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ifi Ulciimii |?lamdcalci' TA^8LYKE,J3MT! lT~i on A^D PuBlIskEB. ! r i • n.i<ntot& SK-^v- •<</». <J "• .-.S- v V i ' • : li - ' .1 :^.;; QUM JUVENILE?, •a'^fe " '* .•*»* KKE QWHL Sajfli? • f Vfciotiertbe qaailiroxa&e covert, ? • Whistles with all his might, ' High and shrill, day after day. Children, tell me, what doe* he say? <Hax--the lUto$ne, bright, Sore that hqt||<&i»tinds aright-- **He 8aysiKSok White! Bab White! <yU« the qtdulfrjbl tlw oon^ltld Thick wit« i4h BTubbfe-setf- Misty rain-clouds floating by ^de blue of »ky,^ § "mkat «Wes In c*M now, lend tnd pntaf * •flold Locks--'• That is a sign of rain! I He calls,'more wet! more wet!'" Upes the quail from the fence-top, Perched there in full sight, jUbaintKtid tfito. *|tt» quick, briglrteye, Almoattoo round and plump to fly. Whistling, calling, piping clear. '* What do I think be says? My dear, He says, 'Do rightt do right!, • --JfiWiBam Doty Hues. rUe Dtwil-FUh. you say? "What an ugly, Jtrever&it, disgusting ^ame!" Well, that is true; it is not a hand- ' some name, certainly, but then the gen­ tleman that bears it is almost frightful enough for such a name. But few of my nieces and nephews may have heard / anything about this animal, and fewer still have seen a real one or formed a dear idea of how it looks. When you see its picture, notice the eight long arms, growing out from the head and surrounding the mouth, with their numerous suoking-discs on the under side. Notice the large, l>right egNS dtid'the bulky, trunk-shaped body. If any one ever told you of such a monster, and you were not perfectly sure that your informer always tolcTthe truth, you might have doubted its ex- stence. There ap many species of this class of animus, which are found in the sea the world over. Devil-fish is, however not the real name~~&he one they always ^ go by--cuttle-fish is more common. They are also known as Octopods, which means that they have eight feet, And scientists put them in the class Cephalopoda, meaning head-footed, because the arms, which, are also used as feet, grow out from t])e head, and, when they walk, they walk with the head downward. Some of them have ten arms, in which case two of the arms are much longer than the others, and are called tentacles. Cuttle-fishes differ very .. much in size. Some are only a few f inches long, and others measure scores c. • -of feet. There is a large specimen, preserved , in alcohol, iji the New York Aquaifttm,^l£ch iheasUres forty feet to | 4he tips pf the tentacles, and yet this is "but a baby compared with some that are found in the Pacific Mid Indian •oceans. The body has no structure. It is one loose, flabby, jelly-like mass, inside of which is a bone called the cuttle bone, used in the arts for polishing soft met- _als. The arms are used both for swim­ ming and walking, but principally for •catching the prey, and woe be to the poor victim that these long, cold, slimy •snake-like limbs wind about. The suckers hold the prey so firmly that it is impossible to escape from their grasp, And gradually it is worked toward the mouth and disappears in the stomach. Victor Hugo, the great French writer, ' -of whom I trust many of the ohildren have heard, says: '. • " Seized by .this animal, you enter in­ to the beast ;» the hydra incorporates it­ self with th| man; the man is amalga­ mated with the hydra. You become -one.J. Tljfc tjger caji only devour you; the devil-fish inhales you. He draws yoa to him, into him; and, bound and ^ helpless, you feel yourself slowly emp­ tied into this frightful sac, which is a monster. Tot be eaten alive is more than terrible^ but to'be drunk alive is inexpressible." Many of them are also provided with an " ink bag," filled with an inky fluid, which they use as a weapon of defense. Whenever they ar<* pursued by an en- ; -emy, they pour a cloud of this ink out • in the water and hide from the pursuer. The cqlor is changeable. Generally it is brownish, but when irritated they assume a purple or violet color. As a means of jfl-oitection, they can also take ! the color of £he rocks upon which they walk on the bottom of the sea.