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r" MOTTLE* ADD CHILD. I. Two little dimpled reee-bod took. AM the ji|il LIu.iKiuai *Wtet, Mfdtlf ,1 lu one IOTIUK band Where bright i wave* kissed th* sand, Long ago 1 i"o little hands like row leave* ly On warm brunt aa f. ir an they ; To u little btudi all uluk and white, like tbe liuted ea-*helU bright, Louu asu 1 Two merry. glad, wide-open eye* lK.kt .1 up with wouderiuii sweet surprise Into two mirrors, faithful, true, Which luotavr e)t* looked fondly throufib. Long ago I Two pretty, pouting, pink-pearl Up*, feecn-tiuRfctl, like toe* an! Auger tip*; ".wo UpB of richer, riper nd On love'e warm kuutea tweetly fed. Loan ago I A precious, bulpleas lamp of cly lii which a pure, bright bpirlt lay Waiting tbe mother'* walchfel eye To train it lor tne " by auii by," lx>Lg ago I CHll.li AND MUTHKJl. u. Two wrinkled band* like dead leave* lay Hot t lolileU o'er a brol of olay ; Twu wrinkled, bony, bare, brown band*, Where sea waves kua the crystal sands, Mow a* then I Two tired, tired feet, all tblo and worn On li(e'> rou k b rock*, oft bruiaea and torn ; Two weary leet UM> weak to go On life'* rough pathway to aud fro, Now ae thon E Two fearless eye* eloae veiled from light, Mtalh soft frilled I ds of ^.earl-gray white, Twu love-ht *ym, aeep tender, true. Mo more the uiotber-eoul loolu through. Now an then I A precioni. lifeleu lamp of clay From which thu < ul hath paiwod away ; A loving wonian, tender, Bwvet, Kiuet the face the hamln. the (eel, Now aa then! t. i.rn KII.I I k . (i. Smoothing toll tbe nestliug bead Of a maideo fancy led. Thus a grare-eye<l woman aald : " Kicheat gift* are tboae we make ; Dearer than ti.e love we take That we gire for love own sake. " Well I know the heart's unreel ; Mine ha* been the uummon quest To be loved, and therefore blest. " Vavon undetervtKl were mine ; At my feet ai on a abrine Love ha* laid It* gi(ta divine. " Sweet thei>ffrrint.ii teemed ; and yet Witb thnr niiwtui -. came regnl, And a aen*e of uupaid debt. " Heart of mine nuaatlifled, Wa* it vanity or pride That a deepei joy denied ? Banda that ope but to receive Baiply oloae , they only live) Kicii i> who can rivblv give. " Bull," ahe sighed with molitenlng eye*. " Ixive i* tweei In any guise ; But it* beti* sacrifice I " Be who, giving, doe* not crave LUwkt l> to bim who ( ave Lake itaeif tbe loved to nave. " Ixivo that self forgetful give* Sown -uri'iine of rlpeued abeave* LAC* or euon it* ow u receive*. J-lm U. TaU e/AaTKslT T. *) Over Mcvraly Ihr TrlfU I rip tub life every bleating. -..I,, ,!,..,, sorrow gives birth Aadaha<U>*i in talliDe; *how >un light laoUar, Hie (one of ttie .bower I* but a rarewtag. for lilies aud ilaime* the best of good cheer. Away, Uiui, with doubting, with grief and re. pining, ABU leai u to know Nature provides for each oay; deeper the shadow, tbe brighter tbe shining Of purity's glory and beauty's array. T mow of the winter i* earth's virgin blessing. i tboboin protecting, when wibd* wildly sing Through branches denuded, of emerald dressing Awa,tiD|j be sepbyr* of beautiful spring Tlit- Bniile ut the New Year, the winter dispelling, Oivrs blew*. minx beauty a welcome delight, To charm mortal vision, wbile srtiessly telling Bow life may recover from ashes of blight. The force of tbe tempest that sweeps o'er tbe mountain And vuic tbe billows that swell o'er the sea, Bespeak* tbe same power thai glasses tbe foun- tain, To kbi w Ita rvpcmhlanc* created in tbee : Then, cour*K partaking Irum utoriu* that axail tbee. And truhting tbe wisdom that gave tbee a soul. Thy way through ditaster must needs of avail be To harbor* 01 nfeiy wLtre naves cssse to roll I hr Irilr 'I t !