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M All In ih. I., .,,,,,, (,,,, a dreamy quiet a (Ire lit room, Twu cuj>b of coffeo wlione rich perfume "* t'Vur uur senwi* while fauoy fiiee iai! IDIOM and Kasteru skies ; vy languor, a full tonteut, lorn uf rokeauu' Tiulet bleat lib islnt puictiuuli autl uew mown hay, UUH y .witt uf uuatlowi gay. a betrbkin run I lie at ease it luiru to woudrous barmoDtea As they aultly drift, with charui uutold, Throuxb the velvet |>urcii>re'< iweepiug told. Tn luutic's paMion is rich aud strange ; Witb iM every toue uiy feelingi enautte ; It holds lue captive, I'm swa>edat will tij the muter nobtlu grace aud skill. My nee are raised with movement* low Tu, where, ou a uluiub'rous divan low, 1 eve > uu stretched so near th place Thai your eoft breath fatis my eager (ace. The flrelixht gleams on your (liken hair Ai*i kinsiM the brow M> parsing fair, While I look OD with jealous glance A* o'er your cheek the bhadowi dance. 1 err ID vaiu to study your mimi. To read the thuunhu wbicb lie behind Tbcwe deep gray orbs, to futbouj tbe soul, And nod the power which holdsooutrol Of my every euose, my every aim. Which binds me a slave witb uuaaked claim. And makes we follow where'er you lead ; Tour life the all which niy hfvdotb need. Bat the eyes no sign will e'er coo fees, And tbe lips will tell me even lese . but when they quiver, aud break, and cry, My uwu r>i>oud with au anvweriutf sigli; Ob, why nhuuld we hold our lives apart '.' 1 eauuut cry down uiy hungry bear t, Belter defy the harsh world's decree) And shape a uew path fur you and me. Tbe music's dying , Its charm yet thrllli ; My Boul with a yearning luteuse it fills. I creep still nearer, slave at a throne. Till uiy baude touch tboae 1 loog to own. A liogeriug murmur, a hauuliog strain, Winch fader, bunti forth, and laUea again ; Tbe wall! is over, ite last note dies, bel safe uu my breast your dear LiaJ lies. i CHIISTUS MfKHIH. The Cbristmaa tree had done iti work or ralher tbe Chrittmaa party htd done thairt with the tree, and now tbe little ones, alter having been regaled with all tbe varieties ol fairy talta that Audenon or Grimm oould have dressed up (or tbetu, had beau erCjrted eaeb to their separate ooki (or real, ana the elder* were left alone. " Too early to retire yet," oried pater- /esaUuu. " And too late to ait up muob longer," rejoined the half sleepy mother. " Well, than, one more story from nnole. Uncle M jui-t oome (rom Europe), and muat have low o( stories to tell," oried one. "Oh, yea, nude's story uow; uncle's to*) " j "About ghosts, eh ?" said Uuole Jabez. " Ob, no, guoste are so awful at tun late boar." A love story, thai. '.'" " Too fit umor." A deteouvo'a. Uow would a detective story du?" " Commoner than common. No, uuole 1 juat a legend, plaaim. A legend about a cejslle, aud > deiuou, or somolblun of tbe Kniue lauu aoit. Something in tbe Rat- catcher ul Hauiellu'a lyle. ' Here guv*, tben ! I'll i(ive you t story aa told to tue, in tue very wurua ol JaouOo Homebody, uiy owu Aipiua guide. lie ooiuiuenued Uius oaiiiug uia atory, by -tbe- bye-" 1 U.IEM. ra M TUB IWIrH HOCXTilNU. Yes, ladies and geulieueii, tots is tbe ipoi. Yonder /ou see tbe little mu. Uu my word aa a man aud a guide tbe beat guide ou the mountain -il w all true- LiBieu, then. Uua day a traveller, band some, young, riou aud gy a man wbo oould afford to spend all suoimer travelling amoug the Alps stopped al a little taveru tbat huug like a bird's nest upon tbe moun- tain*, aud oalltd lor a bottle of wine and ome bread. It was served him by a girl to wonder folly beautiful that be oould do nothing but tare at ber. Ul course the traveller, being a youug bachelor, al ouoe (ell bead over ears iu love , aud