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, because I hadn't but it; and at Ogdwi the ued mo, and I tit. It weighed M?b?FM1Be I it, or else the ,the scales. Tfl the mountain there WM joe for ropes. But L'll i entitled, as a Member 4 hundred volumes of rarts, two hundred Sur reports, fivo hundred Joe reports, and several r heavy volumes of equally re these reports ever C.: Oh, yes; tho ^are obliged to sent on to A peoplo under ) tUnitcd b govern _ III give roitianeo to >py of Lho >r Stewart. ?SI -^sin, and baok, and ot 'em to oi .'em, -ill over lg, too, in motion, Mtai i; [e nation fpsLff'nto MniSLS^SSlJS^ln l jn deportment, who in * irOUftll V6!U*8 of pupil Bfif oxftot ient, J._^9b0 t must bsSwen apart of bis duty _BSabroaoh of tho ? capital offence, A e ceremonies was iolation of thom'^ thooffond orootw 4> good simnns. apol pos " " e 1^0 them manners have yttlo 110 'M ' ttoml M Two a<i J ?Lm ?LjtVra (>?r iwmiww . ?lldren, predated, jn, combin er ith on over the sides and ?ivuiuun ui?pwj hi me pack, it the Cle lla walking skirt. Xfi$t pattern, made of two materials, plain and striped, forms a most graceful skirt, as ladylike and stylish, and so simple in ft* design that tho plainest seamstress cannot fall to put it together ooirectly. "Anabelle" is another new model greatly admired. The plate skirt is of American brocade, in the gendarme blue color, and the OTerekirt ls formed of plain silk of the MtMfl T4> lH m % - _ ? t/4 " - f ?????* 9JIA Vt Vliv I same oolor. It is composed of a deep ! ?Pro? front, two paniers and a very $s$ arc?; stjig ^eSfsi it is novel in design. Six yards and rhrAA-nilayfatta i - a _ m. ? ? ? >.***? |^?M?VAO| MUU OIA JflUUB AUU a half of the brocade will bo sufficient for the underskirt, bands and rovers. Black, dark blue, invisiblegreen, deep, wine color, almond and all the belgo shades are used in the medium qualities of cloth for extra garments to be worn with ordinary street oostumes. Half fitting jackets havo the preference for ordinary street w?ar. The newest de sign in the line of manteleto?which are tho aooepted garments to be worn with visiting toilets?is the " Felioie." The singularly graceAxl sleeves, cut in a novel and convenient manner, form paniers at the sides and impart an exceedingly dis tingue air, and render it equally as well suited for dressy wear as for general re quirenients, the disposal of the trim mings being sufficient to make it appro priate for the most stylish occasions. An other new design is the "Loretta," which has long pointed tabs in front, pointed shoulder pieces inserted in dol man style, and arranged so as to produce tho inevitable panler effect by being looped into a shorter backjpieoe. Tho India shawl holds a place of honor among wraps. It drapes grace fully, is harmonious with almost every tollqt,and the rich coloring gives an air of distinction to the whole. All kinds arc worn, long and square, the striped or ^Boston and the figured styles, some lovely designs and combinations having been introduced this season. We have the Renaissance cravats, Henri III. ruffs. Empire collars, Francis I. toilets and Marie Antoinnette oos tumes, the long-pointed Mediols basque and the short, roll oorsages of the first Ty-f?i ^i, p. vmv ? yeilleuso bonnets, the close Empiro capotes, the modest Derby and the dashing Gainsborough hate, and a host of other aeomingly inoongruous styles. Both the flat and boUffant styles are fashionable for street wear this season and enjoy about equal popularity, and frequently tho two elements are oom dbined. the skirt being narrow and plain and the drapery bouffant. ?lain heavy woolen goods of dark rloh colors are usually selected for the first-mentioned typo, and |ufc made up in.tho/fcovereat stylo, without trimming of any kind ex .coptlng rows of machino!gtitchlng near tho edgeaf: The skirt is plain, tho ovefo, I vet o??pluJh to butt the .evorltyi ft,' .ar? the ?ioh brl?ht?r <Woraand Rre "8?d. made up in ?poi LttfCJiSisrasa for street wear this season, and even W wear cms season, and c when tho main materlalls a simple of quiet color the trimmings are n usually of some bright contrasting gjoods, or more often of a combinatioi\pf wveral are most _>iireatest liberality is Allowed Jectlon of the style of the walk ing costume, on one point fashion is in "10 skirt must be short*1 8 With pretty feet, and who. , about their chaussurc, walking skirts made at least ire the ground, but tho a length which es all.around^and does eo'ftrlm lish: but, with tho ;ho atod sides laid in perpendicular from top to bottom and a drapery fe back; another favorite arrange \t Very becoming to tall figures iins j plaited flounces across the front and Ifttpery at tho back. Ti^ht fl'ting basques are used to com pletecostumes for autumn wear, the de sign always being selected with refer elice to :tho arrangement of tho wklrt. When-the drapery Is very high and it a basque, bhort on the tups and I back and front, liko the Cornelia, the most appropriate: or. if boeom .aitound^waisVcompletcd bravery ovel in design and exceedingly ho ing to ulenaer figures is tho Sybil la ml Jit I# tightmtinir, front he usual number of a arts in onoh ^ornamented with *lde pieces of attrlal joined In the shoulder scums ilrred both top ana bottom, giving of full front*. Tho back hi _____ _ r._ J a seam down the middle and side forms rounded to tho arm holes. i. armholes. ium length j t, and is $M'r The skirt portion Is of medt forming two jtoints In front, a ranged In a moderately bou&nt mnnner in tho baok.