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In whito-a nappy Child at Play, .
r face all radiant a,t the hues of morning-.
NW* fairy step elle trod;
.oature lovely as the flowers of
Vim could bewitch us with her cbiLL4hscorit-
ing,
Or rale us with a, nod.
Clothed in white -with blossoms in her hair,
A maidet whom to love appeared a (JAV-
A spell around her huug
sense a all that nature nialges most -fel ,r
That ailed with, rapture all who watched her
orhoard her silver tongue.
clothediu white -she heard the wedding chime,
Blushing beneath her crown of oraugo dowers,
As her soft answer flows
Zihe music, with ne-eresciOnce of the tinP3
• When o'er her life, wind:0ov° so fondlytlewers,
The shadowy grave will doe°.
Clothecl in white -her form wa seem to no
Bhine in the glory of a now existeuce,
Defying time and night,
na froui all earth -born memories set free;
While we, like travellers toiling in the distance,
Yearn for the coining light.
1
INSURMOUNTAlladE Olite
, .1111SCTIO.N.
• .s.a rim °Annex erne..
Janet Dudley stood at the garden gate
That lovely evening in •early September,
gazing up the road. with enxioui eyes. The
.faint light of the rising moon lay like a
--blessing outer golden head, ana the air,
filled.with the fragrance of nevi -mown luty,
caressingly toudied her • fair young face.
Never prettier maid awaited, lover, and yot
John Hellara'a step was slow and hie
lace clouded as he emerged from the
• shadow of the trees: and mane toward. her.
Janet opened the gate and etepped out to
meet hire. Well,, John ?' she seta and
her voice trembled over go little.
The young inan took her tiny hande. iu
his, and looked down upon her -she was
• 04. weo • thinga-with almost a frown upon
his brow. Uncle Roger is as obstinate as
ea mule,' he said. I have juet come from
most wearisome interview with him.
• He insiste thet I shall either take up ray
eariadiery again 'at Mink te Otter's, or some
other .agremble.establislunents an
feit upou him, or give hina the
pro eoaks.'
ell,' said Janet again, gazing steadily
up in his face, and this time her .voico did
not tremble -stall, but her lover's did, as
with -half -averted eyee he made "Answer s
I should hate to go clerking it again after
:being my own master so tong, and, to own
the truth, petiouizing Tay old oliums..
:somewhat whenever we snot ; and it.
seems too badto lot Moll a fertune go to
atrangers, as Uncle Roger declares it shall
if dcin'foorhe to terms, But then the
promise lie exacts is so absurd.'
• Absurd," repeated Janet, slowly. • 'Is
it so absurd, when you think of it calmly?
Ye:arum:10 wants to make sure of a plosa-
ant companion for five yearsand rit, the
•end of tbat thee. wishea to choose a pleae..
ant coinpanion for that pleasant com-
panion; thereby molten for hiraself to
pleasant cempaniOns 'for tho remainder of
life-whicli sounds like soreethiug out
•of one of 011endorfre books for begioneres
:or a ridalea she ociatinued, with it lengba:
that had no merriment' in And. so he
offer p you. great indiicemoriti to become
that companion. "• And, John, you have.al-
ways beendiMoutentedabecause You -rata- •
lion in life was not a. higher .orie and Mon• -
d the world's geld had not fallen to your
-Share. And now that wealth andposition
are offered you, it would bo abaurd ' indeed
to refine them for the sake of"a poet
-country schodraititreas.' • •
'
',Janet,. you are „
Perhaps I am -in the way surgeons are
• cruel t but I really think, join:lathe out*
for your hurts is to accede to your uncle's
" wishes.'
•• And part maith you?'
'And part with me, 'as -it is Only too eaii.„
- od.entsthat that weathygentlemaneensiders.
• mcatotally unworthy the honor of ever be-
-coming the' pleasant companion of his
• pleasant .compa,nioh.' •
• The young man driapped his hands and
• .caught her in his erms. •"You do not hive
ane,after DAV he sind, reproachfully.
do love you,' elfe replied, at the same
time tinning her fee° away from hialcisses;
, 4 and r have lovedayou-efer-einee-we levet
mot, but I have become bOtheineed that- as a
• ipoor man yeitavould not be a enemas, Johns •
• And therefere I say: Obey your uncle, live
the life for -which y6u have.lefigedndaget
the fertune.'
By heavens, 1 will 7204 Oa:aye:a up
Ishallant, stuegby bee ,quiet so,r
teasra. 'But, Jennie, dear,listeAtoreao
.Promise to weit 'for me, to be tithIsto
• .itvid. I will Agree to , 'Uncle Roger's e
-bloats. Who knowei What may lis,p
,' five
exceeding wroth, and swore, with many
orange and terrible oaths, that if Jelin did
not promise to remain a bachelor for at
least five years, and when he did eliang,e
his state, to marry his-lJaele Roger's-
choice, back to work should be go, and not
a peony from the three or snore bees full
;31iould he ever have.
