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 '1 f ' It ' jl: â-  1 tj â-  !^ 1 i\i- :|.-: ii. t â- '•' *.*â-  i H f -]l A TBA6IC TALE OF THE SEA. story of tba Taebt â- lunonatte. win Stepheiu and Edmund Brooki, the «nd MMMfr^ the ffi4rted'^ik««^ Edwin mats An» -.. â€" Mignrneti«. reached Soathampton »t 12:30 o'clock SteplwDa wm' iB«fe at liocthatn by bis m3b«r and htottKT-kk1v0,'Mt. Fmhor; and ameared quite vratrate Bro««8finiiiahea uie foUowiog intereating account of biBczparMnces The jtfhpifattiT pnrrad a capital aea boa\ Prior to JUy^ttc day " " "'» *^^ wind had be«i hvd â- â- ilaWflj. bntthe rode oat the gfde admiiab^. At 4 o'clcck in the aftemotw of that day Cant. JDadky caUed the watch -myaalf pad lb. Stephcnaâ€" the boy Parker shanag the waich with the â- kipper. Packer had gone down to wet the tea of which we were all to partake when we hoTe to. He bad jut come np^ when Mr. Stapbena eallad. "Look out P" and I aaw a tremandoaa aea. retching, I shonld think, qnite half way np to onr maathead. coming down npon ns. The Capta'n and Parker had heu on to the main boom to leeward, and the mainwul being foiled bad broke n the force of the aea npcm them. Mr. Stephen* held on by the tiller ropes. When the 83a had paaaed, Stephens almoat directly â- aid, "Oh, my God, her aides are stove in " The Captain ordered the boat out. I helo- ed get the boat ont. In fact, I was able nearly to throw her out myself. We got inâ€" Stephens, I, and Parkerâ€" and called out aeveral times to the Captain to come on board, and he presently aid so, the Mignon- ette sinking in about five minntes after she. was stmck. We then found our boat had been stove in on the port side, and the leak- ed a lot but I stopped it as well as I coul J with a piece of waist I found on the bottom boards, and this kept the water out till the momiDg, whtn Capt. Dudley made it mere secure. Parker took the shipwreck very kindly, his ezpeotation after we «ere in the boat being that WB SHOTTLD SOCK SBS LAND but of course the rest cf us knew better thon that. Pe was a w'ce, steady, and good boyâ€" as good a boy, in fact, as I ever sailed with in my life. I regularly took to him, end tried to teach hfm all I knew my- «elf. We did not open our first tm of turnips till three days after the wreck, having eaten nothing at all in the meantime. We knew the tins contained only tamips, for I had acted as » soifc of cooik on board the Mignonette. On tiie fifth day out I was steering, and saw a turtle swimming a' most to windward of us j infarct, we had almost passed it wheii I saw ft. Its head was some distance out of the water, and I pointed it out to the others. I and Ae Captain pull- ed the boat's head to sea, and Mr. Stephens got held of the areatnre by ihe fins and turced it over. I let go the fore oar. and although it was* pntty good oized fish, it came on board as light as a fly^ We tU. now felt as if we were sure to be saved. This feeling was strong up to the time poor little Parker was killed, but after then my heart was cold. Capt. Dudley killed the turtle, butas the weather was i90 rough, we loit the blood through the salt water coming on board. But for this we si ould have had quite a quart or more, which would have last* d us several days. The water got into the chronometer box, in which we were getting the blood. The turtle lasted ns till the twelfth day. We ate everything, skm and all, throwing the shell overbosrd. If we saw a little bit of the turle fat lying about that had been left, we picked it up' and ate Parker, the boy, had teveral times ez- fressed a desire to drink the sea water, and and the other two strcngly warned him against such a course, saying that if he did so it would kill him, but hia. reply alwaya blood which was running frcm hi neck* said, "Give me a drop," but it was nearly all gone, but what I had was congtaled. I felt quite atroog after I very was. "I MUST DBINK SOMKTHIKG." I lold him he should not if I saw him. One mommgâ€" I think we must then have been fifteen or sixteen days out. but I can't remember exactlyâ€" about 5 o'clock, Dickey told me he 1 ad drank the bailer, which would hold quite a quart, empty, and half, full again. I told he was a very silly young fellow, and he again