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I. !,t of b - I -III' . illld the leti ! r I 1 tid- t- , t , r is. in :-t r 11 to hi- want. II. -. . d t- h. r U -ah him. ll-' j ...Id. 11 ha r -bad.u a pi"., fun.- fa e. f .1:1! h.T I" tt blli. it. so like If I ! .! id l.i lb. r"-.' ti r lit. d llpolt hi- on 11. j w.- t I .t'a !. -t.u t a dim ! . -...tr I to Imd a tt ifh r p'. t- in h b irt tor fi r: but th- .jr. ai ttron j ',.- hild-ne r- uoaiid t r 1 in 1 t .lo-.t n . t r t th-'Uht of k ti l a --. and '-5 IS t h h.lt.d d 'tt tl II p" the table. li. Is l if ti . th. --nk'i;: !a-s :in. I -.It. 1 k. t h 1 - " ' . In- -a d : ..' I., t h. r -tart.- and .., ue . b . h r ith. and iew 1. t l. r li it. I it. Not vti"' I" nut 0; mt luotii t shall o !. I. . d I.. ." " Ai d th !. th. .."d C AM - it. W t I) I tM tilth- ! i-l! t rile-- .11 oU'id hllll. 1,'t.: the It. -Illoli'.h f. d d-.wn to a h '.ip"f a-' . -. a . '. ! and rat a- th. It. at I of the Mat. h. r. "M imnu, w li t mt l itid, ap eoiiu to li- f No. d u! n. I f. r ii -t. Il i- vi r n w . ,k n. .- 1 w tot. to t. !l b in h"jv i--.r and ! on, !y vte hi r.-. and lit. ! tr-i i. : :. tit kll'.tts I '. .t i. n I'liii'i. ti.iiti.ti alone what we ar.- t do. Mat ai. h oter .Hid prote, t toll "A la S K 1 a III OH.'. Th. . 1 .it. a . !.-.- Is -I.h- h. r, and r l wli. tc m until 1 was ..in, at..! -. ii-I to 1 he -h.-rt breath and -a-t th. b u -t y.s t id n.atid vmh!, ml i; t vt ot.'d ni il 1 h. r w. il. thi- "ouu l i" t t Wbt. h -he -J-'kc. !. '- 1 niu.litt. bil l randpa. ;iiti"t fie. n.atiui .a, lo let us -u l. r Ik r, . t'aii't I and a-k bi n mt ow 11 - it t-.r -"hu ll, !!'" I'.t-md l-t. w h. n 1 am ..m-. I'.r- Ii.lt.'- be W ..il'd pit t t .mi. and 1. 1 t oil . t- tt Mil tillll. I. t'lc I. Ii' l'- I V' s TeW briht .Hid tti-e. ai d -l.e -bill her Up- I lose lo- . th. r. atid wat.h. ,1 f -r her m ih, r t -..p. '. hid t."l Ion to wait ; lor 1 Mi-. I.it.d n had -iit up m ailt all th.- I i r. ti-'ii. ti!hl,i ou!0 i, and mi:!.-; ri ! I ni the utt, tl-c pain it can-, d ; and. I . m t i- ..-.ti a- the 1 h ltt r of lief i H e .1 I U. hi 1 I i , , l- d, she - I Ilk to j I 4 I l ot 11 lt -ii a :i id in 1 he corn, r t an -i 1 htt .. Ii it. .iti I. n-.t t ait in ..r l r 1 -. !i. r rn .11 1 . 1 1 an-i ki lit.l -m.-tt h re in-iir : for IO !'!: I - .d , atid -h. km w -bc oiild I i lid b III ll she tried. i,r tall down 1 1,, iolt sir- ! . I hi "U ll tlf 1 I ott .1. illld i.s.k.d ail al U- d f.-r a hoti-e t h It ..' k..i !;ke "gran-lpa-:" but -he could (.. , oil.-. Alt. r a wliiV. -h.- r. -w tired, and -it .! ti n-'O a .I-" -' p; hiiLJhcre w. 1. t j I it 1-1 a bill. 1 11 rt In r - low n. and w ' - -III . -h- tt. lit on to an- :!, 1. 'Ib- W i- a t.tt bead -t. p. w ib a t. it 1 oti i itln r -n and.! I - -If - - st .1 at tin 111. I bet s. lite. I so Ife and i. al that s. was ai!t;..-t a'i i; I th- t w..'! I iuini. at h r. am! cat !.. I" lip. b. Is' in t 1 hilt's ! ih it tin t won;. I. it 11, t tti as hutit t a -he wa-. I'riltv s'.ii .h'- Is in t think ot in uiiin 1 and tan-lo 1. I . a.' tin- w hat l ou d she do W . it. -lie lllll-t U i'I at ii--. I"r it w i- itin .pi te - dark. be I.-.k.d tl!bt. tn d atid I" W l!h Ted. and, a!.1 at .nee. tin- t. at- came into I . r bin. i t is. It would ! dr. adful if h. r m.itnnia -liouid awake d.n in h r a" tn . an I a w at . an ! -he 1 ouid ii"t tiud randp.t alter ail. i . . an. I ail!.- I'lli. I .H.k. .l ar'.un.I. 'I.' fu ri.hl away, fni yu wanl't - "IIU ..iw. " I .1 i. I want t. " n i V i . 1 1 1 1 j i." W. il, r ! .n't lit.- In iv. U'lnl i t.-Mr '.rtn Ij.a"- uaiii.-y lir in.!; :! Il iri iii-I. V . 'r ui"!:i II irf ii..t. that- hi- n nil.-." hy, Mr. Ilarlaml own- thi v ry li"U- ."'tciil tin- .-marl maiil; "hut 1 I. .n t lu li. tc h.-i-y -.ur 1:1 aii..a. llr h i. I a ihni-ht. r I'liu-. hut -he i.in away with a '.Hf.l-f..r-ii..t!tiii : aii.I. i v. n it "ii an- h r h:ll. I aiu Ift miiv th it I u;ht ti ! t y.-il in.' "I think he my nin.jwi." "Wi II. ronir in li. ic Mr. IIarlan-1 ii hating lit- "Uj. r. ami y-Mi aut n-e Ititu until In- i- i..iif." ! ii.-.l th. lihrary .hr. uinl ll'h' 1 at ti rt 'jui- tly uj.ii :i t'l ii. ar th- lir. . ; ! think tu an hiini v. ai.l tin v'ii r . w h- - in. l r. ally kiml-ln ai I - 1 . ' V. -. I think wi." -iii.l l.lhi I. . t lie ir tl l-rouht il lar j.- -. n 1 w i h; in. I I'jtln I t.- k it, an. I 'w ih .1 iiiaiiiiua miI.1 hati" -..iiic. li- r-oUl t put a n in In r jm k t, -iii. c -In- jratr h r the m!i..I-; ami. ju-t a--h- w a I rt ins ! I i hi 'i.ft- into h-r i k. t . il Mill toie.- rail. J out: II. r-! hat a.e t.u iloiii? N""ne ..!" tint!