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? George and Will were broth ers. They f lived with their Grandfather , Old Bluff as he wax called , the fisherman. For these two boys were orph ans; they had lost both father and mother ; and so the kind- hearted old fisherman had taken tbem un- der his own care. \ If thev can manage to roug h it , \ he said , \ with a weather-beaten old fellow like aie , I shall be glad enough to have them , and I'll see if I can ' t make then comfort- able. \ \The fi sherman ' s cottage stood quite b y it self , a little above the sea. It coubi no t be seen from the sea , thou g h ; lor : what little of it mig ht nave been visible ' above the thick garden hed ge was hidden ; behind the spreading branches of a great • tree. * Now the bo ys soon found that this tree could be climbed , and , in the bri ght Sum- mer days when they had tidied np the insid e of the cottage and dono the bit of garden work , it was their deli g ht to mount the tiee , and , getting out on a stron g br anch which stretched toward the tea , to sit there and wutc li for their grandfather ' s ; return from his fishing. B ut the days were not all brig ht* there were times when the weath ei was cold and dreary ; w hen the sky was clouded anil the rough winds blew. A;, such times ¦ as these George and Will would stay in- door s and take care to have the cottage nice and comf ortable, sit that when the fisherman re turned home , cold and wet | and tired , ther e was 'alway s a cheerfu l [ fire bur ning, the kettle boiling, and dry clothe s ready if he wanted a orange. ! How i t ch eered the old man ' s hear t to find them so thoughtful. I •' Tho se boy* , \ he would say to himself , \ are d ownright blessings , that they are l It ' s man y a long day since the old place was as cheerful as it ' s been since they ' ve been in i t. 1 ' ' It w us o . the evenin g of one of those dreary days that the fisherman and his boys , after an hour or two ' s p lea s ant cha t around the fire , had gone earlier than usual to bed. The wind hud been boif- tf inns all day , bu t now it increased to n p erfect hurricane. It lashed the sea into great roaring waves , and hurried them up on the beach with tremendous fury. It howled around the ontt. ige , and raced amon g the branche s of the great tree , and made < >ucl> uv uproar that neither the boys nor their grandf ather could sleep. \ Dear , d ear!\ sniJ the old mail. \ I pity the craf t out at sen on a night like this!\ He had scarcely spoken when the sound of a distan t gun was beard . Ho hastily dipped on his clothes and went out to the garden gate. Th u nigh t was pitchy dark ; nut a star was shining. Hut , sMden ly, far away across the sent a roukot shot np intothe sky, and agai n the gun whs hoard ! The fisherman turned has tily In-door s. \ Look hero , boys , \ he said , \ there ' s a ship out yonder in distress ; I must bo off to the life boat station. Don 't lot It ho said that Old Hluff was missing when his help was wanted , \ Ho drow on his lon^ waterproof! ' coat , slouched his son ' -wes ter on his head , and then turned Again to tho boys, \ Now , don ' t you go to be frig h . teued , \ imi u lie , u I may not bo long gone , and there ' s nothing to ho nfenrod on. \ \Wo shan 't bo frightened , grand fa ther, \ they replied ; \ wo shan ' t bo frightened. \ , \ That ' s right , my lads , \ sald'tho flalior- mtin ; \ I'll got hack ju it as soon as ever I Otlll. \ He went out. Tho turo boys hoard tho tread of his boots along the gravel path ; they , hoard lilni shut tho garden g.tte after lilni. They were nlono l A littlo time passed , and then George began . \I say, Will, suppose any of the men from tho wrack should got driven r ound hero, \ \Hu!\ said Will. There was a pause, I' reoeiitly Gonr gt< began again : \ Thoro ou ght to no a light of some sort to show thorn tho way. \ \ Yes , that thoro ou ght , \ said Will . \ How would It do , \ asked George , \to lump ; grandf ather ' s lantern up In tho tract !' '* It would have to bo hung ri ght at tho end of tho great branoh , \ said Will. \ Yob , that ' s the pl aoo for It , \ returned f) ooi go, \ Mow is it to bo got thoro ?