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A \ . r . Twas Auiuiun wLen first they stood ou the Mil Kip* pears on the pear-tree, ripe corn ou the ri'tife ; Tlien swallowe Hew Bwiltly (ar up In the bine, And, speeding mill southward, were lout to tbe view. Haul he : " Can you love me I can lore you .'" She said, quite demurely: " Already I do ! " Twas Winter wben next tbey met on tbe bridge ; Tbe pear-treee were blown, and whit* *w the ridge , Tbe swallows were feathering tbeir not* in Algiers. fibe looked in hm (ace, and tbe bunt into tear* '. His nuns It wan piuobaU, ana Dis lij>s-Uiey w*r blue, haidibs; ' i can't love you !" Held be: "Nor 1 you! 1 Twas Baring-time wb*u next they atood on tbe bridge, And white waa Uio |>ear-tre unl green wai tbe ridge ; Tbe swsllowti ba<l thoughts of a ineedy return, And tbe uidgea were dancing a-iluwu tbe brown boru. He aaid . " Pretty maiden, let by gouea go by- Can you love uie again ."' hhe *aid : " I can try." Twaa Huuimer wben next tbey stood on the bridge, There were p*an on th appear tree. ta.ll earn on tbe nJge . V Tbe swallows wheeled round tbeui, fajr np in thu blue, Then swoopeu down and snatched ui> a midget or two. bald lie . " l.est lome tritle ibonld come In the way, And part ni attain, will you mention tbe day .' " bbe Htood, looking dowu on the iet-flowiug rill, Tbeu auiwereU, demurely . " Aa eoou a> you Will !" it., suawer-. if . ., i., .1 singer in a valley far Ob, once tberu dwelt away, Wbo in the fleKU with loTing art awoke hU lute and lay. Now though bii eonf, nor loud nor long, waa strangely sweet to hear , One day be aaid, while on bit cheek there gleamed a silent tear : " My note is low, my strain is weak, my tinging all in vain , The little guerdon I desire 1 cannot hooe to gam. 1 do not can for lofty (am*, for wealth I do uot long 1 only wub my fellow-men to love mo lor try aong !" Tbe kindly Mphvrs caught bis la' a *>nd bore them far auu wide . 8ucb songs were never sang before !" tbe people rose and cried. Tbe great klog even listened inbii palace by tte sea, And i&ld, "Some day we'll send (or him, and honored be snail be." Ala-, no heraia ever cauie. the ancient legend Salt*: But wben h* put his lute away and laid him down in death, Tbe people made a great ado, and reared a ci.lumu hidi. ID bouurol Ihe nluger they bad Isft In want to Ait. The i< MIS A bane 1 of burnlabed gold, My fingers gently hold. And through tbe magic circle of its riui, Before my dreaming eyes A thousand nieuionee n-c And fill fjysoul with lunging, vague and dim. I seem to see tbe gate, At which 1 used t wait For ber who gave to uie thin token nweet ; I feel a mmler thrill That calls to initid tbe bill Where hours, like momenta, fled on pluicns Best. Thr form o( Toothful grace, Tbe smiling, teniter face, Is near uie still. In spirit, though the years Have slowly come and tied. And cherished no|*e lie dead, Along my way too thickly strewn (or toau Ob! little hand o( gold: 4 wealth o( joy untold. Your himug oirele conjure* to my mind An. I will, unUl my bri-uih bh.ll mrct the kiss of deatb. And all tbe pain ol earth be left behind. AN iHmTHOUOHT. 'Twaa in the garden ebattlng Amid tbe mignonette Blie with ber snowy tatting, I with my cigarette. I still can tee her nuifeni Flit softly in and out. With rspture memory linger* To view ber lips a )>ou'.. A happy ssnbeam gle>ccing 1'pon a wayward curl Bet every pulse to dancing, And turned my brain a whirl , And wben she looked up shyly I could not help, yon see. Hut stoop and kits ber slyly Behind tbe apple tree. sirsuge tbat some mote forever (ibonld mar the ravsof bliss! Though counrloiis 1 bad never yet Won so sweet a kins. Alas! tbe act o( plunder i grece(ullT she bore, I could not choose but wonder So tllllV I t chow Ha<l she been kissed before ' Peru ! BehallM I* Ike i Mttc Hi rr, . In spite ol the unquestionable facts that the ohoioeit OLffeos iu the) world are abun- dantly imported into England, says the Si. Jamil' Htutttt, that the berry in iti in teg- rity u procurable without difficulty, tod thai it* oae is BO general a* to stand second only to tea, we have learned to tolerate the biding existence of a warm, browoub liquid flat, feeble and doll , a oup of wtiioh may have inspired the suggestion of liar- ton in hi* "Anatomy," tbat it was like