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£r:i $slf City pioneer. A O V E RTI81WQ BATES i 1 1 u><«. c um. 3 tao*. <>o« ruumn |:iw liow i:jw ll.il cuuinu , 4J <o ti JO 1SOJ qaaitrt t 'oJniatt. .... 33 ui 11 UJ V i«J lorbr*. )uto •• sw ( ' i uj bra j >.«« \ *o i( ;?o> *^y ix.i.iAn a. iiui'ni:, CO UNSE LO R- AT- LAW, Jf astrr In ftisnrcr j unit Xwiarjr Onblif 1 » .« > . . i\ . Vi ■ , . lixA.u b ndfr, Sea lal* CIIJ. 7-CI-J Ksii-lvsre aui UMQifflrf, VittlanJ, Sr«r Jex*cj. JAN. II, MXUM, Attocnei xxv CorxRELOr. it Law. iimratn Insurance UnltillDi, M7.JT MIIXVJUJ^N.J. Ci t;u. it. vook'i:u, J UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER M7rJT ... ' . mi-LVrt-l.U, S.J. U HUM fit UK YM, uoMEOPATOiar, . .;•] - MIA KhLEl'lTYl X.x Xlts linprevsd Method* With Xreh. TJie improved mulliodof treating iron lor prrecrraliuii,— namely, by tho production of n permanent coaling of osiilo u|tou Oio anrfaoo of iho Iron article to l>o preferred, to prevent any further oxidization turdcr ordinary atmospheric abites— la explained in eh toil by tho forri^n cdentide ^'onrrmJa, anil ia pro* nounecd to posaeasTho merit of being slniplo and of easy application. In cany lug out ILU tirocca* Uio article* to be treated aro placed in oven* lined with fire-brick, and lilted with iron sloors, and hero th5y sro subjected to the action of?. Intensely aupetbeotod steam; tho ileum being tfiua'^bjicihcotod by iron pfpra traverse jthooita*. earn l>ciug tuken by Uio qao of apc-cla! appliance*, that only pure, dry ateam enters the ovona; Iho at cam ia only maintained . at atmospheric .prtasaro in tbo latter. , Undo* the** eutd\fioas tlio steam b decooipbacd^ Undtlib Oxygen, sot frco by IL* ilecom position, unite* _ with Uio iron at tlio surfaces ot tbo or-"tlrli-a, and forms with tho samo tbo magnetic oxiilo of iron, tbo exact compc*ition of which is still an unsettled X^polnt among scientific authorities. Practically, however, Uio naturo of tbo

oiblub r4:r1nnl, so long as it b certain— -and tub b'contiiTcnlljr aascrt&T * to be tho result of tho prueoaa— that a coating of It will permanently adhuris to tho iron upon which it is formed, and remain unaffected by auyol tlio ordinary influence* of air and moisture. After tho article* arowtlhdrmwu from tboovcu they aro allowed to oool, and are after* „ wards washed and Unshod, tho purfaoc* then taking on a sciboth, cloaft aud hanl quality, whlcli b poaiUrely alleged to resist any furiiicr chango under tho j usual almospbcrio conditions, without tho assUtanco of paint, varnish or any other coating. (laibsilBK )'«ni Wa Mwrti. Virus are 10 bctuulul ami cuily grown , ♦hat all can afford to have Ibera In Ibar ] gird cm or bouses. Tboy wiU«ruw wbtru ; riywtTs will- nut; and ttm.ihidlcrjand damper the ground is, tho tetter. A wery pwuy place forftruatogrow .is in tbo old- i fashiooed wfdo Oro-pUoc, ah h. they cover ( Up an urngblly place id summer— and alio giro great pleasure In. watchlug tberr - f roads. c*pa«H \\> (ciji l«fstcptna<le in Ibis way Is loth unique and prenyl Takr flptiols mailo rf kindling wood, fasten Uiem an Inch and a half apart around an . old tin cover, and keep them In place b/ ' . an Iron hoop fitting snugly against Ihq slsti or splints Intidc, tbo cover rim being 1 slightly , indented to prevent tho rpllnly # • from nx>ring laterally, . 'Jho |op u a < wooden rim, to which the rptlaU • are at* ' * lachfd. Lino this with nv*s turf, with the green placed oulwanl, and tbo basket filled with earth and less inold. The mou I should also be extended overr tbo top qf * l be basket aft^r seating out yooog' ftroa, | which may be found In any of Ibe damp, mossy parti ot the woods. Tbs baikck when prepared should bo kept socuewhst { Shaded' and the inoas dslty dampened. « 1 The bottom and splinta ot tho basket < - should bo palnteil a bright red, contrast! ug , with the gTteu of Tt^vfalion, tboueh aucb . violent contrasts in lloirefi- am not good. IVbcn iuoM fs hot artllaWe,1 "grgtt lods may tie substituted for tbo basket lining, I and 'Other,, Wants be.shtiUluiisl for ibe ] fcrnl. ' A peach baikV or- two, fattened together, servo the tamo purpose, wuhout the Ironhlo of msktng .the spual basket. . 