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W. H. THOMAS. Editor. DEVOTED . TO HOMÉV INTERESTS, LITERATURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. ,1 i'. •I.BOaYaar. In Advano«;' s a YOL. I. WOLCOTT,- WAYNE C0‘.',' -1875'. * ------ _ ___ -V-- » - •»« • V/ * -» f -tr <»? i ! > 7 NO. ir. : Aspirations, ^^JOnr aima .oro all too high ; wo try ■./if* To gaiu tlio sumuiit at a bouud, i ^ .W Iien wo flUouId rcacli it btcp by step, S S ir Ami climb th e ladder round by round. V / W o would clim b the heights sublim e J* Or brcatlib tiio purer air of lifo, <h-} Mnht not expect to rout lu euc, ■‘f,•<»' jjut bi’Rce h m w c lf fo r toil or strife. V Wo should uot in our blindness acek f To gra«p ulono fo r graud and ffioat, >‘I^DiHilaiuing ovorv smaller good; l ’or triflea mako tlio aggregate. *Jj5XmVif a cluud should hover o'er j f v ’-' Our vroary pathway liko a pall, 'So iKem em lor, God permit* it there, And liis good purpose reigns o'er »11. ut -i* ¡■-¿-cJjifo ihoiiJd bo fu ll o f earnest work, »?vJjU.Our heartn undanliod by Sortnnos frow n ; L e t portjoveruuco conquer into, And morit uctee tho victor'« crown. til i ? ‘° *H not t0 l*ia a^roui»i \•:* Tho ruco in not nlwaya to tho f l e e t ; - % ’ 'And ho who ttcokfl to pluck tho Htartt . .i> WUU oho tho J owc I h at hit* feet. '* ; ? SALVATION BY FIRE. Ji/.-V A Temperance Wt«ry. 'h. J “ X^rtiuk, w o n ’ t you stay nfc h o m o w ith > b a b y mid mo to-night?” said h ia _ littlo ^ rw ife, N e llio Foss, laying her liim iV o n h is ( i j i , and lo o lu n g iij», with h e r brow n s e y e s full o f lo v in g entreaty, as I ic r you n g ...husbaud was about leaving tlio liouso. O h ! I w o n ’ t stay long, N e l l i e , d e a r ; ‘ I only want to sou Tom K e n n n r d on a - . S i l o business and will co m e hom o .-e a r ly ,\ lio rep lied , as lio wont o u t quick- ¿Jj.nnd cloned tho door. -jiXis w ife w e n t sadly into the littlo sit- yK n g loom and resumed her sow ing. > ■-“.Tw o years before, thin y o u n g couplo luid begun lifo together, and a ll w a s fnir v l o view and n o t a cloud d im m e d tho bright (iky; b u t shortly tlio clou d s began \y'to gather slow ly, and now was heard tie.ru m b lin g o f tho Reproaching »torm . -'/ ■ 'I t was tho old story, w h ich m any, \'\i’iaany wivo3 lm v o learned, thu first glass :.\;'lndiilgod iu w ith no fenr o f da n g e r , and . .thu gradual strengthening o f th o grasp ‘ o f the demon upon the lsved liusbnud, -which brin g s him down to tho low e s t '■¡\degradation and vien, and tho dopend- . ,v, e a t w ife and children to m o 3 t abject y-jpiisery and poverty. ’ ;ii- Frank was a noble y o u n g m a n at iSheart and lo v e d liis wifo and ch ild , but '■'£tfeo tem p ter had come behind tho ram i; ■'. a f ..friendship, and despito tho en treaty o l'liis wife, and warning o f Irion d s , tho .-;.?yi«ing man -wai yielding s lo w l y but ’•?lir e l y , evory day getting fu r t h e r from ; ! 'i u that was g o o d and pure in l if e . ;J?'\y<Tom Konnavd wa3 a reckless, unpriu- ‘ ^' ^ p le d man, m id his iiiilu e n e o over rank was n o th in g IcsH.tban a ^ u r a o . . _ Ie t / r '< one o f tlioao poculiai'ly'fasoiiiat- . fag, agreeable men whom it is ho liavd , t l bo angry w ith and to b r e a k away ■ ■ Jkoni, even w h en on « knows th c r o is '■ s i ? I1ffor *n ^ 10^r very proucnce. i t t/Mrs. Foss sat thinking m o u r n fu lly of i- J l f t r husband, and praying, oh, no oam - ■5-/?,»tly, for H e a v e n to savo him , fo r could '¿‘¿■JBbero bo any other hope ? •if .-i-.' Tho bitter tears were still f a l l i n g when Jou Tlardy camo in uunnnounced, and /..fciiutl her. was a stauuch friend o f b o t h hus- 5 % b in d and w ifo, and before F r a n k hail i'r'jfb llen am o n g e^-il coinpauionfi, h a d been > S i s nearest and most intimate frie n d . IIo J f c a d dono all that man could d o , to w in - V ■ F rank from liis Bin. but w ith o u t avail. ... V - ' H o needed not to ask tho cause o f the tears; did ha n o t know o f old , th e w h o le \■ ..»isorablo story ? ■ '\y y H o w tho you n g mother sat w e e p ing, - night after n igh t, as tho hou r s dragged , ^’slowly on, w a itin g for tho retu r n o f him ' ...who had prom ised so m a n y tim e s to ' break away from evil associations and • the allurem ents of tlio fatal cu p ; how >iliat husband would como r e e li n g homo ’ ’ at tlio m id n igh t or early m o r n in g hours, ' «tii(iafied b y drink, and B in g in g foolish ' '-»nd obsceno songa, how th a t husband . ; had, wliou inflam ed by tho liq u o r , oven ..raised his hand against tho lo v i n g w ife pb e had prom ised, before G o d nrnl man, - ;■ i i 0 'l01101' nl\ l cherish. 'M rs. Foss lto k e d up as the you n g m a n entered tho room , but her o n ly greetin g . , ' ~.was a frc 3 h outbiu'at o f grief. ■,£- '* Has he gon e out again ? \ h o asked, ^compassionately. ’;- VT}' “ lio said ho must Beo K e n n a r d on ' •\„v'Ronio business, but I am a fra id o f that ':: ' ; l *iiau; F r a n k was good and n o b lo u n til he him, m id wo would bo so h a p p y if /;Vj.ho would le t drink alone. I h a v e plead- '\■i.'-'ed with him , and ho has p r o m is e d again ;-‘«n d again, b u t ho forgets w h e n lie gets ; :',';^ w a y from hom o w ith those w ic k e d m e n ,” ■ho said, fiobbingly. C i - ' \ “ I t is h a r d ,\ ho replied, “ w o must in evory w a y pussiblo, to w in him back. I w i ll g o down town,- an d i » r ’ .haps I m a y fin d him and g e t h im to come -'i'i’ih o m o w ith m e ,” saying w h ich lio turnod •'•.jij’Mid was g o n e before bIio co u ld thank “ '-J? him. f , ' jp $ i. Ab ha reached the street h o fo u n d that • ^ a 'fitorm w a s rising fast, th e om inous i o f distant thunder co m in g faintly •|fV \to his ears, w h ile an occasional flash o f .-^ • «ligh tn in g tV rew n blinding g la r o oyer i X ^ l i o houses and pavemont3 as l i e hurried ‘® l along. ; ■’ try H o lland's first,” ha mnt- teced, and w a s soon before th a t estab- a group o f men, somo h a lf tipsy and,all looking ve r y m u ch frig h t e n e d ., i i T lie: bar tender -was am o n g them,- aiid approaching him, J o o nsked tho canso o f tho fire, f ¡ i t , ~ “ l i g h t n i n g struck,” h o J answered, w ith a eurao ; “ nnd tlioro’s all that . 