CI 1 RKENT NOTES. fn many part* of Genu any the roods ar<> lined along the entire distance with rows of poplars, or of apple trees, the brandies of which latter fiend beneath tlie weight of fruit. A fine of three shillings is the penalty for plucking the fruit, consequently it is permitted to ripen, and the owners of the community reap the licncfit of the foresight in plant ing shade trees at once beautiful and profitable. 1 torse races were introduced into the Grecian games fUH years 11. C., and I.VJ years later, or it. I'.Mt, a race colli si the " Calpe," for marcs only, was also introduced into their sports. The date of the introduction of racing in England is unknown. In this country the first • racing is believed to have taken place almost simultaneously in both Virginia Mid Maryland, ahout the year 1780; hut the first race for a public stake was on Is>ng island, in |H|H. against time, by a bone called " Boston Blue, for $l,OOO. A post-mortem examination of Edward Parr, the Philadelphia murderer of his daughter, who took his own life in tin* court-room to save the labor of the hangman, furnishes confirmation of the theory that violent crimes may result from pressure upon the brain, occasioned by physical defects in the skull. Parr's craniumjiad been fractured, and, in re uniting, an abnormal osseus formation pressed upon tin* brain, and this is thought to have aggravated the man's bad passions and induced t lie commission of murder. Physicians and dentists who use snuill mirrors to explore the throat and teeth, astronomers employing large mirrors out of doors—all who have occasion to Use spyglasses in foggy weather, and ■especially those near-sighted persons who cannot shave themselves without bringing their noses almost in contact with the looking-glass, are doubtless aware that the luster of mirrors soon becomes dimmed by the breath, by dew and generally by water in a vaporous state. Tlie way to prevent this trouble some fog is simply to wipe the surface of the mirror before using with a rag moistened with glycerine. By this sub stance watery vapor is completely taken up. American Minister White was re ceived by Emperor William, at Berlin, on the occasion of his golden wedding festivities, for the first time, and was the onlv foreign representative to whom their majesties paid special grace. The Emperor William, after a cordial greet- 1 ing. asked, " l>o you speak German?' to which Minister White promptly re plied, " .ht tnJil M'liisfat' ("Y'-s. your' Aliyesty"). The Emperor tMA-n. in Ger man. expressed his gratification and pleasure at receiving a congratulatory message from the President of tlie I "nit- d Stat. -. He prolonged the conversation for several minutes in the presence ot the brilliant surroundings, tlie court and the guests. A tragedy was ret* ntly enacted in the onion fields of tin* Sio'tenhury farm. -i\ miles north of l>av> npt>rt, lowa. Joa chim Brocknianu. who labored in those fields, fell in love with the farmer's ■daughter and she would not encourage him. One afternoon he approached Icr in the garden and .-iskul her to give him a flower. She said she would do no sueli tiling. After slii had gone into the • house her father went out and asked him what lie wanted Joachim said lie wantd to rest a while. The farmer ad vised him him to go and rest sotnewht re else. Joachim glanced uneasily at the ■onion fields and then shot himself wijh a revolver. Within ten miMttM he had gone to rest —somewhere else. Tlie value of California's products is given in these figures from the San Francisco Jottnvil f'amtntrrt:: "We have a wheat crop whit h will reach at least twenty millions of centals. We will have a wool crop of forty-five to fifty million pounds. < hir vintage will yield not less than eight million gallons of wine and brandy. Ten mil lion centals of barley will be raised, nnd two million centals of com. Tlie south will yield four million j>und of honey. Our gold and silver yield will not fall short of twenty million dollars. Our fruit and raisin crop will sell for at least three millions of dollars. Quicksilver, coal and copper will yield moderately, if not in their wonted abundance." Peculiar and infrequent crimes are brought to light occasionally in the New York police courts. A woman was re cently sentenced to twenty days' im prisonment for