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|f THE WINDS. The North wind's howling legions Swept down froiu boreal regions, From the pallid zone whero winter's throne Was wrought in the wide waste, wan aud lone, Cunumberod years ago; They come on wings whose fluttering^ ^ Bestrew the world with snow, And their ioy breath is bitter death, Their footfall only woe. The East wind conies with sadness And pain, aud midnight niadues*. From a solitude whero curves brood And poisoned dows on the dales are strewed, And sorrow throttles gladness; It come? like a gho -t from spectral coast Where cypre.-s branches wave, And out of its plumes fall ghastly glooms J.ike those that eucirclo the grave. J The South wind coinos a-sigliing, To buds and blooirs replying, Ho comes in quejt of love and rest, . And presently, on a ro=e's breast, In capture lios a-dying; He comes like dreams, and only seoms, His cradle is his tomb; Iiis life is a song to murmuring streams, His death?a rich perfume. The zephyr, fragrance laden, Brings balm to man and maidenBrings dove-eyed rest to the troubled breast From the mystical regions of tho Wast? From love's enchanted Aiden; It comes with news as fresh as the dewa That gather in starry hours, With wonderful store of tender lor? From the sweet book of tho flowers. ?Oenrge K. Camp. k ATTACKED BY PIRATES. ; V'. ? " K James Torrence was a foremost hand , on the British bark Huntress, and one morning in the seventies we left Singa- j pore, bound to the South by way of the ( Straits of Sunda. Wo had sixteen hands ^ on the bark, and for armament we had { f-w > V'j, a nine-pounder mounted on a carriage \ | ^v^and a crood. aunnlv of mint#*" ?J ? t 1 - ? U OI1U |)i&C9. | of the seas to the north of Australia % are suspicious -waters for an honest ship. Pirates have abounded there ever since . 4 .1 ships began to sail, and I'm think'ng it will . be long before the business is wiped out. . There are hundreds of islands in the Java ' - > and Baud a Seas, and each one of them oilers a secure headquarters for a gang of native pirates. They are not as bold * as before the government cruisers got orders to patrol those waters, and sink r every craft which could not show honest t papers; but they arc there still, and the j. temptations are too great to expect they ? : can ever be entirely suppress"d. On our way up, when off the Red Islands, on the a northwestern coast of Sumatra, we overhauled r.n Italian brig called the Cnm- t pello. She was stripped of sails, cordage ^ and most of her cargo, and had been sot. t I V fire to and scuttled. For some reason | c the flames died out, and the water came ^ in so slowly that she was floated six hours after the pirates abandoned her. ^ f:.. Our mate was sent off to board her, and g lie found a shocking state of affairs. She M ; had been !aid aboard without resistance by C( "two native boats, armed only with muskets p and pistols. The crcw had at once been tj made prisoners, and set to work to strip ^ the ship and hoist out such cargo as the ^ pirates coveted. She was run in behind ^ . one of the islands and anchored, and for three days and nights the pirates were tl hard at work on her. Each min of the crew worked under a guard during the 8( day. and at night Captain and all were c, secured in tlio iuc urew jj numbered fourteen. ra Toward evening of the third day the rj pirates had secured all their plunder. Sev- a, everal native crafts had been loaded and sailed up the coast to some rendezvous, ft and only one remained to take on the last of the plunder. As no actual violence had boen oTcred Captain or crew during J ^ .* the three days, there was hope that the pirates would g'> away and Icmvc them in possession of the robbed aud dismantled ^ brig. Just what shift they would have ^ U made in tliis cas'.' I cannot .' ay, for the jQ craft was left without sa'.l, rope, block ^ or provisions. About 4 o'clock in the afte rnoon the crew were ordei'cd forward, 811 while the natives collected aft, and at a j D' given signal fire was opened on the de- ^ fenceless men TV* >?/??? 