Hamilton County Democrat from Noblesville, Indiana • 2

seems impossible that the people of this when I set S.CO0 ems an hour out of a bag in town have a new wav of getting their stricken off for disloyalty; bill to regulate the compensation of postmasters, and prevent illegal traffic in postage stamps; bill to transfer the Indian bureau to the Ectisii Snecm. Now Tork Tiibunc. The tendency to disfigure dead-wall and prominent scerery witb reckless advertisements seems to be decreasing. That method bas had its day of fashion. While it lasted in force, it surprised a few people and disgusted many.

The extent to which it was carried would have overdone it, even if he system had been meritorious, for.it is a fact that an ttninhabited and almost inaccessible island of the Aleutian group has the advertisement of a once popular beveraee lettered on a rock that faces the North Pacific Ocean. For a while thre was a sort of competition in this matter of putting signs in ouf of the way places, and the public was supposed take some interest in such displays of enterprise. Goods that could not be sold through the regular channels of trade, nostrums and worthless gimcracks furnished the staple for this kind of advertising; but even the venders of such wares found (t unprofitable at last, and now the practice may be said to be confined to greenhorns in business. But equally absurd methods of advertis ing still flourish, in which the principle seem to be to put the display in the most out-of-the-way place, where the public will be least likely to find it. So far as buyers are concerned the so called trade journals are about as likely to catch the eye of the general reader as is the desolate rock on the Aleutian coast.

The circulation of those journals is chiefly among rivals the trade of selling; perhaps the best evidence as to the interest of the public in such literature is that it is never bought except from its office of pulsation. The trade journal is never seen on the news stand. To put it mathematically, there are at least nine chances out of ten in favor of advertising one's buainefes in arepulab newspaper. For the better class of goods, too, it is the better class of people that advertisers desire to reach. The journals they should seek, therefore, are those which are known and everywhere recognized as having the largest circulation among the best people.

til H. UOSWELL, Pcbluker. NOELESVILLE. INDIANA ODDS WD CXD. The cities of the land now bold one fifth of its population.

Printers ink will keep the binges of the store doors loose. Ons California editor gently alludes to another as "ft cock-eyed pelican of perdl Lemons sixteen inches in diameter grow abuutantly in the mild neighborhood of Galveston, Texas. Witeis the last eight months 3CS horses have been reported stolen at police head; quarters in Kansas City, Tub grain harvest in Missouri usually begins about the twenty -fifth of Judo; This vear it benan on the twentieth of May. The bind required of the administrators of the Hopkins estate In California amounts to $10,000,000, one of the largest on record. Albani.

seemingly unmindful of the sad experience of all wedded prima don Bas, has determined to marry. Ernest Gye is the happy man. The discovery of Immense beds of rock salt in Arixona is of importance be- a cause of the use ef salt in treating the sil ver ore of the mines, v-. Archbishop McIIalr, of Tuam Ireland is eighty-seven years oJd, and is supposed to be the oldest Archbishop in the world lie was consecrated in 1823. Marshal Bazaisk is living in Spain in "very embarrassing circumstances.

He vha appealed for aid to alibis old com rades, including President MeMahou, but in vain. A iamoe chicken entered the auditory where the Method Episcopal Confer ence were holdire sessions the other day at Atlanta, Ga. Ti preachers made great fun by giving chne. Jkdkmaii AyuV of Hartweil, Ga. now elchty-three, belongs to a remarkable family, bis mother having had twenty- three children, seventeen boys, cne of whom attained the age of 101).

R. IIatnes, of Albany, Vt died recently of a strange disease of the stomach, and a post-mortem examination ed thirteen well-preserved cherry stones at the lower end of the stomach, Twelve years and more ago, thousands of hoop-skirts were manufactured annually In this countrf. Now the business is -completely dead, not a single hoop-skirt manufactory being in operation. a "I ah compelled to show you how people die," said, courteously, Leopold de Michele, an old officer of the Italian army, to an official in Borne to whom he had vainly applied for relief, and drawing a mandil laelJAsa Am ia Ivrtayvm torn rtnwa Into his breast, Thb New Tork grand lodge of Masons bas severed all connection with the grand Orient of Franc, having resolved to "refuse to recognize as a Free Mason any initiated, passed or raised in a body -where the existence of a supreme being is denied or ignored." A "Female Hercules," a native of France, is to be seen in London. One of her fcata la to lift no an anvil bv the hair of her head, and then have, the same anvil placed on her bosom, while three smiths forge a horseshoe with their hammers, she talking and singing all the while.

