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001 DRVOTED TO POLITIM, _ _ _ e f l rnP ; e 1~ A , , ITRADY, &DUCATION AN) .TO THE GNERAL INTE T OF THE COUNTRy. Bv D. F. BRADLEY & 00- PICRENSS.CTU DA.{OEffl1 ii TX NEWS GLEANINGS. The re isn't a public clock in Memphis. Texas shipAi $2,000,000 worth of pecans annually. North Carolina ranks tbird in the lhst of cotton-producing States. Eight liundred Russian emigrants are think.ing of settling in Georgia. Lawrence county, Georgia, doubled its population in the last. ten years. The total acreage of cotton last year in Teunessee was 722,502, yielding 330, 62f bales. Charleston, S. C., has decidcd on a paid fire company, which will cost $35) 000 a year. Macon, Georgia, will have a tomato canning factory, owned and conducted by Northern men. Tennek(!e will realize as much from her fru:L crop this year as she usually does rrom her wheat crop. Four thousand men are at work on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad from Atlanta to Roie. YaZC(0o county, M ississippi, produced more cotton last year than any county in the cotton region. It turned out 48,321 bales. The Constitution says over $150,000 worth of real estate has been purchased at Atlanta by the Coal railreads in the past four mentlis. Gen. Peyton Wise has been elected to fill the office of boided tolnaco inspector at Richnond, Virginin. .'ie salary is only $12,000 a year. Among the exhibits at the Talhot county, Georgia, fair were 1,200 speci inens of minerals. The owner was twenty-five years colb eting them. The Florida Agriculturalist says thi is the last year chep orange lands enn bo lrocuid. There is very. little left, ,except in private hands, and it will brinsr big prices in the future. Two paupers in the Aiken, S. C., poor house have so arranei it that their hearts will hereafter l'eat the State as one. The beautiful an( accomplishe(d groom is only seventy, while the bride is ugly and thirty-three. Union Springs (Ala.) Herald: A suit for dainages by a colored widow of this county against the L. and N. railroad for killing her husband was recently compromised for $500. The lawyers got $250, her advancing merchant got $125 for looking after the affair and the "lone widlow" got $125 to soothe her grief. Nothing like an cqui table divis ion of spo)ils. St. Louis Republ'ican: 'There is doubt less no c'hildI now living that wvill see New Orleans a greater exporting port than New York, but the next few years will see it make a demoralizing advance on New York. Within the last three years it has advanced ahead of Philadel p~hial, Boston and 11altimore, and within the next three it will make enoug~h progress to cause lots of trouble for New York, however impossible it may he to surpass the trade of that city. Nashville A merican :For snuifi-dip ping and sneezing the people of Teynnes see annually paIy over $1 ,000,000. A dealer in snuff informs us that the Nash ville merchants annually pay over $300, 000 for snuff, and the merchant- of the city of Memiphis more than that amount. The people of the Southern States con-. sumne annually over $8,000,000 of that article, while the people of thle Northern States use comparatively none Two firms of New York supply the South. A Pike county, Alabama, negro fin-t stole a hat, a bridle from a near neigh-. bor's next stuck to his hands, going farther a mule's hieadl became fastened in the bridle, proceedling on his journey a stale furnished harness for the ani mal, and a few miles further on a farm er's spring wagLonl had joinedl the cara van, then some one else's hale <4 eottonu that wouldn't get out of his way was transferred to the wagon, and the pro cession arrived at Union Springs, where the police jailedl the manager as he was bargaining to get rid of his booty. ie resisted and cut one of the policemen's throat. IN ORDER to cure her hushand of drinking, a colored womanbi ini South ('ar olina put concentrated lye in his winsky hottle. The laa.t words he iutteredl wero to the effect th'at it wvouuld be0 a rohert to him to drop into hiados to cool off, anud the last worda the widow spoke to the outside world, as she dodged inlto jail, were: "I nevah seed rich weak stom,. achis a de niiggah aro gittin' n1ow1elavs; day can't stand auflin !"