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 ^*^ irERESTHIC ITEMS. M B MtroBoiBtr « araoad Bn. J^ â-  ^-i of M«,|» ur celeoTKted fe other Elkciricj witb neTToo, d.hJ all kindred troBbU 5. U)mpltte I id manbosd gnj^ •«d SB thirty^ them at onca e, ow-boys-The ,ho, ce for aolid coofo e trouble esiiti i rear ont, and anotl lya be worn, pj be a Bnff«.-er b sard of the great m nam's PiinUgiCjJ emedy never fajljd -soft orhard-ial •t, no sore spoto, I â-  Biware o( fli_ sttbatit-jtes. UJ *ol8oa Co., Kma York city. g«T«l „_ and stop St the Otliil d Central Depot, t oCoae milHon ropean plan. si,. â- he best. Hone • to all depots. Fti aey at the OrandTtii MS hoiel in the Oitj. has a hi^h-dravl'l 1, 1 don't beliere I se-cleaninx i Oh jai i )f Dr. Carson's 3tâ€" id tone np the i gs to the clotheio isemonts nnisance, and i era to examine inh s puffed upintiia y that many ma srly to be els I thehandrediandl evers suffaring I ns, would it them to londs Jow we knoT to ine is without ex p!ei3£^n;sui( :jrpaia. li can! bo the bottimoq '63, soothes tbei roaipt ani soil by all drug' I 13. Try it. A. P. 189. 91.75, Boyei 11.90.1 Bewsib, Toronto WooUen,8iIk,( kers, Dundas, Out wuahop and I**01 able and woodihe^l Applj BoiUf pu^K CABBlifll| lop, with offloe*,*! |r, bam, and ihsd,| IvellinrhooM â- Itt'l ^sterns, cellar. Ml I t miles from B«I» I 4 looaUtr, *•«»• Inun is doae. T» "â- U be sold to good iiHLBT BeUetflte I [IIBS.-18"" le H«Ht iplomas. Th* ker BeltlM; ai» Tiibyth Jndjp Dominion Sr L Montreal. «T* fwMEST AffS London, ObJ pWableop-Mj br half oert »5 ^For $1,000 cV-ajj -11.00. For»iJ" Knee, •»•«â-  JS TnadTanoe^^* Eta on m»'"E fcrlya*««»^ lip at endrfT«£ Kt â€" --" "â€" Its. â€" Asitioii. ""T-^ |a good laittj II Ju â€" Getting kgrotKapes. jg€d Ladyâ€" *.♦ (ftcw; ArJDna man l^aa sued a loc J paper li announce i that he was t»»^ t^f a thieving boy a keek old. The f£i^nU..ay"tnmu,g." ,^, *Jr jjteit fashionable affdctation in Lo^f •, to have negro ^iiiBtrvl^ who hikve " been confined to the variety show* »!^etiopol!s, appear at £ elect parties in I 1 ivia wJ*^"^® *•" banjo and the bonea: I ore in fa^°f *^^ ***® violin and piaio. Tt is reported that a rnbyfoondin Qay I w N C., was sold by the finder for I*, rtpn for $3 000 and, after being cat by fiK-.forSI8 000. 1 Detroit telephone gjtout of order aad I* man wbo 'a3 sent lo fix it up diacover- |j tot a ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ punched in the I rtinment by tomebody who had innocent- j*U(,5ght be couli hear better through it The boys of the Sacramento (Oil;) High |.Li bpiieving their priajipal to have hars.*ilv " ^7 '^° Board of Edncft- lUfli which had dismissed him from his ^t[ p3«"« "P '^^' books and left (he loil m a body. I'ittJ is living near C )nevil!e, Pla a jjfed man named Rbme«), who i] wedded maid ot his race called Juliet. This 1 jple jiave twins whom they have named I mulus and Remus, and the family is con- ' ji to churcb oa Sandays by a horsa jjied Pontias Pilate. rfgnlation is in force at the Hague by [bich every ons in whos3 house »n infec- (lis disease exists is bo and to hang up on je front dco: a notice to that effect, and to jtethe nature of the malady, to that any ' e basiness takes him to that bouse ijy r'si the danger or not as he thinks fit. The tmsteea of the Lick estate in Sin laaaifco have paid $12 000 to Edmund fell of Paris for a glass for the Ltck obser- r^ry on Mount Hamilton, but of nineteen •fga produced all but two have proved iective, and it is not certain that these ro will be any better. The glass is to be ty-iix inches in diameter. L J, Koie has sdd his estate, probably finest in Cilifornia, for "50 000. The lutaticnis kiown as Sanay Slope, near ?iadensi, and it contains mord thui 2.000 19 of well-watered land. The orange )p was sold cn the trees by Mr. Rose tlia siforS16,000, and the vintajte last year im 1,000 acres of vines was 1,809 tons