FOR THE YOl'Ntt PEOPLE.
Mlns-Mona.
Si UK a nong of now-(lakc*,
Icicle* awl front;
Pour awl twenty anow-binl*
In the wood* wore lost.
When the storm u ended,
Happy birds were tliey,
lly some crumbs befriended,
They lised to fly away.
Sing a song ol rnin-dro|ia,
Clouds and April woutber;
Four and twenty rcd-brwi#t*
Caught out together.
When the shower was ended,
What a song wa* huurd
Alxiut the rainbow splendid.
From each dii|>piiig bird'
Sing a song ol sunshine,
Be< admmtuiug praises ;
Four awl twenty hours
lawt among the ilaisies.
Hunt the wide world over,
From sen to continent,
You never will discover
Where the hours went'
Mary.V. Prrteott in St. .Yirhnlns.
——
The ChlmMry-Nvveeps' Festival.
Even those poor little sooty Imps that
used to spend their days in swecp
the dark, winding chimneys of smoky
liondon, had one grand holiday, anil
that was tin* tlr-t day of May.
How they roust jTave looked forward
to this one day of the year when they
could dress up and eaper, and dance and ,
shout in the open air, with the "lord ;
and lady" of their own choosing, and
the evergreen moving garland of their
own making.
I never saw hilt one of these May-day i
merry-makings of the sweeps, hut it was
so comical that 1 thought and talked of
it for many days after, and I think their
walking "green man." as I culled their
gnrlanii. is the funnh-st of all.
It is a great < one six or seven feet in
height, of holly and ivy framed upon
hoops. It goes up smaller and smaller
to the top, where it is tied with gay
colored ribbon*, and decorated with
hnnehes of tlowers.
At the vry top tie re will he a crown
made of flowers, or a little Hag tlying.
All down tin side- uf this evergreen
hillock are knots of ribbon and hunches
of flowers.
Hound it as goi * from stris-t to
street, the iitte -wis ps caper and dance.
Their hats and jackets are trimmed all
over with colored and gilt pa JUT, and
flowers stuck in wherever they can put
one, while their hla k legs (for they ftke
to leave them *o>ty f,,|- this day's fun)
are colored in tigup - with Dub-ii t>ink.
or white chalk, and -onte of them leave
their faces black that they may
ornament them in the same way.
Wa little folks were puzzled to know
liow their liowi r of grei-n moved along
of itself, hut when ve looked down close
to the ground—why, there we some
time* saw two feet peeping out!
Then we knew ad alxitit it—it was
".lack-in-thc-grccn." Yes, there was a
pretty big man inside, and this was
something as he looked to my young
eyes.
My " lord and lady," however, are in
the eves of tiie sweeps the grandest of
all things in tlc ir May-day show.
Tlie " lord " is generally chosen from
some other profession than that of
chimney sweeter*, ami is splendidly
iresseil in cot ked hat, trimmed witfi
rial and yellow feathers; laeod coat; cm
hroidereu waistcoat; silk stockings;
large knee bookies, ami OHM with a
shining knob.
Tlie " lady i- usually a bov in girl's
drc.-s, which is gaudy nnd Ixalizenisl as
my lord's, hut in-tcail of a cane she ear
rii-s in her right lucnd a brass ladle.
When "Jack-la tbc-crat itopa,
they dance most elegantly round him,
while all the little sootikins make sweet
tnttsic by striking their brushes and
sicivets togethi r!
Then tny lord and latly, liowing and
courtesving to em it other, with cocked
hat and brass ladle in hand, and all tlie
sweeps with their sooty shovels, go
round to the spectator*-*-"Smallest do
nations thankfully received!" and the
silver and pennies as they drop into tlie
ladle and shovels make a pleasant jingle
in the ears of the little sweepers.
But. I am sorry to say, tlieir greedy
taskmasters gi t the lion's share of these
Majj-ilay offering*, and to-morrow his
|>oor little overworked sontikin will l>e
elimbing those dark. crooked chimneys,
scraping and -weeping, and half stifled
with soot ami dust.
Still the brave little fellow will toil
up through all those winding way*until,
as he see* daylight at last, you hear a
faint shout. You run out to see the
sooty little imp perched unon the top of
the tall chimney, waving his hru*h. ami
if he has breath enough left, shouting,
" Sweep O!"
Hid you ever hear the true story of a
little elilmney.sweep, who wa* sweeping
tlie ebimneys at Arundel Castle, anil
was lost?
It was a hot day in summer when his
master sent him up into those tall
chimneys, and when noontide came, anil
he had not peared at the top. and they
had called and searched, but could flnif
nothing of him. they were all terribly
frightened, and even his master liegan to
think that lie had been suffocated In
some of those winding flues.
Then they went from one drawing
room to another, and through all those
splendid chambers, shouting up the
chimneys, until they came to one of the
handsomest of the " *fate chambers."
There wit hin the curtains of rich crim
son silk that surrounded the hed, nnd
under the whitest and finest of sheets,
with he silken coverlet over him, lay
fast aleep the lost little " Sweep ()!"