1 old bourbon’ and best brandy- goin g ./ Foss | was just’taking a drink w h o n ” — \W a s Foss in th e r e ? ” interrupted H a rdy ; “ w k e r o is ho now , lias lia ooino out ?” • - l ■ “ I don’t laiow , ho-was just going to drink when tlio lig h t n in g struck and knocked him over. H a d hard work to g e t out ourselves w ith o u t looking after him .” G rasping a rope w h ich la y near, Hardy quickly tied it about liia waist and crie d : “ I f I don’t cem o back myself, pull mo out f” - , H e was rushing th r o u g h tho door whon a firem a n stop p e d him. “ You can’t livo in tliero f o r u moment,’.’ ho said. “ Hut I m u s t; let m o g o , \ ami break ing, away lio vanished in tho smoke. Tlio crowd outsido w a ited breathlessly and at len g th grow excited. “ You’d butter pu ll that man o u t i f you want to save him , prob a b ly suffocated beforo this,” said a bystander. Jlist then from tho in s ide of tho burn ing bu ildin g cim o th e cry “ P u ll! 'p u l i r ' , D raw iug sw iftly b u t eoutiously they soon had tho body n e a r the «ntrancc, when a fireman b r a v e ly sprang through th o . ilamcs and in a m o m ent liad tho motionless form out in t o the street. Bruised, burned and blackened, tho body was y e t recogn ized as Frank F o s s ! • “ F o r H e a v e n ’s sake whero .is Joo H a rdy?” was tho cry. Suddenly a loud shout, and froin an upper w indow a fo r m up rang to tho l ground striking h e a v ily upon his side. I H o was qu ickly raisod from tho earth I and carried to a n e igh b o r in g store. , I t was Joe H a r d y b u t how changad ! ; H is hair and w h iskers burnt entirely I off; his garm ents >torn and burnt almost from his p e rson, and faco a n d hands burned 1 terribly. N o bones w o r e broken by his ! fall, but lie was severely bruised. H o ! was brought to consciousness after a few , moments’ labor and scut 'carefully home. I t sooms ho fou n d h is way into tho saloon and. stum b led u p o n tho body of his friend, and, b e in g unablo to carry him out, had fastened tho rope around 1 his body and gave tlio signal to pull. ; H o then in somo w a y , h e could not tell I how, found his w a y up stairs, and fought ■ his way to tho w in d o w and sprang out. , Ho recovered com p letely from his in- i juries. ' A s for Frank, he was n o t much injured, | boyond tho burns and bruises, and ‘ Bpeodily grow w e ll. I t is hardly necossnry to say that, from that tim e, ho had 110 m o r e to do w ith Kennnrd, nor frequ o n ted tho dram shops again. W hen ho camo w h o lly to himself, ho rem em b ered that ho w a s raising tho glass o f liqu o r lo liis lip s when tho bolt from lieavou outerod th e window, dash ing tho cup from h is hand, stunning him, and setting tho saloon 011 tire. H u n g 1111011 tho w a ll in his room you may (hid a picture w h ich represents tliia scene. Joo H a r d y is g r a t e fu lly regarded as ono o f the instrum ents used in this, his “ Salvation as b y fire .” I t was n terrible euro, but it seem ed to com o from heaven, and was.a m ost effectual one, and happi ness reigned in the hom o where the demon liad a footh o ld bu t was cast out. In a Detroit Court. “ You farm , do y o u ? ” inquired his honor as J o lm T a y lor, a man aged forty- live, Blid out nnd m a d e liis bow. “ Yes, sir.” “ F a r m ing is a n o b le profession,” eou- tinuod his honor. “ I used to bo tin agriculturist and I b e li e v e that tho hap piest hours o f m y l i f e were.spent ia hoe ing cranberries, d ig g in g dried apples and husking cucumbers. N o thing pleased mo so w e ll as to r a j ou t beforo \.break- 1 fast, pick up n corn cutter and m o w | thrco or fou r tim e s around tlio meadow. And such noblo sunrises and such m oon ligh t nights as w o u s e d to have: A h ! John Taylor, i f I w e r e back among tho bloating pigs, gru n t in g olieep nnd crow ing lambs I bcliovc I would bo better off.” “ I ’m sorry, sir,” said the prisoner, as a long pause ensued. “ F o r what? O h y e s ; yon nro charged w ith drunkonness. I w a s thinking of tho m erry days when I sat under tlio waving applo- trees nnd look e d out upon tho blossom ing corn-fields and tho budding E a r ly R o s e potatoes. Yes, M r Taylor, the charge is drunkenness, and now speak up liko a liardfisted son of toil and tell m e i f it is tru e or false.” “ Y o u see, I was g o i n g up tho larboard ;• side o f W o o d w a r d avenue, when a fe l low carrying topsails ran across m y bows,, a n d ” — “ H o ld on, sir,” sa id his honor, lean ing over tho desk, “ I ’ll teach you, sir, to lie to an old man lik o m e ! i ’ll make it sixty days, sir— s ix t y lon g days in tho H ouse o f C o r r e c t ion ! ” ;'>:;'.';ï;G °in g in ho walked b o ld ly up to ¡H-Císllio bar and asked tlio man i f m t . Foss •. 6 'i.>'ty r‘1s there. “ H o was h e re an hour í- 'í ' f i j Ills person addressed. a g o , ” rep lied “ Y o u w o n ’ t get S K g i i m hom e t o - n igh t,\ ho rep lied , w ith a '^ ¿ t fic iid is h g r in , “ he and T o m * r * on a jelly spree. ” •W ithout a w o rd ho turned »w a y and another saloon. Th e storm was now at its h e igh t, the ■¡Mii ™ n liea t in g down fiercely, w h ile, the S ? # bias' lig h t n in g flashed and q u ivered ; in tUe air, and the terrific peals o f thunder Rcemed to shake the T e r y ground. ^ I c H c e d l e « o i a ll Joo went b a c k and forth ' .’ Si'searching in vain for his frie n d , drenched -'*1 1 thronSli and weary and a lm o s t despair s ' “ (?■ 'S E H e v is ite d saloon a fter saloon, rum *||||£shbps;of a ll grades, but h is search was ' ^unsuccessful, and at len g t h h e turned ■toward h o m e thoroughly disheartened. S u d d e n ly ho heard th e c r y o f fire raised, and hurrying a lo n g h e soon reached H o lland's saloon, f r o m th e doors aodr.windows o f which th e * th ick black «m o k e w a s p o a n n ff in g- ea t volum e *. ' Ghrttead a ¿root t i th« boUdinc w w Enrly'Modcs of Execution. T l i o early modes o f execu tion . w e r e barbarous iu tho extrem e . ' \A m o n g them cru c ifixion and em p a lem o n t w e r e ’ ! tho m o s t common. C r u c ifixion p r e v a iled 1 a m o L g m ost eastern n a tion s .'