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Chlldhool'i Homo. Comet gentle muM.and with Inaplrlni train Sine of the put that ne'er will eorae again, Of childhood'! happy days mingled with teare nd the bright, tunny home of bygone yean Full well I remember eah long loved ecene, fehlldhood'i borne ibefleldt of green, be cool cbryillal iprlng, ibe clear winding rill That ran gently on 'neatn the ilope of the hill Far away hare I wandered, I may go farther yet, But the home of ray cblMlioood I ne'er can forget. My mlna ies the acliool home, the Tillage , church near, And the path through the fored I then thought ao dear. In dreams I revlmt and roam those fleldi o'er , With the glee of my childhood and playmates of yore Each place and each feature, to dear to my heart, . The dream painted plotnre bide defiance to art. Kmslan Universities. Misfortune would Lave itthat the highest point of this Liboral excitemojit occurred at the precise time, of the com pletion of the new University statute, and it was on easy matter for the rcae ionary party, still powerful at court, to pause the Minister of Instruction, Kova - ? lejs'ko, to he snspecied as tlie prineijial author qf the disturbance. The minis terial recommendation, advising the ini tiation of German university regulations and the issue of a moderately liberal statute, was cast aside, Kovalevski was removed from his ofllco and Admiral Count Putjatin, who had recently re turned from Japan, and was totally un acquainted with the situation-of affairs, appointed Minister of Instruction. The attempt made by this gentleman, whoso short-sightedness equalled his conceit, to set aside all so-called "liberal acqui sitions" by a stroke of his pen and force students back into their former depend ence, was instituted in so brutal and clumsy a manner, that in the autumn of 18(11 actual student insurrections broke forth in St. Petersburg and Moscow. It was found necessary to close tho locturo' rooms for several months, several of the most honored instructors resigned, am in discourses dolivered in public promul gated the same precepts said to hav been scoutod in tho universities. The immense revolution in feeling which had taken place during the last year, was now first seen in its lull extent, no onorgeti cally and passionately did public opinion in St. Petersburg takes sides with tho ill-treated student, that Connt Pnjatin the hated Curator Philinppon, and Itcctor Sresnovski wore forced to make way, a now statute fulfilling all the require ments of tho time, was obtained, and the direction of the system of instruction placed in tho hands of a recognized Lib oral, Secretary of State Oolovnin. The last doubts in regard to who remained victor of this unequal strugglo were re moved when tho Governor-General of the Capital, General Ignatioff, father of the well-known diplomatist, who had been too subservient to Count Pujatin, was compelled to rotiro and give place to Prince Huvaroy, universally popular on account of his humanity. The Russian students now fear lest they should le again robbed of tho priv ileges gained in i860 and reduced to tho condition of affairs in the old regime. The distrust of the government felt by the students, dating from the ancient regime, was fostered by the constant vac illations in the system followed by the ' ruling statesmen, now strict subonlina tion, to-day realism, to-morrow human ity, by turns drew tko reins tightly one; let them hang loosely on tho ground Tho new statu to sanctioned by tho Em peror on the 1st (l.'Hh) of Juno made tolerably comprehensive conces sions in giving the universities the right of Belf-governmont, permitting freedom in hearing and teaching, and social life among tho students. It nearlv doubled the salaries of teachers, and considera bly increased the sums destined for tho enlargement of means of instruction Thirty years ago there would have prob ably boon no eiul to the rejoicing over the liberal character of the arrangements now existing and the constant increase of students. Now they aro only half satisfied, because the influence of the Curators is - still extensive, and tho system followed by them an irregular one, because the students have no real right to form societies, because they aro under the survcllance of tho university police and because they think they have no security for tho continuance of tho privileges obtained with so much dim culty, and only too frequently abused. Tho corps feeling between German teachers and pupils is wholly unknown in Russian universities tho students' aspirations extend beyond tho walls of the university, ami in tho name of tho academic freedom they ask for a share in public affairs, grouted to no one in i government ruled by an absolute