It *<>ctn* that tlie poor little fellow had
grit completely lost in those great chim
ney* lending one into another, and had
come down, frightened, and hot and
tins!, into tlii# very comfortable Iwsl
motn, and then the lied looked so tempt
ing, and it was all So quiet. that lie laid
hi* little blackhead upon the soft pillow,
nnd wa* soon sound asleep,
They were all so glad to find him that
T feel sure the kind duke that lived In
that grand old castle would not nllow
his master to punish his little swop for
taking a nnp In a ducal bed.— Youth'
Companion.
If there is anything that make* a man
yearn to ootne fionic early at night, it is
the last fond words of his wife, who says
to him just as lie start* down town nfte
supper. " I)cnr, come homo early so you
i nn put up the new window curtain*."
That man agonise* to go home early,
hut he sometimes stays out |nt* just to
show his wife that he can resist tempta
tion.
DR. CARVER.
An American Hlflctnan Astonishes the
Trlnce of Wale*.
The London correspondent of the Ilal
timore .Son gives the following interest
ing particulars of the wonderral display
Ol marksmanship made by Dr. W. f,
Carver, of California, before the l'rince
of Wales and a distinguished company
at Sandringham. the park-domain of the
prince: Capt. Stephenson performed the
necessary introductions of these distin
guished personages to I)r. Carver, who
was nearly half an hour lichind his time
—a delay unavoidable, hut in an English
subject I may say unpardonable. The
sun shone out for the lirst time in sev
eral days; the emerald turf of the lawn
in its spring-time verdure and magnifi
cent dimensions made a superb carpet
for the distinguished guests. Dr. Carver
appeared attired in black velvet blouse,
adorned with many glittering gems and
medals, tlie trophies of his American
' triumphs, his gray sombrero hat shading
his long auburn lock* and hazel eves of
piercing power. Unique and ptetur- I
csquc, tall and gallant-li*iking was thb
"Citizen of tlie West" amidst these'
grand nobles of (lie East. A buzz of ail- i
miration went up as tin doctor lirst :
gracefully l*wcd to the princes* and
ladies present, and then intule his snlutiv- !
tion to the prince and his guest with a :
frankness and simplicity of manner so
typical of prairie freedom that it at once
seemed to charm every one present, j
After mounting his excellent horse of
true 'lndian blood, Winneinuecn. he I
awaited the selection of the testing local- '
ity on the lawn : his quick eye scans the
deer in their galloping brigades beneath 1
the mighty oaks and tall elms, and lie
sits hi- beautiful ,-teed like a very mon
arch of ease and power.
The Prince of Wales, walking up to
him. says, pleasantly: " I have heard so
much of your unrivaled skill that I am
pleased to see you here."
"And I am pleased to see yon. too,
prince," re-pond* the doctor.
"Will you lirst give the bulbs here
present an evidence of what yon can do,"
said tlie gallant prince.
This was so pro|*.*ed, as the ladle*
had prearranged engagement*, which
were dispcnsi d with, however, for Dr.
('arviT's more attractive entertainments,
when hi* tir-t feat- were seen.
The Prince of Wales held the timing
watch and kept score himself, manifest
ing a delighted interest in the perform
ance. Dr. Carver, for the lirst time t -
fore an assemblage of persons, broke
consecutively, without tlie slightest in
terruption. 100 gla balls in !* -traigbt
shots o t hi* rifle, following this feat at
once by breaking 10(1 bail* with 100
smooth shot.* from a double-barreled
shotgun, t*>th transaction* I* inp simul
taneous, or almost a unit, with two
different weapons under similar distance
and eircutusUuices. The doctor then,
with his horse running at full spied and
lie sitting on it like a picturesque stntue,
broke twenty-eight out of thirty balls,
single and double. To prove hi* preci
sion Dr. Carver, at tin -js-eial request of
the prince, broke fourteen out of sixteen
balls in fifteen seconds. He nlso dis
charged fifteen out of sixteen cartridges,
in four seconds, to prove rapidity in
tiring, the sixteenth cartridge railing to
goo#. A (to that cam* an exhibit nux y
If ever se.n lieforc. The doctor caused a
gin*.* Kail to lie placed nt a considerable
distance on the lawn. ll< tired at and
uniler it. *o that tlie concussion of the
sod throws the hall up. and before it
fall- the doctor again levels his rifl> and
breaks the hall, in the nio*t finished and
artistic style. This so excited the ad
miration of the Prime of Wales that,
turning to tie Earl of Itowney, in a most
enthusiastic manner lie exclaimed:
"Bravo! I will l*'t AM.OOO that Dr. Car
ver will break one hundrsl and lifty ball#
without error or intermission with hi*
rifle!" The doctor complied, though
none of the group took up the prince's
bet, luckily for tliem. I doubt if this
ha* ever Ixs-n approached in the history
of -hooting. Luncheon wa* then an
nounced. and the royal party, the gu st
and Dr. Carver went to the nalntial
dining-room of Sandringham. Though
the fea*t wa* plenteous and the oireiaf
Spiral. it could not excite the Career on
this occasion; so a* soon a* the repast
was over the entire group returned to the
awn. and our gallant American here re
sumed hi* programme by shooting at
and breaking gin** ball# thrown directly
at him and across him in front, and turn
ing ami hitting others thrown across and
liehind him—'shooting liotli right ami
left double shot* at fining ball*. Then
he shot at a glass ball thrown in tlie air,
missing it three time- with the lirst three
shots, but loading the rifle three times
while the hall is in the air. and breaking
it with tic fourth shot before it reached
the ground, lie shot marble* thrown
indiscriminately j n t„ (he air by the
guest*. The young prince* threw tip
shilling* and the doctor lilt the entire
sixteen without the slightest error or
emotion. In a word, there seemed no
end of variety In the fancy, plain, scien
tific and artistic shot* that our wonder
ful marksman executed. All looked on
with amazed interest, and even the
Princes* of Wales desired tlint Dr. Car
! vor should he presented to her, upon
whieli she asked him many Intelligent
I questions on American prairie shooting,
hunting, etc.
