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a rmmrrvt, pobji. - JTmhmj (fry Urn Eem*rk*ble Devotion to a Little till About the jeer 1770 an Italian li named Fagniani wont to London w gqod introduction, end was reoeived in And Utuk Hut poach from hrmn —Delroil Frte Prm. And thm lio bad oat«n It he hid such a pain He mild hr-M never steal a preen pe.irli again. —I'.lctunond i I'o.) Baton. A Idqelsh dog did forwaid prance, And spate lied a bile from that nay's pan»i. Ilo JcArful ean Jlut ifi'.trfcnij ppled with infant mile. nd they planted tha peacfc e the woo iihcd i t beyond r Cita. A I'ertlnnclons Landlord. “ Isn’t there such a crime as condnct calculated to proToke a breach of the peace?" naked n norvous-looUng man of m Brooklyn Polioe Justioe. "Of oourse there is," responded £lie Juftica, "Tltcn gimme a warrant for my land lord," demanded tho nervoua man... ‘' What has ho done ? ” asked tlia. jus- tieo, eying tho suitor suspiciously. "He comes to my houso when I’ve got company, and says ho wants tho four-months’ rout I owe him. and sits out on the front steps and howls for his money. If I should kick tho whole spine out of him, I’d be arrested, wouldn’t I ? " “Yes, I think you would. Why don’t you pay him?” "Tlmt isn't tho question. Ho comes to my houso nt 4 o’clock in tho morn ing and yells through tho key-hole, and then he goes up through tho vacant house next door, and gets on my roof and shouts down the chimney. Hava lie a flat-iron on him, or blow him powder, it would go bard with mo, wouldn’t it?’’ "Pretty apt to. Can’t you come to no understanding with him ? ” "It seems not. Say, lias bo got a right to climb over my fence and have tits in my back yard, just because I owe him a little money ?’’ “Does be do that?” “Of course be does, and when wo haul him in the house ho veils murder and draws a crowd. Have Y got a light to maul tho life out of him with a club lor that?’’ "I think not,” responded tho Judge. “Why don’t you movo?" "Tliat’s got nothing to do with it. I want to know if he is entitled to slip up on the ice and fall through mv basement window, and do ten dollurs’ worth of damage to the glass. Couldn’t I mash the stuffing out of him for that?” “Certainly not.” "Rut, when lie lavs down on the side- talk and howls that his mother is dead, aid he can’t bury lier because I pay what I owo, haven’t I got any rem edy "I don’t know of any. I think you’d better pay liim." "But isn’t it conduct calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, when he comes around with a quart of laudanum and a horse-nistol, and threatens to take ’.•m both right on the premises, if I don’t put up? Ain’t it a crime to hang him self to a tree in front of my house, with a paper pinned on him that I drove liim t< * suicide ? Has he got a right to make faces at my children in Sunday-school? Won’t flic law touch him for coming to my door nt daylight as drunk ns a lord, and claiming lie’s me, and yelling that I want to got in find lick my wife ?" "I don’t think you can do anything lmt pay him or move. The man lias a right to his money.” "That’s all I want to know,” replied the nervous man, appearing relieved “I’m the landlord, and my tenant says he’ll have mo arrested for doing these things. Now you bet he’ll put up that wealth, or I’ll fall off tho top of tho house and have the inquest in the par lor. A man can’t live four months in my house for nothing, without going to some trouble, now you hear me;’’and the nervous man pranced off, glowing all over with grim determination.— Brooklyn Eagle. Strength of Gibraltar. Until you set foot on Gibraltar you ean form no idea of its impregnability. Very properly its real strength cannot be seen from a ship in the bay. Only when you land do you find that the sea wall bristles with heavy guns and groans beneath piles of ball; only as you trav erse its llank do you see how formidable breech-loaders peep from every availa ble chink, and powerful mortars lurk behind every convenient embankment. And not until you penetrate tho body of the rock do you get any just notion of the marvelous piece of military engin eering exhibited in its "galleries/ These aro tunnels excavated from the solid rock, parallel to its outer side, but some thirty feet therefrom, and largo enough to drive a carriage through. 