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Tbe Man In th« Moon. toe Man in tb» Moon bM a crick la hit bw^ wtuxs: Wtumm ! Ain't yon »orry for him ? And ft mole on hiM uoa« IhAi Ih purple &nd black ; And hiM oyan are «o wuak tbai tii«y wai«r and rrju, B be darM to dream evon be looks at tha inn ; â- o be iast druauiu of •tars, a* tbe doctor* adviae : My! Eyeat Bat ian't he wii* Vojoflt dream of the it&n as the docton adriat* ? And the Man in the Uoon b« a boil on hii ear, Whee! Whine 1 What a ain«alar tblnc I 1 know ! hut tbefl« facu are autbeatic, jny dearâ€" Tbere'H a t>oil uu his uar.and a c ^rn on his cliinâ€" Ma ULlli it a diiuple, but duuplea atick in ; Tm it miijht bo a dimple turned over, you know : Whang ! Hot ^V'hy, certainly ao I ft might be a dimple turned over, yon know ! And the Uan in the Moon tiaa a rbeomatic knee (row ' Whi tl'. W liat a pity that iij â-²ad hia toefl have worked round where his beela ought to he ; Bo wheut'vur he wants to go north he f^oes ftontb, And coinL>« back with the porridge crumbs all 'round his mouth, Amd he brushes them off with a Japanese fan ; Whing! Wb*nn! What a marvellous man t WbAt a very remarkable uiarvellous man ! W Utl^y, in Ifuiianapotl^ Ji/urnal, "7 THE LADIES' COLUMN, Latest Fashion and Other Domes- tic QosbId. ra»U FastentMl by .Machinery- Baying Wedding PrescnUâ€" The Bustle About *• Collapse. iCoasln Kate's Weekly Badget.1 Economy In llrldal FresentA. " It la scarcely the rii^ht thing," said a 7«DD|; bride, " to look a f{ift horse iu the moatb, aad yet it'n bard not to speak one's mind on a matter of this kind. It does seem to me that people might think awhile before buying wedding presents. I am sure it they had done so I woald never have received seven pickle castors. Whatiu the world am I to do with tbeiii all ? 1 can only use one at a time, or, at ^e meal. two. Now what is to become W the other five '.' It's just too perplexing for anything. If I could only show them it wouldn't be so bad, but I can't even do that." " L)ear me, I don't know why TOO want to worry over such a little thing aa that," observed her sister, who bad been married nine years. " Those extra pickle castoit) will come in handy by and by. Belrct the one you want to keep and then put the others carefully away. Whenever any of your frieuds marr> let a {tickle castor be yuur ijift. It 11 save you ols of money. When I was married I received four fish knives among my presents. I was cross antil some one gave me the hint that I have just given Tou, and then I was happy. It wasn't long before I had made good lue of three fish knives." What Will the Uui.tlv Uer Ladies who are having new winter suits seem perplexed conceruuig the busiiu ar- rangements in their ellorts to aiicertaiu whether it is to be lar^eornut. Whenever these unavoidable discussions are over- heard in dressmakers' rooms it is always a matter of surprisu that any wouiau uan hesitate an lustaut as to the advisability of wearing such a hiieou-*, unconifortable appendage uii her bajk. even when it is considered the faahiuu. (.)ften this order has been given to iho dressmaker: " Tut in a bustle large enough to sway back and forth aa I walk; it'a an awfully stylish effect." The effect is certainly "awful," and if any one of those women who gave these directions fully realized the ungraceful, vulgar spectacle they make of themselves by a huge bcbbiug bustle, and the uncomplimentary cnti- oiams they oall forth, they would discard these abominations so detrimental to com- fort and artistic outline. However, violent extremes of fashion never last. .\ reaction always sets lu. Thanks to the law of uni- versal change the collapse of the bustle ha.s already arrived. Mrs. Sherwood writes from Paris that '- tight laciiig, large bustles and the high bat are doomed," and " Madge " writes from London that "the hnmp at the back of dresses is fast dimiu. ighing, and that the protuberances are only worn by the son of women who love e.