Smallpox and diphtheria have been very prevalent and fatal lately In London. Since New Tear' there have been 1,134 fatal esses of smallpox within 15 miles of Charing Cross, while there were but eight deaths of that disease In the same period in 19 provincial towns of England having an aggregate population about equal to that of the metropolis, A street cas for Don Pedro being made ready in New York, It ia painted gresn and gold, with Braxilian and North America scenery In the panels. The furniture consists of a sofa, two chairs and a center table, and in the doors are large mirrors. Leather lambrequins with black velvet borders and a fringe of wood-on tassels are over the windows, and the floor is richly carpeted, A screech owl took possession of the Lancaster, Pa.) box In which a pair of martin wen building their net when they returned at night, would not1 let them enter. The martins flew away and toon returned with a whole army of companions, who went to work and plastered the entrance to the box tightly with mud.

When the box was opened a few days latter the owl was found dead. No American lady of the day leads so brilliant a life as Madam Waddlngton, wife of the French Minister for Foreign Aflalrs. A strange combination of nationalities this family presents. lie is of naturalised British parents, was educated under Arnold at Rugby, and rowed in the Trinity eight at Cambridge; his wife Is daughter of ih late President Clog, of Columbia College, Tuomas Sherman, son of General W. Sherman, ia ahmit in hn.1.u, th l.

1 vu i and connect himself with the order of Jesuits, and with that vkwfwill enter upon two years' course of preparatory stuay ml R.Mhami)lOn. Eneland. Mr. Khamia is a young mu ui uu uwueciuai attain-suents, a thorough Studen', and certain of lilgh distinction In the holy calling which propoeee to enter. Thus says the St.

Ijouts Tunes. i Is relation fast setting under difflcul ties, the following story is told bv an old compositor; "You may talk about setting up type ia a rush and making fast time. but when I was young and my fingers were nimble and my elbows limber, I used to be counted a pretty good compos tor, 1 remember on night in partlcula by moonlight, and had to take every let jtt to the window to see what it was." 1 the Missouri legislature once asked a convict in the state peniten lary what brought him there. "Whisky," and, quickly turning the question, said What brought you here?" The statesman replied quickly, "Whisky brought me here Whisky bad don a great deal for recruiting both the great assemblies at the state capital. The new fruit which Mr.

Holister the botanist, has Introduced from Japan to San Francisco, has as many varieties as the apple in Western Europe, all of them retaining more or less of the sweetness peculiar to their species. It is known as the Japanese Pishamin, and, according to Mr. Hollister, it is the most beautiful of all the fruit he bas ever seen, and the most delicate to the taste. Four of those bich ripened in California weighed three quarters of a pound eich, were of a rich yellow color, and look like balls of wax. Tub family of John Wilson Barron, th murdered Dexter (Me.) savings bank treasurer, were left ia pinched cireum stances when he died, and the banks of the country, which ought to be specially interested in the matter, were expected to contribute to their relief, and thus show a regard to the dead man's heroism.

But these institutions, with a very few exceptions, have not show any generosi ty or appreciation of the sacrifice, and an appeal bas now been made to the public aj behalf of the treasurer's widow, child and mother. Francis W. Palfrey, of 13 Exchange street, Boston, has been au thorized to receive contributions. New Britain township, Bucks county, Pa. contains an eccentric old farmer by the name of Ellas Black, who believes in keeping everything on his plac.

He bas not sola any hay lot years. He never thrashes more grain than he can use, and the rest is allowed to stand in the stacks for mil and vermin to feed on. One field of about four acres is literally cover ed with stacks, some of them fully fifteen years old. Over 200 stacks may be counted on the place. It is the most novel sight ever witnessed on a farm, to see hundreds of stacks all closely hud lied to gether, reminding one of the pictures of an Indian lodge or an African kraal.