mon urcliy. They demand a guarantee of their present position, which could only be possible when constitutionally secured government regulations existed in litis. sia. Tho slightest encroachment upon what is regarded as existing law, nay the mero digression from tacitly crmitted customs, is treated as an attempt to ro store Uie hatred old system, and an swered with assumptions which no one in Russia is entitled to make. And this is not all. A secret bond exista be tween the universities and other institu tions of learniug not at all within tho jurisdiction of the Ministry of Iustrnc tion, a bond formed by belief in tho com m unity of interests of all Young Kussian studf uta. by which errors and conflicts in one educational institution or admin istrative branch are instantly communi cated, as if by a lightning conductor, into the universities. In consequence of the incessantly recurring disorders, bun . dreds of students who have not com pleted their course, most of them misera bly poor, are turned out of doors and placed in a position where they can make a regular trade of exciting compassion and discontent. These expelled stu dents, who form a clogs of their own. the poleterians of intelligence, usually have no further occupation than to lead their former comrades into foolish measures, make little conspiracies, keep up rela tions with revolutionary emigrants in Switzerland, and as the technical ex pression runs, "go into the people," that is, inoculate rudo men, strong-minded women and half-grown school boy I with their own vague and foolish idea. This state of affairs, rocontly brought to light by a long succession of criminal trials, has been so classically described by Turgenieff as to require no further ex emplification than tho accounts in 'Fathers and Sons" and "Virgin Soil." It is no more impossible to see the end of this uncomfortable situation, which is equally dangerous to the Russian Gov ernmentand Russian universities, than to find a solution of the other diillcultics existing in various spheres of linssian life. As a national proverb token from Iluxthausen thirty-five years ago runs, thev "have set sail from one shore with out being able to reach tho other." Tho Government has accomplished as little by concessions as attempts at repression tho former were regularly abused, tllfl latter answered by opposition that could not be conquered. Only where the stu- dents have remained in undisputed pos session of freedom and independence, as in German Dorpat and Swedish Helsing fors, has tho transition from the old to a new time been ouietlv and noiselessly accomplished. In St. Petersburg, Mos cow, Aiev, Uiarkov, luisan anu vucsna there is as much if not more cause for apprehension now than tho day after the - . . . i t e l old svstem was declared bankrupt, lie lief will first bo obtained when the now Russia has established firm regulations, which imposo limits not only upon tho Governed, but the governing power, and forever remove those fears of a return of tho academic ancient regime, which, with occasional arbitrary acts of the sovereign hove been the principal causes of all tho troubles in Kussian universities in luter times. Coir. X. Y. Tribune. The Population of Africa. We cannot hoie for many years yet to have anything like accurate statistics on tho population of Africa. Several re gions, the population of which is cer tainly great, will probably long escape anything like a thorongh examination There are, for example, in the regions of tho Great Lakes, countries quite as thickly peoplod as many of the States of Euro. Stanley tells us of countries of relatively small extent, anu wnicn yet possesses minions oi lnnamuuiu. ueu we shall have succeeded in making an approximate census of all tho popular tions, we shall probably reach a figure considerably highor than the present estimate. Home authorities accord to Africa not more than 100,000,000 inhabi fonts; others less still. German googra phors suppose that Africa contains some what more than 200,000,000 inhabitants; the latest English publications estimate tho population at 186,000,000, which, for an area of ll,&oo,ooo square nines, gives an avorago of 16 inhabitants jer square milo, or a specific population 11 times less than that of France. Africa, which has 57 times the area of Trance, has probably scarcely 8 times the popula tion. The suppression of the slave trado and the influence of European civ lhzation may lead to an increase of population very rapid and very croat. It should be observed that the proximate flguro of tho specific popuhv tion, applied to tho wholo of the African continent, will not give a just idea of the compact chnracter of the population of tno interior. Accoruwg n iwuua, uu negro regions aro by far the most popu lous pom of the continent, ii tne popu lations aro sparse in the desert parts, they ore very dense in other regions. Thus in the Soudan the population is es timated at 80,000,000, or about 53 per square milo; tho town of 15ida, on the Niger, has a population of about 80,000 inhabitants. The population of East Africa is estimated at about 30,000,000, and that of Equatorial Africa at 40,000, 000. One of the latest authorities divides the population of Africa as follows among the great families which ethnolo gists hnvo divided the peoples: Negroes, l.tO.OOO.OOO: Hamites. 