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Correspondence With. a Corpse.

The Virginia (Nov.) Enterprise says
Some weeks ago young scapegrace in this
city, who had left his parental roof in New
York under cloud in 1865, concluded to
"put mp job on the old gentleman and
make raise He accordingly telegraph
ed to his father in New York: ..
"Mr. -: Your son Walter was
killed in the Consolidated Virginia mine
this morning by a falling cage. What
shall we do with his remains?
NJ. L. BAKER.
Almost Immediately telegrapic order
came for $3.50 and the laconic reply: Bury
them.'' The fictitious N. L. Baker seized
the $3.50 and went on royal spree, and a
few weeks after he wrote to his father over
his real name as fellows:
"DEAR FATHER: have just learned
that an infamous scoundrel named Baker
sent you fictitious account of my death
and swindled you out Of $50. He also
borrowed $S5 from me and left the coun-
try. I write to inform you that am YET
alive, and long to see the old parental ROOT
again. i am in in somewhat reduced cir
cumstances, the accumulation of the last five
years having been lost-a disastrous stocl
speeulation-and if you would spare me
$500 1 will ever be thankful for your favor
Give my love to all. Your affectionate son
@ WALTER.
A few days later the young man received
the following: ~ -
"NY DEAR Son: have buried yo,
once and that's an end of it. / declin
having any more transactions with corpse
i Yours IN the flesh, FATHER"
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A Curious Accident.

Miss Krug. aged is, daughter of Mr..
Fred. Krug, the brewer, met with q terri
BILE accident lately which came very nearly
resulting fatally had it not been for most
timely assistance. She was engaged in her
room in washing her hair with alcohol, or a
preparation containing alcohol; she was
leaning forward. with her long hair thrown
over her head and hanging down in front,
and while in this position she came in too
close contact with lamp in the hands Of
girl, and the alcohol instantly became ig.
nited and blazed up. Miss Krug threw the
burning hair over her head, so that it hung
down her neck and back. Her hands, face
head and neck were in a moment very bad
ly burned, and her clothes also took fire
thus endangering her life.
Her .agonizing screams Immediately
brought to her assistance her father ant
mother, who threw blankets around her
and soon sn,othered the flames. DR.. Pea
body was at once summoned, and he at
| tended to her injuries and alleyiated he
/ sufferings as much as.'possible. The inju
ries were not dangerous, although sever
and very painful. The burns will probabl
mark the vietim, to some extent. She cel
tainly had avery narrow escape from deatl
I - Omaha Bee.
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Attention is directed to the exceeding
discrepancies in prices of the above stated
stocks, and we now turn to consideration
of those which took place in the bonanza
stocks during the same period. In July.
California sold at $56 per share, ana since
then has paid dividends to the amount of
$12 per share, while its selling price on the
18th of January was $45 per share. Con.
Virginia sold in July at $45 per share, and
on the 18th of January at $35 per share.
having in the meantime disbursed dividends
of $40 per share. Furthermore, we state
paid to the stockholders under the manage
ment of Messrs, Flood, O'BrieE, Mackey,
and Fair, while the very best managed
among the other mines of the Comstock
lode has never paid more than SO per cent.
of the gross yields to the shareholders.
Had not the bonanza firm recently sus-
tanned the market prices would have reach
ed a far lower depth than they did, and
this we asset positively. It has become
quite apparent that the raid recently inau-
gurated upon bonanza stocks is the work
of combination Or ring, backed up, &C.
cording to report, by fund of $1,000, 600,
and it is beyond question that what is now
known as the borrowing process" or du-
plicate use of stocks, has been carried to
greater extremes than ever, thereby placing
stocks actually owned by parties other
than brokers, yet confidedsto brokers for
negotiation, in the most jeopardous and
precarious position. We learn that quite .
number of brokers have been warned, by
an authoritative source, to desist from such
questionable operations, giving a limited
time to heed the warning. sssa-;s.
After a cool, dispassionate survey of the
facts, we express our conviction that grave
injustice has been done to parties who are
not only blameless, but praiseworthy. for
/ the general course of their management,
and the promptitude with which they have
acted to put a quietus to unscrupulous
practices, which endanger the interests oi
| large number of stockholders.
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You must take your baby just where ne
is now, not much more than little animal,
and educate his physical nature, SO rapidly
develon;np. For instance he has just
reached the climbing age !; every chair and
stool is a worry to you, and pair of stairs
Is perpetual terror. Now show him how
to- get up and down the stairs, how to place
his feet in climbing up into chairs. Let
him tumble little; it win only make him
more careful. It is but foretaste OF the
hard schooling which experience gives us
all our lives. Better little fall with you
close by to stop it at the right place, than
great one when you are of guard " some
day. SRemember that too, when he is IN
his teens.) But, beg Of you, il you want
/ to see him grow up active, strong -limbee
and agile. do not keep his white dresses COZ
clean, nor tie his sashes after the presen
uncomfortable fashion, 50 that he isn't con
scious OF any legs above his knees Then
let him feed himself. He'll make 2 misera
BILE mess oft at flrst, but protect him vel
i with bib and tin tray, and he will soon teacl
his spoon the way to bis mouth. Let hin
| burn his fingers little some day when th
| stove Ii not very hot he won't touch
when II would be dangerous. - Litter @
| Yoaag Mother = IL StrttAer fsT ksoraars
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Was Washington a french Marshal! !

