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rutiurl. BABLKM GEORGIA PVBl.lt-HKb KVERY THVRSDA BaUkl'cl «*5 ZX. t lx. 1 »I*»<~>>X. proi micro uh Kuwara uud Nur.’, th* two young Japanese cadet* who arc accompanying Count Saigo. the inikaJo’a minister of marine in In* tour of Inspectiou of I lie nnvy y.inl» of thi* country, will enter the naval academy at Annapoiia thia fall. There la a provision in the law governing admission* to the academy which provides for six cadets from Japan, who shall be under no expense to the government. There is agrowing disposition among scientific men to diacciM the “sca- cr pent” as a cre dure whoso existence i* not at al) improbable. The discovery within recent years of the giant squids of the Atlantic -some of which may at tain a length of fl.'ty feet is cited ns a dcinorirtrafion that large marine animals may have escaped the attention of science avail to the pr' sentdny. Only an ignorant ora thqughtlraa individual, indeed, will dare st ert that there may not l»e some descendant of the monster , of cut m- 11* day* even now lurking in tiro oc m depths. Copt. Joseph Whitridge, who recently died near Springfield, Ohio, nt ti e ago of 83, Lad made thorough preparation for death up to a certain po nt. Thirty yean ago he put away a heavy plank of burr oak, and, after letting it ■ on for twenty year*, hail hi* coffin made of it. Ho bought a winding sheet and placed it in the coffin, which wa* stored away in a dark room. Twelve year-- ago ho dug a vault in a field near Lis house, walled It up, covered it with snndstoi e slabs, •nd placed a bowlder weighing sc ven • ton* for the headstone. He was Lurie cl F in this coffin and grave. A Rt. Loui* correspondent writes that no city in the country is growing more rapidly, and predict! that in 50 ye.in it will hnva 1,000,00) of inhabitants at least. Its manufacturing interest* arc develop), g very fast, and the architec ture of the town shows a marked ad vance within a few year*. It i* the leading hone and mule market in the World and one of the largi-.-t beer, tile, furniture, white lead, pig iron and barbed wire producing points in Ameri ca. In drugs, dry good* and hardware it doc* an immense budne**. It now has • population of about 500,000, which 1* Steudßy increasing, and the citizen* expc- tto ouistr.p Chicago yet, although that city ha* at least 125.000 more p o pie than it and hn* sourc s of increase and re venue that it does not posses*. In Oregon the catching and canning of aa'mon employ 2,000 white men in various capacities. It employ* 2,500 Oliinese. Il employ* 15 tugs an 1 steam boats, and make* business for half a doz-u more employed regularly in the traffic of the river. It employs betides hundred* of boaimaker.*, sailmnkers and net-weaver*. Il is the basis of the pros perity of the city of A’toria, an 1 ultra, t* much of our foreign commerce. Indi rectly, its benefit* reach every bu ties* and nearly every person in the- state of Oregon. Tho decrease in this sea-ou’s run of salmon lends the Orrycnma to sound this note of warning: “The nec essity of taking steps to keep up the salmon supply is now more than ever apparent. It is a ncccs-dy that cries aloud. W e cannot go on much lon ;<-r reaping where we do not row. In as. w more yearn, if nothing is done, the annu al salmon run< will rente and an industry which bring* into tho s'.ite each year •early fd,OOO,DOO of for* i ,11 money will die out " The system of fe -ing w.i.t r» is b-coirt ingas general and, wo may say perni cious, in this country as it is in Eu rope. One of the proprietor* of the Huffman House in N w York, talking •pon this subj -t the other day, said: ’"The young man that can't average $7 or a day in tijus is not cousiderv I good. Mind you. we are opposed to tips he re, but it i* impossible to stop it. It is a foolish hah t. 1 have fine, looking young men every day who offer to w rk tr nothing, an i many off r to pay for the pr.vi ego. T e other night a party from T. xa* -at here for several hour*. At the next ta do sat a well-known llicatr cal manager who is noted for hi* liberality. Every time he ordered a drink he gave th- water a quarter. The Texan* n< t:eed this : nd. Mt proposing to be