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C JOHN MANNING, Attorney at Law, nxTssony, it. c, laat la ke Coarie et naaihaa, nrn. aa4 Oraaf ., aa la napraaia Which tm Your iAttT Some children room the flnlils and hill, And others work in noisy milln; Some drew in silks, and dance and piny, VliU othirs drudge their lives away ; .' Some glow With hoaltli and bonnd with song, And some must suffer nil day long. Whioh isyonr lot, my girl and boy? Is it h life of ens and joy T Ah, ii it is, it glowing sun The poorer Ufa should shine upon, Make glad one little heart to day, And help one burdened child to puiy. St. JVicholtu. A HOT BATH. An Artillery Officer's Adventure Under Fire In the (ra-tlwlmmlei to theTar in ue yoa wa, aumm Mmwictr wliat Is toi'lmii'ally known n tliu " loni; rourso," a rurrifuluni of inotrurtions in gunnery, tlioori'ticnl nml pnu-tical; tlio former at Woolwicli, and the latter at SlioeburynesM eneh part laxting nix month. We had heen enjoying ourselves at our seaside resilience for three out of these six months exceedingly, for we hail been fortunate enough to have gone there in thn summer months, and between boating and bathing and playing lawn tennis, in a modified form known as sticky," in courts eonstrueted out of the boards of old targets past work, the time had passed very pleasantly. It was now August, and a very hot one; the sun burned in the heavens like a red oal, nnd scorched up the scanty water that the sand-beds contained, till wc had to send miles away to fetch what was required for the use of the barracks. Work of any kind was an effort, tine felt inclined to spend the day swimming lazily about, or sitting on a warm rock after the fashion of Tennyson's merman. It was one of these aquatic excursions which got me into the greatest scrape I have ever been in, or that I shall ever be in, I hope, as the sensation was anything but pleasant. I must premise that I was a very fair swimmer, having learned that art.- unoii!'st many other useful things, at the academy, and progressed favorably in it during a course of seaside fort resi- lences. My great ambition had always been to swim round the s!.000 target some dav when tin1 tide was in, and at length I determined to make the attempt. I'he feat seems easy enough, no doubt. but I whs not t'aptain Webb; and imongst my f l'.ow-ollieers there wi re lew who would have attempted it, so I felt rather inclined to be able to say that I had been there, t'miliding my inti n tion to no one, I started one day from the jun-pier just before slack water, count ing on getting back before the tide turn ed again. It was a hot day, n I have before said. and I swam very slowly; however, I arrived at mv destination without much lifliculty. The frame-work on which the target floated offered a pleasant resting-place, and 1 lay down on it lazily, intending to take some live minutes' breathing time, and then strike out for home. Hut alas for the feebleness of human resolutions! llctween the warm sun and the long swim and the recum bent posture. I had ot been there two minutes before I was f;ist asleep. I had a curious dream. I had been reading a rather wild book of speculative astrono my that morning, and had been some what struck by the writer's theory that the end of the world would come through the liery vapor and lava of the interior of the earth breaking, through the thin crust thereof. 1 dreamed now that such catastrophe was imminent and that I was calmly inspecting a pressure-gauge to ascertain how long the globe would yet endure. Higher and higher ran the warning hand upon the dial, and at length, with a mighty crash, the world exploded, and I was hurled, not into chaos, but into the water of the estuary of tlio Thames! Thoroughly awakened, as the reader may suppose, I rose to the surface, gulp ing down a mouthful of water swallowed in the surprise. As I clutched the frame work beside me, I was conscious of a dazzling red flash like sheet-lightning. followed by a tremendous report and a attling all about me, as though a shower of hail were falling. I had seen too much of artillery not to know what this astonishing meteor was a shrapnel shell. lVrharis there may be some of my readers ignorant of what such a missile for, indeed, it is of somewhat late invention. Ict them imagine, then, a cylindrical shell of iron, ogival-headed, and containing as many bullets as it will conveniently hold, comfortably set in a bed of resin. At the bottom thereof is a small charge of powder, ignited by a ime-fuzes bored to burn any required time, tin tins (lelignllul machine ex ploding out fly he bullets, anil, by the inexorable laws of dynamics, partaking of the original motion of the shell, cover the ground before, them for hundreds of yards with a feu d'enjer, us of a whole regiment firing volleys. Such an implement of destruction