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VOL. VI.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1874.

NO. 46.

“SrisssjrBsasar«

WoaAcrfal Trick*, tbs meat adroit jngglera ol ago was Robert Hoad in

In wrote bis autobiography, and 1 many ouriotu feata performed a in the oooraeaf hia profagaional . On one oooaaion ho waa in-

to diaplay hia art before King Lottie Philippe and hia court at the chateau of St. Olond. Hondin inrenled a trick eepecialiy for thia royal aeaemblago, and reocired unbounded cpplauae for hia aucceaa. Ha borrowed from the King and hia oourtien ail

'tiefa, which he made into a

take three of the

Kamiaeatdifferentperaona wrote on la the namce of pteoea whither they ired their handkerchiofa to be riai-

bly traneported. Whe be begged the King to

the place ho might conaider the moot auitable. “ Let me aee," aaid Louie Philippe " whet thla one aaya, ‘ 1 dctho handkerchief to be found bet th one of the candelabra on the mantlepiece.' Ah I that ia too eaay for a aoroerer, ao we will paaa on to the next card : ‘The handkerchief* arc to be tranaported to the dome of the In' ralideo.' That would anlt ua, but it ii too far—not for the handkerchiofa, but for ua. Ah, ha I" the King added, aa ho looked at the leaf card, "I am afraid, Moneieur Robert Hondin. I am about to embarraaa you. Do you know what thla card propoeee?" Hondin, with a reapedfuf bow, declared that he did not. "Well,” reaponded Hia Uaieaty, " it ia deal red that you Bend the handkerefaiefa to a apot beneath the root the laat orange tree on the right of Arenue of BL Cloud.” Hondin affec

'Deign to cedar, obey.'' he raid. The King gare in direotiona in a low roioe, an-* - ■ ‘ f hi* attend

hia wand ordered them to fly to

apot the King had oh Ha raiaed the bell, waa.no longer there,

dore had taken Ha then walked quickly to the door, whence he looked in the direction of the

•' hajta* oJlT^pauina. aiuSf and werkbu ,< ^TMttS‘a« mad.lowu nM. atraat. aller SIkSs-h

srswttsrah.... t W l ^8S£

a gauiiSa

were there, and when thia waa done hr began to amile and ahrag hia ahoulder*. “Ah! Monaionr Robert Hondin,” h< aaid, laconically, " 1 fear mueh for thi rirtuo of your magic ataff.” Then hi added, aa he retnrnad to th* end of thi -bare aereral aerranta wen

" Tell William to dig imm* low the laat tree at the end nne and bring me carefully

In da there—if he doee find anything.” The attendant proceeded to the orange-tree. The earth at the tide of the tree waa earef oily removed, and down among ‘ v *“ ”*'•

groping, a email i

mat waa found.. It bore every appearof having bean In the ground many ,—a. Thla ourious “ And ” waa cleanaed from ita mould and brought In aud placed by the aide of the King. im. •—t excitement and irapatienoe

i all aide*. Hondin brought, ■erehed on hia Unger, *— log, and around Ite I

« 1 . little maty key. At the conjurer be untooeed it it and opened the box. The fir-* - u

jeel that met hi* eye waa a timoored piece of parchment, npon he road: •‘TW* day, the 8 th

door of which

The Ooehrmnea Scotland. They roae to tuaunouon in the fifteenth century, and have a]ware bees remarkable for eourage and ingenuity. Sir William Cochrane waa elevated to the peerage aa Baron Ooohle in 1647, and advanced to the dig- — c# V..1 of Dnndonald In 1669. Hia a Sir John Cochrane, of o, along with Sir Pr^ _ jlwarth, waa ooscernt tfie political tronblea which, ir reign of Jamee II., brought ruin c— -■ *- While Hume waa ao f r in the rising uoriuo Earl of Argyle, and being cduoted to Edinburgh, waa iguoniouily lodged in the Tolbooth, on the 3d of Jnly, 1685, there to await hia trial aa a traitor. The day of trial ime, and, aa a matter of oeurse, be Sir John Cochrane waa married, and id a family of aeveral sons, and at . eat ane daughter, Qriaell, abont eighteen yean of age. While lying under sentence of death gloomy Tolbooth, Sir John i waa permitted to aee member! of hi* family. Afraid, however, of Implicating hi* aona, ho forbade them to visit him until they could take I hi, ei.hr nrevicua to

