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Oil." Mr. Thomaa’ po^tmawtcr at i Headquarter# N A new mall rou^ to Allendale rla' on the drat of LidieL If you buy front Mr. Vincent Belli nineteen years ajro. Is now' friends and relatives in Barm In my ofdnlon I have the stock of ffenerul mercha viUe. / Attention lAt ‘Vt4 the i of i for one tweet % names, A* singer stood In the raarket-plaoe, Sinning % tender Uy, But no one heeded hu sorrowful face, No one had time to stay. He turned away ; he sang no more ; How could he sing in vain ? And then the world came to his door Bidding him sing sgain. But be recked not* whether they came or went e He in his garret lay dead; The crow looked down from his lofty tree, “ Tis the way of the world,” he said. There sate a Queen by a cottage bed, Spoke to the widow there; Did she not know the same hard blow ITie peasant had to bear? And she kissed that humble peasant's brow, And then she bent her knee ; “ Qod of tlic widow, help her now, As Thon hant helped me." “ Now God be thanked,” aaid Urn old, old crow, As he sped from his lofty hough; " Ihe times are ill, hut thers’s much good stil / In the way of the world, I trow.” xtaiiway Heroes • * [From the Youth's Companion.] Coal-dnst, cinders, oil and smoke nsn- ally make firemen on dnty rather grimy- looking personages. Perhaps few among the thonsands who ride in the railroad cars behind us woald care for onr ac quaintance. But we are useful—as use- tul, perhaps, as any other class of men; and certainly we have our foil share of the hard, disagreeable things in life, in cluding frequent peril and much expos ure to weather. Working up from fireman to engine- driver—or “engineer” as we are usually called in this country—is often a slow process. There arc men on our line— the Hudson River railroad—who have been tiring eleven years, with no promo tion yet; though they are no doubt fully competent to run an ei%ine. For pro motion depends s.most wholly upon va cancies occurring, or toms apesial mftn- — ence at headquarters. A man ought to become familiar with a locomotive in elevei^years. I thought I knew every screw in mine after firing two years. Yet it takes a good deal ot time to learn to fire well, so as to get the meet steam out of the least fuel, and have the highest pressure at the grades where it is most needed. To do this a man should know the road, every rod 01 it, as well as the engine. Then comes the oiling. An engine re quires a great deal of oil, as well as coal and water. The fireman has to keep in mind ali those scores of bearings where oil has to be applied. Between oiling, shoveling in coal, shalftng. and stirring up his fire— to keep it steady and hot— ami looking to his stock of coal and wa ter, he is kept busy, and must needr watch sharply. But a man gets those duties well filed in his head in time. It is while “firing” that the practical knowledge of running an engine is gained. A fireman is the groom, so to speak, of the “iron horse.’’ He must, morning and evening, have the engine polished, “fired up,” and ready for his superior, the engineer, to step into the cab and start off. Usually the engineer does not make his appearance till the moment of connecting with the train. Between the engineer and hie fireman there generally exists an easy-going and manly sort of friendship, though I have known oases where the two men deteet- ed each other. When I began to fire under “Doc” Simmons, I scarcely knew enough to build a good Are in a ©ook-stove, and cauld not have found a quarter of the oil-caps. I must have been e trial to him the Ant week or two. But he never gave a sharp ward, though hs often had to tell me things over and over again. “Doc”—as the railway men all called him—was a superior engineer. He knew every pound of metal in a locomotive; just where it lay, and how much it was good for. He was one of those men who seem to feel just what there ia in a locomotive the moment he takes hold of the levers and starts up. He wits a good-hearted fellow, and always had a pleasant wend or a joke all along the line, and it is generally the ease that snch men do not fail the company or the public at a critical moment I went home and cried like a baby the day “Doc” was killed. If it had been my own father I oould not have felt half as badly. I actually wished that I had gone to the bottom of the river with him. . It was the night of the 6th of February, and fearfully cold. We had "No, 117” then, amjUaf»k opt the Pacific Express, as it was oaUed; from N4w lock city, up the Han to Albany. It wks a bitter night, and the line was frosty and alip- pscy. The express was always a heavy train. That night we