though bbe girl was a>f ter all ouly a peasant, be rexolved to marry ber if be ouuld. Therefore, luntoad ol goiuK on a* he bad intended, be asked (or a room, and having beeu offered the choice ol half a doaeu empty ouet, selected the one tbal bad a tine view ul tbe cow-yard, where the beauty waa likely to be seen sometimes, inetead of tbe oue from wuioh there wan the laotl delightful pruapeot of tbe moun- tains, whither the beauty probably uever wandered. Well, tbia young American win! to bii room, aud aat looking out aud bad the uleaiure o( her oowe , and of bii window, _ tbigirl milk but wbile be waa admiring her to himaelf about bir, ha was suddenly startled by a box upon tba ear, and tnruing luriuusly about aa wbo would not? found to bin aiuaMmeut that tbern waa no one tbere. Bo the American at length decided that wbat he had (all waa tbe wing of tome bird or meeot tbat bad uowu by biui uuawarti, aud laughing al biuaaelf , turned to tbe win- dow agaiu. lu a moment more tome oue boxed nis other ear ; aud thin time bo felt tbe live nugert ou biaoheek, and mill nobody to be found biding. Tbia waa too much to bear. lie left bin room aud went downstairf, and unoe the girl yas tbere, (ell to obatting witb her, and the more he chatted tbe more in(atuated he grew, until at laat he actually whispered some words of admiration in her ear, and took her little augers iu nil, when wbuk I earns the box upon his ear. " Who ia that 7" be cried furiously, (or shit blow waa a smart one. " Did you tee auy oue ? I bave been etruck. It ia the tbird niue. Wbat harle i IB playing his triaks upon mi ?" ' Oh, tir," she oried, " for the love of Heaveu aak no qneeliout only leave thu place, and do not apeak to me again. I cannot tell you tbe truth, bat I know that you will be sorry il you stay ban. Don't waste au heur. Go go " ' And why ?" aaid ha. " Because yon will be in danger if you nay,' aha answered. " You may even be killed." " No, my beauty," ba laid. " I oould not go uow, even if there were danger in ttaty iug. And wbat danger oan there be 1 Tell us what you meau." HIM answer wai a scream, and at tbtt moment he received (rom tome unaeeu fill a terrible blow whioh proatrated him to tbe ear tli. Than the rushed away ; and turning, tbe yoong America! taw the innkeeper. Hi was agrave man, well ttriokeu in > ears, and be bowed low to bia youug guesl. Bir, " ba aaid, " you teem troubled. Can 1 aid. you in any way ?" Too can," laid the youth. txplaiu a myttery to me. Tbrioe tinoe 1 eutered your iuu I bavo received a blow (rom au ULIMU baud. Your daughter teua me that you oan explain tbe itrauge occur- rence to me ; and lella me that I am 13 danger here." Tue luuketper looked gravely at bii gueit, atroked bis long, white beard (or a moment, aud then replied by a ques- tion : You bave been (ailing iu love with my daughter 7" Tbe young man blushed. " It I bad, does that ex, lain thin thing "' " Yea," said the innkeeper. " It waa Jacqueline's lover who struck you. Ue uever atrikea any one of whom he it uol jealous ; oousfjuently, I know he ia jealous of yon." " Tben show me where I may find him," laid tbe American, " and we will tee who oan bit the hardest." " Bir," he laid, " my daughter'a lover it a demon, and all you can do ia to dee from bim. I will tell yon Ibe atory. My daugb ter, aa you know, ia wonderfully beautiful, and from her obildbood the has always told ua of a terrible black man who met bir ou tbe mountains and made love to bir. lie asked ber to be bis wife, and wben ahe said tbat sbe would rather die he wore that she ahould ut ver have a lover, and revealed to ber tbe fact that he waa a demon. Since tben, whenever auy one baa loved my girl and almoat every youug man wbo tees bt>r doea