THE STRANGER'S GRAVE.
H •!<*( within a nameless grave.
Whore spring's luxuriant blossoms wire.
For HiimmerV reign ia nigh.
The solitude around hi* tomb
la beautiful a* Eden's bloom
Ere beauty learned to die.
Her faireet and moat fragrant flower*
Kind Mar in bright profusion ahoweni
t T pon that lorely a|X)t
Where the sick heart and wearv head
Kent in their last dark, narrow bed
Forgetting and forgot
No drooping atoametw kneel beatde
That lonely grave at even-tele.
And bathe it wtth their tears ,
Hut oft the balmy dewa of night
lave it in pity, when the light
Of kindling atara appear*.
No lore.l one* breathe the holv prayer.
Hut natore'a (noanse fllla the air,
And aeeka the dtatanl aky.
Her artleaa hymn the eong-btrd atuga .
The dreamy hum of insect wiuga .
Are prayers that never die
Chambers' J\mrn*l
APPLE BLOSSOMS.
From white ees-foem Tieaih summer akiee
A lovelier heaven lu her eyes.
The auuahine captive in her hair.
Her body then the foam more fair.
Taay aay laivo's mother did arise'
Now frayrant aeaa of blossoms bright
FKvsi all the hill* with wave* of white .
And once arain has Beauty Inrth.
Springing immortal from the earth.
Mother of ever fresh delight 1
And wakened by the eweet eurpnas.
In the still heaven of Ihuie eyaa -
Of that immortal beauty born.
And bright with rose-nuts of the mora—
I see a batiy Love anae 1
The Owiszy
Seeing Belter Days.
The widow Minton had soon lietter
day*. How far Iwck wasn't exactly
certified; but she had aeon them. Bet
ter days hitni: moldily about her. tike
the defaced shred* of antiquated em
broidery .
The sturdy gossips of the sea-side
village, who went about with their
skirls tucked up and their bare brow n
arms ready aud able for any work,
looked askance at the widow Milium,
with her pitiful meager lies* of aspect,
her dickering black eye. ami her trail
ing old gown, They uudged each other
and said, "Better days—Lord save us!"
But the widow did not trouble the
neighbor* much, nor they her. A hodv
who couldu't do a hearlsotne hand's
stirring w as bo.t left alone to iter brood
ing. and ihe w idovv's smoky little cabin,
solitarily apart on the sea-shore, was
left preltv much to herself aud her IH>V
Tom.
Tom was a sturvly, brown-faced lad.
who picked up a living by doing odd
johs for the boatmen, and now and then
taking a day for fishing. Tom had
probably never seen twiter days. The
widow shook her head over him—so
stupidly coutent, |oor Tom! v> beaming
aud good-natured over and
hopelessness. A tall, well-grown fel
low, with bare feet, a lorn straw bat,
and a red shirt. Tom took the work!
easily, looking with reverent eyes on
his mother's by-gone gentility, but by
uo means seeming to covet it for him
self.
The widow deemed it due to her past
respectability to be seen at church of a
Sunday evening, and you could *cc the
two walking at twilight along the sand
together, she with her clean pocket
handkerchief folded over her old hjtun
book and a certain doubtful hesitancy
of gait, as if heaven itselt might be
looking down critically on her shabby
black gown and rusty bonnet. A for
Tom, patient Tom, he went plodding
slowly after her, with his smiling face,
whistling to hints- If as he went. Al
ways patient, always plodding, poor
Tom! Patiently falling asleep during
the Sfrtnon, and patiently listening,
open mouthed, to the closing hymn, his
careless, bright face, contrasting so
oddly with his mother's querulous and
tear-worn visage, woo for him the sou
briquet of Widow Minton'* rainbow.
The miuister of the parish, mistaken
soul, deemed it incumbent to make a
call on the widow; and, on charity
bent, it is said he unwarily offered to
employ her services iu his household
for a season. He deemed it his duty to
rouse the old woman to activity.
He did rouse her; and it is averred
that he never found time to call at the
cabin again. Did he take her for a
common household drudge, or a low
born field band? She thanked God she
had too much spirit left yet to put her
self under anybody's teet. He hadn't
far to go to find scores of drudges and
diggers, but he might go further before
he knew a lady w hen he saw her.
It might have been the afternoon after
the good man's visit that the widow sat
idly orooding at her cabin door. Her
eyes had a wandering, far-away look,
and her face was keener and thinner
than ever. Beyond the blufl" which
sheltered her cabin, stretched a far line
of sea-coast, the white sand gleaming
silvery in the sun. Far off a group of
bathers, In bright dresses, frolicked
between shore and water. They came
from the great hotel down beyond; she
could almost catch the sound of their
voices as she sat slowly rocking in her
doorway. It was a quiet afternoon; the
air was soft and soothing, and the
widow's heart so full of bitterness, felt
itself sweeten and soften in the still
ness. This part of the shore, sheltered
by iu overhanging rock. Was seldom
disturbed by intruders, but presently
tbe watcher's eye caught sight of a
young girl splashing and frolicking in
the water Just beyond the rocks. It was
a pretty sight, the rounded arms, the
curving shoulder*, the swaying, float
ing figure. And perhaps the old wo
man recalled with a sigh the time w lien
she was young and blithe too, and had
as cheery a voice as that with which the
fair swimmer hailed her companion* In
the distance.
Gazing absently on the smiling scene
a reverie fell upon her, and when she
looked again, the young water-nymph
had disappeared. She had probablv
swuni ashore behind the rock*. "Hie
widow turned away, hugged her thin
shawl over her shoulders, and thought
that the sea-wind was chiily. Hark!
What was that? Surely she heard a
cry. No merry shout or ringing laugh
this; it might be the cry of a wild bird
on its way to its mate.
She couldn't have got beyond her
depth, that young creature, surely!
But, la! what of it if she had? Dying
young, a body gets quit of a deal of
trouble. And—Yes, surely, that was a
scream. The widow looked sharply
out. Would Tom never come? The
tide was rising, and—ami something
certainly was the matter. She called—
she beckoned frantically to the bathers
beyond—they seemed both blind and
deaf.
No one, not one soul, at hand, and
that young thing in peril of life! A
minute she stood still, listening—a fee
ble old woman with a haggard, scared
face, to whom no one would hare
dreamed of looking for help.
"I can't stand this," she said, "Seems
1 might pull out that old scow myself.
Tom !" she screamed, with a yell that
held the concentrated energy of ten
years. But no Torn appeared. And it
was the widow herself, with those with
ered old hands that disdained the min
ister's kitchen-work—it was the widow
herself, who, straining, tugging, and
with her gray hair fluttering in the
wind, unloosed the old dug-out from its
moorings, and trembling, unskilful,
armed with a rude paddle, went spin
ning out dizzily over the water. It
leaked, the old scow; it scorned Un
broken paddle and the heavy oars, but
finally it came drifting out blindly and
dizzily to the object of her search. A
plump hand, with a glittering ring
upon it, clutched the edge of the boat,
nearly oversetting it. A young, eager
face, with streaming hair, looked up
from the water, and gasping, shudder
ing, half drowned, and wholly scared,
the young water-nymph was presently
aboard the old craft.
"Oh, how frightened I was!" she
cried. "I felt sure I was losing all my
strength, and would go to the bottom.
Oh, you good soul I you dear soul! how
ever did you get to me in this water
logged craft?"
"It has seen its best days, certain,"
said the widow, tugging at the oars.
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vol, l\.
"You don't look hlc for such work,"
said the girl.
"I Aitee seen lietter days," was the
quiet answer.
And then—oh, *u the lent rew *rl of all
her effortsS—this real lady, this fair
young girl with the -oil hands and the
pretty bathing dress, actually replied,
"I thought so."
"Here, give me an oar," she added,
still panting, "lint, my dear soul,
we'll never In' alile to row down to thai
point, w here I left my clothes, and I
can't walk to the hotel; I'm aw tilth
tired. I an't you put me ashore at your
place, ami -cud word for me down
venderf"
I'he little dark eabiti on the shore
brightened up with an unwonted luster
a* the widow sheltered her young
charge, and changed her wet garments
for some off her ow u.
"It my Coin would only coute, I'd
send him for vour things."
"Oh, no matter! I'll wrap your
.-haw 1 about me anil w aik tlow u tn> self
after I've rested * bit. I'm not hurt,
vou know, only scared. IK-ar ue, how
Ikm * scareii! My old nurse used to
teach me not to scream! but If 1 hadn't
screamed, w here should 1 have been
now, 1 wonder?"
