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A PERILOUS TRIP. LeroM NunhiniiWrUiiit SlralU In an lf-llf4t. The recent thrilling adventure of th Miree Ico-boals which ciimo so near be ing lost In their trip across Northuin borland Straits, betwe 'n Capo Traverse, I'rlnco Edward Island, ami Capo Tor mentino. New Hrunswick. has been a very general topio of convemitioi In this city, and many stories have b on related by those who have ut somo time or other pa -so I through similar dangers, Ono of the mot inturcHlitiff of those was told in a casual conversation witli Globe reporter by tisrtermaster Jaine: IT I nnirliton. (if lln Itnstoll LI "Tit III fantry Veteran corn, and relate lo a liko trip across these same straits which Mr. J.augiilon iook uiiriy your ago. That no erroneous idea of the technical transmission in tins iomail service may be entertained, mid of the almost Inconceivable hardships whio.i these trip Homitni" force upon the men who mako them. Mr. Lniighton's story It published, not only as a sort of ex planatiou, but as a deeply imorcsiin, narrative. "In 1H.V." said that gentleman, "I was in the employ of a Boston linn and in January they sent me on a busi ness trip t'i Prince Edward Island. At that time the. railroad ran only to Wa terville. Mo., and from there I staged it and roughed it cenornly to Capo I or mentino. New Brunswick. From thU enno to Caio Traverse, Prince Edward Island, Is a distance of onlv nine miles but on either si le the distance between tho shores varies to a width of thirty or forty mile. Now every one seems lo have a wrong Idea In regard to these ice-boats and how they aro run. They are not a triangular craft, with shoes at tho corners and propelled by Rails. In fact there are no sails about them. They aro much like a common yawl, fifieen to twenty feet long. Tho keel Is shod with steel, and on either side and quite near it Mre two steel runners. Tho out- lido fa cased in a light metal sheathing. and tho insido is open. In the bottom of the boat the mail-hays aro placed and this hi the only load that is carric d no trunks being taken. A Michel will te taken, however. Tho crew usually conslsti of four men, and each passon gcr has not only to pay his faro but work his pasago, ami work like lliiimler, too. id me tell you. No more than two are taken in each boat." "If mils aro not used, as so many think, what is tlie propelling power? ' "That Ih the point Tho men do not rido in tho boat on tho lee, but walk alongside and drag It A strong strap i. fastened to tho gunwale of tho boat and passed around each man, so that if the lee breaks and lets him In this strap will catch lilm and hold him up. "Does tho Ico break often?" "llrcakl We wero getting ducked all tho tlnio. And every time it gave way we would go in up lo our waists, ami when wo came to clear water wo would jump In and row till we struck ieo again." "My lirst trip across tho Ice to I'rlnco Edward Island wan uuevontful, and we made It In eight or nine hours. Once there, I transacted my business and starto I to return, it was on a .Nit up day morning In January, lH.Vi. Wo left CapoTravorso'at daylight, the crew, mv- acl! and another passenger, six in all. Now tho current runs thrqpgh thlsplaeo with tremendous velocity, and we had to steer in a diagonal direction or there was danger of being carried either one way or tlio other to a point Hnywhere from live to twenty miles awny from tlio shores, for an hour and a half we tramped, dragging the boat after us. It was warm, anil so foggy we had to pick our wav by compass. We would be walking along when all of a sudden the Ice would break and a man would go In up to his waist. When we struck water we would row until we came to Ice, t lion tho men In the front of the boat would break awny the ice with poles till a safo point was readied and wo could start on foot again. When wo came to a place where the Ico and snow were piled up only a couple of feel or so wo could get over it tpiite easily; if it was a little higher we would send a man up to see if there was a way on the oilier side, and then sling the mail bags over and drag the boat up after. Often wo would (omn to a place loo high to get iwer, and sometimes we would have logo two miles out of our course to lind