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TIMELY TOPICS. G align ani siates that tli • fundings Jor the submarine tunnel between laml and- France nre being carried on actively. They are at this moment di rected to the part of the straits near the English coast, at a few miles from shore. Each evening the vessel which carries the commission returns t> Dover, Calais 01 Boulogne, and work is recommenced tin next day. The engineers charged with that important labor, MM. lairousse and •Lavnllc, are perfectly satistied with the results obtained ; and so far nothing has occurred to destroy their prevision rela tive to the depth. Dr. Francis Wharton, in an article in Lippincott's Magazine, discusses the relations of spiritualism and jurispru dence. “What attitude,’’ he asks, “is jurisprudence to assume toward a (verson who, charged with an invasion of the laws of the land, sety up a defense that he was acting under ihe constraint of a superior vpirit.Yml proper? What attit -do is jurisprudence to assume toward those who exercise such (Mover for an illegal end ’ Dr. Wharton has no doubt that mediums are responsible for acts done while professedly entranced, and for the acta of persons whom they may get un der their control. An appeal is sow before the New York supreme court, involving the question of the right to assess churches for street im provements. Three churches of New t.c.k city unite in endeavoring to escape the payment of certain assessments tin paying streets. It was decided at >]iecial term of the court that, under an act thirty-five years old, which has !H‘en once j rejiealed—the repealing act being after- I repealed—-the churches wen? { exempt from assessment, ns they were ' tie - from city tax. Idle prominence j given to tins case may stimulate the gen- i cral discussion, which has not been in- , frequent of lute years, concerning the ' exemption of church pn.p, r:y /mr tax- j atioa. TI'UKRY is afraid that liuissin will take -CoiMlan’.inopfo and kirk the out nf Europe. Russia is afraid will take Finland and Poland. Austria is afraid Germany " ill take Am irn. Germany is afraid France will take Alsace-Lorraine, and France is afraid that Germany will take the province of Champagne, as Von Moltke’s soldieis got such a first-class taste of its sparkling wine during the 1871) campaign. England is afraid her scattered provinces will take themselves and leave her only a nutshell to eraek in her own little isle. Spain is afraid the United States will |take Cuba. I OIAUi.Ks Ekas-cis AIMM-s Id his able wd’ort as railroad commissioner of Mas the opinion that the pursin' .ward r.,ii: is to bring to bonr upon! the jiov.vr ol public opinion* :tul that this hotloocl\V the* appoint- Wa*nt of a board •'*{' arbitrator*, Hk* the one that ha* |,ro\vii so H!i-idi* s:u - duty of this S:1 ft* s to hour couipbir;* . ; ti of | the proju ty of , hig thorn. If tJu-v rofjiso, an :i]>j)o.-:J *>i . Phcir respons provWafi • I t reported turei jUF K,,l 'i "''‘fftgfc mav deemjiroper to . 0,0, \.|a„i' F' , -li^^^^^^r , liberal - j,iril. He Win Ap : setts the raJWavx are owned by <l,e , a,,] munity, and that jatpulsr opinion there wool 1 lie prompt to sustain the commis- j sinners, lint it is hinted that the popu- ! lar opinion of Ma 'achusetts would {have no effi'ct on railways outside the limits of that state. , O.M-: has been accustomed to hear the German troops praised so very highly iliat it is not a little startling In read e.t) •article in the London Timm, rvidemlv written by a i'- 1 rap- onl, hand, severely criticising German tactics, and intiruat itig pretty dearly thr. vrinfs opinion that all arms of th.e Fv.glish -.-rvi -in fant rv, artillery aid cavalry—are much superior to tUf.so of tile German Empire, ile says that in the last war tip to Sedan, she G'. rman tinny invariably acted on 1 ‘ )0 offensive, but that their .tactics showed neither genius nor origttmlity, and that they frequently directed their attacks on points whore, even if suci ful, the sacrifice *H human life rendered the victory far too costly. Throughout tne war they adopted but one mameuvre ‘bey invariably endeavored to turn a ffatik or both, as at Woerth, or only one if comparatively weak, as at Gravelotte. they never attempted Napoleon s favor ite manceuvre of breaking through the center. After the war, it was felt that the whole system of handling infantry must be completely changed. It is not very clear what the tactics of the future will be; ex peri men t s are being made at each of the autumn manteuvres, but the authorities do not seem to have made up tltcir minds on the subject. The tenden cy to excessive extension, which is the principal feature of the new tactics, will, the writer thinks, lead some day to a crushing disaster. At the recent meeting of the .Social Science association in Bristol, Professor Jevons returned -to the subject of ex haustion of the coal-fields, and very fully supported the views that have been re peatedly urged on that important topic. He showed that the annual rate of in crease of consumption, so far from having heel] overrated in his previous calcula tions, was not actually in excess of those calculations; and that the actual increase of consumption is at the rate of .'!! per cent per annum, not in arithmetical but in geometrical progression. The total produce of 187;} is estimated at 128,(58(1.