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£ra §5lc City gionrrr. _ advertising rates t It (Dot, 4 dirt. } tacM. oar ('••lun.n u> |«u uj $ji to JIAII *o <o a jo I*O> Vuirirr i'U'jtoa..... n i*» '.lu) » co '/ t>rc<* fr^-hr«.. 10(1} 4 to 4(4 on* Ilc a &(» a Co tu ■ - » , M V^W'" I IJ ILLJAn A. UOl'filVi \ ' \ « V COUNHELOlbAT-LAW, MMtrrluCliaurfrjiHd \oUr/ Public V.tA ti & oAWr, w» l*> 111/. T-t;.) JUwlfore VjttUtsl. Xt« Jttf jl jVi. ii.mo.^ " Attohniiv AMICOUMU-XUX it LAW, little* In lami rmirf UdIUIdk. T.tt.jr MILLVHXU, N. J. ^ « to. U. ©OOl'llU. t'NITKD STATES COMMISSION EH, :-rr-jr xillviua, k. j. j|U L. II L'MPtlllEYtt, HOMKOTATiilHr, 1 1 SKA late CITY. X,J. , TIiii I'lra Lwllvob Am . .;• • — x .••• Tin* ©©ntemiary «f Munlgoliler'* first lallonn araout at Avigunn was ©©libratl'Uion Nov. IS l>y two tauqiict.x, repreran ting tin- two section* uf French ueftmaiil*. One of the** incline* tn the dbcovcry of iqqiarntiut imitating the fiigbt of bird*; th© oilier of the steering of Rilloon*. The former section is mostly roiiiiiosrti of engineers; the other consists uf u l*c J id©.* of. the late M. (fiff:\nl, who succeeded. hy n screw worked by n steam engine placed In the car, In making lb© KiUoon deviate slightly from the direction of the wind. Hut though pressed 'to continue hU experiments, he always ]o>li»oned tliem, and died wane months ago without ^vuii leaving utif of thn fortune acquired hj hi* fcifcxit director "h* llui furthering of Ikvlloon exjieHtiieiits. All Uliinciise ladloon, however, Lx now living constructed with a steam sciyw, and will rdiurtly he iu-iit upon its trial trip. Two of Mont* golfier\* desocntalit* w enrjvosmt at lhn kuxput uf this auction, w I I < A mono tho hilla of Northern Cod coo tlcnt aro many quaint characters, aolcoin in mien, siurily and huncat in ihoir dcaUug*. hut with a vela of underlying humor that crojw out drily in their conversation. Among thcui wai ono J S , *i C c'o Jreue, st ho wm fair 11iarly called. Early In life ho studied hard to fit hlnacU fur the ministry, and when ho thought himself pcrfictod ho called on eld Fatlwr. F •— >t a^cotod Baptist minister of thai day iu Kand told him ho most cither preach the gospel or die, end 'stated Ills wish to lx> cxcmincd. Allcr a rigid examination father P.— leaned his heed upon Lis . hands and remained silent for.ta'.fow minutes; thai, suddenly looking' up. he said: "Mr, 8 , I'm really afraid you'll havo to die," J ax LumtcreJZlcctnque x aja Hut D. V, Partx, exhibited a plan of a now mod" of dcctxio lign'iug, at tho French Elcctrio Exposition. The light was placed iu chain hers underneath the strew and reflected through hollow cyh in tiers, enameled on Iho inside, to as to produce an Inverted cono ot rays, which strike a reflector at a height ® metres above tlio strccC" Among (Be aduantngcs which aro ulaJm\d Jiy the inventor sro: Tl^.ehiJilrrfnjcutoO powerful clectno foci, thus avoIdLngTholosa w.Moh multk from tho ibrWou of the . cun.tn^<b« cJu^Jffl^^|t£"tljo' (TgKt aud tl'iJ irvofilanco of Iho (flxxltuggfut; tho diullnntion of the loss of light which ' ttwulta from tho employment of traiisluocnt globes; tlio rcadiilcrs of aocess for regulation and survelllauco, and the il> luzninatlpn o! thick mists, which can bo penetrated with difllculiy by other method*. . " . • 1* never p»j» fo «° anythBg' Ly halve#, and cspemslly is this true about tho c*n> and handling of: horse*. A lew moio mlmilea grooming each day, may put your horseln such a trim that ho will attract tho attention of all who see him, and not only afford von plenty of chances to diapoeo of him. but at quite an advance iu price. Do not fattrn hens if vou expect them toLy. Corn and meal should bo fed very sparingly to laying hens; wheat aarctrkigr, buckwheat, and pals (hto|m to them just before Ab^KQ lo iat night will bo ail they will require, units a n ia a few brokro oyster -shells aq<l . . "» • Os , •{ rj - r bane*. «/■ ,.w« C J .'A' q\X0ViJ MrrujiX found among tho gardouvr* In Qanada,whca in that conntry rtocirily, tnat tho English plan Of preserving grapea In bottle* of water was not In uncommon use. Tho bunch* c* aro cut with piece* of alma, and then »o anaucvd that Iho ends aro In bottle* of water. By this plan tho gT*pr* can bo preserved far into tho Upringacaaon. .