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Perhaps-Sr. eyes divine, with vision cleanr Thau thie dim, narrow eight, What we etui weeds may us accounted Thar* jail my blossoms bright. m And aha]] t then despise and hid them wither? To murmur have I room, » "Who brought from life no fruitful harvest, neither Spent it in fragipnt bloom? •Grow on, poor weeds; I will not check at chide thee. Nor grudge thy little spaoe To nestle in earth's bre&st; one day beside thee I, too, shall crave a place. - for you and me a few more Summer hoots; And then--Ah! who will know If leafiese, lifeless forms were weeds or flowers, Under tlie next Winter's snow? 'Around the Farm. A VIRGINIA lady, whose husband died two years ago, has since that time, with the aid of her six daughters, success­ fully cultivated a farm of over 200 acres. MiLiaoKS of dogs and no sheep--that's the position Georgia, the Empire State of the South, occupies on the wool ques­ tion.--Atlanta Constitution. SEVENTY SIX potatoes were recently taken from one hill by Mr. Henderson, of Winnipeg, of which number fifty-five were larger than kens' eggs.' This is illustrative of the wonderful productive­ ness of this country, and shows that it is no " small potatoes and few in a hill." TEXAS has planted the true Egyptian rice; finds that it flourishes on prairie upland, and yields ten times as much as any other variety; that the heads are larger and the grains heavier, darker and more easily obtained than the varie- « ties now cultivated. ABOUT 12,000,000 acres of France hav­ ing become unproductive as agricultural lands, by bad husbandry, have been the past spring set out in forest trees, prin­ cipally pine. In this way it will soon become the most profitable territory. THE American feeders probably never could have invaded the English meat market at a more opportune period. The shambles are not only sparsely covered, but the quality of the meat exhibited is, generally speaking, unpop­ ular, and ill-adapted to cope with the grass-ted meat that they are prepared to offer to the meat-eating population of Great Britain.--^London Agricultural Gazette. x A HORS ̂no matter how vicious and -obstinate ne may be, when attempts are made to shoe Mm, can be rendered quiet and manageable by making him inhale during the operation a few drachms of the ethereal oil of parsley dropped on a handkerchief. A large number of trials of this substance have been made with the most troublesome and violent animals, and in every case with perfect success. ONE of the results attending the grass­ hopper invasion of Southwestern Min­ nesota is the increased attention given by the larmers to stock-raising and the dairy ^business. A number of cheese facttories are now in successful opera­ tion throughout that section of the State, and others in contemplation, but still greater attention is paid to butter-mak iug, which in a few years has developed into an important and valuable industry. I SAW an enterprise in floriculture near Sandwich Town, Cape Cod, that paid well. An acquaintance had «on straciod a bmali pond or basin adjoining his craiiberry bog, containing, ho and I judged, about four square rods. The water was probably two and a half or three feet deep and the bottom mucky. He procured a variety of pond lily, in form like the white ones growing in ponds here, but of a pink color, and planted them in this pond. I do not Iknow just how long ago this was done, but he told me that last year he cut [about 1,500 of the flowers, placed them refully in wet moss, packed them in lice packages, and sent them to Boston. |He realized for the lilies, after paying sxpress charges and commission, as I mderstood it, $175. He sold them for elve shillings per dozen.--Rural tome. THE sowing of wheat should be com­ pleted as early as possible, especially if [he soil is in good condition for seed, vye and lucerne should now be sown for rly i-oiling in spring. If a good varie- |y of turnips are sown the first week in eptember they will produce well unless frost sets in early. Water for stock lould be provided so that no inconve- ienoe will be felt during the drought of immer or the rigor of winter. Farm j>nildings of every kind should be put in epair. A capacious woodshed erected kear the dwelling, and an abundant sup­ ply of sawed and split wood laid in iom [Pinter. A foundation of muck shoi **" low be made for the man-are heap, ue collection of manure mmr~ parm roads should be repaired, le, gates substituted for gaps, [eneral fixing up of thingB on the ad around the homestead, feeds should be collected and &urned afore they have shed their seedf»P About the House. ' ToilAtlb SWEETMEATS.