TIMELY TOPICS.
An article in the New York Sun says
that Ilolyoke, Mass., is the great center
of the paper trade of this country. The
town contains -0,000 inhabitants, of
whom 4,000 are employed in the seven
teen large paper mills of iheqtlacc. The
capital Invested in the paj>or trade at
Ilolyoke is estimated at about 96,000,000,
and there are annually produced aboVit
30,600 tons of paper. -The mills ara run
by water power.
Henry Face killed the young man who
had wronged tiis daughter, at Clcrken
well, England, and public sentiment
favored him so strongly that a fund was
raised to support his family during the
year and a naif ol imprisonment, to
which he was sentenced. His escape
from a worse punishment was regarded
as lucky, and he went to prison in good
spirits. But his daughter taunted him
with being a murderer, and in conse
quence of that lie hanged himself in his
cell.
An association, under the name of the
"Jasper Monumental Association," has
been formed at Savannah, (la., for the
the purpose of erecting a monument to
Sergeant Jasper, who on tin* 9th day of
Octobor, 1779, fell in the attack of the
American forces on Savannah. Th*
sergeant's exploit in leaping over the !
ramparts of Fort Moultrie, Charleston j
harbor, during the hottest part of the j
British attack at that nlace. and fixing ;
anew the flag which had been shot from j
its staff, will he remembered as one of
thejmost stirring episodes of the Revolu
tionary war.
A Missouri farmer has been figuring !
on the damage done by dogs in that !
State. In thirty-two counties 10, KM j
sheep have been killed. He estimates !
the number of dogs in thirty-two coun- !
ties to lie 413,000; tlint a hog will thrive •
on the food necessary to support an
able-bodied dog, and at the enu of the
year weigh 900 pounds; therefore, if the j
food for these 403,000 dogs was given to '
the hogs, it would make 93,000.000 !
pounds of pork, worth at least six cents j
a pound, or 94,650.000 —nearly twice the
value of all the school-houses in the j
State, and more than twice the amount ;
used by the State for school purposes.
The streets of London. England, have j
been recently placarded with an adver- 1
tisement stating that" the art of begging
is exhaustively taught in six lessons by i
Prof. Lazarus Rooney, who )>egs to in- j
form the public that he has founded a
college for theoretical and practical in- j
struction in mcdieancv." Among other
practical appliances for the profession
the professor announces that he ;
keeps on hand artificial wounds and
sores, assorted braces of twins, trained
dogs for blind men, crutches for crip
ples, and surgical bandages fur wounded
impostors. Information is afforded re
peating the most lucrative streets and j
neighborhoods.
The Ixndon correspondent of a Liver
pool newspaper says: " The papers an- 1
nouneed the other day that, owing to an
accident in the machine-room, the extra j
double number of the Illustrated I.< mow I
Newt, advertised to appear, would !>c
unavoidably postponed for one day.
As a matter of fact, the * accident' was
a literary, not a mechanical one, the
proprietor canceling several thousands
of printed copies rather than allow the
publication of an article by one of its
editors, reflecting, as he conceived, with
ill-timed si-verity and offensiveness oti
the family of the Prince Imperial. In-!
stantly, on perusing the article, Mr.
Ingram ordeied 'stop press,' sacrificing
over £3,000 to this delicacy of feeling.'
The claasification of a company at one '
of the seaside hotels, by a child who
had not troubled herself to remember
names, has a great deal of significance. |
To her they were " the lady who whines j
as if she were going to cry;" " the lady
who talks about her headache"the ,
(ady who scolds the children for making
a noise, and who plays the piano so i
much herself;" "the kind lady who I
sneaks to all the strangers" the linppv j
lady who draws pictures and lets ns look 1
over her shoulder;"' "the \<>ung man
who thinks he is handsome; 1 ' anil "the
boy who always offers to take you out in
his boat when nobody else will take
you." Truly, many things which are
thought to he hid by the wise and pru
dent are revealed unto babes.
The maddest newspapers of the pres
ent time are those which are published
in the Austrian lunatic asylums. Con
tributions are received from ail the in
mates who have either hobbies or griev
ances. Those who are afflicted with any
monomania whatever may explain their
delusions and support their eonvi-tions
by argument and example. The ogie em
ployed in an article of a recent issue by
one gentleman to disprove the belief of
another that tiis beard was of heather
and required constant watering, was so
faultless and incisive as to have done
credit to a Regius Professor of Moral
Philosophy. Alas! he himself firmly be
lieved tfiat his own nose was mane of
sugar, and to prevent its getting wet.
and consequently melting away, always
drank through a straw.— New York
Tribune.