replied that he must drink scmething. He had been gradually getting weaker, and was, in fsct, the weak- est of us all. Tl^ e s At water put his insides out of order, and he scffered very much frcm diarrtoea, being at times in an agony of pain from this cause, and we all thought he would die. He appeared at times to be delirious he would lie in the bottom of the boat and try to sleep, and if be went o£^ when he woke up he wonld say he wanted a ship. To get on beard a ship was all I every heard nim express a wisQ to do. I said to him several times: "Cheer np, D.'ckey, it will all come right." and the Captain and Stephens did all they could in the same way. We had several times spoken between the three of us about cuting lots as to who shonld be killed, and Parker lad heard of this, but I and Mr. Stephens wonld not hear of it, and said that if we wei» to die we would all die toeether. Excepting Parker, Mr. Stephens suffered more than any of us. He was seized with pains internally, and his legs were so much swoVen that he could hardly move. One night he was so bad that I thonght he was going to die, and took hold of his hand, and we prayed to- gether to the Almiehty to save ns. July 20, when iPaiker's life was ttken, was a very fine day. Excepting a little Siece of the skm of we turtle, with a little rop of water we had caught in a storm which had passed over onr heads, WB HAD HAD NOTHING lOB BIGHT DATS Dick was lyintr in the bottom of the boat, groaning with pain but he had never said anything to lead ua to suppose that his life was a burden to him. I believe that the Captain and Stephens had spoken about it in the night, l^ongh nothing had been said to me eiUier directly or indirectly of any intention to kill the boy, and Mr. Stephens, I believe, would never have consented to it. I had been at the helm three or four hours, and WTS lying in the bows of the boat and Stephens made signs to;me which I onder- stood ;to mean that the Captain intended to take the boy's life, as he was dying. I bolieve he was dying, and if he had not been killed, I have not the slightes doubt V e should all have died. I did not see the Oeed done, I had my oil -f kin coat over my head trying to get to sleep, and I was not ' aware wh^n it was to happen, All I heard was the Captain say to Mr. Stephens, "Hold his feet," and uncovered my head, and then saw the boy was dead. I fainted aw^ for a minute or two. and when I came o I saw the Captain and Mr. Stephens drinking the quite thatâ€" aft and stserea for ' â€" JJTt dcn't teaw cxabtn^ how jMigj C le^sdf Ste^ieisoat^%le W ind he fonr ami threw ft^tfoV^rfiirl^ It waa a riblesigllt'anit»oM«»ke.M r l* I »nd thie C^'am fed mrthfB l«poy,' so did Mr SMihni occa^o^ilri ,lat had very little. We Uved oa it for l-_. dav' and we ate a good Mrrl f*""*^ thii k mite hdf Oe Utiy-VH^ ^m w«s p eked op. and I can say thafr w« partook of it with A8 MCCH BBUSH AS OUJINABT TOOD. We were pioked np on the twenty-fifth day ont. I was ateering the boat, aboat half past six in the morning, aa near as I oaa gncaa, but we had no watch. I eaw a sail, bat did not at first know what it was, for I lad been sitting down talking to myaelf and fraying to the Almighty to resono us from death, aa oar suffer ngs fircm thirst were so horiUe. When Mr. Stephens and the Captain "got np," I said Oh, my God. here's a ship ooming straight for ns. We all prayed together out load that she wonld not miss ns, each premising to lead a different life to what we had done if the Almighty wonld only give us the strength to reach the veael. We pat onr sail, which was made ont of Stephen's shirt, down, as tie bark was a little to windward, and pall- ed as well as we ooald a litfe way. I should think she was fonr or five miles off when we sighted her, and as she came down upon us Mr. Stephens hoisted thethirt, and sigc ail- ed as well as he waa able, for he had net much strength to hold it np. Quite an honr and a haU was passed in this dreadful bus- pence, for we were afraid, being still to lee- ward, that the bark wonld not see us. We at laat saw her keep away Irom the wind, and then we felt she had seen us. and were vory mnoh rejoioed, and all thaaked God for His mercy. As we got close alongside I tcok both