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mm T'wr A '/ IT WAS UANUIMO IN A " WKLL." How tli« Body of lieu Ilarrlson'a Father WM Found. A Cincinnati deepatch aaya : The nomi- nation of Gen. Hen. liarrieon has act the tonttucB of all of tlio antiquarian gossipa to WttjjKingi »"<! everything connected with the family hiatory, from " Old Xippe- cauoe'b" day to the pruaeut, is recalled and reiK'tttod, includinH the most novel and (jlmbtly incident, tliat of the stealing of the body of Uen. Ben'a father from the family ijraveyard at North Bend and its Bubse- (jueut liuding in the " well" of a medical colletje in this city. John Scott Uarrison, the nomioee'a father, was a eon of Tresident William Uonry Uarrison. He lived at North Bend, about 25 miles below Cincinnati, near the Indiana line, on the not very large or pro- ductive farm that wus all his famous father loft liim e.\cept hia name, the "lo^ cabin" which became ao iamooa in the "hard cider, Tippecanoe and Tyler too" campaign of l«iO. It was not a cabin in the sense in which it waa used in the oampait^u, but a very comfortable, old-fashioned, roomy two Btory frame house, llaukedwithporches and shaded by a row of magniticent locuat trees, a iinmber of which etill stand to mark the spot where the old homo, de. Btroyod by lire about ;iO years ago, stood. The real cabin part of the structure was an old log hoase o( early date, against which the Cioneral had built hia more pretentious mansion when, after his distinguished early career as warrior and statesman, he settled down in comparative poverty to make a living out of his farm. The cabin proper, its logs concealed by weather boarding, waa used as a kitchen. Here lived and died General Bcn'b father, John Bcott Uarriaon, a kindly, lovable man of scholarly habits and artis- tic taates that hia limited incomn did not alwaya enable him to fully gratify. He lived the life of a gentleman fanner, re- spected by all of hia acijuaintaucea and " loved by all the children and duga of the neighborhood." He waa a man of not very great force of character, devoid of ambition for distinction and particularly adverse to the pursuit of practical politics and to mixing himself up in the conten- tions and Bijoabbles of the period, and yet the fates had tixed upon tiim to be the figure-head in one of the bitterest political contests ever fought in the State. The leaders of the party of that queer amalgamation of Kuownotbingiam and Free tioilism known asthe.Vmericau party, out of which was afterwards born the Kcpublioan party, at the Philadelphia Con- vention of IHuli, in oaating abont fur a candidate for Congreaa in the Seconil Ohio district, hit upon John Hcott Harrison and withoat an effort on his part, almost without his knowledge while the plan was hatching, he waa nominated and elected. (Jld " I'ap" Taylor, editor of the l.yrntiig 'J inui, the organ of radical Know- nothingism, and candidate for Mayor on the " American" city ticket against Jas. J. Faron, by whom he waa defeated, was credited at the time with the discovery and resurrection of the son of old Tippecanoe, and probably deserved the distinction. Mr. Harrison served one term in Congress, achievini; no distinction, and again returned to pastoral pursuits at North Bend. His regular habits, serene temperament and pleasant surround - ingi< gave him length of years, and he became the patriarch of the place ; but to the end of hia day his chief distinction was that of being the son of his father, and as such hia erect form and tluwinjf white beard were poinded out to the oocaiioaal tourist, along with the old locust trees, the site of the "cabin" and tho tomb on the hill as one of the Highta to be seen at North liend. Suddenly he was stricken with a mystcri<Mis disease that baltled the skill of the doctors, which in a comparatively short time carried him off. Thd funeral services were held at tho little cliurch in the old village of Cleves hard by, and tho body was interred in tho old family burying groond on tho rounded summit of the old promontory that marks tho " Bond " in tho Ohio tliat gives tho place its name. Either hecause the family feared that the peculiar character of tho malady to which he succumbed would m»ke his body tempting to the medical fratiTnity or the general fear engendered by the prevalence of bodysnatobing in tho vicinity of Cincinnati at tho time, extra precautions were taken to pn servo tho grave from desecration. It was made unusually deep, was walled and oem< ntcd, and a huge slab of Htone placed midway between tho metal casket and tho surface, and guards were nightly stationed in the graveyard. In spite of these precautions, liowover, a few days later, the ghouls tun- neled the brick work, pried tlio big stone partly out of place and Htole the body. How this great work waa accomplished without tho knowledge of the guardawasa mystery. 