-.-.Free Pr~ TAGER- ILIEES. lib, not the larly.'alipper,, Nor, yet, the swoot-pe~a blossoma, Nor, yet, the fliky roses, Red, or white as snow; I like the chaliced lilies, Tho heavy Eastern Llies, Thegorgeous gger-lrles That InI our garden grov it, For they 11-% tall [h slender 'Thrit' nouths are dashd,, 1,wJ1 crinson Arid when the wind sweeps by them, On their emerald stalks Thliy bend so proud and graoeful They are Circaq.ian women, The darlings of the harem Ado Nvuour garden Walks 11T. And when the rain is fara*, I sit beside tire window And watch thin glow and glisten How they burn and glow I Oh, for tlho btriing illieN, The tellder Eat i lies The Korgtonus tiger-liliem' That in our garden growl Th 'rue a.4~Z DHey A 1drich. CARRIE's. FREAK, The lights flashed, music lent its vol uIptuouis swell, graceful feet tripped in o(OiM eadence, and flushed cheeks and 'aratimg hearts mnde still more attractive A scene of festive happiness. A brill iam e assemblago bad found itself under the hospitAble roof of the wealthiest banker of the city, clnd beauty shone nd wit sparkled at the gayest reunion of the season. In one of the intervals of the dance a proposition was made to var.v the entertainment, and was warm ly received, and the question was asked: " What shall it be ?" A score of proposals were made, but all contemptuously rejeoted as too child ish or too tame, when the clear- voice of Carrio Barton rang out in joyous tones: "Let us have a wedding." She was the reigning belle of the city and the acknowledged beauty of the sur rounding country, and richly did she deserve these high positions, from her eMti-nt loveliness of person, ier high 'nit ire and her sweetness of disposition. ve-rybody loved her for her many % rtnes l and pardoned the unceasig owv of animal spirits that would occa C,on0ally assume the form of positive et entricity. Her father had died, leav :l her an heiress ; she was the idol of ier mother and the patron genius of lhalf th6 unobtrusive charities of une town. Her presence was everywhere w (leomed, and a score of gentlemen pre sent would have gone wild with joy jut for one look of preference from her eyes that upon the subject of love alone werc friendless and unpitying. "Let us nave a weduing,; sne ex e(iimed. A general outburst of approv atl followed these words, and many a pro posial, half in earnest and half n jest, was mado and laughingly declined or evaded, until a pause ensued which deepened into profound silence. "Carrie," exclaimed several of her friends, "you proposed this diversion * (1you'll have to set us the example." " ell," returned tho wayward beau ty, "I will not disappoint you, though your cowardice does not deserve such a reward, anid I consent to sacrifice myself ior tihe public good." "Whoe shll1 he be'? " was thle general iiu an imstant twenty gentlemen sprang iorward, each anxious to share tihe im mnlationa, b)ut were arrested by thre laugh - tig commianud and uplifted finger ot the inerry girl: " Hold on, gentlemen I I cannot mar ry you all, and I hope that noneO of you wr ill be otfended at the result of my ihoice, whatever that nmay be, for I shall av ii myself of my leap-year privilege. xIatlmlen of the forlorn hope, stand upl I" In an instanlt every man was on his feet. " Now," said tihe joyous beauty, with mock gravity, "I'il present yon to my lord and master. Step forward, Mr. Henry Iverson, and submit to your faite. N:ay, nay, hold on, sir, and dion't be im liint; for, Mr. H~arry, if you for one im/& sent think that this thring will justi fy you in the fatmtest hope) of this lposi tionr in the future you can resume your plhace. I have