of a " »tt» n it have Ii«m i^initiin ;^o«*dktMKie b«i«»^K^Mf^ «^«^^ epokcii of a^faiR .imnwS P^««t*;«P«i tfc* .low. ixSS a»« shown it to be rrimt^, i^ THE TiffiTURE P qUABAfTtlHE How tiM naiiaa» I APowhstaa (Ohio) woman gave a warm Lciption to railroad surveyors whojattempt- it) lay cut a line through her yard cantrary biier wishes. The first surveyor escaped kith his hat riddled with shot from her re- jolrer, while the second man was driven feioamud pmd at the point of the pistol. BTJng all his tools, whJbh she ciptored td still holds possession of. I TheccIUctiors o! the British Museum in- Rue BO fait that it has been found neces 1 to remove whole departments. Thus lie entire natural history collection has Ki tansferred lo the South Kensington flE eum, and soon the prints, drawings, id newspapers will be placed in a new jldirg Last year 36.000 volumes were 1 1) the new library. The number of lisitBra was 100 COO more than in 1882, but Iteimmber of students is on the increase. [The descend ants of Rebecca Nourse, who ihang'd as a witch at Salem, Mass., on July 19, 1692, held an anniversary reunion tDaavera, a few days ago, at which about " of her represeiitaiiifes were present. fajamin F. Nourse of Boston, presided, ' anangemt nts were made for the erec- ion of a monument to be dedicated a year ice. An interesting feature of the occa- lon was a letter from the poet Whittier pressine the opinion that, in the execn- ioD of Rebecca Nourse, the people of ilem hanged the best Christian woman Mng them. I Women have some pretty substantial itts in Ciiina. This appears by the re- fiit decision of a court in Foochow. A 1 beiiE; convinced that his wile was un- pthful to him prepared to kill herâ€" a rem- fe which the law sanctions. His un- pthy spouse, however, was too quick for K and, instead of allowing her husband (is'll htr, she killed bim. This also was agnized by the court as one of the rights Ijkich belong to condemned wives, when 7 can exercise them and, on the con- p«on of the trial the woman was dismiss- iiwith a reprtmand for not having im- aiately informed the authorities of her "hand's death, and thus made arrange- "ntj for his burial. Jke lately published vital statistics for Wwd for 1S83 give the population at 5.- 11^^, showing a falling oflF from 1882 of â- â- 5-0 The marriage rate, which was 15.3 f 1,000 in England and 14 in Scotland, ' bat 8 6 in Ireland, 0.6 below the mean 8m the previous decade. The birth was » below tae mean rate, and was but 23 6. FUe in England and Scotland it was 33 2 P'^32 5. The death, rate, which was 17.4 -.lose to 19.2 in 1883. \ri»ile in Eng- i ut ^-^o^'and it was 19 5 and 21, It râ„¢ be remembered that owing to emi- '01*2.1 per cent, of the deaths in Ire- ^,"' J«ar were persons of sixty and np- j^"e proportion inEoglandwas 25 ip at ""HJS '"T^ H to.*irS*J|*; lir town in Normandy lives an aged «tton..Ko_j2B!^^ named Marie Durant, much viritod, 1? heheved to be 123 years and a few "« 013, but who, when asked, with AWS, t*. Paints ntto e. TS I Ste«t«««¥2 iery Thuiajjc landlnf^T ' ??^ Kg,. ---, uuu WHO, wnen asKea, wiui IW V "' uistinct declares she does not VioL I ainety-six years she hM been a |Werti*5 v""' ^^^ lifetime four kings lite J • ® ^**^8 o^ tw-o emperors have |Wi,«,^m'1*' " *lree repnbUci have Ivtli i?-"^*' She lives exclasiv*!/ on â- ^««6 diet, but is always ready for a »«di!jt° °°g°ac. and says she would Pi^eteT-i, ^«r frequent doses ofi%daring Ki "T"' Her skin is .Ino^ and ISoiffr "^^ ^^ fl«l» •eemea tthave "^toSr "?°^ ^^^^^ it. thouA there are ,jj*l vemsof color on ha? .inthered l^'fi'**'" a Danger pajpffi" While NtK. ^^^^^^7 amoag the Soddea, Lj^itainowpnthetoj?ofthe hjp^"" had been sprinkkkl' .•fUttJ^" dig«!Jng down a few dean and wbitfc.JEla, JtofeiSf **y ooaneoted w- iranMBas red lohes !ew iioLip- ...uwoonoladad ihatooutinio rwTDiiat Itavaiiere VriFM^AlrfMr* MtezaUTf th?^.