--fj0*ld Mild W- |iove the skin, sUoe Ape smd stewth'em sugar like otlpWpreserves, three births of a jpmd to a pound of tmatoes. w* „J!IAXK (will keep a year)-- _ _ . Bid coffee, one* eup molasses, dap sugar, one cup butter, three flour, one egg, one-half pound is, one-fourth pound citron, one blespoon soda, one-half a nutmeg, one "spoon ground cinnamon, pag-half ?oon cloves. Bake slowly. JOBS PUDDING VEGETABLE.--Take en ears of com, cut through with a Life the kernels md then out off; a tear cap of milk, one egg, salt and a little butter, a pinch of soda; mix well and bake one hoar and a half. To grate your corn is better, but it takes more oorn labor. To BLEACH FERN LEAVES.--Gather them when the flowers are on the backs of the leaves, press them in a book till ready for bleaching, then suspend them by a thread in a jar filled with the bleach­ ing solution, and let them remain till they are white; rinse gently but thoroughly in clear water and lay between soft folds of muslin; when dry they are ready to be mounted. KIDNEY STEW.--Take two large beef kidneys, remove the fat, wash thorough­ ly, then dry, cut them in small pieces and boil in one quart of cold water; stii for two hours, then add one-half tea- spoonful of black pepper and a pinch of salt, and thicken with pastry flour; serve with wall of mashed potatoes and toast. GERMAN "WIND-BAGS."--To five ounces of butter add one-quarter pint of water, and boil; add _gradually, while on the fire, six ounces of flour, three eggs and one spoonful of sugar; stir very briskly for ten minutes, then take thin paste and put by spoonfuls m buttered tins, sprinkle with powdered sugar, bake fifteen minutes and serve. ANOTHEB household hazard is upon, UM in the shape of a' substitute for beeswax, which is dug up near the large coal-gas beds of Austria, and is very combustible, and with difficulty soluable even in oil of turpentine. It exhales a benzine-like odor, and in its purest form, after beach­ ing, is used for candles, wax flowers, polishing, pomade, and laundries. A RECIPE for cough syrup appears in the Cincinnati Gazette, from " A Farm­ er's Wife," which wek now to be excel­ lent. It is as follows: Take a small handful of hops and some old field bal­ sam, and some hoarhound, and make a strong tea; strain and put as much mo­ lasses as tea; boil down to about one-half. To be taken before eating and before going to bed. "Is a Paint Mule a Hoss I" Nothing is more remarkable than the facility with which the colored popula­ tion became acquainted with the forms of law, and the practical management of a case in court. There wss a striking illustration of this fact in the Recorder's Court this morning. The prisoner was accused of riding across one of the bridges in a gait faster than a walk, and the proof was that he galloped a paint mule over Houston street bridge. He managed his own case. His Honor said, " I think IH have to fine you, Johnsing." " May I ax ver a few questions?" "You may. " Isn't thar a sign over dat bridge, warning people how dey must ride ?" " There is, and that makes you all the more guilty." " It does, does it ? Now, Mr. Recor­ der, is dat sign what I'has to go by ? Is dat de law?" " It is." " Well, den, dat sign reads, ' Walk ¥our horse or you will be fined.' Ekm't it--*don't it, boss ?" "It does, Johnsing?" " Well, the proof is, I was gallopin' a paint mule, wasn't it, boss ?" " Y-e-s, I believe so," replied Hi« Honor, beginning to smell a rat. " NOW9 if Your Honor is willing to ad­ mit dat a paint mule ain't no hoss, I'll rest de case heah, becase you see de law s 1 shall walk my hoss, and as it was a paint mule, dat is fated to de indict­ ment. You is a lawyer, and you ought to know dem pinto most as well as my­ self." Recorder:--Ahem 1 for the purpose of this suit, Johnsing, I'll regard that paint mule as a hoss. Prisoner--Your Honor will please note my 'ception. I jess wants to make one more pint. Allowin' for the sake of ar­ gument, dat a p tint mule is a hoss, de sign reads ; " Walk your haw." Now I has de witnesses here in court to prove dat paint mule hoss was »ot my hoss at all. De law say walk your hoss. "Recorder---I'll fl.ne. ycr. tea (l^Uars, Johnsing. And as Johnsing wap conducted to the lock-up he expressed great sympathy for the tax-payers, as he intended to bring a suit for $100,000 damages for false im­ prisonment. lie is now, however, at work 0© Ate streets.