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I ' in runt iicinii. Cwiea I rltrr. ..d .llrr. rcrl.rO . f r... lUfc.l. UM A , r.... I. A Bridgeport, Coun , rsport at?. : Bines ta announcement, which, by the way, first MVMnd IQ ih, H-wrW, of tbe 1400,000 be eneet left by UM late Wm. Maxwell to UbarU* K. Kilchel to improve and expert loot with hii flying machines, letters from J) over tuo world hve been pouring ID, king the Professor for information about the bequest and hi* balloon. Borne describe maehinsa they have invented, and many aak tor lami of money to perfect idea* of their own. Seven people have notified him within ten days that they eaoh contemplate leaving money to prowoute the experimeute. Tbeee seven firmly believe that flying through the ir will be accomplished luonenafully. One man writes that he has " the only flying mi chine on earth in bis mind " and wants * "<00 right cff to make drawings and the first machine. In a postscript be adds tbst he will end for another 1600 if the tint ii not sufficient. Another man from tit. Paul writes that he has invented a flying machine on the frog system." The machine m to give gigantic leaps of 500 yards and oome down easily on an inclined plane plan. Another propoeea to reach the North Pole by strapping tome other man to a balloon holding enough gait only to lift part of his weight so that he oould leap over an iceberg with perfect ease and go skip; ing along until the" pole 'was caught. Another proposes to oomprees, say 60,000 feet of gas, into a small metal cylinder of ten cubic leet capacity sud thus float away with the gas under his arm. Anotner. who signs himself as a set faring man. writes that he ha* an invention thai " will go agtinst the wind," even sgainst a hurricane. lie is quite sure he can rise in the teeth of a Western cyclone, ran bis machine with a similar velccity to that of the wind and oome down just where be started from. Altogether 1,765 letters have been received and sixteen new-bora dying machine investors have visited Bridgeport within the last ten days. Boms of the Professor's friends fear that perhaps the lawyer* will get the fond, as already the heirs are begin- ning to question whether Wm. Maxwell was in bia right mind. Prof. Ritohel will begin on a machine to raise s man 'Mi feet without gas or iteenag attachment. The power to work the machine will be compressed air carried to the machine ektwagh a, boee. A rAINVU. UIVOSMK IS> Arwjy M tar C'ab H M ,.u In the London Divorce Court, lately, Mrs. Emma Catherine Pole petitioned for a divoree. Sne was) married, in I - to Captain Pole, of the llth Laneers, a son of Gensral Pole, and possessed of s moderate fortune. Being very sxtravsgant and grossly intemperate, be soon ran through his money. After two yean be sold his eosomiuion in the army, bat in the follow- ing yssr be became a bankrupt wuh 160,0td liabilities, principally lost at raees. Bines then be had driven a cab, living with hie wife and children in great poverty. While hie wife who was a general's daughter, and originally the owner of a small fortune was narrating hii cruelties to her, Pole msbed iaio court and so insolted the Judge that be bad to be removed. The decree of separation was grafted. l.ighoro Hrlfct I. Oar readers will be glad to bear that the movement initiated some monthi ago for a Bethel, in the port of Leghorn, wbiob is to take the form of a testimonial to the vener- able and much loved o ioister of that place, Rev. Dr. Stewart, in progressing favorably. As is well known, Dr. Stewart hss for the last forty yean taken a keen interest in the work amongst the sailors, and it was under bin fostering oars and auspices that the ministers of Oenoa and Naples were first trained to this work, acquiring their ex- perience in Leghorn, which enabled them afterwards to carry out the work so suc- cessfully in these ports. The number of sailors visiting Leghorn i* increasing at tbs came rate as in the other port*, so that the same need exist* for a Bethel in Leghorn ae in Genoa and Naples, and the form taken of a testimonial to Kev. Dr. Stewart, and ths knowledge that bis work will be continued, IH known to be particularly gratifying to himsslf in his declining years. About half the required sum has already been nub- scribed, and an appeal is now made to the sympathising friends and to all interested in work among seamen and in Italian