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, 1874-05-07

Special Dhpatch 70 The Chicaao Tribune.
h1oSnoE. Mich, May CDR. Ephraim Adams,
physician iu tho county, died suddenly this fore
noon at bis lato residence, Of henrt-diacase, aged
rs. DR.. Adams Ind practiced medicine in Mon
roe for moro than fifty yoars. and enjoyed the
respect and confideuce Of his follow citizens
generally. Ho YVES quite cccontrio iu his manner
and personal appearance, ,'aud during most Of bis
long practice ignored book accounts in his
moshol Of financial dcalings with patients, sell
do1a if over making any c,nrgo, and never pro-
seuting bill for medical services, but dopend-
ing upon The honor OF Ills patienta for pay-
menl. As q natural result lo died comparatively
Door.
, 1874-05-07
NEW YORK.

Utty Offlcln1s snitl to no neRfalntcd
Out of Ofraoc-solrti1 Cnrolinn Bonds
On the H1nriset-Qsnnk Failure.
New YoAK, May 0.--Thoro wss much oxcitc-
mont about tho City HILL to-day, growing out Of
tho alleged dlacovcry made by Bono 1awyors that
tho passago Of tho Consolidation not logtslhteu
Comptroller ureon out Of Office, and that the
city ia now without Comptroller. Whether tho
opinion Of these lawyers will stand tllo test bo-
foro tho courts Ia questionable, but thoy say
that under tho now charter tlo Board
Of Aldermen III yoased with tho powors
Of tho old Board Of Supervisors subject
TO tho Mayors veto that tho County ;rreaauror
IL made TroRsuror OF Tbs now corporation that
10 provision il made for tho Constitution Of all
Executive Department, and thoro are no Gov
ernmout ol1icorH oxoopt Board Of Aldermen
aud County Treasurer represented by tho City
Chamberlain. aroene,. Van Mort. Dolal1eld,
Smith, and other heads Of departments, arc not,
mud haVo no power or authority In tho Q0Ysrll-
mout Of tho city.
, souTn CAROLINA noNps.
r. 3. Cardozo, Hate-Tloasuror Of South Caro-
lima, and 8. L. lIogo, Contractor Gonora arc in
this city for the purpose Of n,aking arrange
lina issued betwcon 1794 and 1860, and rodeeu-
able between 1870 and 1883, for the exchanging
OF such bonds for eoupon-bondao or corttticatoa Of
stock aquhl to 50 por cont OF tho TACO yaluo.
FAILuNEH.
Tho First Manhattan Co-operatiye Boot and
Shoe Manufacturers Association have failed.
TIE 1oTos o1un nEoEpr1on.
The most elegant Bocial a1Iair of tho soanon In
this city waB tue last regulnr monthly reception
Of the Lotos Club this oyouing. Tho musical
entertainment was givon III tho Academy Of
Music, which, for the occasion. WAS connected
With tho olub-houso. Tho number Of invited
guesta exceeded 1000, and includod
tho larger part of New York nrtiatio
And literary society. Everybody entering
the Academy MAS presented with beautiful bou-
quet Of flowers. Tho atage was aot with d con-
servatory scene and decorated with howora aud
shrube. From tho Academy tho guoata passed
into tho clubhouse, under an awning g-covoring
tho entire sidewalk, forming broad Archway,
which wad caspetod and decorated. In the par
]ors Of tho clubhouse q splendid collection OF
paintings WAS exhibited, and these
duri, the evening were objects of q
groat deal OF admiration. Among tue gucsts
we'll known wore, ox-Mayor Hall and family,
John Drougharn and family, Miss Nelson
Henry G. Htebbins, Joseph ]. O'Donnohue
Robert 3. Roosevelt, George Daily, Albert
Dieratadt, Col John Hay, Doctor Hammond,
and Judge Koch. At quarter-past O.
tho oxeroiaos began, and after tho
performance Of the overture to WILLIAM
Tol," Whitelaw Reid, editor Of the Tribune
and President Of the Club, 1nado graceful nd
dross OF welcome, rotiring he snid, from tho
atage to gi7o place to tho Queen OF 9ong, Milo.
lima dl Murska. Other contributors to tho
performance Of flnn musical programme we're
s. B. Mills; A. II. peaBe, 6ignor Forranti; and
Mr, Colby.
, 1874-05-07

