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The Sentinel, 1885-01-09, Page 3Pr- - 6 6 31.-•••••7" 't• • . • - 6 *Witt the ortutiey QutCts *dreamy quiet a Are---Iit-room; - Two cups ot toffee whose rieb perturne Steals over our $ensia whtle fanoy flies To Indian fates and Rasterrodlies Alteavy languor, t ftilt content,. 6. Odors (fos and vittblen. • With taint patchouli awl new inoWn batYt A, /tummy 3Wt flt of uieklowe gay. ifht a bearskin 'ug/ lio tat ealie • And 1teutG woudroui bannonies As- they saftty driftwith. oliarre untold, Throat* the velvet portiore's Sweeping told. The mutitt's passion is rich and strangel With ita every tone my feelings Quango. ;- It -holds me captive,. Vra swaledatwilt - fly the gtAatOett subtle grace and -MyeyoBi&with Moven:tents. low To where, on a taiumb'rous divanlewr, / see you stretehed ao neat the plaeo That your soft breath fans ray eager face. . Tbe firelight gleams On your silken bear, And kiRsp.a the brow so passing lair, While 1 leek on with. leatous. glance Aw teer your cheek the shadows donde* • . trv in vain to studYyour mineL . To read, the thoughts which lin behincl _ Those deopgray orbs, to fathom the sent*, ' Arid *Ad thevowel' which held stontrol - • 0! my every sense, ray every aim. Wbtti binds/melt slave witb. uuagted claim, Arai makes IMO follow.wherteer you lead; theall which ray.life'sioth need. Brit Shit eyekna sign will e'er confess, And theta/pa-will tell me- even leis; - when they quiver. and break, and cry. • Ify awn rotlaind with an ansWerillt sigb ; Ob,why should we bolo otir lives apart? eaircot cry dawn nay hungry buut= • /fetter defy the harsh warld'sdeeree And shape ae /towpath for yeunndreete , • - -I The musio's dying ; itS ellitrpli yet thillls; My seul with &yearning inteuse6 it rills. I creep tele never,salave at a. throne, . nd bandstoneh those / long tt • l• iaiDprillg-uturnwri: a haunting strain, . Which fades, butt forth and fades again; Thevalt; ie over, its, hkst note ausi. • safe An ray breastyour dear head ties. a U11IUSTM4i 1 V-411_06 LEGEND, The Chriatmaa tree bad dope its- work, .or rather the Christmas party hs.d_ done theirs with the tree, and how 'the- little ones, alter having beenregaled with all the varieties of Lary tales - that Auderson6, or Privat4 could have dressed-- -up tor them, Ala been eicorted each to their "separate ,nooks for rest, and the elders were left -L Teo early. to retire yet," cried- pater- familias:, too late to sit. up much- longer," rejoined the half -sleepy. Mother. - • " Welk,. then; One mote Story from uncle:. lancle's jut4 come frOurEurope, ancr-raiiet have- ioete'efeetoties- to telleeeriect one, t es, unole's -story new': uncle's • story • • ."Abotit•thosts, ehr said uuoio aohero - "Oh, no, goosts..are so twin/ at Allis- late • *atm" . A. love stoty-then Toe bo uottuk.," " A det000lVd‘s. Hew-wwild. ar etgapive .* story do?" it Commonerthaa common.- No,, - until() I Jugs - te,iend.ileoasj?: A iegeuce ebeut oastle,,Et.Litt. ALALlea, Or: sOlAutOlLig ,Oi 'zhe- Itakixar .itsUki bort. Something in the Rat- aatcher (if Hiazeluft style." Here 'tneo I ea give you a story' aajoicktoue,. in. Inaw,iy vivrtits• of Sinop° Somebody, eney awii Atrue guide.. lie commenced thus—caitiog Laelt story, by-the - 1.4e.7.--.." • : • A 16AOEAD FA At Wig SWX/sii 11013imilAB, Yes, ladies and gentienien, this- is the - Spot. Yonder yen Ideci the little inn. On niet, word as. a Mau aud a guidee-the best guide on the mountain—it is all true.