had three baggage sad express osm aad sight passenger coaches, and wa were let# out of New York, to begta with— about utee, I think. Saab fold weather fc always denoral- It fc mnah herder WORLD. -| to,make time; all ] metal works bad, and though the lire appears to burn brighter, it takes more coal to make steam. The train seems to hang to the line. Then, toe, the cutting wind is enough to freeze the marrow in a man's bones. It might have been mostly fancy on my part, bat I thought “Doc” had an odd look in his face that night, as he got into the cab. He was more serious than usnal, for we both knew we had a hard run before ns, and a oold one. Both of ns were muffled up in fur caps and old overcoats. f ‘Shove in the coal, Nick, and ahake her down smart. We want every ounce of steam to-night,” says Doc. “Fifteen minutes behind and eleven oars on! Those sleeping-coaches are as heavy as a whole block, too. I’m glad thia ia a double-track line, and all clear ahead. ” We pulled out, and from the way Doc handled her, I knew that he meant to pick np that fifteen minutes, if it was in the old machine to do it. I suppose we made thirty miles an hour—perhaps forty—on the level stretches. On we went, reeling off the dark, bleak miles, with the sharp wind cutting into the cab, till near New Hamburg station, where the liue then crossed Wappinger creek on a trestle bridge which had a “draw” in it It was a comfort to think that the draw would certainly be open on such a night, for the creek was frozen np. -r Ah, if it were only permitted to train men to know juAt what is ahead on the tracks on these blac' >r bitter nights ! But we can only see «..ai the head light shows ns; and often tha signals seem strangely oltscnre iu fog, or in the driv ing rain and snow. One of those always pos8il)le“breaks,'’ which may not occur for years, but are yet constantly liable to happen, bad occurred that night. One of the South bound night freight-trains, running down to New York, broke an axle and got one of its middle cars off the rails, bP fore reaching the bridge. How far they dragged the car in that condition, no one knows ; for it was so oold that the coudn< tor and nil the hrakemeu were huddled in the calKxise behind. But they found it out after u time, and slowed down as the tram got on to the bridge. As they came to a stand-still, two or three other cars jumped the track; and one of these, an oil-eur, with a long tank on it, broke its couplings and was shoved over on to the up-liue of track—our line —where it stood sidewise acroas the rails. The accident made great confusion with the men on the freight; but they claimed that they got out their signal- lanterns as soon as thex_QQuh]. and that it was not a minute before we came up. As washot along past the dark station and out toward the bridge, 1 saw the white steam of the freight-train. “We shall pass No. 19 right by the bridge,” Due said. Both of us were looking, Doc on his side and I on mine. Suddenly, right ahead, we saw a red lantern swinging on our .track, at the head of the bridge. “God save us, Doc 1” I shoutod, “the draw’s open!” “Springthe patent broke !’’ he raid to me—that was what we c&tled the air brake, then—and in a moment WA. bad shut off, reversed and whistled for the hand-brakes. But we were going at a great speed. In a moment more wc had come along side the freight engine, and out on the bridge we saw the oil car right across our rails! It hod a look of death in it I awnng out on the step. “Shan’t yon jump, Doc ?” I cried. ' He stood with his back to me, looking ahead, but turned when I called ont. I shall never forget that last look he gave me. He did not speak, but his look seemed to say, “Yes, you may as well jump, but 1 must stick to my post.” Ho barely looked round to me, bnt made no answer, then looked ahead »g»in. Then I jumped—went heels over head along the side of the' embankment lead ing to the bridge, rolled over and over, and landed down on the ice of the creek, near the abutment, which I had scarce touched when I heard the crash, as onr engine atruck the oil-car. With the collision came a sudden, brilliant flash of light! Everything above me, the whole bridge and the nan cm it, seemed wrapped in a blaze of fire I At the same instant, too, there was a dull, long, tearing crash I The trestle had given way beneath the strain. Down came our engine, the three baggage can, a passenger oar, and I don’t know how many freight cars of the other train, on to the ice. The whole wreck, as it fell down, seemed en veloped in flames; for the oil had splaahed over everything, and the blaz ing coals from the fire-box exploded it on the instant When the engine