\ said Will , \ you oan 't climb that troo with your hand * full. \ Gi -or ge was stiiggoiod a littlo at thlH. They neither or th» »in spoko for soino minutes , At length Goorgo brok e out: \ Yes , that ' * It I Look lioro , Will. Wo unit gut a long plooo of cord , and I can wind It round my waist and go up, and you i'»n wait below with tlto lan t ern , and then I can pull It up. Soof\ • I THE CTSZEBKAH' S LAHTEEW. •• Ves, that 'll do it , \ said Will. \Bu t , \ he add ed , \ perhaps grandfather wouldn 't like as to be going up the tree at this time of night—such a nig ht as this , too. \ \Of course he wouldn ' t like us to go un for fun , \ said George ; \b ut he would' t mi nd it if it would be any good to any- bod y. See how anxious he is to hel p any- bod y in danger. \ There was a long pause here. Suddenl y W ill said , \Co me on , Geor ge , we 'll do it. \ The y were soon up and dressed ; the lantern was got down from the wall where it hung, and while one carefully trimmed it , the other pol i shed the glass , that the li ght mi g ht shine brightly. The n they went to the shed and found * lon g piec of cord. George wound the co rd round about bis waist. Will took th e lantern , and out they went. A min- ute or two afterward George was climbs i u tho tree. The ni g ht was very da rk- and the wind blew violently; but that did not matter much , f or Georg e knew wel l wh:it branches to catch hold of , and where to put his feet. W ill took his place under the tree , and waited. He listened eagerl y tor GeorgeV voice. The wind and the waves ' .iip.de such u noise that he doubted whether he should hear him call out. \ L ook out . Will !\ a nd down can^ the li ne at Will' s fee t. He made it fast. 10 the lantern with a good , stron g slip-knot. \ P ull away, George , \ lie c ried. The lantern swung i n the air , aud in a few minutes was drawn safel y up to the branch where Geor ge was sitting. \ How d oes that do , Will ?\ he called out. Will stepped back a little to get a full view. \ Tha t' s fine , \ he cried ; \ they 'll see that ever so far , I know. \ So Geo rge made it fast there , and came do wn. Then they both walked back l. few yard s for George to see how it looked , a nd having satisfied themselves that it would do , they went back to the cottage and got to bed. While all this was going on , there , far away in the darkness , were the poor men clinging to tlie wreck , yet expecting every moment , that the vessel would go to the bot tom. When the captain saw that there was no hope ot saving the ship, he had o rdered the boat to be lowered. But no sooner had the first man stepped intc it than a violent wave tore it clean away from its fastenings , a nd that one roan wax a lone on the dark , wild sea . It was of no use trying to use the ours. Away he went , at. the mercy of the winds and wayes—he knew not whither. Hour af- t er hour passed ; and , still tossed and dri ven on the raging sen , he became so ex- hau sted with cold and fatigue that he lost hope , and almost wished he had gone down with the sinking ship. But suddenly as he rose on the crest of u grea t wave ho thought he saw a light! Before he could be sure , he was down iig uin in the trough ot the sea. How anx- iousl y he wai ted for another wave to lift ' ¦ is boa t on high , and then how eagerly he strained his eyes in the direction ot the light ! Yes , there i t was sure enough ; a llr.le , fli ckering, , g limmerin g li ght , far . ¦ ! »•«• •• ., his left. Hut the wind and th« waves wer« carryin g him beyond it. He seized the ours , and stru ggled hard to turn his bout. But all his toiling was in viiin ; he could make no way against such a sea. \ S till ,\ he thou ght , \ 1 fancy it is n ot quite so violent ns it was; and if I can mana ge to hol d her back a bit , and keep the ligh t in view , the storm may abate be- fore l o n g , and then I may get her round. \ P oor tallow \ . Ho could scarcely pull the oars , and f ound himself for sometime drift- in g further and further from the light. Bu t s t ill , the storm was gradually abating, tho winds became loss violen t , tho waves lei's wild , and ut length he managed , though with groat difficulty, to get his boat round. Hope sprang up within him , and he pulled away wi th all his remaining strength toward the light. It was a fear- ful stra ggle. Worn with long toiling, he felt at every stroke that his s trength was leaving lihn. Bu t ho held on , gradually coming nearer and nearer , until , just an ho was on the point of giving way, his bout touched shore. Ho scrambled out , nnd with one desperate effort reached tho shore. Ho dra gged himself wearily out of nnoh of the lido ; and , thankin g God f o r his deliverance , sank , exhausted on the sands , u Whon I hav e got a littlo rest , \ ho thought , \ I'll find out what that