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W1DDKB GREKNK'S LAST WORDS. '* r* note' to die," says the Widow Greene, " Fui troin' to quit this airthly scene j It ain't no place for me to stay, En #ach a world »« this is to-day. 4itcb wmrku aud ways is too much ffflr me; No I to .i y can't lot. nobody be ; '•The jnrta are Ho*need from top to toe, 'And dress is the hitll that they care to know, And thteir pull-backs draw their gowns so tight Alto make them look like a perfect fright 1 And their bunneto--good gracious!--they flaunt and flare, Very much like a bntter-plate top of their hair, The men, too, is mad on bonds and stocks, fiwtMriu' and driakin' and pickin' locks, And ifettin' up strikes, and doin" their best TV» prove they are all by the devil possessed 1. Why, t'm afraid I'll strike or be hanged Imyself, If I ain't soon laid on my final shelf ! There nin't a cretur but knows to-day I never was hinatick anyway ; Bat since all the crazy folk go free, I'm dreadful af eared they'll hang up me ! There's another thing that is pesky hard ; I can't go into a neighbor's yard To «ay ' How be you ?' or ask for a pin, Bnt all the papers will have it in : * We're pleased to say that the Widder Greene Took dinner, a Tuesday, with Mrs. Keene.' Or, 4 Our worthy friend, Mrs. Greene, has gOM Bp to Barkhanipstead to see her son.' Or some pesky • reporter' will ' interview,' And will pump out all that I ever knew, And next day's paper that comes to hand WW yrint and send it alt over the land ! •Orcat Jerusalem ! can't I stir Without a-raisin' some feller's fur? Why, tJiere ain't no privacy, so to say, So tuor" than if this was the judgment day I Andatt for one meetin's--T almost swear Whenever I put my head in there I Why even ' Old Hundred' is spiled and done I/ike everything else now under the sun. It nsed to sound so solemn and slow, * Praise to the Lord from all below ;' Hut now it goes like a galloping steer. High diddle diddle ! now there, now here! No more respect to the Lord above a Thau if He was one of 'em hand and glove . " With all the boobies He ever made. And joined in the jigs th< ir fiddles played. And the preaching, too -but here I'm dumb! Bat 1 tell you what, I'd like it some, If good old parson, Nathan Strong, Out of his grave would come along. And give us a sight of the awful wrath That's gathering over the sinner's path; The caulless flame, the undying worm-- I teH you I guess 'twould make folks squirm 1 Tfor it 'taint all love, so siekish and sweet. That makes this world or the other complete. Bnt law ! I'm old, I'd better be dead, When the world's all turnin' over my head; Sperite a-talkin' like silly fools: Bibles kicked ont o' the deestrict schools ; Children that never have learned to obey Pushing the old folks out of the way ; Defalcations on every side, fictun from luxury, wasting and pride; Women all living to make a dash. Stocks all goin' to tarnal smash: Tramps a-roaming the country through, Half the people with notnin' to do; Crazy creaturs n-murderm' round;. It's time for me to be under ground ! So fa re wet t all; this airthly scene No more'U be pestered by Widder Greene !" --Anonyvwun. WHAT DYIN8 PEOPLE SEE. It is somewhat singular that the cat nral longing to penetrate the great se­ cret of mortality should not have sug­ gested to some of the inquirers into so- •cailed "spiritual" manifestations that before attempting to obtain communica­ tion with the dead, through such poor methods as raps and alphabets, they might more properly, and with better hope of gaining a giimpse through the "gates ajar," watch closely the dying, «nd study the psychological phenomena 'which accompany the act of dissolution. Thus, it might be possible to ascertain, "by comparison of numerous instances, •Whether among those phenomena are any which seem to indicate that the mind, soul or self of the expiring per­ son is not undergoing a proceed of ex­ tinction, but exhibiting such tokens as might be anticipated were it entering upon a new phase of existence, and com­ ing into possession of fiesljp faculties. It is at least conceivable that some such indications might be observed, were we to look for them with care and caution, vnder the rare conditions wherein they ocmld at any time be afforded; and, if 'this should prove to be the fact, it is ..needless to dilate on the intense interest .trf ^ven such semblance of confirmation Of our hopes. In a majority of deaths the accom­ panying physical conditions hide from "the spectators whatever psychological phenomena may be taking place. The snm of our poor human life mostly sets behind an impenetrable cloud. Of all forms of death, the commonest seems to be the ^wful " agony" with its uncon- •ackras --groans and stertorous breath. The dying person seems to sink lower and lower, as