-tfeto York fferahl. *w? Otrl* Ww? Nwt*4 Wo have hoard lately of two young rteof good character but thoughtlessly *>Hsh who eamo into town one after their, suburban borne. On they were accosted, iny two . Instead of repelling them, itered into conversation with ted their invitation linent restaurant, leretho young lethenter with too,Wi*6 t*on e various south side of ? flshingfSSny of the inliabitanta Of the vlllageelMjrder log on the wester* portion of the Great South bey depend, during a portion of the yew, almost entirely upon their sales of soft crabs for the necessaries of life. Neatly all the soft crabs received at the New York markets from ttiis section of the country are token from the waters lying between Amityville and Book away. Of these, by for the largest num ber (fully seventy per cent.) come from Merrick Cove.a small bay situated be tween Merrick and Freeport, and within owenty minutes sail of either placo. Here scores of crab fishermen from the neighboring villages congregate every summer, many of them living during the season in a sloop's cabin or a small wooden building ereoted on the marsh for tho purpose. ? The season for crab fishing usually be Sins here about the middlo of June or rat of July, and closes about the last of September. During this time the orab Usher must work both day and night; not a tide must be missed if he would make his business pay him well. His food he oarrtea with him, and his slbep and rest Li v\ken at any time when he can spare an hour or two from his busi ness, and during stormy weather. The crabber's outfit consists of a small rowboat, a small scoop-net with a hole about ten feet long attached, two ot three empty butter tubs, a jack-lantern, and from one to five or six "oars," ac cording to the succosa of his labors. Tho two empty tubs are filled With water and plaoed on the stern of the boat, for tho purpose ot reoelvlng any "buster" ?to use the professional term?which the man may tako during the day. When a orab "shows up" tho fisher man has no time to lose: for the orab is quick on the fin. or rather on the leg, and will be off like a shot unless inter cepted in his flight by a dexterous uso of the scoop-net. The professional crabber is, however, an adeot at his business, and with a Bingle twirl of his net hd will frequently land tho most active member of the orab family. The catohing Is done at low water, and oooupies from two to three hours of tho crabber's time during each tide. After oatclring all that he oan find, the fisherman returns to his oars and begins the work of sort ing and distributing those whloh he has taken. The ripest, or those which will shed their hard shell in from twelve to forty-eight hours, nvo termed " shed ders," and plaoed in a oar by themselves. Next to these oomea the **? ripe com mon" and then follow tho "green oom mers." * The ripe and green comuers are usual ly put into a oar together and over hauled by their owners daily, for tlfe purpose of transferring those whloh have beoome suflloiently ripe to the shedderoar. When a orab is ready to "shed" he will begin to swell gradually until the back and ends of his shelly burst open. He Is now termed a "buster" by his owner, and will literally back out of his " old coat," and come forlb considerably enlarged and very muoh improved in ap pearance by the transformation. They are left in the water for about three hours after they become soft-orabs, when they are taken out and packed in baskets for the Now York market.?New York Witruxs. ? ; Bules for Visitor* to Fairs. noa ana in ail sections: crawl in over .the feaos, but The fence is simply meat. l obs flMMM m strikes your partioular'fanoy, go by Tt at once. | la passing around among the live stock, remember that the horses and cattle aro well heeled. Beware of plokpooketst la order not to put them to any unnecessary trouble, carry your wallets in your hands. In oase you get lost,.hire some one to find you. Twelve cheap boys will be *tatlone<l on the ground for this pur pose. \ In walking 'round you will find plenty of ohanoes to get a square meal* An efficient oorps of police'aro oa the ground, ready to olub in and make the fair a suooess. Aay man caught squinting at the weather and predicting rain will bo ordered to dry up. The half xuilo track 1b 'not a milo around. Bear this in mind and it may savo you muoli sonow in after years. In case your pig don't get a prize, don't bristle up about it or squeal. When you get tired or sitting take a grandstand. Quarters provided for all the officers of the association, but if you waat a quarter you must go down in your pocket. yi; Dyspepsia* Abstain fVotn drinking immediately before and during meals, and' for an hour afterward: also,uso no milk irt either ton, or ooffee. Burn alum until the moisthre in it is evaporated; then takeasmuch as you can put on a dime about h*lf. an) hour before eating. Throe or four days, probably, will answer; hut take ft until ourea. The kernel of the peaoh pit has beea in toy oaso a perfect remedy for what is termed heartburn. I suffered flromit hourly for yearst more at some times than others, Whonthe Buffering manifests itself eat one or two of the kernels, aad after a few days-the symptoms will dis ? appear. Change your diet and manner or living: drink neither coffee nor tea;, never drink at meal times; after overy meal, or during the meal, dissolve half a teaspoon ful or more of cayennopepper in half a glassful of milk and drink Its oat plain food; never taste pastry of any kind. If you are troubled with sleepless nights, do not try to promote sleep by taking stimulants or opiates? they do moro harm than good; take a sponge bath before retiring, and if you aro unable to do it yoursolf,got some I one to ittVyOu with a coarse towel; if you wake In the night and cannot got to sleep again, get up at once?not lie uatil you "get nervous thinking about it;" takoaroot bath; rub your limbs well to trot up a circulation; drink a glass of oofd water. Do not expect to ouro Soumelf tn one week's tlmo: have fa ience and try one month. In bathing use your hands to apply the water; tin are muoli better than a sponge; soft* the water with bora*; it Is moro invl) orating than salt water.