FOB THE YOUNU FOLKS.
HIMB.
The sudden stxn shone through the pane.
And lighted both their faoett—
A prettier sight just aftor rain
Ne'er fell in pleasant places.
Two girls. One held a vaao of glass,
. And one, a ball unsightly,
Ragged and soiled. And this, the lass
Upon the vase laid lightly.
" What lovely flowers we'll have !" said they,
"After it starts a-growlng."
The sun delighted slipped away,
And down the west went glowing.
—llriti* BUI, in fit. Nieholat.
A Doe's Memory.
There is-a well-known story of a mur
derer being discovered by a dog flying
at his throat and bearing him to tno
ground, when he confessed that he had
murdered the animal's master. The
Btory iH matched by one told in IMm I
and Water of Nelson, u black spaniel.
One night the dog was missing from
his favorite corner, and nothing for sev
eral weeks could be heard of him, not
withstanding the most searching in
quiries. After the family had retirod to
rest, one miserable winter night, the
well-known bark of old Nelson was
heard at the door.
He was soon admitted to his oozy
quarters, supplied with food, which ho
ate with many a grateful wag of his
tail, and looked a mere bag of bones in
comparison with his former Bell, besides
being very lame.
A neighbor came in and inquirod if
Nelson had arrived, as he met him on
the previous dny at Macclenfleld, eigh
teen miles from Manchester. The driver
of the mail-cart had also seen him at
Derby, and gave him a feed of milk and
oat-cake, but could not induce Nelson to
remain with him or with the hostler of
the inn where he baited.
Home time after the dog came home,
the ow.ier of Nelson called at a public
house in the ncighl>orhood, having with
him his four-footed and faithful friend
and oompanion.
A sturdy, surly-looking man stood at
the bar, and to the surprise and alarm
of everybody, Nelson sprang at the
throat of the stranger, striking his teeth
through the waistcoat, and holding on
with the utmost tenacity.
With a strong effort, Nolson's owner
released the man, who confessed
there and then that the cause of
the dog's anger arose from the
• fact that "he was the man who stole
him, took him to London by the canal
boat, where he sold him and left him."
The dog must, therefore, have traveled
from London to Manchester. .
• Mathla* to Da.
Kit had taken a slight cold, and so
she did not have to go to school. Al
though glad enough to stay at home,
she could think of nothing in particu
lar to do, and after breakfast sho wan
dered around the house aimlessly for
awhile. Bhe finally strayed into her
father's study. No one was there. On
the table was the unfinished sermon,
just where her father had left it. Kit
glanced over the neatly-written pages
but did not attempt to rend them. Then
she went into the sitting-room; but her
mother was not there, for she had gono
out also. Kit returned to the study,
feeling a trifle lonesome, and for lack
of better enjoyment she built a large
fire on the hearth. Hhe placed the
back-log and fore-log in their places;
and this done she sat down in a big
cbair to enjoy the blaze. Hhe had not
sat long there, when she heard a queer
rustle, and turning toward the door,
she saw enter a half-dozen crash towels.
They were sighing at a tremendous rate;
and finally one of them said quite
plainlv :
"Hhe promised she'd hem us the first
day she con Id; and she hasn't thought
of us once."
Kit's oonacjencc reproached her. Bhe
was jnnt going to excuse herself, when
a pair of thick-soled walking boots
ahnffled in.
M Seven buttons off 1" they groaned
dismally; " and she declared she would
sew them on the first day she hod
time."
Kit felt much ashamed; but she
oonld think of nothing to nay, BO she
*at very still, blushing, however, a
good deal, for the crash towels and
walking-boots were staring at her most
unpleasantly.
The silence waa growing oppressive.
The towels and shoes stared and atarcd,
nntil poor Kit felt very mnch like cry
ing; and sho wonld have done so had
not her attention been attracted by a
fanny scraping noise in tbe hall. The
towels bent their heada forward to look,
and the shoes turned themselves
Bnarely around to look, as there entered
t'a tipper bnreau drawer. Such a
looking thing a* it was I It waa
crammed fall with ribbons, pins, bits of
jewelry, collars, cuffs, morsels of very
sticky taffy candy, fancy work, cheat
nut sheila, handkerchiefs, gloves, some
apples, notes from the schoolgirls—a
little of everything, in fact; and it
seemed aa though Kit had stirred them
all together like a pudding. The crash
towels langhed disagreeably, and the
boots squeaked in diedain.