Even princes sometimes starve to
death. Recently, the St. Petersburg
papers announced the death from sheer
starvation of Prince Serge Michaclovir i
(ialitzin, employed as a censor of hooks,
and removed hy "suoreme orders" to
Odessa, where fie took lodging in the
house of a carpenter, occupying a dark,
damp room, of such limitisf dimensions
that his coffin could not he got into it.
An inquir elicited the fact that for
months he had subsisted on dry bread,
with occasionally a morsel of cheese or
an apple. He left no effect* save the
rags on him when he died. His mother
is a wealthy dame, resident in Moscow,
where she owns several houses, a fine
mansion surrounded by a park and a
fashionable nunnery. Ills wife—for the
unfortunate nobleman was married—
hastened from Moscow to attend the
* funeral, but was too late.
Two boys in Westphalia, sixteen and
thirteen, lost their parents by death, and
were so sorrowful that tliey concluded to
die too. They wrote a will disposing of
their money and playthings. Then the
elder killed Ids brother with a hammer,
after which he swallowed poison.opened
a vein in his wrist, and shot himself
through the heart.
It is understood that the hotel-keep
ers at the mountains object to Senator
Davis climbing Mount Washington for
fear it will settle.— lfaMon IM. That's
the first time we ever heard of a hotel
keeper objecting to anybody or anything
for fear ne or it would "settle. '—Det
Moines IlegiMer.
AFTER LOST TREASURE.
Tlir Vnif I CnnlalnliiitNlx Million Dollars
In Colli mill Jrwrla that Want lo llir
■ loll•>■■■ Of Ihr Carrlhran Wra K.lTorl- lo
llerovrr t lir Trraanrr.
In 1816. whon Spain was exerting ail
her powers to suppress tin' revolution in
Venezuela, the I,(XK)-ton line-of-hattlc
ship San Pedro Aleantara was dis
putehed from the mother country luden
witli ammunition of war and treasure to
pay the army in Venezuela and the navy
on the Spanish main. Site had on board,
as proven by the records preserved in the
State archives in Madrid. $2,000,000 in
gold coin packed in iron chests and
000,000 silver packed in wooden
chests. When tin-vessel arrived off La
(iuayra, the insurgent forces were threat
ening CaraoCM. and the frightened
merchants and clergy, fearing a sack of
the city, hastened to place their wealth
in the treasure hold of the San I'edro
Alcantara for safe keeping. Bullion,
gems, church ornaments and jewels,
roughly estimated at 91.000,000, were
thus added to the riches already aboard.
The San Pedro Alcantara sailed from La
(luayra to off the southern coast of tin
island of Margarita where she anchored
between Cache and Cubagua, small
islands to the south of Margarita. Lur
ing a revel among the sailors, a lire was
started by the upturning of a bowl of
blazing punch, the flames communicat
ing with a barrel of brandy. It is said
the dry wooden vessel was speedily en
veloped, and the lire soon became un
controllable until it reached the power
magazine, when a terrible explosion
took place, shattering to fragments the
after-half of the vessel, scattering far
and wide over the waters the wealth of
her treasure hold, and sacrificing the j
lives of 700 out of 1,000 men. All the
foregoing is a matter of history estab
lished by undoubted authority; that re- ]
ruaining to be stated is a' matter of
knowledge to living witnessc. In I*o4
a company in Baltimore undertook to re
cover the treasure. They worked three
months on the wreck of the forward half
of the vessel, and recovered nbout two '
thousand dollars in coin; the coin found
there was only scattered silver dollars
stuck into the wood work by the force
of tin* explosion. Owing to the slow
progress fh recovering any of the treas
ure. many concerned in the expedition
became dissatisfied with the way by
which the wreck was worked. Thomas
11. Folingsby, one of the divers, ad- ,
vaneed a theory to the superintendent
that the force of the explosion had
thrown almost everything on the visel
aft; other divers coincided with him in
his opinion. After changing the loea- i
tion of the schooner from which they I
worked a diving-bell to the place indi- >
rated by Folingsby. they suoccrdcd after
six months' work in recovering alx>ut
9300,000 in silver coin. However, much
more was recovered, as the divers se
creted about themselves large sums of
money. They also found jewels, of
which they rendered no account. One '
man in particular picked up a diamond
cross which was subsequently sold in
New York for 913,(t00. Several of the 1
divers finally stole the longboat and fled
to I-a (luayra; they were, however, pur
sued and arrested, but as they had coun
ter-claims for percentage, and the mana
ger of the expedition was quite unnopu- '
lar, the affair was compromised and they
were set free, the expedition returning
to Baltimore to refit and set out the sis-- '
ond time. Owing, again, to difficulties
between the superintendent and his
divers, the expedition was compelled to
return to Baltimore the second time and
again refit. The third expedition was
equally unsuccessful. Owing to a change
in the Venezuelan government, a sus
picion of pretended distrust and deccp- j
tion in the matter of royalty were taken
advantage of to annul the grant.