that bls.uk broth of tbe Laoelu-mouianf, and perhaps tbe name." Tbe horse beau bas been uujustlv traduced aa contributing to the " boay" of this strange deoootion ; but in fact, if weight may be given to the auertiou of an eminent vegetarian, there in just now a call upon tbe nouriabiog beau a* a " bas>e" iu tbe manufacture of beef tea and other forma o' " ooudenaed " meal. Hun oaiuK, however, tbe makeweight ot " mixed " ooffee to be of no baser aort than ohioory itself, tliiH lubetanoe IB totally destitute of tbe exhilarating and reetorative properties of tbe former. How valuable these are ii a matter very insufficiently understood. Tbe Abyauuiani who pro- bably uaad coffee long before tbe Persians or lurks sull make a oompoeitton of butter aod tbe pounds J berry, whiob in travelling they liud more uataiulng than either bread or meal. In Central Africa the bean is persistently chewed by the natives ; and it la no uncommon custom iu the eaat for tbe ground* of prepared coffee to be swallowed f Mr the li'juiO. That the savage should tbue realize a fact to which the Knghshman IB, aa a role, persistently indiff rant, may be set down aa one of the vagaries of modern civilization. Deter- mined, however, to agitate in this useful branch of reform, and starting with the planter's fundamental maxim, "Old coffees, young tear," there is no reason why ordi- nary householders should not mature the berry in their own store closets. It most be kept raw, and preferably iu small bulk, the piquant arcn.a being due to a volatile oil which is developed in tbe process of roasting. The common failure of a enp of coffee to attain a reasonable standard of excellence it doe to more than once cause. If kept too long after roasting tbe tine flavor of Uie berry is dissipated but eveu this may be to seme extent revived by carefully beating the (round ooffee before use. On the other band, the aroma may be entirely driven oil by treat- ing as a decoction thai which should be pre-eminently a simple infusion. Bui not only should octfee not be boiled, it should not even be allowed to " stand " for any length of time. 1- reab and fresh is a line </ua nan , and, again, it tan hardly be mads tjo strong. Ode may irbapc be considered extravagant in bis artistic allowance of " one sop of ground ooffee for two eups ot liquid," but tbe great man admited the principle of substquent dilution with boiled cream for obotot though evenbot water may be then added without injury to the flavor. As a digestive, strong " black " coffee baa scarcely an equal ; and il is in this form thai tbe connoisseur deliberately approves the daintily brewed cup of | ire Mocha. It must be said tbat this is a kind of " home comfort " most commonly aootsaabla at a club or well appointed hotel , while as a club comfort with seine trepida- tion be it said transplanted to tbs narrower arena of tbe domestic circle, it is oftener than il might be a bitter failure. Homebow or other lovely women will not stoop to the folly cf tutting in a wbols oup of ooffee for two people" not for any one." Coffee meat be brewed by man for man. lint even the beverage intended for stand- ing use whiob, of course, the black " coffee par excellence is not may be made bright fragrant and exhilarating. Abund- ant, but not excessive strength may still be pleaded for ss " cheaper iu tbe end." We baveonly to inhale tbe steam of freshly- made coffer of good olaas and DO mistake cu be made at to its beneficent character. It repeatedly acts like a charm upon head- aches or mental exhaustion, and aooom- oompanied with tobacco iu any form will enable student or sentry to keep vigil till the dawn. 1'or ordinary domestic use, however, a judicious ' blend " is to be pre- ferred to an individual kind. A mixture nnooDtetiiplated by the act of flue con- ditioned Mocha, with equal parts of " Teli- oberry " and Wset Ionian Plantation," may satiaf y Oriental and Englishman alike. 