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â€"A boy dropped a live coal down the back of a schooliellow for fun 3.: Ware, 313.59.. and the burned youth‘s fume-r thinks we jokm’a father uugbn lo puy $1.000 damages. â€"Minnie Brooks, 8. Chicago white woman drew public anemion to herself a year ago by turnmg her bver g mien inuo a religion-I meeting house, and taking the lead in re vivul meetings held chereiu. She has now become conspicuous anew by hurrying a. negro. â€"â€"The tenantry and oshers connected with the Duke .fBucoledch’s estates In Eakdale and ledesdale have appoimed com unueen- for each parish in that district for the pur- pose of taking steps to presem Lord Eskdale, who comes of age in January next, with a suitable gin. â€"â€"An exchange wwely says 2 Don't talk about. breaking a. child‘s will. any more than you would of breaking his back, unless you wish to make a mental cripple 0! him for life. The will is the backbone of the characaer ; it you take it away there is no foundnnxon to wo:k upon. -â€"â€"Merely for the right of the first publican tion of Pot Bouille as a feuilletnn Zfla reA oeivud 36.000. This is keeping the pot. of novel concocting boiling. â€"The Chicago Tnbuue says lhat giving the freedom of fine (my of Dumiu to Mr. Parnell is a good deal like banding a. glass of Water to a. Kaunuaknn. la is doubtless a fine tumg, but. he has no use for it. â€"In the new favmite myrtle green riding habit of the Empress of Austria. the skirt Ia so arranged that In case of accndunn in may be by a hlngle movemvm disengaged and p16 vented Irom eucumbcriug the feet. â€"It is stated that the results of recent geo- logical explomtious made in Russia by 0111 oial dlreclion show vhe existence in than em pire of phosphate dep min-J uulficmntly fX-UUIJ" slve to supply the wanna of Europe fur an indefinite pexiod. ~â€"I‘here is a Charlie Boss case at 00011150. Wis., the kidnappexs secreting a little son 01 Capt. Dickonuon, and demanding 31,000 A neuron was at last accounts being made far the boy The hum-Ir, though wealthy and not punurioua, poainively relused no pay the blaakmml. â€"Dvll8. Rose. of Chattanooga, made up her mind to marry at 15. nubwuhstuudiug her father‘s command to wait three years. Wullr she stood before a clergyman, wuh \he cure- mony half performed. her three brothers broke into the room, brandished pistols, anu earned her away. â€"The official inspecior of Manufartories has diacuvued that the nuisance of excesslw smoke from which Berlin suffers, is caused in alarge muasuxe by the unukilfulnese of stokers. Accoruiuglyinsmmuons are to bu established to teach me art of making fires and keeping them. â€"A large portion of the proposed memorial to Lord Beacoucfield, at Hugbeudan, has been carried out. A magnificent wast window has been erected, and me chancel wall has been richly decorated with painting of eVun ueliml. piophens and angels so as to harmon ize wiuht-hu east window, which is me gil'L oi the late Eirl’a executors. â€"Mr. Mulnall of the Scatistical Society of London esnimaies me amount earmd by commerce, manufactures. mmmg. agncm tum, curving. and banking in Europe in 1880 at £7,653,0UU,00J, r-h wng an iumeasr for Great. Brualn of £337,UU0.000, againsx £1,218,UOU,OUU fur the rest. 01 Eurupa. â€"â€"Horaoe Johnson sakes pride in being the first man m cross the Conuecéiuuf. nvu‘ (an the ice every year, and nobody has beaten him since 1870. â€"-Turin sold two million dollars’ worth of verm rum to Asia, Europe and America. during last year. â€"-The Harris Community was founded in Chautauqua. County fuurnceu years ago b3 Thumm Luke Harrie. who mugut salvation through self renunciation. and thought pxo‘ perly married and mecipliuad couples beuumc quingle being after death. Thu enterpl‘lSr Unaffiled, nu! the {r‘ype‘Ty hud junt hem bought, by Mr. Benjamin E. Butler for $91,- I The census returns just given in Bombay are quite interesung. Award to slam men- profession or calling. me mmple Hludoos have filled up lhe paper wim an accuracy that might. in vain be uwgnc for in any 0mm coumry. In Bowbiy Lber; are, upon them own confesrion, twenty six gumulers and swmdlers. one dog puisonur. sixneen wizmrda, and 698 tnttooera. â€"The fast mail between New York and Washington was dammed ufcw days ago b; a novel cause. Wnila ruunmg as full spew the bell rope was energx ticulny pulled, unu the train stopped. Postal I‘rgulaliuuu n quire an expluuaniun of any delay or [.118 fast. malls. and It appears from the «file all correspon- dence on the sub] on that. one or Lwo ele- phants in a. car baa ammed himself by pull ing at the rope. â€" Gumuu emigraliun in the year 1882 promisw to become even more culosml than in the paefi. Already about; fourteen thous- and dokehs have been taken by veshelu lcuv ing Brlmrn alone in me early sprxng for thr Uuneal Sums, and any day auduiunnl pas- sages are being b0)kfld by this louse. Tuis does not include Hamburg whence an almom equal number of emigrants will come to mm» Side of the Atlantic. â€"“ Some little tune ago,” writes Moucure D. Conway, m a leuer Loxhe Cincinnuli Com- mercial, “ when an an exhlbltmn was about to be Opened in Glasgow. Mr. Bun-kin was ap plied to for some 01 bus pEOmres. He replud man he wuulu only be wullng nu lend his Lia, tures when Glmgow was in a. tit conduion to enjoy Lhrm. and mat would not be mm] 1!, had pulled down eVery one of its hideous houses. I quote this from the information of one who saw the sxlly letter.” -â€"Th() Rev. George U Barnes. is conduct- ing, in Louisville, a religious revival which in meat respecis is non uncommon ; but he introduces novalny by carryiug a home of oil as he goeu among the penilems and annuim ing thrm on the foreheads. He claims Scriptural auihoriiy for this ceremony. Al ihough harshly criticized for his oddities, htâ€" is said to be smcire in his workâ€"so sincere that he will take no pay except fond and lodg- ing â€"nud his converts are numerous. He is a Beoeder from the Presbyteriana. â€"- Philad. lphifl. has a xepumtlon for suszep- tibilily to tuled foreigners. Columbus U’Dt-n- Dell. 01‘ Bultimore, a young man of wealth, good looks. and polished manners. thought it would be fun to spend a few weeks in Phdu delphia society in the character