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" NOW-A'DAYd. A"i u I mad- o trai dud Uraw. Wi'S" d e:h tbe chin, W f u feM'isr running all MUUd Tin.ifil.oorylo a nil trail ajarJ behind T vilM)tnailu cnuti lbs blind. n,i then t! ihltitt that ome young glrla WIIUlmTt faint away If II "yaw I ft tiU alone Ai.i Mr gMtluii l Or helping m 13 ba,tf1, .,. l. Oh I "' ll""lr ! h,nJ' K.-oa bakiui'augidcaau.' tthnn i;ioi wu''l f" 1 WM n Pli Auan"n1liildidtlutli'r1 Ai e.di b-kii i' limvroelhoirt out s ehfh ridms lu b catU-r; Hnt wa" b norm wm bio and cold r,lrli bH", ,JJtocr Would mt!!' and have a goo 1 utraw rlda In pite of wiud uud weather. B.itniw. Indeed. H grieve me much Tint 1 am force 1 to meutlou, Unwcrr kind a young maa'i bout. Or honest liH Intention, He dire nutaM t!"l f'do Hut m;cS w i waged 1 Toil If h ! ber more Wan twice, Why I they must be engaged. Itudokci! wbst are we coming to .' 'iKuhut I want tokaow. H i lit tha girls eipeot to have AMtuible youtigteau? Vt iHiie'cr tlie get a nico yonug mau T ier "Jt ," r,,4t P Ami linn the griin.1 rosult won corae, A uaiveisa! cri'.ti ! 3Irn Wh 1 igureJ in the Revolutionary rertou. Personally, there was not much to ad' mirA in Mr. Wusbimrton. for. like Mr, Lincoln, he was tall and thin and not no vary pretty, Hu was a bold and grace ful horseback rider, an 1 is said to havo takon the lead in all athletio sports of his tiino. He proved his pedostrian skill by conveyiug Gov. Diuwiddie's message to Canada in midwinter, a instance 01 over 500 miles. There uro probably fow ath letes, after four years' training at Yale nr iTiirvard. who would be willing to un dertake so long a journey, even with tho protection of advanced civilization, a lie mother of Washington was a woman of strong character, and from hor ha inher ited his iron will and was by her trained in habits of honesty, industry and fru gality. In controlling his subordinates he dis played raro ability, for he ruled them without their being oonsoious of tho fact. It was bis duty to protect tho frontier, nud to do this he was given a militia force of drafted, unpaid and un fed men, who deserted hiin at the first approach of danger. He had also tha frauds of contractors and the contradic tory and preposterous orders of Gov. Dinwiddio to contend with. The mas terly efforts which he mado and tho grand successes whioh she achieved were not appreciated at tho time, and ho had iong been in his grave when his truo Vorth was known. Only by one man, and that was tho conceited Dinwiddio, was hisoourage and discretion appreciat ed, for he received but a good-natured rebuke from George II and a sneor from H'oraoo Walpolo. Soon after the closo of tho Trench and Indian war, Wash ington married a rich young widow. His education is said to have beon limited. Ho went onoe to tho WeBt Indies with a sick brother, and this was tho only timo ho ever left tho American continent. Whether tho brass that adorned his per son in form of buttons, which Jhas been known to insure success with the fair ones where a bag of gold failed, or whether it was his manly presenoo which mado him a favorite, cannot bo told, but it must be attributed to one of them, for what little beauty he might have pos sessed as a boy was afterwards marred by smallpox. Washington was a most successful farmer and planter, and Mount Vernon, which came to him by tho death of a nieco (the homostoad having beeu left to an elder brother at his father's death), was a marvel of thrift and amine of wealth. He gradually, as the worth of the laud became known to him, added to tho estate, which at his death contained 8900 acres, tho greater part of which was under a high stato of cultivation. Tobacco and wheat wore the principal products. Whonovor he was away from home, he requested a weekly report of the exact number of day's work performed by eaoh laborer, and exacting the condition of the stook, and giving a minute account of every farm detail. Whilo Washington was president re ceptions were held in the capital as fre quently as thoy havo beon since. The president thou held a reception for mon on Tuesday and Mrs. Washington held a roceptiou each Friday ofternoon for both sexes, and on Thursday they had a dinner for invited guests. They were both strictly terapcrato.but they did not, like Mrs. Hayes, inflict their temperance principles on all who visited the capi tol. Washington's services during the revolution were appreciate! by some and splendid