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-r-i' u * HRHKEW " ' 4"-r T*.3V<!%r m • AflhHtU Distinction Known Only to F*W. •%> . '-•,.-• BT BUST HABTE. ough-- if Who «oMpins «nd Bodies and calicoes too, M bft toailt m> a fortune--the which M it nww 'J ruined aiuaU trnu^rw th^ whole city tarotl| Yet one tlung In1 knew, „ Between me »ud yon, v": * f her® w a distinction v * ; ' * • Twixt Christian and Jew. r.) hi* mansion--» great milUoMto*-" • ; * * The owner of thousands--but nothing to spare \ ioe the needy and poor who from hunger might drop, . , . . only *pittance to ctertw I* hia 4fm,$ 5*%i ... 5}ut left it all to • !< *, • ' ' * A lawyer, who fcofeW • . #- .... . A subtle distinction v .*feil>.. *&f Twist Ebrew and Jew. •*<«»* man was no trader, but simply a friend ' *<iS ^Of this Gent who kept shop and who, nearing fats ttanded over a million--'twas only his dne, Who discovered this contrast 'twixt Ebrewand itm, JR., _ Jpor he said, " If you view ... . ; . This case as I do, ffi ••»•.* -, ..j. UShere t# a distinction i .» ' » •;•*.• *1^ • * 1"'\ix;. Ebrew and J e w . > ' 1 ; 1 1 t i ' f n ' f " - • ' " • ' " • i - • * ' ' " For the JeW is a man who will make money :m- through His skill, his ftwaae, and bis capital too, And an Ebrew'n a man that we GenfcUea can ' do,* „ do you see there's a cc-uti«st twixt Xbrew and lew. Ebrew and Jew, Jew and Ebrew, There's a subtle distinction Twixt Ebrew and Jew." JHiere was a distincUon ! ? • Twixt Ebrew and Jew. ; ̂' stel» kept up hie business of needles and V *%0$, •!" -'i Rat alwcy* one day he atoned for his sins, V 1 - But never the same day {for that wouldn't do), •:f ">"1 ̂ *Tb»$ the Jew faced his God with the awful Knew. - •. .for this man he knew, »- #m. between me and yon, '••• it »12 , , <:sV t *• toe sold soda water, and shot up the fount Of a druggist whose creed was the Speech on the % elm .* Mount, P ' ̂ And he trtfflc ed in gaiters and rained the trade a Gern.a i whose creed was by gteat Lnther | Bi*de"But always he knew, ifc>»Tvi »*'• ' Between ma an<l you, V,?"•'*<£ i-'gvf-' . % A subtle distinction • Twixt Ebrew and Jew. »;W * Thoa he kept a hotel--here hie trouble began-- In * fashion unknown to hie primitive plan; ^ " "-ii i > I'or the rule of this house to his manager ran, * •"• »** .«*Ml give entertainmeut to Israelite man." '» ¥et the manager knew, , • " Between me and you, $>sk' •. t i " N© other distinction Twix Ebrew and Jew. Imus^ J"! You may give to John Morrissey supper and wins, And Madame S. N. to y>ur care 111 resign; H* Tonll see that tho*e Jenkins from Missouri Flat r JUre properlv eared for; but recollect that 1 Never a Jew * ' *AI * - • - < • < • W h o ' s n o t an Ebrcw ® * . < 1 Shall take up his lodgings , «(ni2rt •»•»!. Here at the Grand C. • 't ,t rfBew Miss McFUmsey her - «httW«ds to \ wear, ' •« *" * "Tou'H permit the Tan Dams at the waiters to swear; • 'Yon'll allow Miss Decollete to flirt on the stair; Mmtms to an Israelite--pray have a care, . Wf.it. For, between me and you, • <* - Though the doctrine is now, ,.T;.9SM- »<• - - There's a business distinctton f!f 'Twixt Ebrew and Jew." •;)toW î-3row, how shall we know? Prophet, tell us, pray do, .a, 'Where the line of the Hebrew fades into the Jew. * J* • *;SBa,H we keep out Disraeli and take BothHchild in ? K •s *' Or snub Meyerbeer and think Verdi a tin ? 'Mt What shall we do ? "t 0, give us a few Pftints to distinguish ̂ Twixt Ebrew and Jew. 'A*'*1*. Was One--Heaven help us!--wbo died in -- Baan'e place, S' r i With thorns on his forehead, but Love in his face, ,:jpHj£ M ̂And when •* foxes had holes " and the birds of the ujejj. neets In the trees, there was no spot to spare For this M King of the Jews." Did the Romans refuse I#? This right to the Ebrewsl-fc. Or only to Jews ? {%£... ITBE MUD OF CULTA-MORE. f. On the norttiern coast of Ireland the -^^'^Ntraveler's attention may be attracted by -numerous islands lying adjacent to the trfSi I • isaaiiilaad. Ob one of those lovely spote. )y ? «»j h«. nometl C tilta-More, there lived a widow Mr-t* t<* *l)0ut 50 years old, her husband having "ii *%B imeti ttnt̂ Iae^y death during a violent ** *3torm ofF the coast. The widow, Mrs. MacDermot, was Jsg^i ** ^ bh-ssed with one ehild, a daughter of 1m sweet Id, wto, for beauty, could not ftV.'U>e excelled by aay of the colcens on the ..j^n,ir^lhree adjomiog islands. As might be ^ *t - expected her home was the favorite re- * ^^faort of all the youngsters about the place, * ts«ach one of them in hopes of gaining .M MISS MacBermot's affections. • «. Atay, such was her name, received llitj EI**'16111 ^ cordially, but paid no more at- ^ <»ne tlian another. On an ad- joining island there lived a farmer named Wi€«.t V Jim O'Donnell, who had three sons, f Thomas, Martin and James. Thomas be- lag the eldest, he thought he should be ^ V«•'of getting married. He was a %tout young man, about 25yenra of age, of .