The late millionahe, Thomas Winans, returned to Baltimore after making his fortune in railroad building is Russia, and built a flue residence on West Baltimore street, furnishing it lavishly and adorning the grounds with fountains and copies of the best antique statues. His neighbors considered this display of nude figures highly indecorous, and a resolution was Introduced in the City Council, declaring the statues to be of an objectionable char acter. This so incensed Mr. Winans that he erected a high wsll around his in twenty -four houra, and though asked to take it down when the citizens realized what they had lost, be refused to i do so. NEWS OF THE Thk cashier of a wrecked bank at Greenwich, N.

has hanged himself. It is said that W. H. Vanderbilt hajs gobbled the Michigan Central Railroad. Two hunched and fifty tramps entered the town of Rock Islandrllhr lastSun day.

Thk times are hard, but a thousand summer tourists left New York in one day, recently, for Europe. Congress has oflered a reward of $10, 000 for the discovery of the cause and a sure preventative of hog cholera. Thk vote In the House on the question ot abolishing National Bank notes and substituting greenbacks, stood yeas 109, nays 114. Thb Grand jury of Hamilton county, Ohio, have found indictment against the janitor of the Ohio Medical College for robbing graves. i Thk Paris Exposition is said to be a great success, and American exhibitors are especially well pleased with the attention their exhibits have received 8.

Anoikr Chacb, the defaulting treat urer of the Fall River mills, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to twelve year in the State prison and two days solitary confinement. Another ship load of colored emigrant have left North Carolina for Siberia. They go out under the auspices of the Colonization Society. The cost of pass age for adult is children 130. Tok Russian Government has transmit ted through Paris about 14,000.000 francs to the United State, to pay for the pur chased vessels and war material.

Their agent pay promptly for all purchases. Thk United State Consul at Lambargl- que, Peru, writes that the country around about ha been flooded by rain, crop destroyed, railroad washed away and dwellings leveled. The loss 1 estimated at 11,000.000. rate the beginning ot the year the value of domestic export from New York alone have been $133,183,366. Thl is more than the tame period last year, and 1103,000,000 more than the same period in 1378.

Lkttkrs from Pernambuoo slate that there I a great famine in Brazil, a conse quence of the long drought. Thousand are reported dying, and the destruction to animal very great. What is worse, no crop can be raised this year. A tkuubui storm occurred ia Southwestern Kansas, a few day ago. It i estimated that twenty five inches of water fell in one afternoon.

Great dam age done to crop and property and several children were drowned. With on hundred million bushels of surplus ot th old crop of wheat, and a fair prospect of a yield of four hundred million bushel more in the new crop, It country can suffer foi nrea, ior oiue tine to come. It ttea by the Treasury official that the large appropriation made by Congress will prevent any decrease in the public debt during the next fiscal year, unless there should be an increase in the estimated receipts from the cus tom's revenue. Thk Post-Route bill, containing the Brazilian steamship subsidy, the restora tion of the franking privilege, regulation of postage on mail matter, and regula tion of railway service, is among the bills before Congress which almost passed, but just missed it A Berlin correspondent hears from trustworthy sources that a military com promise between Russia and Turkey is imminent. The Russians will concen trate around Adrianople, and the Turks will evacuate Ehumla, retiring to Yarna, and there embark for Roumelia.

A disastrous flood has occurred at Coiomandel, one of the New Zealand Islands, with great destruction to proper ty. Mines, batteries, water races and tramways suffered considerably. Bridges were carried away, and roads and tracks blocked up by land slips in every direction. Thk striking operatives in the Lanca shire manufacturing district of England have generally resumed work, the spinners at Blackburn only proving obstinate. Like the great majority of strikes, this one has provtm a dead loss to the work-Jngmen, they being constrained to accept the reduction against which they kicked.

