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EPITOME OF THE WEEK. ConJensc3 from Telegrams of Accompanying Bales. 3Ioxdat, February 2:5. Late dispatches from Nagasaki, Japan, announce the preva lence in that couutry of an insurrection caused by the failure of the Government to in " augurate war against Corea. At last accounts the insurgents were bo near Nagasaki that the foreign residents were preparing to leave.... According to dii-patchcs from Madrid severe lighting has been going on in Biscay for several days. Portugalife lias lccn aban doned, and the garrison of Vinarose, numbering 200, were taken prisoners by the Curlists. Gen. Dorrrgarray ith 2,500 insur gents hold the heights above Somorrosto. The Republicans have tai.cn the first height with heavy loss Cardinal Antoneili has ad dressed a circular letter to all Bishops, citing them to Rouie, as the Pope wishes to see them before he dies According to telegrams re ceived in London the capital of the Ashantets has surrendered and King Collee and his family have been taken prisoners On the afternoon of the 'J-Jd an engine ran olTthe track at Union dale, Fa., ou the Jefferson Branch, between Susquehanna and CarUmdale, and fell down an embankment seventy-five feet, instantly killing Conductor John K. Harding, Engineer Cramer, Fireman David Cramer and Brakeman Thomas Kapley... A New York dispatch says a praying crusade against intemperance has commenced in that city and vicinity. The churches arc generally moving in the matter. The Trustees of Trinity Church have decided to no longer lease the property of the church for purposes of liquor selling, and other churches are requesting their members to stipulate that their property thall not hereafter be used as saloons.... A boy ten or twelve years old, the sou of T. Jones, of Windfall, Ind., while his parents were at church a few nights ago, attempted to kindle a fire with coal oil, with the usual re sult. The boy died the next morning The Missouri State Grange on the 21st adopted a resolution requesting the Missouri Senators aud Representatives iu Congress to use their Influence to secure the improvement of the Mississippi River and its tributaries Ac cording to dispatches of the 22d the Women's Temperance movement was spreading in Iowa and Illiuois. In Oswego, Lexing ton and mauy other places iu Illinois, and in Davenport, Dubuque aud elsewhere in Iowa organizations had been formed and prepara tions made for a determined assault upon the saloon-keepers and their patrons. The same condition of affairs prevailed In Indiana. In Chicago a praying band consisting of 3,000 womeu was about to be organized, according to the Timrx of the 22d. The city was to be divided into districts and each district given over to a band of fifty praying women. Tuesday, February 24. Late dispatches state that 200,000 persons in India were fam ishing for want of food, and that half a mill ion would have perished had they not lcen relieved by the Government At a late meeting of the Royal Geographical Society Sir Bartle Frere announced that he had come to the conclusion, after conference with Dr. Kirk, that the re port of the death of Dr. Livingstone was true. The Queen, at the instance of Mr. Gladstone, has granted a pension of 1,000 per annum to the children of Dr. Livingstone A Wash ington dispatch eays the friends of temperance in that city have determined to commence an active crusade against liquor selling in the capital A call has been published for a convention of dele gates from the Northwestern- States to be held at Rock Island ou Tuesday, March 51, on the subject of cheap transportation. The call is issued by Major James M. Allan, dele gate from the Illinois Farmers' State Associa tion to the late Cheap Transportation Con vention at Washington, he having been ap pointed by the Decatur Convention Three hundred men went adrift in East Saginaw Bay on the morning of the 2:d on a cake of ice, on which they had built a fishing vil lage, and which was driveu away from the shore by a strong southwest wind. They were carried out Into the lake, 'when a change of wind to the west brought them up to the east ern shore of the bay, where two hundred of them managed to escape at different points. Two of the men were drowned in attempting to reach land. One hundred men were still on the itc up to the night of the 2od. Wf.dnesda Y.February 23. Chin Lan Pin the Chinese Commissioner of Education, was a recent visitor at the Executive Mansion in Washington. He expressed a hope that the intercourse between the United States and China would grow more general and that the existing friendly feelings may never be interrupted. .. .The Rhode Isl and State Prohibitory Convention, re cently in session at Providence, made the following nominations: For Governor, Henry Howard, present incumbent; Lieuten-and-Govcrnor, W. F. Sayles; Secretary of State, J. M. Addernan, present incumbent; Attorney-General, Edwin Mctcalf; General Treasurer, Henry Gaff A State Temper ance Mass Convention, composed of womeu and men engaged in the temperance crusade in Ohio, was recently held at Colum bus. Dio Lewis was made President. The proceedings consisted of speeches, one of which was made by Van Pelt, " the reformed saloon-keeper," singing of hymns, reading letters from sympathizers, and the formation of a State Bureau, which shall seud speakers and workers to any place in need of them. The convention formed a permanent or ganization to be known as the Woman's Temperance Association of Ohio.... The temperance excitement in Valparaiso, Ind., on the 24th, was at fever heat. For several days before the ladies had besieged the leading saloons after the style of their Ohio sisters. Their services were largely attended. On that day the Mayor issued bis proclama tion ordering them to desist. The ladies re plied with a counter proclamation, in which was embodied the following extracts from the Scriptures: Psalms ii. 1 4; Acts iv. IS, 19; Acts v. 29, and a short address to the public- The Grand Jury was in session and had f ound a large numtier of indictments against the liquor-sellers. At one saloon in the after noon, whiletbe ladies wereconductingaprnyer meeting on the sidewalk, a bucket of dirty water was thrown upon them from the balcony above, completely ruining the dress of one lady and thoroughly sprinkling the rest. The ladies of Richmond, Ind., visited about thirty saloons, but their efforts were not crowned with success up to the 24th. The movement bad developed to considerable extent in various towns in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. TncitsDAT, February 20. A report has been received in London that a great battle has been fought at Aeroomha, on the Gild Coast, between the Ashantces and the British forces under Sir Garnet Wolselcy. The Brit ish papers say a great disaster has befallen the British arms, and the only course left for the commander is to retreat to the coast Peace negotiations had been pending. and had been 60 far advanced that it was announced that the end of the war had been reached, but these have all failed in consequence of the determination of Sir Garnet to treat with the Ashantee King at Coomassic. The battle lasted from six o'clock iu the niorninjr until three o'clock in the afternoon. A large number of officers and men were killed. It is reported that the communication of the British with the rear is threatened The Boston School Committee, notwithstanding the decision of tie Supreme Court of the State, have voted 44 to 40 not to reconsider their former action refusing to allow the women elected to oc cupy scats as members of the Board.... The Maine House of Representatives has refused to pass the bill abolishing