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The only way to weld growing old In to die young. The Princess of Wales Ipendn $5,000 a- year for bouquets. Mina Gertrude Griswold I: an operatic success in Landon. Persian ladies never act in publlc, only In private. Siege ladies are all small boys. Richard M. Hoe’s will, presented for pro- bste, given the income of all his propexty be his widow and daughters. Another bright woman gone wrongâ€"Kw!» Field in wrltlng a novel. Princess Irene of Henna, M: in mid, will loan marry Prince Ludwig of Bxden, a grandson of Empexor William. Queen Victorla’n " Journal of a. Lifei the Highlands” has actually been translated into Penlan and has had I large sale in Alia. Clever women, according ta M. Lndovio Hulavy, the French playwright, are never Wanting on the French stage. The late storm demouskrated the fact ‘hat an cverwhelming majarlty 0! ladies wear black stackings. Astrologers are about to pick out a wife hr the Emperor of China. The fortunate women will my, “My stars I" Mrs. Conant, thou wife of the mining adltor of Harper's Weekly, is a prod-reader 3nd translate: of foreign languages In that entablllhment. Lawrence Barrett's daughter is in a sohoel at Uticn, N. Y.. and it In said that aha has never ran a play or an opera. It ls her hther's wish that she ahall never have any- thing t9 do with the stage. How cm she associate with her p31 The late Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the fa.- meua novelist, was the fit": woman to send a telegraphic dispatch under the ocean vls. the Atlentio cable. A German physiofan aslerts half of wo- manklnd are mentaliy unbalanced. They may be in Germany, but If he comes ova: to this osuntxy he will be convinced right lpeedlly that they have mlnd enough to glve him a. piece and to spare. Fungi Destructive to Canada Thistle. The immense losses to agriculturists from rust in wheat, black-knot in cherries, pear blight and potato rot have repeatedly brought before the popular mind something of the extent and (Inmcter of parasitic fun- gi. It is not so generally known that no- tlve plants and even pernicious weeds have each their fungeus enemies. partly from the fact that these parasites have not been suf- ficiently aggressive to attract special notice. The purslsne, pigwead, medick, dandelion, dock, shepherd’s purse, quackgrass and many other common weeds support pursuit lc fungi that are more or less destructive One weed, however, most important of oil, has recently become seriously affected by a species of rx st that threatens a serious dim- inution. Almost any [etch of 111'stlts will show its pregu 53. The rust cemn ences as n. yellowish growth on iln under side of the lesvrs accompanied by a genrsl sickly ap- pearance of the whole plant; later on op- pears the familiar rust red or reddish-brown growth due to the abundant multiplication of the summer spores, which in favoring weather rapidly extend the disease to other lents ; later still comes the black stage 116 to the development of the thick-walled winter sport 3 which carry the plant through the Winter sea son to germinate the following Spring. The immediate effect of the rust is to pre- vent maturity ef blossems and iruit in the thistle and thus reduce its pessibility of spreading ; but the ultimate effect is te kill the plant by centinua‘xly sspping its vital ity. The growth and propagation of this fungeus should be sedulously guarded and its influence may possibly rid us of one of the vilest of our intreduced weeds, for not- withstanding its name the Canada. thistle is not 9. native Canadian plant, but an impor- tation from Europe. There is no danger that the cultivatien of the rust will in any way endanger cultivated plants for the mat of corn, wheat and other grsits represent species totally distinct. Indeed the rust of the cemmen field thietle, which sppenrs more commonly on the upper side of its leaves in iselated spate, is regarded as dis- tinct item the form on the Canada. thistle which, as stated above, confines itself to 1he lower surface of the leaves and covers them in a lever. 