Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 19, Number 24, Jasper, Dubois County, 15 June 1877 — Page 3

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W IIUjI V3 WU IlJUpiW. I 0. DO AXE. Faklliher. . INDIANA, ' ' 1 JASPKll, ITEMS OF INTEREST. I'tirMitinl ami I.ltrarjr. The lecture season has yielded Hen rvlVard Needier $42,800. .Mrs. Muloek-Craik stU tfeamtliii; niicorlv-fh!oiictlEov,lSfi-IW.-withitu hOul to h 'hen asked (01 riminllu.4 readily, mid tr vaV an old-time ballad with a simple aocora nanimeiit. Alexander II Stepl !... n ll.af liltii materially in pvaiiUpibujH-j.: oirraphv, as thoy recall many .fiJiBWinryi ll'llllitlllimil, mn iim. of his life long since forgotten, ami bring hlttierto. no nau ueeu inonuii. ... t i aid mien ignorant. Vntlinr HviwiilitWu L livirtr verv quietly in Pans, Mwe. iyon Is teach-1 5nr vouiiff irirls, and thoir hotifiehold Ik i verVKimpTy and eeOHeniieally arranged, j Madame ti described ils u tall, hand- j mm woman, with h frank smile, ai pleaiant voicu, a beautiful hand. She

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wearsaclofed-ntting, biacx itressot.soB u -Three-foHrths Of the "ofiplieation.s soft stuff. An. iron eros hawgi vtv hor for postnmstershipsoomofromunsettled l.na.st; its purple nhkni and tkM tblu,cJergymen. .. . . .

bUcKiieLvii uiaijUps iromJiMr iiign comb are. thfioilylornameiite.' I , CO in u aruiinc ujuj unuuuvinr,. Mr. Ausburn Towner, of tl ra (N. V.) Advertiser, has w entertaining ?.ovel, fiJitiJod "( of the Ivlnu-, ritten an t cntertajmng novel, entiucu "neuayno of K&tono, reciting the tvutls of a L'6ffncel what Counts Gai ah n ' r, . S,rW-!. . vt .1 s made him a neraoiiHVfrfohil df Waihinfl:-1 Kentucky May 21. Her death resulted i ; V . .. , ... . unuHMimieiy irom an ojierauon ior 1 tumor. The "Household of Uouvorto" apieare4i ainuit 'u years ago, ami was t arnnr. eurred on the L'Jth ult.. was the last of the four brothers who founded the New His duties were soon enlarged. however, and in a few years he became tho life of the establishment, having great business sagacity and a spirit of enterprise that contributed largely to its success. TI19 Magazine, lldxnr and f.mn owe their iiopumnty mainly to I his energy and tact. His family consists of a wife and two sons. Tho H)pular magazine writer, Miss j trances iiousrson.now Mrs. IJarrott, was la)rn in Manclater, England, 27 years ago. She came to this country at the age of 15, and has siiice been wholly American in her associations and experiences, At 1G she began to write for money rather than for fame producing short .stories chiefly, and v,ntfBg wjtli great rapidity. After nyer of this kind of work, whieh, though ".dooMtos etMt Kaotieh, failed to wiiilor her any seridoa onanrarim;. JiaWriito and Sribi$s? JlfttJktle Ln?tirftpry, qntlUt.1 .SarlyTlaYs xrram.'v, riuiWi tko fctvbr ?f a disnovel, and it highly praiatA by iho gHM critical autlwities. I ' it KctottM mm ImlMfry, . w. A soldier eokiieeted wrth thf Feooral garrieOa'afGaililmbU, C, km g4ne ' 5. diecliarge to eiba'rkjuwre oxteneiyely in the enterprise. Last May the Fail. River mamifietureni sent us KmxU. kiMl lviivwui. v,wu worms, win is eeKinr ins I- -nr. v I S w il S Mini i lio I mffiw ir? Sen ical wffi IroVof tvliSitK o, ou ik h j at e a continual ion. An invitation has boon oatefitcd U'ltlnl. i ..1 ' . , t 'vii inn jiniunuu uiinosi. as iukikl'u an, aflect as tho cotton gin. It is a wagon-like machine, called the picker, and when driven through tho ripened holds picks clean every sera)) of cotton, and saves the labor of ono hundred hands, I -j onoma. uat.. man hitsra sedi vo cork frees, which aro how 25 tn ;iU feet) m height and from teilto twelve li)ches "i.iuujier ui uio iruiiK. uno coat Ol cork, U inches thick , "has boon stripped off. The tree resemtdes tho live oak in foliage. The seeds were brought from kpaiti 20 years ago. Wire ropes for mines, elevators and the transmission of power are now bong made of tho comparative lieiv alloy, phoiphor bron.e. Thbso ropes are Saul to retain tliclr pliability aft 6r long use, and to resist tho actlmi of tho corrosive watoN found in tlio mines:. --Iron ties, said' to ho more durable than wooden ties, and to allord a belter support to tho rails, have been tried with