- ; It tt ii a tcrrihle - -. .m l fiifit . ii. .1 hlt'i lith" 1. that -he tuinul ioiukI wilh h riyi lull .-rtear-. U'h it are toil trt in t" l?" "N-.thai. I tm! t want. .1 to take a j i.- u to in) mamma.' flu: noon i ul ; ..r lith I wa- a l al like h- r .'i.ui.lii. ! 'I u t. hi at e and linn. 'Your II. Itntll.l' We!!, who j- -he?" i 4 -!f: i- in v 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . -ir: and you're j mv rindpa. I -p..-." I Mr. fMHp'ny I larlaml jia'us, .1. I.Mikiil Kit the thin hltle titirc. the pirn bed, i huiiry fa.:.-, and the blue i t, -. j 'What li- )ur nam.. 1 hild 'f" he I i-k. d, the gruil oi, e rott ing - .ft and j lo t . ! I'.t If 1. and m is my niatnniaN. My mamma is tery i'r ami ill. and very, tn t hi.iii t. 'J'he 111 lid ate ine a i .inv. a hi picf e of this" and she , Ik id up the amlwili "and I I tle-ilhl I Would take part of it to iler." I "I i I imr moth, r send ton here?" "No; ih.' ta- asleep wh. u I came -lie t..!d me that -l.e should v Ion U j With inc. illld ttheli she was olie, -he j wanted me to coine to you. Hut she ain't one til.' (slitct ll ir'.tiid ran t he bell i and tt h. n a .tinau iii.iiul, he -aid: 1 i ! 1 my 1 ai n ig !" i Th- n. while In was wait in, he look : t he -t r lliV lit tie fo Ul ll"ll It!- knee. j and talked to h r. a-kin in my ijue i t i.-ll-. all ot Wh. ll little lllhci iill -tt . r, d. "The e.iri i.le 1- it t . -ir," -aid the j -llat. nt y.-u a !--:ik'f" I "No; I , ft III tic at hotlle." 1 "II. te. l.i .-. brin ii tin- k -hawl r ' lo.lk. Ihlll ttto, while toll .Hi a'.'Mit I u.' 1 ; j I.ii. brotiht t h--liatt 1-; and while 1 -h- wa-, l in ttraj d in one. litlul w olid. r l. w bat In r .ramlp 1 tt i- ..it: to do with th.- oth-r. II. took In r up 111 hi- stfoii ;i 1 in-, ami 1 a 1 ri. d her low n -. tin- In aut itlll earriile at the , .i..r. i ii.il h'-r in. and tu- k, d t'ln- warm tvt.ipo.rs; atoiiud ln r.niid .itv.it th. f i tt .1- tt U the -1 , i t. ; It Was Ji tert -hoi t di-taii e to the i h'.u-c tt hi re r'.lht 1'- man, in. 1 lived: and j t.tb.l w.l- out of Ihe can iac and. in ; tin bttl. r.s.ni ill a in. .in, nt all. 1 tin t I pan-, d. i "Is tlisit t "ii, d.tl llli called her in 1 n 1 a a. ' ' s in until 1. Wheie i- the can- I11..I11011 b. 1 Mr. A.-. I hate ..I it. Here : tti.lpi.i" and by the lime the dim i bf -h ine throir.'ti the r.M.ni..:! i:iv l i,l. .ho'd in ill -t.d lookitl d 't ll ilt lb.- p il . w.t-t. d ta - ul I il b, I - main ma. j I' tl l..r! t ith. r!" "Mi I. .Id Thank heaven, I am not ' too 1 ,t. : j litlul was-i. ill. .1 to brin tin- -hawl ami help h r man. in. 1 ; and h, ton- -b I.ariv mi. l.-i -t.sl il :iU. lin t were in I th--' riini.i,-. iind ...in In. k to the - autibi !fu-. with its va mi lin-s and rt.li turn dure. Mt. I.in leti r-w s( 1 on and well ; and l.raa. lii.i llirlaml fr:ive In r for 1 lb.- litt'. ;daubtcr's -;ike. and al! ttele ; 1, ippt and thankful for ct. r after. i FOXES AND SPIRITUALISM. j Tla- 'u!p 11 "a. t A'- " ft i t ton! led j al-.tit an old o t bo--' W iles have j pioted to iiiueh tor the huntsmen nt I a!! tin C"iiiiti.- i .iiml almiit. Tip I j-culsar .'in. t li.sl of mt -t itic.it i. .11 1 111- I pi-.tid bt tllis four tooted pbillltolii j -n in- to e,.ii-i-t in walking rail- ami - h-adiug dogs and hunters round alut ! pioiui-t i.u-lt, and then vanishing int.. t bm air. Ie.it in ctcitttuii at a b .id lo . We routes. that we call account fr t he phenomenon only bvac- . . ptin th.-tS ry that this iii"tan al b. oi.lv a .shadowy si mbiance. U c I-lu te it to U- the aveiiin spirit of -.me Virginia llettiiird, who. .in the l!e-h. SllSj, lit! T 1 1. 1 It t I ' 1 1 1 bytbesliot- uii ; and ii"t losing hi brush in the time hotjoied W.lt ptescliU-d I'V the pi ecedelits of all to lltllltilig, h.lS llott i.iuin.-.l to atrne the indignity ..!! ei i-d to his k it h and kin. The hunt - in. 11, Ifl-o and hound of ril!nH l foiinty mat follow the cha-e until doom-day. but we venture to predict that they'll tiev.-r catch that zjio-t.-'.,. a. iit 'fr.i. ! THE EXECUTION BLUCK. (If .ill tlie obiei ts show ll to li-iti'l's III the di'ttel of 1 .. iln. Ul. the lllo-t ilil . --Ite tn -I baps ai e t he block illld a ve toi m.-rlti iwsl for Is headin Ih imhii eoliv l te.l ft tleasoli. Tbeblk is il lotlh. h4-.lt t III. is-, ot Wood, ill Hit two t.i t hiIf, two feet thick ;ilid tblee fif.-t !. 11. tt ith an 1 M iiy.itioii in the upper .ilt to fec itc the bicl-t l-f the slltl 1 n r. and a iorres.ii lin eviatatioii on the ttlb.-r side tt the chin. The m.uks of t Iicaxc ate st ill pi linly visible oil the I .m k. solnenf tbeli'l shottillbt 1 lo ir h ptli. the lieedi.