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JjRtUfnrg flatndeala J. VAN ELYKR. PUBLISHER. MCHENBY, ILLINOIS. ST, JUHS'S GALiSrn. ®ltalled Account of the Destruction by Fire of the Mew Krumswick Metropolis. "Wednesday, the 20th of June, 1877, s the most calamitous day ever known in the annals of St. John, N. B. " Noth­ ing," says a correspondent, " could have burst more suddenly on the unexpecting citizens than the fire which destroyed so many valuable lives, wasted property by millions, laid an arresting hand on many and varied forms of industry, and spread not only desolation, but terror and con­ sternation, all around. Public build­ ings, palaces of commerce, temples of religion, banks, palatial residences, newspapers and telegraph offices, school- houses, almost everything of which the citizens of St. John felt proud, were all in a few hours laid in rains." The ac­ count continues: The loss of our hotels, churches, school-houses, banks, etc., was made thousand times more painful by the lamentable destruction of life accom­ panying it. The fire was discovered in a building owned by Mr. Fairweatber on the south side of York's Point slip, next to Mc­ Laughlin's boiler shop. To the latter building the flames had spread be­ fore the firemen had reached the scene. The engines arrived and did their best to stop the flames, but all efforts were in vain. Nothing could be done. The flames then spread to various buildings on Have's wharf, whioh were also quick­ ly consumed, and the fire broke out with a roar into Smith street, carrying every­ thing before it. From there the flames spread into Drury lane and Mill street, £ following that into Dock street, taking ' both sides. Ere this, however, the rear of the London House and adjacent build­ ings had been attacked. When it was seen that the first fire would inevitably sweep along Dock or Mill streets, aid came from Portland in the shape of the town engine and firemen. The tinder- boxes on fire, aided by the wind, proved a combination too much for the gallant workers, and, almost in despair, they* saw the flames advance upon them, not slowly, but with a rapidity that appalled the stoutest hearts. ^ The Carleton engine came in on the ferryboat and lent its aid. One engine had been stationed at the corner of Mill and Union streets, while men with branches were down on Union street op­ posite Drury lane. The buildings were a mass of flames at the end of Smith street and Drury lane, and, while the workers were vainly endeavoring to have the fire end there, a momentary ^ took the flames across Union street to the opposite houses, and then they re­ ceded, but their touch had been fatal, and in less than five minutes the build­ ings were doomed to destruction. Both sides of the street were soon in the grasp of the devouring element, and men were obliged to drop their branch-pipes and run up the street, after which they dragged the hose after them. Another lot of men were working at the foot of Union street, and, by placing boards in front of their faces managed to battle with the flames until their cloth­ ing became singed. Proceeding along Smith street in £ southerly direction, the fire soon reached Nelson street, and then Robertson's place; then extended to Robertson's wharf, and then up North wharf. As it gained Nelson street on the south, it met the flames coming up that street, and the combination made a terrific heat that could not be borne. Allied with the strong wind from the northwest, it did not take long for the entire wharf to be a blaze. Half a dozen wood-boats were at the head of Market slip, and at the end of the wharves about the same number of schooners. Before the fire had assumed formida­ ble shape on North wharf the men on the vessels began to pour pails of water on the decksi The water was low just then, and something like this was necessary to extinguish tlve sparks that "were coutiu- ually showering down upon them. Those at the head of the slip wore, in a quarter of an hour, on fire in so many (places that it was impossible for each outbreak to receive attention before the ssels had been well on fire. The flames passed above their masts, that Isoon offered a stepping-stone to the hops on South wharf. Not one of these est of Ward street was capable of with- tanding the intense heat and sparks. 