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Uivutrat ?nd least alike. thou rul'at tholr fato, Tho nvalan?*e cUtiiUfd until thu century a o muiboc... ~j--f raado robo for etnpororl 4#vyTr~r?tua* frfurbla Wander* and bla ainaT . mnYft ?? tbtao!* v*a?b ue who walta boat sucst Who lotiRc#* mA(b of hU moat auroly wlna. Wbon Tltno t? kpont* Kternlty DCRina. To doubt, t^chuXo, to bnato, doth God aocuse. 1 --Helen Jackson. THIS TWO K0815NBBKG8. A cort*,* man named Rosenberg, who bokjugod to a well-known' battery, aiid liati aiarried very young, had aeon whom h* allowed to outor tbo samo *>nttory xhon'ho was. 18. But as tho athe^ Sad dot bccu promotod vory* upidly. It li.apponod that ho and hit ion w*?e sooond. lieutenants at tho? ;amo Hoio, the futhor Just ontoriug hit fortius year and tho son his'tworitioth. r-)ni?tjepf .thu difference in ago, the .thor-looked yotipgor thau hU son, iio Itail como iuto tho world with an old fade; and if tho faChor's gray hair "Uhihavo boon exchanged tor tho yjlt-bladk locks qI ids eon thoro 1s no Joubt but that ho yroirid havo boon ta ken fop.his ton. and .-viop vorsa, espec ially ju thero .was 'a' marked rosem bl:)h(jo hi fnoo and. figure. They bo oafiiH known as Kosouberg tho lirot and , Rosohborg tho second. f ' Aftertho death of his wifo tho father tindhls son tepaVatod aud took bach el qr?; .garters, which pleased Roscu be*g tho jjc'cond, asit gave him more freedom. But tho fathor who had beyri used to society, soon grew tired of It;- and. Invited to-hie rooms .all the o tU pars who visltod tlio little garrlsofr Tills was not. of froquont ocourrOnco, but it uTVprded occasional hew expor iotfeos.. It was a groat ploasuro to tbo old-bfllcor to w a tell tho unpacking of Ills comrades' trunks. Thoro wija al ways something new to bo soon that people </of this lit tie, out-of-tho-way fdaco had nqver hoard of, apd concorn ng which the.ouriosity of Rosenberg tho first lod him to inform himsolf vory minutoly. One day an olUcor of tho ?vjJfp^Whlto dragoons oamo to tho gdrrlson, who, although no longor a yqjirtg man, had vory black, glossy hair. Qno Bun day morning Idoutonant Rosonborg tho ilrst ontorod the ropm of his guost without, kuockiug, Just as ho was drawing tho cork from a bottle that he had taken out of ids satchel. "Whfctliavfc yottaq.firtoP'l askod the X ^eurlous host. "A flask of oologne Aufitpr?ov perhaps a oordial for. tho ?^^imaohP" AVVfhls ituddou appoaranoo qoornod to surprise hts guo.it rathor unpleasantly. Ho hastily wutthe oprk ipto tho.bpttlo ami wot it ticdnnd a curtail, out of 4,0h, it I# wator?for tl|0 sealp, he muttered." . ? ^^odW.g * TV?P/wiiwi and oonllnuod: "Ypu ffiJMfiaiiailffluSSL " ^n,beautiful scalp." ? it mnkos it." - '. Md rooeived, and Is departure, but oonld not allow ordered his own old M ?....ad It to aoootnpany fliis friend of theM.WJiito dragoons to the olty limits, where ho left him, and pp|iqHfpPOTI?rT^w^pr--)r-?wr.> nuu tuowvur od bohlndtho our tain tho bottlo that his glioat had forgot.tun. . iiis first im pulse was to hasten after him with lb But tile sooond thought was that the ollloar would havo a start of an hour V, ibtifo't^s He oo\tld ovortuko him. He had tie oduld remain whoro it wa? Until his comrado r9t?rh6d? or If h<i. n^yer did rotu^u bo urobKbly khbw whafo to got ^: * f tnordR' Ttf6?ld OlTlcoF OXatdln^d It on' all aides. , It was' a plain white bottlo, Will oontrivel" ,ho thought, whilo ho ^?hdok flwt hit hoad artd tbon the bot* tlo. "'iCla bonoHt Ids hoadt What nonsense! I bollovo it li good lor nothing.'1 He drew out tho oork, hold tho botU^^o his loft nostril, oloted his asf *4 oomrado has .dono well. ,\'8uoh stuff would jjMMtf*>o >hlto-olenr. well water* 'tfTnltht plcvy a ' Joke on my friondof tho White dragoons. I will 'I?iTa ? Ma?Rwyuai A WUI CLlAViTrS!; f hat ha!" * With this dnolslon he went to 111 ? fopWi Ppured the eputoute of the bottle ntotl.o wash-bowl, and then filled it nM 'itw frot" tho pitoher. ?&; ?Thorp,ho oxolnimod, puttlug tho bjiall ohjpy thaVwhen my :?.it\?ndM?tni,. This will hplp him as Wttle as the otbor, and he will toon wash ed his hair until hi* arm aohed. BR ? _ *>moWow morning my, heAd will look Just ae it doos now. But 1 'muni be . off to the square to drill the recruit*. It Is a ^ ?n hour too earhr, but It :o no dlfferenoet and one jiovor vs what may delay bin? oh the ." So he put on hit oap, fattonod abbf,. an<l walkodllolauroly to arket-plaoe. When he ? ho fottttd tho captain id nothing to pass away th, the captain thought ho 1#pi >eh to be down tdijao . smiled with tatlnfao ' iaW 1 that .offioer comihg V but when he had noaror hit, faog fell ?ho Ortt looked at thlt unexpect? at hit auperior abo tome the nontenant, much suvprUodiudood." . "I do not undorstaud you. Why ?soP" "Groat heaven81 bocauso wy fathor Is doad, captain.'