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The Children.
BY CHARLES DICKENS.
| When the lesson* and ta^ks are all ended,
And the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me
! To bid me good night and be kissed.
I Oh, the little white arms that encircle
| My neck in a tender embrace!
j Oh, the smiles, that are halos of Heaven,
Shedding sunshine of love on my face
And when they are gone, I sit dreaming
r\t tnn In~p]v to lant ;
Of love that mv heart will remember,
When it wakes to the pulse of the past.
Er? the world and its wickedness made me
A partner of sorrow and sin ;
When the glory of God was about me,
And the glory of gladness within.
Oh,'my heart grows weak as a woman's,
And the fountains of feeling will flow,
As I think of the paths Bteep and stony,
Where the feet of the dear ones must go ;
Of the mountains of sin hanging o'er them,
Of the tempest of fate blowing wild !
Oh, there is nothing on earth half so holy
As the innoceDt heart of a child !
The twig is bo easily bend 3d,
I have banished the rule and the rod,
I have taught them the goodness of knowledge, |
They have tanglit me the goodness of God.
My heart is a dungeon of darkness I
Where I shut them from breaking a rule,
| iUV ILVWii I1) UlUCiCUi vvuvvwvu)
My love is the law of the school.
I
I shall leave the old house in the autumn,
To traverse its thrt Bbhold no more ;
Ah! how I shall sigh for the dear ones
That meet me each morn at the door.
1
I shall miss the good nights and the kisses,
And the gush of their innocent glee,
The group on the green, and the flowers
That are brought even- morning to me.
I shall miss them at noon and at eve,
Their song in the school and the street;
I shall miss the low hum of their voices,
And the tramp of their dalicate feet.
When the lessons and tasks are all ended.
And Death says, " The school i< dismissed,"
May the little ones gather around me
To bid me good night " and be kissed "
A HERO.
i
"John Dutton ! What a commonplace
Dame. I'm Bure be can't be a bit good- i
looking," and Marion Hampton looked
up mspiringly at her uncle as she
spoke.
44 Well, bless my soul, Marion; of
what a romantic turn of mind you are to
be sure!" cried old Uncle Jame3, with a
humorous twinkle in his dYe. 441 think
John is a good strong name; in fact one
of the best names that can be found; and
as for John Dutton's looks, well, he is a
quiet, unpretending youug man "
44 Oh, I know I shall not like him.
You have already as good as told me that
he is but one remove from a saint. I do
detest your quiet, saintly men; there !"
"Mvdear. don't be aucrv over it,"
said Uncle James, quietly. Jf you do ;
not like John Duttoii there will be no !
harm done. 1 know his name is not so
fanciful as Spence Aruott's, neither has ;
he so large a share of his santanic majes- ;
ty in his composition as that young gen- j
tleman; but what's the use of talking ?
You Lave a woman's idea, Marion. A j
man to make any headway with your sex
must have a sprinkling of satau running
pretty thickly through his composition." i
" Uncle, I think it is a shame for you
to speak disparagingly of Spence Ar- |
nott," cried Marion, with an indignant
toss of her head.
"Don't flare up so, child; I didn't
mean to speak ill of Spence. He is a
careless, fun-loving young man; that's
all that can be said against him; but, !
my dear, I will say that he isn't to be :
compared to John Dutton, as you may
l^orn DAmA r}QTT 99
"I shall never think any mnn better
than Spence Arnott. Everybody has
their likes and dislikes, uncle. I like
Spence "
"And you have made up your mind to
dislikeJolmDatton?" interrupted uncle
James.
Marion made no reply. Spoiled child
that she was, she was ashamed to acknowledge
that her uucle hit the truth. :
She had determined to dislike John
button.
" Who was that talking to yon at the
gate, Marion? Looked like a preacher." j
" Hush, Spence, he may hear you. 1
That is John Dutton."
" 0, the young gentleman I've heard I
your uncle speak so often about. He
interests me more than I thought he
would, but I?" detest him for all that,
Marion was going to say, but Spence interrupted
her with : "I should say he
did interest you ! You seem to bo on
very friendly terms for such a short acquaintance,"
Mid Spence, a slight frown
^bowing itself on his fair, handsome
face.
Marion's heart bounded with delight,
Here was a chance to torment Spence as
he had tormented her all the week, and
she said :
"Not on anv more friendlvterms than
what you've been with Clara Mawbray,
tor the past week or two."
Spence looked down at the pretty, piquant
face. He often confessed to himself
that he did not like to tease Marion !
A.8 Uncle James said, he was careless,
fun-loving: he said and did a great
many things he was sorry for; but in
regard to this last accusation of Marion's,
he was innocent. If he had shown any
unusual attention to Clara Mawbray, it
was unintentional on his part. Whether
it was that he was innocent of Murion's
charge, or that her appearance ol undue
friendliness to this favorite of Uncle
James' annoyed Spence, we cannot say.
But he wos annoyed more than he would
care to confess, for under his careless
exterior lay a vast depth of love for
Marion.
"You have no grouuds for making
that assertion, Marion," said Spence
with more indignation in his voice than
he had ever used to Maron.
Marion tossed her head, thought Bhe
had good ground for her assertions, and
stood upon them so firmly, that Spence
left her in a fit of pique.
1 Marion watched his tall, manly form
disappear down the road. What a
kingly fellow Spence was ! Never bei
fore c\id she take notice of the width of
his shoulders, or the manner in which
he carried his head, so thickly covered
with tawny, curling locks. How foolish
she was to quarrel with Spence; and
' Marion's heart rose in her throat, and
her eyes filled with tears. Was ever a
hero in a novel handsomer than be?
and to quarrel with him for that plain,
matter-of-fact John Button.
Perhapn it was John Dutton's tall,
- lank, misshapen form appearing upon
. the lawn, that revealed Spence's fine
proportions so vividly to Marion. Surely
one could never make a hero out of him !
And to think that she had quarreled with
Spence on his account. She would never
speak to the horrid man again; and it
was not enough for Marion to think this,
I but she sought Uncle James, and told it
I to him with a stamp of her foot and a
toss of her head, and Uncle James said :
" My dear you are altogether too romantic."?which
was Mie truth for the
old gentleman.
Marion tried her best to dislike John
Dntton, but she was interested in him
| In (spite of herself. There waa some'
Mng? i? the war'h nature that ?be croli
not fathom ; perhaps it was this that iu
terested her so much. He looked at he
so gravely ; indeed, he even went so fa
as to shake his head at her wilful con
duet, and with that shake of his head
John Dutton put his foot in it. Marioi
had her own way all her life, and sh<
would let John Datton se,e she woul<
not be dictate-1 to by him. He wai
throwing a spell over her that was ever
iln-e h<v?nmincr harder to resist. Indeed
she was miserable ever since lie came t<
her homo?miserable for Spence Amott
whom she loved ! did not like Join
Dntton, and was growing colder towardi
him every day.
