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Jta aisle Citg giouerr. advertising rates) *— *" 1 It DXUtL « DOl I luov on* ColttBB... $;»UI Ho w |yi w Half i'olumu 40 vo » JO ift Ou Qoarter iXMuno. .... f «s ou w go v u» ItosflseSss.. ...... I vo uo «u> «m Om toed I » oo I oo )» ^ ILUAI AMftiiae, COU N8ELOR- AT LAW, Hoalrr lo (1iuw«rj aod Xoltrj Public Hraack oflkt, Sew bit lit/. 7-K-y KMftdrbcc «e»l MalsoHfW, VfcefcUMl. N««r Jrxmty. | AO. U ftllOft, Attoknkv aki» Coumkkloh at Law. OMfO In lB«ur»o«f Kulldlnu, MTT-yr MlLl.VJLLK, X.J. JjIO. » (OOfl K. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER, l4G.jt MILL VILLI, X. J. ||K k HlJiFHKKTO, HOMEOPATHIBT, SKA IALBC1TY. X.J. The Frontier. From ttu examination of tlie KtiMtian frontier It will I* perceived tliat, except in the mountain Wiuudary with (lie Chinese empire in the wwt and fur a •hurt diaUuire of the course of the Oxu* in the west, it is an irregular and arbitrary line, ratlier tlian a well -defined and natural barrier. It is therefore, in ita nature one that is nut calculated tu prove permanent . Beyond the recognixedtRusMutu fruutier, but uu Uieuurthem side of the Oxus, w|dch is mi much the object of Russian solicitude tluit the monuiioly of its navigation lias l*en secured, there still remain* iiitlieenjoyment of nominal iudejM'iideiire the large khanate of Boklmruawl the small sUitea of U* Piunir slopes. Russia's jp$jp4( witli the latter do not stand In need of exact definition; they are Uu*d on the law of the stronger. Rut with the former they are of a formal diplomatic character, which has endured during more than 14*yeam. After the capture of Samarcuauil, In 1868, the Ameer of Bukhara continued the war with Rtimiu fur sunie mouths, but personally he hail little hope of success. After Ills defeat at Zarnliulak, however, he gave in. and notified lien. Kaufmanu of his willingness to accept the terms iiii|H«ed bv the Russian commander. The principal of three w ere the surrender of Samarcuand and Kattl Kurgan; the payment of an indemnity of more than A*2U9,000 (196,000 tlllas); the opening of Rokhara to Russian commerce at a maximum tariff of 2 i l*r ceut. ad valorem, tlie right of passage for merchants and trou)M, through lloklritra to other states; and, lastly, the permission to establish, when necessary, cantonment* and otlier military hmktliig* at Kepufiia. KaWti. and Charjni. After the capital itself those three places are the* most important strategical points in the khanate; and tlie last named is Kituated at tlie priiici|«d passage over tlie Oxus. Strange as it may appear, Charjui, like Kerkhi and Knoja Saiik, higher up, lies on tlie southern bank fif the river. At first the last, ami in some nwpertMhe uinst imiMirtant »»f these clauses did nut now*** much significance, but U»e growing j>oi»ec,Qf Russia, as deinonstmteo by tlie socrresful campaigns in Khiva and Khokand, served to give it weight and reality, which found expression ia the second treaty of September, 1878. When the Khaxi of Khiva transferred hi that year, his sovereign rights over thfOfusto Russia, the practical use of Charjni l>e- » came clear. The gunboats of the Aral flotilla carried the Czar's flag up the Oxus, and Chaijui has been made their princiiial rendezvous on » stream which It was supposed presented insui>erable difficulties to navigation. XHPthi has alw» Wn \ isitid >n numerous occasion* by Russian officers and their escorts; and if Russian troops have not yet ftfcftolutely taken up their station there It is not because any difficulty stands In the way. ___ Many inrsBtfeations upon the relation between the molecular conditions of iron end steal produced by heat, by tor* •ion, end by annealing processes, and the resulting changes in magnetic conditions, have been m»de. It appears from the p*p,r of Louis X. Oheeeman, that the r ftrtt of uicehsnioal, battening het not been properly investigated, and this paper oontaine. ihe minim at his investigation upon tnis point Jb* method of nees^edbsisted limply in determining the magnetio movemeat oi the msgnettc bar after it had been subjected to weU-devhed meehanical pre*sores. The result of bb ir vesttgetioos b snmmed op sr follows: Iron in a media* tXoailjr hard condition can receive mere per men en t magnetism than in a soft condition. The magna be movement of a steel magnet in a bm ohsnioslly hard oomiftina b greater or smaJ>r than in a soft condition, according as the ratio of iU diameter Vn its length bkssor greater than a certain limit. It b reported that a group of French 5i22t^S5sS works at 8 . gtiann*. Tneooneeru will beselehlbhalae t * Ue lsfoe enough lo tern oat about lpo lost, mot ire* ami !7ir WOlfcs wOl be Iniaraimlrlr ^ " ' i

