Hood Night. A BONO. Uimkl ulfht, my love, good niaht. The twinkling atari aro pesping from the cloudless iky, And on tbadawy earth the silver moonbeam* 1 lie; ilio sweet, ssd timo now comes wlion I most say good-by. Good 'V>f;bt, my love, good night. Good night, my love, good night. Oh! softly on thy pillow may thy*puro cheek i rest, And angels grant no shadows cross thy sinless breasts Thy sleep be sweet, thy dreams of him who loves tliee best. Good night, my love, good night. His Own Medicine. Dr. and Mrs. Morton had finished tiffin, and were discussing some private 1 theatrical*, which, followed hy a ball, were to take place that evening at the I mess-house of tho - th. The subject ; was a delicate one, for on it they held j decided, but unfortunately divided j opinions. The doctor had a prejudice ' against sich things, and, though in most respects very indulgent to his pretty little wife, objected to her at tending them. She, however, was bent on doing so. "You know, dear, that it is the very last of the season, and every one w ill be there." "And you know my rooted objection to these entertainments, Ada, why do you urge me?" "Then when shall I ever have an op- ( portunity of showing off that lovely pink and silver cloak you got from Madras on my birthday?" pouted tin young wife. "Ah, that is a deeply important mat ter!" laughed the doctor. "We must see if we can't get up a dance in our bungalow, little woman," continued In some what inconsequent !y. "But that wOn't bo a ball and the atricals to-night; and by that time Daddahbhov, Humanageeand the other l'arsees will have their shops tilled with the new-fashioned cloak, while as yet mine is the only one of the canton ment. 1 rt-aly do think, William, you might h-t me go. lam sure I sit pa tiently enough through those solemn dinners and scientific reunions of which you are so fond." "Well, well, as it is the very last of the season, I suppose 1 must be amia ble for once; but—" "Oh, that's a dear, g**l, disagreea ble old thing!" said his wife, giving him a kiss; and without waiting to ( hear more, in a Hotter of delight she left the room. When left to himself the doctor pon " dered their late conversation, and left by no means satisfied with his share in it. .Still, having consented, he deter- , mined to do so with a go<*l grace, and. on Mrs. Morton presently re-entering to look for something, lie said, "Hy the way, dear, when shall I order the pa lanquin for you ?" Still continuing her search she re replied rather alisently, "Oh. any time, I shall only want it returning; the : Hills w ill call for me going." Dr. Morton was taken aback. "So," he exclaimed, "you had ar- ; ranged to go with —or without—my consent!" With a little start, she answered somewhat confusedly, "Well, I thought you would lie sure to gi\e me leave, William, and- •" "As you have chosen to act so Whol- ) ly independently," interrupted her husband, angrily, "I withdraw the consent I so unwittingly gave. The j house shall be closed at the usual hour, and if you do not happen to be at home at 11 o'clock, we do not sleep under the same roof this night." And in high displeasure Dr. Morton left the house; nor did he return for more than a couple of hours, during which his mood had more than once changed. The first irritation over, lie felt that it was tiard upon his pet to deny tier the pleasure to which but the moment tie fore he had assented. How would he bear to spend the long evening oppo site that disappointed, wistful little face? It liegan, too, to dawn upon him that "the whole cantonment"— i which in India, where private life is more distinctly public property than in any other corner of the world, stands for our esteemed old friend, Mrs. (irundy— might, as has ever been its wont, put an unkind construction on motives it did not understand; might hint that he was not so much standing by his principles—which in fact, lie hud yielded—as avenging his own of fended dignity. The result of all which cogitation was that if, on his re turn home, he should find that she had accepted Imth disappointment and re buke in a proper spirit, much, indeed all, dependent on that— she should go with their friends to the ball; or even in the probable event of their having already called, he would show his mag nanimity by taking her himself. Just then a carriage drove swiftly past his; he recognized it to be the HiUs's, and In it—could ho credit his senses?