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"A-BAND OF BLOtBIHDS. O happv bnd of Muhlrds. Iltme prophets of tii ir n. Amid Hi" mil nil tuftm! (' How bl.thuwHtiel' von unci What tuem-itue haunt) our muild , M O UtlllHII SHU a' rumin ' Tou toll in Naturmiorci horaeed L Ti.v Ultra latk in r nl i your throat art flvaUil fountain. Tliroiifrb wli on o iir t da now: Vour vo,i irreifla mo n th wood, '. On Hinrr win I Unit !'! 1 dream Hint Mea-en invite roil Tub.d I ha Kirib itO't-b: -For in rour w.iht ii wum l hold i Apurt oaof tbitkrl ' , j. i 0, hapnyhmidof t.luah'rds, I Vou could not lonir row am i To t aro lh lad li uoi'H Anil lor fy tlw iiii... ) Yon h-ave melodious inmiinr e. , WhoM iwmlimrt ihr l a ma lhrOil(rn! Ah f my amitia fi' tech " rur, t The d alni"l touch the blue! ; II Ulkim H. Ilaviu, In ltarptr' Majatin. ' A BEAUTIFUL CITY. Deox-rlptlon of Ganoa, One of Italy'a Hiatorio Centers. Balk Mllllnr od Comranrelal Power -A Woval Way of Obtaining Light, j Air n.l Chm-rfolnoM-.i Crund lemelary. , Onoa Is one of t'.e most interesting citioH In Europe. It in almost Inclosed on three niiluit by high or mount ain. Mid front" on the Mediterranean. t topornpfiy roiiiindt raj strongly of that of Cinciiiimti. Ills an old city, dating back to the day of the Crsars. lit history for tliu last thousand years In nothing but revolution, lighting fur rominoioiiil supremacy with Venice and Pki, and that wns a bono of con tention ovor which neighboring powers liiivn constantly qiiiurulod an to wlio hall pick it. Cenoa enn show a record in the distant past of initny revolu tion per square yurd a. can even our hihU r republic, Mexico. Ha great m l llary character, tlmt in ono who ii to (ienon as WtishliiLtou mid Grant aro to America, and Wellington to England, I Andrea Uorla, in whose honor an im inciisu atiituii Hum b -en erected, located In front of the Duria pnhuv, on top of a hill, whore It can ho neon far ami wide. At one period innunvlieroln the thirteenth or fourteenth ouitiiry, Genoa wax tliu chief couimereial city, perhaps of the then known wnr d. mid had col onies established in some of the Inlands In the eastern Ma literranoan Sea. Finally Veniim boaaim a grunt commercial eiiiiiorium and disputed u prenuiey Willi (ienoa, resulting III sev eral war anil mo eventual itcimii 01 (ienoa. During lint height of the opu lence of Genoa, sho pro lured a largo brood of what we would call in Ameri ca "merchant prinoei," who were t'm progenitor of the present "illustrious" aristocracy of luat uity, nil grauod with Ii gh-sonn ling Italian name., sifch hi I ho Spinolr. family, Grimalili family, I'l'selia fain'dy, Doria fain ly, I'.Hiield na family, Ite liunldi family, eto. In tlie iiioriiing after our arrival we were fiirnUhod with a guide and we put In a good day's work at I ght-H 'oing. A wu drove through the principal struct, wc notieed a peculiarity adopted, which ii really worthy of im latum, to e tut I lit the liandsoiuit Iiii.h;ih'ss b'ocks to have llril and Veiililallou ten u their four sides m well a fr.cn the rouru in the eeiitir. ntid which inldiiil to the beiuily of the street us wi ll us the httlld Itig theniielves.. A Moek of live or six dories in lic'ght U built, hI) nit one hitiidre I f ol sipiave. with store) run idng t'lenr llnoiigli. In tliu center nboxo lli.' stores is n court, in: w hich open the h onn m rroimding it. The lloorol this court, n iiialed oor the Ions, in enured with soil on which sniull liM mi I plant ar planted. It can In- miii that tho vow fr-nit the wi iduv.i i ('mi ma l plciisaut. The 'I he 1 1 "i p rt of the building, that Is nliov e (In turc.i, is occupied by f:itnilici wli i live In suites tif ronins, whieli ere li .hted an I veiiiilnto.l from ihe ouishlo on the fi ur shies as well is fi'.illl the eourt. In o.der to get this light and ventilation fi'omall si l.s, the next buil ling U only one story high nod about l.fty feel wide, and In covered Willi small trees, plants mid ti mers, which urn seen from -the sireet. Tim next building nftc r the om'-siory atl'iir U six stories hi','!), with u court 'in the renter, tie. In this w.iy tho apart ' t houses lire tlioiou;:hly llg.ited ii nd vent lut fit, mi, 1 1,,, ,ye reits on Ilmvis and plants while loo'inr out of the windows. Wh ile street aivi built up in this manner, every other building being only one atnry hlh. The tail ho, Id nes are very liatidsoinenml nr -hi-t"i liii al v oruaneinle 1 o i all s;d ,, thus giving u row of au' li Imild'ii'; a xen picas ng eil'ect Tliesu build n;s eii- mud in. In the old piriol'llie o.t ere ein t'io pala-es of the former lueivli mi prin-ess of (Jen a, w hen (ur ii tiiiie..,tMvusl'iopriiieipa!c iniiim-cial tv of the Mcd.t.i.i.iu an These ,, M,-. a v. r:i Ini'id.e ! ye-ir old built witb coiudciable architectural pretention. '1'liu stroots ov which lhe-c palae, are slt iat d are x cry n:r r nv, and lh i palaces ileind on their court.