selected you from this gallant crowvd because you are a comn parative stranger anid from a distant State, to which I hear that you soon propose to return, and I desire you to tell our friends in Georgia that Missouri holds one madcap that commits nothing burt follies, utters nothinig but nonsense, anid has radded one more to her mad extravagances. Now, my liege lord, rare you readjy " Almost b'sido himself with joy, even at thIis unfiattering notia'e, thre yountg manr took tire proflered hrand. "Now, who will marry us ?" contin aned tihe audacious girl, her whole face glowing with tihe atnimation of her im perial beauty. " Judge Buck ner is in the next room," suggestedl one of the company. ".Call him in, then," said the future bride; "but hefore he arrives I will appoint my bridesmaids and form them in procesion. Do you Alice, and Mar garet, and Louise select the groomsmen, and precede tihe happy pair in tile or der of your nomination. There, that'll do. That's all right. Now move on." Tile Judge was standinag at the end of tire room and seemed to enter into the sp)ort as keenly as any of the gay crowd around him, and after a slight delay pro ceeded with the marriage service. Thie usual qluestions were asked and answered amid peals of laughtert which prevented tihe solemn tones of judicial authority from being noticed. The ceremony was over and the danon resumed. No one left tire house that night in higher spirits than the bride of the revel. Henry Iverson was tire son of a wealthy Georgia planter, of high social posltion. and of official istatiling in that 6tate.' ais son, Itenry, a recent gram ate of the University of Virginia, la been on a visit to his many relatives i Missouri, and would leaVe for his hlon in the nornin. He had made durin his Visit hosts of friends by his linifori conduct as A gentletnn, and gaive thef* i-Npect by his attainments as scholar. On tha morning of his d( parture he called on Judge Bucknei who had been his partial host, to s farewell. th" When do you leave, Harry ? " aske the Judge. "I shall leave on the noon train." " You, alone ?" inquired his friend. " Xes, J. Whatcl you mean?" " Don't you intend to take your wif with vm ..~ . " My wife? " said the startled Geor gian. " Yes," gravely answered the Judge "your wife, who was until last nigh Miss Carrie Barton, and to whom yoi were married by me then, at Mr. Iken ton's party." " Oh," laughed Harry, "that was a fun; a sham wedding, got up for a littl amusement. I thought you understoo it as we all did. Of course I'll not tak my wife along, as I have no wife." -" Harry," solemnly interposed th magistrate, "you are as lawfully marric as if our own Bishop had officiated, an you, of course, cannot go homo to-day. The young Southerner stood en traticed, chained to the spot. with eyo dilated, and his breath suspended tinde the influence of surprise. "Oh, heaven!" he at length exclaimed " is this true ?" "As true, Harry, as the heaven yo invoke," returned the Judge. "In MiE souri no marriage license is required and all that the law asks is proc to the satisfaction of the minh ter or oicer officiating that th parties are of the requisite age and that no lawful inmpediment exists In this case I had personal knowledg that the law was satisfied, and now ni p<.>er on earth can selarate you, excep a divorce, to be granted by a court a comipeteit .urisdiction, and you knoi tiLt neither of you has sufficient groun< for a petition to that effect." )Oh, mercy l' exclaimed the reall' unhp)y gentleman, " what shall I do lo shal! e ever appear before Mis C(arre again ? She will think me a coE ftderate in in* outrage, though, Tudgc you know that I never dreamed of th nmatter at all, except as a madcap froli of hers." " That may be as you say," interrupi ed the magistrate; "' but don't call he Miss Carrie unless you wish to give he i futur, that term of endearment. I truth, Harry, I ought, to have refused t iave ,oleninjzed this