7“ And yet,” replied the Lion, “ bad you seen me Devon: It: you Would have licked your_oheps and theught how Delicious It A Wolf who had Barrewed a quarter of Lamb of the Men greedlly Devoured it, but noon afterwards Remarked : 7 7“ Seem! to me than: Mutton wnsn’t quite up to the Spring Lamb standard. Indeed, I never ate a. Worse Piece.” If the Watermelon you send to a neighbor la over-ripe you will be Crltlolaed ; If net rlpa Enough you will get no Credit for gen- erosity. Vi" Oh, 'I'm not spegking Personally," he replied, “but for the Community at Large.” MORAL : Thieves sometimes step Stealing long Enough 179 Read Honest Men 9. Lesson in Integrityâ€"1n your Eye 1 “ What a Monstrous Robbery I I’ll never psy 1i; 1" “ But you eat your own Figures." " Yes, but any jury will decide that ‘I was too 111 to Transact Business.” MORAL 2 Don’t Depend upon the Premises of a man down 9. Well. A Mexican who was shouting for War and Lou'dly Abusing the Unlted States was ad- drgpqqd by a quler-by yvlth‘:_ “ Since you have stolen at least 500 head of Texan Cattle and Escaped belng Planted ontha t side I fall to see whet Motive has Induced y_eu to Indulge In thia Tirade.” A Peasant who was very Ill and expected to Die Promised the Deoter $50 If he saved his Llfe. A Fortunate tum ef the Disease Enabled the Doctor to pull his Patient through, but when he Presented his Bill the Peasant exclaimed : THE PATIENT AND THE DQOTOR‘ AMERICAN FABLES. ABOUT WOIIAN. THE UNGRATBFUL MEXICAN. MORAL 2 Small an in our knowledge of the vent re- gion lnrreundlng the north psie, the inter motion we have gnined relpeoting that about the south poieiu still less. The an< cleats believed that there was en immenne body of land far to the south of Africa, to which they gave the name Terra. Australia Inca lta. Thin name appears on mupc publ shed as recently as a. hundred and filty your: ago. If such a body of lmdexlsts. it has remained practically unknown till the present time. Captain Cook was pro» bably the first navigator who visited this region, and he expressed some doubt about the existence of an Antarctic continent. Captain Charla: lieu of the English and Lieutenant Wilkes of the United States navy both conduc‘.ed in the Antarctic ocean about the year 1840, but the observations of bath parties were limited ta khone made an shipboard. In January, 18417 Sir John ROE! discovered a volcanic mountain on the Antarctic centiâ€" nent, 12,400 feet In height, which he named in honor at his fl‘g-uhip, Mount Erebue. From that time to the present sumoer any nikmpt has been made in enlarge our knowledge reepcciing the southern (morni- iy of the pinnet on which we live. During all this period, an well on during the entire century that preceded it, there he: been an almost constant succession of expedition to explore the Arctic regionl. Nearly every civilized country in the nor- thern hemisphere he: been interested in one or more. Commercial enterprise inspired the firlt Arctic expedition, while desire for diloovery, the epirit of role ntific inves- tigation, the love of daring, and the PLEASURE 0F ADVENTURE have had most to do in fitting out others. Popular nttentisn has been so generally monopel’znd by relearohea in the distant north that to most minds polar is synene- moon with, arctic. While all seem anxioun to know about the regien surrounding the north pole, few (seem to care 90 learn nbeut that whioh is at the opposite extrem- ity of the earth. From the existence of n voloonic mountain of great height we are justified in believing that there is on Anis- urotlo continent, but 9! its flare. and fauna. and of its geographical formation we knew nothing, There in a region having an area of 6,369,000 rquara miles about which the reg: cf the werid has no definite knowledge, The government of Victoria, Australia, has tsken the Initiative in prepssing to fit out a. scientific expedition ta explore the “ Terra Incognita ” oi the ancient Runens. It hes promised a large subsidy in aid of an Antarctic exploring expedition, and has undertaken to enlist the interest of the other Australian colonies It has also in- vited the British Asseciation for the Ad’ vencement 0! Science, the Geegrsplicel Se- ciety ei Germeny to take part in the great enterprise. It is propssed to have the ex- pedition resdv to start on the fiftieth an- niversary cf the coronatien eerueen Vic toria. It is the intention to have it sail from Melbourne and proceed directly south till land is reached and a. suitable harbor found for protecting the vessels of the fleet. A portion of the party will be leit to explore the coast and take observations that will enable them to prepare accurate maps and charts. Another portion ei the party will attempt to ascend what is known as the great ice well, and LNTABO’IIO EXPLORATIONS. to the eeuth pale, a distance of about four- teen hundred miles. If they succeed in reaching their destination and making a safe return, they wi.l at least render them- nelvel famous throughout the werldfind dur- ing I.