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Murderers Hanged by an Angry Mob. Omcmmrx, Feb. 19.â€"At Spi‘mgfiz‘ld. Tenn, yesterday in hearing the case of five Laprade murderers, a night session was held to finish the trial. J udge Starke gave his charge to the jury, after which the sherifl proceeded with the prisoners, James Higgins, Loch Malloryhhouis Thweat, Robert Thweut and James Elder .to the jail. A mob of about 200 pressed upon the sheriff and took the prisoners, cleared the Court House and its grounds, stationed a strong picket guard around them and hung the prisoners from the second story windows of the Court House. The onset on the Gourt House was made tram without, and was so sudden and heisterous, accompanied by the firing of pistols and guns into the air, as to terrify the spectators in the Court room, who jumped from the windows and hastened from the scene. Murphy and Dufiy and two others. charged with complicity in the mun der, having been released Thursday. had re- turned to their old stamping ground, which is thought to have precipitated the action of the mob. The mob are after them, and it is believed they will be lynched not later than to-night. The - mob is composed of well armed men, who came in from three direc- tions on horseback. and dispersed in the same manner. They did not shoot or mutilate the prisoners. but left them hanging when as- sured they were dead. Public sentiment sns~ tain the action of the mob. The people feared en appes1"would be made-and a new trial granted the prisoners. n 1-.- L1 .-.... 0-...“ NASHVILLE. Tenn.,- Feb. ISLâ€"It is Inverted that Duffy and Murphy. the Laprade murder- ers, who turned State‘s evidence, were idund hanging to a tree near Guthrie, Ky., this morning. The crime for which the five magmas, who were lynéhed, were arrested, was me murder of an old farmer 11185 September, by nine negroes, who entered his house at night and tried by horrible tortures to extort a state- ment as to the whereabouts of-the money be was supposed to have. The murder caused intense excitement. v ' , NASHVILLE, Feb. 19.â€"A Springfield special says: At the lynching last night Jim Elder asked time to pray. One of the mob asked. “ Did you give Laprade time to pray ?" Elder responded : No, I didn’t," whereupon he was nogsed and swung up instantly. ‘ Griggins has turned dreamer, and was in to- day to tell his latest vision. He says he dreamed that he died and went to Heaven, which of course was a strange dream. as we mentioned to Griggins ; bub then dreams always go by coutmries, and it is quite pogsjble that; fihe rule holds good in Grig- gin's’a case. .... .‘,...‘v‘ 11,; “ I dreamed,” he said, “ that I knocked at the "debt, and presently it opened, and 'St. Peter looked out. Everything seemed to be satisfactory until he asked me how I had on- cupied my time. I.told him I was a sort of collector.” . " Colle‘ctor-otwhat ?” said he. “.Qfmnny things." I told him ; and as he aeemed'to be waiting foi- me .to‘ explain, said I :’ " At one time I wag interested in'poatage sta‘mpsfj “ Said he, 1n a severe tone: ‘ You col- lected s'év’éml thouisand stamps stamps that were worthless. and did it for pleasure . and it took a. good deal of your time, I s'up poae_?’ - _ ,1 L.‘ “ I told him it took all my spare time for five years.~ You should have seen the lookehe gave me. He made a motion as if he would shut the-door in my face._ “ ‘ The next thing I collected,‘ said I ‘ was business cards. I suppose I’ ve got the biggest collection of any person in Bos- ton.’ mime. " ‘ Half a million what? Are they very expens‘iye ?’ hq askyd ‘ r .n 4.“ AL“... thefiI.’ "-r‘â€"~- . v V “‘Oh. no,’ said I; ‘they give them away. As I ,said I have half a million of ing. before. vv-vn» “.Then he looked at me as though he’d go through me. Said he, ‘ Young man, we don’t want anypostagestamp idiots, or coin luna- tics, or‘ button fools, or card or calendar fiends up here. _â€"Go toâ€"’ -n “ He Eléiifiéd the. door with'sech a- ring thatI didn’t catch the name of the place.” -â€"Boston Transcript. WEPT OVER THE WRONG GRAVE. . Martha 'White was black. She lived in Brooklyn and: died there. at the Colored Homer this week. The friends of Martha clubbed together, raised a. subscription toi defray the funeral expenses,~ and instructed anundertaker to repair to the home and get the body of Miss White. The funeral services were held at the undertaker’s office. When the friends assembled to take” the last look at Miss White many of them thiuglit the girl must have changed greatly in her last illness. .-'I‘he.rjndertaker laughed at the thought that he had not the wrong person, and so the body was buried. The dissatisfied friends went to the Home and there they found that’Marthe had not changed ,in her illness. but after her 'desth the Home people had changed her completely. and the real Marthe. still lay unclaimed at the morgue. It turned out that it was Alice McMann who was buried. The consequencekisnthrnt there is a. terrible . time in colored circles there over this ghostly Buttercup business, and several law suits are likely to ensue. HOW Wm. Callahan was looking very blue,. says. the Homer (031.) Mining Index. the other day. and we asked what the trouble was. He replied : “ A man ain't got any rights here, it seems, unless he’s a. tough, and on the cut and shoot. They jump n Vfallow'e claim and bounce him OK as soon as he finds anything. I got disgusted and went home to my ranche, the Hermitage. down here on the Mammoth road a. piece. and darn me if that hadn‘t been jumped. too. A big grizzly was in the house, feasting on my provisions, and appears to think he’s struck a pretty good thing. He’s been in my sugar barrel and gummed himself ,, :AL,_ _,_..u ,0“ 7‘Not a Word. but only that curious panto- “ ‘Theu I also collected half a million calen- chuck 116-20th; eyes. - The \éritter can‘t get out, and now I’m going to get a. rifle and go down there and quiet title." â€"â€"The Fifth Dragoon Guards have decided that calling may be done, not merely by in- dividuals, but by regiments. They have sent out in Brighton visiting cards inscribed, “ The Lieut.-Col.and Lificers of the Fifth Dragoon Guards.” This is a pleasing and useful reform. and may be fitly developed. :1 'uselux run-1m. uuu -.-.;.._, m, u..._, ‘. . -.-,.-___ -â€"â€"Mr84 Garfield is understood to. 118316 raid that she will not interfere with the President elect, i1 he_qhoo§_gs to_ have wine qt forma ,, 1A -__ LI..\A Guam, u nu v..