—all radiant with smiles, wrapped in hor new cloak, sat his wife, who, in merry defiance, kissed her hands to him as they passed. Both ball and theatricals were de lightful, and none enjoyed them mure than tho volatile and fascinating Mrs. Morton. In the gayety of her spirits she confided to one after another of her dearest friends her husband's threat; and to one or two who ex pressed some fear that he might carry it out she laughingly replied that she did not think that that would be at all likely; but in tho event of anything so improbable, she bad still her palanquin, in which she could rest till gun-fire, when, of course, the house would -be opened. I am told that nowadays palanquins are in as little request in India as se dan chairs in England; but in Dr. and Mrs. Morton's time—for know, O read er, that my story is founded on fact— they were, except in the evening drive, the most general mode of carriage. In the veranda of every house one or more might always be sisui, with their bearers at hand, ready for instant ser vice by day or by night. It was past 2 o'clock when Dr. Mor ton heard, coming down the compound, j the moaning monotonous cry of the ticarcrs who carried their mistress to j tier home. Placing tho palanquin in ' the veranda, they called loudly for i admission, striking the door with their hands, in no small wonder that it had not, as usual, been thrown wide at j their approach. Expectation of the coming triumph had driven sleep from his pillow; and he now turnisl his head with a grim smile, for his revenge was at hand the litth- rebel should learn a , lesson never to be forgotten. To the bearers' voices was soon ad ded that of their mistress's; indignant ly, cntreatingly, eoaxingly she < ailed in turn. She reinindisi her liu-baml that their veranda was overlooked from the road "Let me in. I beg, I en treat of you, William. It will lie gun lire in a couple of hours, and if seen here I shall be the laughing-stoek of tlie whole station, o William, dear, do let me in!" To whieh her husband answered sternly, "We -hall not re-t under the ! same risif this night;" and he chuckled 1 to himself, for lie only intended to keep her waiting a few minutes. For a moment Mrs. Morton seemed irresolute; then having said a few Words to the head bearer, she Tied aloud in a passionate burst of sobs, "I w ill sooner die than submit to Miefi hu miliation;" and. followed by her ser- j vants, she rushes! away. There was a long wailing cry —a ! shriek—a heavy splash, flood heavens! could it be -could it be possible that his impetuous wife had thrown her self into the well? Hark to those wild cries as the liearers run hither and thither with loud exclamations! and calls for help. Paralyzed with fear, ttie husband could with difficulty 1 ojien the door; then rushing out he would have Hung himself into the ' still rippling water, in a mad attempt 1 at rescue, hat riot a ts-arer hung upon his arm, as. in broken English, tie tried ( to explain that his mistress was safe, "Then where is she? What is all this row alsiut? Who has fallen in? What are you all yelling for?" "For Mem Sahib tell, 'throw big stone down well;' then too much l*>te bery make; run tbis way, that way plenty great tamasha Mem Sahib make big cry, then Mem run away.' Dr. Morton knew himself outwitted, for doubtless his wife had taken ad vantage of the door she had thus sue. reeded in opening. Ah. well, though vexed at the trick, he w as by no means sorry that the conflict was at an end. and that they should lsith pass w hat remained of the night in peaceful rest. He dismissed the bearers, and returned to the house, but to find it shut! the door was closed, and obstinately re sisted all efforts to open it; while a voire from the Window from which lie had himself so lately s|>oken, said "We shall not sleep under the same roof this night." The doctor, with an uneasy laugh, first treated the situation as a silly joke, then expostulated, then stormed; but all without avail or even notice. He called to the ayah to open the door; but her answer was that she was locked In Mem's room, and Mem had the key under her pillow. He stamped at first with anger, but soon with cold, for his night pyjamas oflensl slight protection against the chill morning air. At length seeing the palanquin, he got into it. The lovely cloak was lying on the cushions; lie drew the hood over his head, Its deli cate hues in striking contrast to Ills sunburned face and disheveled hair and dragging it round his broad shoulders with an angry tug, settled himself to sleep. , The gun hail fired, the "assembly" sounded, but still the doctor slept on. Nor was he roused by the sound ol horses' hoofs, as a bevy of ladies, un escorted except by servants, rode up to the door. They would be joined in their ride by their husbands after par ade; and then, after a final round of the course, assemble at the house of one other of their party to chota-haz zarie and a lively discussion of absent friends. In much surprise they waited a min ute or so before the closisl and silent house; then, with significant glances, one after another slid from her saddle, determined to solve the mystery. Ah, there it is! A little corner of the cloak worn the night before by Mrs. Morton peeped out of the closed door of the palanquin; 'twas evident that the poor littw thing had been obliged to seek that shelter. "What a shame!" They would speak to her, they would com fort her, and oh, what a laugh they would have against her! They grouped themselves round the palanquin, bend ing low to peer in; and one on either side drew back the sliding doors as gracious! Dr. Morton, still half asleep, slowly opened his eyes. Most effectual ly was he wakened