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BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1879. NO. 1.

VOLUME XXV. 1 The Album. My photograph album Certainly, You cnn look, it you wish, my dear; To mo it is just like a graveyard, Though I go through it onco a (nr. Any now laces Xo, indeed. No I stopped collecting some And yet, Jeannette, look well at the book: It is full of histories strange; The faces are just an index, dear, To stories of pitiful change? Drama and poem and tragedy, Which I alone have the power to see.

Ah! I thought you wouldfiause at that lace; She was lair as a poet's lay, The sweetest rose ol her English home, Yet she perished lnr, lar away: In the black massacre at Cawnpore She suffered and know no more. And that? Ah, yes, 'tis a noble head! Soul sits on the clear, lottv brow: She was my friend in the days gone by, And she is my enemy now. Mistake, and wrong, and One ol life's it pass. This trice He was my lover, Jeannette; And perchance he remembers to-day The passionate wrong that wrecked us both When he sailed in his anger away. Heart-sick and hopeless through weary years, length 1 forgot these tears.

That handsome fellow He loved mo too; And ho vowed he would die, my dear, When I told him No long ago: Ho married the very next year. That one I liked a little, but he Cared much for my gold, nothing for me. Brides and bridegrooms together, dear, And most ol them parted to-day; some lamous men inat are quuo mrgoi, Some beauties faded and gray. Close the book, for 'tis just as I said Full of pale ghosts from a lile that's dead. Harper's Weekly.

Stoughton's Diamond. Greta had seen her household gods fall about her before she was able to put pride into her pocket, wLere there was plenty of room, and tum-ier hand to the only workshe understood. It was some five years since she had begun to go out by the day to make and mend carpets, old and new, for the housekeepers ol Hampton. She had plenty of employ ment now, some money in the bank, and a lover. She looked forward to the time, not so far off, when she should begin upon her own carpets, when the "noney in the bank would be drawn out to buy the parlor set and the household linen, pictures and knickknackerv perhaps, the wedding gown and bridecake.

She had been working for Mrs. Stoughton for several days, when her troubles began, and had gone home, quite tired out With the conflict over that lady's chamber carpet, which had seen its best days. She had been obliged to rip and match figures and insert patches to deceive the very elect, and at the end Mrs. Stoughton had told her she would settle the bill when she heard from her husband, who had gone away on business, and taken the key of the money drawer with him by mistake. Greta shrewdly suspected that the drawer was as empty as a drum, but made no demur.

She would oblige a neighbor, and never remember it. The following dav she was engaged at Dr. Cardamon's, when she heard Fred rush in from school, and shout: "I say, ma, 's supper ready? Give me a hunk of gingerbread, anyhow. Where's Greta Loring? I want to ask her if she's stole Miss diamond out of her ring! Stoughton says his to haul Greta over xue coais. aon uuucvc a wuiu ui u.

and I want to ask her?" "Hush, Fred, hush!" said Mrs. Stoughton. "What do you mean? Don't ask Greta any such silly'question." "Well. I don't want Jack Stoughtor. saying things, and I'll just thrash him for it.

Diamonds laughed Grata to herself. Who would suspect Mrs. Stoughton of one?" Then she suddenly remembered having picked a ring off the floor of the chamber where she was sewing at Mrs. gold ring in which a stone of size had no doubt once sparkled, and she had dropped it on the mantel, and thought no more about it. Was that cavity going to bear false witness against her? Wliat nonsense But that evening, when she returned to her lodgings, she found a note awaiting her, which read: If Miss Loring can give Mrs.

Stoughton any information about the diamond missing from a ring left in the chamber where Miss Loring was at work, it will be gratefully received, and no mortifying disclosures made." Poor Greta slept little that night. How could anyone suspect her of such dreadful tning? Where could the diamond have gone? How could. she defend herself except by her word Ought she not to have been above suspicion, ikeCsesar's wife? What had she done to deserve it? In an angry moment she returned this misjudged reply: "Mrs. Stoughton is at lioerty to make whatever mortifying disclosures she may choose, but she must excuse Miss Loring from rendering account of a diamond of whose existence she was ignorant." This naturally exasneratod Mrs. Stoughton, who flattered nerself that she had transacted the affair with great delicacy and decorum.

She had expected to bring Miss Loring to her feet, with contrite tears and confessions, and here was absolute defiance! Did such a hussy deserve consideration at her hands? And if Mrs. Stoughton was more or less afraid to say her soul was her own before that impecunious other half of herself, how much more was she afraid to say tliat her diamond was no longer hers! Accordingly she made haste to put the matter into the hands of the law and the mouths of the Hampton gossips. Doubtless Greta would have been lodeed in jail at this time had not Mr. Grafton secretly espoused her cause, while he undertook the had intrusted to him. Mr.nJrafton was a wealthy bachelor, somewhat gray, and a good deal bald; lie had smiled upon Greta more than once, without receiving; any answering smile; perhaps he thougnt now that everything arrives to him who can afford to wait? that this was his opportunity.

housekeeper had once engaged Greta to make carpets at Grafton Place, and he had taken pain3 to show her over the house and grounds, and had nearly snatched a kiss in the shadow of the lin dens, as he put her into his carriage to send ber home. Greta had never worked there again; but perhaps she was too grateful at finding a friend at her side in such stormy weather to refuse a favor from Mr. Grafton, and perhaps she had fnrirotten his audacitv. Yet in the midst of her humiliations Greta rememberetl with a heart-throb that she had a lover to come to her rescue if she chose to call she should not be dependent upon Mr. Grafton's tender mercies after Stephen Sotherne had been notified of her strait.

At the same time, she felt disinclined to break the bad news to him till after all was over. For how could it be possible for an innocent person to suffer? But Greta was not a little stunned onq morning on receiving a letter in the handwritine or her true love," which ran in this se: "My Dear Gb is some time since I had the pi' of hearing from you, and it has occurred to me to ask if time and distance were not weakening our hold upon each other; to wonder how Ions: you would continue to love a man whom you saw only once or twice a year, since it seems to me that owing to the bad times our marriage is as indefinitely postponed us the millennium. Now, my dear girl, I do not wiih to stand in your light; if you were not gaged to me, some more eligible pari would- seek you, I feel certain. over, my health is precarious, and doctors have advised me to try the ai California. It is a prescription it nauseous than drugs, since I must le you behind me; but I could not, honor, carry your promise with me an indefinite space of time for my selfish satisfaction merely.

At the Sf time, believe me, it is no easy thing me to say adieu1 to the dearest gir the world. Sincerely, "Stephen Sotheuxe. To say that Greta was surprised wo be the same as if we should call earthquake unpleasant." 1 thunder-struck, overwhelmed, with enough spirit left to return Mr. Sc erne's letters and presents by the lUitu wiwiuui a. wviu.

He has heard all about the diamo and believes it," she thought. It wo be a comfortable arrangement if could cease to love the instant a lo proves unworthy, but hearts are fashioned after that manner. every thought and of one's is woven up with those of another, cannot unravel the tangled web al once. "Another such shock will si me to the insane asylum," sighed Gri But there was another yet in store her. Mr.

