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WIN^NSBOBO, S. APl&jL 9, 1884^~~ ^ T ~ - - - - Laconics From Lucile. Time is a fiction and" limits not fate. ! Thought alone is etcrnaL Time thralls it in vain. For the thought that springs upward and r" . yearns to regain The pare source cf spirit there is not too late. r Thou didst not shun death; shun not life: 'Tis more brave to Jive than to die. . Honest love, honest sorrow, eX -' > Honest work for the day, honest hope for the k . The heart they bavo saddened, the life they leave dreary. h^^Iush! the seven-fold heavens to the voice of Hseho^ ?Ee that o'ercometh shall all things Heo stream from its sourco [lows seaward, bow lonely soever its course, But what some land is gladdened. No star |Rnd set, without influence somewhere. IBjfSc man wco seeks one trnag in uie, ana due I one, Kay hope to achieve it before life be done; Bat he who seeks all thing's, 'wherever be H goes, RKnI v reaps from the hopes which around him Rft hesQtrs H harvest of barren regrets. . Bet-any man once show the world that he BR feels H?r&d of his back, and 'twill fly at his heels; Let him fearlessly face it, 'twill leave him alone; But'twill fawn at his feet if he flings it aj r-; bone. . / : >* Halt! Invade not the Past, reckless child of to-day, Andgivo not, 0 madam! the heart in *by breast To a phantom, the soul of whose senso is pos? : ;v sess'd By an Age not thine own. Wc are our own fates. Our own deeds 'Are our bondsmen. Man's lifo was mado not j?* for men's * . Ircsr uuc men s acuoas: , world is a nettle; disturb it. it stints; b it firmly, it stings ^ot. On one of two things, ou would not bo slung, it behooves you to settle; void it, or crush it. heart of a man-is-like that delicate weed :ch requires to be tramned on, boldly inieed, e it gives forth the fragranco you wish to extract. 5 means every man to be happj?be sure: ends us no sorrpws that have not some jure. ....... duty down here is to do, not to know; s as though life were earnest, and ii^e will x? so. AFTER THE STORM. ; Hark! what is that?" eyton grasped the arm of his friend e spoke, and both paused to listen. C.-.4- u(A?. IV ALiUU UUb UCiV/i O TVitlUI iing the sound was re-, speaker loosened his ;h of relief. you! it's Lita,' he said, ae little organ is rrmKngr blind girl! How much* :es with it," remarked I , 'I t these miners bought : box they made a good | isten!" lad begun again. At j ealing out with such a ound one might easily it it was only the night oftly around the walls' in; then it swelled into sv deeper and more sol- j tg in its naturciB^Hjtf lers to thrill wl row cold and It seemed as though a spirit more^H - ^ mortal had taken possession of the TMB .JnstrumenVand through, its deejjl voice-was breathing otlia prophecy preaching disaster, ieyton felt a sod- , den breeze against his cheek, and no. - * ticed, with aiarm, that a dark stormcloud had arisen in the west There had been one storm since his arrival ?-?fcom the east, and he dreaded to t see another. A heavy sigh at his elbow, caused both men to turn in-that direction. Lame Joe had come up noi3et" ' lessly behind them an& stood leaning against a rock. He, too, was listening, ' ? *nd wiping an occasional tear from his eye. But even as they, listened the character of the melody slowly underwent a complete transformation, and from the depths of sorrow and despair it - burst forth in a glad, exultant strain?a wild, free fiood of music.' It was like tho-tri. umphant song of some captive bird that has beaten long its weary wings against the iron bars of a cruel prisonhouSe, but, finding itself at liberty again, breaks forth into song.That was the end. Leyton and Mark Spencer passed on. The little girl's present .* mood seemed to them too sacred for ih- j tmjfinn? hnt lame Joe stotrped for the { good-night kiss which the'child was I accustomed to bestow upon him. Poor I old Joel He was very lame. One leg I V had. been left upon the battle-field of ! Y Fredericksburg, and its substitute was ! ^ a rude wooden stump, but, such as it j . : was, he would gladly have worn it to j splinters at Lita Cohen's service, had the child permitted it. Jtn spite of his affliction' Joe Milton was a genial old man, with a kind word and. .Helping hand for everybody; yet half th?miners j fci that little camp could have tpld of a l time when there was hot a more intemr per ate. man or harder character than [ he. T-hatwas before the dest-h of his L wifei tidings of which had been a terri He blow.Lita was comforter then. It was she . who took him in-band, and petted and 9? talked with him until his Companions began to notioo with-wonder - that he was growing Into a very different man; I for sorrow had rnad? the -child sympai ' ; thetic, and her strong influence over Joe was in a great measure due to this ~ fact When John Cohen was killed by the falling of a' bowlder, Lita, little more than a baby then, had become an adopted child of the camp .< Later, when" an accident shut out forever thelight from irer beautiful eyes she seem " ed suddenly to have grown nearer and dearer to each one and to become the object of especial care; yet in spite of then; kindness, there was u)me times T , whei she became sad and lonesome. ' , Sly! used then to flv for consolation to ^ he'f" dear friend, tie little organ, and tf iw from its bosom a. melodious res' jnse to her mood. In strong contrast with the gray and faded old woman who was her attend/ . ant, or the bronzed, weather-beaten men about her, was this child of seven * / years. Like a rare sweet blossom she / was growing up in that wild place with . a halo of beauty, and purity about hep young life that commanded 'almost ' Adoration from the few rough, yet kindf Jiearted people. k Nature was kindly too. The sun ' never kissed the soft little cneeEs too xoughly, and its most scorching ray only added a' brighter tint to the long, .fair hair, which hung in waves below her waist,* the pride and admiration of her'friends. r Yet it was hard*-even for a stranger, to look unmoved upon the great blue eyes, so pathetic in their blindness, and ejow that Lita Cohen could never see again. -1 think Lita herseK minded it most after Warren, tile poet of the camp, iad been telling her of the rugged . V" " - j;' - ;? .; - grandeur of the country about them, and described the singular beauty of the flower^ which he broughtfher day after day, or when one of her big, burly friends laid in. her hand the picture