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I-.M.H \ t I I- -> lllll i a. t i>bpf Karl ho W*n MT ASBOUK Ike *!>) ! 'lmu. A Colorado, Tuai. despatch saya : Tbe Karl of Aylea'ord waa liked aud pitied here at tbi. centre of the cattlemen. lie was generally admired lor bis tpleudid |h)ai oal appearauoe, and it wae uvual to pe*k of him aa the " nueel auimil in Ttxts." He cetuied to be full of good nature, with out choice aa to hii ooniptuioua, deeply intimate witb none, but on free and easy term* with all. ID business trauaxotinu* be lacked tienae. He put up 110000 earnest money for the pjrobase of a bunch of oatlle aoiiie time ago without tbe sligbl- *t profpact of being able to ojmplete tbe purobafre, aud tbe consequence waa that be Met bis money. He wou sympathy by tbia transaction, became the geueroui cowmen thought ttiat be wai too severely treated. He owned a small lot of cattle near Big Springs, aod lived upoo bii ranch in a miserable little pint bouse. Hi was a lurpiijiog consumer of whiskey and brandy, and whet be begao to drink lie lost all regard for money. Hii ipreei were never marked by violence, and he wai always oared lit by bii more sober acquaintances. He dropped into the Tex a* style gracefully, aud went about in a fltuutl sbiit, tin boots, big spun, leather leggiogi, aombrero and slicker He wai fond of bunciug Mexican quail, prairie chicken anl antelope, and eagerly shot all tbe wolves be could get within range of. Very little was knowo here of bis domestic trouble. He dropped bii title, ao tbat mtuy did not know toat he powesied one. He waa called Aylesford Hi had a merry laugh and waa nojguiud ai a jolly fellow at tbe bar. There was eometning patbetio about bis life here when he waa sober. He would ride for hours and bouri over the prairies all alone, and at night would walk about oo hii rauoh look- ing up at tbi aky, as though iu a reverie, oobroken save by tbe bowl of tbe coyote. He waa restless, aod seemed to love a* well as t) bate Eng- land. He was anxious to become a cattle king, teeing tbe growth ot the busi- oen all around him. but did uot seeui to be able to control aoy Urga sum of money at one time. When be weot to K jgland lai-t year he raid be wai going to sacrifice bii income for years for an advance large enough to enable him to go into the cattle busiueis ae he den ed Toe o jwboys were much altaobed to Ayleaford. '1 1. y never can be made to believe tbat tbe dead Earl was other than, ai they expreea it, " a fellow who tackled civilisation aud got floored " They can be trusted to look after oil interests until some one cornea to relieve thim. Hii property here is not large, aud be bad not bad it long euougb to begin to draw a re< eoue from it. It will take some time I c ; t tbe necessary papers here, autbortiiLgt be sale cf bit raoob. In tbe meantime tbe calves belougiug to him will be branded with bii brand at tbe next rut:d op, and tbe beef cattle will be shipped out in tbe spring for tbe account of bis estate. The general comment uioj bis death is britf. It if, "Poor Aylee fnrd.' _ _ * annu i i Araar llsirm >> Parrwrllrsl t n MHM .Tlr.ilna: ' I. *). A laat (Widoeada)) night's London oable aayi . Kxeter Hsli presented a scene of extraordinary religious enthusiasm, the oooaaii n being a farewell meeting to tbiny offiaera, obitfly woo.cn, who are iboitly to taki tbeir departure for America, New Zealand and India. These men and women, acme of tbe latter young, but moat of tbem on tbe ibady hide of Qve-and-twenty, are going to act aa recruiting sergeante of tbs Salvation Army. Oeu. Booth, tall, thin, sallow, full bearded and long baired, occupied the chair. HII son stood bsbind blm, and witb them on the pltlform were about a hundred c CBcers of b nli etxti. Fur aha mcii part they were typical enthu- siasts. men and women who would have been