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l ades tho daylight, 'and the shadoWj
Slowly gather ou the lawn ;
Now the night falls on the meadows,
And the light of dayUri gone.
In the darkness which enfolds me
Teftder memories come ohca more—
O rM
How each thought encknins and hold* rae Lk c suloDtciL
F ,,
Of tfie flHff otiee gorife‘tft$br6.
pd not in sorrow
j lovcd ones gone ;
his otili atnoirow.
but preceded the flawu.
For the friends that come no more.
There would be no hope of heaven
In the bright f >revermo:e.
So while shadows darken o’er me,
of day |
tftesr.’ 44s ;ifTvery m-1) for Ernest to
say Iso. hut his saying so did not deceive
l.cr. Having once thrown-Jtier influence
over Ernest, Constance, she -knew, would
not he satisfied, to resign liQr power 80
easily. She*didn’t" doubt but that Con
stance would in some way or other contrive
some way to see linn, ami this morning’s
paper had given jier a clew to tjie means
wptifil be at
TVry~vvdJ,
Victoria aLOB
| The currmge filfl j|)k rdJWed from lak-
png ErnestyB tin? sGtiony if should also
S [convey hertfr the ndkti train • for London.
% if She would* have anlticieki! to reach the
trysting place by noon.
Victoria Station, however, is rather a
wide, open place, not adapted for conceal* 1 h
ment. How should she so disguise Herself
that she might witness the meeting unob-
t AtHlt
years,
hnet ai
Srisit to her nUfee t(
iSstumc tjprijlMinhi
Konnet&mx f<
cresa
s cap.
So when twilight dreams have found me.
Twilight voices till the air,
Loved, lost beings gather round me.
And their forms are passing fair.
couple Jieart. What could it all mean V
purity of [stance^” he cried, “and let qs talk, j Ah,
ordinary what misery!” he iriuf&red to liimgclf:
Led by Jealousy.
surmises at her sudden assumption *4f
mourning, and then started off. | -**?
The clock showed five minutes to
when she arrived at Victoria. She Intfgeff
off to the ladies’ waiting room, dounedtjiqfc
bonnet, l?p4 aliawd ufth^efr r *and camnion
upon tlie platform a demure widow. , ^ *
Sure enough, Ernest was there, walking
up and down. She gave a kind of “guilty
, , , _ ., start as he passed her, and he looked rather
It was grand and gorgeous on the first | ^ard at the young widow with the ?$iae^
moruing of spring It is not the tapping ' trim fi(rure 5 -g i*
**■*■&»* nil •‘twfcy°%
yef nfb mmiatc# bftimmng m LnAEulkfaat, : 1oo j- young women when I am ndt by.’
that soft rap-a-tap-tap one bears. It w The next turn that slie took she Started
only Mr. Ernest Black, knocking out his j ag s j ie saw approaching her from the op-
PiP? a e ttinst tkp garden seat. j posite side of the platform the very flotlblb
KSr» _ l ° h ,¥S^ UCh ,lierselL .Black .jy-^ {^kt-mpc shawl,
widow’s cap, bociHcLand everything! She
tlioiigtiLrft fte fiM Th’bmWiHhat there was
a mirror opposite her, and that she sAw her
own reflected image. But ; t was aot.ao^
The lady threw up her veil and revealed
, , , _ _ _ the features of ConstaimeJirowiL It'was
ajitiawu, and he Jovjrf ovee apun iv^eef ordyfor <ra%4VMiff then she drew her
44veA*Awjl<7/- -W^*™tlf*ar by- piirple -hul 3 * vMr closely over Her race,' and "'ll!aim***»;
reaches of water showing in jmver streams j s iiglit gesture, as it seemed, of cautiOn/she
lu-re and there. A warm, p es*>uitlittle , made he ,. way t() the 1)ooki]1 ,, office, went
dingle encompasses the grounds, sheltering to a p orter an( i !L sked in a clear, loud
l ie house from the north and east, and j voicft when ^ train ^
sloping down toward the south, and here
tllt^Q^t breath t>f ne.y^Fi>r|^rii|^ ~
smol^ffii early
comfortable mansion of bSirublriiiiui, u oubv
modem tmilding, wann and roomy, with
glass liouses clustered about it, and its con
venient offices at the rear, lies on the slope
above. In front of him stretches a pleas-
i voice, when the train started for Brighton.
' j Theresa glided into the office by the op-
widow was
: waititr^ lierturn at the tfcKet-liatch. Witli
seen the mistress,* sir?”
‘•^o. What do you mean ?’*
“Well, eir, she drove to the station after
you left, sir, and she seemed so wild like
and unaccountable that 1 made bold to fol
low her, for fear she might come tofiaraa;
and I followed her here, sir, where she
changed her ^ress for widow’s weeds, and
got into the Brighton train, sir, with Cap
tain Potter.”
Ernest turned pale and fainted.
He r ect>vered himself with great effort.
“I know." lie cried. “I sent her to
Brighton ? ana have just seen her.off. ikrw
dare you follow your mistress, sir?”
The man turned away iu blank dismay.
“Ernest, ” said Constance,
beeh deceived.”
.Stuff l” said Emest; “it waa **trirk we
p&yetj you, that’s alL We fouud-j^ut the
plot, and counterplotted to save y/w.” i.-.
But still there was terrible doubt at his
this room, liut is never- nowadays oj>cned in
the presence of visitors, for fear of mutila
tion by these beasts of prey. Before this
xulc was adopted a number of the keys had
been abstracted by the cunning and audac
ity of these ci-azY creaturft. ‘A JAi&h that
c§me over in the Mayffowef, presented 4 to
‘“Come into the waiting room, Con-
They turned into a waiting room, and
Ernest thre^V himself upon a seat, leaned
hie arm upon the table, and groaned.
“Wlmt do you intend to do, Ernest?”
said Constance, clutching him by the arm.
“It is all very weU to (ell your servant such
stories/ I admire you for it, Ernest; but
I lthaw k^t^r. It i§ deliberately planned.
*We i\re bothdeceivwk”
r “Iris impossible,” said Ernest
r *iHaw blind you are,” said Constance.
^*1 always idistrusted Theresa; she was my
eu&y f.neud, you repiember, and I believe
<lutt Potter used to come to our house on
purpose tp see her, using me as a blind..
Oh, ErncsLivUaJL sjiall we do?” • .j
“I shaH*«il! ar special train and follow
them,” said Ernest.
“Tlieh I will go with you,” cried Con
stance.
Ernest rose and staggered to the platform
once more.
“Ernest l” said a decisive feminize voi<£
at his elbow.
lie turned and beheld his w ife autl Cap
tain Potter.
•‘Hullp 1” cried Potter, “Ernest, iny boy,
ho-.v-Are you ? Gad, I’ve got into a pretty
n*ie8^ with all this ambuscading; wrong
par£y After all, jolly row, puU the string,
stop tho tram—-Olapham Junction guard
in ah awfnl nige. Give us in intb custody,
eli ? - Ha, ha! Here we are again, back
first train. I say, old fellow, ill just
change WMilows wftli you.”