the death penalty, the vote leing 57 to 73. . . . A Detroit dispatch of the 2ith says no definite informa tion had been received in regard to the ice-tloe at Bay City, but the general opinion was that all had escaped The Iowa Anti-Monopoly Convention met at Des Moines on the 25Lh, with sixty-four counties represented. Thomas Mitchel was elected President and J. M. Weart Secretary. Resolutions were adopted favoring the faithful admin istration of law; demanding honesty, economy and purity in official life ; favoringa true system of civil-service reform; opposing a protective tariff; declaring that all corpora tions are subject to legislative control ; favor ing a modification of the banking system ; op posing grants of public lauds to railways ; de claring that the pretended repeal of the back salary law is a gross fraud upon the people, and demanding ita unqualified repeal; demand ing that all public work, including printing, be let to the lo west responsible bidder, aud Inviting all men, regardless of past jolitieal views, to unite with them in remedy ing the evils from which the people ho generally suffer. The following State Central Committee was chosen: J. Harten bower, O'Brien County; Frauk Brown, Wash ington; J. Weaver, Cedar; J. M. Weart, Buchanan; J. O. Crosby, Blackhawk; L. B. Nelson, Tama; E. N. Gates, Jasper; G. F. Parker, Warren; J. F. Bishop, Union; II. Jackson, Greene. Fuiuay, February 27. A dispatch has been received at the British War Office from Gen. Wolselcy, dated at Coomassie and an nouneing his arrival at that place after five days' hard fighting, and with the loss of 300 men. He expected to sign a treaty of peace with the King of the Ashantees and return at once to the coast.. The Ohio Prohibition State Convention recently in session at Mount Vernon has placed in nomination the following State ticket for next fall : For Secretary of State, John It. Buchel, of Summit County; Clerk of the Supreme Court, B. Foster, of Logan ; School Commis sioner, B. M. Weddcll, of Montgomery; mem 1h.t of the Board of Public Works, E. G. Col lins, of Hocking; Supreme Judge, G. J. Stew art A Detroit dispatch of the 20th says it had been ascertained that all the men afloat on the ice in Saginaw Bay had escaped to the land. Saturday, February 23. The French Court of Appeals has dismissed the claim of Naundorff, who styled himself Louis XVII., and declared the man a crafty adventurer An extensive conflagration i3 reported as having occurred at Panama on the 15th ult., m hereby the large.-t portion of the business part of the city was destroyed. The losses are estimated at over a million of dollars, mostly insured in London companies. .. .The official report of the Secretary of the Wisconsin State Grange announces 39SGranges in the State up to February 20. The State Agent of the Indiana Granges had reports up to the 27th ult. of the organization of 1,450 Granges in the State, an average of sixteen to each county The Colorado State Grange has voted to establish a co-operative associa tion in the Territory for the benefit of the farm ers Christopher Raflerty, thrice convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a Chicago policeman, was hanged at Waukegan on the 27th ult. Great efforts had been made by the friends of Ihe criminal to induce Gov ernor Beveridge to commute his sentence to imprisonment for life, but they proved un availing. Rafferty claimed that he committed the crime while under the influence of w hisky. ..The Wrtrn Jiaral (Chicago) of a recent date says: "A pretended law aud collection firm are sending out letters to v etims of G. B. llodge & Co., saying they will try aud col lect (claims on that concern on receipt of 25 cents ! An examination shows us that the paper on which the said letters are written are the old letter-sheets of Hodge & Co., with the printed head cut off ! Tell your neighbors not to give those scoundrels any more i- cents." rouTY-THinn congress. Saturday, February 21. Senate not in session In trie House, a pennon was presemeu to have the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday declared a public holiday Several pri vate bills were reported from Committee of the v noie anu passed. ...a motion usiwu iu li:ioKs to adiourn over nulil the 2tlh, on the ground that the 21 was to be generally observed as the birthday of George Washington. Tuesday, February 24. Senate A joint resolution of the Legh-lature of Wisconsin, in favor of the removal of Indians from that Mate, was presented and referred.... Bills were Intro duced and referred to regulate the service of the collection of customs; to regulate daties on im ported wines; to enable the Mcnnomtes of Kus sia to effect a settlement on public lauds; to abolish Ihe offices or Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the Commissioner of Cus toms, etc Petitions were presented from mer chants of Chicago against any further issue of irredeemable paper currency, and in favor or a re turn to t-peeie payment ; of l,!Xi7 business men of Cbica?o. asking an increase of the currency; of two hundred and seventy merchants and business men of Chicauo auuiur-t anv further issue of irredeemable paper" currency . A number of private bills were passed ibe Din 10 extend tne time for completing the Wisconsin Central Kail wav was reported favorably from the Committee on Public Lands The bill to equalize the distri bution of the currency was further considered, and Mr. s-cburz spoke at length in opposition to an in crease in the volume of the currency, and Mr. Mor ton tmeny replied to the arguments ot sir. t-cuurz. . . txecutive session and adjournment. House. A bill was passed to facilitate the exportation of distilled spirits. ...Bills were introduced yielding to the State of Indiana the lands covered by Wolf Lake and I.ake George ; to increase the currency and provide for itsinter convcrsion with Government bonds, and to abolish the siukms fund: to abolish canual iiunisbnieut.. .. A lengthy discussion was bad on the bill to provide for the distribution of public documents printed by the authority of Congress, of seeds furnished by the Agricultural Department, for the free ex change of newspapers between publishers, and for the free transmission of weekly newspapers by man within l he couuly w here pu hushed, and no tices were (riven of an amendment to and a sub stitute for the pending bill. ...Adjourned Wednesday, February Si Senate. After the introduction of a few petitions and bills the bill to provide for the appointment of a com mission on the sabject of the alcoholic liquor traffic was taken up and briefly debated ....The bill to legalize the distribution of the currency came np and was further discussed, personal remarks aud explanations taking place between Senators Schurz aud Morton, both of whom were. In the course of the debate, c'alled to order for un parliamentary personal allusions. The dis cussion on the bill was participated in by other Senators, the pending motion being to recommit the bill to the Finance Committee with the in structions agreed upon, directing the committee to report in favor of increasing the volume of the National Bank currency to $4O0.PO0.0Ol A mes sage was received from the President in reeard to the Centennial exhibition, which messa-re was ordered printed and to He on the table.... Execu tive session and adjournment. House. Bills were passed for the issu ing and recording of commissions to Postmasters appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate ; to amend the Steamship Passenger act in resrard to the publication of lists of immigrants Resolutions of the New Hampshire Press Associa tion were presented in favor of the restoration of the law allowing weekly