Roundbeadi witb Cromwell aud witch- bunUrs with Cotton Mather, but amongst them wire faces cunning and shifty. Oeu. Booth's remarks were received with great entbuniaem Referring to a celebrated cricketer, who recently became a convert, be aaid he was going to lend him to India 14 to guard tba alvatioo wioketa against the iwift bowing of the devil." He also aonouDoed that he bad under organization an army oorpt io every British village, who will barrack in vehicular caravans and be guarded at nigbt by sentries. Tbe hall was oiowded to the doors. MX I I l. . if. . i I I Hf K-l Ulro Hlllkr BUMI Her I ..lln I ...I, Hove I l. I" -Mjoiibhlr. A deptob from Denver lays: Hvleo Blythe iistar in a dramatic company play- ing here. Donoa Modixa, ex-wife of W B. Daoiela, tf Denver, is ber leading lady. Last nigbt tba money was refunded to the audience, aod it waa laid that Miss Blytbe was indifp ed. It bai transpired that on Monday nigbl Modixa, who is well known here, received ao ovation, and Blytbe assisted ber to carry her flowers off tbe atagt. Modixa walked off the stage and stepped Blytbe, telling her not to interfere thereafter. Blytbe defended hereelf and a fierce hair -pulling ensued. Blytbe refused to finish the play at long as ' that nasty thing" was on the >-Uge. but she was in- duced to go on. All day yesterday the manager tried to arrange matters, but at the laat moment woe obliged to give up. The engagement is declared at an ind. Wkerr I .1.1. - ... u. . . ui Taelr Title. Philadelphia Preu : Funeral directors came to be called undertaken in an odd way. Formerly a poor set of baberdaahetB were known as " upholders" because they came in when every one else was out, oaring for the dead bodies of the poor, whom haberdashers ot tbe ordinary stripe di 1 not deign to notice. At length tbere came to be a dii'imtiou even among upholdere.aud oo, for the matter of a name, they called themselves undertakers Finally the upholders also got aristocratic notion* int i their heals, and they adopted opbolstereri aa their title, so tbat " the upholder,' rueful harbinger nf death," who " wsitH with patience for the dying breath", ot whom Oray wrote, is now entirely unknown, at least iu name. 'Til bard for a man to aay all tbe worll tl mists ken but himself. Be it ao, who can help it r I III >l I r I \ !' 1>I I ION The .. , .rlnu. t-o.liton ! lk> Hrlil.h i .. . . - i . ( .. , , i. i .''Mil* i ,1,11,1 ln-<l|.im. tpi.i.j I* Orrrr* mprrlur force. ACsiro oable nays: If Grem I '.."i-iK-j is to suooed iu currying out i . i ur^ose ol btiog iu KuBr.iiuni ou the V4ih iuut. USWH of heavy fighting may be txpeoted at any moment. Tbe most exposed poeition f ir tbe English forces will be oa tbe desert M-reiuli between Oakdul aud Molamueh General Stewart in well on bid way with 2 000 men, aud has probably reached Abu lvi, twenty-four miles frum Metamneb Tuis pUe*. intberpiuionof military critics, would be fivorable lor tbe enemy to make their attack. The Mthdi bai five G.t iu gunn, twenty oaooous, some 300 nkilled artillery men, anJ from 20,000 to 30000 tribesmen. These latter are armed for (be most put with t-peara. but they bave also a considerable number of rifl M. The Arabs will likely pursue tbeir usual tactics of attacking, in a simultaneous rush, two sides of the tqnare wbioh the Eogliih must form, aa tbere la no cover, and then it i victory or death. Aoroaa vne atretou ul deeerl it ii impoiaible with the limited number forming the np-dition to kep opeu a hue of n treat. General Stewart is ooufideot of tbe superiority of discipline over numbers, and tbe ouly question ol misgiving ii tbe conduct of the camels. Tbe Guards will certainly not be aa much at home on those " ships of tbe deeeit " ae they would be astride ot tbeir own obarger*. But while ooLfident of inooea*, both iffiiers and men ire fully alive