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MAN." Ltko (.. ltt damask rose yuu aee, Oi lil.o ft M'Mttoia ou tren. Or lile U i 'uty flower in May, Or like morning to the day, Or has iti, or like the shade, Or Ilk I e nourd which Jonas had ; Kven Nu hl man, who thread U spun, Dras 11 ( 't od cut, ind o U done. '1 ho rose wither, the blossom blasteth, be flower f ades, the morning bastetu, The mm sets, th shadow flies. The gourd consume, the taxa he diet. LiLi tho grass that'a newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun. Or lil.c the bird that' here to-day, Or like the pearled dew lu May, Or nko mi hour, or lite a apu, Or ULe the singing of a swan ; Even Huch Im man, ho U?ee by breath, I hero, now thrre, la life and death. The grass withers, the tale U euded, The bird iii flown, the dew's ascended, The Lour ie short, tho spaa not loug, The swan's near death, man's lit e Is lono. I jk to the babble In the brook, Or iu a pless much like a look, Or liko the r buttle in weaver's hand, Or like th writing on the sand. Or like a thought, or liko a dream, , Or like the gilding of the stream; Jt'eu such is man, who lives by breath, Is bore, now there, lu 1:1 e and death. The bubble's out, and look's torgot. The shuttle s flung, the writing's biot, -The thought Is pact, the dream is gone, The waters glide, man's life is doue. Like to an arrow from the bow. Or lire swift course cf water flow, Or Hkfl that time 'twlxt flood and ebb, Or like the spider's teuder web, Or liko a race, or like a goal. Or lil-1- tlie dealing of a dole, E'on r.uch is man, wbone brittle stata 1 ftlwey subject uuto ft. The arrow t-'iot, tho flood eoon Sieut, The time no time, tho web soon rent. The rues Hoon run, the goal soon won, Tho dole s uu dealt, man's life soou doue. . Iko to the lightning from the sky, Or )iki) a post that quick doth hi j, Oitlh.ea quaver 11 n song, Or like a journey three clays long, Or like nuow when summer's oouie, Or like the nr. or like the plum : E'en such in ui3n, who heap up sorrow, Lives but. thin day, and die to-morrow. The lightning's pa-t, the post must go, Tho souk is nhort, the journey so, The iear doth rot, the plum doth fall, The ttiiow dissolves, and so must all. TilK LANDLADY OF THE UOLDLN SHEAF. It is just forty-fivo years since my -education "was finished at Mrs. Middle ton 'f. Seminary for young ladies, the mof.t r:eutoel school m our port of llamp shiro. I was 17, and the eldest of ten chili! r on. My father's farm was but a small one, held on lease from our nch neighbor IMekeou, the principal man in onr parish after the 'Squire. Ho had two farms leased from hira besides my fatbor's aud a large one which he tilled himsolf, kept a retinue of men and maids, did the best plowing, turned oirt tho finest cattle, and made a vast deal of money by his daily. His wife had died before I was born, and his houio was kept iu prime order by the youngest of his auuis, Miss Mill wood. Ho had neither eon nor daugh ter, but Master Hurry, whom everybody thought a sensible and very handsome young man, and not half so purse-proud an his father. Being our landlord aud next door neighbor, Farmer Dickson took a great deal of interest in us. He said tho family was too large for my . father and mother to manage without advice ; that providing for them was his chief difficulty, and hoaring that a dis tant relation of his, Mrs. Williams, land lady of the GIden Sheaf, wanted a well brought up girl, not as a servant, but to help in tho housekeeping, they thought it might bo a good situation for me. To tt 11 tho whole truth, there was an other reason for my going. Beforo I left F-chool, Harry Dickson began to pay me attention. Not that I encouraged him much, but ho would came after me, and it did not please his father. The old tuau thought his son should look iiigher than a farmer's daughter, and my parot ts having a good bit of pride, wwj just m ant;ry when they came to know it. My father said he hoped no dnughtor of his would tempt a young man to difobov h s father; My mother .said f lie hoped I had more spirit than to wia'i to many into u family who did not think tH good enough for them. Of oouiYto iiu lather an I mother were right. I gfivi Harry ba. k his ricg, but it was ?fter a good deal of crjing. Ho sworo ho would never" marry another, though his fnth'jr nil- ul i disinherit him; and to lot Fanner Dicfcuou and the whole coun try 5k o th.tt we were not set ou trapping ii; now, it thi sKtlud that I should go to Mih. Will turn. My fuMif-r vent one day to consult her, and, wlun all wan agreeable, he took, i:u iud my trunk renpecttbly in the Load couh, which then jjased through Chatford, our