It was believed bhab Perez was possessed by bhe devil, and a number of citizens re solved bo lynch him by tying a stone to hia neck and drowning him in the Kio Grande. Others, however, objected to this, and ib was finally resolved that a committee of , ten should wait upon Perez, and warn him ' that he would be killed unless he left the town. Perez was greatly alarmed, and ex plained thab he was bhe victim of involun tary hypnotism.. He stated that he waa 27 years of age, and a native of New Mexico. He had been trained for tha priesthood for several years in Rome, and while abroad had practised hypnotism, , with which he had made marvellous suc cesses. In consequence of this, ib had be come a passion wibh him, and he could nob resisb practising his gilt upon those aboub him. The committee permitted Perez to leave the city, and he has left for partß un known.—' Dalziel.'

POETRY.
DON'T FRET.
' Oh, I am so tired,' a good wife said, 'With washing dishes and kneading bread* And sweeping floors and mending clothes, From ragged jackets bo ragged hose ! There's Tommy has born his coab bo-day, And Nellie's besb frock begins bo fray, And Bennies stockings are oub ab tha

bo6B— Dear, dear * my trials there's no one knows.