ligh t 18. \ Lot us now aeo what became of tho poor follows on tho wreck. When thoy saw their boat swept away in the manner I havo described , thoy gave up nil for lost , and looked for no thing but a wutor y gravo , link God , in His providence , had hel p at hand which thoy know not of. When it was known , at tho life boat sta- tion tha t a ship was in distress , tho great- est excitemen t prevailed , and tho brave and sturdy fellows who had often manned the lifo boat boforo ciiine hurrying togeth- er , determined to do all that could bo dono to savo tho shipwrecked crow, Whon Old Bluff arrived ho found all in readiness , Ho took his pl ace in the life* bont with thereat .»f tho orew , nnd off thoy wont. i will not attempt to describe tho diffi- culty and danger of tlto task , or show you how courageously and resolute l y thoy hol d on tholr way. I will only say that , after n long and fearful .struggl e with tho winds nnd waves tlm wreck was re ached , ami every soul on board snved. Whon at last —lif ter hours of absence—tho llfofbont got buck to tho share , the people gathered thoro gave a groat shout of Joy, and re- ceived tho poor shivering creatures from tho wreck with tho utmost kindness . Only one of all the ship ' s oro w was miss- ing; it was tho poor fallow who had boon carried nwny at first by the bon t. Tho old fisherman stayed until all woro sf tfoly landed , and then , thinking that ids long absence might nlnrm tho boys , bo loft the others to look after the shipwr ecked sailors , and sta rted fur home. As he came near , he saw the ligh t shin- ing from the tree . \ Wh y, what does this mean f\ he thou g ht , \Ha ve those boys been up the tr ee while I' ve bee n away ? It looks un- common like it. \ He niude haste toward the tree to see if they were still there , and was presently met b y the shi p-wre cked sailor . The poor man had followed the li g ht until , to his surprise, he found that it was onl y a lan- to rn han g i ng from the branch of a tree. As he stoud gazing up at it , and wonder iug wh y it could have been placed there , he heard foot-st eps approaching. Hoping that he mi g ht be guided to some place of shelter , he turned aside to make inquiries , and , as I have sa id, met the returning fi sherman. \C an you tell me , friend , \ he said, \ where I can find a lodging of some sort ? I' m a s tranger here , and no t long ago es- ca ped fro m the wreck out yonder , and I don 't know where to go , or wh at to do. \ \ We 'll si.on put that all ri ght , then , \ said the fisherin. 'iu. \M y cottage stand? just behind the li g ht there , and you ' re heartil y welcome to what shelter we can g ive you. '' \ lon ' re very kind , \ said th stranger , \ and I' m grateful to you ; but , tsll me , did you hang that lantern up in the tree?\ \ Not L\ said the fisherman laughing; \ I kno w 'd nothin ' of it till I caug ht sigh t of it comin ' alon g. But I expect it ' s some oi my bu ys ' (loin ' s. Nobody goes up that tree but them , as 1 kiiuw of . \ \God bless ' em , \ said th e sailor. \ If it hadn ' t beou for that lig ht , I sh ould have been at the bottom ot the sea by now. I'll tell you how it was \ \Stop a minute , \ rep li ed the fisherman , \here we are at the gate. We 'll get thing s a bit comfortable fi rst , and then yon shall cell us all about it. \ They o pened the gate and went in. As their footsteps sounded ou the gravel path , the door was opened , aud , on the th reshold , in a g low oi warm fireli g ht which streamed out into the darkness , George aud Will stood waiting to receive tbem. \Wh y, boys. \ said the fisherman , \I thought to find you fast asleep. \ •• No , grandfather , we couldn ' t sleep, \ paid George; \beside , we began to expect you home , snd though t a nice fire and s ome hot coffen would An J\>«» 6«»J. \ \Good boys , good boys , \ said the ol. man , his honest face beamin g with pleas- ure. \Bu t , I say. boys, who hung that ligh t up in the tr. e ?\ \We did , grandfather , \ t he y rep lied bo th together. And they uyed the stran- ger curiwnsly as they spoke. \And what did you do it for?