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 â- P!"W(?"^«WS!«^ '^IM^* toes ][iiit righfe j troable liatlk' as a king" ad is irorth %•% ness cannot etfuluuaa. ead o: life if paved with pect aad what-] e wiaa is gol3 a fool i.-: braaa. like an only a who nursss it. -ri haraiony in aiber desires sn c.oT\, compoi^l and floods cf lautifui hue. Date] hich onca throat Aa U3, unwilling^J ged to fallow. 's Error. 3 of udoeraityj (^ rUu ha )t ic qbl idvoftaing. S^revtB, iu Bickueea and siC. a advartiaemeat «{ J, which upon tsiid torn deaths door. sr Eaw in my paper n*^ o' Dr. Pieigea vor' 'â-  13 arain and f those who htiT« iang disease, bran- a, ulcers, liver ooor which flesh ia hev. f hia debtors pan ithout any rooogat ud straightway be- a hatter. "Carte "he might, when I leAst had the de- )wer in either ses, eedily, thorougUv ed. Address, wm â-  rtp!y and book mt Ditpausary MtKlioal .u btreet, BuSiie, ing ap%rtially-bliad 'ill restore nim te le horse. To opea I bleed him in the le Rud r' gooa tiling attaiafl Ltctir beginuing. Oil matter tor congrata- uf some evil things frustrated. A casds of the aaoal of disEaaes â€" oMt- inception in nasal *rai rh Remedy B tiFdciiual. Try ik. Ail druggists. is do noa cost verf at milliners are t) put them ia t; maive oal the imonj bear here witness id I^KRTJLZHB SS medy latfaeworM Nervihue is ooia- d ingrcdienta,and !r external nse. nipla b"t':le, and Iville, Preacott, ho hi^ "e ns;-d Ner- Hud t am aatisfied ac- i The uiariiei ti)t. o Ntrviline for iiis ani cjuntiy b !d point^a about i.'rdor iu a jsdi- -iiK is thas there bid tlia^ there 1 I.-sj ^hotfij ho ' t OLK of »r,e hM^ !. in iwrjsc )Hi(%hM M a new leaff" last Thursday, "its the otd iijp»id acejant.' he tried to be umber of friends I either cigars or c an unpleaMiai the same friends Navy" and they in the room nezfc b!y well TrntfTat iastaace, no oa- I be tomid. Tfcs the leaf used is lubject had fal- id goto Sffitzer- py." "For my shouldn't mind r%j as there were Irk Cij, lare Bagfie» Ji ssoj. ai tilt, (Jn ICentraJ Depot. T ous miUioi] doOaii, pan plan. Blentar' ' best, Horw OMib aU depots. Fbm- lat ti i Grand TTniMi poMl ia the Orty. ^, "Ire mad* lew Year." '!«-' "Yes, r»e |1 shall smoke cigars in Um adicatiocf ct lirBonrStcncaflk l"hs oowela lotuea at 6C«,; AHAPPTNICHT. ** Coaie in " shouted together the host IsaA^tiw hostess of a little Genaan way- Iside ian near the banks of tho.JEUiiaf Ithe hotdera U SiUtttriiBd.. ' r w|s :hiistmas ere, » t«Bqj«Btn»H. lugjott [kei wind was xsTiii|r t'oia^ibm J^tnian udteazn^ awfy at the -wiaitHm'imA ioors. as thon«h mad to get Mt '^riiTe ttle light witMn, and extingiuih it with- Bot mercy. The snow was fUfing^^st, jrifting »nd driving, obstracting the jhway, blindii^ llm^j^an and The " coma in " of ^he h^Mwtfr w!b QBwer to a )ond, harried rap at the dpor, which thero- immediately enter^ two iTcilers. Ore by his inilitaiy dress emed a soldier and the other appeared be bis servant. Gen. Widlenstein was 1 his way from Carlsmhe to his home in isle. He had been delated by an ac- iect to his post carriage and by the DTm, and now found himself obliged to ttop for the night at this lonely and com- rtJeaa little inn. When the officer threw aside his plnm- hat and military cloak of rich fur, and rode up to the fire, with his epaulets shing in the light and hia swotd knock- agaiust i ia heels cling, clang, the iff host wa" greatly impressed with his Dpi rtuEce, and willingly went out to as- Bi f-n.o postillion in the care of the lones. x'ls for the hostess, she bustUd [bout wi:h w^ndeiful activity to prepare w the great man. " Ho, Carl," she cried, ' thou young ainespirit, ihou water-imp, run to the Ircod for an .