"I will not have him regard me as th<
chief of siuners. I will not allow him t<
come between me and Spence!" crie(
Marion. " I will be as wicked as !
possibly can before him and, unthink
ingly, Maron threw her little pet dog
which she had been -fondling, from he:
lap as ehe rose from the seat on thi
porch.
The dog struck the stone floor in i
manner that made him howl piteousb
for a minute, and in that moment Join
Duttou appeared and shook his hea<
gravely 8t Marion. He spoke not i
word, out Aianon unuersioou uiua, urn
said :
"It's only a dog, ami any way it'
mine, and I shall do what I please witl
him."
" Only a dog, Miss Marion !
"He praveth well who loveth well,
And things, botn great and binaLl;
For the dear God wbo loveth u-%
Hath made and loves us all."
Marion's eyes filled with tears. Some
thing in the depth of his brown eyes
something in h:s gentle voice touchei
her heart with remorse. He cast an in
duence over her that she could not easily
resist. Just at that moment she felt liki
telling him that she did uot mean to d<
that cowardly act, but just as she wai
about to speak Spenoe Arnott, who ha<
been in the house unknown to her, stop
ped out upon the porch. The tears wen
still in Marion's eyes, and, as a matte:
of course, she looked confused.
"Ah, I beg pardon for intruding,'
said Spence, about to ?tep back.
" You are not intruding, Mr. Arnott
I believe .vou liave a rigut here !" sail
John Duttou, quietly, aud turning awai
lie entered the house.
"Marion, what, does this mean?" criet
Spence, an angry flush spreading to tin
roots of his hair, as he perceived Marion'i
agitation.
" O Spence!" cried the impetuous gir
unable to control the tears which weri
jast rolling down her cheeks ; " don't bi
angry, he is so good !"
"So good! I hate him, there !" anc
Spence Arnott strode angrily away.
Marion stood looking after Spence
She was the picture of grief and despair
and John Dutton's heart was tilled witl
sorrow as he watched her from withii
the wiudow. He came to this house t?
meet his fate?a fate of which he nov
little dreamed. He hat' learned to lov<
the handsome, wilful girl stauding ou
there on the porcb, but that looK on ne;
face now, as she gazed after Spence Ar
nott, told him, beyond doubt, where he:
heart was. He had nothing to hope for
That night John Dutton was awakenei
from his sleep by some great confusioi
in the house. Through his window hi
saw that the sky was in a blaze. Then
was a big fire somewhere in the neigh
oorhood, and in an instant he was uj
und dressed. He went down stairs, am
the first one he met was Marion, in bon
net and cloak,.crying and wringing he
hands.
"Oh, Mr. Dutton, will you take mi
there ? The Arnott mansion is iu flame,
?caught fire while the inmates were al
sleeping. I must find out whether ever
one has escaped."
John Dutton drew the little ham
within his arm, and hurried out into tin
night air. His heart beat painfully wit!
the little liand upon his arm, but In
spoke not a word until they reached th
burning building.
" Have all the inmates escaped fron
the building? ' he asked a bystander.
" No; they are offering a large rewari
to any one who will venture in and sav<
young Spence Arnott; but it is as mud
' >_ i:?. 4,1. II
as a man b j_ue in ?w m
"Spence in the building yet?" shriek
ed Mariou. "Oh, God, mercy! W
parted in anger to-day. Oh, Mr. Dut
ton, I shall die, if I cannot 6peak t
Spence once more!"
One moment John Dutton loc?ei
down on the white, appealing face. H
caught her hands with a vice-like grip
"Marion, I will save him, or peris!
in the attempt? The reward I ask i
that you will think of me (sometimes."
He tore himself away from Manor
and entered the building, enveloped i
flames.
"I heard you tell Marion to-day ho1
you hated me, but I forgive you, an
iiave come to save you, because she love
you. Be kind to her always."
Spence Arnott was saved, but th
voice that whispered the above in hi
ear was lost forever mid the burnin
flames.
" Marion, he lost his life saving mine
for your sake. My darling, let us eve
cherish the name of John Dutton," sai
Spence Arnott, reverently, as he gatl
ered Marion to his heart.
"Plui'n Tntiti ! Marion tlioucrl:
that name immortalized, uail why not
" Greater love hath no mau than this
that he lay down his life for his friend.
Whooping Cough.
[ It is suid that Doctor Tachamer, c
: Gratz, has discovered that a fungn
I grows upon the skins of apples and oi
I anges which is precisely similar to th
i fuugus which forms the peculiar germ
j of infection in whooping cough. H
writes to us, Bays the Loudon Sanitar
Record, that on oranges and apple
which have been kept some time may b
fouud dark brown and black speck
which, when scraped off, appear as
damp powder. Under the microscop
this powder is seen to consist of tli
| spores of a fungus identic 1 with thoe
| of the whooping cough fungus, Takin
two of these specks from the skin of a
j orange, Doctor Tschamer introduce
them by a strong inhalation into h
lungs. The next day tickling of tl
i throat began, which gradually increase
! until at tlie eighth day a thoroughly d
i veioped whooping cough set in. Tl
I expect orata, on microsco'pal examin
iion, exhibited the same white corpuscl
j whica chracterize the expectorata i
J the usual children's whooping coug]
| Should this discovery be confirmed, the
is an additional reason to see that chi
dren abstain from eating apples with tl
skin on, and from chewing orange pee
which many are so fond of doing.
A Machine to Restore Respiration.
This invention consists of a sheet-in
cylinder large enough to receive tl
body of an adult person. It is closed
one end, and the body of the patient
inserted, feet foremost, at the open en
up to the neck, round which a di
j pliragm is placed in such a manner as
! prevent air from entering the cylindt
An air-pump is then set. to work; t
j air of the cylinder is partially exhauste
. when the outer air enters through t
: j mouth and nostrils; by reversing t
I pump, air is allowed to re-enter t
i cylinder and respiration is thereby ir
toted. By repeating th? operation
i number of times anphyxiated persoi
i and particularly those who have been
danger of death by drowning, have b(
1 completely
Thd Indian Freshmen.