s PI kit wuurxai. •J Have j« u«fccr pausvil lo hear thrui Wht-u the ilurui* were Ussiug i>t When the last star had departed In the days a lieu hope a as low? When beurwih the dmen mountaius Not a joyous aoug was hoard. Not the sighing of a leuik-t Or Ihe siugiug of a bird. Only a solemn murmur As the silenced heart sat still; WIumi failii lis i^wt was loavtuK, And love grew tired aiul chU.. I.Ike the voice of cooling waters In a thirsty laud and dry; win ro ih« lUuing trav'let £sinte(h And lleth down lo die. We could not tell the utiiitbcr* Of that untranalalrd rh> BM Though the lUteJiiug heart was bratiug An echo all the tune; Ikatiug throbbingly and wildly, As though 'mid ocean's foam Tnlu the drifiing iiiariix-r Come the Uielodies of boiue. Hut we knew a spirit hovered Somew here uear uu view less w ing, With ita radiant piulon o'er us, Like a sunbeam In the spring; And that geutle, haunting murmur. When uo other voice was heard— Not the sighiug of a li-arti-r, Or the singing «»f a bird. a i atai. mlmf akk. Marian Fcllowtw toHHed her head in a pietty little way she had, and curled her red lip in a manner intended to convey her utinust ilidtffereuee, if not actual contempt. "No, 1 do not think. I shall go..' "I don't care very much for picnics, anyhow." Sybil (\my era, a tall, stately girl, with grave, at might for ward dark eyes, looked woiideiiiigly at lu*r. "1 thought you always cared very much for picnics, Marian." "I am sure yuu :d ways seemed to enjoy yourself." "l)o go—it's such a lovely day." 4iAml Tom I-ester will 1** there, too, Marian," and dimple-cheeked little Amy Froctor looked saucily over the fence at Marian's now slowly flushing cheeks. "Tom Lester!" "As if 1 care a stmw where be goes, or whether lie got* at all or not," She flaelied the words out angrily, yet witli a certain coquettish suggestive-nc-M in Iter tone that made Sybil laugh. "<>f course, we forget that a remarkable good-looking gentleman is Umnling with your mother, Mariau. "The foreman of tlie workmen who are doing n-jmirs and alterations np at the (imnge, IhiiH he?" "Forwnab!" * "Sjbil. voufe too bad." "Mr. Alter is uo more a foreman, or anything of that sort than you are" She hesitated, smiling ami frowning, and flushed mysteriously. "Why. yes bo is," retorted Amy vigorously, "for 1 saw bint with my own eves directing the workmen at the Grange.? Marian nodded her head slowly several times. "That ia true." "Mr. Alter does direct the w orkmen, in the cajiaclty of superintendent, when really lie is the owner and master of the Grange himself— Mr. Clifton." A little duet of exclamation* greeted Iter astonishing revelation. "Mamma made the dbrovery," Marian Nfeut on, in Hm»|g»-ssed, excited tonesi"and.yon.mmitirt whisisT it for tlie world; Tor he would be so vexed if lie thought it was known; but mamma (Recovered, very accidentally, that Mr. Clifton preferred to oversee hfe pwii renovation, intng., and bo he came here as Mr. Mr! uWiH It charmingly romantic?" "How did she find it out, Mariau?" Amy aeltfd in awe-striekog tones. "By tijs liueii, few ouq tiling even ,,f whic h ih nuirkc-d in full, F. Clifton, and by other little Incidents." Sybil looked gravely at Marian's pretty, flushed face. "Ami you have quarrelled with Tom Lester because you have another admirer who is worth more in houses ami lands?" "I broke our engagement because I'd rather be mistress of the Grange than a farmer's wife, any day." "It's too. bad," Amy flashed out. "Tom lister Is worth a dozen of your high-toned aristocrats like Mr. Clifton." Marian smiled sneerinsly, * *Of course, if you think ao. Perliapn you can ceusolft Idm, Amy." ' •i win ir i ran'," wrto Amy^ ready I answer. f i4Come 8yhil, if Marianb not going, let us lie off