An expedition from Providence took
some $ to.ooo, hut was believed to be dis
honestly managed and brought up in a
row. Another small expedition got
918,000. .Several attempts have been
made since by incompetent and ineffi
cient exptditions, all of which have got
money, but owing to various circum
stances have only been measurably suc
cessful. having been stopped by incom
petency or avaricious dishonesty.
The latest was one gent out by a well- '
known New York capitalist in I*7B. It i
failed, however, through the ineonipe- ;
teney of the captain. The grant for ex
clusive working of the ground for a term '
of six years is now held by Mr. Fo- !
lingsby, the diver before mentioned as 1
directing the movement in 1841. which
led to the recovery of 9300,000. The
ground to be wnrki-d is about two and a
half miles from shore, in an almost land- !
locked roadstead; the water is from fifty ,
to sixty feet deep; the hottom is sand,
fourteen to thirty inches deep. At both
ends of the roadstead there is very deep
water, preventing, therefore, any accu
mulation of sand in the roadstead. The
current is never more than two knots,
which renders it an easy matter to work
at the wreck the whole year. It is nro
posed to dredge the entire bottom for a
sufficient radius to take up everything
thrown out by the explosion. Dredges
taking twenty-four square feet at each
dip have been tried and work well. Ex
pert* contend that the iron chest* con
taining the gold have afforded a solid
break oy the force of the explosion, and
have consequently been thrown far off,
while the silver hurled from the hunted
boxes came down in a shower within a
narrow radius, which accounts for the
fact that only silver has lieen recovered.
The last expedition—under ('apt. Post,
of the brig (yp*y—was compelled to re
turn to the United States, as all em
ployed suffered from tlie heat and hail
drinking water taken nhoard at the
island of Margarita, so tlint work was
impossible, ana it may be said that the
captain was the only one wlm escaped
any illness.
What He Was Fishing For.
The other day the Harbor Master came
across a stranger on the wharf at the
foot of Randolph street, fishing with a
cotton string to which was attached a
hook made of stove-pipe wire and baited
witli an apple core.
" I)o you expect to catch any fish with
such a tackle as thai?" Inquired the of
ficial.
" No, sir," was the prompt reply.
" Are you fishing for bites?"
" No. sir."
"Fishing for fan?"
" No, sir."
The nettled Harbor Master was about
to tell the calm-minded stranger to fish
awav and hehangrd to him, when he
earenilly lifted Ids hook out of water
and said:
" I've been in this rity lor two days
and over, sleeping in boxes and living
on air, and I was just experimenting to
see if there was a blamed reptile in this
neighborhood as hungry na I ami"
The officer lent him a chew of tobacco
and'permitted him to continue his ex
periment In peace. - Detroit Pre* Prtm.
The American Society Novel.
Pre/ace.
This is tlie hare, bald and hideous
skeleton of one-half the present Ameri
can society novels.
CHAITKH I.
The Heroine.
She was pretty, well educated, grace
ful in manner, polite and pleasing. By
her beauty she captivated many voung
men. Iler parents were hut in moderate
circumstances. That is all.
CHAITKH 11.
The Hero.
Ho was rich. He kept this from her
a secret. She guessed it, however. He
was of the " blue blood"' of these United
States. His noble ancestors couldn't
make a good living in Europe so they
came to America. Their noble house
was founded in u small grocery store,
Augustus wanted to get a pretty wife
who would marry him for himself
alone. He got aw fully fooled. But he
never found this out until some years
after their marriage, and this discovery
has nothing to do with our romance.
CHAITKH 111.
The Stuffing.
They met. Namby panihy. Nam by
paniby. Sqush, gush, style. Namby
pamby, natnhv paniby, gush, mush,
suush. Namby pamby. Namby pamby.
Namby pamby, tnush,gusli, sqush.
CHAITKH.IV.
She threw the other fellow overboard.
At first the poor parents did not like the
disguised rich suitor, because they
thought he might he a jxxir poet, painter
or writer. She knew better, and told
the old folks to mind their business.
That night he slipped on her beauti
ful neck a string ol pearls worth f. r ioo.
" I am a poor man," said he, " remem
ber that.
CHAITKH V.
More Stuffing.
Namby pambv. Nanihy pamby.
Namby pamby. Namby pamby.
CIIAITKK VI.
Their Sentiments.