-iher bundle of fagots Away fite thac-, i.r I'll give thee back to thy "nsfalk, who are ever howling for fhene "Strange, sharp words a wild- sk :;;: boy stirced up from a dusky cor- of the room, -w^here he had been lyin^ 1 h hi'5 head pdlowed on a great tawny IwisB do2; and dartedout of the door. He ras ctartJy dressed and barefooted, yet itrewL.3 something uncommon abcus irnâ€" B^ructLiiig g-.and jet familiar in look, -Aiiich atruck the traveller frantrsly. Ia lliit your child V he asked. " No, indetd," Eaid the old dame " I pior woman, and have seen troub'e n:y ti;ne but Veased be the saiiita i.ot the mother of ^Tater-imps." " Why do you call the boy a water- apr • 1 call him so, your excellency," raid ie woman, abiiiiking her ahtiil voice in- 1 an awe a ruck tone, " because he came )m the ater and belongs to the water^ fl )j» eu dd'AU t'lo Rhine in the great id, ft'ur jeiifs ag.) come spring, a mere iDy, thu,u could hardly tell his nam" ichedcna Title chalet, in the night, :iid thunder, li^h-niiig, and rain Now |i)ia rhit noiiuifiou child could have ^ed through thiit. My go.jd man spied in thu l:^,0TI.illg and tLuk him cff in 5 ir/. 1 took hiiii iu pity, lut 1 have rays been alra; i â-  f hiui, :ind every time 1 ihi k the E,hiue is coming for own iigain." • se?rr:c 5 tleeply m"-* x-idted, bo, fur iii the very id of whijh the .â- juparsruioiis f.id dame ike his only child, au iufant boy, had t-- lost, "with nurse, w^iose cottage on river bdnk below Basie had been 3pt away by night. ' Was ihe child alone on tho roof of chalet ' " he azk'jd iu an atntfetad ^i••aveiIer well ho uiight Yes," said the hostesss, " a"l but 3ld dog, who seemed to belong to â-  That dog must bave dragged him on le roof and aaved him!" exclaimed the keral " is he yet alive " Yes, just alive. He must be very for he is almost stone blind and deaf. good man would have put him out of I way long ago, but for Carl and as he rea his meals and makt:S hia beds with I suppose it is no loss to keep the te." Show me the dog " said the officer authority. lere he liep. your excellency," said lame. " We call him Elfen-hund log.) an. Warenstein bent over the dog, bed him gently, and shouted in his ns o'd name ot "Leon.' The dog r, forgotten it he knew thafvbioe, [touch of the hand. With a plaintiff, f ul cry he sprang up to the breast of sId master, nestled about blindly for lands and licked them unreproved, sank down as though faint with joy lis master's feet. The brave soldier 1 overcome with emotion tears fell from his eyes. I Faithful creature," he exclaimed, ^u have aaved my ctiild and given him to me. " And kneelmg downhe laid land on the head of the poor old dog I blessed him. i3u at that moment the door opened little Carl appeared toiling up the s with his arms full of fagots, his rfu). face smiling brave defiance to try winds, aid n'g t and snow. Come hither, Carl," said the soldier. boy threw down hia fagota and drew IDcst thon know who I am " lAh, no â€" the good Ohristian king, |ap3," said the little lad, looking full pocent wonderment. ^laa, my poor child, how shooldst know me " exclaimed Gen. Wallen- sadly. " I remember thee thou ay boy, my dear, long-lost boy, in my face embraca me I am thy No, surely," said the child, sorely be- ered, ' that eannotbe, for they tell le Rhine is my father." {le soldier smiled through his te^ tie the Boon was able to convince his (hat he had a beftter father thi iver that carried him away: er parents. Pt told of a -j^„ ler who^ sa rWwged for him; »a^f* ke-pyed sister whocWOidd^^cejotMrsrhoa Cwl 4irt«Md»«w|/ and lass^icd. "" wUbb he e fim ip w i ha iii l tid it »U,.elid from his jjjijg^s The next aMcning eaif^ (3«n. ^jJlaa* stein, alter harlng gMiiNra(bd(r ie#Jtide4 the iniAeeper f 3r ]umi%^ givdft *hdm0« though a poor one, to his liMie sba, de-! ^-- t^ for fiUle. In hisanaa he eattjed i arl, carefntly wrapped m hia warm for cloak, and if sometimes the Mttle bare feet of the child were thmst oat from their covering, it was cmly to bury them- selTes in the shaggy ooat of Leon, who lay rnogly curled op in the bottom of the carriage. I wUl not attempt to tell yoo of the deep joy of Carrs mother, nor of the wild delight of his little sister, for I think such things are quite beyond any one's tailing, but, altogether, it was to the Wallenstoins a Christmas tiitie to thank Grod for, and they did tiiank Him. England's Farored Duchess. The Duchess of Westminster, Constance