Social Progress

Ad incident suggestive of the progresa of social events, lately ocourred on one of the west s!de stroot cars, crowded as usual by an ovorflowing throng of paaaeugers. Oouspicuous amoDg those who were compolled to stand, was an immense negross who had hardly been ab!e to equeeze her bulky frame through tht doorway. Yot it must have been worth an attempt, for evidently tho creature was sanguine that in all that line of gentlemen passengers, one of the number would ba sufficiectly micdful of oppressed África to vucata hia Beat "for a lady." Whother it was boeause of her size, or an inadequate regard for the rightsof the down trodden, not a passonger stirred, An indignant scowl ruffled tho s.'iblo features as her eyes disappointedly wandered up this side and down that. 8till not n passenger stirred. Preseutly, at one of the crossings, a lady ontered the car, and no sooner had sha appeared at the door thau the nearest gentleman hid oifered to her his sitting place. But before tho lady could ackuowledge the politeness, the negress had suddeul'y settled herself in the vacant seat. Asïonishod by such audacity, the gentleman mmediateiy rumonstruted with tho intruder, telling her that he had not vacuted his seat ior her. " Well I'se got it, and I'se gwine to keep it," she impudently responded, now settüug horself stiil more firmly upon the seat. "jout," said the gentleman, " I gave it up to a lady." "Well," retorted tho weuch, " the lady bas got it. Culled folks got dere rights a's' well as whito trash, and I'se gwine to keep dis seat." Aud keep the seat she did, to the intense disgust of tho gentleman who had vacated t. An extensiva bed of pure whito marble, susceptible of a luntrous polish, and said to be suüiciont 'm quantity to supply t bu whole írlissÍHÍpp) Valley, has been disoovereá in Sauk Co., Wííoousíd.