" Hhe waa going to pnt me in order as
soon as she had time," said the knob of
the drawer, meaningly. Bang! From
off the top shelf dropped a fat history
of the United States, and as it landed
on tho floor, it leaves opened at the ac
count of tbe settlement of Mew York by
the Dutch in 1610.
Kit's ebeeks grew redder yet. Hhe
had promised her fatter to road that
sometime when she hsd nothing else to
do; and hero she had dawdled away
nearly a whole morning in trying to
amnse herself. She looked sadly at the
nnhemmed towels, the grinning shoes,
the disordered barest! drawer, and the
history; and Uiay looked at her in each
a disagreeable way that Kit put her
hands np before her face and began to
sob. Straightway the shoes bopped np
and began to kick her, the crash towel
slapped her face, the bureau drawer
flnng apples - at her, and the fat history
climbed np on top of her head and began
to pnah her in the Are. With a great
effort Kit tried to get away; and at last
she enceeedcd in rolling off her ohsir to
the floor. Then she woke np. Hhe
moved her eyes and stared around the
quiet nom; and after a second she re
alised that she bad been dreaming.
Straightway she roes and went to her
own room, took tho nix crash towels out
of the basket, and liemmed them till
dinner-time. — IndejHndmt.
Long and Short Steepen.
Beamcn and soldiers, from habit, can
aloep when they will and wake when
they will. Oaptaiu Barclay, when per
forming his wonderful feat of walking
1,000 miloe in an many Temsocntive
honrs, obtained anch a mastery over
himself that he fell asleep the minute
he lay down. The faculty ol remaining
asleep for a groat length of time is pos
sessed by some individuals. Much was
the case with Quin, the oolebrated
player, who would slumber for twenty
four hours sncccssively; with Elisabeth
X)rvm, who slept three-fourths of her
life; with Elizabeth Perkins, who slept
for a week or a fortnight at a time; with
Mary Lyell, who did the same tor sue
oessive weeks; and with many others,
more or less remarkable.
A phenomenon of an opposite char
acter is sometimes observed, for there
aro other individuals who can subsist on
a surprisingly small portion of sleep.
The oelebrated General Elliott was an
instance of thin kind; he never slept
more than four hours out of the twenty
four. In all other respects he was
strikingly abstinent, his food consisting
wholly of bread, water and vegetables.
In a letter communicated to Hir John
Binclair by John Gordon, Esq., of Hwine,
mention in made of a person named John
Mockay, of Hkerry, who died in Htrath
nave, in the year 1797, aged ninety one;
he only slept on an average of four hours
in the twenty four, and was a remarks
bly robust and healthy man. Frederick
tho Great, of Prussia, and the illustrious
surgeon, John Hunter, only slept five
hours during tho sumo period. The
celebrated French general, Pichegro,
informed Hir Gilbert Blaine that during
a whole year's campaign he had not
allowod himself aliove one hour's sleep
in tho twenty-four.
The KuaTe Bible.
About two centuries ago an idoa—
partly originated by Fuller—was cur
rent that iu some rare editions the apos
tle Paul designated himself "Paul, a
knnvo of Jesus Christ." No suoh Bible
really existed; and the duke of Lander
dnle, the well-known Bcotch viooroy of
Charles 11., having in vain endeavored
to procure one, it occurred to Thornton,
a worthless fellow by all account, that
he could, by a little ingenuity, gratify
his grace and serve himself at the same
time. Fie got a Matthews Bible, dated
MDXXXVII., and by careful manipu
lation he erased the XVII., thus leaving
the date 1520 instead of 1587—fifteen
years earlier than the oldest
English Bible extant, that of the Cover
dale. Not oontcnt with this daring im
position, he in a similar manner rubbed
out the word "servannte," in Romans
i. 1, and substituted "kneawo," made
up of letters cut from other parts of the
volume, so that the vorse read, " Paul,
kin-awn of Jeans Christ," instead of
"Paul, a servannte of Jesus Christ,"
17ie book, thus mutilated, was taken to
the duke, who gave him seventeen
guineas for it. (Lewis' History of
Translations, p. 47.) Although "tho
mark of the raztire was very visible,"
Lauderdale was apparently pleased with
his unique bibliographical treasnre, and
had his arms and coronet stamped on
both sides. How tho forgery was dis
covered is not mentioned; but Dr.