-_..._ dinners, and her Washington ‘friendsr’sa‘y that she will’confine herself to the affairs of her private household, with which the public has nothing to _d_o._ .. v A ~_:__.L A T Anhw :3. player handed in a. 5‘20 ‘bill for chips. A amend player stepped to the dealer’s side and Quid: “ That looks like a counterfeit.” Wlnla the note was being critically examined, a third player changed the pack of cards for none that had been “ stocked.” Then ”play was resumed. The conspirators, knowing beforehand how the cards would run, quickly 'won more-than they had lost. and might have 'broken the bank, if their manifest eagerness 'had not aroused the dealer‘s suspicion. He examined the pack, and-denounced the fraud, lbut paid the losses. nu Inn-‘15 ..... . â€" Several habitual players againstaLouis- ville into bank found out that the dealing was tricky, and.rcso}vud to get their money back, Just as the cards had been placed in the box 1 n-” 4 . , 7L7.___ A How far do they run back ?‘ he asked. ‘Oh I’ said‘I. ‘I see what you are yhink- They are all the same year 1’ . All the same year!’ he yel!ed. Yes,’ said I. kind of frightened like. And half'a million of‘them !’ ‘ " Yes,’ said I again. but faifiter even than GRIGGâ€"INS’S DREAM ms CLAIM§ WERE JUMPED. LYNCH LAW. â€"A Roman correspondent writes that every one is astonished at the steady mildness of the season. Sunshades have been more in request than umbrellas. Street cars are the novelty of the season in the city. The Quiri- nal hill is now ascended by them. _ â€"Emngelist Moody emphatically denies that he ever said, as has been reported, that his grandmother having died without hope in Christ, he knew she was in hell. The story, he asserts, is twenty years old, and has been attributed to half a. dozen ministexa. â€"One of the fiercest of fights over the liquor question is now in progress in Mis- souri. A stringent prohibitory law seems likely to be passed by the Legislature, the country members outnumbering the city members. who strenuously oppose the mea- sure. â€"â€"While Charles Miller was eating break- fast, in Detroit, his wife embraced him aflec- tionately and cm his throat. She explained thm she was the Queen of England, that he was the Emperor of Germany, and that the cause of peace demanded his demh. --A.G. Bradley writes to the Pall Mall Gazette that the old State of Virginia may now be fairly said to be “ booming”~â€"booming‘ too. in a quiet, respectable, and substantial manner that. makes little noise or stir, but fur that very reason is 8.11 the firmer and-the more likely to be permanent. â€"-A correspondent explains the exact sig- nification of the shattering of the glass at the Rothschild wedding: “Wine is brought in a. brittle vyssel, and being six times blessed, the marned couple drink thereof, and the rest of it, in token of Joy, is cast on the ground; the bridegroom, in memory of the ruin of their city and temple. with force dashes the Vessel to the ground.” ..... h.v.._... -â€"Berlm has 8,239 sets of apartments with- out a fireplace or chimney, and half the population lives in dwellings with only one fireplace. gPrivy Councilor Starke draws shocking pictures of the immorality that exists in the city. Drunkenness is attaining alarming proportions. Over 10,000 youthful criminals are turned annually into the streets out of prison, and more than 3,000 are hope- less vagabonds. ~An apparently destitute woman was cared for by the poor authorities of Sednlia, M0,, during a, severe attack of Illness. It was afterward learned that she was a Widow, resid- ing in a neighboring county.where she owned Au" 1” a uulbquL- uh ..... a. C,fine fann, had a bank account 0H$2 000, and belonged to a wealthy family. Feeling sure that she was about to be sick she de- cided t0 go to Sedalia under an assumed name and receive treatment free as a pauper. The Mayor has compelled her to pay the bill. ~ The Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. Dr. Humphry Lloyd, is dead. and there is an active canvass for the successorship. The favorite is Dr. Ingram. the author of the cele- brated rebel song of 1848, 'fWho fears to speak of ‘98 ?" Now the Provost is chosen always from the ranks of the senior or junior fellows, generally the senior. In the old state of things there were nine Provoets who were not even graduates of the university. and one who had been a dragoon officer. The salary is £41100 9. year, with a handsome house, per- quisites, (5w. â€"nght1y plays and other curious repre~ sentntlons are to be devised in honor of the hetrothal of Prince William of Prussia to the Princess of Sehleswiu Holstein. Among other things, quadrilles are so be danced Within a circle of fifteen gigantic grenadiers of the time of Frederick William I. There will be nodilficulty in finding men of a sufficiently large'émture to represent the grenadiers. The Prussian Guards contain a. hundred troopers of extraordinary size. â€"-'Admiral Bythesea, a. very distinguished officer who has just retired from the service, after having for many years filled the post of Consulting Naval Officer to the Government of India, got his name by being, when an in- fant, picked up at sea bv a ship of war. lashed to a. bale of goods. Inquiry failed to elicit any sort of information about this human flotsam; so the ship’s officers adopted him. called him “ By the-sea." and sent him to a naval school. The first ship in which he served wns’that which had saved his life. He has the Victoria Cross and the Order of the Bath. ' -â€"â€"The Western device of a greased pole, in fire engine houses. on which the firemen slide down. instead. of using the stairways, was lately ridiculted by oflicials of the New York department. in conversations with a. Sun re- porter. Cincinnati firemen respond with a defense of the pole. and declare that the celerity claimed by the New Yorkersâ€"three seconds between the first tap of the alarm and readiness to startâ€"is an impossibility. They gave an exhibition to' an Enquirer reporter, and the best achievement was twelve seconds. the men being in their room when the gong sounded. VOL. XXIII. â€"Thirty years ago James Boyle left Ire- land for Australia with his wife and one chlld, leaving another child, Mary, with her grandfather. He was very successful on the gold fields, and invested his money to great advantage. His wife and child died in Ausâ€" tralia. Mary married a. man named Glen, and moved to America, where she has been living in a poor part of Philadelphia. Bv the miscarriage 0! letters incidentalto her moving at the same time as her father they lost trace of cash other, and each thought the other dead. She