TIMEI.Y TOPUIS. The number of visits made to the Paris Exposition was 16,082,735. During the last flsoal year letters were mailed in the United States and received from foreign countries. The government failed to deliver one in every 289. No season within memory has beeu ao unfortunate for the Greenland whaling fleet as that just past The whole Sootoh fleet secured but six whales, and one steamer waa totally lost. In summer London has free public bath-houses, situated at convenient local ities. Last session parliament passed a bill authorising the city to convert these bath-houses into gymnasiums for the winter. South America is suffering from grass hoppers. The valley of the Oanoa, one of the most fertile and populous sections of the republio of Colombia, has been ravaged by them. All growing crops have beeu ruined, and the people are threatened with famine. Among the curiosities at the dead letter offloe, in Washington, is a letter containing S6O and addressed to Hobo ken, Sniffy Tiddlewinks A Co., pig dealers, 222 Hoffensnipper's Terrace rr*t nnd Stream, who has been camping at In dian river, Florida, writes about hia two favorite setters ; At the 8b Sebastian river we remained some time, and hare an accident befell which bereft tbe writer of a favorite set ter. Poor Dash could not resist bis in stinct to retrieve, and while swimming the river one day in hot pursuit of a crippled dock, and deaf to all remon strances of his master, a huge alligator rose to the surface. A veil of terror from the doomed dog; the deadly sweep of the reptile's tail, the metallio clash of its jaws; a splash; a struggle, and poor old Dash sank to rise no more. Peace to his body I It was also here that the surviving setter distinguished himself by a panic. While hunting quail one afternoon, about a mile from the boat, Don con cluded to investigate a tangled swamp. In >s minutes a howl was heard,'al most human in its agonised expression of terror. Ont of the swamp came the dog as an arrow from a bow, " each individual hair standing on end, like qnilla upon the fretful porcupine," and, regardless of its master a appeals, sped frantically to the boat Gloae behind him came a panther. Whether the panther would have caught the dog or not must remain a mystery, for a couple of loads of bird* shot, poured into the animal at short range, turned its eonrae, and it slcnk away into the thicket As it was nearly dark, and no bnokshot handy, the writer declined to follow; but it waa many days before poor Don recovered the tone of his nervous system. _ A heading Ran. reasing on to oell Mo. 4, Hijall bronglit out Bnrke Reynolds, who claimed to be leading man in the play of " The Vagrant." When the curtain first went np it revealed Burke in a barn on Woodbridge street, eating crusts of I bread on the oat bin. In the second scene the proprietor of the barn entered upon the left, oaugbt sight of Bnrke, and called out: "Loafer, who art thou, and what doeat thou here ?" " My lord, putapadloek on tfay jaw t" i was the tender response. Exit lord in search of an offloer, who entered the barn and found the leisding man stacked away for the night under a lot of bay. The next soene opened on a knock down, and the curtain fell lost as Burke was registering at the Central station. " I think yonr drama ia a failure," re marked the court as the esse closed. " I don't like the soenery st all, and there ia too much waiting between acts." " Tea, I waa waiting for the officer," replied the prisoner. And now yon are waiting to go up for sixty days. Ton can have a full-dress rehearsal np there every day, if yon want to." " 111 have nothing, sir I" "Yonll have an extra thirty days (f yon don't go qnietly in," remarked the court, and the prisoner entered the cor ridor in a lamb-like manner, sat down on two old chairs, and in a few minutes was so thoroughly penitent that be turn ad over to the officers six gimlets he had stolen from some hardware store.