Rent at 1-ast. No more beneath T.ife'e daily cross To bend with faltering steps and alow No more in all the heart deaire* The bitterneea of loae to know ; No more o foroe t careless mirth While straggling with the tear rapmael No mote to toil with fainting strength. But aofUy. calmly. laid to real ' Wounded no more by cnt*-l tongue*. No more perjdoyed hy honeet doubt ; No more disheartened by defeat Where life's beat eff.wta were poured out No more through eudleee seeming uighta. Waking ami jwayerleea to repine ' Untroubled now I A deep repoae. Perfect and long (leaired, it thine Broant-World. IVw. IxiaiiUfiff. far land ! Where all these fixvtsxvre. sighing isignma gi\ l heir tsiriten ati l the restless woo Of the tierce desert sand ! Thither all travel ; there Wauder lire-t kings, in glad control, un- Ctvinne.l ; The slave, with all his bond* untxwuid, Breathes its nnguarileit air. Thither go home at uighl All biV|-oh-es exiles tu tins foreign mart. Fluihng the old ways re-opened IU each heart Into forgotten light. There the lost child is fiwmd 0 gentle echis-l-hoy, v anislieii from oar sight, Fling vxwir gav bail and fly yvur eager kite In that euchantel givuuJ ' There, t'.iu as in far years. Are fallen heart-temples, dear iememt-eie.l homes ; Through vaiu-lieit ihxvr# each face fauuhar cornea Smiling—we wake w.lh tears! Bow far, yet uear. it seems ! Thia dusty world -track underfoot away - ttrciing lest suns, and sweet with Uapiu the watchman was Kick again, and this time he was gruff. 1 was annoyed. I said: '' What do you ward to come bother ing around here in the middle of the night fori Now as like as not I'll not gwt to sleep again to-night." "Well, if this ain't good, I'm blest." About this time Mr. B. appeared on the scene. Something like a minute later I w as climbing the pilot-house steps with some of my clothe* on and the rest in my arms. Mr. B. was close behind, commenting. Here was something fresli —this tiling of getting up in tie- middle of tlie night to go to work. It was a detail in piloting tluit had never oc curred to me at all. I knew that boats ran all night, but somehow I had never happened to retlect tliat somelxxly had to get up out of a warm bxl to run the in. I began to feur that piloting was not quite so romantic as I had im agtned it was; there was -omething verv real and work-like about this new plmsc of it. Il was rwtiier a dingy night, although a fair nutulx-r of stars were out. The big mate was at the wheel, and lu- had tlw old tuh p -nit d at a star and was holding her straight upthemiddle of the rivor. Tlie shores on either hand were not much more than a mile ajsxrt, but they sot-med wonderfully far r way and ever so vague and indistinct. The mut*- oaid : "We've got to land at Jones's planta tion, sir." Mr, B. said to the mate: " Upper end of the plantation, or the lower!" , "Upiwr." "I can't do it. Tlie stumps there are out of wat -r at this stag- 1 . It's no great distance to th- lower, and you'll liave to get along with that. "All right, sir. If Jones don't like it he'll have to lump it, I reckon." And then the mate left. Mr. B. made for the si ion- and soon was scraping it, just the aime as if it had been daylight. It seemed to me that I had put my life in the ket-ping of a jx-culiarlv reckless outcast. Preseutly he turned on m and .-aid : "What's the name of the first point above New Orleans 1" I was gratified to Ix- able to answer promptly, aud I did. I said I didn't know. " Doa't know r" This manner jolted me. I was down at the foot again, in a moment But 1 had to say just what I liad aaid before. "Well, you're a smart one," said Mr. B. " Wliat's the name of the next point f" Once mon- I didn't know. " Well, this lieats auvihing. Tell me the name of auy point or place I told you." I studied a while and derided that I couldn't " Look-a here ! What do you start out from, above Twelve-Mile Point, to cross over ?" " I—l—don't know." " You—yott—don't know !" mimicking my drawling manner of SJHXS-11. " What do you know " I—l—notliing, for certain." Oh, but his wratli was tip ! He was a nervous man, and he shuffled from one side of his wheel to the other as if the floor was ii't. He would boil a while to himself, and then overflow and scald me again. " Look-a-h-re ! What do vou suppose I told yon the iiam--s of tliose points for!" "Well—to—to—lx? entertaining, I thought" Tliis was a red rag to the bull. He raged and stormed so (he was crossing the river at the time; tliat. I judge it inade him blind, beottise he ran over the steering-bar of a trailing-scow. Of course the trader;; sent up a volley of re 1 hot profanity. Never was a man so grateful as Mr. B. was; because he was brim full, aud here were subjects who would tilk back. He threw open :t window, thrust his head out, and such an irruption fol lowed as I never hail heard before. The fainter anil furth-r away the scow-men's curses drifted, the higher Mr. B. lifted liis voice and the weightier his adjectives grew. When he closed the window he was empty. Presently he said to me in the gentlest way: " My boy, you must get a little memo randum-book, and every time I tell you a thing, put it down right awav. There's only one way to be a pilot, and that is to get this entire river by heart. You have to know it just like A B C." Presently he pulled a rope and struck a few strokes on the big bell. The stars were all gone, now, and the night was as black as ink. I could hear the wheels churn along the bank, but I was not en tirely certain that I could see the shore. The voice of tlie invisible watchman called up from the hurricane deck: " What's this, sir ?" " Jones's plantation." Mr. B. handled the engine bells, and in due time the boat's nose came to the land, a torch glowed from the forcastle, a man skipped ashore, a darky's voice on the shore said: " Gimme de carpet-bag, Mars' Jones," and the next moment wre wera standing up the river again, all serene. I reflected deeply a while, and then said—but not aloud—Well, the finding of tliat plantation was the luckiest accident that ever happened; but it couldn't happen again in a hundred years. And I fully believed that it was an accident, too. By the time we had gone seven or eight hundred miles up the river, I had learned to be a tolerably plucky up stream steersman, in daylight, and be fore we reached St. Louis I had made a KR Ml). 1< I RTZ, Ktlitor mul I Yopriotor. VOL. Mil. trifle of progress in night work, hnt ottlv A tritlo. 