now finds herself, after a life of hard struggle, worth a million of dollars. â€"From what is already known of the new version of the New Testament, it is certain that in at least two places a word l'hithorto familiar has given way to one less used in common speech. Capernnum, accordinz to the revised text of Luke. is “ brought down unto Hades,” instead of to hell, as hitherto, while in the sumo Gospel it is said of the rich mm], in the parable of Lazarus, that “ in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in tor- ments." Should this substitution prove to be general, perhaps polite people, including, of course, newspapers, will henceforth feel obliged to spell the word, when used outside of Scriptural connection, as Ems. â€"The fashionable wedding involves. says a New York exchange, an expense of from 81,- , 000 to 820,000. For a quiet wedding at home. there are the invitations, the average cost at which is $20 per 100, with an extra charge of $5 for each additional 100 invitations. A plain, unpretending display of sinilax and flowers, suitable for a New York residence, may be procured for 3100. and that is about the lowest sum for which a. fashionable florist would think oi sending in his bill. For a simple collation of 150 guests, about the low- est figures by caterers are $2 per capita, and from that to 3512. Wedding cake for 100 persons done up in fancy boxes is furnished at $30 to $50, according o the style of the box. The attire for the ceremony, the White satin. brocaded or not. with bridal vail, ‘ orange blossoms and toilet accessories, may , â€"exc!usivelof laces and jewels~be procured AROUND THE WORLD. for 9500 â€"Erncst Graham and Belle Roper started from Clement, 111.. for St. Louis, where they were to be married. They were accompanied by Lewis Lindsay, who was to be the grooms- mun at the wedding and a party of relatives and friends. Their train was delayed, and they did not arrive in St. Louis until too late to have the ceremony performed at the ap- (pointed time. But a postponement was not the only disarrangement of the programme. Miss Roper announced that during the journey she had changed her mind and would not marry Graham, but would request the clergy- man to make her the wife of Lindsay, which was done. ‘ â€"â€"A Paris paper says that Sarah Bernhardt keeps her memory green in Paris by employ- ing Marie Colombier to write long gushing letters about her to journalists, which, of course, are meant to be published, anzl gives the following specimen: " One single black cloud. She languishes to see her son again. She showed me the other day one of his letters, in which the child writes thus: ‘ My dear and adored mother. I long so much to sco- you again that I have aheady bought a. lttle boat to come and meet you. ‘ g,Well you must feel happy,’ I said to her. ' Alas, no,’ she replied. ‘ That child with his mad tricks will make me die of fear. When I arrive I shall be in agony to think that he will perhaps be floating on the waves in some absurd boat.’ " â€"It is asserted that great transactions are being carried on between the Government and the authorities having control over the very large landed estates in Ireland belonging to the city companies of London. These com- panies are not unwilling to part with their land. But it is said that special clauses bearing upon the transfer will have to be in- serted in the forthcoming land bill. There is no reluctance on the part of the City Fathers to sell this property, but a great ob- jection to have its value madelpublic, in con- sequence of the hue and cry which has been raised of late against the unemployed wealth which the city companies have been amassing for so many generations. â€"Belgium, with 5,000.000inhabitsnts. has a Jewish population of 4,000. Among the Jews in the public service there are three chief clerks to Ministries, one director of the Royal Carpet Manufactory, one Court of. Appeals Judge, two Crown Prosecutors, one Judge 0 Instruction. six barristers, three Mayors. nine captains and four professors of universities. This is a large number of positions of distinc- tion in proportion to their numbers, but no complaints are made against them on that account or any other reason. Their right to attain such distinction as they may be quali- fied for is conceded. The anti-Jewish move- ment in Germany meets with no favor in Belgium, and it does not diminish the dislike with which Belgium regards the German em- pix'c. -â€"-Toru Du'tt was the daughter of a native gentleman of Calcutta. She (lied in 1877 at the age of 21, leaving behind her a book of translations into English from French poets, called “ A Sheet Gleaned in French Fields," and also a very remarkable novel. written in French. and dealing with life in France. She spent two years of her short life in Europe. and only a few months of that time in France. The work she accomplished ranks among the curiosities of literature. The book of poetry is a collection of verses translated from the works of Victor Hugo, Derenger, Lemartine, Gerad de Nerval, Sainte Beuve, Alfred do Mus-set. and other poets. Much of her time was devoted to Sansrcit,German, and the lan- guage of India. â€"-Human nature hasn’t changed much after all s1nce Sam Pepys's day. To be sure, the mentisls of rival ambassadors no longer engage in bloody street fights for the pre- cedence : other times. other manners,” lint this tempest in a Roman teapot. an accoun; of which Mr. T. Adolphus Trollope makes haste to send to a. London newspaper, while less sanguinary, is every whit as absurd. An Italian Duchess gives a. ball. The King and Queen of Italy go to it. Supper time comes around. The German Ambassador is invited to ply yhis knife and fork at the table set apart for royalty. and he 1s the only member of the diplomatic corps thus honored. Thereupon the English, French and Austrian Ambassa- dors cloak their Wives, order their carriages. and go home in hlgh dudgeon; and Mr. T. Adolphus Trollope sends his dispatch to the Lowdon Standard. â€"Prizes were offered in Frankfort for the i best tragedy, drama or comedy. Over six hundred competitors presented themselves, but none of their productions have been con- sidered worthy of the prizes. Two tragedies, entitled Stauf, and The Patrician Lady. have, however. been recommended as good enough to perform under the auspices of the Prize Committee, and to receive fifteen per cent. of the receipts. which was one of the re- wards offered in addition to the money prizes. Prizes for the best plays have often been ofiered 1n Germany, but