.', "Tho old man turhed palo. "DeadP Your fathor doadP" said ho, with trem bling voice. "My God! How did it happeuP" ??Ho fell from hit horse and broko his nook." , Tho captain claspod his hands and shook his hoad in horror. "Oh, oh, oh I" said he, over ' and over. "Oh,' you poor follow, you poor follow!" Liout. Rosonborg tho tirst lookod at him, wholly at a loss to know what to mako of iu In tlui menntimo tho recruits had gatlioi-ed and stood in lino. A lower ol&oor stood before thorn, wailing for tho stroke of tho boll. "Attention!" hooallod, as tho first clang tromblod in tho church towor. To a soMior duty comos boforo all olso, outing or drinking, houso or homo, wife or cuilil, fathor or mother. "Will you have tho goodness to stay with tho rocruits, doar RosonhorgP" Bald tho old captain. "Tlioy cannot bo loft without a head." Ho pressed tho lieutenant's hands in doop agitation, and thon added: "Adiou! adiou! doar Rosonborg," whilo blight tears fell from the old soldier's oyes down on his bushy board. "Auf wiodorsehon! God comfort you! dear Rosenborg. God comfort you!" Ho turned and wont with faltering stops to his home, tho shook having woakohod him so that ho ncodod to rost and colloot himself bo foro calling tho Borgoant to adviso with him iu regard to further procood> ings. v . . x Lieut. Rosenborg watched tho cap tain disapnoar round tho corner; thou ho laughed, and oxolaimed: "Woll, I novor saw anything liko .it. Thoro is nothing liko it in all the world!" Ju*t thon auothor oflioov oamc from tho sumo dirootlon which tho captain had., gono. "Lindomftun!" onlle^* Rosenberg, as ho was passng. "Good morning! Good movuing! How goes it with youP Como lioro a momout." ^ Lindomann- did so. "How can I eorvo you, Rosenberg*" ho askod. "Hid you just moet our captain P" "I did." * ''Did anything about him surpriso youP" 1 "Vorymuch; howp in tonrs." ? "Ahl Now, you soo?I tWight ho musj; havo boon too froo with his schnapps or eaten too muoh broak fast.?V' v- * ""What do voli tntffitiP Ho is not in the habit^.of. doing so.?' . ?Wen, thoro is certainly somothing wrong with him." 1 "What brought you to such a conclu sion P"'r 1 '-"Why, just thluk! When I oamo up to him ho asked mo how my fathor wasl", \ % , ?. "Well, why should ho not ask youP" Rosonborg tho lirst lookod at him in amnzomont. "Why Bhould ho not ask moP" ho repoatod. "Certainly; why notP" "Booauso he novor did so boforo." "What of thatf Everything must 'not seoiiow vou, Irfhdbmnhn, a sonsi is dSd?"C ^a^WaftetA xn/A who ^MJ>Oftd! Do you 'jostf No ono ?should spoak lightly of sOoh things, .'j&y deaf Rosenborg." r "I pfty? no ploasuro in Joking about suoh things; But I cortalnly oan say that my fathor is doad." Lieut. Lindomann's faco grow vory Jong, and ho turned na palo as Capt Kloim had beforo him. "Can it bo trneP Can it be posslbloP" ho said. ,'But toll mo, for God's sako how it hapnonod." "He foil from his horso and broko his nook." Lieut Lindomann's arms foil by his . ,V.*.pd hfobreathing was hoavy and < R^onborg, ibo first lookod j^dor Rt Lindomann, who youl ho orled. "Hoavon sond you slronftthrto bear Itl" ?. "IK must bo oraey," thought Rosen staring after him in ut ter bo wilder mo nt, "or has ho had too hearty a breakfast./Only one of tho twocan bo posslblo?only ono of those But whon flftoon minutes lator tho a0&0lat^!m??to"look. and soo WW Wad in ordor, and took tho liborty of inquiring for , his father's health, ly at tho expenso of my father; that will not pass?I cortftinly will not al ,0WA A* won at the training of tho reomlts is over 1 Will &o to tho cap tain and roport, and u he is at the hoad of the conspiracy it is all tho same thoTesnlt" n?% ** ??Pon?lblo for '0<\v? tijjtk o*d officer standing on the marketplace raging Inwardly and soo whut Rosenborg tho seoond is doing. Ho oatne out of his rooms to tho best of spirits, oarofully plokod a spook of dusf with his thumb and foro flngor from his left arm, and saunterod down tho stroot, With a oomplaoont Imile on his lips, not knowing oxaotjy Whwo^e wlsho<( to go. Ho mot Lieut IJndomann. "HoaWntf What a ft0610 "a,l(l Itownborg tho soo 0?d to him. "You look as though you had had some frightful mltfor tuno. < w. . ?? v'* 'v A s ^n^omann stared at* this spnooh. "Rosenborg, I don't under stVidvou,"heflnal!ysald. ^'What don't yon understand, old foDoWf That t wonder at your doleful exprosslonP it Is not usually so. mo ,lnto the restaurant. We will take a glass of wine together." Llndomaon shook his head, m if the oonduetofhls friend was wholly In o^n>pr?honnlble. . In a good humor to-day; I In vito yon tohroakfast," oontlnuod Lieut. Rosonborg. ??Come," and he turned to tako his arm. Bnt Lindomann drew baokt '?Von myioWf-' Wh'?? b?V? 1 '<> "Itirtebborg, I do not understand *011. 1 would not bate oxpooted such iaok of fooling from you.'* . K ^anT'k ?' Wh|t do you "Well, I should not havo thought when one's* father Was ijloid-??? Rosonborg's i'aoo 'grow serious at Onoo, and ho grasped Lindomann's hand. "Ohl forgive me," he said With tender sympathy In his voloo. "I did not know that-though I might WOKHm HHHBI '? >? ?*?..?#? do you This w as too much for LI At. Lindt* mtinn. "Know whatP l#w, have done," he said, red with angfl\ "That is enough?my rery sows rises ? up against suoh llippanoy. Y<wr father is not yet under the grqund.jonci you begin to bo mernrl" "Your grlof hss Lindomann," replied neatly- "Yop aro oonfc yoursolf." "How so? I do not seo>: "Or yoiy fathor jrl^i ro^ftjo^tf.iLj'Our.Jfa mlno." "My patienoe is . oxhaOsfed/' said LIndomann. "It is not egpuglT thai you hold your own fathor lwsuch llttlo honor. My father, thank Cpd, is wolL I had a letter from him yeitorday. If ho woro dead, my slater woild certain ly havo telograpned to me.'5s " "Well, that is good. mourn, thonf" "For yonr firthbr, unhappy, frivol ous, Inoomprohonsiblo main .* "My fathor!" said Liout <l$osou berg, astoundod. "Certainly. .For wh^n* clso? lie, foil from his horso andbrol e his nock." Bosonborg the second tajuud death ly palo. "Idid not Jtnq\yjwvword of -1 it,v ho stammored. "Wh/^old you?" "Who told mo? WfiWftou, your 8ci f." ^Bk "How, IP That is impossible. I have not seen you to-daVjlSi, "Havo not aeon mo? Yea called me a half-hour ago, ou tho^MAckot square, to toll mo the dreadful ne?L" Rosonborg tho second .looked' anx iously at nis frlpnd; . {Udhdomann," Said ho, "I boliovo thero h aomothing wrong with you." " ' ' "Quito tho contrarV/ sooms to mo thero lsr aomothing wrong with you. You told thta 'fflM thing to Capt. Klohnl" P ? "Capt. Klohnt I havo ?ob soon him to-day." . i. I vBut 1 have.'