TIMELY TOPICS.
The muntache is again the subject of
legislation in Franoe. Clerks in the
national bank are not permitted to wear
it!
At Berne, Switzerland, recently, an
Amerioan and Austrian girl passed hh
doctors of medioine, and Mile. Lina
Berger, a young Swiss, tooz tho decree
of doctor of philosophy after a brilliant
examination.
A Glasgow paper gives a list of up
ward of 150 failures in Glasgow and
the west of Scotland directly and in
directly traceable to tho stoppage of the
City of Glasgow bank. The total lia
bilities of the Scotch firms who have
been dragged down are $125,000,000.
To beautify the coats of eight horses,
valne $B,OOO, ami also fonr oxen, a
Cambridgeshire (England) laborer pat
so much arsenia iu their food that they
all died. Sentence: a month's hard
labor. This treatment of horses is com
mon at Vienna. It makes them foam at
the mouth, too, or it is supposed to do
so.
The latest robber triok in New York
is to don the clothing of a porter or
market carrier, lounge ronnd a stall till
some one is observed to make a pur
chase, then, having ascertained the par
chaser's name, to return at a busy time
and glibly demand snob and such meat
for him, the triok usually proving suc
cessful.
Mr. E. KiDgsley, the engraver who has
achieved much success, some of his t>est
work appearing in Scribnrr'n Monthly,
waa formerly a compositor in a news
paper office in Massachusetts. At one
time he gained a precarious living by
designing fantastic cigur-box labels and
engraving illustrations of local manu
factories. When Professor Chamnney,
the artist, went to Northampton, Mass.,
Mr. Kingsley took drawing lessons of
him, and then visited New York to study
anatomy. His snocess in a short time
became so marked that he retained to
his work as an engraver.
A woman's hair has suddenly turned
white in Milan. Bhe was s mother, and
was going from chnrch with two chil
dren, one of whom oonld walk, while
the other was held in her arms. The
one who oonld walk ran down the chnrch
steps into the street where a carriage
was passing. As the child disappeared
between the wheels, tbe woman uttered
a loud cry and fell ipsensible, with tho
other child in her arms, on the ground.
The child under the carriage was picked
up unhnrt. The mother, when she was
restored to her senses, found bar hair
had turned perfectly white.
In sugar refineries large iron cylinders
called boneblack filters are used. They
are usually about twenty feet high and
five feet in diameter. Two men went
into one of these vessels in a Bt. Louis
refinery to coat the surface with tar, as a
Sreventive of rust during a season of
isnse. They sat on a suspended board
and pat the tar on with brashes by the
light of a lantern. Tbe lantern fell to
the bottom and broke. Instantly the
cylinder was oonverted iato a fiery fur
naoe, the tar on its aides blazing furious
ly and a hole at the bottom providing a
draft Tbe men were completely
charred.
The government of Honduras is mak
ing greet efforts to develop the agricultur
al resources of the oonutry. Coffee plant
ing has been vigorously carried on, and
the government makes, free grants of
land to all persons desirous of under
taking the cultivation of coffee, or
sugar, or of cocoa, and gives free trans
port of the neoessary material and labor
to tbe site of the grant. Besides these
advantages, planters are exempt from
military service, and ail implements and
material necessary for the use or
formation of plantations are admitted
into the country free of duty. Btrangcrs
are admitted to the same privileges as
citizens of the republic.
While the English steamer Warrior
waa off an island in the West Indies,
but out of sight of land, a human cry
was heard, and the carpenter said he
had seen a man struggling in the water.
The engines were at onoe stopped and a
boat put off. After a long pull iu the
direction noted the cry was again heard,
and half an hour later a man was dis
covered and picked np. He proved to
be a native of Jamaica named Alexander
Hnghes, and said he had been three
days in the water clinging to a clothes
cheat. He waa one of the crew and pas
sengers of the schooner Tbe Little Min
nie, which capsized at sea and sank
while on her paasage to Colon. The
accident occurred sixty miles from
where the man was picked np. He was
the only survivor.
A writer in tbe Atlanta (Ga.) Oonati
tutUm says that Hen a tor Gordon waa
wounded five times while fighting aa a
colonel in the battle of Bharpsburg.