20.000,0000; Ban- tns, i:i,000,0()0; Fulahs, 8,000,000; Nu bians, 1,500,000; Hottentots, 50,000. This would give a total population of 172,- 550,000. Those figures are, or course, onlv approximate, and may be much modified bv new and precise information Tho Uuntus, for examplo, who, accord ing to F. M. Muller, form at least ono quarter of tho population of Africa, micht lw found to number 50,000,000 The data wo tuko from from a paper by M. A. Kalmud. in the Bulletin of tho Marseilles Geographical Society. Lon Ion Time, (Ml. 2MfA. Thk Jafanksk SiUMrooEK. I turn on mv sido and make preparations for going to sleep in good earnest. No more dally ing with tired nature s sweet restorer, l feel that I have tho whole night before me for undisturbed repose, without tho hauntiiiK cares of to-morrow's work, and I am iroinir to make tho most of it. I begin to seo nothing but jinrikishas.thon rows of houses, then quite a procession of peoplo passing, ono of whom stops be fore mo and startles mo by calling out in voice of unearthly shrillness, "Gomen nosiiil" Thon comes that inoxplicablo return from the land of dreams to a wakinir existence, when tho mind is something like a slightly incomplete dissolving view, the faint outlines of the droain-pieturo U'ing now qnito obliter ated by tho more powerful tones of realitv. Acain "Gomen naaai!" Then I come to mvself completely, and Bsk rather sharplv. "What is it? ' "Please excuse hnn, but he is tne snampooere will I have a few rubs?' I angrily, say 'No!" "Truly and indeed ho has beeu very unpolito. He had thought it might l that the gentleman was tired, and wonld liko to have his honorable body rubbed a littlo. No! did the gentleman say?" The gentleman had said "No! and had further strenirthened the nega tive bv a short but potent phrase. "He had most humbly understood; good night, and may the gentleman sleep well."- All the Year Bound. A colored man apivared before a magistrate, charged with some trivial offence. The latter said to the man: Yon can go. now : but let me warn you to never atiear here again." The man replied with a broad grin: "1 wonidnt be here this time, only the constable fotch me." Ingratitude is a deadly weed not only poisoning in itself, but impregnating the yery atmosphere in w hich it grows with fetid vapors. Gentlemen should never look at a brilliantly beautiful woman. It engen ders enervation ot tin eyelids, causing them to nictitate in an unseemly manner. Uismark at Home. A Berlin correspondent writes: Prince Bismark has left for Varan, his favorite i TW ... .1 country seat in rommerania. wtuateu at some distance from the railway. Var 7.in. enclosed in an extensive park. is. do- spite its recent fame, but seldom vu-isod by any strangers, for whose seclusion all I T 1. t,.. 1.. 1 Kinds VI preuuuuuua ucen auoj'w"", and are being stringently enforced. ceedingly averse to being made theob ject of public curiosity, the Chancellor is anxious to feel at nome at v arzin, anu avoid having all his actions even com mented on or currently registered in tne press, various newspaper correspond ents have at different times attempted to force an entrance into Prince Bismarck's sanctuary. At all the entrances to Pri Bismark s park at "V arzin sign posts Prince are conspicuously placed warning the public not to intrude into tho grounds, a laughable storv is told of a French cor respondent s futile endeavors topene trate into the enchanted circle. Having traveled by rail as far as Bchlawe, a small country town, he set eut on foot for Varzin. distant about fifteen miles, The nearer he approached his destina tion. the more he was subject to tho bus' picious scrutiny f the gardm chainpo tres and the local Kendoimie who seemed to have been telegraphical lv appraised of his coming. His surmise on this subject proved only too true. On entering the village, after a wearv march, the correspondent re luested tha hospitality of tlie innkeeper, who. however, to his great surprise sternly informed him that le could not get any accommodation or the least re freshment in his house until he had fully satisfied the village authorities as to the purport of his