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mt Ilftite Cronin W?M% mm ea VOL. 0. a nrAL-t: op wol. (Pfonricrfnl F>rape From Death hr Starva tion ftf Two Adventurer*. The British Columbia njail today brines (he following terrible tale of starvation |n the Yukon district, which is clipped from the Victoria Times: “Cliilcott, .Alaska (.—Three fietachments of men 4t.i.r« i* tune d this fall iroiu Yukon. The second brought word that they passed a lv»m lying oi> tin beach v\ itli no , one to In- found near it, but it was (nought to belong to four men who started from Forty Mile Creek to omw out on ,|utv |l. It was known that they had but a small supply of food with (hem. and '• was supposed they had taken 11 Ih* to search of g»ine Thus |t proved t<> ms and yottterdpy two men (oftereif fla*UJthe mountain side to tikis place. wferrto jcirtapiafed fuf** apd treirj bhng littilif -bowed that they had sur vived an experience that few te"ii wojjld ; )wvr lived tlrmigh One of them wtutj j W,Sj*erry. uf Portland. Ore. tie ia fifty years of agio with hair as white a, the dfiven sqow, Tlieoih. r ipan. R. C. Rose, Hloo frotij Portland, is twenty years younger. jjtp'i this youth alone saved Sperry front filling an unmarked gravy (ii in.* valley of tue Yukon. "Three weeks after starting on tiiejr homeward jojtrney, tlr ir syprriy<of pro vision- was oiftirely exiiaqi-ted. nimih*y soon hookup* so weak that (key could lint pull Mi ir Ujat. which they finally Abandoned, an i took to the hills ip search of game. Occasionally a squirrel was shot and quickly oaten by the men who were now ravenous. and wild Ur fie* became their only paeans of feiice. Tfeeir trail was followed fey cloud* of tposquitob and dies, that lit upon then} ip swarms, and which they bad to fight ovntimialiy. and their face* ami bauds sopis -became paw and bleed- ! jug sores In (.In ii w eakened corgfjtion, 1 Ingram aid f* C Yogng, from Bgn pi* go, (Jab, others x>f the party, were pnabje to p: lit off the pesfs, which preyed upop (betf eyelids until they be paim* so inflamed that they lost all pow er to open o! close tiietu. and they be came totally blind. "The dr. nd of ik ith }>y st-.rvafiAn and fear of lining hopelessly lost in that at range goifntry anon told upon the minds#»f (lose two. and Ingram repeat edly begged ais companion* to shoot him. j Finally be lav dou u, refusing to move, and when bjs companions saw fee was about gime they left him. almost drag- j ging Young along. The (text day Young j snectppVd . victim to starvation arid' f it* torments of pests which swarmed. j fiooijf. tlp*m day ~ |<J ,:ght. They left him lyiwjr i:r-! fli, round to die. how far from wtMseihe foot of man bn* ever (rod they dg |U)t know. “A tenth or day b nought them fn «o»:p dried suluhsi caught by Indians for winter use. pud they were now able to yet? wo (heir steps to the boat, and scon a party of Indians came along from whom they obtained food enough to en able them In reach (he first white settle ment (his sfeje the Yukon. On (heir «vav b*pk (o the boat they came to the sfiot when' Jngram was left, but found the npkeqmtqsand flies singing requiem over (heir comrade. He was (eft with but a stone to mark iris resting place, And bis l>l*i(ket and a few branches of feemlock sp, ,iad over mm (of a shroud. They could not find where Young was. put they are satisii J that strengic or reason nevi r returned sufficient to ahow him to nio»« from the spot. “Oti their way out the party di covered a ledge uavi lg a clearly d.fined vein of rich ore. showing free gold and at its base found liberal quantities of gold iu o very pan. Location notices wore hur riedly put up, and the anticipation of (ich rooulu fn another year, whey they all hoped to return, buoyed up their spirits (or a time juid spurred them op (o re«eH’-cd ciiorts te (escape taeir iru ivfrdiog nl'i'Un Th pgngs o i bpivger destroy oil all hopes of future riches, ami (heir oulv thought was for sorne fhiuf to ft*4. Notwithstanding tlndr (erriWe experience tlie two survivors in tend to return to the Yukon the coming spring.