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THE UEOP PROBPE0T8. Home luid AbroHil Ap|>raran< ri> at llie PrcMiit Timeâ€" Decldcdlr Above the Averiiiffl lu I'aiiHita. An Utlawa diepatcli htys: Crop reports Irotu sixty iiiatrift (^orriapondenta in Oauriu h'qow rusaoii for t<ratiticatioa at the prc8i>cct8. Ail bpvak ottbetx^eM of rain doic^ much dauia^e i>a the luA'lauda, bat in spito ol thia the cropi] arc, on the whoU', n(arly tverywheri' pronounced decidedly abuvo the uversgo. drain is doin;; splendidly. Wheat oats and rve aru kU {«r better than neual llarley i- MOod, pciB i.\c(_'l!('nt ami tiiout cf the root cropa â- re Ainm well. I'jtatoen, however, are seriouttiy ilama^vl by the vitl. and bo h corn. Ur»y id Bcuroly up to Iho avcraj^e and Jrui: i.. coimidi-iu: ly injured. Further heavy rail â- , ...Ul ii>jji- the whole harvest BerioUtly, Li.;, cii thi t^lher hand, avej-aj^c line wealiier now will >;ive far more abna- ilant harviui than ii~ual. A cablej;rai ' «ivfH Information aa to the present coi.iii rii o' t!-.". Karciican crcio, from whii h il woiiM uipear that recent Btatementa ax to the exti :il of damuso have very l;tt!n f iii;..iatioi.. Great llritain, France. ij.rn;«hy and I'aly apixar. m re gard.i th( rrc..]! cuilool-. to tf i;i a highly Batiiff.' tr.ry uotuli'iin, Aaotria- lIiH'.uary and Iluti>!Bry nio irately bo, while in Kqs- €ia thi- laitHt ih-.in.ate i^ that tho wheat crop has \,.vn dai.ia^'d tj the extent of 2ii per. cent, by drt U;;bt. .swoK.N uv .\ KiMi^ir.irs lu.ooi). llip Slr;iii:;i. Citli T»l4<.ri bi ii tllliiom Wlt- li< >< III I'lilUili l|ilila. A I'hila.i-.ii l.ia d( i>[ a*, h Bays : A ctraiii;e scene w»;i i,ri.si-i.!"d in .Ji.ii^^e IJrcj^y'ii Court whin the i.ioti poitnin of Ctliueee oalha was u'iinir.;8trrfd to I .?e lianu'. a c( k-Btial wilueua. A roO'iter waH brouuiii ii.to coiirt â- r.il Htt cijwn bCBide liie '.utuesd-miind, wjrr • « ..| lare of mualiu hau been placed. Cauill- - a.Hl jodu hlitkH were lighted in a cnspil.jr The %Mtnesa Iben ejt c:! the roosti r d h,a.l and binned wi'.h a ijuill dipfM-l iri I 111- .:ead bira d blood the paper from "t KJi the oatii baa been read to bim. Xlie I â- ;- r waa then burned in the cuPjidor. "1.- u. J the fort;! i.f I »:ii aJniiiiistored in li.o ti.tulB cl jubtiue in (.'bnia ! ' ui.ktd Jud^e l;r. ..y. ".Not pirlicularly,' replied Interprelir (:1il-w. '•The Chi.'iete courta do no'. U'v ; i»n\ i;&th to ni,. kjiowledt;o. I have hi I i iii .\nieri. 4 for a lonK lime. Wlien 1 v.n> lii I'.rtland. III!'., the l.illirn a', a ro.>-i. r waa resorted '. j lid ibu only Ibing to pi ve:.l a Chinaman from Ijini;. lieforr thti' yiiu coubl: 't ^tl at the truth." â- â€¢ What 1 the re»6«iu .'or the aolen.city of tUia ostb V "Ibey L>.lieve that cverythinK has a npirii, Koo'l or evil, and al:or a (^binarnan uula ofl h roo ti t'u bead, ho believea tb»t the spirit .ill liuubie bino if he tella a lie." MOBB RCOTOil AMUKNUBNCV. Thr Karl of Fife tu Mnrry tli« Prliir*- of Wales' Bldeat Uaugliter, A London cable aayg : There wan but one topia of diRcuaaion in the clubs laet even- ing. It waa the betrothal of Princtta Louise Victoria Alexandra iJ&i^tnar of Wdlea. the eldeat daughter of the I'rince and I'rincesH of Walej, to Earl Fife. Ramor for a lung time paat has been busy in clubdom with the pc-jibility of anch a mstob, and what yava partiouUr strength to tlu'. postiibilitiea of tucb an allianae lay in the fact that the report waa moBt credited by those about the Prince. Ves. terday afternoon the i.'ueen furnially i;ave lier consent to the union. The I'rioce of Wales is tho most popular gentleman in tho I niteil Kini'dom, and the i'rincess aloue viod with him in tho alfectiono cf tho reo- ple. WlK-n it became known that the band of their eldeat daughter waa to bo conferred upon one of the most popular I'ecrs in the Inited Kingdom, tho i'rinco and i'rincesa of