-, for III -,t of their ll'lil nod V.inli l .ti"ii. The front windows nr.'a'l pro tected by lieaxy iron gralin js, p.-n. j etmg uiitwar'.ly nlxiut a to t. to eimliin a ve xv up a it d w:i I'm Mrecl do tie obta l.ed. it is d llien't lo re ili., Hull thci3 pala'Ts weiv tt ind tig tn fore Coluiii'.iUs was b in sod Mil m lh,. Sort Wiii .d xas "iinkiioxvu tn lame " t'ur dr ve around Genoa was ex eod ing'y interest M);. Thed.M kspr 'v oted , a v. ry cer.oiu appear iree Tim old building with Wsds live f'et Ihick, i lid vniie "-i.'hl stories in height, stand fiort'n;; the havlxir, iu full x.rw o( the i p ii'.' and of the lihtlmiise, a'd lo I c the tallest in the. Wor'd, it beiittour hundred end t.'ti feet hljjll above the mm. It is built on r kr p'.ou nitorv, which Is alxait two hundred f et etiove thoea. nuking tie 1'gM'ioMs.t proper about iw.i li'iudred f-.t hi-h. Hip front w:ill of some ot tho autlpjated old I ii l.ling are put ti.u: f an oll r.ieV. wall erected ah.)' t ( thou if. I . s'-v We xi.:i.d the t'luuxh tf . Atuiiine'alion, end I can only m !..! ih.i inside i roost etpi sitoiv bra it :!-t!e handsomest I have jet r :t i j.l it U too beautiful to be 'de tci.UJ. roof i l ijmortoj bj ifl cdliimnfl. and tlio ceiling U gorgeously gilded with most ipsthutic cll'oct. The outaide of the church ha no pretension w oeauiv whatever. It Iooki like an om ai-aj ,1 I flVir Aftcrdriving up or down lome two or three hilii, and having Tery interest inz viewsof theoity, we proceeded to lite IHmtJIil UUHivuij v vM.rv ..ki.nr ftlfllll 111 lies out In the luburo. on nui- wiiv we uw a vorliablo old ifnmn niinductrunninfr on the rd of (im hills for earrvinz water, a part of which Ii utili.ed for the modern watorworki. We reached the cemetery, .....i .n tlmt it la a verv novel nlRce, io enlirclf ditTereat i om the American iue.i oi a coineiarr. ii. quare in ahape, and cover about ten acroa. Thii iquaie U completely aur rounded by a covered gallery one story high. The rear of tho gallery iaan un all. The front towards the Inside is an open arohod wail giving full light Inside. Tula gallery l about twenty feet wide. Under the pave ment next to the rear wall, or In tomb prepared for the purpose, are buried the aristocracy of Genoa. In the open ground outudo of the the gallery are bur cd tho "lower millioni. The dis tance around tho cemetery through this gallery is over half a mile. In this gallery is the most magnificent collec tion of monument and st.ihie f have over Been. I was fairly bewildered with the view of the almost innumera ble works of art that wore presented to ourgflzo. There was ono monument next to the rear wall, with a life-sire llgiiro of a deceased husband lying full length on a catafalque, with a statue ,.fl'l,rUt himlinir hir the side, with one hand extended ovor tht ligure and tho other ovor tho kneeling atatuo of i ln rriif-utriclcn wife, with In r hands clmpod in front of her, all cut out of pure white marblo, tho stiitues of the husband and wife being lifelike. The rich bleed (Ires of tho wife, spreading over the step cf the monument, was most exquisitely carred, so much so as tn Anneiir re nl. On the steos was a large wroath of flowf.rs, ulao cutout of white marble, (in tlm Hti'iis of another monument was the kneeling figure of a daughter, also lifesie and bMiko, with a basket of llowers. Standing over her. is a Btntuo of an angel. witfi one hand point ing to heaven, emblema'.io of hone, all sculptured out pf white marblo. A most remarkable specimen of the high est work of ait, is two life-sized statues, one of a deceased young woman, in (lowing robe, and tlie other an angrl. with outspreading wings, a trumpet In one of her hands, pointing to hoavon with the other, both mo'ing . heaven ward to7othcr. nil rut out of ono im mense block of marble, and resting on a marble s iroonhairiis containing the remains of tho young women repre sented by her statue. Tin I a moat wonderful work of art. On top of a tomb is a sofa-like