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I~~~ 9 -7g .-~l Ti.. a 4IL T-A AlYW1IK3KLY EDJTIO&. WKNSB .Sq MACIs83 STBIHD14 - ivisIalim PENN. ''hte tyrant on his glided throne, The warrior In his battle dreas, The holler triunph ne'er have known Of Justlce and of righteoudniless. Founder of Pennsylvania I Thou, Dil'st feel it, when thy words of peace 8inoothed the stern ohleftain's swarthy brow, - And bade Uto dreadful war.dance cease. On Scluylkill's banks no fortress frowned, 'I'l1 peaceful cot alone was.there; No beacon fires the hilltopa crowned, No deoth-shot fired the 1)elaware. In inatiners meek, in precepts wild, 'lIou and thy friends serenely taught ''te savage launtsnan, fierce and wild, To raise to Heaven his erring thought. How all unlike the loody band That unrelenting Cortez letd . To princely Montezuina's land, Aud ruin 'round his pathway shed. With hearts that knew not. how to apare, Disdaining wilder ineans-to try, 'Ihe crluison sword alone was thero The Indian's cihoice-to yield or die I But thou, meek Pennsylvanian sire, Unarmed, alone, froin terror free, ''aught by the heathen council lire The lessons of Christianity. Peoinder of Pentbylvania State I Not on the blood-wet rolls of fame; lut wit. the wise, the good, the great, Tlhe world shall place thy saluted naine. A NEW YEAR'S GkFT. The last day of the old year, with a piereingly cold wind, and a blue sky wnottled with grey cloudlets, and when over a drop of water fell a slippery spot (in the sidewalk. Sixth Avenue was in almost gala uttire wind and cold notwithstanding, I he crowds of shoppers thronged the stores and purchased from the stock of holiday goods. In the great establishment of Rolfe an11d Son, the sales-ladiea were kept busy as bees, and little Emmie Horton, espe Mially, had found her time very particu larly occupled in waiting upon one of thie most aristocratic and elegantly tiressed ladies she had seen in a long wvile. *But she had gone at last, with her parcel of, expensive lace and luscious ribbons, and Emmie saw her get in the carringe waiting at the door and drive off-one of fortune's favorites in the widest sense of the word, for she was young and fresh, and fair and lovely as a flower. "That's Miss Payne-Miss B'ssie Payne," Amy Fleming volunteered, see ing Emtmie's admiring glance follow her -Didn't you know who it wa? "Bless me, why I thought everybody in the store knew Miss Pa ne. "She's engaged to Mr. rank iRolfe to be married in the church to-morrow uight-it's it wonder she'd be seen out, isn't it?" For one little second all the great buiy room with its subdued noise seinett to fade,anay into some far-off spaeo, the next Emmie heard a crisp voice ask for "Oavdinal sashing, please," and sHime brought herself back to everyday lhfe again, and no one knew what it mneant-that pale, hushed look on her siweet young face, that dumb, hauting sladow in her soft blue eyes. No one but herself, and not until it wvas the hour for supper, and Emmie had time to let herself think, (lid she'dare face it-Frank Rolfe engaged to be mar ried to tis beautiful, rich young eca ture, and-- and he hlad for a long blessed year been trying, by every attention and tievotion, to win her loye-her love, little Emmie Rortoin, one of the shop gIrl's in.Rolfo and Son's employ. She had not been unmnaidenly in yield iuig her love to him. Emnmie's pure heart and conscience assured her of that, and Mr. Rolfe had persistenitly,'but delicately sought her, anld honored her upon1 all occasions; when by so do01mg, he wvould not make her an object of gossip among her comi p~anions. He had been so seemingly sin earnest, Eimmie remembered his grave, quiet courtesy, his delieate, gentlemanly de votion, with a shiver of deathly pain and humilhation, for after all, she hlad only been his amusement, and he intended all the while to marry Miss Beaste Payne the heiress. I Poor little girl! It was not her first experience of the hollowness of what tile world calls friend ship, for when fortune had deserted her, and her paralytic father had descended from affluence and position, in another 4city, to comparativo poverty here in great, busy, indifferent Now York, Em.. mie hlad tastea her first cup of painful experience, when summer friends had 1lown away; but thiu, this defection of Frank Rolfe's, this cruel, heartless treat ment of her, was a thousandfold worse, for it laid in ms the sweetest, fairest part of her woman's life-her hope, her