to tbe f.ct that tbe fighting will be terri- ble. The Arabs are brave and tbey ore fanatical, and many an Eogliibman'i best blood will be drunk up by tbe thirsty land. Qeo. Wolseley ii puiblog on from Kjiti, leaving as many meo as be can spare to keep open tbe bsie. Aod here another danger presents itself. Oen Erle is expected to be able to handle thi Monas sirp. who ore near Hamdab, though tbey are numerically bii auperion. But after tbe Mooaisiri be will probably encounter Oiiuau D gma, wbo is a brave and wily officer, and it generally believed to be tbe military bead of the rebellion. U-mu bas to be crushed, for bis success would be fraught witb tbe most dinatroue oonse queuoei. Should Otman win be wjuld immediately make a flank movement ou K irti, take tbe town, out tbe wlrri, teixa tbe supplies and fillow Oen. Wolseley. This ii tbe tituation ooe of great gravity and peril and newi ii being waited for witb feverish anxiety. * Ml I 111 U \\ > It I1IKIH I > III I 4 .UnblM lo Ihr 1 hr.r> ol Hi olull.u A Mnlilf t-ou,|r,l A Panama dexpaiob lays: An alarming condition of affaire prevails throughout tbe Republic. A general ooufliot ia imoii- oent. Civil war is under way iu Caodiiia- maroa, Boyaoa, Sautauder, aud Magdaleua, and it seems ii about to break out in Cauoa. In Paaama more trouble may occur, out tbere will be little bioodsbed. Heavy fighting has already taken place in the Interior. Tbe Radical party baa detached a fraction cf Couaerv.tives, aod uuit id they are endeavo'itg to turn out the Liberal Government! iu the difforent Htate* which are tbe strongest aupportera ef tbe Ojveru- ment of Pnsident Muoii. If nneucoossful they will unite with tbe States tbey hold iu an effort to overthrow the general O jvern- ruent. Severe xkirmishea bave occurred iu Sautander and Boyaoa. A cablegram this moruiug says a battle lias occurred at Tuiij*, in Buyaoa, in wbiob tbe Federal << were dtfeated. Tbe Commaoder-m-Cbiif, Oen. Monlirfar, aud another general were killed. The lighting oiuit bave been severe, oa (be rebels are in strong force. Tbey were reported to be surrounded by three thouaiid men. Ou December 'J.b President Muniz itxue1 a decree raining tbe strength of tbe at my to 8000. and on the Itttb he proclaimed martial law io tbe disaffioad States. Tbe opinion of tbe l-tbrous is tbat the Nucarsguau C-ingreta will not ratify lh> treaty with tbe United States, even should it be approved by tbe United Slates bioat*. IIICI ll| I I I V ,-| Hit M I A Talc ol Deal* H..I erlDfj la) Ike >otlh. in . n. Seme time since John Lowry, a well-to- do farmer of Centreville, Alameda county, went north to Alaska t) investigate some mines in wbioh he bad acquired on interest. Tbi inspection resulting satis fsotorily, hi remained tbere to assist ID developing tbe mines, all tbe reports received from him for some time being favorable. A schooner waa finally fitted out and departed for tbe North to brug a load of ore to K u Franoieoo for reduction, since it ooold be done hire cheaper tban in Alaaka. Mr. Lowry wae also expected to return ia the vessel. Weeks length- ened into mouth*, however, aod DO tiding! were received of tbe schooner or Lowry and bie companions. All hope was finally given op, aa it appeared certain the vessel must have been loel on b< r return trip witb all on board, and Lowry'i will wae a limited to probate, bii wife and children mooraiog him ae dead. A few dyi since, however, a tailor visited Mrs. Lowry and told a startling tale. Oo the Alaskan ooait, above Bilks,, a wrecked schooner had been discovered, tbe bodiee of four men being found near by. Two others ot tbi orew were discovered wander ing about, orszsd from starvation and ex- posure. 