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-â€"All the Australian colonies show an in- creased revenue for the present year. â€"In Southern Europe olive oil is now largely adultemted w1tl1 the oil of cotton see â€"Mount Vesuvius is lit up by the electric light. â€"The BeIgian socialists are demanding universal suffrage. â€"The Victoria. Australia, Irish Relief Fund amounted altogenher to $158,370. â€"-The fathcr of Mrs.Tom Thumb diedlately. at Middleboro, Mass. He was of medium stature. â€"Italy imported during the first six months of this year,25U,000 tons of cereals of all kinds. â€"Enormous natural caverns. one 600 feet long have lately been found near Wells, Som- erset, England. -â€"The number of French magistrates who have resigned rather than enforce the anti. Jesuit deoraes is 110. -â€"The New Haven police quickly quelled a street fight. by throwinu water on the combat ants with a fire engine. "Philadelphia. bovs are fined $510 for tying a tin pan to a. dog‘s tail, and the fun is not regarded as worth the cost. â€"-A Rome correspondent writes that the rumor that Italy is opposed to the cession of territory to Greece is totally unfounded. â€"This year’s yield of tea. in India is esti mated at 70,000,000 pounds, nearly double than of 1878. Ten years ago it was under 14,000,000. â€"San Francisco is not yet done with wo men pedestrian matches. Race after race, with much the same party of contestants, draws crowds. â€"-The London Home Hospitals Association for paying patients has opened its first estab- lishment. Every patient will be attended by his own doctor. â€"It is claimed that a new Swedish‘gun Sadopted by the Rus-ian navy) is even more eadly than the Gatling. It can be carried up into the maintop ii necessary. â€"In an article on pompous business peo- ple.the Leeds (England) Express says that thousands of dealers in the world become bankrupt every year through in: civility. â€"Any man who objects to whistling has a worse fault than the whistler. The whistle is the escape valve of deviltry, and when you bit down on a. boy he at once begins to plan mis- chief. -â€"â€"A mine near Ancona, Italy. was last month exploded with so powerful acharge of powder thanasmall yacht two miles off was lifted out of the sea and capsmed by the concussion. -â€"Of all European sovereigns King Hum- bert is the most addicted to spr cmcular shows. He never fails to intend horsemces, regattas. carmvsls, military parades and grand theatri cal pelfovmunces. â€"â€"No members of the royal family. except the children of the Queen and the Prince of Wales, are entitled to be styled ”royal high nesses,” unless they have been specially created so by her Majesty. â€"A Boston pastor proposed. according to the Congregationalist. to preach in his own church all summer, but abandoned his pur- pose on learning that the sexton’s family would be I_he «gnly onq in_town. -â€"-Crowds of excursiouists go up nightly by the railway to see Vesuvius Illuminated by electric lighn. The traflic at night is gremer than in the day time. and there are not enough cars to meet the demand. â€"A Methodi-t missionary. sent from ChicagO‘to Virginia City, reports as fol‘om : “I made a canvass of the town.and find everybody crazv for gold, but I was unable to find a. Christian, though the saloons were numerous.” --The total number of paupers in London. exclusive of lunnhies in the asvlnms and 886 vugrants, on the last day in the second week of June was 85.049. of whom 46,793 were in workhouses and 38,256 receiving outdoor relief. â€"â€"A sailor was tied to a stake and burned to death at Victoria, Britirh Columbia. The tying was done to keep him a prisoner. as he was drunk and disorderly. The burning was from an accidental fire in the shed under which he was left. â€"“If," says a correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette. “we can conceive Italy without Piedmont and Lombardy. or Austria without its Gexman provinces, it would give some idea. of what Afghanistan would be without the Province of Candahar.” -â€"The privates in the English army are clamoring for an increase of the meat ration. At present the Army and Navy Gazette main tains the want 0f sufficient meat drives the private to the canteen and to the publichouse to fill his stomach wilh beer to make up for the short supply of animal food. -â€"The efi‘ect of the expulsion of the Jesuits from France is likely to promote their in. flue-nee. inasmuch as it will so widely dis- distribute them. Scarcelya day passes but we read that a demchment of them have settled in some new field. â€"â€"-At the recent examinations of the Uni- versity of Bologna, a young lady received her diploma. of Doctress, surpassing the students of the other sex in anatomy. physiology and chemistry. At the University of Turin a fair girl graduate obtained a similar degree of success in law. â€"â€"Jose Maria Salazar saw a. young girl in Ln Arizona mining camp. fell madly in love with her, and within thne hours asked her to marry him. She dec‘ined, and he killed her on the spot. Retribution was as speedy as his courtship had been, for he was at once banged by the miners. â€"Mr. Sala says that forty years ago tbs Monks of St. Bruno. who had been ruined at the first French revolution, were miserably poor, and even so late as 1858 the editor 0‘ Murray cons‘dered the Elixir du, Chmtrrum no great a. rarity that he mpntioned the only place in London where it could be got. Now â€"The Englifih Parliamentary oath is no older than the days of Queen Elizabeth. and ward instituted as a safeguard against Roman Catholic conspirators. The act by which the oath was made obligatory is entitled, “An Acte for the Assurance of the Quene’s Maies ties Royal power over all States and subjects within her dominions.” â€"The House of Lords threw out the De- ceased Wife’s Sister Bill by 101 to 90. Several Whigsâ€"Lord Selborne. the Duke of Argyll and Lord Coleridge. who spoke at lengthâ€" opposed such marriages, while several Tories voted for them. The Prince of Wales and Dukes of Edinburgh and Connaught voted in favor of them. â€"In 1869 Landon had thirteen gas com- panies, emplnymg an aggregate capital of £7,828, 844. Now there are but. four com- panies, but their capital is £12 681,818. The 53.9 sold per ton of coal carbonized was in 1870 8.438 cubic feet, but is now 9.431. Moreover. improved methods have also largely reduced the lei-s of gas. â€"The famous brigand, G. Giordano. has reappeared m the head of a band in Oalabria. of which province he was formerly the terror. Twenty years ago M. Givrduno emigrated to the United States. but not