- . Listen:then; QUO: day a traveller, hand- some, young, rum and gey—a :Man who- oouid- efford to spend- ali bummer enlivening. among the A1ps-7-stopped at a little tavern • that bung•itke t birtee nest upon the menu-. tame, and celled for- • bettle of wine and. ,orae breae eele • 1 -was served hum y,a gilr 'so wonder- ' hilly bettneiful that ne, could do nothing but stare- at. her. Qt. ("nurse the traveller-, being - a _ yoing hachelete, at onee fet1 head oVer, ease* au lave; and though the girl -wee atter alt Day a peasant, he resOlved to marry her it he -could, Therefore, instead of going on aa Irie had intended, he asked for a room,. andetiavipg been offered the choice' of half a ctezia empty onesoieleoteil the- one that had a fine view of thecoveitird, where the - beauty was likelyso be -seen sometimes„ Mewed of the one from whiole- there. was the most delightful prospect of . the moun- taine whither the: beauty probably never wandered. - Well, this young Areterieen, went to his porn, and set looking - out --of .his window, ;•iind- had: therpleesure oi seeing the pit milk het oowa, but vettile- he: was . admiring her and *talking to himself -about her, he Was . setttleeiy startled by a box upon tne ear, and turning furiously about -eras -who w.OU1C1 not, 2—found to- his amiezemeutethee there' . wee no- pea there. - • Ste the At:eerie= at length deaided that what he had felt was the-wieg of some bird .andetiugbing at himbelt, turned to the win - ,0$ or insect- that had flown by ,. hem unawares, • .- &min. In a.• moment mere -801118 one bozal .11 otheg ear;and.thia dine he 4WD -the4vii. Angara . OA hitoheek, and etill reibody(to be found. hiding,: - Thia,ras toe mach to beer.. He left hia. towel and went downstaire, and, since the. girl WAS- there, fell to chatting with her, and. the more ile .chatted the more infatuated • he grew, until at hist he tiottially whispered - some words of admiration an he -r ear, and took her little fingers in his, whene-;whisk —came the box upori_his ear.- •. • "Wlici is that 2" he cried furiously,. for this blow was a smart one; • - . • you see any one?- have been struck.- It is the third time. What hark!. quip_ pi playing histrioks upon me ?" " Oh, sir, ehe pried, " for the. love. Of avenask no questions—only leave this suet And do not speak to me &gains:1-1 cannot telt you the „truth; but I know that you wil bkliotry 11 you stay. here. - Don't eete an helm Go—go--" And.why ?" said he.- • explain a rayetery to- mei - 'Thrice 'place I ebteeed you inn 1 havo received & blow from. ale 41,44014 hind. Your daughter tell me that you can explain the el:range ooaut- ranee to we ; and . tells Etle tIit I ail in dabger here." • * • The innkeeper looked gravely atAele -gueee, stroked he "long, ;white beard for -a monients, aud tben replied- by quee- Uonz - 7: • • • . 1_4 You hue been falling in "love With my. daughter ?" - ' • The youngenaii blushed. •. • tc I had, does that eke lain this thing r' "..Yea," -said.: the innkeeper. ' "It watt jaequeline's :lover who: stritelt: .Ynn"- '•ge- neVee Strikes- piny oue of whenit he _is not jealous ; oonsequentlye I kuow he is jealous, of - , "Then oho* me where- I mitY find him," said the. American, " and wtewilt see Who mai ha the hardest." - " flies" he saute t-iny daughter's lover is re'deintin, and all -you on do tee° dee from hide Ewill tell you the May. My datigh-. ter, as you know, pi wonderfully 'beautiful, and from her childhood the her elwayti told de of a terrible -black roan who net her on the: mothatani and lade- love to her:. He asked her to: be h a wife, • and when she said that ehe Would -Wither die he swore that she should' "never liaVe a laver, and revealed to:her the feat thet he was a demtni. Sinai then, whenever any onehes loved ray girl—anti almost - every young man who sees her :does fell- in love With hereeir—aa 1 Welds -whenever this happene, uneeen blows tall -upon him. 11 he 18.041one- -on the itowitains, he is led into dangerous - places, and avalatiohes and .f eosin water. spouts, overtake himi Several have _been done to -deaths-end-now -the Young mini of thesillege turn thole heede. the. other way when they, see, my Jacqueline.; "They cat eertlie deinoti'a true love' and only -*rangers' who kuow nothing of the story try to win her sunlea., "Poorgirll itis hard -for her. But there is no help tor it. When I arcedeact-she will go: into. convent. The • demon dare not 00E46 there e besides'he will I no loupe be jealous,- since utinft hsive rn --levers. 