--S'an Antonio Herald, Onslaught Upon Christians in China. A terrible onslaught was ""4* on July 17 upon the Catholic Christians in Ning- kuoh Fu, in the province of Ngan-huwy, when a crowd of about 1,000 soldiers and ruffians, under the guidance of officials, burst into a chapel during ser­ vice-time and brained numbers of the congregation. The men entered the chapel, interrupted the Abrvice, forced the officiating priest upon his knees, and demanded that hg. abooid cease pro­ mulgating the dootef|||^ the T'ien-chu seel The priest dtijp^d to make the promise, whereupoi a scene of inde­ scribable utjftMr^ngued, during which frightfttJ^^H^Anrred. The priest was toni^^^^^^Btually put to death, ; a little child was torn limb oorpse of another for him, had died ;en from its grave and The members of the have all left the neigh- borhoo4PSnd the Roman Catholics have now a <uard around their house. The chief Oimspirator was a military Man­ darin named Wu, who has openly ex­ pressed his malignant hatred of the Christian religion. THE GREAT RIFLE MATCH. j k • •tit- • .. -V . - . ..jp- Colds. •M well-known physician gives a plan of doctoring a cold wnich is claimed to lie sovereign : As soon as the indications •how themselves, decide at once that you are bound to overcome the difficulty, and let no busiaess nor pleasure under­ mine your resolution. Heat yourself up as thoroughly as possible. Soak the feet in warm water and rub them until there is a glow of circulation, go to bed, cover up snugly, eat nothing whatever, but drink all the cold water you desire. In twenty-four hours, if this treatment is followed in season, the cold will be mas­ tered, when, if allowed to run, two weeks would be the least time in which to get rid of it. The old plan of "feeding a cold and starving a fever " is false and should b^argotten at once. The Championship ot the W«rM Won by the Americans. The international rifle match at Creed- moor, L. I., resulted in a signal victory for the American team. The contest listed two days, and was participated in by teams of marksmen representing Australia, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. Each team con­ sisted of eight crack shots, who fired at targets 800, 900, and 1,000 yards dis­ tant. The shooter could take any posi­ tion he pleased, without any artificial rest--that is, he eould lie en the ground, face downward, like a sharp-shooter, resting his rifle on his elbows, or he could lie on his back, his feet toward the target, and his piece resting on his boots. At the dose of the first day they were nine points behind the Scotch, and five behind the Irish team. On the evening of the second day the Americans added '509 to their score, making a grand total of 3,126, out of 3,600 possible^ leading the field by 22 points. The Irish, by the fine ecore of 535, took second place, with 3,104 for a grand total, and were 42 ahead of the Scotch. The latter had made 489, and their total was 3.062, ex­ actly the same as the Australians', who had made 501 at 1,000 yards. The Canadians, by making 476, got a grand total of 2,923. The interest in the match was truly in­ ternational and each team was supported by a large crowd of enthusiastic and ex­ pectant oountrymen. When the team captains drew for positions the Irish were rewarded with tlie outside 81 fifing points " on the west side. Here were gathered at least a thousand Irishmen, and inside the ropes was a party of ladies and gentlemen who watched the fortunes of the Irish team closely. The Irish­ men of New York wagered large sums of money on their countrymen. The Australian team was on the ^ight of the Irish. Fifty or more Australians were on the ground, and were very enthusias­ tic in wishing that their representative marksmen might bear away the Centen­ nial trophy, if for no other reason, as they said, than to secure the privilege of playing the host to the riflemen of the world in 1877. The Scotch team had drawn the middle position, and behind its members were jaunty caps and plaids enough to indicate that they had a large constituency present. Tlie Canadian team was next, and the Americans on the east side. The American' team had a host of watchful sympathizers--includ­ ing the majority of the