Uifrr, Oh (IfßUc Tim* l !
Linger oh gentle Unw
Linger. oh rwdixnt grace of bright to-day !
IM not the hour * chime
Oall thee *w*y: *
Bat linger near me xtill with fond daisy.
Unger, for then art mm*'
What dearer treasures oan the future hold ?
What sweeter (towers than thins
Oan she unfold ?
What secrets tU my heart thou hast not told 7
Oh, linger in thy flight ' .
For shadows gather round, and ahonld we \>art.
A dreary, starlees night
May All my heart.
Then pause and linger yet ere thou depart.
1 auger, 1 ask no more
Thou art enough forever—then alone.
What future oan restore.
When thon art flown.
All that I hold from thee and call my own 1'
Two Drummers.
a iJEOKsr or Tex *oa.
It was two rival drummers
The merits that did blow
Of safe# were m St Louis made
A nd safe* from Chicago
They chanced upon a merchant
Who fain a safe would buy,
And in the pr. e of their houses ware*
The drumnu'i* team did vie.
Each striving to see which could construct
The most colossal lie.
Cp spake the Bt. I.oms drummer
" Once a man a cat did take
Aud locked the animal in a safe
Of our superior make.
•• They made a bar. Are round the safe
With tar and kerosene.
And for four-and-tweniT hours it blaied
With raging heat. I ween.
" The Are went out. the safe wae cooled.
And I will forfeit five
Hundred g xxj dollars if that cat
Did trot come out alive
Then m id up; pake and answered turn
The Chicago safe agent:
" 11 ith our safe one day wa did esaay
The same experiment.
"We placed the safe selected on
Of coals a flery bod.
And pithed-pm* we heaped iu coal-oil
steeped
TtU the irou gloweit bright red
And in forty-eight hours we ope d the safe
And, alas ! tlie cat was dead
•' Was dead 7 Aht'" his rival cried.
With a thumplisnt breath.
But the Chicago man reiksed
••Yea, the cat as fruteti to death 1"
No word that Bt. Louis drummer spoke.
Bat silent he sto -d and wan.
While the Ka:.>as merchant an or.kr gave
To the Chicago man.
Better Late Than Never.
His name was Johu Holt ; and, more
over, Le looked like Lis name, or like
the image which lUe sound of his name,
in a musical ear, would call up in the
mind. Physically he wa- so well pro
portioned that uis wt ifht cvuld scarce
ly be gnesseo, and so broad-shouldered
that you i*d to set him Inside another
man in order to realize his superior
height. His skin was fair and his eyes
blue, but the hair, which had been tow
colored ui his childiiood, hail deepened
tii brown. J- hn Holt's face was not
one of those a c! are called expressive,
but wore, m r p< so, pret'j nearly al
ways the v.nie look.
Mrs. Holt had a large and valuable
farm just on the borders of the town.
Streets had crept gradually about her
Gelds and surrounded them on three
sides ;on the fourth woodlands stretched
back toward the east. Why she should
give the control of this place to John,
instead of to one of his sharper brothers,
was a pnzzle even in her own mind.
The only reason she could give was that
John was steady and more likely to re
main at home than the others were.
John was in love with pretty Nellie
Cramer, a neighlxir's daughter ; but one
day when he started to tell her of his
passion she stopped him short with a
laugh and a " Nonsense, John !"
He never got angry with her. How
couM he ? But sometime* a shadow
would drop over his face, and he
wouldn't have much to say to her for a
time. Then, when she went to him with
her coaxing ways, and laid her little
hand on his arm, whispering:
" Now, don't be vexed, John; I like
you so much; but I don't want you to
talk nonsense," he would look down and
smile, though not very brightiy, and
promise to try to avoid nonsense in the
future ; ending his promise with a sigh.
" Dear me ! I do wish you wouldn't
sigh so, John the girl would say, pet
tishly. "It makes me feel melancholy
to hear yon. One wonld think I had
done something dreaJful to you."
Then John Holt would smile again,
still lees brightly, and promise to try
not to sigh any more.
Such little scenes as this were mere
asides, however. Nellie usually paid
but little attention to John, being chiefly
occupied in dancing, flirting and quar
reling with hit more showv brother
Frank, or with any other gay fellow who
was so unfortunate as to lie taken with
her pretty face. For Nellie was an in
corrigible flirt. It was only when she
had no one else to talk to, or wanted to
pique some other lover, or when she
wanted some real service, that she went
to John, who was sometimes pleased and
sometimes hnrt to see that she came to
him only when she wanted help or
advice.
" Yon are a sort of grandfather, you
know," she said one day, giving his arm
a squeeze. " I have an idea that you
are a<>out seventy-five years old. How
old are you, John ?"
" I ain only one-third of that," he
said, smiling. " I am only a mouth past
twentv-flve.
"Possible? Well, you must have
been very old when you was born. Be
sides, twenty five is old to me. I am
only nineteen. Now yon come and hear
my story and tell me what to do. I came
over here on purpose to see yon."
John followed her obediently through
the garden and down to a bench under
the s-hadow of the beech grove on the
lawn; and when she took her seat there
he leaned against the trunk of a tree and
waited, looking down on her.
" You see, John," she began, " I've
had an offer."
John Holt was tanned that summer,
but through the brownness one might
have seen a faint blush run over his
face. Nellie didn't see it, for she was
looking down and rolling her apron tas
sels, a very bright color in her own
face.
There was a moment's silence after
this announcement, and seeing that be
was expected to say something, John
presently said " Yes ?"
14 Ob, if yon don't want to advise me,
I won't trouble yon," the girl flung out,
rising in a pet.
" Coiae back, Nellie," he said, kind
ly. "I am not cross, only tell me what
yon want."
She seated herself again with a little
quiver in her lip.
" I waDt you tell me what yon think
of James Lee Tell me if yon think I'd
better marry him. Tell me if you think
he cares enough for me to go just where
I say and live where I wish."
The color waved again in John Holt's
face, and he drew a quick breath. Some
impulse to speak seemed to come upon
him. Glancing np for his answer, Nellie
sow the change and added a word:
• You see, J>hn, I like Albert Leigh
ton better than I do James."
The color and light droppod out of
his face again, and a rim of even, white
teeth oressed for an instant his under
lip.
"Then wbv don't you marry Albert
Leighton ?" *he asked, looking up into
the tree that spread over his head, and
reaching to break a slender twig.
"Ho never asked me to," she an
swered demurely.
" I suppose he means to, doesn't he ?"
asked John, looking at her with a glance
that might be called almost haughty.
" How can I tell ?" Nellie pouted.
" Men are BO queer. The most of them
would rather wait to be asked, I think."
"If you want my advice, I will give
it," John said, twisting and flinging
away the little twig in his hand. "fi
KURTZ, Editor mi<l I > roj>riotor.
VOLUME XII.
yon like Albert, don't kn>p Junior !*v>
m suspense, You ktve no right to do
it. Yon can't seriously think of mar
ryiug one man when you prefer another.
If Albert likes vou, so I believe he
doee, take him. Re'* * g.xxl fellow."
" Yon think sot" the girl said, l.x>k
tug up suddenly.
"1 think *o," he repiat<vl, turning
awny. " Now let'* go up to the house. '
She rose and walked quietly no by
his side, her fair, girlish face a little
P*!e. her eves dowucast. At the Rate
sh< stopped.
" 1 will not go in, now," she said, iu
a low tone. " 1 will go home."
He merely bowed, and looking back
after a few stops she saw that he hail
not entered the house, but was stealing
off toward the barn.