11 being of wood, they went down as if elled by a hurricane, the schooners in ront having been hauled to a place of afety. Many of the occupants of stores ere off helping their unfortunate broth- r merchants, and some arrived just in ime to save their books. Others were ust enabled to witness the destruction t>f their stock. Some of the embers lodged in the jiteeple of Trinity Church, Germain treet, and, with nothing to save it--for [lie fire was so high as to be almost be- ond reach--the flames were left to pur- ue their own way. As news spread that some wooden louses on Horsefield street, as well as |ithera on Duke street, near the Victoria lotel, were on fire, thousands were tlarmed, as it was soon seen that this fire |vfts spreading south and east to Ger- ain, Charlotte, Duke and Horsefield treets. Not an engine was to be had, pd everything was going down before lie unrelenting fire. A building on 1'harlotte street had hardly become a rey to the flames when others on the jtlier side followed. In half an hour all le Germain street side of the square was i ashes. The buildings at the southern corner f Dock and Union streets and on the [pposite corner caught almost simulta- eously. To say that the fire raged ercelyliere would but too faintly de- ribe the terrible manner in which it spt on, unheeding streams of water di­ eted upon it. The engine was obliged shift its position from this quarter, le heat being most terrific. There was inger, too, of the hose being burned, id, of all tilings, the preservation of tat was most essential The engine as taken down Dock street, but the fire ipt up its rapid pursuit. It also spread ong flie western part of Mill street, ossing pver to the opposite side, and niting Rankin <k Sons' biscuit manu­ factory. Then, following onward toward North street from South wharf, the flames entered into Ward street and ex­ tended to Peters' wharf in a remarkably short space of time, carrying everything before them. Then they proceeded to Water street, and from thence soon made their way to the southern part of the Market scinare, making a jump up to Prinm William Rfcreet. Then the flames advanced to Princess and King streets, and on Germain street The fire commenced at the York Point slip and swept southward through resi­ dences to Ring street, where it spread and burned all the public buildings, ho­ tels, and the business portion of the place, including the wharves. Great dread of starvation is felt, as not a gro­ cery or provision store is left Fifteen thousand persons are homeless. All the business portion of the town and fully one-half the residences are gone. The following are among the list of public buildings burnt: Postoffice, Bank of New Brunswick, City Building, Custom House, Maritime Bank Build­ ing, in which are this bank, that of Montreal and Nova Scotia, office of the School Trustees, etc.; Bank of Nova Scotia, new buildings; Academy of Music, in which was the Knights of Pythias Hall; Victoria Hotel; Odd Fellows' Hall; No. 1 engine house; Orange Hall, King street; Temperance Hall, King street, East; Dramatic Ly­ ceum ; Victoria School House; Temple of Honor Hall; Barnes Hotel, Royal Hotel, St. John Hotel, the Acadia Hotel, the Brunswick House, Bay View Hotel, International Hotel; Wiggins' Orphan Asylum, Deaf and Dumb Institution. Editorial Bulls. Editors of newspapers have a good deal of fun over queer expressions in copy that comes before them, for re­ porters are compelled to write so hur­ riedly that they frequently compose sen­ tences that are extremely funny. A reporter once gravely stated that an inquest had been held over a child which " was one of & pair of triplets "-- a statement that was almost as confusing as the assertion regarding a dead man, " that the places that knew him so long have known him no more ever since." A writer was once ordered to write an article on an approaching election, and he announoed that the " polls would be only open between the hours of sundown and sunset," which was rather short no­ tice for the voters. Another, in describing a "shooting scrape," stated that the wounded man had been hit by a ball in the head "near the corner of Broadway and Twenty-fifth street." That was as puz­ zling a problem in phrenology as the anatomical one contained in the state­ ment that Dennis O'Rafferty had been " wounded in the fore-arm near the left shoulder." Quite recently an evening paper stated that President Hayes went to Senator Sherman's residence on his ar­ rival in Washington, " where a substan­ tial breakfast and several of his inti­ mate friends had been prepared for him." A cannibal President is not a very cheerful prospect for the office- seekers. Another paper stated that the new President had privately taken the oath of office in the presence of Chief Justice Waite. President Grant and Mr. Fish, who were absent. Now who were absent or who were present on that occa­ sion must remain a mystery forever. A police reporter, in concluding his account of a dreadful murder, made the astonishing statement that "thevictim expired before making an ante-mortem statement." t Another