A Dinner and a Kb*. "1 hare brought your dinner father," The blacksmith a daughter aaid. As he took froin her arms a kettle tnd lifted ita ahining lid. There'* not any pie or pudding, 1 trill give you tin*," And upon hia toil-worn forehead She left the childish kis*. The blackanuth took off hi a apron Vnd tlined in happy mood. Wondering much at the aaror Hid in hi* humble food; While all about him were vlaiona Tnll of prophetic bliaa; diet he never thought of magic Jn hi* little daughterV Viae. While ahe with her Kettle awinging. Merrily trudged away, St 'pping at alght of a squirrel, Catching aouie wild bird's lay. And 1 thought how many a ahadotr Of life and fate we would miaa, If a!way* our frugal dinner* Were reasoned with a kias. To-Day. CtoeJs live and die : faith follow* faith, tVwd* prove but mockeries of the will; And dreams that were to-uiortvV* arv> To-morrow * still. Subtly, in all our good the thread O. ill ia wrought; our fairest fair la dragged to earit in being ours. And traileth there ! Light follow* light, and caeh grow* dim ' The }{reseat will be as the {vast ; Wave lirwaka on wave, and wk ia strong As each is last 1 Life laaaa on faith, and pressed hard ! K.uth erica to Ood, ami only stand* Whoa, bearing dfe upou our hi east, She clasp-* lW* hand*. Ttic distant hills are darkucs* ; hnt The morrow brings the morrow * light ; 'lsk\ much i* oum—to-day to do The present tig lit. Tin* much i* ours, *gd things beyond In love's own w.sdoni hidden he 1 Hut thia les close hand—to do Ilia will, and die. MISS ASHBELL. OcmFternatton w lepiotvJ *h faces of tlic fa .oup iv.-- .u. .co u> kw it, when i o ...-tied reading the let ter 1 had just received from aunt. The group consisted of myself—Mary, eldest daughter of the house aud hearth —brown, d. rk-eyed, tall, and eighteen; Helen, uot quite as brown, haatJ-cyed, almost as tall, and sixteen; Will, brown er, darker-eyed, a head shorter, and ten; and Carrol, towering above ns all, blue eyed, fair-hatred, goldcu-uiustaehed, and twenty-one. Auut was, in fact, our great-aunt, sis ter of our father's mother, but the only aunt, groat or little, U;at we had ever known. We had met her but two or three times during our lives, as she lived in far-may Illinois, and was too much occupied with gnuns and herds to think of frequent visiting, and we—well, we we.e too poorly provides! with gold and silver to be able to take long ami ex pensive jonrneys. So what little visiting there had been had been on our aunt's aide, with one exception, and then I was the visitor. It was when I was about tifteen this short bnt memorable visit look place. Yielding to aunt's repeated solicitations —I was her namesake—l started from home with the intention of spending the summer months on the Illinois farm. I arrived there safely, was welcomed heartily, and entertainer! right royally; but before a week had passed away I had grown so tired of the seeming boundlessness of every thing, and longed so for the little cottage and Lillipqtian garden where grew my three rose-bushes—one red, one white, and one a creamy yellow—that aunt, seeing the longing" in my eyes, said, "Child, you must go back," and back I came long before I was expected, bnt my dear father and mother mam red me not a moment too soon. We children had always hoard twice a year from annt—once collectively at Christmas, and onoe respectively on our birthdays—aud each time the kiudiy note which exhorted us to "be good, industrious, and self-reli: ~ :-..dosed a check larger or smaller, according to aunt's gains the preceding year. These notes we had been taught to answer with many wishes for the old lady's welfare, and thanks for her kindnesses, and hopes for a speedy meeting: in short, in a manner befitting the only nieces and nephews of the Carmody family replying to the friendly epistlee of their only aunt, to say nothing of that aunt being the wealthiest and most influential member of that familv. A few days before our father died he called us together, and said: " My chil dren, it isn t at all likely to occur, but il ever annt should ask a favor of you, grant it, a* no matter what inconven ience. She has been my best and dear eat friend." Poor father! I suspect aunt had often helped him out of pecuniary difficulties. He was an unpractical, dreamy sort of man, fond of birds and poetry and flowers, and didn't succeed very well in life. But, in spite of his dreaminess and his want of worldly tact, and his being so totally unlike her in most ways, be was a great favorite of aunt's, and when we telegraphed his serious illness to her she left her vast possessions without a captain at a mo ment's notice, and hastened to his side, making her appearance in a bonnet that immediately suggested the prairies, it was so unlimited as to size and so bare of ornament, and which grotesquely obtruded itself into the remembrance of that sad time forever after. Sin* father's death things hadn't been very bright with us. In fact, they hadn't been bright at all. We found there w:is a good deal of money owing, and what remained of the two hundred dollars aunt gave us on the day of the funeral—she bade as " good bye " the instant the ceremonies were over—after our very cheap mourning was paid for, went to the butcher, grocer and shoemaker. We were all willing to do, all did, whatever we could to ward supporting the household; but, dear 1 dear! talk about weeds. 