Skillful Bribery

A snbtle kind of1 clectioneevin? Stratogeni was practicod sncccs-sfully bv Cochrane, tho yallunt Dundonald, when he first resolved on gatting into Parliamcnt. He had come home froin onc oí' liis cruises witli a gooil deal of ]rize nionow Kiiowini thattoobtain a seat in l'ai-liamcnt it wonld be ncces=ary to canvass the entiro börongh, Etfter tho wanner of Britlsh practico, uid make personal appoals to the voters, invul ving au oud loss aniount of monéy, and a great deal of time and perseverancc, besidcs,. porhaps a fruitless caitipaign in the end, he resolved to M5corap!th his pnrpoie by finesse and ingenuity. He stood for lloniton, and aiinoiinoed tliat he wonld not bribe. It is al most needless to gay tliat ho was not elected. He had, indeed, but few voters. When the oontost was over he sent for the few who had voted tor him, deelared tliat they must not suffer for their political intogi'ity an,l revvarded thuir virtues by ilieiu eaeh twice as luuch aa they wouLd have ot it' they had sold their votes. Not longafterward thero was a nëVr vacancy and another clection. Coehrane stood again, and annoiiiiced as he did beiöre, tliat he would not give any bribes. ïliis announcomeiii did not deter even tho most venal trom rushing to the poll for Coohrane. üi' cour.se, wlien the elcclion was over and he was most triuiiiphuutly placed at the head of thu poli, those who haii como over to tl ia snie expectea tlioir duc rewurd ot ilouble pay. tíonc of thoui hinted as much. Tno licro coldly expiained th.it he had rewarded tac faiLiiiul lew wlio liad stood by him wliile he was unpopular, but tho clioson favorite of a constituency liad only to congratúlale thoin all on their coinnion sucecss. Candi, lates pay inmionse sunia ainounting to tliousunds ol pounds 10 bocurc au clccliou in Eugiu.ua, and thu prdcticu lias uceóme won acliucd. Mark Twain, iu lus uew book called''Tramps Abioad," tells howaparty of tourisl.s got wet, and wlmt they did when tliey eame back to the hotel : ''e stripped and went to bed, aud sent our elothes down to be baked ; all the horde ofsoaked tourists did the éame. ïhe chaos of clothiuggot mixed in the kit dien, and there were couS('(uenccs. 1 did not get back the same drawers I sent down, when our things came up at 6 :ló ; I got a pair on the new plan. They were mercly a pair of long white rulllcd, cullbd sleevcs, hitcUeu together at the top with a narro w band, and thoy did not come down to my knees. ïliey were pretty enough, but they made me l'eel like two peoplc, and disconnecled at that. The man must have been an idiot to gel biuiself up like that to rough it iu the Swiss inountaius. The shirt they brought ine was shorter than the drawers, and hadn't any slecves to it, - at least it hadn't any more than Mr. Darwin would cali rudhrieutary slecves; these hail eilging arounel tliem, bul the bosoin was ridiculously plam. Tiic kuit'silk undershirt'they brought me was on a now plan, and was reuil y a sensible thing; it Oponed behind, and had pockets iu it for the shoulderblaiies; but tliey did not seem to ü t me, so I fouod ita sortof uuconifortable garmciit. They gave iny bobtail coat to soniebody clse, aiul sent me au ulster suitable lor a giraffe. I had to tie my collar on because there was no button on thé foolish shirt wlüch I described a little while ago." Mobile has received 350.000 bales of cottoix tliis season, 10,000 short of last ycai-.