an opening. Then again wo would strike a patch of Ice smooth enough for skating, unit perhaps a half a mile long. We would be going along at a good pace over this where every thing looked linn, when, without any warning, it would give way, ami in wo would go again. At lust we came to a largo open space of what they call 'lolly,' Hint Is, water with snow perhaps a foot deep floating on it It was still foggy, and wo pulled away for several hours without striking a place to set foot on. Then it commenced to free.o. Now, if wo didn't get out some way, this snow would cling to the bottom of tho boat, and she would sink. Wo couldn't step . outside to hell) ourselves, the fog was dense, wo didn t know whore wo woro, and when tho man said ho hadn't used tho compass for three years, and didn't know whether it was good for anything or not, l began to leel very auxious. Put her about, boys. Put her about, and head for where we started from. It U our only hope,' I said; and It was done. Just then tlio fog lifted on the Mand side, though not on the sido of the mainland. Wo pulled and frogged it back, and wore lucky enough to get homo at dark. Wo hadn't had a mouthful to eat all day, as tho men had forgotten their provisions, expecting n quick trip, were drenched from head to foot, and had worse than wasted the win Jo day. "Tho next day was Sunday, and the native wouldu't start out from relig ious motives. Hut ou Monday morn lng wo started again at dayll;ht and mudo a quick trip, arriving at Capo Tormotitine by dinner time. It was so cold though, that tho mercury refused to register, and every breath fnwo and weighed down the men's beards so that every ones In a whla they hid to stop and break the Ico oM "Do Indies ever crass In this way?" aAcd tho reporter. "Yes; quite a number hare made the trip. They simply sit in the boat, of course, and don't do any work." Do t'lese boats carry rations for VXJ Jen, ih of time?" "Oh. no. Tho men, a, a rule, mako Hie trip In a few hours. The greatest dangers are cither that they will lose Ihoir bearings in a fog and get carried by the tide beyond a safe point, or that a cold snap may como on suddenly and froozo them when they are wet That was the mail service then, and it is tie same to-day. lionon Globe. WESTERN TRAIN ROBBERY. Die Commotion Which Followed the lr mre of an Ill-IOoklnr; Man. Kn The lad. weary traveler whs stowed awny for thn n'glit, thu last curtain was drawn across tho ruction, and the low rumble of the train through forest and i tearing, farm and valley, was only broken by tho occas'onal snoro of heav;v sleeper. Miles and miles of the dreary solitude of Missouri night scene- ry were left In the distance; tho tram went whizzing ly Mil; I1, unimportant stations, and now hailed at sotno way side tank ai d ti ok in rolid uud liquid refreshment for tho bloodless irorso. tint why shout I it now slow up in the dreariest of nil the many uieary unii.r bidding places alow: tho road? What Ill-looking stranger was that who jiM entered the car and parsed down the aisle between the s'umberers, with a scowling face slumped with a sinister brand? "Crack!" Surely a p'stol-shot! "I know il! I've been looking for that ort of thing for the last six months!" shoiito.1 a Kansas City drum mer, diving for tlio aisle and getting there with both feet. "1 surrender: "Craekl" "Vengeance is m'ne, sallh tho Lord lesides that, 1 liavcntgot a pistol, echoed a mil Died voice from tho sepul clior of an upper Ix-rtli. "Crack!" "Oh, sive me from Jim. boys! Land lord, sae me!" shrieked tho woman from Parsons, "save mo for my darter's akc! 'Crack!" "Throw up your hands!" said the drummer, trying to squirm away. Tho woman from I'ar-ons complied rapidly, and ho slipped out to the rear platform. Tho train was just starting away from a ghostly tank Icoming up against the rosv-hticd hurlon of annroaciiitiG' dav. The conductor entered thn car from tfio olhercnd. "Crack!" Ho dodged into the smokers' apartment and peered out. Capped and undrosod heads were thrust Without the curtains, and white, anxious faces looked up and down the aisles. "Any train-robbers at your end?" shouted the drummer above the din of tho howling Parsons woman. "Not any down my way," answered tho conductor, stepping out In front of the