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"Nobody hurt me l” They aaa her die, Xhqjmae word atill on her lateetbreath; With a tranquil anile aha tells her lie, . And glad goes down to the gates ot death. Beaten, murdered, but faithful still, Tarring above all wrong and woe, If ehe Ima gone to a world of ill. Where, O saint, shall are others go 7 Even, I think, that evil man Has hope of a better life In him When she so loved him liar last words ran: “Nobody hurt me I I’ve saved you, Jim 1 A. DOUBLE CHIME. Tlie wholesale produce and commis sion , store of Mr. Purvis, on Delaware avenue, Philadelphia, was robbed on the night of Oct. 17,1866. The safe had been opened apparently byfalte Irtsys and upward of S9OO in greenbacks were abstracted. A package of b°Wls to the amount of $3,000 more remained untouched. s Two clerks, both young men, usually slqpt in the store. August 'Yerkes had been in the employ of Mr. Iffanison Share®,- -the-other clerk, had' only re cently been takeS, thp manner in which he took hpld of the business im press!! Mr Fhrvis so mwsh In His favor he predicted a successful future for 'the young man as a very able salesman and ultimate prominent merchant. Un der this impression he placed implicit trust in Sharon, and selected him as a companion of Yerkes in the store at night. Both of these young men were in the store on the night the robbery occurred, but when the place was opened in the morning Sharon was missing and Yerkes lay on the floor near the safe with a severe gash on the side of his head, which had been bleeding profusely, judging by the amount of blood km the floor. { Tho unfortunate young man hud evi > dentjy endeavored to staunch the plood, for both his hands were stained, as also were his clothes. By the disorder in the office, and the numerous blood stains both on the floor and walls it was evi dent that a desperate struggle must have taken place. 1 ■lt was conjeoured from this that Sharon, having provided himself with false kpys, had opened the safe and been surprised by his fellow clerk in the midst of his work, who, in turn, dealt hinaAmUpm nqpr the temple, and then, struggle between them, Yerkes fainted treat loss of blood, and the robber MMlhlui booty. t Yamoe, the- detective, and a phyktaian were at onfnant for, and while Da Ed son atten<Jfd to bis patient the detective the premises with his usual carefulness, particularly the second floor, and, returning to the lower floor, found that Yerkes had recovered and sat in an arm-chair with a bandage around hia head. “ Well, Mr. Vamoe, what have you discovered ?* asked Mr. Purvis. # “I And that the robber has been to the second floor,” replied the detective; •‘possibly he has taken some valuables from there as well.” The merchant hastened up stairs, but presently returned, saying nothing had been disturbed or removed as far as he could see. “ Whatever his object may have beem 1 Ps®jtjye that he visited the second floor after the bloody struggle had taken plaoe. Then Yerkes gave the following ac count : Hily and found that aed, imd fearing that ertaken hifn he lit a she small gas-jet in to search for him. n the second floor he st' floor, and found erf- safe. They saw Bfne moment, and ShanUronp spell-bound at being discov ered in nis criminal act. Then began the straggle, the evidence of which was so plainly evident. Sharon being the stronger of the two soon overpowered his opponent, and threw him so violently on the floor that he became insensible. Vamoe listened with rapt attention to the end, then made a few notes in his book, after which he walked oat of the store with his eyes bent on the floor be fore him until he reached the street; then, after casting his eyes searchingly on the ground, he walked over to the dock and gazed for a few moments into the water in a thoughtful manner. When he returned to the store and rejoined the others in the office it was with a grave countenance. “ Mr. Purvis, the robber has evident ly escaped by way of the river, as the blood tracks reach to the dock. All eyes were now directed toward the wounded man, who had suddenly grown very pale. He opened his month as if to say something, but fell back in his seat with a grsau and fainted away. ELLIJAY msm COURIER. W. in. COMBSI Editor and Publisher, f While the doctor was applying restor atives to his charge the detective drew Mr. Purvis away to the rear of the store and remained there for half an hoar in conversation with hnj, and, judging by his frequent excfattmtions, he nfast hate been greatly astonisiied'at wbat the de tective told him. Re-entering the office, they found Yerkes still unconscious, and, at the suggestion of Varooe, he was