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' THE DEAD OV 18 8,? NttibU Ferioni all over the World who , Died During the Year. In the United States we have lost many distinguished in battle, in the Senate, in the pulpit and in the domain f anion Viraf nmnnrr fKn liof nf /Ml r? A WVAVUVV* A 11 Ob ?lUiUW^ tUVy 1IOV VI VUI dead comee General Grant. Next follow Generals McClellan and McDowell. Two statesmen of unblemished honor and of the old school of polities are lost in the persons of Vice President Hendricks and Secretary FVelinghuysen. The list of millionaires is lessened by the death of William H. Vanderbilt, one of the richest men in the world; of Peter Donahoe, of California, whose wealth and eccentricity were alike Abundant, and of Horace B. Claflin, the dry goods king. Cardinal McCloskey, Dr Stephen H. Tyng, and Dr. Irenajus Prime were three notable divines who, while they lived, reflected lustre upon the churches to which they were devoted, and whose places it will be difficult to till. Richard Grant White, scholar and critic, is no more. Dr. Draper, the savant, has gone from his books, which he loved so well. Dr. Damrosch no longer wields the baton. Commander Gorringe, who brought the obelisk over here, has passed away prematurely. A loving circle of friends still grieves for Helen Hunt Jackson. General Toombs died in his beloved Georgia. We miss, too, the familiar faces of m nr? v nrlin m*avL' imrmnuiti rrl v iti Hi/t uiaiij ?? iiv n \/i ?v\4 uuvvu?^iii^ij ?>i niv harness and who piled up riches while they developed the resources of the country. Among them are J. II. Rutter, F. II. Winston, Moses Mitchell, Commodore Garrison, Francis A. Drexcl, ex-Senator Sharon and Joseph Grinnell, of New Bedford. In reviewing the deaths abroad the roll is quite ae remarkable. King Alfonso and Marshal Serrano, of Spain; Mozaffur Eddin, Ameer of Bokhara, who has been well described as a mixture of Louis XI. nnd Heliogabalus; Prince Frederic Charles of Prussia, the Red Prince, whose bright sword often flashed at the head of his cavalry; Field Marshal von Manteuffel, the great German soldier; Admiral Sartorius, who as a midshipman fought under Nelson at Trafalgar; "Chinese Gordon," who, like Cromwell, consulted his Bible before going into battle; El Mahdi, the False Prophet, who knew the Koran by heart; Colonel Burnaby, of Khivan fame; President Barrios, who fell on the field; General Phayre, who did as mnch for Burmali no T nmwnpii rlid fnr tli#? Piininh- \r1. miral Courbct, of Tonquin cclebrity? these are prominent among the fighters. Passing onto those whose lives were spent more peacefully, we find the Duke of Abercorn, twice Viceroy of Ireland; Sir Edward Sullivan, Lord Chancellor of Ireland;- Cardinal McCabe; Karl Cairns and Sir Robert Phillimore, two learned jurists these; Franz Abt, Brinley Richards, Sir Julius Benedict, born five years before Mendlessohn and who was a little boy when Haydn died; Sir Moses Montefiore, the philanthropist; Dr. Carpenter, the scientist; Jules Valles, the trenchant controversialist; Lord Houghton, the poet and Maecenas; Edmond About, a novelist by nature, who aspired to be a politician; Principal Shairp, Scotch poet and scholar; Walter Goethe, descendant of the great Goethe, and last, but by no means least, that splendid genius Victor Hugo. These' are a few names of the death list of 1885.?Neto York Herald. American Fables. the peasant and tiie serpent. One day upon his Return from Market a Peasant found a Dangerous Serpent playing with his children. Without stopping to make Inquiries lie seized a club and dealt the Reptile a Mortal blx>w. "Wasn't your Action an Arbitrary j Abuse of Power?" queried the Toad. "I don't think you can Prove that the Serpent had struck one of your Children." "As to that." replied the Peasent, "the time to kill Poisonous Reptiles is before you are Bitten." moral : A Wolf doesn't make his Appearence among Lambjs with the Intention of leading them to Sunday School. the judge and the thief. A Thief having been tried and found cm il f.V nf n rprfflin nlmrrrn nnf fViaf D J WV. VVVV* W"V W4"V Great Injustice had been done him. lie saw among the Jurors a man whose Reputation for Honesty had more than once been Questioned. "That may be true," calmly replied the Judge, "and I will Sentence you only on the Opinion of the other Eleven. I'll give you Four Years at hard labor." moral: i here is no use in Kicking a Boy for calling you names when all Men are convinced that you are a Rascal. THE LAW V8. MONEY. /L Confidence Man who had Roped an f flld Hay-Seed out of $90 and been Arrested for it called in a Lawyer and tsked: "If (here any Law by which I can be Punished?" "That is not to the Point," replied the Lawyer; "what I want to know is whether you have money enough to * beat the Law by which you can be Punished?" MORAL. 