Tho Bad LMIle Boys of M. .Tiweph.
*Ti * fiitifn' tl" f tl." nf
The elcjtsnt belie* m i Hi* >xi, * of
Tb* people lv< vin St .Tivspli,
Tbev blnnh like *lO t-i -' at )''# row* of
Wliite. s'sit. :i*kz • K .:i of tit • of
The ahum lo* etui,;; els n' S:. .1 > j>h
Whs be.ho nine tho clo >r wa'ci Hi* of
The brentifnl river S-. .' scpll.
I'U be fm-.iV end 111 not try to |)OM if
An evil I'm: *tc;<l. * ; onv* < f
Thie wicked > ..,>0 •. 1 the Mi ■- f
Thi* saintly 0 'to if J ooh.
These ew mi trie r-. •i\ tl.< \ ere ilm f- ■of
The tnorai end j>e 1 11.; if
The reernv* •'> t n 1 St.. ct : .
They oh ml 1 wn-h th■ tn-c-h o oil with h
heme of
A hydmnt, or vre will suppose of
A pump. Not *w suy one know* of,"
Reply those Hn.l boy *of Si Joseph,
And straightway < ec.h one of 1 hctu throws . 1
Hi* W!*f strap. s'-.l *!■ :p* *ll hi* clothes oif
And dive* 111 Wis i;n :• Si Jo-cpli.
In pile of,the • ahn ' end he " oh*" of
Right under (he eve* end iho n.we of
The goo-l folk* who Mu St J,**,ih.
Tho*o thameleee young lede of St. Joseph'
Two Picture*.
botnelnxb '* lis*rt !► g*v.
Ami somel h'* h art i* e*l;
For light* shine oat *ot\v.* lli w*y.
Ami s door with c.r*}>* is clad
fhnhie- ; and g'.sdne--* 51.1.0
Arc dwelling *n?e hv side -
Perh*n the death of sn early one.
Ami the crowning of a bride.
Rright eye* sre filled with mirth.
Pale face* t<end i.i piayer,
And heart* beside I S household hearth,
Are crushed by stout drepair;
All. sorrow, and hope. avi joy,
Are parted? y Uunne*t wails;
Ihit on the hear,* of the thoughth - o-.ee.
No tdisdow of fOtW'll falls '
No thought* of lite funeral tram
Come to the festive throng .
No hope that the |<a-t w.ls ci<uie scam.
Tt> the at gutshed !.**• . - UW{;
Tlie futurv'* a snimv sea.
To tiie lover* of j, y and mirth -
Hut the past alone, to those who w.-ep
For the eundervd ue* of earth.
homebody'* heart w gay .
Am! oomehody's hi art i* *ad
For the lights are bright acr\# the wtv.
And a door with eraps i clad
Sa.l ;ies* and g'.adne** alike
CVvtifrvint u* on every side
A wealth of *mhea and a >.vl of tear*
With hope and sorrow allied!
'--Lrrar.a O. SMUI.
MRS. DEALING'S HOUSEKEEPER.
" Mother," said Lizzie West, as she
entered the peasant little sitting-room
where her mother and sisters wen at
work, "can you spare me for a few
days? Mrs. Lane i> not able to sit up
yet, and that impudent Bridget lias
gone off and left her, with evert thing
in the house at sixes and sevens. I
thought if yon were willing I would go
and stay with her for a few davs."
*' How did that happen ? i thought
when I euNeJ there the other day t:. t
Bridget seemed to be contented, and
did her work as though she liked it. Is
Mrs. Lace worse ?"
"She seems feverish, but who
wouldn't? 1 don't really believe she
has had anything fit to eat to-day, and
poor little Nellie wus crying for her
breakfast I found bread that should
have been baked yesterday, standing
on the kitchen table. Spoiled, of coarse.
Bridget bad just finished kneading it
before ahe asked for an increase of
wages. Mrs. Lane thought she was
paying her all she was worth, and told
her so ; and that she could not cff rd
to give her higher wages at pr sent.
Bridget retorted that * folks shouldn't
keep servant! who couldn't afford to
pay decent wages.' She went to the
city on the twelve o'cl-ck train. This
morning, Mr. Lane has been all over
the village trying to find some one to
stay with them until Mrs. Lane ia bet
ter, but cannot find any one. The girls
all se m so afraid of going ont to work;
even for a few days. May Igo ?"
" If you wish, Lizzie ; I do not want
any of my daughters to go ont ss iter
rani*, but I Ovtild not let a good neigh
bor like Mr#. Lane suffer, if I had to
go myself. I will give you a loaf of
bread to take with you, as you will need
some to last nntii you cnn bake. lam
glad I do cot have to keep help ; they
waste more tb. n their come to,
in the course of 3 year. J
'"Lizzie, when will yon get your
dress done if yon go over there ?" a>kcd
Alice.
" Oh, the dxe&s will answer a while
longer as it is. I am glad I did not
oommence to rip it before I ran over to
Mrs. Lane's. As she spoke she took
from a chair a pretty brown walking
dress, and carried it with her as she
left the room. She went to her room
to get a few things that she needed, and
just as 'be was ready Mr. Lane stopped
at the door.
" I have I wen making one more trial,"
he said, " but have failed again. I
shall have to go to the city this after
noon and get another girl from the of
fi.w. Mrs. West, will you let one of
vour daughters stay with my w fe while
I am gone ?"
" Lizzie was jnst going over there.
I am sorry you have so tnnch trouble
in getting help."
Mr. Lane's face brightened.
"Yes, sir," said Lizzie, "and I will
stay as long a* Mrs. Lane needs me."
" Jump in, then,' he said, taking her
little traveling bag and tacking it under
the seat.
When they had started, he turned to
her and said, " I don't know how to
thsnk von enough for this, Lizzie. I
dreaded above all things getting a new
girl: Agnes is almost worried to death
with them now. She might have been
will by this time, if she had had good
help."
The invalid smiled brightly as ber
husband laughingly introduced the
New H'-lp. Then she began to cry
from sheer weariness and exhaustion.
Lizzie knew that the best thing for her
patient wonld be a good nap. Hhe
made the bed, cleared np the room,
and after drawing the curtains to shut
out the sunlight, left ber te sleep,
taking little Nellie down to the kitchen
to keep ber qniet. She slept so long
that Lizzie had ample time to get Mr.
Lane's dinner, and pnt the parlor and
sitting-room in order, discovering, as
she did so, that the shade of the large
lamp was broken, and three pieces of
Mrs. Lane's china tea-set. On count
ing the silver, three of the spoons and
as many forks were missing.
"Well, Agnes, how do you feel?"
asked Mr. Lane that evening. " This
begins to look a little more like home,
doesn't it?"
"Yes, indeed, George; I feel per
fectly easy now, and will trv to get
well as soon us possible. Yon don't
know what a relief it is."
"I gness wo know something about
it, don't we Puss?" lie said, picking
Nellie off tLe stool by her mother's
sofa, and throwing her np in the air.
" By the way, Agnes, did you know the
large lamp was broken ?" *
" Bridget told me the cat jumped on
the table when she was cleaning it, and
knocked the shade off."
"No s'e oidn't," said Nelliie, from
bei father's shonlder. " Nellie seed
Bidvit b'ake 'em her own se'f."
" What did she do, Puss ?"
"S'e put 'em in a bid pan of hot
water."
" The careless thing! Anything else,
George ?"
"Yes; two of the china cups, and
the cream jng are broken, and three ol
the spoons and forks are missing."
" Only three ? Well, she wasn't very
sharp or she would have taken more
than that ; she had chance enough.