“ future time. From accounts received of the animal, bird, fish. and insect life In these regions, several European naturalists ere inclined to believe that the expedition will be of great ya no to commerce and industry as well as to science. They appear to feel confident that whales of email size are numerous in these southern waters. They also think that porpoises and seals may be more abun- dant there then off the coast of Alaska. They have no doubt that the waters teem with fish of great value, and feel assured that Inns of them will yield an oil superior to that obtained from the cod caught en the northern coast of Norway. Many Austra- lians are confident that “ there is money ” in the proposed expedition, and an a conse- quence they propose to back it inthe interest of business. It is quite likely that their knowledge of the fur-bearing animals of the Anterotic continent was derived from Cooper’s nevel, " The Sea Lions ; or, The Lest Sealers,” a very interesting story, but not presumed to have even a foundation in fact. Will the Pqu- Mystery Ever be Solved ? Prince Alexander In in hard luck. When ho was fine tendered the Bulgarian throne, he replied. “ I do not want It ; give It to the 'pegr.” He finally accepted Ht, but It seems that he hid no adeqnste idea of the length and nharpneu of the tank that was concealed In the throne. It is with thrones as it is with almost everything else one gets for nothing. There is usually some discrepancy in the title that does not leak ant until afterwards. We once heard of a boy who, at the breakfast table,wss urged by his father to help him- self to the maple syrup. He did so, and In a short time discovered that the maple syrup had been met! to disguise a large dose of vermifuge, to the imbibing of which the guilelees youth had en various occasions strenuously objected. “ I thefighfthere ‘ was something the matter wlth that maple syrup as soon as the old man told me to take all I wanted of [12,” observed the youth, with a a!okly smile. Very pelaibly Prince Alexander has diu- oovered, are this, that there was cenlider- able vermifuge in the dose of Bulgarian Iyrup bestowed on him no eondeaoendingiy by the great Powers. A stranger. riding aleng the read, oh- nerved that all the milestones were turned in a particular way, not facing the read, but rather averted Item it. He called to a. countrymen and enquired the reason. “Bless you, sir,” replied the man, “ the wlnd In no strong sometimes in these parts that if we weren’t to turn the backs of the milestones to It, the figures would be blown off them alter and clean." A Pretty Strong Wind. FXPLORII‘ G EXPEDITIONS An Unlucky Prince. PROCEED IN SLEDGES Asian : In NATURE, CAUSES Am) Innu- mm. The yleflm of enthmetlo troubles, like the “flora! from ague and fever does not re- oelve hie fair proportion of lympnthy from hhou who do not know the dietreal lnflloted by Inch periodic diaeoael. They mny nee him at one time struggling wlthle paroxyam. piping for breath, wheezing, coughing and choking, and a few hours later at his work, oponromly no wane for the oxdeol through 1" job he hel_poeaed._ _ _ Thsyhave been told by some authority, or somehow the idea. has got around, that " uthms never kills, although a rather dis- sgreeable thing to have.” Hence the in- ference is drown thnt in asthmatic affection there is “ ngrsat ado” not “about no- thing," to be sure, but about something which is overrated by its victims. People have accusin died in the convulsions pro- duced by asthma, and on opening their bodies not a trace ef disease worthy of the nemebas been found; but in most cases the disturbed breathing, tightness of chest end stomach oppression that are character- istic of the asthmatic attack Eroceed from ergsnic or functional aflections of a more or in» serious nature. Sxmrroms.