- VOLUME U. 1:51 ton*, aCWihling to the report of the tors of mines. The quantity coh urned for domestic \HUposes was esti mated at one ton pier head per annum of the whole population, or between thirty and forty million* bl toils. I lie total exports tdf coal are only from twelve to fourteen millions of tons per annum, inns sonic eighty millions ol tons icprc sent the motive and manufacturing power of the country. The waste in consump tion, whether for manufacturing or do mestic purposes is, firt Jofht, enormous- It was lamented ny the president in lus address, and admitted by all the speakois. The most economical compound engines only obtain one-eleventh part of the theoretic value of coal, measured in foot js in mis. At the same time, when we consider what is the result ol the com bustion, in round numbers, of a quarter of a million tons of coal per Working-da v throughout the year in the production of mechanical power, wo can form some faint idea of the service rendered by the steam engine to the country. LATEST NEWS SUMMARY. K IST. j One of the centennial buildings in I course of construction at Philadelphia, was Mown down last week, involving the wound- I ing morcor lew of several person*. Sixty-five thousand dollars hag bceh f (ret in digging for gold in l’etersb' ieiieli, N. | 11., and the work has been abandoned. Anew industry will probably be founded 1 poa the recent successful experi ment ill 11 A .ing steel nails al the Troy Hexse ! mor steel works. The small scraps which j were formerly refuse, are now worked up ! into nails of a superior nualit;. They nre -aid to lie prefer able to the bestwrought or I malleable nails for the purposes to which the j latter are applied, while they are far better than the ordinary out nails fur other par j I"'SCR. The four grcat’mnluimCUirirtg ebrpora t;,,„:, located" at Manchester, N. lb,, held meetings on Thursday, the prdtbs•“ ><.e past year of the A -D ag company have jwiC.Oild; of the Stark company, $1 lh,- ■204; and of the l.angdon company, *40.- 7 t and of the Manchester iiKth I„r tin last fourteen months $ J-l\MH..!!>. HINT. The following dispatch lias been re .reived from Walter I’. Jenny, geologist, ex ploring the Black Kill-- ■•[ have discover.-,* gM.I I" #aU ‘pbult!- ties is the Hear bolio uhmntains, abnut In eutV miles east of Tittle Missouri buttes, in the northwestern portion of the black trills. The field is limited iii area, net.ex ceeding tin- - - wholly in Wyoiu, . * from the geo. lliirnev’s Peak by the lied Water Val . The gold i- derived from tin- deeiiamo-, siti< >ll of ledges of feldspar perpV.VfV, eWry iugoxides of irCif and manganese, no quartz in ■: ra t-a tin iinmneiiii streams, w iilg lie river NO I T 11. Albert Fink, late trpevinidldeiit of the I.mti.svillc and Nashvilh raiiroad, Tuts <-• cepted the pAsitiAA of umpire ol sontliern roads, with li.adipiarors at Aba Vita, Georgia. Duriiv '.be year ending September 1 '.Kit, the total domestic emigration into Texas for permanent settlement was ■ person , These persons took into the state property of various kinds amounting in value to not less than four million dollars. 11l addition to this, there was an emigration to four foreign countries amounting to about HOO,OOO. f. . lintrid* Five hit mb ed st'rtd sixty Oarlist sol dier-have crossed the frontier into France and have been disarmed by the French authorities. Two vAA f y American hot-heads r<‘- Aehtlv fought a duel near Paris. Nothing worse resulted than the maiming of an arm. The English steamer Biscay, belong ing to Newcastle, sir .-lit (led oil Jutlund, while on a voyage from C'ronstabt to Bremer IfaVen. !.! • veil persons were drowned. Tlie Crown Princess of Germany com mands as colonel a regiment of hussars, and (luring recent manoeuvres before tile emjieror she appeared mounted at the head of iter cavaliers. Italy will appoint a committee of Italians resident in America to act at the centennial exposition at Philadelphia. The Pope will send two mosaics, representing the Madonna by Raphael, and Ifumnes by Goctille. Dates by tlie Colorado from Hong Kong to September 8, via Kalinina, 17, says: Hostile feelings have been manifested by the Chinese in the north for some months, and it seems to ho venting itself in tin- robbing of foreigners when opportunity offers. The Swedish steamer L. .1. Hager, run ning between Lubeek and Copenhagen, was burned in the Baltic. Twenty-four passen gers and eleven of the crew perished. The steamer was a small one and was Guilt.in 18.78 at Gittenburgh. U IMSIM.A M O 1 S. The epi.'.ootic is prevailing in a mild form over nearly the entire country. Cardinal MeCloskey lias ordered in Koine a splendid marble altar for the Cathe dral in New York, which will cost -DO,OOO. The attorney genera! is in daily re -1 eeipts (if advices from Mississippi. Gov. j Ames is averse in arming tic citizens of the j state for their own protection, for the reason that it would produce great excitement, j Kverything is reported quiet. An official statement of the number J of grain and molasses distilleries in opera- I tion on the first instant, and their daily ra [ pacifies, shows the number of distilleries to !te 1 71, w ith a total daily spirit producing ca- S parity of 189,8'-:; gallon', an increase over I S, ptember of G distillerie , ami 18,87-1 gal | lons daily, St MMI'.RYH.LH, (iBORGIA, OCTOBKR 2S, 1.575 * I* lt |T*.. “(itxxl-liv, then ! Ami he turnotl away No other \vo.