couch, with the hotly of a deceased husband laid out on it, rfivt,rnil wiffi il sh pf. nntl hi wlilixw leaning over it In tho act of lifting the .i. . i.j . i. i . i. ... i . inei t irom me i ice, in oruer niai suo nltrlit Imvn iiihiIIiit irlinitwn of I hi' features of the loved ono, all cut out of ono block of white marble, and the liitue of the widow in a likeness and ifa si.e. her hair and dress amicariuv to marvelouslvreal. On Another tomb w as a entafaliine. on wh ch wax- cut the full length ligure of a deceased wife, dressed in a white roll", her head resting on a pillow, ami the el nl uc of her mourning husband. it',, atil lit an nrilinnrt. anil aldinlinir " w, ........ f n... , n.,.,M.,.l. lovingly bv her side, frv-injnt hor fea tures, all In marble. In front of a tomb Is the full-size kneeling liguro of the crief stricken wife of the ilo'cas 'd; Handing behind her is a young niaii. lor miii. hat in hand, leaning against the tomb, nil in white insriile. Sealed on another tomb is a large s''ed liirurc of tin AnjeJ of Peafh. with ho.ivy ilowinir b ar I. arms folded In a con templative mood. On the steps of a tomb are Ih.i Klatue of two moiii'iiine young ladic. one with a wreath of Im mortelle, being led by the other to thetomb. J'hrs" a'-o ills.) i k messes and l.fe-sie and cut out of white m.ir de. In fr uit pf the d or of a tomh is the st it ue of a sorro viif' wife, with her child b ihiiid her. Stan lingin front s an angel eo isoling hor, point n t lio iven. In fro t of the do ir of an oilier tomb, containing the remain of t litHband n:t I fut'ier, Is tho wife and aioiiier, with hands clasp 'd, look n ' ipi e.tl nlv t an angel, who I poiin lug xviih on i hand to heaven, llehiu I the m ther st in Is a yo in ; mm, her son, 1. 1 ai iilttnd i of grief. On the j!ipo,io aid from th son U- tie dm .'hie - with a wreath of flowers. All life-sie mid likenesses. On the door of a t milt Is tliu m.i.l ,1. lion likeness of a deoeas-d husband. In front the widow stand raising her two-year old child lo enable it t kis the medallion of the father. Ity the d of the mother is anot'ier child kneei ng. A very pathet o design. Ihe in st extraordinary work l n .ant' y eiviiii) cut o tt of a fi ramie "lo k of marlile, r.pres 'iiii i r tli 1 fe 'o, i ii : :r. ot a iiviii r la on hi. dealh bed. On a chair 1,1 tll.l ul.l I ..I llie bed is on of hi daught-r.. com iirtety ovenvlu'lmeil with irnef. Xea: tho f ot of the bed is th.i grieving mother being led and supported bv voiiug in in. h r s ni. On the other .id .i of i in lied in-,, three other d iugh .crs I lining over tho bed watching the p;ring fa. her, one of them le.iu'iiig elo tu i!m f ivV, evidently Intending to Tixe a pirtlig kis. "iVhlnd these la i '.iters allot t.r son is standiii!! mournfully Ka '.iiig at hi wa evidently bre.ithin father, xxho hi last. Ihese e'jjht tiirurx' ;ii.o an I likenesses are all l.fo- 'l'his ivrtn, is tint most iiiagnllieent work of t't 1 hive rver nee:i. No'h ng 1 have outside if lialv :v ronii:ire wil'i it. How such in etra- rdinary work rotthl have ex si. d sn t not be in ire ktiviwu to the vo',-1 1 iu,t jt u I i-:m not undersla id. t ue s' luvernst nur 'th.l t UH (H,1. ' r tli l!o'k ot wh te itiarole out 0f i!i;ci ii i .eitlpfinv;! m ist have (l'-'i'''l 'li Ti'lrom lift v to one i ii 'r d t ni. H, ,w a a uipi.ir eo ihl tie .ni l.. t,er;e 't likctfx f each n-.M.f tie gr.up an I have tli on all an ear s , n ,t inl i nd r-vil. 1 might add. s t-eiMii I my coiiirnehensiiiit. I nave .e-r!n. few of thesi ex ns t.' w r'.s wit: h pr ice the t'ampc t ' i In order th.it tho read r caa r form some idea of the vast amount of work that hai been expenuen in oeaun fying that cemetery. The only monu ment that I havo seen In America which ii embolishod with a statue of the deceased, is that orected to the memory of the late 8. H, Stone, in Lake View. That will illustrate the taste ihown In decorating Campo Santo with the most exquisite worn of art. If any of the readers of this letter should ever visit Italy I would advise them not to fail to visit (his famed cemetery, and after they have done to they will thank me for nuking tho suggestion. O'fwa Cor, VUvttand Ltmdr.r. m m SCENES IN IRELAND. A Caoa'rr ffhtn lh HUri oJ NtripM Ar Oftnr Nn Tha th Union Jack. The country icone all ovor Iroland are far different from thoo of Ameri ca. Tho poople have a itrong brogue, and though those of the cities dress the same as we do, out in the country dis tricts you find some of the quaint kneo brco.dics peasants whom you lee in the old Irish prints. In the cities, at the railroad stutioni and in the hotels there l a great display of brass buttons and gaudy liveriei. Tho railroad men all wnr bright colors, and the porters have cap with scarlet bands about them, while th.