fatithm, her trust, her-love. All tile rest of that hurried, busy eve nling Eiie kept steadily to her work, hecr swe'et face pale and sad;, her heart beatinlgin dull hea~vy throbn that felt like soft hammers in het temples, for,. no matter how one craves rest from aobing anguish of sdnl, daily work'm'ust go on, when one's daily broad depends upon And to-morrow was Neir Year's Iay! Emuie had ounted so upon it, Ahd 1f was Strtel 1Rolf's gedding-day. -Ahi d1o unutler~ble agony tiAt was aotual physical pain as skoe tried to r aiim. it, Onoe one of t1he girls a eing her pale and quieti Emmie was asked by her what the matter was, and Emmie told her she was a little tired;' ah! tired of everything-tired. of liying-and only seventeen! Business kept the girls late that night It was eleven o'clock whenlEmmie and Amy Fleming put on their heavy ulsters and hats, and mittens, and aaid good night at the corner, where'they separa ted-a bitterly cold, blustering night, with a wind against which the thickest garments seemed no . protection, and Emmie walked along, breasting the wind as well as she could, thinking of Frank Rolfe and the glance she had given him in passing the cashier's desk where grave, handsome, gentlemanly, he was looking over the accounts-Bes sie Payne's husband-elect. - Then, even thoughts of him, and her own heart-sorrows were suddenly dis persed as sheslipped, staggered, caught herself, and then fell close by the corner of a street where a dark, gloomy, public building stood-and realized that, in falling on the treacherous ice, she had sprained her ankle and was faint with pain and terror-with terror at the sound of a man's voice, rough yet hushed, cruel and curt-just around the angle of the building, into whose door she had crept. "I thought I heard somebody. "Didn't you?' "Yes, but it wasn't him; he hasn't come along yet. 'It was a woman. "I saw her turn off at the corner. "There isn't any doubt but wbat he will take the diamonds with him, I sup pose? If he should have changed his mind it will be a bad job for us." "He'll take them, you may be sure, "I heard hin tell Joe so myself. "Said he. "Juct send the paroor up to Rolfe and Son's some time before six o'cLock, and I'll take them to Miss -Miss"--I forget the name "myself," "But maybe he won't go this way," "Maybe he always do then." "If he shows fight--" 'If he do, I'll show him. "Got your slung-shot handy, haven't you Bob? "Golly, but i'ts a freezer to-nightl" And little Emimie Horton heard every syllable of it, and comprehended at once that they were lying in wait to rob -perhaps kill-Frank Rolfe as he was taking home the diamonds for his gift to his bride. And he was coming-perhaps in a minute perhaps not quite so soon, but certamnly coming that way-with the precious jewels in his possession. He must not come-she must some how save him, somehow warn him, for all he had broxen her heart, ruined her fair young life and, dizzy with terror, pale and anguished with acute physical pain, this brave, grand little girl got herself along somehow, crawling, dragg ing herself by area railing, hopping on her well foot, through the almost inter miunable seven blocks back to the store, where the lights were still burning, and when, she dragged herself in, by the aid of counters and stools, Frank Rolfe and his father-a courtly, handsome, grey-headed gentleman-could not con ceal their astonishment and dismay at sight of her-pale, excited, evidently saffering, as she told her story in eager, yet coherent words, and then--sank in a deep dead faint on the office floor. "The splendid little creature! "Frank, this is what I call true hero. ism. Riidg for the keeper's wife to come -there lift her gently, and we will lay her on the sofa-poor, brave, grand little girl! She has saved your life, And as he stood looking at her, pate as a snowdrop, curious thoughts were in Frank Rolfe''s mind. The keeper's wife came, and a hack was telephoned for, and while Etmre was being conveyed home, her foot and ankle as comfortable as possible, there was a telephonic consultation between police head-qu'arters. and Rolfe and Bon's counting-room, and-In a half hour more, as Fraph Rolfe walked past the corner, revolver ready, a couple of policemen who had approached the spot by another route, sprang upon the men and arrested them in the very act of at tack. The next day was New Year's-bright, calm, with diminished temperature, and full of rare' promise and beauty, only this