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4. - ' Vva...,. v, . fcjTMJFi'P'l'''a'"''"" -arti"t,r:,""CT''"u . i TUK t AWYKR. Who monev gams tannics, oihom woest W ho' paid for telling what he knows T Who for sdvie gets "quid pro quo?" The lawyer. Who, like G. Washington, can't lie, Entalways leady i to U-v, If he be paid oxesdingly high ? The lawyer. Who jroes about with bsgof given, With client jreener still, 1 ween, Who growelii tat as they grow lean t The lawyer. Whether in silks or rags arraved. To all he cla.ilr lend his aid, And s:mp!y asks: "Shall I be paid ?" The lawyer. Who manufactures our laws ? Who makes them intricate because The fee is bi;ier which ho draws ? The lawyer. At asking questions who is sharp W ho kvw to quibble, eau-h and carp ? W hose piew does conscience never warp ? The lawyer, t From labor who will have surcease When all the world shall bent peace f Who tl.en mankind no more shall tieece! The lawver. IHE JxYsTtElOTS BX. We noticed him, I remember, from the Tor; first; and we had three good reasons for doing so. In the first place, he was the very last passenger to come on board, arriving, indeed, just when the bell was ringing as a signal to clear the ship. In the second place he was rather a remarkable-looking fellow altogether Ull, gaunt, sallow and stern, with a long, lean face and a cold, gray eye, and, as we all declared, a manifest air of mys tery aboct him, even from the begin ning. Last, but by no means least, of our grounds of suspicion, was the fact that our mysterious fellow-passenger brought on board with htm aa oblong wooden box.very much like an overgrown pistol case, of which he seemed far more care ful than of the well-worn leather port tnanteaa, which was the only other article of baggage that he seemed to possess. It was evidently not very heavy, for one sailor shouldered it with ease. It could not be called inconveniently large, for when its master begged to be allowed to keep it in his stateroom instead of stowing it in the hold, neither captain nor parser made the slightest objection. It was not labeled "Glass, with care." or anything of that sort, as we could all see for ourselves; and yet its master's nervous anxiety lest it should be damaged, or even bumped against some thing hard, was so marked that everyone began to have dismal suspicions as to its possible contents. But just at first we had something else to thin about, for the first three days of our voyage were a perfect chapter of accidents. To begin with, we were thrown late at starting, by having to wait more than an hour for the mail. Then, when we were jnst outside the Narrows, on came a fog as thick as buckwheat porridge, which forced as to lie to till late in the after noon, keeping np all the while a chorus of bells and fog horns worthy of a Chi nese wedding. And as soon as the fog cleared, it was succeeded by a pour of rain which in spired a facetious saloon passenger to ask the captain at dinner time, whether . fishing was allowed on the after-deck. At length the rain went Off in its turn, and now we began to hope that this was the end of onr troubles; but we soon found it to be only the beginning of them. The red and angry sunset on the second night, the ghostly haze aronnd the full moon when it rose, the short, uneasy panting of the wind, all for boded further mischief; and the older "salts" looked meaningly to the windward and prophesied "dirty" weather. The prophesy was not long in fulfilling itself. About midnight I was awakened by a crash as if twenty cart-loads of bricks bad tumbled through the roofs of as many glass houses, and found myself standing bolt-upright in my berth like a soldier in a sentry-box. The next mo ment I had a fine perspective view of my toes high overhead, while a kind of waterfall of cushions, blankets, pillows, soap, towels, boots, and what not, went pouring through every part of the room. Then burst forth a deofeuing chorus of - shouts, groans, screaming women, crying children, the rattle of dishes, the crash and jingle of broken glass, and we were fairly "in for it" at last. For the next twenty-four hours, in the graphic, words of our old boatswain, "everything blessed on board was in side out and upside down." Plates and cups, knives and forks and spoons, eddied ceaselessly from side to side of the table. Hasty feeders stuck their forks into themselves in place of their meat; the soup meant for the mouths of the guests emptied itself into their laps instead; and just as one dignifiei old gedtleman rais ing his