“Conic into the waiting-joom,” cried
Black, “and tell me what it all means.
Potter, I consider you an unpriucipled fel-
low to inveigle this young lady into such a
trap. You know you only want to waste
Priuee Gortsehakoff during -the Congress
With a bound £u!taTi ; ^ho had travelled
second-class, was at jiis master’s side, epv-
ering him withdioisteroos mnnifestation^yf
canine'affection, and not Inking the sligij-
est notice of Count Andrassy and Prince
freuss.’ytoo’ketrt aT«;p€rtfnl ? distance unnf. — v t ,
SuftaA’had satisfied hiiuseff that the Prineo Washington by.a New England -udminer,
we have liotlil was none the worse for his yaupey. Tlrefii ooe of the «mjoaities-of this ijpoBi. >It’is
njeetlng between a C’gunt Andrassj" And Id 3 ^timatod, by the. ijeoretan of tlur. Asst>cia-
illustxiousguest was a cordial one, and ara^ lion th^t upwards of one.hundred iliousand
in-arm they walked to the Court carriage, American gable ends have pressed its 1 seat
a private brot^h^u of the Emperor’s, that Jince that of Washidgton rendered it for-
w r as waiting to take Prinea Bismarck to the T*ver sacred. l*assffi^ up thK rather narrow
hotel where he is Staying. - stairway to tiie seonnd- ficxw, we Are eon-
Hardh- were the tW statesmen seatedi fronted oti ihc first iandiqg, l^r au 'old-
and ready |o start ere down went the win-; fasliionetl. upright Dutch qieek* wliicli
dow»ou*ttic near side, and a stentorian { standsn silent f itness to the thieving aiula-
voiee cried ont. “Mein huadl Who i?t: *ity of tlie relic-hunter. ' One of the tribe
mein hand?” If anything had befallen ; a few years since wrenched the, gilt eagle
that blessed dog while Prince Bismarck’s ! from its pedestaj on top^of tiifc chick, con-
attention was momentarily burned to anotkci* eealed it under Ids coii*. and J disapponred
direction, It is nry firm belief that it would
have been all up wftb the Austro-German
alliance, and thoiucensedChancellor would an-inspection of t^e old-fashioned Cum
have taken thtf next train back' to Berliljf UiBt^dRBiSGt R rup tSfougir
Mullah is, however, an experienced travel-
Jecr, and has v v ^ r yo°pd notion of bow to
take care pf himself. In a twinkling he was
out of th; carriage door, and, assisted by two
court flunkeys, he sedately took his seat on
the nig at tlie feet of the two gentlemen in-
^Jmlge . of tj^c* s.tup.c^a^tion of the
croud assembled outside tl|e Hotel Iniperial
"Sn Seeing thef^iir-leggea ofcnpfiflt of Ao? of more or less'interest.
andii
October** Rventlal Hl.story.
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on the slender white birch, whose brown j th ulckneaBof thoug i, t Theresn run up i her fmume ns you ve wasted your own.
catkins are dying for love of the earliest: the barrier _ A genial-looking old man Gently, old fellow,” said Potter, “all
blossoms of the season. ' irjm iiiq tirL-i-t.
^ti±^4 w ^iTS|ri • tJC
, ’ ti... lor Brnrhton?”
blossoms of the season.
_ _ ? ^ ticket
den seat. But everythinggjf*. ‘jSI'eertaiuly, madam, „ said die old
and by the time he had
and knocked out the ashes a cloud had ‘ ^ e ?., lellmn '
come over the sun, the air was chilled and [
the beauty of the morn tarpished. It
time, lie 'found; to start fop his tritin.
She grasped the ticket and hurried on to
the departure platform, giving as she went
He j the samp signal wish her hand that she had
went into the house to say “good-by” to , 3t ™ do “ b ‘ e niake j^t before. ....
his wife, for he hcaid the carnage wheels ! k e8 -, ll, j Uad rceo S?'* ed the sl 3 nel # ind
grinding on the gravel as it came round I , . cr *
from the stables to the door. !, v
He seemed to lie a happy fellow, too, in i l ;^> 1 y j u ' n M intoia first-class carnage,
his wife, who was a fair, pleasant-faced I A Sff‘ 1 S", mn iT^ 1!r ^'.
woman, of chartuing figure and full spirits, j I' aitliless fellow; she thought.
“I didn’t know vou were going away.” I “(-onstajice, mud a treniuious voice at
she said, a slight shade of vexation coming j
over her face. - j “You wretc^l 1 cmni U»»jrc«L siuldenly
“Didn’t.Ltull you?” said Ernest, “1 in- l u HI?^5*
tended to. I shall be home to diuncr. I’n
mistake. My uncle died last week and left
me a ytoir.’-’
‘‘Then Cffij' do yju make off in this clan
destine way i” V • -1^.1 I
“It's all right, Black, I assure you. J’jei
got a special license in my pocket, parson
waiting at Brighton. We’re both (rf age
you know.”
“Then why all this disguise?’'
* “Oil, that was my doing,” sobbed Con
stance. “T was so dreadfulljr afraid of
The train was just due to start, and she i L
did you get the widow’s
It was
only going to town to see the old masters.
They closb this week.”;. ^
“Ah! if you had told me in time I
would have gone with you.”
To say the truth, Ernest did jio^ much
care for company \vlien he was going to
look at pictures.. « if W
“Pity, eh?” he said, carelessly putting
^*Ana
things, Com
wStftssests* **"■
VI think, 1 ’ said Theresa, who had recov
ered her equanimity aud her usual luspcct
of xiroud serenity, “I‘think, Constance, you
had better come back to Slirublands with
me, and be married in a respectable, orde«*t
ly way ”
And thev sett leal that so it should be.
But the effect was not wbat slie antici
pated. It was not her husband at all; it
was Captain Potter, late of the Plungers.
It is .now necessary to revert to the pro-1 - . . . . C1 ... A
ceedings of Mr. Black, to account for bis ^ “ u Went . 1,ac ^ 7 1,rU . b . laod S’. ^
presence on tlie scene.
Ernest had v intended 4o take the news-1
paper jip U)Jtq\vn witlij him, having been
, r mtercsuMi m an article he had not time to
bishHHd under Jur-ebiu and giving taMtliLg,‘‘' 8 ea *° aat *
kiss. “-Well, am t Iter day, perhaps, Tot- i CJi r e * es3, V^ 3 -S ncni P^ he bouglit
tie,”—bur nanieVas Tlieresa, tmt her pstf !l . n0t ^ i r . il ^
name was Tottie,—“and then, perhaps, ij t ise me nt caugnf Tffs^ eye^—-t *
r;ffvgp.sh6pi<n» Bitli you.” Ernest. Acs, he knew
Why didn’t you think of irjjeforei’i J Erpest Black and Ernest Potter had been
“You should have told me you'■were schoolfellows and ctfftniei iu early days,;
bqt their friendship had long since decayed.