*' British Columbia advices say that the steamer (deorge W. Elder has arrivedal Victoria on her way down from Alaska, with seveyal Yukon miners on board The miners complain bitterly of * he pro visions sold (o then), upon which they have entirely 0» depend, by the A iaska Commorcuil company. The miner., say (hat they were obliged to take eighty (pounds of putrid bacon, as it was all they would get. Out of the lot they couid ooly use four pounds. Another puffy driven by hunger were, pb|iged to eat it with the result that fwor ft died. The prices aoked -ire (Buoiofoue. yet the miners liad to submit jsnd pay yrb&t was asked or starve to death. They say they itftd one or two alternatives, either to go witltout the f»ro\ anions ptroi ed tor wale by the A)aska company and starve, or to purciause Jheui apd mj» tip? chance of being poi soned to death. —Ottawa jOut. J Ihspaftch is Loiiisf ills iUpurier-JournaJi. OwfteMeg FSsSk by Klwti loHy. A Oiiinign oleptrieian has completed a device ft >r vale lung fish by electricity There is a small apparatus attached to Site t*<xck at lit* end of the fish fine from this appafatus ouo-e ectrir wire goat? to the is atom of liie water while the **Li»ei leads to the point of the hook •rbece the bail is attached. A« soon as thr ftish. munactwi by the bait. Close enough, Ibe receives an electric ehork. arfcsch either tills him nnwretli ateiy or else auius hitu, and brutgs imp Jo iJm vnfKXL-Ohieaigo Letter. Shaken by a K«ml. In edden tawven iit tms a reed shaken by tint ■yin'd. N<yw at apr pesrss ?o be the rspTiblictm party fey * B,eed.—Jfdwj. A hoi*y Aurora kiureaiiH. JohnE (Mefiratb, in charge of one of the survodng expeditions to locate the boundary ine between Al ab^a ail< J Brit ish Columbia, has written to tlie superin tendent o- the coast survey giving an account of Jiis operations since Ins ar rival in Alaska. The letter Is dated thirty mi tea »W>vp (’hurley’s Village, Aug. 18 The |wirty had reached that point after some little annoyance and de lays The; had observed several bril liant dinpl iys of auroya borealis, one of w hich was,interesting because of its be ing attended by 3 noise, an unusual phe nomenon, The letter relates (he circum stance as follows* • One night whije John Luis was on wntch at Fort Yukon he heard a noise behind ! im which mpde him thjnk 0 flock of i-%.se was coming along. Turn ing to (hiyborih to see them, be tajheld v. bat looked like a rainbow firing lip toward the zenith. Theij it divided into two pans. »*iie going toward the east and one toward < h>' west. The phenomenon was not high, and seemed to be about twelve fee; w'lde lie was badly frigbt eneij by.it at lir«|L. As John bad never seen an aurora, and knew potliing of the dispute as to ty he(her any poise acootii panied j; o 1 n<A. his pixsttive testirriony that the noise it made first lire tv his at tention to it will i*e of value. The next morning my niagnet acted erratically .Mr Waljifto, (he English minister ut Rampart Ij >use. told Turner and myself that mere was no doubt of noise aceotn i « flr - * “ • fianyiug li e aurora They were very fine up at ins st,;tion. and he lias heard tire soundi liioiaeif. — Wasiiiugtod Tele gram. 4 CrvaiHtitHi i» France, It will certainly take a considerable j time before the French *>ecome familiar | with (he ay hem of burning instead of burying (fieir deafi; hut crejnauou juay, ivevertheles4, now be said to have a recognized position in France, and to render cremation i>opular—at all events with the humbler chutst-a of society— , everything has been done to make the process cheap The prefect of the Seine has just giv-ti bis sanction to a tarit? for burning the rebuviiis of [lersons who i may themselves, nr whose relations may. j prefer tlwsryste Ito lairial. A uniform ! and moderate charge oj fifty francs is Ujadc, this including the rigid of dtqios ■ (ting the ashes in a columbarium w I ich j wiil shortly be built by the city of Pnris, ; and leaving only the urn, in which the aaid ashfia are 100)0303!. to the cost of I the relatives Moreover, in the case of persons wfiq ace certified fey Ihe mayor ;of ill* r nnriijiK- in w |Jiey (Jied to tia ve'been In very * necSssitous iCircum starws-s, no charge Whatever wifi be made for cremating tlieir remains, or for keeping