with him as long aa abe pleaaed. The chief subject of their eonveraation waa as appeal made to th* king for mercy. Although aeveral friends interested themselvce in trying to procure a remiaeion of the aentenoe, there were no •anguine expectation* that they would be auooeeaful. Aa the time wore on Orieell'a feen increased to intensity ; --id without explaining hereelf to any is, abe resolved to make e bold *t8 to postpone her fslher'a fete, if •eve him. A abort time before . je death-warrant waa expected by the Privy Council in Edinburgh, the mentioned to her father that some urgent affair would prevent her from seeing

u! m again for a few day*.

Nest morning, long ere the inhahinta were astir, Qriaell waa some miles i her road to the Border*. She had tired hereelf aa a young aerving-wo-an, journeying on a borrowed horse equipped, and well monuted, she the aeoond day reached in safety I abode of faer old nurae, who lived the English aide ef the Tweed, fonr mile* beyond the.* • ' '

implicit oonfldenee, and to her, fore, aba revealed her ae—* °

resolved, she aeid, to n •- — father's life

m of Berwick. In

dd ^laoe She had

equestrian Skeheredf,!^* forcing him to deliver up hie bags, which abe expected to find the fi

• ’ purauanoe of thia desii

ught with her a brace •malt pistols, together with a hoi man's cloak tied np in a bundle, ■ hung on the crotch of her saddle, and tire of her foster-brother, which, aa -W a alight-made lad, fitted her reaai At that period all those appliances dob at thia day accelerate the proeaa of the traveler were unknown, d the mail from London, wbiob now rivea in twelve hours, took eight dsys reaching the Scottish capital Mias _ jehraae Ihua eainaiated on a delay of

rixtoen or aercnteim days '

iply auffl“at'

nnneereaary here hereelf of the mo

information with regard to $ places at which the postmen rested ■ their journey, one of whioh waa a ami blio-bonae kept by a widow on (1 skirts of the little townof Bedfor ore the man who received the bag rham waa aecnatomed to arrive about o'clock in the morning, and take a r hour*' repoae before proceed Ing ther on hia journey. She arrived at a inn abont an hour after the man 1 composed himself to aleep. Having 1 her hone in the stable—whioh waa _ duty that devolved on the guests at thla Rule public-honse, from ita mistress having no hoatler—ahe entered th* only apartment whioh the honee *f-

only'tLefragmenta ef* ttodreadad w rent, bot alao . the other obnoxloue papers, ahe qniekly resumed her female Ja ^ again, after thia daring action, the simple aing Miea Orieell Ooehrane. cloak aud piatola behind her to be concealed by her nurse, she again mounted her horse, end directed her flight toward Edinburgh, mud by oaAanS reatin’nt' 1 * 'uerteued^ttagoa

, id pease*-! PU of this treasure It must be in some pray, end again dosing tbs door bed-room, abe approached the i, and having taken them one by

ahe^aa quickly ae

id botwe. pen she an siting the in. Thou

re civilly a

possible drew nanng accrete

the’ table. Here ahe had barely recover from the agitation into

the fear of the man's awaking daring her recent occupation baa thrown her, when the old woman returned with the water; and haring iken a draught, of whioh abe stood -inch in need, ahe settled her aeoount, much to her landlady'll content, by paying for the water the price of a pot of beer. Having then carelessly asked and ascertained bow ranch longer the other