coffee cup to his lips as solemnly as if he were taking poison, the ship gave a Rudden lurch, and the boiling coffee flew like a fountain-jet into his spotlesh shirt-front, making him wriggle like a speared eel. liut by the morning of the fourth day the gale seemed to have spent its force, and we were 'at liberty to tarn our attention once more to the mysterious pasoenger and his equally mysterious box. The former seemed quite as anxious to preserve himself from contact with any thing on board as ho hid been to pre serve b'.s package, for he never spoke to any one, and always answered as shortly as possible (when ho answered at all) when any one spoke to him. As for the box itself, it was a greater puzzle than ever. The stewards reported that he had warned them so earnestly against touching it. or even going ncai it, as to imply that the contents, what ever they might bo, were something very dangerous, indeed. But, as if he had his doubts whether even the fear of some unknown peril would be strong enough to keep them from meddling with tho precious package, if they got the chance, he spent most of his time below, and as he had taken a whole state room for himself (or rather, for himself and his box) , there was no risk of any one disturbing him there. "I think he's a Fenian carrying over one of those dynamite torpedoes to Liv erpool," said a young British ofiicer, homowardbound from Canada. ."More likely a bank-clerk absconding with specie," grunted a big, red-faced ootton-epinner from Lancashire. "Box ain't heavy enough for that,"ob jeetod a lanky New Yorker. "Perhaps, after all, it's nothing more wonderful than a rare statue or picture tor some museum." Every one looked disappointed, for this last idea, which had somehow never occurred to us, now seemed natural and likely enough, and it was a sad come-down after all our romantic imag inings. Hut just then a new turn was given to the discussion by a long, wirv, koon eyed Cape Codder, who had hitherto been perfectly silent. Taking his short pipe out of his mouth, he aaid, slowly and emphatically: " Tain't that, boys; but I reokou I could tell yer what it is. "What? What?" cried every one, eagerlv. "A baby," auswored the Yankee, with the solemnity of ported conviction. At this there was a shout of laughter so uproarious that a passing steward peered aniazedly into the smoking-room to see what all the run et uid be about. But the gentleman from Cape Cod was not a wlnl abashed. "Laugh as much as you like, boys but what I say I stick to. Every day, reg'lar, at breakfast and at tea, I've seen that air critter, after he'd had his share, start for his state-room with a cup o milk and a hunk o' bread, and if that don t mean a baby somewhar 'roue I'm a Mexikin! There was a general start, for we now remembered to have seen the stranger do this, and wondered that we hud not no ticed it before. ' For a few moments every one was in high glee at the apparent solution of the riddle; but the remorseless New Yorker speedily blighted our new-born happi ness. "Ouesi you're consid'able out there, stranger," objected he. "For the baby that could be four days aboard ship, or anywhere else, either, without raising one squall, has got to be discovered yet. I've got three of 'em myself, and I guess I ought to know. This unanswerable argument threw ns all back to where we were before, and a sullen silence followed, broken at length hr a dashinff vrmnff aoohomore from Harvard one of" the briskest and boldest spirits of onr company. "Baby or no baby," said he, firmlv. "I'm bound to get at the ins and outs of this job, somehow. Either 1 II know what's inside that box before) he goes ashore, or 1 11 never wear the crimson of old Harvard again. But this valiant pledge seemed likely to go unredeemed, after all; for, as if the man of mystery had known of the plot hatching against him, he seemed to be, if possible, more vilgilant than ever. Day followed day, until at length we caniein sight of Queenstown, where the stranger was to land, and the secret of the box was a secret still. But the time came at last. The break fast was hardly over that morning when a steward (sent on purpose by the in genious sophomore) tapped at the door of the stranger who had retired as usual with his milk and bread announcing that the captain wanted him. Scarcely tad he disappeared wlien the Harvard youth popped into his room. The next moment a terrible cry startled us all, and rushing to the spot, we found the mystic box open, and the sophomore straggling in the coils of a