Potter was a reckless spehdthrift, \riio had
been obliged.to leave the Plungers and sell
gWBg-
“iCs, it was stupid of me; however,
there’s no help for it 1 have cnly just
time to catch the train. Good-by.”
And away he went.
Theresa sat down once more to her book
of household expenses, but the totals ran
into each other and the same row of figures
wouldn’t conte to tlie same amount twice
running. It wasn’t like Ernest, thought
She, not to ask her to go with him. lie
liait never gone off anywhere before with
out asking her to accompany linn if it were
practicable.” His manner, too, was sq^pold.
What could l»e the reason of it ?
She'look up the newspaper to dij
her nuud. £he rarely looked at the
papers, hut this morning she felt uriegt.l
. and gould not settle to any tiling. Sud
denly she sprang to her feet’with a cry of
distress. JJp
fcffic had taken up the outside sheet of
t he paper, and thereon she had read an ad
vertisement.
“Coustance to Ernest. To day at Vic
strict to st
daily that
his commission, swamped with innumem-
ble debts. He had been an old friend dfl If
the Browns, too, and Constance had for
merly bedfi infatuated with him; hut her
father, who was a very violent, self-willed
old fellow, swore that r ; «lA. should never
marry f uch a scamp. * - 4
Constance had a ni‘ e tittlejortune of
her own, and she hail just corns .*>f age, so
that if she persisted’ in throwing herself
And her fortune away, there was no help
* for it. StilfEriiest thoiigufilw® his duty
to stop it if lie could. He flattered liimseif
she knew it; she had lieeu w
deceived;’could it be possible that such
treachery, such betrayal of all the ries-of-
friendship aud affection could be permitted
to exist?
Theresa was, perhaps, of a somewhat
jealous*disposition. Certainly Ernest had
given her no cause for jealousy hitherto, 03
far as she knew, but she had always im
agined it possible that at some time or other
he would; and now it seemed to her as
though her torebodings had been jusrifkd.
'Constance Brown had been her earnest
friend, her school-fellow, her one dear
companion, for whom her affection ^oould
never be dimmed. And this friendship
had continued unabated for a whole two
years after her marriage to Ernest, during
which it had been her chief delight to en
tertain Constance at liyr new home. Now
Ernest wasn’t at tl e‘beginning, atiany rate,
at all fond of Constance, and used to think
her visits rather a bore. Anything was
better, however, thau having liis wife’ in
the dolefuls, and 011 such occasions lie turned away thinking
would suggest:
“Aik Constance to come aud spend a few
days.” , ,
As time went on, however, little disa
greements* interposed between the two
friends. Constance was of
nature, and
feminine socie
terest in ^Ernest
friend Black
with affectionate commiseration, And says
I it the^ppofsi five minutes he ever spent in
’ life were passed in the Brighton express
in compfuiy with Mme. Theresa.
he had somhir
, r. 1 Constance;
! lolthfc affair
to have ail her money .(ArefullyAjed jup«
The julvei ilsenieiit mfrant. an - elopement,
Ernest thought—a clandestine mairiagc,
aud the sacrifice of a ©rl’s future to a
worthless scamp! He would be there, too,
and save her if he could.
toria, 12 noon.” ’ .a»-V, At all^yeiO^heylpumj, : ^uself on the
That was the reason, then,.that £rw*at platform of. Victoria*idipiniit^qin. -^h!
had gdne off to town so suddenly.hl-.^ho^xpected.
xpecting
somebody. Ernest didn’Ltake any note of
him; and Pottef seemed; ; f?n.\ions on his
4>art to avoid any recognition, v But there
was no Constance. He kept, however, a
sharp lookout on41 »e capuun, and, all of a
sudden, he noticed that his eye's 11? up, and,
turning quickly a lady
in mourning pass- frfttv- due' bookin 4
office. .
_ Potter now ^-pqpitfon^close by
Ahe wicket that opened to Mie ■nep.arture
platform, where the man stood who punched
holes in tlie tickets. Presently a lady in
lilack brusiied rapidly (past- Ernest fol
lowed her a few paces to assure himself it
was not Coustance Brown. No; the lady
whs of quite different carriage and figure
from Constance—more like his own wife,
he said, with a jealous pang that lie laughed
at himself the- nextlnomeut for feeling.
Whoever it was, she jumped into the car-
Constance was married that next week, not
in the widow’s weeds, but in full bridal
costume, With several bridesmaids.
‘Eruest,” said Theresa* affectionately;,
when it was all over, “I’ll never be jealous
again, tyit fOr'ifff'that, I’m gla*i that artful
*** ’ She shall neve
The riuncellor and his Dbe In Vienna.
■ joicing. Tins ufantelr is now surrounded
—-—* | by a wire screen^* protect it against the
I “My dog! Where is iu^ ,dc^ f" ' were sacrilegious hands of tlie relic hunters. who„
Prince Bismarck’« lust wolds tm al^htin^ j less eonsidemte than the pirates, did not
on the jdaiform of the Westbaftn Railway! hesitate Vo disfigure it liy'chipping off pieces
Station one jai^it, and, iflure endugt there j oftlie prccions marble. An ancient haip-
he was, the rieek quadruped who so seri- j sichord, presented by the General to his
ously imperilled the previous existence of niece. Nelly Custis. occupies a corner of
before the loss was discovered.*
After a glance at Nelly Custis’ room and
niture
Other
jC»of rooms, all containing some sort of
relic, including a higljy sacred ImuL quilt
made out of pieces of Mrs. W.’s old gowns,
brings u» to the ro0i*n hi which Washington
died. Here is the btxl on which he drew
his last breath* the l|tt In o)d-f>islpnniu) med
icine stand that stood by his hHhj|ftfduring
his last’sickness, and tminermis miter relics
The Vine MoutJuas qqr Saxon foro£athers
tactically called October, numbers among
“ countless anniversaries seVeral of* so
court brobglmm Iea(> OCt .with a bark,
eontrary to all effqnette,-greet the nearest j
bystanders ip, a most unpleasantly demon- j
strative style. I.iAver saw sudi a ridieul-J
011s sight in my life. People fled in all di 7 |
rectiofis, for Sultan has a bad reqffatllnl w avoo ^.,..,u«uiw Ul
He nearly iipsut tlie Congress bj-4 uiijiMti- (,„„ ch importance—iiiciudimr kt leSrit three
fiahle ntraek npon tUe Hnssiim Plcmi»ten- (0 f the wor id’ s decisive battles—as fairly to
tiary, and since theh lie h^s maisped' ime u£ I eaitJe it to tlie foremost |ilace in iiistorioa!
the Berlin Koreigu Office officials lor lift;, -association ann.ny I be months of the year,
lieeause he sat down on the chair nsimjft x>u tba lit l«^m the final ACgiuiri war of
occupied by Prince Bisiuarek. The worst p H38i wllifh en d,.d i u January. 1*17 Until
of it is tliat he is not the genuine Instcrhad ofe most signal disaster that ever hefe'U the
fuvorjte of the Chancellor, -fint only a spnnc British arms. It was also tlie birtlidav of
ous imitulion. Sultan^-the original Sultan Lord Bolingbroke, tlie niost brilliant and
—I learn was pmsondd a oonffie ^>f yeare heartless of. all Queen- Anne’s statesman
agu, and nothing can shake -Prince Bis- aHt hors. On die id died tlie great Arago.
innrck*8.convictk>n that it. waa two hocial ouo of the ablest soiuntlHe agd mosl single.
