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 I J- '^_. i ,*4.iA..UII1 Tbe Cbild-Faoe. I At mom or ev Cj wfc« re?er I go. In crowded gftrcfetB oi? Ijrcesy Mil, In Summer rwca or Winter snow, A wistful (^pill face hstmta mft^tfU. " '.. S :. .:,« When all my life is out of tune. And sorrow spreads her cheerless night, It breaks forth like a grracions moon, And gUda my gloomy clouds with light. On the dulf labwriif «ie dtyji-*! T- Aglory-h«aE«^*«ailU.I)«e»;t v â-  Forbids all wild thoughts when I pray. And makes them purer than before. I know not when I saw the face I wist not how or whence it came W'hat'er the time, what'er the place. It haunts and follows me tbe same. Was it a vision gave :t birth. Or some chance memory that I keep Is it a habitant of earth. Or but a dream-child bom of sleep I cannot paint its form in words Its wondrous grace I cannot sing. No more than 'â- an the April birds Lay bare the nijstery of Spring. 1 feel that Face will never KO As long as I draw livinf breath 'Twill bo my pruiding star below, And then 'twill lieucoa me in death. Perchance when I have crossed the stroani, And stand upon tho holy hill, 1 11 find 'twas tmcr than a dream. That dear Child-face which heunts mestill. I I.. Ik SOMX iciAL nawcH ^.Â¥WU»4t ThiLBb^rte 'â-  â-  "le of r .1^ ., .- -I.â€". f c*»- rvnwth. mn«t*n«nTat»c action can »Tien Thaofficialflse of*h8Ff«'»c*»,'*°8â„¢W *^ ^rSj^vjAJWdealltrea fcy semi. CanifliMiB the eleventh chapter of St. PLAYING COMET. r-i i;;., .- v."' 1, ;ili- V. U ;-ei' tiU li .^ i:()\ t i t 1 Liii V 11. â- .ya ;-;'â- - rt.L .M it n ii Y:i aiiil The K Oman Candle Racket the Bad Boy 'Wfet'kcd on bis Fa. "liut, look-a-here," sa d the grocery man, as he gave the boy a little dried up lemon, about as Lii,' as a prune, and told him le was a terror, "what is ^he matter with your eye winkers aad your Lair They seem to be burned off. "(), tiiuader, didn't pa tell you about the comet exploding and burning lis nil That was the worst thing since the flood, when Noar run the excursion boat from Kalama- zoo to Mount Ararat. You see we had been reading about the comet which is visible at four o'clock in the morning, apd I heard pa tell the hired girl to wake him an ma up when site got up to set the pancakes and go to early mass, so tliey conid see the critter. The Lired gill is a eathlick, and she don't make io fuss about o, but she has got more good square relidgin than a dozen like pa. it makes a ^od deal of difference how relidgin affects different people, don't it. Now pa's relidgin makes him wild, and he wants to kick my pants, and pull my hair, but the hired girl's relidgin makes her want to hug me, if I am abused, and she puts ;iuariiiy on my bruises and gives me pie. Pa wouldn't get up at four o'c'ock in the inoi niiii; to go to early mass, unless he could iake a li.^ii pole along, and some angle V. oiiiH. 'i belli. Oil girl 1 rays when no one s es her Iii'.t (ijd, 1 ut pa wants to get a c'lureli lu.l (:l si..-lei ill' and prjy loud, as thcu-rli lie was an auctioneer selling tin W-.II, \\\,;:; I heard |)a toll the l;ired girl to -niik.- li:i!i and ina up, I Cnld her to wake ;ne up i.ijou: IkiII an inur before she waked .•iU'l clie" I got ;ny chain to stay with i we ii:aile a ctjinet to play on pa. 'iiy I'/uiii id right over pa's room, .:i't tui) Uni^tlis of stove pi[ie and '.iic.ij:.' u-.er with phospliurii;*. so ',xi .i i.;.s. as ijijghtas a comet. Then tu I i;.;a,iii eaiidles uml a big sky â- â- â- 'jA ' e wtre giiiig't6 touch oil' the i.Mii'iies and the sky rucket just as ii:a got to io 'king at tl:e comet. I lUihi't know that a s,ky rocket would kick back, li d ^oii Well, you'd a died to see that roiiiet. W'e tied a piece of white rub- ber gar.leii iioso to tbe sluve pipe for a tail unit went to Led, and when the girl woke us up we laid lur pa ami ma. J'retty suou we heard pa's window open, iaA 1 looked out, and pa and ma had their iieai'.s and iialf their Jaodiea out of the win- dow. Tliey had their night shirts on, and looked just like the picture of Millerites waiting I'tr the world to come to an end. Pa looked up auu seed tho stovepipe, and ho â- ^â- lid, 'Hanner, furl iod's sake, look up there. That is the damdcst comet I ever see. It is as bright as day. See the tail ot it. Now tiii't i.s wordi getting up to see.' 