-ir usual itrt is of a yel low velveteen. The guard or the conductor of the train are dro sed in blue and many buttons, and tho gov ernment olUeiiils connected with tho post ollleo mail I'irvioe have a striking uniform. I met ouo of them at a sta tion between thi lake of Killarney mi unit in. no was a ma l-iusoaioiier. changing the mails at tho depot to a number of trains, examining thi seals of the mail bags, and being responsible for them dor jig th ir stay at this .sta tion. He had boen seventeen years In tho sorvico, and had three gold bands on his eo-.it, each of which Indicated Hva vn'trs' tirm fit wind behavior, and each of which gave him twenty live cents a week extra pay. The Kritish soldier are another let of uniformed monVhorn you will find ..Hn.lw.A In IfulMtiil Tlio OTniLI eiciyniiriu in "' J ....... guacly red uniform! and the cavalry gallop iiiroiign me streets oi me ciucs amiil tln iinlB sml niirsi's of the Irish. South and Central Ireland has no love for Knirland. The American bar Is oftcner seen than .the union jack, or tlm II no- of Great liritaln. and in the r.iany processioni 1 have icon I have yet to see ouo uriiisu nag, wane i uuu the itan and stripes everywhere. tn thw rr,pvalnns III Dlllllin biddin(F good by to Lord Aberdeen, there were over one hundred American flags car ried, ana not one tingle uriiisii ono. I heard curses against Kngland fi..m,,nl v ami tho Ii-iuh I met nntsido of Hflf.iHt. siid the north madono bones of expressing their lontiment. Eng-' liinu now keep an army in ireianu as Inrim ii a tloilof IliK w!ioln Iln'trtd State. It niiinber., I am told, about thirty . . s ii. - if f ... i i iiioiiHHmi. uiasgow vur. tieieiueu ( v.y CHANNEL ISLANDS. The Yhouiaml Venri of Intrrasilng His tory 1'Oi-rmeil by Them, The Cluuyiel Island were originally part of tho dukedom of Norma uly. Tho son of Hollo, tlie first Duke, gained possession of them in a. d. 9ii:'. Then, as ever itflerward, tho existin? laws and customs of the iFlands were not in terfered with to any large extent. A the island thus came under the a'jris of the Nonn.'.n Dukos, previous to tlie nv.coi of Kngland by William, the inhabit. tuts st II b'last that their con nection xvitii the realm com nenced with their taking part In the coiittie4 of the Saxons. King John is said lo have granted a charter-conlirniint: to the islands their long enjoyed right of self-g ivcrtiiuoiit. A writer in tho Qmir:clij JUviem f'.r July, 1883, Iriwover, asserts that there is no oundation for tills statement, find tlmt, on tin other hand, it is more probable lie consutiitional and administrative arrangements of the island have pre vail, 'd -to ndoptthe (Jnai'Urly Heien'ii incoiuestable statement "from a time of which no memory exist." feudal 'hin sojtu. never to have xvcijrhud heavily on tlie shoulder of the island j'Kiiuumitv. "From Hb.nit 481 to ii;!:' . i. the old Aryan system of the iWstorn Franks mi isteil in force, and when the feudal sv.st -in spread to the islands it xva graft 'd upon the old ir -tuck in the forms of reciprocal S 'rvico and protection, doing what was re quired by the time, yet bri'iiring little or no organic change. ' rhilip Augus tus is believed to have omleavored to wrest .lersev from the Kitu' of Kngland on the reversion of Normandy to him self. II failed, mid it wn not till l:i;H thai Guernsey was o.-eupied by France, six voir later the in valors were ex celled by Jean do I t Marche dn lta. n 1:17-.' ;l tho island successfully ro s'stcd the attacks of t ie great Henrand In Giieselin, They were, hoxvevi r, inarlv lost to this c inn try during the wars of the Hoses. Margaret of V'xj-hi o.Tcred tJ red i them to t io Ixing if France if he would ns'st her Itus Hud. Henry VI. The I'ount nf Matil vi ier was iVispatehed to help tho nil i i -kv l.aii 'astrian l'rinco, and Mont l.-gueil was handed over to a body of Yea.