1 A nrocK.rxnrn argumenlT Aim. Tcruy Balls voino lkiblie — Tma has awfully b*d 1 luck— poor fellow! Nr,P, H. T,— What rubbish 1 Bad look moans bad managtv ; meat. A man of aenso keep* his wits : About liim and his eye* open, Is pre par- j ©d for bad luck and aces it coming. If j ho hasn't Intelligence enough to got out t of its way ho ddsorTcs— {Mr. 1\ 15, T. is hit by a anowbcll and knocked into ihomlddlo of next week. ] ' - }» i n re tunes as many Insects aro eatlma- i ' ted to exist nl tberaaru speews ofalioiher hvlng oTaturef together.* Kour ban dm! am! fifty species aro forte red by tho oak tro* alone, and two hundred by lbs pine. * Humboldt, In tfilO,CBtttnahd'ibal belwvea l 150,000 sod KOOOO species weropteservtd < la collections, and It Is now euppwed that , tbs number rtaj be somt thing like 750, . ooa With bow largo a part of Nature* production m th'a one field can any single « Individual hope to become famlltarf i r ijr.v v '

ll'MSIUl UOHUIKOS. • i AS ! raj Lfin u w txrj vaulag , W'lJiicc /oris# >V*Uiag far tM i-lrAMtt ruaUcs M Ltr* ttr msr&xit tuUM& Wits U« vuooauiv altcnuucx. Scent tw at wj w*j, .. • ' Abl znj Stirlti wrirj vtUlnr, '■ Wnltlagfcr (be Unj. r . ' i Winicf dejected, weary, . , Wftiims for |be Mnj. . * ' ; ' hprlbs K**» l»j wiUi wmu4 verniers, t Xlnuolll «Tralnr*> lobtrtsbt borcisx*; hnoiarr rotaf •, jet Cub nuJ Orcuj { '/ . U's Btill ti>ua away, •, -/ ' m 1 '** Tina Uetrr wesry. »r*ry, I Wsiucffartae Way I - 1 X ST KAN liC V1KITOU a ■ Wo had always acted an J talked llko alitor*, Cousin Maud ami I, Both left orphatta at an cirly age, wo were scut to live with Auut Jane, and grew up together with common interests, like* aud dislike*. Maud was a dcllosto little thing; not exactly dolicato in health, but small in I stature, anil presenting a niarkod eon* trast to mo— plain, tall, strong France* Lee. t Frank, I was generally called, owing partially to niy boyish naturo, and part- 1 ly txicaura mj Aun^ Jaso particularly I dlaliked tho namo of IVaiioca, owing to I somo ^arljr prejudioo. . f . This Aunt Jsno.was ol dear. ohl soul, I Uiough cue of the quocrc*t-i»crton» II ever knew. Hho Jiro-1 rather a rclirod life. It was ouo day in «ar)y June that I Aunt Jano announced her intention of [ selling a lino plceo of meadow, of about I forty acres.* behind the farm. • j James Thomas, our neighbor, had I Jong wanted thia plccq of laud. '» Whatever la tho world will you do I with three tliousand dollars, auutio?" I nxclalmod Maud. Tho next day but one, our old neigh- 1 bor ci mo over, carrying an old-fashioned I bag containing tho muuoy in uotm aud I gold. . :: When this was plaoed on tho Ublo It I looked liko a tortuus, and Maud kept up a constant stream of talk aa to whdl I alio would do did it all belong to her, I When matters wcro finally arranged, I papers signed, and al1 that, tho neigh* I bor and Ids Jawycr took their depart bra, I , '•Now, Jauutis,^ - began Maud, '.'I'm I

j ahsILh PjLtl^P • ^iih all J that money In tho bouso over night" Welt, tho afternoon drew quickly to a el o«o, and tho north wind swooping down over |bo hills moanod fill oily, JTo add to Uio soono, it began to rain, and tho wind daahed It lu angry splash* | os against tho windows. 1 think it was aboot half*past eight] w'.cn wo heard u rap at tho door, which I startled ns alt Aunt Jano who never pre tended to bo I afraid of anything, aro*©, and openod I tbo/loor a few inchc*, aud asked what wm wanted. , ;-j \ - "1 am very- sorry to intra do ou nad- 1 tra's hospitality,* began a sonorous voioo,r J'but I bavo bocu caught iibtho j Vain.