gifts were tendered to him. Ho accepted nrtY 8IIABE8 IN THB POTOMAC CANAL, Valnml at S10.000. which was appro priated by him to the endowment of a university at tho Beat of the Federal gov ernment. He also accepted 100 shares in the James river canal, valued at $50, 000. This was used by him to endow a college at Lexington, Rockbridge coun ty, Virginia, which afterwards took the name of Washington college. We all believe and know that he accomplished great and worthy deeds during his life, but one can be forgiven for doubting some of the marvelous tales related of him. His memory is ever dear to us, and we wish to do it honor. There are others who have an interesting history which is closely connected with that of Washington and the revolution. The captors of John Andre Isaac Van Wart, John Paulding and David Williams would, if they were living now, with as little fame and fortune as they possessed before that event, be considered tramps. If they had been loyal citizens they would not on that Summer day have been playing cards in a lonely and densely shaded part of the woodi watch ing their chance to plunder (he cowboyi who might pas that way. An aid-decamp of General Washington, who was present at all the proceedings attendant on the discovery of Arnold's treason ealled them "free hooters," who lived by tha plunder they picked np between tho line, and said they only surrender- ed their prisoners to tho Americans bo catiM) tbcythonght that their roward would bo greater than if they aeooptod Andre's offers to roleoso iiitn. David Williams was a nativo of Schoharie, a little Dutch town in tho interior of the btate, thirty-live ruites west of Albany and surrounded by a continuation of the Catskills. He belonged to that class known throughout the valley as Slough tors. This is a das of poor people who livo huddled together in miserable hut3. sometimes twelve or fourteen iu ouo sliunty with ouly two rooms. They re semble the lily of the tleld in one re spect, for they toil not, uoither do thoy spiu. Tho only question which interests them during tho year is to know how much will be allowed thorn for thoir gun port by tho county. Although Williams was horn in Schoharie couuty, tho most oi bis Jifo was spent nt Rensselurrville. a small town just within the limits of Albany county, where in the village churchyard he was buried and rested for nearly a century. In 1870 the minds of tho inhabitants of Schoharie, took a putri otio turn and they (particularly tho do seendants of Williams) thought that a more luting monument to his memory than tho pluin slab which then marked his grave would be iu order. So, atter discussing the matter in all its bearings at several meetings hold thoughout tho oounty lor tuat purpose, it was doeidod to appoint a "ommitteo to wait npon the somite then in session in Albany and ask for an appropriation to erect the monu uicnt. The senate must have had its patriotism aroused by tho stirring speeches of tho old Dutchmen, for tho 2000 nskod for was granted and tho order for the now monument given. The next thing in order was to bring whnt few bones still remained of Wil liana to Schohario. At this point in tho proceed ings a dispute nroso whioh promised to bo of an interesting character. Kens selaervillo wanted tho fino monument when it was found that it could be had with very littlo expense to tho town Deciding not to lot tho Schoharie gontlo men havo tbobonos, they dug up the re mains and stole away with them at night, a la Stewart. When tho Schoharie poo plo reached Ronsselaervillo thoy found the grave empty. Thoy said they found thoin, liowovor, and camo baok to Scno harie with a box containing three hip bones. Probably they thought that three of a kind is hotter than a pair. Tho new monument stands in tho cemetery surrounding the old stono fort. Here the sun ns it first looks over tho hills, coming through the freshest and mot health inspiring atmosphere to bo found in Amorica, first rests. Von Wart and Williams were first cousins, so tlioir social standing was equal. It is said that they never considered themselves any thing but marauders. Paulding was re leased from prison four days before the capture of Andre, but he testified under oath that ho had no intention of plundor- in Andro. This must bo true, for no mm would swear falsely when his own honor is at stake. Paulding and Von Wart are buried at Tarrytown on tho Hudson, and suitable monuments are erected to com