Gertmde, is one of the favored women of the earth. She seems to be blessed with every comfort, including a contented mind. She has rank, fortune, and edu- cation, combined with beauty and health. She is a daughter of the Duchess of Sath- erland, whence she obtained her aristo- cratic face and highly cultured mind. Besides being the buabAnd of the- DuchesB, the Duke ot Westminster is the owner of more than a thousand houses at the West end. It is said the Duke is a first-rate landlord, who pays special atten- tion to plumbing and leaky roofs. Hi^ good-hearted wife uaea a portion of his immense income with which to assist worthy charities, besides entertaining royally at all seasons. Constance Gertrude's sisters married very well indeed. They escaped the snares of the family coachman and were safely wedded to royalty. One sister married the Duke of Leinster. and another was the Ute Duchess of Argyll, end mother of the Marquia of Lome. This factmaies the Duchess of W^stmi-i- ster the aunt- in-law of the Qaeen'a daughter. If the Qaeen ehould ever ioae her posi- tion as forelady of Great Britain she will always have a home with the J^ucheaa of Westminster, although the lady dots not take boarders. db Mi i\t»\jmi CONNVBIAL COMFORTS. A Philadelphia man asked his wife for some molasses, and when she poured a gallon of the stuff down the back of his neck he was so stuck up be had her ar- rested. A Connecticut farmer lost an eye and ha^ his jaw broken in a recent encounter with a cow, and what hurt his feelings woiso than all was the fact that his neigh- bors wouldn't believe it wasn't th6 result of being hen-pecked. "It's cold day," said Jones, as he passed Smith on the street the other day. ' Scold day Great Scott is your wife on her ear too V asked Smith. Many perpons are surprised that George E.iot could, late in life, hava mirritd a man so maiy years younger than herself. There ia no occasion for surprise. She doubdcBs married him in the hope that if if she took him he would atop smoking cigarettes. " Sound moves a*! the rate of 400 yards per second. "â€" Scientific Paper. Does it 1 We were always under the impression that of a frosty morning when somebody was yelling upstairs from the kitchen that there was no wood in the house to get the breakfast witn, it moved at a velocity of about four hundred million. â€" â€" â-  w w* â-  mm " British Discipline. There is a clump of trees in the immedi- ate vicinity of Bangalore which is known aa " the Dead- man's Tope." In it there is a solitary grave, that ot a young Scotchman For many years the natives alleged that hia " ghost " was to be seen walking mournfully among the trees, for they said he could not rest until his appointed years had been fulfilled. He had been a corporal in the Scotch regi- ment stationed in Bangalore, beloved by all his comrade?, but unfortunately hated by the sergeant of his company. At last, goaded by the unjust treatment he re- ceived from his sergeant, he struck him down in a moment of passion. In those days, discipline was stem; the young corporal was tried, and condemned to be hanged m the presence ot the whole garrison. The execution took place but so great was the feeling against the ser- geant that he had to be sent a vay from the regiment down to Madras, protected by a military escort. The general ofiicer who told me this story was a witness of thi.' sad scene, and was the interpreter to the native soldiers of the reason of the execution. That young corporal belonged to Glacgtw and was connected with numy respectable families in the city. Konmiss. Koumiss has become, with some a pop- beverage. It will be remembered that it was given freely to the late President Grarfidd daring his last illness. Here is a receipt for preparing it â€" Take a champagne bottle and fill it to neck- with pure new milk, add two table- spoonfols of sngar â€" ^Inmjp, that has been cnishodâ€" dissolve in a Uttle water over the fire then add a quarter of a two cent cake of compressed yeast. Cork, tie down securely and shdra thoroi^hly. Let stand for six hours in a