village, naid stopped at tko Golden Sheaf, For a coaulry inn the house was largw and haudfcowo. It had every louveuionce of yard aud otabling, a good gardeu, a tine 'orchard, aud sorno hundred acres of 'Oom r.nd mciidow land. It was situated ou thfl h'ghtoid where Surry and Hariphiro rat Th) ground was hit;h ; and from tho inn's upper windows one could nee many a mile along the road and over the country. Stage .cor.lun aud carriers' wagons stopped tliere ; so did the country hunts aud tho traveling gentry, corn and cattle dealers on their way to London, larmers to .and from tin market tof u, and all who came or want sp'.nte wil of the god iiouw keeping, the fur-dealing, aud the general eiu'hty of Mrs, Wiliiants. Shs w.n a tall, thin woman, upright, active, and still handsome, bordering on CO. Her I dark hair wa but thinly sprinkled with gray She had a good deal of gentlewoman iu her manner, al WByn woro a black tabnet gown, a tam Tioiird apron, and a cap of Nottingham lace, whih was fine enough in those times. Hut there was something in her look fio fctern and rigid that made one earofiJ of ono's doings liefore her. Her fltory. which we had heard in private from Father Dickson, was both sad and flinfjultr. Bho had )een brought up iu ono of tho meat respectable inns in the county of Cornwall, and married a rich farmer. He left her early a widow, with an only daughter. She managed the farm well, however, and was a prosper ous woman. Her daughter grew up a 'beautiful girl, and the mother's heart wan wrapped up in her ; bur the son and heir of a neighboring 'Squire in duced her to elope with him, and mar" riago into his high family was not to be thought of. Mrs. Williams was a wo man of high spirit, strict, and proud. It is said the poor girl never dared let it bo known where she lived, for fear of lior mother ; she sold her house aud farm, left that part of the country, bought the Golden Sheaf, and she set hcrolf up whore nobody knew of her family or history ; nlie had been doing well for many a year. stern as she looked, Mrs. v imams was kind to me, and I did mv best to please her. There was a good deal of novelty and life to be seen about the inn. I Koon got over the parting with my mother and sisters, and was trying hard to think no more of Harryf though I had made up my mind minda are easily made up at 17 to live un married, for his sake. Thus the sum mer wore away, the harvest passed, and the dull days of November came on. I had got accustomed to the ways of tho house. Though good, it was an old one. There was tho best parlor, and the best kitchen opening from it; numbers of pantries, closets and cupboards, and stairs behind the old dresser, leading right up to Mrs. Williams own room. It was over tho porch, and had windows on three sides, which gave her a view of all who came or went, ner accounts wero kept there in an old-fashioned ash desk, so were her choice recipes, and she Had tiiem for making everything. There was a cupboard set in the thick walls, its door3 not to be distin guished from the rest of the waistcot, in which Mrs. Williams kept tho most rare and curious of her stores. I was once permitted to see them as a great privi lege, for eho never trusted tho key to any band but her own. There were spices and essence at the time of my story, but not common yet, old China whic-h had been brought in by the first of tho East India Company's ships ; mixtures for taking out stains, pow ders for destroying moths, and a poison for rats, invented long ago by some of the Cornish people, and ot a terrible nature, so Mrs. Williams told me, and I can remember now that the poison resembled nothing I ever saw but red pepper, an expen sive luxury at that time, and kept ln.the cupboard also. I t may be believed that I wa3 in great favor, for not only were her treasures shown to me, but I had tea with Mrs. Williams in the porch room every even ing. She took kindly to mo from the first, because I exerted myself to learn housekeeping, which my mother said was the principal thing for a young woman expecting to havB a home of her own, and still more because I kept quiet and sober, and had no looks of levity. Nothing of that kind would have been allowed at the Golden Sheaf, inn though it was, the house being kept with the trreatest propriety. There were no jokes, and very little gossiping, plenty of work, for almost everything was made at home, and a great deal of coming and going. Our quietest time was about the middle of November, just beforo the winter fairly begun. Then Mrs. Will iams got her cattle killed, and her meat salted, and most of the servants wero bmy about tho work in tho yard