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' ' ' . '*<* * ?* ' t* BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1876. VOLUSp-X^-V.^N^ififif,, ' .. >5.. .. ^ ,<* -w*? ?* : tiil 7 i . '?"..,.? i^. V*iC> ..A. f ? * The Unfinished Letter. " Neab Diadwood, 1878. "Dear Jenny: " We reached here this morningTom Baker, Ned Leonard and I; 80 yon see that, in spite of your warning, The end of our journey is nigh. " The redskins?'lis scarce worth a mention; Don't worry about me, I pray? Have shown us no little attentionConfound them?along on our way. "ToarlTed'f^it a ball in the shoulder, Another one just grazed my side ; But pshaw !?ere we're half a day older, We'll be at the end of our ride. "We've camped here for breakfast 5 Tom's splitting ' - * Some kindling wood, off in the pines, And astride a dead cedar I'm sitting, To hastily pen you these lines. H, A?onrisr from Deadwood?we met him . fJust now, with a mail for the States fkh 1 .Tahnrr Ftl nsuap fnrct-t him'* For this most obligingly waits. "n '*Eh says, too, the miners are earning Ten dollars a day, every man. Hallo! here comes Tom?he'a returning, And running as fast as he can. "It's nothing, I guess; he ia only At one of his practical Bang ! And sharp, through that solitude lonely, The crack of Sioui rifle shots rang. And as tlxe dire volley came blended ^ r With echo from canyon and pass, ' The letter to Jenny was ended? > Its writer lay dead on the grass! ? George L. Catlin. THE LOST BAM NOTE. "James," said Mrs. Garret, while sitting at breakfast one morning, " I don't like that new girl. I have my suspicions fibout her/' 4 " ; i " ? "About Ann!" returned Mr. Garret, Jr> aiirnriCA " WIlV. it's Onlv a few Ul"r?? * - days ago that 1 heard you boasting to _ Mrs. Brenmer you had the beet oook in fi New York." "So she if? a good cook. I don't expect to get such another for twioe the wages. It is not about her work?she does all that well?but I've no trust in ? her."^ v ' " What has she done?" "What has she done?" echoed the lady, somewhat sharply. "Nothing, of oourse, or I'd soon send her packing! But febe's shy, and secret, and won't tell me anything about herself ; and has ridiculons airs about sleeping alone, and won't even allow Amanda inside her bedroom door. There's something wrong, depend, upon it. If there wasn't a screw loose somewhere she wouldn't be here for such low wages." 44 If that's a fault against her you can raise them," suggested Mr. Garret. *' There, James, yon may as well go to your office, if that's all you have to Bay/' cried the lady of the house. " But mark my words, before you go, I'll find Ann Walker out before long." Mr. G&ret sighed as he rose to deport. He well knew that remonstrance would avail nothing, for Mrs. Garret's prejudices were a=> the laws of tha Medes and Persians, that changeth not, so he . oak himself off without another word. "Amanda P' cried the lady, when left alone, " bring Horaoe up." In response to this summons a large, slatternly girl of eleven or twelve made her appearance irom tne oasemeni, with a little boy in her arms, who made a snatch at an egg stand and knocked it on the floor in passing the table. "You awkward, careless gypsy!" cried Mrs. Garret, with great spirit, "that's the second thing you've broken this morning. Who do you think is going to pay for all you destroy ? Come here, Horace, love, and have a nioe piece of toast. What's Ann doing, Amanda ?" " She's dressing the turkey, mum." "Did she scour the front steps this morning ?" " Yes, mum; she got up at five o'clock to do it. " "Go and tell her I expect her to wash the drawing-room windows before dinner." "Upon my word," muttered Mrs. Garret, resentfully, as Amanda retired to. carry her mospage, "I'll pull her pride down for her a bit. Must wash the steps at five in the morning forsooth lest folks see her at all. I'll take that out of her." In a few minutes Ann came up to clear the dishes off. She was tall and well proportioned, about twenty years of age, her faoe pale, refined in features, not handsome, but singularly intelligent and earnest in its expression. She looked a little anxious and troubled as she noiselessly arranged the room, and when she was ready to go, she said, in a very soft voice: " May I ask a favor, ma'am, that tho cleaning of the lront windows be put off till early in the morning ?" " No," answered her mistress, ourtly, "I w-iut them done now." "I don't wish to be seen by passersby," she urged, almost pleadingly. "It is of importance for me not to be seen by?by some one who might know me." " You will obey my orders, girl, or leave the bouse!" returned Mrs. Garret, beginning to quiver with temper. Tin servant courtesied and withdrew. In a few minutes she was at the windows, but in a close sunbonnet, to Mrs. Garret's unspeakable disgust. " I think I cnn see Ihrough my lady," ' was her in vard comment. "She's some jailbird the detectives are after. I'll lay n trup.for. her, and if she's not caught iu it, my penetration isn't much." Rising from her sevriDg machine, | which she had been busily plying in I Mat>t< r Horace's b( half, while hnr brain \ as bu'.ily revolved, she unlocked her desk, took from it a twenty dollar note, carefully marked the number, and dropped it, if by accident, under the edge .;i,of the table. Then she cut and batted .1 some more work, making enough rub biah about the floor to insure the serKorinrr to nsfi her rinstDan before dinner. liy tfcs time this wa# accomplished she discovered little Horace and r< the machine in snch danger of coming to grief togethei that, first driving that innocent to the other side of the room, and then pickiDg np her scattered shuttle and reels, she called Ann up stairs to put the parlor to rights, and left the room, takiDg Horace with her. When Mr. Garret came home to dinner he saw by his wife's portentous faoe that something dreadful had occurred. " James," said she, solemnly, u I have found that girl out in a theft." . Who I Amanda ?" " Pshaw 1 no. Yonr * superior girl.' Ann. L She bus just helped herself to . twenty dollars of mine." 44 Good gracious !" cried Mr. Garret, pausii g in the aotof earving the tur* " Yos;' it was a twenty dollar note * which?ahem?happened to fall out of my desk on the floor this forenoon. I was busy with Horace "and so?ahem? forgot to pick it up before I left the ? room.1* When I came down to dinner I instantly missed it, and the abandoned : *'* Wlatottraetttftlly said she might have swept It. into the dustpan and burnt it. Fortunately I have the number of it, and after dinner you must go immediately and fetch a policeman." < Bewildered, though far from eon> -viaeed by the proofs of Ann'* guilt ja&tiimn '.uu. ? ;ow j ** 131 J JsX> | whioh his spouse cited, Mr. Garret j Buffered himself to be sent off on his ! errand of justice, and soon returned, in company with a detective, armed with a warrant, and Ann was imperatively rung up, while Amanda was ordered to remain, that she might take a warning from the event to tako place. " Ann," said her master, feeling very small, " Mrs. Garret misses some money, and this man has come to"? "Find it, my dear," subjoined the offioer, who had been regarding her with undisguised interest. "So if you'll hand over the keys of your kit we'll proceed to business instanter." " And," said Mrs. Garret, sternly, "if the stolen property is found in your possession, you will go to prison, miss? that you shall." Ann's white face slowly kindled with a scorching red; her large, dark eyes dilated with a deep horror; her lips turned pale; l^er breath seemed to leave her in a gasp. " You acouse me?of theft ?" she faltered. Mr. Garret silently put her into a chair. She looked as if the shock would