huge black and white snake. For a moment all was confusion, but the stranger, who had just returned, sprang like lightning to the breakfast table, filled a cup with milk and set it in front of the snake. Instantly the latter unwound itself from its captive, who reeled helplessly against the wall. "You're more frightened than hurt, young felltr," said his rescuer, coolly, "for this snake's quite a harmless sort, and as tame as a pet cat in the bargain. I kept him dark while I could, for I didn't want him hnrt, after stumpin' all Louisi ana to git him for the London Zoologi cal, but yun'd best not touch him again, for his breed s mighty fond of a fool, and I guess that's why he was so spry to get hold of you!" Latest front Jo-h B 11 ngs I have never known aseckond wife but what was boss of the situashnn. After a man gits to be 40 years old he kant form any new habits much; the best he kan do is to steer his old ones. Any man who kan swap horses, or catch fish, and not lie about it, is as pious as men ever git to be in this world. The sassyest man I ever met is a hen pecked husband when he is away from Lome. Those people who try to get to heaven on their treed will find out at lost that they don't have a throngh ticket. Too long courtships are not always judicious.. The parties often tire out skoreing before the trot begins. One quart of cheap whisky, (the cheaper the better), judiciously applied, will do more business for the devil than the smartest deacon he has got. Young men, learn to wait; if you undertake to set a hen before she is ready, you will lose your time and confuse the ben be sides. Nature seldom makes a fool; she sim ply furnishes tho raw materials and lets the fellows finish the job. A wealthy old deacon in Maine has done his best to enforce total abstinence among bis grandchildren. He has left in trust f r them a large sum of money on the sole condition that they abstain from strong drink, tobacco, betting and gambling. The first offeuse is to cut tliom off from six months' incomo fram tlio invested fund. The second offense deprives them of a year's income. For subsequent offenses tho penalty becomes more suvero, amounting in due conrso to the total loss of the benefits of the be quest. The experiment of this kind of suasion is not often tried, but it does not often work well when it ,in tried. It lias been found in some instances that the appetite of tho legatees for forbidden things is so consuming as to lead to the poor follows to risk the loss of their property in yielding to the tern nation. "Do you think thore is any dangor in my going to Blankville?" asks Brown; "they have the smallpox thero.they say." "As I hove never known you to refrain from taking anything that came within your reach," replied Fogg, "I think you had better keep away from Blankville." A Heroic Deed. On the night of the 14th of October tho steamship Cyprian, Capt. John A. Straehait, left tho Mersey, bound for Genoa and the Mediterranean (orta. Aboard her, beside her paid and articled crow, there was a wretched httlo ntow away, whom nobody seemed to know anything about. At tho time the Cvp risn loft the port it was blowing half a gale or wind, aud as soon as she cot out side it increased to a hurricane. Hatches were battened down and seas dashed over her with such force that very soon tho only late place was tlio waist of the ship. For some t hours the vessel had boon laboring with tremendous seas,. when suddenly her fore steering-gear gave way. Luckily, they could still Btecr from the after-part of tho boat, and so they kept her up to tho wind for a while. But very soon another catastrophe darkens the horizon of hope, tor notions afterward the engineer steals quietly ou deck to whisper to tho overstrained cap tain that one of tho boiler-tubes had burst and extinguished the tire adjoining it. No one now had time to notice tlio stowaway who had crept out of his hole, and was crawling about in his first storm at sea. Tho other boiler was still right, and with this and tho first one which had boon Hatched no. thev endeavored to get along; suddenly, horror! the after steering-gear broke and thevessel drifted broadside at tho mercy of tho sea. Still her brave crew'triod to save her A few reefs were lot out of an after sail tp get her head up to the wind, but she foil off again and again for want of steering power, aud sea after sea was slapped , washing into the ougtne room ud drowning out ber tires. Now, indeed, was all hopo lost. Gradually tho doomed vessel drifted nearer and nearer to