A Prison Anecdote

haplain of the Gtato priion was an cnhusiastic devotoe to the temporáneo eforra, and hd the idoa that most of he convicta wero iocacerateJ becauso of ,he usa of whisky. Ho had not made ïiinself popular with tho inmates of the rÍ3on, and when ho sought his statistics vas met with evasion, denials or silenoc. In bis rounds he met a sturdy man of nianj stripes, and put tho usual question o bim : " Had whisky anythÏDg to do with bringing you here f' " Everything, eir, everything !" exclaimed tho man. The chaplain was encouragcd and eagerly inquired how it was. " Wcll, sir, l'll teil you how it was. The judge was drunk, and the lawyers were drunk, and ihe jury was all drunk, and so thoy fotched me in guilty !" - Jacfotm Citkm. Iu the good timo certain to come - f we wait a littlo longer - wben woman shall have all her riglits, announcements liko tho following, will be frequent : - "Died in the thirty-fiftb yoar of bis age, ilr. John Smith, husband of the Hon. Jane Smith, at her reaidenco in Solebury, this morning at six o'clock. Mr. Smith was a meek and quiet husband, beloved for tho grace of a cuUivated and a traiucd natui'e. He excelled in tho domostic virtues; as a cook be was isurpasHcd by a few ; as a Burso he waB qualled by uono."' I IÉ I g Hl A dobating sooiety nt Lyons has been for somo time engaged in a ditcuBtiou of the question: " If you had to Lavo a ' bile,' whero would you have it ?" nnd its member have finalíy deoided, " on another íellow," Two stock farmers in California had a disputo as to whether Cashmere goatg or or lino blooded heep furnbhcd the finest mcat. A jury was appointed, and about 100 persons partook of the bsrbeoue with vrhich the trial was eelebrated. The jury dccided in favor of the goat by a vote of eight to fur. Petruaet, the lion-killer, a giant in form and strength, is odo of the curiosities of Paris. Ho has a chamber csrpetcd with the skios of lions elniu in Algeria, nml gives rechercho (iinuers therein. Iiis gun can hardly be lifted by an ordinary. Honor anp Virtue. - The ancient Templo of Tïonor had no outlet of its own, but tlio only pnssago to it w8 iluougli tliu Temple of Virtue.