0 It was Proved in Court that the old Hftv-Seed becced him ar a nrroat Fovnr ? ? PQ ? ? o " to Accept the money as a Christmas Present.?Detroit Free Press. Experiments on an extensive scale have been made in Germany to ascertain the relative strength of iron and steel girders. The soft-steel girders proved to be 22 per cent, and hard-stccl girders 60 per cent, stronger than the iron girders; and it is remarked that it seemed pretty well established that the strength of steel girders is about the same for the two flanges if made alike in sections. ' The wealth of ovr language is shown by the fact that "hang it up"' and "chalk it down" mean precisely the j| Mine thing. ?? ? ' Xhe Battles of the Bead* It is midnight in the brick farmhous< at Chancellorsville?the now building on the site of the cne partially destroyec when Hooker marched his troops int< the wilderness to get in the rear of Le< at Fredericksburg. In the yard are th< rotliug wheels of gun-carriages; in th< south wall are a dozen cannon-balli firmly imbedded; half a mile below ii the stone marking the spot where Stone wall Jackson received his mortal wound here is the same dark Torcst which shcl tered friend and foe. 44Are you asleep?" "No." The last stroke of twelvo had scarcely died away when the farmer opened m] bedroom door to ask the question. "Then maybe you'd like to see it?" "What?" "The battle of Chancellorsville. Tin Federal troops are now in sight on tin " JL_i L j O 1' l/IU IVItkVl. I hastily dressed aad passed out ink the yard with him. I noticed that li< had on a Confederate uniform, dustj and worn. I looked at my own gar ments; they were blue. He pointed hi; linger down the road, and I saw through the mist of the summer night a greal army approaching. There was cavalry, infantry and artillery?there were fhigi and banners and ambulances. In twe minutes more the head of the columi had reached the Chancellorsville planli road. Some turned to the right, som< to (he left, some plunged into the gloomy pine thickets beyond. "But I hear 110 noi?>c?not the foot step of a horse nor the clank of a saber,1 I protested. "Hush! 'Tis a battle of the dead The spirits of the thousands who fel here have come to fight the battle oncc again!" I looked at him more closely and I saw the light of battle in his eyes. 11 is forir grew erect, his feet seemed impatient and he scented the air as if half eagei to join in the fray. Now the highways and byways?the cleared fields?the opeu woods?the lonely tnic.-Kcis were 11111 <?i imie uniforms. Couriers and aides galloped here and there?stall officers turned heads of columns to the right or left. It was strange to witness those thousands moving with such order and yet giving out no sound. "Look!?sec'/" whispered my companion as he pointed doVvn the plank road. There was a cloud of smoke rolling up out of the pine woods and blotching the starlit sky like a stain of blood. It spread and grew until half the stars ol heaven were hidden. Meanwhile, the face of every man in blue was turned that way. We saw battery after battery, regiment after regiment, brigade aftei brisrade, move down to the scene ol conflict. Tongues of flame flashed through the smoke-cloud and lighted tip thickct and field, but there was no sound. The stillness of night was almost painful. "Here are the results!" whispered thf Confederate, and I looked to the riglil and left to behold the dead and the wounded. I could sec them in the fields, under the pines, on the highway. Some faces show fear and horror?others expressed vindictiveness. There were horses lying dead, others hobbling aboul and seeming to appeal for mercy. "It is horrible!" I whispered. ' "Aye! but it is over." I looked again and the vision hatl faded. The highways were barren o1 life?the fields and" forests at peace. The smoke-cloud had disappeared, and the dead and wounded had been spirited away. "And so the dead of the armies figh] their battles o'er?'' 1 asked. "As you have seen," he solemnly re plied. "Until the hate and rancor o: men is no more?until all men are ai peace?the spirits of those who fell ir battle cannot rest. They must plai campaigns and light their battles as o! old. The vision you have seen hero ii repeated at Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicks burg, Franklin?on a hundred battle fields of America. Let us go in."