1 had 11 note liook tluit fairlv bristled with lh name* of town*, "point*," Rim, inlands, R-ml*, twhiluw, etc.; hut the information wa* to W found only in the note Rx>k none of it wa* in my heuil. It made in* heart ache to think 1 !ud only got half of the riv< r net down; for an our watch waa four hours off and fonr hours oil. -lay and night, tlion was H long four hours gaj> in uiy lKH>k for every time I had slept since my voyage R-gan. Slv chief was presently hured t > go on a tug N'ew Orkiu* Kai. ami I parked my satchel ami went witli him. She was a grand affair. When 1 st-x-,1 in In r pilot house 1 was so far above the water that I seemed ptivheil on a mountain; and her decks stretches! so far away, fore and aft. Ivlew me, that t vron.U-red how I isuihl ever have considered the little l*aul Jones a large craft, t here were other ditTetvnces, t*>o. The Pan! Jouea' pilot houw was a rK-uip, dingy, Iwltrrwl rattle-trap, cramped for room; but here was a sumptuous glass temple; room enough to have a dauec in; showy red and gold window-curtains; an imposing sofa; leather cushions and a l>ach to the high bench where visiting pilots ait, to spin yarns and "lotd. at the river;' bright, fanciful " eusjuidores instead of a broad wo-xieu box tilled with saw dust; luce new oil-cloth i>n tlie rt-x-r; u lion-liable big stow for winter; a wheel as high as my hmd, oostiv with inlaid work; a wire tiller-rope; bright brass knob* fiff during mid watch, day and night. Now this was "something like;" and so 1 l**gn to take heart once more to believe that piloting was a romantic sort of occupa tion aft r all. The moment we wen- un der way 1 began to prowl about the great steamer and till myself with joy. I had never felt so fine before. And when 1 found that the regiment of natty servant* respectfully "sir'd" me, uiy satisfaction was complete. When 1 returmsl to the pilot-house St. Lotti* was gone and I was lost. Here was a piece of river which was all down in my Rx*k, but I could make neither head nor tail of it; von understand, it was turned around. 1 li.nl -x-euit, when coming up-stream, but I hail never faee 1 about to see how it lookk at the river." What is called the "upper river" (tin two hundred miles between St. Louis anil Cairo, where the Ohio comes in) was low ; and the Mississippi olmnges its ehanuel so constantly that the pilots used to always find it ntvewery h> run down to Cairo to take a frv-sli look, when their Ixvnts were to lie in jnut a wis-k. tluit is, when the water was at a low stage. We had a fine compauy of these river inspectors along, this triw. There were eight or ten; and there was alniudaiicr of rovm for them in onr grant pilot house. Two ir three of them wore jHilished silk hate, elabomt • sliirt fronts, diamond breastpins, kid gloves, and patent-leather bocto. They were choir in their F.nglish, and bore themselves with a dignity projxr t> men of solid means and prodigious reputation as pilots. The other • were more or l*-s looselr clad, and wore upon their h -.wis tall felt cones that were sugg,-stive of the days of the commonwealth. I was a cipher in tliat august coni|suiv. and felt subdued, not to say turpi I. 1 was not even of sufficient consequence to assist at the wheel when it w.is nee. ■- sary to put the tiller hard down in a hurry; the guest that t xxl m-are-t did tliat when invasion required .unl this was pretty much all tie- tune, R-cause of the crookedueus of th- channel and the scant wat-r. 1 st-sxl in a corner ; run! the tdk I list lied t > took the hope all ont of me. Meantime, the thing that was running in my mind was: " Now, if my ear* hear aright. I have not only to get the names of all the towm and island* and lx-uds, nud so on, by heart, but I most even get op a warm )>ersonal acquaint ance with every old snag ami oiie-bnqxxl cott in-wixxl and obseurv wood pile that ornaments the links of this river for twelve hundred miles; and more than that, 1 must actually know where these things are in the dark, unless these guests are gifted with eyes tliat can pierce through two miles of solid black ness; I wish the pih-ting business was in Jericho, and 1 had never thought of it" At dusk Mr. B. tapjie-l the big bell tiiris- times itlie signal to land), and the captain em rgul from his drawing rix>m in the fonvanl end of the t-ias, and looked up inquiringly. Mr. B. said; "We will lay up here all uight, captain." " Very well, sir." That was all. The Rat came to shore and was tied up for the night. It seemed t- me a fine thing that the pilot could do us h° pleased without asking so grand a captain'.; permission. I tk mv supjx-r and went imrmsliately tolxxl, discouraged by ray ibv's observations and experiences. My late voyage's note-booking was but a confusion of meaningless nam-s. It had tangled me nil up in a knot every time I had looked at it in the daytime. I now hoped for respite ill sleep; but no, it reveled all through my head till sunrise again, a frantic and tireless nightmare. Next morning I fait pretty rusty and low-spirited. \Ve went (looming along, taking a good many chances, for we were MJiX-ou* to " get out of the river " (as getting out to Cairo was calledi Is-- fore night should overtake us. But Mr. B.'s partner, the other pilot, presently grounded the boat, ami we lost so much time getting her off that it was plain the darkness would over take as a good long way above the month. This was a great misfortune, especially to certain of our visiting pilots, whose boats would have to wait for their return, no matter how long tluit might be. It sobered the pilot-house talk a good deal. Coming up-stream, pilots do not milid low water or any kind of darkness; nothing stop]>eit them but fog. But down-stream work was differ ent; a boat was too nearly helpless, with a stiff current pushing behind her; so it was not customary to run down-stream at night in low water. There seemed to be one small hope, howpver; if we could get through the intricate and dangerous Hat Island crossing before night, we could venture the rest, for we would have plainer sail ing and better water. But it would Ins insanity to attempt Hat Island at night. 