The fifth ball entered hia cheek and
brought him to the ground. As be be
gan to recover hia senses he says his
thoughts ran as follo'vi: "I have been
struck Iu the bead with a six-pound
solid shot. It has carried away my
head. On the left aide there is a little
piece of ahull left. But tbe brain ia
K entirely. Therefore, I am dead,
yet I am thinking. How can a man
think with his head shot off ? And if I
am thinking I cannot be dead. And vet
no man can live after his head ia shot
off. I may have consciousness while
dead, but not motion. If I can lift my
leg, then lam alive. I will try that.
Can I? Yea, there it ia, lifted op.
I'm all right 1 The Senator says that
every stage of this soliloquy ia indelibly
stamped on hia mind, and that in hia ex
hausted state the reasoning wee serried
on as logically aa ever a man reasoned
at hia desk.
If you want to know whdther your
canary bird ia a male or female just put
aome angle worms in tbe cage. Then,
if the bird eats only the male worms,
SI may be sure your bird is a male. If
bird eats the female worms and
leaves the male worms, then the bird ia
a female, Sure every time.— Bmton,
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' DIAMOND ROBBERIES.
Manx f Ik* PwtlUr ('•■lrlvaarra Kraarl
ri ia k> Tbsss la Panali al Other P*a
!'■ Ilaaa-Natraral Haaarltakla Cam.
A Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat reporter
spent sn entire afternoon in tho office
of B. Spy or, a well-known diamond
dealer, and listened with rapt attention
to reminiscence* and traditions of dia
mond robberies, successful and attempt
ed.
One day a respeotable-looking gen
tleman with a young lady, to all appear
ance his wife, oamo into Bpvcr s nnd
spent several hours looking at diamonds.
One cross and ear rings, valued at
$5,000 seemed to strike the young wife's
eye. The husband demurred at the
price. The wife pi lyfully coaxed him
to buy. " Well, well, I will think about
it," said be, as they departed without
buying.
The next day the young woman drove
np in n coupe, ami said : "My hus
band desires to see those again. I
think he will buy. He is sick in lied,
and will you go to the Southern with
me, or send a clerk ?"
Warned by a previous bitter experi
ence, involving a loss of $l,OOO, Bpyer
did uot send a clerk, but went himself.
The couple had a suite of parlors on the
secoud floor. The young lady was
quite engaging. Her husband was
sleeping. Would the gentleman wait a
few moments? He would. The lady
was nnnsnally interesting ; and, always
susceptible to the charming woman, the
time passed agreeably to the diamond
dealer. The young lady got np and en
tered the inner apartment, but returned
immediately with the announcement
that her husband was awake. With tho
sweetest affectation of enthusiasm, she
picked up the case containing the
jewola, and, with " Let me show them
to my husband," disappeared within.
The door seemed accidentally to blow
shut. Bpyer jumped np; and as he did so ,
be beard a key tarn in the lock. He at
once recognized what was np, and
sprang to the door opening to tho hall.
Ho found it locked. He was a prisoner.
The solid door mocked him. lie was
desperate. In an instant he drew bis
revolver, placed it to tho lock, fired ; it j
was shattered, and the door swung open
to his tonch. Like s madman, be tore
along the halls, down the stairs, thmngh
the rotunda, and around to the ladiee'
entrsnoe, jnst as a lady in a carriage
gave tho order, " Relay depot, East Bt.
Louis."
He leaned into the window of the car
riage, and said, " Will your husband j
take the diamonds, madam ?"
Bhc gave him one long, searching
look, quietly said "the price is too!
large, anil then they are such hard
things to keep ;" produced the case ;
from the recesses of her muff ami hand- i
ed it to him, saying, "I should have |
been quicker." Bpyer looked at the ;
diamonds, saw that they were all right, '
and bade the young woman good day. i
Within the hour she and her confederate
had left the hotel. Bince then Bpyer
has never let a diamond leave his hand
for more than two seconds.
The Gall house at Louisville is now ;
defendant in a suit for $40,000 dama- ;
ges. It is the custom of traveling dia
moral merchants to depoeit their stock
in the safe of the hoteL A New York
traveler had been at the hotel for sev- ,
era] days. He came down from his j
room at about supper time one evening,
and handing over a little sachet to the
young clerk in charge with " put that |
in the safe;" the smart young clerk took j
the aaehel, gave a cheek for it;the
drummer walked away; tho dark was;
called by a guest who wanted ice water j
in 1878, put the sacbel under the ooun- '
ter ; another man came up and loudly
complained that hia baggage had not
been sent to bis room ; the clerk took to
explain, and the man who, perhaps, bail
followed the drummer thousands of,
miles, and for months, reached over
and under the counter and secured the
valuable package, and has thus far ee- '
caped detection.