ourwclveM" "Won't you reconsider your decision?" Sybil asked plwvcoitly as they made ready \o start. But Marian bowed in a queenly wav •lie had affedted of bte. "Tiik Hta, i *v, I nwflv dont care to go. ami bealdea, 1 am engaged for a drive thb afternoon with Mr, Alter. " "It's ahamertil In Marten," Amy exrlaimed, when they were out of earshot. "Well, she always was ambitious. " And nothing more was said about her until an hour or so Inter, Tom Ijntar strolled up to Amy, sitting on the grare weaving wreaths, , - "Ho Misa Frllowea iant l»err to^lav?" be rrtnaHtfd eashafly. as he threw himself beside her— a tall, stalwart young 22 ^Tt a girl— Amy ted tided -not a little jealous of Marian FettnWre In the <U\*s before Mr. Alter ro ne STiS-JM: qaenoe of a prtvions engagement. 0

"I suppose you mifts her dreadfully?" mikl Amy. "Not at all." "A mouth ago 1 should haw nite*M her, but to-day— I would uot turn luy hand over to liring her liere— nor any other girl who bad jilted an honest uuui Ijecause he could not compete with another with more money. " There was a healthy contempt in his VOiCI that made Auly feel tJiut Marian FelloWt« huil U*en dethroned most effectually in this man's heart. Hlie swept him a charming, syui|iathetic glam e from her pretty gnr eyes. "I think you are a very sensible man not to make Nourself miserable Is cause oife girl ' out of all the world proved herself tui worthy of your trust." She tqioke lightly, but somehow it neeuied to stir Tom's interest very much, "That sounds delightful." "Amy, what would you advise me j to do about it?" "Auottt it?" "Yes." "What?,* "Marian." Another lovely glance and n sliglit dimpled laugh. "Oil— I don't know, I'm sure," she went ou, cresting her bright brown lutir to one side like a bird, while she «•: uically surveyed her wreath -"unless 1 revenged myself by engaging myself to the prettiest girl I knew*" "A good Idea." "I wonder if the jwettiest girl I know would say uo?' ' A delicious little laugh troiu Amy. as she jumped up, scattering tlie refuse grasses and leaves. "There's only one wav to find out. Mr. Lerter." "And how is that?" "A*k her." And then Tom sprang up, a imle, eager look on his rare, and <-aught Amy's hands in his. "Will she say no?" "Amy, will you take wlml Marian didn't think good enough?" "If you will, I will lie so tliankful she lias jilted me." There was no gainsaying the earnestness of what lie said, and Amy flushed and trembled, and then laughed. "I^et go my hands, Tom — aomeUxlv will see us." "They may see, and— welcome 1" "I shan't let go until you promise you will liave me— until you tell ne* you love nm dear." "But I wont." "Then you cant go." A saucy little dimpling of the crimson cheeks. "Tom, please let me go." "I'll— sav— yw— but I don't moan it a bit." "IH take the risk." And tlien he leaned over ami said something that made her cheeks crimson even deeper. While, at the Bclf-same moment, Mr. Alter, three miles off, asked Marian if marry liini. ,fI said yea. of offline, mamma." she said later, when she rehearsed the scene for her mother's lienefit . "Certainly you said yes!" "Marian, I think I have nothing left to wish for, now that I shall see you rnistrew of such a magnificent home as the Grange." "You have done splendidly with yourself." "And he never dreams that we hare discovered his charming little romance, mamma I" And an hour or so afterwards the picnic came home, and Marian watcher them with a faint little sneer on bed pretty face, that deepened into a positive mocking triumjih when she saw Tom I tester ami Amy Proctor going by in Farmer Hetwyn's lumbering wagon - nette— and thought Unit (die would ride in her own carriage before long. "1 will cut ever) one of them," she decided. Ami then something in Sybil Conyers' grave, haughty eyes, as she and a tall, handsome young fellow dashed by In a lovely Utile phieton, made her wonder very' much at it. Bhe turned to Mr. Alter who had been standi* at tlie otlier side of the window, idiylooking out ou tlie merry little cavalcade. "Mlm Oouyeare is with a strange gentleman, and he seems to know you. Brnret," she said. "Who Is he?" Mr. Alter looked up. That?" "It is Mr. Clifton!" "Why, what can have brought him so unexpectedly?" Clifton! Clifton! Then Mr. Ernest Alter was nobody in disguise after all; and all her charming romance had not an atom of foundation! rc^Mr. Alter was only Mr. Alter, ami A sudden rush of rebellious tears clouded her eyes as she tried to realise it— slie was not engaged*!