'As for you, sir, all that you can. do." is to go away fastas you eau trona' this !unhappy hen* .aud-foigee my poor • little, -Jacqueline !Op ever."' - • . • , And what, gentlemen and 1 ladies, asked the guide; posing. bimself -Picturesquely " with outspread leanda'whiit think you • your young American said then? Eh ? Perhaps you guess. No Well, I will tell you. He doubled his rignt fiat eright and' brought:, it—down • in the palm of his left hand, and saidteh, he was :et true Amari - Can, this.youpg '- "t rit darned.1" he -said, "if 111 giveug, the girl I love fora demote! And then whit* circle another thunip on hie. ebetit. • ". - • Show yourself like - cried Vita. young -Americans, "and well fight it Doze," .oried, a hollow +Okla in the etre ." Meet Me at, the long. Chaste at *12 tOiight, aud You shall not oply.feel but see me." • I • Dcine I cried the American.- - :1 Beeause you Will be in danger _if -yoU stay," she answered. "!oh may even be - killed." • - • te No, my beauty," "1- 'could not • go' now, even if there were danger in staying. - AndeWhet danger can there be Tell ma what pin mean." - His answer: was a soreem, and at that moment he receivecIfrout some Vitiation fist Efr terrible blew whiatt prostrated him to the earth. - - Tbeu She rushed away; and turning, the young American sew the innkeeper.. He was agrave man, well stricken in yeareeetud tee bowed low to -hitt young guest. ''s Sir," he said, "you teem troubled. Oan aidyou in any way ?" : • of 7(k4 can," said the youth. " Yeu-can 6 NoW -the long chasm was siterrible fee up the mourattine and the- innkeeper turned sick with horror when'he heard the promiee. - . • - • - . " It is as though yonwent eolhe gra ," he -said. ce You will not live to co a- back." - - • - ; . e But all the American would .say was . • „ • • '1 - 't If one Yankee isn't a match - for ten Itilien devils, •I'm•a gumpi" • . 14 vain the.. father swore, - the -laughter - wept, the wither wrung ; her hands, the servants went into hysterics, tbe American vowed to conquer e the demon that night, and. asked as hit reward 'the' hand of Jacqueline: • - ' - g ' "1 POMiiifli swathe father ; 'but it is a premie made to One already•eleadi" Alone, at the dead ei. night, - the young Athertinin ascended the mountain. He took nothingg sith him but :his 4sts, No one eveu offered to go with him. - • - - "-He bee gone to meet bis- fate 'eethey , - said; and tears bedewed thegirl's cheek as though sbe stood beside ar dying bed. "We Will never see elem. more," she wailed, -" never, never !"-• • - „ • ., Asshe iipokes they saw 'gm' in the, Moon- light 'turn; Wave- his hind t6wited them, find, 'vanish in the winding mountain road. No one slept in the inn thatitight, but at dawn just as the Oows lbegarie to cluster at the gate, there Was heard, . !shit and clear and far away through the pare Monntain- air,.tihe sound of's- whistle. . I It, items nearer. - They heard the tune. It was- ". Yankee boodle. - . • • " Only Ametioins , !bistro "Yankee Doodle." • - It is. 