conveyed in that condition to the hospital. ‘‘Now, #rr Purvis,“ said Vamoe, “ you will please point out to me which are the clothes usually worn by Mr. Sharon while on duty at the store.” “Certainly, sir,” replied the gentle man; “that is readily done," and he went to a closet where the clerks kept their outer garments and opened it. He took piece after piece from the hooks, an exclamation as if of surprise escaping him as he did so. “ What is it?” asked Vamoe, when Mr. Purvis laid the garments on the bed. “ Why, as I live, Sharon has not only left his coat and vest behind, but also ■his pants !” said Mr. Purvis, with a look of bewilderment “ That is singular,” remarked the de tective, exchanging significant glances with the doctor; “ the more so when CSTjf found, had on ms coat, vest, pants and boots, while the robber even left his, lboots T>e't:T[nd nim,” pointing 4 tq a'pfti* beneath the bed. tax ISA” s “You will now please see whether Mr. ShMtrt has left anything of value in his ixMe'tsT’ *** ‘ * * Every pocket was instahtly divested of its contents. There was ,fougd,a .valu able gold watch and chain, a wallet con taining a trifle over $5, a penknife,' pen cil and memorandum book, etc. “ Retain the articles, Mr. Purvis, and restore the clothes to tho closet,” said Vurnoe. “I have another surprise in store for you, I think.” When this was done, Vamoe took off all tho bed-clothes and threw them on the floor, leaving the mattress bare. An exclamation of surprise burst from Mr. Purvis as he pointed to the mattress where a number of bloody finger-marks stained it along a Beam about ten inches in length. “ Now I see wliat you aro driving at,” cried Mr. Purvis, scanning the seam. “ Yon mean to say that the robber lias hidden his booty in the mattress ?” “I think so, at all events,” was liis reply, as he took out his knife and opened the seam. Then inserting his hand into tho open ing, he presently drew forth the pack age of greenbacks. They were intact, so Mr. Purvis announced, after examin ing the fastenings and seals. “ What am I to think of this ? ” asked .■the gentleman, in a helpless tone. “I declare that my head aches trying to divine the motive of this most extraordi nary robbery." “Think as I do.” “ What is that? ” “Why, that Pembroke Sharon, in stead of being tlie robber, is the victim of tho robber, which accounts for liis leaving all his outer garments behind. He evidently surprised the robber at his work, and in the encounter that took place he murdered poor Sharon, dragged him across the street, as the trail showed to me, and tossed him into the river.” “Then you really suspect August Yerkes as the robber ? ” asked the mer chant, greatly agitated. “lam sure he is not only the robber, but possibly also a murderer,” was the reply. “Oh, the wretch 1 ” cried the mer chant, passionately; " and in my heart I admired his bravery, while I pitied him for what ha had endnred for en deavoring to protect my property.” “ I am convinced that yon have hit on the right man,” said Mr. Purvis. “ H he knew of this he .might give us the slip. Use Uttrt thing-tofttw.done. is to : use every means *jn' ofjr jWvff to ifecrivlh 3 the body dl tww 8l£flW” - * 3 t indeed, since ati tbw-.clothes he has cm his back are not his" own,” spoke a voice behind- them. AM looked at ttoe speaker, who wore an old seaman’s salt, and looked as if he had just recovered from a severe spell of sickness. Something in the tone of the voice struck a chord in the breast of the mer chant. He approached the man and asked, eagerly: “ Who are you ?” “ My name is Pembroke Sharon.” In a moment he was surrounded by the trio, who congratulated him on his escape from death. He requested per mission to resume his proper dress, after which he would tell exactly what oc curred during the past night. His story was very similar to the one told by Yerkes, with this difference: the positions were changed. It was Sharon who surprised the other before the opened safe just in the act of stowing in his pocket the package of greenbacks alluded to. It was Sharon who de nounced the act, and Yerkes, both angry and frightened to be thus detected, picked up a paper-weight and hurled it at his fellow clerk, striking Sharon on the bead, inflicting a ghastly wound, from which he fainted, and knew no more ELLIJAY, GA., FRIDAY, until he awoke on board a vessel lying near the Navy Yard. He was told that they picked him up in the river. The Captain and two of Itif men had licen to tho theater, and were .