1 never saw anything grow like bills. Oarrol, who had an artistic turn of mind, straggled with it, and I, who hail a dressmaking turn of mind, straggled with that, and Helen straggled with her books, hoping to become a teacher in time, and little Will straggled wttli somebody else's books, for he went into a publishing house as errand-boy—poor fellow 1 Besides the struggles, we had mother on our minds. A few weeks after we lost our fa the* we lost oar baby sister. , A beautiful child ahe was, as bright as a diamond ami as fair as a pearl, and the pride and darling of us all. Already sinking beneath the blow of her hus band's death, when her little dnughter lied, too, my mother's heart was almost broken. From being a sunshiny, en ergetic, busy woman, she became listless and apathetic, sitting in her room day after day gazing upon the pictures of the loved ones, or rocking back and forth, her hands clasped before her, looking with dry eyes upon vacancy. " O that she could be made to weep 1 that she could be roused from this dreadful speechless gloom iuto which she hml fallen!" was our continual prayer, for the terrible thought came to us often fhat we should lose our mother in a much worse way than we had our father and sister—that her brain would at last give way beneath its weight of heavy, despairing thoughts. Well, the exchequer was low enough ; and mother hail had one of her very bad spellf; and a lady customer had just l >oell in and abused me—yes, abused ; I can use no other word ; women do fly ID snch temper at their dress makers— about the fit of her dress, declaring it to be " utterly ruined," when it only want od taking up a little on one shonlder and lettiug down au inch or so in front; and Will's right arm was almost disabled from ft heavy load of books he bail car ried a long distance the day before (how men can have the heart to give a man'B bnrdeu to a child I can't see)-wheu aunt's letter fell like a bomb-shell into our very nearly disheartened little camp. "DEAR FOLKS —A friend of mine— an luglishman" (aunt's language was oorrect enough, but at timea her spelling FRED. KURTZ, Kilitor and "Proprietor. VOLUME XI. was somewhat peculiar)— •• who came here purporting to start in business, book the fever, lingered a few- luontlia, and died, leaviug, heaven kuoww why. hi* oulv child, a daughter, who will eventually lie a not - to-be-sniffed-at aires#, to my care, liaviug IHHUI deh cately reaml m the midst of dovotiou ati-l tenderness, thia place, oulv suited to bold, atroug natures, is a little too ruff for her. So alio desire# -at least 1 desire for her—*, home iu the North, and 1 wish that home to lie with von. "My niece Marv, who inherits the disposition of her lather to a great de gree—ami be would hare gene out of hia way any day to give even a dutu brute pleasure—will, 1 am sure, lie kind to tier. Carrot will love her for her beau ty, if for nothing else, and the rest of you will love her because ahe is most lovable. Her maid wlli accompany her. "At present her affairs are in a tan gle, but I hope to unravel them d gracious ! is thi* the bekuty ?" thought I; and Carrol fell back a step or two. " Are yiiti MisaCarmodvt" she asked. "! aiu," 1 replied, holding out my hand; " and let mo welcome yon;" when, turning from me, she gently pulled for ward iuto the room the loveliest little child 1 had ever beheld tu my life, with large soul-lit brown eyes, mid sunny hail the exact iMlor of our lost darling's. "This i* Miss Asltbsll," sanl the r/uinf/ "and 1 tun to stav or go back as you see fit." 1 looked at Carrol. He indulged ia a long under-the-breath whistte. Helen buried her face in the sofa eushion and laughed hysterically. The child came forward, ami holding {•ut her little hand, said, with a pretty . drawl, " 1 am to k>ve yon, and you ttfe 'to love me. Aunt sain so." 1 weut down on my knees on one aide of her and Helen weut down on her knees ou the other, and we kissed her till her dimpled cheeks glowed again (you see the house had lieeu ao lonely without our little sister, while Carrol looked ou with astouishmeut, admiration and tendernesa blended in his handsome face, and Will stole in with the only buil from my precious tea-rose. the stem ; carefully stripped of its thorns, and put it in her hand. " Ttiank you, boy," she said. " I will have vou for a brother; aud you too," looking with a Uriglit smile up into Carrol's face. " There is au angel home, .u a big picture, with hair and eyes like yours." Carrol caught her up in his arms, and away with her to mother's room. Aud there she had no sooner said, " my jiapa and mamma are both iu heaven," than mother burst out ui a blessed fit of weeping that left a rainbow behind it. And from that hour the weight begau to be lifted from her brain, and soon I had to resign my position as housekeeper, for we brnl our mother back again as she used to be of old—a little q motor in her ways, perhaps, but just as sweet, as kind, as unselfish as ever. And Carrol's picture of "Miss Ash bell" gained him a place on the walls of the Academy that autumn; and Will, who entered college last week, never ran away from her again, but has ever since been giving her roses freed from thorns, as he did the firstmght *he came among us, bringing light and happiness ittxl bless her I—to our sorrow clouded house. Aud I often think, looking it the two young bead* (there is only four years' difference in their ages) bending over the same book, that some day Will will tell her the old, old story, aiid ahe will hear it with a smile. "I shouldu't wonder if you were right. Brownie," aavs my husband—how I laugh when 1 think of ray jealous f.wra about him once on a time!