•” 'y to continue bis steep,

nee, end mounting her

jff at s trot in a different direction from that in which she bed

eireuit of two or three pea more foil into the highBelford and Berwick, ad her hone gently on, lining np of the poet-

all her faculties were absorbed in one aim, and the thought of her father's deliverauoe still reigned enpreme in her mind, she could not help occasionally figuring to hereelf tho poesibility of her tam^ra with the pistols being discovered, their loading replaced, in whioh > it waa more than likely that her would be the forfeit of the act eho meditated. When ahe at length saw and heard the postman advancing behind her, the strong necessity of the ease —■ her renewed eourage; and it waa kaMriaali '' “ *'

cloao up,

put her horse into the i hia, and rode on for some way in ms company. He was a strong, thiok-aet follow, with a good-humored countenance, whioh did not seem to Miaa Coehraoe, aa ahe looked anxiously upon it, to savor much of hardy daring. He rode with the mail-bag* strapped firmly to hia saddle in front, close to the holsters (for there were two), one containing the letters direct from London, and the other those taken np at the different poat-offloea on the road. After riding a abort distance together, Miaa Ooehrane deemed it time, as they were nearly half-way between Belford and Berwick, to oommenoe her operation*.

mail-bags of yours, _m*t have them; therefore take my advioe, and deliver them np qnietly, '— I am provided lor all haxards. 1 mounted, aa yon aee, on a fleet ad; I carry flro-urms, and, moreover, allied with those who are stronger pugh not bolder than myself. Yon yonder wood.” abe continued, pointing to one at the distance of abont a mile, with an aooent to carry intimidation. “Amin, I say, take my advioe, give me the bags, and speed back the road yon came lor the preeent, nor f— to approach that wood for at least or three hour* to eome.” There waa in auoh language fro •tripling something ao surprising the man looked on Mies Ooehrane an instant in silent and

“If,’* aaid he, tongue, "you

bribe the Earl of Ooehrane afterward married Mr. Ker, of ” ity of Berwick, s doubt that ahe proved equally itionate and amiable aa a wife as abe bad already been dntifnl voted aa a daughter. Sir Jol rane inooeeded aa aeoonil Earl donald. -

: ,™Mti«5*tw . way to school. The email stumbled end fell, and though he w; not much hurt, he began to whine in boyiah way, not a regular roaring ho, cry. aa though ho were half killed, but a little, oroee whine. The older boy took hie hand in a kind id fatherly wsy, end —

whine; it whistle.”

And he cheerful boy-whistle.

Charlie,” said be; pucker up good.”

“Oh, that is because you have no got all the whine out,” aaid Oharlie , but you try a minute, and the wnlstle

— drive the whine away." -X be did, and the last I as of tbs little fellows, they wei away aa earnestly aa thong! the chief end of life. I learn

which I hope I shall not soon forget,

nd it called to mind theee lines, ley possibly cheer another of

expense, yon ere welcome. 1 an ir churl to take offenee at the idli a of a foolieb boy. But if,” hi taking one of bia piatola from tin er and taming it* mnxxle toward " you are mad enough to harbor periooe thought of snob • matter, I sedy for you. But methinka, : f on seem at an age whan robbi

t rtbff would befit yon batter, if yon most turn

hia highway. Be thankful, however. that yon 1 * *■ " s

not shed •hear off befoi

ray. no inauaiui, uowever, have met with one who will

1 bo can help

"Nay,” aaid hia young ai

not fonder of bloodahayon are; bnt if yon will not be persuaded, what oan I dof For I Lave ra

“ Nay, then, your bload be on your hand "end* fired* fellow, as Ireraieedhia ever,jouly flashed in the pan. Dl l the weapon to 1 *—*--*

• palliagottl Imed at his as

tahl*,' bertl have to giro you is there already;

and be pleaaed, my bonny man, I

make ea'utUe there’s ane asleep in like ill to dietarb.”