80 there was a deal of looking at watches all the rest of the day, and a constant ciphering upon the speed we were mak ing; Hat Island was the eternal subject; sometimes hope was high and sometimes we were delayed in a bad crossing, and down it went again. For hours all hands lay under the burden of this sup pressed excitemeut ; it was even com municated to me, and I got to feeling so solicitous about Hat Island, and under such an awful pressure of responsibility, that I wished I might have five minutes on shore to draw a good, full, relieving breath, and start over again. We were standing no regular watches. Each of our pilots ran such portions of the river as he had rnn when coming up-stream, because of his greater familiarity with it; but both remained in the pilot house constantly. THE CENTRE REPORTER An hour before sunset, Mr. 11. t*x>k the b I nil all. if o could only have get here an hour * toiler ! " and the place aas thick with tin- atmosphere of ilisap|>oiutmeut. Some -tailed to go out, but loitered, hearing no tx-U- tap to land. l*lie -an dipped Is-hind the horizon, the Ixwl went on. Inquiring hsik- |MMXI frinu one gm-st to another; and one alio hud his hand on theihxir knob, and hait turn IH| it, walti-l, then preai-ntlv tisik aaav hi- iuuul and let the knob turn Imck again. We 1-irv -tcailily down the l-ciid. More hxiks were exclianged, and nisl of suiqirisisl admiration but no word-, luaeusibly tbe men drew tiin-tlu r Is land Mr. B. a- the -ky darkened ami one or two dim stars came out. The dead ukiliw ami wuix- of w aitiug Is value opproMsive. Mr. 15. pillletl the isird, ami twi> deep, mellow notes -from tlie lug I tell filiated off on the night. Then a pause, and one more note was struck. The watchman's voice followed from the hurricane deck: " Icd-lsxird lead, there ' Stablswrd lead !" The cries of the lemtameu Is-gan t. ri-s out of the ili-tiiiiiN-, and were gruffly rejs-atisl by the word-pa—-rs oil the hur ricane deck. " M a-r-k thrts-! Mark three ' Quarter-leas three ! Half twain ! Quar ter twaiu ! Mark twain ! Quarter leas " —• Mr. 15. pulled two ls-ll rojs-s. and was answered by faint jinglings far lielow in tin- engine room, ami our sjss-il -1.-w-k eueil. The steam Is-guu to whi-tle through the gauge-cocks. The crn-s of the lekL-uieu went oil and it i- a weird -ouud, always, in the night. Kvery pilot in tlu- lot was watching, now, with fixeil eyes, and talking under his bn-ath. N-* Isslv wits i-alm and easy but Mr. 15. He would put his w heel down and stau.l on a-jsike, and as the steamer swung into her (to me) utterly invisible marks for we -is-iuisl to Is- in the midst of a wide and gloomy sea he would m-t and fa ten her tla-rv. Talk was going on, now, m low voiciw: " Then-; she's over the first reef all right!" After a pans.-, an ther sutslui-l voice : " Her stem's coming down ju-t -x actly right, by (i—irgw ! Now she's in the marks; over she g---- !" Soinelsxly else mtitb-ml: "Oh.it waa done lx-autiful beauti fill !" Now the engine- wt re stopjx-1 alto gether, and we dri(t<-l with the current. Not tliat I could -is- the boat itrift. for 1 is mid not, the stars tx-iug all gone by this time. Pn-aei.tly I iliwovered a blacker ghxun than that which sur rounded us. It was the head of the island. were do dug right down U|xm it. We cut red its ds-jx-r alia.iow, an I so imminent -is-i-.n-l tie- js-ril that I was likely to suffocate; and I had the striingesit impulse t> do something, any thing, t i sttv.- the vewu 1. lln t -till Mr. 15. st'-vl bv hi- wheel, silent, intent n- n cat, and all the pilot- stood - houlih-r to shoulder at lit- back. " Sh< 'il i.ut make it ' ' M-uit-lxsly wlu jx-nxl. The wat- r grew ill -aler ivinl -hoaler by the h-adsm-'ti's eric-, till it w.i- down U " Kight ami a half! 1" ig h t feet ' E-i-g h t feet ' S>-Ve!l-and " Mr. 15. said wariiinglv tiiroiigh his ,s]M-akitig tills- to the engine, r: " Stand by, uw '" " Ayc-ave, sir." "Seven-and a luilf ' S \ u fist SIX and - We t niched lxittom! Instantly Mr. 15. set a lot of b<-Ila ringing, shunt-.1 through th- tula-, •• Now let her have it—every otinee you've got!" then t < his partner, " Put ln-r liard down! snatch her ! snatch le-r!" Tlie Ismt rasp .1 ami ground her way through the sand, hung uj-m the aj-x of ilutfisti-r a single tremendous in-tant, and then over she went! There was no more trouble after that. Mr. B. wa- a hero that uight: and it was some little time, too, before his ex ploit censed t-> lie talked alxmt by river men. Fully t<> realize the marvelous pre eision required in laying the great steamer in her marks in that murkv waste of water, cue should know that not only mnst she pick Iht intricate way through snags ;v nn>-- almost within arm'a reach of n sunken and invisible wreck that would snatch th" hull timbers from under lier if she should strike it, and destroy a quarter of a million dollars' worth of xteamlxsit and cargo in five minutes, and maylx* u hundred and fifty human lives into the bargain. The la>t remark I lnsird that night was a compliment hi Mr. 11., uttered in so lilisjity and with unction by one of our guests. Ife said: " Ily the slmdow of death, hut he's n lightning pilot!" Rabies, Though the sight of n dog nlmost al ways changes the passive state of hydro phobia in any animal to the active, rag lug condition, there is one recorded fact which points to the probability that an animal afflicted with this disease is thrown into violent stnto at sight of all individual lielmiging to the particular species from which the poison was re ceived. A horse inoculated witli rabies obtained from a sliep, JUHI exhibiting the most ternhle symptoms ot the mala dy, showed no disqnietuda wliatevcr at sight of a dog. When one was thrown to him he pushed it nwnv with his nose; a sheep being placed in the same en closure, he lieratne frantic, and in a dri-ndfnl paroxysm of rage he seized it and killed it with one movement of his powerful jaws. This case is in direct opposition to the usual course of things, for nnimals suffering from rabies have, in nil other known instances, lieen ex cited to madness whenever n dog showed himself. It may bo that the constancy of this phenomenon is due only to the fact that the inoculation is almost always inflicted by a dog. To a Hoience. Advertising is fast being reduced to a science in Paris, and some of the methods used by tradesmen to direct nt tent ion to their wares are worthy the study of Baroum himself. The latest dodge recorded throws rhinoceros fights and lion hunts far in the shade. You are qnietlv walking along the Boulevard, pensively meditating on life and your mother-in-law, when suddenly you are astonished by a kick from behind. Yon turn, and meet the impertinent gaze of a stranger. If yon are a "man of honor," and most Frenchmen nre, you at once demand satisfaction. " Cer tainly," says the assailant, bowing coolly. " \our card, sir," you say,while your eyes burn with rage. " Here it is, sir," he responds, handing you a paste board. You look at the card and are surprised to read something