and buttery. Quo close, cloudy day, such as come so often at the Martinmas time, I was sitting in the best kitchen, close by the window, doing some needlewoik, and Mrs. Williams was in her own room, settling the accounts, for it was in the afternoon. The sound of a horse's hoofs upon the road made me look out, and there was a gentleman handsomely mounted, with a servant after him, as gentlemen did in those days. They looked as if they hid traveled far, and were coming to rest at tho inn. When the gentleman alighted, I saw ho was tall and handsome, somewhere about 35, and had a jovial, good-natured look, like one who was well pleased with himself and everything about him. He walked in not at all strange-like, and asked me iu the most civil and courteous manner if Mrs. Williams lived here, and if he and his servant could have dinner. The first question was in a low tone, the second in a louder key ; and before I could aiixswcr it, Mrs. Williams came down. Judging from her look, ho was quite a new-comer. I thought the gentleman glanced curiously at her at first, and then, seemingly satisfied that all was right, repeated his question about tho dinner, saying that he was a stranger in that part of the country, but that he had heard so much of the Golden Sheaf that he wished to stop and dine at tho house. 1 never saw Mrs. Williams receive any gentleman with more respect and cere mony. She courtesied him into the best parlor, called her hostlers to help his servant with the horses, took his orders for his dinner, and set about cooking it herself, for the cook was hard at work in the buttery. My first notion was that she had discovered him to be some great person traveling in disguise, and I half txpectod to be told of it. Mrs. Williams used to talk to me a good deal when we were alone in quiet afternoons; but now she went on cooking and making things without sayiug a word, and there was a queer, fixed look in her face, which I could not understand, but it kept me from talking. I laid down my work and roso to make the eel soup ; it was one of those things for which the house was famous a Cornwall dish, I believe and 1 had been trusted with the making of it of late, to my great exultation, but now she stopped me. "NoMary; finish your sewing; thoso linens will be wanted. I'll make the boun myself." 1 sewed away, wondering who tho gentleman could be, and what had got over Mrs. Williams, till, happening to look up, I missed her out of the kitchen. She had gone up to her own room, but she camo oack in a minute with a paper in her hand which she shook into the soup, tmd then threw it into tho fire. "Tlat's tho red pepper; it will do now," said she, taking up a spoonful, and making believe to taste, but eho did not. I stitched on for a minute or two, though my blood was running cold, and the boiling of the soup in the large, quiet kitchen sounds through my head even now. Mrs. Williamu was standing at the window with her back to me. l never knew what made me do it ; and, without a word or thought but that it must bo done, I ran to the fire, gave the saucepan a poke, and sent tho soup a blazing up the chimney. As it fizzled up, the thought of her anger came over me ; I knew ndt what I did ; but, utter ing a wild cry of fear, I rushed to the nearest door, and it was the best parlor. The next thing I remember is crouching behind the gentleman who had started up and stood in the door, as Mrs. Williams camo forward with two knives, which had been lying on the window sill, in her hand. " Pooh I never mind the spilling of the soup," said he, understanding at onco what I had done, which, indeed, was easily seen. 4 'You would not bo angry with the child for that; she could not help it, I dare say. I can dine with out it. You don't know me, Mrs. Will iams," he continnod, coming a step nearer where she stood, still looking at me with a deadly glitter in her eyes. Don't I ?" said she, I think she was trying which one of the knives was the sharpest. "Well," said tho gentleman, "you may know me to be Edward Winstauely, but you don't know that I marriodyour daughter, and brought her home a lady. I never meant to act the villain with her. We were privately married, but while the old gentleman lived it had to be kept secret, and we knew you would not keep it. This is why I come to-day to surprise you; but jou will come to Winstancly Park to give us your bless ing. Ycu are not goirjg to faint She had staggered back against tho wall, her white lips set, and her eyos growing glassy. Ho and I, and half a dozen of the servants whom my scream brought in, eho pushed away, and with a desperate effort, darted up-stairs, and we