struck the ioe, it broke through, and with a Idas went to the bettan of the deep water them; and on top of it came tumbling down all the For a moment following the crash there was an almost complete silence; then agonizing screams, and prayerful cries for help from the imprisoned pae- ~ We who were not disabled did what vtwUd. TbeKTiBflJV pnflkl got ran into the chasm, but two of them burned on the track, along with a sum* berotf fretgbfcoan. Twenty-one of the p—sengw ware killed outright, and a still greeter number warn injured. As we woraed there to the noise, heat and awful confusion of that night. I cast many an anxious glance round for Doc, hoping and half expecting that he had got clear and would be at work with us trying to get out the passengers. But I saw nothing of him, and by day break I felt sore that he had gone down with his engine. The locomotive was not hauled up ont of the water till the next week. Then we found his body jammed down under the engine on the bed of the creek. His hands, face and clothes had been scorched; but whether he was drowned, or burned to death, wc oould not tell He bud met his death at his post of 3uty; gone ont of the world with his hand on the lever; giving his own life that the lives of others might be saved —a man of whom any people may be proud. The tireely Expedition. Besides the Alert, the steamers Thetis, Bear and Hope will take part in the Greely search. Former expeditions have shown the propriety of sending so many vessels and furnishing the expedi- tioj^for.* posed to send an advance ship to the Danish settlements previous to the time fixed for the assembling of the expedition at Uppernank. Should a favorable op portunity present itself, the vessel will push northward and rrecne the Greely ]>artv. The relief ships will arrive at Uppernavik not later than May 15, and will push northward as soon as the ice permits toward Littleton Island. The natives will be cummnioated with and all possible information obtained as to Che whereabouts of the expedition. When the ice is reached, one of the ves sels will push its way through it while the other will maintain snch a position in the rear as to rescue the party on No. 1, should that ship come to grief. Should neither vessel be crushed, and should neither succeed in communicat ing with Lady Franklin Sound, one, it is reoommeuded, should winter in Franklyn Pierce Bay and the other in the vicinity of LittLafon IsluuL _ On the route northward various points are to be examined and depots of provisions left at certain specified quarters. The full est equipment as to l>oat8, sleds, cloth ing, tents, wooden houses and provisions has been recommended, and every pre caution is to l)e taken to secure success. The addition of the Alert to the rescue fleet will undoubtedly greatly enhance the chances of accomplishing the ob jects of the expedition. It is reoom meuded that the personnel of each ves sel to be kept down to aYothimnm, so as to give ample space should the expedi. tiou l>e absent two years and diminish the risk of shortness of provisions. It is calculated that tbe total expense will l>e about 6420,000 ■ V High Life in England. The Ear] of Euston, the future Duke of Grafton, is about to begin tha much talked of suit for divorce from his wife, on the plea that tbe lady’s first hnsliand was living at the time of her second mar riage. The Countess will submit in de fence that when she married her first husband she supposed him a wicjpwcr, but hu proved to have another wife, aad when she learned thia she abandoned him. The ease promises to be exceed ingly interesting. Thirteen years ago Henry Fitzroy, eldest son of Lord Augustus Fitzroy, fell in love with a woman known as "Kate Cook.” She was handsome and stylish in person, and her matured charms were quite sufficient to captivate the youth of twenty-three. Unknown to his father, who waa Equerry to the Queen, he married her. Moat chronicles of the peerage ignored tbe marriage. Others described the bride as tbe daugh ter of John Walsh and the widow of ‘ ‘Mr. Smith. ” In 1882 the bridegroom’s social position changed. Lord Angnstus Fitzroy succeeded his brother as seventh Duke of Grafton. Henry Fitzroy be came Earl of Euston. The widow of “Mr. Smith” became Countess Euston and the fntnre Duchess of Grafton But troubles hod already oome between her and her husband. They separated by mutual agreement No fault being proved against the Countess since her marriage, the Earl in vain sought an ex cuse for divorce. The mysterious "Mr. Smith” has now appeared and the ex cuse is found. Tex Canal.