4 m t I t [ i- M. i mil TAKn. Hew ib> Hiur j nrW. i. *i*t A way wtisi tar I pliu BMlsUcrri. While at Port Said tbe passengers and crew of an English steamer which baa ar- rived in the Thames within the last few days were eye-witnesses of an extraordin- ary fracas between some English sailors and a number of Egyptian troops aud sailor*. Tbe mail steamer Lttd occasion to watt al Port Said for a short time, but had scarcely ooms to ber moorings wben ber passengers uotioed a boat leave the side of the British war vessel Alexandra, which was stationed there. Tbe boat ooutaiued (our sailors and one marine and appeared to have left the vessel surreptitiously. It bad got some distance from Ihe Alexandra before tbe flight waa discovered aid imme- diately signals wsre passsd to an Egyptian vessel which was near them to stop tbe fugitives. A boat was lowered from the vessel aud manned by nine sail- ors and an officer. When tbe English sailors saw that they were being followed tbey waited until their pursuers came np to them, wben, with extraordinary ijuiokuess, they pitched tbe whole of the Egyptians into the water, afterwards cap- sizing their boat. The 1 ^yuiiaue, for safely, clung to the gunwale of the English boat, but were soon knocked c if by tbe tare. who pulled for tbe shore. Ou approaohiug tbe side a force c f Egyptian soldiers to Ihe number of about fifty meu was found to be wailing to stop the sailor*. The English men were unarmed, but, nothing daunted tbey commenced M " pitch into " tbe Egyptians right and left, knocking them dowu like ninepius. Finding tbat even the fifty were unable to withstand tbe pugi- listic onslaught of tbe five, reinforcements were sent for. Some fitly other Egyptians arrived, but many of tbe newcomers were also placed Iton de cmbat before the tars were finally secured. Tbe five fugitives, wbose courage and ability were worthy of a better cause, were taken back to their ship, thsir clothes being literally torn from thsir backs, their white straw hats being the only portion of their appartl intact. As tbe sailors wsre passing the mail eteamer the passenger*, in admiration of tbeir pluck, forgot aheir breach ot duty and gave them a hearty oheer, a compliment which was paid to tbe erring tan by their own comrades a* they Alexandra. Parit Newi. approached tbe A BIMHOfS) YABN. Bxlrmordbsary DUceicrrr el tm VIM.,, i i. Rev. William Taylor, tbe recently ap- pointed Methodist Episcopal litshop for Africa, at bis farewell reception iu lioatou. made Ibis statement: "II is reported that a most extraordinary discovery has recently been made in Africa in a lour from east to west. There have been found nations of people hitherto unknown, who number 60.0UO.OOO. and live in bouses built of stone, with gardens in tbe rear and properly laid- out streets, who work iu iron, copper aud ivory, and are pretty well up in tbe in- dustrial arts, man y of tbt in being well to do. II .. u - \% t.i i AT 'I I < < l i - .11 1 1. a I II l.i.i i .lib. liMfc* Tressil*. When Uagar and tbe infant labiuael were abandoned by Atrahatu for dooieallc reasons *biob svery family man must approve, observes the London Lancrt, they wandered into tbe valley of Mecca, or rather where Mtooa was afterwards founded, aud Uagar, oppressed by the beat, began to search for water to relieve the thirst from which sbe and the child were aufleru g. Bbe ran back- wards and forwards between the hills of Bafa and Marwa, seeking in vain ; but, returning to the spot where she bad left tbs infant, found that lehmael had himself discovered tbe spring tbey both needed by a simple expedient familiar to babies ot all nations and period*. Kicking out against the ground, bis infantile i llorts bad laid bare one of those springs wbiob in Arabia are frequently concealed by a light layer of sana. This spring, which saved tbe life of tbe ancestor cf the Arabs, is tbe well /.eiuzeu, so called (by obvious onornato|"'<) from tbe murmuring sound of its waters. Bucb at least is the Arab tradition of tbe origin of the well tbat now forms one ot the most sacred objects within tbe precincts ot the Kaaba, or Holy Temple ot Mecca. Tbe Kaaba itaelf a cubical builsiugeovered outside with bang- ings of rick black damask, aud famous for tbe sacred stone in one of its corners, which is said (and not improbably, as it seems to be an u-rolite) to nave fallen from heaven, and whiob has therefore been kissed black by centuries of adoring t il- griius was, according to the same auth- ority, built by Abraham sfutr the pattern of a temple which Adam had seen in Para- dise, and of which be bad transmitted tbe design to bis descendants. Without pro- fessing absolute faith iu this