« ilatk oompteiiun, but well-built and ***** Tliomas, thinking the widoTr'E daughter ' ifp&aJ chance, as she was the lieu-ess of Si n?s«® large farm, paid numerous visits to her lioraie#uwhile his younger brother, James, ^ <s a boy of eighteen, handsome and intel - ligent,. visited there often, and, as it proved, with more success than his Xtiktwt*- brother! Thomas, finding this out, grew f&Ml* -:i|aal<w|« ci his brotiier; he consulted his ---.mtii an^ advised him to send James to ' i&ii - coUe«e' to prepare him for teaching ' achool in the parish they lived in. The man consented to send James to a tt* **t rotfilege in Glasgow, where he had some ;.S " Goo l^eveniug to you kindly ; take a seat and Bit down/'" was the widow's reply. "I came on particular business this evening. I came to know if you would be wishful to receive me as your son-in- law. You want a good, strong man to work your farm, and to make you as com­ fortable as I possibly can." The widow said: " Thomas, I have no objection to your being my son-in-law, but I did not think Mary had her thoughts on marriage at present. However, M«iy is coming in; ask her, and if she is will­ ing I am content." The words were scarcely spoken when Mary entered with a pail of milk in her hand. " Good evening, Mr. O'Donne 11," the said; "you are quite welcome." "Thank you, Mary," he answered, reaching her his hand; " I hope you will not be angry with me for what I am going to say. I love you dearly. I you will consent to be my wife, I will do all in my power to make you and your mother as comfortable as I possibly can." , Mary stepped back from him and an- 6W6f6d I % . "Mr. O'Donnell, I have not made up my mind to marry for a couple of years; besides, I would not marry you any- wav." A dark cloud of anger overspread his features, and, muttering to himself, " I knew it; but she will rue the day she will ever marry any other," he departed from the widow's as angry as he could be, and returned home. Time rolled on, and James O'Donnell's three years were drawing to a close. Mary was expecting a letter from him every day, to inform her of his arrival home. One pleasant evening, as she was sitting on the door-step, pondering over the l?st visit he had made her, " Per­ haps he had seen some Scotch girl in Glasgow to admire more than me, she thought. At that moment she heard the echoes of a horn, and, raising her head, she saw the letter-carrier crossing the wild moor, with his leather bag on his back. She ran to meet him, for he never took that road except he had a letter for her or her mother. He gave her a package; on opening it she found a nice book and a note from the object of her thoughts. The note informed her that he would go home after another month. A smile of joy spread over her countenance as die read the note. "Perhaps he may love me yet," she inwardly said. She hastened to tell her mother the news. Her fond parent was overjoyed to hear of his return home. Four weeks afterward Mary received another visit from the mail-carrier, with a note to inform her that James was about to start for home on the next day. He had made all preparations to leave on the day appointed. The ship was to sail at 8 a. m. After four-and-twenty hours of tedious sailing she cast anchor in view of the city of Londonderry, and James O'Don­ nell arrived safe at home. After a hearty welcome from all his friends, he thought it was time he was on his road towards the widow's. He started, therefore, for her home, and as he got to the channel, who did he see on the opposite shore, sitting in the boat, but Mary McDermot, waiting for him. As soon as she espied him she rowed the boat to meet him. But what a different man from the boy of eighteen that left her three years ago; a full-grown man, handsome-featured, broad shoulders, elegantly-built and well dressed. He grasped her in his arms and pressed her to his heart. "Oh, Mary," he exclaimed, "is it you? " " les, James, it is me; I was waiting for you; come over to the house; how glad my mother will be to see you." They got into the boat and, pulled across to the opposite shore, and started for the widow's house. Mary's mother was waiting on the threshold to meet them. The new arrival chatted with the mother and daughter for a few hours, when the old woman retired and left the young people to have a quiet talk. James then drew his seat towards Mary, and, taking her hand, asked her if she remembered the promise he made her three years