by the startling ex clamation with which the visitors hastily retreated to their horses, which they were just in the act of mounting as the door was thrown open, and Mrs. Morton appeared in her riding-habit. They immediately rode away, to the infinite satisfaction of the recumbent hut impatient doctor, who was in mor tal fear that fresh complications might j arise through his unexplained absence • from duty bringing message of inquiry, j At fiie meeting of husband and wife we would rather not play fly in the corner, but take for grunted that . there was the usual amount of tears, recrimination ami hysterics, in which for this occasion only a torn and crumpled fabric of pink and silv. r took an active part; the sight of i from time to time stimulating Mrs Morton's grief and eloquence, while her husband, who, smarting the e\p of the morning, had entered on tho fray \wtb unusual spirit, soon found himself vanquished, limp nnd utterly dismayed, as his own inconsistent, tyrannical and solli-h conduct was contrasted m>t for the first tine- 1 with the po' cut endurance of his long suffering wife. 1 Neither of this nor of thereconciling tion that followed in natural sequence, . shall we make record; but we must of the ph-asing fact that,at the very next concert. Mrs. Morton, leaning on Iter ' husband's arm, appeared in most ex- < cellent spirits, her cloak, this time of ' amber and gold, being admiral by all beholders.— Lornlon Socirty. ' Saco nnd Tapiora. < "ago ami tapioca differ in value ma terially, as was shown recently in a i law-nit Ist ween merchants of the I'a- 1 1 ific coast The difference is explain- I •si in the plants and in the cost of pro- iluction. The sago tr-e is a palm, 1 twenty-live feet high. It grows in the ' marshes of Singapore and elsewhere in 1 China where plantations of one thous and acres are often seen. A sago palm 1 is not ripe for its first and only harvest 1 till fifteen years from the planting. Its ; diameter is then some twenty inches. 1 The harvester works on a shifting 1 plank in the swamp, and fells the trtato field. Grasping the plant • its huge bunch of massive roots ij shaken and taken to mill, where, being washed and stripped by machinery, the j tapioca of commerce is male as sago il precisely. ( Space in the I'nirerse. The nearest of the fixed stars Is ] twenty trillions (20,OiHV*K\000,nOO) j 1 of miles distant from us. The next in 1 distance is four times farther removed, j 1 If we attempt to fix an average di.s- ! ; tance for the surrounding group of fixed stars nearest our system, we could not safely give it a radius of less than four hundred trillions of miles. Vet w hat does this involve? Light, which reaches us from the sun in eight and a half minutes, would take seventy years 1 in its journey across this vast domain of space. If the volume ol spare included within our solar system were occupied with one huge sphere ol 5,600,000,000 miles diameter, even such a mighty mass would be but as a float ing feather in the marvelous spread of empty space surrounding. Thl' space would contain twenty-seven hun dred trillions of such spheres, and would eontain the material contents ol our solar system a number of times in dicated by the figure 5 with twenty two cipher annexed. fllf* I,AST COl itT. A Slory of tl,. Ntrat Jud. Ib.t Ark..- 1 ;*rr Had Old (jrcpioD, a jiwth' of peace, was never known to smile. He came to Arkansas years ago, and year after year, by the will of tho voters, he held his placo as magistrate. The lawyers who practiced in his court never joked with him, because every one soon learned that the old man never engaged in levity. Every morn ing, no matter how hod the weather might be, the old man took his place behind the bar, which, with his own hands, he had made, and every even ing just at a certain time he closed his books and went home. No man ever engaged him in private conversation, because lie would talk to no one. No one ever went to his hoine.alittlecottage among the trees in the city's outskirts, because he had never shown a disposi tion to make welcome the visits of those who lived even in the immediate viclnity. His office was not given him through the influence of "electioneer ing," because he never asked any man fbr his vote. He was first elected !•- cause, having once been summoned in a case of arbitration, he exhibited the executive side of such a legal mind that the people nominated and ch-ctcd him. lie soon gained the name of the "Hard .Justice," and every lawyer in Arkansas referred to Ids divisions. His rulings were never reversed by the higher courts. He showed no sen timent in decision. He stood njwin the platform of a law which he had made a study, and tin man disputed him. Recently a woman charged with misdemean >r was arraigned before him. "The old man se< ms more than ever unsteady," remarkisl a lawyer, as the magistrate took his eat. "1 don't see how a in .in so old can stand the vexations of a court much longi r." "I am not well to-dav," said the juilge. turning to the lawyers, "and any .lsi , that you may have vmi will pli'.tsisl despatch them to the 1 • -t. and. let me add, quickest of your ability." Everyone saw that the old man wa unustially f<* Ho, and no one thought of a scheme to prolong a discussion, for ;ill the lawyers had leamugh. and drew around her an old black shaw l that she wore. The expression on the face of the magis trate remained unchanged, but his eye lids dropj.d and he did not raise them when the woman continued: "As I say, n > man can defend me. lam too near that awful approach, to pass which we know is everlasting death to soul and lidy. Years ago I was a •hild of brightest promise. 