interesting history, it in certain that the Kaaba and tbe well /envzem are among tbe most ancient of the antiquities of Arabia. Tbey both were connected with tbe oldest rites of the pagan Arabs, and existed in very much their pressnt form, and wars applied to very much their present uses before tbe time of Mahomet. It was the prophet's grandfather who reopened the well, of the position ot which he bad been warned in a dream, while he was trying to devise some convenient means of fulfilling his special duly aud privileges ol supplying water to tbe tribes who docked annually to worship at tbe Kaaba. Dig- ging in tbs appointed spot, he found two golden gs^ellea, and some swords and mils of armor whiob bad been buried there three centuries before, and further exosv valion revealed tbe remains ol an ancient piece of masonry inclosing a copious and never tailing sprint 1 , whiob was at onee accepted as tbe traditional wsll of Uagar. Il is pro- bable at least that the masonry dated from the old days of tbe mercantile prosperity of Mecca, perhaps eveu from pre Christian times. Evsr siooe thie rediscovery ol the well Zemzen has held a promiosnt place among the holy things in the Arabian tem- ple. The millions ol pilgrim* who have to!- lowed tbe steps of Uagar and run naked A 0>l- -I I i.i- i BOf This is a country never beard of before, and ths Lord has furnished me a man. This man, William Kiobard Simmoods, waa for- merly an unbeliever and addressed great audiences in Belfast and Dublin, but he became convinced of bis error and joined Ihe Salvation Army. He has for years been studying all about Africa, with a de- sire to gp there on missionary work, and be bas offered to go with me. Our plan is to strike for these peo( le." HI KI i i> I'l II , II, III I III'MI I* 1 011114 I III* - Rev. Fred. C. Iglebart, pastor of a Methodist Ohurob of Buffalo, recently preached to tbe young ladies of the oil; , nearly 2,000 of them being present to listen to bis sermon, in tbe midst of which be perpetrated tbe following : " Tbe front door is open. Tbe parlor is nnswept and uuduHted. Tbe door back of il is open, re- vealing the sitting-room in a state of chaos. The doors opening into tbe several bed- chain hern are open, showing the bed* as tbe sleepers left them ou rising. Tbe door leading to tbe kitchen is opsn, ami there, bending over tbe wssh-l ub, her brow beaded with perspiration and ber arms reeking with suds, stands tbe mother of the family. In the parlor sits bsr daughter at the piano, pounding out an accompaniment as khe sings ' Wbo Will Care for Mother Now " Well, I will tell you, brethren and sisters, who would care for mother now, if I were tbe bead of that family ! It would be tbat same young lady who plaintively asks ins question in song. Bbe would use ber arms more and permit ber month to enjoy a much needed season of repose. Sbe would be playing on the zinc wssbophoae, and ber mother would be dusting the parlor and doicg other light and agreeable work." French papers, in order to make tbeir funny paragraphs acceptable, have recourse to wit of the following description : La France says General Gordon Invited an Arab to breakfast and then amused him- self by running a fork repeatedly into Us body of bis guest. Smuggling i simply another name for thieving, but somehow or other nobody coke npon n ths same ligh Mustapha Ben Ismail has just arrived in Paris from Tunis. His retinae includes seventeen governesses lor bii wife aod two children. I oh,,, . nil. I I- ., .l.hl For many yean it has been known to ophthalmia surgeons thai abuse ol tobeooo may lead to failure of sight. Tbie fact has been made use of by tbe anti- tobacconists, who are mostly well-meaning but meddle- some persons, and wbose actions have too olose a resemblance to these of agitators in the cause of various reactionary measures for the impediment of scientific research aud tbe obstruction of sanitary legislation. In tbe report of forty oasss of tobacco amblyopta, by Mr. Shears, of Liverpool, it appeared that atro|>by of tb* optic nsrvss is very rarely met with aa the result of excessive smoking, sJtbough tobacco is the essential sgeut iu producing failure of eight. Oreat moderation in smoking, and especially tbe employment of mild forms of tobacco, if all tbat is ceoeesary to insure