FOR THE TOIA'K PEOPLE. Weather PrebabllUte#- T t.inisw*. Isi and OWM; whlmi nd posts. Up* and downa ; imliw and fxewsi; ralla of dolli; ortoa and oalli; Hand on lap, gapw and napi; All thla togalhar will mnka up th# walhor Probable for onr ronn**nt to-day. Shocks and knock*; tnniblad looki; Rulky looka for old sohoolhooki; Rapid raoa; apaa' grlmaoa; And stunning nhout for school lot out; All thla together will roakr up lha waalhar Probabla for our Tommy to-Ujr. Foara and taats ; orlmaonad ar ; Flmhing .-haak; nana thai spank. Shy and mask ; a loving art That (bids Its way to low's own haart; AU this togathar will maka np tha weather Probahle for onr dallosta May. Put all lha rang host braasas sllrrad Ara Inllad to alaap si mother* word. And avary cloud In ehiWhooit* sklas Malta In tha sunahlna of bar ayaa ; With this svrsat molhar lha blsndasl sraslhar Is poa.ihla for tha children to-day. Wide Aiaaha, A ftillmpsa of Holland l.lfa. Tlie morning snn had not mounted high enough in the sky to scud his rnvs into Greta a room, when she was awak ened by a noise. She listened, It was the sound of a boat g rating against the aide of the canal. Who could be com ing to their back door so early ? She sprang out of bed, and ran quickly to the open Window. A disappointment awaited her. It was only her father's boat, which the maid servant Charlotte was pushing along, slowly making her way to the landing-stairs. " Where have you been so early, Charlotte?* called "out Greta. "Are yon there youngsters*" said Charlotte, looking up at the bright face* at the window; for the little Amelia had roused by her sister's wild jump from the bed, and had also run to the window. - Rad Charlotte, to wake ur ao ear ly !" cried Amelia. * Charlotte laughed. " You wouldn't think me bad. Minchen, if you knew all the good thing* I've been buying at market. Have you forgotten your ff land of America. For the last month little else had been talked of in the Yati Sekaick mansion besides the expected visit of the Chester family. Mrs. Van Schaiek and Mrs. Chester were sisters, and this was but the second visit the latter had paid her old Holland home since her marriage. On the first visit her children were not with her; but now Mr. Chester was eomiug, and the two boys. Many were the wild speculations the girls indulged in with regard to Americans, —what they would look like, and what they would say and da Great, then, was their surprise, when the travelers arrived, to find that their aunt Chester was very like their mother in appearance and dress. Mr. Chester did not in the least resemble their father, but he was not unlike mapy other men thev had seen, and he did not dress* in wilil beast skins. As for the boys, Greta poured her tale of woe into the ears of the sympathising Charlotte. •' They are jnst like English boys !" she said, contemptuously. Greta hail often seen English boys, "and there was noth ing uncommon about them. This was soon forgotten, however, when Greta discovered what pleasant companions the boys were, and that they could put the Dutch words together al most as correctly as Greta herself. Will Chester, who hail reached the dignified age of thirteen, had felt mnch troubled at the thonght that he would have "only girls " to plav with at Zaandam, especi ally as Greta was a year younger than himself. Within an hoar, Martin said, "Let us take a walk. I want to look at this queer place." The Van Schaiek? lived in Zaandam, and it is indeed a queer place to Ameri can eyes. It is a large town, with but two streets, one on each side of the Zaan River; but these two extend for a long distance, and are crossed at frequent in tervals by canals, so that Martin soon got tired counting the little bridges the children passed over in their walk. Will was not quite sure whether the bnck paved street was all road-way or side walk. "I don't see any carriages," he said, after studying this matter for some time. " People don't ride much heje." said Greta. " There are plenty of carriages in Amsterdam." " How do you get about, then ?" "On our feet and in boats. Look at our fine river, and there are ever so many canals ! What do we want with carriages ?" "It must be jolly going everywhere in boat*," said Will. "I should like that!" "We have some very pretty boats," said Greta, much pleased. " Oh! wouldn't you like to go fishing ? I'll ask father to take us some day soon." "Well, if that isn't funny!" cried Martin, with a burst of laughter, not having heard what Greta had been say ing. Will joined in the laughter, ami Greta looked around in vain to discover the cause of their merriment " Looking-glasses on the ontside of the houses!" explained Martin, point ing to one opposite. " I guess they're put there for the girls to look in