- ? 1 mot' hii i as ho onmo iTom tho markot-plaoe, todyhls fa to was full of teawf^Ho. sa if you staid with tho roofulta that yoyfohad under taken to drill for your filtypr." Now Bosonborg tho | wnd becarao angry too.* "Did Capt. Blohn tell you that, ' ho askod,-"wlthtftifo\vn mouth ? Thon I will go to tho oam^ih ut one-. If I told him that my fatiior Wit'a he cortainly Is feot, apujtf^it, tit rial W that yourJTathor is^0^ Soino fathor must"bo, tb'r auolf a stogy ?nc*or enroo from nothing. 1 . WUU Omt lurtook.hla sabor undpr Ills arm agd^ftalkpd off, in a very, agitated fran$ fit * mind, to tho captain's house. ' Tho oaptain was aitin his room,? unable to control hiw|$f, when his servant entered and fcpuounyod that Liout. Rosenborg waa M tiio door aud wlshod to knowJf ho ?>vtld spoak to him. '.'Certainly, cei'tro^y,'' I19 said; "show him in." - ?^jv; Tho next tuqwoht Bosonborg tl'o Bocoud nupoarpa. ., iMy poor young friend!" said tho captnljL "it wan very hard on you,' under sucjt Sorrowful cir cumstances, to stay by' mpso repfult* So long1. I mot Liout, I .idomann and intouaod to askJ^Ifja/fib.1 sllevoyou, but When f told hlttfltWirui 4 forgot u. equally unsot., 1 Should spaalc, the captain s short sp Toll oonliruipd what Lieut. Lindemout had told. JiTm. But ho had not boot* Jx yfcr the recruits, and had nota^okeh da iir to tho cap tain or Llndpmaun.. J >vas a story lit for lunatlbil1 ? ?' ' ? 3 J '' Tho .captain was abow:to insist upon tlio yotin" orticer bainrf floated, whoa his thlok^iioadod, rodrlrouded atCoudant ontored tho'ddi>r again* "Captain?at tho door is?ho btfc*p?' find .then f{lanced at tho young#'pntoer, and h'a icad becamo thicker a^d'!redder than ovor. ,;T VWoll, what is itPl^Atrgsd tho old 'WLi&mm "Llout. llosenbctrsf^ho nbst^orod witlj trombliiig. *4i< [Wished hio to askiflio oould.spoa^t|Nk you a mo ment." . v Thopoaptalrt and the young llouten ant looked dt'oaoh ptijor. Liout. Kom enburgl I( M ^ss ftt doorhe could not be doad, too. At gl?am pf light enmo to both. "Llont* ltosonberg Capt. Klohn of his so' again at tho officer, oS bofore hitja. ^ > '?Tho captain Avllly pardon me," ho ropllod^/'it la LieuWJfosonborg tho soo ond," iff Tho two' rtton tumai to onoh othor In bowlldorment. 1 4 "Lioutyltosenbe poatod Capt. Klohi, slblo?he la hord.*' .'*1 V,v "Yos, 1 cortainly itw inat," said tho follow; "biH Liout. il^pnborg tho soc ond is also outstep MHilff' i "You are oiiuy, follow. You ovl tlontly oan not; koe lrcif.'' Woll," and Oapts Klohu turned#0 the ofllcrir. "You suroly are horo, Add ,wbllp you aro horP, you ban pot c<ipn agaiir^, Tho lloutonrtut df<] not know what to jay, so he a?M notldrtg. "Let hiriST^ftoibet ifii,". aMd Capt Klohn. io ftrst?" aslrod anv who Atared U.<?^irn stood W" second 1'' vo> hat) |s impos ais own foot A Llout J itosenborg tho flrstfcu&rod, Now and Ipoobhlo4s astoniHli*\i{;U. Tho boy also itopnod In to soo tlfa^rostilt t| "Yoti HrO Llonti'B5Swab6Vg tho poo >nd?" asked tho,<untaln at last; , I ?The baptaifMVMjAttfuabmo. t ami U6ut. Jlosonbertf tjo ftr?t,'V ' I'oor Capt. KImo a head whirled. "That Is fmpoirf<ll|6,', said ho. "In that oaso yo'tt Svoutl bo yonr own fath-1 n- artd fathor of tltfc otlmr Hosonberg. I tho sooood, and thAt can't bo, for if iron woro your owl father you would DP doad, and coxilA Hoi bo hero. 1 foav snal Mow my hoivl aoltPsl This :>j' i ntlon " f But all the tlrrtMho two Kontonants ?ad boon looking It pitch other's oyos. "Father! jour hajf has turned black," ?aid tho son, , ???? 1 v? "WhatI My hilt black?" ho *<g* twerotl. Thou U^tf.j.nod lnjforo anitr^ or, and looked said*ho in xiiisuu nation, '^'lu're was never si g \ tiling blifoi'Pi Tltut I> 1:111 >',<i rtt.i l^lmt did it." CaJ?t jK'.(||in Mm. . "Ohr' hoj dyo<l your hair | yon, and a^kefl was, and yott I at It. Hat ha! you told mb Bat how did Uig to Uosoni " 1 met 1 "Oh,? "irnstl gwaaar" "WfllyouTiold your tonguo., i growled tho oaptnia. "I will. HinT-Copiah.."?7Vaii from the Vciim.'t lib ?i(rh~~ w* 1 There*.-., fv Toluol. ?' '? ? 4 "But, do you nm shrt.uk from n stfoh as thU yoivuro'ltoiding? R day risking u (Ctrl bio death?" "No," sue answered, "I liko it. liko to tyol. tnyAustcry over tho of boasts. ikfiow Ihjit He hungers my ilosfiT and "pants for my blpo<J, ( 1 am dufoncojos . A littio scratch vi liis claw.'a btrolco 6f his foot, aml|?__ lost. But I ha*v<l a human soul, ami a will stronger than hi1*; ho know* it, and oowonKn^sro mo. V .? Mr. Tomi^tr-lookod at Iter with \vo ti dy r. j#*. ' "It is a 1S**'1 bo said, "tlriit OYOfSz woman lovoyy^viuost." "Every VWmd, ' sho'answered,''Umu{ powor to-gain victories &o Ionjr us 'she is niistross over hor own hoartV. ' ^ Noxt day lio was again prosouv^ai a$ exhibition. ?.Ilo wont to tho mouago#^ and stood near tho oago. lib saw lior~ enter; licr eye mot bis. SI10 smiled, aiul. tho pretty dimples forniod in flhO; cornors of her mouth. , At tho sartJitij moment tho lion's 111:1110 bristlod, bo began to claw at tlio boards Of j^bul coll Uoor in "an angry, impatient man ner. Her oyo had bocn off bitty plitfj hor powor failed, bnt only for a mo# mont. ?Sho reqpvotcd lior* attention/' and ooncontratod it o;i tho brutc}r'me$ hts>od oyo with a calm; and resolute look, nha beckoned hiiii' to hor'ffliH Ho hesitatod, turned asido, and walfcod -ound tho dou, thrusting fi.M'vJj against tho sides, oyoing bor 00Y0,... and growling, unit showing ids ^'h tooth. Sho' foilbwod, novor allowli him to esoapo hor firm oyo, anq'{ od to hor foot. Then I10-turnod r soil round, and dulklly.protosKiuf sneaked to tho plaoo indicated, L. kuolt, by him, and lahl her arm bond on his inane, but thrust tho.' otb$F hand through tho .bars aud said to Mr. Tomplerr "Fool my pulse." Ho took tlio' delicate wrlpC wtwoeifi his lingers, and. counted. Tho .pulSfe' was at a hundred and twenty.