\l between them sjHikeU ; You hardly could have guest'd hi d**y How close a hood w>.\" luoKen. The faint, alight tremor of the hand That i l;e*|ed her own in that sad parting, Onl* her heart eould understand, \\’ho saw the tear drops starting— Who felt a sudden surge of doubt. Come rushing hack uahidtleU o’orjjhov, As with tin' words her life withoitt Ills prosenec loomed hefore her. The other? U*r qtltarf* iuinrti A ialt'ri. del li'aii, a gracious woman; A mtict, brief farewell, unstirred By aught at all uncommon. She knew ;t solemn die was cast, ''he k iew that two paths now must sev* r : That one familiar step had passed Out ol her life forever. To all the rest it merely meant A trivial parting light I v rpoUen ; She read the hitter mute intent, She knew—a heart wa* ' _ L ViiioN lir.F.Y. .4 nor 111.I' II Alt \ IST A farmer sat at his kitchen door, Smokiftg his noonday pipe, Andover tin- fields his eyes were cast, * Where the grain so golden ripe, Nodded away Through the summer day, With shadows and sunshine hard at play. Down by Hie gate the tanner saw (And he eh nek led low in glee) Two, who whispered together there. “So!” said the farmer. “ 1 see! If I guess aright, And their skies are bright, She re’ll he harvesting soon with main and might.’ Th< weidcs went by, ind the old barn groamnl ' vYith tin* might ■■< ItarVest stun : I Hut the fatnh t lailgln >l, lo* \v'< 1> hr kited There remained one harvest more, Since Cupid had sown, With grain of his own, A crop that lore must harvest alone. Tin' farmer sat at his kitchen door, * When tln* evening meal was doin', And he laid a kiss on his daughter’:- Kv.w, And welcomed his new-found son; And the harvest time, With wedding hells' chime, Sang its days into merry rhyme. CHARACTER ( 'ONXOISSEI US. Satunl,.y Jlcview. The vulgar tendency to simulate a knowledge about Hungs wlicve the n'qiii site inrtdiUdils til accurate information are clearly wanting, lias ever been a theme for satire. It fo the re cog gition >!f tb.i* tendency which lias led the thinking few to despise the opinion of tlie many as a spurious and counterfeit kind of recognition. l-Vpm Philo, who (listinellv evi !tilled mere opinian from the category of certain knowledge, to the mod ern idealist, who pays no heed to the strongest assurances of common sense, philosophers have made light of prevail ing convict ions, on tlie ground that they are formed In haste, tlpd v it It lid dub ap prcriattil n of the ft unlit in ns id a rational eeitaiffG. Not only so, but science itself, which might he supposed to maintain a more amicable attitude toward prevailing' belief, has.long since learnt, to iinl'a'c lihilusopl"' !*. lb- contempt lor vulgar icieas. and a scientific lecture would now he deemed wanting in spirit and point if it failed to illustrate, by some startling example, the wide opposition bet ween the habitual InfrfCttiT'Sof common minds and the verified conclusions of the savant. \ Nowhere, perhaps, does popular belief exhibit its hastiness and inadequacy more gwAamicUouely limn in the reddin'-' of l<> pioiioiinco an opinion re specting the characters and motives of - confidence with which many a mao and AG'iff an M. ill talk about the ■!-■ sites and habits of a rptiiparaliveh new acquainlarii e, niust strike il h-Sotiic mind a- a signal illustration of thceager liessol'mankind wise. There are many whose modesty and good sense would prevent their giving an opinion on any point of scientific knowledge or (esthetic appreciation, who, nevertheless, feel in* hesitation 111 passing judgment respecting matters of conduct, of which their knowledge is tcsimal. NUnt bers of people, Who do Hot in tiu- least (tshniiled of. ignorance respect ing ttmsTnnattcrs of discussion, ale ipiitc sensitive ns tit theif lejoltatio!'. foi knowl- V'dgo-. w ith fespeet to the intricacies of human character. When, for example, there is an addition to the society of a small town, through tlie arrl’ id o' ft hew fai|iilv, therv If, I'ue greatest impatience to have a definite and fixed opinion re specting tlie idiosyncrasies of the new comers. There will certainly he more than due knowing person "tow supposed quickness of jiffeeption will at once ena ble them, satisfactorily to themselves, to define and characterize the man or woman about whom curiosity is natur ally aroused. It is curious, too, to no tiee the readiness of others to accord to these persons the special faculty for intui tion which they claim for themselves. It has often been remarked, that the first condition of winning the confidence of others, is to display a fair amount of self confidellcc, and this truth is fully illus trated in tlie ease ol the people w hom we Hi'e now-considering. \Vtteii a lady gives out among her acquaintance that she is an expert in matters of character and dis position, she speedily gains an enviable reputation for this kind of prescience. If there is any new character to he deci phered, about which there hangs a cer tain mystery, she i the authority to whom all repair, in order to acquire defi nite information. If a scandal is just germinating, and everybody is on tiptoe respecting its real nature and results, it is this connoisseur who is