Grafton had taken to dropp in upon her after her day's work. evening he said: Miss Greta, what if you should found guilty of If they should tind me guilty! II can they find an innocent person guil If I took the diamond, where is it?" Mr. Grafton smiled indulgen People have been imprisoned, brand exiled, hanged, and quartered for they never committed. If you guilty, you would be more likely to cape; you have laid your plar Greta gave an involuntary sob; tears shone in her eyes. And then no one to help me," she gasped, thi ing aloud, rather than speaking to Grafton.

Yes, yes, there is some one readj help you, Greta," said that gentlem I will lielp you, if you will only me the right, he petitioned. "You, Mr. Grafton? What right I give you I don't understand." If you were my promised wife my dear Miss Greta, don't turn vour head disdainfully; hear me Mr. Stoughton is under some obligat to me; if you were my promised could write him. There would he more said about the missing diamoi it would be accounted for in some ural manner.

You would be no Ion suspectcd. No one could suspect woman whom Thomas Grafton aeligh tg honor." are very kind. I th: you: but I do not love you, Mr. ton.1' I don't ask you to love me. course you don't; the idea has nei perhaps, entered your head before, only beg that you will marry me.

will come sooner or later, as I deserv at your hands. And, my dear what better can you do? Who give you employment, with this bli upon'you? Plow will you earn daily bread "I don't know," returned Grt "how shall indeed? But, all same, it would be contemptible to ward your unselfishness by mei marrying you for a home." Only aCTee to marry me, and i not quarrel with the motives." he What could (Ireta do 11 or lover I deserted her; lier good name was 1 Without home, friends or wc was it not the height of folly to rei such a way of escape? And yet, li could she love him? But might not survive the luxury of loving? Cc wealth, ease and position; vanish illusions that make life sweet. begged a fortnight for considerati something might turn up to her adv diamond, for instance. the fortnight passed, as fortnights nothing happened, except that Grafton, feeling confidence in tfie wor who hesitates, refurnished his parlo blue satin and pale gold, fitted up apartment for his wife's boudoir lifc suburb of fairy land, bespoke the pars the ring and the cateeer. I)o tell!" said one gossip to anotl Greta Loring's going to step into cloi and no mistake." "It's a powerful change for her.

hear Mr. Grafton's always had a ha eringforher. He told Mr. Jobsom man could marry any woman he set heart upon, if he'd only work enough and wait like a spider in i i. cu.

I guess lie got Greta for the aski eh?" "I (lunno; there was that Sothe who was sweet on her." I reckon that's blown young man's pastime. I'm surprisei Tom Grafton, though, with all his and frills, with his family tree and coat of arms, and his ancestors and money. How does he get over that tie affair of Mrs. Stoughton's diamo: JI s'pose he expects folks to visit his ana ask no questions, once she'i Grafton." "Law! it's the way of the world pretty face makes a man forget trespai and get rid of his judgment. It's no I quarreling with such things at our i Greta'11 make a fine lady, and I mem pay my respects at Grafton Place direc i I'm just crazy to see the new fixii I'd just like to see how I'd look in I blue-satin parlor." And all this time Greta had not I consented.

It is true, wealth and fort were alluring. She had told her that Providence would provide; i i how could she know but this wns very provision made for her? It wo i be delightful, no doubt, to enioy sucli establishment as Grafton Place. (J let her say "Yes," and she might her velvets and laces with any lad; the land, drive in her satin-lined riage, and have servants under her: all that heart could desire. All? "5 all but self-approval, love and Step Sotheme. Still, let her answer "ft and Stephen and love would still be li I ing, ana hardship, want and public approval be superadded.

i "The miserable little thief!" thou I the exasperated Mrs. Stoughton. I has played her cards to perfect: I cozening that old fellow into mai i ing her. No doubt he'll rue the day, serve him right." In the meantime, as Greta had given him a refusal, Mr. Grafton cli to consider himself He suited her about the wedding jouri about the new servants to be cngai as if the marriage was a matter ot eou She acquiesced in his suggestions, she had no choice to make; sne was di ing with the stream, not rowing li it; she was making believe 1 she could love him by-and-bye; his tention, his consideration for one so lorn, his generosity, touched her; 1 was all.

One day Mrs. Stoughton's husbant1 turned home. It would seem as i event could have less effect upon Grf fortunes. She watched him walking and wondered if Mrs. Stoughton glad to see him.

"Any news in Hampton?" he at his dinner table. "News enough. Mr. Grafton is to be married," returned his wife. "That reminds must see ton directly.

Married, eh? Well, old enough. Who's the bride elect? little hussy, GretaLoring." Softly, softly, my dear; it sounds vious." I envious of that little thief!" Thief What has Greta stolenGrafton's heart? Nobody knew he i -r I one Deiore. renmps sue ufvs uuij veloped a latent organ in him." "Oil, am so sorry to never make up my min vmte it; but ahe wu at work he Greta I hav en- paid her my dmmon ring was in the same room, there yet, only the diamond's gone. Nc the body else had been in the house. Wh? irof could I think? Of course she stole i lore though she brazens it out as she does, ave Mr.

Stoughton turned ash-color, lai in down his fork, and stared at his for "And you accused her of stealing tfi iwn ime I wrote to her very kindly and cor for siderately. She replied in a high an 1 in mighty tone, which was simply insull ing. I put the case into Mr. Grafton' hands." n1H "Into Grafton's hands! Well, an what did he say about it?" "Say! Why, he's going to marr her!" 'JV "Looks as if you'd win your case, I laughed Mr. Stoughton, uneasily.

An so Greta is going to marry the old fos A pretty kettle of fish! My dear, really wish ycu had notified me of you loss." He took up his hat and went ou grimly. He had a very disagreeabl I duty to perform, and he wanted" it ovt ijr. with; it had spoiled his dinner, and ths was enough. He knocked at Greta' door. i The diamond again," she thought.

After all," he cogitated, why nc 7 let well enouch alone? Perhaps sh lor i it IUVW UIC iUliUW. Jne Greta bore herself like one with goo news: a tender color trembled on he ke cheek, a sort of suppressed joy shone i her eyes. An open letter lay before hei ow and Mr. Grafton sat in her easy-chair. Mrs.

Stoughton, watching from lie window, wondered what under the su tj Herbert could have to say ihat woul iej" take so long, and hoped he was givin uns Greta a piece of his mind, but grew a rere the more bewildered when he and Mi Grafton came out together and separate without a word. tu. I guess her cake is dough," she cor jectured. nn When Greta was left once more aloni she turned to her open letter, written i a strange hand: "What does it mean, my deare; Greta?" it began. "I sometimes thin I'm not quite sane yet, and it's all a lit tion of my disturbed brain.

Here I wa just picking up from a fever, in a Strang can city, when I received all my old lettei and keepsakes from my swe tlieart, an not a word of explanation. It was lili a bombshell. I was out of my head fc a month afterward, and small wondei i Jove you; so muc love was never meant to oe wasted. in hospital nurse kindly -writes this for mi since I only swear that I am stil and ever will be, your devoted lover, Stephen Sqtherne." the ted Mr. Stoughtonlooked very sober whe he sat down to his tea table that nighl ink I'm dying to know what Miss Gret raf- had to say lor herself," remarked hi wife.