\- aggeration in dress, and always cling fondly to absurdities and eccentricities, seeing in them their only chance to be what they call Btylish." â€" llarljard Timtt. A Little Illogical, But Not Lens Lovely. A woman jumps on a chair, holds her petticoats K>und her legs and yells like a small cyclone at (he sight of a mouse. But she runs ap three dights of stairs in a barning building to rescue another woman's baby. She's afraid of a book agent in broad daylight, yet pistol iu hand follows up a burglar at midnight. She oowers when the furniture creaks, and is a lioness if a drunken mau assaults the front door. She tells tales out of B<^hool, yet is the tirst to do a kindness to the woman she's talked about. Bhe steals a car ride with a crystal conscience, if the condactor forgets her fare, and then opens bar purse to its widest to help a mau out of a tight corner. She haggles at the remnant counter for herself, and then triblea the money on flannels for her washerwoman's sick boy. â€" San Fran- Hum lifport. « Fasteulng Cunets >>y Marhlnery. An interesting fact was educed in the course of a lecture on tight lacing delivered by Miss Heffler-Amim. The lecturer said •'"she had heard of instances where ladiea were so determined not to exceed the fash- ionable measurement that they had actually held on to a oroasbar while their maids had fastened the tittceniuih corset. .\ com- bined body -stretcher and waist-compressor would supply a decide*! want. Indeed, it ought to have been invented before fashion decreed the fifteen-inch corset. It is surely very thoughtlee* to order people to make themselves measure fifteen inches around the waist without proriding them with ttae â- eoessary machinery. A I.lttle Loitger .Mouth by Month. I'ho evolution of the ladies' pocket-books is wonderful One year ago the ladies were satisfied with a diminutive affair they could hide in the palms of their hands. In 3C5 days the pocket book has grown to the length of a good-sized healthy ear of com. Ilere are illustrations showing the leov:th the pocket-book has grown every three months : January 1st, 1»7. April Ist, WW. July 1st, W8T. October 1st, li«7. January lat. Itm. If this thing keeps on the pocket-book will grow in another year long enough to be used as a walking-stick.â€" J (6any Jrgut. What tha Women Will Wpar. Soft woollen goods will be the prevailing fall material for street wear. Not only will plain materials be used, but fancy goods in stripes and large plaids. The Utter are very popular, being used in combination with plain material. The basfjue is made of some soft twill, with fancy cuffs auo â-  collars, in conibinatiun with a skirt of' plaid, with full heavy draperies of the same. Among some of the latest French importa tionsare many woollens, with fancy strifes of velvet. The Jaiitjuard looms are furnish- ing the market with this class of goods, with elaborately dowered stripes of velvet. The Princess of Wales has set the style cf using watered »ilk basfjuts. with skirt and draperies of plain cashmere â€" s combination which is very taking. Many importations for fall wear are of plain ladies' cloth and serge iu an almost eudless variety of colors. The navyblucs have more purple in them than formerly, the porcelain-greens more blue, and reds are as dark as the Jacque- minot rose. For stylish costumes strilting combinations are used, aa red and green, brown and blue, and gray and blue The prevailing color, an j that which seems to be most titting for the autumn season, is brown, and this will be used in all shades ; wood, bronze and tawny being most in favor.â€" IIWc'a Fibre and Fahrtc. JiuggcKtianH to Housewives. The color of the jelly is spoiled by boiling too long. Fut very little lard in your bread if yon wj^h it to be white. I>o not till the soap plate. Abalf-ladleful is generally enough. If you moisten your broom in warm water every time you swetp yon will Hud the dnst will not Hy so badly. To remove grease from garments, dis- solve a teaspoonful of salt iu four table- spoonfuls of alcohol, shake well and apply with a sponge. .\ good wash for the hair, to prevent it from falluig out, is made by mixing one teaspoonful of aalt, 30 grains of quinine and a pint of common whiskey or bay rum. Kub the hair thoroughly evtry night. .