■etuming in a boat to the iroesel, when a white object floating on- the water attracted their attention, -and they made for it, and drew the apparently dead man in tlio boat, and took him on board the vessel, where his wants were at onoe at tended to. When Yerkes’ version of the affair was related to him he laughed derisively, and was on the point of making a remark when familiar footsteps were heard as cending the stairs. “By Heaven! I believe it is August Yerkes 1” whispered Sharon, as he hast ily entered, the aioset and drew the door to. He was none too soon, for the next moment Yerkes walked briskly up to where the three gentlemen were stand* ing. Something in their faces told him that something was amiss—something to his disadvantage, too. “ You are probably surprised to see me here again ?” Remarked he, for want of anything else to say. “We are, indeed,” said Mr. Purvis, regarding him with an ominous frown. “ You all appear to bo anything but pleased to sea. me ? ” next remarked’the rosier and would-be assassin^ Ofrtftc cohtrary, we. are'very glad ™l ,poto v * r ~r'“ ’A Glancing at the detoctWe with a skep tical- air, Yerkes walked to the oloset and opened the ddor, and the next mo- he uttered a fearful shriek and started back with bis hair standing on end and his face tho color of ashes. I#e had seen {as his guilty conscience told him) tho ghost of his victim, for Sharon remained standing in the closet perfectly immovable, his eyes fixed re proachfully on the guilty wretch. The horrid vision was too much for his brain to endure. Yerkes became a raving maniac and behaved so violently that Varuoe was obliged to manacle him hand and foot and again return him to the hospital, frqm whence be was short ly afterward conveyed to the insane de partment of the alms house. Pembroke Sharon was genorously rec ompensed bj< his employer ft* hi lieroio attempt to ypremit tho robbery, and promoted to a responsible position in the store, which he filled with credit both to himself and his grateful em ployer. Yerkes lived a year or so after his con finement, and died a raving maniac, a terrible retribution for his attempt to fasten a crime on an innocent person and thus rob him both of his reputation and life at one fell blow. WIGS FOB CHILDREN. Impossible as it may be to understand the survival or persistence of fashion in dress, the use of false hair has been re'egated to the gentler sex of this, the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Unless for the absolute protection of a head utterly bereft of hair, men to-day rarely wear wigs. The prosperous days of the barber waned when be no longer found a supplementary calling in wig making. H that preponderance of false hair on women’s heads, in vogue some few years ago, has been curtailed, small tags of sham curls, fastened on netting, Battened on female foreheads, has been for some time ala mode. There is, however, one fashion getting into vogue which common sense an l the least appreciation of the fitness of things ought to abolish. If ridicule could kill it, it deserves to be laughed out of exist ence. You are passing a house, and a child is seen as if set in the frame of the window. You admire the beauty of the, child, and expatiate on a glory of hair tumblingdown on the rounded shoulders. Your wife, who has noticed vonr expan sireness, will not bo moved, for she re marks in a dry, matter-of-fact way, “It ■s a .wig. Why, dqn’f you know ' any. auwlberoMiilA-iWavswWfgw? Jfr* can iwyaYigqf thart HS l * l fol ' P • uise ongs, assorted to a child’s coaiplex ' ion, made to orderj come .lugher. Yos look ’Tiorror-stricken, and ,you ask re proachfully, “Have you been shopping for children’s 1 wigs ? Is our own little . innocent to wear a wig ?” “ No,” is the reply, “ I only asked the price. Where was the harm? Why, there are thou sands of little girls in New York wearing wigs. I should not be surprised if in time all of them would have to wear them. Some of the fashionable doctors, it is said, recommend wigs—they prevent colds. It is even quite likely that chil dren will wear wigs tliis summer, be cause they will be thought to be cool.” There are, unfortunately, many vulgar people who think that the earlier they liegin to make their children humbugs the better it is. —New York Times. THAT SNOB, WHITE. Richard Grant White has coined “edi torling, ” which moves the Indianapolis Journal to say that he is a carping, pre tentions, snobbish fraud. “He assume* to be the highest living authority in re. gard to style and the correct use o> words, and yet his writings abound witl loose, inexact and ungrammatical ex pressions.” At what season did Eve eat the apple? Early in the fall. liOUTWELL’B IN TUB A* Amtting EpUodt of tl*ttrf*lmpeach ment Trim A writer in an Eaatompublioation, in giving aome the im peachment of PreaidentnKifcaon, says: I wish to give one otikr