hoard her lock herself in her own room. Tho whole house was terribly frightened. What Mr. Wmstanely thought, I do not know, but he asked mo no questions, and never seemed to sus pect anything about the spilled soup. We all went about our business, for work never slacked iu that house on any account, and the evening's coach was expected. Just beforo it came, Mrs. Williams' bell rang, and the house-maic1 said she wanted me. When I came into tho room she was netting at the desk looking like herself again, but her face was still white, and she had her long, knitted pur3o, full of guineas, in her hand. " Mary," said she, "you ore a good girl take this and go home I'll take care that you get no blame." "I want no money, madam," said I, " but IU go home, if you will let me, and never say a word, except to my father and mother." She held out the purse once more, and then pointed to the door, but could' say nothing ; it must have been a hard pull for her preud spirit. I got out of the room as quick as I could, throw on my hat and cloak, and got into the coach as soon as it camo up, leaving trunk and all behind me. My father and mother were mightily surprised when it set me down at their door in Chitford just as the clock struck 12. They wero still moro astonished when I told them what had brought mo home. My father first called me a brave, good girl, and then advised mo not to bo proud about it, because it was tho work of Providence, and we were bound on all hands to keep such a story quiet about Farmer Dickson's relation. The story was kept between me and them ; but my home-coming got wind, and Farmer Dickson came in a great hurry to know why Mary had loft her good situation. My mother would not have reflections cast on her child, so she 1 old him in the parlor, and what she sa lid don't know, because the door was fast shut ; but' he came out rubbing his hands and clapped me on the back, say ing : " Yon are a fine girl, Mary, and if Harry don't finish that business, I'll make you to bo Mrs. Dickeon myself." I think I have not much more to tell. Harry did finish tho business. There were some people in our village that never got over the wonder of it ; but I am proud to say the Dickson family did not lose by me, for, ten years after, Mrs. Williams died in her inn, and left the property in equal shares betwean me and ner daughter, Lady Winstanely. She had never gone to the park but onco, and then she would neither eat, drink, nor sleep in the house, but saw her daughter and her grandson, now heir to the estate, and then went straight back to the Golden Sheaf. She never took another girl to stay with her, and what she said about my leaving I never heard. The maids had a story among tbem, and they always stuck bo it that I went on account of something that came down the chimney and frightened Mrs. Williams out of her senses. They said ono thing that I am inclined to think might be true that she never liked to make eel soup after, nor cared to look at red pepper. Comparisons are Odious. Tho parties in Washington who have been trying to abolish the Presidency, sent to English Minister Thornton, among others, to get his views as to the proper form of government to substitute for the present. Sir Edward replied as follows: " In reply to your letter of yes torday, I must express my regret that it is out of my power to give you tho details for which you ask. It must in deed be supposed that my duties here are very light if I could find time to writo what would require so much thought and labor as to the relative merits of the Government of the United States and Great Britain. The qujtion reminds me of the phrase which 1 had to copy so often when a boy, that Com parisons are odious and it would ill become her majesty's Minister to enter upon the discussion of a question which might lead to such a comparison." Something New in Surgery. Dr. Holmes, of Helena, Mon., recent ly removed a tumor from tho left side of Mr. 1). F. Herri n of the sizo of an ordi nary apple. While the operation was being performed, Mr. Hcrrin was read ing the news in a daily paper and was not aware that the knife was being used until tho tumor was placed on the table before him. The method of destroying sensibility was this : The doctor took a ball of snow, added to it a teaspoouf ul of tablo-salt, and applied this freezing mixture to the tumor until the surface was white. Whon the knife was used the tumor was insensible. Tiik Japanese say that we are reversed. They call our penmanship "crab-writing, because they say "it goes, back ward." In a Japanese stable we find tho horse's flank where we look for his head. J apaneso screws screw the