Which Is Your Lot!
JSorn* {-ViMreti tvwm thr Holds and hills.
And other* work in noisy nulls;
Some drow> in silks, and danos and pl*T,
WhiU other* drudge their live* away ,
Some glow with health and bound with sonj
And soi 110 must *nffer all .lav long.
Whirli is your lot, my girl and boy ?
Is it a life ol ev*e and iov *
Ah, i! it is, its glowing sun
A Air poorer life should shins upon,
Makr glad one littlr heart to day.
nd help one burdened child to play
' —.St. Ac*oki.
Funny i'nele Phil.
T heerd tho grown folks talking last night w lion
1 lay abed.
So 1 shut tny ore* and listened to rvrrvtlutw.
they said;
And ttrsl Way i>i Uutl INdiy and Phil worn
conifng here.
And a good old seal was lVdly. hut Pin) was
always *ithwr.
And t!wy litvM Wt Sr, ne\ or. in all their lives
could swo
How IVXIIT came to marry him, nor how they
COuW agree;
For she was just as bright and swowt o any
flower in Mar.
But he was tight as a drnm-hsa.l, and as black
a a stormy day.
And ha nose was always poking into otliei
tola's album.
And he eras altogether too fluid of splitting
Kalrs:
And he had s\< many comers you never could
csuue urar
Without your lulling ouir ot tlieui or U-ing in
consuuit tour
Wdl, 1 listened \ cry tiard, and 1 'iuetuherts.l
wvecy word.
And I thought it was the pieenwl thing a Ksly
ever heard.
And in Uk> riniiig, when I hoard the e!uu-e
eonie down the hill,
1 almost couldn't wait to >ee my funny Uncle
Phil.
But. oh ' what stones grown fl'lks lell ' lie
wasn't hlavk at all '
And he ha.tr t any corners, hut was plump an.l
fair and small,
His nose lurtie.l up a little, but then it was so
wee. •
How it could poke so very much 1 roauj
couldn't seo.
And when he saw uie staling, he neddtal luiri
and smiled ;
And then he ashed theui softly if I was Klsie s
child;
And when grandma said 1 was he to A me
gently on his knee.
And wound my longest curl about his finger
carefully.
And he told me "hoot my mamma w hen she
was a little girt,
And all tan time bo talked he kept his tiger
on that curl.
Till at .set 1 eouldu't stand it, and 1 slipped
down by his chair,
Aad asked him how be .rune to he so fond ot
splitting hair.
My 1 bow be stared' and Jimmy laughed.
aad grandma shook her boat.
And grandpa had his awful look, and I'ncle
Sam turned red;
Aad then the clock ticked very loud, the
kitchen was so still.
And I knew 'twas something cireti.ilul 1 had
srid to I'ncle lTiil.
But 1 caul#', t help it then, so 1 told him every
wool.
An-The listen!*! very quietly; he never *[s.ke
nor sums:
"nil I told hirn 'bout the corners, and suii I
didn't know
How he could have so many when there didn't
any show.
And then he laughed and laughed, till the
kitchen fairly shook;
And he gave lite frightened grown folks such a
bright and flmny look.
And said. •' Tis true, my little girl, when l'oily
name i me
1 was full of ugiv corners, but she's sir.ooth.~ i
them down, you see."
And then they all shook hands again, and
Jiuuuy gave three cheers.
And Uncle sum said little pitchers had most
taeustrous ear*:
And grandma kisses! Aunt Polly ; but then she
looked at me.
And said I'd better "• meditate " while she wu
getting tea.
That means that I must sit and think what
naughty things I've done;
It must be cause I'm little yet—they seemed
to think 'twas fun.
I doa't quite understand it all; well, by and iiy ,
I will
Creep softly up to him, and ask my funny i
Uncle nfl.
—.lmtlia Dailry-Al'ltn in U nit .luukr. ■
AN APRIL HOAX.
Looking*! it from without, it ti.ns *
not appear trery tiiuikt its fallows. this I
little suburban x.Ttfo(p of the Rose,
with its iinpreteruflng hooded porch,
over which Ui- ivy trails its dark gres
foliage, its two parior windows in front,
and its bajr-win4ojr st the side, Imt
within tln-re is notliing roinmonpisce.
Every roots, eflr Corner. reflects the
refined taste of .fanet Roy, and the
quaint fancies of her brother Pick.
Dick, tin handsome, the talented, the
gentlemanly—lie is ali this and more in
his ifi*tr Janet's eyes—is sitting on the
window-seat, the sun Lathing his
shapely figure in its impartial rays. ll*
is reading the morning paper; with
more i n,tennt probably than most men
are wont to have, fitr he recognizes the '
mannerism of each writtron the editori
al page—h< is on the editorial staff him
self —and takes pleasure in seeing how-
Smith treats the Eastern question. what
Jones thinks of tie-condition of the In
dians. and what Brown has to say on
the presidential policy. He has not
written a stroke for over a week him
self. He lias been quite ill; a heavy
cold threatening pneumonia has kept
him a prisoner at the cottage, and for
seven mornings has the public las n de
prived of the pleasure and profit of pe
rusing his timely and eantle remarks
upon general topics. Only yesterday lie
stepped across the threshold into man
hood : it was his twentv-fimt birthday:
to-day he is a citizen of the republic.
The clock on the mantel-shelf tinkles
forth eight silvery notes. Dick looks up
from his paper with some show of im
patience. Where ean Janet l>e? As if
in answer to his thought, the door
opens, and Miss Roy, tall and graceful,
in a dress of olive-green serge, in charm
ing contrast with her light golden hair,
comes softly in.
" Have you been waiting long, Dick? 1 '
she asks."in a pleasant, kindly voice.
" I must have overslept myself.'
"No," replies Dick, throwing down
his paper and yawning languidly, " not
very long; but I'm glad vou've come,
for I'm deucedly hungry. Rather a good
sign, isn't it, Jean?"
"To be hungry? Ye*; very good"—
sitting down at the table and tapping
the call-hell. "But it won't last very
long. I'll venture to say that in fifteen
minute* from now your appetite will lie
considerably diminished. 1
Very likely," said Dick, as Sarah en
ters from tl' e kitchen, hearing the rof
fee- tin in one hand and a dish of beef
sfea. in* /te other. "At any rate, I will
sec how far steak, coffee and hot bis
cuits will go toward diminishing it,' 1
Presently there is a violent ring at the
door-bell.
" Who can that be?" exclaimed Dick,
inquisitively. "I wonder if any of the
boys could have"come out to see what
had become of me? 1 '
"It sounds very like the postman, 1 '
adds his sister: and the postman it is.
Two letters are his contribution to the
Roys this morning, both of which Sarah
band* to Miss Janet, who hurriedly
reads the addresses. One is for herself,
the other i* for her brother.
• • Here is a letter for you, sir, if your
name is Horatio. 1 " she quotes, reaching
it to liim across the table.
"But tny name is not Horatio," he
RKD. KI T H r PZ, Kilitor and I'ropriotor.
VOLUME XII.
, | replies, comvtingly, a- he rak,- it
" Aiv you aware that t.< pantphrnx i
perfect t\ allow lih 'lf your tmtu L.
K icit arti won hi In much tuort ippi, , u
ate. and would sound far Nit, r."
, J.-utet scarctly listens to tin- prattle of
her brotlirr the letter that h:u oine fot
( her i> edged with black, and she i
nervous iy tearing open the cut. .opi in
her Intste to m, what Li iu w it has
, i biMttght, whose death It has > ouu- to an
' Pounce.
Dick notice* her agitation n~ she draws
iUt the inclosed sheet, and wonder*.
1 even as she is xx tfltvici iitg, xx hat can Ik
it - uu-ssagv
" I nele Arthur is dead," -lie - iv*. tin
next moment, giving a sigh ot relief
" I saw it was in Harry's handwriting,
and so t< anil il wast'oiisin Margaret
t "In. Ie Vrlhut "'repeat-Pi. k "lit
cle Arthur' He's one of my tvspvt< .1
great-uncU-s, whom I have next- had
' the p'.i as tire of s, , Jug a California Uii.
lionaire. I woudei did it txir strik.
1 him that a little of his wealth would In
ae.-eptaKe to his great-niece and gn at
( nephew, who an kittling with itu
, world far aw at over here in the East
"Oh. Wokr* exebunu Miss R.\.
I greatly shoi'ktsl. **how .an you in k o
the pior man's mom v wln n lie is ntst
deait?"
man!" -n, pi. k. laughing
"1 alw ays thought he was a ri. h one
"May I inquire." asks Mi>~ Roy.
meekly, when her brother had twi. -
, n-ad the epistle lie holds in his hand. !
ami is about to In-gin again. " w bat Nell
has to say that i> s.i riry int. resting?"