But I won't fret over that now. If I
can only keep Lizzie West until I am
strong enough to do my own work
again, I'll never have another Irish girl
in the house."
At the end of the week Mr. Lane
said, " Lizzie, I never thought to ask
what yon are going to charge for the
privilege of making us so comfortable,
so I'll ask now."
"I had not thought of that, sir; I
enme because Mrs. Lane was sick, and
I thought I conld make her comfortable.
1 never once thought of wages."
" That may be, but I cannot let you
work for us for nothing. We want you
to star a month or two, if yon will. We
paid twelve dollars a month.
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i
l wooKl willingly give you more if you
will st*y ; your work is worth wore
than Iter'#, to say nothing of tho w ute
she made. What do you sav to flftceu
dellnrs 7"
" 1 oennot toll now, eir; I *h*H have
to sneak to mother before I decide."
" Well, let me know ** soon its you
here made up your miu.l."
" I hope she inn t going to diaappoint
tne now," he thought to himself. " I
thought her above the silly prejudice
i again*' work."
Lisiie liv uirake n long tine that
night, thinking over Mr. Lane's projuv
sition. The uoxt evening she went
home for a short time, and, • noon as
the inquiries after Mr*. Lane's health
wore answered, she aid:
" Mother, 1 think I shall stay some
time longer Mm. Lane wants me, and
Mr. Lane offen d tne fifteen dollars a
:outh. I shall stay and ho earning
something for mvself. instead of
making one more for father to sup
' port."
She thought she understo si the dis
like her mother aud sisters felt toward
ineh a proceeding, but she was not
prepared for the reproaches that assail
ed her on all aides. She tried for a
time to answer them quietly aud pa
th utlv, but at last, turning to her fath
er, she asked him if he would not help
her.
" There i* no real need of jour do
ing this, Lizzie," he answered, " I
should like it, if you could find some
thing your mother would like better,
for my ottu part, I can see no disgrace
> in what you propose doing; my mother
aud sister both occupied such positions,
and I never knew that they were re
spected the less lor it Von must m ike
y*ur own choice, my daughter, but
consider it well before you decide. It
may subject you to some very uupleas
: ant slights."
Mr. West was called ont to speak to
a neighbor, and as soon as t'.ie door
closed behind him, the girls begau
again. But Lizzie bravely stood her
glanced inquiringly at Mr*. Liue, but
as that lady did not set-in surprised she
said nothing until Liszie went out to
prepare tea. Then turning to her aistet
with a laugh, said:
•' Well, well, Agues, is this the latest
fashion for servants ? What will thes
_ _ .do next V
Uncle Charles in his trouble; you " What do yon think of it ?"
ground.
"There is no use in talking, girls ; if
father does not object, I shall go. You
say I have no pride. I have pride
enough to earn my own living if I pos
sibly can. I can shite the whole case
in very few words. Yon all know- that
father has mortgaged liis farm to help
know, too, that this vear it will be
nearly impossible for him to pay the
interest. I try to get along with as
little as possible, but everything
counts. Now here I have a good chance
offered me, and would be very foolish
not to take it. I don't see any more
disgrace in sweeping floors and wash
ing dishes for Mrs. Lane, than doing it
at home. Yon know that she is not the
woman to treat one as th >ugh I had no
rights of my own."
"If you are bound to work, Liz,
why don't yon try to teach ?"
" I have neither the taste nor inclina
tion to teach. Besides there are a dozen
applicants for every vacant situation.
I should stAnd no chance at all with
those who have spent time and money
in preparation lor the work. You
know that my throat and lungs are not
very strong, and would last but a short
time if I tried teaching. I am sorry
you feel so badly, Julia, but 1 cannot
see that I am doing anything wrong."
" You are just as obstinate in this as
everything else. Yon know we shall
be exit by all our Manila."
"No, I don't k: >w -<ny such thing.
People whose frituu ,ip is worth hav
ing will respect me none the less fortry
ing to maintain myself honestly, and
others Ido not care for. It is useless
to talk any longer, it only makes mat
ters worse. 1 promised to go back to
night, and will go and get ready.
When she came down stairs again
her mother and sisters were still in
tears. Neither of them returned her
kiss or hardly rpoke when she bade
them " good night." As she passed
through the hall her father stopped he r
and said:
" Lizzie, you will need a stoat heart
to bear you through ; if von find it ioo
hard work, cojne home again. My chil
dren are all welcome as long as I can
keep a home for them. It is better for
yon all to learn to support yourselves,
for perhaps yon will have to do it some
time. Oood night, my daughter."
He gave her a kiss and helped her
into the wagon (for Mr. Lane had
called for her on bis return from the
store). She told Mrs. Lane that even
ing that she had deciued to stay as long
as they wished to keep her.
" I shall not let you go very soon,
then, you are as good as nurse and
housekeeper both."
It was nearly three weeks after her
visit home that she had occasion to go
to the store to do some shopping for
Mrs. Lane. While she was sitting by
the counter trying to decide which of
two Bhadea of merino wonld make Nel
lie the prettiest dress, two of her old
schoolmates came in. She bowed to
them as they approached, but without
returning the bow Belle King crossed
to the opposite counter. Ada Lee
glanced from one to the other in sur
prise, and then offered her hand to Liz
zie, saying:
" It is a long time since I saw yon.
Miss Lizzie ; how are your mother'and
sifters ? I have not had time to return
Miss West's call since I came back from
the city."
"I think they are all well, thank
you," answered Lizzie.
" I shall call on you and your sisters
as soon as I can possibly find the
time."
Here Bell beckoned to her, and when
she had reached her side said in a load
whisper:
" Why Ada, how can yon speak to a
servant girl in that way? Don't yon
know that Liz West has gone ont to
work in Mrs. Lane's kitchen ?" she
asked, in answer to Ada's surprised look.
" Don't speak so loud she will hear
yon. How long since? I have heard
nothing of it," said Ada, so low that
Lizzie could not catch the words.
" She went about a month ago, I be
lieve ; the other girls hnrt, and tried
every way they eould to stop her, but
she was determined to go."
Lizzie finished her shopping and
started for home. In crossing the next
street one of her small parcels slipi>ed
from her hand and fell to the ground
She was stooping to pick it up, when a
gentleman who was crossing jn the op
posite direction quickly secured it, and
after brushing the dust from the white
paper, handed it to her with a polite
bow. She glanced up to thank him,
and met the gaze of his companion. It
was a young man who had visited her
sister Julia quite frequently. She
bowed to him aud was about to speak
when he bowed haughtily without rais
ing his hat, aud passed on. Before she
reached Mrs. Lane's door she met with
two more slights.
To say that she did not care would be
to make my heroine something more
than mortal. She waß a proud, seasi
tive girl, and she felt hurt as yon or I
would, reader.
As she entered the little parlor and
laid her purchases before Mrs. Lane,
her lipr were compressed and a bright
spot of color glowed on either cheek.
Mrs. Lane noticed the signs of disturb
ancerand guessed the cause, but did not
speak of it. It was not the only time
that 6hesaw the same expression when
Lizzie had been out. She mentioned
it to her tftisband one evening several
weeks after, and he said: " I have seen
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it myoetf. Ido not blame her for find
ing hurt, but 1 felt tho other dav as
though I should enjoy knocking down
vouug Grey, and shutting up Mis*
j.liiUa until she could lenru to behave
herself. They were walking up the
street the other day, and I was just be
hind them. Lizzie oatue out of Smith
.V Grov's store a few steps m front of
them, but did not see them until they
were passiug tier. Julia turned her
face, the other way, and looked at some
thing or nothing on the other side of
t" e street. Vouug Urey, the insolent
puppy, put up that eve glass of his,
and stared at Lizzie as though she won
some great curiosity."