*) the master of tbeflranae, who was driving with pretty haughty Sybil Conyers, and apparently very much smitten, for all he was a stranger, but to Mr. Cltftoh's servant ami overseer. And Tom I>enter and Amy looked so comfortable and coay together— while Poor Marten could hardly bring her*lf to believe it. Was it true that she had made such an awful mistake, blinded by her prkle and ambition? And, in the niktst o< her mlf-tor meriting tnoughts, she did not are the chagrin and alarm that was on her lover's fac^^ t^nneasipfes te hfc* ^^"mada* himself" scarce, " or

1 1 rather— ^ "vanished that nuiic day," With a big bill unpaid, not to mention • the quantity of stolen underlined htI had burrowed from the wardrobe of the | Gnuigc. j Poor Marian! I She had rtobodv but lienwlf to blame, but all tlie saioe !iei wornt enemy w ould ' have pitied her could they liave seeu i her all forlorn and disconsolate, her face red and swollen with houni of crying, as bin- watched the double procession of carriages, tlie day Tom !>■»>- ter and Amy, and luuHlboiue young Mr. Clifton, the master of tlie (irangi*. and Miss Sybil Conyers were married. How a«*c b«y» are i rmiaod. it is said that the Newmarket jockc>h liear away the bell for their seal m ridiiig, and the general elegance of their cost u nies. Neither is it very unusual for English gentlemen to ride in their own races, at country meetings jiarticularly, and tlie equestrian mania with some of tliciu is so great tliat they w ill volunteer to ride for others also. Sir Tattoo Sykes. some years since, wan an instance of this; he would ride alimsvt any distance to enact tlu< jockey , for ulinosl any one tluit solicited liis 1 aid and being an undoubtedly good rare , rider, and a man of uiiim)ieacluibl<* honoi . ht* had frequent requests to thus • officiate. It is said that when thus called, if it Wan a hundred miles off, instead of refusing, "he put a rleau shirt in his pocket, his racing-jacket under hb waistcoat, a j«ir of over-alb over , hb leathers, and jumping uikiii some I thorough-bred tit, arrived there the next day by the time of starting; and tlie race over, set off on hb return home again." Tlie training of the Jockey is a process of severity, unless by guixl fortune lie b naturally stunted in lib form. A pigmy with sharpness of intellect and strength of arm, it has lieen observed, would make a fortune at English i.«« c>. by bringing a feather weight to the backs of the two-ytwr-old colts which are brought to the jwst. The length of the Jockey training continues to the end of October, but a week or ten days are quite sufficient for a jockey to reduce himself from hb natural weight to sometimes a stone and a half lielow it. K b asked, what food do they live on? For breakfast, a small piece of bread and butter, with tea in moderation; dinner b taken very sparingly, a very small piece of pudding and leas meat ; and when fish b to be obtained, neither one nor the other b allowed. Wine and water is the usual beverage, in tlie pro|iortion of one pint to two of water; tea in tlie afternoon, with little or no bread and butter, and no §up|>er. Wlmt exercise do the English jockeys get, and what hours of rest? After break font, having sufficient I v loaded tliemselves with clothes, that b, with five or six waistcoats, two coats and a* many pairs of brooches, a severe walk in taken from ten to fiftmi miles. After their return home, dry clotlies are substituted for those that are wet with perspiration; and if much fatigued, some of them lie down for an hour or so before tlieir dinner, but the remaining ]wrt of tlie day b spent in a way most agreeable to themselves. They generally go to lied by nine o'clock, and continue there until six or seven next rooming. What medicine do they take? Some of tliern, who do not like excessive walking, liave recourse to purgative medicines. Glauber salts only. Home change has taken place of late years, and tlie severity of their