'the Arnett:Ian,' cried Jacqueline: And truly enoughthere_ he was—brisk and freshas ever, striding toward them. • "Then the , old 'demon • did not - inset you ?" cried the father. . . • ." I rather reckon he did, old gentleman," said the Amereein. -„, - • "And' youne , •- °seeped him :rotted Jacqueline. • . " Baader:tee 1"nried the Ainerioan,t ffendede Thei . he paused and whiled: It Was evident to Me - ff0M the -Sret,"- he Raid; thatthee demon had not edentate teeming. L don't know . whist he -thinks of nie .;. for after I bad .polished him off, I took hita by the nape. of the neck and dropped him. down "the ohasne,. as if he had been *kitten, andhe hadn't itime to make any remark. And now • I have kept my part of -the bargain, and I'm 'pure you will keep your". '..She did the' American took te wife :back to h s Wonderftd country when ,h0 went away. And so one hitsever seen the' 'demo* "kat e -and there is no doubt that he lieket the bottom Of the •latheam wbioh, from that hour, has been called the Demon's icTigusiwirk OF st. (Instant al.elluli*g.Glasseii7iolrlse Pausing • at the Laving Cup: - The _maim' of „tetuchlug glatieee prior to drinking :he -baths, is conampla in Euglaod and Other couotries, and espeohilly an Ger, -Pettily, Aare: the. London Brewers': Guardia& It is outiouti tottene how this Weston' has prevailed,- and itilL exists, inn' -among: savage tribes. To drink. out. Of 'the seine oup and to eat Off the eatile plate waseMe. of the Ways in Wheel -• the .anoients ."•-•oele- tratedeetuarthige„ and the‘ wedding fewer ciontinues to be not the leer* important ;of the • marriage ceremoities'- to theprotein% dirty, . The Indiana of Brasil •retain a aUse _tpoe of drinkiug:tegether a little brandy as :eigu that the rearrtege is oonoluded.•.- In Chine similar ,ouetome• are • -Wet With. S.Iir the inediadval • baequets of•Gerneeny. it was the:Custom to. pass a t.eloviog oUp from hand te hand, but thie gradually neoeaei- tated that Abe otip should be of enormous Size, and thus smaller otepa or gleesee were adopted, end old ,austoni was conferined to by the debilities touching their- glue* befeee drinking. [The -oeregiouy: attending the ptenting.ind dritiking out of the " loVieg cup,' as preaticed, at our greet oity .festival and.at aoineeof cep college . halls; is Walt° have arisen: from ,the iseassination of King Edward..• - • It was then th()natant of •thei Anglo- SaAbUil, to ;pees rent& a large oup 'from whieh-eitah.gileetedettaike .Whe tilmis, drank stood up i and, all:he:lifted Up the aup With. both 'hands,: hia. body was exposed: without auy defence to c blow, :anti the Wioadon was oftweselzed.; by an ettemy to murder him. TO -prevent tbis the _bellowing,. plan waaadepted e• 'When:one of the convexly atood up to drink here.qttired the companion who -eat next to him to be bid pledge -.that is, to -beresponsible for- weeding hini against anybody who eheilld attenipt. to :tete advauMge _ ot: hi& defenteless. posittone oompanton stoodup ilse, and reload his drawn ewe-id:in his hand to defend the drinker while, drinking: This pyintice, in a somewhat altered fermi" eon- unued -long after •the..ettudition ofsociety had cieesect to require it, and was the -origin of,. the Modern 7preatitie of pledging be . .drinking; : -In drinking. from the t . hieing etip as now praothied, eaele••persozi rises and: lakes :the 'cup' in bia hand :to :drink, • and, at the seine tine, the person!' stated nett to him rhies- alio,- and "when -the latter takes tlie oUp in hitilurn the individual next to .him does the same: • . Falle . , California there age 2,956 periple engsgid in vineyard culture. Of theser424 are inLas Angeles, -815 in Napa, 188 in Sonoma, 264 in Fresno, 287 'In Ban Bernar- dino, and 1088 numbers divided, 'aneong the othea, counties.' - The Spanish newspapers eat that Dem Oarlott has suffered for imne-,-iyears with a disease of_the.thriat, and that his symp- toms , became so &terming that a ooneuttation of physicians Welie held. The .dootoes ihformed the priniie that, in order to preserve hie life, it would be necessary 1 (Alma& Don Carlos has therefore arranged for him to spend the winter in a "Jarmo to- live in Bombay during -the -Mitt three tmontles and. 