during a period of five | years, what remains of the body altar I the (turning process. Nothing is said as j to what will become of the,ashes at the expiraiionof the five years; but probably, | as the bonob uf (lie dead are now every three, five, or ten years, according to the length of lease of the ground, removed from cemeteries to the catacombs, so the ashes will be collected and placed in seme general receptacle. —l.oinluu Rtatidaid. “Tlie LtttJe timthers of the Rich.” I notice that "The Little Brothers of the Rich*' are now constantly and famil iarly referred to. A great many people, who make these flippant references do not seem lo understand exactly who the “little brothers" are. and other people who understand after a fashion the sig nificance o( tiie reference, are evidently in the dark as to the origin of the expres sion. Mrs. Van Rensselaer Grazer is to be credited with having given a .distin guishing name tc a somewhat large and utwikd element in tour society population; and she (fid so at a time and under cir eu’nsinno. s that indicated (hat the bon mot, like all of Mrs. Crugers witty say ings, was quite as impromptu as it was brilliant. Jtseemsthat with some friends she went on board (he Alva during the summer just p;ut w.file Mr. Vanderbilts liandsoiue yacht dr as anchored in New port .harbor, and on entering one of the iiandsome apartments, of which there ar« several in the Alva. ;itul which had served as a lounging r<>o:n for Mr. W. 8. Hoyt. Mr. Gould K.-duiund and others <fi’ the party who accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt on their nxi aided occ ta trip lost wiuidf. she suddenly exclaimed; “Why. this then belongs to ’The LLtle Brothers of ine Rich." using the phrase in contradistinctio:?, of course, to the "Little (fitters of the Poor."— Town Topics. ■ Bi:; Fliftfi* Fisliing. (some of tlie line lisliing to lie had in Florida can be imagined from tfie fol- scores, received from Goronadq Beach, near New Smyrna. Tin? fishing Was tiuiie on Sept. 21, and tue species taker} were channel ha-ss or refi fish. The party included live angleraof skill. Mr. Adaiuscaugbt twelve ba-,s, winch aggre gated in weight 227 |>ourKis; Mr. Austin, : 12 bass. 288 pounds; Mr. Lancaster, 5 ! fish. 88 pounfis: Mr. St. l-'isur Abrams, 4 a-eh. 49 - iHiJuis, and Mr. tJairdne#', 5 bass, (12 p- ft waff t><* seen from the s< ore that 38 fish were caught v fuels weight'd 75* pouucls Pbe fish which were nnanjnred hy tlie l**fk were, after feeing Weighed, tlirown back into the * ate-r, as theaurglesw cyarid bud it •diffi cult if- that land of nab Co get fid efi theiy .y^itclv—New VoTk Taa-ies. He is fiupiKirled Solidly, I 'Crovoruor Totvl«, ■of Montana, aj> j reara to Tie a detnoorat of fhe right I mettle*. Several nail!wDf; of dem are Hclt -o? in his fight ; ftffnjffst ra*pficity and ] —Utica O'operveT, TRENTON, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 7.1583. A DIAI huiJ f.lA.i..irtttti. A K«u> tiitiu Inciilent In t li» I.lfo of C*pt Henry Frmigel. Tlie serious illness of Police Capt. Frangel recalls an incident in his life vvbicli his intimates liave never forgot ten. It is a bit of romance which he found much satisfaction in recounting, .(’apt. Frangel was born in Bavaria and educated liberally by bis parents, who intended him for the ministry. His in clination was not for n religious calling, however, and to find a vocation suited to his capacity and inclination he emigrated to America, l apt. Frangel was 0 very 3'opng nian when b« nrrivpd in St. Louis. !(e occupied several clerical positions, and at ulnnit the time of tlie outbreak of the war "as marshal of the recorder's court, which held its sessions in the building now used by (be lire depart ment at Seventh and Olive streets. One day while at hisdulics in the court a reg iuietit of volunteers passed gidng north. At that time tlie feeling itetweeq the northern and.southern sympathisers was reyy strong. The Union party bad the upper iiafid. but was not without fear of attack I'rum southern symuathizers. As this regiment ujarched past the record er's court some one discharged a gun Whether a gun liad been bred ac#ident ally in one of the l.iousgs