Mr-. Million would gladly have parted
w irh the la-t shred she possessed, and
gone shivering the rest of her day -. to
sec her WOTII-oUI gown donned so baud
acutely hv tlie bright lassie.
"They have seen better days, the
clothe*, mi**, and I'll not deny that
they've la-en in good company iu their
time; hut tliey 're not fit for a ladv now ."
Her companion laughed, a prvuy,
mischievous laugh. She read the weak
ness of her rescuer, and tr*-atevl it ten
derlv.
"Whatever a lady has worn i* fit for
a lady to wear," she said ami forthwith
vvrapjied herself, stuillug. in the old
gray shawl.
And at that moment Tom, with hi
red shirt gleaming iu the setting sun,
and a string of fi-h ou his shoulder,
stood in the doorway.
He stormed when he saw the guest
standing upon tlie hearth-stone, a bright
tire behind her, ami the kettle boiling
cheerily. She nodded to him familiarly.
Tom thought he mut be dreaming.
"Tom and 1 are acquainted," said she.
"Are you?" respouded tho astonished
widow.
"Yes," said the girl. "I've watched
Tom many a time walking along shore
with his red shirt, and once he took nie
aud father out rowing. Tom. your
mother saved niv life."
"Saved your life!" echoed Torn, who
never in all his life had heard of his
mother's doing anything before.
Tom. stupid and staring, wa* hurried
off iu search of the mi-sing garment*.
And meanwhile his mother betook her
self to making a cup of tea for her pro
tege. It was wonderful how a littie
warmth of human feeling had roused
this woman to life and activity again.
When Tom returned, laden with va
rious articles of apparel, the two were
quietly sipping their tea together at the
old round table.
He did not return alone, however.
Following him came a tall gray-headed
gentleman.
"Here's father!" cried the girl
springing forward. "Oh, father, this
good lady ha* saved my life!"
Ladv! The widow Mintoit wanted to
kiss the beautiful rosy lip* that pro
nounced the words.
"Well, ray dear," said the old gen
tleman. good-humored ly pinching the
plump cheek, "she ha* done it very
thoroughly. You certainly don't look
very near death just now "
Whereat the story, with due enlarge
ment and variation, was told him with
a pretty pout.
The father smiled, hut also he fur
tively wiped away a tear.
"Well, madam," said lie courteously,
"accept inv cordial thank- for looking
after my little tuadcap Belle. She's my
only child, you see, and a- full of prank*
a* any dozen."
Belle playfully put her baud over her
mouth, "I won't tiave my character
traduced where they've been so good to
me," she cried. "And oh, father, isn't
this a beautiful place—such a view of
the water! I mean to come down here
every day and do my sketching."
"I'm afraid," -aid the sire, shaking
hi* head, "that this gn>d lady w ill have
cause to wish she had thrown yon over
board."
"Oil, no, father; she likes me ami I
like tier. And I've fallen in love with
Torn long ago, vou know."
Tom blushed painfully. Something
strange and new stirred in his mind.
Campiiuients did not sweeten his
thoughts as they did his mother's, for
Tom had never seen better days, and
felt as If he were being made a jest of.
A week passed, during which the
young girl strolled almost daily to the
cabin. When she was there Tom sel
dom entered the house. He had grown
shy and sulky; he sat on the shore
darkly brooding, or went off silently to
his fishing.
One morning Belle and her father de
parted. Belle kissed the withered
cheek of her filend, and that was all.
For when mention had been made of
helping her substantially, the widow
bud drawn herself sharply up, all the
lady shining in her eye.
"I may have seen my best days," she
said, "hut 1 haven't come down to that
yet. And if 1 needed any reward, I've
had It now," she added, as she felt the
soft blood mantling in the cheek that
Belle had kissed.
I/ong after the two had left, Tom
went about with a cloud on his face,
and in his ears were ringing tho-a*
mocking words; "I'm in love with
Tom." A disgust for his fishing life
ami for himself and for all their miser
able surroundings of |ioverty filled the
ladV heart with an unwonted bitterness.
"Mother," said lie one day, a* he sat
darkly brooding over the hearth, "you
said you were a born lady; why didn't
you make a gentleman of me?"
"1 hadn't any money left when you
came," said the widow briefly.
"Then it's money that makes jieople
gentlemen and ladies?"
"1 don't know," said the widow,
puzzled; "they somehow mostly have
One day Turn came and told her he
was going to sea. There had been a
man down looking for hands, and he
had taken Torn gladly, for Tom was a
hand)* fellow at almost any kind of sea
craft, and would wain make a good sea
man.
"And you must just bide here pa
tiently till I come hack, mother; for if
thefe's better days anywhere, 1 shall
bring 'em with me, tola* sure."
After that the sea l(M,ked bluer and
colder than ever, and the solitary wo
man lived a sort of hermit's life. No
cheery voice of gossiping neighlior
lightened the dreary cabin, no children
prattled about her; and only Belle, the
bright, blithe-hearted lassie, seemed to
remember to cheer Iter with u letter
now and then. Belle was away now
visiting some distant friends, hut in her
kindly heart she kept a corner, it
seemed, for the poor old woman who
had saved her life.
Three years—four—passed away, and
daily of a summer afternoon you might
have seen the widow sitting in her
doorway, eager and hollow-eyed, look
ing out for some jMissihle ship that
might be Tom's. Tom was not a good
correspondent, but occasionally up at
the little Post-office a wandering epistle
waited her trembling hand. She was
growing very old and feeble now ; but
Tom was getting up in the world, Tom
was first mate of his ship, Torn was a
success, Tom was a gentleman, and oh,
above all things, Tom was coming
home!
Not every one watches In vain, though
we may not always be looking in the
right direction. It was so with the
THE CENTRE REPORTER,
widow. A* sill* vit Ollt) tin) Wit It *ll alii
l'>£ *y* gazing on far-off iin-lit sails.
Slid seeing how MUIIC ol IhiMll hovon'.l
nearer mitl nearer, and Mime, .tin*! look
'wiiii; farther and farther away, the
doorway darkened -uddeuh ; there
came ru-hlng upon her, a* It' drop|H-d
from |h clouds, n |iluui|i. lUrk-eyed,
ro-y -cheeked lady, who flung herself
into Iho arm- of the watcliei with a cry
i of joy.
"Rli, mother!" she exclaimed, half
sobbing, hall laughing -"oh, mother!
don't you know me? IVliy, I'm Tom's
wife, and I've brought the captain with
me!"
"Mother," said t'aptaiu Tom, that
night, "you've seen Iteller days, per
| baps, but 1 never have."
"For didn't I tell you," said Mrs.
Tom, archly, "that 1 was in love with
I Tom ? Aud father ow us half his shin,
you know ; so if font's captain, I'm
second mate, you see. And we're going
to take you away to w here tee found our
: better liavs."
l*raHlll ol Itsllrt Oenrlu*
The decline of the tiallct is an mi -
questionable fact, til cause of which
we can not prctcml to fathom.
Judging however, from some revela
tion* made by l>r. Schultz, an Austrian
phvsiciau. we sliould ho inclined to at
tribute it to the circumstance that the
greater the attaitiuients of the danseuse
the more irksome Iteeoine* a t'eltaitl li
ability attending the profession. Tina
diawhack consists of a (eculiar cramp
to which all other crauips are jokes.
ltlfi(inaiu the soles of tmth feet, lu
creaaiug tu intensity till the whole i
body IS implicated >u the contraction,
atul palpitatiouof (he heart is pioduct-d.
ending in iuseusihilty. l>r. Schulu ha
ving discovered tins malady—or, at any
rale, the extreme form of it- occurred :
—ouly in the case of the l>ei dancers,
those Intrusted with the performance
jof the j*u csi, hunted it thruugh ail i
; the most complicated movements 1
known to th profession, and at last |
found a sufficient cause for its appeal -
auee in that lieautiful step now so
! rarely seen, to execute which tiie dan
i cer poise* herself on the eitreuie jmiut )
of her ihiiuumre. This step, any a Dr. ■
Schultz. telling tales out of school,
cannot, iudeed, be produced without
the help of shoes made expressly for ;
the purpose, strengthened at the tip j
aud turmished with a support ranniug
j up the inner side of the toe, on which
: the whole weight of the IHHIV rests. The ;
doctor adds that he was able, by the
employment of electricity, to overcome
the more serious results of the- "dan- I
j cer's cramp." but could devise uo I
I means of reuioviug the muscular pains
which render what looks like fairy pas- i
time some of the hardest aud most
harassing work to which the human;
frame is subjected.
