MISS BENCE'S BRITISH LOVER. It was on a lovely morning in May, that a very dapper young gentleman stood leaning against a tree in the woods that then, as now, top the rock billed Palisades overlooking tho lordly Hudson, lie was attired in all the bravery of silk, and powder and ruffled, and at his feet lay half a dozen vol umes on which ail army of ants were marching with a directness of pur pose that caused great events in ant land later on. From the pose of this bclaced young , gentleman and the care which he took to adjust the rufllesovcr his wristband '■ as it dangled, theelbow leaning against tho tree. It was pretty evident that ho was waitiug for one of that |sex s which has ruled the world since Eve ate that indigestible apple. He was u handsome youth, to whom powder became handy, and, like most handsome youths, he was perfectly j aware of being a handsome youth. "She comes!" he said, bravely.! "Pish! I wish that my heart would not rap so against my ribs, audi know that 1 am becoming pale." Tho rustling of hushes and brambles announced an approach and in nonuple of seconds a bright, fair-haired, Mue •eyed, rosy-checked,cherry-lipped maiden stepped up to where the ants were man hiug over the honks. " I am a little late, George," she said, after half a dozen kisses had passed be tween them, "hut 1 couldn't help it; for a lot of gentlemen came to see papa, and 1 had to see after refresh ment for man and horse." "Company at the Manor, Jao?" "Not exactly company, George; but you see, papa is very determined against the iron rule of England, and 1 fear"—here she dropped her voice— "that there is going to he rough work, for one of the gentlemen spokoof rais ing a regiment, and " " What nonsense.Jac 1 We are very well off under Hritish rule. There are always people ready to complain—al ways grumbling. Surely these gentry do not dream of independence?" "And why not?" replied the girl, almost haughtily, her short upper lip curling, her thin nostrils expanding. ".Stuff and nonsense, Jac !" "I don't see why we should siile in it " "You little rebel!" he hurst out. " I must stop such seditious language." And he did so in that way which is usual to lovers. George 1/Est range was the son of Sir Henry I.'Est range, an English gen tleman of birth, who hail coine over in the capacity of private secretary to the Governor. Having met a very beautiful young lady, whom heespouse*| contrary tothe wishes of the old baronet in England, who was as proud as he w;is careless, Bir Henry settled in America w here ho made a small fortune in the cultivation of tobacco. A friend, to whom he had loaned a thousand pounds, having died and left him a property on the Hudson in lieu of the cash. Sir Henry migrated to the " Manor," where ho resided in g>x*l style with' his lady, one son, George, one daughter, Jacqueline, and a num erous retinue of white and colored ser vants. Adjoining the manor was the prop erty of Kphraitn Hence n worthy mer chant of Gotham, between w hose only child anil G*orge L'Est range sprang up that mutual fcling of feverish de light commonly known as love. Mr. Hence did not at first oppose George L'Est range's intimacy with his •laughter, but of late his antl-Hritish feeling became so intense that he po litely informed the voung man if he wished to avoid hearing that which he •could not stomach he would cease his j visits. day the great spirit of Inde pendence was engaged in upheaval and George w as compelled to take this hint of the sturdy American. " We must ineet elsewhere, darling." he said, and, as the woods which sepa-1 rated the two domains, and every path way was known to the two lovers, a particular beach-tree was d*stined to become their trysting-place. Insensibly, hut by degrees, Jacque line Hence felt the spirit of patriotism budding in her fresh young heart, and at length came a pang of sorrow that, her George could take no part in the great work that was now so steadily < progressing. George called her " rebel." She would retahat*# by dubbing him " tyrant." A few skirmishes, and It wee mil- j tually resolved never to refer u* uw subject of independence, but somehow or other it would crop out, when George's tone was one of insulting superiority, Jacqueline's that of insult ing deterimnation. On these occa sions they would vow never to to see each other more, and the girl would re turn to her home, her eyes red from weeping, anil hor heart sorer than her eyes. Mr. Hence one day summoned Jac queline, "My child," lie said, "you are American horn and raised. B<> am I, so is your mot tier. Now your blood is too good, your heart too honest to let you act the part of treachery to your country. You must give up this whipper-snapper liritisher who has : just captained himself in order to! drive us out of New York. 1 am tool feeble to light, hut I can use pen, and I