-h tro ip. led by an agetitof Man! vrier's. Kut if the French iniiigliieil n il t ie i)a.ndty-s would sub uit to be agliius bartered away they inailo a rr.ive in take. Philip do Carteret re us d 1 1 g.ve up tliat p irtiou of Jersey d which he was Seigneur, and when iiUar.l IV. came to the throne Vice Vlm'ral Sir Kiehard llirl s-.m was ami to IU Carteret' aid, and in l-Vi'S the French w ere compelled ( evacuate tie idanl. Henry VII. took the i land lcv.es o-lt of the power of the eigii-'iu-. and transformed them int a mihli' mditia. Iui-ing the crent ro hell on Jer-ev sided with - Charle I. ind Guernsey with tho Parliamen 'ar'.nns. tho former being eventually 'W.ttea by a poriiou of Cromwell's licet. Uiljiurtit. A larg- nvt -or fe'l oit thn streets f I'oi t-iiioutti. Va., the other day and 'aroke into fra rinent. The pieces were too h it to handle comfortably. A'. 1", .i a. " A Mea Iville (Pa.) man rlairas to have re discovered the socrel of temper dig copper. BANK DEFALCATIONS. Wb.l Old D-okT II- to Ssy Abool I.rniur. nod CoU- Dirooloi After an exer,eno of taenty-flve year. I am convinced that the root of ihe evil U generally found in the prao Ue of living beyond one's inoortie. Iu iUe days, wheu luxuriou living la ao nought after, the lemptat on toexotive txpeud.ture U constant and pressing. There U no man of stated income v, ho Joel not feel It. Men with high i.lar.e are at much tempted to it a clerk who Heiiruggling with family on a pool iiuonie. Keeping within the Uund oi iujouio la not lUJiely a DiatWi of dollar. ud cent. It U tn affair of mural ami tbaraelor. To do it re mires prudence, economy aid self-denial. When it If done, the o-iptural precept of prodd ing thin? honestly is complied with. Failure to do it involves dobt, to begin iviih; and afterward, in most ca-sea. c,u vocation and bi caking tf pro.u.scii, to say the least. Worse coiiseqm nco sometimes ensue, namely, peculnt.on. fraud, forgery, and, finally, the State prion. It may be thought unnecessary for a high olli'cial of a bank, with a large so.' arv, to exercise self-denial and econo my. Experenee teaches tho contrary. As income increas -s, want and iisp'ra tions increase, too; and if a mnn has r taste for art, n.nic and othor sources o Iiixiirloiii enjoyment, he ha constantly to hold in his desires with a strong rein A man of such tastes will lind it per fectly e isy, and, indeed, very ratural, to spend ten or twenty thous ind dollar? ., ro,, nr lii f-iet. much nioro. I'he desire of tho tlosh, the desire of tho eye, ami the pride of life are all temptations daily besett'ng peoplo witl large income. And, unless they arc steadfastly resisted, they inevitably lend a man into trouble. I venture to think that the pulp t might take considerate notice of these things. It is needed Ir these times. So much, in brief, for the moral and spiritual aspects of this terrible caso. A word as to the duties and responsibili ties of directors. Here, again, I spent from practical experience. There arc some things that directors can do. It is doubtful whether it would be pos sible for directors to overhaul every en try and every voucher of the ca-hier ol a large banking nstitution, without sitting en permantnA. But there n two th'ng which they can do, and these go to tho very root of tho matter. Tho directors of a bank, if they ex ercise a reason alio amount of vig lance, can eas ly toll whether their ollicer ere liv ng within their salaries or not. This especially applies to tho cashier and h:gher olllccrs, whose mode of living must bo well known. They ean, in the second place, very readily nseerta n whether their cashier or higher qaicer? are scculatiiig in storks or not. These aro practical point with ro spect to which directors aro bound to exercise supervision. If they have rea son to bel eve that their cash er is living beyond his salary, it is iucimibent o them to havo explanation at oneo. I' such cashier can satiufy them that h has any othor source of income, through his wifo or otherwise, and is koep ng within the lo'al, well and good; but il he is making upthcdlflerencj) byspecu lat ng, the directors aro bound' to stop him at once, liven if he is living ex pen very, and is known to spoeulitt.e directors urn hound In klnn It. Hut in - - , - nine vases out of ten, with ollio rs liv ng on falarif!', when speculation i iiir du'ged in, it is to enable a luxurious vtyle of living to bo kept up. 