newspapers free transmis sion through the mails in the county of their publi cation, and declaring hostility to anv action that may result, directly or indirectlv. in the restoration of the abuses of the f ran kins privilege The bill to provide for the free distribution in the mails of public documents, etc., was further debated, after which the previous question was seconded 1V to 67 and the vote on ordering the main question resulted in yea 126. nays 117. No further action was had on the bill. ...An evening session was held for the consideration of the bill to revise ihe statutes. Thursday, February 26. Bills were passed prescribing the form of oath to be taken by Postofflce officials before entering upon the dis charge of their duties; the Nsval Appropriation bill, with amendments The bill to provide for iT""iim-ui oi a commission in regard to alcoholic liqnor traffic was debated The Army Appropriation bill was reported from Committee on Appropriations, with amendments Execu tive session and adjournment. House. A bill was passed allowing the use of the unexpended balance of 'the appropria tion for the construction of branch mint at San Francisco.... The bill reviving the franking prlvi lege was taken np, and, after debate, a motion to lay the hill on the table was defeated 113 to 140 and then the amendment reported by the committee, authorizing the Postmaster- General to delay the transmis-ion of document whenever the welfare of the service shall so require, was rejected by an overwhelming majority. A vote was then taken on a substitute to repeal the law which abolished the franking privilege, wmcn amendment w iertvt.ua so. mvi 19 The vote was then taken on the passage of the bill, and it was re jectedyeas 1J9. nays 131 The bill to revise the statutes was considered ai me eveuiut eessiuu. Friday, February 27. Senate. Peti tions were presented from workingmen In different States against any increase in taxation.... House bills were passed In relation to import daties on fruit, being a bill to correct an error in the late Tariff bill; making available certain unexpended balances to construct the new branch mint at San Francisco.... A favorable report was made on the House bill extendins the time for building the Green Bay & Lake Michigan Canal. ...The bill to provide lor tne appointment, oi a commission iu regard to the alcoholic liquor traffic was taken up and an amendment waa agreed to appropriating 10.000 for the expenses of the Commission. . . The House bill in regard to the Centennial Exhibition was taken nn. and a substitute was offered provid ing that the celebration of the lOOlh anniversary of American independence snail be national in cnar acter; that the arrangements shall be left In the hands of the original Commission, aud shall be carried out to conform to the provisions of the act of Congress, and that no money enau oe appro priated from the National Treasury on account of the celebration. After debate and an executive session the Senate adjourned to the 2d. House. A motion was made, to be sub- seqnently called np, to reconsider the vote of the day before by which the bill reviving the franking privilege was rejected.... Several bills of a private cuaracter were pbik:u. . .nui,o o f;ntu bill for the free circulation or newspapers.... da journed. KITTEN DY MAD DOGS. Fearful Career of a Couple ofjlad Dog In Chicago -Over Twenty Persona and More than Forty Dog Bitten Oreat Kicltrmtnt Among the Deal zem of the North Side. Tns existence of a mad dog excitement in the city of Chicago is unfortunately not rare, In that city attempts have been made to take a dog census, but those who have made the undertaking have always been obliged to give up before its completion because of its mag nitude. It is safe to estimate the number of dogs in that city at 100,000, and it is not sur prising. therefore that an excitement occasion ally sweeps over the city like an east wind over the prairies. In this case there was reason for it, as the following facts abundantly justify. About seven o'clock on a recent morning a large yellow dog was seqp running frantically along Starr street, in the North Division of the city, frothing at the mouth and snapping at every person or animal that came in its way. There were but few pedestrians on the street, and the most of these were children who were out at play or going on errands. The grown people who saw the mad animal seemed paralyzed with fear, and, instead of endeavor ing to stay the animal's deadly career, sought safety in flight. The brute rushed upon num bers of little children whom it met in its rabid career, and bit them wi.h more or less severity. Every dog that it met received its peculiar attentions, and Starr 6treet resounded with the yelping of the poor bitten brutes. The yaller dog" was having things its own way, and made a triumphal progress down the street, driving everything before it and inspiring ter ror far aud wide. The news finally reached the police station, and an officer was detailed to look after the animal. He found it and at once gave chase. The dog ran out on the prairie, south of North avenue and west of Clybourne, keeping just out of pistol range and stopping now and then to bite a brother dog or a child. Once the officer came near enough to fire with effect, but heonly wounded the animal, and the frantic beast sped along faster than before. Reinforcements finally arrived in the persons of two additional offi cers, and the three men assumed their speed iest gait in their efforts to overtake the brute. But it still kept out of range, and jogged along, snapping at real and imaginary enemies, and yelping with the pain that the wound gave it. The chase was a long and exciting one, and all the observers who were old enough to be sensible of danger " cleared the track" aud made themselves exceedingly scarce. The ollicers were pretty tnorougniy exhausted before they overhauled the dog at last. They were nearing the city limits, and were pressing hard upon him, when the ani mal suddenly jumped over a fence and ran into a house, bringing consternation to the women folks, and sought refuge under a bed, where it glowered and growled at its persecutors as they surrounded it, A well-aimed bullet gave it its quietus. It had crowded into two hours a big dar's work even for a mad dog. It had planted its fangs In the flesh of more than twenty persons, had bitten nearly forty dogs and had led the officers who pursued it a chase of several miles and an hour and a half in duration. About the same time in the morning, in the precinct a little further south, a large dog, frenzied with hydrophobia, attacked a little boy who was delivering morning papers on Clybourne avenue and bit him severely on the hand. Policemen were soon on Its track, and it was killed before it had wrought such ap palling mischief aa did the animal whose ex ploits have just been narrated. Its ravages were fearful enough, to be sure, for it suc ceeded in biting five persons, all children, aud about fifteen dogs. Both animals scumcd, as a general thing, to avoid adults, though th list of sufferers includes several grown people, and passed many children unnoticed, but they bit every cur they chanced to meet, and curs are numerous in Chicago. Medical assistance was promptly summoned for the suffering children, and the best reme dies for alleviating their pains and killing the seeds of the horrible infection were at once applied. Policemen were engaged during a good share of the day in hunting down and killing the animals which were bitten, and which, if unmolested, would probably be on the war path themselves iu two or three days. Citizens also lent a helping hand, and many of them during the