the rocks of that fearful looking Welch coast. Tho life belts wero served out, one falling, of eonrse, to the brave captain who had tried so hard to save his ship. At last the steamer grounded on a rock off Nevin, about two miles from the shore. There were two hundred people on the shore ready and willing to save, but it was impossible. The distress sig nal could not be recognized, and not even a life-boat oonld live in that surf. It was then, indeed a case of "sauve qui pent." The scene remiuded ono of that terrible verso of Byron's commonoing: Then rose from sua to sky the wild f.vswell: Tusn shrieked the timid and stood still the brave. Those who had life-belt on sprang headlong overboard, and those who had not seized spar or oar and leaped into that angry sea that was everywhere raging around them. The engineer s boy said good-bv to his companions and leaped, trusting to a life belt and an old oar, while two firemen who went down below were never seen spun. Meanwhile what was John Alexander Strachan, aged thirty, Master Mariner of Great Crosby, near Liverpool, doing? Aye, ask again what he was doing. Doing what has made his name "as familitr in oar mouths as household words;" made it a name to bo handed down with reverence to our children, as one worthy to stand beside that of tlio American lake pilot who stood at the wheel while the fire scorched the Hush from bis bones, and saved his precious freight; aye, worthy to bo written to gether with that of the sentinel of Pompeii. I here be stood with his lite belt around him ready to spring, the last man on board no, what is this thing that comes crawling along by tho life linos? It is a boy. "Who are you ?" demands tho captain. "Please, sir, I'm tho stowaway." "Tho Btowaway I" A fe v hours ago he wus'a little sneak a fool, who, bad he been discovered, would have bad t pay for his follv by doing the dirtiest work abroad, but now he was a fellow creature. There was no time for words; this Ltd had a life to be saved. "Here," said the captain, deliberately unbuckling his life belt his life and lashing it secure ly ronnd the lad, "Here, take this; I can swim. Over went the stowaway, lifted like a cork upon the waves, and over went the captain, enfeebled by long watching and anxiety, but strugging with all the forco of his own great will. But swimming was impossible in such a sea. The bout swain struggling for his life.clntehed at the captain, who was still making head way, and they both went t'own, never to be seen again. The stowaway, with the life bed round him, was flung, battered, but alive, on the Welsh coast, to tell the story of his savior's heroism. As one of the papers remarks: The moral of such a story is contained in its recital. Words would be wasted In savina more of the uerfuet hnmanitv and fearfesness of a man who gave np Ins best chance of life without hesitation for one of the unworthicst of "those lit tle ones," who stood helplessly by when man and boy were in the presence of death. John Strachan, of Great Crosby, un- lashing his life-belt, with two miles of water between him and tho sea shore to tie it upon the little rascal who had stolen a passage with him. fell it out in tmes of triumph, or with tsars and bated breath, How manhood's stronger fur than storms, and love is mightier than death. A Massachusetts clergyman on going into bis pulpit, tho other (Sunday, found it already oucupiod by another mail who annonnced his intention to preach. Thinking he had to deid with a "crank," he handled him very judiciously, and finally told him that he waria'tawaro that lie hud asked anybody to preach fur him. The stranger said that ho hud come to take Mr. Marsh s place, and on learning that Marsh usually preached over the wnv, the stranger rushed to tlio church across tlio street, whero ho arrived in a stute of perspiration, to find all thoro in Mate of great anxiety, the orsanist played tho preludo throngh three times, ami tho worthy deacons were on the point of taking up the collection and then dis missing the audienco. Ho who lives happily through the short rosedays of his youth, and, far away from envy and complaining, strives to be good, sua enjoys.tne uays or his youth when tLj winter of life approaches, and con tentment and virtue scatter flowers along his path. Without fear, ho can look be fore and behind. Farm and (..rden, No system of agriculture can bo profit able that dons not mako grass au essen tial part o( a rotation of crops. Whou lands are not adapted to grain, growing grass is tho chief reliance, and