if beneath the waters of an unfathomable sea ; a word, a motion, a glance, rising up at longer and longer intervals, till the last slow and distant ^qghs terminate the woful strife, and tfef- victory of Death is complete. When this is the mode of dissolution, it is of zfuuxse hopeless to look for any indica­ tion of the fate ef the soul at its exodus; and £be same holds good as regards -death in extreme old age, or after ex- liuujrsting disease, wben the sufferer very ^S&eraTly 4'falls asleep." Again, there Are deaths which are accompanied by /great pain or delirium, or which are caused by sudden accidents, altogether -^tiding from our observation the mental vonndition of the patient. Only in a isma^l Tesidue of cases the bodily condi­ tions are such as to cause neither inter­ ference with, nor yet concealment of, £he process of calm and peaceful disso­ lution, in the full light of mental sanity, and it is to these only we can look with any hope of fruitful observation. We -*arik whether, in such cases, instances ihave ever been known of occurrences having any significance, taken in con­ nection with the solemn event where- •with they are associated ? Does our forerunner on the hilltop show by his looks and actions--since he is too far off "to speak to us--that he beholds, from his " Peak in Darien," an ocean yet hid- •den from our view ? I should hesitate altogether to affirm (positively that such is the case ; but, after many inquiries on the subject, I am still more disinclined to assert the contrary. The truth seems to be that, in almost every family or circle, ques­ tions will elicit recollections of death- lied scenes, wherein, with singular re­ currence, appears one very significant incident, namely, that the dying person, precisely at the moment of death, and •rhen the power of speech was lost, or mfefuriv lost, seemed to see something-- •or rather, to speak more exactly, to be­ come conscious of something present (lor actual sight is out of the question) of a very striking kind, which remained invisible to and unperceived by the as- aistante. Again and again this incident is repeated. It is described almost in the same words by persons who have never heard of similar occurrences, and who suppose their own experiences to be unique, and have raised no theory mpon it, but merely considered it to be appears to be) vacancy, with an expres­ sion of astonishment, sometimes devel­ oping instantly into joy, and sometimes ont snort in the first emotion of solemn wonder and awe. If the dying man were to see some utterly unexpected but instantly-recognized vision, causing him a great surprise, or rapturous joy, his face oould not better reveal the fact. The very instant this phenomenon oc­ curs death is actually taking place, and the eyes glaze even whila they gaze at the unknown sight. If a breath or two still heave the chest, it is obvious that the soul has already departed. A few narrations of such observations, ohosen from a great number which have been communicated to the writer, will serve to show more exactly the point which it is desired should be established by a larger concurrence of testimony. l?he following are given in the words of a friend on whose accuracy every reliance may be placed: " I have heard numberless instances .of dying persons showing unmistakably by th eir gestures, and sometimes by their words, that they saw in the moment of dissolution what could not be seen those around them. On three occasions facts of this nature came distinctly with­ in my own knowledge, and I will, there­ fore, limit myself to a detail of that *hicli I can give on my own authority, although the circumstances were not so striking as many others known to me, which I believe to be equally true. " I was watching one night beside a poor man dying of consumption; his case was hopeless, but there was no appear­ ance of the end being very near; he was in full possession of his senses, able to talk with a strong voice, and not in the least drowsy. He had slept through the day, and was as wakeful that had I been conversing with him on ordinary subjects to while away the long hours. Suddenly, while we were thus talking quietly to­ gether, he became silent, and fixed his eyes on one particular spot in the room, which was entirely vacant, even of fur­ niture. At the same time a look of the greatest delight changed the whole ex­ pression of his face, and, after a moment of what seemed to be intense scrutiny, he said to me in a joyous tone, 4 There is Jim.' Jim was a little son whom he had lost the year before, and whom I had known well; but the dying man had a son still living, named John, for whom he had sent, and I concluded it was of John he was speaking, and that he thought he heard him arriving, so I an­ swered: "4 No. John has not been able to 'strange," 44curious," "affecting," and aothing more. It is invariably ex -plained that the dying person is lying quietly, when suddenly, in the very act el expiring, he looks up--sometimes atarts up in bed--and gazes on (what come. " The man turned to me impatiently and said, 41 do not mean John. I know he is not here, it is Jim, my little lame Jim; surely you remember him ?' "'Yes,' I said, 'I remember dear little Jim,who died last year, quite well.' "' Don't you see him then ? There he is,' 6aid the man, pointing to the vacant place on which his eyes were fixed, and, when I did not answer, he repeated al­ most fretfully. 