temperature anywhere from 60 to 90 degrees, then place ih ice box, or other cold plaoe over night. The virtue of this diiiok is, that it refreshes and stimnlatea without bad after eflfecta. .The milkasnst be page andnewandtheyeai^ficeBt KTptmopen- ios it should yoo find t)ie jpilfc ow w i faij el ^, (he Mstf^ aiul tldok, do nofc use ^r/a«. that .show* fkat fhe feraantJ^on has been prolraged befood the pnq^ tioM.' tStSittm'OaaStiiM H the U^sd «a ^taMnl i WttthBtglinto Thi# Bsen^ocui'wa^to be-eCietdd^Atdur^er-: msiient seat of Ctotrerhiaent of Ikt, ITnitedi Staies-^Uien a iiewfy iereated mtrionali^. Tiie Wkr of Indepehdeoee was ended, and tile eountty was uidvehiany 'gcato- fol to the noUe leader to whose eflbtts they jestily aseribed a great measure of tiieswccisB. Ten. yeacs laier». the OommisskmeTs who laid out the Diairiot of Columbia set apart a tract of land between the site of the Preoident's mAnsien and the Potomac River, as the spot where this national tribute to M asUngi-on was to be erected, and th«ir report in widdh this reservation was established President Waahington himself transmitted to Congress. He died in 1799, in the belief that on that pleasant slope, overlooking the broad Potomac, his services to the country would be reeommemorated. The whole project slumbered untill833,â€" fifty years after Congress had voted to make a me- morial to him, â€" and then it was revived again by private enterprise. A m-^eting of citizens of Washington was held in September, 1833, and an as- soeiation was formed for the purpote of erecting a national monument te Wash- ington. TLe original plan was to pro- eare the money by subBcriptionB(^ of one dollar eck. The amount raised was not large. A new subscription was begun in 1846, and by the year 1854 a sum of a lit»Ie more than a quarter of a million dollars bad been obtained. Work had been b^gun? however, some years before, and the under stone of the monument was laid on the 4th of i:July, 1848, on which occasion a fine oration was delivered by the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, then Speaker ,i the House of Representatives. The contricutions, how- ever, bt gan to fall off, and finally, when the monument had reiched the heigh'., of one hundred and eighty feet, construction c ^sed. A period of neglect and indifference followed, ending iu the civil war and the exciting questions which were at issue after the war closed causing the shame of this uufinitshed monument to be for- gotten. Bus ia 1876, â€" the centennial year, â€" Congress made an appropriation towards the completion of the monu- ment. The foundations were examined and feund to be deftctive. The work of en- larging and strengthening them was not completed until 1880, when construction upon the monument itaelf was resumed. The cap stone was put in place early last month, and the ceremony of inauguration will be performed on the 21st of Febru- ary next â€" the 22nd, which is Washing- ton's birthday, bijing Sunday, â€" when it in hoped Mr. Winthrop, will be the orator of the completion, aa he was of the be- ginning, of the monument. The monument ia the most lofty struc- ture ever erected by man. Its height was originally intended to be six hundred feet, but, owing to its enormous weight, it was not deemed wise to carry the mon- ument so high. Its height is five hundred and fifty-five feet. Its exterior is of Maryland marble, and the interior is Maine iininite. The foundation is one hundred and twenty -six feet six inches cquaro at the base and tapers to the top. The walls are ifteen feet thick at the bottom, but grad- aally become thinner until at the top tht-y a-e only one foot six inches thick, and the monument is there thirty- four feet square. Each Scate in the Union sent a blbck of •tone to be set in the interior, and- many cities as well as several foreign countries have done likewise. These contributions, many of them highly polished and elegantly inscribed, maVe the monument a' museum of min- eralogical treasures. Of the beauty of the monument there is mot much to be