'will:. afterward take up. leis reeidence in Italy. eef , lisswittlrivat , . _ aonble Advlce - Which sikould be Degardeti About this times,. is .thii aloianaoitoulti say,- look out for Arab eriblog frope.defeo- titeflueee A -defective Sue' 'Benoit necete satily-defeative from the etart ; it Maybe .a good, eubstautial piece ofwork what it leaves the town's hands; but the expel.: mien • and omarteation 'oauseci..by our widely varying temperatures are Apt to work the movies • loose in time and evens in 'many poses, to throw briakeeut Of phew, leaviog. wide openings through Which apatite way pass to partition laths and framing tiMbers. :Chia is one reason to regret the abolition pt the chimney sweep. . Nuisenae• as he was be did doted:: the defecate° • spete in, the ohimney: he teevertied, 'end gave warning of them":in -time to have . "theme repaired A.ziothie oause.of -fire-from the flues is the - - - • " oarelebs work of carpenters in making: (tePeire. • Ieslegiowi tire sometimes found in 'tviiioh a Atte leading from a -lower stove' has been otit off and dooredover, the dry pine boards ; being eipesed, to the full force of any fire that znight he started in:the grate below. Defeotive Atm are apt to get in - their deal:1118d_ work in ths. cioideat weedier, when the 'bowie - liras areurged to their hotteet -point.: They .ithould 'be metalled at 411 thine, but every _chimney ithotild he examined aa fie as poseible before. aold *wither .setti in. — SoT *Attic .4N THE .19TATES. - . Canadian Delaulters -Allaiter'fiload •- Their peOcits. , - - . The Montreal Star thus speak' if a trans-. action. in 'which_ a former Hamiltonian got into a peck of troublec• Refeeenoe is made to Mamie Geddes,: formerly a railway official in this city: • "Mr. G. W. -Patter-- sou; of the London. Guarantee Company, has -just reburied. from Chicago, where he has succeeded in obtaining security leoni Massie Ged.dee, anebsoonding Grand Truu.k outside *kelt agent, .formetly at Orillia, Ont., .for the repayment _cif . the. *hole .amount of. hie deficit, scene 6500, together with . the - omits -incurred in his,. arrest. Geddes • skipped out to the usual asylum for "mob defaulters,' and had settled in Chicago:. The Guarantee Conipany who were surety for him, thinking -that Geddes' seoenty was to a great • extent - feeoiftil, followed him up. On his arrival in Chicago Mr. -Patterson had Geddes -arrested, but even thet individual, lying on the euppesed looseness of the law, bade the -Guarantee Company defiance, He'neatteged to getout' on bail, and the case was proceeded with in. the usual course, the, result - being that in a few .days Judge :Blodgett, *of the United States Supreme Court '-in "Chicago, tainecl thaaction toe 'compauy and gave judiment against Geddes, as atiteed ; -Other- wise he would - be obliged. to remain in jail until suoh time as the Guarantee Company saw fit to release. bhp: - This is a sharp awakening to the dishonestly inolinedewho oontemplate. having. a geed timein Uncle Sine% country on the fruits of dielionesty."- Philesephy end Dandy Fulls•.. Cendy, are a liniment* but I sup - peso we- must have. them. ' t have- now - arrived at:that:we and freneeef mind :that • Webrait - to anytbigg. But this, candy bimenees is not serene,: One of the girl& burned her 'hand dreadfully and 'is. still Wirrying it ilia bandage.: The -children -gee windy all ceier.thelloot Old the tablea and btireau. steaks to my - atm:kings -yet When "get ready. 