being favorahly impressed with the advanced stage of ciViiiz ation in the New World, he returned to his first love in the Old. The royal calbiheers are afler him. â€"Henry Young, of Somerset, Ky.. enter- tained the belief that watermelons cr‘uld not be legal properly. Acting (n that theory. he did not confine his operations to the fields, but opened a loaded freight car and began to help himself. The train hands, when they went to shop the depredation, were met by a brandiehed knife and the assurance that they would be stabbed if they interfered. Young was fatally hurt before he would give up what he regarded as his right to take the melons. AROUND THE WORLD. the fathers derives large revenue fuom it. The perfection of the liqueur is said to be due toaherb which .grows on the mountains of Grenoble. “G. A. S.” de- pracate: any expulsion of the Brethren of St. Bruno. young man in Dubuque, Iowa. he: be com partially deranged over a moustache which refuses to sprout. He was formerly happy and good-tempered. He is now morose. despondent and melancholy. One day he visited a prominent drug store and purchased all the different hair restoratives to be had. After completing the rounds he carried the bottles to his room and put them aside for Iuture use. When he left the room his sister found over a. hundred bottles in the be ltick, and all were warranted to cause hair to grow on the smoozhest skin. â€"Greece will acquire a. considerable addi- tipn fio hpr populablgn by the readjugtfmenf, of the boundary line between herself and Turkey, but not so large a. one as she ex- pected. According to the Greek line she would have had an accession in all of 614.â€" 365 inhabitants, while now she will have an accession of 499,865 inhabitants. As regards the extent of territory, according to the Greek proposal there would have been an accession of 24,337 square kilometres, while according to the line accepted, there is an accession of 22,075 kilometres. â€"The people of Salem are taking vigorous measures to improve the sanitary condition of that city. It was stated that in one hotel no rooms at the rear can be used In summer on account of the odious stench. Dr. Sternburg. of the United States Aimy, who has made a. specialty of filth diseases in New Orleans and Havana, exposed the fallacy of the popular notion that because afoul odor had existed for years there was no danger. "It is,” he said. “a powder magazine into which the spark of cholera, diptheria, and malaria might fall at any time. The germ of typhuid was developed under such circumstances." â€"â€"The general staff at Berlin have lately been engaged in making a careful survey of the cons: of Mabkleuburg. with a View of as certaining at what point a hostile force would find the least difficulty in lending and it has arrived at the conclusion that the point: in question would be the Bay of Wisman. This hey, which i-i very wide and deep, is one of the best at the German harbors in the Baltic. and large ships can come in close to the town, It is therefore proposed to erect batteries and iron-plated turrets, which in the event of a war could easily be armed with long range rifled guns. on a small island called the “Wall- fisch,” in the harbor. â€"â€"A recent report from the German Fonsul General at Moscow gives some information concerning the manufacturing industries of Russia. There are about 115,000 factories in the empire, producing goods to the value of 500,000,000 roubles ($325,000,000) a year. At Moscow the wholesale trade is almost entirely in the hands of Germansâ€" that is.e1therRus- sian subjects of German origin. or subjects of the German empire. Among the manufactur- ers.on the other hand.the Russian elt mt nt pre- dominates. Imported goods, wh ch formrrlv came chiefly from France are now almost en tirely of German production; year by veer the French imports are dim nishing, while the German imports are incteaeing. â€"The recent steamboat d sasters in the vicinity of New York have directed the atten tion of The Echo to the want of simple por- table 1ife-belts,_which, occupying little room, will he always handy when Wanted. It is thought. that the Japanese air cushions may be utilized in this direction. These cushions are made of paper of extraordinary strength, and can be packed into a very small compass. They are used by the Japanese for piliOWh' and cushions, and are so strong that a man of twelve stone can stand on one without burst- ing it ; while, being free from odor, they are preferred to the India rubber goods. The paper is of so peculiar a. natme that it is waterproofâ€"or is. at least, capable ofresisting the influence of water for some time. â€"The projected tunneling of Mont Blane is engaging the serious attention of French engineers, and contrary to common opinion, they characterizv it as an easier undertaking than that of the Simplon route. The esti‘ mates of cost for executing such a W( rk are in case of the Simplon, about 327,0 0,000‘ and in that of Mont Bland only $15,000.00). Furthermore. it is claimed that the Mont Blanc tunnel will make the journey from Paris to Milan forty-four kilometers shorter than by the Simplon route. The location of the tunnel is a point which has given rise to various opinions, but that which meets with special favor from the advocates of the enterprise isfrom Chamounix to Conrmayeur. â€"A Roman Catholic priest was put on the stand in a. California will case, to testify as an expert in insanity. It was argued that his education and experience had qualified him to judge of the mental condition of per- sons. The Judge ruled that he was not com- petent, but the Supreme Court has decided the other way, saying : “It was a part of his collegiate education. and it was especially a matter of daily practice with him for ten years to familiarize himself with the mental condition of persons upon whom he was called on to attend in his capacity as priest, and it does seem to us that. from both edu- cation and experience,he was peculiarly quali- fied to express an opinion as an expert on the question of mental disease.” â€"â€"Dr. Cooper, in Fraser’s Magazine, argues that only those eye glasses that are made of the purest glass can be considered safeâ€"- specks, rays. globules. or other imperfections, are detrimental Though more costly, peb- bles possess two important advantages, namely: extreme hardness, rendering it diflicult to scratch or break them. and clear- ness, never becoming dull from moisture ; and they are also thought to be coohr than other glass. To be gocd and true the glasses should likewise be, in their parts, of an equal