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aggHlBaMgwMM -/ -/ K\ 1 i 1 i ' ? t i 1 BWragaBCfrvon ck jp J sormcmnk the difflcalt bill yft^feftKMaBji^prnpon the winfJ of fame gRBS^SBH&world shall ecfto to you a name. ' 4,v / ^ilffnt'TirWrlB?r*^TT'"f for ??3tl^s may fly, ( brigltaat sky, glory traits? MaKMaHMB^ ' gpiJfKBto|^^^H5B^ ^^^pUl--yon cannot know 1 aBMBmBaBpHMBaSwaB^^K-yailey below. ' ] H^Hkbags^I Ootober. 1859, 1 England, havat Dnblin for 11 had taken me to L jeweler?and it had 1 me to viisit a branch in Dnblin. I was t V| irnrln * ^^^S^BBPM^^osoting, diamonds of jsV great value, and soma other things of E 1 ess importance; but rill valuable. cfin Ffound all the passengers talking on a mf one subject?tliflHk'Hble and appalling * wreck whicjr hav occurred *?ly three k _ days before,on the Angle- r sea coast. N^ss'tlmn four hundred c and forty-six lv?b were lost that night v when the BojJl! Charter was totally wrecked. I ? y She was fe lane screw steamer, commanded by dj&iain Taylor. A large 1 a?700,000 or ?800,000 in 1 also, it was..supposed; c heard that some of the ^ oovered. t aan habitually, arid the * i of my fellow-passen- * forcibly;- but I had 1 &will presently appear, < my joprney from ^Dub- t this occasion. \ ! which I havte bJacE^ m^gBSB^SSKoSB^SBStSlBw^^^^r 8^Bg|^wffi?^^S^^KTing. appar-;' HpS8B^ISnw?S8?^^^^BWffn>and-twentyt ro?8roS|^8J8PBoad black band round ^^^^^ranatj^and that on hii face were traces of recent sorrow. He.'^&emed -relieved |; at having caught the 'train, and being like myself quite disinclined for conversation, our journey proceeded in silence. .4My bag lay beside me"knd quite under my eyes. I was tired ajfter my crossing, and fell intp a sort jpf doze. On waking I instantly glano&d at my bag. v """There it lay, quite eaS?. My companion, however, had^chamged Ms seat. We stopped at Chester! and here I ^^fiught I would get lyit and walk about a little, as we had tAi minutes to [ wait. I ieok my bag andj*otout. , On my g^njo tfie; tjjSt , i \ t? ca^a^^^pLt7 disturb- 1 jL we continued cur journey. 1 Hfll^B^rewe, our next stopping place, he 1 ^ got out and did"not come back. ] I was very tired now, and fell into-a 1 P ^Y' 'sound sleep with my hand hiding the * handle of my black bag. I did not 1 ?> wake until we reached London, then getting into the first hansom t saw, and 1 . still carrying my precious* bag, of which I wae heartily tired,. I drove 1 home. A_ 1 *1L AT. * I ua my arnvai, wnn a mecnoa wmcn , I suppose is habitual to [a man in my 1 trade, I instantly went to the safe in which I keep valuable jevds, apd un- 1 locked it. Upon the table I deposited my bag and opened it. Imagine mv dismay at findinar tha1;. ' instead of my diamonds it contained only come Misty bits of iron and wooden * debris. My bag was gone; his other bag had been cleverly subetitutedJor it ?so cleverly indeed that even, the weight as well as the appearance'had been judged. I put the affair into the hands of the police, giving exactly every particular as I have here written it, The bag was lost. { ?' - A year'after the events narrated in the last chapter I was again traveling on the line which takes passengers to Holyhead. It was in the beginning of October, as well as I remember. I traveled first-class, my usual ens com wnen x nave a long journey uarore me. During the year not-a sign had ( been given of my missing bag or th^ ? jewels, but I had not really despaired: * _^^^B|te^overing it and them, for I had, 1 ^^ro^^ffl^^^MBcoountable feeling'about' 1 ; that there was some % it, I felt sure. Wednesday ,in every * at Sootland Yard,and -jj ^^^K^^By^Ehe same answer?"Noth- *' r - v i. Jfc? On this October morning, in 1860, 11 raveled with a'lady who. was in deep nounring. -The d'av was chilly, and ihe wore several wraps; but, getting vara in the carriage, she presently ihrew aside a fur cloak she was wearng, and my eye was instantly-attracted jy a handsome brooch ehe had on, in vhich was a portrait. Without appearing to do so, and with i sudden feeling of interest and curiosty for which I cannot account, I maniged to get a nearer view of the por rait. It was the face of the young man vho had traveled with me the year beore when I had lost my bag! I waB so certain of this that I resolved lot to continue my journey until I had icquainted the police with this fact.