5^ v vuvn v( uu 10 let 1 '< UU recorded that they seized whatever weap- qj ons they could lay hands on and dashed # til at the pirates, but it was simply to die ^ like brave r.ien. In ten minu es the last ^ one was shot down. The pirates then raised the anchor and got it into their w boat, bored holes in the ship's bottom, w and started afire in the hold amidships. m The information I have givet you came ca from a little chap on board who was making his first voyage as an apprentice. V1 He was, if I remember right, only thirteen years old. On the morning of the third *r day he managed to hide among the w cargo, and the pirate* complct d their work and sent the hulk drilting out to ^ sea without having missed him. He waa on deck to catch the nnint^r of mate's boat when she drew alongside, bt and to one of our crc .v who cuu.U speak ah Italian he gave tho story as straight as cl the Captain could have talked. m We reported the affair at Singapore, pc and a British gunboat was sent off to in- fo vestigate. She returned before we had tii completed our loading, and reported ti< that she had made no discoveries. It fo was a warning for our Captain, and ho w Wisely determined to hoed it. We took at on shell and grape for our cannon, a cr dozen revolvers were purchased for the fii crew, and- oh the very day we'left, the w Captain brought aboard two-very heavy gi rifles which he had picked up somewhore at at a bargain. I call.them rifles, but they gi ' ' ' w-f'" ' % - - >; ~v *>. v" j-.'*] wore young cannon, carrying o threeounce ball, with powcler enough behind it to kick the marksman half way across the ship. Wo left Singapore as well prepared as a m reliant vessel could be, and it seems that the Captain was advised to bear well up toward Hornco, and give the Red Islands a wide berth. "NV< crosso I the equator at least a hundred miles to the east of the islands, as I overheard the Captain say, and then altered our course to tuu southeast, calculating to pass to the east of Uiiiton Island before hauling away for Sunda Strait. The bark ma !c> >oml wmMht <-?f if and we had crossed the equator :uid run down on tho new course until Biliton iniirht h ive been sighted from the mustC O " head, when the:e came a calm. The wind had died away about midforcnoon, and the dr.ft of the bark was to the north. We looked for a change at sun- J set, but nothing came, and the night i passed without wind enough to move a feather. My watch was below when day- j light came, and wo got the word to turn ap lively. To tho Northeast, off the \ coast of Borneo, two or three green j Islands were in sight, and between us and the islands were two native craft bearing down upon us. These craft were about the size of pilot boats, half decked over, and rigged like a catboat. They had been sighted when six or seven miles away, and as my watch came on deck the mate descended from the perch aloft, where he had been using the glass, and reported to the captain that tho craft were approaching us by tho use of sweeps. The calm stilt' held, but it was clear enough to a sailor's eye that we should have a breeze as soon as the sun began to climb up. No man askod himself the errand of those boats making out for the Huntress. At that time and locality ;here coidd bo but one answer. The captain presently called us aft and said: 4'Men, the craft which yon see pulling >ut for us are pirates. We shall have a jreezo within an hour, but they will be lere fi.fct If wo cannot beat them off, ve are dead men. They take no prisoners. . look to see every man do his duty." Wo gave him a checr, and began our reparations. The cook was ordered to ill his coppers full of water and start . rousing tire, and the arms Wiru >rought up and served out. There were hree or four men who had served at a icavy gun, and these took charge of the annou, and the piece was loaded with shell. "When the Captain callcd for omc one to use the rifles, the only man rho answered was an American. He took hem aft, loaded them with his own ands, and by the time the pirates wero r'ithin a milo we wore as ready as wo ould be. The bark was lying with her ead to the east, and the fellows were pproaching us from the north, 011 our roadside. The mate kept his glass oing and announced that both craft" rere crowded with men, but that he ould see no cannon. They made slow rogrcss, and we were impatient to open le fight. By and by, when they might avo been three-quarters of a mile away, 10 Captain passed word for the gunners ) send them a shot. In a few seconds ie big gun roared, and we all saw that le shell flew over the pirates and burst 1 the air. It was a good line shot and jmething to encourage, but before the mnon sent another shot the American ad a try with one of the rifles. The tate was watching his shot from the frrrinrr nnrl UnJ ' 00?j,, ?? ...? ?u|iui? uuu auarcciy tuea i way b?fore he shouted : "Good for the Yankee! lie hit at least couple of them." The second