day sacrificed their pet " Fidos" and " Rovers" for the public 6afety. The Mayor, too, issued his proclamation, and for sixty days every unmuzzled canine found upon the streets, mad or otherwise, will his quietus receive at the hands of the prosaic policeman. At the present writing no case of hydrophobia has been developed in any of the three score victims. Their wounds were cauterized and the most efficient remedies known to the profession used to, if possible, prevent the horrible disease. President Grant's Message on the Centennial Exposition. The following is a copy of the President's message sent to Congress on the 25th: To the Senate and House of Representatives: I have the honor herewith to submit the report of the Centennial Commission, and to add a word in way of recommendation. There have now been international exposi tions held by three of the great powers of Europe. It seems fitting that the 100th anni versary of our independence should be marked by an event that will display to the world the growth and progress of a nation devoted to freedom and to the pursuit of fame, fortune aud honor, bv the lowest citizen aa well as the highest. A failure in this enterprise would be deplorable. Success can be assured by arousiug public opinion to the importance o'f the occasion. To secure this end, in my judgment, Congres sional legislation is necessary to make the Exposition both national and international. The benefits to be derived from a successful international Exposition are manifold. It w ill necessarily be accompanied by expenses be- vond the receiDta from the Exposition itself, but they will be compensated many fold by the commingling of people from all sections of our own country, by bringing together people of different nationalities, and by bringing in juxtaposition for ready examination our own ana foreign skill ana progress m manuiac tures. agriculture, art, science and civilization, The selection of the 6ite for the Exposition seems to me appropriate, from the fact that, 100 years refore the date fixed for the Exposi tion, the Declaration of Independence, which launched us into the galaxy of nations as an Independent people, emanated from the same spot. We have much in our varied climate, soil, mineral products and skill of which advantage can be taken by other nation alities to their profit. In return they will bring to our shores works of their skill, and familiarize ourpeople with them, to the mu tual advantage of all parties. Let us make a complete success of our Centennial Exposi tion, or suppress it in its inrancy, acKnowieag ing our inability to give it the International character to which our sell-esteem aspires. U. S. Gkaxt. Executive Mansion, Feb. 25, 1874. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. FXBKnABT 28, 1874. Cotton. Middling upland, 15 S3 16c. Live Stock. Beef Cattle $'J.9'iaii.50. Hogs Live, $5.756.00; Dressed, $6.757.00. Sheep Live, t5.758.00. BnEAnsTcrrs. Flour Good to choice, $6.65. 6.83; white wheat extra, $6.857. 40. Wheat No. 2 Chicago, $1.4701.41); Iowa spring, fl.48t.50; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1.501.52. Rye West ern aud State, $1.001.01. Barley $1.75&1.85. Corn Mixed Western afloat, 7?&S0c. Oats New Western, 61g,61'ic. Provisions. Pork New Hess, $1B.6515.75. Lard 9iS.0c. Wooii Common to extra, 4070c. CHICAGO. Livb Stock. Beeves Choice, $5.4O5.0; good. $5.10Zi5.30; medium, $4.75&5.O0 ; butchers stock, $3.50&4.50; stock cattle, fJ.254.50 Hogs Live, $4.50(26.00; Dressed, $6.00(&6.25. Sheep Good to choice, $5.606.00. Pbovisions. Batter- Choice, 3540c Eggs Fresh, 1020c Pork -New Mess, $13.87H 11.00. Lard 8tf8?,C Brkaostutfs. Flour White Winter extra. t6.f0&9.25; spring extra, $3,1246.00. Wheat Soring. No. 2, 1.15L16J.. Corn No. 2, 57 57Uc. Oats No. 2, 4i4iAc. Rye No. 2, 85 85'4c. Barley No. 2, $1.6o1.65. Woou Tub-washed, 4358c : fleece, washed. 3fi48c. ; fleece, unwashed, 2534c. ; pulled, 3540c. CINCINNATI. Bueadstctfs. Flour $6.50(7.00. Wheat $1.40. Corn &9&62c Rye $1.01. Oats 44 52c. Barley $1.75(21.85. Provisions. -Pork $11.5014.75. Lard 82 9c. ST. LOUIS. Livb Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $1.50 5.75. Hogs Live, $1.505.EO. Brbadstutfs. Flour, XX Fall, $6.23-6.50. Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.551.60. Corn No. 2, 6(KfihOV4c. Oats No. 2. 46k 47c Rye No. 2, S3 92',4C Barley $1.701.75. Provisions. Pork Mess, $14.2514.E0. Lard. 8!-i8?iC. MILWAUKEE. Breadsttffs. Flour Spring XX, $6.00(26.50. Wheat Spring No. 1, $1.221.23; No. 2, $1.18 1.19. Corn No. 2, 556Kc. Oats No. 2, 40 40!4c Rye No. 1, 7!K5.S0c. Barley No. 2, $1.65 1.70. DETROIT. Breaostutfs. Wheat Extra, $1.591.60. Corn 66tc Oats 4850c. TOLEDO. Breaostcffs. Wheat Amber Mich., $1.45 1.46; No. 2 Red, $1.441.45. Corn Mixed, 61 64c. Oats No. 1, 484c. CLEVELAND. Breadstitffs. Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.56 1.57; No. 2 Red, $1.451.4b. Corn 6367c Oats 17249c. BUFFALO. Lrvs Stock. Beeves $4.756.12'4. Hogs Live, $5.87H5.90. Sheep Live, $4.805.60. Wanderings of an Insane Man Through the Snow. Among the boarders in the family of Sirs. McCabe, on West Newark avenue, Jersey City, is Thomas Brannon. He has recently suuereu Irom typhoid lever to such a degree that his mind became af fected, ana he has been frequently delir ious. About eight o'clock on Sunday night he arose from his bed and quietly passed out of the house, unobserved by any of the inmates. The only clothing that covered his body was an undershirt, a pair of drawers and a stocking on one foot. In this condition he set out across a bleak section of the meadow flats for the County Workhouse at Snake Hill, and a more dreary, cheerless journey, in even the mildest weather, it would be difficult to trace within twenty miles of Jersey City. Through the wild waste of track less snow for a distance of four miles wandered the raving man. He must have been insensible to suffering or he would have succumbed to the attacks of the keen, biting frost. Yesterday morning at six o'clock one of the keepers of the I'enitenti&ry in Snake Hill saw a man clinging to the bars of one of the windows, and, observing that he was in almost a nude condition, he hastened to his relief. This man was Brannon. His hands were frozen to the bars, and were so stiff that it was with difHcultv he could be extricated The extremities In short his whole body were frozen, and there were no indications of life. The keeper remarked when he called for assistance, "Come out ; there is a corpse hanging out of the window!" The resident physician, however, applied restoratives, and with such success that the wretched man returned to conscious ness so that he could speak. He now lies in a precarious condition at the hospital. N. Y. Herald. Brief Savings by Josh Billings. Eskt man who will spred a slander iz a sekond-handed liar, mutch meaner, if possible, than the one who originated it. Menny people are like an old hen with one chicken a grate deal ov fuss and hurry, but very little dispatch. All lies, belore they bekum current, pass thru three hands; the fust iz sum very diskreet person, who looks wize, and only hopes that things ain't so and so; the sekuud iz a lawless gossip, who haz no doubt but what things are so, or even wuss; the third iz a malishus vampyre, who fully endorses the foul blot, and spreds it broadcast thru the land. l'ride and anger are closely allied. Diskre6hun iz the smartest thing enny man possesses. If he haz cot plenty ov branes with it, he iz a giant; and if he haint got much ov enny, he iz a respek table pigmy. lie who haz got nothwrr to do in this life but toamuze himself haz got on hand the hardest kind ov a job i know ov. I hare iz nothine we are more apt to parade before