fail in luva with bir, air al I aaid, whenever tbia happens, unseen blowt fall upon him. If be u alone ou tbe mountains, be ia led into daugerout plaoea, and avalauobea aud frozen water- ipoutei overtake bim. Several bave been done to death, and now tbe yonng men ol tbe village turn their beads tbe other way wben tbey tee my Jacqueline. " Tbey call ber tbe demon's true love,' and ouly strangan wbo know nothing ol tbe etory try to win ber smiles. " Poor girl I it is bard for her. Bui there ii uo belp (or it. Wben I am dead sbe will K<J into a convent. Tbe demon dare not oome tbere ; boaidei, be will no longer be jtluu>, since uun have po lovers. Aa (or you, air, all that yon oan do is to go away an f a*t as you oan Irom tbu unhappy mn tud forgit my poor little Jacqueline (or iver." And what, gentlemen and ladiee, asked tbe guide, poaiug bimeelt picturesquely with ontipread bauds what think you your young American said tben ? Eh Ferbapt you guaea. No t Wall, I will Ml you. He doubled bit rigbt nil tight and brought il down in the palm of bia left band, and aaid ob, be WM a true Ameri oan, thii young man I'm darned I " be Mid, " if I'll give up the girl I love for a demon ! " And tben wbisk aame another thump on his obest. Bbow yourself like a man," cried tbis youug American, " and we'll fight it out." Done," cried a hollow voice in the air. " Meet me al tbe long chasm at 1' to-nigLt, aid you shall uol only feel but tee me." Done ! " oriad tbe American. Nuw tbe long chasm was a terrible spot far up tbe mountain ; aud the innkeeper turned siok with horror wben be heard tbe promiae. It is aa tbougb you went to the grave,' be aaid. " You will uot live to oome back." But all tbe American would say waa tbia: If one Yankee ian't a match for ten Italian divila. I'm a gump." In vsin the fatber ewore, tbe daugntei wept, tbe mother wrung her bauds, tbe lervaula went into hysteric*, tbe American vowed to conquer Ibe demon that uight and aiked aa bii reward the band o Jacqueline. " 1 promiae," aaid the fatber , " but it ia protuiae made to ooe already dead." Alone, at tbe dead of night, tbe yonn American ascended tbe mountain. lie tool uotbiugv.itb him but bit tints. No om eveu offered to go with him. Hebas goue to matt bia fate," tbe; said ; aud tears bedewed tbe girl'e cheek at tbouKh sbe etood beside a dying bed. " We will never aee him more," aha wailed, " never, ntver '." Aa she spoke, tbey aaw bim in the moon ligbt turn, wave bia baud toward them and vanish in tbe winding mountain road No one slept iu tbe mu that nigbl, but a dawn juilaa tbe oowa began to cluster a tbe gale, there wn heard, faint and clear and far away through tbe pure mountain air, tbe sound of t whittle. It oame nearer. They beard tbe tune. It waa " Yankee Doodle." Ouly Americana whistle " Yankee Doodle." " It it tbe American, " cried Ji-cijui line. And tiu'y tnougb tbere he waa bnk and freah us ever, etridiug toward them. Tben tbe old demon d.d uot meet yon 7" eried tbe father. I rather reckon he did, old gentleman," laid tbe American. " And you eeoaped bim ? " oried Jacqueline. Majame I" oried tbe American/ (fended. Tben be panned aud smiled. " II waa evident to me Irom tbe flmt," be said, " that tbat demon had not toieutitn training. I don't know wbat bs think* of me ; (or after I bad polished him off, I took him by tbe nape ol tbe ueek and dropped him down tbe cbatm, aa il he bad bean a kitten, and he hadn't time to mike any remark. And now I have kepi my part ol the bargain, and I'm aura yon will keep yours." She did ; aud the American took a wife back to b K wonderful country wben be went away. And an oni baa ever aean tbe demon lie oe ; and tbere it no doubt tbat he liei al the bottom ol the obaira which, from tbat hour, bat been called the Demon 'e Fall. In California there are 9,956 people engaged in vineyard culture. Ol the-*-. 