1 he description tii/en of one iodi- oatei that be may be Mr. Lowry, and fan wife, eagerly seizing tbe idea, ii making energetic preparations to have him brought horn , W.IBU time and oire may restore bis reason. An agent of hers will leave on tbe next steamer to make a thorough investi- gation and search. S. F. Call. II" i. William Parsons, now lecturing in America, Hays that until tbe marriage of tbe prevent Queen, no English nobleman travtlltd on a railway in Kogland. He sent bis baggage by rail, but travelled by coach, io that be might u it meet trades- men on the lame level. A nobleman was ravelling on a train wbioh met witb an accident. As ioou M be recovered from tbe shook be inquired : " Wbere i my servant T ' "He wai out in two," waa the reply. " Will you be kind aoongb to ti nd iu which part of him he boa got my luggsge keys so that I oao get my smelling- salu?' my lord directed. A ..' till I oil II r K' .. nil >!> Kpjcvioa; Ik* Mwtn ->i>a I. u f ..sir 'luuib. l.r . io. I 111, J Mil !!<-<. pllou Altai (Fridny) uig-iii London oable says Tbe ooleOrateu yiua libel suit ended to day by the appeal buiugdinmuaed aud tbe eoitor of tbe World surrendering himself to tbeiffijers of tbe l*. He has deotdod to abaudou the propomtion of bis oouurel to further appeal bisi case to tbe rlouae o L jrdi, aud will go t > prison aud nerve his tour moutbi. The paragraph wbioh led t i be suit H| p.sred iu tbe World of January lib, lxs:i. aad read as folio wn : " A strange awry is in circulation in certain H porting circles concerning tbe elopement of a youui ldy of very high rL>k ana noble birth witb a vouug peer, wboe msrriage waa one ol fTotiuu, bul whose wife bai, unfortu uately, fallen into a delicate stale of bealtb Tbe elopomeot is said to bave taken p ace from tbe bunting field. The young lady who ii only one or two aod twenty i a fair rider, and tbe gentle man a master of hounds." The Er of Liuddale ataumed that this para nr>p:i referred to him and institute! proceed iiui for libel agaiuil tbe editor ol ihe World. The paragraph had nmtber been written oor iuatigsted by Mr. Yotes, but hd ben contributed by Ltdy Slrad broke, a relative of Loid Louadale, who, for several yeari, bad been a paid oontributor to tbe j >urual. Tbe c^e waa tried before Lord Cbief Jailiae Coleridge ia May, 1883 aud on April 2nd, 1881, Mr. Tatei waa oou- vioted aud seuteuoed to four mouths' im- prisonment. Tbe j udgment was, however, rei-piled pending au appeal upon a point ol law. The case wsui opened before tbe Court of App talon Monday and oontinutd oo Tuesday, Mr. Cb *rle* Raasell appearing for Mr. Yates, while L>rd LjnudsJe was represented by Sir Henry Jsmee, tbe Attorney General, aid to-day at 3 o'clock K'gbt Hon. Kir WCD. Brett, Master of the K ills, delivered tbe judgment of the oourl, smissiox tbt appia>l. Mr. Yates u now oomfoitibly lodged in tbe j ail in Hulloway road, wbieb n known ra.-i*lly as " Her Msjeaty'a Prison or Hjuasot Correouoa." It ia a civil prison aud tba wardeoi and atttulaoU are un- commonly civil when tbeir palma are crossed witb silver. Mr. Yates is entered as a flrit-oloss misdemeanant aod oao have all the com (or to witbin tbe prison walls tbat be chooses to pay for. Your corres- pondent called al ihe prison to nigbt and after lending in bm card was nsbired into tbe corridor where Mr. Ytee was bolcu* bis reoeprion. Tbe plaoe waa full of vtaitor* aod Mr. Y tes was ktpt busy in explaining the beauties aud oomlurU of hit new abode Heoalled tbeocoaaiou ahonaei-warmiug.aDd tcok bu gneeti in groupi of two or three to bin cell, wbiob u fairly furiaibed, and eon loiai a well equipped sideb >rd and a ma I collection of booka, which, Mr. Yalei explained, would be augmented to tnorrow, or a* won as he b*d time to lend a list to ni* other residence :u Hyde 1'ark gut . Ia answer to an exprei-sion of condolence by ut oorrespoudeat, Mr. Yttee said cheerily : ' No, you should cjngratulate me. Dau'l you see, 1 eioape tbe gloomiest ,jit<f the