1 hoy are in two tiers, and compriso a total length of nearly three miles. At every thirty feet or so along them spa cious embrasures are outhown that ter minate in commanding port-holes, which look to a spectator outside tho rock liko swallows’ nest-holes in tho sand-cliff. These embrasures contain heavy guns, always standing ready for action, with powder-magazines hard by. From tho port-holes beautiful peeps of tho bay and tlio Spanish country are obtained. Out of these, on tho north side, you look down upon a half-sandy, half- grassy flat, perhaps half a mile iong and as wide or wider, connecting the rock with the mainland, and separating tho bay from tho Mediterranean. Two linos of sentry boxes, one at the rock end, tho other at tho distant end, mark tho boundaries of British and Spanish land, and between these lines is the “neutral ground.” Tho guns of tho quarried embrasures, and those hidden cannon that stud tho western and southern slopes of the rock, cover tho neighbor ing Spanish laud, tho whole of the bay and the straits, and tho strengthening work is ever going on by thofortiflea- sido of tho rock requires no protection , it is a .forbidding wall, with a great sand slopo in one place, but with no foothold lor anything more than a fow fishermen’s huts near the water’s edge.— London Telegraph. An argument once aroso in which Bid- noy Smith observed that many of the Wt eminent men of the world had been diminutive in person, and, after naming *-|oral among the ancients, he added: F. r hy, look there at Jeffrey ; and there Ay little friend , who has not enough to cover his mind decent- i/ith^j ms intellect is improperly ox en. GariraijDi’r health has been on- restored by his residence on 'xjse coast. He frequently visits the along the shore ip u canoe or ^ r nlT boat. His friends believe that he will live ten years longer, at least.’ the first society. She was greatly ad- of fashion, mired by the wits and men and, after a time, went bock to her own country. In duo oourse of time die paid other visits, •but, by-and-by, it became a subject of remark that her little girl, who boro the pet name of ** Jiie-mie, and not her mamma, was the object of devotion of two celebrated men about town, the old Duke of Quoensbnry, “Old Q,” and Mr. Geo. Solwyn. The proceed ings of Hie latter became, ii\ course of time, so extravagant and even ridiculous ns to excite the concern of his rational friends. He adored this little creature ; he wished to adopt or buy her at a great price: he was wretched, almost to the verge of melancholy madness, in her ab sence, making vain appeals, and taking every one into his confidence. All af- feeted to sympathise anti—laughed at him. Ho w as, however, fortunate enough to secure us liis agent ouo of the liveliest, wittiest and, perhaps, most disreputable of the free clergymen who then “hung loose upon society ’’—Parson Warner, a rollicking, boisterous person, at the ssr- .,-tfson, attheRSr- o of any gehtlfcimm of condition. This wormViujcnt jjispatc^gd to Ptmito try and arrange matters, and, no donut, t.. tempt tho Fagniauis with more hand some offers. They bognu to waver. Mme. Fnguiani lmd now another child, which made the a 11 air easier, The delighted Selwyifr could not restrain himself any longer, and rushed over to Paris, really hoping to conclude matters. But, after tantalizing hopes and delays, tho hapless wit found that ho was as for off as ever from the accomplishment of his hopes. The parents would not consent. woes and lus mournful fate attracting the attention of even the French. His English friends, kept informed of all the stages of the* affair, affected to be indig nant. The miserable man was wasting away—had lost his appetite; and the well-known English physician at Paris, Dr. Genu, assured him that, if he gave way any further to this infatuation, his reason would go. Tho family, dreading some outrageous stop, at last thought it better to come to terms. Within a few ■tiled and in a fortnight this child was carried off in triumph to Mat son, her floating admirer’s place in En gland. There she was installed as queen of tho place, under care of Miss Selwvn. Ever}' whim of hers was gratified. She was taken to Tunbridge, where she was exhibited in a coquettish Spanish hat and lace. The rollicking Warner was often Ridden there and delighted his pat- ery letter was a postscript etl to his “little queen” and signed r Snail.” There she remained ■rtako Mr. Selwyn, who died in the year 1791. Mie-mie inherited £33.000. The Catacombs of Paris. The vast catacombs by which a large portion of the city of Paris are under mined were only known by popular tradition until the year 1774, when some alarming accidents aroused the attention of the Government. The old quarried were then surveyed and plans of them taken, and the result was tho frightful discover}' that the churches, palaces and most of the southern part of Paris was undermined, and in groat danger of sink ing into the pit below them. A special commission was appointed, and on the very day it met a house in one of the streets sunk ninety-ono feet below the level of its court-yard. Tho pillars -whieh-lmd been left by the cjuarrymen, for the enormous weight above, and in most places had themselves been under mined, or perhaps originally stood ui ground which had previously been hol