\ T l i o llo - m a n s rcseryed it fo r a l o w class o f ^crimi-' nal«,Tind i t was inilioted bytiie^Jewlj.only. uudor..Rom ans.ruld. i C foaaeat-V e rbinot u s u a lly liig li, but tho co n v ic t s ’ fe e t w e r o w ith iu easy,reacli from .tho ground. T lio lio m j u i cross' had a 'pin ’ -p r o jectin g from - th e m idd lo to supjiort tho b o d y and keep tho hands from tparing ou t. T lio m e thod a d o g t e d r in , cruciri.yon-was fo r r fou r _ a p l-' d iers to draw'tho con v ict u p w ith ropes and set him on the p r o je c t in g p e g in,-tlio cen t e r . • T h o a r m s and fe e t -w ero’ tlion bou n d and nails' d r iv e n through them . Soin o tim e s tbo(miseral>le viotim s .lin g e r ed in agony for two days! \ ~ E m p a lem o n t was tho sp littin g o f the b o d y on a ixiinted ■ s take.' T h is m o d o lin g e r e d hi Tu rkey u n t il recent tim e s. T h o Turks, however, h a d a va r iety o f m o d e s o f puuishmont. “ H m y in g them in a va s t mortar used o u ly fo r that p u r p o s e ,” was tho m odo o f death sp e c ially reserved for muftis. D e a t h b y tho in fliction ro f tho knout (n o w h a p p ily abolish e d ) is thus d e scrib e d : T h i s ia a kind o f w h ip,[C o n s isting o f a th o n g o f thick leather cu t triangulrirly, W j O t a feet long and an inch b r o a d ,' ta p e r in g to the p o in t, and fix e d to a w o o d o u -haudle Bomo t w o fo o t long. T h o sign n l ia given; tho execu t ion e r m akes som o stepB forward,- w ith his b o d y bent, h o ld in g tho knout in b o t h hands, -wliilo tho tlio n g drags betw e e n his legs. .O n c o m in g .to about thi-eo^or ■iaur .p a c c * o f hie vic t im ho raises tho kn o u t vigorou s ly a b o v e liis head, and lu s tnutly b r in g in g it d o w n w ith r a p idity t o w a r d 'l ii s ’ k n e e s the tlio n g flios into tho air, w h istles, de- ocouds, and clasps th o b o d y o f tho su f fe r e r as w ith a circle o f iron.. * * *: T h o ilesli is not m a shed, bu t pouuded, oru s h e d ; tlio blood rushes from a ll parts, thu sufferer bccom cs g r e e n and blue. “ W h o n , ” BayB tho M a r q u is do Custine,- a crim in a l is condem n ed to m o r e than a h u n d r e d etrokcs o f the knout, tho execu tio n e r humanely k ills h im b y strikin g h im at tho third b low on a m o rtal part. ” B u t this was not lilw a y x i>erm itted. A n o t h e r most fearfu l llu s s ia n pu n ish m e n t w h ich-resu lted in..dcath£.waa; b y rods. In 1811 *11 fe a r fu l exam p le \took pln c e , tho victim Iiein g a serf w h o had sh o t his lord. Ho' was condem n e d t « six thousand strokes o f rods. S ix thousand m e n worn ranged in p n r a llel linen,-' n rm cd w i t h sm a ll sticks o f g r e e n w o o d . Th o condem ned ivas couducted in a cart rs- c o r t e d b y somo m oil to tlio place o f pun ish m e n t. H ish a n d s w e r o fastened t ig h t ly to th o mouths o f tw o m uskets crossed ,to th o h e igh ts of tho b a y o n e ts w ith w h ich th e y w e r o aimed. I n th is situation tho hands rested on ' tho barrels, and the p o in t s o f the' b a y onots 'u p o n th 6 ” b roast‘ o f tho criminal. A t t e n d e d b y tw o sub- o llicers, ho passed slo w ly , w ith officers h o l d in g the bayonets on cith e r side, d o w n the lino, eneh s o ld ier deliberately s t r ik in g him as ho passed. A n eye-w it- 11033 B a y s - T h e execution was suspended at stroke ¿,019, wlieu tho m an -wns taken to h o s p i tal. Seven months la t e r ho was brou g h t ou t to have it finished, b u t died at tho com m e n c e m e n t'of execu tion. HOW YOUR BUSetlR WORKS. A Damaging Statement. T h e C h icago T r ib u n e states that a largo part o f ih o n lleged distress in.Kan- sas is fe ig n e d fo r obvious purposes. One instanco is m e n tioned where a lo t of persons g o t up a story of losses b y locusU, g o t i t ind o r s e d by careless local authorities, and _on th is ruined a large araoiuitof m o n e y in Cleveland,Cincinnati, and elsewhere. T h e local officers have since inqu ired in to th e matter, and find that no loss t o Bpeak o f has been suffered b y tho parties. T h e s e parties are still lieggin g aid, and th e ir succcss is en couraging others to. d o likewise, and a general spirit o f cu p id ity and mendi cancy is s p reading o v e r the State. I t ia at least im p o rtant th a t the distributors o f charity discrim inate against im postors. __________________________ C u s t a r d C a k e .— O n e enp of sugar, one e g g and one-third o f a-cup of butter; pnt togeth e r and b e a t to. a cream; then add one cap o f sw e e t m ilk, two cups o f flour, one teaspoonfu l o f soda and two. teaspoonfula o f cream o f tartar. .JBako in je l l y tins. C o s tard for inside— ono and one-half cups o f milk, two eggs (reservin g one w h ite i f frosting is de sired), o n « tab lesp o o n fol of corn starch and one cap of wagta. Flavor to «uit tlM t M t e . Means to G e t llic li. T o n or tw e lvo,years a g o there w a s a m in e r w o rking in tho u p p e r levels o f tho C o m s tock mine, N e v a d a , ut S t p e r day. H o l iv e d i n a littlo cabin dow n tho canyon, .d i d his own cooking, a n d w h istled softly “ T h e r e ’ s ii' g o o d , tim o . com in g ,;ljoys. -To-day-that m iner w nlksnbbu t'tlio streets o f V irg in ia City, as cording as in tho old d a y s ; he dresses' a io i b e t lc r than any or d in a r y gentleman, a n d eats 110 better fo o d than a conscientious ed itor-ou g h t to have. ‘ .A n d yet,’ as* l i i s ' fortune] is rutcd in 'tlio ' stock list'd a ily, lio is so rich that, w e r o his stocks tin n e d into m o n e y , I 10 c o u l d ‘ lend S c o t t 'ftlu it 370,000^000 I 10 w a n ts and have en o u g h le f t to livo com fo r t a b ly u p o n .--H e --cou ld ,\u n a id e d , go dow n nnd open, n t 'liiif ow n expense, the D a r ie n canal; or Bhould his fan c y run th a t w a y , I 10 could...advertise-to-m o rrow th a t 't h o G o v e r n m e n t' th r o u g h 'liim ? lrad determ in e d - t o p r e s u m e .im m e d iately specie.paym ent, a m V p r e t t y .nearly make th e prom iso good. H e could en d o w a co lle g e iu each Stato o f tho U n ion w ith 82,800,000 each, or could, bu ild a doublo tra c k narrow-gauge railroad’ fro m San F r a n c isco to N o w Y o r k , and boIvo at onco tho problem o f cheap transporta tion . Thcro is no telling,- indeed, what h e m ig h t do; but w h a t h e w ill do is ap p a r e n t enough. H e w a s hero w h en th irty fe e t o f ore near the, surfaco was a b ig ‘m in e .. A t 1,000 fe e t ; h o ;lias, fou n d it th r e e or four tim es as w id e : ‘ H o believe3 a t 4,000 ho w ill strike i t 500 fe e t w ide, a n d g o t rich, and ho i s g o in g f o r it. . I'eiBOMMg W a l l P a p e r .