unmercifully flogging her twelve-year-old niece, and the child was given over to the Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Children. On the same day. In another court, a woman received four months in the penitentiary for throwing kerosene over her husbands body, lighting a match and then trying to set tire to the oil. Husband and wife bad not lived happily together for years. One evening he came home, found her slightly intoxicated and tlie two had some words. Just as tlie man was retiring his wife threw the oil over him, but was frustrated in her diabolical attempt and arrested. The reported exploits ol Mile. Sophie von Hersfeld and several other ladies during the recent Nihilist emeule at Kiefl, add one more instance to the long list of female revolutionists in Russia, During the tumult which dethroned Peter 111.. In 1783, in favor of Catharine 11., Countess Pnshkoff rode at tlie head of the Preolmycnski regiment in male attire, with pistols at Igr saddle-how. Several ladies of rank took part in the con-piracy formed against Alexander I, in 185J4~5. Among the political prisoners banished to Siberia by Nicholas in IH3I, was the celebrated Princess Trubctskoi. One of the principal leaders of the Po lish insurrection of |H3 was MXMBpaafod ■everywhere by his young wife, who made herself conspicuous in every skir mish by her reckless bravery. Tlie at tempt made by Vcm Snssulitch upon the life of the ex-Minister of Police, Gen. Trcpoir. is still fresh in every one's mem ory, and two young Indies of good family we re found among tlie workers of the Nihilist printing press recently seized in Bt. Petersburg. In the New York postofflce a force of six men is employed solely in correcting blunders of the people who write letters, and the skill which these men'clisnlay in deciphering " blind " addresses is sur firising. The postmaster gives the follow ng list of a few of the many ;>ostnfllee* in the United States bearing tlie same nane: There are eighteen Brooklyn*, twenty Williamshurgs, five Baltimore*, ten Bangor*. twelve Hostonn, sixteen Buffalo*, seventeen Burlington*, seven teen Charlestons, four Chicago*, eight Cineinnatis, ten Clevelands, twenty-five Dayton*, fifteen Ixmisvillcs, fifteen Lowells, three Milwaukee*, fourteen Nashvillcs, seven Philadelphia*, fifteen Quinecys. twenty-two Richmond*, twelve St. Pauls, seven Toledo*, thirty Washington*, twenty-five Springfield*, thirteen Wilmington*, five Omaha*. This list inijjlit be extended to more than 'JMt dlflerent and familiar name*. One Saturday afternoon recently after the heavy mails had been dispatched, no less tban 1.000 misdirected letter* were found in the office in the scattering and supplementary mail matter. California has a persistent foe in the squirrel (often called a gopher out there), which, when the pioneer* to that region first settled on tlie rich farming land* along the rivers, creek* and sloughs, was not at all mischievous. But the little animal discovered, as cul tivation spread, the advantage in living on grain, vegetables* and Iruits, rather than on grass-seeds, acorns and nuts, and gave those a most liberal preference. The ('alifoi nia ground-squirrel is a most industrious and audacious forager, and, though lie seems Very innocent, is a ver itable pest. Ile consume- an inordinate quant ity of grain and docs a vast amount of mischief to gardens and orchards, lie and high farming arc declared to he absolutely incompatible, and the (iolden State i* greatly concerned a* to the ls-st nianiiet of exterminating him. Poison has been tried and has proved effective . upon many squirrels; nut they are so cunning that they refuse to swallow it after one season utiles* it !><■ offered in a new form. Strychnine, arsenic ami phosphorus have been tried, and now otln r mortal agents must he adopted to get rid of tlie aggressive rodent*. It is estimated that tlpir damage to the wheat crop alone was last s< asnnnearly sl.ot*t,- 000. and to gardens and orchard* fully $500,000 more. A New Advertising Wrinkle. The recent attempted assassination ot Edwin Booth recalls an incident that occurred while that tragedian was play ing his last engagement in this city, and which is the real origin of the rumor that he intends never to vi-it the Pacific coast again. It seems that oio morning while Mr. Booth was making liis toilet in his room at the Palace, the door quietly opened, and a vvidc-awnke-lonking individual slid i i and cheerfully hid the astonished actor good morning. "How's •Hamlet' to-day?" said the stranger, blandly. "'Fraid vou wouldn't sec nic if I sent my card up, so just dropped in informally, as it were." "So I sec," said the only ' lago.' " What call 1 do for you?" "The fact i-. Mr. Booth," said tin* visitor, hurriedly. " I ain the advertis ing agent for the Biizetnbccs' Am tion lioli-. on Market street. ('heap' -I clothing-hou-e in the civilized world ll\ • r 80,000 ill-!