The Cnild TtaltnUU H* had plavwd for hta lordship'* Isvsa. He had played for her ledvahtp'a whisi. Till the poor WtUs head we. heavy And l he ptxir little brain would awiro And the face grew peaked and eerie. And the large eye* strange and bright And they aaid- -too late—'' He ia wear y' He shall rest for, at least, to-night 1" Bill at dawn, when the birda were waking, Ae they watched in the silent room. With the eonnd of e .trained cord breaking A eomething snapped In the gloom. 'Twas a string of hie violoncello. And they heard him stir in hi. bed " Make room for a tired little fellow, Kind Godwaa the leal that he eaid Scandal. When cannibal savages after a light Make a leeat of the bodies of those they hare beaten. The grisly repaid yield, a ke nor delight Prom the knowledge that every unfortunate wight Would hat* deemed it the deepael di.gaa e to be eaten. 7 hough the custom ta fast dying cut in Fiji, Aa the inllueuoe of Western exempt, in crease. In cirtltaed eountnee jou oft, > may see A circle of friend, tn the highest of glee, All biuuly picking some neighbor to pieces. And the beet of it is the neighbor is not, A. in t.lande barbedu\ a person deceased . Hta flesh has been baked in no caldron, or pot; They d..u*t even trouble to serve them up hot . For the victim still live® n the midst of the feast. Some good net tired friend p'raps, may make htm .war. Of the nature of these hungry monsters employ nit 1.1 ; And. though in reply he may stoutly declare That tr.eh vivisection won't hurt htm a hair. Tec he writhe* at the thought of their fiendish enjoyment. Still ote comfort remains In the tales of r* No j\.re, Mrs. Smith; beware, lovely Mir. Rr.<*u; You: g Jones, whisper ncthirg that Isn't quite true; lie a little more carvfu! of other*' rei> " n. For 1 l.ompecu ti yonder news 1s- .at down W.tb Mi- Green, and ;* quirt > ou;ii-g up pos .* Briy drta. THE BETTER WAY. Ont evening, as the twilight was dusk ing into deep r shades. Farmer Welton stood :n his dis ryard with a gun in his hands, and saw a dog o> >ming out of his shed. It wa. not his dog, for his was of a light color, while this was surely black. The sheil alluded to was open iu front, with double doors, for the passage of carts ; and the shed wa a part of a con tinuous structure connecting the barn with tlic house. Around back of this shed was the sheepfohL There bail beer: trouble upon Farmer Welton's place. Dogs hail been killing his sheep)—and some of the very beet at that. He hail declared, in his wrath, that he would shoot the first stray dog he found prowling about his premises. On this evening, by chance, he had been carrying his gun from the house to the bam when the amine intruder ap>p>eared. Aye, and in the barn he had been taking the skin from a valuable sheep that had been killed and mangled with tigerish ferocity. 8o when he saw the strange dog ooming through bis shed, he bronght his gun to his shoulder, and with a quick, sure aim, fired. The dog gave a leap and a howl, and whirling around in a circle two or three times, he bounded off in a tangent, yelping painfully, and was soon lost to sight. •' Hallo! What's to pay now, Wei ton ?" ** Ah—is that you, Frost ?" " Yes. Ye been shooting something, haven't ye f" " I've shot a dog, I think." " Y-e-s. I seed him scoctin' off. It was Brackett's, I reckon," Before the farmer could make any forth-r remark, his wife called to him from the porch, aud he went in. Very shortly after ward a boy and a girl came ont through the abed as the dog had come. Down bsck of Welton"s farm, distant half a mile or so, was a grist mill, with quite a settlement around it, and the pteople having occa sion to go on foot fr<>m that section to the 'arms on the Lulls could cut off a long distance by W<-1 W<-1 ton's lot The lioy and girl Were children of Mr. Brackett. Wheq- they reached home they were met by*.*saiiine of dire con fusion. Old Carlo, the grand old New foundland dog—the loving and the loved—the true and the faithful— hail come home shot through the head, and was dying. The children threw them selvtson their shaggy mate and wept and moaned in agony. Mr. Brackett arrived just as the dog breabied Lis last. One of the older boy stoo l by with a lighted lantern, for it had groan quite dark now, and the farm r saw what had happened. " Who did this 1" he asked, groan ingly. John Welton did it," raid Tom Frost, ooming np at that moment. " He's bee n kiein' sheep, and I guess he's pot kind of wratbv." " But IT,Y dog never killed a sheep never ! Re's been reared to care for sheep. How came he down there!" "He went over to the mill with Sis and me," said the younger boy, sobbing as he sp>oke ; " and he wu running on ahe&l of ns toward homo. I heard a gun just before we got to Mr. Welton's, but, oh! 1 did not think bo could have shot poor Carlo." - Mr. Brackett was fairly beside him self. To aay he was angry would not express it. -Be bad that dog—it had tieen tbe#hie' pet of JBs household • for years. fLihrally boijHk with hot wrath and indignation, nMptart. d for Welton's. v* John Welton and Poter w-.u-kett bad been neighbors from thfe earliest days, and they had been friends, too. Between the two families there badtiecn a bond of love and good wyj, and spirit of frap rnsl lufTxggnrd had marked their farm- rs were hard working men, with strong feelings, and positive character istics. They belonged to the same reli gions society and sympathized in poli tics. They had warm discussions, but never yet a direct failing ont. Of the two Weltou was tho more intellectual, and perhaps a little more tinged with pride than was 1* neighbor. But they were l>oth hearty men, enjoying life for the good it gave them. Mr. Welton entered hia kitchen, and stood the empty gun np behind the door. " What's the matter, John t" his wife asked, as she saw his troubled face. "I'm afraid I've done a bad thing," he replied, regretfully. " I fear f have shot Brackett's dog." " Oh, John!" " lint 1 didn't know whose dog it was. I saw him coming out from the shed—it was too dark to see more than that it was a dog. I only thonght of the sheep I had lost and I fired." "I am sorry, John. Oh, how Mrs. Braek.tt and the children will feel. They set every ibing by old Carlo. But yon can explain it." J " T -a, 1 can eiplaiu it." k Half aD hour later Mr. Weiton was Aing to his barn with a lighted lantern band. He was thinking of the unfortunate occurrence, and sorely worried and perplexed. Hat would his neighbor sayf He there might be no trouble. He Hrefleeting w^eD " r - Bracket! FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOLUME IX. appeared before him, coming p quick Iv and stopping with au angry stamp of tii> foot. Now, there may lie a volume of electric influence even in tlie stamp of a foot, and there waa aoch au iuflucnco in the stamp which llrackoft gave; and Wei ton felt it, and braced himself agaiusl it. There was, moreover, an attuoaphere ex haling from the presence of the irate man at onoe repellaiit and aggravating. •• John Walton, you have ahot my dog 1 " The words were biased forth h.dlv. •• Yea," aaid Walton, icily. •• How dared yon do it t" " I dare ahoot any dog that comes prowling