About as interesting a case as there is
on record created a profound sensation
among the diamond dealers of Maiden
lane. New York, several years ago. The
street is s narrow, dingy'little thorough
fare, and on it are located the establish- !
ments of twenty-five or thirty wholesale
diamond dealers. They import direct,
and supply the trade. The jowela are ,
wrapped np in little paper parcels, flat- ;
iy folded, and are, of course, not mount- ;
el. A man of solid and respectable ap- |
pes ranee became gradually known as a I
bnyer of small diamonds, such as are i
used for clusters and settings for iadies' i
jewelry.
The test of the purity of a diamond is
found in holding them cloee to the
month and breathing upon them. Flaws ;
will show up as little blank spots under i
this process. This solid ami respects- !
ble gentleman was always particular as
to the purity of the diamonds he ,
wanted, and when aatiafled generally i
made a purchase of from two to five car
ats, the gems being sold, of course, by j
weight. It was customary to note on '
tho outside of the package the amount
sold. One day one of the dealers walked |
into the store of another and found him !
in a state of perplexity. He had just;
weighed what remained in the paper
and added to the aggregate sold, and
found that this package was about five
carats abort. Diamonds are worth $llO
per carat. The visitor, in aome sur
prise, elated that he was troubled by I
exactly tbe name thing, and he could
not for his life account for it Their
discoveries spread. The other dealers
were at once exercised, and on examina
tion it was fonnd that there waa not one
of their number but had this mysterious
shortage to account for. A close watch
waa then aet by each individual upon
all of their employees and upon all their
customers. It was left a few days later
for one of the number, an old man sixty
years of age, who suspected the solid
and respectable buyet, to detect the
tongue of tbe solid and reepectable
buyer shoot suddenly out aa be leaned
over a paper of jewels to breathe upon
them, and return with foe* carats of di
amond* upon its end. The old man
seised the adept thief by the throat and
found the sparklers stuck to hia tongue.
The thief compromised with the old
man for $B,OOO. There was no arrest
in this caws. It is estimated oup- the
three years that this mag pateoarfsed
the diamond dealers of Maiden lane
that he realised fuUy $50,000 fr.mt his
adroit diffhonefitT
Ih the Eastern cities thadisorgaiiiaed
.timed that followed the ck^ofthe wa?,
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when crime took its most violent form,
were attended by nuoh cams OH the
smashing in of Tiffany's show window
in broad daylight and the escape of the
gang with $40,000 worth of diamond
jewelry. A mode of robl>ery that ob
tained for several years was the throw
ing of snnff or pepper into the eyes of
the salesmen, and an immediate and
wholesale theft of all the goods in sight.
A Broadway (New York) jeweler, with
a very valnable stock of diamonds, had
an sntoroatio connection between the
door and the enrtains of his show win
dows, so arranged that npen opening
the door after it had been locked for the
night, the curtains would roll up and
leave the interior of the afore exposed
to the pasaers by.
A gang of English burglars came to
New York city in 1871 aud selected this
establishment to commence upon. By
the use of forged letters they succeeded
in introducing ono of their number into
the establishment as porter. He was
unusually faithful and well liked by his
employer, lie found time daring his
labors to tske an impression in wax of
the lock to the front door. The secret
>f the window curtains rested nlone with
the proprietor. One night four of the
gang entered the nlaoe by means of the
false kev made from the impression.
They did not notice the curtain roll si
lently np. The private watchman on
the beat saw them at work on the safe,
summoned aid, and after a desperate re
sistance, succeeded in arrentiug the
four men. They were all sent to Sing
Hing for long terma. After this attempt,
the old gcntloman who owned the place,
grew very nervous on the subject of
burglars, aud formed the habit of leav
ing his house at all hours of the night,
visiting his establishment, entering to
assure himself that everything was all
right, and then retnrniug Lome. One
: night the old gentleman came along
j alxuit 1.30 o'clock, spoke pleasantly to
the private watchman, quietly entered
the store, milled down the blinds, and
after a half hour emerged, bade the
watchman good-night. The next day
it was learned that the old gentleman
ba 1 been found lying nnconscioua in the
: street. Home of the English gang had
waylaid him, and procured his keys.
One of their number,made np to person
ate iho old man,had walked down to the
store, and with the aid of the combina
tion to the safe found on his person,
opened it, and quietly walked away with
a stock of diamonds valued at $75,000.
The perpetrators of this singularly bold
tobbery were never apprehended,
"Reported I'nder Fear of Libel."