" You know more of the world than I,
Augustus," said she. "Tell me, arc
there many people in the world?"
" Not many," said he.
_ " Where do the people iu the world
live?" she asked, confidingly.
"In winter on Fifth avenue; in sum
mer at Newport, Isng Branch, Sara
toga and a few in Europe," said he.
" Ami are those all?" said she.
" All," said he, softly.
" Tell me," said she. in her silver
tones, " how much must one he worth
to bo n gentleman or lady.
" At present not less than (1,000,000.
In old times one might go in society for
(500,000, hut price* rule higher now.
In fact, mere millionaires ar- but just
tolerated in good society," said he.
Bt■lippMOa her linger a (1,000 dia
niond ring. " iteniemoer, I am but a .
poor man, said he.
" 1 mn 1 not." said she. " You are
good and noble, and those are qualities
better than wealth."
CHAITKH VII
Stuffing.
Namhy pamby. Namby pamhy.
Namby pamby. Namby pamhv.
CIIAITKH VIII.
The ExrUing Chapt- r.
They were married, lie gave the vil
lage minister a (100 wedding fH.
" We go now," said he, "to meet my
poor old mother am! *i*tcr-. 'hir home i
Is humble but rh-an. 'Twos scrubbed ;
yesterday for the first time in years."
The pair came to New York. An cle. j
gant carriage received tliem at the depot-
They drove up to the brown stone front
on Fifth avenue.
It was all as she bail expected.
" Dearest Augustus," said she. " |mw
could you deceive me thus?"
The rest. More gold watches. Six
Saratoga trunks full of dresses. Five
entirely rew switch)*. Family dia
monds. Butler at the door. rrrn< h
maid. Anotlier French maid. Solid 1
crystal chamber sets. Frescoed and :
gilded •parlors. An ivory clock worth
,000. Haughty blue blond roothcr-in
law gives her another gold watch and
chain.
CHAITKH IX
Conei union.
Namby pamby. Namby pamby. |
Namby pamby.
CHAITKH X.
Moral.
To all poor but amiable girls
Ho thou and do likewise.—Vrw Fori
Oraphte.
A Yellow Fever liero.
After the yellow fever had ravaged
Memphis in 187 H. such was tlie terror of
the people that it became impossible to
find any one willing to nurse the sick or
bury the dead, .lame* Forbes, an en
gineer on a railway running into the
city, had a fireman named George, a
gruff, silent fellow, who had worked
with him for years.
One day the engineet was sent for.
His hoy, a lad of eighteen, was struck
down with the plague. As he left thern
gine, George stuck his shovel into tlie
coal and pulled on his cap.
" Where are you going?" said Forbes.
" Along with you. I'llsee you through
this pull, Jem.
Forbes lived in a small house on the
edge of the Bayou Gayosa, a sluggish
stream, laden with impurity, which
oozes through the city. Tlie boy had
been seised with the disease in its most
malignant form. He died Hint night.
Forbe* and George nursed him. carried
liiin out in the coffin, and with their
own hand* dug a grave and buried him.
Wh"n they came bark they found that
Forbes* only other child, a little girl, had
been seised. The mother, a few hours
later, was struck down. Roth died. The
j two men stood beside them. Tlie air
j was heavy with a horrible odor, literally
the breath of death.
" You've done all you can, George,"
said Forbes. " Save yourself. Fly before
it is too late."
"No, I'llsee you through," said the
fireman, gruffly.
Coffins were no longer to be had.
They made a box. laid tlie mother and
child in it, dug a grave, and buried
them.
Before tlie task was finished Forbes
turned to go home. The plague
was upon him. George carried
him to tlie house, nursed him tenderly
until lie died : then alone lie buried him
beside his wife and children. After the
last soil was heaped upon the gTavc he
turned away ana went quietly back to
work.
George was not the only hero who jus
tified Ills right to live in that terrible
dark day. There are hundreds ol them
still living, or at rest beside those whom
♦Jiey have vainly Uled to save.
NEW I'OHTAL KULEH.
ModlAeatloiis In Hair. „f VomlMf and
Classification of Matter.
j By ths provisions of recent acts of
Congress, as construed by the I'oetofllcc
Department, various important moiiilieat
lions have been made in rates of postage
and in the classification of mail matter.
As these changes will largely affect the
mercantile, insurance and other interests
and as they are at present huts imper-
I fectly understood, the subjoined detailed
information upon the subject has been
obtained by a New York paper through
inquiry at the postofllce. It. may lie re
lied upon as being in accord with tlie
latest official rulings and decisions of tlie
department, and as absolutely correct.