evangelization for contribution!, in order that the committee in Leghorn may be able to undertake th building of the Bethel without delay. From L'HOO to 1.000 are till repaired The need for a Bethel in Leghorn is fully reoogui/.od by the Prenby- tery of Italy, and the scheme baa their hearty approval. I'oiti from Italy. The many friends of Dr. Stewart in Canada will be glad to read of the pro- jected Bethel. It will be gratifying to him elf as s practical result of the unwearied labors of a lifetime. Dr. Stewart is father of Mr. A. D. Stewart, Chief Constable of this oily. I o.. ot T| HllniiHlr. '. Will. An advertisement appears in the Dublin papers o tiering a reward of 1000 for the recovery and lodgment, either with Cardi- nal McCabe or tbe Dublin Probate Court, of tbe last will and testament of the late Mr. Jamee K*an The testator, who had carried on tbe business of a woollen manu- facturer and merchant in Hub street, Dublin, and died in 1866, bequeathed the bulk of his enormous property, amonuting to clone upon 1,000,000, to the late Cardi nal Cnllen for charitable purposes. This testamentary disposal of tbs property formed ground for lengthened litigation by several of Mr. Egan's relativee, who claimed a Rbare of tbe testator's money. I'all Hall Oaiettt. II IH l"in.|>rrl. Coi t-.iiHlnnil The Mark Lane Express, reviewing crop prospeota in England, oomea to the con elusion that present indications point to tbe probability of such a crop of wheat as has not been seen in England since the year IHI.M. Tbe prevalence of westerly and southwesterly winds is believed to favor the expectation ot a warm, growing sum msr Women have the genius ot ohirity.* A man given but his gold ; a woman a ids to it her sympathy. . I.rgnu- . IN Heitae Dry, Panes* i.B*h aa> Trai*, mm* Kal* nlrenli OfrB Wlab Two seneotialn are nesdsd in order to produce the physical phenomenon of augbter in man. First faeial, vocal or other muscle*, including tbs diaphragm, and, second, the emotion* or ideas which jive rise to laughter. Certain animals WSMBBS both tbeee esssntiala. The ohimpannee in natd to nmile. Tbe smile of the tin monkey is a playful one. The dog can both smile and grin, whether affection >r plessnre, hypocrisy or cunning dictate. Dogs distinguish the different kinds of laughter , they note tbe distinction between that which is good-bumorsd and that which in sarcastic. They are sensitive to ridicule, jret not (infrequently try to produce laughter in man, and deep is tbeir mortification if they tail. Romane Mils on ot a Bkye terrier that tried to amuse bin master and provoke bia laughter by certain tricks it bad taught iteelf , aod wan sulky if bin sfforte proved fruitlee*. Ao orang-outang in tbe London Zoological Oardens showed every sign of pleasure when ita pratieal jokes excited men's laughter, and Dr. Wood records tb* in- stance of a tame jackdaw which enjoyed tbe fun of boy's gamee like leapfrog and tag as much as the boys did themselves. Tbe parrot in a capital laugher. lie laugh* at bis own practical jokes. White, ot Bel- bourne, ipeakn ol tbe heartiaess of laugh- ter in tbs woodpecker. A pet magpie of Jesse's, he says, in that inoompsrable His- tory of Selbouroe," bad a laugb that was no hearty, joyous and natural, that no one who heard it could help joining in it. There are tales of certain swallows, who, on the luooessful issue of a practical joke played by them on a oat, seemed each to set up a laugh at the disappointed enemy very like the laugb of a young child when tickled. There ii a certain hyena which, from the peculiarity of its cry, in styled the laughing byena ; and in Australia, there in a bird a kingfisher which in called for a similar reason tbe laughing jackass. Its notes strongly resemble a rude, powerful laugb. The great African traveller, Livingstone, *paks of tbe African brown ibis, whose cry is a loud ba-ba-ha. An it is true thai cer- tain animals BOSS ess ths physical qualifica- tions for laughter, so also U it correct that they possees all tbe apparatus for shedding tears. Tbe dog, borne, elephant, bear, rat, donkey, mule, various deer, noko, shim- Lzee, mandril, till, aod other monkeys or ape*, cattle, camel and giraffe shad tear* under emotions of grief and sorrow. The parrot does not shed Mars, bat possess a kindred power of sobbing. Chimpannaee will weep at dread of pomibment, monkeyi and elephant* on account of