-- tofieof tlf cm t Ut tohel ' stroke. 'J'he a- i an a lie i.-ll t . i iiwktt.lld itisf I IIIiietitT ttbich s.s-iin-1 to in.-, when I bam Il.-d it, to l- left ill adapted to its purpose. 'I'hele n-t d to Im- sbt.w ii, also, an awftlldook- ! in bia. k mask, which the executioner j ttole ttbl-Ii be M-Io.s his nlhcc. so , that he should Ind 1- at t el tt al d lecog- IHZ'sI I t tlf spectator. i I M iiiiiiials. buds, iept ih-si and tishc h.ltc but ttto cti- I'.lcll, but ihchc.ld of .1 b- ( s. -:i or draon-tlv i fell of etc. r..si,,t, : which. Ill p,e's. scolpiollK. star Ilsb. s, oil. p. etc.. these c at tl"! Coti'ili.sl I'll the If.ld but jpjK-al'.iu tal l.'li palt ot the l..lt !li-t HOI Kl! "11 III!' MI'I'v -mart ti.i. c nt the 1.ht; 4 ... . li.iuM wo. -Jxtore lif Nitttim it..!u-.. mt, -rfcrcl.tl ll'-l' iM'tH h:ltl lilt- IV.. rl of tli,. Whole house ami the l':inl.ii ' Now th.-y ar,. t-ontiuLtl to onej room. ith a run in the tanl. Our i,has ,f j jh tare thi-.se two en at, irMHl-iiiituriil t .rules. i;ut we iiiu-t coiiti-M wcj lc;ir ! tli.it ixtiiii. il.ty their lion nature inaj ar-u-e. Mr-. Lincoln has doiie a rr, at i thin l.ir u- in howin the inthieiut; of I woin.irr kimiiiefs oyer the jtiiirct-st ; hriiie creation. S hin excites in u- rcat r iinhnatiou tliau' the iht. of i tin- ji..r. fuarctl hea.-ts of tlie iiu iiae J 1 1. -s slu iiAinz ah.l i rinin b, foi'i-l the j let' iron-, of their k, i j r. We sliiill ! -lu-lv wah inter, ht Mr-. l.im ohiV cx- t i inn at. ..f w hich she has kimlty .writ ten u-. as lo!..w-: 1 1 "I How t:t Sr.. l'..sroN, Marcli rl, 17S.; Mr. 1 1 1 i ; j j 1 have two African lions, nial,! ami t. inal--. iiauic.l rojicclively 'Vlhe" an, I "Mailhy." 1 oii-u:.ill os.njftel lour cuh lions, )Hl lo-tt two hi ruiftin them when they tt cru ' iuile youu. W iili,.-"' was Imiih in Ilou.-toti btnet. N. Y., .tune 4th, lTo. ami Martl13,." t;is unc nt another litter, loru threw ilat - later, corner Kighth atctiu.i an.l l'ortt -ninth street, New Vork lny. f rom the day they were Imrn I 'have' hi. I s;e tharuot tltein. ljati lir.-t hroiiiit tin 111 up on a chiM's nur-iiijj ho!tle,hut they hiltc loll since chillleil fioiu milk to trcsh, raw meat, which they cat from my naked hand. Th.-y arc now tttculy-one months o!,l, and co. judges pronounce them the liand soiiu -t, pair of lions cter raised in this country, and prohably tin only pair of Ali i, in lions t-vcr raised in America. ''Willie' weighs about two hundred and Idly pounds, and is a noble-looking kin 1. f the forest, and will be a larc spe.-iiiicu of the rare hlack-iuai?ed lion. A- a general thin, a lioness isno.-t tierce and fci.Mious looking; but "Marthy seem- to l- an exceptiuu lo the ci nt r.Ti rule, as she has a line-looking tare, although her cy, ioK a tritle rougliivh. ' ; "I hey have hi-come very much 'at tached t me,. and an- a- w cll'pleascd to sec me. after a few hours absence, as 1 hildr. ii. They arc ijuite alll-cl ionate. and love to U- ttcd. although Uhcy lake but lit tic notice ol strangers. They hiite m t 1 shown any disposition to do Wil if a mean liiiury ol any km, I. f flirt, respect fully, M. K. hiM ni.v. ' THE NUBIAN DESERT. I so,. 11 1,11 into a regular daily rou tine of tiavel, which. , tilling ail 111) later experience of (he' desert, never Uc.iliie lllollotolious. I lose at tlawu etert tiioiiiin. batlfd mt etesttitha ha n. 1 1 11 1 ot t in- precious tt:i! ei and drank a cup of collet. Alter tlie tent had Is . a struck and the c.uncl. laden I Walked aiie.id tot' two boll IS, ottlll so tar ill advance that I hist sigbL -and' In al in of the cir.it. in. I found an iiH-pc.ik.ihlc fascination in be sublime solitude nt the desert. I oltell Is held the sun i i-e when, within the j: wide 1 111 of t he hoi ioii. t here was no other lit 111 cli .itlllc to In- seen, die came up like a o,, in atvful glory, and it ttoiild bate I eci a li.itui.il a t bad I cast nit self iip.ui the sand and ttoi-s!iij,4-d bail. The sudden change ill the toloiin Af the landscape, oil bis apjM -aratice the light in up ot tin- dull sand into a warm, golden line, add the tint in. of the purple and vioiet 011 the distant poi pbt ry bills wa a morning miracle, which I ncter In-held without atte. fhe richness of th'is' coloring mad.' tin- desert Uautiful; it w.l too, hi ill:. mt loi ' desolat ion. The .scenery so bit ttoiu dcpresMii, inspiiitid ami exbll. Mated llle I never Iclt t lie Mlis.l- tioii of phtsi. al lic.tith and strcnth in such p-i'tei-t i.n, and was ready to shout from morning till niht from