-~Rxchansfr,. lj'-' V/* , i ft ,r Savage Hostility to the Telegraph. It Is stated as a fret that the strongest opposition ' - telegraph lino Is always manifested oj uncivilised raoes. The great trans-Australian overland line, re cently completed, was carried for hun dreds of mfies through desert solitudes, inharmed by the blaoks; but oft the itaodonald range a band of the hostile Macdonald range a band of the hostile natives were encountered, and the eloo truilans gained a bloodless victory over them by eonnootlng the poles of a pow erful battery on the wire, and adminis tering shocks unawares tMotie of the natives who were prowling curiously The ^mysterious power, whlon to Uiem like a thunder-stroke, them with a whelesotoe terror .*ad they wore it a wide Vw, Both In Australia and or pro m| ?? and anything that enhances the ( tt"V ;? ;^ jiltt^'tabular statement setting forth in detail the establishment ofevery regi ment in tho regular forces, the di?cmbo janoes died militia and yoemanry cavalry for 1879-30, has been issued from the British WarOffioo. The establishment may be summarized thus: Household cavalry, 1,803 of all ranks Mid 896 horses; Caval of the Line, 15,996 of all ranks and yal Artillery, 35,316 of LOhorsos; Foot Guards, ry ot tne une. i 10,984 horses; Ro; uMmwl 13,81 5,950; Infantry of the Line, 130,006; First and Second-,West India regiments, 910; Royal Malta Fencibls Artillery. 309; Army Servloe Corps, 9,990 and 1,100 horses; Army Hospital Corps, 1,745; Artillery Militia, 17,683; Engineer Mili tia, 1,315; Infantry Militia, 118,695; and ~ ry, 14,610; total, 336,766 of all d 95,735 horses, or. including the Yeomanvv ranks and last establishment return of the volunteer force (344,363), 581,018. A French paper states that in France, of late years, oomplalnts have been made that French artisans oonnected with many of the high branohee of skilled in dustry no longer possess that perfect mastery oVer their several handicraft* which, up to recent times, had honora bly distinguished them. . In watches, surgioal Instruments and in mathemati cal and astronomical aprtrtius French workmanship has so decidedly dete riroated that the attention of the govern ment has been oalled to the subject. With a view to eflfeot some improve ment. tho Minister of Education has or dered that in the Apprentices' School at La Villette, Paris, a number of youths, after passing^ through the ordinary course, Bhoula henceforth devote three rears additional to the study of meohan* Bin, especially to the more delicate kinds of mechanical work. It is also intended to open a similar establishment in an other quarter of Paris. Four million three hundred thousand dollars i* a good deal to pay for a tavern, yet that sum was paid the other day for the Grand Hotel, in Paris. This includes, of course, the shops and everything ap pertaining to the vast building (tho hotol contains seventy handsome i " some 600 chambers, with privatec rooms, eto..) which is one of tho valuable bits of property in that cit The hotel was built by a company, w has had a large patron age from the start, mainly from Americana, who vare^li, Europeans know, very apt to be liberal patrons. < Nevertheless, the bouse, or, rather, the oompany, has not made money, muoh monof an hp* been, taken in. Up to two or three year* ogolt1*** currently reported that not a single divi dend had been deolared, and, as may be m and for somo years alter, the hotel got so widea name for exorbitant charges as t deter many people from going there. The new proprietor will oontinue the estab> lishment as a hotel, but if it pays him ho better than it did its former owners he will regret his purchase. The Nw ithod* bj rMk uofthc it to the preparations mi on the sido opposite t -ballast compartment port having been.o admit the obelisk into' will be launched in. TL Bteamor from taking its welt overcome by heaving down careening lighters* and the si to both operations wlllbeoount pumping out the water-ballast com ment, thus removing a weight of corresponding to tnatj>f the o Tidal and wind-drift differences or levei will be ovcroome by means of a float se. oured at tho shore end, alter the fashion J Of a ferry-slip. A United States postage stamp manu factory has been unCarthed In France,' It was asoortained by the Postofftce 0 partment some time ago that one A.! Alexandria, Jr., lit Paris, wasei 1 manufacture of counterfeit ted States stamp* he sojd ma only to persons Who were makini lections of posttgb stamps, and ttt (t? 0 object was not to defraud the nment. The praotioe, however, imodiately discontinued. I?WS|I that a similar business Is carried on Knirlar.d ami Qenmm,. a person swallows any tioisott what 1 ; or lias fallen into oonvulsi9ns froml having'overloaded the stom stantanooua remedy, most efl applicable in a large number Is a heaping teaspoon AiJ of ? and ft* muoh cround m orcoia, scarcely I iwgtai. J up, bringing with it Uta remain tents of the stomach: mm) lest j n,pW.Tlt,3^up^orw.. sforo f th it t ?lioh V any remnant of the polfta, Hmall, lot the white of an e, spoonful of strong coffee be s soon as the stomach is qui . these very common articles nu large number of virulent poisons. I Wild beasts maku awftil havoc amoi tho cattle of somo of; thej Inces. In the province o of that province have, during tl ten yoars, tvled cvory possible rooting out the Waives and be without any noticeable success. year 1878 the loss then ran i 1,<KX> head of ^cattle. At Its. the Zemitvo decided to offer' five roubles to every persot kill a wolf, old or young, and for each hear killed during t the money to be paid front th fund. Stryohnlne pills aft I for the destruction of the The barometer of the national pros {erity of England is. according to the /ondon ikmitary ttfeord, at a Very low the depression in the marrlaii rate, that unerring test of the matorfr condition and prospects of" was still more strongly tho first quarter of this bocn in any Of the four The annual marriage rate li months ending Marfcli last did 11.6 per l,ono, mad was 9.1 .yeragfl rate Of the correspond if the previous forty yoars? 