â€"Wlthent taking up space in s dlscueaian of the nature of asthma, as to whesher it is a nervous disease only, or a symptom of organic degeneration, traceable to morbid alteration In the blood, let me proceed to describe its efleots. The attack In usually preceded by feelings of uneasiness and fullness in the stomach, lenguer, chllllv nm ; more or less gas is raised ; there may be dnll pains In the head. with restlessness 3 the wine may be more then usually abun- dant, and of a pale calm“. .-... nu... Theme find other lndlcntlenn of disturbed (auction: may be present, but with varylng degrees of intensity. If the patlent can lie dawn he in awakened In the night, usually toward morning, by a. greet difficulty of hre sthlng. The attack wlll came on by fits, and there II a feeling of great weight upon the chest, or of a censtriotleu as If it were bound by a rigid band. As the atteok pro- gressen, the reom seems tee small to breathe , WW 1.1.- in. and the patient will ask to have the windewe raised and the doors opened; he will gulp and pant in the effort to breathe, Appen- lnleualble te the eeverelt cold, and, durlng the perexyam, the perspiration will he quently stand in great head! upon the faehead, and the pulaeln quick. week, often irregular. or there may be palpitation of the bent. The hands and feet are cold to the touch, showing the circulation to be imper- fect. After the attack has continued for an hour or moreolcmctimel three hours, and longerâ€"coughing may aupervene, with free expeotoratlen, and relief comes, the exheunted patient Mlle g asleep The came! of asthma, like the causes of bronchial or pulmonary affeetlemv, are various. and very similar to theme of the afiuctlonl numed. As the paroxysms are for the most part apasmedie In their origin, 3nd eecaziened by a peculiar irritability of the nerves seneciated with the muscular apparatus of the larynx, bronchi, or dia- phragm, anything in the air that is likely to House that irritability, may bring on the attack. Hence, asthmatic people find an atmosphere centnining fog, smoke, gases, duet, animal or vegetable emanatiena and even odor: efl’ensive. To some dry air is objectionable, a low, molnt region being much more egreeeble. Diseases ofgthe threat, bronchial passages and lungs, have a. relation to asthma, and frtquently eooeelon It. So, too, heart trouble: and stomach dlsordern, will bring on the attack. In some cases any klnd of food excites it; In others enly lndlgeatlble articles, stimulants and lploes, have ten- dency to bring on the fit through reflex ir- ritatim. So, whatever tends to reflex ner- veue III-liability ll likely to produce the un. plan-ant centrnctlen of the brenehlal tube: In rne who In nub eat no it Tnua'uum'r â€"A very long list of remedies for asthma is furnished by the books on therapeutics. but none ’can be cold to have a positive eflicacy, as there is no specific ior the trouble. Whatever treatment is iven during the fit, has for its object to clean the sufloring and terminate it “soon as possible. Drs. Tolierd, Jones, Roberts Ind others consider inhalation at other or chloroform or nitrite of amyi as the most efficient mean-1 for relief. but these substan- ces must be very cautiously employed. Other powerful hxstlvca and depressants, like belladonna. oonium. tartar emetic, hyoscyamus lobollo, cannabis indica, stra- mcninm, have been advised for internal use. Smoking tobacco or the dried leaves or Items of st: anonium has been a favorite to course by many, and if tried in the early stage of the paroxysm may afford great re- lief. The application of water in one or more forms has been found as operative for the patient's comfort 5. any of the drug methods without the dangerous or troublesome after effects that may follow poisonous drugs. “ The rubbing wet sheet or abreibung." says Dr, Show, “ is the great thing. It should be wet in cold water. well wrung out. laid around the patient’s body. and the rubbing thoroughly done. It should be repeated until the nervous excitement abates. 