Pcmoerats who did it. Ttus Ls ito l»nter lmai^ed. poUtixaaca of, niixiero times. Oit
ofniiue, but a weil-autlienticafedfacUvnoWn the. oth Occurred Iionaparie s siui.ruinarV
to every Berliner. It is, donMleas, to pni- repulse of the Parisian ".Sections," i u tTjj,
serve .Sultiui the second from a siiiular fate (the last art of tin- RfeSilutlbn and the first
tint six Berlin detectives amved.lam night, of! Ids own wonderful cafeer. The 7th, Bl
and, together with the poKce‘-pf Vienna,- , sUiinue .eoincidence, witnessed‘(General
have taken unwonted measures ad precau- Burgoyne’s surrender at Suratoga—tlK-tum-
tionjn tlie neigliliorhood of tlie Hotel ^.goint of the War of-.Independence—and
penal- Jhey were certainly not wanted (Wtb of u a sou. Sir Jolai Burgiym,
for the safety of Prince Bismarck, wlio rims tUbfamou^tnintarv et^jneer of Uie Crimean
> riskfWhatever.
Mount VerlMn.
41
llieiaiiiou^military ciigmeor of tliy l rimean
Jrifr. Tlie Chicago fire fins ingnortalized
Jhe-8th anri 9tlh, : Arnold’s naval del ion on
'make Champlain thi*! 11th. ^ L T pon the 12th
ffial fft ****** ^'<>l«iBbu8 ffrst* saw tkb shores of theff^ew
fA rec^it yiittor to Jw^^mon, flic The 14lU . ^ ^ three-fold re-
I home and last resting place orGeorgeTN^ish- r ' ^ wmiaul y Conqueror’s vittory
ington, tlius’notesTiis impressions
Above the trees j^heps me littH red cupola,
and as the boat makes the widi sweep ren
dered. necessary.the sliallow water in the
immediate-front in-order to resell ilie pier
below, t^e catch transient views of the col
umns of the portii*> that runs »tlui entire-
length of the mansion. Owing to the dehfec
foliage these partial gjininses are oil tke
pissiut; travfclcr seea of Jin;' •iaared falhiu
The display of a little of G. W.’s talent for
s^ssssessa^x
view from the river. From the pier at
which the boat hinds a well kept carriage
way leads up a ravine direcHy to tlie tomb.
To the right of the road, in a mucky spot
in tlie bed of tlie ravine, stanclfralehimp of ,. w, ,7. o
^ ‘ A • surrender at LIm. in loOo, Balaklava mil
weeping willows, winch a guiae-Hpard in- - TrCoi .; a i
. . \ m" ■ _ fought on the 2ofii, and Metz surrendered
! »y 4m»i <m the 27 th. t» tu.
at Hastings, Frederick the Great's defeat at
fffrffin 1 ', by .Marshal Daun. and Napoleon's
decisive- o\ ; eWirtm a# tfio' 4 Prussians at
JenR. • ^lukhtar Pasha’s crowning defeat
in Armenia (187?>«iark9 the 15th.- Ont& :
16th Harper’s ifcmry pnapeiaed by “Ossa-
Ullpmic” TJrown,, jvba wounded and
made prisoner on the following morning by
Xty* Virginia MUjtia. ~ /t *~ 1 1 1
>»*r
as also
The
18th saw the plose of the three days’ battle*
of Loipsic, and the repulse of Wellington
before Burgos. The ffitul r 1 “ r
Moscow began un tiie^fitl^ the anniversary
of Yorktown. The 2titli witnessed Mack’i
A Talk About Alligators.
During a recent bunting excursion a noted
St. Louis *part8mftn ahd his companions
came to a.plantation on the famous Oyster
Creek lands, tlie place being cultivated by
Col, CastleUm, of Texas. On the farm is
a beautiful lake, and iu this lake the noto
rious alligator has made his home from the
earliest recollections. While sitting under
the shade of some trees on its banks the^® l £f,-*i , l
hunter’s dogs leaped into the lake and, swam
to the centre. Here tlieia presence fright
ened from tlfCir summer snooze a school of:
alligators—-young, old, male and females
The faurlans, with tlieir long, saw-like
snouts above tne surface, beat the water
with their serrated tails, and 6truck a bee-
line for shore. The hunters were immedi
ately bn the alert, and. taking ‘‘stands,”
awaited the approach. Finally the Nimrods
“tore loose” at then) with their shot-guns,
aiming for thermal!, pig-like eyes of tlie
American Oyster Statistics.
Oysters are planted and grown in the
bays, deltas and river inlets of more than
2.000 miles of our Atlantic coast. Three
thousand acres arc , so occupied in the
Chesapeake Bay aigl its tributaries. These
Chesapeake Beds yield to our commerce
over 29j00(i,000 bushels annually. In the
oiu*. city (Philadelphia, there are over
•LOOKPpiaces wliere oysters are sold for con-
smrqmou 4fie premises. One Philadel
phia qjBtcrrcellar, three years ago. sold
rhfOOaiys’cjs on the first day of September,
'friirty dbllnrs a nny wouTd be a moderate
average’fdr ihe Ake of ad these 4.000 oyster
restaur;tuu, saloons and cellars. This
would l4i^g tlie total daily sales up to
‘$l20.dWV a ’ day. Multiplying the total
daily asdoa-Bby. days would swell the
yearly aggregate to $3t',0(Mi.000 ;t year for
outers in rtiflmfetplifa. And vet this esti-
amphibiaiu—tWtt-being the most vulnerable' mntt ' i 3 V* ‘Dwrily considerably below the
part of the allteat or. They were successful.
One after another W:is killed, until five alli
gators were' coiujled among the trophies.
Generally when one was hit he dived, but
came up again, and lay a floating carcass
bn the surface of the lake, his shining belly
glitteriifg like burnished gold in the August
sunlight. One old “bull,, was harder to*
dispatch than his brethren. He was twelve
feet long, his back was covered with the rust
of several decades, and at the first shot Ills
upper jaw turned upward on its hinges,
displaying a regular row of formidable
teeth. Tlie old alligator brought down his
upper jaw on the lower with a sudden snap
of rage, beat the water with his tail into a
white foam, and bellowed with a sort of
half roar. He then dived, but rose again,
aud after much floundering, turned over on
liis back, dead.
“Well, that’s pretty good for Texas;”
remarked the correspondent.