as they walk along," he added mischiev ously. " They can't wait to get home to admire themselves." " Why, they are on all the houses !" said Willi "To be sure !" said Greta. " What is there funny in that ? And the girls don't look in'them anymore than the boys, Mr. Martin. Don't vou see that they are placed so that folks can see down the street without leaning out of windows ?" *" " What lota of flowers !" was his next comment. " They sre everywhere, ex cept in this brick pavement, and noth ing oould giow here, it is clean." " And such pretty houses in the gardens!" said WilL " But they are so small," Baid Martin. "It would take a dozen of them to make a New York house." "My g>odness?" said Greta, turn ing her head back as far a* she oould, and looking at the sky. " How do you ever see up to their roofs ?" " Divide Martin's twelve by fonr, and you will oome nearer the truth," said Will, laughing. " But, at any rate, the houses are pretty— paintecf green and yellow, with red-tiled roofs."— SL Nicholas. French Duels. A large number of persons must won der bow Frenchmen can fight so many duels—some engaging in hostile combat every few weeks without seriously hurting anybody or being seriously hurt themselves. The reason that French duels so seldom prove to be tragedies lies in the fact that, according to the Gallic oode, a duel must end, unless there i be special agreement to the contrary, tho moment that blood has been drawn on either aide. Thus a mere scratch may, and often does, terminate a com bat, because the shedding of even a drop of blood is supposed to wash away the stain made npon one's honor by the offer of an affront or the infliction of an injury. A skilled swordsman, under such conditions, can nsually bring a duel to an end by pricking his adversary in the arm or in any non-vital part. A reputation for nicety of honor is, there fore, tasily gained in France, and at very small risk to life or limb. Occa sionally a duel is fought over there with pistols—this is known as an American duel, and means business—and then some grave result is always anticipated, since the choice of pistols shows that the principals feel bitter animosity to wards one another. When Armand Carrel was killed by Emile de Girardin, nearly 42 years ago, the weapons were pistois, as they have been in most of the fatal engagements among the testy Gauls. American daels are generally o>gsrded by the French as savage and brutal encounters, and are never imi tated under any ordinary provocation. timely topic* The British Cabinet now consists of thirteen members. A great drought prevails in the island of .lamaiea. Cattle are suffering, the grass having dried up. A verdict of $l5O damages has been given m favor of a lady, who was wrong fullv accused of taking a purse from a Now York store, and was forcibly de tained and searched in consequence of that accusation. An inscription on a newly erected tombstone, in llrompton Cemetery, Lon don. has canned some scandal. After the record of the fact of the death of a yonng lady of seventeen, it was added that she had died "the victim of her mother's temper. Competent judges estimate the amount of tallow butter or oleomargarine made dailv at '250,000 pound#, and the starting of new factories will swell it to 300,000. or 93,900,000 pounds jw annum. A factory in New York turns out 90.000 jonn>S* a day, and cue iu Philadelphia, 15,060pouud#. Joseph Oviodyear. a clerk in a store a FairchiUl, Wis., manfully defended hi# euiplover's money. Two masked men eutered tlie store. and, with pistol in hand, commanded him to open the safe. The door of the safe was unlocks! but closed, and while prpU udmg to unlock it Goodvettr Uvked it, and watching his opportunity seised a weight and struck one of tlie men. A scuffle ensued aud the men esosqied, but nothing was stolen. Goodyear was severely injured. The Kussian head of the police de partment. Geu. Trepoff, after l>emg shot by the girl Vera Vaaaolovitch, thought himself mortally wonuded, and made his will, leaviug atvout $3,000,000 to his family. This caused hi# dismissal, and Utv| public sentiment. The Ctar had always considered him pv>or and honest, and was slnvk d to find a mail who he thought was serving him through personal devotion had shared iu the common i\>rruptiou of official life. The age# of the reigning sovereigns of Europe are as follows: The Eaiperor of Germany, 81 years; the King of Hol land, 60 years; the Emperor of Russia, 59 years'; Victoria, 58 year*; Victor Emmanuel died comparatively young at 57 year# and 9 mouths. The youngest sovereigns are tlie Emperor of Austria, ■47 years; King Humbert of Italy, 34 rears; the Sultan, 33 years; the King of Greece,33 years, aud the King of Spain, 20 year*. Achilles, by having