ladies at Creed- more--who did not waver in their en­ couragement while the Americans were doing poorly at 800 yards. But when the Americans «got fairly settled at 900 yards, and scored bull's eye after bull's- eye, the more prominent-spectators gath­ ered in a body to the right, and the space in tlie rear became a dense mass of ex­ cited human beings. It took all the persuasive power of the officers to keep the applause in partial check, and every man who scored a bull's-eye knew of his success from the deep murmur behind him. The excitement among the crowd was general along the whole line, but the disciplined marksmen gave little ex­ terior evidence of nervousness. Late in the afternoon a few of the spectators be­ came somewhat boisterous, but they kept away from the firing points. The hard work and drudgery of the match had been passed, and now the dramatic effect was about to begin. The transformation scene was at hand, show­ ing a smiling Jonathan, a decidedly crumpled and bewildered Sandy, and the ever-jubilant Hibernian. The shoot­ ing at 1,000 yards was opened by the Scotch, who shot badly, as if dispiiited; the Canadians and Australians struggled as if hopelessly and to gain a creditable place on the list; but the Irishmen and Americans went at the work as if they knew the struggle for supremacy lay between them. The shooting, as tbie score indicates, was remarkable in al­ most every respect; and the Irish team did the best shooting ever seen at a long range. Mr. Millner made the remarka­ ble score of fifteen bull's eyes in as many shots- -the highest possible score. The sun was shining brightly, and no doubt dazzled the Scotch lalls greatly, and in a manner accounted fer their poor shooting, as they had unprotected Goodwin bars for front sights. Mitchell, one of their best men, led off with a miss, and the whole squad got but twen­ ty-four in the possible forty, while the Americans, with thirty-three points, suddenly found themselves abreast of their most formidable opponents. The knowledge of this fact broke the spirit of the Scotch team as suddenly and as certainly as it biaced up the Americans to a struggle to hold their ground. Not a single perfect round was shown at this range ; but the Scotchmen from the first found themselves retrograding rapidly to the last place. In the third shot Mitch­ ell missed again. The team tried its favorite plan of recuperation by firin slowly, but it was of no avail; the tid had set against them, and, unable to stem the current, they were borne away from bad to worse. Later on in his soore Dr. Mitchell committed the fatal error of shooting on the wrong target, putting in a shot on III., which the Canadians had been using, but which for ten min­ utes or more before had had no shots thrown upon it. This was the last straw on the camel's back. For a front lying rifleman and a Scotch rifleman at that to shoot on the wrong target was beyond precedent, and the thought of it took all spirit from the Scotchmen, Gapt. 'inorburn so far forgetting luuu>.'f to close with a miss. The Canad'ans were on in quiet mediocrity, the Scots were going downhill fast, while the Americans, Irish and Australians were fighting hard for the fore. The an­ nouncement of the result was generally discredited; to make a gross majority of fifty-three points in one range was too good or too bad, as viewed from American or Scotch stand­ points, to be true. But the figures were correct, the Scotch had lost their team system, and, instead of the solid bunch of united strength, were now a few sepa­ rated fagots, while the Americans, who, for a day and a third, had fired in a per­ functory sort of way, each man with his own scorer, with a general coach and Providence overlooking their work, were alarmed at the glaring prospect of de­ feat unless they bestirred themselves, and for the first time in the year some approaoh to the old-time American team shooting was seen. Th£ one team had lost the key of success, and the other had recovered it. When it was announced that theAmer- icans had won the match by twenty-two points, the crowd in attendance cheered, ahout«d, threw up hats, and indulged in hand-shaking. Cheers wero given for the foreign teams, and the captains were loudly called for, who responded by making sone. good-natured remarks.x The team totals for the shooting are as follows : American team..... Irish team Scotch team Australian team.....!)"" team '.I.'