Fulfillment. Homehmd' 1 think tho thing* w •*• Are shadow* the thing* to he; That what we plan we bnilil ; That ermry hop* that hat h Iwwtn eroaaed, And ewarjr dream we thought waa lost, In heaven hall he fulfilled. That even UMtthildren of the hrain Have not been born and died in vain. Though here unclothed and dumb; But on tomt brighter, bet let ahotw. They live embodied evermore. And wait lor tta to come. Phtrbt Carj Wheat. MAT. So many thades at tendei green Are rippling, ahimmenng. puiaiog with de light, Soft, oxxl ami billowa lite the glimmering * aheen Ot some grand rivet in the morning light Thrilling w ith hope, its lite . tair, Ita joy ia full, ail through the lovely May It simply grow, and w use* nor trie* lo is*x The eoming buolen of the harvest day. Jit NR. Steeped in hot sunshine, lightly awing Th# long bright stwiV*. liew Ixsxrdtsl hen a hang down llenentU their fhiilful burden, which ' *pnng. IVpartmg. laid upon them as a crow n Sweeter and gtwver lite has grown. The green just touched to gold ! > Wpu , June. Warm, bright wiUi gUiwing, with e* mellow ing toue Flacked with the shadows 01" the afternoon. Is serrnsl ranks the gohfasi ihnii i^i ttleain laititly in the suim-l - ta.i ■ jxsl. While some oc ..tail! litack :.l -U>a . Iran. Ttie InuUul g.callings t'or his quiet !>ed; An.l thus, ailh lull troitioo hie>t. IKe wheat stands rwi|xxl. It hat no nii-o to yield. An.l Uumklully. he!ore he seeks his iwl, The weary nspr gases o'er his field. Cornti lJ St*t>rinj THE CHILD SPY. Hi* name was Stgpuc. little Stenne He was a " child of i'aris." thin and pale, and was ten. perhaps liftiin y.ar old, for one c:ui never - iv exactly how old those children are. Hi- mother was dead, and liis lather, an - x-marinc. the guardian of a -quarc in the quart* r. t Ue temple. The nurses and Iwhii -. th old ladie- who always carry their own folding chairs, and the poor mothers, all that small world of Paris which - ek slieltcr from vehicli -. in tlto-e garden that arc surrounded by (lavements, knew Father BMM and. lovpd liim. liny kne* that under his rough niu-tacln. which wa.- the terror of dogs mid dis turbers of bench'*, was hidden a kind, tender and almost motherly smile, am. tliat in order to bring it forth they had only to say to the mod man : " How i- your liule son?" For Father Sli-crn .o\txl his .ltt.e MM •o much! He was so happy in the aftcrn.>on when, after hi- xliool, the litt e boy would call for him, and tog- ;ht-r the\ would make the rounds of the paths. Mopping at each lunch to speak to tb habitues ot the square and to answer their good wishes. But w hen the siege b. gan everything was sadly changed. Father St- nn- - square was closed and tiiiixi with pe troleum. and the poor man, condemned toan ince-sant survcillanc*. pa—t-d h:- lil" in the deserted, upturned pat lis. quit" alone, not permitted to sruche, and only seeing his little son late in tin evening at his home.. You .-h the ramparts, chousing tin - that hal a good band. Little Stenn was well postol n that sub,:--ct. If woui-i tell \ou very glibly that th Nitf y-sixth band was not worth much, but the Fifty-fifth had an excellent one. 'Vomctinn- he would watch the rnobik tgiining. and then there were tin- pr>>- iriUf nc • • • With his tmskct un der his arm he would join the long tin that were lomied in the dark cold win: r mornings, when there was no ga-. lu-- fore the butchers' and bakers' shops. There, with tiieir feet in the wet. the people would make acquaint ances and talk politics, and. as he wa ll r. St- nne's son. everybody would :n --him his opinion. But the most amusing of all were the afternoon games >p* - ; - ally the famous game of galoi he. which the Breton mobiles made the fashion during the siege. Vt hen iitt stenn was not at the ramparts or baki r's diop you would be sun* to find him at the square of the Chateau d Eau. He did not play, however; it needed tiMi mut h money: he was -ativfied in watching th players with all his eyes. (mcespeeiaiiy. a great fellow in ablu workman's blouse, who only pLnyeii with five-franc pieces, excited his -u ■ miration. When be ran on-- coti.d hear tlie coins jingling under his blouse. One day as he was picking up a jfi- Ilia' had rolieil under .itt!•* St< nn<- - feet, the great fellow said to him in a low tone: "That makes you wink, hey? Well, if you wi-h. I'll teli you where they're to be found." The game over, he took him to a comer of the square and propo-ed that he should join him in selling newspap<-r --to the Prussians —that he wouid niak thirty francs for every trip. At first Stenne wa- very indignant and refu- o. and what was more, he remained away from the game for three days—three ter rible days. He neither ate nor slept any more. At midnight he would s<- gT"U heaps of gaioches pileil on the foot <>f tu bed and five-franc pieces moving over it. bright and shining. The tempUtion was UKJ strong for him. The fourth da> he returned• to the Chateau <1 l. iu. s;iv. the large fellow and was overcome. • . • • They set out one sunny morning. ■ linen hag thrown over Uieir should-r --and their newspapers hidden under their blouses. Wh<*ti they reached the j- ian dere gate it wtis yet h-.rdly dawn. Ih< large lellow tk St tine by the hand anc approached the sentinel—;i g/K>i! civilian with a red nose and kind air. He said to him. with a plaintive tone: " Let us pass, my good monsieur. Our r-fUerisill and papa is dead M e ar gi-ltig to see. my little brother ate. 1, n wi can't find some potato*-* to pick up in the fijlds." He cried, and Stenne who was ns'iamed. lowered his head. Ihe sen tinel looked at them a moment, ami then, giving a glance over the white, deserted road, "Go quickly, said lie t<> hem, moving aside; and then they were n the road to Auoerville. How tin* large fellow laughed! Confusedly, as though in a dream, lit tle Stenne saw the manufactories trans ormed into liarracks,tlieir tall chimneys, whieh pierced the fog and seemed to reach the sky, fireless and battered. Now rind again they would see a senti nel and officers who were looking far <>" through their field-glasses, ana their small tents, wet with snow, which was melting before dying fires. The large fellow knew the way, and would take short cuts over the fields in order to es cape the outposts. But suddeniy they came upon a large body of sharpshooters too late to escape them. They were in their little cabins, liiddpn in a ditch half full o r water, and encamped along the Soisso. s railway. This time, though the large fellow' recommenced his tear ful story, they would not let him pass. As he was lamenting, an old sergeant, white and wrinkh i. and who looked like old Father Sb ne, came out of the post guard's cabin "Well, little < ies. don't cry any more!" said he to: ( e children, "we will let vou go after your potatoes, but before you leave, come in and warm yourselves a little. * * * He looks frozen that small boy there!" Alas! It was not with cold tliat little Stenne trembled; it was from fear, from shame. * * * In the post-house they FRED. KURTZ, Kditor and Proprietor. VOLUME XII. found some soldiers gathered round n small lire, :t r*al widow's fire, by whose hiAtr they were thaw ing lueir biscuits on the end of their lutyonets. They i'l'oivdi'd eltiac together so as to make room for the children. I'hev gave them a drop of wine and a little cotVew. Wliil. they were drinking, an oflhvr came to the door. called the aergeant. ajHke to him in a low voice, ami then quickly went away. "Hoy*?" said the aergeant. aa he came back radiant. " there will !