walking exercise b now moderated to about four miles out, win* re in some house, liefore a large fire, tlie iockey sits and drinks some diluted liquid, which greatly increases the inspiration to keep up which he walks hrbkly back again, swinging bb arms and shuffling at once to excite his secretions and nerve lib muscles. HMrMUOM lor u«r Mil Moo. h u DOC given to every om* to cross the ocean and make the tour or Europe: to revel In the balls of <tsx«lin< light of New port or Saratoga; to repair to the ses-^de or the mountain top, and there tor five dollars s dsy to drink In the life-giving air. The spirit may be willing but the means are wanting. And yet the same seed for recreation exit:* tn tbe life of ifansr or moderate means as in thorn of tbe lob. This larger clam, however, will be gtad to know that the Pennsylvania Rsilrosd Company pmpoaea to continue dunrg the season of 1K85. Ha popular daily excursions between Jrrsry Cit? and Newbutgb, a route furs lining many object of interest, and an infinite variety of scenery. The magnificent simmer, Ktcharvl Mtooktoo. under the command or UapUin Lawrence P France, will leave the Penoeylvania Railroad docks, Jersey CUv. every morning al 9 a. m.. (exorpting Toursday at 9:90 a m ) and axnvs at Jsrasy City on the return trip about 6:90 p. m. This steamer b substantially built, fully cqu'pped and with a capacity for 9900 pamenger*. On the mute sorb points ot Interest as Wee bawbee, Ft Lev, Yon hers, tbe Palim ka, Thrrytown. 84 ng Hlng, Sleepy Hollow. Htony Point, West Point. Ioaa island and New bnrgh, with s privilege of remaining at the three last named hw a time varying from one to two hours. The Octets are put at very reasonable rates, and we know of no way In which a day out be m pleasantly spent, with a trifling cipentr as on one at these trips up the Hudson on the Btochte*. A ewxrpmrr of Od^CWa-k warm /roil where It is pumped, be says, and a neigh boring orchard painted with it early SlTCIlwtttel? jeJoSrS^winril

altar Muuud* */u iIm uui« MUiuI. Ou one bunk of tlie Little Miami River, Ohio, b a aerie* of terror** with a ditch behind them. Beyond tlie ditch b a aerie* of luouuda, four of which contain altar*. Out mound near tlie river bank baa been partly waatied away. Tlie whole luouud liad been covered with stout* from tbe river, a* a street b ) Hived. Another mound near by contained a number of animals' Imiie* ami fragment* of pottery, and in tbe center a niaa* of aahex, over wliicli tbe mound Uw* aeemingly erected. Aiiotiier mound contained a' stone wall running around tlie center. In tlie central portion were layers of clay mJkI burned earth. Under tbe burned clay, which caiue next, wa a iqwcr filled with worked clay, such as b ii*m! in making |»orten. ITiere were two depreaaiotis jn tbe wall, and in each were the lames of a skeleton. There was every evidence tliat tlie Ijodiew were j»hoe*l there when tlie wall was built. At )ioint* outside were lutonm lame* and in otiier place* skeletons placed at full lengtli. Marine shells and oniarneilta — some of copper — were found witli the skeletons. The altar in tlie interior was made of clay, very red on tlie under side, and allowing that then* luul been considerable heat at tliat point. Tlie phtaqihate of lime hi it shows protwhl) tliat human bone* bad been burned there. One of tlie ritre of thb old ]>eo|>lf seems to liave been fix burning of their dead under some circumstances. In another mound alternate layers of sand, clay and aslaw covered a mass of animal renuiins and a pit several feet hi depth. Some altar* contained carvings, other* ornament* and otlieps pins, but the materials u|*»n a single altar were nearly alwuy* of one cluirocter. A number i»f view* throw n u|kiii the screen represented tla* ciqijier and stiaie iuipleinent* found in the inouiab. Tliere was no evidence tluit tlie capper whs ever melted. It was always hammered. In one mound w-as found tlie first gold in an altar in North America. Maanea of silver were also found liammered into sha|ie. with copper bracelets, earrings and vuse*. The iron found caused considerable speculation, for worked iron could scarcely be Usikcd f«ir until after contact with tlie whites. But on cliemical analysis it