\ asked the fisherman. \ We thou ght , \ said Geo rge , \ that if any of the people from th.i wreck should get driven round here , the ligh t might guide them to the shore. \ \ No t a bad thought , perhaps , \ said the old man ; \ ask this gentleman what he thinks of it. \ \God bless you , my lads ; God M esa yon, \ said sailor , as ho sh ook them both warmly by the baud. • • If if had n ' t been for that light g ivin g me courage to hold up a bit l o n g er , I sh ould most likely have gone to the bottom. \ And then , as they made themselves co mf o r t able around t h e fire , ho t old t hem his s tory as I have told it to yon. When he had finished , the old fisherman said : \Well , it was a good Idea , boys , to han g the lantern up there , and—I don ' t mind saying it—I' m proud of you bo th. That' s the way to make the world a cheery place. When you think ther e ' s u a chance of doin g any good , try it , try it! You 'll a ' uios t alway s succeed. \ Then, after n^nuse , '\« added : \J J u t there ' s another light , you know , that we ough t to take , heed of—1 mean tho light of God' s Word. Let us steer by dint ligh t in the stormy vovago of life , and It 'll guide us to heaven at las t. \ \Amen !\ said the sailor, u ' Thy word is a lamp unto my fee t , and a light unto my path . \' Ilt'siiANPu and Their Wivrh. — Some husbands never leave borne In the morn- ing without kissing their wives and bid- ding thoui \ good-b ye , \ in tho tones of unwearied love , and whether it bo p olicy or fact , It has all the effect of faot , and those homes are generally pleasant ones , provided always that t ' ne wives are appre- cia t ive , and welcome the discipline in a kindly spirit We know an old gomlcmit n who lived with his wife over fif ty years , nnd never lef t home without oho klsu ' and tho \ good-bye. \ Some husbands will leave Lome wi thout saying anything at all , but turn round at tho last point of observation and wave an adieu. Some never sny a word, rising from the break- fast tabl e nnd going oat with n honrtlo ss disregard of those loft behind. Tholr wives 8edk *sympathy elsewhere. Some husbands never loovo homo without some unkind word o # r lock, thinking that such a course will keep things strai ght in their absence. Then , on returning, some hus- bands come homo pleasant mid happy, unsoured by tho world j some sulky nnd surl y witli its disappointments. Some nro onllod nwny every evening; some doze in speechless stupidity, until bod time. \ De- pond upon lt ,V «ayn Dr. Spooner , \ thn t home Is tho hnpp lost whore kindness , nnd • Interest , nnd politeness , nnd attention nro , the rule on the part of husbands. \ ir.g hours above fifty red-hot irons were thrust iuto the poor bri te ' s carcass. When t he surgeous finally desisted it was not because they believed theh - task com- pleted , but because the ca verns had as- sumed s uch dimensions that the two-itch irons proved too small to be further efl' eu- tive. Besides Rumeo was evidently weak- euing and getting a little \ groggy \ from loss, of blood , Dr. Boyd <±&tiimi t\ng that b.«? bad lost ab out three pai'fuls during the operation. The openings were then thor- oug hl y washed with lotions , and after- wards carefully bound up. The unfortun- a te beast died a few days after. Brevitie s The St. Peter sburg Oiobe suys that the personal expenses of the G ruud Duke Alexi s, during his travels in tho Dnited States , amounted to upward of $200 , 000. Russian agriculture , is of a very pri- miti ve character , They use the same old woodun plow that had served their an- cestors before civilization came to them. A Bachelors ' Union has been formed at Kulun iuzoo , Mich. We n ever heard of but one bachelors ' union that was successful , and that was called! marria ge. No person cau enter the Russian do- mini ons without an accurate description l»in g taken of his person. His ago , employment and the object of his visit- i ng tho country are all recorded. Those best ac quainted with the topo- grap hy of the Colorado desert ar« confi- dent that a larger subterranean stream runs under it. and that th e entire desert may be re claimed by artesian wells. The C alifornia Rtjiublicnn is incorrup- tible. A man sent the editor a basket of s trawberries aud a leader. He ate the berries and sent buck the leader , which sh ows that his morals are all ri ght. It is so pleasant to know that Agassiz has found a few species of guotcropod s. fourteen kinds of shinederu s , includi ng an ouryeal , fiftv specimens of op hiiir aiis , aud , to crown the whole , a large neliua- ter. At a boardin g house in Chica go , c om- mo n fish oil is used iu the lumps. The proprietor , wh o evidently has a sharp eye to business , says th at \ it is good as the boarders go to bed quick cause he smell so bad. \ A band , which serenaded u youn g married cou ple , in one of our suburban towns the other evening, selected a pe- culiarly happy nnd flattering piece known as \ The Monke y Married the Baboon ' s Sister. \ A correspondent of the Iowa Home- i, t, . describes a pear tree which was ;_ - • . * on the hawthorn in 1808 , and wL. \ ¦ i .. .. - about fifty feet hi gh , trunk five letx uine inches in ci rcum ference . It hears fifty bushels of pears annuall y. A s portsman who, during the shooting season , had gone to pass a we. k with a friend in the country, on the .strength of a general invitation , soon found , b y a g entle hint , that he would ha ve done |lA4t AW 4*. -. .. ' * *w- » ¦ uj#l.