.', •••••••«»» ..........1,549 .......1,522 1,476 1,617 .........1,433 looking Out for the Labour. Donald G. Mitchell writes as follows m his notes on the Fair, in Scribner for October: But neither Sweden nor Norway needs an apologist to speak for them. The great galleon of the latter country, in the rear conrt, with its sroju equipments, and iron trophies, aud a big Yiking at the " fore, is in itself a grand trium­ phal song, which is secure of an approv­ ing " bravo." And better than the galleon, with its iron shrouds, and better titan the magni­ ficent metallurgic trophy which Sweden has massed together in her rear court, and more worthy to be noted, are Rome facts which appear in the neat and orderly catalogue prepared by the Swedish Com­ mission. Thus, we learn that, under the ad- illustration of the great lumber house of James Dickson & Co. (whose exhibit is in apt conjunction with the figure of an old peasant reading to his wife, who listens with a pleased intentness)--" the children of the working men receive their education in schools which are sup­ ported by the proprietors. A fund for the poor and sick, an association for fur­ nishing provisions at cost price, circulat­ ing library, bath-house and hospitals have been established for the benefit of the working men. Moreover, the latter have free lodging, full medical attend­ ance, and medicine." Again, in connection with the Skultu- na copper works--" sick and burial funds are established for the benefit of the em­ ployes, school instruction is provided for, conducted by three teachers, in three separate sohools at the works. Be­ sides this, the workmen assemble two evenings during the week, and attend lectures in natural philosophy, history, geography, etc., and get instructions m writing, arithmetic and drawing." An­ other large corporation, the Hoganas Coal Mining Co., has established for the benefit of its operatives reading rooms, a library, a hospital with free medical attendance ; also a large park, in which is built a dancing-floor, where once a week a band plays for the disport of the village population. Of course, con­ venient strikes, and high prices for ooal, which belong to the American mining method, would hardly be reconcilable with such provisions for. the operatives. A Pennsylvania Suicide. A young lady named Carrie May Gary, 15 years old, was found hung to a tree in the deep wood near Great Bend, Pa. The Burgess of the borough and a jury of inquest repaired to the spot. It was nearly midnight when they Reached tlie scene.. Two lights were seen dimly burning in the woods, around which sat three men keeping watch over the form still dangling from the limb of a small birch sapling. One hand graoefully clasped the body of the tree, and one foot rested upon a small stump close to the body of the sapling from which she was suspended. The hangman's noose had been skillfully tied and properly ad­ justed. Her clothes were tastefully ar­ ranged, and everything bore evidence that she had taken measures to look beautiful in death. The jurymen care­ fully examined the form for violence, but none was found. Then four men took the body and the rope was severed. As the form was being lowered a start­ ling half-screech and half-groan escaped from the lips of the dead. The super­ stitious cried, " My n»df she ia alive !" The physician immediately announced that the noise resulted from escaping gases, which had been confined in the throat by the action of the noose. It seems that she was engaged to be mar­ ried, but that during the absence of her lover she had been to the photographer's with another young fellow and had a tin­ type taken. This the young man dis­ played among his friends, and an­ nounced that it was his intended wife. Friends of the young lady informed her of the fact, and told her that should her in­ tended husband ever hear of it, he would never marry her. This, it is believed, preyed upon her mind until, through desperation, she sought relief in suicide. -- Washington (Pa.) Republican. John Chinaman Takes a Holiday. No better illustration of the extent to which John is relied on for domestio help could possibly be afforded than that furnished on the last Chinese New Year. At that religio-gala festival all work is nominally suspended for six days, and absolutely for three. On Fri­ day night, John, getting up the sem­ blance of a grin, presents his mistress with a pot of preserved ginger, aud