'Don't you see him standing there?' " I answered that I could not sec him, though I felt perfectly convinced that something was visible to the sick man which I could not perceive. When I gave him this answer he seemed quite amazed, and turned round to look at me with a glance of indignation. As his eyes met mine, I saw that a film seemed to pass over them, the light of intelli­ gence died away, he gave a gentle sigh and expired. He did not live five min­ utes from the time he first said : 4 There is Jim,' although there had been no sign of approaching death previous to that moment. "The second case was that of a boy about 14 years of age, dying also of de­ cline. He was a refined, highly-educated child, who .throughout his long illness had looked forward with much hope and longing to the unknown life to which he believed he was hastening. On a bright summer morning it became evident that he had reached his last hour. He lost the power of speech, chiefly from weak­ ness, but he was perfectly sensible, and made his wishes known to us by his in­ telligent looks. He was sitting propped up in bed, and had been looking rather sadly at the bright sunshine playing on the trees outside his open window for some time. He had turned away from this^ scene, however, and was facing the end of the room, where there was noth­ ing whatever but a closed door, when all in a moment the whole expression Of his face changed to one of the most wonder­ ing rapture, which made his half-closed eyes open to their utmost extent, while his lips parted with a smile of ecstasy; it it was impossible to doubt that some glorious sight was visible to him, and from the movement, of his eyes it was plain that it was not one, but many ob­ jects on which he gazed, for his look passed from end to end of what seemed to be the vacant wall before him, going backward and forward with ever-increas­ ing delight manifested in his whole as­ pect. His mother then asked him if what he saw was some wonderful sight beyond the confines of the world, to give her a token that it was so by pressing her hand. He at once took her hand and pressed it meaningly, giving thereby an intelligent affirmative to her question, though unable tp speak. As he did so a change passed over his face, his eyes closed, and in a few minutes he was gone. The third case, which was that of my own brother, was very similar to this last. He was an elderly man, dying of a pain­ ful disease, but one which never for a moment obscured his faculties. Al­ though it was known to be incurable, he had been told that he might live some months, when somewhat suddenly the summons came on a dark January morn­ ing. It had been seen in the course of the night that he was sinking, but for some time he had been perfectly silent and motionless, apparently in a state of stupor'; bis eyes closed, and his breath­ ing scarcely perceptible. As the tardy dawn of the winter morning revealed the rigid features of the countenance from which life aqd intelligence seemed to have quite departed, those who watched him felt uncertain whether he still lived; but suddenly, while they bent over him to ascertain the truth, he opened his eyes wide, and gazed eagerly upward with such an unmistakable expression of wonder and joy that a thrill of awe passed through all who witnessed it. His whole face grew bright with a strange gladness, while the eloquent eyes seemed literally to shine as if reflecting some light on which they gazed; he remained in this attitude of delighted surprise for some minutes, then in a moment the eyelids fell, the head dropped forward, and with one long breath the spirit departed." A different kind of case, to those above narrated by my friend was that of a young girl known to me, who had passed through the miserable experiences of a sinful life at Aldershot, and then had tried to drown herself in the river Avon, near fclifton. She was in some way saved from suicide, and placed for a time in a penitentiary, but her health was found to be hopelessly ruined, and she was sent to di^ in the quaint old work­ house of St. Peter's at Bristol. For many months she lay in the infirmary literally perishing