resorted to for a finaLsolution of the problem. In this wav fF iple are sustained in the pleasing belief that they possess some easy avenue to the minds and hearts of their fellows, thanks to which they are enabled to dis pense with tlie tardy methods of observa tion, coinparis m and analysis, and to read anew character as confidently as an un folded letter. Yet it does not cull for any remarka ble power of reflection to see that this intuitive kind of knowledge of others must lie very delusive. For, first of all, human character is an exceedingly com plex and variable thing, and can not be known except after pati'-nt attention. Tlie facial |*rusal of charge*of which we now*>prak, always infer ences,either of which may he a mistaken one. Tti tjl- first place, Hie self-styled observer argui tlmtcertiiin things which have held good of other people will hold good of the new character, and since it is exceedingly easy to mistake it quality of a certain order of minds for a universal attribute of mankind, there is always a chance of a wrong induction. In the next plan-, the observer i- compelled 10-judve the whole of a character froimAjt*e h.v data; and la re again there is amfiTcs-onni or error in reasoning that, because one Celt or acted so and so toalay, tliiv must !o Ids I’liahtrlcliwlk* iiuUlp Of fiv:ng <>;• acting. In other words, human nature is too variable, both as a wlfde and within the limits of a single individual, to allow of the rapid kind of prevision ol which we are speaking There is a second obstacle to this in stantaneous reading of diameter, which calls for special notice. .Not quiy is diameter it pneiioiiteiion pi great eom plexity, hut it is also one in a liighdeglee inaccessible. Fo *, in the first place, all the thoughts and purposes of another have to he inferred from external signs; and this process, however carefully car ried on, must always bo liable to error. The real uniformities of connection be tween feeding and expression* for exam ple, can ,qnU he knMv'it ai : poximately after InViuc and earthtii eomparisoii ol iil dividual peculiarities. litis reflection never occurs to the confident connoisseur of physiognomy, who totally imagines that every moral peculiarity is distinctly indicated by someone form ol laeial structure or movement. In the second place, it should be remembered that all of us have a certain power Pi dissimula tion, and most oi us are Uncustomed to put some kind ot natch ofi otJr Words;ind actions. This is especially the case It lien we have to confront anew observer. \\ e do not care, in most instances, l<> he conned too easily by our fellows. Nearly everybody is accustomed t<> some meas ure of reticence Indore fit lungers, while iheo’are h*w who. from a. certain kind of pride and force of iiidr dioiliu , ere wont even to mislead casual observers respecting their real aims and sentiments. Thus it happens that a person who is lead.'' at a glance to class'l v ativ new variety of character, runs the risk oi ac cepting, as an essential ingredient of the phenomenon 4 snmeHiitier which U' v.ln l!;, adventitious. It may be fin id, of course, that the instances we have selected are exceptional ones, that the great majority of people are both too much alike and too transparent in their words and act ions to occasion any serious diilieulty l" a nolci of moil's natures and. ways. That there is a certain force in this eoivqdora tion may he rcaflily granted Al the •aiue lime, this fact does not alter the truth of our contention, that in every hasty judgment of character, there is al way" iM! I'liTiUAit of I'lsk Minch forbids the jiroecss being deseriberl as an intui tive one. Ho, too, we may concede that a certain few possess an indisputable fac ulty of <juick perception ot the complex ities of human character. A ot, when we come to analyse this faculty, vre And that it resolves itself into :i happy skill in eoniectlie* whlfli Ud dciib't includes a certain range of past observat ion s well as a quickness of imaginative insight into other persons’ feeling-r but Ai hirli, never theless. Jllwjl.v* *• M 1. .; * t' ,n< n would have called an imiirical knack, wholly destitute of the exjfrt certainty of scientific inference. I'hoJ who sec in this conjectural skill a mysterious power of intuAon, lire da/./h'dhf the instances of eUnW'i pirdictioil uldcli tin ;• happen to have witnessed, and tail to take account of the errors to which this process is cer tain to lead; It. won Id ptjihably bean interesting in ,,VIiI id Hue: oil' file ciiHoi.t* imjtulsesof ftu man 4Bi n-, which serve to sustain a ltd foster thWmpatience iu the observation nf nth- < id tin priui-ipill illt!n cnees at Work, wiil.nyulil} silgge"' lliem >(.|v,- i-i a "- i I-' ltd e i"j' Hi V" that the more of pride which attends all <d knowledge, real or imaginary, will not account fortlie peculiar force oi' this tendency. That is to sa.v, though it is true that the motive of vanity leads lileii to Imagine t hat they are conversant with lmtiu- matters id which they are, in reality,Profoundly ig norant, it dei;- not ■ --I'iiiti wh\ they shnoiii lie espeei.'llty li.il>! !