mortification and disappoint- ment, tbs Cingalese elephant on account of captivity and confinement, the tin from fear, terror or fright ; tbe stag at bay, and caged rat from despair, certain monkeys be- cause they are pitied, and the young soko (says Dr. Livingstone) out of mere pettish- neen or non compliance with bin whim*. Mrs. Burton says sbe baa eesn in tbe b'yrian Desert " tears roll down camels' cheek* when thirsty." Bom* one, (peaking of a mole crippled by a -'inch nail in his fool, >n . " III* face wa* tb* pictnr* of pain and deipaur. Tsars streamed out of bis en." Dr. Livingston* record* an instance a young soko which, if not taken up in the arms like a child whsn it desired and appealed to b* so carried, engaged in the most bitter human-like weeping. Dr. Boerlage abot a female (mother) ape in Java, that fell mortally wounded from a tree, clasping tbe young one in her arms, aod abs disd weeping. A giraffe, wounded by a rifle-shot, was also found to have Mars trickling from tbs I an bet ef bis dark humid eye*. Gordon Cnmming, tbe African traveller, speak* of large tears trickling from tb* eye* of a dying elephant. Borne old rats, noding a young on* dead by drowning, wiped tbe tears from their eye* with their fore-paws. Instances might be enumerated without limit to show that certain animals bave both the physios! requirement* for grins and tears, and are susceptible to tbe name emotions that cause tears and laughter in man. A Bill < I ,,.,. ' . l',.,l.-opl,. Happy is the man these day* who holds no stocks in railroad*, car companies, bauk* and other transitory enterprisee of this fleeting world. " Bln*ed are ths meek, for they shall inherit tbe earth," said the Saviour, looking down serenely from tbe hill on the bumble people of tbe world around Hun, aod on tbs sartb, the enjoy- ment of which was their *ure possession. Quite likely Us uttered tbeee words in tbs spring-time, certainly in some open season wbeu multitudes oould follow Him and listen to outdoor teaching. Then i* a wealth ot comfort and even luxuary in enjoying tbe freshnes* ol spring, its fami- liar but ever mjHterious development and ite clothing on of nature. Tboee who thus " inherit tbe earth " oan afford to b* indif ferent to anything more than a fair com petence, a comfortable livelihood, from tbe money counters of the world. Many who are far from bumble in oironmatanoe* are so cumbered with the oares ot tbe world and crusted over with sated appetites that they hsvs a very pitiful share in tbe in heritanoe ot the simple pleasures of life. A happy home, in modest circumstance* and leombilitiee, alive to all tbeinuooentdeligbte of life, are more comforting to the heart* of men than any amount of fortune chasing amid tbe vioissitudes of Wall street. Spnmjiifl'l Republican. Mi- Wrery llr.m It occurs to me, Mrs. Hendrioks," re- marked Dumley, as be came down late to breakfast, " that fried flab (very morning for two week* is a little bit too much ol a good thing." ' Yes," acknowledged tbe landlady, ' there is a good deal of sameness about fish, but there is nothing else in the market. lle*ide, flub is good for the brain," *be added brightly. 11 It is so claimed, I believe," Dumley replied, " but occasionally I prefer some- thine that is good for tbe stomach." PHila- ,lflphia Call. An Indian in tbe Canadian Northwest is under arrest for stealing a horse. He had given the bora* to the father of a young squaw whom bs wanted for a wit*. Tbe wife soon after ran away, and he took pos Neasion of tbe horse, and for that he is to stand trial. IMS; j B:KM K r ill I . . . Cereesee*** Praam ** i.iMrf n.r. i.ir, ..,(., Taaa UM I have often wondered that asset peculiar an the MoDonalditas, or Jerksrs, have pad duoussioo. I do not know of any church ot that seot, exoept in Prince Ed- ward's Island, and they are rapidly dying rat. Their form ot service is much like .he Presbyterians. Tbe chief obnroh of the McDooaldiles in at Uigg, King's County, P.E.I. Once a year oommnnion is bsld there and McDonaldites from far and near lock to attend the services, for then it is an ill day affair. Being on a vinit to ^barlottatown some of my friends urged me to go and net them. We foioed our way into the church, where there was bardly standing room. As the meeting progressed, I began to think the jerks were less violent, since the dtatb cf tbe great McDonald, who, by the way, is buried in tbe