is very well to talk ahout : but when its violence is directed against one's self, there is less pleasure in the contempla tion, dearly I had slept so long that the ordinary afternoon practice had be gun, and from two guns evidently, or the one shot could not have followed the other so rapidly. Only a few seconds had I for these thoughts ere I saw a red flash leap out from tho flag-erow.'ed buttery on shore. Instantly I dived deep as I could, and heard, deadened by the water above me, the sharp report of the shell. As I rose to the surface again, I saw white splinters on the wiod-work of the target that showed how true the aim had been. Scarcely had I time to take breath when the red flash leaped again, and again I dived. better any where ; ' and tho' guns were lightones slxteen-pounders. Often had I competed myself in a 'race with time, running the gun up again almost before the recoil had ceased, and ramming home shot and cartridge era it had reached Its former position again. Now no doubt my comrades were hard at work, wondering, perhaps, what had become of me. ; Eight separate times had I dived, and my strength was failing fast. Even now there was a ringing noise in my head which almost stupefied me, nnd was growing more painful every instant. If I stood up on the framework and tried to signal to the shore, I must stand at least one shot, and. that was almost cer tain death. Even in that desperate moment an absurd idea came into my head, ns such tunics win -conn.- wnwmw, twt read some of an ingenious recipe for finding a safe place on shipboard in ac tion by putting one's head out nt a hole where a shot had come in, relying on the improbability of another entering at the same orifice. There was one corner of the framework splintered by several bul lets; to it I crept, nnd held on despair ingly. Another flash from the battery. This time I could see the shell coming like a black speck in the sky. Anxiously I watched for the burst to come; but this time it came not, and thn shell plunged into the sea fifty yards short, throwing up a mighty pillar of water, and ricochet ing away far over my head. Was the fuse blind? I asked myself. No; there was another flash and another rush through the air, and sullen plunge in the sea beyond the target. The shrapnel practice was over, and they were firing plugged shell. Now or never was my time. I climbed on to the woodwork, sprang to my feet and waved my hands. From the shore X must have looked very like a picture of Andromeda chained to her rock. I was too late, however, to i-scapc a shot. Once more the red flush spouted forth, and I heard the ominous rush coming nearer and nearer, till with a roar as ot an ex'press train it rushed past my head, carrying away with it the left-hand top corner of the target, and hurling it far into the sea beyond. The concussion seemed to tear my feet from under me. and I fell, striking my head against the framework. I had just sense enough left to prevent myself rolling into the sea. My last glance at the shore showed the flag hoisted half-mast high; and then 1 musl have fainted away, for 1 re member no more till I found myself ly ing in my bed, with the surgeon-major applying strong ammonia to my nostrils with marvelous effect.- I little j more to tell. Watching the effect of the j shot from the battery, they had seen me j standing there, just too late to stop the run being bred; had ceased the practice, and got a boat out without dchiv, I bough with a very faint hope of finding me alive, ijf course the story was made a standing joke asainst me ever after, and I must own that I deserved it. Nev ertheless. I have at least the satisfaction of considering that when wc go forth again to tight the Russians or the Her mans, or whatever other nation may elect to try with us a game of war on a large scale, I am never likely to be much nearer. Tin- straight unci tlrnuUtil pnMi ot death than I was that day on the sands of Sliocburyness. l.omlon Sorul, I ll oiiinii tturtit Allee un a M itch. A St. Petersburg paper says: Early last month a woman naniiil Agrafcnn Iguatjcva was burned as a witch by the peasants in the village of Wratshevo, in the government of Novgorod. It seems that the wretched woman, who was the widow of a soldier, had the reputation of being a sorceress and witch, and strove to promote this delusion by every means iu her power. The peasants o the whole neighboring district had such a dread of her powers of mischief that they endeavored even to anticipate her wishes, and, although an absolute pau per, she lived very comfortably on the contributions spontaneously made to her. There were many persons in the district suffering from epilepsy, and it was popularly believed that the witch had thus punished them for offending 'her in some way. One of these epileptic sufferers, a girl from a distant village, besought some peasants to burn the witch, and so re lease her from her sufferings. At an assembly of headmen and seniors of the villages it was resolved to extinguish the source of mischief. They proceeded to her hut, which they found fastened up. They broke it open, discovered the wretched woman, charged her with the crime, ami then nailed up the window and door to prevent her escape. Hy this time over 2(H) nun had assembled around the hut, and amid their jeers and shouts of exultation it was set on fire, and the whole crowd remained until it was quite consumed. The sum of twenty-one roubles and ninety copveks (nearly f 10. 