r The following anecdote was related b;
f Mr. Webster in reference to his connec
- tion with the celebrated Dartmouth
t College case, in which the New Hamp
i shire Legislature attempted to interferi
3 with the ancient charter of that institu
1 tion ; in which, it may not be forgotten
3 Mr. Webster triumphed, by the decisioi
r of the United States Supreme Cour
? confirming the claim of the college
^ i While engaged in the case, Mr. Webste:
, ! told the president that as the origina
J j charter was granted, and the endowmen
- 1 1 ' r 1 i ?.!. fn
s ! maae, oy jjoru uunmuuui uApwoxj
j the purpose of civilizing and instructing
3 j the Indians, a question might arise 01
^ this point; and, so as no Indian hat
1 been attached to the school for a lonj
I period, it would be well for the preei
- dent to go into Canada ^nd bring som<
> of the aborigines within the walls of th<
r | college, so that a jury could not find tha
8 j the charter had been abrogated on tha'
j score. Accordingly the president went
1 i and found three ohoice specimens anc
7 j brought them to the brink of the river
1 i and after some delay he procured :i boai
1 I and began to ferry them across?wher
* j the young Indians, not precisely under
J | standing the object of so much kindnesi
j on the part of the president, and espy
8 [ ing the walla of the college on tiie DanK
1 j liad not only their wonder excited, bul
! grew suspicious that, if once withir
i those walls, it might be difficult to es
j cape. Whereupon the young Indian a
the bow of the boat cast a signiflcani
glance at his associates, gave the war
. whoop, and, quick as thought, they al
plunged into the middle of the river anc
\ swam for the shore. Said Mr. Webster
. " The falling of the walls of Jericho 01
P the sounding of the rams' horns coulc
c not have astonished Joshua more thai
j this unlooked-f<>r escapade of the In
8 ; dians astonished the president. He hal
j I looed, entreated and tried to explain all
. ; but the Indians kept straight on theii
2 i course to the shore, and made with al
p j their speed for the woods?the las
j President Wheelock ever saw or hearc
> | of them." So Mr. Webster had to go oi
with the case without the Indians. Thii
. anecdote used to amuse him exceedingly
I : aud Judge Story would join in with hii
f i happy, light-hearted laugh, which onlj
j those who knew him cau appreciate.
I
5 J A Refusal to Fijyht,
j Jolm i'arrago, a jpennsyivanm muiw
1 ! captain, once declined to light a duel ii
3 theho words :
3j Sik?I have two objections to thii
; duel business. The one is lest I shouli
1 hurt you ; the other is lest you shoulc
' liurt me. I do not Bee what good i'
. i would do me to Bhoot you. I coulc
, make no use of you when dead for anj
\ j culinary purpose as I would a rabbit o:
i ; a turkey. I could not eat you. Why
1 then, needlessly shoot you down ? A
f ! bufFulo would make better meat thai
2 {you. For, though your head may b<
t ' delicate and tender, it wantR that firm
r < ness and consistency that takes and re
. I tains salt. It might make a good bar
r ] bccue, it is true, being of the nature o
. I a raccoon or opossum ; but I do not lik(
1 | barbeem d meat.
i Besides, it would seem a strange thinf
a for me to shoot at auythiug^hat standf
a still to be shot at, as ? am accustomed t<
- shootat. tliiugn living or running o;
3 j jumping. Were you on a tree, now
i I like a squirrel, trying to hide your sel
- | in the branches, aud I could sp;
r I through intervening boughs and leaves
j f. think I should eujoy taking a shot a'
a j you. But as it is, there is no skill o:
s ; judgment in either discovering you o:
1 , bringing you down.
y j As to myself, I do not like to stand ii
! the way of auything harmful.
1 j am afraid you might hit me. I shal
e i consequently stay at a distance. If vol
a ! want to try your pistols take some ob
e | ject, such as a tree or door, about nr
a I .limensions. If you hit that send mi
1 word, and J will publicly acknowledge
n i that if I had been in the name place yoi
; might also have hit me. Yours truly,
1 John Farrago.
e 1
!i I
IIow to Handle a Gnu.
> ! Guns should always be carried at half
e | cock, as then neither a blow on th
> I stiiker nor a pull at the trigger wil
o j bring the former into action. There i
! no necessity whatever for a gun to b
il ! otherwise than at the half-cock, unles
e i game is immediately in front; and, fin
>. ther, it may not be out of place to add
h | that it is dangerous when shooting i:
8 company for the gnu to be swung roum
in tatiug aim with the finger on th
i, trigger. The eye should follow the lin
u of the flight,and the gun be raised at th
proper moment. Accidents from gun
iv bursting are rare; but caution is ver
d necessary in getting over fences to se
s j that jio earth gets lodged in the muzzle
or in winter time that the latter doe
e | not get blocked up by snow droppin
s ] from the bushes or otherwise. Thes
g i obstacles, although they may be easil
! removed, are quite sufficient, .if the
i, 1 remain, to burst tho strongest barrel
ir j when the piece is tired. This is cause
d | by the wonderful velocity of the ei
i- ! tinnriinjr rrnses. This expansion, whic
i j ?o r?
! is naid to be at about the rate of 7,00
it feet pei- second, is the same in all direc
? j Hons, and the least check at the mnzzl
i, : of the gnu causes such a sudden it
" ' creased pressure on its sides that th
' latter are unable to resists its effects
| .ind are burst open. No one is moi
i cautious or scrupulously careful in th
,f | use of liis Run than an old eportaraar
l9 j and 110 one more readily than he detect
.. | and condemns carelessness in the m?
e | uipulation of their guns in others.
LR | ? r
e i
y | A Sheikh Who Was Nat Invulnerable.
's The death of Sheikh Julaodeeu, th
>e perpetrator of the L5 lyazia massacr*
:8 j from the effects <>f a wouud received in
a skirmish near Idgyr some time ago, a
>e fords tho ErzToum correspondent of tl]
ie Loudon Time* an opportunity to i*fela1
ie some curious facts. Ah Sheikhs are su]
g ' posed by the credulous Kurds to be ii
n : vulnerable, if not. immortal, the fact <
id ; Julnlodeen's wound was carefully coi
is i oealed. When bis death was imminei
ie his son assemble ! all the head men <
id j his trtbe and stated that. hiB graudfatln
e- i had jut>t been sent dowu by the prophi
ie j for the purpose of removing bis son fro
a- ! a world now about to be given up to tl
es j ravuges of Giaours ; that for the sins (
of j tho Armeniaus in Van tho place was
h. j be handed over by the prophet to tl
re ! Russians, but that the holy man Julal
il- | deen was to be spared the humiliation
ie | such a spectacle, and would move
>1, ' Paradise that ni^ht. It was fortuna
; the prophet took him. If the Russiai
hail, the end of -a rope would have be*
his fate.
>E!
he j A Straw for a Life.
at | An Illinois jury found a man guil
iw J of murder in the first degree; but as t
d laws of the State ullow a jury to deci
ia- whether hanging or imprisonment f
to i life shall follow buch a verdict, and
jr. ! nine of the jury were in favor of t
he j former sentence and three for the latt<
sd, ! there was a hitch in further progrf
he j uutil a decision was reached by pulli
he j straws ! The three jurymen favoring
he life imprisonment drew a short etra
ni- and a verdict in favor of hanging t
a prisoner was accordingly rendered. E
is, th? affair came to the notice of t
in judge, who thereupon granted a moti
>e? lor a new trial, una fined the thrw Jtu
TOone hundred dolUrn ewhi
An Aristocratic Spendihrlft.
