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Night Anions the II ills,
BoBtill! Ho Mill!
Tho night comoa down on vale and hill 1
Ko Bhaugcly strWI cannot clone
My eyoB in Hleop I Waohman goes
Abofltthe littlo town to Tufp
All sufo at night. I cannot bleep t
Bo dark ! So dark !
Save liero and tboro a flittering spark,
The firefly's tiny lamp, that makes
The dark more donpo. My spirit quakes
With U rn rs vague and undefined
I Hto the hills loom up behind.
. Bo near ! 80 near I
Those solemn mountains, grand and droar
Their rooky summits I Do thoy stand
Like Bentinels to guard the land ?
Or jailors, fierce and gtiiu and storn,
To Hhut ub in till day return ?
I hoar a sound,
A chirping, faint, low ou the ground;
A sparrow's nost U there. I know
The birdlingg flew throo days ago;
Vet still return each night to rost
And Bleep in the forsaken nest.
No fear! No fear !
Bleep, timid heart ! Bleep safely here !
A million helpless creatures rest
Bccurtly on Earth's kindly breast;
WLile Night her solomn silonoe keeps,
lie wakes lo watch who never sleeps.
Joy Allison.
THE ACROBAT'S REVENGE.
Tho sun was setting behind the hills
of Maldon, one Juno evening in the year
1 o 10, wneu fin acrobat, with his wife,
were seen plodding along the road to
ward the next market town.
They were weary and sad. The acrobat
himself was a man about thirty, of dark
complexion, with raven-black hair curl
ing over his forehead. His eyes were
Di nek und piercing, and there was sonie-
t.nng in his look which bespoke a nature
above that of a mountebank.
His wife was some years younger, and
carried an infant child on her breast.
She too had the appearance of a person
superior to her lot, and her fuce wo
oimely to look upon.
Their life was a hard one. but thev
bore it well. Nor, as yet, had all the
hardships which poverty had brought
iuto their door sent love, as the proverb
has it, flying out of the window.
t$hey were now journeying to the mar-
Ket town of Maldon, and as to-morrow
would be market day, Duval thought he
might come in. for a portion of the money
that would bo changing hands. Hut a
it was very desirable that he and his wife
should have supper after a long day V
journey, and a place to sleep in, he was
anxious to earn a few pence in the town
or before reaching it, and presently an
opportunity orose by which, as he
thought, he might do so.
Almost opposite to him, at two or
three hundred yards distance, was the
lodge and noble gateway of a gentleman's
park. As Duval approached it he heard
voices sounding high and mirthful in
the air the voices of children making
merry, with their light, young hearts,
and their clear, ringing laughter.
As he came nearer and looked through
the gate, be saw between twenty and
thirty children, in holiday attire, playing
upon the lawn before an old and spacious
mausion, which had belonged to the
Windus family for many generations,
and was now in the possession of Sir
Windus, the tenth baronet' ! and it was
the birthday of his little daughter which
the children were celebrating.
The acrobat's eyes kindled as he
looked in at the bevy of holiday-makers.
Hero was a grand chance for him.
Surely it would delight the children to
see him flash his golden balls in the air,
whirling them up and up, like the ever
springing stream of a fountain. Surely
all the other wonderful things he could
do would be the very thing for them.
Surely the great and weulfhy parents
would pay handsomely for the amuse
ment of the little ladies and gentlemen.
He paused for a moment, then Rlowly
pushed open tho gate, and walked in to
ward the lawn, followed by hit? wife.
Had there been any ene there whose
permission he could have Hsked, he
would have done so. . Hut there was no
one but the children themselves; and,
therefore, addressing one of tho oldest,
he asked her if they would like to tee
some of his feats. The girl smilingly
replied that they would; and all the lit
tle faces, with their great eyes', were
turned upon the acrobat and the wonder
ful box which he took from his shoulders
aud laid upon the ground.
Ami now the eyes of wonder opened
as far as they could go. And so intent was
his littlo audience in watching the acro
bat, und so intent was Duval in catching
his brass balls, that none of them per
oeived that Sir William Windus was ap
proaching with his gamekeeper. lie
came forward with rapid strides, aud
when within a few paces of Duval, he
called out to him, in a voice of thunder:
" Vagabond 1 how dare you enter
here ?"