" How many buffaloes have you killed
n a day. Dr. Carver?"
To this the doctor responds: "I have
shot a hundred in one day. madam."
The young prince* then asked permis
sion to mount the doctor's horse Winno
mucca, and wanted to know tlie meaning
and derivation of the name. He gave
correct information to all their inquiries,
nnd at the same time laughingly enjoyed
their curiosity nnd surprise. The Prince
of Wales then selected one of Dr. Car
ver's rifle* and shot with an accuracy
that arouses the Ameriean's expressions
of approval.
"1 ou shoot well, prince."
"No, it Is your rifle; for wlio could
shoot well after licholding your wonder
ful exploit*. Dr. Carver? '
" \\ ill you do me the honor to accept
my rifle?" *ay* the doctor.
It Is graciously accepted. The prince
then says he will present the doctor with
a souvenir of hi* appreciation of tlie re
markable skill he had exhibited.
A record kept In Raleigh. N. C., In
the closing Confederate day* of Fetiru
ary, IKOS, shows that apples were #H per
dozen, bacon $7 to ♦ per pound, liecf
•8.80 per |Miiind, butter 610 per p >und,
co(B 630 per bushel, coffee 640 per
pound, egg* ft per dozen, flour $485 to
#585 |K*r barrel. sugar • 17.50 to f'Jo per
pound, syrup I 85 per gallon, sheeting
(4-4) ffl per yard, salt $75 to #lOO per
no* lie I, calico fls per yard, wood $66 to
• 100 |>er cord.
The world arerageaan annual product
of (V* 1.000.000 pound* of tea, China pro
ducing 000.000,000, .la pan 40.000,000.
India 35,000,000 nnd Java 0,000,000.
Three Successful Effort*.
Three notable font* of human effort
and endurance have lust been brought to
successful issue. Tne Urn I wiu of ques
tionable utility in spite of the possible
advantage of knowing the maximum
capacity of the human frame for long
continued and severe exertion. In the
six day's walking ami running match, in
London, the winner's Mora WM 559
i ill lee, heating hy twenty-one miles the
best previous record in a similar contest.
During the first three days the winner,
Hrown, made 300 miles, a feat never be
fore achieved. It Is said that lie left the
track at the close In excellent physical
condition.
The second achievement wa- also of
doubtful utility. As a means of adver
tising his already sufficiently advertised
swimming suit, designed for life saving
in case of disaster at sea, Captain Paul
I toy ton undertook last winter the terri
ble task of floating ami paddling from
Pittsburg to New Orleans. The Ohio
was full of ice when he started, and the
venturesome swimmer was often in im
minent peril from lieingcrushed in the
ice floe* as well as frozen by tile intense
Wild. The voyage of il.Xh,' miles was
completed in eighty days, the voyager
being reduced almost to a skeleton oy
the severity of his self-imposed task.
Of a very different nature was the
splendid feat of the Sugar Notch coal
miners, who, to rescue seven comrades
—six men and a boy—buried in a mine,
accomplished the great work of driving
and timbering a passage-way of 1,900
is't through risk and coal, mostly rock,
the brief space of four days and
• ights. The imprisoned inineis were
.ound alive and well, notwithstanding
their confinement of live and a half
days. The party had l*s*n shut in bv ,
tin* falling of some acres of mine roof,
caused, it is said, by a rrckh >s stripping
of the sup|xirting pillars of coal; and
luckily tin* door boy, who had gone in to
warn the miners of their danger when
the roof began to give way. rode a mule,
which tile Irien kidial and ate after they
found they could not get out. There '
was plenty of pure water in the mine,
and. though gas accumulated somewhat
in places, a spot was found where the
air was fair I v good anil it was -ah to
build a small tin* for rooking tin ir mule
meat. It mu>t not IN- forgotten that tin
noble band of rescuers toiled with slen
der hope of tindillg their bill led com
rades alive. If tin* latter had not been
crushed by the fnllAig roof or drowned
by water, there was a -trong probability
that tin y bad perished by* the tire which
broke out ill tin* mine win n tin- risif
fell, or had be, n smothered by the 131m-i--
at'd gases of tin* coal. Yet theharepo
sibility of saving lif. urged tin generous
toilers on. and happily their effort* were
rcwanlod by* tin* ingle -t sn.-ns,.
The men who planned and ut the re
lief drift w.-re not sutToumh-d in tln*ir
lalmrs tv admiring crowds, like tin* con
testants for pedestrian honors; tin y bad
not the almost daily " grand rix-eptioii-,"
•'ovations," and tlie like which gave the
river swimmer an abundance of noisy
notoriety and substantial encourage
ment. rin-y wen prolcdily uneoiis4-ious
of doing anything sps*ially commenda
ble: anything more than a miner would
do for a comrade in distri*ss. Yet wl,<>
will say that tin* achievement of Drown
or Hoy ton. however plucky or enduring,
were not trlvl! in comparison.—Sunt\fw
Amcrimn.