like this : "The largest stock of winter clothes can 1 bo seen at No. street." (LNTHK HALL, i'KNTHH CO.. PA.. THULSDAY, PEIMII AKV IS. \H7\ HEAVY RUT-ED AIITILLKIU. Thr L* I-HLIL* ill ol iXc t oiI RIL Himr. IIIM HMM thi* Vlnllrr. The l'rooidcut ix-ut the following no -i Silge to Congress lu my annual uieanag-- of lbv'inlx*r 1, 187.k while inviting gi iiend ntteutlou to all the ii . iiuitKUldatioUs miwh* by the Sc.TI lary of War, your SJHSHUI attention waxiuvtti-d to the iiiqioi tuiux- of pr paiat i* HI for war in the arinanient of mil ncacixtst defeuix-s. Froper arnuuiieiit i* of v.vstlv more llii|xirtalici' than fortitlca tioiis The hat• r can be supple d very sjxxslily for tenqsiiury pur|xx-a when UIVHIIVI. The former cannot. These views gain iucr-ae-l strength aud p-*r tlUeliis- us the years roll by. 1 have now again tin- honor to call s|XH'inl attention to the c-mdition of the armament of our fortification* and the absolute iictx-asily for immediate provi* iwu bv Coiign-as for the pixK-ureiueiit of heav v cannon, l'ln- large cxjx-n-litur-s rv-qulrod t-i supply the liuuilx r of gun* for our ports is the strongv-st argument that can lx- adduced for a lilx-nl annual appropriation for their gradual accinuu lntlou. lu time of wai such prepurutiotia cannot lx-nnnle. Caiiuou cannot lx* pur chan-sl in ojx-n mtuket nor nuuiufacttired at siioit initn-e. liny must lx* the pro duct of years of ex|x-i iene* d 108 r. llien with inch' tvij*i*s of a r-qxvrt of the chief of ordnaUix- and *d u Ixmrd of ordnance ofli our*, on the trial of an eight-inch rifle converted from at u inch Hino-ilh Is.re, which sliows v.-iy c*n clusiv. 1 v an economical unaiia of utih/ tug tiles-* UselcSH am-xith Ixvres ollli making them into eight inch ritl.-s, - q*a hie of pi-T-uug MV en inches of iron, l'ln' I,l;i| ten inch lUxlmoii guns shouhl, in mv opinion, lx- so utilu-s.l, and tin* appropriatnm nsptested by the chief of ordnainv of ta•t*i i-omuiems- th* ■*< eoiivi-rsions is ear stiv rv*-oniiu*-tnicl. While convinced of th** C-MIK'IIIV ami necessity of these -siiivi-r*iuu* the h --terumiatioii of the ls-st aud m*-t nun >uuical method of providing guns of still largj-r i-alilx-r should no longer lx* d- Invi-il. The i-x|x*ri* !i*--* f ether nati* lis, luwvl on the m-w isiii hlions of -lefeiis-*, brought prominently forward 1 v th*- in tr-xluctionof iron-clad* int>' ev*-r\ unvy afloat,-leiuaiida heav n-r metal and rifi*- gnus of not lex* tliun twelve inches m i-ahlx-r. Tlicse etturoiotui 11-nntx s hlir! mg a slnit of seven humlr-sl jxiiinds, cm alone iu*-t many of the requirement* of the national d-f- ttaew. They inn t Ix provided, and cxjH-rinM-ut.x on a large ix-ul* cull al*>ue giv<- th** ilata uixs-xsary for the -b termination of the qu- sti*-i. \ NuitalUe proving grouud, with all tin focrhties and c-mvenienc-* referred to bv the chief of tvrvluanci*, with a hlx-itd auiiu.il appropriation, i* an nndoitbted neccaaitv. luc guns now r--n*ly for truil caiUlot i-XJx nillelit-sl with without funds, tllld the estimate of £2. r io,t>Hi for the piir|s>s- is -h-enied r-ax—nabh- and is strongly recommended. Tin- constant apjsul. for legislation on tin* "anna incut of fortifications" ought no longer to lx- disregardi *1 if (' -tigri - desire*, in peace, to pt-t>ar. the UIIJH .rtmd material without which future wars must 111* vita lily had to dcs.st- r. l'hia siibjtw-t is Huluuitbxi with the ho}M* that the con siih-rntlon it -h-s-TVi-s may lx- given it at the present s- ssion. D hipping Mate l'rixon ("onilcl*. Idle prix-MMT* of Jefferson City, Mo., wh > were eng.ig' din tin- revolt ti<• s • were whipped tile next lilght. A ->-IT* K|Ni|lil-'lit who was present deacrihes the whipping as follows . Here coim-sa ('.oicasiaii, a voting fi 1 low with a gixxl fni-s-, a firm sb-p. and an erect carriage, t!;- ugh without bravado. He take* off his shirt c *olly and ex t'-mls liis lum.ls t-i lx- Ixmtnl up. gra-s --fully yielding to the lniit which nhuoat take* lam off his fi*i t. He would hR to see Mr. Bradbury. Wlu-n Bradbury conn** he ph uds "not guilty ' t*i tin cliargi of having partici)int*-d in the ri volt iui'l says that whets the alarm spr. :*l in hi a ahoplie went down to the old ,s 11. where hi* i 11 was, so as to retire; but finding tin- first ihsir hs-ked, went t* wurd a ix-coud. lire guard ix appotded t > nnd Oonfirm* th*- stat nn-nt ; and "Eil. Ilrowii" Marrhe- off, tin- liappn-st man in Jefferson City. J.lllles Shea c 'llli-S Up 111 tilt* lligellt and ffue-lookiug young- fellow of less than twenty thr-s- .m l t ik* -his punish nn-nt with braviivsappi.--.M-d moan* of ivngui*h, until eighteen blow* an* tn- a* tin-d out. It i* curious to mark the blow*, Imw Brndbnrv trio* now to Jilow up t<*> much butt ' plow deep. The long n I lines deepen ntnl dark< n, widen and lengthen; then lieoonu-s clot ted ; to morrow tiny will le blue. " Eight een blown; bike hira ilown, it lie ih reudv. ' "Oh, yen, ir, I nm ready, but 1 hive be 'II uii|MHed lIJ'Oll by tiles-' men," until the prisoner, | "inting to the guards. "InqKW'l upm, hive you says Hrndlmrv; "string hun up again." Tue deed is done. The aln-Milj ipiiver ing flesh is inside to quiver ngnin, und the teeth nre gritt si togetlcrtighter mid tighti'r, though tie moans rand by the (K-orehiug raw hide cannot help eoiniug, nud the fare pub* t t a d*'(HT pallor, and the eyes oh! the look of despair nud anguished sutVering that looks up nt the stone walls in uuutb'rnble desolu tion! Mike Mutiny, low browed, held, and evil, proves himselfeowardly. As llrnd burv raisi's tie-hull he 1m gins a whine, whieli, when the lash descends, heightens into n howl—the cry of a wild beast, a cry of agony, unrestrained by the feel ingsof pride that agitate most men and most convicts. "1 would rather be with niv mother," lie pitoously whines between the hloiis. Ilnidbury coolly says, "1 suppose you would. Other prisoners are whimied, but time cannot Is-spent on all. Tne braggadocio leader in the revolt disgrace- ids hu manity when it coineston little stitleriug. The brave, patient follower faillts 1 fore n cry of pain shows how the blows have sunk into tlesh ami into the sensitive covering of his sonJ. Home come up dauntless, some with trembling all de part with a look out of their eyes that hetokeiis n desire for eternal revenge. Spring Calicoes. bargains in light calicoes, says a fashion journal, are oflored to those who nre eonteut with the pretty patterns of last year, as merchants have tilled their counters with their present stock hop ing to sell before new giswls