Of The stronger vessel smiled. You rer, tea, my dear, resembles the church I is neither hot nor cold." ove "It waited for you long enough it cool. I wonder you didn't see that yoi eta, were trop at Miss Loring's." vill "I tnink maybe Grafton found me gilt trop. In the mean time, my love, I ar our happy to restore your diamond," and passed a tiny box across the table. "Then she has confessed!" sparklei the Mrs.

Stoughton. re- "You jump at conclusions. Womei ely are fond of such gymnastic exercises, hear. No; the confession comes fron your humble servant. I am the culpril im- Mrs.

Stoughton. It was I who, wantin some ready money for business purposes liad abstracted the diamond from your rinc tar- and pawned it to Mr. Grafton. He aa vanced a considerable sum upon it, an fuse I never meant you should know it till iow had redeemed not then one After alii perfect confidence is the onl safe tiling between you and me, I find all Now we must go and beg Greta's par She don." on: "And Mr. Grafton?" an- The blue satin parlor is a mistake But as well as the boudoir; he will remain ill; bachelor." Nlr.

"How does he explain him nan self?" in All's fair in love and war, even 01 an gory, is his creed." a "ThenGreta will return to her cm "Not if Stephen Sotherne can help it. icr; Bazar. rer, Gone to Grass. Peter Harrison left his home at Erie nk" to become 9, bank cashier in Detroil Some one in Erie told him that thirtee: cashiers were wanted here at once, an he came on as fast as conductors his fveiglit trains would permit him. Dis appointment is the lot of man, or of lot inS' of" men, and Peter reached Detroit to fin all the best positions taken.

One ban! 1116 offered to permit him to cashier in te bushels of but Mr. Harrison didn1 7 come to this town to drudge. He wa trying to obtain a few hours' sleep oi "Vs the grass in the public park previous a second struggle with the mad world Ins when an officer suggested the propriet jf a walk to the station. You see," began Peter, when walke before the courti "I struck this tow: a witji nothing but an empty tobacco-bo: in my pocket, but I am determined a workup. John Jacob Astor worked up sses Horace Greeley worked up, and all want is a little time.

You see, I haven' had anything to eat except grass since crossed Detroit river, and you can't ex pect me to whoop up riches in two days. igs. "Yes, I think you will work up, "ie auietly observed his honor, as he looke aown on the prisoner. I think yo will work up to the House of Correctioi )m- in about hall an Hour. self "That's mean, judge.

What woul and George Washington have amounted to i tlit' he had been sent up just as lie was try in, uW to get a start in life?" i an "This court has nothing to do wit! 'nly George Washington, sir. If he had bee: rear brought before this bar with liis shirt in torn oft', his nose the color of car mine and his breath smelling of whiskj jie would have been sent up for sixt; fes, days in the very best style. Don't yoi let his case bother you any." Well, I'll go up rather than have an; wk- fuss over it; out I shall stick to it thn dis- it is not a fair deal. If I am ever mad judge I'll rive the boys a chance, ght dorrt you forget She nig honor put thirty days extra on th prisoner's sentence in order that neithe rry- should forget it. and then Peter went int an(l the corridor and sat down on the liandl of the coal-scuttle.

Men mny come and men may go, lose may 8igh and the winds may blov but Peter will put in his time in the chai business just the Fre Press- but rift- Bananas. iard Few people who see bananas hangin that jn frujt dealers' shops think of them 11 fa7 more than a tropical luxury. In fac i.01'* they are the staple article of food in sonj parts of the world, and, according Humboldt, an acre of bananas will pn Lre" duce as much food for a man as twenty i i Tj ii i. nve acres 01 wneai. 11 is me ease wit h-S bananas are grown that is tl great obstacle to civilization in son was tropical countries.

It is so easy to get living without work that 110 effort wi sea' be made, and the men become lazy an intolerably shiftless. All that is needf 5in? is to stick a cutting into the ground. will ripen its fruit in twelve or thirtee months without further care, each plai 8 having from seventy-five to 125 banana and wnen that dies down, after fruitin new shoots spring up to take its plac 1 en" In regions where frosts never reacl bananas are found in all stages of ripening their fruit every day and evei month in the year. de- My lord," began a pompous yorn tell barrister, "it is written in book dto nature?" "On whit page, re? what pageP" interrupted the with pen in hand. TIMELY TOPICS.

's 'l A Chinese paper gives an accour the cruel treatment to which the coc are subjected, who are employed in Dutch islands in the Straits to clear 1 and plant tobacco. Every man, on arrival, is tattooed on the cheek, once arrived they are never released, letters are allowed to transmitted one is sick" no medical attendance is nished; they are dressed in cocoi bark, ana nave lor iood one poun rice in the husk daily and a little fish. On account of the unhoirfthine: the climate nearly half die the first and the total number of deaths since trade began is more than 10,000. Su rigorous watch is kept upon them 1 no one has ever been known to escap I The grave can have no terrors fo: eccentric individual out in Illinois. scoffs at the comforts of a patent spi it mattress, with the accompanying le lows, bolsters, sheets and snowy co ir lids, and even deems the Indian it of a blanket and a fire effeminate 's unworthy of man.

liis back there is a shallow trench, in which lays himself each night at bedtime, a faithful man servant shovels earth him till nothing but his head is left covered. He has no fear of fire or 1 glars, but sleeps serene and happy in ir couch of earth. If he should wake and find himself dead some morning would be bftth dead and buried. hardly necessary to say that he is married man. The recent marriages of sev jj wealthy girls to coachmen and ot! out of their set," leads the Philn phia Times to remark that New fathers with good-looking daughters instituting a reform in the matte employing and using coachmen.

In 3 mation from the intelligence offices i n' the effect that deeply-colored, ugly aged drivers are in great demand, 3f their services command a better than those of young and better appea men. When the employment of the 3 ter kind has been found unavoidn the most thorough inquires are Lg into their social habits and possible (j tent qualities. The absolute determ tion of so many young women to mi somebody, little regarding whom, set matnmony forth in new shape? made the position of a father a hard to bear, as a general thing!" 3 1 It has been stated that desperadoe the "West have been known to men in order to test the ouality of a weapon! This became known thro confessions made at the gallows. a lessness in the use of allfhearms is characteristic of most outlaws, 1 nevertheless understand theirweapon fectly. A sheriff of one of the cour in New Mexico was killed not long i The desperado who did the killing ou 0 a beautiful revolver.

He was inort wounded, but was standing on his ki facing the sheriff. The latter bade turn the weapon around and hand a breach to him. The wounded rui did so, holding on to the tip of the bai As the sheriff bent over to receive pistol, the wounded man, with the pidity ot lightning, threw it back, se: the handle and pulled the trigger on sheriff, whose heart was pierced by a ball. Thomas Moran, an English labc was arrested for not contributing I. a week toward the support of his children in the workhouse.

His wil in an insane asylum. He said that al 1 a fortnight after the children entered workhouse he was laid up ten through an accident. When lie got ter the frost set in, and he could obi no work for thirteen weeks. Thro his long illness he got into debt; but had paid the guardians as much ascould. An entry in the police a showed that Moran was to infirmary on a stretcher in Septcml Notwithstanding the magisti sentenced the defendant to a mon hard labor.