?M QKAD. Envolvliij* a Story. 'Will" said "Smith, a commercia traveler, to a group of friends, "I v.*a witness to n. sioli't. iiisfc hefnrn lpnvin< Chicago.*' And then he told how hi had seen a poor German immigrant witl his wife and family of eight yellow hair ed children, how he had become inte rested in them, and had learned tha they had left their native land to seek i home in the Northwest. He wastouchec by the tenderness oi the father ond sav him purchasing apples for the children All the family except the father hue taken their seats on the train and he wa inst making change on the platform fo his small purchase when the train begai to move out of the station. lie made i rush for it, slipped, and then, befor* Ihe eyes of the poor family and othe horror-struck passengers, his head wa taken oft by the cars. Smith's friends were much affecte< and it was decided to take up a pursi for the poor widow and fatherless child ren, and this was speedilv done and i neat sum was presented to Smith to b( forwarded. He, with tears in his eyes said: "My friends. I thank you, but I cai conceal it no longer. That train took of the rest of the man, and he still lives." Smith will not travel this week. H< is laid up for repairs.?Detroit Fre Press. The Dogb.?A great deal is beinj said about hydrophobia that would b< better unsaid, and the dog will b charged with the killing much oftene; than he should be. The work of ok rusty nails, whose wounds have healet months ago, and the many other pro dnr-crs of ietouns will nil be laid at thi kennel doorof innocent "old dog Tray.1 | In all the United States, with it i 52,000,000 of people, there havo no been in the entire year over 25 death; from hydrophobia by the agency o 3,000,000 dogs. You come from one of George Eliot' poems as from a Turkish'bath of lates science Mid refinement, appreciative o benefit, hut so battered, beaten, am disjointed as to need repose before yoi can bo conscious of refreshment. 9 ' VHE UIKAF.D ESTATE. 3 An Institution ?f whlrli Pblladelphlana r Feel Proud. j fProm tho Philadelphia Times ] 3 The annual statement of tho Girard 3 trust, which is published in accordance 3 with Girard's will, is always interesting, B and never more so than this year, wliefc s the income of so many estates has been . reduced. The capital of the residuary fund is given at $10,540,017, which is . about $200,000 more than the figures given last year, showing that the estate itself has not suffered diminution, and j the gross receipts, $000,220, are but j Y $40,000 less than in 1S84. This in itself | f is evidence of the careful management i of the trust. j The gross receipts are-about eight and j I one-fourth per cent, of the capital. Of I 3 this total $217,077 was expended in the | ? inninfpnnnfp nf tlin netnwtn> tlum 1 one: half of which was paid in taxes. > The Girard estate coutributed thus, but j ; a few dollars less than $70,000 to the } f general expenses of "Philadelphia, be. sides its direct contribution in work 5 performed, which must otherwise be i done by the municipality. After dc- ' t ducting taxes and the cost of improve- j ( incuts, repairs, and maintenance there ! s remained a net income of about tlirec> quarters of a million, or between 0 and i i 7 per cent, upon the entire capital. Out j : ! of this $420,219 was devoted to the sup- i i i port of Girard College and some two ' ? hundred thousand reinvested. There arc now 1,121 boys in the e-ol- j - le:;c, or neariy the same number as a j ' year ago, the capacity of the present j | buildings having been reached. It is ' questionable whether the number can j 1 ! wisely be extended very much fuither. ; ; , The Trustees have been doing what is j ; better than this?they have been ex- ; r ; tending the educational facilities of the: t i | college so as to provide a wider and t j more practical training fe>r the