outdone, give- their boy fifty cents and sl. He must have made during the night at hast fill) or •40- It'* got now, I am sorry to mv, *u that no one thinks of s.ttm ; down to take a drink without giving the buy tea Cents. Th-i arc- fifteen l»oy« h re, and in the boy M i-<>n you cn imagine what these ti]» amount to. Why. t..nt are no young mt n in the tewn, save the son* of rich parx-Jt*. whs drew I etur o live hitg' er than our* do. Oae of them, who is marr ed, ive< in a Act that les certainly par SIBOO ’ y «r for." K ZSSSZSSwkocTi n—«w —w*a—*aS A mfal «c> :• u i «» ; ■ to a little girl a* to a wo«iau - Mr. It. A. Torrence of Chester, Penn., claims to have made the first feather du*- U-r use lln the ( uited State*. This is hi* story: “When I was thirteen year* old I was working with my step-brother, <;. orge Steele, on Pearl street, N- w York and one day 1 fastened some o«tri<-l« fc-uthcr* on a -.lick and used the appli ance for dusting. George watched the op- ration and an idea struc k him. He at once got to work and soon had a pat tern nmde for a feather du-ter. lb-had it patented curl then entered into the tn.cnufa ture and •*■»!»• of tl »■ n- w ware*." A < ■ uplo recently married felt the financial t rcseure of n wedding tour, s.,y- tl.* //c-i -e.f, of Springfield, Massa- chusetts, but conceived a scheme by which to thwart the process of custom and save- the item of expense-. They went to the -t ition, accompanied by a ; arty of friends, nnd boarded a train, with 'go -el-byc* -eeid all around, the frie nd* extending the regulation wi-li' c for a nfe nnd L ippy tour. Oh, not They walked through th- ear and out ■it the end opposite, sped down Water street around to their home, where they remained in seclusion a week while friend* thought them away en joying the hone ymoon. Thee -till ke- p up nnc ent tiaditions In the untramm-I • 1 West. At Murray, Id-c --li->, on the op ining of the term ofthedis tr c:t c ourt, theea-eofMi - Pec k,charged with attempting to br.be- a jury, was called, .hidgo Buck, nddre-sing the , father of tho defendant, spike a* fol i lows; “It ha* come to my car* th it you have come into the court room armed U> clay. Have you any arms with you?" The gc ntieinan denied that he was armed. Tin: court, however, took the precaution to declare a recc e, of five minute* and ! disarm such ns were supplied with gu-i*. The following day, while Colonel S.nglc ' ton was testifying in be same cast:, Jack McAnuley called "him a liar. Colonel Singleton sprang to hi* feet and drawing a revolver cov. red .M- Aauley with the weapon. The sheriff arrested both men and disarmed them. Judge Buck, ad dna-dng the prisoners, said: “The court fine* you SSOO, McAuley, nnd you will be confined until the fine is paid." Colo nel Singleton was also fined A-00 for corning into court armed, and Mr*. Peck for attempted bribery. Bust Stcirm-c. A recent number of the tu'rvloyiral c ontains an article on the notorious du»t storms of Pekin. These occur in tho dry season, especially in winter and early spring. They come on at irregular intervals, perhaps six or eight time* in the season, nnd last about three days. The wind is westerly, most i often northwest, and blows fresh or high. Tho condition of the streets of Pekin, evil as that is, would not account for the heavy clouds of du.-t that come down with the storm. The mouth and eyes have to be protected from the fine dust, which p netrntes the closest room, and makes food to taste gritty. This abundant dust is spread over a largo urea. It extends eastward from Pekin to the son, nnd sou tli east ward it regular ly descend* as far south as the Yellow river, mid sometimes Shanghai, ten de grees of latitude away. The writer of the paper say* this vast quantity of dust mii't come from the great des erts of’ Mongolia. A series of observations during one of these storms showed a fall in the baromet r. Tlie clouds, which the day before had been unbroken, rapidly cleared away, ’ the sun was so obscured that it could be inspected by the naked eye, and it was i «l*o set in a ring. The wind showed di i urnal variations, tho air was dry and | one had a fcelit'g of malaise and ner l vousness. After the wind went down, barometer remained high for a day or I two, andit* desceut there was another, but much less marked, dust storm. T e r orm thus appears to have been a gale ' ii.