—De troit Free Press. There are 3M counties in Texas, t i these Tom Ureeo and Crockett are as ; large as Mr fsaobqsolts. Peons aa Con necticut, and Hank as Rhode Island. . A JSAI* BABY. Tk Uiatrkaklt Case mf a Blsa Tirnlr- Tw Yran Old Wk* la HUM aa lahil. A New York paper un: In the sec ond story of one of the low, rickety wooden buildings on the east side of Chatham street, in humble apartments, there lives one of the moat curions of human monstrosities. It is a boy, or man, twenty-one years and nix months old, having been born in 1867, that is in all respects, physically and mentally, nothing more than an overgrown infant. Its parents are Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Jenn of No. 166 Ohntham street, indus trious French people. The child was born on the 10th of June. 1857, and was christened Jule. Up to his eighth month he did not diner from other children, but at that age be was taken sick with the measles, and for six months it was thorght that be could not live, ono childish disease following rapidly npon another. His ailment, and the on j to whioh his parents ascribe bis de formity, was one that baffled the attend ing the physician, and is described by the father as "the English disease. ' Both physioat and mental growth seem ed to be arrested bv this disease. The boy is not quite three feet high, but measures four feet around the waist, being inordinately oorpulent. His head is well shaped, but looks much too large for his body, beingmore than two fuet in circumference. His hands and feet are exceedingly small, like those of a one year old infant, and he weighs 160 pounds. Every effort has been made to educate him,but he is not capa ble of learning anything, Whon he was ten Tears old he was scarcely two feet high, but weighed almost 100 pounds. Tne physician who attended at his birth predicted that he would not live to be fourteen years old, but he is now in good health. The boy's akin is remarkably sott and white, like a baby's. All of his habits are child ish, and he can speak only a few words, such as "papa,' " mamma," "yes," and "no." His extreme corpulence prevents him from walking, but he is very active with his hands and feet- He aranaea himself with childish toys, and is very shy when strangers are about Ex Police Burgeon Baker, who has watched the case closely for several years, says that it is the most wonderful case he ever beard of. The boy has been examined by a number of scientists, who have all come to the conclusion that he is s perfect baby in mind and body. His father has been approached by many showmen, who were anxions to add the boy to their list of attractions; but Mr. Jenn has declined every offer, not de siring to have his son exhibited to the public. Who Invented the Steamboat I Everybody who has visited the nation al capitol has heard of Brumidi, the fresco artist, whose work ornaments and enlivens every part of the building. One day, while Brumidi was engaged in ' painting a picture over the door of the Senate committee room on patents, a gentleman entered, and after looking at it for a few moments, asked; " What is that yon're painting ?" " A picture of Robert Fulton, the in ventor of steam power," replhd Bru midi " But be wasn't the inventor of steam power," retorted the stranger somewhat earnestly. Brumidi, who occupied a platform that raised him almost to the ceiling, stopped bis work, laid down bis brush, and turning towiard the stranger asked in his quiet way: " Didn't Fulton in vent the first steamboat ?" " No, be didn't," answered the gentle man. " Well, then, who did f" " Why," replied the stranger, " John Fitch. He was a long way ahead of Fnlton. I know that, because I've been in Fitch's workshop myself." " Well, you're an old man," repliad Brumidi, respectfully, "and I won't dispute your word. I've always thought that Fulton made the first steamboat,but if you say he didn't, it's all right Have you got a picture of your man Fitch ?" " No, I haven't gut his picture, but I've got s book tbat tells all about his life and his works." " Will yon send me that book 7" "Yea, I will, just as soon as I gat borne," answered the gentleman. " Well, you do that, and 111 paint a picture of Fitch, too," said Brumidi. " I won't decide who made the first steamboat. You send me that book ami 111 paint pictures of both the men and i leave the public to decide who m entitled ito the honor. I'm a painter myaelf and j don't bother about inventors." I The stranger left, and in a few days 1 Brumidi reoeivod s small book oontain ! ing a personal sketch of Fitch and an account of his works. From this sketch I the artist painted a portrait of Fitch, re senting him in his workshop engaged upon the model of s stern- wheel steamer j with three paddle* as motive power. 1 Those who visit the capitol now will see 1 a picture of Fulton looking upon his first steamer over the committee room on ' patents, and on the opposite of the hall | is the representation of John Fitch in all j his glory. As Brumidi said, the people sre left to deride whichjof the inventors I is entitled to the honor. The artist does not bother himself about the question at all.