the information that " Me no wolkee to-mol- low. Me come Tuesday." And, sure enough, with the exception of two min­ utes on Saturday morniug, when John, with much stolidity of face just drops in to join his two fists together, make vio­ lent curves at you therewith, and wish you "Goom-wah!" no more is seen of him until Tuesday. During these three days, nearly every family in the city mourned and .was disconsolate ; house­ hold cares were attended to by unused deputies, to the neglect of piano playing and promenading ; cold meats were in order, visiting and invitations were sus­ pended, the weekly bundle of soiled linen remained like Somebody's Lug­ gage, "uncalled for," the restaurants were more than usually crowded, and for half a week society was at a stand­ still--Thomas J. Vivian / Scribner for October. The Largest Ship. The ship Three Brothers, formerly known as the Yanderbilt, which was presented by the Commodore to the United States Government during the war, lies in the East river. She is the largest sailing vessel in tlie world, being 325 feet in length, and having a spread of canvas equal to 24,000|square yards. KANSAS AMI €0L0BJL§0. Two 8tatcs that Rave Added to the Attrae- ttons of the Centennial Show. A majority of the State Legislatures, writes a Philadelphia correspondent, made appropriations for Centennial pur­ poses, without fixing upon any manner in which the money should be spent, and the State Commissioners simply built handsome houses called "State Head­ quarters." These provide a public par­ lor and reading room, where the news­ papers of the State are on file, an office for the commissioners, and private apart- up stairs for a few friends and their families. These houses cost from 83,000 to $10,000 each, and the chief use they are put to is to provide elegant summer resorts for a few belonging to the State Commissioners and t.hwir par­ ticular friends. In some of these build­ ings wine and liquors are in abundance; but the common citizen of the State is not invited to nart.ake, undthe advantege to tlie Slate is extremely small. The total cost of these buildings has been not less than $150,0t)0, which may be con­ sidered as almost wholly thrown away. A few States, however, have expended their, money wisely. Arkansas and West Yirgihia have neat structures, in which they show a great variety of agricultural and mineral products; also of manufac­ tures, and statistics of schools and edu­ cation, attracting a great many people. But Kansas and Colorado, with a united appropriation of $30,000, have built a large structure, in which a vast rauge of products and objects of interest are dis­ played. Kansas shows an immense col­ lection of grapes and cereals, in almost every possible variety of growth and preparation, and the arrangement is more artistic and tasteful than is to be found anywhere else within the grounds. The exhibit of apples is astonishing for size, color, and quantity; and a pyramid of this fruit, supported by glass cylin­ ders filled with grain, attracts every eye. The State managers, including the offi­ cers of the State Agricultural Society, have all along shown themselves experts in calling attention to the resources of the State; and a large volume, hand­ somely printed and bound, is declared by competent judges to be a model for the arrangement of its statistics, and for the illustration of olimate, soil, and pro­ ductions. Colorado's exhibits are largely of sil­ ver, gold, and lead ore, and of coal. Of the latter, there is a single block from the southern part of the State weighing seven tons. It is said that it makes ex­ cellent coke. Hitherto vast quantities of coke have been shipped from Pitts­ burgh to the mines of Utah and Colorado, but now this ooal field will furnish the supply. The money value of gold and silver ores is about $25,000, and several mines which have yielded from $1,000,- 000 to $3,000,000 are represented. The total annual production of the mines of this State is now about $8,000,000. The principal school buildings of the State are presented in photographs; one build­ ing in Denver having cost $75,000, one in Pueblo $18,000, one in Greeley $30,- 000, and there are handsomely bound volumes showing the progress of pupils. The agricultural products are not large, but fair specimens of this year's crop are on the way. Samples of the wheat grown on 8,000 acres at Greeley, by irri­ gation, show some of the best