* ra at—" "Don't want any ulsters. Can't lim>W tragic in a coat with fifteen ridiculous pocket s. A vaunt! thou —" " But I don't want to sell you any. my ar sir." put in the agt nt: "I just < tunc to make you a regular bu.-inc** proposi tion. Coin in it. my dear ir; coin in it." " But. zounds, sirrah. 1 am an ai tor— not an auctioneer!" "That's exactly it. You know we agents are always up to some new adver tising dodge or other. I attended your performance la-t nielit. Mr. Booth. and it o i unetl to me if you would only in troduce some mention of our establish ment into voui lines, we could afford to pay v. rv liberally for it." "t'oulil, eh?' saitl the hop* tif the American -tage. "Yes. fon see you might gracefully wetlgc in an allusion to us here and there, wliere it wotilii s.-.-m kind* r natural ami appropriate like For Instants*, there's ' I tamlet." Instead of giving simply the line- ' eii-toinaty suits of solemn nfack,' vou might add, ' tin* kin*) they sell at Bnz*nil* •*' for S2C That would <>rt of nail th* attention of the audicm c. seem* to me." " I should think so," saitl the star, stealthily edging over toward a Itoman swttrtl in the comer. " I sec you catch tin* idea," continued the agent. Now, there's ' Roiicst and Juliet. There's dent! loads of good chance* m that. In the balcony scene vou might iv, ' I would I wore one of Bazembec*' "t'.pp dog-skin glove- upon tbat lian*l til it 1 might totteh that cheek. " YouM iihe that, xrould you ?" grimly inquired Mr. Booth,slowly unsheathing the swortl hi hind his hark, and getting in front of tlie door. "Yes, sir: we shouldn't mind $lOO a night to have that done in first-class style. Just think how it would make trade (smith down at our place to have yon thunder as ' Othello — ' Dmiom, where is tip* elegant kerchief I Isiiight for tins* at flnzcnihcc*', at six hit* a dozen?' Why, -ir, it wottld fairly —" There was a funeral from tlie agent's house tin* next day. anil in deference to tlie Last wishes of the martyr to adver tising, his hearse bore on each side a splerdyl canvas inscription: " Just arrived—s4),ooo mnrcboys* suit* at Bazemlice*'! Call early!"— Snn Fran cisco Srtrx IsUrr. A Peiilnenl Inquiry. Professor Huxley says that one of th* most curious peculiarities of the dog mind is it* inherent snobbishness, shown by tlie regard paid to external respecta bility. "The dog," add* the professor. " who harks furiously at a beggar will let a well-dressed man pass him without opposition." Will Mr. Huxley explain in tlit.-* connection why n half-starved cur belonging to a poor man whose clothing is a tattered as a professional' beggar s cannot le coaxed to leave his master's hovel and scanty fare, and fol low a gentleman who dresses in broad cloth, has a five-hundred dollar diamond pin in Ids shirt front, two thousand dol lars in his pocket, anil is a member of church in gotni standing.— NorrUtUnvn Herald. A Diamond Eye. A story comes to us from Brussels by way of Australia anil the Melbourne ■drf/nt, apropos of a lady with a dia mond eye, which, having lost her nat ural eye, she wore instead of a glass one. The truly brilliant orb spnrkled so brightly ami was so suggestive of riches that a Parisian adventurer married the lady on sight, took Iter to the gay city with him, and there, having squandered all her property, he one night necamptxi, t arrying off Ikt diamond eye, which she Used to keep in a glass of tvater by the bedside. The deserted wife is now suing the pawnbroker who advanced money on it to her husband for the re covery of tin* jewel. Liekskillet. Mudsock ami Dogtewn ore three choice nam*** >f localities in Indiana. KL'RItOI'NDKI) HY /,I'LVN. A Hide for Down a Hot It > l*na Mwarmliiai Wlltt 111* Mrrrllraa Mntnura - in Kiikllhli Victory• A letter to the Edinburgh BcoOmuin says: 1 have obtained from u trust worthy source the following graphic description of the terrible encounter on the Ziobimn mountain. South Africa, hy one who participated in it: On March 87 we started from our '•amp at Kambula Hill, in Zululand, to ittack a Zulu stronghold sonic twenty I miles away culled IhoZiolmii.