wrong way. Their f locks thrust to the loft, ours to tho right. A Caucasian, to in jure his enemy, kills him ; a Japanese kills himself to spite his foe. Which race is right? Princess Louise is said to havo de signed the Arctic modal. COLE YOUNUEIU I'm. in ting Tullt la the Mluuesota State Pris on Th Transgressor' ttoad. This is the home of the Younger brothers. Naturally the Northfield trio were the muoh sought after of the con victs yesterday. I brought up the rear of the first party to arrive, and Bob, looking up from his work, caught my eye, and with a pleasant twinkle in his own, nodded recognition, and, when I had advanced, extendod his hand and asked how I had been. He seemed as indifferent as ever as he continued his work of piling up pails, remarking, " This is good exercise, you see," and smiled. " You look fat and well," I remarked; and ho does, very much so. "Yes. I've been sick; but we have plenty to eat, and are as well treated as could be expected." His arm' is still stiff, and always will be. Colo has entirely recovered from his wounds, and even his left eye, the nerves of which were paralyzed by tho passage of tho ball which is lodged be neath the right eye, does not trouble him. He finds hia "sublime life" in revolving pails upon a sort of spindle, and applying tho first coat of white paint by a rapid process. Jim, who conversed but little yesterday, revolves a machine by which tho pails are grained, while, after tho bands have been painted brown by another mechanical process, at which a red -headed convict assists, Bob pile tho pails up in regular tiers. They occupy the first throo cells on the lower tier at tho right of the main en trance, and all lock as though they were stall-fed fat enough to kill. Sheriff Barton was o tho party yesterday, and the prisoners seemed right glad to see their big-hearted guardian when first captured. The Captain wears a heavy gold chain, a present from Miss Henri etta Younger, received not long since. It was formerly the property of Col. Younger, tho father of tho boys, and is a token now of tho kindness on his part to both sons and daughter. " Cole seems more depressed than when I last talked to him, just beforo sentence was pronounced at 1 aribault. He ap predates that ho is to a great extent the cause of the punishment that is inflicted upon his brothers, since he led them into a course of unparalleled crime. Minneapolis Tribune. The Peruvian Way of Electing a Presi dent. Minister Richard Glbbs' Letter to Secretary Tlsh. I have the honor to inform you that the election for President of the Kepub lio commenced on Sunday, the 17th of October, and, by law, snpposed to con tinue for eight days, is virtually over, Gen. Mariano Ignacio Prado being the successful candidate. lit is difficult to understand tho politics of the country, except by a long residencs ; thcro does not appear to be any particular princi ples at stake, nor, as in our country, party platform, but merely personal ambition. The two candidates were Gen. Mariano Ignacio Prado, who had tilled the Presidential chair previously during the years 18C6-'67, being placed in power by a revolution in December, 1865, and ousted by another in January, 1868, and Boar Admiral Lizardo Mon tero. Mr. Prado is supposed to havo been sustained by the party in power to-day, Roar Admiral Lizardo Montero being tho candidate of the opposition. From what I could observe during my short residence here since my brrival, I should judge that the adherents of Prado were more numerous iu the higher classes, and composed of the more re spectable part of the population. To an American citizen, tho elections are decided more by force than by suffrage. The tables or polling-booths are placed in open spaces or squares, one in each Earish, and tho party who takes tho ooth and holds it i3 the successful ono. It is well known that both parties had been arming for some timo past ; con flicts liad been numerous and frequent between the clubs of the rival candi dates, causing bloodshed and death. As the day of the taking of the booths approached, fears were en tertained of a bloody strife, and great alarm existed among all classes. On the afternoon of the 16th, all stores wero closed, and the streets nearly de sorted, the various clubs were formed, armed, and placed in bmldings near the polling tables, to begin the strife during the night, so as to havo them by day light. About midnight firing could bo heard in various parts of the city, which lasted until about 6 in the morning, ex cept in the parish of Santa Ana, whore tho contest lasted until 10 a. m. ; the ad herents of Prado had taken all the polling-tables, and