piecemeal of disease, but exhibiting patience and sweetness of disposition quite wonderful to witness. She was only 18 years, poor young creat­ ure ! when all her little round of error and pain had been run; and her innocent, pretty face might have been that of a child. She never used any sort of cant (so common among women who have been in refuges), but had apparently some­ how got hold of a very living and real religion, which gave her comfort and courage and inspired her ewith the beau­ tiful spirit with which she bote her frightful sufferings. On the wall oppo­ site her bed there hung by chance a print of the lost sheep, and Mary S , look­ ing at it one day, said to me, "That is just what I was, and what happened to me; but I am being brought safe home now." For a long time before her death her weakness was such that she was quite incapable-of lifting herself np in bed, or of supporting herself when lift-' ed, and she, of course, continued to lie with her head on the pillow while life gradually and painfully ebbed away, and shei seemingly became nearly uncon­ scious. In this state she had been left one Saturday night by the nurse in at­ tendance. Early at dawn next morning --an Easter morning, as it chanced--the poor old women who occupied the other beds in the ward were startled from their sleep by seeing Mary S suddenly spring up to a sitting posture in her bed, with her arms outstretched, and her face raised, as if in a perfect rapture of joy and welcome. The next instant the body of the poor girl fell back a corpse. Her death had taken place in that mo­ ment of mysterious ecstasy. A totally different case again was that of a man of high intellectual distinction, well known in the world of letters. When dying peacefully, as became the close of a piofoundlv religious life, and having already lost the power of speech, he was observed suddenly to look up as if at some spectacle invisible to those around with an expression o\ solemn sur­ prise and awe, very characteristic, it is said, of his habitual frame of mind At that instant, and before the look had time to falter or change, the shadow of death passed over his face, and the end had come. In yet another case I am told that at the last moment so bright a light seemed suddenly to shin* from the face of a dy­ ing man that the clergyman and another friend who were attending him actually turned simultaneously to the window to seek for the cause. Another incident- of a very striking eliaraeter oecurrad. in Wltfell-known fam­ ily, one of whose members narrated it to me. A dying lady, exhibiting the as­ pect of joyful surprise to which we have so often referred, spoke of seeing, one after another, tliree of her brothers who had long been dead, and then apparently recognized, last of all, a fourth brother, who was believed by the bystanders to be still living in India. The coupling of his name with that of his dead brothers excited such awe and horror in the mind of the person present that she rushed half senseless from the room. In due course of time letters were received an­ nouncing the death of the brother in India, which had occurred some time be­ fore his dying sister seemed to recognize him, Again, in another case a gentleman who had lost his only son some years previously, and who had never recovered from the afflicting event, exclaimed sud­ denly when dying, with the air of a man making a most rapturous discovery, " I see him! I see him I" Not to multiply such anecdotes too far, anecdotes which certainly possess a uni­ formity pointing to similar cause, whether that cause be physiological or psychical, I will now conclude with one authenticated by a near relative of the persons concerned. A late well-known Bishop was commonly called by his sis­ ters " Charlie, " and his eldest sister bore the pet name of " Liz." They had both been dead some years when their younger sister, Mrs. W , also died, but before her death appeared to behold them both. While lying still and appar­ ently unconscious, she suddenly opened her eyes and looked earnestly across the room, as if she saw some one entering. Presently, as if overjoyed, she exclaimed, " O Charlie!" and then, after a mo­ ment's pause, with a new start of delight, as if he had been joined bv some one else, she went on, " And Liz !" and then added, " How beautiful you are !" After seeming to gaze at the{ two beloved forms for a few minutes, she fell back on her pillow and died. Instances like these might, I believe, be almost indefinitely multiplied were attention directed to them, and the ex­ perience of survivors more generally communicated and recorded. Reviewing them, the question seems to press upon us, why should we not thus catch a glimpse of the spiritual world through the half-open portals wherein our dying brother is