about my buildings, especially when I have hail my sheep killed by them." " But my dog never troubled yi ur sheep. aud you kuow tt!" " How should I kuow it ?" " You know that he never did harm to a sheep. It w isn't in his uature. It aas a mean, cowardly act, and you shall suf fer for it." " 15rackett, you don't kuow to whom yon are talking." "Oho I We'll find out. Don't put ou airs, Jobu Weltou. You ain't a sautt. I'll have satisfaction if 1 have to take it out of your hide ?" *' Peter, you'd better go home and cool off. You are making yourself rulicu loos. " Now, really, this wits the uukindeet ont of aIL Not *ll the mad words of Bracket t put together wore so h*ri as this single sentence; *nd John Welton put *ll the bitter sarcasm iu his com maiivl into it. Brackett broke forth into * torrent of invectives, and then turned away. Half an hour later John Walton *o knowledged to himself that ho had not done exactly right, llad he, in the out set, in answer to Brackett's drat out burst, told the simple truth—that he had shot the dog by mistake; that he was sorry, and that he was willing to do any thing iu his power to make amends— had he done this his ueighbor would probably have softened at onoe. But it was too late now. The blow had been struck; he hail been grossly insulted, and he would not hack dawn. Mr. Brackett was not so reflective. He only felt his wrath, which he nursed to keep it warm. That night he hitched his horse to a job wagon, and went to the village or a barrel of flour. Having transacted his store business, he callen upon Lahan Pepper, a lawyer, to whom he narrated the facts of the shooting of his dog. Pepper was a man anxious for fees. He had no sympathy or soul above that. '• You say your dog was in company with two of your children I" " Yes." " And this p>assage over Mr. Welton's land and through his shed had been freely yield d by him as a tight of way to his neighbors I" " Yes, eir, ever since I can re mem ber." • Then, my dear sir, Welton is clearly liable. If you will come with me wi will step iuto Mr. Garfield's and have a suit oo meneed at onot. Mr. Garfield was the trial justice. All this happened on Friday evening. On Saturday it hail become noised abroad in the farming district that there wa; not only serious trouble be tween the neighbors Welton and lliack ett, but that they were going to law about it. Oa Sunday morning John Welton old his wife ho should not attend •tinrcb. She had no need to ask her 'a as band why he should not go out. She knew lie was unhappy, and that h oonld not bear to meet his old neigklxir in the house of God while the dark •Joud was upon him. X r did she wish to meet either Mr. or Mrs. Brackett. So they lx>tb stayed at home. Peter Brackett was even more miser tble than John Welton. though perhaps 16 did not know it. lie held in close lompanionship the yery worst demon t man can embrace—the demon of wrathful vengeance—and in order to aaintaix. himself at the strain to which he had net his feelings, he was obliged to nurse the monster. He did not at )md church on that day, nor did his wife. Two or three times during the calm, beautiful Sabbath, as he glanced oyer toward his neighbor's dwelling, he found himself beginning to wifh thai he had not gone to see John Welton in such a heat of auger ; but h put the wish away, and nursed back his wrath On Monday, toward noon, the consta ble came in from the village and read to John Welton an imposing legal docu ment. It was a summons issued by Win. Garfield, K*q., a justice of the peace and quorum, ordering the said John Welton to appear before him at two of the clock on Wednesday, at bis office, then and there to answer the com plaint of Peter Frackett,, etc. The offi cer read the summons, and left with the defendant a oopy. It was the first timo John Welton had ever been called upon to face the 1 w. At first he was awe stricken, then be was wroth. He told himself that he would fight it to the bitter end. And now he tried to nurse his wrath, and became more unhappy than tiefore. On Tnesdav evening Parson Burely called upon Mr. Welton. The good man had btard of the trouble and was exceedingly exercised in spirit. Both the men were of his flock, an 1 he loved and resjw cted them. He sat down alone with Welton, and naked him what it meant. " Tell me calmly and candidly all abont it," he said. After a little reflection Mr. Welton told the story He knew the old clergy man for a true man and A whole heart A1 friend, and he told everything just as he understood it. " And neighbor Brackett thinks, even now, that you Fhot the dog, knowing that it was his?" " I suppose so." "If you had told him the exact facts in the beginning, do you think he would have held his anger ? ' This was a hard question for John Welton, but he answered it manfully. " Trnly, parson, I do not think he would." * " Were yon ever more unhappy in your life than you have been since this trouble came I" " I think not." "Aud, if possible, neighbor Brackett is more uuhappy than you." " Do yon think so ?" " Yea. He is the most angry and re vengeful." A brief pause, and then the parson resumed: " Brother Welton, with you are need ed but few words. You are more a man than Brother Brackett. Do you not be lieve he has a good heart ?" " Yes." " I wish you could show how true and good your heart is." " Parson!" " I wish you could show him that you possess true Christian courage." " Parson, what do yon mean ?" " I wish you bail the courage to meet and conquer him." " How would yon have Ae do itf" "First, conquer yourself. lou are not offended ?" " No. Go on." And thereupon the good old clergy man drew up his chair and laid bis hand upon his friend's arm aud told him just what he would have him do. He spoke earnestly, and with tears in his eyes. THE CENTRE REPORTER. " Brother Weltou, have you the heart aii.l oournge to do thin I" The farmer anee and took two or throe turns across the floor and Anally ■aid; " 1 will do it" On the following day, toward the middle of the afterntKUi, Peter Rruckett stood in the doorway with hie head lieut. lie wa* thinking whether he ahould harness his honte and tie off lie fore utuner, or whether he would wait uuttl afternoon, lie ooold uot eveu put his mind to ordinary chorea. •• I wonder," he said to himself, "how the trial will come out t 1 '|kw Wei tou'll lure old Whitman to take his case. Of course the offlow'U be crowded. Tom Frost says it's noised everywhere, and that everybody'll be there, l'lague take it' 1 wish " His wediUtious were interrupted by approaching stejis, aud on looking up ue beheld neighbor Walton. "Good morning, Peter." ltrackett gasped,and dually answered: "Good morutug," though rather crustily, Weltou went ou, frankly and plows tilth: "You will go to the village to-e hanged! John, hang i* all! What's the naef Here, let us end From her wunjow Mrs. Brackett had seen the two men come together, and -he trembled for the re-ult. Bv-nnd bye she caw her husband, as though flushed and excited, put out his hand Mercy! wa he going to strike bis neigh bor I She was reaoy to cry out with iffright, the cry Is ing almost npion her lips, when she behold a scene that called forth r- j 'icing instead. Aud this wa what she saw: • She saw these two strange mm gmp one another by the baud, anil she saw big bright tears rolling down tlieir checks, and she knew that the fuirful storm had passed, and that the warm sunshine of love and tranquility would come again. Ah* utilities. The Xorthwcsh Advocat' regards the custom oL dsuiju; g h< tilths ami-vindicating one's jiyjvia. l ' uco as absurdities. It says: it be an honor 4o a gentlemau |f u> have a oompany aronnd a dinnmjgt'V; fill their glasses with wine, when his her name is mentioned at a particular moment, and drain them simultaneous ly f They drink one's health professed ly. The act really promotes the health of uo one. Physiologically it cannot have that < fleet, but rather the coutrary, in the mass of cases, while it can hardly tie recognized as a religious ex-rcise, in which the wine drinking is n kind of libation, or sacramental accompaniment of a prayer for the welfare of the person named. Fashion rnhders it possible to do what is simply ludicrous. 