womanly, brave little Emmie of mine was not brave and heroic, but si lently crying as she lay on the crimson carpet lounge in her room, trying not to think and yet. never thinking of any. thing else than-to-day was Frank Bolfe's wedding-day, and that never more was there any hope, or joy, or love for her. And then some one knocked at the door, and Rolfe and Son and Miss kes aie Payne came in, and a great lovely flush spread over Emmie's 'face as she greeted them, and when Miss Payne knelt down beside the lounge and kissed her, - "ou are a little heroine, my dear, *he aaid sweetly. - "And Ihaye come to bring you the royar4 for iour splendi courage., "don kgodV amn to be married1 to night to Mt, 1Rolfe? Welyou de to let us ta toe you home with me, Emmine-never mind your foot-and, dear, I know all about how much Frank loves you-almost as well as his father, my Frank, loves me, "And-Frank, you tell her the rest of the conspiracy, will you?" And she stepped back, taking Mr. Rolfe with her, while Frank leaned af footionately over the hushied, awed taco upturned t'o his. "I want a double wedding to-nigt, my dear-Bessie and my father, and you and I. "I have never asked you to be my wife, dear, but you must have known I meant it to be so, and I want you now, right away. The carriage will take you to Bessie's, and we will have a quiet little ceremony just before the other bridal pair go to the church. "Darling, shall it be so?" And then Emmie knew that the New Year had indeed brought the sweetest of human gifts to her, and she closed her sweet eyes in a silent rapturous thanks giving before she answered him "Oh Frankl" But it was enough for him; he read the assent in her eyes and kissed the lovely happy mouth. And when the wedding guests wentin rapturs over Mrs. Frank Rolfe senior's diamonds, they were told it was thegift of Mrs. Frank Rolfe junior-a royal bridal gift, a New Year's gift of price and value untold, but by those who knew the story. Superstitious of the Sea. The Virgin is the patroness of seaside temples and chapels. As early as 200 A. D. we find her aid efficacious. The Varangians attacked Constantinople about that time with a Russian fleet, and the good Bishop Photius was able to raise a storm and destroy this fleet with the mantle of Our Lady of Blachernes, The Virgin, as related in the account of spectral lights and apparitions, sayed from shipwreck Ai helsiga, (in eleventh century,) the Earl of Salisbury, (1220,) Edward 1II., and Edward 1V., of Eng land. The former monarch, overtaken in an English Channel by a storm, ex claimed, "Oh blessed Mary, holy Lady I why Is it, and whatdoes it portend, that in going to France I en. i favorable wind, a calm sea, and all aings pros pered withine;'but on resu ailng'to Eng land all kinds of misfortunes befall me?" The storm, the account says, immedi ately subsided. The latter sovereign "prayed to God, our Lady, and Saint George, and among other saynts he specially prayed Saint Anne to helpe him." Joinville says a sailor, who fell overboard during the voyage of St, Louis to France, was asked why he did not swim. He replied that it was only necessary to exclaim, "Oar Lady of V albert!" and that she supported him by the shoulders until he was picked up. There was a statue at Venice, according to Moryson, that performed great mi racles. A merchant vowed perpetual gifts of wax candles in gratitude for being saved by the light o a candle on a dark night. The statue and that of St. Mark wvere saluted by ships. Ad miral Howard wrote to flonry VIII.; "I have given Capt. Arthur liberty to go home, for when lhe was in extreme dan ger hie called upon Our Lady of Walsiug ham for health and comfort, and made a vow that an It ploased God and her to deliver him out of the peril he would never oat flesh or fish until he had seen her." Erasmus says of the people in the shipwreck: "The mariners they were singing their (Salve Regina, implor ing the Virgin Mother, calling her the Star of the Sea, the Queen of Heaven, &c" "in ancient timies Venus took care of the mariners, because she was supposed to be born of the se'i and be cause she left off taking care of them the Virgin Mother was put in her place," He says one sailor tried to float ashot-e on a rotten and worm eaten image of the Virgin. .An Illinois Church Soena. A ludicrous scene ocrurred in one of our country churches one night re cently. The congregation were patient ly awaiting the arrival of the minister, when