50) was collected and offered to the rural policeman as a bribe to secure his silence. But he rcj- led it. nnd so this torrihle tragedy came to light. liquor at the tapitol in Washington A Washington correnoudent of the Cleveland Herald says: A resolution was long ago passed by Congress pro hibiting the sale of liquor in the Capitol building. For some time the resolution was obeyed, but it was finally evaded by tho keepers of the two restaurants, who put out liquor in cups. Those desiring a drink of whisky had but to ask for a "cup of tea," and the liquet' was pro duced. Finally tho sale became holder. and on the last night of the Forty-fifth Congress, in the House restaurants, 2,07(i drinks of lager beer were disposed of at five cents a drink, besides the whisky, brandy, wine and bottles of champagne that were sold. if 'of o rto U.fn. "When I was flon in the San Juan country, ' 'bout iff years ago," said Uncle (labe Willijins a noted Colorado hunter, to a rejortr, " a-prospectin' around in Cunlngharr's gulch along of two or three mc&ofthe boys,, we saw some goats cavorttn'anund on what ap peared to us td bja lie tip-top of the mountain. We inadcup our minds that those goats belonged .o us an' prepared accordin'. One of ue pilled off his boots an1 began to climb 'up to drive the crit ters down, while tho res on us ambushed at the only place where wo thought they could come. Pote tint's the feller that dim up lVte.when In got to the top found that he was almit a hundred foot above the goat, whidi was stnndin' on the edge of a precipjfn nior'n three hun dred liwt high. Juy Up tlll' hollered on' " --.u rlhe goats. Ti.. ;, ters didn't stop a minnit to hold a coun cil on what they should do, but just gin' one jump an' over the precipice they went. Wc thought we had 'cm sure an' though we'd a lettle ruther shot 'em yit we didn't have no special conscien tious scruples agin eatin' a goat which had committed suicide. Hut wc didn't eat any of them goats, not by no means. They just came llyin' down that perpen diekler rock fer mor'n three hundred foot, 'bumpty, bumpty, bunib,1 tuchin' the wall onct in 'bout every sixty foot until they reached the bottom, whar they landed all right an' struck out like light nin' for tie timber. I 'spose 'twould a-killed 'em if they'd a jumped straight down, but yt'wc they knew a trick worth two of thet, an' by touehin' the rock as they come 'twos 'bout the same thing, ye sin", as goin' down stairs. Now, I've lieerd folks say the goats jumpoff of high rocks an' hud on their heads, an' hein' kind of acenstomed to buttin' it didn't hurt 'em none. Them stories is a little too tough for me, an' 1 advise ye, stranger, ttv to take no stock in anythin' x man tells ye that he can't say as he saw himself, lioats is knowiu' critters, t liar's Lio doubts about that, but thev don't do half the wonderful things which fellers as has no :cgard for truth let on they do. I did see one thing onct, howsumdeavcr, which I never saw anything like it afore. Twasdown among the Sangrede t 'hristo range wliai I was lookin' around last fall. I saw an old goat walkin' 'bout half way up a big precipice on a little helvin' pat'i, which the same I saw petered out 'bout the middle of the cli If I'he goat didn't know this, an' came ! rot till' n Ion; as pert an' sassy as ye . dense. 1'rcttv soon along came a kid follerin', an' then 1 wondered how they was agoin1 to get out of that scrape. I'he path kop' gettin' narcr an' nareivr till It Colli. lil't allien llioi'ii si. hit lest wide, an' then it ended altogether. The old goat stopped and seemed kind of surprised like: first she looked down 'twas 'bout live hundred feet, I guess then she looked up, an' then she seemed to be thinkin' the matter over. A 11 at once she riz up on her hind legs, an' winging one of 'em over the edge turned round on the tothcr as if on a pivot an' then dropping down on all fours give a iiinip over the kid an' trotted back. The kid didn't stop to go to the end of the path, but just riz up an' copied the old one's motions exactly. I'Hclean Social Life. Is virtue driven from the field? Has vice won? Tluw are hints of an exist ing condition of affairs iu this country, given in recent