For a moment Duval stood astounded
and dumb ut this sudden interruption,
lie saw before him a gontleman much
taller than himself, in shooting coat and
boots, with a felt hat, narrow shouldered,
fair, with a shaven lip and chin, but
bushy whiskers of deep tawny hue; his
eyes, of a bluinh gray, large and bright,
and his bearing that of an aristocrat,
with a strong dash of the bully.
" Come, pack up your trumpery and
begone I" said the baronet, seeuig that
Duval stood looking at him.
But the acrobat had recovered his
elf-possession, and now said, with a
firm voice:
" I meant no offense, your honor, nor
to harm any one or anything belonging
to yon. I saw the children, and made
bo'd to enter, thinking it would please
them to see my"
" Oh, that's a veryCold story," said
the baronet. ' When thieves and gyp
sies prowl about gentlemen's parks we
all know that their intentions are per
fectly innocent."
'Do you call me a thief, sir t" said
Dnval, his dark cheek colonng and his
eyes Hashing Are.
"Scoundrel 1" exclaimed Sir William,
his blood rushing into his face and mak
ing it in a moment red with rage ; do
you think I would chat logic with a
strolling vagabond like you? I told
you to pack up and be off. Do so at
once."
And as the baronet uttered his 00m
roaud he raised the hand in which he
held the whip as if about to strike the
acrobat.
Duval looked at him with a savage
glare of his keen dark eyes, and slowly,
in a deep voice trembling with suppress
ed rage, said :
"You had better not."
"Duval," said his wife, gently pulling
him by the sleeve, and in a tone of
mingled pathos and humility, "never
mind the gentleman. We shouldn't
have come in without his leave. We
humbly ask your pardon, sir. Oome,
Duval, let us go."
" Take your wife's advice, my man,"
said the gamekeeper, ' and don't come
into gentlemen's parks no more till such
times as you're specially invited. There
now; gather up your toggery an 1 get
CUtv"
While Martha and the gamekeeper
had been sneaking Duval's eves remain
ed riveted on Sir William's. The baronet
had dared to threaten him with a blow
with a blow of that whip with which he
was wont to chastise dogs. Duval would
have died sooner than endure such a de
gradation, and he felt half inclined to
i-pring upon Sir William as it was. and
show him that when it comes to close
lghting between man and man, wealth
und rank make no difference in pride of
manhood or strength of limb. Sir Wil
liam saw the fierce spirit that was strug
gling in the acrobat's breast. He felt
r.bat he could not bear the steady gaze
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overbearing nature had met its match:
Uis blood boned with rage.
"Impudent villain I" ho at last ex-
tlaimed, stamping on the ground, " do
you dare to beard me, to browbeat me
with your insolent look ? Take that."
And, lifting his arm, he brought down
his whip with a thud on tho acrobat's
"ack that could be heard as far off as the
Lodge,
Mad with rige, frenzied with insult,
Duval, with a tiger spring, rushed nt the
oaronet, and dearly would Sir William
have paid for his rash act if the acrobat
oould only have had one blow at him
delivered with the prodigious strength
of his muscular arm and broad shoulders.
But, as Duval rushed forward. Leo. one
of the noblest hounds in Sir William's
kennel, which had for some time watch
ed the parley between his master and
Duval with grave, sedate face, sprang
upon the acrobat and intercepted his at
tack. Meanwhi'e two under gamekeep
ers had arrived. And Lady Windus.
from hfr bedroom casement, saw tho
struggle between the man and the dog.
and wondered what it all could be about.
"Dowd, Leo. down!" cried Sir Wil
liam, and tho dog sprang away from the
man. and. Bat down by his master's side.
"Now put him out." said the baronet.
as he turned away and walked off toward
the hall.
"It's no use making any more fuss
about it," said the good-natured game
keeper, as Duval sprang upon his feet,
his face and hands oovereilmwith dust
and blood. "You were wrong in the
beginning. Be advised, and go your
way quietly."