memorate their lives and deeds. John Andre was a scholar, a gentleman.au arti.it and a warrior. It is said that ho possessed an almost perfect knowledge of all the modern European languages, and that ho was, when quite young, nn artist of considerable note. Somo of tho finest pictures of Andro now iu existence were painted by himself while sitting or standing bafoio a mirror. Ilia mind was stored with a knowledge of tho finest literature of the day, and possessing as ho did great personal beauty and the most pleasing manners and excelliug in music, drawing and dancing, as well as being one of tho fiuest horsemen in tho English army, it is not strango that his society was so highly prized by all. lie was ambitious, but not in a mean way. He cousidcrod tho wishes of others, and particularly befriended tho widows and orphans of his acquaintance. The painters, the fiddlers and the poets were all encouraged and aided by him so far as it was in his powor to do it. When his timo came to die he could truthfully say that it was misfor- tnno and not guilt that bad brought bis lifo to so early a close. England can well reverence his namo, for his motive was to unite a divided kingdom and crown himself with tho honor duo him. But it is not strango that tho imposing monument eroded by Cyrus W. Fiold should not bo ablo to stand long in this country, where the feeling against bim is generally so strong. Brooklyn Eaglo. A Talr of Sianlh Eyes. American girls havo high matrimonial aspirations. Sometimes, in their flight they catch a German baron, an Italian count, a French marquis. Barely, in the uppermost air of all, thoy encounter nn English peer, or even the nephew of a peer. But rarely, very rarely, indeed, it is given to them to capture.tho neph ew of a Pope. Yet that is the fate of Mile. Sylviuo Bueno, a wealthy heiress from (Jnba. The father of Mile. Bueno was a Spaniard, who migrated when young to the Paarl or Antilles, mado his tortuue . i 4 1 J T-1 in a bantt, ana reiumeu to ijuropo. There he gavo himself up to pleasure, whether at Paris, Rome or Sevillo, whether snnning himself at tho seaside, or following up the hunt at Fontaine bleau. His wife did tho match-making for his daughter?. Ono of thorn married Senor Agrela, a Spaniard. Auother.Syl viue, was staying at Seville, with some relatives, the Paris Andalusia, . when a tall and handsomo young man arrived from Rome on a mission, which decided her fate. The handsome Italian was Count Camillo Pccci, nephew of Pope Leo XIII. No family ever lived more quietly than that of Gloachino Pecci, now h?ad of the Catholio church. Before the time of Rome itself, they lived in the heart of Italy, at Carpeto, perched on the Vol Bcian mountains. Here in the atmos phere of nobility and refinement, the childhood of the fntnre Pope was spent, and here in the Academy of Xobles, he went to school with his brothers. His brothers were four Gniseppo, Carlo, Giovanni Battista and Ferdinand of whom Gniseppa alone snrvives.a devout man and a cardinal. His sisters were two Anna Maria and Catering both of whom are dead. Giovanni Battista left fivo children ; Anna Maria left four. Ca millo, born March 1, is the second son of Giovanni Battista. He has been a favorite with the Pope, who gave him gpurtmonts iu the Vatican and mudo him a member of the Gunrdia Mobile, and intrusted him with deli cate misHions. His oldest brother, who had been engaged to Signorina Ziccl.eo, a muideu of Curpineto, and when his uncle was raised to powor he was coun seled to break hi oiuraurotnent. for all tho heiresses of Rome would bo at his feet; but Leo XIII would havo none of it, and Signorina Ziceheo becamo the wife of Count Luigi Pecci. His eldest sister, Anna, married tho Marohesse Cauuli, and received from tho Pope tho dowry which Luiwi received, to wit. tvolvo thoiiHnnd Russian crowns, But Camillo was iu higher favor than either Lulgi o. Anna. Ho was tho ideal of a nno youpg soldier, and tho ladies were all in love with him. In the spring of 1382 he was dis patched by his undo to carry a Cardi nal s bat to tho late Archbidhop of Se ville, Monsignor Lluch Garrigr. Ho was received with acclamation by the AnHaliiBian aristocracy. Ho went every where, and whether it was from the bal cony where the guitar was being thrum msd or from the shadow of a Moorish gate.or from the row of the amphitheater at tho bull fight, two eyes Hashed out upon him and pierced him to the heart. Six months went