Wak.s were eimply and purely raised into the position of popular idolatry. I'riccisj Loui',. : baa in her hhort cireor wou universal popularity. Liiie all the rojal jirinaeeseB nhe liaj al.va/S been troubWd with sbyneHti, but not mora to than raigbl bo expected from young ladies not long out in the world ; but these who have penetrotgd the veil of moileaty sur- rounding htr havo found in her charming womanly nature a fund of intellit^ence and a good J haro of her mother's remarkable charm of mant:cr and intereeiing gentle nature. She baa a very pretty l;(.;nre. She is about middle si/.'! and baa a face with plontv cf character. 8he waa born Pt Alarltorongh IIoubc. l'obrnar\ liOtb, l-i07. lOarl I ife bad b^en fur many years a close friend of the I'rince a:;(l I'rincetf. Kvery- body knows him and knows well of him. lie 18 an (X'.'mplary model of the British aristocracy, llo is the sixth Karl of 1 ife, b::t was crt!.;ed a peer of the I nited i^ing dom in Id-'.'i. He is 10 years of age. r.,,1... hniiii tt;i. >'l^^tIl\nâ- ^t, It is repi rted here tlial nothing v.ill be done lb;,< Mar it. the proposed extension of IbnGall Itikilway into M. iitana. .\n in.iii.,,v wdii l.iid en the body of WiUiarn.M'iDermott. who handed himself at KIkl'rn. The ev: ience cf bia widow, I'lgi.lur. UK'd "1 yarn, and HOnie 1 ,ra waa heard. The jury jreturnud let that i:e died from suicidal : while in . Htate of unecund mind. 1 I'cnnol'- .â-  prugrtdaii:^ favorably. i,»l fn II lull, 11. (' , Haya Mr. I. rrturcM! frciu a trip tn th« i.mjcvered pritigi) routh of tliere. There are 71 ap'iiigH of polrolenm within a radius of .''OU iicrt;< and indications of an iiirxbaiiBtilile ir.pply, A'itbthe .|uality lirst eli.-H Tl... BpiingB are near the Crow'a Kiiroi- folc^<l lires arc raging in the moun lain' bit we'll lianff and Donald. hit" c n'.it'w a V. I h/i . Urt. A Carb latul> A Keiiiiirkalilt' Cafe of Suuiuaiiilni.-i^iii. A policeman early this morning found a woman, attired only in her !:i:;hleljtheB, wsnderiri,< aimlessly along by the bide of St. Mary d Hospital When the otlicer spoke to the woman he found that she was H3und aaJecp, and when a'.akentil she wont into A nervoos condition and wan taken into the hoBpital. She gave tlie name of Mrs. Annie IJavia, and said i;he lived at No. b.'.l I'ark avenue. The police cf the IStli I'recinct were notified to inveatigat'i tho case. They found that tho woa.an's hus- band bad gone to his day's labors appar- ently undisturbed by bid wife'ti escapade. The nei:.'hborM state that Mrs. Davis is a somnambulist of e.\tiacrdinary rjuality, and her antics havo long since ceased to be cause for wonder among tho inhabitant-H of the teoemcnta along i'ark avenue. Khn is in the habit, they uay. of gettin.'{ up in the middle of the night an 1 while sound aaleep will go through part of the work that id to be done the next day. lireakfast is aotAc timea pr( pared at 1 o'clock in tho morning, and in a sound Bleep the woman v.ill do ail the usual little odda and ends of h<r hcnae- bold <lutii.8 without making a miitake.even to lighting a tire in the kitchen stove, i )nco or twice tho woman baa endangered her life by wandering on the roof top and lying down close to its edge. Alter Mrs. Davis had reciAered from her nervous condition sho was Bent to hcrhomo.â€" /â- >' ./..'//m Tivw. Latmt Si'Olti^li NoWK. A bliic-tit has built itd mit in tho letter- box of Mr-. I'eebleo, Nether-' lask. When drnpiHii lii it took the letters out and Bcatteri'd tin in about. Ah an i vi lenco of returning prosperity t<i (ariucis, It may be noted that at all the hmi g fairs held re ently the wuges have b'lM from 10 tu L'O per cent, higher than for iiiu pas', few yeara. llev. .Iftlih iimitli, of Edinburgh, specify- iiii; the (urnH in Bcotland antagonistic to ihu precioiw instituticn ot the Babbath, pluces lirat the large proportion nf tho II' liility Biid gentry who -et themselves, so far aj per--r,iial cxrinijdn and intluenoo are concerned, to s: ilariae the day of rest. IfiMt Oi.i' Itiirglar Vinn CtiuKlit. Ti.e Irii-li ('.I'aven bless 'em) havealittlo inv< iitiun wlich has been used in Ireland with great sui;ceas. It would bo n gocd •ttaeh:nei.t for the ballot-bo.