The next week Jaufes Lee commenced
a violent flirtation with Bessie Holt,
Johu's sister, and iu a month the two
were engaged. Nellie laughed aud
turueil the light of her smiles upou Al
bert Leightoti, a handsome, dastuug frl
low, who had bveu oraxv about Lee for
the last six mouths. 'John Holt said
nothing, but was rather cool about his
sister's engagement.
•• You ce, suspense would have killed
him," Nellie whispered, mischievously.
•• I hope he lsu't marryiug my sister
out of pique toward you," Johu said,
coldly. •• If I didn't think Bessie loved
him too well to give him up, I'd tell
V-'U "
"Aid betray uiv confidence, John
Holt," Nellie exclaimed. " I tell you
he is like most of you men—purely self
ih. He didn't cwire a dg about me. jl
think he to like Bessie."
" Wheii are you goiug to get mar
ried 7 " he askoif abruptly.
The question came so suddenly that
for once the girl lost her composure. A
crimson blush swept over her face, and
she dropped her eves without being
able to speak aw ord.
Of cvmrse, she recovered herself in a
minute, and protested that she l£d no
thought of marrying. Any woman would
have done the same. Hut the blush had
convicted her in John Holt's eyes, and
he scarce!v heard a word that she said.
It was winter, and while they talked
they were waiting, with half a dozen
others, for a large sleigh that was win
ing to take them out to a party given by
a friend seven or eight miles off in the
wnntrv. Even before Nellie's blush
hail the trampling and jingling
at the gate attracted their atteution, ami
Albert Leightoa put his head in ut the
door to call them. Bessie and her lover
came forth from an adjoining room, an
other group came up from a distant
wiudow, and they all ran gayly out and
and bnndled into their plucee.
Tne party passed of! as such tilings
usually do. All seemed to enjoy them
selves ; Nellie was lovely as a pink and
full of mischief, Leighton was attentive,
and John Holt was cheerful and kind to
everybody. He was fully as quiet as
usual, to be sure, and rather avoided
Nellie Cramer, bnt it is doubtful if any
one but herself noticed that.
It was twelve o'clock when they start
ed to go home, and the moon hail set.
At first their gavety held out, but after
a mile or so fatigue and want of sleep
tiegun to tell upon them, and one by one
they fell into silence.
"John," Nellie said, "there is just
room for me on the seat with you. May
I come there? It is cold here."
He made room for her in silence, and
she left her discomfited escort aud took
her place next that strong shoulder.
Then silence fell again; but after
awhile, iu the darkness, John Holt was
aware of a light pressure against his
arm, then a soft, plaintive whisper stole
into his ear.
*" lam so sleepy, John !"
He turned a little—why not ? they
were old friends—and lifted his arm to
the back of the seat, took the head softly
and tenderly to his bosom. And so she
lay in that faithful and tender clasp till
they drew near home; then, with one
whispered word of loving gratitude,
" Nobody is so good as vou !" she drew
away, and took Albert Leightou's hand
to step out at her own door.
Alter a stir in his own miDd, John
Holt concluded that Nellie and Albert
had quarreled. He sighed, since she
oould not hear and so be annoyed,
pitied the girl, and then went steadily
about his work. The waters of his soul
were too deep for babbling.
When spring came, for the first time
in his life John electrified his friends.
He was going to California. The an
nouncement was made quietly but firm
ly, and be stood like a rock, against
which expostulation beat itself to spray.
He gave good reasons, and alisolutely
maintained bis right to choose for him
self.
" You have always said, mother, that
vou wished I were more venturesome,"
he said. " I am going to please yon
now,"
" But how is the farm to get along
without you ?" she objected.
" Frank understands everything and
can manage."
Mrs. Holt took on rage, and, breaking
over some little swe, which, in spite of
her talk, she felt for her son, spoke outi
"John. Las that Nell Cramer jilted
you?"
" Jilted me 1" he said, flushed as much
with anger as with surprise. " What
do you mean, mother ? We have always
leen good friends, but never any more.
I never gave her tLe chance to jilt me."
" Then, why don't you give her the
chanoe ?" persisted his mother, who did
not choose to give up, now that the ice
was broken. " Nell is a good girl, if
she does flirt a little. I always thought
that she liked you, only that you were
too slow to see it. Then, Nell has got
a little money of her own that wouldn't
lie amiss. "
" You are entirely mistaken, mother,"
he said decisively. Don't let ns say any
more about it."
" Oh, ron great fool I" muttered the
mother, looking after him as he went
ont. " Was there ever a man so blind !
He is no more fit to live in the world
than an angel ont of heaven is."
Then, seeing Nellie Cramer past ing
the street, she lifted her voice and called
L*r in.
The girl came in, wondering at such
a peremptory snmmons.
" Come and sit by me!" commanded
the matron, and Nellie obeyed.
Mrs. Holt scanned her from bead to
foot; the neat, trim figure, in its aiingly
fitting paletot of dark gray, the green
bonnet, that brought ont her fresh,
clear color with a new luster, and the
fair, bright face.
•' Did you know that our John is go
ing to California?" said Mrs. Holt,
abruptly, her keen eyes on the girl's
face-
All the color faded ont of it in an in
stant, and Nellie Cramer dropped into a
chair as suddenly as if she bad been
shot. She sat there and looked at the
other with her strained eyes, but said
no word.
" Yes," said Mrs. Holt, unable to re
press a slight smile of satisfaction at
this proof of the correctness of her sur
mise, " yes, he's set on going, in spite
of all that I can say. He is going in a
month or six weeks. Let me see; this
is the middle of April. He says he
shall start by the first of June at far
thest."
That smile of Mrs. Holt's was an un
fortunate one. Nellie had always feared
those sharp eyes, and now the thought
flashed npon her mind that John's
mother was trying to expose and morti
fy her. A woman's pride will do a
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
great deal for her, even when her heart
i* breaking It brought the color to
her face again, and strengtheinxl her
trembhug limb*. It steadied her voiee
and her eye. Mr*. Holt was puuled
and disooueerted by the sudden change.
" I'm so sorry !" Nellie said, in atone
of fearless regret. "We oan scarcely
get along without John. Heiweuis such
a stand-by. Hut men ought not to be
tied at home, 1 think. If tliev choose
to go, they should be allowed their own
way. There he is now, in the garden. 1
am going out to *{>cak to littu of it."
" Try to coax him to stay, Nellie,"
said the mother, iu a tone of more en
treaty than pcrliai** she hail ever used
in her life before. " lie is a g>od sou,
and 1 can't get along without him. 1
tlnuk you can keep him if you will."
This prayer w, uld have tweu eff<vt
ual, but for the memory of that smile
which rankled iu the girl's heart. Hail
she not given John Holt every encour
agement, if he had cartst alxmt her 7
Hail she not said and done things so
affectionate toward him that sh. hail
blushed with shame thinking of them
afterward f Johu was no fool, and if he
hail cared for her, he might have uudet
stiKsl. He had probably been trying to
put her back.
With these thoughts burning in her
heart, Nellie Cramer went directly to
Johu Holt as he walked tip and down
the garden. lie stopped, s>eiug her,
and looked wistfully into her face.
Though he hail denied his mother so
decidedly, her words had not been with
out weight. Women understand each
other. Could it be possible 7 And
there was Nellie coming dowrn the walk.
Her head was erect, and her face per
fectly compiled, though slightly pale.
"lam so sorry," she began. " Your
mother has been telling me vour plans.