of a Flench duke Ha registered an the Sn. Gdcrge how] as “ Le Duo d‘Eugen," got himself mtroducen at the Pmladelphia club, and. as he spent money freely instead of burrowing it, his prPtPnSIODB were not questioned until somebody recognized him. â€"Tha diaesnablisbmeut agitation in 560% land bids Mir, says the St. James Gamma. to be conducted with the same absence of in convenient; samples that the adh‘rentsoi such movements genermly assume. Dr Rainy is angry with me Eitnbiished church because in is t0) prosprroux‘; Mr. Dck Peddie because it is Conservative ; anothev combatant, Dr. Hutlon. Uulted Presbyler inn Palslefibwwee in Is not: pxospprout enough. â€"1‘be people of Somorville, MIME, pre- sented to their venerable c:ty clerk, Mr, Chas E Uilmnn, a isold watch and chain and a seal on New Yrar‘s day ; and will germ teas In, tor they have annually elected him by a. unanimous Vote during in peril d of fun) years to the position which bu bblll (couples It is doubtful if any other man in the coun- try can show as long a continuous term 01 public service in an elective office. â€"A more ill~aorted couple than Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey J. Hoaglund, of Pruvidence,cw hardly bn imagined He is s. Whue buy. bur paents stating Ins age at 16 a d be at 19. while aha 18 a. uegress of 25, mm hy nu means a prepossessing hpecxmen of her race. They AROUND THE WORLD -â€"EJiuburgh has lost an esteemed physi- cian and a well known cim’zen in the death of Dr R ,hert Omond, which took place rocenly alter a tedious illness. A native of Orkney. DI. Oinoud has resided in Euiubur h for over athy years ; his life being prolonged tn Lhe age uf sweaty-five. As long rgo as 1832‘ he was admim d a. fallow of the Royal Cohege of Surgeons. In 1859, he succeeded Dr. An drew Wood in the president‘s chair. which he occupied for two years. From 1844, he acted as an examiner, and afler serving re- peatedly as a member of cuuncil, be filled the poet of secretary from 1873. â€"â€"A club of Unfortunate Lovers has been formed in the town of flame. England. and already fourteen members are enrolled. Au elderly bhc ielor wun has met with repeated re‘ulufis. has been elected chairman. and, the organization having been thus happily ef {eaten}, the particular kind of misery implin In the club name Will hereafter know “here to (30 for company. It may be noxed,in pass mg, that those unfortunate lovers Whose Woes date from the successful termination of Lheir SUNS need not; apply. â€"-Tbu whole of 1113 sass of Fife boats eu- gaged in the herxiug fishing at. anmoutb and Lowestof: have now ietuined to Aus- iruiher. In no pn-vious year have the fish- «ymvm met with such success as intended Etli‘il' labors thk! reason. One crew netted the unprecedented sum of £700, other two had about £500 each, and' a. large number had from £300 to £460, only lhree havmg less ihun £200. The average over the fleet is estimule l at about £3131), which would give a total of £45,500 realized during the seven weeks' finbiug. The txpenses, which amount to aboun £50 per him, of course, fall to be deaucud from thaz sum. elvped and were married his. negro preacher. Tim husband's parents have had him arrest- ed on a charge of vagrancy, in .tbe hope of separating him permanently from his wife. but hedeciares mm he will return to her at the earliest- nppmtunhy. â€"Not long ago Mr. Beecher-’5 door bell was mug by a bright Isaed boy, who seemed to be in breathless lmste as he asked to see the clergyman. He was admitted and at once explained that two gentlemen, down the street. were holding adelmte over the proper dpelllng of a word, and had sent him for Webster's Unabridgtd to settle the queslon. l‘he quarto Wes oblngingly handed. to the messeugm. who hurried ofl wuh it. Mr. Beeohtrliss never learned how the ortho~ graphic difficulty was adjusted, but he is uwme that his library is minus one dictionary L'he zealous young collector is probably am~ bitious to establish a. bookstore, as he has been heard from inyother parts of Brooklyn prosecuting the same industry with local variations. â€"Mr. J. H. A. Macdonald, advocate. Q. 0., of Edmburgh, has constructed an instrument which he calls the Hulophme Course Indica nor, intendtd to d1mish the risk of collisions M sea at night. and during fog. He sxhibined and described a. model of the inemrumem to a selec: compm‘y 1n Edinburgh, and stated his inlenbiou ot forwarding in to the Elecui~ ml Exhiblu m ax Sydeuhum. London. It cousins of an electric light, with 9. nfljctol fixed on a movable arm, or handle. B) ems means a powerful light can be wuwd even Lhe water warning any Vessel approaching in an opposue dlrmmun. or m sh; (name of me one with the liguc, than her course has ueeu changed, while 1: also shows 1.11058 in charge wheuhrr the coast )8 clear. Mr. Mac louuld comiv‘ered Lhal will) a. powerful re~ dealer the light would be Visible for 15 miles. â€"\deasures have been taken by Ruetem Par-ha, Governor General of Muuut Lebanon, [or the preservatiJu of th-a cad er. Tue gov eruor general baa caused to be built round the trees a. walled inulosure in clutrga of a custodian WhvEB duty it Will be to use than rm, regulations are carried out. Visitors 01 all natiunnlities Will be allowed as heretofore 1.60858 to the cedars, but Will only be permit Led to set up tent-i outside the enclosure, in pth s specially designed {or the purpose. Fll‘tB Will not be allowed near the trees, the necessity of tnis rule having Wllhin the lam few years been demonstrated by the fact than three of lullt largest cedars have been partial iy destroyed by tires owing to themrelessnesp of travelers‘ rervants. It is further angulutely ‘urbidden to out a. branch or bougu of an: single tree. Nu animals belonging to mm» elera are to be permitted within the en- closurel ~~Teetotaiers will be delighted to learn that a temp-dance muvemenn has begun in France. Tueiuhnblmuts of that country are uOl, n is uuaJoxsukmg the rough Bordeaux mne which 15 known by me name of “In pelit uneu," but. they are 836116“ng brandy ; and [L is huped by more wno are sanguine mm, having given up the more seducmve fluid, may may in the and be Induced to surrender the less palatable drink. Fuselbly Lhid mxgm be the case, but for one