>>. The wars of kings are children's Kama*, And children's bauble*, monarch's thrones. Be oontjuets UIOBI who suffern moat ID ailence suffers, and alone. Our erode desires and appetites, Tbe lusts of fall- u human kind, Give broader field! fur nobler ktrife Thau Alexander e'er deeitjned. BU life has not been wholly lost, Hi* labor wholly tuiaapplied, Who win* tin *i eptre over self, Though be win* naught on earth beside. Be only breathes the mountain air. Who** Ht eng b of limb and strength of will Have been exerted, auU nufflce To reach the tuuuinil ol tbe hill. 80 i* it that the soul's deelres Impede tbe path that must be trod, And each desire we tread upon I* one step higher toward (tod. The "rrni oi Viewer. The aoent of a flower Is a wonderful thing I II plays nnnd ibe heart like tbe seiihyn of apring; Ho subtle, ... soft, so resistless its power, Mo monarchy rules like the scent of a flower. Borne odors so blend with past happier yean. They mov* ns like melodies breathing through tears ; tot they bring back the faces and forum that are cold And walks In th* wild woods 'mid snout*: of gold. A fragrance exhales from a flower that I know (1H ur pit dge 01 a love In tbe sweet long ago), When tii-ti'H were more simple, and purer oar pie sure*, And glftn ut fresh blossoms were holiest treas- ures One ove. when tbe dew on tbe leaves glittered bright, He proffered the prize with a tender " Good NiEbt," And my n>irit grew faint with eoetatio emotion, tot I felt in thai flower lay a long-life devotion. Be in goni flower SU1U.....H me with power ; And oft iny nick h despair Bat that mercy divine melts my sorrow prayer. yet the scent of that delicate all the old passionate ut would lie down In In 'Consider the lilies. Lord grant as to be Bf tin' field and the garden brought nearer to Thee; To read iu sweet blossoms Thy goodness and power, And an Infinite, lovs la tbe touch of a flower, O. A New mil., .u ! rlyllon (cklswrv. Tbe following from tbe Albany Sttning Journal will be read with interest by Mr. Orlton 's many friends in this oily : " That's tbe bent eugiue in tbe world," quietly remarked Master- Builder Jobn Orttou, of the West Albany shops, > enter dAy afternoon, aa be gaoed admiringly at locomotive No. 530, tbe latest triumph in design, workmananin and mechanism in its iiue. A description of tbe engine was printed in yesterday's Journal. Mr. Ortton made a personal inspection of the intrica- cies of the mechanism, after wbiob the rotund engineer, d. Bteenbnrgh, who is a bAudy man " in testing new bis counterpart, tbe jovial George Frit chard, who constructed tbe new " corn cracker ," engine despatcher.J. D. Avery, an old engineer, witb a sharp face and keen bright eye ; Fireman Oeorge Hennaman whose curly, auburn hair twisted abou ovsr the conventional red bandkercbiei orn by stokers about the neck ; A. T Ortton, a foreman in one of tbe eugiue shops, and son of tbe master builder, anc William Pritobard, son of the Nestor of the party, George Pritebard, and a Journa reporter, squeezed into the cab, And After prelimiuAry oiling and tightening cf nuts started en tbe triaj trip of the new engine to Bobeneotady and return. The engine was backed down to tbe Union depol in this city, aud then run to Bcbeneotady on the paaaenger track. Several stope were made on the way up iu order to "look her oTer." i MODEL HACK INI Everything worked nicely. She " made steam" fast, and, notwithstanding tbe " bard road," aa the engineers call it at this season when the frost is about to leave the roadbed, tbe engine was very easy. Tbe counter balances of tbe driving wheels, which are seventy inobes in diameter with a tbree and a half tire, are carefully regn lated. The puff* or blasts oome AS regular as tbe ticking ot a clock ; not the B!II sound of the old "chuck a chuck" that accompanies tbe puffing of some engiues could be detected. Tbe engine is (quipped with the Richardson patent slide valve, wbioh renders it easier to handle and also saves the wear on tbe valves and seats The elder Mr. Pritohard has been in tbe employ ot tbe Central Railroad thirty-one years, and has helped construct over 200 engines. Wben the new engine was ruu on tbe turntable at Bobeneotady and beaded for home, Messrs. Pritobard, Avery, Ortton and Bteenbnrgb said she was all right. Engineer Steeubnrgb winked knowingly to tbe elder Pritohard and put Avery in pos session ol tb* throttle. A aUrib RIDB. The machinists then put their head* together and " felt ber pn'H.' Bteenburgh shouted to Avery to let 'er go," while Mr. Ortton braced himself aud held a step watch. Tbe iron borae leaped forward like " June lightning." The faster sbe went the ea*ier sbe rode. Oeorge Pritonard could not count " aeveu " between the tele graph poles and shouted " she's making better than a mile a minute." Oangs of track hands stood back amazed, and laborers in tbe field forgot their work and gaacd witb opeu SDOUtbs at tbe " ooru cracker," which was now running at tbe rate of about seventy three to seventy-five miles an hour. Ii seemed but A minute from the time Bebeneotady faded away when Weet Albany was leached. Every- body was pleased. Master Builder Orlton was brim full of joy when informed of tbe remarkable working of tbe new engine. Vil.l AliI.E IMFAOVIIIXMTB. He told tbe Journal reporter tbe smoke consumer and single 4j inch rxhanst were valuable improvement* aud made it pos- sible to run an eugine with 26 psr cent, less coal than was uned for tbe ordinary engine. The steam is forced into tbe fire box under great pressure and draws in tbe Air which mixes tbe gas (which make* up the mjur part of the smoke) aud induces perfect ojmbuHtion. Tbe theory ie very simple yet very effectual. Hereafter all paeeeuger engines to be used by the Central road will be made after templets or patterns need in the construction of this engine aud will be known ae " tbe Central standard pas- senger engiues." Tbe wheels of both the engine and tender trucks ATS imported from England And are of wrought iron with steel tires, which render it virtually impossible for them to break. It also hae a single exhaust pipe and nozzle, wbioh has an economical tffeolou fuel, and will save fully a ton of coal on a trip of 160 miles. Every part of the machinery is superior. The pilot of tbe eugine has a push-bar casting that baa been found to be a great saving in case of rear collisions. Ae tbe casting strikes againsl the draw-bars BA4JB.B4INB. A LieaviBewr SMaM Ie - l.n Ormasi When a person compliments another b eaying be ban a good deal ot " backbone, be coined very near slating a soientil truth, without knowing U perhaps. A leant, so remarked a naval medical office to A reporter of the Washington Star, tb other day, AS the latter stopped to chat i the room of the naval examining boarc " Step up here a mosieat," continued tb officer, conducting the reporter to a meas uriug rod which stood in oue corner of tb room. The rod, beside having tbe move able arms witb which A man's height i Kuaged, had another intermediate arm beiow, by wbmb tbu length of bis legs 1 determined. Tbe difference between these measurements, of oonrse, shows tbe lengt ot bis body and bead, or the length ot hi spinal column, including his lit " There," said the offioer, after tbe reporte bad subjected him -elf to the meaiinrin process, you are 69j mohes tall, your legs are 33j inobes long pretty good lage am that leaves a length of body of 36 inches That's very good, rather above tbe aver " Well, what does il all mean 7" asko< the reporter. B jiler power," remarked an official who wan standing near. The medical tffioar, enlarging on tbi figure thus suggested, proceeded : " That' it. You see, putting U band ou his head here's the governor. Here," be continued lowering his hands to bis chest, " is tbe boiler. Tbe luuga aud the heart are here and below ir< the abdominal organs o viscera. Tour mouth and nostril* are blowers. Ton shovel in coal take toad in your mouth. It is tamed into steam- blood and goes out ID every direction, yen see, toward tbe surface. Now the man with a loug body has a great deal ot boiler surface." 1 Then the man witb considerable back bone is much stronger than tbe one wso i not." ' Well, that is one circumstance to be considered witb others of course. Tbe man with backbone is apt to have greater powsr of resistance. Ha o*n tndnre more toil anc oan resist disease longer. Why, there were DO men in tbe war so good for a long march aa your duck Itg fellows with long bodiet Tbe long-legged men could not stand it General Sheridan is a good specimen ol a man with a long body long grasp on life and Oeueral Oraut ir anotner. There was a oaas here not long ago," continued tbe officer, " which would indicate that a mAn's backbone bad a great deal to do with his general character. An officer, who l examined for promotion, was found to be physically, mentally aud professionally until, and also