old lady's berth. "Thunder and Mar! What's th's? A soda fount ain?" "Crack!" "Why, for tho land's sake!" broko in the Parsons woman, "cf that ain't my yeast six kittles of it alt fcr Jane, and busted, busted, busted. I was afeered all along that tho rattlo of the koers would get the stuff a-workln'." Drake's Magazine. DEAF LEFT EARS. Tim Advantages Iteaultlng from What is I'auMltjr Considered an InHrmltjr. " Wl 1 you be good enough to let me walk at your other side?" said a gentle- mau to a companion with whom he was crossing tho City Hall Park. " I am deaf In my left ear, and I have been trying for live minutes to get at your left side so that I might hear what you say; but you seem to have been endeav oring to prevent me." " Whv, of course I have," was the reply. "I. too, am deaf in tho left ear, and if wo change sides I could not hear a word vou raid." Both gentlemen looked astonished, and went on their way laughingly. . " I here Is nothing unusual In such an experience." said a New York aurist. I lie iell ear Is peculiarly liable to 'afness or partial loss of hearing. Au Immense numl orcf persons rely wholly, or In great measure, upon the right ear to do the duty ol two, and H ury Mon become trained to fully bear the pros sum placed iion it. Person who liave been long deprive I of tlio left ear cau usually hear sounds at a distance far mure distinctly than Hum w hose hear ing Is divided between two oars, owing to tho particular sharpness acquired by tlio solitary organ, which is seldom sympathetically all'ected. "Tho only inconvenience I know of In the loss of hearing by the lefl car is when ono Is w alking with a lady or driving a friend in a buggy, or other wise so sit wit 'd that you cau not easily get your sound ear toward them. Hut lor a constant traveler, such as a drum mer, such an atlliction Is Invaluable No noise In a I otrl can keep him awake at uiuht He has only to press his irood ear to the pillow, ami what can disturb turn? ' J. FAMILY ESTHETICISM. On of lha Dreadful rullilllllr of I'rac- tlcalltjr. 'I hardly know what I shall do next," murmiire 1 Mrs, Fitzjoy. "I've cmbroldenil sunflowers, painted pond lilies on shingles, mado a cray quilt, hammered reiKiusso work, got enough darned laeoou hand to keen mo cool all summer, and carved a liollv-wood 'Kate Irecnawjy. Dear me! life is such a bore when ono has nothing to do!" "Indeed it is," remarked her hus and. "Why don't you t ike a few les sons in embroidering cookies, p tinting a rich soup, hammering beefsteak until il's tender, or possibly making a loaf of bread?" "There you are with your everlasting practicality again. 1 11 mako some biscuit ami 'throw them at you, as the boys say." "That'll be all they'll be lit for." Hartford lt. Florid la proud of a sweet potato wo'ghlng tifty-ono rounds. Wist dug at Wildwood, in that Slate. Tho local papers are responsible for the statement. I'hicaijo Time. A New York collar and cuff manu factory keepi ninety different ths o! collais In stock, ami the dudes go righi on grumbling for something frejh - -. I, OHM. THE BATTLE OF SHILOH. An Apparently Impartial and I'npreju. .tied View of tha Much Montad Ques tion! Connected with thlt Inrnurtant Affair Tha DUcmpanvles of lllntory II luntraUd Tha Imuu of tha Battla Trou altl OrtKrmlned bjr an Accident. ( The difficulty which tho conscientious historian has to overcome in getting "at tho tin th is curiously illustrated by a careful reading of the two articles on the "Battle of Shiloh" in tho February Ci ntury, the one by General (Jra'it the other by Colonel William Preston John ston, a son of General Johnston, and on the stuff of Jefferson Davis. ' One gives, of tpur.se, tho Federal, the othci tho Confederate, side. Not only Is their interpretation of the aims and purposes of the combatants, and in their estimate of tho significance and resulr of the lirst day's battle, do they differ, but in their accounts of events, even in minor details. Thus Colonel Johnston credits Grant with an army of iH,0;K), nearly SO.OW of whom wero effectives, while ho allows the Confederate com mander fiO,(XW, of whom but W.OOO wero available for combat General Grant, on the contrary, gives tlio entire strength of tho Federal army at 3H,W. ft whom not more than '2.i,(XM were