seldom with the re- sult of calling forth anything of much excelâ€" lence.111 the last century Kotzebue. the dramatic author, offered a prize, for which there was competition from all quarters, but it Was not awarded, because, in the judges' opinion, none were deemed worthy of it. There was much unpleasant feeling and dis cussion in consequence, but Kotzebue insisted that his offer for the best play contained the necessary implication that the best play must be a good one. â€"The history of the long-pending prese- eutions of Andrew T. Walker and Jefi Black, for the murder of Green Butler, in Galveston county. Texas, in 1872, furnishes a not very creditable commentary upon the administra» tion of justice in that Stale. Butler, who was a stock raiser and a popular man, was sitting on the piazza in front of his house after dusk. A party of horsemen rode up and asked for supper. While the stock raiser was opening the gate to let them in, one of the party dis- charged a rifle or pistol at him. The party then rode quickly away. Butler retained oon- , sciousness long enough to say that, by the flash of the powder. he had recognized An- drew '1‘, Walker as the assassin, and this was corroborated by the testimony of a negro boy '11 the murdered man’s employ, who happened 6 be riding by at the moment. There seems, ‘ indeed, to have been no doubt about Walker’s guilt. Be. as principal, and Black as acces- sory, were indicted and brought to trial, and both were promptly found guilty by the jury. They appealed, and obtained a new trial. Again they were tried, again convicted, and again a new trial was ordered. This process was repeated three times,extending from first to last over a period 0! seven years. Then, on a fourth trial, Black was arrai ned alone, and acquitted ; but he narrowly caped being shot down as he was leaving the court room, and a sanguinary fight in the streets between his friends and foes was with difliculty averted. Walker escaped from prison {last month. That event will, it is thought, :end the prosecution, which seems to have ex- l hausted the energies of all concerned in it. â€"-John S. Clarke. the London comedian and manager. is on a visit to Philadelphia, where he’ owns two theaters. He says that Booth has become popular in London, and that people take more kindly to American ae- tors than formerly. The Florences made a hit, though they gained little in money; Beverly’s minetrels did well financially at the Mapleeon Opera House; Raymond was liked. in spite of the failure of "The Gilded Age,” and the out- look for McCullough is good. Mr. Clarke says that Irving is not likely to comm to America for many years, as he draws invariably at home, and has a. valuable theatre to manage. The Vokes family of hurledquers and. the Hanlon Lees, a. somewhat similar company, are coming here next season. RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1881. Mr. Alfred E. Wallace, the well known naturalist, isto haves. pension of two hun- dred pounds a year. The Princess Louise attended the afternoon serVice at Westminster Abbey on the 16th ult.. and occupied a seat in the choir. The celebrmed Canon Farrar preached on the occasion to an immense audience. Col. Deakin, a former Manchester brewer. has left personal propertyworth $1,125 ), 000, and real estate valued at $3,000,000. The wines in the cellar of Mr. Ellioe, M. P., at Edinburgh. were sold last month,:thu famous " Talisker” whiskey of 1851 bringing 870 per dozen, and Ben Nevis whiskey of 1850 $52.50 ; sherry wine sold for 342.50, ‘JiJafitte $37.50 and champagne for $27.50 per ozen. Mr. Alfred Tennyson, the Poet Laureate, is in poor health, and has been staying in the Isle of Wight. The production of his play, The Cup. was so anxiously looked for that the telegraph office was kept open in order that Mr. Tennyson might hear the verdict of the audience. One of the youngest and most accomplished literary men in England, Mr. Frederick W. Myers, has written the life of the poet Words- worth for “Englishmen of Letters.” No modern poet has had so 'much said of him as Wordsworth, notwithstanding he was not re- garded in his day us great a poet as he really was. As the leader of what was known as the lake school of poets, he held an unenviahle position. Byron, in his bitter way alluded to him in his “English Bards” as : “ The simple Wordsworth. farmer of a. lay As soft as evening in his favorite May." The English publishers are beginning to discover that they made amisteke in publish- ing books at such high prices as they have been accustomed to issue them at. Lord Bea.- consfield’s “Endymion"iwes published in three volumes at 87.87 for the set, while in Canada. the price of the complete work in one volume was seventy five cents, and in Harper's Franklin Liberery fed] at twenty cents. It is surprising that such high prices continue l to be paid for works in England. -- w- r.._- i.‘ A goose ninety years old would hardly suit. those who are fond of a. tit-bit. There is said to be one. nevertheless, of that age, at Little- oote Farm. in Wiltshire. England. We have heard of century plants. and the like, but a hundred year old goose is a rarity infiegd. _ A laughable anecdote is told of Daniel O‘Connell and Mr. Soulburn, then the Eng- lish Chancellor of the Exchequer. The pair had been staying at a. hotel, while traveling. without knowing of each other’s presence. They accepted rooms on the same flat, and were restless. In the course of the night O’Connell rose, and partially dressing himself, paced the hall, .and all at once, striking an attitude he repeated the famous lines from Moore: / " We tread the land that; bore us, The green flag flutters o’er us ; The friends we've tried are by our side, And the foe we hate '9 before us," Just as O’Connell had uttered the last line Mr. Soulbum, whom he heartily detested. passed out at his room door, and as a. matter of course, heard the words which seemed to exactly suit the occasion. The following is slid to be a translation of the evening song of Poish children : " The stars shine forth from the blue sky ; How great and won '9 «is God's might ! , _,,Shi.eelet ' " , h w His witness 1n , “ Oh Lord, Thy tired children keep ; Keep us who know and feel Th? might Turn Thine eye on us when we 5 eep, And give us all good night. “ Shine, stars, God’s sentinels on high. Proclaimers of'his power and. might; May all things evil f‘rpm 1,“, fly ; , ,- ALA-m 0'11 stars, 3356 nighttime n'ig'ntn" In speaking of the late Mr. Carlyle, partic- ular reference has been made to to his friend- ship