lowed. The aqueduct of Arcueil passed over this treacherous ground; it hod al ready suffered some shocks, and, if the quarries had continued to be neglected, an accident must, sooner or later, have happened to this watercourse, which would have cat off its supply from the fountains of Paris, and have filled the excavations with water. Repairs were forthwith commenced and promptly completed, and a portion of the old quarries was devoted to receive the bones of the dead. This took place in April, 1786; tho remains of the dead were removed at night in funeral cars, covered with a pall, and followed by priests chanting the service of the dead. When they reached the catacombs the bones were shot down a well, and the rattling and echoing which they made in their fall were as impiessive os any sound ever heard by human ears. Thus tho limestone quarries that had supplied perb monuments, palaces and houses became huge charnel-houses, which they now remain. Calculations differ as to the number of bones collected in the catacombs, but it is certain that they contain the remains of at least 3,000,000 of human beings. — Harper's Young People. Fonetik Reading. Tho komparison ov tho fonetik method nv reading with tho old romanik iz al most l.Ck tho komparison ov evritliing with nuthing. In tlio fonetik sistem we kan read eni word we f.£nd with perfekt eaz. In the romanik sistem wo are not share ov the pronunsiaslin ov even the komon wards ov tho laugwaje. It takes seven long years tu learn tu be but a prior speler, az it wer, in the romanik sistem; and but three dayz, after master ing the alfabet, tu learn tu be a komplete speler in the fonetik sistem. Kompair three dayz with seven yearz. This repre- zentashn iz not overdrawn; but tu fairli understand it, it iz nesesari tu not kon- founrl speling with prouuiisiashn. Pro- nunsiashu iz wnn thing and speling iz another. If wuh noez how tu pronouns the wordz ov the laugwaje, he may learn tu spel them fonctiknli in a few ourz af ter mastering the alfabet; but in the old sistem it rekw.Crz about az long tu learn the speling az the pronunsiaslin. If tho jangwaie war printed fonetikali the spel ing wud okup.C skarsli eni tXm at all, and the pronunsioslm m£t bo learnd three t.Crnz az fast az at prezent. This wud he a saving ov more than haf tho t.fm now uzed in learning the langwnje, nenrli all the t£n in speling, and nearli forth the spase in print. In point ov ekonomi, nashonali konsidered, it wud be a saving ov milyonz ov dolarz anuali. Enuf tu reprint all ov the valubl old books meni txmz over. The impor- tans ov speling reform shud not bo over look^ and no wun shud refnze tu as.Cn himself praktikali tu tho moovmont. Each subskrTber for a paper shud rlt, b£ii and send the foloing petisliu tu its editor. “ We rekwest the editor ov the paper for whioh we subskrXb tu insert az much az wun kolum ov fonetik print, in each number, for the purpus ov teaching pro- nuusiashn and asisting in tho jcneral in trodukshn ov a true sistim ov ortho- grafi.”— W. H. Gra-am. Mechanical Profits. It is an interesting feature of our timet to note the rapid progress whioh haabten rnnde iu manufacturing ingenuity and scientific skill in the produotion of sub- tcrialsand articles in general demand. It cannot lie controverted that art is fast invading the domain of nature. Oliem- and vegatable dyes, and to form artificial gems or creditable imitations of them, which, as ornaments, answer every pur pose. Mineral oils roplaee animal and vegetable ones for illuminating purposes, and the oleetric light is slowly super seding the use of noxious and costly gas. Tho expensive and dangerous whale fish ery need no longer be pursued, uor the African deadly jungle penetrated for ivory. The sea tortoise no longer lures the adventurous sailors, nor ore the ostriches of the desert hunted at the socritice of health and often of life itself. Theso genuine products have been so long in universal use as to beoome necessities of our civilization, unless very sitniliar articles can be ingeniously sub stituted for them. Chemistry and science have enabled us to manufacture our own tortoiso shell, ivory, aud feathers, without the risk of visiting wild jungles and arctic or tropi cal seas for our supplies. In addition to the above, the American Cultivator pro ceeds to enumerate some of the most successful artificial products whioh are now extensively manufactured, and wliieh take tho place, to a large extent, of moro expensive genuine substances. A half dozen available substitutes for whalebone are manufactured. Ivonr, so extensively in use, is superseded by celluloid. Piano and organ keys, billiard balls, hand mirrors, and handles of knives and folks, are nearly all made of this ingenious chomical substitute for ivory. In the imitation of tortoise shell, it is made