Now this jolly, singing;fine-looking young
fellow' beneath a careless exterior conceal-
ed an intense longing for wealth and all the
comforts and luxuries wealth could bring ;
besides which lie was troubled with a Con-
stitutional lassitude, as a certain fox onee
called it, though it is bettor known to the
world under another name, also commeno-
ing with an 1. And to descend from his
perch, as it were, and mingle moo more
with the grubbing worka-day crowd, seem-
ed to Lira worse than death. But then he
loved, as well 40 such. a selfish nature could
love, blue-eyed, goldon-liaired Janet Dud-
ley, and hated to give her up almost as
much as he did tho elegant rooms at the
St. Sky. Here was a coil, and thinking how
to unwind, it cod him a week of sleepless
nights. The proposition he at length made
to his ladye-love,' as has been sews, she
indignantlyrepelled; and swearing,' I
ill never give you up,' he gave her up the
next day, as will be seen lay, the following
letter : .
My, barlieg, - For, notwithstanding
your cruelty ' (her cruelty,' pooreshild ?)
niy darling you are and ever will be, the.
die is supposed to be cast. 1 have Acceded
to Undo Roger's wishes, as you would say,
you prim, old-fashioned little sweetheart,
With a inontal reservation,.You are that
mental reservation. Bs true to me, as I
• shall be to you, and 1 may yetlay a fortune
at yqur foot. Jona.
. ea rue cure AGAIN.
•
Only a year had passed, and Mr.Vander-
gaas, already weary of his. uephevy's fine
tenor wipe, handsome face awl air debonair,
suddenly bade him farewell one clohdy
morning (they were stcipping at a hetet in
,Parts), gave him the smallest bag af wool --
money, I ratan -ad again departed for
..p.sais•unlentawn. To do John Hallam justice
be also was -tired-6f :the comppanoisaltips
and at tithes had almost regretted entering
, into compaet with the wicked old man: But
on regaining his liberty he congratelated
himself on the eleven -toss he had displayed,
for though the larger portion of the fortune
might bo lost, he had seen tho. gayest•part
of the Old World in its gayest dross,
secured a snug sum of money, and was free
to •rettru to . Americo: and Janet. •' I'm
Sure • she is .reaiting for mo,' he said,
though she Wouldn't enewer one Of my
letters,. the proud, inflexible little thing.'.
•And badr home Ile wont post -haste -
book to the village where he had Left the
pretty young sehoolonistress. • • .,
• -It was just such a lovely eveningas
that on which they ,parted viten ho found
himself once more,this time -with hurricad
steps, walling aleeg the old familiar MO.
The birds Sven chirping !good -nights' to
eabh other, the- air was fell of• fragrance,
the great night moths wom humming in
• successful tethiiiery of .illo litunraiesebiads
sas ;Alley hoyerodeeatia the-blossorns- that
• open helloed' tbe stars, the ceickets ahrilled
loud anO merrily, the thiryy lanterns of the
firo,flieaglowed fitfully on eery side, and
•janet*yea, it VMS ntmetrtlio raocinbeetana
resting. on i• her golden headaestood, •aa
• though she had never' loft it eineo the hour
they peaated, at, the garden gate. .-Drearn-
ing of Ina, • no doubt,' thought the fa,sta
approaching lovea,"auel in e moment more
he stood•before her. . •
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5IAC01101(4 AND.IIOSPITA.ES.
.Lotaion'Eatlents who hove ligtretali Thar -
loan Quarte of/Wm a Day.
A coraraittee" was lately formed at St.
George's to ascertain the comparative 'use
of alcohol in twelve largo London. hospitals.
About a fourth of the patients, it is found,
in all the hospitals are tinder daily treat -
meat witha etiraulante • other than malt
liquor, which would, seem to bo a matter al-
most a course. The prcreortion of those
eeeeiving wine anOstimniants is almost the
seine as at St. George's. The variation in
the quantity of wino end spirits por patient
in the different hospitals is not satiethotory
and an:plies a went a prieeiple or una
formity. Thee at twelve London
hoepitala the quantity of wine annually
consumed varied from 0.145 oz. to 45.248
oz. per patient; spirits, from 7.008 oz, to
82.986 or. per patient ; the equivalent of
alcohol in . wine and spirits varied from
4.537 PZ, to 21.117 oz. The manual average
of the expivalent of alooliel consumed per -
patient is less than in St George's in seven
hospitals, and in four it is higher. We now
come to the record of previous habits,'
from which it would Appear that there is
too much homoeopathy in the use of much
of the alcohol in hospitals to be mash:tent
with sound medical practice. Certain
patients are reported- to have been
iteonstothed previous -to admieeion. to a
daily consumption of three or four
pints of boor and two glasees of whiskey
(age 53) ; four .or five. • pints of beer,
withfrequent- excesses' (age 59) ; sten pints
of beer and tea glasses of whiskey (age 25);
hard drinker, chiefly of ruin (age 30); in'
dulged 1n groat exceases, oftou clrinking
tw,o bottles of brandy day (ago 41)); eight
pints of boor daily (age 42); four
pints of beer with excel:ma (age (88); eight
pints of beer daily (age 42) ; ivo pints of
boor with excesses (age 38'
.) • three gleeses
-of whiskey (age 34) ; one pmt of beer end