A slight Ruth its unts to Di k's ta . as
lie luirriiaiiy crumples the inis-ive into
his ooeket.
'• "NeUr* he n-i>ea:~ "llow did Noll
know it was from Nell'"
" I know her handwriting "
"But it's iti-t like hundreds of others."
continued £>iek. buttering ah to., in
' eontinuance i>f hi> lire: l£ut "All
ladi.s. w rile in the t v .< now-a-da> .
The letu-rs are ail very tall and all verv
thin."
"Each iadv's hand has a jeeu!iarity, '
' ntvdrthelisvs."
"'Which nobody ean deny '".juot.s
1 Richard. Some hands nr- pink and
some are white, some ,-uv fat and -'UK
arc lean, soine wear diamonds and some
wear none."
"How you trip one up!" exclaim.xl
Janet, sntiiing. " You know very w<
what I mean. \Yould you have me
stumble over the whole length of iliir
ogranhy' every time 5 "
"By no means. It would only he a
waste of breath, ami w ut' l s. ni as
though you were inleiitiona airing
your knowiedgo of Webster's I ni
hrid^i-d."
l>t -k is beginning to congratulate hhn
selfon the masterly wax in wliieh 1. hi~
tunjul the subject ami ap. d rudely
telling his sister that the contents ol
Miaa Kdlh Taylor's letter are not I •
ears, when he agnin refers to his re
marks.
" Ry-the-byv." >h,. vivs, as she draw*
from "the urn her brother's . nd eup ol
coffee, "sjieaking of sonie hands with
diamonds ami some wit bout, V di >ti t
wear one. do-s sh, ? When do you pro
pose presenting her with one of the
gems?"
" 1 was not aware" (with nioek grav
ity) " lliai youug uteit tun generally e\-
prt*til t<> provide their lady friends with
diamond rings."
" Did the fact that i* sttch a
thing as an cngag- menf ring ever pr>. Nt
itseif to your enlighh m d inteli.. ; "
" >UrT'eats Dick; "did I
understand you to ~iy tnpu/ftiunil
Since when, pray, did you rundudrtliat
vour respceted brother had given his
heart to another? I know- of no engag> -
ni-jnt."
"Oh. dear'" *ays Janet, sighing melo
drantatieally: "have I r-aily IHS*H mis
taken? And hen I w.m already eongrat
ulating inys.-lf on so soon hav ing a >utcr
in-kiwr'
•Do you nanenih- r lite nnr-. ry
rhynic 5 " asks Dick:
•' - fan Uie !•*• ilia: yon're s<i rii-h in
Buil.l a Ore in the krtehen *
Or the little gisl ot love turn the j il. j U,
•pit r
I should hesitate. I think, to ask any
one lo marry me. lor imr of having that 1
coupiet thrown in m\ f i.. Now if that
dear old great-um ie of onrs had only
taken it into his *_•■ <! lc ail to ,• ave u~ i
fewofltis many th aisands, tlien |Mrhaps
I might Jiink of •tu cements and dia- ,
mom! ri: rs and tm ' Iters-in-law ; and
yott rnigli' liegin to spceulatenn theeoiu
! narative ailvantag'-s of my various lady
I friends as a *:• r-in-law."
r " Poor, i'.ear old man!*' Janet eon
. tinues, kirniiy. " i can just remember 1
sitting on tils "kmi- and playing with his
, long hi-anl at tin tltne h<- was on ir.cn j
tic! West It* irailv a shame. Pick, our i
king so lively, ami f'nele Arthur, grand
father's own brother, lying dead."
I" W tu, my d'-ar. I should be lying
p/o if L said 1 HI- sony lie's ; lor
while Wane'sifli i her. > hop.. mil who '
kti. wshut he may have thought ..f u- 5 "
"<h. Di.'kf bi.~vhingly. "pl< as.
.hm't joke nbotrt it. I really ■/'< fi~■! had
ty. and C'otialn Margaret ami Harry niut I 1
lie <) griev"*!. - '
"So they must." -.• Dick, apparent
ly acquiescing in his sister's views. " I !
am sure we all do. Don't you tfiink. -
Jean, we had better bow the shutters
and hang out black botuhnzim
" I ffut!'. how the shutters." ailds Janet, 1
fei'iing rather antrrv at ln-r brother's eon- '
tinuisl joking. "It is the least we ean i
ytio, and it -hows some nwpei-t for our '
grandfather'* brother," rising and leav-
[ lßg Dick -till nt the table. <
' Our grandfather'- brother'" repents ;
he; "wliat an awfully near relative! i
Hundy he muet have ks|uenthed some- '
tiling to his brother's grandchildren."
Dick is in his study now—a n.-nt. e>/y
little room back of the drawing-room. •
which is in reality the library, hut whieh i
Mr. Roy, he being a literary "num. choos- ■
e* to call his stud v. He is sitting at hi>
table, with Nell - letter spread ollt lief.lf' '
him, and is nailing it for the fourth I
time. There is nothing very remarkable
akiut it; it is not what one would style ■
a love-letter, and yet Dick would not for I
' all the world have his sister get a glinii.se
of it.
" Pf.AK 1 )t<"K. —I have les-n I.Miking for
you to call. a you promised, and am '
rnueh surprised at not hat ing se. n you.
Your birthday, I think you told ni<\ is
about this time. Did you have a party? ,
and are you so elated at having aftaimsl
your majority that von are almve visit
ing your friends? 1 cannot think that
lweause you are now a tmtti you have
given up all the friends of vour rhUiUwotl. i
rleaui- call noon, and f4l me ali about
your present*. Ever your friend. NKI.I.. 11
. That is it; and in it Dick is trying to
find traces of something more than
j friendsliip.
" Nell is an awfully jolly girl," he says
. | to him*eif, iesming biu-k in hi* ehair and
thrusting his hands into hi* pokct*;
I "just as fuli of fun as ever she can be. I
wonder whether she really does bare any- j
! thing for me? I'm not altogether a bail
looking fellow, if I do say it mvself. and
I fancy I can talk quite as well as the
most of'em. How is one to tell whether 1
, a girl eares more for him than for
another, when she persist* in being jolly
; with every one?"
Then he get* to thinking of some
means to solve the problem. How shall
he prove her? Presently an idea comes
to him, first faintly, indistinctly; then
more phtinly and more vividly, until a
plan—n excellent plan, lie thinks—
stands aut before him in beautiful *ym- !
metry Everything seems to have work- I
ed in favor of it, and he is naturally joy
, ou* over his discovery.
lie opens one of the drawer* in hi*
1 ' writing-table and takes out a packet ol
letters. Through them lie scan hes until
he findstwo that Janet wrote him while
he was away on his midsummer vaca- J
tion. These he spreads open before hitn, \
and taking a sheet of note-paper lie he
gins to write, now closely studying hi*
sister's letters, now slowly putting worth
upon the paper. Half an hour and he '
has finished. He folds the sheet, incloses
it in on envelope, and addresses it M'
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
care full >as he h:s- vvritt.u it Lhen he 1
nst-s. and, unlocking the door. m< < u
Janet in tic hi! >hc . him lak.
tlow ii his hat to go out
! "Had you Hot Iwltcr Wear your OV.I
coal vlic .ivkM. "1 in ali aid y ell might
take col.t again."
"I'm not going far," he tuuvvcr*, .
"onlv to (MM a letter
" l'o Ncii she a>ks, leaninglx " \r<
you not ratlicr oixnupl ui anawct .ng your
ixim*|swtliyit<i '
I lick, tu akin.* no tvp!x. _• ~ out, xv hil> l
she. laughing to 1> rhurt if axxay t
her tiUllMlMUs hou~'h'dJ dutii -
Tin- n \t nginini is tin- i~t of Ipril
V!,f.i>i'v Day. xx ■ tli it- t'nij t itions to
practi. al ioke- out it.- myriad-ol litt.e
ItUH" ellt h-. XV hen . Ol x Hill doc- lli-
U-t to make a (.nd o l is dearvst friend
i-well as Ids ilire-t I. It i-a blight,
sunny morning, that ->x. - tin hud* to
bur-ting, and ilraxe* up the bind.*- of
tVvsh voting grass a.-a tu ignetdraxvsstis-.