revelations, which equal in immorality the state of Homo in the later days of the empire, or I'acis before the fall of the Bourbons. Yet the mass of the people, we contend, are decent, are Cod-fearing; the instinct of the Ameri can woman is to h modest anil pure. Human nature is no coarser or less rev erent than in the days of our grandfath ers. Our literature is purer than it was then; there are a thousand avenus into which the human mind can turn science, art, knowledge of every kind to divert it from gross animal passions. Why do these passions, then, dominate our social life, like the seven devils who found the house swept and garnished, and entered in take, possession? We believe one reason to be that the i ... i i .1 . l :r. .. o uriers are lowcreu in uonn-siic ine iu .. Al . ,. filhiur rltein r.i eim-iii in. Mjilters are "V " r.K discussed in .'.,,,.' which once m latrons Diusneii io nienuon. There is a familiarity with vice, an ac ceptance of it as a matter of course, shown in our newspapers, in our ordina ry talk, in our pulpits, which debases tiie minds of the young. The very air is poisoned in which our children live. No legislation, no single reform can touch this disease any more than it could curr iisu seaseaiiyu oreumi. u cou. . . "' alarm which slays ,ts victims by the iousan.1. It ,s for each family, each 111 clergyman, each mother, to clean and sweeten theirown household. Xcw York Tribune. A MSIorim'n Return. The Burlington young man who went to Lcadvillc, Col., in February to make 10s fortune returned home yesterday evening, having made it. He reports the walking from 1 adville to Pueblo as ter rible, but from that point on as far east as Earned it improved, and from lear ned to Osage City he got along with com paratively little fatigue and nothing to eat; from Osage City to Atchison the walking grew rapidly worse, and his fatigue increased out of all proportion to his rations, and from Hopkins to Bur - ungion me waiMii i ...... the occasional lifts he was able to beg or steal on freight trains didn't count for anything. He expresses himself as high ly pleased with Leadville, and thinks of going back again, but not this century. He excused the style of his raiment by savimr that nobody in Leadville wort mitre than one leg to their pantaloons. BurUngtem Hawkey t. A Hive Old Ayr. The Indianapolis Sun says: Indian apolis can proudly boast of being the home perhaps of tho oldest person in the State if not in the world. Her name is Norah Shea, and she residi-s with her son, Michael Shea, at No. 25(1 North Delaware street. She will be 110 years of age in October next. She was born in the county of Kerry, South Ireland, and came to this country some thirty-two years since. She be longs to a family of svcn sisters, all of whom are now dead, except herself and youngest sister, who is now about eighty-six years of age. Her oldest sis ter died at the ripe old age of 118 years. About three years ago Mrs. Shea lost her reason, and for about nine months was quite demented. Her reason re turned, however, and she has since been perfectly rational. She walks about y e""!"!- iKimin ia j attend church services, frequently going unattended. She also goes up and down stairs with perfect ease, and is apparent ly enjoying good health. She seldom talks, except in her native tongue, and she can use the English language hut veny imperfectly. She sits in her old armchair continually, biting her gums, and her friends believe she is cutting a new set of teeth. An Enni skillcn (Ireland) correspondent of the Dublin Express tells of a similar case as follows: "There is at jresent living in the town land of Mullinaskea, near t'astlecoole, a Mrs. Hose Leonard, whose age is one hundred nnd eight years, being thirty eight years beyond the scriptural limit of life. During the last twenty years she had lost all her teeth, but in the months of July, August, September and October of last year she got six new ones, and her eyesight is so good that she is able to read and to thread the smallest needle without glasses. She goes to the mar ket with her butter and eggs as in formei days, and on last Christmas day she hud at dinner, along with some of her own children and grandchildren, forty-nine great-great-grandchildren." II onff fie a llrlilc. An exciting incident occurred on the Iron Mountain railroad in Missouri on a recent Saturday night. At Belmont, a lady of fine personal appearance and handsomely attired purchased a ticket to go north on the train from Belmont at H.flO. The train had run about a mile, and was at full speed when the lady who had taken passage suddenly arose, and walking suddenly to the door, sprang out into the darkness. In due time the lady again appeared at Belmont, having walking back along the track. She had suiTWoil no injury, but was evidently disturbed in mind. She