marriage. I in tended to carry on the joke for a whik and tnen soundly scold you both to yoor trifling with the law and your con tempt for one -of the highest ordinance of our church. But, as I proceeded, . thought that you were eminently fitte< for each other. You had told me hox madly you loved that noble and beauti ful girl. Perhaps I ought to have scold ((d you bo0th, but who cani scold that mad'np saint ? No, [larry, you mus reilnam here and try to persuade you wieto loeyu1nm od yda result ofthis silly frolic, but thmnk tha you will have some trouble in the mat ter of her consent." "\Well, Judge, of cou~r I shall re nmin here, b~ut what do you adlvise m~ t) ?' said the bridegroom, while hi: eboo(k flushed with a hope wvondrous1' imigled with fear. "1 will call on (Carrie," repliedl d uidgt lUneknuer, "e cxplaini to her the situat iou of things, and ask for you an interviwv.' T1rue to his word, the magist rate enllee on Carrie. When thiey were seatedl ii her mother's parlor he turned to lie; gravely : " Carrie, I bring you some news thal perhaps you may consider unwelcome.' "Is my mother ill?" asked the ex. cited girl. "'No. " "Is my uncl, my guardlian, well ?' "Yes ; fortuately I have no dleatl news - but I come to you to speak o: that wild freak of yours last nuight." "' What freak ? " inul~uiredl thec ar te.et girl, in whose memory there linugere very little trace of a wrong that de served a scold, "Your marriage," snid her friend. "' What!I that shuam ceremony ?' and the merry girl's face 115 up witi ri1ppling laughter. "' Well, what of it?' "It is no shami marriage, Carrie, bul .vou have b~ound yourself by a tie that Sie lawv pronounees ind~issolublle." "Imipossible I " replied the girl, "Why, .Judge, you knew that it was al in fun, and I am sure no law, human o1 divine, will recognize a tie that wa simply the creature of the'nmerest sport, I expectedt a scout, nut i(1 fct ot expc you to look so grave about it." "You remember, Carrie, that your re. plies to my questions were given it words that implied, nay, expressed your fullest consent ; that you both wer< of lawful age to be married ; that n< legal impediment existed, and that real ly the parties are very well suited Now-" The rae of the poor girl hadt tlusiie( and paled alternate'ly dluring thme deliver' of this address. Suddenly springing t< her feet, she initerruptedl the official an< exclaimed in a loud tone and with flashm ing eye, but with extreme dignity: " And dlaru you say this to me ? Hav< you lent yourself to this fraud and t< this outrage upon a poor, unprotecte< girl ? You who profess in have been i friend to my father and still prfe: friendship for myself anud myj mother' Shame upon you, sir, shame nlpon you mianhood ! If these things that you hauv olod are( truie, thieni~i 9 I haIve pros)tituite thme law and your hugn ottlee to th halvet of frammd: andm thme opp'ression inoce,.. I have dono a thmousan< things more wild than this, and if you d have not approvei them by your smile, n you have always given me, when yoU e thought I deserved it, a gentle and o0 g Ing reblke. iut now, for what cause a I know not, you have used your authori d tv to torture a heart that has never had a for you but the purest feeling of the I- most affectionate love. You havo , proved yourself unworthy of your high y position. Is that man--Mr. Iverson-a confederate of yours in this infamy ? If d so, tell him for me that he is unworthy of his pure lineage, that he has degraded himself as a gentleman, and that he hae forfeited the respect of all honorable people. For shame upon you both ! there is the door, sir, take it. It is closed forever against you and him, two such contemptible forms of degraded manhood." And before the astonished official comud say one word in justification or arrest her departure she had left the room with all the contemptuous dignity of her majestic beauty. When Mrs. Barton returned home and the friends of the family