-cc mpmiying an urea of high pressure, I which c ame from the desert of Gobi and travelled eastward. The dryness of tho wiud unci its abundant dust were in I art due to this desert, which lies w< st and northwest of Peki , and is uot far away, hi hi* great work on China Rieh tho en d scussc* tho geological effects of these stonn-c, which are observed through- ! out till- * uth and west of the Desert of Gobi, and further west lire much won-o than at Pekiu. -A'.itun*. Whnt the Emperor Wnn'ed. A v -nor who has lately been staying nt Bid Ems tells a characteristic story of th German Emperor. A great packet of journals arrive* every day for the Em perm's r iding. In order to make tho ! reading i.s little burdensome as possible, a high court - flic al is charged with the duty of lookin. through the entire heap of newspaper* and marking with rod ink the pa-wag-* which tire Kaiser’s . pr.vale secretary is to read aioud to l.i* au u«t master. The Emperor one day lock up one of the journals, and asked the meaning of the red line* with which it ft was pr -fuscly scored. Upon t -e retary expi -:ag th sgn fieation of these rod strokes the venerable r. o->-.r h said with a heavy laugh: “The:-, my d ir Mow, let me beg you f r otic.- in a w y. to read m: e'« y mt :u this jour a d w .ica h.i- ' co a red ibis uus.cxueath it.’’— 2\ili li Bcaplnv. Along the ec**t strange: glories burn. And kindling light* sap high nnd higher, A* morning from Um- axurs urn Pours forth her golden tire. b iorn rush and reed, from l>u*h and brake. Float countie s jaweb-d g’SMamcr* That glance an 1 dazzle as they shake In every breeze that stirs. A Irird, upspringing from tho grain, Plutei loud and clear hi* raptured nr fhattmingles with as blithe a strain As e'er thrilled human throat. Amid the ta-eellcrl rank* of corn She >tauda breast high; b r arms are bare; And run.ll her warm, brovn n-ck the morn Gleam* on her luutrous tiair. he sickle ffcrsbe* in her lian’l; The dew lave* both her naked feet; Slie r>iap< and *.ng*, nnd through the lnn<l Hho send.* her carols sweet. Tho wind breulhca softly on her brow; To touch h -rtlip* fall blo-eoms seek; An-1 as th ■ Mr cken columns bow, Ti i y kiss her glowing c eek. i) happy nmiden! in her breast flui' hath no place; her virgin sleep Vam though s in’er tr u de; she is bleat; Kho hath no tears to weep. She know* nor long* for prouder things; Her simple ’cviksare all her care; She livi-s and loves, and reaps and * ng.*, An-1 make* the world more fa.r —Jamet /. JCenyon. THE TURNING POINT- A thick carpet hud lately been put down in the dining room at the squire’s residence, which w s found to prevent tin door from opening and shutting easily, so Wed.o-, tiie villag-i carp liter, was icnt for to m*e it. At six o'clock, while he was at work, carriage wheels were distinctively heard, nnd tho squire’* lady, with her children came down into the hull ready to wel come home Mr. Cury, who had been that day to town. Wedge, who was working inside the dining room, listened with astonishment a-i he heard the shout th : children gave when their father stepped out of the carriage. He saw also, through the door crack, that tho two eldest had caught hold of hi* hands, while the young ones were clinging like little barnacles to his coat tails; all dragging him along as if, once having go> him into their net, they meant, spider-like,to bind him hand and foot and devour him, as that interesting insect would a great blue-bottle, at their leisur.