A Singular Escape from Death.
A recent number of the Reading (Pa.)
Eagle says : Oar Top ton correspondent
" H " says that on Saturday evening, as
the laborers of Joseph Fanatermacher's
mine, about a mile from Topton (where
> Isaac Eck wai. killed by a bank-slide last
\ Jnlyl, were abont to leave their work
W for tne week, 0110 of them, named Jacob
> Barrol, entered a drift in the side of an
embankment thirty feet high, at the
bottom of the open out, where he bad
been at work daring tho day, to bring
ont some tools which he bad forgotten.
As he entered he saw the bank immedi
ately give way and come tumbling down
into the cut. Instead of retreating, aud
thereby probably being caught aud
• crushed by tho fulling earth, with great
presnce of mind he rushed quickly
into the drift in the hillside, the en
trance of which woe immediately closed
by the rnshing mass of many tons of
earth and stone from shove. Ho qnickly
did he disappear that his fellow-work
meu thought lie had been caught by the
land-slide and crushed to death. They
at once set to work to dig up his sup
posed dead body. Tho news spread
rapidly, snd a crowd quickly assembled
from the snrronuding neighliorhood,
including his grief stricken wife, who
harried to the spot to learn the fste of
her hnsbaud. The men threw ont the
dirt rapidly, and when near the month
of the drift, one of the meu, hoping
Barrol had escaped death, pushed his
shovel handle through the loose earth
into the hole and called to Barrol. To
their delight he answered from his living
grave, "1 am all right; only harry np
and get me ont, for the air is becoming
heavy." With renewed energy snd hard
i work for another half hour, the men
p removed sufficient earth and rubbish to
effect an opening large enough to allow
Rarrol to crawl out, which he speedily
did, safe and unhnrt, amid the wild
cheers of his comrades and the crowd
around the cnt. He had been confined
in the drift abont two hours and a half.
After thanking his comrades and friends
for their arduous efforts in rescuing him
from his living tomb, ho accompanied
his overjoyed wife to his home in the
little village of Ringtown, near Topton.
Circa Distant]*] Evidence.
In the year 1660 two men named Perry
and their mother were hanged for the
murder of a man who bad never been
ranrdered at all. Mr. Harrison, Lady
Campden's steward, having been collect
ing his rents, suddenly disappeared.
John Perry accused his mother, himself,
and his brother of having robbed Mr. j
Harrison in the previous year, and of
having again robbed him and murdered
him on the night when he was missed.
The mother and Richard Perry denied
all knowledge of the matter; hnt at
, , length pleaded gnilty to the first indict
f ment under some pressure of policy. !
The other indictment was not then pro
ceeded with, on the ground that the
body was not fonnd. But John persist
ed in his story, and at tho next assize
they were all tried for mnrder. John
then retracted his confession, snd said
he must have been mail. Nevertheless,
they were all condemned. Home years
after Mr. Harrison appeared alive, and
thus accounted for his mysterious ab
sence: After receiving bis rents he bad
been set upon by a gang of ruffians, car
ried to the sea-side, put on shop-board,
and sold as s slave to the Turks. After
his master's death he escaped, snd with
great difficulty working his way, first to
Lisbon, and thence to Dover, he arrived
in England, as onr law-book coolly says,
•• to the surprise of all the country.—
Oood Word*.
■las Fanrker'* Case.
Doctors—not only of medicine, but of
divinity snd the laws—are prone to dis
agreement, snd it is not surprising that
they should disagree in respect to so
canons s case as that which Miss Fan
cber, of Brooklyn, is reported to be.
That nnfortnnate young lady has been
an invalid for many years, sad ont of
that condition has grown s variety of
endowments to which s mystical and
supernatural origin is ascribed. Bhe
is said to subsist without any food worth
speaking of, andto be able to read letter*
without opening them. Hbe sees thing*
afar offwhich are hidden from the gross
er vision, snd ia sometime* uplifted with
the spirit of prophecy, fncrednlons
persons, of course, bluntly assume that
these manifestations are lllnsiona, the
fruit erf deception bnt
there are a great many who believe in
them, and a few who are courageous j
enough to assert their belief. It would,
of course, be easy to apply scientific
teste to the supposed supernatural pow
ers of the young lady if it ware worth
y while, and herself and her friends de
sired it; bnt it is not worth while, and
/ they are said not to desire it, so the
ease will doubtless have to take ita place
among'otber pathological and psycholog
ical panics which have from time to
m time bewildered the faculty and over
whelmed the lay mind with confusion,—
New York Tribune.