grain in the Exhibition. A Lake Under the Soil. At the Dickinson place, on Bullard creek, near Six-Mile Station, is a ten- acre field which is nothing more or less than a subterranean lake, covered with soil about eighteen inches deep. On the soil is cultivated a field of corn which will produce thirty or forty bushels to the acre. If any one will take the trouble to dig a hole the depth of the spade- handle he will find it to fill with water, and by using a hook and line fish four or five inches long may be caught. These fish are different from others in* not having either scales or eyes, and are perch-like in shape. The ground is a black marl, alluvial in its nature, and in all probability at oro time it -rr,3 an open body of water, on which has accumulated vegetable which has been in­ creased from time to time, until now it has a crust sufficiently strong and rich to prodace fine corn, though it has to be cultivated by hand, as it is not strong enough to bear the weight of a horse. While nooning, the field handB catch great strings of beautiful fish by merely punching a hole through the earth. A person raising on his heel and coming down suddenly can see the growing oern shake all around him. Any one having strength to drive a rail through this crust will find, on releasing it, that it will disappear entirely. The whole sec­ tion of country surrounding t.hiH field gives evidence of marshiness, and the least shower of rain produces abundance of mud. But the question comes up, has not this body an outlet f Although brackish, the water tastes as if fresh, and we have no doubt but that it is any­ thing else but stagnant. Yet these fish are eyeless and scaleless--similar to those found in caves. It is a subject for study, and we would like to have some of our "profound" citizens investigate it.-- Montgomery (Ala.) Bulletin. -- / _ A Broken Conversation. A widow of my acquaintance at the Ocean was emphatic on the horrible fig­ ure that the loveliest woman must cut while bathing. I remarked that the Queen of Love and Beauty was fabled to have sprung from the foam of the sea, and that she must have been charming. " Oh, yes ; but she had nothing on. I should look charming--" Here her speech came to a sudden halt, and, observing roses blooming aU over her face, I said, " I have no doubt of it," and walked away.--Lona Branch' Letter. The Last of Her The last surviving native of Tasmania is dead. It was the Queen, Lidgiwidgi Tancaninni, called Laila-Kookh by the •white population. Tasmania, or the Island of Van Dieman, which became in 1803 an English colony, had in 1815 a native population of 5,000; in 1847 there were only forty-five left, and no>w ifee last of the race is dead. Lalla-Roaskh had been married five times, anu each time to a King. She lived at Hobirt Town, in the house of the Government Inspector, and received a small pensi Shq WM 78 yean old, and died of paiifty- All Sorts. THB Oongregationalitt'f suggestion: " continue the worship of God listening to another performance from, the hired quartette." THE Vice President of the Provincial Council of Girgenti, Italy, is held a P^cmer by brigands, who demand 150,- 000 lire for his release. WHEN Tweed left his country he went sailing upon the Spanish W>in( and they nabbed as he sailed, as he sailed. --OincAnnati Commercial. Mns, WrrOTTjjj^ ClLi;, wllO died U1 Jiingland a few days since, was one of the few women who took part in the bat­ tle of Waterloo. She was 82. $ THE robbery of a store at Martins- burg, W. Va., has been traced to several young men, representatives of the most respectable families in the place. 1; A MXTKXFICEHT Cincinnati drummer -F- W a pocket-book containing $3,000, in. | HarrouSwiirK, Ky., last week, and xe- wardec the finder with $100 and a suit I ofelothes. Is a little Breton, church the beadle takes up the collection with a plate in one hand and a snuff-box 1a the others from which he gives a pinch to every one who contributes to the poor fund. ANOTHER idiot, John Struts!, of In­ diana, playfully pointed u loaded pistol at his grandmother, an ©Id lady of 78, and the usual oonsequenoes followed. I It̂ x- ploded. killing her instantly.