1 Hbw a marriage rat? has not pi the first quarter wlion the act f< marriages, bjrthi sp. ?for civil registration of ? b|rthsj| neatest apj rat e, In tho first quart I9.5in the first three i and the old em _ seltod the opportunity _ __ upon tho throne. They ? three-ycar-oli&juephew ofyflien ? and appointed themselves to until he became a man. <;.The 'Was carried out, and the two are now ?eeming&Jftrmly re-ee ed. Among the firit eta team an oT tho empire was Wo Ko-tu, at the head of the Civil 8ervioe Department. Ho ooded over the wrong done to the in nt son of Toung-che, and at last ro ved to speak out against it This was 'ous matter, for ancient usage in __a decrees that whoevor utters trea shallat once commit suicide. Wo tu wrote and published, in the most wottai language, a demand that'the press ana queen should abdicate. ien ho killed himself with a knife. Estfoi J)>mai Fishing in ? Man's stomach. I've swallowed my teeth," said Siomas Prout to the house surgeon of e New York Hospital. The surgeon looked inquiringly at Mr. Prout's mouth. To all appearances he was but one tooth ihort, and that was an upper front ooth. Mr. Prout explained. He said hat nine days before, while asleep in his home in Cheshire, Mass., ho was awakened by a sensaticu of ohoking and violent strangling, &yj plainly felt that there was something unpleasantly hard ahd large'maklngl .s way to his stomach. But he didn't ktv ,w what it was until Sio next morning he discovered that his plate" was missing. Then he came to o conclusion that he had swallowed e rubber plate to whloh was attaohed single tooth. It was his custom to fejnove the false tooth and plate each night on going to bed, but that time he forgot to ao so. The result of swallow ing this large and irregularly-shaped ar ticlo was that ho bocame 111, oould re tain nothing in his stomaoh and was In at pain. He consulted tho physl ns. who dosed him with emetics and ?poked down his throat. All this only aggravated his suffering. He rapidly !~rew thin and In nine days lost thlity ve pounds. The house surgeon at the hospital sent ir. Prout to a ward and had him put to ied. Then he hunted up a long strip of whalebone, to whloh was attaohed ? Piook. The doctor oarefully intro this instrument down Mr. Prout's i and Into his stomaoh. Then he fishing for the lost tooth. It was low work, but after a time he felt that had hooked on to something. He lied slowly and steadily, and, to Mr. t's bodily pain and mental pleasure, ght to light the missing plate and ,t? attachments. The surgeon was Dr. 17, T, Bull, son of Major Bull, of New port* ' - A Mnn of Many Trades. i Americans. says a New York paper, j are renowned, the world over, tor their I >raotlo?l versatility. They are so odn dually turning from one occupation or nude to another that it is rare to find ?ur countrymen doing in middle of lozen different employments be nching forty. A man named E. Flsk, and only thirty-two, \ in Essex comity, this State, has ?e varied experience than most patriots. A Pennsylvanian by >lrth, he went to. tho Adirondack re i ;ion. when a more lad, with hia father, i lumberman: settled at Schroon Til age, and has been thoro ever since, ex jept during three years* service aa a sol i iter in tho Union oause. He was first r ^apprentice-to a harness and saddle -'ter, then a shoemaker, next a furni _ i maker, next a carpenter and joiner, i4 planned and iflnished a hotel at jhroon lake. He is.also * painter and fcorator, and was for some time engi |*r of a steamboat plying on that shcot 'water. He was a barber for two ois years, and afterward filled the po Lfl&tlOn of dhief oook at a large and well 1 kept inn in that neighborhood. He is a mustoian. self-taught; plays very well on the piano and violin, and often di rects music for parties. He does odd &bs at repairing machinery, at plumb g, gas-fitting. plastering, paper-hang lng.?to., and is literally a jaok-of-au trodes, and almost a master of several. r He has never odnduoted a newspaper, i but he Is a good type-setter, and writes 1 a very fair artioje. A man of so many talents could oertainly make money in a large-town, but he to loves the moun tain regioh that he cannot be moved away by any prospeotof gain. I I??! I ' Words or Wisdom. It is easer to increase our wants, be It ever so muoh, than to reduco them, be it ever so little. * Examinations are formidable, even to Lthe best prepared, for th? greatest fool 1 may ask more than the wisest man can answer. ? * We must love our friends as true Ama teurs love paintings; they have eyes perpetually fixed>n the fine parts?see no other. Those who delight to insult the timor ous and mean do but swell themselves up into a more extravagant and remorse ? losifbarbarltv. caat ?n-ii-r }-r.? _ ? PPBSIBP. HI the prospects of his soul. In matters of love and appetite, bo ware of surfeit. Nothing contributes so much to the duration or either as mod eration in their gratification. Our leisure hours are among those that have tho moat importance in mould ing our characters. Our working hoi'rs are very important, but our leisure hours are^ those that form , our tastes and ? No form of government has yet been discovered by which cruelty can be wholly prevented. Subordination sup poses powe* on ohe part and suhjcotion on the other; and if Power be in thai hands of men it will sometime* bs abused.,* Nature seems to exist for the fcxcel-, lent. The world is upheld by the vo racity of good men; they make the earth Wholesome. Life is sweet and tolerable In out* belief in such society; and actu ally rir ideally, wo ranhage to live with out superiors.?Emerson. The spirit of liberty is not merely, as .multitudes imagino, a Jealousy Of our own Particular rights, but a respect for tho rights of others,and an unwillintneMi that any man, whether high or low, should he wronged and trampled under foot.?