iicut colony that settled on ands m , nf Miithofllut. H rratmtW.Eiiteumml.

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nf nmw loii Hii , ro-Lso ml lc Tin on t 'i It the Ueforme.l Kpiseopal organia- cnarger, roue at tne neaa oin si.ionaia infounation, , and a le.iMmanie amount , o regiment of OAvalry through the on tof love-makg m thu book. j uwu .. , ,..,, ilf ... v skirts of Bucharest not long-ago. She -Mrs. Catherine A. Warneld, well ftJ'J f ittSfli i tho daughler of an hononV Colonel kaVn :w tko author ,rf Wio 14 House-,; ;'fJW ' proprietor of the regiment, who is hold of nouverie," d fed at her home in rn,m. 'V ,U IHV1"? rko h renorted as .snendinir 80O.OOO a voav

fo owed bv many other novels, none 01 '. u-y m,,,,., p.-M.i-, P0- Tj.u Ernneror nf rH7il visited thb1 which, however atuined the celebrity 2 oftheiirst. ;M-erne r1eming,''andit to witne experiments of Dr. sound, "The Cardinal's Daughter,", Hwro will 1 no dellcieneics in tha t n.: ' , . ,..,,,,. of re,toriiiir sensibilitv to Ik. latert productions, were pimiishcl J c u, "J J J when the annual . &Zhl TSSkX o only a few months ago. mcetuig comwrout d.j- metals. For nearly "two hours he watch--Floteher Harper, whoso death oc- -Dr. Jessup writes from I emit to ! C(l .(7ith Rtt(jnti6n in the hospital wards

York publishing houso whieh bears their , go irom uio o uiureaKsoi .Moiiammeoan was uo fe0Hng, and saw; a few minutes name. Hewaslwrn in 1805, and bo- i fanatauwin. Lhe Moslems regard the after tho application of copper or gold, came a member of the firm as foreman 1 Christmas as friends of Jlussia, and , ftCCoiding to the idiosynerasv of the paof the composing-room when 20 years of hence traitors to their country." . tue slightest prick draw blood and

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h7nTx XZ 1 0tfc" laa. 17 jyearJ ot inge, medaiw slay him; aad if lie ,w a MotJSTi nt MSS2ZtdS tL w,li, lll,ntin sqtdrrclii, near Torre ; hamfeiedan, the Greek Churek ieople HttrL flf!Wfc"fcE TJ! , u ,7 Haute, Ind., shot hjmi?elf Ju. the 4t" come over and chop him tu.into hash. 'w'.W'ylJlf!h d , H-eidentally, and died in half an hour. -Okicaw Jw rll , otuT. kmt. TSiCJfjSlCTil1! --Tohnlianfploh'.vemployeiLat a roll- Tho cuoumber soasdiu'lias ct in, ridX TSfiWSSa "IrSZlS : : 5'' i' Oty, was ongged at ; and a man is waked up at' 2 olelock in

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(tfatisfkuiiuu mi Lho Pacific UailroaiLliuan of excellent buiine ability, hihI