promised fairly to eat some of t

to aeise her, but tre ai ■pure abe eluded hie grasp, and 1 -herself out of hia reach. Moanwhile hia " ‘waa^onTa girl, who, darting toward it, . Mae bridle, and having led her prise off abont a hundred yards, stopped while eho called to * 1 - **•— * l bontthe t w

my experiments is grape culture. I bought a vine eome time ago, end the ’ who sold the cutting to me en- . sd me to be careful to water it thoroughly every day. I did so, but it didn't seem to thrive. One day I asked my neighbor. Pitman, what he thought —- z *-- with it, and when I I watered it daily he

aaid :

" Be gracious, Adder, thet'd kill any is. A grapevine don’t want no artifiel waterin'." Then be advised me to disoon tim ie process end to wash the vine wil ■ ■ •: s relieved sometime afterward by everbearing a man in the c darned foolery in patting 'em.” He aaid all a grapearound it loosened now and then with a spade. Then I began to dig around

wile

to join in the whistle, histle sa nice as yot.

my lips won’t

fourteen, resched entered through Hero, apread uy

‘ $35,000,000. c "Chief a

ke a flower-pot, and topped by an unit ruby aa large aa a hen'a egg. and ippoeed to bare eome from Siam.

Hear adorned with splendid aigrette* a. —a a-a al lie trsys

of rings, i the whole.

Mr. Eastwick, who

belt, about a foot deep, weighing perhaps eighteen pounds, and one oom-

mass of pearls, diamonds. Ids, and rubies. One or two irda of aworda are said

be worth a quarter of a million e»

There ia also the finest turquoise

he world, three or four inohea long, and without a flaw. There is else —

emerald ae big as a walnut, eov

—‘he names of kings who have posit Tho ancient Peraiam prised the emerald above all gema, and partienlariy those from Egypt. Their gotdrts decorated with these atones 'were copied by the Homans. The Shah -*“ possesses s pearl worth $800,000.

the moat attrxotive of all the Per-

zrc, 1 :

ry. morning ; bnt o

Jeler, you'll kill that there vino if you don't stop dingin' at it. Nothin' * —*- a vine wuse than disturbin' the

lined np on a trellis an' fastened with 1 ordered e trellis that sf ter noon, end

agricultural paper that if a man wants to rain a grapevine the quickest way is to tioHMupw*"-- 1 —‘rt--

, . the oxidiaabark. Se I took off seed it with atring. nt it to the man wl

rae talking

blind staggers, end hi there wee only one eur grapevine nttorly worthless, and that was to run it np on a trellis. In France, he told mo, the vineyard owners trained

the trellis to piec

infixed t!

Is said that hia foe wea $10 in advance. _ paid him and ho came. Ho looked at tho vine a moment; then ho smiled ; " By gosh, Adeler, that isn't a f inoat all 1 If* » Virginia creep. So I have kind of knocked . grape culture, and am paying me Tn to my cabbage.

were recently shown over f ord in thia neighborhood, eoria (HI} paper, and from t prietor aud our own obsi

General Miles, in a anb report of hia «xrad fight with the Indiana, lays : I deem it hut a doty to brave men and faithful soldiers to" bring to the no- " - of the highest military authority nstanoe o( indomitable sou-age, •tut tree heroism on the part of a rora this command, with

party, consisting c Marshall, Oompanj 1

geant Z. , . privates Peter Roth, Company Harrington, Company F

W. Smith, Company M, , with Amos Chqpman and William Dixon as soonta, were' sent aa bearers of a dispatch from the camp of this command on MoClelian Creek, Texas, to Camp Supply, Indian Territory. When approaching the Waehita river they were met and surrounded baud of 125 Indians, Kiowoa Comanche*, who had recently loft agency, and at the first attack all struck. Smith mortally sn’ “