visit. The host, a former servant of Princo Bismark, who had leased him the place on condition that he should not shelter any unknown guests, has up to this very day so strictly adhered to the regulations enjoined upon him that his customers only consist of the native villagers or the servants from the schloss. Perceiving the f ruitlessness of his efforts to obtain the good will of the innkoepor, the correspondent wended his way along the high road to the Chkn cellor's residence, only to find it guarded by tho police, specially sent down to pro tect the statesmun from the invasion of any unwelcome visitors. As all his 'up peals for admission into the park or tlie merest inspection of the castle failed, ie was finally obliged to return, hungry and tired, to scniawe, witnout tne so complishnient of his proposed aim. 0a his way back he was followed by the gendarmes, apparently only satisled when thev saw him solely on on the train. New "Indiscretions are being com mitted by Dr. Busch. In the interesting sories of contributions to the Grenstote), a weekly periodical, Dr. Busch has given a minute sketch of tho doings of the famous statesman in his retreat at Var zin. These articles describe tne t-nan' cellor as constantly longing for tho trini plo pleasuros and recreations of rral life. Tho residence at Varzin affords ample space for tho Chancellor and his fumily, as well as a limited number of guests. Prince Bismarck s rooms are on tho left of the entrance hall. His study, just facing a long avenue cut through the park, is a corner room, with two windows, near one of which stands the Chancellor's writing-table. The chair in froDt. usually occupied by him, is an exact model of the so-called Luther chair preserved in the Wartsburg, at Eisenach. The furniture, with tho ex ception of a largo Turkish divan, is of oak. in pure Renaissance style. Photo graphs, engravings and a few oil paint ings, nearly all reminiscences ot tne last war, and partly presents ironi nis Majesty, adorn tho walls. AlmoBt tho only ornament, beside a rich 1 Gobelin tapestry, which represents the penance of tho German Emperor Henry IV. at Canossa, is a large marble chiiuuoy-piece before tho open fire, at which Princo Bismarck likes to sit in tho twilight of winter evenings silently musing and smoking his pipe. Having a basketful of drv fir cones at hand, ho enjoys stir ring up tho flames by throwing the crisp fuel into tho open grate. At Varniz the Priuco gots up at quite an early hour. If tho weather permits he takes a long stroll through the grounds before breakfast, after which he mounts on horseback for a ndo over the estate, closely watching tho laborers and giving personal instruction to nib uiuiins. jm; fore his daughter's marriago she was his faithful companion on these rounds, which, without heed to stone or fence, were sometimes rattier dangerous, es' pociallv some yeart ago, when the in Anilities of ogo and alarmingly increasing corpulence had not yet restricted tho Chancellor's equestrian exercises. On his return home the Prince cots to work examining tho letter bags brought by special couriers from the for ngn otlice, replying to tho ofHciol inquiries pursu ing him into his ruscuium. as, in ac cordance with his strict injunctions, he is only troubled w ith tlie most important matters, necessitating his direct atten tion, the time devoted to business is com paratively small. After lunch and a short siesta, during which he peruses the extracts from the press, prepared for him, followed by Tigras, his favorite dog, he takes another walk through the parK, either with his wife or some member of his family. A kind and gracious master, much interested in tho welfare of his tenants, he enjoys (veat popularity, and on these w alks is oiten accosted by them and asked for advice. To dinner the clergyman a tho village and tlie neigh boring gentry are frequently invited and favored with familiar conversation by their host, not only on the topics of the day, but also on political questions. Tint Rkal Kookpistan. Long Buloo, is a town of perhaps 20,000 inhabitants mostly Koords, but contains many Jews, some Persians, somo Turks and a few- Armenians. This part of the country is impassable except with guards. We do not meet with many dangerous persons, but many may have seen us and deemed us too strong to be safely attacked. Long Bulock (cold spring) lies shut in on all sides by the mountains, and the weather was intensely hot, ibe streets are most filthy, and the place abounds in horrid smells. Every street is a drain, and yon need to hold your nose as yon walk through them, We have a helper stationed there, and he has done some thing to rut light into the darkness. It needs a man of most fervent spirit to be