by; ho had returned to Rome; he wus on dnty one morning in the Vatican, when again he beheld tho eyes. Thoy had cotno to behold tho or dinary sights of tho tourists Raphael' "Transftgnration," Michael Angelo's "Last Judgment" and they fell oa the figure of a Gnardia Mobile, and scaled tho destiuy of Sylvino Buuno and Ca millo Pecci. The romance whioh began under tho orange trees of Soville, and was contin ued iu the corridors of tho Vatican, will end at Paris, where Monsignor di Rende, the Papal Nunoio will pronounco tho benediction over tho married pair. But it is remarkable that nono o! tho re cent Popes have been willing to advance thoir rolatives. No charge of nepotism has beeu made against Pius VII, Leo, Pius VIII, Gregory XVI, or PiuslX. Their elevation brought no. material ad vantages to their families the Chiuro monti, tho Delia Ganga, the Casligliaui, tho Cappellari and tho Mastai-Ferrati. And through the cypres. the star and tho lillies of tho Pcocis are carefully designod in young box wood by tho gardeners of the Vatican, tho Topo shows very littlo ancestral prido, and passes quickly tho heraldic devico to look at the golden pheasants and tho fan tailed pigeons in the aviary. At the same time he is rich and thrifty. While his ordinary food is goat's milk and wino from Vellotri, whilo his table is more poorly equipped than that of a needy curate, his patrimony is large. And when the time comes to distribute it to the family, the goss'p of Ronio be lieve that tho lion's share will bo given to tho handsome young ollicer, who is about to lead Mile. Bueno to the altar. Honr. The Old Mcludrama. How well I can recall tho etToet pro duced ou my boyish imagination by tho performance of an old melodrama how breathlessly I watched tho assassins with their long duggers and short swords and cigautic pistola, creeping about tho stage to pizzicato music, in search of tho good young man of tho story, who whs concealed bohind a tree or a piceo of ruin, but who would so recklessly ex pose himsolf to iudulgo in brief commen taries upon their movements; what terrible snspeuso I endured when tho pale wiord woman with the black hair, who passed all her life in moaning and cursing over some mysteriona wrong, was attemping, to tho tremulous, wait ings of the violin, the esoapo of tho lovely captive from tho robber's don; and I could scarcely suppress n ory when tho robber himsolf, all boots, but tons and pistols, suddenly barred their way! Then, the great combat at tho end, to the shrioking of the fiddles, the blaro of cornets and the boating of drums, wherein the good young man fought two, and sometimes threo ruffians aud although nearly overpowered onco, ultimately Biiccoetled in laying thoir black wigs low; then, there was tho rush on of tho lovely captivo, red fire, and the hypothesis of virtue trampling upon vice. Very frequently thoro was a ghost who appeared at opportune motnonls in lambent fiames of blue fire, much to tho terror of all vilhins, and the gratiflca tion of all the good people. The old melodrama was strictly conventional. The robbers always wore dirty boots of untanned leather, jackets with many short tails and adorned with many but tons, long black hair and beards of burnt cork. It would be a curious eth nological inquisition to iuqnire into the origiu of the old dramatic idea that wickedness is confined to black haired people; sinco Lady Andloy, however, thore has been a run on the red. There was no causuisty about tho old melo drama; no paltering with sin; vice and virtue were divided with passable linos; trimming was impossible; you must be ono thing or the other; poetical justice was always rigidly enforced; tho tri mni.h of wickedness was unknown in that world and how anybody could be wicked when they knew what a terri ble doom would overtake them; or how any body could think of being otherwise" than immaculately virtuous when tliey were so well rewarded for it, was ono of thos problems that could be referred only to the perversity of human nature. Belgrvi3. A Father's Duty. I believe single women should havo more to do better chances of interest ing and profitable occupation than they possess now. (Jouid men Jivo so tuem- solves? Would theynot be woary Ana, when there came no relief to their weari ness, but only reproaches at its slightest manifestation would not their wearmess ferment in time to frenzy? Lucrctia spinning at midnight in the midst of hor maidens, and