A lawyer of Fall River, Mass., sued
Uie Hrralri, of that place, for libel, an 1
claimed $15,000 damages because the
Eaper published a three-line item almut
im. The suit brought ont considerable
editorial irony, of which the following,
taken from the //Ta/<fi polioc-ontirt
report, is a unique specimen :
Four of our most estimable and re
spected citixcn*. Michael Rowland, Esq.,
Jameo Hwsin, Esq., Patrick Hfarppard,
Esq., and Michael Oonroy, Esq., mid a
very refined and cultured lady, Mary
Downing, were the reoipients* of dis
tinguished honor hut evening, having
received kind and pressing invitations to
• reception held by hia honor in ths dis
trict courtroom this morning. The
eminent gentlemen and lady were re
ceived cordially by his honor, and dur- -
ing the interview the judge brooches]
the subject of evils existing in the Isnd, j
applying his remarks more especially to
ho prevalaoce of intoxication. I] is ad
dress on this occasion waa elucidative to
the illustrious gentlemen and lady, ami
was intiroative that they might gener
ously donate to the fart Iterance of public
morality an amount equal to two dollars
each, with a slight addition to meet the
requirements of legal process.
A very respectable gentleman, William
Mclxmglin, Esq., who hod lieen prevail
ed upon to visit hia honor, was also con
ferred with by the judge on the subject
of frequent imhihatioo, resulting too fre
quently io inebriation ; hut as the views
of Mr. McLaughlin were diverse from
those of his honor, no oonclnsion was
arrived at, and another conference be
tween the gentleman and hia honor will
bo held on the 14th inst,, when it is
hoped that a definite conclusion may be
happily reached, and the disenmnon
terminated.
So endeth the first leaaon.
A Whole Family Browned.
A heartrending and distressing ac
oident occurred recently at Laueeville,
la. In the afternoon Mr. Lane, with
his wife and two children went on the
ice in the Mississippi river to enjoy
themnelvea. He improvished a hand
aleigh and a large box, into which he !
placed bis wit# and children. Twoi
handles extended from the rear of the
aleigh, with which Mr. Lane shoved the i
j aleigh on the ioe. They were having a
delightful time. The ice near the shore
waa about three inches thick. The river
was open in the channel, ami the ice
neer the open water Wi.a, of ooame,
much thinner. Mr. Lane, unfortunate-
Jji ventured too near the open water. I
He felt the Ice giving way, but before
he ooald retrace hia steps it broke
through, ingulfing in the stream the
wife, tho children and toe father—all
in a moment were launched into eterni
ty. The maddening shriek of the
drowning family waa heard by a party
of wood choppers on an adjacent island,
who saw the cstaatropbe. They has
toned to the rescne, but were unable to
arrive in time to be of service. Lane
and hia family were under tbe ice, their
deed bodice probably floating down tbe
river. It waa aad to contemplate, and
the bronaed faces of tbe hardy wood
choppers were moistened with tears
they could not control. They went to
the station and gave the alarm, and then
proceeded to Lane's cabin. They found
the door unlocked. Inside a bright
Are crackled in the stove. The silver
bright tin tea kettle area singing for
the return of the nnfortnnate family.
The oat and dog were nettled under the
•tove awaiting the return of tbe two
children who petted them. Everything
about the bona# indicated happiness and
neetoeis, Mr. Lane waa the ticket
agent et tbe station, and is spoken of as
a man of indnotrions and frugal habits,
and a man who thought the world and oil
of hia little faaxy.
In 1888, when Walter Hunt invented
tie sewing machine, bis wife protected
that it *>uln throw sewing women ont
of work.
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AS ENUINEEK'M ADVENTURE.
Treed fcv a Wild llmr sad Nave* from Death
• a 111 ark Hear.
> A letter from Honesdalo, Pa., says
I Aleck Frobes and Charley Hulsizer, of
■ Port Jarvis, are two well-known Erie
■ railway engineers, They have lately
returned from a two weeks limit in the
wilderness of Canada, 150 miles north
' of Ht. Thomas.