tho over flowing of happy spirits. The air Is an dixit of lil-. a sweet am! pure and reficshing asth.it which the last man breathed on the morning of creation. Vou inhale the unadiilt ei att-d elements ot the atmosphere, for there are no c haiatioiis troin moist earth, vegetable mat tcr, or t be .smoke and steam w hich" arise from tin- ninnies 'of men. to staiin its purity. This air. even im-iv than its sio-lice and solitude. Is the secret ot one's attachment to the dcs-r. It is a In-autiful illustration of the compen sating can'' of that liotidcuce which' b ate none of the waste pi. ices of the earth without some atoning glory. Where all tlie pleasant a-inVtsof nature are want in where then is 110 given thing, no fount for the thirsty lip. scarcely the shadow of a rock to shield the wanderer iti the bla.iug noon -Cod has breathed upon the wilderness hi sweetest and tciideiest breath, taxing clearness to the eye. strength, to the" frame and jotoiis cxhil.ir.ittoii to the spirit. '.(;'i 1 i(v"r. ATLANTIC WRECKS FOR THIRTY SEVEN YEARS. We hiitc In-fore us a record shotting the nuiiiln-r of lives lo-t i II CI os-i 11 g't I IC Atlantic during the last thirty -seven, tears. In this H-rid titty-six line steamers' h;ie ln-eii wrecked, if ml -in twenty-nine instaiice moit- or less litis tele lo-f'. Nine tess.-.I-t welv lfter heard from alter l.-;iting nrt. These are the President, in l-.ll, the 4'itt of lila-gow'. in I---".!, tlie Pitcilic, in 1--V.. tl..- Tciiit. hi 117. tin I'nited Kingdom, in I tin- j ityj'f lloston. in 1-7". the seanderia, ill 1-7J. the I-mailia. in J-7-i. ami t In- '. .inlm,' 111 1-77 The maiiU r ot lives ; which w.ie thus I .lot tl "iit aggregate?. 1.-- ',. Of the remaining vessel, four were but ii.d. five sunk by collision, two by colliding With iceln-lgs. two foundered at sea. and thiitt-t'our were wrecked on various casts." This is ii suggestive sl . win r 1... it iit ..nee calls into coii- ti.1,1 1 1,.- n I. a it,- im iii iiTciaii ed bv d tn-lid. Hi e li!.ll hlllil.lll judlnelit Hid human handiwork. t t lif entire to tal of, steamer lost, in but two cases can tin- di-aster attributable to a breakdown of t he machinery, namely, the Anchor line stealuelT IliUinia, whi. h toiiiidcied through her pron-lIet shatt hat in In-.-n withdrawn fioin it place after the propeller had U-en lo-t , and the other the Ismailia. of thesame line, which was ..nee spoken umh-r sail, In r iiiachineiv l-in disable.1. am! w.is never bean! of atlel tt ai d. Neither ha I au unu-ual lam v that of Mrs.. M K lan. ol,,. a i ,,,t,,u u., f wh.i hiU f..f her j houxlf.i.l jn ts tvtouiiiiiiiMi ntAlrican Iioiih. W.-Jl N hay. il lioi, th,-v arc I to..; in'iforiu their llti-tres.s, hiii.lin j wil1' un-wi rt in i. Id ili.-n.-,., rnit akayii j with l- ..riling ilinity ; through' H j tiirit ly of tricks, ami coii.hu t, (hem I -m-Ivc, in all riMierts. as cit ili. .1 !.. any Uiiler pih.siorvM-iirrnt n t latitat- steamer durUjj -the iH-ritHl inen j tiui.ed. ' S far as tf record U-fore us is ( authority, the iiretice. therefore, ! is, that the great esti-lois of life is due, ! "tot to lack of safe-Jscls. hut to fail ure in jud'mcnt. ohe incoinitctenc of those tvho handlrftluiii. ! Thirty-four ste:Afi, as altoviji stati-,1, hate U-en ttPscked, at 'd an nt S-eetiou of the' l.nJUlities. where Hie wrecks occurred, ws that several have happened in alHut the same vicin ity. . For exatnple.ffhe C'itv of New Vork. in lU. atiL-the C'riic.-iiro.' in l-'S were 1 tl wicked on Damit's IhM-k, near t 'ueenstvii. No h;ss than twelve have been i itrotiHl on tlie coa-sts ol Nova Scotfit and" Newfound kind. It may be aied if vessel's can not tie huilt strongtughtovvithftand driv inn; upon the ro$-! as in tlie cases of tlie Atlantic at ffhe Schiller, at lea-t for a sullicictit Ciuio to enable the passengers and cre to ohtahi assis tance or- inak thei4esA'aie : hut here tlie ipiestion of cost V'ti'u.lcs itself, and the answer of thosiiitho have nnid- en d the subject, is, li;U vessels cannot vessels cannot yet protifahly In- so constructed "tkwd useit. taking thiSTutji stveoujit with I lie aggregate iiuiiil?!'