Miss Lillian Norton, an American girl now traveling with Gilmore' Band in Europe, is winning great applause as a vocalist. At Crystal Palace after she sang the whole great audience aiose and cheered. No such singing has been heard, say the critics, since the days of Jenny Lind. A G3ASD, national firemen's tournament is to be held at Chicago in September. One hundred and fifty companies from different parts of the country have already accepted invitations to be present and participate.

The programme extends over lour days, ana win raciuue tests and trials between the various companies in attendance. i There is reason to fear serious trouble from the Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin and Minnesota The people of North' western Wisconsin are in many cases afraid to leave their home to prosecute their ordinary labors. Governor Smith ha been importuned to afford protection, and the latter has appealed to General 8heridan to protect the lives and property of the citizens of the imperiled district. Well-informed person state that the Russian plenipotentiaries only agree to the points as to Turkey's right to fortify the Balkans, ad referendum, but it is confidently hoped that their explanation and the mediating influence of Germany will succeed in obtaining the desired rati fication from St. Petersburg.

It seem that the plenipotentiaries have also agreed to a settlement of the southern limit of Roumanla In a sense favorable to the, Turks, the neighborhood of the valley of the Yardar and the Black sea coast being left under the direct control of the Porte. It is believed that the Turks will become aware of the wisdom of acquiescing with and supporting Instead of thwarticg England and Austria. Thb Secretary of the Treasury has Issued a circular calling attentloa to the four per cent, funded loan of the United' States, now ofLred by the Treasury Department in denominations for coupon bonds of 50, $100, 300 and $1,000, and for the registered bonds of $50, $100, $300, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 at par and accrued interest to date of subscription, in coin. The bonds are redeemable July 1st, 1009, and bear interest payable quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October of each year, and exempt from the payment of taxes or duties of the United States, or from taxation in any form by or under State or municipal order or local authority. Upon full receipt of full payment the bonds will be transmitted free of charge to the subscribers, and a commission of one quarter of one per cent, will be allowed on the amount of subscriptions.

A Washington special gives the fol lowing summary of the work of Con gress: "During the session just closed there were introduced 8,629 bill and 213 joint resolutions. About 5,380 bill were Introduced in the House alone, which la an average of nearly twenty to each member. Of these bill about 200 have been disposed of, in addition to the regular ap propriation bills. The most important one were the act for the remonetixation ot silver; act allowing criminal 'in the United States to teatify la their own behalf; act providing new form of government for the District of Columbia; Pacific Railroad funding act; act forbidding farther retirement of legal tender note. These are really all the Important publio acta that Congress passed last session.

Some of the mo Important bill considered are now lying on the Speaker' table, over 223 bills having passed the Senate which have not reached the House. The Senate has been very industrious, and has cleared up it calendar. The oaly imporUiit bill remaining on the Senate calendar undisposed ot are a fol low: Bill to create the Territory of Lincoln out of th Black Hills; bill to amend and revise the patent laws; Texas Pacific railroad bill; Japar-ese indemnity fund bill; bill regulating compensation for mall transportation, and classification of mail matter; bill to regulate the counting of the electoral vote. There are more than five hundred bills on the House calendar which were left undisposed of. Th most important of these are the bill to restore to the pension roll thoM whose name were cow home from the river bottom.

They take a rag and go to the slaughter house and saturate it with blood and lay it on the toepath where the first cow that comes along smells it and commences to bellow, and the others hearing er, come rushing to tne scene, and after holding a convex tion proceed homeward. The Union City water works have been adjudged an infringement on the Holly patient. 1 he amount of the fine has not been assessed; but. with the cost, added to a fifteen hundred dollar attorney fee, will make a considerable sum. The Dean in putting in these works, shuffled the exper.se of teeting the validity of Hol ly claim for the infringement onto the city.

Wabash Plain Dealer: The black bear connected with Sells' circus caused a little excitement among the bystanders. at the grounds, Tuesday, by getting away irom the keepers, while being transferred from the top of its cage to the den. It broke at once for the fence in Ferry's corn fields, and the audience broke for every conceivable place in the vicinity. Having the chain about its neck it was easily re captured. Covington Friend: Wm.