lhickness in proportion to their convexity, as well as of an equal form. Another and easily applied test of true glasses is that of holding them obliquely over print, all the letters of which will be found to preserve their true character if the glasses are correct. â€"The claimants to English estates will be interested to learn that in the parish of Kelsale. in Suffolk, there is a property known as the “Kelsale House Estate," consisting of mansion. two farm houses, and 440 acres of land. On this estate there is no known owner, agent or occupier. No p rson IS upon it, and no labor of any kind has been expend ed upon it for the lax-t Eight month The houses are uninhabited, and the land a wasre. The taxes are unpaid, and the tithe rent charge is not collected. There are 100 acres of pasture land. but so full of mole hllls that the grass is worth little except for feeding purposes. The arable land 18 a. picture to be- hold ; it presents a scene perhaps never be- fore witnessed. but often imagined. when thinking of Goldemith’s “Deserted Village." Thousands of thd flowers now in full beauty give an idea of fairylend. â€"Speaking of Mr. Bright, Lord George Hamilton says he in liberal enough about land which he does not own and about a. church to which he dees not belong, but touch the question of trade. and particularly hut branch of trade with which he is person- ally concerned, and it will be found that 8. more selfish obstructive never entered the House of Commons. Does Lord George mean, asks the Pall Mall Gazette, that Mr. Bright â€"In support of Mr. Forster‘s Irish Distur- bance bull Mr. James Wilson as an Irish landlord writes as follows to the Daily News : ~1. ~‘I am fully persuaded the gvest majority of the Irish landlords would not attempt to clear their estates at this time of (ii-tress in any way which would, to the saving of their own pockets, hurt or damage the tenants, and therefore the bill will not aft-ct them. 2. IL is the deep interest of the entire class that a. few should not be allowed to act in such 9. way as to bring odium and disgrace upon all. 3. It is of the greatest importance at this time when legislation is about to take place with regard to the whole question of tenure, that Irirh landlords should not. by opposing this temporary bill, give rise to false suspicions with regard to their intentions." ever wilfully obstructed the business of the Legislature in order to serve his own personal ends and thosa of a firm at Ruch iale with which he is or was connected ? Does he mean that Mr. Bright ever selfishly opposed the Treaty of Commence with France, that. he ever selfishly advocated the impo~ition of duties upon Australian wool or American cot ton or the colors used in dyeing? â€"A curious legal question of inheritanc has arisen lrom a recent railway accident in Germany, “hich resulted in the death of several passengers. Among its victims were two Breslsu gentlemen. Messrs. Koschel and Callinich. who had been close friends for many years, and were so strongly attached to one another that, some months prevuous to the journey whivh proved fate] to both of them, they had executed a. deed, in virtue of which, on the demise of either, the survivor should become entitled to the whole property of the deceased As both parties to this "Erbvhrtrag" or heritage sure ement pe-ished in the accident above alluded to, their bodies having been found among the ruins of the second-class carriage in which they had been travelling together. the questions arise which, if ei.h»r of them, did last. thereby becoming his friends legal heir. and, assuming ihat their deaths took place simultaneous 1y, What disposition can be made of their pro- perties ? â€"Queen Marguerite of Italy, while driving l in the environs of Nap‘es. lost her way. A peasant was questioned by the Marquis of Montereno. who accompanied the Quren, and his answeis being prompt and inteliigent. her majesty 0rd red a forty franc piei'e to be pre- sented to him in her name. The peasant. on hearing from whom the gold piece came, lac-t altogeihei' the faculty of speech. Next day he pres n'ed himself at the royal palace, and was admitted to the garden where Mar- guerite was playing with her child, the Prince of Naples. He told her, in his queer dialect, that he had brought her back the gold piece, as he could in no way accept it from her. but that he would be perfectly satisfied if she would only consent to become godmother to his two motherless little girls at their ap- proach ng confirmation. The Queen not only assented, but promi-ed to provide for th+ir education. The two little girls were brought to her, and bv her intrusted to the princi- pal of one of the best schools in Naples. She calls them her daughters and they call her mamma. A note requires as prompt an answer as a spoken question. Regrets in reply to invitations should con- tain a reason therefor. Strangms arriving should notify friends by card or by their presenee. At a téble you» are required to thankthe one who waips on you. A tragedy without bloodshed,but a terrible tragedy notwithstanding, has occurred in Brooklyn. Two children, both illegitimate. were brought up by their mother and their aunt under different names and upon the as- sumption that they were cousins. At their maturity they fell in love with each other, but the intimacy, being no more marked than it had always been, or under the circum- stances, naturally would be, attracted no at- tention. Last summer their mother made a visit to Europe. and was absent four months. Going, on her retum, to the house where her son lived, to her horror she found that her daughter, his own sister. was his wife. The mother tried for two hours to keep the dread- ful, long-kept secret. a secret still ; but it was impossible, and to the horror of her two chil- dren told them they were brother and sister. The marriage is to be amulled. The impos- sibility of providing against unforeseen con- tingencies. more terrible than the truth which it is desirable to conceal, is of itself a loud protest. not only against the commission of sin but against the belief that one s sin will not, do what he may, find him out when he least expects it. Say “good bye,” not “good morning." Upon leaving a room, one bow should in- clude all. Never wait over fifteen minutes for a tardy guest. Upon introduction, enter at once into con versation You -hou1dVexahange calls with individuals befpre inviting them to yinqu hguse. Onlv letters'to unmari‘ied ladies and widows argaddrefised with their braptfigmal game: Uhless Ihere is a great difference in age, a. lady visiting should not rise. either on arrival or depalture of other ladies. -â€"In view of what are called the usages of society, we believe it is almoab impo<sible for any man to be strictly honest and truthful in this world.