of his children?the children whom she had learned to love as brothers and sis1 ters. She had known about them all a long time, ever sinee she could remember, and they, often sent her friendly messages and little presents which she used to sit*holding in her hands, a strange wistfulness in 'the big blue eyes, a great ache in the little tender heart, at the thought that she must always feef but never see. The little .girl cared a <n:cat deal about all her friends; but lame Joe was her prime favorite, perhaps because he was lame. Hs had grown lamer than ever of late, and was failing very fast, yet nobody could bear to break the news to her. She us.ed to sit at his side by the hour listening to him or repeating.the childish stories which Warren had read to her. One dav while she was sitting thus, patting* his wrinkled cheek with ' her soft hands, she stopped suddenly, with a puzzled look in her face, as though a new thought had struck her. -j "The men say that the mines of this ., district don't pay well enough, and j they will shortly break up and go into i another country. What will you and I:i do then, UncleJoe?" - A tear trickled down the old man's i wan check. He, too, was thinking of a journey into another country, and it> wrenched his heart-strings to think of leaving Lita behind, but he wiped away the bright drops . with the * ragged sleeve of his coat, and choking down the sob in his throat, made answer:. "You will go with them, Lita, my child.". "And you, too, Uncle Joe. What, would you do here without me?" she oot-or? lonopViin<rW Khf? tiorhter > o ;o to his hand. r- ' v ' , "Not much, to be sure, little one? not much." He stroked her long silken hair tenderly, wishing that he mi^ht be able to tell her. what no one else wanted to; bat he had not the couraget and presently the little girl said: It is getting chilly, Uncle Joe; let's. go in." ' But the old man went away, and did not see her again till' eyening. He bade her "good-night," and slowly followed the retreating forms, of the .two gentlemen, Ley ton and Spencer, wondering why she looked so pale to-night and clung so tightly around his neckrat parting. He felt a strange chill pass ever "him whenever he thought of tho music, bn? by and by he fell asleep and forgot it all. * * The threatened storm-came; -such- &--> tempest as had not swept the valley since its settlement five years.- before. But the sun shone out brightly the next? morning; ana mere was one, at icas*, who hailed its advent with a sigh of re lief; arid that was'Joe Miltonr-" rttsh*J ed, bruised and sorely wounded, he dragged himself from a heap of debris and looked about him. No one was stirring. Nearly all tho others had chosen safer places than he and were sleeping soundly,-now that the wild strift which had taken place so lately between the elements had ceased. How was it with little Lita? . With an effort poor Joe sat up and looked. Hf rums Hodman ^pnsw'er. ^naming , IF effort, he ( Bru was there. SlowN H^ain almost unendt^^TO^^arewhimself' to the top' of the log to look. He saw her, and > was not long in gaining the spot. , : 1 Taking one limp-hand in his and ] clasping it tightly, he sank down at her side with a great sigh, though there , was a smile upon his face, and the pain j was all over. He had followed his lit- . tie friend in her long, long journey, ; had gone into the other-country. . . A little later the rn?'~ers. awakened by the faithful Nannon, who had just recovered sufficiently to crawi fromtHe? ' ruins, began a search for the missing.. Away beyond the scattered remains of the cabin they found them?the two so strangely contrasting;-one so old and gray, the other with a gleam of light as she" lay stretched cut upon a bed of tangled grass and shining sand, the pallo rof death'"upon her fair young face, -and the 'glory of the sunshine in her . golden bair. .^ * | , Nothing New Under the Sun. A discovery has been made which ; again lays the honesty of. our ancestors | open to "suspicion. The jerry-builder, I it seems, was not unknown in the middle ages; in fact he must have floari ished and waxed mighty, seeing that HQ occasiouaujr so* ouw 0 building of a cathedral into his .unclean handsl In the course of "restoring" Peterborough cathedral, some insignt has been gained into the ways of the builder of the "Norman" and "early English" periods. Like his successor, he was an adept at concealing the practices by which he, no doubt, amassed a considerable fortune. The walls of the lantern at Peterborough being carefully examined, it appeared that, though th? outside facing was of good Bamack 'stone, beneath this thin surface th$ra was nothing but rubble and-"pit mortar." So, too, with the great central tower and the piers which support it; or rather did not support it any longer. ' "? * Al w?a ?V?irvr* xne core ox tuesc poio ni? ^ . but dust," and even their foundations were of the shallowest and * poorest kind: Under the circumstances it is astonishing that the" work should haye lasted so long.?SL James Gazette. I t ? # A Cardinal in Embryo. Dr. Mayhew was one of the most puzzling examiners at Oxford. He al-' ways asked the most captious questions. Once, hawever, he found his match in a beardless youth, who solved with classical calmness the most diffi-. cult questions the. Professor's brain could invent When Mayhew saw that* he had to deal with a formidable opponent he changed his tactics, commenced in Latin, and asked: "Quid est Spes?" [What.is Hope?]?Magna res," [a great thing] was the immediate an"AniVi aat flhnrlt.as?" fWhat is Charity?] was the next question: *Mag- J na raritas," [a great rarity] replied i the student 4'Quid est Fides?" [what is Faith?] "Quod noii vides," ?What | is unseen] answered the young, theo- j iogian. Mayhew was forced to laugh? against his will. .He gave the student his" hand, and?a thing'that rarely happened?asked him to dinner; Fifteen years later Dr. Mayhew received an invitation to dinner. . It came .from the, student above mentioned* who then gave a banquet'in honor of his installation as Bishop of Westminster. He is now Cardinal Manning. - ? . ? .. William Gibson, formerly of-Albany, N. Y., who died: recently in New Mexico, leaving an estate'of $285*000, in his will bequeaths $5,000 to Miss Jane Rose, of Albany, a former sweetheart, c ?