little dnfli~ aulny, which dues nob seem to have qum- presented insclf no me mumpamnce advocates the I‘ral cuuze of decrease in the c maumplion .f brandy in France appears to be than so much Inferior cognac has been vended of [an Azruughoub the mummy that the p:op)e, in sheer despulr vi gutting any better, have sim- uly Kureakun the beverage rather than be any longer deccived. «The other day. While a. noble stag of ten was being hotly chased by the Kaposzmeme- gyerer Hounds, a subscription puck in Hun- gal-y. one Karl Porus. u discharged hussar, managed to bring the terrified animal to n ~tamistill in some close cover through which ii. was forcing its way, and, by an almost superhuman effort of strength and agil ity, to vault upon its back. After Bev~ «ml desperate but unsuccessful attempts to isle xge its Iider from his seat, the stag. stimulated anew to flvyht by the cry of the fuel approacidng hounue, resumed his course. but it 80011 bloke down under the weight of its unaccustomrd burden, and gave up the ghost (111‘ngle sheer exhaustion and fright. Poms was found by the huntsmen sitting on “Jr uuwouude‘} cal-cases of the stag, which he had literally ridden to demh, and rem uiely claimed as a just reward of an achieve ment unprecedented in the annals of the chase. â€"â€"An Ohio man, aged 88, recently died and left explicit dizeclnoL-s about. his funeral. He wished no fumml sermon. In case of dis Linguirh d persons, he says, this may be well enough. but where the deceased has done no suing worsz 0t cimmendaiion or remember mce euch a sermon is of no use to theliviog. As we errors and vices of the dead are novar spoken of but [heir virtues d-xel: upon. the uupresx-ion left on many is that were is little Liflerenco in the moml churacler or men. Hi. fished no puhl.o funeral. Neighbors enough would amend to pro-ide for his burial and he did not; desire tVr‘D his childien and grand- mil._li+n to feel obliged to come long journrys If no benefit. to any one. He Wished to be buried in a. common cherry or walnut; coffin, and his grave deeiguaud with a plain sub alanbinl headstone, ilJFCvl'Jbrd with name. age ind date of death. So sensible a man ought so have lived longer. In a libel swim in San Francisco. growing out of the Chronicle‘s uceusniou that the Bulletin had sold its editorial influence to lhe Uentral Pacific railroad for 830,000, the pre- ri-ling Judge ruled that sneh a change was not ibelous. " ls it morally or legally wrong for lperson to advocate a. proi at», mailer. or ctuim. for peouuimy or valuable considers. l Lion ?" his honor asked‘ and he then pro- VOL. XXIV. ceeden to answer the question in the mums tive : “ Talent is as much the capital of the advocate. the lawye r and the editor as mer- chandise is of the merchant; he has as much right to sell his talents as the merchant his merchandise. The lawyer, the minister, the parliamentary advocate, the hammer. the amber. sells his talent, and he is not the less Iespeeled for so doing. The greater his learning. 1nd ustry. eloquence. and the esteem in wh ch be is held, the greater his necuninrv compensation. It seem“ to me that it is no more libelous in accusing one of selling for gain the sup] wt and advocacy of his news- paper than it would be to amuse the met chant of selling for min his m+~rchandise." " If argyment won’t bring a man chat to your side of de queahun knockin’ him down won’f do any good. “ De y‘nr 1881 am past an’ gone foreher." said BrotherGardner as Samuel Shin let the smve alone. ‘ I see nufliu’ sad ’bout itâ€" nufiiu’ to call fur sighs 2111’ tests an’ groans which kin be heard two blocks away. We expee de y‘ars to pass away. We expec lime to Keep dustin‘ right along. We expec to grow old, 2111' to hev gray hairs, 311' to cotch de rheumaniz Dut‘s what. we am heah fur. It we c»qu allus remnm young an’ puny, am“ part our hair in do middle, an‘ w'ar yaller kids. an‘ rmel] of cologne. de uudenaker an’ de grave-digger would starve to death. My frené, in beginnin’de new y‘ar. doan’ start out on de belief dat do loudur you talk de m_0‘ argymenrt ye bev. “ Doan’ Imagine dat ebery man wid a. gift of gab am a bo’n orator. “When you find a quiet man dozm’ rush Afian'gin blm cred“ fur wisdom. Some men doan’ talk kase dey hev nuflin to say. SileLca am no mo’a sign of wisdom dun poundin‘ on an empty bar’l am a sign of war. " De mu'n â€"Who can run up a bill at de butchers un' dodge hm] for six months, am not. gecessarily a Btflitb'mall. “ Du mm who takes up dc moas' sidewalk, am not mine de pusson at de moas’ conse- quence. A fifteen can: drunkard wancs mo' room in dis world dan a judge of de supreme court. “ Jealousy of your naybut am not ambi shun. Slander am a. thflpdfl used only by cowards. Hupiu’ dese [cw remarks won’t do yuu any pernickllar iJjury, wa will new ad- dress ourselves $0 de usual programmy.” ELECTION. The following members were rattled through the bean box in first class shape : Uooley Barnett, M. 1)., Wmdup Foster, Oomuuff Jackson. slicker bminh, Rasherry l‘homas, Repose: J ones, and Typhoon Hast- ngs. ANOTHER CLUB TAKEN m. The Secretary annouucxd an official com- munication from the Secretmy of the Ancient Order of the Believers in Spooks. of Logaue port. lnd., asking the: the believers be hukdn mm the Lime Kiln club in a body. On motion of Pickles Smith, who said lie visited the club lush summer and found every memhu mm his hair Oiled and his boots blacked, .he Believers Were voned in, thus adding the lullowing new members to the Lime Kiln ulub: Reuben Buckner. Robert Buckner. George Grant. Val ‘Puurshou. Genrge Bld- geis. Horace Lumer. George Fax, Lawn-i Johnson. George Johnson, Moses Peak and sky Turby. “ heuolved,â€"Dat dis club extends its heartfell a) wpatmes to de peopla of each uu‘ every state in wmcn dar uni m be a session of de Legislashuw dis winbrr.” " Want is Inspiration ?” Tue inkuiou 1.