iuto combs, card cases, napkin rings, and the like; while the pink ooral, so popular with jewelers and ladies, is imitated by it to perfection. Ostrich feathers, ever the court plumes of fashion, aud held formerly at prices wliieh only admitted of their use by the wealthy fow, are now eelipeed in beauty and durability by the ingenious hand of skilled manufacture. A compound oi silk or celluloid, spun glass, and other materials is now so cunningly combined to be equally desirable with the gen uine ostrioh feathers, and very olose ex amination is required to detect the origi- ■equired to detect nal from the substitute. Artificial stone aud marble are made to any extent, act ually rivaling the originals in strength, beauty, aud durability. Artificial aliza rine is now substituted for the natural product of madder. It is not much more than ono-third the cost of madder as originally supplied from the dye-root We might, adds tho editor iu closing liis article, find plenty of other similar ex amples to impress tho fact of our sub ject, namely, tho rapid mechanical and chemical progress of the times.—Scien tific American. The Jews In Germany. The outbreak of feeling against the Jows iu Germany would seem to bo on anachronism, if we had not seen signs of the same disposition in this country. Petitions liuve been numerously signed to restrict the civil rights of tho Hebrew population, and to repeal the laws which provide for its equality with tho rest of the people. An association colled the Auti-Beniitic League lias been formed, and there have been great public meet ings hostile to the Jews. The Hebrew sepulchres in some ports of tho country have been desecrated by mobs, and an eminent Lutheran clergyman, a court chaplain, supposed to be favored by the court, has openly denounced the Jews without reproof from the Consistorium. There are some million and a half of He brews in Germany, and they Lave be come so substantial and important an element of German life and society that a crusade against them contemplating their disability is an event of vital sig nificance. It is, indeed, the fnctf that they have become this important element of the population which stimulates the hostile movement. It is felt that a people who control enormous capital, who influence the trade and commercial relations of give them command of the iutellectuL and esthetic development of the coun try, aro essentially aliens^ with no natu ral or permanent interest in the com munity, and that, as the Turks were said to bo merely encamped in Europe, tlio Jews are hut encamped in Germany. They fill the places, they carry off the • they The great landed estates are to their hands. They own {he pulaces in tho towns. They are the merchant princes. They are the professors and Judges and magistrates. In another generation, sav the alarmists, if the laws remain unchanged, they will be the lords of the Teutons, and do what they will. Disraeli’s “Asian mysterv” re appears. It is certainly one of the most proud people, still with triumph after a vast war which humbled one of the ancient powers of Europe, and changed the European inap—a war directed in the Cabinet by the most renowned of modern statesmen, and led in the field by a most sagacious and famous soldier—recoiling with the apprehension that a shrewd alien people among its population should by essential superiority absorb the controlling na tional power. For that is the root of the feeling. I* is not concealed. Bismarck himself in liiseurlier years shnred the apprehen sion and expressed the hostility. But it will end probably iu this wide-spread ebullition of feeling. Of the great mul titude of Hebrew people in Germany a large proportion are undoubtedly thor oughly Germanized. Germany is their home and that of their ancestors, and will be that of their children. If they aro magistrates and governors, it is be cause they are found to be more capa ble. If they are great proprietors, it is because they are cleverer traders. If they are professors and authors and artists, it is because the Hebrew genius is not extinct. Germany will not go backward and discredit her civilization with the wrongs of feudalism. The rule of mod ern times is freedom, and the tools to him who can use them. Bismarck could no longer be called tho greatest of mod ern statesmen if under his sway Ger many were forced to confess that upon its own soil, in its own pursuits, it could not oompeto under equal laws against an alien and homeless race.—Harper's Weekly. Peas Podding.