l^AArl ouiao uui ucoui " Do you dery," demanded Mrs. Garret, none the less spitefully for this attention, " that you picked up that twenty dollar bill that was dropped on the oarpet, just on this spot, this forenoon? Haven't you got it in your pocket, or trunk, or hidden about your bedroom at this moment ? Go on with the search, Mr. Officer; she's determined not to confess. It was a national bank bill for twenty dollars, numbered 108,943." " Seems to me I've seen your faoe before this," my gal," muttered the offioer, confidentially. "You'll please fork over the key of yer kit," young woman." > With trembling hands Ann waved him off, and untied a ribbon from about her neck, on which a small key was suspended. As she gave it to him a sort of sob shook her, and large tears rushed in a torrent down her cheeks. "I'll show the way," said the mistress of the house, sure by these signs of sorrow that the note was about to be discovered. "James, keep your eye on the unprincipled wretch, for there's no knowing what she may do." Arrived at Ann's miserable bedroom, the officer first coolly rifled the pockets of all the dresses to be found hanging up, and not finding what he sought, dragged the single trunk out under the skylight and unlocked it. Very neatly arranged were poor Ann Walker's simple belongings. Some daintily frilled underclothing, smelling of lavender; her modest Sunday apparel folded by itself in silver paper; a box of plain linen collars and cuffs, one or two books of such unexpected titles as ' Longfellow's Hyperion," '' The Holy Grail," by Tennyson, and some of Madame Miohelet's in the original French; and a beautiful mother-of pearl desk in the very bottom with the initials "A. W. A." in a silver monogram on the top. "Now I'm blessed if this ;in't a pretty kit for a servant girl." remarked the detective, taking out the desk and proceeding to pry it open with bis peaknife. / "A wholesale robber," groaned Mrs. Garret, clasping-her hands; "and to thihk that I have harbored "? " Hallo," cried the detective, opening the lid, and taking out a silver photograph case, richly chased, and garnished with an elaborate monogram, "Who's this ?" IlltJU llit? pau uuu a uud oui^iiao* Opening the case, they saw two carles ?cme of a' majestic looking military man, apparently about sixty, the other of a young girl, clad in silk and richest lace, whose face bore tho exact similitude of Ann Walker's. " By the hookj I" ejaculated the officer, a light breaking all over his face, and' astonishment prevented further articulation. Taking a greasy pocketbook out of his breast pocket he opened it, and drew forth a photograph, which was Ann Walker's vignette. "Them two's the same gal?" asked he, eagerly. "Yes," answered the lady, with a glance. "I thought I had spotted that gal the minute I set eyes on her," cried the man, exultingly; " and to think of me fifdin' her after all, and three of us ahuntin' for her these six months. I'm a made man. Won't the gineral plank down the thousand pounds reward ? Hoorar 1" " What do you mean ?" asked Mrs. Garret. She begun to believe she had been sheltering a very great criminal indeed. 14 What do I mean ?" grinned the detective. "Why, that you've made tie orkardest mistake, misses, you over made in your life. You've heard of Gineral Arnim as lives in the marble palaoe up the Hudson ?" " Of oourse I have?indeed, have some acquaintance with mm.'' "ur would give the universe to scrape one," she might with truth have added. " That's unluckv?for you," observed the officer, with an obvious absence of sympathy; " for yer see Ibis here cook as you've accused of Rtealing is his only daughter and heiress? " What ?" Mrs. G im t sat down on a broken backed chair, with a fnoe as pale as a ghost. To think that hor penetration shonld have served her so ill as to suffer her | to insfllt this l.idy?this daughter o! one j of the grandest magr ates in society. " How, in Heaven's name, can I apologize for my mistake ?" she gasped. "I'll die of ahume outright!" "Meantime Are haven't fnuud the bank not<>," obcerv* d the officer, with some malice prepense. '' SLuii I gj on with the s'arch ?'' "No, uo! For graoions' sake, leave me! Let me think!" groaned our friend, in real anguish of miud. So the officer went down stairs with a very different manner from that in which he had ascended. Meantime the following interview had taken plaoo between the master of the house and the accused. " Sir." said the latter, as soon as thev were alone, "I think you have the feelings of a gentleman. Further concealment is useless, and before I leave this house I owe you an explanation." Mr. Garret thought this was the beginning of aoonfession of guilt, and said: ,4Tef?, Ann," very sadly but kindly. "I am not wha^I seem," pursued Miss Arnim, in an agitated manner. " You may have heard of, six months ago, General Arnim's daughter, who disappeared "? " Heavens I" muttered Mr. Garret. Ho now leared poor Ann was insane. " My father," continued Miss Arnim, " wished me to marry a gentleman who was in evory way repugnant to me, I having already given my heart to another, whof<e want of fortune was his only fault. I would not disobey my father f^Umarrin#* +h? nf mV VlfJftrK UJ w- J , yet how could I go through the daily sorrow of thwarting his expressed wishes ! I resolved to escape from loth temtations for a time, and 1 could think of no way in which I could more securely, hide myself than by going into service for a time. I confided my story to the good manageress of the " Domestic's Training Institution,' who was a friend of mine, and through her infJuaooe I j J f I .1 rjL to Jowl M Juu oame here with the determination of doing my duty as conscientiously as it was possible. You have seen the result, Mr. (jhirret." She burst into tears, though her eyes flashed through them with proud indignation. By this time the earnestness of her manner and the calm refinement of her language had carried the conviotion of truth t/y her listener's heart. He gazed at her in amazement and distress, while a flood of shame dyed his brow. The detective now entered, and with a deeply respectful obeisanoe to the woman whom he had treated so insolently ton minutes ago, said: " Please to acoept my humble service, Miss Arnim, and to pardon my mistake. What can I do for you, miss ?" "Bring me a cab, if you please," said Miao Amim Than fnrriinflf tn Jior fr?r mer master, she said, pleadingly: " Let me ask as a particular favor, sir, that 1 may be permitted to go without meeting Mrs. Garret again. I can imagine now," she added, with a trembling voice, " what innooent and friondless girls leel when they are suspected wrongfully." Little more remains to be said. The young lady had her wish, and returned to her father's house without another encounter with he* amiable mistress; and so overjoyed was the general to receive back her whom he had bitterly mourned as lost by his own cruelty, that her engagement to Mr. Melville, a young lawyer, was immediately afterward arranged, with much rejoicing. Little Master Horaoe proved, some weeks afterward, to be the real canse of that bank note's disappearance. Ii was found stuffed into the cavity under the shuttle of his mamma's sewing machine. Exposition Statistics. Some interesting statistics have been published in regard to the duties which have been performed by the Centennial police force during the past six months. At the opening of the Exhibition there -i j. i a/v\ ?? . v?t.f were uuuui i,wu uicu uu uuvj , *juu as they became skilled in the performance of their work, the .number was gradually diminished. Aboht the first of November the force consisted of 671 men, with six captains, three lieutenants and forty-three