â€"â€"1‘.’ew York Advertiser. To return a personal can (fish cardsinclosed in an envelope signifies that. visiting between the persons is ended. â€"If it be true‘ as alleged, that there is one church in this country that never had a. morb- gage on it. why wasn’t it brought. to the Cen- tennial and exhibitedamong the other won- derful curiosities.â€"â€"Norristnwn Herald. -â€"About nine o’clock last evening a horse belonging to Mr. John Ronan. grocer, fell at the corner of Locomotive and York streets. With the exception of broken shafts and bar. nests, no injury was sustained. RECENT POINTS IV EI‘IQUE'IY'I‘E “ PII;(}I{INI"‘ PRIHSREH!" AND "PARA!!! NE I‘US‘I‘.” A Bl:00l)l.[€‘§ TRAGEDY. “Arrived at the Villa, my carriage passed through the principal entrance, and stopped before a large iron gate which gave access to a staircase. Two footboys were in attendance at the two sides of the gate. It was opened by a species of giant. who, after having ad- mitted me, closed and locked the gate. He saluted me in oriental fashion, and without uttering a word led the way up the staircase. The women’s quarters are on the second floor. Here I was delivered by my conductor to another great fat personage, who showed me into a. gallery or corridor into which open the chambers of the women. On my entrance I was received by fifteen female slaves ranged ,in two rows, who bowed to the ground before me. Then one relieved me of my cloak, another took my mufi‘, a third my veil; where- upon an extremely lady like person, a native of Switzerland, who acts as the PriDCrSs’s in- terpreter, came forward and invited me to accompany her to the private apartments of her Highness, which are reached by a. glass- covered corridor. The princess, who had at her side the Princess Faika, one of the Khe- dive’s daughters, received me standing. TehecmiAfet isa fine woman, of imposing pri sence, large and strong, and with the port of a Queen. The Princess does not speak French, although she understands all that you say in that language. Her salon is furnished with the greatest simplicity. Two large sofas, upholstered in gray stuff. two great cushions covered with white linen, and an immense round table enveloped in a Turkish cloth were the only things oriental to be seen in the room. A few indifferent lithographs on the walls, gray window curtains half faded. a beautiful carpet, an upright piano, a few chairs â€"this is the luxury and magnificence of which so many stories have been told. Tehechmi Afet appears to be the chief favor- ite. She alone receives visits, the other prin- cesses never being seen nor their names men. tioned. Her gown was a grenadine velvet by Worth, with an enormous train, the bust only being trimmed with lace. Diamond drops hung from her beautiful ears. H'er hands are small and shapely. She wore neither rings , nor bracelets, diamond ear-pendants being the only jewelry she cares for. Princess Faika wore a dress of green velvet, trimmed With satin of the same color. and so short that I could admire at my ease her fairy-like feet. She is a delicate, pretty creature, scarcely eightPen years old, with beautiful and abun- dant flaxen hair. She is very lively, speaks French fluently. smokes,and converses without gene. After we had talked about a quarter of an hour seven female slaves entered and placed themselves in military order near the door. One of them carried a large tray cov- ered with a red velvet clot-h, richly embroid- ered, and with golden fringe that swept the floor. The tray held little goblets for coffee (L la Turque. Another of the slaves carried a silver ewer, another a silver c'xafing dish, the others silver plates. The Princess was the tiist served, I the next, then the others. After the coffee some exquiste cigarettes wore pro duced. Although we had to talk through an interpreter, the conversation was lively throughout and never once flagged. The Princess takes an interest in everything. I asked her if she did not weary of her secluded iiie; if she did not desire to see the city and the country; if her perpetual isolation did not make her melancholy. “Oh, no,” she an- swered, “I am quite used to it. I could not‘ act contrary to the customs of my country. \l‘he mere thought of going out unveiled is revolting to me, and if I were to go about with my face uncovered people would stare so." The young princes can wait the princesses without being announced. They alone are permitted to see the ladies of the harem un- veiled. Before I took my leave Tchechmi Afet ‘ and Faika presented me with their photo ‘ graphs, signed with their names in French and Arabic. When I reached home I was over- , whelmed with queslions, and everybody seemed greatly surprised when I said that I ‘ had si-en nothing extraordinary, that I simply , had the pleasure of making the acquain- l tance of two charming and distinguished ladies. From the St. Jame’s Gazette. A lady living at. Naples, who, shortly before the departure of Ismail Pashu’s womankind for Constantinople, received an invitation to visit the Princess Tehechmi Afet, the Kbe- dive’s favorite, sends to the Journal de Geneva an account of her reception, and adescription of some of ihe inmates of the ex-Khedive's Harem. She says : They saw him approach the spot where the Colonel lay ; they saw him bend over the fallen man. shielding him from the shot with his own body. Then he was seen to stagger suddenly, as if from a blow ; but the next moment he had the Colonel in his arms ; and was struggling back over the shot-torn ground, through the dying and dead. Twice he stopped shmt, as if unable to go farther ; but on he came again and had just laid his of- ficer gently down inside the -battery,when with “Now, lads. there’s the battery; remem- her the Emperor himself is watching you, and carry it in true French style. The mn- m-ent you get it make yourself fast against attack, and mind that any man who comes out agem to pick up the wounded, even though I myself should be among them, shall be tried for disobedience as soon as the battle 18 over.” Forward swept the grenadiers like a tor- rent, With the about which the Austrians op. posed to them already knew to their cost. Through the blinding smoke and pelting shot they ru~hed headlong on, with mouths parched , faces burning, and teeth set like a vise. Ever and anon a. red flash rent the murky cloud around them, and the cannon shot came tear- ing through