—There is, says an ex change, a likelihood that the Cape Cod Canal really will be built The distance to be dug ill sight miles and the present estimate of Che cost is a million dollars a mile. The company already has ex pended $150,000. Tbe charter compels the building of a railroad bridge and there will be some expenrive looks. The ibortest mate train Boston to New York through Vineyard Sound ie 886 miles and by the -outside course 386 miles. Through the canal it will be 240 mates, saving 96 miles in one esse and 140 in tbe other. But there is another saving to be considered, and that is an occa sional shipwreck which tha shorter and Mfor fMMffi b; Utf ffifinMtoMfl#, ; -. r A Hlecalar Arromml •( tire Bad la mf BLaafc. ell Iram Freer* Maaraaa. The fallowing acasnnt of the defeat of Hicks, Pacha is ptifeshed in the Paris Journal dr* Debttf*) The latest inform* tion which has reached Cairo regarding the disaster of Hicks Pacha’s army is so singular and so very tragic that it oould at first bo hard’yMieliered as possible. But it is now confirmed by so large a number of trustworthy witnessee that it is no longer possible4o doubt the foot. It was not the Mahdi who conquered Hicks Pacha; tho tetter and his men perished in an intestine struggle, victims of an error which threw Egyptians against Egyptians.' the Mahdi and bh bands only took a secondary part in the battle. They only arrived in time to in crease the butchery and reap the fruits of victory. This is what happened. You know what a conflict bod arisen between General Hicks and his Egyptian col league, Alaidin Pacha. The first wanted to march directly on El Obeid, the second proposed to follow the hilly route, a more difficult road, but a safer one, and which offered the l>est advantage of allowing tbe troops to rest during the d«y near the Melbass wells before at tacking El Obeid. The rumor was spread that in consequence of this rup ture Ateidin Pacha had abandoned Gen. Hicks with part of tne army, and hopes “vrerdTong entertained that he had been saved. Alas 1 this separation was des tined, on the contrary, to become the cause of the ruin the Egyptians and of the loss of the Bondan. The two generals having found it impossible to come to an nnderatending, it was re solve. ."'at each stemkl take the road be considered bes-*^ that in the event of one of the corps l«ing attacxou the enemy the other rould hasten to i_ rescue. This plan was carried out. Alaidin Pacha reached the mountain, while Hicks Pacha marched straight to ward El Obeid. Both corps were passed by soldiers of the Mahdi, who, without giving battle harassed them incessantly on the flanks. The troops had left to ward midday. At midnight sharp firing was beard in the direction of the moun tains. Hicks Pacha at once ordered hia men to advance and support Alaidin Pacha. It was pitch dark. The sharp shooters fired wi^ioat knowing wbat they were sl*>at. fkfter on hour's hur ried march the troops reached the middl *>f the mountain. The vanguard an nounced that all the heights were occu pied by the enemy. Suddenly a shower of bullets fell on the army. A part took to flight, while the other stood firm. The fighting continued desperately until daylight appeared, when a horrible spectacle presented itself. Hicks Pacha’s troops were almost annihilated, and at the top of the hill the Egyptian uni forms were in sight. Alaidin Pacha and Hicks Pacha’s troops had been butcher ing each other ever since midnight The central column, commanded by General Hicks, had suffered the most A small plateau where it had halted was strewn with dead and dying. The bodies of three Europeans lay where Uie staff had taken ppwition. Sturgeoa Don’t Bite. There were four or five of ns on the long wharf runnizg out into the Gulf at Mississippi City, and we had been fish ing away for half an hoar without any Inck when a big fat man named Blake, from Ohio, suddenly called out: “Say, Ihijs, let’s have a swim.” It was too hoi, and we were too lazy, but Blake declared that he’d have a swim by himself. He off with his clothes, backed down into the water, and for a quarter of an hour hung to a spile and splashed the water, not being able to swim a stroke. By and by he climbed cat, but scarcely had his feet touched the plank when one of the men sang out: “By I he great horn spoon [ but see there 1” Ten feet away Trom the end of the wharf were two sharks at least seven feet long, and the water was so clear that every wink ef their eye oould be seen. “Yes, a couple of sturgeon !” observed Blake as he waddled forward. ‘‘I saw ’em hanging around when I went down, bnt sturgeon don’t bite!” When he came to fully realize what an escape he had had he sat down on ths head of a spile aad blubl>ered like a boy who had stubbed his toe.