sergeants. The Main building was guarded by 230 men, and Machinery Hall by 125. United States enlisted men took the place of the Centennial police in the Government building. The duties of the police force have been of the most novel and arduous character. Withont obtruding themselves no pleasantly or unncessarily upon the visitors, they have efficiently guarded the railway track?a matter requiring skill and care; they have prevented unsafe crowding in any locality ; watched for thieves, burglars and pickpockets ; guided lost people; taken care of lost children ; gathered up and properly deposited lost articles; discovered trespassers who, disdaining the ordinary gates, attempted to scale the fence ; quietly disposed of every person who AvtAnfiAn gave auj luuiuuuuii ui iuiuaiuiuvu quelled every embryotio quarrel or disorder ; and answered thousands of questions?sensible, useless and silly?with good humored politeness. One or two hundred pickpockets have been captured ; between three and four hundred lost ohildren have been returned to their homes, while at the Centennial police headquarters a much larger number of ohildren have been recovered by their parents or guardians. Watching the diamonds has been a special duty in the Main building. Undoubtedly there has been considerable quiet purloining, but the aggregate loss has been very small compared with the great amount of valuable articles exposed. In Memorial Hall the police have guarded the pictares and Btataes from the attacks of canes and umbrellas ; beggars, peddlers and unlicensed venders have been prop erly dealt with; and scores of other matters, trivial and important, have met prompt and careful attention at the hands of the Centennial police. i Knowing Hogs. The Commercial Bulletin is reminded of an adventure at a Western country railroad station where, when the train stopped, several of the passengers were astonished to observe soven or eight swine racing from a field near by np to the railway track, halting beneuth the car windows. Attention was distracted, however, by the entrance of a boy with " nice fried pies, only fi-v-e cents a piece.", misreauycppeuziDglucming i merchandise was eagerly purchased, es- | pecially by any one who had ever eaten a fried apple turnover in New England. But, alas ! the folly of trusting to appearance ; for, no sooner wa-i the first mouthful beneath the teeth of the purchaser than the flavor of strong butter, grease and general nastineas met his taste, causiDg him to raise tho car window and not or.ly eject the mouthful, but the remainder of tho pie from which it had bgen taken?a proceeding which the hogs waiting beneath were evidently well acquainted with, as they devoured the discarded viands with much gusto, and to the disgust of tho passengers, who thus found that they had become swine purveyors, as doubtless others had before them, judging from tho animals' actions. Statistics of Immigration. Tbo statistics of immigration of the port of New York for the current year iniTioatft a fallinc off from the dimin ishetl figures of last year, but only a fraction of the decrease which last year itself showed in comparison with the year before. The number of arrivals lias dropped from 140,000 in 1874 to 84.000 in 1875, and then to probauly 70,000 in 1876. Of these immigrants Germany furnished 18,891; Ireland 9,724; England, 7,894; Russia, 5,041; Austria, 4,047; Norway, 2,084; Sweden, 3,505; aEd every country of the old world a greater or less number. Africa furnishes thirty one and China 177. It is stated that- nearly one third of the immigrants remain in Now York city and its vicinity. Tho remainder are distributed in the West. This year the majority of immigrants have gone to Illinois, Kansas and Iowa. The labor bureau of the immigration commission has found employment for over 7,300 persons. These -were chiefly common laborers and servants. Mechanical labor was not greatly in demand. Tailors and shoemakers, however, fonnd ready employment. The number seeking assistance from the bureau this year bus not been as large as heretofore. It is said that the fact of the universal hard times in the United States has boon widely known, find those who have undertaken to immigrate have generally been provided with pome means with which to supply their immediate necessities. About 5,000 immigrants who were ill I have been received in the hospital. A Russian War Loan Announced. A Renter telegram from St. Petersburg says : The State bank announces that it is authorized by an imperial ukase to reoeive -subscriptions for an issue of 100,000,000 rubles in bank notes, bearing interest at five per cent., the issne price to be ninety-two. xne Official Gazette says this loan is rendered necessary by the extraordinary expenditures in view of the present, political, situation. It hopes all classes will robepcibe,. ii . t in ii *" J .* "C. A Lesson In Cooking. At a meeting of the New York cooking olnb tke following lesson was given: "Now, to make a sponge cake worthy of the name, get a largo bowl that will hold abont three quarts. Take five eggc, half a pound of pngar and eight ounces of flour; break the eggs, throwing the whites and yolks in together; sift the sugar on the eggs, and then beat up quickly until the drippings from the spoon drop short and cling back. At this point it is ready for the flour. Sift the flour in, add half a teaspoonful of essence of lemon and stir up till spongy. Then a little butter must be melted in your baking tin to lubricate the sides well, sprinkling a little flour over the batter coating to preserve the cake from sticking to the tin or mold. Half fill the tin or mold, and paste strips of clean white paper around the upper edge of the tin, so that they form an extra edge of about one and one-half inches high. The oven is not to be even moderately hot, but allowed .to get hotter as the cake rises, and so on gradually, until the cake is cooked?not burned." The professor demonstrated the concoction of oyster stew as follows: One quart of oysters, one ditto of water; put oysters in water and let boil. " The longer they boil the better the liquor becomes and the plumper the oysters," says the professor. "Put in a sprig of celery and two leaves of parsley, so as to have bnt one flavor made of two. When boiled skim the oyster liquid off, wash the oysters off, put them into their clean liquid, add one ounoe of butter, a half pint of milk, a saltspoonful of white pepper, and ditto of salt; put on the fire again, but do not let it boil; merely keep it scalding hot and ready to serve." The professor, right on the heels of oysters in a stew, rushed oysters luxuriating in soup. He says the best oyster soup is eimpiy made tnus: "One quart of oysters in their own liquid, one pint of water added, one sprig of parsley and one of celery, two blades of mace. As Boon as boiled, strain the water off, skim the liquid and place it back on the fire, but not to boil ?merely to keep hot. Mix one ounce of flour with one ditto of butter over the fire till they bubble ; add then one pint of boiling water ; stir this till smooth, then pour in the oyster liquid; remove the sprigs and leaves of seasoning, and season to taste with salt and pepper; mash the oysters in warm water . and return them into the liquid, and then and there you have A No. 1 soup ready to be served up." Dairy YentUation. A new method of obtaining uniform temperature and abundant freshair in dairies is reported. The dairy Ts built of stone, and is placed on the side of a hill and close to an icehpuse, or near 1 i -i 1- 1* 1L. l-l.