*• tolxaceo to-night. * * * We have found out the Fru**iai *' pasa word. I think this time xx. will take ha. k from tin m that llourget " Then there follow eU an evpioaion of bravos and laughter. Vlax danced and aang and aw ung their sabers in the air. Profiting by ttie tumult, the children disappeared. Having pa-vsisl the breast work nothing remained to Is- eros>el but the plain, at the end of which was a long white w.u . tilled with loop-holes. lTtey dim-Hal their *t< p* toward tliia. stopping every now and then and mak ing believe to liHik for potatoes. " l.et u* return: don't go any further," little Stetitu said a the while, but the ugr one oniv shrugged hia shoulders and w rit on. Suddenly they In ard the eliek of a gun being aimed at them. " Lie down." said the large i*.\. throwing himself on the ground. NVhenh. waa down he whi a tied and another whistle answered him over the snow, and they went on. climbing on tlnir hands and knees. In front of the wall, and even with the ground, two yellow mustaches under greasy caps apnearcd. and the large hoy leaped into the ditch bvaide the Prussians. "That is my brother, -aid he, pointing to hi* eom- Pan ion. 11, waa - > —litt;.- Stenne that on a,s ing him the l*ru--ian- Isgan to laugh, and one of them was obliged to take hint in bis arms in order to lift him over the breach. On the other side of the wall were large breastworks, fallen trees and black holes in the thiow, and in each one of these was the same yel.ow mustache and greasy cap. and there waa gn at laughing a> tin soldier- saw theclii.dren pass bv. In a corner was a gardener's house, enscmated with the trunks of trv>*. the lower part of which w :is full of soldiers. soup over a c'.tar. bright I'm. Hoxv giHsi the cablmg'-s and the leicon *meit, anil what a difference to the sharp shooter's bivouac! I p stairs xx re :lit* officers, and they heard them playing on the piano and opening champagne 1-itth -. When the Parisian*enter* d tin room a hurrali of joy greeted tl.cm. i hey gave up their newspapers, and th-' officers gave tliem som* tiling to drink and made tliem talk. Tliey ail had a proud, hard look, hut the large boy am used them with his Parisian gnxety and hi* gamin *lang. They laugipHl tuid repeat'*.! lii* xvord*aft< r him. and --* !iii*i to wallow with delight in the Parisian mud he brought them. Little BMak too, xvou'.d have lik-*l to have talked and to have proved that Ip- was not *tupid. hut something em barrassed him. t)|oy toid him that if lie spoke a word they would l>e shot, and so fear kept him silent. At Courneuve tliey entered an aban doned house to divide theii money. Troth compel* me to say that the division was honestly made, and, when lie heard the line crowns sounding under iiis blouse and thought of the future cam* * of galoehe. little Stenne thought hi* crime was n*t *o dreadful after all. But when he was alone, the unhappy child —wli**n ut tip- gates of the city the large fjov left hira. tin-n his pocket*grew heavy and the hand that had h< - n grasping hi* heart held it tighter still. F:iri* seem/d no longer the same to him; tie* passera-bv regarded him severely, as if tliey knew froui whence h<- came, and lie heard the word "spy" in all the sounds of ihe str- *-t and the | nting of the drums along the <-:inal where the troops w*-n- exer*ising. At la*t lie roacnetl his home, and, glad to find that his father had not come in. h<- hurried to his room and hid tint crowns that were weighing so heavily under his pillow. Never had Father Senne bi*en so good humored and joyous as he was that night on eoming fiome. Good news had ln-en reeeiveil from tlie provinees; the country's affairs were going ls-tter. Whilst he was eating, the old soldier looked at his gun hung on the wall and he said to the loy. with a hearty laugh: "Hey! my son, how you would go after the Prussians, if you were old enough!" About eight o'clock tliey heard the sound of a cannon. "Itis at Aulx-rvil liers; they are fighting at Bourget!" said the old man. who knew where all the forts were situated. Little Stenne grew pale, and, feigning great fatigue, went to bed, hut not to sleep. The cannons were thundering continuously. He pictured to himself the sharpshooters going at night to surprise the Prussians, ami fall ing into an ambuscade themselves. He recalled the sergeant who had smiled at ! him, and saw him stretched out there |in the snow and so many others with | liim! * • The prim of till that blood was hidden there under his pillow, i and it w:is lie. the son of Mr. Ste m* —*>f a soldier — liis tears choked him. In the adjoining room he heard his father j walking to and fro, and then open a window. Down in the street the rappel j was sounded; a battalion of mobiles were getting ready to start. Then there was no doubt about there being a real battle going on. The unhappy boy could not keep back his sobs. " What is the matter with you ?" asked his father, entering his room. The child could bear it no longer; be jumped THE CENTRE REPORTER. IVoin bis ls*l and threw bin.self at bis I father's fiat. In so doing tin silver crowns rollial down on the floor. I "\V bat I a thia ' llai e you be, n -Ic i ing*" asked the old man. h> ginning t>> tremble. lTien, all in one breath, lilt V Stenne told hilU that he had !•<-, n to tin Prussian*. and all that he had done, and ■ia he was -peaking, he led his heart grow lighter; it comforted him to make ; the oonfi>-iiMt. 11l- father list* m-d to l iui w lib a tergible look oil Ida lace, and win n the story was told, he buried 1 (its ffuv in his hutds and wept "Father, father —!" the child tried j to say. but the old man puslnd | him on without replying to him, and picked up the money. " la that ai. "" In c*hed. Little Stenn* made a *ign that it was; then the old ttian took down hia gun and cartridgi -. and putting the uion< v in bis pocket, -aid: ' "lam going to return it to them, -aid be. and without another word without even turning bis head. !- went down into the street, and joined | tin tuohi - wlie a ere -i trting oti in th<- llight. lie Was never seen again!