^**"^^ •* '^^P* in Paris and having and packed omselvee and Insmm off tn thZ. if^"fi»S7*y Station. we°|;^SS! by the seven o'clock ^ght expre.! stomped »t the qmchet, our attention was attracted to a notica io front of our ey^ which we were told had only that morimi b^ issued, to the eflFect tl^aV aU peoplf tarayellmg to Italy, via Modane. tlSmgh D.anoe. would be aubject to a five davs' quarantine (m the frontier. About' nine o clock next day we reached Modaue, where we all alight, for the examination of our luggage by the Italian douanien. And now begin our troubles. We have to show our tickets oue by one to a jolly, good-look- ing manâ€" a gentleman in plain c'othesâ€" who bara our passage beyond the platform. We are almost t'ie first to approach. He tokea our tickets, mikes much pretenc3 of examming them, and with a bland smile COOLLY PBONOUNCES OUB DOOM, 'lp*nq jours d? quaraiUine a Bardmneche P VVeproteit. We insist that we oily left London on Monday, and slept but one night m a cleau hotel in Paris that we have no option but to pnsh on, as " Monsieur " has an engagement at for Sunday that we have travelled all night, and have no right to be thus detained. The man is in- flexible, and declares that if we have only "touches a Paris" to Bardonnecchia we must go to be disinfected, for five days. At length some carriages are shnntad up and we are told to einter a first-class com- partment. The fimell of carbolic powder greatly distresses our empty stooiaohs. At last we are off, and are at once in darkn-^ss, for we are in the Mount Cinis Tunnel. Ar- rived at the other end, whence our tram has barely emerged, the doors are opened and we are ordered to dismount " Where are the omnibuses?" I ask, in giim jest. Persons in uniform takes possession of us all-â€" for there are "pestiferes" in other carriages â€" and we are marched in the full bpze of a mid-day sun on to the mountain- side, retracing for about the Bpac3 of twenty minutes the way we have just passed. There are miny white tents dotted about the plain. These, we are given to' under- stand, are for the soldiers, by whom we are guarded cn every hand. At length we come to a standstill, and want to know what the next proceeding is to be. With shoulder shrugs we are told that there is nothing more to be said. Here we are, en fin, camped, out, and must make the best of it. No sign of any refreshment, and no luggage. This last has gone to the railway stition. •* Will it be sent to us '• " In time, but it must first be purified." " But will our boxes be opened " " Decidedly y oar keys would be asked for by-aud bye, but not yet ^fn MUST HAVE PATIENCE." "But surely we shall be present at the in- spection and purification?" 'Taat is not possible, s'nca the luggage is at the staticn t.ni you are not allow^ to leave tiese boundaries " Uh, horror I to have our boxes unpacked by these men our pretty toilettes subjected to any pr.oss of fumi- gation they may choose to apply ribbons discolored, Parisian flowers mauled, bats and bcnnets epoiled. We were a.'l gasping for a wash ani come refreshment, and bath seemed as far beyond our reach as did Turin itself. Besides which, say what they might, the m inner of those who promised oa the eventual tr^tn^fer of our efucts was far frcm reassuring and when I pleaded for the prcmpt possees on of my linaii, of which I stood in pressing nsed â€" baving not a finale garment with me to change for the dusty, travel-staindd clothes I woreâ€" 1 received for fOle reply, "Ca ne'est que pour cinq jiurs " Qu'est-ce que cela fait cinq jours 1 ' I really began to think I must be a sybarits, and had atked for seme extraordinary luxury. Bat here we were under a Burning sun, with no kind of shelter a gloomy- looking garret was in view, but man were intercepting ua f re m its approach by a length of wire. Having nothing else to do, tired and utterly worn out, suffering frt m a hor- rible headache, and