An interesting paper was recently read
before the Rhode Island Historical Society,
in which the author, Rev. E. III. Stone, re-
ferred to the legend of Washington's Mar
shalship.s The Providence Press furnishes
the following relative to the views held by
Mr.. Stone
"Washington visited General Rocham-
beau, at Newport, to arrange for the cam
paign against Yorktown, in Virginia: In
what capacity did Washington make this
visit to the French commander? Was itas
Marshal of France? That he was in
some sense Marshal of France, or that he
exercised the power and authority of
Marshal of France, Mr.. Stone thinks is ev-
ident, from the fact that Rechambeau sub
ordinated himself to Washington. Accor-
ding to the laws of France at that time no
Marshal Of France conid be under the au-
thority of any officer lower than Marshal
| of France, and this question was agitated
at the time arrangements were made for
sending over French troops. The difficult
ty, it was suggested, might be removed by
making Washington Marshal of France,
and on that hint action took place. The
evidence is strong that it was as exercising
the authority and power of a Marshal Of
France that Rochambeau and his army was
subordinated to Washington during the
the time of his service here. Is is stated
that when Washington appeared riding by
the side of Rochanbeau, between the ranks
Iofthe army, he wore the insignia Of Mar
shal of France. It is not stated that he
was seen to wear that emblem of authority
at any other time or place. He was not,
however, Marshal of France in 1775, for he
, denied having any such title when Lamont
8 dedicated to him as Marshal of France, q
volume of poems. No formal commission
may have been issued, but beyond doubt
he exercised the functions of Marshal ol
France. In Boston II guns,a Marshall
salute, were fired by the French troops, anG
at other times similar Evidence was giver
that his rsnk was known and appropriately
, recognizeCl.n xe 30 G65@ ssh 3
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BLENDING THE ROSES.
Secretary Cameron to Marry the Daughter
Iere. Black.
Gath in Philadelphia Times.