their ranks, mowing them down like grass. But not a, man flinched. for the same thought was in every mind, that they were fighting under the eve of the “Little Cort-oral,” as they affectionately called the terrible Napoleon. Suddenly the smoke parted. and right in front of xh m appeared the dark muzzles of cannon, and the bright uniforms of Austrian soldiers. One last about which rose high above all the roar of batfle, the bayonets went glittering over the breastworks like the spray of a breaking wave, and the battery was won. “Wheru’s'the Colonel ‘2” cried avvoice sud- dexlly. So spoke Colonel Lasalle to his French grenadiers just before the final charge that decided the battle of Waglam. Then he waved his sword and shouted, “En avant.” There was no answer. The handful of men that remained of the doomed band looked meaningly at each other, but no one spoke. Strict disciplinarian as he was. seldom passing a. day Wlthout punishing some one, the old Colonel had nevertheless won many hearts completely by his reckless, daring courage in battle ; and every man in the regiment would gladly have risked his life to save that of the “old growler,” as they called him. But if he was not with them where was he? Outside the battery the whole ground was scourged with flying jets of dust by a storm of bullets from the fight that was still raging on the left. In such a cross fire it seemed as ifnothimz living could escape. and if he- had fallen there, there was but little hope for him. " I c n’t help that,” answered the soldier, laying down his musket and tightening the straps of his cross-belts. “Captain, report private Dubois for insuhordination andbreacb of di‘cipline. I’m going out to bring in the Colonel." And he stepped forth unflinchingly into thigeadly space beyond: “I 896 him I” cried atall grenadier. “He’s lying out yonder. and alive, too, forI saw him wave his hand, just ”now. I’ll have him hwre in five minutes, boys, or be left there beside him." “But you musn’t disobey orders. Dubois,” said a young captain (now the oldest surviv- ing nfiicer, so terrible had been the havoc), hoping by this means to stop the reckless man from rushing upon certain death. “Remem- ber what the Colonel told youâ€"that even if he were lefn among the wounded, no one must, go out and pick him up." TIIE EX-KHEDIVE’S HAKELVI. A DISIDBEDIIH‘T SOIIDEER his comrades’ shout of welcome still ringing in his ears, he fell fainting to the earth, covered with blood. By the next morning Colonel Lasalle haul recoverrd sulficiemly to amaze the whole regiment bv putting under arrest the man who saved his life ; but the moment it was done, the Colonel mounted his horse and rode off to headquarters at full gallop. In about an hour he was seen coming back, side by side with a square built man in a gmy coat and a. cooked hat. at the sight of whom the soldiers burst into deul'enmg cheers, for he was no other than the Emperor Napoleon. “ Let me see this fellow,” saud Napoleon stemly ; and two grenadiera led forward Pierre Dubois, so weak from his wounds that he could hardly stand. “ So, fellow. thou hast dared to disobey orders, ha?" cried the Emperor in hid-hardest tones. “ I have, air. And ifit were to be done again, I’d do it." 7 " And what if we were to shoot thee for in- subordination ?” ~‘ My life is your majesty'e. now as always.” answered the urenadier, boldly. “And if I must choose between dying myself and leav- ing my Colonel to die. the old regiment can better spare 9. common fellow like me than a. brave officer like him.” A sudlen spasm shook the Colonel’s iron face as he listened. and even Napoleon’s stern may eyes softened as few men had ever seen them soften before. “ Thou’rt wrong there,” said he, “ for I would not. give a ‘common fellow' of thy sort for twenty Colonels, Were every one of “hem as good as my old Lasalle here. Take this, Sergeant. Uub.;i~',”â€"and he fuszened his own cross of the Legion of Honor to Pierre’s breast. " I waxrant me thou’lt be a Colonel thyself one of these days.” And sure elm-ugh - ve years later, Pierre Dubois was not on] Colonel but a General. The material called “black lead" is as mar- velous as indie, rubber, although less preteen. It is simple carbon. and is an enigma. and a bundle of inconsistencies. Its unlikvness to ead s suggested by Paying that its Weight less than one fourth that oflead,and that while lead fuses at a low temperature graphiteis not friable at any temperature knewn; on theicon- trary‘ no substance known surpasses it in re- sisting heat. Carbon in ordinary anthracite burns ; carbon in graphite refuses to burn. A crucible (.ftzraphite, buried to the topin a mass of burning anthracite- carbon in carbon ~not only refuses to burn but. melts its mezalliccon- tents; The diamond, as is commonly known. is nearly pure carbon; but so is graphite. The latter is the softest substance dug from the earth ; the diamond is the hardest sub. stance known. Subject the diamond to suffi cient heat, and it parts with a mysterious something. The purity of graphite is extra- 01 dinary. It is sometimes refined until less than one-twentieth of one per cent. of other ‘malter than carbon is left merely a trace. Assuming that the diamond is peifectly pure caihon, this mere trace of impurity is all that separates theJare, hard, translucent, costly diamond from the common, excessively solt, dull,comparative]) valueles‘s graphite, scarcely one-half as heavy as the gem ; and yet the two are closely alike and almost (qual in resistance to fire. How these things are so is yet among the secrets of Natuie'slabora- tory. Probably there is nothing so universally familiar in use and also so utterly unknown to the users in its nature and origin as the common lead pencil ; the consumption of it in this country alone being estimated by the mcst competent authority at 78,000,000 per year. 118 very name, perpetuating the old leaden plummet familiar among the boy’s first pocket, is a misnomer and mistake, “black lead” having no more resemblance to lead than chalk has to cheese. Most peo~ ple suppose the “lead” is me ted and poured into the hole in the pencl wood ; but it is ground to an almost impalpable powder, mixed to a paste with water, made into a long coil like wire by being forced through a small hole (just as water iSsues from a syringe), straightened. and cut in lengths and baked like pottery. “l‘he “hardness” is due to an admixture of clay. The pencil made in two halves by machinery at a chap and rapid rate, and the processes, which can- not be related here at length, are among the most interesting in our manufactures. LEAD