LONDON, May o.-John Lucas, tho political
economist, Is dead.
Additional strikes Of miners havo boon au-
nounced, aud the prices OF coal and iron havo
advanced In consequence.
LONDON, May GA moeting was hold tonight
of those iavoring The dBeatablisbmont OF tle
Cngliah Church. Prof. Goodwin Smith presided.
In Its address, ho advocated the application OF
Tho Church endowments to the rolisf Of the
poor and promotion OF education.
D.. Thore seoms no prospect Of a settlement Of
tho strikes at tho Durham colliories. 5eyonty
thousand miners and laborers arc NOW out OF
employment, and great distrosa prevails. Many
are preparing to amigrato.
, 1874-05-07

special Nspatch 10 1Ae CHICAGO 1ribuns.
0osiiEa, Inl, May CA shocking su,ofde oo-
susred yesterday afternoon near Milford. Ind.
4 telegram to tho Daily Home Interests to-day
says farmer named Gus Crane, while intoxt.
GATED, blow his brains out with . shotgun. Tho
some distance from where the body waH lying,
anil Ills brains were scattered about tho room on
the coiIlng and furniture. He leaves wifs and
two ohiitlren,
, 1874-05-07
Explosion Ill q Mlno-Grcnt Destruo.
tlOll of 1sfor1ftYs

Special Dlspalch 70 1He Chicago 7flbtn1,
M1aoo, O., May CAT 5 O'Clock this morning
tho Inhabitants OF Nush Run wore awakened by
tho noise Of an explosion in tho coal nhatt Tho
Is by an earthquake. The explosion having o.
CURED at 40 early an hour prevented tho loss Of
many lives. There would have been no possl-
bility of escape had tho miners been down, as
etroyea. Tue soono presented Is one or Of oop- o
fusion. People arc bualty engaged In removing
broken tmbers and machinery to discoyor
whother any porsonn can DO found among tie
ruins. It IL supposed that aomo defect In tho
furnace was tho cause Of the explosion.
, 1874-05-07

The Firo on Board tho Stchlnshlp Ohio.
Special Dispatch to Tho Chicago Tribune.
PM1LApEtpu1A. May 6.-Tho General Agenta
Wright d EonB, announce officially that the
Queenstown reports concerning the damage done
to tho Ohio by fire during her outward pabaage
aro groatly exaggerated. The steamer il un-
Injured, aud sail from Liverpool On her regular
day.
, 1874-05-07

Special Dispatch to Tho Chicago Tribune.
DuEL1koroN, 10, May CA case that e1ctes
considerable attention here Is that Of the con-
testing Of the will Of tho late John Curtis who
died here lately. Ho willed nearly ali his prop
orty, worth over 100000, to hiH wife, one son,
children out in tho cold. These latter will con-
tent the will which comes up before tho Circuit
Court tomorrow, and a long and tedious suit is
nnticinRtod
, 1874-05-07
CANADIAN ITEMS.

OTTAWA, Ont, May 0.-It ia expected that
Parliament will 10 proroguol about tllo 29d Of
May. Tho estimates aro through, and but littlo
tina will be occupied III passing tho romaining
bills.
Il is ngain rumorel tlat Sir John A, Macdonald
will receiya all Imperial appointment.
, 1874-05-07

WAsn1SoroS, May G.-An appeal is published
for the urgent relof Of sufferers by tho iloods ID
the Southern States, which says that over 143 600
people hayo beou driven from their holnos and
arc now without food or stoltcr. and that to fur
n!ah these with provisions alono will cost s25 600
q day.
, 1874-05-07

Farther PoIHT, May 6.-Tho ateamehip Cir
cassian, from Liverpool, arrived ut 4:96 this
this morning. with aeventy-ayo cabin passengers
that on the 1st of May, ID longitude ID deg woat
he encountered tho steamship Linda, from Liver.
pool, on fire, md took or her crew.
, 1874-05-07

CLEVELAND, O., May 0.--Tho Ohio Grand En-
campn'ont I. o. o. +. iastalled tia following
officers to-day: Grand Patriarch, B. =, Cunning
ham, Portsmouth Grand High Priest, doolse
Groom, Troy; draud Bcnior Warden, s. X.
Bradshaw, Columbus; Grand Junior Wssdon,
, 1874-05-07
ARABIA.