* and beg' to ask for •hciier#,-l> I Aunt was partially latUAod by thoj man's ' Tpioot and what sbo oouid « too of I hrm through Iho smalt opening of tho I dtor, and at oneo admiitod him..-< ( Maud an il I both ncroUaixed him crit- 1 leally, but saw uotliing out of Uio way. I ^ lie was alUred In a a^it of dark gray, I and uidp from being splashed wfthl riudj ' prc*ehtad ( a preditablo sppcarauoec e- - * -1 * I ^ ^ Ho was aalcnde^man, withdaxkoom- 1 pl^xiod aud piercing black oy5. appar* I enflykbofit lh irtytl vo/cara old.' k In hit hand ho carried a small leather I traveling bag. ; ~ : .Aub^ Ja£*q»4kedhin\lL ^.hq vrqqld est, J but no; ho waa not hungry,. t #> •' | Ho entered at onoo into an anlmalod 1 ooo Vcraatiou^ whlclT, seemed -Jto charm 1 Maud find mT-aunl; bulXi whb was ad* I wayi distrus tf ol 6! slrahgtaa, knddoubly I ou this oocssion,' began to bo afraid I of him. Tho furUvo way ho darted thooo sin* I Isterlookiug^yoa'ot \x\» around boded I no goodi in my ealTmaUon. i Suddenly ho stopped Ulklsg, stepped I ■ofUy to tho door and listened, then I turoed lbo key in Uid look and rfiWt in I his poctot. Ticking up his satchel, ho sat down! With It, holding it on his fi'ThfiVo In hero, madim," boliegan, j taptjng his satchel nervously with' his] hand' "a choice oolloctlou ot pick led I ®7®fr:rrj .rr. tr. d "Jr> atos ,, . Hero my aunt became thoroughly I alarm ed. whUo . my worst eccrhdiona I realised, for bo waa indeed ersgy. I l *1 *m add leg to my oolleotiod Vher- 1 otot I go. I seo you havo a fino gray I eye, while my ehanxilng mbs/* looking I around at Hand, who waa nearly fright- 1 e&ed to death, "baa a mild blue orb, 1 1 will 'only Just lake cmo o! each, audi; •sauro you loan prepare them lieanti- 1 folly." ; * • I; With this startling propcaltkm hell * 1* : - . '

I went to tho empty llrrplaoo, and began ] to sharpen a murderous-looking knifo that ho took out of his inner jacket. I llilhorto s])parcnliy unnoticed, I now I stepjiod forwarJ, and said, '-Surely you dou't want so many common gray and Lino rye*; lot mo tell you wlicroyou can get aomo flno green one*." 1 A fierce frown darkened his brow at | tuls inter for onoo, but as quickly vanish- ] ed, and ho cnlcrod into llic idea with fervor. . • f ' 1 ' ■" J' ' "At tho foot of tho old oak, In the I west pasture, you will find them," said 1 1; "hut tint will you not want to ar- | rougo to boil them?" This humoring him seemed to please 1 1 him very mnclu j "Yes, yc*l" ho ex claim 0*1, flcrcely, 1 1 Thinking I might cnlrup him iu that, I I led tha way to an outer shed, ho fol- | lowing eagerly enough. Upon reaching it, I exerted nearly *11 | my strength Iu swinging back tho huge, I rusty door, and told him to go in, and I light tho fire. With a low chuckle, ho quickly steppod forward, but with that canning born ol a diseased mind only put his hcadiu, 1 when ho paused. Leaning forward, however; bis foot I CAUgbt on oomo projection, when I gavo I him a hasty push, and bang went tho I door, und ho waa a prisoner. Pausing a moment to listen, I won* I derod at tho ailonco, but locked thedoor I and How Into the house. Aunt, with a scared face, was trying to re* tore Maud from a docp swoon, 1 when a quick rap proooded bat a seoond | Iho opening of tho door, and wo reoog- | tiizod a policeman and two attendants. "Quick!" ho exclaimed. "Have you I seen Dalby, an insano man? llo waa traced here." j Aunt Jano told all lu a low words I wheu ho explained that it was a lunatic I from a -neighboring asylum who had I cscapod from his keepers, I led tho way to the old abod, which I ho unlocked, when ho found Iho man lying insensible. In falling ho had struck his head, | only enough, howovcr, to make him unI conscious. . Ho waa soon bound, when Ihoy droro I away wiLh him to tho Tillage. "Oh, dear Fran oca," raid Maud, as ' • 9 w I ■ , " — V — — - v . . r