shell from the cannon burst rer one of the boats and took effect on imc of the men, as reported by the . ate. The American then fired again, ] id again his bullet told. We were doing ] ravely and were full of enthusiasm, but ic struggle was yet to come. The felws bent their energies to creeping 1 oser, and pretty soon they opened on us ^ ith musketry, and the balls began to Dg through the rigging in a lively man- J ir. We had our musdets ready, but ; ic Captain ordered us to hold our fire id keep sheltered behind the rail. One the piratical craft was a quarter of a ile in advance of the other, and the tird shell from the cannon burst aboard her, and must have killed and ounded a dozen or more men. There as great confusion aboard, and she reaincd stationary until the other craft imo up. During this interval the Ameri- ] n got in two more shots, -which found ctims. "We now looked upon the vicry as assured, and there was cheering om one end of the ship to the other. We ere a little ahead of time. The third lot from our big gun burst it, and alough no one was hurt, we were thus >prived#of a groat advantage. As soon as the Captain knew what had tppened, be called upon all the crjw to teltcr themselves and wait to fire at ose quarters. One man was detailed to si&t the cook with the hot water, and >wder and bullets were placed handy r reloading the muskets. I was staDned near the gun carriage, and I no sed several shells lying about under ot. The American kopfc firing away ( ith the rifles, knocking over a pirate ^ every shot, and pretty soon the two j aft were near enough for us to open j e with the muskets* I presume we asted a good mpny shots, for we were, een hands and greatly excited, but I n likewise certain that we also did ^ cat execution. We had a plunging ( ' l: J..''-':.':V'-V. , !_ * ( t' -v, .. 1 . r - V ' ' * -T'*" :v , y - ? . t .7- > > > . ' t . tiro down upon a mass of half-naked fellows, and wo must have woudod out a full third of them. Thcro waa no air stirring, and the smoke soon grew thick about us. By and by the shouts and veils of the niratos soiiiiiImI r.lrwa?> o?- * 3 1 w c VWOU I?t i&UUU, J unci their craft \v6re laid alongside and j they begau climbing the rail. Wo now j flung down the muskets and used the rc- | volvers and pikes. When the revolvers i wore empty we used capstan bars, clubbed | muskets, or whatever wo could lay hands upon. Our rail was clear in half , a miuute, and then I picked up a shell : I and $ burning wad and ran forward. A dozen natives had gained the bow and j were pushing our men back. I lighted ' the fuse and gave the shell a roll along j I the deck into the crowd, and I give you j 1113' word that not one of them was left i alive after the explosion. One of our ; ! men on the quarter threw a secoud shell, ' I and I brought the third one and threw it | from the bow. The .fight was ended. A bit of wind j blew the smoke away, and wo looked down upon a terrible sight. The boats : seemed full of dead and wounded, the living sought shelter under tlio halfdecks. Why, there were bodies without heads, heads without bodies, and arms j find lpfrsnnH ivor?na nf Mnndtrmn?? i V* ?y?uwuj lUUUb UUUU^U ? to make tlic bravest turn pale. As \vc | cut their lashings they drifted off, and j the American with his big rifles, and two i or thrco of the men with muskets, kept j up a fire on everything that moved. Pros- ! ently the breeze came up, and as we made sail and irot the bark where wo could handle her wo ran down for the dhows. They were light built, aud it needed only a fair blow to crush them. The first \ one we struck on her starboard quarter, j and, although the bark glauced off, we ; crushed in her timbers, and she filled and [ went down inside of five minutes. There . were about twenty living men on the j other, and as we bore down for her at! a good pace they uttered shouts of terror and made signs of surrender. Our Captain had no mercy for them. We put , the ship right at the dhow's broadsidlc, 1 and we cut her square in two and rolled 1 the bow one way and the stern the other, '' while the living, wounded, and dead went into tho sea together.?Neio York \ Sun | j A Rich Editor's Stables. ; ' The stables belonging to George W. j j Childs, proprietor of the Philadelphif j ] ledger, are described by the Philadelphia J t A/cws ns folows: 1 j "A mcrciful man i3 mcrciful to hi< j < beast." Mr. Childs is a mcrciful man. | j That goes without saying, but I will saj ! t it nevertheless. His stnblc is large, fin! j t and