recovery. Mr. Hutchison baa fonnd that a very small proportion of smokers sn3er from amblyo- pia, and tbat among those who do become subject to impaired vision are many wbo show an hereditary tendency lo tbat infirmity, many of their relatives who do not smoke being similarly stHioted. Work- men in tobacco factories do not appear to be subject to deterioration of eyesight , in one large manufactory, where twelve thousand men and women are employed, Mr. Shears has fonnd tbat not one single person ou the premises suffered from failure of^eyesigbt, although many of the hands bad been working there for ten years. -..i I- int 01 I ai . . i hii.iif n .,., K . !. Last evening about 7 o'clock James Bur- gees, an employee of Chicago Granite Co., at Grindstone Island, near Kingston, bad bis attention attracted by an unusual noise. Remembering that bis three little children bad been playing about be rushed out to seek them. lie rau down to an adjacent marsh and there met some chil- dren, wbo informed him that bis little ones were at the river bank. Thither Mr. Bur- gess ran, and to his horror iound that about tifty test of tbe bank at that ipol and eleven feet in depth bad caved in, crushing bis children to death. Tbs fore- man of the Chicago Granite Company was soon on band with assistance, and tbsy rsmoved the earth where tbe children bad been killed. Tbe bodies, with the excep- tion of one of tbe girls, were found to be terribly mangled. Tbe little boy's head was crushed and broken. Tbe little boy was nine years old, tbe eldeet ol tbe two, tbe other two being girls. %%'rali* ! 4 ltn*. Now conies to the hont our cattle inter- est*, says the Denver Rrpublican. which to- day reaches, in good round numbers, over 1,. 1(0,000 oattle roamimg over Colorado's plains, with a valuation attached to them of not leeH than t40.iKW.000 ; and tbe field is open for many millions more. While we are unable accurately to givs the figures on sbeep and other live stock, such as hones and mutes, we can safely place them at a nominal valuation of over |l.i.OOO.<iO. And accepting tbe records as correct for IttN.l, in agricultural products we will not fall far short of 15,000,000 iu lx4. Then add to this tbe value of all our other Industrie*, and Colorado finds herself a magnet of such power tbat if rightly used by her people oaunot fail in securing for ber all the wealth and immigration desir ble. I .,"! ! n.l .. I Prom the Columbia S. C. Register. > From reliable authority the Htgitttr Ittarns that typhoid fever prevails to a Tbe correspondent of ths Hritiih Alfdittl Journal (July liib) eays tbat tbe report of by the cyclone, cholera having appeared in I'ariN was untrue. A landlord, wishing to get rid of a sick ooaobmso in a hurry, reported him as stricken with cholera. great extent along the track of the cyclone which passed through Fair Held Colnty last spring. Several deaths have occurred iu families attacked by the fever, and physicians have noted it as a singular fact that the majority of typhoid fever cases are nonflned to the stretch of country visited Dr. Heltzer, in tbe Boston Ifedital and Surgical Journal 1 , recommends beef tea made very hot with red pepper for is Stated to trrmrn>. A London surgeon have treated l.o oases successfully with tbe remedy alone. Tbe once despised saw-palmetto of the south is likely to become a very useful tree. The fibre obtained from the inner lining of tbe bud is manufactured into a substance so closely resembling human bair that it U employed as a substitute for the genuine article. Paper nbro, hats, fans and in all probability cordage and clothing, can be fu> uisbed by this tree, hitherto considered only an inoumbranoe to the soil. from Bafa to Marwa. aud have performed the circuit of tbe Kaaba seven times, as thsir pagan ancestors did before Mahomet made tbe Meooan pilgrimage a part of bis religion, do not leave the "Haraui eah riherif " without washing in, or at least tasting, the water of the well Xemxem, and most of them carry sway a flask of tbe holy water. No more valuable present can be offered to a returned Hsjjy to bis friends than a bottle ot this miraculous, though admittedly brackish, tluid. Ita properties are quite unique in ths eyes of tbe faithful. Il can cure disease , sprinkled ou grave clothes U produces the most salutary