Hew Hanging Feels,
George W. Magee, of Padnoafa, Ky.,
bad been hanged by a mob and cat
down jast before life was extinct. The
reporter obtained the following infor
mation as to bow the hanging felt:
There waa no pain aa long as he was
ascending. When be settled back, how
ever, with a slight ink, bis suffering
was excruciating. He tried to scream,
bnt no sound issued from his throat.
His arms woe nnpinioned, and bs
endeavored to raise bis hands so as to
grasp the rope above his head that he
gv might relieve that terrible shortening of
"™. his breath, which seemed, at eeeb mus
cular attempt at respiration, as if the
air would escape from his lungs and
force itealf ont through his breast and
beck. The muscles of the arm refused
to obey his will. His joints experienced
a sensation similar to that one would
imagine the piercing of red-hot needles
would produce. The knees twitched and
jerked convulsively. Then a delicious
sensation of "eool numbness," com
mencing at his extremities, stole over
, him. He lost all desire to save himself.
4jjl Bnt gradually this contented feeling
disappeared. He became conscious of
pain again. It seemed as if iron bands
tied been tightened with screws about
Mi heed end chest. Ho consciously
gasped for breath aud found that he had
■Men saved.
The Cerfc Tree.
At the age of about twenty-five yearn
the oork tree ia barked for the first
time. A oironlar incision ia first mode
through the bark near the ground, and
another, alao around the troe, cloce by
the branches. These cuts are followed
by other* equally deep, made longitudi
nally, and dividing the bark into broad
planks. The tree is then left. Th' oir-
I'ulation of the sap has been stopped;
the bark begins to curl outward; aud
shortly each atrip is peeled off by the
hank. This process is repeated every
ten years. Thus gathered, the bark is
prepared for market in two ways. Ry
one method the " tables," na they are
called, are beeped one upon another,
their concave sides being put under
most, in deep trenchee, and being plenti
fully moistened, are pressed beneath
huge bowlders till thoroughly flattened
out. They aro then dried carefully be
fore large fires, and turned constantly.
When fiat and dry they are complete.
Rv the second method the damp pres
sure in the pits is dispeuaed with,
the " tables" lieing simply laid with
their convex sides toward the fire, and
suffered to remain until their warp is
lost and they become flat. This tree
and its uses were known to the Greeks
and Romans. In the time of Pliny it
was employed for nearly as many par
poses as at present, as floats for fisher
men's nets, water-proof soles for shoes,
buoys for anchors and for swimming
jackets. The use of oork for stopping
bottles was not entirely unknown to the
Romans, being mentioned by Oato and
( Horace, though its application to this
purpose does not seem to have been very
common, as we fiud everywhere direc
tions given to close up wine casks and
other vessels with pitch, clay, gypsum
or pottenT earth, or to fill the upper
part of the vessel with oil or honey, in
order to exclnde the air from those
Honors which they wished to preserve.
Htoppers of cork seem to have been
first introduced after the invention of
glass bottle*. and these do not appear
to have come into nae before the fifteenth
eentnry. In 1553 oork was u"ed in
France principally for soles, and in
Germany wax stoppers were used by
the apothecaries nntd abont the close of
the seventeenth century.
Where the tree is indigenous the in*
habitants apply cork to many purposes.
Tlins, in Bpain for beehives and kitchen
pails, pillows and window lights in
Morocco for drinking vessels ami plates,
tuba and house conduits; in Portugal,
roofs for bouses, lining for garden
walls, and fences for poultry yards; in
Tnrkey, cabins for the cork-cutters and
coffins for the dead; in Italy for images
snd crosses, pavements along the walks
and buttresses for the villsge churches;
in Algeria for shoes and wearing apparel,
saddles and horseshoes, armor and boats,
landmarks and fortifications, furniture
in mansions, racks in stables snd steps
for houses; while we nae oork in onr :
own country for floats, shoe-soles, wads
for howitzers, bangs, stoppers, bst
foundations, life boats and life preser
vers, models for architecture and as a
material for Hpanish black.
Death of a Rsbber King."