—Soak a pint of split peas twelve hours, then put them into a saucepan with onough water to cover them, and set them to boil, adding more water at intervals. When they are quite water at intervals, wnen they are quite done, drain off the water and pass them through a sievo; odd a couple of eggs, pepper, salt aud butter to taste, mix thoroughly well and put the pudding into a buttered mold; tie a cloth over it and set it to boil in plenty of water for a couple of hours. Turn it out and serve. THINGS WORTH KNOWING. Strain meat frying* through a thin cloth; keep in a cool plaoe, and yon have a cheap ahortening for “overy- day ” pastry. DirPER-GOCRDS make excellent things to keep salt in for kitchen use. Gut a hole in the sido large enough to admit the hand and to remove the seed; also cut a small hole iu tho liaudle to hang up by. HorsBKEEPERs are often great!} troubled and perplexed by mildew from id from rust. By put- damp closets _ ting an earthen bowl or deep plate full of quick-lime into the closet, tho limo will absorb tho dampness and also sweet en and disinfect tho place. Rats, mice and many bugs that ore apt to congre gate in damp plaoes have a dislike to lime. As often os the limo becomes slackod throw it on tlio compost heap if in the country, or into tlie ash-barrel if in the city. An exchange gives the following ro- ceipt to remove wrinkles : To one fluid ounce of tincture of gum benzoin add seven fluid ounces distilled rosewater aud one-half ounce glycerine. Bathe face, nook and hands with it at night, letting it dry on« Wash off in the morning with a very little pure white castilo soap and soft water. If tho water is hard, add a little dissolved borax. This is a famous cosmetio, and has been sold under various names. It is an excel lent remedy for tan, sunburn and freckles also. The latter, it is said, may be removed by using the following de coction : Put a quantity of elder flow- them, let the mixture stand twenty-four hours, and strain through muslin. Wash the face every morning with the decoc tion. It is good also for sunburn and tion. It is good ala to beautify tho skin. Thx following is an excellent method of preparing boots to stand the snow and water :^*ut half a pound'of resin aud a pound of tallow in an earthen pot, ana melt and mix them well to gether over a slow fire. Warm the 1 toots well for some time beforehand. so that they will be thoroughly dry. and, while as warm as may be found mixture with a brush until neither the sole nor tho leather will absorb any more. By using care the leather may be made very hot without burning it, and it should be warmed through that the preparation may fill all the pores. The resin giveb the mixture an antiseptio vents the tallow from rotting tho ing. For a polish, dissolve an ounce of wav and a teaspoonful of lampblack iu a little turpentine. A day or Wo after the boots have been treated to the tallow aud resin apply the polish, but not be fore the fire. This gives the exterior a coat of wax that will shine like a mir- (St. Louis Chronicle.) Trial by Jury. Some believe that eveu this form of trial is not perfectly free from prejudice. Hut in section, St. Jacobs Oil lias been tried by that great jury—the public—and been judged Ihe infallible cure for Itliuumatism and all painful diseases. Anecdotes of Shipwrecked Men. Lord did not find the Gallipagos islands so much to his mind os did an Irishman, who let his ship depart with out him, and set up his rest on ouo of these volcanio islets, dwelling there for seven years in a hovel of his own build ing, living upon tortoises, seals and fish, washed down with rum obtained from ships in exchange for the potatoes and ilf in raising. pumpkins he busied liimsel In 1818, an American sailor was taken off a desolate rock in tho South seas by a boat’s crew belonging to H. M. S. Queen Charlotte, whose attention had been drawn to the spot by the smoke of a seaweed fire. He had three years be fore been left there with three com panions, all of whom had quickly suc cumbed, while he had lived on, sustain ing life by feeding on the flesh of birds and drinking their blood. The find of the Queen Charlotte's men was not so surprising as that of the Flemish seaman, Pickman, when, in 1816, his sliip grounded near a small island rock between Scotland and Ire land. Some of his men. going in search of eggs, came upon a black hairy creat ure, who by signs entreated then) to come to close acquaintance, and, finding the strange object to be really a man, they took him on board with them to Konmauian society. Tho arts are as yet but slenderly culti vated In Roumania, and the study of rnuaio, in particular, oannot be said to havo advanced boyond the rudimentary stage. Fow Roumanian ladies sing or play with any degreo of proficiency; and my experience in Bucharest saloons, to which mitsical performances are admitted as an element of social diversion, have penetrated mo with tho conviction that there is not a single first-class pianoforte in tho whole city. Even executants of real merit, liko tho Princess Jon Ghika, apjiear content to play upon second ana tnird rnto