tongue, and gold, and by Jove! so long as a faculty is left, I'll cry 'No sur render!' "I'll see, George," she said. L'Kstrango met her by appointment at the old-beach-tree, not in silk and lace, but in the bravery of the English uniform. "Why did you put this on to-dayV" she asked." "Why not?" "To meet me?" "Certainly." "George L'Kstrange" and her eyes (lashed, her nostrils diluted "this is an insult." lie laughed. "An insult," she "lowly r-ipcuted, as she broke off a lutzcl switch, "and a cowardly one so cow ardly that I needs must notice it." And so exasperated w as she that she strm k him two swift Mows across the f.e e in rapid succes sion. ".lac- the deuce!" he cried, as, blind with pain, lie put bis bands to bis face. When he removed them she was gone. "A rebel's daughter!" he hissed, be tween his clinched teeth. "So help me heaven! I'll pay her ofT fur that Mow, and with interest!" 4 * * * * A few months later a party of rrd eoats, delKiuchitig from the w IH*IS that crow ned the l'alismlcs, marched to the Hence mansion and took possession of It. < )ld Kphraim Hence was for defend ing the place to the hitter end; but the more prudent counsels of wife, daugh ter and such relatives as w ere stopping with him prevailed, and he witness* 1 *! the seizure of his home and belong ings with a hatred that seemed almost unendurable. "So you are in command," he c.ied, as George I.'Kstraiige now a major in the Hritish service swaggered into the apartment. "Oh yes. Why should I not he?" "And you come to sw agger here?" "A capital place to swagger it is, too." ohservisl the major, as he cooollv threw las legs across the arm of a sofa. "You are a white-livered, cowardly dog." "You arg a very irascible old gen tleman." "If it was not for this cursed gout I'd spit yot like a lark!" roared tho in furiated old man.J A very ancient figure of spc* < and n hrutitl idea Hashed through ids beinuddled brain thut now would boa good timo to keep his vow in regard to paying Jacqueline Uence for that blow. "I'll send for her, by George!" !m cried. To the servant who responded to the ring he gravely said; "I want to see Miss llenee for a mo ment on business of iinpi.rtaiico—iin : portanee, mind!" The young girl at first refused point blank to appear, but on a second and a ' third pressing message she resolved to comply. How lic.iutlf.il she looked as she I stood glancing from one to the other of those drunken debauchees! "What is your business with me, Major L'Kstrnnge?" she slowly and deliberately asked. "Come here!" he exclaimed. "I am here, sir! What would you of me?" "Do you recollect n blow you gave me in the woods here on a certain Summer's day?" he asked. "Perfectly well, sir." "Then I mean to take twenty kisses for it." Ami he sprang to his feet. At that instant the door was burst open, and a I Hslv of Swift's yeomanry, led by Joe Wilson, -i io -ir neighbor, t• whom Hence had scut for ■ uecor, leaped into the room, making prisoners of the drunken re\ eler*. An In>ur later, and the gallant major, with his comradevin-aruis w - re on the man h a* prisoners of war. pa t t he \ i ry lccrh-trce where a few uionths previously In- had reecived the cut across the face that he so richly deserved, Jacqueline married Joe Wilson, and their descendants still llottrish in that picturesque *p--t known as Hugh-wood. As for tin* I,'Kstrar.gi-s, tin y were,to use a slang phrase, "clean wiped out.'' Various Wat of Preparing Egg*. Eggs rooked in some unusual way ire a good luncheon as w ell as breakfast dish. Among the simplest forms are. Baked Eggs; Butter a shallow pud ding dish, or a deep p> plate, break into it. separately, as many eggs as you will ncid, unless the numtirr tvei-i 1 nine or ten. taking care not to disturb the yolks. On each y--lk put a piece of butt- r, a j in- h of salt and a dash of pepjM-r. Place in a lmt -iv- u until the yolks are set; s- rve immediately. H scalloped Eggs: Butter little patty ; ms and sprinkle the 1 -Hum and sides with tine bread or cracker crumbs; break an egg carefully into arh, us.rig i are that the y- !k 1 w hole; cover with tine crumb, inoi.sti nisi with melted bitter and scas-,'jb!o. a pint of milk, to which shall l e addisi, w hen hot, a piece of butter half the size of an egg. Put in a double lioiler to heat; salt to taste, and when it is at the turning point, stir in four eggs that have liven lightly lieaten until the whites and yolks are well mixed. Let it stand for a few moments to thicken, stirring occasion ally, and serve on ah : di-h. Stuffed Eggs : Boil the eggs twenty minutes; remove the shells carefully; rut the egg-, lengthwise, in half; re move the volk and sr.u th to a paste, adding sufficient melted butter to moisten it well; then add one-half the quantity i f devilled ham; fill the eggs, and tit the half together; place tho foremcnt that is