presently a rustliug was heard in the aisle and a minute later the preacher glided rapidly to the pulpit, where lie divested himself of his coats and walked into the pulpit in his shirt-sleeyes, apparently unconscious of what he had done. After the prelude he announced the opening him, prayed, and then with great energy he opened his theme. His ai'guments were so convincing and logi cal that ho soon aroused his bearers to that extent that they became greatly excited and were standing up in the peas shouting "glory" in concert with great vohemance. In the rear end of the church a number of "hard young men" were having a solid game of poker, betting on the final outcome, while on the opposite side a number of ninshers were diligently engaged in hogging their sweethearts. To a lover of the ridiculous the scene was imimense. Siummed-up the scene was: Preacher in. hiokory shirt-members wildly excited hard young men~ playing poker--m'ash ors hugging their girl. The ataa' was an actu~1 ccurrence ,and can be snb, sten~tiated, and took place witidn eight miles of this oity~ The. Mirt6 sri.. Game, there wa4-3Qfl., We could not break oamp now wthi our weak men upon our hando, and 4 only remained for some one to attemAt the desperate journey across the San VJuan range, by way of the Devil's Pag, to Animas, and return with food or a rescuing party. Failing of that, spring-time would find our cabin inhabited by corpses, We drew lots among o1selv.es, there fore, we well men, to deiwho should undertake. this perilous p, si tlo risk fell. upon me.- It- .sas best, per hapd, thAt it should h'aV4 been so, for of all the party I uest knew the trail. Without waste of words or time, I pre pared myself for the journey, and, thor oughly armed, early one morning, be fore the pale moon had fallen behind the western mountains, I bade good-by to my comrades and started. Turning my back upon the camp, I settled my course by a star,. and at a blrisk pace steered southward. All day 1 continued on the trail, ever with a watch'il eye for Indian signs-for I believed our old enemies btill in the viinity-but all day unmolested, and at last, weary and worn, as the chill shadows began to creep across the great.white plain be bind me, 1 saw looming up in front the San Juan Range,' gashed with a narrow gorge-the Devil's Pass. Once through that horrible grave-for it was little else-and the road to Amnimas would be comparatively easy. My spirits rose hopefully. As darkness came fairly down, I found myself just at the mouth of the canyon which lead up to the pass, and deeming it a most sheltered place for a camping spot, I soon gathered a heap of dead limbs beneath an over-hanging rock where the snow had not yet come, built a roaring fire, which warmed and cheered me, and prepared for the night; I felt little fear, for the narrow, frown ing canyon walls would hide the light of my fire from all the plain country. The only disturbance which I might look for would be the howling of the wolves, who threatened, but dared not attack me; and I cared not for them. With those comforting reflections, therefore, I ato a hea#Y supper, drank a little.mgitAd #49. x, lit my pipe, and rolling myself' in my blanket, crowded close. to the rock wall behind me now well warmed by the fire. And so, in the flickering light, protected upon all sides, I gave myself unhesi tatingly up to slumber. How long 1 slept I cannot say. It was deep in the night when I woke with a sudden chill. it was as if someone had touched me with a cold and clam my band, but even before I was well awake my frontiersman's caution re turned, and I opened my eyes slowly, and didn't move. The fire was all but out. and the ghostly light from its dying embers touched the snow and rocks and trees about with a strange color like thick blood. The air was growing chill and still, too, except for the cry of a coyote far up the canyon wall opposite, who whined and barked incessantly. There was something almost oppres sive about the silence to me, when suddenly, from just beyond my smoul dering fire the sound of a step startled me, and before I had time even to move there was bending' over me a hideous, painted face -the face of a savage. And in his hand, already creeping toward my heart, was his heavy scalp ing-knife. To describe my senlsation is impos sible. Some terrible spell seemed to blind me. Not only was I facing danger which meant instant death, but I was unable to move, even in the attempt