The Hungarian )>aper* announce the
death, in the prison of B**moe- Ujrar,
of the celebrated bandit Roaza Bandor,
known in Hungary as the "robber
king." He waa born at Bsejedin in
1813, and both hia father and grand
father were robber* by profeaainn. Hia
achievements, however, aoon eclipsed
those of hia family, and he waa admired
as much aa he waa feared. The rrckleaa
courage with which he attacked the po
lice and even military escort*, on the
high road in bmad daylight, hia gener
osity toward the poor, and hia gallantry
toward women, made him a sort of na
tional hero. Home thirty years ago few
people of the wealthier claaaes ventured
to travel iu Hungary without paying
tribute. Hia bands were well armed
and organised, and the ttryany lr
ymuek, (poor fellow), aa the bandit*
were called in thoae days, found many
rfvmpathizers and accomplice* among
the peasantry. He was first imprisoned
in 1834, bnt escaped in the following
year by the assistance of hia miatresa, a
peasant woman named Rati, whose hus
band he had killed by blowing hia brains
out with a pistol. During the revolu
tion of 1848, RoasaHandor waa pardoned
by Koaauth, and he then organised a
free corps which did good service
against the government troop*. After
the suppression of the rising, 'Handor
resumed bin former career. He did not
again fall into the hands of the antbori
tiea nntil 1864, when he waa betrayed
by one of hia companions, whom he shot
aa the soldiers were advancing to captnre
him. After a trial which lasted three
years, Handor waa sentenced to be bang
ed ; bnt the sentenced waa commuted to
imprisonment for life. He remained
eight yeara in the fortress of Knfatcin,
and waa then aet at liberty in virtne of a
general amnesty. Bnt be aoon resumed
hia old pnnrait*. In 1868 he attaoked,
with some of bis companion*, a railway
train at Frlegyhaxa. The government
sent a body of troops under Oonnt Oed
eon Raday, to oaptnre him ; and four
years later he waa again brought before
the criminal tribnnal, together with a
number of his accomplices, among whom
were several magistrates and high civil
functionaries. He waa again sentenced
to death, and the sentence was again
commuted to imprisonment for life.
The prison to whiob be was then sent is
the one in which he died.— Pall Matl
Gaiettr..
Wlto Invented Movable Type* 1
The honor of the invention of mova
ble types baa lieen disputed by '.wo
cities, Harlem ami Wont*. The claims
of Harlem rest chiefly upon a statement
of Hadrien Jen ins, who gave it upon
the testimony of Cornelias, alleged to
be a servant of Lawrence Coster, for
whom the invention is claimed. The
claims of Ments, which appaar to be
mora conclusive, are in favor of Peter
Hebmffer, the assistant and aon-in-law of
John Faust, better known aa Doctor
Faoatna. The celebrated Bible, com
monly known aa the Meat* Bible, with
out date, ia tba first important speci
men of printing with movable metal
types. This was executed by Ooten
berg and Faust, or Fnat, as ft ia some
times spelled, betwaen tba yeara 148"
and 1456. The secret of the method
then becoming known, presets ware
speedily established in all parts of
Europe. s
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The Down of the Beflhlo.
Forty yean ago the trappers of the
Woe tern plain* sold the pelt* of beavers,
otters and martens, and Killed tho bison
only for food. Myriads of these shaggy
monsters roamed the prairies. Wash
ington Irving, in his "Tour on the
Prairie* " haw u herd, buundlctiK ami
undulating a* an ocean, ail surging
northward. They were two days ana
nighto in crossing the Smoky ZIiJl river.
There was then a limited market for
buffalo hidea, and the herds were haul
ed by Indiana only. They dried the
meat for winter use, and used the skins
for tepee* and blankets. Uncounted
millions of the animals wintered in the
parks of the Rocky mountains and on
the fertile plains of northern Texas.
The cows calved in April, and by the
first of May the shaggy armies were
headed for the Missonri. They advan
ced northward with the season, brows
ing upon the juicy grasses. They crossed
the Missouri river and ran away up into
British America. With the approach
of winter they swept back into the sonny
parka of the Rocky mountains and spread
themselves over the plains of Texas.
The discovery of gold in California
opened a pathway to the Pacific, and
this pathway opened a permanent market
for buffalo hides. The settlement and
rapid development of Kansas snd Ne
braka forced the herds bock toward the
mountains. Then gold ws* found near
Pike's peak, and a stream of emigration
poured into Oolurado. Reaver, otter
and furred animals began to diaap|x>ar,
and the brawny Kansas buffalo hunter
took the place of the half -breed Cana
dian trapper. Millions were killed for
their hides alone. The vast herds began
to scatter. Ten years later the laying
of the Pacific railroad forced them from
the line of the Platte and Arkanaa* into
northern Texas on the south, and Wy
oming and Dakota on the north. The
profeaeional hnnters followed, and for
years reaped a rich harvest. Bat the
rush of gold seekers to the Rlsck hills
snd the settlements along the line of
the Northern Paciflo road is driving the
northern column into British America,
and the development of Northern Texas
is exterminating the southern column. 1
Experienced hunters predict that within j
eight years not a buffalo will le left in '
Texas.—AVto York Sun.