The defendant burst crying, exclaiming, "For God's s.1 gentlemen; give me a chance! I never in prison; if you send me, I'll my work; if you give me time I'll all." He was, however, removed bel still appealing bitterly for mercy. London Times has sensibjlity enougl call this a hard case." A plan by which young persons re ing in-the neighborhood of great cit a or anywhere else, for that matter, wl the mulberry tree 'will grow, can, easy, clean ancl pleasant work, l'rom ten to twenty-five dollars dui the summer, ought to meet with There is a market for 1 cocoons at about seventy-five cents a pound, and the of the worms a be procured without trouble. Pla near to a stove, the worms appear fi the eggs in a few days, and soon bf to feed. The worms are hardy, but pure air, and must be kept dry a warm. Cocoons raised near Germ a town were shipped to Italy, whenc was reported that they were 14 excel 0 in quality, and reeled off splendid THio nhilrtrpn can Hn mnaf.

nf flip uv which lasts about six weeks in May I June. The care and trimming of trees should be attended to by a it but the little ones can carry in leaves and feed the worms, The berry tree grows rapidly, and is re immediately the leaves appear. If any one should be required to exp: in brief terms the immediate motivi if Peru the three-sided war tween Chili on the one hand and and Bolivia on the other, it might li done very fairly in this way: the nn diate cause of the war is the effori Peru to get up a corner in fcrtiliz guano ana nitrate of soda. Behind as a contributory cause, was the gi earthquake wave a year or so ago, swept destruction along the coast Peru, crippling her fertilizer works shipping depots. Further back is Pe heavy public debt, mostly due to 'E land, which debt and interest is seen i on her guano and other trade in tilizers, which trade and her ability pay her obligations on her bonds embarrassed by her losses and by con tition springing up among Chilians da ciled on Bolivian territory, and by CI ans on their own territory, in wli U.

incline nuu guttiiw ucuo nun uk. worked. And beyond all this are ir treaties and other relics of an old disp between Chili and Bolivia about a of territory lying between two countries. Occasionally the newspapers conl accounts of the exhumation, of that give what is called unmistak: evidence of having been buried al 0 Speaking of this matter, a city uaper poses tne belief which prevails in minds of many that persons are quently buried while the spark of life ie not yet left the body. It says 1 ie "while sucli things have happei a add may still happen, they are of jj rarest occurrence.

Winslow, the brated anatomist, is said to have two nam; Jf escapes from burial al and to have published in eonseque a treatise on the signs of death. I lt chut, Michel Levy and other physic j. have also expressed their views on subject: but all testimony procur establishes the fact that burial hardly ever takes place in these tii In corroboration of this, many Gen cities have in their cemeteries morti houses, in which the dead are kept days before final interment, the bellbeing so arranged that the slightest lg tion of the body would sound an air of So far these precautions have been su fluous. In more than forty years not supposed oorpie haa proved to be i i thing else.11 During the seige of Paris there nobody more popular, and afterw nc there was nobody more unpopular ilies Sergeant Hoff. He with his own the twenty-seven Germans dur.ng and s'x the seige.

His gallai his wa3 rewarded by praise lavished in regimental order of the day and in a fr eral order of day, and the Legioi i Honor was bestowed on him. The A fur 'ster wftS very imj I tant that a dispatch should reach ft shal Bazaine and offered him undertake the mission. It was 'f He staked his head on success. It easier for him than for many Fret was an Alsacian and spoke man well. He said to the Ministe War: "I accept tlie mission, but cnat fuse themoney.

Howl after howl ol dignation went up when it was fo Sergeant Hoff had disappeared. It an said that he had always been a Prus: He spy and was now a traitor The ring ment gave the key-note to these ho pii- to save HofFs life if he were ver- as he passed through the enemy's li: He safely reached Bazaine. The and over he was mtide keeper of rard Column. The keeper of the Triump i he Arcli died the other day, and and Hoff, to the delight of the Parisians, been appointed to the vacant place. unjur- A New York paper has his regard the proposed plan of Gen up Fremont, Governor of Arizona, to ext he the Gulf of California by tapping is northern end and lettine it run into ot a fill up the great Colorado Desert, seems that the sediment carried d( for ages by the great river last collected at what was then its moi tcrftl in sufficient quantity to dam off northern arm of the Gulf of Califoi from any connection with the ork The water in this unfed resorvoir slowly evaporated, leaving a dry bi l' 01 130 miles by thirty, and this, togei with the surrounding slopes, soon 18came a bladeless desolation," anv the river turning southward found a.nct trance to the gulf many miles bel r.ice Between this and waste and the pre! r.in? head of the gulf lies some thirty mile soft earth, just lifted above sea-le iblo, through this Governor Fremont llye poses to cut his canal.

It is a higlr of commerce that is now contempla ina" but originally the main object aimec vn'y by pouring the desert full of water lia? to restore the natural harmonies wl Hn(l had been disturbed by the drying uj one the sea. Human remains prove that desert was lately fertile, and an Spanish map is mentioned which pli in the boundaries of the gulf far bey kill their present positions. new ugh Mr. McCormick, Comraissioner-C eck- fral from the United States to the the Exposition, is engaged in dispatcl who the diplomas and medals recently per- ccived from Paris to the fortunate ex (ties itors. The latter are of gold, thos silver and bronze not having yet arrr rned They are about two inches broad, jtlly three ounces, and are worth $50.

On ll0e9 obverse side is the medallion of a fem him the head of the republic of France, the scribed "Republique Francaise." lian the reverse are the figure of fame, Tel. the legend, "Exposition Universelle the ternational de 1878." A youth bei the figure holds a tablet, upon ized engraved the name of the exhibi the There are 140 of these, and with the gops a diploma. The latter are he types eighteen by twenty inches. upper sections contains an allegor Peace and Fame clasping the hami artisan at the foot of a throne. The lo 1 portion is inscribed, "Exposition I S1.x verselle de 1878.

Le Jury Internatioi des Recompenses de cerne une Met with the name ofexliibitor, ere tnc Tiiere are 225 silver medals, hronze and about 200 certificates of me net- which is the lowest prize given. Mr 11. Hitt, secretary of the American tion at Paris, says tlmt the princ 1 officers of the French government i lie vcry enthusiastic over the character conduct of the American departmen the Exposition, ber. i-ate Grappled by a Mexican Lion. A Texas frontiersman and hui named Franklin, a dweller on the le some banks of the headwaters of i Little Wichtia, left his ranche for ivlv PurPoso bagging some wild turf 'and other game for breakfast next inc.

The hunter was dressed in the br slouched hat so common in Texas, boots over Grousers, a six-shooter be A in ins waist, ana nis trusty rme si sid- over his shoulder. His venture ies, quite successful, Franklin being a cei icre shot. Following the banks of the Li rith Wichtia, he brought down three ake gobblers with his piece, and, huntsir ang like, tied all of them with a leat irge thong, slung the turkevs over 1 1 tlie siioumer, ana siarieu ior ayi por home, or rather camp. can The shadows of night had aire partially fallen on the murmuring ri oni jmd the somber gloom of deep solit 'gin fallen on the trees that line the bank the Wichtia. Franklin was plodc and along in the dim shades, unconsciou ian- danger from man or beast, when he it a sudden shock, as if a great load lent been precipitated on his back.