And Duval was advised, the more
easily because of the appealing look his
wife gave him as she gently wiped the
blood from his face. He flung his box
once more over his shoulders, and walk
ed slowly toward the gate. He passed
through it, closed it, and then, pausing,
he cienohed his hand, and, lifting it up
toward Heaven, cried out, in the agony
of his heart:
"My God, I only ask this favor of
Thee that I may one day be revenged!"
bo he and his wife resumed their
journey.
Presently a pony-chaise, driven by a
lady, was heard behind them; when it
came close to them, the lady drew up,
and asked them, with slight agitation,
the way to Natwich; then asked Martha
whether the infant she carried was a boy
or girl, looked at it, kissed it, dropped a
sovereign into Martha's hand, and sud
denly drove off. It was Lady Windus.
CHAPTER II.
Two years passed, and a beautiful
lady reclined upon a sofa in a large and
richly furnished drawing-room of a
country mansion, everything about
which betokened the great wealth of
the proprietor, who sat by the window,
patting the head of a noble mastiff,
which every now and then looked up at
its master, and gave a bark, as if to ai.k
what he oould do for him. There was
not much that dog or man oould do for
the wealthy owner of Windus Park, for
timo had lavished on him all her favors
ancient descent, great wealth, a beau
tiful wife, and two promising children,
Weli might Sir William be proud.
Suddenly the luxurious silence of the
room was disturbed by a loud clamor in
the hall, in which questions were heard
rapidly put by some one in an agitated
voice: "Where is my lady? Where is
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Emily Carter, Miss Joan's maid, rushed
into the drawing-room.
Sir William and Lady Windus started
np.
" What is the matter ?" demanded the
baronet
" Oh, Sir William ! oh, my lady oh
my dear, good lady "
And then Emily shrieked three or four
times running, and, turning white as
death, fell back into the chair in a fit.
" Heavens and earth I" exolaimed Si
William; "what is the meaning of all
this ? Chambers, do you know ? '
"Only, Sir William," said Chambers.
very slowly, and selecting her words
with a precision which showed that she
was resolved neither to nnder or over
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" only, Sir William, this much. Emily
Uarter came to the door, as I were look
ing out of the lawn, and with an awful
countenance and everyone knows what
Emily's countenance is when Emily's in
one of her "
" Confound it, woman ! come to the
point I" cried Sir William.
"So, sir, she says to me," said Cham
bers, suddenly quickening her pace
'the children,' says she; the boat says
she; Where's my lady?' And when I
told her, Bir, where you and my lady
was, she rushes in, and as my name's
Sarah's, Chambers, that's all as Emily
Carter Baid to me."
Though Chamber's information was
neither copious nor distinct, it conveyed
forcibly enough that the children were
in danger, and that the boat had some
thing to do with it.
It is impossible to describe the ghastly
face, as the thought flashed across his
mind that his children had been drowned.
But he hod hardly time to realize the
possibility 01 such a calamity, when in
stole the curate, with a soft step and
smiling face.
" There is no imminent danger," he
said, at once. "There is yet half an
hour, during which it is quite possible
to save them. But lose not a moment
in sending a messenger on horseback to
the nearest fisherman, and bid him bring
round his boat directly. If you 11 lend
me one of your horses, I'll go myself."
Orders were given for the immediate
saddling of a horse, and meanwhile Sir
William learned from Mr. Ling that
Master William had run his boat upon
a sunken rock; that she had filled and
gone down ; and that the boy, with his
sister, were now upon a point of rock a
qnarter of a milo from the shore from
which they were cut off by the flowing
tide, Jn half on hour the point on
which they stood would be a foot below
water, and unless a boat could be pro
cured by that time they would be in
peril.
In a few Eeconds more the saddled
horse stood at the door. Mr. Ling
mounted it, and rode off.
"By this time, .however, Lady Win
dus was on her way to the shore. The
moment she heard of the boat, she
guessed all the rest.