six glasses of whiskey with excesses (ago
45); eight pints of hoer with two pints ef
gin or whiskey (age 43) ; one or two pinta
of beer, with ten glasses of ppirits (age 36);
up to 10 or 12 pints of boor and four glaesee•
ot Whiskey (ago 22) ;. 12pilafs of beer aud
five glasses of gin, With excesses (age) 41;
from 8 to 10 pints of beer-, and some-
times a pint of gin (ago 39); from 16
to 20 spirits of beer ana ono glass of
spirits (ago 54)1 • described himself as
akard drinker of wines and epitits (age
22) ;•12 pints of boor and eight glasses of
spirits (age 38); ten or twelve pints of beer
and from a half to one pint of gin (ago 00);
one pint of beer with three-quertors of a
•pint ot gin daily, with fret -pent excesses
(age 45) ; one •or two pints of beer and ono
pint of sherry (age 08); etio battle of claret
(age 39) ;. opeagallou of beer frequently (age
33); beer very "freely -We 34); four elute
of ' beer and muCh spirits (age 1)8); ficim
three to four pints of bog and from one to
tvelvei glessesiof riun (ago 54) ; seven pints
of beer -and seven 'glasses- ef spirite (age
41) ; dunk three times a week (*.age 30) s a
confirreed drunkard: (age .33),; immense
quantities, of. whieliesa (ago 4ala twelveto
'fourteen pints of beer and a variable faineant
"pf tura (age at l'; -.1 -en Pintss of beer end is
pint end a half •of )uM (age 45.),; fiat
largest consumer.of beer never. exceeded
• 26 pints a. day (age 36)4 the largest Wan:
surlier 61 aPifits-took'2016.3.0--glasseaoatgia
daily (age 30). Some of these petionte- aro
said to gouty." Only one , total- ab-
ets:Auer can be discovered.' The record is
o striking ono in its revelatiohs': Not tho
least- interesting part of • it is: the ages
efthe' patients. The 'absence qf
,sateseas-nefieCab,14::W.hen,""site • irre!'.asking
• tiie 'public to Support'
'very seribusly do, itaie 'only tight toaareaa'
that hospitals shall: Make it•elear to such
patients as come . to them suffering from
one ontother of the. various ferres of aloe-
holisnithat their diseases are -largely self-
lardithed.--Patients-whe-avould moot -a:
.fiint of that kirad from any ether anarter,
will often take it. fror V. physielaaa-The
,Slie..„aterteelssala:eletiPK„latgi••.:•aeeffealrea.
cheek -; he looked WonderfellilighT-and.-
happy..." Why.JtT
say -can it he You ?
- ''Mt. Halloinar
viitlrliglat laugh
. .
.
You are-mititalesularabeganeshulhe
-
interruPtedher tastily. •
Uncle Roger has deserted me. 1 ata
glad of it.' His desertion sets me free." .•
• . . s
•
, • e
And will you not get his fortuiva, afterl.Lanet. •
•
abi ?'.she asked. :
"'Don't be sarcastic.; ifanet,' he 'replied. •.Sun L. "" St: tit" "." 11S11.
did what I thought was for tho boat; and -Sundey sehoals,whioli are 'at the ptesent
the end proves Lwas more ftar,s•eeing thaw thonient the object of ceritenatian celebm-
yonweeeforeeverything has terned out tion, Were not alWays viewed. with fa.vor.
foe the beet. • I liavehad a greed holiday„ eoclesiastietal • thithoritioes. • OD Itily:Sisti
ata rieber.hy.twenty„ thousand dolhaes than 1811, according to the 'Annual' Register'
wheat 1 wooed and Won. you, andayon shall for.that yearaaceasessvhiela- eabited coneid-
ve aset of diamonds, amid teucilt atthool etable•iiitereet deem on ttebeahetiad.. at the
.0? there.' • . seesions house at 'Portsmouth -before the
' :neiver cared for thousands of dollars mayor and. other 'magistrates. It wasen
iamondsa said Janet, with provoking information preferred norninallY by Hen*
nese, and. I gave alp teselhing school atoNrris'. but actuallY by Die Seott, chaplain
eginning rifled vacation.' . ef. Portsjaiouth Pockyarcl chureh; against
u'did?' Then . there needi be nide- John-129,0pp' and Mr. Georgo4troy., cOna.
on will marry no it once, •Joiany?' anissioner or the Reid. dookyard. The in-
ught hot hand .and pedesed' it to •formation eat fdrtli.thet Jolla ay 00, at
. • . • ., an unlawful aseerably hold in 0 certain
he died, as elle: quicklys-aith- rooth or office belefigieg or attached to the
'e Care foe you aa soot awaiting house of Coinraissioney Greseaun,
ter.: you sent mean, der oiler and pretence of exerciaing. relig,
remainwithMr. thus wotehip in other manner than accord-
"ise •it as you ing to theliturgyof the Church cif Englead,
olife with did unlawfully, teach;. at which: meeting
r uuidbo&4p0152125 or mote besides th()Se of the
thausehold, colltra-Vo 22 Charlea II., An
' you:do act to prevent and euppreaa •tea',4,10e,s.leon-
eductt in veaticlesa andhad thereby incurred the
n uncorti- penalty of ii:20 eiah: John Maybes., (Wens
antiegthat 'dant, pleaded not guilty. It appeaMclin
i8' -that evidenee that this was . a -Sunday scheel,
you know where -poor' children. Were tauglit to read
f you -have •the .Bible and • instructed in the Oato-
xeli I doubt' 'cbisin and the .Common 'Preyee . Book:
nai tell me After a, frill bearing theilefeedent was ea-
• -quitted, and the proseentor withdrew the
•
nafermation awned Cemmiseioner • Grey
for having, as ChSrga., wittingly and Willa
• inglyauffered ail unlawful assembly, to be
-held at his Office. . Thisprosecution Of a
Sanday school. as u, conVenticle oecurred'
about throb Manta' eaftor•the death of Rob-
ert Mikes:- • •
r. Dellam,- I should:
she sairl.