A Rood llcad for Figures.
Home yearn ago a Gorman of the name
of Dane exhibited bin wonderful powern
of oalenlation and memory l>efore the
queen. I once met him at the bonne of
a friend, bnt unfortunately am red too
lato to witneen more than a few of hia
featn. Sixty-four figure* were chalked
upon a board, at which Mr. Dane gave
what I thought a curnory glance, and,
immediately turning hia back upon them,
he stated the order in which they were
placed, and then he repeated them back
ward. lie was then, without altering
hia position, dodged by one of the com
pany, who aaked, " What ia the twenty
third figure Y* He answered at once
and correctly. Again, a vast number of
dominoes—l wondered where they got
so many—were distributed on the table
among several ladies, who arranged
them in squares of various dimensions,
while Mr. Dane stood with back to the
table. He was then requested to torn
round, and in an incredibly short space
of time he told us the number, not of
the dominoes, bnt of the spots. Thns
far for the evidence of my own eyes anil
earn. For the rest, I was told that be
can mnltiply in his mind one hundred
figures by the like number. He is an
boor about it, bnt the result ia alwsys
correct. | was told that he can extract
the square root of one hundred giveo
figures in fifty-two minutes.— Univerri
ty Mayazinr.
A Te Denm.
AD anecdote of tho Emperor Charles
VI. ia worth prearving: During the
reign of that monarch an Italian officer
of itiatinctiou waa dispatched to Vienna
with newa of a battle in which the impe
rial troopa had been completely ranted.
On bia arrival at the frontier he waa in
formed by the governor of the flmt
fortified town he entered, that, although
the object of hia journey waa to an
nounce a defeat, he must, on the con
trary, proclaim a victory wherever he
went, and be preceded by twenty or
thirty oouriera, each blowing a born.
Obliged to conform to thia ridiculous
cnatom, the officer continued bia route,
and, on reaching Vienna waa inatantly
admitted to the imperial preaence; upon
which he exclaimed in a loud voice:
Victory, aire, victory I" adding in a
lower fone for the eapecial benefit of
the emperor, "Sire, your majeaty haa
I oat the day I" On receipt of thia intel
ligence, Charles VI. male a aign to the
envoy to accompany him into the next
room, and there demanded the particu
lar* of the diaaater. " What became of
my cavalry ?" be aaked, " Cat to pieoes,
aire," replied the officer. "And the
infantryr* "Bolted aa faat aa their
lege could carry them, aire." The em
peror liateaed with perfect gravity to
thia catalogue of misfortunes, then, re
entering the hadl of audience, addreaaed
die aaaembled conrtiera aa follows: "Let
a TV Drum be gnng in honor of the tri
umph of our artna I — Rrlgravia.
A Pretty Bird Ntery.
It bM for * long time been BO enigma
to the ornithologist* how certain specie*
of m*ll singing birds, which spend the
winter in Egypt or Algeria, and the
summer in southern and western
Europe, ever succeed in crossing the
Mediterranean, as many of them are not
able to fly one-qnarter of a mile without
renting. The Bedouins of northern
Africa say that they travel on tbe backs
of the larger birds, whiling away tbe
dreary honrs of the sea voyage by their
■ong, and Bedouin poetry swarms with
allusions to this charming iniitura of
the song leas stork carrying on his pow
erful back a cluster of small songsters
acmes the sea. And, singularly enough,
the peasants of sontheru and western
Europe say erectly the same. Bnt in
spite of tbia remarkable unanimity,
none has ever dreamed of finding a fact
at tbe bottom of those tales, until late
ly. ens great ornithologist after the
other—Hengliaa, Both, Hedenbocg, etc,
—declares himself willing to accept tbe
explanation ; nor have traces of posi
tive proofs been altogether lacking
Hew Tear's Bells.