Eadle remarks that a volume, said to t)
the identical copy, wan sold at a book
sale in London in 1865. Hence its being
sometimes called tho " Knave Bible,"
which designation, in more scns<i than
one, it certainly deserved.— Chambcrt'
Journal.
Something Worth Knowing.
Every little while, writ** a corres
pondent, we read tn the paper* of some
one who han atuck a rusty nail in hia
foot, or knees, or hand, or aome other
Grtion of hia |>ereon, and that lockjaw
* resulted therefrom, of which the pa
tient died. If every peraon in the
world was aware of a perfect remedy for
all anoh wonnda, anil wonld apply it,
then all anch report* muat cease. But
although wo can give the remedy, we
oannot enforce ila application. Borne
will not employ it beoanse they think
it too aimple ; other* will have no faith
in it when they read it ; while other*
often think anch a wound of email ac
count, and not worth fnaeing over, un
til it ia too late to do any good. Tet all
anch wonnda can be healed without the
fatal eooaeqnencea which follow them.
The remedy ta aimple, almost always on
hand, and can be applied by any one ;
and what is better, it ia infallible. It ia
simply to amoko the wonnd, or any
hrniae or wonnd that ia inflamedi with
burning wool or woolen cloth. Twenty
minnten in the amoke of wool will take
the pain out of the worat wonnd, and
repeated once or twice, it will allay the
worst case of inflammation ariaing from
a wonnd we ever aaw. People may aneer
at the "old man's remedy aa mnch a*
they please, bnt when they are afflicted
ju*t let them try it. It ha* saved many
live* and mnch pain, and is worthy of
being printed in letters of gold and pnt
in Je very home.
Vex Iran Manner*.
A letter from Mexico *pvk* xerr
highly of the gentlemanly way in which
the preen of Mexico reoeived and enter-
Uined some visiting American Jour
nal iete. After a pleasant dinner they
were taken to the hnll light, which the
correspondent describee ae brutal and
repulsive. The letter mention* the
poor traveling accommodation* in Mexi
co, bat says that several care of each
train are reserved for ladies— gentlemen
not admitted nnder any circnrantance*.
According to thia correspondent there
ia a grim horror in the politeneea of
Mexicans. He saya : The Mexicans of
all olaaees are polite—exceedingly ao.
The gardener, or water-carrier, shakea
hand* on aoeotiug an aoqnaintanoe, lift*
hie hat, bows, and on parting, after ex
changing a few words, goea through the
same ceremony again. When excited
and onarrelsome he never forgets him
self, bat prefaces hie offensive remarks
in this wise r " Manor, yoo are a fool,"
<>r "Honor, Ton are a raacal," etc.
When it Anally comes to the knife, and
he falls to thojrround mortally wound
ed, his rival will smilingly bow toward
his victim, raise his sombrero, wipe off
his knife, and retire in good order.
The Dying UnlTalo Ilull.
General Low Wallaco has an article in
Scribncr H on n " Huflulo Hunt in
Northern Mexico," from which wo take
this extract: I remember yet the.excito
meut of that ride, tho eagerness and
i expectancy with which we nearod the
knot of troon, our dash throngh, pistol
in hand. In quiet hours I hear the
shout witli which the colonel brought us
together, In an opening scarce twenty
yards square lay a dying bull. He was
of prodigious girth, and covered head
and shoulders with a coat of sunburst
bair to shame a lion. Long, tangled
locks, matted with mud ami burrs,
swathed his forelegs dowu to the hoofs.
The pondorous head of tho brute rested
helplessly upon tho rotten trunk of n
palm tree; the tongue hung from his
bloody lips; his eyes woro dim, and his
breath came and went in mighty gasps.
The death-wound was in his flunk, a
I horrible sickening rent. Tho earth all
> about bore witness to the fury of the
duel. Long time he confronted his foe,
and held him with locked horns; at last
ho slipped his guard—that broad fore
head with its crown of Jove-like curls—
and was lost. Who could doubt that
the victor was worth pursuit ?