. of 'lives lost, in :ill, 4,7-i , ami it wfl U ev ident that the problem of redwiiniig tlie dangersof the sea In comes, ;vse have frequently urged, one dein-nd'rpg.n the etlii'acy of life-saving inveXtii'tis. ' Jlevices which will keep iiyirge nutnU-rs of e,.pe afloat for cusiderable ieri(xls, devices that .will keiiftdividiiiils aUtve water, that can lie'jipidly adjusted to the i-ersoti w illi ntyiossibility of, mis take, devices for .taking lines f'roiji. wrecked Vessels tofh shore, devices lor indicating tlie native n,sitiotis of ships to each other, ivw signals for fog iind niglt. and cont tvances of 'that na ture ; all are subjecfA tor the inventor's skill in devising better inodilications and improvements. & . PAPAL TjARAS. A MISTOHV OK THOs iiy xiIK I'llEsENT t ENlttV. A correspondent i-fe-ites : "Tlie his tory of Papal tiarasttu ing tlie present century has not U-. laieventful. In lM." Ntiinileon prtxp-nti-d 1'opc lMus VII. with tin- earlivEt-that is now sia- ! Jmsed to exist. It Wis of jicarl-colored 1 velvet, with thni'iostly gold rings, j which were each Lit. with precious I stones" of various vj'"rs- The stones j were each surrounld with brilliants, and tlie three ringsHxf-re each Imnlered , by a single row of .jirls, mafchiiig one. 1 another with extratdiiiary.i'xactness. i The apex of the tiaf was of pure gold 'studded with peat :& and rubies. In j KH.f .regorv X.VI.alifsi'd it, with sev eral other valublen sessions of the Vatican, to lie hidilyli :'or fear of plun der lit the molt. . ;fr when, a , few months aftertvardswrtler was, restored ami the hidden artwG-s were dug up. it was found 1 hut thet-rtct of the tiiira was quite smilcd atjfeliat a gieat,manv of the gems" wcft -altogether Ios't. (itvgoit XVI. is saijjjo ha te ln-e ex tremely vexed at tis. and he ordered the jeweler, IIauiri2:il; Uolta. in the year l-il.'!, to repair: fe tiara as Ust he -could. J his was but the restored w &ue aciorditiglv ; iX t if art-was found to weigh no less tliaicihtccn pounds, :ind to U- to lieuj t-.r the auus't wejireis. ; According", it ln-t-anie the practice -tv wear iiy the iniitatiotr tiara, made by Le.JTI. which is of past el n ;iid. iiiofiisclvioiiiatiitutetl with gold and sitter emiidery, paste dia uutJids and some U-i -gems J (hegoiy; was, however, i;evc0satislied vyith the necessity of wcariirtj tliis sham orna ment, and toward tlfend of his Ponti ficate he caused iiiHfher. tiara "to be mad, aile ol pine golii,Wi inucn iianuei id lighter. Itsct is stilted by the 'nit 1 Cult lira to liTfe been i:ju4i. The . . , , ..1 1 , 1 .. am Uiut l Ulil Hfa lo Ua fourth tiara, made jvfthe present ecu- tint, Wiis thai wtir. I'lieen -isaoeaa, if Spain, prcsentedrti tlie .late Pope iii 1--.V,, iit-a co-t ot .!.'11i.AKj. 11,1s, fiow- i ter, was sold bv ;fius IX., wl tote,! tlie proceeds 3,-' the .side lj lu)- tlc- TI tl,. .7..," 1 ' t . t 1 HOI is and In licV.oIelit plllSSes. J' lliallv, 111 asinuVli as the tiar;jl- light gold liiitde bt Urcgoiv XVI. C-ij.uiid too small tor the ht-ad of Pi'-j IX., the Litter 1i;id another ni;idein a similar plan, and this last seems; Ja In the one which the new Pope, Ia'-ojfCI 1 1., will' wear. There . seems to. ln-",itkfoli doubt whether the J iatii ot N;ijmle.ris now in the Vat ican or is hidden soigevvhere, as it was iti ls-JI, atnl again liTiilsH. 1 -i CREMATIONglN SIAM. During the last yep 'or two much has lieen s;iid in the palffrs of our country aln.ut the new inetln of subjecting the Intdies .'of the dea.dto intense heat, which in a few htuiij reduces thm to ashes -a- process I -pd let 1 cremation. The"ejieriiuent lia Im.i-ii tried in at least one instancen Pennsy lv.tniii. The Siamese einplu this method of treating dead Imdicjhut tln-y connect the burning with hUthen rites. which seem strangely out ijplace at a funeral service. 4 A misio?ty at Siatii lias given aii account oJ-Tthe cremation of The king's brother, 0e king personally superinti nding the $m vices. 'On either side of tlie hall in viliich the dead man t.S, lay, stood long rovv.f idols, and nearj by ' groups of pric-j. praying; fur the' dead, j All alN.ut.tlifhall were theatri-i cal iK-rformunce, a'iadow pantomime. a " Punch and JmLft' show, music .oi l Siamese bands ;wid.kinee gongs, men dVcssed in skijis W animals dancing, tiu'oii.'h' the cro-wfis. huge aniinalsj made of paper stnj h''! over banibooj frames 'and 'illum'ifiated. darting iu': everv. direction.. cRle.1 by. men, fire- works in everv sh;eJr in all parts of thej grounds. Sn.lleiiy?l noise Wiishusheths when the king kiii?led the tire which in a vert short tiniijonsuiiied the bol to ashes. At "a stJIid -from the king the fire-works werest. and the festive? tie recommenced tBMi 'vigor and grearj noise 1 Such a fuferal. conducted b the highest. -las;;4f. Japanese, cost i humlredsoT dollar which the lriendl , blindly U-lieve wilioniehow- piflTasfj j piosinaitv for th 'Hepaiteil soul, an j fat t b u t he 1 i v i n g:f- Con'jri j'dio,talUl CONSTAIfINOPLE. TW-KNTY-KtoHTIIES BKSIEOED. Constantinople Rs been besifge ttvehtv-eight timcB wince it? foundationj The first siege, acciding tb an articig in the FnindvAt was lu-'the yek'. 