«>ltAt t'UU * Z OO.V some beautiful si nnery, \ was the visitor ' s first remark , \ as I came to-da y by the ui <er r oad. \ \ Y ou w 'il see still finer, \' was the reply , \ a s yor. go bock to-mor- row by the lower one. \ A lady c orrespondent asks ns if a Dolly Vurden can be box plaited , whi pped and gathered in a yoke , or is it best to have insertion and fl ounces* with puffing. W« think that neither way is good. Two rows of bobinetto , h u m ati tf hed , and in- serted w ith dou ble gathered ruffles of brocade tape , with a guyset and hem stieh or two at mfli end , nnd this quilt- ed and made en r evert ii. thu buck , with bias cuttin gs , d ouble puffed , of blue or- gandie , runnin g transversel y across the whole , lined wi th p oint uppli que tickin g, and fluted , would be for more stylish . PUBLISHED EVEB.Y THUBSDAY , at CTJTCHOG tTJIl , , L- I- \ TEBM5 : $1.00 a Year. U. F. TERRY , Publi sher. The bloody work still goes on in France. Three of the Communists were lately exe- cuted , and the execution is thus described by a correspondent:— The priest , going up to each iu turn , kissed him on both cheeks , in what seemed t o me a hurried and perfunctory manner. Then , when the sentence was being read to the prisoners in a quick, low , quite in- audible tone , Boin made a lon g harangue! much of which was lost in the perpetual rolling of those g hastly drums. But one could distinguish snatches of sentences such a« \Soldiers , you are child ren of the peop le as we are , and we will show you how children of the people can die. Nous mourons innocents , \ and then openin g wide his light coat—he wore no waist- coat—he offered his white shirt-iront for a mark , and s triking his heart with his open palm , he exclaimed : \P ortez amies en joue ' . feu! tirez au cceurl \ This he re- repeated several times , and while he w as yet speaking, s tanding out clear away from the poteao , and looking death at ten paces literally in the face , a swor.l fl ashed in the sun , and the three men leaped from the ground only to fall to it in horrible c ontortions. The smoke and report were unheeded , for all the senses of the horri- fied s pectator were arrested by the awful specta cle of writhing limbs and twisting hatids. Boin seemed to be rewarded for his bra very by suffering less than the oth- ers , bu t Serizer literally rolled over , and Boudin also moved. The sur geon then went up, examined Boudin firs t , and then directed one of the sergeants in reserve to to give the coup de grace in the ear. Then Serizer was exam ined and treated in the same way ; and las tly, after considerable interval , Boin wa s dragged into position and difpa tched. I cannot give you any idea oi the sickening impression produced by this seemingly deliberate butchery. I say seemingly, tor the men may have been dead , but , in any casa , surely if the c oup de g race must be given , i t should be done at onco. I did no t time the pro- ceedings , but long as my descri ption is , 1 believe that not more than two minutes elapsed trom the time th at tho am bulance- wagons came on the ground to the time that the volley was fired. Several more minutes , however , elapsed before the dull thud of the last coup de prate delivered ri g ht into the poor wre tch' s ear struck upon the ground , i have seen somethin g of i lie horrors of war ut Sedan and Stras- bourg ; I have witnessed the degradation of n public hanging in England , but have never seen anything so horrible as this supplemental butchery oCthe coup de grace . A G11A.MUATIUAL DiAi.oiiVB. —The fol- lowing conversation between a youn g ludy who wrote for magazines and an old gen tleman who believed he could speak English , occurred somewhere in Massa- chuset ts , and is quoted for tho benefit of arnmm nrinn s ; * Old Geoflemnn— \Are there any houses buildin g It your village ?