--? < enougn 10 11 10 urmg uiu unp lxvrn tuc melting ice into an open tank on the floor of the dairy. To secure an even temperature, the building is sunk 2.13 I meters (about seven feet) in the ground, 1 and the walls, doors and windows are ! made airtight. To ventilate the place 1 two pipes, lined with slate, are laid from 1 the floor of the dairy, underground, in 1 opposite directions. One extends about | 30.50 meters (one hundred feet) uphill, and is then brought to the surface. The 3 othet pipe extendR an eqnal distance 1 downhill, in the opposite direction, and- 1 is then brought to the surface. The open ends of these pipes are protected by wooden wings from tho influence of the wind, otherwise they are entirely open at all times. In the summer, when the temperature of the atmos- ( phere is higher than the gronnd, the air , in the upper pipe being cool, settles , down into the dairy, passes through it and escapes by tbo lower pipe. Tho , t;\nk of ico water sr-rves to lower the temperature to about fifty deg. Fahr., and the temperature of the air in the sunken pipes is about frixty deg. Fahr., , so that the dairy is kept swe*t and cool by const int supplies o? fresh air at a comparatively low temperature. In winter, the ground being warmer than the atmosphere, a reverse current is maintained through the pipes. The warm air in the upper pipe rises and escapes, and draws fresh supplies of air into the dairy through the lower pipe. This, in its turn, raises tho temperature of the inflowing air, and prevents the entrance of freezing draughts. This device is said to work well in praotice, and to keep the dairy well ventilated, and at nearly the same temperature at all seasons. ^?Scribner's. How to Stop Drinking. A newspaper correspondent writing of strong drink, says : Those physicians who aro not habitual drunkards don't know anything about the progross of the disease; they only see the results of it, and therefore they cannot handle it as they do other diseases. Those who are habitual drunkards become too muoh weakened physically and intellec tualiy by the vice itself to be able to pronounce a oure. j I am an old drinker. Have drank a quart of whisky every day for tho past fifteen years, except an occasional day or two when I have "sworn off." I am satisfied that there is no medicine for it. Social habits are a strong incentive for one man to drink, thirst for stimulant for another, although the first may abhor the taste and smell of the flnid. The effect is what the iuebriate of either class desires and needs. In the interest of tho poor unfortunate inebriate lot me tell him, if he is in earnest in his desire to break off, to shun all liquor at night. He will not be able to sleep for a night or two, bat he will come all right in a short, time. Let him eat a hearty breakfast and, should he be nervous a few hours afterward, let him fight it out, hide himself, and shake it out. Ono or two hours will give him relief. Thou let him take some solid food, and hurry to his homo, avoiding the social com panionship of men, which is one of his greatest temptations, nnd keep himself to himself as mnch as possible. All medicines prescribed to prevent thirst or nervousness are of no avail. It is the will, aud principally the will to stop drinking at night, and to keep aloof from social driDking friends. I have tried it, and I know. The dread horrors of delirum tremens have never befallen me, 1--J- t , n I DUE JL DHVtJ HtlULl lilt? Ill XU uiuciQ) uuu have in ado a study of dipsomania, or I would not offer these hints. My Lord I Iu England lately a nobleman who had been driving the Bath coach a few stages on a night journey took the head of the table when tne passengers sat down to supper at Marlborough, and addressing a lady, an inside passenger, said : "Will you allow me to send you some of this beef?" No answer. "Permit me, madam, to help you to some beef?" No answer. " Once more," rather loudly, " shall I send you any beef ?" Lady, with an air of intense indignation: " Man, I never speak to outside passengers!" Landlord enters and addresses the amateur coachman as "my lord!" Tablcan. Quantity, not Quality.?Brown, senior?" Woil, Fred, what did you see during your trip abroad?" Brown, junior?"Aw?'pon m* word, don't know what I saw 'xactly ; onl^ know I did more by three countries, eight towns and four mountains than Smith did in the same time." & . *- . ?*r* yfifcJKS Los? ' The Defense or Constantinople. British interests in the East, says the New York Herald, demand that the capital of Tiirkey shall not be permitted to fall into the bands of Russia; consequently every effort will be strained by England to proteot that important strategio point from capture. It is only necessary to glance at the map of eastern Europe in order to oomprehend the value of Constantinople as the key of the situation, so far as England is concerned, and to see that as long as the city remains in the possession of a power hostile to the czar the highway to India remains open and safe. It is not that Constantinople itself lies directly in the way of a Russian advance, for it does not do so more than Athens or Cairo, but beoause of its peculiar position of * ~ * 1 1 control over a vast area w icmiruij which must be Russianized before any snccessfnl attaok can be made on the British communications. For instance, Constantinople guards theentranoe to the Black sea, and in the hanOT of Turkey or England shuts in the Bussian fleet as completely as the Baltic ice closes the ports of that sea in winter. It keeps open for the fleets of Turkey and England the channel leadinp to the Blaok sea, tkas limiting the control of Bussia over that water to a degree highly dangerous to Bussian interests, as was demonstrated during tlie Crimean war. With Russia in oom-1 plete possession of the Etttine, the most I important part of the coast of Turkey i would- lie completely exposed to attack, and, indeed, it would be impossible to defend that territory against Bnssia without the aid of a powerful European combination against the czar. It is clear, therefore, that the Bussian aim is to secure free ingress and egress for her fleets through the Bosphorus, and this cannot be permanently. ejuui wiueu bo long as a foreign power holds Constantinople. 1 }' The narrow ohanneiB, bordered by high and ragged shores which lead from the arehipelago and the Black sea to the Golden Horn, render tho defense of Constantinople against a naval attaok an easy matter even for Turkey alone. The ironclad, and, above all, the torpedo, can be applied to this end with a. certainty.of success. But on the land side Constantinople is more vulnerable, and it is to that line of defense that England and Turkey are directing their joint efforts. The operations necessary for a successful attack on Constantinople by land involve' difficulties that might well cause Russia to hesitate bofore attempting to overcome them. Before a siege gun can be pointed at the defenses the^attackiug army must make a triumphant march across the Balkan mountains, driving the allied English %nd Turkish armies before it to the city walls. Even by effecting a landing at Varna, on the Turkish coast, Russia must operate with a large number of well fortified and garrisoned Turkish positions in her rear, and a great river, the Danube, stretching aoross her land line of retreat. The probability that English ironclads will dispute the passage or an expeditionary army from Odessa by sea is very strong, ---i - noTral Kt? 