King, bolls, ring, with yow mallow din I
King Uio old year out and tho new yoor In 1
Mka tho voiooo of birds from the old gray *ptrw
I*t your silver; niosle rise higher and higher
floating abroa 1 o'er tbe hillside bare
In billows of sound on tho tremulous air,
IM It rise snd fall with tho fitful gale ;
Tell over city and wood tho tale :
Hoy Ibst to-night the old year dleo !
Hut tbe watcher* look to the eastern
For tho beautiful halo tbat tolls afar
Of tbe weloome rise of the new year's star I
lUng tho old year out, with its sighs and tear*,
lis withering beort-oche* and tiresome feara
Away with its memories of donht end wrong;
Its cold deceit* and its envying strong,
All its pitiful ebams and oold pretense.
We will beep them together end bind them fost
To tbe old man's load as be totter* peat.
The ills that be brought be may take again ;
Keep we the joys, let him bury tbe pain!
lllng soft, oh, hells, as be goes to rest
Far In the shades of the darkening west
lllng, bells, ring, with a merry din I
The old year has gone with Its care end sin !
Hauling and fair, at the eastern gates.
Clad in tinted light, the new year waits I
Welcome him in with tho rosy band,
Who wait the wave of his beckoning bond .
Hope, with her wreaths of sweet spring
flowers—
Joy for the sumnrir's glowing hours,
Plenty and peace for tho fruit fnl fall.
And love for all seasons--best of all.
lUng merrily, bolls ! O'er tbe blushing skies
Hoe the beontifol star of the new year rise I
A Ron it Ride Without Food.
A journeyman printer told a New
York reporter how, being short of funds
and without work, he " beat" bis way
on tho railroads from Bau Francisco to
New York. The following incidents,
taken from the narrative, show* bow he
accomplished a part of the journey in
company with another "deadhead :
"The place where we found ourselves
when the express rolled away was about
the wildeat and dreariest 1 ever saw or
want to see. The station was called
Brown's, snd was * kind of coaling sta
tion. There was one house and tbe sta
tion, and a bole in the ground to hold
the water brought by tbe water-train.
Mage-brush ami sand as far as we could
ace on all side*. With $1 I tiongbt of,
presumably, Mrs. Brown,about a* much
bread and meat as I could buy in s
cheap New York reatanrant for ten cento,
and we ate it and waited for tbe night
freight. From mime Chinese section
hands who came in in the evening 1
tranght some more bread, and fonnd I
had abont a dollar and a half left. My
companion was broke. When the freight
came in we found she took coal, and
after s little talk the fireman told na to
' ooal up ' and he wonld see that we got
a ride. He pat as in a car fnll of empty
egg-boxea, bound for tbe Utah valley.
But about daylight we were w*kc<l up
by s tremendous luunmeriug on tlx
outside of the car apd a voice saying : |
• Halloo, there J What the deuce are you
doing in thgre ? Hop out of that V 'We
were otill'fifty miles from Winnemticca,
at a station called Olean. We stavnl
here two days trying to get out, but all
trains passed in tbe daytime. At least
twenty tramps put in' at the station
while we were there, all making for Cali
fornia, 'broke,' ragged snd hungry
Here I ' went broke,' and It began to
look bilioaa for tbe first time. My hopes I
were to strike a little work at Winnemuc- !
oa, snd Ned, who was a carriage painter, i
expected to get a little work in his line.
Rnt Winnemnora was flity mile* off.
The third day at Clean n long extra 1
freight pulled in juat at dinner-time.
While the crew were at dinner I walked
along the side sway from the depot, and
Inckily found a lumber car with the
door ajar. We didn't lose much time
in getting in and closing the door. We ;
made tbe next station, ami here, while
we were waiting for something, another
tramp saw the unlocked car and tried to
get in. He bad got the door open when
a hrakeman aaw him and yelled at him.
Tbe poor chap jumped down, badly
scared. We were hid Behind some lum
tw in the car that we hod piles! up.
The hrakeman earoe up, and, after look
in for a moment, muttering something
about 'tramps,'got down and shoved
the door to with a bang. A* be ehnt it
the conductor came along and locked it.