10 go to bed. It nielta and emOketon the hearth.: VW dishes are all daubed andehard to clean up again. The door knobs and dipper handles are sticky and they keep imitate &slope/ aa the aandy lasts. But every pleasure has its dee*. beak. After every -dinner the dishes are be ..waihed. • After every repine the . bed his to be made up: We ride and drive end then the horse has to be put up and: fed We dance aweet music and hat% to pay the"- fiddler. "We go a a &nig, or an.ezoursion and aoine home tired . and *eery. Every pleasure see= .to be followed by pain or by trouble, just as. the night follows the day. But still it is right, for it is nature. .We in.cOttrapts and enjoy -them: Suppose we do hunt all day and find no,. game, Hope -18 a . -good thing and it was one of the questions we -used 'to debate whenI was a boy, 44 whether' the peirsuit or ehe possession gave the nmet pleasure." - Mak the affintative one time .when I Wale pursuing my sweetheart- with love and hope and devotion, and -1 argued my side with earnest eloquence. But when I lost her and another fellow got possession .1 Sopped over to the cithAt side.e-Bill Alps in Atlanta .Camtitution. • . - e A Weinaii's Age: A physician- of long -practice: :Was ,re-, Minded thee-yeetanjudge of a horse's_years by his mbtion, :and ..asked 'why some - rules could not be laid down in a general way for. estimating ....the age of a !Romano The un- certainty is eica altogether due to-deeeptive matinee,' aisoording to hie reply, but tei the varyingeffeet of time In individual', Ase A. Stern »Iclpllnurlau. -: A regiment quartered at a ciertaip town in Scotland had among them" an expert gymnast, whe taught hie brother Subelteens how to walk soma the berreokloom on their halide. -Whilethus engaged the deoe. opened and the colonel,. a stern due, 'aiplibaritiii, entered the *Corn and looked: attentively althe inverted ocinipany, shook .his heed; gravely, and "depetted. •without uttering a word. An Order to be on parade neit morning - was the 1994 , punishment expeoped fot this bteeth of disaipline.. Some dart paesed, however, and no notice being taken it. was, thought an apology and, in explanation should be . offered.' by ths. prime instigator of these uneoldier-like• movements. -A •reference being made to the memorable night the colonel &mated the intending apologist by .ekolaiming, " Hushelieutenaut. I would not have any- licidy"lenow it for the world. The fact is, I had been dining out with an old brother °facet who had served With me in India, and upon mylife Iliad no =idea that wine could Mews ' -had_ stick an effect upon- me; but when I (Zama to see it you __were all right in your quarters I could have sworn that. I _OW you an upside down,". - The old °Colonel was is ready as a .diplomatist and kindness was the consideration wbioh caused him. te attribute to himself the "upside down." - DUTCH. WOMB Foul oi Displeyeuit ornamenk, Beau,A . Every one has, of come, clean, white cape of the wome °sees eXteuding bull and upw. oblique dieeation high above thiti ••3 the beedseeys the, Atlantic Mot Wear them elatelitthig-with a the fropt. It is Seldom thee woman with a dirty cap, and being generally of blue or gray of sestroatand durable washi their whole &petit is .bright and strongly iu contrast. witte twit:talks or dirty female it quentlY to be met with in. the'‘ei London or New York. - The pc: women, and more espetiially thee are certainly fend of dieplaying of Ornetnent With their head -de this, however, it wouldbe einooe scribe pas leery, for it the .bjupimageni description in England and- Arne -Waal so muoh., I ,The , °risme these -Dutolit' Women e wear, t butnielied plates made to He ac a thoir forehead, . or the tei tule brunettes thou blorkt6seof-et corresponding age,. As te pluinpnese and. thelaok of it, fat. meet* said to itioteese, -the; appareut age Of e girl under 25, and to.: lesion- it in -iewonien over ,thate and bbs --reason is thee slenderneas is girlish 'es long as it does not _point* wrinkles, ,vihile rotundity keeps the elfin- twit and smooth. " "no ;gathering of women, • strangers to eote.courd yon-gtiesii the. ages within fiVe years on :the average," - added, "and in hall the instanOes you would .be ten yeare out- of -the *ay.: el know woman.: of 85, With a AM: of .16, and wheie.tieen together they are cOmMonty mieteken ' for .brother and 'Sister.. . Popularideas as .