it be comes a specialty, but nowhere can it be discarded without great detriment to tho soil. The farmer who raises abundant crops of grass, while ho is a grain grower also, will raise good crops of grain in alternation. There seems a harmony in tho movement from grass to grain, which is beneficial to each. The best crops of corn, of wheat, and also other farm crops in general, are growu on an inverted sod, with a nicely-fitted soed-bed ou tho surface; and tho most bouutiful crops of grass on grain lands aro raised tho first crop after grain, or on uowly-soedod lands. On our natural grain soils wo fiud it unprofitable to maintain any permanent meadow or pasture. Though a portion ot every tarm should be in grass, our dry groin lauds will not give continuous crops ot grass without froouotit top dressing and scarifying tho surface; heneo it is more profitable to Boed frequently and use all manure of tho farm for tho benefit ot grain crops. There uood bo no lack of hay or pas- turago iu our dry grain-growing sections if we sovd frequently. A crop turning rrom one to two Ions or nay rrom newiy seeded clover aud timothy is as sure us any other crop grown, and is also a renovating crop to the soil. Too little attention is given to seeding in grass py a majority of farmers iu our grain sec tions. Laud iu wheat should bo seeded to clover and timothy, and if not wanted for mowing or pasturage the benefit to the land by growing grans and clover iustead of woods and thistles will greatly overbalance the expense of Heeding. It is not profitable to keep dry land in grass mora thon two seasons in succes sion; then it should bo plowed and two or three crop of gram grown, and then rosoeded. The Wat season for seodmg of timothv on wheat lands is in October, or late in September, though it may be sown in spring mixed with clover sooa, but tho growth will bo niuuh less tho first season of mowing than if sown in autumn. Clover seed is sometimossowu in the fall on dry sandy lands to insure a germination of the seed, but it Is quite liable to wiuter kill in changeable weather. Tho best and most usual time of seed ing to clover is in the mouth of March, or early in April; or, wo may, immedi ately after tho opeuing of spring and be fore frosts disappear, the setion of which will in a degree cover the seed and aid germination. It is also a good time to seed to olover after tho ground is dry enough to go over with a light harrow, sowing the seed immediately before that operation, which is regarded usually ss beneficial to the wheat orop aa well as to tho clover. Timothy soxi is f r quently sown at tlio time of wheat seeding, but if wheat is sown early in the seai.ou and timothy at tho same tune, there is dan ger of choking the wheat by too much growth of grass. It is especially so when the autumn season is wot and an active growth follows. Timothy seed will never fait if sown iu tho fall, for if thore is not wet enough to start it in fall, it will eonie in spring without fail. Many farmers do not ap prove of early sowing of clover seed, fearing that the early germ may be killed by late frosts in spring, but I am con vinced by observation that thoro is very little danger of frosts on the young olover Iilant unless the ground bo frozen to leave and pull the root. Tho cause of failure in clover seeding is drouth im mediately after germination of tho seed and before the root gets sulllcieut depth of soil to retain moisture. A drouth in the month of May will endanger clover seeding; later drouth may ouly retard growth. Merer Tried to boa Katon. Mr. Thurlow Weed laughed heartily when a Sun reporter read to Lim the following remarkable statemont pub lished in the Washington National Be publican lately: "Jt takes a long lime, in some cases, for tho truth to get to tho surface. It has just transpired that Ihnrlow eed s war on the Masons in lH'ti was occa sioned by the refusal of the original founders of the order to admit Mr. Weed as a member of the brotherhood." "Un to the ti mo when it was alleged that the Masons abducted Morgan, which was in WM," said Mr. Weod, "I had always boen a great admirer of Masonry. I behoved it, as I bcliove it now, an in stitution which has done r groat deal of good. I bad accepted the common opinion that it was very ancient and sought to do benovolent work, and that in all respects it was entitled to the regard of tho community who wero not members of the order. I think, how- evor, that I always felt that it would bo better without its secrecy. I remom bored that the