\es in this ootiiitry. An (iiterpriaing burglar entered a genli'-inaii a hnuae at Watcrfurd, Irgland, oijenigtu a couple of weel;j age, and, after purluiniiig everything he could lind, he prepared to remove a largo pliotographic oaniera tliat waa standing on a table. In Bome way he to'iched off a niagncaium Hash. U^bt atiaclinient (hat was part of the' machiiic nnd lUd precipitately when the thing liar. ',4;. The next day it was dia- oovcred tba the camera hvl taken the photograpli cf the burglar, 'fbo negative waa plaoi It in the hands of the police and by its aid tluy ijuickly tabbed their roan. II showed the burglar with a jimmy in one hand and a box containing jewelery under bia arm, while be carried a sack over bin Bboulder with valuablo pieces of plats, books, etc'., aid waa gazing at the llauli liKhl in opcninuiithed amaicemont. This waB the iinitniieaobabte evidence o( a meobamcal eye-Ailncsa and the fellow was â- ent up for 8;.\ months.- Miuifln-sl,r Ctitiritr. Rcllal>li.. Young man ^ ou are older than I am. and 1 want )i> ask yim a i|i>estion. Does a woman always mean wllat Bhe saj a ? Old man Alwa>s that im, if she ij married. After hearing arguments in favor of and Jn opposition to Keminler, the liuffalo mur- derer, iJndge Day held thai testimony would hnvsalo bo taken as to the cfTect of Jho electric current on the homan body, and appointed Tracy ('.. Decker, a lawyer, of liulTalo, to take testiinony and report to tho court on July :!Otli next. A :i -.oar old child np.lnod Cote, rctidiuh on St. Daguillo'i i;!.reet. <,>OL'beo, fell into a pail of boiling water yerterday and fa BO eevcrdy sjaldul that li i.i ii'jt i.-iiuotfd to zecovei, Mlnti(k<'«. It 19 not disgraceful to make a mistake. Those who never make mistakea never 'lo anything worth mentioning. Tho attitude of men with reference to their mistakes is sometimeH disgraceful. 1 â-ºno who cannot Boe his own errors even when they are (lointod out will not make niucli improve - mentH. I'ntil wo iliacover and deplore our dofecta wo will not take paina to remedy them. Frankness in conffssing faults la a great grace. When one booomea so perfect in bis own oBlimation that he ban no oc<:a- sion to confess his faults to bis neighbors, ho is well nigh boyoml the reach of hope. .'V Chriatian who believed that iiia holiness had reached the point of faultleesnesa once gave way to a violent lit of temper, and when forced to apologi/.e told his story well enough until he came to the conclu sion, and then spoiled it by saying: "I cannot tell what made mo use such Ian. guago, I think I mual have been inspired ; I am sure I waa uot angry." "Who can understand bia errors? ' HHOUT Bl'T bWlFT. lieT. It. T. ItuniN (ieta Juatlf'i- Ti'inperfd Willi McTcy. A laat (Wednesday) night's Kingston de- spatch raja; This morning Kev. It. T. liurns, Deputy roatmsiter, was brought before Judge I'rice. He tottered like a child when asked to stand up. The Judge told him he bad been charged with appro- priating money belonging toMrs. Lcvr, and asked, " Arc >ou willing to bo tried before meorajary '' .Mr. Burns said, " Von." Mr. Uritton, (j C , read a lengthy charge, then ho asked if Wr. Uurns ws.s ready fur trial. Tho reply being " yes," Mr. Burns was askcil to plead, and said, " I am guilt'.." Mr. Mclntyre then addrtsaed tho Judge, stating that the case waa the mcBt distreas- ing that had ever come before him. Tho respectable pobition which the prisoner had occupied for many years constituted an element in the dt jilorable nature of tho OSS';. His Honor was awaro