before, and if she was willing to rcnerr it then and to becomc his wife. " Oh, how good of you, James, to ask me. I could never marry any one but you," she answered. Taking her hand in his, he imprinted a kiss on her blush­ ing cheeks. life, dav. This is the happiest moment of my " 1iD ani/1 ** innninf fka wn/lrlin/v he said. "Appoint the wedding iV M W ! - '** : w • „ ** r *$• - Xl JC'0*i t • V r -< ^acquaintances. When James became -aware of this arrangement, he did not care to leave without making a visit to Miss MacDermot. About three in the •afternoon he rowed his boat across the channel to the opposite shore and went immediately to the widow's: He was received with caide-mealie-failthe. He 'tcftd Miss Mary that the principal objeat -of his visit was that he was going to -Glasgow to study, and, as that was to be 4iklast visit for some time, he informed her how deeply he was in love with her, -and if she only loved him in return he -would be the happiest man on earth. She gave him her hand silently, the "tears rolling down her bright cheeks, un­ ite! »lie broke the silence by telling him to go and inform her mother of his de­ parture. Both went immediately to the bid woman, and James informed her that jhe was going away for three years, and be bad come to bid her and Mary good­ ly. Giving him a hearty shake of the hand, find a dftavahmsa (God preserve ;j7©u), the. lovers parted, leaving the tears • *8fcuidmg in Mary's eyes. Two days »f- -.terwaids he started for Glasgow, and ar- ixriving safe he sent two letters, one to his father and the other to the widow's daughter, to inform them of his safe i»rrivai. • For st year after the letter-carrier might |»e«ee£. twice a month crossing the wild }jnoor toward the Widow MacDermot's, .and dropping a letter for her daughter. After James O'Donnell's departure, brother Thomas made frequent visits to the island. One evening in the month oi\ O ctober, 18--, he started from home, •determined to know his fate before his aretum. When he got to Mrs. Mac­ Dermot's, there was no one in but that •Good evening, lira. Mac.' 4 The wedding day was appointed and arrived at last, and all the neighbors in the adjoining islands were invited to the wedding. The marriage service was per­ formed by the parish priest in the village church, and on their return home old Micky Brennan, the piper, took the lead with his bagpipes, playing " Haste to the Wedding," " All the way toGalway,*' "The Whi-e Cockade," the "Humors of Glinn," and " Patrick's Day," and other Irish airs, on the way home. When they arrived at Mr. O'Donnell's, there was a good dinner ready for them. The wed- dingers ate heartily, and, as there was plenty of poteen, everyone helped him­ self plentifully. Everything was going on well, when it was proposed for the bride to give a toast. She took a bump­ er in her hand and gave them a few brief words, most worthy of the occasion. Old Paddy Gallagher, who was sitting in the corner, next to Micky Brennan, the piper, jumped from his Beat and asked why she did not speak in the Gaelic (for the old man could not understand any English, and he considered it an insult to apeak English in his presence), and a violent altercation ensued, but it was soon qui eted. Micky Brennan squeezed the bagpipes, and played the "Irish Wash­ woman," and set them all a-dancing. The groom and the bride were as happy as could be. The bride says to her husband, "James, I have something to saytovou." *" What is it?" he aaid. " You remember when I told you of Thomas' proposing to marry me. I am afraid to meet him or speak to him; I see anger in his eyes. Everyone seems to be happy but him." " I will tell you what I intend doing Mary," lie added. "James, what is itf " she said,. ' " We will go over to your mother's to-night, and a few others, and we will have a pleasant time. You will go over with Thomas and try to make friends, as you are my wife now. He will not be angry witii you. I will apeak to him myself.'" He went to Thomas Mid told him " that a few of the company were going over to my mother-in-law's, and I want you for to take Mary over along with you, and I will take over the rest of the compa­ ny. " Thomas and the bride started first, and as they reached the shorntiwy went into the boat. , "Maty," he BP.id, "I hope you are contented with your choice. I suppose you remember the evening I offered to marry you and you reiused." "Yes," she answered, "I do. But could you blame me, as I was already engaged to your brother?" By this time they were midway in the channel. Instantly he dropped the oars in the sea and exclaimed, " Thfe plug is out of the boat and the water is gushing in. Save yourself the best you can." Jumping