Washingtonian Society, organized during our War of 1812, was a secret society, and was not very friendly to the government; I remembered that, but I nover quite liked the secret de ment in Free Masonry. But, notwith standing that, I believed tho institution a benevolent ono. I nover, however, desired to bo a member of it, and in my early life, while I was a journeyman printer, 1 never had money enough over to incur tho expense, hud I desired it. But I hud no tmrtieular desire for it. I esteemed it, but had uo wish to bo a meiubi r, and was never proposed or of fered for membership in uny shape in my life, or sought to bo. lint I always thought favorably of tho institution un til wo wero driven into that tight, anil oven now I consider that tho carrying off and disposing of Morgan was by indis creet und ovcrzeulous members of tlio order. It was nover contemplated by tho leuding and intelligent men of tho order to do what was done with Morgan; but tho mistuko was in not disfavoring tho act. In denying that anything wrong was dona, they assumed a certain respon sibility for tho act." "But," suggested tho reporter, "tho writer of that purugraph seems to go a good way buck of Morgan times, for ho says that thoy wore 'tho original foun ders of tho order' who rofusod to admit you as a brother." Mr. Weod laughed again, and pro tested: "Oh, but he couldn't mean that, you know." Progress is the resultot dissatisfaction. Those who are satisfied nover favor ohanges. llovr nr. Uold Was MiirUeied. Lofroy iniulo five dilTcront confessions as to the manner In which ho murdered Mr, Gold ou tho Brighton Hallway, but thoro is reason to boliovo, says tho Pull Mall Gazelle, that tho following account is the trim one. Ho denies altogether that ho entered the compartment in which ho killed Mr. Gold at tho Loudon Bridge Station. He states that ho took a seat In a carriage in which there was another passenger sitting by himself, and ho was strongly tempted to murder him, but ho refraiuvd from currying out his intention, On tho arrival of the train at Croydon ho left this compartment and got into tho one in whi.'h Mr. Gold had taken a pluen, lie had a short conversation with his victim, when Mr. Gold rejiosed himself iu his seat ns if to doze. While stretch ing himself out ho took a handkerchief from his pocket mid accident ally pulled out his purse, which fell oil the floor of tho carriage. Mr. Gold did not hoar the purse falling, and, placing tho covering over his face, prepared fr sleep. It instantly occurred to Lcfrov to take out lus owu pocket handkerchief, throw It over tho purse, and then, under pretense ot picking up the handkerchief, to steal it. The noise which he made in doing so aroused Mr. Gold, who iustaut ly started Up, exclaiming: "Yon scound rel, do you want to rob mo?" and hit straight out at Iicfroy, who was hurled from one side of tho carriage to tho other. Ono effect of tho blow was to open Le froy's coat, and while ho was getting up Mr. Gold saw the butt end of tho pis tol projecting out of the inside bresst cat pocket. Directly lio discovered that Lofroy was armed ho shouted out, "You villain, is it murder as well ss wMht; that you mean?" r words to rJ effect. Hushing at I.efroy ho snatched tho pistol out of his coat pocket and fired at him twice. Neither shot sti uek Lofroy, who managed to close with his assailant aud retain the weapon. Ho immediately fired two shots at Mr. Gold. Ho believes tho first of these struck the carriage neur tho bcllptill and tho second inflicted the wound in Mr, Gold nock. Then commenced tho desperate struggle for life which was scou by tho witness st Horley, It is de clared liv Is-froy that directly after' ho bad shot Mr. Gold that gentleman did not fall to tho ground insensible, but ho had strength enough to seize tho pistol and deal his murderer a blow or two on the head, causing the wounds which wore afterward drcsacd by tho Brighton surgeon. While tho atruggla was going on the two men had rolled np to tho door of tho carriage. With such vigor did tho old man light for his life that he pushed IWroy against tho door with ono hand at his throat while he pulled out a pocket knife with tho other, aud even opened tho blade with his teeth. This effort, however, and tho loss of blood from his wound had exhausted him, and Lofroy succeeded in taking the knifo away and thou cutting and hacking his neck and face. Ijefroy afterward pitched the unfortunate man onto tho rails, whore his body was found. He xp ainMt "Now, then, Mr. Cashmere, aro yon evor going to