LONDON, May 8.-The American Oriental To-
biographical Corps havo reached Jerusalem, afto.
making very successful explorations in Tho vicin-
ity OF Mount Sinai. They report as very re-
marlable The fact TINT they wero detained two
days by 4 heavy snow storm about Mount Sinai.
Tho expedition will leave soon for Dashan and
Moab
, 1874-05-07

The IndlRna Charter EIectIona.
1ND1ANAroLls, May 6.-Tha temperance issue
WAS tho main question in moAt OF the cltiea yes-
tordty. Tho temperance tickets woro o!ocsou in
Orawfordsyillo, Goshon, Wabash. md Anderson,
loo, Jenereonville. and Poru. The Republicans
won decided yictorloH In Madison, Bloomington,
and Loganspors, while the Democrats take AIT,
burn, Fort Wayne, aud Richmond, aud Lafayette
stands as 1t was,
, 1874-05-07

Special Dispatch 10 Tho Chscaao Irfbsne.
MADISON, Wis, May 6.--An leo house on Lake
Monona burned last night, uncovoring and part
y mailing $4,000 worth Of leo belonging to John
Collett, Of Terro Haute, Ind. Tho LOGS Ia oov-
cred by insurance,
, 1874-05-07

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 6.-The State Auditor
has brought suit before the Marion Superior Court
against the johnson County Commissioners for
S18, 1886, an alleged deficit iu the asaessmont
Of taxes OH property in that county during 1869,
1870. md 1871. -,
, 1874-05-07

Special Dispatch 70 This Chicago Tribune.
Spa1NaR1ELD. ILL.,, May 6.-Ono Of tho round
houses Of the r. ". & W. 4. Il. at tlts place
took fire at 10 o'clock tonight, and was almost
entirely destroyed. all tho engines we're saved
but one; tho total loss Ia ostimatod to be $685.
900, the amount Of insurance not aacortained,
, 1874-05-07

Special Dtspateh to The CAteaao Tftb,sne.
vAa WERT, O., May o.mThe large dry-hou.e
millH was totally destroyed by fire this AFTERNOON.
Loss, $1,500 fully insured.
, 1874-05-07

Special Dfspasch to The Chfoaqo Trtbnnr.
La SALLE, ILL.,, May CA smRlE bara belong
Ing to Footo l. Drunor, iron founders Of Peru,
was mYato1iouBly burned iu that city on yester-
day afternoon, together with its contents OF hay
and grain. Loss about $3U0 no insurance.
, 1874-05-07
Excitcnienr Among tho Colorod Eoo-
pie OF Petersburg, Vn.

A singular mania has broken out among the
oolored people of thia city. Religious 1evlvata
OF tho most exciting cllaracter have boon gong
Oh In tho churches for aomo tluo raat, md tho
thuaod " that in many casoH their condition actu-
ally approaches TINT Of positive lunaoy The
same disorder broke out In Kentucky few
years ago, and WIS oallod by tho modical men
, 1874-05-07
Tho E10n. John NJ Smith.

~
MADISON, Wis. alay G.--Tlo Hon. John N.
Smith died Ut bis country residence ncar this
city last night from the effects Of fracture, by
horse kicking him, week ago. Flo was ono of
the oldest residents Of tho State. to which hc
has lived hero Einco 1880. He wna an editor Of
tho Argns. q Democratic paper hero, from 1914
to 1851, and again in 1901, and haa writton much
for other papers, especially oil financial subjects
He waa member Of the tlrHt Constitutional Con-
vontion, and held other important positions. He
wns strict Presbyterian, and an esteomed cit
izou.
, 1874-05-07

George F. stoarns. Madsonvillos Grand soribo
Joseph Dowall. Columbus; Grand Treasurer,
Anthony Wright, Wooster; Representative to
tho Grand Lodge Of tho United States, Robert
1nncs, Cincinnati.
afternoon,
, 1874-05-07