* Whon tiio exhibition wi\s ovor, ,-^ said to Mi*. Tomplof, ?"Ljmiy ydu, uot bo prosont again, xbu uhnc me. . When 1 am'in tho cage,vl!'^_ thiuk of nothing and* no onobnttl king. Ho' is a jealous -master/ n'$a Oil lo6s ho ha3 all my thoughts will toa ni6." .. 49 "Good heavens, Theresa!' ? oxoinlu he. "1 cannot bpar to think of tU? I dreamt of you last, nlgld^ <and ? W4$ in torror, imagining the oud htit, come." "It will come sonio day. ;".Th|$ Js fnto of us all. Mother oaniQ.<off<ltefctoi than most, with a broken. thigh./ you count my pulsations?'* -j "Yes. V ? 1 " l'hen you can judge. citoinout )>, wiliv life in one's a lion's don.". ^EnglishMw AUujazinc, \ r ?/"" Wl'zjW Or caitio in from, a 'mining ornnpio bu, Btoros, and anion# other wanted butter. Huntington hau^ivvjp^*. al tubs brought from Qrango county-, tho famous.buttor-prb^neipg lojjioU of New York. ?'%o fibers had fc ?good JLiilng.i tli^mpnoy. would buyf(iud tho storekeeper ti0111 tho mining camp" \va? boutul to trtke^'mk the host ho could find^ 1 l'l want sofii<?yl>ang-up butter," Wfls; tho way tlio ,?tore.k>>epor from tho camp signified his desire. "?. ."-.'dpfej "WoiJ," said Huntington, vlittto Jaf Borne all tlio .way'from Now York stato, the roal"uenuij.o Orango oounty arti cle." Huntington ran tho trior dowrt to.fliQ-bottom of ilto tub, and tho store keeper ran Ids noso along It whor^ it W?s pulled out. 4 ' "What's tho tax 011 that greaspP" ho^ naked! . ? . . '?VThftt's 35 oontq a pound," replied Huntington. . "Hain't you got soinothing ' a lcetlo ' bottar?" naked tlio :>tor,okoopor. . wXes," 'saiil Huntington, goitfg to nnothor tub,of. tlio very' same kind,of butter. < Ho know tho storekeeper would not bo j?atis|iod if ho did not ?how fcomothitig botter, hud ho was e(]iial to tho ?yoit ;i'?i. ? "Hofo'fl soruo for 60 qont$," s;iid Huntington, ,as ho drdW the trior out and tho <itpr6kpdp~f er!s noso'followocl it from one end to the bthor. "Now,, tha^s a littlo liko it." said tho storokoopor,, "but," be' addod with a wink* "ootue now, hain't yotvgot somo thing that the ilies won't aettlo bn< that s fur-lined and haimoppodP There's nothlpg too. good for us, and we've got tho oust lo pay f6r it.1' ??Yea," }igaln said HuntiAgton. "Hero's something'that Wo don't often ln'mg out." The trior wont down Intb tho third tub o( tho sarno lot, ahd tho it6roko?|*ors nose followed tiro lino of butter for tlio third time. "Hotf>,m(fbh is she as40f>sed at?',' asked tho storokoopor, an ho looked at footlonatoly on tho butter. ^ "SUty-livo cents a p<n?Ud.'' "You hain't got too ntuon' for vinto/' lahl the stofokoopor.? Ftriutitial''^J'oUr*. lift/. : ' A'^jSOf, fttory.' ' ? ' Th6 followtog lottor has boon rocolV 6d Uy ft g?nt)oninn, who hu9 boon not-! log tu> ouaplnln Ubioad? and who ah swwrod nn advorllsonionfcof a Sv/Jbs Iio?y tol-koopor (orjt oimplain: v f J JExQUiflrnc Sut: Your Kihde lottrd 1 hftvo roefevod: the advantages I Kanot fer you ?rd; If you will brln'g mti 10 of your compntrlotos wanting of In'o,idl ing ovir curing moutaug-anto In otio hpalthfull an sonvlsy mountains, you Kan havo your comfortaMo IVmsiorf In oqulfatbntof your Spiritual Wot-Jc. JPeu-' sloh all comprised 6 ft; a day. Milk chenso and aU-BwIsso hoalthfnl things at wory ro58onablo prices. A wor.fr ?;ood oar ri ago fond fcods till J houro rom mi nowly-rostftbllgtjod oatablteh rtionl railroad nod ntohtoor of tho Jftrt of ThoXlllA at rv distauco of ft houro,* wory otvlllxqd pooplo. '*/. ??.< > . , 1 //<. /II hop* for a retnihid tuid protapto nstvnr -and whonn yoil Vwoxifd koine, 'tlii air- milk frosh&0., &?., &<*. I bod*, &d., Ac. Prfcy favor lilo s^ibH mid dldtlriot ahlwpv havo romo kindness fcho rdoommond ? ottf frlomH and compatriots-}* i then havo (lotjo A good work-**i rnci siro for fid b^d ouglisch. With you and All yop- fn. ?t fpiallty of ohnrooal Is ? > ? ;? h(>:u ii, and ?he.< K?.'. 77* r. GEN. POPE. . ? dii I ? I Conucrnltig OoMt Defouaca, 1,'Omy, VTurt Cannon* r^ its as sot out recontly by ifUci conooraing our coast de? ft corrootf 'oil." nnsworoil God. Popo with a "Hum faots as bow statod ought j occasion any general surprise, by havo not lone boon known to slnqsi roon" of our commeroifcl Tho dofonses of San Franoboo, itanco> aro vory. poor. Thoguna > low and siu'all. Tliero aro somo 15 iob guns which oxplodo 160 pounds of towdbr at a chargo, but thoso aro not /oil mountod. I undorstdnd that a jntfrossional oopimlttoo will oome i.ao ' to look at tho works. Somo of H690 cominittoos so ootubluo ploasuro find work as to oliminato tho work, but ito commlttoe will probably bo an ex ception. As to vour question conoern g tlio ability of civilians to judgo of a loation of dofonso hotter than military ion, tho wisdom pf the nation has ftaiod a congressional committeo to jbsidor tho facta. and report. Now 2>rk harbor can not bo much worso ifonded than San Fraucisco is. Twon yoars ago tho dofonses hero would imapd moro rospoct than thoy do v^hat would bo tho probablo cost : faking tho dofonso of San Franois that I could not say. I could -Ho von approximato an ostlmato. Bo o any liguros could bo suggostod it itild ho uocoBsary for tho engineers ^akevaurvoys aud for somo plan to Sop ted." *And what goneral form would tho pvo$nont in our dofonsos takoP" ere should be changes, of course. >o nation has yet roaohed a con 'on ooncornbg dofonsos, Tho con* 'lis change constantly with the in to u of nroarms and ships. The podo