others than our cares and sorrows, and thare iz nothing the world kares so little about. Take affability, good sense, honesty. and good breeding, mix them together, and shake them well and vu hav the in gredients for a gentleman. ihe goou things a man duz are hard to remember, the evil things are dredful easy. Truth kan stand alone, but a lie haz to lean on sumthing, generally another lie. A. tru mend iz one who am t atrade to tell us ov our faults. iV. T. Weekly. Half of all the ordinary diseases would be banished from civilized life, and dvs- pepsia become almost unknown, if every body would eat but thrice a day at regular times, and not an atom between meals, the intervals being not less than five hours, that being the time required to digest a full meal and pass it out of the stomach. THE GHOST THAT JIM SAW. (KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY.) 1873. " Wht, as to that," said the engineer, " Ghosts ain't things we are apt to fear; Spirits don't fool with lovers much. And throttle-valves don't take to such ; And as for Jim What happened to him Was one-half fact and the other half whim! Banning one night on the line, he saw A house aa plain as the moral law Just by the moonlit bank, and thence Came a drunken man with no more sense Than to drop on the rail. Flat as a flail. As Jim drove by with the midnight mail. Down went the natents. Steam reversed. Too late! for there came a 'thud.' Jim cursed. As his firemen, there in the cab with turn. Kinder stared in the face of Jim, And says, 'What now?' Says Jim, What now? I've just run over a man that's how!' The fireman stared at Jim. They ran Back, but they never found house aor man. Nary a shadow within a mile. Jim turned pale, but he tried to smile Then on he tore Ten mile or more. In quicker time than he'd made afore. Would you believe it! the very next night Up rose that house in the moonlight white; Out comes the chap and drops as before, Down goes the brakes, and the rest encore And so, in fact. Each night that act Occurred, till folks swore Jim was cracked. JInmoh! Let me see: it's a veer now. most. That I met Jim, East, and said, 'How's your gnostr 'Gone,' says Jim ; and more, it's plain That ghost don't trouble me again ; I thought I shook That ghost when I took A place on an Eastern line but look: What should I meet the first trip out But that very house that we talked about. And that self -same man 1 " Well," says I, guess It's time to stop this yer foolishness." So I crammed on steam. When there came a scream From my fireman, and it broke my dream. "You've killed somebody!" Says L, "Notmnch; i re been tnar orten, and tnar ain't no such. And now I'll prove it." Back we ran. And darn my skin ! but thar was a man On the rail, dead. Smashed in the head Now I call that meanness!' That's all Jim said." Bret Ilarte, in tM New York 'Imes. A HOMELY HEROINE. " What can hae come owre Archie?" murmured Kirstie Brydone, as, for the twentieth time that da3r, she rose and went t the cottage door to look lor her hus band. It was between two and three on the afternoon of Hogmanay, the last day of the year. On every side undulating ranges oi nms mei ner eye ana seemea to close in the wide valley from the world beyond. The sun was low in the west, enveloped in a strange reddish haze; be hind the hills to the north great masses of heavj clouds were rolling up, piled one above another; a bitter icy wind whistled down the valley, bearing on its wings an occasional snow-flake; while to the south the great range of hills rose up, clear and distinct in their slight mantle of snow, against the purplish sky. Kirstie looked round in all directions, but could see nothing of her husband, who had been absent since the early morning, and say ing to herself, "I wish I saw him safe hamc; it's gaun to be a wild nict, I doubt," she closed the door, and returned to the fireside. She put on some more peats, made herself certain that the kettle was boiling, so that she might " mask" the tea as soon as Archie came in ; then, drawing forward the little table which was all ready set for tea, she sat down on a low hair and resumed her occupation ot rocking the cradle. As she bent over the fair little baby it contained the fire light lit up a very homely face; a mouth rivaling in width the. famous Meg of Hardens; small gray eyes, and alow forehead ; and yet the face was not with out its redeeming points. The large mouth disclosed two rows of pearly teeth ; the eyes were frank and sweet, with a con fiding trustlulness in them; and the fore head was crowned with masses of thick, soft, brown hair. She was remarkably tall, nearly six feet, and splendidly pro portioned, with the exception of her arms, which were rather long. And at the time of her marriage just a year be fore this there were many jokes passed upon the fact that she was two or three inches taller than her husband, who was little and slight, with a fair, boyish face, which made him look younger than Kirstie, though he was twenty-five, and she was only twenty-two. Archie Brydone let them laugh away, and could well afford to do so, for none knew so well as himself what a treasure he had got in this homely wife of his. When Kirstie was a little lass of eight years old her father and mother died of lever within a lew weeks or each other, and left her a friendless orphan. Strange ly enough.Jier father, who was a shep herd also, had had this very herding of Dynefoot, and the cottage to which she returned as a bride was the same in which she had passed a happy childhood. Mr. Gray, the farmer ol Auchensack, her ! father's master, took her to the farm-' house, and there she remained till she was married, first as a little herd-girl, then as nurse to the children, and finally as dairy maid. It was during the two or three summers which she spend herding the cows that she first-knew Archie Brydone. lie was a delicate, puny boy, who even then looked young for his years, and his parents feared at one time that he was going to be lame, though he grew out of it afterward. His father had taken a dairy on the neighboring farm of Bar breck, and Archie was set to the task oi herding, a very necessary one in those great stretches oi moorland and pasture, where there were few, if any, proper fences. In their pastoral employment the two children became inseparable compan ions. Archie was a smart boy, and a ood reader, and manv a lesson he cave Kirstie, who was a diligent, though not very apt, pupil, for at all times her heart was infinitely greater than her intel lect. At other times he would read aloud to her while she worked her stocking; and sheltered by an old plaid, which pro tected them alike from sun, wind and rain, they passed many happy hours. Finally Archie thought he must learn to weave" stockings tor himself, and under Kirstie's tuition soon became nearly as clever at it as she was herself, and so her dream of a companion knitter under the rowan-tree was realized, though very dif ferently from what she anticipated, as dreams so often are. Two happy summers passed in this way, and then Archie, having outgrown his lameness, was sent away to farm ser vice; and when he became older went to the Highlands as a shepherd. For two or three years his father and mother re mained at isarbreck dairy, and Jbvirstie heard of him occasionally from them; but eventually they went to a large dairy down in Galloway, and for several years she did not know whether he was dead or alive; but she did not forget him, and ,on fine Sunday afternoons in summer sometimes walked as far as the rowan tree, with which he m as inseparably associated. A great surprise was in store for her. however, for he came back to Mr. Gray's as a young herd. Kirstie