--Uncle MaxkJp.i,Mvral New Yorker. Hi*%Qry 9/ <*; Sn*u>-Flakef Told fry Itself. When I first began to notice the world I lived in, I found myself, to- getk^f ! With, toy companions, floating in space, far above the loftiest mount­ ains, where' tHe earth looked like a dull plain beneath me. In appearance I was like a tiny drop of water--I was -•what is called vapor, then, -and I was -one of a great company of such drops. , We floated in the clear air, dancing up and down, sparkling like a shower of diamonds. Driven by a light breath of air, we floated across a great body «of water, high above it, so that the V white-wipged^ ships seemed like little swans beneath 11s. While* we passed over the water, our number was in*, cteased by other drops of vapor, which were separated from the water by the sun. Onward we went again, this time over the house-tops of a great city-. We could see the people passing up and down its streets, looking like tiny moving specks. We passed over the city, and came again to the country. At last, after we bad floated along for many days, we saw in the distance a lofty range of mountains. We went on towards it, but, just as we were about to pass over, I felt a cold shiver pass through me. It was a very strange feeling, unlike anything I had experi­ enced before. Of course, being an old traveler, I took little notice of it, and was going on, when I saw a strange change in my companions. I told you before that we were like tiny drops of water. They still shone as brightly as ever, but their form was changed. They looked like thistle-down, but were of the most lovely forms imaginable. Some were like simple stars, others were ornamented with delicate tracery, like ferns, but they all retained one primary form, that of a six-pointed star. You cannot see their shape with the naked eye, but I could, being one of them myself. We had been changed by the cold air into snow-flakes. The air seemed filled with us, whirling around, and bounding np and down. It was like a wild waltz. The wind blew us fiercely about, but we did not care; we wers wrapped up in the enjoyment of the hour. We went lower and lower down toward the earth, until at last I was stopped sud­ denly by the branch of a pine tree. The shock of the sudden stoppage was so great that it quite stunned me, and I must have remained insensible a con­ siderable time, for when I next recol­ lected anything the storm had ceased, the sky was clear, and the stars were shining. How beautiful everything was! The trees were loaded with pure snow, nature's coverlet, with which she tucks up the earth to protect her from the biting cold. All around me I could hear the jingle of the merry sleigh- bells. But do not think I am only good for amusement. No, indeed! Without our friendly covering, the tender plants would freeze during the winter, and the ground would be frozen so hard that it would take very long to thaw it out, and the growth of everything would be much retarded. In hot countries, too, where there is no ice, the snow on the high mountain tops is used as we use ice here. I stayed for many days on the pine branch, but. after a tftoe I noticed a great change in some of my companions. The sun was very warm, and after a few days they actually melted and disap­ peared. I was very much shocked by this, and my horror was increased to find the same symptoms were manifest­ ed in myself. I gradually melted, and became part of a pool by the roadside. After staying in that form for several days, the heat of the sun again separated me from my fellows. Again I became a tiny drop of vapor, and again I float about in the air with my companions, wondering over the strange experiences I have been through. GORGE OF THE COLUMBIA. TAE SAG LB AS A MILITARY EM­ BLEM. How old the eagle is as a military em­ blem--who knows? The eagles of the Tenth Legion had landed in Albion long before the embroidered raven flapped its wings on the Northmen's standard; the eagle superseded the lark; which was the cognizance of the Gallic levies, and outlived all the birds and beasts of the early Boman militia, as the woodpecker of the Piceni, and the wolf of the Hirpini. The division of the empire gave the eagle two heads, one for Rome and one for Byzantium, and when the empire fell the imperial cog­ nizance was adopted by Austria and by Russia,which claimed through the female line the honors of the Palseologi. Prus­ sia and Poland had their eagles, and it was only natural that Napoleon, who considered himself the successor of Charlemagne, and the Caesars, should have adopted the bird of Jove as the emblem of his empire. DIME NECKLACES. • The craze for dime necklaces has broken out, and promises to be a greater scourge than were the dreadful button-strings of ten years ago. The dime necluace is built by levying tribute upon one's friends. A young lady concludes to possess one. She asks every soul that she can call a friend to contribute a dime with his or her monogram engraved upon it. After she collects