Tnning l'p the re.
An Italian physician claims to have
made a valuable discovery one that
should Is warmly welcomed in tliis
country. It is a method ot tuning up
nerves, just as tin* string- of a violin,
guitar or harp are tilled up, and o
bringing them into such harmony that
the nervously-disordered person shall IN
instantly ami entirely relieved. Tin
nerves of the human laxly, in the Ital
ian's opinion, lose tleir tone precisely as
a mu-ieal instrument loses tone. If tliey
all rttn down alike, it i< of small i-onse
quence, as they will still IK- in unison,
nut when some run down completely,
some partially and others not at all, har
mony is wholly d*-strayed and nervous
disturbance anil suffering is the nec-ssnry
result. A great deal of ill-health and
nnv number of deal lis an- directly trae,.
able to d<*nuig<sl nerves, particularly in
America, where, owing to the stimulat
ing air, the extreme* of heat and cold,
the nature of our institutions and our
ever-shifting conditions, with other
c*auso*, we are* the most nervous jH-ople
on the globe. If we as a nation could
IN* periodically tuned up, or rather tuned
down—for we need rct>n**sion far more
than exaltation—we should Ih* not only
milch more contented and physically
mu-h stronger, hut we should have a
vast reserve of force of which we have
not hitherto INS-U aide to Ixiast. We
make ropious ntusie, such as it is, over
lore, but its quality and volume might
Is* improved and nugm<*ntcd by the
proper ttininp of our nerves. We need
to liave our discords rwluml: our chords
an- altogetlttr twi tens,*, ami ari* contin
ually snapping by overstrain. The Ital
ian should come to our land and begin
Ids exjcr!ment*. It offirs an admirable
Held.— Xcw Vork /Viper.
The I'rospect* of Cotton.
Mr. Edward Atkinson, one of the
shrewdest business men of New Eng
land. has lately made a trip through the
Cotton States to investigate the prospects
of cotton culture in the South. The re
suit* of hi* investigation have been given
in the New York flernUl. Touching the
main point of hi* inquiry, lie *ays:
" 1 consider an ample supply of cotton
as sure or even more sure than that of
| any other crop. So long as the cotton
I States can buy from the W*st corn and
I bacon at such price* that forty cents will
pay for all that an adult laborer can eat
in a week—about three and a half to four
pounds of bacon and a peck of meal—the
South will raiseeotton. It is their money
Wop. It is now the product of the farm
and not of the plantation. The farmers
of Northern Georgia make a hundred
hales of cotton where they made ten n
a few years since, and tlie increase of
cotton by white lalww in Georgia, North
Carolina and Texas will offset any possi
ble decreasein ixuiisiannand .Mississippi,
even if tlie exodus amounts to a severe
drain on labor. Moreover, the value of
the *ci*d of cotton ha* hardly begun to
lie known Within ten year* the seed
will be worth half a* much as the bale,
if not fully a* much. The lint lefr on the
bull by the gin Is useful for batting; the
hull for tanning or for the extraction of
dyestuffs; tlie spent bull for paper stoek,
for which It Isadmirahlc; the kernel Hi st
for oil and the residue for feed. There
are new method* lately disclosed for ex
tracting every particle of oil, which
leave* the residuum sweet, dry anil ex
tn mely nutritious for fix>d for sheep or
cattle—more nutritious than beans; and
if the residue IK* fed to sheep on thccot-
I ton field the crop of cotton will l>e
, doubled and clip of wool added
I thereto.''
TIMELY TOI'IL'N.
Although tlie existence of petroleum
in several of the province* of Japan 1*
said to have been known for 1,900 yeiirs,
the Japanese did not know how to refine
it till about six years ago. Now, how
ever, refining establishment* are spring
ing up rapidly, and its manufacture is
becoming an important industry.
Taking the entire length of the New
York Elevated railroad,on both the east
and west side lines, and multiplying it
by the number of trains run during tin*
twenty-four hours, and again by the
number of loeomlive* and ears, it is
found that tie* distance traveled in one
day is 30,359 miles, or nearly one and a
half times around the world; the pro
portion of mile* traveled on tie- west
side, as compared with tin* east side,
Wing about one to seven.
A husinc-s letter from New ,-in- to
a firm in Providence says: "We are
now organizing a Citizens' Sanitary
Corps that just mentis business, and if
We eantiot keep yellow fever out of here
this season, then we give it up. It is a
very popular movement, and will be
pushed right ahead. We wish to get it
circulated through tin* North that w. arc
going to bury tie dead, clean the streets,
till tie* hiittoiii holes, and endeavor to
make New Orleans what it should In*.
a healthy city
I In- experiment of hones for inebriates
i- to la* tried in England under the
sanction of an iu*t of Parliament. Ine
briates, according to the provisions of
tie* statutes, may det. rtniie for tle-m
-scivi S whether t 111 y will enter tie "re
treat' or not; but having sjgnitici W--
forc a justice of the pence tleir wih to
W- confined, they will no longer be free
agent*, but must -tay out the time for
which they have hound themselves, and
conform to all tie- regulations of tie* . --
tabiishiie-nt.