to save myself. It was as if I were fasci nated, I tried to reason with myself. This was but a single enemy-if I should spring upon him I might kill him and so be free; but although the reasoning was all right, the action I was unable to bring about, and all the-time the ter rible knife drew nearer. TIhe redskin knew that I was awake, and that I saw him, but lhe gloated over my helpless ness and delayed his fatal blow. At last, however, I saw the gleam of his eye, the tightening of his muscles, and knew that In an instant more all would be over, when a sndden harsh, metallic rattle sounded, as if it were in my very bosom. I felt something glide from my side-a Iong, scaly, snaky body shot out to meet the dusky on-coming arm. There was a blow, then a cry of horror, and as the knife fell ringing to the earth, a rattlesnake crawled slowly away, and the Uneomphagre, with his now nerveless hand outstretohed and the blood dripping slowly from his parted fingers, with a long, wild deaty shriek turned and disappejied In the dariness. The rattler which my fire had drawn from his winter guarters had saved my life and the life of ':py com panions. .A week later, with a party of thirty good fellows, I recrossed tihe ~n Juan range, and resocued my parfy #9mn star vation and the, Indians; a*R It is bo. Cause of what that snalse 414 far ne in Deovil's Pass, nigle on twoutf ydrs ago, that I14ot the crittor* liye to da~ The Prisons of Siberia. On the first of May, at two o'clock in the morning, two consecntive shots were heard near the political prison of Nignl Kara. The sentinels had fired at a man who was escaping from a workshop loca ted just beyond the gqu!yde. Soon after ward a special visit was made at the prison. and the keepers established the escape of ilne prisoners: Micbklne, 11 roustchow, Bolomiesow. Voinarolsky, Listcheuko, Jurkowsky, Dihowsky, lij. anowaky, and linakow. This escape so d'sturbed the authorities at St. 1-etersburg that they threatened to recall the governor, Ighobewitch, unless the fuitIvces should bp recantured. A few days before, on the twentieib 'Of April, igilehewitcli and tUalkine-Vrajsky had In spected the prism aOd found it in good order. To mitigat, their ftsponsibility these two functionaries co cnived the in geoious idea of fomenting a revolt among the prisoners. On lie fourth of May, the tanager, Potolew, ordered that the heads of the political prisoners be shaved. The prisoners replied that the instruction of the ministry exempted hem from this process, that, only the tupnistry could rescind the instruction, and [bat consquently they refused to submit to Potolew's order. This decided stand of the prisoners led the authorities to rellct, and on the sixth of Alay they ofiloially notifled the condemned that no violence would be done'them and that they might be tranquil. Five days passed without incident, and the prisoners began to breathe agalo. On the eleventh of May, at three o'clock in the morning, six hundred Cossacks, under the command of lglichewitch, Rou denko, and Potolew, authorized by Gal kine, surrounded the prison, occupied till the pass iges and courts, and z ushed upon the sleeping prisoners. Thcy proceeded first to a general visit, summoned the pris oners to dress themselves, and obliged them to go out in five groups. The Cos sacks then invqded the prison and took the prisoner's effects; their chiefs set the ex ample by appropriating articles of value. They took every thing, even photographs. Twenty six prisoners were Feint to Oust Kara, and as mnny more to Vechuin-Kara and to the prieon ofl' Amiour. '1 he Cos sacks, urged by their leaders, insulted and struck the unfortunates. When the latter, worn out with sufferng, made a show of resisting the bad treatment., the order was given to break the heads of all who should utter a word of protest. They tied their hands behind their backs, and thus our unbppy comrades were marched to Oust-Kara. At the moment when the prasoners at Nignm-h.ara were beginning to ditto, Poto few and Roudenko appeared with the Cos sacks. The prisoner Orlow demanded an explanation of what had happened. "Si. leucel" was the only answer that he ob tained. Orlow insisted. The Cossacks rushed upon him, struck him with the butts of their guns, and then took lum off to put him in the dungeon. During the excitement Potolow struck some blows and ordered the Cossacks to do likewise. Orlow's companions received similar usage. When at last this