^ A London correspondent writes: An
' advertisement of the sale by auction of
1 a magnificent mansion and estate in
* Hertford^iire affords me a text for a
3 story and a sermon. Some years ago,
" when J was passing a few months at Ox>
ford, two or three or the aristocratic un?
der-graduates were ni .Icing themselves
1 notorious by their silly freaks, such as
* smashing the doors and looking-glasses
v in the houses in which they lodged,
J wrenching off knockers and bell-pulls
k from the doors of the houses in the
r High street, making bonfires of pictures
* ... ... - i- J 1 _
5 and statues in tno greut quuuraugio ui
j Clirist Church, etc., etc. The ring1
leader of this party was a young man
? named Marjoribanks, commonly called
Marchbanks, the heir'to immense wealth,
5 and inheriting, among other sources of
' income, a partnership in the celebrated
1 babking house of Coutts & Co. He was
a young man of considerable ability,
. j but wasted the period of his college
|! career in the amusement of his set. He:
? I and his immediate comrades carried
^ I their horse-play too far, and were eventu1
ally expelled in disgrace from the uci'
versity. His escapades did not, how}
ever, materially affect his position in
' society, and four years ago he married a
' daughter of the Duke of Marlborough.
' It was hoped that this event would have
1 sobered him down, and that, with the
' | splendid advantages he possessed, he
: would have become a useful member of
t j society. He purchased the estate I have
' | mentioned, and on the house alone ex}
' pended over $600,000, making it one of
1 " ~ A -1 ?A in + Ifinof.
t tne mutsL eirguuii uiuumuun iu ..?0
> j dom. Everybody, except his most iiiti!
mate friends, supposed that be was go*
ing on all right, when suddenly came a
1 ! collapse, and he was found to be many
hundreds of thousands of pounds worse
] off than nothing. Precisely how he has
? I managed, in so short a time, not only to
I ran through his immense legitimate forf
I tune, but also to involve himself hope,
, lessly in debt, is not yet clearly known,,
1 I but a continuous system of gambling
1 1 and betting, in which enormous stakes
3 | were involved, appears to have been at
? i the bottom of it. Efforts were made to
3 j save him, and prevent the exposure, but
71 the demands ngainst him proved so
serious that this was found impossible,
and it became at last necessary to effect
his forcible withdrawal from the great
; banking house. Lady Burdett-Ooutts
1 ! herself hud an interview with him, and
1 j generously offered to give him ?100,;
000, if that sum would relieve him from
31 his diiliculties. Ou his replying that it
1 mnuhl nnt isIia is ?aid to have offered
I: two, throe, four and even five hundred
J i thousand pounds ($2,500,000), but he
*! wtill affirmed that this sum would be
' j nothing like sufficient, and she was senr
i sible enough to give up the attempt. Of
' i course, his ruin is now complete, and he
1 I stands before the world the most splen1
! did specimen of his age of the reckless
3 j spendthrift. I need hardly add that he
* | gets very little sympathy.
" i
. i
What to Tench the Dojs.
' I A philosopher has said that true edu!
cation for boys is to "teach them what
* j they ought to know when they become
i men."
| What is it they ought to know, then ?
r First. To be true?to be genuine. No
i I education is worth anything that does
| not include this. A man had better not
' | know how to read?be had better never
' learn a letter in the alphabet and be
' true and geuuiue in his intention and
1 | ;iction, rather than, being learned in all
1 I sciences and in all languages, to be at.
the same time false in heart and counr
I terfeit in life. Above all things teach
, j the boys that truth is more thau riches,
j more than culture, more tlinn any
1 i earthly power or position.
Second. To be purein thought,language
^ and life?pure in mind and in body. An
0 impure man, young or old, poisoning
B the society where he moves, with smutty
1 stories and impure examples, iB a moral
j ulcer, a plague spot, a leper who ought
| to be treated as were the lepers oi old,
1 wbo were oanisiiea irom suc-iety uuu
! compelled to cry unclean, as a warning
, j to nave others from the pestilence.
* j Third. To be unselfish. To care for
0 | the feelings and comfort of others. To
* | be polite. To be just in all dealings
8 j with others. To be generous, noble and
e ; manly. This will include a genuine
8 ; reverenceior the aged and things sacred.
'* j Fourth. To be self reliant, and;self-help'?
i fnl, even from early childhood. To be
J? | industrious always, and self-supporting
^ 1 at the earliest proper age. Teach them
6 j that all honest work is honorable, and
e 1 bat an idle, useless life of dependence
0 ! on others is disgraceful.
8 : When a boy has learned these four
y J things?when he has made these ideaB
6 J a part of his being?however young he
| may be, however poor, or however rich,
8 j he has learned soma of the most im?
j portant things he ought to know when
0 ! he becomes a man. With these four
y ' properly mastered, it will be easy to
y | find all the rest.?Home Arts.
8
d ;
: j " Lo " as a Stage Driver,
k ; A correspondent, writing from Dead0
wood, iti the Black Hills, says : The
: woods m this vicinity are full of Sioux.
e ; They have left the new Territory allotted
'* i to them and are scattered over the plains
e i from here to Missouri, in bands of from
j twenty to five hundred. They are kille
! ing but few men, for they are smart
c ! enough to know that they are not strong
'? j enough to withstand the whole army.
18 | But anything else that a diabolical tlisl*
j position and a life at an agency can sugI
gest they are in for. Last week they
captured a cattle train loaded with flour,
blasting powder, etc. They emptied
' the powder out in tho snow, filled up the
,e kegs with fionr and snow and tried to
> ! nail up theliegri again. They also capI
l ?~ "Dintvt.iv/ilr AAOrtL O f*/I t.IlP
& j tuieu H lJinuiiW^A wwvu, imuf ,..v
f. driver and passengers had fled to the
ie foot hills, attempted to rau the machine
;e ! themselves. One lusty old warrior rigged
> | himself out in a woman's waterproof and
a. | mounted the bos. As a whip he did nol
)f ; shine veiy resplendent, for he soon gol
3. j the horses tangled up and frightened and
3t ! upset his load of kindred upon the icj
jf j road. Then they got some axes anc
)r l went for the treasure bcx chopping a!
Bt | the hinges and doors as long as theii
m ! axes lasted, without bein? able to breal
lft it open. Why was not that particulai
L,f ; safe tilled with dynamite ? These playfu
^ reds arc also givin to ab-orption of horsei
ie and cattle, burning of hay ranches, etc.
0. and many other cute but unappreciatec
of jokes.
to
te Married Under a Burning Roof.
aB A local excitement and temporary
2n panic were created in Wheeling, W. Va.
I recently, by the discovery that tho roo
| of "St. AlphonsuB* Catholic Church, on<
of the largest in the State, was 011 fire
' The morning service8 were just over
^ and a large party had assembled to wit
ness a marriage, when the spoke wn
or seen issuing through the ceiling. Th
ag plucky bridal couple told the piiest t<
, 0 go on, and the ceremony was completed
ir Pieces of the ceiling began falling, am
" ' a general stampede ensued, in whicl
' several persons were slightly injured
, f The fire was finally subdued with a los
of about $1,200.
he ?
lut Mr. Smith, who has to lug a scuttl
he of coal up stairs three times a day, read
on with prospective joy the ruanouBcemen
ry' that the oo?l?fleld? of the World will b
nxhausted in 8,000 y#nn?.
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A YEAR'S FAILURES.
Record of the Flnucrinl Failures ol 1877.