oars, baing the strongest. The Captain caught the rope,, and nwde a turn, as well as he was aUe, round the fore thwart, Mr. Stephens beinji aft. The latter sang ont, • Oh, GHtun, for God's take, help us. We have been twenty-fonr days, and have had nothing to eat air drink. Helph us onbo^r j/|. The Captain oiltbe bark made aj^Jej^, fA German, whicn I ::ouId niA qooertt nd. Capt. Dudley also hailed bint. Two ot the» crew came down and made the boat^st, and got ropes aronnd and liftetf itsi^frfiirard^ for we were so wdak we could not climb the ship's aide, '^i took bold of the i|^n plates and sorsmbled np a? w^ as^'tdmd, and ^e carpenter then catried m9.^^»|)fc3 the deck to 1*e place where Mr. Stephens was lying. The Captain of thet^j^fliaM^iMna had taken charge of Capt. Dud ey. They all ireated ns very kindly. THB M*TK'S account. Edwin Stepbcnf. who is tha son cf the late Capt. Rcbsr' Stepb* ns, of Southamp- ton, late of the I le of Wight Company s service, on his arrival lome, furnished some interesting details. He said "Onr nights were the worst time they seemed never to end we dreaded jthem very much. We had now the longest in- terval without food or water, viz., eight di^ withoat food and five ^ayr-witH^at water, with the exception mentioned. The lad dying before our eyes, the longing for his blpoa eaine open us, and on Friday Qiorniag,jttie twentieth day of oar being ca^t away,^^ master hastened his deatuh by bleedipghim. In a minnte all was over. "I WiUleaT* you to imagine how we sub- dsted ma the 1xdy until Tuesday, July 29, the twenty-fonAk day tfter mng in the boat,, when were picked op by the German bark Mdntezoma, of Hamburg, Capt. Trenipnsen, bgnnd to Fulmouth, from whom we rceeiyed etery kindness. We anfiEared a great deal for fou.e days afterwatds. The rxtremltiea seemed to have entirely lost life. We had thus been in the boat from July 5, at 5 p. m., until July 29, at 10 a.m., nearly twenty-four days, havibe drifted and sailed a distance of about 900 miles, viz from lat. 27" 10' S.. lonsj. 9? 50' W., to lat. 24« 20' S., long. 28? 25' W., our posi- tion when picked up. "Many, of the statements that have been published in the papers are wrong, partic- ularly ?one, which said I stood up and held the boy Paiker while the Captain killed him. That is quite wrong. I don't re- member hearing anything at all, bat I know I was expected to hold his feet if he struggl- ed, but he did not. The feet is, you can't carry your recollection back to the thine at all properly. We don't know what we did; we were maddened with thirst.and hunger but I know I did not atiff^r from hunger as the others did for the first e=ght days. I had hardly anything to eat, and I never thought of eating any of the turtle untU it was about three parts gone. Drink was all I wanted. "The boy's death saved onr lives, for we dhonld have all have been dead before the time we were picked np. Prrker was a nice lad â€" a regular Itchen ferryman, honest, and always wUling to do everything he was told, which is a great virtue in a boy on brard a ship." THB captain's CONFBaSION. The captain, who is a stont-bnilt, fair- bearded man of middle height, looks fairly well, but is s' ill very weak. He wears slippers on his feet, aa they are still too ten- der to admit of putting roots on. When the unfortunate men were picked np both his legs were much swollen, and it wa« only after a long conrse'of blistering and bandag- ing that they were reduced to a normal size. Okpt, Dadley, in an interview in the after- noon, converted freely about the terrible occurence. Atter detailing the earlier part of the voyage of the Mignonette from South- ampton to Madeira, and their afterwards signalling an Italian bark and speaking the Bride of Lome, he said Day after day passed, and on the eleventh day we- "^^id fmished the turtle, and had nothing 1 ft except the two fins but we ate every portion, even the bones. The fat of the turtle proved very nntritioas, and we got water a few times when there were showers by catching the rain in our oilskins, though sometimes when we had a littl3 drop a sea broke into it and spoiled it, so that we had to throw it away. We went on from the fifteenth to the twentieth day without any food at all or drink, and by that time we had begun to look each other in the face very black. The boy, who had drank some sea ^ter at night. had s«d. " We .hall all die.i f I re«n«rk- Sf "we shaU have to dr-w tots, bo^ Thiswasignored by alU and ttiy "We had better ^^ ^S^^^^^^g^igm -^ day or* two ^«o" X^^ftJ^^* sfctld% and B.le -9^^^^^*^ Such i^^'gj '"4iS'of2riS»S 'iS'd^eJSS^^.e-th ortw«gth^*^ 41^ w^^s Ivina in the bottom of flia « at. "WhatistobedoaeJ ••""V "TviMio dyfaS Yon have a "«•,•»* ^f^".