- extended by such prominent membersas Wil- uam McDonald, Ben Davis, Wlllnflm Blair Dick Uamr, Aleck Wrss. James Wham: . Wdlmm Johnston and John Bond, and tin BESOL’ TJON OF BYMPATHY.. Giveadam Jones than uflured the following one horse rew‘m on : INVITED To LECTURE. The Rev. Peuanuck explulued that he was in receipt of a. letter from the ‘- Inspileu Ulanks, ’ of Defiance, 0., inviting mm to appear before that society on Washingwu‘. unrlhday and deliver his celtbmled locnure on " 1. Us" ofier to charter a, {reigns car both ways tor we lecnarer, guaramres hlm a pan oi Ammo overshoua and a. bucksaw, Md will ‘ee him to and born the depot with a swing baud. Brother Gardner promptly gmme nil! permisslon, and unlebs an earthquukl Happens to prevent. his going the Rev. Pau- sch will certainly reap truth laurels. PREPARING FOR A PANIC. Waydowu Bebee deemed to call the ntten~ Lion of the Presnduut to the fact that the (may means of egress from Paradise Hall was a slugle door whlch opened mm the room. In case of fire and a rush a. calamity might occur \Vhlch would fill hundreds of Detroit uuuws with walls and lamentamona. The rusulucmu was axopued by a vote 0| 16$ l0 1, Euler Tums Voting in we negamv w Epile Samuel sum for Wukmg him out on ma firm; nap. " De President has had dot ar’ lack in mind lur de las six months," replied Brother , Unudner. “ an' new cat de queshun has b.n 1 called up I deem it my douty to arrange in I programme to prevent accident. In case de janitor puts a stick m de stove dst has bin loaded w1d powder, or some of dese lamp.~ eXplode. our fust douty will be to try and distinguish de flames. In case of failure, 1 Will walk out of de hall inst, follered by SIX“ issue Walpole, Wnydmvn Bebee, sn' Giveâ€" sdum Jones, at reg’lor inlervsls. De rest of you kin foller on in single file, 1111' I figgel list not a coat-tail will eben be singed. My reasons fur gwine out lust am dst I may see de fire engines when dey arrive and tell dr men whsr’ to frow water to keep our safe from hestin' its contents." szs AWARDED. The time for receiving poetry entered for the special prize ofi'ered last fall by Waydown Bebee. having expired, that gentleman sn~ nonnced that he had received thirty twl; diflerent specimens. of which seven were poems. six idyls, twelve sonnets, and the re- mainder were odes to spring, fall, Winter, dead folks, rolling oceans, green meadows, spotted cows, handsome women and codfish- balls. He had read and reread, and had some to the conclu-ion that a poem entitled : The Tears They Blind My Eyes, by Prof. Goneby Jackson. of Alabama, was entitled to the prle of 355 in cash and a fire shovel eleven feet long. The followmg is the first verse of the DOPm : I 8.1’ lookin' down (la lune whnr’ de chill’en used to ylny, An’ de shadows of de ole persimmon trte Wur' frown across as roof or do little cabin home, Whur’ ole Dinah watched do hours away fur â€"Wth an Au tin mhoolmastn‘ entered hls tempie~ot learning a few mornings 3,0 he rrnd ou the blackboard me Iouchiug L grndi “ Our teacher is a donkey.“ Pbe pupds expected Ihere would be a cnmbined cyclone and ear hquake, but ‘he philusuphic peda uogue comemed himself wnh adding the word “ driver" to the legend. and opened Ihu school Wlth prayer as usual.â€"0maha Rrpub- llcan. â€"â€"It is estimated that if a man lives to be 72 ywars old, he means at least twenty-four years in sleep. So, you see, a man in a pretty guOd sort of fellow one [bird of me lime, bad 33 he may be me remaining two-lhxrds. Let us be charitable. THE LIME-KILN CLUB RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, JAN. 26 1882 An Oriental Beauty. Milwaukee Rrpuuliuun : Mud. Yoshidn, the wife of Ihe Japanese minister. is the must daintin pretty creature that any picture on a puprr fan can givn an idea of. No taller than a. child 01 ten, she has all the charms and graces in miuitture, and her perfect little Japanese beauty is always omet by the most perhct toilets. French taste and fingers dress her after the most approved mannermnd trom her own country she brings stufii. bvocadea andsmbroideries unattainableand unnameable in our dry goods trade. The perfect oval of her face, with its clear cream complexion and half opened black eyes. is surmounled by masses of blue black hair that give her a strangely dignified and stately mien. Perched on the edge of one of the superb ebony and brocade chairs of her long drawing room, with her tiny slippers not touching the floor, she is one of the most cumming little figures to be seen, and Washington will [was one of its prettiest pets when the diminutive lady IB gone. _ A Female Faster in Virginia. _ Regarding but: exu'uuidium‘y east: of MISS Viowtgof Alexandria, who is starvmg her- 3qu to deam uuier a apacmi Ljunution, u.- abe belitves, from the Almighty, me Alexan- nll‘lfi Lia-Jena I .: dLiBE le viunm of mi» anruugu hallucination, lucid enough in all other respectt, still persists in her fuafi. and mill persists um she is simply obeying the D.viue command. Her fast. has now Jasmd tonyâ€"twa days. Shela reduced to 3 Inch suaduw of her farmer self, and though slit: uumplums not in is evident she autism excru- ciating p.in Every amempt to induce Lne lady to urrak but last or Lu abandon her sin gular belief than Lhe Lord has is. d Lhe com- mand uiou her to starve herstlf to d’uih has fni1;d. Friends and relatives and he: iavorice pastor have been an her ledsidr pending and expusnuluung Willl her as Bl.” my Weak and helpless as an infant, but in vain. She only rrplies thwr n is the Lord's ~ill, and ma Lud’s will must be doue. it «arms that. Miss Vivien on a. former ucuusiou fell [111ch die influence of a similar buliu~ cinnuun, but was finally persuaded out of it after a long fast. The Prophesy Mania. A correspondent ol the Sun steps forward as the successor of the lumenned Mother shiptun. This his how he arranges for the final catastrophe: The w )l'ld shall come to an end-’tis true, In 1882. The world itself shall no longer be, In 1883. The World iiself shall be no more, In 1884. The world itself shall not survive, In 1885. The world shall vanish into nix, In 1886. The world shall burn in fire from heaven, In 1887. The world shall end as sure as fate, In 1888. The wrn~ld shall end, if rhyme is a sign. In 1889. The World can‘t posslbly come to an end in 1890, for there is no rhyme to let it die Cincinnati Euqlluel': Recentinvostigations have established the Lot that the Venom ol ~evpsnts is not an exceptional and anomul. u~ product, but merely an intensified OUDleUH of ordinary saliva, and it is still more remark wide to find mm a. modification of saliva, (Well in human