•?. . . /Vq/ossor S, A . /brhes, Director of tho Btato Lai tort lory at Normal Unt* vend!/, Bloomlngtou, JU„ hsj nearly . ready for publication a repwt of tho toology of lllincia. ' Tho report will deal especially with tho Invertebrsto animals of tho Htata, and will differ materially from all Other Btato rc porta In .being adapted especially for pupDa of ^ho schools and for iho agricultural community. . — Buasda bad lsst year 776 periodical publications, including newspaper*. U1»o largest circxilaUun waa 71, wOl | »

SIAIIV. . j 'I I ' 1 » — - ■-■■■■ Cau I forgt l the hspj'j nltfht, Iu that I)fxTtol*-x wrathrr, Whrq thn mil I, with fn>UtrJ» tigllT, Wdknl Ituior frvui ehurrli togrihrr? My hrart waa rvtit 'twlxt J«y anil frar And *hp nm cwy aud chary, >'ur tlial whlrh tuaidraa luvr to Lrar I'd wldaprr lu hrr tiny p»r, ' WUIp walk I ft' h«»cup with Mary. Ah, that waa in thr lt>U£*£u, I Hit aottirhirw it mtiu» nt-arrr. And tb(4p «lrardays wr tt*rd In ktu^w Srrtlt oolnrboM, drarrr, When Mary Jlu^rm by my *Ulr, and «wr*-tly cluirj-, Aa when,- iu thai l>re«tuLrT ikb-, ] aud wotl lily Utile hfHIr. While malktn" hutuf wllh Mary, (Jwl Lira* thr»», Mary, fi»r I Up twar* That e\)tarvh with thl« ar^mlnj;, AimI cnint I nflYr >!iall know aurrraw* Kmxu thladrllxlitlul dn anting, I'nr lu uiIiip arr you are to uic— Though all the a or Id tuay vary— TIip aalup ■wrrf glil rou Uvd to'l^And lu a Land ruy falih can m-t, I'm walkln* Iumdc with Mary. Tug IS ALTO X SIVHTLKV, I knew then* waa a mytdery in Itnlpli DuUuu'a ImtLw, u si mil i in over lib life. oh certainly ax 1 knew ho loved me and tried to conqtM*r his love. II wxsu xniiHTdhle jor to me to encounter lilru, to make him fall in love with tut** i»vt*r again, .wbtai I knew he had lieeit hiding a way, tattling with my Influence^ over, him, ^triviqg— and vnlnly— to tlinnt iric out of lib heart. ' It wax no hoy hxut glrl'lnfatuatlon, Ttir I wax %Jli when I in I ie riled "Wolfntou fruia my uncle, a stalely old house wltli extensive ground*. I found a houx luvi*T and brought with me a couqcuilon, a widow of CO, Mm. Ioittmer, and wc M-t-tied down hi tho new houv verv lin]>pl* ly. There wax no lack of pleaKUitMscicLy, and I luid attention from may g^dletnen residing near us. llut tlie flmt i*t* mii to wclcuuie me u-.is Halnh Dal ton, who had Urn my uncle'* clooc friend fury cant, and who lived at the next place to mine. • lie held for me some private lettem, home Jewelry of my grand motlirr's, ami other little matters uncle felt it U*t to coutldc to private keeping; and after hit tnixt w ax out hb came again and again, until we Invid each other. Tlien Ihj c<vxxx| IiI.h vLxlta and I met ldm only by cliunco. If a irrvislcnt effort on tny iiart could I*' called *>. What did 1 love In him? lie wax many year* older than tuyMdf— 40, I rhoiili) jiwlge^ wltli out any great personal liltrarUon. - ; 7 : - ' ♦Ho wax grave to oailnexx, hut gentle a* a woman, and hb» voice, ft ill, rirli and exquisitely modulated, was jurfrct murIc. 1 loved him utterly— I w !h> luul been cold to all suitors, and helf-rcsohed to maintain ever my maiden freedom, ^ What did lie love in ine? 1 was fair of face, tliey told me who wootxl xuc, and I was glad if Hul|ili\x eye* found pleasure in my beauty. Hut 1 had not been a week at Wolfston lie fore I lu-anl of some mystery in Italph's home.' It had never received a pretty name, hut was spoken of simply ax "Dillon'*." jThe house was large, j-et no visitor evor-*t opp<.