yard a few feet from the door. One or two in the farther end ol the church were nodding in a violent manner, but were otherwise quiet. Boon everybody's atten- tion wan attracted by a young girl, about 18 or -JO, dressed in blue. Ai that time gipsy bonnets were the ityle, and she wore one which rested partly nu >er bead and partly on an enormous eJn^oon. Bbe began clapping her bands sod jerking her shoulders, flopping up 'id down in her seat, and finally a/rang to her feel, all parta of her bod/ "> motion at onoe. As she threw her 'ead backwards and for- wards she loo*e*ed her chignon, tbs ingred ieuts of which flew in all directions into ber neighbors' laps. Her gipsy bonnet, which w*e fastened under her chin, flew up and dawn the back of ber neck. She uttered tbe wildest shrieks, but at last fell back into the tape of those behind ber. Had there been backs to tbe aeate sbe must have Liurt herself, but an the seals were so close together and filled wuh people the only onee burl are those who receive the weight of the enthusiast. After shs re vivsd, her friends handed her tbe varioci articles of head gear and other wearing apparel that had been soattered about, and she fixed up ber biir and made herself snug again. Bbe must bave been an excitable girl, M sbe had the jerks again before tbe service stand, scattering ber bead-gear about as befoie. Another girl who had ber hair [rimed out after the manner of Barnnm'i Circassian giiU went through tbe same performance. She shook her head from lide to side so fast thai hsr hair iwept over ber face at every torn. All this lime we were standing in tbe aisle pretty well front, or near tbe pulpit. Directly in the aiale, seated on a box, was a young girl soaroely mors than 14. Bbe bad ber hsad bowed down on ber hand*, elbow* on ber knee* and wan so quiet that I fancied abs must be asleep. Suddenly she sprang to bsr feet with a screech that made my blood run cold. Sbe was so violent and I wan so near ber that 1 aould not stay and watch her another minute. I forced myself backward through the crowd. As a good many bet idea myself were fi ixbteoed, a general rush was mads for ths door, tbe creams of tbe frightened one* minglug with tbe shrieks of those who bad the jerks, for by this time six or sight wsrs having them at onoe. No madboune sver held a more excited crowd. Sooae, while sbrisk- Ing, made exclamations as tboogb imploring help. As I could not understand a word they said, I suppose they spoke Gaelic. When we got oat doors we walked down the road, out of tbe nound of the ooiee, until oar fright bad some what abated. Truro, N.S., Corrtrpondfnft .Wir York Sun. A rim l.r***>a la ll.JIIo UM. Tbs first thing to be learned is to stand properly. Plant both your feel naturally and nrmly on the ground, so that tb* joints cf your leg* are neither stiff nor bent ; then lean tbe upper part of your body iligbtly forward. Qrip tbe gucHtock just behind tb* guard with tb* right band, the fore- finger lightly touching tbe foremoet trig ger, Uiat is, the trigger of tbe right-hand barrel. The stock of tbe gun, a few inobei in front of tbe guard, must rest easily in the bellow of the left hand. Hold the muzzle of tbe gun up and slanting away from yon, so that the lower eud of tb* butt i* just lower than your right elbow. Now, it both hammer* bave been cooked, and yon gently and nwiftly draw tbe butt of tbe gun up to and against tb* hollow of tbe right shoul- der, jou will find yourself in good position for taking aim, which i* beet done by krep- ing both eye* wide open, and looking straight over tbe rib between tbe barreli witb the right eye. You will soon discover tbe trick of doing this, by fixing your aim with both eyes open, and then, holding it perfectly steady, closing the left eye ; if the line of sight now change*, you bave not sighted correctly ; if it remain* fixed, tb* aim ban been taken with the right eye. Be careful after firing never to set your gun down with the hammer up. That is the cause of many deplorable accident* To avoid accident yon must be constantly on tbe alert and cautions, not over looking even tbe slightest precaution.