Canine t hruulrlrt
A Manchester market-roan undertook j
to fool "Horace Greeley," a watch dog .
of the L'titled State.- and Canada Kx- j
press Company, in Manchester, last j
week, by taking his dime am! neglect- |
ing to give limi some meat. Horace evl- ,
dently didn't understand why hisgoods j
were not forthcoming, l>ut waited pa- ;
tienily, keeping a sharp eye on the
young uiau alt the while and following
his every movement. After a few min- j
Ulr- sjieut in this way lie began to com j
prebend, aud decided to play a little j
joke in return. So he coolly walked up ,
to tlie bench, seized a <|tiarter of lamb, |
and waltzed away with indignation and j
triumph depicted in every wag of lil j
tail, while the practical joker was left 1
to reflect sadly upon the uncertainty of •
all things human and canine.
A gentleman on a visit to Scotland j
came across some men who were wash
ing aheep. Close to the water trtierr j
the operation was being carried on wa
a -until pen, in which a detatchiueul of i
ten sheep were placed handy to the i
men for washing. While watching the j
performance his attention was called j
to a sheep dog lying down close by,
This auiiuaJ, oil the pen becoming j
nearly empty, without* word from any '<
one, started off for the main boriv of ■
the flock and brought back ten of their j
number, ami drove them into the empty
washing pens. The fact of the tiring- j
ing exactly the same number of sheep I
as had vacated it lie looked upon at tirst j
as a strange coincidence, a chance. But !
lie continued looking on. and, much to i
his surprise, as soon as the men had |
reduced the numt>er to three sheep, the
dog started off again and brought luo-k
ten more; and so he con tinned through
out the afternoon, never bringing one j
more nor less, and always going for a
fresh lot when only three were left in •
tlie pen, evidently being aware thai j
during the time the la-t three welt: ms-Ii j
ing he would be able to bring up a i
fresh dcntchuient.—{ Land and W\itrr.
The tirnuna Woman's Pride of Hlrfh.
It lias somewhere been rashly asser
ted by some one that every woman not
boru an Knglishwoman,could she have
had a choice in the matter, would have
chosen to be so born. No greater error
could lie made as regards the German
woman. She, taking her all round, is
absolutely contented with her lot. and
supremely disregardful of the estate of
other women. The day of small things
not only suffices for her, luit is to her
as a crown of glory ; she dispiwes the
frivolity of the French, the fiecdomuf
the English, the fearless strides and
absolute independence of the Ameiicau
woman. Do not believe that you will
Is* able to sit long in the seat of the
scornful; you will have to come down
Mid go out. for towering high alMive
you, on her pedestal of home-liaked
virtues, and looking down ti|>on your
ornameotalness and useleaaneas with
the fear and dislike virtue assumes
in ga/.ing upon vice, stands the
traditional Hnunfrau. That she should
have anything to learn of her neighbors
[outside the Fatherland ] is impossible;
there is only one country in the world,
and that is Germany ; there is only one
woman, and that is the German woman.
In the face of such convictions as these,
it would IM* darinir to hint at the state
of mind that has IM-CII characterized as
a mean satisfaction with a mean posi
tion. The "coming" woman, as yet,
casts no shadow across the dead level
of German home life. The "platform
woman" and the "medical woman" are
still only known by evil report ; U-ings
that cause the virtuous matron todraw
her imaginary skirts shudileriugly
around her ample form, and to pass by,
with mentally averted eyes, on the
other side.— Frasfr't Mtmnzine.
The Mfn<ljr of Knallsh CumpnalUon
The Lord fhlef Justice, In distribu
ting prizes at the Birkhc.-k Instl'uliou
the other day, made some seasonable
remarks on the danger of neglecting
our own tongue in our zeal for various
kinds of culture. "May I Im* allowed
to suggest," he *aid, "that in the exam
inations English composition has not
quite so prominent a place as It ought
to occupy ? No one bows with a more
profound and reverent worship at the
shrine of science than I do; no one
values more highly than I do classical
attainments. Nevertheless, allow me
to say that I know of no study more
valuable to an Englishman than the
study of English. Nothing is more val
uable than the power of English com
position, English oratory and English
elocution; and greatly as 1 value clas
sical knowledge and tin* knowledge of
foreign languages, I still say that the
English language and English compo
sition are of the first Importance to
Englishmen." A warning voice such
as tiiis is needed. If the only effect of
the present zeal for education is to ex
tend bad precedents, it will bind the
land in educational fetters from which
there w ill be 110 after possibility of es
cape. Our educationists should give
more thought to the subjects taught.—
London Examiner.
Life cannot subsist in society but Ir
reciprocal concessions.
:mhi: IIAI.L, CKNT
I lephMtll I l|htln| wl liar,eta
Writing of the Frincc of Wales' re
,-cptlou at Hai.sta, the ,-,rres|*in,lent <>
tbe London /* nip I'tliyraph aays ; Tlie
chief feature of tbe entertainment pre
pare,l at this return call was an ele
phant fight, tor w hlcli sort of exhibi
tion the Court ot Itaroda, has alwavs
been (anions. Native Indian I'rinces
have, iudeed, a remarkable passion for
such display*, hill Khillldcrao aud Ill
sue,essor, the laic Guioowar, were par
tlcularlv devote,! to tiie dubious amuse
ment ut' w atcliiiig the contests of ani
mals, so (bat at liiiv-la there lias *l
- * Ihh-ii kept up a large supply ot
elephants, rhinoceroses, buffaloes ,Ugrrs
rams, and camels, trained to tight for
the pleasure of tiie court, i'ombats
•till more cruet, such as the shocking
muAAi matches—w herein naked athletes
tore each other to pieces with iron
claws title,l U|H>II the palm—used to
disgrace the leisure of tlie Guicowars;
but we trust that such sights are now
abolished there. The savage struggles
of Iwats, starved or excited Into feroc
: Ity, are bad enough, lu all conscience,
j to witness; but these are so very com
mon at Indian entertainments that,
' like a hull-light in Spain, one sees them
once or twice as part of the fashion of
j the country. Nor, to tell the truth, is
• there wanting an elemeiilofexcitement
j in watching the tiger and buflalo hull
. mamcuvrr agaiu-t each other, salwriike
; horn against dagger like tooth; or two
well-fed rains come thundering brow
I against brow with a -h.s k that rattles I
far and near. The Prince was Intro-|
I ducevi to certain of these comhats, and
j saw , ts-sides the curious duel of rhilioc-
I erissses, w here, despite their unwieldy
hulk and awkward weapons, there is
really almo-t as much science displayed ;
as Captain Burton has elaborated in his
recent wonderful treatise on a sword- |
play, w Ith ail its deadly mysteries of j
mouiliiet and the like. These cunning j
behemoths fence aud feint to get the a,L
vantage of the telling thrust under tlie J
jaw with their horn, aud over aud over I
again they will close, aud press, and 1
butt one another tiackwards and for
wards iu clouds of du-t, -uorting and
grunting ami champing foam, while ,
the attendants rrfr,ili them with copi- j
011, chatties of water, neither obtaining ,
the fatal opportunity. By-aud-by ■ one j
of tlie two oinitiatauts grows weary, 1
allow ing his monstrous jowls to be !
thrust shlewav aor upwards; ami im
mediately with ntarvelou- ,elerity the
•mx-e*sful ta-ast drives his armed snout ;
under the jaw of his adversary, produc
ing a wound which is acknowledge,!;
with a frightful aquesl and an Inglori-1
ous retreat ou the part of the vanquishes! 1
monster.
For the elephant fight proper the
contending pair- are carefully trained
an.l prepared tiefnrehatid with stimula
ting lo.nl and drug*, and advantage is
| alw taken of that periodical fretiav dis
played In the male elephant which 1*
known a* must. At such a time of
natural excttenirut the elephant lie
iximes fierce and formidable even to hi*
keeper, and only to lead twosuch t>ea*U
forth into the arena and ahow thetu for
a manic til llie waving trunk of the dis
tant female, pro.lu.Hw a degree of pug
nacity which want* little additional
encouragement. It was one of the favor
ite pleasure* of the unfeeling Roman
populace to watch elephant fight* in
the amphitheatre. Auguatua who gave
the people 430 (anther*, and hunpey
who let loose 000 liona Into the arena,
w ere thought to I* outdone bv Trajan
w hen he produced twenty elephant* in
a *tate of must, and pitted them In
deatliy combat against AOOGetullaucap
tives. That wa* one elephant to thirty
men, nor would the edda aeeui di*pn>-
portiouate to those who have witnessed
the Indian huttl in hi* w rath, trurapet-
Ing hla*t* of rage and defiance from hla
uplifted trunk, *traigtiteulng hia tall,
dropping his great under-hung lip to
give fair play in hia ivory twyonet*
and hla little eyes glaring ail the w idle
like fireball* "from the shadow of the
hup* ear a. Yet there are mahoula who
w ill sit on their deck* and push In the
thickest of the fight brute# a* mad even
a* this—digging at their nape, this side
and that with the anku* or hook,
though hardly more secure than would
I** the captains of two iron-ciadt com
ing inb> collision, with their #0 ton
cannon discharging. If they perched
themselves upon the bowsprit ends.