twenty-five or thirty mono- gramed dimes, she has a jeweler string them together, and the necklace is an incontrovertible fact. As it costs 50 or 75 cents to have each dime polished and engraved, the young lady with necklace intentions ' is studiously avoided. • THE Russian Government is about to introduce obligatory insurance of cattle against the epidemics which axe so dis­ astrous throughout the empire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon is divided into two almost equal parts, generally denominated Eastern anu Western O^pgon. This divisions accomplished by the Casgade range of mountains, running north and south, jand nearly parallel with the coast of the Pacific, Th# Columbia river finds its water-shed in the Rooky mount­ ains, and sweeps in a somewhat cir­ cuitous route on to the Pacific ocean. The land between theCascade and Rocky mountains, according to careful geologi­ cal investigation, was formed long after the two ranges of mountains were thrown np from the bed of the ooean. The land grew westward from the Rocky mountains, and eastward from the Cas­ cades, until the two parts become one. This section of country embraced be­ tween the Cascade and Rocky mount­ ains is rich with the fossils of animals, which are to-day, in many instances, found in Asia, showing, by the conclu­ sive evidence thus developed through the persistent fcflbsrte of geologists, that Oregon is a much oldef country than Asia, and that the latter «*4ntinent re­ ceived the animals which rOdm over her wilds from Oregon. This same evidence shows that America is not the younger, but rather the elder sister. The chasm which the Columbia river cuts through the Cascade mountains is the key to the geology of Oregon, and we may say, in a measure, to that of North America. The country east of the Cascades shows evidence of a grand system of lakes, and, anterior even to this lake system, the presence of salt water. Sea shells are found from the Cascades to the base of the Rocky mountains. This salt water gradually subsided into the Pacific ocean through what is now known as the "Gorge of the Columbia." After the salt water passed off followed the grand lake sys­ tem. The water in these lakes, ofv course, has long since passed away, and their mud bottoms, now become stone in the long lapse of time, contain the remains of animals extinct in America. It may be pertinent to say that the evi­ dence plainly found in the " Gorge of the Columbiawas the premises from which geologists conducted subsequent investigation that has been so fruitful. The Columbia cuts a passage through the Cascades 3,000 feet below the sum­ mit of the mountains; and the founda­ tion of the range is composed of mio- eene stone in which are to be found im­ pressions of leaves, ferns and other plants. The chasm thus cut has estab­ lished a long antiquity to the western portion of the American continent. In a measure it has revolutionised the opinion which has long been enter­ tained by geologists. Whatever may be •the value of the information gleaned from this chasm, it is a wealth of grand scenery to Oregon. From tlje entrance of the river into the Cascade mountains is to be seen the evidence of a terrible warfare of mountain and river. A thousand relics bear witrfees of the dread contest. «' The w^ter$ j*ush over the rocks and through the tortuous passages with a tremendous roar. Iso­ lated rocks, imposed of basalt cones, rise np among the raging waters that have warred, mayhaps for centuries, about their base. Hundreds Of feet above the river streams of mountain water spring from the solid wall of rock, and, leapinginto the air, break in a beautiful spray which descends in a silver cloud to the river. It is an Indian tradition that the river was once spanned by a natural bridge, and that these towering masres of basalt were the piers upon which the structure rested; that Mount Hood and Mount Helena threw stones and fire at each other, and the bridge was broken by the shock. But the scene cannot be described, it must be seen to be appreciated. Let me remind my Eastern readers that to pass through the "Gorge of the Columbia" is to come into communion with all that is grand, beautiful and sublime in nature. Columbia's northern forces--grim, awful! Viewed Cascade's defiance wrathful, And then, for tremendous strife prepared, Against King Cascade their power turned. From the north the mighty Columbia glides, And onward swept the rushing battle tides. As the conflict more closely drew, Cascade's lofty summits darkly grew; Mountain, warred against raging river-- Before