'Liv'n'.' bevond income, h iwcvcr. often b i early in 1 to. CoHyreqatwnatw; . Propagate from the sst. It Is a great error, and ono fur toe prevalent among our agricultural brethren at tho present day to select th best and most valuable animals, seeds, roots, etc., for the market, insiealol reta il ng them t propagate from. In ill's they disregard future, itdvnhtngis in Ihe pursuits of immediate prolils. In stead of reserving those animal whirl; nre dec dedly supe'ior in size and sym nictr cnl development, to triinsm t the excellences to com ng times and through successive generations, xvh'ch practice, it systeniaticn'ly adhered to. would in sure a gradual but constantly progres sive inipiovenictit, they are fo easily fascinated wiih the hopes of gain that they xv II ugly part with the very means w hich alone can secure it. acquisition, and enta 1 upon themselves evils from wlrch it is iniposs-ble for them to e cane. Iktrvit Tt H.une. Found Woefully Defective. rropr'etor of Museum -You havo a new freak to preeul? Agent Yes. "lie delie. orrv law of nature?'' "Yes." "lie is a profound puzzle to medical sen nee?" "Yes." "Ah! xvo will likely (triko a bargain. Oh! another quest on: Has hu iip- petired In-fore all ihe tl owned head, of Kin-ope?" "N-o." "Then I don't want him." rhiludel- jiina Cull. A enrolls ine'dent occurred lntelv at llolixwood p:iik, says the Ii. s.oii .oi. r.;', wuore tlie representation of immense Turkish rugs xv.is art sticallv formed of by ng plants. A fa. tuer anil Ins xvfe were iir.vuig through t .e rounds and from a distance admiring Ine rug, wnicli ihey sup o-ed lo uc tlm x, .itkui lite loiuu and uot of the gard ener. A heavy showir came up, xvh n I' i' n' l i n!!e ni: i!e t':c r xvr.y to ihe nan-'on sm I c dl- I the :'ti."ifion nf i),. serviiiiti lo the rues that vie lyiii"out iu toe rain. Ssniiiel G l'm rt. of Georgetown, N J., Mored one hundred a. id iL'lv bushel ot MtiiiN s oi ihe alt cof h' 1 trie house pivimaoiry to barreling tu. m. On lot-ii'X niyhl xvhde I. is Mm ly ns at sop, . i li.v i psxe wax Mid ihe poU- t.ie- c one down on tlu i:', i n-akuig Mr. n -Hi. enti un, i Mr-. ( lUufj l,,jj, r.o:i,. n if tn-r . iuider. and injur ng a s..v.ri , :,r,n ..) i. r it Wl,l have . t ,....t.. vd. A. . r....is QUEER FREAKS. I IdlMynorulf .nd ToooIIat Wy of Some MoUd Man. Augustus Hare, one of the cleyereit dlvlnei in the English Church, when be had ended a train of bard thinking, would rise from the desk and spin around on bis heel a few seconds and then resume his studies. Dr. Johnson would never enter certain lane in London without going between two particular posts of which there were four. Frederick the Great In his youth was noted for his stubbornness and bash fulness, and, we are told, showed this at bis sister's marriage. Instead-ol appearing at the ceremony In court attire he came with the servants dressed as one of their number. Neander, the famous church histo rian, was unable to lecture to his student unless be bad in bis band a quill pen, which he tore to pieces while be talked, and it was always necessary to supply him with a second when the first had been entirely wasted. Charles II. of. England was very fond of hunting Insects, and it is re lated by certain historians that he was hunting a moth in the supper-room at Whitehall when the Dutch fleet sailed up the Thames and burned Shccrness. Charles Dickons, the famous novel ist, was a most untiring walker; he considered it but a trifle to pass over forty or even sixty miles of country. Should a friend visit him a walk was bis (Dickens') first proposition. Tradi tion says in the long run he had few friends spending a whole day with lira. Archbishop Wbately was one of the most philanthropic of men, and yet, when dying, ho is reported to have said: "I rejoice to think that never in my life have I given a copper to a beggar with whose antecedent I was a stranger." The Earl of Chatham was most pe culiar, in his habits; these, no doubt, were engendered by his hypochondriao nature. On one occasion, in midsum mer, be wished to have snow, and adopted tho following rather curious method of having his wished realized: The servants were ordered to have large tires in every room, the walks outside were covered with salt to make things have a wintry appearance, and doors ffid windows were kept shut to keep out the biting cold. How long this whimjaated the historian does not record. , , William Wilberforce became' so ab sorbed in conversation in evening com panies as wholly to forget himself. He would lift himself from his chair ia his earnestness, move forward a little, and gradually approach perilously near tho edge. It was a tradition in fashionable English circles that ho had fallen