in lino on the first day. Of course Gen eral Grant's statement of his own forces is official and conclusive; but the fact illustrates the discrepancies of history The battle of Shilou was one of h great buttles of the war. It was great whether est'ma!ed by tho number of men engaged in it, .by tho character of the Generals commanding, by the des perate nature of the conflict, by tho un certainty of the result during the whole of the lirst day, or by the consequences which ensued from the Confederate ile feat and which might have ensued from a redoral defeat The Confederate au thorities have always insisted that Gen eral Grant was virtually beaten at the end of tho lirst day's fight, and that nothing saved his army but the death of General Johnston, and the conse quent change of commanders. Gener al (irant was freely charged at the time with being intoxicated, and severely criticised for putting undisciplined men ut tlio front without earthworks. The newspaper correspondents had General Prentiss' division surprised and capt ured at tho very beginning of tho light. Some of these then current errors Hre corrected, so far as wo know for the lirst t'nio olllcially, by General Grant's pa per. General Grant's horse fell on him, and nearly disabled him, two days be fore the battle. Tho raw levies' wero put at tho front purposely, Central Grant trusting to their commander, General Sherman, to compensate for their inexperience a trust reposed not In vain. And General Prentiss' divis ion fought bravely and effectively throughout tho day, and wero not capt ured till after four o'clock in the after noon. The man of Northern prejudices will road General Grant's napcr, and will but glance at Colonel Johnston's. The man of Southern prejudices will console himself with Colonel Johnston's convic tion that the battle of Shiloh was won on the first day, and was lost on the second only because the Confederate Commander was killed. The impartial historian, accepting tho veracity, but not necessarily the judgments, of both authors will compare the two papers to reach a true understanding of this mo mentous battle, and will find in General Grant's frank confession of his misap- irehensiou ot the strength of the Con ederacy, and in Colonel Johnston's disclosure of the divided counsels in the Confo lerato army the two clues to the true interpretations of the events of thu day. "Up to the battle of Shiloh," says General (irant, "I, as well as thousands of other citizens, believed that tho re bellion against the Government would collapse suddenly and soon if a decisive victory could be gained over any of Its armies." This was substantially the universal opinion in the North. It was even shared by many In tlio Ninth. The fall of Forts Donelson and Henry apparently opened tho whole Southwest to the federal army. I he North be lieved that further resistance would be In vain. Thousands in the South shared that belief. General (irant, as soon as tho dilatory Hallcck gavo him opportunity to move, acted In accord ance with (i s subsequent instructions to General Sheridau lieforo Itichmond an I pushed 'things. Ho hurried his army forward after tha retreating Confederate forces, meaning to give t leiu no lime to recover from their demoralization. Ho expected no other than a Fabian policy of slow retreat and sullen, but not Hggre.-sivo, resistance. Assuming that the Confederates would retroat, if pushed, ho throw up no earthworks, lie put raw levies at tho front. Ho telo graphod to Halleck on Saturday night, " I liavo scarcely tho faintest idea of an attack (general one being made upon as." The army, catching the contagion of his conlidcuoe, perhaps neglected to keep out scouts in tho trout J his was charged at Uie timo by newspaper cor respondents, and is not specilically do- I... '...,-.. I .1.; ii- . . mi-it ujr vii'iR-iiti umub, w ui noes speci fically deny some other analogous charges, vtinio l. oners! drant was thus taking for granted that the Con federato forces would not venture on an aggressive campaign, tho Contederate iiemrais themselves wero In doba'o upon that very point General John ston, lirst In command, purposed an attack, ueneral noauregard, the popu lar Southern hero of Hull Run. was op- pos d to it Ho wished to pursuo the