'Rnftfiifi is auu a JJIDOU unrw. ~-j ? ? therefore neoeesary for: her successes on land. Taking into consideration the relative naval strength of the belligerents we are satisfied that a siege of Constantinople by the BasBians is only a very remote possibility. Watching a Sick Man. The " Yandcrbilt Guard " is the name given to the corps of reporters whose duty it is to wait for bulletins relative to the' health of Commodore Vandorbilt, the railroad king. Shortly before ten o'elook every evening, the band assemble near the residence of Mr. Vandorbilt, and await intelligence. In the midst of the noise of resounding debate comes the sound of the opening-door. A suddon rush is made up the stairs. The bearer of glad tidings gives the nsual announcement: "There is no change, gentlemen." Then follows a running fire of questions, relevant and irrelevant, about any incidents of the day. It is the reporter's despairing grasp at a straw, anything which will serve to vary the monotony of the hundreds of bulletins,.a large portion of which he has already evolved from his inner consciousness. When their thirst has been sated with these driblets of personal gossip, the guard departs as one man, to meet again at midnight, and still a third time at the seoond small hour of the following morning. A short time ago a room was hired in the University building, on Washington square, and the evening was passed by the guard in singing songs, playing cords, and telling anecdotes until the time arrived to go the commodore's house. After ascertaining his condition oil would return. New acquisitions to and repeated desertions from the corps were of suoh frequent ocourronce that this place of resort waa abandoned, and now the only times that the gaard assemble are at the honrs above stated. The persons who guard the bulletins are frequently late, and opinions are freely expressed as to the advisability of ringiDg the door bell.- Ten minutes' grace is generally given, and then some impatient reporter takes a pull at the bell and generally succeeds in remind ing the occupants of the house that some one is waiting outside. Lately the announcements at the hours of twelve and two have been made from a front window on the second floor. A head appears, ?u?. ?:?? ?4. << ?n ? a tutu, smtiu vumu pipco uui an n^uu, fcho reporters respond with morning greetings, and the midnight watoh of the gaard is over. .It has been hinted by some irreverent members that the thing wa? growing monotonous, but the loyalty of the major portion of the guard is proof against long watches in the keen morning air and meager reports from the sick-room.?Tribune." Damp Walls. ' The Builder gives the following remedy for damp walls: Three-qnarters of a pound of mottled soap to ono gallon of water. This composition to bo laid over the brickwork steadily and carefully with a large flat brush, so as not to form a froth or lather on the surface. The wash to remain twenty-four hours to beMi* a h>ilf nrvnnd of alum with four gallons of water; leave it to stand for twenty-four hoars, and then apply it in the same manner over the coating of soap. Let this be done in dry weather. In the case of stone walls the following ingredients, melted and mixed together, and applied hot to the surface of stone, will prevent all damp I from onteriug and vegetable substance from growing upon it?one and a half pounds rosin, ono poundJRussian tallow, one quart linseed oil. This simple remedy has been proved upon a piece of very porous stone, made info the form of a basin; two coats of this liquid, on being applied, caused it to hold water as well as any earthenware vessel. Another Thing.?In a window in New York during the Presidential excitement were portraits of Til den and Hayes, side by sido, and underneath is written the old Jacobin legend: God bleaB tbo king, God bless tbo faith's defender ; God bless?there's no barm in blessing?the pretender, Bnt who that pretender is, and who that king, God bless ns all is quite another thing. - I i % X* '-*11* r' ' -I'M t''H ' LIFE AT ANNAPOLIS. Hoif the Pleb? at tbe Naval School are Hazed. The reading of tbe order against hazing at the United States naval school was resented by the third class as an insult to their understanding; for, they said, tbe thing stared them in the face from every corn or. But their inclination soon proved stronger than their respect for the law. They had been hazed; why should not they haze others ? The plebs soon began to suffer as lower class men have suffered before them at the hands of their elders. At midnight the plebs were dragged from their beds, and forced to engage in combat at the whim of their tormentors. The digestion of the plebs became impaired by the too frequent use of ink punches ana soap cocktails as beverages. Mot that the plebs liked these compounds, but when their persecutors stood treat, the plebs dared not refuse to drink whatever they offered. The ,plebs were tormented by night and intimidated by day. While two fourth class men, Norton and Niblack, were at study in their room, a member of the third class entered and proceeded to amuse himself by ordering them to the tops of their wardrobes, where he put them through a drill in seamanship, finishing the performance by standing them close to their beds and knocking them over backward by a blow*oh the forehead. Another " pleb " was hung out of a second story window by one arm and one leg, and kept there for some minutes, at the imminent risk of falling to the walk twenty feet below. One of the first class so farforg'.t his dignity as to indulge in a little private hazing on his own account. Entering a room in | which there were several "plebs, "he asked their permission to lock the door, in order, as he explained, to keep out the meddlesome third class men; then, .with ironical politeness, he begged the favor of a little music ; then, with ini creased suavity, suggested that if the vocalists would take position on the wardrobes it might improve the effect. The " plebs " were too badly frightened to refuse. A favorite diversion is to pull a " pleb " out of bed at midnight, take him to a safe distance, and then run him up a tree. Clad in his scanty nightshirt, and with chattering teeth, he is persuaded to climb from branch to branch and favor the company with a different song from each one. Two of the. little fellows are frequently ordered to the tops of opposite wardrobes, supplied with a quantity of shoes and boots, and made to hurl them at each other until they are exhausted. 14 Plebe " dare not complain of these indignities for fear of incurring the displeasure of all the upper class nun. Third class men have been known to cherish a - desire for revenge upon " plebs " who have resente.d their insults, until they have become second or first class men, at wmcn rime mey are invested with petty anthority over those below them. In these positions they have the power of giving demerits, which they often give undeservedly to the object of their spite, thereby disgracing and injuring then. The most recent oases of hazing waro not discovered by complaints made by tho victims of the hazing, but by the vigilance of the officers who hud charge of the several buildings. As soon as it was shown that hazing was still practiced, two courts were convened?a court of inquiry, and a court martial. The former, consisting of three commissioned officers, examines those who it is supposed may serve as witnesses, and furniBhes material for the action of the court martial. It is the court of inquiry that has already caused the dismissal of nine third olasa men who have refused to testify against their comrades. It is known that many of these were themselves implicated in the hazing, and might eventually have been dismissed in disgrace instead of going away, as they do, with dying colors and regarded as martyrs. The court martial sits in one of the offices of the "steam building." As the trembling "pleb," who is ordered to tho witness stand, enters the room, his heart sinks within him. The stern vjaaged