boys, r especially in manual industry. The : average cxpenelit.urc for each pupil last , year was &:>72.S(i, *rhich includes not , 'only board and lodging as well as in. 1 struction, but clothing and ail other [ s nee-essary expenses, upon a simple but [ generous scale. There is probably no | j institution of its kind in the worlel with I . ' a more satisfactory rcceml in every way j 1 than that of Girard College. It is one j I e?f the institutions of which Philaelclphians can rcase>nsbly feel proud. How to Cook Potatoes. To prepare them for boiling thev should be carefully washed, otherwise > they discolor the water in which they [ ' are boiled and come out dingy and unj inviting. Scrub the surfacc well with a | brush which fnay 15% found at any housef furnishing store; they are made for the I purpose and cost but five cents. I'are | potatoes thinly, if at all, as the most , - nutritious part is next to the skin. Lay them in cold water for half an hour bei fore putting them into fresh cold water, ? ! with a large spoonful of salt, to boil, i ' and keep boiling briskly till well cook? ' cd?half an hour or thereabouts. If ! allowed to stop boiling they will be j dark and watery. When sutliciently 5 t cooked pour of! the water and dry them 5 ! off, uncovered in the oven, for ten ; 1 minutes. They wili be light and mealy j and as dry as if baked. It requires a i full hour to bake potatoes properly, and j they should be served at once} I j The rule for mashed potaties has alf ! ready been given. Any of these left ; over may be made vip into croquettes by | ! adding one egg, then rolling in the [ i hands into pear shapes and frying in hoi drippings: or they may be browned in t I the oven on a buttered tin with a bit ol i\' butter on the top of each; a half hour'f . . time is sufficient for browning, in 8 f 1 quick oven, and this is an easy way foi j t! a novice in cooking, who is, perchance, j i ! confused with her several dishes. Tc ' i use plain, cold boiled potatoes, tliei j [ may be cut up in irrcsrular chips, fried, 3 in hot drippings, seasoned well with salt j . and pepper and stirred often till crisc . and bro\sn. Or, they may be sliced . into a saeepan, with a little salt added and just enough milk to moisten. Covet closely, do not stir, ami cook a full hall hour. The starch from the potatoei thickens them sufficiently. These lasl . [ aiu ^uu\i mi a uimiui UlMi, s with-warmed up meats. -r "Saratoga chips" are easily made, bin ~ti require a "slicer" to cut them of suitx able thinness. Lay them a\\hile in cold . water to extract some of the starch, then . dry quickly with a napkin and drop t into plenty of boiling fat. Drain on a a a sifive when done and sorve very hot. j It is more economical to boil "sweets'" v than to bake them, for much of the nourishing properties evaporates in the j oven. They should be well washed and s put into boiling water, which should be r replaced by clean' boiling water if it j looks at all dingy in color. When cooka ed enough drain well and keep foi e twenty minutes in a moderate oven ber fore peeling. They will come out as g yellow and inealy as if baked; if not they are too poor a potatoe to use at \ all. e """ Tho Water Pipes, a ? A device has been brought forward ' for protecting water pipes against frecz1 ing, the arrangement being based upon f the fact that water in motion will remain liquid at a lower temperature than water at rest. One end of a copper rod, placed outside of the building, is secured to a bracket, and the other end is attached to one arm of a weighted elbow lever; to the other arm of the lever is ? secured a rod, which passes into the " building and operates a valve in the J water pipe. By means of turn buckles, J the length of the copper rod can be ad. justed so that before the temperature* reaches the point at which there would " be danger of the water in the pipes j , freezing, the valve will be opened to allow a flow of water; beyon this point ? the valve opening will increase and the flow bocome more rapid as the cold be^ conies more intense, and as the temperatnro riuni) >lm vnlvn in r>lnsprl Thifl nlflti sets up a current in the pipes, which replaces the water as it grows cold by the s warmer water from the main. Whether t the valve be opened or closed, the service f pipes are always in working order. i 1 Mrs. Mackay, the