Of course, yon know best what is good
for yon, and I have been telling her to
let vou have yonr own way Hut we
shall all be sorry to lose you, John."
That was all. He gave a last grasp
at his self-command, and held it. There
was a short formal conversation ; Isitli
so engaged in making a pretense of be
ing kiud and friendly, and just as usual,
that each could not perceive that the
other was also making a pretense ; and
four weeks after they parted with tol
erable comjKwure, an 1 Johu Holt went
to California,
He stayed there five years, and sent
his mother her gold spoon. He stayed
three year- longer, ami then came home
himself. Nellie was Nellie Cramer still,
they told him, and was much sobered.
Some way she hadn't seemed to care
much about tlirting for several years.
Her fa her ami motbi r were <lead, and
she Wiis keeping house for an unmarried
brother. There were hints that the new
minister went to see her very often, but
Mrs. Holt didn't believe that Nellie
would look at him.
John listened, and, when evening
came, took his hat auJ went out for a
walk. No one but his own family as
yet knew of his retrirn, and he was re
solved to see himself the effect of his
coming on Nellie. The soft spring twi
light was settling down when he reached
her house, and a- he walked quietly up
the path a slight figure sat in a window,
looking out, Ringing lowly to herself in
a mouruful reverie. She did not see
him; but when he came nearer he saw
her face clearly. The round outlines
and bright color were gone, but he was
foreeil to own that she hail grown far
more beautiful. The chastened luster
of the eyes, the firmer, sweeter closing
of the mouth, the purer aud more per
fect outlines—all belonged to one who
had eaten of the bread of sorrow, aud
hail found a blessing in the bitterness.
Something swept over his heart with
passionate force—some regret, some
longing, he -caret' knew what. If he
had suffered at losing her eight years
before, he felt that such a loss now
would kill him. He quietly entered
the open door, paiißed on the threshold
of the room where she sat alone. She
still sang softly, but, as he looked,
stopjteil, sighed, anil Ixvame silent.
" Nellie 1" be would have said, but
his voice was only a whisper.
He went forward into the shadowy
room.
" Is it you, James ?" she said, half
turning, expecting her brother.
John took a step nearer, and this time
his voice did not fail.
" Nellie!"
She started, half arose, hesitated,
then, as he took one step nearer, sprang
with a glad cry into his extended arniH.
" I thought von would never come,
John !"she sobbed.
"Were von waiting for mef" he
asked. " Did yon care for me before 1
went nwav ?"
"Then* and always, John. How
could yon lie so blind ?"
John Holt smoothed lier hair tender
ly, for one moment of silence; then ex
claimed, as though some great truth
had suddenly dawned npon him.
" I deserve it ! I always thought
them wrong, but they were right. I
was, indeed, a great fool."
Results of Aerial Mitigation
Mr. E, C. Stedman, the poet, writes
in Srribtu r of this stibject, which he
confesses to be his " hobby." The paper
is in a half humorous, half serious tone,
but discusses practically the causes of
failure heretofore and the desiderata of
final success. Mr. St-jslmau speaks
thus bnovantly of some of the ultimate
results of aerial navigation :
Not only by these processes of con
struction, but also bv the power and
freedom gained through their success, a
delightful reflex influence will be ex
erted upon the aesthetics of life. Poetry
and romance will have fresh material
and a new locale, and imagination will
take flights unknown before. Land
scapes painted lietween earth and
heaven r. ist involve novel principles of
drawing, color, light and shade. Music,
like the songs of Lohengrin, will lie
showered from aerial galleys. In every
way the resource® of social life will Ire
so enlarged that at last it truly may be
said, "Existence is itself a joy."
Sports and recreations will be
strangely multiplied. Kioh and poor
alike will make of travel an every day
delight, the former in their~private
aero nous, the latter in large and multi
form structures, corresponding in use
to the excnsion-lroats of our rivers and
harlHrrs, the " floating palaces" of the
people, and I.r more numerous and
splendid. Th# ends of the eiyth, its
rarest places, wdl be visited Vy all.
The sporjaman can change nt pleasure
from the woods and waters of the North,
the runways of the deer, the haunts of
the salmon, to the pursuit of the tiger
in the jungle or the emu in the Aus
tralian bush. An entirely new pro
fession—that of airmanship--will l>e
thoroughly organized, employing a
oountless army of trained officers and
" airmen." The adventnrous and well
to-do will have their pleasure yachts of
the air, and take hazardous and de
lightful cruises. Their vessels will
differ from the cumbrous acrobats in
tended for freight and emigrant busi
ness, will !>e christened with beautiful
and suggestive names—lris, Aurora,
Hebe, Ganymede, Hermes, Ariel, and
the like—and will vie with one another
in grace, readiness and speed.
" Mamma says it is not polite to ask
for cake," Baid a little boy. 14 No,"
was the reply, "itdoes not look well in
little boys to do so." " But," said the
nrchin, " she didn't say I must not eat
piece if you gave it me."
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, EERRUARY 20, IK7O.
JORDAN AND THEDEAD SEA Z
Tkf SarrrS and r .......... Haian affair*
liar.
l'he following extract is from " Syrian
Sunshine," by T. U. Appletou: The
Nile is u siU'itvl liver, and the Tiber i*
famous, but the most sacred and most
fatuous river of the world is the Jordan.
Prom the beginning to the end, it has
that mystical character which belli*
such lofty pretensions; its life is the
most vivid and complete, and its death
the most sudden and mysterious that
can tie imagined. It ia torrential, and
it leave* the banks of the Heruiou and
the many fountain* of its tributaries
with an eager precipitation, as if it laire
a mission. Prom its gi eat cat height,
some hundred feet above the sea level,
it leapa downward till it disappear*
iu the Dead a-a some thirteen hundred
feet below it. It hides itself amoug
oleander,tamarisk aud willow, ami many
an unfamiliar Oriental tree, as if wish
ing to keep from profane eyes the secret
of its errand. It does not stop long to
overflow its banks ami fertilise the val
ley, for it has a purpose too mystical to
waste itself even upon acts of lieuevo
lence. It is only willing to lieoouie a
living barrier I tween the desert tribes
and the favored nation wlucli loved it.
No boat hvie on its lasum. No fisher
men dwell by its margin; but it moves,
oua headlong column of sacred waters
from its cradle of snow ami cloud, high
in the heaven, till it diei in a fatal lake
marked by the finger of (tod, and for
ever a subject for man's curiosity and
reverence.
It would nM'm a tiling apart and not
to le confounded with vulvar waters,
which lose tiicir personality in the bottom
of the mighty Ken, but exhaling to
heaven like aome holy meiMMUiger
who periahnl in the fulfillment of his
duty. Ith birth and it* death alike
Depurate it from its # sister rivers of
earth, and only the voioeletu. mounds
of perished anil nameless cities, tribes
stationary as if bidden to halt by aome
supreme destiny of the past,or the awed
and questioning (granger from tlie many
Christian lands whose baptism drew its
authority from the sprinkling of its
waters, are seen u|>on its banks.
And then we wandered through many
whispering reeds, through a kind of
jungle where sterility nd the river hail
fought for mastery, and which showed
traces of Isitii; a tangle of bushes as it
were, lighting tlmu way up, and great
spaces of barrenness which the summet
would scorch to lifelessness.