explained that she was from the South, anil was under a marriage engagement, but that her sti rii old grandfather interfered, and that the only chance li ft was to seek some distant place for the performance of the marriage ceremony. A place on the line of the railroad had been selected, where her lover was to meet her. It : peared, however, that the grandfather was in close pursuit, and was even on the same train from Belmont with the fleeing lady, although he was not aware of her near proximity. She caught sight -of him. and without hesitation left the car and jumped. After the train had run a few miles it was found that the lady was missing. The old gentle man having heard of the circumstance at once concluded that the lady was the one of whom he had been in hot pursuit, and he took the first train back to Bel mont. Before he got there the lady had made known the circumstance, and one so determined to carry out her purpose as she was had no trouble in finding friends. The old gentleman made in quiries for her upon his return, but was started off in the wrong direction. Watch was kept for the expected lover, who was easily recognized from the de scription the lady has given. Soon after his arrivn' the two were united legally. itiiHHian Itohberm. llussian baggage-cars do not carry baggagemen. The ear is sealed when it leaves, and tho seal broken when any thv I has to be taken out or put in. At least, that is the explanation of some . .. , .i; ,.,:.., , very ingenious stealing w Inch went on ' flourishing month after month on tin Kursk. Charkov and Azov railroad, un- . ., , . .. , , .. i ....... i 111 lasi j mi i inner, w lien n. w ,i.s u.-o-v mi There were several accomplices, who used a went trunk or chest. One of tlieiu was put in tins and shipped in the haggage-enr. As soon as the car was sealed he ervnt out. broke open the I st- lookingtrunks of the other passenh i-s, selected the most valuable articles and t thl,ul , his ()Wn . l.est until there , ,, for ,limS(.,f, ; J , i station his accomplices ' chest, and unpacked the I booty. rii'i-ivcil the thief and his fare of the Kar, Dr. D. H. St. John Hoosa in a tnlk on " The Ear and the Care of it," said that no small amount of trouble in the ear was caused by too frequent syringing and boring out with a twisted towel or handkerchief, not to month n hairpins. bodkins and other metallic instruments. In his opinion one should never put anything into the ear smaller than the little finger, although one writer on the b,,l.'i.u lit.,1 hiiijI i,nt n.tthinir in KtTl'tller (h(, T,1(t nvoi(lllIu.0 , nmny car , was to 1m ,,1 by 1 tnk-- ()m, n(), ,u (lu(,k , hmd -m vM ..,,-. to vr nire the deemr partuu- less ordered by a physician; not to intro duce any body which can push the wax down against the drum; not to sit in a draught when overheated ; not to smoke to excess, and above all, not take cold A Cerman physician says that thirst i arises from the loss of liquid in food which is cooked. Bared from a ttattlennakr. Two of the early pioneers of Colorado happened to meet in Denver, and, as a natural consequence, the conversation turned on early experiences and adven tures. As both parties are noted hunt ers and guides, their stories related principally to the killing of. unusual game or the finding or losing of some mountain trail, intermixed with person al adventures and hardships and other interesting incidents. Hut the story that produced the most thrilling effect upon the auditors was a snake story, and as both parties vouched for the truth there of it would be highly indecorous in a New reporter to suggest any doubt as to ts .literal correctness. And thus the story was told by "The Major:" "Jim and I started out in the mountains early one morning after black-tailed deer. We hut I no luck up to noon, and then found - mviT o the side of a precipitous mountain. The trail was wide and plain, and we soon came to a spring that had burst its way out of the solid rock. Here we both stopped to get a drink. 1 used the cup first and then handisl it to Jim. He drank and stepped off side ways to take a look down the side of the mountain and in the valley. As he stood thus his shoulders reached to a level with a'shelf of the leck 'which projected forward some litt.e distance over the trail. As I rose np from thu spring something attracted my attention to this ocky shelf, which was only a few inches from Jim's neck nnd exactly on a level therewith. To my horror I saw there on an immense rattlesnake. The horri ble reptile was all coiled, his eyes were snapping, his forked tongue protruding, and everything indicating an immediate spring. Jim stood periectly stolid and utterly unconscious of the slightest dan ger. Any motion on his part, even the slightest, I knew would be instantly fatal. What to do I could not think. I la red not call nor shoot. Everything depended upon his remaining perfectly still. After a second's further reflection (and the time seemed an age) I dropped softly down so as to be out of sight of the reptile. 