by this act ho was declared the successful candidate. By telegrams from various parts of the Republic up to this date, it appears that the same result was attained in the great majority of provinces heard from. In Lima the number of deaths officially given is twenty-five, and wounded some sixty or more. The military and police arrangements of tho Government to preserve order wero most admirably ! A- II t 1 11 carrieu out ; 11 ruey naa not oeen, tne loss of life would have been immense, and the strife would havo lasted many days. All establishments, banks, hotels and stores wero closed ; great parts of the inhabitants were in their houses with closed doors, and the city had the appearance of a place afflicted and abandoned during two days, the 17th and 18th. Yesterday all was coiner on as usual. No attacks on persons or persons cr property havo taken place ; tho bloodshed was only between the po litical ciuds 01 eitiier candidate. The Sasracitv of Wild (icc&e. Tho large flocks of wild geese which are constantly passing over the town are frequently shot at, but they generally xjjt ui iw uigu nu auuuue 10 do reacneu by the leaden missiles. Sometimes, howoyer, the shots take effect The other day we were watching a flock fly ing southward, when the report of a gun was heard and we observed odo of tho geese begin to fall slowly. The others, perceiving that their comrade was wounded, uttered shrill cries of dis tress, and about a dozen of them flew under the wounded bird, huddling to gether so that their backs formed a sort of a bed upon which the wounded one rested. They buoyed it up for some time, the others meanwhile looking on and manifesting their concern by utter ing loud, discordant shrieks. Finding that their companion was unable to ac company them longer in their flight, they abandoned him to his fate, and he fell to the earth and into the arms of an expectant Chinaman. Anaheim (Cat,) Gatette. IMPRISONED IN A CLOSET, Sufferings of an Old Lady In New Ilainp. ahlre fier Harrow Escape from Death. . The Bobton Journal contains the fol lowing in referonce to tho accidental imprisonment of an elderly lady in a clopet in her house in the town of Hill, N. H., on Saturday, which was briefly referred to in our telegrams: "About -L o'clock in tho afternoon, as a resident of the town was driving home from his work, through a sparsely-settled dis trict, and passing the house of one of his neighbors, he thought he heard a sound like a groan issuing from it. Ap prehensive that something was wrong, lie made his way through the snow to tho house and gained on entrance. The rooms were very cold, and there were no signs that any one had been about since morning. In a moment he heard a faint moan, apparently coming from, a dark closet near the front door. He un fastened tho door of this and beheld on the floor tho inanimate form of Mr?. Salom P. Sanborn, an elderly lady of feeble health. The limbs of tho woman were stiff with cold, and she was unable to articulate distinctly. He carried her into the sitting-room and built a fire, and then summoned the nearest' neigh bor. A physician was also called, and the other members of the family sent for. Af ter being restored to conscious ness in tho eviing, Mrs. Sanborn re lated the story of her terrible sufferings during the day. She had been left alone in tho morning, the head of the family being at hisf work, and at her re quest the wife going away to attend a sick neighbor. Soon after she was seized with a fainting spell, and tried to walk ts tho door to get fresh air, but in her weakness and confusion acci dentally opened the closet door, which suddenly closed, with a strong spring lock upon the outside, and she, unable to help herself, fell to the floor. This was the only part of her experience which she remembers. She had recol lections, however, of a partial realiza tion of her condition. She could hear teams passing at intervals, and she would try to make herself heard,- but in her weakness she was unable to arouse any one. She heard the clock strike hourly until noon, when, convinced that she could not survivo until the family returned, she gave up aU hope, and, unable to make any further effort for relief, awaited death in her dark prison. She said she dreamed of attempting to cut holes through tho door near the lock. An examination proved that the poor woman had, in her delirium, found a knife and cut two holes through the door, as she had related, but tho open ing did not enable her to push back th bolt. Her story and the discoveries made showed that the sufferings of the woman during the nine hours she was imprisoned must have been terrible. Her