IS AS ENGLISH PRISON,

Ivery oonviet in England during the m of hia impriaohmenl ia required to pass through the following classes, vis.: Probation olaas, one year, during whioh he must earn on public works 720 marks. Third olaas, one year, during which he most earn on public work* 2,920. Beepnd olaao, one year, daring whioh. he roust earn 2,920 marks, after whiph he ia eligible for promotion ho the first class. Every oonviet ia Ufs* required to remain in the probation clou for a minimum period of one year reckoned from the date

> of thi

lough inc

id by overwhelming l a-X While

they

; abort range, h their rifiee a at bey, in

and while the were keeping I

» ig with 1

cover. After thia had

cured they placed themselves within it, the wounded walking with bravo ana painful efforta, and Private Smith, though he had received a mortal wo rn' was sitting cpripbt within the Irene to conceal the crippled condition < their party from the Indiana, from earl morning until dark, oatnnmbered 25 I 1, under almost constant fire, and i such short range that they sometime used their pistols, retaining the lai charge to prevent capture and torture. This little party of five defended their dying comrade without food, and their only drink was rain water that collected in s pool, mingled with their own blood. There is no doubt bnt that they . killed more than doable their number, besides those that were wounded. The Indiana abandoned the attack after two day*’ fighting. Tho^expoenre and dis-

oold at “Sergeant Woodhnll, Private Harrington and Scant Chapman were aeriouaiy wounded. Private Smith died of hia wonnda. Private Roth and Sooat Dixon were struck and disabled. “ The simple recital of their deeds, and thi “ **' * whioh tL... — ed defended the dying and the dying aided the wounded by exposure to fresh wound* after the poi * —*-'--

tho grapes of the van Concord. The vine*

in splendid idition, and, notvrithstanding tho

fact that grapes hod been gathered for market for’more than a week, the cluster* seemed aa plenty os ever, and as fall OB any we had ever seen. We learned that each bunch produces, or will carry, from sixty to one hundred and ten grapes, and that the vines, this ■eason, would average twenty-five pounds each. Now, one acre will bear one thousand two hundred vines, whioh, at twenty-five pounds each, would give a yield of thirty thousand pounds to the acre. If tho grope* were •old at two and a half cent* per pound, the yield, in money, would be $750 per acre. Allowing for rent of land, time

and hired labor, with cost of p< the other etceteras, $100 per

liberal allowance oortainlj), $650 would

Drayton A Fogg’s jewelry t served gleam* of light thn chinks of the shutters, and h

the door.

" I* that you, policeman " Yen," answered Badger.

signs and Inscription* with great effect summer resorts.

A Glais Eater,

There is s chap in Staunton, Ya., who

—!tont,"saya1hephysi-

"and secured a

Sommer Epidemics.

An exehsngs asks : " Must th

an epidemic of typhoid fever at favorite summer resort every aei teach the lesson thoroughly th pure water oaunot be used with nity, that bad drainage ia rare gender disease 7" Wo nhonld ai .. that all hotel-keeper* and manager* of boarding-honaes mast now regard pore iter and perfect drainage as matter* paramount importance. Sod aa have ion the resnlta of the anmmor'a ai okas at the Gregory House, Lake Mahopae, it will inevitably lead to more tberongh care in the fatare. Landlords will hereafter examine into the purity of the drinking water before guests arrive, foul oistarns will not be anffered on the promises of ponul" summer reaorta, the drainage will ! attended to seasonably. And the sure

safeguard will be in the

icnght ao. I waa jost fixing

fire—good night."

Badger aaid " Good night," and pnrAn hour ^afterward Badgt .

through Jeaaop street again, and again he saw the Ught in the jewelry store. It didn't look right, ami he banged at

' a door loudly.

"HalloI” cried the. is it yon, policeman V

" Yea.”

"All right Won ..arm yon? It won' yon to slip from yi

man who deacribea it "and aecored a piece, -about one-third of a broken —* *• ’-‘ in aeveral friend* to

He took the fjlua

the light.