results in tbe future state of tbe deceased . while a single sip is the best cordial that a boat can offer to bis most distinguished guest. One famous Iraditionist. wbose memory was pro-. verbial, ascnbed bis retentive power* entirely to tbe copious draughts be bad taken of tbe waters ot Zemwm, which Bale gravely remarks appears to be really as etlioaoious in its own province as tbe spring ol Helioon bas proved to the inspiration of posts. Professor Hsaton'e analysis nf this miraculous water will cause a sevsre shook to all true believers wbo read tbe /.m.vf. though from what one knows of tbe aaiitary method* of tbe East tbsre is is nothing surprising in tbe discovery thai the well of /.emsem le as foul as a good many other saintly spring*. Tbs water iu tbe fountains of mosques nsver strikes the eje to nose wilb sny very pleasing expression, and /.ein/au is in tbe tuidst of a thickly built city, whsre drainage is of a peculiarly primitive description, and tbe well is almost neoeesrrily affected by the draining* from the countless carcasses of beutu which are annually sacrificed by the pilgrims in tbe neighboring valley of Miua. Il is, however, some satisfaction to remember tbat mud- dinoss in a source of inspiration has uevsr been held a bar to miraculous effects, and that tbe impious Wotton, if we are to believe the " Battle of the Books," found slime eveu beneath the limpid waters ol Helicon. /em/em will dcubtless work wonders in spite of tbe " completion of tbe putrefactive process." ii n in in. n n.i ,.i Tbe Chilian Government bas declared a war of extermination against the condor. It offers a reward of >*> for every condor killed. Tbe bunting of this bird of prey bss, under the circumstances, become a lucrative business, though it seems doubt- ful, if one considers tbe astounding powers ot tbe bird and its wonderful habits, that the Government can or will ever succeed in destroying tbe species at any price. A Southern paper, in speaking of this matter. says : " Shooting the condor on tbe wing is almost out of tbe question , for it sails at altitudes far beyond the reach of the human eye, and roosts on peaks immea- surably above the clouds. It bas been seen at altitudes ol 20.000 feet. It bsuuts tbe whole western slope of tbe Andes not only Cbili, but Peru, Bolivia aud Pata- gonia. Latterly the birds have so increased as to form a vsritable scourge notwith- standing the fact tbat tbe female lays but two eggs at a time, and tbat ooudor killing bas been a regular and lucrative calling for more than a century." -NVv York Tribune. || No wonder American travellers are avoiding Marseilles. Not a water melon is to be sold there this season. A sower trial testing an agrioultnra implement. llusjf-el H. . ..u.. Mr Was Last fall there came to Victoria a one- lagged tramp glib of tongue, impudent in demeanor, and low in aaeociatiou. Us bopped about on a crutch, and sold songs to whoever would bay. Us was quite young scarcely 17 but was no novice in ths dark ways of ibis sinful world. Wben be failed to effect a sale by coaxing be sometimes " cheeked " persons into buying a song or two. Ki . m bare be returned to the Sound and Oregon, aud this place saw him no mure. While paasiug over the Northern Pacific Railway tbe other day a conductor said to.tbe writer ot Ibis sketch : > Right below here, if you look sharp as we fiajh along, you'll see four graves. Tbsre rest fjur meu who were bung a short time ago by a vigilance committee aud buried there as a warning to other murderers and thieves. At cue of the graves a pair of crutches are sticking in tbe ground. They belonged to one of the meu wbo was banged." "Why. you dou't mean to say that they banged a cripple ' ' Oh, yes, they did. You ass, be was a bad man, sso. aud alitUe while before be was strung up be aud acoiher fellow shot at each other. Ue killed the other fellow and got wuand ed iu tbe leg. Wsll, wbsn people of tbe town below here Weeksville got tired of harboring gamblsrs, murderen, thieves and - -, they just turned loose one day aud seized three of tbe worst and warned tbe rest to leave by ths first train. Wben tbe three men were si ied the fellow with tbe lame leg was limping about tbe gambling bouses on crutches. Being lame be didn't think tbe vigilantes would trouble him. So wbsn the