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 MARK TWAH aO£3 FiBHne. fmttmtM VH«a4a riar a Tety Hi •â- â- tai. J«te ?i â-  li i I 4,i m â-  A^»y back in the 60 â- , whan Mark Twaio radd^ in San FranciMX), and was the r^pi- lar oorrMpondeat of a Nevada paper, he WM a dianote^ among the Bihemim, and was aeeoddited with many jel^ aoole who are now nambered among tne ndeil^, and many who are etill well known in San Fran- oitoo. Mark was an ardent angler, and was never happier than when sitting with hia legs danglLig over the side of a cosy yacht and waiting for the slow and lasy nibbles of the denizens of the eea. In thoee days Alexander Badlam and Fait Bsrry owned the tag Fanny Ann, and to gratify Mark's piscatorial whim they fitted h«r np one day with a dczen or two bottles of bait and a Innch, and with a few choioe friends steamed off for Angel Island. Mark liad constantly expressed as l^e desire of his life that he might oatoh a meas of red rook cod those in the San Franoisoo markets being of a bright red, very attractive to look at, and very choioe food fish. THS PABTT CONSISTKD. of Mark Tvain, O. P. Satton, formerly aec- reUry of the Pacific Bank; General John McComb, then editor of the " Alta " a prominent Sikn Francisco jadge, now deceas- ed Alexander Badlam, and Falfon Berry. The two latter, knowing fall well there were no red rock cod thia side of the Farallone Islands, porchaaed a large, fine apecimen in the market, and placing it in a ganny aack smuggled it on board the steamer. After a pleasant sail aoreas the bsiy the i^y Ann was anchored across the stream atr|MQint on Angel Island, known aa Balaton'a' qqji^, ao called from the fact that the roej Bank of California waa taken place. The tide waa ebbing a after anchoring, all the party except Badlam and Berry dropped their linea on the lower Bide. These two gentlemen dropped theiis on the npper aide of the steamer, with their lines drifting under the steamer, while those on the opposite TBILBD TOWABD THB SEA. When unnoticed, Badl»m attached the large red rock cod to bia line, and, apprising the others of the fact, pulled him to ifae surface amid great excitement. The fish was im- mediately placed in a barrel of water, which had been provided to keep alive what fish might be caught. It was suggested to Mark Twain and hia friends that they had better fish on the upper side of the steamer, as they prefer shaay places, whith was concur- red in. After the linea had trolled under the steamboat Berry removed the bait from his hook, and on the opposite side trailed and caught' Mark Twain's line. The latter, complaining that hia line waa foul, was aa- aured that on die swinging of the steamboat it would soon loosen. In a few moments the rook -cod was taken from the barrel and hooked on to Mark Twain's line. A vigor- ous pnll was given, and at the top of his voice Mark yelled out " I've got a whale 1 I've got a whale 1" He landed him in fine shape, the two jokers taking him off the liook and placing him in the barrel. HABK IHMKDIATRLY.FBOCDBEb apiece of chalk and commenced to score the catch of each of the fishermsn, and daring the next) two hours this same fish was book- ed on in the same manner fiftiy or sixty times on the lines of all the parties, and pulled up in the same manner and placed in the barrel ot water. Twain, of course, liaving caught the large«t number. When the fuo became mon3tonons Barry hooked the fish in the tail, hoping that Mark would drop on the joke, but hie did not, but simply said "It takes an artist to catch a fish on the wrong end, I Have often done ao in trout fishing in Nevada." The fisn having had its gills all torn out, scales most torn off, and no plaoe to hock on lo him any more the jokers in desperation £shed np Twain' i line and Satton's line at the same time, and tied a monkey-wrench on the former and a hatchet on the latter. 