* ofsaefc coiporattons have been tally paid, and atasds the Tjanner of refunding. Emergency. 497. Authorises two or more cities, villages, or towns to unite in establishing and makrtsininr cemeteries within or without their corporate limits, 504. Enables railroad corporations to extend their lines and construct branches to points not named in their articles of mcwMnttoa, and en­ ables them to purchase the stock sad securities , of other companies, and legalises son pur- *. chases heretofore made oontrary to law. # 507. Provides a war by which the people in _/ •, any Territory, in three or more townships son- 1" ̂ tainlng not less than 400 inhabitants, may be or- ganized into a schcol district. 5U. Governs the business of fotelcn bŝ ranoe ;? companies, associations, or partnerships in this /v State. =; dei 520. Requires railroad companies to keep their open, heated and lighted one-half I and after the arrival of trains. Enforces the provisions of section t, artt- honr pot before) 539. _ , cle ll, of the constitution, by requiring all rail­ road companies to maintain pubao ottces ta this State for the transaction of business Where transfers of stock may be made. 541. Prevents and punishes the adulteration of vinegar. 547. Changes the time of holding Court in Hanoock county. 550. Increases the fees of County CWta in counties of the third clas*s Cook and La Balls. 601. Increases the fees of States Attorneys. 608. Requires that no application for ja- ment against lands for unpaid special a til ments shall be made at a time different i annual application for Judgment against landa for general delinquent taxes. 615. Repeals the act of 1849 which declares the Saline river navigable. 623. Requires that all bridges over the mrvi- gabls portions of the Illinois river shall have bridge pier booms made and constructed as pro­ vided In this sot. , 640. Establishes Stake *--T*Tt1r* tot coal mines, and lengthens the time m wMoh deep mines shall make escapement ahafta. iL^ l̂aTriir7 MlMlh.«lrataf.WlA^ T* * * „ Hon or nuiDiitbT oi UM nooiti #iivt. - IBstiUbttsDBs ft sysfeMB ̂ FwttmiMarr 'Com- in Nshcaska Otty. bUlsotfortidsanyelevatsdmilraadto build along lota wfthout oos 353. Increases the amount charters way raise tor water and poses. [PwclaaariMfcitaeir.] ofKcu£na.&3 sr? &*&2SX3Si Home to$*M00 per aaaum. -i 2& The Btate levy $i,My» .pet BiHHfm for H 619. Authorises the 1 i to sell a lot I buildings at the shafts. îrr'AttSortaMS r̂uS StaMcWng. to use a copy which has entt ealy thn atone eC tha larer to bssasamaniii > . • 3M. Revises the law in retaken to the Depart­ ment at Agriculture ana lairs. tm. CTmatin the sonnttea sf the State for feaacv* county aStaara aswirtWag to the census wTkntsads the time tn Best. I,- ettta*,towMead of ovsr 10,000 inhabitants relief of disabled fimnenaud i ML Requires the attention of sehool for at least twelve wisks mi ua Hakes the pi vlcUon for bu tng, robbery, 1 ment In the penltewtisry far sot teen years. 396. Prevents selling atooks which have been hjq amount for which they 1 " ' sewn lahk*!. 'I't'-i t& A convict at a, French ptnsi §llti> ment, was undergoing a life aeiiiMfltoi, desired to marry a female convict, sulk marriages being of common ooenrpenoe. The Governor of tbe ootaaj Mao ob­ jection, b«t the priest proceeded to ecoas- examine the prisoner. "Did you not marry in FranMr* asked the clergyman. "Yes." "And your wife is deadf 1 * -'J WJ "She is." ' ; ; , .>>* 1. "Have 70a ally docamesta fa afetqnr that she is deadf^ 'No." ' •' : v " 'Then I must refuse to marry yon. You must bring some proof of the death of your wife." There vps a pause, during which the prospective bride looked at the anx­ iously would-be groom. Finally Jie said: "I can prove that my former wife la dead!" "How will you prove itf̂ "I was sent here for having killed her." The bride took him, notwithstanding. Possibly she may have been sent to fitc Eenal colony for having murdered her usband. At any rate they were a well-flMiehed couple.--Tesm. Hai to Ga On. In the panicky days of 1872 a Balti­ more dealer went to a trusted friend and asked his advice in regard to fail­ ing, and effecting a cheap settlement with his creditors. JW jour "About $2,000." • »'• , • >•, ̂̂ 5 "And your assets^* •- • *• * •> "Oh, I'm worth about $50,000.* \ "And how much do you hope to bsok your creditors out of? "Well, perhaps $1,200." "My dear sir, you are next door to fc business idiot! Where yon basl your creditors out of $1,200 the lawyers will beat you out oi $3,400. Yon have started altogether wrong. Ion should be worth $2,000 and be in {ftsbl $50,- 000. Let this be a eolemn wanring never to do such a foolish tiring afain. No, sir, yon cant hot Go wok to business and pqy dollar for dollar, and it will serve yon just right, too." The dealer followed the advice, wad it wasn't until last year that he could bring a failure around and settle for IS cents on tike dollar.--Wall Street Newt. Why the Paleeat Lhrsa. One point as to the skunk. H*i well-ascertained fact that many asth­ matic patients find relief from smelling the odor of this--to raoet people-*-hate­ ful quadruped. I have now eases where asthmatic people vwMstej for half an hour in * fur warehouse after the arrival of recently-killed akunka and 4epart relieved, so IhaS the latter make some posthumous atonement fa# their inodorous Uvea.--IF". E. Hamib ton, in American Futfd. ** ;