with the great Scottish preacher Edward Irving. Mrs. Oliphant in her “‘Life of Irving” says: “Among all the fellow students of Edward Irving,there:are no names which have attained more local celebrity, except that of Thomas Carlyle, whose fame has overtopped and outlasted that at his early friend." In 1810 she says Carlyle thus spoke of Irving : “The first time I saw Irving was in his native town of Annan. He was fresh from Edin- burgh. with college prizes, high character and promise. He had come to see our school- master, who had also been his. We heard «f famed professors, of high matters classical, mathematical. a whole wonderland of know- ledge, nothing but joy, health, hopefulness without end looked out from the blooming young man.” But, perhaps this was still a higher tribute paid to him through through the columns of Frazsr’s Magazine : “ But for Irving I had never known what the communion of man with man means. His was the ireest, brotherliest, bravest human soul mine ever came in contact with. I call him, on the whole, the best man I have ever ‘ found in the world. or now hope to find.” Carlyle was a. rare compound of oddity, dis- trust and apparent contradiction, but as has already been said of him, in spite of his al- leged cynicism, he was a. man of the tendsrest feeling. With the death of his wife, which was caused by a nervous shock consequent upon seeing her pet dog leap out of her car- riage window, he lost control of himself, and impatience and despondency followed, which led to his being looked upon as anything but kind and genial. Newspapers had no charm for the philosopher, for he spoke of editors as “ empty egotists and impediment wind-bags,” while all the time he was himself the most supreme‘of egotists, -. n n q.u,:,,n,,___ Much has been told of Carlyle in the way of anecdote. Being once invited to dine with a new acquaintance, he arrived several hours before his host. He entered the library, and when the host came dinner was eaten. After leaving the table he told the author that he should be happy to show him his books. ” I’ve read ’em,” was the reply; and so he had, for he had actually absorbed the beat 0‘! the well-selected library. “Willa-1.1 Biéi'eVBâ€"SWQVEB (writing his “ Tale of Two Cities,” he asked Carlyle to send him a few books. He sent awhole van-load of books Talking to Mr William Black, the greatest living chttish novelist he remarked: TL, “ You know Scotland vary well, I see. I’ve read your neovels with pleesure. They’re vary amusing, vary. But when are ye goin’ to do some warkâ€"when are ye goin’ to write some real books â€"â€"maun?” Emerson. in his “English Traits,” men- tions having visted him, and says: "v..- _.. V 77‘, “ We ‘went out to walk over long hills, and looked at Crifiel, then without his his cop, and down into Wordsworth’s country. There we sat down and talked of the immortality of the soul. It was not Cnrylye’s fault that we talked on that topic, for he had the natural disinclination of every nimble spirit to bruise itself against walls, and did not like to place himself where no step can be taken. But he was honest and true and cognizant of the subtle links that bind ages together. and saw how every event afiects all the future.” This is purely Emersonieh, but Carlyle was less mystical though. perhaps, not so fully pronounced as he‘might be on questions of such momentous import. Mr. Home, in “ A New Spirit of the Age'f’ tells this story of Carlyle and Leigh Hunt. Soon after the publication of “ Heroes and Hero Worship,” they were at a small party, when a conversa- tion was started between these two concern- ‘ ing the heroism of man. Leigh Hunt had OUR SPECIAL BUDGET. said something about the islands of the blest, or El Dorado, or the millennium. and was flowing on his bright'and hopeful way, when Carlyle dropped some heavy tree trunks flJl'OSB Hunt’s pleasant stream, and banked it up with philosophical doubts and objections at every interval of the ~ speaker’s joyous progress. But unmitigated Hunt never ceased his overflowing anticipations, nor the saturnine Carlyle his infinite demure to those finite flourishings. The listeners laughed and applauded by turns; and had now fairly pitted them against each other, as the philosopher of hopefulness. and of the un- hopeiul. The contest continued with all that ready wit and philosophy, that mixture of pleasantry and profundity, that extensive knowledge of books and character, with their ready application in argument or illustration and that perfect ease and good nature which distinguished both of these men. The opponents were so well matched that it was quite clear the contest would never end. But the night was far advanced, and the party broke up. They all sallied forth, and leaving the close room suddenly found themselves in presence of a most brilliant starlight night. They all looked up. Now, thought Hunt Carlyle’s done for l he can have no answer to that l “ There,” shouted Hunt, “ look up there; look at that glorious harmony, that sings with infinite voices an eternal song of Hope in the soul of man.” Carlyle looked up. They all remained silent to hear what he would say. ’lhey began to think he was silenced, at last, he was a mortal man. But, out of that silence came a few low toned words, in a broad Scotch accent. and who on eaith could have anticipated what the voice said. “ Eh! it is a sad sight.” Hunt sat down ona stone stop. They all laughedâ€"- then looked very thoughtful. Had the finite measured itself with infinity, indeed, render- ing itself up to to the influence ‘2 Again they laughed, then bade each other good-night, and betook themselves homeward with slow and serious pace. Our young girls in America do not seem t have the sense of the beauty of simplicity in dress. No young girl looks as young or as lovely in heavy velvets and loaded trimmings as in simple muslins and soft. clinging mater- ials. - They detract from their own fresh charms by calling attention to their adorn. ment. I should be inclined to say that no jewels, unless a single row of pearls about the throat, no lace but simple Vslenciennes, should be worn by any girl younger than 21. A dress perfectly fresh. light in color (where the com- ‘ plexion permits), beautifully cut, and almosth entirely untrimmed. can not be improved upon for a young girl. It is the sweet rounded forms, the dewy bloom of the cheek. the clear ‘ young eyes, the soft tender lips, that we want to see. Where silks are worn, they should not be of heavy quality, but soft. Our young girls wear dresses like