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aim men" general nuopuou ih uoi. very probable until tliti tests have boon made iDon) thorough, Thu old cibjoction to tin) use of Iron tics has been overcome i.iikT tlhV cuW ' rii'lllnPliknltCticbfc cf mii elastic substance iioncatu tnu ran aim in thu joint of u umtuAtnv wUffrainitos till! bed-plllt0S. if1 mfW While his jfcMiuti'viiUiH lit homo are engaged in I al tempt tin lighten tlio terrible in 1 11 b his sutfcred bytho Chris-1 'Hi a-Umsian in Paris, M. I'Jar'uanio, has under:nn tiiil r itAH-flio. wnr i tit. tircrn the invjgntion of an eleqtrie caudle. The Et&Mfcmpm generKnypropheHy great mm toe mmitCkui, wincn ..ll AdLf..... ...I.-.H.. r of hlldrsiTlio material i..T.i .1.. I,. ' 7 . ...... . '.mi utliliili liiivil oliiim !j mmln onhii'ii ....... ... .... .. . . Vjii .hi.. 't1 huii vrv Infodrtanf fAo dls ciih be lighted ffffnf one ordinary uhttiriif Uailerr liU tb he fHipnowl that eeonohiy in one of the valuable features of M. .Mblochkoirs great invention. . ' Hch hhi church. j,.,u) irlH f th SchooLin L u.j8tlllf alo, ivIii Tj, AWieu. nrlnts (mtiuujiIoi dav. at tlio ronnc.st Uf tl.n Priniiii2f. 1 t' i Charles W. Quik?( editor of the KiyUcoual Ikconler. rhiladelnhia. '"iTO'te1 f!!? ft?? W klV?; ""VV, -C 3 9 1 1 "V"""" nrtci fit Sl..riO ium-'iui-c. u'lni'li will niiiko -;: ' .v , AVam 7 nnn ' n s!' 'oI fl 1 .f W000,000. J v. .ftiv, the .ew lorJc JA'uhoMisI that theUhristian population of Syna is m great danomen who apply for positions tus miblic school teachers in Boston are ? I .ml'.tjt K Yrl Y'iltl iivlinnf 1d li.. tun titml .soon ?" T'o object of tho question js to ascertain whether she will be likely to devote herself to teaching, as married women are a not employed. The answer t oftwi causes. omlrmssnwmtMo the, Anf J piicant, Dceause lew women arcwitiiom I matrimonial expectations.however slight their chances may be. Among the graduate- of tho Auburn Theological Seininary atthe recent commencement was Moses Aaron Hopkins, the first colored student who has completed the course of study. Ho is a graduate of Lincoln Cniyersjty, and 10 years ago coujd neither read nor write. His graduating .adikess was on "The Problem of Haee Ueconciliation in the South." Mr. Hopkins goes to North Carolina, where ho will engage in preaching. . , ? A growing rcstiveneea of-lfethridist 1 ministers and churches under the operaj titfn of the itinerant system is very per ceptible. A Boston church, failing to obtain, at the present session nf theiGonference, a minister much desired, refused to open its doors to "the pastor annointcd by tho Bishop. At an interview of the members of the church with tho Bishop, there was ven little apA. 1 ... J ll Ilniit nnil Mlnlmon Linens North, of Cayuga Falls,Ohio, ..... e . .t .1. . .1. . . ...1 ..I .,. was iuiauy snoi oy inu iiqcuicniui dUcuiir; in in j;mi inn; iiuiiiiii. turned out from the rollers, encircled aml', lw,8tlS vanlr dosed 1 11,0 lowtT lmrtof 1,10 uo'ly. bumi,,s Jlim ta j m J , J ff....i , f . fiii'liffiil iii'ciiinnt. n(!(iM'ilki id , North westinonauu, ind., to a man s. . ft a named .funics Laraniau,, WhUtMryiiM., to catch a lamwddnaiey4hHt1iiiLfane,; from a Iamp,tho latter wo overturned, , spilling thod oh'WiAj Allotting his clothes on fire. Jiaraman started for a! A' ly "lt befiuc he couhl reach it vrn$t ovcroomo y kltu iiiyuM aihl imntoti ,io di'atir. Another nv,m r aiaic yi liessotl the accidikit; and while'tryyir extinguish the flames was also terrll to bly burned.