Accordiug to the figures presented in
Dun, Barlow <fe Co. 's annual report, the
foil "TOD 111 fim TTnifed Hfnfps for the vear
1877 are 8,872 in number, being 220 less
than for 1876, in which year they were
9,092. The total liabilities for 1877 are
stated at $190,669,000 as against $191,117,000
in 1876, or barely half a million
of dollars less. For the three quartej s
ending with September last, the number
of failures had lessened by 495, with a
decline in liabilities of $4,320,000, as
compared with a similar period in 1876,
but the causualities of the last quarter
have been so numerous and important,
that the ratio of improvement for the
firat nine months has not been sustained.
So frequent of late have been the announcements
of suspensions, and so much
has occurred in the last few months to
impair confident, that it is all the more
gratifying to know that the figures for
the whole year do show a decreased number
of disasters, with losses somewhat
less. The report says :
"But it is a pregnant fact, illustrative
of the general condition, that the failures
of the past year approach so nearly those
of the year preceding, which were deemed
very excessive, and that the failures
I are really above the average of tiie lour
i years since tbe panic of 1873. Time
! does not seem to improve these statistics
! vith the same rapidity that it did subse|
quent to the panic of 1857 or 3 861, for in
I the four years succeeding these dates,
j the number of failures and the amount
j of liabilities steadily diminished, the
: average rapidity declining, while this,
! the fourth' year since the panic of 1873,
1 lai-gely increases the average,"
The average number of failures for the
four years prior to and including 1873
' was 3,929, while for the four years endii."
with 1877 the yearly average number
* ? - - * - ?i 1L.
! 18 7, tt. ill 10/1, lor instance, me iauj
ures were only one to every 163 traders,
I while in 1877 the ratio is one in every
I seventy-three. The average total yeariy
; liabilities prior to and including 1873
j were 130 millions of dollars ; the yeasty
! average for four years subsequent is 184
; millions.
! The record for 1877, divided geographically,
is as follows :
Xnmbrr Xumbtr Amount
STATUS. in oj' of
Bifine?? failure* /,labilitie*
: Eautern SUt-JB 77,724 1,353 $'26,088,007
Middle States 2'.'*,707 3,049 77,173,750
Southern States 91,783 1.07H 17,271,920
1 Western States 231,557 2,756 56,lr)7,074
i Pacific States and Ter.. 26.235 63(f 13,9?,185
j Total for United States 632,000 8,872 190,969,936
! Dominion or Canada.... 56,324 1,892 23,523,903
A Cubic Mile.
Professor Bernstein an eminent nat;
uralist in Berlin, Germany, gives the
j following graphic description of one
j German geographical cubic mile (one
| mile equals 10,126 yards) to illustrate
i the size of our earth, which contains only
2,002 such : " Imagine a box one mile
| each way?long, wide and deep?and let
j us try to fill it up. Berlin is handy we
take the city as if It were a toy and throw
I it into our box. We go to Potsdam,
i pick up all the villages on our way also;
I and put all in. The bottom is not covI
ered yet. We will take Paris, with all
| her columns, towers and churches, which
| helps little, so we must take London
1 also. Vienna must go in too, and, not
to disturb tho peace, St. Petersburg folj
lows next. All Ihis stuff lies at the
i bottom. We begin now to take up all
; the cities, towns, villages, forts, farms,
t everything that human hands have built
' in Europe, and all the ships floating on
i the sea. It helps nothing I We must go
to old and new worlds, throw in the
pyramids of Egypt and the railroads and
factories of America, and everything else
made by men in Asia, Africa, Australia
and America?lo! our box is not half full
yet! We will shake up the things a
little to make them even, and as we are
bound to fill the box, let us see whether
j we cannot do it with people and lay them
i in like herrings. One row will require
j 12,000, and 4,000 rows make one layer ol
148,000,000?just enougli far North
Americans. To make them feel more
comfortabta, we will put between each
j layer a bed of straw and leaves, say thirtj
j feet fliick, which will take all the ?tra^
j and leaves in the world. Upon the
l * w.ttt., mill lnu 8 000 000 nf Alls
; mumuiuo nu mu *wj w,vuvjvwv ? ?
tralians and 45,000,000 of Asiatics, anj
other layer. There are about 800,000,00C
more Asiatics ; thus we proceed until all
, the restof mankind are in?1,400,000,00(
in about thirty layers. The box is now
' about half full, and it would require
! about fifteen times that number of peo
pie to fill it. What shall we do? Ani
mals of course, are still left. Take tin
! whole animal creation, yet it is not full
| and all this is only one geographic cubit
j mile, of which the earth contains 2,662.'
The Cultivation of Cocoa.
! Cocoa has not as yet attracted the at
! tention which, perhaps, it deserves, bn
its cultivation seems to iuvolve little o:
, uo trouble and to be as lucrative as it ii
simple. Consul Cohen, in his trail*! re
' port on Surinam for the past year, re
! marks that of till the products of tha
j colouy cocoa may be considered not oul;
} the safest but the most profitable. Ii
j four or five years after planting the tre<
' begins to bear to a moderate extent, am
to its full capacity in the eighth oruintl
| year, after which it continues productiv
11 for forty years. Its subsequent cultur
is extremely simple, and the planter ha
no fear for the future. He cnu with i
few hands?say thirty* to thirty-fiv
laborers to an estate of three liundrei
acres?keep up a cocoa plantation wher
j cultivation is not greatly extended, fo
l from the diirk and dense shade create'
11 by the unbrageons mass of its own foli
: age, weeds make slow progress, so tlin
it is found unnecessary to hoe tke fielde
1 in lieu of which about two billings wit
! the cutlass are given yearly ; besidet
* i the cocoa leaves drop abundantly an
' form quite a layer on the grouud, con
I tribnting to the same result. In th
' | plucking season no difficulty is encomil
5 ered in obtaining labor, aB the native
I find the work easy, and can earn as muc
' as two or three shillings a day. Dnrin
I | the last five year3 the yield lias increaf
t ed'fifty per cent., and having none c
' i the difficulties that sugar estates have t
t contend with, will continue to iucreas
i"; vear by vear.
ir .
3 A Pathctlc Poetic Plagiarism.
| , A timid girl, with her delicate han
half revealed, half concealed in
mit, came in and laid a poem on or
| desk, which opened as follows:
j How dear to my heart is the goat of my chilc
f ! hood,
, | When fond recollection presents him to me
f The beautiful beast which whene'er he wa
! riled would
? j Make everything fly from the presence of h
* My mischievous Nan was the frowient butter
, That ever did butt a stone fence till it fel
; He'd see it a coming?a scream he would utte
- ! Then brace his four legs and go at it pel
mell.
6 Oh, how ho would buck it! An iron-bouu
^ ! bucket.
. ' He once tried to buck it. and died in the we]
J j Wo read it over three times, for
1 j seemed familiar. Then we asked h<
* j poirt-blank if she wrote it herself. SI
8 I fixed an eye on us while the other wei
! out the window (poor girl) and she sa:
; in a faltering voice that she did. So v
e \ accepted one verse, at so much. It is
s ! very pathetic little picture of rnr
it j felicity, but it certainly reminds ub i
e j something wo have seen befor? ootn
I where,York Graphic.