" You attempted to take tie .if. ..f tie
king; tie king giv - yi.p life," wen the
Wolds of tie* Italian attorney-general,
who < iiniiiiuiiicnt. il to the os-ii—in Pa.--
Hiutante in prison King Humbert'* com
mutation of hi- sentence (it death to
imprisonment for life. Pa*-miiuilc i
said to hat ■ display, d . onsiderahle emo
tion and expn--sd hi- deep gratitude.
ll* will tini-ii hi- existence witli bard
work in irons. Tie- king's popularity
ha- been increased t.;. this act. Mon
arch-, a- a rule,disiik* to -ign the.li-ath
warrani* of tle ir wotild-lx assassins.
l>runkeiine-- in sw-d'ti and Nm .*.:>
i-<ur<d in tie- following manner: The
drunkard i put in pri-on. and hi- only
nouri-hiiient is bread soakisl in wine.
During tie first day Je- prisoner nx-dv--
tie- hri ad and wine w itli mu< h pl< n*nn*.
ttn tie -* "iei day tie food is not so a.-
eej.talile. After that he t.-,k<- hi- f'ssl
tVlUlgl'ill repugnant e. In general, eight
or ten days <•( this tr.-ntni'iit -ufi'e < - to
produce -U' li a di-gut of liquor that tie*
unhappy man 1 eoni|e*iled to absolute
ab-tinete-e. Aftr leaving pri-on hi*
drunk' nte i radically run si, witli an
occasional exception, and the odor ot
liquor J'Tihlui-i* an invincible repulsion.
Tlie venerable peter t '<N,|Nr tin* a
devil.'for pnqe'liing tie ears of tie i i<-
vatcd railroads In New York bv mean*
of an einlii ss wiis or chain, and li<* lias
written a ii'lter to show le.vv -iiuple,
cheap. nois ,is* and -sifi* lii system
Would IN-. He offers to turn OViT tll<
invention to tie < <-t -i<l. road for i?inn,-
(**• in their -tic k, to be imm'-diatcly
niade over to the tni-tee- ot the Cooper
i'nion as a fund for its support, and
think* it would be no more than fair that
they should take it at tliose figur'-s. ilia*-
mti' ha tie- in-titut< has -uff< n-il a grnvt
den] from tie- proximity of the road,
which has interfered with till-student*
and iait down tie- income from tie- nsmis
in the building that are nnttd.
Mi . M'-Conuiek. tlie eonuuis-ioner to
the late I'ari* Exiiil.ition. i- of tie- opin
ion that tie nropo-.-d world's fair in New
York in I*—.'! | all right, except a- to
time, lie favors Issfi in order to give
more tine for tlie progress of invention
ami not to call on exhibitors too often.
N<*w York is tie- proper location, and
<--|s i.dlv i'ort Morris as against < ' ntral
I'ark. Tlie great <—• ntials ar<- inine n-<-
spins- ot unrNx-upieil ground an<l deep
watT frontage .so as to avoid terminal
freight*, which, under unfavorable eon
ditiotis, are very hard on exhibitors,
i'ort Morris. -ituat<-d as it i- on Ismg
Island Sound, can Is l made aeccssiblt!
from every |N,int. and can m-innmiislate
any crowd wliieli is anticipated.
Tic great ttinn<*l tinder the Detroit riv*r
will be completitl within two year-, and
will cost about ♦1.5*10,0(10. Mr.Tilling
ha*t. the president of the Canada South
ern Itailwny Company, says that the lo
cation chosen for this gn at undertaking
is the only one where the tunnel can
Is* made through the r<H*k. as it comes
within twenty-two feet of the surface of
, the water at tne points sel<x-t<*d. At le
-trnlt tlie nsl is nearly one hundred feet
IM'IOW tlie surface. Amherst burg is
fourts*n miles IM*IOW tliat city Tlie
pn>pos<sl l(M-nti<>n of tlie tunnel will ac
commodate traftie fnmi both the North
west and the Southwest. The tunnel
will lie built under the supervision of
' E. C. Chc*elorinugh, of Chicngo, wlio
1 lias had experience in the eonstruetion
of both road and river tunnels.
Hereafter let nothing be said disre
spectfully of the mule! 'I" _ issir men
imprisoned in the mine at VVukesbarre,
' Pa., who were rescued in a fair condi
tion, after tieing cntomlied for over five
days hy the fallen roof, owe I heir lives to
I a member of this much-abuscd steeies,
for they killed liiin and for four days
lived upon him. Had flu* mule been a*
| l>o*itivr in Ills rliarnohT a* mules are re
puted to bo. lie might have refused to
die, in which ease carving him might
have proved a dangerous oiM-ration.
All'* well thai ends well, and that must
have heon an exciting moment when the
seven men who had been in sueii immi
nent danger of death were liherat<d in
the presence of eight thousand persona,
having leen shut ont from the blessed
sunlight since tlie previous Tuesday
morning.