] ws went back to tho home, "1 was *o I irightcnodl" I know no mora for a week. Tho excitement and strain upon my I nerves was too great, and I was thrown Into a raging fovcr. I AuulJano deposited the money Iho I next day, but has ever sinoo Insisted on ] making m hcrolno of plain Franocs Lee. A r»motti IToim*. Those acquainted with Parisian life ] will recall that so mo years ago iu tho | Rao Tronchel there was one house I famous for it* receptions. Thither wcro I attracted ail tho Aau/e voice of literary, artistio and dramalio society, but tho | gatherings wero not exclusively BohoI mian, for statesmen, banker*, and men j and women of rank and fashion equally | sought adcnittanoc. The host was Dr. 1 Mandl, famous as a physician for throat 1 disease*, and so great waa his skill In | this direction that ail iho groat vocalist* ] of hi* time, including tlio honored name* I of Gnsi, HoUbro&n, Paiti, Ltioca, tho I chanuing Crolacltc, La Grando Duch- | rase, Aa, consulted him professionally, I and attended Ms taloti when off duly, I Indeed, many a jiWma donna, who, at I tho last moment, sent a real or hnagiu- | ary excuse for not appearing before | tho footiighU, might have boon heard I warbling lu Doctor Mandl's rooms, I w Li llo the audience, disappointed at the I opera, demanded their, monoy back. I Doctor Mandl's receptions were on Frii day orenings. and his rooms and Iho I apjiroachos thereto wcro invariably I thronged. Several lore stcric* had | their origin In those room*, and manv I qtfiiirv# d* cvrar might bo traced back I theia lit* Itiootne for yrars was enor* I mous, and in his own line Doctor Mandl I w iMjacitc princcju at Uio head of las I pToinssiou. Ho eMertalnod en grand I jirfnce, and a dinner to a chosen f ow I at wars proooded his Friday reception. I By birth Doctor Mandl waa an Hangar- | Ian of good family. In appearance lie I ws* somewhat dwarfed, and affected I with a eurodoro of Uie spine. This by I tbo way. H small of sUtura ho had a I largo heart, and gained tho approbation I and affection of ail with whom he waa I associated, lu later years, owing to I declining health, his practice fell off, | and unfortunately lie became bedridden ] and wholly unable to attend to profra* 1 slonal work. Am the way of the world I is, his quondam friends all forsook him I and fied. ami he, iu noverty, bitterly I fell Uio lost of those dainties and dell, cade* to which foryefirrf, he had been I aocuatomod. . Daring .tyfi decline of his I practice be lived on the proceeds ot his | collection of artieleo of vcrtn, of which ha was a oooooiweur. These were given him by patient* of eminence, who, during hi* long career, often paid Mm in article* of old china and bno*a*brao Instead of in fee*. When lie died he left hi* widow almost pennikva, and i who came forward to help her? The i Medical B:clcty of Pari* have granted I | her a pension of 4i3 a year, i - ' . - . »

U41m «U A novel pkaic of social lire came to tbc notice of a reporter, the details of which will afford considerable Interest and possibly some profit to ladies wno are troubled with hirsute sppt&dwet. Through the courtesy of an acq uaiutaecc aa Introduction wu give* the reporter to tiijmora Helen Georyeldea, a fcxnslc twrber, who shave* without a razor. Tee bivcora is a buxomlooking brunette, with pleasant festares, and apparently 40 years of age. She hu two hamiioajc-lootaajc boys, oue of whom acted as interpreter. "My mother is a native of Hmyrna, Aria llloor," oue *f these said In very good Ko~Usb. "Can you describe the procras!" "Certainly; but my mother docs not use ary uxors, and she confines her attentions exclusive'/ to ladies. She uses a thread nalcad ot a razor, and Ibe proccts U'not only more r;«edy, but more sailsf ach>ry. •* "IXxs the lady objret to giving me an illustration oi lier skill)" Alter some ooaxlnx tho feminine professor coo see ted. Taking the reporter bio another room, he was requested to l»arc his arm. Taking a strong linen thread, she placed one end between her teeth, and wilh