knight of the pencil, in writ­ ing on the ice question, declared that "as for the thousand and one carts that go about the city peddling ice under the names of the Crystal lee Company, etc., they have no existence except on the sides of the wagons." Now what hail no existence, the carts or the companies, it is of course impossible to decide. But reporters are not ul-. me in making funny sentences, for at a recent Spiritual­ ists' meeting in this city a medium rose and said he "was prepared to nail every skeptic to the mast-head." Unless to say that no skeptic presented himself for the.execution; of the direful threat. In writing about an assault, a reporter stated that the assailant ancstovl for striking a man who was driving a sleigh with a brick.--Harper's Maga­ zine for July. Split Away. "I should like 'noyster," said Will­ iam Driscoll, a rather well-dressed but intoxicated young man, last Wednesday evening, as lie staggered up to the coun­ ter of an oyster-saloon in Seventh avenue. "Stew?" asked Henry Smith, who stood behind the counter hammering the bivalves. " I want mor'n two; you just split 'em open and I'll eat 'em." Accordingly Henry Split and William ate until, with tired arm and perspiring brow, the splitter laid down his weapon at the 150th oyster and remonstrated. " You'll kill yourself!" said he; "take a rest" " Certainly take the rest; that's what 1*11 do; split away, young feller!" " But," said Henry, hesitating "sup­ pose you pay me $1 on account, you know ?" William then became angry; he threw oyster-shellb at Henry and kicked up a tremendous row. A policeman was called, and the roystering oyster-de­ stroyer was locked up in a cell. In an hour Henry was avenged--William howled for a doctor; his supper did not agree with him.--New York World. A Barber's Trouble. A deserter from the United States army went into business as a barber in Oakland, Gal., and prospered. A former comrade recognized him, and extorted blackmail by threatening to expose him to the authorities. The barber paid regularly $5 a week for silence. Then the blackmailer took into the plot a friend, who, by similar threats, got $3 a week. At length a third rascal joined m the attack, and the barber, seeing that his pay-roll was likely to increase be­ yond his resources, resolved to kill off the recipients of his money. He shot one of them, was caught in the act, and IB now in jail, where, awaiting prosecu­ tion, he is at least free from persecution. SOME one says the Russians sleep in their clothes. We should tbinV it would destroy the nap. The Work of a Fearleaa Deteettve Among the M« lly Magulre*--Blinking Murderer* to Jaatlce. [Pottsville (Pa.) Cor. Chicago Tribune.] * * * In the fall of 1873, the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Bon Company, whose President. Franklin B. Gowen--also the of the Read ing railroad--had formerly been Dis­ trict Attorney of Schuylkill county, be­ came fully convinced that these frequently-recurring outrages were the work of a criminal organization with far- reaching arms and adequately equipped with every possible means of screening the instruments of its nefarious deeds. They determined that the reign of terror must cease. Mr. Gowen had seen its work even while prosecuting officer of the county, and he knew that it could only be done by secret detectives, and that the detective who operated for re­ wards, who was only paid upon the con­ viction of the offender, was not the man they needed. He had had experience before, and he applied to the National Detective Agency. Allan Pinkertorr intelligent and broad-minded Scotchman, replied : "I will secure an agent or an offioet to ferret out the existence of this society. Whoever I get is to be paid so much a week, no matter if he finds out nothing. He is bound to me never, un­ der any circumstances, to take a reward for his services from anybody, and if he spends five years and obtains nothing in the way of information he must have every month or every week exactly the same compensation as if every week he had traced a new murder, and every month had discovered a new conspiracy. He is never to gain pecuniarily by the success of his undertaking; but, as a man who goes into this organization as a detective takes his life in his own hands, I will send no man on this mis­ sion of yours, Mr. Gowen, unless it be agreed beforehand, and I can tell him so, that he never is to be known in con­ nection with the enterprise." On these terms was James McParlan engaged. For a better understanding of the work that this intrepid man undertook, with his life in his hand, I will antici­ pate a little, in order to explain the working of this order. The Mollies date back to 1842--more than a