John A. Sutter, th discoverer of gold
in California, is living in comparative
poverty at Litis, Pa. A correspondent
of tli* Philadelphia 7Vmc* visited him re
cently, and found hint s hale old man,
fond ot relating his Pacific coast exneri
mees. He went to California in IK3,
lieeame tlie Mexican agent, acquired im
mense landed possessions, and was for a
while literally monarch of all he *ur
vcyed. He first saw gold there in tlie
hands pf playing children, and soon hia
land, to which lie had no legnl title, wa*
tnk<'h by miners. Litigation complet i
i Ids financial downfall, ami he caiue to
the Last, riie tiiwi who first found
gold in Arizona is <quallv unrcwarded,
according to a correspondent of the Chi
cago 7Snit, wlio came across him at
Horse Head. He is an old Spaniard
named Harardo Trcyes, and keeps a inls
erahle tavern ; but once be was wealthy,
the yield of hi* first " find " being $60,000.
Kaseally conipiinion* robb*<l him.
Speaking of General Fremont's jilan to
make a highway of commerce hy tap
ping the northern end of tie* Gulf or f afl
fornia, and hating it nm into and fill up
the Coloriulo (h'-ert, the New York
'Prit/une says: Kvery now and then
wmie uneasy person, who disapprove- of
the Hurfai-e of the earth as at prewnt ar
ranged. steps forward with a plan to
cover up some of the land with naviga
ble water. The valley of the l>e n d S-a
has always ln-*n a tempting basin for
tll'-e assallers o| the establisli'sl. and
tll' V liv e Oil the hope of -eejng j, diteh
cut whieh will let into it tip* waters of
the M*diieiranean. It ne-<|* little
iiiingiiiation to picture the Uittoiu of tiii
parefi' d depi-easion, more than a thou
-and feet Im*l<iw i*a-h*vel, il- the " very
looting of Shook" And in spite of th<*
advantage* which the enlaig<*d area of
• vajMiration would bring, Iu tlieory. to
the climate and temperature of Ktirope,
A-i.*aiid Vfri' H, the dread of -iimi con
vulsion which the wiglit of |,;ksi feet of
water might eatl-e, jf poured over the
hot eni-t which thinly cover* tli<-central
lir'*- of tip* earth in thi- region of death,
will proluihly di-courage jildi' iou- |>*r
tuin- from trying tli'-ex|wrtin<*nt. French
engineer*, too. ha\ c Im-'ii for year* m'-as
uring tie* height* and di-tajices, with a
\i< iv to th<* irrigation of Sahara, the
plan licing to con vert thousand* of square
mile* into an inland <n, with a depth of
.MSI f< I t. fed hy the M'-lilefTaiieati.
John J Andrew-, a I'liilad'.phia
merchant. lost tin* -ight of hi* left eye
twenty year* ago, and pliy-iciiui- tild
him that th'-re was no cure. Tin* uwle--
iiieinher gay* him no trouble until 1-77.
hut thereafter it wa- occasionally wi
t' liiilul that In* writlu-l 'in tin* floor until
tin- k wa- n\< r. Many of tin lot
m iiii-t- made careful > vamimition-. and
wi*r unable to a- < rtain tin* natun* of
the di-'llM*. I.*lt<*!\ he put hilll-I'lf in
hand- of a Philadelphia pliy-i' ian,
ol who-< inve-tigation In* -ay-: " lie
hii-t'Ted tn* around tin* ey* to draw out
tin- infinuunation. and at'last In* said:
I know what it i- not; it is not inflam
mation, and that i- one point gain's!.'
11l drew "Ut a di-easel tooth and cut
out t pi<*< '• of tin jaw lxiti< and did —uu*
prolling; finally In* said: "It doe- not
conn* from a tooth ii'Tte. and that is
another jxiint gained.' He d<>-< d tin*
with quinine until In- wa* sati*fi<si. and
then In -aid : 'lti- not miasma, and
that i- another point gain"!.' ll* nut
tin* in a darken"! room. and. throwing
an indi -* rihahly bright ight into my
• ><■, look* d into my ey* for two mortal
hour- At last In exclaimed : 'I have
tin -* t.' ls>king in through th<
pUpi; of tfie eye in* could -<S* a livi < v-ti
's-rcu*. r enihyro tape-worm." Thi
was tin tir-t o.'n-i of the kind in Ann ri'*a,
and wa- ■ vhildt"l to nio-t of tin* physi
cian- "f i'hiia'l' lphia. An ojH-ratioii with
a knife remov'sl tin r< atup .
In Id- thirty-nine year* of journalism
the .ate M ,h* Vii i' lin —ant. nrnpi h tor
ol tin I'ari* Fiyaro, '-tnli,i*Jn**i tiineti< n
paj-!*-. A jili'in- Haudet t< il- a -torv
"ftin " hmtalitv " witli wli'n h Vill*rac--
-ant gut rid f his writer- tin* ni"nii*rit
tin y c< ,l—l to draw. Ha.fa <|o/ nof
them, Mys M. Dattdet, were*gathered
round tin table clipping pap< r. writing,
smoking, chatting, among tln-m M.
I'atll d'lvoy, tin famou- elironiqucur
who had l*-n itired fronqtli' <\ium> r hy
an etigrvgi'tii'nt at a v<rv liigli price.
" M I'atll d'lvoy was wn'ting. -niiling.
Ilk' a man who i* satisfied with him
self. Suddenly then* was heard the
sound "f a heavy footstep and Villi nn--.
-ant entered. I'ens sernteli'sl. joking
"••i-jal. eigarettc* were flung away. M.
Paul d'lvoy alone dans) raise hi- h*ai!
and gars* familiarly upon the deity.