* The train stopped at Crewe, the place 1 i-1. ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 Vto f roin rVIierO IUU JUUlljj mini uauinu <.uu xiuiu )n our up journey the previous year. Elere the lady alighted; I did also. A wuviage awaited her at the station. I .ecured a fly, and directing the driver ,o follow the carriage I discovered vhere the lady drove to?to her own louse, evidently. She appeared to be n an excellent position, and to be vealthy. I was not deterred by this discovery, could not be mistaken about fac?\ whicflN^though I had certainly otiQbd it only |in a casual way at the ime, had nevertheless been stamped pon my mind, a&id connected in such a lanner with the iloss to ihe of several hou8ands of pouol-is. I went to th^^police station, told hem what I hadi|^^and what my suslicions were. TJ^Wfetened attentively o w^g^l said,^Hl then said'that I oust t^fcci&'^^^that the lady in [ue'stion xeaa w<- J^^wu, the widow of ,n officer who hid died just after comng into a large property^ n the county. >ho had two sons. One had been in the tavy and had lost his life in the wreck >f the Royal Charter about a year preiously. The other was expected home ivery day and had been away almost ince the end of last October. * It was impossible, they said, to make lquiries in such a direction. Ill-satfSied and disappointed I found myself lompelled to leave matters as they vere; but on my return to London I vrote to the head of the police onpe nore, and reiterated my conviotions so orcibly that he evidently was impressed )y what I said. The result of myletter same, after a brief acknowledgment xom the inspector, in the visit of a' rentleman four days afterward. I was standing in my shop; it was a lull morning in -"November, and the risitor who dame in spoke fir$t to mj^ issistant, who referred -ftim to me, and dioa ftr ff moment I recognized my fellow-passenger^ ' Not wishing to make anything quite public I led the way to the inner room I 'reserved for myself, and handed the gentleman a chair. He was too excited to sit down, bnt began his story au once. "Yon remember the day I traveled with you from Holyhead, sir?" he said. " Perfectly," I replied. "I have too good reason to remember it." "So have I. I had been on the Anglesea coast all the night before, searching for some relic, perhaps the body,of my drowned brother. I bad only twenty-four hours, and was obliged^ hurry back with only a few>wiS?* wood and iron gathered>^m the wreckage which strps**~^ie beaclji; these I put intoj^^H* black bag.' "A blact>^ S?ud 1; "had y?u<a black bfv'e00 ?" ^-rften!" said the gentleman. "I ?aw that you had one, and I remarked bhat it was like mine?bo much so that it Chester, where you got' out and I did aot, you may remember you took my bag with you instead of your own. I felt sure you were coming back, for yon had left your coat and umbrella in the carriage, so I did not follow you." " Yes," said I, getting excited, "but that does not account?" " Wait a moment," said the gentleman. "I know perfectly what you would say; it does not account for my not advertising your bag or making ;ome sort of sign all this time?quite 30; you will understand presently how it has happened." I sat down and begged him to do the same. " When I got ont at Crewe, I took as [ supposed my bag. When I reached home I found that my poor mother, whom I had left in the most utter grief md prostration at my brother's death, had not rallied at all. I told the doctor who was there that my search for my personal relic <^f my brother had been fruitless, but that I had a few bits of iron and wood from the wreck. " The doctor advised me to say nothing to her about it?not to tell her even that I had these sad relics. I put the oag just as it was into a cupboard in ny own room and locked it up. "That very day I had to leave Engiand. I had a business engagement ivkich took me to Australia. If I broke ;he engagement it would have involved nv mother in considerable pecuniar? OSS. "She knew I had to go; and as she lid not nrge me to stay, and as my aster and her husband was with her ind could take care of her, I left the