near by, wheth -1 r some one bad fired from one of the houses of the .soldiers, or whether one of the soldier's guns had been discharged fjy its bearer is cot pow known. The Biddicns helieyed they were being fired tiporj. and witlumt orders fired in every and all (Unctions. The principal lire veils directed pt the r eorder s court for sonic unexplained reason. Ype lire was gt such short pange that wiudoiys were shattered an I hricb vyalls picreeij. For year* the buildidgs showed signs of tliis attack. Other balls went as far as .Sev enth and Washington avenue, where they lodged in the buildings. Three of the bullets that entered the recorder's pouri room su pek t kipt. Fran gei. Two passed through his body and one through his legs. Thmigh sn|>)»o.scd Pj bo fatally wounded, he was taken to tii« hospital uni carefully treated by the physicians iu charge. Lie v/;is cn;jajrrd to lie married, and (he ceremony was jto b*» (p'lforineil in a few weeks. The wounded man's tiuhrue, cu hearingof bis injury, hastened to tlie hospital, where sic* took her place a' bedside and rc maiiusi tenderly caring for him until Jiis recovery. At first it was thought he could cot recover, and after a few days his recovery was said to be impossible. Then they *. eye married, the purse and (he flying plan Mrs. Fpangel was a fy*st attentive nurse, *(iid under her (miiitftrattofM -tier recovered- Hi-, cure was though}, by the doctors to l»e almost miraculous. —St. Louis Foet (iispiitcb. * The latest trick i:i amateur photog raphy is to have a trained dog who at a given signal will run and pull a string, by means of which the slide of an in stantaneous camera is worked, so Hint bis master may be taken in a group nr alone ps often 113 lie pleases. It is of cour.-e ncci'ss.>.ry to start tlie creature at a distance sufficiently great to give the oi-.vster time to rearrange his features after giving the word, but this is not a difficult thing to manage, and tlie young mini who devised th > trick has been cx- Cir dingly popular at the seaside hotel where he lias pass 'd the summer, as nil the pretty and iqo3t of the plain young ladies in the house were anxious to have their nici urt s taken by the agency of the clever little bijll tinier which served as bis assistant. One is prepared for anything nowa davs, and it. may lx* that it will pot lie Jong beforr tup (logs are seen fuunj+ig about with detective cameras ypon their own account. It would not J*e a Imd siler. to furnish p watch dog with ? a flash light dete» live camera, apd thereby he may (ake (he picture of any villain who invades tlie domain which lie is set lo guard. Tie picture would be an inter esting piees of evidence in a trial for burglary. and if it did not carry a con v-ietion it would not fail At least of pro dicing a sensation.—Boston Courier. King Alex/outler rbJ His XtoUit-r. There has been so much romancing a'.xuit the liysterical grief nf King Alex ander "at not being allow-ed to see bis mother” that it becomes necessary to re call that the king is not a mere chibi, but a full grown boy of 13. amt, indeed, so precociously developed ilvat Ire looks as English boys do nt 14. lie is of a calm riisjvositiop, bears himself with dig- nity. and *>ouM certainly sever »sk a&f fn>.xn- of his tutor. p:\ Dokitch.or of of rlv (regents wi;h crying or wringing of L ands, ilad Jte luaifib'Sted any stnnng desire to sec his mot her his whites would hare been granted, but Iron? first to Jasl the boy has been in complete (understand ing with liis faJlier. He js very fond of bis fit he 1, a fart which many vivo affect to pity hiin leave altogether of rock ouing. He is also thoroughly iiubted with ;r si'nse of ids position as king, jimd ha is old enough to and (hat bis inotfoex’a ronduci may do him jvditically serious injury- Vienna Bispabcli po Lcp do» Timca. _ „ TnWie Ctorlcju The pT'»j.w i c»unla>riti<*s of sfts» sia.fmve rewfivo.l fe» srtt up dtic-ks. after Ma irwirtsM'fimi. sus «eveaU*ea jssidic places in that city, tlie places to be *ie*»- ignaaed ireroafti'f Tlie cost Jiev <',iock has Iroew fix' d at 4..«tK» marks. *jad its T-ttendarrce 279 marks pw ammn The gas for lighdug the-diifi. ps well as the water necessary for Actuating, will be 'furnished by (he city free of charge.