Dick Roy t- in the xet'X !•■-t ot spoils;
lie has persuaded Jtutet tutu !r.i. xiug
that tie iia- taken a fre*h C"' i; has as
sumed a Voic. ashoar-. :la x. tcr.in bull
frog. and has IMS n l.s'king tin- very pic- 1
tare of distress, unti. tin- tu uxalof th
jHxsttii.it) —just as he is cnsq.ing itt to
breakfast and adding l. hi* sit, i s anx
iety b\ Ids distrx-ss.-d couuteiian..
cnusi*s nittt tw hrighu n up, anil in the
.-I. arest tone rvtnark, " 'Pott nix xvoni, ;
Jean, tny cold's gone. Dili it strike >x>u i
this xx us the first day of Vj ri.
An i vprs-ssion of relief minglisl xx ith
antioy i:. ■: tints Miss Roy ~ eoitnt
mniia'.
" Y.'U axx ful 1H v"' sh< < \. i i iti > "You
' sJiouM IH-ashamctl of \ourst f. try ing to
ftKtl vour oxx n sister."
" And > • di t." latmhs Di. K
The tniy it tter this morning is one for j
him. It is hidden by a large yellow eti
xt■ lope, ami itililris-txl in a lold heavy j
hand tliat gives one an tuipresM'n of im
iiortant bnsinesus at oni-e. As Dick op. n
it ami catches sight of the heading, his
face brightens in exjsH-tatiott, and nin
tinucs brighl' tdug uutii he has read il
'quite through, when he is xx taring lliu ,
hnKulectl of smiles.
" Hurrahin shout-, h - btty ishne-s
--utakitig its appearance through his new - j
ly acquiredluan!i .ni " hurrah for I nele
Vrthur ' llurrali ! Jtan, xve've hts-n
left a fortun
Janet l>oks at hitu unb< i. x ingly.
She 11as been fooled once this morning,,
ami die s not intend to submit taiucly to
what she con*id rs her brother's second
attempt.
"If you nnist itxke, Dick." -he -ays, j
calmly, her voiee and manner strangely )
contracting vrith his incitement. " pray '
don't fcike su ha uhj t, ) t>u are p! ,x
--itig \ tiir part very weii, 1 i.hiut: but
-ti . 1 remenilHT now w hat tlax it i>
" But I'm not joking: it's a fact. Here
is a letter front tin* dearold boy 's lawyer.
LhA at the postmark: lisik at the
1 Jetler-herwl : read tho ttles-ag. ." he goes
on, ex. ifts! x, running around to hi* sis
ter's sit! of the table and spreading the
eiivolo|te and it* contents i*;it!'• her.
He is certain lv not fooling Inr noxv, :u>
she is cttinpelltsl to ailmit when sin i
tJitts pn-.-uttsl with the evidence. The
same heavy style of writing that was
; xv i til out, i- within.
" lii.-h.inl liny. />/.:
"lb xi; SIK" (it Logins). "I h-ivt
pleasure in informing y..u that th- xsill
•if the iatt Arthur Roy . !'.q.. of this city.
hrqU'-ath* tohisgr- at-nepll' XX ainl great
! nlect . Ri. haul ami Janet Roy (yourseif
and SUIT), each lite sunt of fifty thou
sand dollar- Tliese amount- are in
\ -tt ! in I niti i States government
>Mind*. ami shall he forxvarthsl to v>u itt '
xlue course.
" I have the honor to be your olnsii
ent servant.
"J. MuistiN Pkkky. Ex'cutor."
The eft".ft of the reatling on Janet is
quitt the ft X 1 r-e of that oil he!" brother. ,
Instead of breaking firth int. joyous
shonts. bT s. iisitive nature eattses her to
burst into a fiotnl of tears.
Dick iiMtks at her in astonishnnatt.
M'hat cin she be trying for ! b> thinks.
A iegney of fifty thotisaml dollars lit
does not consider a cause for wis-ping. '
and concludes tliat hi- si-tt r h:v- hs-oine
usyatitied in recart! To the time tu weep
and tie tint- !■> laugh.
"Whatistlo matter with you ?" he
asks, when the first outburst lia- -üb
sidtsl into ocea-ional *upprestsl sobs. •
"Oh. Dick '"cries Jatot. wiping her
t •.is, "l In liev• you have no fis iing .a!
all. Just to think what a dear. Kind
uncle we have lost ! How good of him
to reinentlier us !"
" Very gootl t>f him. iiob • d." adds
Dick: "but 1 can't see that that ought
to make one and. Rather a cause for re
joicing. I should .av. I'iMir fellow, he
xv:ta so oiti h* eouiiln't enjov it. and I
tlare say he's h. :ter off w here lie is; that
i*. if he xv a-a-gootl as his xx ill makes
nie think h> was."
Jamil is really grievetl. Her nature is
*<• IllteniCiv-en-itivi that a great kind
ness Invariably has this effect UIMIU lier.
sic refuse- my more breakfat. ami goes
hastily up to her room, where she s|tcnd*
tlie morning in trxing to picture lor
unrio a* he wa whi-n, so m.in v vears ;
ago. sic at on hi* lap, anil child-like j 1
ran Icr tiny fingers through his long
gray beard.
All through tin* morning, a-, thinking
thus. *lc -it* diligently - xving. tear
ex t-r and anott well tip in her eyes and go
trickling down Iter el before -he i
aware of their presence. As a natural
consequence, twelve o'clot k find* lier
xx it ii very retl eyes and nose, and a gen
eral appearance of Lax ing gone through
a most heart-rendering aflliotion. Thia
is her condition when Sarah knock* at
the door, and on entering announee* that
Miss Taylor i- in the drawing-room.
"Oil. xx lint <h.tll I do?" exclaim*
Janet, in rplexity. a- soon a- the maid 1
is out of ear—hot. "She will see that I •
have been try ing. and will want to know '
all about it : and 1 really can't taik of it j
now. 1 wonder win-re l ti> k i-: he might
go anil sec her, ami evpi-aiti that I'm not
well; I ait dear me 1 —getting up and '
-mouthing back her hair xxitli both '
hands—"l suppose he's out sonicwheri
He never i- about xv hi II he'- wanted, but
i- sure to be here when he's not." So. ]
wiping her eyes f,the hundredth time i
inec break fa-1, ami giving Icr nose the
fiftieth gentle blow, -lie go. - stift 1 \ down
to the drawing-room in search of her 1
visitor. Nellie I'aylor—a rather -lc>rt,
plump girl, with a charmingly pretty 1
pink and white face—ri-cs quickly as 1
Janet come* in. '
"Oh, .lean'" *ltc -ay*, going to meet
her. Olid pl'cMnting a eotltitenaneetli.it
for signs of weeping i- tu>f a xvhit better
off t ban Mi-- Roy s, "| do *0 sytnpathi/e
with yon!" ',
Janet in much surprised at thene wtirtlg. '
On what :iccoutit iliws she *\inpathize 1
with her? Surely she cannot know why
she has lieen spending the morning in
tears.
"Come and sit down hy ntc." Nell
goes on, taking Icr hand and draw imj
Icr to a sofa. "Trouble eotnes to all of
us some time, you know."
" But." begins Janet, thoroughly puz
zled, a* they sit down together, "my
dear Nell"— I<
"There, now," interrupted she, "don't ; •
sjieak t me of it: don t tell me how j
much worse you feel than I. I know j
(vou think so: hut, indeed" —anil the ■
tears began to trickle down her check* i
again—"you don't know how I hived
! htm."
"Nell, what are vou talking about ?"
! Janet asks, excitedly, her grief having |
i given way to astonished curiosity. "It •
is evident there i* a misundersUinding j
somewhere."
Nell look* at her curiously.
"Are you angry?" she asks, in a hurt I
tone; "would vou not have approved of
j his making mollis wife?"
"You marry I'ncle Arthur!"
"Uncle Arthur!" repeats Nell. It is
she who is surprised now. "Who is
! Unele Arthur?"
"The dear, kind old gentleman who
| has just died."
"But 1 have been talking of "Dick.
' You must have known I was. Poor
CENTRE MALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 187 ft.
deal Ihi k ami again sh- i wtepinp i
though lu'i heart would I'leak.
" I'ut Di> k i> not tlrati
Ni l! looks up In tbcmluloOß,glad aure
prist There i- a tnoviiueiii of the
XV llitll 11'Xl-l - tile tilt lUlct lit tlie
olirarx
" N.'i ikt x to bt - "-ii. shout' ,t Rii h
:utl, ruunm.- I'oi xx ant tioin his hbliug
i p!.i. e, xv In i ■ In- Ii is te .iril ail the con
x< I'-.it itill. Ills plea-Hit t ill xv readied m
■ -milt*.