— #Yw /Ac French ot A'phonse Iktudet. X Heed of Heroism. I'erhap* the most daring deed ever won b\ old. Lug ano's Legion ot Honor was that which WHS sueeia-tullv I'lV f.rtm-xl by Kavanagli during the Indian mutiny. Lueknow was b -ieged. ami it- garri-on xv a- -t.arv ing. Hesides the ittle band of devoted men, tin re w re ils,i women and children coopexl UP in tin Ki-ideiicy. at the mercy ot >ut< fifty • ir-ixtv thou-and -av.ige and relentless fo, - Dally. tiay hourly. the little garri on wit- growing weaker and weaker, and n, arer and nearer were pr> —ing tin lu-kv -cpoy-. until it became a matt, r of ite and ,bath to tin IpToie f w that Sir t 'oliti t'ampbi 1, who was known to be advancing to tin ir relief, -houid be at • nce informed of their real state and their inability to hold out much •: . <-r. A volunteer was called lor. man who would consent tc Is* disgu ■das a -cpoy, and who would ri-k ! - life aiming tin mutineers, in order to make the b, -t of his way to the advancing army. Tin •all was immediately responded to. and •wo or three men expres—at their wi Ung ues* to undertake the ta-k From tht*wt brave volunt** an Iri—h •uan nanpalK.it an igh x\ - chosen, who, 0 Ills other varitnts qualifications, addtai 1 knowledge of the enemy's customs and i thorough acquaintance with tin ir anguage. The commandant *ln*-k the brave man bv the band, and frankiy in rhrmetl him of the dangt rou- nature of .he task he had undertaki ti: how it was more item probable that he might me t :iis death in tin attempt But the gal ant fellow ocr-i-Lsl: and his -kin wa* at 'iiee colored by mean- of burnt cork and • •tlier material to the nee, ---ry hue. lie was then ,lr'--e,l in the regular outfit of i sepov soldier. .When night - t in. lie - arted on bis loni v and pi ri: utposts. Kavanagli'- narmtivi was sf : niai to witti rapt attention liy Sir I'oiin. wtio immediately gave orders for th army to advance as quickly as pos-ifo. to tile aid of the gallant th u nder- of tie- Re.-ideney. Ilow the latter were re ap ,1 is a"matter of history. Kavanagli lived long enough to wear hi- cross * though he lost hi- life shortly afterward inbattle with the -ante enemy : but tie noble • xaniplc lie left l bind him was not lost on the brave hearts who event ually srved India for En/land. , What the Kjrcs See in Reading. M. Javcl lias lately published oh-erva tions on the mode in which the eye "takes in"' the -ueeessive letters on a printed page. We :ir,- no! to sup pose, tie says, that in reading a Sine one passes successively from the lower part of a letfi-r to the tipper part, tln n down the next letter, up the next, and so on, the vision describing a wavy line. The fixation takes place with extreme pre cision along a straight lin". traversing the junction of the upper third of the letter with the lower two-third- Why is this line not in th niidd.e? Because eharaeteristic parts of the 1, -tiers are more frequently above than ln-low. in the proportion of nlsiut secnty-five per cent. That this i-no. we can see by aj>- piying on a line of tyjiographie charac ters a slp et of pajw-r covering the Hue in its lower two-thirds, and leaving tip upper third exposed. We can then read the letters almost as weil as it they had not been concealed in greater jeirt. But the ease is n ry different if we ,-over the tipper two-thirds of the line; th" lowest third alone does not furnish sufficient for rcaignition. The eharactepstic part of the letters, then, is chiefly in their up jn-r portion. M .lavel n- xt eompan - the ancient typographic character- with tlios,' of modern books, and maintains tliat the latter have too much uniftirm ity. so that, taken in their upper part alone, many o! them may I*- confounded in reading. The oil letters, on the other hand, had each a particular sign by which they could Is- easily dis tinguished. In the lssks printed by the eelehrated old puhlishing house ot tip- Elzevirs the n, for example, had no re semblance to o. the r collid not 1M- eon founded with the n, as now, nor the <• or e with the o. the b with li, etc. This too great uniformity ! n the upper part of typographic characters should 1M- cor rected, sinee it is to that part we chiefly lMk in reading. A I'igmy Fainter. In a recent exhibition of old and cu rious paintings in Holland was a por trait of Oliver Cromwell. It was by no - means a masterpiece of art, (wing a somewhat feeble imitation in style of Sir l'eter b lv. the court painter of • Charles Lof England. Hut it was a real curiosity in its wav. 1 Its painter was Richard (libson. other wise known as the "dwarf artist." (libson was three feet two inch*s high. He was born in 1015. While serving as I a page for a lady at Mort.lake, sli<- no ticed his talent tor drawing, and caused " liim to be instructed by I)e K'-eyn. the superintendent of the famous Mortlake • tapestry works. The little artiiu tieeamo - very skillful as a copier of Sir Peter I Is-ly's pictures, and attracted the atten ■ lion of Queen Henrietta Maria. She made him her husband's page, and tnar < ried him to a dwarf young lady ot ex • aetly his own le-ight. who waited on 1 her. The wedding of the dainty little t pair was honored bv the presence of the - king and queen, and Edmund Waller, ' the poet, commemorated it by a poem, t ' When Charles lost bis scepter and his • head, and passed with bis queen out ot i I English lines, his little protege lived and t ■ throve. He had painted the king's por , | trait, and now was called upon to limn f that of the protector. Cromwell re- I garded him with particular and kindly r favor. On the restoration he agaiii i changed coats, and entered the service of 1 Charles 11. He was drawing master to s the Princesses Mary and Anne. But the i- wild court of the son ofdiis old master 1 | did not suit the tastes of the pigmy 1 ; painter, now grown old. He retired to private life, and died in lfifiO. His wife, 1 after giving birth to nine children, all of i whom attained ordinary size, died in 1 1709, at the age of ninety. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 187 R. lit> III! GOT MIS MONKV. ISulrr I toitiril • Join itr| lulu lit* \\ lll of t iiloinilo. .4 U oiiiau'a Hrni %% II m Mftii'a I tgiUurr aiitt The Si. IAIIII* '< Ik-iiuMhtt say* \ '11 l.indi , , th- In it' hi* *lcp-fatlii-i and attorney :n tact, fir. I>avi-, in I.nor ot Mr. Liiidcll > mother (who i* a *o lh la\ is* wife), lbn ing h-* minority Mr Lind- 1 had an a uwiui- ■* of on \ s.'sta month, hut he wa* trustcil to the amount of thousand* by persons who hotx-d lo get their pay on hi* attaining to hi- ma jority lie owed I'ortcr laoliard, a -t:t til<* krt'|sT, almost *?*.',ooo lur liv • r\ and cosh borrowed. Suddenly, l.inijeh di*- i-IH-arsl. hi* slc(i-tathcr having Inkcii hllll to la-adviiic, alio tie tc h< has since remained. Iti a short time the doctor returned and with him he had an absolute pm*. r of attorney over the who.- ot Litid- I. - I state. Several lawyers Who saw it - I'- ll put every inch of All* ri Limb i!'