'â-  •"u'st then my eiiuiu lit the two Roman cn-i.i:;i ts !ind 1 toucb.cd oil' tiie rocket, and tha;.'.s V. )iy Tiiy eyewinkeis went. The rocket busteil the joints of the stovepipe, and thej' fell (liwu on pa, but ma got her head inside left leviie comet st uck, antl wasn't hurt; bi'.t 1 nr a I'gth of stovepipe struck pa end- vay.s ou tiiC neck and almost cut biscuit oiit of l.i;;'.. and the tire and sparks just pouretl down :ii i.i.-i hair, auit burned his nightshirt. I'a wa scart. He thought the world was coii;i:]g to an lyid, and the window came down on his back, and he began to sinj, â-  I'.arth'.-s but a desert drea Heaven is my home.' • " I see he was caught in the window, and I went down stairs to put out the fire on his niglit siiirt, and put up the window to let him in. and he said "My boy, your ma and 1 are going to heaven, but I fear you will go to the latl place," and I told him I would take my chances, and he better put on his pants if he was going anywhere that there would be liable to be ladies present, and when he .got bis .hfeoS in tna told •Wka. the world was not comirg to an end, but somebody had been setting off fireworks,atid said she guessed it was their dear little boy, and when I saw pa feeling under the bed for a bcdslat I got up stairs pretty previous. Now, and don't j-ou forg t it, and ma put cold cream on where the sparks burnt pa's shirt, and pa said another day wouldn't pass over his head before fce had mn in the re- form school. " Well, if I go to the reform school, some- body's got to pay attention, you qui bet your liver, A baj' can't havoaay fan these days without everyb9d,v .thinks he is a heathen. What hariB »di J' it io to play comet It s a mean father that won't stand a little schorchin' in the interests of science." s; /. "i v' The boy went out,' scratching the place ' where his eys- winkers were, and then the groceryraan knew what it was that caused the fire engines to be out around at four o'clock in the morning, looking for a tire. â€" Milwatik'.e Sun. ' Lord Coleridge, in hia speech at the lay- ing of the comer -stone of the extension of Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, England, confessed himself in literature far behmd those who have foond Gowper commonplace 'Walter Scott dull, Miltos pompous, ai;d "Wordsworth puerile. The mule has the reputation of having the smallest a d daintiest foot for its size of all hoofed animals. The 4Mt that the comet has td ready gone to Aiec9 it^K startling warning against the hab- ' it of 'early rising. Diamond is the smallest moveahle type in the world. It olteu gets und r the finger- nails of compositors. Watches made as early as 1700 were so delicately constructed by band, and so small as to easily fit on the top of a lead pencil. Bismarck is easily offended. A Berlin butcher named one of his products "The Bismarck sausage," and for so small a thing was arrested. It is Worthy ef remark that a mcsqaito has concealed in its bill six complete surgi- eal instruments, each so minute as to be in- discernible to the naked eye. The sting of a honey bee, when compared with the point of a fine needle under a power- ful magnifying glass, is scarcely discernible. The point of the needle seemed to bo about an inch in breadth. Prof. Edward ?C. Pickering -of- ife»\*rd College, say^thatiinAuidertaki{|giqmBaatui«^ the intensity of the light of the satellite of Mars a hole about the twenty-five hun- dredth part of an inch in diameter is re? quired. A very curious little toy is t :e microscope containing the Lord's Prayer. The whole is on a piece of giiiss not larger than te head of a pin, yet it is magnified to such an extent that it can be read easily by look- ing through the microscope. The smallest hogs in the world are quarter- ed in the Zoological Gardens in London. They came from Australia, and are known as the " pigmy hogs." They are well form- ed, are f â-  iskj' good natured, and make ex- cellent pets. They are about the size of a vild hare. ?he smallest baby was bom in Chandela- ria, Nev., a few weeks ago. Tne father and mother are strong and Wealthy, weigh-' ing 190 and ICO pounds. The child is a male, perfectly formed. When it first saw light