a peculiar sec- saw motioo with both bands she applied the thread quickly up and down 1be ana, the Lair be Ins cauthl up by what appeared (o be a small slip-knot in the centre of the thread. This motion was continued for several seconds with remarkable results, the hairs bcliiR quickly' removed by the prooesa "Of course you will understand," continued her Interpreter, **that my mother docs rxA pretend to ahsrc gentlemen; the it Ivanli would l«o too hard and rough; but she has been very socccssfol wilh ladles, and has quite a large number of customers who visit her rrguiarly,'* "llow long docs It takef to effectually remove a lady's moustache?" "Wcli;x a brunette will get shaved by her process once a month, btaadra once in throe weeks. Very much depends upon the nature and growth of tbo beard or mousuchc, as the case may be. The first ' stage is to anoint tho akin well with an ointment, the preparation of whrch Is a ; secret. Tbc idea Is to Sullen the skin thoroughly, so that the hair* may be re- ' moved without causing discomfort to the 1 patient. - • ( •'After the skin has been well aalurm^d ' with the ointment the htlra come out very j easily and the preparation checks their growth for several weeks." "Do you find many ladies who arc i Glided with beard and moustaches!" 1 "Oh, ye*. There arc dozen* of them In 1&U big 'city. Brunettes ars more troubled in this way than blood cs, and 1 the older the patient is the more time It '

j lake* to remove it. My mother has many custom era, real fashionable ladier, who are fifty years of age, who visit her regularly, But the majority of her ■ customers arc professional people, aueh as t actresses, singers, and such like. They are very particular, too, but money Is no object with them, and on special occa- ' uons they do do! hesitate to pay as much ss a visit. Her regular fee is f 2. JSTSSSM IHntuvs. No cation ever carried a lore of dancing to sach an extent at the Javanese. There is scarcely an occasion, wbttber *enoui or oomic, in which they do Dot cut the most extraordinary a per*. If a warrior throws out a defiance to his enemy, ft is don« In a dincc, In which he brandishes his spear and krts, pronouncing aa emphatic challenge. if a native of the same country runs a muck, ten to one but be braves death In a dancing postnrv. When they swear eternal hatred ui their enemies, or fidelity to their friends, the solemnity is accompanied by a danoe, Id which a great deal ol vividly ia displayed. All orders executed iu the preaenc* ot a Javanese Monarch, on public occasions, are aecooi - panted by a dance. When a message Is to bo oonvered to tho Itojml ear, tbc messenger advances with a solemn dance and retreat! la tho tamo way. The embassadors from one native Prince to another follow the same course when coming into and retlrmglrum the presence of the sovereign to whom they are depated. Previous to the Introduction of the MohsmmetUn religion. It appears to have been the custom In all the oriental islands for the men ot rank, at their public festivities, when heated with wine, to dance. Upoo such occasion i. the exhibition appears to hare been a kind of war-danca The dancer drew hu klris and went through all Iho evolutions ot a mock fight. Ai present the practice is most common among tho Javanese, with every chief of whom dancing, far from being considered acaada'ous, as among Iho people of Western India, is hfeid to be a ncoestary accomplishment. Respectable women, however, ocvtv join In It, and with thatwex dancing Is confined to those whose profession It U. , In the ralilrt of friends or in tight of strangers, a Javanese chief will exhibit tn the maze* of the dance wilh an ordinary dancing yirb The dance, ai such Umcs, Is nothing more than the s!sw and ailemn pacing exhibited on other occasion a. The professional dancers differ lltUe but iu inferiority of tklU from ths common dancing girls of LI indents a. The music to which the dancing is performed Is Indeed generally Incomparably better than Hat of Western India, although the vocal part of il u equally harsh and dissonant. Now and then a tingle voice of great lenderncra and melody may b* found; but whenever an effort la bang mad* at raising U for It* aoocantDodaiioQ of an audience, it becomes harsh and u nautical. The songs sung on such occasions are often nothing mora than unpremeditated effuaioot; but among the Jaransa* there are some national ballads thai might bear a comparwith the boasted ode* of the Ftman minstrels* • *