had not heard the name of the young man who was coming indeed, had heard nothing about nim, except that he was coming Irom the Highlands. She was in the kitchen alone when he came in : it was dusk, and she did not recognize his voice; but the fire light was shining lull upon her as she 6tood making the porridge, in the cook's absence; and after a minute's quiet sur vey he was certain that this tall girl with the grand figure and plain face was no other than bis old iriend Kirstie. " DS you ever her 1 the coos for ony. body, nowadays!" he said'at length, very quietly. " Preserve us a ' ' " exclaimed Kirstie, nearly upsetting the porridge in her agi tation; then, as the fire blazed up and disclosed the fair curly head and the merry blue eyes 6he remembered so well, she said with tearful eyes and trembling voice: "Can this be you, Archie Bry done? Glad am I to see ye back again. But what a start ye gied me, for mony's the time I've wondered if ye were alive." "Alive and hearty." replied Archie, with rather a forced laugh, to hide the emotion he really felt when he saw how 1 agitated she was. " But the truth is, I wearied o' the Highlands; it's a dull thing being one's lane in a house for months, and I thought I would try the Low Country again." Archie was surprised to find as time passed on and he and Kirstie dropped into their old friendly terms how little changed she was in mind from what she used to be; the same simple, guileless creature, strong as a rock for truth and right, and thoroughly unselfish. Mr. and Mrs. Gray were so much attached to her that they looked, on her almost as a child of the house, and yet she was so unconscious of any special favor that she quite avoided all jealousy on the part of her fc-1 low-servants. Archie stayed steadfly on the Auchensack, and became almost as much a part of the household as Kirstie; the other servants went and came, but these two remained xtures. When Archie had been three years with Mr. Gray, the shepherd at Dynefoot left to take a small farm, and Mr. Gray offered it to Archie, adding, with a sly glance, that he would have to look out for a wife ia that case. Archie thanked him, and asked for a few days to think of it, which Mr. Gray willingly granted. That was on a Saturday ; and on the afternoon of the Sunday, which was a bright beptem ber day, Archie asked Kirstie if she would take a walk with him to the rowan-tree; and there, at the place where they first met, and where they had played and worked as children, he asked her if she would be his life-long companion. No one can doubt what Kirstie's answer was; he had been the one love of her childhood and of her later years, and the sun never shone upon a prouder, happier bride. It was an additional source of happi ness, too, the fact that they were to live in her old home, though many a one would have thought it a solitary place enough. It was three miles from Auchensack, and about as far from the nearest shepherd's house, and was away quite up among the hills, commanding a splendid view of one of the lovelfest of the lovely Dum friesshire valleys. It was a roomy, com fortable cottage, whitewashed, with a thatched roof, a nice garden in front, and two elm trees at one side. Inside it was the picture of comfort; the kitchen es pecially, with its sanded floor clean as hands could make it; the dresser gay with willow-pattern plates and many-col ored bowls and " pigs ;" the long settle by the fire; and the antique clock, which had belonged to Kirstie's grandfather. It stood about a hundred yards from the mouth of the deep, dark, precipitous glen which took its name from the Dyne, a little burn which brawled along at the foot Archie entered on his duties at Martin mas, and they were married at the Hog manay following, at Auchensack, when there was a dance in the barn and general merry-making. And so time had slipped away, every season seeming happier than the last, Kirstie thought, and happiest ol all the dark days of winter since a little blossom came upon a November day and filled their cup of happiness to overflow ing. It was a lovely, fair little infant, with Archie's blue eyes and flaxen hair; and he was, if possible, more passion ately fond of it. than Kirstie herself. Kirstie thought of her happy lot with a deep, unutterable thankfulness as she sat absently rocking the cradle. She was one of those women who have great difficulty of utterance ; whose words are few but their thoughts many; and, above all, her religion was truly a part ol hersell and ot her daily life. The sun had now set, and darkness was coming on, while the wind whistled more shrilly than ever, and with an eerie sound which made her shudder. She was becoming really anxious about Archie's long-continued absence, lie had left home in the morning with the first peep of daylight to climb the hill, accord ing to his custom, and intended to come home, as he usually did, about eleven. She tried, meanwhile, to calm her anxiety by thinking that something might have happened to one of the sheep, or that he might have been detained gather ing them into the folds in preparation for an approaching storm. At length she heard the dog scratching at the door; and joyfully said she to herself: "He cauna be lar on noo ; " out on opening tne aoor, the dog, instead of running joyfully to the fire or curling himself up beneath one of the beds as he usually did, began to jump fawningly upon her and to whine pitifully; 6he could not understand the reason of this at all, when suddenly an idea burst upon her mind which speedily became a certainty. Archie was ill, had hurt himself, perhaps, somewhere on the hills, and the dog had come for help. She shook off a deadly faintness which crept over her at the thought; and, rousing her self, she drew the fire together in case of sparks, placed the cradle on one of the beds for safety, and throwing a plaid about her tol lowed the dog. During these preparations "LadJie" had stood still and motionless as a statue; but when she moved toward the door he jumped with delight, fawned upon her, and licked her hands, and then bounded hastily forward in the direction of the glen. The ordinary route along Glen Dyne was to climb the 6teep hill which rose behind Dynefoot, and then to keed by a footpath which wound along the top of the glen for about a mile. There was no fence or protection whatever; and there were several sad stories told of peo ple who had missed their footing, or, in the darkness, had wandered too near the edge, and so had come to a violent end. Just two winters before this an unfortu nate man had perished not far from the mouth of the glen. He was a packman, with a donkey, who was well known at all the farm-houses ; and was, in a way, a well to-do man, with a well-assorted pack, the contents of which ranged from rib bons and jewelry to note-paper, hair-pins, and stay-laces. In fact, it was designed to supply all the little wants of a female population, who were seldom able to indulge in the luxury ot going a-shop- ping. lorn uarson, the packman, was therefore a great favorite, and not only because of his wares, but because he was a cheerv. nleasant fellow: and Kirstie remembered well what consternation was caused in the kitchen at Auchensack when a rumor arose that Tom Carson had disappeared; and it was thought that some one must have made away with him for the sake of his pack, which, as it was New Year's time, was unusually heavy. It was only conjecture, however, for noth ing could be heard of him ; but when at last the snow, which lay that winter for several weeks, had melted, the mystery was solved, and poor Tom Carson with his donkey and his pack were found at the bottom of Glen Dyne. It was supposed