sorvioo sooius to bo moderately lsfactory, but not 'completely so. rinionts aro oontinualiy going on largfc' and' small torpedo-boats &4ixcd torpodooa. , Tho torpodo ser i can bp mado only auxiliary to the *' atvlcOv It is ono thing to carry &do exporlmentf, tinder favor . , bumstanoos, in time of peaoo. It Is anothor thing to try tho same ' uouts whon an enemy Is doing to thwart you. Tho aifFerenco, jit, is about like that of firing at a )' for praotioo and firing at another iyhon ho is taking aim and firing (at the samo tlmoP" allot cor tain kinds of torpodoos - be controllable and navigable ioe from thejhoreP" oy appoar to be, bnt this has inion^trulod by oxperimonts and actual war, which Is a different . If tho onomy will glvo you all you want and allow you to him all your conditions, jbablo that you will be ablo to liirn out of the water'almost line. But ho will bo busy hlm Ijig to foil your plans." m familiar with tho plan pro XleUk?aydon foFthode - " ? ? ? >r l-ooontlj ,-,T?..... of [e ifOjadsP" *)? 5*5 ..v" f havo uofatUtitod It; My lmpros u ,is? that torpodoos can bo ouly uux ?uty to Uid laud sorvioo for dofonso. t present .wo could not stop with our ud defenses an invasion by iron-olad*. .Jtah vosso'ls could oorao ovor ? tho bar tml into the bay. But thoru is no sign Voiwroign war uow. Our noarost dnn >4M?in. tois country is internal, not ox ^ai." laa pny now prlndlplo of iiuport ?boon appljod to tho manufacture Tan ?}iuco our civil war?" ?horo lmvo boon improvomonts in nianufaoturo of guus and in tho jrlula mod, but I do nob think thero now principle in Hie nianutucturo. mado largor and furthur . jlng.'v Wu lmvo guns which can | oaivtT |lvb niuoH otVocVlvolyr" ?| '4la there any fort in Now York bar-' 1 boo which could withstand a bombard '/?? vHOi slf. Now York is bettor guard, j ed than any othor largo *,on board oity I on tho Atlantic coast." I V t'Aro oxporlments mado continually I in warlike instruments in thia conn I tfy? : ? ?'Yea, in torpodooa, guns, brooch loading cannon*,' oto.j and they may load tcf ?om6 advantage. "--jnttrofeKf with Qtn. l'6j)c, in &'??? Franolsoo fiul? [kttfk ^ An O^au-QHdaeV* Wall. I ? ? i i .. Potro llartoluooi sat gloomily hand-organ last night and sigh, . tho Philadelphia Sorlh American. yellow dbg wap ,*qUattod in J?"* lilm, and gftzod curiously intojL-.. of the pi-inoo of organ-grin dors, as h trying to fathom tho groat man'i I thoughts. Potro lookod. Up, and liu? I loasly klOkod tb^ yellow dog into th4 I atrcot, and bp*od into meditation. "AH, iro moro good," ho moanod. | "Oflnd da org playod out," I "wha* do vott moan, my Italian frlotidP" aakod the North American I philanthropist. I "No ((ooil, no good. Long ago I I nmV o four, flvo dol a day, eat plonty mac fttotil.Wrink pldnty boor, havo good t.lnirt. Now oan't,get over dol antihalf I or two dol. Grlnda na org n. g. no I aoed more.'. Da monk run around, back with ompty t ink up. Da o, jfty go way, you make too I taeyvftaft cop Bay skip Along, dr?g<o^I rnn j on in. Qot arrest for d'a ponce, and da poaoo o* da fine me flvo dol, all Imakoin days. Ah, 1 think I go back to j dig country no good.'" Wt tho people approoiate tho , touot, of the hand organ any To, tioy want it shorter. Dey nay ? t short ifcnd call mo a dago. Nq? in dia country liko musio no I go back to Italy Oi Btart ft [Joll<Sr skate rink. Griqnft'.da org out^da monk no good, jjta ooun gn/nd sadly at" the mud mobu h of Chief Eitabrook in the street thon toll Into a awoet aloftp, to , perhaps, of a Utopia whore or ,-lndow are honored ahd prlzod I and Vvoalih eomoa rolling in at ovary turn(of the handlo. . / 1 , ? ? ???-?- ? * ?1 ? wn-yoar^old Eooboator boy on the car*?o)nlng to "froy tho othor day be jam<S hungry ftbout 11 o'clook and be gan rfn attack upon the bountiful Inneh that had been prepared for him. A gentldinan Who sat i>ohin4'. him yfta I luovoJ t<^ re<tK?rkt "My boy, U >you Tho Ijonape Stone. - ''TtV Lpn^po "tcqo1' is a Hat stofto nb?ufcfc|AftoUes Ion*: and an inoli and a half wlie,with a rude {iloturoMratch od on tho surfuco representing Indians fighting a hairy mammoth. It ls|brok4 eu into two parts, and the story goes' that tho fragments were found, at an interval of nine years, by a'bpy work ing in n field in Buoks county. Penn , four miles and a half east of JDoyles town. Tho piooo first discovered was plowod up; tho feeoond camo to light when tho samo youth wai hUsklng corn in tho samo field. The carving Is rude ly done, and with a few strokos. In front of tho mammoth as it strides for ward are drawn two fighting Indians with bows and arrows. Wigwams and pine trocs appear in tho distance, while in tho sky tho sun, moon, stars, and a constellation aro all on duty. Ouo In dian hab boon trampled utulor foot by tho monstor, and another, who is ro cumbeut, scorns not yet to havo takon alarm. Tho picture could bo oopied in two or throo minutos by rapid pen-, strokes. Tho stono is slato, anu tho rovorso side contains turtles, hawks, and other objeots. Exports who havo examined tho carving pronouueo it a fraud, but Mr. H. C. Mercor, who knows tho finder and tho man who purchased tho stone> thinks otherwise, and has writton a book on tho subject.