left in he shallow dish or platter, set the eggs upon it. cover with crumb* and a simple white sauce, made of melted butter, flour and milk, and seasoned with salt and pepper and a drop or tw* of lemon juice, and set into the oven to brown. Habits of the Cannibals. In Fiji thirty year* ago war was made quite as much with a view to dinirg off 'he captives, w ho were actu ally carefully fattened la-fore slaughter, as for any other cause. In some cases meat, was rut, cooked, and eaten In the presence of the victim, who had previ ously lieon compelled to dig the oven and collect the WISH! for healing it. Tho sick were buried alive, and the death of a great man was celebrated by a general strangling of widows. Beside every great chiefs house living lieings were buried. They had to stand clasp ing the supporting pillars while earth was rolli-d over them. When a chief launched a new canoe a number of persons were bound hand andlfoot and laid on the ground to act a* rollers. A painful and mischievous custom prevailed on May eve, in the south of Ireland, so late as tho year 1825. It was a common practice for erhool-tsiys on that ilAy to consider themselves privileges! to run wildly about with a bunch of nettles, striking at the face ami hands of their companions, or any other person whom they felt that they could assault with impunity. TOPIC'S OF THE DAY. New York gets about 690 inlles of free canals by tho new constitutional amendment, including the Erie, 352; Chain plain, seventy-three; Jtla'k liivor, with branches, eighty-nine; Oswego thirty-eight and Cayuga and Seneca,' twenty-one miles. Before useless lat erals were abandoned the Statu owned and operated 900 miles of canal. No other country in tin- world offers BUi'h facilities for tippling as the popu lous and polished kingdom of Belgium, whose s,ikmi,i)isi inhabitants annually consume about 00,000,000 quarts of al coholic liquors. There is an average of one public house for every twelve adult male lii-tgian*. and in some parts of the country tho supply is nearly twice as great. A tramp offered to drink a* mu' h liquor as anybody in an Kvansville (Iml.) bar-room would pay for, and proved it by emptying a lull tumbler. j He then said lie would drink twelve glasses of birr as fast a* they could be i drawn, and suci e*lcd in that under taking. A few minute* afterward, in ! anotlu r saloon, in- drank two I nmining tumblers of whisky. Then lie died. The Philadelphia HI hool boys who cuih irki-d in s l lk i uiiure two years ago ! have i nl.irgiit their eociM-nery in tin eitv to ai •-iiniiiodatc ho.isH) worms, Willi -i branch at swi-desb<-r", N. J., f• -r the iiilti\atii-n of mulberry tre-s Tin y imvi-in vi-nte-! un:i< liiin- (-r wind ing the silk fr-iin tie- e-.'-i0:,., whieJi they have been exhibiting at public : fair*. , •• i i The M- rrnon* have 1 - - n thirty year-' liuilding a granite temple at v a!t Laki City, and it will take at bast tin years more to fiiiisli the work, in - a-e it i* CM r carried into • uiupb-ti -n, which is now considered do;i.-fill. There i liiflleulty in gathering the taxes levied upon ttn- iielii-vers f'-r tli-s purpose, and the Gentiles already ■ nut on turningthi- structure mt--a s-at--bou*i when I tab is admitted :nt- the Union Dr. 11. D. Schmidt, pn-ident of the New Orleans I'ntholugi-al s's n-ty, ha• ib-v-ited mn- h timi- --f late to m vi tigating the germ* of tuls-rculosis. ••r i i T llj ■ .-.a. I'r '- --r K !i, of Berlin, lately :i--• rt-il tbat Lo bad found the,.- g- rin-i to 1- l a Hi. - r liv ing organism-. Dr.* hmnlt finds tha' they are fatty cry-iajs. and rn-t organ ism* or real gerir *. Tin- high plan hi* profi ,.-n ■•<- u;-ii*l by Ir S -hmidt makes these ri -ults of tho utile -it interest and imp--rtance. A bride and Uriil- gr-• -m, having been - shown politely over the White House the other day l-y one of the private secretaries or other im-n in waiting, the groom, in taking leave of him, hand- 1 hhn a dollar bill andcrb-d out : "Take that, Mr. Arthur; if Ed have come and seen you before election, darned if I wouldn't have v-.tM for you," an-1 the secretary kept the dollar and the r-uiipliimnt without a word. Y<>u sec he h it'*l to ib- eive the happy fellow and deprive him of hi* supp-sod pbaure in having seen l'r-Md--nt Arthur. In Switzerland, for it* seeming ca pacity probably the m -t wonderful dairying country in the world, the cat tle of '.he various-•anions are quite di-- tinct. The owners generally arrange for an animal in*js-ction when the hot cattle f->r l-rei-ling are selected. The race is large, remarkably jwrsistemt in repeating the same characteristics, made hardy by mountain climbing, ex cellent for inllk and for Iwv-f. It is ls-lieved if more known in this country they would take high place, a* they are of the must thrifty habits, eating what is set before them and