morally unfit. He wai droiped from tbe service. Wben we came to tat* bis measurement we found be .hat tbe shortest backbone of any mn in tbe navy who had ever been examined. He did not have great physical power ot resist >nee, you see. When be graduated at the naval ao*demy be Mood very high. When he bad to do duty 11 is probable that his itreugtb failed mm, aud be resorted to stimulants. The taking of stimulants became a habit, and gradually affected bii intellectual power*. Hie mind beiuj weakened, bis moral* were soon under noiued. All of thm, you see," laugbed the offloer, "came of course, trim having a abort backbone. ' of care tbe engine may run into, it prevents them from rising from the ground, thus saving tbe front part of tbe boiler from damsge. Witb this device, il is stated, thousands of dollars have been saved. It i called the Ortton casting, after tbe iuvetitor, John Orton, and ia shaped like a burn. The draw-bar, AS well AS tbe pilot, U tbe design of the sAme inventor, And has many advantages over other*. The swivel- ing end of tb* draw-bar has a horizontal as well a* a vertical motion, which makes the coupling to any other vehicle perfect. Ne>i a it i. ,1,1 10 , i. n, , . " I see," said Flatten, " that an electri- cian predicts that soon a person can *Und at tbe telephone and not only talk to the man At the other end, but see bis face And features." " I hope not," replied Fitzwilliam. "Wny not?" " Why not? Ueoanee when I telephone home tbe person who oome a to the tele- phone is generally my mother-in-law." " Oh, well, ibe may die before this thing 030)68 about " " Die I Did you ever know A mother-in- law to die so long an A man bad bis health And waa making money ?" Boiton Timti. Tbe seven Bibles of mankind are : Tbe Bible, the Vedas of the BrAhmini. the Tripitaka of the Buddhists, the Zend Avesta of tbe Pareees or Persian*, Ibe Chinece Bacred Books of Oonfnoios, tbe Gbineee) Bacred Book of LAon-tsze And tbe Mohammedan Koran, A novelty in Loug Island farming the present year will be the extensive oultivA- tiou of pesjnnts M AD experiment. TsUaiage on the It inL. Oa Sunday morning next Rev. Dr. Tal- mage will begin a abort ojnree of sermons an popular amunemants and recreations The cp juibg sermon will bo devoted to roller skating. "I think," said he, in announcing bis intention Sunday evening, " thai the pulpit should keep close to tbe people in all mat lorn. I have received mauy letters from friends and others aud many iuqmrieefrom ibe youug people of my congregation about the rink lever which u now prevalent, and hese questions 1 propose to answer as best '. oau next Sabbath morning. During the >resent week I shall lake opportunity to ixteud what observations and experience I lave bad on tbe matter and so will speAk underktandingly, feelingly and, I hope, nstrnotively. I do not have any sympathy ilh this popular cry of don't I as applied to many amusement*. The religion of don't nover saved a single human being, and when public teachers discourage Anything blob baa a bold upon tbe popular heart tnd affection they should put something Mtter in its place." . n o, iim.i ajhlM murderer. The Birmingham police have arrested a grocer's assistant named Newton on remarkble obarge of attempted murder. A few days ago hi* master bad reason to give him notice, and noon after the master's child, who ie only 3 or 3 years old, was found suffering from tbe tffeota of poison- ing by iodine. Tbe drug had evidently been forcibly administered, tbe poor child's throat and face being shockingly blistered and disfigured. No hopes are entertained of its rtc jvoiy. A bottle of strong iodine was fonod in Newtou'a box, and aa tbe sargeoDgave an opinion that tbe child could not possibly have poisoned itself, Newton was arrested. Newton is about 90 years of * M. de Qaaterfages itated recently at a meeting of tbe Aoademie des Bounces that in Benegambia the inoculation of cattle against pleuro-pneumonia and small- pox bad been practised for centuries. A New Hampshire iboemaker, who WAI drawn to serve aa a juror, and was thereby greatly excited, has committed suicide from no known reason other than the fact that he was called upon to serve in the above