the shock besalt bowlders shiver. Fire-breathing Hood hurled flame and stone, Mingling horrid din with combatant's groan; ftood forth Jefferson, all un terrified. And with equal vigor to Hood repUed. At length Cascade range was rent assnnder-- Succumbed to Columbia's rush and thunder. Through a point-cleft through mountain's iron power, Whose brows ab<>ve fleecy clouds tower, In triumph Columbia to ocean sweeps-- The battle over witl Cascade's steeps. ROSKBURG, Ore. GREAT PYRAMID Of EGYPT. An English, architect, Mr. Tite, has been "figuring up " the cost of the great pyramid near Gizet. Its original di­ mensions at the base were 764 square feet, and it has a perpendicular height of 480 feet, covering 4 acres, 1 rood and 22 perches of ground. It consumed 79,028,000 cubio feet of stone; and Mr. Tite adds that it could not now be built for less than £30,000,000. The joints of the large easing blocks of granite were so fine as to be scarcely perceptible, not thicker than paper; and the mortar was so adhesive that the awjues in some eases broke through their substance rather than give way at their jointing. The cost, therefore, of this structure, reduced to Federal cur­ rency, was $145,200,000, a sum large enough to build and put in running or­ der six good, substantial railroads be­ tween New York and the Atlantic and San Francisco on the Pacific. •• <i FASHION NOTM8* Many bugs, beetles and dragon flies appear as millinery ornaments for the coming season. Cream-colored barege, trimmed with woolen ball fringe, is much liked for evening dresses. The bosom bouquet isworn en the ieft shoulder, where it Is held by a ard or butterfly. The fichus of embroidered cashmerd, so fashionable last year, are shown again in new designs for spring wraps. There is a great variety in the gold hair-pins which are so fashionable for the ladies to Wear across the front of their hair. Casaquin jackets, of a material differ­ ent from the dress, are much in vogue. To. be effective they require a waist­ coat and full ruffles of lace. Dresses embroidered with chenille butterflies are a new Parisian fancy. The first of these were made for a Rus­ sian Princess and for a rich Amerioan lady. The fashionable zephyr ginghams are revived from last year in very much the same marked checks and plaids of red, black and white, pink and blue, and red and brown barred with salmon. Accompanying these fabrics is a Russian braid lace for trimming. White continues to be the fashion for all ages. It is considered more eco­ nomical in many instances than other combinations for soirees or receptions. The plainest Chambery gauze or Chalys is rendered dressy by additions of satin rosettes, made in the shape of very white satin ribbon, in the shape of balls. e New silks for spring and summer come in patterns showing broken bars and lines of white, on dark grounds, rod, blaok, plum color, bottle-green, and navy-blue. There are also stripes and checks, but the broken patterns are the newest. Louisine silks show the old patterns formerly seen on organdies and challies, and are in damask designs. These soft silks will be made over satin or .heavier silk for evening dresses at 1 ble watering plaoes this sum- arc ~ .. ,,v YOUNG MEN'S PHOTOGRAPHS. The "Hawk-Eye man" says that old men's portraits are more natural than young men's, for they think less about themselves when they sit for their pict­ ures. Did yon ever notioe how little char­ acter a young man's faoe expresses as a general thing, anyhow? Did you ever notice the photographs of young men? Qo into any gallery, and look at them, and all the conceit there is in a young man's nature and being shines forth in his photograph. He can't help it. He may not be very conceited natur­ ally, but when he sits for his photo­ graph, to save his soul he can't help thinking about himself, and how he is going to look; and so, modest and re­ tiring as he may be in his actual life, he sits there and thinks about himself all the time, and then the picture is com­ pleted--self, self, self, is the only char­ acter stamped on the face. I don't make this digression for the purpose of being hard on the boys. Bless their manly hearts, no! But I just happened to think of it. V. PROMULGATING A NEW MAXIM. "'Give a beggar a copper, and it shall come back to you again,'would make as good a maxim as any, and a mgre truthful one than most of them," remarked the philosophical-looking young man of the crowd. " How so?" inquired the more vent­ uresome member. "You give him a cent?" gravely ex­ plained the first speaker. "Yes." " And immediately he