-i mountain. We numbered uliout eight hundred mounted men, anil were nearly all of us volunteers, under Colonel Wood nomi nally, hut the real command was exer cised hy Colonel HuHer. We started aliout eight o'clock in the morning, and very cheerful and lively we all were. About live o'clock ill the evening We reached the slope of the mountain. We were here tired at, hut took no notice, as we wanted to get along unpcrccivcd. When darkness set in we bivouacked, each man holding his horse in hand while he lay down to rest —not to sleep. During the night there was a terrible thunderstorm and we got thoroughly drenched. At four a. m. we were all astir, feeling miserable enough; our sad dles were nearly as soft and wet as our clothes. We ascended the hill pretty easily, but nearly at the top the Zulus began to make us aware of their presence. Hy six o'clock we were at the top of the plateau and our native allies were setting lire to some Zulu huts ami collecting the cattle, aliout 8,000 in number. Alter a time we collected at the opposite end of the plateau, ami here found tie Zulus in stronger toree than we had estimated. They commenced a hea\ v lire upon us and we were i ngnged fully half an'leuir with them before we succeeded in silenc ing tliein. Atsc.lt eleven we became aware of the serious fact that while we had Item engaging a few Zulus at one side a very large number of them had come the way we ascended, and others to our right and left, and that we were lx-- ing surrounded. A very few minuh-*' observation was sufficient to convey the terrible impression to our minds that once more the Zulus bad got usi nto a trail and that we were going to have to light for our lives to get out of it as bent we could or die. The wily savages be gan to appear on every *iib—not in twos or threes, but in hundp ds ami thou-amls. Some of them bad evidently climbed what to us seemed a positively | itlcr " tight it out to the end " or endeavor to < cape down an almost jierjM mlieular pa- - a few hundred yards in Iron* of us. There had liccti too much " lighting it out to the end " in the two month* immediately pro- #.ling I-.tndulo. There was but one outlet for us, and toward it we had order* to gallop. I was in the r ar, and when T reached tin place the sight was sickening. Tie re was an almost p rp> mlieular pas# about ten feet wiib and aisiut .Too or 100 yards down. It a .is tilled willi rough, ragg.sl boulders, in t wis n wliieh wrir m-vi" * wtn ri onei the |*>or hor*<- and rider fell Is 1 win mn no nior . It n tied full of horse* and nun floundering om upon the otln r in dire and dreadful eonfusion whiie the Zulus wen pooring a rourtWr, ou* tire among tie in. How I got down I do not know: I have not nut with a *ingli comrade yet who doc*. The chief sensation I expcricncd as that lichind inc. at ahottt *OO yard* di*tanee, wa- a very strong font of Zulus yelling in a tnanm r theniot bloodthirsty nml liend i-h. in one ortwo|iiaii* progress w:v* nltogetlur iinpisled hy < lei-in* six or eight feet wide, and it was only hy jump ing them, or rather by risking tlie at tempt (for many a poor fellow lo*t hi* footing and hi# life In r ). that further descent wl* possible. Nearly all tin horses were kith dor had to he f'ft before we ri-a< led the bottom. All litis time the Zulu vt re Bring on , and amid the most nitrnu* shrieks for mercy rushing from tle side* of tin* pas* and iwxsrguieing our poor fellows. How any of us escaped it i to me, and almost every one else, a ntipicle. At last, some how or oilier. I got to the neck of th< pass, escaping injury fmrn the henry (ire of the enemy, but only to find that on the plain in front was a big Zulu army • n gnged wiUt our men. who were divided into parties and lighting for dear life. Colonel Weatlierly and his corps wore almost rut up to a man. They were separated front the main Isxiy, and the last that was seen of the gallant colonel was id# commanding figure, sword in