3creams were raised that they had got ,a devilfish, and the wrench and hatchet were landed on the deck. Words oan not depict the faces of the fishermen. Twain pulled »ff hia coat, looked at the acore, looked at the monkeywrench, at the hatchet, and then at the barrel, rolled up hia sleevea, and fished ont tile poon aulitary, worn ont ted rock ood, and holding it aloft, sail "Biiys, wo have hd lota ol fan to day Ist'a go boms." He waa the oidy one in the pa^ty who took it goodnaturedly, the other gka- lie men refnaing to oonverae on this sport ot red cod fisbioK, and alwaya looking on tiie tiBseaction as a very mean jdte. DfilV^N IBTO MATBIMOHY. A Boy Vrfeose Father Thrashed Him Weds a Lady of Mature Years. Lmia Jolp is a stout IT-year-old boy, living in Anderson county, Ky. Oae day he was ploughiog on hiR father's farm near liivrenceburg. The plcngh was drawn by k.mole of vicious propensities. The mule balked, and Jelp, to make him go along all right, struck him with the plough line. The animal then kicked the plough to pieces, and ran away. Jelp's father was plonghins; the adjoining field, and witnessed the ma away and smaahup. He was angry at his son for striking the mule, and picking np a piece of the plough line, gave him a severe thrash- ing. After the whipping, very young Jelp, sore both in body and mind, went to the Mxb farm, occupied by Miss Higgins, a lady with a red head and forty-one years to her credit.. The Iwy knew her well, and he re- lated to her how cruelly his father had areatcd him. Miss Higgins was full of q^mpsthy, and suggested to him that there was a way in which he could easily emanci- pate himself from the control of an unfeeling lather. He enquired how it was to be done, Bsd she replied that he might marry her and thus settle all his difficulties. Jelp accex ted Miss Higgins's proposition sod on the following day ^e two took the train at Lasrrenoeburg, for L^tdaville They imme diately crossed over to Tr'd'^i" shore, where a license was issued, and they were married by £iquire John Huchely. On the following day, the bride and taer youth- iul hnaband retnmed to the former's home in Anderson county. Mrs. Jelp has no fear of her husband's father, and invites him to n ake trouble if he dare. She is worth $10, fiOO. The British divorce returns for thirty years, ending in 1887, show that there were 10.561 petittons for divorce or dissolution of siarriage, of which 7.321 were sucoessfnl. Tiie in««eaae sinoe 1881 is gradual. FEASLSOFTSUTE. Ton moat not be aahamed to aak whatyoa do not know. Itbnotwlialw* iatMd, imkwhaM^^n tiiat makes aa owfaL HappioflM k a roadside flower growing on the Ughwaya of asefnloaaa. It ia a good thing to be able to let go the leaa for the aika of Idle greater. Temperaaoe isa tree tiiat haa ooatant- ment for its root and paaoe for ita bait. Doat tboa love life? Then do nob wq aan- der time, f w that ia the atoff life is made of. A promiae Is a just debt, wUoh ahould alwaya be paid, for honor and honeaty are ita aeonrity. Bsware of the man who ia always ana- picioaa of averylody elae'a motivea. The chancea are that lie lias some lad motivea himaelf. If yon wiah to live the life of a hnman be- in^ and not of a fnngna, be aocial, ie bro- therly, be charitable, be aympathetic, and labor eameetly for the good of your kind. Beautiful aoula often get put into plain bodiea; but they cannot be hidden, and have a power all their own, the greater for the unoonaoionaneta or the humility which givea it grace. People who have no occupation muat worry. The human heart ia like a millstone â€" if yon put wheat under it, it grinda the wheat into fliur; if you put no wheat, it fnrinda on, but then H is itself it wears away. There is nothing so delightful aa the hear ing or the apeaking of the troth. For this reaaon there ia no converaation ao agreeable aa that of the man of integrity, who heara without any intention to betray, and apeaka without any intention to deceive. The history of the world teaishea ua no lea- aon with more impreasive aolemnity than this that the only safeguard of a great intelleot is a pure heart that evil no sooner takes poa session of the heart than folly commences the oooquest of tbe mind. lEhebeat thing to give to your enemy is foigiveness to your opponent tolerance to a friend your heart to your child a good example; to a father deference; to your mother conduct that will make her proud of you to yourself respect to all men char- ity. Mistakes of all kinds shonld be avoided as far aa possible, and there may be a careless- ness really culpable which gives rise to them. But in far the greater number of cases mis- takes are the steps by which each one must climb to excellence in any direction. There ia dew in one flower and not in another, beoauae one opena ite cup and takea it, while the other oloaea itaelf and the drop runa off. So Heaven rains goodneaa and mercy aa wide aa the dew, and if we lack