was found to lie meteoric iron, which lutd been picked up and hammered like copper. Human figures and serpents were discovered cut from mica. Tliere were some well done sculpture* of heads and full-length figure*. OIm. The Stale de)artment lias puhlbtied au interesting pamphlet on glass manufacture in Eiuope. The -statistics wen* obtained by tbe I'uitvd Stale* census. KejMirts are made from Belgium, Fiance. Germany, Great Britain. Italy, and Holland. The cost of materiab in Belgium when ready for use averages for sand, fl 60 per ton; limestone, $1 60; sulphate or carbonate of *o»la, $15; cullet mold glass, $14; fuel for furnace, about $12 50. Tbe wagi* of laborers in Belgium run from $50to$150permonth; blowers' assistant*, from $25 to $3fr; flattener*. from $25to$28; hbassbtant, from $8 to $15; teaser*, from $2:« to$.»; cutters, $25 to $30; •hearer*, from $30 to $25; hb assistant, $28 to $30; engineer*. $20 to $25; laborers, $18 to $20; blackMnitli*. $20 to $25 The l*at American gbudwarebsuiieriortotlie best Belgium, but the difficulties of introducing tinAmerican are enormous. Besides. American water tumbler* are made toc> large, and American lieer glassc* to small Eurcqieans drink but little water ami a great deal o! beer. American* do not have proper depots ami agents for tlieir wares, ami the cost b greater than Belgium wan*. In France tlie cost of materials is something less tlian in Belgium. I«abor is paid from $»* to $60 per month. Blowers when paid b>* the mouth get from $70 to $100. Thcquautity of window glass made in France in 1868 w as nltout M00, 000 square yards, worth over $2,200,000. In Germany the cost of the material b greater than in Fiance or Belgium. l*l>or, except blowing, b pakl from $10 to $43 per montli. Blow ers are paid so much per ulecv, and average higher wages than in France ami Belgium. In Knglaud the coat of material b ttill higher titan in Germany. Blowers get from $18 to $$6 per month. Other labor from $4 to $25 |*r month In Italy, at Rome, lalior receives from 48 cents to $2.32 per day, besides free lodgings. Material is as high aa in Belgium or Fiance. In Holland wages are from $2 to $14 per week. IMP CMS n<» In a shaving match for $200 a side, hi Chtcwro, the winning time was two minutes flhy-aix second*. The winner of a corn-raising match near Rome, Ga., raised thirty-seven bushels ou lialf an acre. - A Saline (Mo.) woman won $20 on a wager that she coukl chop a cord of wood In less time than a certain man could For a sum of money two package 4h»pp*r*at Davenport, Iowa, entered into a contesT Tlie w inner w rapped 4$00 bundles hi a single day, using 4000 yards of twine. A man in Berlin wagered four grew that he ocmM stand on one leg for two hours. He fell over in a At aFthe end of fifteen minutes ami cut hb hands ami face on a glass. William Campbell, a young former of Mexico, Mo, , won s wager of $100, ami i weired twro and a half iwita a bushel brekte for hb lalior at a roro-Mmckmg bee. Jb ej^^days^he^ threw over hb

T r*Mum *M s X»mk4 . The scientist* oounecled with tbe Bureau of Ethnology at Washington, are delighted over the following lottvr from an explorer in North Carobna dated April 19. "The excavation* fox the week are rich in treasure. One mound has been opened containing fifty • five Indians, with four ur five as slielb with hieroglyphics, two of them about five incites in diameter, with the markings plainly marked: two copper hauls, five Indie* long and three-quarters of an inch wide; three pot*, in jwtty good condition: three food cuiai, a saucer made of earth, a considerable quantit y of beads, one tomahawk (the first found in all oar work), from a jieck to a lialf busliel of axes, rubbing stones, etc., some of them very small, one not exceeding one and one-half inches in leugth. some in an imfiuiahedcunditkai; a dozen pipes, one very fine; mica, galena. etc. In thb mound was a rt*-k bed, on which win a bed of charcoal, and in the charcoal three skeletons though tlie hone* were ikK cremated. Tlie latter mention, of courae. punted conclusively to the fact that the skeletons, for some reason, had been put in tlie a*he* after the fire waa extinct. Thb cause* speculation as U> why the) were put tliere, but no inference