arrive. En ticing lwirgains arc shown in delicate de signs, like those tirst used ill cambric, for twelve ntnl a half cent* jwr yard. These are white grounils with bars of color or else waved stri|es, spots, crescents and dashes. Htiipeson white grounds prevail, or else there are rejs'ti f tons of the mottled stri|M's of last sen son, with alternate gray and blue, gray and rose, or else grnv and violet. Those copy the colors ami designs of French ennibries, and are sold as low as SI for twelve yards; but purchasers will do well to test their colors before buying, as many that look secure will fade, and give as little satisfaction as they did last summer. The dark blue and brown cambrics of last year also reappear. These usually have white figures, rose buds, liars, blocks, Greek square, nud zigzag lines. The plaited waist, with belt und basque over the hips, will lie worn in these fabrics when soring re turns. A single skirt with a noun re is I sufficient for morning dresses, but the ' pretty suits of those wash goods, to lie ' worn in tho street, will have long aprons and deep round overskirts. AUINKM It A'l l SMI taa.LKS, Muw Ikr l M*l*l*vinMr l.mllm of Om |.rgr I ltlr Obtain |t%'lr I liqgnul Kubri. MailetllolHrlle lasillie Jnlivill, tin- Falls driHtnUiaki-r m-nb-llixsl to thlis ■■ninths' iiuorisninueiit and to |sty #2, IHHI, ivtni tlie New York Aim, oci-upiea risiius in tin- north wing of Ludlow street Jail. Sin re.sivea idluimt every comfort and atteiitiou that money can command. She is wait-si up• by Mile. Faluieyre, who aisxtiii|iuuii-d ln-r from Pari* to assmt her ill ilresaiimkmg. The • X|s-um-s of the two are Itorne by some of her Murray Hill patrons. Their only itlll ii-st iu her is tin- fear tliat she limy till of their transaction* with ln-r. To liave then rival* in fashion Rani that the elegant rols*s which they huve Ixs-li Wearing were nuiuggleil would is- a ilior tificatioii t* in tin* \ die de Farts -In- had five great trunks with her. One of them wu addressed to tin* wife of it Broadway artist,and w.is filled with new ly made-itu ap|uirel worth over gold. Tliis was s* pnrnbsl from the others during tin* unloading from the steullli-r, and W.IS Seized bv Inspector Wdltains of the siirvevoi' staff and other officer*. Th*y did not know at tin* tunc that it Was brought by Mademots. He JollVlli, Ks sin- did not isitue forward to claim it. \\ lieu th* \ hs'ki-1 iiit** tin- otlici trunks •diet* take away tin-trunks uee of dutv, but tin next ilav they 1* arms I tliat she was uii km iwrti t*i N|ii*la!iii'isi*Me Aiuns*. ami tluit tin*cwntractxlic luvd shown was a foigery. They w.-nt to a unite of room* rented by her, and there the llis|H i*tir seizisl tin four trunks and s**iu* pajiers relating to her bttaun- ". Tlu-re was aiiotln-r trunk whn h the inmate* of tin* house sav tin* ofths-r* left Iwhind, and which a friend of ln-ro sill is, lUeiitly t-s'k away. The solicitude i-f the Custom lloii*e il* bs-tivi -i etidrsl with the capture of MadetUo:s'lle Jouviu'a gvxsl*. and noth ing UK >r< would have Iss-U ln*ord of the i-as.* but U'T l>icirict Attorney lllis*. \N" 11 I lie reorivt-d tin- official n-lsirt of tin- s, l/.ur*-. In- jmlgtsl that the smug gting w is tisi rtagranl U> go unpunished. His action in causing the nrr-*t of Mal oinni-vellc Joiivin liiis-ns, d the cust-ans ofli s-rs. as they fi-ansl that it would put a stop to genteel stniiggiuig, a souro- of tV-vettUe b> tin-in. I'ln-V tried in - Very way t*> uca-ul tin' fact*. Tin* appraise m* !it of the gissis was mail-- witiichasl dixirs. in tin* pri-sa tiis- only of the s*ir ing officer* mid tin- examiner*. Each trunk taiiMxl a la.lv'* complete outfit, dri ss, clonk, 1 *inni t and all, r*af faruilic* that pride tle-IIJSI 1V• • "II their Knicki I Iss-ki r mnxs-trv. The hiislKiml of one is a dratinguialtasl lawyer, another is u C*>ngr* s-man, n thud is a iiiilli*>nmre Ixuiki r. 01 *■ is a n-pnes -ut-itive of a family prominent in N. w Ji-rwey- history, one i u r,. h nulroa.l manager ami Union t Inb man. on* is a gi-utieuuui whos* name i* c-uisj'icuoiisly linked with -xii-nce, on-- is .ui anctioiK-er who has an iuqxirtaut government trust, and one i a Smith strm t merchant. The unmarried ladies, whose names up|ssir on tin- list, an prominent in society. One of the la-iti* lioiight fr ui Maih-inoix 11-- Jouviu the f/-oii-* Uii HI which she was lnarriixl last spring. Tin re wo* no duty jmid on it. Hrtsque ami Vproti. A verv ilri-xsv lxi-xque ahown in the fashion journals is tmxlelcd aft--r tin double iw>int-'.l fnmt liaa-pie that Worth i* using this M-iMon for In-li-a' dresses. The front has but one dart, the side lsHli.-x are gracefully curved, nnd tin garment i* buttoited down the front. A pretty <->'ll->r i* a-liled, and extend* down the front for trimming; n RIM of gro* grai-i riblsm i* R liiinl, and the -tlge of the garment ix very simply trimmed. Idle sleeves have n plaiting turned eneh way. nnd ;i bin* pqxal band. The pretty little npron overakirt is one -*f tin-most gra-vful and fasliionnble slmjx-s. It i-* iiuit*- long in front, rounds upward on tin- si.les, and has fanciful reierabehind; aomctimew this n-v-'re is omitt-'d, tin back is drawn closely tugi-thi-r, iiml covered by drooping sash hxvjis. Tin* skilt putt in of tin- plaited waist suit w ill serve with this dress, atnl is triiuine-l with tlir-x- lajqxsl gathered ruffles cut bias. The hainisomewt materials arc now being made up by this nnxh'l. 11l thes-- days of --xtravagaiioi' it is not unusual to see girl* of t ii or twelve years divxsed ill blai-k or blue velvet nuide bv this design and Iwrdero-l with chinchilla fur, or else the basque and npron are of camel's hair, with the shx-ves and skill of velvet r ton of gold. Most silver carries gold, and the presence of gold is esiieoialiy noticed in the silver ores of Utah and Neva*la. The Assay Office does not receive crude ores of any kind—only bullion, which signifies either eoih cr bars. Many of the jewelers send samples of their gooils to the Assay Oflico in order to test their value. A few days ago a magnificent golden chalice from a Mexican convent was thrown into the crucible, ami old family plate frequently meets the same fate. During tno last twenty years gold bars to the amount of over 821'.),000,000 and silver bars to the amount of $15,- 000,000 were manufactured in the New- York Assay Oflico. UNITED STATES EINANTES. W ti.H U lubi |luut-TNkra Hi4 \\ ItUht QuiAllwti. Flu- question before the I'. K. Way* and Mean* Committ--e a* to how the lu i-i i asi-il n-soiiris-s lus-essary