\ Young Lady— \No Sir. There Is a new house being built for Mr. Smith , but it Is the carpenters who nro building. \ Gentleman— \True ; I sit corrected. To bo building is certainl y a different thing from to be being built. And how long has Mr. Smith' s bouse boon being built?\ Lady—(Looks puzzled a moment , and then answers rather abruptly.) \ Nearly a year. \ Gentleman— \How much longe r do you think It will bo being built ?\ Lady—(explosively.) \ Don 't kn<iw. \ Gentleman— \I should think Mr. Smith would be annoyed by Its being so long be- ing built, for the house he now occupies being old, he must loavo It , and the new being onlj being built, instead of being built as ho expected he nan not— \ Hero the gentleman perceived thnt the lady had disappeared. TnB Effec ts of FonitHTH. —Whatever may bo tho climatic influences of forests , it in certain thnt thoy urn found to afford valuable protection to crops, Iu Wis- consin , on the nrniric iK , tho w ' ntor wbo~ . is soriouHly injured h y the wvority oi !ant winter , wh ile in tho wooded district * ho crap in quite uninjured. Execution of CommaniiU. The n otable elephant Kumeo , was travelin g with a menagerie in the West. Upon arriving at Chicago , it was tound that the animal suffered with sores so severel y, that he could go no further , and D r. Boyd , of the Chic ago Medical College , performed an operation upon him. The operation is thus described : Romeo was standing quietl y in a bed of hay, with bis fe stered four feet in tubs of water , lit tle dreamin g what was iu store for him. Tht wo unds were inspected , and it was not before the M. D. discovered that th ey had , indeed , an elep hant on their hands. One of the Forepau g h brother s , who has charge of the elep hants , p laced himsel f in fron t of Romeo with a pitchtork ; an as- si stant keeper took charge of his trunk by attaching several hand-spikes to it; Dr. Withe rs knelt before his victim , and in another Lioinon t several pound s of ele- phant steak were severed from the mass. Sim ul taneously a low rumbling, like dis- tant thunder , v jbrated through the tent , b ringing every animal in the menagerie to the chorus , and for a minu te or two it seemed as if all the elements had broken loose in Pandemonium. The next thrust brou ght only a quiver ever the huge car- cass , and after that , du ring three mortal hours of terrible pain , the animal dis- played onl y the noblest qualities of fort i- tude. . The surroundings of the animal soon presented the appearance of an ill- ordered slaug h ter-house . Agai n and again , under the directions of Professor Boyd , Dr. Wi thers cut , gouged , tunneled and chiseled into the poor beast , each time cutting away or digg ing out a pound or two of putrid flesh , and each time the knife or o ther tool was withdrawn the blood flowed cop iou sly after it. Like a practiced miner , the doctor only pros- pected for a while , feeling his way to the crevices. Soon he laid bare a member , and then entered ' . pon a task that sickened the stoutest saw-bones present. Having expose d t.hft KAAta t%f A^»—r * ! *\ l ^ *•*»•— to scoop them out , brin g ing handful af t er handful of purification to the surface. Tunnelin g hi s way along by means of scrapers and chisel? , his arm wonld enter the animal' s leg to the .elbow , un til the sound flesh was reached . Af ter a full hour spen t in slashing, gouging and scrap- ing, during which the poor beast was rid of fif teen or twenty pounds of putrified ma tter and flesh , nnd a pound or two o l bone , the sur geons concluded that suffi- cient for a day migh t be the evil there of , and desis ted from that part of tho opera- t ion , to en ter upon another more paint ul and harrowing. Bo th legs had been thor- oughly tunneled , and in many oases , where the openin gs were directly opposite , but slight integuments and fractions of bones prevented a meeting, men were busy at the fui -nnco heatin g huge soldering irons , several inches in diameter , to a white heat. These were now brou ght into re- quisition to remove the proud flesh. When Dr. Withers approached the animal with the first of these glowing irons a shiver ran throu gh his frame , and he was dis- posed to resent any further aggres sion , hu t being convinced by the pointed argu- ments of his keeper that , i t was all for his good , he issued another low thunder , which was echoed from every ca ge , anil straightened his trutik *und bruited himself for fur ther mnrr.yrd<>m. The red-hot Iron was now run into tunnel No, 1 tho lengtii