The truth, however, was that Emily
and Miss Joan had been sent out in the
phaeton, under the charge of the page,
for a drive ; that William, seeing the
equipage, ran his boat in shore ; and
that, as Emily decliued to venture on
account of her tendency to bile and her
dislike of sharks, he took his sister, of
his own lordly will and authority, under
his protection. The boat struck, filled
and went down ; and, by the greatest
good fortune, William, with Joan in his
arms, was able to reach the point of rock
on which he now stood.
What were the feelings of Lady Win
dus when she reached the shore and be
held her children on a small spot of rock,
with the sea all around them smooth
almost as glass, it is true, but with the
tide flowing, and every minute covering
a fresh portion of the rock on which her
babes were Btanding.
But in vain did her mother s heart
swell within her, till it was well-nigh
bursting, as she saw the little dimpled
hands of her Joan stretched out toward
her, and her brave boy take off his cap
and wave it cheerinclv to her with a
manly courage, which he drew from, her
own generous blood much more than
from Irs sire s.
But could nothing be done ?
Sir William now appeared on the road
which ran along the shore. He was fol
lowed by the old gamekeeper, by Emily
Carter, who had recovered, by Sarah
Chambers, who wished to see with her
own eyes what the precise extent of the
danger was, by the housekeeper, the
stable boy, and a rat-catcher who hap
pened to be passing along the road at
the time and was drawn to the beach by
that love of the terrible whioh kings,
philosophers, high damsels and low,
noble marquises, baronets and rat
catchers share-equally among them.
Well, was there no one there who
could swim f
Unhappily Sir William could not, nor
the game-keeper. The rat-catcher be
ing applied to by Emily Carter, looked
at that young person solemnly for sev
eral seconds, and then quietly closed his
eyes, and thus addressed her:
" Young woman, do you see this here
rat in this here cage ?"
" Well ?" demanded Emily, with much
dignity.
" Then, unless some on you can swim
f urderer nor me, or unless a boat comes
up, or unless somethink else happens,
which I sees no promising sign on, I
wouldn't give the life of this here rat for
the life of them two children."
And the tide was rising. Smooth as
glasa smooth, spacious and smiling as
a lying hypocrite it was rising, and Lady
Windus could see that it was already
licking tho feet of her children.
"Look, look, William!" sheexclaimed,
at the same time directing her husband's
attention to the rock; " he lifts her up.
Tho water is at their feet I ' My God I
can we do nothing ?"
Yes, it was true. The water was at
their feet. William had raised Joan in
his arm; and as he saw his mother
direct the baronet's attention to them,
he called out, though she couldn't hear
him:
"All right, mamma; there's plenty1 of
time yet."
Tlenty of time ! The sea was flowing
in. Often as the party on the shore
turned their eyes in the direction in
which Mr. Ling had ridderrto procure a
boat, there was nothing in sight.
Lady Windus had fainted. Sir Wil
liam stood a picture of agony, looking
at his children. Sarah Chambers, Em
ily, and the stable boy were grouped
round the old game-keeper, who assisted
them in shedding many tears, but had
nothing better to offer to his young
master and Miss Joan, though he avowed,
and perhaps truly, that he was ready to
die for them.
The rat-catcher had seated himself on
a stone.
"Are those your children ?" asked a
baan who stood at Sir William's side,
but. whose approach had not been
noticed.
The baronet did not turn to look at
the speaker. It was some seconds,
indeed, before he recognized that any
one had addressed him, but when he
did, he replied, in a very deep whisper
of despair.
"They are!"
The man's gaze was fixed upon the
children. Sir William's was fixed upon
him. He thought he remembered him,
and so he did, for it was -the acrobat. '
It was Duval ! Duval, who had
prayed for vengeance as the sole favor
for which he would trouble heaven. It
wbb Duval, at whose door, if he could
be said ever to have had one, all the
miseries of life had knocked, and at
whose hearth they had seated them
selves. For did not she, whom he had
loved more than himself Martha did
she not lie in her cold grave, with her
baby by her side, in the same pauper's
coffin 1 And now, what was left to
Duval ? only to wait for death. Nay,
something more to live for revenge.
No boat made its appearance, the tide
had risen six inches more, and now they
saw ine ooy Kneei aown in the water.
and look up as if he was praying. And
only Duval oould save him and his
sister only Duval. He alone of all
who stood there oould breast the flood
to the rock and back again with the boy.