beings, may constitute a Virulenx poism. There are many well authenticated instances of drum resulting from the bite ul mimals not ordinarin considered venomous â€"cu.ts, for instance; and lDBlfllJCt-‘B have been known in which 9. bite item a human being has been followed by death from po sming. just as woull have been the case with some venomousreptile. Violent agitation, it has been observed, seems to impart this fetal quality to the saliva of men or animals. and M. Pat rem has recently cultiVeted the poison of the human saliva to such a. point as to develop the toxic symptoms of the serpent poisons in small birds. Even in its normal omdition saliva is send to be akin to poison, one of its fine ions being to destroy the molecule: life of the substances eaten. It is thought that all violent agitation and exertion involve an abnormal waste of tissues and an exC‘ssiVe production of the principle which renders saliva poisonous. A Woman who “ shooed” a. Bear. About looclocklaet Monday evemug a lady living on Fnrut avenue in Wood R VCI' Uity, Col. was followmi home from Main meet by what she look to be a large New- Iouudland dog. Aniving home, she paused at the duct to open it, but it was some time belore she succeeded. During this delay the ummal got quite close to her, and as he seemed harmless the lady called him in. Her surprise may be imagined when, in striking a. light, she saw a huge bald inc (1 bear look» mg at her, ehowmg his teeth as if grinning at her mistake I More dead man alive the lady opened the door, and gathering her skirts as women sometimes do, began shou- ing the bear. Bruin, as if appreciating the gruvxty of the situation, hurried out, where- upon the frightened lady fell into a. chair, and am not recover her presence of mind for at nedet fifteen mimtee, when she mm to a neighbor’s and told of her adventures.â€" Wom River Times. Stories of a Can and a Ben. Mrs. A. W. Brooks, of East Eliot. in the State of Maine, nae a cat 13 years old. for which she has been vainly offered $50. This lmrned puvsy will stand up at Ihe word ol command. how slowly or quickly as directed. walk around the room on her hind legs only. dance, turn somersaulls. go through the motions of holding a jewsharp in her mouth with one paw and playing on it with the other, mow when ordered to speak, kiss her paw to visitors, hold a saucer of milk on her forelegs, and lap the milk. and stand on her hind feet and with her forepuws catch him of bread or meal; thrown to her, like a ban-e- bsll player. Her kitten, a. year old, will lurn somersunlts. The same lady has a hen wnich always wiprs ho r teen on the mat on entering the house, and if asked, " How do you get your living, biddy ?” will scrmch on the floor. look to bee if she has scratched out anything, and then look at the questioner to see it lahw answer is correct. This hen despises lhv wooden, chalk, and porcelain cheats which some people palm off on liens for nest eggs. tumbling them out of her nest as oilen as they are put. in.â€"Chrislian at Work. A Reporter Swearing Ofl’. Areporlerul St Louisawureofi anhe begin ning of the new year. and this is the 101m of his oath : January 1, 1882.â€"â€"I solemnly pledge my- self to avoxd during the coming year Lhe are of the fallowng expressions in preparation of matter for the â€"â€"-â€": " Dull thud ” " Doomed man." “ Mounted the scafi lid with a fivm sup." “ Tnu blackest arms that ever named the annals.” evc. "Once mom it is our and and painful amy." But certainly to an end ’twill run, In 1891. BRIC-A'BRAC. Animal Venom‘ A Desperate Whale, Joseph W. Mead, or Paughkeepuie. N. Y.. is now on board the: bmquu rivx'uul son a whul iug Vnnge. His ship was ufi St. Helena on the 26th of chbrr,1831,frum which place he sends an iuterealiug letter to one 0! ms relu- dvus 1n Foughkeupsw. Frum it we make lhb fulluwmx extracts : " Oh “Jr 6 h of June but we nus. d w; ales and gut than all in {Mum- =le positions, when we nowexed uur boats and In a. uhvrt tune uur becoud mute struck one. In a Iew minutes after the whale caugut («hr boat about in the quutter and completely cheww it up. Mr. Luce. the Guiel mate. when he saw our signal from the ship, sent a hon and us! the ctew picked up. took the hue and sull had the whale fus.. The third mute also came up and went on the whale three Elmts lh-a fuu th time tuu Whale caught and masued me boat; into fircwoud l‘he utemrer was killud, but the rest of the crew Were saved‘ In the meuulime, the bums .hd not. dare to g 1 near the Wounded whale, but tired at it hum a distance thh guns. About thls films we reccived heip from a. ship culed the Milton, which sent two boats h the rrscue. for we were m a. wry weak con dition. Before you could hardly think it pos- dlble, however. the Mxltuu’a bums “ere both smashed and their crews swimming in the water. They were F0011 rescued by our brmts [‘he boats han about the Whale uutil dank whan we cut the line and let the huge mon- ster go. The next morning. howwer. we saw him again and took another hold of him, and about 5 o’clock in the afternoon we we Utedtd in dlsputuhing him. It was the largest whale taken in thus rection for many years. and made us 150 balms of oil. lta length was SlX'y feet and jaws nineteen feet."â€" Poughkeepsie Eagle. ball " Pencil pu~her." “ “The Fmberite.” The sidere‘d tuifles.” and " relerring to self. But a. Short dletauce above the falls 13 the EDan remarkable sight we have ever seen. In the high bluff along the river there issue uumeruus gleat spungs, the waters of WhlBh fall over the rocks and are laehcd to silvery streams and spray in their descent. The (inst 0‘ these pours Met a cliff in a Semioclrcular form amt falls over 200 feet. As seen from tee Dppuriie hide of the river it is very beau riful. Further down the nver is a much grander Bight. A stream 0! water 1(1qu 10 that of a. smell rmr pour: out of the bank and fills over the ranks lu BilVd‘y Sireams o: alrnOst every conceivable shape and form, while the spaces between are lined Willi green moss and shrubs. suthnt it preeems an Appearance of an immence grottu.