447 li. -;., when iSiaania marched ta the tow n after the Oittle of Platea. 16 110 ul c, it was bvi ged l)V Aiciniaaear 1 . ill ..li iV l.l'll. eciir-nai -'J ';. ' cedon : in P7 a. l by Sepuiinus Se v eru : in 313 by th.02mpciror 'Ma.ximu$; in .".1" by Con-tri'Jt.:ne the Great ; ii du bv Chosricn's, Persia : in V6 Ify the -chief of thai-vafs; in b)- f lie Arab prince Ali $in bt'i'.i by Tcsikl, his son; in 074 by f )th lieu' Aaf : iu 719 by tlie two sonsJot Caliph Mervilu ; iu 744 bv Hl man son of the Caliph Abdul Melek ; in 744 by Paganos, King of tfie Hulgar ian9; in 7Si bj Haruuu al Hascldd ; iu 7y8 py Abdul Melek ; in 811 by Aru mtidespot of the Slavonians ; in -U by Thomas the jSluTj-otiian ;'in S-SO by the liussian Varangiikns. under Ascold and'l)iz ; in 014 bv Simeon, Kfngof the IJullariaus; in lOisibv Tornicus the Heliffl : in liisl bv Ak'xiu Couenus ;! iu l-'t by the Crusaders ; in 1 '. 1- ibv Micha.-l Pal:e!ogus ; in i:i'.H.;bv ll.14a7.ct: in H'2 by the Karoe ; in 1T14 bv 'hi on MuaVir. 1 t J by Murad I I.", on of AJohannued I., aud in 140:$ by Mo haiiguied II., who captured CoiisUnli noule oq the 2'.th of May iu that year. AMERICAN WOODS FOR PARIS- ()ieof the most ferikarkahle exhibits designed for the Pans K.xM)sit ion is a tabli-t of native ! Ajnerican woods. vvlii5li consists of a niosilic tablet eight fceijwi.ie and t tvclvc lcet in height, and Wiisridesiiii d expressly for Mr. William ll. I.ippincott, tlie well-known Phila delphia IuiiiIhi- dealer-by the In st a r tist,;iiid a.i 'chitects of the (Quaker ( 'ity. Th?-tablet is in tlie Kgyptian style, ami H'onfdsts of a tl;it iiiouliling on tlie outer edgip, made of three-ipiarter circles of In i d's eye and ciM lcl niiiple, w ith a tri-aiiiilar-shain-d piece of Iniis d'arc and ln-'h . tilling the blank portion ,.f tire cirille. The main panel is of vvhite and yelovy pine, ash. stt fiel and plain wal niitt. jmjilar, apple, chestnut and syca me. The bottom is a broad piece of cloe-gniinetl oak; skilfully carved. HejUing on the oak rail is an autiipie. 'vaA of various tyoods. from which su ings a hdos plant witli a wide-spread" tloter and leaves,' all '.carved" with great depcacy f rom ordinary American build in: winxls. At the- right and left upjn-r corners of the tablet at e dragons, lhade of J California red viod. The opeti sp'cs of the 'design are tilled in -wit li rofiettes in relief composed of Florida. North Carolina and New 'Jersey cedar, w'jh -caps of jWhitie holly and locust, forming a most Iti-auiil a coiifiasFdo thj' deep red tiedari Tin tablet is sus- iMthded Itv large rings of black walnut relieved with hickory J from a hand- sine bracket with I ;i ipoilished hicory nler: )ii each side )f the bracket is afllying bat carved pom luitternut wio 1. T( 1 ft y-t 1 ireej d i 1TI-j et 1 1 v a 1 i et i es o f native American woo,is enter into the c'liistruction of the tablet, including, besides those already named, birch, elm., cjf press, -'.spruce, gimi, hemlock and iit hers. Two cross-bars Ix-ar the words, '-ippiiKott, lois d'Ameriipie pour Pe.xportatioh.' The whole affair has lwM-n pnuioiinced to In- the finest collec tion of Anu-rican woods ever gathered legetiier. -i . ' , j A PUNCTUAL DOG. , t A co'rrpspi indent if;'or-.- nnl tit, -co, ,1 sys: ' - Thcrc i a dog in this city which ap jrt'ars to be gifted with sullicictit ititel llgeiicc ot" reasoning'- jniwer to enable litii to tell tin-time of da.v and night, .fjit how he. dos it is something that is jist finding out. 'The dog is the prop iji t v of a saloon keeju-r on one of our Irim ipal st reets, and is a Aery common looking I iiiiitnal. being a pret.ty tail icciiiieji of the f tpical "yallcr dog."' fie loafs about the saloon from the time his master goes on Watch (". r. M.) until il o'clock, when he inva'iaably ..pushes opeii the door and goes home. This I fciive seen hihi do' a niunlx r-of times. et I have -never thought to notice Whether he looks at the clock or not. Vh;it is remarkable almut it is the tact iha,t lie never misses going precisely at o'clock nut two minutes bebae or Sfter the band touches the exact spot. Pl'liis he -dues regularly, night -after flight, and it matters not what .may he Engaging. his atlciitioti at the lime, this t yall.