And at last the Dead sea. Though
we know that it is of volcanic origin,
and fed by mines of salt, the imagina
tion now, a* ever, is content to see m it
a thing accursed. There was a fresh
breeze; and a reluctant litt and heavy
tumble of its tiny breakers made them
unlike other waves, but rather like
those of Dante's Infernal sea. There
was a breath lieavv with doom in the
air, and wo were fortunate it was not
more sliding. Was it the breath of
those lost or tortured there? And be
neath that saline sheet, did we not see,
as in the picture of Ibducroix, the ago
nising and twisted figures of the con
demned ?
We did not bathe in the Dead sea.
Others have done so, and report of its
buoyancy the s one tales that are told of
our otru Salt lake. There is a whimsi
cal coincidence in the geographical re
lation of the Dead s< a and the home of
the earlier prophets, and Mr. Itnghain
Young's personal continuation of the
old dispensation, with a private Dead
sea of his own, in his immediate neigh
borhood. The {merest mimmer k<ejw
his head alaive water; and persons have
said to me that their leg* sei med to fly
up from under tli<-in. All speak of its
waters as refreshing after the great
heat of that tropical valley, birds are
said never to fly over it, which is the
merest superstition, for they art- really
often seen to do so. This lake certainly
has a brand upon it, us of divine ven
geance. The waters are heavy with
sin, the shores around blessed, and the
very site of destroyed cities njmn its
banks unknown. And here aro still s-eu
the apples of Sodom, smooth and pretty
to the eye and tonch, of a pale yellow,
like a small orange, bnt within, as
Josephn* says, still retaining the ashes
of Sodom in living perpetuity of the
divine punishment. They are like lit
tle oranges to the eye aud touch, but
when pressed are like oak apples, and
explode like these, a puff of air leaving
the shell hollow, with only a slender
ponch holding flue filaments like silk,
which the Arabs nse as matches for
their gtina.
A Memorable Street in Paris.
It is pleasant to learn, after the topsy
turvy game to which Pari* ha* tieeu
subjected in the past thirty years, thst
at least one old street, the Hue ile
l'Arbre, in the midst of the capital, and
in the most magnificently transfornuyl
quarter, remains intact, with its vener
able mansions and traditions of the sev
enteenth ceutnry. On this site dnring
1,200 years strange and terrible scenes
have leeu enacted. At the point where
the Rue de Rivoli cats it, Rrnnehaut,
queen of France, was, at the age of
eighty, torn asunder by horses in 012.
In 1506 a great outbreak took place on
the same spot l>ecanse the cure of Ht,
Germain l'Auxerrois refuse* 1 to perform
the funeral service of a merchant's wife
nntil he had ascertained whether she
hal left any money to the church. At
the epoch of the Fronde this street was
the scene of freqnent outbreaks. It was
there that Cardinal l)e Retz, passing
through it one evening in 1648, was
threatened by a roaster brandishing a
long spit. The cardiual had not the
wildest idea who his enemy was, bat
hail the gumption to say, " Villain, if
your floor father con Id only see you
now !"—when the fellow, imagining that
he was a friend of his family, implored
pardon. In the last house on the right
hand side, abutting on the Rtie de Haint
Flonore, lived in 1672 Francis Harnom,
chief barber to lonia XIV. At No. 52,
conspicuous bv its curious locksmithmg
anil sculptures! balcony, lived Trad on,
butler to Louis XV. In 176'J there
were three famous cafe* in the street,
frequented by learned men and artists
of various kinds, and finally No. 3 is
pointed out as the famous quarters of
Mooaquetaires D'Artagnan A Co., whom
Dumas has made familiar to every
school-boy.
An Awkward Blunder.
In Paris a young lady went into one
of the great drapery houses to shop
ith her maid. They keep watchers
there; and one of these, making sure
he had seen something, presently tapped
the yonng lady on the shoulder and
asked her to follow him to the search
ng-room. "Yon have just put a pair
of new gloves in your pocket, mademoi
selle; don't deny it." " I know I have,"
said the young lady quietly; "and if
you will be good enough to look inside
them you will see that, as thoy were
I>ought at anothor house, they could
hardly have been stolen from this."
The watcher had made a mistake; and
he and the whole gang of searchers lav
gan to grovel in excuses. " Now," said
the lady, turning to her maid, " go to
the nearest commissary of police and
tell him that the daughter of Prince
Orloff requires his protection." It was
the very uwkwardeet of blunders; her
father was tbo Russian ambassador.
The contrite drapery company offered
thousands to hush it up.
POTATOES AMI 111 Pll I'll Kill A.
N.trl Tkr.o ml a Vrlls.k. l>lr. wit
I l.lwa lllphlhrrls U I'reSsrf* kl Kl
rmlt' I *• *f I'wlslwr*.
Melville O. Keith, M. D., of Lincoln,
Neb., writes to theOhioago Inter-Ocean
ss follows: Home seventeen years ago
the atp-utiou of my father, Dr. Alvau
Keith, late of Augusta, Me., was called
to the fact that children who were not
fond of thetnber known as Irish potatoes
were not subject to attucksof that uuicb
dreaded malady diphtheria. Following
out this liiut, he advised fsmilies of his
friends to avoid the use of this vegeta
ble among the childreu, and until his
devasc he was a*vustomed to make the
assertion that rotten potato.-* produce
the throat disease known as diphtheria.
It may not be inappropriate to remark
that he was considered a very success
fnl practitioner in the treatmeut of this
disease.
in lNtiS the writer visited Hsu Fran
cisco, and was there engaged in the
practice of medicine until lhtiT. During
that period of time he had au opportun
ity of fully testing tlie truth of the
statement of potatoes being a producer,
or at least su approximate cause of the
condition known aa diphtheria. In 305
cases in ami aUiut pan Francisco, the
fact was noted that every one who had
the true diphtheria was an eater of Irish
potatoes. The writer is well aware of
the presumptive charge of novelty, to
say the least of the assertion, and for
this reason ha* hesitated to place himself
on record. The condition of many fami
lies in the West, and more especially in
this Htate and Kansas, urges the under
signed. as a matter of interest to the hu
man family to make public a aeries of
observations for the past two yt am in
the West. During this time thirty cases
hate come under my direct #ii|>ervisiou
and prescriptions. More than 'dim have
lieen carefully inquired aft -r, and in
every case it has lieen proven that the
diphtheritic [•atirnt Lad lieen a potato
eater; and in a large majority of in
stances Uie patient nad been known as
an excessive eater of the tuber. A rale
to hold good should lie valid from both
sides. The undersigned made the fore
going statements to a very intelligent
lady of tiii# city, n >w a teacher in a dis
tant city, and the result has lieen that
where the diphtheria prevailed fatally
Inst vear they have (by the influence of
tin* lady) largely refrained from eating
p' 'tatocs, or only eateu them to a very
moderate extent, and the disease is al
most unknown. In my practice in this
city and county the offer has lieen to
treat any ooe free of compensation, if
they would avoid the use of Irish pota
toes. As a sequence not one of the pa
th uls who wus not a potato-eater ha#
beeu threatened with the disease. In
many of the inland towu# of thi# State,
the writer lias patients, and in some of
the infected district# the families of
those who hsve learn\l of this simple
preventive have escaped any attack of
throat disease, although the potato-eat
ers on either *ide of them have unfor
tunatelv had cases of diphtheria rnnicli
result--d fatallv.
it would not IH* in accordance with tlie
well-known proclivities of modi-al men
if the writer did uot have a theory to
account for these facts, and a special
treatment to correspond with the lelief
of the constitutional cause. He has;
but the theory, like many others, is
onlv partially developed (>r proven, aud
con Id easily l>e argued. The facta, em
bracing a (teriod of seventeen rears and
a knowledge of 1,100 cases, are, m the
writer 's cstiumtibn, incontrovertible, and
may lx* summed up a-, follows: The
writer maintains that the person who
does not UK the tuler known as Irish
potato can never have the disease known
ns diphtheria, that in every case of
diphtheria (tniel will be found an
habitual ester of Irish potatoes.