Rut only the lieat trained animal*
would lie tru*t.-d thus to respect man
amid their wildest rage; ordinary fight
ing elephant* cannot be ridden to the
combat; the mahout* excite aud cheer
them, and then s.ip off before the en
counter begins. V, hen it due* begin,
such a* can look with pleasure on these
things behold a colossal duello. The
enormous creatures charge like moun
tain* rolling together, their tusks clash
an.l clatter, their huge feel delve chasm*
in the dust and •. alter It In clouds,
and I hey rear up on their hind leg* aud
wrestle for mastery with an agility a*
astonishing a* is their senaeleaa fury.
The trunk, ear, and fiank are the weak
place*a* the wlaebeast know* ; ami what
with each keeping Ids own clear and
seeking to setae that of his opponent so
that he may force him aside and drive
an ivory swonl-tip under the elMtw or
hock, or wring off Id* leathern ear, one
ami the other pr*busols fly about bv
get her In the air like arms of an Infu
riated windmill. Shrill signals of fear
or rage, of victory or defeat accompany
thc rounds, for die wrathful elephant
blows his own battle music continually
and screams with tremendous anxiety
when lie is getting the worst of |{.
Presently some advantage Is gained,
nn.i a blow or dig which would annihi
late anything but leviathan I* dealt,
whereupon, ordinarily, the sagacious
brute who has fo.tght In vain knows
that he is defeated, and quite decline*
to stand up to any needless punishment,
lie turns tail and trots off, ungainly
an.l discomfited, covered with dust anil
blood, and pursued a little while by
the victor, who soon, however, is con
tent to truni|>et out an insulting blast
and arrange the arena for another foe.
it wants considerable skill at such a
moment to slip the foot-ropes on the
triumphant monster and get liitn out
of the way; but this is managed by the
adroit mahouts, either by cunning ajv
proache* or by bringing in a couple of
females. Sometime* a weak elephant
is fore.nl to the earth ami gor.nl or
stain(M-.i so that lie dies, but generally
they "live to fight another day," pro
vided that the tusks have not been
fitted with steel ixiiiit* whlbh I* occa
sionally practised.
Orrm I'orlnnM.
Recent events in this country call to
mind the fact tiiat in JH72 there appeared
in ttie I/ondon .Spectator a lift of almost
every one who had died in England t>e
tween 1802 and 1872 leaving a jiersonal
pro|rty over twelve hundred hikl fifty
thousand dollara. It appeared by thia
that ten persona had died within the
decade in Oreat Britain leaving more
than a million sterling, fifty-three leav
ing more than a half million, and a
hundred and sixty-one leaving more,
than a quarter of a million. These ra
tirnaU'R, he it itorne in tnlnd, referred
OlllV to personal property, and in no rot*
included real estate. It may lie added
that in appraising for probate duty the
estimate Is very low.
The Hat contained only the following
jteers and peeresaes, much of whose por
sonalty was In pictures, plate, ami costly
furniture: The Marquis of Lansdowne,
revenue principally drawn from Ire
land, where he did not reside, £3110,000;
the Duke of Cleveland, revenue draw n
from great English estates, £800.000:
1 hike of Newcastle, £200,000; Duke of
Northumberland, vast estates and col
lieries, £.100,000; Marchioness of Lon
donderry, principally collieries. £4<X),
000; another Ihike of Northumberland,
£360,000; Lord Aveland, the great
grandson of a wealthy merchant, lan
ded estates, £400,000; Countess of Jer
sey, banker, £300,000; Marquis of Sal
isbury, of economical habits, real es-
IE CO., PA., TiICIIS
Lite of gloat value, some of it ill liOUdon,
£.100,000; Karl of Al>ergaveiiiiy, real
estate, clergy man of retired ami saving
habits, CJuo.uoo, Karl of h'ormaunui,
•on of an Irish Arvhhlaiiop, much of
tlie money orlginallv came from the
Irish Church, A'7oU,doo; Lord Aslihur
ton, .Baring,) X'i6n,OUo; laird la-oon-
Iteld, Immense real ealale In Knglalid
ami Ireland, x'J'si.tso , Marquis of Weat
lUluster, greatest landlord iu IAMIIIOII,
XMUi.IHMI; laird Foley, money chiefly
derived from sale of family estates to
laird Dudley for XinrO.OOO. AttO.UOU;
laird Ierby, real estate which through
rise of property around Liverpool lias
become worth X.T50.000 a year; Ixird
ilotham, a twnuriou* bachelor, with
great Yorksliire estates, XftOO.OOO; Mar
quis of Hertford, income of X'JUU.OIiO a
year, from real estate, England and
Ireland, always resided in I'aris, abai-h
--elor,.Xhuo,UlMi; Karl of Isiuadale, owned
great part of Cumberland aud Weat
more land, • bachelor, XTUO.UUO; Duke
of Bedford, immense mineral and lau
ded estate, a hypochondriac bachelor,
XtJOO.OOO.
in personally, Uierefore, Uie (leeragr
; has leas than ten per cent, of Uie wh<He
iiumlier of millionaires enumerated, hut
iu tlie case of about half Uie peers ennui
; erated, had their real estate been
thrown into the scale they would have
entire!v outweighed any name In the
list. t)f those or a million aud upward,
11. Otirney, of Uie great eastern couu
ties (Quaker banking firm, was sworn
under XJ.IOO.UOU; H. Tbornton, a mer
chant, XT.fWO.UUU; 8. Eyres, Armley,
l.eitls, 110 doubt a inanufacturv 1, '-T.HOU,
000; Sir Benjamin Guinness, Gll tines*
stout,) X 1,100,000. Sir Heiijami'i, wbo
1 had restored Hf. I'atrick's Cathedral at
j a cost of XT*),OOO, also owned immense
real estate in Ireland. Samuel Scott,
. banker, a baciirior, whose faintly
; f.xtnded the fortunee of Mr. Gladstone's
father, XT,000, 000. Much of this for
' tune was tlie result of saving. Thomas
; Flcldeu, made in trade. XI,300,000;
j Baron NaUianiei de Hotln< liild, x'l,
i SOU,000; G. Ixuler, trade, £3,000,000; W.
• 11. Kormaii, £1,000,000; W. Crawshey,
; iron-master, X^,000,000. Bankers, brew-
I ors, aud manufacturers chiefly cotu
j (Hwevl the golden roll. Iron-masters,
too, made a handsome show, Mr. 1. G.
Abbott, of Newcastle, having X'OOO.OtSI,
i and Mr. Hardy, of 1/iw Moor, (kW,OUO;
besides Mr. Crawshey, already men
tioned, one Goldsmith figures In the list
i for XiiO.OOO, and an elo-tro-platrr for
£330,000. How well the Arkwrigbt
fauiilv hare known how to keep the
the wealth bequeathed them by the fa
mous founder of the fatuilv was shown
by Mr. I'rler Arkwrigbt, leaving £OOO,
000, Hev. I. Arkw right, £400,000, and
Kev. Godfrey Arkwrigbt, £300,000.
They had immense estates as well. The
same may be said of the l'ecls, also
sprung from the loom. One of them
figures iu tms list for X3U0.000. The
two greatest personal fortunes known
to the English Court of I*rohate do not
appear. They were those of Mr. Mor
rison, of the firm of Morrison A Dillon,
dry goods merchants, and Mr. Brasser, .
railroad contractor. Mr. Morrison's w(li
was sworn under £4,000,000. and be
w as said to have estates In fifteen coun-
Ues, which, there la no doubt, were
worth at the very least a million more.