- The Dolawavo tribo Uvefl in that region of Pennsylva nia foi1 cbnturios, and uurious stouos marked by thom havo boon unearthed in Bucks county. "The Leu a uo s^ono" was submitted to Dr. D. G. Brinton, tho woll-known archajologist and othnologist of Phila delphia. He inspected it carofuliy.and says it is modern, basing his opinion on both its desigu and exeoution. The aborigines of tho United States did not shado or group their pioturos.. They did not represent lightnings- shooting In various dirooti&ns from a Central point, nor troat tho aun as a faoo. i'l ! "Tho linos on tho Lenapo stono ai^j obviously cut with a metal instrument, < making clour incisions, deopest In the center and tapering to points?quite dillbront from tho scratch of a Hint point Shrewder fabricators than tho unknown aathor of this ono mako uso of Hint points. Somo of tho 'wostora tablets' have boen so inscribod. Thoy may thus conceal thoir tools, but ther* are other resources for tho archieolo gists. Tho surfacQ of all stones under goes a cortaln chomlual ohaugo on ex posure to tho air, whloh is called by tho tronoh term paline. In many va rieties, as flints, jasper, and hard ,shalos, this affords a declsivo moans of discriminating a modorn from an an olent inscription or arrow-hoad. It re quires tho uso of the microscope and somo praotloe, but with thoso most of such impostures can bo detected. This doos not oxhaust tho resources . at tbo command of tho antiquary to circum vont thoso who would praotloo on his love for rolica of tho past,'.' Mr. 11. Carvlll Lewis, professor of mineralogy, Acadomy of Natural Soloncos, Pblty dolphia, IIys the tablet is gonuluo, but tho,drawing is forged from thfcpiotufo froflR. -rr-TTri-;., , . of tho Poabody Museum of Archeology, .Cambridge, Mass., is somewhat in doubt, but rather suspects tho bauds of a white man in tho draw lug. pr. M. E. Wadsworth, of Cam bridge, Mass., believes the drawing was made with some stool tool like a dull awl. - Mr. J. P. hidings, of tho United States coast survoy, notos that tlio lines of the drawing appoar to havo boon arranged with referonoo to. the fraoturo of tho stono. Tho author of this book, howovor, deolares his faith in its gonulnonoss. Tho indications aro thut gorgot slato stones with Ind ian soratohos upon thom havo boon found on?tho Hansell farm, but that this roprosoutatlon of tho mammoth is a forgery.?Cincinnati Commercial Ua~ telle. Swallowed Hln Quouo. Thovo Ji* trouble browing on tho Soulh Sldo. Ying Foy, uropriotor of a button-bnrsting establishment on Car Bon street, is ono of tho purtios inter ested. In tho rear of tho laundry in a court liVOB Donnis Fogart'y. Dennis is tho proud owner of u healthy and woll developed goat, whioh ranges wild and froo along tho {toights Of Limorlok, st)t tafylng the sltnplo wants of his un tainbd naturo with Old stoveplno, oast ofTtinwaro, hobjbsklrts, ana other gas tronomio brio-H-urao. Tho goat flash es up equal in* piorninenoo with Ying Foy in this artless llttlo narrative. Yesterday aftornooh Ying Foy lav ?looping, as is his wont After his .raid day nioalj on a bench in tho roar of hia wash-houso. Tim frlondly l ays of tho vrftrm spring sunshine glinted Athwart tho iWoKe-brownod turrets of Castlo Fogarty and foil upon tho plnniborln? son of tho ovlout. Tho slounor smiled. It may liavo been that he droamod of his boyhood-jLlay*, whon, oaroloss and froo, ho roaitoed about hi* father's isorobn or pursuod the ilooing jrat up and down tho broaa bungalow as a nmtior of business?out-of-mof\t-nn<l mnst-have-lt-you-know. At any rote ho tmilod, This external oxprosslou of Internal pleasuro stolo around both sides Of his faoe to tho bait of his quouo. Tho moveraont loosened tho roll of 1^'ftlr, one end of whleh All to tho ground. Tho goat, quietly brows-: ing about tho briok pavoinont, saw tho quouo and In it a prospective moal. To think was to act with the goat. After chewing and iwallowing about6lghtoon [inches of It ho shut hi? teeth anu trlod to pull it looso. Tho Jerk yanked tho f Chinaman off tho benoh with a yoll whioh could have boon heara, two btooks away. Tho goat would not lot go* aud Ying Foy oquld *hot./and both pullod. For about two mmtltes tho air was full of goat l:alr, Chltjeee pro fanlt?, whlto-solod shoos, ana broken SlSnlUffij' and Ying toy sat down heavy On tho brlokft with a haggled tuft onuhowed off hair about six laoho.'long h*ng. log from hls soalp, which also lhowod ragged patches whore braid spots thon* out like stumps In new ground. Tho goat qnlotly shut ono oyo and oom monced swallowing tho *wtteh.< Ying Foy was so mad for a tnlnuto that ho oould not speak. He wildly clawed nt tho pavement until ho loosened; ft briok. when ho broke out wltht 'T ??You?you heapeo dlam fooloo," and throw tho briok with ft 400-toi pros sure. Tho goat dodged the btfok, but Fogarty'* window caught It, and Ting FoKWfth ft look of bftldhoidod despair snoakod Indoor* to ftvoki inafcing un nooossary . explanations. ? puis bury IK*P?t6A. , ,, Without dbubt tho pumpkin pt4.,WM In JNftW KngJand; but ??S Jt/Ss . oOast of/Jour FISHING THEN AND NOW, ?ro are oaly aJUput a do ountry IKo do* not lik( ' Many do pot go < but all the-tlmo thoy ro next wock or noxt I?r_ loop thinking of tho fun they osed ro thirty or forty yoar# ago, whon vore boys. jAn old man who bad evory yea* < 'or fifty jaars, and >d It, oans into a buafttaas place io -othor day ltaplng, with ono nand ffche suiaU ofThfa back* and looking mU fine wauted'to dlo. '??Boon fishing agaiu, ohP" said a clerk. "What luck?" U 4,0, no luok to apeak at./ Tho fact it, my fishing days arc orer," said tho ' Old man with a sigh, as pain took him in tho boolST " 'Tain't what It Mod to be, bOys, 1taiu't what it used to be. Whon I was a boy 1 would got up beforo daylight and walk four rnijos barefooted, with a tamarack polo and a strong lino, and with a plooo of pork rind for bait, I would catch iish till tho cows camo hoiue. Thoro woro no rods and rools in those daya, and no artifi cial flios, that I know of. Wo would get u bito, and throw tho fish ovor our Heads, out on land, and uoo him Hop. I could catoh iish