Year: 1873

organization Of crews are all highly important in
respect TO their influence upon the safety OF travel
by sos But these are all matters of tme and discus
sion, and experiment. The adoption OF Life-Rsfts
suggested by our valued correspondent as a portion
of the indispensable equipment Of every sea-going
vessel il a thing to be tried at once without the
least delay. IL would cost little in expense in
space II need not necessarily exclude the present
provision of life-boats but every vessel should be
forced TO carry RATS enough 10 save all the lives on
board, and then as Mr.. Clemens magnanmOusiy OBJ
serves the ship could carry boat or two tor pro-
miscuous general service. and for the drowning Of
old fogies who like old established ways"


The town of Concord Massachusetts,. besides hold
ing several philosophers and any number OF clever
maiden ladies, is about to have new library Half
a century ago the wise men Of the place started a
little library which has gradually grown larger and
more valuable, and now it is to be put in a and
handsome hall with the additions which perrna-
nent fund of $4,000, added TO the annual approprs-
tions of the town, will mako. The library already
contains many books Of reference and En-
olsh editions of various works specially useful TO
literary men-those Of Bacon, Hobbies, Dryden, and
Horace Wapole Stanley's History Of Philosophy
Sir Kenelm Digby's Private Memoirs, and some Of
the publications Of the Parker and SpottswoOd So
cietes and other anbQuaflaD It5bOItIS


The great strike in sonth Wales. which caused
80 900 work-people 10 remain idle from January to
the end of March, has ended in compromise. II
began with an attempt the part Of the masters 10
| reduce wages ten per cent from Now-Years Day,
and ended by the accepting that reduction for
a week. as o concession to the offended dignity Of
the masters. Wages were then TO DO computed at
the rates in force before the strike and TO contnus
until the end Of March, when there was to be posi-
tive advance 1t is now useless to discuss the Wis
dom of the course pursued on either SIDE; butitn
indisputable that both master and men have lost
heavily, and that the fOolishness Of lock-outs OF
strikes has received another striking demonstration


To slander a schOomarm is shameful, for verify
her calling is honorable and necessary but TO say
that a schoomarm drinks" using the word in
bacchanalian sense is TO outrage human nature
itself; for what could possibly be more revolving
than the spectacle of an inebrated schOolmarm
dame of this description, residing in Sumner. Me-
has Just recovered a verdict against school COM
mittee man who had mildly impeached her soDrlety
The schoomistress, who is described az pretty, OF
horid complexion and jaunty red curis," showed
that she only took wine for her stOmachs sake after
fever. The jury gave her verdict but they
did MT give her much else for the damages were
assessed at the miserable sum OF One DOlIaI.


AldershOt was recently astOnished to learn that
the wife of Private Briscoe, SD Regiment had rem
dered that martial parsonage happy (Or otherwise.
by bestowing upon him family of three children
at birth. We are inclined to think that Private
Briscoe must have felt rather rueful about 1t, but
soon his sodierly heart cheered by intelligence
that Her Gracious Majesty had sent him postoifce
order for f3 being ft for each baby. With neat
touch of sentiment, there also sent three vio
let's one for each child. Poor Private BrscOe, no
doubt would much rather have had E3 more, in
stead of the vioets-but then suppose that be is
a person of no sentiment at all


As matter of course, when clergymen exchange
they preach old sermons That they may do 80
one of the for exchanging 1t does not fol-
low however, that they should not look over the
Ms. to see if the local points need alteration. We
read of Somerville CMass) preacher who went over
lately to AndOver to preach. In his discourse was
alluson to the Insane Asylum at Somerville And
forgetting that he was in Andoyer, he said. Sooner
than child of mine should be subjected to such
influences would be willing to have him confined
in yonder institution" And the good man pointed
directly at the Andover Theological Seminary.


Earl Stanhope thinks that there is no country in
Europe where there is such an absolute want OF
recognition of merit in arts literature and science
as in England. He therefore suggested, at late
meeting of the Royal Literary Fund that the House
of Lords should ask her Majesty to create an order
for the decoration of men distinguishing themselves
in art science and letters. His suggestion was sp-
pauded and will doubtless be seriously considered
by the Queen. Lord Houghton approached the sub
ject in the upper House when he recently asked that
literary men should be permitted to wear foreign
decorations.


Newspapers certainly cannot ,be manufactured
without noise Next door to The Graphic office in
London, Mr. Price keeps his lodging house He
makes up ninety neat ard comfortable beds in
which his patrons might one and all slumber de-
liciously but for the frghtful noise occasoned by
The Graphic presses. Mr.. Price has asked Court Of
Chancery to restrain The Graphic people from print
ing their newspaper. He is very fair about the mat
ter. He has no objection to the publication of ths
newspaper. He merely objects to its being printed
that is ALL


We read in The Dayton Ohio Journal Of certain
"Old Billy Street." who " lived on a small farm on
Dry Run" and who appears TO have been Biblical
comments tator of the most approved modern pattern.
Some things in the Bible he believed and other
things Billy considered doubtful. His way WAC TO
cross out the doubtful passages with his pen, so a.
to render them quite iegible; and thus he made up
Bible after his own fashion. he has been dead
many years, but his style of commentary is Mt dead
by any manner of means.


An Auburn fisherman had a few days since rather
worse than the average fishermans luck. lie was
angling through hole in the ice and supposed thas
he had caught trout so large that it could not be