•> assume this apNaartmee uf inteliigeii'''' tvith respeel to He* follow' . H is el idiot that these spot lal Vdliuences must hi? looked for in the peculiarities of the relations which people hold to one anoth 1 I lie follow ing suggest inns mav, periiimis, roughly in dioatiMiie i liaracter of (ff'se influences. First uf all, il is nmnilesly of practical importance to everybody u> gain some thing like a definite opinion respecting those whom he lots to meet in social inter cotir.’c. fi, as some philosophers contend, the first motive of all itajitiry is the need of a definite basis for aetio;i, we may un derstand how it i- that most people are so eager to come to a decision respecting the dispositions of their hequuintanccH. Nothing is more annoy ing, for example, to a lady, than to have to a person whose tastes and ideas shrouded in mystery. By the verl(|.utJifuliiesH of tlie situation, she is driven lo frame some hy pothesis as to the pel -on ' real character, however little ground ’ finny have for plausible cortjpeturn. IntJb way, people come to del tide them -elviMhat they have ascertained a man’s real Mtiraeter, when they have simply lieen dr*n by the in convenienees of eonseiotW ignorance to construct a purely liypotlitie.nl e.onee|j tioii with regard to the obfti’t. Aimtlier influence at work in the.-i’eases is a form of tlie primitive lidishistic impulse to yt tcf)-i"■! everything oulsidtone s own Con scious life iu terms of same.. The aiiiue tendency which ißßints for the savage project ing his and in tentn.n into tree or r: ■ .-i:i-i- fm people transferring theii“wn modes of thought and sentiment to ( very new mind which coinn umffr their notice. It is quite curious to remark the invet eracy uf this habit, even after ample op portunity lias been given for discovering the endless diversities of individual tem perament. Possibly there is a charm to mane-persons in tli(Spectacle of a mind retaking up to mature years the naive belief that all tiie rest of the world must feel and act precisely as it does, and tlr.s fesHiotic consideration may serve still ftWicr to confirm the habit. People are encouraged the cultivation of this mode of regarding by the rellec liojvjthel it is taken to Tvdical- a singu of nature*.-. ,1 ’-A: toindiitj TjnfitnS io deal " ith tha ™ l :r ---V,T-j*-.-...!-? -W i agining in the absence of evidence, that her lover must necessarily share her own pufc tliOMglihi; flic highly cultivated, man, too, may fall into it, by taking it for granted that the young woman whom he selcctsashis most intimate companion fyel tin 1 same high aspirations that he himself feids. The other influences which appear to favour tills impatience of belief with re spect lo the characters of others are spe cial emotional force ft. The operation of feeling in sustaining assurance cve‘ when there is the minimum of evidence has hocu a favorite theme of philosopher There are two modes of this operation, according as the feeling predisposes to belief in any shape or tavora some par ticular variety of conviction. I loth of these modes may be illustrated in the rhu of bid jots of which we are now i' 'ikhm An example of the first is, given us in the action m .i !ofc of power : on our observation of others’ characters. ’ A readiness in unravelling the threads of human sentiment and purpose has al ways been looked on as a ground for self gratillation and for the admiration of others. A man who thinks himself ca pable of divining instantaneously an other's liiitfpoben thoughts lias not only the pleasing e<‘n cioiehfu- of power which every supposition of knowledge’ brings ft;tli u hut also a gratifying feel ing cl equality with ih’ '“c-'ind .person. That is to say, he thinks himseli ri level with this other ill respect to the knowledge of any thoughts or impulses which mav occur to him. Not only so, hut the assumption of this dlliiltaeleitt insight i! •I o' chrira'CtM will pretty cer tainly inspire awe, it not dir.a!, nfafiv other minds, so that the man or woman who can make any pretensions to this film pelletrsdinti will lie able to indulge in the most d.elicioUs eiiiollohs of pouvr aitif* stiperiurity. A stipposiiioti so in tensely gratifying as flu- must be will pretty certainly bo seelli’e from fhat close scrutiny and careful verification which alone would prove its validity. The feelings which predispose men to entertain r> jtrinri a certain kind of not ion respectiiig the character of others nre too numerous to Ik dwelt oil here. 11 may Slifliee lo mention a I’cH of Hjcm. fhere is the desif-e for sympathy, Which is very strung in most minds, and which prompts a person to .anticipate that every new character will i’espuud in a kind of grateful resonance to Ids indivi dual sentiments. Then there are the impulses of love and admiration which predispose the mind to believe in human goodness and render it. optimistic in i!' concept ions of character. On the ot her hand, there are the less pleasing senti ments of distrust, hostility, and con tempt, which sustain the" that everybody is mean and ignoble till he has proved himself to he the ‘lliimu anti otiliri i'ccfujg S!W \) their possessois lo c( i t.ii^^]^^W^B| respecting any new character long they have the imrs: ary f*u such opinions. fo any one who give himself the trouble of otifl the many and ecimjilieated which tend t< produce conviction re specting matters of character, quite apart from the force of evidence, it can Hot he surprising tlmt pehp'ie’* judgmeids on the ideas and motives of others al’e offefi so t-fiulc and