— Jewelers’ <.'iroailar. Mts. Hic'ks Lord 1 * aeckUce co*t I $ TOO,*OOO. Diule balraHontitfc Quit# a new sensation in the religious way is provided at the West End iiqw Lost Sunday evening, while mooing in Regent street on Lie vnniirof Imnutn wir!k*s and other su')jc-et«j rf a similar character, my. atieiiitott was uaractcij by Hw sound of - *ng I 1 umfi mys<*if atf.be corner of Ihm-wr strint, in the prc.iiuu c of 4 group ut el*-,umt mashers a*i(J tnaaheressi'.s. *whi. were s(ngiug hya ns. The ladies . q.i-;*' biv a (trusted my attention. Tin , iv.,r.- mung and ciiuruiing. they >v. ,c licait- • little waists, iliamoud casr. igs. Myart sashes, and the most coqui-tlish j.u-k* sailor hats imaginable, and tlp-y carried the latest novelty in parasol*of tlie imsband beater spoj'ieS The young gentlemen were faultlessly dressed. They wore smart mustaches, pate it leather boots and elegant high hatso(**the glossiest desprj])tiim; and in the intervals of the ivy tuna they sucked their stick handles with a grace worthy of an liabitqe uf (he Gaiety stalls A military looking tjian, who might have stepped out of the Army and Navy Hub. wearing’ a gray mustache and white spats over his boots, read n chapter and led fhe singing. The idea is novel, but picturesque, and I was informed that among the elegant young charmers were two ladies of title, and that one of the male mashers vyus a youthful earl: but for (liia I cannot vouch. I only know (bat the fair songstresses formed an (deal "angelic quire." and that, if they are going to sing in Regent street every Buin2:ty evening. 1 shall join the emigre gatiiju.—dj. R. Sims in London Referee An Walct} Dial. Tbs changes which the flight of time brings upon humanity afford an inex huutftible subject for the lover of the eu rious, in art and nature. As a notable specimen of emblematic work of a very appropriate and felicitous kind, a watch dial jaow ir. course of construc tion *st Waltham. Mass., is mentioned us pne of the most wonderful of the many wonderful pieces of mechaniem which have been constructed by ibe deft fin gered artists. |t contains, instead of the usual numerals, twelve small. t.-u( distinct, silhouette figures, beginning with s woman with a very youag child in her arms. At l o'clock (he lady .and her little baby ara dearly depicted, the infant be ing ia long clothes. At 2 o’clock the satm figure appears, but the child h a little larger. At 51 o’clock mamma is still there, but the infant is in short clothes. At 4 o'clock the child again Appears, and soon up to Jj^'doclf, when bo rj&t. *0 school for time. At 9 o'clock he may be aeon again in college g»wn, which is being contemplated by the pow '.elderly mother At 10 o'clock the death bed scene is presented, where he parts with iiis mother At 11 o'clock lie, too. is n middle aged over whom the snows of many w iilprs liave passed. At 12 o'clock he makes his final api>eara»ce. (fit old and decrepit specimen of humanity, praying for tlie epd.—jSt- LdUs liejnj bile. Tlie H»rlier , i Bravery. Mr. I .ouis Balow, a fonsorial artist in the employ of air. Have Brown, is re ceiving congratulations on all sides for dm bravery he displayed in stopping a runaway horse the other day The frightened animal came tearing down State street op a mad gallop, his eyes flashing fire, bis nostrils distended, it is hoofs clattering and striking fire on the stone pavement with every bound A panic look jiossession of the pwnle on tiie street, ladies shrieked and fainted end men ran for dear life, when ejpl Jetiiy the berbtir pp|>eared tijjon the speae. a Ixiuad lie gained tire mifi file of tire street, seized the nujtkleueu Foii-t* -fey the bridle, and after tieuig drat;.ge»i a square or two succeeded in stopping hjns. There wna a beautiful voting lady—said to he an heiress—in (jp. buggy. and she is said to liave ex presses! the inteniion of marrying Louis who saved )*er life. —Erie Herald. Alfred'* All Cn yesterdav at Piedmont Park, alxiet 2 o’clock. Alfred Cunningimm, youngest son of Judge Cunningham, of West End aged 7 years, became so interested tlnit he got lost from his mother. He found at) aunt of Ids, but she proved too slow for Alfred and lie soon left her. After wandering around the fair ground awhile (us liunger suddenly re luindt'd him that be was a good ways from home. The ingnly little fellow set out to walk home t»y fiimself. N• >? knowing the way he took the street ca« iiite and followed it to (tie city. No; (indmg any one at Jiis father’s office on afrival ip tlie city fee walked home, the nisfeuice jof twe miles, wb're (te arrived in time far supper, greatly to Hie relief of the distressed family. Alfred will make his way in tire world.