it weighed eight Ounces. Its face [is about the f'izo of an horse chestnut. The mother's wed iing ring was pulled over its foot up to the knee. Three such babies could play hide and seek in a cigar box. It is in good health. An ingenious mechanic of Jamestown, N. Y., has constructed a perfect locomotive, said to be t're smallest in the world. The engine is only eight and a half inches long, with a te der twelve inches long. The pumps throw a drop of water per stroke. As many as 5S5 screws were required to put the parts together. The engine itself weighs a pound and a half, and the tender two pounds and a half ounces. The machanic was at work upon the locomotive at iater- vals for eight years. The city of Texarkana, though small in comparison to some of the other cities of the Union, ia the most phenomenal. It lies ij two States â€" Texas and Arkansas hence its name. Tne State line runs through the centre of its chief street. Its population is 0,000. It is considered the gale way of the Southwest. It is only eight years old, bnt lias the airi of a city of twenty-five years. Four railroads centre there, the flimate is like that of Italy, and tramps are not toler- at d. Money is plenty, and the people are prosperous. The smallest steam engine in the world was made by D. A. A. Buck of W^aterbury, Conn. The engine, boiler, governor, and pumps stand iu a space seven-sixteenths of an inch square or an area of a gold dollar, and five eights of an inch high. The engine has 148 distinct pieces of machinery, held together by fifty-two screws. Three drops of water fill the boiler to overflowing. The diameter of its cylinder is a sixteenth of an inch. The length of stroke three thirty- seconds of an inch. The whole engine weighs three grains. Only the most energetK action can the catastrophe. Is it vain to call apon tte leaders of the mode to bestir tbemselveB and isKUQanedicttotheeflfeot that those -who ' vewan exaggerated crinolette shall not be considered to be among the elect of aociety T In the rush after noTelties^ food taste is forgotten and comfort ignored. Winter mantles are prepared in the richest of ma- terials Among these is plush, plain, striped, brocaded and in another -variety in which the pile appears to be cut away in such a manner as to produce a tegnUr de-. sign. The majority of mantles are long, but 'adies who ax6 not in training as weight- carriers mav wear them three-quarter length this winter 'without being hopelessly. un- fashionable. Veletis much uged, and the soft twilled satin'ntaijn as #Had:Wc» U A Teetotal Family. That even so stern an institution as total abstinence has its humorous side is de- monstrated lij' the recent family experi- ences of a young Palatinate German who emigrated iu order to join his uncle, aunt, and cousins, prosperous fettlers near Lan- caster, in the State of Pennsylvania. Dur- ing hisiirst ineal at his kinsman's table, he observed that wine and beer were conspicuous by their absence, while teeming water bottles were, so to speak, plainly visible w the naked eye. An attempt on his part to comment upon this ucconviviai eircumstaace was cut short by the remark, "We are all temperance folk here; no spirituous liquors enter the house!" After dinner the "old man" went up stairs to take a snooze, the girls started off to Sunday school, and the boys lounged away to smoke in the stable. As soon as "auntj " found herself alone in the kitchen, she summoned her vouthful ne|»hpw thi her, extracted a bottle of cherry botinfce from a dark nook in one of the cup- boards, and held it out to him, s-iyiag, "Here, soney, take a drink, my old man is such a strict teetotler that I don'r dare to let him know i keep a drsp «i i^ ligbt sort to use medicinally." A few '^iBut«a latei the hea^ of the family called.'liis n^ phew up to his bed-rbom,wha« be fnonntW-' prodnc^a a gaiton jar of whidsey from a twrtmanteau under the bed, and pouriatr- out a handsome dram, observed, "Teetotal" ismdon'tpreventmefromkeepingsomedecent Btulf in case of illness but mind yon don't let on to the old woman ' Strolling into tbe stables, shortly after this second sur- prise, his cousins beckoned the ingenuous immigrant into a barn, where after fumbl- ing about m the straw for a few seconds they^taded