Solomon s virtuous women are often quoted as pat terns of what "the ex," as they say, ought to be. I don't know. Lucretia, I daresay, was a most worthy fort of a per son, much like my Cousin Hortenso Moore; but she kept ber servants up late. I should not have liked to be among tho number of the maidens. Hortense would jast work me and Sarah in the fashion if she could, and neither of ns wonid Dear it. "Solomon's woman" again, Lad hor household np in the very middle of the night. She "got breakfast over," as Mri. Sykossays, before ono o'clock a. m.j but sho had something moro U do than epiu and give out portions; she was a manu facturer. Sho made lino linen and sold it. She was un agriculturist; sho boucht estate and planted vineyards. That woman was a manager. Sho wan what tho umtrous here abouts call "a clever woman. ' On the whole, I liko her a good deal better than Lucretia, but I don't beliovo either Mr. Armitago or Mrs. Sykcs could havo got the advantago of her in a bar gain. Yet I liko her. "Strength aud honor were her clothing. Tho heart of her husband s ifely trusted In her. She opened her mouth with wisdom; in her tongue was tho law of kiuducsf; her chil dren rimo up and called her bles.wd; her hiiibitud also praised hor." Kiug of Israel! Your mo.lcl of a womau is a worthy model! But aro we, thono d ays, brought np to be liko her? Men of York shire, do your daughters reach this royal standard? t Cau they reach ii? Can you help thorn ' to reach it? Can you givo them a field in which their faculties may bo exercised and grown? Men of Eng land! look at your poor girls, many of them fading around you, dropping oil iu consumption or dooliuo; or what is worse, degenerating sour old maids eu yious, backbiting, wretched because lifo is a desert to them; or, what is worst of all, redncod to strive, by scarce modest coquetry and debasing artifice, to gain that position aud consideration by mar riage which in thoir single state is do niil. Fathers! cannot you alter these thitigs? Perhaps not all at once; bnt oouMder tho matter well when it is brought beforo you, receive it as a theuio worthy of thought; do not dismiss it vith nn idlo jest or an nnmnnly insult. Yjii would wish to ba proud of your daughters ond not to blush for them then seok for them an interest aud an oc cupation which shall raise them above the llirt, tho mancuveror, tho mischief making talo bearer. Keep your girl's minds narrow and fotteredthey will still bo a plague and a cro, sometimes a disgraco to you; cul tivate thom--givo them soopo and work they will bo your gayest comjianions in health, your tonderest nursos in Biek uess, your most faithful props in ago. Charlotte Bronte. Susan's (iicstlous to a Fretful Wife. "Heetorl" cxolaiuiod Aunt Sii9an, ceasing her rooking and knitting nud sitting upright, "do you know what yonr husband will do when you are dead?" "What do you mean?" wus tho startled reply. "He will marry tho sweetest-tempered girl ho can find." "Oh, Auntie!" Hester began. "Don't interrupt until I've finished," said Aunt Susan, leaning backand taking up her knitting. "She may not bo as good a housekeeper ns you aro in fact, I think not; but sho will ho good natured." "Why; Auntie-" "That isn't all,"oompo?odly continued Auut Susau. "To day your husband was half way across tho kitchen floor, bring ing you tho first ripo poach, and all you did was to look on aud say: 'There Frod, just seo your tracks on my clean floor! I won't have my floors all tracked up.' Some men wouid have thrown tho peaoh out of the window. To-day you screwed up your fane when ho kissed yon, because his mnstacho was damp, and said; 'I novor want you to kiss uie again.' When ho empties anything you tell him not to spill it. When ho lifts anything, you tell hiin not to break it. From morning until night, your sharp voho is hoard complaining aud fault limling. dnd last winter, when you were sick, you scolded him about his al lowing tho pump to freeze, and took no notice when he said: 'I was so anxious about you that I did not think of the pump.' " "But, Auntio-" "Hearken, child. Tho stronjost and most intelligent of men all euro moro for a woman's tenderness than for anything else iu tho world, and without this the cleverest aud most perfect housekeeper is sure to loso her husband's affection in time. There may bo a few more liko Frod as gontlo, as loving, as chivalrous, as forgetful of self, and so satisfied with loving that thoir eiloctions will dio a long, struggling death; but in most cases it takes but a few years of fretfulnoss and fault-finding to turn a husband's love into irritated indifference" "But, Auntie" "Yes, well you are not dead yet, and that sweetest nnturod woman ban not been found so yon have time to booomo so sere no and sweet that your husband cau novor imagiuo thut thero is a better tempered woman in existence." .tleiiilolssnlin's Life. l'rnilnrli'lf TT nnmnnullv fond of 111 11 R in and literaturo, had a special liking for the philosopher Mendoissonn, who was vnrv wi'tv. ns hunchback!! frenuonllv , . j .