“’- ^ D r . H o m b c rg, o f S tock h o lm , liasniadc som e investigations rela tin g to tho char a c t e r tit atm osphere in apartm e n ts hav in g the walls covered -with papers w h ich csn tain arsenical p igm e n ts. T l i o paper .of tho. room in.’ w h ic h '.th e ' experim e n ts v/ero conducted liH d ' a lig h t green grou n d , w ith an ornam e n tal pattern o f ft brow n ish yellow c o lo r ; this y e ll o w wns p r o b a b ly derived fr o m on oclior; bu t'th o g r e e n resem bled S c h w e iu fu r t green , and ■was s trongly aacnienl.- \ A n arrangem e n t w a s mado - for d r a w in g a 'c u r r e n t 'o f riir th r o u g h a series o f IJ-shapcd and bu lb e d tubes, suspended o n the w a ll. T h e passage-of. a ir ^ras contin u e d from J u ly 10 t o August lC, 1873; -and i t wns calcu la t e d that during t h is tim e abou t 2 , 100 ,- 00 0 cnbic centim e ters o f air h o d trav- erscd the system o f tubes. - Som e o f the tu b e s had been p l u g g e d w ith- cotton w o o l, w h ile others contained a solution o f nitrate of silver, an d at tho term ina tio n o f - the experim e n t the c o n t e n t s 'o f th o tubes 1 ' w ero .. s e p a r a tely exam ined. T h e results show e d -that'there hod been an arsenical inhalation. ' ' ‘ Sot So Bad It is .so fashionable, am o n g ¿a certain cla w , to 'abuse I r is h m e n attcl tw it'tlie m o f th e ir convivial tem p e ram e n ts that i t is g r a t ify in g to learn that, statistics f o r nine m o n ths.of.the year 1874, the lost.quarter o f the year not b e in g inclndcd, show thnt,-; w h ile^iii, /Englond-andzBcot’aid th e r e wan a’ v e r y m a r k e d , increase in the consum p tion o f in t o x ieatin g liq u o r s over the. corresponding p e r io d o f th e previous yifcr/ tttn'was*- a large declia* in ' &e h m b I ooiMMd i* Znlasd. •: .A i.'i > \-. J ■ Ilia Tm I* n i l u la OkaM win-Hairi Nafc . ■ . . .- V ¡/.'-.i' j*. -. Ml T h o Sail Fnu iaisoo 0 CW/< thuai treats of. ,u Bubject.which lias. a. d a y reo o f .interest ’in tlieso liard ' tim ò a wjuin thióv'es., liavo so'm u ltip lied ‘ 1’l‘ ' ' ’ Tliero is b u t' lit t l i ” 'diKrence betw een, the tools o f a.firs^olaM .burglarandthose of,a n honest ldekam iU L jfor th o ,la t t e r is ofton called u p o ii t ^ .p^ck locks' and to: open safes w h e n keyname-lost a lid j tim o 1 is-pressing. ■ T h e r e -arè 1 tenie instrninciits,. o f course, such.as <darkilautem -aud a r e volver pistol,-n o t rcquired by.th e .b o n M t tradesman in h is /.biism «», tU a t'ar« all' 'im p o rtant'to tlie p r o fea fó iia l'tiò r g là i', ' ’ •' ¡ ’A ' flrat-ola«! ou tflt', â <iitrk lantern, silen t m atclios, wax t a p e r ,-revol ver, ulurgo p r im in g knife (useful f o r cut ting out door panels), n. piilette knifo, tliiu. 'and pliant, fo r opening w indow s (b y insòrtioiv b e tw e e n tho sashes, ho as to push back tho H p riugfastcning); a jim m y or small crow b a r, about a fo o t in length, and splayed or crow -footed at 0110 end, skeleton keys,’w ith 'w a r d s at each end, called 1 “ doublo en d c r s ,\ w ires t o ' l i f t lock tum b lers, and a center bit. T h is is a compiuto set o f ordinary tools, and m ay bo earn e d w ith caso iu a sm a ll car pet' bag. H a ll door look s aro.large, m aasivo and usually tako a v e r y largò and apparently com p lex w a r d e d k e y ; but.tlio,.burglar is Well aivaro that m a n y o f tlieso w a rds aro superfluous. I f lie wants to mako a key for such a lock ho cuts out a blank key in tin, 011 c sido o f w h ich ho covers with w «x. W a r d s b e in g sim p lo obstructions fixed in tho locks, ho lias ,ouly .to, care fu lly insert tho blank aud turn i t gently to receivo an im p ression o f them 011 tho wax. F r o m this 'im p ression a k e y is easily .forged ou t o f strong : iron ’ wire. Som etim es tho doors aro oponod ¡with the pick lock, w h ich actsby w o r k in g out- sido tho wards, reaching th e ' b o lt .that w a y ; but i t requ ires m ore d e x t e r ity than tlio otlior, a n d is successful o n ly in tho hands o f tlio practical thief. T I 10 success o f the burglar w lion «p c r - \ating on w a r d e d locks caused them ' at length to bo discarded from banks and m oney houses 111 fa v o r o f tho l e v e r ' or tum b ler lock, and ,tho th ief’s skeleton key found them s e lves bent w ith n o c ffoct in en d e a v o rin g t o open them'. S o ' tho locksm ith had to bo circum v e n ted by fresh m eans and Ì l i o jack-in-tlio b o x won' invented. Its ob ject was to;,forco tho lock o f f or to ren d tlio cubo so that tho bolts m igh t bo drawn back. ' T h is was accom p lished b y insertin g a , T shaped b o ll o f iron in tho lock .and then by means o f the jack (an adaptation o f tho principio o f the. lover and screw ) rend ing op*n tho lock.. T h is plan w a s . p r e vented b y in t r o d u c in g v e iy sm a ll keys and p la c in g ' th e 1' tum b lers,\ etc./above ¡U 1 Ü sm a ll kuyihi>lfc?3tii-;SV-ci‘. H a v in g been defeated for a ,lo n g while at tho silfo Took, th e y at length., d iscov ered n n e w plan, w h ich wns to attack the hinges, pressin g them off by means of pow o rful levers., I 11 this m anner tho safo of.a la r g o firm iu London w a s open ed, and an im m e n s o quantity'\of valu ables stóleii. Th'ó firm brought an ac tion againstl th e safo makers, ' w h o had sold them tho safo as thief p r o o f,' to ro- covqr.dam a g es, and for tho defense tho .burglar,-who had been captured a n d sen tenced, w a s p la c e d ' o n tho, stand, and do- posed thàt t h e r c 'w a s no nafo m o d o that could resist an attack properly m a d e, on its hinges. A fter.: this trial tho ;safe m akers’ oountcr-sunk- their hinges, and at tho p r e s e n t tim o wo may sa fely say that t h o 't h ief'h iu i th c 'w o r s t'of tho battle. A fte r tho lo c k 'lia s been overcom o the bnrglar has o ften to remove