* . Early Type Founding and Wood Cat ting. The very earliest printers were prat ably their" ovrn type founders, and poa sibly at times fhfcir own wood cutter too;but this cannot very long have bee] the case. A man setting up si printing press lor-the rst time usually startei with a font of type wh\ehr he :ha< bought from some* already establxshei printer.. Thus, Jacob Bellaert, a Haarlem, bought type from Gerar< Leeu, at Gouda; Hugo Janszoen, a Leyden, began printing with type an< cuts which had already been almos worn out by Bellaert at Haarlem Many.other instances of a like kin< might be noted where the type change* hands, passing from a printer in on town to a less prosperous workman ii another. So soon as the new printe had made a fair start he general!; bought or made for himself an entirel; new font of 'type, which became tb characteristic of his press. Theearlj types, as we ^know, wer< nothing but copies of the careful writ ing of the day; thus they varied ex ceedingly, and it is possible, without mucli difficulty, to get to know almos every font by sight. It is then fount possible to gronp together certain font; as possessing general vc5uracteristic: in common,!ana these will usually b< seen to belong to a certain district o: period. The varieties in each grouj xnay h^ve-<?i^cn from various causes Some are due to the necessity of having types of different sizes, some to alter ations found advisable to avoid un necessary wear and tear; some were, no doubt, made with a view to greater distinctness in the printing. One verj common kind is one of the most diffi cult to detect A font of type? w^wil imagine, had been used till it began tc wear out. To save trouble in molding the dies'for a new set, the printer chost out an alphabet from the old ones, anc with a knife trimmed the letters tc WMAWA akAmv wa&c -UXVUX MMi-y (kuu VUWIIAU^ off a detail here and there, andgenerally making the ou&ine somewhat thinner. Froiir these-he cast dies whicl were used to strike off a fresh set The font thus manufactured would closelj resemble its predecessors, differing from it alone in details not re%dily perceived. The relations existing beween wood cutters and printers are not sc easy to. discover. The French wood cutters had from the very first adopted a style completely, different from .thai either of the .Germans or Dutch.; Th6ii blocks were! always- much mote un? formiy filled with-even-masses of careful shade; therev were no l^rge spaces left unoccupied and white on the paper: Th"ey~were far'aSeadTof their contem poraries. in neatness and dexterity, but there"; was little life in their work. As a result,, nothing great ever came from them; "but alT their early productions iu& pleasing, and, conteast agreeably with .the rude work of their foreign contemporaries. Very, few of their blocks ever passed into Holland. In his later years Gerard Leeu constantly uses a set of cuts and borders which present a marked difference, from anything he had used before. They were clearly intended for a prayer book, and the complete series is found in one, but not till after Leeu's death. .Each page of fhn bonl- 1 ' i ^mjsaj^.wnt vtitt i _ jither'the text or the cut? coulcf be printed. The cuts were used separately on many occasions, but thq, series eras never divided, and after Leeu's death it came complete into the hands of Liesveldt From origins so barbariQr from essays so -simple t ancL "imperfect, there have arisen the magnificent industries we know. The prin tot anatne engraver nave come to be in some sort the good genii of tho world of art Theirs. it is to popularize what the artist has produced?to brin^ within; reach of the many that which is primarily achieved Cor the delectation- and endowment of the few. Developed and perfected, the rude craft of tne nameless masters who .worked, for Leeu and his fellow traders has become a necessary of the iiteUectual and emotional life of civilized humanity.?Magazine of Art. ', Salting Butter. What do we salt butter for? "We salt it to-preserve it," says one. "I salt it," . says, another, "to improve its taste.!.*"And I," add3 a third', "because Ifrave been accustonied to. and nevecthbught much *boUt why I did so. Lonly syppos^d^m^t^ or it wguld go wrong in some way.* This last renlv will answer for the. multitude, and it wifi answer-for" much: that is done ontside of the avocation of batter makr ing. If one will stop and ask himself at every step why ho does each thing, he will be surprised to find himself doing aboat all he does from habit, or by way of imitating the habits of others. Man is very property credited with being a reasoning- animal, because hfl does sometimes reason, but he is moved much more by the force of custom than of thought, and our conduct in salting^ butter is oiify: th? iiutCTowth ol our most prominent human - characteristic, which is thoughtlessly following in & rut. y :> . i The safest tuIo t& iollow; in salting for seasoning is the one foSowed bya horse ^orf:ey iu harnessiiag- his'hearses. He said,- when he had an Qglv-lqpking horse, he covered him up with all the * * * 9? m .. nice harness ne coma ges on nun. xne harness looked better; than the horse, and the latter got the benefit of the improvement. When he had a fine looking animal, he used as little harness as he could- The horse looked better than the harness, and it only served to obscnre his beauty. If butter must be salted^ this js the "true?yule 1p follow, for the flavor of choice butter is very much more pleasing than the taste oi salt, and the more of it there is used, the more the buttor flavor is hid; but the taste of salt is better than no flavor or bad flavor; so, when butter is afflict ed with t'uch faults, liberal salting will improve .the defects by disguising them with its prominence.?National Livestock Journal. _ Readiness tor the French Tie storm from the West finally broke quite suddenly upon Europe, no prepared for the fool-hardiness of th< i French, in rushing into war before the] were ready. Afoltke, however, hai longbeen ready. Thenew^ was brough to him at Kreisau late one night; he ha< already gone to bed. ''Yex^roelk in said to the messengers'; "the third port folio on ?he, left," and: went to sleej again tHI morning. #rbm that hou tm. the end of the campaign he was-in cessantly active. . Once asked at Ver sailles whether, at his advanced age he did not feel the effects of all th privations and hardships, he quietl; answered, "I should if I were old.' War is his element We have it o: Bismarck's amnoniy max. uu. iuct prospect of war makes Moltke look tec years younger, while the reality take! xroin him twenty years of life.?Mti Helen Zimmern, in the March Century mr \ 't " ; ; i . v... ,; "i '<* Cloth CostaraeS. - j n ?