b j»osjtivcly drawn. Tbe finding of tlie one tomahawk b. however, considered very important, a* it is the very first ever found in any of tlie mounds guy where. Tlie sea die lb inscribed with hieroglyphic* are cousulered very valuable m deed. They will be forwarded to th»National Museum, at Washington, aul Mi. Holme*, an artist connected with tlie Bureau of Ethnology, who gives all hi* time to the study of iuftenptions and any work of art found on -aro slielb, will cndcax or Lo decipher tlie inscription*. It b astonishing bow many shells wlthinticri|«kms are found among the Indian uiound* or other Indian remain*. Quite enough of these are found to keep the tqiecialbt busy. Tlie jiictograplift found oh Isirk, rock*, skin*, etc., are given to Colonel Mailer) , also of tlie Bureau of Ethnology, to be studied and classified. In the forthcoming report of tlie bureau a pa|>er by Mr. Holme* on the inscription* found on shell* will be one of the most interesting cluipterein the volume, say tliiMe of tlie bureau wlio liave seen what lie lia* tlius far pre]ured. A skeleton lias heeu found in a mound ojqioMtc St. J^oub, which is encrusted from the top of the head to the middle of tlie body with sea stalls, none of tliem over an inch long. Tlie scientists— as it b the generally received belief tliat the Indians had no irxrn implement* until after their aasociatkm w itli tlie whiles — look with wonder upon the stone pi|**s found In very old mounds, w hich evidently were made before white people went to the part of the country where tlieae relic* were fouial. thie of the** pipes, now in tlie National Museum. I* made of a t*.li«1 piece of liaxd green gnetei, or guebsoid rock, very highly polblied, both stem and bow l being out of a single piece of stone. The stem run* llirx>ugh tlie centre of a fiat piece of rock, having w ing* ou each side and a bole at the end for tlie mouth, clean cut and only about tbe size of s pea Tlie how I, which b at an oblique angle from the flat stent, is about three incite* long and one in diameter. The marvel b liow the hole througli tlie stem to the bowl was *o evenly drilled without an iron instrument , and one of the students of the bureau lias suggested, that it was done by sand at tlie end of a bamboo stick, which w ould, however, require a long period of patient toil to make so long an aperture through solid and ven hard rock. A t old*h»Sr • The captain on duty at tbe police station had Just finished making an entry in hb blotter w hen a man in middle life approached the office and asked ' 'May 1 liave a few moments conversation with you?" "Certainly, »ir," said the captain, inviting tlie stranger into the office. "The fact of tlie matter b, captain, that there b a young lady " "Is thb a love affair?" asked tbe captain. interrupting the speaker. "You may call it audi, if you wish. This young lady I haw know n but a short time, and I was led to believe thai she received my attentions, for sht always reeined pleased to hare me call, declared that tlie days were awful long wlien 1 did not come around, and she never refused any of the many present* I made her. To-day 1 made liokl enough to intimate that 1 would like to hare her lecome my nartuer fox life. I toM her that all my hopes were centered upon the answer tw that question, and what do you think she said?" "I'm sure 1 dont know; women are such strange being*. She might hare said: 'Ye*; but for goodness' take dont say I told you.' " "No; rtie said: 'No, Mr; and dont you forget it.' " "1 shoukl construe that." said the captain, "into what we polkraa n call the cold shake." "Yes, that V the construction 1 pnt upon It," remarked the stranger and w hen she repeated those words I felt a* if some one was pouring ioewatci down my back. Now, the advice 1 want of yon b, aft to whether 1 can hare a warrant hit that young lady for obtaining good* undet tela* pretense*, for, you see, she falsely pretented that she lowed roe, and by that means induced tne to make her Infect present*. " The captain informed the rtnu*<er that it was very improbable that a warrant would be Issued under the circumrtanrew. and adifesd him to go boms and form a resolution to remain a bach stor for the rest of hb day*. a