them it ia beoanae we will not open our hearta to receive them. BeCheexfaL A well known philanthropiat in New York, whoae time waa given to the help of the criminal and pauper claaaea, had upon hia library table a Turkiah figure of a laughing donkey. The leaat was ao convulsed with merriment that no one ooald look at is with- out a smile. " Why do you keep that absard figure there?" a friend asked him. "It aeema to jeer afr the graveat aubject which we. dia- cuaa " "Simply to remind me that the gravest sub- ject haa its cheerful, laughable side," he an- sweced. "I fiad it a wholesome warning in the midst of so much misery." Many a Canadian needs to be daily re- minded in some way that life hasitoaains- ing, happy aide. An hour's reat, a fiheer- fulbook, a talk with a friend would, serve the purpose bettor than a laughing doafcty. We are a nervous, anxioua people, and many of ua have inherited from oar an oeatora a belief that amuaementa aad arirth are dnfnl. A SonthOTtt woman, lately viaitiSf^- her friends in N*w England, exclaimed one day, "Thia ia the beat year of my life I My hna- band and ohUdren are in good healthy and free from fiaaaclal. worry; my sons ar* honor- able, Chris^iaa msja; we have many good, pleasMit friends. Got has heaped blonings on me. I am e^eotly happy!" An ominoaa Sil^ce followed theae 'Vards, and melancholy shakes of the head. '" "It makes me tremble to hear yon," one said at last, **when I think how soon all thia may be changra, and that you may even be de\d before nigh^" "And shall I not tfaank God while I am yet in the laad of the liviog? ' replied her friend. This world, no matter how poor or ill or solitary we may be, is not for aiy of'us al- together a vale of teark It has its aoanhine and pleaanres, its cheerful heights, wltich may be climbed by all of us, if we have but couiaeo and faith. The man who will not yield to disaster and disease, "who makes the beat of his poverty, who finds something to laugh at in all his mufortones, will not only draw more friends to his side than his melancholy brother, but actually live longer. Colonel Sellers had found tiie trne philo- sophy of life when he I^hted a candle In his empty stove " to make selieve there was a fire," and praised thei " rare flavor" of the raw turnip and cold water which made Ids scanty meaL The man whose religion makes him gloomy, austere and hopeless falsifies Christ's teaching. Who should be happy if not the Christian Who should make light of the troubles of thia abort life, if not he who believea in an unending life of happi- ness at its end " In everything give thanks," cried the apostle, after he had been scourged nigh unto death and again, having fought with beasta at Ephesns, he calls from hia priaon- oell to the weak and unhappy in all agea " Rejoice in the Lord alway and again I say. Rejoice " During the reoent Presidential election in the United States an Albany manufacturer had printed on all the envelopes in which his workmen received their wages the follow- ing insoription:â€"" The one issue of this campaign: Shall American goods and products, or Eaglish goods and produota, atook our home marketa Shall American wages or English wages be paid to our work ingmen and working women?" Now that the election is over, and the party to which thu manufacturer belongs has won the day, he has notified his men that their wages are to be reduced twenty-five per cent. It would be intereating to hear what these de- luded workingmen liave to aay on this sab- ject. A HABD AFTIBNOON before them, and mtiat reat. No waiting until 3 o'clock to-day the mine is only about 16 mUea away, but 16 milea no Nor- thern horae would face, for now you have only a cow path over the mountaina, and aa your horae atepe from rock to rock, climbing ateadOy np, np, up, never faltering, never swerving, never hesitating, yon cannot but love the noble animal who carries you ao ateadily and aarely forward. Atlmigththe top ct titt moantain is reached, and what a dght burata upon yon. er jaw." The WOds of Mexico. In tiis wilds of Mexioo 1 That sooads pnfeiy stroai, dossa't ill Well, whan yoa Ire when, ia aUpiobal»id4r» »• *M*» â- Â« has ever baan before, I do ao* thiaktiieax- prassioD at all oat of tiie way. Laayiac tiia dtj of Msztco, yoa ttaml soatheastsrlyfor aboat 200 miles, passing numeroas small ladiaa villagea, which aaem to oonsist audahr of nakad etiiidrea and