We helped the unfortunate to a
speedier deatht aud lingered to observe
him. His travels had been far, begin
ning doubtless up
" ID tho land of tho Dakotah,"
whence winter drove bim with all his
herd down the mnrky Missouri. On
the Platte somewhere be passed the
iiecond summer; then, from the hunting
of tho Hionx and their fierce kinsmen,
he escaped into Colorado; after a year
of rest, in ooaroh of hotter noctures, he
pushed southward again, lingering in
the fields abont the head-waters of the
Arkansas; there the bold riders of the
Comanche fonnd biro; breaking from
them, he disappeared for a time in the
bleak wilderness called tho Htaked
Plains; thence to the Rio (Irnndo, and
across into Chihuahua, the pursuer still
at his heels; and now there was an end
of trawl and persecution. As we re
turned from the chase, I saw him again,
lying where wo fonnd him, a banquet
for the whimpering wolves. Already he
was despoiled of bis tongue.
The Discovery of Batches.
The story of this diacovcry lift* lieen
told by Mr. Holden himself in the house
of commons before a select committee
appointed to inquire into the working of
the patent lawn. Wo cannot Jo better,
therefore, than give it in bin own words:
" I began an an inventor on a very small
scale," said Tklr. Holden, in the course
of hia evidence. " Fof what I know, I
WOB the flrat inventor of Inciter matches;
but it woe the result of a happy thought.
In the morning I used to get up at four
o'clock in order to pursue my studies,
and I nard at that time the flint and
at eel, in the tine of which I found very
great inconvenience. I gave lectures in
chemistry at the time at a very large
academy. Of course I knew, as other
ebcmiats did, the explosive material that
wan necessary in order to produce in
ntantaneona light; but it waa very diffi
cult to obtain a light on wood by that
exnloeive material, and the idea occur
red to me to put under the ezploaive
mixture sulphur. I did that, and pub
liabed it in my next lecture, and ahowed
it. There waa a young man in the room
whoae father waa a cbemiat in London,
and he immediately wrote to hie father
about it, and ahortly afterward lucifer
matches were issued to the world. I
believe that waa tho flret oocaaion that
wo had the preeent Ineifer match, and it
waa one of thoae iuventionN that aomc
people think ought not to be protected
bv a patent. I think that if all inven
tion* were like that, or if wo could dia
tingniah one from the other, the princi
ple might hold good. If all inventiona
were aaccrtaincd and carried out into
practice with aa much faculty aa in thia
cane, no nno would perhapa think of
taking out a patent. I waa urged to go
and take out a patent immediately; but
I thought it waa ao amall a matter, and
it coat me ao little labor, that I did not
think it proper to go and get a patent,
otherwise I have no doubt it would have
been very profitable.Aon don .Society,
The Hive of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh, Pa., produces more then
helf the glass raede in the United
Htata*. It* factories nnmber scventy
three, with 890 pot*, end give employ
ment to 5,248 hand*, whoee wage* ap
proach $3,000,000 a year. The material*
employed in the mennfectnre were, the
peat year, 12,110 tone eoda aah, 48,840
tone of aand, 152,000 bushel* of lime,
1,218 tone nitrate eoda, 793,500 hnahele
of ooke, 4,625,700 hnahele of ooal, 4,025
eorda of wood, 8,055 tone of atraw, 2,700
barrel* of ealt, 250 tone pearl aah, 800
tone of lead, 160,000 Are brick, 2,966
tone of German clay. The packing
boxes eoet $484,250, and required 2,109
kega of nail*. Ninety-six wagon* and
130 horeea were employed in nanling.
The apaoe occupied by the building* la
equal to 208 acrre, and the capital in
building*, machinery andgronnda i*, in
round nnmber*, $3,500,000. The busi
neaa prodncee al>ont $7,000,000 a year.
Reporting hy Machinery.
A reporting machine at the Paris ex
position, known as "la machine sten
ographiqne Michel*," the latter being
the name of its inventor, attracted much
attention. The claims made respecting
it are that after a fortnight's practice,
any peraon can tako down in shorthand
character* a speech however rapidly de
livered. It is a small instrument,
piano-like in form, with twenty-two
keys, white and black, and the steno
graphic characters are 'small Und im
pressed on slips of paper. Bignor
Michel* claims to have classified all the
sounds which the bnman organs of
speech are capable of producing, and to
have so oonstrncted his machine that it
shall report with unerring fidelity what
ever ia said in German, French, Italian,
Spanish and English. Tbe machine ia
highly ingenious, and seems to have
stood several practical tests satisfactorily
To CURB A Fsum.—Tske ont s por
tion of tbs inside of a lemon, and thrust
the finger into it. Or take the akin of
the inside of a fresh egg, bind it on with
the moisture of the white of the egg next
to the finger, and it will draw the small
globule that can urn the sore to the sur
face. As it driea make new applications.