officers in " full fig " surround a table, the president &t its head and tho jud<je advocate at the foot, with prepared lists of questions which the witness must answer, and pen and paper to take down his replies. On one side are the accused upper class man and his counsel, enc^er to catch him in some slip or misstatement. His position is anything but enviable." It is a choice between dismissal from the academy if he holds his tongue, and the lasting contempt of the upper class men, who are to be his seniors in the service, if he testifies. It is believed that there will be many more dismissals before the end is reached. All the members of the third class make commDn cause with their hazing comrades, and are supposed to have bound themselves not to testify in any case. The Dust of William Penn. There is little occasion for begging in Philadelphia, this city of homes and benevolent institutions; and mentioning institutions reminds me, says a correspondent, that the "William Penn hospital furnished a funny scene in a street car. Two elegantly dressed youDg ladies took their seats, and when the conductor came for tiokets the eider i sweetly requested that the car might stop at " William Penn'e grave, or as near it as possible." The man of the bell punch scratched hia head for an idea. Finding none, he replied: "You've got the best of me, ma'am," aud the i tnrning to a young man, whose smile testified his amusement, ho asked for information. " William Penn died in England, and was buried there, I believe," said the gentleman. " Oh I I'm sure you must be mistaken," said the damsel with the frizzes and flounces. " My sister saw his monument when she was here, but I've forgotten its exact locality." Everybody was listening now; tho young man didn't caro to volunteer any more, and the young woman still nought for knowledge. There was a minute's pause, almost as awful as that in a dull prayer meeting; then a serene Quakeress came to the rescue, saying: "Thee will find the monument to William Penn'n memory in front of the William Penn hospital; but his dust is in England I" Creeds. >1 . I "My friends," said a returned tuis-j sionary at one of the anniversary meet- j ings, "let us avoiu seutarmu unwiuoo., , The inhabitants of Hindostan, where I liave been laboring for many years, have a proverb that ' thongh you bathe a dog's tail in oil and bind it in splints, yet you cannot get the orook out of it.' 'Now a man's sectarian bias is simply the crook in the dog's tail, which cannot be eradicated; and I hold that every one should be allowed to wag his own peculiarity in peace." Bum Did It.?John Barr, of Wellsville, Ohio, went to his home in an intoxicated condition. Fis sister used some remark offensive to him, when ho seized a cup, threw it at hor an i felled her to the floor. His mother cried out: "John, you have killed your sister 1" wherenpon he drew bis revolver and blew his brains out. * ?*- ?* - ? ? ?--*,' ' i - > . . TWO PRESIDENTS. A Contlnffemsy *f the Election?What Wonld Cone of Hayes and Tlldea Both SwearIns In u President?The Advantages Harei Wonld Enjoy. A. staff correspondent of the New York Tribune writes from Washington as follows: I am requested to carry forward still further the train of possibilities suggested in reoent letters as growing ont of a refusal on the part of the Democrats to recognize the authority of Gov. Hayes in case he should have a majority in the electoral college. I do so not in the belief that matters are likely to come to so bad a pass, cat to show how impotent would prove the revolutionai7 methods proposed to reverse or hinder the operations of the complex machinery provided by the Constitution for making a President. My last letter stopped at the point where the Democratic House, claiming that its objeotiona to counting the votes of Florida and Louisiana were valid and oonolusive, and that no President was chosen, hid gone through the form of electing Gov. Tilden, and that gentleman had taken the oath of office before A? nnfortr nnhliA in Nav OViiiO J UUgO VI. j/uvMW M W .. York, and had called a special session of the new Congress. What next! Here we saw were all *the conditions of a terrible civil war ready made. Bnt suppose the people don't want to fight and won't be persuaded by desperate , politicians to fly at each other's throats because they differ as to who is the rightful President? Suppose they say with one accord, Republicans and Democrats, in the North and in the South: " Stop this row and let us attend to our business. Settle your quarrel among yourselves, you politicians, but settle it peaceably. We can afford to have anybody President; we can't afford to have another war.'' But here are the two rival Presidents; how can their adherents avoid coming to blows ? Very easily il one has no weapons to strike with, while the other is armed cap a pie. President Hayes commands the army and navy, has possession of the treasury and of all the other executive departments. He holds the sword and the purse?in a word, the whole machinery of the government is M his hands. President Tilden commands no troops. He can neither collect nor disburse the revenue nor dispose of troops and ships of war. He is merely a private oitizen residing in a fine house in New York, issuing manifestoes, perhaps, and imagining himself the chief magistrate?just as the Count de Ohambord thinks himself Henry V. cf France. Congress is warned that to assemble at his call would be a revolutionary act, rendering the members liable to arrest for violation of the Constitution and laws. As nobody is disposed to take up arms to enforce Mr. Tilden's pretensions, after a while ho sees the ridioulousneas of his position and ceases to add " President" to his signature. So the whole threatened conflagration ends in smote. The Democrats make all the political capital they can ont of the difficulty, and get ready for another campaign in which they are satisfied tliat their victory will be so overwhelming as to be beyond the reach of returning boards. Meanwhile the people of. all parties rejoice that the storm hns blown over, and perceiving that it all arose from an imperfect system of electing the President, insist that the system shall be replaced by a better one. This, then, would be the probable ending of the comedy of the " Two Presidents." Those who insist on a tragical conclusion onght to be banished to Alaska to oool their heated passions. When the people of the United States go to war with oach other about the Presidential succession it will be high time to give np the republic as a failure n?d to build on its ruiua a hereditary monarchy. Terrible Fight Between Polar Bears. The Cologne Gazette contains an account of a combat which took place in the zoological gardens of that city between two Polar bears, which, that journal remarks, " a Roman emperor worild assuredly have paid a million sestertii to witness." These tiyo bears had been brought from Spitzberg five years ago, and had been placed in a large pit, with a tank in the center. Until recently they had remained upon excellent terms with each other, but a quarrel ensued between them, the result of which was that the female bear took refuge upon the summit 01 a large rocK in one corner of the pit. The male did not attempt to follow her, and she remained there three days, -when, pressed by hunger, Bhe descended again. As soon as the male bear saw her he immediately rushed at her and attacked her with his forepaws. The keepers attempted to separate them, and belabored the mule with heavy iron bars, biff the bones in the head of the Polar bear are so much harder than those of the oidinary bear that these blows took no flffeot. The male bear continued