'J'hoy were suspected and arrested, but nothing came of it. By a curious coin- cidence about the same time, but before tho desecration of tho Harrison grave had been discovorod, another grave in tho vicinity had been robbed and some of the Uarriaon family were among the party of citizens who had gone to Cincinnati to em ploy detectives and search for the missing body. ^ While engaged in this work news of the disappearance of Mr. Harrison's body reached them, and their efforts to discover the ghoulish inaraudora and recover tho bodies were redoubled. Col. Tom HnoU. baker, then cliief of polioe, was appealed to, and consented to take tho case in hand. His lirst move was to go all through the medical colleges with a drag not, hinmolf taking charge of that drawn through the Ohio College, on Sixth street, near Vino, one of the oldest and most prominent in tho West. The building was searohed from collar to roof, the "stiffs" in the pickling vats lished out and exainiiiod one by one, the half -carved subjects on tho tables in the dissecting room scrutiiii/sud, but without finding a trace of the bodies from North Bond, and the search was about to be abandoned, whon it ooonrred to Col. Bnellbakor to take a look in the " woU" or chute, by which subjects and other heavy bodies were raised to the upper floor by moans of a windlass. He found the rope taut, and in the bare hope that tho object of thoir search might bo at the other end of it, laid hold of tha arms of tho windlaua and began to haul op. Slowly the weight at tho end of the rone approached the anr- ifaco, and the face of tho janitor, who bad condncted tho searching party over the building, grew paler and paler. When the otiject reached the surface of tha floor, it waa discovered to be a corpse, with the loop of the rope about the neck. Throw- ing back the remnants of the shroud that fell over the face, the horrified searchers saw tho face of a venerable man with white, flowing beard. Gen. Ben Harrison's brother and nephew were among the party, and as soon as the brother caught sight of the partially con- cealed face he advanced, trembling and pale, and when the full truth waa revealed by the removal of the tattered remnant of the shroud, shouting "My Qodl that is father!" foil hack in a swoon. Col. Bnell- baker at once placed tho terrified janitor under arrest. The body was removed to an undertaker's and again prepared for the grave. Gen. Ben Harrison, who after the funeral had returned to Indianapolis, was telegraphed to as aoon as the discovery waa made, and used all haate to reach Oincin- ati, arriving a few hours after the body ad been found. Ho bent every energy to he detection and punishment of the perpe- ratord of the crime, but without result. Borne others besides tho janitor were arrested. There was some talk of indict- ing the faculty. The few facts gathered were laid before the Grand Jury, but noth- ing came of it, and to this day nobody knows the history of the journey of John Scott Harrison's body from its peaceful grave at North Bend to the end of the rope in the horrible well of the Ohio Medical College, where it was found. MAKRIED IN A HUKBV. They HlHHed li Train lu a Village and Wedded to Prevent 8caudal. A New York despatch says : Last Thursday afternoon a well-dressed young man and a remarkably pretty girl were seen dining at Clifton, L.l. After dinner the couple sauntered out, and later were billing and cooing on the beach. At II.IIO p.m. the two lovera appeared at the atation too late for the last train. The yoang lady began to cry, and her escort endeavored to cheer her by telling her he waa aure he could find some way of getting hack to Now York that night. Bbo said ahe would not for tho world stay there all night. The young man was plentifully auppliod with money, and went to a livery stable and tried to hire a man to row or sail them (.croas the bay to New York, but there waa no one who wished to undertake the job. The disappointed couple then retired to a restaurant near by and held a consultation. They concladod that it was impossible to get back to New York that night. Miss