d o o r bolts, T o do this it is sometimes necessary to cut out one of^thojw n c ls. .T h is used „to be' effe’cted b y 'm e a n s o f a fine saw. N o w an instrum e n t -calkxlc'a ipanol-cutter is' used. A stron g stem , with g im le t point, is thrust in t o th e center o f tlio panel. .Throu g h this stem slides a crossbar, car ryin g at one, e x trem ity a sharp-cutting tool, w h ich can b o ‘ adjusted to m o v e at any req u ired ra d ili«. A t the head o f the stein is a double-arm e d lover, which works tho w h o le machine. T h is instru m ent w ill m a k e a h o le in a fow m inute* largo en o u g h ’to adm it tho bu r g lar’s arm or the b o d y - o f a small b o y ; 'nnd tho door is q u i c k l y unfastened. T h o only safeguards uro to havo the d o o r lined w ith slieetiron o r studded w ith nails ir regu larly disposed. . . E v e r y b o d y kn o w s that the t h i e f 'nel' dom, i f over, b r e a k s .in to a house 011 all thé particulars concerning w h ich .lt« is not w e ll posted. - H o knows h o w many peoplo liv e in th e house, and .th e rooms they sleep in, nnd tho hours tlu iy rctiro to rest. W o m e n ‘ and children watch during the day, and tho house-breaker him s e lf b y n igh ts, and this ■ w a tch w ill bo k e p t u p f o r days and nights u n til nil necessary inform a tion lias b e e n ob tained. „ .. T I 10 bu r g lars, who g e n e r a lly g o ' in threes, select tho timo w h en tho police ofllccr has ju s t passed on liis w e o iy round, to com m ence operations. I f you h a v e a v/atcli dog, i t .is dru g g e d ; i f you lm v c .n corrupt servant, ho ha« been perliana bribed. A m o ld has boen taken o f y o u r house k e j f a pan e l-is re m o ved, o r perhaps an entrance has been effected throu g h tho w indow s opening on'the veranda. T lio bu r g lar, w h # has pu lled th ick ' stockings o v e r h is boots, m oves r a p id ly nnd w ithout noise. Pinto niul m o n e y aro his,two great desires, but ho w ill t i k e alm o s t anything rather than g o em p ty-handed. So clevv/ly managed is t h e y h o le , a ffair,that .th e . p e a c e otficars m ay pass b y a door out o f w h ich a panel has been r e p laced f r i t h * sheet o f painted ;or'grained.paper'prr»vi<ied ‘lo r ’ th a t 'pur pose. O u tside n comrade is on guard and tho bu r g lars are careful, n o t to leave the hòìise u n t il the signal th a t tho const is -dear.-.j- Im m e d iately'Ton Ir&toliing tKeir q u a r t e r s 't lio tTiieves ch a n g e their cloU iea;.th o n e x t th in g t o do- is t o ^ e t rid o f th e plunder, than w h ich nothing is easier, i f i t j i o , p late. Jew e ls.are .also r e i ^ l y j ii « p o T O A ;^ . b c t j » p t ,«o prófit^blg /or‘the robb e r s . ’ W ith , a ll th a t i a « - b e en said, th e r e in but littlo dan g e r where p r o p e r precau tions are tiiken. ' T t is a curious faet that these m en, w h o inform them s e lves so carefully as t o whnt 'anU w h e r e th e y caji steal, Tenture little w illin g ly , and. they are careful t o len m ,w h e ther y o u i. W r o bars alone p r ó t é ^ 'y o i i r hotisé'’ property. K e e p n g o o d rtogin m d c r'yo'tir house and. a ,- g n r itfe fc,,W e s s o n at you r haiM^'andl vo n 'll h a r e b u t little trouble bom bnrg- k n , aad if thaj da «mm m tm b d H down,a light..when you g o to,* boo .what is tho rantter. Metropolitan Hotel*. ' ' 1A Frenchm an 011 V vis it to N o w l'ork , writes- to his 1 'paper ’ in T a r is ■ tho- follow -' in g account 1 o f ] tho liotels.of: that eiiy. jT f e de 8 cription ;w ill a n swer foe the hotels .o fa n y .Ia r g o r c ity in . tho United..States. The*w riter says :' E v e r y b o d y knows¡what is to1'lio found in these'hotels with nionu- niuotnl'froutiigo and a thousand rooms.' T h o y lm v e iiverjwherO g r a u d stair*, costly! . carpets, batU-roonis pii e v e r y floor, luxu-. rio'iÍB'diiiing-room's,'elevators for travel- erd, fo r luggage, for Horvants, private or. 'public drawing-room s,’and' elegant bou -'1 ¿taiga fo r ladies. .M.Notking.haa.been'for-- ,jj»ttc n ;riiot evou tlio special chnmbor fo r newly-m arried ikxiplo, ' “ life), we<ldiiig- :room .” ' Cold.iind hot w a tor’ lire' driven up to tho smallest nooks. -.' Gas is every w h ere; tho vexatious.tax o f thoiwax can dle, fam iliar to Europeau , continental hotels, is unknown. T liero is tho olllco whero you can p rocurenrnilroad orstcnm- boat ticket; tliero t l i c barber 1 nliop, tlio ]>apcr or cigar,stand, thcro tho denier in fnncy articles, the jew e ler, tho .druggist, the tailor, tl' 1'0 hatter— t h e y belong to tho liotol. A s ’for tho bar-room , i t ' is g o r geous, and always crow d e d , and next to it is a spacious, h a ll w ith ,halt a dozen billiard tables. Frém Ulvc-rfeUwk in tho m orning until midnight, there’ is fecd ii’g, iinceasiiigly and on a largo scale; breakfast', luncheon, dinner, ten, supper, at certain, hours ami iu regular order. Y o u m ay cat fiv e 1 meals a day,'.sit five tim e s at a table, aiid without feelin g ashamed, for\the're: nro ninny w h o 'd o it. 'F r o m a bill o f faro longer than tlm t.oi any .restaurant, you may .»elect as many dishes as you please; you aro not lim itcd-nor-'chn rged extra. Jlut tho stylo o f .cook iu g iw ill disappoint you, and also tho m anner o f serving. A ll the,dishes arc produced at onco, niul to Koiison them according to your'tasto'you nro confronted by a w h o l e laboratory o f snuces and spices. T lio .licnd cook is probably. French, b i l l lio hna loft tho good traditions behind. H o has to. adapt him self to new requirem ents, and draw» a salary as largo as that o f a minister, as much as 2,000 francs a month.. I t is necessary to com p ly .with tho dis- eip lin « o f tho establishment, and to feel disposed to rout certam ''things only, nt 'e'ertnin hours.- • T ilo unsophisticated foreigner, lost In these deafening cnm- vnn-scricK, frets nnd complains. , H is complaints aro unlicodod , .people liavo not ' timo 1 to notice thorn. I f ho is not satisfied'ho can g o ; he w ill not lm asked to stay, as tliero aro always travelers enough. 