CoDDock. a resident of Shawnee township for nine years, was in Covington last Saturday weefc, the second time in his life. He had not been in a court house for thirty years until that day. He is 64 years old, and never had but one law suit, and that 85 years ago; he has never been a witness in a suit but on one occasion, and was a mem- oer oi the first jury ever convened in Pu laski county. Rochester Union Spy: While Dickine potatoes from a bin in the barn, last Monday, Mrs.

James McQuera was bitten oy a young rattlesnake. His snakeship was lying in one corner of the bin and the first intimation of his presence that the lady received was a bite in one of her fingers. She immediately made war on the reptile and killed him. The wound bled freely end a liberal application of camphor and soapsuds neutralized the effects of the poison. Mrs.

McQuern was quite sick for a time, but is now entirely re covered. Judge Hammond, of Rensselaer circuit, has just made a decision to the effect that incorporated towns in Indiana have authority under section six of the liquor law of 1875, to license the sale of intoxicating liquor within their limits. That the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Cowley vs. The Town of Rushville, goes only to the extent of holding that the act of March 1, 1877, (Acts of 1877, page 144), js unconstitutional, on account of beinz an amendment to an invalid law; and that said decision does not apply to, or in any way affect, any part of the liquor law of 1875. It may be added that the decision of the Supreme Court does not in the least degree affect liquor license acts which apply to incorporated cities, towns only being included in its terms and scope.

In speaking of the doings of lightning rod swindlers, thi Elkhart Review says: Some days since one' of these infernal scalawags called at the house of Mr. Land-is, of Cleveland township, and offered to put up about forty feet of rods on his barn for five dollars. After much Dersuasion he was induced tn w'gn an order, first be- ing sure the sum therein mentioned was five dollars only. In a few days Mr. Landis became satis-fled that some trick was being played upon him.

So last Monday when a set of men came to put up rods, Mr. Landis requested them not to put them up, as be would not have the rods on any terms. But they were not to be driven off in that way, so went to work and put up about one hundred and forty feet of rods, and then demanded cash for $113,50, which Mr. Landis refused to pay. Friday he received a notice from Messrs.

Baker Mitchell that they held an order against him in fayor of the Lightning Rod Co. for $113.50, and demanding that he call and pay up, or suit would be brought. So Mr. Landis has a lightning rod that he don't want and a law suit on hand with a chance of loosing $113,50 and costs. A Monstrosity Fashionale Folly.

The dressing, or rather undressing of English ladies at "awells" dinner parties, drives an 'nditrnant American to write a follow to the Cincinnati Enquirer: A dinner dress for a lady in England is something I tremble and shrink at. When she gets to the drawing room the end of the skirt is at the hall door, and nothing ia on her neck and bust! Like the green salad she comes to the table undressed, so far as her vis a vis can tee. And the uglier fatter and more twefy she is the more she is like the salad. Her hair i a compound of double fractions, ornamented with fine feathers, flower and jewel. Her neck i a terror to an arm of any amorous propensity in black cloth, for the slightest contrct would carry off much powdered starch.

But around it diamonds dwell and emerals glitter, or taphires blaze. Each shoulder is ornamented with a baby bow, and these constitute the upper part of the dress, with the exception of the small bunch of flower primly placed on the chest bone. Oa the altar of lady no dressing, or no lady dressing. I have shattered numberless wine glasses in wrath and embarrassment so often that I tear for mv present and future state. To be placed vis a vis before ft magnifl-cicnt sample of a champion English rare roast beef wife, with a one button bodice and a sixteen button pair of glove on is making a fellow capable of "looking unutterable things." 'A hen Is generally believed to be and Is denounced as a colossal fool, but she is a Erettykeen judge of human nature and oman motive after all.

It is the hardest thing in the world for a man to convince a hen that when he swears, and runs himself out of breath and trample over the garden beds, and shouts himself hoarse, and throws stones and sticks, that ne is driving her into the corner she so carefully avoids, only for her own good. You can't make her believe in such disinterested anxiety. War Department; several postal savings bills; bill to retire circulation of national bank bills; bill to authorize national banks to exchange their reserve for bonds; Texas Pacific bill; pro rate bill; bill for the improvement of the Mississippi river; Geneva award bill. The only important bills which have passed the House, but which were not acted upon by the Senate, reached that body on the day of adjournment. These are: The bill to Increase the pay of letter carriers and the bill establishing post routes and a bureau of pensions Three or four contested election cases were left undisposed of by the House.