The Fuel Supply.
There is one point in household econ
omy upon which tho landlord and the
guest will never agree. It is on the
quantity of wood required to heat a
room. Now the landlord is lirmly con
vinced, and ho grounds his convictions
upon a long aeries of actual tests and
E radical experiments, extending over a
>rm of years which date back to the
year he began to "keep tavern," that
two sticks of wood, about two inches in
diameter and somewhat longer than a
match, will, if properly nsed, keep a
bright fire, snapping and roaring, in a
large stove all day, and then, if yon
cover them np carefully when yon re
tiro, they will smolder all night long,
and you will only have to open the
damper to have a nice warm room to
dress in the next morning. He knows
this, liecanse, he tells the guest, he has
tried it, and does try it, very successful
ly in his own room every night. I
never heard the guest dispute the land
lord, but I can't remember ever having
seen him look convinced. When I order
a Are in my room I usually have aliout
this kind of a circus. I say to the l>oy,
iu commanding tones :
" Bring np some wood."
The boy looks amazed, goes away
slowly and just before tho Are goes dead
ont returns with two nrmfols of wood,
one stick in each arm.
The sticks are abort, bnt thin.
I seize them gladly aud thrnst them
both into tho stove.
"Now then, 'lcry cheerfully, "bring
np some wood 1"
The boy disappears, and I catch a
passing glimpse of his white, terror
stricken face as he slides down the balus
ters. In due time, comes to the room,
not the frightened boy, bnt with heavy,
solemn tread, the landlord. There is
trouble in bis face.
"What do yon want?" he asks, sus
piciously.
" Wood," I say, " wood 1 wood 1 My
cry is still for wood ! Fuel I Combus
tibles! Inflammable snbstances I Vege
table growth and development! Wood!"
" Why," he asks, with a puzzled ex
pression on his face, " didn't the boy
bring you np some wool just now ?"
"Yes," I reply, truthfully. Audit
sounds kind of oddly to me, bnt after
all, I am glad I told it under the circuta
s tan cos.
The landlord looks wonderingly around
tho room, glances behind the stove,
stoops down and peers under the bed.
"Well, why," be says at last, in a
perplexed tone of countenance, " where
is ii ?"
"In the atove," I say.
An expression of incredulous bewil
derment spreads over hia questioning
face. He aaka, feebly and falU-nngly :
" Tea, but the rest of it?"
" Iu the atove, too," I say.
"What 11!" the good man ahonta,
"all of it?"
And there aren't enough capitals and
exclamation pointa in the news room to
convey hia emphasis and exprcasiona to
the types. I regard hia indeacribable
amaxrment with pitiless composure.
" All of it," I aay.
He doean't believe me. He atoops
down before the atove, opens the door
and looks in. llis worst fears are real
ised. Wih a hollow groan he cloaca
tho door and shuts t be damper with audi
an easy, quick, long practiced turn of
the what that an inexperienced man can
never detect it, and rising to hia feet
goes feebly down stairs, holding one
hand to hia bewildered head, and the
other to hia throbbing heart. Ry and
by he cornea liack into the room, with
tho wan, silent face of a specter. He
l>eara two sticks of wood, somewhat
thinner than the one* tho boy brought,
hut, on the other hand, considerably
shorter. He shudders aa he walka past
me, and lays them down in the bottom of
the wood-box, and covers them np with
a piece of an old onvnlope to hide thorn
from my extravagant eves. Hut I aeixo
them from under hia handn even while
ho is hiding them, and not heeding the
tremulous hand he reaches forth to atop
mo I thrust the sticks into the atove,
and aay, calmly and sternly ;
" Bend the boy up with some chunks."
The landlord prease* btit hand* over
hie cyoe and goes reeling crat into the
hall. lie says, in a ghastly whisper :
•' Well, of yon can t crowd more wood
into thikt stove then eny men I over
see."
And aa he goo* down etair* I can hear
him eohbing, and telling the hall-t>oy*
they'll hare to keep an eye on the craxy
man in No. 72 or he'll act the hone# on
fire. Jhurd'ttc in liurlington J/atck
rye.
A Microphone ( oncert.
The wonderfnl invention, the micro
phone, baa been put to a novel nan in
thia city, experimentally. A few day*
ago Hnperintendent Bckert, of the Tele
phone exchange, placed a microphone
at each end of the atage of the Grand
opera-house, and connected them with
wire* leading to the Central exchange.