Care ef the Fje
Tlie sight in ro->st persons lgins to
fail from forty to fifty yesrs of age, as is
evidenced by an instinctive preference
for large print ; a seat near the window
for reading is selected ; there is an effort
to place the paper at a convenient dis
tance from the eye. or to turn it so as to
get a particular reflection of the light ;
next the finger t>egina to placed un
der the line read, and there is a winking
of the eye as if to clear it, or a looking
awav at some distant object to clear it ;
or tne fingers are pressed over the clnatvl
lids in the direction of the nose, to re
move the tears caused by strnmiug.
Favor the failing sight as mnch as
possible. Rooking into a bright fire,
especially a coal fire, is Tery injurious
to the eyes. Rooking st molten iron
will soon destroy the sight ; reading in
the twilight is injurious to the eyes, as
they are obliged to make great exertion.
Heading or sewing with a side light in
jures tiie eyes, as both eyes should be
exposed to an equal degree of light*
The reason is, the sympathy between
the eyes is so great that if the pnpil of
one is dilated by being kept f arliaily in
tbe shade, the one that is most exposed
cannot contract itself sufficiently for pro
tection, anil will ultimately Is* injured.
Those who wish to preserve their sight
should observe the following rules, and
preserve their general health by correct
habits:
Ist, Ry aittiug in snch a position as
will allow the light to fall obliquely
over the ahoulder upon the sew
ing.
2d. Ry not nsing the eyes for such
purposes hv anv artificial light.
3d. By avoiding the special use of
the eyes in the morning before break
fast.
4th. By resting them for half a min
ute or so while reading or sewing or
looking at small objects; anil by looking
at things at a distance, or np to the sky ;
relief is immediately felt by so doing.
sth. Never pick any collected matter
from the eyelashes or corners of the
eyes with the finger-nails ; rather moist
en it with the saliva and rub it away
with the ball ef the finger.
6th. Frequently pas* the ball of the
finger over the closed eyelids toward the
nose ; this carries off an excess of water
into the nose itself by means of the little
canal which leads into tbe nostril from
each inner corner of the eye, this canal
having a tendency to close np in con
sequence of the light inflammation which
attends the weakness of the eyes.
7th. Keep the feet always dry and
warm, so as to draw any excess of blood
from the other eml of the laxly,
fltli. Use eyeglasses at first carried in
the vest pocket attached to the guard, for
they are instantly adjusted to the eye
with very little tronble, whereas, if com
mon spectacles are used snob a process
is required to get them ready that to
have trouble the eyes are often strained
to answer a purpose.
Mh. Wash the eyes abundantly every
morning. If cold water is used let it bo
flapped ngaiust tbo closed eyes with the
fingers, not striking bard against the
balls of the eyes.
10th. The moment the eyes feel tired,
the very moment yon are conscious of
an effort to read or sew, lay aside the
lxtok or noodle, and take a walk for an
hour, or employ yourself in some activo
exercise not requiring the close use of
the eyes.
It is a curious usage in Hpain for the
exeontioner to solicit a criminal's par
don before putting him to death. The
ceremony was recently performed in the
case of the garrutiug of Moucasi, who
tried to kill King Humbert.
THE HAIR.
Viae < orlww* faru Is M*l*llss Is Osl
llla*sir IssrsSasr Nslgsss*
II ha* sometimes Iwii wondered
where all the false hair cornea from
wlUi which the deficiencies ' the natu
ral nlllll >1 y are eked out. Fomigiifluaii
trie* furnish the hulk of the material
for the American market, as there are
few people here who, whether from in
clination or iie<ealtv, dis|*>se of their
lockii for money. Light hair cornea
from tlcriuaiiy, while llrittany and tho
aoiith of France supply the black ; and
it la a eurioUH sight to #ee the youuif
peaaaut girla tieing sheared tike sheep
Ity uieu a well an women. The univer
sal custom of wearing capa which com
pletely conceal tlieir abundant locka,
doubtless accountn for the readinoaa of
the French peaaaut girls to aell for a
aoug the llneat ornament of their aex.
Now and then aome story geta into
print aliout the dangera of wearing
false hair, and the account* of lnaecte
which have been aaid to lubatiit it are
by no means attractive reading. Hut
tbeae atoriee are, a* a rule, either luvt-n-
Uouh or exaggerations, lor in every re
putable hair store there la a guarantee
of cleanliness which any eye can lie sat
isfied of. There are, no doubt, un
plcaaaut associations connected with
wlist is known in the trade aa " grave
yard hair," that is, the hair which is
taken from a person's head sfter death ;
but this kind being brittle and deficient
in the qualities necessary for daily use,
is probably only fonnd in cheap quar
ters. Very euriouy, as showing the
Couuectlou between the emotions and
the hair, are those instances in which
terror or some great mental distuibau<
ha* suddenly blanched it. Marie An
toinette's experience in having tier hemj
Ihmmoiv gray lite night preceding bfr
execution la sufficiently familiar. An
other example, referred to by Dr.
Wyutcr as coming under his own obser
vation, was that of a soldier who feigntal
rheumatism, and lingered in a hospital
fur three mouths, to escape military ser
vice. This anxiety to keep up the de
ception caused his hair to turn gray, al
though he was quite a yung man.
These emotional affections of the hair
are supposed to lie caused by the action
of some fluid in the blood u|ou the pig
ments. Patches of white hair are some
times, though rarely, found upon new
born hat>ea, and it is the abeeuce of pig
ment which produces the whiteness so
familiar in the Albino.
As to the cause* of tialdnees, they are
to some extent connected with artificial
habits of life. The larger deposit of
fat in the female scalp, which allows of
a free circulation in the capillaries of
the skin, is held by medical authorities
to account for the general exemption of
women from baldneaa, an comjared with
men. The smooth new* of a scalp de
nuded of ite natural covering, shows a
denselxas of texture in the akin caused
by the destruction of the bulk of the
hair, and the closure of the follicles —in
this condition, all remedies are use
less, The ailk hat ao eonstantlv worn
by men is probably responsible for
much of the prevailing baldness, and
the fact that this cease- l*e'ow the place
of contact with the head, indicates the
mode of operation, the exclusion of air
and consequent excessive production of
heat. Coolness of the head is a re
quisite for a healthy growth of hair,
which is apt to c ine out in fevers and
other morbid stateanf the system. Noth
ing better can be devised for the benefit
of the hair than the daily use of cold
water, followed by vigorous rubbing.
The use of auiroal fats is injurious by
reason of their heating properties, and a
light cleansing and gently stimulating
wash is the most which is needed by
way of artificial application to promote
the health and growth of the hair. The
blood, says a medical writer, is the only
macassar of the hair, the only oil which
can with truth IK> aaid to " insinuate its
balsamic properties into the pores of the
head." The fine network of vessels on
which tlie bulbs of the hair real is aloue
capable of maintaiug its healthy exist
ence. Tlie same "writer adds : "We
do not see why internal preparations
should not be tried, and we are not at
all certain that gelatine soups and pills
made of the ashes of bnrnt hair, might
uot lie effectual in taldnesr., as those in
gredients would supply to the blood the
materials necessary for the production
of hirsute growths." barring the ere
mntion and reatauraut suggestions,
which are here unpleasantly connected!
with hair, it might l>e wortli while for
persons who have grown gray in read
ing the 7\n tr, or become bald by not
reading it, to test tho soundness of
these kits of wisdom in relation to the
•nbject.— Bmton Timet.