LtYEspooL, May 0,-BteanAhips Italy, Spain,
and Mstno, from Now York, hare arrived out.
NEW YoRx, May e.-Ar1iTed- Steamship Vest
phRlis, from Hamburg.
, 1874-05-07

NEW YoRK, Alay G.-The disposition Of the
third ahpre OF tho life interest in the estate OF
tho lato Jacob stiner, who porished With his
wife and daughter short time ago. in tho burn
ing Of their residence, turns upon the fact
whether the wife or dau9htor died first, and the
Court is now trying to dotormiue. tho queation
Tile estate ia valued at 312U,0 900.
, 1874-05-07

Iowa Staso Republican Convention.
MABsuAIL1owN, Ia.. May 6.-The Iowa Ro-
publican State Convention has boen called to
meet in DeshtoEnes, "Wednesday, July /. The
call appears to-day In Chairman Noodtg'a organ
In thia place, tho Marshall Republican,.
, 1874-05-07

HAVANA, bEay 4.-Capt. Gen. Conchs has is-
auod decree ordering tho formation Of eight
battaions Of colored militia.
, 1874-05-07
The PRIZE RING.

PHILADELPHIA, May 6.-Buly Edwards and
Sum Collyer have each put up their first deposit
Of $500 in their match to fight on August lor
the lightweight championship and $1,000
8ido.
, 1874-05-07
Tho Catholic Conferences In Olnctn.
l4tafj.

o1NoINsAT1, May 6.-hIost OF the Roman Cath
ollie lris!. Bishops, mud otI,or clergy attending
tho Convention IN this city, rot,irn to their
homes to-day. The natura OF thcir work will
not probably be reported until after its approval
At ltumo.
, 1874-05-07
THE WEATHER.

THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, D. O., May 6.-For the Upper
Lake region generally coar weather. slight rise
in temperature, northeast to southeast Winds
and falling barometer.
LOCAL ouaEHyATIoNg.
CHICAGO. May ., 1874.
, 1874-05-07

NltttuAlH VS.. lsnltlm0Fc1s
New York, May 6.-Dase ball-Mutuals, 8;
Daltlmoros, 8.
, 1874-05-07

Mnj. Theodore II. Schcnclk.
UTIoA, May G.-Maj. Theodore II. Schcnok, OF
he Utica Herald, diod laat night Of asphyxia.
, 1874-05-07

The MICHIGAN LUMBER TRADE.
East aAalN4W, MIVh, Msy a.-1hs Lumber
, 1874-05-07


M1LLER-DAY-At CRYSTAL Lake, ILL.,, By tho Rev
Mr. Andrews, Rudolph Miller and Clara II. hay, both 0
Chicago.
, 1874-05-07

LouIsyILLE, Ky, May 6.-1n tho General Con-
ference, today tho appeal OF L. D. Huston, Of
Baltimore, was presented. It will be reme1n-
berod that DR.. Huston was expelled from the
baltimore Conference for tho alleged seduction
OF young girl. After very anlmAtol disous-
sion tho appeal was allowed.
Several petitions from DR.. 'Layerick Pierce In
regard to charges In the dBolplino were pro-
Rentea and appropriately referred.
From tho Little Rock Conference an appeal
from Benjamiu Wabon was presented. III pro-
eonting this, DR.. Winfield said, as it was IN
anomalous case, he would state the facts and
lot the. Conference decide. The appellant WIS
trled and expelled from the Conference
at Washington in 1870. He WAS not prosene at
tho trjal, but WAS represented by COUNSEL. who
on the rendition of tue Judgment, gave notice oi
appeal Since then appellant Aas joined tho
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and
had received orders with tho UNDER
Standing that ho should prosecute Ills
appeal. Tic desires to haye the tu lgmaut of tho
bishop on tho question. Tic Bishop said it
was not n new question to him, aid he Ind
matured opinion or the subject, but before au-
nouncing It, he was willing to hear any member
on the subject. Aftor sono discussion, the
Bishop decided that, having voluntarily with
drawn from the Church, tho appellant had no
rights. moro than Il noll-nembor, allil an appeal
could not be entertained.
After further business OF no general lmpor-
TANGO the Oonfe1once adjourned.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-24