Gath in Philadelphia Times.
It is all settled. We are to have peace.
The Minister of War is going to be mar
ried, and no War Minister marries before
declaration of War. He is to marry into
the Democratic party--a favorite device of
the Cameron family-and his papa-in-law
is to be jeremiah S. Black. Then, methinks,
we shall have government OF law and
Shakespeare.
The widow Skunk is close upon forty
years of age and has inarriageabae daugh-
ter. as handsome as herself. She was mar
ried in the city of Washington, while her
| father was a member of the Cabinet, to
James Skunk, son of the good old Dutch
Governor Of Pennsylvania, who signed the
charter of the Pennsylvania Railroad, call
;nc it "the life artery of the Common
wealth" Tie Governors tombstone IS
behind the old Trappe Westinghouse,
amongst the Muhlenbergs, OH the banks OF
the Perkiomen. His son was young man
Of humor, appreciation and fine promise,
and when he married Miss Black it was q
distinguished alliance, and this books OF the
time referred to it. But Skunk never found
his place in affairs. He was too independ-
emit to be politician, too tasteful TO 90
LAWYER and too modest to he literary man.
So he merged them all into the spectrum OF
an editor and died under that prismatic
calling. His wife had the genius OF the
Blacks and more than their beauty. Hei
amy little home at York was full Of books
and prints, and she had fine mind ano
literary ambition, the latter subordinaeee
10 a social talent which made herthe favor
;te guest at the home of Mr.. Buchanan ane
in superior society, inland and city. INT
President of the Northern Central Railroad
Don Cameron, must have cften notlces
that elegant woman riding to and fro from ft
York to Harrisburg, and when they eecam
widow and widower, each with children
he fall TO the conclusion that, after OIL
there was nothing like Pennsylvania Wo
men and no greater triumph than 20 MARI
and capture a Democrat. just OUT 9
yort lived her father, the great pieader D
Who can charm the Supreme Cours 20 ioi
oct its 6loty and listen. all grinning, TO hi
shakespearean illustrations and conic ph
losophy. The old Judge gets Wiser an
q more worldly as he grows older, ana n'
l. carved another fortune out Of his necess
ties in his bewigged old age. Althongh
extreme partisan he is popular WITH :
parties. and the ever-fowing fountain
oa.hand eloquence. We shall soon zee Y
two aged opponents. Black and Camero
hoth Of Mr. Bachananss circle IN ior'n
wears. standing together at the altar Al
ss repeating:
L. NJ. /. The winter OF our dIsconten 81.
IN Nc o,or,ous summer by this dame OF Yors1
"a s,s i, ne clouds which lowered upon our n''use
= AZ. 80 = aeep bosom buriedl
n.,r,.visapcd war has smoothed his wrinkieu fsoa
Ana l.s nav. instead oe mounting lasbed sseeds
a.. 4. frIrht the souls Of fearful adsersaries'
.. H. r. eapsrs niuabiy III lady's chaIahoer
Sic semper tyrannis
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A MOTHERS DIARY,

Morning! Baby on the floor,
Making for the fender;
Sunlight seems to make 1t sneezc,
Baby " on benderl''
All the;spools upset and gone,
Chairs drawn up in file,
Harnessed strings all strung across,
Ought to make one smile.
Apron clean, curls smooth, eyes blue
How these charms will dwindle.)
For rather think-don't yon?
Baby sis a swindle."
Noon! A tangled silken floss
Getting in blue eyes: .......
Aprons that viii not keep clean.
If baby tries .....l'...-.
One blue shoe uutied, and one
Underneath the table
Chairs gone mad and blocks and toys
Well as they are able; ...7
Baby in high chair. too, -
Yelling for his dim er,
Spoon in mouth; tn ink, don't you:
Baby is a swindler."
Night! Chairs are all set back again,
Blocks and spools in order; .-..
One blue shoe beneath a mat
Tells Of marauder:
Apron folded on the chair,
Plaid dress torn and wrlnkled,
Two pink feet kicked pretty bare,
Little fat knees crinkled;
In his crib. and conquered, too, /"
By sleep. best eyangel; ...s.
Now, 1 surely think, don't you! a
Baby is an angel? u +
Bertha Sj6Iey Scranton
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The. New STYLE.