—" yon almost always are." Arid aunt's sweotil&tjon turned out splendidly (she is still Hvmg, a halo old woniuu of seventy-five), and she insisted upon our accepting wiiat she called father's share, and that share was no inconsiderable one. Anil the seven-roomed honae has grown to a twelvo-ruomed one—Betty, by-the-bye, has allowed her daughter to assist in the house-work—and the twenty-five by twenty-five garden to a hundred by a hundred, my corner just filled with rose-bushes. And everything has prospered with us, and no lengthening sluuiows have fallen njM>n our paths, since the rosy June aiUmoou we so unwillingly opened the door to let in the darling wlm loved us, as we loved her, at first sight —sweet brown-eyed, golden-haired Miss Asli bell!—l/arfnr'n BVeX/j/. Consumption of Timber. In pleading for. the protection and perpetuation of forests, i'Ae Lumber - man* (fazettc gives some mUm-sting particulars of the amount 14 timber con sumed every year in this country. "We have now," it says, "about 90,000 miles of railroad; the animal consumption for ties or sleepers aioue is 40.000,000, or thirty years' growth of 75,000 acres. To fence these roads would require at least 130,000 mill's of fence, which would cost J45.000.000 to build, and take at least 315,000,000 annually to keep in repair. We have 75,000 miles of wire, which re quires in its putting up 800,000 trees, while the annual repairs must ta! e 300,000 more. The little, insignifica; t lnmfer match consume* annually in it manufacture 300,000 cubic feet of tif fin est pine. The bricks that are annu ally baked require 2,000,000 cords of wool, which wonld sweep the timber clean from 50,000 acres. Shoe-j>egw arc quite as important an article as matches or bricks, and to make the required an nual supply consumes 100,000 cords of tine timber, wlule the manufacture of lasts aud lioot-trecw make 500,000 cords of marble, beech and birch, and alxmt the same amount is required for plane stocks and the handles of tools. The packing-Inures made in the United States in 1874 amounted to $12,000,000, while the timber manufactured into ag ricultural implements, wagons, etc., is more than $100,000,000. The farm and rural fences of the country consume an immense amount of lumber and timlier annually, bnt as we grow older as a na tion, this consumption may, nod prob ably will, be reduced by the more gen , rial use of live fences or hedges. Our consumption of timber is not only daily on the increase, but our exportation of timber is also rapidly increasing. Our staves go by the million to France nn nnally; walnut, oak, maple aud pine to England, and sjMirs and docking timber to China and Japan." Wanted a Patent for n Chalk' Mark. The Washington correspondent of the Hartford Tim*.* writes: Several days ago an application reached the paten, office from J. J. Strong and Rate M. Strong, of Talladego. Ala., for a patent for an ant guard. The petition, which was a very fuuiiv one, 6et forth that the Strongs, "who are man and wife, had jointly put their heads together and had invented the most wt only secured to tlie towu ' lucalrulable l>eueilt, but lias Uvouio the iuapirer aud the model of similar , asstKJiatloua in other .Statuut of u more recent effort of this kind wan given ia February.] After a thorough eaiivtuis of all por tions of the towu, byway of prepara tion, a meeting was held iu August, which proved ru enthuoiaatio suooeaa. I Besides iu own citisens, many sons of the town, settled elsewhere, were ivresent, or responded by the proxy of a lils-ral subscription. All the prelimin aries of a regular organisation under 1 the (leneral Htatutes of the State, were transacted. By its constitution uiuu ! bership was obtainable by an adult on the payment of 81, and of tweutv-flve cents by a child, or, ou the part of the latter, by the planting of a. tree under direction; and every child was en couraged by this means to erect a memorial of him or herself, to boar thereafter the name of the planter. , A remarkable knoll, where magnifi cent nxsk* are overhung by a forestry of oaks and pines, was purchased some ' years previously and presented to tlie ; village as a pleasure ground, by a pub lic-spirited citizen. Au abuudaut nu growth of Laurels, suggested a uaiue for the locality, anil also tlie uame of the association. Au aggregate of about 81,400 iu casli anil available subscrip tions enabled it.to commence operations with vigor. Its at ten tun was primarily -breiq<-d to improvements upon tliis hill; then extended to the village ceme tery, whose ruinous fence was replaced ■ by a tasteful structure of uiarhle and iron, within which, a year or two later, was sot a hedge of Norway spruce. The latter is now kept fifteen feet in height, aud is a superb wall i f perennial green. Within tnis enclosure walks and ' drives were constructed, shrubbery and tree* planfbd, leaning mnuuuwuu set perpendicular, aud provision mode for repeated mowings. Then the street* of the village were ta'.en in charge; side walks straightened, trimmed ami grav eJeil; crossings latu; gutters constructed with regard to thorough drainage, aud shade trees sot along the ante* of every stiwt. Year idler year these improve ments were pushed farther, and along the roaile leaning into the towu, ahd the opportunity for pedestrian exercises greatly enlarged. Iu