Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 3 May 1895 — Page 5

©he democrat f' t'U » jit I t‘( i'* 1 ' ,r deoatub, ino- . ii'hl V»<(< >l'l!' y. ay*ciQßywv — - ' FTOLI,HriII H, J- yi ml ' ',.>>•.'«< b -i.l <n*'"', • A-KQU'I Ad suggests good goods. v:i. Th* theater hat is riMng to tote dig' nltyof’K'ptoftldal issue. ■■' . 4 ; > 1 7‘r, F"""r ‘•'• t. ‘ r —■ ’ • ' ,T ' There is,a growing sentiment against people who poee either as statesmen or living pictures. , ■’••< . jna. i' 1 'i ".i. 1 ■" ' It Is to he hoped that one day the Nicaragua Canal will be dredged for something, besides political mud. If you have any genius for literature fitifte tt and learn bicycling. Ztaime* roan made $20,000 last summer in that glorious art ! “* —i—s— ———— Oscar Wilde said on the witness stand that he “doesn't adore any one but 1 himself.’’ He'should have a monopoly of that too. ’ AnPhjo gir dled the other day while ' looking into a mirror. It must have been a'mighty strong mirror to stand such a strain as that , Young men put off announcing their engagement# until minute be-, causoi they want to be popular with the girls as long as possible. >•• ' suggests that a new cup defender ■who will show her t heels migfit i)e named Trilby. Hut such a boat handicapped in stay#. From a careful perusal of our partisans exchanges we learn that “the gang” Is the ottifer patty, while “thb eleriton|” is our party. A Tennessee editor has retired after thirty years of continuous wort As he wasr a-newspaper man and not a Btreet-corner journalist, he' feels a tit- _ k _ J I <ll hIB-’* / -e ..r .:'M - ■ I’’™'** - York, has sent to Congress Row land bßlarmerhasHet Mahaney. Wi never heard of the gentleman before but he seems to have made a grea name tor hlmhelf. i' 4 •” F ». • The Century dlqtitnary says . that Minneapolis is nine miles from St Paul, and in another page asserts that I St Paul Is seven miles from Minneapoils. Can’t this be compromised in some .way?' • ~ / Recent events seem to indicate that even for a man .with a large and sickly family there Is no real economy In being t a -Christian scientist. All that he can save on his doctor bills Is swept away* by his undertaker. As a result of stopping the slot gambling machines in Cincinnati 50,000 pennies were taken to and deposited j in the sub-treasury. It would be inter- ■ esting to hear a report from the contribution boxes along about that time. A. New York man pretended to be asleep whlkThlswife got up and captured burglars, and now the newspapers are criticising him about it We don’t'See why he should bother himself at all so long as he has a wife who fills the bill. » _ SHESSEIEESSSSSJSSJSESB In Anna Dickinson’s trial for damage? for false imprisonment a doctor testified that when he was summoned jto attend Miss Dickinson she drew him down, to her and kissed him. As he is an old man and excrutlatingly homely this certainly Is strong evidence of insanity. t New York physicians are quarreling over the subject of heating cars. One doctor says cars should never be heated whfcn the temperature Is above 32 degrees. The other says they should be heated when, the temperature stands at 40. Chicago would be delighted to have th.em heated when the mercury stands at zero. - ■■■' . jss . Somebody has invented n. processl—- — machine—to measure the strength exerted by oarsmen, whereby, it Is said, “every ounce of strength accounts for Itself.” Now, if we could only have a similar process to apply to disburse™, of the faxes collected from the people, j we cOUld tell what becomes of every dollar. And yet this might prove a case Where “ignorance is bliss.” There is no danger that Mr. Carnegie’s castle In Scotland will lack anything, because of dull business here or abroad. Having piled up 450,000 tons of coke in his mill-yards at 00 cents a . ton, then increased the wages, of the cokesters X 5 per cent, tacking the increase on the selling price and making the cost of.production to other iron and steel manufacturers 25 per cent higher, Mr. Carnegie returns to his transatlantic home a contented and philosophical philanthropist . ,1 The Government has given evidence of being in earnest in the Nicaragua Canal matter. The President has appointed the board of engineers to inspect and report upon the canal by Nov. 1 next, and if need be but a very few days now till it will convene in New York to examine the plans, and immediately thereafter go on to the ground and personally examine every mile of the way. Some of the English yaper# have lately been trying to prove I that the canal, when finished, will not J