position. Iu Maeioopa county, ArizonA, there ii oannidvrable barbed fnooe, And the VAS| flock* of wild duoka which frequent the valley often fly low, and, striking the barbed fence, become implied thereon. It is said that tons of ducks are gathered daily by boya from the fences and sent to market. The Medicinuche Wochmichrifl makes the bold statement that Eu^lmh scientists are so far behind those of other nations in their smdy of tbe otneeo of infections dieea*es that they are no longer in a posi- tion to make anything like a pertinent criticism upon snob researches. Tbe cause is attributed to the English laws practically prohibiting experiment* on BDBDBB IN B* I TI.K l>-r. Ibr noldlrr Who Kill. U U BsM m. la HI* SMBl Wllk Bleed f It must needs be thai new questions Arise, or old perplexities in a fresh form And of these one that bss riaen Again in on, time ii this : Does any moral stain attao to bloodshed committed upon the battle field ? Or IM tbe difference between mill tary And ordinary homicide a real one, Am does the plea of duty sanction Any aol however atrocious in the abstract, provide< it be committed under tbe uniform of th State ? Tbe general opinion is, of course that no soldier in his military OApAoity on be guilty ot murder, but opinion ba* always been so fixed, and it is wort! noticing that in the forms of civilization that preceded our own, and in some exist ing modern races of lower type than ou own, traces clearly appeAr of A senee o wrong AttAohing to any form of bloodshed whatever, whether of fair battle or of ban treachery calling alike for tbe purifyiuj influences of expiation and cleansing. In South Africa, for instance, tbe Basnto returning from war proceeds witb All bis arms to the neareat streAm, to purify no only bis own person but his javelina anc his battle-axe. The Zulu, too, practices ablutions on tbe same occasion, and tbe Baohuaua warrior wnara a rude kind ol neoklaee to remind bim of tbe expiation due from bim to the slain and to disperse the dreams that might otherwise trouble bim and perhaps even drive him to die ol remorse. The same feeling* may be de teotedm tbe old world. Tbe Macedonians Had a peculiar foim of eaorifioatory pnrifl cation, wtaiob oouhited in cutting a dog in naif and leading tbe whole army, arravec >n full armor, between tbe two parts. As the Bceitians had tbe same custom, it was probably for the same reason. At Rome 'or the same purpose, a sheep and a bull and a pig or boar were every year lei hree timeo round the army and then saori fioed to Mars. In Jewmb history the prohibition to Kin) David to build tbe temple was expressly ifioicd with the blood he bad abed iu tattle. In old Oreek mythology Theseus leld himself nnnt, without expiation, to be admitted to the mysteries ot Ceres, though he blood that stained bis bands waa ouly that of tlnev-s aud robbers. Aud in Ibe same spirit U actor refused to make a liba lion to the god* before be bad purified bii lands after battle. " Witb nnwathec lands," be said, " to pour out sparkling wine to Zeus I dare not, nor is it even tbe custom for one soiled with tbe blood and duel of battle to offer prayers to tbe Goc hose seat U in tbe clouds." -Gtntleman't Uagatine. few* ol Ibe i>n luluai Mod. The queetion as to the magical or the scientific value of tbe " divining rod " ban net been roopened by tbe euooeas wbioh laa attended it use al tbe Fletion Wagxuu rVorks of tbe Midland Hallway Company England, with reference to the discovery of a permanent su| ply of aler. Accord ug to the Sanitary World (London), tbe company rtqoires to use about 600 or WX ~ ID* of wafer every day, and the wel on their premise* yielded only one-half ol hat quantity. Il was necessary, there ore, to supplement tbe supply by the sinking of other welU or by tbe construction it an expensive system of piping. The ormer plan wa* preferred, and two ne ell* were aauk to uo pntpoee. Tbe ser- vices of A gentleman of Ibe district, wbo lore tbe reputation of bring skilled in tbe ,rt of discovering water by means of tbe divining rtd,' were then called in. This wizard ot expert t-mployed for his parpoe a forked hazel tix, holding one prong ol he fork in eaob band, the points if the fork beiug