424 are in Los Angelas, 316 in Nupa, 988 in Sonoma, 964 in Fresno, 287 in Ban Bernar- dino, and leaannubera divided amoug tbe other counties. The Spanish newapapers nay tbat Don Oarlot bat Buffered for mime yeM with a disease ol the throat, and tbal LU ayinp- tomi lately became to alarmitg tbat a consultation of physicians waa held. The doctors informed the prinoe that, in order to preserve his life, it would be necessary for him to upend the winter in a warmer climate. Don Carloa ban therefore arranged to live in Bombay during tbe next three i i HII t < t- Of n K t > H i x. <- 1-... i b. i-- .u. k I lac I .. u . Cat). The euitom of touching glataet prior to Inuking healiht ii oomuon iu Luglaud aud other oouutricfc, aud vnpkciall> in ( r many, aayt tbe Londou 1, revert' (Jiuirdian. I it onrioun to trace bow thu outioui bat revailed, aud mil exula, even among savage tribet. To driuk out of the aame oup and to eat off Ike > aoie plate waa oue )( the wayt in which tue aooieuta cele- brated a marriage, aud tbe wedding leant continue* to be not tbe leaal important ol ba marriage oeremouiea to the preaanl day. Tbe Indians cf Brazil retain a out- torn of drinking together a little brandy, aa i aigu that tbe marriage U concluded. In Cblua similar customs are met witb. In the medieval bauqnata of Germany il waa ;he ouatom to paaa a loving cap " from land to baud, but this gradually ueoeasi- taled that tbe oup should be of enormous size, and tbut I mailer cupe or glaaaet were adopted, aud old outtoiu waa conformed to )y tbe driukera touching their giaeaee Mfore drinking. The ceremony attending he paasiug aud drinking out of tbe " loving oup," at practiced al our great city feetivals and at tome of our oolUge ualU, le laid to lave arisen (rom the anaaaaiuation ol Kiug Edward. Il wai then the custom ol the Anglo- iaioui to paea round a large cup from wbiob each gueat drank. Wbo tbut drank stood up, aud, aa ' Ulied up the oup with both haodt, hit bo'? waa expoaed without auy defence to B^A^W, aud the occasion waa odeu aaizod 1 /an enemy tj murder aim. To prevent Ta& the (ollowioK plan was adopted : Wbj L .|ona of tbe company tood up to drink k. squared the companion wbo tat next to' 'hiuu M be bu pledge that U, to be reaponaible for protecting tiim againtl anybody who i-hould attempt to take advantage of hit defeuoelet* potition This companion stood up alto, and raised bii drawn tword in Lu band ta defend the drinker while drinking. Tbit practice, in a aomiwbat altered (orm, con- tinued long after the condition of society bad oeated to require it, and waa the origin uf the modern practice ol pledging by driuking Iu drinkiug Irom the " loving oup " aa now practiced, eanh peraoo riaaa and take* tba cup in hit baud to drink, and, at tbe aame time, the person aaated next to him ritat alao, and when the latter takti the onp in bit turn the individual next to him doet the tame. I.I ' I . I I V . I , ! I - r %dlir \hl. I, nko.lIU k Id K.rdrd b. ll.u.< k.Urr*. About thu time, u tbe almanac would aay, look out for fires arieiug Irom defec- tive flues. A defective due it not nioe aarily detective from tbe atari ; it may be a good, Hubmtanlikl piece ol work wbeu II leavee tbe manon'a bandi ; but tba expau- tion aud contraction caused by our widely varying temperatures are apt to work the mortar looee in time aud even, in mauy oaaea, to throw bricks out of place, leaving wide opening! through which tparka may paei to partition latbt and framing Umber*, rbu it one rcaaou to regret the abolition ol the chimney eweep. Nuitauee aa be wae, be did detect the detective tpota in the ebimuey