$0 the ages Of itotieseie are: eztravegantly. erronecitza. could :name several. whem know- to. be tremendouslye outraged overeitineates." eeBoaton::2'iines ee-• ' - • - en • . ' , srb.a :New". . The• death is .announeed of Me. li.obeet popular .1e1Yet Of :the Oone naught aim*. , , Mr. II 0. Burke, the oldest magistrate ()Gulag GatieetYra'''died on the iird at the age - 'of erver 90 years ••• • - • .•• ,.-- - • Aldeeman.E. Jetifeeriand has been eleettd Mayor Of Bethel*: He Je- the heti& of ilia shipbuilding firm of Hiirlanft it Wolff. I • - A recente- visits* to the •:-:Eitanele 'triune. siya thatthe liquor*e not meidelti the monastery, bub a large stone eilifida In the village. Pour monks, are regularly amplayed in the: inantifectore. .'•!.,40n New Tear's Dar tiO11-:Menk teCeiVea ie .hottilir of better. - e• At & recent sale of- fans in Madrid, one O1. iiorri painted by Watteau, Whit& fornieelef: -belonged to "the -.Princess- Adelaide,eeol gamete -fetched $750. • „fan .1)itititakl':by .Bonoliete--aold tor 4950 ; .atidintaleetepiiintect hit Lebrun for .the Duohele :Ofe414e, .brouglit NW. : 1,1 ; . The -.rafted States arMy. defeateCbY,,the- s fieta- le year, suatheliefiretaryoU overIt 1 E ;41 Ellin la gfd elan: • " play cardsithrough .the poet.° ;; c -during the- glirlstmas holiday season. --justifiable ehtleide. - - - • - - • r . , -A Vandalize treinmatt ;elates the oirouni stenoe of the killing. of et brakeman nomad: Bleat at :OraWfordeville.„ Ind., on Thurs- day, 'm -a- thrilling manner. Mack. was -Waking On. the Indiana, .13loombigtoe. & -Weetern.- While coupling aerie -the VALI-. delta men saw : him • trip abd,fell•itt der toe wheels, the •geiudine monsters outtiug-off both his Baths at once: The poi Unfortu- nate shriekedin agony and eat:darned : My-GodeIteill never be anygood on earth again."• :Then" with a' superhuman .tffort he oast himself under the ttill moving train, the whim's pasting -over hie -body and kill- ing" -hire instantly.. te. Mr". Henry Ward Beecher will . hentiti; forth editorially etanduot the le.Honie In. tereets" .department of tlit Brooklyn. Bfagneine."-. , • Lady Mayer, who died *short time „pip in Setglaucle was the:Widow, ot: an admiral and 'the tmother of two admlrals of the BrItmh navy. She Was 96 ears oicoid. the Prineei of: Wel and ; the IOW of Edinburgh:, hadpromiasd„to, dine ivith,,.;her her blind th -,14.00ditY she -relished lie e. • : !• An Old ladilitte'lattedi sitsuost, Who was in r:MiiiirtisPeOta one 01 Ibe most remarkable .She was the Cavalry, and WO ID th ' was married- SitiC' , • • k eighty geandobil tYt rat grento, andohildien, and 'Aye c biome Stitehlek for *Strigte. day.- - , Verizioute whiole had dren in leer - otineniOn• ,nOtot lese then 78;00r. Oren -though VII minelier Of thole, -tiOn under 20 yeara of- '0001elettli I11,114.not,An unusi ehigrgto of the . t t 2. - ilie hoei atmrt In1. gowns ;, 3 • and -terialt eanl.y, , !,Oltiss- of . iregraY ; sotrrr yep -io fre- iits Even ;to de-- - 1 -U:ot ' of . - which lee 11 which - ' bright O. tee tPiral ornaments &teach side of their 0, _ are. frequently of solidsilver, or eve _ 1 , and are purchased with: the result • , Several years'j. swinge and !vim- th, eelk • of theit .f• Marriage portion. OIL way - the weakness of vanity E made necessary: to ' the .. virtue - thrift. to' ..hils on the subject of mania;tions • I Wilk not cad' to meetion tlz the met , of September in each y * / teterti is - a fete held here called. the Hie iewhich . lasts *bout three weeks, when , .ous- ternary for the unmarried- wo f the poorer blame