louse that very day and journeyed back lortH to Liverpool, just in time to atoh my steamer bound for Melbourne"I only returned yesterday morning, fhe first thing I heard after greeting ny mother, was: . . JV *Whete is the bag you brought with tax from Mbetfra? . ' :'^Wr sh o said* > word, tjbough I mjP/jM had heard of if, -I. IpK . ' k ' W ] Bn "# ' * * k went to my room,unlocked the cupboard, i found the bag just as I had leit it, and took it downstairs. I was just going to open it when, to my still further surprise, my mother- said "'Are you quite sure that is your bag, Arthur?' " I looked at her in astonishment. " 'Well, mother, I am as sure as a human being can be of anything.' "Did vou onen it after you came home, dear?* "I thought for a moment, and then said: " 'No; I am certain I did not. I could not bear it.' " 'Then,' said my mother, ' be prepared for a suprise. I think you will find th ?t you have some one else's bag.' "I did not answer, for I was trying to unlock the bag.. " 'It is very odd, I said; ' my key won't open it.' " My mother rang th 3 bell, and in walked the inspector." Here my visitor ceased speaking, and, walking hastily to the shop door he beckoned to some person seated in a hansom cab close by. It was my friend, the inspector of police at Crewe. He continued the story; but first he pitted on the table my "black bag." "There, sir," said he, "is your bag. Yon were quito right. This gentleman took it b/ mistake. That morning when Mrs. sent for me, I found the bag unopened. I forced the lock and found your name inside the bag. The contents are intact, as you will see." I opened the safe, and before I would allow them to open my bag I took his from the shelf, and, placing it beside my own, we all three saw that in size, make, indeed, in weight, they exaotly resembled each other. Althongh I felt that I had really made the discovery myself, I cheerfully paid the inspector the check he deserved for the clever and prompt manner in which he must have conveyfcd my suspicion?a decidedly awkward one--to Mrs. . * The Gpass Barriers of the Nile. Shortly after leaving the hill country iwhich "surround^ the sources of the I|ilef that mysterious river passes in a network of channels through a plain 600 miles wide, and almost perfectly flat. In this region the fall of the river is very small, and the regular outflow of water may be checked by winds jsrad other occasional circumstances; while the great quantities of water poured down into the basin during the rainy season cannot find air oP^ hrongh the flat channels. "" 'Iftt /linn*. ncflnE^v^CT^very year, and wngn the rains are especially heavy great masses of floating grass are brought down the lateral channels into the main river, ana accumulate m me windings. New floating islands-of grass are brought by-and-bye to these barriers, being pressed upon or beneath them, and soon the whole of the, river throughout its width and dpffu is obstructed by these barriejp^kich the inhabitants call setts.^^^ The grass does notw^ayin the sets; it continues toos^* 011 their 6uiface, and if the v^^"0D? ^hich rises two or thie<y*^etB ahove the water, is bunvK" 80on reappeai's again, reaching ^neight of one meter and more after ' eight or ten days. The thread-like roots of grass form a kind of rough felt, in which palms are sometimes inclosed, while masses of ooze fill up the interstices between the roots, &nd form thus true dums across the river. When the barrier has not reached a great size it might be occasionally destroyed by the pressure of water accumulated above it; but as several barriers are formed at the same time at various places, the upper one being destroyed, its debris is brought to the lower one and accumulates above it or presses oeneatn ic. xne eiasuciiy ana tenacity of these dams is so great that a steamer attempting to enter it is soon repelled by the elasticity of the grass, while men and even cattle can easily on the floating grass without danger. The river is thus soon transformed into a marsh covered with a mighty grass vegetation, aDd the water expands, seeking its way through many new channels. It is obvious that those parts of the river where its bed is more definite aro especially liable to be obstructed