he traveraed, aud gave waruiog ol them iu time to have them repaired. Another cause ol fire Irom tbe flnea ia the oareleiie work of csrpeuteri in makiug rrpairn. Intlanoea are tometimee found iu which a flue leadir n from a lower ttory bat been out off and tlxired over, tbe dry pine board* being exposed to tbe lull force ol my lire that might be started in the grate >elow. Detective dues are apt to gtt in their deadliest work in tbe ooldett weather, wben tbe bouae tires are urged to then lotteel point. They thoold be watched at all timea, but every chimney should be examined at far at poaeibli before cold weather tell in. NOT HAVB IN I Ilk TATB*. aaaeUaa Otl.uli.r. flleiM flake Clewel I i.i n Urartu. Tba Montreal Star thai P*aki of a trans action in which a former llamilt^uian g)t luto a peck of troublee. Reference ia made to Mamie Oeddea, formerly a railway cflioial in Ihit city : " Mr. O. W. Palter- too, of tbe London Guarantee Company, bat jutl returned (rom Chicago, where he baa euoceaded in obtaining security Irom MaaaieGedda*. an abnoondingOrand Trunk outaide ticket agent, formerly at Urmia. Out., for tbe repayment of the whole amount of bie dtfioit, some 1500, together with the coett incurred in hie arreet. Geddei ' skipped out ' to tbe usual aaylnm (or such de(aultere, and bad eattlad in Chicago. Tbe Guarantee Company who were surely for bim, thinking that Ueddea' Mt-curity waa to a great extent fanciful, followed him up. Ou bit arrival in Chicago Mr. 1'aetenon baj CKHdea ate>aJ, but even that individual, lying on tbe supposed looeeueat of the law, bade tbe Guarantee Company dettai oe. He managed to net out on ball, aud tbe case wat proceeded with in tbe usual course, tbe raeult bung tbat lu a few dayi Judge Blodgetl, of the Cnited S-.atet Supreme Court in Cbicago, main taiued the action of tbe oompai.y aud gave judgment against Qeddee, at stated ; other wiaa ha would be obliged to remaiu iu jail until inch time at tbe Guarantee Comr, auy taw tit to release him. Tbu it a tbarp awakening to the diahonetlly inclined, wbo contemplate having a good lime in Uuole Ham'i country OL tba (ruitt o( dmaoneety.' 'month* and will afterward take up bia Yon can rM idenea in Hal; A physician of long prae'.ioe waa re minded that we oan judge ol a horse's yeara bv bis motion, and asked why some rule* oould not be laid down to a general way (or et, mating tbe a*e of a woman. Tba un- certainly ia not altogether due t j deceptive practices, according to bis replv, but to tba varying effect ot time in individuate. At a rule brunettes look older than bloudee of a oorreipoudiug tge. A* to [lumpneee and tbe leek of it. fit may be said to iuorei tbe apparent age of a girl under J."., and to leaeen it in a woman over thai ; and tbe reason it that tleodernea* it girlitb tt long aa it doea not produce wrinkle*, while rotundity keeps tbe ekiu taut aud smooth " In no gathering of women, tlrangers to >ou, could you gueaa tbe ages within five years on the average," he added, and in half the instance* you would be ten years out of tbe way. I know a woman of 85 with a sou of It!, and when teeu together tbey are oomraouly imatakeu for brother and litter. Popular ideas as to tbe ages tl actresses an extravagantly erroneous. oould name teveral whom I know to be tremendously outraged by overestimates,' Bottom Tintt. Nrm*. The death ii announced of Mr. Robert Buobanan, a popular lawyer of tbe Coc- naunht ciro nt. Mr. E O Burke, the oldiet magistrate in County Otiway died on the Srd al the agt of over 90>aan Alderman K J. Barland baa bean elected Mayor ot Bel'atl. lit it the bead ol the shipbuilding linn ol Uarland A Wolff. A rtoeat visitor to the Grande Char- treuse najH thai the liquortare not made in tbe monastery, but in a large clone edifice in the village. Four monki are regularly employed ID the manufacture. On New Year's Dty each monk receives a bottle ol liquor. At a recent lale of fane in Madrid one ol ivory, punted by Wattean, which formerly belonged to tbe L'riuoett Adelaide of Savoy, fetched 1750. A fan painted by Boucher itold (or t'.