dowagers. It is a futile Waste of money ; no beauty is at- tained. We would like to call attention to the fact that the style of dress influences the manners and carriage of the woman. The masculine style of dress has this objection. It is a. little difficult to say what we could substitute for the ulster that we have all adopted. It is surely a. very convenient garment for our streets, and for rain and mud and snow ; but there is a. difference in the cut of ulsters, and they should be as little like a. very had over- coates possible. Where a young girl has side pockets, she is ept'to put her h‘snde in them, and when she adds a Derby hat, how often the swagger follows ! The Derby but appears to me to have on excuse. It is unbecoming even to a man. and absolutely hideous upon a woman. It is sur- prising to see them adopted by well-bred ladies. They have had great countenance, to be sure, but we think that if we should hand over all the younger generationto an exclusive costume of the Derby hat, the ulster, the jer- sey and the short skirt. it would not take more than one generation to make us lose all grace of manner. The short skirt deserves to be commended for the street, but in the house it has neither beauty nor elegance. Even to shorten a. long skirt in front for the better display of a. pretty foot is a. great mistake. It is neither becom- ing to the foot nor the figure. It gives an in- tentional look of display, which is unrefined; and surely the dress that leaves something to the imagination is more coquettish and more dignified. . . . . i n Win ._._ lil‘he wearing of jewels is not often well un- l derstood. One does not see many handsome jewels worn in America, with the exception of diamonds. It is said that the value of the diamond fluctuates less than that of any other precious stone, and that they therefore recom- mend themselves to the practical masculine mind as an investment, and that this is the real reason that our women wear diamonds so exclusively. This is to be regretted. as the diamond, from its excessive brilliancy and hardness of light, is not becoming to many women. To the blue-eyed. the sapphire, or even the inexpensive turquoise, is often far more harmonious and decorative. A little pale woman in flashing dia- monds is absurd; the silent pearl, the dull, soft turquoise, the evasive. mysteri- ous opal, even the little moon-stone, a green chalcedony, the topaz. an amethyst with a velvet surface for finish (what the French call defacce). even amber, or pale, tea colored coral all these as ornaments are becoming to ninety-nine women, where the diamond is becoming to the one hundredth. Let us emancipate ourselves from imagining a thing beautiful as an ornament because it is b - tiful in itself, or ornamental in the dr ss of one person because it is so in the dress of another. We knew once a charming little lady who, being in very moderate circumstances, dressed in such simple materials as she could easily procureâ€"in winter often in soft gray wool- ens, in summer in light-colored muslins, with a. white scarf, a straw bonnet, with the plain- est pale ribbon neatly tying it down. Her complexion was like a wild rose, and with her soft. fair hair and blue eyes. her figure deli- cate even to the point of fragility, no dress could have been more coquettish and exquisi- tely appropriate. Later her husband came into a. fortune. She eagerly adopted heavy velvets, beneath whose weight she seemed to totter, diamonds of great size and brilliancy. They made her at once a plain woman, and as her freshness began to fade, we wondered how we could ever have thought her exquis- itely pretty; and it seemed to us that with soft lace and the tender dullness of pearls, with crepes of grey or white as material for her gowns, even faded she would have been charming.-â€"Harper's Magazine. â€"â€"Mother Shiplon has strapped on her liver p.116 bought a set of $10 teeth, a. row 01 bangs. and a bo‘tle of " bloom of vouth,” and con- cluded to live down her prophecies. â€"Em. -.â€"The famous iron crown of the Lom~ bavds. which was carried to Vienna ”by the Austrians in 1859 and afterward surrendered bs them. is jealously guarded by them in the cathedral at. Mo za. It was almost falling to pieces from age, but lately has been restored. < - King Humbert. and Queen Margherita were welcomed enthusiastically during their recent first visit to toe island of Sicily. The vivas were loud and hearty in every town their Maj estiee passed through, and they did not fall in with a single brigand. SIMPLICITY IN DRESS 190‘! Suffer-lugs of a. Canadian Crew on the Coast of Newfoundlandâ€"A Japanese Vessel Burned, with a Loss of Sixty- f’our Lives. ' QUEBEC, Feb. 15.-â€"Tha Chronicle this morning publishes details of harrowing scenes of the sufferings and death of a wrecked crew of Newfoundland’derived from a letter re- ceived here at the Department of Marine and‘ Fisheries. The letter is dated the 3d of Janu- ary, but owing to the difficulty of communi- cation between Newfoundland and Quebec in winter, has only just been received here. The name of the wrecked vesselis the Normanton, of St. John, N. B. She was a timber-laden ship of eighteen hands, loaded at Miramichi, and owned by Stewart & 00., Thomas John- ston captain. The scene of the wreck is off Snake’s Bight, about ten miles west of Cape Anguila. The exact date of the wreck is not recorded. It was in a severe gale, and about ten miles west of Cape George. that the ship got on her beam ends. The crew cut away the masts in the hope that the vessel would right herself, but instead of doing so she kept driving in the bay, and when they found her nearing the land they let go the anchor 1n fifteen fathoms of water. As the ship righted, they got out two boats and manned them, one with nine and the other with ten men. One of the boats went down with all hands close to the vessel. The other got clear of the ship and made direct for the shore. It was soon up- set, however, in the heavy sea, one man being drowned and everything in the boat lost. The eight survrvors succeeded in righting her again, and partly bailed out the boat, using their boots to bail with. ‘ Before reaching the shore she again upset. and the same hard- ships were again experienced before she was . righted. A colored man who was one of the surviv rs died immediately on reaching shore. The 0 ers got upon the bank, where some of the number died from exhaustion. cold and fatigue. The remainder took to the woods. where the only two survivors of the crew wandered for nine days without a