- St. Nitholat. ^ Tkr Dallv in. *l Ihr P*pr. The Pope (risen at C, end at 7 celebrate* Holy Ma**. Al H b* locks over hi* volu- minoo* correspondence. At 11 he boldi bis public reception. At 19.80 be takes i walk in tbe garden, ebatting witb hit favorite cardinal. Al 9 be dines, the re- past consisting of one plate of meat and two plate* of vegetable* be drink* Bor- deaux win* by bis doctor's orders. Al 4.30 he receive* the secretariee of tb* varioui congregations, with whom be oonfera OD church affair*. At 8 be read* tbe papen, bom* and foreign. At '.< :<0 he tells hii beads. At 10 be sup* on an egg and soup, after which he retire* to rest. I.ontion Tnuh. Every on* who would rise must be a thinker and a worker a thinker of hi* own thouy hts, not thoee of other men. Egotism, vanity aod selfishness spoil conversation far more than deficiency of talent. There is a love simple and inre, that a<ki no discipline of weary yean, the an; guage of Ibs soul, told through the eyei. tin. Bifovmty. When great power* were exeroiied, when arts appeared, when hero** e listed, when poems were made, tbe human soul win In earnest, and bad fixed Ite thoughts on spiritual verities Hll I K It M < IIKK M seel I .< . . *.. . Bertha Ktetler. who for eighteen montan has been under trestment by tbe surgeon of the Presbyterian Hospital in New York, nae left tbe institniiou a living, grateful monument of surgical ingenuity aod skill. Bertha Kistler is now about M> years old, and fifteen years ago she was treated by an unskilful surgeon in Oermany tot a eopposed cancerous growth on tbe cheek. Tbe ailment proved to be of another char- acter, but tbe operation destroy sd all sym- metry of tbe child's face, leaving a large uolo in tbe ohesk, and tbe month aod nose [rightfully distorted. Eighteen montbi ago the gill called on Dr. Shrady M duoover if anything could be done to remtdy ber deformity. Bbe was only a poor working girl, but begged to go to the hospital and pay for treatment by work. Dr. Shradv bald out little encouragement to her, but at last consented to undertake tbe tank of building up virtually a new countenance. Boon after the first operation was performed, and in the course ot a year it was followed by six- teen others, iiont of tbe face wan made over by transplantation ot dseh from ad jaoent pane, Tb* moat important step in tbe treatment of tbs case was tb* filling up of ths bole in tbe face. For tku purpose large skin flap was wanted. It was ob- tained in the following masner : A rec- tangular notion of skin wan partially separ- ited from the girl s left arm above tbe elbow. An incision wan mads in the aide of the forefinger of tbe right hand, extend- ing from the first joint around to tbe thumb. The hand wan then brought over to tbe left arm and tbe detached edge of tbe ikiu dap was sewed into the incuioo in tbe finger wuh fine silver wire. Tbe band and arm wsre kept immovable by plastic bandages. In about a week tbe >kin flap became united to tbe band, but the flap wan principally nourished from tbe arm. To change the current of nutrition the dap was gradually out from the arm, and when it bad been nsarly severed tbe finger, and not tbe arm, kepi the skin flap alive. Wneu this became apparent tbe entire skin Bap was amputated from tbe arm. Tbe hand, witb tbe ingrown flap, wan then brought up to the face, the scarred skin in tbe left ebeek wan raised, and tbe flap wan inserted nndsr- nealb. Tbe band wa* kept in position by plastie baodagee and a plastic cap. In three weeks tbe flap beoanie attached to the 'toe ; the current of nourishment want banged by gradual aruoutauon from the fiuger. and finally, when entirely ee paraled from tbe band, the skin flap taken from tbe arm became the foundation of a new cheek. With a natural anxiety tbe surgeon watched the growth of the flesh, and at laat had the satisfaction of demonstrating indubitably tbe feasibility of transplanta- tion of flash from one part of the body to another by using tbe hand as a medium New dj faculties then aroee. Tbe surface of ths face was rehabilitated, but the girl's mouth was drawn out ol shape to snob an sxtent that the corner was almost directly under the none. To restore the mouth Dr. Shrady decided to enlarge it en one tide and sew it up on tbe other, and after this was done the lips wers out into true aod proper shape sod all tno* cf distortion had disappeared. With the succeen of this last operation, which mads twenty in all, the labor wan ended, and nothing was l< ft but to await the healing (f the ineiaion*. Theee bave at last fa* oome satisfactory and the |irl'a face is shapely onoe more, but, of course, lightly disfigured by