1 W liou you cuter you hnvo to leavo you r indivulunlity at the door. • Y o u 'nro no longer anythin g but a num ber, taxed so much a day, except for < wine and 1 other luxurios, .iwhiclil aro extra,,and are ratlisr expensive,,,, .With 'thin‘exception you m a y ttccuro at, the cost o f $1 or 85 all tho advantages o f tho best 'o f thoso caphnrnaiims. Besides this, you do not owo- nuythiug to any body, not oven to tho waiters, negroes, or Irishm en, who, b y tho way, uro,you r equals', render you tho least nnd worst possiblo service, but ilo not bother you by boggin g . , * * ■ * ■ Thoro'.nro whole fam ilies who are fon d of. t h a t ,sort o f life, .who selllo iu hotels.^ T h e y And it more’ -’ convenient nntl cconoinicnl to livo thus; bn-tho w ing, ’than to lmvo a- hom e o f th e ir own, fo r tho borrow ed luxury o f . tlieso Jiired houses is calculated to plciise upstarts nnd .shoddies. Tlicso resident guests, 'alm o s t ns 'num erous as occasional passengers, nro' ensily known. In tho even in g th e ir. Indies cqmo to,. tablo, in ball attire,: with (lowers in their hnir, nnd low -neck dresses. T h e y eat in á hurry; a b s o r b ‘ large'([u a n tities o f ice-wnter, cultivnto a .tnsto for cham- p a g n e ,,an ¡í iiftcni’ard aro .seea promona- dinfe'in long linlls órnnniontéd with look- ing-glasses nnd b r illia n t ly illuminntcd. I t is Vnnity Fnir iu its. crudest display. Using the1 Sam« Towel. He'nlth follows nentuess, and' disease the departure, from it. ..TJ 10 uso o f - t h o fam e tow e l by many, comm on ¡11 a pu b lic plasc, though mwrc, allowable than tlio u s c o f tlio'snine tooth-brush,is, never th e l e s s , 'a ’not much healthier practice. A prom inout oculist nay» that tho con tagious E g y p tian *or grnnulnE inftnmmn- lion, o f th e . eyes ,in , spreading rap idly throughout tho country, ' n'ud adds : “ I hnve in mnny, and I m a y sny in the m a jo r ity o f cases; l>cen ablo to.tracotho d is ease to tho uso o f tho no-callcd ro llin g towels. Such towels nro. generally found irt'eu r country .hotels nntl the 'sleeping npnrtmcnts of the'working-clnsscs, nnd b e in g thus used b y nenrly evory one,’ a re innde thn carriers o f one , o f'tho,m o r>t dangerous, nnd ft-s regards, its symptoms, m ost troublfcsomd d¡senses of tho eye. I therefore would s t r o n g ly recom mend thnt tho use o f th o r o llin g tow e l lie abolished, for.tlioroby, ,we w i l l discard o n o .o f'th o groat- instruments fo r the sprend o f such n dnngerotis disense o f thó.cyo, by w h ich tliousnnds o f w o rking-m en nrc nnnnally doprived o f their menns o f support.” , BETUKX TO SPECIE 1‘AYMEST. . ,-“ .W ii*l Father.Takcfi.” ; - T h e r e is food fo r thought in the.story that told o f a you n g lad who, fo r tho firs t 't im e , nccom panied his, father, to ,n public, dinner. , T l i o “ waiter asked lu m : “ W lin t w ill you take to drink?” H e s i tatin g fo r a m om ent, h o replied: “ I ’ll takor.wliat .father, takes.” j , 1 ’he answer jeaiched his father’s ear, nnd .instantly the fn ll responsibility of, his- position flashed “ upon him .1! Q u icker tlinn’ l i g h t n in g various thoughts pnssed - through his mind,. a o d - in a m o m ent his decision was m ade; ,nnd in. tones tremulous .with ‘em otion, nndr..to ,tlic . nstonishment o f thoso’who were acquainted with him, I 10 said: “ AVaiter, I ’ll 1 toko w a terl\ _ ________ 1 — _ __ U ----- : ------- 1 1 : ,. ! j- Keep t l » Feet W a n a . .’1 ; Jinny of'the^colds which people.^are - said to catch commenco'nt tho feet; To keep these extremities' warm, therefore, is to.efTcct na insnrsnco ngninst tho » 1 - nioet intcrniinablc list of disorders wliich spring ‘out of a “ sKght cold.”’ • First, nCYcr.be tightly shod. Hoots or shoes, when they fit closely, press against .the foot, and provent the free circulation o f tho blood. 1'When;- on tho contrary/they do^not. cmbraco tbe.foot too tightly,- tlM blood gets fair, piny, and the spaces .left between\ t!ie‘lcnther and' s'tdckings \aro filled with a comfortablo supply ~6f warm air. The seocod rul* is aer«r (it ia dMBptkOM. I l w r h u r r A « m » l | > t t i Tkb Alter I hr K n u n - l i m n a W u .. ,, :O n tho. 30th: of: June; 1870, jnst bo- foro. tlio.b r o a k in g out r o f tlio,, war with G o rm a tiy, tlio noto circulation of th« ‘B a n k ’ .of Franco am o u n ted' to two 'liuu- 'd r e d ;,*n d ‘ e ig h t y - e ig h t '1 m illio n ' dollars, -and the' spocie in its;vaults:tri twdilmu-, d r o d and fifty-fou r m illions. ,Thp liabili-t iies^to dep’ositors ■wero small, the entire indebtedness .of tlio bank,' aside from its capital and outstanding 'm ites;'being liut oho hundred and ' tw e n ty-live , million dollars, to offset w h ich tho.-.bnnk' held, besides its. specie nnd fifty millions of gbverum o u t debt, ono hundred and fifty m illion s 'in m ercantile'securities of uncx- cop t ion a b lo' character.- N o notes wero thou oi| 4 f>taudiiig. o f a low e r duuomina- tion than fifty francfi, or ton dollars, and tho spccio outside o f tlio bank, in the hnuds o f the pu b lic, was estimnted to am o u n t to six hundred or eight hundred m illion dollars .1 N o bank notes i were p e n n itted to circulnto except those issued b y tho bunk. 1 ’ ' ' \ A s :wd nil know, uo sooner was tho war b e g u n thnu tho characteristic .timidity o f tho French peoplo m anifested itself 111 a ruu fo r gold and silver. A fter paying ou t seventy-five m illion dollnrs in spccio,' and nenrly dou b lin g its lonns anu dis counts,' tho.- bank -was directed ;by, tiio Corpi>-Lr>gir,latif to uuapend.apccio })iiy-, monts, though ono hundred nud,,eiglity- 0110 m illions in spccio still remained in its vaults, or'nbout tw ice;tlio aniont held b y tho bank o f liu g lu n d 'u t tho 'snine date. It, was not beunuso the bank,did .not oxpand tlio circulation o f it* notes. Tho nggregato o f th » noto issue', ‘when it reached its liigliest poin t—-on t lio !)ls t o f O c tober, 187!), wliou tho last installment o f t l i c indem nity j'.vns paid to Germany, — wns six hu n d r e d ,, niid ,, fouitocn' m illion dollars; , '<ir moro ' ’ than doublo tho’ circulation'' previous to tho war. -H o w cau ,wo ncconntifor tho fact that tho paper, thou g h doubled in qiuui- ( ity, was «0 littlo doprocinted?, .T h o ex planation lies ill tho fact ‘ thnt only mifll- cicn t pnjier wns issued to fa k e : tho placo o f tho ■ c o in ) w h ich was :hoardod ■ or ex ported to G o rm a n y in settlement