by grass islands which are formed in those parts of it where there is no definite line between running water and marsh. The setts have become more frequent during the last few years; a proof of the gradual leveling of the whole region by fluviatile deposits and of the general transformation of the whole of the region into marshes. In seventeen cities in the South the net gain in Presbyterian chnrchos in five years has been 1,285, or eleven per cent. The largest increase is in the cities of Texas, being sixty-seven per cent.; the next Louisville, 44.9 per cent, and Wilmington 26.9 per cent. Captain, "summing up What is the charge, sergeant?" Sergeant? " This time.it's drunkenness, sir. But this man is the most troublesome fellow in the regiment, sir. He goes out when he likes, and gets drunk when he likes; in fact, he might be a horficer!' Nellie has a four-year- old sister Mar who Complained to mamma that her 'button shoes" were "hurting." "Why, Mattie, you've put them on the wrong feet." Puzzled and ready to cry she made'answer: " What1111 do, mamma? They's all the feet I've got!" Gojster, the singer, likes garlicky and 'onion-seasoned dishes. Is this what makfes her voiq^o'etroD g ? " . V v. . : " * < * " . * P ' . ! FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. IIcos ill WinterTo lmve layiDg hens in winter, the fitst year of their lives, the pallets should be hatched early in the previous spring. Thus they grow to maturity hv lata full, nnrl nftar mnltinc thev will begin to lay, frequently in November, or even in October. Leghorns will commence to lay at five months old and we have known Brahma and Cochins to begin laying at six months^wenorally speaking, however, tJ^H^not lay much till they are a or two older. 80, if your pullets are hatched out, say in Maroh or April, they will be seven or eight months of ago in November, and should then be ready to "lay, in winter," naturally, without forcing. But they commonly do not get. to laying at this time, and the reason is that they have not been properly fed with this end in view. Where you' find young winter-laying hens you may be sure they have been taken good care of, from the shell upward. But older hens may be put up to this work by artificial feeding or by supplying them with highly stimulating or egg-producing food for tlm same purpose. Tfius, if wo take a flock of one and two-year-old hens and pen thorn where we can furnish them with animal and gram food and tne necessary condiments which go to create egg meat and shellaAaway from the ordinarily fed poultry?we can quicken them in the laying disposition, and they will commence to discharge their litters a month or six weeks earlier than they would have done had they been* left to take their chances among their dock. But this forcing is exhaustive. Nature is over hurried. It is not a healthful way for hens to lay under this stimulating "high pressure." And they soon lay themselves out. We have known hens thus treated to produce enormous sized eggs frequently, and also many softshelled ones when being thus pushed. They can be " made to lay" in this way for a time. But it is a brief time before they will " play out," under tflH hastening process. We therefore would advise those who would have laying fowls in winter lime to prooure pullets that they know are then seven or eight months of age of any breed. If they wish to bring their old hens into laying at this period, they must feed them high in advance, keep them warm and dry and furnian them with plenty of animal food,"^heat, buckwheat and egg producing foocrtor this purpose. And so it will be for t\&. flock thus forced, . .. * . > Hot Wai^rfor Plants It has long b$3n known that the roots of plants encased in earth would stand -water so hotfb to be quite uncomforable to the^MCd. Willermoz, in the "Jaffna I of the Society of Practical (rf^rtieulture," of the Rhone, France, relates that plants in pots may be treated with hot water when out of health, the usual remedy for which has been repotting. He says when ill-health ensues from said substances contained or generated in the soil, and this is absorbed by the roots, it acts as a poison. The small roots are withered and cease their action, consequently the