titterl with every comfort for horse c aud convenience for attendants. It hai I t none of the brass mounted frippery 01 | f nonsense that made me think, when ] j j viaited Frank "Work's oquine palace ii i I New York, that there ought to bo a law ij to prevent men wasting money in such a t manner. Mr. Childs's stable is not onlj ^ comfortable and convenient, but it is also i arcliitcctually beautiful and in harmony ! I with the house of which it is so neces- ! sary an adjunct. The stable for his Jcrsoj cows is plain, but fitted with every com- ! < fort desirable for the beautiful animals, t What a blessing it would be if all dairymen were to have their kine as clean and h as well kept as his are. There is plentj n of running water at "Wootton. A little creek is being trained at present to run n with multifarious waterfalls. Its water is ii utilized in many ways and cools the milh in the most perfect spring-house I evci si saw. The trough in which the watci runs around the milk vessels is of white glazed tile, and the water flows through p it as clear as crystal. The interior ol the building itself is of white flint, and a [ never saw anything cleaner or sweetci looking. b j u The Bcs's Sting. j u The hive and its inmates afford, per- j laps, a more interesting field for micro- ^ icopic research than anything else in the ai Thole inaect kingdom. Take tho bee's ? iting; why, that alono might occupy all he rest of this paper. The sheath makes ^ he first wound, and, inside it, so man- ^ iged that they inclose a tube-like space 113 iown which the poison runs, are two ^ larts, all built in such a strictly mcchan- u cal way that?Mr. Cheshire says?they 8! emind him of the guide rods of a steam sngine. The poison is gummy, but it is areventerl from clogging the machine a' v, .i 1..1?s?? Tii sjr a ^tauu nmvu scvicirua ? iuuuuaiiug **' >il. The queen's sting is bigger than oj ;ho workers'?drones hare none?but it s practically barbless, and can therefore >e easily brought away instead of being eft in the wound and thereby causing I 0 ;he death of its precious owner. It is a . ormidable weapon, the sheath so hard ri ;hat it turns the finest razor-edge; but a j jueen never stings except in contest with 03 mother queen; she may be handled with . mpunity. Of the worker it is a mis:ake to aay that it always leaves its sting n the wound, and dies from the loss. ? [f it generally does so, the fault often a.T ties in your impatience; bear it like a j lero, and the bee will work its sting j ound and round till it is able to with-1 P1 Iraw it without impediment. Of course ' f1 70U oet rtiorced deener and deener. hut I ? ? ? ? I---' jf ;hen, consider, the creature's life is saved * t>y your suffering.?All the Tear Bound j - jji A man in Pittsburg has just pntentcd a i macliinc with which to blow window floss with compressed air, which, it is ra ilaimed, will revolutionize the business. G .' i ' - V l?$4?4i hM.' .- fJL A ' M * i" - ? J$ , * ' " ' ' " ' * > - '* i ''' : BENNETT AND GREELEY. The Two Groat New York Editor* In a Hagc. From nn interesting article on New York journalism of a past era, written; by Hugh Fnrrnr McDermott for the World, we mako the following extracts:) Ned Wilkins did the drama and opera 1 in tliosc days for the Herald. Alboni ! was singing at the Academy of Music.; uciore going to the Academy Ned thought lie would take in Pfaft's on (he : way. ITe did, and he took in hot whig-, kies with Halleck and the gay company. | He fore losing his senses ho called for a i newspaper and looked over the cast ol the opera. Thou ho dashed off a criticism of many pages, called a waiter, gave him a dollar and told him to hurry ( at once to the Ilem'd office with the critique. There were no messenger hoys i then Next day all the morning papers' save the If-'raid had a couple of lines each stating that there was no pcrfor- ' manceat the Academy owing to a sud- i den indisposition of Alboni. Old Mr. i Beunett did not see the statement. But i lie did sec, on the following day, veiy funny articles ia the Times and Tribunt on the Herald's blunder. They maintained that that was on a par with the Herald's claimcd correspondence from Thebes, Damascus, Bagdad and Jerusalem.. Bennett was wild. The joke went over the country. Nearly every paper had a slap at Bennett. As lie read them day after day he would jump from his chair and tear through the office, shouting in his broad Scotch acccnt: "Oh, the dom fool? Where is he? Where is he?" But Fred Hudson gare Ned the hint that