out into the sea, leaving her to her fate, he swam to shore and returned home to his father's. When he got with­ in a quarter of a mile of his father's, he met James and his friends going to Mrs. MacDermot's. "What is the matter, Thomas?" said James, "and where is my wife Thomas liung down his head and spoke slowly. " As we were crossing the chan­ nel the plug (a wooden stopper used in a hole to let the water out) must be taken out by someone. The boat com­ menced leaking rapidly, and I had enough to do to save myself." "Is my wife drowned?" James asked, running to the shore. When there he ran along the strand calling" Mary, Mary !" but all to no avail; the echoes of his voice died away amid the sounds of the dashing waves. As he was run­ ning about in wild despair, he. heard a voice saying, "James, James! help, help!" He stood and listened, but could not hear any more. He returned home like a man in a dream. He could not rest all that night, but walked about not knowing where he was. Early in the morning he went to the sea-shore, and stopped there all day long, watch­ ing the waves ebbing to and fro. Often the words of the poet crossed his memory: The waters wild went o'er his And he wacr left lamenting. Time rolled on, and six weary months passed by, and during that time he never spoke to Thomas nor Thomas to him. They always shunned each other. One day James met his father. "Fath­ er," says he, "if I do not leave this country, my brother Thomas will kill himself. I know by the way he acts. I have my mind on going to America." A few days aftez James started for Glas­ gow to take his passage to America. * * * * • * When Thomas jumped out of the boat and left Mary to her fate, a thought came to her to try to stop the hole to prevent the leakage, in which she suc­ ceeded by stuffing it with her shawl. " Now if I had the oars I would get to shore, but they are floating away with the tide." She was drifted northward with a lively breeze. She was giving herself up for lost, when she beard the cries of her husband. Then she an­ swered with all her strength, "James, James ! help, help!" and she fell insens­ ible in the boat. Next day she -awoke from her insensi­ bility and found herself in the midst of the ocean; she became aware of her danger and stood up in the b<^ fielding her handkerchief in her hand, toping it might attract the attention of some pass­ ing ship. She wafted about for a night and a day, and no sign of relief. The sun was sinking down on the waves of the Atlantic, when she espied, coming towards her, a full-rigged ship. " Thank Heaven, relief at last!" she says. She was taken on board the ship, and wrapped in warm clothing, and the Gap- tain's wife took charge of her and nursed her tenderly. When she recovered her­ self properly, the Captain's wife took her on deck. But to her dismay, in all her grief, sorrow and trouble, she had no one to speak'a word to her, for it was a Danish ship, bound for Iceland. There was only one sailor on board that could speak a little English. They all en­ deavored to make her as comfortable as possible. The voyage was made to Iceland, and on her return back she was informed that the ship would call in at Glasgow, and she could get oil' theio and take ^Lipping there for Ireland. When they arrived in Glasgow the Captain sent hero© shore, with money enough to take her home to Ireland, and directed her to » hotel. When she got to the hotel she entered the office. She heard a voice saying, Good-bye, Mr. P. I am boand for America to-day." Passing through the office he saw a lady. He stood, and looked--ran and clasped his fainting wife in his arms, saying, " My wife, any wife, it is you?" He took her to his room and ordered a doctor. The doctor came and told him it was only weakness--she would be recovered immediately. When she recovered, how thankful she was to have her husband once more. " After taking a few days' pleasure in Glasgow; they returned home to Cnlta-More, where they were received with " Caide- maile-failthes" from all friends and neighbors. Next morning after their ar­ rival Thomas O'Donnell was missing, and in a week after his dead body was washed ashore. James O'Donnell and his loving wife lived happy afterward. So ends the romance of Mary MacDer­ mot, or the maid of Culta-More. A HE.VR STOKY. Large Hoses. Dr. Cid, an inventive surgeon at Paris, noticed that elderly people, who for a long time have worn eye-glasses sup­ ported on the nose by a spring, are apt to have this organ long and thin. This he attributes to the compression which the spring exerts on the arteries by which the nose is nourished. The idea occurred to him that the hint could be made useful. Not