generation. French's "Realities of Irish Life" speaks of them when they were known as the Ribbonmen of ^Ireland. This or­ der sprang up at a time when there was an organized resistance in Ireland to the payment of rents. The malcontents became known as Ribbonmen, and they generally made their attacks upon the agents of the non-resident land-owners, or upon the constables or bailiffs who attempted to collect the rents. Their object was to intimidate and hold in ter­ ror all those to whom they owed money, or who were employed in its collection. As a branch of this society, and growing out of it, sprang the men known as Mol­ lie Maguires, and the name of their so­ ciety simply arose from this circum­ stance, that in the perpetration of their offenses they dressed as women, and generally ducked or beat their victims, or inflicted some such punishment as infuriated women would be likely to ad­ minister. Hence originated the name of the Mollie Maguires. One of the first executions of members of this order was brought about in the same way as the executions of to-day-- by the " squealing" of some of the Ac­ complices--and, as the law was then in Ireland, the punishment of death was in­ flicted just as much for a conspiracy to murder as for the actual perpetration of the offense. The order was first known in the ooal regions as the Buckshots, and in 1863 the courts of Carbon county became powerless to execute their processes in certain cases, and to punish criminals who belonged to the Buckshots. This was during the war, and the military had to be called in aid of the civil au­ thorities, and a military court was organ­ ized, called a military commission, which tried some of the offenders known as Buckshots, There is no way of ascertaining when the Mollies succeeded in getting control of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, but McParlan discovered that this organiza­ tion in four counties had no other pur­ pose than revenge and murder, and it was pretty well sliowii tli^L the order never had any other object in the coal regions. Arriving in the county in October, 1873, he first stopped at the lower end, at Port Clinton, and then went all over the county, stopping from a week to a day in a place. Returning to Philadel­ phia for a fortnight at the end of Novem­ ber, he came back to Pottsville in De­ cember, and remained around about there until February, when he settled in Shenandoah. All this time he was for­ warding a daily report to Supt. Ben. Franklin at Philadelphia. He joined the order in Shenandoah on Tuesday, April 14, 1874. The members meant business, and they did not have the order for show. They did not bother themselves about regalia, and such articles in the constitu­ tion or such by-laws as they had no use for they paid no attention to whatever. They paid their dues to the State order regularly, but they never paraded, never attended church, and never paid a cent for the furtherance of the ostensible ob­ jects of the society. McParlan was finally discovered, and so all motive for keeping him off the witness stand disappeared. He first took the stand in the trial of the Yost murderera in May, 1876. President Gowen, in his opening address to the jury in that trial, thus graphically de­ scribed the result of MacParlan's testi­ mony : Then we knew we were free men. Then we cared no longer for the Mollie Maguires. Then we could go to Patsy Collins, the Commissioner of this county, and say to him: "Build well the walls of the new addition of the prison ; dig the foundations deep, and make them strong • put in good masonry and iron bars, for, as the Lord liveth, the time will come when, side by side with William Love, the murderer of 'Squire Gwither, you will enter the walls that you are now building for others." Then we could say to Jack Kehoe, the high constable of a great borough iu this county : " We have no fear of you."' Then we could say to Ned Monaghan, chief of police, and murderer and assassin : "Behind you the scaffold is prepared for your reception." Then we could say to Pat Conry ComniiKsioner of this county : *" The time has ceased when a Governor of thio State dares to pardon a Mollie Maguire--you have had your last pardon." Then we could say to John Slat- seventy person have been arrested in the ooal region. ^ Of those, twelve have « JMy of their countrymen, found guilty of murder in the first de­ gree, four of murder in the second de­ gree, and four of being accessory to murder, sixteen of conspiracy to murder f * P^wy, Our oi assault with intent tottfc *,ght of Aiding and abettfoH murder, one of assault and battery, one for aiding in the escape of a murderer, and several others of lesser crimes, The sum total of the time