1 then moved like a shadow toward my unconscious friend. Breath lessly 1 watched him from fear that any second lie would make some slight movement of head or body, and nny mo tion I kni'w meant death. Soon I was near enough to feel that I could get a firm hold. Without another thought or the slightest word or warning I then grasped Jim by the arm and side and brought him heavily down with a crash upon the trail 'and among the flinty rocks. As 1 did this I saw what seemed i Hash of light dart out from the rocky helf, which I knew to be the stroke of the reptile. Hut my friend's neck was not where the snake had hoped, and Jim was safe." And what did Jim say when you flung him down in that style?'' said one of the auditors. He commenced abusing me in the meanest sorl of way." replied the nnu'or. till 1 made him stand up and look at that shelf in the rock. When he saw that, and the snake as well, and saw, too, how near he had been to a horrible death, he turned around and took my hand; but he didn't say anything more, because he couldn't speak. Hut then we understood each other, didn't we, Jim?" You bet. Major," replied Jim; "and I've always felt kind o' bail because I never have been able to do you as kind a turn as that vou did to me; but I don't up meaning to ki'p trying. Major." lh-nver (Col.) A'o's. .tfercy to the ttumb Animal. The thirteenth annual report of the American society for the prevention of cruelty to animals' contains some points of more than passing interest. The funds and endowments of the society are now somewhat more ample than they were when, thirteen years ago. Mr. Hergh rented a little room, seven feet by nine, in the old brick residence at the corner of Fourth street and Broadway. The bequests known to exist in wills. md those which have already taken ef fect, now amount to something over S1.KX,000; so that the perpetuity of the institution is assured. The court of ap- j peals has also rendered a decision which defines, enlarges and fixes the jurisdic tion of the society over offenses against the law by virtue of which it was es tablished. During the last year the agents of the society have investigated 3,- fiOO cases of cruelty to dumb animals, mak ing in all. lfi.H.'t? since its organization in IHOti, with fi.wio convictions of offenders. The number of convictions during the year 1BTH was H82. distributed as follows among the oil. uses cognizaltic ley tne society: Working horses with sores upon their bodh's, Sfifl; working lame horses. KM5; working siek and diseased horses, fifty ; working horses with glan ders, or farcy, eight; working old and worn-out horses or mules, four; over driving, fifty-two; reckless driving, five; overloading teams, twenty-six ; neglii-t-ing and starving animals, eighteen ; beating with clubs, hammers, cart rungs, hut-ends of whips, thirty-nine; abandoning animals to die in the street, eighteen; currying in a cruel manner, thirty-six; dragging wounded animals through the streets, ten ; malicious kill ing and mutilation, fifteen; keeping horses and cattle in filthy stables, fifteen ; poisoning, three; cock and dog fighting, seventeen; refusing to blanket dipped horses, exposing animals to storms, etc., twmty-six; salting the streets, twenty two; acts of cruelty to cattle, dogs, cats, goats, etc., forty; offering diseased horses and cattle for sale, five; feeding cows on distillery swill, twenty-five; ads of cruelty by dog-catchers, fifteen. In the cities of New York nnd Brooklyn alone the agents of the society have hail to interfere to protect animals in 3,040 cases, and caused the destruction of iHtipina Tlaer'a fftir. The feat of clipping the ingrowing claws of the royal Bengal tiger "Jim" was accomplished at Philadelphia with a great deal of difficulty. On account of the lack of constant attrition on rough ground, such as they would have had in the jungle, Jim's claws had lengthened to an unnatural size and grown deeply into his paws, exposing the animal to an attack of lockjaw. Hence tho clipping. The well-known animal trainer, Mr. A. J. Forepaugh, was retained for the opera tion, and appeared early this morning at the carnivora house of the Zoo, accom panied by Dr. Chapman, the physician, Arthur E. Brown, the superintendent, and four keepers. Mr. Forepaugh had provided himself with a strong three quarter inch rope, limited at one end, a long pole and four short half-inch cords, also looped, a thiek knotty hickory club and a pair of sharp wire nippers. The loop of the larger rope was placed on the end of the long pole and thrust into the cage. At the instant the tiger leaped into the furthest corner with a terrific roar which startled the