Ida Roorke (the girl) cried again, and her lover, George Ueiob, tried to comfort hor, but to no purpose. The situation was get- ting desperate, and Beich decided that th»ro was only one thing to do â€" that was to get married. He boldly proposed it. The idea startled Miss Uoorke at Urst and she protested against it. He reasoned with her that they had long been engaged and would have been married before thia had it not been for impedimenta put in their way. After much persuasion she hesitatingly gave her consent. Then they got about every minister in the place out of bed before they found one who would marry them. They called in their coachman as a witness and Hoon were made man and wife by the Presbyterian minister, Mr. Campbell, whom Keich gave 925 as a fee. Then they wont to the hotel and retired with tho con- scionsness of having dono the best they could under the circninstancee. Since then their parents have forgiven them, and they have been re-married by a priest. *.KrT HIM AT TUB AI.TAB. Cli:irl«ii K. llriMikH' Clilld-Wiro Silen fnr a OlvorcD, and Nwxum He 1* After Her Money. A Baltimore dcapatoh says : Florence K. Winchester, the child-wife of Charles K. Brooks, haHapplie<l for a divorce from her boy-husband to whom she was married last March. She alleges that he obtained hor cons-iit through fraud and perjury. The license, she aays, was procured by her lovi'r swearing !io waa 21 yeara old and ahe In years, when in fact ho is only I'J years and she Ki, and liis object in marryin, ii r was to get hold of property which she will inlierit when she attains her majority. In describing their courtship the young wife tells how her hnaband prayed with her and read the Bible, when all the time he waa engaged in dishonest and nefariona trana- actions. By these hypocritical professions and other deceptive means he won her affe<:tiona. ()o the ilay the ceremony wau performed they left homo under the pro- tense of going to the theatre. She charges that on the way he suddenly surprised her by suggesting marriage and got her consent. Thoy wont to the parsonage. She imme- diately became conscience-stricken at what slie had dono. She left him almost at the altar and went to her father's house, where she has remained ever since. Since tho marriage she said her deceitful husband on one ocoasion decoyed her from homo and forcibly detained her. She ohargoa that ho has cruelly and brutally treated her and robbed her of her jewellery. Tho young people are well uounected, nnd the case caused a acnsation. BOUCICAULT'8 WIFK WINS. A New Vork â- ' Scotch " Marriage Held Validâ€" She Gets a Divorce at the V\Mf- wrlght's Ex penae. A London cable aays : The celebrated Boncicault divorce caae was decided on Thursday in favor of the wife. In the trial of tho case Mrs. Agnes Boncicault, the petitioner, deposed that her maiden name was liobertson, and that ahe was born at Edinburgh in 18:^3, was educated for the stage, and that she first appeared at the Princess' Theatre in London, which was then under the management of Charles Kean. She was then introduced to Dion Boucioault, who made her an offer of mar- riage. Influenced by the advice of Mrs. Kean she declined tlio offer, but eventually in 18'>2 went to live with him. Ilelations continued between them until August, Itiu'ii, when ahe went to America to follow her profession. She had an engagement at Montreal, and while there she received letters from Dion Boncicault, who was at Now York. At his reijuoat she wont there to see him. On her raising some objections to living with him at the hotel, he informed her that if ahe would consent to become his wife he wonld consent to become her hna- band, and by the lawa of New York, that, together with living aa man and wife under his name, conatitnted aa valid a marriage aa in Scotland. Under tho circumatanoea ahe consented to become his wife, and they stayed at the hotel for a week or ten days, living pub- licly there as man and wife. After that she was generally looked apon aa hia wifo, and on one occasion at Boston he publicly made an announcement to that effect from the stage. Sabseqaently ahe executed a separation deed, under which she was to have an annuity of $4,000 a year. That document was bigned in her maiden name, she being forced to do ao, being warned that otherwiao she would not receive the allowance in question. In 1883 she heard that Boucicatdt had gone through a cere- mony of mariyago with a lady in Australia. 