—Atlanta Journal A Coriitvall MuuiKaio Mine. FY«RCo4sChayj«jt, of t 'ornwall Hollow among the Cornwall in**untarns, in Ota necrient has been searching for thicv y**ars (or trim ore <>n his farm. For tlw year lie has (>een employed in dig ghrg a tunnel about six feel -qaare into the side of a in< untain He has gone Ssa tert (hecntran<3* fcx* felartasi for a liaig way lln-roch solid rock, tliesearn# a kirni of cLi } of a yeliow color and next he fontnj a red sobstanc* reaemßlir.g ochre. He has a gravity ,tra» i and car rannirng t!te wT*oJe length ‘>f ifejs qu°* r mine which fee is working a tone. Many springs have been found that gush forth pure, cold water Mr. Cliaynot feas now struck into atone oontainiag large quan ritjesof icon, and his finds are richer as as he proceeds inward. —Philadelphia Itedgetr. Sftttl* up t 81-ACK BASS q f NIGHT. t _ l.sU« Kenks Ftuhenm-x Have a SinKular Way of Catetiivj; Them. Black iiass Ashing by night during the fail is a sport peculiar (o Lake Keuka, it being the belief of (Ue fishermen along the lake, which results would seem to justify, that the biggest black bass do their feeding at night during that sea son. The bass evidently have peculiar ideas, too, about what tA'ey are willing to try in the way of something to cab at night. In fishing for black bass dur ing the dav tlie angler on Rimka is par ticular to have tin* choicest of live bait minnows, crawfish or dobsoij. Minnows are the bait most used. Tiie fisherman drifts slowly in Ids boat along the shores, following the. curves of the qaiat coves and rounding the many points that jut into the lake on both aides. He keeps his line in about twenty feet of water, and uses no sinker, or. if any. a light one. The bait must be constantly lively on the book, or the bass will not conje near it At night the fisherman seeks places where (lie water }s forty or fifty feet deep. In stead of a single hook and a live bait be uses a gang of at least ten books, tied ip pairs an inch apart. They are tied to strong gut. and ara but little larger than an ordinary trout fly hook. The bait 1 used is golden shiner, which is caught | in the lake. It is hooked to the gang at the lip and tail, iu a curve, so that when j it is trolled through the water the bait will whirl, the shiner, of course, being dead. Where the leader. *dx feet long, aud the line are joined another line is attached. Tliis is six or eight feet long. To its pendant end is attached a half pound lead sinker. This is |H to the bottom. Tlie gang and shiner play in the water the length of the sjnker line above the bottom. This rig is used at the end of 1.10 feet of line. The boat drifts or is rowed very slowly. The black l»ass(hat are caught by this peculiar tackle in the great depth of j water where it is used are always -ini- | rwense specimens. A catch of twenty made by Doc .Stephens at Bluff Roinl flic | other night weighed sixtv-five pounds. The r une rig has been tried time and again in the day time, but with little | success. Bluff Point, a bold promontory i rising more than CO3 feet above the lake, ' at the junction of the lake proper and its west branch, is the favorite locality for uight bass fishing. The idioresare rocky : and tlie water deep. If a person is rugged and Lough, and likes a dash of the w eird and uncanny mingled with his surroundings, he will enjoy black bawi fishing at night on Lake Keuka , There is a chili in the wind that msturfia yne lake's surface that goe*. straight to tlie marrow. The numbness ; of fingers that follows the handling jaf a - wet line, ai d the adjusting anew %f a bait js not calculated (o give joy to 11 ife ordinary angler. The shadows of Bint? Point are dark, and the frontof the bluff itself rises like a grim specter on tlie scene. The cry of the loon, wailing demoniacal, blood curdling, sometimes bursting upon one almost at his side, and ! then coming front afar with the chasing j waves, is among the nt' ndr nt diversion.