directed to tbe ky. After walking about tbe prem see for some time, tbe point ol be fork suddenly began to bend down, lurely.asthe bent evidence goes, of Ita wn accord, aud to point to tbe earth 'he winder of the wand declared thai ere would be found a plentiful supply oi water. Tbe earns indications were repeated t another Hpot, where tbe twig snapped rom tbe violence of us spontaneous aud ympathetio motion, and tbe seme oonfl eut assertions were made witb reference 9 tbe occurrence of water assertions rhioh the lulls obtained by actually inking welle amply justified, tbe quantity f water to be ootaiued being apparently nrxbarutible. Other persons sesayed to ie the wand, but it rebelled against tbe urp tion of ile owner's functions, and mainel contumacious and irresponsive. t BUJJ persons, Adda the writer, require WAter in unlikely Ii calitiin, it might be well to secure the services of Ibis diviner efore he volunteers for a patriotic mis- ion in favor of the troops in the thirsty wilds of tbe Soudan. liilrlmotilitl 1'ro.pr, i. Wilson Chandless, one of the most xjverty-strioken young men of Oalveston, pplied to Col. Biobley for tbe band of his authter. " In tbe first place I've sent in my appli- ation to President Cleveland for a position n one of tbe departments." " Have you any other resources," aaked ie prospective father-in-law. " Yon bet I have ; I'm seriously thinking t giving up smoking." " Pa ! " exclaimed the young lady, " that's nougb for us to begin with, ain't it? " Siftingi. He i <>T.,t ii, r ao, " Well, my dear, I'm glad for your sake lat summer is Doming." " Are yon, hubby ? Why for my sake ? " " I bate to feel that you have to get up in ie cold every moruing and build tbe fires." Ob, my dear hubby ! Always thinking f your little feifey's comfort I " A huge drum, nearly eight feet in diAmc- r, anciently used for reunion* ceremonies i the ImperisJ court of Kiyoto, is to oe int from Japan to tbe impending exhibi- on of musical instruments in London. Tbe New York Mail and Expreti remarks : The town of Yakiun, Ore., is distin- aiebed no less for it* culture than ite iterpriae. A saloon keeper there adver- ses ' an unequalled assortment of bo lanalian goods.' " It WAS Nareleon Bonaparte wbo laid ben Ibe ooLquest of tbe Chinese was pro- ceed to bim : " No ; there are too many them. Oooe teaoh them tbe art of nodern warfare, and they will overrun orope and crush out our civilisation." 11* tltl l.VOPI. Cairlrd Acree ibr i bunai-l AgaiUaM iA)ns Will. Borne laborers at work in a field near Bromley, Baf. l reoent',yeaw . large balloon oareerinit ac'c,- > fi Idb a short dis- tance from tb n. -'.rihini.; uolently against the fences, aid t >.;:.-. ii^t; f" tu (be ground, eventually tai.. .rx>uj,bt to a standstill by the grappling nm. #"'-'''- < o Wangled in a tree. They went to ;he ?\ . i-tnoeof the aeronauts, wb'j i n.ved to >.-. M. Ferdinand Dnbois, of tba Booiete Aerouantiqne ot Paris, and a Belgium gentleman earned Farenza, and it erunspirsd :bal they bad undergone a perilous balloou adventure, ia which they narrowly escaped with their lives, having crowed tbe channel much AgAinst their will, and quit* contrary to their original inten- tions. The ascent wae made a few miles from Antwerp, ibe aeronauti intending, if punible, to det.ceud sornewhesw near Brutwelt. All weut well for some time, until, upon M. Dnbom tbrowiug oat ballast, they aaosudad higher, aud, coming in to contact wuii afrexb ourreijt of Air, wen carried in a contrary direction 10 what they anticipated. After A time they found them- selves pausing over Oteud. but no alans) was felt, And more ballat>t was thrown oat. As dusk oauju on, however, they wen startled to find tbeuiRelves being carried im the direction of tbe xea, and tbe aeronaut*) endeavored to descend, and iu mAking the attempt they o->me JD oofltict with A ear- rent, wbiob, to ihfir 3ft". fiction, carried them somewhat inland. 1 ir gratification was brief, how.