policy in the West which General Lee pursued so eflectivelv in the L ist to prolong tho war, woary out tho North, and keep his own army intact, by a de fensive campaign. General Johnston overrules! an opposition, lie eixtcu the couno 1 of war on Saturday afternoon with the decisive declaration: "We shall attack at l:n light to-mirrow. I would light thorn if they were a mill Ion." Thus both sides entered tho first day's battle tinder somo disadvantage The Federal forces were not expecting an attack, and wero not prepared for it Kven w hen it came, they regarded it at lirst as only a reconnaissance in force. General Shvrmsn, who was at the front so .interpreted it "Ueaure prd." ho said, ".a not such a fool as leave his base ot operations and attack as in ours." On the other hand, the tonfedivatoi entered on an aggressive campaign with divided counsels. The second in command was half sick, lud no faith in an assault and no expecta tion of success. General (irant apparently ins'sts that the Federal forces were not defeated on the first day. Iiut wo think the facts do not bear out this claim. His front, had been forced back nearly or quite two miles. General rrcutiss' division had been captured en masse '2,tfK) offi cers and meu. The Federal camps wero In the possession of the enemy. What the Confederates could or would have done on the morrow if their leadership had remained un changed must fchvav remain a mut ter of opinion. That the wearied assailants could have driven the Federal forces into the river, or cut' of their re troat, an I enforced their surrender, is to us incredible, even if the Federal army had not been reinforced on the morrow by part of General Bueli's forces, and by tho gunboats. Hut the attempt was not even made. The death of General Johnson devolved the com mand on General Heauregard; and the change of commanders brought a hange of policy. At the council oi war on fcaturdav altcrnoon uenerai Beauregard had urged that the array withdraw lo Corinth. On Monday morning he ordered that w ithdrawal to take place. The first dav's battle of Shiloh was a Confederate attack under ono commander. The second day's battle was a Confederal retreat under another commander. Both wero pieas urably successful. It Is. Indeed, rarely tho case that a change of command and a change of policy takes place on tho field of battle with so little resultant disaster to the army as resulted to tho Confederates from their change of com manders and policy at tho battlo of Shiloh. This battlo singularly illustrates how far the fortunes of war depend upon what we call accident If General Johnston had lived he would have pur sued on Monday the aggressive policy of Sunday, and his army would have either won a victory or suffered a rout And that he did not live was duo to ac cident. A stray shot cut an artery in his leg. An extemporized tourniquet would have stopped the bleed'ng. But half an hour earlier he had dismisse .l the surgeon, who up to that time had ac companied him, tJ attend wounded Federal prisoners. There was no one present at the moment who knew enough to tie up the ar:ery. and General Johnston bled to death. His humanity to Federal prisoners cost him his life. On the other hand, General (irant. Col onel Mol'ho:son and Major Hawkins, reconnoitering tlio tieM together, sud denly found tnemselves subjected to a sharp musket lire from a concealed bat tery. Major Hawkins lost his hat; Col onel Mcl'herson's horse was shot through the body and lived just long enough to take him out of danger; and the scabbard of General Grant's sword was takeu off by a ball. If the one ball had missed General Johnston, and the other ball bad struck General Grant, the commander of the Federal forces, not of the Confederate forces, would have been changed, and the issue of the battle of Shiloh might have been differ ent Christian Union. TOBOGGANING. Soma Sparalatlana aa to How tha Nail .. Craaa Will Catch You. . .Tobogganing, the contagion of which seems to have come from Montreal's two winter carnivals, threatens to be the next popular craze. Already arti ficial hills are being built, where natural ones do not exist, and some provision for a glacial surface when ice is not to be had will doubtless be forthcoming. It is a wild, whirling