-' ? * . j k- J. Handsome cloth suits are showing ^ more elaborate tri mmings than former-". * ly, and when the trimming consists of: ; expensive fur the costumes of this deseription are almost' princely. Indeed 3 these suits are becoming so dressy that . they scarcely boar any resemDlance to j the cloth .suits.of. previous seasons,. Many of * them are com bined wi th velI vet Cloth skirts may have a velvet t basque or long polonaises and redingj otes may have a velvet vest. All dra. peries to these dresses, when not edged with furor velvet, are finished with/ j rows of stitching, two or three rows be in'gthe usual number; These lighter "woolen fabrics make- suitable house dresses for. morning and: every daywear, and to be worn under seal skin or other heavy cloaks. These goods ? are in all shades of brown, .gray, dark blue, and green. The finer; qualities'; of earners hair, bisonLcIoth, and, cash- 1 5 mere are usually chosen* . Those Vbd.. . desire.a contrast ol color have the col~ lar, cuffs, and sometimes a plaiting at " the foot of the skirt made of goods off . another color. A basqneand oyerskirt > pre liked better for these t dresses than a,polonaise. ' ' , . DOUBLE BOJC PLATTS . ' j 3 sre used on the lower skirt The ' basque has a postilion backi und the ) draperies are full on the hips ae^/Jong. ; . in the back. A very neat dress, of this. 'f{ kind, made of the new golden brown I cloth, has a braided pan u down. each * side breadth, and six pl.ute down the 1 * front In the back are several: wide . 1 [ I box plaits, over which :!alls the dra r pery; the lower edge of it is, turned under, making it have the effect of a soft?.? [ pnE Another, of French gray, has,jI: , two side breadths of < figured- taji&stay^ - wjooV, ornamented with cheniHe passe- j ' menten^; with jfu&fength - bra^jlaits < . down tne front and'Vdeep kilt"m the, J back. The postilion basque has a vestf 1 r a high standing collar, and turned- 1 [ over cuffs of the figured goods. The j " overskirt to this dress is long and full i > in the f back, ahd ishort- $1 ffght/like j those described above. One of two- j r styles of overskirts, the full wrinkled.. ;? apron front of medium Jength^or the i goods arranged' in'! -panier ; shape, are 1 n onoiltt a^iaoavi fliacn taopflo " e uouoaj vuvovu ivi bucov ux c J BBETON SHAPED VESTS gjjmj < , that button on the side -add much to J i .the appaa^ance of a basque when a dif- 1 . ferent kind of material is used in the., ' skirt. An imported cloth suit of' i Trench ?rayt with a deep, kilt plating: < ' at the foot of the lower skirt, has. a h ; short apron oyerskirt and a basque of,: t 'j jdark royal blue velvet, which is closed . 4 with handsome cut-steel button^ - ? !* Plaids of moderate,size, are liked for..i young ladies, and those- when; combin- c ed, as they generally are, with plain c | goods are very pretty and becoming, t ! The rough surfaced- woolen: goodly 4 with trimmings of velvet of the same /* , shade, make stylish costumes-for win-. s 1rydayi, -f'Tow^ ladies like vests Of, r some bright becoming color added to a ' their dresses;, fqr instance, on a dork i ' jbroWnofoth v&s&of Egyptian red cash- i \ mere closing at the side; with a row of c small smoked pearl buttons, are very \ pretty. - Gfay dresses, with blue vests ' T put on in the same^way," are ecggllz- -fc Tf8t young ladles are made ol laaies' cn cloth "ol eoru, French gray, light n brown and"leather '(Jolor, with - 'acket or redingote of the same. Tr: .ming , for these consists of bands of light-colored fur or'many rows of wide mohair braid with - tinsel threads Tunning 4? through it 'r The finer qualities of this ^ braid are waiTanfed hot to tarnish.? *? Brooklyn Eagle. - *' Cutting Cameo Portraits. , ti " ??? tii "Well, there are few people who can afford to dothat!"' So thought the New m York Tribune reporter as-hi .watched a man in a littleroom, orerlooking upj>er w Broadway,. asJiesat pounding tip dia* :ffl monds with a ?estle . and mortar, ^ ^ThatV^nqt .the oMy^cos&y , part of ~ cameo 'making," Said .Mr. ZocDner, the j|| artist; is he pounded'^wav at the little q raicut;.t^'tak 5B'eyesight,"a grekt dea?, :'r, of time arid piatienco and "years of ex-- ^ perience. Theiutheonyx stories, from e, which the:c'ameo4are -"made, cost con- w siderable, sometimes as mnch as $50. ^ The choicest have a layer of creamcolored stone on a, darlc, chocolate colored base. But somo. people lite the red,, orange, black, or shell pink ^ stones just as velL You know they are ^ found in the Uruguay mountains and in Brazil The onyx is a half-precious ^ stone of the quartz family. It is. taken. ^ to Europe and cut into oval or oblong: , 'shapes, and then I have to pay 10 per ^ cent, duty to get it through the custom '? house." tt The cutter of cameos turned to "his ?j lathe by the window &nd; rubbing some tj , at the diamond, -dust, which he. had c. ' mixed with sperm oil, on the end of a a; 1 small drill, began His work. He.was. f, making; for a cabinet piece, a large- ^ cameo, two t>y two and a' half inches, ; , ; one of the largest eyeavcut$ of an old; gentleman in ^rmany/wjiosc portrait ' was placed before him. "I Have 125 r of these soft iron drills," said he; 44they q are made soft so as to catch the dia- J ii ' rnond dost, which is the only thing that l p ' will cat a cameo. A cameo is inde-la structible except you take a hammer fa ; and smuh.it. It is an old art^and was it 1 practiced by the Kamans, Greeks, and: e ' Egyptians. Dr. Schleimann found soma. b cameos in good preservation that were 1< ' probably 8,000 years old. It takes sey- c ' eral weeks to cut a large piecd like this. | Afterward it has to be polished with a tripoli, first being smoothed with emery h ' and oil, using the lead instrument sim- q ' ilar to those for cutting. It is easier to h cut a profile than a full-face portrait d [ Some people prefer intaglios, in which t the ppi*rait is depressed instead^ of o raised.: They are made on ; gardsi and v ; carrielians, the former being a dark, c reddish brown and the latter a clear a red. ; They ayehaxder. to make than x 1 cameos. I have to keep taking impres- J fc L raions in wax of the work as J go on.; 11 fi buttfomefcintes Ihavedone them $im i life and even from the -casts of dead ? persons. I also cat fancy designs of y j all kinds for pins, lockets, etc. in the c t- night I have, a globe containing: distill- t s e.d w^ter-witha little, sulphate of :,cop-, c j per, which concentrates, the light ; of e i the lamp on my work." A.large cameo i t copy of Geronels "Cleopatra before t i Casar" is held by the artist at $2,500. e 3" * 1 * \ * The Hallowell Granite Company of t > Maine is now cutting the drum" for- J r the Yorktown monument Jt now - weighs about forty-five tons, and when mi* will wpiVIi fthont twentv-five tons. e t It is to be 9 feet 6 inches in. diameter, * 0 and 8 feet 10 inches high. The derrick I p to be nsed at Yorktown in erecting this < ' monument is now being constructed Jfc a in Boston. The mast, a single stick, -J 0 will be 102 feet long and the boom 98 ' b feet They were cut in Oregon, and ! s brought around. Cape Horn, as trees < & suitable to make them could not be J r. found in any other part of the country. * *m" " M Manuscripts Wantedi-3?