passing ? If the soul of man exists at all after the extinction of the life of the body, what is more prob­ able than that it should begin at the very i/istant when the veil of the flesh is dropping off to exercise those spiritual powers of perception which we must sup­ pose it to possess (else were its whele after-life a blank), and to become con­ scious of other things than those of which our dim senses can take cog­ nizance? If it be not destined to an eternity of solitude (an absurd hypothe sis), its future companions may well be recognized at once, even as it goes forth to meet them. It seems, indeed, al­ most a thing to be expected, that some; of them should be ready waiting to wel­ come it on the threshold. Is there not, then, a little margin for hope--if not for any confident belief--that our anticipa­ tions will be verified; nay, that the actual experience of not a few has verl fled them? May it not be that when that hour comes for each of us that we have been wont to dread as one of part­ ing and sorrow-- The last long farewell on the shore Of this wide world, ere we "put off into the unknown dark," we may find that we only leave, for a little time, the friends of earth to go straight to the embrace of those who have long been waiting for us to make perfect for them the noble life beyond the grave ? May it not be that our very first dawning sense of that enfranchised existence will bd the rapture of rennion with the behoved ones whom we have mourned as lost, but who have been standing near, waiting longingly for our recognition, as a mother may watch be­ side the bed of a fever-stricken child till reason reillumine its eyes, and with outstretched arms it cries " Mother?" * There are some, alas! to Whom it must be very dreadful to think of thus meet­ ing, on the threshold of eternity, the wronged, the deceived, the forsaken. But for most of us, God be thanked, no dream of celestial glory has half the* ecstasy of the thought that in dying we may meet--and meet at once, before we have had a moment to feel the awful loneliness of death--the parent, wife, husband, child, friend of our life, soul of our soul, whom we consigned long ago with breaking hearts to the grave. Their " beautiful" forms (as that dying lady beheld her brother and sister) en­ tering our chamber, standing beside our bed of death, and come to rejoin us for­ ever--what words con tell the happiness of • such a vision ?1 It may be awaiting us all. There is even, perhaps, a certain probability that it is actually the destiny of the human soul, and that the affections, which alone of earthly things can survive dissolution, will, like magnets, draw the beloved and loving spirits of the dead around the dying. I see no reason why we should not indulge so ineffably blessed a hope. But, even if it be a dream, the faith remains, built on no such evanescent and shadowy foundation, that there is one friend--and He the best--in whose arms we shall surely fall asleep, and to whose love we may trust for the reunion, sooner or later, of the severed links of sacred hu­ man affection.--Fmces Power Cobbe, in Contemporary Revieio. GENIUS DIRT CHEAP. A Valuable Collection of Patent Rights Sold at Auction In New York. [From the New York Times.] Another batch of inventions was sold by auction yesterday at the rooms of George W. Keeler, Liberty and Nassau streets. There was a good attendance, but only a few rights changed hands, the value placed on them by the inventors being in most instances greater than that accorded them by the public. Among the curious and useful articles offered were the following: A sort of double pocket divided by a deceptive flap for the purpose of deluding pickpockets; an automatic, self-regulating windmill, war­ rants i to keep out of the way of violent storms; a treadmill arrangement for sift­ ing the dirt from potatoes while harvest­ ing; a stair-carpet fastener that prevents the carpet from wear; an improved clothes-line with a traveler-rope attach­ ment; an improved card and game table, with a little dial in each flap whereby each player is enabled to keep score for himself; a device to turn car awnings into "advertising mediums;" an im­ proved egg-holder; an improved dish­ washer; a lounge capable of being "con­ verted into several articles of household use;" an improved slop-pail; an " im­ provement " which consists of attaching rollers to the chimed of barrels in order to facilitate their removal from place to place; a portable wash-stand, with a tank and pump for filling the bowl; an atmospheric churn-dasher, warranted to churn in less than three minutes; a new device for fastening shoes by drawing an invisible string; an improvement in weather strips, in connection with which the owner offers " $100 for every drop of water that can be forced