«^-ttan>, Italjfi mux rvpbtw! weoltlm yet he offrhxl no hoppllality to his fn* ik!a ^ lie found prat awl pleasiiro wltli us, knowing .wc could not visit him, and I thl|ik-our Hilerrquric wax n bright, laj»|i>- onld to Wifj, llftflig hlm'out oTixjuic liahilual melancholy, until he awakened UiQ. kpQwlpdgr that he loytxl me, and wialuAor-iitrickcit. . i vi i . \ Just lu one flasli of his *oft cvts, oire Inflection of hi* voice, I rvad hit secret and answered It, In a i moment he wax lex*. He apologized for having forgotten the rcjqmetdnr to me, and with stiff. whltbJipMwl n cliokid, hard tone 1 luul wrv^r he^nl pox* hi* lip* tafore, lie Uvde mothn;Well fmtwa^godd J I >- ' M-luu Aunned,1 then 'enraged, -IloW dare he, 1 thought; win mv love to scorn tt?| *1 "wvpt. for htm," p > r\ " s I k"Ce^.iu)i]ii}ii war hixUaivbls, V«^cause nLx nature wax deeper, morr intense in all llilrigxllian mluo. I liludied for rntwelf when I stole out nldttv^ and-envtsed o\r gunlen to looV tn Irtrife Wind oh' 6f hTs study to watch film. ^He wtui iwler, grayer ttan ever, bendI St cu® hlaTiO(i|Lx for ah hour at a tiiqe \y|thSvi^ turning' n Jmft qt^lklng up rm^'dcArnVith. folded iirtiix luidTiowtd bfttd, muslrtt^pilnfuile, ax I couW n.c by lu* rigid lip* and stern brow. v I luul liceri six months at Wolfston, ami the snow cov^ird tl»e ground, wtwn Mr*. lAtlmr/rimijqrtqil to tun the find piece ot gOfrfdp I tver litaM fall from Iter III*. 4You remember Mr. Dalton, who came so often when w© were first here?' sho 'asked kne, ax ww lingered . over * Lite breakfast. '{ ki ii r I nodded Axsent. . 'My ilrar, he ha* a crozv wife sliui up in that -gloomy house of hla,' • * 4 Nonsense I' 1 icdd, while my brain wrmcd aflame, M^Jltit Mrs. ReynoWi^|tol»l me." Kl>© sjo * tluit Mr*, Daltoji lia* a suite of upper room*, two woifwn to wait upon Iter, every rare and Indulgence, but tli*t slie la a violent maniac.1 'But h© would not posn himself off for 4 eJ ogle man,' 1 began. . . ; •Wlio ever hearxl him say whether he wax married or ainglft* waa th© . reply. H© nexrr talked about himself,' , Whlfb wax strictly true. 6o this waa the solution of the mystery. ' A mad wife! Truly 1 tad played a noble part to win the loxw ttal brlongto|tl>©%poor creature wasting her llfo

u prboner In lor own Iiuum.-! Old hvw I pitied her— hi* wife, and mad. llut I liad my task now— to cunqurr the tnlx-ntbh* )o\e in mv own hrart, tn tear away, one by one, the *w«x*t dreams I laid cherished of the time when I would hrmk down the Uirricr that w|»aratcd ils and win from Jtal|«li Hie o.v nuranrc of hi* love. F would not luvr hho. hut «4i! how my heart iwhitl for Id* misery. If only In* could !<•* my brodier, ttat I might aosuie him of my sysujaithv. comfort ldm, give lilm some uoinanly cam In hi* denohded hunic. I Would wake Kobbing from dream* of his lull). 1 Stole often to the hedge in the gatdeii, kihI wateluxl how lie grew idler and Kidder, and my pniverx for film wen* inoie eanieat than they had ever Ixx-ii for myK'if. One uig lit I Mole down Muir*. U-foi>* even the servant* were out of their rooms, and wraptiiug myself in h hinvy clonk, and with a fleecy wliite eearf aUiut tuy head, 1 went for u walk, i'erliajn my feverish unre.st would l«* quietcd iu Ha? crisp wilder air. I struck Into a grove of ln»** llud Mood on my grounds, and wa* toeing Mowly forwnnl, when I heard a Mealthy step beside me, and, turning quickly'. kiw u woman keeping near me, watching me. My very heart Mx-iinxl tneejw it* pulKit Ions, fur she w ax richly dtvxW In a loose, flowing- garment of silk, quilted and warm, hut bareheaded, and w ith only thin Mip]»rx on 1st Mender foot. Her ©ye*, ro*tlr.xs and wild, told of mental wondering, ami her ludr heavily streaked with gray, lier wrinkled cheek* and U»nt llgure secnuxl to tell an elocpient story of premature age and buffering. ' * Every detail confirm") in© in my recognition of Mr*. Dalton. 'HuMi!' (die bald, coining close to ui©. •'If you make u noise tliey will find me and Mint me up; and ! cannot go to Jhdjdt if I um Mud up. Day and night tie call* me tn come to him, and th© doors are tarred so that 1 cannot go.