Ibmtaly ht a of a silver half-dollar, and eh owed it up with aa mueh gusto aa If it had bees i piece of brood, and swal- ■ it taking aftaaward a swallow of and bread, ha aaid-to get the parout of hia teeth. He would have eaten the whole piece if I hod requested, a he has frequently eaten tumblers for _ drink of whiskey. He said he wonld eat any kind of gtaaa except the colored vlaau. which had polaon •- “

who am 'about — for the aeaaon will not merely inquire whether it ia a pleasant or a fashionable location, not merely whether they can have good rooms and Inxuriona table faro, bnt also, whether the water to be pure, and the plaee free

A Strange Copartnership.

nidnight os he wi ■ beat through Je

ie opposite I

1 rapped asked

rt anything fc

receive letters fr

only allowed one period of exercise on Sundays. Gooi conduct and industry having, in thi governor's opinion,-qualified the eon vict for advancement to the third class he has black facings, as a diotinctivi badge, added to hia oonrict-dreoa, one obtains the following pririleges : per

shillinga, beii

ie of one ahil-

both to re period-of

„ a conduct has been ood. Promotion to the second ' i followed by the lubstitntion ol >w for black facings in the eon uniform, and by the faUowing ;

leges : permission to receive a visit of

* ‘—linutes' duration, and both

, to earn a gratnity of t

shilling*, being at the rata of i ling and sixpence per month fo

months, by marks; to be choice of tea and two oanoea of addi-

onal bread instead of grueh a ge, let it be told, most highly

y convicts in the Englii'

i have two periods of ei

I'he oonviet, still going — me-', In tho next year, to the first ass, when he changes hia yellow for tore honorable blue facings, and oh ..dns additional privileges as foUowi permission to receive a visit of half s .hour, and both to receive and write ar once in three montha ; to earn roily «f thirty shilUngs, being i rate of two shillings and eixpom month for twelve months,by marks, U three pounds have been earned altogether; to be eligible, if hia duet and industry are goad, i special circumstances should ran desirable, to bo rcoommen.led oi charge from prison for a farthers ty not exceeding three pounds ; allowed tho choice of tea and brei stead of grnel, and baked instead of boilrd meat, and three periods of

ercise on Sundays.

olaas, in which. tEoo brown conviot-anit for a bine dreas.i whore he is eligible for an extra reu sion of aentenoe. and for employ m in the general service of the pnsoi in the bakery, kitchen, etc. Having far endeavored to explain the system of minor rewards to be earned by which.are apportioned Uine :

will now conaidet what greatei ,-ard this earning of marks carrici along with it. By tho law of England

Ofvrhat ia eider made?” “Ideal m, aiT." “ What a stupid boy I What did you gat .when you robhad Mr*. Upton's orebard f “I got hraahad, air." There ia a man in Rome, Go., who im not loot faith in human nature. He ua* put into.the Roma Courier “a polite and pleasant appeal for what ia —'eg him by his customer*." I would not be a woman, for then I could not love hea," oajTi Montaigne. Lady M. W. Montagna aaya: “Tho mly objection I have to m a man ia

A Detroit paper chronielea the “most markable incident that has happened Michigan since the first setuement the State." A boy was playing with • gunj which went off without hurting An officer, who hod eearohed almost else for liquor in a bonne at the other day, at laat found ' * •—*‘-im of a tub of of the house

Ingland, there are extensive 1 chords, and their success has p beyond a donbt that the fig o

Jlrie, Pa., marry hia affionoed, who hs

from Germany for tho purpose, because

* brought a feather bed with

ass now bronght suit for breach of promise against him, and

claims $1,000 damagee.

Scotland contains 80,000square mile*, of which about 155,000 aares is taken np by inland lakes. There are 787 islands off ita coast, of whioh 186 are inhabited. The country is fast beoom-

, and if

mirth of hi the day he

®t This u wsa introduced

s protested

ing a i

i agricultural o

"How do yon SL Paul?" asked lady one day.

clever old aoul, I know, for h aid, ^ou kt — ‘ - **' M conscience’ mike. I always th should like him for a boarder."