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. CtintiMliea of suicide; Perry LeW-t A little bright-oyod ear-old was ;ct to, tho west batik, During tho passis, of Bradford County, luM saturated; stedia hilllgh chiur nt the dianer t4-Lg0-thoy seenied to have a very jolly his clothes with kefoseno and thaft'aeMMo. rannria' had 'arranged thtjWtre H1110, shooting lhe water at eitch other himself on Jire. Tho nam was evident-1 nneasv. while for 11 moment his snriVht- . fi.oh.Ui frovi idlmbhur nvi

ly greater than ho nntiuipittod, asihe' ihiu H.IIHIV uiiorui 10 M.iiiijciiiMi mo llrtineri, but without sutjjs.tII. C. i'.ivj, km unco nm uuiuiiioiiiiai vmiiv of tho Carbondahi Coal ayd Mining Company, at Topoka, Kansas, was arrested 011 tho illst for omlNMKliiiff .the funds of f ho company, and linmwUately shot and killed himself, Ho was ft young

at the Gait llouw, J,ouvillu, threw from llw,ri)f, oil tlio ioteA W (eet high, breaking Jwr nock. C'aw,.imporary jn:r.ji I l '1 ' ForofifH Note. The U.w mejorial ,to Xloblg; at Darmstadt will liavu for its mincmal feature a colossal., .bust of the great chemist, executed diy, the rising. yH"K sculptor, noorgo ncixqli of Darmstadt, earned oil tlifj palhi from nineteen lit-Hlllior COimiClllorri. French eoinW, jourualrt are. m tiepalr. The preu political Miluatlon nau opened to them, hiHgiiinceut iicia t i.At. . I .... .1 "..!: ii..L V n .?..ti.. nroVo obrtoiious to anv of the fore r A ii..!WiJni.'i....lii.i ' . . . 1,, II f I i T . 1 A t I ; 1 I 111. II U I 1 UU1 4MUn ( . J 1 . t..- ....1 ..J' rift." ...i ?! t .. i!i . 1 .. ii.-, ,W man piav.'" m& It 'Clara conienmlatcd liirtV needlfe Mil her 'mubriia's Ktvlos" fofa ihoniQnt.atulTiJiilOsojiiiizod, new ' Well.Mf Voif dou't liave 'time 16 take ! Car6 of h.whAt do yoif buy HttW girls .for?" Ronton TrHvcllcr. , -Tw6 Turkish siiiOrf werOri;i!iitly amjstedn tlid'KassutninQi3 ill aiurge-f ..0 amUhot." On;e'wa.s profoundly' mditrent to, his fHWW flcslMU thKt.hhs eves shotthl'iibt WBait(laredt lldte eelved the htFon"" "Mh a ftfcadv mze. and full flat on JiWfked'as the balfk eastgljinces of supreme cftntempt npotf his companion, who waann mortal tear and yelled piteonsiy. It -was necessary to force him to tW spot and tie him to a stake. " 4 l'rincc8 Demidoff, a yiiu'ng Russian lady 'wearing the full uniform of a hussar itifd mounted' On -ii Hiagiiifieent .snendin&r upon it. No KunsUn oavulry U so well !"" ' ' ""n'1,s" ""J '- mounted, tha horses averaging IK hands, comprising chestnut,! wlntos, browns, an,i myS respectively. osi thu Professor running bodkins through the flesh of arm;? and lers m which thwo nroduco screams. He whs narticularlv struck bv the case of a trirl. certified to 1..1 li... i miii i. i-l' a.ia .l.ii.u previous, who, was now able to lift heavy weighta. fm,. ,in who rnnth- in Tnnrai no. FrHncc. was n remarkable canl.plHVor, and being onoe at a hotul wuh a Kussian lady of great wealth, was invited by her to play. They sat up all night, and the ltusshm steadily lost heavy umg. On rising, the latter said that she doubted whether her entire fortune, would meet her obligation, but that she would send for the steward of her estate, and ho would arrange papers for tho delivery either of tho whole or of what was due. Mrao. do X. gracefully refused to take tho property; but, as a condition, she exacted that the Itussian lady should take an oath never again to nl ay cards, and that she should secure nor a pension of $4,000 a year, which would amply stillice for a handsome support. The Russian lady accepted and kept both agreements. Odd a anil Kndfl. Hens, ,do not, usually do half so much damage, in & garden as does the woman? who goes oijtsto throw tilings at them. JbiHfi Sentinel. . , , I Tho: Turkish soldiers receive only, three cont$ a day for thoir services, audi their employment is just as hazardous : as that of a newspaper mau who gets $7 j a week. Worcester Press. -ft hb is a Jew thoXliriMians'kfll him. If he, is a Christian, the MuhmnriHHT, after ureaimnir that an. elephant itti perience aiviok attended ehurc youthAr)rwf elephant U tatting on Iiib eiHialor4 Jo ex-J .'lolont rcgrouuiat he lias not h morii ax'snuariy in his. i'c JlnlktiH. reporter visited tho.Third Ward Primary School vostertlay and found FrimaiT School yesterday and found