hand, killing the enemy right and left and selling Ids life a* dearly a* possible. The retreat home was a fight. We reached the camp in the evening hy twos and tur"* •*. some with arm* and clothing, others almost devoid of either. Some horses wen* carrying two men, other* three; every one was humiliated and dispirited. This is one picture of the disaster in "The Devil's Pa#s" on the Ziohana mountain on March J8". I*7o. It was getting considerably into the forenoon of the B*th before I bad suffi ciently recovered myself to feel exactly how and where i wa* The ordinary morning duties of camp life had In-en going on, and now and then I bad come across a companion of the previoh* day whose haggard face still betokened how he had lM'en fnee to face with death." Our camp was to all-intents and nur jtoses impregnable. It wa* proof against an ordinary European army without artillery. Alw>ut It a. m. we learned that a Zulu spv had been caught and informed Cokmcl Wood tliat the Zulu* were to attack us during our din tuT hour. Shortly afterward it was shown plainly enough that this was so. The Zulus could be *een in a huge black mass alMitit live miles away coming on very slowly and leisurely. Everything went on in eauip jiist the same; even the dinner was prepared and entri.. There were 8,000 of us, and we were con fident and eager to be avenged. When they got within about three miles the alarm was sounded, tents struck, the forts manned and every one stood to arms. The Zulu* appeared to form themselves into Imttle array about three miles off, the main body advancing direct to the camp and the " liorna," a* they are United, stretching to the right and left. When they got within alxiut three thousand yards the cavalry were sent out and did g'Mid service hy'drnw ing them on (firing and retreating) within range of the artillery. The cav alry. being a very small force, retired within the ramp. and nt nlviut a mile range the artilferv opened ifpon the enemy. The rapidity and precision with which litis branch volleyed dentil and destruction into the dense masse* of Zulus was admirable. T"tt or fifteen of them w"rc sent to glory every shot: | next day they lay in rows." Hut still on they came with the frrtM-ity of tigers, never halting, never wavering, never flinching or hesitating for a moment I Say what people may about it# being | animal ferocity rather than manly j bravery, no soldiers in the world could I have been more daring than were the j Zuills that day. When the main tody got within aliout f*)o yards lite men of the Ninetieth regiment, who were oppos ing them, opened one of Hie most deadly fusillade* it is possible to Imagine. Numerous as they were, this galling fire . stopped the progress of the enemy, and they began to break up and shelter be hind stones and trees, In the meantime the forces that had attacked our right and left flanks had been equally warmly received. And the enemy apparently saw that they must change their tactics. They did so, and scattered tliem*elves and began to creep up through the long grass, while one portion made a desper ate rush and succeeded in getting posses sion ot a small hill Commanding the Cllttlfl laager. It was noccai&ry to dis lodge the 'in my from the hill, and Major Hacked and two companies of the Ninetieth wrc sent out, and al -11 "tigli they suffered severely they sue ceded iii doing so, tiring volley after volley and at last charging the po-itlon at tie point of tie bayonet. In bringing back hi* men Major Hackett was fatally wounded and Lieutenant Hriglit w.i killed. During all this time lighting bad bee n going on all round, and u party <>f Zulus made a desperate rush and got into tin- attic laager, driving a company of the I! 11 ••••nt li out of it. They, how ever, :• .antly reformed and gallantly drove hack the enemy at the point of the bayonet. The artillery all the while had l>< en pouring grape and canister into tit" Zulus with murderous pre cision. Hv aliout . r o'clock the enemy evidently began to SIS' we were not to be taken, ami began to slacken their lire, ultimately r tiling altogether. At .Villi P. xt. tlu-y had final tie ir lit shot* and began to retreat, and the cavalry and horse artillery were si-nt after tlem. Terrible execution was tie result, and no quarter was shown. Exeter Hall may say what it may, but it was death to every Zulu who came within range of the carbine of a trooper or the stroke of his saber. The cavalry pursued them for about ten miles, returning to camp at dti-k. The ffw native alii)* wi had left did terrible work in this pursuit, and it was difficult for our officer* to re call tin in to return. As tliev cut off and i)i-|i.iti lo d the n treating Zulu# the cry of •• Isnndhlwana" rr-outtded iti tli'e evening air. About Sitffoeation. The following fa't* in relation to the ease with wlm li tin- suffocation of a I" i-on i an t>e efl'eeteil tinih r certain < on dition*. wliii li wi re related t . a rvportT of til'" /.'