-. That tin- squire’s return should cause such delight was a puzzler for our worthy friend; for had he not with his own eyes S'-enthi* gentleman go off at half-past nine in tho morning, no one could have per suaded him otherwise than that he must have been away a month, to put it at the lowest figure. He saw, moreover, that the squire was holding tightly in his hand a little par cel, which, shaking off the children by a number of little dodges of wh ch loving fathers only know’ the secret, he quickly ! untied, for all the world os if he were a boy of five years old (and not a great man of fourteen stono weight), who could not wait a moment for anything. In a shorter time than we take to I writ - it he pulled out the contents and gave them to his wife, with three distinct k isses. Wedge could swear there were three, for he count 'd them, nnd wondered how many more there were to com -. This was evidently a veiy beautiful present, for tho children a* well as Mr*. Cary, expressed their admiration in the liveliest manner, and all seem -1, if that were possible, more pleased and happy ; than before. Soon the merry party went upstair*, the echo of their voices died away, and ' Wedge was left to finish his work on the ! door, while his heart and conscience began their work on him. lie, too, had a home and wife and . children; he, too, had been away all day; but the thought struck him uncom fortably that hi* welcome home, if in deed he got one at till, would seem poor and cold after that he had just wit nessed. This reflection was not so sweet as to make his work go smoothly; his saw seemed as blunt as a double-bladed six penny knife, and the wood of the chair, whose legs he was cutting down, as hard as bog oak. In fact he was feeling jealou* of the ' squire and discontented with his own ' wife and children. Why were they not I eager to rush out and welcome him after the fashion of the squire’s family? He frewned as he thought how badly ho was used, aud his saw grated away as though very dull. But conscience had a word to say to him, and said it loud enough, too, for him to hear, although he wa* making noise enough to prevent any one from trying to gain his attention. It told him the fault was chiefly in himself, for if his wife and children were not like tho squire’s, neither was his likeness to that worthy gentleman particularly striking. He couldn't blame his wife for not making enough of his presents, for he will knew ho never gave her any; nor did he greet her with those kind words which would not have failed to draw the same from her. Wedge was a good husband without b. iag a kind one, sending his money for the most part on hi* family in a hard, businesslike kind of away, Lut showing no offection toward hii children, who consequently did not love him. A* Wedge walk- d home, Li* tool* on buck, he came aero** an old friend, car rying carefully a dainty bunch of snow drops in his big, rough hand. “Here, Will,” he said, walking along by the carpenter’s side, “I've just given a tr flu for the-" flowers—pretty bits of things, ain't they—for my wife makes so much of any little present I take her home, »hc never mind* what I bring her, so long a* i give it hcr’myself, for to be ure I always tack on n little something, in the shape of a few kinds words,which makes the thing scein valuable in her rye*. I don’t know how I should get on sometimes, if it wern’t for having flowers pretty handy; you can get them for lit tle or nothing at any time, and yet they are more beautiful than anything wo can m ike. Perhap* that is what Gid gave flower* for—in part at least—that the poor man have within hi* reach t) -m -un* of showing kindness and giving presents, which, w.t.iout them, ho might seldom or never be able to give at all.” Wedge's road now lay in a different direction from hl* friends, so they parted company, Joo Sparks putting a couple of snow drop* into Will's hand, supposing he would know well enough what to do with them. Wedge turned the snowdrops over in hi* hand and looked after Joe, who had nearly turned the corner; what could the man mean by giving him the snowdrops and never saying a word? He couldn’t have known wl.at had just happened at the h ill; yet it secm- d strange that he shou'd come up and sqy all this about presents just wheu Wedge was thinking about that very spbject and enjoying the excuse, too, “that ho couldn't afford to buy hi* wife anything.” But now having the snowdrops, and havingheard so much about them, it seemed as if nothing else will do but that he must give them to his wife, and this proceed ing would be such a new and extraordi nary one that the very thought made him feel sheepish. Wedge’s wife was a nice woman, but family cares were weighing her down, so that the light was fast dying out of her eyes and the color fading from