said. It is not graceful or elegant. Those who wish .to find beauty iu it, however, will say that it befits republican simplicity and the rug- ged honest virtue of Washington. But if it does not gratify aesthetic taste, it will none the less serve as a memorial to recall to all future generations the heroic life and noble character of the first and greatest of Americans. â€" â-  I â€" â-  I â-  A Chinese Reyiew. The Prince's large blue tent was pitehed en a slightly rising ground apart from the orthers, and was constantly surrounded by gorgeous officers in bright yellow raiment, with round, flat black hate and long feathers, who were salldpiog to and fro, directing grand charges of cavalry. It did seem so funny to see a whole army of ponies for there are no horses here, un- less the foreisners chance to import any. These E ght Banners are all Manchus or Mongol Tartars, or at any rate are de- scended from such, Chinese troops being ranged under the green standard. These Eight Banners which, as I ha ^e said, are multiplied are plain whltej red, bine and yellow, and the same colors repeated, and distinguished by a white edge and white •pot. These companies are supposed to defend different sides of the city, the Solors having some mystic relation to the points of the compass except that yellow is in the middle, where it guards tiie Imperial Palace; Bed guards the south, blue the north, and white the west, wlule the east is aomlaaUy given op totk» green standard,, which, however, being com- posed of Ohinapaen, is not admitted to tiie honor ctf guarding difi forI;^dfpi oiiy. j am told that the Burner Army niiinbMs upward of one hoQdnd thotilina nten, vdw snp^y Taitar garriabtts. for tiM prinoipatciMiaK^ Amvb^i^ Wi got^U' os'ttf smiaU hUlMib. wbmriBv.-mw Uml.Mk. open iMiA the tieakomdMtkflir ooiU. haire ptrct memeMtvxepiuil alto tbtir pedu lief belts, eo»aiifa|t^hiq^otii powder .eipb ;andyefriwe«if fteUthetinea^itfbn Ui finlb-ejass f^ieanns, wldch an baiiiig oesieleMiIy mAtmfactiired at the .idk)vem- ihsnt arwaals' at' Tfeo-lUn, fiha^W, Oaaten, Fo«-CRib9, IfMkiii, and other Jessioiportant piaess, tlM Chinese Gdvem^ meat sparea.no evpense in bsying am- munition i f JRiiropaaa aaannfactnre. **I suppose tb^ are kept in reserve for resl war A pieturesque oominnr' of areheia rode by on stout ponies, holding their bridle in the right hand, and in Ule left their boirs, the airowa b«ng cased m a leathern quiver slung acresaUie shoulders. As to their swords, instead of hanging from the wa'st, they are atuok under the aaddle-flsp; each man's cap is adoruMl with the tails of two squirrels, which is the ooireot military decoration. N^w, though we Bcote are aoite ready to believe tiiat blackcocks were created for the express purpose of bequeathing their tails to adorn the hats of the Ixndon Scottish, (the said tails having v^y much the jovial, independent character of the bird itself,) it reaily is impossible to see the fitness of things in selecting poor little squgs as military emblems, unless to suggest the wisdom of he who fights and runs away I Anyhow, it now seems as if we might fiad a profitable market for the thousands of squirrels' tails which are annually wasted in our north country woods. I quite for- got to take note of the fan and the pipe, which I am told are invariable items in the accoutrements of the Chinese soldiers. â€" [Belgravia. Discordant Notes. Every city should be provided with a lonesome park where brass bands can blow themselves to pieces. " Is it advifiible to attempt to study the violin without a teacher if none can be procured " aska a correspondent. Not unless you live in the middle of a prairie. Gounod saya " Thosa who do not like music are deceased." Oh, well; thou- aanda who have liked music are deceased, and one condition is about* as bad as the other. A young lady in Cincinnati who was not asked to play on the pi»no before c jmpany, took laudanum and came very near death's door. It did not occur l^o her that the company wanted to enjoy themaelves. The man who is learning to piny the violin will now enjoy a period of happi- ness, while his wailing neighbors turn thfiir attention to the ambitious boy with a h^h tenor tin whistle and a mezzo soprano, drun An. organ grinder was found almost frozen to death in Allegheny City last week, and it waa found imp-ossible to re- vive him until some one staned to gtind out a tone on the orp;an, when he sprang to his feet and waa soon ablo to go to his home. It is an old saying that desperate cisea require desperate remedies. " Remca, hai yo' sot a fi Idle in yo house " " We h?