*">0; and another painted by Lobrnn for tbe Duobeai of Medina-Cell, brought 9450. Tbe I'uited 8tatm army haan'l been defeated by tbe Indians (or a whole year, aud tbe Secret* ty of War (eelt good overil. Kven the most gid oburoh members play eajdt (through the poet-cffioe) during tbe ChiBtmaa holiday seaton. BtMl faaulr full.. Candy pulliogt are a nuisance, but I tup- pose we mutt have them. I bave uow arrived at that age aud frame of mind that I auburn to auytniog. but this candy buaiueat it not all terens. Ooe of tbe girlt burned ber hand dreadfully and u stili carrying it in a baudtge. Tbe children get oai.dy all over the Uxiratd the tables aui bureau. It sticka to my stockings yet when I gel ready to go to bed. It melts aud tmoket on tbe hearth. Tbe dunes are all daubed and hard to clean up again. Toe door kuobt aud dipper handles are sticky aud tbey keep ttioky ailing at the candy lasts. Bui every pleasure has its draw back. After every dinner the diahes are to be waabed. Alter every remote the oed has to be made op. We ride and drive and then the horse baa to be put up and fad We dance to tweet music and have to pay the nddlar. We go on a picnic or an exoureion and come home tired and weary. Every pliature seems to be followed by pain or by trouble, juatat the night follow* the day. Uut still it it ngbl, lor il is nature. We live in OOL traits aud enjoy them. Suppose we do hunt all day and nod no game. Ilope u a good thing and il waa one of tbe quealioui we uted tr debate wben I waa a boy, " whether the pursuit or the post* union gave tbe most pleasure." I took tbe amirnauve one lime when I wai punning my sweetheart with love aud boi*aud devotion, and I argued my aide with earnest eloquence. But wneu 1 1 jet ber and auotber (allow got poeaeeaion 1 flapped over to the other side. />'i/J Arp, in Atlanta Coiutttution. A tUrra U|.< Ipllaarlaa. A regiment quartered al a certain town in Scotland bad amoug them an expert gymnaal, wbo taught hiabroibcrtubalterui bow to walk across tbe barrack-room ou their bands. While thus engaged tbe door opened and tbe colonel, a stern old dis- ciplinarian, entered tbe room and looked *4*auv*ly M tbe irvurtad company, tbook bit bead gravely, and departed without uttering a word. An order to be on parade next morning waa tbe least pnnisbmeu expected tor this breach of discipline Home dayt panaed, however, and no notice being taken II wae thought au apology auc an explanation tkould ba ottered by tbe prime instigator ol these uuaoldier-uke movements. A reference bring made to tba memorable night tbe colonel amsiic tbe intending apologia! by exclaiming " llusb, lieutenant. I would uol bave any body know il for tbe world. The fact it I had been dining out witb an old brother oflicar wbo bad strvcd witb me in India aud upon my life I bad no idea tbat wine oould bave bad tuob an tffcol upou ma but wben 1 came to see if yon were al right in your quarters I oould bave eworu tbat I saw yon all upside down." Tbe old colonel waa at ready as a diplomatist and kiodueea wat tbe consideration which caused bim to attribute to himself the " upside down." so nvnob. these Dutch 9umikhe of tbeir ornament i. !, ....... ul. 'I, IHI. iui Aiiracilai u. ui Every one has, of Course, heard of the leas, white oape cf the women, ui Meoe uses extending bark and upward! In an blique direction high above the JP.WU of be bead.eays tbe Atlantic J/uN.'