Utfc ly." amazed and stunned, the hunter from the stooping position into whicl and had been thrown, and grappled with the unknown and mysterious assailant, lan, first idea was that it was some devilthe by some curious chance turned loose land. ady A fierce combat ensued. His assai grappled with him, but seemed to di liis strength against the freight car on his back. Franklin could not use of "un or kut struck at the i X. mint" with his fist, and endeavorei fi'w; himself from the intruder Vafter the manner of the character in "Arabian Nights." on whose back rac- saddled the Old Man of the Sea.

At 01 the animal, fof such Franklin at len perceived it to be, succeeded in ms' me off with one of the turkeys, follow by" the hunter, who now drew his as well as knife. lie fired one shot at his assailant. Iin, this only enraged him, and the anir making a deadly spring, alighted Franklin, at the same time planting 'rea claws deep into his neck and ler- 'pjie was also fearfully torn t0 mangled about the arms, legs and ol '(TC parts of the body, where the sharp t( 'P1;" of the brute were rapidly planted. the last spring, when the ani had fastened its ugly claws in his fi iicn Frilnklin plunged his knife into enemy, who fell dead on the grou On examining the varmint" the tpr foun(i it to be a Mexican lior lece Such was his own feebled condition, after such a dc straggle, that it was with diffici Franklin reached his ranche, where tain wounds were dressed. dies vble The Evil of a Bad Temper, ive.

A bad temper is a curse to the dos op- sor, and its influence is most the wherever it is found. It is alliet fre- martyrdom to be obliged to live lias one of a complaining temper. To 1 that one eternal round of complaint ned, murmuring, to have every pleas the thought scared away by their evil sp is a sore trial. It is like the sting had perpetual nettle, destroy ive, your peace, rendering life a burden, nee, influence is deadly; and the purest iou- sweetest atmosphere is contamin: ians into a deadly miasma wherever this the genius prevails. It has been said tr able that while wo ought not to let the live temper of others influence us, it wc nes.

he as unreasonable to spread a plaste man Spanish flies upon the skin, and not lary pect it to draw, as to think of a far ome not suffering because of the bad ten pull of any of its inmates. One string on mo- tune will destroy the music of an ins inft. ment, otherwise perfect; so if all per- members of a churoh, neighborhood family do not oultivate a kind and uny- fectionate temper, there will be disc flvarvflvll work. was SOME QUEER INDUSTRIES, ard ban Father Chapellier Snatches a Fortune an(j Out ot the tlje Probably no more determined struggle ltry for existence was ever shown than in the his case of a well-known Paris character, coi 'en- Chapellier by name, whose ingenuity 0f was as amusing jis his perseverance was tre praiseworthy. Father Chapellier, as he of was called, was in his young days a soldier, who had fought at Waterloo nei to under the old Napoleon, and who, tired ou )US of the army, had obtained his discharge thi and come to Paris, where he found that ha his military life stood him in very little po service in procuring him his daily meal, att 0j So he looked about him for the readiest mc re.

trade which a man without money or op friends could take up and begin his new un(j life in the humble capacity of a mudlark, po was which in the days of old Paris was often 3jan a not successful profession. The gallant po old soldier did not stick very long to the to fwjs ravageur's trade, being ashamed that his 'red comrades in arms should encounter of q69 him, and perhaps criticise his humble it calling. He obviated this unpleasant- ha jme ne9s hy getting a berth in the establish- of dial ment of a large wholesale dhift'onnier. OCX months or so he worked here, 00( has the unsavory occupation was too much for him, and he was obliged to go ch into hospital. This, however, was a las jn turning-point in his life; for in the next Tl eraj bed to mm was a patient who had been Tl in the employ of a large poultry-rearer, (MX tjje and whose particular duty it was to feed in an(j the young fowls and pigeons, or rather 85, jt to fatten them.

In a moment of confi- to )Wn dence he enlightened Chapellier as to 5 aj. how the thing was by ou filling his mouth-with grain and-peas, an the opening'the beak of the voung birds and 111 blowing the food down tneir oesophagus; 13! 5an a simple tiling, but uncommonly monot- lai nnnns find fatiiniinir when 200 or 300 had jgjjj to be fed in an hour. (XX In Chapellier's time, the employment of machinery had not yet been thought po of, and hei was quite content to use nis en. own mouth; by which he gained about ow forty sous a day. But his inquiring qq 3ent sP'nt soon Cftme into play.

Being con- oti jg 0 stantly brought into contact not only wi vej with the poultry but also with the poul- Ba 3raI try buyers, he noticed a singular feature Ch in the in cases where the La latter did not sell the birds straight off, Po they were always obliged to reduce the wag price a quarter or pernaps a third for lich every day that they were unsold, though Co they might appear perfectly fresh to tne uninitiated. But the cooks and the res- qJj taurant keepers were not to be taken in ices ky appearances; and Chapellier found i ond out an symptom of freshness, or rather want of it, lay in the ap- pearance of the feet, which were black 1 and brilliant at the time of killing, but arjg acquired a gray tinge, more and more line 519 lime went on- Turkeys' r(1? feet showed this peculiarity the most, liili- and it thinking; there- suit of his cogitation being that he in- i( vented a paste wlycli, when rubbed on l'ie brought back the original bRick t'. 'tt. gloss, and completely erased tlie tell-tale Hpfit.li TTn.vinc trip ft it, with success, he went the round of the poul- terers, who willingly promised him a small royalty for initiating them also; and as he was shrewd enougll to keep his own secret, he soon foimd that the profession of painter of poultry-legs," apart from its questionable morale, was exceedingly lucrative. But Chapellier 2, wns ambitious, and finding the work inWe crease beyond his powers of personally supervising it, he sold his secret to a an friend for one thousand francs, and with wer this little capital set off to find pastures jJJ new.

Chaoellier was in some doubt what he qJ should do next, whether he should set )U up a wine-shop or an eating-house; for 2Qo his experience led him to believe that to cater for the stomach was the best pass- port to money-making, but at last a bright idea struck him. Ho noticed that a large proportion of the chiffonniers' findings consisted of scraps of f.n an)j the stale leavings of cook-shops, schools, lis Qf colleges, hospitals and asylums which to were thrown away as valueless and carried away amongst other rubbish by the jH chiffonniers. Chapellier knowing well the tastes and lfiiDits of the Parisian population, was aware that immense quantities oi rabbits were made into siew by the working-classes of the barriers, tne and also that this stew was dressed and eaten with bread-crusts. He knew also that the rabbits themselves were largely fed upon bread-crumbs; and he there- "0 fore conceived the idea of collecting, f.11'! sorting, cleaning and rebaking these ltea scraps, feeling sure that he could make a market out of them. So off he went to pc the restaurants and the cooks of the pub- of lie establishments in his quarter, and in 'H actually offered to buy ana pay ready ex "ne money for what they had been throwing th I.an" away; and this was a proposal to which of the cooks, thinking what a fool he was, th lent a ready ear.