He entered Parliament for a abort time, :
but otherwise never came forward in '
public life. Although of humble origin
lie married his employer's daughter, :
and this was the foundation of his for- :
luncs. He bad a genuine lore of art,
and spent great sums upon It. Sir
Charles Eastlake and other eminent
academician# were bis frequent and fa
vored guests, and his very tables and
chairs were modeled after their designs.
Ills lieautiful seat. Basildon, near Bead
ing. Berks, was full to overflow Ing with
exquisite worka. but there was an uuer
IMM of all vulgar ostentation. Mr.
Brsssey carried this retiring and un
ostentatious disposition even further
thievery moderate-sized mansion in
Ixiwndes square sufficed tor him—while
Mr. Morriason had three residences
and an old friend of hia used to declare
that he never saw him thoroughly
wretched but once, when Mrs. Braawy
had set her heart upon a rather con
spicuous mansion near Cambridge
House (then occupied by lord Palmer
ston) In Piccadilly. But presently she.
the best aud must amiable of wives, a*
he was of husbands, gave way, and Mr.
Hraasev's brow was smooth again, lie
seemed to care nothing for monej for
himself; *ll his thought waa for bis
son*. Mr. Brsssey divided his property
equally between his three sons. Mr.
Morrison left more to bis eldest son
than to the rest. In his will be aaya:
"I leave to my eldest son a lff<*y f
one million pounds sterling. M Trils was
up to that time the only legacy of that
amount on record In England. In
addition he bequeathed to him vast
estates. His second son, Alfred, whose
house on < arlton House Terrace is one
of the sights of Ixwdon, received about
forty thousand pounds a year; the
daughters, £30,000; his widow, £IO,OOO
a year and aud two superb residences.
Hut for his benefactions while living,
George Pea hotly must have been inclu
ded In the list of those who died worth
over a million pound* sterling. His will
wa* sworn In London under four hun
dred thousand pounds, and the total of
Ids gift* amounted to over seven mil
lion dollars.
■ extern Vasal War fere
Modern science ha* to changed the
art of sea warfare that mere animal
courage N only one of the many ele
ment* required to make a great naval
cotnmander-ln chief. In the d .y of
aalliug men-of-war goo<i aeani uhip
consisted in performing certain compli
cated mano-uvre-by the action of the
wind on the salt*; and If it failed, or
the rigging was shot away, It then be
came a question of chance, or bull-dog
••ourage. The first broadside of Col
li ngwood's flag-ship at Trafalgar is
said to have killed or wounded4oo men.
Bad seamanship on the part of the
French led to such a disastrous result,
and not the superior gunnery of the
English. With steam-ship* ramming
will lx> as fatal as raking was with the
old wooden vaaael, ami frequently more
so, because being rammed by a power
ful Iron-clad will simply mean annihi
lation. Our magnificent and costly
ship*. If Improperly handled, mav fall
to sudden ruin under the well-delfvered
blow of a puny enemy. 1 have long
held the opinion that all fighting ships
should be fitted with a system of tem
porary fenders, In order to deaden the
blow of an antagonist. Some future
genius will carry this suggestion Into
effect, and Its influence will be as ben
eficial to his ship as the fakes of the
chain-cable were to the sides of the
Kearsarge In her action with the Ala
bama, the shells from the guns of the
latter vessel failing to penetrate the
rudely-Improvised cuirass of her an
tagonist. It was one of those simple
contrivances which mark the man of
original thought, and douhtiesa had a
great Influence on the result of the
action, If it did not w holly decide It.—
Fritter*'* May at in*.
How Mnrta Is Eat.
In order to keep the system In good
order, food should be Judiciously con
sumed. The harder a man works the
more nutriment he requires,—While a
working man would need dally five
pound* of solid, mixed food, two and a
half would be enough for persons who
lounge and sleep much. Life can be
sustained two or three weeks on two
ounces a day. A change of diet should
follow a change of seasons—ln winter,
fats and sweets; in summer, fish, and
lighter meats. Milk and eggs, a blood
food; steak, a flesh food; potatoes and
w lie at, which being heatod material, are
fuel; and coffee a stimulant. It Is Im
portant that the workman should eat
mixed food, which, partaken of at regu
lar seasons, stimulates tba system and
keeps it In working order.
)AY, JANVAKY 20, IS7<>.
s.lrlt er Sysrslsllss la former
fltue*
It Is the element of chance— the gam
bling fibre In the trutler- -which lends
to financial s|ieeula(|ima an invincible
attraction, lu tiie Middle Ages It was
\ uuiioccessajy to step beyond legitimate
j trade to enjoy all the emotions of tlie
gamester. I'here was plenty of excite
ment in Ihe ordinary eoursr of liuslneas.
Every venture was a d,*|ierate ,-*ai. It
was long odds against the arrival of any
cargo anywhere. If Ills* was unsafe,
property in transit was worth very lit -
, tie indeed On leaving the liartmr of
j Constantinople or Trel.izond the argo-
I sles bad not very far to travel to Venice,
; Genoa or Marseilles; but the vessels
| were crazy, the mariners of the true
Mediterranean breed, and the sea was
: thick with pirates of all sorts aud na
tional tlt*a. lu the laud Journey across
the < outiiieut almost equal dangers
were eucouuU-red. Emperors aud kings,
dukeaaud princes taxed aud tolled with
out mercy, and lesser |Mitoulatos eke,l
out their mors slender rights by the
strong hand, and either plundered mer
chants outright or levied liravy black
mail ou thciu. Added to these forseen
dangers were tlie chances of war break
ing out suddenly and stopping o|iera
lloiis altogether ; of tbe imposition of
embargoes to prevent the wan-itjf of
certain com m, all ties, and tlie plunder of
authorised and unautliori/ed
Taking all these risks together the won-
der is not that commerce was restricted,
but that any existed at all; and the fact
(hat bales of sweet almomls, I una of
; Bordeaux wine, and silks from the far i
j East reached this country, reflc-ts lot
! wieuse credit upon the enterprise of the i
I commercial world of that day. The !
: profits of Uie olden Uui must hsve been j
enormous to cover the risk, and proba
bly this wide margin of profit explains '
Uie Immense fortune* realized by |
Jai-ques Cfieur. the Kuggers, and the ;
great lamtlios of Venice and Genoa. A
voyage was, as it was called, a "ven
ture, which would make elUier "men 1
or mice" of the adventurers. During
the speculative and exciUug times, Uie
Invention of hills of exchaug-- and lite .
establishment of the two great hank#— j
that of fit. George, at lienoa, and the
Bank of Amsterdam—had, to a certain
degree, spoiled brigandage as a regular ,
profession, by rendering the frrqtu-ul
transfer of bard cash lea* uecewaar) , but, ,
by the Introduction of pa|w>r money, ;
provided a great opportunity for tlie
daring spirits of the future. The great
batiks of Genoa and Amsterdam were
founded on the confidence of merchants !
in each other, and their dread of other
members of the community. The hanks
of England aud of France were called
Into existence by the wants of the Gov
ernment, and In the latter case supplied
an extraordinary medium for *!ecula-
II on.—AH tin Ynsr Rottmd.
Marvel* ml lalMr
Think of the sown, of the earth, and
of the eolar light and beat—was ever
such necromancy dreamt of a* the pro
duction of that massive trunk, the sway
ing boughs and whispering leave# from
the interaction of those throe factors?
In this interaction, moreover, consists
what we call life. Consider it for a
moment. There la an experiment, first
made by Wheatstone, where the music
of a piano la transferred from it* sound
hard, through a thin woodeu rod, acroaa
several aileni room* in succession, and
poured out at a distance from the in
strument. The strings of the piano
vibrate, not aingly. but ten at a lime.
Every string subdivide*, vieiding not
one note, but a duten. All these vibra
tions and aubvlbrations are crowded to
gether Into a bit of deal not more than
a quarter of a square Inch in sections.
Yet no note Is lost. Each Tibration
assert* lis Individual rights, and all are.
at la*t. shaken forth Into the air by a
second sound-board, against which the
distant end of the rod presses. Thought
ends In amusement when It seek* to
realise the motion* of that rod as the
music flow* through It. 1 turn to my
tree and observe it* root*, its trunk. It*
branches and Its leaves. As the rod
conveys the mualc, and yields it up to
the distant air, so does the trunk couvey
the matter and the motion—the shock*
and pulse* and other vital action*—
which eventually emerge in the um
hrageoai foliage of the tree. 1 went
some time ago through the greeti-himae
of a friend. He bad ferns Irora Ceylon,
the branches of which were in wmr
cases not much thicker than an ordtnaiy
pin—hard, smooth and cylindrical—
often leafless for a foot or more. But
at the end of every one of tliem the un
sightly twig unlocked the exuberant
beauty hidden within It and broke forth
into a mas* of fronds, almost large
enough to fill the arms. We stand here
upon a higher level of the wonderful;
we are consrioua of a music subtler than
that of the piano, passing unheard
through these tinv boughs, and issuing
In what Mr. Martineau would opulently
call the "clustered magnificence" of the
leaves. Doe* It lessen my smsxeuient
to know that every cluster and every
leaf—their form and texture —lie, like
the music In the rod, in the molecular
structure of those apparently Insignifi
cant stem*?— Prof. Timdall.