a pluugfhg-batli m the river Styx, vsu rendered invulner able, all but his heel. There is a gen tleman m Spaiu who has the advantage of the Grecian hero, in Wing bullet' proof all over. The Iferaldo states that "a man has just arrived at Madrid whose body ballets cannot enter. He proposes being publicly shot at by the soldiers of the garrison, and if this be not permitted, he will shoot himself by means of a uiachiue which will let off several rifles at the same time. This strange fellow is said to havainvented a garment of a tissue which will resist any bullet.'' Letter* received from General lieale, formerly JTnited States Miuister to Aus tria, written from Paris, announces hi* safe arrival there an.l give the informa tion that his married daughter and her husband, a Russian of rank, connected \rith the Legation in Paris, have fully recovered from the bite* of a favorite dog. Both the lady and gentleman were bitten some time ago, the former in the face and the latter in the arm, by what was thonght to be a rapid dog. The dog died of what the -physicians called rabies, and the two victims, whose wounds were seared with hot irons,have recovered, except a slight soreness from the cauterization. Captain Boy ton's sr. .m a few weeks ago across the Straits of Gibraltar was very perilous. A great shark swam around him and grew more and more aggressive until it was frightened away by the explosion of a dynamite cartridge. Night came on and with it high wind and waves, daring which the captain was lost sight of several times by the boil's crew who accompanied him, and who were so frightened that they insist ed that he should give up the voyage and get into the boat. At last the cap tain made land and frightened terribly a party of Moors, who ran away as fast as they could, thinking that some dread ful sea monster had landed on their shores. Tne attempted assassination of the Emperor of Germany recalls the fact that on the same day of the same month, namely, thellth of May, 1812, Mr. I'er cival was assassinated in the lobby of the Bntiah House of Commons by Bel lingham. The month of May has, iu deed, been marked on several occasions by crimes or attempted crimes of the same nature. On the 30th of May, 1842, Queen Victoria was fired at when driv ing down Constitution Hill in an open carriage by John Francis, who was sub sequently transported for life, the death sentence passed upon him being com muted. The 14th of May was the date of the murder of Henry IV. of France by Ravaillac; and on the 4th of May, 1847, Queen Isabella of Spam was twice fired at by La Hi vs. One of the Paris journals relates a pretty episode which took place on the day of the inauguration of the exhibi tion. A member of the Italian Commis sion. a short while before the arrival of the Marshal's guests, perceived that the flag floating on the facade of his section carried no cyape in mourning remem brance of King Victor Emmanuel. There was little time left to repair the neglect, and the Commissioner dreaded the censure of the Duke of Aosta. So, without a moment's hesitation, he ad dressed a lady wearing a long black vail, explained the situation, and begged her to relieve him from his anxiety. The lady immediately handed him her vail, and when a few momeD'.s later the oor tege passed by, the tri color flag of Italy was draped with the sombre sign of na tional liereavement. An Indian Song. There is a beautiful little song in the Ohippcwa language which is full of pathos and rhyme, and which the little children sing when at play in the even ing. A traveler thus describe* it: "One evening while in the Chippewa village I was attracted by shouts of merriment from childish voices, and I walked out to the green lawn Bkirting the edge of the river to get a full view of the play ers and hear their songs. A group of children were at play gamboling and chasing the fire-flies, millions of which little insects tilled the air, innking the plain to literally sparkle with phospho rescent light. The following are the words which they addressed to the in- " W&u wan tay see! W&u w&u lay nee: F. now o Bhiu T&ahe bw&n ne b&un e wee Bee egh&un-be eghaun-e wee Wa wan tay see Wa wau tay see Was g& koon am je gun Was sa koon aiu ja gnu." Literally translated, they would read: Flitting white fire-fly, Waving white fire-bug, G ve me light to go to bed, Give me light to go to sleep. Or, by a slight transposition of the words m the original language, Mr. Goodrich has made them read, when rendered in free translation: Fire-fly ! fire-flv ! bright little thing, Light me to bed while my song I sing: Give me your light as you fly o'er my head, That I may merrily go to my bed; Give me vour light o'er the grass as yon creep, That I may joyfully go to my sleep. Come, little fire-fly, come, little beast. Come, and I'll make you to-morro a feast; Come, little candle that flies as 1 sing, Bright little fairy bug, night's little king; Come, and I'll dance as you guide me along; Come, and I'll pay you. "my "bug. with a song. —liarper'* Mayazint. Hints on the Care of Health. 