-.j , 4 are, and he often gavo hnn a seat ut sup i i .... i . 1 1 i i ii. . i per UV un Bine, ii so imppuuuu mm It flinhLKsailor Gorman v was tlmn .iiviiln.1 into a number of micro scopic countries with pigmy sovereigns tried to chatl Meiuioisjotiu, wuo, wim his quick reparteo, turned the tables at onco on his adversary. Furious, h s dwarfish excellency ran to the King, nnl complained of tho plebeian boin admit ted intocirclos above his roach, etc. The King told him: "Mendelssohn was my gunst, as you were, and you should not havo jokod him, or you should have takon the con-soquenct'S." "Ah," said tho ambassador, "hois a man whn wnnM rminiil(!l- uobodv. and who would offend your Majesty, if it so hnppcnod that for some imaginary reason be thougi t ininscii nurt. "WnlT" iMmnilfoil tha Kinff. "but I shall give him no reason for feeling hurt, and, anyway, he would not ouenu mo." "Is it a wager?" asked the ambassa dor. "Certainly," replied the King. " Wall if voiip Ar.iiftstv will do what I say, we will soon see whether I am right or wrong? "And what do you want me to uor Will vnnr Mninntv write On a nioCO of paper, at the next supper, 'Mendols sbon is an ass,' and then put that paper signed by yonr own band on nis piate; "I will not. That would be a wanton insult." "It is only to see what he would do, whether hi "presence of mind is so great and in what way ho would reply to your Majesty." " Well, if it is just for an experiment, and I am at liberty afterward to toll him that 1 by no limns intended to offend him, I do not mind complying with your wish.'' "Agrood; only tho paper must bo signed under under tho words, 'Meude's sohn is nu ass," so thero can be no doubt in his miud that it comos from your Ma je,ty." Reluctantly, but with a feeling of curiosity us to how it would end, tho King wrote and slgnod tho paper us re quired. The evening came; table was laid for twelve; the ftal paper was on Mendels sohn's plate, mid tho guests, several of whom had been informed what was go ing on, assembled. At tlit givou titnonll went to tho omin ous table and nut down. The moment Mondeissohu sat down, being rather short-sighted and observing oomo paper he took it very near his eye, nud having road it, gave a start. "What is the matter?" said the King. Xo nnploos.int uows, I hope, Mendels shon." "Oh, no," said Moudolssohu, "it is nothing." "Nothing? Nothing would not havo made you start. I demand to know what it is." "Oh, it is north not while" "But I toll you that it is; I command you to tell me." On, soiuo ono has taken tho liberty to joko ia very bad taste with your M -jesty. I'd rather not" "With mo? Pray do not keep me iu waiting longer. What is it?" "Why, somebody wrote horo, 'Men delssohn none (oiu) ass, Frederick, tho second.'" ITKKENT NEWS ITEMS. Thoro is a deficit of $22,000 iu tho Cincinnati school fund. Bishop Bock was buried in Oak Wood cemetery, Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Sarah Sales of Kiruboltou, O., asks for a divorce under tho "extremo cruelty" Btatuo, bjoauso hor husband prays ut her. At Grantvillo, Goorgia, rocently.a boy plowing in a field turned up a gold watch aud chain supposed to have been buried thoro during tho war. The prico of gas in Washington has just been fixed at $150 per thousand feet, aud tho cost of illuminating the streot lamps has boon reduced from $25 to $22 per lamp. At Brooklyn, N. Y., May 27th, tho re ceipts of "Peter's ponoo" wore about one third loss than usual, on account of the Pope's recent letter ou tho Irish question. A hugo business is now done in Christ mas aud other cards of the chromo sort. Those card generally prepared ono yoar ahead, and tho cards for next Christ mas uro now ready. A western vondor of modieino, who relied chiefly on his long hair for his success in business, having been cor vicled of somo crimo iu St. Louis, had his hair