—M. Quad. Gas from Sawdust The village ot Deaeronto, Ontario, is said to be lighted with gas made from sawdust. Tbe lumber company, to which tbe settlement owes Hs life, cuts fifty million feet of lumber annually, and what to do with the huge hens ol sawdust has Been a vexatious problem. Before introduction into the retorts, the sawdust is thoroughly dried, after which from twenty to thirty thousand feet of gas era obtained from a ton. In illumi nating power it is said to be equal to that made of cool, end is entirely tree from sulphur. Dr. Otto KnumaL, or Gorrown, who has been investigating the area of oceans, estimates the superficies of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans at 194,787,425 square miles, and tbe total wperticiea ot all tbe seas on tbe globe at 231,915,905, white the totel snper- fioies of the oonttoeute and teteiKk bo «*••« Arww With the Ursm Bar Breach. sreaaBareaaaa F "It am my solemn dooty to inform dte club,” mid Brother Gardner, "del de branch club at Green Bay, known as de ‘White 8 wan Branch, No. 82,’ has been disbanded. I returned from dot piece tee’ nite erter an ofltehul visit of inspeek- •bun axed fur by de Mayor, Common Council an’ various odder puasona. De results of dot inspeokahun am ea 18x24 warnin’ fur us to go slow in de matter of grantin' charter to branch lodges. "In makin’ applicesbun fur a charter it waa understood dot de White Swans would start off wid three jedges, two elders, six colonels, two trustees, fo’ pur- feasors an' two oo’n doctors. I diskib- ered dst outer de sixteen charter mem bers dar’ was only one single ptupon wid e title. He claimed to be s pur- fessor, an’ he am now in jail on charge of steal in’. Our oonstituahun says dat no fee shall be charged for initiatin’ members. Du branch lodge took in sixty-four members at a fee of two dol lars per head, an’ de money was used to play policy an’ buy lottery tickets. Under pretense ob bein’ a chartered so- tiety, organized fnr de good ob mankind in gineral, it heaped np a debt of ninety dollars in three months; it stole twenty- two hams; it got away wid six bundled ohiekew; it-giucaiyti aoetety>«h dat de wife of a man aimin’ seventy-five cents a day wanted a twenty-two-dollsr bonnet or death. "When I arrove at Green Bey an’ called upon de President of de White Swans he almos’ convinced me dat all derogatory reports had bin started by jealous-minded white pnsaons. I hap pened, however, to fall in wid a butcher rbo had lost six hams an’ had sot s trap in hia smoko-house to ootch stragglers. 1 Ml up wid him till inidnight, at which hour »% went ont an’ found de Presi- 3ent of de Lnanch lodge to de trap, wid de Secretary ana Treasurer disappearin’ in de distance. "Gemlen, we hu rushed u- j n de funhnr. when a branch axes dis fnr a charter, cuffin’ of de sort mue’ be granted until arter a moos’ rigid inwesti- gsshun has bin made. We mas’ not be satisfied wid weekly reports, bnt some member of dis club inns’ be sent out on s scout. Our cause has received a blow to'Green Bay from which it may be y’an in recoverin’, an’ it am all our own fault Let us bow pnroeed to routine business.”—Detroit Free Fret*. The Texas Terror. ■marnmtwmm, ■sIbshs «• < Uqisr la teatas. Hon. Thomas W. Pittman, of New York, has created a greet interest to Maine by hia series e^teoturas on intem perance and crime, aad baa given some startling statistics. Ho shows that then are 48,000 ertoitaAk to tho prisona at the United States; to eonnty jails, 184.000; in the houses of refuge, 10,000; floating criminal population, exclusive of drunk enness and disorderly conduct, 400,000; totel, 592,000 criminals. From latest s* turns of the Police Department of Now York and Brooklyn there is one sweet, including drunkenness end disorderly conduct, to every 18 of the population; in New fork 10,000 liquor eeloona, which, allowing 28 feet front to each, would make an avenue 25 mites long; eighteen hundred inmates of the lunatic asylum on Ward’s Intend, two-think of whom are insane drunkards; and fifteen hundred convicts in Bing Sing State Prison, 1,800 of whom became criminals through intemperance. Thirty per cent of Hie prison papulation of Msmeehu- •etts is between twenty and twenty-five yean of agu. In Pennsylvania the con victs in the penitentiaries under sixteen jrtors of age are 17per cent.; 85 per cent, under twenty-one, and 20 par cant, between twenty-one and twenty-flve 80 par cent, never learnhd any ttotetqaktfon; 82 per mint wars against property and 82 per cent were habitual drunkards. One-fifth of the criminal population lives to cities, as foUowsi-Onc-eighth in cities over 100,000 inhabitants; one-twelfth in oittas of over 75,000 and nearly one million to cities of over 40,000, mostly manufacturing towns. Crime and drunkenness are on the increase in manufacturing towns. Maine has a bed showing, them being in Portland last year 2,260 smote, 1,426 of which were far dranksnneee and drunk en brawls. Tbe lecturer exposed the private dabs of Portland, Bangor and other large towns to the State, and the easy manner in whieh htjW can be pro cured in Maine, both privately antf pub licly, and emphatically proclaimed that ^‘““•httion does not prohibit anises in dorsed Af* ^utained by public senti ment of the who mTut the trablic authorities -^ foKe ^ Uw QUAKER CITY HUMOR. A WWW JOK.Be CALL.