^ / - Muring# recent stroll in- the vicinfty of Rose street the attention of a re? porter for tke New. York Ma&'and :$& pr&'iitt^iTecfed to an enormous ca?i vas swung j as t inside ;of the doorway of a iar^e publishing, establishment Fuller, investigation disclosed ..the. fact hat inscription -wbich- wa&paiated upon the canvas warned those who entered the buiiding that . ! : Positively Nt> Mttiinscripts Wanted. : ?and that;, furthermore, all intruders, should. *r - Beware of the Bloodhound. ?and lastly* the following verses were printed underneath these legends: Who etrffers hero -with manuscript leaves Jove and hone behind: ' ''' ' *>' E'en .to thfediaha&of maidenhood oor.bloodstained pupil, blind. : Aftorfully assuring himself that no hidden dangers lurked in the hidden recesses of the hallwaj, thereporter boldly asconded the stairs and .entered a little cfE&e at the head of the first flight: A^d<fle aged man, who sat before, a . desk smoking, was the^ sole, occupant ' ! , f ^Fhsire come," faltered thc:re]jqrter with a nervous, glance, around- -himr "with a little?? ' "Ah, yes;" interrupted the, gentlemaBr smilingly;'^esr yes.- Tom (in a very low: key), will. you , let/Michael loose for &3ew minutes." With a superhuman .effort -the reports er explained that he had simply come op stairs ^-with a little request He i wished to know why that sign had been placed in the hall way."-" : T[ > 41OW ifcatis a- di&reat thing," rex marked fee gentleman:, 4tsit :down and', imr'ieWyhi Sttfcjut tt: W sig*i is placed there to inform would-be-ub* erary people who haunt publishing, houses, that, their, effasipns -ase,, not: required.-?! have counted'as many a?. Syehufidred: persons in,one day who tiave visited this office with manuscripts (or consideration. Aspirants lor liter-,: try fame are of both sexes, all ages ind conditions In ?&.' ' Lately^ wo- go jo wearie^ opt- ^ith people wynisg ugFrith matter that they, waited to raBmir to us that we hid to. do something iii self defence. You will observe that all; )cr loathsome.- contemporaries have adopted the canvas sign. All through! ;his vicinity you can come across themT Che^ v^,efiwti^ i y otfng^ lady graduate comes tnppmgj loWn townj with a/rotfianetf Whidh her; nother declares an ideal' compositionsshe reads the^; allusion. made, to the ' blood-stained^^p' * Oil the sign down, itairs.' Fear overcomes ambition ^and the retreats in tears.- Yea we .still re-, jeive effusions through the mails. Eviry morning we-senda handcart over o the postoffice, and twelve or fifteen lacksof manuscripts are delivered to rs. Do .we examine them?! Why, we ihould haye to employ,, afccffltj thirty cade rs to do so. Is would be rather tn expensive undertaking. But there 3 a moral to all this. And'- it is, writog as a means of "suhjdsten/ce.fe played, ?ut. We could get -all the manuscript wajAfewitfcput raying a cent for jit Ve recH^xceliant contributions dai Precocious Pretty Pets. ' A little boy in this city owns a <k?t 7 itseli - The door shots with an old.shioncd latch, and the cat jumps on i8 table, puts cot its paw, and lifts the tch. Then shcfmnpsdown and opens , to door with her nose. The' same cat ; sed to liye in the country and slept in < ^ ie dairy, neyer touching a bit of the is ilk or crcami. i A BrooklynigentleEianowns aparrot , ho can say the^;alphabet '.bwifefcrd , id bless luznse&v'Tkssajherpan*ot is , ndof.mn>. gunch- and, likes^ioplay >ing.<^ a spreej)He recites"fipfcenv :j ade3Bt"o with;, a, yerse from "Mother' oose'.' in between-every stanza; Anjold womanizing near Greenwood , anxeteiy owns an old white gqo^e.whi^ rery.night after all fowls are-a^Ieep; 1 alks across the cemetery and remains tere untfrmidnight:' She then comes ick, making a* straight line for tie":'; mse, flaps her wings three times, and, oes to bed- The old woman has afcr aysrbeen, afraid to. follow her and is Eraid'to kill .her. An oldl maid, lining,: on 26th street,-, ho believes intheDarwinianiheory, as three pet monkeys that shehas 'ainea to-^gifc like hnman^beiEtgs. !Fhey aifc.on tie&Jiin'd: le^w^th thejwl of cane.:. Two of them -arc dre^s^d- like;: ten aiuj. thsotheijilike, a.vpung , lady, hey each have a bedroom aaajeatat le table, with forks andJcnives. Their wrner 4fflnks that she1 cin civilize them ad believes they hnvo souls. She hs^ tmily prayers.every evening, at which ley-amjiredoBt.?N. Y. Mom. Journal. a t nn . Seallng-W/ix. "Sealing-^ax/,1 a.jtfaUpner said, "is nietly resuming].s place for the sealig of letters. The use ot gum in the lace of sealing-wax was a seductive ppeal to the laziness or perk?nsi who . KnrtOnCd' ageny auopwu idsi uctuvu ucvausv r was quiccaudliandy. It'is much uiectp ran. ypur tongue alongthe flap ? aft^yelope: and press the surfaces,], jgetaer than it is.to heattha wax and' * loseth&letter effectually. :i "But it has now eome to' be slowly predated t&at a 1 etfejr easfly^scaled. j nearly .as easily opened.. Itr?fciW; uires "a little dampness to odBky . jtter sealed with gum, and iifiH^De .one so skilfully that it baffles dotec- ' ion. It if > about as n\uc? protection iow to put a letter'in a gr^-sealed enelope as to put the contents on a postal ard. Sealing-war y protection gabst the prying cu^oslty, of persons tot dishonest enougfc. to steal your leters after steamier open a- gum-sealed hfe . ** ' * : "! "A pretty feature of the use en sealn/V-Wu la th(> ??