scone of savagery ceased, Potolew shouted gleefully: "That is how we make visitel" The cruel wretches then passed into the next room, The prisoner Bobohow was seated when the inspectors entered. "Take him by the hairl" yelled Ron denko; and 3obohow, dragged by the hair, received a shower of blows. Filled with indignation, the prisoners Starinke witch and Jastrawsky seized boards and threw them at Rondenko, who unfor tunately was not hit by them. This attempt at resistance was followed by a frightful scene of violence. The Cos sacks set to beating the Drisoner9 with such zeal that the stock of one of their guins broke, Of all the prisoners Starin kewitch suffered the most. After which the unfortuuate prisoners' wore submitted to a whole series of perse cutions, Their books, tea and tobacco were taken away; they were restricted to ordinary prison fare-spoiled bread and soup made from tainted fish. Not content with that, the authorities confined them in twos and threes in narrow cells, prohibited them from going out even to take the air, took away their beds, refused them their own linen, and deprived themn of light. The women were treated in the same way, and the sick had .neither care nor medi elno. Vlastopoulo went mad! A few weeks went by without any mcid ification in their condition, when nlolton grmo, major of the gendarmues, arrived. Iloitongrine told the prisoisera that they were accused of receiving stolen goods, and that the authorities badi taken away all their things as coinperasation for the twenty-three thousand roubies which the search for the fngitives ha'i cost. "1 will make them die of hungerl'' said Holton grine, speaking of the political prisoners. At present this is the situation at K'ra. The prison is divided iato small eom partments. Each compartment contains six or seven men all shaven andi in irons; some are handcuffed,' notably P'opro, Be rousnik, and ifonutchiew. All are ex. pressly forbidden to go out, and are de prived of books, journals, ink, and paper. The prisoners are formally prohibited from writing to their relatives and friends.] Trwice a day they receive an ofilaial visit. a The authorities aire disposed to send back the women wLao have voluntarily followed the political prisoners. Among the letter there are twenity-two who have finished their sentences, but Hloltongrine says: "Russia has its term, and we have ours." We are no longer allowed to work in the, shops, or to care for the sick, who are numerous. The women are treated like I the men, with the single difference that they can spend their money, wh'eh they i do in buymng tea and tobacco for the pru- 2 oners. Several of the women are sick; I llronchhowes, K~owahska, Kobesjkina, Lechern, and Levenson. Among the ment the following are very sertousuy ill: Faha-- t now, Jurkowsky, Dikowsky, Biogdonc- 1 witch, Mtarinkewitoh, and Jounow.. Star- I inkewi'Ch and Jastraweky are under sen tonce for resstng the authorities. Pont Katra has e vowed an implaeable hatred ' for floltongrine, Roudenad, Iglichewitchi, C (alkmne-Vrajshy, and k'ot'iew. Kooh. t sieff, Weumar, Miehdallow, and F~rost. i ahausky are well. Preodretjensky is thin had feeble. Ziplow hai reeived onec laundred blows of a musket in tbe hands t tAnoutohmet: while they were being f utruox, Hioltongine '60otinti vecour- a uged the wretch witi t* rda: "8triko) StIkII hardi These deql s e killed!" Those mee os as q 1p~o a, *A the resistance provoked by the authori ties are logomoleky, Rovalsea, Chedrine, ivanow, Volochenko, Pupow, latsinsky, Kol~ilensky, and Gachisch. They have all been taken, with irons on their feet, to the fort. of ANovogulorguivsky. The fugitives have been recaptured and fast ened to the walls. Lechern has been hanged. Bronchkawska swallowed dis solved matches, but the authorities saved himl. A Russian Iee Bridge. The idea of the Montreal ice palace is not a new one. Nearly one hundred and fifty years ago its prototype was was erected at the whim of the Em. press Anne wo reigned froip 1790 to 1740. On Aif the nobles, Prince Galit. zin, bavin' changed his religion, was punished by being made a court page and buffoon. His wife being dead, the empress required him to marry again, agreeing to defray the expense of the wedding heiself. The prince, true to his new character, selected a girl of low birth. This was in the winter of 1739 40, which was one of extraordinary severity. By her majesty's command, a house was built entirel) of ice. .t