I he rats* on commercial papers, insur
ance documents, papers in legal proceed
ings, etc., when partly in print and partly
in writing, has heretofore been the same
as on letters, viz., three rents per hill
ounce. All such articles have now, with
the exceptions mentioned, been as*ignnl
to tin' third class of mail matter, and as
such arc chargeable with postage at tin
rat)' of one cent for each two ounces,
when sent in unsealed envelopes or
i wrappers. The exceptions arc: M such
articles contain writing in tlie nature of
personal correspondence, or are in tlicm
selves the representatives of a monetary
value. 11l these cases they become first
class mail matter, and, as mob, are
chargeable with letter rates of postage.
According to the last rulings of the de
partment (which reverse a nunilxr ol
those recently made under the same law),
the specific examples of the exceptions to
third class matter are: Insurance poli
cies signed anil in force, daily insurance
reports, insurance transfers, notices of
premiums due, assignments, transfers,
applications for insurance; promissory
notes, attached to premiums or not, ami
all notices from local agents to jiolicy
holders ri'H|>ccting renewals, concilia
tions, rcci'jnts or other kindred matter;
also, all signed notes, i hocks, drafts,
deeds, bonus, bill* of lading, receipted
bills, ami signed receipts of all kinds.
Insurance policies, canceled or incom
plete- unreceipted hills, invoices anil
monthly statements may all be sent at
third class rates of postage.
The former restrictions as to writing
in books have leen removed, to the ex
tent of permitting a simple manuscript
dedication, or form of presentation, to he
written fin the covers or blank page*.
Manuscript fur publication, when ac
companied by proof sheets, may is- sent
at third class rates; but, unless so ac
companied, is chargeable at letter rates.
Architectural and other drawings made
by hand, heretofore charged at letter
rates, are now assigned to the fourth
class, and may be sent on payment oi
postage at one cent per ounce, as may
also original paintings ii oil or water
colors, etc. Chromos are ratisi as third
class matter unless mounted on cloth or
pasteboard, in which eas" they belong
to the fourth class. Postage ami revenue
stamns an now in the fourth i-hms
Artleha of g!.u-, formerly excluded
from the mails, may now be sent at fourth
class rates (one cent per ounce), provided
they arc secured so as to guaril against
injury to other mail matter in ease of
breakage, and are boxed in accordance
with certain instructions contained in
the I nit-si State* Postal Guide. Original
package* of tobacco and boxes of cigars
and other articles sealed by internal rev
enue stamps, which were formerly
charged at letter rates, arc now plsenl
in the fourth class by a decision 'of the
department, which state* that they " will
regard the stamp placed ovir the cover
or iqiening of sui-h package* ** evidence
that no matter is contained therein which
is subject to letter rates of postage.
All persons who desire to avail them
selves of the concessions noted above
will understand that they involve certain
drawback*. For example, with the
single exception of the packages seali-d
by internal revenue stamps, all mail
matter not sent at letter rates must te
left open to inspection by the postofllce
authorities. No article*, other than let
ters and postal cards, can he returned to
tlie senders on request; nor forwarded
to other offices, unless ngain fully pre
paid, in'oase'the |ier#on* addressed have
removed; nor can. they bo advertised:
but. if found undeliverable or unealled
for, they will be sent to the dead letter
office. Mail matter of tlie third and
fourth classes is not assorted and put up
with, or in the same manner, ns letters,
placed loose in canvas svks and
not in looked pouches; and, of course,
whenever it is necessary, on account of
unusual accumulation of mail matter or
for oilier reasons, to give preference in
dispatch, it is always accordi-d to letter
mull.
A Midnight Vigil.
The night is dark, the air is raw and
chill and damp, the storm is raging. An
old anil eminently respectable litiz. n.
oftt i>n North hill, is sleeping the slop of
the just with tlie snore of the wicked,
and theprivatecloekson their r<*speetive
brackets and mantels throughout the
citv, for Burlington lIM no town clock,
are tolling, as well as they know howr to
oil it, the hour of 1.30 A. M.
A violent jangling at hia door-l>ell
awakens the eminently respectable citi
zen.
Shuddering herrawlsnut of bid. mut
tering be gropes across the floor.
Swearing under tiis breath, he falls
over a rocking-chair.
At last he finds a mat h, lights a lamp,
anil desiending the stairs, opens tlie hall
door, and admits a gust of wind that
blows nut the lamp, ami a torrent of rain
that drenches him to the skin.
" What is wanted?" the respectable
citizen asks.
"Are you the resident owner of
tliia property?" promptly inquires tlie
caller.
" 1 am," wonderingly replies the em
inently respectable citizen.
" Were you in bed when I rang?"
"I was," replied the eminently re
speetalde citizen.