feeling deadly sick with the odor of disinfectants that poisoned the very air we breathed, I sat down on the parched grass and cried I This nndisnified proceeding secured ma s:m3 att-ntion. Job's cmforters flocked round m» with the reaawiring phrase "It's only for five days. "ToT G)d' sake," said I enfreatingly to the medico, "conduct me to some shade for my head is splitting 1" I rose and followed him, accompanied by all onr party. We entered the caserine, snd were shown the place where we mi«ht stay and sleep Bire rtone walls, filthy floor with black patches of grime npon its surface, no table, n j Ciaup, no bench, no straw. Hew we aw att to hard onwelves tonight in a oomentnrted easanoe rf osrbolia Indignantly we protest. Sdaro answered, -Mo'eat nnvbeU* Dieoe I qna vonlez vona T Ce n'est qaa poor SmqioM"" In another similar apartm'nt anttiee filthy sacks fillad with dirjy straw andtwb irta bedsteads. Whoatar waata these Inxarisa, Isuspeot, wiUbavea goad prioetopay. Thareaw doorwM« *«»«»• Soots. Oar companions may »«^»W«" from the plaene-stndcen towns the riff- raff that i3ts oar plaoe of qosiantme ^^der ani «* Ks In the n«*t for •S"Md»ha dbotor, "you eanretorn lo i^nT" '^ow sooat^we ezdaim m a ESeatli^ao-oIo*." ««^J^^.^^ it -wm BOW «ly ItaJf paat' twrtm wf *^VrBt inrit lear.._th-^*»- of pi«sE«» PW"M*" *.'» So tba r. -»» «¥" S^LmimAaiA lie to Mm alto oom- ak:. â€" i-B^^^â€" -^ â€" ?- â- â„¢** wWle over aSir^ *^^..»JSM^ i^daetfeaiMr ^pag down bddad. "H* aaiii4 was lbs. 8aday. »» had k*^ Soihi MnoWed ayageawa, a â- aUe w, elaeati awa t l H y c PMziDB. and a profile aa €k«aiaa as ever aaeneaaayvaaa. She fl^nirtedaewtthfrj- roBoii, apologlainj, as, women win, far her ne^e attuv, and bdiisd heiradf to prrasr.* f"r o«r ree^tion; M *. • • • » ^r a few ainiiiM oar hast and a few mends .draped in Hewaaaregolaridand- er, witii his haggy tcoosen, his loose em- broidend waistooAt, aod his fsa. H« carried a gourd in his hand full ef wine, some of which he sp It as a hbatioa. joat sa If he wew Saaoient Greek who wished to pro^tiate OS. Then we all raised the gjord to oar lipi in tarn, saying. 'We have found you well," end otiier oompliments. which flow like water in these parts. Omchoat expres- sed his delight at the honor we had dons him by visiting bla roof, and told us that a table sho aid be spread for ns later on, after which he would I are the {deasaw of qnes- iion'ng ns about our wanderings. It was quite dark b^ow the table was spread for our meal, and when served it wai more curious than sumptuous the water, in which a kid had beeu boiled with m m3 rice in it, ted the way as soup, and was followed by piokled cuttle fish, very hard and unpalatable, but a prizad luxury in these islands, especially during Lent, so mach so that it would pay the enterprise of pickling the mwiy thooMuids we throw away in disgust to send out htie. Then came the kid, a deliciously tender little thing, oae of a litter of six, our host informed us. After the kid came the misethra, a standard dish in the Qrecian Islands, ' made of curdled milk. I have tasted exaetly the same in Cors'oa, under the name of broocio, and I always revel in it. Tnere was a Turkish dish of rice and sour milk, called pilaff and yaourte, and which I had considerable diffi- culty in getting rid of ;! figs and almonds brought the repast to a dose. The wine was rich and excessively sweet, such as. I presume, once was the nectar of the gods. The table was laid for four, ourselves, our host and his brother. Mrs. Sunday and her family waited upon us; occasionally she sat down respectfully in a comer, with a bone which she gnewel but when all was clesred away, and the men began to smoke, she drew her chair up to the table, took oc- casional sips out of her husband's glass, and became telkative. Now ail restramt was at an end, and quest'ons about England and the far west occupied more time than I