soars. Most of these, however, are from itraight, clean outs, and it in expected that even they will even- tually become imperceptible, r rom tbe firet moment of ber long martyrdom the girl has not faltered for an nitant, but ban sven been impatient for tbe next sMp. Sometimes tbe doctor would try to per- luade her to forego for a time the opera- tion, but she permuted m her desire. A singular feature ot the cane is, that not- withntanding tbe luflermgs she must bave experienced, sbe baa grown very fat. 8he bae beau constantly the recipient of dowers, wine* and delicacies of various kinds from people who, though ilrangers to ber, bsve become interested in ber singular and re- markable patience. Tbe gralitade the evinces toward* Dr. Shrady ii immeasura ble. Sbs in now in tbe most buoyant pint*, and is looking forward with delight to the proMpeot of attend irg a family gatb mug to take place next month. Sett York Herald. l.lrrrtn ! i. . < .....n. . Forty men and *ix women met in tbe rooms of tbe Philosophical Association , \S~illiamiburg, yesterday afternoon to bear Mrs. A. C. De 1 riene talk about social intolerance. She said : " Tbe independ enoe in thin republican country of a servant who refunee to wear the badge ot her servi tnde in the form ot a cap has cost many a good oook her month's wages, while tbe conduct of a seamstress in playing tbe piano has been more unbearable than if sbe bad broken a oammand of the deoa loffue. especially if *hs excelled her miitreea m tbe art. Nnrssmsids bave been dis- charged for a love of adornment which led them to imitate that of tbeir employers, and laundresses have received warning for wealing frilled pettiooats." N. Y. Sun. IIU II. IM..III. .1 < n, , . ..,,!. When a Ninth avenue painter came out into tbe innsbine a day or two ago and let down the awning before bis show window* soort* of people gsthered about and fixed their eye* admiringly on tbe awning. It was wads of patchwork silk and the oddly ihaped bita of silken oolor were mingled artiitioally and pleasingly after tbe style ol erazy quilts. ' It's a suooen*," said the painter jubi lantly. " Tbe popular fancy just now is for crazy quilta. That's a crazy awning the only DBS in the city. It's nil the public fancy, my wife's happy and I'm getting lota of custom by it." -N. V. Sun. I'ntil 1M'23 not a tingle steam vessel bad vinited Maine waters, and tbe appearance of a puffing, smoking steamer in Caeoo Bay, in that year, terrified acme of the super- stitious dwellers on ths islands and the coast. Tbe secret of genius in to suffer no fiction to exist for us; to rsalize all that we know to sxaet good faith, reality, and a purpose and first, last, midst and without eud, to honor evsry truth by one. CMAZY AT TfBM. i ii. l Prof. David Swing say* : Tb* fact thai a druggist of this oily has ended a human its by putting up wrong medicine awaken* much indignation. He says many cue lomsrs were in the store ; be was in a lorry ; b* put op morphine instead of some similar drug. Tbs inquiry arinen whether tb* olerk u able to fill an order only when b* baa no customer* in tbe shop 7 How empty must ths shop be in order to secure lately .' Must tb* street n front of tbe drug *tor* aJao be empty ? What if a firs-engine goes by T Waal if a dog fight occurs while tbe druggist i* reaching for quinine? Is be jnilified in taking down strychnia ? What if bis Ljother. m-law has come to viiit him 1 Such questions cams up and prcperly ; but there ix another ilde to tbe faet ef erring druggie!*, and that is, that most persons are erazy part of the time. The exceptions are rare. Kaon one i* now and then a fool of the most complete order aod species. All the laws and penalties in the wo'ld will not avail to make a druggist or anybody el** bave bia full sense* through all bis life Crazy moment* or aeeooda will oome. A man will step backward* off a poeee or into a mud puddle, a great philosopher ill bunt for tbe speck* that are in bis band or on bis forehead, a hunter will sometimes ibool himself or bis dog, a barber will sometimes forget bis job aod lice off a piece of a ohm or an ear or tbe nose. A girl at work at Man-ball Field* bad seen, feeding a great clothing knife for ten yearn. La*t week ah* watched tbe knife oome down slowly upon ber band. Too late shs wok* out of her stopor witb on* hand gon*. For a few second* ber mind bad failed aod she sat by ber msohine a