to lnis-t tiic ■ xjx-ii-x-s of tin- government are u> lx*ob- Uuueil, u\\ nslilligt* >li itiN|xitell oaVx, 1* a most difficult one, and although the present dilemma must liave Ixs-n fore w-i-u as long ago a* before the Frs-aideii tiol eleett* Hl by some of the lx-lter in formed of the majority tu Cougrctwi, it dues not set-11l to Ix- any IllSUer u xolu tiou than it wu* a year ugo. it is ad mitted on nil hands that a largely atlg Illcnteil revenue is essential; that tlie ex |M-nses of the government, the paviueut of interest on the public debt, rU-., will require, in addition to tile prext-Ut in ixiuie, from S3O,UM),(IUO to jtd.iaai.HOU, the two uiuoiiuts Ix-mg the minimum ami maxiinmii of the estimate*. How thi* sum is to Ix* olitaitled without h-oililig the public to an uiiih-rHtaiiduig of tin* trn-kery of the administrate >u wlu-n it priH-hilllied, JUst lx*fure the Presidential election, the reduction of the ih bt and the ilisiMH* of taxation, and promised sjxxxlv nnd still gia*at<-r rixluetioiiH, in a question winch cannot longer lie |xi*t | uilicd. The treasury i* already in a low state, uinl unless a groat- r income i* secured it* obligation must go to protest within a year. The tax on t'H and -viftix- was removed, the t-*n |x-r -s*nt. horizontal re ductiou luaiii-, mul other duties cut down, and tn>w it is found that th—ae xoiir-x-* of ri vi-uut* aie required, an.l a liamhxiiue sum iu addition. It is now proixxx-i to return these taxes, but tin* objection i ina.le that silell U -xiUTXe W ill increase the •aist of U a and coffix* and other artidi** embnux-d 111 the list, mul tliis will make the proixisitioti uiijxipulnr with th-- peo j>le. lioti-l propnetora atnl other large -xiiistuiter-*, olid i veil private families, ur>- already- laying ill larg-- st* s-ks of them* artleli-s, agaiust the-xintltigeucv of an ui cream*, which all 1* lieve i* sure to come. All iuiThlM ill tin- tax oil whisky of t- U ixut* per gallon, in a-x-ot'liUux- with tln rccotunn lnl dioiis in the I*ri-sid-*iit'* tin-* sag.- and tin* SIXTI tury of the Treasury's roixirt, ha also lxx-li consuter-xl by the Way* and Means Gommitlee, but the nn-iubera arc very grtatly ttivided on the subject, mid it is impossible t<* sav what will Ix- il 'tn*. In vn wof tin- Fr--*ident" course tin* dealer* in whisky lutve tx*gun t*i hx-k it nji, lx-'-i'l*** rantiing tin- di* tillerie* night ami -lay- to itn-ream- the supply. Mr. B-x-k, of Kentucky, who repre sent* tin- largest whisky district in the country, and whom- (sinstitueiita arc in terested in httle eh--, is very xtrougiy opjMxxst t-i the itrisMf in the tax to eighty c--nt* jx r gallon. He gives many ream ills lot Ills -ipjxx-ltloll. aild Sli Vs that if tin- opinions of Kepre - litntlV—s Savler ami Itauiiuig of Cincinnati, who*--dis trict* atu also largely inb-re*tetl iu whisky, Colthl Ix- obtained, they would coincide with his. Mr. Beck say* tluit the yearly production of ilistillrsl spirit* is (dx-ut Nl.ftkl.ttUli gallons. The st*x'l; on tuuni, he thiuks, is ulxnit -xjuul t> a half year's supply, or -tt'.titifi.fiUO gallon*. He says then call Ix- lo ilollbt thai the i-ff s't of increasing the tux ten —lit* a gallon willlx* to stimnlati- the lutxlnction lx-f,ire the law is jw-Mod ti the extent that then w ill la pdlotw on hand wln-ii the law g*xs into effect. •Tlie eff.-ct of thi*." said Mr. Ih-ck. " cmi tx- s-s-ii at -me-'. It would put g*i,tKM,ofio in the txx*ket* of private jolv lx-r*. !s*-si*lea, it would not help the govirnno-iit, at hast for tin- pr*-*ent, win I, the money is mo t n-xal-d. Of oeirsi- the pnxiuction nt eighty cent* a gwllon wonlil cease, mni no more whisky would Ix- made until the sUa-k on hmnl, which pan! only seventy ix-tlts, was ex hauxbuL So you may readily a-*--," soul Nfr. 11-x-k. " that n* t only the govern nii-iit would not n-nltzc anything from the incn-as--. but that it would lose, for tin first vear at h-a*t." Wiieu *sk*l if the *Ux-k already on Run) might not lx- t.ixisl he ridimthsl the suggestion, and s;iiil tliat such n proposition would not reo-iw a vote in the Hon-.-. He thought it |xx-sible that the j.vbls rs might coin* t*> Washington and prtvs* for an increwae, but tliat if it was protsxnal tiv tax thi- st*H-k on luuul it would bring to Washington all of his own and Hayßr'a eoiistitiieuta, howling with rage; a thing he deprecated most eannntiy. Mgiiiug the l'lc-lgr. When in CVingress Tom Marshall was subject to b-rribh- ••spnx-s." In IM'2, a(t-r on- of hi* fearful delwmches. he tx calm- al;irmcl for hiinself, nnd related in n t<-lU|x-nUH>- sjx-ix-h the iucuh-ut of signing a temperance pl-slge as follows; I went into th<- House iu th-- morning, lx-foro ".he Sjieoker luul " -wlh-tl to order," and going np t*i <• -if my col -11-ngm-s said to him: "I must sign a tenqx-nuice plislgc." Nly oilh-ague re plied: " 1 !<> not know- miything about teroj-erniioe pl-slges; but if nnv man iu this Hoiixe dixw it is Bnggs, of Mowchtt xett-s, who is over there in hiss--at." 1 reniark-d: " l know Mr. Briggs. but am not intimately a-siiuunte-l witii liiiu: he ix from a cold rliin<-, and I think tin cold in clime are cold in blood." But 1 went over to the sent of Mr. Briggs. He wns writing. I said to him: " f want t< sign a temperance pledge." Knowing as he did my habits. In- thought I wit* quizzing hint, its I thought by his expression when he hxiktsl up nt me. " But," I sai-1 in nn earnest mauticr, " 1 must sign the pledge, or I am lust.' Mr. Briggs tisik his )x-n, wrote a pledge, and I signed it. nnd said: " 1 f-s-i tx*tter now." Aft--r 1 hod put my name t*i the plinlgi*, l notie--d that when Mr. Briggs turiu-d his face to mint- again the large blue eyes of the Yiuiki-e from n cold clime were filled with ti-nrs. A correspondent my* he ha* heard the hit*- tJovernor Briggs s}>oak >f thi-* sign ing *f the pledge hy Mr. Marshal), and how it nfl'eeted him, aud how he rejoins! that one endowed with HO many Rift** should I*- raved from a drunkard a fat*-. Fashion's Fvactiou-. Says a Washington corre*|>ondent of the Cincinnati (iaz'ttr; Just think of the numoroui* costumes required lv women in position who must live open to the ptthlie gaze nml criticism year after year, Jet me just enumerate the vari ous dresses worn last week by Mrs. Fish as an ilhiHtration. Monday alie wan out in elegantly embroidered railing costume f plum-colored silk: Tuesday sneolini>e roned her daughter to Miss W*K>dhnil's charming luncli in a drum of rieli blaek silk; Wednesday she rcorivcd her callers in a navy I due mlk, piped with turquoise