[ "Lost year Charley and I went out
l the same wooda," Aleck said. "Then I
got treed by a wild boar, aud I tiionght
that was worse than going down the
I bank at tho rate of forty miles sn hoar.
| You aee, some old fellow out there
turned some hogs in the woods three or
1 four years ago, and they wont wild. 1
started one of 'em one day, and thought
' I'd have a littlo fnn with him. I sent a
J bullet after him. He changed bis
' course, sud made plumb for me. I
1 skinned np a hooch tree. I thought tho
' blamed animal'd goawuy when he fonrid
1 I was ont of his reach. But he wasn't
' that kind of a hog. It was colder thau
J Greenland, and ulxint two o'clock in the
afternoon. Charley and the rest of the
party we-o scattered about in the woods,
out of hearing. The boar—for he was a
1 boar, ami a big one at that—waltxcd
1 around that tree, spitting out froth as if
he'u chewed a barrel of shaving soup,
, and showing np a pair of tusks like a
young rhinoceros. He tried to gnaw
the tree down, and worked nay for an
hour with hia teeth. 1 thought certain
1 he iuteuded to keep right on till he
brought me down. But by and by he
gave that plan np. The tree wasn't more
r i than eight inches through, and I think
j the hog made a mistake in quitting, for
| there ain't any doubt but that he'd a
j fetched it by early lied time. But he
| stopped gnawing."
"Then he went off ton or a dozen feet
' and sat down on his haunch, s. He
| gHinted and frothed for at least, ton
1 j minutes. Then a now idea seemed to
! strike htm. Ho jnm|>ed back to the
j foot of the tree and commenced to
| shovel the dirt sway from it with his
snout, as if he had a contract to build
a cellar. I aw what he was at in a
j minute. Ho was going to dig up the
' tree by the roots. * Blame the hog |' I
I said. •If some of the boys don't come j
along pretty soon I might a well have !
lieen born a beech-nut, for he's bound I
to have a meal on me if it's in the book.'
; Then I yelled, ' B'boy, there, a'boy!'
j But that Log'd been too loug in the !
woods to s'boy worth a cent. Then I
whistled for so imaginary dog, and cdl- !
od, ' n'ver, Towaer! b'ycr, h'yer, j
h'yer !' I remembered that when I was
a boy, and the bogs got into the garden,
they alwavß made for tho bole in the .
fence ,,u von whistled for the dog. I
But this oIJ fellow only frothed the :
more, and snorted tho louder and work- I
od the faster.
" I was blame near frozen by the
time it grew dark. The san went down ■
an ! the moon came up, and still that
b<>g >fng away at tho roots of that tree.
I could aee that he hod a hole around it j
hip < noogb to bury an ox in, and I hop®
j to fly if I didn't think the tree began to I
totter. It got colder and colder, and 1
j the lx>ar kept right on rooting. I be
gan to wonder who they'd pat on my
engine in my place, and whether the
| hog would leave my bones so the boys i
, might find 'ecu, and take 'em home to I
nT folk*. Once, at about eight o'clock, j
I thought I'd abin down the tree ami j
try a race with the boar, as I might as
well lie killed in trying to get away as
to die like a sheep in a pen. Ho I lie- I
gin to let myself quietly down. 1 had j
my hands on tho lower branches with j
toy legs hanging dnwu the trunk, when i
| the hog smelt the rat. He gave s snort I
that mode the very tree shake, and j
raised np ou his hind feet to meet me j
half way. I was hack to within two j
feet of the top of the tree in leas time j
than it would take a red squirrel to j
jump a rail fence.
" It's no use," I saul. " Unless some
o' the boyt come along inside of sn
hour, I'm a goner." About ton minute* -
after that the hog suddenly stopped dig
giug. He seemed to liaten for a minute ; i
then, with a string of Ihe ro<*l unearth
ly snort*. he started ou a dead run off
toward Wolf swamp.
"What's up," 1 said. In less than
five seconds I knew what was np. Out
of the brush to the right came, tearing j
and growling, one of the biggest beers j
I ever saw. He never stopped, lint let ;
himself ont the lies! he knew how after
the boar. Fork is one of the choice j
; delicacies in the provender of a bear,
i The hog had considerable start of Uie
bear, bat at the rate the bear was going,
as I saw him by tho light of the moon
disappear over the brow of the ridge, I
think ho must hsve come np with tbe
hog and had his coveted lunch. I didn't
wait for any news from the seat of war,
bnt got oat of that tree about as lively
as I had got into it, picked np my gun
and made for camp. I got in about
twelve o'eloek. The boys bad been
ont looking for me, ami had given me
,ap for lost. They -felt good when I
j showed np. '■
Idttle Johnny on tnc PI gees.