Parties having line* in connection with
the exchange were notified that they
would be treated to a novel concert, and
at the appointed time a large number,
in varioua parts of the city, took ad van
tage of the invitation. The action of
the microphone* was marvelous. The
moat delicate *traina of the orchestra
were heard, and "election* readily recog
nixed. The word* of the actor were
diatiugniahed, and, in aome in- tancea,
the players' voice* recogniaed.no perfect
waa its articulation. Many in the su
burb# of the city enjoyed the treat, and
regarded the entire programme aa very
natiafactory, considering that no ooat of
admission waa charged to the enter
tainment Thia is a verification of the
prediction we made aome time ago.
Cincinnati American Inventor.
A remarkable circumstance has been
noted in connection with the prevalence
of aoarlet fever in New Tors. When
ever the disease persist* with any de
gree of virulence beyond the middle of
January, ii ! s ccitain to reappear in
epidemic form early in the summer.
In ordinary seasona the fever rapidly
subside# after the first week in January,
and remain* in abeyanoa until the ap
proach of the warm weather. But each
great aoarlet fever epidemic has been
marked by a continued virulence of thia
disease along with diphtheria through
the winter and spring month*. Aa thia
ia what ia happening now. New York is
considerably alarmed at the outloek for
next summer.
A Woman's Wonderful Nerve.
Mrs, Isadora Middleton, a leader in
Mobile (Ala.) society, has given a re
markable exhibition of courage. Her
husband was absent from the city, and
Mrs. Middleton was in her chamber,
putting away her Jewelry, when sudden
ly she noticed t|iat a lamp in the back
part of the room had thrown the shadow
of a man who was crouching under the
oentcr-table, on the floor at her feet.
Instead of fainting with fear or shrieking
for help, the brave woman seated her '
self at the very table, underneath which
the miscreant was concealed, and rang
for the servant. " Hand me writing
materials, Bridget," said she, with per
feet calmness. "I want yon to take a
note this instant to Mr. Forfar, the
jeweler, and huvo him send you baek
with my diamond neck lace and ear drops,
which I left there for repairs several
days ago. Bring them with yon, no
matter if fully repaired or not. They
are by twentyfold the most valnable
articles of jewelry that I posses*, and I
do not wish to pass another night with
out having them in my bureau drawer."
The note was at once written and dis
patched, bnt, instead of being in the
tenor that she had signified, it was a
hasty note to the jeweler, an intimate
friend, in which she stated her terrible
position, and urged bim to hasten to her
relief, with the requisite police assist
ance, immediately on receipt of the mis
sive. The agonies which that woman
underwent when left alone in the house
with that desperate robber crouched
tinder the very table upon which she
leaned can only be left to the reader's
imagination ; bnt ber iron nerve sua
tainod her throngh the ordeal. Bbe
yawned, hnmmod an operatic air, turned
over tho leaves of a novel, and in other
ways lulled the lnrker into a senac of
perfect security and expectancy, and
waited, her eyes fastened upon the Lands
of her little ormoln clock with a feverish
gaze. At last eame the ring at the
door bell, and she strolled carelessly
into the hall and down stairs and open
ed it. The rnse had been a success.
Hhc not only admitted Bridget, but also
Mr. Forfar and three stalwart police
men. The latter passed stealthily tip
stair* and into the chamlier, where they
suddenly pounced upon the conoealod
burglar so unexpectedly as to secure
him witli hardly a strnggfe. 'Hie prisoner
proved to lie a colored criminal named
Clapman, but mostly known as "Two
Fingered Jeff." He was in great re
quest about that time for several rob
bories, and is now serving a twenty-years'
sentenoe in the Alabama Btate prison.
A Terrible and Deadly Affrav
In the annala of deadly affrays in thia
State, nay a the Yieksburg" (Miaa.j
ffrrald, wo know of no occurrence so
fatal in its resulta aa that which occur
red on board the steamer Sunflower,
while lying at Johnaonville, the county
neat of Sunflower county.
Col. D. A. Ilolman, while in Johnaon
ville, on entering Dr. W. L. LJWTT'S
store, wns accosted by Dr. Iyowry, who
ordered Ilolman out, remarking, it is
said, that Ilolman waa no gentleman,
and did not keep hia word, or something
to that effect. Ilolman departed, saying
in substance he would ace Lowry again.