cared to devote to them. Every Greek adores the name of Mr. Gladstone, and I went up con- siderably in our host's estimation when I told him I had been at Oxford. "Then you are a schoolfellow of Mr. Gladstone's " To this novel way of looking at the question I deemed it wise to assent. BailTray Courtesies. A singular case was tried before Mr. Bar- on Pollock and a special jury at Oxford, £ng., on July 5th. arising from the action of two ladies, who had been shopping in town, endeavoring to secure the whole of a n^way compartment by spreading their purchases over the seats, so that it might appear that all were occupied. The guard having di- rected Oapl. Preston and his wife, who wera going by the same train, to take their seats in the compartment, the captain removed some of the parcels to obtain room tor him- s ilf and lady. Thb was done, according to (he evidence of an independent witness, in a perfectly cool manner; but the owner object- ed, especially to the removal of a large miliner's cardlxwrd box, and there appeus to have been aome force used, as the defend- ant stated that her hand was cut by the string in her endeavor to prevent the re- moT al by Capt. Preston. Liaaving the car- riage at Beading, the lady said she had been grossly insulted, and subsequently her hus- band wrote to the captain demanding an ap- ology. This was very naturally refused, when a blow was inflicted on l^e plaintiff, but in the struggle which ensued the de- fendant's finger was broken. The action was for 8lan£e»r, lib«l, and assault. The judge held the words uttered by Mrs. de Windt were not slanderous, and that there was no publication of a libel in the letter sent to the plaintiff but the asuult was re- garded as proved, and the jury gave a ver- dict for C^pt Preston, the plaintiff, award- irg damages of £50. The fact that a raU-. Way passenger has only a legal right to the ricular seat occupied, appears not to recognized by many persons. Mrs. de Windt had not the slightest legal right to occupy the seats with her luggage, to the inconvenience of other passengers, nor to prevent their remoind of it, if it annoyed them or occupied the space they desired to uae. Luggage ma) be tol^ated on the seats but it is only there on suffaranoe. Never- theless, there are many persons who im- agine that if they are the first occupants of a citriage, the can place their boxes, c, where they please. It is a not nncomuum practice for a lady to secure one comer seat for herself and to plaoe a favorite box in the opposite one, thus monopoUsing two of the best and most comfortable plaoas, and in- stances ure not nakaoirn of t^ieir regarding themselves as diaooarteoosly treated if their property is removed, and the seat oc- cupied by a passenger. Of oouisethew is nehhel: legal nor moral def enoe (A anoh sel- fish aotims, and, as is instSDoed by the case under notice, the appeal tea hnaband to avenge the supposed wrong may «d m his not^an gettmg the better of the enoomiter, and havfaig to pay a haaty atttt In â- * SmUesain' no ngn o' a good d is serpori- ahim. Da red mpgia ain* aiios de swaetaT, CUkmI sense doan' ha^sr after fine doae. P« stalk hb' n«fh so brii^ airter de,co'ais De abidin pUwa o' good soBia dom* Var ao detaUasjnak -i^r-,- Da««o.m.«ilgr%M ^g^^iift m«touriad«)in!p.«d kfm. U i» :^*gw addoB^daik ke^i iui9aiBsdpid;^Bfd«aiBK I hd aarsrlki|Wt9#y .