to wreak bis vengeance upon his companion, and, after having almost torn her body into ribbons, he dragged her to the bottom of the tank and held her there until he felt assured that all sign of life was extinct. He then brought her body back to the floor of the pit and dragged it ronud the tank for nearly an hour. After this he withdrewinto his sleeping den to rest from his labors, and the keepers at once closed the iron bars upon him. Having examined the body of the dead bear, they found that it had received more than a hundred wounds; the neck and head were crushed almost to a je^p, and the flesh was hanging in strips from the back and sides. During the whola combat neither of the bears uttered a cry or sound of any kind; but, except in this particular, it must have borne a singular resemblance to what may sometimes bo seen in Lancashire without paying a million sestertii. Anclont Indian Village. Parties in from that region report the existence of an ancient Indian village at Paragoonah, U.T., distant about two hundred miles from Piocho,Nfcv. The houses, now covered with trees and brush, were arranged in uniiorm rows, uuu wwe about eight feet by nine feet. They were all two story, built of adobe, the lower one neatly paved and tho upper one 8 np ported by pUlars of sandstone rock. The only <-ntrance discoverable was a sort of man-hole in the top. Bone needles, rude appliances for grinding corn and other relics were found in several of the houses. There is a tradition among the Indians of that region that long years ago tho tribe tbat inhabited these houseB were almost ext rminated in a fierce fight with the Navajoes; that the remainder of the tribe fled to the other side of the Colorado and there built themselves habitations in the mountains where the Navajoes could not reach them, and now live there secluded. Our informant says the structure ?J ?n( hnnsps i/ivft evi UliU uiaiu^cmuit ui ? ? ... dence of a rude system of civilization on the part of the builders that no longer exists among the aboriginals now living in that seotion. Although no clergyman is allowed in ordinary times to enter Girard College, Philadelphia, that rigid rule of Girard's will was relaxed during the six months of the Exhibition. -i .w . . ^ The Polar Expedition. By tin complete report of Oapi. Narea, the reason for tbe failure of the English Arotio expedition and its retorn, ifl at last made apparent Hitherto it has not been clearly shown that there was good reason for abandoning the undertaking while the Alert and Discovery were in good positions for further work from the head of Smith's seund. Good sucoess had attended the sledge parties sent to eastward and westward along the shore line of the newly discovered Arctic ocean. The northern sledge party had not been so fortunate, having penetrated only seventy-three miles from the position of the ship, and perhaps not more than fifty miles from Gape Joseph Henry. Great difficulties were encountered in progress toward the north, and a further effort in that direction last year would have evidently been nnwiAA. Tint t,h? nonrHfcinns of that inv sea might wholly change next summe_\ The .expedition was abundantly fitted for another year's stay. Why was a return resolved upon ? The answer is that nearly all the men and officers of the expedition had suffered severeiy with scurvy, and were so weakened by that disease that pledge travel could not have been successfully resumed if they had stayed at the north another year. The details given of the attacks of the disease are surprising. The entire crews of both vessels suffered severely; the officers wereattaoked later. It came as a direct consequence of the hardship and exposure of sledge travel. Capt. Nares is convinced that if there had been no sledging work there would have been no appearance of scurvy. He thinks, however, that it was latent in both crews, and that the sledge work merely developed it. The officers were the last to be attaoked, only because they were the last to labor at the sledges after the rest were disabled. Two things are needed to prevent attacks of scurvy : fresh meat and lime jnice. The expedition was not very successful in shooting game. Hans, the Esquimaux, was their great relianoe in L ? iaatm am/4 Vkia atrall aamn/1 a1. UUiiUUg DCIUS) OUU UiO OAUi OOATVU ? * most as effectually as it did on the Polaris expedition to provide food that saved human life. There is a hint that the British ships were not provided with 1 lime juice; if such was the fact, "somebody blundered" frightfully wheh the t expedition was preparing for sea. Under the circumstances, Capt. Nanes was perfectly justified in returning; he ' would have done wrong to remain. But the route by Smith's sound need tot be given up, nor is the "pole impracticable." The report does not make it certain that the ice of the PalMocrystio sea is permanent; on the contrary Oapt. ' Nares was evidently anxious lest the ioe should move while the northern sledge party was upon it. Great risks will have to be taken if that sea into be navigated by a steamship. It can only be done when the wind there is blowing from the southward, carrying the ice o. Smith's sound to the north; and the chances are that the channel through which a vessel may find passage will be closed to a return. The report as a whnlfl in Tint np&rlv so disconraffin? to those who are interested in polar navigation as were the oable dispatches.? Tribune. " r* '! ; " " His Opinion of Reporters. That young Mr. Lick, who is contesting his father's will, is having a lively time with the interviewers, who pester him continually with all sorts of conundrums. Thus : " Can you give me any information regarding your interviews with the trustees, Mr. Lick ?" said the reporter, cautiously feeling his way. Mr. Lick looked at him sternly, and answered, with asperity: "I cannot, for I have had no interviews with them. My life, since I came to this ooast, has been a burden to me because I would not be interviewed. What do they want me to drive out to tho Cliff Eouse for, and see the seals ? I saw them twenty yean ago, and I don't care if I never saw a seal again. They want to interview me in a carriage when I can't get out, and if I tried to they would drive on and upset me?break my ncck, perhaps," added Mr. Lick, bitterly, " and that would be Hi a nnqiAflf Hnlntion of all thin difficulty. | I have made up my mind as to whatl intend to do, and all the lawyers and pioneers and reporters that ever lived could not change my resolve.'' " Oer- , tairily, certainly, Mr. Lick ; we all give ] yon credit for great firmness of character. Yonr father was a very positive , man, and carried out his convictions to , the letter. Will you visit the site of the ( observa tory, sir ?" inquired the reporter, ( politely. Mr. Lick drew a long breath, , aud glanced ominously toward a hickory . stiok that stood in the corr er. "Young j man," he said, "I don't want to give you my opinions of observatories in gen- , eral, and this one in particular. If I ] did, you might not like to hear them. If I were to tell you what I think about , telescopes, I do not think you would print it in your paper. If I was to talk , to you about the academy of scienoes, an/3 you were to hand a literal report of the same into your proprietors' office, I think they would discharge you ; and if I should candidly explain to you my oonvictions regarding yourself, I do not think you would remain ten seconds in this room." Regarding this as a gentle hint to retire, the reporwr gracefully withdrew. A Turkish Crime. Another brutal outrage has been committed at Tata-Bazardjik. A young girl of fifteen was seized by four Turks,, kept in a house all night, and