sensation that takes hold tinner and holds on longer, perhaps, than tho roller skate. It is thus described: "Imagine yourself at the summit of a slope six hundred fo't in hoight, and t et at an anglo of sixty degrees. For a long distance it falls sheer as a night mare, dazzling white, each little grain of tho snow scintillating like a dia mond. You straighten your toboggan's head, and your lady companion bestows herself in tho bow, tucking her skirta tightly around her dainty feet, and drawing her nubia down to shield her eyes and face. You ensconce yourself behind her; on one hip if you will, with the other foot trailing as a rudder; though my cxperienco teaches mo to prefer a sijuaro Boat, with the toes in tho near neighborhood of the rearward buttons of Angelina's sacqiie, ono hand trailing on eao:i s'de, by whos-j pressure (a small section of a broomstick is to bo commended 'in this connection') the frail vessel is guided. "All being in readiness you gently push your toboggan to tho edge of the preoipicv. The slender wood creaks, rustles and bends; from a level the sled assumes an almost perpendicular po sition, and tho nether world seems to rise up and smite you in the face. Nothing in tho universe resembles this lirst dizzy swoop, ho low is tho sled aud so light Its fabric, aud so tremend ous the impetus iustantly attainod, that the impression is .one of sitting stiil while the universe Hies up at you. The sharp edges of the straining-board out rainbows of snow that hiss at vou, and cover your beard with chilly diamonds and Angelina's hair with prlceles jewels, from either sido tho grinding erystils fly behind you like sparks from a grindstone. You have hardly swal lowed your heart again when .you aro at tho foot of the slope, and with the bound of a thark touched with the steel, the sled, striking the level, springs a dozen feet into the air and landing on the level snow-crust speeds onward with scarcely lessoning speed till at last it stop more than a mile away from the hill whonco you started, and where now the great p'nes look like scrubby bushes. In a minuta you have gone a mile and a quarter, and realized the dizzy plunge of a niohtmare and tho long, unsup ported, breathless swoop of thu eagle. lkiryit free iVess. An English gardener states that fmit doe not color so well in a sunny season as in one when there b but little sunshine. There was more sunshine in F.Dgland last year than during any sea son for half a ccn'ury, but sti.l the ap ples, pears and peachei were very poor ly colored. . A Mississippi lady grows three hna drod and fifty varieties of roses la b " garden every summer. IN PERIL. Nlrvculoaa Eacap. of an Infant from Ap parautlr Certain Heath. One of those strung eases of almost miraculous protection for infants, who feel no fear beeau.se they aro ignorant of danger, was given not long since in a New York paper. The mother- part in the incident illustrates the tirm strength of love, and terror in a weak hand, and the sudden rewil i.,n u lieu Its work is done. A man In Mroudsburg. Pcnn.. when passing the house of Mrs. Franklin Smith, saw uer lylno- in the yard with two cnuurea cry in" by her side. He hastened to her, and saw a few feet away a largo ratt e snake dead. Mrs. Smith was unconscious, but was soon revived, and said that her little child, aged two years, and the chi.d of u neighbor, aged, three, were playing in the vard. She bad been watching them from the door, and noticed that while thev were sitting side by side in me grass, her little ono was occasionally 1 ghtly striking In ironi oi nor wnu snort stick she had in her band, and after each stroke bolh children would laugh. The other child at Intervals would bend forwaid, with her face close to the grouud, and apparently stroke lome t ling with her hand. There had been u tmull Innil-turtle in the vard for somo days, and Mrs. Smith supposed tho children wero amusing inemseies wim it. She watched thorn for somo time, nnd then walked towards them to see what thev wore doing to the turtle. lt..for she reached them she was ftruck motionless with horror at seeing as their plaything a large rattlesnake, which lay at full length, making no hostile demonstrations simply raising its head whsn it was touched, opening its mouth, and