Why not tell Sir William bo ? Why
not indeed. Is not revenge sweet ?
And still the tide was rising. Lady
Windus, restored for a moment to
consciousness, but no sooner realized
her position than she relapsed into
insensibility.
ir wiinam, said JJuvai. "i see
you remember me. Once I thirsted for
revenge upon you. For two years I
thirsted for it. Heaven has sent it to me.
A bright light shot from his eyes as
he said this, and then he walked slowly
down to withiu a few paces of the water.
He undressed ; he waded into the sea
till it came up to his breast, and then.
throwing himself forward, struck out
for the rock.
We shall not describe the joy with
which the parents, who had watched in
agonized suspense the acrobat's attempt
to rescue their children, received them
back into their arms. But while they
were fondling them, Duval had dressed
and slipped away. He had regained the
road, and was pursuing his journey with
a light step and a light heart, for he had
had his revenge.
No, not all of it. Sir William no
sooner missed him than he'went in pur
suit of him.
" Here." exclaimed the baronet, when
at last he came up with him, endeavor
ing to put a well-filled purse into Duval's
hand. "You have saved my children,
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anu are enuueu x Bay enutieu 10 a
reward."
Duval drew back his hand.
" I have had it !" he exclaimed, dart
ing a look of fierce and withering scorn
at the baronet, and then, turning from
him with an expression of contempt,
pursued his journey.
And the proud baronet stood looking
after him, rebuked and humbled.
Pyramid Lake.
Pyramid Lake, among the mountains
of Nevada, and little known to the
world, is described as a singularly pic
turesque, unique and lonely spot. It is
away from civib'zation, and miners and
fishermen are the only people who go
there. After the Great Salt Lake it is
the largest body of water west of Lake
Superior, being fifteen by forty miles in
extent. It is 4,000 fert above the sea.
and sounding lines dropped 1,000 feet
have failed to find a bottom. There is
no outlet to the lake, the dry air of the
place absorbing the water rapidly. At
intervals pyramids of rock rise out of
the water in fanciful shapes, having
been worn by the waves and storms.
One of these islands has a height of 600
feet. A San Francisco Bulletin corres
pondent, who visited the place a month
ago, says vegetation is very rare. Sev
enty or eighty goats roam at will and
afford shooting for whoever considers the
game worth the powder. They live on
alfllaree, which is getting plentiful, and
a bunch of grass which grows in crevi
ces, and are as fat as if stall-fed. The
whole place is alive with rattlesnakes,
and a man might kill a dozen in an
hour's walk. A gentleman, who is the
oldest inhabitant, told the correspond
ent he hod seen 250 tons of duck, geese
and pelicans' eggs there, and not con
tent with that huge story, added that in
another place, which he pointed out, he
had seen "100 acres of solid pelioans-"
There are 854 churches in London
and its suburbs.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Flies totally disappeared from the dis
tricts affected wifh yellow fever.
A Louisville young woman advertised
in the papers for an escort to a concert
and forty young men replied.
By rolling it in a blanket soaked in
hot mustard an apparently lifeless child
was resuscitated at Wcthersfield, Conn.,
recently.
In England and Wales there are
68,538 persons of unsound mind, an
increase of 1,902 over last year. The
ratio to population is 27.57 to 10,000.
The Prince of Wales in going next
year to A jstralia, China and Japan, and
Gen. Grant, at the same time, will visit
India, China and Japan, returning to
tne united Btates by way of California.
The lady conductor of a well-known
English magazine recently cut out a
leaf from an entire edition of the period
ical because a novel running through
its pages contained a reference of a libel
ous nature.
Statistics show that the actual con
sumption of eggs in the United States is
about 1U,6UU,U00 barrels. The poultry
marketed or consumed in 1877 is esti
mated at 680.000.000 pounds of the value
01 swj.uuu.uuu.
Edison, the inventor, proposes to pros
spect in California for ore bodies by
means of electricity, and thinks he can
determine by the resistance to the cur
rent the extent of any ore body, and also
ueiermine 11s relation.