Mr sister nays no man wieh shoots
pidgin matches alial marry her, bnt no
man vode want to marry her, I guess,
as long as the pidgin sbootin held ont,
ooa that wad lie fun ennff. Wen she
aald it her yung man got red like a beat,
bat didn't say nnthin. Net day he oat
my Uncle Neil did be koo enbady wieh
wad like to bi a jam up good shot-gun.
Uncle Ned, be said: " I'd like to bi it
my own self if it was a good pidgin gun.
bnt I goes itaint, cue it boa come mitv
ni spilin a match." Some pidgins eai
rys letters, same as the postoffioo, and
one time wen mysister Vynng man wen!
away he cot one of onr pidgins and took
it a long for to fetch back a letter to
her, jest for a flier, Nex day weoaver
thai girl herd the dore be) ring aha was
jest wild, cos she thot it was her letter
come, for her idee was Ihst tbe pidgin
wade leave it at the poatofllce, for to lie
delivered b tho letter csnryera, Bnt
wen my mother tele ber the pidgin most
come thru tbe winder, she west and
thru np evry winder in the boas, ancUit
was a cole day, and Frnnky, that's the
baby, took sole and come mlty near po
terin ont.
A man in Lexington, Vt, mailed a
latter to a fictitious name in Japan, with
a request that it be returned if not call
ad for, and started it byway of the At
lantic. His object waa to see how long
it would be in going around the world.
It came back by the way of San Francis
oo in just 100 days,
llew a Mas Dicks the Iteor*.
, i There is something curious abont me
! way a man closes np the house for tbe
■ night. A woman will secure all the
f doors in the bonne in tort minutes and
spend twenty minutes Liking down her
' back hair sud getting ber frizzes r ady
i for morning. The man of the house,
i having uo buck hair to take down and
no frizzes to put up, spends his time in
> closing np the house. Ho begins at
the bock door, and locks and bolts all
Iho doors from that to the front door.
Then ho takes off his coat and collar.
By that time one of the children wants a
drink of water, and he has to unlock one
jof the doors to get it. Then he locks
i the door carefully, goes buck aud takes
off his vost and winds tip hia watch or
| clock, as tho case may bo. Hia wife
suddenly calls out from among the bed
j clothes—it being the winter season—
| and asks her liege lord to make another '
i exjiedition to the kitchen aud see if the j
pancake batter ia liable to rise in if a '
might and overflow tho dish. He un- '
locks two more doors and makes a tour i
of inspection. All is well. He removes
his stockings, warms his feet anil pro
poses to retire. Hnddenly be is over
oome with the conviction that the reor i
door is not looked, and away bo goes \
barefooted over tbe oold floor of the j
kitchen aud woodshed. By the time he
: reaches the woodshed door he is nnoer- i
tain whether any of the doors are lock
ed, and he makes the grand round
again. All is secure. Ho removes bis
pantaloons, blows out the light and ia
just about to lie down, when his wife
suddenly bethinks herself that the girl
probably forgot to put the milk pail out,
and away lie goes again in a huff and j
white flowing garment. Before he gets '
back to lied again he steps on two mar
bles and a sharp piece of tin which tho i
| children have left on tho floor. At last
he gets between the sheets and lays him j
down to pleasant or horrible dreams— j
he is never sure which it will be. As
Morpheas gobbles liim up and is about
to take him to the land of Nod, the bril- j
liant thought that the hired girl is out
flashes athwart bis brain, and he gets np
and unlocks the kitchen door. In ex
actly one hour and eleven minutes from ;
the time ho licgins preparations to re
tire lie is in bed for good, anil one of the
door* is still unlocked He says softly
but solemnly to himself that' he'll be
blowed if he'll undertake to lock the j
doors again if robbers surround the
house four deep. Pa' the next night be
repeat* the performance, by special re '
| quci't, Borne (S. Y.) Sen/in* t.
The Filth el Memphis.
Memphis is situated njxin the east 1
bunk of the Mississippi, upon a blnfl
i 'siyifg from fifteen to fifty feet in j
height. Upon the crest of this bluff
; runs Front street; from this street the ;
; ground slope* eastwardly away from
j the river, to that all rain, surface gutter
washings, slop and whatever of floatable
filth there may bo, is drained into the
bayou, which winds through the heart |
lof the city. Across the river the Ar- '
kansaa sboro stretches low and flat, a 1
vast marsh, notorious for its malaria; l '
north and cast of Memphia upon tbe :
Tennessee side, tbe land ia low and
swampy; tho soil in and about tbe city, j !
of clay. Tbe bayou ran* through the
mast thickly populated parts of Msm
phis. Into the elongated cesspool is col- j
leetod all the floating filth of a city of \
j 55,000 inhabitants; garbage, the drain- i
age from privy vaults, gutter and street
washings, dead animal matter, all and
| everything ia poured or thrown into j
| this receptacle, there to decay and fester !