consisted of two rooms ; and all the furniture, even to the bedstead, was was made of the same material. Four small cannons and two mortars, also of ice, were placed in front of the house. and were fired several times without bursting, small wooden grenades being thrown from the mortars. On the wed fling day a procession was formed, com posed of more than three hundred per. sons of both sexes, whom the empress -desirous of seeing how many different uinds of Inhabitants there there were in her vast dominions-had caused the governors of the various provinces to send to St. Petersburg. The bride and bridegroom were conspionously placed M a great irdd cago, on the back of an elephant. Of the guests (all of whom were dressed in the costume of their respective countries), some were mount;. ed on camels ; others ne ro in sledges a man and a woman in oach-drawn by beaste of all descriptions, as reindeer, oxen, goats, dogr, hogs, and tho like. After passing before the imperid palace, and marching through the principal streets of the city, the motley cayalcade proceeded to the Duke of Courland's riding-houso, where dinner was served to each after the manner of cookery in his own country. The boast over, there was a ball, those from each nation hav ing their own music and their own style of dancing. When the ball was en-.ld, the newly-married pair were conducted to their palace of ice, and guards were stationed at the door to prevent their going out until morning. The building is said to have lasted uninjured, in that cold climate, for several months. A Green oLountaan iHermk. During the cold weather the tboughts of the citizen of lirandord, Mass., invol untarily revert to the abiding place of John 8. Wright, who is a local celebrity well know for his hermitage proclivi ties and many cecentriaitics of oharac tr. Mr. Wrigh. is a man about fifty years of age, who has lived in the town ror about twelve years, He is a natiye >f Franconia, where his connections re present the best element of the place. Re Went to California some years ago, Jut left and came here, since which time -e has manifested strong desires for iso ation from the haunts of man. It is mmorod that the reason of his solitude grew out of a rejected love suit, which leveloped in him general distrust of hui nan nature. H is trip from California icre was made on foot. While en route ie tarried for some time in the land of ~he Mormons. Soon after his appear mnce here ho bought a small farm and rettled down for a lonely existence, Hie rected a small house, wvhich was burned lown, then rebuilt, but it was burned igain. Under no circumstances will he ~emain other than on his own premises md the nights following the fire he slept ni the ruins. Subsequently he boarded >vor his cellar and has burrowed a deep 3xcavation under this covering and ipends his life in this hole in thme ground. lie has a second excavation directly ider his bed, which lhe uses as a stor ige bin for vegetables, which he raises n his cultivated plot of ground. He raves no society and veryseldom comes n contact with his neighb~ora of his own rolition. Although many of the resi lents call upon him they are received vith comparative silence, his communi. sations being few, and lhe evidently re lards all members of the human race vith suspicion. WVright is quiet and >saceable, except when crossed. He is Ssterling D,'moerat and manages to ~cop posted on the political aspect of he day. ______ The nisineton. To English folks the mistletoe is aostly regarded as a plant accorded pecial privileges at Christmas-tide; imut in Germany they seem to make a rider if not a better, use of it, for an ilsace-Lorraine paper states that for iore than thIrty years past It has been he custom at Oirenbadih to collect all he mistletoe for miles around every rinter for cattle-feeding purposes. lormng and evening a amall bundle I it. Is given to the milch cows, which evour it greedily. It is said to in rease the quantity and quality of heir milk, and to imnpait a rich yellow olor te th4S butter :inade frdra thael re is held t be acid and uwnst~blp Eigbteen Thouennd Faheengere. One of the palace cars belonging to the United States Fish Commission started recently from Washington for California, with a passenger hst of young fish numbering 18,000, The car in its appearence, and to a large exteikt in its internal arrangements. resembles a modern sleepidg car. There are the compartments at each end. In the one