dogs, sad laaoh tiia olty of Haetamo. This Is an old Spanish towa of aboat 3,000 inhabitants, the main feature of triiioh, like all other Spaoiah towns, is theplazi, a large aqoare, around which are about all the stores the townoontaina. Sunday being market day, diis plasa is quite interesting to a straager. The natives from the sarroandiiur country oome in upon toat day to sail thoir gardan tmok, salt, tobaooo, hand-made Uiuikets, stoaw goods, ropes, and goodness only knows wliat not. Four upright poles are planted in the fTonnd, eroas poles fastened to tliem, aad over all ia laid a fTass mat ,thas makhig innnmerable little stalls, where yon oan ob- tain moat artiolea yoa need, and a far great- er number of artiolaa you oannot sonoeive aa being of any poanble nae to mankind. Now mount your horse and oome with me. We leave Hdotamo behind us and ride forward toward what seems to be a solid wall of mountains the road is fair, that ia after you have t^een over aome othera in thia country, and yoa ride forward THBOUOH A LOVBLY VALLBT filled with frait treea and flowera the air ia invigcrating at tliia time of the year, your horae knowa he ia going home, and you awing along at a gomi pace, knowing that the following day your road will lie but a cowpath over the mountaina and you must make your 35 milea to-day or yoa will not leach the mine npon the following. Small moimtain atreama are oroaaed, many little Indian huts are passed, and far aheaid of you appears a tiny moving speck. Yon know what it ia as nearer and nearer yon approach each otber, until finally you perceive an Indian, with his knapsack tight- ly fasljoned to hia ahouldera, swing along at lua running walk. He ia tbe mail. No atop for him, he mna!) be on time, and with a " buenos dias " he ia paaaed, and atill you ride on. ' The aun now becomea intenaely hot, for it u nearing noon, and about that hour you reach a small Indian hut, where you halt for dinner. Two women, one child, and eleven doga constitute this household daring the daytime, and if yon succeed in getting a couple of eggs and some corn bread you con- sider younelf fortonate. Horses are un- saddled and allowed to roam at will while yon atreteh youraelf under the welcome ahade to go to aleep. Juat when you begin to dcz9 yon ABB BT7DSLT AWAKENED by a harah voice abriekin^ into your ear the aingle word " Ya I" That meana ready ao you rouae yoaraelf, eat your egga and bread, drink your black ooffea, light a cigarette, frown at the woman, and doze again. It aeema yon have not been aaleep five minutea when your aervant wakea yon and yon find the horaea ready aaddled, pay the virago 12| oenta, mount, and off again. It ia now 3 o'clock and you have only 12 milea to go before annaet, or 6 o'clock now a lope, now a trot, now a walk, according to the road, you ride along through the valley, paying no attention to the high mountaina coverM with ]^alm treea and huge cacti which rise on either side of you, for you know them by heart and are only anxious to reach Qainohendio. One lonely peak at last oomea in eight, atanding alone, one huge rook 700 feet in hdgat, and yon know you are almoat there. Your horae knowa it alao, the road la good, he quickena hia paoe, and yon now paaa through mile after mile of corn and augar oane, but the end oomea and yon ride up to the palace of this part of the world,! an adobe house, where you oan ob- tain food for yoor aaimals, a fairly good auppsrsfor yoaraelf, and a bed made of ropea atrecchea aoroas a wooden frame, with a bullock's hide for a mattresa. After a hearty anpper, the main point of which ia alxnntitnl supply and a stout, jol- ly old Indian woman to aerve it, A SHOKE AND TALK with the master of the hoiue, and a oheery "I assu buenaa noche," you roll youraelf in your blanket, and are soon asleep' At day- light you wake to fiad a bowl of steaming hot ccffee and corn bread awaiting you. Your appetite sharpened by the cool air of the nigbt, you break yjcfva fast with a relish and mount your horse witb a sigh, for you know a hard day's journey lies before yon, although only about 30 milea or ao. Scili the r«Nul ia fairly good to Jani cdipo, but you can rarely go faster than a walk, as your horse must pick his way through wind- ing paths, over loose stones, over fallen trees, across swollen streams, and woe betide him if he slips, and Woe betide you, for many a time a slip would mean death