him a bluck bottle, with tbe encouraging words, "Take a pull at that cousm; ngh-; Bourbon it is; but not a word to the old folks, for two more infatuated teetotlers don't live " --^uaiea The betrothal of the Diiko of 3enoa with the Princess Isabel of Bavaria and of the l!rfnpre« of Austria, is oflicially aaaoonoed. Biliousness^ Indigestion, Canstipationâ€" an forms of Dyspepsia yield at once to a few â€" Zupesa, the new compound from OTTOMAN SILKS AKE IX IMMENSE' FAVOR. partly for their incomparable softness and partly for their richness of aspect. These • silks are ribbed across from selvage to selvagG, and so great is their popularity that woollen materials are produced in the same style. Mantles made of these silks are ela- borately trimmed with richly beaded pass- emeaits^fie and chcnile fringe or marabout, or tbesmall feathers of tlie homely rooster, %fSi to an intense black. The plumage ol. this barndoor-gentleman is much in demand, whole birds beingmade of his smaller feat hers, And used for trimming hats or muffs. He caa4)e thus utilized without causicg a pangt to the most tender-hearted, except, perhaps a vegetarian, who might object to the slaunhter of poultry for the table as human- itariina. object to the killing of birds for the toilet. These small feathers, slight and glossy, laid closely over each other, form a graceful trimming round the outlines of a warraly-lined mantle, and are as becoming as fur itself to the wearer. CHEyiLLE FRINGES ARE SOFTER AND RICH" EK than ever be 'ore. They harmonize admir- ably with plush, and assort well with vel- vet, though in both cases the beauty of the union is enhanced by the addition of well- cat jet. .Both jet and chenille fringes are occasionally made in round balls of gradu- ated sizes, as large as a billiard ball at the edge, and about the size of a marb'e at the top. The effect of these is extremely rich, whether in jet or in chenille. Plain silks have reappeared as candidates for public favor. Black silk of this order has been in disgrace for some years, and has but bided its time to come forward and put satin and moire in their right places aa iis inferiors. NOTHING EQUALS A GOOD BLACK SILK. It is more becom-'ng than any of the var- ieties of satin that have endeavored vainly to fill its place. Where a moire would be too elaborate for this occasion a plain silk is exactly suitahlc. In fact, it so complete- ly out-shone other fabrics that it met the usual fate of superior excellence, and fell into the bands of calumniators. Somebody bought a black silk which "wore shiny," and rushed into print with her woes. Some- body else followed suit, with a long story about the manufacturers weighting the silks to make them stiff' and rich. A third some- body foolishly tried to answer arguments that were unanswerable for tlie simple reason that they rested upon false premises and the feminine public, with many a sigh, took up the parable aud bought satins and moires, finding them quite as "shiny" as silks. What will not grow shiny if friction be applied The poor clerk knows to his cost that even cloth is not exempt. Cash- mere wears in the same way. Hjow should silk be expected to be exempt, especially when foolish bargain-hunters insisted upon buying those whose superior appearanc3 belied their low rice ' TxvanSi. the Doiiiinion is deslixed ^=7 t^ttt ^irrj-ia^., to be little more than 8 sentii*Atataff aH«lf ca«« *lie circumpU.;ces^ t5^t,^jett^^ MOmX OLD THCiGs. 96e yemi^ Th, onitj the Deparment^of •Customs came to newspawr office pHnied m Bnglisk mirtead of in French. Tiie Frencjioitizens «»«»•- aBteed the use of their native lang^uage in official communications, l)nt the pnwtifeal English argoe that while this is tme,^the ih- variable enforcement cf the law would entail nnnece£sary expense. For example, the document #hiA %e ift^treal joArnal makes the baafe of Its criticism was cir- cular addressed to collectors at the several ports ot entry. The predominant language fe French at only a f^w of these ports, and ' T the extia printing 8nd translation, it is urc'ed, would have been a superiiuity. The example is quoted o£ the United SUtes, with its hrge foreign popttlition, where the English is the official linguage, though at certain points