% ,^Wfir>?frr trv TT3P *PJllS-? --7T? >eaJ rings a^j plenty enough, ana if ou have-not ^ seal ring yon may use a oiu or a bangle, or any rough surface, he breakisjr of which might be an inLic^o^iSat. alerter had been tamper^vTth; The"express companies will lot receive a valuable, package, for-; raigjnission Unless it is carefulfy' seal- v d., Seal your letters by all' means pitl sealing w?x;if yon wish to keep :" hei- contents free from inspection."? % >. $uh. . , fJj 1?n y - : i) Ae new penal code in Italy aboKshiS capital punishment - But this is on- : ^leaking the law conform to the;1 Bering;twenty years.past, [ufofLovcrl;50d,convicti6ns forcapitat Tines, in which * the death sentence;. bw imposed, an aggregate-. d> only kSty-oneexecuiions have taken place, ., m< fnt- niwt nine vears not" one ?^ncned^ertp6 executed, tjrouid seem to "fie quite-, as well,, that ^ form of law should be "done away - 4 / . i A I * A DTVENTIOy OF SCALES. s' "Weights and. Measures of the Ai f ; cleats. i~- In the ancient Egyptian belief' ti 1 hearts of all the dead were weighed b< ; fore Osiris in the; Hall. of Perfect; Jus f tice,and a papyrus representing; th for the dead^ preserved, in th British Museum-,-pictures the ceremc ny otthe weighing-'for good or e?3/ and'1 incidentally affords an excellec view fit the scales of . early. Egypt . I ' theso,^cales the balance beam is ne: ther suspended by tta center, as. in th modern form* nor after the,form of th steelyard^ but is arranged , with a shift ing fiilbrn^ the adjustment ofwhicl shows the. <2&erence. between ' th weightsoftwo:,objects. The'. weight were of met^4n the.fom of rings,(ani ^V4UOJT W2V the preyailingc?7pe,of all early weights i These scales, it: willte observed,' ari by no form, c i C^.^flphave no know1! I invention oi j<5at2)deas wS^sar?&fiu^^? froth -ix the Jjj?Ssjifa^??es&?Bli^ credits them to-i^doft -of*' AS^o^GeiiiCs says ^^3Mfli0?^r/^y^teO3^ anda hastLotivpatera. iollowing ia* their, wake, in. 0eJjo&cr; Among -others 5: 'jAi:^TUcar tytoffi&'Jpt bj| known a.pd: tried- frpD?r tlxao rmmeniojriatn ;TiiQirknowff eoastefcce* hosrever, jBKBS.^' Wii'ett^jIS6J3^X ^"Ibjaham Ve^iied^ttt^a sfe^^^silveiias the icoasideration r lor the? first re al estate franafefplf whloh~^*bg^ menfre" qjwnwy referred ;:'to.mitjre, :Bible, in jial^ce.in^stktcpv^the^ei^Qtebeiiis' rmg*^ & am<?fent*r^Bg^^r;-^!$Lie3r'=wer? strictly unde?.the superintendence of ;l?ie^^stiu?^ Mdvso cootimie^ until as was -also tto^pacticff in <Jree6d and ,r^e^%^icfK^Ia^5caIea.were - con^trfcctedon the - same principle of the beam and stirrup, with the addt* tion of' &.&& board or platform sospenttedvfsbm each esd-cif.the beam by four raoes.or. chains. In a&as$les accusaKjyMmd the quality of totQU^iinder-t^^ghtest possible inequality in balencing the weights are the|highest desideratum, and so | great hiss been the perfection obtainedby.mejins. of knife edges and agate' planum some of theifiner^ scales^ that* the'jdeclaration to Shylock that { ' * * * If the scale turn But lo the estimation ol a hair, h Thou diest. woukl^ be robbed ot^its terror. TJfce.1 wniSfr^S^^ligjJJr^ossess r??f:al^ weighing.capaaif.iL ^<>500QQ^j^tiW In all ages the scales have been the I emblems of justice, and it is to be hop??: ed thatfihelatteE-haS kept pace with the improvements of " its emblem.? CaWSmith in the lnctustrial IVorld. , The Opium Eaters Disposition. *' ; i The opium eater Is, with respect ta n disposition, a crcaiure of most variable; mood, his manner being molded by-the ; actien of thtf Itt Jh'e C&orning: he,. is petulant an# ^ tampered;' sometimes to orutaiity, wHite tife -aftenrotto of -the, same day will find him graciously con^i siderate. - Thoee-.who have had experience with them know that the most truthful people become the most, darkig4iarS-aftar long mduTgooce in the use of opium.. -The realities of life are so blended witb the distorted opium imaginings. that the yictim-cannotdistingtiish between facts^ and ifanej. So much is this the case that those who hear them talk; ignorant of their habit, are positively shocked at the. glaring falsity, bi their statements./-- Thej: jealously. guard. their. infirmity,; and it would be "next to useless to' 'qaestion them concerning their habit" 'Hugging his chains, the rack would hardly draw from/tW;victim ? true 'statement, with regard to the quantity of opinio used if he suspected an intention to interfere. hissfllOwarice^ Always with them, too, is the dread that by some unhappy combinaVioti ot circumstance^ IsckT of money, lhVoiuntary confinement, close surveillance, any or all at these obstafloa tViATr Wrtir .finrl. tKpHmsfiives so situ-' ated as not to bo. able to procure the drug, experience having tangbt-^them the horrors of abstinence. A' learned BostOnian writes: "Al-;1 thojd^ the Indians did not know how to swear when the - white man came, ? they, soon learned., to . swearj. and had sufficient words In ffce'fr language for the. purpose.. Eliot, in the Indian Bible, uses; the Indian' ward-Osh (my -Father) for,Creator etc.,. atuLtheeariy,missionaries, when jiddxessfn^thelhdian,"used Gosh (your Father). -Tile Tndiand soon; saw that that was the necessary word lor profanity, and adopted it \Gosh is in use tojiysa^cxtent. now, and perhaps some pjjus peopfo^bo sayr?gost?J are'! not xware that it is^^ownrisnt .swp^ring in the Indian language*' i '.The rEnalish "Jtferftqr*fey\gays: "Al though the average speed of grains, in the United States is twejitjr p^r cent below the mean speed of trains in\ this country, all-jhings considered, the ssst vicc conflfeoHed by ttffi 'American engi-S aeers ddaptges venf-.favorably with [' any in tYfegjmvld. ifevAnrerican engineers ai;flrl?rjw>pie^^ builders.and made Jooomotivea wrtji single drivers; but, as is their wont, they quickly^ PM^p.ftnproTero^B, /aqjtl^^ws ""are^not d^pjm the dictum that the American locomotive of to-day is one of the most perfect, pieces of mechanism wrought out by the hand and mind of man.'" As the editor oftbe-Epilaph was rehsrniog from his silver mine'the other d^j whither he bad-gone for Has- pur - * ? - *? pose of knocking- ou a *c )T vuuua^ v? | the precious metal to remunerate - the; printer,, he fell ioto a Brown Study (the Brown Stud jr. shaft; is down-, twenty feet) and was obliged;to languish there sew^jd^'-unti^^<?OFei^: Of ethe printers- naa'to wait.