Show A YOUNG girl becoming a nun in this country is pitied by the general public but more than pity 13 called for when a rich young lady like miss takes the binding vows her money and she possesses her thousands is given up to the cause and her own life will bo worn away laboring under ft delusion miss ABELL begins her life of devotion today to day in a convent near washington and henceforth choso rosy cheeks and merry eyes that show forth in society will fade away within tho dark walls of the convent tho incident shows that catholicism thrives in tho land of tho free D ALFEED H JAIKE son of delegate CAISE teab laid beneath the cold sod on new years day it was a very unhappy bew years greeting for our beloved delegate and wife in washington to know that whilo all were rejoicing at tho gay national capital hundreds of miles away a solemn bieno was being enacted that would forever hide from their mortal view tho features of the one they loved so true the extends felic sympathy to the bereaved A FREE school for mechanics has been opened in this is a fine thing throughout tho country too much attention is given to book learning and not enough to mechanical science A few more such schools as the ocre opened in philadelphia would help remedy this popular defect of our educational system NOT only do farmers propose to figure in politics in the country but they are claiming the right to sell off their own stock in the stock yards at chica t S I 1 go THE population of india england largest possession is clamoring for elective franchise A large convention compassed comp ossed of mohammedan Moha dignitaries and chiefs of several tribes met in calcutta last week and agitated the of home anle and the rights of the masses to exercise the elective franchise if this latter privilege is granted that country england will lose her pos sessions before many years |