— Washington Jtef. Washington's Re bake. Gen. Washington was dignified in manner and speech. He exacted appro priate consideration for himself and his position; but be exhibited a trait rare among man of high station—he waa al ways considerate toward his asaoriatcs. An anecdote illustrates this high-bred courtesy, and also his tender sympathy: Btopping one day during the war at a house in New Jersey, he found there a wounded officer. The man waa confined to bis bad, and waa so feeble that the least noise agitated him, Washington sroke in such a low kmc, and while at dinner was so quiet, as to influence his officer* to a similar consideration for the wounded man. When be had dined he left the room, and the officers, unrestrained by his presence, forgot in their hilarity the p- r sufferer. Hnddonly the door opened quietly, and Washington entered on tip- too, waited to the mantel, took a book, and without uttering a word quietly retired. The delicate suggestion, too courteous for e hint, was not lost. It was followed by a senator rate quietness. Bismarck aa An Eater and Brisker The London Timet, in giving extracts from Dr. Bosch's book on Ilium arok furnishes the following summary of the acoounts of some of his personal adven tures: " The personal incidents recorded in the boou are nam tier lees. From his student. aye he has had no end of duels. He has beaten topers in beer-houses with such a glorious sense of manly ela tion that he takes two pages to reoonnt his victory twonty-five years afterward. He has been over ana over again in peril of his life, from the old Roasian days when a sentinel offered to shoot him, to the entry inlo Paris, where s fierce-looking individual was disarmed by the prince coolly asking him for a light He has jumped over abysses in the Alps, with a fair burden in his arms; he walks sbout alone st night in Ver- I sallies, revolver in pocket, ready to kill and die; and, to excel hia neigbliors in everything, doea not Scruple to tell us I that he is the roost accomplished diplo matist of bis age, so he can alao chal lenge assembled hnmanity to outdo him in point of drink. Bo terrific are his achievements in tlio potatory line that one dreadful day King William IV., i happening to witness his libations, bad recourse to hia sovereign word of com mand to forbid further display. Then, as regards eating, who can oompare with the chancellor in poiDt of diaoernment and reoeptivenes* f When the crown prince diuea with the broad-shouldered chief of the foreign office in the camp before Paris, his imperial highness is astonished at the daintiea served no and I the rotundity of all his officials present. 'This,' explains the oompleoent Bis marck. ' is due to donations we get from fatherland. The German nation is de termined to have a corpulent chancellor., To which the crown prince replies: • Burlier is the only leau fcpocimen here; I dare say he has not been with you long.' " Columns might be filled with the culinary knowledge diiplsyed in the memorable work before n*. The in telligent prince dilates upon every im aginable variety of fish contained in ocean or river. He laya down the law upon crabs and lobsters, disdbursea j freely upon eggs, and claims the honor of l>eing a heaven sent benefactor to Aix j la Chapeile, having taught the benight ed citixeus how to fry oyster*. Hia dis crimination in cheese is perfectly won derful. He can bold forth by the hour ttpon wine, and on dire oocaaiou, spirits becoming acaroe in the tents, causes a desperate appeal to be telegraphed home as to the strong need of a supply of gin inoontineotly. Always good natnrcd after dinner, be threatens cor poral punishment to the steward of Baron Rothschild for refusing to bring forth wine for the k ng when every If A • tie is paid for. Nay, albeit a loyal sub ject, be allows the rumor to circulate nn- j contradicted that he has killed a brace of pheasants in M. Rothschild's park, contrary to the express prohibition of his sovereign. His excute, it appear*, is the paramount duty of self-preserva tion. the winged victims having I wen the first to begin the affray." Natlsfjlag the Barber. One time there was a barber. Aud one day a feller he cum into the shop fur to git sbafed, and he banded the barber a card which was wrot on like, this way: " For my Hair—Taller, clone, lard, bergmot, pomatum, oil. touuiek, reator atif, pitobnoly, gum, beeswback*, ker riaeen and tar. "For my Face—Cole creem. cam fries, powder, ham fat, aof sope, glis aeru, poltioe; rooje nammel, giant ce ment. shoo blackn. "For my Wiski-rs- Barnes for the hair, only more taller. " For my Mncbtaah—Do., starch, glew. morter and sodder " When the