picking up a living in pour pastures. The city of Morris, 111., has been putting down an artesian well on the highest point of land in the city, and at the depth of 854 feet struck a fine flow of magnetic water, which is so strongly magnetic that the pipes through which it runs became so mag netized as to hold up nails. The bor ing, after leaving the coal at seventy six feet, to the depth of 340 feet, win alternately through (ire-clay and lime rock. At 340 feet St I'etcr sand-stone was struck, and at 650 feet a hard stone, which appcarod to be highly magnetic, was struck, in which they drilled 200 feet. Tho water has been highly spoken of by those who have made magnetic treatment a specialty, and the curea of various diseases are spoken of as very wonderful from tho use of water of similar character to this well, which hAs Iwen found in other parts of the country. Some of the statisticians of Brussels 1 have just compiled a statement of the iloss of lifo by tiro in fourteen of tbe principal cities of Europe during the ten years from 1869 to 1879, and they iiave unsigned to Ixindon the question alile honor of heading the lint. In London 8.3 liven were destroyed during that time for every 100,600 person*, while in Munich, with it* spacious streets and open places, only 0.4 per ished for the same number of inhabit ant*. It i* easy to see why fires in such towns as Cologne and Hanover, with their narrow thoroughfares and old wooden houses, should generally result ! in a serious loss of life ; but London, I assessing, as It does, an extensive lire brigade and a fair supply of water, should at the least be as free from surh accidents as the average city of the continent. If these figures are corro borated bv independent inquiry, they point to some serious defect in the eon , struction of London houses or in their system of preventing fire. There is a want of human invention to prevent people being caught in frogs ' and e madi to fill the space, . as to kll p the fet t out of the trap arid yiel-l to the pressure of wheel flanges. This is a serious evil, and tin re is no doubt that the railway community w ill re ward the inventor who w ill produce an effective remedy. The recent visit of the emperor and empri to St. Petersburg was atti ndi-d with extra precautions on the part of the authorities. Along the r- ute, from the Warsaw railway terminus t . the Aruiitehkm palac, j-.1. e officers in sh Jges and on foot wi re met with at every half a dozen yards, and all the hull*!-porter* of the streets crossing the main r ute w-re rollcv-tcd in gr IIJIS at e.vh i orni-r. 1< r the d --nUc I irM.se ,f ke.-p.ng aw atch f-r Ml piej.- is jn-rsoas and • ring the im perial j irty . I'ulii-i-uien were p-i-tisl at intervals in tie-• entn of the street, while the l-r.-igi •- ■ ver the canals were -s-jy guar I 'd by the marine pdice, in some < ases an otleir patrolled on one f.-itw .av of the bridge and a j riTate ■ ■nth' other. \YS re there were any irra ks along tbe way, the soldiers, wi.h their bands and singing choirs, were turned out to make a show. The nurniier of secret jM-lme agents amide- In tixes on the alert, it was. of course, impossible t-i ti 11. On the whole, there was a marked contrast with the for mer free and unceremonious visits of the imperial family to the capital. Dreadful \ Dilation of Fashion Edict*. A late numlM-r of a fa-shinn journal says: "Annie of Austria collaret* are suitarle only fur matinee jackets. Turkish fez caps are worn onlv a* breakfast raps." Apropos of these cilirts of fahion, an incident: Seated mar a couple of ladies at the • •rand the- other night we overheard n portion of tlu ir conv< ;ation. Said one: "You notice that I have on an Annie of Austria collaret.'* "Yes," responded the other. "What could you have lieen thinking attout, my dear; you know they are only worn at matincca." "Of course I do. and I feel so morti fied. 1 don't see how 1 came to make such an awful blunder. What in the world will people think? But 1 am always doing something dreadful. The other day I went down to dinner with my for. rap on. Just think of it. wear ing a breakfast cap to dinner! Did you ever hear anything so ridiculous in your life?" And the other lady avowed 'bat she never had. A brutal fellow next to us who had leen listening to this conversation turned to us, and. in a voice distinctly audible to the ladies, said: "li ieer w hat funny mistakes a man will make almut his toilet. You wouldn't believe it, now, but it's a fact that I've oome here to-night with my suspenders on wrong aide gut." "(treat Caesar! is that soP we ejacu lated. "Y'es," said he, "and I never folt so ahamed in my life. But I've done worse things than that." "Impossible!" "Yes, sir; only last Sun-lay I went to ehurch with my opera hat on, and the next night I took in a show in my Sun day loots," and then the horrid thing went out.