[ ON THE TRAMP.
j Dinry of two Dlansuchiisetta Detective* who
were Sent out to Learn the Hablta and
| Purposes of the Tramps.
The annual report of Chief Detective
Stephenson, of Massachusetts, contains
the following diary of two amateur
* ?nnf loof mimmor hv t.Vip
I 1/lti.UipOy DCUU uuu itiav ~J
I State authorities to study by association
j the ways of the real tramp :
"July 10?Left Springfield. .Very
soon met two tramps, and we immediately
made inquiries as to our prospects
for. getting food and lodgings while we
were pursuing our investigations. These
men informed us that we could get very
little food for begging, excepting dry
bread, and sometimes a little milk ; that
they generally stole what they got.
These men were Irish, 35 and 45 years
of age, one a shoemaker by trade, and
the other a tailor: they said they could
gft work if they desired, but preferred
to tramp ; they only worked when they
wanted money to get liquor, and not
then if they could steal it. One had
tramped five and the other eight years.
I We all slept together in the woods dur!
.. s . P.
; mg tne mgnt ai u pmce ueiu jumuuiuiu,
i and parted company in the morning,
j after furnishing them with some! toI
bacco.
"July 11.?Started from Blandford
toward Russell; soon met a tramp, a
Frenchman full fifty years of age; he
had tramped about eight years; went
with him ; he said he tramped through
the country during the summer and fall,
going to one of the larger cities when
! the cold weather came on, where he
i generally managed to get arrested for
I some petty crime for the purpose of getting
a sentence that would keep him in
I confinement during the winter months;
we gave him some bread ; he had with
him a large valise, containing four bottles
of gin among other things ; this man
was on the road to Buffalo, N. Y. ; slept
| during ine mgui in nusseii.
"July 12.?Started from jHussell at
daybreak in a pouring rain ; soon went
into a barn, while the Frenchman went
out to beg some food ; he returned with
! a large piece of corned beef, which lie
i had stolen.
I " July 13.?L?ft the barn quite early
! where we had pitssed the night; soon
i met three tramps ; went with them into
; the woods, where wo found fourteen
, more. Our party now numbered twenty.
Of these three were German, two
Dutchmen, one Swede, one Frenchman,
three Americans, and the remaiuder
Irish. They had been camped in this
place some five days, subsisting principally
upon chickens and potatoes which
had been stolen . in the night. Concluded
to remain with this gang for a
i time.
J "July 14.?We divided into four
| squads, each of which was to take its
i x
lllni 111 pruviuiljg IUUU 1U1 me gang,
The Germans went out to-day, and returned
with a small pig, nine chickens,
a quantity of eggB, and bread, all oi
which, with the exception of the bread,
were stolen. They carried with theru
fish hooks and lineB, which they used for
catching chickens, simply by putting on
a kernel of corn for bait. In many instances,
when they have rum, they soak
bread with it and feed the fowls, which
are soon in a condition to be easily captured.
"July 15.?Started with three others
to procure food We were refused al
the first house we called at. Some of
the party found in a wood-shed near tht
house a keg containing some five or su
gallons of cider, which they appropriated
to their own use, and left for the camp,
j We went on alone, and nnauy purcuaaec
at a farm bouse some bread and meat,
with which wo returned to the woods,
1 where we found most of the gang intoxi
cated from the too free use of the cider,
1 "July 16.?Concluded to leave this
' locality, as it was getting rather hot or
account of the depredations made npor
the people in the vicinity. We divided
1 into four parties in order to avoid sub
picion, taking two different routes to th(
town of Washington. The .party whc
| passed over each route was to mark wit!
: chalk (one party using red and the othei
1 blue) the prominent points in theij
) routes, for the guidance of those wh(
1 were to follow. An arrow iB usually
' rvrn/la unnn lnvcrfl rnfllrs. trees, etc.. l)ar
'",VV4V 1 9 , x
r ticularly at the cross-roads, to direc
! each gang to the place fixed upon as th<
general rendezvous. Nearly all of th<
" regular tratupa carry cholk of differenl
' colors. Tbe Frenchman left the ganf
1 to-day. A short time after he left, som<
' j of the party, fearing that he might "sel
r I them out " to the people in the town
1 and cause them trouble on account o
' the thefts committed, followed him fo;
the purpose of compelling him to re
i ! turn, but they failed to find him. Slep
! | in the woods at night around a large
: | fire, but suffered very much from thi
! colli.
j "July 17.?Reached Middlefield
; where we met three men belonging t<
_ : one of the other gangs. We kept to
j. ' ge*her on the tramp, generally sepai
ating when we came to villages, and go
3 | ing through singly. We laid in th
woods most of the day, getting plent;
* , of food by begging anil stealing. Th
| young fellows find it difficult to get fooi
_ j of any description, but the old men seer
^ | to excite more compassion; they gener
' ally have a pitiful story ready for use
i i gotten up without regard to truth. Th
* usual question to the young tramp if
e 1' Why don't you go to work ?' They a
ways profess a readiuess to work, bu
generally give, as a trade to which the
I are accustomed to work, some occups
tiou in which they are sure no employ
j ment will be offered in that locality
e ; One of the gaug stole, to-day, a jug c
r ! bay-rum out of a farmer's wagon, all (
I which was drunk during the nigh
Slept in a barn.
I ! " July 18.?It rained very hard wlie
[ uioiniug came but we intended to m6v
| on; were prevented by the fact that moi
( of the party were sick from the effecl
| of the bay-rum. We finally starte
lm about dusk toward Hinsdale; passe
g through Pittsfield during the nigh
t_ went through singly, because the ol
g tramps thought if we were caught w
^ ; should be taken to the lock-up and mat:
? to work in tbe morning for lodging an
? breakfast. This plan of working to p?
for board is not in accordance wilh tl
^ ! idea that tramps entertain as to what
!ej just and suitable. We reached tl
! Shaker Village about nine o'clock c
? the morning of July 13. Some of tl
gang went out to beg; got idl we wantf
. to eat from the Shakers, who alwa;
give liberally.
* "July 21.?Reached the State lin
II and, taking the railroad track, pass<
through West Stockbridge to Stocl
1- bridge, and about a mile beyond tl
latter place met two tramps, who hn
been put off a frieght train; they lw
! beat the railroads for their ride fro
e. | Dunkirk to this point. They start*
j originally from Chicago. One of the
' j was a painter by trade, and said he b
[j I longed to Speucer, Mass. He was abo
! thirty-five years old. The other mt
d j was a cigar-maker. He was about six
years old; had tramped fourteen year
We slept during the night in a barn :
it j West Stockbridge.
3r i "July 22.?Passed through Hin
19 dale very early. About' two miles o
it we met a gang of eight tramps, wl
id said they were on the way to Pennsj
re vania to join the railroad riots. Thi
a proposed to travel on the railro:
al tracks, separating and going sing
oi th#ough the Villages, stealing rides <
freight trains, it ponoible, and expect
to retirh In about ?