morn sol of any kind of food whatever. They managed to sustain life by eating the tender boughs of trees. At the end of that period they were found by people belong- ing to the highlands and taken to their homes very badly frozen and exhausted by cold and hunger. In the midst of their own misfor- tunes their thoughts reverted to their late companions, and their first desire after having found refuge and safety for themselves was the assistance of their missing comrades. A party of men was at once formed and set out in search of the lost. After some time Cap- tain Johnston was found alive, but badly frozen, with a dead man lying beside him. The captain’s sanity had cl ‘nOst escaped him, and for some time he exp eased great alarm at the sight of the party wm had come to his relief. They procured some refreshments, and after drinking a little warm tea he became apparently reconciled to his surroundings, but the cold and hunger had done their work, and a few hours later death relieved him of his sufferings. The party of searchers. how- ever, were yet to see things still more terrible than any so far witnessed by them. Proceeding on their way they came across the body of another man. from whose arms and body portions of the flesh had been cut with a knife. There was no longer any room for doubting the facts. The pangs of hunger in some of the survivors had overcome the samples of humanity, and the fearful scene of cannibalism incidental to many another wreck had been repeated in the present instance. Two or three members of the unfortunate crew still remain to be ac- counted for. The survivors are unable to say whether these poor fellows got safely on land or perished before reaching the top of the bank. The names of the two rescued are McCreetcher, the chief mate, who belongs to Liverpool, and Paterick Dooley, of Carbonear, Nfld. They are still very ill, but improving. They will lose portions of their limbs, having been very badly frozen. Humanity calls loudly for some protection for the poor marin- ers on the much neglected coast called the French shore, which was the sconce of the sufferings and death detailed above. A Japanese Steamer Burned. The Yokohama papers contain reports of a sad disaster at sea. through which sixty-four persons lost their lives. The passenger steamer Toyokuni, a new vessel recently launched from the works of Messrs. E. (Y: 0. Kirby 65 00., was on a trip from Osaka to Shimonoseki. The owner and a large num- ber of passengers were on board and every- thing presaged a pleasant run until an alarm of fire was raised while the steamer was cross ing the Idzumi-Nada. Terrible confusion at once ensued, and as the conflagration was in the coal bunkers nothing could be done to ex- tinguish it, the vessel being without pumps or any other appliance useful for such a pur- pose. The Bingo News says the steamer was so ill-provided that only three of the ordinary buckets used for washing buckets could be found. The solitary boat was made fast over the position of the fire, and could not be cleared away, so that the wretched passengers were without any means of escape, not even lifebuoys being part of the vessel’s equipment. Owing to the heat below it was impossible to get at the engines to stop them, and the flames soon reached the boilers, and caused the steamer to be propelled through the water at terrific speed. Some of the crew managed to get forward and let go the anchor, in the hope that it would impede progress through the water; but the effect was almost impercepti- ble. By this time'the burning ship was only some twenty miles from land, and the Tokio- mam could be seen coming up to the assist- ‘ ance of those on board. It is certain that if at this time the Toyokuni could have been stopped all or nearly all the people on board would have been saved. But as the vessel sped on the flames drove the unfortunate passengers sit, and the people on board the Tokiomaru could see men, women and child- ren throwing themselves overboard to escape the more painful death inevitable by remain- ing in the burning ship. The excitement on the Toyokuni was intense. and it must have been a fearful si ht to witness these poor creatures perishing _ without any possible means to save them. At length, owing, it is supposed, to the intense heat injuring some portion of the machinery, the Toyokuni sud- denly stopped, and the pursuing steamer was enabled to get close up. A boat was immedi- ately lowered and rowed as near the burning ship as the flames would allow. Eighteen men were found to be hanging over the vessel’s side clinging to ropes, and were taken on board the Tokiomaru, with the exception of one, the purser, who insisted upon going to his native place in a small fishing boat which came up just at the time. These eight~ cen were the sole survivors of eighty-two souls, who a few hours previously were anti- cipating a speedy return to their friends or relatives. WHOLE N0. 1,179.â€"â€"N0. ~The Japanese never applaud or waste a. smile upon the wittioet jokes at their theaters, so absorbed are they squatting on their mate in the pit. On the Tokio stage lively modern pieces have cut in upon the odd classic drama; and a. piece entitled “ A Tour Around the World in Eighty Days," is now having an extraordinary run on the metropolitan Emmi. - â€"0na repeater in the recent Philadelphia charter election voted 24 times for $25. BY FIELD AND FLOOD. s9 A Young Man Gets Upon the Ragged Edge of Unhappinese While Pursuing the Even Tenor of arr Uneventful Life. The St Catharines Journal says : A stout, robust young man lately made his advent in‘ this city having previously gyrated between Hamilton and Buffalo. After being here a short time he got into trouble and was brought before the Police Magistrate on a charge of breach of the peacememmitted to to jail and released after a few days incarcera- tion. He is in consequence in a state of profound unhappiness, and wants to let the public know the whys and the wherefores which led to so untoward a denouement. With this view he has written aletter for publication in the Journal, in which he one deavors to make clear the origin of the trouble. The letter, however. deals with questions which are as yet not proper for newspaper publicity. There are some points about it, however, that will bear a little venti- lation, and perhaps will shed sufficient light upon a case which has to a certain extent been buried in mystery, sup- posing, of course. that the young man’s story be a true and faithful narrative, which he ‘ avers is the case. The