* ! put my hand upon her arm, .sty ing gently; 'llut If you go home Italph I* there.' 'No, h© went away, long ago — so very long. Tliev told me tie wax dead,' sh© whispered. 'Did ytJu hear lie wax dead?' 'No he l.x not dead,1 1 imsweml. 'Why doe* he not come, then?1 I heanl, still far off, a step I knew *> well. Tertiajw he will corn© soon,' I said. 'Nlioll wo wait here for hlin?' Th© step came nearer, tlien he turned In another roth. 'Due* he know w© are tiere?' Mi© .Died, with wistful, pleading ©via •Supprex* you call, I answered.1 In a moment sh© obeyed in©. 'Italldi. dear ItaliJi, 1 am here?* Mi© cried. Oulcklv the ste{« followed Hi© vole©, and Italph Dalton came towaid* u*. Hut the woman clung to me, bobbing out: '11© will shut in© up?' Then Halta sjx»k© gently and tenderly to her. 'MoHier, you will l>© ill again. Com© horn© with tnel' MoUirr! Ill* mother! I could not help It. Mr heart gave such a glad bound. My tqki would follow it* dictates. *0 Italph! I* tills your mother?' I cried. 'Y©*,' he answered gravely; 'my widowrd motlier, who ware lies in vain for her husband, dead ten yearn ago.1 *11© I* not dead!1 Mr*. Dalton cried. 'How could he call tun if ho wax dead. You told me he wax not deadt' Mi© said, looking at inc. *1 thought Mi© meant you,' I answered to Ralph'* questioning t'v©*, 'when Mi© said Italph.* 'I wax namrxl after tny fitlKer,1 he annwrred. *Coin© mother, com© with me.1 Hut Mi© blung to in©, and I whispered: 'I^od the way; w© will follow you.1 And so supjiortlng Ids motlier, now feeble with fatigue^ 1 entered ltnlpli'shou"© for the first time, ' Tu-xt Hi© room* where lie Ilwxl, cheerless and cold,. Wv "went up the ktaira tn a floor luxuriously fuml.xlicd, where two women were already inuring out ajmloglr.x for their neglect of their ©targe. Ralph, with u few stem wordxVlcft them, and I renuilned wllh'hix mother until Mie Mcpt, woni out' with wandrring for hours, ax w© Asccitahnxl later. Then I went .down Malt* to the library. Ralph wax theie; und upon hl.x face wax th© light tiff some new revdve. In Miort phrases of deep ©ameMhes* he told in© lit ta*t of hl.x lovr. 'My father was fatally hurt; my mother Injured, ax ymi ixx*, l»v a railwwy accident,1 he raid: 'but before Iieditxl my fotlier ©xnctret from m© a pronflre to car© for my mother myself. Hi' lived several day* after receiving hi* wound* Itat cniiKxt hi* death, and in that time he knew that my uiollicr'n nwun w ax gone for life. To-day Mie l* quiet, tomorrow Mi© may be violent, raving, a sight of horror. Could I ask any woman I lovtd to Mmre my life, my care?' 'Yea,' I anawertd frankly; 'for If she lovrd jou, It would t«© her taj^plnrax to give yoq comfort,- to lighten thlx bunlrn ofroin,1 ."/j' jl© raw Hud. 1 wo* In rarorM, that it wm no glrilsh ©nthuxl»*m, but a wornan** devotion I offered him, and claaprd me by th© tatul. *Csn you bear It?' h© Axkcd. 'Loving you. 1 can,' I answered. But after all It was not required of me, M ra Ihdlou took a heavy cold from that night of exposure and wwnderlng, and 'ji Ifsx than a month her life-reck Leg wax PYpr, and she h*d gv^n© to find her ♦BMph' In a Urightar wpiM. But my Ralph tax Urn my bu«taml

for veara, aj»d hL fuce tab l«*->t it -* careworn gravity, hi* voice lu mtinultm© uf ' iKtfu. and WolfMon Li u hoiue of jiraee atid tappiiM-Ai, whVre HiereiAiioiw>rruwf no | viiiif id ui) Men. Monr'i Kumw. "What Unew luiln) wdl In- very old tomorrow." icuuiked Kx-4ia\«*smr Jamex I'olta-k. during u recent nuiverration. 