/i'y. Others wear them cbte Siting with a Loal frill in he front. It m reldcm tbat jou aaeat a woman with a dirty cap, and ibeir gowni being generally ..I tlue or ^m* potion, and I a ttroug and Jurable washing material, beir whole aspect is bright and oaaanly. aud strongly in ouutrati with the aorry peetaolaa ol dirty female Unary ao Ire [uently to be met witb in ma itreeta of Condon or Ntw York. 1'Le pcor pleas of women, aud more especially the peaaMtry, are certainly fond of diiplajpDg some decree of ornament with their Head-dresses Kven tbu, however, il would be aMorreot to da- scribe aa finery, for il uot ot be brummagtiL den nj tion of which u England and A .rum we aee The 'jfLamanta whicb i wear, of bright to he across tbe top or the twisted spiral b side of their beada, are id ul ver, or even (old, and itb tbe result., of several from tba bulk ot portion- I:. tr- ie* made li thrift, Whilst ou tbe subject ol t.arrTsge portions 1 UQQit uol omil to met tion that in the nuuLtU of September iu each year tbt re u a (ate bald here called the Kirtuee, wbiob lasts, about three weeks, wben it ia cus- tomary (or tbe unmarried women of the poortr claaaee to attend tbia fair, and it it permiaible for every female tbat ie not bleated with a bean to exercise extra blai dibmente to attract a member of the o[ |. i.-ite rex to sbow ber round tbe fair, ba religiously calling each day to take bir to some (reeh sight, tbe fair being quite a large and varied gathering to enter- tainments, which it takes several days to exhaust. Equal license ia allowed to tbe disconsolate yonng man in March of a belle, aa it ii permissible for bim during fa r time to call at tbe houses of residents to whom hs may ba aoomparative stranger, and requeel to be allowed the privilege of escorting acme pretty little mitt round tbe mysteries of tbe fair. It may easily be sup posed that under such circumstances flirta- tions and plightiugs are very fruitful, and mauy an arij-iaintaooa begun at fair time baa resulted in tba two wbo went (airing (or three weeks enjoying mauy yeara if bappi- naea iu a eloaer union. Ja.lia.ibli HeilrMr. A Vandalia trainmau relates tbe circum stance of the killing of a brake mau natuec Black, at Crawfordtville. lod., ou Thurs- day, in a thrilling manner. Black waa braking on the Indiana, Bloomiugtoo v Western. While coupling oars tbe Van dalia man saw him trp and fall ui dertbe whreU, tbe grtnditi* uionntera cutting off both bin limbs at ouoe. The poor unCortn- nate shrieked in agony and exclaimed : " My God, I will never be ai.y good on earth sga.ui" Then witb a superhuman . it .rt be oast bimeelf nudtr the >t.il moving train, the wbeeU psniiug over bis body and kill- ing bim instantly. Mr*. Henry Ward Beeober will hence forth editorially conduct tbe " Home In- tereata" drpartmeiit of the "Brooklyn Magazine." Lady Hillyar, wbo died a thorl time ago iu England, was the widow ol an admiral and tbe mother ot two admirals of the Brilieb navy. She wai U6 years old, and the Prinoe ol Wales and tbe Duke ol Edinburgh bad promised to dins with her on bar hundredth birthday 1( she reached it. An old laiy has lately died at Benares wbo wae in many respects one of the moat remarkable personages in northern India. She waa tba wits of a general in the Bengal Cavalry, and was in her 97th year. She waa married at 15, had eighteen children, eighty grandchildren, seventy-three great- grandchildren, and five great-great grand- obildron. Hue bad never been out ol India (or a single day. Vermont, which bad almott 100,000 chil- dren in ber common nobooU in IttiO. baa now leas than 73,000 children in them, though tbe number of those of tbe popula- tion under 90 year* of age is only 6 per cent, lest