Tile In xl moment tie has caught V ii
iu hi- a) tin iiul >* kt-MUg away t|n- re
; untitling teals
" ! "ii ti c nig .' 'ot! gu!' lie siixs, pas
' -ion itcfx "nttxx I belit'vcyoU do care
little bit for me."
"But 1 cannot Uinler-tand it," sax
Janet, iu xx omit i "\\ liat ever coind
,lia\i i attseil xtiu to think l'iek xx :i
! d.-ad 5 "
" 'The idea of asking nte. after the letter
Xoliwrot. replies Neli " Dldli l You
tell lue SO I didn't think, Jt.ui. that
. mil i oii.tl p. rpcli atv sUtli all awful
joke."
" Bill 1 xx rote 110 letter," adds Jntiet
N''il put- IPT hind In her po. kct utd
> thaw - forth an epistle
" Ri;ui it -he -ays. "If yu didn't
XVril' it. who did? And Janet rend
." /'ruiuy iiu.rr.int,
"M X D) XK N I I I ItaX. x. I X -:id
1 new* for you. Our darling ifv l* no
i tnore- At twelve o'. u-k W .shic-ti tx
uiglit In- I'lt-alhed hi* ,a*l I di, liovx can
IXV lite il 1 tali searrriy It alire that lie
,i- gone. I*t a>. do coiu- out ami sis nte.
1 know you thought a great deal of hint,
and can -x inpithire- xx ith me
" Ever yours. J ixn Itor."
"sudden x it conies to Jam l that |mt
baps |p-r gre it unc|e xx l- related hi liie
! Tax lore- ai-o.
\N i be "—-In begin- but before- -le
lean fini-h tin-question N, ansxvt-rs lu-i
"\ ra (- Idling* " Dnln't you know
it 5 Oil. why didn't -line om- let lilt*
kilo xx that ht xx i - ii. i 1 xxoUkl hax e
-o iiktsl tt Is- with him'"
Janet looked pityingly at Inr young
friend Snrcly her mrk nm-t barn
lieenaxery lov.ihleold gentleman to In
[dre this affection
" But how -tcange it is." -In- think-,
"that In.x.r knexx xx# w t< -v.-n tits
tant'y eonmatui with iht-T'tlor-. l'er
jhaps lfi k hie XX it. but Ijn sure be
mx er told lue." Tin u *hi la-gin- -oh
i biug again for in-), sympathy, and for a
lnolie ut not n word is Sqatkell.
"\\ he so very dear to you 5 " asks
| Janet, bringing the cambric into pi)
affuih.
"I >h. tlt-an." Nt-H an-xvers. nl-o xx iping
axx av the tear*, "vm cannot imagine
how xve lov.d e.wh other I here wa- no
i time set. hut then it was tilidt r-tood that
it xx a- to eoine --tl a- —4l'ti is bis -aiai v
xx as sufficient for hint to'' and lluu siis
hur-t into tar- again.
" What do you im-an in -urpri--
" What xx ,u- to ti.np off "
"AY. XX i] , t llg.vged, >oU kIIOXV," Nell
say -. it -.king up.
"Engagxsi!'"—withgnut asloiu-lmp ui.
" Dili \u not km.-w it?"
" But it is not my writing." say-
Jam t. " I never make uiy •' iik- that,
nor sign myself 'Ever x,nrs." and, I*-
i there was no itia. k t>!i tip- dour."
"It is x .-rx- !!k'- your writing, and I
n> ver thought of tli black Who could
' have sen! the fetter if you didn't'"
Dick, xvho i- -till -tanding with his
arm d- ut Nt-!!'- \xii-t. Lttr-ts into a
hearty iugh. " I am tip author,' Ii
says "It xx u- a litt!* April ho iv, ami it
work<d admir.ili.x far better than 1• x
pc.-ted." ....
"A on axx ftii boy t'Xt . iiul N< and
• Jam t in ejiorus.
"The buy i-tientl." j-r*i-ts Dick
j "But xx hat a frigliltui storx you told'"
ens Net!, "and how (terribly I xx i
i worried!'
"it i- all true." -av- Dick. " There i
imt an uiitratli in tlie whole letter; the
Im'V i no more; the boy t In/ bre at he his
'..a-t. lama i-i now. Thursday was
my twenty-first birtlulay."
"But you forgral my name." -ays
Jam t.
"I put my initial heloxr, if vou
notice replies Dick And stir. • rioiigh,
tlp're it xv a- "And-our xvcvliiing xx :
!<• just a- -in a.- vou can gt t re-a.iy," Ie
atids. turning to {Veil. "Tlie Interest of
fifty thousand, which you nm-t know
tie puzzling t'ncie Arthur ju.-t left me.
piu- uiy -alary, i> all-sufficient, i-n't it 5
and I -ay. J. ;iu. lioxx tin you likt tie
pro-[M-ct of a si-ter-in-iaw ? It wu.
ratler a piea-ant AprL-l'oo) after ai|,
wasn't it? ' — Htirpt r't IStu-ir.
Epdiias Jones wa-a little old man. his
faee as wrinkled a* a wnliitit and In
voice a* pipy as n tin xvlii-tle. lie was
lirouglit in f-tr disturbing the p t ace on
til!' strn-t lie XX a so cranky that he
ellHtwed and kiekni p'-l--friaii- ami re*
fii-i-d to "move on " for tre-et car or <■ ai
ring''. Byali !iat( liai'tl work to g- t liini a
cell, ami txx i<*e a- harel to get Tiim out.
II- had t" bring hun in hi-arm-, ami UP
o!"l man kick"! and scratched iik< a hoy
often.
"They can't nolaMly shove nte around!"
squeaked tip lilt it- old man a% ho xx a
tlropp'il Indon- tiie tlrak.
" lias anylMidy ahusevl you?" miidiy
inquired the court.
"No. ie-nu-e they tia-n't tin it I'm
little ami oit I, imt I won't take a xx ore! of
•is* from any man in the State of Mich
igan."
" Do you want to gohonje?"
"If I want to go I -hall go. If I don't
I won't."
" I Live Vou a fauiilv?"
" 1 won t till you.'
His honor s.i xx that In had an original
character to deal with, and hc,*.-ud to
Byali:
" I nk' this iiieeolti man into the • or
ridor ami re- id him Article \ 11. and o t
llitu out hv the private t|oor."
Uncii- l.pliia- wa- earri'il aw ax, kick
ing and flawing. No mini outside ot txvo
has any itb-a xxTiat cm-i-urre-d in ties cor
ridor. It i- known that Bijah lirouglit
doxxn four of hi-l-t spanker* tl
ilay, mid he luvs often been heard to ex
press his opinion that certain old nu-ii de
serve a terlaln line of tre'ntnomt when
they gl l toearrx ing .>ti a- tlii* txne did.
1 lie llt-XV sIMIX m XX l|o XVt-re piek tsi ill 111 Y I
to tie- wall iitbrm that they lourd old
familiar-oumis, xx ell laiti on. Imt it i a
litv-tery that may m-vi-r be iinravelleiL
AV tu-n the old man was let out he jumped
i-h-ar into the gutter with a yell, and a
close observer eotild havedetccted splint
er- from u pine shingle hanging to hi
coat taiis.-- Detroit fttt /'r> -...
Jests frmn Frencli Papers.
A g' litlt inan find- liiinself in tip- hands
of txvo higliwiix iim ii. with xvliieh Paris
lia- hts-n Infested for si vcral wis ks, xvho
viiiulv seareli liis pocket*.
" AA hat an :t— you are." they exclaim,
"togooiitnt niglit without vour watch.
Tln-Ideaof your 1 m li• x ing tln-se stupiil
newspaper reporters !"
A welt known politii inn xvn* formerly
a tiiM-tor. .ami jwior <>m- al that. He
xvaslalking tin- otln-r day of jMxtplt's in
gratitude :
" You can't imagine." he -aid to an ac
quaintance, xvho rellielllbei'etl Ili-b' ingrv
doctor, "the number of jieojile that are
indebtei! to me for their posit ions."
" Tlu-ir horizontal one*, you im an ?"
Extract from a new novel: "Tnkin,
a pen he-at ilnwn and wrote to a friend
rubbing his hand* abs-pily together n* lie
proceeded."
Oip-of tho new Repuhjican official* saw
in liis room ll big, well-dre**eil fellow
standing with his arm* crossed and iloing
notliing. The third day he went to liini
anil a-kiil:
" AVlint are- you doing here ?"
" i atn your ws-ond secretary," replied
the young man, not in the least disturbed.