\nother good wash for the hair is : One cupful of salt, one ijuart soft water. After it stands fur twelve hours commence to use. Take a lupful of the brine «nd a cup- ful of hot water, wash well with that, rinse oJlce and rub dry as possible with towel. When the feet are swollen from walkiiiy or long staudint:. the soreness may be re- lieved by soaking them in the following : lake some wood ashes and co\er with water ; let it stand (or two or three hours i .>tr»iu off the water and place the feel m it. The soreness wiU disappear almost iin- mediately. Latf-^t Kasltliin \i>tes Trelty blanketc, with a thick tleece and striped iu dull blue or pink en cream or gray 'jround, are used for making dressing wrappers, and are very warm and inexpeii sive. The latest novelties in slippers consist of >tn open work pattern 8taui|>ed out in [(•tent leather over a white or tan. colored ground. These clippers come quite hi^h up on the instep and have a bi>; bow set across them in the Louis \IV. fashion. Stripes are favorites in every fabric. Pretty pearl colored moires have tine wrinkled NtripoB, which are set four inches apart, and are iu electric blue, Charles X. pink, or a dull apple green. They resemble the fabrics of thirty yeara ago and are cviuisitely pretty. The old-fashioned watered silk is coming back into style, and is much richer iu effect than the modern moire. It is shown in the shops in black, with the broad, delicate effects of the old watering, which is inter spersed with tine, wavy lines, and forms the foundation of ilresses drapetl with velvet or camel's hair, being made plainly, with little draping and les.i trimming. For a walking-dress, and useful in all weather, nothing is better than dark blue smooth-faced lady's cloth, made with a plain round akirt, a panel braided in black on the left side, and simple drapery. The basque is braided in black, and is quite round, without pleats in the back. K plain braided jacket of the same material forms the outer wrap. The jersey in its reformed state grows constantly in popularity. It comes in all shades and divers shapes. Pretty gray ones have a yoke, heavily embroidere<.l with narrow, tlat braid set on edge, and the same is repeated on the sleeves. Ued ones have the yokes made iu multitudinous tiny tucks, and a bunch of tucks slightly wider immediately back and front in the tunic. These are confined about the waist with broad silk belts, fastened with a long. nar. row buckle either of nietal or smoked pearl. Still another fashion is to have a plain yoke and a tuniu laid in broad box-pleats, and very expensive ones have cuffs, collars and vesta of velvet braided with tinsel. Plush ia made into beautiful tea gowns of ^i» (f« p^/#, with tiny tonchea of very pale -rrpt de rhme to relieve the gray. These are very plain in daxign, with demi- trains and a little pleating of gray satin set onderneath the e>1ge, lined with a deep lace balayense. The front has a vest of heavy gray satin, forming a sharp point and giv- ing the effect of Imigwaistedness, which all French gowus show. The pleats of the vest are lineid with pink, making thus many very fine lines of the color, and the tight plush sleeves come half way below the elbow, the tlare being filleil in with the crepe, which faces the high, half-open col- lar at the throat. Boulanger hats are seen occasionally, but it is far too flamboyaat a style to be worn by well-dressed womea. It is made of dark brown, blue, gray and black fe't, and muih resembles iu shape the head -gear of the Knights Templar. On the front is a rosette made of many loops of velvet ribbon, under which ia set the stem of a long oetrioh plume, soBetimes two of tham, which wav<; backward over the top of tiia hat and are held to it with a stitch or two in the back, i'hey are handsome, but fast looking, and :n Paris are worn only by that class of women whose principal desire is to at. tract attention. AmoDf the Charebes. The Spurgeon family, in London, is represented by three clergymen. The mem- bership under their care, it is said, consti- tute more than one-sixth u( the membership in the London BapU|t .Association. Mr. Thomas Spurgeon, sH of Charles H.. is pastor of one-fourth of all the Baptists in New Zealand. Principal Tulloch was, after the death of the late Dr. Norman McLeod, the man ii. the Scottish Church whom Queen Victcrii most trusted. His son has been allowed to write for boys and girls a life of herself