ehoed the young mail;
It is Solin-your, own
WIIEN GA$ EXIP.LOPICS,
Explanation of thermic TerribleDisuster
• la Loudon.
There is unfortunately' uot so muob an-
culty in amounting for the disaster. The
gas company has been laying it new main
through this pert of London of the unusual
diameter of three feet. It had been since
continued along the lino of the explosion.
On Mon day. evening the workmen conneete‘,
thew) new Kefl Which run parellel with the
existing mama, and before leaving it for the
night the man in charge tested the .work
by applying a light. Now, however foothill
it may Do to hunt for an deep° of gas in a,
room or a colter or a cupboard with a light,
that was not the follycsommitted. in this
partioular coed. If a pipe is fully charged
with gas and a hole is made in it out of
which the gas escapes into the open air, no
explosion is possible. The only possible
result in sucli a ease is that the escaping
gas will light and burn with an ordinary
flame. Two things aro needful to anexplo.
Rion.; the first of these is that the gas shall be
mixed with eir ; the second is that tho mix-
ture doll be in some confined place. In
the upper part of a mem an explosion will
happen if there is ono part of gas to fifteen
of air and a candle is applied to the mix-
ture. But as the gas is lighter than air it
Will always get away if therois tau °Pol-
ing for it; so that au explosion can only re -
salt 'Trona aii-Pseape when the gas is pre-
vented Frain getting away. Now, for some
reasone or ether, the -pipes tested on Mon-
day night were not full of gas, but of an
explosive mixture ofgaa' and air, add eon -
'eloquently when the light was applied the
whole exploded likea trein of gunpowder.
Buell an explosion would not have force
oneugh to tear open the earth all along its
course, but would find the 'weakest places;
and -break out with coueentrated violence
at those pole te. That isjust what happen-
• ed. The explosion ran along the whole of
the throe and a half furlongs of the gas
mein, andwincentrated itself to burst out
at half a dozen pOizate.,-.The accumulated
force in all the internlediate lengths -of
tube spent itself at these' points. The ot.
burst at them places was like the fixing of
some enormously long cannon which had
• booa eliarged to the tau zzle.-Lon doiflaWs,
• July 7th. •
French commerce.
• • IN. V, Tini.es.)
The French customs tables for last Year:,
moeutly ambled:cid, show that the imports
int8 Fre:wee heye been steadily increasing
during five yeses, while the exports have
been decreasing. Excluding coin and bul-
lieu, the aggregatevalue of imports has
eaves/let:Odra/a 3,530,654,000 francs in 1.875
to 4,094,8374000 in 1870; while the value ef.
the 'exports hes decreased. from .3,872,682,-
000 francs in the former,year to 3,163,000,-
000 in the latter. It should he noted; how-
ever, that the experts reached in 1875
the highest amouut • over attained,
hewing steadily hiereamd: during the
few procediug years. Thiaresult was due
;vitoetx191efoot t
stimui4Itietpo
e.(i ebxytriltsa. ocofa-v..:sel
ererunatupdiel:
cixchange:Cleueed by the payment ,of -the.
Gorman war indemnity: The eutire
parts hi 1879 were' 4,934,007,000 francs, in-
ducting, merchandise to the loathe ea -4„.0.24.,a,
837 ;000. francs, mnd 339,170;000 :fuzes coin
ArAd . hellion, • The, exports, including
3,103,000,000 francs naerchandise and 424,-
543;000 'frames coin and bullion, aggregated
• 3;51:37,633,00 francs., • The bilance.of im-
ports, therefore, eareounted to 1,817;874,000
francs. The, lasufficienoy of the French
a
A ERIPIE LENCELE110 •
The Terrible Crime for which aiohn
Diggs was itinuged-Eraybou for the
Doomed 111-aar-T1&e scene at am Oa*.