'No fiirttar discovery will Urtx:eived with the rain© stubU»m inenslullty t!i.it gtvctisl the ebx-trie telegraph. S| waking (»f the telegraph, I luiv© alwavK tleniglit that I'rofi-A-ur Jo.M'ph Henrv' laid th© foundation for Morse s wonderful triiinq>ti as earl) as lSTJJ. Henrv had strvlrlasl tlms- or four mile* of wire through which h© aetuallv s^-ut ©Igiails. However, after M<u>e had rotnplet"! iils exprriim-nls and had deimnistratisl the praetihllity of his iuvelillou lie apjditsl to tlie TwrJi* t) -eight Congress, of wldeh I v\;ts a liieiiiU-r, for an appio|iratiou of to UKsist lu Hie erection of a line ta-tvvts-n Haltiinon- ain! Washington. The bill ww referred to the v.avs;iud tueaiis IDUUlliUlv, 1 think, hilt when r©Js»rt©ri Rick M the lloll.se it via* xidiruled by many uuhuber* i*>jwbllv by niiuc gentlemen froiu the Went. To indicate iL© alrairdlty with which h© reganlid the iuvfiitiou, .on© uieintar luovtsl to incrrA><' Hie approprialiuu . to SlOU.tk/i in order to extend tliu w ire* to the riupliasiziiig a Kul pun by raying that 'nouuo but a luna-tic would want to iims buch a in" Hum uf communication.' AuoHier gentleman HUggvntcsl 6l00,cw0 iu older to tAtend the line* to Hie North 1 Vile and into ^huui'ii Hole, ho that the pKiple at Hie centre of Hie earth could be communicated with. Tlie trill pAoed Hiius© and Senate. 'Hi© money wax appropriatisi. All of this is well known uiul . Lx only prefatory to what I now mv. 'In May, 1S^4. It wax Juinouuecd in Cong r\*ax that on the oi**uiiig of the iVruocrntie National Convention at Haltimore the new telegraph line* would !>u ready for biislm-ra. I7i© WnMdngton terminus wax in on© of th© room* of th© Capitol. When th© day announced arrived n few of th© rneiuliers of Cniigtwix us-sembhsl in ttat room, I among th© uuintar. After waiting a nmMderab!© tiin©, amid expre*-i««ux of liojn- ordould from the friend* orcritkw of th© inventor, all talk was Maidenly chocked tivth© rlleking of the machine. An Iinpreevsiv© slleiice of several minute* followed. Tli© machine vvorkisl. Finally the ojx*rator read with coiisid©raid© roleiimlty th© first niexsng© ever recelvw): -'What hath (I od Wrought?' Ail were awe-btrirken for a moment. It has always Nx-n a pVaraut memory that I was present. Sliemx' wax folio vvixl by ©xprcKvlotix of admiration. Tlien u few gentlemen l«oUly deimuncxxl the tiwsNig© ax n trick, Som© warm word* were Mxiken. Hut in the courx* of an hour th© procixdlug* from the Natiimoi Convention K'gan to arrive. Tlie nuK'1 levers rout In Utxl no doubt. Nodcelssoii could be reacluxl until th© moiniug iv1jxtm were received. It Lx iuxxIUas to rav that tho telegraphic in©*vsage» vvetv fully MiK-iantbtcsl. This wonderful Kvn© continued each day during th© Kwdou of Hi© convrutlou at Baltimore, cloving with th© nomination of James Folk. Ttil* result was vo uuexjxx-ttxl ax to cany conviction. Thru there vvrre only forty mile* of telegraph; to-day there are over WW.OCXl mi)©* In operation. I raw th© beginning— it wax only ttilrty-nlnc \tot* ago." lllMMt lloUDd*. A writer say* of blood-hound*: This Sxoneof th© breeds ttat lx fast dving out. Flenty of talf-brecds cau be found, but few thoroughbred. Opinion* differ a* lu where they originally cam© from, but from such information ax I have ticcnabloto obtain I am Inclined to refer Hiem to Hie West Indie*. Wtiat umi th© animals are in a cultivated country 1 am at u Iokx to understand. Tliey are certainly neither tamtam© nor gv**l tcmperixT. and roil ©©Idem tx« tnixttxl; while a . itul-tf mpcred blood-liound is as tad and dangerous as any wild K*aM. Few people scent to have "nnv idea of wtat a blcxxl-Jjoutid prvqvr Is like, and I liavi> ©een anlmaLx put forwnnl as thorough! xveds ttat had not one characteristic of the bhxxl-hoiiiid alx»ut them. I am told ttat In the Island of Chita there 1* a rough variety brtxl, but up to Hie prescat, time I tave not com© acnw* one of .thin klial.' llie nivsetit nwx; of Idcxxldiomals bred and exhibited in England Ua amooth-cualixl dug, and there isa famotyv kennel of them up U), the North; . ; RcccuUy. taXivre, .IcAViug KugUnd, X wax et»minlW©t*\i, to.dbtaiu a'ttatxlx Imund for.a clft-iit^ jiij lufiltn as tt^prVn being illOO, but 1 wax unsuccessful tn getting a ratlsfaetorv tqvclrncn even at tlial price- Till* will Miow tho