•'< nitty I'ort hy otic of the lilo*t eminent surgeon* in New York it x .r county, will tie read with interest. This gent!' man said, in speaking of tie mur dt rof Mm. Hull A* aeon a* yon I# sin to 1 any of the vital element* "I life. you t* gin to lose strength, and oxygen (the life-giving element in lite air) i wliat purili'* the blood, and giv'- it power of sustaining our life; tin mo ment that hy any means ymi are de prive.! of a fre-li supply of air you Is gin to lose strength. 'I hu* the moment that cotton or clothing or anything similar i* pla. ' d over tin- mouth tie p' r ••■n imnpsliat' ly I* gin* to 10-. *tr< ng'le l ie i|ti' *tion how long will ■ | rson !• - tain eon*, iotisii'w* after tb nj.j yof air i • tit off depend# entirely upon lie ho ts; whether tin upjily of air i* entip'vor part y< ut off. |f a lit! !' air i* ndlliitted iliat will create some vitality and wi.. promote the possibility of the person's struggling If ti\ stniggling tlie pef-sot Site, .ed* in getting more air tie strength is cor respondingly iteria-'d. Thus tie i.< r *on may g. t the 1m 11< r of the would-lx murderi r. Hut win n thfsxt '.us ion of tie air i* p' rfeet tie n tie titie- of on*, iott— IP *# last* only while the t.. ating of tlie heart i ir ttiat' * what good blood tie r< i* already in tlie Immlv alMiitt the body. The le rrt brat* -■ v.iitpiwo tine* a minute, and it w ill take hut aJ. ' sec onds to !!*'■ Up the good blood. When we inhale, tin air colic * in < ontaet with the blue (had) blood, oxygi ni/.- * it—tliat i*. put* oxygen into it, make* it red and good and capable of sustaining our life. This rial blood the heart forces through the v insand over the lexly Wlc nwr i xlialc we bri athe out. the carbon unit'"* with the oxygen to form carbonic w id, wliieli has been eliminated front the blood. Hy each respiration we take in life, and send out tlie destroyer of life which i* all the time forming inside of tt*. As tlie hlrxxl circulates through tie txwly it htvomtn carbonized, and when it meets fresh oxygen it gives off it* earixin orjxdson. \\ lien tlie supply of air is ellt off all the hlixxj tx-eomes eorlxiniz-cd. earlMinie acid i formed, the heart knie acid is the best kind of a sedative and act* as a narcotic. Stupefaction similar to dnmkenness is produced. It isiust as if the person Wen' put to sleep. rite ; arteries btvotiM l overloadeti and congest ed, congestion of tlie brain is creati d and tranquil death results. Once I wa* called to the home of one of tlie most reputable laities in the coun try. I found her de,-wi. ly ing on a sofa. Tfie servant girl had come into iter Px>tn early in tlie morning to make the fire. When the girl went out the hwly,just dressed, threw herself down on tlie sofa and nicked up tlie morning news eaper. The lady did not appear at the liri-akfast table, and at atMiiit ten o'clock they went un stairs to le-r room to what was tlie matter. She lay on tlie sofa apparently asleen. The newspaper was in Iter lap, ami one hand lav upon j It. the other ann rested gracefully over the back of the sofa. Tliem was no ex- i pression of pain on iter face. Her p<*i tlon on tlie sofa was perfectly natural. There were no signs of a struggle, hut she was dead. Upon examination i ; diseoverisl that her false teetli had dropped hack and closed up the larynx I so a* to rut off the supply of nir. She hail fallen asleen, the t'-utlt had dropped hack and site hail died without a struggle. Site was a large, strong, vigorous wo man in good heal t IT. I believe t lion High ly that she passed away without any consciousness ol tlie fact tliat she was dying. A person who is asleep enn be smothered by means of very little force. A large