that he had been coming to Auchensack, where he wa3 a great favorite that lie had been overtaken by the storm that the donkey had lost its footing, and in his efforts to save the poor animal he had perished along with it. It was a sad story, and cost a deeper shadow of gloom over Glen Dyne, which indeed bote no good name already. As Kirstie toiled up the hill, it all came back appallingly afresh to her memory. About half way up the steep, precip itous side of the glen there ran a very nanow, insecure footpath, called the "Tod's Path," owing to a fox-burrow up near the head of the glen. Few peple everventuicd along it except the game keepers and the shepherds, and even they did not care to try it except in broad day light. At the point w here this path turned oil from the lace of the hill "Laddie" began again to jump upon his mistress, then, running a few steps along the path and coming back, he wagged his tail and looked up at her with beseeching eye, saying as plainly as dog could say in his mute but expressive language: "t'ome this way." Kirstie did not hesitate to follow, "bad though the way was, for it led, she was suie, to her husband; and, besides, as a little child she used often to come with her father before she knew what fear was, and therefore knew every turn and bend in the path. Toiling up the wild solitude her feelings overcame her, and unconsciously forced from her lips the cry: "Oh, Archie, Archie! my man, whprc -re yc?" Just at this point a little runlet of water which came down from the hill had spread itself across the path in a solid sheet of ice. Kirstie hesitated, but there was no other way; it was life or death, and she must hasten on;, so she did cross, but her foot slipped, and she narrowly es caped falling. The snow now began to fall more quickly and in large flakes, and 6he had to trust more to memory for the path than actual sight. On and on she went, however, till she had gone nearly a mile up the glen, when suddenly Laddie gave a short, joyful bark, and she saw a dark object stretched across the path. It was indeed Archie; he waa leaning against a large stone, which seemed to have broken Install; his hair was pow dered with snow, his face was white and rigid, and his lips were livid. Kirstie never doubted but that he was dead, and threw herself on the ground beside him with a cry of agony, when suddenly his eyes opened, a conscious look came into his lace, and he said in faint, low tones "Is that you, Kirstie? I thocht 1 was gaun to dee my lane, and never see ye mair." "Oh, wheest, Archie, whee6t," she wailed; "ye'll break my heart; dinna speak that way " He continued, aftera moment's pause " I slipped at the tap o' the brae, and I maun hae dwamed, for I wakened as cauld as a stane wi Laddie licking my face; so 1 sent him name, puir neast. iNo help could do me guid now, Kirstie," he said, as if in answer to the thoughts which were passing through her mind at the moment. "My leg is broken, and I've hurt my side; and wi the darkness and the storm there's nobody fit to help me, gin they were here, and it wad be hours before anybody could come. O Kirtsie, woman, I maun leave ye and the wee bairn." he added, with a choking sob. Kirstie did not answtr for a moment; and then her face was lighted up with a look of high resolve, and she said: "Mony a time, Archie, have I won dered why the Lord gied me my great strength and my lang arms, but I see It now ; and if it be His will I will save you this nicht." " Ye're no fit to carry me," Archie re monstrated feebly ; "and think what a road, Kirstie." " Do I no ken the road better than ony herd in the country," she replied; "and we maun ask for help higher than mau's." As 6he knelt beside her husband, with the snow falling on her upturned face, and the wild wind whistling round, and-in few and simple words, as if she was speaking of a near and loving friend, asked the aid of the Almighty arm to guide her on her perilous way, and to keep her feet from falling, Archie Bry done, even in the midst of all his pain and weakness, felt that he had never be fore truly known his wife. She then lifted Archie, as gently and tenderly as she could ; but he gave a deep groan, and she found that he had fainted quite away. " Maybe it's better," she murmured; "he winna know till the danger's past." Then, with another upward glance for help, she set out on her dangerous way. It would by this time have been perfectly dark, but there was a little moonlight, just enough to show the mere outline of the path and glen. The path itself was by this time covered with snow; every step was taken in uncertainty ; she hardly knew if she were keeping the path at all. Strong as she was, she staggered at times under her burden, while everything around looked wild and weird in the halfdarkness and the thick-falling snow. Laddie trotting in front of her, and guiding her on her way, was the only gleam of comfort she had. She went along more by instinct than sight, and after a weary while she began to think that she must becoming near the mouth of the glen, when suddenly she re membered the sheet of ice across the pathway. If she could hardly cross it then, what was to become of her now with a heavy burden, and the snow cover ing the path, so that she could not tell where she was going? Her heart sank within her; she remembered lhat it was near that very spot that poor Tom Carson was killed, and she felt as if she could not move another step. Just at this moment a ray of moonlight pierced through the drift, and showed her young Archie's head resting on her shoulder; the face was more boyish than ever in its pallor, and the rings of fair hair lay damp on his forehead. Xew strength seemed to come to her arms with the sight, and new courage and faith to her heart, and she went bravely on a few more steps, and then, to her joy and surprise, found her self safe out on the hillside, and far past the dangerous place. She had passed it safely and quietly, not knowing of the danger till it was gone. She had the wind to contend with now, and the snow drift in her face; but in her thankfulness she felt as if she could overcome every thing, and soon was within a few yards of their own door. Then her strength utterly failed; she struggled with beating heart and laboring breath against her weak ness, as if it were some physical obstacle; and she did manage, though how she never knew, to reach the house, enter the door, place Archie on the long settle by the fireside, and then fell on the floor perfectly unconscious. Poor Laddie ran from one to another, not knowing what was the matter, and howl ing pitifully, while the baby was wailing in the cradle. Help, however, was near at hand, and in a few minutes two men from Auchensack entered the cottage. They had been sent rather against their will, and felt as if they were on a wild goose chase; but wLen they arrived at the house they were horrified with the state of matters, and thankful that a childish fancy as they thought at first should have been the means of bringing them to Dynefoot so opportunely. The children at Auchensack were ex tremely fond of Kirstie, and it was a favorite amusement of theirs, every after noon as the dusk came on, to watch for the light appearing in her window. When, long after the usual time, none appeared, they could not understand it at all; the anniversary of her wedding day, too; what could be the matter? At last Mr. and Mrs. Gray became uneasy themselves, and sent off the two men, who arrived at the very time when their help was most needed. Archie " came too" after a little; but nothing they could do had any effect in rousing Kirstie; so one of them wen back to Auchensack, and from there was 'sent on for