Ned ami I looked at each other, hardlv
knowing whether to be pleaaed or
scared. We were sure of a nde, and we
were sure we had no water or anything
to eat. We determined to stick it out
until we couldn't stand it any longer
and then kick the end of tbe oar out or
get out. We stayed there two nights
ami a day and a half. At daylight on ,
the morning of tbe third day we woke np
and found the oar standing "still, the end
door wide open, and the oar mil off from
the train. A man's head appeared at
the door, and I heard him uk some
body else if this was ' the lumber for
Eureka. * I knew then where we were ;
we had mede Palisade, something near
800 miles. The engineer gave n* a feed,
end Ned volunteered to paint his cot
tags which we both did, staving with |
him nntil the next night We took in
tbe magnificent scenery of the Paliaade*
end the country to Elko on foot, mak
ing the thirty-nine miles by five o'clock
in tbe afternoon. I made 88 in that
town, end my partner managed to corral
e dollar by buying whisky for the In- 1
.liana The place was full of them, end
they were ell anxious to get whisky. ,
He wee driving e rushing business from !
his fees as e middleman, when I found
ont that it was a penal offense end
stepped him. He had half tbe Indians
in town drunk, though. Then he heard
of work and I waa left skua."
Record of American Trailing Home.
Tbe following ahowa the pmgreee
made by American trotting boraea in
the last half century:
In the year 1820 tbe beet mile heat
was about B.Bft
In 1880 the record wee 2.40.
In 1840 the beet reoord, made by
Dutchman, was 2 28.
In 1800 the beat reoord, mads by
Lady Buflblk, was 2.2 ft
In 1880 the beet reoord, made by
Flora Temple, wae 2.18*.
In 1870 the beet record, mede by
Dexter, waa 2.171-
In 1878 the beet reoord, made by
Ooldomith Maid, waa 2.14.
Ia 1878 the beat record, made by
Raree, was 2-1A j.
Edwin Forrest baa made fade half
mil* in 1.06.
A Submarine Boat.
But a short time ago the world was
startled by the discovery of tbe deadly
effects of tbe torpedo, and sa this fear
ful engine of naval warfare is every day
arriving at a greater stage of perfection,
it bide fair before long to completely
drivo out of the field our costly iron
clads, We cease, however, to msrvel at
I tbe torpedo, when we hear of tbe latest
j discovery of scientific warfare, namely, a
! submarine lont. This boat, named after
the designer, the "Garnet" torpedo
liont, can be made to sink, rise, move
forward and backward, above or below
the surface, at the will of the manipu
lator. It ie cigar-shaped, running to a
point at each mad, in length abont four
teen feet and in width abont five feet.
It is constructed of iron plates nearly a
quarter of an inch in thickness, and the
weight of the lioat, including ballast, is
five tons. It is propelled by means of a
foar-bladed screw, worked from within
by mean* of an ingenious combination of
treadle and fly-wheel, ami is steered by
means of sn ordinary mdder. The Ixaat
is balanced evenly by means of a leaden
keel, nearly two feet broad and weigh
ing about two tons. Aooee* is gained to
the interior of the boat by means of a
little square tower rising from tbe cen
ter of the cigar to the height of about
two feet. Once within and having care
fully closed this man hole, the operator
can descend when he pleases. At each
end of the boat is placed a water-tank,
and it is by means of these tank* that he
descends snd ascends at will. If he
wishes to descend he turns a small tap,
and thia, filling the above-mentioned'
tanks with water, the host naturally
sinks; when he desires to rise to the
surface, he make* use of an air-pnmp,
and expelling tbe water, restores the
buoyancy of the boat In tbe sidtM of
tba above-mentioned tower arefonr little
windows, and, in addition, two small
brass caps. These are flanked internally ;
by a long kind of stocking, of stout
a terproof material. The cans t>ing
n moved, these stockings fill with water,
ami, by turning ttiem inside out snd
using each as a glove, the operator get*
the free nao of his arms outside the host
to work his torpedo. In addition to
working the boat, the submarine travel
er has to keep himself snpplied with
pure air. Tbe breath which he exhales
passes by means of a tube tbrongb a
kind of a knapsack containing a mixture
of chemicals, and by this means is puri
fied snfllcientlv to be fit if, enter his
lungs again. The boat is, of course,
lighted by electricity, a* ga* would in
crease the impurity of the atmosphere.
A series of experiment* took place s
i.bort time ago with the boat in question, j
ami were, we are given to understand,
highly successful. Tbe present speed
ol tbe host is only four or five knot* sn
hour, but Dr. Garrett contemplates
bniiding a txiat of mncb larger site,
capable of accommodating three or fonr
men, and ha* a scheme in view for in
creasing tbe powers of propulsion of the
boat.— OcuuelT 0 Moyazinr.
Wards of Wisdoai.
Age respect* love, but unlike youth
it respect* little the signs of love.