* property ccqnplep*ly under tin-control ol lr. Havis, a* tar a- selling il, mortgag ing. raising loan* on ii, etc., were cm 's-rnial. In view of the tr.u:-ai ti.m ot the day before yesterday, it i* point.al out to a nuutla-r of lawyers that al thougii the power traii-fi rival NN I- ah* luU* iii theilircciiou iudii-alid, yet it did not give tin- doctor any authority to • ive a quit claim deed. \ rather -in gular eicuinstanc. that tin- trunsfi i t-i l>r. pavis wra- lllade oil the v. r\ 1:IN " ,\iUadcll btcm oi ago, lisivb w. The doctor lost no lime ill rai-ilig a loan of *> 19,000 ,ir on soiu- --I ihc priq crty Frtcr lasuiard saw that he mu-t get hi* money now or never. He had pre parixl a demand note for the amount and started lor la-adville, taneving that h isiuid. in lh- ah-ma* ol Pr Pa\i- or Mrs. Havis, who is the mother of l.ind , induce the latter to sign it To cover Up lit* tracks I'ortcr fo-onard ga\ out that lit* was going ■ i s t t> th rac- - tlii.y --ne ]MTson in St. foiui- ku w wln r> !, really wa- going, and the nlyc-1. hi K in- is t it* the first person Mr lasinard uiet in tin slivpitig- oat h going to Pciiver w is \ I HTI Lindell'a mother The two were will acquainted. With > woman's instinct Mo. Ps\i- dixit l xvliat the livery stable man wanted, and her | urpose to |>ut him oil" th- tnu k xxa proiuptix made. I'ortcr Leonard took in the situation at a glance, lie r. a-oin d thu-: Mrs. Pax is i- going to -i - In r -on; she knows 1 am going a -o to i.iui, and she know - I have a hi . against iiiiu; that bill sin- ihw-s not wont him to pay ; she xvill try and give on the sip. ami telegraph Albert to ni'i t ln-r a: some place unknown to ni< : tln ivlor.. in ord< r II -n- \.! rt, 1 mu-t fa. ow Mrs. Havi* all over the country if nss---ary Of course thc> had to Speak, heiwrd broke the ice first, and the two chat led pleasantly, each perfectly uudt rstanding the other, and yet • ich ciid- avoring to conceal tliat knowledge. At an inlcrm-'diate station Mr- Pavis -tepped off and Went to the tell graph of fice. I'ortcr Linunl kept his eye on in-r, and when she came out he slipped .n uindi--1 x e.i by In r I'h-- op rat--r aas a tad f lifts-n. and had not vet . .umed that groat ns-.-ntial of kis-plng bis tuoutli -hut. •• Ah. al. sonny, hard a: work, eh TaV. a cigar. ( an vou send at-, gral for no* to st. I,ouis? By tin* way, that iady xvhoxx-.- m-t in li*-r* i- from St. Louis, and -he's a friend of mine. Now. i ll In i you anything sin* sent a nie**a t-iSt. litTUlf ami -aid gonial I 111 l about uk. Mx name is F-a: r fos'tiard." "* Why. >• s,' the imx innocent v r plii-d; "she sent a iu*s-age to Pr. G W. Pavis, *t. l/iuiq and -!c -aid. ' Fort Leonard is following me."' ".lust what I thought. Now - tula message to John McCreerx. Ninth and l'in treefs, v, 1.--U -, and vix Ac: - .•.train with Mrs Pavis; xx-.I follow lier to California if she g- stliir- I'orter l*s-. handed it to the hoy. gave him an tiier eig:ir. told him he was smart > a li nn oi lightning, and got on tlie train *:U-t in time. A the train in aretl |N*ti. x- r Mr- Pavis got very anxious. "What hot--. ar<- you going to, Mrs Pax is?" L- oiiard inquirut on his most winning air* to the clerk, praised Denver nnd tin-Grand (Vntral, and stood the i i ars. Th ■ - -a k yielded lo th<- pressure. He said that Mrs* Davis had told him not to let any- Ixxly know wjiere she was going, and that she int-iust'sl liim to sendadispat It to Albert Lilidell, L' advil'a ; that sh- XV.-L* going in ihe morning to l'ueblo or t annon < lity, and that he nm*t meet her at one of the places on receipt of another dispatch. Mr. l*eonard did not go to bed that niget. At early morn Mrs. Davis can down in traveling custume. She took the ' bus. .and .Ntr. Leonard followed. " Where nri' you going, Mr. Leon ard ?" " I don't know. Mrs. Davis. Isn't it strange we should both go hy the early train?" Mrs. Davis did think it strange. She said she thought -he would take a trip on tip* Rio Grande road. "Well, noxv. tli it's odd; lin going to take the satin- road, hut 1 don't know how far I shall go." Mrs. Davis went all the way to Pue blo. So did Mr. I/*on:ird, and the two (iut up at the same hotel. A lilieral amount of treating induced the elerk t. reveal the fact'that Mrs. Davis would take the train for Canon Citx next morn ing at five o'clock. Mr. l/-oiiard lafl positive orders to he called up in time. The elerk neglected this duty, hut Mr. fo-nnard was awakened at -I 30 liy tin disehargi* of a gun in the neighborhood, Hastily dressing. In* went down stair? and saw Mrs. Davis get into the 'bus, From this point she two did not speak. In Canon City Mrs. Davis gave up tin game. She and Forter Leonard t waited long enough for his money. A' , last young Lindell consented to sign tin f note, payable to his " attorney in fart, Dr. Davis, if Leonard would lend bin #IOO cash. M'\ Leonard did this, am added the amount I" the note. Thi* l>U*ilie** was trammeled t bis perfect i satisfaction. Mr la-oiioi'd l*ok the first roach for Webster, and return*-*! t*>D* li ver bv tlie South I'ark road. Dr. Davis honored the no'*-, and secured it bv a deed id trust. The 'bed XX a- record, d nil the da. on which it w a* delivered, ami l'ort'T la-oliat> inahx writer* have given iiiiuh*(Uat< description* of. i \ - C'uplaill Fall.*n r> IIIHI k-d, th. devil fish mu*i h- *' - n iii a. hi* In rrihlemon strosity toh. fullyappn• iatid. llt-wounl not attempt any d.> riplii-n of one, hut he tohl a thrilling narratix.- of tin-man ner in which hiia-cll and a . oiupanion , aptur.*) on. It a* alsiut 4l*m ,on tli .1 > ! i-t MaV, wh< H tie 1 .- on st-*"! • oil the mouth of raiu|ta bay, her only iseupant* fo-ing her owner and master, l ax: ain Fnleoll and Fl'.al Daxxssm, of South llaveli. Mich, who liad I OIII i itii*l the former on theerol*.-. Flie trim and staum h little craft was IKHVI ing along at a faimte <-! si., ixi, w hen tin- - aptaiu li*iaix . r**l half a do/i n devil fish going ov--r the *UI'I u*e of til. Water i fat. r than one of our htu lsir ttig* when running "xx id'-opcn" aft. r a t.o*. Aft.-r repiwt.*! effort* to get near one of tin- M j.hi*t<-).|iei. - of the Gulf, they finally *n. •. tilnl in ajq.roa. hing within ten P- t .. I a follow ot fail -l/c, and Captain Fal con . i/ *1 harpoon, and, with a x\ .-ll dir<* i'al effort, (.lungmt il into the moii st-i -o far that it |M netrat.d it* heart, N"ev.-rtln ii -* the big fish ran for d.a-p wot. r a* if -ntan himself wa* in him. The line attached to tie* Paris. -n was (.aid out gradually ami the yacht xv.-t --| through tin- water with an itn iiictie " lame in tier uioutli," while in tli xx th.- of the flxuig inonst.-r th • th ing and foaming - a xx <- .fi*. .ior.-.l xx ith tie hi.su! from the fatal Wound. The - of bit**! weak. m*l the leviathan *o '.hat tie* x'aptain ami hi* ■ ottipaiiit-h xx - r. ■ iiaol.sl to . liilek hint, am! he xx its haui.st Up a ..||£*iil* and rail" -l suffiei'litl* Ujsiu the -urfacc ot the xx at. r 1., admit of a do*.- ih*< rvation. "Well," said the . aptaiu, bringing down la* It-t *oa*t> . \pn -- the stronger hi* astonishment at tie -iglit, "it look-ii like the very evil one himself Hi* mouth measured tliirtv-tW" in-In*- in width and xx a* !:'■ ciglile. tt in In - From tip to ti - <-f hi* ' *lc k. r-' xx a- -i\ts*n fe< t. afsiut the same length front tin* tip of the n- *.- to theemi ot hi* tail, whi- h wa.* thr.-i bet long. We nit him adrift audi let liim gx>. thinking there wa* no life in liim. hut In- Is.hlssl hi- In ad up and doxxn .--vera! tine*. Daxx-on said lie would like to strike one, ami. after sev eral attempts, we -IP . *al. d in getting alongside of one of the biggest of the - Ins.!, Ft .