bows assent in returnl" Then he looked all around, and they all looked all around, and one of the company with a more bulging brow than the rest leaned against a pillar and groaned as if in agony. A CLERICAL KLEPTOMANIAC. A Baptist clergyman living near Roch­ ester (the local newspapers do not give his name) has been caught thieving; but his crime is obligingly attributed to kleptomania. He saw a pair of vases in a store, liked them excessively, and car­ ried one off under his coat. He was not suspected, although the vase was soon missed; but a few days later he made a second visit, end was seen to slip the other piece of china into his traveling bag. An officer followed and arrested him. Ho fainted, and has been ill ever sinoe. . - AT Griffin, Ga., a white partridge was lately caught. ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. -- ; . 1 * T > SATURDAY, March 15.--SENATE.--The Senate uxuntontfonally found itself without a quorum, on a call of the house upon the adoption of tho resolution for th© limitation afthfi introduction vt nes wiittiuutM in the i5iu mat. Sffiiatqni supposed a quorum to bo present, and the roll called, wheh tho BdnAte adjtfrtrnedf ~ MOUSE.--Not in «wiwmh. -•» < 1 XOKDAY, Kareh Senate met ia the morning, without,» qoonuu, agd adjourned till afternoon. Tho. afterpowi am* •ion showed no quorum, aipd fi» adjournment wag taken until morning. ' HotrsE.--The House met this evening, and although there was not** quorum present seve­ ral bills wfero introduced;.. .k teeolntidw twm adopted calling upon thi Chief Chain inspector for au itemiKod account of expenditures in tlie Inspection Dcpartmont A roll call showed forty nevan mcmbem preMnt, sad the House adjourned. j TUBSDAT, March 18.--I axjEfes. --Senator AW& er'a resolution to forbid the Introduction of new bills was amended "so tfa to ilk the date on April 1. and adopted The SettIte refused to take up Senator Wliitiug's resolution *•require a call of ihe roil every morning after the read­ ing of the journal New mils w4r6 intro­ duced as follows: By Senator Merritt, ia re- gird to the -wages of railroad employe in exce»? schedule time; by Senator Bash, ia "reffsro to ..th* of Nwids, bills of exchange, promiswfy etc.; by JboiMrtar May borne, to authorize trade*- porated cities, toT»is and villages, in counties under township organization, to cettify^taaes for street and bridge purposes to tite Hoard of Supervisors of their reepeetivo counties; by tho same, to confer additional powers npou Boards of Trade; by Senator Sonfleld, to amend section 29 of the Practice act....Bills passed; relating to persons having claims against the State of Illinois, providing thai the ( Same bo verified by affidavit; permitting county bOavds to begin suits in an action of debt for the collection of delinquent taxes, PO as to make the record of real property forfeitable to the State for non-payment of taxes; in relation to mortgages and trust deeds....Mr. Morgan's bill in relation to liens was defeated....The bill regulating sleeping-car charges was dis- eus?ed and referred to the Committee on Muni­ cipalities, HOUSE.--A long discussioh on the Drainage bills took place, when the House bill was or­ dered to a third reading and the other bills upon the subject were made the special order for Tuesday next... .An excited and somewhat' personal debate over the Militia bill occupied the remainder of the day, which was not concluded on adjournment 'Hie Governor sent to the House, in response to a resolution, a detailed statement of the costs and amounts appropriated to the various State institutions. The estimated coat of buildings of the charitable institutions now in operation is as follows: >' ' Northern Insano,$80,000 Central Insane «... ....... 650.000 Southern Insane H60.000 Deaf and Dumb 250.000 Blind 55,000 Feeble-minded Children..J.. SIM,000 8ol<lierB'Orphau»'Home.............,„. 175, (HiO tye and Ear IaAraarjr.... .... 75,000 Total .....;..;!..L^7&.000 WEDNESDAY, March 19.--sifcA rs.