wuhng to hva there. Actors are apt to b super-stitioui. The BaU'HlHiar of Cabul. Bala neana "upper" or "high." and Hissar is a "fort1' or "citadel The Bala-Hissar of Cabul comprises two por tions, one in the Bala-Hissar Bala, or upper citadel, and the Bala-Hissar Pahin, or tho lower fortress Pahin meaning "lower, and is a common word, as well as Bala, combined with Afghan names of villages. The Uala-liissar iiala was con structed by Sirdar Jehan Khan in the time of Ahmed bhai, Abdaiee, date. 1747 to 1773. From tho finding of coins and other objects tho hill is supposed to have been an ancient site of a fortress, or it may have been a monastery in the Bndhist period, its position being ex octly what tho yellow-robed ascetics generally selected to have a fine view of tlie country round, a he name of "Begramee," which is given to a village where there are mounds, a few miles east of Cabul, points to that as the site of the ancient Kapila, or Cabul. The defenses of the Bala-Hissar, are con nected with and form part of those of the city, over which it dominates. There is a large open space in the centers con taining the Ameer Mahal, or Koyal Palace, with gardens and other places necessary for such a residence, and it was within the walls of the Bala-Hissar that Sir Louis Cavognari's house was sunDosed to be. but its exact site has not yet been described. Within the woIIb of the Bala Hissar are also two wells of his toric celebrity. They are lined with masonry, showing their importance for water supply in case of a long siege, a purpose they novo seldom or never served. Their notoriety has resulted from their having been used as State prisons, and from their being used as receptacles for the corpses of those exe cuted or mnrdered for Dolitical purposes during the stormy periods of Cabul his tory.. On ono of the higher points of the Bala-Hissar there are two blocks of hewn marble, and they are called Tukhts or thrones, as they have on each side a flight of three stops for ascending to sit upon them. On one there is a eculptnre of a jur vase rather on unusual thing to find among Mohammedan works of art, for believers in the Koran are supposed to be particular in observing the second commandment, against making the like ness of anything that is in the heaven above or in the earth beneath. This vase is supposed to date from tho time of the Emperor Baber, who lived for twenty years in Cabul, and who spoke so highly of it, as boing tho best place in the world to drink vine in, and hence the thrones are generally associated with his reign. Baber considered Cabul to be a comfortable place to live in, and that has been tho opinion of all who nave visited the place, and the Bala-Hissar, with its beautiful views across the plain, and the snowy peaks of the Hindoo Kush towering above the nearer hills, must make it indeed a pleasant spot in which to sojourn. Wo have an evidence of this in the highest tower of the Bala-Hissar Bala, which was erected entirely unoon nected with military purposes, but siin ply for Simlar Mohammed Kalin, about the beginning of the present century, and his friends to sit upon its top and have a better view of the landscape. London Netcs, October 13. The Disappearance of Fine Wixeb, Wine connoisseurs will soon be reckoned amongst bygono wonders. Their occu pation will be gone for they will have no wines worth 1 tasting. Hermitage and Cote Pvolte may almost be placed among wines of the past; while the Beanjohus and Meconnais growths decrease in auantitv at each succeeding vintage. The famous Burgundian "Goldon Slope," yielding Romance Conn and Chamber- tin, Montrachot and Clos Vougeot, is also assailod; and in the department of the Charente, the vineyords ore being ranidlv devastated. Not only from France, but from Germany and Switzer lsnd, from Italy and Austria-Hungary, from the sunny slopes nronnd Malaga and tho terraced heights of the Alto Douro. from Madeira, and even from remote Australia, the same cry is Heard. Up to the close of last year the ravages of the nhvlloxera vastatrix in the vine yards of France hod extended over more than 1,600,000 acres, the vines in 700,000 of which had been totally destroyed. The appearance of tho insect is now re ported from the center of the most fa mous of all the vinieuuurai districts in Franco namely, tho Medoc. In certain communes, including thoso of St. Este- phe and Pauillac, more than a hundred acres of vines have been attacked. The presence of the insect has leen notified in the vineyards of Chateau Lelande and Calon-Segur; in a latent state at Cos d'Estournel and at Chateau Lafitte that famous Chateau Lafitte which, with its 180 acres of vinoland. was sold about ten years ago to Baron James Rothschild for 165,000. The