instruments, whilst in the houses of wealthy Boyars, whoso names are historical landmarks, may bo found objects bearing the oapect and dignified by the title of pianofortes, which, con sidered as mediums for the produotion of musical sounds, havo no more aifiuity to a Brondwood or Bluotliner than a child* toy llddlo has to a Stradivarins or an Aniati. “A little music” seldom enters iuto tho recreative programme of a Rou manian soiree, and its omission, there fore, save tlio clmtty Boyars and Boy- nrins, whoso resources iu tho way of po litical and personal small talk are inex haustible, from a great deal of irksome nansunie, from a groat (leal of irksome restraint and no little positive auuoy- During tho season every “personage” of society who can afford it, including the Prince and Princess, givos one splen did and sumptuous ball, at which you are sure to meet everybody that is any body; and ten or twelve'grramfot dames dc par la mondc throw open their salons once a week (Sunday is the favorite “re ceiving” night for theso leaders of fashion) to all that is distinguished and illustrious by birth or official station, native or foreign, iu tho oapital. At theso pleasant reunions an impromptu dauco infrequently concludes the even ing; but interminable and never-flagging causerics, lively or sentimental, consti tute tlio chief feature of Roumanian social gatherings, at which fragrant cigarettes and exquisito tea aro do rigueur, while card playing, except among the elder foreigu diplomatists and a fow of the moro old-fashioned territorial magnatos, finds but little favor. There is plenty of pioquot, preference, aud cayenne whist to bo lmd at the club, tho points being as a rulo far less extravagant than they are at the “Bebo” in Paris, or at oue or two exceptionally exclusive clubs in Pall Moll.—The C^nf { - it and Swiss Times. A Cross Baby. Nothing is so conducive to a mail’s re- (mining u bachelor as stopping for one night it the house of a married friend mid being .;ept awake for five or six hours by the cry ing of a cross baby. All cross and crying babies need only Hop Ritters to make them well nnd smiling. Young man, remember this.— Traveler. melancholy one. He and two others, and afterward oast off by a French pri vateer. Having nothing eatable save a little sugar with them, one of the three soon died of starvation, the others lived to be driven on the island, where they built a but out of what was left of the boat, and for six weeks lived on sea- mews, sea-dogs, eggs, and water. Then the partners in misfortune parted com pany, one of them disappearing, leaving nis forlorn friend in utter ignorance of his fate ; he could only surmise that he had fallen into the sea while searching for eggs. Months passed, aud the poor fellow lost all hope of doliverance. Win ter came, and fonnd him cletliesless. Compelled to keep within the hut for days together, he only kept starvation at bay by catching sea-mews, as hungry as himself, by baited sticks thrust through the openings of the hovel’s walls. So he kept himself alive until the accidental advent of the London- bound Flemish timber ship released him from his dreary durance.—Chambers' Journal. [Sparta (Win.) Herald.] As an exhibition of the intrinsic worth of St. Jacobs Oi', we think the case referred to, that of Mrs. O. W. Hubbard, of this town, cured of Sciatic Rheumatism of long stand ing by the Oil, is certainly striking, nnd, he- il all doubt, conclusive ns to its efficacy. fhe remedy has our indorsement. It is said that none but the importers and breeders have made anything out of Angora goats in this oountry. How to Bo Nobody. It is easy to be nobody, and we will tell you how to do it. Go to the drink ing saloon to spend your leisure time. You need not mink much now—just a little beer or some other drink. In tho meantime, play dominoes, or somotliing else to kill time, so that you will be sure not to read any useful books. If you read anything, let it be the oheap novels of the day; thus go on keeping your stomach full, and your head empty, and yourself playing time-killipg games, and in a few years you will be nobody, un less you should turn out a drunkard, or a professional gambler, either of whioh number of young men hanging arouni bar-parlors, just ready to graduate and be nobodie*. Experiment with a Mirror. Some of you will romember, in the years agone, tho store of Sam Curtis, on, Washington street, Boston, where, in his palmy days, he manufactured the best frames, and put up the largest mirrors to bo found in tlio city. Well, once upon n time a curious discussion arose in that store. A largo French-plate mirror lmd been set up on exhibition in tho great swell-front window, its mirror- surf aco toward the streot; aud the ques tion was: Would the most men or the most women stop and look into that 