'Wins, at a large dinner party, a gentlemau will send word bv a waiter bmi lady at a dis tant part of the table that he would like to drink wine with her. Perhaps she ir on the same side with himself, so that he cannot well sec her motions. Ac cordingly ho relies on the waiter to tell him whon she has her glass in hand and is prepared to exchange compliments, and at a given signal, having asked : "Is she reidy?" swallows his wine f And then both feel quite complimented and indebted to one another I But how would it seem, wero a alight change maule in the cuatom f Is-t it lx supposed, that tho master of cere monies should aaj : " I propo.en that wo should oat tho health of tho lovely Miaa Smith, tho quoon of beauty and that, thereupon, each should take n bit of roast !*• i, or a morwl of turkey, on tho top of hia or her fork, and, at a given signal, ail the bits should simul taneously lo convoyed to their mouths, with a general iutercluingo of smirks. Or when the dessert and fruit conies on, suppose a gentleman to send word to a lady that he proposes that they eat one another's health in a slice of orange, fn these cases there woul 1 lie a compliment of the personal attention, and the actual taking of something nutritious and healthful ; hut to drink one's health in a glass of ordinary wine—in three in stances out of fonr, n compound of whisky and poisonous drugs—is a very contradictory proceeding. Wearing the Breeches. Mr. Merriwether paused at the gate, as he adjusted bis continental oilcloth coat and gave his torch the proper slant over his shoulder, to shout to his neigh bor across the way : "It is a time tint demands miy; men of nerve and intelli gence and courage, meu of clear ideas and pnro convictions, and the citizen who stands idly waiting when the coun try calls him is heartless and negligent and unpatriotic." And then Mrs. Mr riwether's voice was heard flouting over the front fence like the song of a bird in the night : "Krastns Merriwether ! If yon go off withont splitting up wood enough for tho kitchen stove, I'll do some haymaking in that oarrotty hair o'yourn that'll make you wish this conn try never had a President." And it is just such chilling influences aa tliesa that shut ao many of our beet ma J out of ac tive public life. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1870. Autumnal Disease*. The season of fever*, says Uie New York lias set in all over the country: yellow fever iu the Boulh, typhoid in oue directum, malarial of different type* in others. A few nights of sharp frost would doubtleaa clear aud clean the air of them, but in the mean time it liehoovtM every mau to look to hut own health aud that of hi* family. I'hystciau*, as a rule, ouuocru them selves but little with preventive tueas arcs, and in fact neither do the average American* who axe their patients. In thtiory ww alt are convinced th*t each disease has a rational account to give of its origin, but we act as if we held the old doctrine that they came by the viai tatiou of tlod and not from a defective drain pipe or rotttiig garbage in the cellar. There ia but little danger of yellow fever in the Northern citien. The season is far advanced, the quarati tine is strictly enforced, and, the surest safeguard of all, the popular dread of the disease in no great that wherever it appear* rach man liecomen a health officer. There are commoner forma of fever from which we have reason to ap preheud ranch more danger. Tho in tense heat of June and July has told upou every man and woman who rtv mattied in the citien during tin me mouths. It has lfMSt'Uod their stock of vitality to an exceptional degree, and in consequence rendered them susceptible to poison jus intluenoea iu the air. In this mouth there are always malar ions fogs arming from the decomposing vegetable matter in low lying meadows and gardens—a danger which nothing but the early frosts will cure. The chief preventive measure* Ui lie adopted are to protect the body by flannel next the akin, never to go out in the morning without a full meal, alld to keep the dl geetive organs in healthy condition and the miud cheerful. Typhoid fevers are communicated, ou tho contrary, by conveyance of annual secretion*. At this n the condition of dram* and water pip on hi* premiaea, and not ltd squeamish delicacy hinder him from reporting nuisance* on the premise* of h>s m igubor. It in amazing to what pollution of the air, in thou sumptuous dwellings, churches, steam and horse cars, Americans will submit in silence. There in another class of fevers which originate in decaying vege table matter, damput as, and the poison generated by btul ventilatiou in over crowded bouse*. If every reopectable man would see that the laws o! health were enforced in hi* own neighborhood, there woxhl lie little fear from tin* especial m-~*sengrr of death. In case of attack from fever, the usual course is to apply all domestic remedies before call ing in a physician. The headache, languor, etc., appear so slight a series of symptoms that it is natural the whole family pharmacopoeia of pills, draughts and stimulants should lie tried before outside assistance is summoned. Tbe truth is, however, that the remedies for each kind of fever widely differ, and the home practice too often give* the surest hi lp to the dis> aae in its fatal work. Our advice, then, to re idem i-, in brief, to keep the fever out of their houses, but after it is once into leave the fight with it to nioic skilled ha -d* than their owu. In no eouiitry, too, is ibe matter of disinfection so neglected us iu our own. The patient Is ing dead or cured, his friends leave the disease to go oa its way unchecked, while wiih iue priv.nttlop of disinfecting bedding, clothes, walls, etc.. it might U> stopped diort. A frt e iv-1 of carte die arid or chlo ride of lnuo is ls-u. ti.