8ho commenced a suit for divorce, bat abandoned it at the request of her child. Mrs. Boncicault was cross-examined at some length as to the various proceedings she had taken against her husband, and aa to the date of the alleged marriage, one of the dates beiai) 185.5. Uis Lordship pointed out that the pleadings appeared to have been amended. No wititesaea were called for the defonoo. The reapondent'a counsel contended that there was no marriage be- tween them. Tho judge came to the con- clusion that there was a legal marriage between the parties, and granted Mrs. Boncicault a decree niti by reason of the bigamy of her husband, Dion Boncicault, who, moreover, is mulcted in costs. Mr. 8purffeou*H Next Step. The London correspondent of tho Man- cheater Ouardinn writes : " In Noncon- formist, and particularly in Baptist circles, growing interest ia felt in what will be Mr. Spurgcon's next step. It is an open secret that tho instincts of his nature compel him to seek congenial communion, and that he cannot lung remain content with his pre- sent iaolation. No one dreama now of his return to tho Baptist Union, and the general impression is that circumstances will compel him shortly to initiate a move- ment which will result in a sort of federa- tion of Baptist Churches, comprising thoso who share his views, and which will bo tantamount to the formation of a now denomination. A movement of this kind wonld, in tho opinion of some, help for- ward tho suggested union between the Con- gregational bodies and tho Baptists." Sure Not to See II I in. Mra. Yeaatâ€" Will yon give Mr. Bacon a message to bis wife if you shonld see him to-day ? Mr. Yeastâ€" Oh, I won't see him to-day. "But he may drop into your oflioe." " No, ho will not." " Why are yon so positivo about it?" " 1 loaned him 85 fast Monday, and ho promised to pay it today." HIS UKIDK WAS DEATH. A Young Man Shouts Uimaelf ite<'auH His We<lding Suit Waa Not Made in Time. A last (Friday) night's Boston despatch aays : William H. Qibaon, a young chemist and electrician, employed by the Boston Electrical Com- pany, shot liimself in tho temple last night at hia rooms. No. 11 Wellington street, be- cause his new wedding suit (lid not arrive from the tailor's in time for him to attend the ceremony. Ho was found by his land- lady thia morning with blood flowing from a pistol shot wound in his head. He was conscious, but could not speak. An am- bulance conveyed him to the City Hospital, where ho died to- night. For the past two years ho hag be^i engaged to Miss Lillian Chandler, the niece of Col. W. U. Long, of Chelsea, i-^arly this week he engaged rooms on Wellington street, telling tho landlady that ho should bring his bride there to live in a short time. All day Tuesday and Wednesday he was going in and out of the house, seeming very much diatroaaed. Yea- terday forenoon he said to a woman of tho house : "1 expect my wedding auittoarrive at any moment. The tailor promiaed to have it hero Monday. It is i:ot done yet. I must get it right away, for I am to he married to-night and cannot stand up in a busineas suit." Ho shook badly and wept while ho told the atory. The ceremony was to take I'Ince at 7 o'clock. Aa nothing was seen of Gibauu attur thathonrthelandlady thought ho had obtained hia olotheaand gone to the wedding. Miss Chandler, tho bride-elect, waited with her bridal robes on until after 10 o'clock last night. The gnesta were assembled, the clergyman in waiting and tho wedding banquet spread. At last messengers were sent to Gibaon'a home, but the servants could tell nothing of his wheroabouta. I'olioemon and measongera scoured the city all night to no effect. Miss Chandler joined in the hunt. About I o'clock thia morning word waa brought to tho Chelsea Homo that young Gibson was dying at the City Hospital. Miss Chandler and Colonel Long visited him. Whon he saw them he denied that hia name waa Gibson, but aaid ho waa Charles J. Bice, a clerk employed by Brown, Uurrell & Co. Though both Misa Chandler and Colonel Long identitied bun he refused to acknow- ledge his name and protested that ho never know any one by tho name of Gibson. This afternoon the suit in which ho waa to have been married arrived, and he will bo buried in it. It ia never too late to mend ; but a man cannot expect to have a button sewn on much after midnight. A Torpetual Kallroad I'asit. A Boston despatch aaya : A moat singular case came before Judge Allen, ef the Supremo Court, yesterday for decision. It appears that in lS3(i, when tho Boston