value plactxl on lb car animals ax rati lire. The geueral idea ataut a blocd-houml ami Ids scent-tracking qualities needs cornation. True, a blood-hound will follow an uncTtvcrd trail, but, will always, for choice, take the newxat ecent, and, in tnany liLstance*, ha* led his followers on th© track of some animal, instead of Hi© trail he wax set on to hunt. Not much reliance can bo placed on tho tales wr hear of slave-hunt ing, although if there ta hut one runaway, and he hax taken an imfrrqufntcd path, where, probably, no ottar xcent i* likely to eroaa hi* track, tho chances of hi* being hun\ed dowA are great. In conclusion, 1 MiouM dissuade any one asking tnv advice, on liccomlng t!»© p<*«laxor oY wtat, hi prearnt, I ran only regard a* a uwTctxs ami dwigerou* Incumbrance. - . — . Truth »hpn|d pottt bp¥ to ignorance or sophistry,

II w» lu I'm tk« |.|m. There I* utlirr trnx© to which Ha* jwopl© tru-t so murli a* to sight, yet there are few who tave ever takeu special juinx to improve Hie faculty of ol>rarvatiou. 1 u nil raws of exciting event*, wittienned t>y luaiav J**r*uns, it l* Axtuli-l-hliig lu note the wide variation* iiiHir >lnri«-s of th© incident* told by Hom© |in-.-a*nt. Tlilx is due principally to Hi© faulty olwnation of Hi© 8;*x*tator*. IX- tails are coiifuMsl in H*eir mtai* because Hiev have not learned to use their eve> tinqx-rly. It is true ttat sotue persi»u- have great natural gifu of observation, vxbile otliers -crin unable to fix iiLilti*i> ttf»n their memories or their true. reLition to earh other. l?iu.x for example, uIiikM any one, joasjog a group t»f ;inkmal* in a field, can dutinguiMi thrrs*. four or tlvr without counting tlwiii. Even w1ien whirled ]ujtt in a r.tllrikut «*ar iii'M jiersons ron glance at a very miiiII nomU r of objects ami !■' illstitirtively aide to tell jn< how many then* are. Hut as the iiuxuKt lnthe attention inu-t li© inx>rr ami inon- livd and th© mind Mratad to "take iu" lJ»© exact number at a glance, until, ts-yoml a Certain joint, frw observers can ta nrcuratr m their aiqinc iat Ion of the object* Hiey ta\» merely tlLdied their ©ve.s over. Yet H»L\ arcurnev is of great value to in ail Hie affairs of life, and ofteti matter* of the gravest imjxirt dep-nd wl.ollv ujxjii the itiqirexrioitx Hint have been left on CAsual six."ctutor> by a rarirs of events. 1 1 is manifest that a mind traimsl to not© alt Hud the'vxe-tuurlmnlcally »ccsLjlx a gn-.it advantage over one which guthera only a vngn© jdcttire. in which, uvm when nil the features 'are lir-sent, caura ami effi'ct uie inextricably roufur^xl. It is an old rtorv ttat Rutart lluudln nxsl to cultivate Ids jxwrrs of obacrvulinn while walking rapidly along tta ImnlevanLs of Fans by ackctiog a shop w indow and noting in hi* mind the object* displayed tlira in, t'onstant practice enabled hlin to mm tuber ©very t»l»jivt ' in the most varied dLs;>lay* after one rapid glanc© a* he pasotd "on the nm. Frulvibly it Is not every oue who ron become a RoU-rt Houdlu. but any one can cultivate th»- j.mtn uf olwn#tion far tayuud their original rajucity. It Is ii'latid that when the AuMriaus Wei© auxioiLs for news of an intrndisl revolt in the Tyrol against tii© French a man wmirant lu watch a crrtain bridge Uyoud which llu* AuMtian ajdea would have Isvu too much eislangeivd to go. Oil his let urn at night la* was qucMio lied as |o ©wry Hi i tig he had mvii, liul ih»thing appirently Kvl tamirutxl Laving any ©jxs-ial Mguiflcatic©. "You are *ure you have told everything you saw?" usked the AuMrian general. "Everything." iv{4Usl the man, "excejit Hiat an old K'ggar with n tail rn>ssi| Hie bridge; but he was of ih> cuusequencr. He must lave Ktii crazy." "Why aj?" Ask is] the general. " IksAtxsc he only vvalkid to the water and hit ll Hire© times with tils llxil." Weil, thai will do." Mid thr general, who tail thereby leannsl Itat Hnfiier w ould ©aura the Tyrol to ri.ra iu Hirer day a Had the man failed