her cheeks. She would not have minded them half nor even quarter so much if, when Wedge came home, she could have told him all about them—for, ten to one, he could have set things right. But he had always pooh-poohed when she ven tured to begin the subject, so that she had left off looking for help where there was none to be got. It seemed to Wedge that if he had paid down hard cash for clothing, feeding and schooling the fam ily he had done his share towards their bringing up. Such being the state of thing-, you may well imagine how sur prised was Mrs. Wedge when sho heard a cheerful voice cry out: “Where are you, Mary?” But greater still was her astonishment when, on going to the door, her husband presented her with the snow-drops, de claring as he put them in her hands, that “beautiful as they were, ho thought the rose-bud on her arm beat them out and out.” Wedge had done many a handy bit of work ** ith those tools on his back, but he did a neater job now with those snow drops than ever he had done with all of them put together, for he, so to speak, sawed Mary’s heart right in two, and got to the very inside, and planed down nc end of knots and rough places, and French polished her off as if she was some choice piece of cabinet work to ba sold for nobody knows what. That day was the beginning of brighter t ines; Mary’s heart having been, as we before said, sawed right open, never closed up again, by reason of her hus band's continually putting in one little thing and ano'.h -r on purpose to keep it open; and warm streams of affection came gushing out that nobody knew were ever there at all, they were hidden down so deep. And a, to Wedge, he never knew be fore how many pretty little speeches he could make. Without any notice before, hand whatever, they seemed to coms from somewhere inside, all ready mi le, packed an 1 directed, r.-ady to be de livered “with care, this side up," to his wife, while the contents of these said parcels, or sentence l , generally brought a smile on Mrs. Wedge’s face, and made her as lively as a cricket for some time to come. And if this state of things brought happier days to Mary, Will was no les* benefited by them. Not only did his wife return his love with interest, but it promoted her to do many loving deeds, the fruits of affection, which can make the humblest home a little paradise. Had Swallowed tho Buttons. The following is related of an E ist ! Bridgeport man: Ho went home a few nights ago, and, not fee.ing well, took I what he supposed to be four pills and then slept the sleep of tho jil't. M hen his wife awoke in the morning she begat a search for four shoe buttons which she intended to sew on baby's shoes before the little one awoke. She could not ■ find them, a*d the husban d joined in the ; search. Finally he remembered where he had fvund the pills and said: “Good heaven I I swallowed them buttons. Brulgrpcrt Pml CHINESEROYALTY. How the Sons of the Emperor Are Educated. Admonishing the Imperial Pupil by Pol ishing Eight Substitute*. The Hong Kong (China) Pref says: The son* of the MaucLu Emperors (hwangt.sz) undergo from their tenderest vou'.h a system of the strictest education. It sing nt about 8 o’clock in the morning, thi-v first take their lesson in Chinese lit rnture, under the superintendence o f the onlv tutor who has the title of shihfu, or “master.” The tutor rises from his chair as soon a* the imp -ri i! pupils ent-.-r, and receives from the latter n courtesy ( a-chi’en), which is then returned in the same form. The tutor tikes the scat of honor, and when the lesson is learned the pup: bring* up his book, deposits it be fore his teacher, nnd retur n to hi* scat to rep it the task by heart. If the lesson i- :. t -urned the tutor requests a eunuch in attendance t> bring the ferule, (ch’ing pan) and makes a show of alministcri ig correction. Bit each imperial pupil is accompanied by eight fellow-students (pwan-tub) known in the Manchu language as ha ha-chu, who study the same books a* their young master. When it becomes necessary to admonish tho latter more seriously, the lia-ha-chu are beaten with the f rule vi cariously; but when the imp rial pupil acquit* himself well, they are, on the other hand, commended