compartment is what may be called the office of the superintendent. Here is a table fixed between two seats, with a hanging lamp above. The space above the two ice tanks, which are built upon each side 91 the passage way and are used when neccessary to cool the air that passed through the fish tanks in the car,* is utilized for pigeon holes, The compartment at the other end is used for a kitchen. The central part of the car has an aisle running through the centre, and in place of the seats on each side, are wide, wooden ledges, abouut three feet high, on which are placed the tin fish tanks. Berths like those in sleeping cars are along the side for the use of the superintendent and his assistants. The dining table ii placed in the aisle, with eats in the ledges. The human passengers, ai well as the fish, live in the car. The fish are not placed in the tanks fillkd with water, as the motion of the train would dash the water about and destroy many lives among the young passengers Instead, about twenty limh are placed in gallon tim pails and these pails are put in the tanks and then the latter filled with water. With the carp, however, the water in the pails is sufmi cient and the motion of the car tends to the circulatioh of air In the water, keeping it frcsh. The attendants, how ever, renew the water every eight hours and keep a careful watch to remove any fish that may have died, The percent age of fish lost by death is, however, very small. The fish do not complete their travels when they leave the car. For instance: The first stop which will be made by this car will be at St. Louis, where tish will be left for Applicants residing in Missouri and Arkansas. iFrom this point pails of flsh will be sent all over the States by express, at the) expense of the consignee, A Malue Uri. In the plantation of Oakland. Aroos. took county, Maine, there is a girl who possesses the faculty of spelling difficult words backward without hesitation. Her name is Hattie M. Drew; she is jast past her 12th birteday, and resides with her parents, who are people of moderate education, living upon a farm. While this little girl is bright and smart as the average of her mates, she never attracted any particular attention until, a little more than a year ago, it was accidentally discovered that she possessed the singular gift of spelling any word with which she was acquainted backward and without hesitatfon. At a ipelling match recently held in the school which she attends, without any wvarning, she stood before the audience for some ten minutes, spelling words selected at random, some for their difli sulty of combination, but without any previous knowledge of what they were t~o be, rapidly and correctly, except one r twvo which she could not spell in the proper way, and when prompted in the oorreot spelling would immediately re verse it, Among the words which she spelled were these: Galaxy, syzygy, astronomy, robin, phonography, dilli enity, attendance, indivisibie, etc., and many other words of equal length and diflculty. All of these were spelled as rapidly as the eye could follow, without a sing10 misplacement of a letter. Has any other person without any training been able to do this or similar feats? 'In addition, it may be said, upon the tea timony of the girl, that "she can see the words in her mind, and knows no reason why she shg~uld not read the letters backward as in usual way." The Ruiwber Tre. Mexico is making a otudy of the cult ire of the rubber plant. The hardmness >t the plant is said to be such that its aulture is eiceedingly simple and inex pensive where the climate and soil ari suitable. In much of the Mexican coast region almost the only expense fs the weeding required when the platits aro young to give them a chance to grow md strengthen, In fact, it is certain that, properly set out, the plants- wIll grow and m'ature in spite of weeds; but ire so retarded that it pays well to. live them careful attention. Cotton ian be cultivated simultaneously be wean the rows, and the culture of the sotton is sufficient to care for tlie rib ser trees aeso. The one drawback that :mas hitherto prevented many fromn en raging in so prosnising a field is the act that six years'Is the very least tirne n which the first returns can~ be expee'. ad from the culture'ok the x'tbber tree, md in aybat the most favotable ir mnmatan~~ this time in moyo i1eI to >o lengthened ont to eigltO')1O rears, Shongd thie exi6yintle tiy >