"Indeed, and what are your dutleap"
" Alwaysto be on hand in case you may
want nie."
A retired milkman sent his son to
travel, telling him to take note* and write
home w hat lie saw. He crossed a Span
ish river dry shod, and wrote: " It w mild
be impossible to earry on the milk busi
ness in this part of the country."
A Lucky Holder.
A * iti 1 i t|ninfo ixn it-p.'iulnnt w rite*
' here are su llliny i ulit>1)11 turn* of
fortune'* wheel on the t mnstm k 1
In 'I -I old) )t-leitin v ~f tl ease where
• '.'l I IHHII tl p, I-Im!, m) ~J piii pn-e ami
tenacity itf grit iii fan,- o| iuo-4 iti*- our
tiu-llig treiimstiiiee- Won a Itig lor 111 lie;
old ill* i .i-e i- the iimre- rMu:ii kuldt
htvause, know ing the parties, meet
ing tin in almost et ty vlny. t>eilig fatul-
Har xv it li tin ir -unnuinling*, cte., I
m\ er befoi ■ In ,rd .I it jt ,t aked out
oniv by rits idt nt Mi |{,t,it i* the mnn
i who tit signet! ali tin mneliinery, iaitl uii
I tin- puvu*. m i'tc aii tin- eoutl'ai ts, and
stipel illleUtit ti thvf XVol k of iillilliing ttoV.
St.iiifoitl'v famous wire cubic Street rnll
road iti this city, whhli runs a <ii*lunct
of two mile* through tin- richest and
I"si pari ot tin- city, anil is to-day tin
luotlt , -ti<* l-raiiwny ol the continent.
Root is i Noting iiiiii.nolyxcr thirtx -ix.
thin, xxirx, In-iut ix, and well, tdiabhv.
He I- a splendid im hanle, and though
lor i mng tin ie in t i-ntra! I'm tlic nu
ploy. nolasly kin-w him uiilii In buiit
tin *taiifoiti street railway, entirely on
iii- oxx up uis. that there xx .-uv so much
111 bun. io took at liint IHII xvouitht I
think Root inr saw a mining-stock
I ceri ifit ate.
Act oiw ilay when Sierra Nevada
xx t.- I MH tining .Hung nt -Jno. R.M.I walked
into tlu* oilic.- Ola leading broker, an
! old frit-nd, and said
" Dan. gn--- we'd better get rid of
*nnieof thi* now." and he handed oxer
two v'Tiun-ntes, one t,f flop -itare*- ami
Uu- otbei of itkt. "Dan'' ttMik them.
"krd tbt m oxer, and limited that the
!• i k- of !'tli w<rt perfectly oivxitii
wii 11 receipt- for i— un-nt*.
"Where in the xxoriti did you get
three 5 askul Dan
" Bought iiu lour years ago," •aid
R.H-t. "Had < m .xiug in uiy trunk vr
-incc. Enid. I think, titty cent* a siuue
ft.r s.vine, -ix lot- for -ome more, ami got
SOUP for two bit* Ik-n paying i-ssess
"ii it-n is tor sitree n-ligioly. and tip
xx In t -ot -L.iii-Is up in alioui a share
I want xoii to st o half of it now. for I
guess it - lime to • call thfe turn,"" ainl
within t lire r tlax- :tt*t share's ol* lbs it's
-: k fmmd a market nt fioin ••-"<> t-•
s.NN'. and lii- )xr kt r pa—et! tt■ hi* mdit
11\ r 1 -Z'ttl !•!
lilt' I 'titer *iiiU- fie go! rid of at
• and Ut. and nltiil tflTii.t**! more
xx tut to his credit. 11< ban.id down
#SO,ono. and Hun. a* to tin n-t. - tid t<>
In- Ittok'-r (ami here i< the point I want
to make 1, "I w.mt ymi to put MI many
th Hl-wiul ilit'i N'orvTo-s. *o llialiy UiUt
< iliiornia, ->• in my into C urry. ami so
many into Ik !■ lu r. Pay for them, let
'them He; aiu! when ns-e— Unfit- come
• pax on tliem."
"Hut said I lie broker, " vtKi luuv
Lax to W alt, Mini -
"That f ju-t xx hat 1 ■ ipect to do—
xx ,iit But -< Hiiier or later some one or
tin* other of th(*t stock* will make nit a
fori une
Vint tiiis i- Uie spirit thai mtr axer.vgw
xv.•;king t u iltirniau gf-s into pvi tua
tion on th- t uislock xx ith. Ft xv here
buy t 'oln-t k -to k- fv-r dix idem!- ly> t
a mine tliere b* gin to pax dix id'-nil-. and
unU-s tlux are very tiig. !-r th* mine
luvs a pre—prci of k< • ping t Ism up. 110 l a
doUar i- atitltsi to lht v attic of tin st"- k.
Our qui t huytr. our buitus* man. our
•hrewd c.ijtita!lt. are- ali :wtnated by
tie -inie ti!' i " Buy them xvlp'n tliey
arc r heap. I*. llietn axeav. nnti soon IT or
lab r ii.uv mils xv atliiat a mile mak- - a
strikt xv may iiriks .'**) pt i t v-nt. lfllit
stiik< should <oiue in t>urown rtilne we
! in iv make fre-m 5.000 t- lo.oiat per rent .
nnti, perliip- if we hav. •tot k enough,
w.-vik till xx illi UiefbrUinc we ex jtvwlt d to
hax i to work a < uur no- itu .
HNfitry on Hark.
A short tiiui ago tllen'X cry of-cveml
niountls. evidently artificially construct
ed ami not tiie handiwork ofnatttre . wa
made at what is krp-wn as Sherhlnn's
virixt .on n rruig" if hi.l* imtn<du*li ly to
.tin w-st of Fort L--v< uxv or tli. Kan.
AA'itliin tip--- uuiunds wire trie- of
stonework as artistic and n- u iy perft-1
is tint of tip pi .nld-ix A part xxxt nt
In iln- mntKi'h and found a sort oTTwvok
of records, writ ten. ctrim"trTi t>ed ratlier.
Distil nirtTv of it*rk. and iiimed logt titer
iike Ine env es of iv itook and ti'Sl with
tniaii'T pi- t-es of imrk. Among the ei
ploring party was a p-ntiem.-vn from
L.t'iii. xx bo h.-ul m.-ub tin* .angling' of
Mi VP O a study, ind wlio. ujsai t lamin
ation uf Up.-res tmis founil iu tip* reminds,
found a similarity hetxvis-n lite writings
in (liv iv ord :uid tin am icnt
of Mexitu tiuring the time of tin M<.nte
zuinas
din record is n history a ehre>nlcle of
■ x etts. No links arc gixtn. hut frmn
historical analogy it isttiln inferred thai
it mu-t have 1m- ii nlmill 141'tl. during tiie
reign "f tip Montezuma* iu Mexiio.
w Ivtii the nupi reirs of timi name hat! it
a 1 tip ir own way in not only their own
-■ * tit in of the country, Imt uj> tow ird our
AA ■-<t a- Well Tin- re-cord- gixr tlie tie
tills of a great battle, probably on tlie
very pi it where tlie tnclronulis of Kan
sas no xx stand-. According U> tiiefeo
ord*. the batll rag< il for throe da\ and
tip- ground was .ttimn with *lrvin. and
after tile conflict MM over the vi' tors,
with tlie prisoner* they had taken, re
v--rsod their •tep-4 and went hark to
MAiisi, win-re the iwi-tive- were tobi
lotfi red uji upon the aitare a a a-uTllice
to tln-ir gtsl of war The record* were
tiidently writtwii hy tin- vit tor*, ami
pwi'si by tin*in in tiie moumD where
ihey w "if found. I in- re • ord* consist of
tell iarge pieet- ol litrk. llalti-ned out.
about ten <tr twslni iidmt iu size, nnii
IMIUIPI light tog- tin r lx llimigs of Lark
cut into long strip- ruiu pres-.d. Tiiey
baxel't' li ellt to Ik —ton. ami ace lo t>e
plan-d iu tip s iiit'- llisltiriv.al .Mn'liin
tin f' r't. M<ittihiy.
Tile Soup Stone.
A inly iu iheout-kirl* of Denver xv**
the victim the otlp-r day of a tramp'a
practical joke. Even in tiiese vagalaind*
there is tui oeeasional vein of humor
which i* worth pro-orving. I lie inci
dent happened in this wise A'oilt the
middl' of the aflerniwm a tramp put In
an appearand and asketl ]>o)ilelv if he
cttulil he permitted to cook for himself a
plate of smip.