Theatricals In < hina.
The Celestial empire has much the
resemblance to an immense fair, where,
amid a perianal flux and reflux of buy
ers and sellers, of brokers, loungers and
thieves, yon see in til quarters stages
and mountebanks, jokers and comedians,
labonug uninterruptedly to amuse the
public. Over the whole surface of the
oonutry, in the burgh* and villages, rich
and poor, mandariDs aud people—all,
without exception, are passionately fond
of drnraatic representations. There are
thi-aters everywhere; the great towns
are full of them. There is ne little vil
lage but has its theater, which is usually
opposite to the pagoda, and sometimes
even form* a part of it. In some canes
the permanent theaters are not found
sufficient, and then the Chinese con
struct temporary ones, with wonderful
facility, out of bamboo. The Chinese
theater is extreme v simple, and it* ar
rangement* exclud all idea of soenie
illusion. The decoi tions are fixed, and
do not change as lon as the piece last*.
One w. illd never kn >w what they were
intended for, if the i etors did not take
cere to inform the p iblic, and correct
the motionlee* character of the scene*
by verbal explanations. The only ar
rangement ever made with a view to
scenic effect is the introduction of a
trap-door in front of the stage, for the
entrances and exit* of sui>erua!nral per
sonages, and goes by the name of the
• • Gate of Demons."
Birds and Hard Winter*.
The tendouev to augur n hard winter
from the arrival of birds which usually
winter in countries far north of us, is,
we flunk with the Rev. P. O. Morris,
himself a (Trent observer of the habits of
birda, generally a mistake. What snch
arrivals do prove, is licit what is going to
be so much as what has already happen
ed in these northern regions—the birds
flying before the cold, rather than taking
precautions against it before tliey fee)
it. No donbt this may imply a severe
winter for na, a well as for these north
erly regions, especially if northerly
winds prevail, as they are very apt to
do when thero is unusual cold, and,
therfore, an unusually dense atmos
phere to the uorth of ns, which rushes
IU on the rarer atmosphere of onr more
humid climate. liut that is only saying
that the birds fly from weather which is
not likely to extend itself tons, not that
they anticipate severe weather lief ore
they feel it. When robins come into
onr houses we do not take it AH proving
that a long frost is coming, but only that
a hard frost is already there; and we
suspect tlint the northerly birds fly
south for precisely the same reasons for
which the robins enter onr houses when
they find the cold insupportable out of
doom.— London Spn'tator.
TKRMB: #2.00 a Ymr, *in .Advance.
The Joke on A i tenia* Hard.
Arlemu* wa* leetunug, with his pan
orama of Halt Lake, in Canada, and as
busmen* was food he wa* in correspond
ingly high epirtU and hi* jiockela were
full of ooin.
The day Isidore they were to leave
.Smith, his advanoc agent, told Ward that
as silks were so much cheaper m the
Itritiah possessions than in trie United
Htatos he hail purchased a large piece of
silk and wa* going to take it to his wife
a* a present. Ward was pleased with the
idea and in the same confidence told
Hmith that he had also purchased a piece
of melton cloth, and lioth conferred with
each other a* to the I wet way to accrete
the goods so as to pa*a the custom
house.
Ward suggested to Hauth to wrap the
silk sround his body, and Hmith in turn
advised Artemu* to place his cloth within
the fold* of his pauorams of Halt Lake.
They each agreed to take tha other's ad
vice, and Hmith left the next morning to
go over to the Hlates iu advauoe. The
bundle of silk wound around him made
him feel quite uucomforUble, especially
when he came to the custom house and
commenced interrogating about his bag
The official was very polite and paused
hi* baggage without a murmur and then
invited him into his private office, hand
ed him a cigar aud beggod him to take a
seat.
The heat of the room l>egan to make
Hmith uncomfortable, and he rose to
go
"He seated, sir," said the official. " I
want to have a little chat with you."
•• No, I must ls going," said the ge
nial John. " I can't stand sitting so
long, and then I've a great deal to at
tend to."
"You seem to be a very aloutiah kind
of a man," said the officer.
"Yes," said Hmith, his face getting
red and the warmth of the silk increas
ing. "I'm pretty solid, but I can't
staud a hot room."
" Ah 1" said the inspector, " what's
the trouble 7 Anything the matter with
your chest or lungs t"
"(July a slight oppression," said
Hmith.
"Oppression about the lung#!" ex
claimed the officer, rising and advancing
towara the miff jesting agent. " Let me
make au examination for yon, sir; it may
tie dangerous. I'lease remove jrour
coat."
'• It'# nothing; it vrill soon pass away,"
replied (Smith, inwardly praying for a
chance to escape.
"My dear friend, you ahould not
allow vonrself to suffer a moment,"aaid
the officer, "and I insist upon examin
ing your chest. Doubtless I can relieve
yon of ail your trouble."
The inspector insisted, and the dia
comflteu agent, after vainly trying to
escape from h;s solicitations, finally
acknowledged the corn, aud confessed
to haviug the concealed silk upon his
person.
The offioer laughed b*rtily and aaid:
" I knew it all the while. Here's a let
ter I received this morning." And he
handed Smith a letter written by Ward,
informing the inspector that a smuggler
would endeavor to paas a quantity of
silk, describing Smith's appearance, and
claiming one-half of the reward for the
information. Smith was indignant of
course, bnt determined ho get even with
the incorrigible joker, ao he told the
officer about Ward having the roll of
cloth concealed in his panorama.
The inspector appreciated tlie joke
and let Smith go with a small penaltv.
The next morning Artemns Ward
arrived at the custom house with his
panorama, when the iuspeetor intsrro
gating him and insisted upon his letting
him have a glipae of his tiesutiful pic
tures.
Ward trie*! every exeat* bat the offi
rial wits importunate and finally be was
compelled to have hia man unwind one
section of tbe panorama before tbe in
upertor.
Artemns atood by and explained tbe
views until snddenly the elotk came to
light, and as it ws slowlv unwound in
front of the pictures WarA struck an at
titude like his performance upon the
stage and in tbe drawl of the exhibitor
said : " This Tiew is slightly encum
bered with twenty yards o? melton
cloth. That Smith told you all about
it. What's the damages t"
The inspector soon settled the ques
tion of charges aud for onoe Arte in us
found himself caught by his own joke.
The Laundries in New York.
The manager of one of the larger
lanndries of New York lately said that
there were between five ami six hun
dred important lanndries in the city,
oonnting steam laundries that do the
work of large manufacturers of white
goods and of hotel* and restaurants,
aud the hand lanndries doing house
hold work. The first steam lanndries
were started in Boston, in 1H53. Several
steam laundries in New York employ
from It oto 150 hands. The Empire
laundry, doing the work of fifteen hotels
and restaurants, turns ont 40,000 pieces
a day, or more than 1,000,000 a month,
washed, dried and finished. These
pieces include sheets, pillow cases,
white towels, silver towels, brown
towels, brown table cloths, white table
cloths, napkins,enrtsins, jackets, aprons,
counterpanes, blankets, bod covers,
pillow covers, chair covers, table covers,
crumb cloths snd dollies. In the per
formance of this work there are used
$4,000 worth of soap. SI,OOO worth of
starch, $250 worth of bluing a year,
and the pay roll amounts to $25,000
yearly.