--Bills were introduced: By Senator Campbell, to amend an aot concerning bastardy; by Senator Johnson, to incorporate and govern life, accident and oouuty insurance companies; by Senator Fuller, to prevent usurious penalties; by Senator Kid­ dle, tj amend section 1 of an act providing for tho assessment and taxation' of bridges across navigable waters on the borders of this State..... Senator Fuller's bill to prevent fraud in the manufacture and sale of butter and cheese caused 'considerable talk, but was finally or­ dered to third reading, as was the bill for the visiting of the State institutions....The act abolishing the Board of Health was refused a third reading. HOUSE --Bills introduced: By Mr. Butter- worth, providing Uut insurance agents, who embezzle the funds of the company, and who do not report according to their instructions Within a specified time, shall be deemed guilty of larceny; by Mr. Spencer, fixing tho number of jurors in Justices' courts at six; by Mr. Ram­ sey, resolution amending rules to limit speeches to fifteen minutes The House then took up the voluminous Road and Bridge bill, and con­ sidered the same by sections. It oobuJ)ied the* remainder of the day. , THURSDAY, March 30.--SENATE.--Several oommittee reports were made, after which. Senator Dearborn offered resolutions of re­ spect to the late Dr. DeKoven, which were adopted Bills were4ntroduced:. By Senator Gallon, to appropriate $12,000 for the purchase of lands for use of the Insane Asylum at Jack­ sonville; by Senator Fuller, to amend the law of redemption of laud sold uuder judgments and decrees, making the rate of interest charge­ able 8 per cent.; to fix the pay of members of tho Oeneral Assembly, giv­ ing them |5 per day for ninety days, and #1 per diem for each day thereafter; to fix the salaries and number of employes in the Executive Department of the Httte; to amend the law instituting the Board of Health, so as to require aecouchera and physicians to report all births within ten days after they oc­ cur, under penalty: to give counties the power to levy a tax not exceeding one-tenth of a u^iU for military purposes... .The bill abolishing the normal'schools was sent to a third reading, Lieut Gov. Shuman casting the deciding vote. HOUSE.--Bills introduced: To give the vendor of personal property a lien fox the purchase money; amending the Foes and Salaries act so as to reducejthe fees of Coroners; to reduce the fees of Countv Clerks; by Mr. Day. relating to the listiug and assessment of the capital stock of railroads... .After a few committee reports, the order recurred on the pending Roads ana Bridges bilL The remaining sections were read and tho measure ordered to a third read­ ing. Another Itoad bill emanating from Mr. Bobison was next taken up as a special order, and sent to a third reading... .Mr. Collins' proposed amendment to the constitution allow- Ing three-fourths of a jury to find a verdict failed to receive a two-thirds vote, Mid conse­ quently was lost FKIDAY, March SI.--SENATE.--A mistake having been made in the vote yesterday upon the normal School repeal bill, k was refused a third reading... .The Southern Penitentiary bill was passed Bills introduced: By Sena­ tor King, to regulate tho salaries of teachers in the Normal universities of the State; by Senator Lewis, regulating the manner of the execution of mortgage by railroad companies; that Jan. 1, Feb. 22 and July 4 in each year be designated as legal holidays; taxing side-tracks, etc., of railroads Senator Artiey offered a resolution presenting a long list of amendments to article 10 of the constitution of the State, so as to equalize the burden of taxation. HOUSE.--Amendments to the rules were adopted, fixing the time for opening sessions at 9:30 a. m., and limiting the length of speeches to fifteen minutes.... .Billspassed: Designating a custodian for the records of the old Spring­ field land office; Mr. Allen's Graveyard bill; 'the Judiciary Committee's Mortgage bill; Mr. Crocker's Pish bill; Mr. Allen's bill to enable cities and village3 to build, acquire and maintain bridges and ferries out­ side of their corporate limits and to_ control the same; the Judiciary Committee's bill, relative to the recording of bond*; Mr. Crooker a bill, allowing city courts to disestablish themselves by the samemothodused in their establishment; Mr. Ma Whews' bill providing against the practice of prostitution in floating bouses of ill-fame; lowering tho rate of interest on account of sale of lands under judgment or de Tee when re­ demption is made from 10 to 8 per cent.; amend­ ing the Bastardv law, and a number of others, of no general importance... .TheHouse refused to pass the bill making the selling of mortgaged personal property a larceny. A CARMEN IN REAL LI&K. *'. Palermo has a Carmen in reat life named Caliva. She was wondrous fair, and fell in love with ft daring and auo- oessful brigand. She Was hickicrioi her choice than the Gypsy of Bizet's drama. Her lover, Plajft, iras the leader of t&e Giulianesi band, and had Iohg been ineffectually chased by the police, when at last he waa run to earth in a house j|t. Giuliana, and attacked there by a force of seventeen gendarmes.. The asaail- ants,' 'aft&r "forcing ' t£e cfoor, loimd themselves in a dark room, in which they wfife '<^oblly shot dov '̂tj the banditti, while several women and children were lying in the house partly sheltered by beds, but not sufficiently so td' protect thein from wounds in­ flicted in the fray. After no less seven of the police had been killed out righf* and six lay wounded on the fl<?