-z, 'R^stua." " Well, pears ter me like h'it aint in werry good helf, am it?" "What am de 'cwiou ob dat 'mark, Rastua V ' " Why, I never year de v'ice ob de same but I speck de Burglns iz at it sawin' off de iims, an' ^ey don't gib no klorjfo'm ter stop de pain." A Story of Sqoirrelii. In front of the telegraph office at Stock- bridge, Mass., there is a lai^e elm tree, which ia the home of three red eqairrels. A little girl who is employed in tne office comes out a number of times a day and knocks on the trunk of the great tree, at the same time makirg a whistling noise aa squinels do. Instantly -three squirrels come out of the tree, and, running down the trunk, they take the nuts she has in her hand for them, and go up to a place where the branches divide. Then they sit upon the laniSng while they crack and eac them. "Two of them are very tame," she told us, "but one is rather wild yet." After the tame ones had been fed, she pointed up to one of the most topmost boughs, where the ' wild one " sat, look- ing down so very wistf ull. The little girl kept knocking with the nut and whirring like a squirrel. Soon the little creature timidly began to come down from his high tower, halting and debating every now and then as it came nearer and nearer to the uplifted nub. At last it made one quick bound, snatohed the nut, and was off to a place of safety again. The little girl told us they were going to put a squirrel-house in the tree, and try to keep, them there all winter. --Z^ JEvangtlist. ;w wiAl-lmown phy» leoeniJjrt "ace getiing very f^dnimailitoioflaM, aiid.tiifB, acraoge suspect oi having any kmdof trouUe, for the leal cause of se^f-muider is ususlly seaae Stfrt ^f wetriniflBt^ eltiier xenl or Jivw Uses for the New Anaesthetic. Dr. F'eischl, of Vienna, declaras that morphinism, alcoholism, and similar habite can now be cured rapidly and pvn- lessly by means of cocaine chloride. 'Cbe method is very simpleâ€" a withdrawal, either gradnd or abrupt and complete of the habitual Intoxicant, and treatment of the nervous and other #8ymptoms which arise therefrom by means of hypodermic injection of cocaine. He claims that in ten days a cure may be affected In any case. The does of cocsine chloride, hy- podermically, is' from one-twelfth to one- fourth of a grain, dissolved in water, re- pratedas neoessaty. ^1 II.. â-  11 â-  ..|(alnvhMa,|nuB]liis a good Mibstitute for pil^ldinK on ceriidn oooMnons. Make just Myoa^'eotn-i»ealnu|sbr1»|iadd a few iMJnis iwp]tfiiglirii eurtaats. Serve with im sg ia a y 'It is soaiethii^ thai has developed inside of the peat fifty years. In old times people did't have hdf n many oomforts as ^i^ do now, and •Uieides •ere very rare. Many diffnwii means of extinguidiing the Wifeal spark' are adopted. Just now taking poison and shootiDg appear to be the favorites. Many of ta«* attempte prove unsuc essfuL The stomach-pump saves some, and.u»- sfeeady aim or lack of knowledge as te where the vital places are causes a deal of suffering to amateurs with thei«volver. Love-sick young women have a fondness for drownin r, but they generally cry out for help as s on as they get into the water, and about one-half of them are rescued. That is a queer thing about suicides if they d n't su^«ecd in killing themselves or becoming unconscious at once they get over the mania'and vi%nt to live as badly as any of vs. On the whole, I think hanging the most reliable. Unless a persin is dicovered and, cut down insice of five minutes he is pretty sure to do the job for himself. It is strange