had con sulted about the matter. tle seriousness of the situation was admitted, and also that the law, as declared by Judge Buck ner, was correctly stated. His conduet, wis denounced as utterly inexplicable and infamous, but Carrie was quietly advised to make the best of the matter, and that the match was not one un s krthy of her, but the pi:oud and deep r ly-offended beauty was obdurate. No renongtralce nor entreaties could induct her to see Harry Iverson or to read his letters, and the poor fellow, more madly ai love than ever, and keenly alive tAW tlie sufferigs and hopes of his singular situation, still lingered around the home of his idolized wife. His cruel position kept him aloof from society, and his sole employment was to write impassioned letters to hais idol and to watch her whein ever she clianced to walk abroad on a some mnission of mercy. For, like him t self, Carrie had now no relish for social f pleasures. Her gavety was gone. .1nd v she had no thought of re-entering a cir .1 cle in which she would meet with stranire glances and hear unfeeling speechits. V And yet she would not permit her sit a ? ation to interfere with her ehariti.i. s Accompanied by a faithful domestic iie would go out on each 6tuecessive even ' ing for the alleviation of hunian misery e that now seemed to havo the only claim S pon her attention. In the meantime Harry's mother, who rhad I eell duly informed by her son of s conmtion, came ostensiliy on a visit r to her friends in Missouri, and vainly a sought an interview with the offended 0 wife. With Mrs. Barton she had no trouble, and the Georgia mother was ex ceeAingly anxious to bring the affair to a favorable isse, not only because-she heard nothing but uraise of the airl but 8 also because her son's tove hat (eep I oned into despair and affected bi. 1 health. At last Carrie consented to an inter - view with her husband, as she under stood that he and his mother would return to Georgia the next morning. SShe sent him word that she would meet him a'one as she returned from one0 of her suburban charities, but that would be the last time that they would ever - mgggmt~ie nomL eu flt me. mm11 tm, m as if he was a stranger. Hie attemptedl to take her hand, but she withheld it, saying: " 'You can say to me, Mr. Iverson, what you intend to say at that distanee. If you attemp~t to lessen it, I shall con sider it at an end. Proceed now, sr." The poor fellow was completely crushed, and commeniced: arrie, I wvish to speak to you about Cnat marriage at- Mr. Kenton's house." na'torthre.mMr Tvro. about that wretched affair, and will not hear anything about it from you. unt as we shall not meet again, I wvill say this to you : To expiate a simp~le folly that has been tortured into an infamiious claim, I have made upl my mindio to re tire from the world,. and have made aip plication to t-e enrolledt as a matecr 0r Mercy in that Episcopal order in Si. Louis. I have becen aepJted anid I shall enter upon my newv duii es next weeK, antai i. ins iiope 0) aLLone~ ior at simple act of folly by a life (devoted to the great cauise of Christian mercy. I leave society without a pang of regret. I have not told any one, not even my moth er, of my plansH, nor shall I, I tell you this because it is somewlmnt in the light of a duty. You may mention it or not asM you please, but my intention is unialter able." ''What is it, my dear ? "she said to a little girl who had followed her fromj the "CoUthe~r sent me with your redl shi~ aw thtyuforgot," said tho child. " elb her, darling, to keep it for my sake, for I shall not nee'd any more gay colors." IAnd, gently placing the flashy gar ment on the shoulders of the child, she turnedl to poor Harry and1 said: "Good evenin g.Mr. Iverson I wish you a piensant erfp to your nonde, arut p~assed on. The wetched lover-husband remainedl rooted to tile spot, utterly crushled. He would have followed her, but he know that she would not listen to him ; but 'lhe listened in another direction te iscream after scream of terror, and as he r&-iireui ne saw une peasant girl with t oe shawl still around her shoulders running 3 in an agony of fright from ai nmad hull11 |that, irritated by the scarlet color, hia. 1 rushe-i to trample under hiornl andl hoof . the wearer and the garment. All thle s (chlvatlry of the young M'm)t herner wvas Iaflame in an inlstanit, and, hiasteninig at r j full speed to)wardl the terrified andt fliying child, hes seized lier ini hiis a~rnil itijil 1 thirewv her over the fen~ee towardi whh-bi 811he w.9. luiennt~iiig. It was none14 t4' f(soon for Ihechtild, but her deliwrers r. 1 eivsal in his bdioe tl m hon Of tit ..u. dened brute. The furious animal, not seeing the object of his rage, contented himself with having the helpless form before him, but was eafsily driven off by one or two men who wore returning home from their work. The screais of the child had reached the ear of Carrie also and she was sooni at the siot of the dis aster. .Lirectimg the mell to tano Up I tio body carefully, she eagerly felt the pulso of the unfortunate gentleman, and satis fied herself that life was not extinct. There were a few drops of blood, but Carrie's handkerchief soon st)pped the effusion. " Go, John," said one of the men, tell Dr. Williams to meet io at oue at the Central Hotel; and do you two make a litter oif this shawl and bring the hodiy after me. Now, do.. t make a laise step. Now, movo gently." Carrie was evidntly learning to sue cor the unfortunate. Dr. Williams was ready, aud, after a careful examinaitiOnl, pronounced the patient in a dangerous condition. " If no internal hemorrhage sets up," ne salm, ' ne may recover. Itis tenwr ate habits and his youth are in his favor, )it he must )e kept from any excite iment, remaim u quietly ;s possible, and, wii good nursing, I hope for the hk-t. Where shal we find a proper nurse ? " Here," said Carrie, firmly. " I will be his nurse ; and I shall remain with hin until he recovers if God so will it." And slie quietly took her eat by tlio bedside. .In a few moments Mrs. Iverson ar rived and was met at the door by Carrie. who, with finger on her lip, said in a wlisper : "I am Carrie, of whomi1 you have hlearl so much. Your son is alive and will i-)ssibly recover wi.# eaw- sud'l <inwt. inirmig. I am here as his nurse and .allremainu hiere until-am long ias I am needed. Don't say anything, but go in as quietly as you11 (all." And the mother and then wife took seats at. ()pposite sides of thie bed. The illness w-as long ant accompanied with delirium. Tie nitit-nit recoglniz I no one, but constantly muttered " Car rie, my darling, mIy wife. She charged UI ith ililliik me witii Oh God, i" she only knew how 1 love her-Carrie I In At. lat the crisis of his disorder was reach led, and Dr. Williams announced tlat if the anodyne would result in p oillnid Sleep, itmil the patient shiouldI awak:e inl p1r51spiration uil Coisciols, hiis rtevry wil be but a iu,.Ation of tim Itid lIursing. Tlie two nlurses took tiheir usual places at tlhe bedside and watched the res.u1t with intenseo solii tud1t. IfHonrs pailssed and hiope had al inio.t vaniheIwl, wlhen the soft hand of CI.-rric decteted the sliglhtest miioisturn ()n tho brow (. the nfl'erer. It conitin ed to increase1 until it broke forth in Copiolnsnss1. and t Ie patienit ollinig h is eyes, now Clear and placid, exclaimed: Mother I" I auii stant his iand wits i hers) Inl an i Itr pressil Jloo d'. of tears spoI thie raiptumre of her heart and her grati tral( to God. "MAother," lhe said, after a few me liuenlts''est, "' I thought, perha~ps I was direammg, thiat there wats aniothe(r hiaind onl Icy br'ow just bef01o I waiked ? Was 1. dreamning, imothier ?" "' No. Hiarry. von were not dreaming, But T will tell you all about it when you get better." Harry 's recovery was rapid. No afll 51011 w8s madfe to the past, arnd only famn ily affairsi and his return homo were talked of. At last, one morning, a tap at the door wals hecard, anid a lady in full black eni tered. 