strong woman can be smothered by a weak girl if all tlie air is promptly excluded, hy covering tlie mouth anil nostrils. If the woman is asleep quite possibly there would Ik- no struggle at all and no consciousness. A father said loan old acquaintance who came to condole with him op the unmanagcaideness of hi# two sons, who hod committed a burglary in tlie next town and had tieen sentenced to prison : I " It is ppptty rough on me to have liem i loth go to once, hut there is one tiling I to it—wlien it comes night now, you I know where them hoys be, The I'ork Tree. The cork tree is a species of tins oak, found a* a natural growth in the south . ern part# of Europe and the northern portions of Africa, where it is also ex tensively cultivated. Its product forms one of the most important articles of ex port from these regions. The tree is an evergreen, not large, growing onlv from ■ twenty to forty feet high, and having many slender and wide-spreading branches. It produces an acorn whiiJi is much like the acorn in taste, and is gathered to some extent for Use, though, as i* well known, tlie tree i* chiefly valu able tor its cork. When the tree j* only from three to live years old, its bark Jia* already at tained tl at p" Hilar ei ■ tMllte or Spongy appearance which i- so familiar as tie siM'i'hilcharacteristic qin cork. From tie tir-t, the growth <>f the inner por tion* <>t tie; hark i* iiiu
  • ,ni!<>n Siiinlay Tinu*, ha* ix en :ul'l"l to tlie roll of nemhers of I'arlin iiu nt hy the election of Golone) ()'t;<>r man Mason for tlie county Clare. It is doubtful wheth'T, outside tlie record of Munchausen or liis many rival*, there i* to Is traced a more extraordinary career than that ol the gallant jiatriareit who ha* resumed his s<-at in tlie Imperial I/gi*iatun' after a twenty vears' inter val of abaenre front it. Htit it is a longer time than that since tlie colonel entered I'li d inent. He waa elected la HMby tlie 'xmstitueney which adopted him again aft'r pearly fifty year#. In tlie interim the colonel ha# amused himself with other than political pur-nit*, lie has fought eighPen duels, in six of wlii'-h he was wounded by the enemv's fire, in seven of which he nink'-d fiis ntan. and in five of which honor was satisfied without hurt to either principal. Hi* affairs of honor were hut trivial epi . *4xle in the strangely variisi and adven turous career of the memlwr for Clare. He began public lifein IH3H—over half a century ago—a* one ot that " Fighting Hrigndowhose duty and delight it wa* to support at fift<*n paces or so • wliatcTcr Mr. Daniel O'Conncll said of a txditie.xl or personal antagonist. Tlien lie went into Parliament. Tlie turn of time found hint a journalist in Paris, where, had lie been contemporary with tlie lire-eating Paul do Cassngnac, Creek would assunsily have met Creek. Then lie plunged into ftnam-e and polities, j and disported in tlie troubled waters of Imtli. Having skimmeti tlie cream of Old World excitements, lie set out like n I knight errant in quest of fresh exploit*. HisMftrch BMt with more success than falls to t' e lot of the crowd. Joining the Peruvian army, lie rose to the rank ■ of commander-in-chief. There was a i question of appointing Itim I'resident of the Republic, hut he evaded the perilous eminence hy throwing up his exalted ' post in a fit of r/t, and passing into the naval service of Chili, the neighbor j ing State. Tlie ex-Cencr)i#simo of tlie Peruvian land forces actually became Inl lli|th Admiral of the Chilian fleet such a* it wa*. A Trustworthy Clerk. A certain riuTeliant in a Minnesota j village was indisposed ns-ently, and hi# clerk wo* left to take eareof the day's accumulation of rash, which amounted to about eighty dollars. Failing to manage the combination lock on the safe, he was unable to get the money in and wa* obliged to put it in ill# pocket. He had tecn in the habit of sleeping on .the ground floor, hut that evening when lie went homo lie insisted upon sleeping up stairs. The Ismily thought it strange that lie should so suddenly show such an aversion to sleeping in his accustomed place, but acceded to his request and arranged a bed for him on a lounge up tnim. Tlie next morning he was found lying on his hark with his hands crossed over his breast, sound asleep, with a murderous hatchet tightly grasped in one hand and a huge bar of iroa in the other. The money wa* safe. HIM HKAKT OS HIM KlfjHT HIOE. Til* Nlnirular HUplortnrnl In • Mart's Body. Tlx- physician* of New York ARE VTT DEEPLY interested In the treatnx-nt of A man whose tx-art HIM In some WAY been j shifted from it* natural place to hi* right WIDE, AND ha* Ixren doing duty in AN in adequate fashion in tin* novel location for two YEAR* pant. 