upper and younger shoots of the plant turn yellow, and the spots with which the leaves are covered indicate their morbid state. In such cases the usual remedy is to transplant into fresh soil, clean the .pats carefully, secure good drain age, and often with the best results. Bat the experionce of several years has proved, with him, the unfailing efficacy of the simpler treatment, which consists in watering abundantly with hot water at a temperature of 145 degrees F., having previously stirred the soil of the pots so far as might be done without injury to tho roots. Water is then given until it runs freeely from the pots. 9 , In his experiments the water first came out clear; afterward it was sensibly tinged with brown, aad gave an appreciable acid reaction. After this thorough washing the pots were kept warm." Next day tho leaves of -Ficus c!a8lica so treated ceased to droop, the A "Kindly cT\Afo r?n f Tin IT* IpQVP.Q oprcttu Ul VXCkKsiX o^/uiu UM was arrested, and three days afterward, instead of dying, the plants had recovered their normal look of health. Very soon they made new roots, immediately followed by vigorous growth. Household Hints. It is a fact that little, just perceptible cracks in earthenware will disappear and the dish look as good as new if it is boiled in milk. This has been tried on a small majolica pitcher with success. The water or syrup in which prunes fsVinnlrl alwavs be strained. It will not look clear or even clean unless it ie. After washing the prnnes in two or three waters lot them soak al[ night. They will then require cooking only a few minutes, and will retain their distinctive flavor better. To wash delicate muslins put three pints of wheat bran and a handful of salt into a loose b?g, and boil half an hour in six quarts of soft water. Use this water for washing muslins or lawns with delicate colors, keeping at hand the bag of bran to use instead of soap on any soiled spot that will not yield to slight hand rubbing. Rinse the muslin in clear water and dry quickly in the shade. Many colors in calico goods, ^hich are injured by using the mos delicate soap, can be safely washed if wheat bran (or, if more convenient, wheat flour) is boiled and used instead. Stands to reason?The inveterate debater. J loo Much Proverb. Whilo tpe prisoners in the Austin jail were q at in the yard a few days *?go, two of then who were under Pentex.ce to the penitentiary were heard comparing notes about as follows: "I doi^t believe in proverbs," said prisoner So. l; "itis believing in proverbs thaS brings me here." " How-^o ?" said No. 2. M " Weltoyon see, when I was a boy, I often seen folks pick up pins, and when I ftsked them why they did it, they saidi "' If ypu see a pin and let it lay,. Yon will have bad lnck all the day.'" "Yes, that's so. I've heard that myself." ( "Weill1 it don't work. I have picked np a pinjand I've had bad lnck ever since. U was arrested the very same day, antfuow I've got to go to the penitentiary (or three years." "Wha I has that to do with picking np pin^' " asked No. 2. "Wel3, yon see the pin I pioked np was a di unond pin worth $150. ' I believed i . the proverb abont having good lnck if 11 picked np a pin in a show case, bxi they telephoned for the police and here I am," and he winked at the jailer. 1 mi. ? B.V. A?< MMflAVIAfl n j.ut) ituu jjiiDuuoi wuujjut ivi u moment, dnd then he said: "Whten I come to think of it, proverbs are what have brought me to this fist" "Hoy so ?" asked the man who had pickedjup the pin for good luck. ."Well, I had heard about horseshoes bringing^good luck, so I picked up horseshoes. Horseshoes were my weakness.9*; i* Them horseshoes you went off with were fastened on to another fellow's horse,-weren't they?" queried No. 1*. "J^a so." ' When I get out I'm not going to tamper with any more proverbs," remarked No. 2. "Ma neither," responded No. L "'Sail in boys," said the jailer, and happKiltbaok- to their cozy retreat on ^B^side of the jaiL?Texas Si/tings. particles Made of Shark-Skin. Ahn nVintaV hna ifc XTC D&iU VI bUD ouaia uoo uu>uo * vu appliance in New York in a variety of emS* articles which are frequently of no small cost; thus a card-case of this material may be valued at 8600, although known