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. ..-(.. ...I J 1I...1 .!....- Ihtrd Tmibs.V 'The eopv from aiboy's eohip subjeoti In Cold Hill foiiowinsr we ohipositiotr on tho ieotii "in tiohl liitlftke a buggm a beggar went o a' kdyM house and tasked fo for sometmng to uat he was erymg nee. nuse he had nothing to eat for ono week. The lad v gave linn too bits and Ivo wenta cros'tlieetut aed ,tjS9k a tlfrnk of beer " liness and flip fhad made, him the ob -

the pupils engaged in tlwi nnmanitiomHid t0 ii0 wftr morniiig and ot 'an ossav the wHijiwt of which wnsn avehJnw a liberty which they regarded

serveu orine xamiiy. ono nau jnaceu to rehira, but at tlio calh of their keeper, him jmug)y,uj to tho table,, piunqd,oiiiwho led thom in a boat, they returned

his bib, and succiH!tled hi getting tho jiiiiu iiiiwiuuvous nanus quiei, ami tuna.lug him hush," when father proceed - ed 10 atuctho blowing, vunio this was Ih piqgroes otic little uhiibby made a discovery. It waa that all the plates on

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wore In one plfe Kt papa's place," and i it seemed to him were nut thereto aret i.l... I til . II... ... v,. Lwareely waiting for the "Amen," hoi liehl out his own plate in both hands, j i inn uviiuui, ui nil! m:nm uun;iuonv. rut. , t!XHHT KKKI.KCTJON'H. To the Kdttnr of the, WfrUl-l here in. clone a few vtrrfe wlh I compcHwl last cveHIDK Willie dUUtttf OH our Heps It Is the tirst 1 ever inrnlu. I nIihU not dwell upon my own wifirlts I am 1.1 yern of ate and am T Koliig to tlio district school and I live on a farm. t)ioe are tlie following VrH: 1 Oil as I MM! tlie Mill nlnkiiiK III ttl(t HWCMlt lillUHIIIOf tllUWUMt I w liliiwr to my heart of IiuartH t!i) iMiiir lilts coiiiu to Mt Oil as I nit lit the twillKht la tlm Hlr ot tli tsvtMiltiK Cool I think of hII my Ioh-oiih to .sttitly to-morrow at hcIiooI I tlilulc of my lorlnr tHliur wl)o taku.Much cMHrfiil jmitiH HH1 Of H Kf't MlHIiy MHHKllty clitlili!n who her good ruio 11sIhIiih I thlnkof my (loarbxt Helioolinate Whofbttvi's.hcr 1oh(?Hhk task to luflp mo In my lutfsoiiH when I licrHMftlHtHiico ask ho now It Is Kttinf rather cool Unilor tlioio slmily trcoM Hiid 1 miiHtgo into tJio hoiiw to chilli tho chilly breeze roliectfully Yours Mb M- li , Kiwt Chatham, N. Y. 4 The ef m Mmh Wlthoat a Name. It iaii't ftcn that a Governor's veto bl au iv young man's matimonial prospect, butth uay of Gov, Kemper of Virginia is responsible for such a blight. It was the case of a man without a name. Oast upon the world, in infancy, his parents' name was never learned, and the waif grew up dubbed Tromp Payne. He was a mason by trado, and had become quite successful in business. He had already experienced some mortification ami some legal difficulties by reason of the uncertainty of his name, but he had managed to get on until last year, when he fell in love with a beautiful girl of Fauquier and sought her for his wife. Then ho found his nameless Condition