Gaddesby abortey'a place, near 1, the other day,

r» thought

1,785 gt

_jor opened adj Polieetaan Badger entered, and he fonfid the into be a very gentlemanly-looking

in a linen duster,

lome right up to the stove, polioee man took the ash pan from m of the stove and carried it d the cellar and emptied it, and when ho had returned and wiped his hands he sold, with a smile : "GhiUj night, ain't it?" “Chilly outaido and dull inside. (Another mnile.) Naw good* for the winter trade, and have to keep onr eyes open. Loneeome work, this watching all night; bnt I manage to find a bit of comfort in thia. Won't you join ms in a tip ? You’ll find it the pure thing.' And the man produced a black bottle

and a tumbler.

Polieeman Badger partook, and having wiped hia Ups and given hia fingers a new wanning, he left the store end resumed hia beat, satisfied that all waa right at Drayton A Fogg's. But the morning brought a new lotion. Drayton *• ” ** ■*—

aentenoe calculated fr

leaves asperate eonfinemi ticket-of-leave syslo—

when the Australian

against any fnrther oonyicta; and, although on inducement to good — due perform an oe of hard labor in prison, it |yet operates aa a part of the pcnal-aervitnde oyata montalde by retaining a hold on the oonviet nntil the whole period of hia aentenoe has expired. '

City Indebtedness,

Speaker Blaine, of the United States House, gives interesting detail* of city debts in the following perticulara : The sixteen cities, each with • population

Sir Onrtia Lampoon | ,

for the heifer Dntoheaa of Gloucester, and the Duchess of Airdrie sold for

1,700 guineas.

Two ladies met with a peculiar accident "in Milwaukee. A man dropped a demijohn of acid. Tho vessel was broken and the acid spilled on tho gronnd. Ono of the Indies slipped, and in falling drew the other ladies to the wilhtii’e acid and were Be sorely burned,

and their dreese* rained.

In an active life is sown the seed of wisdom ; bnt he who refioeta not, never reaps ; has no harvest from it, bnt carries tho burden of ego, without the wages of experience ; nor know* himself old, hut from hie inflrmitico, the pariah register, and the contempt of mankind. And what has age. if it has

not esteem ? It has nothing.

Tho average salary of certified masters of eleroentarv schools in England, sod Wole* is 85i- per annum. More than one-half, alao, are provided with a honse for live rent free. In Scotland the average income is $551, and twothirds live rent free. In Ireland the :r» WJLsiSi iHfET' It ia well known to physicians and other* who have investigated the subject, that not only tlie quantity but also the quality of milk depends on the manner in which eows are treated. If starved, frosen, or kept without sunshine, exereiae or companion*, or worried by dog* or frightened by boya, c* improperly fed or permitted to drink impare water, or kept in the foul air of

or improperly ventilated ataotherwiae cruelly treated, their

id ita produota are liable to proeknesa. and may produce death.

blea, or

though Fi

... .—,000,000, or $80per capita ; the twelve eitiee. having -between 50.000 and 100.000 population b, aggregating 750,000, owe $30,....000, or $10 per earita; 83 citiw, each with a papulation between 20,000 ). aggregating 1,500,000, owe —.-0. or $50 per eapita; 105 cities and towns, having lees than 20,S ulotion each, aggregating V owe $35,000,000, or $22 pet Ita. These fonr oloose* ol oitiee, u .,ing 7,000,000 of population, owe $490,000,000. to whioh may be added$80,000,000 for towno liaving low than 10.000 population, making in all $570,000.000. The connty debt* of the U. 8. aggreS te $180.000,000. and the State debU JO,000,000. making a grand aggregate of public debt of th'e States and their imbdivisions of $1,140,000,000. He sketches the ordinary mode by whioh dtica are led into debt, and points ont the poasiblUty that. If the nundredi of millions of dollars hidden away in municipal bonds had been, in tho sbeenoo of opportunities for eueh forme of investment, forced into gree business enterprise^ the country wonld

be all the richer.