through by a steam fire engine;" a tobacco pipe in two parts, hinged together at the bottom for convenience in cleaning ; a kerosene- lamp trimmer; a new method of steering vessels; an improved spoon ; a machine to operate switches and signals from the locomotive or cars while in motion; an instrument for licking postage-stamps and the gummed surface of envelopes or labels, and for cleaning and drying pens; a machine for putting out the car stove in case of a railroad accident, and an im­ proved air-tight " individual vault or grave." None of these, however, aroused much enthusiasm, except the potato- harvester and the dish-washer, which brought $200 and $35 respectively. An improved trotting sulky (Canada patent) went off at $100. A new combination lock sold for $650. One of several auto­ matic car-couplings offered brought $150. A cotton and corn planter, warranted to plant from eight to ten acres per day and do the work well, was sacrificed at $50. An apparatus for removing snow from railroads and a detective clock for steam boilers were passed. A new sten­ cil-cutting machine sold for $60, and a fire-escape, consisting of a drum to be mounted on a roof with a chain ladder which unwinds, for $1,000. A portable elevator that " can be placed on a cellar stairway or other support and easily op­ erated by one or two persons " went for $350. An improvement in lard presses to provide for readily moving the pressed cake of meat scraps from which the oil or lard has been extracted, while in a cylinder and under a screw pressure, sold for $700. A machine for sharpen­ ing slate-pencils brought $1,000. A combined filter and refrigerator sold for $200. A machine for boring fence-posts reached $1,425. A bolt for locking both sashes by a single operation went at $425. The New York State right to a self- locking and extension ladder netted $1,000. A saw with detachable teeth realized but $100. An improved over­ coat pocket for the protection of a lady's hand while walking with a gentleman, brought $350; the inventor reserved the State of Pennsylvania. An improve­ ment in balancing piano keys sold for $700. An "adjuster," for opening blinds when the window is closed with­ out raising the sashes, went for the pal­ try sum of $90. A Carious Sort off a Man. In Fritztown, Pa., lives a man who is insensible to the pain which usually at­ tends the sting of bees, wasps and hor­ nets. He can take the honey from the beehives without either stupefying or destroying the bees. He destroys all the hornets' and yellow-jackets' nests that he can find, and, although frequent­ ly covered by the insects which have alighted upon him in swarms, he has never been known to flinch. On getting hold of a hornets' nest, he empties it by shaking the hornets out of the aperture. Wood Fires. We grant, as has recently been said, that an open fire is "incompetent to heat our houses;" but we believe it can be made such an important factor in the culture of children that we have no hes­ itation in urging others to try it. In houses that are wholly warmed by fa?» nace, the family circle is likely to become impaired. The children take their friends to their own rooms, and the mother rarely becomes intimately acquainted with their associates. Around a wood fire, all naturally come together; what interests one comes in a 5 all, and the chil­ dren l&arn to be open and free. The fire warms the heart as well as the body. A wood fire lit early in the evening, when the children are home from school is all that is necessary. When the boys get used to coming in from the cold and snow to find a cheerful hickory fire blaz­ ing on the parlor hearth, with the room not too nicely furnished for them to use, they will not want to leave it for any out^ iide attractions. The moment the famil- sar whistle is heard in the evening, let pome kindling wood be thrust under the logs. The pleasant sensation produced by a blazing fire, if repeated every day, winter after winter, amounts to a great deal of happiness in a boy's life-time, and will never be forgotten. It is difficult to over-estimate the value of this central gathering- place for the whole family. Wood fires are not dusty, and when used not for heat, but for cheer, and only in the evening, are not costly. The moderate heat of a furnace or stove is sufficient for the parlor by day, and but little wood in the fire-place is necessary to make it comfortable at night. Indeed, the register often has to be turned off, and the doors have to be closed to keep the heat of the house from rushing into the parlor. The wood fire ventilates, and thus, not only are the feet kept warm, but the head remains cool. Half a cord of hickory wood lasts us about a month, and we use it on Sundays after church, and on other days if we have friends to dinner, or the