-tul in aver a b an air, and plenty of it. These counsel* are hackneyed beyond question ; but tlmt they are needed is proved by the fact that eight out of h u, even of cultured families, disregard them. A Bungling Execution. Fraucia Ept was hanged at Coehoch n, Ohio, for the murder of Abraham Wertheioier on the twentieth of Jov< in tier la-t. Ept, w!ui was born in Oer many, was tuirty threii years of age. At J" eoisely one o'clock r. u. the fatal trigger was tonclxd. and Kpt • Usly fell ix /H t nnd a half ; bnt tie fall (lid not brak his neck, or even cause •trangiilation, the knot having slipped to the front, so that he was held by the back of his neck. A local paper, de scribing the terrible work, says : The noose aiippi <1 aroumi in suou a Diniin' r that it- knot was ov.r the hanging iu >U'N ■ chin, and the fall not Laving broken hi f (Mick, but merely for a moment stunned nimV ho wn-i now, amid the agony of d earn..crying. for relief. "Let me go, let me g*cf he shouted in Oi rman. "Oh, have 'mercyon me, oh, have mercy on me! Oh, o<*d, the Father, have mercy on me ! Oh, let me go, let mo go! Oh, Mother of God, help me.! Father Epping, cut the rope and let mc go 1" Crioa of horror sprung from the audience, while the sheriffs and Fattier Epping ran b> the odge of the soaffobl platform. "Khoot him and pnt him oat of his misery," suggested a by stander. "Oh, i-hoot me, shoot mo!" i ejaculated Ept, who was now fully scuai ble ; " I was ten yeara a soldier; shoot me, and don't hang mo like a dog J* " I'nll li m up 1" said one of the sheriffs. Two strong men mixed hold of the rope and dragged the dangling victim, hand over hand, to the platform, Mere he was placed in n chair, while his cries, moans, and pleas for mercy would have melted the heart of a stone. " Courage, my son," said Father Epping ; " think | of the sufferings of our Bedeemer, aud be a man." "Oh, Father Epping, for God's nako cut the rojio and save me," prayed the qnivering wretch. Thus he cried nutil the trap linil been readjusted, I and then ho wan again lifted on to it. I Now his nerves were unstrung, as well they might bo, and he was almost as limp as a rag. Ho never ceased beg ging for mercy, and, in the midst of his cries, the trap was sprung, aud this ; time the work was effectively done. What he Found. A country gentleman was in the habit of cutcriaimug his friends almost weekly, and discovered that regularly some small article of plate was missing, a caster top, a Halt spoon, a napkin ring or something of the kiud. He HUS pcoted his servants, aud to inuke sure one night, when the guests La 1 as i gambled, be said : " I toll you what! Let's do without m rvauts to night and wait on ourselves I" The odd suggestion was greeted with applause and peals of laughter. The servants were turned out ; the meal was seasoned with sparkling sallies at the expeuse of the clumsiness of this or that guest, and when they had all gone tho host took stock and discovered that two thirds of tho spoons had gone too 1 In the mouth of February, 1819, Thomas Wildoy and John Welch, two Englishmen, then residing in Baltimore, Md., inserted in the Baltimore Ameri can an advertisement in tho following words: " Notice to all Odd Follows. A few meftiliers of tho Society of Odd Fol low.! will lie glad to meet their brethren for consultation npon tho subject of forming a lodge. The meeting will lie held on Friday evening, tho secoud of March, 1819." This was the first lodge formed in the United States. Odd Fellowship. lu the May of Adiltv. " I*. 11. A.," tho writer of a letter in the New York .Son, asked.' "11 ow is a laboring matt to get his living the coming winter I Crop* have ooiuo iu so pour Uiat buckwheat, the matu food of the poor class of iieople iu thia section in winter, will lie worth from fll to fll.'JU; aud yet what few business men here intend to do business this oomiug winter say they shall reduce wages to 81 per day. Now, 1 would like to know how* laboring man can pay S3O per year rent for the poorest house, and jierhapa sls more for firewood, fl.'ifi per bushel for potato**, eighty to ninety cents per bushel for corn, and wheat $1 .AU |ier bushel, and clothe u family of Ave or six little children <" This is a haul state of things, which is not allaved by the fact that millions of human beings will survive this winter in Europe under conditions far harder than those depicted. Many an agrioul tural laborer in England, where the wages are higher than iu some other countries, and where, moreover, families ! of even eight and teii children are uot uncommon, has to get along on three .lobars a week, ills house coats him at ; leant s'if> a year, even inferior parts of ' meat ha cannot get at leas than twelve cent* a pound, bread is somewhat iieari j than here, the garden where he can | rain- vegetables doe* not average one elgb'll of an acre, and fuel costs him al least fcio. Yet he Uvea, and rears cliil dreu. The French aud lielgian peasants live ou less, and live better, iu aome re ! spects, and yet actually saves, liecsuse skilled 111 economy, and knowing how to turn every atom of food to account The people of this country have been so wasteful iu times of plenty that a hard time-fiuda them unable t<> meet it. "P. i H. A." would las astonished were he to ta*tc the nourishing, savory broth which a French peasant can make out of bones, * morsel of meat, vegetables, herbs, and such dry scrape of bread as an American housewife would throw away. A glance at a poor man's garden in this country t will, nine tunes out of teu, ahow how little he and his wife know how to turn it to account for the taljje. With laud I no cheap a* it is hen-, a French peasant I would be living in clover. A very large i pro|>ortiou of the Judn as in tin country regions to which "P. 11. A." alludes arises from ignorance of that domestic economy which hard Union have taught ♦be people of other countries. The Late James Lick. Janus Lick, the philanthropist, died in Ban Francisco. He had been sinking for aome time, aud death resulted from the mere decay of nature. His career iu the world of commerce was singularly successful. He was boru at Fredericks i bnrg. Pa., iu 1796. Ho was engaged in oommetctal pursuits iu South America from ltfil to 1847, when he weuttoGali foruia and invested in real estate and , other enterprises, which resulted in the accumulation of a great fortune. In 1874 I he assigned £1,000,000 from his estate to trustee* for various public and philanthropic purposes, including $700,000 for a telescope and other ap paratus at Lake Tahoe, $300,000 for a school of mechanical arts in Owliforoia, £150,000 for public monuments and 1150,1*10 for public hsth* in Sacramento, g! j" ' ' for a monument to Francis Scott Key, Uie author of the "Star Spang!. d Banner," and other large sums b> various Iw-nevoh-ut aoctrtiea in San Francisco. Tue M-IMAIOD of suit able person* to guard ttw m- vast chart tier hat always tieen a source of trouble aud ai.eavin.