"Alice is the only one of the girls
that has called to scW her since she ha*
been here. Julia seems to think her
I far beneath her notice."
" She and Laura are too full of non
sense and false pride for a poor man's
daughters. They lluuk Lizzie lias dis
graced the family, when she is the only
one in it who has the pride and self
reliance to earn her own living. 1 know
that the mouev 1 paid licr last mouth
and the mouth before went to help West
pay the interest on that mortgage Lee
holds on his place. You wouldn't catch
Juliv doing anything like that."
" Lizzie spends every spare moment
ill reading. 1 gave her permission one
day to use any of the books she liked,
and she has planned her work so that
she lias had nearly an hour every day."
"Good! Give her every chance you
i can."
" I will; there is ninch more satisfac
tion iu tryiug to give her time for resd
mg that' In granting Bridget's frequent
petitions for an afternoon ont. She
does the work in much less time, and I
iiave not la-en obliged to oversee the
tirst thing."
When Lizzie had been with her nearly
five months, Mrs. l.aue received a visit
from her sister. Mr*. Donning was
Iving on the lounge one afternoon when
Lizzie came in and sat down at the
further end of the n>om to read. She
" I do not know what to thiuk. 1
was surprised to see her at your table
but now lam astonished. Where dK
yon get her ?"
In a few word* Mrs. Lane told th*
whole story, and ended by saying, " 1
have kept her longer "than I realla
needed her, but I can t l>enr the thought
of her going, I shall be so lonesome."
" I wonder if she would engage with
me? If I could only get a good Ameri
can girl or woman for a housekeeper, I
would willingly treat her a* you do Liz
zie I thiuk 1 will make her an offer."
" Yon will get a treasure if she will,
and I think she would go."
Mrs. Denning was true to her word.
She offered high wages and said:
" You seem to be foud of reading,
aud you shall have as good opportuni
ties for it as voti have here."
Lizzie accepted her offer, and in a
few weeks entered npcu her duties.
She met with the same opposition at
home as on her first attempt, but it
cost her leas pain to bear it thsu be
fore. Julia said:
" Li*., you are a perfect fool! That
stnek up Mrs. Denning will order you
around like any of her other servant*,
and not let you dare to say your soul is
your own."
" I lo not think the woman lives
that can do that. If Mrs. Denning
proves a bard mistress, I have the same
privilege that other servants have, I can
leave."
" Well. I believe you were cut out for
a servant, and nothing else ; you are
growing dowdy already. I am glad I
have a soul above pot* and kettles."
A third jerson would have been
amused by the conversation, and the
contrast presented by the two girls.
Lizzie, with her graceful, erect figure,
clear complexion, bright eyes and rosy
cheeks ; Julia, with her shoulders
drawn forward in the latest fashionable
stoop, waist pinched up, and complex
ion sallow from late hours and want of
i exercise. In reality she was not quite
two years older, but she looked at least
five.
A stranger wonld not call. Lizzie
pretty ; her hair and eves are brown,
and her complexion dark but clear.
Her noe and month are too large to
l>e pret(y. but as slie stands looking
down at Julia, she looks every inch a
lady.
Hhe found her position in Mrs. Den
niug's honse rather trying at first; the
other servant' w. re jealous and ready
to take any advantage they eonld get.
Old servaut* she found so unwilling to
submit to her authority, that, after she
had been there a rear, she persuaded
Mrs. Denning to let her take several
young girls and train them herself.
At first she found verv little time to
read, though,as she bad promised, Mrs.
Denning allowed her to choose what
books she liked from a large and well
selected library. She was an early
riser, and always spent a few moments
in reading, to have something to think
of when her bauds were busy. Hhe
spent a few weeks of each summer at
home, and her father looked forward to
these visits as the brightest and pleas
anteat weeks in the year. Her mother
overcame her old prejudices and treated
her once more as she did before she
left home. Bnt Julia and Laura could
not be convinced that she had not low
ered the dignity of the family. They
avoided the mention of her name in
conversation if jiossible, or, if obliged
to speak of her called her a companion.
This caused their friends much amuse
ment, parti on larly Ada Lee, who, from
the time of their meeting in the store,
had cnltivated Lizzie's acquaintance*.
She heard from herfather how Lizzie
had assisted Mr. West to pay off the
mortgage on his farm, and being a sen
sible, affectionate girl, at once decided
that the friendship of such a girl was
worth baviug. She had visited her at
Mrs. Lane's, and since her removal to
the city had kept up a correspondence
that was a source of great pleasure to
them both.
In one of her letters 8110 said :
" Lizzie, if yon have time, will yon
try to write something to print ? I
showed one of your letters the other
day to a friend who edits the
Monthly. After reading it," he asked,
' Does your friend write for the press ?'
I told him I thought not. 'lf sho can
write such letters as that, she is capable
of something more. Ask her to send
me an article for the Monthly.'
" Will yon try, dear Lizzie, just to
please me?
"Always yonr friend,
" AUK."
Lizzie answered: "I have often
wished I had time to write, Ada, bnt I
get so little that I have not attempted
anything more than a very short article,
upon a subject which very much inter
ests me."
Ada wrote again: "I am at your
service, Lizzie; send your rough
sketches to me, and I will copy them
for you. I can do that though I have
not brains enough to compose for my
self. You can really do mo a favor if
yeu will. I have more tirao than I
know how to use, and it is at your dia
posal."
In this way Lizzie became a oontribn
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tor to twit of our most popular uiuga
tin, *. Ada w.is ili-lighU*ii and nitiod
tier iu < very way tdte could. Site man
age*! to keep up tin acquaintance with
Julia mid Luura, though as she con
tensed to her father, "it was hard
work."
" I want them to know how famous
Lizzie is getting, but ehc v. ill not let
uio tell them. I hope when they ilo
tlnd it out I shall be present, 1 want
to s-e what they will do."
When Lizzie had been with Mrs.
Denning three year* she was much sur
prised one day by receiving a eall from
a bachelor friend of Mr, Denning'* who
had seen her in his frequent visits to
that gentleman, and, a* tie thought,
fallen iu love with her. He wo* forty
tive year* of age, very wealthy and very
proud.
lie made n formal and business-like
offer of his hand aud heart; but witti
such a eoudesoeudiug air that she felt
like bovmg hi* ear*.
Nothing could equal the crestfallen
air with which he left the room, after
receiving a |Klite but decided refusal.
" Where is your friend Graham, why
d>es he never come to diuuer of latef"
asked Mrs. lVnniug of hei husband
one evening.
" 1 have asked him several times, but
he always pleads an engagement. I
strongly suspect that Liiuno could tell
why if she choae."
" Why, don't think 7"
" That lie has proposed ami been re
jectnl ? Ezactly."
"Sim must be crazy, to refuse him.
Why, any girl iu our set would jump at
tlie c!i sv. What on estahhshuu ut
he cotiliTgive her."
" That tu y lie, but she is not the girl
to sell herself for an establishment.
She has read his character correctly, 1
think. He is proud enough to think
she ought to feel honored by his pref
erence, and say, ' Ye*, sir ; thank you,'
the moment he proposed,"
" bho can't do any better."
"That is for her to decide."
Only a few weeks alter this Mrs. Den
ning was surprised by a visit from her
half-brother, Ralph Cleveland. He
came louugtng into her aitting-room
one morning, sayiug:
" Kate, I thiQK I'll settle down to
some kind of business, and stay at
home now."