barber he ml it be was just dlited, and Mid to the feller: " Ynq are the most sensible man which baa ever set in this chair; yes, indeed. I never see a man of such good taste." And then the barber shafed the feller, and tola him all the newa which heende think, and never atopt tockin, the bar ber didnt, while be shafed, cos he was dlited. But, jest as be got dun shafn the feller, and was gotten reddy to put them things on him. eordin to the . mommy random, a man wocked in and : took the feller by the ear. and be aed to the barber, the man did: "This feller's got to go now, ooa he is s escape; if you ! want to finish him you must fetch them things over to the def and dum ward of the lunattic sylnm."— lAtttr Johnny. Disturbed by an Earthquake. The newspapers long ago had their laugh over toe deaf old lady who said " Come in " when the third shook of an earthquake bad roused her just enough to fancy tbat "somebody rapped!" Speaking of the late earthquake felt in Westphalia, a correspondent of tho KalholUkr* Volksblati writes: Some ol the effects of the earthquake were very laughable. A government official, as be went through his bouse on a tour of inspection after the first shock, found one of the maid-servants lying on the floor. She had a broomstick in her band, and was groping about with it under the kitobeo cupboard to strike tbat " horri ble oat," which, while she was in the sitting-room, bed been rattling among the dishes. Bbe did not find any oat. The rattling had bean caused by tba earthquake. An rid man stood writing at his deak in his somewhat rickety boose when the shook began. A crackling sound WM heard through the tone*, end the walls appeared to tremble. At the same in stant be heard a load knocking at the door. He hastily tore open the window, and MW a beggar standing at his door. "Stopnhakingmy house I NowyouD get nothing at afl r he exclaimed; and it waa the work of an instant to slam down the window angrily, aa a rebuke for eooh wickedness. The Russian Invalid# puts the num ber of troops engaged in actual fighting during the last war at 282.000 infantry, 87,000 cavalry, at 818,000 men, with I.2** field gnus. The artillery used 204,928 charger, and the infantry ami cavalry 10,067,764 eartridgts. The Turks are reported to have lost alto gather nearly 160,00P - \tled and wound ed. FOR THE FAIR HEX. News m*4 Nmm far Whmi. Edmonia Lewes, the sculptor, used to sell moccasins sua pincushions st Ni agara fall*. New York has a society, founded in 1797, for aiding poor widows with small children. Mrs. Evert, of Oolfax, Oregon, owns a hotel, for which she has paid by keep ing a little inn. Oarlctte, the widow of Maximilian, is still at Tervneren, near Brussels' hopelessly insane. One lady still remains at Judge Hil ton's hotel in New York for the original price of 87 a week. In Paris black, narrow velvet rib bons arc braided in the hair. It ia a very old fashion revived again. India and French cashmere shawls ! ire no longer worn in Paris. They ere I used for table cloths aud for furniture covering. Miss Graoe 0. Bibb has been appoint ed a member of the faculty of the Btate university, at Columbus, Mo., at a salary of 82,000. Egypt eanno' be a paradise for ladies, for travelers tell us that women sre old there at twenty, nnd very old st thirty years of age. The first daily jai/< / li/urant, and was edited by a lady. Cashmere ribbons and Breton lace are used in combination for neckties, the ribbon being fastened on plaitinga of the lace by tinsel l*ees. Miss Borah H. Leggett, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has opened a home for young women, where, for four dollars a week, they enjoy the social life of a family. The crown princess of Prussia ia a sensible woman. When she visits an exhibition she goes in a simple black j silk gown, with a straw list with black j band and a vail. When the danghter of a RussLin ! nobleman goes into an institute for her 1 •sincation, she is not allowed to go home until she leavea for good ; so that she has no home life in her girlhood. j A writer of fashions observes that the 1 head dn-sses of ladies among the Greeks ' didn't destroy the contour of their! heads. The dressings of the bair of : some of the modern girl* have a decided : tendency thst way. Fists and other des gua applied to the beads produce awkward bumps. Miss Maxwell Graham, an ancient j anu somewhat eccentric maiden of Eng land, has left one hundred thousand dol lar* to four charitable societies, where with to relieve poor Protestants who are named Hutchinson or Maxwell, and to educate iheir children. Tbe