^! Sdrhavea wife and »»ree children. 1 3d that haman.flah had been eaten be- "stopVn, replied "See what daylight ^L?oo;hi.watJ.t«;JJ-i;,'fe sis^rd?r»s ii^^henf "^i"i.--i^ °1tld Bro3k. to go forward wMoh^ did. I then took hold of the shfoad. and hS a last loik roand to see if "»y*f "g.*^ tasieht. but there was nothing. ^oSaed "paViyermost fervently that God »'^ve nSghtfofgivens for such « »»*• »'*.*^^^' kniltdowiby the boy and said: "Now, Dick, my boy, your time has come.^ He murmured "What, me, sir I I put the penknife in his throat and he was dead instantly. The Captwo, who was much upwt by tne recital, further stated how they drank the blood of the pror boy, and lived np»n hw flesh for the next four days. On the twenty- fborth day. when they had almost g»je«» "P all hope. Brooks clled nut »« »^°* f o'dock in the aioming. • Svl, oh 1' loan hour and a half the Montezuma was along- Fide and they were Ufted en to the deck. Theremins of the lad Parker were boned by the Oapta n of the reacuinjr vessel. BUBBLES Didn't Know bis Bufdnecig. "What are yon doing there?" demaided tbe grocer of the new clerk. "I'm patting a little sand in the sugar. Ain't that right?" ' ' ^^ "Kight? Great ScottI No. Yoatakea little ef the sugar and pat it in the sand." Qnick Work in Court "I grant an absolute divorce to both par* tiei." said the Judge. ' C H thenext case." "Bat the children, your Honor. What dispostion shall be made of them?" "Equal divihion. Let ewh party take half. Call the next " " But there ere three of them, your Hon " "Can't help it. That's their look oct, not mine. Call the next case," COUPLE OF DOS STORIES. AK AMICABf.B TBBRIBB. :Where:the Libel Hurt A politician who had been ncmina'ed for office said to s lawyer, "I want you to bring suit against the editor of the Daily Wander' er. He bas defamed my eharacter outrag- c 00 sly." "Bat, my dear man, what be haspobl'sh* ed won't lose yoa any votes;" 'Of coarse it won't loiemesny votes, but my wife complains that she isn't able to hire a servant gill." An Inyestigalimi not Necessary. Depositorâ€" Have yon looked into the af- fairs of the bank rejently? D rector â€" No, bat everything is all r^iht I am sure. Depositor â€" Why are you sure? Diieotorâ€" Because tbe health of the oish- ieris very poor. Depositorâ€" What has that got tQ do with the matter? Di63tor â€" He is too feeble to stand the rigors of a Canadian winter. Sense of Taste in the Lower Animals. The lowest animals hardly need a tense of taste at all, at least in the developed form: all IS fish that comes to their net; they (wal- low, and, if possible, cUgest every bit of or- ganic matter they happen to come e cress in the conrM of their aimless psregriuationB. Or, rather, they swallow whatever is (mil- ler than themselves, and get swallowed by whatever is larger. Scill, even in these low- est depths of animal evolution, we get in a very simple and undeveloped form some first faint foreshadowicg of the faculty which beormss specialized later on into the sense of taste. When float ng jelly bag meets floating plantlet or floating jelly speck under the microscope, it makeii an effort to envelop the edible morsel all round with its own matter. Bat when it meets mineral bodies or uneatable things generallfr, it either does not try to envelop thtm at all, or if it coats them for a moment it soon re- jects them as of no prackioal use for its own purpoies. These simclast radimen^ary an- imals, besides be:ng all mouth and iU stom- ach, are also all nerve and all sense organ Every part of them seems to possess in some feeble manner the power of discrimina- ting between what is fool and' what is nae- Uss. Tlie First Napoleon a Tme Fropliet. A very carious fragment of Napclaon's table talk is brought