to break and warp and oharae color readily, being indeed capahip of but Uttle wear; the finely, mottled skin is nevertheless something to Iff admired, with a beautiful style of ^^j^^gold ^de^ration extended tablet of the finest quality, acoompa* nied by a gold pencil. In addition to this kind of articles a variety of small hags are formed of the material, of which there are also imitations. Yet nothing manufactured from shark-skin is made to appear half so beautiful as the material in its natural state. Not less than one hundred varieties may be found in the seas, if not in the shops. The colors chiefly range among the slates, bines and grays and to that of the great white shark, the _drea4t^ man-eater, familiar, about Calcutta and in most tropical waters. A great beauty of the skin is that of its peculiarly granulated surfaco, and this , has also been serviceable to the cabinetmakers since the days of the old G*eek writers. Yot here may be seen a beautiful roll of the skin which, although it might well serve as a rasp, will have its texture of gleaming pearls cut and shaped to daintier purposes. This is covered with little, thick-set, coneshaped protuberances of cream and ivory hue and shining with a luster belonging only to things of the sea. The Blse In Prices. The New York Public, which makes a nareftil stndv of prices, compiles a table of comparisons in' prices for varions dates between January 1, I860, and December 1, 1881. It has taken commendable pains to make sure that it is comparing the prices of merchandise of the same quality, standing and importance. The date when prices were the lowest in this interval was November 1, 1878, and the following are quotations of a few of the most representative staples on the 1st of November in the following years : 186& 1878. " 1881. Wheat, i mi winter..si oo *? ui -**7, Wheat, 2 spring 117 90 1 32 Corn ^8 "J Oats.... 38 28% 47 Bc&qb..? ^ 25 1 55 2 /o Fork, mess 13 25 7 75 18 00 Bacon, cwt 10 00 5 68 9 62 Butter H 13 25 Cheese 10 "% ll1/, Eggs 10% 22 26% Hav 30 45 65 jfc Potatoes, bbl 1 12 2 69 2 39 Cabbage, cwt..; 3 50 - 50 8 00 AddICS ...* 150 1 25 3 00 Sugar!::*. 07 07% 08% Coffee, rio 13% 11* 10* Tea 33 15 lo Codfish.'.'.'. 1 00 4 25 5 50 Salt 00 G5 7o Cotton... H% 09% 11% S%:: 08% oi% os% WaaI 48 3D 4G Harris goods 1 50 1 50 1 CO Hides 25% 20 22 Pig iron 22 50 10 50 25 00 Lumber, white pine... 16 00 15 00 16 00 Brick 5 00 3 75 7 50 It is worth noticing that there has been a substantial decline in tea and coffee, and these are almost the only articles so affected. "I'm very glad to have met you, sir?' said Brown, politely. " Are you?" replied Fogg; "here's a note you may be glad to meet, also." Brown wasn't so powerfully glad to meet it, but he had to. When you see an Irish mother sewing the tears in her boy's pantaloons, you may put Tier down as being in favor ot tho "np-rent" system.' '-- ttcB ^F.^BH AnimatM In India tame otte^BHHHHujHn nnAnt.l? napfl fnr ttey bring ashore in for driving shoals of fish iMR9k1 Dr. William Hamilton giv?a^Hfltt? esting account ofa^at^flfog which hod become a - most excellent v fisher. " In jiding from Portrush tc i the Giant's Causeway with pome com | v pany, we had occasion to ford the fiver j B near the sea, and as the fishermen were j e going to haul the net we stopped to ; 8 see their success. As soon as the ddg ; i perceived the men to move, he instantly \ g ran down the river of his owp accord j and took part in the middle of it, on 11 some shallows, where he could oc-1 j casionally run or swim, and in ' s this position he plaoed himself with i1 all the eagerness and attention t j so strongly observable in a pointer dog i f which sets his game. We were some j r time at a loss to apprehend his scheme, | but the'event soon satisfied us' and amply justified the prudence of the animal, for the fish, when they feel the1 1 net, always endeavor to make directly * out to sea. Accordingly one of the c salmon, escaping from the net,-rushed down the stream with great velocity ( toward the ford, where the dog stood to [ receive him at an advantage. A very j diverting chase now commenced, in which, from the shallowness of the r water, we could disoern the whole track r of the fish, with all its