darting its tongue out and in. It w as this performance of the snake that p'eased tlio children. . Mrs. Smith as soon as she recovered h rsclf took a step or two forward, and the suake discovered her. Instantly its whole appearance changed. As qu'ck as lightning it threw itself into tho coil to make its deadly spring, and sounded its rattlo. This alarmed the children, and they rau away. Mrs. Smith found a club, and with a few blows killed the snake, after which she remembered nothing until revived by her ne'ghbor. The suake was be tween four and live feet long, and had seven rattles. Youth's Companion. DIDN'T SHUTTHE DOOR. Nigger Jim's Little Dear and Uuuili Ilauichter How lie Punished Her and Why Ile Couldn't Forclva Himself A l'athetle Story. "What makes me feel so bad dis time, 'uz bokase I hear sumpn over yonder on do bank like a whack cr a slam, while ago, en it mine mo of de time I treat my little 'Lizabeth so ornery. She warn't only 'bout fo' year olo, en she tuck de sk'yarlet fever, en had a powful rough spell; but she got well, en ono day she was a-standin' aronn', en I says to her, I says: "'Shet de'doV "She never done it; jis' etood dah, klner sin lin' up at me. It make me mad; en I says agin, mighty loud, I says: " 'Doan' you bear me? shet do do'!' "She jis' stood de same way, kinnr smilin' up. I was a-biliu'! I says: " 'I lay I make you mine!' "Kn wid dat 1 feti-h her a slap sido do head dat sont her a prawlin'. Don 1 went into do yuther room, en 'uz gone 'bout ten minutes; en whon I come back der was dot do' a-standin' open vit en dat ehilo stannin' mos' right iu It, a-looking down and mournin', en do tears runnin' down. My, but I wuz mad. I was ngwyne for de chile, but jis' den it was a do' day open innerds jis' den 'long come de wind en slam it to, behine de chile, kerblam! en my lan', de chile never move'! My brcfl mos' hop outer mo; on I feel so so I doan' know bow I feel. I cropo out all a-lremblin', e:i cropo aromi' en open de do' easy an' slow, en poke my head in behine do chile, sof en still, en all uv a sudden I cays pow! jis' as loud as I could yell. She never budgu! Oh, Huck, I bust out a-cryin' en grab her up in my arms, en say: 'Oh. do po' little thing! do Lord God Almighty forgive po' old Jim, kaze ho never gwyue ti forgive hisself as long's he live! Oh, si e was plumb doef en dumb. Huck, plumb !cef en dumb en I'd beu a treat'n her so!" Mark Twain. THE WASHINGTON OBELISK. Diagram Showing the Relative llolglila of Soma Famous Structures. o 0 I ; '5 $1 3 Tlio above diagram shows the he'ght of tho Washington Monuruont and that of some of tho test-know edifices in both hem'sphcres. The rends r will sc; at a glance that it is higiier than the Cologne Cathedral, Iho wondrous Pyra mid of Cheops and no ed historical build ings. It is in fact the tallest tower of ancient or modern times. Chicago Tribune. Do not betray tho oontidncc of any one. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. Australia has , fonr universities which, In curriculum, rank with Har vard, Oxford and Cambridge. At Yalo seventy-lhroq per cent of the students came from other State than Connecticut; at Harvard forty-fite per cent came from othir tbau Massa chusetts. An English lady, Mrs. Havward, has been engaged as professor of eloou tion in the Cincinnati law. school, and tho innovation has been received with favor. It has been propi s.?d at Harvard Uniierslty to advise with the studotiU as to rules of order. Possibly It would be better to advise with their parents. Current. - , . v, , The Journal of Health says the 111 health of school children is more largo ly due to lack of proper care at home than inadequate liygionio provisions in the school-rooms. . ' A Poughkeepse church member knows a woman w ho puts a live-dollar billon the plate every Sunday, and if she happens to be absent three Sun days in succession she puts on twenty dollars next time. Troy Times. Poking fun at Vassar seems to havo had a bad effect and the managers of tho institution are really alarmed by the steady falling off in pupils for five years past There has oeen so much said in ridicule of the students of Vasear that the girls will not go there. E.v-Governor Sanford, of San Fran cisco, states that his proposed univer sity, projected