of these sentences to imprisonment foots up to 124 years and eight months. Eleven have received sentence of death. At tery, who was almost elected Judge of this court: " We know that of you that it were better you had not been born than that it should be known." This is a summary of the result of De­ tective McParUn's fearless work ; About A Burglar's Terrible Fate. & . , . about,r half-past 12 o'clock last night as Mr. Casper Kuhn was ap­ proaching the store of Miss Mary Kuhn his sister on North Summer street new Monroe, be noticed that the gas iamns on each side of the building had been turned down. This aroused his suspi? clo_n,8-,, , had no sooner entered the yard than l^e saw a man trying to bore through one of the shutters Mr. Kuhn at once ^opehed fire, and the burglar dashed out of the gate and along North Summer street The pistol-shot had not been hear<A by policemen Broderick and Tiiuudl who were near the corner of Monroe and North Summer streets. As the burglar came dashing along Of­ ficer Broderick ordered him to halt'and, the command not being obeyed, fol­ lowed it with a shot The man was then about ten yards off, and, as he came up was collared by the two policemen. ' The officers had hardly lightened their grip upon the prisoner before, as if bv magic, they were surrounded by thirtv or forty excited men. How they got there so quickly, the policemen say, is a puzzle to them. One of them, who had a handkerchief tied over the upper part of his face, said, fiercely: "This man IB our meat" "N,,," put in Erode™" he is ours; von must not interfere with officers of the law." "Give him to us, or you are dead men," demanded the unknown, and, as he spoke, his pistol was poked into Broderick's face. The officers saw that resistance was useless; r?e7i?ere ovefP°wered, and understood t u cro meant business. In half the time it takes to write this, a rope was thrown over the burglar's he was dragged off along North Summer, then down Madison street to the river. Dr. Haggard fol­ lowed the lynchers, but was warned off when he reached the bluff. He distinct­ ly heard a loud shriek, a splash, and then all was quiet. The burglar had met his fate in the Cumberland. --Nash­ ville (Term,.) American. A Big Invention. A patent has-just been granted Loring Pickering, one of the editors and proprie­ tors of the livening Bulletin and Morn­ ing Call, of San Francisco, for a meth­ od of rapid telegraphing of fac similes of stereotype plates. It is claimed that by the process an entire page of newspaper can be transmitted by telegraph in from fifteen to thirty minutes, delivering the copy directly from the instrument in such form that it can be handed imme­ diately to the printers. In other words the copy will be a substantial reproduc­ tion of the original except that it may be given in. large* sized letters if so desired. The stereotype requires no preparation for the purpose of telegraphic transmis­ sion other than the filling of its depres­ sions or spaces between the faces of the letter with a non-conducting substance, which may be quickly applied, the faces of the type being left clean by means of an equally simple process. The plate thus prepared is placed upon a cylinder, arranged to revolve rapidly, so as to pre­ sent each successive letter to fingers at­ tached to the traveling frame. As the cylinder bearing the plate revolves, the frame gradually advances by the opera­ tion of a screw, and thus each and every line is successively presented to the fingers or magnetic points mentioned. Necessarily the circuit is open when the points are passing over the non-conduct­ ing surface, but as often as the metal type presents itself to said fingers the circuit is dosed, und the corresponding magnetic points or pens at the receiving station make the record there on the same letter as the original, delineated in a series of fine lines, either upon chemi­ cally prepared or ordinary paper fixed on a corresponding cylinder at said re­ ceiving station. Hobart Pasha. I saw at the hotel last night Admiral Hobart Pasha, the real life and heart of the Ottoman navy. He called to pay his respects to Capt. Gambier, of the navy, now of the Times corps of correspond­ ents, and a former chum. He is a man certainly 50 years of age. He is rather Bhort in stature,. but compactly built and lithe in his movements. He was dressed last night in a plain black suit, buttoned- up frock coat, and he wore the simple red fez which is the indispensable ad­ junct of the Turkish official. He carried m his hand a little stick, a sort of dog- whipper. His complexion is sallow, his whiskers are gray and stubbly, his hair, which grows well down his neck, is tinged with silver, and his tout ensemble is that of a well-conditioned Pasha. No one passing him in the street would sus­ pect his English origin, the orange color of the face and the fez effectually hiding the traces of Anglo-Saxon blood and breeding. There was a depressed look about his gray eyes. His manner is short, abrupt and full of nervous energy. In conversation you have scarcely finished a sentence before he is ready with his reply. I should take him for a man of wonderful executive ability, but then his naval training and years of arbi­ trary will may give him that seeming de­ cision of character which so promptly captivates all men.