children are to be at home. In spring and fall an open fireplace is particularly useful. Every­ one knows how the furnace is disliked in moderate weather, but by using at such times the wood alone the desired heat is obtained and far more than the cost saved in the coal that would be burned to waste. If the fire-place is painted black there will be a good back­ ground for the red flame, and the brick­ work will not be made to look shabby by the smoke. Let it be a good hearty, blazing fire or none at all. Better to save in fine furniture or in rich desserts than put on logs sparingly. Brass and­ irons are the best, for they never wear out, and the labor in keeping them bright is much exaggerated. The wood should be sawed in but two pieces, so as to reach clear over both andirons. A lot of corn-cobs will make a hot, quick blaze, just before the children go up to bed, and will make their slumber all the sweeter.--Scribner for October. The Czar in the Field. The Emperor, who is, in ordinary times, one of the hardest-working men in his empire, leads a very active life. He rises early, and devotes the morning to current affairs. Toward mid-day the suite, composed of about fifty officers, assemble in a large tent in front of the imperial residence. Exactly at 12 o'clock his Majesty enters, salutes all present, and sits down to table. First is served the Zakuska--that is to say, caviare, Swiss cheese, sardines, raw her­ rings, and three kinds of vodka. Soup and roast are then served, and cafe noir or tea completes the repast. After breakfast the Emperor again occupies himself with current affairs or drives out. At 6 o'clock dinner is served. It consists of three or four courses, and lasts about an hour. About 9 o'clock there is tea, and about 10 or half past 10 his Majesty retires for the night. On fete days the ordinary programme is somewhat modified. There is more music than usual; every ono is in full uniform, and the Emperor, with his numerous suite, in which the bright uniforms of the Austrian officers are conspicuous, rides out and exchanges congratulations with part of the troops. For civilians the life at headquarters is very monotonous.--London Times. A Graphic Description. In one of the Justice's courts the other day a witness in an assault-and- battery case gave his version of the affair as follows: "Well, sir, the two stood facing each other, one kinder growled and the other kinder chuckled.. Then they made up faces at each other. Then one dast and the other dasn't. Then they kinder walked around. Then they poked up their hats and spit on their hands." " And then?" asked the lawyer, as the witness paused for breath. " And then they glared at each other. Then they made up faces again. Then somebody hollered for 'em to go in and kick each other all to death. Then they kinder got ready, pulled their hats down, and they rushed together like two big ferry-boats, reared up on end, came down with an awful crash, and the next thing I saw was this 'ere man's coat all ripped up the back, and that 'ere man's nose all chawed zig-zag, and that's all I know about the murder."--Detroit Free Press. " Judge Hill Dying on the Bench. At about 6 o'clock on Thursday even­ ing, while the Superior Court was in session in Knoxville, Crawford county, Judge Barnard Hill, the ^ presiding Judge, died on the bench. A criminal that had just been concluded, and the jury had returned a verdict of guilty. They neglected to give the value of the goods stolen, and Judge Hill told them that they had best retire and supply this part of the verdict. They went and out, soon afterward an attorney looked up and saw Judge Hill's head thrown back on his chair, a deathly pallor overspreading his countenance. Friends rushed to him, but, with an easy gasp, his spirit passed' away, and he sat dead on the bench.-- Atlanta (Qa.) Constitution. MEN who have made their mark-- Those who can't write. A FAREWELL OF THE PERIOD. BY KMKA M. CABS. Farewell, my dearest--nevermore, Hand clasped in hand, shall we together Roam o'er the breezy, broad sea-dOTfWfc----pr- r» merry, soft May weathepf * . Vii en this thought occurs to me : * - . Twill save a trifle in ehoe-leather. I for fate will have it so, -- C)h, fondest heart!'