According to a Mohammedan priest of
Medina, the end of the world is fixed
for July 11, 1879. This information
was imparted to him by the Prophet
Mohammed, and a proclamation to this
effect is posted in nearly every mosque
in India.
Much litigation is likely .to grow out
the mill explosion in Minneapolis. Tho
insurance companies refuse to pay the
whole damage, on the ground that they
nre liable only for the actual loss by
fire; but the mill owners held that fire
caused the explosion, and that, there
fore, the entire loss was in consequence
of fire.
They have anovel mode of discovering
a criminal in Japan: The magistrates
of the village of Awa, being unable to
discover the author of a series of mys
terious crimes, opened a poll, inviting
every citizen to name on his ballot the
person whom, he thought guilty. One
notorious ne'er-do-well was elected as
tho culprit by a great majority, and hav
ing confessed his crime was promptly
executed.
At the Paris Exposition there is a
curiosity, maderof all the different kindB
of lace that could bejused for the pur
pose, is a reproduction of the Cathedral
of Milan, a structure of wood with every
spire, cupola and minaret covered first
with blue then with the different
"points" selected. The stonework is
close crochet, which imitates carving,
the fret work is Irish, the rugged parts
are grained tape lace, and one is remind
ed of Napoleon's curious remark : ' 'Those
towers," he said, "are as delicate as
Flemish point, and to this day look as if
taken out of a box."
That the electricity of the atmosphere
is asnecessary to vegetation as sunlight,
air, and water has been established by
experiments made by M. Grandean, Pro
fessor of the French Eoole Forestiere.
In April, 1877, he took two tobacco
Slants, each weighing 3 grammes and
aving four leaves. They were both
planted in -boxes containing mould of
identical quality, and placed Bide by
Bide in a position favorable to their
growth. But one of them had placed
over it a cage, consisting of four rods
one metre fifty centimetres high, join
ed at the top and covered with wire
gauze, which permitted the free circula
tion of air, light, and water, but com
pletely protected the plant from the ac
tion of atmospheric electricity. They
were left uninterfered with until the
middle of August, when the results ob
tained were as follows: The plant in
the open air had attained a height of
three feet five inches, while the other
was only two feet four inches; the former
weighed 273 grammes and the latter 140
grammes; when dried their respective
weights were thirty grammes and fifteen
and a half grammes. Similar experi
ments made with maize and wheat gave
analogous results.
A Novel Fight.
A New Orleans gentleman tells the
following curious anecdote : In Natchi
toches parish a pedestrian noticed on a
lonely road a frog fighting desperately
with a tarantula, and the tarantula re
turned the compliment by stinging the
frog. Every time the frog got stung he
would hop to the side of the road where
Borne green plantain was growing, and
mouieon a piece, alter swauowing wuicn
he would hop back to the fight. This
being repeated half a dozen times, the
human spectator resolved to satisfy his
curiosity, took out a jack-knife and
lopped off the plantain close to the root,
while the frog and tarantula were carry
ing on their duel. When the frog got
stung for the seventh time he leaped
back to where the plantain had been,
and not finding it, uttered a peculiarly
helpless cry, etiggered a little, vainly
tried te hop into the high grass, shud
dered, fell over on his side and ave up
the ghost.
Items of Interest.
A well-read officer General news.
A home journal the grocer's book.
Some editors own real estate, have
lota of fun, that is.
The number of savings banks in Cali
fornia at this time is twenly-nirie, with
deposits amounting to $71,331,025.
A Massachusetts chemist analyzed the
pickles put up by twelve wholesale deal
ers, and found copper in ten of them.
An eminent German traveler in Africa
speaks in the highest terms of petrole
um as a protection for men and animals
against musquitoes.
To my inward vision, things are aohieved when
they are well begun;
The perfect archer calls the deer hit own while
yet the shaft is whistling.
1 27 Apanith Ifypmj,
Some time since the Free Pres inquir
ed incidentally if fish could talk. One
paper answered "seal skin." Another,
more recently, says, certainly, out in
Colordoa, Pikes Peak.