--Constantinople Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer. DB. DAVID LMNOSROMT, a nephew and namesake of the explorer, is living in San Francisco. The only other near relatives of the traveler are a brother John, who lives at Listowell, Ontario; a son Oswald, a physician in Trinidad, West Indies; an unmarried daughter, Anna. Mary, who is finishing her educa­ tion in Germany; and a married daugh­ ter, Mrs. Bruoe, who lives in P.nglaml, QTTEKN VICTORIA has just begun using note paper and envelopes with the mono­ gram Y. B. I. (Victoria Regina et Im- peratrix) stamped thereon. WUt **7 Po«rtbly Folios the De«tat* tlon ot Servian Independence. . Th® Chicago Tribune, discussing the situation in Europe, says: " It is not im possible that a new element will arise ia the jfcantem complication that moT. to a general war, growing out of the manifest determination of Servia to fol­ low in the steps of Roumania, and sever her connection with Turkey. Notwith standing the strenuous efforts of the Czar and Prince Gortschakoff to keep Servia quiet and neutral, it now looks as if she would declare her independence, and prepare to maintain it by force, as soon as the Russians are over the Dan ube. It is no secrct, also, that ui ike recent meeting of the Czar and Prince Milan at Ploiesti an arrangement was concluded allowing the Russians passage across Servian territory, if they desire to approach Turkish soil from that direc­ tion. Any movement which tends to draw Servia into the conflict, which threatens to change her relations toward Turkey, and constitute her an independ­ ent Slavonic state, or which indicates the possibility even of an occupation by Rus­ sia, must of necessity involve Austria in the straggle and compel her to occupy Bosnia, Herzegovina and Servia as far as the valley of Morava, thus realizing the cherished dream of her millions of discontented Selaves of uniting these principalities in one grand Sclavonic em­ pire. The mobilization of the Austrian troops in Transylvania and on the Servi­ an^ frontier, which has already been de­ cided upon, is an unmistakable indica­ tion of Austria's policy and of the pre­ dominance of the Sclavio element in her councils. " And what then ? Will Austrian oc­ cupation localize the war in Bulgaria, or will it increase its area and drag in other powers? Will Bussia consent to occupation, and, if slie objects, how far is she able to oppose it ? The answers to these questions undoubtedly depend upon Germany, and what response the sphinx in the spiked helmet will make no one can foresee. Bussia certainly will not care to encounter Austria and Tur­ key combined, while if Germany sides with Russia for the sake of securing the German provinces of Austria, most certainly England must side with Austria, or at least op­ pose Russia, for the sake of securing Egypt and the Suez canal, which, in turn, must antagonize the Mediterranean states, whose interests might be men­ aced by English monopoly of the canal. It is evident that it only needs the match to fire the material which has been heaped up for a general conflagration. The suocess of Russia does not depend altogether upon the issues of the battle­ field. She not only has to out her way through the Turkish forces and fortress­ es, but she must follow a very tortuous diplomatic path without treading upon the interests of other powers, which are as thickly strewn in it as torpedoes in the Russian harbors. If she can local­ ize the war and confine it to Bulgaria on the one hand and Armenia on the other, there can be no doubt of the result. A very slight misstep, however, like the Servian complication to which we have alluded, may precipitate Austria, Ger­ many, Italy, and even France, into a struggle whose duration and final catas­ trophe no one can foresee." ; n -- 1 II.