be worth so much as its friends claim. «o much the bettor for us; if it >ls w» worth commercially so much to Eu- < rope. Oufr'tocreftslng danger of. for'elgfi troubles admonishes us that is < win be worth to Us every dollar it will r cost for defensive purposes alone, to > say nothing of the impulse it will give to out commerce. If Europe doesn’t care to use It, we need not borrow trouble on that score. People who are wedded to the whls- ( ky and quinine remedy for colds, bowel complaint, etc., are usually not interested in learning how many superior and entirely harmless substitutes there are, for the simple reason that they like the taste of the whisky. The taste, of course, never grows any weaker ■ with cultivation, and even the people with really powerful minds never realize but what they could “stop if they Wanted to” even after they have reached the stage of public disgrace. As an eminent waiter on athletics says: “No one should be deceived by the fact that strong men use Intoxicants and stimulants because only strong men can habitually stand them.” ' A clergyman in a California city did not approve of the policy of a' young lady librarian tn charge of the public’ library, who gave certain-books, which - the clergyman considered to be harmful, to young people in his congregation. In one of his prayers the minister gave utterance to certain charges against the librarian, mentioningher,by. name and, of course, petitioning that she might be taught to see the error of her ways. The young woman had not ' : conseious*y harmed anyone; and had merely performed the duties for which she was employed. She brought an ac-‘ tlon against the clergyman for slander, and that gentleman tried to evade the , suit'on the plea that his prayer was “privileged,” The judge coujd not understand, why a clergyman should not be as responsible for libel from the pul--1 pit as an editor is forone sent Otft frtwn I his sanctum, and made Ms ruling ac- ( ■‘Cordingly, with the result that the rev- . erend gentleman wwrtotiHrted ttHa considerable sum sos damages. This .be a watnlhg to those holy iffeu‘ wfco, > aespetfalff in ] Its may be clearly defined. ' * -•«' What was,predicted several months > ago as a possibility contingent upon the II Oriental war seems now likely to be I realized far beyond expectations. Long before the close of the present war It - becatae apparent that the China of the I future must at least revolutionize her i I military equipment upon modern lines. If Japan succeeds to enforcing her • present terms of peace this will be the least part of the alteration whfch is to pome upon the face of the Orient The • island kingdom proposes nothing less than the free opening of China to the commerce and immigration of the ' World. If China acquiesces Japan will have to be regarded not only as the author of China’s future progress, btft as the world’s benefactor. She proposes to unlock the enormous resources of the Orient to modern business enterprise and. invite the natlpns of the earth to enjOy the benefits. In other words, the kingdom Which until but a few years I ago was estimated among the crudely civilized nations is making an effort which in its breadth of aim and Its liberal purpose will stand first among the I great national enterprises of the last [ .fifty years. The result of the endeavor, if successful, would be the inauguration of an era of progress and enterprise in the most firmly rboted and stubbornly conservative power'on earth. The terms demanded of China are bitter, and she may refuse to ac-. I cede to them. l<ut if once Japan suci ceeds in securing their acceptance the life of the Orient will assume a different phase. ( Six Months’ Sight-Seeing Gratis. Birds can and sometimes do tbeh grand tour on the cheap, by attaching I themselves to a sailing vessel and folI lowing it to the different parts of the world to which it is bound. A seaman has described one of these tours recently made by a pigeon. The ship was lying In Portland Roads, bound for the \yest Indies, and had jjist weighed anchor, when a pigeon ■ I was observed to settle on the mnintopgallant yard. ( When the ship stood but to sea,Master j pigeon seemed to have lost his bCar- j ings, but the bird stuck to the rigging ( and dwelt there while the vessel pro- ] epeded op. Its way, calling at the Ca, ( naries, Barbadoes, Bermuda, and other , principal ports. ( The pigeon flew ashore at each place of stoppage to visit the sights and pob- < slbly hob-nob With the birds of the , locality, but always turned Up before i

tjie Ship sailed. The sailors put him food on the maintop, which he ate regularly, though he would not allow the slightest approach to familiarity Oh the part of any member of the crew. The ship experienced severe weather on the hojnewardybbutid trip, and by the time it arrived at Tortland the bird looked a weather-beaten old mariner, He evidently recognized old England again, for he at once flew ashore, and although the vessel remained th6re some weeks, no more was seen of the pigeon, who had spent six months on his travels over many thousands of miles. Young Citizen—“l hear that the police caught the thief who broke into your house the other night.” Old citizen—- “ Yes; a nice time to catch him, wasn’t ft? Why didn’t they catch him before he broke in? If they had, I'd given them some ereditfor it.”—Roxbury Ga» zette. Women have a nice way of being mean that men cannot equal.