“Oh, well, stranger, that’s nothin’ to
what I liaye seed in Louisiana. In the
fust place you think an alligator twelve feet
long’s a mighty- big ’un, I reckon?”
“It’s about as long as I ever saw.”
“That’s only a moderate sized one. I’ve
seed’fem in Louisiana all of twenty feet, and
liodyiu proportion. That was in the ba
yous near the sea-coast.” *
. “That’s very large, I should judge.
However. I know but little alxiut your alli
gator.
“I duz. Tou.cau’t tell uie nutliin’ ’bout
au alligator. In Louisiana they hunts ’em
like any other animal.”
/*‘Whaf fjpr/ I don’t see wlait thfy could
make out nr it except thfe ‘sport of the
tninj
Vi can tell, you, There’s the ile. The
alligator makes the best ile in tlie world.
I’ve-known bar’ls an bar’ls made out of
’em. Then thnr’8 the hide. It makes fust
rate boots and- shoes, only n trifle leaky,
pr’aps. If a man makes a bizness of it,
alligaL r hunthi’ will pay. Tlie huntin' is
done in this wav: Yon get into a lioat—a
small skiff will do. You tdko a torch and
a gun. Tlie bright light draws the ’gators,
who flock around tfie boat, and you can
jest set in a sliogtin’ of ’em.
“Tlntr’s one pecooliaritv about ’em I
guess you never dreamed of.”
“What’s tiiat i*”
“They carry in jheir mouth a riglur bag
or fctHe bladder o’ musk, just the same as
& rattlesnake carries a bag o£poison behind
his longs.’ ’
“J’ve heard they eat Hghtwood knots
when hard up for a meal.”
4 «T’ve never seen ’em do it, blit have
:ini* Militia. Thi^Jirst bombard- : beam they do wflien traveliif on hind in t
Sobastojiol tool^ pU$« e oivatfie 17th. ' jiine woods of Florida."
Austria’s expulsion from Italy “What’s their diet, anyhow ?”
“They like fish, but are death on sick
animals as fall in their way, such as hogs
and dogs; of which the ’gator is very fond,
from. When assaultin’ their prey they ginerally
doit with flieir long tails, which are used
to bring the victim to their mouths. Thar
mouths and tails meet, milkin' a. circle of
their lxxhes.”
Thev attack men sometimes?”
^ from the tree that shadowed Napoleon’s ^ ! c . * / , °, , 1S attack men sometimes.'
uI "T-ive lit SL Helena. Tltis is a favorite ,on S Itsttnnst stilllx- ailried Turkey sdecla- “Seldom ever. The alligator is a real
” I '™ r “.1° coward and a! ways afeard of a man. I’ve
r-K flier.
preying grounds for the relic-hunting pirates,
ami were it not for tlie close watch kept
over the trees, they would soou lie cleaned
out, root and branch. By the way, one of
the main objects of tlie Association >is to
protect the grounds.and mansion from these
vulgar vandhls. who would, if not closely
watched, soon make a desert of the place
The tomb is a plain, weather-beaten red
structure, built into thasi^e of UiO at
the head of ’the ravine, with front toward
tlie rhter. An iron grating extends almost
the entire length of the front, 1 through the
bars of which visitors cau view the marble
sarcophagi contaiffining the remains
George and Martha Washington.
The man’s namb is Bombfemiel, and his
ecittltv is pAbthers. SevYral panthers in
fricafefl imder his sure aim, but with one
of the .tribe, he was near coming to grief
irretrievable. This is the story tliat makes
litm so famous irf Paris, and on account of
which people so run after him, that on the
Boulevard you may be obstructed by M.
Bombounel as by a crowd of vehicles. The
panther requires to be shot at her first
Spring, for, if not thoroughly disabled, she
flies at you at your first move. She has no
organ of smell but her ear is so quick that
a pin-drop would startle her. Ou one occa
sion M. Bombonnel fired at a magnificent j
panther, and shot off her two front paws. J are monument! coHimcm<irattve of the
The beast fell, and lay still. * T *
Anglo-French capture of PekSn in I860,
Bismark’s summary, dissolution of the
Prussian Chandler of .Deputies, and the
birth of .Edward VI. o£ England, Jonathan.
Edwards, Marshal JSaxte, tlu*; French Ter
rorist Danton; and tffr 0r>Jtn Campbell, af
terward Lord Clyde. '
Eye GIhshm fu tlie French Army.
The hostility with w hich the old stiiool of
military men in France regard the Repub
lic and all .its works will not be lessened by
a* circular recently issued by tlie Minister of
Both ! War. Orders are now given that soldiers
rest prone on the stone floor, that of George ' ^ ie rkaks shall be allowed, • when a sur-
the right, with Martha’s on the opposite j J?® 011 btis testified to the necessity, to wear
side of the entrance. George has a spread spectacles. The officers who obtained their
eagle above his breast, while Martha rests promotion when the Empire boasted of pos-
beneath a plain slab, whose only decoration sessmg the neatest aud best equipped army
are the carved letters of her honored name. ; * n Europe a boast which was afterwards
In tlie dark vaults beyond rests tlie remains. found to be not incompatible with deficiency
of a number of the Washington family, and j n mort ‘ seniceable fighting qualities—have
i the From arid on the right* of me tomb
^j*e moaumentf coHimenj<»rat«ve of the
He waited— earthly honors and heav enly virflies of these.
Ahought her dead; he moved—slie flew at
him in spite of her wounds, and, flinging
iier whole weight upon him, threw him to
the ground. He was under—the animal
uppermost. Opening her huge maw, she
bent over him and took in his head. Then
came one bite, and another bite, and an
other, and at each bite her fearful fangs
went through his flesh. The work of bit
ing, however, did not seem easy, for the full
play of the jaw was not left her; and her
victim, with great presence of mind* seized
her throat and forced her to relax her hold.
Having onee extrieated herself from this
perilous position, and bought tlie fierce
creature to a liberal want of breath, she was
subsequently got rid of by the hunter s knife.
Petroleum as a Remedy for Consnmption
The scenes which are daily witnessed at
the oil works at Point Breeze, to which
numbers of consumptives resort in order to
inhale the vapors from the stills and obtain
crude oil for internal application; have
their counterpart oyer in France A Gov
ernment report, recently puplisked in the
tr U \\iio, sue junipcu Him uu. ca - « c r/icrapcutiqnc, narrates that
nage, and the -capjnlu er **5’ ^ ! a refiner of petroleum w as prohibited bv a
pnrd whistle off tl«- trom, a»<l Ernest. fni dislrilmtimr petroleum in mod-
turned sway thmkmg that lie lisil l*ee»| Someoftltesufferersappeal-
ratber a fool for lus pains. J j^, „ ml thc Government ordered Dr.
ing ra"erh^bo7tTr aiffiS^tero'^d I fflachc ' 3 P™ntinent medical practitioner, i^YaFa^Ue. to seen. WaslupgiVs own
, ® ** -a Li* * r ° ^ • Ao institute an investigation as to the utility ♦ x'j W p »rn inlH nln^pil Hip kr\-mi the
there evidenly looking lor some one she., leum in aft > tion8 of the cW
couidn’t Hud. At last, apparently over | petoleum from Pennsylvania’
Dr.