1 Tlrrv's face flushied crimson, for~ me matinct or zote couL not no ae " i~IIary' said the0 lady, as5, advancn,J(l to) tihe n et, si e r. 'm over ite1r veil, " ' 1 ar ry, I-have come to claim yon as my us b~and. Gods ims punliiihet' me, thr ougih you1, for miy folly,, anid t aught mce ily duty1,. I witae-;ed yourliI her'i couc ini saving t he life of the poor1 chihli, and it yo0ur )Cheie I h ave learnl ed the1( deep, de' voteilness of vonci love to me. and founid liy pat of duty. We will separate no 1mo4re. Arie you williig?'' A floo o f graitefuiltarbdwehs 'hieeks as lhe raie 'ittenuathedJ armS neid sobbed, "' Kiss me1, my dlarinig wife." Whly Inmuin liran'tsi Shiiun thle MonthI. Thein St. L1ouiis /.'mpideu i thus definjes then t wo0 chief canes-~ for the( hack (of im "lFirst, the e~xi.stence of the large ne(groi populationI ini the Houth ; second, wid-spreadl~ miisrepuresen)~tati and false jiforiiitioin ias to 11h( social anid political coniditioni ofl t hat sect ion." A harige' negr~io poplhationj in TPexas lnd Arkianias oos not deter white iiimit.. granl tS fr'om setin g o 'l1'veywhere( ini those3f* andi( porl it icalh coal4 itionis "' mal;y hav hioiad someth4 ini g to (10 withi preventl in g ini grattionr, bnt tile cmhiif ('ause for then im mii'irats shuntininig the Souti h is a lack ot inlformnationi 'oncein'iJig the faicilitn is for obtdamiing cheap landl. Chla l('l)Iand is the great attiraction inl tile West. Cheap land takes the iiau'igranit to 'rkansa'. and Te'xas. And1( cheap land will fet ch him~ to Tenneiisseo anid other Soiuthern States whien he ennLi haiv(e thle assiuaice that. hue can1 ge(t it in those, Stats. Mum I r us learnled( fronm a pr'ivate replort that~ oil the southernm senhoard of I he Cinuese province of Kwantung are founid wild silkworms which feed on the cam uphor' tree, amnd whose silk is utilized inl a singular marnnler. lien full grown, the eaterpilliar is cut open and the silk (x. tiacte I in a formu much reseml uing cat giut. Tlhis ihsstnce is subjected to a liims FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. OUT of everv 100 inhabitants of the United States sixteen live in cities. A LcOMOTIvrE (Irinks forty-fivo gal lons of water every mile it travels. Tra finest thread in a spider'3 wel i4 coilposed of no less than 4,000 strands. WHEIN an oranig-outiLng dies the others cover up the body with great branches of trees. M. LPE GUAT saw in Java a female climpanzeo that made her bed very neatly every day, lay upon her sido and covered herself with the clothes. Tim heat on the Colorado desert is terrific. At Yuma the thermometer fre (lnently registers 125 degrees and the m1r i1K so rareled that objects 100 miles distant appear very near. I'r i nioted ias ia curious fact that no Presidleit, from Washington to Garfield, wa;es bor in in a city, and that only the hecond Arbims was even nominally a Lrsident of a city when elected. SoM.: beetles, whe'n niouiterfeiting dentli, will sifller theinselves to be grad ally roastud without moving a sigle i. '. "I imvo pierced spiders with P1ms, says Mi. Siiellie, "ald torn them l( pieces [E witioitt their indicitting the Mrig t marks of pain." 'I'm water-b oatien, aiolig the most i tlo of water insects, row tieniselves long uinider-silo uppermost. Their miait of ioving ijSi(do down is of great use to them in feeding, for many Af t!.,ir victims have hard backs, so the wat-boatmen dive down and come up ider their prey, thus attadiug them ntheir "'oftsi. Tmn: miieorn still eists in the interior of Thibut. It is there calledl the one ihorned tso-po. Its 1oofs are divided ; it is a)ou1t tl ev or thirtoen hnds high ; it is extremely wild and fiorce, yet :issociati;g i, largo herds. Its tail is saipedl like tl at of a boar, and its born1.11, which i ui curv , grows out of its forehidti. It. is siteltom caught alive, but, the Tartars fretiucutly shoot it, and use its Ilesh or food. ' 'iim equatoriad diameter cf the earth is greater thani the polar by s.