- The old friends, the old friends i , • We loved when we were young, With their faces, And mafic, bn their tongues! The bees are in the almond flower, The birds renew their strain 1 BuOthe old friends, once lost to us, < Gan never come again. The old friends, the old friends I Their brow is lined with caire; They've furrows in the faded cheek, . And silver in the hair; But to me they are the old friends still In youth and bloom the same, As when we drove the flying ball, Or shouted in the game. The old men, the old men I How alow they creep along! How naughtily we scoffed at them In days when we were young 1 Their prosing and their dozing, Their prate of times gone by, . Their shiver like an aspen leaf If but a breath went by. But we, we are the old men now, Our blood is faint and chill; We cannot leap the mighty brook, Or climb the breakneck hill. We maunder down the shortest cuts, We rest on stick or stile, And the young men half-ashamed to laugh Yet pass us with a smile, But the young men, the young men I Their strength is fair to see; The straight back and the springy stride, The eye is falcon free; The shout above the frolic wind, As up the hill they go; Bui though so high above us now, They soon shall be as low. O weary, weary drag the years As lite draws near the end; And sadly, sadly fall the tears For loss of love and friend. Rut we’ll not doubt there’s good about . In all of humankind; , ■ So here’s a health before we go. . To those we leave behind !. —Spectator. WHJT B BBOTST DID. tff bio J eds qtwt e ’h £ ■ "*~ •‘V, ■ 1 1 — "''l iK .. Neverin word#, mother/’ ? - An expresstoh of -relief escaped Mrs. "Hawley’s lips. And putting her hftfid caressingly on Her son’s shoulder, she said': ‘ ‘ Hofbort, when your brother martied,.haviqg no daughter of my own, my heart was. gladdened with the thought: that my boy’s wife would fill the vacant place in both heart and home. You know how terribly I was disappointed. Ohl my boy, with this, Albert’s dreadful mistake, ever before you, I fear you will do likewise. Louise Delmar is not the girl to make you happy. The petted favorite of such a woman as Mrs. Courtney, her: aunt, whose whole Life is devoted to fashion, what<«uan you expect of Louise? Promise me you will proceed no further in this matter until you know better; that is, until you find out she is different from what she seems.” “Oh, mother, how can I ever know her better, unless I become something more to her than a mere acquaintance? Do not bind me with such a promise. “ I must. Promise me, iny son ! Your happiness is my only aim. If She Is worthy you will find it ,out some time.” “After another man has won her, perhaps, ” said Herbert, gloomily. “No,-1 think not. I do not a?k you to withdraw, entirely from her society; and if you have made a favorable impression on her heart she Wilf not readily trgnsf ' her kindly: feeling to another.” - - . - . Mrs. Hawley won the promise she sought. Poor fellow! The bright hopes which filled his heart were suddenly dashed aside. H$ believed Louise thought more favorably of him than any of the Other young men who sought her society. He had determined, after speaking to his mother on the subject, to tell his love and win her promike to be his. So, of course, the interview With fiis mother, and the result, was a severe disappointment. A few evenings after Mrs; Hawley was seated in the parlor with Herbert. -Vainly she had endeavored' to draw himdnto conversation. He remained in gloomy silence. And his mother was wishing, someone, would come in, to make it necessary for him to throw off the depression, and exert himself to be a little agreeable, when the door opened, and the servant announced “Mr. Mayo.” Tom Mayo was Herbert’s chum and class mate. Mrs. Hawley gladly welcomed his coming. As he acknowledged her cordial greeting, he said:

“My call is especially for you, Mrs. Hawley; to solicit your influence With that obstinate son of yours: I’ve; been pleading with him for fi week past to promise he will go home with me to Baltimore, and spend the Easter holidays. My sister has written me to bring a couple of friends. She is going to have some of her school mates, and we expect a very pleasant time. But Herbert Insist# that he cannot. Will you help me?” Mrs. Hawley was delighted with the prospect, and earnestlyMoiped her efforts with his friend’s«ffinduce him to go. At length they were successful. And the next morning Tom, Herbert and another friend left town for the former’s home. Three days after Mrs. Hawley received a letter from her son, bringing this information : “On my arrival at Mayo’s I re- 1 ceived a surprise which would have

been a very happy one had T not be»ti .by That hard promise. Y<ra,’''f[erhSps, will think it alf'ii concerted pjau. Hut I tell, you, and yojj.wlil believe me. I never dreamed, of meeting Louise, when I stood before her in Mrs. Mayo's drawingroom.’’ - , Notwithstanding the barrier against an/,further progress in Herbert’s wooing, he spent a very pleasant week. New hope was in his heart. Ih daily intercourse with Louise, his love grew greater. He was convinced life with her would be such as to jnake him the happiest of mortals. A proof to him of her worth was, the children lingered near and clung about hpr vfbile she listened with interest to their prattle, and busied her fingers with little articles for their amusement. It waa the last evening of their stay. Tom and his friend had prolonged the pleasant visit to the last hour. 1 Herbert’s business had not been so pressing as the others, and he would gladly have remained longer; but of course he felt bound -to return when they did. It was a terrible night. The rain, which had had been falling during the afternoon, came down in torrents. There was no prospect of anything better in the morning. Nevertheless they must leave on the early train. Herbert had' accompanied Tom down to the basement, in a hunt for sundry rubber coats and overshoes. They Were about to entor the kitchen to Make inquiries of Bridget, when a wall, as of the greatest grief and deispair escaped' that worthy’s lipsHerbert started with # look of much anxiety- Tom whispered: /“Nothing of much consequence. ‘Something has gone wrong with her. 'Stand back adittle and be^uiet; we shall soon know the trouble.” And soon it was as Tom predicted. Bridget groaned forth: “Tin o’clock! Oh! bad luck to himfari’ he’ll not come to-night! An’ Bridget Q’Grady’s riputation as a cook will he ruined by a baste of a butcher.” ~ Jqstthen the listener’s attention 'yas directed from Bridget by the sound «tlight footsteps coming down . Punier back Into flhe 4oiee of Miss Dfefinar, asking:' “Can I have some hot water, Bridge t:” Bridget immediately poured out her grief to Louise, who at once undertook to help get breakfast which shouldtsustain the reputation of the kitchen; out of the scanty materials bn hand,“and ended by saying: 1 “We will give the gentlemen a very nice breakfast, Bridget.” “It strikes me, Tom, we are learning some secrets in the culinary art in a rather questionable way. I think we had better retire,” said Herbert.. The next morning when Herbert entered ,the breakfast room, he felt a little curiosity to see the result of Miss Delmar’s debut in Bridget’s domain. As he had hoped, the object of his thoughts that morning, and dreams the night before, was waiting at the table to preside at the breakfast, which, to Herbert’s mind, was the most delightful in his life. Louise was charming in her simple rporning toilet. Bridget was the picture of good humor. And how could she be otherwise? The breakfast was a perfect success. The fragrant coffee; the rice cakes, so light and crisp; an omelet beautiful to Ipok at, and delicious to taste; a dish of delicate and tempting looking little articles, which the young gentlemen seemed to relish very highly. Louise laughingly called them “wonders,” and Herbert was sure they were the result of Bridget’s attack on the much abused “ham bone.” The-time for leaving came. It was a severe trial for Herbert, to go without whispering a word of tenderness. There was such a wistful earnestness in his eyes, as they lingered so long gazing into hers, that Louise knew he loved her, and wondered why he did not tell her so. In the hall the young gentlemen called Bridget, to thank her for the very nice breakfast she had given them at such a very unseasonable hour. Bridget, looking at the notes that were placed in her hand, hesitated a moisett and then exclaimed I” “Yes, it’s your dollars I’ll take, for she’s not wantin’ for them, an' thank ye. But it’s the riputation and credit that Bridget O’Grady will take from no one. The breakfast was none of me doin’.; Miss Louise it was; and all out of a ham bone and a bit of nothing she made the illegant breakfast. It’s a jewel she Is! Sure, an’it’s a lucky man that gets her, it is 1” Herbert’s heart fully responded

to Bridget’s praises. 'lmmediately after his arrivaLJiome,

he gave his mother a full account of his visit. But I think most likely She made full allowance for a lover’s enthusiasm- ■ / That evening, after business, Tom called. .. Hunting for something in his pocket, he , ‘drew forth a letter, and sAid: ‘ There I I declare this is too bad I I promised Miss Delmar to deliver this to-night. I forgot all about it. It’s too late now, and it is fully a mile ffom here.” “To Mrs. Courtney’s?” asked Herbert. “Oh no! Mrs. Agatha Foster’s, 56th street.” “The name is very familiar,” said Mrs. Hawley. Ah, I remember; I tine* her several years ago. Once, I have heard she was ih very comfortable circumstances; but meeting with sad reverses, she became housekeeper in theOourtnby family.”