-a* to Mr. Lick. Hiiiee thu last chauge iu the truate* s of his charitable fund tie- d'-ccfeiM d has frequently ex prr*e*od InisiK-if Ix-tU-r satisfied with the condition of flairs, but has manifested considerable concern at not hearing from hi* son, John Lick, of Fredericks burg, Lebanon county, Pa., to whom IHIUI letters and telegrams had Ixetiscnt requesting his rtwiguatiou an one of the trn*te *. All the rest of the old board have tendered their resignations, though they have not yet t*en confirmed by the , court. The trustees nay the business is in -uoh shajie that no complications can ensue in carrying out Mr. Lick's de signs, though ih'-re is some fear that the action uf John Lick implies his inten tion of ooiiteatiug quitter* in the courts. The total Valne of the trust fund is erti mat- d at about $.1,000,000. A \heeky Man's Projected flslt. A gentleman of Philadelphia ha* re ceived the following Utter, which ex plains itself : Troubles never come singly, and now I am going to ask a particular favor, and sincerely hope yon may. not think strange of it. The plain fact* of the case am: lam out of fund*, and would like to ask a small loan—a men' trifle— •o I may get rid of my hotel bill, pay for some pictures, a pair of Units, etc. I would like to have say $lO. though 1 might get along with sll6 if yon could g< tme a pass over to your city. Now, this may seem like pressing matters a little; but I always did believe in keep ing up appearances; it givit, don't heaitatc to lie candid. lam not tine of the kind to feel linrt. My mother-in-law, wife and two boys will join me in Philadelphia, and if it would make no difference to you or yonr family they will make their stay at your home with nie. My mother-in-law being somewhat of ail invalid, doea not breakfast nutil eleven A. u , and then requires attention which can't lie hail except where she may feel perfectly at home. I thought liest to mention these little matters so you may not feel annoyed. Awaiting a favorable reply, I am very truly yonrs. P. B. I have heard of yonr hospi tality, aud I hojie shall find in yon a brother. I feel anxious to be in yonr city during the visit of the Chicago con sistory, which I think will lie almut tlii* time. A Terrible Onslaught. A terrible onslaught was made upon the Catholic Christians at Ning-Kuoh Fu, in the province of Nganhnwy, China, when a crowd of about 1,000 soldiers aud ruffians, under the guidance of officials, hurst into a chapel during service timo and brained members of tho congregation. The men entered tbe chapel, interrupted the servioe, forced the officiating priest upon his kneos, aud demanded that ho should cease promulgating the i.octriuo of the T'ien chn sect. The priori declined to make the promise, whereupon a of indeeeruiable uproar ensued, during which frigbtfnl outrages occurred. The priest was tortured and eventually put to death, being hacked to piooos ; a little child whom he had adopted was torn limb from limb, and tin corpse of au othcr father was taken from its grave and brutally ill-used. Tie members of the iuland mission hav all left the neighborhood, aud the lb man Catholics have new a guard around their house. Tho chief conspirator was a military mandarin named Wu, wh.~> has openly expressed his malignant hatred of the Christian religion. The Mln-at Nupply In England. The liondou Time* > ays : The wbnat unw this your is the (iiiuluiiui of a history full of alarms and surprises. Mr. (laird tolls it very pleasantly iu all its bearings aud consequences, and re minds us, by the contrast, of the mysterious and gloomy tone with which the staiT of life was always disouaend a/i late as thirty years ago. Iu aome re * poets the present state of things far sur|nuiet-s the direst predictions of that day. We are dependent upon foreign ers to an extent never then imagined. While the average consumption is about twenty three million quarters, or, as the customs' returns state it, one hundred million hundredweights, during the last harvest year we have imported - happily, it seems, somewhat in excess of our wants—sixty-three million hundred weights, or not far from two thirds of our whole consumption. Half of this came from the United Htates, and HO much of our wheat sup ply depends, therefore, not only uu the good will of that country, but still mure immediately on her commercial state, which is very variable. The profit it self has to be nicely calculated, and iu Mr. (laird's opinion the prices which have lately urevailed yield little or no profit. Such a fact is slowly apprecia tod, but when tbu American f'xmers have once acted upon it and stopped supplies, it takes time to reverse that movement and meet a rising demand. Five per centum of our wheat imports come from British India—where we have lately had to feed a famished popula tion. A good deal comes from Turkey and Egypt, which, Mr. (laird observes, will have to send us wheat because they both want money aud can no longer get it by simply borrowing. He suggeats, however, that in present circumstances Turkey cannot be depended on for any considerable supplies. France la too much iu our own condition to be sure of s|suiug us wheat when are happen to want it; in fact, if she has not to compete with us in the open market, that is altout as mnch as can now be ex } tec ted. She has had a poor harvest of other grain and produce, and may want all her own produce aud more. The wheat crop of Canada is much lower I than usual. Here, then, is the rery state of things which a generation ago was prophesied as the last |*if-e of our national decline and fall. When all the world, includ ing onr jealous rivals, found us de j>endent on-them for more than half of our daily bread, they had only to pnt their head* together and destroy the proud nation that had so oppressed and insulted them. The consummation has oume. It find* us year by year growing lea* wheat, and the foreigner growing, if not alMwilutcly more, at least more than jxiys him. Uuw a Bird Flics. I he most prominent fact about a bird is a faculty in which it differs from every other creator* except the l-at and insects—ita power of flying. For this purpose the bird's arms end in only one long, slender finger, instead of a lull buid. To this are attached the quills and small feathers (coverts) on the tip jsir side, which make up the wing. Observe how light all this is ; In the first place, the none* are hollow ; then the shafts of the feathers are hollow, aud, finally, the feathers themselves are made of the most delicate filaments, in terlocking aud clinging to one anothei with little grasping hooks of micro oopic fineness. Well, how does a bird fly i It seems simple enough to de scribe, and Vet is a problem that the wisest in such matters have not yet worked out to everybody's satisfaction. This explanation, by the l>nke of Argyle, appears to be tbe last : An open wing forms a hollow on its under aide like an inverted saucer ; when the wing is forced down, the upward pres sure of the air caught under this con cavity lifts Uie bird up, much ss you lift youra If up lietween the parallel bar* iu a gymnasium. But he could never in this way get ahead, and the hardest quod ion in still to lie answered. Now, the front edge of the wii g, formed of the bones and muscles of the fore arm, is rigid and unyielding, while the hinder margin is merely the soft flexible end* of the feather* ; *J wneu the wing is forced down, the air under it, finding this margin yielding the easier would rush out here, and, in so doing, would Itcnd up the ends of the quills, pushing them forward ont of the way, which, of course, would tend to shove the bird ahead. This