undertakings involving more expensive labor audi as gra.ii ng and working the roads through and near the viLlagt—the association has acted in concert with the municipal authorities, adding its owu to the town's appropriation, and thus securing a di ' recti on iu the enterprise. The two have thus enjoyed mittnai aid, to the invalua ble ail vantage of both. Tht question is often ashed tis: W tiro there uo opfmnente <>f this crusade of improvement? Yea—but they were not uumerou*. and no luug time was r cfhvt a change in his surroundings, of | which, when made, he can not but be proud, ere long convert htm from a brake to a spoke in the wheel of pro gress, particularly when he oomes to find —as lie will—that there is money iu the operation. Once a year, ia the month of August, our Association holds it* festival ou Laurel Hill. A turf roebaa built against a huge overhanging cliff is the .nucleus of ope.rations. On that rural platform sit the officers aud invited guests. Around and in front, beneath the shade of the oaks, on the level plat that onoe formed the Council-ground of the Houaatenic ludiau*. ataud or wt the town's people: the numerous summer sojourners and visitors from the neigh -1 siring town*, whom the occasion attracts, forming an appreciative audi ence, sometimes of several hundreds. After prayer (and often music also), the , choice of offloers, and the annual Report ' of tlie Executive Committee, an oration is pronounced—usually by some ilistin i gundieil native of Htockbndgo—which is supplemented by brief offerings Tu proso ■ or verse, ami extem|>ore spc*vhes from visitors. After some two hours of these i pleasant exercises, the occasion is cloaed —at times with a dance by the young jveople on the verdant sod, to the music of the band. This is peculiarly tlie vil lage festival, and tends to keep alive and ; transmit tlie infiunuee of tho institution i to which so much pleasure and profit are due. In the course of it* existence 1 of twenty-five year*, the records of the L. H. Association show an expenditure of sfi,fi92, with the following as some of the r**ults: 1. The acquisition by legacies of more than $4,000, most of which has l>een in vested in public funds; the revenue from this, with the annual subscriptions, af fords available means and secures the permanency of the association. •' 2. The setting of 1,686 trees, besides several hedges. These, from mere sap lings have beoome magnificent speci tniens to affort a grateful shade and la l he joy and pride of ooming generations. 3. Well ordered streets, sidewalks, gutters, and crossings, rendered locomo tion convenient aud agreeable at all seasons. 4. A general tidying up of all the private liwellingH and premises through out the community, rendering ours, ei tcm ally, the finest village in Western Massachusetts—the subject of admira tion bv all visitors and sojourners. 5. Tbo growing education of our peo ploiu the beautiful iu nature, aided by art, tending to diminish ruduuess, ami to the promotion of morality. 6. An increased value of real estate of from twenty to one hundred per cent. Trees planted by the association iu it* infancy in front of some humble prem ises, have, on the acknowledgment of a later puroliaser.'addod 8600 or 81,000 hi his offer therefor. Seldom i* a larger income returned from so small au out lay. 7. An cxamplo which has lieen copied by scores of communities',that have ob tained our constitution as the founda tion of similar organizations in distant localities. Hnch applications continue of frequent occurrence.— S. IE. Ji. Cam\iny, in Amerit,anlAgricvlturint. Grenada, Miss., wiw in no condition to resist the iuroiulH of any malarial dis eases, it reports are true. The midden outbreak of yellow fever there, and ite malignant type, nro said to lie due to the unwholesome condition of the town. The main sewer, which leads entirely through the town to the river, caved in not long ago. In order to repair it, the sewer was uncovered for some distance, nnd examination proved that it contained numerous carcasses of dogs, cats and rats. The sun beating down upon these remains thoroughly polluted the atrnos phere, and within a short time afterword the plague broke ont violently. Ou the Way to the lllark llllls. A corres|Mindent of the Rochester AW nitty Alqmiw, eu route for tlie ltlaek Hills, thus dcserilie* the sighta nd seen.s by the way; The hugs trams lrawu by cattle or mules, the rough looks and dress of the " hull whackers,' or " roule-puuohors," aa the drivers are oailtsl, are strange to un, but evidently common here. Be thut us it may, the night is uovel to us, aud we gaze with wonder at the immense wagon*, capable of carrying 10,0011 to I'd.ooo jKiuuds of freight", ami drawn by sixteen to twenty head of cattle or mules. Often as many aa twenty to thirty of these wagons com pose a single train, and in the aggregate carry a large amount of freight. The drivers we find to lie made up from all nationalities, Mexicans, Irish, negroes, all associating together in one oomnum family, under one master, and fix! by one oook. "All alrnard !" shouts tlie burly driver, as tile Concord drives up U tlie door of the hotel, to take u# to the Hills, ROO inih-s to the north of us. In spite of the haste we all show to get the best neat, tho driver ooema to grow impatient at the delay, and is anxious to ?;et away for hia early drive. His every esture, action and expression denote the Wssteru man, ami you uoed not feair for vour