enough for our family and all tho fiofghbo'rs, and; onjoy it. Lator years, whon 1 bocamo a man, I had tho fishing fever jast as bad, and I would go a hundred miles to fish, and spend n barrel of money, 'and work naVd for a woek, and it would do mo good. I would bo hoavior and strong or whon I oamo back, and my brain would work like a stoam engine* - jBut now, while J havo tho fovorjuMju bad> 1 am all unod up. It takos the fall and winter to get ovor my acnes and pains, to got roady for tho spring lUhiug, and tho first day X go out I am used up for a month. Bonos and mus cles thdt 1 did not know X had years ago, acho now so X am porfootly suro wlibro they are. X am too old tb walk inuoh, and too rhouinatio to rldo in a boat long, and I ha^o to bo pottod liko u child. I havo to ompldy a man to row tho boat, put ori my bait and tako off my fish, and my fingers and thumbs are gottiug st> rhouuiatio that I can hardly turu tho; handle to tho.root. Anothor year and I will havq my hired man rool iu uiy Iish, whllo I' Bit.in a chair on tho bank, and thon I Want to dioJ Whon u man gets so it.nmkes bis buck ucbe to cast his bait in tho wator, and his arms aol;o whon ho stands up, his nook acho when ho turns around, his bond aoho whon the sun shines, and everything aches whon it is oloudy and damp, and his stomaoh sooms to all drop out an hour or two boforo lunch time, he is played out us a lisherman, aud ought to know it. I shall never go fishing again, novor." ??O, you hadn't ought to glvo up llsh lng, undo," said tho olork. "I sco by tho papor that tho iish aro biting splen didly out in Wauketiha county. Ono man caught a hundred pounds of blaok bas^ in Okauohoo yestorday." ??No!" said the old man, as ho took his hand off tho small of his baok and straightened up to try his baok and seo Hit was broke, "Say, you pack up and take a Turkish bath, and go out there for a day or two. If f could oatch ono iish and fool just as 1 did when 1 was a boy,I,would give a thous and dollars. To fool tho sumo freedom .that I did thon, with tho old tamarack pole, walking around in tho wot grass barefooted, looking into tho wator and seeing the Iish lazily watching mo as though thoy thought I was no account on oarth, and then noticing tho diffor onco of expression on the mug of tho llsh aftor 1 had him out on tho bank. "I wouldn't dare wodo in a stream now, and got my feet wot, btfeauso I would oatch a cold that would lay mo up for a month. 1 usod to bo wet from Gonesis to ltovolatlons six days in a week, aud I novor know what it was to have a cold. I have carriod a string of iish that weighod more than I did, a mile, and whistled all tho way. I havo boon so lirod 1 would go to sloop whilo scaling a fish in the old woodshod, and I was as happy as a person oould bo. But it Is all oliangod now. Evon pleas ure is hard work, and I roalizo that I must stop fishing forovor. But say, hurry up and get thom things to the dopot," and tho old man who thought he novor would fish any moro wont out to a taoklo itoro to buy hooks, and wept to the depot, forgetting to take his Turkish bath, O, thoy nevor give up fishing. ? Carl Formofi and Xlonoonl. In 1872 I had just oomo baok to Now York from London. As I was walking down tho utroot ono morning I espied a little old mab, bent over with age and lo6klng vory miserable. Somothlng about him, howevor, soomort familiar to me, and I hastonocl my footsteps. As I oame up to him, ho turned about and stopping short, oriedi ??Carlo I" "Glorglol" I answored, and graspod both hie sands in mine. It wits the onoo groat ftonooni, walk* ing tho street almost in rags. t ??Whloh way are you bound?" said he, In ft volco oraoketf with age. ??To breakfast," said I, "whore all good pooplo should go." . ??Fortunatot fortunato!" ho muttor ed. ?'Come along with mo," said I, "and let us reoall old timos." As we walkod toward the restaurant I did not dream for an instant that ho had roached suoh a condition that ho was actually starving. Supposing that he had broakfasted I walkod in, and seating mysolf at a table gave a boun tlful ordor to tho waiter for mysolf. It wm a bitterly oold and I was hungry. Presontly I saw Konoonl oagorly grasp I at phMfe of breid that l*y on tho tAMo, ! and gnaw on (t iiko a wild beas? i ??What," I demanded, "bavo you ! not breakfasted?" The poor follow lookod up at tne with great hungry eyes as rrtpiy. j I shouted, "bring ug tem a fosstl ; f'i ?? V raj . VVtbAl-wiii you hdve?" askod that functionary. ??Everything you haro in your k itch on P" 1 oriod, fiercely. AnH poor Ilonooni sunk down against tho table, sobbing iiko a child.?Curl Formc?t in Inylcald*. A little girl whiio rooting up rfbme bunohos of violots on tho hignnxt point of Maryland Heights, which overlooked Harper's Ferry disoovorud three pieces of pig load, weighing altogether 100 ponnds. The lead has been identified ma formerly belonging to John Drown. It Is known that firown reoelvod con siderable quantities of lead Jnst before Jio made his raid Into Virginia. SCdward Kverett Male thinks that "in these days the ohdreh has some thing to do besides singing, reading *nd praying.V Among tho other tilings he mentlohl "hospitality. odu? eaiion and charity." / . GHSAS1SQ8.^:K-t^ o: It U 106 mile* from Now Ortotaa to tho Balise, or iettlqs. , A ^ . ,/rho Tonnossoo River la as iftftg. but hot as vrido or so doep as tho Ohio. Iowa has a smaller proportion of "wo men in prison than auy other stated ; Tboro are no loss than 11,676 women engaged in giving musical Instruction In England. ' ? ? ~ A. physician of Hanmoatoit, K. J., has lour sou* who have adopted the medical profession. Alfalfa roots in California iave boon knowu to penotrate fourteen feot to ward tlio center of tho orvrtiu . , , Vaccination is carried out ao strictly in tho Prussian urniy that not a soldier has died of amall-pox since 187& Dr. Taimago rejocta thorovlsod Bible and savs iio has UHmmjx. familiar with tho old one aiii L jib other. Aloxandof tho QcpsJAtf the your B^ p.'