On the morning of the affau Col. Hoi -
man engaged pannage on the steamer
Sunflower for Vicksburg, accompanied
bv hia father-in-law. Dr. O. C. Walker.
The boat arrived at Johnaonville some
what earlier than nsnal, and C<>l. Hoi
man and Dr. Walker together went on
abore. but in a abort time returned.
Perhapa a half hour later Dr. Lowry,
aa was naual with him. came on the boat
to transact his business, and while en
tering the cabin was caught, it is said,
by the lelt arm or bark, by Col. Hoi -
man. whoturned Lowry half way around
and putting hia pistol to hia breast fired.
Lowry started down the cabin, but in
atantly turned, aild seeing hia clerk,
John C. Arnold, start from hia chair
Hieing aliaved at the time), said: " Kill
him, John; kill bira. be has shot me."
Arnold ran out of the cabin to attack
Hoi man, and Lowry, walking to the
cabin door, cocked bis pistol and fired
at Ilolman. At the same instant of
time, perceiving Dr. Wslkcr Willi a pis
tol in his hand, he pointed bis pistol at
Walker wilh deadly effect; Walker fall
ing and expiring almost without a strug
gle. Lowry then walked in the cabin
staggering, and fell, and in about two
minutes expired also.
ID the meantime Arnold and Holman
were fighting ontaide the cabin. Arnold
received a wound in the cheat, and died
shortly after being removed from the
boat, CcL Holman being wounded in
the left arm and aide.
Ail the partie* engaged are very high
ly respected. Dr. Lowry was a brother
of Gen. Robert Dowry, and leaves a
widow and six children. Arnold waa a
brother of Jndge Arnold, of Colrnnbn*.
Mil*, Col. Holman being a prominent
and talented lawyer, ami respected in
the community in which he lives.
Dr. Walker waa one of the oldest resi
dents of the oonnty, snd we believe had
no enemies. 001. Holman, the only
survivor, was immediately arrested.
({ulrktard t'ossctenre in a Beg.
A correspondent pf the Loudon Spec
tator tells the following story: "A
yonng fox-terrier, about eight mouths
old, took a great fancy to a small brush,
of Indian workmanship, lying on the
drawing-room table. It had been pun
ished more than once for jnmping on
the table and taking it. On one oooa
a ion the little dog was left alone in the
room acddently. On my return it
jumped to greet me aa utmsl, and I said,
' Have you been a good little dog while
you have been left alonef Immedi
ately it pnt it* tail between its legs and
slunk off to an adjoining room and
brought back tbe little brush in its
mouth from where ft had hidden if. I
waa much * truck with what appeared to
me a remarkable instance of a dog pos
aeeaiug a conscience, and a few months
afterward, finding it again alone in the
room, I asked the same question while
patting it. At once I saw it bad been
up to some mischief, for with the same
look of sbame it walked akiwly to one of
the windows, with its nose pointing to a
letter bitten snd torn into shreds. On
s third occasion it abowed me where it
bad strewn a nnrobei of little tickets
about the floor, for doing which it had
been reproved previously. I cannot
account for these facta, except by sup
posing the dog most have s ooneoicooe."
CURRENT NOTEM.
Natchez, Minn., ia threatened with
the fate of Vickshurg, namely, deser
tion by the riyer. The recent rise of
the Mississippi river haa thrown the
towhea<i near the Louisiana shore, and
there ia now a current running on the
Louisiana aide which threatena to cut
awav the bar there, and throw it upon
the Mississippi aide directly in front of
Natchez.
The inhabitanta of Finland f Rossis;
bury the dead only on Hundays. To
praaerre the bodies for the day of funer
al they are put in the oellars where
milk, butter, cheeee, egga and other
articlea are kept. The doetora have
taken ground againnt thin cuntom, and
have given alarm by declaring it to be
one of the sorest ways of propagating
■ueh contagious diseases aa cholera ana
typhoid fever.
The Russian newspapers complain
that the fluctuation Jo the grain trade
of Kunsia and the rapid change in
prices, are canned by competition from
the United Htutes. Aa won aa Ameri
can snppliee are brought to market, aale
of the ltnaaian grain decreases, and
hence many liuaaian farmern are im
poverished and cannot pay taxea. Aa
the prosperity of Russia depends large
ly upon the grain trade, it ia important
that full information concerning the
crop of American cereals should be ob
tained; and it ia suggested in Bt.