o f ,the lndonm ity. H a d , tho bnnk formerly issued its notes in such quantities'and denom inations rs to banish gold and silv e r from nil: ordinary, trsnsactioiw,.' as had. boon, .dono, b y ,tho. bunks ,of,j tho U n ite d ’ States b e fore 1861, tho courmt w h ich w n s ' afterw a rds adopted would lm v o produced tho sumo effects that fol-' low e d hero. ..Tlio prem ium on gold would hnvo risen;.enorm ously,; and nil creditors, w o u ld hnve been defrauded. O f tho notes o f tho Im n k outstanding 'on the 29th of; January,'1874, one'hnmired and fifty, 1 m illion dollars wore in denomina tions .o f five, tw e n ty, nnd twonty-tlvo :frnncs, nnd tlioso o f five nnd twenty-flvo francs hnd already - ijeoii- considerulilj- dim inished. Th e s e notes r merely re-.' placed tlio g o ld uiidsilvorpiocos iu which mnall payments, w ero form e rly mado. I fad pajier already been 'substituted far these coins it is eviden t thnt the Addition o f n frosh issue - w o u ld liavo produced exnctly tho connoquciices wliich^followed in our own ease— a real inflation o f tho currency, nnd its consequent' deprecin- tiou.ns' sliown b y the premium 011 gold.- , N o sooner w e r o the Gormans paid, off than efficient measures wero tnken by tho F r e n c h governm e n t nnd tho bank to re store t ho currency o f tho country to its fo r m e r condition. ' T w o simple things w e r o douu to restore tho former basis: (1 ) Th e governm e n t undertook to ropay tho advances inado to i t by tlio Imnk dur in g tho war, nnd in fourteen’ months re duced its indebtedness ninety-six million dollnrs below the sum at which it stood on tho 23d o f ..Octobcr, 1872, and further ngreed to pny onu hundred and sixty m illion dollars m o r e within four years; ( 2 ) the bnnk used tho ’ monny • repaid • it b y tho governm e n t, and also tiint ob tained by a t im e ly reduction o f it* lonns nnd'discounts, to contract its noto circu lation from 'six hundred and fourteen m illion to five hundred and eight million dollar«, nnd to increnso ,its, specie from ono hundred a n d . forty-llvo million to tw o hundred nnd sixty-six million 'dol lars, nt tho snine tim o replacing nil its tininll notes w ith gold:and silver, as - fast irn they camo in to its possession.*..Dur in g tho w h o le, year o f 1874 spccio hns been flow ing into France from Germany, Englnrtd'nnd Am e r ica, tho excess of im ports o v e r . e x p o r ts fo r ' the liret eleven m onths bein g nenrly, one hundred nnd fo r t y m illion dollnrs. Y e t French trndo Jins not suffered, tho rate* o f iaterest lias bceri'low , nnd no'disastrous effects hnvo follow e d these g r e a t operations. . 1 ', ■ A H e a r tlexV O fflw r . ' III tlio m idst o f n storm in tlio Humber river; Enginnd, tho enptnin'df 'n (iigbont nam ed U llth o r p e , who wns towing six vo'jscis from H u ll, suddenly east off the tow ropes, nnd, leavin g tho vessels in n helpless condition, put bnck with his tug in to H u ll. Cnptnin Swnnwick, liis w ife nnd child w e r e uxponed to grent peril fo r tw o hours on lx * r d ono of the vessoin, ■which vn s leakin g ve r y much,.butnt last th e y wero rescued ,by menus o f ropes. T lio ch ild,'how e v e r , :died in tho arms o f k u c :uuan soon afterword. 1 Swana’ick be- cnmo unconscious, and is still ill, and his w ifo ’s lifo is alm o s t despaired of. A t the inquest oh the b o d y o f tho littlo girl; tlio coroner said lio c o u ld 1 not conceive a m oro dastardly and inhuman act:than U iat.of U lltliorp o in abandoaing the men and , th e ir; w ives in n violont ,galo on n dark night, w h en lio.must 'liavo‘ known th.'it ’n o tliin g short o f J a fmiracle Vmold nave them fro m -: deatruetion. ,-Thfl jiiry, a fter fifteen m inutes’ deliberation, ' .re turned a verd ict o f manslaughter against U lltliorpe, who. ,wns committed for trial nt the'next E in e o ln assiaes.<■ ■1 •' • L a r g « Steam sblp«. , A c w r d in g .to th o / lm c r ica i! jWfinw/oc- tu r c r , tho six largest’ steamships in tlio 'w o r ld nro t K o ’'G r c n t FArtcm'/frifncd b y th e Internation a l Telegraph Construction nnd Mnintenance Company, .674, fe e t long, 77 fe e t b r o o d ; tho C ity o f Peking, somo m onths a g o launched on the D e la w a re river'fcTr'the~T«!llte'M n U Steamship Com p a n y, 0,000 .tons, -.423 feet long, 48 fe e t brood: tho L ig n r iii/ o f tho Pacific Steam N a v igation Company, 4,820 tons, 460 ’ lcet lo n g , 45 fact brood;.tliaiB r it- t«n ie , ,o { tho W h i t e Star line, 4*700 ton?, 455 feet long, 45 fe e t brood;.thc.C ity o f Riclim o'nd, o f the'Inm a n 'line, '4,BOO tons, 4531 fe e t lo n g , 43 feet broad; and tha Bothnia, o f the C u a a rd lias, 4,500 ‘ 4M faat los«, Ut* broad. “ Cool head, wanu feet, ara auro ^ , \ 'v To keep th© doctor ]KK»r ’* *“ * • T o kill tiino— Tako a lioi-so mid 1 sleigh i f . ' : 1 • '<!»■ —_ 3 Isny jMKiplo havo tho faculty o f .' look ing at.overj’thing and seeing uothiug.;:: AVlioii a man is in tho;w rong a n d . p w s it; he admits that ho ia wisof, to-.^ay,tlHm yesterday. ’ . \ ’ ' ' ., A Californm man pounded liis 1 w ife, wns tliied J20, and sho sold lior silk dress to pay tho fine. . !, 1 ■ ) Thoy say that Vm n to Roam ._w»rbles liko n canary. S I k > ought to sing. woU— there aro tw e n ty .choirs iu a Ream . ,1 Ono hundred niiil ton yenrs ago, tliero was not a siuglo w h ite mmi 111 wliatianow K e n tucky, O h io, Indiana or Illinois. ( < ;,''A woiunn’nt Youngstown, Ohio,’-w h o lias an im itation scnl-skiii cloak-, is forced to tell nu'nvorngoof fifteen jlies-per day .to make , f o l k K . l w l ^ f t 4 a ^ ^ ‘ L s « i L ; Fart or a Lie. , '^ And tUo pareou Biade it Uin text tli»t twock, . And.lie, «aidlikov»li«o ^ ; Th»t » H<^wliicU is partl.r tlio tnitb ' ' 1* uver the blackent o f lies 1 ,,f 51 lìiiit ‘a Ha which is all a lio ' j Ì ' M»y ba met and fought witli.outriglit, (ir ■ ■\But a lia which is l> «t of a .truth,, [ .,;,!» a ditttcult a ia t t s r J o ,»(¡tit. <ilt Items,,of interest.