to mind by tibe present positioa of affairs in Central ^ua. Tne Em- peror happened to speak of the way in whicn Alexander besought himatTihitt3 let Bassia seize Oonttantinople. "Alexan- der tt fort desire Constantinople de moi," said Napoleon; and he then went on to show how Kuhsia might gradnally sap fiur power m India. The snbjeot interest*! him, aid he spoke at great length, laying down a strategic dettuls of the most minute dcscrip. tion. His idea was that when Bossia had firmly establishel hwself witlun striking distance of onr frontier shenught bring about an insurrection and offer Wngl^hd her kind assi(tuice in qaellinr tbe revolt. He said "Da tootes lea puissances la Rassia est la plas radontable sartout pour hs Ana- as. Tout cela je I'ava's prdvn. Je vou danr I'avenir plus lo n qui lea aatrea." There is no doubt but that he was right He certainly did see further into the fnnire than any statesman o! whom we have know- ledge. Tae pj elictions which he made dur- ing this memorable conversation form very sngges jns reading at the present time, for tney are being fulfilled one by one. SSftaken a*ay from her and *^Jf " h/r^icelv fi.led with straw in^ M«- .5'"^* kitoSS m pWbtivB ori.8 of the chidken* iSaTed the !ttea«o«/ »tl^^ ffik-Md tan dog. who after "oberly «s^t- SJ^fh^S a*f takin? in the "Nation "fpped ca f ul y iato tbe atraw "^^ «5««J doSnamoi g the chickens. The one. o the JiSied yoangsters oea-d i«mBdiatdy. ind they tMk to «»^J«»*"*^',*Sl^*^. tire mother at onoe. ^o"*^*^ "^J^ dog aasumed watchful care over bar cbargw. S£f jlj tuoki^g th«D down aboat her with her noie, and becoming â-¼Â»*'â-¼ m«oas whenJ^one of the more active of the bird. Topped over the edge of the box »)?on Jhe Bo I barking londly nntU wme one ««ae •nd replaced the tronblesome oluok. When the chicken, were finally taken from her and placed with the mother hen, Beauty wemed cofflpletely lost. A CniB CAHIKB. A dog belonging to the B-s, wh'oh was a great favorite of their, and regarded as of thoroughly irreproaejhaole traming, was charged by some of *he^"J8»^^ors wiWi worrying "h" »' ^igbt. T^«ft»°»»y 'f^"' ed this charge on the ground that the dog was fastened into their kitchen at night and was never let ont until die servants came down in the morning. v n.i. The farmers, howevhr, persisted that they knew the dog well, apd had seen him going from the sheepfcld. though he had managed to escape them. When thf. was urged so strongly as to make it imperative on the Bâ€" s to take some further steps, one f the daughters volunteered to sleep in the kit- chen and watch the dog's behavior. When they made np the young ladys bed the dog .eemed very restless and strange but by and by he Mttled down, and all was •ilent. A Uttle after midnight he got np^ oame to the bed, and sniffed about until he had sat- isfied himself that the laly was not awake. Then he leaped into tiie window seat, lifted tbe latoh of the shutter^ and e^ned tbem. Then he undid the latch of the window, which he opened, and then diMppsared. After a long interval he: came back, doMd and fastened the windows and â-  shutters, finished by licking his Own feet, and the mwka which he had left by aprbging on the floor. To tiie terror of the seeming sleeper, he now came and closely scrutini^od her; but she kept still, and hs at last crept off to his own bed. As soon as die beud the servants stirring, the lady rose softly and slipped through the door. But the guilty dog had marked hrr. H6 sprang np and made a dash at her with most undisguised fary, for he saw that his secret was discovered and his char icter blast- ed by one whom he now regarded as a hate- ful spy.. Fortunately, she got the door faift shut in time, aid at once alarmed the house. But tbe dog waa now so fnrious that no one dared CO into the kitchen, and at last k gao was brought, pointed ttaroagh an apetuxe. aad he was shot dead. Italian Passions* Love, jealousy, and vengeuioe continoe to affect certain classes of sciety to a ^egne disproportionate to their actual importance. Tale, of love have an invincible attraction for onr lower classes, and there is a whole literature of tales of vengeance. Jealousy takes the mme important place, and it bas become the sub j act of legislation. A