AN ACCOMMODATING EDrroR.-A local editor
in Pekin, Illinois, introduced himself % the
public few days ago as follows:
Sensational, distressing details of revolving
murders and shocking suicides respectfully
solicited. Bibleclass presentations and min
isterial donation parties will be "done" with
promptness and dispatch. Keno banks and
their operations made specially. Accurate
reports or Sunday school universities gusran-
teed. The local will cheerfully walk seven.
teen miles after Sunday school to see and
report prize fight Funerals and all other
melancholy occasions written up in a manner
to challenge admiration. Horse-races reported
in the highest style Of the reportorial art
Domestic broils and conjugal infelicities
sought for with untiring avidity, Police Court
proceeding and sermons reported in a manner
well calculated to astonish the prisoner, mag
istrate and preacher. Prompt paying subscrib-
ers and good advertisers, when stricken with
mortal illness, will be cheerfully interviewed
when lying at Deaths door, with view to OBJ
tanning obituary items, and the greatest pleas
ure will be taken in exposing your private
affairs to the critical gaze of an interesting
public
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-24

JOAQUIN MILLER IN DIsGRAcE.-What has
joaquin Miller been doing abroad, asks an ex-
change, that his name should be stricken from
the rolls of two clubs in London of which he
was elected member Of only last year? What
ever he has been doing, he has been keeping
himself clean, or times have changed with
him. And what aristocratic clubs wants any
thing to do with man who will persist i'll
for his departed decency? Only the most
brilliant intellectual accomplishments could
in any degree atone for SO untidy personnel,
so studiously affected savagery of appear
ance; and that the unsavory and unsightly
ugliness Of it might be kept out of mind, his
brain should sciptillate without ceasing-
which it does not. While you watch and ad-
mire the brilliant beauty of piece of fire.
works, the very miserable pasteboard eontri-
vance that holds it and forms its basework is
unnoticed. But when the last star shower has
died away, and nothing but that very misera-
BILE contrivance is left, you ought not to be
expected to continue your admiration. Your
first impulse as you pass it is to kick it ou,
of your way. Joaquin was brilliant while in
full play. But the fire has left him, nearly
II not all together; and why should it be nee
essary for him to commit an over offense in
order to justify his being dropped from the
London club rolls ?-Chicdgc inter Ocean.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-24

ANY EXCUSE. Is BETTER THAN
NoNE.-A very good widow, who
was looked up TO bv the congrega-
ton to which she belonged as an ex-
ample of piety, contrived to bring
her conscience to terms for one lit
tie indulgence. She loved porter;
and one day, just as she had re-
ceived half-a- dozen bottles from the
man who usually brought her the
comfortable beverage, she-oh, hor-
ror!-she saw two of the grave elders
OF the church approaching her door.
She hurried the man out of the back
door, and the bottles under the bed.
The weather was hot; and while
conversing with her sage friends,
pop went cork. " Dear me-" eX-
claimed the good lady, =" there goes
the bed cord; it snapped yesterday
the same way; / must have another
rope provided" In few minutes
went another, followed by peculiar
hiss of escaping liquor. The rope
would not do again, but the good
lady was not at loss. Dear me-, !"
said she, s'that black cat Of mine
must be at some mischief under
the bed curtains. "Oh dear me"
said she, " had forgot; it is the
yeast! Here, Prudence, come and
take those bottles of yeast away"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-24

PoLITICs IN THE EMPIRE STATE
Speaking of the present condition
and aims Of the Democratic party in
this State, the Buffalo Erpress saws:
1.-THE truth is, the party, from
whatever point it may be viewed. is
thoroughly demoralized, and with
out any reasonable hope of collect
ing its scattered fragments into such
form as to inspire the least hope of
success in the coming campaign. 1t
is determined to make a fight. and
vigorous one too, and will resort to
any means, no matter how desper-
ate, to accomplish its end. 1t has
eoh i'9oii 'ihie W ieiiect upon Che
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-24
The Prize SOlutiOn-Ought "a Man
to shave?