Bllllwgsgaf# Tfc# Urewt t l*h Market
•f L**d*n.
The Fishmongers" Company—despite
the heavy fines occasionally inflicted on
iu members—became a power In the
cltv, and after various free-fight* with
other companies—notably the Skinner*
—took up It* |io*ition after the great
companies of the Goldsmiths. Grocers,
and Draper*. William Walworth, who
was Mayor in 1370, aud knocked Wat
Tyler on the head, was a member of
the Fishmongers' Company, a* was
l.ovekin, four times Lord Mayor of
loudon.
It would seem that the flh trade, like
the coal trade of our own day, gradu
ally worked down stream, till It drifted
below the bridge, and Billingsgate, long
a port of departure for Grsveaend and
other places down stream, hy degree*
merged Into a fish market. A large
portion of Its early business was com
posed of river tish, salmon and smelts
being taken in Immense numbers a*
high up the river as Wandsworth; but
for all that, the most convenient snot,
Immediately below old Ixuidon Bridge
was selected by popular consent as the
proper site of a fish market. In 1009
Billingsgate w as made a free market for
the sale of fish, and soon ttecame famous
for that vivid Interchange of vernacular
pleasantry which will engraft Its name
In the Knglish language for ages after
Billingsgate Itself, and perhaps I<Oll
don, may have passed away.
Of the'market audits surroundings,
four veara after its formal recognition,
Ned Ward, of London Sp* celebrity, has
left sonic curious memorials. In the
course of his peregrinations be wandered
towards Billingsgate early In the even
ing, determined to be on "the spot early
enough. "As Time, like a skilful gnin
ster, had juat nicked 7," he betook him
self towards what were then called lite
Dork Houses of Billingsgate, and turn
ing down a dark lane, found his com
panion and himself among the "marl
tlme nobility," In a narrow lane, redo
lent of "stale sprats and irreverence."
Seeking quarters for the night, he
dropped Into a "smoking booitng-ken,
where sat a tattered assembly of mo
therly flat-caps, with their fish-basket*
hanging on their heads, instead of rid
ing-hoods, with everyone her nipper
kln of warm ale, or brandy, and as
many rings upon their ihmnhsa* Imj
longs to a suit of bed curtains." Loud
of tongue and ml of face were these—
like unto "squab elephants," and using
language which shocked even the re
doubtable Ned Ward himself, who,
whatever his other faults, was not
squeamish. Among this shrieking
crowd circulated the rakes of the day,
In long wig and muffof fox-skin, water
men eating red herrings; aud people
staying overnight to catch the tide tor
Terms: $2 a Year, in Advance.
I Graveaend, enlivened now and then hv
drunken tarpaulins aud their hired fid
dler. There was groat fun with tlie
tarpaulins, who hung up their fiddler
to rook over the fire, and Indulged In
; merry jeau and stupendous yarns. On
sailor told howr he had been in Guinea,
w here the weather wa* ao hot Uiat they
rooked steaks lu the sun; but he was
I cap(ie<l In another, who tobl, that
' when In high iatiludes, the wards 'froze
In their mouth, so that they could not
hear one another speak, till they came
to a warmer latitude to thaw 'am; and
| ilieu aii our discourse broke out u>-
I gt-Uier, like a clap of thunder, aud
there was never such ooli fusion of
j tongues since ltaliel"—a joke stolen from
i Baron Munchausen. The s|iecial cor
respondent of the day slept in a room
stinking ol pitch, tar, and tallow, and
: was up at three in tiie morning, to
breakfast off a "penny wortli of burnt
bread, softened In a mug of (sifters'
guzzle, improved with a slice of Ches
hire cheese," ami on reaching Uie water
j side wa deafened with the roar of the
water jsiurlng through old laiiidon
bridge, was beaelged by watormeu, and ;
abashed by the clatter of the "fiat caps,' :
( or fish fags, there asw-mbled.
As 1 stand on llial part of tlie Custom ,
j House w hsrf yieldev! for aw title to HU- i
| lingsgate, |sending the cousiructiou of :
Hie new market, T wonder what King i
; Edward l.would have thought of raliuoo
at three -hillings a pound, and oysters
at ten guineas a bu-het? H'nst has be
'time of \sl Ward's "dark houses," the
ru-hiiig water, and the pasaeugers for
Graveseitd hv suiaek or "lo> ?" The
lodgiugs of Mr. Ward have vanished ;
the river rolls noiselessly through new
lax.don Bridge; lie,.p|ego to Graveaend
without caring for ihe tide, by steam
b>al or railway, at a comfortable hour 1
of the morning, w lieu Nature has fin- !
1-lied her ablutions, and Uie world Is -
properly aired. There are no water
men now to pull you limb from lktub in |
the struggle for a fare; the famous flsb |
ordinary Ts in temporary quarters; and
I look round in vain for .the "fiat-caps"
before mentioned—the redouhtable fish
fags of rough tongue and ready repar
toe, flavored with marine instead of At- ;
tic salt. There are no fishfagt to"be j
found W' 1 thl 11 the precincts of Bllliugs- ■
gate—the sole representatives of the i
sutierior sex beipg a trim datasel, with i
hair cut a la Gainsborough, engaged in
the ba-ket business, and a couple of el- i
dertv Ladles, who came from afar off to '
buy -tock for their fish shop*. 1 sup-
Jssk" the extension of woman's sphere
in other directions has withdrawn the
fish-fag fhnn her coarse work, and ele- j
vatod her to a position more becoming ;
to her sex ; but be this as it mar, she |
now ranks among the extinct btmana. j
Male porters do tbe hard work of Bil- ,
lingsgate. w hich, although a fixture by
the water aide, yet draws v early mormj
and more of iu supplies from the rail- ]
way stations.— AU ikt J'oor Ruwnd.
Lsvs'l fsssf Dresa
Two brothers of Pittsburg, aged re
spectively 17 and IV, and consequently
at Uie age when a young man's fancy
lighUy turns to itaHiffhl* of love, bad
sw oethearu aud they loved harder than
a 16-horee power steam engine, and
about every other night they visited the
domiciles containing the light of their
iovee. One night, when this sort of
thing had been going on for six weeks
—six weeks is az long as a youth of 19
was ever known to worship Uie same
idol—the elder of the two, William,
had evidently brought thing* to aerials.
He came home at 13 o'clock and lay
him down beside his brother Frank,
and they were both soon In tbe arms of
Morpheus. But that celebrated god was
of too immaterial a texture to satisfy
the lore-sick William, aud he, dreaming
the while of his Amelia, clasped nu
brother In his embrace and imprinted a
paroxysmal kiason his lips. The affec-
Uouate caress struck asytnpathetic chord
In Frank's breast, which vlbrsted and
caused him to reciprocate, and It is safe
to say Uiat never did brothers kiss each
other and show the symptoms of pas
sionate ardor as those two brothers did.
But this could no* last forever. They
opened their eyes sloiuitaueously.
"Ah.phew!" exclaimed Bill, jumping
up and spitting and wiping bis Urn, as
though be had tasted poison. "What
the devil are you about r"
"Oh, horrible!" said Frank, equally
disgusted. "What have you been ktse
jng me for?"
An explanation was Impossible, but
an eteruai treaty of secrecy was then
and there entered Into by Uie young
men. The story leaked out, however—
l>oaslbly because tbe bovs would never
sleep together afterward.
"An Inrldrnl fml Iml 1.1f1f."
TMterdir aftermioo a very well-bred
•nd cx<-eeflngly dignified young lady
of t hi* city entered a florist's to male a
purchase, when the vu accosted as fol
low • by a ahrill voice resembling that
of an aged lady:
"Shut the door: don't you know any
better? lt> cold outside."
Very much overcome with mortlflca
tlon ami embarrassment. ahe looked
about for the speaker. saying, "Pardon
me, madam, but Ute wind blew no, 1
could hardly close the door."