1. Diet. This ahonltl be pure ami wholesome, sint of s mixed character. It shonltl also le moderate s to quantity nn.l regnUr, allowing neither too long nor too short intervals between meals. '2. Exercise. Daily exercise is necessary to the enjoyment >f gisvl health, and, if (Mutaihlc. should be taken where the air is pure and free front smoke and other impurities. The l*et forma of exercise are sulking, riding, rowing, etc. When out-door exercise is impracticable, the dumb bells may be advantageously sub atitutcd. 11. Pure air. The thorough ventilation of the house or rooms we live in is another essential to health, and must on uo account le negleetrkL Nothing is so conducive to siokue## as hot ami stuffy rooms; and Una remark is eajHvislly applicable to the Imdrootu, which should oe of sufficient aime.pernut ting a free current of pure air to pass through it during the hours when it is not occupied. And here it may not be out of place to observe that it is not sufficient to open • door* leading iuto passages or staircases, which may eon taiu all the Imd air of the house; neither doe# it tUi to ojen windows looking into confined aud impure places. Ventila tion. to l>e of service, must i much wrapping np being quite a* prvjudioiakto health a* too little. It should be adapted to the season of the rear, ami should al wavs, in this country, include thick uu dorclothiug iff the sinter and light for the summer; the feet also sh mid lie well protected bv warm stockings ami strong Ivsita. "fhe custom of placing tluck layers of daunel on the chest in the form of a cheat prelector is very untch to le deprecated, except m the ease of really delicate people. 5. The bath. This is a valuable adjunct to health, und should be taken during the summer months,and with the chill taken off the balance of the year. A warm soap ami water bath aliould lie taken at l>ed tunc once a week or once a fort night; or a Turkish bath may bo enjoy ed by those who can indulge in the luxury, care being takeu not to drive, but to walk briskly home afterwards, if the distance be not too great. 6. A mlm temjierament. Thoac who are so constituted, or who have sufficient com mand over themselves as to preserve thh- condition, have a valuable adjunct to health, as there is, perha|>, nothing so prejudicial in this age of over-work, both of brain and body, as the worries and anxieties of every day life. The easy going, even-tempered man, must digest Ills food Iwtter, and is leas affect ed ty the daily wear and tear of life than the passionate, impetuous and im patient man, and will live longer. 7. Rest and amusement. These are essen tials to health; hence the proverbs, "You cannot burn the candle at both ends," and "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy." The wunk of rest rnav endanger life; Jack's dullness will enii in sickness. Hygene Hlark Hills Miners. Mr. Witcher gives us au interesting account of the evidences recently found that men had gone iuto the Black Hills mines years ago, but never came out of them. Such accounts have been pub lished in the Black Hills papers, but never elsewhere. In Rutahpga Gulch, between Dead wood and Bald Mountain, au old tunnel has been discovered, thirty feet into the s-de of the gulch, evidently made year* ago. About forty miles above Dead wood an ancient stone cabin has been found, aud evidence that it was built by a party of brave adventur ers, who, sati*tied of the richness of the country, boldly penetrated into the wilderness, braving the danger from Indians and the severe winter*, and falling victims, moat probably, to the former. In other places broken picks have been dug up, from an evident bnrial of many year*. The remains of what was evidently a log barricade have leeu found, tiie log* and trees in the vicinity Wing filial with leaden ballets; while Whiud the barricades were the skeletons of two men with bullet holes in the skulls. These are believed to be the skeletons of white men who attempted to defend themselves from the Indians, but fell in the defence. Near the stone hot is a rook on which is chiseled " 1852," ami a portion of a memorandum book was found with the date 1852 at ill legible upon it, but with the other writ ing defaced and erased bv time. In excavating for a theatre at Dead wood a few weeks ago the digger* uu earthed a bottle of Pain Killer nix f<< t below the surface, and came u|M>n a place where there liad beeu a fire at the •