But Chapellier was of van not such a fool as they thought, for, 00 having obtained a quantity of breadscraps at a nominal rate, he set to work in to prepare them, and in a few days took wi his station in the market, surrounded by 01 little basketfuls, which he sold for six lin6 sous.apiece. He was soon sold out, chasers flockingto him not only for tneir convenience and cheapness, but also for the attractive and cleanly way in which nc he'got ready. So fast did his cr cose reputation increase that lie extended his 9Y negotiations to other parts of Paris, add- S'1 ing to his manufacture that of grated sc I1 Is bread-crumbs, made ready for cooks to "j3 11311 powder their cutlets with. tfli on Within a very short time the business crew to such a size that he had in use -11 lant gjx gartg horses to bring the piles of an scraps to the factory at the barrier of J1? r.ie.a St. Jacques, where some fifty men and 1,1 ins.

women were occupied in sorting and cleaning. Young girls found employ- cl ment in packing up the little baskets of 'Jl prepared crusts and of the crisped bread ru squares which were in such favor in the jl? preparation of the daily pot and while to the children was given the duty of grinding to powder the scraps which SJ'1 were too far gone to be of use as an eatable, and which were carbonized in the oven, so as to be available for mak- du ing charcoal tooth-powder. To the day of nis retirtoent from business, which he eventually did with a fortune of thirty m( thousand lrancsa year, the old soldier m( personally superintended, impressing on all that nothing was to be wasted. He A 1 was a wit as well as a philosopher, and was never weary of saying that human beings sometimes reasoned, but that they never failed to very often jPl mal too Journal. 'in ice, jisj his tin ind.

An Insane Artist's Freak. unT. A sensation was created in Union S01 1 01 square, New York, by the apparition of efV a nude man rushing from a house into the square and startling the occupants of the seats about the fountain, apparently Tr "1S intending to take a liath in the basin. til! flC 11 IllUIt U1 lIUUICllov oiaiuic nuu long black beard, every feature of his 1: face giving evidence of insanity. lie set ses- captured by the police and.led back c0! tdly to the house from which he emerged, Pe 1 to where he had a studio.

Becoming Sa rith calmer, he gave his name as Adam cu, tear Springfield, a Pole by birth, an artist by tri and profession, but soon relapsed into inco- on lant herency. It has been ascertained that irit, more than three years ago he had been )f a deserted by his wife on account of his 'ing failing fortunes, who had taken her two thi Its children with her to the West. The or and neighborhood has before been disturbed ited by his growing insanity. Springfield is evil not known to nave any relatives in this illy, country. In his room an unfinished bad picture stood on an easel, oil paintings Mi were carelessly scattered about the floor, W( of a couple of trunks lay open, and above nil ex- the mantel hung the gold medals which nily attested the artist's merit.

Only one iper picture in the room had any significance, rit of It was a small portrait of a tru- beautiful, proud woman was (2. the found with its face turned toward the and wall. Perhaps it was the reminder tlie m' af- unhappy man still clung to of the woman ra who had abandoned lilm when his for- da tunes failed. tie AMERICA'S FOREIGN TRADE. le Jmmeniltr of the Commerce of tli United States.

The Springfield. Republican says: Th mmerce of the United States durin 3 calendar year 1878 reaches the ej me of divergence between the valut the imports and exports. If tL lalance 01 trade" were all that wei cespary to make the country propei things would "b5om louder tha 5y did before the panic. Expori ve reached the highest poiftt ana in rts the lowest that they are likelv ain for some time; for two or )nths the tide has been setting in tl posite direction. How CTeat has bee 3 drift is shown by the decrease of in AAA 04fl1 rts irom jjozd.uw.uuu in.

1010 hist year, and the growth of rts in the same time from the enormous proportions of la ar's $749,000,000. The entire volun trade, reckoned in dollars, is less tha was six years ago, but the balance grown from an excess of imports in 1872 to an excess of 8167 of exports in 1877, and of exports in 1878. No other word than immense wi aracterize the volume of our expor it year of breadstuffs and provision le figures are beyond comprehensioi le shipments of wheat rose from 4S of bushels in 1877 to 1878, of Indian corn from 73,000,0001 000,000, of other grains from 14,000,000, and of wheat flour froi 00,000 to 4,000,000 of barrels. We in 1877 136,000,000 pounds of bacc hams, last year 696,000,000, in 18' 5,000,000 pounds of cheese, last yei in 1877 237,000,000 pounds last year in 1877 66 pounds of pork, last year pounds. The following table shov money value of some of these rts for the two years: 1877.

1878. lent rtt 4.3,525,000 iior cereals 5,558,000 7,692,01 lient flour 21,537,000 27,559,01 con and 43,934.000 ceso 13,545,000 23,489,000 28,476,0 rk 5,865,000 109,664,000 125,666,0 re animals 4,051,000 10,002,0 tton 158.000.000 185.000.0 regard to live animals it should 1 ticed that the great increase in vah is owing to the heavy shipments rned cattle, the number of these an lis rising from 60,000 to 118,000 in lgle year, though the number of 1 off from 250,000 to 191,000. The rtation of oils of all kinds fell off fro 3,000,000 gallons to tlv ieaf tobacco rose from 268,000,0 unds to 367,000,000. When we come to manufactured arl 5s, however, we find that they we less freely in the foreign markc an in 1877. the falling off amou ing attended also by a reduction ices.

In 1877 the United States so road worth of ods, and last year, only 77, owing largely to the tariff, only tl tiful amount of $406,000 worth unufactures of wool, which was iced by $7,000 last year. The expor iron and steel shrunk in the year fro 6,000,000 to $13,260,000, of boots ai oes from $470,000 to $434,000. On tl her hand, the exports of leather ro jm $5,900,000 to of pap id stationery, from to 0. Our exports of wool last ye lounted to $75,000,000, our imports our exports of woolen $399,000, our imports to $24,000,00 The shrinkage in imports took placi th in the staple ana minor artick le consumption of coffee fell from 36( 0,000 pounds, worth 861,000,000, 1 1,000,000 pounds, worth $50,000,00 the other principal article on the fr it, tea, there was a gain from 65,000,0 66,000,000 pounds, but a decline from $16,673,000 to $15,236,00 ie value of cotton goods imported jm $20,270,000 to $13,888,000, of in id steel and their manufactures fro 1,195,000 to $8,943,000, of leather of i nds from to $3,391,000, gar and syrup from $89,000,000 (1.G51 0 gallons) to $70,000,000 (1,656,000 gr as), of molasses from $8,000,000 to 0,000, of wool from $9,000,000 cm nnn nnn f)R nnn jjuuiiuay iu lunds), and of wookns from 0 to 823,666,000. The movement of coin and bullion culiar throughout the year, on accou the preparations for resumption, slioi for seven months of the twelve cess of imports over exports, United States is the largest produc the precious metals of any country globe.

The total excess of expor coin and bullion in was S25.0(K 0, of imports last year le exports in 1877 reached 848,000,00 1878 the imports in 18' ere 824,000,000, in 1878, $29,000,000. The Mormon Creed. The Mormons, it seems to me, liai religion. They, however, have eed and believe in it. They have stem of theology, too, but such a coi omerate affair is it that it defies ription.

It is worthy of mention on a curiosity. It primari there are many gods, and that em nt saints become gods in ley rise one above another in glory to infinity. Joseph Smith' the of this generation. is Jesus of Nazareth, whose si rior god is Adam. Above Adam hovah, and above Jehovah is Elohin lese all have many wives and they a le over their descendants, who ai nstantly increasing in number an minion.