description from this famous trial ao All of interest —that relating to Gov. Bok well's “ Hole in the Sky." Having has tho good fort une to be present, I o*May, with all truthfulness, that I uev# have, before or since, witnessed a so convulsed with laughteT m wtm the whole Senate and the imSggtte crowd of spectators on the oocsion of Mr. Evarts’ reply to Gov. B>ntwell, touch ine; this astronomical wonler. In the course of his elaborate and able argument. Gov. Boutwell said: “Travelers and aatroiomsrs inform us that in the southern heavens, near near tho Southern Oroas, there is a vast space which the uneducatd call the holo in tlie sky, where the eye'of man, with tlie aid of the powers of telescope, has been nnabie to disooUr nebulte, or asteroid, or oomet, or planet, star or sun. In that dreary, cold, dark region of siiace, which is only It}ownto be less tli an infinite by of crea earttfwerjßß^^bfj^ 1 sentimenta. whief in bpMW mortal beings are the evidences and the pledge of our divine origin ami immortal destiny, it would heave and throe; with the energy of the elemental forces of naturA, and project this enemy of rades of men into that vast region, there forewet to exist in a solitude as eternal as lifogir as the ab sence of life, emblematqkd of, if not really, that • outer darkness ’ of which the Savior of man spoke |n warning to those who- are the enemies of them selves, of their race, and*f their God. But it is yours to relievo,*><% to punish. This done and our country is again ad vanced in the intelligent opinion of mankind.” j Here is what Mr. Evaafa, when he came to moke liis said in re ply 1 ; •“ 1 may as eonvcniM, Jbt this-p*>iut of the argument aa at any othoiWpay some attention to the astronomical pun ishment wliich the learned and honora ble manager, Mr. Boutwell, thinks should be applied to this novel case of impcaclimont of the President. Gieero, I think it is, who says that a lawyer should know everything, for, sooner or later, there is no fact in history, in sci ence, or of human knowledge that will not come into play in liis argument. Painfully sensible of my ignorance, being devoted to a profession which ‘ sharpens and does not enlargo the mind,’ I yet can admire without envy the superior knowledge evinced by the honorable manager. In deed, upon my soul, I believe he is aware of an astronomical tact which many professors oft Kat science aro wholly ignorant ot But* nevertheless, while some of his honorable colleagues were paying attention to ‘an unoccupied and unappropriated island on the sur face of the seas, Mr. Manager Boutwell, more ambitious, had discovered an ua tenanted and unappropriated region in the skies, reserved, he would have us think, in the final councils of the Al mighty as the place of punishment for convicted and deposed American Presi dents. “At first I thought that his mind had become so ‘enlarged’ that it was not ‘ sharp enough to discover the constitu tion had limited the punishment, bnt on reflection I saw that he was as legal and logical as he was ambitions and astron omical, for the constitution has said ‘re moval from office,’ and has pat no limit to the distance of the removal, so that it may lje, without sbeddinflla drop at his ’blood, or taking a penny K or confining his limbs, iwtant removal froi* office sal transportation to foe sides. “Let it then be provided that, in case of your sentenoe of deposition and re moval from office, the honorable and astronomical manager shall take into his own hands the execution of the sentence. With the President made fast to his broad and strong shoulders, and, -having already essayed the flight by imagina tion, better prepared than anybody else to execute it in form, taking the advan tage of ladders as far as ladders will go to the top of this great Capitol, and, spurning then with his fopt the crest of liberty, let him set out njbn his flight, while the two houses (f iongress and all the people of the Unn)P States shall shout ‘ Sic itur ad astra.’ “ But here a distressing doubt strikes me; how will the manager get back ? He will have got far beyond the reach of gravitation to restore him, and so am bitious a wing as his Sbuld never stoop to a downward flight.” They are again agitating the use of very light shoes, with few nails in them, for horses. An animal which carries one and one-quarter pounds of iron on each foot most expend considerable strength every day in bearing that con stant clog. the tTOK AMO THE JACK Air—A Pi, BLK. One day a Hyena, who wan out of a job and had a buzz-saw feeling toward all the world, met a Jackal on the plain and began : “Searching for old bone* and leav ings, I presume ? ” “Yes,” was the humble reply. “As I am not able to kill for myself I must eat after others have been satisfied. I am, however, fat, healthy and in good spirits.” “ See here,” continued the Hyena as he sat down in the shade, “ you have as much right to be a Lion as the Lion has. I see no reason why he shomld live off the ft of the land and you off the bones,” “I never thought of that before,” mused the Jackal. “Well, you are very foolish to be hunting bones when you might as well be a Lion. I wouldn't stand it if I were you.” The Jackal thought the matter over, and went to a Lion who dwelt on the hillside and said: “I have just as good a right to be a Lion as you have.” “ I second the motion,” was tne grave reply. . .. ;BAmU*m going t| be, too.* Bully for you 1 ” growled tho king of 3*'* #f ‘*#Oirtfflffiy. Take tkifpath ovo< the hill, and whenever you meet any-ani mal you must paw and roar and a#t as bear like me os yon can.” , > . The Jackal moved away in high spir its, and had not gone far before he mot a troop of his kind. He began to paw and roar and swell up, and when he had tired himself out tlie leader of the troop came forward and said: “Any fool can see that you are nothing but a Jackal, but since you aspire to be a Lion we can have no feelings with you. Go your way and keep dear of us.” The Jackal found himself knocked about by the Lions as a base impqjtor, and shunned by his kind as unworthy 2f friendship, and between Hie two fires e could neither Kill tor liinvelf nor fkt of what others/ had slain. He Was brought low with starvation and des pair, and as the vultures gathered around him he said: “Even had I suoceeded in making myself believe I was a Lion, these birds would have known by the meat that I’ was a Jackal.” Moral. —You must be what you are to have the confidence of friends or re spect of foes. Store-elothes only de eeive the eye. —Free Pret. THE GREAT SUSPENSION RHIHOEM. In response to the inquiries of a ooc toSpondent. the Niagara Falls Oazetle gives the following interesting sketch of the history of the great suspension bridges : In 1848 Charles Ellet, a brill iant rather than a professional engineer, lmilt the first suspension bridge over the Niagara, on the site of the present railroad bridge. The bridge was only for carriages and foot-passengers. The towers were of wood, and the roadway was only about six feet in width, just wide enough for one team. Mr. Ellet in the beginning had offered a reward oi $5 to the first person who should get a string over the river. The next windy day a large number of boys assembled on the bank with kites, and before night one of them, a former townsman, Ho man J. Walsh, then a boy of 13 yearn of age, landed his kite on the Canadian side and received the promised reward. By means of this string larger oords, then ropes, and then iron cables, small at first, but increasing in size, Were drawn across, until the large cables were thus stretched. This structure served as a most excellent anxiWwyin the con struction of tha present bridge. This was built by Americas gi-cat engiiam,, John S. Roebling, and has always been considered one of the greatest of his works. It was commenced in 1862, and the first locomotive crossed it in 1864. The iron basket now hanging under the railroad track near the American end of the bridge was first used by Mr. Ellet, and in it the first person who ever crossed the chasm alive, and of his own will, was crossed over. There is an old Indian tradition that a resisting chief was once carried to the opposite side by a large bald-headed eagle who swooped down on the great warrior as he lay in ambush on the ground and bore him over. Ladies have also crossed in this basket The suspension bridge by Brock’s mon ument was built in 1866 by T. E. Serret The ice jam in 1&6 tore the guys from the rocks to which they were fastened, and before they were replaced a terrifio gale broke the railway, severed the sus penders, and left the structure dangling in the air. The new suspension bridge, as it is called, was built in 1868, the cables being carried over in the winter on the ice-bridge. Its length is over 1,200 feet or a full quarter of a mile from outside to outside of the towers, and it is the longest suspension bridge in the World. SEJSSSSRE ff-’S VOL. VI.NO. 15. 