** •‘That man taka did me a mean trick, but I haw hod my mraapK” Smith—"IB wbat way r 1 Jonas "By fixing thing* m that ha will ba driven orsay to tiuws months." Smith—“Graojoaa I Howdidyjmdo NT r Jones—"I got a family with twin babies to move into door,’’ HUB IDENTITT little Nell—"We’ve gets new scholar to ouraebool” Papa.—"Wbat is her namef’ Little NeU—"Her name's Mtonte.” Papa—“But her other name?” Little NeU—"I don’t know. T forget to ask her."* Papa-“la abe a good scholar ?” little Nell—' No; abe missed the first question. The teacher asked her how many pounds maze a ton, and the said 1,600.” . - - r - Papa—"Ab ! I see. She is tbe daugh ter of Mr. Blank, the cool dealer.” a orxat ooKFLimarr Little Jaek—"You never waa in the country much, I guess, Mr. Popinjay f’ Popinjay (dailghted)—“Do you think so, my UUle fetypw ? Well, I have not bean to fthemnitry form any yean, bnt I used to hvs there wham I waa a Utile boy. You would not believe it, I zap- poee Little Jack—“Damno about that, bnt 1 guess sis tar would not. I know she thinks you never wto in the country at all” Popinjay (still more delighted)—"Ah! Indeedr Little Jack—"Ym, she said you did not even know beans.* "The Texas Terror” is found in al most every town—the bod, bold man who spills blood, hot blood, and eats tenderfeet for breakfast every morning, but he stays around the bar-room fire generally, and awaits invitations to drink from strangers for whose benefit he “shoots off his mouth.” He is usually from Bitter Creek or Rattlesnake Run, where they raise bad men; the “farther up yon git the wns they be, and I’m from tho headwaters,” is his autobiog raphy. Sometimes he is the “Red headed - Terror- of-Tom-Green-County,” and sometimes "Apache Bill.” He slips np to the bar when asked to ‘‘irrigate,” and says to the barkeeper: "Give me Bathin' powerful, pard; suthin' os will warm up the cockles of me heart; I'm the toughest man in Tom Green County, but I’m sort o’ low down this mornin’, an’ ain’t smelt blood; I’m a reckless devil when I get started, and I feed on devastation and tormoil, but I’m kinder quiet now and mean no mischief. Times ia changed senoo I came to Texas fust, and the people is as quiet as kittens — gimme suthin' that’ll make me feel as if the tornado of the prairies brought the smell o’ blood. They used to call me tbe king of the cow-boys down on the Pecos, but thej’ve no use for fightin’ men thar now.” And he will go on in this strain as long as anyone will listen to him, but while his words are fierce, his acts are mild, and he takes the place of* the yam-spinner who is generally found in the village saloon of the North. The Arabs at El Teb It ia stated in English reports of the battle of El Teb that "the Arab# charged repeatedly, under cover of a fire from their works, which killed and wounded a few of the British; bnt they never could get through tbe formation, the bullets mowing them down as they advanced. Tbe British at teat reached the works and carried them with the bayonet, the Arabs resisting fiercely, and leaving 900 men dead on the ground. ▲ brick building used as a mill waa next carried, and then the cav alry swept down on the enemy, yrhomet tbe charge without flinching, ami struck at the bones as they jnssnfl through them. At length, after lhree hours' fighting, the Soudanese who had, aa it was afterword ascertained, lost 2,800 men, certainly a fifth of their whole number, and probably a fourth, fled, most of them going to Dobbs, their storehouse, which wee occupied on tbe following dey. The British loos woe only 82 killed and 143 wounded; but the ac tion was, nevertheless, severe. Afl wit nesses, including the general in com mand, testify to tha splendid valor of the Arabs, who met death with a ^ind of pleasure, and to the steadiness pg the British aoldteiu, who never Soon broke j Uteir ordaa, or flinched n^fer the n*b He advocated moral methm*. for the drunkfid atgl kindness sod kuma*.