" I have the ingredient* with me," lie
saitl. displaying a eobhlt *u>nc about the
size of an apple.
Tie- iiwly very naturally looked at
hint iu surprise.
" AUu ean'l make soup out >f that
rink, can vou 5 " he inquinsl.
"(ill. xi-*, madam. This i* what xve
'•nil a oiipstone."
" AA'ell. I s-li!.nlt) like to set' you do it
ami h'- fortlixvifh made up n fire in tlie
•tove and tip-tramp commenced opcra
tion*. He filled tin' stove nan xvith
xx .iter, nmi after it commenceu to boil,
very eurcfully d< jiosited the stone in a
pan in tic water.
" 1 shall h*\e io trouble you for a lit
tle seasoning," lie said, and the lady ha*
toned to get him an onion, a piece of
meat and a poiualo. I best- were eare
fullv cut up mid put in to LoiJ along
with tho •time. In a short time a tle
liciou* plate of *> up was prepareil. Tlie
l wI> la-led il and wa-delighted with the
flm or. 'The fellow -at tloxx n and ate,
anil lii* liosles* imnii dialely aiid'-tl what
\x-n neees-ary t make a substantial
meal. AY hen In- left he said he could
get plenty of onn stones on liis wava. nil
lie would leave that one with her a* an
evidence of how sinecrelv he appreciated
lier kindness. Shexvas firmly convinced
that she had conn- into possession >f a
treasure. That night sin- told ln-r luis
hntid of the eircuinstanc!-. He listened
to the recital and tln n iuquircd inno
cent lv :
" Don't you think the meat and the
onion and the tomato would have made
a very good soup without the rock?"
Gradually the trick began to dawn
upon IMT, and if you want to make that
lady mad, you have only to ask her for
tin: loan of her soup stono. — Rocky Moun
tain News.
FrlrsMß's Mdist ituic for Meain.
.Sri/'iwr lias n pajter on John Eri< N>n,
jli V * 4'D ||t' I\\ < < hurch, w hlch it in
t l/uui'-l is tie-only full anil w Uolly trust
' xvoitliy jH.pubvr acuouut oft hi- remitrka
! hie man and itigineer The follow liigixnu
' merit on Krics*on's latest Invention, the
isiiar engine, is the.first authentic nn-
I itoUlit t-iut lit nt tlic uiachlUe, Ot which n
cut i- also given .
Ni> mail In- IVCCOUI pIi*h>d more with
ntcitii than Erii ssoti \.q he In* in ver
: aitogv llier almmlomit )iis early idea of
, employing In at directly an a tiitsnis of
gciiei at ing mechanical pown Tin-Ihuin
: < ugim t- amotig the uriosities ot tin
past: the caloric engine, though a inr
11'hanical success—over 3 ism of tin-in
I hax tug Iss'ii built — Ira*not nceuiuplishcd
aiilli.nl was luii-nded Erointi|eall<uipts
to fiiut a substitute for, or an auxiliary
of Mi am. in heat artificially uruduoetf.
Eric-son ha* turned his attention to the
problem of making lirect Us.- ~f tire
j < iioriuous ly naiuie force stored up in the
J sun rays Sol that he tiji -t- or in-
U'lnU to sUpphuit si-am witiiin it- nat
' lira I domain w here lire *o|ar energy
gath.-itsl during the i-arlMinifereju* |*'rlod
is avrulal<ie for u< ; hut over a large
portion of the earth's surfm <• the use of
-I. am i ini|tos-ihie,in itln i lue in-r w vti-r
being ohtaiiinble. It i* in precisely this
region that the radiant In-at of the sun
t tin* most intense and constant. Now
I tills Ileal Is vvasteil, neither prtMtucirig
j nor u-tnimiig life, riuivertiiig what
might |h- -unit <>f tlie fatiest |nrtions of
the rait!) - surfer into tit sointe w astt
"Tliere is a rainh-- region,' 1 sax*
I Erii-s-oii. ••extetiding front the iiorth
i ivt-it rn . .cist of Africa to Mongolia,
ti.tssl mtiun in itngtii, a)ni le.u.x I.tMSI
mile- w u!i Besidt-s tin North African
' deserts, [],j- pi gitin iticluiles tlie southern
e.ias[ of tin MtnliU'lTaiiean. east of thi
i guif of t'nhc*. I jt|H*r Egypt, the eat< ru
anil pal lof tin western coast of the lt.il
Sea, part ..f rla. the eastern part of tin
countries w aterexl b\ th. Euphrates ami
Ttgrls, Eastern Arabia, the great, r part
I .•< lVrs.i i, the i vtreme western part of
I I to t. 1 hiliei.and lastly, Mongolia. In
tis* western hemisphere-. D.w.r t'ali
fornia, tin tabic land of Mexico and
(iualemala, ami tie xv.--t coast of South
Vtiicri. a. tor a distanci of more* than
miles, stiff, r from continuous rndi-.
ant hta!
To make tin i iiorntoii-. an<l as vet tin-
I Usui, tlx namn force iff tins imlinnt hent
aVai'aliie lor man's u-' is tlie problem
t■ w hieli Erics-oil is principally Oevoting
• the remaining y. are. .f hi- long ami iisc
fui lift ll is m a lofty spirit tliat he ha*
appr.ii -hial tin -olution of this gre-at
problem An inventor ..f l. ss noble in
s-tinets might w. !l lmx. Hi-imagination
fire >t by tin- pro-jM-et of aiblitig so eij!ir
nitHisiy to tlie stun of human capacity.
i until tin- idea of luereperNinaladviuitagr
r -liould iost its.-if jn the graader rem- of
public b. in fa- tioii. Erics-oii Ins#rraoived
in advance that he w ill makfl u*r of the
; law s for the pret-iion of inventors i-nlv
to s's-ure to t in- public w hat be intends
to oil* ra- hi- fit* gilt to tin- ran', ll I
a gift for tip- future*, for, :x* W .- liave sid.
In do.-- not imagine thai his invention
can he made ax aMahlr in < mil petition
xvith m wdiiiiery using w.l and o*xi.
, Hut where or when altltlei.li fue. i not
i to be olil.uiw-l his soiiir engine will, he
U 'i. x e>, ojm-h in w possibilities to human
acjih-x i nient. To any om* wbowiil pay
the price, he I- prepared exiti now to
furnisti a .tlar engine .f one hundresl
hotx-iMtWer But the apparatus required
t* g.itlnr and concentrate the -tin - radi
ant heat i- t.to i xjM-n-ive t<i makt tin
engine an economical one, and m-w eon
■ ilitnvns must aris<* Iteft.re it will he re
quirrel. N i-t tin solar engine is. its ile
• igun'tit .ares, a Dieehaaieai success and
it ii--ils t-iiiy sych a i oiubimi! ion of xx ood
aiidiqetal a- ht aha"; -llggest t<i ntak< at
it-aat pos-ili]e -ndi a transformation of
the now wast.- portions of the enrtli's ur
faci that tie proolns x shall he fulfilhsi.
am! " the dest rt -hall re :■ i<-s- ami hlosstnn
a-tie- itt— ." The work of training the
for.as, ~f nature t,• man's *< rx in isUx one
' tlnue until the -tin. from w ho—- ilre-ati
I prtvenrr he how hides himself awav,
, -ill.. Is roll it tlie i.ixt f-o lii. hi- fields
ami transform into a fruitful garden
, " Uie puvin snu ll Irom its !M-| n e . teth
,>x- rx pinut." propelling for him tie ma
' chili' ry xx liich i- t.. intrudm •• a m w. and
it may l an i-v-n niore* x arirel and com
plex t ix ilization than we hax exit --n.
comhlnlng tin- warm fancy of the east
wit It the practical accomplishment of
tie XX f-t Wi are lltereiy U> follow Elll
i rson's .-wlxiee to "hitch our wagon- to
i tie stars." and Ericsson is to Is'the Vui
j can w ho is to litrgi- the coupling.
-
Home kindness.
Iloiue life i> the sure t<wl of charac
, UT. b-l a husband he eress and surly,
atnl the wife groxx - coid ami unanila
bie. Tip* rhihlri-n gr.iw mp saury :uid
tS.nage.is voung bears. The fat hi r b
i tinnes t ai'iNis. peevish, harel. s kind'of
t t x*i- log g.st brute with i-lixthcs on. Tin
wife hrit !•• in aelfsb-fenee. Thex de
velop an mmnttira growth and sfiarp
liess of teeth, and the house is liauntetl
by Uglin. * and donp-stie lirawl- 'This
i i- not xx hat the family cireli- -IpUM Im-.