long afterward a young lady of 15 consulted him, to see if he could restore to moderate dimensions her nose, which was large, fleshy, and unsightly. The triit he found was hereditary in her family, as her mother and sister were similarly affected. This wits discouraging, as hereditary pecul­ iarities are particularly obstinate. But the doctor determined to try his method. He took exact measurement, and had constructed for her a " lunette pince- nez"--a spring and pad fear compressing the artery, which she wore at night and whenever she conveniently could in the daytime. In three weeks a consolatory diminution was evident, and in three months the young lady was quite satis- jied -with the inpiavement in hex features. With n California Grhaljr. fCor. San Francinoo Chronicle ̂ Crosauag over the trail from Bear val­ ley to nan Bernardino, we encountered a grizzly bear standing directly in our path. My guide strongly advised mak­ ing a detour and leaving bruin in pos­ session of the pass, but I thought of my California stock bought at 60 and de­ termined to be avenged upon this bruin for what I had suffered at the hands of the California street bears. I had a heavy Sharp's rifle, and. putting a hand­ ful of cartridges into my vest pocket to expedite rapid loading, I approached within sixty yards, and, dismounting, gave my lariat to my guide, telling him if he attempted to run off with the horses I would shoot him. I then took delib­ erate a^m at the bear's head and fired. With a Xpar which sounded to me like that of forty lions combined he bounded toward me. Hastily reloading, I fired again, and was so fortunate as to break one of his forelegs. This so checked his advance that I was able to give him four more shots before we came to close quarters. Owing to my rifle having become heated from rapid firing, I had some difficulty in extracting an exploded cartridge, and by the time I was prepared to deliver my seventh and last shot--for I had no more cartridges in my pocket--my enemy was within ten feet of me. I could see that nearly every shot had taken effect. One bullet had plowed a deep furrow from near the end of his nose to his left eye, under which it had lodged. From a wound in his neck the blood was spouting in heavy, rapid jets. His end was evidently close at hand, but mine might be even nearer. All depended upon the chance he would give me to put in my next shot. Even if I had had more cartridges, I knew that I would not have time to reload. I leveled my rifle, and as 1 did so the bear raised upon his hind legs as if to embrace me. His left paw hung helpless by his side, my second shot having shattered the leg above the knee. The long claws on his other paw looked anything but pleasant, as he extended it with the evident de­ sign of "going qhort" on me. As he raised his paw he extended his breast, and I sent my last bullet through his heart. He did not immediately drop, but settled back upon his haunches, and glared at me for an instant with a fury of 10,000 devils in liis eyes ; then with a growl of disappointed rage he gave one convulsive spring forward and fell dead at my feet. I examined my dead prize, tod found that six of my seven shots had struck him. I came to the conclu­ sion then and there to give a " grizzly" a wide berth for the future. It takes too much lead to kill him. The Roads Across the Balkans. Bulgaria, from the river to the Bal­ kans, is a rolling country, covered in some places with rich pastures and fer­ tile fields, and traversed by numerous streams. The villages are* not numer­ ous, and are widely separated from each other, but of considerable extent and generally well-provisioned; on this re­ source, however, an invading army can­ not rely, as in all probability they have been already well drained by the Turks. This circumstance will, in consequence, necessitate the transportation of every­ thing needed for the subsistence of the columns. The roads during the rainy season are, in this light, clayey soil, simply impracticable. The descent into the valleys, as we approach the moun­ tains, becomes steep, and is rendered more difficult by the absence of bridges over all but the principal water-courses. In the winter, when the snow is very abundant, there are no roads at all. In the summer all vegetation is burned up by the excessive heat, and the want of water is sensibly felt, although Mussul­ man piety has established fountains and dug wells wherever it is possible. This circumstance often necessitates long marches, particularly for the cavalry, and is a reason for an enforced bad se­ lection of camps and cantonments. Even when the ro ds are practicable an advance across the country is