aggregate value of the Medoo vineyards, the w hole of which are comprised within a narrow strip of land some twenty miles in length, amounts to many millions sterling; and at the rate of which the phylloxera travels it is quite possible for the wholo district to be in fested before the end of next year. Parisian. Home Infh"ence. The child's charac tor is formed in the homo. It is common to find that lads brutally treated at home instinctively ripen into rude and rowdy boys, who pursue their own enjoyments, whenever opportunity occurs, w ith abso lute selfishness. Repression and tyranny are a fecund hotbed, in which spring np, with rank luxuriance, all the poisonous weeds of vice. It is a matter of universal observation that liborty to one long-enslaved, means license and free indulgence up to the extreme limits of personal fear. Moral law can only assert itself under those rational con ditions which have favored a well balanced and judicious training of the w hole nature. It, perhaps, can safely be asserted that the best way to make children respectful, nnsolfish and well- behaved is to make them respect them selves. This can only be done by allow ing them a share of liberty and individu ality as may be consistent with that watchfvl oversight which, in the very nature of things, the parent is bound to exercise. "I don't see how there ever came to be so many words in the world!" exclaimed a girl who was studying her spelling les son. "Why. bis. said her brother, "they come through folks quarreling. Then, you know, one word always brings another. Battle of the Stalliona One of the moot curious battles on record occurred near Friedensburg on Tuesday, between two stallions. The following rarticulars of the affair were received from a gentleman who witnessed part of the fight: About two weeks ago a Philadelphia gentleman named Robert Dnnlap sent a five-year-old Golddust stallion, called Gold King, to the farm of Aaron Maekell. intending to let the ani mal remain there until next season. It appears that Mr. Haskell is boarding sev oral other horses, and among the number is a three-year-old stallion called Bchuyl kill Chief. Soon after being brought to the farm Mr. Maskell, who, by the way. is an experienced horseman, discovered that Gold King possessed an exceedingly vicious disposition. He attacked one of the grooms last week and bit him severe ly in the shoulder, and at times the horse became so furious that it was not safe to enter his stall. The Chief, however, is said to have an amiable disposition and can be handled safely bv a bov. On Tues day both animals were brought out into the yttrd for water and exercise. Mr, Maskell led Gold King and a farm hand named Krietzer had the Chief in hand The first named animal had on a bridle with a very sever bit, but the other horse was simply controlled by a halter, While at the watering trough Gold King began behaving badly, and when the other horse approached his rage knew no bounds. The more Mr. Maskell endcav ored to control him the more furious he became. The other horse then began to exhibit signs of anger, and, fearing that Krietzer could not hold him with his halter, Mas kell yelled to toko the Chief back to the stable. An instant later the throat-latch on the bridle on Gold King broke and he was free. Lttenng on indescribable cry of rage, tho infuriated horse rushed on the Chief. Krietzer became frightened and, dropping the halter, sought a place of safety over an adjoining fence. Rear ing on their hind feet the horses came together with terrific force, and the shock made both recoil on their haunches. Hostilities wera resumed almost instantly, and then followed such striking and biting and kicking as was never done before bv eqnines. The cries of the infuriated animalu could be heard a mile off, and as the combatants became weaker their rage seomed to in crease. Maskell and Krietzer saw that it was utterly useless to attempt to sep arate the animals without assistance, so the latter was dispatched for help to neighboring farms. In less than half an hour nearly fifty men and bovs had an- semWod around the barnyard where the horses still fought viciously. Various means of separating them were proposed, but as each plan was tried it proved a failure. In the meantime the horses fought on without paying the slightest attention to the excited spectators. At last some one suggested that two lassos be made and one thrown on the neck of each horse. This was thought to be a good idea, and it was acted upon imme diately. After tlie lassos were mado no one knew how to throw them from a distance, and for some time no one could be found brave enough to approach the vicious horses. At last Maskell and a man named Glover succeeded in throwing