uow than in 1810. It it not an unusual thing to gather intti oient grapes (rom au acre of vines in tbe Santa Ana valley, California, to make 200 boxea ol raiiiua. Tbe nil pn/nt (rom a raiKiu grape vineyard, iu good bearing order, seldom (alls below 1200 per acre. > M. Pasteur ia going to Rio Janeiro to itudy yellow fever. Mark Twain ia taid to be oni of tbe moil netvoua men in tbe world. Geerge W. Cable ia aaid to be making 150,000 a year out of bit literary labcn. Tbe Knbrcbildi will not employ a man wbo baa a reputation lor ill luck. Ben Butler ia laid to have paid 350.000 lor the (on o( runLiug (or 1'reridcul. Il oould bave been done (or Iras monty. Secretary Polger'i too, Cbarles W , bat been brought home to Geneva (roiu Virginia. Tbere is little hope of bis recovery. M. Petoard, the in:itive editor of tbe Pane Xuliana/, began hie leading arlioJe ons day recently with tbese wordi : " When tbe cholera ends the Deputies bagio. Il ii a aeries of aaonrgea." Sergeant BaWM, wbo waa (ond of carry- iug tbe banner luto (ormer hostile terri- tory, is in destitute circumstances, and bia aabre, being unattached to bit patriotic hips, has been seized (or debt. " I never allow busioeaa ol any kind to enter my chamber door," laid Mr. Glad- stone recently. " In all my political hie I have never been ke|t awake five minntea by auy debate in Parliament." ftoaooe Conkling dotes on iwaat cider, and enlivens Lie evening mediUliona with roasted Irish potatoes. These are new die- -ipaticnit to wbiob be waa all a itranger in tbe old dayi when he ran tbe world al Washington. By tbe (Jueen'e command a large and baudsome oUair ol polished granite baa been placed by tbe tide of t private road at Balmoral an a memorial ol tba late Duke of Albany. Tbat road wai ooe of bis favorite walks. Gerald Maaaay bat not fared wall on tba Australian atatia. A critic in tbe dmtraluin d clarea tbat " be reads his own poems in a tyla that would do little credit to afoortb- form school-boy, and with scarcely a per- ceptible appreciation of tbe meaning of bia own lines. ' II ie said that the late Lord Mayor of London wai tbe moat popular ebief luagii-trate of recent timea. It it calculated tbal aa many aa 500 guetta were enter- I tinea at dinner at fie Mansion ilouaelaat year, aud 9 000 more at balls aud other entertainments. Levi P. Moron. Minister to France, when bead of a New York dry goods firm, ordered all bis clerks to shave off tbeir UDuetaohes, as there was an objection among tbe ladiee of New York at that time to being waited upon by young men witb lucipieul mountacbe*. " You are very late sending your evening mail out," said an editor to his daughter, when be oame home at 9 in tbe morning, and met a timid, shrinking yonng man between tbe front door aud the gate. " Not al all," aoiwered the thoughtful girl, " Cbarlee Henry ia now a morning edition." Rev. I. C. Wilder ia the oldeat college student in tbe I'nited Btatei, and probably hiadt tbe educational roll of bunor tba world over. He entered the University of Vermont with the olaaa of 31. but was un- able to complete tba course. Now, tbougb in bie 83rd year, be is jagging along with tbe class ol '85, and hopes to lake his degree next June. D.d Alexander tbe Great die from drink ? Dr. Alfred Carpenter says that be did, but areoent essay isl reminds tbe doctor tbal there ii no trustworthy tvideuee on tbe tubject, aud, from the nature of the oaae, cannot be. ' I have beard," he continue", " tbal Lord Eldon, who died at tbe age of 87, and wbo certainly suffered neither downfall ' nor ' ruin,' wa* accustomed to drink a bottle ut p >rt wine alter hit dinner every day, except on Bundayt. wben hit brother, Lord Btowell, dined witb bim, and tbey drank two." i eft