safetv while in his care. The broad brimmed sombrero shading his sunburnt features, his eosrae clothing, sud his im mense top-boots, all prove tlie roughness of his duties, while the " uavy " tind the " Bowie " in his belt tell their own story. At last all are suugly stowed away in side, or mayhaps preferring more air, on the "upper deck," where true, fresh, prairie I reeaes give us a happier and more comfortable feeling. A heavy load is oars, yet the four well-trained horses hardly frxd our weight, but speed along, happy in the prospect of a good " meal" ahead. The magnificence of tlie pasturage, tlie frequency of runumg streams, ueax each of which the inevitable "ranchman" ha* "located" himself, already having his cosy house in order, and ton* upou tons of hay ready for use; tho excellent cunditiou of the roods—a strange thing for a uew country—all these surprise us, and cause wonder why tins broad expanse of load has so long been left to itself. Wo are told that we are now in the center of the great winter grazing regious; that the prairie grass cure* in summer, and the winter ia, for feed, equal to gram Here we para through tie- lovely and picturesque (ireeawood Canyon, where a quiet stream is shel tered by bluffs, and, soon after, by a very flue and substantial truas-bndge crossing the North I'latte river, we have a fine new of the chimney and court house rucka, whose prominent appear ance always oommauJ attention. Als wit 120 milea out we pas* the old Red Cloud Agency. Soon after leaving here we get a sight of the Hills, more than 100 miles away, and truly black and somlwr they appcat to us, the immense jwaks looming be ward the sky. In rapid suceeadou we pas* French, Spring Rapid, Box Elder, Boulder, Elk, Bear and Whitewood creek*, each come ten to twelve uiih-s from it* neighlmr, and each the sole occupant of it* owu bright green valley. The general lieautv of landscape, the brood, expansive aud grass covered pnuries, the deep aud wi-ird canyons, the refreshing stream*, the brigbt-iook ing evergreen piuea, and mire amusing than all, the little j>rainc dogs—all serve to robero the ted mm of otir jour nev and make ua leas weary of our long ride. Monkeys at Hupper. This rather comical picture is from the pen of an eastern traveler: "There is a pretty grove of mango* just out of Lueknow, called the Aish drove, or the monkey grove. In this place there are hundreds of monkeys. One evening I went out to see them. At first as I rode under the big tree*, looking everywhere and not seeing one, I wa* beginning to feel disappointed, ltnt presently I saw two or tliroe in the road, three or four on lop of a house, and all at ouce they were everywhere, hanging from the branches of the tit* above my head, rnnuing across the road, np the trie trunks, so I concluded there were a few loft. "As I was watching these few, a man came out of a small shop with a nig bag full of graiu, and going up and down the road in front of our buggies, liegan calling ont no, (v>, an; which means come, come, come! "In a few minutes everything seemed alive with the tiglv, long monkey*. Tbev sst down on their hind feet and put the grain into their mouths as fast as tliey oould; very greedy they were. Some of the mother-monkeys took up their babies in their arms, rockiugthem I awk ward* and forwards, just as yon have seen your mothers do with your little brothers and sisters. "Jnst as they were in the midst of their big dinner, eating as fast as they could, there appeared upon the top of s house a very large black monkey. He sat a momeut and gazed upon the feast, then ■prang from the roof, seating himself in the ec nter of tho assembly. There was a general breaking np and squealing fearfully, they all ran sway to the edge of the mad. The old fat monkey sat npon hia hind feet and looked around; then, wisely looking at mo, seemed to say: " '1 am monarch of all I survey, My right there is nono to dispute,' and then, quietly settling himself to work, began eating. "Not one of them dared to come near liita. I asked the reason, and they said lie was the king-monkev, and ail the other monkeys were aft aid of him. After he hod est nu enough, he scampered back n]K>u tho house-top, and sat watching the others as they finished what he had lift." ___________ Chin Foo's Monthly Expenses. The San Francisco dot dm Era ob serves: Much having been said and written in regard to tho cheapness with which the Chinese live, one of the load ing merchants of Sacramento street ! oomes to the front with the following letter, in which he gives n true statement I of the whole bnainess; Emtub Gtxu.kn Em :—Mo hsb learn ; readee [leper. So now can se> all dat i ting what he talkoe. Me hub see what : plenty man talkee, liow much he 1 " pung-le " every month for chow-chow. Me tinkee yon no shsbbee how mnchce Chinaman liab pay for alleo sntno ting. Me telleo yon: I For 1 littec Hhantyon Sivramontn hi rest, , to Amnliky mail for 1 month •■'>o 00 1 piooo man ox >ley for catches chow-chow 'je 00 I 1 littec dog for boil 2 00 Cnmshaw to 1 nieos polloemsn, who say ho look out no man tbsates mo. ... 20 00 1 other policeman talkoo mo all same,... 15 00 1 alitor piooo man say, " John, yon pun glo, or I'll bast your oyo." 10 00 1 other pioce man. who say ho llroman and lun wid dor machiiio 10 00 1 other pieco man, who say, "John, whs yon license ? ' 6 0® 1 other piooo man, who say, "John, vou pay mo dat license or I raise bod place wis yon 1® ®® lUce for oooloy 6 ®® Chow-chow for mo 25 00 I. ttlo bird's nost soup, rat sauoo 20 00 Little dat "impure drug " for smokeo.. 