-r dog" is never seiluced. ' iiito Staying In-yond his regular time. lK-r-.stins who fr'eijueii't' tint saloon positively assert that the dog "does look at the .lock, and that 'his. departure is gov-i-riied ciifiiVilyi by" the position -off the ll:iuds of that iu.strtiment. - i . I perhajts soiin- one who lias studied, ft he iH.it ure ol; these intelligent brutes 9vt-!l! rise and '.4xiain.bv what - probable liiethod that dog learns w lien the hour .tf eight lias ait iteil. i I iiiigl.t add that It he 1 clock does Hot strike. THE SPIDER. On',- of tlie iuost singular facts in-re- !! llition to this in.sectj'is that it casts its il'skin once evert' t eax. . In order to e fleet Sthis, it' forms, in one coiner of the web, la kiinl of thick purse, similar to t hat in iwhich it used to" enclose its eggs, ll "lacing itself then inthe centieof its web. it Ingins to distend its ltody with fall the' violence it caiite.xert, for several minutes, until it : splits its fkin the, f'tthoie length of the bitck. This U-iiig aecomplisin-d, it gradually 'forces it In.dy throiigli the aperture, drawing "oiit its legs one by one. until it is en tirely free from its covering. The skin retains the entire form of the '.spider. and is perfectly transparent. The in- sect itself, after this' ''great change. reniiiins tpiite gelatinous,' amL is of a pale green color. - Inlthis condition" it' ret ires to the'aforeiiieiit ioiied purse or bitg, leaving the skin -suspended ill the .web..' This shelter it is not able to ipat for almiit three or four days.-. f -. THE PIRANTHA. Thedrsh which coiitt-nds for t he do iiiiniii of the- Brazilian port ion. of oui'h America, is "one' of terrible -voracity ; there' is hardly an -animal-that ventures into t b4 water but that sutlers its attacks. The victim of the piraiitha is generally surrounded by kage shoals or swarms of them : they may U- justly cotiipiired to a H'-t of w;tter hornet-, llorsvs and cattle .!' not venture to drink of the water lielow 'the -surface,, lest their snout should be hitteii-t.ff an accident which, however, -sometimes U-talls1 tlicin. 'J'he cayman himself is forced to tly "U'-fore this teirjble enemy, -and turns his unprotected In-lly toward the top of the water; the otter alone, whose hairy skin deadens. the force. ot the bite, is "proof against their attacks. , ' " " T".' " , ' A hill for alxdi-htng -actionsjor breach ot promise of marriage is In-fore the Itritish Parliament, and there is not much opposition exiecte.l-except from law vers. such a law should , !; enacted j'n .very civilized State.' v "Naturalists "claims that some-of the trees of the tropics give undoubted evidence of being over 0UW year old. Moayla, penernl to Varieties. w t, - - J A man may travel through th' world ainl sow it thick w iyi fi iendshtp 1 uc divorce -court is a popular re-. sort for curious old maids iu I.ojidon.i Though Kansas has abolished thw death jeii;iltv, still horse t h'ievesarf nni- jvrr s;il-lt hung to the jiearest ticc whcn they -iire caught, i - i There was a time, it is said, tv the last tweiity: years, w hen 1 it hin ety eighth man in Massachusetts tl as ;i shoe or. hoot make! . I A remarkable stiotvei of earth Jately created quite air exiitcmeiit at (.Jjuito-f South America. People tlioughtJl tin end (trawing neaij. Insect were once given as medji'ciuej and by regular physii a us. 1 liiifginats : were given at aid OS , just as tihrcii , ' grains of calomel llij ght lN'.givcn" iiikw. - 1 ln-cotnes sick -in 1 t Ihlk Jie or slie is one ha.S to ln-.killed ; tt Hen ;u person Africa it is In-licve Jiew itch'd, and sohm ttir doing it ! Iglmrai ceainlsuiH-rstit-ioii rule supreme. ; -'' I On draiirtiiv: Alusterdain, llml.. In-ar and deer Lin ne : hike ' near Nlett -age tpiantit ies of were exposed.: iind other evidences fojnnd, shotving that tie ' lie.1 of the lake v;us once a cauipiing I groutuh-': '-.; ..-: , - . - I Lj .: According to 'llo'ston's b'ilcrf ii- f . 'i ,1 ... .'It J. ' i sjK'ctor there ate ibtiut .J.'HM.r' ste;ii lioilers fl that vliy located; bellje;i,fi sidewalks and elsewhere; lie has fou n that 111 ten years t icre has been '7ii Ujiler ib s ions. V sting 7iki lives,: ami . the destruction of H (KKI,(N,KI of pro- perty The- Smithsonian 1 11st it ut ii mi has lately, received -soiut 1 ml Km relii'S fioin the mounds in Florida, and with ihem a piece of N gold i n tery tK'iiteii. InHi a represeiitiit ion of t ie lieau ol a ti4nl- : pecker, which is s; lid to die the Must ; specitnen of gold f umins of the aUuig imd among the' re-1 inal tri lie's of Ame- ric;i. A ltaulK'n-uan's circular ent iijiates 1 that the railways of the I'tiited Stati rt cousume aiai'uiiUy of timln-r for ties, ; I hoi it l.Vl.tXHl jtcrfes oiif i'ttKl,!)' Ml bif Ha' manufacture of rolling stock, and; iii'ir total atJO.twHl acres for fuel, making a of l.ooo.tMio acres, olr 1..