IOWS 'Wrc05,
WABUINSTON, july 27. -Swift punishment
overtook this morning 4 colored man nam-
ed John Diggs,. in -Rockville, Md. Diggs
had been employed on the term Of James
Tachiffely. I.4ate ha the evening ou Sunday
last Diggs assaulted his employer's wife,
dragged her upstairs by tho hair, and com-
pelled her to renaain with him until morn-
ing, beating and otherwise abusing her in.a
horrible manner. Diggs ran away, but was
caught late last night neer Mechanicsville,
and taken to the jaal iu Rockville. A orowil
gathered for the, purpose of lynching him,
and at once a oompany of forty men wati
formed. Sena° wore masks, but others,
including the oaptedn, did not wear such
dieguise„ They demanded admissiou to the
jail, and when the sheriff and jailer opposed
theaa them, officers woreoverpowered o.ncl
removed.. The doors Were opened and
Diggs was taken out, by daylight, and
carried toward Datnestown. On the way
the lynchers stopped, formed in a circle,
and took an oath never to reveal the names
of the members of the party. It was then
proposed that' Diggs should.. be tied to the
lege of a kicking horse which one pf the
inea rode and bo kicked to Omagh 'No,'
said the captain, we are earrying out the
law.' The party continued its march until
O cherry tree was reached, needy a mile '
from the pail. Diggs 'WEIS urged to ooefess.
after the rope had been placed around his
neea. "All you made is lo hangme,' lie
replied. 'What's the Use of ee,ying
thing? You will hang me anyhow.' a Facie
your conscience,' said the captain.
didu't do it,' said Diggs, and you will
all suffer for this.' The captain then
remarked that although .was • not
a • .elergymee, ime mould: prey for
Diggs. The lynchers stood in a •circle
around the iroprovieed gallows, with hats
in their heeds, while tho captain invoked
pardou for Diggs, such as bed been greeted
to the thief on the eroas, saying that the
grace of God was boundless, • and would
.auffice even for suds a fiend.Diggs was
thenneld fauranerx while the noose was.
adjusted, and 0. a few minutes there WAS
nothing there te toll the story except a
dead • body hanging to a, tree. Within a
short time there have been six lynchings
for subli assaults Within a few miles of this
city. In ono eatie in Prince George- eounty,
the guilty man Was discovered just in time
to save the life of another who Would•heave
bean swinging from a, tree in a few minutes.
The Star of this city . says: .' It' 'would
seem that there should be no exonee
Lor the exereiee a this illegal form
--ef anairislamentaina ana'
• commenity„but the faot must be adna4tea
that the quips and quirks of the law afford
so many obsta,olea to the speedy trial or the
adequate punishment of- criminals of this -
class that publiosentinient quite generally
endorses this resort to border law. In the
'opinion of some,tcio,• the execution of such
brates with these -marker af ignominy and
pudic detestation. ahoula %servo.. to. make
their horrible crime more ediousthan the
court processesby which the criminal is
made rather:A heao dutieg his trial, and if
convicted and' executed has a olornied.send-
&faint° eternity as'aatie asano is ' stepping
straight froathe galletyseinto Paradiee."
take that for au muss
wing •you so• woll, that
ard mealy obstacles,
pared to combat them
with whatever stands
good hies -vs, and down it
net.' ,-
nkled, and. a little laugh
erapt rio"-blowe;', she
ung follow strode up
st pre:lent to you an
tion -Mr. John Hal-
. Oscar Lo.nier.'
,
• .
nghai mutates en inci
talislaa. A then fell over,
at and was carried away LS"
id drownedi but neither Ins
mons not the ooeupents • of
a .other boats in tlio Vicinity maile
Ceffort to save 1X1.
His CO-
c,rult LOLL) thEltritalt, /Wit'
t distress, and when asked why ihoy
Ili% no exertions to reseuo their00111-
P' mon,. replied that a man who-eaved
vaesseeeesse, auother from drowning wail responsible for
esasesea,'was his debts I Also that thos droayoed man
an
mon 011100 could not havo bee* saved by any possi.
Alter ba had
bility, as he must have offended Typhoon
ars fore
Soas (the God of water), and, ea a natural
1 his young be
corisequenco, whon jord
ss sari a 'an must
boieg also dtown that ia the end Of it. ,
0 The New' Orleans solioo)s wore olosed last
who shall bo
achers'
oared
11 t
THE PRINCE
A True Steep:Rut oeitels Death Elleitctl
from Zulu Ere-witueloseta
Leonora july 28. -Gu. Wood, who ac.
compaaied ex -Empress Elagenie to Zulu-
land, has Bent to the papers 4 description.
of the death of the Prince Imperial col-
lectedfrom tho independent riaaratives of
18 Zulus who partioapated in the attack on
the Prince's party. The attacking pasty
41,1,rabored 40, 12 of whom followed the
prince, eight being immediatelyconcerned
in his death. The Zulus having nearly
surrounded the prince's party, fired, and.
rushedon them as they were mounting. The
prince, nothaving succeeded in mounting,
ea alongside his horseuntil it broke away.