’A bright thought came to Mrs. Hawley them From, Mrs. Fosfyar she could learp'»lkabout Miss Delmar. “Mr. May<r,”‘'ehe said, “if you have, a& objection I wil,l deliver this letter Jo-mbirow morning. It is many years Since I met Mrs. FostoL and I Should like to renew the acquaintance.”, ■ f Tom acquiesced. Herbert’s eyes sought his toother’s. Instantly he knew the object of the visit. The next morning found Mrs. Hawley in the humble home of Miss Delmar’s friend. The old lady delighted in talking of.Louise. She brought forth numerous articles of comfort, the work of her favorite. “ You know her in the fashionable world; I in the hfimble home. With her high position, beauty, grace and accomplishments, she will likely make a brilliant match. But I often think what a blessing she would be to a poor man.” When Mrs. Hawley returned to Herbert! she smilingly said. “ Mrs. Foster is not an impartial judge, for she is as much in love with Miss Delmar as you. But I give you back your promise, Hei> bert: win her if you can !” Herbert hastened to make up for lost time, and so, under plea of pressing business, he again visited Baltimore. Much surprised was Louise when, less than a week after parting with him, the servant handed her his card. An hour after, he was happy. He had told his love, and won her promise to be his. Mrs. Hawley was a just woman. She fully acknowledged her error in pronouncing Louisa unfitted for dotoestic happiness. And ever after declared, “Herbert’s wife is a K«l treasure.”—[New York News. . * Electricity for Railroad Train*. The announcement that the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad has made a contract with a prominent electrical company for the first part of its equipment with electrical motors hasasignificancejwhich can hardly be overestimated. It rpeans that the march of • electricity on the domain of steam in railroadtoff, h.es..rtiach<?d a stage from whish appaieuujt wTw uucui/do vi engineers are looming up into distincl and startling possibilities. The operation of electric locomotives on railroads of fifty and one hundred miles is now under consideration, and electrical experts are already reducing to the level of a business discussion the question of electrical traction of heavy trains. The ideal system has-yet to be evolved; but the direct current three wire system of not less than 1,000 volts on a side, using the rail as a balancing conductor, is freely advocated. For traffic requiring frequent stops, single cars, each equipped with its own motor, according to present practice, could be used. Professor Anthony is ctoivinced that even now electrically propelled trains, deriving current from central stations equipped with the best high duty engines, can be run more economically than trains driven by steam locomotives. and any improvement in the maintenance of high efficiency with varying speed will give electrical propulsion a still greater advantage. The greater flexibility of the electric, as compared with the steam service, is always a great point in its favor. Single cars running at frequent intervals accommodate the public far better than long trains at long intervals. And, as Professor Anthony shows, such frequent single cars are possible from each car becoming its own locomotive, the operating ap-. pliances occupying no room available for passengers. Squelching a Nuisance. Speaking of the young man who talks in public places, I heard a retort made to him last Thursday night which was so good I was surprised never to have heard it before. It was at the theater, and the young man had seen the play before. He let everybody for four seats around know that, and he kept telling just what was coming and just how funny it would be when it did come. He had a pretty girl with him, and he was trying to amuse her. At length he said: “Did you ever try listening to a play with your eyes shut? You’ve nbidea how queer it seems.” A middle-aged man with a red face sat just in front. He twisted himself about in his seat and glared at the young man. “Young man,” said he, “did you

ever try listening to a play with your mouth shut?” And the silence was almost painful. For Hypnotic Criminals.

A good story is told of a Judge who lately had the hypnotic plea raised before him by a burglar. The prisoner claimed that he did not know that he was “burgling;” that he did it automatically and unconsciously, Under the direction of a hypnotist. The Judge said that he would give him the full benefit of the law and also of his hypnotic misfortune. He thereupon sentenced the man to tec years in State prison, but told him he could, if he chose, send for the hypnotist and have himself made unconscious for the entire term of his imprisonment. “The same power.” said the Judgej “which Enabled yodrto commit burglary, and not know it, ought also tc enable you to suffer imprisonment, with hard labor, and not be aware of it. At any rate, this is th» best J ran do for you.”