Old Sandy was in a towering passion, aud, like a discroet young mau, he did not put in an appearance, except to draw his talary of $35 a week, for two weoks. Just as old Sandy's wrath had cooled and Ned was once more in favor a bad error occurred in one of Mr. Bennett's editorials. In those days many of j the regular hands in the composing-room | put on substitutes on Sunday. Those substitutes were and arc now callcd "subs" for short. Mr. Bennett had written for Monday's paper an editorial ! ibout the Spanish Government, and | ao auriagoil tne word government "govt,'* believing, of course, that the printer had sense enough to spell it out. But a "sub" got hold of the copy, and ( he proofreader that night was in a ! naudlin state. The "sub" set it up the J ''Spanish goat" in every instance, and so i t appear to Old Saudy's astonished ga/.o j he following morning. Then there was ' ^ nusic in the Herald office. Bennett , ould eat no breakfast. He came with I i ? he sj^eed of a crazed and ruined man ] J rom Mount Washington to the office. I ie glared at Hudson. He asked for J ^ Jill Smythe, the foreman of the compos- ; og-room. He wanted to know if every- | ?ody in the buildiug and about the j ^ uilding wjis a "<lom fool!" "It's a 'subV blunder," said Fred j ludson. : "It's a 'sub's'error,''said Bill Smythe. j ""What's a ;sob?' shouted Mr. Bennett. . 'Doin. the 'sob I' Is it a mule or a luna- J ic?" "Sob" was explained to him. and as ' e was leaving in despair he met a young inn on the stairway smoking a cigar." "Don't you know," thundered Ben- ^ ett, "that it's against the rules to smoke ' ^ s 1 this building?" ^ "No, sir, I do not," answered the ^ tnoker with fear and trembling. ; "Then who are tfou, and what do you . ^ant here?" asked Bennett, ready to itch, the smoker downstairs. ^ 'I'm only a 'sub,'" was the imploring nswer. "Ho! ha? You're the dom 'sob' that's 3 cen making all the dom blinders! Go c pstairs and get your pay and never come ^ ito this building a^ain." ! i c Before reaching the foot of the stairs j [r. Bennett met Ned Wilkins going up j ad whistling a lively air from the latest pera. "Whistling, is it? This is your sorrow >r the misery you have caused me! 1 ou'U live on kale, Ned, two weeks 1 ioic. Not a cent will you draw," and 1 le great old man passed Ned all broke * p. But Fred Hudson paid Ned his c ilary all the same. 0 No more tcnder-hearled man than the 8 ider Bennett ever lived. His fury was 0 [ways over in a couple of hours and he 0 ad a fatherly liking for every employe v lthe Herald. 1 ***** 55 Speaking of Bennett's anger by times, v may refer here to that of Horace Gree- c ty. Greeley was a Donnybrook Fair a ishman through and through. He * pped and swore and tore lik<j a mad * nil when angry. His manuscript was J cecrablc, and a "sub" occasionally got 11 aid of it. Greeley had written an ar- 8 cle entitled "William H. Seward." A ' Bub" named Peter Hacket, fresh from a ligo, set it up "Richard the Third," ;n id dashed away with great confidence, u 11 he came across Greeley's quotation om Shakespeare?" 'Tis true, 'tis pity; ity 'tis 'tis true." The Sligo gentleman 1, isnea over to tlie philosopher, copy in a ind, and triumphantly read?"It's five o 's forty, it's forty it's five, and what the 1 ivil's that?" Then and there Greeley t fered to pay Mr. Hackett's passago i ick to Ireland. On another occasion t "sub" got hold of Greeley's chirog- J phy. He set up wagon with wo g's. f reeley markert one out. The "sub" a C;.-. . V v ': / .. . ' & XSrafciiif V;-', -V&iijv; y - ? y ' -n "' 7^ i thought ho knew more about spelling j than the philosopher, aud let both go in. Greeley raged at the "sub" the following day. Tho "sub" replied that when ho went to school there were two g's in wagon. "Well," said Greeley, in his piping voice, "wagons were bigger then than they arc uow." He was a constant victim of indolent printers, who borrowed $5 and $10 of him on all sorts of representations, but only to be spent in the Pewter Tuug or Cobweb Hall. A few years bnfnrn liii death a sentimental lady wrote him, a.king him where she could get an autograph of Edgar Allan Poc. The philosopher replied that she could procurc that autograph for $.">0, as he hclcl Poo's note for that amount. Thoreau, who was a weak imitation of Kalph Waldo Emerson, was also one of Greeley's mendicants. Moisture and Lockjaw. ^ . Dr. Felix L. Oswald says in Home and Form: Moisture, in the form of a vaporhath is an excellent remedy for tetanus, or lockjaw. The