*! lrove the harpoon through the r*-:ir part of the fellow, and lie eotlle it:, on tin- starls.ar.l -!< and (.!*-•• nt. d him*' t in ai. hi* hidu*ne-- 1 t- . you he iis.ked like the • ail one him- If. as 1 hax •• tssll lctt to Iteiiev. hi- sat.ani iiia" ty apis ar, and h. ran furiously :-.Ri| t i-t. t ikil.g tli- Fa eon ."long at tfie ; it' --t about tw.i.tx ini,.-* *n hour. We paid out the lin< and let hint pi boom ing. and when hi pt t>. the emi of tb>- -•v. nty -five fathom- the length of tin tli- —he Mlnpjsal it iik- a t.in-iul and -! .-ti out of -iglit \\ hx. II- i- x . that follow h.-n! *su- k-rs'fully tw-ntv • fed M r.-. .iii-l hi wit* awtu. t-- ->k at." —< ''o'vjyo Tribune. How a Baring Man Saied III* Life. t M . t 'upt.ain A key .who ki .-ef other rx -ident*. voi* tint'* i.al hi* *.-rx ie- A company wa* .iwal.nl g.ssi no li, and 1.• • xva* - - t*l • apiain. Much to tin ir itiap|s>intim*nl the governrrent deidwl to ki*q> them lu t'.-ilifomia, and they xv. t ..ro-n dto Humboldt h.av. Ak* \ * h< nd wa* turnial bv the authority iamC rre.l upon him. and he began a *eri* of | M tty ( r *eeutions whi* li a!niot xlrove his men mail. They Isiro it for months, untii it p:i-*-d beyond the limits f endurance, and then they r<-solved to end it. This r-solve t.sik the form <>f adctcimin.atioii n- yer to ols-y anothc i-ommantl >l Ak< y's. Thi* wa* mituing more nor ie* than mutiny, and was punishable with death; hut the hoy- pn f.-rred tliat to tin tyranny under which they had groaned and suffered so long. An order hail IM-.-H received TO proceed from Humboldt hay to lb-d Bluffs, and \k y xx •nt hx tin-way ot the ocean to Sin Francisco, while the company cro*se*l tin- mountains. Tliev wcroen ( anipi-'f the circum tan. es, was discharg. d from thew-rviee. Then- was at tirst a determination on the part of tie- government to court martial the soldiers, but tin* off.-nce was finally condoned and they -i-rvrtl out their enlistment. It is the only instance *f the kind on record <>f a mutiny going unpunished. The Author of Cheap Postage. I'rob -blv not nc person in uthousand in tie- I nit*.l Stat.-- i> aware that the so iu*tlv celebrated Sir lbiwland Hill, who xva* the im-ans ol the introduction of the pentiv postage system into Great Britain anil Ireland, is still living. But such is tb<- ease. Though Isirn near Birming ham in 1705. ami consequently on octo genarian and four years better, he is still in good health ami ii the full possession of his faculties. The Court of Common Council of 1/omloti, having regard to the vast bene fits conferred upon the commercial com munitv fix th..*.- measure* of postal re form vitli xvhieli his name will ever he as so. at.-.1, has paid him a graceful eom pliinent f'x sending a deputation to Ids house at it am pst*'ii< Ito confer upon liiiu tin- freedom ol Ihe city of Ixindon. The veteran reformer replied at some length, saving, among other things, that a letter could now he sent from Egypt to San Francisco for a smaller r.um than in lH3*t xva* charged **n a letter coining from tlie city of London to Ilmnpstead a distan of a few miles. It was in 1K37 that Sir Rowland pub lisb* *1 a pntnplilet first developing his new postal system; in IKW it. was n*- conimi-mled by a parliamentary com mittee tor adoption; ami in IH4O penny postage was carried into "-fleet. In 18th lie rei-i'ived a testimonial from the public amounting to s(> t, ang ii tht-y would not over cat wlnn ill llial exhausted condition, and batln daily, Using Inllcli friction. I tlici would have little or HO I'llVUUia- | tisin." A Zululniid letter - i>s that tin I'rinc- : Imperial died fighting, and must have | sold hi* life dcurly. In tin* right hand I of the corps, was found a tuft of hair, ot j native filter, while tin- path marked by ' the Zulus ill quitting the l.ltal SIK/t Was stained for a hundred yards with gouts of Mood, supposed to have dropped lrum j wouiuhsi men being honn- away by their coiiiradi—. Tlh' (iutilifit A>>u-ruitn says that the j iiairowist gauge and the cheapest raii way m yet broughl out i- tiwl oi D. B- Jaiu- ■, Yisalia. t'al. Two stout bar* d j wood,BO laid as to have a grooic IM-- 'tw-n t tic in, form th- track in- of thc.- w bis-'s placisl at each -nd of a plank forms the car. It is alleged that twelve iiii.es an hour can be got out of a wooden railway of ibis con-tru tion; and that it* carrving < ana- ity is very great. The curt is estiniatt tlie newspaper* have I recti printing long lists of Hie great and universal evils prediefxt by astrolo ger* and astronomer* to toilow a ClT t.iin extraordinary conjunction of four plaints in l*~l But now WIU-* the Washington critic with the assertion that it ha* interview-puiar, the manu f.nturers, tradesmen and people being opjKi- d to it, as they* are ail affected by it. and Mime of the manufacturer* threaten to close their mills alt>gotln*r. People who to not n-.-id the sliiiqdng istsor Ita\eoecasion to crui*- aliout the harbor, aaya aSoirYark pap-r. may surprised to .earn that of foreign n— is irruiti- at lie- put of N. work. Nor way ha* nior-- than any country save (r at Britain, and Italv follows cli>s<*ly ifter N• >rw a\. S.aman*hip i not a mat ter of climate in Europe. The tl enoesi*, tin-N* ;oiitiin and tin- Sicilian take to the sa.l w a! X a* readily a- the dwellers ON the Norway fiords. Tin- favorite Italian build f< ~ *<•*— is the -tubby brig, but ' .n* Norwegians prefer the Itark. and usually model a mon- grac-ful tiuii. Both nati'in* ar sharp iinp'-ti tor* for the jobbing trade of navigaton. Tin ir i.—. - ar>- small and art xim manded by hr< wd. tlilfty captains who an*quick to pi- k up a- irgoforany quar ter of tlie wor d il a trifling profit can In* earned. The elu-ap constru-tion of th'-se i raft* nnd the low wag* s of the - aim n ' liable them to .am money for th- r uwii. rj at rati > of fr.-ichtage that would fx- unprofitable f*r our w-l|.buii ami wcil-manm-d American -hips. Many of llieni founder at - a every year owing to tie ir flimsy build, but then are pi* nty of new one* to take tlu-ir Pl*ce*. The .lfii A*. Ai S/untiun. a .lapan<-*e newsjuiper. tell* a story which ought to !M- intxTi sting to ethnologists, wlmclaim that soim- of the Amcri.-nn Indian UIIM-* an- descended from p.-rsons who were .-arried to tlii* <-ontim-nt against tlnir wih by tin* *torni of th< ocean. About fortN year* ago Yamamoto Otokichi. a native' of Onobara-niura. t'bitagori. in the pro\ im-e of Ow.iri. Japan, who fol lowed the *ca. was. whih sailing with two companion* lx-tween Tokio and Na goy a, carried by atypluxin to the Am*ri can coast. Tin v landed on tin- shonwof the I'acifie. and wen* bospitabljr r laws tt that tiun* for bailc any Japan. - who bad dcpartnl from hi- country to n-turn to it under penalty of death. The English vessel, therefor*, t.s-k tln-ir IMM r to Shang hai. I'ln re Otokielii marri.