-), ! and one that does not a id much to tlie cheerfulness of tlie surroundings, no: I add zest to the sp trt That this nov- i way of bass fishing is popular 011 Lake Keuka, however, was iveJJ testified to the oMier night, when no less than fifty bouts were drifting about in the shadows olf Blpe Point, each containing from one .0 three fishermen. The catch of big bass that night ran far up into the Ordinary everyday black bass fishing, always excellent on Lake Keuka. w«,s never better than it is this fall.—Ham tuoudsjKjrt Cor. New York Bun. Tb* E Took tfec Morning Hapor. A family of rats here Jiave amazingly disturbed (lie family in whom cellar thyy dwelt. For several days in succession the morning paper, which was left upon the front steps of the bouse early every morning, was intesinjf. Complaint was made at the office ol the paper, and it was found that the had been prop erly delivered light along. Some days j later a neighbor, who had arisen early in j the morning, happening to look out of his window, saw two large rats upon the doorstep of the house opposite. He watched their movements for a while, and saw them take the morning paper and disappear with it under the piazza He reported what he had seen, and Investigation showed tliat the rats by ' burrowed down from beneath th* poi&h to tlae cellar, and. in a secluded spot, had built a nest ami were rearing ij promising bitch of young. The nest was cc»- strueted out-of Hartford morning news papers.—Hartford Telegram. Moving a nrbigeu Tlie Norwich Bulletin says recent 1 } the Pennsylvania railroad wanted a big iron bridge, 258 feet long and weiglijug 25,090 tons, moved from its place Mill Creek, near Lancaster, to a nea eite forty-five feet away. Master Carpenter Beard took tlie job. He had ICO men to help hint He made his preparations leisurely, and. when the ktst trail} had passed over the bridge, with hie huirired men and his trestles, rollers, jacks aoj craueshasetto work. In just 1 mutes from the time the wwk « g**j the bridge was in its new place *wd • freight train of such size as to reauire two locomotives was passing ovey it Now (he aneiants -couldn't have -done that in the same time if they had had 10,000 men IVhat we know about Iron and ita uses and how to work it is worth raoreto the world than all the lost arts of all past ages combined. Around Pittsburg 15,000 ®njn*7s are idle. / Montezuma, Ga., ha* no cltf 'aaaau 1 HELF VOUFt N_ib.iL6.fl’ <i **•" A Little tdt of Altt-sihiii Hits r«wcr tv —u I'npun ha*U,!o Ilaupine**. An cigaulmU'.’i b s recently been formed in this ctuintry. formed of morf and woaicn-r-tbe latter preponderating— whose motive and creed are us st-nple a* they uiviofty. ']'•> bec-enm ;i meniber and tiubscrlhTt i tl.o tenets of .this* organiza tion, it is’necessary to agree (q ory; thing, to be pledged to one get. Jt is that each tueijubi r shall, caeli and every day of nig life, perform at least one ac( for the good of a fellow being. • In this age of selfishness it isg'efreah ing to learn that an assemblage of hu man brings cqn be found whose watch word is altruism, and whoSbindytbem selves to forget sejf at lea.*.* twepty-four houys. Tiie ugw in av'iich we Jive seems one in whiclj the plant un selfishness finds a poor su'd indeed. It glows sporadically, not generally, and is too often a stunted and weakly affair. A id Vet the need of altruism, of self for getting. is more widespread every year. Tiie rich grow richer, an 1, vice versa*, the poor grow poorer. Selfishness, oij the one hand, and sorrow on the #** ' are growing .quantities. Any measure tbai will lead to s ard warm ing into life the chilling embers of altruism must have the sanction and sqp|x>rt of all right minded men and women. It Is a sm ill tiling, indeed, to devote one ini puf -e, one net each fifty,'to th.e