the English-usin? population is in aiminoority. The main objection how- ever, made by the opponents oi the official use of French ia that it emphasizes tbe dis- tinction in nationality which the Canadian union seeks to make altogether subordinate. The fusion of Euglish and French is hopwl tor by theuseof acommoutongue,as the var- ied nationalities represented iu the United States are brought nearer by speaking and writing in English. Apart from these matter-of-fact and not unreasonable arguments, it may be confessed that much sympathy, even if it be a "sentimental af- fair," goej to the race descendants of the men who "so early possessed Canada. The history of that country entitles th3 French people to feel that in a special sense the soil is theirs, and that their language, which long ago was the recognized vehicle of commuuicitionin that region, ought not to be wholly replaced by the language of their conquerors. Contributing to the population of ail the proviuoes, the citizens of trench origin in the province of Quebec number not far from 900,000, out of a po .ulation of be- tween 1,100,000 and 1,200,000. Oathe score of the proportion of inhabitant-s, the French may well ask to have the law securing the use of their language kept from being a dead let- ter. Since that spring, nearly three hundred and fifty yeirs ago, when Jacques Cartier took possession of the lands in the name of hi 4 sovereign, the New France has perpetuated the traditions and echoed the speech of the Mother Country. English supremacy is complete, the French citizens may cheerfully confess but naturally enough, they ask whether almost the last oifioial custom which testifies to tcie period wlien France was mistress of the country must be put aside. The romance of Can? da may be a trifle in some English eyes, but our own his- torian has reproduced the pathos and heroism of those far-off days too clearly to allow us to turn lightly away from any usage wdiich serves to remind us of the men and women who illustrated so variously and joyously the fervour of the martyr and the courage of the soldier on the soil of new France. â€" Boston Advertiser. pbeitenhiW' f Said to dite^ time of JiJii8%;;#al. i^t Sea 01 ff, L. I., Levi tjran of tbe war of 181:, birthday about two weaks ago." • A Milwaukee woman has kept boiling watery, the stove L' ty-enty-two ymh in order to sc^ij, Henry Stevens, proprietor (i£ ^oe Foundry at Reading Pa. ha« iron ploughshye that bears the hai'a^o 1ffi^!!ea«*Sd'*^N â- more tha* l\^o Ibushels of budst" plucked this seasou. "'" As early as 1733 the sale and cois of whiskey^^was prohibited in Geot"!1 a colony uoder British rule. Xhe f*| ever, was repealed in 17-42. ""' Richard CoughUn of Paterson years, was the first conductor on. ?*3 son and Hudson River Railroad, a' J to be the oldest conductor in theur 1 The oldest printer actively en*'.| W Said W A Sair \V â- 'I 1 A So' I \\ •'I S' Sai V •'I j3 Sai his profession is Grandpa rrescotr'nl who at the ag-3 of 9!.» years setstvtiJ working day in tho composing rooL Corning Gazette.. Consul Stevens writes from Clu I the chain pump'», which were sold Q this country not many years ago, har. in use in China over tv,o thousand. ras §1 on' aV(i b(.. lis;. Double-headed tacks, too, there 'or many centuries. Mr. Seivert of Reading, Ia plate that was cost in 17-lLl. scene representing the Piiarisee can praying iu tbe Temple, with priate inscription underneath. plate was cast in 17G3, and also b peculiar scriptviral scene Mr. Samuel Lehman, near Strasbnr; has a clock which he has owned oTer century. On the woodwork of the « the figures 176f and on the works Kjl d'tjating that the machinery has t, motion for 150 years. The c'oe'«i;,i feet timekeeper. In Admiral Frederick rie Lutke losses one of her oldest sailors and s^:-; Born in 1797 he made the voyage i' the world with Capt. Julownin inls; and soon after began that service u markable Arctic explorations whicl him the applause of the scieutitic wor;. While Thomas case, Jr., of Birdsb.