The Prize SOlntiOn-Ought "a Man
to shave?
The springtime of life, as we all of us know.
Is filled with by far the most ioys
So let us, in seeking for bliss here below.
Be ''shavers," as we were when boys.
A man falls in love with goddess divine:
She lilts him he sinks in despair
Now. were he a shaver he would not repine-
He'd be ''cut" much too often to care.
The more vts a man has in this go-a-head age
The more forward he is, SO to speak
The better. So why, bowling down to "the
rage
Hide natural talents of cheek?
The hirsute appendages, though by some
blamed
By some are considered a grace
To us man looks as if he were ashamed,
Or why should he ''cover his face?
Detornities never are pleasant to see,
And nature too oft makes slip:
In glowing mustaches there surely will be
That defect which is called a "hare-lip."
To godliness cleanliness holds the next place
Be happy, be true and behaved;
Though man may be clean who has hair on
his face.
prefer much to see one clean-shaved
We look upon "toadies' with anger and scorn-
All loftier sentiments stunting
Attempts to grow boards from morn until morn
May be called very aptly 'tuft-hunting."
In coming this question, which last week you
gave,
My reasoning may pass for ''con-naught";
But my answer to your query, "Ought one to
shaver
Is simply to say that zone ought"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-24

THE HEBREWS IN EGYPT.-Herr
Brugsch, better known as Brugsch
Bey, whose exertions at Cairo in the
promotion of native education have
made him known as one of the lead
ing reformers in Egypt, has lately
been visiting his native country of
Switzerland, and lecturing on the
recent results of Egyptology. Part
of the researches in the examination
of papyrus go to the proof of the
theory, of which he is one of the
ablest supporters, that the march of
the Israelites out of Egypt was by
Suez, the existing bitter waters of
which place he makes identical with
those of the scriptural Marsh. But
what will have more novel interest
to most biblical students is his asser-
ton that in roll of papyrus pre-
served in the museum at Liege are
to be found regular records of the
stones moved by the Hebrews to
form the works of great city built
by Ramesis H., and even of the
issue of rations made to the parties
of workmen. There is also declared
to be in this roll poem in praise OF
the newly-erected city which records
the extent of the buildings and the
fact that the Hebrews delivered daily
certain number of bricks for them
under military observation and
check. Recent explorations, con-
Quoted by the Khedive's order, have
enabled Herr Brugsch, as he asserts,
to identify Zan, the ancient Tanis or
Zosn, with the city built by Ramesis
on what was then an important
branch of the Nile.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-24

The collector of customs at Ell
Paso reported to the bureau Of stat
istics at Washington, on the 18th OF
August, that there had been no rain
at the former place in three hundred
and sixty-five days. Vegetation
was all burned up, and the cattle
were dying of starvation.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-24

A Green Bay Wisconsin, politician, who
wants to stand well with the Grangers. sings;
The hickory berry vine entwines the brown
nuts of the turnip tree;
The cashmere heifer skips and plays to the
tunef Il note Of the feathery bee,
On all boughs mid the buckwheat buds,
we hear the low of the finny plov6r,
While the bay bull hitched to the rumbling
sythe
ha cln
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-24

A BosToN paper wonders why a
member of Congress who recently
spoke with so much feeling of the
"hay seed in his hair, and oats in
his throat forgot to complete the
diagnosis of the case by alluding to
the rye in his stomach.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-24
Husks out the clover,

TERRE HAuTE EXPRESS. Grave City pas
tor to his fond wife-"My dear, Mrs Wilson
must be experiencing change of heart. She
looked SO serious during my last sermon" "
Fond wife-"Sho. you goose, why couldn't you
see that her new Sunday hat has one artificial
flower less than Mrs. Browns who sits in the
next pew" The pastor collapses and takes
refuge in an arm chair
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-24

KENTUCKY has introduced new
feature into her schools. When one
of the girls fail to spell word COR
rectly, the boy who spells it right
has permission to kiss her. Several
girls are fast forgetting all they ever
knew about spelling, while the boys
are improving with unexampled
rapidity.