tootacn© thb old beggar ami his erazv nutics the future ot the Tyrol might tave Wvu different. l*iid(iubtrdly rliildhotM Is the time for ' cultivating the observing faculty. As with memory, ou Which it BDtnrwIial d-pendx, i»racticc is of th© utmost ine jyirtance to its )*roprr dcvclojuuent. (iradiully it iocotnes a eecund mature to oloerve accurately, ami no effort is required. It Iias furthernvorr a very strong ami valuable influence on character, Tlie man who ixe.xnct in hlx ol«rarvali»»n of events is loMtlve iu til* knowlrdgr and thorough mother matter*. Accustomed to tving riglit In one thing. It stiffen* up Ids whole mental structure and empliAxlrox his rharartrrlstlcx lu ' other things. It is true that th© faults are aggravated, ata; t>«t at any rate decLsiou b piwn to th© character, and a Munly Mrength.evTn iflt produce* huu© evil, i* prvfernble to a tabby wcakue** which ix delritncutnl equally to ltx pore K-x^ir and hb friends. In th© kinder-g-.irtens rom© attehtlhn is j«alvl to . training the ©vv and mind to work top thcr. but It might well be iiitrudueed ax a practical course in Hi© higher grade* of school*. Instead of becoming a wrarisom© task, a study in olwrvaticjn would K» genuine relaxation to most mlrxix. and a skilful leaclicr tnlght even turn It into a tvaI recrvatlon. L«*Mtloa )lr» Urlcadr, lid* oigantzathui ©outrob l'J4 tirei»vai»e xtatlonx, four floating statlosx, thrw© large land ©team tire engines, thirty-eight small land steam tire engines, seventy-eight alx-tnrh manual lire engines, thlrty-wvrn under Mx-lnch manual fire engines, 144 fir© recapes and long scaling ladders, three floating »team tire engines, twosteam tugs, four targes, llfty-twro hose ©arts, fourteen vans, thirteen wagonx for street stations, two trxdlies, two ladder tnsrks, forty-nine telcgraj4i lines, seventeen telephone lines, eleven fire-alarm circuits, with xeveptv -seven call jxxlutx; 576 firemm, Incfll^tng chief officer, second officer, sujhbofndenta and all rank*. The nurfler of fire alarm* during ISiSI in J -oral on wwx 1 , but of these wore falv alarova, and |fd were mere "chimney alarm*,1' One hundred and sixtyfour fires reaultrd lu serious damage, and 17ftJ In Might damage. The number of persons reriouMy coding© red biff re during wa* 175; of these 150 were saved and thirty -Mx were lost, twcntT-two of whom wvte taken out allvT hut dkxt afterward axxl fourteen were suffocated or burned to death. During tta year thrrr ws* l>ll IrvJuries to firrnun^of which tnany were arriout wrul threa were fatal,.

Tl»« r«)M of Liu« M c «u. Ttar© app-ar to tatwudiMricu ol Uw Ni^rtJuTii ItfAi'jkio*, hidflj rajcraled from each uHjrr, in which tis- ©(Ud©M jtace* ou earth ure to ta found. On© i* In NorthcsiMrm N:b-ru. the uHief in tta Aimriran Arrtic A rriiij«lago. Tl^e iurth-ular jwiuU w ithm li©* region* Umt tavr tta i#ro|«*rty of U-ing ©older Unin ail surrounding " punt* uu\ ta called Hi© pole* of extreu*© ©old. Ttair geographical »it nation not jirwlvly ascertained, bcaura a suffir>-iit iiiimta'r of ubrarvntioAxtave r>>< Irr: made, but enough ix know n to make i; nafe to conclude ttat tl*e Asiatic j«>1© b north of k akuLxk. a: A the Ainrriron \mj1t northw»r%t of Hie tarry Island, toward Eav Ccrn ^ilwria. T1»e Asiatic pil** is u;on Hie mainland, tlie American pile in a *-a studied with island*; and from thix thr two regions derive obtinct ehinatbrtaraetcrx Near thr Siberian jxjlr. which lies in the rompirativrly low L;i. lud© of from U\ t»» 7u degret^.* the continental climate is exhib.ttxl in an cxtnincly ©old wiui<*r and a warm summer. wtjilt th© more maritime cliuu.tr of th© American f«j!e, which I».