shorno by tho wardon of tho jail, aud now ho brings suit for damages. A scheme has beon started iu New York to civo concerts next season for young persons, on Saturday afternoon, not mom uu hour long, and to onsist of music adapted to tho compruhcusien of children between tho ngou of eight and sixteen. Tho official report of tho Pennsylvania company, which controls tho lines of tho Pennsylvania system west of Pitts burg, shows that tho claims for dam ape) for catllo killed or injure 1 on thoir tracks in tho year 18K2 reached the enormous buiu of $255,500, or $700 per day. A pair of roins, bought at auotion for fifiy cents, gavo rise to a replevin suit in Massachusetts, in which over 100 wit nesses wero examined, and the unsuc cessful litigant, one Martin, had such a heavy bill of costs about $500-saddled upon him that it producod a verita- bio Martin-galo. A well contrived plan for a jail deliv ery at tho St. Vincent de Paul Peniten tiary at Montreal on the night of Way 20th, failed in consoquonco of the prin cipal, a recoutly discharged convict.fall iug from a high wall that he had scaled by means of a rope ladder, broaking his legs and attracting the attention of the guards. Utile for Bathing. The Royal Humane Society recom mends to the notice of the English pub lic a codo of rules published by the sooiety, aud entitled, "Caution to B vth ors." They are as follows: Avoid bathing within two hours aftor a meal. Avoid bathing when exhausted by fa tiguo or from any other cuuso. Avoid bathing when tho body id cool ing after perspiration. Avoid bathing altognthor in tho open nir if, after having been a short time in tho water, it causes a sense of chilliness, with numbness of hand and foot. Batho when the body is warm, pro vided no timo is lost in getting into the water. Avoid chilling tho body by sitting or standing undressod on tho banks or in boats after having boen in tho water. Avoid remaining too long in tho water leave the water immediately after there is the slightest feeling of chilli ness. The vigorous and healthy may bathe early in tho morning on an empty stom aoh. The young and those who aro weak, had butter bathe two or three hours after a meal tho best time for such is from two to threo hours after breakfast. Those who are subject to attacks of giddiness, or faintness, and those who suffer from palpitation, and other senses of discomfort at the heart, i should not bathe without first consulting their med ical adviser. Leonardo do Vinci was not far from the telephone, when, not more than a century ago, be wrote: "When one is UDon the lake if he pnts the opeaing oi trumpet into the water and holds the point of tho tube to his ear be can per coivo whether ships are moving at a re mote distance The same thing occurs if he has thrust the tnbe into the gronnd. for then also he will hear what is going on far away. ALL SORTS. How natural it would bo for Jay Gould to ting out on his now yacht, "Bear down on tho bnll works!" Bos ton Commercial Bulletin. Did you evor notioo how ninny y's tho Welsh use in their words? Aud did it strike you that it takes a y's man to road ono of I heir nowapapcrs? Oil City Der rick. Tho Crow Indians havo beon caught putting rocks in the bale of hay thoy sell to tho government. Tho day is not far distant when all Indians will bo civ ilized enough to vote. Philadolpha News. The meanest man wo havo heard of this season is the fellow who telegraphed his sympathy to a friend, who had lost everything in speculation, and madehim pay for tho message. Tho Drummer. There aro Indian girls in the Indiau Territory university who aro studying German, French, Latin and Greek, geology, moral philosophy, political economy nud other branches of tho col lege courso. Jay Gould is a "total abRtaiuor," and tho story is told that whilo at Hot Spriugs ho was givou a glass of "rock and ryo" which did him good, and Gould said that tho man who owned tho spriug that producod that water had a fortune in it. Quito too much: On a very rainy even ing a Carriago makes its way aloug tho bouk-vard, the steed smoking from the pouring showers. "Poor horsol Poor horse!" nays a tuomhor of the S. P. O. A. ; "out iu such weather, and hitchod to an opou carriago, tool" The completion of tho iron bridgo of tho Atlantio and Pacific, railroad over tho Canon Diablo, in Arizona, adds another io tho list of high bridges. It spnnn a dark, gloomy gorge. The bridgo is 210 feot abovo tho water, and 611 