of the terrible^ calamity v/hich bufell tbu prisoner when two promising tons met watery gravta. (Uero til) prisoner wept aloud). Another dih'.reaung element waa lliti position in which his family was placed. When tho charge waa brought to tho priaocer'a knowledge on Sunday he had lime to leave the country, but inatcad he went to the Inspector's oibce and gave bimarlf up until iho papers in the case were made cut and he placed in safe keeping. I urther, the priaoner'» family, nut-vithstatuiicg that it had been auggeated to him to l-javo the -.'lantry, de- cided to place liu diUiculty iu the way cf jaatioc taking its ceuriO. Mr. Mclntyre referred to the time of life the priaonerliad arrived at. to the fa> t that there waa absc lute ruin for bini anl bia family, and said ho believed he had grounds for aeking the Judge to bo aa lenient as the law allowed. Judge I'ricc taid thia waa tho saddest case be had ever had to dial with, and, con- sidering tho poaitioa which the priscner had left and tho trying circuinbtaucca he had passed tbrou;;h in losing two ioiii, be felt jugiiii d in making the limit of im- priaonrai n'. as low ad the la»/ allowed. " Therefore," said the Jr.dge. " I will een- tanae you to the penitentiary Icrtwo)eara. The prisoner felt relit vcd ; evidently he had expected a much loogcr term. Kare Furf'tliouBht. " Harry," exclaimed the blushing Laura, " this declaration is so sudden that Iâ€" that that I hardly know what to say. I waa unprepared for il. It unnerves me." " I was afraid it might," haid the young drtiggiat, rising with alacrity from his knoea, " and I bronght along a bottle of my unrivalled nerve anmlMio. This prcpai'a- tion, darling," ho added, aoothinsly, aa he took a bottle from bis pocket, ijuiokly extracted tho cork, and poured a iinantity of the medicine into a spoon be had also bronght along, " will allay any undue CKoitemont, quiet the nervesi aid .ligeslion, and roatore lost appotito. I sell it at liO cents a bottle. Thia la tjie dose for an adult. TaJte it, dearest." . â€" ♦ Alxiut New UooltA. Mr. Andrew Carne|.i8 admits that ho is at work upon his memoirs, but adds that they will never bo ppblisbed while ha is alive. Mrs. liives (llianler'a early stories do not please the London Atlienuiim. The "Brother to Dragons" and its two com- panions, in imitation ot old Lnglish, were not, it says, worth reprinting. (ieorgo Meredith's new novel ts said to have for its theme "The Romanco of Jonr- iralism," and to bo in an advanced atata of preparation. Dn. U. A. GrsN, M. U., Prof, of Burgery of thfl United States Medical College, editor ot "Medical Tribune," author of "Gnnn's New Improved Hand-book of Hygiene and I )omi!stio Medicine," over hia own eigna- tiirnaaid, referring to and proscribing War- ner's Hafo Cnre : " I waa greafly surpriaed to ob»or\6 a decided improvement wilbin a month. Within four montha, no lube (Asts ooiftd bo found and only a trace of albumei,, and as tho patient expresEcd it, he felt perfectly well.' Me tVoulll Kollnw Suit. Waiter (retumbig after a brief abaonae) - Latrib chops all oni, sir. (iiieat (riauig, with a polite smile)â€" All right 1 Beanltful day to be out I I thiLk 1 will go too. t'lis.hluirn I'anclvK. (Joachm.'^n'a cac'.'S made of white vdvet or cloth, trinim' d with gold braid, havo been ordered by N •. '.vport belles. Very broad black herders on cards and note paper as an inaicatiiin of the extetit of mourning la the very worot taste. Dtesa i-kirts of a fsbhur.able length trail on the gr'Hind. It i> to be hoped that the mode will i.ot bo generally adopted. Thero lire new lahri>!a for mourning brought (;iit as regular aa novelties in any other department of ladies' millinery. Tho lUclielieu (m'jroi lery â€" fine open worked patterns on ecru batiKteâ€" is a trim- ming of dialinctiou for EUmmer gowna. Kangaroo skin ia a fav.rite leather fcr men's aiiranier