or rewarded. A recalcitrant and obstinate prince is, as the last resort, actually himself flogged, though probably only nominally, by the teacher; or taken before the Emperor, whodirccts a ftmuch to pinch his cheeks (cisjh-pa-jon). The late Emperor, T’ung chih, was frequently tweaked in this way by order of the E npre.ssc*. The Chinese lesson occupies two hours; after this come the Manchu and Mongol lessons in composition, given by the teachers who enjoy tho less honorable title of sefu, and who are obliged to meet their pupil at the door and make the first obeisance. Then come lessons in various spoken languages—Manchu, Mongol, T’angut and in local Chinese dialects. After these come courses of instruction in foot and horse archery, (tna pu-chicn); athletics, fencing, putting the stone, etc., (kung-tau-shih) under the guidance of a class of instructor* called au-ta. The whole of the young Princes’day is taken up with mental or physical exercises, and they retire to rest at a very early hour. At suitable inter vals their meals are weighed out for them, and on no account are they al lowed to indulge in the pleasures of the table. At the age of 15 they must marry. Once a year—on New Year’s Day—the Emperor and Empress preside at a grand banquet, the Empress sitting on the Emperor’s left hand. This is the only- occasion during the year on which the Emperor can see his wives together and compare their respective merit*. The Empress presents articles of food (k’e-shih) to the eunuchs, who receive it from her Majesty on their knees, and the Emperor performs the same politeness to the women. New England Signs nnd Portents. “Whenever my mother, a New Eng land woman, dropped her dish cloth,” said Phincas T. B.irnnm, “She always knew she was going to have a visitor. She knew it. There was no use trying to dissuade her from that belief. She had proven it time and again for many years and she couldn’t be talked ont of it. If she dropped a fork and tho tines stuck in the floor there would also be a visitor, b ithe was sure to be a gentleman. If when he c ime, he stayed to dinner, and, by accident, got two knives, two forks, or two spoons at his plate, he would be married within a year a«d there was no help for it. If an unmarried female stumbled up stairs sho would not be married within a year, and all ths old maid* were very cautious how they went up stair*. Y’et my mother scouted the idea of her b-ingsuperstitious and taught me never to go under a ladder for fear of bad luck. . “Now, as for us,” said Mr. Barnum, “I haven’t a grain of superstition in my composition. I endeavor to commence all my important undertakings on Fri day to show my contempt of the super stitions attached to that day, and I think that for the next fifty year* at least no man should be hanged on Friday."—Aea> York Commercial: A Joke. The paragrapher teas ruminating in his sanctum, w hen the iceman ent» red. “Why is it that you are always mak ing jokes about our business?" the ice man asked. “Oh! because it seems to be under stood that you charge excessive prices,” was the reply. “But,” added the para grapher, “there is no malice iu what we •ay.” “I am aware of that,” said the ice man, “and I'm sure I don’t mind it—in fact, I’m rather fond of jokes, and, by the way, I’ve got o good joke for you to-day.” “Indeed I” said the pa-» r.spl.c.-, with much interest; “let us have it.” “Here it is,” sail the iceman; “itls the bill for you summer’s ice.”— Botton Courier. An A*l» Minor Cariosity. The recent destraction of the beauti ful white and pink terraces of Tara-xcru New Zealand, has drawn from a travel ler in Asia Minor an account of an ancient white terrace xvhich he saw neat the ruins of Hierapolis, in Asia Minor. Hierapoli*,called by the Turks P.imbouk Kalossi, or hot springs, is situated on a low branch of the Misougis mountains overlooking the Lycus Plain and t) ie luinsof Laodiceia, immediately opposite to Colos-ic, which was limit on tln-slo|ie of the Khono* mountains, and to Deniz.li (D ospolis) on Mount Cadmus. First s:*-n from the opposite mountains, rome 20 miles off, it looked like a breastplate of silver on a great mountain giant. nearer investigation showed that it was formed by