-â€"0maha Bee. “ Bucohanalian revel,” as applied to a com- mon drunk. “ Then commenced a feast of reason." etc “ Terpuichorean revel," as applied to a “ Gentlemanly aud eflicient,” in referring to hotel clerks. “We are pained to learn.” “ Caned." or " Watched," in wuting up presgmanousl The Crabman’s Commlseratlon. Old Quinn Was the qua-nest. fish in all the odd school of 'longshoxemen; but alas! his many radiant vinues were clouded with a few conspicuous vices. He Would fish Sun days and get drunk every day thatuppor- tunlly ofiered. Well, one summer Sabbath morning. having succeeded in filling his mnrket basket with large, live crabs, and mmself with rum, be begun to zig zag home< ward. The dty was superbly beauxilul, will) a rky of serenest blue and an air as balmy as the breath of Amby. Even the merry ioetct seemed to have mellowed‘rhelr burn, and the old sea Inuffi ad its Lriump‘mut boom out of respect to the sanctity of the day. Reeling up a bill, he saw approwhing the venerable old clergyman of the neighborhood, and struggling to malnteiu a drunken digni ty. he fell headlong, and then the crabs struck for liberty. ” My friend,” said the elder, " I see you not only desecrate the Ssbbath with labor, but you also debase yourself by intoxica- L on." “ Elder,” hiccoughed Quinn, reaching for a runaway crab. “if you wave as much trouble in getting your congregatmn together to day as I do these cussed crabs, darned if I don’t pity ye! "â€"Ohxmgo News. For two or three miles above the Shoshone Falls the Snake River flowe through immense chasing, with walls on either side hundreds of leet high. The river is full of rapids for miles, the descent being so great. At the upper Shoshone Falls, known as the Twin or Little Falls, the river is divided by an island, and the two streams rush over a. preciplce and fall into a pool 175 feet below. As vieWed from the but? hundreds of leet above, the sight is grand, and 1mm below there is still more to admire sud awe the visitor. Some four or five miles down the river we come to thegreat f lle. where the entire river descends is a sheet of 210 feet. Some thirty or forty miles further down the stream is Solomon Fade, txtending quite 8. distance The greatest of these [Elle is only twenty feet. but the forms and the great number of the falls and cascades make it very beautiful. “ I’ll no Trust Ye." Two centuries ago )1] the Highlands of Scotland, to axk for a receipt or promo-son note was thought. an infillll}. I! purl/hi! had bminess runners to transact, they stepped into the air, find their apes upon the heavens, and ouch repealed his obligation Without. mortal witness. A mark was then carved on some rock or tree near by as a. re- rurmbrance of the compact. Such a. thing as breach of c intract was nirrly mot. With. so highly did the people regard theii honor. When Ihu march of improvemeul. broughw the new mode of doing bueinlss, they were oltan pained by these innovation. An anec done is handed down of a. farmer who had bern to the Lowlands and learned worlde wislom. On returning to his native parish he had need of a sum of money, and made hold to ark a loan from a gentleman of means named Stewan. This was kindly granted, and Mr. S. Counted out the gold. Toia done, [he farmer wrote a receipi and handed in to Mr S. ” Bunding ya 1 Well. my man, if ye canna trust. yeraelf, I‘m sure I'll 1m brush yeA Yu canna have mv gold.” Aud gathermg it up he pun in back in 1118 desk and turned me key on in. -‘ What is this, man 1‘" cried Mr. S. eying the slip of paper, “In is airéceipt, sir. binding me to give ye hack the gold at the right: time,” nplied Sandy. V VI " Bm, sir. I might dv'e," repliod the canny Scotchman, bringing up an argument. in favor uf his new wisdom. “ and peruups my son mum relusa it ye; but the bit of paper would compel them." “ Compd them to sustain a. dead father»: honor I” urieu‘ the Celt. ‘ “ They‘ll Deed com- pelling to do right if this Is the road ye‘re leading them. l'll_nrihber trust; ye nor them. Ye cm gang elsewhere for munov; but you’d fi xd name In the parish lhut'll put more faith In a bit 0‘ pp r than in a u‘igubor’s Word 0' honor and hie fear 0’ God.” Beneflcs of a Classical Education. By a rroem change in 1115 curriculum of the Mnlwaukee hiah school, Greek has been Grand Falls and Beautiful Grottoes‘ The man of pencils,” snapprr up of uucm~ The man of news,” in An Unamed sea. Monster. The finding of the remains ol the large lieu serpent in the marl pit of O. 0. Herbert m Marlboro, New Jersey. lately has been any pleinented by the diecowiy of the remains ul another one. The find was somewhat decoin szed, and only two huge tasks and poriil-ne of the jaw bo'ne of the reptile were founu pleeervud, the bonus crumbling l0 pieces wnen estai [.0 the nir. The bodies first founo are all Well preeeiVed, and the tuslie are ie mailmqu tor iheir size and fine natural polish. Prof. Samuel Lack wood gives the tollowing description 01 the l'tpllle. “ l. was a. monster of great bulk. It had th puddles Well forward and two behmd,‘ the body being short and stout. The bones ol the paddles. lrom their 312:: and solidity, 1n- dicuie extraordinaiy pruptlling power. The tail was stout, long, hn-I serpentine, but, a litile flutlish, thus affoxdiug great aid in propulsion by a ecullihg movement. The neck was long, and yet thick enough to support the head high out of water while the monster was engugrd in devouring its prey the huge jaws weie armed with teeth which wtre worelormidable than those of the crow dile. The lower jaw was Very singular in atluclul‘e, and hulls. joim like an elbow. In the act of swallowing, the reptile could eh» large its gullet by means of this elbolv joint. The not of swallowing was neceesnrily slow and the reptile no doubt would have had giant tioube in retaining in its mouth in. struggling, prly if it had not been for a eupe plemeniarg jaw wh.ch WaB ured as a gvapnel, l‘hie was multle wuh small teeth. Wuioh Were curved in shape and very sharp. As the large jaws, With their great Buske, er‘e being opened so as to oblain a now hold, the little ni’npnel )dflV held the atruggling prey fast, and lhu mOVemenls alternated until the fish or other ploy was fUI‘OCd down the great throat.” Tue only bones of this monster replile ol' Lht) uniedimvmn age known are three found In the mail pit of Mr Herbert, and no name as yet has been found lor it by the kcleutlslu. dropped from the