If one mu-t he rude to any. let it lie
Ito some one he iLh-s not hive —not to
w iff. sister, brollu-r or parent. let one
jofotrr loxi-d ones !>.- taken away, amt
memory recalls a thou-aml xiyinp to
reeret. Death quicken- re?ol lection
• palnftilly. The grave esuinot hide tip
'white fa< - of those who shs-p. The
' etxftin ami the gr.-en mound are cruel
inagm-t- They draw u- farther than
wc Would go. "They force us to rc
, nteiulicr. A man imxi r t fir into
, human life a- wln n lie look- over a
wife's or mother'- grave. Hi- eyes get
wondrous clear tlp-n. ami he sivn, is
never is-fore. w hat it is to loxr and lv
I loved; what it is t. the feelings
tof the Jovial It is a pitiable picture of
human weakie'-- when tltose w- ioxe
i l*svt are treated worst.
Automatic Machinery.
An extraordinary statenu'iit in regard
to tin introduction of automati' machin
ery into *OQIC factories m>t far from l/'W
Moor, near Urailford. England, ha* ap
(Hwred in the H'arikoi* nutn toiH bmp
rrt 'lYmlr .l.itrrial Tht' writ IT sax*:
" AA r e hnve visited tht Oak mill* by night,
in company with Mr Rum* and a fri'-nd.
The building itc!f xx a* in darkness, but
we Could hear tlie rumble of machinery
a* xx-e apprixachiil. The door xv.-i* un
locked and couple of candle* were* light
ed. By the tliui light we *aw the ma
chine- all at work, and passing from one
to another xvt noted also what tliex xxen
producing. There wa- no possibility of
tbs-cption. ami no room for doubt. AA e
xv ere not thereto examine thi-construct
tion !>f the tnachinerv; it xva* sufficient
to be able to verify the main fact - - which
i that when the working hour* of the
mill* are over, the light* are put out. the
building i- locked up and the machine*
are 1< ft working all through the night,
producing large quantities of IM-autifu
articles iu great variety of pattern* in
silk, cotton ami wool." The method by
which thi* result ha* been attained re
main* a secret. The only niglit attend
ant at the factory appears to b< an en
gineer. inasmuch a* tiie engine and boiler
cannot Lv left to themselves.
Fur an Obstinate Cough.
If you have nn obstinate cough, take
the folloxviiig to a druggist, and have
hint pre pare it:
K. i'ix liquida, St! drop*.
Spts. nitr. dulc., I drachm.
Syr. .Syniplex. 2ounces.
M. S. Teaapoonful night and morning.
H' should charge you hut little for it,
a* it i* cheap. It is the favorite pre
scription of an eminent Western phy
sician. who says that lie has obtained
very flattering results from Its use.—
Ih tilth ami Ihtiiu.
There i* living in Madisonvillc, Ky.,
an old German who lias in liis possession
a pair of trowsers made in Germany in
the year 1836. He lia* leen married in
tiieni four times, and is very anxious to
use them the liflh time.
TEHMB: 82.00 a Year, in Advance.
IOR THE FAIR HEX.
The IHCMM *1 lUr MO) •! W rddlu.
• tiur lady reader* will thank u for giv
ing tiieni the following full. Urn- and
particular areuunt of the ooatutin** worn
nt tin- Int. royal wisltlitig at Windsor hy
Milne of tin- iii!w*t di*tinguii>hed dauir*
ami tlninsel* of the Britikh mutt:
lier royal highness, the princes* if
\\ alt . wore Iter exuui*ite toilette ol
Oriental jearl-oolore trMa<le. richly
etnhroidcred in i-a)l*, with rufllre of
|>ui ni d Aug Icteric and nairow taunt* of
noble. The train was composed of the
darkest amethyst velvet,lined with rich
•tt >i it*ma*l p'lti l satin, laiiden d iti nar
row sable; a smaller Irniu of 111 St. hies*
point d'Angleterre entirely covering the
center, was fastened on hy large iue
tlallions of pear 1* Tlietorsage wa* pro
fu-ely studded w ilh pearls am) diamonds,
lier royal highness wore a tiara of dia
monds. white ostrich leathers amt a long
tulle veil, ami tie. kiai-e of row* of iarls
and tlinuiond*.
Their royal highic---. -. the I'rinecss.--
fyiuise, Victoria ami Maud of Wales,
xx. re attired in tire-.-* of < irientai jw arl
coloreti Ima atle, with stomachers of Ma
lines la<-- and ceintur.-* of ilsrh.**t arne
thyat velvet, over juje* of ]*iult-dc-aoia
of the same tint, with small voiani* ol
Maiim-s lncc.
Tin drew* worn hy her myal highness,
the 1 Kiclies* of Teek, was one of real
magmficenee. The rorwage ami jupe
wen- of the psiewt primrose ami olive
trxM-ade, with phases ami iira|eriew of
olix t- satin. fesUs>niat with volant* of ttie
finest lb .niton lai-e; ttie tr:un of the
rich) stoiive velvet, iirre-st aid lairdered in
erntini-. wa* It• <i on one shoulder, with
diamond clasp*, and diamond stomacher
on corsage. Her royal hightiem ah*!
xv.ui a tiara of diamond*, lappet*, ostrich
ft it hers ami tliauioiid uailisv.
The Dueh. ** of Hutlnvland wore a
magnificent dtvs- of gold and silver hn>-
catlc, mixetl xv ith a new slnsde of Scahi
relvet. and fim-t psht At Ymln
The corsage xv :ut trimmeti with mat. hlew
ruhii - ami diamonds, which blentlni
b. lUti fully with the new shaile of velvet
Her grace wore a tiara of diamonds,
white ostrich fi-ath*rs and gold ami sil-
XIT veil.
the Marchioness of Salisbury wore a
ino-t piftur<—que dre.* of antique l>ui*
XV. brocade, of a vet v pale reseda hue.
with emlMMv-od wreath* an<l Imuquet* of
tnvostti* amt leaxe; the ju|M- wa* ixitn
j-.-ed of the darktet resell a vt 1 vet draped
in limeade, with festram* of my ostitis
-atin. Thecorsag* was of velvet, with a
|>>ui< XV wvistcoat of Imwade and
In-autifu! iliamonit ornaments . the liead
dre— a tiara of diamond*, white piium*
and veil.
The Marchioness ofOonyngham wore a
lovely toiletteof mauve satin ami costly
antique la's*, the skirt strewed with
branches of natural mauve and white
lilacs. Her ladyship also wore a tiara of
diamond*, white feathers with veil, ami
branches of lilacs.
Tin- Vi-countcs* C'ranbmnk wore a
dre- of Russian gray satin duchrsse.
draped with guipure iac<- and velvet of
the same rich shade. Headdress, dia
monds. plumo amt lappet*.
VV Its! lows 1.111. are Tsssht
At the lowa Agrit ulturaH'ollegeevery
girl in the junior <-la>- l)a* h-armal how
t-i make g. MM! bread, weighing and
measuring their ingredients, mixing,
kneading and baking, and regulating her
tin- Each has a'-o b.s-n taught to make
v.-a-t ami bake biscuit, puddings, pii-s
and cake of varion* kind*: how to cook
a roast, broil a *t!-ak and make a fragrant
cup of coffee: how to stuff anil roast a
turk<'\. make oyster Mup. prepare *t!ick
ft.rtrtli.-r soujx*. steam and mash potatoes
N> that they will un it in'the mouth.and.
in short, to get up a tirst-classnteai.com
bining t-tth -uli-tantial ami fancy dishes,
in gtsi style. Theory ami manual skill
have gnc hand in hand. Va-t stones of
learning have Itre-n an umulated in the
aits of t-aiining. preserving and pickling
fruits, ami they have taken pmrthvii
it --on* in ail the d. tails of hou-chold
management, such a* house-furnishing,
care ol tails and laihliug, a a-hinjt and
inining. care of the sick, care of children,
etc. 'ih!- girls, we are informed, are also
thoroughly gnundel in s< iivtce. tuathe
tnatics ami English literature; hut this
is of siight moment <H>mpan-d with the
foregoing catalogue of virtue*. If there'
i* anything tliat challenge* Mm unlimited
rewjsi t ant! devotion cf the masculine
mind it is ability in woman to order well
her own household. Each one of these
charming lowa girls, it i* *af' to say,
will marry within ix weeks after gradu
ation.—.Sf. /Vttif /Vascrr Pn**.
Huford's t'Breer.