: nnder the broiling aan of that southern
, climate. Consider it, if poaaihle—ten
mile* of rocking rottenness; Dot a yard '
1 of it covered except where crossed by j
the bridges of the various streets. Dur- j |
ing a rise of Uie Missisaiy pi tbe back
water fills this bayou bank full, its ac
cumulated filth then soaking into the i
the clay of its banks. Wb>-n the river j
falls, toe current of tbe bayon is not erf
sufficient strength to empty its contents
into tho river. The street* ol the city
of Memphis are beyond description '
filthy, and completely out of repsir. 1
The wooden pavement is only one '
in use, or rather wo* the pavement j
I originally pat down. The streets and j
: yard* are heavily shaded, the magnolia I
j being the tree mostly used. leanert j
| and Cfinic,
An Original Letter of Daniel Recur-.
An original letter of Daniel Boone is
ou exhibition in Cincinnati. The letter
is toe property of Colonel John Taylor, I
of Newport, Ry , and was addressed:
"To John Overton, of Lincoln county; '
to lie left -at Elijah Hmitb'a, Lexington."
The letter reads:
July the 20th, 178(5. 1
Bik—The I .and has Been Long Hnr- j 1
vayd and Not Knowing When the i 1
Money would ba Hade* Was the Reason ,
of my not Returning the works however I
the may be Returned when yon pleas, j'
Hut I must first have a Nother Copy of j
the Entry as I have Loot that I had when { 1
I loot my plating Instruments and only ;
have the Short field Notes Just the I
Corse D'stane ami Corner trees pray j
send me Nother Copy that I may Know
bow to give it tbe proper Bonoderry
agreeable to Uie Ixieation and I Will
send the plat to the ofls a medetly if yon (
Oh use it the Expenses is as follows, vis.: ,
i ftarvaysrs fora ft S • ,
IgpeiTi fees 7 14 0] ,
Otaemso nod Milker 11 Days .. • 0 0 1
porvtstkm* for the towr X $ It
(provision* for Uie tear). - - ]
xa n e .
Ton Will also Send a Copy of the (
agreement tietwixt Mr. Wnlas Overton j
and mv Self Where I red tbe warrant*. (
1 am sir your omble servant,
Damn. Boone. ;
Tbe above ia a liters! copy, Tbe %
letter is written on unruled paper, in a i
c.ler, round bond, very legible and i
characteristic. Tbe profuse employment i
cf capital letters and the total absence i
of pnnotaaticn marks are notable in tbe i
manuscript.
He Had Forgaltea, j
A professor in Leipato university 1
asked a student whst tbe sarin I
I-ores lis wa*. Putting bis finger to tbe 1
side of bis bead aud looking wise, the <
student aal-l t \
" I know very wall, bat I forgot jnst I
no*' - hat it is. i
"There," said ihe professor, "we i
arc u * fix. Tbe only man in the world I
who over knew what the aurora is boa 1
forgotten." 1
Rsmaare of SB Apple Klui
" Jennie June," writing from New
York to the Baltimore American, tells
tbia romantic little story of one ot the
innumerable fruit-sUmls sprinkled all
over <iothsm *.
There is an apple-stand on a corner
near Fourteenth street, which baa been
presided mer for many years by an oid
man, a philosopher in bis way, who re
cently grew rheumatic and retired on
his savings, which, notwithstanding kia
constant grumbling at the prices be was
obliged to pay and the small profits ha
had to pat up with, must have been
considerable.
Hia successor was an English woman,
| neat, quiet, reserved and with a certain
refinement of appearance and manner
which would strike even the most casus)
observer, and with precision sod cor
| recto ess of speech very different from
the ordinary type of applewomeu. Her
: reticence and her lady-like manner
; served effectually to check questioning,
I which must htvo savored of imperii
| nence; and so she remained in her
place, behind her stall, selling her
• apples, week after week, in all kinds of
| weather, for a number of months, until
: finally she disappeared. Two weeks ago
her place was taken by two little girls,
| eight and eleven years of age—little
women both, quiet, neat, gentle, refined
; iu speech and manner just like their
; mother, and with the eaaie reserve and
self possession. Black cloth English
I walking-jackets were buttoned cloaely
j over their dark stnfl dresses, and their
shy eyes and timid manner seemed only
a vail to nDnsnal decision and an almost
painful maturity of character.