studies, though Latin is still retained. and acity paper regards the droi ping of Greek as a. mistake. We think so, too. Years ago we held old foggy notlou» upon educational mttters, and thought that English ought to be taught in the public schools. It seemed to us that as Euullub was the language of the countiy and the Eug- lish sciences the only ones used in bUrinerH. it could not do the children any particulai harm to teach them a lime Eug lish occasionallv â€"~ not too much, e. that it would interfere with their Greek, Latin, painting. drawing anu dancing, but enough so they could buy two yards of factory cloth at eight cents a yard and feel Batirfiod in their minds that it came to ten cents. We were “100ng a little country paper at that time, and work as hard as em‘ we might we could not maki any money, and we could not account for it. One day we dropped into a school examinaâ€" tion, where Latin was being peeled off in great fl dies. and Greek was being tallied into a man tiling a. circular saw. We saw at one. where we were miking our life a failure and wasting our energies, we returned to th. office determined to remedy the defect. We opened on the public the next Week with plenty of Latin and Greek and the elfth was wonderful. The pub id had been sum-ling for just tvint kind of thing and the edition was exhausted. Sui scriptions began to pour in from all quarters; we enlarged the paper and came to MilWankee, still are uding ite columns With Latin and Greek. The public knows the rest. Money has [1 wed in up in us so that we have to keep a. man with a. splint broom at the door to sweep it back. This is Wh-l Lttin and Greek has done for us. and we can truthfully say that we had rather see a ho) able to write a beautiful essay in Greek no) time, than see him hanged for horse steal- isng. It is more creditable to him.â€"â€"Milwautee un. An Essay on Man Man was an .d: m dry wwmer. He Was madu of (hint. Quite a number Llan never recovered trom mm creuuuu ; they are null dry. It's mafia ntnuru 00 be dlrauunented. Admu had a. monopoly, but he ouuid nobbe happy wiu‘oun some um: w arm qul‘ For uwhnu he knocked amount over aha Garden 01 Elena, and than Weuu tau the house, but. he bu) to cook his own ruppwr; there was no stove Wood unuppcd. and things ware 111 (mg pimps generally. The next. mormugit was the same way. He had t) make the own bed and swmp out. Hus stockings th'e dirty, and his arm Wuuld ..o thrulhdl a hole in the Bletvd. So he Wm: dissatisfied. [he urxs night, when he went to sleep, the Creator pummel him by m LKIUg a Womanâ€"- a great. lumfonuue no me man it. i; natural for a man to disregard a good exampleâ€"Boston World. He was a bigger man than Grunt, but he cogldn‘p stand as many slings. Some men carry this resemblance in their faces. Many men have couuwuances 111“: u) stem. Men now boil all over themsmlves when the preacher reaches - Lhirnem hly” on a. hut .iay. nuJ new: think of the grandeur of Jub'b “ample. Judge Hal miscrram! Yuu murdered our good President He had done no wrong. His wite and chlldren mourn. his country has lost, him. Your life has been tracad. You are a scouudnel. What can you say? Albér Eva get. acquainted with her mate x-he vowed than all me men in the wodd were 110'. woth Adum. GOIIHUJ was a. man. The family mun rusémblu's the oyster on the half shell. Tue shell is known as home - the soft side abroad. (From the Cincinnati Commercial.) The French may of conducting the mid of the murderer Guinean may be stated with brqvity. The murderer being presented in court, the Judge would hava addressed him xhus : Prisonerâ€"I was impelled by the Deity to remove the Presidum. It was not a psrsunau miner. warns of our politicians Were abilit- iug the President, and for the sake of piano mu Deity put in into my head to n move mm. l‘he Dainy did it, not 1, as 1 was bur. the in strumeut. Puffin“: iu thus case is said to be sweeter than pusewusion. Howa French Couric Would Have Tried n m. Judge â€"Miserablel Tnen you plead iu sanity. Take the wretch I0 prison ; summm acommisaion of experts in diseases of uh» mind to make a p rsoml examiumim of the culprit and report: no marrow Whether he is responsibie for his 8018. The commission would have been foam, and the Mayor! made WilhuuL more than um day‘s delay. Thu report Would UuV‘ been thaw the miserable WWW!) knew enough 7-0 know that murder was a crime ; than his preluurr of irrH-‘p nnzslbduy Wm; the lush resouwe of n deaparute wrutch. That would have been ch: proper rnd of the trial Lawyer’s speeches by, me. day IO bcfog the case would no» have the“ pmrmiltrd Johns said to have been a. very patient mau. Tue mouth of the murderer. if he had at- templed [0 g .bee insults. Wuuld havu been stopped by me Judge. The Idea of leasing the scoundml in jail, and running after him for photographs, and flutermg by taking a. WHOLE N0. 1,235yâ€"NO, 44, empnained for a, mwmem. Tue Judge. could have called up the mar- derer on the third occasion of his appearance in the court and without wasting madeâ€"with- out any foolishness or display, or rhetoricmr sentiment â€"senlenced him to dumb No time would have been fixed for the execution. A few days, perhaps. Woull have passed. dur- ing which the condemned could have been vmte-d by a sciennt‘lu man or two. to make 5 ire than the wrench was not an ilteipunb'i- ble maniac. and for the formallsy of an ap- piicuion to be made for the mitigation of the sentence. cast of his horrid head, could not have been entpnained for a, mwmem. Half an hour Butficus fur the ceremony of prvparauun. The services of a Veneuble prieub may. be bad. The iron gates roll “pen without uuise, and the ghastly asweaiu is thrust. furwmd and under Lhe kmfu as coolly md rapidly as a. bug is handled m the killing Samson as one (if our pun nuusv, and m the bwiukhug of an eye the heavy uiwgle of meal glides down the ladder like flame. hireea through the neck and auikes a rubber cush- Ion wnm a low mud. no autographs. phosograpbs phonugraphy, md no models of heads uy uugus mums. or big dmnuru. or double bruakfauns, or curmu- pundunfl: with female fulds. “ Got a cunUudrum for you. Johnnie; in- vented it myself," said a buy to a plu3mate. ‘ What’s Lue difiui‘ence 01 a paudiuguu're dragging by a chain and a rotten the trunk." \fier due deliberation Johnnie panned. “ Una an led dog and me onuer a dead log. Them kind IE awmi easy when you know now.” So enougm Johnnie and on his way home he ouiln one on a. similar plan which he med to xplode on the maternal head. " I say, ma, [era's a. riddle ; [mule n myself. Wnun’u me dlfierence between the wax figger of a lady thd pa um letting me go lo we circus his: week ‘1’ cause ends a sham dumu and L’mher‘n - duâ€"Owl ow H ow l H Lhab hunt-.1 tell you; can’t, you take 3 Nina 0' your emu i” L'Lle cOuun‘num tucaury has been closed for repuim.