"That was right," cheerfully ex
claimed the caller, " that is tlie place for
a man of your age at tills time of night.
I am surprised to see out of It. (let
hAi-k into it, and pleasant dreams—"
All is silent after the crash that en
sues, save a mocking smile that dies
away in the distance. The fragments of
the lamp that are revealed on the side*
walk hy the coming of the dawn indi
cate that either the lamp fell out of a
balloon at a height of about twenty-nine
miles, or was hurled at some object with
great force. When will the mystery be
solved ? HurlingUm Hawkeye.
A woman in Cincinnati was arrested
not long ago for horrible.cruelty to Iter
adopted daughter, aged sixteen, whom
she hd leen accustomed to beat terribly
with a whin and then put red-pepper
pod* and brine upon the wounds. Site
also is said to have crushed the nails on
the feet of the girl with a hammer and
to have inflicted other terribl* cruelties.
Miliaria! Origin of Yellow Fever.
It in a noticeable foot. says a New York
paper, that there 1m very little difference
of opinion among physicians who have
practiced medicine in yellow fever dls
tricta, and have had tfie advantage of
long and careful observation. an to tlie
malarial origin of that terrible ucourge.
Ihe elder Dr. Stone, ot New Orleans,
than whom no man had n larger experi
ence, always maintained that yellow
fever was one of the malarial group of
uiwMiiiftd, and dilTw'd from int'Tinittflßt
and remittent only In Ihe violence of the
| attack. Dr. Illair holds the samcopiniou
in lIIH admirable treatise. Watson in
bis "Institutes," and Condie in hiH
"Notes on Vatson's Institutes," make
no question < n the subject. iiut one of
the most sugg -stive illustrations of this
view occurs in Dr. Ferguson'* cel. t ,r: t < •!
work on malarial disease* it in n gen
eral observation that in maiarioip iiiv
tricts agu' M and ramittent fevers are
more common in hot and dry than in
cold and humid seasons. Temperature
appears to In- the factor which mainly
determines the <liff.nn.e- oI.M iv. d in
the malarial group of disease# at diffV-r
-ent elevations and at different *< ;u. im ~f
the year. In the more ei.-vnt.d ili*irit<
of the West Indies, intermittent* arc
coimuon; lower down, with an in.- reuse
in the mean temperature, r< in it t< nt- ac
the rule, and in the lowest and hottest
districts th< fever is continued. In Iftlfl
says Ferguson, the British garrison of
English Marls.r. Antigua, w.ts disposed ;
in three separate harra. lis, situated on
fortified hills surrounding the dm kyard.
One of tiiesc barracks occupied Monk's
hill, an eminence fIOO feet above the
level of the marshes. The other two
were situated upo.i the ridge at the rt
spc. tivc elevations of 500 and 300 fwt.
So dangerous were the marshes below
that it often happened to a weii-nccli-
soldier, coming down from
Monk's hill, and mounting night-guard
in perfect h< altli, to Is- taken with furi
ous delirium while standing sentry, and
to die witi.in tiiirty hours after Iwing
carried t> the barracks. The yellow
skin and black vomit were almost in
variably among the prominent symptoms
in these cas<*. Among the officers, wo
men and drummers on Monk's hill who
never descended to the marshes, there
was no,single cose of fever during the
whole summer. Seventeen nun were
quartered in the lower ridge barrack,
300 f.H-t alsive tbe marshes, but were not
required to perform night duty at the
dockyard. Every one of these men liad
remittent fever, but no ease < T black
vomit occurred among them. Thus, in
the same place, ut the same time, tin,
malaria in the level plain caused a con
tinued {< v. r. identical in rapidity and
symptoms with yellow; at an elevation
of 3i* feet the type was remittent, and at
tiOO feet there were either light ague# or
no disease at all.
ThoreaiT* Thonghts.
Woeto him wti<> want* a companion,
for 11 in unfit to he tlie companion even
of himself.
That virtue wo appreciate I a* iuU< h
ours m another's. \Vc <•*■ so much only
<l* WC [MiSVSS.
The blur sky is a distant reflection of
the azure serenity tliat looks out from
tinder a human brow.
What does education oltcn do? It
makes a straight-* ut ditch out of a
free meandering brook.
Ih> you know on what bushes a little
peace, faith and contentment grow ? (to
a-berrving early and late aft< r them.
There is nowhere any apology for de
spondency. Always there is life while
life lasts, which, rightly lived, implies a
divine satisfaction.
Cheap persons will stand upon cere
mony, ts-cause there is no other ground ;
but to the great of the earth we need no
introduction, nor do they need any
to us.