the doctor. Poor man, he waj ju.it sitting down to supper, at acosy little party which had assembled to see the " old year out and the new year in," when he was told that the shepherd at Dynefoot had had a bad fall in the glea, and his wife was " near deid" with carry ing him home. " Carrying him home," said one of the company, incredulously; "why, it is im possible; the woman must bo an Ama zon." " So she is, both in body and soul," re plied the doctor, who had known her for years; "and as it is on her account and her husband's I don't mind the long ridu over the enow one bit; so good night, and a happy new year to you all." Kirstie was " near deid," but she got a great shake, and for some time was graver and quieter than her wont; as if the wings of the Angel of Death had really passed closely by her. One lasting trace she hud of her exertions that night her pretty brown hair was ever allcr thickly streaked with gray. Archie, after being ill for a long time, became eventually quite strong and hearty again; but all his life after was influenced by that wild night in (Men Dyne, and the lesson in simple faith taught him by his wife. When the " Laird " enme to Auchen sack next autumn, for the shooting, he was so pleased to hear of Kirstie's ex ploit, knowing the glen well, as ho did, that he gave the cottage at Dynefoot to her and Archie for their lifetime, prom ising to build one, if required, for another shepherd. Kirstie was amazed beyond measure with this gill, and it was a mys tery to hr why people called her a hero ine. Ciambers' Journal. The Czar's Winter Palace. The Winter Palace at St. Petersburg is an enormous pile, constructed of a stone, reddish in hu which, when fresh hewn from the quarry, can lie carved almost as though it were wood, but which hardens considerably by exposure to tho atmos sphere. The Winter Palace communi cates, by a bridge somewhat resembling the Ponte do Sospirl at Venice, with an older palace tho Hermitage, so much nf fected by the Empress Catherine. The old Winter Palace, burned down in 1H:J7, was built by an Italian architect named Kastrelli, in the Empress Elizabeth's reign, and so vast were its dimensions that it was said to be inhabited by more than 0,000 persons. The Imperial High Chamberlain used frankly to confess that he had not tho least idea of how many apartments there were, or who lived in them; and it is said that when, while tho conflagration was at its height, ihe fire men ascended to the roof, they found tho leads inhabited by whole families of squat ters, who had built log cabins and kept poultry and pigs and eveneotr among the chimney-pots. The origin of this strange colony was ascribed to the circumstance that it was customary to detail for service on the roof of the palace a certain num ber of laborers, whose duty it was to keep the water-tanks from freezing in winter time by dropping red-hot cannon balls into them. Perhaps the oversetting of one of the stoves used for heating the bul lets was the primary cause of the lire of '37. Naturally these poor fellows tried to make themselves as comfortable as they could in their aeries. A chimney-pot does not afford a very complete shelter from the asperity of a Russian January; and logs for fuel lxdng plentiful, what was more reasonable than that the cistcrn thawers should utilize a few billets to build themselves huts withal ? And a calf, discreetly smuggled up to a house top in its tenderest youth, will grow into a cow in time, will it not? Eighty thousand workman had been employed at the erection of the old palace. which was most splendid ly uecoraieu, and the loss of valuable furniture and works of art at the fire wa, of course, immense. The catastrophe took place in the night, and it was with the very great est difficulty tha; the guards and polico could prevent the mob from rushing into the burning ruins, not for tlte purpose of plunder, but with the view of ssving the goods and chattels ol the "Lime rather." The soldiers were imbued with Ihe same feeling; and it is said that the Emperor Tsicholas, who was watching the progress of the flames with the greatest composure was only enabled to put a stop to the sell- sacrificing efforts of a party of grenadiers who were trying to wrench a magnificent mirror from the wall to which it was nailed by hurling his double-barreled lorgnette at it. Nicholas had the strength of a giant, and the well aimed missile shattered the mighty sheet of plate-glass W iragmeillS. JUS injcsiy luinvu, laughing, to an aid-de-camp, as the gren adiers held up their hands in horror. The fools," he said, "will begin to risk their lives in trying to pick up my opera glass. Tell theni that they shall be fired on if they do not desist." The story of the sentrv who refused to leave his post and perished in the flames, because ho had not been properly relieved, is prot- ably apochryphal at least it is told half a dozen sentinels, at half a dozen fires. The Winter Palace was rebuilt in a year The Emperor sent for an architect and told him that the new house must be tin. ished within twelve months, or he would know the reason whv. And Nicholas was not a Czar to be trifled with. At the end of the stipulated term the new Winter Palace tea finished. A grand ball was given at court, and nobody was sent to Siberia. To be sure the enterprise had not been completed without a considerable expenditure of rubles, and even of human life. In the depth of winter more ;than six thousand workmen used to be shut up in rooms heated to thirty degrees Itcau- mur, in order that the walls migntdry ttic more quickly, and when they left the pal ace they experienced a difference of fifty or sixty degrees in the temperature. These little atmospheric variations were occa sionally fatal to the peasants; but what cared they? To die for the Czar (there is a popular Kussian drama on that theme) is a sweet boon to the loyal Muscovite. The actual palace i? an enormous paral lelogram, of which the principal facade is 450 feet long. It has often been com pared architecturally with the (ex) royal palace at Madrid; but the Czar's residence is on the bank of the broad and beautiful Neva, whereas the abode of defunct Span ish royalty only overlooks the miserablo little streamlet called the Mancanares. During eight months out of the twelve the Winter Palace is inhabited by the im perial family. There is one apartment in it, however, which should not be paed bv in utter silence. It is a little plain room, most modestly furnished", and con taining a simple camp bed without cur tains. It was here in the beginning of 1855 that "Gen. Fevrier turned traitor," and that the Emperor Nicholas died from a terribly brief illness, which, at the out set, had been deemed to be merely a slight attack of influenza. The room, as is cus tomary in Iiussia (and in some parts of Germany likewise) baa been left in pre cisely the same state in which it was when the spirit of its mighty master passed away. The Emperor's gloves and hand kerchief lie on a chair; his military cloak hangs behind the door; a half-finished let ter is on the blotting-pad on the bureau. There is the pen with which he wrote; there are the envelope s and scaliDg-wax he used. The shadow of the hand of Death seems to pervade the whole place. You creep away hushed and awe-stricken from the potency of that presence. Har. per' a Weekly. About 10,000 barrels of shell oysters will be shipped this season to foreign cit ies from Norfolk, Va. Shipments to va rious dealers in the United States amount to nearly -400,000 gallons. The canning business is rapidly increasing, and now amounts to about 130,000 cans each sea son The oyster beds of Virginia cover an area equal to 040,000 acres. IT o