get those trowser donu?" oxclaimed tho promising youth hurriedly, entering the establishment of his favorite tailor. "Thoy will Iwi done to-morrow, sir," replied the geutleman of fits quietly. "That's what you said yesterday." "Exactly!" "Well, isn't this to morrow?" "Certainly not!" , "Well, wasn't to-day to morrow yes terday?" "It was, but it isn't to-morrow to day." "Well, when iu crvutionwill tomorrow la), thon?'' "Don't you know?" "No." Do you remember the last suit I made you?" "Yes. "You romeinls r when I etlled for my money you always said you would pay to-morrow. I discovorod then that to morrow nover comes. Do you under stand?" Tho youth sought tho street, nnd by tho gsutle slam he gave the front door it was quite evident that he did. The Hun Francisco Post aays: Tho will of Augusta Ludd Hutching, tho wife of Dr. Hutching of Y one mi to valley, was yesterday filed for probate in Department 'J, of tho Superior Court. It is an olographic will, and bears ditto of December !1, 1K.S0. Tho first paragraph reads: "I, Augusta L. Hutching, wife of James Mason Hab'hings, in tho cabin near the foot of tho great Yosemito Fall, where I have pa.tod seventeen solitary days and nights, und in tho presence ot Almighty God, do revoke all other wills or disposition of my clients, and mako this my lust Will und Testa ment: I give to my best loved I friend? , Allio 11. Eddy, of ranta Barbara, my coral breastpin and earrings; to her daughter, my ooral cross, onoo the property of my dear nieco, Au gusta L. llerick; to Mrs. P, Hinkson, of Sacramento, I gmo my picture of a scene in tho Alps, printed in Philadelphia about tho year 1mH or IHI',1; also two small pictures or sketches, which I lenvc to my administrator to select. To Mary Hinkson, her daughter, I givo my dia mond ring. To. Lucy Hinkson, my gold bracelet, with chain and ring attnehed." After making bequests to personal friends, tho will concludes: "All prop erty, persoiirl or real, not otherwise dis posed of, I givo to my husband, James Mason Hutehings, whom I appoint my administrator, without bonds, and who will carefully comply with tho provisions of thin mv autogiaphio will." Tho es tate is valued ut 80'2O(), of which got'OO is real property in Sun Francisco. Tho strongest ovidenco against tho soveu Molly Maguire at Uniontown, Pa., is ullonled by J'erry (lydilis, un eaves dropper. On his wuy homo lute ono night ho saw that tho Molly Magurics lodgn room wus lighted, ami drawing near lie heard voices. Hera wus a clianee, he thought, to discover the secrets of tho order. Ho crept under tho building, which had a cracked floor, ond listened to a heated discussion. Tho subject of debuto was a refusal to lloonso the only barroom in the pluca, und some of tho members proposed tho assassination of Maurice Heuly, tho mining superintend out, who has boon instrumental in thus cutting of the supply ot liquor, Iloaly was murdored a few days afterward. The new Attorney ('cuoral. A Washington loiter writer ay of tho new United Htat Attorney General, Hon, Benjamin H. Brewstori This distinguished lawyer, beside be ing known In hi owu city and it sur rounding States, has aehalieo for nation al prominence by hi connection as ono of the government counsel for the Star Kuuto eases, lu appearance Mr, Brew ster is the most frtH litf al and ropittuivn looking man that over most pitying eve turiiud from iitTiiuhlcil. He fell in the tiro fifo downward when lio wa a child Iu his nurse's arms, ami the sear of that injury liavo detlod all surgical skill tooll'aeo tliein. ills whole fueo wits burned and drawn so terribly that all natural expansion has left it, and only the mutilated features stand out from the mottled uud disfigured couuteuuueo. Twice ho ha undergone operation for tho grafting and transplanting ot now skiu, but even the endurance of that slow agony, ami all tho attempt of the most eminent foreign surgeons have .'ailed to restore him to ordinary sem blance. Behind this hideous oountenuneo thore i a mind that has triumphed many a tune in tho great contents of hi profes sion, Hid hi polished uiuuiors, courtly ffiaeo aud true refinement have carried liut to a social position and favor unsur passed in stiff, ariatmn-utio old Philadel phia. Possessed of vast wealth, a prieo leas library aud stately homo, Mr. Brewster ha further ootisolatinn in a wife whoso radiant presence i the admiration of every one. The lady la tall aud of a subeili figure, with dark hair and eye, aud a dignity and air about her that im press' ono immediately with her