sev eral times to the floor; but in families where he was loved it was the custom to station ono of the older children be hind bi chair to move it forward as he moved and guard him against peril. Some who afterwards became leaders in English society retained among the pleaaaiitc&t memories of their child hood tho recollection of the services rendered to this brilliant and eloquent converscr. Rossini, tho composer of "The Bar ber." when engnged with any great composition, ' invariably shaved him self in a most fantastic way to prevent his going out-of-doors. George IV., King of England, was very feminine in his habits; ho pos sessed scores of embroidered shirt, which were considered by hiiu to be tlie best department of his xvardrobe, and were accordins-ly displayed with j great pomp lo any particular friend ot I bis Majesty. I Napoleon habitually watched a cer i tain star, which be declared was his, for it never abandoned him. but was always insight commanding him to go forward, 'giving as a reason for hi success it. own appearance Chicago t fi.'!...... 47tUltlK, LINCOLN'S CHILDHOOD, i A Time of Ills Lite About YVIilrh th Ort l'rrsiilent Never Talked, Of all these years of Abraham Lin coln's early childhood we know almost nothing. He lived a solitary lifo in the woods, rcttiriiingfrom his lonesome little games to his cheerless home. He never talked of these days to his i ini tiate friends. Once,' when naked what lie remembered about the war with Great Britain, he replied: "Nothing but this. Iliad been fishing one day and caught a little lish which I was taking home. I met a soldier in the road, and having always been told at home that we must bo good to the soldiers, I gave him my fish." This is only a faint glimpse, but what it shows is rather pleasant the generous child and the patriotic household. But there is no question that these first years of his life had their lasting e licet upon the temperament of this ereat mirth ful and melancholy man. Tie had little schooling, lie accompanied his sister Sarah to the only schools that existed in their neighborhood, one kept by Zachariah Uiney, and another by Caleb Hazel, w here he learned his alphabet and a little more. But of all these ad vantages for the cultivation of a young mind and spirit which every home now offers to its children, the books, toys, iugenious game and daily devotion of parental love, ho knew absolutely nothing. XUvlay and llay, in Century. m . Air-Tight Paper Bottles. Paper bottles were patented in America in Is!. Their sale was not extensive at fu st, but now that Euro pean patents have been secured, cover ing nearly all ticlds of probable compe , tition, the controllers of the patents, , we are informed, intend to mantifac ; ture the bottles in large quantities. In j the item of freight alone they will ef ! feet a saving of one-third less weight i than glass or stoneware, and are on the ; whole less liablo to breakage. Paper ' being also an excellent non-conductor, : fluids stored in air tight paper bottles i will withstand a more intense degree of heat or cold than they conld endure i without injury in bottles of any other material Uostv Journal oj Cou. VMTCS. "RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL, There are 18,001 female students i4 the Americnu College. Chhag.i LWd The Southern Methodist Quires proposes to raise ljiGi,tJ00 for niibmuij in 1835 and 1WG. The City Mission of Berliu eireu. latcs no less than 72,000 printed nr. nions on Sunday morning. The school census of Stockton Cal., shows a total of 2,944, of which' eleven were native-horn Chiuese, eighty, one negro, and 2,8.'j2 white. The churches In Toronto have one a year an International Exchange wiien Baptists, Methodists and Presbji terians exchange pulpits. By the common consent of most cap. able Instructors of youth, corporal pun. Ishment has long been reckoned one oj tiie luxuries, and not at all a necessity, cf school teaching. Botlon Adverlutr.' The Free Church of Scotland have reiterated their former decision, allow ing churches desiring to do so, to praiso God with the timbrel aud harp, with stringed instruments aud organs pur ticularly organs. A memorial window to the lata Bishop Simpson, of the Methodic Church, has been placed in the new Asbury Church in Philadelphia. It is portrait of the Bishop, and is the gift of Geor;e W. Child.?. Philadelphia hrtu The study of the English langtisgi) is prevailing all over Japan. In Toya nio Prefecture every man of any niea'tis. and even the local officials and po lice authorities are studying the lan guage. Tho general belief there is th it those who do not knoxv the English tongue are in the rear of civilization. 