to horse and man, and you look sometimes with a shudder at the hundreds and hun- dreds of feet below you. But you are rid- ing a mountain horse, and have no fear as he climbs.np or slides down places at which the proverbial goat would hesitate. The scenery now becomes wild in the extreme, and you commence to realize that yon are going further and further from oivilfzfttion houses become a rarity, fewer dogs rush with mad velocity and Uproarious barking at your horse's head, the youthful sevage in his prbt{ne glory no longer diver- sifies nature, and yoa still ride on. The sun rises, throwing beautiful lighte and shades upon the mountains, the road grows nar- rower ani rougher, huge trees, with their parasitic companions, oall forth your admir- ation, although often seen before, and yon are fairly in the wilda. By noon yon leach Janindi(o, a amaU cluster of Indian hnte, where pigs roam st will through the hovela, where everyching and every one ia dirty, and where innumer- able inaecte canae you to think that aarely life la not worth living. But here you muat atop for dinner or atarve, ao yon atep, and glad you are for a Mexican omelet, corn read, and a onp of coffee, let alone the fact that your horses have Below yoofor mltaapon mils strotofaesaa immsBse valloy. •ad yoa foUow ]*»• «»»^ of wiadingstrsaiMasAsythraadth^w^i T||.peBsioB aothoritiea of «, ia and oat along the bsM tago PtotaM«|j^^„f;,^^i^j^j ^^ .w..»il aadaabryonoootldBi^likt tiss h«i« aad tiieca apoD evary sido. Hara can 1» scan the palm ia all its glory, the oaotas in ite nnmar- oasvarietles. aad natara In bar wildest disport. "Oh, what a raw* «*..^«Mb» the fint ory of a stoAinaii. "Oh, how beantifal I" the flrst ory of an artlat, and both would bo right. A wiading path now leads dowa iato itho â-¼alley, email •t'tMM are orosaed, a horribly stony P*tb is left be- hind, one more river, one temUy lmg hill, one more descent and wo are at the mines. HE MADETHE BEAA DAirOE. A Warmer PaM Hve Ceate toSee the Vaa, â- â- 4 He waa B«am«l ta Set Hia Xoaey'a Warth. Aa a farmer waa driWng with hia wife on the oataklrta o^ingaton, N. Y. he oame np- on a Turk l(»ding a tame bear. The farmer, wishing to have his wife see the bear danoe, said he would give 5 oenta to the master of the bear if he would make It danoe. After the dirty Turk got the money he told the farmer the terpsiohorean performance would not b^in until another 5 centa was placed in his hand. This made the farmer angry, and ho said "If you don't make that baV dance, I'll make yon dance and the b'ar, too." The owner of bruin made no move imtil the farmer got off his wagon to carry hia threat into exeontion, when he put hia hand to hia pocket aa if to draw a revolver. Then the farmer "let out with hia right" and aent the bear-owner sprawling in the grntter. Aa soon aa the Turk could get up he took the muzzle off the bear, and. In an unknown tongue, told bruin to "go for" the farmer. The bear, thua snooaraged, "went for" the farmer, who aoon made hia fingera almoat meet around the bear'a windpipe. When the farmer aaw fib to let go, the bear aneaked np to ita maater coughing and spitting blood, and its master began to make tracks from the spot. All this time the farmer's wife sat still in the wagon, simply saying "James, I wish yon wouldn t be so foolish." "I can't help it, Marier," said the farmer "I wasn't broncht up in the woods to be scart by owls." IdSGELLASloUg, wliile bathing died In the per^^ datf a8d.thaiB his relatives are muK^ pension. The reasons aasign^^^ bathiag ia not oaly allowed, bat mI^I the regnlatioB that soldiers are tok I salves clean. The reuoning sae^'H sound and the oauae of cleanlioe^jl gain liy the decision. •-««« ^j Two Vasaar gbU, Ella S. LjoaiH Caroline G. Lingle, weutto AcUnkiT.' lands in New York State. ' aiokly newapaper from a Man rnh!' and ara now doing a fljurishin. l?! tb« two young women not only i^ literary work of the paper, bat large j ab printing establishment ThH York reporter who visited the 1110 marked npon Ite nnnatural oleaiHiJ: ' almost siuul air of comfort. ' She Broke Him Up. "Oh, George, thia ia terrible. It will break my heart." "Oh, I reckon not, Mollie. You'll get over it. "I ahall never get over it." "Sorry. But yonll have to, aia. I am engaged to laabel Jonea." " And you intend to break your engage- ment with me?" " Why, of conrae." " But what if I inatitato a anit for