- for the reformation oferiminab and tne abolitioq of prison contract labor and crnel punishments. His statements rel ative to tbe open violation of the Maine liquor law and increased drunkenness in the State have created a profound sen sation among all classes, especially among Prohibitionists f, l-.lf ^ 1.6populated Ireland a* Ainmoua nor. "No BM talking,” said young Tommy, "I am lurand to do something to got rich Shin I glow up.” “Tiaibfit you are learning to love money too well," iWE?**d tea father, aadty. “No,” said Tommy, "I don't enru fo* monoy for its own sake, but for tho good it can da bri|^i!?^ t . ..yoa, oommsndatN... “And will you to get me a place where I can ^ h , awfully rich I” "I will,” responded (he father. One week afterward the old man, true to hia promise, took the boy and got him a situation in a newspaper office. The Irish papers are discussing the 'coent census returns in a bitter rpirit. Die Dublin Nation has an article en titled “Bleeding to Death,” lu which it wys: “The life blood of Ireland is being j rained by vampires. Every one who has an interest in the country must gird his loins against this murderous union, ; The extermination of the Irish people has long lieen ths traditional aim of tbe English rulers. The present Executive’s still is set on actively promoting the murderous system which baa already robbed the country of five or six millions of people.” The United Ireland ^devotee an article to the same subject, which i' entitles “Killing a Nation by Inches." It says: “For all practical purposes Ireland ia suffering a more awful drain of manhood than if engaged in a deadly oot fliet with a first class European power. She has lost since the Union more men than Franca lost in all Abe sanguinary wars of Napoleon. At least eight millions of people have been im molated in eighty years to the demon ot English supremacy. Three millions of people whose brawny frames supplied the physical force of the repeal meetings were missing in 1852 when the census enumerators came to count them. Two million nine hundred and thirteen thou sand of the population who were spared by famine hove been starved or ported since. The waste goes on and more furiously. Within tbe last year alone Ireland lost 108,000 em igrants, 71,000 of whom were tingle adults. Hhe lost in mere thews and muscles more valued sons than were stein in any of the greatest battles of the world.” An Arkansas Jail. The county jail of Hot Spring*, Arkan- ia a miserable two stray .fog bnt, about fourteen feet square. The upper story is occupied by the jailer, who toll, for a consideration, yield it to a of meant. A small, rickety balcony, with a sofa oh it, and a creaking flight of wooden steps give eoeeae to the room. Tbe pen below, or jefl proper, la a tet "Week hole,*” the, floor fo with filth, straw and vermin; light filter* through two glare cubby botea a inches square and admittance fo only gained by means of an the floor above, through happy captives are towered down tha ladder. As mahy re adooen, ajf all agas, sexre and color*, are her* at once. to the room above and fo to brand a ferer. In caw ef the father, fo 8a the opposite cor looking fob a fbocnd. "Do you know a Colonel Smith of this city?” asked a stranger of a Louis ville man. "Oh, yes,” was the reply, "there be te now, ner.” , 'No, that fo not the genflsman I re fer to. My friend ia n toller i "Well, there fo Qqtoqai coming out of the poet otBoe, the geatfo man with the slouch hat.” "No, neither of them fo toe man that I am in search of. The man I wool fo t smooth-faced, thick-set achieved coma distinction war." - — "The late war?” said the Louisville citizen. "I guess I am not acquainted with him. There is no Ootonel Smith in this city that 1 know of who aver had anything to do with' nxormro wane. Edith—"6hf how glad I am 1 summer fo coming again. Soon wa go to Newport and so joy am grand old fox hunts Joel wNfoa Eaglfoh prfooressa.” Mabel—‘MM you go fox hunting a4 Newport?" Edith—"Yw, indeed, I waa to every bunt Oh! it’* gforioua—the prancing steeds, the baying hounde, the exhilar ating sir, tha delightful chare onr the fields and fanese, and the rash to ba in si the death and get the brush. (Mi! how 1 tosh you could hare been along.” Mabel-" Well, I don’t The idea of a great crowd of hones and hounds and hunten 4k dashing after one poor Mttia fox and keeping upthe tambto chase until tbe poor thing sinks sway from veryweaknes*.” Edith—"Fox! Tost Why, I saw A fox!” Mabel—"Bat you spoke of “the brush.’" * Eudorn—“Oh ! tool fo a lovely pea cock brush gtreu to the beat lady rite." Mabel—“Bat wtott fo bring fin at tbe death?*" > Eodorn—"ObieWng up with (be auk* seed beg.”—/’Ait*. Eva. CML 1