Petersburg journals that Russian con- .
sula in the United Htatea l>e required to
ascertain the state and prospects of
the American crops, and to assist in
promoting the grain trade of Russia.
The oft-repeated story that the
Quaker* area decaying laxly does not
seem to t>e true, for an English journal
assort* positively that not only ha* the
falling off in the number of member* of
the society been checked for many
years but a oomrmrativclj rapid growth
ha* also occurred dnring the last few
year*. Thi* ia marked by the increase
of some of the older " meetings " of the
body both in England and America, and
by the spread of the denomination into
ottei countries, if even on a small scale.
Notwithstanding emigration, there is an
addition to the small number of Quakers
in Norway and Denmark, and a
"monthly meeting" has been ex tab
lishod in Hyria. Home time ago a
Friends' mission was begun at Mount
Lebanon, and there are a score of mem
lers there.
The trial of n Chinaman for assault
and battery in the police court of San
Francisco has brought out a strange
story of a Chinese girl's unhappy ex
perience*. She said that her parents in
China had sold her to " s gray-haired V
lady '' for twenty dollar* when she was
ten years of age. She was resold to a
Chinese doctor in San Francisco named
Lia Po Tai. Thi* doctor has several
wives, one of whom sold her to s China
man for 040. Her market price gradu
ally increased to 0160, and by the
time she was twenty years old she had
changed hands s dozen times. Recently
she heard that alie was to be sold to a
Chinaman living in the interior of the
State, and it was in consequence of her
refusal to go that the assault was com
mitted and the disturbance creates] tLat
brought the case before the public.
Itmrd Fuller** Tragic IK at li.
Of thin gifted American author, wife
of the Count D'Osaoli, the Cincinnati
Commercial, say* : In tiie spring of
1850. Margaret was irresistibly drawn
to her native land. Bhe wished to pnb
liah her book, that was to do justice to
great principle* and great men. It
would seem that Margaret Fuller had
boon strangely prepared, by life and by
temperament, to chronicle the Italian
struggle. "Eseb order of things has
is angel." Every great event has its
historian. Every great need, whether
individual or national, ia always met.
It was with many misgivings that the
Count and Countess D'Osaoli embarked
on hoard the ship Elisabeth, on a voy
age that was indeed, the voyage of
eternity, " Beware of the sea," bad
been a prophecy given to Oasoli in his
boyhood, and strange, subtle apprehen
sions of risk hovered around Margaret.
Hhe wrote thus :
" I have a vague expectation of some
crisis—l know not wnat It has long
aftrmod to me that in the year 1860
I should stand on a plateau in the
ascent of life, when I should be allowed
to pause for a while and take more clear
snd commanding views than ever before.
Yet my life proceeds as regularly sa the
fates <>f a Greek tragedy."
On this voyage Margaret gives the
last toncbes to her book on Italy. On
the 18th of Jnly the vessel was off the
coast of New Jcrsev, and they retired
for what they believed to be the last F
night on shipboard—alas 1 the last on
earth. In the night a terrible hurri
cane arose, and the vessel was driven
headlong toward the sandbar off Long
Island. About 4 o'clock in the morning
she struck on Fire island beach. Her
doom was sealed. No human power
could save ber. Hhe lay at the merry
of wind and waves. For twelve hours
they elung to the wreck. It is possible
that Margaret might have tieen saved,
but she refused to leave ber husband
and child. It bad long before been her
prayer that " Oasoli, Angelo snd 1 might
go together, and the anguish be brief."
The prayer was strangely granted.
The only one of Margaret's treasures
that ever reached ber native land was
the dead body of her child, which the
sea gave up to tender ministries. Kino's
body was taken to her home, and is
buried in Mb Auburn cemetery, Boston.
A monument is plaord there to Marga
ret, with ber face sculptured on it in
medallion, in the Fuller family lot.
And this was tbs home oomiog. Ah,
truly, it was going borne I
It in mid that the native* of Australia
and New Zealand are familiar with the
deadly properties of putrid animal mat
ter, and that many erf their poisoned ar>
mwa and * peart are aimply ameared with
the liqnida from a putrefying rorpre.
According to Tallin the Narringena,
who inhabit the lower Murray district
of Australia, frequently procure the
death of an enemy bv this poison. The
instrument employed ia called a ,