• That - right, (toys; all at work. I sec.
AVell, d'lvyf, how's tin* climniquc for
to-morrow 5 Are you satisfied with it?"
' I think it is pretty good.' ' That'* right
—quit'* lucky. glad it U, for it i* to Ik*
your la-t." 'My last?' • Exactly; I'm
in < arm-st afmut it. Your article* ar<*
fearfully dull; evcrvbody *ay* so.
You'v !x-n running tin* naper into tin*
ground long i*nougl.' ' But your en*
gagcnn'Ut with me—' '<h.that doesn't
amount to anything. Just p> to law and
I'll have your article* rejwt in open court,
and *"■ if anv judge will dia-lan* that I
•un comitclleil to stick such stupid stuff
•nto my paper." This fashion of shaking
hi- editorial -taff out of the window, like
an old < arpet," says M. ])audet, " ** nt a
chill down my spine."
A New York scribe baa paid Edi-on.
the gr<*at inventor, a visit at bis work
shop in Monk) Park. N. J., and savs of
liiin; "He look's! little enougli like a
man who liad suecssied half a doiun
time* in his short life of thirty and odd
years in retting the world agog, and no
one would have guessed that be bail an
income of an indefinite number of dol
lars a year and bail recently solved that
much-mooted problem of an economt'tij
electric light. He does much and says
little about it, and while money comes
to him from many source*, he is one of
those peculiar men who never seem* to
have any. If he feels as if he eould
enjoy a holiday, he takes one and every
body about the place participates. They
go down to stat*n island Sound on a
fishing excursion or up on the hills to
shoot, and Edison pays all the expense*
while the works stand still. When the
Inventor wants anything done, however,
he w ants it th'*n and there, and it must
be done just as lie says. Hence one may
visit the shops in what are ordinarily
working hours and find everything still.
He may go at two o'clock in the morn
ing or at Sunday norm and find every
thing in frill hlnst. When the writer
called he found Eiiison—who is two
hundred and more times a patentee—
buxily improving what little time the
outside world leaves him. His feet were
on the table casting a shadow over a new
experimental vacuum pump, and. as he
graspci his visitor's hand, lie remark"!
pathetically, 'Give me a chew of to
haci-o" However, while Edison uses
tohaero to excess, he never drinks, and
has little patience with those who do."
Siberia has long Iwvn not merely the
political but the universal prison of
Hussla, capital punialimeut Wing now
reserved for cares of high treason and
murder punished with transportation
for life. But in this transportation
there are many different grades. Ban
ishment to one of the bonier fortresses
is its mildest form, usually Inflicted
upon military offenders. Next conic*
W estcm Si her in. which, traversed by
several commercial highway*, contain
ing many large towns, and In constant
communication with Kussia, offers so
many ad vantages that more than one
criminal whoa* tmn had expired lias
remained there in preference to return
ing home. Km*tern SiWria. called hy
the ItuiHiianN "An Baikulski" (beyond
Ijiike Itaikal), in dreaded hy the convicts
for it* nmoUncNi ami sterility, it Wing
a common saying among th<*m that
• yrs in t '"' * H w " n,< ' thn two
in the Wint." More terrible than all,
however, in the senutioe of hard labor in
the mine*. repc-idly those of ouick
silver, wliicli, hy it* corrosive action
upon the lumen, mak" a certain and
horrible death the inevitable climax of
the penalty. Escape i all but impossible,
from the countlch* military picket*, and
tiie utrictßc** of their surveillance; hut'
it" if to make aurance doubly stir<-, the
Ku—ian government is now Mending
many of jt* political i>ri-on*r* to tiie
in wiy-acquired island or Sakhalin, lying
liAwi-cn tin- SiWrian < oa-l and Japan.
In the n ign of Nil I tola*, prisoners wre
oft' ii couiiedicd to march thi' whole di
tanci willi chain- on their ankl'tt; hut
happily thj- barbarity h;u> liioine rare
of late year-, though there seems r<*a*on
to fear that it may I* - revived Wfore
long.
A ITofc—i<i|utl female ha I tidier.
One ..f tlo iiio-t -uccc.fui -windier* in
New York, write- a correspondent, i
a girl not more than twenty-throe or
twenty-four \<ur- of :igi . She i hump
ba ked, hut ha-a very *weet. ladylike
face, and work- upon tie sympathies
of all with whotu -In com'* iri contact.
Si I' *ci*iil to Ik- w II educated, and is
ti'rtainly c)c\t. Ht dress i* always
in good ta-t'-. and -he ha* not the at>-
|e-araiice of a l.< ggar. The way she
manage- f lind out the name of
winie one you know, and -lie make*
a regular call upon you, a- any lady
might do. rejin Renting IcrM-lf an
tie- friend of your friend, who
hit* rc.iuc-ti d h'T to . a She eoine*
-< viral time*, and tln-re j- that about lit
that inter' -i- you at once. After you
I-gin to know her quit' well nlje a-k* for
tiioncy, hut in the ino-t delicate manner
in the world. She i- rai-ing fund* for a
mi—ion reli'mi, or *hc ha- a i In- k to W
■ th'd. and the hank- an* r]o-"l. In
d'-< d. -In- in so clever almut it tliat you
nev<T MU-po t a thing until you find that
lc r vi-il- "-ac after tie money lis* Ix-n
.uh.ineii! s||i complete!vf<Mi]c<i lir. Hol
land oriie time ago. Tie* doctor i one
01 tic iiio-t t nder-h*art'*<i if men. and
le had tie gp*at'*-t pity for tie poor de
fonne'l creature, and gv< !e*r quit'* a
little Mum of money. 7 tun -ure lie felt
a great d'*a worw at hi- di-appointment
in tie girl than in tie* lon*of Id- money.