millionaire's wife, haa taken up her residence in London. ?f-:. THE HOME AND HOUSEHOLD. Practical Illntn for I'luln People Who Lire Wllhin Small Inconiex "Roust beef is looked upon as a luxury far beyond (he frugal purse. This is true when applied to the 4'porterhouse roast" and other choice cuts, but the cheaper pieces c;in be made very good and tender, even those sold as low even as a shilling a pound at Wasliingto' Market. Buy not less than two ribs; have the butcher take out the bones, roll it up tightly, skewer it lirmly, and give you a piece of suet to lay 011 the meat while roasting. Save the bones. Put a pint of hot water in the pan with the beef, roast ouicklv the first half hour. This crusts the surface of the incut and retains the juices. Allow fifteen minutes for every pound of beef for roasting. Baste often, for this, with the steam of the water in the pan, makes the meat tender. Having removed the meat and poured off the fat (for frying drippings also) set the pan on the top of the range and allow the contents to scorch just a little, enough to give a good color; then add one cup of boiling water and thicken with Hour and season; serve in a gravy dish. A small beginning only will be made on this roast by two people. Cold roast beef is not to be despised, served with, perhaps, baked beans, which cost but a trifle, and vegetables. Or the meat may be finely chopped, a little gravy added, all covered with cold mashed potatoes, and baked and browned in an open vegetable disli in the oven: or it. maybe minced, and made with equal parts of maslicd potatoe into balls, like fish balls, and fried brown, on both sides, in drippings. This is a good breakfast dish. Heans are said to contain more nutriment than any other vegetable. The best white ones are only 10 cents a quart; half that quantity will fill a two quart dish when properly cooked, and half a pound of salt pork :.s ample to flavor it. Wash and look over the beans and put them in cold water, using three quarts to one pint of beans; keep them over the fire tim e or four hours; set them where the heat will swell and soften them, without boiling, having the pork (washed and the lind scored) in with them all the while. About two hours before dinner strain them through a. colander and put them, dry, into the dish in which they are to be baked with the pork, rind up, in the centic. Now in a bowl put one teaspoonful o? salt, one-half a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, one cup of sugar and one cup of hot water. Stir well together and pour over the beans. If you cannot see the liquid all around the edge of the beans, add hot water till you can. They are then ready for a moderate oven. In two hours they will come out well baked, nicely browned and ready to serve. To make the Boston brown bread, mix well together a cup and a half of yellow cornnieal and the same of rvc fiour, if rye meal is not to be had. Into this put one tea spoonful of salt, a heaping teaspoonful of carbonate of soda and one cup of molasses (not syrup). Stir cold water very gradually into this tili you have a moderately stiff batter; beat it well; pour into a well-greased threennnrf nnil nrkxrar* nnrl cof in o VnHln ..f boiling water, steaming, with the kettle covered, at least four hours. This makes a Inige loaf and the cost is ab^ut ten cents. It is very nice when hot, und is good cold. Corn fritters make a good breakfast dish. Into one pint of flour put a teappoonful each of' sugar and good L?tkcin<? powder and half a teaspoon fid of 6alt. Into this put one beaten egg, with milk enough to make a still batter, lastly, add half a can of sweet corn , drop by large spoonfuls into plenty of bailing Vint flrinniturc lirnwn nn cifl/?c nttrl serve very hot. These go well with Cold roast beef. Katiiehine Akmstiiono. "omcstlc Training for Girls. Nothing is more significant of the social condition of a people than the training of its girls in domestic life. In Germany the daughter of the nobleman, of the prince, and of the small shop-keeper learns alike to cook, to sweep, and to keep house. After the training in books is over, Fraulein Lena and her Royal Highness Princess Sophie both begin this home education. There are establishments where they are taken by the year, as in a boarding school. In one month they wash dishes and polish glass and silver; in