20 00 1 littec row, when Aroehky man lickeo mo and Judge Loiuleblaek say, " John, yon must punglo," 10 00 $282 00 Dat what cost China merchant live in Sun Francisco one month. What you tinkee ? CHIN Foo. TIM 1:1.1' TOPIC*. Uuiou College has given Eilisou, the inventor, tho degree of Dootor of I'hil oaophy. Jesse Pomeroy reeeutly made a saw from some article in his oell and nearly cut Ins way out of pruaou before he was discovered. Eiujioror William has fsion takmg mud batlis at Teplitx. They are con sidered a very efficacious remedy for rheumatism. What vs the difference between a provident widow and • wife who talks about her " lirge lord?" One husbands her means, ami the other means her husband. A recent unmlier of the Jtepublique Franoaimt give an sooount of ths great publishing house of Hachette A Co. According to the writer the firm has the largest bookselling business iu the world, turns over some 18,(100,000 f ran CM, publishes s book s day, employs 5,000 persona, aud exjKirts yearly 'JOO,- 000 packages. One of tlie most daring feats ever achieved by a swuumer was performed at Toubridge, England, by Prof, llenry Hiarre, who suooeedej in shimming, a distance of two miles with his hands fastened together with handkerchiefs, so that no effort could possibly extricate them; his feet were chained together, aud his eyes blindfolded. A new cannon lias been made at the Krupp works in Germany of enormous dimensions. A ball of thia caution pierce* the thickest armor plates of ves sels at u distance of eight miles. Two shots at a range of 6.UUU feet are sup (Mised to be enough to dismantle and sink the uiost powerful ship. Each ball (AiatH one hundred and fifty dollars. A Chinaman's mule walked from a hillside on to the roof of a miner's cab in, in Eureka, Xev., and fell through, breaking nearly everything underneath, including one of the miner's arms. The enviile, Ohio, was playing in his father's liar room, alien he hapjx'ued to jostle ugan.st a barrel containing two or three gallons of whiskey, a frightful explosion fol lowed, the liarrel tieiug blown into frag ment*. killing the boy instantly. The barrel stood beside a window through which the sun shone very warmlj, and it is *up|Hj*ed this generated gas suffi cient to produce the result stated. After the second attack upon the E ojieror William the brothers of the assHwun, who were officers in the srrny, tendered their resignations, but were allowed to retain their places and to change their name from Nobiling to Keeling. Bv a strange coincidence, a man in Cologne, who was formerly nsmod Becker, and who, after Oscar Bicker had attempted to assassinate tbc Emperor in 1858, eliaugi*! hi* name, happened to select his wife's uame, which was Nobcihig. When Admiral Hay landed in Cyprus he sent filtv marines on to Lsruaca, the capital >f tlie island, and as the weather wn* extremely hot, gave them mule* to ride on, thus organizing s veritable corps of horse, or rather male, marines. The mules suffered from the heat as much a* their riders, and after brief and solemn deliberation determined to kick their unskillful rider* ff. There wa* a sudden aud unt.nimoua elevation of heals, and fifty marines lay prostrate in the dust. This was comical enough, hut the story baa a serious end. The mulre ran sway, and ten of the marines, compelled to walk, were sunstruck. The Journal fa* Drl>at* recently has given statistics respecting the number of horse* possessed by different coun tries. Throughout the whole of the Turkish dominions there are estimated to lie uulyfl,ooo,ooo horses, while the Kussiau provinces are credited with tlie poflsesmou of no fewer than 21,670,000. AnstTO-Hungarv lis* about 3,500,000, and (Jermany 3.382,000. France, which hail cousidcraiily more than 3,000,- 000 a few years *g<\ ha* now rather leu* than that number, and England atonds only fourth on the lud, with 2,255,000. The United States bag a total of 9,500,- 000; Canada, 2.400,000; the Argentine Republic, 4,000„000; and Uruguay, 1,- 000,000. The Merchants' Exchange of Nash ville, Tenn., has as its members' pecu liar pet an eight-year-old rattlesnake, with sewn rattles and n batton, about five feet long. Every evening about five o'cloak be is taken out of his box and emptied rnto the basin of the fountain. Along the edges of this he establishes himself until compelled by frequent prodding* to move, when he goes dashing through the water to the other aide, cat sing a stampede of spec tators in that locality. Often ho jumps from the basin to the floor, and coiling himself, strikes at his tormentors. His close confinement, however, has render ed him Inactive, and when he strikes it is may to get ont of the way. At the conclusion of his performance tho end of his box is plaoed at his head and he erawla in. It is on the 11th of July next that.if the proclamations jv>teing listened to, without having hiainterlocntertlnish hia sentence. He chooses rather than seeks his words. He would Ih> able to deliver from the tribune of the Reichatadt an eloquent discourse. The emperor lias the real memory of a aovereigu He re members every name and every face. He knows most of the officers of his army. At times, wheu witnessing a review, one will hoar him say to a modest officer, "You resemble jour grandfather; a little lighter, perhaps. He was a brave sol dier." tie remembers a conversation he has