"Well, mind Tour eye. Miss. and
don't do It again,repeated the rolee.
when to her (treat astonishment and
amusement. the youn)t lady discovered
that ahe had been converting with a
well educated and certain It very fa
miliar poll-parrot. Evidently annoyed
at the btrd for deceiving her so. the
young lady turned her hack to the cage
and wa* intent upon examining aome
flower*. Suddenly the same voice, or
what seemed to be. said to her, "What
can 1 do for vou Ml**?"
"If you hold vonr tongue ! shall he
gratified above a)l things." replied the
young Miss, turning around as she
*poke. and discovering the lady propri
etor standing in her presence.
The denouement was all that might he
imagined.— Jbijfhla Courier.
1 m In* m lib lumlsllsd of Ideas.
In Illustration of the extremely close
resemblance tietween certain twins is
the association of their ideas. No less
than eleven out of thirty-five cases tes
tify to tills. They make the same re
marks on the sameoccaaiou, begin sing
ing (he same song at the same moment,
and so on; or one would commence a
sentence and the other| would finish
It. Ait observant friend graphically de
scribed to me the effect produced upon
her by two such twins whom she uict
casually. She said : "Their teeth grew
alike, lliey *|M>ke alike and together,
and said the same things, and seemed
just like one person." One of the most
curious anecdote* that 1 have received
concerning this similarity of ideas was
that one twin A, w ho happened to he at
a town In Scotland, bought a set of
champagne glasses which caught his
attention, as a surprise for his brother
II; while, at the same time, B, being iu
Ktiglaml, bought a similar set of pre
cisely the same pattern as a surprise for
A. Other anecdotes of a like kind have
reached me aliout these twins.—Eraser's
Motfazin*.
Me* sad Womra
Man relies far inore than he is aware
for comfort and happiness on woman's
tact ami management, lie is so accus
tomed to these that he is uuconscious of
their worth. They are so delicately
concealed, and yet so ceaselessly exer
cised, that he enjoys their effect as he
enjoys the light and atmosphere. He
seldom thinks how- it would be with
him were they withdrawn. He fails to
appreciate what is so freely given. He
may la- reminded of them now and
then; may complain of intrusion and
interference; but the frown is swept
away by a gentle hand, the murmuring
lips stopped with a caress, and the man
agement goes ou.
NO. 3.
ion**- (ou n.
A Hmaatum A mo*Q th FUMMTB.—
"Gear Jack," write# a little maid, who
signs herself "Kiderbood',' "may f toll
what I aiu almost aure happened laat
Summer f"
"Certainly you may," aaawera your
JftCfce
Hut the little maid, witlM>ot waiting
to hear the gracious permission, goes
on :
The rosea In the pretty acbuolmia
i t teas'* garden blushed deeply at their
own insignificance; the violets, sorrow
ing. hung tlieii beads; and theaoow
white lilies trembled with despair on
the day the gardener sowed toe new
seed with the trig names.
"Oh, dear, dear!" amid the roae, "the
gentle school mistress will not care for
us plain, old-fashioned flowers any
more, after the agiostemma rocli- rosea
atid the mriabiUa jalspa bloom."
"The gardener often writes their
name# with capitals, while he begins
mine with a I title 1," aald the lily.
"He might at least Frenchify your#
with an w," replied the wall flower;
"bat 1 suppose we moat just be pre
pared to accept the unenviable position
of ueglected flowers; no doubt we shall
henceforth .waste our sweetness on the
desert air."
Hut .>umiuer came, and with it th*
blossoms of the fearfully and wonder
ful!} named agrosUtuma coeli-roaea
and tiie miraMlia jalaps grandifiora.
And when the school mistress walked
in the garden, she said :
"These Weeds are so troublesome.
I * ill pull Uii'in up, 10 thai my dear
V loir la may have more room to grow."
and she threw the agroatemma rueii
rusra stiperbam over the fence!
Next aba saw the mirabtlia jalapa
grandifiora in full bloom
"Dear me." she exclaimed. "I wonder
what Hans planted more four o'clock#
for. I had pleoty in the back garden
already. Hut they are sweet, old
fashtoued flowers, and 1 will let them
grow here, if they dooH overrun v
jewels—the roses, lilies, violets and
the dear old wail-flowers."
Then the roae smiled, and the wall
flower sent forth its sweetest fragrance,
the violet peeped out shyly from its
grown leaves, and the snow white lily
shone like silver in the setting sua.—
St. .N'irWiu.
Peter P%tof.—\ know a little boy
wboar real name we will say is i'etrr
Panama; but the boy a eallbim Peter
l atoff. because he baa such a Wgy of
putting off both buaineaa and pleasure.
H - ton learn hia lessons wall, but be
ta almost alwaya at the liottom of hia
rlass, i-eeausc be haa put off learning
his task from one boar to another until
it ia too late. He can walk or run aa
faotaa aay boy ia town; but if be ia ana t
on an errand the errand never gets
done in aeaaon. becanae be peu off start
tug from one annate to another; and
for the name reason be is almost always
late at school, liwau* be can never be
made to see that it is drawing near to
9 o'clock.
If letters are given him to post they
I never get in in time for tbe mail; and
i by tbe boat or tram,
the * hole family has to exert itaelf to
burtv I eter oat of the hoot*, lest he
1 should defer naming until tbe hour be
past.
He procrastinates in his play as ia
his work. He pats off reading bis li
i braiy book uatil it is time to send it
back , be waita to join the gaine all it
is too late, and generally cornea up a
little behindhand for everr thing, from
Monday morning till Haturday night,
and then begins tbe ner week by be
ing mo late for Church sad Sunday
School. Peter is qaite conscious of hn
own fault, and means to reform scare
time; but be puts off the date of refor
mation so constantly that I fear man
hood and old age. which do not know
how to put off their seasons, will over
take this boy and find him still only too
worthy of the name ol Peter Patoff.—
Child's World.
A Hamming- Bird Story—Summer
before last, a humming-bird Hew into
the siuingroom of a lady who loves
birds and flowers very much. She
talked to it io a gentle, pleasant tone ;
but, after a abort call, it flew away.
Soon, aler, it came again for another
fashionable call.
Tbe third time it came, it brought its
mate; and they were so well pleased
with their kind reception, that they
continued their visits all through tbe
summer.
How do you tliiok the lady fed them 7
With sweetened water from a petunia
blossom. which abe held io her band.
They would sip from it again nod again,
and aeemed to reliab it jtreatly.
Paring the winter, of oourae their
nulla ceased; but. io the spring. the
, birds again appeared at the window.
; The lady raised it, and in they dew;
' allowing a* ranch delight aa it waa poa
itihle for anch little tiling* to show.
A f • w days since, there were no leaa
; tl aa rive humming-bird# in tlie room
at on i time. So, it seems, the bird#
thai came find told their frieoda where
they would be welcomed, and enter
tained with "refreshments at all hour#."
The A //"#c Horn.— The Alpine horn
i an inoirutnent made of the bark of a
cherry tree, and, like a speaking trum
pet, ia uaed to convey aounda to a great
distance. W hen the last rays of the sun
gild the summit of the Alps, the shep
herd who inhabits the higheat peak of
these mountains take# liis born, and
rries with a loud voice, "Praised be the
Lord." A# soon aa the neighboring
shepherd# h"*r him. they leave their
hat*, and repeat these words. The
sounds are prolonged many minutes,
while the echoes of the rocks repeat the
uame of God. Imagination cannot
picture anything more solemn and su
blime than such a scene. Dunne the
silence that succeeds, the shepfierds
I tend their knees, and pray in the open
air, then repair to their huts to rest.
The sunlight gilding the tops of these
stupendous mountains, upon which the
vanlt of heaTen seems to rest, the mag
nificent scenery aronnd, and the voices
of the shepherds sounding from rock
to rock the praise of the Almighty, fill
the mind of every traveller with en
thusiasm and awe.
'"floeas ll't Sunday"— This same lady
was entertaining the Bishop of the State
at tier house as he was an old and val
ued friend of the family and was al
ways their gueat on the occasion of his
visitations to the parish.
On Sumlav morning after his arrival
the lady's little son sidled up to him
lust after breakfast,
"Bishop" said he, "would you like to
look at my piggie book f n
"Why, yes, replied the church dig
nitary, anxious to please the little fel
low.
"Well." whispered the child, "I*ll ;
show it to yon, but you'll have to look
at it on the sly,'cause it's Sunday."