On cm', is a isle letter K.A.M*n. of the Coast and Gocdelic Survey writes: from the top of Jeff Hi vis jcaklhc Ullest la the Nevada range we'have two lints of right to the Waueh range, one of which is ovrr ]&0, tie other ICO miles in lengths It might • interest your readers to know that with a Uule heliotrope, ccniSrtmg of a glass only one and a quarter inches loag by one inch wide, ws have seen with the naked eye * distance of over dghty miles. We can see a threeinch square mirror over one hundred miles, which will be a surprise the English bclir-tropcrs who have lately published with pride the fact thai they have used the heliotrope fie the saiuc dislance, which means thai they hare done *> with the aid of the telescope. When it cooics down to this ire can claim to Lave u*od a four Inch square minor a diaUnoe ot over 1 by miles. "What kind of a spot were yoz camped in?" - "flight among luoic rock ou top of the peak. Fifteen feet from tin tent the mountain dctccsdi in a shear precipice of om l.COO feet blgti. When we broke Camp last there were thirteen to fifteen feet of an) v drifted all irouul the tent Cold up there I l ea. nr. We had 11 twenty degrees below zero for several days una alretcli, wilh a furimi Dorthwest wind blowing ail ihe lime." "Dull lite, I a-jppcuc, take it rilo^cUicrf" "Vex, the work lilhc most interesting part o! ih The xaosl tnlcrtablug odven* lure 1 met wilh since 1 went on the surrey happened in December, 16SI, when J was nearly frightened out of my wits one evening by an apf aril loo, which I tfurrwardi recvgalzxl as Ihe American counterpart of the sprctrc of the Brock co— (he wonderful phenomenon, which is not uncommon *ic die iiarlz mouniatns, but has rarely been seal in this country. I w*i over aa the Toujsbe range, in Nevada, south of Austin, at the time. 1 Lad gone there to relieve a hcfiotxupcr. Hu hciiohupc bad not been visible for three days, and, knowlug thai something was wrong, I visited the place. It was 2 10 unlet distant. In direct lluc, but I took a Journey of 'JuO miles to reach ihe place. Wheu I got there, 1 found the hcbolropcr so badly fruzen thai be wai powerless to move, s<> 1 had him sent to camp and loo* his place myself. 1 had been thereabout thirteen days, living alone tn a cabin on the lop of Arc Dome, a point about 11,000 to 12,000 feet high, .When one evening about half an hour before sunset, 1 was shading on the top of a peak. A auithwcst wind was blowing at the Urnc, tending along * pogo- : nips'—*' "Hold there, please— pigoolp » !" I "Ah, ye*, I'd belter let you know that | pxunlp u a moist cloud which appears i Under certain mrteorullgtcri condilions, a '

a sharp nlpnlug luist that acuis adoug and frrczra any cxp»cd jiortioa ot the budy in I very abort order. Suddenly, as I abxxl r looking over the vast cipacs: beneslb me, , 1 saw myself confronted by a cornier fig. j ure of a man standing tn mid air before 3 roe, upon Ihe top of a clearly defined . mou e Lain peak, which had hut thr thin ^ air of the valley below for a resting plaoe. I Ike figure was only a short dutancc frocn where 1 stood. Around ll were two circles of ralnbyw light and color, the outer one faintly defined as compared with the Inner one, which was bright and clear and • disUDCtly IndcsccnU Anxmd the bead of : Ihe figure was a beautiful halo of light, r and from