*. Publishing af newspaper < on the frontier sometimes has its dark sides; it is not all ipee- colored.?Tombstone (A. T.) Epitaph* " '' . -' John- D. Martin, of Toledo^ receiver of the Ohio Central Railroad, looks.so i ?a?ltlike Se&at^t-Stej^n that even ! Tfoioans* sh&b^aricts with. Trim before j discovering the difference. I An Unsteady Island. .Once, during a heavy gale from tie east, a party of spongers in an open | boat were driven off-shore/ and so I fierce was the hurricane that their only ^ hope was to keep the boat before " the. * wind and run out into the Gull Eor *1 four or five hours the headlong'race ? was kept up^ut finally the wind abated, and by early morning the sea was ^ as smooth as glass, a peculiarity often . noticed there after a gale. They had * been carried-farout of sight of land,.; P and we were well-nigh worn out,'wifen * one of the spongers exclaimed that ? they were nearing shore, and soon the f entlre party.saw a familiar sight that, f seemed to signify a reef-flamingo stand* ing motionless in the water. As the boatdmewTiear.the bird raised ita <rrace f fel seek, straightened up, and stretched ' g it?; wings as ifto'fiy; then, seeing that ? they .were not going to molest it, it j * resumed, its portion of .security. To '< ? tKeirastonishment, .thej men soon .per-- , * 'cewed j^iat, instead of resting oil a * reef,, the bird had' alighted on. a hnge J leather turtle that wa.s fast asleep upon J the;water.. Indeed, the flamingo was X ,%;^sjxess, ;lifaa, &emsely ?,. Juwiiog1 * been Vo^yn off shore by the- siime storm, J and it hadeiridently, "taken refuge on * ' . t&e sleeping turtle.. The men did not ' [' ;^teaapt<to< disturb, it, and- their. last * r. T^sr as.thef polled away to the east was of the flamingo attempting to lift < 5 one leer >and go Xo sleep, an act which 3 Uid UUUUiaVLU^ UiUlJLUii. Ui. uuabixig L turtle rendered well-nigh impossible.' ?From ' 'Blown .opi to Seaby C. F. \ '- Holder, in SL Nicholas. . j M " ' ' 1 . , Emerson in Conversation. ,JHis perfect! grace in conversation can * L hiirdly .be reprodnced. even'if one could \ gather the arrows of his wit.' On being' * introduced to an. invited guest of ..the i Saturday Club, Emerson said: "I am o 1 giad to meet you, sir. I often, see your ii ' name in. the papers, and elsewhere, and o : am happy to take you by the hand fc>r ;'the first time.1*' a r ^ Not^fbr the first time,"' was the ro fc ply. **Thirty-three years' ago I was g envying my. school" vacation in the .u . woods, a^ boys wilL One aftertiopn I wa^Walking alone, when you- saw me ' and joined me, and talked bf the.voi-. ? 'ces; bfctjnature in a way which stirred ; 2 my boyish pulse, and left me thinking 1! of yotu* words far into the night" Emerson looked pleased,: but rejoined; [ ? "mtic+ Wotro Koor? lrtT*<* in^AA/1 vuuu IV utiMV u??v wvvu iViig a-v lUUVCU 'When fie ventured to talk of such fine f3 '8ia^etetaL: - i! ; In conversingwrtli Richard H. Dana/ Jr., the Iatter-^poke of/the cfcld eyes of *F one ofoiu-pubKc.'inen.. "Yes," said ** Emersori; meditatively;- "holes *in Ms ^ hc?d?l:oIes;5n fiis head!1'' ' ; A^r jin agreeable wnveirsation witlfc <ri> a gentleman whoJI^ suffered from lil- > m he&th, Emerson' remarkedr '?4Tou for- cc merly bragged, of bad health, sir; I p< trust you'are all right now." gl -'' Eperson^ Teticen<ie'vnth regard to# Garlyle's strong expressions against ' jAmeriea WaS* equally wfise and admir- ni able. His friends crowded about 3K se urging him to denounce Carlyle, as a w s acre d:ditffi; but1 ^Sfsrtood., serene and es :^ent^w^tocl?$:tiiSl::-&e angry sea; fp was calnL^inrtte Fields tn Harper's. : xe ;'l ; 'A. Courageous Act; ' fit Ot;,a ,very mjm? >-? ni i Downs, soil of Wjrs.'Dh Dwvns,. of th5- *ea fpty. ^ys theDavcpport 2)&zaocra?. winy to' w^th^Ms' mother is. stopping withliec-, fa] brother,'Mr. 13am Evans, in Ilowara, sa< about, six nplpi from. M^ooiu' Tommy . < tel?, jearsoT iige?. Accorain^to. a Jong &6cowiii; received by Willis JDown^. of ^ this ;city/,Tommy went into the woods re, niearim uncJers house with: his dog. w< "The'dog jumped a, rabbit and Tommy nxi followed in^thfc cl^^. and finally saw :ye the ;rabb'it-enter a hollow tree. About. Eighteen feet from the* grbtrnd'was a. ,, . hole in'the trecv and. thinkihg to patch the rabblt'he q uicklyl cjiiafoed. up and be thrust his .aim in, After failing to find In the Vabbit' he' attempted to withdraw !wi his arm, and found that by some means 52, or other it was securely fastened at the to wrist For an hour or so he hung on . Stand halloed for help until he was foz hoarse and could call out no-longer, th: In his situation, unable to make him- .tal self heard, almost benumbed witn cold . 1 4-1*.*% M?nrwiA/if A# VlATVWV' Vfol/1 auu WlllU'bUQ VI. WUAg. MVAM. - , prisoner all ni^ht- staring him in the face.,, the lad,4id not.feno'Sf ^hat to do. .Finally he took his knife out and with thefreed hand deliberately set to work to-cut off the imprisoned arm. He ^ cut away to the bone, near the elbow, ? and fihslly, after having severed the ^ muscles, he dropped from the tree in a "swoon. .. ; How longhe was in an unconscious condition he could not state, but lie came to his senses without assistance, y? and walked home. Two surgeons were summoned, and made a complete ex-. amination of the wound, the boy re-. Pv maining calm and composed as they al "tenderly proce^eHT^Tney'lfound^the 3J whole pf.the muscular portion ~of the 031 lower and outet side, extending from tie eltiow .upwards jfor a^ottt-three and. to a half inches each' way, completely sev- ' ' ered and cut out down to the bone. At' no last accounts it was believed; that the off armconldVge saved, Ibot it;'must re- ne ? *+ ATtnnflf fn Tin Illftill lu a wuuivcvtt) w. % ? the severing of the cendohs. an A Tonquin JLcgcria. ^ ? to :i There was oace a: king of that conn- wi try so well skilled in magic as-to make go a bow of pure gold, whose arrows never ?d failed of dfeanng death, andr "rtrhich,", "therefore* was a:sure ^aaranteeof per- - ^ petual victory. The king bein? attack- ;jDJ ed ty/anoiher, easily defeatea the ag- ^ giressor. The daugliier of the conqueror ^ married the son of the conquered king;' fa and the husband prevaileddn his wife ^ to obtain possession of the bow and gfc subs&rtute another just like it in its be rvTsr^.xThis she did in ignorance-fcf its f j f virtues, result was thai; her father was cozS^a^red in his turn, and a. compelled to. flyl informing nc him of the source of his mis?ortttft?. he seized his. daughter, and; drawing hiSsI^. scimitar, prepared to kill; her, but be- : fore he did so she had time to predict in that in order to afford to future ages an enduring proof of her innocence, ?e: the Wood that she shed should be turn- 11111 ed'into pearls. Aid so it was, for the P* spot where she' was shin is still the ?