1 mirror in passing ? Most of us, naturally, declared, with out hesitation, in favor of tho women.i Wo bolioved six women to one man would stop and take a look at the bright-| ly-roflecting surface, as it was so sot iliaf it would reflect tho full length of a hu man figure upon tlio sidewalk. A! length, two of our number agreed to take a favorable stand for observation, audl make a strict count; and tlio result, which) may be relied upon, somewhat surprise** us. Hero it is: They kept their post just one hom During that time they counted 876 who wont by the store on that side; all save two glanced at the mirror suffi ciently to gam a clear view of them selves, most of them stopping for i longer or shorter period. Of tho tw< who did not stop, one hod a lingo bund! ou the shoulder noxt to tho window, am could not look iu that direction; whili the other was being led by a boy—evi dently a blind man. During that samo hour there were 591 women who passed the window, not om of whom stopped, and only three o whom oven glanced at the mirror. Eacl and every one of the dear creatures wa entirely occupied in studying the dressoi of other women! That was the report of our watchers; and they were both married men, one. truthful, and admirers of the gentler sex.—New York Ledger. A Living Paper Cutter. An Indian Rajah who was disposed toward the English and had after a fashion, Fees of Doctors. Tlio fee of doctors is an item that many persons are interested in just nt pres ent. We believe the schedule for visits is $3.00, which would tnx n man confined frt-Wj would tnx n man confined to his bed for a year, and in need of a daily visit, over $1,000 a year for medical attendance alone! And one single bottle of Hop Ritters taken in time would save the $1,000 and ull the year’s sickness. Advice to marksmen. Sergeant A. B. Van Huson, of the Twelfth Regimont, New York, gives tlio following advioo to niarksmou before the butts: Hold your rifle loosely and pull it off with a twitch. Grip your gun as though you woro malting' a bayonot thrust. Strain it to your shoulder as if it was your best friend. Control your rifle, don’t lot the rifle control you. Pull so carefully and steadily that you won’t know when it is going off Mold it so firmly that you can look through tho sights to the targot alter the smoke clears away. Don’t flinch or twitch the trigger. When you get a good aim, hold your breath and fire with a steady pres sure of the trigger. If you are nervous, rest a moment Keep cool. Remember the best shot on the ground will have to be just as careful about aiming as you are. Happiness and prosperity are so indissolubly linked with good health, that all those Buffering 3U68B, Coughs, Colds, etc., should with Hoarseness, w» K u., v«m., „iv., auuuiu try Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup aud be cured. Trice 25 cents. Fon dyspepsia, indigestion, depression ol apirits nnd general debility in their varioui forms, albo as a preventive against fever and iguo and other intermittent fevers, tho Feubo I’iiohpiiouatei) Elixir of Cai.ibaya Bark, indu by Caswell, Hazard A Co.. New York, ana Jld by all druggists, is the best tonic: and for patients recovering from fever or other sick- * " L ' equal. a it has t D. r BULL’S COUGH learned.their language froquontly visited some years ago, so the story runs, the Viceroy of Calcutta, and ou oue occasion borrowed of the latter a oopy of the Edinburgh Jlevicw, which ha happened to sea lying on the table. When he returned tho magazine the Vioeroy asked him if he had found any thing interesting in it “Ohlyes?” he roplied, “many beautiful things, but also mnny disconnected articles." ‘ ‘ How bo?” asked the viceroy. “See here,” answered the Rajah; “this begins with ‘Hunting the Orang-outang,’ does it not? And now turn over the page, and here you have the ‘History of Mary Stuart.’” The Vioeroy laughed. He peroeived that the Rajah had attempted to read the book through without cutting the leaves. He accordingly took from his table a beautiful ivory paper cutter, ex plained its use to his visitor, and made liim a present of it. The Rajah wa* puz zled os to how tho leavos of books oould but this was also explained to him. a year after this occurrence the Viceroy saw a gay company entering the oourt, nnd iu tho center of it the Rajah seated on a young elephant. No sooner did the Ra jah boo tho Vicoroy than hS oriod: opy ol please happen to .... Ediuburg Review f If , , toss it to me. The Viceroy threw on* the magazine. It was caught by tlia elephant, who placed it between his tusks, which had been wrought into elegant paper cutters, eveu moluding carved handles, and quickly out ope* the leaves, after whioh the knowing ani mal passed the Review back to the sur prised Viceroy. 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