-d. Hesub *i lucnliy went tinted to a government office. Emigrant Icelanders. Among tin* pa** ng*rs land.sl at Cas tle Garden. N>-w York, by the ocean steamer Anchoria, were fourteen tam iiie* of Icelander*, consisting of seventv six persons. They are the first large batch of Icelanders that ever arrived at V w York, an I it ia their intention to goto Minnesota, where tliev will found a colony, which will lieftirthcr increased bv emigration if tip* pioneers should find success in their new homes. They had a very pleasant voyage, keeping altogether apart from the other passengers, and the only tiling that happened to mar their journey w.-i* the death ot Kiesteum liyensi n. an old lady ot tlie party, who Hpsl at sea iust pn*vious to the ship's arrival. The Icelanders seem, d very much pleased when tlnv had been lan.list at Castle Garden and e\pr. -*e.| th* tns.-lves so to the interpreter. Tliey complained, however, of tli* warm climate, and, seemingly, not without just eau**-, as tliey wen* wrapped in heavy Arctic clothing, which tliey s< ciiusl very re luctant to relinquish. Tlie parly con sists of about thirty middle-aged , or sons with a great many ehildrcn. They all spoke in the Norwegian tongue. The men were short ot stature and seemed to be intelligent. They were dressed in heavy (s-a jackets, coarse trousers, thick flannel shirts and cap* with ap pendages for the ears. The women wore woolen dresses ami heavy wooien shawls, and instead of hats tliey had a sort of head dress consisting of a round piece of black cloth resting on the top of the head, from whieh depended a long block tassel attached by a silver band, which swayed to and fro in re sponse t*. tlie movements of the wearer. 'I lie children were also dresse*! in h*avy clothing ami. as w*-ll as the women, wore moccasins instead of shoes. The party bring some money with them, one person having#l.7ss and the others sums-ranging from sl-3 to $750. 'I hey s* * in to be very simple ami confiding people, anil xvere perfectly satisfied Willi all that tin- authorities did for tltem in the way of exchanging money and pro curing railway passage. The Icelanders left Ca*tle Garden for Minnesota, by way of the Pennsylvania railroad.— New York Herald. TKRMS: S2.GO a Year, in Advance. A Romantic Marriage. A gentleman doing buaincasat Button, California, waa married recently at tin* Oiiusbfc House, in Carson, to a hsnd- Mtme and i harming young lady from Boston. This alone would naturally be considered a ii commonplace alitor to IM-styled a rollialllie ulte, IU DIW do I very often get marriisl to citarming 1 t'irU; some lind that untie a path sti >-wn with roses, .-mil others acain lind iii it a foretaste ot tie sulphuric existence. I lie marriage referretl u herein, how ever, turns out to I** a very happy one. to which some real romance i allttelusl. A prominent government official who ix-ci ntiy visited this elly was on the train with the young lady, and from him the following is gleaned She was very attractive, pemw-ssing a tutul of refilled humor and Lo-tfiliating eoll veisational faculties; everything de. ' noted her to I"' all admirable young tuly. She slated that she eaine from Boston, and had no hesitancy about in forming those who akxi respecting her destination, that sheexpeeted to meet a gentleman friend at Wad-worth, with whom /die would proceed to Carson, lb-r manners were so captivating tlrst everylmdy on the train paid her great :*! tetition; but . and that was a large bright red fa>t<-ne a iLutiitig nd silk Imndker , chief enveloping his m-ck Tin* young lady from Ikatun ixrdially greeted the gentleman, as if they hail been life-long friends. The odd ooin< id-nt features in the attire of both the lady and gen deman M-t the |iasawrs on the train to • •oitjeeturing as to what they signilh-d, and one gentleman who hail bn-n ; specially kind and attentive to the young laily was taken into her confi dence. to whom she revealed the tact that the gentleman with the ri-i handker chief wax 111 he her hu-Umd. Neither the lady or gentleman had ever met 1 le-fore, in fait, lint not even exchanged pictures, but corresponded with each other for a long while, untii their ap parent intellectual aitaininent- liad i irtiied a IMIIUI of affex-tion (which re -ult/'d in their marriage. It was -tipu lated that the gentleman should meet hi- affiarireit at AVadsworth. and. to i-n --ahle them to na-ogniee -a-li other, the lady was to wear the r<-d ros- in In-r hat, and he to clothe his neck in a -iiuilarly colored silk hanlk*rchief. This hit of romance MMIH tua. were united in marriage by the rei-tor of St. I'etcr's Eptsixqial t 'burcli ln-n-. 'I be newly-wxid'd couple n-maimal in the city -\- ra! days, and are now living at Itenton.—Carma (AVr.) Appatl. here Two L©*t t'hlldren Were. '* John Henry, aged thirt ing. without tie- appearance of tie* ' youngstera. Mr*. Henry became worried J 'ind starl'il out to look for them. After - wandering around till dark without finding the - hiidn-n. Mr*. Ilenrv became - greatly frighu-ned, and when tier hus " !and. who i* a miner, returneii from - work she in-i*t-re notifii-il. and. as the news spn-nd ra|>idly. r i j irtv of e cven persons jMKtn *tartd >' out in *• arch of tlie chiidi -n. Messen ! : r* wcr<-at oni-edispatched to (JWwrlon. Shenandoah and Mal.anoy t'ity. to we if r the ehildrcn had strayed to either of r ibow places. In the meantime, tfie r -arch waa carried on indu-triously in the hills that surround the home of the .ittle ones, but up to midnight no elew f, to their whereabouts was discovenal. ~ A bout this time tin* nnwwngers n*tui nd „ Jroiu the surrounding villages and re .. ported that tfiey could find no traces of 1 t lie children Tin- search was carried on r .liilgentiy. however, and between one I :unl two o'eh'k on<- of tin- hunters , named l'.-ter H Mullen h< ard a faint „ ry for help issue from a thicket on a lii'ii just alvc the village of Gilbertnn j, ind >n running in that direction, came U|>on an old sink-hole, at the bottom of i_ which he heart! the children, who. in ,f answer to his inquiries, said they were unhurt, but couiu not ir> t out. Peter's ' shouts out fifty 0 tut deep. .*uid ha* perpendicular sides, ,f the children ixiuld not Ix got out w itli < out a ix>(M-. so one of the party was di „ patched to Gillw rton, and in almut half 1 jan hour he returned with the desired article. The ro;-. was fastened around , r Mr. Henry's waist, and with a lantern „ in liis hand he was lowered into the :>la< k depths of the pit. The boy was : first hoisteii up and then Mr. H.-nry and the little girl. The children state that 1 they were picking berries when the bank on which they were standing crumble! beneath their fret, and they were carried to the iMittoni. Strange to say. hcvond a „ few bruises and si-ratches, the little ones were unburt. The boy says the aivident occurred about nine or ten o'clock, and i-onscjuently they were confined in the q nit nearly sixto-n hours. Fortunately. ~ the sink-bole the children fell into did ,( not. like the majority of such places. ,( -ontain water, or they would in all probability have txvn drowned. — fW/.