^iPywWBtfjF** fabSUW^BS^'dR^ildrinks I.ad- sorfaed daiiB| ilaeoatinnsaae. For about tkne w al rk l had keaft imimUam if .pat- ting oMdtaakiaa tspaf anajkef. but dm- iag odd flaatiag kstKialailfpattial sobriety i tiMught oi "lecliiv np** and '^swaering bff ' foraseaaoii. Oiia.niigM ^^vtiwdow pwsed swiftiy befowmyfao^ praeedad by ape- coBariy dnU asaaatlHt in that pMtioB of ae onahuBwUAk aBotfeed byj^Maeliiiats to the o'gaa of vaneraticn ne niupbaess (wliioh in the aimn very aesriy oxpressai tbie natnw of the eemaiion) fram this pcint spread gtadnaBy doamwaid. Its prjguss was so alanningly l^^^acent tome.tiiat I iiastily made my exeusea to the party, bade them good night, sni repaired to my room, hoping that an a^lioation of cold water and a good night's net might brlag relief. Be- fow reaching hims the nambaess liad beann to effect my eyesight to such au extsnt «ia ail objects had to me a riiadewy. ^uncertain an)earan3e. and to my vision the letters in the names of ib» streets i» the ocrcers r.in together in mohan anreliidH go4M-yoa- please maimer tiiat I woulda's have known the name of the thoroughfare by sny know- ledge I gained from the sign. Arrived at my room I saturated a towel with ice cold va^er, enveloped my head with it, turn d the light low aad retired. While wa'kmg along the steeet, when my sight began lo be aff^fctsd, several-' times a s^iadow seemed to flit past me to the right and left and soms- times directly ac.'tss my face â€" very tinilir to the flight of a ba*- Now. while lying oa the bed, this singultr experi^noe wai otten repeated, the shadow seem3d t pass before my vision and the cnlrn;, completely ob- caring it from view for the iustaUt. I was perfectly aware that this was a vagary of A DISOBDKltBD BBAIN. but still hopctd and believed that rest would bring relief. CojfidenVin this conviction, I endeavored to compose myself to sleep, but the nambneasinoreased rather than diminish ed. the bewildering shadows contmned to annoy my vjlsioa. and I ;was soon convinced that deep, unce each "circumstaLcas, was out of the question. At last tbe uncaimy thoughts ani feel-, ings consequent upon my delirium becams too m ich for my nerves to staid, and dis- turbed me to suc'i an extent that I arjseanl repaired to the nearest all-night barroom hoping amid the cheerful n n 'ivial comps^iy I was sure to find thera, to gec lid o: the op- pressive semations. I took a seat near a party who were engsgid in tome game of cards and chdeavorea to divert my- self by watching them play. While doing BO I imagined I law a monstrous rat soooj across tbe floor. Tae sober second t lought, which I wa) enabled to evolve from my rea- scning lasttlties by an. extrwrdmiry exer- tion of will, demonstrated to me satisfac o ** ily the utter absurdity of snci an idea. I was now pretty well satisfied that I was in the early stages of the "j'm jams," and on the impulse of the m^ment,realizLngfuUy the cause to which was attributable my deplor- able condition, firmly resolved that not an- other drop of L'qucr of any description should pass my lips a? a beverage. S me of my intimate friends who were in the bar- room, and who had noticed my singular con- duct, engaged me in convbrdation; and fioaa their remarks I discoved that they, too, were satisfied that I was in the early stages of the "horrors." I had now been without sleep for forty -eight hours, an 1 while my re- duced physical ccniitton (I weighed oaly eighty-tive poonds) as well as my mental disquietude sadly demanded rest, still I had not the slightest inclination to sleep. The next day and night passed in a similar Way, and the fourth, fifth, ani sixth. At the be- ginning of the fifth day I .first experienced the distress ani suffering arismg from lo'is of sleep, but, in spi e of aU efforts to compose myselt. not one moment's slumber came to my relief. If any one had assured me that the sac- rifice of a hand cr an arm would insure me a nap of fifteen minutes' duration, I would gladly have submitted myeelf to the tender mercies of the most unskilled sawbones in that behalf, and could have undergone the operation, too, without the administration of chloroform My SUFFERING FROM WANT OF SLEEP, was now so in:en-.e that I made two delib- € rate attempts to destroy myself â€" once by the gunpowder and onoe by the water route â€" but was circumvented by watchful friends. Having reached this condition of m'ni an 1 body I was at length