Of the bills which passed both houses Jill were signed but two, which were vetoed -the silver bill and one regulating the courts in Mississippi. No bill failed to become a law by reason of failure of the President to attach his signature inside of the ten days provided by the constitution." ISIHAAA STATE Sixteen car loads of tea passed through Elkhart the other day. A company of tramps was seen drilling, near Bourbon, a few days aeo. The famous "Yankee Rob inson," has a daughter living in South Bend It is stated as a fact that Jacob Halter of Rolling Prairie, recently found a nest containing 214 eggs. The city council of Peru has determin ed to construct a reservoir in connection with the water works.

A cow belonging to John Long, of Rich land township, Miami county, recently gave birth to three calves. The Richmond Light-Guardsliave adopted a gray uniform that cost $36 50 per suit. Thirty members have ordered suits. A bchooneb left Michig in City harbor, a few days ago, loaded with oak ship-timber, which it was to carry through to Liv erpool. A Seymocr saloouatic gave Harry Jer- rel 50 pounds of flour and $5, in cash, for sticking to the pledge of total abstlnance a year.

The Northwest Indiana Conference will meet at Brazil, Clay county, on Wednes day, September 11, Bishop Jesse T.Peck, presiding The Chief Fire Engineer, of Richmond, oilers a reward of $100 for the capture and identification of any one of the "fiie bugs" that Infest that place. The amount of school fund loaned In LaGrange county is $38,126.89. 120 persons have made the loans, which would make an average of $317 to each. was reported recently-that snakes were sporting over the heads of the wheat in portions of Madison county, gliding over it as though it was solid ground. A pour days temperance camp meeting will be held at La Porte during the first week in August.

All Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan will be Danville Union: Aunt Phebe Moore is the possessor of an umbrella purchased in the city of Philadelphia forty-eight years ago. It has been in constant and recovered twice or thrice in that time. LaFatettb Dispatch: Joe Barkhausen, residing east of the city, ha a hog with two-inch horn projecting from the center of it forehead; a hen with long, sharp spurs, and a cow that gives milk from five teat. He wants to know who can make a better showing. Membe of the bar throughout the state are requested to submit their views in writing upon the proposed legislation with reference to a relief of the pressure of business in the supreme court, to Hon.

C. Harris, of Indianapolis, secreta ry of the committee. LaFatettb Dispatch: At the last meeting of the school trustees it was decided to limit the sessions of the high school to four hours and a half per 'day; hereafter the high school will continue in session from St.m.to 12:30 p. m. and then be dismissed for the day.

General Harison will at once institute suit for damages against the Ohio and Miami Medical Colleges at Cincinnati, and the Ann Arbor College, Michigan, in $10,000 each, for the part taken in resurrecting the bodies of J. Scott Harrison, his father, and his friend, young Devin. Mr. Deytn't body waa reburied at the old ground, after being fully identified by his former neighbor. Crrr bonds, with accrneaYnterest, aggregating $29,623,54, were canceled last Saturday.

The city did not, nor does she now, owe a dollar due that she could not pay. The only i to get to pay debt before they axe due, a eastern capitalists hold most c-twhat few bonds are still out a investment, and wont sell them. Richmond Palladium. Miami Cocnty Skntinal: A sudden death occured in the southwest quarter of the city on Sunday- evening. An aged )ady, named S.vage, was suddenly pros trated by a paralytic attack, and died in a few minute.

She had been in good health at supper, had milked the cow, and a few hours later, without previous sickness, waa a corpse. Newport Hoosieb State: Mr, Charity Ilollirgsworth, aged 87 years, probably the oldest person residing in th township, ha made two patch quilts in the last month, besides doing a considerable amount of other work. She is still spry, and inths enjoyment of eood health, with fair prospect of living to be one hundred years old. CovBiOTos Piopt' Paper: The boy German Wives. Boston Traveller.