another they cook meats; in another bake; in the next "lay down" meat for winter use, or preserve fruit, make jellies and pickles, 8weep and dust. Plain sewing, darning, and the care of linen are also taught, and taught thoroughly. The German ''betrothed" is thus almost always a thorough housekeeper, and spends the time, before marriage in laying in enormous stores of provisions and napery for her future home. In Fiance a girl begins at twelve years of age to take part in the household interests. Being her mother's constant companion, she learns the system of closc, rigid economy, which prevails in sdl French families. If there be bul two sticks of wood burning on the hearth, they are pulled apart when the family leave the room, even for a half hour, and the brands arc saved. The nourishing soup, the exquisite entree*, ami the dainty dessert, arc made out of fragments, which in many an American kitchen would be thrown away. The French girl thus inhales economy and skill with the air she breathes, and the habits she acquires lasts her through life. English girls of the educated classes seldom equal the German and French in culinary arts, but they are early taught to share in the caro of the poor around them. They teach in the village school, or they have industrial classes; they ? _ 1 1.1 J nave some nouuy, such ius uniwmg, riding, or animals, to occupy their spare time with pleasure or profit. Hence the English girl, though not usually as clcver or as well read as her American sister, has that certain poise and aphrmb which belong to women who have engrossing occupations outside of society^ beaux and flirting. % "i A BOLD ROAD AGENT. Ilow lie Performed n Font of Mingle. Ilnnded fStn?c Kobbrry. IFrom the Chicago Herald.] "Heard of Dick Fellows, the singlehanded stage robber, haven't you?" asked an Arizona ranchman. "Dick is . a small man with light, complexion, i blue eyes and light hair, and the last j man you would pick out for a desper- j ado. Well, about two years ago 1 had the pleasure of making Dick's acquaintance. Myself and a party were camping out near the mouth of the lilack Canyon. It was just after dusk and as we were seated in a circle telling yarns Dick suddenly came in our midst. 'Well, boys,' lie said, 'I've lost $'12,000 to-day, but I'll buy the whisky if any one of you will go for it;' eoucluded he, throwing down a $20 gold piece. I didn't know the man then* and not wishing to offend him I volunteered to go. When I returned, Dick and the boys were fast friends, and we drank the liquor while he told the story of his great loss. " 'Boys,' he began. 'Wells & Fargo went through to-night with a chest filled with the moncv I lost. Charlie Wheeler was a-drivin' and alongside of him was Jim Hume, the mountain detective--an' he's a good one?in the employ of the express company. Just as the old stage came lumherin' out of the canyon I stepped up on a big flat rock and looked over the barrel of my Enfield at him. .Jim saw me, too, an' j yelled: "Dick Fellows!"' an1 we both j fired at the same time. Neither on us ; was hit and Charlie whipped up, an' j that's how 1 loM the nmney. Hut now j mark me, boys, I'll get even with .)im ; Hume before two months, and you'll all 1 be witnesses, too.' Dick left us then \ and we saw nothing of him until the two months were up. when he came upon us just as suddenly as he did before. 'Jim Hume made a good stiike in savin' the box,' he said. 'Wells ! Fargo thanked him and gave him a watch worth $200 and a pair of pearl- j handle, self-act in' revolvers, but they'll ] be mine to-night and a good bit of dust i with 'em. lio at the mouth of the I'lack Canyon and see how I do it,'concluded Dick, as he examined his rilie and looked at his cartridges. We were all waitin' and when we heard the stage rumblin' down the canyon we irot where we could see. Dick mounted a rock and brought his repeater to bear on Hume before the detective could get a drop on him. 