to attend this fat d' it is eimiasibte for every - female t .s not ". tweed with: a - beau' to • exegete extra - blardioliments to ittraota me a. of the orpoeite sex to show her round ':' air'he religiously calling each - day e: her to sOnte fresh eight„ the fair rquito a large and Ttseied gatherinC t enter- tainments, which it Mikes. seve, eye to ' eihautite Equal license is alio to the disconsolate Young man in e of .9. belle,.as it kis ipermissible ' for ' 'bring fair time to mill at the houses ..,, leSidents " to vine= he may be a oomparatigletganger, and retried te be -allowed the peteilege of escorting sortie pretty little Mk*: ,141.01 the- mysteriea of the fair.: It mayeziesz " pe sup - Posed that under such •oirounistki - s flirtae. tions and plightinga are very fr" 1 • and manylan acqnsaintanoe begun tk..- time has resulted in the two who.weep r iitfor . three Weeks enjoying many yea e :unite , nem lie a oloser Union. . • rerettual Paragraph 111 6 i'atitenr is g. Wog to Rio study yellow fever. ' • • ,. Mark TWeill is siud to be one 1201V0Aff men in the world. - George W. ,Oable is -said tol 650.t000 a year.out of his literaMt . - . The Rothschilds will not emeee who baa a reputation for eiro to flie most making wi. ii man i• Ben Butler is said 10 have peeio250,000 for th *fun of ruining for Pr::'e. It °mild :have been done for less meet 6 Secretary .Folger's: son, Mae ., bee been Weight home to Geneva.free There- is little hope °this reoovik t • . M. Peisarde the inoiaive sd4jtit the Paris -National, began hie beet Article one day • recently with thW Words : "When the cholera ends t eputies begin.- It is •a series- of tioourge Sergeent Mites, who was fo friary. ing thebanner into former 19 teed- -Muses in destitute citounistarti tend his eabre,• being unattached . to blaze vet riotio hip, has been 'seized -for debt. • : "1 never allow business of 1. eind to enter' my ohamhereloor zle Glad- stonereoently. " In .ale my poi life I have never been kept awake fliv Minutes by any debate in Parliament., Roscoe . Conkling dotes on and enlivens. his evening Medi roasted trial potatoes. These , eipatione to whioh he was all at the old days when he ran t • Wastpington. ' • By: the Queen's command hand ome chair of polished been laced by the side of a .• oider_, Ons with ew ger in *rid at .ge'end ite has ' tot-) road. at Balniorel ae a memorial of t} ‘,. tete Duke • - ,fothf*oArlx14anvoyare;11-Tti.:h.,:at road ev.. tie •!le.tti,.ef . his- ..Gieeld Maseey he0 not fared ,.:.0.•on the it4 Australian stage. A critic' in the'Aitetectlian (Volga that t"he reads his own "0,-„letes in a style; that. would do -little orediVA0 0 tength-- toreeseheetsboy, and with Hoe% a -per- ceptible ap#reoiation of the melati of his , -own lines.” . • Ib is said that 'the late Lor'e s .tiyor- of " leonclon Was the moat pop, . chief magibtrate of recent times. - Itlee ouleted. &sacs Mann, :as. 6;500 guests:tee9e enter- tain* debt dinner at the blanelo0.1 Ouse last . ; year and 9,000 more at bal 4 other ante tainmeete, • - -A -Levi P. Norton, Ministerl ;4.1 rano', when head of e New Merle aty Ps firm, ordered all his clerks tO she.(c4 ' their mowitiolles, as ' there was W I. eotion. I. ainong theladies of New.rorke" t time te "being waited' upon bye you* 4ti with., incipient nioustathee, e-, e "You are vets! late sending," Vening meat out," said an editor to. -tighter, When he came tome at 2 in' eternthge, • reti%emenet..thatit,iimrotnitt: shtin,d9olti, iiii ,. - map gbb .gidifitiritidis::140isoitab'iaelble;),,ig, u,' 'alaiinteesnowdelirtelitidsintioti.4. vn , teradisop_i tfibelti. eidibuucathoti;onall° j Rey. L 0, *Wet is the, SW... . -03 eilitiOn:".- A - -; . - *OM over. 1: ILO ening . 'SitiettleAttit'v bbleirof ralsiuM. Ile nail, poll v1ne,rd, in f order, seldoni faille cloW 211