process, quickly reisiated, results in the pheuoineuoti of flight. Hie of Countries. (Jrecoe is atxint the sine of Vermont. Palestine is about one-fourth the siae of New York. Hindustan is more than a hundred times as large as Palestine. The great desert of Africa has nearly the present dimensions of the United .States. The Red sea would reach from Wash ington to Colorado, and it is three times as wide as Lake Ontario. The Knglish channel is nearly as large as Lake Superior. The Mediterranean, if placed across ! North America, would make sea naviga tion from San Diego to Baltimore. The Caspian sea would stretch from New York to St. Augustine, ami is as wide as from New York to Roche* V r. (treat Britain is about two thirds the size of Hindustan, one-twelfth of China, and one twenty-fifth of the United 1 States. The gulf of Mexioo is almnt ten time ths size of Lake Superior, and about m large as the sea of Kamschatka, 1 ay of R. ugal, China sea, Okhotsk or Japan sea. Lake Ontario would go iu eaoh of them more than fifty times. The following tiodies of water are about the same size: German ocean. Black sea, Y'ellow wa; Hudson's bay is rat lor larger. The Baltic, Adriatic and .¥.?> an seas, and the Persian gulf are half as large, and somewhat larger than Lake Superior. A Horrible Tragedy. A horrible tragedy occurred on the top floor of No. 201 West Twenty-third street. New York. Julius Blank, aged thirty eight years, a native of France, by occupation a professor of music, shot his wife Mary, aged twenty-eight years, iu the hood with a large revolver, inflict ing a mortal wound. He then caught up his little child, Amelia, aged three and one half years, ami placing the deadly weapon close to her heed, fired, causing almost instant death. Beforu the child had expired he ended the ter rible deed of bUxxl by blowing out his own brains. The noise of the pistol slut attracted the attention of neighbors, who rushed m only to find the child auil father lying dead IU {tools of blood and the motlior unconscious and dying. Within ton minutes a police surgeon was on the scene, but nothing could be done for the only surviving member of the fatmi family. Her wound was fatal, i She was, however, quickly removed by an ambulance to a hospital. The causes thnt ltd to the terrible crime ami the details of the tragedy arc unknown. No person could be found who wituessed the shooting, oud only surmises of insanity afford an assignable cause. The father and murderer was > totally blind, and supported bis family by giving music lessons. TERMS: 02.00 a Year, in Advance. Lionising Itank Rubber*. The St. I'aul papers do uot like the idea of bank robbers being Lionised aa they are. One of them says : •'Boh" Younger seems to have been a big man during his Madelis receptions, and the ladies who showered bouquets aud sympathy upon the blood* bandits dwelt tenderly upuu "Bobs" sweet voice and winning smiles, and wept at his mention of his dead mother and liv ing sister, would do well to preserve a small portion of their sympathy and tears, perhaps, for the mother* and sisters, aud wive* aud children of good citiaeus shot down and butchered in cold blood by this precious gang of out laws within the jiast few years. Don't let's have any sickly sentimentality over these vampire* just because they are caged at last and their bloody work en led. " Bob's " voice may be full of melody, his face manly, his smile at tractive aud his bearing courteous, but hi* hands aud the hands of his asaoci at h are steejwtd in the blood of Oount leas victims, an I if they could -lie a thousand deaths justice would hardly be np| waited. North field and Made lis did a brave aud noble work, covering them selves with glory aud conferring honor upon the Bute. Now don't -et the aim t'ietous " slop over ' with team and xniqueta for these outlawed wretches. " Hob" and his brother will kindly " forgive " the woman whoae son was the bearer of information that led to their capture—they will •' forgive" everybody just now. Hob would "forgive" them if they would give lam his revolver* and turn lam lot tee again. There ought to be too much good common sense in Min nesota to lionize this most Tillauoua band of highwaymen, and we hope to hear no more ot it. It is hardlv proba ble that Northfield and Faribault people will oontinue this shower of sympathy and bouquets. They have had • taste of the James and Youngt-r metal before "the Bi'maiy of their dead mother and living sister r ' had overtaken them, aud there are two home* in mouraiagai a consequence. What he Will Ike. The late Mr. James Lick's sou and heir, John Lick, is described by the Philadelphia 'l\me* aa a tall, raw boned man, about fifty year* old—if his long, stringy, iron gray btmrd, wrinkled, care worn features, and generally smashed up appearance meant anything—dreused to look his beet—and hi* best vu a coun try Iwaver hat, a suit of well brushed black, made by ttie village tailor, and a pair of shore from a freshly imported ♦• box " of shoe* from the manufacturers. At Philadelphia, ou his way to the Cali fornia, he said to the reporter : "I am going to start to-night from here, and am only waiting now for a friend of mine who has just oume on from there. Re in going back with me. Wa-al, the way things is I don't want to say what I'm going to do. He was my father and wav about cigbtv-one year* old. lam his only i ail i. He has one sister living. ' Did I firht read of the death in the newspaper*;' Oh !no ; 1 have a pocket full of telegram* here, but I won't an swer tb< ui. 1 know v hat I'm going to do " And here Mr l.ick showed that he had a good ileal of lirmnem of char acter, aud could, in the way of bargain, cavil on the ninth purt of a hair. The reporter found this "one trustee who refused to resign ard nllow his father to make a rearrangement of the trust" bent upon foiling him in (lie matter of the important answer the question : "Do you m mi to it* mpt to break the deed and will f" II tv„* no use. He would cot answer liter flatly or by In direction. lt< markable Ktcim At the head of Csbin creek, *v a eimwpondent witli Gen. Crook'* com man J, a furiona and remarkable storm assailed u. Lite heavens were suddenly transformed (rum a serene to an augry stud menacing aspect. The WITH! broke 1. ><■, ncil rain WM burled from the ci tide in huge drops. The snn waa just setting, and, despite the dark mood of nature, there waa an asnre disk of the t-ky in the west suffused with a golden tinge. While it was yet glowing, ba.b tone as largo n walnuts dropped like bullets, cutting leavw and twigs from thetnes iu au instant, and then amid the deafening roll of the thunder and the fitful give of the lightning, two gnat route appeared in the clouds, and the moou and ad Ben stars looked down out of their upper chamber into the gloom. The strange phenomenon lasted a quarter of an hour—sunlight, star light, moonlight, rain, bail, wind and lightning, all displayed at the same mo ment, A faint rainbow formed before the lingering reminiscence of the sun was gone from the wast. Then the f-ky assumed a consistent blackness, and the storm grew in wildness until jt reached a passionate climax