immobility of the jaw is only the eulminative symptom of a complaint which might be detined as a rigor of the upper motor muscles. The affection begins with a peculiar stiffness in the back part of the ncck, rendering every sideward motion of the head painful or even impossible; before long the cramp-like sensation extends to the spine; the patient feels impelled to bend for- I ward to iclicve tho strain on the shoulder muscles; bendachcs and a feeling of general numbness beget a disposition to sleep, and on awakening from a fitful nap the teeth feel set as firmly as those of a j powerful steel trap. The patient leans , his head on his clutchcd fist, while , spasms of the neck muscles often beget a sensation as if the hinge* of the jaw . bones were mechanically riveted, and j could be moved only by a breaking forco i if not by a miracle. Yet a steam bath, ! or even a wet pack in sheets drenched j with warm water, is generally sufficient j to accomplish that miracle. The com- | bined iniluence of warmth and moisture i seems to relax the rigor of the muscles; | first the spine, and by-and-by the nock j and jaws feel the relief, and by continual : friction the danger of a relapse can be ( obviated for a quarter of an hour, after i which the abnormal symptoms will be reduced to a lingering numbness, as after a ' itunning falL Human Interest in Animals. The interest which yearly Increases in ' norses and other domesticated animals j will be as much manifested as ever at the j inmmcr resorts. Although attended with nuch difficulty and annoyance, people ivith hoises of their own, used cither for he eaddie or driving, try in many initances to have them removed to the seaside or suburban places whore th?y make heir longest suburban stay, in order that hev may have the enjoyment of them. To a greater extent this is the case vith pet dogs, though many of the best I ummer hotels and boarding-houses obect to receiving them, and there is lardly a hotel man who has not had to neet and settle the difficult dog probem; for while guests, as a rule, object o haviug miserable- little whipper nappers trotting and snarling around ; he pi#s::ges and seeing them, as j ometimes happens, brought into the t lining-room, there are many persons who i hink so much of their pet bow-wows j hat they will not go themselves whero ! heir canine darlings are refused. It is nainly in order to gratify the growing minan interest in the- animal world that it so many places of summer resort 1 pecial accommodations for horses and ; thcr animals arc being provided and fa:ilities increased for having them con- ' ributc to tho amusement of the great .rowds that congregate at theso places. ?Philadelphia Times. How to Make Yourself Unhappy. In the first place, if you- want to make )ourself miserable, be-selfish. Think all he time of yourself and your things. ] )on't care about anvthincr else. Have no 1 eeling for any but yourself. Never think ^ if enjoying the satisfaction of seeing ! ithers happy, but rather if you aee a ( miling face be jealous lest another should f njoy what you have not. Envy every ( me who is better oft than yourself; think * mkindly of them and speak lightly of 1 hem. Be constantly afraid lest some one { hould encroach upon your rights; be 1 watchful against it, and if any should 1 omo near your things snap at them like ' mad dog. Contend earnestly for every- 1 hing that is your own that may not be c trorth a pin. Never yield a point. Be 4 ery sensitive and tako everything thai i i said to you in playfulness in the most 1 erious manner. Be jealous of your friends 8 5St they should not think enough of you; c nd if at any time they should seem to t eglcct you put the worst construction 0 pon their conduct.?J In IV s Journal oj ^ lealtK r * The mountain lions of Montana arc arge and ferocious and they frequently ttack full-grown steers. The territory n >ffere $8 for every scalp, and the cow- I toys make quito a business of hunting k hem in the winter. Lions are often f Jlled measuring nine feet from tip to I ip, and weighing 200 to 800 pounds, e lany more measuring from ten to eleven a eet are frequently bagged, and occasion- a lly a monster reaching twelve feet, - p * - v.: v ">' ' " kV"J FUN. "By their works shall ye kaowthem." ?Watches.?Merchant Traveler. Tlic moro you cheque a spendthrift the faster he goc3. ?National Weekly. Why is a successful pouitry-man like | a carriage-builders? Because he makes a coop-pay. i The barber can be relied upon for data in the making up of "crop" reports.? , Yunkers (Jazclte. i A way to get even with the Canadians [ on tin; dshcry question: Make them cat ; shad.?Boston Post. A theatrical manager in London says that 1!)0,000 persons in that city live by i playing. ? Free Press. A young man who lives on a rich mother-in-law is not necessarily a Canui | D:U, but approaches that tribe for la/.i1 ti'jss.?National Weekly. ! Australia has had a ball game, but as J the Australians have not learned to kick ' at the umpire's decisions, it was not very ' exciting. ? Lowell Citizen. "I know what the nightsof labor arc," I said the mother of six boys as ?lie sat 1 down to repair the pile of trousers and j jackets.?liokton Courier. i Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes used to be : au amateur photogrnphcr. When he prcs-cntcd a picture to a friend, ho wrote on ] the back of it: "Taken byO. W. Holmes ; & Sun."?Detroit Free Pre**. 1 Bornsterne Bornson, the Norwegian j poet, wants to come to America for I visit. Ijjjjjjjjj-] Those jrs belong in the name somewhere, and the reader can distribute them to suit h? taste.? Norwich Bulletin. What every married man* in this country wants is a trained, ticrcc-looking little mouse that will appear whenever ?oiwi ...JII * - va.n.u. it ?ni stampede a laraily qmirrcl in less time than it takos to provoke one.?ATaron Teleqraph. "Have you heard Miss Simpson1 sing since she returned from Europe?"' "Several times." "Do yon think she ha? improved?" "Very much." "In what particular?" "She doesn't sing as-much as .she used to."?Mnsicil Journal. "iloiacc, why don't you sit down ? You've been standing there for over anhour." "Cawn't sit down. Pweddic. Going to the reception, you know." "Well, what of that ? It's early yet." "Ju^t had my twowscrs eweased, Fweddic. Do you thiuk I've got s-s-a-softenof the hwain ?"?Life. How io Punish Children. "IIow to punish children," said Prof. Adlcr.in a lecture recently, "is one of the burning questions of the day. Upon i1 depends in !i greutcr degree than people imagine the welfare of the state, th? family, society and the ethical develop-, meat of humanity itself. We would be the physicians onr enemies; we would profit by their hostility and lead them tc a better mind by gentleness and tirmnes? combined, and even chastise them when their own good and social advancemonl require it. How many pareuts know hoy* to punish children? "A. child will grow up, in nine cases out of ten, the embodiment of the inilucnces that surround him. Never obastise a child in auger. Socrates, the great Pagau philosopher, refrained from punishing a slave until his passion had cooled. An angry father sets a perilous example to his offspring. He exhibits his weakness when he should be firm and contained. The child drinks in the lesson,and his moral nature is lacerated and warped. "How many children arc spoiled by discouragement? Parents grumble aud chide the livelong day, and never praise. It js wrong. Nothing will so effectually crush a child's ambition to be good and' noble. The sweet approbation of a good mother is enough to make a young man facc lire and death iu a worthy cause." Humors of the Pulpit. At a reception to the Rev. Dr. Seward\ in New Britain, Conn., recently, remiiir iscences were iu order. It was said that Dr. Seward insisted, when appointed pastor, in 1830. that ho should not bo?a!lcd upon for more than two public erviccs each Sunday; that one member >f the church shortly afterward prayed* hat the pastor would rceoive grace to. >rcach in the morning aud afternoon, md, ''if his strength held out, ho might Anflnnn ui fho AUAninnp T^r flnufovrl old of receiving a bushel of turnips once or marrying a couple, and some years atcr the bridegroom appeared and passed . >ut a $10 bill, saying that "his wifo had urncd out so well that he felt justified n the expenditure." A man once came nto church late, and started, with queaky boots, to walk the whole length ?f a side gallery, when an oxchango pasor stopped suddenly iu his prayer, >pcucd his eyes, and pointing a long inger at the disturber, said, "You sit iglit down whero you are." He then csumed his prayer. j. * * 1 uuiu is auuwci niguuivuii ior oaimciii nd milk. There are living in West liver Settlement, Nova Scotia, four irothors?McLeod?whose united ages oot up 324 years. They are as follows: lugh, eighty-four yo:ira; William, ighty-two years; Daniel, eighty years, nd Anthony, seventy-eight years. They re all hale and hearty and ablo for their >orridge and milk every morning. ,