-s tatwrrii Oo and G- d«-gr*s*s of latitude, is ©xj>rexrad in a relatively milder winter nod c«R^lcr summer. Yakutsk tax ilitherto Urn considered U^c coldest |4acr on U»e earth, it having* mean temrc-rature In January of— 45 d»-gms. Colder places tave since Ux-n found that tave a r.A-on Ump ratunT fo January a* low ax — degrrx-s. Tliey are situated in ataut btitude fiTf drgrera north, near UVrkoJamk, in Siberia. Tla- col l tol© Lx located here from November till Mjuuh; it then moves m April and M&v towani the northwest inb) Hie Arctic ocean. Utwtt-n Hie mouth of the Obi and Now* Zcmbla. and aftcrwnrd returns to \\ crkojansi.. WerkqJiAsk. b thr only place Hut lies wiHiin the iv~ Uicnixa) of — 40 degnvs, during Novrzutar. Ikwmber. Jamury aral Fcbruar* , or for four month*; Yakutsk suffer* thb mean Utiqrrature during iXxvmbrrand January : I Mjau\k, oi the mouth of thr 1 una, only during January; while Tolstui Noon, at the mouth uf t!* Yenisei, lira entirely outside *>f the isothermal of — (U degrees. 11.*© mean annual tcmjx-rulure of tlr Silerun rold |x»lr may 1© ©atituat«xl at t! dt*grer>. A ©till ©older place a|»jfcar> to tave braa found by M. Klut*'liak, of Lieuteuznl ScLwatka's exi«diti ui. at the Adelaide iVn Insula, iu Cockbum Hay. latitude tW dcgn-cs to (Vx ile-gtres. where Lhe trm)i'iature in January, 1km), reached — 7i degrees; in iHvticber, 1S7P, and February, Inhi—Gs degrees; ural lnS©i<eiulier, October oral Novctnlirr, L-7b— 5 degrees. aSdcgren and 4'J degnx-s re* jiec lively. The uican temperature from LVxviubrr to I'cljruarv — degrees, varies hut little from ttat of Wetkojansk. ami i* tr\uu H degrees to tR degrexn tiwrr than h^d lv©u previomdy nolictsl in the American cold iqiiou. >• c Uiu* io sa<H* . On© Sunday nftrnaoou. at a hotel In Alabama, wr were talking about how great diiwqxjinlxucnl some tio-s soured a man, when a ©tap who luul tw-ru ©hewing jOug totacco all by hlciralf owr by th© wiraion turned around and ?xild: "fieiitlrman, ymi'v© hit it plumb centre! Up to four y rare agv> I wa* a man who alius wore a grin oa hix fa«v, and 1M divide my last ctaw with a stranger. Folk* now- call m© tneon oral ugly, and I kin hardly get a nun to drink with me." "Tlien you lav© nuffonx! a great di>Ki|x>lutm©iit?" I qtieritxl. "I tavr strangvi— I have. Ten years ago a man ia thlx very town ©leaned tne out on a mort^agr. *»M me out an execution, and chuckled when I t(*>k the dirt road for Trnuesrar. I «\rtrr liave Mk»1 him, but wrunebow \ didn't do it, and orter I got to Trunrrwr Uilng* began preying my tnind. lkiy aisi night I could ht-ar a voice laying: tro back xal plunk old llrown.' at»d I lost tWMi and com© lywrrful near p.x:ng into a drchn©." "Yds" "Well, that voice kept talking and I kept waiting, but in ataut Hire© yetvrx I Miouldcred uiy tirte and turned ray stej*x thLx way, tny mho! fully made up to shoot old Brown on Mglit. He luvl a latcli o' land out wt-xto* hrre.wnd urad tn ride out every dry. 1 made for ttal spot, calkrrUliug to tuff him ax he drovT up to Hie gale. Notody had seen tne, and Iwbx!) would kisra whodst tlie Muxvtiug." " 'Y^axu© vxicarow enxl a* he made a long pauxe. 'Well, 1 gv< tixed and waited, and I wax feeling real gvxxl fur the first time In three year* when I heard hoof* oral lookrxl out for tlie okl tuan. It waxu't hint. True ax you *ot there the old skinflint liad gone and dlcxl «<dy a week . before, giving i n© a tramp of tnilex toxay MK>wdy?* to hi* executor! (lectlnnen, I can't descril*' toy feeling*, JuM thkuk on© wliite man paying ?uch a trick on araqher! It war waixx ttan Arkatuxaw swamp mud wanned over for next warau. 1 wax took with shake* and ©hill* and a cough, and here 1 aiu. wour, crvxvx, mulish, ugly, and rrwiiricg ttat I don't stand no more show o! guing to llnaveu when I die than ttat ttar dog doe* of swollowtng a ivstofik© without any preliminary ctaw tn!" J f»atc7*t ha* been taken at Oorlitx. Oertaaay, lot an iaren»ion whi.xh will make it difficult for burglar* to (w*(xi detection, la the neighbor hcxxl a •ale an *pivaratn« ix placed xvLieh ou l«eing touched imaixl lately etarta on electric hgbt, wad at the aaae time unco rer* a prepared pl«b, cu which the burg lata photograph U taken while an alarm I* acunJed.