and a life of the Prince Consort. By command uf the Queen a marble bust of the late principal has been placed 'u the ball at Bal- moral Castle. Mr. Spurgeon is not to be left alone iu the position he has assumed toward the Baptist Union. The Rev. Archibald Brown, of the Kast London Tabernacle, an institu- tion on a scale of similar magnitude to that of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, has also withdrawn from the Union, and amonu many others who have taken the same course is the Rev. T. Ballimore. of the Uildencroft Baptist Church, St. Martii.'s Lane. Principal Fairbaim, of Mansfield Cot- tage, Oxford, has commenced a course of lectures on subjects of general interest to university men. The latest lecture was on " Pessimism and Life, " aui was largely attended, the dons beini? present in con- siderable strength, some of them contented with scats on the tloor of the lecture room. The lecture treated of the pessimiam of Kast and West, of Schopenhauer ami of Buddha. The conclusion reached was that if life itself was bad. then pessimism was justifiable : but that if the goodness of God was admitted, then all theories of pessimism fell to the ground. X sad tragedy haa occurred near Bir- mingham, r.ev. Lindsay Taplin, a Unitarian pastor at KingsAood, comiirftted suicide by drowning himself in a pond near his residence. Before guing to Kingswoo<i the reverend gentleman iiad been for a quarter of a century m charge uf the Unitarian church at To<i«iordon. He was a highly accomplished scholar. Latterly his hialih had not been good and he was depressed in spirits. Ue was a liitle over iX) years of age. The manner of his death has caustd mach local excitement and regret. Crematluu and Kellgion. Once, when the late Lord Shaftesbury was told that a certain Bi;;h Church bishop had opposed the burning ui the dead on the ground of religious principle, and had de- clared that the practice would militate ak;ainst the idea of the resurrection, he ex- claimed, " What an audacious limitation of the power of the .Almighty ! What has become of the blessed martyrs who were burned at the stake?" Of all the obj'-c- tious raioui against this method uf disp'js- iiig of the dead, perhapr there is none so fuoRsb a* that which ^Alays «hat the act would be an irreligious one. Everyone has a perfect rit;ht to think what he likes with regard to such a subjtct. but whatever arguments may be introduced, sensible re- lii:iuus people have a right to ask that reli(.ion shall not be dranged ii to the con- test to support either tide. Considering how BiaMV uf the early (.'hristiaus were de- stroyed by fire, and how many noble Pro- testant heroes in UIlt days sealed thtir testimony to the faith at the stake, it is inipossibie for any sober miiid>?<ibirliever in the t;rand truths for which time martyrs died to reject cremation on the grounds associated with religion. â€" Hock i Kpitcopa! '.'/lurr/i fHipfr). A Waruiug t<i " Uunuer*.'* A curious case, showing to what extent a debtor may and may :.ot be dunned, has been decided by the Recortler of Montreal. A collector who had se.eral times called on one George Baillie, was at last told by the debtor not to return. Not heeding this in- junction, he did retur:i, and was ejected. Baillie was arrested presumably for assault, and the Recorder dismissed the case With costs against the too industrious collector. And the Uecorderlaid duw^n the aw ia these words : ' No collector has the right to come to » house for the purpose of collecting, if the one from whom he wants to collect has once toM him not to come again. He may seek redress iu the coort. but not otherwise." Not Altogether Friendless. The small child is to the front again. He had been naughty. The naughtiness of youth and the naughlinesaof ageare widely different. •• If you do that, nobody will love yon," the tender mother told him. " 'Tsin't so. I know one who'U like me," he answered. " Who ?" " Satan. He likes the bad ones." The i^nuiae .Article. .At a restaaraut. \ customer in a dis- gusted tone ot voice : " Why, this milk is tamed." •• Well, sir !" returned the delighted ven- dor of comestibles, and what does that prove, sir ' Why. sir. it proves that the article served to you was, like everything else sold in this restaurant, (genuine, and not a deceiving combination of chalk and water, sir." He Was No Pttppy. Heâ€" Do vou want a little puppy, Uias Kdith^ She â€" .'Vm I to consider that as a pro- posal â- ? Heâ€" Not at all ; good-bye.