'Jim Ilume, halt them bosses!'yelled Dick, 'an'throw olT the box an' the watch an' revolvers Wells & Furrrn rr\vp. vc ' 'Ynn'vn rrof inn Hicl.' ' said Jim, as he proceeded to obey ihc command, while Diek covered him with his Winchester. When everything was off he ordered the stage to move on, never molesting any of the passengers or exchanging a word with them. Dick then broke open the box and took $'7,000 in gold from it, which he packed away on his person and strolled away into the darkness." Tnrkey's Losses by War. The Xoroc Vrrmi/a gives the following summary of the territorial losses ol Turkey during the last two centuries: Since the capture of Constantinople in 1453 they had gradually seized the whole of the Balkan Peninsula excepting Montenegro, the Peloponnesus, the northern shore of the Black Sea, and of the Sea of Azov. In 1711 the Ottoman empire possessed more territory in Europe than any other power except Russia, her possessions extending westward to the Adriatic and the Danube, and eastward to the Dniester, the : Dnieper, the Don and Kuban. Thus Bessnribia the Crimea, and other Mon- j golian regions were under the dominion ! of the Turks, whose possessions on the I Continent of Europe covered an area ol 15,454 square miles. But from this i period the decadence of Turkey com- j menccd, and, with the exception of hci i temporary success against Austria in j 173!), she went on losing territory to ! such an extent that upon the eve of the j war with Russia she had only 9,450 j square miles of territory, of which 2,048 miles were governed by Princes, whe merely owed her suzerainty. The Berlin treaty dcDrived her of 4.55? ' miles, so that from 1700 to 1878 th< Ottoman empire lost in Europe 10,0(5<] ' square miles, out of which 8,902 wen | conquered by Ijussia. who has annexed I 4,810 square miles After the war o| j 1877-8 Russia annexed 408 square milej | in Asia Minor and 107 in Europe, ! while Austria annexed 1,073 (Bosnia nnd ' | the Herzegovina), and England 17-J (Cyprus). Whereas, It Being the New Year, Iienolcedy That I will pay a.-! I go; on i the railroad. That I will honestly and closely scan J my neighbor's faults and help him tc correct them. That I will not spend so much monej on clothes, for my wife. That I will quit smoking in placcj where it is positively forbidden. That I will not write any reminis cences of the war. That J vill make shorter prayers and long<jr subscriptions. That I will not say. "I beg your pardon," to my neighbors wife, and "Hull!' to my own. That I will not play lawn tennis foi at least three months. That I will not bite off more than J i can chew. That I will not worry and fret about ; what would become of the other eight or nine billions of people in the woH'1 if I should die. That I will not slop over. That I will study my lcssoi i and keep my face clean. That if I fail in any of these resolu tions, it will be somebody els< 'a fault. TV,..* 7 ...i ?1 -II 1 .il 1 i wit x uau jjci iiiuiij^ wen cuuu^il Will) > everybody but myself. That I will be most wretchedly sorrj for a thousand things bv next December. That they shan't be the same things ] was sorry for last December. That. I have money to bet they will be. ?liurdette. A burglar in Weld, Maine, was detccted by a Anowball from the heel ol his boot, which corresponded precisely j with a similar snowball found in the , store after the robbery. j \ .? * ? . , . .. ' ? ?=: THE MAR Y LEE. A sailor's yarn you'd like to have me spin ? " |H| Hit down, shipmate. Hero off Nantucket I was the captain of tho Abel Gwyun , That stormy year the Mary Leo was lost. jflf Her captain's name was William Henry Court, A gallant and a careful skipper, too ; I saw the ship weigh anchor and clear port, And bear away along the leaving blue. Far out. at sea she stood, the Mary Lee, i\ winner rifcgeu mm irum toil naruor OOUUU M With all Bails spread for the cold northern sea; flj A good pjiip?aye, and timberB stanch and sound. But that wan more than twenty years ago, H And old Nantucket town will never see, I Across tlie distant billows rising h1o??, The topniaBt of the good sh-p Mary Lee. I *ye. avo! that little woman waiting there? 