The glory of a saint who becomes a god depends in some di upon the numoer of wives an ildren which he has. Hence it is tin lygamy'is taught and enforced as ty. Wives are sealed to' saints hei earth to increase their dominion i aven. The gods are in the form and are the fathers of the souls in this world. The ten commant nits are the rule of lite, together wit evelation given to Joseph Smith i 33.

This revelation is called ord of Wisdom." and is 1.. "-Mmndl nnf lour A lipiy SW uuu the Mormon creed infant sprinl ig is condemned. At eight years children sire immersed. Baptism ft dead is practiced, a living person baptized for one or mofe dead pci as. Some of the great men of tli tion and of the world are by prox of the church of Lattcr-Da ints, Washington, Franklin, et( lere have been niany dispensations igious truth, but the greatest of all i it made through the Prophet Josepl lis dispensation will culminate in tli tlement of the saints in Jackso unty, Missouri, whence they were lied.

Here will all the saints thered in due time, and all others 1 oft'. All preaching, so far as ne is concerned, is ringing a chanp these points. The people know thei of faith by heart and ai-e not a ved to forget them. Neither can ntile, though a fool, fail to learn win 3 saints believe. It is an eclectic tin that they hold, made up of contr tions from every creed.

It is a con und of Christianity, philosophy an in about equal parts. Tli of church government is that of tl Jthodist Church, although the leadoi originally Congregationalists in tl itter of church order and Baptists fession. rhis theology is diame any opposed 10 me iiocirines 01 ci ble, (1) in being purely materialisii in teaching the eternity of matter, (: declaring the pro-existence and tran ission of souls, (4) in preaching a pli lity of gods, and (5) in advocating tl ctrine of a plurality of wives or cale il Afternoon, WILD ANIMALS. XJoua Born In the United And the Manner of Raiding Valne of Some ie Probably less is known of the extent, 8 value and number of rare and valuable 5 -beasts reared in our midst than any sub58 jcot of interest to the public. If horses, ie cows, colts and calves have a market value, so have tigers, lions and their young, for of the latter many are born in the United States every year.

During the past five years no less than seventeen little lions have seen the light of day, though only six reached years of maturity. The details of their nursing are pecu- liar. The lioness is not approached until the cubs are fully three or four months old. Thev are then, by means of strategy, A wv acjjttittica, aim wmuxcuvcu. A nr quart of milk, together with nice, bonest less, juicy cutlets and titbits are given ie them until the seventh month, which is the critical period of cubs.

II 8 they get over that, they stand a fair chance of living a long time, though the 8 period of tooth-shedding, which gener- ally occurs at twelve months, is attended with danger. 11 It is a known fact that lions attached ts to traveling vans, under proper care, are s. the1 most healthy and lively, and thrive a- better than those in zoological gardens. In this country a lion has been exhibited 30 thirty-five years, and, as far as could be to judged, was fifteen years old when capX) tured; so that he certainly was over fifty when he died. In eight out of ten it cases congestion of the lungs carries them off.

1 The amount of food given a lien is less than one would suppose, thirteen pounds 1 of of beef a day, with oones ad lifiertum, be- a fair allowance. When fed regularly 1 they show little disposition to glut thenars selves, and will rarely exceed fifteen i t- pounds, even though a chance be given 1 them. The greatest care is exercised in keeping their ciiges clean, as they are 30 constantly shedding their hair, an accuD0 mulation of which adhering to their food, 00 and, being swajlowed, making them 00 sick. i DO The largest number of these animals 00 are imported from the French province 00 of Algeria. There is no affection in a 00 lion; lie' knows his keeper and fears him, and will obey him, but there is no affection between them.

The value of lions is varied, though a pair will 3e readily bring $4,000, and tlie demand is Je constant. Rare animals are sought After 0f constantly by the various zoological in- 1 stitutions and menagerie owners, in 1 a many instances they having paid fabu- lous prices for the more rare species, Tigers command about the same price 1 as lions, but are comparatively scarce 1 ftt and not so popular as the lions. 00 Elephants always find a ready market, two or three beinsr imported yearly ipto this country, and sell without trouble at" j.e $6,000 to $8,000. Even a dead elephant 1 will find a ready buyer at from $100 to 1 nt $300. The African specimens are the i jn finest, being twice the size of their In- 1 Id dian brothers.

)n Giraffes are exceedingly rare in the jn United States, in nearly every ca3e being able only to make the voyage from the 0f Cape to England or the Continent. The c. voyage to this country enfeebles them so tg that many die during the trip or im- mediately after landing here. The least 1(j cold msibly hurts them. They are lie dainty feeders and much given to conop suming cabbages.

They are valued at er from 88,000 to $10,000 a pair. 5 The rhinoceros and hippopotamus 1 tjr market is always an active one, as very few have ever reached this country alive. js The bath of the latter renders his trans- 0 portation almost impossible. The' South American monkey is ways in demand, while those of Africa are a drug on the market, they being dull and lazy and easily The methods of catchinz them are numerous. In South America the natives fill gourds i xr with rum, which the monkeys drink, and, becoming totally unconscious under i JP its effects, are easily taken.

In Africa, wooden vessels are used, into which i 3 they thrust their hands and cannot re- i move them. They range in value all i the way from $1 up to $500. i Africa is the great stock farm for ani01 mals. The Boers, a hundred or two milna nlinrfl the" C.inf*. are constantly catching an5 find a ready mar- j'" ket at Cape Town for 00 i Interesting Questions and Answers.

G. A. H. asks for an explanation of the cause of the rise and fall of the barometer, that is, the cause of changes in the air's pressure. A.

The course of in the barometer is generally in the oppo5'1 site direction to that of the thermome- cr ter; that is, that when the temperature 1 rises the barometer falls, and vice versa, which indicates that the barometric variations at any given place are pro- duced by the expansion and contrition of the air, and therefore by its changes in' density. If the temperature were 1 the same throughout the whole extent of the atmosphere, no currents would be produced, and at the same height atmos- pheric pressure would be everywhere the same. But when any portion of the 1 atmosphere becomes warmer the neighboring parts, its specific gravity is diminished, and it rises and passes away through the upper regions of the atmos- 1 I phere, whence it follows that the pressp. i ure is diminished and barometer falls. I If any portion of the atmosphere retains I its temperature while the neighboring parts become cooler, the same effect is produced; for in this case, too, the den- sity of the first mentioned portion is less I than that of the others.

Hence, also, it usually happens that an extraordinary fall of the barometer at one place is i ij counterbalanced" oy an extraordinary rise at another place. The daily varia, tions appear to result from expan- sions ana contractions which are peri- .1 I odieally produced in the atmosphere by the heat of the sun during the rotation i of the earth. i J. A. H.

asks: 1. Ts there any ad- i vantage in what lightning rod men call 1 circuit" rods is, two ground rods I to one point? What do you think of I such rods put into the ground eight or ten feet, ground tolerably dry? A. The I I only advantage in such an arrangement a is that it affords a better ground surface, If the ground connections terminate in is drj earth, the lightning rod will not prove effective. 2. Are horse shoe mag- a nets better than common points, or should points be magnetized so as to lift small needles? A.