(Jhanniny. r$MI ? li'ii*'.! 1 The Figures that Killed i-nuis. M. Monscrlet. publishes in tlie Faris flMncment one ot thoso " oudous caten ations" about fatidical numbers which ome on? works out after, every catas rophe to an illustrious personage. The Prince Imperial received seventeen i assegai wounds, whereupon tho calcul ator works out seventeen to havo l>een always unlucky for the family of thfc Napoleons. The letters forming the, name of Napoleon Bonaparte ate seven teen in number. Napoleon In. was bom In 1606, whloh, by an application of the figures, gives seventeen. Eugenic was born in IB8fl, Whloh also produoes seventeen, as does 18M, tho date of the Imperial manage. Between 18M and I$m When the empire fell, soventeen jars elapsed, and th? Pflnc# m seventeen years 1. "te Lieutenant officer who vrfi*y iteen invented by a Western man Tor alien ot an fn'oh in th^inoii set firmly in a handle of the same material. In the up per rim of this sheet ue pierced tome idee, through which passes a silken oord. This goes down on the inner side of tho sheet, to tho handle, through a slot in whloh it passes. By pulling this oord the sheet is bent over at any angle whloh the user may desire. Each per son has to ascertain for himself what kind of a ourve of the rubber sheet will enable him to hear beet. Oenesally it is very slight?only about ten or twelve dogrees?though apparently the deafer the person the greater the curve must be. When used, the person holding it simplv touches the upper edge of the fan; or audiphone, against the teeth of the upper jaw. The voice of the speaker strikes upon this tense sheet of rubber, and communicatee to It vibrations whloh are in turn imparted to the teeth, and then pass to the audi tory nerve. With this operation the outer ear has nothing whatever to do; the delicate machinery through whloh Bound passing from without makes an Impression upon tho auditory nerve Is not used at all. The outer ear may be slopped up entirely, so far as It Is pos sible to do it, and yet one hears distinct ly the moment the audiphone is applied to the teeth. It Is necessary to use the teeth of the upper Jaw, for the reason that thdy are more nearly in contact with the auditory nerve; nor does it make much dlfferenoe whether tho te^th be one's own or artificial, so long as those artifical teeth are tightly fitted; for when that is the case the vibration Is imparted about as well as when they are natural teeth. The inventor is deaf himself. He happened one day to hold a watch between his teeth, and notloed that he could distinctly hear its tloklng, though when he held it to his ear no sound was audible. This set him to thinking that possibly he might be ablo to invent some device by which the sounds of the human voice could be transmitted to the auditory nerve through the medium of a tube, just as the ticking of the watch had been. Suicides In Central Park. When Central Park was laid out and opened to the public, which took, and haa taken over since, so much priuo and pleasure in it, says a New York paper, it was hardly thought that it would do the field for suloides that it has become. It Is remarkable how many persons go there to end their unoappy lives. Scarcely a week passes that the body oi (tome unfortunate is not found thero with suffloient accompanying evidence to show that death has been solf-lnflioted. So common has this arown to bo that tho park patrolmen have received or ders. when going on duty in tho morn ing, to search the shrubbery and se cluded places for Suicides. In oase of attempted suioide, relief might come in time to do good, because many persons bent on self-destruotlon are naturally so nervous that they handle their weapons olumBily. often making wounds that may bo healed. Usually, however, the ?uioides perform their gnastly work ef fectually. Suicido is not a pleasant as sociation with tho city's favorite prom enade and pleasuro^round, but it is hard to see how it can bo prevented. Certainly no legal enactments will be apt to restrain a man who has deoided to destroy himsolf. It is said that an order was onco conspicuously posted in Phoa nix Park, Dublin, to the effect that any body who should bo detected commit ting suioide there should be compolledt pay a fine of twenty-five shillings. Th difference between Frenchmen and American** is exhibited in tho choice of plaoee for committing suioldo. The for mer very rarely ohooso any retired spot in the Bo is de Boulogne. They usually 6refer to make way with themselves in tie most public and melodramatic man ner, leaping from the Arc de Triomphe. too Column of the Plaoe Vondome, or the Tour de Saint Jacques. Americans ana Anglo-Saxons generally seek some out-of-the-way spot to end themselves, Where they know that there Willi be lit tle danger of Interruption?where they can feel surer of oxeouting their fatal In tent. ' A Minor's Lack. A lettter from Carson City, Col., to the New .York Bun gives this story: Mines of immense value are discovered daily all