^^o^ygnod ?even voaraiiiul .it low mandyn^i^tj Ba bylon. Jf Julius Cass* ho foro tiip 'boglunlhg Sftno Christian era. Ho was fifty-six years of' age at the timo of his assassination. ' Miss Braddon, tho story writer, la Mrs. John Maxwoll. Sho Is rich, and livos in a historic old mansion at Rich mond, a>aub.urbau villago of London. Tho St. Louis. Court House dome contalua sorno paintings by Wlmer, which aro valued at aevoral thousands of dollars, bnt which aro going to de oay through nogleot. - ' ? According to the view of a' number of.monia the rnbber bnsinoss the !ec torios of tho United States could eaaily double their yearly production without incroasing tholr plant. Aquoorly picturod atone, two by^wo and a half foot In size, was taken from agrohlte'ledge at Berlin, Wis. On the surfaoo of the atone la" n picture M a tall treo and a.tamaraok swamp, o Mark Twain told the Vaaaar College atudonts that, his uaual prioe for a read ing was $600, but. that there he jraa quite satlaQod to take 50 oents and .get tho bthor $495.60 in looking at tho girls. The richest colorod man in Philadel phia is John McKoo, a real-estate deal er, who Is eatimatod to bo worth be twoon $200,000 and 1300,000. < There aro two or throo othors in tho seme oity whoso fortunes run vp into .the hundrod thousands. Tho whito of an ogg la stated to be tho best application for soothlhg burns and scalds. It may be ponred over the wound, and forms at onoe a varnish whioh exoludes the air.. It la aleoifar moro cooling than the usu^l applica tion of swoot oil and cotton.. ' . A correspondent of an oxehangesaye tlint Goorgo William Curtls's'halr and whiskora aro now gray and left to'.Tun riot, like a wild vine In atottrtn*; 'hla oyo is fadod, and tho lines of oare. and years havo ploughod up his fallow and bu^d his brlUiant smile. Tho Indi tSlfam ^ largo uuml or of animala were killed By the storm,..which, from the accounts, produced missals quito as Uangorous m Iho Russian cannon balls. An Italian ship has been shoatAed with glass plates, cast like iron plates, so as to lit the hull, to Cake the plhoe of coppor shoathings. The joints of tho plates aro made water-tight by the use of w*tor-proof mastic. The advan tages claimed for glasa over copper aro its insensibility to oxidation itnd its exemption from incrustation. Tho lato Charles O'Conor, aftof a visit to Ireland, began to apell 'his namo with a singlo n? beoauao, as Judgo Daly suggested when asked the roason, his royal forefather, had done so. ?'Yes," said a bystander, ?'the lrinh Kings had alwaya been ao poor as never to bo ablo to make both t?V?'e moot." Jinks?I don't believe I will be home boforo 11 o'olook to-night, my dear. You seo It is initiation-night at $ur lodpo. Mrs. Jlnka?You expeot to ba lion jo boforo 12, thon, I snppoaef Jidks ?O, yes: about 11 or half-past,' 1 Mrs. Jlnka?Well, in that oaae yon will >b# awako and 1 don't noed the kejv Jinks ?Tho koyP Mrs. Jinks-* < The masquo ball closes about midnignk Jinks didn't go. The words midnight and noon have a purely loonl character, liko the wofd* ovonlng and morning. At a given la* stent ft oan be 0 hours on the whbl* earth if wo havo agroed to designate this given Instant everywhere with this, numbor, but thero oan be mldnlghi only undor ono meridian at the abfo* luto Instant, ao tho words mldnlghi and noon aro to bo Avoided when apoaklng of unlvoraal tlmo. It is' understood that the appolht* mont of Carl Sohurs as flnanoial agent and attorney of tho foreign bondhold ers of tho Phlladolphiu, Now York, and Buffalo Railroad was the reaalt of reo oommendations of Henry Vlllard? who la still abroad, and that the retainer was $20,000. Thero are between,$7, 000,000 and $8,000,000 of tho $S5,000,? 000 of the bonded indebtedness held by a syndloate whoao headquarters are at Frankfort. ? 1 A snako nine foot long and sefea inches In dianiotor was IrillOd tiOa* Btarucoa, Pa., a fow days ago, The animal had a peculiar flat head ahd about Its nook was a olrclo of #1 hairs. Its color was brOwn, bands around tho body/at Intervals of a few ihcliosr Kilting it was an easy mattor, as It was holploas from gorging whon dlscovorod, bolng ia the *$t<4 dovourlng a new-born lamb, whleh. U had almost half awallowod. A man posaosaod of four ear* Is a natural curiosity in Ban Franeleoa, John Henry Grimes is a native of Nova Hootla. The peculiarity about Mm that attracts attention makes him the best developed person in the world ao far as hoaring is' oopoornod. The front oars, which nre plaeod la their natural Position, aro perfect and, well formed. ho extra pair aro partly covered bjr thoso in front, ynt they appear Ilka ordinary esrs. Tosts have been made whloh demonstrate that Mr. Griaw* can hoar equally well with eitfcer pal* of oars. i'he revision of the Old T*ithilft*ht has revived tho hopos of some people Who expeot to haV? things smoothed for them all through this )ufa r|t was this Intereatlng fact thai indtiood tle to attend obufoh yesterday. "How did you like the sevmonf" inquired a friond as he passed out of the vestibule. ??Never was so disgusted In my Ufa. Why. the man took *Tho? shall not steal* for his text" "That's a good text." "It's tho same old ten. I thought the now vorslon would read, ?Thou shalt not oompromls* lor tw?ft? t^-Qve oents on the dollar."?Barlfort ' i, ? * i