4 nv mmiw or matiu A mw faghioa, toting yet to baooaae popular, is being quietly introduced late the funerals in Nev York. Pet jm the preen and pal pit here shown the folly of expending large maos ol money on enskete, flower* and proeea atone. While a considerable outlay may not affect well-to-do people the poor, always desirous of following “the style” as fat as possible, irwi|p*ln the pomp-and extraraganoe in a degree that is positivo ly injurious. A S- In many American cities the Oathjblio clergy ha-re attempted totheck thq in cioasing disposition to make a show by limiting the number of carriages to two, four or six, according to the circum- stances of the family; and Funeral Re form Associations have bean a feature of social life in London and several other large cities of England for years. The fashion of putting after advertised invitations to funerals the words, “It is requested that no flowers be sent,” wm a step in the way of funeral reform; and the more reoent adopted announcement, “Interment at the oonvenienoe of the family,” was another important one. These innovations have reduced consid erably the cost of funerals, the last Do ing particularly appreciated by rich and l>oor alike, as constituting an effectual 'barrier against the professional mourn- ers, who attend all passible funerals tor ‘the sole •pbrposo of having i rider to'tha ('crrwtery and back. * , • While it has been frequently remarked of our business men that thoy drive through everything as if they had. not a single moment to spare, even to die, it sometimes becomes evident that they have not the time to attend the funeral ot a partner, a friend, or an esteemed publio servant To the men who belong to secret benevolent societies and trade organisations a funeral of an associate in the morning or afternoon involves the loss of at least a half-day’s work; and, because there are thousands who cannot afford this pecuniary sacrifice, the re mains of men who in life counted their friends by the hundred are not infre quently followed to the grave by a dozen or less comrades. I The latest innovation gives all the friends ot a deceased person an oppor tunity for participating in appropriate ceremonies. It also does away with the necessity, whether real or assumed, for hiring a long string of coaohes to acoom puny the body to the grave. The new fashion provides simply for bolding funeral services in the evening. Business men, sooiety men, employers and employes can then attend without -losing a moment of offios or factory time. In the morning the remains, ac companied by the immediate family, may be taken to the place of interment and laid at reek— Jiftm York Sun. FAHHIONABLB AFFBOTION, 1 •There is occasionally a flood deal of mutuality in people not wanting to aee each other. Yesterday a handsomely dressed lady called at a fashionable resi dence on Galveston avenue. There was the inevitable small boy playing in the front yard. <*Your mother la not fat, ia she?” asked the visitor. “ Yes, she is in the parlor.” “ I thought she always went out about this time in the afternoon.” “ I reckon she would hsve gone out if she had known you wm ooming; she said so the other day.” Just then the front door opened and the lady of the house appeared. They rushed into each other's anna—smack I smack 1 yum—yum—yum —how glad I am to see you! Turn—yon have not been to see me for an age. I have been wanting to see you so bad I etc.—Gal veston Hew*. , A MESMERISTS TRICK. The French courts have allowed themselves to be humbugged by the mesmerisen, when they admitted as probf of somnambulism the ervidenoo of s nebdle being tyj-nst into the nape of s man's neck withUtt his feeling it Many yean ago I went to a public meemerio seance at Brighton. The mesmerixer thrust needles in the foreheads and arms of a number of girls who sat with him on a platform, and whom be had mes merized. I thought that I recognized (he practitioner, and, on speaking to him after the seance, I found that he had been a butler in the family of a relation of min He showed me how to insert a needle into any one without pain. Noth ing is more easy. It has only to be done very slowly. Proceeding from lecture to practice, he inserted into my fore head two or three needles without my feeling anything beyond a alight prick. —London Truth, A man who had brutally assaulted his wife was brought before a Justioe, and had a good deal to say about getting justioe. “Justice?” replied the Judge; “you can’t get it here. The court has no power to hang yon.” “Landlord, did yon ever have a gentleman stop with yon before ?” “ Are yHi a gentleman ?’’ asked the landlord. "Yes, I am." “Then I never did.” Thb richest man in Russia has only about one-third the wealth of Vander bilt A "wof csdsr”—Whoa I " Load on •talks”—Borghsm. Warn oats are tks only crop flat grows by gaslight inS^SLir “ A stun ia the hand ia worth two”— dollars and a half, U it hsppsaa to be a canary. Puorui who harbor evil though ta should apply to Orel gross far harbor im provements. Tub sun who thinks the boy who lives next door to him ia a good boy has not been found. “ Lrr it be recorded,” said a buyer when he suspected that his wood-dealer was bringing short measurement. Eiohtkbh hundred and BiooTT-on does not resemble a pair of lovers qa a sofa, because there ia one at each end. Thiu m s r°sng follow of Ovid Sent nlesUns to hi. bdo-nd, . Bat kcr tethn sum oat > With t dab ands about, fend mt th* feaoe h. aho-mL Jt ifffsserted that Vennor at one time was ajjtenbor. Well, he’s not the only piqflflber that makes a good wsathsr jMrofit Tea old lady who mended her hun band’s trousers with a potato patch is now smoothing her hair with the oomb of a rooster. It may be well to state for the infor mation of amateur artists that plaster oasts of royal personages are not made of oouyt-plaster. Ida Lewis has saved two brass-band performers from drowning. She naves discriminates against a man's nailing when he is in distress. Vi .. t Ticam oral * jrooof nun froo Mmaa Who >io Onaij-tbroa loot of tiinms Whoa mM towns fog, .H - H Ho potted bio bolt; ( -r , •• I would tall you," h* nald, “but boa *SB It" ' Mbs. Stbiooins was boasting of her new house. Thu widows stop said, were all stained. “ That’* too bed 1 But won’t turpentine or benaine washitoff?" auked the godi Mrs. Oldbody. •; 4 .... Parents who contemplate making raitaoad men of their boy* oannot be too oareful how they being tham up. W&learn that the Sanaa of many of oar railroad disasters is defective Miking. ‘JI gentleman WaA complimenting a pretty young lady in the presence of his wife. “It’s lucky I did not meet Miss Hopkins before I married you, my dear,” “Well, yes, it in extremely—for her,” wm th* dry rejoinder. A young lady wm caressing a pretty spaniel and murmuring, “I do love a nice dog I” “ Ahl" said a dandy stand ing near, “I would I were a dog.” “ Never mind,” retorted the young lady, , sharply, “you’ll mow.” ► XjAR word’ of V seme with an im portunate creditor: “ No, air, after the way you have dunusd me, I solemnly vow that I will never pay you a penny, and, whan an honest man pledgee yon his word about anything, that is the end of it I” thk KiTi/renox of lamb ajti- MAUL In an interesting article do this sub ject in a French journal, M. Vignes shows that those aiieoies which exceed their fallows in hoight or bulk ana more than ever at the present day threatened with extinction. Since the recent geol ogical epochs the progressive diminu tion Of their number has become-all the more rapid that they must now count man among the numerous competitors that dispute with them the surface of UlO earth. Thus the present age may lie called upon to witness* the aooom plislimeht of their eetioatiob. In ths struggle which they have to maintain against this new competitor, they pre sent, in comparison with species of moderate or small sue, two disadvant ages. The mass of their body bring more developed, they require more abundant nourishment, and are thus ha. bis to b# deprived of sufficient subsist ence. Beside, their multtphcatka be ing comparatively alow, they only repair their losses with great difficulty. Cer tain email aperies ■eats, mice, insects, eta—against which there is universal war, with no hope of exterminating them, owe their safety to their extraor dinary fecundity; whereas, the loeses among the larger animals can be but partially filled up by reproduction. If aoienoe does not make hast* to oosn-. pleto her knowledge of times great ani mals, eh# will by sad by find herself de prived of suhjeeta. It is certainly not rash -to maintain that the whales, laman tina, dugongs, walrus, certain species of ' seals and otaries, the great white bear of the Arotio coMta, the common bears, wolves, the great carnivora (boos tigers, eta), gorillas, the giant armadil lo, giraffes, elands, aurochs, bison, ale- ' phant, hippopotamus, rhinoceroe, kan garoo, elephantine turtle, birds of the os|pch group, the Ante penguin, Ac., are all tijreafaped with , the same fate which, during reerirt oeat uriee, has overtaken, among others, the gigantic epironis of Madagascar, the great mow of New Zealand, and within the last two centuries t'j enormous dove and the gigantiow’.cer-fowl of Mauritius. Among the animals which have only re cently become extinct birds are specially conspicuous. Numerous other victims of human competition w3l aeon follow the moss, the dmarnie, theepiorms, eta All the great animals, in general, tend after their kind to disappear, in ooo sequence of human competition. The only ones which man will allow to survive will be those from which he can, without much trouble, drew some profit, either by a regulated pursuit or by domestica tion. —London Tima, The way for a bad boy to go on a bender is over his mother's knee,