blue, with point hu-e collarette an*l sleeves, and diamonds for ornament; Wednesday evening, at the Bachelors' tterman, she wore a regal black velvet; Thitrmlny evening, at the lines -Ray party, in wiue-colored satin; Friday eve ning, at her own reception, a jade green satin, trimmed with exquisitely flue flounces of black thread lace. And this is only n list for one week. Parties are coming in thick succession. I ask one little boon Of the Now Vrit ; Msv 1 thongli all its daya Carry some cheer To those who ait in gloom. Weeping for loan; To hearts that alowly break i Under a croea. Term*: HH'-i.OO aYeur,in Advance. " A MOTH Kit OE CRIMIN ALS." U Imf II I Ml la l-rl ■ I'aawa *!rl *• llrrowai Itunil Is llr.iaiailluai. E'i-w jM-rwona, xayaati exduuige, except tinia<* who ntudy crmiinal acieiu*', eon mder how much each eriiuuud coxU the community, and how immeiiaely dimixr iira-veutiou in than punuhmeut. We lrnve nireaily alludeil to the very otriking facta iu regard to tlie iiaopcr child Mar guri-t, "the mother ol i-riutinala," which facta ami liguies are to tx- (ireßß-Utod in n turcful xtutlalioal report to tlie 10-gn lutiire bv the N'ew York Prima* Asmx-la tiou. 'fliea- figure* have already at tiiu liil much attention throughout the ixiuiitry. The analogous facte ineiitiotteil by u i-oteiujxintry journal in an up river county are, in fact, only (Mirtioua of the IxijUeat of the unfortunate Margaret U> her country. A genealogical tree of thia |NMlpcr child's deacendullte i* iu prelMtrn til iu. One can feebly imagine it. Wheie other family record* U-ll of here an an ixwtor, devoting himaelf to religion or humanity, there one whose inune ui>| tears on lon country's roll of honor, there a scholar, or soldier, or atateainan; there a woman iu private life, whose unia*, tin- I known to fame, ia bh-waed bv l.imdreiia who liave felt In r example; tln-re a moth er of heiis-N or saint* : thi n'luarkable geuealogy would brunch out into lines of thieves and vagal*imla—here a burglar known terriblv to hi* neigldxirboood, there a petty thief, there a puu|x*r, then a murderer, now and then a woman whom* muni- gixw down in alntshouae rHxiril* a* the mother of t trust it utes and paupers; a gem-alogv of misery and crime; a family tree wh-ase brunches are line* of i-riiiiiuaJH, ending as Jrmikanla, luuatica, and idotn a progeny of curmn ami evils. Tin- Bible pro-liclioii of visiting tin sins of the fat hem on " the third and fotulli griwratan " l* true in M-seiux-, for Heldolii dixxi a -lepraVi*l line hist lx*youd tin- third generation. Crime ilMtiuy* or wenkeiis. Muni, in hi* cx-lelirubsl "(/< toirt crime or vagrancy for a living. Some of the bolder took to more violent crimes; others wen- petty thieves; others tramp-;; others prosti tut--*, and again n* the line extended, and criminal quabtiea wen- intensifiovl. many lx-camx -Intlikanls, lunatirw. and idiot*. The unhappy Margaret ha*l two aixtera like unto her, and equally nogieeted. The ilesei-n.laiits, mainly from Margnn-t. however. ne-l injury, the bullet passing just over her head. Their daughter, agcil some ten or twelve years, received a few sliot in one of her hands. Frightened to Death. A lady in Paris attended the last full titrutqur out of mere curiositv. She wore a pretty pink domino which made her particularly conspicuous. Hhe supped, and when she left the ball hlio found she had ilrauk too much chain pug tie. A po liceman put his hand on her shoulder, and she sank down horritled at the itleu of beiug taken off to the station house. When they picked her up she was dead; she had died from fright. So the body waa taken off to the morgue clad in its carnival finery, and there it was recog nized the next day by the husband. NO. 7. Ho. lo Uot 1(1-1. The Tribunr tella tin* atory. It con tain* n moral: He had waved a few linn drad dollar* Iwfom he ** twenty-live yearn old, at which time he lamglit a form, paving what lie had, and then fimltiig tliat he xja-iit too much tine* iu cooking lie married a strong, healthy woman, leaving the hay field an hour oud a half to liave the ceremony |wr formed, when In- returned to hia work, Olid 111* Wife went into the kitchen to get (turner. Of courne they so crippled in various ways with hard work, having varicose vein* and rupture, and some otlier little things, tliat their farm, which Lad become the liest in the county, wa* sold, bringing over Hit 1,0(10, and thin, with tlirir extra stock, mode up a value of over $30,0110, all of which wax put into government IkijkU, and then they were making inouey faster titan ever. He bought a small place of tweuty acres of choice land, which they work lo the beat ad van tage, keeping oowa, hogw, and poultry. He ia now seventy and she sixty-nine. Tliey rise every morning at four o'eloek, I tare breakfast at five o'clock, when he goes to work, allowing himself half au hour at uoou, retmu* from work at dark, milks, feed* the hugw, chums, shell* corn, aud pursues tlie even tenor of his way. In every particular she in bis mate; the house ia last and comfortable, no little children < ver get thing* out of order, visitors seldom apiawr, but if tliev do (lie food is extra, almost a* good aa they liave at home. Now the shadow* are falling, the light of life liegiua to glimmer, bnt they are rich, and why should they not l- iioppy f Bnt there i one drawback. What i to la-come of their money ? 4 Morj of Ih> Iteudutionari War lu llm> United Mate*. It ii* known that during the Revolu tionary war England, having fr* troop* to kjwuv for Miiiw iu the colonies, eia ployed an army of Ht-*iaaa. An article in the A Haiti i* on this subject nay* England first inal<- a proposition to lluwiii for the soldier*, and the result WHO MM follows t Tin- sovereign* of England aud Runma w rc upon the friendliest terms. Eng land iuul virtually consented to the par tition of Poland, iu 177 i. The treaty of KitUs'lmk kainarke, in 1774, had left liu*ia with a powerful army. What more profitable use could slit* make of it tluui by selling it to England for an mailt guinea* a bead ? (bmniug, the English minister at the Russian court, was in structed to Uegiu negotiation* for twenty thousand men: for it was not mere am ilaries but au aruiv tliat England nought to bring into the field, thus crushing the insurrection by a well directed blow. In au interview with Count Pan in, Cath erine's prime minister, the British en voy aaked. as if iu casual conversation, whether, if the pnaeut measure* for the suppression of the insurrection should fail, and his master should find himself