through this district. Seven miles from Silver Cliff Is another minim? town of the name of Roslta, which is growing almost as fast. It is an older settlement, but it has been brought into prominence only quite recently by tho now famous Basslok mine. Bassiok is an old sailor from Belfast, Me. Years ago he went to Australia, engaged thero in mining, mado a largo fortuno, squan dered every cent of It, and returned to this country penniless, but with con siderable experience in mining. He be gan the hard work of prospector, but had suoh poor luck for several years that evon his credit with the grocers and pro vision dealers of Bosita gavoout. His largo family was on the verge of destitu tion when, a few months ago, h? at last struck a lodo of exceptionally high graded ore. To-day he Is a millionaire, having sold out his mine to a party of New York oanltAlists for $350,000 cash and $1,000,000 in stock. Tho old'Maine sailor is now "an independent gentle man." He wears good clothes and dia mond studs; his children have been sent i to Rastorn sohools, and ho himself has been visiting in his native Maine. The only unpleasant reminder of his life oi hardship is a humpback, acquired by a fall down a shaft somo hundred ieet deep. L An Iron War Shirt. An iron shirt was recently loft at tho moo of the Alexandria (Va.) Gazette by ome one who found it in a house that had been occupied by Union troops dur ing tho closing months of tho war. This iron-clad chemlso resembles some what the armor of a crusador, and is made of ten picces of heavy boiler iron, or it may be plates of thin steel, all jointed by movable rivets, which allow tho shirt to be disjointed and packed up. A portion of It is hinged so as to allow motion to-tho limbs. This mobile en. oeinte or personal lortress was fitted on in frontlike a dloky, but extended down far enough to cover tho thighs. The Owtte says: "Its inv,entor evidently deemed the shirt a usoftil invention, fur the sample on our desk is marked on ono shoulder in brass, like an epaulotto, patent appllod for,' and on the other, "Made by Atwater ArmoVy Co., Now Haven, Conn.' The marks,41. A. A.,' which, ws suppose,Indicate that41 must Avoid Aeoldcnta,' aro tho only other In scriptions found upon this work of art." American cattle aro now imported at Belfast, Ireland, and tho trade promise* toj?roW|ijgJ^ge, proportionately, as that More Than a Mile a Minute. There has been a controversy among railroad ongineors as to tho speed of trains, somo Contending that it was Im possible to go at tho rate of n mllo a minute. One day recently a test was mado on the last train of the Pennsyl vania railroad between Philadelphia and New York, which makes no stops for a dlstanoe of eighty miles, between Ger -mantown Junction and Jersey City. Five miles were passed over in exactly four mfoutee and fifty-five and a quarter seoond*. At another point three miles wero made to two minutes and thirty si x seconds. No extHa speed was made on this train, Wbioh < onslstbd ol four ears, containing 103 psssenMrs. The gSSSSfsS stealing from o; few York'* oyster trade Is sold to amount to $10,000.000every year. About 1,000 vessels are engaged in the businew In that port Not withstanding the faot that every saloon in New York city advertise* *? Saddle Book*' oysters there b not been an oyster brought from that bed for th#? last ten } ears. Thntbed was near Sand's Point, but was cleaned out in the '60s. Amerioan oysters sold in Liverpool last winter for $10 a barrel; and 35,000 barrels were shipped to that port. One of the heaviest transatlantic shippers says that oysterB are delivered in Liver pool in better condition than in Chica go, because when sent across tho country the jolting of the cars opens the shell and kills the oyster. The enemies which the owners of the oyster beds havo to contend against are the red drumfish, starfish and a small shellfish called a "drill," which bore through tho shell and extract the liquor. The red drumfish varies from two to t_.ree feet in length, and his mothod is to crush the oyster in his powerful jawg and eat tho meat. Eloven years ago a shoal of drumfish attacked a bed at Prlnco's bay, and in the course of two days ato up 7,000 bushels. If monhadden are caught by steam, oysters uro also dredged by means of steamers. The first boat of the kind is tho Lookwood, which works an oyster farm oi 1,600 acres on Long Island Sound. The grounds oro in deep water off tho now flghthouso at Savin Rock. Tho Lockwooa is equipped with steam dredges. When tho dredge* are thrown overboard they sink to a depth oi thirty five or forty feet and are pulled in by Bteam. They are often filled with a re markablo collection of blgoysters.quoor looking horse fish, hammock crabs, water spiders, periwinkles, soft-shell crabs ana other marine wonders. Oystermen of Long Island are looking forward to a season of unusual pros perity, as more oysters ore being grown in their waters than at any other time within twenty-flvo years. Oyster planting associations have been formed InsGmo of the south side towns, holding and planting hundx-eds of acres. A few years ago great rivalry existed between tho planters and no united efforts for protection was made. Oyster beds were often robbod at night of their entire contents. A better telling was soon brought about by tho immense profits ot the business. It is estimated that tho yiold from the bays on tho lowor end of tho island will be 500,000 barrels more than last seison.' European demand for the oyster is ox pected to be much largor this year than ever before. Tho American oyster was introduced iri England about live years ago. At that timo the English dealers succeeded in influencing tho assistance of the. health authorities