There is no advant- 'r age in a magnetic point. 3. What is i your opinion of tin roofs as a protection 1 azainst lightning? How should tney do l0f connected with the ground? A. Tin roofs, if connected with the lightning rod having good grojind connections, prove additional protection, The end of the rod should be i 1S forked and buried in earth that is con- tinually moist. The effectiveness of the l(: rod may be increased 'oy filling the hole around the rod with pounded eoke or charcoal.

The ground end of the rod should be bent, away from the house. 4. Is'it safe to put a rod into a well? A. American. The Armies of Europe.

A French officer has drawn up an. in- i lt teresting calculation of the present effective of the land and sea forces of the different countries of 1 Europe in France would have i 1,700,000 men; Germany, 10 Russia, 1,302,000, and Austria, 2.,051,000, i 10 The other nations would not have i rs more than one milion of soldiers. In 10 time of peace Russia keeps in active sor- vice the strongest army in Europe. This power has always under arms 788,000 i soldiers. France has only about 500,000, i Prussia 100.000.

and Austria 300,000. In i naval armies England comes first with SlllJIS, OI Wlllt'll illi: nun- I dads. llussiii liiis 223 ships, and France I 1(56 with thirty-five ironclads. Spain ie reckons 135, Turkey 116, Holland eighty- six, Italy l'rusoia lifty i fire. I ITEMS OP INTEREST.

Done with the dead pig. The diamond shirt front. How many feet are there in a school ard? Breeches 01 that brink. A modiste is not modest in liei harges. Nothing is more shooking than an lectric battery.

I When a doctor jances a carbuncle ioesn't he cut a swell?" What's the use of eoing hungry in bis land of agents? Any man can get oard. A joke is not so durable as a church ell. After it has been tolled a few imes it is worn out. The raindrops that fall when the irightness is gone are the tears of the ky for the loss of the sun. A Sioux county (Iowa) boy goes to nhnnl mi a donkev with his dinner lasket hung on the ear of the quadruped.

There is nothing more likely to estrange two friends than a small debt. and may some day be separated by in O. The annual importation of oranges and emons in the United States is over amounting in value to about The Baltimore papers report a quie very general revival of religion in city, which is largely credited to he labors of Mr. Moody. Two Italian journalists fought a duel ivith pistols, near Naples, and exchanged shots at a-distance of fifteen Daces without doing any damage.

There are 137 normal schools in Anuria and Hungary; 115 in Italy: 41 in ttussia: 41 in England; 33 in Belgium; 11 in Spain; 86 in France, and 32 in Switzerland. Small boy (entering shop)?" I want pennyworth of canary seed." Shopleeper (why knows the it for jrour mother?" Small boy it's for the bird." In digging a cellar at St. Paul, worhnen unearthed a solid silver jhalice and salver of fine workmanship, uid they are thought to be part of a comm union service taken from Father Henaepin in 1680. The Chiifese have a curious mode of punishment not unlike the old-fashioned practice ot placing criminals in tbe stocks. They fasten a heavy yoke about i convict's neck and make him wear it night and day, and parade bim about the puolic squares and streets of the city by the police.

Says the Iowa City Press: The cultivation of wolves is profitable. You ion't catch a scalp-hunter killing an old tvolf. He makes, the acquaintance ot that old one, finds its burrow, and in the rtf iwolvA spring, wiieu it una whelps, kills ten of them, and saves a pair for seed. That Turks are not altogether incapable of good work is shown By Ahmed 7efyk Pasha, who has in two months irained some thousands of acres. of swamp in the beautiful plains of Broussa.

Fie is now employing a vast number of the unfortunate Mussulman re- "ugees in planting and sowing this land. Paul Morphy, the once noted chess player, in his insanitv imagines himself i great lawyer with an abundance of The great case that absorbs nearly his whole attention is an imaginiry one against parties who had charge )f an estate left him by his father. He itterly repudiates chess, and denies ever having jpiown anything about it. The ingenious Benjamin Franklinlintrolaced a bill in the Peunsylvcnia at Philadelphia to buy small grains for the use of the army. The Quaker memjera, who were at that time a majority, tfould not consent to vote money for powler, but Franklin deceived them by getting money vote to buy small grains for army ise.

The Quakers thought the small rere wheat and oats, but Franklin thought ind knew thev were crains of' powder. York Champion. One of the new industries of Gel-many, reported by Dr. Stutzer to be now in i flourishing condition," is the manufacture of artificial clover seed. Fragments of gravel are sifted until particles suitable size arc obtained, and the substitute for the seed is then shaken up ivith some coloring substance until it icquires the desired hue.

An ordinary socket-microscope is quite sufficient iiowever, to expose the cheat. In the government of Cherson, Russia in the bea of a river, a peasant found an of unusual size. It is equal to forty len's eggs, wheanis the ostrich egg is to only twenty-four. It is of a yellowish color, and being found between clay and gypsum layers, is supposed belong to the tertiary formation. The Durchaser of this egg offered it to the Academy of Sciences, St.

Petersburg, for 10,000 roubles. The icademy lasled to buy it, on account ot ack of means, but asked peraiission to a mold from it. The British Muleum has now bought this unique egg, the grief of the Russian students 'of latural science. Excessive Etiquette. The most elaborate and complicated ystem of co.urt etiauette ever devised vas that in vogue during the reign of xmis XIV.

of France. Grenville Muray, the Paris correspondent of the I.onion relates an anecdote that amusngly illustrates the rigidity as well as he absurdity of that social code: King LoUis, strolling one day in the) on the arm of Mine, de ind followed by his court of about 500 came unexpectedly upon a servant girl armed with a broom, pail and luster, who had been scrubbing in one, if the pavilions. She ought by rights to lave made her way back to the otHees ot he palace by a roundabout road, but late she had taken a short cut, and his Drought her in view of the king, lis majesty removed his feathered hat made lier a low bow, and as etiquette equired that a person saluted by the king hould be bowed to by the whole gourt, he poor girl, as she stood trembling and ishamed, received enough homage to nake her well nigh mad. First, the irinces and princesses, then the secrearies of State, the dukes and peers, the mights of his miyesty's orders, the nsnous ana cnupiams, mo lesser nouiny, nil had to make profound obeisance, vhile the ladies stopped and courtesied to he earth; finally, the king's guards had 0 carry arms, and a whole tribe of bearing lap-dogs, fans and snHlng-bottles had to do their duty in the ame humble fashion to their colleague -this blushing girl with the broom and Gondolas. The gondola of the present day is, in general style and character, just what if.

vas in the days of Venice's glory, but the gondolier of to-day is doubtless a less )icturesque person, for lie is of the ordilary type of his class, anil as lazy as the lay is long. Gondalas, according to their iize, hr.ve one or two gondoliers, who ow with a peculiar motion, standing up the ends of the boat; these use but ono )ar, which is quite The gondola always painted a dead black, without 1 line of color to relieve its somber apjearance, but the better class of them are. or all that, quite ornate in the of wood-earving and upholstering, vitha neat and cosy cab covering the enter, which is generally token oil' in inc weather. The gondola is the only neans of conveyance between different of the city, tlioutrti an points reached on foot by means of the nnrow little streets and bridges. 'It would jfflae tJie attempts of any ftrnnger, lowever, to find ni? way about Vinw..