â€" r*« Earth. Mrs. Hreesy ito daughter)â€" Did yon tell young Mr. W'alio. dear, that you would corresjHjnd wiih him on his return to Boston ? Miss Breezy â€" Tes, mamma, he has been so i>olite to me while iu Chicago, you know, and seemed so seriously in earnest when he ask( d me if he mighl^ not hear from me occasionally that what could. I say, maiuiBa, boi "Let her go Gallagher. " â€" The yonng lady m the glove store always says, " Put up your hands," yet nobody imagines her to be a footpad. A NKBVE BEST. Going to Bed to Get a SaOlelenl Holi- day. There is no better preventive of nervoiu exhaustion than regular, unhurried, mos- c liar exercise, says a writer in the .Viru;- ifemh Century for November. If we could moderate our hurry, lessen our worry and increase our open air exercise, a large pro- portion of ner%-ous diseases would be abolished. For those who cannot get a sufficient holiday, the best substitute is an occasional day in bed. Many whose nerves are constantly strained in their daily voca- tion have discovered this for themselves. A. Spanish merchant in Barcelona told his medical man that he always went to bed for two or three days whenever he couH be spared from his business, and he lauuhed at those who spent their holidays on toilsome mountains. One of the hardest worked women in Entiland, who has for many ears conduoled a large wholesale business', retains excellent nerves at an »dvance<i aue, owing, it ia believe<l, to her habit of taking one day a week in bed. If we cannot avoid fre<}uent agitation, we ought, if possible, to give the aervousavstem time to recover itself between the shocks. Even an hour's seclusion after a good lunch will deprive a harried, anxious day of much of its injury. The nerves can often be over come by strata-jem when they refuse to be controlled by strength of will.' Xatloaal Autbein.t. There never was a more rousing compo- sition than â- â-  L* Marseillaise. " '• The sound of it," says Carlyle. " wUl make the blood tinule in men s veins, and whole armies and assemblages will sing it with eyes weeping and burning, wiih hearts defiant uf death and despot." It had a great share in the tirst French revolution, for m a few months after it was first made known every one was singing it, and the words "To arms! March!" were resounding iu all parts of France. .At every season of disorder since its strains have excited the passions of the people, and if immortality can be predicted for any tune known to man this is. beyond a question, the one. And yet, as the story goes, both words and music were the pro- duction of one night. They were composed in 17'.^'i by a person whom Carlyle calls " an inspired I'yrta^a colonel." Houget de Lisle, who was still living when Carlyle's • French Revolution ' was first publish»-ii. The scene of its birth was Straaborg, and not Marseilles, but it was a force of Mar sciUsKe which first mu< bed to it. and hence the title. The origin of the British national anthem has proved a source of uninterrupted vexation for many >ears past. There is almust as much mysteQ' regarding it as there used to be about the source of the Nile. The common account attributes it to Dr. Bull. King James I.'s organist, but it has also been claimed for Henry Carey, the author of " Sally in Uur Alley." Between these two the authorship and cumpusition almost certainly rest, but it has been found impossible to decide definitely for the one or the other. The music of God Save the Queen" is com- paratively tame and uiuntercsting, btit it agrees well with the comparatively peace, fitl. regular coarse of e\eii:a whu:h lus marked public affiirs in England for over two hnrdrert years past. The Hussian national anthem, ' Go<l Protect the C^ar,' was first perfMrmoi at the Grand Theatre. Mos.