The idea of the "venr reverend father
in God" aiding and abetting one of his
dock in a breach of the Sabuath was so
amnsing to the good prelate that, of
course he could not keep the joke to
himself.—A or York Mail.
All tor Fifteen USIBMM.
A good ileal was expected of a man
servant in the olden time. The follow
ing is a copy of a hand-bill circulated in
Peterborough, Kng., in 1784: "Wanted
for a sober family, a man of light weight
who fears the Lord and can drive a pair
of horses. He must occasionally wait
at table, Join in household prayer, look
after the horses, and read a chapter In
the Bible. He must, God willing, rise
at 7 iu the morning, and obey bis mas
ter and mistross in all lawful commands.
If lie can dress hair, slag psalms, and
play at orlbbage the more agreeable.
N. B.—He must not be too familiar
with the maid-servants of the house,
lest the flesh should rebel against the
spirit and be induced to walk in the
| thorny path# of the wicked. Wages, 15
I guineas a year."
Mankind like and respect men of de
cision—border men, neutral men, are
detected.
FOOD FOR THODOHT.
Your btudnew will aurely be attended
to If ynu do It yourself.
Noft won!* and aoft water should be
abundant in cvary home.
There are two kind* of geniuses, the
rlever and (tie too clever.
With moat men life la like twekgam
mon—half aklll and half tuck.
God gives every htrff It* food, but
doe* not throw It Into the neat.
IX) not give to thy friend* the moat
agreeable counsel#, but the rao*t advan
tageous.
Hnoeeaa haa a great tomlcnrv to con
ceal and throw a veil over the evil
deed* ot men.
Zoroaater says; "When you doubt
abstain." lioyle aaya; "Trump and
take the trick/'
He auhtnfta himself to be through
a mlcroaonfe who suffer a hi modi to be
caught in a passion.
Carlyle aaya there may be a courage
which I* the total abaence of fear. That
la wlien the fence la between you and
the dog.
It I* only by labor, that thought can
be made healthy, and only by thought
that labor can be mad- happy; and the
two cannot bcaeparau-d with Impunitr.
—Jlmtkin.
It U curioua to note th bid sea-mar -
gina ol human thought; each aubaldlng
century reveals Ai<- new mystery;
we build where monsters IIMM! to hide
tbeinsel va,— l*,suj!lUnr.
The atihserraiieati gallery of the new
St. Gothard tunnel wIU be 15.U00 me
tres long. It I* not ex|M-n*! rhat the
opening will take place before 18M0, as
the drift advances but ' Voo metres per
day.
Two opinion*. Jjt Rochefoucauld
•ay*: "The bell of women old age."
Holtneaaays: "A good and true wo
man la raid to resemble a Cremona Ad
dle—age but Increases It* worth and
•weeten* It# tone."
If you love otb<-r they will love you.
If you rpeak kindly to thero they will
•peak kindly to you. Love U repaid
with love, sod hatred with hatred.
Would you hear a a went and pleasant
echo, speak sweetly and pleasantly
yourself.
An old preacher, who hail several
calls to take a parish, asked his servant
where he should go, and the servant
•aid: "On where there is most sin,
air." The preacher concluded that waa
good advice, and went wbere there waa
mo*t money.
There WnMumi wants only * tr<k<*
of fortune to discover numberless good
or bad which would other
wise have been Fimuily concealed; as
word* writtou lUi a t*-rtaln liquor ap
(usur only when applied to the fir*.—
Lord Qrieitie.
What a revolution! The expression
"Everj thing I# lovely and the goose
liaog high " corrupts • *yiug,
"Everything to lovely whoa uie goose
honk* high." The honk if the .tote
founded by the wild goose In it* flight,
and i about the only innate in which
Lltat bird indulge*.
"At the time the Dirt of Nuremberg
was held," aay* Tboiuck, "Luther was
earnestly praying iu hia own dwelling:
and at the very hour when the edict
granting free toleration to all Prone*.
Unu was i*aued, he ran out of hi*
bousr, crying out, 'We have gained the
victory Do you uudersumJ that?"
The monument recently erected to
Sir John Franklin in Westminister Ab
bey has been mutilated In -ouje myrto
riou* way. about one-half Inch of the
chief not of the Kreba* having been
broken <>ff. This is said to be not the
only act of randaiim committed in tin-
Abbey the head of Major Andre bating
beeu removed not less than three lime*.
The most trilling actions that affect a
man's credit are to be regarded. The
sou id of a hammer at five iu the morn
ing, or nine at uight, heard by a credi
tor, makes him easy six months longer,
but If be sees you at a billiard table, or
hears your voice at a tavern, when you
should be at work, he sends for his
money next day—demands it before he
can receive lr iu a lump.
Dr. Holland says of the two noble
sciences of killing and curing; "Take
the human system, and in any of tbe
organs there are more mysteries that:
can be comprehended iu a thousand
years; yet,ibis complex organisation is
trusted to the country dorter, while it
requires twenty-Arc men to make a
musket. The study of a single branch
of surgery is more than enough to oc
copy the whole Usne of tbe greatest
rolnd."
It is a popular belief that lightning
haa never been know n to strike a beech
tree. In a recent thunder shower in
Goaheo. a beech awl a maple "landing
near together, with branches Interlock
ing each other, received an electric bolt
from a passing cloud which -battered
the maple and paused into the earth
through a prostrate hemlock tree tying
near, which was stripped of iu berk
nearly tbe whole length. So trace of
the lightning was left upon the beech.
There is one noble means of aveng
ing ourselves for unjust criticism; it Is
by doing still better, and sikun-iug it
solely bv tht increasing excellence of
our works. If instead of this yon un
dertake to dispute, to defend or criticise
byway of reprisal, you in vol W your
self in endieaa disuuietudes, disturb
that tranquility which to ncre aarv to
the successful exercise of yoar . ursuit,
and waate in harassing' oontoir.i that
precious time which you should conse
crate to your art,—[ Camvca.
The continued abstraction ol manu
scripts, books and works of art from
Roman monasteries ha Hrtmoted the
attention of the Italian IHnbttrr, and
energetic measures are to be taken to
put an end to a profitable traffic. Not
only smaller works, twit large altar
pieces and entire libraries flml their
way to the room# of Paris and Londou
dealers. The rumor is bcightr: <vi by
the assertion that hundred* of chests
are sent out from the TaHcan under
the Papal seal, which allows them to
pass free of march and duty.
Java possesses a curious fish that
aquarium manager* should look after.
In the tank inhabited by the fish a
stick to placed upright, projecting a
few Inches above the water, and a £/
or an insect of some kind ia placed on
the top. The flah swlnts round the
stick and examines tbe prey, and, after
apparently measuring the distance,
rise# to the surface and dtoehargeia few
drops of water at the in*ect, rarely fall
ing to secure its game. This "shooting"
fish is of a plain yellowish color marked
with dark stripes, and to abdlit ten
Inches long.
To be without passion Is worse than
a beast, to be without reason is to be
lees than a man. Since 1 can he with
out neither 1 am hlesecd iu that I have
both. For If it be not again* - t*on
to be passionate, I will not Is , kasioo
ate against reason. I wilt both grieve
and Joy if 1 have reason for it, but no
joy nor grief above reason. 1 will so
joy at my good as not to take evil by
my joy, and so grieve at any evil* as
not to increase my evil by grief. For
It is not a folly to have passion, but to
want reason. 1 would be neither sense
less nor beastly.— [Arthur Warwick.
OStlel—i.
We should iiuagtuc 'mat any 'person
who has had much to do w LUi the writ
ing or the reading sfcritidra would be
Slad to go to heaven. If It Is not one of
te good points of that place of tbe de
sire of hearts, that it is exempt from the
mortal necessity of forming an instant
opinion upon every subject iu nature
and art, then it is not what it has been
represented to be. The necessity of de
cision as to the intrinsic and relative
merits of all things under aud atwve the
sun is not a necessity felt only by those
who are associated as critics or creators
with matters of art; the taint is in tin
atmosphere. People iu or near the cities,
at least, do not enjoy pictures or books
any more; they form an opinion about
them. The main thought in the mind
of even a young person w ben you put a
book into his hand is not, I* it interest
ing and enjoyable? but, What ought,
could, would or should 1 think about it*
Let us hope that somewhere on the
Western prairies, or down among the
Virginia mountains, or among the N'ew
Jersey pines, there are people whd can
read books and look at pictures like
human beings.— Scribner'* Monthly.
—The citizens of N'atick propose to
erect a monument to Henry Wilson.