inexact, and so little de serving to he caned iUtuHinir' . The (ienimn. Writing froil/,.it stiuimer resort, a eor respmidcnt ol fin iffGfiml Times, say - : A voting man and young woman ! pan bounding from one end ol the room to the other; then the orchestra struck up a waltz; a party of marvel ouslv gotten-up young people of both sAxe's skipped through the door, and pro (Vrdcd to appropriate the best chairs in the room, and )' "'as noised about that the german had begun. When a german begins, one Ulan Wild is an inglorious out sider, can (lit nothing Imt possess one’s soul in patience, for this dance, or fash ionable romp its I called it in my last., is an absot'Hailt of unedniiiloit pHwef. It swallows up ami wipes out ol existence all minor, because- not < iermanie consid erations. it is out of the question that anything sliould he allowed to interfere with the german. At a private party, which tlie one I lut'e been describing, ol con iso, was not, if twenty, out oi oic hundred invited quests wish to dance tin german, the miserable eighty who doaot participate, may go hang or freeze to the walls in cold halls, if the, woatlierbofr'gid, for all the twenty dancers cure. Tiayger inan imperatively demands spanned chairs, and will have both til lint there are some pretty this popular amusement ul'ti'V ah, and some very amusing ones, Ui the last, I saw two gentlemen throw h> *' the honor of daneing with a cerlW lady,and as she was whirled arotin'l the room by the victorious south jyl/y threw highest, the defeated sailor *u-:'/bliged til follow the revolving couple,/ hopping Oil one font and fanning tlic/>air vigorously the while. This migii/bc Called the ‘‘lan- Toui” figure, and 'be music to which they danced a fantasia. This was fol lowed by the spectral illusion, in which searfsof many-colored tulle were used in many combinations. This german was the most fantastic of all the germatts I have seen, foi the young people adorned themselves before the fiiiitnsiniigoria be gun. 'Hie girls put oil jockey caps, and the gentlemen gilt hands above their foreheads. They all had a guilty look'. The, favors used were not so numerous, am) at hist they became chary of them. Then it was that theyplaccd the cliairin the middle of the floor and waltzed each lady in it. I will attempt a sketch ol the young man, from whose gigantic inti - foot inch praiseworthy results proceed, ile iß<‘ feet three inches in height, and wei-deWsmtone hundred and one poutm--. 11 is almost invisible supports are made the least and the most of by his trousers, that are very tight at the knee and wide :it the ankle, forming a gaiter over the instep of the foot. This style may have been adopted to part tally conceal a loot whose size is out of proportion to the Up- I ,|or structure. The long and th(*Khort ol Lt is that nil the development appearito ptave gotfe to the fee! You have proba bly hoard the I in'ti heels.” • lint the upper structure i- mire fearful andwonder ,|,o l-,W *1 If' powder on hi I:"' 1 ’, and tlo 1 ■ ' 1 on NUMBER 13. sprouting horns. FiVidentfy much pains had liecil taken^with the part in the lmir jat the hack of tin bend. Now, after look ing on this sweet youth, are you disposed j lo deny the Oarwiman theory’/ Tin: (sfns ov rm: fi ti ki:. Niu'wu of lli l!%]ioi'fiiirn(N j 1 U'oolwlHi, Dsiiflunil Cl.nv' I’rojwllJo* ft. Tlii'i'o can lie im doubt tlat the crucial tost of groat (runs for liurhur 'h.lcnse airainst iron-olails is near at hand. It will . err mixm bo definitely act tied whether Iron vessel?) ca|i lie made invulnerable to fiea\ v y pfAjeetlies, '(’lie Resident of the Iron Dd!,?' rrtnnlhg down tho demonstrated in a Very (liaetieal way the utility of the rain a> a \vea|t'tfl of offenae, but it sadly sliook tbe theories advaia eil in regard to Hi," -trenwth of resistauee to an iron-clad’s sides wlieil the question of defense was involved. i !i())’:?jM’rinients at Woolwich suilieod to show that Enehiiid is in jiossession ot the most powerful (lieee oi artillery ill tlie world. The great eiyhty-om- ton "im, which for more than fifteen months has been constructing at the Woolwich arsenal, was tested in the (.iT- nee of a large number of (jbvarnineiil oflieinls. The trials liavu been looked forward to s-iili iinnsiml interest by many students of the aft of gw, ns it was thought that this gun woufli mdieitle th" style^oi the artillery whJll pitist lie used tit the future.' ft i%;t he fairly stated that tho achievements of flu hew piece of Ord nance exceeded (anything that find been anticipated. Tho fund nhot of tIMKv was fired mth | 210 pound of powder stiiTl*?teprpjr<‘tile Weight l;2r*S pound*. The recoil was this time iirodgo? up i > ‘IN feet 2 inches, tin' vertical and bori/toMa* play ol the springs being the same as in the previous rounu, viz.: three fourths of an inch af/d I S-IO Inch respectively. The velocity, too, wrr~ the ns in the last iotH'd. I r.Au feet. \he pPessure in the gas chamber y-'u J7.S ton* per square inch; that on the iia.se hf the -hot had not been taken at the time the 'E. ftors left the proof ranges. The shot pene trated the sand to a distance of 47 feet at a <)epth of five feet from the surface. ILirtiiiig pt'hlilcs of powder were again projected forward With Um hot. This concluded the first part of the test of the N’Moii g in ~n weapon whose ((in struction has met with criticism, and whose manufacture has requhed the best and latest appliances. Alter ca(!i discharge the gun was critically exam ined, and on no occasion was the slightest alteration ih any of the joints obw’rvahlo. 