yiar io L>odoo, aid 1 will merge witb *M buttsi flies. Bteidee, I lave lota cf literary work on hand, whiob n i] nres absolute isolation to perform properly. Here I expect to gel time and n p IMI for tbat work wbioh I baviu't been able to n nd during all tbe fuse and bother of the laat fe* mouths." l.slr a>e*>i*k News. Mr. Ilealy, tbe Iriab M P , io tbi course of bis reoeut ipvecbi at Glasgow, attacked Jr. Ctmpbell-BanDcrman, aud said tbe right bon. gentleman proposed to rule Iri. aud by a class of soounrlrel*, tbievee, rob- Mrs and unspeakable tfltndera, with whom he commonest Iiiabman would uot walk be street!. Rsv. Jchn Hood, free Cburoh minister, >f Djunioben, died at bis manic, LethaiD, about six milei from Forfar, on Tuesday wsek. lie bad beeu ill since March last, aud bii duties bave been discharged by a temporary assistant. Mr. Hjod wae in bit early da) a a teacher in Dundee, and after ward! i.udied for tbe miaiitry. He went o L tb mi in 1860 aud wai ordained minis ter in 1BC1. Tbe 1> jmfriei Standard givea a hitherto inpubliibd>ni dttprit written by Burns \ was received mauy years ago by an old man in Msxvelltown from asbepberd, who resided iu Daliwioton, had been intimate with tbe poet, aud wai present when the verse waa written. Aooordiog to his atory, while Buroe wai in tbi farm of Ellisland, is was ID tbe habit of frequently meeting bliokemilb, known from bis residence ai hhodee." Oo one occasion, Burns, itiodas and Ned (as the abapberd was called) were togeiner baviog a friendly ' crack " over a bowl ot toddy, when the emilb challenged tbi poet to wiite on epitaph on him. Burns immediately daubed if tbe f jllowiog : Beneath these tods lies drunken "Kbodee." Whs ue'cr wis krunxl to drink onuid water, Llk* olack o' mill ih* whlikcy (ill lasplrsMl bUtoucoe wr sudieas olaMer. S- h I l..npk T Ik* II r l.1. The wind blsw strongly aoroai tbe bridge flie black Derby ot a large, barly.red-faotd man suddenly cleared tbi iron fence and ell upon the railroad track. Tbi face of IB owner grew redder as be leaned over he piakete and saw a train approaching. lilt hi never moved a step, although aomi tboughlleaa spectators looked on to see him follow tbe course of bii property in a mad resolution to rescue it. A small boy on the roadway opposite aaw bu plight, leaped from bit waggon. mounted the fence, picked up the bat and banded it to tbe owner. The red-faced man said limply, 'Thank yon," and resumed bii way. Never go for a loet bat yourself, be observed \3 a com- panion. " During a long experience I have uniformly observed a principle in human nature which invariably leads somebody else to run and pick it up." " My dear fellow," replied hii oompaDiDn " the principle ii of universal applioation Tbe great man is not tbe one wbo doei things bimalf,bnt wbo oni make others do them for b\ia."CimtmrreialAdvertutr. Statistics i-how tbal the wheat trade of California. Oregon and Wa-tbington 1 em tory with Europe givss employment annually to more tban four bundred Bailing vessels goiug around Cl> Him. Tbe average passage for each teasel ii about 16.000 miles, in ao average time ot a little ovir four moulLi. Hi. I l.' PAT*. A I>...n Uttalcrr "l.. ,1 Allrr Me risajra. One ot the unsolved onsteriea of Carroll county, writes a Villa Kma, O*., oorres poudeut to t'je Si. Liuuit Qlube Democrat, i* fie disappearance of Mms Mry batfwoll, over twenty yeara ago. Bbe was the daughter ot one of tbe moat prominent farmers of this section, and as a petted obild of fortune bad been gratifiad ii every wbim. Suddenly su disappeared from tbe neighborhood io 1865. Her father shook hia head silently aud sadly whenever ber uatne waa mentioned, but bad no explaua tioa to 1 1! -r. It was supposed by some tbat tbe girl bad been oroesed in some of her whims and bad merely gone iff on a vn.it. 