treated in the most horrible manner. The next morning the girl was found dead. The men have been arrested at the instance of Mr. Calvert, the British consul. The Turkish authorities, to palliate the crime, express the belief that the girl killed herself after the outrage. This only makes the outrage more terrible. What adds to the horror of the case, and shows the same time the state of terrorism in which people live, is that Hie girl was seized in the presenoe of her mother, who was too much frighten- i ed to tell anybody what had happened ; until tho next, morninpr, and would not 'j then have dono so had the girl not been killed. Cases like this are occurring all over the country daily, very few of which aro reported to the consul. The state of terrorism is simply fearful. Nothing is done to punish crime, except on the urgent representation of Mr. Calvert or Mr. Baring, who, of course, cannot be everywhere, nor do they hear of one in a hundred of the acts of violence committed. How the Boat Goes. A gentleman on board a steamboat with his family was asked by his children : "What makes the boat go?" when he gavo them :i very minute description of the machinery and ita principles in the following words: "You sco, my dears, this ihingumbob here goes down, down through that hole and fastens the jigmaree, and that connects with the crinkum-crRtikum; and that man-you see he's the engineer, you know?kind o' stirs up the what-doyou-call it with a long poker and th?y all shove along, and the boat goes ahead." . ? > .\a Indian Gcalps, with right ear attached, are worth $50 apiece at Deadwood City. tk t; fasmon Koies, The- dolman is restored tolavor. ' Fisher tail seta rank next to sables. Mink seta are coining infashion again. Chenilie hair nets are coming in vogue. Buckskin' underolotbing grows in favor. * ~ * _W No short wraps will, be . worn thfa winter. - Skirt braids are not used on house drawee. "* ' ' *, **?>??>* Stylish boas are two yards long and round. " " 'r- , Ohinohilla is the - mast serviceable far: *.r?* .. Silver fox is still one of the favorite fancy furs. #cj, <* u . Monograms axe seen on everything thin season. - ' Black and red French lynx furs are serviceable and eneap. Onut oaViTa ootfl ftK'VtiailA flf thfl JkUO UUOOV OWy*V? WIN t?v u?..y ? tails of the animal. The new dolmans have backs that simulate a French sack. *** >u Ladies of sober tastes still prefer sealskin sete of muff and boa; - . Bed kid gloves are called for by a few eccentric young ladies, h : . -t : Matelassee goods, either silk or wool, are the'fatnr)<sfor4olmans.l?K>. . For bands will be worn more this winter than for several seasons past. The onlytrimming for deep or widow's mourning is black English crape. Russian.'.'croyn'sable" always heads, the list of costly "fashionable furs. n Hudson bay sables are prized for their beauty, warmth and xiurability. ' ! The bonnets of this season are capotes, eloee bonnets, and Gainaborougha. * The best sable muffs are made o? three skins, showing;:three distinct stripes,.;* *4 i,.?w -j b?v? u ' * Black . or brown cony . bands.; make pretty far. trimmings, for inexpensive lonume jewtua wivu * oiumu n? wo uiv menfc - '>"*' a* < n?5i Deep monrnfag-fcorintsfe are made of crape only, and trimmed with the saiie. L. xjTie?ti*h little bow0%ad$ocketo too seen otr ih&Gdokatils:: af very young tadiee* v Ji 913 t ? Broad elaatio bands *re; better than stringsto* "tie back" skirt and pploPoi toiags, either of ramrrel lo<$ or chinchilla, are used for Sicilienne silk aoljn^^Ri^wef.* 1 New velvet turbans ire' made with handkerchief crowns, which give an Oriental effect . #Ur cj Ladies %yho have velvet dolmans will wear them, bnt few new velvet ones will be honcht. - v Q ? ' _ -i- ? The Lores of Kitty and Chick. When I was a little girl's neighbor gave ma ft'tittte gwy and white kitten, and shortly after another neighbor had the misfortune to lose in one night an old hen and her entire brood, save one poor little chick; that one she gave to me. Tbe pets were soon on the best of terms, When ohiA gof 31? enough to use her wings a little the two would have great sport. Chick would go round and round the house as fast as her legs, aided by her ontstretohed wings, could carry her," with kitty close to her heels. When he caught her they would have a rough and tumble play for awhile, and then another race. When tired of outdoor sports, Kitty would get on his bed and cnick would fly np and nestle down close to him; kittiy would wash her feathers, cat fashion, and whet) she was cleaned up nicely they wonld sleep, kitty's paw enoircling ohiok's neck. Kitty would nevev hurt her, though he often pretended he was going to bite her. Ohick, when she had grown to b? ? hen, never forgot sleeping with kit; for, as long as she lived, she delighted to steal into the house and make a nest in some corner on a lot of rags, nor would she Scruple to get upon the bfd if allowed. What his Angel Say. He had just wedded a little angel with a musical voice, limpid blue eyes and a brow on which candor had set its seal. They made their bridal tour to Venice, where they went from . palace to palace, watched the pigeons wheeling round the bowers of 9t. Mark's, explored the mysterious canals in their gondola. Aathey ire returning homeward a6 night tLe poring husband, whose full heart is overSowing with emotion, says: "Well,-my love, what has impressed pou most of all that we have seen in this wonderful city?" The young wife timidly oast down her syes. ' ?'>*& " Ton remember the cafe on the Piazetta?" ? "Yes, myangeL'Si 5 ?? j?4f? "Well,.at the. third table irom the door on' the left there was a* dufck of an officer! with such a love of a mustache 1" ; ? f 1 * iZ Spontaneous Combustion, Capt. Harry Soott, of the British navy, has thrice saved his ship by digging down to the coal ignited by spontaneous combustion. He sank a shaft to the lower strata, and the men could only work by standing in pail* containing water. The ignition is always under the hatchway, because when the coal is shot down nhe spouts the heaviest lump* tumble forward, aft, or ct the sides, leaving the smallest in the middle, which becomes so compact that the density of the miss prevents air from passing through it or, in the event of fire, watei from percolating.' It flows toward the bilges and into the limbers without extinguishing the fire or even cooling the heated coal. Could Not Do It, A new prison chaplain was recently appointed in a certain town. He was a man who greatly magnified his office, and, entering one of the cells on his first round of inspection, he with much pom posity thas addressed, the prisoner who occupied it: "Well, sir, do you know who I am ?" "No; nor I dinna oare," was the nonchalant reply. " Well, I'm your now chaplain." 44Oh, ye are? Weel, I hae heard o' ye before." - "And what did you "hear?" returned the ohaplain, his curiosity getting the better of his dignity. "Weel, I heard that the kst twa kirks ye were in ve preached them baith empty; but IH be hanged if ye find it such an easy maitter to do the siime wi' this ane!" Unparallefg. Cruelty. The evidence in the ease of John and Maggie MoCurthj? charged with the murder of tbpir poster child, George Woodard, at Bay. OiiyrjMiohigan, shows that onoe th& woman put - a red-hot iron in tho child'8 [mouth, and held his lips tigfttiy against Again she held him head foremost down* well. She also frequently pln/wd his lingers in the door and Bhut the door over theiu, and at times put them through the clothes wring*? .She was also in the habit of striking him on the hi'ad with a huge piece of wood. The woman seems w bavA little Anxiety about tbe situation, and singK iu her eeil for a long time.