A Providence Bailmad Company was char- tered, Mr. John C. Dodge, of Attleborough, convoyed a portion of his land in considera- tion that ho and his family should lide free over the railroad as long as the land was used for railroad purposes. A grand- daughter of Mr. Dodge claims that sho is entitled to the privileges named in the deed, and that tho word family meant " doBoendanta " of tho grantor. The rail- road company demurred on the ground that tho remedy of the plaintiff, if any, is at law, and not in eiiuity. Judge Allen overruled the demurrer, and exprossed an opinion that under the dood tho Boston A Providenoe llailroad Company wonld be required to carry free the descendants of Mr. Dodge for all time. fehe WtiH wrong. " Yon aro entirely too diffuse in your views," remarked Sirs. Squildig to her huabond. " It is the man with one idea who snooeeds nowadays." "I don't know about that," replied Squildig, " I think a man with two good optica stands a bettor chance than a man with one eye, dear." FAEM AND GARDEN. How to Manure at the lowest Coat. One of the heaviest items in manurins the land is the hauling and spreading. Thig expense cannot be easily avoided, but there aro many methods of enriching land that aro available, though not alwaya practiced. Where a large amount of produce la aold off tho farm the fertilizing elementa go with it, and if the fertility of the soil is to be retained something must be brought on the farm to take the place of that which is sold off. No farm will remain fertile nnless the plant food necessary for the growing crops is provided, and manure will not retain fertility if it comes from no source but the farm itself, aa sooner or later the supply muat he eihauated. On stock farms, where large quantities of bran, middlings and ground grain are bought and fed, no difficulty will be experienced, but on farms devoted to the growth of crops, and the crops sold off the farm, the use of artificial fertilizers perm.its of-a return to the soil of the necessary plant food in a concentrated form, the labor of their application being but a small expense. Green manuring is the cheapest mode of enriching land, as no hauling ia required. There ia coneiderable labor required in plowing land so treated, but the plowing itself is beneficial, aa it reducea the land to a finer condition,, and assists in destroying weeds and grasses. No field should remain idle. When one crop comes off another should come in. If the second crop cannot be marketed let it bo plowed under for manure. Early potatoes can easily be renaoved in time for a green manurial crop, such aa buckwheat, peas and oats, millet, Hungarian grass or corn. These crops need not grow very hi^. Under no circumstances should they be allowed to matnre seed, even if the season permitted, hut ahould be turned under green, ao as to quickly decompose. A large majority of farmera after harvesting their corn leavo the field until spring. How much better it would be to plow the field and BOW it quickly to rye, turning the rye under in the spring for a potato crop. The filowing of the corn land would decompose arge quantities of weeds and grass, as well as corn roots, while the rye so grown, if prsforred, can be made to do good service for early grazing by stock in the spring. Other crops may be followed by green manurial crops in like manner, thereby enriching the soil by the decomposition of ita own elementa, and save hauling to that extent. The manore heap slionld also ba composed of fine material, which wilUessen the labor of handling the manure when the time arrives for spreading it on the land. The Willow u Useful Tree. There is no tree that is so sure to grow without any care aa tho willow. A twig from a branch of a tree atuck into the moist earth, and the labor ia completed. An article in a German contemporary recommends the cultivation of willow treea, not only from an ooonomicaland ind.istrial point of view, hot alao for hygienic par- poses. They are especially useful where the drinking water is taken from fountains or natural wells, and still more where there are morasses and meadows ; and in the vicinity of willow trees water is always clear and pure. Let those who doubt tUs fact place a piece of willow which has not yet begun to atrike into a bottle of water, and place thia within another bottle oOD- taining water only, in a warm room tor eight daya ; in the first bottle will be found ahoota and rootlets in clear water, while the other bottle will contain