of giant tears, liquid and congealed, more violent than evar, and then subsided. Homed Men in Africa. A }>*i>er bv Captain J. 8. Hay, on the horned men of Africa, was read at the reoent meeting of the British Associa tion. He also exhibited sketches of two Africans with horns. Mr. Hyde Clarke snid it wra ' very difficult to assign any rcasou for the appearance of the horns, but there was no d< >ubt that Captain Hay had seen them. One way might be that they hail Ixv-u inserted or inoculated into the face; but Captain Hay informed thcin that it waa the object of the parents to remove the h lnu . which he regarded as s natural growth. One suggestion was that this was a class of malforma tion, of which there was a memorable example in the case of the " porcupine man." who had homy plaits on various parts of his laxly. He had not beard from anybody any sufficient explanation with regard either to its being a natural phenomenon arising at birth or its being artificially produced in the manner to which he'lnid referred. It was remark able that the horns were peculiar to the male sex. The subject was very ob sou re and had not been sufficiently in vestigated by anthropologists, because there were groat prejudices to taking it up. The Inland of Forea. Toe Japanese mission that lately visit-1 ed Core* reports the houses qf tbe j poorer classes as being but six or seven feet high. Halt fish, tobacco, and Ptnpv sandais are the chief staples of local. E trade; the housoa devoted to govern ment purposes are of brick, and of mean construction. The walla of the town are composed of brick, earth and atones, and the highways are wretched. The inhabitant* wear nndyed clothing, and a very long sleeve i a mark of mi perior rank. The hats are broad britn mini, ami tied uudcr the oliiu with aoord or ribbon. Etiquette requirea that they ahould be kept on the head during salu tations. The bair is worn long, and fas tened on the top of the head by pins. \ The dress of the women resembles that of Europeans, but the members of the i mission did not aie any. The soil, is generally poor, and an old tree is rarely seen. All trees reaching a suitable size are cnt for firewood. The only mines worked are those ol iron, but otbe r of copper, gold and silver exist. The j horses are exceedingly small, and the j rnnii? articles of exportation are the. I skins of oattle and pigs. NUMBER 4J3. A School iteration Decided. The aupreme court of lilinoi* baa rendered a decision of great inteieat in connection with the public aobool*. A girl in Winnebago oounty belonged to a olaaa that waa required by the rule* to atudy bookkeeping. Her parent* did not wiah her to poraue that atudy, and refuaod to provide her with text book*. They were notified that they mart do eo, or the girl would be expelled. Return iug to uie achool without the book*, ahe wu* ejected. Upon thi* anil waa brought agaiurt the principal and director* for tree)tea. The jury in Uie court below found for the pUuitiff, and aairaartl the damage* at $136. A motion for a new trial wa* made and denied, and the case waa appealed to the aupreme court. That court ha* jurt rendeied a dactaion affirming the judgment. Several point* are diaauaaed and tia—iid upon in the opinion, but the chief one 1* thia : The achool law of lliinoia declare* that urthogntpby, reading in English, pen manship, arithmetic, Engliah grammar, modern geography, and the history of the United State* shall be taught in the public schools, but to thia section ia added a proviso thai nothing thereiu contained ahall prevent the teaching of other and higher branch**. The rea aoning of the court ia that it waa the de sign of the law fixrt to secure to every child inatruetiun in the btangheaenum orated, and that while ofln studios may be introdnoed they cannot be made compulsory. Who Introduced Them I Potatoes, it is aaid, were first intr.i- j ilaond into Europe by Bir Waiter Raleigh ; bat the fact is by no moans j proven. It Menu very strange, if he , did introduce the jtotato into Ireland or England in 1584 or 1586, that John 1 (h-rarda, who waa at that time gather- • ing material for hia great work, " The Historic of Plan tee," published a doom year* later (1597), was not aware of the . fart, for be gives a Ago re and dmcrip- ! tion of the Virginia potato, hot not a word a boot Htr Waiter Raleigh being ita introducer. The famous German bota niat, C lamas, obtained aome potato tubers while residing in V lenna in 1388, from the governor of Moos, in the province of Hainaolt, who procured them from an attendant of the Pope'a legate, bat none of thaae men mention , Bir Walter Raleigh, and they bad prole- i bly no knowledge of him or hia Virginan enterprise. Of courae it ia of no par* tiruiar importance to na whether Bir Walter Raleigh or aomebody eke has the honor of bt-iug the first to carry the potato to Europe, bat we mention the above facta in history to show npoo what alight foundation honors are be stowed, especially if Use recipient hap pens to be a person of mark. * Barkas waa Wllllag. In a trial of a divorce aaae recently in the supreme court of Miohigan, the fol lowing letter to the judge wae introduc ed in evidence, forming a unique piece of documentary testimony. The name* of parties are omitted: Jackson I'ihson, June 11, ]B?fi. j Hon. Jri*i Corn sank- Dear Sir —l take the opportunity to inform yon that I had a subpoena served on me to tie in court on the twnty-eeo ond of June, this month; that my wife baa applied for a divorce. I don't know I <>n what grounds she has applied, but I I hope and trust from the bottom of my ■ heart that your honor wih be kind } enough to grant it to her, aa 1 am posi tive that we never could be reconciled to each other again, as (rod knows 1 I never had a day's hi ok from the first of I >nr acquaintance. Although lam here ' in prison, wearing the convict's stripes, it would make me a happier man to bear that we were divorced than few me to have a pardon anut to me for my liberty from this prison. Praying that roar honor will grant it bar, Beepectfnlly and trulv yours, Jackson, Mich. roiled Slate* Carrenfy. The amount of United States national hanh circulation redeemed, retired, and surrendered from Jan. 14, 1875, to Oct 'l, 1876. is $46,483,471. Amount issued between tbe same UW, |16,881,675, showing a decree ><• of national bank cir culation of $29,607,896, leaving .he amount of national bank notes outstand ing on Oct. 1 (not including the circula tion of tbe national gold banks, $2,099,- ! 