The cullinary art forms a part of the education of the women in Germany. The weU to-do tradesman, like the mechanic, takes pride in seeins his daughters good housekeepers. To effect this object the girt on leaving school, which she (toes when about fourteen years of age, goes through the ceremony or confirmation, and then is placed by her pareuts with a country gentleman, or in a large family, where she remains one or two years, filling what may alBO be termed the post of servant, or doing the work of one. This is looked upon as an apprenticeship in domestic economy. She diners from a servant however in this she ieceive no wages; on the contrary, her parents often pay for the care taken of her as well as her clothing.

This is the first step in her education as housekeeper. She next passes on the same conditions into the kitchen of a rich private family or into a hotel of good re pute. Here she has control of the expenditures of the servants employed in it, and assistance personally in the cooking, but is always addressed as Miss; and is treated by the family with deference and consideration. Many daughters of rich families receive training, with this difference, however, that they receive it a princely mansion or royal palace. There is a reigning queen in Germany at the present time who was educatedin this Consequently the women in Germany are perfect models of economy.

A Benevolent Bishop-There are many stories current about the late Bishop Selwyn, and all tend in the same direction. 1 Here is one from his own lips. It was simply told in illustra tion of the possibility of a naturally help lesB man overcoming the difficulties of suddenly finding himself placed in the charge of young children. During one of his expeditions along the coast of New 7a1nri, rrr KpJwyn haH givtm a r.Mga to a woman who had with her a baby just weaned. The voyage was rough, and she became absolutely Drostrate with sea-skkness.

The baby remained preternatur-ally lively, and the question, what to do with it, became one of serious concern for the officers and crew. Dr. Selwyn solved the difficulty by taking the child under his own care. ,1 here was an apprentice on board, who took naturally to children, and he was installed as under nurse. The voyage lasted eleven days," the Bishop said, "during which time the mother was wholly incapable of doing anything.

I had not much idea what to do with the baby, but, with the assistance of Tom, we ut aiuug spienuiuiy, ana at ue van of the voyage orr chief difficulty was to get baby to go back to its mother." i i i i i ii i' i A Cincinnati Romance. Cincinnati has a pretty romanoe of a poor young girl. The heroine was an in telligent out unpretending girl, who was forced by circumstances to work for ft living, one sewed in ft store at a salary of meager, and with work so laborous, that she gladly accepted a position as waiter-eirl in a nonular boarding-house. She had pieviously been offered a posi tion as governess, nut preferred the other. The only advantage the boarding-house anorded over the store was that of family sympathy.

Ameng the boarders was one probably as poor as herself. He was advertising solicitor for a city paper, with a very moderate Believinz them selves poor, but yet able to keep the wolf, from their door, an attachment sprang up, which developed into an engagement. I he course oi love did not run smoothly. There were doubt of faithfulness, and consequent quarrels, until, a few days ago, the young lady learned that she had tailen heir to an estate in Germany worth $100,000. Her heart wastrue to him, They were mamea nuut away.

Beecher on Murray's Church. Mr. Beecher thlnki that the Rev. W. H.

H. Murray's New England Church of the Future will be a human miracle. In letter to the Boston Globe he ayt: "In were part of an imaginary society, or ft dream of peotry, I should have no hesitation in expressing admiration, but, as ft practical scneme in a practical city, such a comprehensive plan as this cannot be forejudged by one who knows so little of Boston, it needs and iu missionary tem per, aa i ao. All can say is that it the project carried into effect and the en cyclopaedic church built, it will be a sar- onse ana wonder of enterprise, li it is I uilt, and it shall steadily peiform half of wht is designed, it will be more than a wonder; fact, ft human miraclet I dare not Indorse it. I will not oppose or even criticise it, I shall hold my breath and stand to see what will come of it.

Large churches in large cities, at low rents tor good sittings, are by all odds tbe wises nd best, provided there be a larpe man, with a large heart and wise bead, to preach in them but, as yet, such men are not created bv the wholesale." The "Church of the Future has bis best wishes however, in common with every other undertaking that has a good object..