* fïp .T \G o v o r n o i; H ii r t r a n f i. o f ’ r e n n n y lv m iia , sily s i i i h is ro c p n t niessago' t h n t F n o 'S laio w i'll bo ( it r ij ip e il o f t im b e r ih th ir t y y e ir t i, tiiilo j s p a in s 1 a r c v taken to.. o lio o k ,;tho waste. A fa n n e r so n t all-or.der. t<>, a L o n d o n tradesm a n fo r a clock', li t ) wriid ho sh o u ld p r e fe r 0110 m a d o b y Te.nipun F u g it, an n il tho b e s t c lo c k s i n ' t l io n e ig h b o r h o o d liiM l'tlia t n a m e 011 thorn.., > > •. , i; , ’ A N o w I ln v o n o rg a n b u ild o r, h a s ,.in vented »11 a p p n r n lu s by.,w h icli i\ fbunt) of b e lls can lio p la y e d a.s a ir a c o Q rrip a ln m e n l t o 1 m i org a n ',' an d be Connected''ftfid' do- taclle d fro m tlio 'lu M t r u m e u t b y a B t o p . '. i ' ' T l i o in o i* 'in o f t e n s iv e 'tilin g s w jqiri .to tu r n dan g e rou s in these days. « A N o w H a v e n m a n w a s m n o thored th e oth e r day b y a neal-sl:iu ca p 'w h ich , d r o p p iid 'o v e r Ius faiio w lie ii h o f e l l i n ' ‘an o p ile j it iu fit. ’ A sixtecn-year-old Atchison (K im ; ) libs broko into a billia r d snloou, tlip, otlior d a y ,» and cni'ried; uw .iy,,«!! , the billiard balls, ;beeauHO her father .spoilt all Inn money there and Ucni^il'her ii n'ow silk dross.' : ' ' :1 ' \An E n g lish ju d g e has rofusod to sentence n wom an convicted o f killing lkcr husband,- because, tlio dcceaJiod was iu tho hnbit o f draggin g her nround by the. lniir, k ick in g her niul rollin g 'h e r down stairs. ’ • ’ A C ic e r o la w y e r p ic t u r e d th o menuno«« o f an o p p o u e u t b y s a y in g t h a t i f h is so u l sh o u ld .Ik», p la c e d , iu s id o of, n m u s tard seed, i t w o u ld lia v e as m u c h p la y r o o m us 'a w o o d c h u c k w o u ld lm v o in th e S t . i t l' o f Conn e c ticut.' I ' • Tlio iSarutof/imt any» tho mo/vslos lia v o assum e d nu 'e p id e m ic . f o r m ill tho sou th p o r t o f tho co u n t y , a t t a c k in g o ld nnd V o u a g n liko , a n d w h a t is Btrnngo, v io le n t ly a t t a c k in g th o s o ’'th n t la id M iilleied from tlm ’ d is e a s o before. ' r, N e a r ly 13,000,000 pou n d B o f rie o fro m tho s u r p lu s sto r e s co lle c t e d b y the, B r i t is h Buthoritios in In d ia , fo r th o re lie f o f the fliifforors i n th o fam ine, w e ro r e c e n tly so ld at B o m lia y n t ' » lo s s to tho g o v e r n m e n t o f o v e r - f i/ t y p e r cent. . : I t lo o k s lia d to mco a d o g p r o « i* l ii ig l ii s m a s ter dow n U 10 street, an d ca h n ly tu r n dow n th e s t a ir s to, t lio firs t imiIooii lio ap proaches. ,.i;t sho w s t h c r o is \ s o m e th in g w rong,' so m e t h in g lu c k in g ,' a ' d c p lo r n b lo tendency 011 th o jm r t o f t lio dog. 1 S o m e b o d y lia s b e e n - s u g g e s tin g .in ,t|io U o s ton A flvcrlixcr tlia t i f each citizen ^ if tho U n it e d S t a tes w o u ld g iv e a |iil\Tor spoon to tho govern m e n t, nnd tsk o s ilv e r co in in p A y f o i \ i t i nt th o e x p ir a t io n o f rax m o n ths, w e o o n h l resu m e s i l t e r .paym e n t at least, w ith o u t d is t u r b in g vnlues. , . . I t has p u z z le d m a n y p e o p lo to d e c ij o w h y tho d a r k w o o d ’ :io h ig h ly v a lu e d fo r fu r n it u r o s h o u ld b o ca llo d rosiiw o o d . Tts co lo r c c r t n in ly does n o t lo o k m u c h lik e ' n rose, so w o m u s t lo o k for, som o , o th e r reason. • U p o n askin g ) ,w o nro to ld ,H in t w h e n t h e trc o i s firs t c u t th o fre s h w o o d 'possesses a v p r y ’ stron’g 1 ro a e -like fra grance, h e n c e the mime. A b o u t tw o ' h u n d r e d R u s s ia n S ie n n o - n it e s a r r iv e d at B ird 'iii- H a il d , , f P a . , re- can tly , w h e r e t h o y w ill be q u a rtered ,unti' sp r ing . T h e L a n c a s ter\ JCxjircm siiyfl : N o t w ith s t a n d in g i t wns 0110 o f 'th o ’ c o ld- o i t ¿a y s w o h a v e e x p e rien c e d in - 'm n n y yenrs, those RusaiauS .B iit.0ut 011 tlio d o o r stei)« , n n d feiice3,. s m o k in g th e ir p ip e s a n d ' diBcussing* th e m ild n e s s o f tho M,.- . . 0 1 .: h ~ I. fil ii w e a ther. ’ ‘ T h e L o R o y (N . Y :j Gazette m e r itio iis a m o s t re m a r k n b le occurrence., i n :.tlio n e ig h lio r in g v illa g e o f Caledonia.,-,tI i i tlio yen r 1832 C u th n r in o ; M c C n ll, aged tw e n ty-tw o , ceased to apeak, m id h(is been over s in c o u t t e r ly voicelcss,- lin t i l D e c e m b e r -20, 1874, .n o n r ly .fo ity - tji'O years' a fte r ,'w h e n h e r speech .returned, nnd Bho n o w «penks m o d e r a t e ly b i it oi«i- tin c t ly . ' N o 'reiW o n is g iv e n ' o r kn o w n fo r 't h is w o n d e r f u l’ recovery.': •• •'! ' \ M a n e A n io in e t t e iw s is 'tlip o r ig iu a t o r o f th e clurjuc a t P a r is . O n tliQ occasion.f*f tho ^ f ir s t p c r fo r r a a n o e .o f. ,< ‘^ A iccstc, b y 01 u c k ,.w h o . wirn h ig h ly esteem e d b y ’ t lio Q u e e n , M a r io 'A n t o in e t t e , in ' o r d e r t o ’ no- 'enre t li* m icdess o f th e ojjern, d istrib u t e d a largo n a m b c r o f courtier»., idl.oycr, tlio theater a m o n g t lio p u b lic , w iO i.th o .o r d e r to a p p la u d i u p r o p e r places.’ 'T l i o m hnn- 'g e r s .of tho''operh; h o u s e f o u n d th ia m o d o o f '¿« ¿ n ring a u c c c s d is 'v e r y p r a c tica b le, ■and o r g a n is e d a 'd u ly - p a id b a n d o f claqutx fo r t h e - p u r p o s e .. ■ • , ' , - F o o t ' R o t . . . ' :F o o t r o t , o r “ f o u l I n tlic L / o o t , \ M . - i t is m o s t g e n e r a lly termed», in , n . trqul.'le- gomo uisenoc. * I t i s u s u n lly a lt r ib u t c d to p a s t u r in g i n lo w , -wet ground^ , ’b u t t l » diseaso is som e tim e s tn m s m itte d frrsn one h e r d W n f f o t h s r .^ T t t d iih h o u g h o r ig i n a t in g w it h a n im a ls i n w e t pastures, i t m a > bo g iv e n to U ioao i n h ig h a n d ,.d ry lands. r„ T lio . u s n a l .rem e d y i s to rcm o v o th e looeo m a t t e r w ith a k n ife arid sponge, ’a i d th e n dress' t h e sore w ith an o in t m e n t m itde o f m lp h a t c , on e o^incc, m o l — tes , fo n r o u n c e s , co m p o u n d e d o v e r a. s lo w firc^ A p p ly , w itl^ . c o t t o iv b a t t in g , said Bscuro w ith s t r in g s ’.‘o r ' c l o t h bandage«. F o w d e r e d alw ta :'a n d ' M e d d r o o t a > a y b e a p p lie d to re m o r s a n y m o r b id gia«*tti w h u h iu «a i t i » i s aypaa— la m t m m i i •* ■“ T v-v.’; j _ r>-;. , ^ ^ i