"It is nearlv time ; you have wan
dered about long enough. Do you
think of marrying ? With your good
looks aud fortune, you could choose
anywhere."
" Yen, I know all that; but I want
some one that will care for poor Ralph
when his good looks aud money are
gone."
" Your old friend Guasie is Btill un
married."
" Hoii ! who want* a doll ? I want a
good, true-hearted woman. I came
here to find her, Kate."
" Not Lizzie !"
" Yea, Lizzie. Agnes has told me
j;er story, and I came to try my luck.
What is the matt* r, don't you like the
idea t"
"Lizzie i* good enough for you or
any ou<> else, but I shall wish she
were not niv housekeeper, if vou suc
ceed."
"Afraid of Mrs. Grundy? Pshaw,
Kite, I thought you were not afraid of
what people say."
Mr*. Denning did not answer, but
her usually pleasant face wore a frown.
"Come, Kate, you just sanl she was
' good enough for me or any one else,'
and I am sure she is a woman uo man
living need We sshnmed to call wife.
Rut I am talking a* though 1 felt sure
of sncee- Ido not at ail. Your hns
band tol l mcyesterday that lie thought
she had refused Graham. Is it so?"
"We only think so. Lixxie isuot the
girl to talk of such a chance, if she had
it. 1 would as soon think of asking
Mr. Graham himself, a*of asking lier."
" Hbe is not looking for money, then,
or she would not have done that. Well,
1 shall try at all events. What a ill yon
do, Kate*?"
"Let TOU alone. I shall neither
help nor hinder. You must do it all
yourself."
I hare not space to toll a love story
now, so the r< ader must (111 it up to
suit him or herself. One day, three
months after the above conversation,
J alia (no* Mrs, Qrey) was much sstou
ishvd, during .1 call at her mother's, by
the news that Lizzie was coming home
to IM> married.
" Who in the world is she going to
marry ? .Some c >achmau or waiter, I
suppose ; that would be just her style.
What is his name, nothing Irish, 1
hope?"
When she was married, two years
bef .re, Lizzie ha I not been informed
until the wedding was over, and now,
in return, Lizzie had requested her par
ents not to tell Julia who she was to
msrrv.
Ada Lee was at this time engaged to
her friend, the editor, and after a con- :
saltation with Lizzie it was decided that
they should have a double wedding.
Lizzie wrote : "Mrs. Denning wants
to give mo n grand wedding, bnt I do
not wish to make a show for people who
come to critcise my dress and see the
houarkccprr who is going to marry her
brother, and do not caro two pins
whether I am mada lißppy or miserable
for life. The plan you propose suits
me exactly."
Lizzie did not meet Ada's lover nntil
the evening before the wedding. She
looked at him again and again, trying
to remr mbea where she had seen him
before, bnt for a long time she oould
not think. At last it flashed across her
mind, and just then he said :
"Miss West, I am certain that 1 have
seen you lieforc, but where I cannot
think. T hnvo a good memory for faces,
and Tonrs is one not easi.y forgotten,
hut 1 cannot place it."
" I believe yon picked tip a bundle
for me once in the street. You were
walking with my present brother-in
law, Mr. drey. I believe I was so much
offended at his behavior that I forgot
to tlinnk you. Ha could not afford to
be civil to a nrrranf fjirl."
To say that Julia was amazed when
she found who Lizzie's lmsband was,
and that she had become so well known
by her writings, would give bnt a feeble
description of her state of mind. Hhe
and Laura are now Lizzie's most de
voted admirers, and " My sister, Mrs.
Cleveland, is quoted on all occasions."
Why Ears Should Not he Roxed.
In " Physiology for Practical Uso "
(D. Appleton A- Co.) we find the follow
ing : There are several things very
commonly done which aro extremely
injurious to the ear, and ought to he
carefully avoided. • And first,
children's ears ought never to bo boxed.
We have seen that the passage of the
ear is closed by a thin membrane, es
pecially that adapted to bo influenced
by every impulse of tho air, and with
nothing hut the air to support it inter
nally. What, then, can bo more likely
to injure this membrane than a sodden
and forcible compression of tho air in
fi >nt of it? If anyone designed to
break or overstretch the membrane he
could scarcely devise a more efficient
means than to bring tho hand suddenly
and forcibly down upon the passage of
the ear, thus driving the air violently
before it, with no possibility for its es
cape but by the membrane giving way.
Many children are made deaf by boxea
on the ear in this way,
THE CO KM i'ltO!*.
Am I urttiic 111 4.UUU.UUU Artfl In 4rl
ICr |mi l t -- I lie ( ()|i i€ ||l| In
(iuuil I uuillilun.
It appear* from return* to the U. H.
Department of Agriculture that an iu
rrraw* in the <>>ru ar-a of fully 2,IHK), •
(HHJaortA in apparent, or tS per cent,
above the breitutb of last year. The
percentage of lucrease in largest IU the
South. I lie increase in anri is Urgent
iu the Went. The rettirnn make the
grain in lowa over 3(k),000 terra, in
Missouri about the same, in Illinois
ttbove acres, iu Indiana fully
200.U00 acres, til Kansas ulxml 170,000
aerea. Oeorgia allows almont an large
an increase aa lowa anil Missouri; Alt
hnmu, INO,OOO acres ; Hiuiaaippi, 120,-
(KK aerea ; Texas, 200,000 aerea. The
induct meiit lo enlarge the coru area of
the oottou States appear* to have bwu
lens influential in the Mississippi Val
ley thau iu the more eastern States,
Georgia particularly. The lucres#© in
Texas is simply due to the natural ex
pansion of the crop areas from immi
gration, and is equally noticeable in
cotton ami otln r crops. The'number
of Slates reporting a decrease in area is
small, including ouly Maine, New
Hampshire, p Vermont, Florida, Loui
siana, Tennessee, West Virginia, Ken
tucky, and California. In Northern
New F.nglaiid a late unfavorable spring
interfered with planting, and in l.out
niaua tin- are* is less by reason of the
overflow. The Slates making increase
arc us follow# :
Maryland Virginia ami Wiseoosui. 101
Pennsylvania. Ohio and Noliraaks lo*i
Massacl'Ueetls and tlregou .103
I'oe.x ncut North Carolina and lllm -ji 104
Houtli Oaruhua and Michigan 106
UIMM tun
low# toy
M :*rlsrl|l)S and Minnesota 110
Mxl-aina and Arkai.rar IU
ha: -a* . 114
(iwiigia ......... .11A
Tennessee 116
The condition of the corn i# generally
good in the We#t, but elaewhere varia
ble. Only Massachusetts, of the East
ern Stales, r©|H>rts an average condi
tion. Only Pennsylvania, of the Mid
dle States, and Maryland, South Caro
lina, Georgia, Florida and Texas, of the
S>uthtrn States, report the same. Min
nesota is an exception in the Western
Slates, r|M>rting 91, and California and
Oregon fail to give a full average. The
jer eeiitsge# of oonJitiou above average
are as follows :
Hotilh Carolina 101
Mawac-huarlta. I*l >r.da, Michigan anJ
h *!;- . . 10}
MarV.auJ and lowa .. I<H
llUauts 1(15
Tow 106
Indiana and Nebraska 100
The Htate# averaging 100 are Pmn
aylvania, (ieorgia, Wisconsin, and Mis
souri. On the Northern Atlantic coast
the late planting and cold storms are
the causes of n somewhat inferior con
dition. though the color is generally
good and the present growth promising.