of about a font , and a hissing sound , fol- lowed b y dense volumes ot fumes and an intolerable stench , issuing from the open- ing. The poor bru te shook like an aspen, made a sli ght effort or two at resistance , but soon set tled Into quietness again. Another red-hot iron was introduced , again here was a quiver ot the whole frame, but this time he only dre w up his back and changed his position a trifle. The blood now began to flow from tho caverns in copious supply, a sigh t that made nil tho other animals of tho oa t species desperate , nnd lions , tigers , leop- ards , hyenas , panthers , wolves , and others of the innumerable horde whoso cages tormed a oirole about the tnnrtyr , joined ir. low growls , which woro intensified to roars and shrieks aa the fumes of the burning flesh filled their nostrils, This tumult caused a score or two of Iceopor s to rush for tho dens of tho pets in their respective charge ; and as these added their not over-gentle voices to the vol- ume , nnd the rage of the beasts (or tho nonce was ' still further aggravated by cudgels and other persuasive things , cal- culated to stir up tho nnltnnls , tho hue nnd cry was terrific , attracting hundreds of people from the neighborhood , who surrounded the tents , though In momen- tary fear thnt n deluge of uncaged wild boosts would come upon them. But ngainst any such catastrophe the strong cages were proof. When the din and noiso was somewhat quieted , the operation was pro- ceeded with , and during the two follow A Huge Job for the Doctors. Ah 1 to be able to rise , Ami leave tlie wear isome room . And be out once m ire under sunny skies , A w ay trom this dull , c l ose g loom 1 I dream of lying at ease Among the fern and the grass , And looking up throug h the long-branched trees , Watching the small clouds pass. I pull the blossoms that grow In tho soft moss nnder my baud , A ud welcome the uckith-g iving winds that blow , Cooling the summer land. And ah ' . it is all so bright , A nd the happ i ness is so great t— Lut the dream in a moment has taken fli ght , And I turn with a sigh , to wait. Invalided. Samuel Collins , one of tho charterers and cre w of the fishing schooner EuolaC , of Gloucester , seized in Trini ty Bny by the cutter fitella Marin , for alle ged illegal fishing, arrived a t Gloucester recently, nnd has f worn to an affidavit of tho par- ticulars of the seizure , bef ore Collector Babson , of tha t port , which has been for- warded to the proper au thorities at W ash - in gton. Tho affidavit sets for th the fol- lowin g fac t s: That the Euolu C. was at anchor , was not fishin g, and had not been fishing In shore ; that she wus boarded by the Cap- , tain of tho cuttor Stella Maria , who en- gaged in friendly conversation; that Cnpt. Cunningham asked the Captain of the cu tler in regard to the treaty, as ho would not fish in shore until assured that he had a righ t to do so; that the Captain of the cutter replied that the treu ty had pa ssed Parliament by a large mnjority , and that In Mh opinion there would he no trouble in fishing in shore ; that the Cap- tain ot the cuttor said his was not a rev- enue vesse l , but a light-house tender , and had nothin g to do with tho fisheries; thnt some, of the cre w , boarding the cutter, nsked what a brass jjun was for on bon rd a light-house vessel^ and woro told that It was to to put on B ird Rock as n Ri ?:<nl gun; thnt , noting on these as surances , tho Kuola O, proceeded to fish , nnd the next day the Cap Join of the cutter ourno down stream and laid in umbush , as he af terward informed them , from noon until 0 o ' clock in tho rvoning, waiting for the wind to ' ' .lu away, so thnt the schooner could not ¦ esenpo , when , with three (ndli ' iK and sev- en white men , nil arme d he oame ulong- sldo nnd boarded the chooner ; thnt he then read his commission nnd took charge of the vessel , ordering one of his men to the wheel ; thnt , when charg ed with his duplicity by Cnpt , Cunningham , ho re- plied thnt he had no right to give Ameri- cans infor m ation ; that thoy must look out for themselves. The sohooi.or was taken to Fi.tlior Point; telegraphs were exchanged wi th tho authorities at Ottawa , nnd the schooner was towed to Quebec by tho steamer Dm Id, A Chicago woman committed miioido boonuHo nho thought her soul was lent. The nan er lM. ©It* ff lmvikv. . d JOB PRIN TING Done at Short Notice and at price * that daiy competition. I Correspondents and Canvasser * wuted In «t- ery village.