'Uhe velocities* exhibited by tin* gun amazed evcryWody. The “ im parted to the shot at the fifth round rose to tlw- eiiormoils pitch of 20,400 foot tons, or about the (•slhinOod force with vJiicli U, : . p ro \v of tin:, f lull DtiJtq fUlCOimtcicd Ftlie v/ingriyrd. This gun t tfitc/nleq-ior Jj^^nflexible, which is t< cairy four of liic "i-’-inl of which k- now !" " I;; ' " < n m:!t' : r mmg I'nglanfl a It it Mon gun tiring a one lop uhot,-which mile range can tent* thy strongest to pieces.- London fj’it C/'. m riigliln-n Ifiimlrml YcnriiAfter Dentil. A porrcsjioiulent Of Appleton's Joui’- n."l z?rifciny of qxenvatiuiis lit t’fiiiijii’ii says: Amuiig :••*> most iritercsting of tlie objects found reeenti.v two skele tons, our of a somewhat elderly .'nan. i the, pthei'of a worn .n. 'J licy were found in tin YV *4*nWa among the ashes ol the ’ast eniiition, overtaken in their Higlit and lniried among Mif ‘fin ders. According to the usual method employed to preserve the external ap pearance of objects, liquid plaster was pound into the cavity, which, serving as a mold, a tile simile of the forms was ob tained; and thus perfectly preserved the statucdifce bodies were placed in glass eases in the Pompii museum. Wh le appreciating all the horror of such a death, and the suffering endured, as shown by the position of llu?Umhs, one cannot hut wonl(|Uiave l„ n the astonishj|ent of that mail and woman had somejirhpfiet ihformerf them ilntt eighteen -hundred years after their death their fbi'jjßg and even as much of their garhientjn were not eonsuinefPln the eruption, Witlld lie placed ill a muse -11111 for inspect bill by a multitude of sight seers, some from ignds the existence of which they had nSver dreamed of The (ssiuunuMi isjjfirig on lier face, and .^HRSpadP bair, (.u t uplsfiiind. i- Qm arm shields her forchcard, iUid, |ie mtepported by the oilier. Her stoiiyiiinwpre well formed, and traces of a garment’ am seen passing in folds around her. The mail, although placed on ids back in the exhibition, when found was turned on his side. One arm rests on his hip; the other is uplifted. 'PJie face is somewhat distorted, hut massive and smoothly shaven. Even the form of the fastening of the sandals around Ids ankle, and ot tho long button higher up on the leg to hold them, is clearly seed. The limbs are partly drawn up. The skeleton of a tolerable large dog, also recently found, is in the muse um of Pompeii, Ids whole form preserved in piaster, in the same manner as those j ust mentioned, lie is lying on Ids hack, writhing in suffering, biting his hind Jeg. d’iic rings in Ids collar are plainly seen. E.v 11. v Yesterday slid noon an old clad, called into s Yiek-I in ■ • and nslo and luting l im I had any ihing local for ■■ ( t give replied tile proprietor. “ r l lien lend me s.ittf^^Hr: “ No, can’t do it.” “ Won’t give a to hacco-lxix f’ pleadcßp;ggar. “ No, can’t do w “Oran old hat, or some nails, or a whip-lash?” “ I can’t give yon anything at all, was the firm reply. . The beggar looked around, sighed heav ily, and laid: “Well, I’m mighty hard-up, and Im willing to take most anything. Demme squat on this salt-barrel for half an hour and I’ll consider it five dollars m cash. der” said Mrs. Spilkins, repromfiifiilly, the’ other evening. " Yes my dear, replied Hpilkins. “ You will remember lcven when I first propped, you consid ered me a pretty good oli'-er.” FACTS FIIOJI AIX SOCKCES. DISIMSINTI OP DBA!) ANIMAI/A. A dead horse or other animal should bo skinned and roughly cut up into as many small pieces as possible. A plot til ground a few rods square should then he plowed deeply, and the carcass thrown upon the soil in the center of the plowed ground. Home freshly dry-slacked lime should then he scattered upon the heap, hi as to cover it thinly hut wholly. The loose earth is then to he heaped over it a loot in depth, and the pile covered with iieards, so that dogs cannot get at the heap mnl tear it up. If the least smell is perceived, more earth should lie throw'll upui the heap. In three months the heap may be dug over or turned oyer with the" plow, and well mixed. Tho hones that cannot lie broken up should he taken (nun the heap, and tho tine matter will lie worth at least per ton lo use in the hill for corn or cotton. I lie larger hones may lie broken up and buried among the roots of grape vines 01* fruit trees. Toi’-imr.ssivi; POP. ms ash. .i "ovrespoudeiit of the Maine fanner writes; Mr. Joshua Howard,of this town, reports a very sueressful experiment ill top-dressing mowing' lands. He spread •ihoiil three copls ppp atp> horse and ox manure composted with muck and chip dirt, and worked over by hogs. Al ter spreading from tho raft, a brush was dragged over il to pulverize it as much ns possible. This was applied in August, hist vear. and it Ws feared the severe drouth during the fall would render the dressing inoperative, hut the increase in 1 lie crop this year was remarkable, being double that of last year on the same ground. <>n one place, where foul grasses bail begun to appear, the top-dressing hail the olicet to bring up a