the figure itwlf shot rays of o , lor* normal to the body, in a few minutes I I got over uiy fnght, and iben, afler the t figure bad faded away, I reayn'-xed the • fact that I had cojojed one of ibe mo it wonderful phenomena of ualure. Th» sur ofth* Wagl. il b well known that the idea was started by Ihe famous (hut fanciful) Kepler that the star which brought Ibe msgic to Jerusalem at tbc time of our Lord's birth was, la fact, a conjunction or near approach of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, which. In fact, did occur tn the year of Rome 717, or II. CX 7, two years before the most probable dale of the Naiirtty. I).-. Kclcr, ot Bcrliu, worked out Ihu idea tn considerable detail in his "ilanfibuch dcr Mathemstischeu unj Tcehnuohea Cfiroo^logic," jmbliahcd In IsfiJ, and concluded from his calculations that Uic two planets at one time approached each other so closely that for a weak tight ("ur tin *chwachos Augc") Ltvy woukl present tho appearance ol a single atar. Professor Prllcbird (now of Oxford) was Induced bj this expression tort examine the questions ant? go through tho labor of peiloctulcg the calciristiua agsm, the result of which Is given In Vol, XXV cf the "Memoirs'* of tbo Royal As troaomlcal Bocrety, and the substance cf his paper is Incorporated tn an article (by hlmaelt ) In Kmlih * well-known Dictionary of the Bible. It amounts to this, that the planets never approached nearer than a distance Of about ooc degree, equal to my *«atly twioe the apparent diameter of , the moon. Professor Pniehxrd makes i noxncwhai merry over Ibovrrf "un^rfeci , eyesight*" thus aitributtd to the magi In , not being able to distinguish distinctly two bcamdy bodies at stub tlisUacc from each other. To me, 1 must coofras, the matter does not arctn ot any great unpen- ! a nor, for U an astrological significano* were attributed to the approach ol the \ planela, the exact anioum of proximity would oot alter It much ; while as to the notion suggested In some Kx>ks, as the 1 earlier edxtioos of AJ fowl's Greek Testament (beloretbe Publication of Profra** \ Pritchanfs investigation), that the superposed planets wisild kvA like 'Vme star 1 of surpassing Uighloess," it Is simple t*\x>- 1 sense, for If rtatoin were centrally Dchlod 1 JQpttrr the lallrr would appear scarce ly, ' If at all, brlghter.lhan usual, and a very 1 cVwe apprewch of Saturn would (as Prw ' fra*or ihilchsnl justly remarks) rather contuse than add to Ihe trilllsacy or Ju- ' Piter. i —Daring the |«>i uitcen years 3,500 , cburohra bare beta built In Urn country, , x

wum; iu»ro»f». 1 The following juradi-ut, which was rt>f LUxI by a gcfitlrr.-.in jest arrived from the Bntiah pc»«u*tloas, is sufileiently j novel to eu title it to a place -in oar r columns. It coooxtoJ, we are assured, I about one hundred mile* from Fort . Walsh last winter. A l«*ad cf Creo Ini diana woke tip one auowy morning to i fisd that about a dozen of their choicest r ponies had Loen taken during the night. Purscit was soon organized, n.j within , a few hours a fresh trail was lound in tho snow. A fun- following tlio trail ! some thirty miles i: cnUa-cd'risikatcLe-waa river, the animals evidently head- , ing for a woaied triaud xn the middle of tbo river, hmoke was rising from 1 among the roc ha nnd trees on the uUreJ, After some reooauoitcring an o;»eniug which seemed to Us tho month of a cave could beaocn in the fzoc of the rocks. Presently a sincle Indian —a Piegan, the pursuers decided from hi* appearance showed up ia Sro&t of the o|>cning. He waa print* d and urraytd gaudily. Pretlj aoou a dog at Lis feet seeded the Creo* and began grow ling aud barking. The Picgau instantly turned and enured the cave. In a moment another Piugan came ar>xmd the rocks and also went in; then another, and another, and another, there being* tew seconds Lclwocu them. Tut) Crocs lay silently in the bushes watching and couuting