an insuperable objection to the lady. She could never consent to part with her own name until assured that she would legally receive another in its stead. " Tromp" applied to tho courts for relief, but they held that, while they had power to change a name, they had no power to give a name to a person who had none. In his tribulation Tromp" applied to ex-Gov. Smith, who introduced in the General Assembly tho bill declaring the name of Charles Van Mason" in which Tromp" had combined the name of his chief benefactor with that of tho trade whereby ho had got on in life. But it was not until the last days of the session that the bill was got through both houses and was sent to tho Governor. He had not heard of the facts of the case, and supposed it to bo one in which tho courts Could do every thing required. He vetoed it returned it disapproved just as X lie General Assembly was adourning sine die, , and it was too late to ldp tho matter. Late iaformation.from Fauquier tells that tho lady has finally refused to entertain " Tromp's" proposal any longer, and has taken another suitor, whoso name is inherited and incontestable Tromp," in despair, has gone to Texas. Exchange. THE EE All OF DEATH. BV WIM.UM 1-KKSTOK JOHNSTON. What is this fear ot death? U it tho dying? Thu khp of thu last strugglhiK breath, When life Is tlytug? Thcfadlnp memory of this world of sorrow, Tho darkfoiushadowingot a fearful tnorroV? Ih it the beaded brow, Tho oye that glazes, The once umiiK arm, w fwblu now; ' The unknown uiazurt Of those dread chambers, through whoso low'rlng yrtrtalf Return no more the fct of entering mortals? Is It that all foreot, , 3io loved one's keeping Sad, tender watch above the spot Whnro wo' lift Hlcoptng Wo Hhrhik to think upon tho earthly pillow, Tho votive urn, tho sod, tho pendant willow? Strive to forget tlio grief O'er death that lhiKersi The choking nobs, tho farewells brief, Tho iiiukiug lingers That, wm ty weave hi somo sad, vacant man X blazon for death's overhanging banner. Forgot them, feoblu Man I hut oh, remember! That, leaping from our narrow span, The flirting utnWr Spring trMi tho ashes toward the bliss supernal, To ipaccs InilnKc and realms eternal. Smulttff MtgtiiHC. ' Elephants NjeyiHg a Bath. Tho proximity of the circus-grounds to tlio water enabled tho elepliants of Howe's London Circus to enjoy a bath in,, 4inrdav mil Snndkv thov wero al-

owing we A WC!Vtlhi?iun-. Yesterday afternoon otr on t he at 5 oclockdv;, people had gathferotlwr divjcd to the rreston Bridge and tho riyer

banks tfo"isee the animals tako then' plunge. They were let ouUby their keeper, who has the most perfect control over them, and entered tho water, Thov waded out till beyond their depth, ; and thou swam quite across tho Shetuek 'oaeh oihcrs'lweks. They werO relueWnt to tho shore hi a docile, way. Norwich j fJ0HHJ JlUllaiH j r iv iiomk ami uosmiai loriosi ami sick dogs is to be witablished in Now York CUyi k . , . .1 1 .1 A .. 1 ..1 . ,