PENCILS, (-RAI’HITE AND DIAJIONDS. â€"~The Berlin correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette says that; Bismarck, like Napn lean 1.. is a. striking example of how difficut it is for autocratic natures to realize the de- fensive force of a spiritual power. PITTSTON, Penn... Julv 24. â€"When Mr Sarpain, of Yatesville, onthe outskirts of this town entered the room in which his child, one year old, had been left a few minutes pre- viously yesterday afternoon he was horrified to find a big black snake coiled around the little one's' body. The glittering eyes of the serpent were glaring on those of the child, who appeared transfixed by the terrible glance. and the head of the monster swayed to and fro as if charming the little one, who appeared to be unable to move or make an outcry. The terrified father, on beholding the spectacle. gave an involuntary cry of pain which brouiht the other members or the family running to the room. It had also the effect of frightening the reptile. which speedi- ly uncoiled itself, and, in the confusion and fright of the moment, succeeded in escaping. As soon as the terror subsided to some extent, the snake was followed, but it had secreted itself in the neighboring shrubbery, making discovery impossible, although a diligent search ensued. After its departure, the child cried piteouely for more than an hour. and appeared terribly distressed. The little one has been in great agony ever since, but is ex- pected to recover. Although under the influ- ence of the reptile when the father came, there is no evidence of its having sustained any physical injury, but the shock to the nervous system must have been terrible. In this article Mr. Brooks says that after thirty years7 close observation of the effects of lightning upon buildings, he has never known of a. case where the occupants Were injured when the building was fitted with gas and water pipes. The bull lings were sometimes fired from the electrlc fluid passing from the liffhtning rods or metallic roofs to the gas pipes, but there was no injury to persons in any part of the building below the higher points to which the pipes extended. From his observations, Mr. Brooks came to the con- clusion that “gas and water pipes are the best lightning rods evei; erected. because thr y are electrically in perfect con-section with the emth. They should extend to the very top of the building. or be connected by a rod run- ning to that elevation.” GAS AND IVATEB PIPES ASLIGIIT- NING [£005. During this hot weather with its heavy thunder and lightning, it is unpleasant to note an article in the Journal of I‘elegmphy by so eminent an electrician as David Brooks. substantially to the efiect that the common lightning rod is of little real value. The idte of the lightning rod is to provide abetter conâ€" duct-Ir than the object we wish to protect, but the difficulty is in making a. proper con- nection of the rod with the earth. In joining a. copper wire with iron wire seven times as large and of equal connecting capacity, the end of the copper wire must be enlarged to the size of the other, and. consrquently. Mr. Brooks holds that in making a jo nt With the earth ‘ the end of the lightning rod should be enlarged in as great proportion as the earth‘s specific conducting capacity is less.” There- fore. with a half inch square rod, he holds that the ground plate must be 270 feet square. in order to expoae a surface to make a joint of equal conducting capacity to a section of the rod. The faulty and insufficient connec tion of the rod with the earth, he thinks, is the reason of the failure of nearly all the lightning rods in common use. A CHILI) IN A BNAIKE’! (MDlLE. â€"'A feature of what is distinctively called “art dress” is what is called the “depressed” setting of the more brilliant and costly stones such‘as the diamond, emerald, ruby, a'qua- muiine, and fllS‘J the finer qualities of topazâ€" »! stone greatly sought by the art-seekers. The effect of the depressed setting, of which the gold rises above the stone, which thus shines up from a deep, hollow bed. is. it is claimed, to greaily increase its brilliau y. Just now very fashionable is the flat and pl m gold head band called the “Brunehild,” hav- inga single gem in the setting above des- cribed. â€"Yachting dresses are not made after any particular model, the only object being comâ€" fort, and after that to look as natty as possi- ble. These are made of navy blue or dark green flannel, and are cut and made by tail- ors, their only trimming being braid and but- tons. Where white braid is worn. silver but- tons are used. and n, gold navy button with the gold bmid. These: suits may be made with straight, full skirt, Shirred on it basque, or kllt with round waistor jacket, with sailor collar or with a large silk handkerchief knot- tdd up in sailor fashion. ~Receplion tables come in a set of four and are intended for the four corners of a re- ception room. The tops are painted in imi- tation of ivory. This is done by an ivory- white enamel, and on that surface is a group of flowers, suggestive, each cluster of a sea son. On the first is the crocus mingled with clover, for spring; on the second roses and butterflit s, for summer; on the third, corn, flowers and wheat, with poppies intermingled, Ior autumn ; and on the fourth, holly berries and mistletoe. for winter. The painting is all in water color. protected by gloss and boun l with brass, the feet of the tables being bamboo. â€"â€"-The black forest peasant shoe owes itspres- ent populmity to the fact that it is becoming to any foot. It is half high, and has a. pointed projection of silk bound prunollo on each side of the foot, with a small, narrow ruche of black ribbon laid an inch below the flap like piece described. With high but firm and flat heel, this shoe is admirably suited to country walks, for being hall high it supports the sides of the foot. Though usually made in pru- nella, it is very handsome in kid. A coquet- tish imitation of this shoe has a buckle with a. boa h« ad upon it,-smd its material is black satin, whi'e still another has a. “ boot top” added of gray silk. and this is crossed by mi- nute chains of dull silver put back and forth In tiny peg-like buttons of the same metal. representing very tiny hunting horns, dogs’ heads, stage, anLlers, acorns or pins cones. â€"A feature of the farewells to friends, on [heir leaving for Europe, are the flower and fruit oflerings. This ranges from the modest bouquet, or small hamper of fruit, to the cost- ly and enormous basket filled to repletion Wiih tropical fruits decorated with the choicest flowers and streamers of elegant ribbon. 