hi.dd and boots. Oil or cream id uied to keep it :'oft and pliable. The steamer blanket used by the ladies this year is iu the shape of a long circ idar cloak, whiili coverd them from head to f-jot. The lea go'.vn i« i.o longer worn as a reception drees, but has taken its position ill the wardrobe as a relined eort of ♦ ra[iptr. Straw jiuko boni.eM are gf sLlticiint ai/o to shade ih,j face'. Large loopa of ribbon, in which there are neats of llowers, trim the crown. The elephantn' ear i^i the name given to the llni . thin, llat iipot'ge which ia sold to women who sack new methods of taking particular care e'f their comple.xiona. The simplicity of the style in drees tli,, season ia a great satisfaction totboae ladies who do uot like toappear old-fashione<I and still who object lotlie complicated and bur- densome iu women's gown^. If a savage were Buddenly to find himself in the rnidtit cf a number of fatdiiouablo ladies rea ly to walk be would think their leqg handled parasols eijuipped them for war. and would run fur hid life. Thera ia a new and important change in the mode of a lady a carrying her parasol when she ia driving. The hand which holds it ha4 the index linger pointed up- ward on the Htick. Any variation of thin rul* admits tbu jioaBibility that ahc does not belong to the original " four hundred." SAND BFOUT IN THE DESERT. Graiihlc DcHcrlptloii of a Striking i!eene la Africaâ€" Moving ColumUH. Under the fairest Bkies the desert is an BWCBomc solitude, but when a btorm comes it is terrible and appalling. I shall never forget a scene I wilEi'ES;d some forty miles beyond tho great pyramids, says a writer in the New York Mnil nnd Kxprif. I had gained an isolated hillock, some two hun- dred feet above the level of the aurrounding desert. .-Vway to the west, about two miles diatant, I descried Bix or seven lofty pillars of sand moving swiftly ever the undulating plain. Tho centre one of theee waa vertical, and those anrroundin.; it, at a distance of two or three hundred yards, leaned aligbtly toward it. The sand at the base of the cclumna waa lashed Ly tho furious whirl- wind into a surging Hea, Desert trees of the hardest wood wi re torn up with their roots and burled hundreds of yards away and hii^h up into the air; cveu the grass that grew in the path of that terrible storm was shorn clean away from its roots. The Bummita of those columns of sand at length joined. andth..-n burst forth from their united top » a yellow gigantic cloud of sand of euch magnitude and density aa to darken, aa in a total cclipoe. the face of the bright afternoon £1:0. The sand apoat, called by the nativefi " zobahah,' shortly after subsided, but the cloud of sand and grass, which had been raised high in the heavena, continued to darken the setting aun for more than an hour. The amaller coknm behind travelled swifcly, increasing inll/e. until it reached the site of the breakup of tho other, and then added its mite to the nniversal destruction. With my sextant, aa 1 btood in aecurity, I measured tho height cf tho centre column of sand; it was i:early one thousand feet. The other colnmno weru rising so rapidly that they soon readied a greater height thau that of the centre column. When the jani:tiou of them all took pUce the sudden eruption of saud, leaven and grass reached to a total height of over four thousand feet. Thcso " /.obahahs " are not very fre- ijuenl, but when they occur they carry widespread devastation a'oug with thfni, and woe betide the traveller and the tci.t that happen to atand in their way. Not more than ten yarila ffi tn tho column the air ia per- fectly calm, but within the small ciroum- acnbing circle there lagcs suck a tempest as will carry away anything, however lirmly ti.