What is peculiar in the life l a man
consists not in hi*obedience, but ids op
ts wition toiiis Itutin -ts; in one direction
or anotlier he strives to live a super
natural life.
When we cca~e to sympathize with,
and to lie p< rsonally related to men. and
lie gin to lie universally related, then wc
are eapahle of inspiring others with the
sentiment of love for us.
No fields are so barren to ine as the
men from whom I expect everything but
get nothing. In their neighborhood I
experience a painful yearning for soci !v
which cannot lie satisfied, for the hat i
greater fhan tiie love.
Make the most ol your regrets; never
smother your sorrow, but tend and
cherish it till it come to have a separate
and integral interest. To regret deeply
is to live a fast. By so doing you will
Ire astonished to find younelf restored
once more to nil your emoluments.
Whatever your sex or position, life is
a battle in"wliirh you are to show your
pluck, and woe lie to the coward.
W bother passed on a bod of sickness or
in the tented field. It is ever the same
fair flag, and admits of no distinction.
Despair and postponement are cowardice
and defeat. Men were born to suc<-eed.
not to fail
An Interesting riant.
The Victoria Begin, or the Queen Lily,
is now developing at the Bark conserva
tory. This plant is remarkable for the
great size which it attains. No other
specimen of this plant is known to exist
in the Unite*! States, and this Is the first
attempt to propagate this species of
water-lily in California. A number of
its great leaves liaye reached their full
size, the largest lieing about seven feet
in diameter. Although a nice adjust
ment of the temperature of the water and
air Is necessary to bring the lily to per
lection, yet, even under the most favor
able conditions which could be produced
artificially, the blossom often fails to
make its Rprxwranco. On this account
the stages of growth which precede and
accompany flowering have bwn wstehed
with keen interest by amsteur botanists
for the 9 lightest indication of blossoming.
In the midst of them- hopes and fears a
colossal bud, atmut the size of a small
head of cabbage, made its ap|ieanuce
under the water a day or two ago, and
is growing rapidly. The exact time of its
attaining maturity is not known, hut it
will probably lie in ftill bloom in three
or four days. The flower opens only at
night, and jn gins to unfold its petals
shout nine o'clock in the evening, to re
main in bloom until sunrise. The Dark
commissioners announce that when the
flower is in full bloom the park will be
kept open In the evening, and that por
tion of the conservatory containing I lie
lily will lie illuminated.and amplefaci)-
(ties provided for the examination of this
colossal flower. Two leaves of the Queen
Lily will he placed on exhibition at the
Mechanic's Fail, and will require for
their transportation a frame eight feet
wide and sixteen feet long.— Am fYan
Utco ChromtU.
Hon a i;at Made I t* of Her Reason,
I . A correspondent of Nature tells the
following stoiy of feline Intelligence;
. Many years ago we lived in
|at the Inw-k of Emnianuel (Allege. The
premises w*re partly cut off from the
road by H high wall; the body of the
house stood back some little distance.
A high trellis, dividing off tlx garden
ran from the entrance door to tlx wall!
in WIJIC'I! w tin another rloor, or CHU*. A
portion ofthe house, a gable, feed the
treJJifi. Tliw fmrtif'ulArii w
aa vou will Wf.
We were, after some time of residence
extremely troubled bv " runaway-he])!
rings," generally mot prevalent at
night, and in rainy, laid or cold weatlx r,
which was a great annoyance to tlx- ser
vant girl*. who had to croM the *|race
let ween the house and the wall, to ojx*n
the ou er door in the litter, and were
I'IUH exj.owd Ui wet and cold. The an
noyance heeame so great that at length
a i 011 in and myself, armed with wicked
•>h saplings, watelx-d behind the trees,
b nt on administering a sound thrasb
.■ to the . nemy, whoever he wan, that
<li*turrx*i our domestic peace. The
ing-i continued, hut no one pulled the
hi ,! handle! Being a very old house,
Ix y were now of course set down to
ghosts! Hut not believing in those
a'titry, I wiu, puzzled. Chance, how
ev>r, revealed the originator of tbf
scare.
Being ill I was confined to tlie wing
facing tlx* trellis, and one i iserahle,
hlowing, wet day, gazing disconsolately
out of th'j window, espied my favorite
••at a singularly intelligent animal,
much petted —coming ai ng the path,
wet, draggle. tailed, and miserable.
Ptiasy marched up to liie house-door,
sri ff-d at i'.. posted it, m w<d. hut find
ing it lirrnly -hut, clambered up to the
top of the trellis, sorm eight or ten feet
from the ground. r<tv lied a paw over the
ede . scratched till six: found tlx* ItelJ.
wire which ran along the upper rail
from tlie wall to the house, caught hold
of it, gave it a hearty pull, then jumped
down, and waited demurely at the door.