An ingenious pamphlet has been written
by German on improvements In war. He
suggests that some neutral territory be set
aside by the European Powers and devoted
entirely to 'bloodshed. No fight ng is,
under any pretense whatever, 20 take
place ont of this territory, which is to be
fitted up for war in the most elaborate
fashion. There is TO be a training school
for nurses. q college for. surgeons, and
large hospitals. Prisoners of war win be
confined in suitable buildings specially
prepared for their accommodation. There
are also 10. be vast cemeteries and depots
| for artificial limbs, &c. These convenien-
cos will be open to all nations wishing to
! fight at fixed. and reasonable. charges.
Weapons of every descriptio ption--and in fact
all the appliances FOR war-may be bought
or hired !; but no credit is to be given; and
| ! the charges for battleheIds are to be paid
before the first gun is fired. All profits
after payment Of expenses win be devoted
to the maintenance Of the widows and
orphans Of the fallen.
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What will ii matter by-and by
Whether my path below was bright,
Whether it wound through dark or light
Under gray or golden sky,
When look back on it, by-and-by?
What will it matter, bysand-5y
Whether, unhelped, toiled alone,
Dashing my feot againt stone;
Missing the charge of the angel nigh,
Bidding me think of the by-and by?
What will it matter by yand-by
Whether with laughing JOY went
Down through the years with glad content,
Never believing. nay, not /,
Tears would be sweeter by-and-bY !?
What will 1t matter by and by
Whether with check to cheek I've lain
Close by the pallid angel, Pain,
Soothing myself through sob and sigh,
"All will be elsewise, by-and-by7n
What will it matter: Naught, if /
Only am sure the way I've trod,
Gloomy or gladdened, leads to God,
Questioning not of the how, the why,
If Int reach Hin, hs and hv
What will care for the unshared sigh,
If, in my fear of slip or fall,
Closely I've clung to Christ through all,
Mindless how rough the path might lie,
Since He win smooth it by -and-by?
2 All! it will matter by-and-by
Nothing but this: That Joy or Pain -.
Lifted me skyward, helped me to gain.
ruL.+ nv tbrouoh rack Or smile or sigh
Heayen-home-all in all, by and by! + d.
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An Eastern Treasure Roam.

The apartment in the Seragllo which is
the object of curiosity and desire is the
treasure-room. suppose it is the richest
III the world in gems; tits certainly most
wearisome place, and gave me contempt for
earthly treasure. In the centre stands the
Persian throne-a chair upon board plat
form, and both incrusted with rubies, pearl,
emaralls, diamonds, pipe-stems glistening
with huge diamonds, old armor thickly. set
with precious stones, saddle-cloths and
stirrups stiff with diamonds and emeralds,
robes embroidered with pearls. Nothing is
SO cheap as wealth lavished Id this manner;
at first we were dazzled by the flashing dis
play, but after time these heaps Of gems
seemed as common in our eyes as pebbles
In the streets. i did not even covet an en-
erald as large as my fist, nor sword-hilt in
which were fifteen diamonds each as large
as tae end of my thumb, nor carpet sowr
1 with pearls, some of which were Of the siz.
OF pigeons eggs, nor aigrettes which wert
4 blazing eternal fires, nor chairs Of state
clocks aud vases, the whole surfaces o
4 which were on FIRE with Jewels. Thav
I seen an old oaken table, carved in the. III
Iteenth century, which gave me more pleas
4 ure than one of the lapis lazuli, which
4 lsexhibited rs the most costly article in th
collection; though it is inlaid with preciou
stones, and the pillars that support th
mirror are set with Diamonds, aud the lee
and claws are mas OF diamonds, rslbie'
Il carbnncies, enieralds, topazes. ETC., an
huge diam ond pendants ornament II, an
: the deep fringe in front is altogether !
4 4 diamonds. This is but barbarons, ostel
tatious and sasteless use of the beautiful
Z and snppoae gives one an idea of the ina
!. tisGle magnisicence .of the Oriental courts
! centuries gone From Warnsrs 8
the Lecupg.s
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EvE-ANGELICAL CORNER,