under the necessity of calkiug iu foreign troojM-. he could couut upou a body of Russian infantry f The trained diplo mat made no answer, but referred the question to the mpma, who, replying in terms of general politeness, prof esse 3 to feel herself under grrtant tidings weiv received by the Britisli court with great delight. Tlie commanders serv ing in America were told on what pow erful succor they might rely, and the king iu his rapture wrote with hiR own hand a letter of fluniks to his royal wa ter. Gunning was ordered to push on the negotiations, aud, as if he had never known lefore how little faith can be plaosl in the language of diplomacy, was overwhelmed with natoiiialunent when he was cooly told tliat tlie word* of the empress were but tlie general ex pression of a friendly feeling, and tliat she had said nothing of the Russian iu fautrv. Great was the indignation of the English king, nwt tliat the negotiation had failed, but that the em pros* iuul answered hi* royal autograph by tlie hand of a private secretary. An unatwceaafnl effort was then made to obtain the troops iu Hollaud. The PunMiiiieut of ( outlets. At the request of the warden, I)r. Hoiso, the chief physician of the Illinois penitentiary, has written a letter giving his views on the leet modes of puuish ment for convicts. He pronounoes de cidedly against the Ivulwrities practiced for so many vears upon tlia convicts, holding that tlie application of the lasli, the cold liath, and the ring bolt are de grading in their tendency and do uot as sist in preserving order. Tliey exaspe rate the prisoner, while they do uot sub due his rebellious spirit. Dr. Heine thinks that humanity should 1* com bined with the rigid enforcement of or der, and recommends as punishment for infraction of discipline confinement in n solitary cell and a reduction in the diet of the r> salcitrunt convict*. Tlie war i ileu, if the commissioners have correctly reported, has acted upou the advice given, and it is asserted tliat the aboli tion of barbarous punishments has re sulted in an improvement of discipline. Ruined to lleath. A house in the outskirts of Crauford, Union county, N. J., was burned, to getlier with two children, who had beet looked in by their mother. It appear? that a track-walker on the Central rail road of New Jersey, with his family consisting of his -wife and two boys occupied a small frame dwelling con venient to the railroad, and about i quarter of a mile from the town. It hat been his usual custom to return to tin house at noon for lunch. He failed t< come hack, auil his wife, Itecomiug nu 1 easy, locked the little boys, aged re apeotively seven and eight years, iu tin house, and started in search of him. I is supposed that the children begai playing with the fire, which ignited thei clothes and eventually set the house ci fire. 'JTte charred remains of the un fortunate children were found in th ruins of the cottage. t tlfMI Of latere*!. A mar sign of MI wurly spring a a cwt watching a M In the wdl with her Iwek tip. | A Omaadian official report on lunacy aaya about fifty per cent, of the idiot" of large town* In (iauada are the children | of drunkard* Heally, very awtrwnrd, indeed! lNu- U*t —Gome, my little dear, ami wit ou my knee." little dear "No, I shan't, unless mamma tleee too' A woman at TonoNmn, Ohio, who line an imitation neat akin cloak, ta forced I to tell an average of fifteen lien per day to make folk* believe it i real acid. 1 in Alabama there are (141 grange*, 1 with 82,000 member*! in -Florida, lOt grange*, with 8,300 mentharw; in Arkan- Mae, 321 grange*, with 21,000 memtiera. A nine paper a new one iast started in Vermont will be ! Tin* editor aaya: *'W almil publish nothing y which a chime of I tell* can be played m an aooomnauiimut to an oagan, ami lie connected and de tached from the inatrument by a atop. Many pei-aous will be turpriacd to learn that Liverpool, llugland, ia not an incorporated city. It ia merely a town , and a movement ta proppaed in the di rection of obtaining a dty charter. At Liverpool an Irish girl, aged thirty yearn, sued a aoidier for broach of prora lac, though they had never aeen one an other, I tut had* exchanged photogrmpli* and lie]* nil MM curmtpomiruoe. The moat umffeuiave tiling* aeera to torn dangwou* in tlieae day*. A New Haven ww* smothered tlie otlitT day by a anal-akin cap which dropped OTer in* (ace when h- fell in an eptic fit. The New York oomwpoodent of tlie New Bedford .Vcrcwry myw: The custom of offering wine, etc., at New Year'* ia doomed, *o far a* the m*4 r*i>ertabl and influential aueiety of thia city ia ciHkVnud. A |M'UUotxl to the "memory of John Phillips, accidentally shot as a mark of affection by hi* brother." In the Bank of France they lave got a brick for which they paid 1,000 francs in specie. It was taken from the ruin* of a burned liouae, and the image and figures of a note for 1,000 francs are burned on the surface, transferred by the heat from a real note. This brick the Uuik redeemed ou presentation, a* if it were the note itself. A poor old nan. living in a shanty near Bpartaiiaburg, Pa., had his himsa entered on New Year's eve, ami robbed of all the money it contained—something more than sixty-five dollars, which the old man bad saved from his scanty earn ings. The robber* bound and gagged their victim before going off with their plnuder, and thus eluded immediate pur suit. A new method lias lwou proposed for crossing the English c-hnunel; this is to construct an artificial isthmus between the French ailil English radce, leaviug a verv small space in the center for the passage of, ship*. It is estimated that the expense would not be much larger tJ.an that of 1 Hiring a tunnel, .while the advantages would in many respects be greater. Grasshoppers are now hatching out in groat numbers in the Greenwood settle ment in Manitoba. This rajnark may possibly be regarded with suspicion, but the thing is a fact, A settler built him self a house, sud didn't put any floor in it. Consequently when things got warmed up the gnuohoppen ciqnmeDoed to hatch out and things are now pretty lively in tliat lionae. A story ia told of Sully, the paiuter, a uian distiuguished lor refinement of manners as well as success in the art. At a party one evening Sully was speaking of a certain belle who was a great favor ite. "Ah!" says Sally, "she has a mouth like an elephant"" w Oh! oh Mr. Sully, how could you be to rude ?" "Rude, ladies, rude! What do you mean ? I say she lias got a mouth liko an elephant be." us: it a full of ivory.