rapid turnings x and windings. After a smart pursuit the dog foufid himself left ^ considerably behind, in conse- . quence nf the water deepening, by which he bad been reduced to tbe ne- ^ cessity of swimming. But instead of following his desperate game any longer, he readily gave it over, and ran c with all his speed directly down the * river, till he was sure of being again to c seaward of the salmon, where he took ? post as before in the pointer's attitude. Here the fish a second time met him', i and a fresh pursuit ensued, in which, J after various attempts, the salmon ? at last made its way out to sea, \ notwithstanding all the ingenious and vigorous exertions of its pur- ( euer. Thongb the dog did not succeed , at. this time, yet I was informed that it , was no unusual thing for him to run t down his game ; and the fishermen assured me he was of very great advantage to them by turning the salmon toward the net. During the whole of the f ohase this sagacious animal seemed ^ plainly to have two objects in view: one, to seize his game, if possible; and the other, to drive it toward the net ' '1 when the former failed." ' : ' Ouvier expresses his surprise that the possesses a far higher degree of intelligence than the rodents, and than most of the ruminants. There is no doubt that mnch might'be done in this way, for examples are not wanting to prove ihe singular docility of the seal. Daring the time that rumored invasions by the French caused all parts of the coast of Britain to be fortified, a small party on one of the little islands in the Frith of Forth, near Edinburgh, amused themselves by taming a seal. It had all the affection and playfulness of a dog. It fished for itself and sometimes for its master. It fawned about them, licked their hands, and if it did not accompany those who made an excursion in the boat, it was as sure to meet them on their return. It always came to their hut to sleep, and conducted itself as if it was one of the party. There is no saying how far its training might have been carried, but -it fell out of a bed and was killed while young. One of the old domestio sports of the Earls of Monteith in their island home of Falla was fishing with trained geese. A line with a baited hook was tied to the leg of a goose, which, thus accontered, was made to swim in water of a proper depth. A boat, well filled, es corted this formidable knight errant. A marauding pike woold take off the bait, and put his mettle to the test; a combat ensued, in which both of the contending heroes would show much strength and agility, but at length the goose invariably dragged him a prisoner. Du Halde describes the Chinese method of fishing by means of the cormorant with great accuracy. In the morning, when the sun rises, one may see on the rivers a considerable number of boats and several of these birds sitting on the sides; the fishermen turn their boats about upon the river, and at the signal which they give by striking one of their oars upon the water the cormorants fly into the water, plunge overhead, and, diving to the very bottom, seize the fish by the middle, then coming up again Ihey carry it to the bark, where the fisherman receiving it takes the bird, and holding it legs uppermost, makes it disgorge the small fish which it had swallowed, by passing his hand along the neck, on which there is a ring at the lower part which hinders them from going directly into the crop. When the fishing is quite over they take away the ring and let them feed; and when a particular fish is too large for one they assist each other, one taking the tail and another* the head, and bring it to their master. ri ?nmmMaA o?