JOHNSON’S INAUGURATION. The Vlo« PrMld*nt W«* Not Sobor When Her Took thb Oath. Noah Brooks tells the following st/ry in his personal reminiscence# of Lincoln.in. the Century; All eyes Wet? turned to the main entrance, whefce, precisely on the stroke of 15, appeared Andrew Johnson, Vite President elect, arm in arm with Hannibal Hamlin, whose term of office was' now expiring. They took scats together on the dais of the presiding officer, and Hamlin made a brief and sensible speech, and Andrew Johnson, whose face was extraorordinarily, red, was presented to take the oath . It is heedless to say here that the unfortunate gentleman, who had been very ill, was not altogether sober at this most important moment of his life. In order to strengthen himself for the physical and mental ordeal through which he was about to pass he had taken a stiff drink of whisky in the room of the Vice President, and the warmth of the Senate chamber, together with other physical conditions, had sent the fiery liquor to his brain. He was evidently intoxicated. As he went on with his speech, he turned upon th cabinet officers and addressed them as “Mr. Stanton,” “Mr. Seward.” etc.\ without the official handles to their hames. Forgetting Mr. Welles’ name, he “and you, too, Mr.” —then leaning over to Col. Forney, he said, /What is the name of the Secretary of the Navy?” and then continued as though nothing had happened. Once in a while, from the reporter’s gallery, I could observe Hamlin nudging Johnson from behind, reminding him him that the hour for the inauguration ceremony had passed. The speaker kept on, although President Lincoln sat before him, patiently waiting for his extraordinary harangue to be over. 1 The study of the faces below was interesting. Seward was as bland and serene as a summer day; Stagton appeared to be petrified; Welles* face was usually void of any expression ; Speed sat with his eyes closed; Dennison was red and white by turns. Among the Union Senators Henry Wilson’s face was flushed; Sumner wore a saturnine and sarcastic smile; . mAat. of the others turnfld and if iff long drawn agony. Os the preme Bench, Judge Nelson only was apparently moved, his lower jaw being dropped clean down in blank horror. Chase was marble, adamant, granite in immobility until Johnson turned his back upon the Senate to take the oath, when he exchanged glances with Nelson, who then closed up his mouth. When Johnson had repeated inaudibly the oath of office, his hand upon the book, he turned and took the Bible in his hand, and facing the audience, said with aloud, theatrical voice and gesture, “I kiss this book in the face of my nation of the United States.” ODD OLD CUSTOMS. Not so very long ago the bridegroom in a Hungarian peasant wedding gave the bride a kick as a part of the ceremony, thus symbolizing her future subjection. The lord of the manor of Oakham, England, can demand from every peer passing through his realm the near fore shoe of his horse. Even royalty is not exempt, though ornamental shoes are now used instead of real ones. He “ just saved his bacon ” is &n expression arising out of the curious old cusbom of “the Dunmow flitch,’’ awarded annually to a couple willing to go on their knees on two sharppointed stones and swear that they haven’t quarreled for a year and a day after-their marriage. In the old town of Bristol, R. 1., Guy Fawkes Day is still celebrated with the customary English bonfires by Yankee boys who can have no idea of the reason of the celebration. Some have claimed that the election bonfire custom grew out of Guy Fawkes Day elsewhere in this couatry 2 A Magnifying Show Window. One of the most extraordinary devices for attracting custom on record was that of a fruiterer in a Midland town. Instead of the ordinary plate glass, a large number of rough magnifying glasses formed the window. Seen through one of these panes an orange looked as large as a pumpkin, and cherries as large as apples. A great disadvantage attaching to this novelty was the fact that at the distance of a few yards from the window it was quite impossible to see into the window. , Everybody knows that you must hold a magnifying « glass very close to the eyes to see any thing through it. Nevertheless, for some time, at all events, the enterprising proprietor did a roaring trade. The Year of the Wolves. During the severe weather, which lasted sp long this year, wolves have been making their appearance in great numbers. They have been seen in Brittany wandering about separately and in bands over regions which hitherto they had not dared to approach, and in some-districts they were intrepid enough to enter the farmyards, and actually terrorized the inhabitants. Not far from the forest of Hunanday , a farmer was attacked by one of these famishing drbeasts, and only secured an escape v . by means of O'dagger which he fortunately possessed.