The primo followed Lis horseinto
the donga,, until being closely presaed by
his pursuers he turned upon them -in the
words of the Zulus, like a Hon at bay.*
Being struck by an assegai inside his left
shoulder he rushed at the nearest oppoa .
nent, who fled. Another Zulu then fired
at the prince when only ten yards from,
him. The prince fired his pistol and faced
his rapidly increasing foes, until, menaced;
from his right and rear and struck by an-
other assegai, he row:Meet ,the level on
which he ha i first stood n the damp,
where he was speedily purrounded. He
seized the assegai which had boon thrown
at hina-for in struggling with his terrified.
horse Ina sword had fallen from its scab-
biard.=-and thus deferided himself against
seiren or eight Zulus, who fltete that they
did net dare to dose; on him until he sank
exhausted en his hips. The above facts;
were elicitedo frora Zulus who were ex-
amined separately on the scone of the "
sheds. This is tho first correct deserip,
tion a the affair yet published.
cropesclafiaa,"4Q.Paa04:0=49..qA.'14.0*d.
a Marked. advance in the unperi;
des 'of *food, which increased from 1,454,-
853,000 francs in 1878 to L823,09,000' in
1879. The thiports of corn ad flour reach-
ed 826,804,000 Thanes last yeae„ agalnist
560,670,00 1878. There has been It
arketlailthreasuiro the simply ,of wheat'
from the 'United States, olthough little
change hag taken place.in the receipts from
ether countries. Tho imports of American
wheathave run up from 20,263- tons in
1877 to 563,100 tons in 1878, and a.,312,221
in 1819- ;The linporte of raw materials ad-
vanced froin 2,985,213,000 francs-in,1878 to
2,126,601,006 'in 1870, while the valtie of
manufactures imported .deolthed•from :4B0,-
460,000 francs in the forma year te 420,-
918,000, hi the latter. The chief articles Of
expert ip 1870 -wero. woollen skiffs, 06,500,-
000 bathessilk stuff:5237,314,000 ; winos,.
229;565,0001franes ; leather -goods, 148,078„-.
000 ;••• silk, 110,023,000 a mercury, 137,800,-
000; Wool; 112,630,000; Cnd.refiutd sugar
103,825;000. . There has been a steady do:
cline in the' silk trade, the value. of the ex-
ports in 1879 being the lowest kit ten years.
En 1870 silks Valued at 480,000,000 frames
were -exported. In" 1873 the emports
aftimintecl to: 177,000,000-4ranes, but they
rapidly fell below 400,000,000 francs in 1875,'
below 300,000,00.6 -,franes in'1876, and, SS
shown above, holey; 240,600,000 in 1879. • It
is the:tight that this result may: have been
prodeetel in part 'by thefeet that elegant
fabriesanarlo of wool, and raixea textiles
• have to an extent taken the placo of silk
sttiffs in the fashioneble world.,
memto 'Erlson for -8-1-cali14 a Rosebud.
•
to stillitiot.w. •
The Quaker City (Philadelphia) has had
an heii to 84,000;000 ainoilg its people for
several years. A young man in eabdorate.
'elmannetramess -neenerli.Alrifliaaa
anO rosidiog with his mother at No., 2,031
'Mot -tat -Vernon street, Win reeeipt of lettere
from London .Which, point to the Probabil-
• ity-Pe his suceessionto the estate of 011.
Australian millionaire._ The testator, Al-
fred B.'Carlin, a badielor, reported to
be worth not 1E30 than $1,000,000, was
known up* to the time of his death as the
king of stock breeders in Australia, and
liv.ed in away beeomiug his great wealth -
on a vast estate near ,Nitaggalyagga, in' that
country. is name will be remembered
by those who were inteuestedin the famous
Tichberno trial, hold in LogOon six years
ago, as the most Ooospibuoue ' witness for
the claimant tis the Tichborxie estates, ap-
pearing as the than wise first employed
Arthur Orion as a herder onhis alleged- aria
rival in Australia, andwliose testimony -es
to the Personal appearance of Orton ,when
he first sew hirn corresponded- with Lady
Tichboreas, description of her son. and laoir
as she kativo•him before•he left home. A.(1-
gor,ding-to-Dr. Itennly,, Often's • counsel,
over §100;000 was contributed by Iqr. Car-
lialtbameable the claimant to establish Ms
-heirship. Nething was known of Alfred
Cettlin'a antecedents athong thaleW . with
whom he itssooiatedabut he was generally
supposed to be without relatives. Shortly
after. Ins. deatie•however, t Will' Was pip-.
deiced by his attorneys, Browne di Silsby,
in Wogga-Wagga, directing the Sale of his -
property and payment ol tho proceeds to
his heir, whom he named. Efforts were
alt ' once ;ineade by the attorneys to place
themselves in communication With Mr,
Carlin's heir and the result, after °wielder,
able trouble anddelay;•waa that early last
ja.nuary a letter Was received by William
J. Carlin et ' hie Mount Vernon street resi-
dence from a firm of sblieitote iu LOnden.
settingforth .-the demise of his uncle and
requesting him to prove lxisidentity, and
thus his claim to the inhetitence.- laftot
110
. Vi'hat he was in tor.
" Well„ nay Man,' saidit philanthropist to
e hardened -looking &lap -confined in the
county prison, 4'what aro you in -for
In for 30 days, I reckon, said the priso-
ner, sullenly. • '
'No, not that; What offence '4.id you
connint?' ' •
Didn't • eettanit anythieg. 1.1'he judge
committed ine.' .
Well. yell laud have been seeneeO ol
some crime?'
• "Oh, yea} 1 wee =cased of trying to get
on the police.'
'Noneenso. Trying to get on ti1t police
113-1111eail11is, dithre-myself -reeounintided
Many worthy mon or rositions •on tile
polico force, and have helped to 'got them
•
'It is a fact. That le all I vats sent:hero
for,' Yoe see there were twe of us, and wo
both triod to got on tho some policeman.