thick, stout, growth of timothy and red-top, so that the (Mior grasses were not Been. Mr. Howard is confident that the extra quan tity of liny harvested this year irom those pieces of ground, pays him for all the expense of top-dressing. DESTROY INO COCK ROACHES. For the destruction of the cockroach Mr. Harris, the late eminent I'l/tuntolo gist, recomends a mixture containing at fahleapoonful of red lead, the same | amount of Indian meal with molasses cliodyh fo (Sake a thick hatter. Set this on ,1 pi itO Ht night ill places frequented by the insects and till that eat of .it will he poisoned. Another preparation U composed dTTiiw tcaspoonlul ot arsenic, with a tablespoonful of mashed potato. Crumble this every night at bed-time where the insects will find it, and it is -aid In he an effectual poison. Great care should he exercised in the use ot such dangerous agents. An innocent, method of destroying cockroaches j* to plage a howl or basin containing a little molasses on the floor at night. A hit of 'good, resting oil one end on the floor and the ofilier on the edge of Hie vessCi, serves as a inidge to conduct the insects to the sweet deposit. Once iff the trap its slippery sidds provcfit retreat, amt thus cockroaches may he caught by the thousands. Various insect powder? sob* at the druggists may lie used for then extermination also. Decrease of Water in Him:inos. — the Imperial Academy of Sciences at Vienna has taken up a question in which all Europe may he said to he interested,. Ihe ill erease of the quantity of water in springs, streams, and rivers. A circular, accompanied by 1111 able and instructive report, lias been addressed to scientific societies ill ol tier. 'mtmfries. in the hope 'i-,t (J.i-v to under-. lake time, may furnish data for practical 'file Aeaileniy culls attention to the fact, that lor soiie years past a diminution <1? He waters of the Danube and other great /fri-rs tins been noticed, and especially since the modern practice ot cutting down forests wStlmut, regard to conse- lias prevailed. The Afistriail IHfri',,' and Architects’ tln/ofi bav the question in lrnml, and iipr pointed a “ liyd rotcclinic committee” to colleet facts and jireiiarc a report. The 11,,, mi,,', and the Uhine, were co-li two lnemhers, while other I”. ' were to examine into the me teorology of the subject, and into the in liuMiees which glaciers and Alpjne tor rents may have, on the general result. The committee regard the question as urgent; they recommend tho immediate adaption of remedial measures, and they are uiiiiffitoous in declaring that the prime cause of the injurious decrease of water is the devastation ot forests. Boiu r Incrtjstat ions.- Aft Austria! railway the idea of pro tectinujlhE-’hoilerß of Wyomotives agaifiW incrustation hv menus uf copper pin lyfc I and back plate- of thu bottom oi jhe bailer of an engine v. ere covered w of copper l-20thofan inch in, thickness, tlic middle plate of the lioilcr being left The en gine was worked for two years on a' part of the line of the state railways where the water was of very had quality. When the tubes were taken out the in crustation was found to be j of an inch in tliirkne-s on the surface of the iron, and only from 1-15 to 1-9 ofaninch thick on the copper plates, Hie iron was in many places corroded lo the depth <d 1-20 ofan inch, while the copper was en tirely unaffected, and the iron plate be neath it, when uncovered, looked per fectly new. The particles of incrustation wore larger on the iron than 011 the cop per. The cost of the copper covering is said to he from SSO to $l5O per boiler in Austria. Another engineer, who exam ined and reported on the arrangement:, says that the duration of the boilers is doubled or tripled by the application ol the copper [dates, which allord extraor dinary security against explosion. The incrustation is much lesson copper than on iron and steel, which is points and slightly oxvdized and consequently the vnporation is more complete, and there is a corresponding saving of fuel. In the construction of a lioilcr to lie lined yvith copper the iron plates may he of less thickness without risk; the weight of tho boiler is thus considerably reduced, and, lastly, the expense for repairs is decidedly diminished. A London journal com ments thus iijion the above facts: “'lbis combination of copper and iron pn iron ships lias been (bund very injurious on account of the galvanic action between the two metals, and we would need more satisfactory experiments with water or different qualities, and particularly with the acid water common in coal mines, before placing much value on tiiis im provement. Oatmhai, ani ( TiroAnet. —Oatmeal with grated cocoanut produces a very attractive cake to both old and young. Take three heaping teaspoonsfulsof grated coeoauut, or two of the prepared j.essi eated cosoanut; add to il hall a, pint ot the finest oatmeal and two lieaping tea qioonfuls of sugar; stir it into one gill of boiling water, and mix it thoroughly together; turn out on the rojling hJard well floured, and roll it ns thin and cut out as for common cracknels, put a hit ot citron and a half dozen currants into each cake, sticking them into the dough. Bake in a slow own and watch carelully lest they brown a shade too deep. lo make them crispy let them stand a day in an uncovered dish.