0r! iginally designed as a compliment or souvenir, it is fast degenerating, like wedding presents, into a socialahnse. Groups and individuals who set sail for Europe, or travel on a long Journey. now expect these costly offerings from their friends. and the tax has become so great that many do not go to the station or ship even to bid a. dear friend good bye. known ing what- is expected of them and fearing that If they do not respond as others do to this â€"-‘1‘he lawn tennis gown is usually made of flannel, or if lighter cloth is desired, of bunt- ing or nun’s velling. Old time satin-finished baimuml striped goods are used for the under» skirt, with fine Batiste overdress. wrought With the needle in open work designs, which rival Russian and Spanish laces in rich ef- fects. The most fashionable suits are made with double breasted jackets. under which is worn a. striped Jersey. The overskirt is a folded scarf. finished with pinkings in flannels of two colors. and similar pinkings define the outlines of the jacket. The apron is some- times worn in England. but when it is used the overskirt and jacket :do not appear, and the player looks more trim and is far more comfortable. Angling costumes are made of linen or flannel with a round waist and full skirt, either shirredin abelt or on the basque. These are quite short. but full enough to allow of perfect freedom of the limits. "friendly” tributeâ€"laid upon them, they will be dropped from the “visitors‘ list"the coming season. Probably the meanest trick that was ever play ed on a white man was played last week in this city, and the fact that there is no vigilance committee here is the only reason the perpetrators of the trick are alive. A business man had just purchased a new stiff hat and he went into a saloon with half a dozen friends to fit the hat on his head. They all took beer and passed the hat around so all could see it. One of the meanest men that ever held a country office went to the bar tender and had a thin slice of Limhurger cheese cut off, and when the party were looking at the frescoed ceiling through beer glasses, this wicked person slipped thecheese under the sweat leather of the hat, and the man put it on and walked out. The man wno owned the hat is one of your nervous people, who is always complaining of being sick, and who feels as though some dreadful diseasewas going to take possession of him and carry him ofl. He went back to his place of business, took off his hat and laid it on the table and proceeded to answer some letters. He thought he detected a smell. and when his partner asked him if he didn’t feel sick he said he believed he did. The man turned pale and said he guessed he would go home. He met a man on the side walk who said the air was full of miasma,and in the streetcar a man who sat next to him moved away to the end of the car, and asked him if he had just come from Chicago. The man with the hat said he had not, when the stranger said they were having a great deal of small-pox there. and he guessed he would get cut and walk, and he pulled the bell and Jumped out. The cold perspiration broke out on the forehead of the man with the new hat, and he took it off to wipe his forehead when the whole piece of cheese seemed to roll over and breathe, and the man got the full benefit of it, and he came near fainting away. He got home, and his wife met him and asked him what was the matter? He said he believed mortification had set in, and ~European ladies and American ladies in Europe have long indulged in cigarette smok- ing but it is little known what a universal custom it is fur New York ladies to smoke: in fact can hardly be called a secret now. Spanish, Russian and Polish ladies smoke almost as msch as the men, and no one there thinks the Worse of them for it. Lately. at many of the large andfashionable dinner par- ties, cigarettes are passed to the ladies at the same time cigars we passed to the gentlemen, and it is not an unusual sight to see the fair smokers puffing away daintily at the cigar- ettes. But one cannot fail to hope that the fashion will not gain ground rapidly or solidly. for though it may be a pretty sight, perhaps, to see one's friend smoking. one would hardly want his wife or sweetheart to become addicted to this foreign habit. â€"Bathing dresses are made of French serge. flannel or Turkish toweling.with trousers and tunic. The trimmin is braid, of a color cou- trasting with that. of e suit. The slippers have double canvass soles. and the cap is plain. Oil silk bathing caps are made with brims of the silk, the brims belng stiffened with a wire on the outer edge. The newest bathing dresses have long, full trousers and a. full sscque, which is belted in at the waist. The latter is finished around the neck with a large, showy collar. The sleeves may be either long or short. Another one consists of a full spencer, gathered into a yoke, and a pair of full trousers ; also, a very odd one has a tight fitting, plain waist, with the collar prolonged so as to make a sleeve, and the shirt and trousers are finished with a ruffle headed by shirrings. Oil silk suits are made to wear under the flannel ones for those who cannot hear the touch of salt water. A NEW "AT AND AN OLI) Elli-ENE. GOSSIP F03 THE LADIES. she took one whiff as he took off his hat, and said she should think it had. “Where did you get into it ?" said she. “Get into it 2” said the man. "I have not got into anything, but some deadly disease has got hold of me, well shall not live.” She told him if any dis- ease that smelled like that had gothold of him and was going to be chronic, she felt as though he would be a burden to himself if he lived very long. She got his clothes off soaked his feet 1n mustard water, and he slept. The man slept and dreamed that the small-pox flag was hung' 111 front of his house. and that he was riding in a butcher waggon to the pest house. The wife sent for a doctor, and when the man of pills arrived she told him all about the ease. The doctor picked up the patient’si’“ hat, tried it on and got a snifi. He said the hat was picked before it was ripe. The doctor and the wife held a post mortem examination of the hat and found the slice of Limburger. “ Few and short were the prayers they said.” They woke the patient, and to prepare his mind for the revelation that was about to be made, the doctor asked him if his worldly af- fairs were in a satisfactory condition. He gasped and said they were. The doctor asked him it he had made his will. He said he had not but that he wanted alawyer