his noose around Gold King's neck at the first attempt; but Maskell made tluee casts before he got his lasso on Chief's head. A dozen ready hands then grasped the ropes and the horses were drawn opart. They both struggled violently and uttered the most savage cries; but the tightening of the ropes soon choked them down, and they were hobbled and taken into their respective stables. Both animals were covered with cuts and bruises, and Gold King's forelegs are so badly injured that it is feared he will never entirely recover. The Chief's in juries, although severe, are not likely to cause permanent injury. After being taken to their stalls both animals con tinned to utter furious cries for several hours. Strange to say, neither of the animals have taken food or water since. The combat does not seem to improve Gold King's disposition a particle, and yesterdoy he would not allow any one to enter his stall. A Reading veterinary surgeon was sent for, and arriving yes terday took charge of tho horses. As soon as he is well enoutrh Gold King will bo sent back to Philadelphia. Vaihj Miners Journal, (Jet. Wth. Eccentricities of English Justice. The leniency of the punishment dealt out by magistrates to husbands who half murder their wives, or to cabmen wno assault and rob the confiding fare, is wholesomely varied by the discipline to which a bench of Devonshire magistrates have subjected three young men who had temporarily strayed from the path of virtuo and killed a hare. The cose came on at tlie Holsworthy Monthly Sessions just held. The magistrates on the bench were W. J. Harris, W. W. Molhuish and C. W. Saunders. The prisoners were Thomas Petherick, James Sanders (de scribed as sons of respectable farmers) and Stephen Sluggett, a servant in the employ of Petherick's father. According to Mr. Burch'a evidence, he met the three defendants on the high road, and, himself in the shadow, watched them for two hours., At the end of this time his patience and fidelity were rewarded by seeing Sluggett "fall on a hare with net in hand, kill the hare, and put it in his pocket. Then all three went off together. There was no gainsaying the eviaence of the respectable and persistent Mr. Burch. In vain the solicitor who appeared for the defendants denounced the statute un der which tho information was laid, and which was passed in the good old days of George as "barbarous." To deaf ears he pleaded that the life of the three young men had hitherto leen blameless, and that to send to prison the young farmers would be to sully the reputation of two respectable families. The magis trates, having retired to consider the ... . M 1 case, "returned in a lew minutes, ana sentenced Thomas Petherick and Stephen Sluggett to one month's imprisonment, with hard labor; while James Sanders, for connivance at the crime, was sent to Exeter Jail for one week, with hard la bor. Nor is this all. At the expiration of the term of imprisonment tlie three young men are to be bound over in sure ties to keep the peace for twelve months against all hares or other game they may meet with in their evening walk. Lon don Sevt, Oct. 24A. No part of a man will stand as many blows as his nose. The Last Parli Marfler. As the cable has already announced two foul murders have just been com' mitteddoseto theElysee Palace, Paris In the Palaco Peauvais, at the corneTof the Rue Miromenil, stands a chemist'a shop which has been occupied for the last five years by M. Lagrange, a young man universally esteemed. One morning neither M. Lagrange nor his bonne made an appearance as usual, (Mine. Lagrange is in the country), the shutters remained closed, and after some time, the door hav ing been forced, they were found lying dead in tho cellar. M. Mace, M. Deiyse Procureur of the Republic, and M. Guil-1 lot, Judge d'Instruction, were soon on the spot, and a careful investigation showed that all tho rooms were stained with blood, and that on iron pestle of great sizo had been the instrument used Theft was the motive of the crime. Ali the drawers had been forced open, but it is not yet known how much money has been extracted. The corpses wero evi dently dragged into the cellar after death and ensued. Suspicion has fallen upon tho apprentice, one Arnold Walder, a Swiss, aged 25, who had been with M. Lagrange some months, and has disappeared. Inquiries about him are boing made in every direction, and sev eral of his friends have already been questioned. It is hardly necessary to add that this affair has produced the utmost sensation. Further details show that the murder must have been commit ted early in the evening, and, as previ ously supposed, that it had been care fully premeditated by the assistant, Ar nold Walder. respecting whosa nilt. there