- .::-'S§jpS&* The Burned City of St. John. Canada, during the past few weeks, seems to have been specially Unfortunate in the losses of towns by fire, but the St. John conflagration is the most serious of all, as the destruction was complete. In the other localities something was left; in this, all the business and half the residence was lost. It must prove a very disastrous blow not only to the city it­ self, but also to the business interests of New Brunswick, as it is the most import­ ant commerdal city in that part of the Canadian Dominion, and is the center of a large trade with Portland and Boston on the one hand by steamers, and with Halifax on the other by rail. Its chief export is of lumber, which finds its way to Great Britain, the West Indies, and the United States. It is also a ship­ building center, and, as a manufacturing city, possesses considerable importance. Its business relations with Boston are very intimate--so much so, in fact, that many Americans have gone there and opened business, and are now among the heaviest losers. The harbor of St John is one of the finest on the Ameri­ can continent The city, including its suburbs, has a population of nearly, if not quite, 50,000. It is--or was until nearly obliterated by fire--a well-built city of brick and stone, with wide, clean streets, running at right angles, lighted with gas. St John was originally founded by American loyalists, who left the United States at the dose of the Revolutionary war. It was chartered in 1785. About Kissing. It is not considered a la mode for a lady to bestow a kiss upon one of the rougher sex, except in leap year, when, according to theory, if not to the uses of strict etiquette and propriety, we are told it is excusable. Our fair friends, however, with lew exceptions are not by any means without partiality for this method of salutation, and we have heard young gentlemen loud in their com­ plaints about the tantalizing practice of ladies kissing babies and one another in the presence of gentlemen, who long themselves to be so favored. It is Moore, we think, who sings thus: "I never give a kiss,'" gays Prue, w To naughty man, for I abhor it." She will not give a kiss, 'tis trne-- She'll take one, though, and thank yon for it! The only animal that knows how to kiss is man. Dogs lick their masters and bears their ragged cubs, cats their kittens, while donkeys and the Esqui­ maux rub noses, cows and horses fondle each others' necks and heads; love-birds, pigeons, and other birds, nestle together, and have methods of their own of show­ ing affection peculiar to each, but none of these creatures kiss. Even low-class savages do not kiss like civilized men; so that we may take this habit and function to be actual evidence of intellect and civ­ ilization, which is a pleasant idea at any rate.--Appletons' Journal for July] for breathing while the operator is work. M. BMRERT rolled over red-hot 3 coal without apparently experiencing avf /{ inconvenience, and it is believed that the dress might be of great value jn.e% abling the wearers to valuables i* fliea, - - --, ALL SORTS. # ^ • . . > . . t - . - . . PUNCHTA HAKFKB was worth * ! • ? ; - ' • : . s i > i i 4 HE who talks to an oyster *01? mmt Ulw .MEXXOO'-- • - - "" wncc 1821 has had CAUFOHNIA reports years old. a wocianl X*ff SAN FRANCISCO worries along with 62(f lawyers. r . ARTEFIOIAI, eyes loir horses sfce i rec^nt>b nation. , . THERE are twenty-eight STTARIDB &K- ̂ spider's single thread. , ,v ' ot : FANCY runs most furiously W)KER NTD guilty conscience drives it f ̂ s* THE dogs of New York dty have p&itfH $20,000 for licenses this yem. P ^7- , f THE Suez canal doesn't pay Eorpt %x-' * T; • per cent interest on the investment . J.n G- SAX*, who is 61 years oH** W, is still ill, and it is said that his oovery is doubtful. „ S20® ^$30° per acre) % profitable to the producer. " j* NEW YORK city daims as a REGULAR ' resident Mr. Horace White, fomerlylo editor of the Chicago Tribune. .... MR. BEBCHER works for the Christian Union at $5,000 per year. He oom-|K menced with a salary of $10,000. TEXAS, which had a population of onto , % 818,000 in 1870, now claims2l000l000%tl,,MI The immigration has oertainly been mense. i/im * j JEFFERSON DAVIS, by a recent deei<tf':'>( of sion, has secured the title to a Mississip*<imbP pi plantation formerly owned by hi$.ttx#v brother. * . • CAPT. BOSTON was taken lor a lately in the Rhone, and fired at by soma t peasants. He promptly hoisted Ms flag** ** and escaped. FARMERS in the rural districts"ot New ' f *. York make complaint that the steal the hats and coats off the scare*.•*» ? <1# crows they place in their fields. , -' A RIGHTEOUS Louisiana Judge^ in aH < >!!•*# horse case, ruled out both plaintiff and*; defendant, and decided that the animal. . * belonged to one of the witnesses. 1 ? ' ̂ A FARM laborer near Seiinac, in'1**!!' , . France, while plowing somewhat deeper "'^Tr than usual, found his plow arrested - what he thought a stump. It proved tori t ui be an ox-hide filled with gold pieces o£« ^ the reign of Francis L, worth #60,00q' _.