--Ex­ change, ~ SOMEBODY gave a fruit luncheon at Newport. They had melons, pears, apples, plums, cherries, peaohes, oranges, grapes, and berries. That night every physician in the plaoe was aroused from his bed. LORD THORNTON'S son, while traveling in New England, modestly asked to have a whole car placed at his disposal. He was informed that Lord Thornton him­ self ^ couldn't have a oar on that road to himself without paying for it. AN eccentric Parisian dines in solitary grandeur in the open air, near the Bois de Boulogne, every pleasant day. Crowds gather to admire his beautiful dress-coat, his unexceptionable white cravat, his massive silver plate, and his monumental cheek. A SCALAWAG in Fort Wayne, named Leonard Turner, imposed on a poor woman by making her believe that he could restore lost sight to her little boy, by a charm and'the free gift to Ht'maaif of $1.02. The boy is still blind, hut the woman sees that she was swindled. THE Princess of Salm-Sslm is about to marry an English gentleman at Stutt­ gart, named Heneage. Her romantic adventures with her husband in Mexico ami the United States made her famous at the time. She was an American by birth. Her husband fell at Gravelotte. THE Philadelphia Times says: "Among the audience at the opera last evening were several foreigners, notably a very swell Chinaman in a box, a mild-looking Turk in the parquet, a largo Spanish, Italian, German and French representa­ tion, together with a number from New Jersey. SOMXTTHINO novel in the way of suioida is reported from Alsaoe. A man put a dynamite cartridge in his mouth and ap­ plied a match to it. The next second his head and the upper part of his body were blown, into a thousand pieces. The man's brain had been affeoted by the heat of the weather. A RALEIGH (N. 0.) woman dreamed if she crossed a oertain bridge she would die. Woman-like, she tried it and died. Her husband had the same dream, ands man-like, he hadn't left the house for twenty-six years till he and his son got to fighting the other day, and the police dragged Mm to the court-house. BIBMINOHAM advices of the London Times, Aug. 28, say that "English edge-tools are losing ground in the North of Europe, owing to the increas­ ing competition of the Wnited State* manufacturers, who are sending their goods direct to Hamburg, and offering them in many cases at prices which our producers cannot touch." THERE are aow 4,172s318 persons in France holding Government stocks, while in 1870 they numbered only 1,187,- 290. In no other country do stockhold­ ers exceed one-tenth of the population. If the number of investments in munici­ pal and departmental loans were also ascertained, the picture of French thrift would be still more striking, A cumous incident occurred the other day at the Thames regatta. Two men fell off a steamer's paddle box ; one per­ ished, the other was rescued. He nad on him five shirts, four waistcoats, and five pairs of pants, explaining that he wore his wardrobe on hie back, be­ cause he had no other safe place to put it. . AN awful tragedy is reported from Plougastel St. Germain, a commune in the department of the Finistere. A peasant, seized with a sudden attaek of madness occasioned by the heat, shut himself up with his wife and four chil­ dren, and set fire to the house. They were all burnt to ashes before the con­ flagration was extinguished. THEY had some experience of hot weather in Park this summer as well as elsewhere. Winter continued through spring, and then came heavy rains, after which such hot weather as no man living ever experienced before. Sun strokes averaged fifty-eight daily for two weeks, and the hospitals were crowded with people suffering from congestion. A PAIR WOMAN. Eye* full and quick;; with breath Sweet M doable violete, , And "wholesome *• dying leaves of StrowbertiM. Thlok silken eyebrows, nigh upon the forehead; And cheeks mingled with pale gtreake of red, Buoh m the blushing- morning aevar wore. With narrow mouth, small teeth, And Hps welling M if she pouted. _ H*ir curling ud cov«x»d like buds of BWjQNa* Part tie a ill uegligeaoa, Put loosely flowing. --Sir John Suckling. ., * ' DEFUNCT volcanoes are to be utilized. A. hospital for incurables is to he built in the crater Solatera, lying between Naples and Pozznoli, in Soutntru Italy. The vapor arising from this crater is charged with sulphur aud tuseuic, and is said to be useful in iung diseases. This crater is owned by the Government, but for some time has accommodated an establishment for the manu'.aoture of chemicals. ^ t THE largest sea turtle ever seen on the ' northern ooa*t has just been caught in the Vmey»ra %und. near Wood'a It weighs 900 Ipuitds. € * ^ , -* :