None but the sentimental linger long at the
unimpressive mausoleum, and as the matter-
of-fact are generally greatly in the. majority,
the tomb is soon deserted for jMc lunch
tables, a number of which' hate been pieced
by tlie sensible officers of the Association
in sliad}' spots, for the convenience of pic-
nicers who carry a commisaionary depart
ment, while for the improvident a refresh
ment stand, where creature comforts can
be had at reasonable rates, is provided.
Lunch over, the inspection of the mansion
begins. First in order is a peep at the
swam toward ’em many a time in the ba
yous, ami they always got out of the way.’"
recent circular of the Minister of War.
roomy kitchen, with its huge tec-place and
giant crane, both of which excite the awe,
and admiration of the females of our flock, other day to snatch the spectacles from the
to a greater extent than did the coffins con-* ^ ace an amazed reserviste of tlie line, and
taining the remains of those wflio consumed»f° trample them publicly under foot, as u
the food here prepared. j solemn protest against Uie scandalous prao
Tl.en comes a range through the library, j tice - I< is difficult to believe that this vehe-
witl, its large book-cases and seventeen 1 meI >' of ««epted imhtary usage
closets, including a secret one above the , can submit |o rcrn^ tp tWh am,rafter the
mantel-piece, in which the silver was secre
ted before the days of burglm^nroof safes;
the every-day dining-room, where the family 1 one Date He Remembered.
took their meals when not inflicted with * _ —
visitors of high degree, for wi^in a more/ - An incident which happened some years
sumptuous apartment at the other end of, at an English School* is told by the
the building was reserved,, through the.Boston Transcript
centre hall, where the brackets for Wash-» Tim boys were being examined in the
region's field glass are pointed out, and history of England, and fk£ answers were
the lantern-like box in which is suspended j mainly dates uf .events more or less impbr-
flie famous key of tlie Bastile, presented [tankip the history of, yie British Empire.
- — * ~ fhe^upils was the*hon of an Amer T
A Terrible. Experience.
Mr. Jacob Fike, a wealthy farmer, lives
on wbat is known us the Barker farm, ten
miles north of Marietta, on the Ohio river.
His house is a large brick structure, well
calculated to attract the attention of tramps
and idlers. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Fike
and liis wife came to this place, leaving
their daughter Mary at home alone, her two
brothers being at work in a distant field.
About three o’clock P. M.. ^liss Pike went
to the well for a bucket of water. Thc
well is under thc roof of a side porch to the
house, anil just as the young lady stepped
out of the door two tramps accosted her and
usked her for something to eat. She was
alarmed at the rough manner of the request,
but with great coofness told them she had
no time to wait on them. She then pro
ceeded to lower the bucket into the well.
One of the men grasped the lady by thc
arm, and in a threatening manner said they
would liavc something to eat or she would
suffer for it. Now thoroughly alarmed the
poor girl struggled to get free, but the
rascal said something to his confederate,
and each one grasping her by an arm and
her dress below they crowded her through
the box of the well and down through the
opening into the darkness, and then fled
with all haste. In her extremity the victim
grasped the rope, and there being some
twenty-five feet yet on the windlass, this
run rapidly off, and with a sudden jerk left
her suspended twenty-five feet from the
tieen scandalized beyond measure by this
order. They say that tlie Republicon ad
ministration of the army abuses the maxim,
‘ Fas cst et ab hostc doQfiri,” suiil rushes
into an unseemly iinflation of the German
military system, even in its pettiest acci
dents. The Germans, it is well known,
have never objected to the enlistment of
short-sighted soldiers who could see well
enough for service in tlie field, with the aid
of glasses. But the professional pedantry
of •French officers cannot endure to look
upon a soldier in the ranks arrayed in pan
oply provided by the optician. They have
the fear of the caricaturist too constantly
before their eyes. According to a ^French w u —
correspondent, who declares that lie was a 1 top and thirty-five feet above the water. 1
witness of the act, an officer was seen the The sudden jerk of the rope, while it
almost tore the girl’s arms off, probably
rather of a miscellaneous charucLT. Alto
gether she grew m grace and favor with
the husband, and declined in equal measure
in U»e vWfs esUtim. She was too.keen
witted herself not to pbreeive this, but the
ineradicable love of coquetry and mischief
tliat lurks m every female bosom forbade
her to change lier Unties. The end of it
was a desperate quarrel between Constance
and Theresa, and Constance's hasty depar
ture from Slirublands in a rage. On her
never
side of tlie hall we pass throng
containing a large glass alfo.Wr
with the relies of the great tr-»x, . —j . — ri? - jr - j
strikingly resemble, without, arrangement, j a Single dateUiat marks an important event
ngland ?”
’ answered tlie bov,
adaptive j conic with emotion or prtlguv, P ! j e fi,ln S! Virginia was experimented with
fouilcr «f masculine than of , herselt. upon a benclran.l hastily threw up , - Ms rc 9tatert that he found
eie ty She professed greather veil revealhu; the profty, agitated face . ^ £ c i mmic Uheliitis with abundant
^nest’s pursuits, which were of ( ous anoe Brown I expect™ ation, it rapidly diminished the
“Const^ce,^ he trhispered, “vou hiTC, I u ‘ liouut tJ,c seeietion and the pajro^snjp, lne p romlscu , )u3 enKuum uuancesiu.
and in this disguisel whU d(L it mean?” j "* congteng; wl.de m simple brouehms . sto re. , “Wh;
Constance hurst into lears, and sobbed i ™ pld “U^lioration was obtained Its *u-1 Thu, aUte dining-rooms 'iff' xdiicli tlie do
out that she didn’t know. I pioj ment in plitlnss was continued for »; magnates who visited Washington in bis ; i. .
“I know ” he said sewerely • “you have shor t 8 time to warrant any opinion reg^d- ret jremeat, ive»: right n*i% entertained “Tlie Fourth
- - - ^.exhibits n, &
- “ opeSS
tmrt, Theresa vowed that she would never | preached aud touched his hat to Ernest. | eiteg . * t ])er80n8 disappears.