*? place where men discover'the loveliest ?? and fairest pearls.?Cor/Mil Magazine. The late Dr. Walter Brashear, of of Louisiana, oa,his fo?st voyage to China, ' discovered that ginseng sold for almost 0/ its weight in silver,,and on his return 2 to America he oeploycd about 300 IT men to dig these roots, . which. were *j. fouid growingin great abtmcfarrcein Z* Kentucky and Virginia, and obtained enongh to load two vessels, when the' ,.war of.lS12 broke out between England and America. The vessels were not permitted tQ leave the American coast rIh i ginseng had no market here at home, and the enterprise resulted in a complete failur* , 0jj ?-?~ . GLEANINGS* Oranges.aie. cheaper .than apples in Nev7,York.. The governor xrf North' Carolina mints no parilons. - j ' Christine Niisson owns ?125rQ0Q worth of real estate-jo Ncjr York City! 'T - The most valuable building in - New . , / ??3k York is the Mills Block,.worth $1,475,* "... WP-' , A pool-seUer of experience, propheies fhat this will 'be 'thegrestestycar -i of racing in history. -** ' - ^ Arabi P&sfiS, gefe^an^allowanjee of ?50 a month from the -English Government duringifeSs exile. Josh Billings -> says Arfcemus* Ward left his mother $^00,000 in h|a Fill rr-ucii uc usuui.b w ueuuj to Lira iuuac. - :2?--: John Connors, ^o?- Portland, Me., supported <by# the, city. as a pauper, was found to' be the. owner of .six Jogs. : : Cincinnati has a wife murderei'iiamed Sartnett who says ho killed wife because he wanted to and he would: do * -i: ?. sey ' Sg*Prison ' stamped: ManufMtSr^int5?New Jersey State / ."I'M ?risonu"; ' c'r- < . Mrs. Susan Fennimore Cooper, a laughter ofthe nfovelisi .is educating .00 orphans at her home, in Coopersown, if. Y.' * '* *' Des Moines, Iowa, has^a printers1 trass band, but some 'fatality 'lias folowed it Ten of the original "members lavedied.?~.a- - - Two vetexans. who . w^: with.-r"01d iickory" in the .war.that ended seveny years ago are -still living in Cataw^y, ;onnty, JNortn varonns. The Shakers- of South; Union, La., ne of the thirteen Shaker settlements i tie United States, own 20,000 acres f the best .parts of Louisiana.. Mr. Edmund B. South wick, a naturlist, who was employed last year to ill insects uT'C^ntrat^^^^e^-York,, ivesa-iist of 31$' Taifeties ofInsects iat preyed upon Re tiree. " & a recent parade it Hartford ono f'tho drum-majors gracefully tossed isstiek oyer: ait' electric. lamp; wire, lirty-feet from the ground, and caught when it came ' dowrf without" losing epor ijostling'-lus lordlyfas&ig." <v iwwkw- un ww inmans- saea mere ?^ . . r reno profane words in the", Indian .nguage. -They are-not necessary. Whenever 3n Indian as prwaksd, he icks his dog and beats Lis. squaw. would to. a"fwaste, '^itrengtlh"to There *wi twenty-^idL^i<!Q3dl&<^oes in the United Siaies^ witK'asi '-estiated capital of .$5,000,000. They ' >nsume about40,000 bushels of com ueo'se of saJ anhual ^^"^^early ; When the law for the gradual1 man-. nission of-sisves -ferCnba was passed, as estimated "at 3Sp,Soo. JKis now tiniafed that' 2So, 000 or;tiiese are set maindar will befrlewJlimyeahA hunter wko|gttost&xjigj| the unfortunate canine, not unzmBfc I of thodebt of gratitude he owed the general Ed^r<LJtfcC<y>? now in ilorado, saysf/'IIangr I should like lead three or four df the old'cavalry rimenta. I commanded -during the ir against those -Soudan rebels- That mo'er of such men, as.wse^siwir, twenty ars ago ought to 'aean-aH* EgjptVA Mkhai and his followers." ttie'wire-fenceV^a^rer?^- ia. Heiska Is the antithesis of that in Texas.Nebraska it isr^ch~cbnrpjtny dch has fenced ini its it is alleged, . .000 acres of graang land.belonging CUV jjILUJAKs UVUiflI Up auu U1V( n - ^ ites District AttorriejhM'b^mi'smt r the removal tf the fence, averring it scttlers-ii&vft he&B-preveated from qng:up the lane.' Hr -Ai'v' ,'^M} Miss Jennie -McOowin, M.D/, "wio said to bear a striking, resemblance , Mary Andersen, has been re-elected " . isidentt)f the Scott . Conaty . (Io^?>) A idical Society. She has refused sevil offers of marriage from prominent MB ysicfeuisi. perfemnc: t& pi^ctice bier V M Dfessipn. Her chief labors-are amo^ i poor, by whom she is worshiped as . A. point "has come before h Michigan - "W^ hool Board. wit;& t^point of apln. gg5?? cose pupils were accused of making | V puncture-4&eir--teacher.--He had. a f . bit of-saying, after.making an ex- |jg| ination andpniaMnghis seatiy"S^<}k "jHlKjft: 3in there.:,T T&etemptation -to put pan upright-in-the chair, under these . " "r ~? cranstances^was irresistible. -The estionis-whether, the culprit*. ;Otght ' be expelled. t W. W. Guerry, of Snmter^ti}^, w 40 years old, tad "both arms ;cpt ' above the elbows when -a child, but ver spemed to mind it much, fie d writes as l^'^nd. as most m; he swimsi^^av^s "'horses; ttes ' ots, shoots and does almost: overling. He is Gcgonorlaxui barflf a fc and seyiygj ? Q^Jdren, makes^ & od living ani> is -universally respectan Atlanta vConsttizition correspondirsaysr oth& mgfit while' talk*'to~Sehator BtfownT noticed"^ pieee rabbit fur protruding above his.calI asked him if, he wore .& rabbits i>t abouthis neck." 'N^\he> replied, it I do wear'-ia rabbit? skin'on ""my est A lady recommended ifcsas fiie st possible, protection against cold. rot a fine rapbituskin, cat off the feet; d tying tie two'legs togetherwitii ribbon, I tied the~ skin" abo^' mv ck. It has worked^'Hke ^ charm.5*' "* ;_:'3 The San Francisco -BtHUUn -.states jj^ while thereha^been a falling off Rlft&g&gg .immigration to-Cali- ^ iiiai tte"diniinfiC?^J&' in the .Chi. se supply, and 'the inflow, .^wnite migrants has increased. As red with the.year preceding the > di- j sment of the Restriction act, a net is of ,29,829 on a]^ the ' arrivals is Dwn. Bat, taking into account only -1 i white immigratioa-during the same riod of seventeen months, a net.gam xb^wis. -.-j ,xo < . [t is said that the; salmon fisheries Scotland have not in twenty yeate en so successfal as tiiey#ere last. ? ar, when they yielded to Billingsgate )ne over 5,000,000 ponnds,the.to^l V'?l|3 pply of salmon at that market, -bavy Deen 7,700,000 pounds. England'sQtribntion-^ras oaly-889,000 pounds d Ireland's only 360,000. paasnt>s. & to be noted on behalf of Ireland, wever, that her salmon, find "a chief irket in the great provincial- town^ England rather than-In th'o metrop