1 I'he skippers wife?how fast she's gettia 1 gray, 1 Brown as an autumn oak leaf was her hair ' The morning that the Mary Bailed away. She comes hero ev'ry morning with that glass (She's not in her right miud, twixt yon and mc), Aud while flie ships come in the poor old lane Stands watching for ttie bonny Mary Lee. Ernest Mo(?affey. rilE TREACHEROUS FROG. A Smrcc of Aiinoyitnrc ami Hunger to Itntlroiiri Aleii.., The frogs on railroad tracks arc the dread of many railroad men, and they ^ try to keep their lYet clear of them. A travt-11 intf man sni I the other day: ' It is the easiest thiuir in tlu: world to slij) your foot in some; of the frogs. They arc shaped sometimes like the' letter V, and when 3-011 slip your foot in the open part it is fust. There seems to be no why of getting out of it except to pull the foot out of the boot. A man has no time for tli it always. I remember once, very distinctly fretting my foot in a frog. 1 had 011 a pair of rubber boots, and I got my foot fast just as easy as anything could be. I thought I could pull it out without any trouble, and as a train was backing down on that part of the track I proceeded pretty quick ly to try. My foot did not come out. A little astonished, I pulled again, but it did not come. It did not seem to be squeezed very tight, and I was annoyed. The train was coming nearer and. as the engineer was backing his engine down, there was 110 way to stop it. 1 gave a terrible wrench 011 my foot but it did not come. The train was so close I knew that it would run on me. Luckily, the train was coming down on the rail outside of my foot. I leaned over and twisted my legs over away from the car as it came. When the wheels pnsscd over I knew something was crushed, though it did not pain me much then. The whole train went over. After they had got by, as the boot was pretty well torn, I managed to pull it out of the frog and was helped to the station. It crushed my foot, pretty badly, but not so much that amputation * was necessary, and I saved iny foot and leg." "Why didn't you pull your foot out of your boot," asked the reporter. "Well, I tried that," said the man, ''but. I couldn't get it out. The frog had pressed over the sole. No doubt I could have cut the boot of! if I had done it right away, but I thought until it was too late that I could pull the boot out." Another man had a similar experience. It broke his leg. lie jumped off a car and iumned in a fron. Before he ' could pull his foot out the wheels ran over the outer edge of the rail in a similar way. Those who are caught are not always so lucky. Once in a while a man is caught and the wheels of a car run . ^ directlj* over the frog, and then the man is injured. Railroad men are quite unanimous in believing that frogs on a railroad are very treacherous. DYING IN THE SIBERIAN MINES. Tlic Court Phyiticiiui of tlie I.atr Czar* who whm Convicti-<I us ii Nihilist. A despatch from St. Petersburg confirms the report of the death of Dr. Weyinar in the Siberian lead mines. His history is sad and peculiar, lie had at onetime the most lucrative practice in Russia. He was the chief court physician under the late Czar and the con huentiul medical attendant of the C /.arewitch, now Alexander III. His-favor and influence at court were boundless, ' but it is alleged that for years be led a dual existence. While fawning upon the court, basking in its favor, and getting its secrets, he was said to be the most active partisan in all the great Nihilist crimes of recent years. One day in 1880 all Russia was shocked by the murder of Gen. Mcssendoff. The crime was surrounded with the deepest mystery. The only clue found by the detectives, after months of search, was that the carriage in which the assassins made their cseapc was owned by Dr. Weymar. The Doctor was arrested and confined in the prison of St Peter and St Paul for many . months. He protested that he knew nothin? of the plot to murder Gen. Mcssendoff, and that his horses and carriage must have been stolen by the murderers. While Dr. Weymar was in prison theCzar was murdered. When the Doctor was tried it was shown that he had been anintimato friend of SalonclT, who was supposed to be the actual murderer of the Czar, and who was hanged for thatcrime. Dr. Weymar was promptly convicted, his estate confiscated, and liewas exiled to Transbaikalia, in eastern Siberia. In October, 1884, a Nihilist named Lapatin was arrested for the muHcr of Gen. Messendoff. lie waa conv:ct??l and hanged. His last words were that Dr. AVeyinar was innocent. Leprosy it> declarcil by the La.nnaing (Iowa) Mirmr-to exist to a considerable rxtent among the colony of Scandinavums from northern Norway, now settled near the village of Spring Grove, in Houston county, Minn. Doctors wha ha7e examine I the subjects, who are in three or four different families (but are related), are said to have pronounced the malady undoubtedly leprosy. * < ? ^ , S V- . .Y