Ilida not the trnth when yon know it,
and clothe not tbe truth with false
hood.
That laughter coats too much which
is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.
This is true philosophy, that buries
not ita gold in ueUmUtiona charity, but
bmlda ita hospitals in tbe unman
heart.
It is astonishing bow complaoently
we ait and listen to a aermon, and ap
portion it to onr neighbors; "Oar
withers are nnwrung."
The first wealth ia health. Biekncea
ia poor spirited, and cannot aarve any
one ; it mnat husband its resources to
live. But health or fnllneaa answers
its own ends, and haa to spare, runs
over and inundates the neighborhoods
and creeka of other men's necessities.
There ia no trait in tbe human char
acter so potential for weal or woe as
firmness of purpose. It ia wonderful
to aee what miracles a resolute and un
yielding spirit will achieve. Before its
imaistible energy tbe moat formidable
otietacles become aa cobweb barriers in
its path. Difficulties, tbe terror of
which causes the pampered tons of ease
and luxury to shrink back with dismay,
provoke from tbe man of lofty determi
nation only a smile. Tbe whole history
of our race—all nature, indeed,—teems
with examples to show what wonders
may be accomplished by resolute per
severance and patteat toil.
Hepe.
Tbe firm rnddrr of life ; tbe strong
cement which rivete tbe links of the pest
with those of the future in the golden
chain of reality; tbe guardian angel that
hovers over the dreary abodes of aflic
tion.ofttimsa sheltering beneath its warm
pinions the ohilled hearts of grief; the
mainspring of the mind ; the brightest
ray that gilds tbe rugged hills of life,
melting the rime of disappointment
which lies upon tbe window pane of
every heart; the fires that smolder be
neath the purifying ashes of remorse,
kindling anew into flames, whose sparks
fire tbe soul with energy and seal.
Hope, the dear voice that softly coos in
each breast, awakening echoes from the
realms of futurity, bewildering hope;
that swsetly pleads for a better life,
faithful bard that, reaching over the
present, grasps tbe future, who could
live without you ? and oh, hope I when
the hills of promise seem fading, the
Pnaolea of happiness aoaroety looming
the distanoe, the borison darkened
and the icebergs of death advancing,
then, tender, merciful hope, you are
three, clasping tightly the weary mortal
in your arms of faith and pointing to the
shores of immortality.—Chrrie Kami
rea. _______
"Are jou the saleswoman of whom I
bought this handkerchief yesterday ?"
■eked a purchaser at one 01 dry
goods stores. "I am tbe aal
who served yon, madam," responded
the reduced em press in hinge.) hair,
long watch-chain and ringed fingers,
who presided at the counter. *• Well,"
said the customer, " I will take a doom
■tors, and as I wish to get them to my
washer-lady at onoe, I will get you to
send them to my carriage around the
oorflar. My coach-gentleman cannot
etc the door jut now, for tbe cart of
ash gentleman.—Boston BuUedn,
■ tMM
Aa Extraordinary A Met.
The writer of the 44 Chat of the Pair,"
i., V*f a } r < wi Eugliah publication,
toll* the following rather good story.
I once held some .tbarea in a joint
■took bank, bruited. The directora,
wishing to launch into a system of
finance, persuaded the aliarebolders to
turn the oonoern into an unlimited bank.
I aold out at once. The ayatem did not
answer, and within a couple of years the
bank wan in liquidation. 1 waa called
upon to allow caoae why I ahould not
tie placed upon the liat of contributors.
1 had not much difficulty in doing tbia ;
for, aa it happened, I could prove that
I had aold my aharea in good faith and
in good time. But one of iny com pan
iona in miafortnne had not been quite
aa prompt in getting rid of hia aharea,
and the lisnkruptcy commissioner added
hia name to the liat. A question then
aroae aa to the power to par. He plead
ed poverty, of conrae. He bad not a
shilling in the world. ' You seem to en
joy good healtli V said the solicitor to
the eatato. 'Yea, tolerable.' 'flood
appetite?' 'Yea, nothing to complain
of.' •Do not suffer from indigeation ?'
' Not much.' 4 Ah ! I see yon have a
line act of teeth ; your own, of conrae I'
'Yea.' 'Come, now, what did yon pay
for them ?' The poor contributor turn
ed pale, and appealed to the commis
aioner to protect him against impertinent
qneetiona. ' Yon can easily answer the
question,'said tbe commissioner, cold
ly. and the tormentor calmly repeated it.