1f shseto are not at hand, towels dipgod in cold water and wrung out may be rub ed wellover the chest and spinal re- gion.” If the bowels have not been free, water enemas should be given to reduce any irritation arising from intestinal obstruction. Some cases yield readily to a warm bath, or the free application of warm water to the chest, front and back. A warm foot bath inconnection with the rubbing wet- sheet, or towels, i_s to be advised, and the unit may be'glven cold watér to drink reely. Dr. Roberto suggests puttlng the hundl and arms lute warm water. Thule who are subject to the asthmatic othch Ihould be careful in their manner of living ; but as a rule they are capricious, doing the very things that predispose one to bronchial er metric irregularity. Although knowing their liability to colds or cetarrh, they hculo themnelvea closely in over-heat- ed rooms, take little or no exercise, especial- lylin winter. and endeavor to correct the effect: of their indiecretion by powerful medicinoe. A careful diet, with lpeciel abrtemicueneu when a peroxyom I! expect- ed, and avoidance of everything known to lead to it is perhaps the belt mode of pre- vention. Dr. Show regards the hungry cure on one of the melt salutary in warding of! the nttack. “ One, two or three days feet- ing: that in. living on pure water, with pe-rhnpl a mhre trifle e! nutrimentâ€"although It is, perfectly late to go that long without foodâ€"would be I most effectual method. So much in this dllaue connect- HEALTH. ad with indigo-tin, that many a. fit. in brought on by n hearty supper tlken upon an undigested dinner, whereas, if the dinner had been light, and the rapper emitted ai- together, the ebiack weuld have been avoided." If the attacks are persistenz, in spite of every effort to suppress them, it would be well fer the lufferer to change the locality of his realdence, a: the atmosphere he breathes may conteln the exciting causes. A: a rule, whatever helps to strengthen and invigorate the functions generally has a curatlve Influence in the one of (“film-- and dependence should be placed more upon a proper diet and well-ordered habits than any kind of medicine The petlent should ta he regular exercise out of doorl every day ; bathe in the morningâ€"either the sponge or towel-bath, rubbing the bedy well after the ablutlenâ€"drase warmly, end aveld undue exposures to either very high or very low temperature. It in estimated that about 100, 000 Ipeoiea of flowerlng plant: are new known to botan- iats. The world use: 40,000 barrels of petro- leum per day. At this rate America has eneugh on hand to supply the demand (or three years. Connumptlve patients are advised by a pupll of Lieblg ta live _ln room: where one or two draohmu of sulphur are melted on 3 hot stove. Lieutenant Gannon has Invented a. method for firing dynamite shells frem ordinary can- non whloh has just been nuooeufully tried In San Francisco. The steamera plying the Nfle have, no- oording to Professor Suyce, driven the croo- odlle from that river, as it In practically ex- tinct. So Is the faith whloh formerly con- sidered the crocedlla sacred. A mass 9! lead in an elevated furnaon In Paris was completely dissipated by a stroke of lightning, no trace of the metal being afterward found. Adamalooblte, any: the Industrial World, In a newly discovered mineral found only in Mlsseuxi which cute steel with great npld- Ivy and yet retain: a very fine, keen edge. Experience proven that when concentrated nltrlo acid (sp. gr. 1.5 1.51) not: npen or- ganic substances, as, for Instance, straw used fer packing oarbeys, sufficient heat I: produced to set such substance on fire. An antidote for poison by poison oak. ivy, etc., in to take a handiul of quick-lime. dla- aelve it in water, 161: it stand an hour, and pnlnt the poisoned parts with it. It I: laid that three at feur applications will cure the meat aggravated cuea. Sir Henry Thompson holds that artificial teeth are an evil in those of advanced years, because they enable such person: to mantl- cate flesh. When the teeth fail naturally, it is Nature's design that the individual sheuld subsist on vegetable diet. If the history of Venice can be traced by its monuments, much more so can that of Rome. There, as we stand upon some height, the panorama of two thousand five hundred years will pass before us. There, for instance, is the Palatine, the cradle of Rome, where Romulus, the shepherd-boy, watched his flight of birds of good augury ; and there the Aventine, where Remus sur- veyed his own unsuccessful flight ; there is the Forum, ringing still, to our ears, with the cheers 0! the crowd just leased from the spell of Cicero's eloquence ; we hear once more the tramp oi the Roman legions as they come from their mighty conquests and bend their way along the same Via Sacra on which we stand, passing under yonder gates, familiar to our eyes as to theirs, to the Capitalism, crowned