Left them and traveled until nearly
midnight, when we met four others who
1 were also bound for the riots. Got a
supper of them, consisting of roasted
i potatoes, beef, and ham, which they
I said they had got by begging. One of
i the party was very well dressed, with
i plenty of cigars in his pocket. He wore
! a large, plain gold ring. We tried to
; get his confidence, but failed, His' ap
! pearance indicated that'he had been but I
| a short time on the tramp. Another |
man in this gang had a large valise, j
: containg a light buggy harness. He !
1 j said he raised it this side of Springfield. !
j Left them and arrived at Huntington, j
i Slept in a barn by permission of the i
! owner.
1 j "July 25.?Went to Russell, but;
J could not get anything to eat by'.;eg- I
i ging, and being nearly out of money, j
| returned to Westtield, and telegraphed
! to Boston for funds. Remained during !
! next day July 26, waiting for money. i
j "July 26.?Received Bome money by '
1 j telegraph, and moved on; soon met two
tramps with valises going to the monn1
tail : went with them, and soon met |
another party of seven. Tliey were en1
gaged in roasting chickens and potatoes. ,
1 Remained with them during the night. 1
These felJows had been four days in this
! place hoping there would be a strike on
the Boston and Albany road.
" July 28.?We staid in this place all
day. Three of the party went out at
; night and brought in three hens and a ;
can of milk which they had stolen.
"July 29.?The party separated, to |
meet between Chester and Middlefield, I
five taking the turnpike and the others
" * A Ll.^1
tlie railroad, me gang w wmm wo belonged
arrived at the designated place of
meeting on the morning of July 30.
Waited for the other party, but did not
find them till next day. Of the eight
tramps in this gang two are English,
(both cigar makers,) one a thoroughbred
Irishman, and the remainder IrisliAmericaus.
Their ages range from
: twenty-two to forty years.
"Aug. 1.?The whole gang started on
the tramp toward the town of Washington;
we met another party of thirty-three
; tramps in the woods about twenty miles
from Pittsfield. In reply to a question
as to what they were up to, they said
1 ' r? -
liiev were waiting xur u bux&o w wo
Boston* and Albany railroad; that there
were scattered about in that country
about four hundred men, who were all
waiting to join the strikers. The men
appeared ready for any plan of pillage
and destruction that was proposed. The
proposition made to burn the small
depots on the road would have been cari
ried into effect, excepting for our remonstrances,
and the argument that it
; would be laid to the poor men who were
' employed on the road. The plan of
soaping the rails in various places, for
1 j the purpose of stopping the cars, was
j discussed; but feeling sure there would
i be a strike, nothing was attempted, they
(1 preferring to wait.
Hippopliagy in Paris,'
i j The consumption of horseflesh in
'; Paris, which commenced in 1860 in the
J face of great prejudices, but which
steadily advanced and derived a great
: j stimulus irom the siege, has this year
! averaged one thousand animals per
j month. The Parisians, in fact, consume
' all the horses in the city which are past
> I work, and have even to obtain some from
;j a distance, while in the large towns hip!
pophagy is also gaining ground.
> i Its advocates are, in these circum:
I stances, naturally anxious that other
I1 countries, especially those where meat
. | is at a high price, should supplement
' I their supplies of food by the flesh of the
, j horse, which, they contend, is more nu,
| tritious than beef, and could be had at
: half the price. With a view to promote
its introduction into English dietary, M.
* Emile Decroix, who first, as a soldier,
i ! tasted horseflesh from necessity in Ali
j geria, and has since been one of the moat
I J ardent propagandists of its use, invited
I the representatives of several London
5 I journals to a dinner, at which horseflesh
) I was served up in a variety of forms?
i | soup, boiled, roast, sausages, etc.
r Some of the guests were prepared to
r find that in this, as in so many other
) cases, a taste had to be acquired, and
f tunc tue ursi iruu wats uui wuuuone.
The meat, however, was really palatable,
t While well cooked, it was intentionally
J served np in a plain way, so that there
3 should seem to have been no attempt to
11 disguise its flavor by condiments. It
JI was slightly firmer and darker than beef,
J | but I can quite believe that M. Decroix
1 : has repeatedly had guests who supposed
, ' themselves all along to be dining off
f! beef.
r | Horses are never slaughtered for the
- i table before being iucapable of further
t work, and in Paris the precaution is
> taken of inspecting them before being
s killed as well as after; but even were uo
i finch precaution taken, M. Decroix has
. | satisfied himself by personal experiment
5 i tbat horses suffering from various com
I plaints may be eateu with impunity.?
'* j London Time*' Paris Correspondent.
e Mrs. Sarsapcr's Ear-Muffs.
y ; "I notice, Benjamin," said Mrs. Sare
; super, at the breakfast table the other
J I morning, "that a great many ladies are
n | weariug ear-muffs this year. I wish you
would stop in somewhere as you come
s, | home and gat me a pair. Will you?"
e "Oh, yes; certainly my dear," replied
the husband, and seeing his oppor1
; tunity, he began to laugh and choke,
t with a mouthful of coffee, as he con
y tinued, "if?ha! ha!?if?if?"
t- " WeU, now?if what?" ileniandec
r- Mrs. Sarsaper, getting red in the face.
! "If?if?I can find a pair large enough
>f my dear," returned Sarsaper, falling
>f | back in his chair, and laughing till tin
t. silver change in his pocket rattled am
I set the canary to singing,
n j "Benjamin ! Do vou mean to insinu
e ate that my ears are large !"
it " Well, that depends altogether 01
Is I what you compare them with, my dear
.1 Tt cfi.aof_1n-mn for fhfl linmOSI
** 1 Li WO UOUU oviboi,-?uw^ f
d they're very small, but if we take a salt
t; cellar or a sauce-dish they're awful big.'
d He managed to get the sitting-roon
'e door closed behind him just in season t(
le avoid the necessity of having his hea<
d shaved, but there is a dent on the inne:
ty side of the panel now large enough U
ie hold a fifty-cent coin, %nd the coffee-se
is is one mug short.?Cincinnati Break
ie fast Table.
?u 1 ?
?fc -1 Friend of Reptiles.
>(] Mr. Frank Buckland, the distinguishec
naturalist, keeps in his house many dis
agreeable treasures, which he delighU
e ; in showiug to his friends. " Regardlesi
>d of fearful odors, he will plunge up t<
jj. ' his elbows into a deep, dark tank, ant
,e | draw forth a slimy, dripping reptile
l(] ' and ask cheerfully ' if he is not a beauty ?