1 A house to be used as a hall of res idence for women Intending to cuter the profession of teaching will beopened la Cambridge, England, , next terra. The design of the promoters is to givo wo men a more technical education for the profession of teaching than can be ob tained at existing institutions.' ' There seems to be a great rivalry amoug Southern cities in regard to the erection of expensive buildings for Young Men's Christian Association. Atlanta leads off with a ball costing $100,000, Nashville and Chattauoogit are trying to raise $.50,000 apiece for this purpose, and Selma, Ala., is barely con eut with $25,000. Chicago Timet. The native Mexican church at Fres nillo became so impressed with the dis interestedness of the friends of mission in helping to provide them a chapel, thst they turned out en matte to rork up the structure with their own hands. Hav ing lit tie or no money during this fam ine! year, they contributed their labor, giving in some instances almost their whole time. They brought all the stone from a long distance, and cut the planks and board out of the logs by hand. The chapel was dedicated free from debt, and amid great enthusiasm. wit and'wisdom. ' There's no flour in the idler's loaf. Wate liO Ohseiver. Great talkers are like leaky pitch ers, everything runs out of them. He is young enough who has health, and he is rich enough who has no debts. Swearing is detined as the unneces sary uso of unrevised language. o lon (Jivbt. It is hard for ft man who follows a business that is so brisk that he cannot catch up to it. Vhiccgo Journal. Malaria is certainly a very incon sistent disease. It generally makes ao cjiuiititaiiees for tlie purpose of giving them the cold shake. Norr'.&lnwn Her I'd. "Talk about the wise man who buildcd upon a rock," remarked Fogg, "1 think the man who didn't build upon a rock the wiser of the two." "How do you make that out?" asked the lan guid young man who sat at the foot of the table, "tieeau.se," said Fcgg, "no ledge 1 power, you know." Boston Tra stript. The luckiest man we ever knew in Ids experience with the lottery tickets, was the nian who never bought one in hi life. Of course, we wouldn't recom mend everybody to follow his example, for without the protection all rded by the people's money, the lottery enter prise would soon perish. A". 1". Mail. Variety is a good thing. Every man and woman sees something good-looking ir attra-tive about themselves, though they may be as homely as a mud fence. Suppose we could all "see our nol's as it hers see us," what an unhappy lot of mortal we would be? Exchnnie, A foxy question.?. Visin what diit Ihe "witjron-sprlnir"? l'tom whence did the "rH'pp'T mint drop'1 limp I, nirdid Ihe 'Tammany Kinir"? Aud where did theortfitu-mop"? Oh! where did the "posfsire-stainp"? And what did the "cotton-hook"? Oh ! where did the "(umnr-eanip"? And what did the "pastry-cook"? 1 Foi whom did the "napor-welirlit"? And whydld tlio "llinndi-r-clup"? Oh : when" did the "roll-skate" "And here did the "jriiitfer-snap"? Wife "My dear, do yon know that baby has four or live dill'erent. kind of ci ie-, and that 1 can understand her always when she want a drink, wli.ii she is hungry, when she is in pain, when she sho wants do go out?" Hus band "So? That is very nice. And can you talk back to her? Of couie. on can talk back to anvbodv: but ran slit, utiilerst and you?'1 Wife "Oh. yes." Husband "Then you will p-f litelv signify to the young 'lady that if ha cease to request her father to lake lu r n promei.aile at four a. m. it will I"1 something to hr advantage in future )i:ars." Tioy Piet. Literature in Madras. From recently published returns it appears that in 1n5,!, in Madras. 7tf Kk k and pamphlets, and 5.5 periodicals wers registered, an increase of 77 tu er tlie previous year; in Bombay, 1,4? I works were registered, an increase of '.'i3; in Bengal the number of works ws -.'.'IS, an increase of no fewer than CV. the greatest increase being in books in lineal, in which, moreover, a bigl-r standard of excellence is noted. 1 the northwestern provinces the publi cations decreased from 1.193 in lsi u 960 in 1883; but in the Punjab they m-crt-acd from 1.19$ to l,78o.A'. '. foJ.