hold years before. Adored by those who surround him, be is very thoughtful of them. But nover did a sovereign do so easily withont the pres ence of an officer whom death or ad vancement has taken from hia snite. tie thinks ouly of those whom ho see*, and of whom he has need. It ia an egotism of the aovereigu which does not affect the heart of the man. Look at him close by. Every face of old age is a revelation. The Emperor William is good. Planets not Like the Earth. Modern seienoe, in a number of oases, bos exploded the old theory that the planets are very much like the globe we luhahit, having the same eonditions of being. Notably is thi* so with reference to Jupiter and Hat urn. During the last eight or nine years the belief ha* been gaining ground that these giant planets ore in a state of immenae lieat, and en wrapped in atmospheres of enormous depth and donsity, and that we do not see thera at all. Beoent observations have fully oonfirmed this theory. At the Adelaide Observatory, where a fine telesoope has been erected, and where a singular purity of air greatly assists astronomical observation, two practical observe#*, on two different occasions— both observing on each occasion—saw the nearest of Jupiter's satellites through the onter layer of the plauet's cloud ladeu atmosphere, which must there fore of necessity be at least 2,000 miles in depth.— Boston lYarucript. NUMBER 38. The Feminine World. Quo of the Eastern churches claims that a weeltliy latlyof their congregation saves them fIO,OOO a year by the exam ple aba aeta her sisters in the eimplinity ami pUinnaaa of her dross. One of our beet writers ssys: "That eduaaiion makes women Ices pedantic and more lovable." One of the printed rules in s female seminary to thai none of the pupil# shall eat alato pencil*, chalk, soap stone or ooal. In the United Btatee them am over one thousand females practicing aa doo ors. dentists, lawyers and ■raaeL.-rs. Many woman have ruined their health, and noma have beoome insane by the habit of eating arsenic to clear and whiten their complexions. Btill, the list of arsenic victims does not diminish. A London merchant says that the American women am the moet capricious so l extravagant women in the world, particularly in the matter of hosiery. Their latest caprice to open-work lace hose—lace from the top to the toe—to be worn with a colored silk stocking underneeth. gueeu Victoria has her carriage seat arranged in such a manner thai the motion of the vehicle acta it rucking. Hint can now bow to the populace with out wearing out the vertebral of Jw neck by the incessant motion. Seventy.five hundred dollars to a higher price than the majority of us pay for a dram, bat is the actual price paid for the wedding dress of a lady of nobility. Tsaaar girls are not allowed to keep l served in a hundred styliw. He notices 'a difference iu the tastes of Americans. A Philadelphian will call for terrapin or filet de bceuf ; the Bostonians, although it sounds like satire to say so, do actual ly want pork anil beans, when away from home ; if not that, then rare roast beef seems to bo their favorite diet. The Western men, too, are groat boef eaters, and are fond of fowl and game— solid food generally; Southern men are as a rule, vegetarians. They are great salid eaters, and can appreciate a salid when it is well made. Gay colored belts are worn with all costumes, but especially with black. Ladies who have a taste for embroider ing work their own belts; others wear the gaily woven ribbons in the Oriental designs so much in vogue. Items #f Interest. The toper to now spoken of as thechap with a (IMM sigh. Why to ft a tick of oandv like ft borse? RaouiM the more you lick it the faster it goes. Why to ft lady'a foot like • locomo tive? Because it asuallj goes sliced of ft train. It to mttmated that 45.000 000 eggs are oonatimed etrty day in the United HtaU-e. New Tork alone oonsnmes 40,- 000,000 doses annually. "See here, misther," said • l*d of ■own natntncra, who was driven op • tree by ft dog, ** if yem don't take that dog ftway I'll eat up all your apple*." Ohiaago possesses • preooetou* female oretor iu IUM ROWS, aged thirteen, and | the hardened sinner of the Bnrlirgton Haw key e apeaka of her aa another Hiaey- Rowe. In France arehitecta and contractor* are legally held reaponaible for a period of ten yearn after the completion of a structure for total or partial loss occa sioned by defective plana or work. Lightning baa been prove! in one ■n.tr.v, to have struck e church with e force equal to more than 12,000 borae- Bwer, or equal to the raising of 884,- ;,000 pounds one foot in a minute. An exchange wants to know whither iuaeote can talk. Can't aay as to that, but yon can bet your last slu-kcl aocne at them can occasionally inspire the very livelieat kind of eon vernation in others. " I wonder where the clouds ere go ing," eight*! Flora, pensively, aa she pointed with a delicate finger to the heavy floating in the sky. " I think they em going to thunder," said her brother. Tlito to aaid to be a good recipe for wood .