*- vHit (Ai.) Miners' Journal. r ' i The lairk or Home Training. it The convict,Barrett.who was shot dead o in Smg Sing prison, is described by bis s j father as a 'high strung" youth. It appear* that he bad lecn a iKirkeeper, h bad fallen in with dissolute companions. :i and was arrested and plead guilty to a ■s charge which was support's! mainly by I, the fact that he was wearing a stolen I. shirt. His father now says that the s young man 11:w! lioiTowcd tins shirt from c one of hi* worthless friends, and tlmt it -. was upon bis own advice, in oilier to i- secure a short sentcni-e, tliat his son is formally admitted that lie was guilty. II riie boy's high temper and unregulated o disposition finally led to bis death. It d seems a hard thing to say. but the d chances are that young Barrett would . have Ix-en a curse to the community as i- long as he lived. He appears to have n bad no home training; lie had neither n learned a trade nor adopted any useful •i occupation; lie had lieoonic intimate d with evil associates: lie was like an un p trained colt, and although be may not a have become absolutely vicious, yet his -r unregulated natureand physical strength •- made his acts as dangerous as they r. would have been if they had sprung y from deliberate malevolence. - It is i, | obvious that all the evil which befell ie liim later in life came from the idlen*ss i, and lack of training of his younger -s years. Many other IMVS are growing up y ! in this and our other large cities in pre g ; cisely the same circumstances. It is li fronj this class that our criminals mainly n come. If these boys could be set _to i- work at learning a trade or at farming rs tbey might be saved; hut without some y thorough and habitual discipline of this - : kind tliey are pretty sure to come to seme bad end.— New York Evening Pott. NUMBER 33. FOR TIIE FAIR SF.X. y.M. mr t wenty-flve, and I should have tunn-i away bad itnotbeen for thecourte-y oitheaccomidished sale*. iadi*—l may apply the won! " laiii*"in its every acceptation —in manner, in ap pearance and in education. Both ltanu snie, the younger past youth, the e'dcr hail crossrd the meridian of life, and yet either of them would have " shaken the s.vintship of an amhorite" by sulrtle grannei after another adorned my pate; for she was quite sure she ntuM suit madame. If cm " was too m4lj. therq was another hanging upon the next peg. just as beautiful, for eight tern francs I"-** If madame did not iike the rouge, madame should see herself in the rril-kUn ; it was just madamc's color, but t!i<*n madame wa> so easily ooiffed: madame was—ail.a ladle in anything: and then these two liandaonie. craft v females indulged in a dissertation in their own tongue, largely interlarded with Kngii*h, upon my constructive Attractions. This last coup d'etat clinched the lwrgain Tne next "madame" who purchased a more expensive articie would i' stiii more Iwautiful. and would undoubtedly hear her eharms extolled in still more winning tones. Still. I aomiro the rude philosophy of these people; it math us all happy; thov sold their nicjvhand *•*; I went away in a state ol lwatitudo, in h-jng umjari-d to "flower* and and cunltcam*. the calmness of moonlight and the sparkle of champagne." And a* I passed away toward the honk shop my meditations were upon the cntel fanciius tions of these French women. Witli me their influence lind lieen potential; what would such sway lw> with the opposite ** x? I could only tind little censure for one who yielded to the spell, whether ex ercised for good or evil.—" Kitt'ly," iu fortu-y's Frojfrtxs. t to Hats. A man's hat. unlike a Ixinnel, is often indicative of hi* character, for lie is al lowed to ch<>se from a great variety of styles that which best suit* his tempera ment or accord* witli hi* moral sense. Ami yet a" shocking bail hat " does not always reveal a shocking bad character. Hats! a* well a* dream*, often go to con trune*. Wendell Phillips' grav slouched liat is no sign of any slouch incas in Wendell, and tlie bright beaver of the burglar is no indication of shining niornl attributes in the wearer. The chief beauty of the modern hat is that it is eminently useful. Sociaict, whose cri terion of beauty wa* adaptednea* to use. would have l>een delighted with such hats as nine-tent 1m of modern men wear, though we fear lie would ask. ( 'ui bono? if presented with a beaver. The ideal hat. perliaps, is yet to be made, but we have come pretty near to it. It keeps the head warm in winter and cool in summer, it protects the eyes and faiv from the sun. it is impermeable to the rain and yet not to tlie air.it is soft and yielding, it may bo sat upon and jammed into the poeket without injury, and rolled in the dust or mud and ouio out untarnished, and. above all, it mill endure the ravages of time. What more does a man want of a hat? Comparer! witli the ephemeral bonnet, it is "a thing of beauty anil a joy forever." an epic poem, rip-ning with the years. Tin •*. fore, what man having worn an old I at straightway desireth a new' For he saitli theold is better. — Springfiehll MM si. The Whistling Tree. In the vegetable world there are many notable productions, but one of t lie most curious i- a species of acacia, which is found in Nubia, where groves of the trees may be seen over 1(H) square miles in extent. The Aralis call it the sctffar ('. r.. flute or pipe), in allusion to a pe culiar property that this acacia possesses. Otging to tlie inroads of tlie larva* of in. sifts, tl e ivory-white shoots of the tree an* frequently distoited in shape and swollen HI tlieir base into a globular, bladder-like gall al>out one inch in di ameter. After tlie insect has emerged from a circular hole this thorn-like shoot becomes a kind of musical instrument, upon which tlie wind, as it plays, dis courses music in tlie regular sound of the flute. Tlie natives of tlie Soudan, on account of tlie flute properties of the Hiacia. call it the " whistling tree." ITEMS OF IJTTEREHT. Th* d*bt of th* city of Fart* BOW H eeed* 50.n00.000. little Georgia Dobbi* playfally *t Arc to ft heap of brushwood class to a powder muulnr t Marquett*. Mich, and the explosion killed hfro. " Had dtme my way. oh. beautoouft maid. I'd steal a kiwi? heVried. "Then I'd do ten time* worse than thut—l <1 dollar!" *he replied.— Eugene Field. The Holly Spring* (Mi**.) fkudk join* the hand with n blood-red snake, three ' feet ion*, witli two leg* midwn* the intdy. and two dark spots the i*e ft dime on iu lawk. A New York letter to the Chicago Trilmnr aaya people will yet *o from ' New York to Chicago for a dollar. Hut will the* get It when they arrive there? lhatia the question.— (Jrimntld. Tlie leg of Mr* H. A. Doty, it well- I known lady of Blounilngton. 