â€"E1eÂ¥ut=d Runway Journal. Be Used to be 5 Boy Himself. The other day a snow mum to Lime Rmk mud was auum‘tuuy Imposed upuu by Uncle 1mm. Wuue usunumg near the tent he saw a crowd ofJow spm'wu boys gxioving on ac- cJuu: of financial dupresalon. “Docuyergouugafium Wanner go to der show 7" he asked. The boys responded in noisy chorus. “ Well. come on, den. 1 nater bu a chine my- uen, uu’ nunke de mou’ of men. I umiu‘n fur- gub 1t. Uouuu dcsu boys,” he added. addrers- lug the door kceper. l‘he man var-gnu eunuc- iug, and by we Lune the bays Ind panel in ISJLIJ was walktug Menu-.1, mlmug to ac- quumsunues from the pmununousv W Wuan for ? Does yer think me a. lottery again 2” " 1 dauu owe yer nu ucxets, and I doau owe yer no money. 1 didu I. tell yer 4:: pass de uoya in. I said uounL’ew. I'm: always urmrd mat snowmw is good on rnumazic, an" 1 wanted no 8;“in myrelf. Yer 33y duh dat was nweuny buyd. I douu’ spate your word, mas I ain't; nu matuuxnu ian. Spawn I. Lake a. mu ob boys let an cuamer ob a bank an’ axe: mm Lu couun ’em. does dar. smmfy out Ale answer is gwme Let pass ’em into (it) money room? Nu sau. Go back her yet LCDE ; I seen a crowd going in.” Thu showman, windowing that he had left. the euuztuac unguardcd, nuru. d and 150m Walked uw::y.â€"â€"Lu.um Hun duzaune. The accident at Bu hold, in England. a few days ago, wuuruby a laborer was Instantly klllld through meroly touching the miles uonuuctlug the electrm y H.) the lamps light- mg up the h usr, culls utteutnou who to the dangers attenuuut upon that means of 113116- my, and to the precautlous Lean-nary to be adopted ugmnsfi utcmeuts. Hummer common rlccllid lighting ls becoming, vu-y little :5 known of it by the general puhllc, and many though lgumaut alone may. hke Lhu laborer at limficld, court their death. When he wok hold 0! the wue he ncrer dreams that he was thereby turning a. thundercolt upon himsrlf. The engine beuemtlug the el ctr-i0 ty was «sixteen horse- power, and the laborer was matautaueuusly mllud It was certainly gross nonleuauusuon the part of lhe prouuotor having such wires rxp :sed Hang a garden wall. lhuugh he mtght have assumed that adults won (1 kuow the hunger and Would no more think of touching theso wires than they would of putting their hunds in the the, yet children. or oven struugrra, might do A similar case to that at Hatfield occurred on board the L vid a nearly a. year ago. That ought to havu led to the passing of a stringent r.cl, compelling all adupmug lhul means of vighoiug to pl‘uVldU against the pusslbillty ol »uuh accidents. Many curpomtious in Great Bmain are applying lur power in Parliament mlngbu up thtil‘ cities and town; by elrcbriv city, and Parlmmem Will surely, in gmming Lharigbl. lay down very strlugenh rules on the sllhj cm. Wllerewr purge blr, lhb w res should be laid underground, and even when placed slurs they should 0e Lhmoughly msulaled n! d vrry much larger than what is neoessur} Wnen the wire is small it is apt to get beaten and lo misc fire. I: will also be necessary to consider and provide against the dunler to whlch fin men will be exposcd in case of a. fire Some menus mildl be devised for shutting ofl the electric current in the same way as gm can we turned off m present. In case of fixe, or any accident. bjfalling a bui ding. the wires might geldnmaued. and firtmeu or others might, in the turmoil. tumble against them mu gen lulled like the poor labeler. The nuhject, indeed, is of grass interest to the pubua of every country where such lighting Is sdupn-d. Innughllo bu considered now run all ins aspects. wilhouh awaiting the occur- rrnce of such accidents to suggest the pre- vauliouary measures necesaary to be adopted. » Scottish Ameyican. â€"'l‘he little town 0! Huddiugton. in Scot- land is independent of the Free lenmes set. It. can buum of having pot-eased a free library since 1717 In that year the Rev. Juhn Gray, anhslbr of Abel-lady, left. the whats of his pnvate library to the town. together with 26 marks Santa annually to muntmn in. Tm» library has been hugely uuuuenbvd In m Lime In time by donations of |0nks and money N ,w it passage ova 3,1!00 volumes in alums: every depnrlmmb of literature. New premises were rrcemly obtained for khe hbrary and for a. readian room in the building known as Knox‘a Free church. The reply to such an application would have been a simple relusal. and the day after, or at the turbhest. the third day, a huge black van would have appeared about 2 o'clock in the morning in from of the prison. and in an hour we guillotine would nave bsen 111 Older and then me exucutuoner would have knocked on the cell door of we muruerer, with the informaliun that his time hm come and he must mauke his toilet of deal-l1. That means a close suave an- hair cutuug. and a «ow necked shim. thle me p ’epuralluns were being mude the warden: might have new mluwed a. cup of cofiee, mm perhaps a. few drops at brandy in it, so Tuere is nothing special about these w1resw mam Mm prople at then‘ mums, and thvy might be mistaken [or a piece of wile fence. Elecmc Jigbtingia better known in the United States than in (heat Bntain. and here fire insurance companies are aware of she mm attendant. upun it. They have miopted very Stringem rules to be obserVed what) (was mean; of lighting is used The mm is r. qulred m be double the couductivnty mcessary. thoroughly insulated, and doubly coated wixh approv‘d maternal. ‘- Here," sum lineâ€"snowman, ” give me twenty uckew.” " You ptssed in twenty boys, and I want uhe magma or me money.” There is nothing imhia process to cultivate be vanity of miscreants nu become murderurs ELECTRIC LIddL‘ING AND ITS DANGERS. Closed for Repairs.