'Ihe lapse of time, h jwever, and tbe mysterious Badoees of Mr. Bagwell put IUIH theory at rest. Finally tne rumor got out tbat a waggoner, who knew Mary by sight, on bii return one day from Atlanta, declared tbat be had aeeo her in one of the b >uset adjacent to MoPbersoo barracks. O.hers, later, declared that they bod ought a glimpte of ituob a faoe, but wbeu ever tboae interested Investigated tbe matter tbe clews proved to be naogbt. His yeara passed away with no word from Mary, but the beet figure and whitened hair of ber father showed that be wae foiling beaeatb his lead of grief. Five yean, then ten, and it may be laid tbat Mary was forgotten. Five more completed fifteen, and most of those wbo bad known tbe playful gill were either dead or bad moved away, or bad tbeir minds engaged with buiuesa a&aira wbioh abut out tbe pal. Whenever old Mr. Bagwell would bobble aronod, leauiog heavily upoo bia stiok, the looker-on would simply remark : " He is looking for bie obild, and would then dismiss him from tbongbt. When seventeen yean had passed by, a laosU sensation wai created by the discovery wbiob two little boye had made. On tbe farm of Mr. Bagwell, a little < ff tbe main road, there wai a shaft over fifty feel deep, leaciug lo an abaud ued gold miue. While playing around tbe oj enmg ooe of the buy s fell in a little wayi, and after getting over bia fright he determined to goou an explor- R eip--duiju. 8x>n hi oauie oul to bii oompauioo carrying a strip of fadid red ribbon. The two then returned and found, first, one skeleton, and then two, and one of tbem picked op a peculiar piece of jewellery. Tbe find was reported abroad, aud in tense excitement prevailed. A party of men organized, aud with the coroner aad phy- sicians entered tbe roiue. Tbe examina- tion developed tbe fact tbat one skeleton waa ot a young woman and tba other of a man in middle life. Then arose tbe question, how came tbe bodies tbere, and why ? Tbe atory of Mary Bagwell waa at onoe revived. Tbe faded red ribbon wai identified by an old lady as ne worn by tbe girl ou tbi day before she disappeared. Tbi piece of jawtllery was reooguiiad aa an heirlo in iu the Bagwell family, aud was known to bave been in tbe posweasion of Mary. Still, tbere woe oo oauae why ber body sbou'.d bave been found in such a plaoe M tbi*. aud tbere wae no clue to ber companion. Just tbeu a long-bushed up tale furmbed tbe expla- nation. 1 1 wai known to those io tbe friendship of tbe family that tbe girl bad formed an attachment for one of ber fatber'i ex slaves. Tbe man wa* forbidden tbe bouse, and so far as tbe community knew, bad left tbi country, and hope* were entertained tbat the girl might be weaned from her stnu<e infatuation. To tbe borror of the family, il wae discovered that tbi girl had nai-ed the period where ber shame could be bidden. Almost ora/.:d by grief, ber father beoame moody and morons. He made a viait lo Atlanta, and on returning borne after dark detected a fern tie figure stand- ing by the deserted mine. Stealthily creeping up, his blood froze ae be beheld bis daughter in the embrace of the black r.itelj Imagination ti Id tbe rest of tbe story. In a grapple with Ibe aeduoer of bis obild tbe *x>uudrel wan burled into Ibe pit, aud bii dying groans told tbe atory of com log death. Filled witb remorse, shame and Irency, the girl precipitated herself into the abyss below. Finding hii way borne several hours later, Mr. Bagwell b jre bit secret to him- self. Fortunately tbe abandoned mine beld its counsel, and it looked aa if tba old man would carry bis borrible aeoret t > tbe grave with him. Tbe result of tbe examination aod tbe theories thus adduced waa tbe arreit of tbe sgad father for murder. Tbe case bung long in Ibe court*. It was felt be was clearly innocent of murder ; tbat the tragedy occurred about as described, and be wai Dually acqiitted. Still u la with a ihudderthat theoil seus paaa tbe tragic spot and the., pity 1 Vur Mary Bagwell." t ! t>l< I n, , o I Ion b , a o n . I, I Tbree years ago Edward Lee, aliae i'roc .or. wei Hint to Clinton priaoo for twenty rear* for a burglary oou.uiitted at Wbite lall, oayi tbe Aubnro Duftttk. 