impossible for an army accompanied by a heavy train. The difficulties of the passage ot the BaUsans aepend less upon the abso­ lute height and in accessibility of the mountains themselves than upon the countless obstacles of detail which accu­ mulate during six or seven days' march* and are increased by the paucity and bad condition of the lines of communi­ cation. The Balkan is almost uninhab­ ited ; its sides are covered with virgin forests, and as, even in the valleys, vil­ lages are not numerous, the roads are neglected. The first operation of any army of in­ vasion will, then, necessarily, be the construction of roads. The defense of the Balkan itself demands no addition to its already existing permanent fortifi­ cations, but "merely the establishment of field works and abattis at all the differ­ ent defiles, as the enemy's forces must lie opposed at many points, it not being within the limits of possibility to con­ centrate at any one.--Bucharest Corre­ spondence. The Dps and Downs of Saa Francisco. Joined to this failure of crops comes the great panic or panics in mining spec­ ulations. Few States could stand the shock of $200,000,000 shrinkage in her securities in sixty days. All classes of the community are involved. Thousands have dropped from positions of affluence to poverty within the period named. One man, reputed to be worth $6,000,000, has lost all, and is said to be $300,000 in debt. Now that this disaster is keenly felt by all classed, from the hod-carrier to the" richest mining magnate, is seen in the general effort at economy that uni­ versally prevails. The Sheriff's lock is frequently seen upon the door of hith­ erto prosperous merchants, old estab­ lished houses are calling on their credi­ tors for accommodation in the way of ex­ tensions, houses in the course of erection are stopped midway, and business blocks, for the time, are held in abeyance. Per­ sonal economy appears in nats a little out of style, and coats seedy on the edge, with rather a musty smell, suggest­ ive of a raid upon a wardrobe long since laid aside. And yet it is refreshing to see with what complacency these men part with their splendid homes, their magnificent teams, and their expensive habits, and, figuratively ^speaking, roll up their sleeves and buckle in again to win back the fortunes they have so sud­ denly lost. Perhaps no city on the con­ tinent has made suoh rapid strides in commercial prosperity as the Queen City of the Pacific coast; and certainly no peo* pie have acquired such great fortunes in so short a time as the wealthy citizens of this community during^ the past seven years, but today they are suffering from1 an over-speculation, or the inflation of securities based on fictitious values.-- San Franciaco Cor. Newark Adver* titer, Windsor Castle Hospitalities. A correspondent writes to the New York Herald : "In connection with your graphicandP interesting account of Queen Victoria's reception of Gen. Grant this remark oc* curs : ' No such honors, nor anything approaching them, have ever before been paid to an American citizen.' A similaf distinguished attention was conferred; upon Commander Henry I. Hartstene, United States navy, about the year 1854. or 1855. He was sent by our Govern* ment to return to England one of her vessels which had been abandoned in the Arctic sea and brought to this coun­ try and refitted. On this occasion Com« mander Hartstene received and enter* tained the Queen upon the vessel, per­ sonally escorting her Majesty through ail inspection of it. He afterwards dined with the Queen and Prince Albert, sur­ rounded by their children. He spent the night at the palace, but, with char* acteristic modesty and aversion to notice, he obtained permission to leave privately before breakfast the next morning. This reception was somewhat less stately than that of Gen. Grant, but to balance, this had in it even more of the elements of personal intercourse with the sovereign. The Cuban Patriots. Col. De Queralta, recently of the Cu­ ban army and a member of the new War Commission now representing the Cuban cause in this country, in an address to the American people says: "At no time since the first blow of libertv was struck, nine years ago, have we Cubans been so near the realization of our hopes as at the present moment. We need arms and ammunition. We do not ask for fili­ busters. We have enough Cubans on the island and in exile--more, indeed, than we need--to plant the Cuban flag even in Havana itself if we only had arms and ammunition. For the last three lorg years we have not received a single round of ammunition from outsid­ ers. We have to fight for it and take it from Spaniards. We, however, make