Wo he& him down, but nom of the other
paolors thought we wore oroveding tho man.
toe herd, and '
'That will do, six,' said the philantlir0-
pist. 'I understand yoer wee perfective
IIere are m fow treats fob the improvement
of your mind, which just now appears to be
a little warped.'
a,
(From tho London Deily 'N'ews).
A good aeal 61 oaten -lion has been drawn
to the sentence which was on Mondeay; July
5th„passed upon. a youth* named George,
Coed 18 years, who -was "convicted of steel,.
%lug a rosebud and a spray of geraniums,
and sentenced to three months' iropriaon- recovering • from Ins astonishment, Mr.
ment. The magistrates responsible for' Carlin, Who had never heard of his Un019,..
this excessive punishment wore the. mayor,
Mr. -IL Rance, and Ald. Death. Itappeare
that garden robberiele aro rather plentiful
in Cambridge, and on •'Siandity morning
Police Constable Clarkof•the borough force,
was ordered to watch tho garden of. e nittn
named Chapman. .S.t 4 o'clock he caught
the prisoner cetting a rose hi one garden
hna 0, Spray of geranitans in another, Mid
took thin intti euetody. The prisoner
pleaded guilty, and tun nialergraduate
inetnbor oa the university, whom mime did
net tralispire, said that . he was a
Sunday tidied toad:We and tho prisoner
had boon in his claSs for two/ve Months.
Ho 'bolivea that ho had really beam trying
to load an honest life, and tliat he would do
; and se Streegly obiwineed was ho of
thiethat if the magietreato,would cleal with
time SS& by naming a film as an altertiative-
for inaprisoument, Ito was prepared to pay
the money. The mayor said the pridther
did nob soom to hem profited • inuell from
the efforts of the gentleman. Ira had pre-
viously teen convicted of wilful damage,
and there 1164 bowl it good deal a goadon
robbing lately. ,IIe would 'he senteiteeilatts
three months' imprisonment with hard
labor: The extreme savorily of the Son -
Mute astoeielted most persons in court,
and it is understood that tho Horne Sabre-
tary will bo ink:maw:tea about tho matter.
• Substitutes for Eater. •
When harvest operations begin' we %Or
verylikely Lave the great contreversy eon -
corning the use of boor in bard work re-
opened. Already contributions are being .
made to the literature of the subject, and
one of the most interesting:, of thein
letter "from Sir Philp Rose to a Mr. Abbey,
pi Oxford. Sir Philip, sore° six years ago,
resolved to stop- beer -drinking among,hia
harvesters whenthey wore at weak. He
did so, it appears, because he found that
aolidents happened Sometimes, and that
the men got sullen and stupid, the boys
noisy aad rough with the horaes,' and the
women excited. All this mischief he found,'
traceable to the enorinous quantity of beer
vyhieh the field hands drank. • But as gorae ,-
liesaidaefteslanent was neceSeary for them,
what was to be eubstituted.? • Sir.Philip
ingeniciusly hit upon weak infesions of cold.
tea, made up with milk and eugareand his
werkers twat te if keenly. Since then he
has had better work done by is -laborers
at harvest time, and the women -heave been •
very grateful for the change, because, ad
Sir Philip says, theyare eble to save more
money man fOrmerly.., Supplying cold tea,
to his frioads cost Sir Philip £5 tt year, and,
he considers the money well spent. We
may remark, however, •that roa,ny other
eubetituteel for beer are used.. In Scotland,
unlese tkeetbinnesteofa table -beer ladrunlee
the favorite lkpier of the .harvester is but-
termilk Then, in "other places, a Weak •
gruel of oatmeal and water, kept in:a cod: '
piece, ie-founa most refreshing.anO palate -a:
ble. Either is bettor: than beer for •the ,•
'men, and, as for the boys, it is the height •
'61folli told then driak:duff: that filet. to
their -heads as the day wearson, and realms
them, as Sir Philip says, noisy and 'rough •
with the horeee."--Londen Telegraph.
• •
19,1Sitlif#0.121*Lle
• The leers:case:of iaew vineyards
ii 1i-
f�rniw during the last year • has been very
large. • It is believed that. 10,000 new vines
were planted in'the state between January
1st and March 10th, 1880. The Wine' grapes,
which have received most 'attention are
Zinfendel, Reisling and Chasselae. Thu -
'first tiontioned makes a red wine, a sUpe-,
tier claret., and the last -two excellent
white wine. For raising grapes the 31uscat
fauiuly 14 planted: Of course Many other
,varieties are planted tot tiablegrepes, oda
braVay.of expetiment. The wine grape. IS ,
going built :on the hills, and -much •Iand
formerlYdeeined Worthless on the hillsides
is now coVered by VinCyards. littisin grapes; .
on the other hand; are grown in the warm,*
!alloys. , Heat and water areindespeneable •
conditions, aid irrigation. is net:ally re-
quired. Ono of the, best judges in side
mattelsof lei 'the state 'estimateei that the
grope
grepe crop of 1880.in California, will exceed
theist of any other .yearb3r 50 per cont., He a
,Pleoes the wthe product for .theayear • ate
12;000,000 gallons, with the pmbability of,
thore'rather than lesa.• The, crop of re*ntt
wilr'not be above 200,000 boxes, which, is
not -more than euough to snpplythe Icieal •
demand.