other ani mals, nnd the lions, tigers, leopard, and hyenas all howled in chorus. The loop, however, was run over "Jim's" neck, and he was graduaUy drawn, in spite o his struggles, to the front of the cnge. Mr. Forepaugh quietly directed his assist ants to secure the animal iff the front of the cage. " Now hisTeet,"and the fore feet were in the loops with the aid of an iron scraper, and the tiger, bewildered at the tactics of his supposed enemies, shook his head, roared, and for a few seconds strug gled fiercely to get loose, but the loops of the other ropes were slipped ou the hind feet, and he was thrown on his side and drawn up to the front of the cage; with his hind feet sticking clear through, and the fore feet to the edge. In this position he was secured and safety cords attached to the ends, eaffli one of the latter being held by one of the assistants, so that as soon as the opera tion was completed all the feet could be loosened at once. As soon as the feet were thus secured the rope around the neck was cast off. so that the tiger's head was free. One of the keepers was then stationed nenr the head, so that in case he bit at the ropes binding the fii-t or at the operator he could thrust the hard wood knotted club into his mouth for him to bite on. This became necessary so often that the hard club was chewed into a pulpy brush. All ready, said Mr. forepaugh, and taking in his right hand a large, sharp wire clip, had each ingrowing claw in turn pried from the llesh and straightened out and clipped oil' to the required size. The right hind foot was the worst one, of the claws, having grown fully an inch into the llesh and caused the wound to inflame and fester. As soon as this, with a part of the outer shell, which had been shed into the wound, had bii'ii removed, the tiger appeared to quiet down and submitted to have the rest of the claws of the same foot clipped without making much struggling. The right front paw was also lu.dly lacerated and inflamed. The claws were clipped in every case very quickly and successfully. As soofl as the claws of each foot were clipped, the operator rubbcil burnt alum into the festered wounds to burn away the proud flesh, and then poured over the wounds balsam of fir to heal the same. After all the claws had been clipped, Mr. Forepaugh, stepping back, cau tioned his assistants to be ready to pull the safety cords at the word. So the animal, frciil from all the cords nt once, sprang to his legs like a flash and jumped to the rear of the cage, where he first licked his bloody chaps, and, squatting, soothingly licked his paws. Appar ently satisfnil that they were still in his possession, he began pacing his cage, showing evident signs of having experi enced great relii 1 from the operations performed on him. The whole operation occupied only twenty minut1, and was very satisfactory to all parties. Iloir Vomiwund-lntercHt Ntrettn. The following, from " Novelties and Curiosities." merits the attention of some of our curious readers: "The simple in terest i. fone cent at six per cent, per an num from tlie commencement of the Christian era to the close of the year 1H('i3 would be but the trifling sum of a little over $15; but if the same principal, at the same rate and time, had been al lowed to accumulate at compound inter est, it would require the enormous num ber of Hi. H 10.0110,000,000 of (-l.ill.-h .if soil. 1 gold, each equal to the earth in magni tude, to pay the interest : and if the sum were equally divided among the inhab itants of the earth, estimated at 1,000,- 000,000, every man, woman and child would receive H1.HI0 golden worlds for an inheritance. Were .ill these globes placed side by side in a direct line, it would take lightning itself which can girdle the earth in the wink of an eye 73,000 years to travel from end to end ; and if a Parrot t gun were discharged nt one extremity, while a man was station. si at the other light traveling Ktt.OOO mill's iu a second, the initial velocity of a cannon-ball being 1.500 feet per second and sound moving through the atmosphere 1,120 feet in a second he would see the flash after waiting 110,000 years, the ball would reach him in 74.000,000 of years, but he would not hear the report till the end of 1,000,000,000 of centuries. Again, if all these masses of gold were fused into one prodigious ball having the sun for its center, they would reach out into Rpacc in all directions 1,732,000,000 miles almost reaching the orbit of Herschcl and Uranus; and if the interest were continued till the end of the present cen tury, it would entirely fill up the solar system and even encroach 500,000,000 miles on the domains of the void beyond the planet Neptune, whose orbit, at the distance of 2,850,000,000 miles from the sun, encircles our whole system of worlds." j They were good gun detachments none r