\ed in tho ground, into the regions uf tlio upper air a" easily as an ordinary gust of win. I will blow a piece of paper. The camel, this wcuderful ship of the desert, always knows a few hours before nhellu'r one of those approaching " /ubah- aliB ' is likely to come upon him, and bis natural instinct will guide him to a place of safety, whoro bo lies down and only breathes the cool ri-activo current which closely follows the burning, almost suffocat- ing, hot air whuii aocintipaniea the " /.obahabe." Tho usual movement of there sand sjioiitj ia in the arc of a wido circle, and tho dircctxn of the ceiitr.jcf the circle ia almost invariably from north to south. When the-ae awt:il turmoils are over, and the diaturbing eleraeita have reiumod their normal state, the bnrnisg sand becomes saturated with a heavy elew, the bun ia less angry, and tho African de .sen more amena- ble to lifein buth manand brasta. Nature's wisdom and woi:derB are indeed beyond man's limited uudprstanding. (jnittl New 4 fur IfonHf>k|.e|M.r». Advices from the l'acili,T coaflt are very Haltering regarding the prospe(;ta for the raiaiu crop. The vines arc doing well, and competent authorities have placed their e^^.mato upon a one million box yield. Tho growe-rs lliajo are greatly encouraged by ihfl outlook, ami antiuipate a liberal return fur their labors. llic Sailor Hoy. Wibbleâ€" l>o >oii believe all this nonsense yon read in tlie> novels about tho sailor falling in love with his ship and all that sort of thing y Wabble -Ob, yes. At least when a vessel goes on a cruise tho aailor ia gone on bor until she gets back, ian't he .' Uetilar l>(Aikf> nitration. iihe 'ion were not so dissipated before wo were married. He Indeed I was, rny dear ; but when anybody lolil you ho then you wouldn't believu it. ,-f» ' â€" â-  .- Nevada bad a " DoadHorae" post-onioo. It was ordered to take a new name, and il took that of " liive Horse." The Depart meni wouldn't have it, but changed it to ilosedale. During tho heavy thunderslorin which Pissed ovur Belleville yesterday forenoon [iHlitning struck the house of Mrs. CJallsgher, on Wharf street. The boll struck tho chimney, whiuh it demolished, and passed down the stovepipes into the kitchen, wrecking the stove, tearing up tho Hoar anilth'J heavy hardwood sleepers, and then paaaing through tho window. Mrs. Oallagber was knocked down, stunned and had her face blackened, but waa not seri- onsly injured. Several others received severe sliocka in various parts of tho city. A Newark burglar jumped throagb a window, taking eneh and all, and fell 2.') feet to the ground, where n elog caught and hula him. 'They ennid not lind onu sinc.lo it or scratch fuim hia daring dash. 'lilt' .'MaiiclirHiei Ship Cmu.iI. Home interesting atatistica were lately given by Aid. Bailey, onu of tho directors, with reference to the progreaj of this work. He stated that lf>i million tons of uarth and rock had been excavated, and that 2s,UUO.0UO tons more remained to be ro- muved. It was anticipated that the work would be linidbed in two years from 1st of January nest. There were on tho works l^.t pumiiing engines, 82 steam navvies, •J.OOO waggons, 15-> lorcraotives and HC, steam cranes, and in a few months 1.>,0U0 men would be employed. Ho further gave sonio particulars as to tho coat of baniago of one ton, whiuh waa stated to bo lid. per niila on the highways, '.'d. on the railways, 1 )''ijj. per mile on the Leeds and Liverpool (anal, 1 lUid. ptr mile on tho Aire and CaKb'r Navigation, and between New York and Liverpool about l-liOOd. pur mile. nnatlne 00 l>ev. It is common to make the us-jful recom- mendation, in applying any powder to repel insects on plants, to perform the dusting in the morning wht^ the dew ia on the plants. The only objection lo this recommendation is that plairta arc not moistened with dew every morning, or it is evaporated beifore the owner has time to do tho work, or it may bo too bet and dry for' dew. Th9 work ia lliereforo put off till the iiiaeula