how a litt'e pressure on the wind- pipe affects ptrople. Of course it chokes th-m, but tliat is no reason why they ahouidn't be able to move their limbs. They seem to lose all c utrol over their mufcles, and give right iu. 1 remember a case' that occurred in Brooksville, Me., when I was a young man. A woman, the wife of a wealthy sea-captain, threw a skein of ya^n over the top of an open door one day, and, sti^^king her head through the bight that hung down, doubled up her kiiees so her feet cduld not touch, and remained in that position unt^Ul ehe choked to death. One would naturally think that when she became un- conscioua her muscles would relax and allow her fees to dmp to the floor, but such was not the case. Hanging or choking seems to make every muscle as rigid as iron. *• Another case I rem mber very well was that of a boy 'of Frankfort. When he was about 14 years of a^e he went to. a circus and became stage-struck. He used to ce prac'icing all the time at acrobitic feats. One day his folks went out to the bam and found him dead, hanging from ft £c ff./ld with his head in a noose. The eiida of the line weie not tied to the scaffold, but just doubled over a pole. A weight of twenty-five pounda would pull it down. Both of his hands were clasped to the pola as if he were holding himselt up by them. "Youn/ Carter's strange death was a seven days' gossij) of the community. One day a short time after ic occurred Rtme carpenters at work in a shipyard in an adjoining town were talking about it, and f ne of them said he had heard that if a man were to lie down with his throat pressed closely against any hard subsi ance, like a rope or the edge of a board, ht-. would choke to death without having the power to help himself. The men pooh-poohed the idea, aud one of them became so excited that he said " I don't believe a word of it. Whrai I go homo to dinner I'll try it and come back and let you know. You can't staff an old woman's whim like that down my throat^ " When the bell rang for the men to go to work at 1 o'clock the carpenter who had expressed so much contempt for the idea was not present. An hour passed and he did not come. The other men, remembering what be had said, grew anxiousf and went out to lock Mm up. Between the shipyard and his home was an old vessel hauled up on the beach to be calked. She was prevented from going out at high water by two long ropes leading from her desks to posta driven into the shore. With his face down, lying with his neck on one of these lines, while his feet rested on the sand, was* their fkep:ica1 companion. He was rigid like a log of wood- The theory had been demonstrated at the expense of a man's life." â€" [Boston Globe. Chinese Servants. In New York there are hardly any Chmese in domestic service. The kitchen has not yet been invaded, nor have the upper regions, and there is no probability that either will be invaded. I do not know a single housekeeper who employs a Chinaman to do woman's work, though there may possibly be a few such, of an eccentric sort. The average housekeeper certainly does not want a Mongolian in either kitchen, parlor or bedroom. The only way in which the Chinese have inter- fered with woman's work is in the laun- dry business. The waahee-washee man haa undoubtedly pushed the washer- woman very hard. He has taken away a great deal of her work and he keeps all he takes. If the Chinaman remins with with us, the old race of washerwomen will disappear, for his work is more satis- factory than theirs and does not cost any m(»e money. Bat in no other respect has the Mongolian encroached upon the sphere of the Caucasian female inGKythJsm. The talk about him driving her out rf domestio service was all mocmshine. "Well, Judge, with me it is this way. Idxmnka giei^ disal several jears ago^ isJdng regaiait sprees. Exerdsug a a^h^ ^fort, -I stopped, but ever tdbuui4 when the tfane for a spne areund^ I ataggtf Mke « droiuEea **Vei7 nofortoii^ xeelly, but the eoiP btlte drunk. %wvk'iM»jniaiam hdAg ^tt^ik^' ^*TMaaMj6% J^,' "Bat wiUaMSSToaCoci- •â€" ;:^