-v r, aa tlmy very soon found themselves oarriad rapidly <-. t to sea. Night lad oome on, and tbe aeronauts were naturally muoh i*rmed, and endeavored to attract the au> .:n-u of wtuu vessels they beneath them, f oiiiog in this, bowever, M. Dubuia dt<etued it prudent to throw ou: more ballast and secure safety by as high an ascent AA was deemed advisable under tbe circum- stances. All the proviHiobh they were pro- vided with wer- x.iue Hand - icbve, biscuits, two flasks of bni. :rauii> i water. Tbee*) they utilised to uie bent Advantage, and, when morn i UK .'-iwued, tin y found them- selvas far away out at >e. K. Dnbois wa* inclined to let out the ^M and descend, trnstiug to tbo balloon to rtuAt, and the chances of beiiu. picked up t> a passing vessel. Hmo. iu i utou diMuaxled bim f rom doing this, how i r and for the greater part of one da} ihey were o\r tbe sea. A* tusk set in they wire delighted to find themselves being carried toward tbe land, but hesitated lo Itu-oeud in the darkness of night. In the uiuruiug tb' . r found them- selves passiuit rai i.lly over a town which they belieSed to be Fdlkevtoce, and descended, a* hi t b?an RUhttd, bear Brom- ley. Tbe two auroiisutH, wbo were very much fatigued, n besrtil> oongralulated on their narrow < -"ipa. Mhokwtrsi'* riuu tar sixneltosi IsMlau A Russian nana/ire mllo 1 the Hu(oril Mtutngtr (litonut* --k, , tnik) has just publibbed a plan I'.r ibe u. .-roo ot India, Found among tbti r-j>r- . ' .be late Oen. Skobtleff. Ii cnuhir-ifl t in opening relations witb tLe Afghan-, an initiatory step really take, i hy il.--/ KU-MMJS in 1878; and next iu >> udiuu H.i'-ian troope to >bul iu ordb' - an Afghan invasion of India. !' ' r. ovadlDg India disaffection i* t<> bo n(irr> n. up, or rather to M organized and brought t,, head, among the various populations c>f Hmdoslan; and ;he vanguard of .m i . ,iun is to be formed by masaen of Axiaiin ravalry, snob ss now being formed by mbjootius tba Turkoman tribes to roogh f.rms of Enro- peAn orgauiaai 10:1 au I ! urupeAn drill. With this irregular oatiiry, witb the) Afghans, and wuh ' .tular Russian iroope Oen. Skobeltfl W-IH uviuoed that an impresciou >uld be ui.l> on India with an important uuiliCarj, i LO! decisive, political renult. Dr. Brim ' irwsoair. From the recently i ubliihed autobio- ;rapby of tbe late Ur. U"g we find that bile At Duailri. H he met Jean Armour, Juron' widow. He pajM "Mrs. Boras, or 'Jean,' at tiie ticie bun I saw her, could not be called >>.> ie,' although ler appearauoo wan well enough, ibe WAS rather old and frail n appear aLoe, Luc extremely iutereet- ng and pletwiu^ u i ivercation. I can quite well iruagiuK ti. at when young he may have been very i gging to an ntelligenl man. b> i>.l brnide bet always tbs large family Itible, in which be names of ber m.i cr written in be poet's baud. There were many of the poem. ..' ' . .< about Dum- ries at that time i'i !, bold and well marked handwriting 'if H , jet himself, aa well as other relit*. " fewdrr It.w inbrarllr Aahe* Mr. Wm. Wrrt wriU-H to tbe editor of be Iron i rode Ilrvieic : I 7 "a is an original eoipe for making fn .-! in'.liraoite asbee a hiug powdur of n ucli value for polisb- ng machinery, c'c , sift tbp Kshes, fill a iail one-third full u( neheH ; fill up witb rater ; stir well ; with ''tie-quarter ot a ninnte tor course urv]n. t ne-balf minute or medium, three-quart ot a minute for ae suitable for fiue uioinli ; then iponr osT nto another vessel t settle. When net- led, pour off the clear water and dry the ediment any way you |>l*aHe, in a bake* an on A stove, but not to-> quickly. It il be best polishing puwder in use, And tb* heapesl. Tbe Courts of FraLcr, it i- Aid, consider t A libel to oven i, iinnii Indy's Age. People seldom improve when they hart o model but tbeuiMilveH to copy After. fJoldtmith. It is A noble Rpeoiea of rKvonge to have ie power of a severe retaliation and not o exercise it. Tbe popular edition of the Letters of 'rincess Alice and tbe M MM ir * of PrinoeM bristian have fallen uuuotioed. A grocery man at Keokuk, la., who baa a een eye to buHine**, iu subscribing II to a aurch entertainment, added after his ignatnre, " tbe only place in K okuk where ou can get sixteen pounds of sugar for II." Twenty-two daughters at the present moment live with their father, Oeorge Middle, in Carroll county, Mo. 'ir> gbt widows of tbe nine deoeaeed none of be late Oapt. George Cook, of Hartford, till survive.