Another laundry manager said that
the amount of private washiug done iu
the public lanndries has increased im
mensely since the establishment of th
first large public lanudry, the New York,
at Bergen, N. J., iu 1866. The largest
are the Ht. Denis, California, Home,
Httiyvesant aud New York. Tbe work
they do is maiuly for persons living in
fiats, boarders, bachelors, aud transieut
hotel guests. Notwithstanding the
great facilities offend by the public
laundries, most housekeepers prefer to
have their washing done at home. The
public laundries that do private wash
iug do not use stcsm or any machinery
except the simple " patent wringer
and " housewifes washboard," because
no machinery ever invented could do
the necessary fluting, puffing, scallop
ing, and doing up. The charges range
from seventv-five cents to s!> a dozen.
The lanmiry business requires very
little capital; the work is simple anil
the terms are invariably cash. No class
of busiuess men lose so little money
from bail debts as the laundry men, and
the reason is plain ; they always have
ample aecurity for their bills in the
clothing that they wash, and clothing is
never returned nntil the bill is paid.
It is estimated that from one and a
half to five million dollars are invested
in laundries in New York, giving em
ployment to from ten to twenty thou
sand persons.
A clock made entirely of bread has
lately been received in Milan, Italy, from
Peru. It was constructed by an ludian,
who, having no means of purchasing
material, saved a portion of the soft part
of liis daily bread for the purpose. He
solidified it with a certain salt which
reudered it very hard and insoluble in
water. The cliick keeps good time, and
the case, also of hardened bread, dis
plays artistic talent.
NUMBER .
FOK THE FAIR HEX.
PaaMaa >na.
Coiffure* torn! to compactness, and
are worn lower in the back.
Braida or abort curia down the bank
are worn with drenay eveuing ouiffarea.
Hmali bouflant draperies or paniera
are arranged back of the waiatoont on
all drenay I'artoian toil eta.
Oriental ailka, Persian and Egyptian
ailka, aatina, velvet*, brocade* and oor
duroya are all used for w*toteoat*.
Very a mail figure*, cbeoka and stripes
on white ground*, are the feature* in
the new spring oaliooea and peroalna.
•• Pekin," the name given to velvet*,
ailka, and woolens baring alternate doll
and laatroaa atripea, is all the rage at
Paris.
A double eape of heavy ailk chenille,
with tinael thread twisted in the same,
is the latest novelty far the neck in
place of a scarf.
The long waistcoats worn with dreaay
toilets dr.- separate garments, and may
le worn with several different kinds of
.viato and skirts.
White aatin dresses of creamy or
leaden tint are worn by elderly ladies
for full dresa, with full trimming* of
creamy old point laeea.
Birds of paradise, butterflies, and in
sect* of all sort* in the form of gold
figures auk Impegan feather "mam acta
are worn in the hair for full dreaa.
The belted Josephine corsage, the
corset basque, and the corsage with
long point* back and front are all worn
for -evening toilet* with low, square
necks.
For street wear, under all circum
stances, • very simple dress, although
it tie a little shabby, it ta preferable to
one more elaborately draped and
trimmed that haa lost it* freshness.
All morning toilet* for the street
should be short and very dark or black.
The materials may be vigogne, cash
mere, camel'a hair, and all woolen
goods, but the trimmings may be of
silk.
The fancy of the moment in short
costume* in a skirt and jacket of seal
brown cloth, the wrap also of the same
in English coat shape, trimmed grith a
collar, revere, cuffs and pocket straps of
fur seal.
The newest hat* for yonng girls in
their teena are of felt, nigh crowned,
with square tops, trimmed with three
row* of inch-wide ribbon in band*
placed quite far apart around the crown.
The brims roll iu Derby shape. Other
felt hats have a scarf of brown or navy
bine satin with white polka dot*.
Cravst bowa have superseded the
crsvats that pass around the neck; if
the latter are used, they are placed in
side the dreaa, instead of concealing the
neat collar of the dress, and only the
cravat bow is seen. White muslin
cravat bow# it# pref>rml for plain
suit# in the morning and for dreaay af
ternoon wear. When eolorwd cravat*
are cboaen, they are folded like gen
tlemen's aoarfn to fit in the revera ooi
lar of a coat. or else they are a# narrow
a# tbe lawn neck-tie* worn in fall dree#;
the latter are made of foulard, and em
broidered on each end.
Newt 4 >•! far
Oe rater, tbe opera singer, haa S6OO a
week. Minnie Bank haa S2OO.
A New York jeweler exhibit* a Chinese
empress* robe, broidered in gold.
A New York lady haa nineteen rata,
onileoted with reference to their delicate
shade* and torn* of color.
Professor Billroth, of Vienna, baa
founded a society for the edncatiou of
nurse* for wounded soldiers.
Iu the retail dry poods stores of Berlin
only young girl# are emplojed behind
th* rountera to display and sell goods.
After a long and severe examination a
Viennese lady had been admitted by the
nniversity of Zurich to tbe degree of
doctor of philosophy.
Bouquet* of dried flowers and grasses
are aold in Eugland for interior decora
tion, just as they are in Amenaa. Hie
flowers are dried in warm sand.
A Florida woman recently chopped
off the head of a great eagle that had
become entangled in a honeysuckle vine
while trying to kill her chickens.
At an English wedding, which took
place not long ago, the bridesmaids
wore three bands of silver braid around
their heads, with s lily at the aide.
A key was all the preeent thsl s New
York bride received from the bride
groom's parents, bat it opened the door
of a splendid hooae, and the young lady
did not complain.
Opera scarfs three yards long and
more than half a yard wide are now
popular in Paris for winding around the
hair and throat. The newest opera
cloaks, enveloping the whole person,
are of thick, soft camel's hair, with a
hood.
The following extract is from an ac
count of the recent visit of the Marquis
of Lome and the Princess Louise to
Niagara Falls: Tbe ladies all appeared
at dinner in full dreea. Her royal high
| ness wore a black silk drees, with court
traiu, the only trimming being crape.
Upon her neck was s necklace of Whitby
jet beads, three strands, and diamond
cut. Her hair was arranged in plain
bands, with jet ornaments, and she
looked lovely. The other ladiea were
also in court coatnmes, and the gentle
men were in full dreea.
,
Two Parmer#' Terrible Death.
At Donaldsville, Ohio, on the national
road, two farmers, Frank Leffet and a
companion, who were returning home
from a business visit to Bpringfleld, met
with a most distressing accident They
drove two spirited lioraea. As they ap
proached Donaldsville the horses be
came frightened and -suddenly started
forward at a mad run. Mr. Leffet found
it impossible to regain control of the
animals, though incessantly striving to
do ao. In the streets of Donaldsville
the spring wagon to which tho horses
were attached collided with another
wagon, and one wheel of Mr. J-ieffet's
wagon was twisted off ; yet he and bis
companion clung to the wreck. As the
team attempted to turn a corner they
collided with a heavy wagon, throwing
off its bed. Then the horses dashed
madly forward and ran against a lamp
post, knooking down one horse, bruising
and injuring him so badly that he had
afterward to be killed.
Mr. Leffet was thrown against the
lampjiost with snch foroe that his breast
was crushed and mutilated horribly and
his bowels torn opeu. His oompanion
was thrown from the bed of the wagon
to which he was frantically clinging
against the brick front of a building on
the corner, a distance of more than
twelve feet. Such was the foroe with
which the man was thrown and the
position in which he struck the building
that his skull was broken into three
divisions. His shoulders and back were
terribly torn and mangled. He was
killed instantly. Mr. Leffet did not
realize the extent of his injuries, and
such was the intensity of his excitement
that he helped to cut the harness from
the dead horse and began to give direc
tions about the wagon, when he fell,
faint from loss of blood.