French government, during the ■ summer, sent the school teachers, com posed largely of ladies, to visit the Pari* exposition, and paid their expense* for tbem. They went in batches of one j thousand at a time, holding conferences in the morning and then dividing into : parties to visit different points and study j systematically. Misses Roxanna and Elisabeth Lowd, Hater*, and Miss Elisabeth Wbitromh, are farmer* in Warner, N. H., who own nnd work profitably a farm of one hun dred and sixty screw. They superin tend personally tbe farm work, do not hesitate even to take bold of a scythe, hoe and plow, and are seen almost every day in the field hard at work. The princess of Wales has been or dering from Paris a number of gloves embroidered in gold and silver, with . monograms and crests, some having as many as twenty-six buttons on them. Bwediah kid gloves were formerly cele brated for their delioate odor, derived from s scent called Bander's water. Tbe French glovemakera have disoov pre 1 a perfume which is very similar, and with it the kid is now scented. Miss Louise McLougblin, whom the Cincinnati (hmmercial describes aa a young Cincinnati lady, slender, with large eyes and a delioate, bright face— a necnliarily American faoe, full of in tellect and refinement—has discovered the famous process of underglsxe paint ing pottery, which, if not the identical > Haviland prooces, is one so similar that i it appears to produce the same effect. Tbe Oommervial wonder*, in view ol J that city's having almost everything else, ' why it should not have s famous art pot tory. VuklM SIMM. Chignon* have gone out of fashion altogether. Maroon, sapphire and dregs of wine are the three oolors most in demand. Shoe-buoklea of colored eat steel sre much worn both in the day and even ing. Babies' afgbaua are knit in tbe plain afghan stitch and embroidered in stripes. Little girls' cloaks sre long, close fitting saoquea, with cuffs, collar and pockets of oontrssting shade*. Velvet overdresses, bordered with embroidery in silk floss, are shown bv the New York importers. Tbay are to be worn over black satin skirts. Steamer hoods of gray flannel, with scarlet tassels and scarlet pinking*, and sleighing hoods of white worsted gar nished with whits floes, ere among the pretty things show* for winter wear. A superb bridal drees, imported for a Brooklyn lady, is of white satin sad brocade silk. The ooraaga of setin ia basque shape, pointed beck and front, with heart shaped neck, and trimmed around the neck and down the front with heavy fringe of crystal jet The sleeves are long. Tbe front of the skirt is composed of white brocade, woven in large roes* and leavea, and at tbe back e court train of satin fails. Tbe lower edge of tbe front breedth to finished with looping of satin and crystal fringe, TtodusM* IfMt. A not unusual kind of bride is that sanguine creators who baltorea that life is now to be all hm.ey and butter, and hat never a cloud will east its shadow over tbe sunny sky. All is so new— and it will never grow old ? Holiday time has come iu perpetuitr, and there are to be no more painfel lessons of duty to learn, nod no more disagrees Temper*, depute*, peevishness, tor eties, are buried beneath (be sugar and the almond of the wedding cake, and life ia to be a fairy tale, wbere "they lire happily for ever after," flniahea the picture, All the buttons will keep sewed to the shirts, and there never will bo a pair of socks to darn. If children oume they will be born like so manv little dor en, Mid give no more tronble than a covey of cbernhs flitting about the house. Bbe looks forward to a halcyon sea which not the faintest ripple is to disturb, and in her world blight and storms are to be unanown. Her also we pity, poor, self-deceiving creature—taking life as she does at such a false angle, and looking at the dost and aebea of inevitable decay or sure disappointment through spectacle# of such deluding rose-color. Hhe has not the faintest idee that her husband will ever cease to be her lover, and she imagines that the poetic exaltation of the courtship—the raptures of honey moon—are to oontinne far into old age. Of the sense of reality she ia absolute!