a good deal of powder on the island, and then refill the cartridges picked up from the enemy. This is a slow process; still our little army of 18,000 men is now well clothed, and this has enabled us the past year to maintain the offensive with con­ siderable success." "Ravages of Wolves in Russia. A pamphlet by M. Lasarewski, which has been issued from the Bussian Min­ istry of the Interior, gives a formidable account of the ravages of wolves, from which it appears that in European Bus- sia alone about 200,000 of these beasts are harbored, a number which shows an increase rather than a diminution dur­ ing the last decade. In the three years ending in 1861, 125 persons were killed by the wolves, and in 1875 161 persons met their death from the same cause. Official reports show that about 180,000 head of large animals and 500,000 head of small fall victims to thesie marauders; but these numbers are inadequate, since much destruction is wrought which is not officially reported. The female wolves nourish their young on fowl, and in the one government of Kasan they dispose of some 11,000 geese annually : besides this they kill at least 100,000 dogs in the same time, and altogether cost European Bussia about 5 00,000,000 roubles per annum. A Curious Will Case. A very singular will case was brought to the attention of the Probate Court to­ day. A man died leaving his property one-third to- his wife, one-third to his child and the other third to a child then unborn. The unborn party proved to be twins, and the executor is sorely per­ plexed as to whether he shall divide the third, giving each of the twins one-sixth of the estate, or whether he should carry out the testator's purpose to serve all the children alike by giving them and the widow each one-fourth, or whether, again, he shall give the widow her third and divide the other two-thirds among the three children. The case being wholly without precedent in this State, the court gave the executor no advice, and the conundrum is to be in some way brought before the Supreme Court.-- Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Dead Horses Standing Erect. Mr. Smith was in town on Saturday with his hired man, and the two tell a singular story about a lightning stroke. Mr. Smith was on a grain drill in a field, and his hired man was about twelve rods from him, dragging. Suddenly Smith heard the noise of thunder, and became unconscious. The man also heard the noise, but neither of them saw any flash of lightning. The man went to Smith, and in about twenty minutes he was restored to conscious­ ness. Then attention was given to the horses. One of them was standing erect, with one foot lifted a little way from the earth, and the other was kneeling with his nose in the earth, and both were stone dead, and retained their positions until they were pushed over. The sup­ position is that in this case the elec­ tricity went from the earth to the sky.-- Danville (A"»/) Advertiser. Alcohol aid Insanity. A correspondent of the Journal of Medical Science, Dr. Nonald, writing ' from Guinea, states with regard to the : etiology of insanity in that colony, that i it is not found to be depending in any way on, or modified by, the nature of the climate, bnt that one of the most fertile causes of. the malady is intemperance; this is more particularly the case among Creoles and Portuguese, alcohol being traceable, in many instances, as the di­ rect agent. Dr. Noland states that among the lower classes rum is mostly used, and frequently, in the form of highwines, rum 40 over proof, so that it can easily be understood that this in time seriously interferes with the bodily health, and, acting as a poison, eventual­ ly produces cerebral lesions. TOM THUMB got angry because a star­ ing crowd followed him into a Carson, (Nev.) barber shop, and lie offered to fight any one 6f them.-. A* BACHELOR'S OBOWL, fin a grumpy old" bachelor, Grizzly and gray, *|Ew»aeven-an 3-fSr ̂ K I MO A day. tm*y t&acrusty, 1 vaV?.*** •* * bone5 > ' --S°°d ladies-- Just let me alone! ̂ So shake out your ringta^L _ beam out in smilep^ * t""' your triufeeU i>A*d show off your wi5lii.r * " JPpwitoli and bewilder ^Wherever you can; frozen to blushes, w :^r«n proof against eyes; "'T i " ' ** 'hardened to simpers *t t' ,' ^ And stony to sighs; ... 5*.«.-!