—For black walnut stain, simply use sulphatum varnish, thinned with spirits of turpentine, and apply with a brush. It can be made light or dark aa deaused. The good man loves si! men. Ha love* to apeak of the good of others. All within the four MM are hi# brothers. Love of man is chief of ail the virtues. The mean man sows, that himself may reap; bat the love of the perfect man is universal. . They have long preserved with reli gions oare in Germany a fragment of the rook to which John Horn waa chained mat prior to his death at the stake. This preeioos relic has now beau con veyed to Prague, and is tu be deposited in the National Museum of Bohemia. The editor of the Sew Yerk Advocate, Walter H.shnpe, hae filed m petition to be declared a bankrupt. His liabilities are reported at $69,538.58 and his asset# SBB7. His principal creditor is Andrew Luke, of 111 Fnltoa St., to whom he owes 847,000 on two separate- claims.— Sewtpaper Reporter. " People who go into bustueaa by the aide of men who have a large business built np by constant advertising, and never advertise a dollar, bat j upon the drippings from the neighbor ing sanctuary, are like boys who go oat to s pigeon snoot, and try to get enough birds Tor a mess from those that get sway from the regular sportsmen. Such 'is life, and the pot hasters often go hungry.— MiUnaulse dam. OS SEEIBO A MTXK UOK A WAS TBMOVQU TBK moor or a SBKO. Oh, male' . What sow and osmpbcsla machinery ! What sudden sod prectiitoto eitnmeea; Use's JUDGMENT sad has VMM mo* be kesn or he Will hsutsta to nxuc ths from thy dreams, A ragged eeheul Trained Uy grmnrnmmvrpt mtrmmr To bust e hag of nail#, kick down a fence, or Lift a man. oh urate' Bat. ma>. Ibes east not lway# the taaalshle, liiinnmt■ in s Inn f'- teacher word? Not sie.v. Ura U.r aixxmU. loud and rotable. Men* ferfni bewt with dreadful toner lias your hsisb rale Jltwsyv Impelled him, with emotions fleet To fly the foodta#* of Shy Utarfeot t Say, geuJs mule f ' gpeak. mote. Why didst tboo. with intaow vitality lift through the hragohMs roof of yoodw •bad A man. an earth bora child of immortality. Because bo passed thee with raeaanout tread t He via DO tool. That base bora, eonikes mules should kick him, fg— i He us ecbolsr. an JL M., s Ph. D. j s D.— Ok!! Whoa, male!!! —Awrhaytoe Bwekeyt. Komanrr of a break Baalu A London correspondent writes: There are only four streets, I am told, in all London where verdure is not to be seen; that is to aay, all ths streets of London command a view of some growing green trees or shrubs. This is rather startling when yon come to think of the hundreds of seres of booses sod narrow streets this great city of cities presents to the sview of the visitor. Take "the Old : Lady of Thrsadneedle street," as the citizens disrespectfully term the vener able sud mighty Rank of England. Within its strong walls is a garden, even I a delicate fountain, and a nig tree, in deed two trees and some numerous ; plants. Fresh and attractive thev stand oat in charming contrast, smiling at busy business and listening to the ever tan tali zing dink of gold. This garden > is more beautiful and attractive than any I have seen in many towns in : America—a land of trees! You survey 1 thjs emerald spot, stnddftl with floral ' rabies and adorned with petalled tur quoise, and you look around at the to i pax fringe of guinea gold, and exclaim: I "No garden in the world is so richly , environed." Millions of money per month pass around this garden. Be neath that tallest tree there is a story. It is brief. Allow m to tell it for the first time in print. Home years ago the hawk bad a clerk whose height mru , sored nearly seven feet two inches.. He ! was s marvel in more ways than one. ' He could add up I don't know how many ' columns of figures at one time without an error; do subtraction and multiplica tion simultaneously, and look upon " vulgar fractious " disdainful!?. In a word, he was a big figure. Nature has i given to big men gentle dispositions. This figurative giant was most amiable and a general favorite. The clerks in ' the Bank of England are all gentlemen !by birth and education, not a few of ! them being by blood ties allies to the 1 oldest families in the kingdom. Indeed, I mm told one of them is the lineal Je , soeadant of a king, and as that monarch through this descendant proclaims Ire land as their domain, I will not for a I moment stop to dispute the pedigree of I " the pretender." In good owmpanv the giant labored and lived and diefy for giants cannot carry their lengthened j sweetness long drawn out beyond the period allotted to mar generally any mors than a dwarf. When the giant of the Bank of England added up his last figures and balanced his accounts with ' this world, htuclerkly companions sought ! to shroud him in the loaves of the ledg er of their esteem and bury him beneath : the tree I mentioned in tse precincts of ' the bank he loved so weil. There, in thia verdant oasis of the commercial desert, his financial spirit is continually I rejoiced by the tinklo of gold and the ever-moving millions, not a farthing of which he can now reckon on. An Absea t-Minded Recorder. Mr Richard Biker, the Recorder of York City, some fifty years ago, was a polite but absent-minded man. He was always ready to oblige, and his good nature was once taken advantage of by a waggish lawyer who also knew his habit of absent-mindedness. The Recorder would sign papers for tho lawyers at all hours, and that, too, without looking at them, exeept on rare occasions. He trusted to their honesty. The waggish lawyer made a small wager that he would prooure Mr. Riker'a sig nature to an order committing himself to Jail. The order was taken to the Re corder, who put his signature to a mitti mus ordering the Sheriff of the City and County of New York to commit Richard Biker, Esq., Recorder, tt> tire common jail.