— Chicago Tribune. Speak well of your friends—of your enemies say nothing. , Diking (ire*t Hirer*. For centurion the plan followed in Italy to prevent the overflow of rivers and the flooding of the surrounding country, has been that of building enormous dikes. The Po and the Adige have, notwithstanding, broken over these barriers and visited the country far and near with disaster. The recent floods have been destructive beyond precedent. The loss of life and property has been almost beyond com putation. Bridges centuries old have been swept away, Verona, Milan, and other cities cut off from supplies, tho streets flooded with water, and all the flat plains of Lombard)* have been sub merged. It is now seen that the system of dikes and levees has been a mistake. The deposit of earthly matter has raised the beds of the rivers, compelling the raising of the dikes to high levels, un til now the beds of the rivers are actu ally the alxjvc surroundingjcountry, car ried as if on gigantic aqueducts to their months where they discharge them selves into the sea. Of course, when as recently, a break in the embankment occurs, the dis charge of water uj>on the plains is something terrific. It is as if the w alls of a huge reservoir should suddenly give way, and all the waters contained in them should rush in a tremendous flood through tie- outlets thus male. This fact has been so impressed upon the minds of Italian engineers by tho ' r< < <-rit calamity that they are agreed that the emi ankmerit or Kails plan of 1 controlling the waters of the-'* rivers ' most be abandoned and a system of ar | tu.' ial channels or sluice-ways sui/sti tuted f"r the • :ipe< ( the superabund ant waters. In effect, they j.r"]-to apply to the I\, ;uid the Adigc the plan that Captain Cowdoti Ki-.-t* must bo applied to the Father of Waters, tho gT- at Mississippi, If dykes or < mbankments or leaves, call them by what name you will, are insufficient to '"iitrol such compara tively insignificant riv< :•> as to the l'o and the Adigc, what is to !• ex peetod in tiie < asc of such a mighty river as the Mississippi, which not j only deposits mors sediment than thv, but win* h. ly its imperial force sweeps away its embankments, natural and art He oil, by miles and acres at r single stroke, change, its channel iailv, and defies thi power of to (online it within art;:.- -ial limit - y The money now 1-eing squandered by the million d 'liars in so called im provements ha l better Is- thrown awav into He M-.1. as a g- rieral system r.f lcvc-cs can only aggravate the evil and increase the'han es of catastrophe for the future. The only reasonable , plan i to provide outlets, making ua :>f the surplus waters, as in Kgvj t, fur irrigation, and thus lit* rate a force tv> strong to le confined by the power o" man.— ' iwiniiati Commercial. A Firry Rrcath. I>r. L. C. Woodman, of Paw Paw, Mich., contributes the following inter* eating though incredible observation: I have a singular phenomenon in thf shajw of a young man living he.ro, that I have studied with much interest, and I am satisfied that his peculiar jwwer hinonstrates that electricity is tho nerve force 1 vend dispute. His nan o is Win. Underwood, Iged 27 years, and liis gift is that of generating firo (hough the medium of his breath, as sisted l>y manipulations with his hands. He will take anylmdy's handkerchief, and hold it to his mouth, rub it vigor ously with his hands while breathing on it, and immediately it bursts into flames and burns until consumed. Ho will strip, and rinse out his mouta thoroughly, wash his hands, and sub. Mit to the most rigid examination to preclude the j>ossihility of any humbug, and then by his breath blown upon any paper or cloth, envelop it in flame. He will, when nut gunning and with out matches, desirous of a fire, lie down after collecting dry leaves, and by breathing on them start the fire and then coolly take off his wet stockings and dry them. It is impossible to pe. suadc him todoit more than twice it, a day, and the effort is attendant with the most extreme exhaustion. He wil* sink into a chair after doing it, and o" one oocasidh, after hp had a newspape* on fire as narrated, I placed my hand on his head and discovered his scalp to !>a violently tw itching as if under intens* excitement. He w ill do it any time no matter where he is, under any cir, cumstanees, and I have repeatily known of his sitting back from the dinner table, taking a swallow of water, and by blow ing on his napkin, at onco set it on lire. He is ignorant, and say that he first discovered his strange |ower by inhaling and exhaling on f perfumed handkerehief that suddenl. burned while in his hands. It Is ce. tainly no humbug, but what is it! Ik*w physiology give a like instance and if so, where?—if ichigan Aitdiccu Ifewa.