as a memorial to '"his son. will have colleges for young men and women, and high schools for boys and girls. He also proposes to found an institution after the model of tho Cooper Institute of New York; for tho advancement of science and art, with evening classes for mechanics and youth. Tho one-man-power may becomo too conspicuous in a church. Once wo wore driving by a rural meeting-house, and we asked a man standing near who were the chief supporter of that cause. Ho answered: "Well, I reckon that Squire Blank Is the man that does it all. no is deacon and setton and Superin tendent of tho Sunday-school. " Ho doei everything there but the preaching, and that be hires done." Wat-hman. This year will bring with it the golden jub'ilee of Pope Loo's priesthood, which he received in 18:15. It has been already decided in Italy to eclehrato it by a league of prayers'f r the triumph of the church, and the prolongations! His Holiness' life; by an exhibition at tho Vatican of all tho offerings which will be made, specially of objects relat ing to pubi c worship; by an alms for the iua8, made up of o.lerings from tho entire Catholic world; and foiir4tly, by a pilgrimage to the tombs of the Apos tles. WIT AND WISDOM. You can not jump over a mountain, but step by step takes you to the other side. The lad was blowing bubbles when he accidentally swallowed some soap suds, and that made bub 111 Whitehall Times. A St. Louis editor who started with out a cent forty years ago, is now worth J 100,000. His fortune, is all owing to his own energy, industry and fmeafitK aud the fact that an uncle recently left him l)l).U9!.99. Philadelphia Call. "If man wants to own tho earth, what does woman want?'' inquired Mr. Grap of his better balf, after a little family matinee, a few days ago. "Well, mv dear," responded that lady in a gentle tone, "to own the man, I suppose." L'oston rosL "I wish you would como to seo me oftcner. Charlie," murmured Clariboll, as they sat in the front parlor trying to lind out which knew the least "Ah, but you know, darling, I am here every niglit" "Yes, I know that but I wish you'd come oltener." Well, but don't you see if I did I would have t3 leavo oftcner, ha, ha?" "Yes, that was what I said." And then he asked her It sho knew where ho had put his hat Chica go Journa'. "Am I on the right road to tho vil lage?" demanded a traveler of an oi l darkey who was working in a field. "Yaas, sah," said tho darkey. The traveler pursued his way, but presently returned very mad. "I say," ho shouted to the old fellow, "what did you mean by toiling me that I was on the right road lo tae village?'' "I tol' yo' d j truf, 'dt.o.l I did, boss," repliod tho darkey, "but yo' tuk do wrong direk slum, "sah. "Drake's Magazine. - Confessious of a Lowell (Mass.) journalist: What was almost a plot for a good ghost story was enacted in tho editor al room 'of this paper lato one night recently. Ono of tho ttaff came in in the dark and to his horror found himself confronted by a strango white shape. Motionless, but full of terror in its ghostly phosphorescence. Start ing back, he hastily struck a match, and then at once the mystery was solved. It was the clean towel wo had given us for Christmas. "You have a very rich soil here," re marked a tender-foot to a Dakota farm er. "Rich! Well, I should say so Two years ago a young man from tho East came out here. Ho carried a snakewood cane. He stuck it in the ground and left it here." "I suppose," remarked the tenderfoot with a smile, "vou mean to tell mo it sprouted." "Sprouted! Well. I should say it did. and blossomed, too. Why, last year I killed tea bushels of black-snakes on that patch of ground, and each one wsa varnihed and had a hammered silver head." A Y. Graphic A Mean Man. Otis S. Richard, of Austin, is a very stingy man, and particularly to his wife. They were in Mose Schaumburg's store a few days ago, and Mrs. Richard hinted that sho wanted a blue silk dross. "Nonsense, blue doesn't 6uit your complexion, at alL" " Then I'll take a green dress. " "Do you want to poison yourself' Don't you know that all these green dresses are po'sonous?" "Then you pick me out a dress." "That's the trouble. You see I don't like any other colors except blue sad and green." Texas Sif.iwjs.