Ou! came the maid, in rushed pus*. The
former, after gazing vaguely up and
down the street, returned, muttering
" bh-ssings," no doubt, on the ghost, to
Ix confronted by me in the hall.
W'fll. hjdia, I have at last found
out who rings the bell." "Lard, mas
ter ! ye harvent, surely " —she was broad
" Zam< rz<-tsheer." "I have; come and
IMS'. Ixtok out of the br<-akfast-room
window, hut don't show yourself."
Meanwhile I went into the drawing
room, where Mo. I'uss was buy drying
herself before the fire. Catching her
up, I popped her outside of the door and
ran round to my post of observation.
I'uss tried tlie door and mewed,
thinking, probably, some one must be
near, and after waiting two or three
minutes in vain, again sprang up tlie
ti* llis and r rx wed her attack upon the
bell-wire, of course to lie immediately
admitted hy the delighted maid, who
it his time did not cross the yard, nor
n< vcr again. I fear sometimes to the in
convenience of visitors. If puss was
waiting for admission.
Now I think that no one ever taught
that eat how to ring the hell by pulling
the wire. To my mind she must have
goue through the following process of
reasoning: 1. She noticed whenever
tlx- bell rang tlx- door opened. 3. In
clambering up the trellis to the house
top she accidentally moved the wire,
and caused the bell to ring. This prob
ably occurred several times before she
noticed it, hut having once done so, she
repealed it, purjwisely, whenever she
wanted entrance: I have often made her
do it for the amusement of friends by
turning her out from her snug nest by
the fire on cold or wet days.
Blondln at Krnssels.^
After ntiranmt of many years,
Hlnndln, tlif wonderful ropc-wik<T Mid
" Hero of Niagara." recently made hi*
rf aj.]>eaninrc in public by giving a num
ber of jxrformanro* at th* "Zoological
Hardens 1 ' of Hrutsels, Belgium. All
doubt* al>out lii* identity were at once
dispelled by a scries of moat astounding, A
almost miraculous feats on the tight
rope, calling f.rth unexampled out
iir-.ik* of <nthu*ia*m mixed with a
feeling of terror ou the part of the
lookers-on.
The rune, 240 feet in length, had been
stretched at a considerable height across
the lake, Rlondin opened the perform
ance by appearing on the rope in the
paraphernalia of a Roman warrior, bow
ing to the spectators. who ararcely ven
tured to applaud him, being not a little
concerned about the daring man.
After changing bis costume for that
of an acrobat he commenced a aerie* of
wonderful feat* that kept the audience
spell-bound. He would lie down,
stretching himself, hi* whole length,
then he would make a daring somersault,
after which he would ait down on one
leg. looking to the ground as unconcern
edly as if he were resting quietly in an
easy-chair on Irrrafirmn
lie then walked out to the middle of
the rope, blindfolded, and with his body
entirely wrapped up in a big bag. to
form a dance. The greater part of the
spectators were not a little glad when
he was through with thia roost danger
ous terp*i< horean act. To quiet the ex
cited minds of the weak-nerved part of
the public, he introduced his comic feat
of baking an omelet in the air. He ap
peared in the robea of a cook, with a
small stove and all kinds of culinary
ut'-nsil*. Presently he kindled a fire,
put a pan on the stove, and in lea* than
no time the omelet was ready. He
threw it down, and a number of the
spectators had a taste of it.
A ltaxlau Tragedy.
A sanguinary tragedy has occurred in*
Russia, taking iu rise from the recently •
inaugurated wholesale slaughtering of
plague-infected cattle. All the cattle in
the ('gar's dominions are subjected to a
strict veterinary examination. Such as
are plague-suspected, or as exhibit ten
dencies likely to expose them to danger
of infection, are at one* ruthlessly
slaughtered. The carcasses are burned
and the owners remunerated, unless they
have striven to conceal the existence of
Uie pest among their herds.
tne Ivan Rorkaomvitch did. or is al
leged to have done, thia. The inspector,
however, discovered that his cattle were
diseased and tame to slaughter them.
Ivan refused to permit it unless he was
paid. The inspector declined to sign the
Indemnification papers. A quarrel e:t
sued, when Ivan assailed him withers
of the slaughtering knives and dism
boweled him at the first blow. Phe
murdered man's assistants fell on the as
sassin. and in the melee which followed
three of them were very seriously in
lured. Rorkaomvllch waetf-rely secured
and locked up. Next morning he was
found dead. He had broken a tile irom
the porcelain stove which heated his cell
and cut bis throat with It.