foot long. It weighs 8o7,130 pounds, and it cost $200,000. ATallahassoo girl was awakened the other night to find a rouplo of robbers in her apartmont. Instead of screaming and covering up her head she slipped a revolver out from under her pillow and opened on thorn. Traces of blood along their lino of rotroat showed that hor shooting had not boon in vaiu. In tho West Indies thoy havo an infal lible tost for negro blood. The negro has no division in tho gristle or cartila ginous substance of his noso, such as all of pure white blood can fool at its tip with tho ond of the fingor. This is the last thing to yield to the white accession. Any negro blood is markod with a nose tho gristle of which is undivided. No vehicle desirod: "And so," says the narrator, olosiug his story, "they took him up to tho oometery in a gold mounted hearso with four black horses and all tho bands in garrison playing the 'Dead March. Very grand, I dessoy," remarks his listener, "but I do not care for Btyle. Going to tho ce mo te ry on foot is good onongli for mo." ''An Eden of Lovo" is tho name of a communistic society that is being organ ized in St. Louis. Members aro received on tho payment of $100 for each iiorson, nnd their children are admitted free. The object is to unite the mombors iu their labor, nnd iu carrying ou their bus iness affairs, to hold thoir property in common for the use of all, aud to dwell together in a common home. Tho East river bridge affords another special enlargement of woman's "sphere," since it appears thet the wife of Washington Rnebling has boen his chief of tho engineering staff sinco a very short timo after he was prostrated with the caisson disenso. Whon he was first attacked sho began to study engineering, and soon becamo proficient, aud has ehnwu really extraordinary ability. Her ouly reward so far has boon the dis tinction of driving the first team ovor the bridge. John Bright to Marry. For many years Right Hon. John Bright has boen a firm advocate in Parlia ment of a reform in the marriago laws, and ho has porsistontly spokon iu favor of the passago of a bill legalizing marri age with a deceasod wife's sister. Ho is now about giving practical expression of his opposition to tho law which forbids such marriages, by leading to the altar -tho sister of his first wifo. This pro jected marriago of Johu Bright, at the ago of seventy-two, is the talk of the town, and there is no doubt thut it will onco moro force to tho front a sharp dis cussion of the bill which hat become notorious by its frequent rejection by Parliament. John Bright'a action is re garded by every one as a protest against what ho deems an iniquitous law. As recently ns the 2d instant, in a speech before tho Liberation society nt the Metropolitan Tabernaolo, John Bright referred to this subject in the following worde: "Thore is another quostion whioh is coming boforo Parliament soon, and has been boforo Parliumont almost all the timo that I have been thoro. It is a reform of tho marriugo laws a reform which is necessary to the oomfort and haptiinor.s of somo thousands of fumilios in this country. You know thore is a -sort of a clerical parliament that has been sitting lately, called a convocation, and I never see anything there that tends to what I should call freedom, justice, reasonable concession to the pooplo. On this question they are passing resolutions of 1 was going - to say audacious positivism, aud they seem to think it amazing that anybody should take a diff erent view from theirs. And yet this very moment, if statements that I have heard are not erroneous, a majority in the Houso of Lords are in favor of that bill. It would have passed last session if only the temporal peers had had to vote. Tho bishops representatives of a section of the hngliBu people were op ponents, and their votes rejected tho bill. But whether there be a majority or not, tnis at any rate is certain, that if the Ifonsa of Commons wore assembled, out of C50 members thero is a majority or more than 100 (I am told 200) in favor of that bill. With this vast pronouncement on the part of the people of Great Britain, a handful of ecclesiastics, twenty or twenty-five in number, sitting in one house of Parliament, reject this measnro, condemn thousands of families to nnhappiaess daring their lifetime, and condemn thousands of children who are wholly gniltess, as I believe their parents are guiltlesa, to the brand: of I illegitimacy." e