- was walking through a field en his:;, fS farm, he found two coins. Upon re: the dirt ons was found to be of siher,- ihc size of a quairter doll.ir, beari:; date 1 722. The second was of ccrtf was as large as a halfpenny, and date; A Society Swell, Tbe Telephone in SRypt. The mercantile and banking community were prompt to see and seize on the advan- tages it would aSord them, and I recorded 50 annual subscribers to the exchange in Alexandria alone, before .I'^had coBnnaenced to stretch a wire. The earlier exhibitions presented many comic features, as may be imagined, taking into account the cdmposi- tion of the audience, native and exotic. Suspicions of fraud, on the part of the elec- trician, were at fiast universai,and found ex- pression on one occasion in a very amusing way. At an exhibition at the house of tbe Italian Consul-Qsneral, the Chevalier de Martino, (who,isindly allowed an instrument to be put up jp: connection with a friend's, an Egyptian j(|fiicial who bad been educated in IJarope, aiji^ who had lotidly declared he â- ^^nld uBveit|he imposture, wuile conversa- tiotfthrough. tka telephfuie was going on, stooped dowik and iMtka canning leer On ius face, liftepthe cloth of the table on which the instrumein stood, to exhibit the accom- plice he supposed was concealed beneath. His change of countenance, when he found no one there^ ind was greeted with a roar of laughter at his discomfiture, was as com- ical as any theatrical exhibition. Needless to say that ^ha did not appear at subse- quent seances. The Chief of Police at Alex- andria also at first declined to test the mat- ter for himsdf, on the ground that we mi^ht be able to talk the Frank languMes through our "box," bat "now could it spe^ Ar- abic " His incredulity on that point gave '**y;to wild.aBtoai,hment on his part and that ol bis ofirer8,.,when four of them, sta- .t^ncd at di^ent parts of the city, con. v««Bed "witb each other- in Irb^r native tongue.â€" E:!^n de Leon, in Fraser'a Maa- azirts. ft AktaeartUtte Woiiuui. A few moiiiis ago a young woman in l~ timore, ^^^ipVjfbm4ibifm:Jn^^iff saulted by two'men.' i^er screams DtougL a young man to her assistance, who was shot and killed for his interference. His mu- derer was arre^d. and the younjr woman held aa witness. His trial beginning this week, a clergyman was hastily sent for on Saturday to marry the witness to the ac- cused prisoner. On learning the circum- Btjuic«^ however, the clergyman refused ShenflF to prevent the marriage. The object of the mamiMte was to diaquSifv tha vo.»;„ doses et Brasi]. A 10 c^t .sample pcorea it. "iv^Ji-^^iiO f diaquaUfy the ybuDB ^^^^\^.^*' io^titude toWjlK m^ory of the man who rewjued herat tha tticommon, a. it u an uwutural, eSSSjU fli fawp^ or woman, weakawT """"»•» r? A coi-respondeut of 1 he Washington Star gives tbe loUowing extraordinary descrip- tion of what he calls a New York society swell. The young man (he is about thirty) did not walk easdy. He had on a pair ot dead black shoes, with untanned leather tops. They were decorated by fancy stripes along the side of the foot and over the toe, and were so absurdly narrow t. at they looked like deformed feet, and rendered the movements of the young man far from grace- ful, though he struggled hard to preserve appearances. His legs were covered by a pair of trousers that were simply amazing, so tight were they cut. It would almost be impossible to sit down without slitting them across the knee, as fai as can be judged from appearances. They were as tight as eel-skin all the waydow.i, fitting round the ankle as snng as a stocking. This lemarkable expose of a man's development is not advisable when his leg! are not up to the standard. The trous- ers lu question were a very light green with dark stripes. Above them was a vest that stretched from the chin to d line just even with the hip bones, and was cut straight across The vest waa of light material and looked odd. It was so extremely short, a'he cut-away coat was bottle green, and fitted iiko a jersey. It was, indeed a trial of the taikw** art, in one sense, but it was far too tisht. *o be becoming. The sleeves were nearly as tight as the trousers, and the coat tails ^ere very long, hanging as far down tosind as the knee. He wore a collar that lapped over in front, and was certainly highepthan any other collar 1 ever saw in Amerksa. ..x}^ '^^ u ' ^^^^ "^P *^^ «^i^. and caused ♦he sufllight to scintillate on his single glas= Around the neck was a green scarf with a hound « head in diamonds for a pin. Above itallwtts one of the huge English Derbv hats with a great curling brim and heav'y '=â„¢*°,: fj« '^^re yellow gloves and carried a stick with a twisted handle by its lower t^ V.S^^u****^*""^® dropped nearly to ^ff .4 1 .