It is a fact demonstrated beyond dis
pute that the person who is entirely
alone when slipping down on the side
walk is more hurt than if he were sur
rounded by scores of unfeeling people.
A Nevada newspaper tells how a Tiute
squaw shoots: "She will throw herself
on her back, clap bothrfeet to the bow,
draw the arrow with both hands and, let
ting drive, send it clean through the
body of the deer."
The women of Cyprus, like all the
Greek women, chew great quantities of
mastic, imported by the island to Scio, -and
deem it graceful to appear always
biting this gum, and it will soon be in
order for a later Byron to remark "Maid
of Cyprus, how we've oome. Leave, oh,
leave off chewing gum."
Of General Lafayette's personal ap
pearance an old newspaper gives this
description: "General Lafayette was
cne of the finest looking men in the'
army, notwithstanding his deep red hair.
His forehead was fine, though receding;
his eye. clear and hazel; his mouth and
chin delicately formed, and exhibiting
beauty rather than strength. His mien
was noble, his manner's frank, and ami
able, and his movements light and
graceful. He wore his hair plain, and '
never complied so far with the fashion
of his times as to powder.
MARX'S LITTLE COHM.
Mary bad a little corn
Upon her little toe,
And everywhere that Mary went
The corn was sure to go.
Ccimdfn 1'ost.
And to the cooling ocean's shore
It followed her one day;
But the little ache corn was so sore
Bhe ooulda'tplay croquet.
isand Review.
" What makes the corn hurt Mary so?
The other players oried.
" Because she wears her boots so tight," -
A looker-on roplied.
Seaside Press.
'And you a little lump upon
Your toe can grow to suit,
By putting on a 'Ave' sized foot
A number two sized boot."
Boston Traveller.
And so the doctor dag it out, 1 ,
Which made poor Mary bob; .
And now no corn she knows about
Except what's on the 00b.
New York Qraphie.
0,iieen Victoria's Narrow Escape,
Apropos of her majesty's review of
the ironclads at Spithead, it may be in
teresting to recall the fact that the queen
can look back npon at least one danger
ous maritime adventure. Cruising off
the Isle of Wight in tha yacht Emerald,
while she was yet Princess Victoria, the
beeeze freshened into a gale, and before
the vessel could get into Cowes road the
decks were swept fore and aft. The com
ing queen, however, undauntedly re
mained a witness of the scene ; when
sudden squall took the Emerald aback,
and crack went the topmast immediately
above the cap. The pilot, Mr. Saun
ders, quick as thought, sprang to where
the princess was Btanding. lifted her id
his arms to a more safe position further
aft, and the next moment crash came
the topmast down where the queen had
originally stationed herself. But for the
prompt action of Mr. Saunders the queen
would probably never have lived to wit-
ness the ponderous procession of the
ironclads. Indeed, her majesty long
ago acknowledged that the escape was
something to be thankful for, as the
Eilot, at her instance, was promoted to
e a master ; and when the Princess '
Victoria became queen of England, he
was early invited to court. Moreover,
at the death of Mr. Saunders, some few
years after, her majesty made considerate
provision for his wife and family.
Useful for Reference.
In general, 20,000 pounds is a car
load ; it is also seventy barrels of salt,
seventy of lime, ninety-nine of Hour,
sixty of whisky, two hundred Backs of
flour, six oords of hard wood, seven of
soft ; eighteen to twenty head of cattle,
fifty to sixty head of hogs, eighty to one
hundred head of sheep, 6,000 feet of
solid boards, 17,000 feet of siding, 33,
000 feet of flooring, 40,000 shingles,
one-half less of hard lumber, one-quarter
less of green lumber, one tenth less
of joists, scantling and all other large
lumber ; 340 bushels of wheat, 400 of
corn, 680 of oats, 400 of barley, 360 of
flaxseed, 860 of apples, 480 of Irish po
tatoes, and 1,000 bunhels of bran. The
foregoing table may not be exactly cor
rect, for the reason that railroads dorn t
agree in their rules and estimates ; bur
it approximates so closely to the aver
age that shippers will find it a g"
convenience a a matter of referem'