breach of promise I" " You have no-witneaa to prove that we ever were engaged." " And I can't get damagea nnleaa I have?" "No, little one. I'm aorry, but you ahould have looked out for that. " " WeU, good by." "Good-by. You'll klas me for the last time " "Yea, George." " Now, ainoe all la over between ua, I want to aak yon one queation." " Certainly, dear." "Don't oail me 'dear' any more. You don't aeem to nnderatuid." "No, i do not. It ia hard to realizs. But what waa the qneatlon you wanted to aak?" "Oh, yes 1 Well, 1 oftan wonder why you alwaya had thb aewing machine In the parlor, and why yon alwaya inaiated on ait- ting ao oloae to it when we were saying sweet things to each other. Why was It " Toat That is not a sowing-machine." "What ia it?" "A pDonograph." "A phonograph Thnader 1 la it in good order " "You bet." And haa baen every nfght I Iiave been "here?" "Indeed it haa, darling. Do yon want me to turn tbe crank jnat for fan?" "No, indeed. "You have tamed him," sotto voce). "But wliat a funny girl yon are, to think I meant what I aaid juat now to teaae you. I waa only joking. I'm not engaged to Isabel, and we will get married as soon as you like." "How nice I You are such a dear (kiss), sweet (kiss), good (kiss), honorable darling. I never doubted you. "Of course not. Gaod-night, darling, will see you to morrow nuht. And wedding?" "Next week. Good-night, precious." "To morrow night." "And now," she said to herself as she heaid the gate close behind him, " I must not let him find out that that phonograph is out of order and doean'trecord a thing, nntil after the wedding. It broke me all np when I found it out the other day but I reckon hia darling little Mollie got there with both feet to-night. He don't play any laabel Jones racket on her at present." Admiral JOmbeiley's Beport. Admiral Kimberley, in hia official report tj Waahington on the Samoan diaaater, re- fera thua to the Britiah war ahip Calliope The Calliope ateamed Into the harbor thia morning, ahowing eigne of having experienc- ed heavy weather. She goea to Sydney aa aoon aa poaaible for repalra, and, through the kindneaa of Captain Kane, her diving outfit haa been turned over te ua, and It will be of greateat aatiatance in aaving stores. I commend his servicee to the department, and trust that they will be- regarded as worthy of recognition. I our The Czur of Buaaia la aaid to be learning to play the cornet, and it ia cruelly anggeat- ed that the NihlUsta wUl now haVe agood and scffisient reaaon for endeavoring to kill him. The Czur may eaoape, however. If he avoida practiaing aire that he doea not know and oannot pick np. a?hat la the rook on which the amateur cometiat is apt to strike. Sympathized with Nature.â€" Grangerâ€" "Doc, thar mna' be antfain' left whar ye pul- led that tooth for me last week. It's ached eversenoe." Dentist (examining the mouth) â€""Nothing there, air, but a vacuum." "How big " "Why, about the sfze of a tooth, of ocune." Wal, yank'er out, Doc, Iknowed snthin' waa wrong. Ive heerd that naoher obhora a vackeyum, an' dinged If I blame 'er, 'f ahe ever got one atnck inter A ooraage model for a graceful finni i abort, aharply pointed fronts, the IS with long, narrow, Dirootoite oJtJ which reach to the very edge of tin !! akurt. Down each aide of tbe front m^ rovers of the dresa goods beneath snd ones of velvet, and the collar and a^ double revere to mateh. A narrow ymi introduced, this reaching consideraUybl the pointa on the bodice, showiog \t tliroat between the velvet reven. The water supply of E^fyptig broii»i,ti distance of over two thousand mikibj t Nile, but the equatorial rains appear to ju been aoknty and the usual inandatioB I noo ooourred. Irrigation can, therefcK. not take place to anyohiaj like the aQtlol tent. The cotton crop will conseqajntlik short, the fellaheen will suffer, baiineey the citlea will be depreased, the Goremsii will be luable to collect the taxes, EmiL bonds will fall in Paris and London, and aiJ inveatora in these bonds will be soffijen pinched to emigrate to Manitoba, which i, thus feel the effecta of a drought in £^ Bey's territory. The rojection of prohibition in Uai setta waa expected. The State had prohibition before, and was not ia*iiU| but of late years the liquor law ii probiul more stringent than that of any non pnU bition State in the (Jnion. The lowett si loon licence is now $1,000, and there ii