putrefying water. Holland ia covered with willdwa, and the dam works arc made stronger by tho network formed by the roots. The Cruw an u FiinniT. The crow ia nobody'a fool. " Live and learn " is his motto ; and ho does both, especially the former, in a way to excito the admiration of all disinterested observ- ers. In tho long struggle between human ingenuity and corvine sagacity, i. i^i <''Mibt- f ul which has thus far obtained the upinr hand. Nor have I ever quite convinced myself which of the contestants has the hotter case. "The crow is a thief," the planter declares ; " he ahould conliue him- self to a wild diet, or else sow hia own garden." " Yes, yes," Corvus makes reply ; " but if I steal your corn, you first stole my land." Unlike his cousin, the raven, who, along with the Indian, has retreated before the pale face, the crow ia an ultra-conservative. Civilization and modern ideas are not in the least distaate- f ul to him. He haa an unfeigned reapcct for agricultnru, and in fact may be aaid himself to have set up aa u gentleman farmer, letting out his land on sliarea, and aeldom failing to get hia full half of the crop ; and, like the ahrewd manager that he is, ho insures himself against drought and other miachaiices by taking his moiety early in the season. Aa I plant no acres myself, I perhaps find it easier than some of my fellow-citizens to bear with the fanlta and appreciate the virtues of tbia sable aboriginal. Long may he live, I say, this true lover of hia native land, to try tho patience and sharpen tho wits of his would-be exterminators.â€" i/rarf/onJ Turrmj, in t/it' Julii Atlantic. Uthftr AKrionltnrHl Moles. An immenae radish has been picked by Miss Mary Lambert, of Island Lake, Fla. It weighed four pounds and was six inches in diameter at the largest point. Thia radish waa thirteen inches long in tho body pro- per, while ita tap-root waa thirteen more, making twenty-six in all. Prof. J. A. Lintner placed the total num- ber of insect species in the world at ;i20,- 000. Of those found in the United Statea 7,000 or 8,000 are fruit peats, and at least 210 attack the apple. Tho largest tree in the country oast of California is a anarled old sycamore that stands in Upper Sandusky, in Ohio. It ia â- 10 feet in oircumferenoe. If lilacs were conlinod to ono stem and given good care they wonld tako a higher rank among the shrubs and lilac trees thai bloom in early spring. At the recent Fnglish live stock sales pigs brought much better prices than cattle. In one caae a boar sixteen months old brought 8250. One advantage in the soiling system is the freedom from weeds in the feed, which with cows at pasture in summer give a bettor taste to milk and butter. With corn- fodder, millet or other cultivated crops suitable for soiling purposes there is better quality and greater uniformity in the milk product. Gradually more attention is being paid to grass for the reason that by growing it and I taking pains in tho management the fer- tility of the soil can be gradually improved more so than with almost any other crop. And as the yield of other crops begins to fall below the line of profitable yields more attention ia paid to grass. A New Y'ork farmer states that he used only ooal-gas iat to prevent the ravages of the potato beetle. He puts a gallon of tar in a tub, over which he pours boiling water, whjclbis allowed to settle and cool. This is sprinkled over the vines with an ordin- ary sprinkler. A gallon of tar costing 75 cents Bufiicea for aeveral aorea of potatoes. An " Indiana Farmer " correspondent advocates the use of rocks and atonea for mulching newly planted trees, and where at hand they are auperior for the purpose. Their pressure keeps the soil close to the roots and the roots in place, while they re- tain moisture, choke down weeds and pre- serve a more even temperature than a mnlch of litter does. The Home and Farm gives the following novel method of making cabbage head. Ik says that " when the plants are about eight inches high, and have formed woody stalks, make incisions in the atalks with the small blade of a penknife, insert small pieces ol wood of the six-e of a match, and break them off. This checks the growth, and hard heads will be formed." A cleanly kept cow will yield sweet milk with an agreeable, sweet odor, and quite free from any taint or injurious quality whatever, says Hoard't Dairyman. That such milk ia very rare ia simply hecanaa anch cows aro rare, and this ia the reaaon why the very beat