-ihi sipian miles of timK-r stripin'i oil for the railway alone. "M;in Vain kaid f'rofessor Newln-rry in Assdciatioii Hall. Vork, ""we don't ki iovv '.-w hen or vvherc. It was after the h age low ever v atrd w ith he .was nearly coi temporaiieiuis the reindeer and hunted. Hevya.-. nearest approacli w tnusknix, vthii h hr? 1 savage, anit have-to the uiini live man is the L- (juiiiiaux. "A .- ' 'I'I..!. receited tiniu th the skeleton of nearly i-opipletei 1 1 was ion ml fit iu I v . . .. 1. gigiiiitic rci'f ile irty feet lo.n'g, jvyl'iich-. imU'ddcd in 1 1 M k . ' , M.iish. it -Wais pro- aininiitl, ami f au ? According to 1 1 'ro II, biilil v an auuiit ic order heretofore iiiikiiou 11 to scient ila: men. -( hsters, it is s iill by a stilt ist M'litll; furnish lift v millioilisiof tin' seveiiit lii- jmillio.ns of t In-' prbdiicts of -Am lisheiii-s in lsTil.i This mut In-; iiiiinox imat ion : iuit as ;ai liiigli ve er has o hsel't d liat I lie H occiipal ion in A mericiiir cit i.-s is ovslers. it is tn-obiblv .as in iir t truth as oysters are near Id lint of t he people. Tin- ( hiciigo that they iit lengtl liaiikriipJiv t hilt city. The Int. r-t icople an- see a Vtilt sanguine j mt lot t lii- ha ' oyel'tak'el.l t hell stipes' tliiilt't he city h:is 'jsi M) al, i 1 iu,the aggre-.giitc. 1 1-4, iii w mch iiii- sold, 1." n 'dfV-uks iei da'y- Oulv tax these, drinks one cent ! cu h s;ry s t he (' r-f source alone vte si and a half a year. a k'ln, am r ti 1 iJU Uiis all- teci-ite iCjiiiiillioii r t en t hues ;ii- as IS now recelt.ci 1 under; the St. stem. n timisua large nuinlier of wolves infest H iiiigarv. and .espj-rially Kocky MoiijitniiisS . -. H Sclavonia tliis yrar... On the oiitskiits i . j ;1; of Miskelez, H hil'de town, n!ij!;at tacked j. a tr;iyeler. who 1 wounds. There 4 si'.tiieif with, si-nous ave been giiiud vyolf-l huits,. and seVeuti i n wolves b ll nt one i thrm. In tin- niilitiiiy Iiiontii-r district. thei(ii(Veriiineiit grt ifs " ti e florins for an Jj'ld tvolf. ilewanls- ami I t vvii foiiJii '"pung. or i.s vvol vi-i win paid last year. ( .oinparisotm fancii-nt .'records will' I moderii obsi-ryat u ns feiiils toshott that iliihtheria is an 01 1 disease w it 11 a jn-tv na'me. H Hi.kd! Laviit- .hiivoc in , Ne- Kiigliind, esin ci;ilv in New Haiiij.-hii1. and Maine, at'tln 17:;,-:'.-!. i7s; ami e diffeii nt e;ioch-J-ls:',i. lUi.e :lis.'a.ie,.j seems" to have 'spread slowly, from its first cent res of outbreak m;the ;it ti.k j ,d-l7.''..-i'-i. .takingj' four months to n-aWH lJosion ami it wo vicars to arrive on inw ba'uks of Hi, Hmlson river. The St-Vctiiry of. the .Treasury . at; Washiiigtolii, has n-ceWii an t iivn-l-Hn-. ptist-marked .cjminri;,t i...O:iio, t h re c 1 " h 1 ;o 1 1 po n hi 1 tf I s.-; ti -i -o 1 fvpai u iat by uieiiiijraiiiluiii. iinljcat ing t harthis, amount should- In' credited do thv Treasurer of the I'nited stale-. Tin horn Is. have been ho. thoroughly i-.m-ceJleil that! thejr serial uuiiiljeiN cannot be." ascertained, vvhn'li. will tiinpoiiiriivj di-lav tlii-ir reilemition, an 1 ,- j u -i ed. f l-'v..i,t nallv the. aiiniillit Will U- credited .to-the conscience fund'. '" . : I.,s-ot- d.in: in Isid v C.i -rni; Wii.n Amm vi.-. ir. J." l.' ivii i .in serts, that -in 17.7 Ho less .th.lillvJ t.'-'i l....,,i, l(,.-in.rs :io,l tli -1 1.7 heild idl iltlje 'were! kitled" in India by : "elephant -. tii'ers alligators,.-! buffaloes, boars a-nd snakes. ,j Miiikes idone l aiiscl t In- dea! hi of 17,07o pel -sons. It 1,- plppo-e-lto cs-j tabl'ish-a s7,rt pf 1 n pai I nn ui . iiisTug ; lesponsjble chief and su! h u d mat eTmi 1 1.. Unit: of which Tslnilll- J' Ci'iU 1 1 I 1. I 1 ' 1 ' Unci to abating tmelosJI file bv wi .i.iin'iU It -e. in t haJ the Hindoo h;ive a religious prejudice against kiil Hgi Sliake.4. - . 4 'Phi. I '. S. Frigate. CoiislitutioiM , )ii Ironsides) tttill serve ;is. .;in -A tm-J 1 caui'-xhlbit of ship biui. ling ;it the Pan t-'-MMi-ition. Although built on an -h model, there ale lew Hi-"i' l li I sili li ukf Vessels that could ln-itt In I -fee. ,fd o-i; voyage from the Cain s of the I elat ar-j- " to'llav te in ti'ineteeii days. Atiiei icaif " frigafes earned a rel-utation for switt sa.i?iig ibaing the war ot l-U-17, aii th,. ioiistitutio.u, rebuilt on tjie. lines. o-L the old frigates with some oft.he' tiinL fn-rs of '-ld Ironsides'", ini'her liu'lL-i..-i fairlv . maintaineil; while on t neaceful inisiioti, the giMd name 4 i)'y the early American navy iti timr u' war.' ' i- 1 :l - -I :f 1 s