/l /.Trtifnmanf ^UliOlUCIttUlO ouijpixoo auu VAWiiviiiVMw were created in Wall street the other day by a prominent operator appearing on the steps of the treasury building with his hands in his own pockets.?Them Judge. J Some ygars ago Miss Libbie Minkler, 1 of Rochelle, 111., lost both arms by | falling in front of a reaper. To-day j she is earning a good living by oil paint: I lng, holding the^brp/^xh^r teeth. I M eSed'tiiat tiie sweet sodgs ofihe sirens rould lead him and; his' followers ,M oward that fatal .shore already strewn* rith the bleaehed bon^a of shipwrecked JBmH oariners. This was Ulysses' way of scaping. Bat when the great modian Orphens sailed past the same slands he took no such precaution, bn$, imply kept playing on his late a tone weeter thaiT the songs of the sirens, ratil thp idtojds safely left far be* lind. sJ^ny Mend,. amid all the * eductions of this earthly life, amid ifiT emptations and enticements, the Lord 'esus will cause a sweet strain, to sound * , * orth in your soul, so that all earthly * j nusic will not tempt yon.?Judsm. R?IIkJoum News and Note*. It is estimated that the thirty-three nissionary societies now at work in Africa have secured upward of 80,000 " :onvertfl. rmi- r>? JLUU 1?UK?U>UU UUU&WH V* ihia country raised last year 8220,598 or domestic missions, and 893,265 for ? oreign missionsr By vote of the faculty, of Chicago theological seminary the revised New ^ Testament will hereafter be used in the eligious exercises of tnat school. The first synod of the Soman Catholic trchdiocese of St. Andrews and Edin- . bnrgh held since 1559, was field De ismber 6 in the Pro-Cathedral, Edinburgh. The Liberty Street Methodist Episcopal church, of Pittsburg, Penn., celebrated the fiftieth ahi&versary of its mndation iu "a series ofv appropriate^ erWces. ^ 1 The Congregationalisms employ 108 ^ nissionaries in Kansas, and organised ast year twenty-seven chnrohes. The mm appropriated to Kansas last yeai vas $22,000 , * . i . . * ?v * * * Of the sixty-five Lutheran misaionkries supported by the board of home nissions of the general synod last year -iinA nrA in TTannas. seven in* IOwa and .hree in Nebraska. The synod of the French Protectant & :hnrch has appointed a commission to. consider all the existing French. ransladons of the Bible, with a view either io the; adoption-of one cr the recommendation thai a new version be made.'* The Greeks held garlio in such abhorrence that those who partook of it. were regarded as profane. The Rostrengthen them. In Japan there have very recently * v appeared three tracts, aimed at the growing power of Christianity"-^? of* > which opens by saying that Christianity is spreading like fire on a grassy plain, so that in capital and- country there is no place whe& it is not preached. CLIPPINGS FOtt"THE CCKiOUf. The yew tree has always been considered a tree of mourning. A little bird, the -red-tail, has been, seen to catch 900 flies in an honr. Among the hundreds of parasitio cones studding, the-flanks of JEtim there are'sonie nearly 800 feet high, * * y * '**> Silk damasks are now made by pasting thin silk tissue on, cotton. India rubber dissolved ih petroleum is used as a cement. , " The famous Mosqne of Omar, fronting Solomon's temple, derives an annual revenue of nearly $75. COO from pilgrim'contributions. A hundred thousand miles of railroad t track are laid in the United States, being abont one-half the constructed railroads of the'world. The lily of the Scriptures, according to the bestor authity, was the purple iris, the fleur dc lis, a plant considered sacred to the* Virgin Mary. / The Indians of the Tehnantepee Highlands ascend the icy summits of the Sierra Madre, with a threadbare blanket as their only covering. It is found by experiment that if meat, before being fed to dogs, be cut fine, it is imperfectly digested, while if 3 n voonlf ia Bwauoweu JIU ltugo vuu iiqu? perfeot digestion. Trees, during rainstorms, retain vast quantities of water. The soil covered with forests receives six-tenths of the whole rainfall, thejtreea having intercepted four-tenths, A Russian savant offers the novel bu absurd hypothesis that hail is of cosmical origin, and is captured by our world in its journey throngh spgce in the same way that meteors arc attracted to their planets. A story is told of a Jew of Tewksbury, in 1820, who fell into a well on Saturday?the Jewish Sabbath. Out of M iv _ 3 u reverence icr me u?j uo wuuiu suffer himself to be drawn oat. The ** Earl of Glaston, on whose land the well was, wonld not allow him to be taken out the next day put of respect for Sunday, and before Monday came he died. There is a weekly sale in Paris of toads, which are brought in casks filled with damp moss. One hundred good"""??. toads are vu^Bb^^xty to seventy . . for gar aNHnBlnnHBnRK^