1 livitl with my parents in Kentucky. Way ward and light-hearted. I was admir ed by all the gay society known in the neighborhood. A man came ami professed his love for tne. I don't say this, judge, to excite your sympathy. 1 have inanv and many a time liern drawn l>efore courts, but I never lie fore spoke of my past life." She coughed again, and caught a flow of blood on a handkerchief which she pressed to her li|is. "I sjwak of it now because I know this is the last court on earth before which I w ill be arraigned. I was fifteen years old when I fell in love with the man. My father said he was bad. but I loved him. He came again and again, and and when my father said he should come no more I ran away and married hiin. My father said I should never come home again. I had always been his pride, and I loved him so dearly, but he said that I must never again come to his home my home, the home of my youth and happiness. How 1 longed to see him. llow I yearned to put my head on his breast. My bus band lieoamc addicted to drink. He abused me, I wrote to my father, ask ing him to let me come home, but the answer that came was, 'I do not know you !' My husband died—yew, cursed God ant', died. Homeless and wretch ed, and with tnv little boy 1 went out into the world. My child dipl, and I bowed down and wept over a pauper's grave. I wrote to my father again, but he answered, 'I know not those who disoliey my commandments!' 1 turned away from that letter hardenrd. I spurned iny teachings. Now 1 am here," Several lawyers rushed forward. A crimson tide flowed from her lip*. They leaned her lifeless head back against the ehair. The old magistrate had not raised his eyes. "Great God !" daid a lawyer, "he is dead !" The woman w as his daughter. PEAICLM Of THOUGHT. No legacy is so rich as honesty. Economy is itself a great income. Folly ends where genuine hope lav , gins. Men mark the hits, and not the misses. It costs more to avenge wrongs than to bear tlicm. Whatever makes men happier makes them better. It is a good rule to be deaf when a slanderer begins to talk. Feebleness of means is, in fact, the feebleness of him that employs them. Circumstances arc the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise. Out in the world men show UH two sides in their character ; by the fireside only one. A woman may get to love by de grees; the best fire does not flare up the soonest. Where there is much pretension much has been borrowed; nature never pretends. It is not what you see that makes you popular among your friends ; it is vhat you don't tell. Never despise humble services; when large ships run aground, little boats may pull them off. Attrition is to the stone what good Influences are to the man ; both polish, while tin y reveal hidden beauties. When a man is at the foot of the lull in bis fnrtunes, lie may stay a long while there in spite of jgufes-ional ac compli -hliniits. Murdered hy a I'rbate. Lieutenant General Coode. of Ply mouth, England, formerly of the In dian army, has riceived particulars of the murder of his son, Lieutenant W. 11. t'-xsle, adjutant of the wing of the Lincolnshire regiment stationed at Itenari-s. The ili-ieasM -,V;L drilling the men on parade when two rifle shots were fired from the corner of the bar racks. The bullets p.'lv-' l rinse over the heads of tin men, and aim ••-1 im* mediately a third shot was fired, severe ly wounding a private named Lilley, in the kn<*\ The men were mueti exeit* • d and wanted to "-catter," hut Lieu tenant ( isle ordered thein to remain steady and rode in the direction of the firing. As he was advancing in a can ter a fourth shot was fired by a private named • '<„ kliri, who was standing out side the barrack door. The bullet did no damage and the man again discharg ed his rifle. This time the bullet enter ed the breast of Lieutenant (V*de's horse, but notwithstanding this, the officer --till courage'iisly advanced toward tVsklin, shouting. "What are you alsiut. sir?" The man replied, "Stand back, sir. or I will shoot you, ton." Lieutenant ('node, w hen about twelve pares from the soldier. was dis mounting. apparently with the inten tion of seizing his assailant, when t'ocklin again fired, and this time struck the officer in the groin. Medical aid was quickly secured, but the main artery of the lieutenant's leg was found to le nearly severed and he died in | about an hour. Gorki in, when taken to the cell, remarked that he wished he had been able to "do" for Sergeant llrent. Sergeant Itrent bad le-en instrumental in obtaining aeon viction against t'oeklin's "chum" for insultordination, and the deceased, as adjutant of the regiment, had pros ecuted him. This is the only reason that ran le assigned for the occur rence. Lieutenant Coode was buried with full military honors, and a reg imental order was issued directing the officers to go into mourning for three mdhths. ■ Lafayette and lII* Opo**nm*. When Lafayette paid a visit to the United States he intimated a desire to , Itcootnc master of an opossum, and a i Baltimore eilitor gladly undertook to see that the general had one to take home with him. Anxious to make the most of the occasion, lie proclaimed his want in a highly-spiced appeal to his ■ countrymen, urging them to prove that ( republics were not always ungrateful. They resjtondisl cheerfully--too cheer- , fully- to the appeal. Opossums eamc j in from north and south, east and west, , until the overwhelmed editor found himself possessed of 2190 too many. He con hi not afford thein separate acrom- ! modation*. he dared not lodge them to gether; so, at night, he turned them all loose In Monument square, to quarter themselves as they listed. Next day 'possums were here, there and every- | where in Baltimore, to the delight of the black, and the disgust of the white citizens, who fervently wished that La fayette hud never heard of an opossum, or that the eilitor had executed his com- j mission with more discretion.—AW | tht A Clow-Hated Economist. The farmer wt in bin **y choir fielwen Ibe fire owi the lamplight'* glare; Ilia face wa* rti'lily *rifl full an/1 fair; Ilia three email lj* in the chimney nook Con OMI the linea of a |itclure book ; , 11M wile, the prhle of hi* home AMI heart, linked the l/iaciiit and made the tart, { laid the table and drew the tea, Iteftly, awiftly, ailentiy; Tired and weary, weak and hunt, Hhe bore her trial without complaint, Kike many another bmuehold aaint— Content all aelfiah bit** nlxive In the patient mintatry ot love. At laat, between the cloud* of amoke That wreathed hi* lip*, the larmer apok*. "There'* taxe* to raiae and inl'reat to |y, And if there abouLt come a rainy day Twould le mighty handy, I'm hound to aay, T" have aomethiag put by. For loika moat die; An' there'* lunerul bill*, and grave atone* to boy— Knough to awamp a man, purty nigh; Ihwide*, there'* Kdward an' Irick an' Joe To he provided for when we go; So, if I were you, I'll tell you what I'd da; I'd be *avin' ol wood aa ever I could— Kxtra firee don't do any good; I'd be Mtvin' of *oap and savin' of ile, And run up *otne candlea onu in a while;' I'd be rather |riu' ol ooffee and tea, For *ugar i* high, An' ail to boy, And water i* good enough drink lor me; I'd be kind o' carelul about ray clo'ee Ami look out *harp how the money goee— Gewgaw* i* uaeleaa, nater know*; Kxtra trimtmn' '.S the bane of women. I'd ae'l tiie l/eat of my cheese and honey. An' egt;* i* a* g'Kxl, nigh lout, a* money, An' aa to the carpel jou wanted new— I guea* we can make the old one du; An' aa f" they eallolatr women w made to shirk'" Dirk and Kdward and little Joe Sat in the corner in a row; I hey aaw their jiatient mother go On <"•-• ia* errand* to an 1 Iro; They ew tl a' her form wax )ounge*t, Irmi-t brother "You talk ' ( av.n wi,l aa* ile An' tea an' ug*r all the while, Hut >ou never ta.l ti uno' mother' ' PI Mi EM PARAGRAPHS. .M<-n •>{ mll< Dwarf it. A fast g.i.t One that i* bolted. runny, h-n't it that y<>n always set* the night-fall before any stars begin to shoot. Mush ;ans are in the habit of slur ring some notes; but they all sjnak well of greenbacks.' Man may want but little here below, but he makes a gr<-at disturbance if he n Ireing told that the visitor was Dr. . The mother explained that the little one, through experience with a dislocated ankle and the vaccina tion season, was evidently afraid of the visitor. The following day the doctor made another call and succeeded in winning the little girl to his knee. 'Why did you run away from me yes terday Y he asked. till, I didn't run awav from you. I ran away from the doctor of you,' she rescinded vigor. J ously." Ancient Dishes. The Ilritish museum has just ac. quired an interesting collection of thir ty-nine silver objects which gives an insight into the daily life of the Baby lonians, and reminds us of the diaoov. cry of the hird dealer's shop at Pom peii. These objects, which were all j found together on the site of Babylon, ; consists of fragments of silver dishrw. # . the broken handle of a vase and coins, most of the latter Wing defaced and clipped. It is easy to see that all have lieen broken pur|>oselr by a practiced hand, with the view of using the melaf again, and we may fairly conclude • that the collection is the remains of a Silversmith's or coiner's shop. Among the coins is a I.ycian one In good pres ervation. So far as can be judged from the vase handle and dklim, the art is distinctly Babylonian under Ter tian influence, and the workshop may 1 date from the conquest of Alexander.