/ destitute; and her reasoning faculties are lost for the time in the rainbow lined olond of hope and exultation. Perbapa her marriage baa taken bar from an uncongenial borne, and she ia elated and fall of hope in oonseqnence. Reality will waken her np soon enough, poor soul! Meanwhile we. who see the fool's paradise in which she is living, feel sorry for her, and anxious to know how she will bear the waking which has to come to her as to others—aye 1 as sure as death has to come to us all— ls/ndon Queen. Byrea's Island. The castle of Chillon, a thousand years old, and which looks M if it could last thousands of years aiiSl, with its grand architecture, its towers and moat, its drawbridge and dungeons, is in itself apart from ita history, one of the moat interesting castles in the world, rivaling in picturesque beauty tbe castles of the Rhine. But it was* tbe heroic self sacrifice of Bonivard to tbe love of country and of truth in Chillon's dun geon which constitutes its true interest, snd around which tbe geniua of Byron has thrown s halo of glory. Tbe name of Bonivard could never fail to command the admiration of students of history, but it is Byron's " Prisoner of Chillon (Francois de Bonivard), which attracts tbe multitudes aa pilgrims to a shrine. Immediately opposite the aastle of Chil lon ia " Byron s island," a tiny spot, thirty paces long, twenty paces wide, with three small trees, which Bonivard oonld see from his prison window— from his silent dungeon lower than the surface of tbe lake. A tmail green isle, it Maenad no more. Hoarce breeder than tnj dungeon floor, lint in it there were three email tress. And o'er it blew the mountain In 1 use, And by It there ware water* flowing. And on it there were young trees growing. This little island wsa a favorite resort of Byron, where be passed whole days, and often the whole night. It ia said that the beautiful verses on night, in Canto UL.of "ChUdeHarold."werethe results of s night passed on this island daring a thunderstorm. Here in this region, beautiful aa a dream, Byron lived for montha, winning tbe affections of all by bis genial manners, kind fad ings and liberality. 'The room be occu- FKed is still shown to strangers. Madame Hsoly, in whose house be dwelt, es teemed him much for his charming manners, his guineas and hia fame, but considered him "a kind of fool, wbo walked tbe room all night" Wards sf Wisdom. Much is written without sincerity,and more read without profit Exemption from care is not happiness; on the contrary, a certain degree of care ia essential to promote enjoyment If anger arises in the breast instantly seal np the lipa and let it not go forth; for, like fire, when it wants vent it will suppraes itself. True dignity abides with him alone who, in the silent hoar of inward thought ran still suspect and still revere himself, in lowliness of heart. Nothing, says Rrodie, in all tbe world, is so good as usefulness, which gives to the individual's own character a finish snd an influence which mere station ean not give, which also binds him to his fellows and them to him We are apt to be very port at censnr j ing others where we will not endure ad vice ourselves. And nothing shows oar weakness more than to be aharj.ight<-i at spying other men's faults and so pur blind at our own. Those have s ngfat to censure wbo have a heart to be! the rest is cruelty, not jasthm Frugality ia good if benevolenoe be • joined to it The first ia leaving off su perfluous expenses, the last bestowing them to the benefit of those that need. Tbe first without the last brings oovet ousneas; tbe last without tbe first brings ( prodigality. Both together make an excel lent temper. Happy tbe place i where that is found. Goodness does not mora certainly make men happy, than happiness makes 1 them good. We most distinguish be tween felicity and prosperity; for pros perity leads often to ambition, sod am bition to disappointment; the coarse is then over; the wheel tarns round but once; while the reaction of goodness snd happiness is perpetual , T °. Py*ff ■ house in Wwceutar, Maes., recently, were attracted by a large Newfoundland dog which kept running toward them, sod then returning ia the direction of a pond ia the grove, where something was evi dently wrong. They followed the dog to the pond, where they found another dog in the water and unable to get out. His front pews wars on tbe eurWtne, bat he could not get saSafeat hold to drew himself ap. He mm nearly ex hausted, and would probably have been drowned had not the gentleman smistod him. The dogs showed their gratitude ia *"i*nlf*fi , kiblfl Ttgrra. One of the highest compliments a man can rremvu w to heat a friend my to him : " Tbe very sight of your pleas ant face is enough to drive amy toe blues."— OrpttaJ. But the aattaf* u . u with which cms hears inch speeches is matted by the antttpatk* oftoeromL* that ia almost certain to ensue—" By the way you haven't got two dollars that yon, * etc., etc.—Boston TV-wester.