ma\ have done their miaohief. A sure way, therefore, adapted to every morn, mg or to any time in each day, is to procure a watsrinfl pot with a very line retie, and v.iib n tine mist moistan tho planta and follow immediately with the dusting. Without waiting for a dewy luaming, aahes, plaster, air Blacked lime, heUebelTeor any of Iho nnmerous pciaonous pawdara may be applied at any lime ai day. > • ' . Hiuiii|ilD|; the Ulhlo. In tho country village of K there hvod a Free (;hurch minister who was' greatly addicted to "thumping tho book." One Bunday he waa preanhing from tho text, " Ve are a stiff nocked people. ' In tho middle of bis diaoourso he repeated hia text several times, and, to make it more impreaaive, brought down hie llat with a thud ou the edme ot tho bymnbook, which toppled oif the onaWo'u, and in it« dosoenj oame into violent contact with the hack of the precentor's head. The leader of praise, thus suddenly roused from tho borders of a pleasant nap, rnbbed the back of bia head, and looking up, quietly remarkedâ€" "Loahj miiiiatsr, the taraeliles are unco near ban' the day ; I'm Jioubtin' ye'vo made me stilT- necked aa weefas them wi' yer oantrips." 1 ' a I . 1 â€" W.11. KoBBm.'i, M.D., I'hyaiflian to the Manobeater, ETng., Inllrmary aad Lunatic Hospital, Profeasor ot Medicine in Owens College, aaya : "Ins great majority of oases llrighl'a l)iae»H8 begins slowly and imper- ooplibly." Itbis ia ar.ttioient'warninK, dt^d juatilioa yon iu uaiiig Warner a Safu pure before your kidney trouble bcqometioU^onio or pftnoancod l;ri(;lit's Dliaeagc.' QETTING INFOBHATION. AReporter'a Experience with the Fatroiieas of a Phllaiitbroplcal lottitulloii. II was the evening of the graduating exercises in a philantbropical institution. ,Said a New York Sun reporter to the lady in charge ruatling around in the dignity oi a new black silk : " How many graduates have you ?" " Oh, dear me, are ycu a reporter. I just dread to see one come in. They never got anything right. I never knew cnc to. I think they do it on purpose. It is too tnean for anything. I bate â€" " Bat will yon tell me the cumber of t'raduates '.''' " Oh, ever so many, and they are just the brightest girls. Oh, it ia such a won derful thing that tliis institution can edu- cate them aa it does. It is perfectly ppleu. did. 1 don t suppoee its any use to tell you abotit it, for yon won't get it right at ; way." " What do they gra.lnate in ?" "Why, every thing most. That's the I'iea cf the institution, to make them bo reif. reliant and ready for emergencies and â€" " " Who are the patroca of the icetitu tion '.'" "Ob, nice people. Kvery bccjy ought tn be interested in it. They would be, toe, 11 the papers took it up in the right way, but they won't. Theyneverget anything right, the reportersâ€" cb, I can't tell ho'w they twift things." "How many inatrnctors do yon em- ploy â- .'" "Ob. we have the loveliest teachers. I'll go and ask MiaB B to come and tell yea about them. She knows them personally â€" all the little family history, >ou know. But of course we don't want y ou to publish that. Papers are just tilled with every one's private atfairs cow. Il ia just horrid, but I suppose the reporters don't care what they say if they just get their pay. Excuse me ; I'll go and Bp^ak to Miss .Smith,' and she rustled away. The reporter waited while the> counseled together, and, approachicg, heard: "Oh, I think she's lovely in that dress. Vou know I advised her to put those revers ouâ€" so rnuoh more beccmicg than a plain waist. Ob, there's the.', dreadful reporter. I'm tired to death tell log him about things. You fell hiic about tho teachers, won't ycu, dear, and put tbusu violets up a little nearer your chin." "I '? Why, 1 don't know anything abcut it, and I'm busy; I'm on the iluv.