Qalet Live*,
to a vailey, omJww NTO
- a uuift tore •. r~° ••*-
Tabling ftsllftrt* and flbftw Under.
Wsvtac *b*n the wtnda *Rt down ftO low.
H*hM toil, and mom and gross grow
round It,
Playful rootwarns darted to and foend it:
Drop* of <tow tool* down by night andarown
•d U;
Rot no foot of n*n ft'ftr nam* that way,
Earth waa young and keeping holiday
Cantaaa t LoA? Tbers oama a tkoughtto
man.
ilaarohing nature's aaerato far and daap
Prom a Assure to a rooky atoop
11 • wtliidiow a atona oar which tbara ran
fairy peurUings. a quaint daadgti,
lieafsg*, vstniogs, Abere claar and Ana.
bad tba faro a Ufa lay to erory Boa!
80, I think flod hidaa aotna ami la away,
Bwoatly to surprise na tha laat day
ITEM* OP IBTERKHT.
Reigning favorites— Umbrellas.
Excellent wash for tba fsee—Water.
A bad tiling to sharpen—The water's
mlge.
Wanted—A life-boet that will float on
a sea of troubles.
Violet was at one time the prevailing
color for mourning.
Ol >vea werw first worn by oor band
cestora in the tenth century.
What to the sine of the needle that
earned the threads of discourse ?
Brown thinks thst all-absorbing tales
should be printed on blotting paper.
The onion originated in Europe. So
important facto Teak oat one by one.
The eldest son of the Prince of Wales,
Prinoe Albert Victor, is fifteen years
old.
A number of horses have been poison
ed in Kansas by being fed raw castor
beans.
If s word spoken in time is worth one
puce of money, lilenee in its time to
worth two.
When does the rain beootne too famil
tor with a lady ? When it begins to pat
ter on her back.
Toads and frogs were originally intro
duced into the Sandwich islands Jto ex
terminate cockroaches.
** I walked the floor all night with the
toothache," said he; to which his ail
feeling listener replied: " T<>n didn't
expect to walk the oeiling with it, did
yooP*
Examination of 8,000 grammar school
pupils at Boston shows that aooat five
per cent of the boy* are oolor-bhnd,
and only about ooe-lialf of one per cent,
of the girls.
Giles asserts that the lews are very
•injust. A man can poach an egg and
thera to nothing done about it, but let
1 him try to poach a chicken. Well, just
j let him try that to all I
In Egrpt mummies feed the fires that
propel the iron home on the railroads.
These dried-np human bodies, are said
to make a very hot fire. Their supply
to almost inexhaustible.
A notice in a Western newspaper of a
steamboat explosion ends as follow*:
*' The captain swam ashore, fic did the
chambermaid; she waa insured for 815,-
000 and loaded with iron."
" There to nothing impossible,' ex
claimed a man who was discoursing on
Edison's achievement* That man, to
find oat how egregiomdv be to mistaken,
baa only to attempt to eat his own hair.
A great many years ago a poor beg
gar explained his ragged appearance by
observing: "I have no money to *~y
new clothing, and mend I can't. And
his class have been called
ever since.
Hie Chinese have a very effective,if
somewhat primitive, way of preventing
the directors of a savings back running
the institution they control into insol
vency. They reckon the president'a
head among the assets.
The Cornish folk in England are
noted as wonderful pie makers. They
even serve vegetables In this manner
and the laboring classes, in these hard
times, are said to exist largely upon a
curious compound known aa " turnip
turnover."
•• Will yv lew BIS thus forever ?"*
And lbs looked Into his eyt*
With a glanes thai —rani a token
Of the fervor of tier agbe.
•• I sodn't guaranty it"
With a smile responded Pat.
" For I n hardly n the notion
That Til laaht as long a* that
A dime, a nickel and a penny were
found in the crop of a Montpeliev (Vl)
rooster. The cat of a resident of Eaat
Berlin, Me., swallowed a $5 gold piece;
and the village batcher offered 82.50 tor
her. While Mr. J a*. Rnby, of Bar
tonia, Indwan feeding his hogs, he
dropped his pocketbook among them,
and ere wan he aware of bis loss they
had contracted this currency 8&M.
Burdette, in a letter to the Hawkryf,
marnanimonslv allows the palm to the
Bast in the matter of Revolutionary re
lics, bat in the next breath is inclined
to take it back. He says: I remember
in 1876. when we had the great centen
nial tea party at Burlington, that I aaw
more Revolutionary relics at Cmon hall
than I have seen in all New England.
And they were better lo >kiug relics,
too. Those I aaw in Old South church
were verv old and battered and faded,
and altogether shabby looking s while
the lowa relioa had a bright.' fresh,
modem look to them, that waa much
pleaaanter to oontemplate."
Pleurisy.
This to an inflammation of the mem
brane (pleats) which lines the chest
and covers the lungs, and which se
cretes a lubricating finiTthat prevents
all harm from the movements of the
cheat and longs against each other.
The inflammation does not generally
cover a large aarface. It may lie either
acute or chronic. The former is charac
tented by a sharp and piercing pain
which is aggravated by a full breath
coughing, or lying on the affected aide
The patient to inclined to hold in ni
breath all he can, but unfortunately
the ailment to attended with a dr
cough. The inflamed surface throws
out much water, which presses on the
loDga, and thus renders breathing diffi
cult, or, if it ia on the left aide, may
. crowd the heart over to the right
Pleurisy is generally caused by a cold,
or by getting wet, though some people
are much more likely to suffer from it
1 than others, especially persona having
acme other ailment. It begins with
shivering, followed by fever.
The following directions may be of
aervioe if a phyaiciau cannot be secured:
Apply to the affected part a large linaeed
1 poultice, quite warm, repeating it every
three or four hours, or apply either
j hops, tansy or wormwood, hot, aa a fo
i menk Secure a copious sweat by anch
ordinary means a* every housekeeper ia
acquainted with. The fever should, if
possible, be allayed, and sleep promot
ed, but the medicines used to secure
these results are not generally found in
the house. The diet should be very
| light. If the patient recovers—and he
may, very rapidly—the water will be
gradually absorbed.
In chronic pleurisy the symptoms are
less marked and mneh less painful, but
the danger from it is really greater. In
either case, call in a physician if
possible.
Persona abont to marry who wish to
know the proper age are referred to the
following precedents: Adam and Eve,
0; Hhakspearo, 18; Ben Johnson, 21;
Walker, 22; Franklin, 21; Mozart, 25;
Kenier, Fuller, Johnson, Burke. Scott,
26; Tycho, Brahe, Byron, Washington,
Wellington, Bonaparte, 27; Penn, Sterne,
28; Linnena, Nelson, 28; Bnms, 30;
Chancer, Hogarth, Peel. t32; Wadawortb,
Davy, 33; Aristotle, 36; Sir William
Jones, 37; Wilberforee. 38; Lnther, 42;
Addison, 44; Wesley, Yonng, 46; Swift,
49; Bnffon, 55; Old Parr (last time),
120. If Adam and Eve got married be
fore they were a year old, and the vete
ran Parr buckled with a widow at 120,
bachelors and spinsters may wed at any
age they like and Hud shelter under
great names for either early marriages
or late.