lightening of some other mortal's life burdens. Op portune iO3 offer to all of us f.j.t Rome am} i:i the bustle and whirl of business life. There arc heavy hearts all about us that we m;iy make brighter; there are gloon 1 and despair, and there are “gray days” that we ran render more endura ble by the sunshine of a kindly deed or sincerely spoken words. Jt is not neces: sarv to bear the badge of the Red Cross society to hind upthe wounded or alJe.vi nte pain. The keenest hurts do pot flow blood. »,nd the sorest bruises are no( those of tli“ flesh. They can be reached and cur *d by (lie exercise of the divia* quality's of sympathy anfi unselfishness, and can be healed by-those (hat never graduated jn a school for trained nurses. In every eighteen hours pf waking life there are at least as many opportunities for the display of a practical, unostenta tious bit of unselfishness that will make tlie recipient happier and the bestower happy as well. The organization re ferred to is one that should find encour agement from all that can realize what it is to be poor and friendless and hope less. And even if they can not, it will at least bo possible to give intelligent sympathy, to perform a small act of pure unselfishness for the mere pleasure a in--ft roc ft antW* confers. ' .find that a little bit of altruism has pow er to bestow a happiness not purchasable and a delight beyond the scope of a hank note -or a check to be Mow. j£s sum of humap happiness is not so great that individuals may not add thereto, and it is far easier to do this than mot* people imagine.—Pittsburg Bulletin. Stans of the Tiro**. It is Raid tha( there is no surer test of hard times than can be found in (Read vertisements of the newspapers. \Vhen the columns are filled with advertise ments offering exjiensive articles for sale it is to l*e considered ominous, because the rich are the first to feel the pressure e;.id begin retrenchment by getting rid (if some rf their luxuries, if there is any thing in this r-de, hard times are in tliQ , near future, for the papers during the past two or three weeks have been Jiter ailv crowded with the offers of yoentle mon who are in apparent distressand are offering dog carts, broughams, victories, horses and all the other accessories of private stables, as well as bronzes artij hits .of bric-a-brac, to the highest bidder. ’ It does not seem, from casual observa tion, that anybody in Now York can be very hard pushed for money. The dis play which is i*ade ir the streets and at the theatre indicates boundless wealth. Wall street, however, shows Rome signs of distress. Money has been very tight during the past three months. A few days ago it had got up to 10 per cent., though in the early part of (he summer, and when business is usually supposed to be stagnant, 2 end 4 per cent, ruled easily.—Once a Week. " - Her Mother’s (Uiost. A marriage which was to have taken place at Gampdep the other uight, was interrupted in an unexpected way. Th* contra .-ting parties,' Henry Brovtfn aesF - Msss Mary Morgan, stood before Rev. Mr. Clayton, preparatory to becoming man anl wife. A portion cf the dor vice had been already read, about fifty witnesses being prtsent, when the bride uttered a t loud scream. All eyes were i m mediately fixed upon her. She was ssMp to railb bet hanfi gnd point toward a corner of the church Tbs next moment she fell on the floor in a 6wo os and had to b« carried oqt. Iffiysiciuna worked with her for nearly an hour before she was restored to consciousness. When fully recovered she gave a curious explanation, of fier .confi-uct. Her mother, who died four months ago, was opposed to her marriage with Brown. The marriage was feu- a time delayed, but after Mrs. Morgan's death arrangements for it were jveshed. Miss Morgan eays thit just w ben she was about to pronouaoe the finding words she raised her eyes and saw her motive*;’s ghost; then she fainted. The wedding was postponed for several •lay s.—New York Journal. Cornini Nanw* Wanted. « t * The managers of the Berlin ' eerta have offered a prize of 3fi£ . to whoevr shad .find py*" / names for the foTTbwijje- -’ 4 • ± foreign words “Se phantasje, eo-' NO. SO.