-ir com mitteo." ' Well, we might as well let it go. I've told bim about it. but be II get it all wrong, anyway. It is perfectly awful the way those reporters miaconattue things auil never get anything right." Urit veraus Flucfc. A burro and a bull-dog had a li^jht re- cently in Fresco, Cal. Burro ia Cali fornian for donkey. The burro waa browsing en cockle bura by the roadsice when tho bull-dog trotted along, stopped and without a growl, seized the aonkey hy the shank bone ot the ofY hind leg. The burro kicked and kicked, and thi 11 bo tried to reach tha dog with bis nontli. but nnavailingly. Then the burro la'd down on its back and brought its hiLiI legM forward towards ita bead, llo shut lua jaws on the dog'a back and alowly atraight- ened out. The dog, withoul lliuching, kept hid grip on the shank boue. But the donkey had just as much grit, and kept on straight ening itself out, though tho .-train waa causing tho tlesh and muscles lobe terribly lacerated. The dog let go tirst. The burro kept ita hold on tho dog's back, and in a second waa on its fe*:t, with the deg dangling from ita mouth. Tho burro's leg waa terribly lacerated, but it did uoi seem to mind. Ue limped across the road, and, deliberately pausing several times to rest, rubbed the dog back and fcrth ever the barbed-wire fenoq until it waa killed, 'i'he dog did not howl from the begincing to tha end. â€" I'hicn-j ' -'.'iirri'il. Vlrtorla « Intcreal in Kniu-rnN. I hear that the Queen has reoentlv been concerning herself with the arrangement of royal funerals, and that Her Maje.ity baa caused a long memoraudiim on the subjaot to be drawn up, with a variety ot now orders, which extend to tho most minute detail. In future the body o! a defunct male member ot the royal family ia to bo placed in the ooffin in an attire cf Muito different material to that worn by a deceased female, and marrieil people are net to be treated tbe same as the unmarried. Thp (,)ueen's solicitude extends even to the niakiiig of the ccrt'ins, and there are e-opious direcliuns concerning them. Embalming ia poaitively prohibited. One would sup pose that tho (Jusen was antioipating a large mortality among her kindred. It is no doubt expedient to be mindful of the unc.ertaiuty el human life, but there is surely no ooaasion to carry this forethought to saobextrava^nt lengths. i.enii('» Iruth. - -\'ery often the ' ia answered by the ' luony, May It " of courtship You must ' tf matri- Mow T»>ey Cfctcli fluU In UforKlB. Last Monday morning it was our pleas ure to go a-liahing with a party on Alapaha, near Orover, and see how tiab are oaught the " new way." From four to six men go into tho water wit^i a log in front cf them, and a sheet with one od^o on the log and tho other edge held up by the mem so that the liah oan't jump over, bill fall ou the sheet. The log is pushed along to the laud, and when near i^ the tish begin to try to make their escape back to tho deep water by jumping. If they fail to make a good le^p they loe^e on the ololh, thereby be- coming viotima of thfir own de.struction. It is amusing to see how they jump. U is supposed that about three humked pounds were oaught. -Ji6cri«<! \i;.C. 1 L'im.j. m Tin: Shah of Persia bap adopted some of tho peculiarities of oiviliiiition, hut ia rather behindhand in others. Ue wears patent leather bcrots, bqt neems to regard a pocket handkerchief as a superthiity. TuK wave of prohibition ia undoubtedly receding. Ihe defeat of a prohibitory atuendment in Masaachusetts will almost certainly bo followed by the defeat of a similar amendment in Pennaylv&nia next month. Thia docs not mean a redaxatiou of the people's resolve to fegnlste thelfquor trallUi and' abate its worst ovil*. It mwna .jjiBiply tiiBrt the popnla* niiict Ihrem^jhcut â- ahe condti^ id beuomliig f!.x#<l in the oon- viction that high license and local option are Iho most efficient methods of attain ing tho objects aimed et â€"St. Lcnis Htpub- lican. r ft