--Oh, tenderest, nearest 5 The hues of spring have lost their glow-- The leaf--the leaf is at its serest. I may not wed thee, sweet--just now Dry goods and things are at their dearest. Farewell, beloved--thou art free A fearful dearth of funds hath done it. I'll keep thee ever in my heart-- I'll put thee in my choicest sonnet: These will I, love--they little ooet-- Not so a Parifi gown and bonnet! And now we go divided ways; Dead broke am I--that's all too I take no more stock in bouquets, Bon-bons, and all that goes with flirtin'. So now I drop love's pretty theme. And--so to speak--pull down the curtain. -Baldwin'# Monthly. PITH AND POINT. J AN unpaid-for yacht is now politely termed a floating debt. A MOSQUITO is a customer who tries to get inside the bar and take a nip without t paying for it A PBEACHEB who arrived at the kirk* wet through asked an old Scotchwoman what he should do, to which she replied; " Gang into the pulpit as soon as ye can. | Ye'U be dry enough there." | THE papers relate an anecdote of a beautiful young lady, who had become blind, having recovered her sight after marriage. It is no uncommon thing for people's eyes to be opened by matri­ mony. NOBODY likes to be nobody; but every­ body is pleased to think himself some- body. And everybody is somebody; but when anybody thinks himself everybody J he generally thinks everybody else is nobody. " SAIILT, what have you done with the cream ? These children cannot eat skim milk for breakfast." "Sure, ma'am, it isn t mesilf that would be afther giving the scum to yea. I tuk that and gave it to the cats." "THAT Husband of Mine "has been set to music. But that's nothing. Mrs. Bossem says that husband of hers has often been set to pushing the baby coach and paring potatoes and such jobs.-- Norristown Herald. a " MY eon, you look very much like a "boy who has been brought up by affec­ tionate parents," said a kindly stranger to a golden-haired child, and the latter, in an excited tone, exclaimed: "Do Just look at my back !" "AND isn't there an old gardene somewhere about here too, Mrs. Malone --Pat Reilly I think his name is " Know him is it, me leddy--and isn he a relation of mine ? Shure he wons wanted to marry me sister Kate !" "I HAVE often wondered," said would-be wit to an eminent divine "why, at a dinner, the goose is alway placed before the clergyman." "Thai was just my case when I saw you placet" before me," the divine quietly remarked SHE went the path that death has swept So oft with scythe historic, Her ghost took out, as she took in A quart of paregoric ; * But, bless lier BOUI, she proved herself Possessed of all her senses, By leaving coin enough to pay Her funeral expenses. "BUT I pass," said a minister on Sunday, in dismissing one theme of hi subject to take up another. "Then make it spades," yelled out a man in tli gallery, who was dreaming the liappi hours away in an imaginary game q euchre. GEN. HOWABD says he is right on th heels of the Indians. There's nothin very cheering about this, however. W have seen a man right on the heels of mule, but he didn't seem to be gettiu much the better of the mule.--St. Lou Journal. A FRENCHMAN soliciting relief sai< very gravely, to the fair hearer: "Mad moiselle, I never beg, but dat I haf v wife wid several small family, dat growing very large, and nossing to mat deir bread out of but de perspiration c my brow." A liirriiE girl came into one of 01 shoe stores the other day to take sho home for her mother to select fror " What number does your mother wea sissy?" asked the merchant. "She to me to bring some half-past fours," plied the little girl. THE BALLAD OF THE SAVINGS BANK. What shall it pro tit the young man Who saveth up his cash, If, after saving it for ten years, The bank doth go to smash ? Whereto shall he advantaged be If, having taken care Of the pennies, the dollars shall make them win And vauish in thin air ? *" Suppose he should a dollar a week In a savings bank invest, With a semi-annual 4 p. c. In the way of interest. And it should amount in forty ye&rs To seventeen thousand do l- Ars, how much would ne be ahea 1 If the President stole it all? --Gaorge T. Lanigan, in Sew Yorl World. Women Physicians. About thirty years ago a lady phj cian, commanding respect by her sot position, liberal education and p fessional ksill, was something almost known; to-day there are numbers of j such ladies in every large city in Union, and in Philadelphia particul there are some who are regarded among the most accomplished profesi of medical science, and who enjoV practice worth from $15,000 to 820,] a year. This is due mainly to causes: First, the increasing demand the professional services of lady ph cians, and the desire among eihicj women to acquire a profession at c honorable and intellectual; and seoo the rapid spread of an enlightened p lie opinion, which welcomed womei a sphere of action which would seer be so admirably adapted for the exer of all the womanly attributes. Ph delphia Press. A Wicked Practice. All babies born in the Oneida c munity are at once taken from t mothers and given to some other wo to nurse, and the babies are chai around so that no mother ever rear even knows, her own child. The ol is to destroy all family feeling, an keep a woman from loving her own • better than anybody's else children. is horrible--wickeder even than the 1 lore buBinoM. i