-ow. lu December, 1>33. Previous to this there bad been no national hymn in Kussia. and the C^trs usually couteuted tbamselves uith "God Save the King." The composer was Col. M. Lwoff, and in return for the coni^usi. tion the C/.ar Nicholas presented hini with a gold snuffbox, set with diamonds. The music is distinctly national, bat tne words, as every one knows, are anything but the actual prayer of the Russian peop!e : " God .Save the Czar ! ^ighty autocrat ! lieign for our glory, ' etc. It is, properly speak, ing, an official hymn, and ia unknown to the vast majority of Kuasians. The Austrian national anthem is well known in England from its use as a hymn tune. It was composed by Haydn and per- formed for the first time at the celebration at the birthday of the Emperor Franz at Vienna in 1797. The lovely air is thor. oughlyGerman.and found therefore a ready acceptance in the hearts ol the people. Haydn himself was very fond of it. Ue used it in the variations in one ot his quar- tets, and when he was dying he insisted on being taken from bed to the piano, when he played the air three times over very solemnly '.n the presence of hia weeping servants. The Danish national anthem is not unlike the " Uule Britannia. " It was com. posed by a German named Hartmanii. about the year 1770. The " Sicihan Man- ner's Hymn." thoagh it can hardly becalled a national anthem, is a favorite air with the gondoliers of Venice, who sing it fre qaently. A Jail for a Family KmideBce. A Mrs. Fitrsimmons haa anew lot in the new town of Delano, Kern county, adjoin, ing one owned by the county. The county ordered a jail built on its Und, but by mistake it waserecled on Mrs. Fitzsimmons' lot. The lady immediately moved into what she naturally claims as " improve- ments" on her land, and was holding the fort at last %oooiin\a.â€" Sevada City • Cal. Trantmpt. Fashionable Charity. Aont Minerva ( to fashionable niece iâ€" Do you expect to do anything in the direction of charitv this winter. Clara 7 Miss Clara (brightly i- Oh. yes, aunty, I am already planning my costume for the charitv ball. WITH THK CHILDBKX. Bright FanriM and Odd S|M«ehea at III* Utile Oaas. BOBBT ri-ATS A TBinfP. Fatherâ€" Come. Bobby, yoQ are all tired out , so hurry off to bed. Bobby (with a alow ani) reluctant more- ment;â€" Pa, you oughtn't to tell a boy to hurry up when he'a all tired oixX.â€"l'hiUi- deiphia Sorth Americiin. THE LI.VE I.EIWS. It is the father of a precocioos 24-year- old who tells that the child was once watching an old lady making her toilet. The old lady had removed h«r false hair and her teeth, when the astonished trnsil boy said : " Bet yeh cant take yez neck off!"â€" San Francitco Chronicle. WUt.S THK A.MiELS S]11I.£I>. Passing down Sixteenth street yesterday we noticed a little incident worth record- ing. A little crippled boy, 10 years old, a poor chappie from the r'iver bottoms, was being hauled along m a little waggon by two other ragged urchins. " What's the matter with him '• " said • little fellow, stopping as he went along. " He's paralviied and can't walk a step and we're helping him home." thev acs'wered. Instead of running on the little fellow went into a store and soon caught up with them, handing the cripple a paper bag. " I got a nicitel for blackiu' my father's shoes this morning and was going to buy some candy, bat you can have it. and here's some glnoersnaps,' and the littk- • Good Simaritan " was around the corner and out of hearing, with tears in hm eyes, before the cripple could think hiinâ€" OmaAa Herald. SlrrEK LITTU! CHILI, KE.S. Lady (recently meved into the neighbor- hood)â€" I am very anxious to rent a pew in the church, L>eacon Jones. My children are large enough tcatteud. Abse'ntminded deacon i who is also a landlord i â€" I am very sorry, madame, but we don't take children. â€" SeW Yurk Sun. I Lose of TBi; iNgnsmos. In New Jersey there had been some ill- ness in a family, and an inquisitive ueigk- bcr asked little Johnny, the youngest son of the family . who had been sick, and he answered : â- â€¢ Oh, it s my brother, that's all." '• What was the matter with him ?" " Nuifin', only he was just sick." " I know ; but what ailed him ?" " Oh, I duuno." •• What did he have ?" " He bad the doctor." â€" Iroy iimus. â€" Even if a boy is always whistling "i want to be an angel. " it is jnst as well to kepp the preserved pears on the top shelf. â€"One of the things which strikes the average man who receives a circular from a Wall street shsrk telling him of a new and improved plan for getting rich, is that ho does not atiU/.e it himssl/. â€"Keeps stillâ€" the moonlight whiskey niAuufaotiirer. â€" -AnilsliBa seeks for a definition ot volubility. " Vohibiiny. Ansjelina dear, is the distiiigaiahing fMtare of a horse-car driver when he is ten minutes behind time on his sup^^r trip and an overloaded coal team breaks down in front of him en the rail." Floating Garden* of tb« .