' What did yon pay for trial set of teeth
—forty, fifty, or sixty guineas ? It is no
good fencing with the question ; I in
tend to have an sixty guineas ?*
The contributor drew himself up in
dignantly, parsed his lips, and refused
to answer. 4 Fifty guineas T More
pantomime. Bat at last the answer
came in a tone of indignant acorn: ' Fif
ty-five guineas.' 4 And how long have
you had these teeth ?' 4 Only the day
before yesterday.' 'And yon bad pur
chased them after you had notice of
your liability aa one of the shareholders
of this ban k?' 'Yea.' 4 That will do, 4
said the solicitor, triumphantly ; 'yon
ran take out your teeth and hand them
over to the official assignee ; they consti
tute one of the assets of this bank.' And
the poor man left the court tans teeth
a sadder, bnt, I hope, a wiser man."
A flan With a Movable Heart
Dr. Elias Thomas, the man who pos
sesses the faculty a transferring his heart
from place to place in hia body at will,
give an exhibition before tbe s'tndents at
the medical college. Dr. Thomas says
that he was born in Calcutta. India, and
is tLirty-nine years of age. He has re
cently been studying medicine at the
College of Edinburg, where he took hia
degree. Beginning bis experiment, he
made a peculiar wave action of the ab
dominal muscles fifteen or twenty times.
Tbe abdomen waa examined and found
to be perfectly soft and natural. Then,
after a momentary contraction, there
was made to appear a complete shield of
| ribs, covering two-thirds of tbe front
of the abdomen. Previous to this the
heart was felt and- found to be in its
; proper place, beating naturally. Imme
diately afterward Dr. Campbell, Col.
Rains and Dr. Black placed their bands
over the left lumbar region, whereupon,
low down on that side, a large tumor,
larger than a man'a fiat, appeared under
(he hand, pnlsated like the beating of a
| heart and synchronously with the beat
of the pulse at the wrist. After this tbe
umor was taken over to the right side
of the abdomen sad there felt aa before.
Then the wonderful man carried the
heart hack into the cheat, transferring it
from the left to tbe right side and back
again to the left Dr. Tbomaa also gave
an exhibition of voluntary heart-stop
page. The heart's action and pulse at
the wrist disappeared. He waa much
fatigued when the exhibition waa over.
He says that his heart is without a peri
cardium and hia chest without a dia
phragro. Attffwta (Go.) Chronicle.
X atnrallird Ckluwi li Jlfw Terh.
Borne of the morning newspapers ap
pear to think that the rreent naturalisa
tion of a Chinaman named Wong Ah Yee
ia the first inatanoe of a Chinaman
'taking ont hia papers " in this city.
A reporter of the Evening visit
ed the naturalisation bnrean of the
superior conrt, and found that within
the last eight or ten years folly ten
[ natives of China have been naturalised
: in this city. Last year there were three
i who availed themselves of this privi
lege. The last one,Chang Moot, was made
| a fit men of the United BUtea December
7, 1877, by Judge Sedgwick.
| One of the first Chinamen naturalised
in this city was the notorious Quimbo
; Appo, who took ont hia papers about
; twenty years ago. Qnimbo Appo is now
| in prison at Sing Sing, having been sect
thither on December 30, 1878, for arvee
years, for killing John A. Keller in a
Chatham street lmlging-hoaae. Kel ley
was the sixth or seventh victim of the
Chinaman's rage, be having served a
term of tears for killing another man in
1857.
The clerk* in the superior court sent
thet certainly ten or twelve Chinamen
had been made eitiaras in this city
within ths last twenty years. The three
who were naturalised last year could
read and write, and said they believed
in the Christian's God. AVv York
AwtiiV Ant.
Why he IHdat Want his Name Bee Heard.
" I was to dine with the admiral to
night," mid a naval lieutenant once ;
" but I have so many invitathms else
whern that I cant go
"I am going, and ID apologias,'
said a brother officer.
" Oh, deal trouble yourself."
" But 1 most," mid the otm ; " for
the admiral's invi tabor., like that of the
queen, ia a command."
'• Never mind ; pray dont mention my
name," rejoined toe 1
" far your own sake, I will,"
At length the ham of a hundred cards
stammered oat: "Dont mj a word
about it; I had a hint to stay sway ."
" A hint to stay away? Whjraof"
•'Tim teat tot- emit tavited."
Ah. yea, Bdtoon*a light to the eym to
tetara M-Jto York