111., waft broken by the contraction of muw lr*. resulting from inflaaiiuitory rbcuma tUm. The case i* eooaideted very e --ntnrkable by the physicians. Bristol ie the name of a town situated on the dividing line of .Virginia and Tonneee**- A fugitive from justice in one State lout only to step acrom the street and from the oppoaib' pavement iaugli tlie officer with hi* warrant to •corn. i Hull-frog* in Jamaica like fire-(lie*. Cruel peraone who like bull-frog* aid: them by tossing toward them em all red hot piece* of charcoal. The ailly bull frog* mifttake tlie pined* for fire-die*, jump at them, eat them and are bunted to death. Ar engineer on the Grand Trunk mii way if aid to have run a tingle engio* •JIMUI mi left within a period of four year* and three month*, without n pair*. Thift i aaid to be an unprecedented feat, •md < n-ditable alike to en t ;ine and en gineer. A (Simmon way of imposing upon ig norant prospwtor* in tie* mining region* of Nevada it to *hoot gold filing* into the ground from * gun. Ev.-n brat* i* made to *crve the purpose, and by drift Mo-an* many * worthies* claim i* told at a high price. Nutliing i* loftt h< France. Tie- ofnage blossoms and graa* in the public garden* of Pari* ale *old to the highest bidder, and at a country railnwd station a visi tor lately *aw a f*h of tbe graa* on the • whan anient*. The purchaftcr* were iMwoant*' wive*. Tlw importation of American leather into Europe lia. in-ren*ed over one hun dred per cent. *ine liCJ. In that year Europe meived 659,912 idde*. ami to iudgr by the exports from the United State* thu* far this vear it will receive at the clofte over 1.500.000. Ifalrv product* in Greece are made from UK milk of *hrp and goat*. Of slirop there are t3.0M0 hi that coun try. and of goal* 1.00.000. Tlk aver age product of nu'li osiDiti i* rated at eu-rm pound* of cheese and two and three-quarter pound* of butler. •'You 'ovc roe?" echoed the fair young creature, a* Iwr pretty head oiled the collar ot hi* ►umnw suit. he said. tenderly, " vuu are toy own and „niy—" •• Hush. she interrupt4d. "don't **y that—to original. That sounds 100 much like Bulla* how hiil*.— Ibrklnnd Conner. A party of men on tbrir way by water to Fort' Assiniboine, Mot tana, came srroa an immense herd ot buffalo, lor twelve hours the buffalo werr in sight, and one drore * train the river in front of tin- boat and lite men met-ceded in killing three—a row and two cairns. TV IMMI traveled sixty miles liefore the herd was hat sight of. There i* said to ir one very picturesque Krsonage in Sitting Bull's nunje-a N-r TIT, named Step—ao-calied. it i sur mised. from the fact that he has no legs md can't walk an inch. His lower ' Urol*, left arm and part of the right hand have been froaen off. He is strap ied U> his ponv. and his weapon is a horse-pistol, which he manipulates with the stu up of his dexter fin. A young lady graduate in a neighbor ing countv read an essay entitled " Em ttlovmeni of Time." Iter .-mposition wai liatM-tl on the text. "Time wasted l i existence: used. is life."* The next day site purchased eight aephyr ofdifli rent sltade* and commenced work ing a sky-blue dog with s a-gtven ears and a pink tail on a piece of yellow can vas. She expects to have it done by next Christmas.—.VorriJtoiet* Ikrald. TV surgeon had prescribed a bath fca a soldier who was ailing, and orders*, that he he conducted to an adjoining es tablishment by a sergeant. At tie* end of an hour's waiting at the bath-room door, the sergeant, hearing no noiae. en tered the room and found the soldier seated by the side of the bath-tub. The water was as it was when the soldier went into the n*fn. except that its level hart lieen percextihly lowered. " .Vt foi, s.-rgeant." said the soldier. " you may put me in the guard-liouse if y want to. hut I can't drink another drop!"— fWnrh \rtr f*%prr. Tlie practice of " weighting" silk* haa I legun to excite serious at tenlion. Some idea of the extent to which qjlk adultera tion is carried may be formal from re cent statement* by Justus Wolff, lie says the public is made to pay the ful price for a material containing only one third of siik and two-thirda of sub stances which are not only of little value in themselves, but injurious to the small quantity of genuine silk. "I know F.ngiiah manufacturers who send their silks to France to be dyed black and then returned for working up. be cause in France they are abb* to increase the weight of silk while dyeing it black much mow thsn they can do in Kng land. The result of such practice is a Iwautiftil black silk fabric, changing into racs remarkably quick in the possession of the buver." He recommends analyses of " weighted" black silk fabrics to be made and the n-sulta published, with the names of the firms manufacturing ot selling the adulterated goods. A balloon with Taddle Wheels. T ion* is a balloon man up in Cannda ram *d Cowan. His principal obiect in j fe is to steer s balloon and make the air navigable like water. He hasn't got quite to (hat point yet, but he lias made a step or two toward it. His balloon ia called the Canada. It i* fitted with tafo paddle-wheels, which are worked by a rr.uik and which can be turned in any direction. There is also a sort of helm. Tlie balloon made an ascension in June, hut a storm nearly wrecked it. A second trial was made at St. Hyacinthc. and. as to the suf cess of the enterprise, accounts differ somewhat. The puddles work something iike oars. and. after a stroke has been made, featlnrand offer no re sistance. When the crank was set in motion it was found that the network interfered, and the cords wen* broken in spots, consequently a fair trial could not be given the paddies. When the wind blows strong it is not claimed that the machine*** will amount to much, but several times during the trip the balloon was made to ascend and descend by m an* of the crank for a few hundred leet. The speed wa* also considerably accelerated whe*n going witli the wind. The aeronaut* at one time undertook to i lia* ge the direction of the balloon by means of the rudder—" tacking" they call it. They inanagetl to." tack " for a couple of mile's, then the helm swung tlie great gas hag around and it forged ahead, rudder first. The balloon men. how ever. claim that they have achieved a triumph, and expect in time to run the machine with a e*onslderable degree of success. Some improvements will now he made and another trial had in a short time.— PhtituUiphia Times. Do Monkeys Swim! A correspondent of latul and Water, in reply to a question whether monkeys swim, says: I was always under the impression that they did not like wetting their fur or hair, but at Sangur, Central India, when I was stationed there I had a little monkey that was exceedingly fond of swimming and diving. One day on taking him to the pond at the bottom of my compound, lie jumped off my shoulder and dived (like a man) into the water, which was three or four feet deep; he had hiß chain on at the time and when he dived in the chain caught iu some grass or root at the bottom and kept tlie monkey down; he was just able to come to the top of the water. Feeling his chain had caught, tie dived down, undid the chain, and continued his swim with the chain in his hand. He swam just iike a man as far as I could oee from the motion of his arms. Several of my brother officerß came to see him swimming, of which he was very iond, swimming very quietly, and cunningly trying to catch the frogs that lay floating on tne top of the water.