sent for at once. The doctor asked him if he felt as though he was prepared to shuffle off. The man said he had always tried to lead a different life, and had tried to be done by the same as he would do it himself, but that he might have made a misdeal some way, and he would like to have a minister sent for to take an account of stock. Then the doctor brought to the bedside the hat, opened up the sweat-leather and showed the dying man what it was that smelled so, and told .him he was as well as any man in the city. The patient pinched himself to see if he‘was alive and jumped out of bed and called for his revolver, and the doctor couldn’t keep up with him on the way down town. The last we saw of the odorifer- 011s citizen he was trying to bribe the bar- tender to tell him which one of these pelicans it was that put that slice of cheese in his hat liningâ€"Exchange. (From the Galveston News.) The boldest and most atrocious attempt at robbery in the annals of the State comes from Clear Lake in Collins County. The robbersâ€"two women disguised in men’s apparrelâ€"were killed while in the act of forcing the coveted amount of money out of the clutched hands of their victim.whose throat they had cut from ear to ear. The reporters gathers the following particulars from D. A. Were, a Special Agent of the European and American Secret Service Association of Cin- cinnati, which are corroborated by three others. excepting as to the name of the via- tim whose throat was out. On Thursday last a farmer named Bradley. Bailey, or Bramley sold $600 worth of cattle to a drover, who paid him $200 cash. The purâ€" chaser being alone, the evening being well advanced and the cattle difficult to drive, Bradley was prevailed upon to assist him in drlvmg them to the purchaser’s house. some miles distant Before leaving Bradley handed the money to his Wife to keep, remarking that The mother who gave birth to such 3. won- derful family is an English pointer of purq stock, and her present owner, Mr. Meyer, bought her only a few weeks ago from Joe Todd, :1 peddlnr, who resides at Avondale. She is as gentle a brute as can be imagined, and she allowed the bystanders to freely examine the diminutive beasts without in- tezference. The present case is Without a. parallel, we believe, in the annals of natural history. it was likely he would remain over night with the owner of the herd. After nightfall a wayfarer stoped at Bradley’s and asked to stay all night. Mrs. Bradley refused but on the stranger's representation that he was almost too sick to remount his horse, a pallet was made for him at the end of the gallery, which the stranger occupied. About midnlght he noticed two men, whom he sup~ posed belonged to the family. pass across the gallei y into the house. There was some slight noise within after they entered, but he paid no particular attention to it until he heard cries of murder. Getting up, the stran- ger looked diagonally across the gallery into the room through the window and saw a. woman struggling on the bed with her throat out. Snaiching his six-shooter from his sad- dle bags, the stranger sprang toward the door, fired at the parties as they bolted out. killing both. Uatohing and bridliug his horse, he rode to the nearest neighbors’ on the road which he travelled the evening before and in- formed them of What had happened. The stranger, accompanied by a party of four. returned to the scene. Mrs. Bradley was dead, with the $200 grasped in her hand. One of the robbers crawled to the yard and died from the effect of a shot in the region of the heart, and the other had fallen in his track near the door, with a ball over the right eye. They were recognized as Mrs. Pruitt and her daughter, neighbors of the Bradleys. Mrs. Pruitt was between 55 and 60 years old, and is possessed of considerable property, independent of a recent inheritance of $17,000 in Little Rock, Ark., by the death of her daughter. The family have always been looked upon as disreputable characters. Bradley in assisting to drive the cattle to the herd of the purchaser, passed the Pruitt place, and in answer to the inquiries of the old woman said he had sold every hoof of cattle for big money. Inquiries of the au- thorities fail to corroborate the above, but a rumor to the same purport is said to be cur- rent at McKinney by citizens of that place. ( A Woman Strugglinz “’llh Burglar- Aller Her 'l‘hronl in Cm. There were puns as black as the ace of spades, pups with white-tipped ears, spotted pups and white pups. pups with black tails and pups with White ones. Twenty of themâ€"- 9. full score on actual count. It was a sight worth seeing. although the mother seemed to think that she had more little onestto look after than she had bargained for. The first one made his debut into the light of the “Paris of America.” at 9 o’clock in the morn- ing. and the way the reinforcements began to come was a. caution to the natives thereabuuts. The majority of them were of the female per- suasion, but there werejust enough boys in the lot to keep the other giddy things under control. â€"-Yon comes the fierce conductor, “ What can I do or say ? E’en now he stands before me, Who can my fears allay 1’" “ Please, miss, I’ll take your ticket." “Ah! no you won’t. thought she, Then said : “ I haven’t any." “ Then pay your fate], said he. â€"Mawkish sentiment got a bad net-back when Chnstine Cox dropped from the gallows, but it will doubtless rally on the next red- handed murderer who can play hypocrite. A Small Sized Bench Show All In One Family. (From the Cincinnati Inquirer.) When the telephone conveyed the infor- mation to our office that a canine mother with a new family of twenty little pups at No. 62 George street was waiting to be in- terviewed, it must he said for the sake of truth, that the pencil pusher mentally ejacu- lated “too thin.” or some other expression of a. like significance. When, however, a. few minutes later a messenger arrived post-haste from the scene of wholesale birth with the same story, it behooved the newslgatherer to take a trip westward-ho and investigate the matter. Arriving at “62.” Joseph Meyer‘s livery and boarding stable. a crowd of curious. gap- ing men and boys were found surrounding a handsome brown-and-white English pointer which lay upon a pile of sawdust and shav- ings in the rear of the building. Clambering all over the gentle animal were a squirming lot of little pups, all extremely anxious to get the first chance at supper, for there were en- tirely too many of them for all to get in at the first table. 'l‘Wll Roflfllflfls SHOT DEAD. CANINE PHENoIVlENON.