prjyailed upon to seek medical advice, but before I enter upon the details of my visit to the doctor and its results I propose to describe some of the vagaries which took possession of my dis- ordered brain. It is proper that I should explain, in this connection, that, eo long as I was in a barroom or any other place where general cenversation, cr singing, or genera hilarity was in p-ogrees, 1 was c*;mparative- ly free from the annoying "prastnoe" to which I have ^nded. but the moment I re paired to my room, turned the light low, and atrived to sleep, the roam was at on% peopled (if I may be Allowed that expression) with grotesque and hideans shapes that are not satiafactorily accounted for m any work on natural history I ever en:ountered. Tawny litUe devils, about tluee inihes in he^;hi sat upon my shoaUor and peered in- 'to ray face with the m .st terrible gt-imaces. Every now and then troops of them would rush pell-mell down the length of my arm, a^nA nieke marvellooslesps noan the ends of my fingers, vaoishiog^ lor the time bein^ cmy to appear in some ether locality, hav- ing lost none irf thdrhorriUeaiidWpeUant of^iaeas daring their temporary absence^ l£en sk-aiaaof^wMla grdated my eats, aa if rendned by a LilipatiaB brsas band, and raising mysdf in bed ani resting my body opoomyMftam 1 beheld amoltitodeof tiietatmrtiOM aaardtingin military order and kaapog stop to tks niaiatBrs mnaio â€" their tramp betogas dutiiMit toaaaai if caused by the .tr«ad «l elsphMsts. On their heads Vbaf wow tin hats or helmeta. As they passed ahmg Ui tiie floor, reguaant a^ariegUMBt, biiga«a aftw brigade, thqr gieatsd aae by naiaejpd wwilwcfcBtomvitsd oie to pome down, aod rfaU m.*^ Whila I gaaed'upon this grrtwdae viirinat sodMaa- ly every one of thot«1ttB'hat8bq(BB, toriw â- lowly from their h ai ii s' m§ mffiUp, tk9 almoat fiwohwi. tlM oMitagfMid wkila msrvdlliig ajpn-^Uaja mstiJan, and i B ini n fi i ii » a4 |6eeiwaaa JSow mcf. alMJIiW »ii^aa» iolka oii ' BAPiDLT Ko^ne vr a^s bowk ltafraqaa(aadflj^^aMr, whioh It or aa Maa I waa enahled to eowcn- ty4tk«MAla^Inmasidand that I had faoHsd b«I^IMnMw aid dow: Hut tiie .^M^saaaatiailaAkiia^laBie tii^I was an teal iyimoelladtonaeaadsttwi^ myself «rf the tact by loadring MmM, HiTtagdone â- thia I n^HHd- to kwkttlmined toaaonn acin Weajiff postib^ knd. tazaim ay fact tothewallto sveid the Ug^ was oantrant- ed by a hideouayipakaoaikdoB the pillow, apparsany aasiliaa to pvfe ito fangs adtew at»ay weald de t ke asaat gaa d -r-iadwd from a ssaky sian^i^a^ .. Zaat asuied iti No tmointof moaayroild have iadaesdme to DIBS the bslsaoa of the night in that room, aad I haitily-TCOAtad, again as^mg relief in theroagh aaid atoiay oowd of a bar- room, thanklid far a faw nuaat s' respite fromsoqkfto'ribkfllanona. My stonaoh peremptorily Rjeotad the little noiriahment i atttmpt^ to abacrb; ia faot I had no crav- ings for even the miaaiantiag nanda. Itwaswhi.'e iathipMtot pitiable plight that I at last had ra^srse to a physcian. I detailed to. him iny tanditioj, described the vagaries of which I^nad been the victim, and my earnest lohginj for and utter ina- bility to sleep OToon- se you aw taking liquor once in a while to taper off on?" "Of c urse I am not," I replied: "I know that lifturr caused me this troible, and I shall not touch it again." "Bat la^y dear fellow," exposulated che doctor, ••in yoir condition, if you Buddi nly atop ita uae altogetlher, yon will soon die ' "Very well," I rejoined, •if I die you cm "-et joar bottom dollar I'll die sober. But lor God's sake, doctor, give me EO nething th it will make me sleep. " Thus urged, he adminbtered what would be, un- der ordinary clicumftaness, a powerful op- iate; but it had no mtrd effect on me as an inducemen*: to sleep than so mush water. This I reported to the doctor, and begged him to renew his efforis and spaw no means within the scope of his skill to produce the ncnch