The inundations, soaking rains, and
consequent replanting* in the Southern
States make the ap|>earanee of corn
quite variable and account for a condi
tion In-low th-* average in certain States,
while in others, such disadvantages rx
lbt.ng in a !* degree, they hste beeti
overcome by good culture and good
weather. There is complaint of local
drouth, but it i not of long continuance
nor does it involve wide areas. It hss
I t-en most serious in Arkansas, some
counties having had little or no rain in
two months. In the Ohio Valley there
i some complaint of drouth ; in West
Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky, and in
some part - of Illinois, and to some ex
tent also in States west of the Missis
sippi. So far the injury irota this cause
throughout the country is hss than
usual. Cut worm* have been generally
injurious aud chinch bugs iu the West,
where, after drva*tatiug wheat fields,
they have attacked com vigorously iu
tnanv localities.
Henry Ward Hccrher's I-ove letter*.
As t • Mr. lleecher'* lore letters, said
a gentleman whose official business has
led him to receive aud open much of
Mr. Beechcr'* correspondence, you
wotild be surprised to know how fool
ishly some women write to him. Every
once in a while some woman gets a little
crazy and writes to Mr. lleecher to tell
how much she adores him. The letters
used to go to the Independent office,
sud Tilton, under orders from Mr.
Ikecher, opened them. Many cf them
110 made copies of, and to-day has
manuscripts and names, and copies of
letters, all connected with respectable
ladies who have foolishly written to
Mr. lleecher all nliout their love for
him. Homo time ngo a wry respectable
lady of llrooklyn wrote n wsrrn, loving
letter to Mr. lleecher ; Mr. John How
ard, in the Chri*tUm Union office,
under general instructions, opened it,
nnd seeing w hat it was, locked it np to
giro to Sir. lleecher when lie should
call for it. In a day or two another
letter from the same woman arrived,
which referred to a letter which the
writer said Mr. lleecher had written to
her in reply. Every sentence was full
of love, nnd the lady said that nothing
delighted her more than to receive a
letter from a man she loved so well.
She wrote s number of love-siok epis
tles, which Mr. Howard locked np one
after the other. Every letter except
the first referred to a reply that had
just liecn received from Beeeher;
whereas the fact is that Mr. Ikvclier
did not know of the letters having been
received until long after the iady had
ceased writing, and then the bundle
was delivered to him. He receives love
letters by the ream and cord, and the
joke of it is that as his wife takes care
of nil letters that come to him, she
reads the love letters before lie sees
them.
Somen lint Afflicted.
In a Richmond newspaper we find
report of a eomniisaion lunafiro inqui•
rrrtdo in the case of Preston Walker.
He told the examining physician that
when he deserted his wife, some years
before, he had been " tricked for it."
From the timo when the March wiuds
began to blow, until December, he felt
" something begin at his feet and rtu
np to his head, and then start back aud
run to bin feet again." He didn't say
that he anffercd much from this, but it
was " rather troublesome," and cut him
off from most of the pleasures of life.
Tho doctor told him seriously that as
soon as ho left tho jail tho trick would
go into one of tho prisoners, at which
announcement he exhibited sigua of
intense relief ; and he was ordered to
bo discharged.
An Indian Hello.
Topin, daughter of Kicking Bird,
chief of tho Kiowas, is described as " a
lively, piquant little thing, with arch,
soulful eyes." She is hnt twelve years
old. Shall I describe, her wardrobe ?
First and most rero, herbuckskin clonk,
fringed and spotted all over with elk's
tooth, and very rare and costly. Two
of them are valued at a mule. There
were WW) on her cloak. Think of wear
ing 250 mules on one's back. rariß
and New York are outdone here. A
skirt, sometimes of buckskin, some
times it is a plain shawl, bought from
th traders, completes her toilette,
THi: lItIEiTIKR-TILTO3 CASE.
VV ti * I fit*. I m.nioa ■ *•> In
lb* Mattel.
A reporter called on Mr*. Klizalwth
Cody Kunton at her residence in Tvua
fly, N. J., for the purpose of eliciting
facte in the great scandal.
" 1 am perfectly willing to be inter
viewed," remarked the lady with a
I * Utile.
" Can yoti tell me when you first
learued of this slTair, Mrs. Btaiiton t"
" I have a shocking poor ummery for
dates, and will therefore not endeavor
to fiz the eioct date ; 1 think, however,
j it was a yur before Mr*. Woodhull
published Iter statement that 1 knew of
the matter. Not all the details, you
understand, which have sirce come to
tight, but the atory in substance."
" And are you willing to tell in what
mauner you came possessed of this
kUna ledge 7"
"Certainly. Borne time—l think it
was in the fall of the year, though I
won't lie ]M>sitive —while Mrs. Dullard
wss still connected with the AVeoiw-
M'on, Busan D. Anthony, Mr. and Mr*.
Tiiton, Mr*. Hullard, and rnyaelf were
in Brooklyn r. It wo* after
noon ; and after calling at the office of
the Hrvoluttun, Mr. Tiilou and myself
accompanied Mrs. Dullard to her resi
dence, ami remained to dinner.
Through some misunderstanding,
Mim .Anthony west with Mr* Tiltou,
and dined willi her instead of us.
There wo* some feeling on the part of
Mr*. Tillon in regard U> thia, although
it was quite unintentional on my part.
Well, at the table —no one at present
but Mr*. Dullard, Mr. Tiltou, and my
aelf— Theodore told the whole story of
hi* wife'* faithlessness. As 1 before
obwned, he did not go into the de
tail# ; but the sum and substance of the
whole matter he related in th<- hearing
of Mr*, liullard and myself. We wo*
reformers. He gave us the story as a
phase of social life."
" This was the first you hail heard of
it?"
"Thia was the first The next even
ing, hearing that Miss Anthony was a
little piqued at me for leaving her on
the day before, 1 returned to my home
here in Ten a fly. To my surprise I
found Susan awaiting my arrival. That
evening, when we were alone, 1 said to
her: Theodore related a very strange
*tory to Mr*. Dullard and me last even
ing. ' Then I recounted to her all that
he had told us. Miss Anthony Indued
attentively to the end. Then she said,
' i have heard the same story from Mrs.
Til ton.'
" We compared notes, and fouud that
by both man and wife the same story
had indeed Ix-en told."
" What were the particulars of Mr*.
Ti'ton's conft ssiou ?"
" I will tell you how it was made.
When Mr. Tiltou returned home that
evening some angry words—growing
out of the separation in the afternoon
- passed between him and his wife.
Both became intensely excite*!. In the
heat of the passion, aud in the presence
of Miss Anthony, each confessed to the
other of having broken the marriage
vow. In the midt of these startling
disclosures. Miss Anthony withdrew to
her room. Shortly after she heard Mrs.
Tdton come dashing up the stairs, and
Mr. Tillon following close after. She
flung open her bedroom door, and
Klieabeth rushed in. The door was
then close*! and bolted. Theodore
pounded on the outside, and demanded
iklniittai.ee, but Mi** Anthony refused
to turn the key. So intense was his
passion at that moment that she feared
he might kill his wife if he gained ac
c-sa Pi the room. Several time* he re
turned to the door aud angrily de
manded that it be opened. ' No woman
shall stand between me and my wife,'
he said. Hut Susan, who is as eour
ag Kin a as she is noble, answered him
with the words, * If yon enter this room
it will be over my dead !ody!' And so
the infuriated man censed hia demands
and withdrew. Mrs. Til ton remained
with Susan throughout the night. In
the excitement of the hour, amid sobs
and tears, the told all to Miss Anthony.