there, and a very stubborn effort was mado to keop the article out of tho market. In fact, so strict a watch was kept for the ar rival of tho oystor that men and women, who wero well paid, were compelled to noddle them about in small baskets for tear of having them condemned by the sanitary inspectors. Tho people, how ever, showed a preference for tho Yankee oyster, so that hist year the ship ments ran as high as 60.000 barrels, some donlears sending as many as 1,800 barrels at one shipment. Last year firlces for Long Island oysters ranged rom $3 to $4.60 a barrel, and before the European demand the prices ran be^ tween $1.60 and $2.?Philadelphia Time* Vital Force. Lot us consider a few of the m an ways In which we waste the stuff tha life is made of. It 1ms been well said " the hubit ol looking on the bright side of things is worth far more than a thou sand pounds a year;" and certainly it is a habit that must ad(\ many years to the lives of thoso who acquirc ft. Really, evory fit of despondency and evory rage taken bo much out of us, that any one who indulges in either without a great struggle to prevent hhrtnelf doing so should be characterized as little les9 than ?*a fearful fool." How silly it Beems oven to ourselves, after cooling, to have acquired a nervous headache and to have become generally dono up, stamping round the room, and showing other signs of foolish anger, booause the dinner was Ave minutes late, or becauso somo one's respoot for us did not quite rise to the high standard measured ov our egotism! As if it weronotfar more important that wo should save our vital energy, and not get into a rage, titan that the dinner should be served oxactly at the moment. One day, a friend of fcord Palmerston asked him when he considered a man 90 bo in the primo of life; his immediate reply was " seventy-nine. But," he ad ded, with a pUyful smile, *' as I have ontored my eightieth year, perhaps I am myself a little past it!" How is it that such men work on vigorously to the end P Because they troasure their ever diminishing vital force. They studiedly refrain from making a pull on the consti tution. Reaohing the borders of seventy years of age, they as good assay to them selves, "We must now take care what we are about." Of course, they make sacrifices, avoid a number of treacherous gayotles. and, living simply, they per haps give somo Cause oi offence, for the world does not approve of singularities. But let thoso laugh who Win. Thoy hold tho censorious observations of critics in derision, and maintain tho even tenor of their way. In other wordrf, they conserve their vital force, and try to koep above ground as lortg as possfblo. Blustering natures, forgetful of the great truth that " power itself hath not one half tho might of gentleness," miss tho ends for which they strive, just becauao the forco that is in them is not properly economized. Then as regards temper any man who allows that to master him wastes as much onergy as would enablo him to remove the causo of anger or over come. an opponent. The little boy of eight years ola, who in tho country is often seen driving a team of four im menso dray horses, Is one of tho innu merable instances of the power of reason over brute forco, which should induce violent tempers to becomo calm from polioy, ff from no higher motive.?Cham bers' Journal* Ont of the "Towers of Silence." Tho Bombay (India) OrtzeUe says: Within the last half century or moro old gossips liavo delighted in telling thrilling stories of the rarsl dead occa sionally returning in their own bodies and flesh among the living alter their last remains had been consigned to the Towers of Silenoo. An instanoo is re lated in Which a malo member of an old Pars! family, known in Bombay as tho Dhunna Patell fam'ly, reappeared before a female member of it several years after his death and claimed her as his own sister. Not many montlis ago complaints were made in tho local (itjaratl journals of ?i oorpse-bearer who was suspected of having, with a large iron shovel Hko thoso kept in the Towers of Silence, brained a man who. having come to life some hours after be ing laid In the tower, was ?won sitting uuon the stone slab whereon his dead body had been plnood. It was stated that had not the man been killed mer cilessly ho might have sealed the tower wall and, escaping with Ids life, might liavo been restored to Ids family and friends. J)lsgulso is said to bo a neces sary precaution for persons "come from the doad," for a deep-rooted superstition associates their presence among tho liv ing with a sure sign of an impending public calamity or an epidemio. Such stories of visits from the dead do not, however, find general oredenoe amontr the l'arsii of Bombay. In the Mofussll towns, whore the walls oY the Towers d Silence are Jow and therefore easily scaled* whoro tho tower* themselves are situated <it considerable distances from tjie: habitations of Mtf ftftj Por>tilth btr ( When nleuurM " iighE?\ Whan to ivm( I List through the daop woods l 8weet roioM, murmuring -EftS v Remember! Romomber, when tate's orual bud bM 1 For aye the tie that bound my life with i When, with long yoara ??