new with the towers of the Ara Ccell. Here Titus brought up and deposited the spoils of Jerusalem, and there is the arch commemorating the triumph. Turn which way we will, every spot is es» cred with the memories of ages. Here areat Czesar fell ; yonder is the Applan Way, where Paul, the p! iconer from Jerusalem, walked with weary footsteps ; there is the Colosseum, where the Christians were led forth to the lions ; there the Csmpagna, hollowed into catacombs, in which they hid themselves in days of cruel persecution, and where they laid themSelves down to die. Vestlges of Regal Rome, Republican Rome, Imperial Rome will be found scattered around on every hand, in palaces and baths, temples and ruined walls. basilicos, and triumphs] arches ; while the spiendonrs of St. Peter’s and the Vatican, and hundreds , ei churches, yield ample records of Eccles- \ iastical Rome. You Mav Have Heard This Be- fore. A British officer tells a story of the Fiji settlements in the early days : A white man who was taken prisoner by an inland tribe had a cork leg. Noticing that his captors were fixing up an even. he became nervous, and to conceal his fear called [or something to eat. Food being given him he used a large jackknii’e to out it up. Every mouthful or two he stuck the jack- knifo into his leg with such force that it stood erect. The,natives looked on in great astonishment and evident alarm. After the meal was ever he began to unscrew his leg. That was too much for the poor sav- ages. They hadn’t the slightest curiosity to see what he would do next, but opened a passage for him and let him walk away un- moiested. When he reached his horse the natives began to gather around, but after mounting he made a. motion as if to unscrew his head, and. the spectators fled in dismay. A ltranger entered a fashionable church lately, walked Ilong the aisle and seeing a. moot comfortable pew vacant, took asset In it. Shortly after the owner came along accompanied by two ladies, and alter sitting down and casting ecowllng glance! at the Intruder took out a. card and wrote on it, " This In my pew,” and handed it to the stronger ; whereupon the letter also took a card from hle pocket upon which he wrote, “ Good pewâ€"what do you pay tor It I" and passed It along. N. Blâ€"Correlpondence cooled. " The nonohalanoe of boys who are sure sf 9 dinner, and would dladnln as much an 3. lord to do or nay anght to conouinto one, In the henlthy 311603 of human nature." scum 'l‘ll‘lt) AND USEFUL. The Story of Rome. Sublime Cheek. led Herodof Shelbyvllle, 11L. exploded dynamite In the Okaw River and seriously injured several men who were swimming In that vicinity. He has been “rented. San Francisco papels are adverhining 3 rat and (quiz-rel poison thah in said to have the excellent qualities of killing the animal, drying up its maiden, and tanning the skin. A young man in Glancee lost a dollar the other day by betting that he could out two watermelon that weighed fifty three poundl in two heura. He ate them, but It took him two hours and ten minutes. flow he giant: to eat melons again“ ll] Canada for 254 Cmadian fishermen at Cape Sable Ire hiv- lng trouble with sharks that not only eat the fish and bear the note, but threaten fihe men. One fisherman ent in a small beef; was obliged to call for help to beat elf a. huge man eater that was determined to anpnize the skifl and eat in occupant. There is 9. very bad lime Qxinn in Gen- eaeo, 111. The other day he made his small sister drink kerosene until flue doctor had a hard job keeping her alive ; and miner that ha induced the same trusting child to He down on the floor while he should out afl' her head whh a hatchet. Mrs. Quinn ap- peared oppoxtnnely. or there {a no knowing what would have happened. Aland turtle get in frent of JIOOb Cri- der’e selfblndlng reaper, near Greencntle, Pa", had a hind leg cut efl, and was taken up and bound in a. Iheef of wheat, where he was fcxmd by the threshere leven weeks later. The plume where the leg had been out of! was nicely healed. Ore of the result: of the earthquafio was to cure the rheumatism of a. clfizsn of Cel- umbla, S C. He had and crutches for years, but: when the quake quaked he ran out of the house like a four-year-old steer. and he hasn’t used his crutches since. When a olfizen of Lowell the other evenâ€" lng stepped a horse thnt was aimlessly dragging