" The whole story of her own faith
lessness, of Mr. Deecher's course, of
her deception, and of her anguish fell
upon the cars of Susan 11. Anthony,
and were spoken by the lips of Mrs.
Tilton.
"The next morning Mr. Tilton told
Snsan never to enter his honse again.
She told him she should enter whenever
she chose; bnt I believe she did not go
there again."
"By Mr. Tilton"scross-examination,"
olserved the reporter, "it sppeari the!
Mts. Tilton was far from friendly to
Miss Anthony. How could she have
made this confession to her ?"
"On the contrary, Mrs. Tilton
thought a great deal of Miss Anthony,
of Mrs. Ballard, and all these ladies.
I was verv intimate with her before
Mrs. WoedhuU'a thunderbolt. At the
time of our flrr t knowledge of the affair,
Mr. Wilkeaon also heard of it. Ho be
sought the ladies not to make it public.
To him it was a matter of mouey. He
was a stockholder in Plymouth Church,
in the ChrMian Union, and in "The
Life of Christ.' Now, the destruction
of Mr. Beccher would lie t.ie destruc
tion of all these. As Mr. Wilkeaon ex
pressed it, " It would knock 'The Life
of Christ' higher thau a kite.' Hence
his concern in keeping the matter
secret."
Mrs. T lton read the above interview
with Mr*. Stanton, and throwing aside
the paper, said to Mr. and Mrs. Oving
ton, witii whom she is still staying,
"How false all that is."
The Sadness of Snlelde.
A heart-rending history finds its end
ing in the story of the snieiJo of a
young wife at Fonda, N. Y. There is
an untold volume—a romance of a life's
history full of promise and hope at the
beginning, perhaps—and au ending iu
the stiicidnl death. Mrs. Anna Jeffer
son, a wife who had not yet budded
from her crirlhood—whose age was only
fifteen—killed herself by taking ar
senic, and domestic troubles aro the
alleged cause for tlio act. The very
words of the dispatch—" this was the
second attempt, the csuro being the re
fusal of her father to support her un
less she would leave her husband, whieh
she declined to do " —seem to stand out
boldly in testimony of her grief, and
one reads the Aiinounoement over again
in doubt of its trnth. Yet the sad
story of the suicide seems told in the
manner of her death, and the warning
to girlish wives, who wed but to suffer
and to die, is a sail record of the sui
cide's refuge from her troubles.
A Heroine,
Mary Oream, of New York, is a hero
ine if ahe is only a servant of all work.
She mnst be a useful girl to have in the
house. When she heard a suspicions
noise in tho rear building of the honse
in which she lives she did uot scream or
faint, but armed herself with a carving
knife and started to find out what was
wrong. She waa rewarded by the dis
covery of a disguised fiend, who was
coolly proceeding to set fire to the
dwelling, a tenement honse on Wash
ington stieet. Alary seized tho villaiu,
and as ho endeavored to ehoko her, she
stabbed him iu cheek with the knife.
Ho then discovered that Mary was too
much for him. aud fled. It is to bo
hoped the insurance companies will
make np a purse for the heroins.
Terms: a Yeur, in Advance.
THE riTTHHI'IMjII DISASTER.
The Krlgblful llwrsr of lb* Kluod—
Ovr *OO Live* t.u.i.
The great alorm in I'itteburgh,which
set in at eight o'clock Hunday morning,
aa far a* the destruction of human life
is concerned, was tho greateat calamity
which has ever visited that city, and, in
some degree of horror rival* the recent
Mill river dmaster in Mosaachiiaett*.
No high wind* lent fury to the tempest
of rain, thcdevaation resulting entirely
from the sudden down-pouring of im
mense volume* of water. The flood
gate* of the *ky were literally opened,
and the ordiu*ry channels for carrying
away the water were everywhere inade
quate. There hod been copious show
ers during the earlier part of the day,
and when the evening rain *et in, *o
eotnpanicd by coutinuoa* thunder *ud
lightning, little apprtheumon w*a fell
by the tieople, a* there appeared no oe
caaion for alarm. Pittsburgh proper,
owing to the fact that it araina very
rapidly, escaped without Jos* of life and
with compaiatively lighVdamage. The
paving of many of the atreet* in the hill
districts was toru up, huge enrbing
stone* were hurled from their place,
shade tree* were washed out of the
ground, bonnes and cellar* were flood
ed. and fence* were carried away, but
nothing more serious occurred.
The Seventh, Tenth, and Eleventh
Wards of Allegheny City caught the
full force of the storm, and there oe
great I<>m of life and property.
The avenues here ran through narrow
valleys, hemmed in by great hills on
! either side, (lathering in vast quanti
ses on these lofty grounds, the water
fwept in overwhelming torrents, carry
ing everything before it. Frame booses
supposed to be able to withstand any
assault of the kind, were swept awsy as
if made of card-board, and were m a
few seconds torn to fragments, or strik
ing against brick, crushed
them down, giving the inmates no op
portunity to escape. So quick did the
: flood rise thst in many instances the
i rushing of the wsters into the second
stories of the dwellings was the first
notice of its approach.
At the intersect ion of Madison avenne
and East street, the water divided,each
i branch carrying destruction in its
course. In s triangular-shaped Loose
at the intersection of the street named,
resided M rs. Conlon, a widow, who had
three children, one boy and two girla.
A young man named Archibald Arnold
and another, a cripple, named Rogers,
were in the honse at the time. The
entire number, with the exoeption of
-Niel Conlon, were lost Young Arnold
hail gone into the house to rescue some
of the inmates, but fell a victim to the
destroying flood.
A square below the torrent again
united, and, reinforced by additional
•trrams from the hills, swept forward
: with augmented force to the low
gronnds on which aresitnated O'Harra,
Concord and Chestnut streets. Here
the width of the sweep of water was
probably two hundred feet, and build
ings of frame and brick fell before it *
if made of sand. On O'Harra street,
(our dwellings near each other were
crushed. In one lived Jacob Fncbs,
his wife, one child, and # brother of
Mrs. Fuchs. All were lost In the
next were Jacob Metxlen, wife and
one child, all of whom perished.
Mr. llaffnagel, wife and three chil
dren, who occupied the house
adjoining, also perished. A msn named
1! libber!, with his wife and three chil
dren, lived in the next dwelling below
and were the nett victims. On the
opposite side of O'Harra street a frame
b<>ue was earned by the flood against
the brick dwelling of Alderman Peter
Bolster, carrying awsy the front part of
it. The family fortunately bad taken
refuge iu the kitchen, and all escaped
with their lives, nc. pt one son of five
years. The lstter was carried away by
the swift waters, and when fonnd in
the adioiciug building, his little hands
were clasped with the grip of death to
a IK-dstead. Alderman Bolster's family
bad a moat remarkable escape, as the
water was three to four feet deep in the
itoom where they took refuge, and the
walla shattered.
The scene in the devastated district of
Allegheny is one which beggars de
scription. For hundreds of yards
Madison avenue is lined with the wrecks
of dwellings, furniture, bedding, dead
animals, timbers, stoma, eta. On
O'Harra, Centre, and other streets in
that vicinity, there is an equal amount
of rubbish," while many of the frame
buildings not destroyed arc moved from
their original places, and stand in al!
positions except square, with the
thoroughfart's. As in the mill disaster 1
told of in Charles Ueade'a novel, so in
this, the victims were stripped almost
entirely of clothing by the water and ]
floating timber, some having one shoe j
on, some the shirt-band about the neck, <
and others being without a shred.