stand ing. Her own history roods like a ro mance, anil, leaning on tho arm of her all! ic tod huatwud, she provoke admira tion and speculation a few other wotnu can. Her father, Hon. Hubert J. Walker, a statesman ot tho autai-bollum days, was tho proudc.tt of all parents when ho in troduced a charming young daughter to tho brilliant society which Wash ington afforded ill the day of President Pierce's adiuiliuh ntum. She married, shortly after, a wealthy geiillouiau of Now Orleau-, and lived for sonio year uhroud until tho opening of tho rolxdlioti, when her husband espous ed tho Coufederuto cause and rhe re turned to her father's home. Tho death of husband aud father, and tho hma of the greater part of her tortun-i.for a long time retired her from the '.y world in which she had shone, uill when she did emerge there wus more than a nine day wonder nt the announcement of her marriage to Mr. Brewster. Their homo in Philadelphia has Ihhu renowned for its graceful honpitulitic. and should they ho culled to Cabinet circles In tin city a slutely air would pervade the re ception of tho Attorney General that bono of his pre le, eors could ap proach. Mrs. Hiewstera' beauty slid grace, her dignity slid superb manlier would fitly adoru the high position, uud a society ha long Ihhu without a rccogmr.od leader the honor would naturally full lo her as peculiarly fitted for its manifold duties, Tho Nurresaful Van. When our Successful Man was a boy. and lived in a manufacturing village of Now Hampshire, a widow's son, tho groatcs luxury he knew waa to rat apple; so he told U the other day, when wo fell into conversation about old times. "Yes," said ho, "when I was ten years old I used to think that if evor I waa rich enough to have as many apples as I wanted, all the year around, I should ! perfectly huppy. Aud uowl" He went mi to say that ho hid ono of tho finest orchards on a small scale, to be found an v where iu Maaaachusctts.which produced las, year ninety-four barrels ot the Ix'st varieties yet produced. But ho did not cat two apple per annum. Ho could Hot; for while ho was making his fortune, ho worked ao hard, ami cou fined himself ao closely, a to contract a chronic weakness ot digestion. With all the luxuries of tho world at hi com mand, ho waa obliged to live principally on oatmeal and milk. Later in hi youth, his ambition soared above apple. Ho was beginning to get a little more money than ho absolutely ueeded.aud was able occasionally to in dulge iu a riilo. He then thought that if ho could ever own a horse fast enough to pass everything on the road, and tako no man's dust, ho should bo the proudest and happiest of men. "Well," ho continued, I have a horse that I think i the fastest in my country; but 1 never drive him. I pivo him to my sou last summer, und for my own use I kept an old plug that jog along ix mile mi hour, without troubling my self ubout him." At tin point our poor Successful Man wearily took out his watch to see how tune was getting on, and wo observed Unit tho watch was of a peculiar pattern rarely scon in this country. "This watch," suid hc,"is another casn in point. Ono f my young ambition was to possess as goisl u watch ns mortal man could make. I have one. I guvo t(M) in gold for it, at a time when gold was a more expensive artielo than it is now. But, knocking about the world in sleeping car and Mediterranean steam boats, I was always a little anxious about my watch; and besides, tho possession of ho costly un article by a traveler is a temptation to robbers. Ono day iu Paris I noticed, in a shop wintow, this ourious little watch marked twenty five francs. A flvo-dollar watch wus a uovolly, and I bought it. I deposited my six hundred dollar time keeper with my banker, and it has boen there over since in un iron safo. ' I find that this liltlo watch keeps timo as well, for ull tho ordinary pur poses of life, as the other, and I have curried it over since. " Tho Successful Mull snid these things with what wo may cull a good humored despair. Uo made no complaint; but at tho itf!o when ho ought to lie in tho full tide of cheerful activity, he appeared to huvo exhausted life. Youth's Compan ion. A young nobleman iu a frightful rail way accident missed his valet, Ono of tho guards camo up to him nnd said: "My Lord, wo have found your servant.' but ho is out in two." "Aw, is ho?" said tho young man, with a Dundreary drawl, but with atraco of anxiety dotifcted on his countenance. "Will yon be gwood enough to see In which half he has get the key of my carpet bag?"