\aters. During all their wandenns's, wherever they stopped the Azteoe cultivated the earth and lived upon what nature gave them. Surrounded by enem'es in the midst of a lake where there were but few tiâ- ^h, necessity and lal-asiry oompelleil them to form floating gardens oa the b.)sora of the waters. They wove together the rootg of aquatic plants intertwined wilh twiga and branches until they formed a founda- tion sufficiently strong to support a soil they drew from the bottom of the lake, and on it thev sowed thtir needed mai/.e and chilo. Ihe^e fioatiug gardens were about a ioot above the water and of various forms, the most effective b»ing long and narrow, called cintas. or ribbms. With their natural taste for ri.rweis. ihey s.ided the ornamental to the useful, and these snisil gardens, muliiplMng. were covered with dowers and aromatic herbs, which were used in the worship of their go-ls or sent to decorate the palace of the E:nperor. Wiiat » picture of delightful unlepeud- ence '. The peaceful Indian could anchor his flowery home where he willed, tloat beyond sixial cares or f>olitical bcrdens, and from prying neighbors and pull-parrot gossips he could quietly paddle away '. In these secure retreats the spendthrift could elude his creditors, the bank defaulter hide from the minions of the law.â€" I'unnjr. Choked to Death With a PranuU .A very sad death took place in (.ialt en Thursday morning about half [>ast 11 o'clock, the victim being a young son of Mr. John Flynn, living on South Water street. The poor little fellow had been pla> ing about the house during the morning, and while doing so had been eating some pea- nuts. Suddenly the boy started to cough as if •.'boking . and those present sei/ed the chi.d and endeavored to rtlieve ii. Medical aid was also obtained, but by that time it was evident that the child was dying. The d(x-tor as a last resort opened the wind- pipe, bat this endeavor to save its life failed, and in a few moments the heart ceased to beat. The little fellow was about i years of age. and was a bright and inter- esting child. â€" o'lii't KeiK'Tter. An Intere«tlng Village I'nder Water. A gentleman arriving from Tarboro yes- terday reported that Princeville, a colored settlement just across Tar River from "Tar- boro. is under water. The water is higher there than it his been since l-'l'i. The water is standing aroand the hotfSes half- way to the top of most of them, and the state of affairs is generally very unpleasant. Princeville is strictly a negro settlement, having a colored Mayor, colored pohce and colored town council â€"ftui'^-ic;/! Setc$ and Cotirirr. Brown to the Kexrue. Wife â€" My deer. I don't know what I am going to do ; the company is only half served and the refreshments aregivicg out. Hubby- Well, if Browne is here we are perfectly safe. Wifeâ€" But I don't see how it is going to remedy the difficultv. Hubby- Why, get him to read that theory of his on " Coming Man," and you will see the guests disappear like smoke. â€" It is said that II. Rider HsKgsrd contem- plates writing a se.|uel to " She." .As he totally annihilated the old lady at the end of his former novel, a se<iuel seems to be an impessibility. But Hacgard's ingenuity is equal to almost any feat. Heconld donbt- less revive " She " with a few chemicals. â€" Principal Rrowii. of .Aberdeen, is within two years of the age of our century. Yet he ia sttU so vigorous, in body as in tnind, tbat on a recent Sundav, when assisting Mr. Well-., of Pollokshields. at the com- munion, be was able to deliver three power j fnl liiscoiirscs. He also preache.l on Satur- day evening the preparatory sermon. â€"Should pit;s that run at large in the streets be considered public peu-shuuners 7 r-t-'