'J'IIE patient in LA thropfL Warford, N native of WENT Troy, who waa forced to give up hi* place A* eanliicr in French'* (Intel two year* ago on account of hi* malady. His fii,i •Hatrr, and tbafirst serious F HIM -- of hi* life, Ix-gan early in the winter of 1877. ll' '-ontniclcd a very severe cold, which ! hafih-d iiicdical skill, and must have heen pleuritic. The cold ran il* course with arcat violence, the physicians agrc<-d that the patient waa well advanced in th tn-i stage of rapid consumption. Uit' in the spring of 1H77 Warford had lc oiiii- cm:u luted to a skeleton, and so w< ik that In* was writ home to die. In Wet Troy he put blnxelf und'-r tin '-are of a physician, who waa at a loss to a'-eount for tlx* ale"*nce of Home of the mont characteristic symptoms of con -uiuption, and made a thorough -ound ing "t the cln -t of his patient, lie noon I mud that the i' ft lung wa -o witlx-nxl that it |n rforni' il no function whatever, liut. singular to nay, he could tind no di*' i-i therein to account for its wasted or atrophi' d ntatc. Il< a :l> dumbfound ed when, extending I.in a tin ultation to tin right nidc. lie found th< heart of lijn patient Iwuting there quite regularly, and with all the strength that waa to Is- MJH i"l In :• person weak an be was. Warford himself was ignorant of tlic location of his life-pump, if'- was of nu h rohust conntitution that iiis atten tion had not Ins-n called to it by any morbid symptom, hut when he had last felt f"r it lie found it in it- right place. 1 his vva proof < nough that the displaee nc lit had Ini-n forcible, and not congeni tal. -ii the doctor set ahout finding the cause. Drop-y of the thorax sonictinx'k pro dui< 1i sp JIM • -no tit of that organ, lut no recorded case told of any such radical change of location. Many of the most charic t< ristjc nvinptoins of dropsv were wanting, hut physician* in consultation finally agreed that Warlord's disease was dropsv, and i<*atr the hi -t time his phj i< ian- Is gan to think of permanently curing him. He has now Is" n tapped six tintea, and thirty nin< Pint* of tlx dropsies I matter have I* 1 n drawn off. The last tapping was done ilir" months ago. and his phy si. ians h"t <■ that anotlx r w ill not Is ii'ssl'sl for thr"c months to come. Tlie patient i s" mil' h letter that lx- ha* re timed to N< w York, and is about to en gage in :< ti\ businessagain. Wh< never it sltiiii la come necessary to pump him out again, his physl' ian* Intend to try to introduce active inflammation in the dis, . . ,| pari, hoping tlx*ivby t-> cure it radically. T) • r* i- no active disease in tlx- airnphi<-d lung, which • xhibit* acme signs of returning activity. Should it lx-i-onic inflated again and go to work, t hey hope that tlx* lieart may le* induced to return to it* norma] pla< <*. The only recorded ease at all imiiar was d< scribed in the Knglish medical journals a -lui-t time ago. The patient in that case was a contortionist who maiHgi'il to displace the organ once too often. His natural constitution wn in ferior to Warford'*, and lie died. ( atari* in Ariroaa. Rome two years since a herti of camel* was driven to Yuma county. Arißona, with tlx* intent to render tfietn sorvi cable in the Territory as IS-ast* of burden. As tlie expectation formed of them was not realiwsi, tix*y were turned loose by their owner* to roam eastward along the (ila river at their own ruminating will. They appear to have enjoyed TLE ir liberty, and to have profited by it. Not only have they thriven as though they had been in their native Africa, but tliev have bred liberally, and SEEM to have LXX-OME do ne -11. 11. .1 TO TIC region. It I* LLUIMJLL tliat the new generation of camels will L>e thoroughly a stand on their hind leg* as erect as the stump of a tree, ibid their fore paw* across their breast*, and open ing their mouths a* wide as poMthlc, hxik up at the spectators, mutely appeal ing to them to dmp something g