A maximum limit. The number of licenaij be issued ia determined yearly by vote tl the people, and the New York Tribun ayif "It is argued that this steady incnaHil the stringuioy of temperance legialatioij largely due to the system of annaallynki mitting the question of licence or nc lic«u| to the voters of each community. In a letter to the Buffalo Exprm Caul Hoffman, U^ S. A., now stationed at Fml Niagara, sayii that the desertions frointti| United States army number '3.003 annaallJ This would be a large number for srtoil European army, but it is simply enonnosl when the sfz^ of Uncle Sim's, army is takal into consideration. Tue deserters reprantl one-eighth of rhe whole force. Capt. H" I mann attributes the frequency of desertiial to the smallneas of the pay girenbytlul Government. Daring his firat twoyeul each private reoeivea in compenaadon foriii| aervibea, including pay, rations, and clotlil ing, about t29 a montii, or sixty seven cnli| a day.- Trnsta appear tohave as many lives as cad I When Judge Barnett, of New York, delivtil ed a judgment aome time ago that one 0! tin I l«g augar refining companiea in the Uaitidl Statee had foriritad ite charter throaKh hiv I higlieoome a member of the Sajiar IratI and that a receiver shonld be appointed, it I was thoaght that the days of the latter wen I nnmbored. But auita having been insdtatedl againat Ita other memlera it ia now foandl that they have all aaaigned, thus rendetbgl tiie appointment of receivers by the craitl imposdbla. The suite will have to be I dropped, tAierefore, but the parties to whoit| tlM companies assigned now really form tl trust, which seem* likely to go on forever. Along the west side of Lake Michvul dtiring a rainstorm last week, clotbes biiii{| up to dry were spoiled and stained by aihal Wltere Hbtt ashes oame from was not ap-l parent, but their preaenoe ia clearly aoconst' r ed for by the great fires which had jostb! I fore awept the prairies cf D^cti. Iii theasheaof great firea can be carried toil considerable distance we have had abondatil evidence in Ontario during the prevalence a I bnah fires. Volcanic aahea ^re known to I have been borne from Iceland to the FarM I and Shetland islands. Ashes of the gntti eruptlen of Krakatoa, in tbe East Indiul arohipelago, it is aaid, fell long afterward! I in Belgium. At any rate, analysis showMl their compoaition te be identical with th^ I of the ashes which fell near the explodM I mountain. That these things occur poi- 1 sessea a practioal interest toi laundry peopfe I A reoent deciaion of the English coartil carriea the law of libel to-the extreme, botb I of absurdity and injustice. It is to the I effeot that a newspaper publishing a jadi^e'i I charge is answerable for libel if statementt of faot or opinion are wrong. It is hard doctrine that a daily paper, publishing tki proceeding of a trial, including the charp of the judge, is to be held responsible for I errors of atatement into which that fnoe- tionary may be betrayed. If the rule ataodii it mtut practically prohibit the pnblicatioB of the reporte of trials, for judges do make mistakes, being mortal, and the press woold be unable to protect itaelf against such mii- takea. But the rule will not hold. It » contrary to a long current of English deci- sions, which makes the publication of leg** trials privileged matter. Cartsinly, tbeit Is no danger that It will beoome operative v this counery. The manager of the International Expos- tion at Buffalo has secured a novel attract!^ â€"a human sky-rocket, the handicraft » Mr. Edselle, of Callao, Pero. formerly « the United States navy. His model bii been sncoessfully experimented with South America. Signor Camarura m*° the initial trip. The apparatus consists of • combination of rocketa of immense powci with a parachute attachment which fol' over the apex. Four tabes form the fran«- work and contain the exploeives. The », ture of the explosive is a secret and is callea dyno-aacenimite. Its peculiar property v that it is detonating. A small volume » the solid makea an immense volume cf pour and lifta the machine wish lightDiag rapidity Into the clonda. The test toot place imder Peruvian government patroosS* near Callao in December. The chaj^ toached by electricity, aent the macaW over 15,645 feet, and the deacent by P^^^ chute waa perieot. Signor Camarara \a-ai» five milea from the starting point no «" for tfaa trip.