. ,
Niniseapnes.-:-In his leetuee at S. •
Themes tho Rev. IL W. Beeduir said :
Newspapers wee° like men's shadowae- -
they followed in the rear instead of pee- ••
'eading. They rarely locl publio opinion,
• but were reflectors of the average public
settiment; they did' uot take Into con-
sideration the yegiff'r.-,..t ue -whole 'people.
They are not instructora, merely caterers
tomi craving. If the ..people want Mud the •
newspaper will beepree 11 sower "in ordpr.to
moot the code. They are jest What joir
make them -what will sell a newspaper ie. -
ayliat will he fOund. in it; rid progress 15
made in tho-direction of a higher morality.
If people would, not,read bad pipers they -
would seen cease to batistes -Ai they were net
bought they would not liepublished. Men '•
had told hifn that they hated a •cortain. •
paper ana would not take it, but therelY . •
• bought one now and again te see whatthe
• devil was doing,' as they expressedit. • The
interest they evinced in his Satanic majesty
Was What 1,ielp01 to keep tho paper alive.
There are two mesons why many permits
owo little about What their children
ning at School. They aro not as well
' eltildron ate supposed to
it to show their iguovance,
o School in order to got
took the letter to Ins mother. She re-
called references to a hrothor which her ,
laishand (ince meek during his lifetime,'
and etivised her son' to answer the letter.
The. -result has been a continued corres-
pondence and the probable settlement of •
the property upon the heir within a couple
of months.
. .
Why Erittec meopoid. Euited,to IC.nto Ide
Zlagaseements.
Nrwrour, It. I., July 27.---A groat Mane'
nowspapore are endeavoring to give the tree
inwardness of the eaueee which led to tha
failure of Priam, lieopold to keep his Now-
-pat ongagothents. The prime is in a very
delicate condition of health, being 0coom.
penied everywhere by it physician, ono Of
bus chief ailments being an affection of the
knee which has to bo treated with groat
care, the alighteet misstep feequently pub -
duping very painful resnIts. It wets %Italian
accident that provented-hia coming to New-
port. Ile was "flehing and a sudden tura
caused it severe strain of the knee, so that
he was unable to move for' quite a long
time, And 0,S he had Secured psasago in Now
York and found that he coulkt not keep
that wigagement, it was doomed best not to
attempt a journey to Newport, which would
only neeassitate ti; tett= to qtiebec, for it
was.froro that port that arrangements wore
-mule for the d.oparture after the aceident
°omitted.
Guizot, la a letter, lately Ptibliehed, to
one of his children, tolls how, on his first
visit to Windsor., ho lost his way and opera -
01 a, wrong door and behold for ta moment
ladjobiavinghor hair brushed, The next
day tho Queen (for it Wes she) joked him
about it, and lie says: I ended byasking
her leave, if ever I write 1213, 'memoirs, like
Sully or Si. Simon, to mention how at mid-
night I opened tho door of the Queen of
England. $he gevo perieiesion laughing
merrily:1
4. farnter's Wife, in. speaking. Of tho
smartness, aptness and intelligbneb of her
son, a lad 0 years old, to a lady itequeint-*
anoe, said Ile can read fluently in any
pert of the Bible, repeat the whole onto -
chicon, enul wood. omens as well it his
father.' Yes, mother, added tho young
hopeful, and yesterday t licked. Nod itaw.
son, throwed the est.into woll and stoio
old Ilinekley's gimlet.'
A chemical 'experiment : Buy a, penny's
Worth Of tie -Welded sulphur from the drug-
• gist; arid pttt a teaspoonful of it in a shallow
earthen dish, • Lay a dark -red or any col-
rodrose beside the sulphur, but do, hot let
the fernier teach it. Set fire to the sulplitt
said come over the dish and contentrawitl
glass bowl, 'damn* it fpr abetit twenty
minutes or half an helm Then remove thts
cover alid Youwill find Yeer rose clutaigeit
. to almost a pure White, which color it wilt •
rotein for sometime. To restore it to its
fernier color, tip it little piece from the
stele, put it in 0 glass of fresh water, end
after a littletime it will regain its natural
deep -reit eltado.llo careful not to inhale
the fumes of the'sulphur, as it -beams the
throat to feel uncomfortahle, it 'it is nob
dangerous. I t carefully tricot, this is %Mil
pretty as Wall es curious experireent.---
Golden Days.
From 0.eirettlar issued by Ilenry Clew
Co., tho New York. bankers, we gain au
idea of the crop prospocts in tho west. 4.
cloven western states last year tho oF5p
was 830,800,000 bashole, and tho estimate
for thief year is 307,006,000, or an inerealso
of 26,760,000 bushels. These Orem etat
produce two-thirds of the Wheat crop of the
whole Vision, and in tho event of an ave.
rago harvest in other dountriecalt will be
Seen that the proispoot of It plentiful supply
of broaOstriffs will bo gOod throughout the
*World. •
• A American al olor is in the eettrity
Ottawa buying up all the horsee ha NM It
bnifids