Two Iwiya, aged seven and twelve
years.rrspcctiveiy.msdeoneof the moat
remarkable escapes in the history of j
the extraordinary Pittsburgh calamity. |
Their father's house was struck by the ;
rushing waters, apd e:irried down Madi- |
son avenue on the tide. The parents j
were drowned, but the two boys ca- !
oaped to the garret, and when the dif
ferent portions of the bnilding parted j
company, they clung to the roof; this
roof eventually brought up against a
pile of timber, just above the glue fac- ;
tory, and the rapid accumulation of
floating matter aoon hemmed the boya
into a narrow corner, but did not injure
them. When the waters subsided they
found themselves literally buried alive
through all the dark hours of Sunday
night. Monday and Monday night
they continued thua imprisoned, and at
about 10 o'clock Tuesday they were dis
covered and taken out nearly starved,
but otherwise unhurt.
Another incident is worth relating.
A woman was found in the second story
of her dwelling fsstened in the debris
with which she was surrounded, with
her babe in her arms. Both she and
her babe were dead, bnt just abeve her,
and resting on her body, was another
little child which was "also fastened,
but whioh hat! managed to keep ita
head above the water, and it was taken
out alive. Two other children were
fonnd alive in an overturned house off
Center street, which showed all external
signs of hsviag been completely sub
merged. How tliey escaped death is
beyond comprehension.
Cholera lu the East.
An important rumor comes by the
cable from London. Special dispatches
state that the cholera hss broken out in
India among the 50,000 pilgrims as
sembled at Pooree for the Juggernaut
festival. This news is startling, when
the recent details of the famine are not
yet forgotten, and when the season of
the year iB such that the ravages of the
diaeaso would carry death thronghont a
wide expanse of country. The con
tamination may extend to other places
by infection in the ordinary means of
conveyance, and, finding its way to the
seuports, spread its death-dealing breath
over the sea. The cholera plaf.ne in
Asia and the disease in India generally
bear the same form ; they are peculiarly
stubborn iu existenoe, and with the
large number of pilgrims at the Indian
festival it is hard to oomputo the pros
pective mortality should the disease
gain headway,
NO. 33.
New Mode* of ('time.
It ia particularly fortunate for soeiety
(bat ortme ia not progressive and that
■iriminsl* are not inventive. In ao far
us regards the method and device of
their occupation the professionally
dangerous classes are among the moat
oouaervatiro classes. If thia were not
ao society would be in a touch more
perilous predicament titan it ia, for a
i<et ol sl<-rt and inventive criminals,
opposed to a set of stupid detectives,
would make havoc compared to which
the present casual and aimless ravages
upon the sorority of property and the
sanctity of life would look like ineon- j
aiderable trifles. Aa It is, the detective
walks in a rut of narro m routine, even !
when he means to do his business "■<!
catch criminals, and the criminal, Inckt
ly for the detective and for us, walks
in a rut of tontine quite as narrow.
AcourJiugly, a professional thief, work
ing in bis vocation according to its tra
ditions in a workmanlike manner, can
commonly be canght by the profes
sional detective. A thief or a murderer
working by inspiration, and nut by
routine, baffle* the detective and gets
free. Accordingly anj new mode which !
crime takes on la a thing to be moat;
anxiously and carefully watched, for
until it has become a reoognised crimi
nal art, having its own laws and Uadi- j
tioua, it may be carried to almost any
lengths under the very noses of the
police.
it is in this view of the cere that the
two new species of crimes which have
just broken oct in Boston and in Phila
delphia are of snch painful and press
ing moment to na. It is time that the
buy Pomeroy, who in old times woold
have been said to be possessed of a
devil, ia in our newer dialect described
as the TicUm of morbid impulse. It ia
by no means true, however, that be ia
on that account to be treated as an iso
lated phenomenon, with whieh the com
munity has no farther business than to
hand it over to the psychologists for
analysts. Statistics show that although
what may be celled the amount of
" morbid impulse" existing in any
community may be a constant quantity
which can neither be added to nor di
minished by any efforts which society
can make with regard to it, the direc
tion it will take, and the lengths to
which it will work ltaelf oat are de
pendent on a variety of circnmstanoaa.
The fear of punishment may have i
weight in repressing morbid impulse,
and it is well established how great an
effect the force of example may have in
the expression of it. The well-known
story that the authorities in Paris were
once compelled to close the towers of
Notre Dame by reason of the number
of suicide* who had taken to jumping
from them shows how the imitative im
pulse may lead large numbers of peo
ple to prefer tbA moat painful and hor
rible mode of death, we do not say
that the wretched Pomeroy ought to be
hanged, but we do say that an exam
piary punishment inflicted upon him
may deter many wretches like him from
repeating his atrocities, and that a very
heavy responsibility rests upon those
who let him loose, after he had proved
his unfitness to control himself.
The next Pfailadelpbian phase of
crime ought to be much more manage
able, as the effects of it, if the outbreak
of it ia not terribly repressed and
punished, will be much more widely
calamitous. The ease with which the
crime of kidnapping can be committed,
the tremendous power with many, per
haps most, parents, a power far greater
than that of personal duress, which it
gives the kidnapper over hia victim,
needs only impunity in one or two in
stances to be added in order to make
this the commonest kind ef crime. It is
shameful and almost unbearable to
think that the police of Philadelphia
have not yet been able to lay their
hands upon men who are carrying on
negotiations in perfect pnblicity with
an afflicted father for the restoration of
hia child. The " morbid impulse"
toward getting money without work,
which exists more or" less in the vast
majority of men, needs only the quick
emog of ene or two examples of suc
cess and impunity in that bad art to
tempt iuto this new mode of it a very
formidable minority of men. The
whole effort of the Philadelphian police
ought to be to stamp out this new
crime. As it is in effect a new crime the
perpetrators of it could not complain if
a new punishment were applied to it,
more adequate to its atrocity than any
the statute book oontaina.—-Veir York
World.
Hater tor the I'te of Armies.
To Americans who indulge generally
in a large use of water for drinking pur
poses, it will seem rather qneer thst in
some armies soldiers on their march
could be forbidden to drink wster.
Still sneh vfas the case with the German
army, especially during the French
campaign in 1870. The practice was
aim' st invariably, when halting near
water, to stop all access to it by a guard,
for it was taken for granted thst if the
soldiers were allowed to drink they
would chill themselves It waa through
such a wrong notion that there was
much suffering in the German army,
anil that in a Bavarian regiment which
moved by Sedan, no fewer than seven
men were brought into that place in
sensible from the effects of heat, and
two of tbem died the same night. Ex
perienee has tanght a hard leaeon on
the Prussian a, and they will adopt, very
likely, the opposite system of the Swiss
general staff. Not only is a Swiss sol
dier allowed to carry "hia water-bottle
with free leave to use it, but on every
halt in a village the inhabitants wait for
the aoldiers with pails of water, which
they have ordered to get ready by
mounted orderlies, who are dispatched
ahead of every column of infantry.
A Curious Experiment,
A curious and perhaps important ex
periment has just been tried in Bir
mingham, England, which is o4 local
interest everywhere. It is the conver
sion of night soil and sewerage into
fueL' The matter is chemically treated
and rendered inodorous. It ia then
mixed with a small quantity of gas-tar,
and "oompreased into so id blocks of
any size to snit the convenience of cus
tomers." In this state it resembles
oompreased smsll coal, to which a small
quantity of vegetable matter is added.
We are told that it is "hard and com
pact, snd enly gives forth a faint odor of
gas-tar." The experiments were to show
that this fuel is superior to engine slack
for heating steam boilers. These were
tried on a large boiler 20 feet in length,
and at the beginning the gauge showed
a pressure of steam of 8f pounds to the
squaro inch
New York " Blood Tubs."