It requires a strong stomach and n<
m small amount of diplomacy to know hov
;tl to act, for he is ready on a word of en
m couragement to make another fata
e. ; plunge and bring up the ?ther seven
at But another joy awaits you?if yon cai
U1 i bear it?in a jar, when he carefully haul
ty i out a ribbon-fish and tells you it is tbu
B< I next of kin to the great sea-serpent. A
[u I that moment you heartily wish the grea
I sea-serpent would bury its own rela
8. tives; but'Mr. Buckland does not, am
ut | any one who would bring him the hea<
jo 1 of' the family would be bis friend fo
rl- j life. On the whole he prefers liv
ey ' snakes about him; but ho has not ye
ad i succeeded in getting his household t
]y i agree with him. A live snako is anisic
0'n j erably worse than a pickled snffke,
ed j ing that tho latter, they find, ie not u
to, j likely to bp found undw thr.it piUowij
Items of Interest
A New York florist exhibits a green
rose.
A man never nses his thumb-nail for
a screw-driver but once.
Texas editors clamor for the re-establishment
of the whipping-post?for delinquent
subscribers.
A rpflent noem has the following line :
" A tear danced in her eye." That tear
must have been at the eyeball.
Strawberries fade with the gentle spring,
The ice cream season passes ;
But after all stern winter brings,
The bnckwheat cakes and lasses.
Mort-gage is a Latin word, and means
"death-grip." This is worth thinking
of when one wants to get hold of your
house.
| Customer?"Have my goods been
sent home ?" Grocer (who lias just laid
them on the scales)?"They are on the
I weigh, sir."
"Have the animals a sense of humor?"
[asks an owlish exchange. Certainly
! they have. You*11 always find that jackasses
are ready to laugh immoderately
at the poorest jokes.
The model husband has been found in
Albany. He don't permit his wife to
do more than half the work. She putH
up the canned fruit in summer, and he
puta it down in winter,
! "I say, Jim, if five and a -half rods
make a perch, how many will make a
pickerel ?" "You just tefl me, first, it'
two hogsheads make a pipe, hew many
i will make a meerschaum ?"
A little girl in Reading, Pa., who was
hit with a snowball by a boy, promptly
tripped the offending yonth up and
nibbed his fooe vigorously in the snow,
and an admiring bystander, at the cl?se,
gave her a silver half dollar.
It is when a dry gooas ciei'K 01 uiuei/vseven
pounds weight attempts to help
from a wagon a farmer's wife of 203
pounds weight, that the reporter seats
himself contentedly on the curbstone,
and waits for the catastrophe,-'-itome
1 Sentinel.
! Ah my wife and I at the window one day
Stood watching a man with a monkey.
i A cart came by with " a broth of a boy,"
; Who was driving a .stout little donkey.
i To my wife then I spoke, by way of a Joce,
' 'There'ii a relation of yonrs in that carriage.
' To which she replied, aa the donkey she spied
i "Ah, yes, a relation?by marriage."
j Mrs. Dorset, of Minneapolis, has just
I been admitted to practice in all the
| courts of the State of Minnesota. She
; is the first woman ever admitted to the
' bar in that State, the Legislature having
' changed the law last winter with special
| reference to this case.
One of the most elaborate departI
mente connected with the coming Paris
; exhibition will, doubtless, be the Chinese
i department. Immense space has been
i reserved, upon which \ will be Greeted
I pavilions, ba2ars and cottages, boilt at
' Winono. and transported to Paris in
sections.
j The production of gold in the United
! States, anterior to 1858, footed up in
j round numbers $530,000,000, of which
period the greatest production for one
year was $65,000,000, in 1853. From
1858 to 1875 the aggregate production
was 8807,700,000, making the total yield
by the country, including 1875, $1,832,!
000,000.
New York State has reduced her
j debt in the past year $12,000,000, having
.he sinking funds with which to pay off
that amount when it fell due. Her
debt has steadily fallen from $52,000,000
in 1866 to $10,000,000 now, and will be
entirely swept off within u few years.
In the same time the debt of Massachusetts
has risen from $19,000,000 to
I $35,500,000.?Springfield. (Mass.) Ee~
i publican.
Wm. Dooley, an amateur detective in
j search of two cattle thieves, found them
| at church at White Sulphur, Ky.,
| whereupon, pistol in Jiand, he informed
i preacher and congregation that they
! were all under arrest. While everybody
I looked astonished, he picked out Lis
i men, marched them out of the building
! at the muzzle of his weapon, and, turni
ing on the step, shouted to the minister
i that he could go on with the benedicj
tion.
* uoHmriov wlifln the soot
| A UlUXILU^ vuiuutvj |
has been lighted by a fire in the fireplace,
can be extinguished by shutting #
i all the doors in the room bo as to prevent
any current of air up the chimney,
: then, by throwing a few handfuls of
common fine salt upon the fire in the
grate or on the hearth, the fire in the
chimney will be immediately extin'
guished. The philosophy of this is that
: in the process of burning the salt mu1
viatic acid is evolved, which is a prompt
i extinguisher of firen.
tub children.
All! what would the world Tic to us
If tho children were no more?
We Bhould dread the desert behind us
Worse than the dark before.
What the leaves are to the forest,
With light and air for food,
lire their sweet and tender juices
Have been hardened into wood?
, That, to the world, are children ;
Through them it feels tho glow
Of a brighter and sunnior cumaie
Than reaches the trunks below.
?Longfellow.
While the newspapers of the East are
- describing the deeds of men who wrestle
i with bears, who dance for twelve con
secutive hours, and who perform other
feats of skill and endurance, those of
I the West chronicle the exploits of a
more practical nature. Here is one
. Weedam of Lonisberg, Ky., who haa
I husked one hundred and live bushels of
5 corn in seven hours ; a Nevada hunter
1 who has killed two hundred and seventeen
mountain deer ; and a Pacific rail
way engineer who hasn't missed a trip
since the road was opened?with the
1 cordwood choppers and the muskra
catchers yet to be heard from.
" The communists of the animal world
* nmotnrPR.
i are the ants, oec? ?uu nuvn ?
. i They live in communities, in which all
- I possessions are in common, aud all work
i l'or the general good. The reason of
this is supposed to be that the majority
of the members are non-sexual, and con,
sequently can have no stronger attraction
for one individual than another. At
tbe same time they have implanted in
tiiem an intense working instinct. It is
obvious, then, that in the absence of a
1 similar neuter order among mankind,
. . any attempt to imitate ant society or
3 1 communism in human association*! is
3 ! futile and unnatural.
1 ;
An Intelligent Horse.
f i
' | About three o'clock yesterday afterJ
noon, M. C. Hartwell's horse, attached
v j to a light open wagon, was standing near
j the corner of Michigan avenue and Row1
I land street, aud was not hitched to the
. post in front of him. In the wagon was
i seated Mr. Hartwell's four-year-old
s daughter. Suddenly two dogs engaged
e in a fight, and, snapping, growling, and
t biting, the canines rolled over each
>t other until they were exactly be neath
- the unfastened horse. The horse, with
I almost human intelligence, turned his
I head as though to satisfy himself that
r the little girl was in the wagon, and then,
e instead of starting ff on a run, us might
it have been expected, ho instituted a
o series of powerful, yet careful, moveI
mentB with his hoofs, and succeeded in
> kicking the curs away from each other
o and beneath hi* hn?l*. Patrol t Frr*
" Pr**8: