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"■ F - SKITH, Publisher. VOLUME VIII. GLEANINGS. ‘V.in Antonio i.s shipping sheep 10 France. The pioneer cotton mill of Memphis is now an assured fart. Since June lit, £'40,000 has been paid out for sponges in Key West. Six papers published by colored men in North Carolina favor prohibition. A nugget of gold, weighing three and one-half ounces, i.i is reported, has been found in Putnam county, Tenn. Covington, C*a., has two colored men who can mould each 6,000 bricks in half a day. . i Ihe average daily attendance on the public schools of Richmond, A r a is f),r>: u. 5. Andrew Johnson’s heirs are now in litigation over the distribution of his property, which is valued at #IOO,OOO. A white woman in Newton county was recently thrown into con vulsions from eating pork salad, and died in a few hours. David Humphreys, of Carter’* denot. Tennessee, has been married irwentv-six years, and is the father ..f twculy-two childred. A cat bit a little pR] named Annie Webster, near Wfi Ga., one day last wee,, and Hie has since ditd with all the symp 0 } hydrophobia. * ° v ' n (Ga ) Star: “A coming fig 1 1 1 o A this country is one between pro hib,don and the snakes. If prohibition wuis, we will have no remedy for snake oites. || the snakes win, good heavens, we will all be snake bit. It is fearful, .Mart it ?” The ladies of Winchester, Va., have undertaken the j>.b of erecting marble headstones at the graves of the Win chester soldiers who were killed in the Into war, or who have died since, and who are buried in Stonewall and Mount Hebron cemeteries. The umbrella'China tree, it is said, outside of Texat, is only found in East ern Texas. The presence of the tree was occasioned, no doubt, bv captive slaves who scattered on the “slave trail” the seeds of this beautiful tree which they had brought over 4o plant with secret rites of voudoo worship. A Mexican at Las Vegas, New Mex ico, tied his wife fiirmly to i\ board, leaned her thus lie! phess against a fence took a position fi.fty feet away, and used her as a target for rifle practice. He did not Hit*, her, his object being to frighten her ty embedding the bullets in the boar.i close, to her head and body. She fainted under the frightful ordeal. What She Saw in Church. IV) staid at home and sho went to sflutrcli; after dinner ho asked her: “What was the text, May?” “Oh, something, somewhere in Gener ations; I’ve forgotten the chapter and verse. Mrs. High sat Tight before me with a Mother Huljioard bonnet on. How could I hear anything when I could not even see the minister? I wouldn’t have worn such a looking thing to church, if I’d, had to have gono bare headed.” “How Odd you like the new minister?” “OK he’s splendid! and Kate Darlin was tliere in a Spanish lace capo that never cost a cent less than SSO; and they can’t pay their butcher hills, and ra v, ear cotton lace or go without any first. ” “Did he say anything about the new .'mission fund?” “No, and the Jones girls were all Tigged out, in their yellow silks made over; you would have died laugh ing to have seen them. Such taste as those girls have; and the miuister gave out that the Dorcas Society will meet at Sister Jones’ residence— that old poky place.” “It seems you didn't hear much of the sermon. ” “Well, I’m sure its better to go to tfliurch, if you don't hear the sermon, than to stay at home and read the pa pers; and oh, Harry! the new miuistei lias a lovely voice; it nearly put me tc sleep. And* did I tell you that the Rich's are home from .Europe, and Mrs. Rich had a real camel's hair shawl on, and it didn’t look like anv thing on her f” A long silence, daring which Harry thought of several things, and his wife was busy contemplating the sky or view, when she suddenly exclaimed: “Ther&! I knew I’d forget to tell you something. Would you believe it, Har ry, the fringe on Mrs. Jones’ para.Mt is aij inch deeper than mine, and twice as Oh, dear! what a world of trouble this is.”— Detroit Post and Tri bune. “ Come, doctor, ifc’a 10 / o’clock, aud I think we had better be going, £or it’s time honest folks were at home,” said a lawyer to a physician, one evening re cently. “ Well, ves,” was the reply. “ I must be off, but you needn’t go on that account.” iMotrii to Inuktiial Intel st, the Mfipion ©I Truth, the Establishment ©f Jastiee, and the Preservation of a People's €©Ternmfnt ▲ nru.K. Rhe was the prettiest girl, I wees, a hat mortal had ever seen • I]r name was Anabei Christine. Her bang# were curled with bandoline, Uer cheeks were smoothed with vasaline, ijor teeth were brushed with fine dentine. Her face was washed in coaltne, Her gloves were cleaned with gasoline, one wore a dress of grenadine, Ifoixxi over a shift of brilliantine. Hpr petticoat was bombazine. Jfer foot was Shod with kid liottine, Uer wounds wore healed with cosmoline. oiie sailed away from Muscatine In a ship they called a brigantine, •>*i flirted with a gay mavihe 1.11 they reached tlJltepubhc Argentine, ” h . e *? they were married by a dean. Ado lived on yieomarganne. # Bloomington Eft** Olympus* Hid ever a Hellene, shepherd, priest or King, dare to climb up the slopes of Olympus, away above the lofty pastures of its dales and crests? Did even one only venture, by placing his foot upon the great peak, to find himself suddenly in the presence of these terrible gods? Ancient writers tell us that phil osophers are not afraid of scaling Mount Etna, although much higher than Olym pus; but they never mention one single mortal tv ho has had the temerity to asoeau the mountain of the gods, not e 'A£i in the days of science, in that ago ' v hen philosophers taught that Zeus and the other immortals were mere concep tions of the human mind. Later on, other religious, disseminated among the various people living in the surrounding plains, took possession of the sacred mountain and consecrated it to new divinities. There tho Greek Christians worshiped the Holy Trinity instead of Zeus; they still look upon its three principal peaks sis the three great thrones of Heaven. One of its loftiest points, which formerly, perhaps, bore si temple of Apollo, is now surmounted by a monastery of St. Elias; one of its dales, wherein the Bacchantes wore wont to sing “Evoc!” in honor of Dionysos or Bacchus, is inhabited by the monks of St. Denvs. Priests have succeeded to priests, and the superstitious respect of modern times to tho worship of the ancient; but perhaps tlio highest sum mit is yet untrodden by human steps; tho soft light, resplendent above its rocks and snow, has not beamed upon any man since tho llallenic gods took their departure. . A few years ago it would have been difficult for a European to attain the summit of the mountain, for the Hellenic klephtcs, unerring shots, occupied all its gorges; they had intrenched them selves in it, as within an enormous ciG, del, and thence, recommencing g l 0 C( ' m . lliet of the gods against the titans tliev set out upon their against the lurks of Ossa, Proud of . 1011 they believed themselves i*‘%as tile mountain upon which timy Uved; they endowed Olympus h With life. “I am,” said one oi their songs, ‘‘l am Olympus, illustrious in all ages, and renowned* amid Nations; forty two peaks bristle upon my brow; seventy two fountains flow down my ravines, and an eagle is perched upon my highest summit, bearing in its claws the head of a valiant hero!” This eagle, no doubt, was that of the ancient Zeus. Even now-a-days he feeds on man, by man destroyed.— History of a Mountain. Trees and Health. Everybody knows that trees take the carbonic acid thrown out in the breath of men and animals, separated into com ponent parts—carbon and oxygen—give back the latter •to be used over again, and work up the former into wood and fruits. It is also coming to be generally un derstood that forest trees do important service in promoting raiufalls, and in helping to retain the surface water for springs, streams and general use. It is also known that certain species planted in malarial localities, help to render the latter healthy by somehow using up the deadly miasma. It would now appear that trees grow ing near drains carry off the sewerage water. A gentleman, whose cess-drain was constructed just like his neighbors’ and in the same kind of soil, had found it unnecessary to clean it out, while the others had to be cleaned out frequently. An examination showed that three large trees, whose roots had penetrated into the vicinity of his second, or waste cess-pool, were clearly channels through w hich the waste all escaped. Whether it was changed into plant food, as is likely, or w as exhaled through the leaves, in either case it was disposed of with equal safety. The Heroines of Nihilism. They are mostly daughters of poor army officers, or petty civil officers, or even of shop-keepers, who feeling the influence of modern times, are anxious to rise above the level of their parents, coarse, ignorant people in the main. Either by their own talents or bv the aid of influential patrons, the girls gain scholarships, and enter some high school where their brains are crammed with a heterogeneous mass of knowledge. At 19 they leave, and in turn become teach ers. Finding their parents uncompan ionable, they abandon home for some wretched lodgings, and eke out a miser able existence by giving poorly paid les sons. Food is scarce, the feminine pleas ures of dress are impossible, the restrain ing power of family affection is absent, they grow hopeless and discontented, when some day they form socialistic acquaintances, rapidly adopt their ideas, and, having found an object for their life, with feminine rashness devote them selves to the cause, even to the very death. — Paris Figaro . Campanini is worth $150,000. He got it all for a song — Boston Transcript. And is still pursuing the even tenor of his way. INDIAN SPRINGS, GEORGIA. Grecian Beauty. Much has been said in praise of Grecian beauty, and the men are hand som in every sense of the word. We might Well imagine them to have been the models of Phidias and Praxiteles. Their large eyes, black as jet, sparkle with glances of lire, while the long, silky, eyelashes soften the expression and give a, dreamy appearance of mel ancholy. Their teeth are small, white and well set; a fine regular profile, a pale-olive complexion and a tall, elegant figure realize an accomplished type o( distinction. As to the women,* they seem to have left physical perfection to the men; some possess fine eyes and hair, but as a rule they have bad*figures, and some defect in the face generally spoils the good features. It is among them, however, that the old Oriental customs are most strictly preserved; while the men are gradually undergo ing the process of civilization they, in a moral point of view remain stationary, and are just as they were fifty years ago. It may, indeed, be said that, with the exception of Athens, the women possess no individual existence, and count as nothing in society. The men have reserved every privilege for them selves, leaving to their helpmates the care of the house and family. In tho towns, where servants are kept, they are of the poorest class of peasants, who know nothing, and receive miserable wages. The families are generally large —seven or eight little children demand a mother’s constant attention. The morning begins by directing the work of each servant, repeating the same tiling a hundred times, scolding, screaming, even beating them, to be understood. In the evening, when the children are sleep ing, if there remain some little time, the poor, worn-out mother sits down to her spinning-wheel to spin silk, to sew or knit, if it bo summer-time, to look after her silk-worms and cocoons, happy if she has not to do the work of her in competent servants over again. Cultivation of Self-Respect. A child that is uniformly treated with courtesy, with consideration, with jus tice, will unconsciously deem himself worthy of such treatment, and will be* come worthy of it, unless ho is by nature wholly base; and ho will unconsciously treat others as lie is treated. It is feari tul thing to give a child tfi c gx f 0 accuse him ot steamig, accustom him to un expeemd Unmerited blows and culls. T ° „iny merit punishment, but the wise parent never will admit into the house hold vocabulary the terrible words “liar” and “thief,” and will never permit in himself or others the hasty blow, the bitter taunt, the stinging epithet. The refined and educated parent can never tolerate sncll language as we have indi cated. Bitter words are more cruel than blows and inflict more lasting injuries. Care in the choice of associates will do much to foster self-respect in a child. Some mothers think their sons and daughters can go where they choose and play with whom they please, and Come out all well in the end. There never was a greater mistake. As well might one think it no difference what air we breathe. Children are quicker than we to catch the tone of associates, to pick up slalig words, bad grammar, vulgar ideas—these often seem to be taken in through the very pores, as typhoid poison is, when least expected. Care in the choice of reading will do much to foster due self-respect in a child. The boy who grows up with a familiar knowledge of Washington, of Franklin, of Lincoln, and other great men who have been the glory of the nations in which they have been conspicuous, will be far more likely to find his mind filled with noble images, with high ideals, with lofty ambitions, than one who reads sensational newspa pers, dime novels, and the comic alma nac. Any soil that yields abundantly must contain in itself elements of fer tility, and barren soil may have elements artificially supplied to them. Women in Hoarding-lionets. Differences in families anited by mar* riage are mostly ou the side of the wo men. Woman fails in tact to preserve the amenities of the hearth. The soft answer or the repression which evades an issue is more on the part of the man than the wife. Young women manage tifeir lovers, but lose their skill to man age their husbands. Women make the cliques in congregations, church socie ties, family hotels, boarding-houses, and wherever lovely woman'predominates. Lack of tact, makes the traditional motlier-iu-law. Fathers-in-law' have too much tact to be fussy and irritating in matters that should be left alone. Men live harmoniously in clubs; women can not live in clubs without getting into hostile divisions The Pekin Times gives the following: “A young lady of this city, who has a young gentleman friend in Peoria, called him over the telephone, which is located iu the office of the young fellow’s father. The required ‘hello!’ came back over the wire, and the dear creature proceeded to lay herself out in ‘taffy,’ which she sent to the listening ear iu vast quanti ties. While she was stopping to take breath, a gruff voice in the telephone startled her Avitli the following sentence: ‘I guess you’ve made a mistake, my dear girl; I’m Georgia's father.’ When she recovered she found herself at home among friends.” The tenor Campanini is pronounced “perfectly splendid and just too awfully too too for anything,” by the bang wearing ladies of New York.— New Or leans Picayune. Awfully too too what? Campanini is a woealisfc not a too tootisfc. Hnt as Toots would say, “ It's of uo consequence.”— N. V. Com mercial. Hott Long' Man May Lire. It was Professor Hufeland’s opinio* that the limit of possible human life might be set down at 200 years; and this on the general principle *that the life of a creature is eight times the years of its period of growth. That which is quickly formed quickly perishes, and the earlier complete development is reached the sooner bodily decay ensues. More women reach old age than men, but more men attain remarkable longevity than women. Some animals grow to be very old. Horned animals live shorter lives than those without horns* fierce longer than timid, and amphibious longer than those which inhabit the air. The voracious pike exists, it is said, to an age of 150 years; the turtle is good for 100 yt ars or more, and among birds the golden eagle is known to have lived nearly 200 years, while the sly and som ber crow reaches the Venerable age of a century. Passing up in the scale of life to man, and skipping the patriarchs, we find many recorded instances of longevity among the classic Greeks and llomans. Pliny notes that in the reign of the Em peror Vespasian, in the year 7(5, there were 121 men living in the limited area between the Appeimines Hud the Ho of TOO years and upward, three of whom were 140 and 4 over 105. Cicero’s wife lived to the age of 103, and the Roman actress, Lueeja, played in public as late as her 112th year. Coming down to more recent times, the most notable authentic instance of great age is that of Henry Jenkins, of Yorkshire, England, who died in 1(570, 169 years old. He was a fisherman, and at the age of 100 easily swam across rapid rivers. An other historic case la that of Thomas PatT, of Shropshire, a day laborer, who lived to the age of 152 years. When more than 120 he married his seCond wife, amt Hll i 3O he Cotild Swing the scythe and wield the flail with the best of his fellow-laborers. In his 152d year Parr went up to London to exhibit liim self to the king* It proved an unlucky Vi&it, for, violating the abstemious habit of a century and a half, the old man feasted so freely on the royai victitals that he soon died* merely of a plethora. Du examination his . internal organs proved to be in excellent condition, and (here was no reason why he should not have lived much longer save for this un fortunate taste of royal hospitality. Professor Hufeland’s roll of centenarians includes many more remarkable cases. Drugged Wines* As France has kicked lip a row about American hog meat, Avhicli exteuded even to ringing bells throiigh the Villages warning the Citizens, it is entirely fair to warn the American people against the drugged wines of France. The Parisian , a paper printed in English in Paris, gives a branch of the history of this manufacture of wines sold fraudulently under the names of the choicest brands of French wines: The wine crop of 1879 was about 25,000,000 or 30,000,000 hec toliters below the ilvefage of the last tell years. The annual consumption in France is from 40,000,000 to 45,000,000 hectoliters. Every body expected a rise iu the price of wine, and some conscien tious dealers laid in a stock from abroad. The rise in price, however, never came, and the markets remained well supplied. The reason Avas that the natural deficit Avas compensated for by artificial means. Wine Avas manufactured out of dry grapes. All the raisins to be found in Eastern ports were bought up, aud wine manufactories sprang up all over the country. Around Paris alone there are Seven steam-pow’er wine manufactories. The cost of a cask of raisin Avine is about 50 francs, and it was sold at 100 francs, thus giving a profit of 100 percent. But the competition has now become such that the price of raisins has risen froth twelve francs to seventy-five francs the 100 kilograms. The consequence is that that raisins haA’e been abandoned, and wine is now manufactured out of glu cose, a sugary matter obtained from the potato, out of the residue of molasses, out of rotten apples, dried prune*, dates figs and all kinds of refuse fruit, and even out of beet-root. These abomina ble liquids are colored artificially and mixed more or less with Spanish wines or white wine. The adulteration and manufacture of wine has attained such vast proportions that the principal deal ers who had taken measures to supply the market loyally with harvest wine from foreign countries have taken Steps to put a stop to this gigantic fraud. The imposture has reached such a pitch that not one-third of the Avine now drank in Paris is real grape. The revelations of the manufacture of French brandy are no less convincing of the wholesale char acter of the frauds. French brandy of this day is described as an inferior spirit distilled from Edgar, potatoes, Indian corn and whisky distilled from barley, and this is the stuff imposed upon the people of this country. It would be a national blessing if there was an author itative analysis made of the various so called French wanes and brandies fraud ulently pushed off upon the American people by the wine manufacturers of France. * The drugged and poisonous stuff is, in adition to being a commercial fraud, also most deleterous to health an life, and its importation should be discontinued. No pure Avines or bran dies are now exported from France. A gentleman and three ladles who must have had a great deal of spare time have found by count that a blonde has about 140,000 hairs on her scalp; a brunette, 109,000; and a red-haired belle only 88,000. This last provision of nature is undoubtedly to prevent in voluntary incendiarism. Indians never drink to drown sorrow. When they can get anything to drink thev have no sorrow to drown.—Brook lyn Eagle. A Fa ml nn go at La Yenta. It so happened that we reached La Yenta on a festive occasion. A fandango was in full blast but a short distance from our quarters, and a large number of strange Indians from the surrounding country were in the village* Our advent had caused a temporary suspension of the festivities, but the people soon be gan to drift that way again, and by the time we had finished our supper the music of harp and bandolon could be heard, and the dance was once more in progress. Alejandro told us that the village would probably grow lively to ward midnight as the danco continued, for the Indians were drinking a good deal of mescal, and many of them Were still coming in from the country. He informed me that the Alcalde of the town had already hidden himself, as is the custom on such occasions, and that We must be on our guard, for the Indians were bad men when druuk, and inclined to dislike strangers. We were all armed to the teeth, however, and felt no ap prehensions. After supper, Marion and I sallied out into the dark street, and, following the sound of the music, soon found ourselves in the midst of the Crowd of wild* half-naked revelers. The dancing was carried On tinder the shed which was lit up by pine-knots, throwing out a wierd glare over the dusky crowd. A number of men and women would step into the open space and slmtlle slowly around, each one apparently on his own responsibility* and with no regard to figure. In the meantime those who were not dancing would squat in a cir cle around the open space, and sing ihdnotonotisly in time with the music of the instruments. The dancers would finally retire, and others take their places, the process being repeated with little or no Variations. But it was in the outer rim of the circle that the real fun seemed to be going on. Little groups were gathered here and there, drinking, sing ing Rnd carousing, and, as we left the crowd and picked our way back to our lodgings, we noticed one of our men, Ponciano by name, ogling a dusky Inaideu, and treating her to a drink of orchata. —£>. S. Richardson in Cali fornian. Life’s Brightest Hour. Not long since, I met a gentleman who is assessed for one million. Silver was in liis hair, care upon his brow, and he slightly stooped beneath his burden of Wealth. We were speaking of the period of his life he had reached the most perfect enjoyment, or lather, when lie had found happiness to be nearest un alloyed. “I’ll tell joii,” Said the millionaire, “when was the happiest htrut of my life. At the age of one and twenty I had saved SBOO. I was earning SSOO a year, and my father did not take it from me, only requiring that I should pay my board. At the age of twenty-two I secured a pretty cottage just outside of the city. I was able to pay two-thirds of the value down, and also furnish it respectable. 1 was married on Sunday —a Sunday in June—at my father’s house. My wife had come to me poor in purse, but rich in the wealth of wo manhood. The Sabbath and the Sab bath night we passed beneath my fath er’s roof, and on Monday morning I went to my work, leaving mother and sister to help in preparing my home. “On Monday evening, when the labors of the day were done, I went not to the paternal shelter, but to my own house— my own home. The holy atmosphere of that hour seems to surround me even now in the memory. I opened the door of my cottage and entered. I laid toy hat on the little stand in the fhall, and passed on to the kitchen—our kitchen and dining-room were all one then. I pufehed opetl the kitchen door and was in heaven! The table Wfis set against the wall—the evening meal was ready prepared by the hands of her who had come to be my helpmeet in deed as well as in name —and by the tea-table, with a throbbing and expectant look upon her lovely and loving face, stood my wife. I could only Clasps the waiting angel hr my bosom," thus showing to her the ecstatic burden of my heart, “The years have passed—long, long y ears —and worldly wealth has flown upon me, and lam honored and envied —but as true as heaven—l would give all —every dollar, for the joy of that June evening, in the long, long ago. ’ — Exchange. He Denied It. The locomotive of a Harlem milk train struck a man who was lying crosswise on the track. The train was stopped and backed up, and instead of the mangled remains the engineer found a man stand ing on the track and looking around with a gaze of curiosity. “ Where is that man?” said the engiueer. “What man?” said the tramp. “The man I struck,” retorted the engineer. “I don’t know. Hid you hit a man?” said the fellow. “ Yes,” said the engineer. “ I knocked a man off right here and he went up against that freight car.” “Didn’t see him. When did it happen?' “Just now. Aren’t you the man?” “ Not as I remember.” “Didn’t I knock you off the track?” the engineer persisted. “ I don’t think you did, but you can exam ine me and see.” The fellow’s head and shoulder were severely bruised and bleeding. When asked how he received the injuries he said : “Well. I don t exactly know, but I thought I fell off the freight car. Guess lam not hurt much anvhow.” Ashe walked away he sang out “Much obliged to you for telling me how it happened. * It is wise to keep in mind the fact that souls may le won to the cross by a life on a sick bed just as well as by a life in a cathedral desk. Pure submission is as good as going on a foreign mission. SUBSCRIPTION**SI.SO. NUMBER 47. HUMORS OF THE DAY, Cross roads are most apt to be bad. Arkansas women love to whistle. And what is more lovely than tulips well blown ? Triples light as hair sometimes turn the whole course of a man’s appetite, says the New Orleans Picayune. An Illinois girl's toast: “The young men of America — their arms our sup porters, our arms their reward; fall in, men, fall in.” Jo says that the best lip salve in crea tion is a kiss. The remedy should bo used with groat care, as it may bring on an affection of the heart. A Baltimore man remained in a trance for three days recently, aud they finally had to yell “dog fight” under his window to rouse him to life. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe thinks it very inartistic to knit men’s foot gear straight. Doesn't it depend, Harriet, on whose socks it is that is gored. A Nebraska monument to a horse thief is simply a stake at the head of the grave and a sign reading: “It would have been cheaper for him to go afoot.” A young man lias generally got the winning cards in his hand when, on popping the question, he sees a “flush” in his sweetheart’s face. — Somerville Journal. Bridget (who has discovered the car pet sweeper): “Luk at the music box, now, wid the long handle! I wander how they plays on the instlirumint!”— Boston Transcript. An exchange says: “If a minister cau receive the title of ‘Dr.’ why cannot a physician have the title of ‘Rev?’ ” Because people may think it meant Revelations, and doctors know a good deal. ' Said little Edith to her doll: “There, don’t answer me back. You mustn’t bo saucy, no matter how hateful I am. lam your mother!” Strange what eurious ideas children get into their heads some times. “What pretty children, and how much they look alike,” says 0, during a first visit at a friend’s house. “They are twins,” his friend explains. “What! both of ’em? ” exclained C, greatly in terested. There is a knock at the front door, and the colored person says to the lady of the house: “Is you de white ooman what told a colored gemman yon was lookin’ for a colored lady to wash your clothes by the murnf ?” “Yes,” said the tramp, “they talk about the charitable institutions of Bos ton. Now, a man can go down to the Hawkius Street Homo and get a supper and lodging, and lie’s got to saw a foot of wood to pay for it. By snakes, sir, I don’t call that charity.” —Boston Post. A new author, who intends to make a living by good advice, says: “Never leave what you undertake until you can reach your arms around it and clinch your hands on the other side.” Perseverance, and all that sort of thing, in the right direc tion, is well enough, and even commend able; but if the new author’s advice is carried out, one is likely to get his ears boxed.— Ncu) Orleans Picayune. A Chicago young man broke into the room of the girl he loved, to carry her away, as she refused to marry him. She was absent, but left the bull dog asleep on her bed. The room was dark. The dog didn’t bark, but worked. In about seven miuutes the remains of the young man came out and said that he wouldn’t marry that girl for $70,000. The Pope’s Peculiaritfe*. His Holiness Pope Leo XIII. appears to be a decidedly enigmatical personage, if we may trust the account given of him by the Roman correspondent of the Cologne Gazette. The most striking fact about him so far appears to be the slight extent to which hi3 character is known either by the faithful at large or by the inmates of the Vatican. Every one knew how Pius IX. lived; his hours were alloted beforehand, and the same duties always performed at the same moment. There is a total want of this regularity in his successor. He keeps.late hours, and has sometimes been found by his ser vants at his desk in the early morning half dazed after writing through the night. He has all his meals served to him in the greatest privacy, is much mote sparing of audiences than was Pius, and even his State Secretary and the Cardinals can only see him at irregular intervals. The great innovation he has made has been his partial supersession of the above mentioned official, who un der Pius IX. practically administered the affairs of the the Papacy. He has set on foot a chancellery of his own, con sisting of three Private Secretaries, and conducts his affairs with their aid quite independently of the State Secretary, and often over his head. It not unfre quently happens that orders go down to the Bishoprics from the State Secretary, and are canceled in a day or two by dif ferent orders from the Pope, or that the Secretary brings papers to His Holiness and tells him that he has settled a par ticular matter in such a way, merely m order to be told that the Pope himself had already settled it in quite a different wav. One*thing is clear, that Leo XIII. means to be master in his own house; but the exact aim and tendency of his policy is by no means equally evident. But Leo comes from the country of the Cioecari, and it is believed in Italy that a man from that district is commonly rather deep—a notion which appears also to be strongly entertained by the correspondent. —Pall Atoll Gazette. Disengaged lovers may be described as express companies.