(>r» the chief of the band escaped with one comptvnion through a hole which; they had made in the wall oommaniofttiBg^ with the adjoining house. ?Iaja . 4'-1 C'-1i . t his way safely to the open country; but ? would not abandon the neighborhood without going to pay a visit to the J ' ' adorable Gativa. He retired with her ? V to the' hbttse of a friend at Contessa, * wa« again and this time gave way, as ihe witnesses declared, to des* f ' peration and thoughts of suicide. His | courage was restored by the words of the heroine, who stood at the door of jf • ^ the house, receiving two dangoroiui wounds, while the man, firing from an upper window, once more slew the f J greater number of his adversaries, and ? made good his escape, leaving Caliva to 3 be captured and tried by a court which, 5 partly moved, as it seems, by her ap* |, pearance and courage, has sentenced 1 „ her to a term -of only fourteen monthfe^ - , f imprisonment/ ' * : --K * ' rU CUMMENT tTEM$> ^ I j * , > •• - j THERE are nearly twice as many Greeta I • %' J in Turkey as in Greece. ? '" V* WHKN a cobbler beat his wife, does it with shoemaker's whacks. 4' KINO CKTYWAYO'S song---"I Kaffir no*? body, no, not I, and nobody Kaffirs me." ^ THE fashionable dodge among de- |H-- faulters now-a-days is to pretend to be f ' £ ignorant pf the Jaw. . . . >%%","$ THE rainfall in California this season'« .̂ has been sufficient to insure bountiful , crops at the next harvest. I NEAR Troy, Ala., there is a baby with ̂ si* fingers on each hand and seven toes \"t on eaoh Joot-^twsbtj-aix fingers toM- , 4 * - • • * •••-,» .»• $ • ^ SXJUIG is bad enough when uttered . by a man; but when it proceeds from ^ tho rosy lips of gentle woman it is bearable. . ^ • * i ' CONCLUSIVE evidence at a recent trial ^ 1 in England proved that a girl had be- (j come a mother at the age of 12 years and 1 month. 4 A PARAGRAPHS* always feels as though his mission in this world was nearly accomplished when he discovers two or three of his antiquated and disabled jokes in a patent-medicine almanac. A XJAJROE number of young men lately left Zurich, Switzerland, for Georgia, under the leadership of a Swiss farmer who is settled in that State. It is pro­ posed to estaUisĥ extensive Swiss,1. colony there.' Wjntft an old curmudgeon, on taking leave of a certain young lady, com­ manded her to hand him his hat, he was politely referred to the servant, with the assurance that she was the h maid of the establishment. - A STENOGRAPHIC machine lias been : invented by M. Miohela, of Paris, by means of whioh, it is said, any one can* with a fortnight's practice, take down , any sjpeech in shorthand character^ < however lapidly it may be delivered. I' n A CONDUCTOR on the Maine Central railroad, while trying to wake a sound sleeper in order to get his ticket, the other day, pulled at his log, when, to his horror, it came off. But it was a wooden, one, and the damage was easily righted. A HARVARD boy, who has been ex­ pelled from Cambridge, makes his home at a prominent Boston hotel, where his expenditures are said to be larger than those of any other single patron, while his father supposes he is still in collegia* AMSTERDAM was formerly the head­ quarters of the diamond-cutters, but she has in a degree lost her prestige by the removal of her skilled workmen to other cities. The New York and Bos- : • > •»v S- ton diamond-cutters are from Amster* dam. ' THE St. Gothard tunnel beneath ihe Alps has been bored more than seven miles and a half, which is about seventy feet more than the length of the Mont Cenis. It is expected that the two gangs of workmen will met in JanuaijF next. "I SAY, my fren', can you (hie) tell me where the other side of the street is? " "Certainly--just across the way ; why do you ask?" "Why (bic), be­ cause a minute ago I asked another fel­ low the same thing, and (hiu) he said this was the other side of the street.^ THE vital statistics of Buffalo for 18|% show 905 marriages, 3,729 births, o4 whioh 1,896were males and 1,833 females, 2,128 deaths. There were nearly three times as many deaths caused by con­ sumption as by any other disease, tb* whole to 80S.