a. top buggy through the struts, he found wkhln the buggy ayoung and low ing and sleeping couple clasped in each other’s arms, the girl's head reposlng gently upon the young man’s shirt bosom. The decayed woodwork covering a tomb In the old cemetery at; Parkland, gave way beneath a ntrolllng couple on Monday even- ing, and they (it ,pped sixteen feet down ameng the dead men. Their crlea brought a citizen, who found them wedged between coffins and badly hurt. The young woman's mental shock lo llkely to prove quite u aeri- eus u be: bedily lajurles. Lumbermen get twenty cents a leg at Wanaaw, Wlm, for raising “ dead” or water soaked logs from the bottem of the Wiscon- sin River. They have already raised about 600000 feet, and logs that have been dead for twenty years are mid to be as sound at the day on whlch they were out. Convict Robert who is in prison at Fred- ericton, N. B., for orrminai assault, will nine months from now reoeive twelve atripos upon his bare back with a whip, “ the ban- die of which must; be twenty-four feet ieng and half an inch thick." I: would seem that the length and size of the lamb were of greater importance. The Lewieton Journal tails of a pretty girl at Bar Harbor whose dress at a recent hep attracted much attention, and well it might. One-half of the waist wee aligh, with a. long closely fitting sleeve and nigh military cellar. The other half. beginning at exactly the middle of the harem and. back, was remarkably low, and the eniy sign of a sleeve was a narrow shoulder strap: A citizen of Clayton, Ga», lost a. valuable dog and suspected that he had fallen into a- deserted mining shaft. He could neither see not hear anything of him at the bottom of the sixty-foot hole, but; when he let down a piece of meat on a string something “ bit" a: greedlly as a Sammie trout. Then a miner went down, and sure enough the dog was there, and after being drawn up war feund to be unhurt. A Reedin g, Pan, drug cierk, annoyed by some little bays, csught one of them and painted his lip with exide of silver. When the boy tried to wash it efi it turned black, of course. His mother nearly skinned the lip rubbing it, and then took her non to the clerk. He pus on carbonate 9f soda, and thAt made the lip smart and the boy howl. Then she got a warrant charging the clerk with aneult and battery. C. W. Harvey, riding through California. Woods, near Leyslten, was scared half out of his wits by the yell of a. mountain lion close by his side. His horse was quite as much scared, and jumped into a run just. as the lien landed in the road behind him. The beast chased the horse and rlder for a mile befere he gave up the 66911: to eat one or both. George E. Faulkner, a. fifteen-yeereld boy, living near Trappe, MIL, loved his mother devetedly. She was 11! and likely to die, and he often said “If my mother dies I do nub one to live.” His mother did die on Monday, after oelllng her children to her and bleuing them, and then George went out in the yard and shot himself threugh the heart. Mlu Polly Gehrle of Washington tewm ship, Pa, who recently died at the age of 85, we! always a manly sort of women. She hired out te the farmers to work in the field and could do a man’s work. She smoked and chewed tobacco for over fifty yea", mud boasted that she had never had a bean. and that no man ever lived who dared to ask her to marry him. Dr. Henry Wile of Atlanta has been try- lng fer a long time to cure the scalp wound of a. nlne-yenr-old girl, who, Lwhen a baby, fell In the fire and received burn: that never heeled . He decided to glve the glrl‘ a new scalp, and sald that he would have to take the skin from some cne’e nrm. The girl’s ceualn, a. brave boy of twelve, at once bar-ed hll arm, and the doctor removed twenty-five small piecee of cuticle and plat» ed them on the head of the girl. Berth children went home well pleased, but the boy’s was very angry, and has eued the doc- ter for aueenlt and battery on his sen. One of the 01d Timersâ€"Sunny, what time do his say da’aourdgean train start 1" Young Oneâ€"Eights: clock. 01d Tlmeraâ€"Mornln’ or ebenln' ‘2 Young One (reading)â€"Eight A. M, Old Timers (atemly)â€"Bey don’t you trifle leng 0’ me. Mornln' or ebenin’? Teacher (to the class of ohemlstry)â€"Wbat does sea water contain beside the Iodlnm chloride that we have mentioned 1"Gubblnl’ youngestâ€"Fish, III. ROUND THE WORLD.