The English Slack Meek. Among the oflSeial documents lately published by the Brithdt Government e a curious liook, IkoihiI in black and printed in Brixton prison. This enormous volume contains the namee and aliases of more than twelve thousand professional offenders, and isstorod with valuable information relating to the criminal classes of Great Britain: In accordance with a 1 aw p awed some years ago, a vaat criminal cyclopaedia was compiled by governors of prisons throughout the United Kingdom, Up to tho boi'iiinitur of last voitr noarlv ona

hundred and eighty thousand individuals, men and women, had been inscribed on this general lift and a summary of their biographies recorded. This 'work had tho capital fault of being too elaborate, and tho Homo Secretary was authorized at tho last session of Parliament to prepare an abstract of it. The new volume, which will henceforth bo known as the Black Book, describee only those who have been found guilty of felonies, or who have been repeatedly convicted of misdemeanors. It is, in short, a dictionary of professional criminals, and as such will be distributed to inspectors of police throughout Great Britain, as well as to the governors of prisons. Wo need not point out its usefulness to tho former, as a moans of fixing identity and determining the importance of a givon arrest, or to the latter as an aid to gauging tho sincerity of the repentance professed by a given prisoner. It is understood that the cataloguo will be forwarded to the police of tho several Continental States and of this cquntry, and very properly, since it comprises the namoe of more than a hundred individuals of foreign birth. Among these cosmopolitan criminals we find a notice of Augustus Winterhaltor, who escaped one day from jail in Constant!-' nople, and turned up fa few months afterward as a forger 111 New York.- It is stated by Lieut.-Col. Du Cane, who supervised the publication, that this is tho first time a mass' of information at once so complete and so accessible has been furnished to the police of any country. Tho records of the French police arc justly celebrated for their range and minuteness, but tho volumes holding them are too numerous and bulky to bo readily consulted or transported from pi ace "to place. To sum up the contents of this book, it appears that there were last year in England twelve thousand dangerous persons, thieves, burglars, or murderers by vocation, who were temporarily hindered by imprisonment from preying upon society. If now we decompose this total with a view to the birthplace of criminals, we obtain some singular results, it might have been supposed that almost all could be traced to the refuse population of great cities. The contrary proves to bo the fact, for London, if we bear in mind tho ratio of professional offenders to the whole body of inhabitants, must be placed after a number of counties, several largo provincial cities, and some small towns. Even more noteworthy is the distribution of individuals according to nationalities. Of those catalogued, but onetwelfth were born in Ireland, and only 158, or about on per cent., in Scotland. How distinctly this circumstance seems to point to a connection between criminality and defective education, and what a tribute it is to the common school system of Scotland. "We observe, further, that of the persons designated in this volume more than two-thirds aro males, and that single men are twice as numerous as married offenders. We may call attention to one more fact brought out bytho Black Book, and that is the close relation shown to exist between disease or bodily deformity and criminality. Almost every individual described had some physical defect. Many were scrofulous, and the majority bore scars of some sort, or were marked with tho small-pox. What Is mora curious, as suggesting a survival of the decorative customs no loss than of tho predatory instincts of the savage, nearly every one of the professional criminals here registered was tattooed. One prisoner, for example, had liraitded on his left arm six fishes, four stars, as many diamonds, a heart, and two arrows ; the wrist was. embellished with a bracelet, two stars, and a crown. Tho coincideuce is perhaps worth noting that this individual has been thrice convicted of,' violent crimes. Xcw York Sun. A Strange Bird Stery. L. Page and son, cutting wood near San Jose, noticed for several days that a number of birds remained constantly upon a tree near them, somo going and coming front time to time. Upon cutting down the tree, they discovered a linib with a hollow cavity, some two feet in lougth and three or four inches in diameter, in which were two full-grown birds of somo goodly-sized species. There was a small aperture through which the birds were supplied with food from their mates. Tho limb was cut and the birds liberated. They wero neither of them able to fly, having evidently never been out of their imprisonment. How they eamo inside is a question. It is probable that tho motlwr bird was small, and though able to mako lior nostiivthe hollow of tho tree and rear her young, could no extricate hem, and thoy did not gain strength enough to help themselves until the hollow nad so closed that oscape was iinI.possiblo. Those who examined the

birds think they are about two years old. They had boln fed from their birth by their bird-fellows through, tho aperturointho limb of tho tree A npblor Instance of devotion, ovon the .human t family never exhibited. San J&se (Cal,) Mercury , t'(. ! . ,-,!'.' '1 ,1 If