first scene opens in a boarding house in Hamilton. The young man is in love with a fair and beanteous maiden, versed in music both vocal and inâ€" strumental, and altogether a charming corn- panion. There was another lady in the house who professed to be smitten with the young man, and on learning that he was paying at- tention to the beauteous maiden aforesaid, was fired with the green eyed monster jealousy, and No matter where this (young man went The siren still pursue him. First with all the blandishments and witchery the sex are capable of in the way of arch glances and winning smiles. But the young man was proof against such archery. and resisted them because as he says he was in love with the heauteous maiden, who filled his heart to its full capacity that a responsive love was capable of. Then the siren who wished to win this young man, finding her- self foiled, pursued him still more, he bilin- sell hath said it in quoting the language of the poet : “ Hell hath no fury Like a Woman scorned." He then detailed his grievances to the lady boss of the boarding house, and so much did it prey upon his mind that the average board- ing-house hash had no charms for him, nor did he care a rap if the butter had one hair in it or a. dozen, or whether the eggs and bacon were done to a turn or underdone, not yet if the coffee settled upon its own grounds or didn't settle at all. Finally the burden became too great for his love charged breast. and he packed his grip-sack and started for Buffalo, “ all bruk up." He next appeared in St. Catharines, hoping perhaps that change of scene and change of air would do him good. But alas, in an evil hourâ€" “ In thoughts that breathe And words that burn." he wrote a letter. He says it was a harmless effusion, and wants to see it again, as the sight of it would be good for sore eyes. This letter was supplemented by a card. and upon this evidence of his chirography he was placed on the shelf to ruminate on the glorious un- certainties of the law. He claims that if all the knowledge of this case were unearthed from the profound recesses of his true inward- ness, it would make a harrowing story of a young man’s vicissitudes There is another side to this aflair, which may perhaps afford a reasonable solution. viz., that he has been the Victim of a joke. which he has seriously taken to heart. and was so “bruk up" that he retaliated in the only way that seemed open to him, i. e., to write a few lines, which proved to be no joke to those interested. The komparieon ov the fonetik method 01 reading with the old romenik iz almost Ml: the komperison of evrithing with nuthing. 113 the fonetik eistem we ken reed eni word we fynd with 'perfekt eaz. In the romanik eietem we are not shure ov the promuneiaehn ov even the komon wurde of the langweje. It takes seven long years to learn tu be but a poor epeler, an it wet, in the romnnik sietem ; and but three dayz, after mastering the alfa- bet, tu learn tu be a. komplete speler in the tonetik eietem. Kompair three dayz with seven seen. This re zenteehn izf not overdrewn; but tu fair} understand it, it in neseeeri tu not konfound epeling with pro- nuneinshn. Pronunsiaehn iz wun thing and speling iz another. If wun noel how tn pro- nouns the wordz 0v the langwaje. he may learn tn epel them ionetikali in e. few our: after mastering the alfabet: but in the old eistem it rekwyrz about ez long tu learn the speling M the pronuneiaehn. If the lengwaje wur printed fonetikali, the Ipel~ ing wud okupK eknrsli eni “m at all, and the pronuneiaehn mxt be leernd three thz 9.! test an at prezent. This wud be a. saving ov more then but the th new uzed in learning the lengwaje. neerli all the tKn in speling, end nearli wun forth the spaee in print. In point ov ekonomi, naehonali konsidered. it wud be a saving ov milyonz ev dolarz anneli. Enui tu reprint all ov the valubl old bookl meni thz over. The importans 0v Ipeling reform shud not be overlookt, and no wnn ehld re- fuze tu 3.an himself prektikeli tn the move- ment. Each subserber for a paper shad rlt. Mn and send the foloipg pefishn tn ifs ediior: _ “We rekwest the editor ov the paper for which we eubeerb tu insert «2 much 9.7. mm kolum ov fonetik print, in each number, for the purpus ov teaching pronunsinhn and asisting in the jeneral introdukshn ov a true aistim 0v orthografi."â€"- W. H. Graham. Within a very near approach to truth the human family.inhabiting the earth has been estimated at 1,000,000,000 ; the annual loss by death is 18,000,000. Now, the weight of the animal matter of this immense body cast into the grave is no less than 634,000 tonstd its decomposition produces 9,000,000,000,000 cubic feet of matter. The vegetable produc- tions of the earth clear away from the earth the gases thus generated, decomposing and assimilating them for their own increase. This circle of changes has been going on ever since man became an occupier of the earth. He feeds on the lower animals and on the seeds of plants, which in due time become a part of himself. The lower animals feed upon the herbs and grasses, which in their turn be- come the animal; then, by its death, again pass into the atmosphere. and are ready once more to be assimilated by plants, the earth or bone substance alone remaining where it is , depositedâ€"Scientific Exchange. -â€"Vienna has several places of refuge fer the destitute, called “warming rooms," where all persons who are in need, without distiucn tion, are allowed to sit and make themselves comfortable, and are given soup, coflee, or tea. with bread, free of charge. No inquiries are made as to their character or calling. It is sufficient that they say they are cold and hen- gry. If they prefer it, they receive;hot grog. Capricious stoves warm these places, benches run along the walls, and newspapers are pro. vided, but mainly on account of their adver- tisements of help wanted. The food and drink are given to each person twice every day, and at night those who need lodgings, which is not the case with all who apply for warmth and nutriment. are enabled to sleep there; The experiment has proved so satis~ factory that another place of the same kind is about to be opened large enough to accommo. date 800 persons. Since Dec. 640,736 persons were assisted at these places with food. lodg- ing, or otherwise, and between the 15th of December and January 20 not a single instance 1 of suicide traceable to poverty was reported, ‘although self-murder for that cause was not . unfrequent before. WHAT WE DO WHEN WE DIE. THE TENDER PASSION. FONETIK READING.