man who does not know to avenge an affront, to obtain jastioe for himself, and demand life for life, is unmanly in the popular estimation especially in Southern and Central Italy. A women would refuse t} smile upon a man who allowed himself to be insulted with im punity. This mode of feeliagwhiobmtnifests itself in the higher classes in the frequency of duels, is in the lower orders the piiocipal cause of crime and violence. It is confirmed by the national quickness of temperament, and by the little respect for law which dates frem earlier times, when legal justice was full of abases. For this reason » naturally humane and gentle people takes an unfavor- able place in the statistics of crime, in which' violent offenses occupy an exceptional place. As, however, the Italians have not adopted deatruotive societies so, also, they ooula not possibly be guilty of the dragmnadea nor of the exoesMs of the Convention end of the Commune. And we constantly encounter instances of kmdness and humanity, espec- ially m the lower classes, which called for our admiration From their special quali- ties the people may be said to be oapable of alt good aa well a. of aU evil. Ana among their prevailing sentiments, in addition to those who have already indloateo, the high- est plaoe IS taken by what i. termed huiMa- ity. The lower olasMs we not only pecu- liarly sensible of the bonds of kindred, but they display in their family relations, and even in tuoae with rtrangera, a devotion and love whiohput. those ohMses to shame who might do likewise at amall personal incon- venience. Tae reserved and defensive spirit which oharaoterizea the modem oivUization of many countries is unknown in luUan life. The joys and sorrows of life are readily shared withreUtions, friend., and neighbors: He who has more than one loaf is ready t) give to the neighbor who is destitute, know- ing that he shaU be reUeved in a like neoes- â- iW. Insensiirility to the auffaring. of others, a want ^Of eompaision or hcarttess- neM, as it ia oalled, is an unpardonable ain m lialy, while much is forgiven to the com passu.nate. There ia no country where tne plea tor forgivenoM to the Magdalen i. more raadily aooeptcd. This same people, if their honor or that -of their wives irconoirn- ed, or even if their pMsiona are arouwd b» ?J^T'*V",?-""'*^"*»»°» *»' «»in some friendly dweUmg wi«h blood withoat inaur- ring the ^ore of the multitude, it ii IhluT'S'*^ condition of public op'n^oa which produoes^the eva norcan It be cured by legislation, but it mnat be traced back to Its souroe. Oa the day when the atr^r iS regarded as an ordinary criminal the nJm! ber o cnmes committed in It Jy wiU be nurt teriaUy dunmished, since delibiate offewes committed from motives ot self- intorwtS oomparatively few. The flrat eSSTof « act of violence is commonly to rsS the nS »»«» f^ future of the defiuqaenT who 'K preferred the satistaotidn 6t^ hi. dJnSnsSJ PMsioutoany other ooMideratSn. ' Koyel Marriage ,w^ Thel people now liviuj. -^ Barghese, of wMch •tf»J*"«^»M5^ tarns of the south, wh^ a'^W of the plains call thi^KiJ The manifold cir,«;:^ C, with marnaAB atnone •SiTl;.*"!^! somewhat f ^nTdable ^«ttirj| payment of a^aHim biidJi^tt Tariou. presents. The aflkiT*' the ka^m^^ If during ^ji^^tioiid ttothed gill should^e^S?^ bound to give instead thdr toS!?"' M or in default to return the Si "^^M alw afin« of one or twoliotisr*i*»l or furs. So also U it if tlTJIr^'N ref UM to marry, which she ms^nH count of the suitor's ill healA i*M erfcy, or (in some locaHtieg^ U ""M ^% Yet another custom U^l the bnd^room die or refuse to mJ^ ' girl, hi. parents are bound'to^^l their next son paying a £„«, ^\ camel, in case of refusal. WhenT^'l scribed period cf betrothalis »t "I the bridegroom, dressed and m2^\ his best, goes with his friends tert M or vilhige of the bride, where thstH been prepared for his reception. 