purely flavored butter is rare, too. The cow that produces only 100 pounds of batter per annum ia not to blame for the disgraceful fact â€" it is the .stupid farmer, who either doesn't feed her or make a merciful use of the butcher- knife. Old World Jottings. Mining operations in metal and coal are begun with great energy in China. The field of Bannockburn ia about to ba converted into the site of a coal mine. A railroad will soon be built from Gib- raltar to communicate with the rest of Spain. Professor Hux'ey'a second aon ia a atudent at St. Bu 'tholomew'a Hoapital, London. So far Pasteur's recipe for killing the Australian rabbits with chicken cholera has failed. Great pearl discoveries are reported in the Gulf of Mexico. One was sold for 1 10,000 franca. An attempt haa been made to have the historic Gallowa tree on Hampstead Heath cut down. Nine of tho Blankloy yearlings â€" six by Hermit and three by Galopin -have been sold for ilO.OOO. A six-ton cab, carrying an electric bat- tery strong enough to run it forty miles, recently made a satisfactory trip through London. An expert says that in 108 Derbya the favorite has won 37 times, has run second 2t times, third 15 times, and been unplaced on 32 occasions. The mon ument to Sir Bartle Frere on the Viotoria Embankment, London, con- sists of a heroic-sized statae on a granite pedestal fourteen feet high. The pedeatal bears the words "India" and "Africa," each within a wreath of oak leaves. A Qlrl Abbess. London St. Jtinu-$' Gazette : The Arch- ducheaa Marguerita Sophie, daughter of Arddnko Charlea Louia, haa been installed at Prague as abbess of the community of Noblo Ladies of tho Ilradakin. The instal- lation waa effected with great pomp in the Church of St. George, a large number of officials and knights of the imperial orders being present. The new abbess, who was robed in black, with an ermine mantel, waa formally presented with the insignia of her dignity, a staff and ring. The Hradschin is the capitol of Prague, and this com- munity, to which it gives its name, is a re- treat for unmarried ladies of noblo family. It was formid under Maria Theresa. The intuates, it ia stated, aro not aubjeot to the ordinary vowa or rulea, and are even per- mitted to marry. The present Queen Begont of Spain was abbess there from 1870 to the time of her marriage. Tho new abbess is 18 years old. ♦- â€" Hats of tireat .tlen. " ' Seven ' being tho average size of a man's head as measured by his hat," says a London exchange, " it appears that out of fourteen distinguished peraonagea, two (Lord Chelmsford and Dean Stanley) were below, while other two (Lord Beaoonsfield and the Prince of Wales) were exactly up to the average. Of tho others, Dickens, Selborno and Bright recjuirod 7i, Earl Kua- sell 7i, Lord Macaulay, Gladstone and Thackeray 7^, Louis Philippe Tj, and the Archbishop of York 8 full. Of twenty- three distinguished men whose actual brain weights are known, four, including the late Prof. Hughes Bonnet and Hermann, the philologist, were distinctly below the average, sbuwing that a well constituted brain of small dimensions may be capable of doing much better work than many a larger organ whoso internal constitution is, from one cauae or other, defective." ^ . A Widow's Revenge on a Railroad. The Savannah \ew.t aays: A railroad running through Emanuel county recently killed a razor-back hog belonging to a widow, and she entered a suit for dama-es for the value of it. The railroad won the case. It being shown that the proper signals were blown and tho jirecautions taken, and theplamtifl waa sorely distressed about tho result. Shehad converted the pig into lard, and as Iha road would not pay for killing him, sho bsatowed what remained ofthe porker on the company. On a dark night she took tho pot of grease, and pro- ceedmg to the track of tho company, coated the rails with a liberal daub of grease for about a quarter of a mile. It took all the sand that the engines could bring to bear on the track for two days to tide over the spot which crippled traflio. New the widow IS threatened with a law suit. It often happens that a dissatisfied hus- band sends his wifo homo to her mother. Mrs. Uonnell Swan, " oao of the wealthiest and most beautiful women in Baltimore society," the record says, haa been married eight years and ia now in Europe. She revoraea the usual order of things by send- ing her husband home to hia father with a letter aaying she has had enough of him. A divorce suit is pending.