•"^^°' ^*^^« completed the effecl; and he limped along while the others f^iTh^i •• J^" " °^ »deal sketch, but" taithfal picture ot a lead man in. New York in the 1882. le sir year mg society of our Lord ,? Terrible FaUa. " ^.^^ "^^^^^ *?° t'^o meu engacedia ercctAig an iron railway bridge'overTriv«i *mer^^T «"' i"" » Wrref about a ham «» the course of itone seized the other: ..-. °ched, and m theeffortof ope to throw e otterover the bridge, both wenTdo^n strikmg the rocks one hundred feet bebw Mid were kiUed by the faU. Laefc «eek «! Auburn, Maine. Lo bod-UrriS re^w^ an old quarrel on the third floor of t^uew budding, and -closed in" withTne ahotT^ « they stood on the" top of"\heTo% wJl" Both menlcat *».»,•- i„.\_ " wiiy waii AustrJan Rules far Theatres. Asa re?ult of costly experience, h; ernmcnt of Austria hsa adopted sfnir: lent rules regarding theatres. Heac; the buildings must be dc:ajnea. tween the auilitorium and the sta^'eS must be a wall at least 20 feet higha:.; inches thick placed sbove the root for' use in isolating the stage Irointiicr: the house in case of fire. The stage m:.' sufficient height f'T the curtain tu hi' without being ro led. No one is to t lowed to live in tbe theatre, and ilie carpenter's shops, the stage appliancei the refreshment bats are to be outsii building. The latter rule must be cor., with by the managers and owners o theatres now ia existence. All the i" worn by tho actors and actre.sses are 'â- â-  dipped in a preparation which make-: more or less fiire-proof, and uo sp-i matter is under any pretence to he ;•: the theatr Very strict provisions ar;: *-ith regard to tlie seaticg of tlie auii; abundaut rooai must be left for eaiV- and the Prefect of Police i." to haveutY er of deciding how many firemen thai ' loted to each theatre. Every mana:e:; be held personally responsible for theci ing out of all these regulations down i i smallest detail, and will he sere' punished if upon the very riist a!a." fire he fails to give the public tuiiely " for their departure without uiso."' panic. A Jfateworthy Anniversary. The loth of last mouth wis a notcw' dat being 300th anniversary ofi;.o;-i duction of the Gregorian calendar, I:' the work of Pope Gregory Xlll., who:" year 1582. beini/ struck by the tact tit:, vernal equ nox, which at the time •.'â- ' Councilor Nice, A. D. 325, hid occur;: March 21, then happened o;i the caused ren days to be thrown out of th; momii rent yearâ€" the day after Tliursday, â- -' '" being dec ared Oct. 15. This alteritK •^er si tbe style was immediately adopted by "" ' the Roman Catholic countries of Ew" chickc and even in England an attempt, of v- \?^'^^' little notice has been taken, was rx'-- *^'l,'j°^ introduce it two years later. On the " of March, 15S4-5, a bill was read;fc: "'" .^ first time in he House ot Lords 611:1;/% g^^' "An act given her Majesty '"""' ^thcr' alter and new make a calender "'^°I"":j««|A.Ue c the calender used in other couutiie?-^ ^157^ was read a second time on the ISth ff same month, and then the prcji" shelved tor u?arly two centuries. I^ not till the year 1752, in the r^f George If., that the Gregorian cjleudar' adopted io England, and by that im^' become necessary to drop â-  t levgn ,.' The 3rd of September was declared the f 80 that the month contained ui""' 'iays. Selling Babies. An English newspaper published m*- takes a writer in Temple ISir to taeii theassertion that it is no rare thin« » 'il baaketsful of female Chinese babies *.; down from Canton to Hong Kong "â-  *- at prices varyinsj from two to live d"*! apiece. He aaya " It would be int*^'^^ td know whether the author of thisroffl^ â- Â»â€¢Â« ever in China. There is a time hom S^it-'^S'^dtbatdairtsgo the rounds of J^ every moning at dTbreak to co"*;\( the babie? that havebeen exposed " the^ight. We nevar met with a foi^j -who bad actually witnessed this eify.l ig^t but that may be accounted 1°' :the. ikct that forei^ residents »* imfi*Aan not in the hab t cf getting ' daybreak.?' .^••'.i