1 1 IK arreat an aooompliihed in a passenger train at MecbanioDville after a desperate struggle. during wbioh tbi robber terrorized tbe poeaengers by firing Lii revolver tevaral ;ime Indiscriminately in tbi oar. Lee was it tbat time considered a desperate and a dangeroui man, bat prison life al Clinton iaa worked a obange. He bai been employed in tbe clothing department of tbe prison, and in extra boon, alter bii prison vorb, he bai been permitted to work on ne own account, and bai succeeded in per- eotiog an improved window abutter. Lee lad bii invention patented, and he baa realized t. 1.000 upon it. Tbe money li in he prison eafe, and will be given to Lee npoo bia discharge. In one of continued !<x>d behavior hli aommutation of lentenoe ill give him bii liberty in nine yearn Lee ays ' ife * he is determined to lead an honest hen he gains bia freedom. A young minister in a country pariah ho prided himself on (peaking the highest English, told hie servant to txtinguinh tbe laodle. " What's your will, nr ? ' aaid Jenny. " Put out the candle," laid tbe minister. A few daya afterward, when h rsa entertaining some fr.m il< at dinner, T enny liked if the should rtlingvuh tbe oat. England has scarcely felt as yet " tbe icy flutter " of winter, Aoarretpondent of tbe udon S( imiinl, writing from Lyme legis, nays tbat in her own and neighbor 1 ! arden she gathered within two honn fifty- even different kiudi of fl jwers. II III K\IMi All II MlaJY.fllKt. A CI*M>*1 ! fcawlklc Vlrw i HI* o>wa> II. ..Ih MO.I t- u... r .1. (DeCr. It Free t'ims.l The following 11 a oopy of a letter tbat wai written by the late Augustus Liggett ten yeari ago aud ordered uot to be opened uc til after bin death. 1 1 was read yestet- day at iiis funeral by tbe Rev. T. B. Forbnsh : To my dear wife and children : 11. tiding ai I do a strong testimony agaiuat tbe idle and wioktd pomp aud t-xtravaganee of f nterali, I beg of you for ihe cake of example to provide that my funeral iball be of tbe aims/eel dttcorip'ion ; that my o ffin ihall b > piaia ; tbat yun ihall wear no mourning , tbat 017 wife shall not follow ray remain* to the grave, aavi at ber urgent request ; that my neadbtone iball be small aod uuojstly; and lastly, tbat you shall honor my memory, if honor it daoerven, by oheerfai faces and manners. For what ii tbere to grieve for 7 Tbat you iball attend M nsu*l your intelleotual clubs and friendly gttberiogi. Thia I wisb to be read aloud at my funeral by whomsoever ihall officiate, firmly, that my example may have, some weight ; keoondly, that yon may be relieved from the itcpjiatiou of meanness, a want of respect, which Mrs. Oruaay would otherwise be ao free to attribute u you. Rait otinred, a compliance with my request will aave others from tbe addi'.iousl grief of seeing all tbeir meant of support into tbe grave of a departed ooe. AOUCSTCS W. Id A fh< I i.iu PKNAL.TY. TO* lr .ad Pf-.m.r Ir.pr. Oa tbe night of December Slat, i three yoang men sat around a tavern IN in Oeorgttowo, a little village about ten milea from Norwiob, Conn. The three were intcxioated and were watching the old year out. As the clock strnok 12 ooe of tbe young men said : " B>>y>, the new year is here , LOW let's swear off and foim a temperance society." Tbe other*, ia a ipint of fun, agreed. Tre article* of association ere tbin aod tbere drawn up. They were similar to tbe ruin of olber temperance orgauuationa, with one exaep- tion. The clause containing the |l<dfi bad the following penalty attached : Aild any one of us who iball