'SH bnde s brother has the right of â-  â-  from the bridegroom whatever he nSlI but now the bride's relations JS^\ take a. presents almost evetytbiil^ haiH-hia coat, hat, girdle, horse Jj die,. saying each one that thej are foiil eduoatftOB-of-the brideâ€" a seizure thrl afterward repaid by the relationsrtkl bridegroom oa their visit to the anl d i\ relations of the bride. The bride's purtll are bound to give up the bride wkenil katim i. paid, givmg her in down J kibitka or tent, a camel or riding hol and cattle, alw a bride's head-diea,4| ed saoukde, or, if poor, another aJUl Jaou'ouk, besides a bed, crockery and J trunk of wearing apparel. An Electric Frenck GlrL M, Arago. Dr. Cholet, and M. Victjl Meunier are responsible for the foUnisI extraordinary accoant of an electrical ,.Taegirl, a peasant of 13, cilled AngeCI Cottin, was, Meunier tells us in hU m^\ scientific article, working in a factory, ir!|| a small table next to her wasvioleatlynni 'vrithout Ostensible cause, Sabseqaeatly,! the presence of M. Mennier, sbe sat aJ c^air held by several people, when thechijil wais\ burled from their hands. This n| tried more than once with like reaolti, hi obur being in one case broken when ik| hnlde's were strong enough not to let it p.! When isolation from the ground wt» p] duoed bv glacis, none of these effect: occmni The only dverafort which the girl mi feels i. a pain in the hollow cf the elboi.| Before a commission of enxineeis noaen ' these experiments succeiedei but it is lUf I ed in explanstion that tbe electric prop' I tie. of her ay.temhave throngh repsltii| disobarges lost their force and finslly l»| come exhausted. Tiie Moors' Use of Water. The. Moor. di;p'ayed an astoni(hitgi»l geuuity and fertiuty of invention in thstl manipulations of fountains and baths oil runnmg streams. It is plain to see tint I water fiom the same source is made to ni^l serve different purposes in diSiereat parti ol| its course, though there is nerer laiikii| water about the Alhambra, for the hottsl and drier the weather the more rapidly ii the snow mhlted on the motmtains aid th more copiously flow its streams. All courts about the Alhimbra are arranged tU water may flow continaally, open to theiii, and thus give caolnes to this atmc^lm even in the heat of day. At the Alcur (which is Arabian for palace) of Saville ds water is made to gush in crossing jsta «« along the pavements of the gardens, sad tbe aparatus ot arrangement still remainsin r* Tlie Camphor Tree. Camphor laurel, a native of China, J*!*" Formosa, and C whin China, the tree few j which^nost of the campnor of commerce » obtaiiied, has recently been mtrodnced w California. It grows to considerable hwH and is valaablable for timber, the wood hffl« light and durable, not hably to injare o« mseots, and much in favor for carpenter »« cabinet work. Every part of the tree, »•« especially the flowers, smells strongly* camphor. With respect to the grawu* " the camphor tree in California it is sud rm it is easily propagated from seeds or ca* ♦•ags, and eapeciaUy well along the cout a tree at Sacrament has attained a heigu s thirty feet. 1 ,^11 I » I u rn "" Why the Needle Points to the ?««• Prwaingon to the scientific subjects, Prot Wiggins was asked his theory regarw the reawm why the magnetic neeale ai"!* point, toward, the North Pole Th'W feesor wid he believed it was caased 17 perpetual currant of electricity ra"""" j the earth' surface from east to west, w wasweU known that a needle swung nw within a wire ooU through which an eiaw onrrent i. sent wi'l invariably Pj««Vj^ aoroM the current. This would bs gw^, towards the equator, where the «" diameter is greaceafe, for in both owaw prolate spheroids elec'rioity ooUectssi extremities of the greatest diameter. Tiionght Hewas an Americ»' Strangerâ€" "Ticket to Montreal. Cm Ticket Agent (whispering)- "He» " "' Uylow." Strangerâ€" "What?" -t^it "Ticket Agentâ€" "There is » ^eve right behind you." j.tec" Strangerâ€" "What do I care f« '"'.jj. ivefi? 1 came hera from Montreal on ness and am merely returning **°™*;.|,*yo« Ticket Agentâ€" "B3g pardon tboag" were an American." Fifty Herefo^' 'alirShort Ho^ J'^J, 300 high grade bulls have been adaw ^^j herds of Doughw County, Color»M shimmer. L girl presented ' hmpro^rement. I 1 undeniably des ich ler face woul She said th straightening oui It was flattened Ute^himto take ^feature, thui leciuicn'*. She 1 _, too, as to how tform^d -and he was entirely cebeik could be J with only a sci nt where some ol I had been remove itified in carving pose, and bad ired, however, kgeon to do it if i