>mo thirty four imile.s. Vhilo the center of gravity reoiiains :is now the polar aid equatorial regWs will remain laSbtan'ti:ly the saue ; but if from any causo the )olar sh:dl pr(epondieraoote, tilen a ehmnige in polatrity waii-ille. SnIh, without doubt, wa; the case wyhen the tropical elophntis were iicased in the iceburgs of Nova Zombla and Spitzbergeu. I'le paintings of the ancient Egyptians show that wO cannot mix paints as well athe0y. In manufacturing metals they were our superiors. Thiey made it sword so exquisitely that iteould be put in asheath coiled up like a snake without breaking. They liad tho steamboat and canal 5,000 years ago. and they had the art of mnov. ng umnenso 1mas of rock, weighing 1,000 tons caeh. 'The pyramid built 1,500) years B. 0. emllloyed 300v,000 men for twenmt y years. Twelve i ll ions, seven huniidred and sixty millions pIm011d5 of granito were used inl its conistruct ion and ini dimensions it was 4(;0 feet, high. As'rnosomens~ Kay that thet averago uiniber of meteors that traverse tihe at lnospuhere, andit that ire largo enonrgh to be vcisile to thle 11:1ked( eyeO at one10 place, if the suu~i, moon01 anid staris wou0ld per miit, isu forty-t wo in an hour, or 1,1000 dailty. The atp~prent si z odflmetecr s greattly magnitied by irradiat ion. Se of themii haive been~ compul)Ited to have a cliameter of 100O or 2t1J feet, nnid others 1, (00t up to 5,000) or 6,00)0 ; b)ut this onsiit he rogardedt ats the odiamieter of the l~h1azo of light which surrouluds the met'eor'. The1~ 11 meor itself, betore it Ikes fire, mny haIveI a diameoter of only 1 hew fee. t, or perhapsii oniily a fraction of ni inch. The mieani diist-inice oft meteors from tile observer is abou t 1 05 miles. IN iliistriting the explosive character >t dust mi kxed w ithi air, Prnof. L. WV. Yck said in a leet urie :' "t ii large log af wood were igniited it Iiighit be1 aL week >woe beiing entIirely conIsumed. Splif; t up inito (cord wood, and pile it up o' sely, and1( it woul burni ini a couple ot vood, 13310 it up losely, and1~ perhaps it wouldl bunrn in iV ssc than ian hour. Cut t up into shiavinigs and ill'w a srn wvindu to throwi~ them ini the, air or inl 01n' wvaxv kteep the chi ps 0 cpratively wel leparated fromt e:oeh ot her, andit the lo wonhll, perips h11,le conisumned in two or bhreo iumiutes ,or, finally, g.friod it upl Lito0 tn iuoldust otr powdher, blow it inl Ineh manneri timt eaich prate i s sur rounmdd b~y air, anmd it would burn ini less thanti a second. erconussmN(, in England, has bieen (li ly suppmj~ed to bie a relic of the r~ubl et, t cn mi nent anutirparyr gives it as his Opiuioni tha~t it dates still farther back, an ii ast aiSI tempijle) of the fire wor sihppers, hbehning to thie Bronze Period of Nor thern archmaologist.. Mrs. EnTvA A. LOcKWOOD, the woman lawye of ashington, is sid to ride a tricycle and to mke~k long excursions about the city. 14I lWVsa's eot tes7 '1 teket. Asp~ecial from Helena, Ark., October 5th, sayst "Night before last an attempt was made to as sasmte 8imion Silverman While onl his way to this city. Five shota were tired at him from bo. laud a tree, with no othier effect than to frighten the horse ridden by tRilverman, which threw its rider w ithout injuring him. The cause of this at tempt on $ilverman's life is owing to the dis pute about the nlwthersip1 of thei lottery ticket which won the $15,000 prize in thme Louisiana Mtate Lottery Company, Hilvorman claiming it to be hi., and a Mrs.'ClArk claiming that she had boiught it of Silvorman, who afterwards puirloinert it from her. The ticket was taken trolm him at the muzzle of the plstel, and he hias instituted suit for the monley. It is Aup pa~si thatth attempt en his Jife was miade to t, 'him from proseenl inrg the suit."-Neas (A ?dr& 1'icavune. October 19.