&'*> -r ai tongh to each dart J f - - • That young Cupid can 'niftn »icu not in the market 'At any advance! * , . ^ilsew my own buttons. t '~: • % I darn my own hose," **•%»• X keep my own counsel J And fold my own clothes I mind my own busine«|| And live my own life ; j > s f t I won't--no, the Dickon#^ " ' Be plsigued with a wife And yet there's nine spinsters . „ Who believe me their fate; v: there's two dozen widows ' change their estate < • There's silly young maidens Who blush at my bow; All--all bent on marrying me, No matter how! I walk forth in trembling; " I come home in dread ; I don't fear my' heart, But I do fear my head I My ci vilest speech Is a growl and a nod; . And that--Heaven save Is " charmingly odd " So ladies--dear ladies-- Just hear me, I' pray; I speak to you all In the pluralest way. My logic is simple As logic can be-- If I won't marry you, Pray--don't marry me' PITH AND POINT. A TUN® that young ladies try to cateh: a million air. A SPLENDID ear, but a poor voice, as the organ-grinder said of the donkey. You know mock modesty as you do mock-turtle--from its being the produce of a calf's head. "DON'T you think, husband, that you are apt to believe everything you: hear?" ." No, madam, not when you talk." AN inquiring individual writes to a paper to ask " how long cows should be milked?" " Why, the same as short cows, of course!" A LITTLE boy went to his mother and said, " Mamma, I'd think, if I was made of dust, I'd get muddy inside when I drink coffee." WHAT'S the difference between THE lower part of the leg and the late comet? One's shin and bone, and the other's been and shone. A LITTLE boy, disputing with his sis­ ter on some subject, exclaimed: " It's true, for ma says so; and if ma says so, it ip so, if it ain't so." A BOY, writing to his sister, said: " Sarah Jane Gibbs is dead, and her mother's got twins. They* are girls, and this is awful fine weather for ducks." " WHAT to eat and how to cook it," i» the title of . a book recently published. " What to eat and how to get it," would meet with a livelier sale among the labor­ ing classes here just now. THE man who is curious to see how the world could get along without him can find out by sticking a cambric needle into a mill-pond, and then withdrawing it and looking at the hole. A STRONG-MINDED woman was heard to remark the other day that she would marry a man who had plenty of money, though he was so ugly she had to scream every time she looked at him. A LINE in one of Moore's songs reads thus: " Our couch shall be roses be­ spangled with dew." To which a sensi­ ble girl replied; " 'Twould give' me the rheumatiz, and so it would you." Two sable philosophers took shelter under the same tree during a heavy shower. After some time one of them complained that he felt the rain. " Neb- ber mind," replied the other; "dere's plenty of trees. When dis un am wet- through we'll go to de oder." AT a duel the parties discharged their pistols without effect, whereupon one of the seconds interfered, and proposed that- the combatants should shake hands. TO this the other Becond objected as un­ necessary; for, said he, their hands have been shaking this half hour. A NEGIJO having been brought up be­ fore a magistrate, and convicted of pilfer­ ing, the magistrate began to re­ monstrate. "Do you know how to read?" "Yes, massa--little." "Well,^ don't you ever make use of the Bible ?"1 " Yes, massa, strap him razor on him sometimes." A DRY GOODS clerk relates that a very pretty and stylish young lady called in the store the other day and requested to see some lavender kid gloves, whereupon she was shown several different shades of that color. Being a little overcome with so great a variety, she asked, " Which of those pairs are the lavenderest ?" APPROPRIATE names: For a printer's wife, Em; for a sport's wife, Betty; for a lawyer's wife, Sue; for a teamster's wife, Carrie; for a fisherman's wife, Net- for a shoemaker's wife, Peggy; for a carpet man's wife, Mattie; for an auctioneer's wife, Biddy; for a chemist's wife, Ann Eliza; for an engineer's wife, Bridget. Two eminent members of the Irish bar, Doyle and Yelverton, quarreled one day so violently that from words they came to blows. Doyle, the more pow­ erful man (at the fists, at least), knocked down his adversary twice, exclaiming most vehemently, " You scoundrel, I'll make you behave yourself like a gentle­ man! " To which Yelverton, rising, an­ swered with equal indignation, "No sir, never! I defy you! I defy you! You can't do it!" ~ HacMahon. Marshal MacMahon's birthday was celebrated on the 15th of June. His age is 69. He was born in the chateau pf Sully, near Autun, in 1808. His father, Maurice de MacMahon, was faithful to the Bourbon cause, and, during the reign of Louis XVIII., was created a Lieuten­ ant General and a commander of the order of St. Louis. His grandfather, Jean Baptiste de MacMahon, born in Limerick, Ireland, was naturalized »nd ennobled by the French Government in 1750. His ancestor first visited France in the suite of the exiled James IIV Q( England. f \ -