frozen limbs testified to the cold which fcho had endured, while the wounds upon her hands showed how she had struggled. Notwithstanding her age and feeble health, there is a possibility that she may recover." Scarlet Fever. The Boston Board of Health has is sued a circular prescribing certain pre cautions for the prevention of tho spread of scarlet fever, from which we make the appended extract : "Bcsxlct fovfcr is liko emall-pcx in its power to spread readily frciu person to peraon. It is highly contagious. The duseawo show3 its first signs iu about oue week after cxpoeure, art a general rule, and peraona who eecape the ill Liens during a fortnight after exposure aiaj feel theaittelvea safe from attack, beaxlet fever, scarlatina, cauker raab, aud rawh fever are lmmw of ono and the same dangerous dis ease. When a case of scarlet fever occurs in any f&iuily, tho sick person should be placed in a room apart from the other inmates of the house, and should be nursed aa far as possible by one person only. Tho sick chambtr should be well warmed, exposed to sunlight and well aired. Its furniture should be such as will permit of cleansing without Injury, and all ex tra articles, such as window drapery and woolen carpets, should be removed from the room during BiCkutud, Tne family should not mailo with othtr people. Visitois to an infected house bhould be warned of the presence of a dangerous disease therein, and ouudren, espe cially, Bhould not be iidniitud. On recovery the sick person bhould not miugle with the well until the rounuess of the f kin, due to disease, shall have disappeared. A mouth is considered an averaie period duniiic which isolation is needed. Tuo clothing, before being worn or uied by the patient or the nurse ehoull be cleansed by boning for at least ono hour, or, if that cannot bo done, by free and prolouged exposure to outdoor air and tun jight. The walls of the room should be dry rubbed, and tho cloths nsed for the purpose t-hould be burned without previous nuaking. Ine coiliDg should be scraped aud whitened ; the floor shouid be washed with soap and water, aid carbolic acid may be added to the water one pint to three or four gallons. Hunting the King of Beasts. The favorite plan adopted by lion hunters in Algiers for luring their prey is to select a favorable plot of level ground below a commanding eminence, where tuo Hunters, armed witn rines, conceal themselves. A stake is driven into the center of the plot, to which a kid is tethered. It is about 2 in the morning, and the moon f nil and bright. About twenty minutes' dalay, and the heavy silence of the place is broken by an ominous sound in tho distance. It is not quite a howl, but a greatly magni fied imitation of that long wailing cry of t l - 41. .! i : a lonesome cut iu tuo utnu iujuu Then the moon reveals a dark object among the heavy grasses and shrubbery, and then tho form of the king of beasts, whipping his haunches with his tufty tiuj, and leisurely following tho 'scent. The piteous bleating of the doomed kid accelerates his pace, and when within a few feet of his victim he crouches down to gloat over the prospective meal. He advances, and with a stroke of his paw nearly dispatches the kid. Almost dead, it attempts to crawl away. Then the lion's feline instincts are apparent. He plays with the dying kid as a cat does with a half-dead mouse. While he is thus engaged the hunters take steady aim At noinfc near one of the fore shoul ders or behind his car. He sends up a terriflo yell, and rolls over dead. Tttib Mamma de Castellane was caught in the act of cheating at cards,in one of the Paris clubs, and has been obliged to resign his seat in the Cham ber of Deputies. His name has also been stricken from the roll of two of the clubs. TIIK LOKIVM l'KAYKK. Our Father liy right of creation, by bouitUf ul provision, by gracious adoption . Who art in hertn Tha throes of Thy glory, 1 Ths portion of Tliy children, Tb tempi oi Thy aug-el II allowed be Thy name liy tbe thoughts of our hearts, lly the words of our Hps, By the works of our bands Thy kiaffdoiu ocme Of PrTlJenoe to defend ua Of grace to refine us, Of glory to crown us Thy will be done on earth as It la in heaven Towards ua without renUtance, My ua without compulsion. Universally without exoeptlon, Eternally without declension . Give us this day our dally bread Of necesHity for our bod lei, Of eternal life for our souls And forgive us our trespasses Against the comniauris of Thy law, Against the grace of Thy gospel As we forgive those that trespass against us Hy defaming our characters, liy embezzling our property, lly abusing our person And lead us not into