, One year ago these little girls lived
with their father and mother, the former
working mechanic in a small town in
England. The man became uneasy and
dissatisfied, collected his small savings,
sold out their household furniture, and
with the proceeds, to his wife's infinite
sorrow and regret, brought the family to
New York. Here be left them to try
I and find employment The woman took
a small room, au attic, for herself and
children, removing them from the lodg
ing-house in which they bad first found
refuge ; she sold her wedding ring and
a set ol jewelry left ber bv ber mother,
and consisting of anold-fasnioned brooch
an l eanings of some valne, to purchase
the good will and stock in trade of the
apple-stand, by which she hope ! to livs
! until her husband returned. Exposure
t soon killed her, aided by want of proper
treatment and medicine. The two little
English girls now occupy tbo attic
alone at night when they return from
the corner of the street, winch is the
scene of their daily labors. They keep
it anxionaly neat and clean, as nearly
as possible as their mother kept it.
They are only waiting with that pitiful
patience which belongs to the well-to-do
poor when great misfortune* overtake
them, uttering no word of rebellion,
finding their only relief and consolation
in the industrious discharge of every
little duty. Their father doe* not know
of the death of tbeir mother. They do
not know where to t.rilo to him, nor
perhaps does it math r tnoeh if he never
returns to them. They will in some
wsy work ont an honest future for them
selves, to which, perhaps, he would only
be a hindrance or a blight.
Trials ef an Edlter .
Mr. Willard A. Cobb, himself a jour
u "bet, in an address at Loekport,
( N. Y.), told his audience what some of
the trials of the newspaper editor are,
He enumerated the following : "Tbe
pi acidity with which correspondent*
wntc U;M n both sides ot the sheet, thus
tetfii g all the compositors to breaking
the third commandment ; the appear
ance in the sanctum of the man who
has s gnersnoe ; the presence of the
fiend who carries swsy the best ex
changes ; the coming iu of the man with
the latest news—one of those characters
who has an idea that when he goes
west the east tips up, and vice twrao."
Mr. Oobb might have added to tbet last
clause the man who comes to the
editor's private room to ask what is the
news; also the man who bas come is
fur "a little talk." Stories of ludi
emns typographical blunders are legions
in number, sod Mr. Oobb recalled sev
eral good ones. By the dropping ont
of s single letter, the Book of Common
Prayer once went to press with the sen
tence "We shall all be changed iu the
twinkling of sn eye," transformed into
"We shall all b hanged in the twin
kling of an eye." A poet who wrote
" Bee the pale martyr in * sheet of
fire," WPS startled to ace his line
changed into "Sec the pale martyr
with his sbirt on fire." Mr Oobb w
quite right in thinking such trtnsgres
iMon ire as pardonable sa the blunder*
sometime* made in other professions,
and tells the story of the minister who
sras aiked to read tbe following notice :
•' A man having gone to sea, his wife
desires tbe prayers of the church ;** fmf
by tbe misplacing of a comma in read
ing it, gravely told the congregation
that "a man having gone to tea his
wife, desires the prayers of the chunk."
Xerwegtan Commerce.
The Norwegian nation ia the 'H-t
of all European nations, but its commer
cial fleet m the third largest in tbe
world. The Norwegian flsg it, of all
foreign flags, that which is most fre
quently seen iu tbe harbor of New
York, sad through the sound wfcieh
connects tbe Baltic with tbe North aaa
and forma the highway from Loudon to
Hk Petersburg, often three to four hun
dred Norwegian craft of every descrip
tion para during one single dsy. fc
Norway, although not ever* man is a
sailor, every person is, nevertheless,
mere or lew directly connected with the
shipping interest. To build ships or In
sail them, to own ships or to base • part
iu them, is * point in everybody's me
all along those thousand fjords uhxh
fringe tbe ooaat of Norway; and to fits
inland farmer tbe most common manner
of placing bis wrings ia to go down to
tbe aee and buy a part in a ship. Many
t Norwegian Tew at, carry tag timber to
England and ooni baofc to Denmark, or
dried fish to Naplea and orangea bwak
to St, Petorsbarg, represents Ihe for
tunes of a whole village ot pariah. In
which cvm the servant girl m*v hare a
shsr*, and to many a well-to-do Norwo
gisn farmer the only source from wbsc'j
he draw*, and era draw, ready money ia
hia ahip-part