hot springs of sulphur ami lime, which descended from a great ele vation in dazzling white cataract*, ami formed in their passage downwaid bv their pertifying power icelike cliff* and seemingly frozi-n waterfalls, running into natural basins of beautiful and vnri 1 geometrical shapes all stalactite covered p trifactions of fan tistic forms. On the high plateau whence the springs descend are the ruins of a temple once appropriately dedicated to Pluto. The holy hot bath which stood in the temple court-yard, surround ed by a colonnade, is still in fine preser vation and beneath its deep, Clear blm waters can still be seen many a fluted column and finely carved cornice. Gas is continually bubbling up from the bot tom of the bath. The chief source of the sulphur springs (the ancient plutonium) is a cave from which a vapor issues fatal to animal life. This was considered a short cut to Piuto’s infernal realms. Not far off is a ruined fountain and cistern near to a cave of sweet water which sup plied the whole town with that neces sary of life. The writer adds, as inter esting to the Christian archaeologist, that on a ruined lintel near Pluto’s temple he saw these words sculptured: “Js. C*. nika—Jesus Christ Conquers.”— London Telt graph. He Rode on the Conductor. One day I was on a train running to ward Atlanta, when we stopped at a lit tle station, where a great big chap got on. He was apparently as strong as an ox. Ho had been drinking, and had two demijohns with him—if fact, that’s about all he had with him. A* soon a* be got fairly seated he announced that he was going to Atlanta to have a time, and wanted to get good ready. With this he pulled up oae of his demijohns and took a large and evidently enj jyable swallow. He invited everybody in the car, the passenger* happening to be all men, and insisted that each one should take “a swallow or two,” as he expressed it, with him. I saw everybody else take one so I followed suit. Pretty soon the conductor came in. He asked for a ticket, which the big passenger claimed he did not have, whereupon the conductor announced his intention of stopping the train and, put ting the non paying passenger off. Tho big man told him to take a drink at his expense and sit down an I talk it over. The conductor,of course, re fused, where upon the big man said that if tho con ductor didn’t quit bothering hint he would ride on the conductor to Atlanta. More words followed, and the first thing he knew the conductor was flat on the floor of the car and the big man sitting on him. The big fellow managed to get one of the axes from the wrecking outfit at the end of the car, and with this kept the brakeman at bay as well as the other passengers, and actually rode on the poor conductor to Atlanta, some eighteen or twenty miles.—St Zzrais Globe. To Stop a Large Hole with Pally. When you come across a hole while doing an old job, and one which will not pay you to spend the time of properly replacing it with a new panel or piece, we have often succeeded in effectually hiding the defect by taking small tacks and driving them into the hole in all directions, the more crooks the better for the purpose wanted, and then taking putty, mixed soft and pliable, forcing I the same thoroughly all through and I among the tacks; then letting the first i dose dry hard, after which we reputtied until we copld level rt down even with the panel surface. After the putty is dry and sanded or rubbed, if the other portion is in good condition as regards varnish, before you put the color on the putty, run a light coat of varnish and japan over it. After that dries, put your color on, and you will find that there will be no sinking down of the color or color and var nish, into the putty, but it will stand ' out equally with the rest. Carriage i Monthly. Not a Partisan. “Isn’t he beautiful?” said the wife of the politician, as she dan lied her baby i boy, who smiled and kicked every time I she threw him up. “He is.” answered the proud father as he watched the play of the little feet, “but I'm afaid he will never be a good i party man.” “Wiiy not?” “Because he’.* a kicker." It is these terrible things that cast a gloom over the happiest families. — Bot ton Courier.