remains not tho shadow of a doubt. At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon he was seen looking over an account book in the shop with his master. M. La grange, and half on hour afterward teh latter had disappeared. This is clearly proved by the fact that a young man a nephew of tho deceased, called at tho house to dine with M. Lagrange. The murderer received him at the door and remarked: "You have come at a very bad time, as M. Lagrange has just gone out to dine at a friend's." The nephew, however, insisted ton remaining, and Walder offered to give him a share of his own dinner, and cooked two eggs for him. He stated that M. Lagrange had taken awav the kevs of the cellar, anil they would therefore drink some marsala. This they did, and the importunate visi tor left the house at 7 o'clock. Later in tho evening tho woman . whe keeps the kiosk opposite the pharmacy went there, as usual, with a copy of the Temps, and was surprised to hud nobody about the premises, and she also noticed some money scattered about the counter. The theory of the police is that M. Lagrange was called by his assistant into the cellar and there murdered, and that the servant was immediately afterward assassinated in the kitchen and her body dragged be side that of her master. The criminal subsequently robbed the safe of a sum of 2000 francs,' and toward U o'clock was seen crossing a passage between the dining-room and the shop, carrying a large parcel. It has been ascertained that he left the St. Lazare railway terminus shortly before 11 in the direc tion of Havre. If any proof of his guilt is wanting beyond the circumstantial evi dence already furnished to tlie police it would be found in a letter which ho ad dressed to the widow of his victim, an nouncing his determination to commit the crime, and stating that should he ever make his fortune he would return to her the money of which he was about to hike possession. His photograph is in the hands of the police, and the an nouncement of his arrest may be ex pected at any moment. A .Mattcrof-Fct Romance. Now that "mysterious disappearances" appear to have set in with unexampled overity, it will be of interest to recall a very remarkable instance which made a great impression on uie mina oi Na thaniel Hawthorne. A gentleman whom Mr. Hawthorne names Wakefield, being happily married, and dwelling in Lon don, one day hit upon the idea that he would mysteriously-disappear. There was. or at least there is, nothing peculiar in that. Only Mr. Wakefield determined that he would not disappear further than the next street. Accordingly he took lodgings in the street adjoining that in which his once happy home was situ ated, and there, lost to sight, though to memory dear, he dwelt for twenty years. During that period, our authority says, he beheld his home every day, and frequently the forlorn Mrs. Wakefield, but was himself never recognized. After this gap of twenty jears in his matiimo lal felicity, when his death was accepted as a certainty, whon his estate had been administered, and his wife long resigned to her autumnal widowhood, he one evening quietly knocked at the door, walked in as if he had just arrived after day s absence in the city, and thence forward lived a loving and home-staying spouse. The advantages of this to pographical arrangement are obvious, at east as far as Wakeneld was concerned. His propinquity would have enabled him at any timo to appear on the scene, supposing his wife had been less faithful to his memory, and had been disposed again to embark upon matrimony. To that extent he seems to have had his wife at a disadvantage, and on the whole, his conduct is not com mendable. But there is one grain of comfort to be derived from the story which, we should add, is not born of the fertile brain that wove the weird tele of The house with the seven gables, but was related as a matter-of-fact in a con temporary newspaper. It goes to prove, in support of more modern and notorious instances, that when gentlemen, and par ticularly married gentlemen, "mysteri ously disappear," there are alternatives to the acceptance of the theory of rob bery and murder. Marriage. It is not a pleant thing to go through the world without sym pathy, and to meet only those who have no interest in ns, except to make us con tributors to our welfare and their selfish ends. In marriage, as it should be.there can be no selfishness. Each member works for the other's welfare. It the outside world it is different; each seeks to use the other for selfish purposes, and this makes life a contest, a battle. If such a waste were to prevad in the home and married relation, then marriage ould so far be an evil, and not a good. j A boy's whistle is often sucked tin.