],ave that deceitful girl in her house again. I It was his own coachman, un old and faith- |
“ — ■ ■ ' * ’ ''if you ! tul servant who had beep^eoachmam to' Fk- ** *
“AU right,” Ernest had said, ^ ^ *1 , ^
don’t care about it I don’t.” nest’s father. -Bishop Hi igg sap there shall be
Bui J heresa s jealousy, once iiroused,was “Beg vour pawlon, Mr. Ernest, for com- no more marriages alter o>» 1.41. ID
not I<^fg quieted Uv any sueli pretenses as ing up Here without lijave, but lmve you ! Uie I'ittsburg Cathedral. ,
ea and uitu : _ ifece tlie wtt of an ardent Ilaiua admirer .JlSJTh „V s«nt«niir
which it ex- * J # u the,Ttl ! ol fe eP teu, ‘ ) ¥’
Traditioix says the!, v«es3*co»ve}4ng tliisf j '*>rU* n **» r 1l<
work of art was captared by-French pirates.,
who upon learning that it w&5 destined
the‘dec0ration of the home of^^shi:— 1
spared the Birip and sent her onrjier
On the fair grounds an hanest looking
old chap walked up to a policeman, and
after passing a few remarks on the weather,
let out with:
Bee here—I’ve had my pocket picked.”
‘Is that so ?” asked the officer. “How
long ago it ? ^
Yesterday forenoon.
‘And didn't^you report it ?”
‘No; this is the first I’ve told about it.”
How much did you lose?” *■
Wall,” slowed replied the visitor, “I
didn’t lose much. I bcliive it was only
about thirty cents, or along there. I first
thought I wonldn’t say anything, as folks
might say T was green, but after a hard
struggle of most two days, T have concluded
that justice must take her course, no matter
how bad it makes me feci. If you can re
cover thc money I’ll divide even up with
yoig and arebbe we can scare the feller
into paying|m£,fifty cents fte my worry.”
ifid not recognize any of them. Miss Pike*The pickpocket still mom in his freedom,
is sixteen years of age, a handsome, finely • '. »• —7_
Knin/fftA unr) tn-rlnv tliP.
saved her life, for by some strangs twist it
threw one or two coils of the rope around
the girl’s ankle, and this enabled her to re
lieve the terrible strain oil her arms until
she could find a foothold in tlie wall. In
this terrible position the brave girl stood for
one hour and fifteen minutes, not daring to
cry out at first for fear her would-l>e mur
derers would know that she was still alive
and finish their hellish work. At last she
heard the joyful sounds of the barking of
her favorite dog as he accompanied her
brothers lit)me from the field, and called
loudly for help. After some little delay a
rope was lowered with a loose knot, into
which Miss Fike willingly sank, and she
was drawi\ to the surface. The alarm was
immediately given, and parties were sent
in all directions in pursuit, but with no suc
cess up to this evening, although several
suspicious looking parties were arrested to
day and brought before the lady, but she
'developed little brunette, and is to-day the
wonder of thousands of visitors, who have
r^erowded in to see her and congratulate her
on her wonderful pluck add ’endurance,
id thc teacher. . She looks badly shaken up, however, and
rotating the story dSday when
her eyes wandered to tbe well a shudder
ran through her whole frame. She saVs
that while in the well slie could see .the
stars above her. as well as their reflection
in the, water below ; but she nWer lost heart
a moment. Slie can only give a poor de
scription of the men who at tacked .her, and
thinks one was a tall person, with a sandy
moustache and a straw hat. Tlie whole
should: it, country is aroused, aud it may. ypt result in
a case of lvncli law.
actual .faqt. .New York city probably sells
twice as many jis Philadelphia; and Boston
and BhTffbiore together more than New
York again. Aside from the home con-
sumpiowiiipmeuu* u> our inland, Western
and even .I^acitic Slates are enormous.
Tlie appetite of all inland and mountain
men for aU sorts of shell fish is something
huge. Baltimore employs more than $15.;
000.000 in tlie canning of oysters. More
than 20.000.000 ’ bushels of oysters are
canned a year in that city. On account of
their superior excellence, {American oysters
are now exported in vast quantities to
Englat^l, Germany and otlief European
countries. These exportations are mostly
in cans f bnt Immense quantities are now
shipped abroad in tlie shell. Not an ocean
steamtrigAA out of Philadelphia, Baltimore
or New York which does not contain a
hundred barrels or more of American oys
ters still ii^ the BlielL The total of our
oyster tyide* approaches much nearer our
annual crop of cotton and wheat than any
one who does not make these tilings a
special jftndy would be willing at first b>
credit. Our total oyster trade, domestic
and foreign-, exceeds $*<»<».000,000 a year;
while the total annual consumption in this
country, and our shipments abroad would
QX f ceed the amazing total of 5,000,000.000
Oysters!’ . *
MiudiiiC His Own Buninesg
There jias a herdsman driving a hundred
head of sheep or more down Mineral
Springs avenue. They xvenf along as sheep
always do—first a steady little plod, then
a clumsy canter fike a wooden rocking-
horse, and qipw altogether in a mammoth
wad of animated wooL There was a good-
natured man with-au umbrella iu Ills hand
standing near the fence mid waiting for the
disorganized herd to approach- He thought
lie had betler lend a hand aud so he rushed
in front of the’flock and waved liis umbrella
as a scepter of authority. Tlie result of this
generalship was that the sheep rushed pell-
mell into ifcFohool yard just as the scholars
flock of luiuiatp sheep wero pouring out for
a recess. In one minute urchins and lamb
kins were hopelessly mixed and inter
mingled. There was first a sheep and then
a boy, -next h iprl and then a lamb, while
the man. the ovet-oflicious and superser-
vieeflWetChap; who had turned the flock
away fn^u,|h(* .turnpike .was left alone be
tween the AiN^yiug ami. ^pfging flock and
the school house, ilini aq aged mid petu-
Icnt male number of the flock marked For
immediate and condfgn 'punishment, and
npon him tHs liorVicd and woolly Nestor of,
the lldbk charged*furiously. The man shut
hi*»cy«*‘aud vpeued l*is umbrella, but of no
avail, for through tlie umbrella covering the
now e^pi^Td creature crashed like
a circus/nd* 4 ^ llu-ougn the papered hoop.
In wThf’dismay thc man took t6 his heels,
and then old Iwf.slOr seat him sprawling in
advance irf‘flock, and before die could re
gain his feet 4he fell back into single file
and cadi sheep went suuupering over him.
it waSjJeQ. nrinui es hefure the last sheep
Jiad. goniLjOver ’liim, and tlien he arose,
shotfk the oTts of broken watch-crystal out
of his pbhlSt, picked up the rim of his hat
and hobbled away, remarking: “After all, J
kinder reckon tlie best business a man
stuck t<*j* hk own business and nobody
else’s.
BRIEFS.
Murtalit}' in India from Snake llitcs.
Pcrseuanfili be startled to learn that,
according to a return published in Jan
uary, IWb, bo fewer than 22,000 hu
man beings-lost tbeir Lircs m India du
ring the previous year by snake bites
This lamentable sacrifice of life is oc
casioned not only by the cobra and
krait, but by other species, and notably
by a snake barely a foot long, the Echix
carinata, known also by the name of
Kupper or Foorsa. The effects produc
ed by snake-bite vary according to the
species. Thus, the bite of tbe cobra
produce conra andspeedy death, where
as tbe poison of others, such as Rus
sell’s viper, produces excessive pain,
convulsions, and usually death. The
bite of Erhit carinota causes blond * too
ooze from the pores of the victim, who
after lingering for a week or more,
succumbs to trie fatal poison. The num
ber of harmless 9nakes Is enormously
in excess of the venomous species, else
the mortality would unquestionably be
greater even than it is; and it is to be
deplored that more strenuous measures
are not taken to eradicate, as tar as pos
sible, a cites ol animals so deadly to
Tlie Man Who Had Hie Pocket Picked.
Stlmularflfeby ttfe Race.
It is estimate
and legve
human fi
both beans
ite^OOO of the
—Thirty acres of cranberries yield
one South Jersey man $10,000 a year.
—A Tyrone (Pa.) firm has just re
ceived orders for 30,000 tons of iron ore.
—The first gold mine in the United
States was discovered In South Caro
lina in 1700.
—In 1877 2800 machine*made, doors
were shipped to England, last year
45,000.
—Texas sold one million bales of cot
ton last year. Twelve yeare she used
to sell 75,000 bales.
—The European beet-sugar crop is
estimated at 1,610,000 tons'against 1,-
500,006 tons last year.
—The state of Ohio stand fourth in
manufactures, the value of tlie annual
products being $270,000,000;
—An ice-manufacturing company of
Boston is turning out 12,000 pounds a
day. It is sold at $10 a ton.
—England’* national dobt on April
1, 1879, was £778,078,840, or about $3,-
890,394,200.
—There are 150,000 miles of iron road
in the world, of which more than half
are in the United States.
—From statistics prepared in Chica
go, the log crop of the Northwest this
year will be about 5,000,000,000 feet.
—Over 1,000 persons in Clark and
Wayne counties, Miss., earn their liv
ing by the turpentine industry.
—The experimental cotton factory at
Atlanta, Ga.. is getting along, with
orders ahead for 600,000 yards of cloth.
—Many Lancaster county farmers
have not provided sufficient storing ac
comodations for their tobacco and much
of it is spoiling.
—The British war steamer Mercury,
lately completed and tested, is said to
be the swittest vessel in the world.
She makes 22 miles an hour.
—In 1880 the new organization of tlie
French army will attain its full devel
opment. Tbe active army will consist
of 497,793 men.
—It is estimated that bad weather
this season in Great Britain has inflic
ted a loss of $200,000,000 upon the agri
cultural districts.
—A sum of over 57,000 francs has
been collected to build a memorial
chapel in honor of the Prince Imperial
in Paris.
—-The largest sum ever paid for a
horse in England was $72,000. given
for Doncaster by the Duke of West
minster-
—From 1873 to 1879 inclusive, tbe
United States minis coined 376,641,340
pieces of money, aggregating in value
$419,071,313.30.
—Chicago packers have slaughtered
1,481,000 hogs since March 1 to date,
against 1,543.000 for tlie corresponding
period a year ago.
—It is said that the entire population
of the world could be provided lor m
the United States by allowing each
person one and a half acres of land.
—Three Exeter gentlemen, recently
walked up Mt. Washington, stepping
over the 13,578 sleepers which are four
teen inches, apart, ou the cog fail way.
—A careful political economist close
ly calculates that women in this coun
try might annually save $14,500,000 in
ribbons which the men mightspqpd in
cigars.
—During the past th^ee yiifc* 132
American railroads, covering, nearly
17,000 miles, and representing, au in
vested capital of $728,463,000, have been
sold under foreclosure.
—Although the exodus to Europe
during the past summer was very large,
it fell behind that of 1878 by nearly
4,000—the respective nnmbers being
about 16,000 and 20,000.
—The total valuation of real and per
sonal property m Vermont for this
year shows a decrease of $11,185 as
compared with the valuation of last
y^ar
—On the 31st of July 13,626 metres,
or in round numbers, about 7‘.< miles,
of the St. Gothard Tunnel through tbe
Alps had been bored. The tunnel will
not be finished this year,
—It is announced that wells have
been bored upon the lands in South
Australia subject to drought, and 10,000
gallons of good water a day been ob
tained.
—The annual rate of mortality in
England and Wales was 22.26 from
1840 to 1850; 22.24 from 1850 to i860;
22.51 from 1860 to 1S70; 21.64 from 1870
to 1877.
—M. Thiers Is said to have left no
writings, except the 2,000 pages ol
notes which were to form his great
philosophical work. These weTe de
posited with the Bank of England in
November, 1870, and are still there,
—Mr. Asa Favne, of Scott county.
Ky., the son of General Payne, <Jf the
War ol 1812, Is said to lie the oldest liv
ing graduate of West Point. He is 91
years old, and was a member of the first
class.
—Two Indians from Hamptou are
to serve as teachers for the 250 young
Indian pupils whom Captain H. C.
Pratt is collecting in the Indian coun
try for the new industrial school at
Carlisle, Pa.
—Canadian high protective tariff does
not seem to put money into the Domin
ion purse The revenue for the month
of August, 1878, w*as $2,059,439.53.
This year the receipts were ouly $1,-
970,088.36.
Chicago is the great cattle market
of the Western world. A fair quota is
21,000 per week, but during August
the supplies w r ere about 4,000 daily, or
between 23,000 and 26,000 per week,
and they broke down the market.
—The cotton year ended with tho
month of August.* And the summation
of receipts ol bales is unprecedentedly
large, the yield for the year being
,073,531 bales, against 4.811,265 bales
for 1878, In 1859 the yield was 4,S33,-
770 bales.
—The remark that Bismarck receives
$13,500 for his Chancellorship elicits the
fact that the German Embassador at
London has a salary of $45,000 aud one
of the finest houses in London. Lord
Beaconsfield has the $25,000 a year Pitt
used to receive.
—The Texas cattle drive has pearly
attained the proportions of that of last
year. The number counted passing
Fort Griffin the present season i& 257,-
927 against.265,646 in 1878. Last year
83,458 passed Fort Worth; this?year,
137,552.
anct*8 tlipi areeither stimulants or nai
s. ! * Tfee work (ft the physiologist, L
tiieffiture, Wff Bffto determine the true
place in riMnr* of these-substances, and in
dicate where iheirwue ends and abuse be
gins. . "B M t .. .
, rirm (■„,, —The Official Journal of St. Jeters-
5, ■. burgh is published the report of the
fires in Russia in the month of duly
alcdb<Mn ife ♦arktestbram, by 500,000;-
OOO.aftbh ktnatio race. Tobacco is proba
bly used, by aCAeast ^>,000,01X4 or 800,-
000,000, startling facts indicate a
large proportion of the rafce^ using some
substances tlial are either stimulants or nar-
coticJ*- - '
There were 2,83d, and the total loss is
estimated at over six millions of roub
les'. The cause, of fire were incendi
arism in l'.i4 cases, neglect in (174 casts,
lightning in 374 cases, and the remain
der undiscovered.
—The only woollen mill in Texas is
at New Braunfels. Last year the pro
fits were $81,000.
—Seven more furnaces are about to
be started at llollidaysburg, Fa.