The new side-cut gloves are made with
from to ten buttons.
A New Bedford (Mass.) woman, of 62,
never used halrpin in her.life.
French shoe manufacturers positively re-
fuse to make any shoes without high high
heels. tHlsE w . &l
Ladies are beginning to adopt red me-
rino underwear for the most severe winter
weather. 9Er0'..r7--
A Chinaman calls one of his country-wo-
men beautiful when she has black teeth and
deformed feet. @ -Erf afr
New monograms and initials for hand
kerchiefs are made very long and fashioned
so as to look like an animal.
The ex-Empress Engenie has removed
from Rome to Florence. She was given
farewell dinner at Quirinal.
Mrs. Ralston, the wife of the late Califor
MIA banker, and her two daughters will
spend the next year or two in Paris. 90
San Francisco has professional female
burglar known as s'The woman in Black"
Her costume is as dark as her deeds.
The most popular costumes at the mask.
ed balls this season are Husband in clio
ver, " Cherry ripe' and "La Cressoniere,'
and are acomposed entirely of foliage and
fruits.
Chinese babies never howl. One of them
can be left alone for twelve hours and he
never moves off his back. He reasons, that
he is left alone for good cause, and the sit
uation is humbly accepted. ..,.-,.,o
The new colors for silks and ribbons are
sdragon and blue, :" "Khedive and China
tea rose," and '1inseed and bronze.p The
only color not visible among the Paris
bellies is the color of their money-so trades
people say.
Fhe Bennett affair reminds contempo-
rary what Dundreary said aboutit ssasYaas,
she was a n-nice girl / was g-going to
marry her m-myself but I d-didn,t get up
that m-morning, or something of th-that
sort; I d-don't w-wecollect now ,ju7juth
WHdI IL WaLls r-,,s .-- g.e. ~ 80. 49,
This is the last years work record of, q
Concord IN. H.) clergyman's plucky wife:
Gentleman entertained, So; guests at tea,
SO; at breakfast, 80; at dinner, 46; lodged
80; number Of calls made, 484; received,
565; letters received, 494; written, 61o,
covering 1881 pages. She also read 80,
books and wrote 116 newspaper articles,
doing her own sewing, attending to her
marketing and parish matters, keeping
only one servant. .s ..s.,r,.e
The toilette of Japanese damsel is "A
matter of no light consideration, and to be
in good time for the fair she must be UP
and dressing long before the sun rises from
behind the great sacred mountain, Fuji.
The long, coarse tresses of raven black hair
must be washed, combed and creased till
the head shines like knob of polished
black marble; the cheeks must be rouged
on the nape OF the .hecR Lnree nnes OF rne
original brown skin OF the owner, in acccr-
dance with the rules of Japanese cosmetic
art; the eyebrows must be carefully round
ed and touched with black; the lips red
dened with cherry paste, with a patch of
gliding in the centre.
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Mining Stock convnlsions.
From the San Francisco Com. Herald.

FROM the san francisco Com. Herald.
For some time past the atmosphere which
envelops the mining stock market has been
thick, murky, and pestiiential, by reason OF
the doubts, fears, chickering's, accusations
and counter accusations, rings, cliques, and
desperate combinations, with which it has
been corrupted and we shall endeaver to
pierce the gloom and let in little pure air
and light. From the date of discovery of
vast and rich ore bodies in the Comstock
lode prices have advanced and receded, and,
in numerous cases, in accordance with the
developments in the mines. Psnics and Sc
rious depresssions in stocks have, however,
occurred without satisfactory reason. It
will be remembered that January 18th was
one of the darkest days ever known in the
market. It's approach had been heralded
by constant Expressions and downward ten
dences for a week preceding, and at the
date specified the eliminating point was
reached, producing something very near a
panic. 1t is well known attribute of bu-
~s~ssA~ eAS SS W. bAAOW lAO QAuS O1
misfortune upon the shoulders of some one
else, and especially is this true of those
whose dishonorab1e practiceshaye procured
affiictiou, but seek to shelter themselves by
accusing others. It is also undeniable that
the prosperous are generally objects of envy
and malevolent feeling to the unprosperous
and we have been in no wise surprised at
the malignant tone and character of the
charges that have been hurled at Messrs.
Flood, o'Brien, Maekey, and Fair, the en-
We'd controllers of the "bonanza mines"
But, without dwelling on that significant
fact, we are Of opinion that a natural soIu-
tion can be reached without difficulty, by
simply comparing the alterations in the
prices of number Of mining stocks during
July last; when very. serious depressions
occurred, and those ruling in January, cul-
minating on the 18th. We annex short
table 8 &.-.'b@