three scoundrels (ohtine of hit) were seutd aud marched down to tbe spot we'll oouis to presently, ths tnau on tbe crutches just bubbled along after the crowd to see tbe fun. Wbeu be got there the three men had been bangtd aud tbe crowd were coming away ; but the moment they saw him ccuiiug they act up a yell aud started for him. He couldn't run, so tbsy just gathered him up in their arms and rushed him along to the tress where bis friends were swinging. Boas one got a piece ot rope and before be could say a prayer he was swinging from one of ths limbs. He died game, though ; only asked time to write to bis mother, which tbey didn't give. him. When tbe meu were bung long enough the bodies were out down and buried, and some one took tbe lame man's crutches and stuck them in tbe grave, Thsrs they are now," cried tbs conductor pointing towards tbe side of the track. And there, sure enough, were tbe foar graves' with the pair of crutches standing- one at tbe bead and one at tbe fool of tbe reeling place of tbe lame gambler. Id as soon think ot hanging a woman as a lame man," quoth one of the passen- gers. " There's something cowardly about It." Some of tbe company defended and others condemned the act, and the discus- sion was growing warm wben au odd look- ing, elderly man wbo had Mot previously spoken a word, said : Talk about banging a cripple 1 These vigilance committees will haLgachild wben tbey warm to tbsir work. Let me tell you what I aaw with my own eyes al -- , a town naif a day s journey back here. A little, ooe-legged twgamuftin boy came into tbe town one day. He was foul in person id toogns. Bold songs for a living, and if too didn't buy be'd abuse y. o terribly. Well, (gentlemen, he hadn't been there a week before nearly tbs whole town got dowu on him, aud be was told to leave ; bul he wouldn't 1,0 said bs'd come to slay and no --- couldn't drive him off. It was a fine. sveniug two mouths ago tbat a lot of tbe best citizens of the town just turned out and snatched that boy up and carried him off towards ths bridge, just outside tbe limits. He wtsu't much of a load. guess he was half-starved and sick. II cried a good deal as tbey carried him through the town, and promised if they'd let him go bertl fce a good boy aod go away. But they said 'No ; you've sassed the beet citizens of tbe plaoe, aud you've got to die.' I didn't follow them , but tbey banged him from one ot tbe rails c f tbs bridge, and after be was dead tbey buried him aear by. Tbs next day some of tbe people who didn't think it was right to hang the poor boy wotu out and found bis crutch lying by tbs roadside aod tbe littlu stock ct songs hs'd tried to sell scattered about." Silence prevailed in the smoking-roem tor full a miaute. Then one ot the com- pany asked Bul why did they bang him ?" " Baoause," replied the stracger, deliber- ately, " Vrlrmk mairMssrei. To-day (Friday. July lllb) says ths Fall JIM (jtuttte, Mr. Gladstone bas been Prime Minister for nine years and 1 ". i days, sight days longer than Lord Palmerstoo, wbose tenure of power, like that ol Mr. Gladatoue, was divided into two Adminis- trations. The only two statesmen who. since politic* assumed tbeir present shape say within the last hundred ysars have governed tbe country for a longer period than Mr. Gladstone, are William Pitt (lt- ysars and U) months) and Lord Liverpool (U ysars and 10 mouths i It is needless to say. however, that tbe wear and tear ot tbe Prime Minietersbip must have been very much less in tbeir time than at the present day, wben thai otViee is combined with the leadership of the House cf Com- mons. Tbe following table gives the ser- vices of the most experienced statesmen ol both parties as tbey now stand ervtss in I'arl'l In Office In Cabinet I/orl (iranvllle . Mr. i.lfelaU'iir... Duket Argyll Ijonl Kuuberley. Lord Her ft r Lord IUrfw.Kt.it Mr. Chil.ler* Ixir.lJ Manner SirH. NurthooU Lor.l Salisbury... Years. 47 I :<7 St ST. 7 M eu Tr'a 11 1 Yr s I- M i n H I i 10 10 Msbs a i 6 3 I e i M This book is of no value whatever," said the literary editor to tbe mansgiog editor of a Provincial daily. "But we get BO much advertising fro a the publishers tbat I dislike to cut it np. What shall I do " Well, you might say tbat tbe binding IB remarkably handsome," was ths reply. itoiloa (Jloi*.