until upward of llftr Picgana had come around the rocks and gone into the cave, ami atril they kept coming. What accrued remarkable waa tho fact that all these Indians were, Lo all appearances, exactly the isroc size, were droseod anil painted exactly 'alike, each carried a \\ suebraicr ritlc, and, most remarkable of all, each oue a little lame in tho left foot, limping slightly. They were a gaudy crowd, and tho Ore* counted seventy of them. That koecacd to be all, for no more came. As the idea of seventy twins was an impossibility, the nupersti Lions Crcas naturally oouctuded that the evil spirit Lad something to do with it, for there waa no dosbt that there were seventy Picgnn Indiana ou the island who were ad exactly alike. The Croca had counted them acyrcal tinirn as they filed in q»d out of the cave. So thoroughly were they filled with tho idea that the devil was mixed up with tho twin brether mystery that even when ruinlorecmeuta arnvid, which was tn a few hoara, they were reluctant to attack tho island. Whilu they were dobwling what to do, one leas superstitions than the rest voiuntecred to swim over to the island during the night investigate. He did so.

I On approaching the supposed care Lu was aurpnaod to find il waa no cave at ' all/* but onJy an opening loading some tea f**>t into thu ruck, where it made a crook and came out si the other ridoi The opening at this opposite snlo wax out of sight from the shore, *-"■! Ltye a . fire was burning, and a solitary gaudily attired Indian was sleeping beside it. It mini red but a glance to undsratand what had seemed ao mysterious before. The sleeping Indian was the only occupant of the island, and the apparent prtDcnoo td sixty-nine other warriors was caused by a sharp trick of the gaa chief *n»» TT»« or xiouuiui. A few stem brought ua to the chief temple. Before it stood, surrounded by a railing, the tree concerning which the Abbe line tell* us the leave* boar tho natural impress o! Buddha's likeness and el the Tibet than alphabet. We sought iu rain for onch phenomena. Neither image Dor letter*, but a waggiah anile playing around the mouth of the elderly prvost escorting ut. In answer to our inquiries, he informed us that, a long time ago, the tree really produced leave* witn Buddha's image, bat that at jirraent the miracle was of rare occurence, A few Ckxi -favored men alone were privileged to discover such leave*. Hie last so favored was a plena Mandarin, who viailod the monaster seven or eight ream agu. Next day CVrunt Sxeoheuyt succoeded in nndioga leaf aa which a rude liXcnras of Buddha bad been etched, ywubaltly wilh some arid. The Umoa allow no out? to pluck the leave# or blossoms from the tree, and the leave* that toil aro 'carefully collected and sold to the pilgrims as a specific against affccUona of the larnyx. Tlio tree I believe to be the white lilac, which iu all probably reached Hcre;*e uriginally from China. ail "Did you ever hear how all the driver* on a certain Fittabug street railroad Iwwtus conductors?" a»Lrd the ilrirer of * cssr of a newspaqter reqvctrr, the olh« night. "No; bow was it?" "Well, you see il was when the conductors used to collect the farm wit boa; being bothered with a bell punch. The company got to suspecting the conttue. tore, and all aorta ot schemes were devised to *get on' to them. Lodira were •cut over the line to count tne nickels taken, and oilier way* were taken, but it didn't work. So one day we driver* were all aikrd tip to the company's ofilco and were each given a handful ol corn. Ererv time the conductor would take a nickel we would transfer a kernel of core from cur nght hand pocket to to our left. Coming out of the office of the drivers said; " 'Boy*, txalnt we been drivers "bent coaughT* There w*a a wink all around, and in Moot *a hour all ih« t com was fh our left pocket. Ws reported lock to the cfhocv, and the beat day we were all conductor? seel '