A Now York reporter says there are
over one hundred and seventy people
who have the daily practioe of going
early to the Tenth street abatoir to
drink warm blood as it gnshes from the
animal. One of the number on being
questioned, evidently a respectable and
intelligent woman, stated that blood
was prescribed for her by Prof. Yel
pear, of Paris, as a remedy lor con
sumption. Though repugnant at first,
a pint of hot blood from a well-oondi
tioned ox was the greatest luxnrv of
her life. Bhe knew of twenty people in
her neighborhood who used the tune
prescription,
Another Lift.
" 1 h*T another Ufa I long to (Mtt
WhhoAt whWi Ufa ray Ufa ta laooaaptata |
Oh, HUr aalf! lika ma art shoo astray.
Trying with all thy heart to And lha way
To Bin*. Krayinff lika anno to And tho
baaaat
On which also* su wary Itaart And rest'
IWttif #1 Inter est
Flirtation ia deaerPwd aa attention
without intention.
A Own oouaty, Ind., farmer got
'2,050 kernels from una grain of wheat.
The high prior of oil lraa given quit*
a atlmntna to the whale fishery this
summer.
In Turkey, when a roan tells notorious
lire, they blacken the front of hie
bonne.
A disgusted Mil wanker fisherman of
fara a chromo to every fiab which will
take the bait.
A competing hotel out West says,
generously, of another, that it stands
without arrival
In a Montana newspaper appeared
the following " A number of death*
are unavoidably postponed."
Hub-soil ploughing has enabled a
Michigan farmer to produce twenty-two
dead Indiana from a single field.
At a Lowell (Mass.) slaughter-house
a party of six eonaumptivaa are experi
menting with the beef-blood cure.
A Pennsylvania man dislocated bis
jaw tn laughing at a joke in a borrowed
newspaper. The moral is obvious.
In Cuban hotels bolter is served np
when called far in long-necked bottles,
and looks very much like wagon grease.
Blueberries, whortleberries and wild
r*pberrries are not only exceedingly
plentiful this year but also of remark
able size.
In portions of Maine the caterpillars
travel in an army, forming battallionx
altont eight feet wide, so thick tliat th*
ground is black with tbem.
One man on the Mctfusteni farm,
near St Joseph, picked 800 quarts of
strawberries in seven days. His best
day's picking wss 180 quarts.
" Lenny, you're s pig," *id father
to bis five-year-old bov. " Now, do you #
know what s pig is, Lenny t" " Yes,
pa ; a pig'a a hog a little boy."
A Boston lady is California says that
the big strawberries on the Pacific coast
have bu : > little flavor, being e cross be
tween a turnip and a dried apple.
An old iron mine in Salisbury, Conn.,
which has been worked over one han
dled and fifty years, recently declared
an annual dividend of 115 per cent.
Harret hands get aa high aa SB.OO a
day and their board in some parts of
the country. And yet hundreds of fel
low* prefer to deal beat it along in
etnas.
A family of lowa frogs has been
found one hundred and eighty feet un
der ground, and it ia supposed that they
have been neat-hiding there for at least
a century.
Some twenty Thomaeton, Maine, see
captains telegraphed for a dinner at the
Bay View. Their wives heard of the
party's intention, and alio telegraphed
i for a dinner. The women came an hour
later, in time for dinner.
We hope it ia true that tha "Potato
King" in Bangor, who bought up all
the old potatoes in the market at 90
cents a buokrl, and refused to sell them
except & exhort n tact prices, lost $5,000.
We wish it had been $50,000.
A Chicago paper, jolly as ever, boasts
that that city has " the finest assort
ment of ruins in the world." On a for
mer occasion, there was a large assort
ment on hand of ready-made chimneys,
offered low to cash customers.
An interesting problem erf the fron
tier is, why the Ariokaree Indiana,
steadfast friends of the whites for over
half a century, are without arms snd
ammunition, while the hostile Sioux
are armed with Spencer rifles.
A few days ago a young farmer living
near St Louis went down an abandoned
well to reoovcr his sweetheart's bonnet,
which had blown there. He was taken
out dead, with the thirg of frills and
flowers tightly to hia face.
Some men are barn to misfortune.
At s picnic s Covii gton chap got his eye
punched for speaking to another fellow's
girl, and when he tearfully explained
that he'd " knowed her these tbirtj-
Ave veers," he got all hia hair polled
ont
The stupidity trf the average criminal
is illustrated in the curious story of a
German. He had eluded all pnranit
after securing in hia own country •
hundred thousand thaler* by forgery
only to be captured in the commission
of a petty burglary.
•' Never marry for wealth," says a
contemporary, " but remember that it
is just as easy to love a girl who has a
brick house, with a Mansard roof and a
silver plated door bell, as one who
hasn't anything but an auburn head
and an amiable disposition."
A Minnesota divine, in an unguarded
moment and in the course of his dis
course, called thirty-five of his flock
"empty beads." Empty or full-headed,
they nave since pertinaciously refused
to pay their pew taxes, and the pastor
has taken out write against them.
" Charley, what makes your cheeks
so red f" a-ked his sister's admirer of
a little flve-year-old. " Cause I put
some c f sister's paint on. She puts it
on every day." It was a painful dis
closure for everybody—at least Charley
thought so after the visitor had gone.
The sugar crop in Louisiana is but
about one fifth what it was before the
war. But the rice crop has been in
creased from 10,000 to 100,000 barrels.
One man can attend to twelve scree of
rice, yielding $1,290. and only seven of
sugar, yielding $990 as the average.
Hence lees of the one and more of the
other ia now grown.
It is said by some physician that the
poison of hydrophobia differs from that
of a rattlesnake in remaining in the im
mediate vicinity of the wound for a con
siderable length of time. Suction, how
ever, may not always be effectual in
drawing out all the virus, and a little
remaining might be as fatal as a large
quantity. Thorough cauterisation with
nitrate of silver it believed to be effect
ual if done within a few hours after
wound is inflicted.
The Stolen Boy.
Oermantowa ha# another story about
the stolen boy Boss, whioh has gained
very extensire credenoe. It was brought
from "up country " by a farmer who
oomes down twice a week to sell his
produce. He aaya that on the night of
the Ist of July two men answering the
description of" the abductors (barring
the goggles), having a horse and boggy
also like those described, stopped at a
tavern on the Lime Kiln Pike. First
one got out and took a drink, and when
he returned to the carriage the other
did the same. They had a child with
them, but it was not light enongh to
see it distinctly. When they drew np
at the tavern the child was crying, snd
the men were trying to amuse and paci
fy it with some kind of a musical in
strument After stopping about ten
minutes they drove rapidly up the road.
They were also seen at a country store,
where they stopped to buy five cent a
worth of stick candy. Here the ohild
was seen, and from what was remem
bered from a casual glance, the little
one is now thought to ue Charley Ross.
About eight o'clock on the evening if
the 2d instant the same parties ealled
at another inn to water their horse and
get drinks for themselves. A man who
was standing outsidaat the time is oer
tain they were the kidnappers. He
heard the ohild crying and one of the
men tried to quiet him. Failing in this
he thumped the little one in the b> ck,
impatiently saying, " Take that." The
other man remonstrated with his com
panion and they left, exchanging an
gry words. The farmer who brings
these stories says the same men were
seen by a dozen people along cbe road
and the folks in that region believe
that the abduotors actuary passed
thrwugh there with Charley Boss,