drink any intoxicating liqaor, fir any par. pone wbateover, between now aud mid- mgbt of December Slit, 1884, ibali be tarred and feathered." Tbie oltBse becoming known gained the club tbe name of "Tbe Tar and i'datber Ttmperaaoe Bocidty." Mett.ugi of tb society of three were frequently held. Gradually applica- tion for membership began to pour iu, ao4 b (fore aix mouths bad passed the aooiety numbered thirty members. Tbe year of aoetiueooe expired on Tuesday night, aod a grand bill wa* given, to which a laree number of the bent people of the plafli win inviied. Toe hail was Ailed. At midnight the President auuouuoed tbat the pkdfe tiad expired. By an noaoimoui vjte the pledge was renewed for aoolber year, and some twenty new namei wire added la tbe roll. Tbe peculiar penalty prove* so attractive advertisement, and the natter the talk of the neighborhood. Nearly every resident wears the lociety'a ba4g. The badge i blue ribbon, with a lama of tar filled with chicken tea them attacked. - Norfolk (Conn.) Corrtipoiutenct 81. liffubUcan. fti... el Live wi.fi. In Kuinod In King Tua's Uws, wbieb wore made betwixt 713 and 7*7 (A. D.), over 1,150 rears ago, it is aaid tbat a ewe with her amb ia worth la., till thirteen nighta after Stater. About tbe year 086, a palfrey wai sold at 10i. In the Beuatu* Ooonulta da Mootico.ip, in tbe time of King Ktbelred, about tbe year 1000, if a horse be loat tbe oompeniation must be 30 1. ; a mare or o ill of a year old, 90<. ; a mole or yoncg ass, lit ; an ox. 30 penoe; a cow, 'U pence, a iwiue, H pjuoe; a ibeep, 1*. ; a goat, 11 >enot (utte that this ia Saxon money, f >enoe to tbi shilling, and 4H ibillioga to the xiund). In 1308, in London, the price of a mil waa 7'. aud 4 I. ; a cow, 6s. , a "fat mutton," Is, ; a ewe sheep, 81.; a capon. 11; aooekor ben, 1J1. Ia 1314. according to Stow, tbe prices fixed by Parliament ere: A stalled or corn fed ox, 1 4'.; a grans fed ox, 1C i. ; a tat stalled cow, 1 1 < ; an ordinary oow,10. ; a fat mutton, unshorn corn-fed), Is. SJ. ; a fat goose in tbe city, 81, but everywhere else, 3}1. ; a fat oapoa tbe oity, It}!., eleewnere, Id.; two chickens in the o.ty, Ij 1., elsewhere, 1J. , in tbe eity .1. elsew here 4 pigeons for li. ; n tbe city W, olaewbere 24 eggi for Id. ID 1(58, fat oxin wire aold for, Mi. eM.;fal it hers, Bs. 41.; fat calves for tbe liki pi ioa ; a fat lamb tor 1 ii. Tba bu tobers of .< indiin sold penny pieoee ot beet for the relief ot tbe poor. Every piece >| and sometime! :i lb. for a penny, aod 11 aud sometimes 14 of these pirn* H for ISi. ; atot- ton 8J. the quarter, aod the cwt. of baif H.kkll. ! Ikr -.rlhr.t. The woods south of the rivir ore OTerma ith rabbiU Portagi la 1'raint Tritm*. It la a ounouc, and HO far as we knew, on nnrxpUined foot, that rabbits are Bert- odictlly (tbontooce in oe van year) affected witb a diwase that nearly extermioatei them. For years ptst they have been in oreaeing in nnmberi until they threatened to become a nuisance, but those killed recently bear evidence of the return of torn disease, and it it ii ai fatal M usual very ew will be teen for lome vaari to eame. Che glandi in the throat a well jast ai thiy lo amonght men in canes of " mnmpe," an attack. At and few aeem to survive present they are in unlimited numbers la all the wooded ptrls of the country and are being snared by lodiani at tbe rate ef thousands a day. ftttlrford UtraUL Tbe number of pUut ^peoimeni knewn to botanisti baa been placed at 100,000, bat it Deems tbere are many itill unknown! 11 v rlc Park, London, contains nearly 400 aore.; K-usington OsrdenB about the sami K-geot'si Pfk, 450 acres ; Battenea Park. 88U aarea ; Victoria Park, 290 acres. Toi It -H de Boulogne, Paria, boj an area of 9,260 acres. To be able to bear provocation U aaam- ment of great wudom, aod to forgive It ot great mini.