{1 . for their weight alone, without reckon- " ing their special value as rare coins. ^ / VOI/TAIRK died at Paris, in the house of Marquise de Yillette, on BeaanB'""** ' H street and Quay. In conformity with * , clause in the will of the Marquise, th^oi w i n d o w s o f t h e c h a m b e r h a v e n e v e t • « been opened sine© the death of Voltaire/ , * f They are to remain closed until the htm- dredth anniversary of his death, which , ® occurs next year. The imunotiong of*$3^ hi« WILL Imvo been £&itizfaOy obf»erve«3jr VX* even during the Revolution. , , AN Advent preacher in Missouri, named,, »rf Harris, shaved his head so as to acquis,, the venerable aspect that baldness iriifC parts. The trick was detected by mein* ( bers of his congregation, and he was dx> % £>el!ed on a oharge of deception. He'-or i<f;;; urged that to shave the head /was 0 more an offense than to cut the hair, trim the beard, or in any other way to:, improve one's personal appearance:; bul1 j there was a majority vote against him, ' " CONTINUED experiments in Califeorma*1' show that no matter how dry the season1' J'ft - is a good crop of wheat can be g*oww*idoi||& there if the land lies fallow every other; ,u erf§r summer, and is plowed and sown during,, -g the off-summer, or a full year or mote"* before harvest time. Land so treatedc* will yield crops of from twenty-five fei" 'I'*!!" thirty bn^hcis of wheal i© iho n&'duo this year, though only about eight " I- of rain have Mkn man it ^ lepon; M«£FI7£*S. law, oil* sultry night, above i mwitt helrg<5den The darkness throbbing with their ff^enpottubr* And long my dazzled sight did they satrantie , With the bright chaos of their dis ̂dance. . Quicker than yellow tea,Yes, when gales desMfi,1 ' Quivered the brilliance of their mnte tuzmalL . .. .t-- Within whose light was Intricately went •'••P?;, Perpetual rise, perpetual dosoent. * •• '»"r» ' AB though their seintilltiat flickerfaga had mat » . ^ In the vague meshes of some airy net! a fill#./- And now mysteriously I seemed to guess, i "•! ?TTii1dt"'* While watching their tumultuous ioveiines%' ' ? S What fervor of deep passion strangely thrive*^ ' *'" ^ »i£| In the warm richness of these tropic lives, •, , «r: - Whose wings can never tremble but they show • The hearts of living fire that beat below I ' .|v, .h* --Edgar Faiccett, in Atlantic for July. • v THE Johannisbrod, a black bread uaed4'*' ? so largely by the Russian army for fodl;' is made with a quantity of some kind «!*«* ft* grease, which forms a substitute for bnfc»n*« MW ter. It can be eaten dry; but the Bwk«dh..a i sian soldier prefers, when he can get it, - to break the bread into small pieces.*1' ° These he puts into a bowl and pours hot,eu Mr { water over them. The grease then de- v e l o p s i n t o a g r a v y , a n d t h e w h « 1 « f ™ - m f i g ( f } a simple kind of soup. IIE BOI US HM* up th»t flowe r t h a t t o t f c y f k t o , i f T Fresh, fair and fragrant, unto And falegs me with its tender graoa, Dearer than that immortal wina m: A Fire-Defter. A Frenchman named Buvert has in­ vented what seems to be a highly-suc- cessful dress for defying fire. It is be­ lieved to be chiefly formed of sponge, which is soaked just before use. The portion which covers the head is suffi­ ciently large to contain the air necessary Which Hebe, cup-bearer to Jove, Held up with two roee-«ooah»d Msnds--> Sweet heralds of the sweeter love That winged ber feet at his commands 1 Bat let these hands, so full of Hold up to me no other boon B u t j u s t t h e m s e l v e s ; a n d l e t t h e s e a r m s ' . . . . - Wreathe round me soft and swift and soMkl ,s,f Bold up that flower that is thvface. 1*9* a<ii * li taw« 3 nth Jmbl t i l j lu : H i m f r j a u S A Its sweetness consecrate to »o What was Jove's throne and"its hich place To thiB rare right I hold to thee/ Stoee I may call thy face my flow*. *ulb And know my mouth its honey-beet ll 1 --Uottmril Glyndon, in Appktam' for July. »,.h1 t> % S I A Question of €utiela» -'h ei w<td "I® old club fogy " reminds the lidfe* 11° ̂ don ' Truth that when Puckler Muakas *>it im-.. was in England some forty years since, >„§ being one night at Almack's, he penon<r*l>>r*'«ft aUy complimented Lady Jer&ej, who - was pardonably vain of the clearness 0a ,, ^ her complexion, on "her beautiful ^^Ik- leather." - The fair lady stated. - -\d niod # # "Pardon," resumed Puckler Mtukait, M ,A,, " I did mean your Ladyship's beautiful "T *• hide." •• ' "Skin, your Highness, skin," whim­ pered a friend to the Prince. "I did not zay shin," retorted ihft Prince in a most dignified manner. " Shentlemana do not look at ladies* shins."