The remedy for the past leokleesneu in the creation of the municipal debt ia an active, well-balanced public judg-

Mr. Do Groombridge, a retired snr-eon-major of the First Life Gnarda, pplied to Mr. Kuox, the magiatrata at no Marylebone I’olioe Court, London. for protection, saying that hia wife had presented a loaded revolver at him. Mre. Do Groombridge aaid that her hnsbuul had been three time* confined id a lunatic asylata, and had lataly become very strange again, and that on the day he made the charge he eome home and eanght her by the anna. Witness took a revolver, whioh she believed to be unloaded, from a drawer, and threatened to shoot her husband with it, Thia weapon she gave to the constable, who, on looking at it, confirmed her opinion that it waa clean. A law minntee afterward, however, while the magistrate .woe standing on the bench, * loud report waa heard, and it waa hen fonnd that the pistol had been ooded, and that one of ita charges had juddsnly gone off. It may bo stated that Mr. Knox had previously held the revolver In hia hand, with the barrel pointed toward hia face, rind thru had - —tow eaoape. Tha bnllet paaaed

_ ..the white of

•gg has proved of late the moat e one remedy for bums. Seven eight successive application* ■ubstanoe Boothe the -— 1 - “* •

the pain and effoetuolro from the sir. This ■M pn-fi-mbh- to O'd-

moved to see slight epsoka

arm. A London paper •*,- .

the world does not know how the other rent-T^tiTotht^’diJi !*bTt Fou B tro,,-Aooordlng to th. B<*■ome information aa to the Ufa ariST - I **•-

death of the poorer daase* in Londo. may be gleaned by stndying tho evidence given at the many inquest* held on their bodies Thic information ie generally not of a pleasant nature, and points to the ooneloaion that th'e conditions of life and death In a Christian ooantry often only differ from those In a nation of barbarians’. Inaemneh aa thev are infinitaly more disgusting and S ifnh For instance, could any

of savage Ufa be more horrible it disclosed at an inquest held

Friday on the remains of an infant me weeks old, who died in a email ..om in Flint court, Bethnal green, inhabited by ita porenta and the rest of their family ? Thia room wea visited by the jury, who found the body of the child—or rather ell that remained of 11 n edvanoed state of deoompoei-

One of the enne end pert of the

ad been eaten np by a oat. The body of tho child had remained for five beinc placed In a coffin, the n_-_

Inqneet

We shook! think thia wonld ba all laL Tho New Orleans 7Iir.es aaya " Let evary lady refuae to klie her h bapd unti) bo register!."

ty exclude th* h ■namla terae iy ■

lodion, or even

Told of the healing properw oU which ia easily made moved, ornahed, and placed where they ere carefully

stirred nntil the whole substance ir just on the point of oatehing fire, when

“ ‘it'lT

inches, end they ■tore ite original

tho bullets wi evolver must have far back aa twentymo*

i* inagiad to the

lent: For dnst in

the eyes, avoid rubbing, daeh water info them ; remove clndere, eta, with

• ’ at of • lead pencil. Re-

from the ear by tepid ^put e hard instrument

pr*M~above thi ^SoMd? If » vein ts horns, dip the part in cold water; if the akin U destroyed, Dover with verniah. Smother e fire with oerpeta. eta; water will often spread horning oil. and

danger. Beiore paaaing ie, take a full breath, and

if oarfaon is ana-

through amoks, ta

ge the wound, or, better, out ous the port without delay. Hold the iled part aa long a* oan lie borne ot ooal or end of a cigar. In oom .leaning, exeita vomiting by tickling the throat, or by Water and muetard. Fou amd-potoona, give aeidejin OH of opiSr potaoning. give strong