temporary lunatic and bad watched tbe knife approach her own band. Xbe man recently aurdered on North Clark street, Chicago, saw tb* enemy eotne op with murder on bis faee, aw him draw a revolver, and, instead of making a light- ning ipring at be man. be stood bewildered and Ibus fsll dead. His reason left him in tbe second of bis greatest need. One of the dwunguiahed professors to one of our college* wa* leaching near a anal. Walking along one evening in summer be walked an deliberately into tbe canal as be bad been walking along tbe path a leoond before. He wa* brought to bi tense*, by tbe water and mud and the absurdity ot the situation. U* had on a nsw suit of clothes and a new nlk bat, bat. though tbe damage was thus great, bs etUl laogb* over the adventure. Our mail collector* find in the iron boxes along tbe itreeto all sort* of papers aod ar- ticles which bavs been pat in by some bead from wboee motions tbs mind has become detached tors second A glove, a pair ef sfsctaolee, a deed, a mortgage, a tneatrr ticket goes in and on goes ths peraen holding on to the regular letter which should bavs been deposited. This is sailed absent-uuindedneee, but that is a brief lunacy. A lunatic is a person who** mind is habitually out of I l>u>r> ma Mate. Home wonderful stories are being told about one ol HridvorY> eharaoters, a fellow named Joe Lander, wboee life has been *peut in roving all ovsr tbs globe. Years sgo Joe shipped before the mail on a Norwegian barque bound from Lisbon to South America, and was shipwrecked on a barren ilaud which forms one of tbegrour of the Azores. With two others be reached tbe land. There they found nothing but ebellSib on which -to exist. When these were exbausted the sailors agreed to swim beck to tbe veasel and endeavor to obtain provisions. Joe wan tbe only one who reached the wreck, tbe others baviLg be- come exhausted and gone down in tbs sea. Joe managed to climb on board ibal portion of the ship that was out of water, where be sank down cempletcly worn out. He lay in a stupor lor some lime, and upon returning to coosoiousnsee be wan covered with rais and mice, which bad been driven from tbeir usual b aunts by tbe wavee. In bis desperation b* teied one of tbe mice and (wallowed it without tbe process ot ma*tiea!ion. It produced a peculiar mensatiou, but brought renewed life, and, as tbe story gee*, be lived on mice tor a long time, as all tbe provisions ot tbe veanel wsre under water and cut of reach. A passing vessel finally relieved him from bis impri*onmsnl and landed him in Liverpool. Afterward be diifted to this country and engaged in various means of making a livelihood. Now be is In tbe employ of tbe llousatonio Railroad. II is dntie* are to clean tbe oars at the yard and in tbe hounes in this city. It is asserted that be still indulges bi* strange appetite whenever opportunity offers. Ilurcl grain slevator in infested with mice and affords many meals to old Joe, it is said. Tbe little animal* are caught by tbe employees and taken to Jee. who devours one to ati*fy bia curious arpetite, and stores tbe remainder away between hi* fUnnel ibirt and bis body until hungry again, when be will draw forth two or three and swallow them without a wink. It i* further related that the eldest son inherit* in a meaaare tbe curious appetite cf bis queer old father. SI. I.onif I mih ! Ihr At London and at Bremen tb* longest day bae !>'>) boars. At Stockholm the loogeot day uasl-) bourn. At Hamburg and Dantzio tbe longest day has 19 hours and tbe shortest "> boors. AI Borneo, Finland, tbe longest day has SI} and the borte*t 2f Al Wardhoy, in Norway, the day lante from the 31st of Mav to the 23rd of July, without interruption , aod at Hpitr bergeu tbe longeet day is three months and a half. Al New York tbe longest day. June l-nti. has U hours ">6 minutes ; at Montreal 1~>} boors. But tbs longeit day of all, though ons never seen by a civilised person, ie thai at tbe Poles, wbsre it la*te six month*, and is succeeded by a night ai> long. The lat -Hi story is entitled " A Perilous Secret." We suppose it refers to a man trying to explain to his wife why he ate that clove. Mors unibsd tears swell beneath tbe eyelids cf gentle woman than ever wet ber oteek. /.j"uirm/. Haste and raobnees are storm* and tempest*, bnakirg and wrecking bourne** but timbleneesis a toll, fair wind blowing it with speed to the haven. teller.