190) $322,263,554. Tho amount of j greenbacks deposited from June SO, j 1874, to Oct 1, 1876 (including $3,813,- 675 previonaly deposited for the purpose ;of redeeming the notes'of insolvent and liquidating Iwinke). $64,503,866. Amount of circulation redeemed by the treasurer 1 tct ween the same dates, $42,462,912, leaving on depowl with the treasurer on Oct. 1, 1876. $21,860,943, for the par pose of retiring the national bank notes outstanding. Amount of greenback*re tired under the act of Jan. 14, 1875, $13,505,260, leaving outstanding on ' Oct. 1, 1876, $368,494,740. A Little Tee Past. A favorite programme with tbe hotel dead beat is to hand a large aa. The family tree of n Tame family show* a branah on which several man b*e have been mug (or borrowing homes. A yoong poet of the realistic eohool write* : "Time marahee on with the *low, measured tread 1 4 a man working by the day." Rice culture in Louisiana employe 30,000 people on 1,900 plantations: pro i dneee a crop worth §8,000,000, end de velops baetneea to the extent of §lO, 000,000. In 1793 the flnrt canal* of the United HUUm were built in Massachusetts. Tbeee were abort one* on the Connecti cut river, one being two mile* long and the oilier three. Another instance of the beauty of go ing to law baa just transpired at Perth Amboy, N. J., whore it curt a man SBOO to get a $49 verdict against a railroad oompany. A Western chap, in describing a gale of wind, say* : A white dog, wl ile at tempting to weather the gale, waa caught with his mouth open, and turned com pletely inside out. The old mania for Persian eats with long tails has again broken out among the Daimioo of Japan. An enterprising captain of a merchant vessel sold three a abort time ago for $8,900. A granite block weighing thirty tons wa* recenUy taken from the quarries near Halioweii, Vie. Another block weighing forty toos issoon to be brought out. It will require forty oxen to move it. The French minister of finance latrty caused to be opened two boxes which were supported to contain document* of no value. They were fall of jewel*, which had been packed away since the Commune. A Boston Kmst girl utilised the telegraph wwe tUmt passed over the flat roof of the booae far * clothes line, and every Monday the b iys had a deeply Ktcntittc vnnMOt aa to what mil-id the chemicals. A close fisted man invited a friend to dinner, and provided only two n.utter, chops. Upon removing the cover he mod: "My friend, we have a Lenten entertainment; yon mm your dinner be fore you." T*ki % the two chops upon hia own plate, hia Friend replied: " Tea, but wbero is yonr dinner i Father Beekx, the general of the So ciety of Jeans, whom aome have re ganic-d aa the possible snooseaor to Pope Puis, was born at Sinhem, Belgium, February 8, 175*5. Hia father, a poor grocer, died when his son wae very voung, and hia mother had to sew and wash to bring up her five sons, of whom the goners! waa the oldest. The late Major Hunter, who, when young, had charge of tbe island of St. Helena, stated that the most marked pe | coliariiy in Kspoleoti's appearance waa a lightness of skin over the face, and es pecially the forehead, producing the ef fect of statuary. Ibis he had only ob served in one other person in the coarse : of his life. A person who was looking at a house the other day aaid ha couldn't afford to pay ao much' rent. " Well, look at the neighborhood," replied the woman. " Ton can borrow flatirona next door, coffee and tea aerone the street, flour and Eon the corner, and there's a big af wood belonging to the school i right across the alley f" The Rev. Mr. Spooncr (tenderly to eligible widow)-—" How bountifully em blematic ia this of the relations of man and wife. Bee how the graceful ivy, womanlike, dings for support to the stalwart oak. Ah. dear madam, a bus hand's fond protection " Widow— "And aupposui' the boak ia too little and tbs hivy too big—what then, Mr. Bpoonerl" Mrs. Womb well died recently in Lon don, Mod t ighty-nine. She TO mar ried brc vary young to the originator of traveling menageries. Mr. Womb well died in 1851. and from that date nntil 1846 hia widow carried on the undertaking success!oily. In the latter year the externa v<- collection was divided into two menagerie*, and presented to two of her nieces. "It i impo^ible! '* nakf I to a French ' peasant lad wh- wa telling me a tough story about a miracle working chair in s n. igliborirg church. " There's nothing imp wribie, he answered, "but a stick with bat one end; and if yoo go to Chartnw yon 'll see it." "See wfaatf the stick, or that there's nothing else im posaibU-1" he replied. "Neither; but j you will see Chartree." A canons calculation has been made in the printing ofßoe of a Pans news paper. Assuming that a good oomposi tor isndles 24,(*<0 letters a day, and that Iho iand moves one foot with each letter in taking and setting the type, it will be 1 seen that bis hand travels 48,000 feet, or nearly ten mile* a day, and in the coarse of a year, excluding £nudays, travels ful ly the distance from Paris to New York. At FossvilK Cal„ lives old Mr. Foes, ; a noted stage driver of the Pacific coast. . Be has retired from bunineaa, having grown rich, and now keeps a refresh ment saloon on the stage road. He has a collection of whips given him by dif ferent weoeiationa and friends, which bang on racks in hia hall as trophies. One of them, given him by tbe late Mr. i Balaton, is valued at 110,000, and is i mounted with gold and richly set with i jewels. Old Deacon Sharp never told a lie, but he used to relate this: He was i standing one day besides a frog pond and saw a large garter snake make an at tack upon an enormous lug bullfrog. The imake seined one of the frog's hind i legs, and the frog, to be on a par with i his saakeship, caught him by the tail, ! and both oommenoed swallowing one another, and continued this oarnivorous operation until nothing was left of either i of them. In the London divorce court, lately, a ; woman prayed for dissolution of her marriage on the ground that she was in sane at tbe time it took place. She was ' then so prostrated with grief at the loss of her husband as to lose her reason, and s in a much humbler station of life than herself persuaded her to marry him. She has since been in an asylum, but was now sane. The evidence being perfectly satisfactory, the marriage was ; dissolved. Two-thirds of the willow for the manu facture of v iUowware in the United States is imported from Europe nta cost of $5,000. The cultivation of the wil i low is contemplated by some Americans, they thinking that by cultivating su perior grades of basket willow they can make a profit of $l5O per acre. A manu facturer asserts that fully 5,000 articles i are constructed from willow shoots— clxairs, sofas and baskets being the most common. i The Turkish restaurants at dinner 1 time are a wonderful sight. The guests squat round a mat, the host brings in a whole sheep and tears it open with his hands, whereupon the guests seize upon the rice, with which the interior of the animal is stuffed, and after kneading it in their Augers into balls till it is quite brown, they put it into their mouths, the flat cakes of horrible, indigestible maim, bread supply the places of nap kins, and are then eaten. Buffalo Bill said rooentiy to a reporter of the Philadelphia Press: " Ouster's charge was not mad or ill-timed. Ous ter charged when, had he been sup ported as he (ought to have been, ne would have wou a glorious victory. He was not supported. Beno stood inac tive when only a ridge separated him from Ouster when the latter was being butchered. Beno is to bhune, and I bold bis* so*. Benteeu wanted to go and sapport Ouster, but Beno ranked him and he was powerless. The command was not in the hands of the proper men. They are too old, and lack the dash and