* IfM spoken, Despairing heart and blastod hope? art mine. Think ot my sad lore, think ot my last adiea, AbMuM and timo mo naught when lore to true. Lon* as my heart shall beat, Ever it shall fiym, Remember t' ) < ? Remember, when beneath the Mid ground lying, My broken heait lorerer ia at rest, Remember, whan some k> rely flower is tryin it? petals soft to open on my huait, Thou wilt not sea ma; but my soul set (raa Faithtul in death aball still return to Ihea. Then harfc to tba aad wntM 01 a deep voioe that groans. Remember t ^ ? From <A? FrtncS qf Alfred dt Mum*. m re ITEMS OP INTEREST The home of the Ceesars?'The CuitOm"^, House. England is Aill of foreign prince# visit- \ Itig at country houses. ' " An Augusta (Ga.) man is training a puck of houndB to take to the North and > give exhibitions. ' . The number of rood and blackbird* \ shipped Irum Salem, N. J., alone during ono week was 4,177 dozen, or 60,193birds, ^ There has been grown at Pulaski, Ky., a ripo watermelon three inches long, an. inch and a half in diameter and contain* ing live seeds. " I am astonished, my dear young lady, at your sentiments?you make mo startV' *, I "Well, sir, I've been waiting for jouto start for the last hour." "?* A bald-headed professor, romoving a youth for the oxeroise of his fistd, said, '? We light with our heads in this ool lege." Tiie young man rwllectod a mo* ment, and then repliod, " Ah, I see; and you have butted all your hair off." A young American, tho son of M*s. Gen. Viele, of New York,-has distill-1 KuiBhed himself at the College Stanislaus in Paris, having taken the grand priw for tho Concours at tho Sorhonne, and ,v thirteen others, including first Groek and Latin. - .'r- ? The tenacity with which toads oling to ?*' life Is well exemplified in tho ease cf one which was resurrected from a ofctoh* basin on Chapal street, in New Haven,, . 1 After a bcvou years' imprisonment In ?> i solid cement this toad, when relieved ,3s from his surroundings, lioppod o ff just jp as if nothing unusual had happoned. A Kansas genius, representing hhnaelf.ysj as a practical farjner. visited the fairs In , that State with a prize pumpkin, and he t took tho premiums every time* The pumpkin moasurod soven feet in ciroum- \'?, ference and weighed 930 pounds. .. A fanner attempted to tap the pumpkin in, ' the absence of its owner, to get some of the heeds, and discovered that it WM 1 mado of wood. ?'' A mob broke into a jail at Pentoa villa, j Neh., took out Barney Thomas, a horse thief, and started for a convenient tree to, , lian?liini(m Jt happened that a party of Harney's friends wero lurking in the '? neighborhood, having made an inaf- .. lectual attempt to get him out of the prison. They fell upon the lynchers^ suddenly, renewed tho prisoner and es caped with him. A half dozen drugs seems to bo suffi cient; to combat'all kinds of diseases. During tho last Turko-Russlin war the medical stuff of the Russian army or- vi dored 38,000 pounds of quinlno, 10.COO t-K pounds of chloroform, 130,000 pounds of v ?1 oastor oil, and several thousand poundsv' } of ophlm. gum olunph'and car v { bolic acid. With thc-ao they .prepared7 ? for all emergencies. SwIps colonies atGreenvllio, 8. C.. ahd on Cumerland mountain, Tenn., nave had wonderful success. The latter set tled in 1873 and consists oi 116 families and about soven hundred souls who purchased 10,000 aores of land at $1 per acre. Eaoh family finds itself now in a comfortable homo with a good income They havo dairy and cheese f* stories i? successful operution, their products find Ing ready saio at fancy prices. M How much (or a pearP" he asked, and with a chuckle paid tho threo cents demanded. Then camo the joke.,*j '*% only took a pair," exhibiting two of the articles. And what a satisfied ^rlnthJKi punster started away with I " All right;", shouted tho huckster after him, "pears is only a cent apleoe, but I knowed you'd be up to some dodgo. You keep tho joke, old buster, ana I'll koop the extra cent."?Syracuse Times. Rev. A. A. WilHts, of Philadelphia, is a good shot and loves to hunt. One day when returning toward home with a well-filled gamo-bag ho me* - who accosted hiui with, "1 lits, it seems to me that .a 1 right to live until itffvtimS h die." The reverend gentleman " Friend, you and I agree f ' I find that generally when , trained on ? time come." 'Tia night. Two lovws'leaa f ' Upon the gate) A nearlng form u It fi. their la*. A ptaroinjr sortam town 1??* . y; i ? ' The wdkin rent! ' '? It was, as you infer, 4:4i'. ^ Her pa-ri-ont. The lover sought to soooti Alasl tool&M; . IIo's hoisted w I th a boot Beyondthegato. i ?' .?????;?">? ?8yracu$t ftunddy Timtt. J An Old Hermit's Story. There is an Interesting hefmit Austin Sheldon in the wilds < county, Pa. He is sovonty-thre old, totally deaf, ancv jlves in ? which he has rudely fitted ttf> for itatlon. His only companion Is a rat. His personal appearance Is c ling. Ho is ibout five feot in b?* and his hair and beard are as wl snow. His clothes arc worn and pn and ho wears a waistband mlide of n hickory withe to support h Is garments. For his defence against wild oeaits tie carrlos a long knife, as iharp as a razor, \ which ho manufactured by grinding down an old file. H<* saystliatlih par ents wero Connecticut farmers. In oarly manhood he fell in love with mix-accom plished girl and tlioy wero engaged to be married. Her parents broito pff the jc ,H match by secretly sendlifg her away tot*w boarding school. This so preyra Upon Austin's mind that he gavo up business and started out to find her. lie traveled from Stato to State, but In vain, and Anally, when his money Was nearly spent, ho reaolved to settle down In PennsyU vania. He fell into the hands of land , speculators, who soon got what cash lie hail, and deeded him tne batren tract of land upon which he how lives. His a^ tonishment when he saw tho "farm" that 3m hadJbeen deeded him may be imagined. Ho found nothing but a forest, and as h storm came tipnc) wss obliged to take refngo in aoaveln 4'ledge of rocks. This oave he han ever since inhabited. Fot nearly twenty years he subsli wild fruit snd nuts, and in the trapped game and nib. For three the hermit never saw a human - Previous to beginning life us a h< lie was proud of his Jrtrsonsil r*' ance, but he grew negligent ' " SPSS