He e\po-tulat'd with h'*r and Wggcd
iter to give up ie*r swindling way-: hut
-le* po*itiv-iy refused. li* wnt to le r
li"U' and found that *he lired with le*r
mother in very comfortable style. and all
"ti tie* money -he made hy U'*li te*fari
< u- tie-an- During Mine. Modie-ka'-
U-t \i-it to N<*w York thi- clever little
aihenture— '*ail<d upon her and -aid
that -le- had ju-t p : v-d al'tt'T from
Motneof madam's friend* in Cincinnati,
who request"! le*r to calk She en®'*
-■ wra. tine*- and Mine. Modje-ka. like
all tie other*. Ix- atne very mu<*h inter
't*d iti ler. the day -lie a-k'-d the
aetr<-- for ¥3.1. giving touo* good rea-<in
—I forget now just what it was.
Madam did not have tie amount in her
jmm kctltonk jut tlien. so b* told iter to
< all in tie* aft'moon, and -le should
have it with tie* gr*at'**t pleasure. I
happened to call on Mine. Modje-ka in
tie- iie-antiine. and -le* told me aWiut thi
poor < liild who wa- in such difficulties.
"I- -le* hump-hack"! ?" J inquired.
" Ye-. jMior thing she i-." replied Un
kind-hearted lady. "Then Is*ware,"
-aid I. " for-le i- tie hijg?'-t lift 1' fraud
in New York and I told niadaui of Iter
tri' ks. " I should rather have lost tie*
¥3.* i and lean deceived," said she. "than
t<i know that tin* young girl wa* an ad
vntures* " Indeed, 1 had great difficul
ty in p< r-uading Mmc. Modje-ka of h<*r
unworthines*. and. even after he knew.
-In- wanted to let her have the money.
I do n>t supjiose the girl wa* -urpri-'-l
when tiie money wa* not forthcoming.
She probably supposed that -le* had been
direovcred. and started off for fresh
Acid*.
Maritime; Disaster*.
A supplement to the Anurimn Shift
furnish' * the puldie with an elaborate
table of maritime disast'T*. compiled hy
Mr G. It. Winxlow from rsarU in tie*
nrcliiv'** of tiie Atlantic Mutual Inur
ance Company. It will iw Invaluable
for future ref'T<*nee. It shows the num
ber if vessels lost in transatlantie at cam
navigation from I*3*. w hen the Siriu*
first crowd the no**n The whole num*
Iter of vessel*, by* the diffen*nt ea-ualti'**
Speejtii-i. is MS; of whirl) never were
heard of after leaving port. 26; wrecked
on coast*. HO; foundered at sea. 6; sunk
at sea. ft; aKandon<*d. H; by collision
with ieetwTg*. 3; collision with other
vtwsels. 4; cap*ined. 1; burticl. ||. The
los* of life by several kind- o| disaster,
a* far as ascertained, wa- a- follows;
Hy missing vessels, hSO: by vssels sunk
at *<*n(including loss by Arctic, SfI2).TTH;
by vessels burned, 533. by vessel*
wrecked, 1,611; by collMona, 186; bv
vessel* foundered. 10: by other casual
ties, 70; total. 4.202. It is remarkable
that the loss of life anncar* to have Men
matter of open record in the case of only
three out of the twenty-six missing ves
sel* in the list given.' These were the
President, which left New York for
Liverpool in IH4I. and of whieh the loss
I* vaguely given a* 2no. when It lias
always been supposed to be much
higher: the City of Glasgow, of the lo
nian Line, which left Glasgow for New
York in IW3; and th* Pacific, of the Col
lins Line, which left, IJvernool for New
York in IM6. The unit'-l loss by these
vessels wa* MO. The total loss, a* given
shove, does not inclade that of the
twenty-three vessels against which tiie
moni is. " Missing, all lost." As far
as can he judged from the character of
tlnwo. nnd from their points of depart ure,
they were mostly transient ships, carry
ing few or no passenger*. With an aver
age of 100 person to each, including
crew, the total loss of life on the list
would be increased to #.MO human
beings. •
lee lu the SWt Room.
Mention is made in a foreign paper ot
a plan pursued hy an ingenious physician
for insuring a supply ©rice for use in sick
rooms during the hottest night*, and
without disturbing the patient. This
plan is to eul apiece of flannel about nine
Inches square, and secure it by ligature
round the mouth of an ordinary tumbler,
so as to leave a cup-shaped depression oj
flannel within the tumbler to alwut half
fts depth. In the flannel cup so formed
Ice may lie preserved many hours—all
the longer if a piece of flaniir] from four
to Ave inches square be used as a loose
*over to Hie ice cup. Cheap flanmh.
with comparatively "pen meshes, is pre*-
ferable. a the water easily drain-1 It rough
it. and the ice l tlu* kept onlte drv.