desirad result. The physician's face bora a grave, troubled look, and after a few minutes deep thought" he said: "Young man, I will be candid with jfoa. Your con- dition is critioal, probably more so than you Buspsct. If you don't sleep, and that very soon, you must either die or BKCOMEA KAVINQHApiAa lam abont to prepare for yoa a most power- ful potion. It you decide to take it, the w Bult will be that you will secara a long re- fwshing Bleep, and waken in a deairable state for supplemental toratnent, or â€" ^you will never wake at all. Yoa must accept these fearfol chances if you decide to take the potion." The possibility (aye, probability) of death aa tie result had no teirors for me at that moment, and caused no hesitation. I has- tened to my room, awalowed the sleeping draight, sank into a sound and refreshing; slumber, and, on awakening, founi that I had been locked in the arms of the drowsy god for nearly nineteen hours. I a woks fetiling like a new man. Tae numbnesi had subsided, the tawny little devils were con- spicuous by their absence, and I was hungry as a wolf. I believe I could have taokled a rcasted ox with a very fair prospact of ab- sorbing all but the bones. However, I re- alized that in my condition I mnit take food in moderation, and governed myself accordingly in ordering iny first "square meal" for nearly a week. Much to* my de- light I found that my stomauh had "resum- ed," and concluded to permit the gastric juiae to perform its a lottsd duty. My gradual but sura recovery dated from that hour. Bat I had-an awful close call. My will power was of sufficaint strength to enable me to kejp my vow to abstain fro n intoxicante, and as one of the happy re suite Iguned in four months time aboat fifty-five pounds in weight. From that day to this â€" over ten yeard â€" I have futhfuUy remained a total abstinent, and I tell you in all ser- iousuess. that yoa couldn't pile enough money in the largest s'zed room to induce me to violate the pledge whicb I made to myself during that dreadful epoch when 1 first so vividly realized what a fearful wreck I had become under the dominie n of stri,nj drink. An Insect irith Hot Feet Some of the insects have electric organs for defense. Gen. Davis, of the British army, who was a f imous insect collector, once picked up a wheel bug in the West In- dii Is'ands, and received a blow that patal- yz3d his arm for some time. Ai he shook the insect off he noticsd whew it had stood on his hand fix red marks, the impression of its feet. Elirby and Spenoe also rafer to this peculiarity of the insec';. and other nat- nralista hav? received shocks from certain of the luminouB beetles. In one caaa, that of Capt. Biakeney, life waa almoet destroy- ed. Tne gentlenian took up an unknown caterpillar, and immediately received such a shock tbat h's entira right side became par- alyzed, and for a long time he was danger- ously ill. BlaekTS. WUte. A European who has travelled on foot our thoosanl miles doen the Afrlcui coist declares that in manliness and lAiwwdneas, in intelligence and hones^« and in the essentals of government, uie black min ia quite as fptod as the iriiite. BjiI down your idea o! oivilizttion ds much as apo pleaae, and nn'eas yon m^e It coosist orthe m re use of p:cket-haiidkerdiitfs, yoa^will find that these so-cilled savages aw as civilised aa any Europeiua. Tliey aw tradera, and keen traderj too. Sney have thnr oan ri- li^^n, their oarn laws, and thdr own patri- arehat methola o( life. All the beat of them am Mohammedans, ^wyadmiaisterjastioe In their own way, and show mjnkidspitality to tbe stnuu^ than do«a .tharordinaiy foreigner. They have no j^ny nearspapers, bat theqr hwe iriis*stai aervea^ Spanard and the Porti^iMaaraaa ^a9 fffiative sub- fltitate in.the sbiq^ tf thsk|-. ^ber shops, whieh aw tiw aoomad qeira ekwb^ofthe neigkbotood. 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