temptation, but deliver u, from evil Of overwhelming afflictions, Of worldly enticements, Of Satan's devices, Of error's seduction. Of sinful affections For thine Is the kingdom, the power and the glor forever Thy kingdom governs all, Thy power subdues all, Thy glory is above ail. Amen. Aa It la in Thy purj,OBt Ho It is In Thy promises, Ho be it In our prayers, So it shall be to Thy praise. rThis paraphrase is credited O M. Pierre nard. Wit and Humor. A Kentucky dealer has over a millio n dollars in whisky. ' There's reel estat e for you. The statue in butter of the Dreaming Iolantho is said to bo in the purest Gre cian style. Of late years moro interest is taken in a collego scull contest than in a college skull contest. "Not lost, but gone before 1" ex claimed tho man when his hot blows off and ahead of him. A latb book is entitled " Half Hours With Insects." What a lively half hour one can havo with a bee. Adam and Eve, we suppose, were the first to start "turning over new leaves." They did it to keep up with tho fash ions. Distant Relations People who im agine they have a claim to rob you if 1 11 Tt you are ricu, ana 10 msun you 11 you are poor. A It is rather unkind to present a maid en lady with a copy of " Paradise Lost." The title is too suggestive now that loap year has glided away. TnE joys of this world are indeed fleet ing, but when a lot of boiled molasses gets into a girl's hair at a candy-pulling it may stick for weeks. A NABHVTLiiB man answered a Chicago advertisement "How to win at poker," and received for his $2 the following, " Hold four aces or don't poke." Talmage was opposed to shoveling snow on Sunday until one Sabbat morn he took a slide of seventeen feet and landed on the back of his head. Sharp-shooting : What Is the reason that neither was hurt, After the duel was done? Because each stood In the safest place That is, before the gun. In his sermon to journalists, Talmage claimed to be of the guild. " Good Heavens!" exclaimed the super, when he heard of Edwin Forrest's death, "Another of us gone I" TnE Grand Duke Alexis wants this country to treat him the same as a pri vate citizen. After being allowed to stand up in a street-car a few times he will discover his mistake. We only heard one man "swear off" on New Year's day. He was going down the street, and suddenly sat down on his spine on the cold side of the pave ment. Then he swore off and oa for about fivo minutes. "Take something f " inquired a stran ger of the crowd in a saloon, one day last week. " Don't-mind.fi-do," cried the gang in chorus, springing to their feet and advancing. " Well, then," exclaimed the stranger, breaking for the door, "take a walk I" They took it. "You are a bad, wicked man," said the poor fellow, as ho lay on the icy pidewalk to his friend who had escaped the fall. "Wickedhow?" asked the friend. " Because," replied the other, as he prepared to crawl to his feet, "the Biblo says the wicked stand on slippery places. You Btood therefore you are wicked." i GOOD OUT OF EVIIi. An orange, rich and ripe. He gave to me one day ; An orange big and round I scarce kaew what to say, I pondered deep aud long ; At last did thought divulge The reason why he gave ft made hi pocket bulge. HArrv that man whose steadfast roof has ne'er begun to leak, who has no Brussels carpets spoiled by the weather's latest freak. For if he has his household goods all, wringing so to speak 'tis scarcely possible he can act with pa tience and be meek. Though yet if the roof was liko a sieve whether flat roof or oblique, the landlord will come around for rent with most unda anted cheek. An Oft-Told Tale. A young gent of this city visited his girl the other evening, and, as luck would have it, they man god to secure the parlor to themselves her father be ing in another room. Suddenly the old gent heard the loud exclamation : "Dear George, how cold your nose is I" and immediately he began to inspect the premises. He discovered the lovers seated on the extreme ends of the sofa, and wouldn't have suspected anything but for the powder that was on the shoul der of the youth. As it was the latter left without his hat, and feels rather sore about the affair. Daily Bluff City, breads Competition. English manufacturers look with lit tle coidiality on the French Exhibition of 1878. The London papers say "the world is tired of exhibitions." The fact is, they dread another competition with American manufacturers in the presence of the world. Their defeat at Phila delphia is well understood in Europe, ana is hurting their foreign trade, and another such at Paris in 1878 would be. likely to prove a serious blow to British industries. V