Tin- Cincinnati Knquircr devote* an
article to Henry Bufon). tin Kentuekian
wiio slim and killed Judge.l. M. Flliiott.
of tin Kentucky t mm of Ajtpeai*. in the
street*of Frankfort. Tlie hnqmirxr say*:
BuQirel's hi-tivrv shows liitn to lie a
nt*ii utterly re-gardless of law. of hi* own
life or that of others, w hen his passions
are areiU*i! S'llP-w here iu tiie '.'gV Ru
forel xx as the hero of an affray on tlie |.e*-
incton fair ground*, which li.nl a gre at
th a! of notoriety at tlie time. IL-and a
gs-ntleman named Thomas, of Ml. Ster
ling. had tiuarreled, anti. meeting on the
fair grounds, immediately opened fire on
eat Ii other. Ruforel displayed charact'T
istic <iKilne*s and recklessness, changing
lii- |M*ition once while Thomaa wa*
firing, to nxoitl -hooting in tin- direction
of some ladies, and at anotluT time de
lilnTateiy taking a pin from the lapel of
iii* coal anti picking the tu!>e of his pis
tol. which had failed to go off He
wounded Thoma*. ami wa|evl unhurt
himself. A gentlenian of Lexington
nam ui Fergtisoti wa* keeping Thoma*
sirpiili<>l with pistol*. t.en. Abe
Hufonl inadt nt him with a bowie-knife
ami slashed at his throat. FergUßon
tlin kul his In-ail and the knife aliaved
his beard, taking off a g<MMI-sizsl piece
of hi* chin, which fell into thr j4**i *-
sioii of Mr Muliigati. of le-xingtoti. who
t xhihitnl it for N tine time in his store
window a* a curiositv.
Another incident in Huford's career
happened at the time wlien the three
Colom-I* xx ere editing the Ttvtr*. in
ltouisville. Buford sent a noted belle in
tliat city a bucket of sausage from his
home near AVrsaillos. Theodore(.) llara.
author of the famous "Bix"uaeof the
Dead." one of the three colonel*, made
the present a subject of ridicule in lii*
paji-r. As tstn as the paper reach til
Versailles, Btiforel. taking a fricntl with
him. got in his buggy, and by driving
rapid lv ami taking fresh horses fmni
time to time arrive,l in Dullsville early
in the night. Reaching tin- Halt House
and going in. he found O'Hara at the
bar taking a drink. Stooping up to him
and inquiring as to lii* authorship,
O'Hara acknowledged it. and Buford at
once struck him. They struggled,
clinched and fell. O'Hara underneath.
O'Hara drew a pistol, and reaching
around Buford. tried to shiMit him; but
bis sense of hutuor prevailing over liis
xvrntli, lie got to laughing so that he
could not discharge it. They were sepa
rated before- any damage was done iie
vond a gt KM! beating for O'Hara, and
Buford returned home.
Still another, attended xvith worse re
sults. was liis assault on Mr. Ulysses
Turner, of Woodford, a brilliant young
lawyer, and at one time a member of the
banking firm of Saylor, Shelby & Co.,
of Lexington. Buford hat! some busi
ness controversy with liini, attacked
hitn, and la-nt him so brutallv alxuit tlie
head that his life xvas despaired of, hi*
health wrecked and hi* siglit permanent
ly destroyed. Mr. Turner died a short
time ago. after years of suffering and
blindness.
Huford's last violent exploit Itefore the
present murder was liis defiance of the
authority of tlie sheriff of Henry county
in the earlier stages of the suit, tlie final
decision of which was the cause of the
aosaaeination.
NUMBER 17.
BKHTKt UTION OF NUMEDIV.
GrapkU mnii Thrllll morr t LK KIJMMI
nhbk luhmtifH • 1 M* In Munwr •
A rarm|Min4mt of the X*w Vurk
World, writing from Vienna Austria,
nn>> " N'otliini h* tluu tb* detrac
tion of a citv <>f 75,000 inliabiuou it
tl.. *ul<j* t which urge* ntf to addrM
jour r<ail<-r>—**;gegodrn, tlu- <apit*l of
thoroughbred MagvitrDm. in the plains
of tin- TIICIM, wti'-n- tlu* Hungarian*
firt i-lioM- to settle aftiT
from tlo*ir Aian IKHW, the plain liein*
tin- Mm! country to a people ahko
iias-itl mon- than half Ita lifetime on
lioraclwn k. Although tin- river em- j
haukinrnt* ww in good <rder the
Tliriia, tiv bringing with it ttoaftft ami
•ami, ha<l rata") ita lint ao that the
fl.rnd* tm-ajiH- inon- ilangrrotis every
aunrwivi- yi-ar. Hnow melted very
early ami very suddenly in tin- moun
tain* tin* year, ami on tlutf account
mam avalanche* fi-il, us, for in*tan< r,
iu ItVilierg, near Villa* h. whe-t* half a
village a a* buried ami thirt) -eight per
son* remained th-ad on the pot. In
tin- Carpathian mountain* a gn-al deal
of *now fell thin winter, w)ti< h melted
anil discharged *noriiiou* quantities of
water into the valley*. Hie water* of
th< Thrift*. Maro* and Koro* tuul dur
ing a fortnight inundated tin plain,
which wa* one enomioua m- of water,
extending over MB square kilometer*
He*idea tin*, liaavy rainfall* continued,
and vet tlte danger was not immediate.
The inhabitant* w ere li*y raising their
•like* and looked hofiefully Into the
future, when ali of a sudden a terrible
etortu from tlte uortln-aet arose which
tuaih- tin- water rise in *c high
vnough to ovTiia** the dike*. Of <**urv
against tin- element* in *u<-li an uproar
nothiug ettivluai could la-done, although
soldier* and pioneer* wer* sent lo aid
the inhabitant* of Kxegedin. Only a few
towns of the Tide** plain *u<*-**le<l in
preventing the wave* from flooding
tliem by working day and night at their
dike*. Then- are, la-side* New Sirg-din, j
Sr.eni-*, Crongrad and Yasnrhily. IV !
!ir*t city flooded wa* Ora-.iiak.-i. where i
44*1 hoUe* fell. In the night tlie flood*
burst in upon Sr-gcdin. *" that within
a few hour* the roof* of moat <if the
house* and the toil* of the huiip-j**ts
were ali that could la aetvr. Tie- grea!
misfortune there, a* everywhere in the
Hungarian plain, i* that few house*
! are built of real brick*. the gn-ater part
j !a*ing huilt of bricks made of lime and i
water, and dried in the sun like Mexi
an atlola-*, which of course dissolve iu
' water. Therefore the only houses which
-t ill stand in Sasgedin are built of re*! 1
iirick*. and th*-- are *.wrccly a twentieth
part of the town —in fact. little more
than Son Everything else disappeared i
in the flood. Srepdm numbered 75.000
inhabitant*. according lo the last cen
sus. and ( .i..'sw luiiidtngs. of which about 1
5,000 were dwelling-houses. The work
of destruction was as sudden as terrible.
AU was over in a few hour*: therforr it
j is no wonder tliat grmt loss of !if< was
I incurred The number of th* dead Is
' nut at 10,000. One hundred lahorers are
busy froui morning to nigbt bury ing tin
d<at! in the neighlairing village of
Saoregh. At first the number of boats
was quite insufficient U> save the nuni
-I*t of frightened inlinbltants, many of
w homtle danger-bell tolled out of their
sleep. When lusit* enough came the
soldier* had liard work to row through
all the lumber toing alsiut ou the
water* and t induce the frightened
people to let theniselre* he aaved as the
rnater part of th<m refused to gel off
their houstofM into the boats without
tlnflr jvor projierty. which rould not I*
aved under *uch Hit' UlMfliO. 'Bet
-1 ter die all of u than lie*- without our
beds and our coffee-pots!' was what
they all said. Amy happy rinutn
ilance was that ihe einbankuo nts of lie-
Soutliern railway remained intact, so
that lielp cam id continually !• got from
Temesvar and the rescued could be
| sent away in that dim-Lion. In the
tirst hour* this • ■ >u.i not !w thought
i of. The desperate j**<ple clung to the
j dik<-. climbed up trvs. filled the fi-w
*ton<- bousis to overflowing. Many
j w < re froai-n to dwtb in the tirst nights,
the wind blowing mercilessly tlirough
I their santi, wet clothing. Twenty
were found frown to death, and twenty
three went mad from terror and have
1 Wn sent to the madhouse in IV*th
IThc brave men who risk>*l their lives
a thousand tim<-* to bring help w<re
witnesse* of the most lw-artrrnding
si-no Sometime* as they approached
! a housetop or a trw to which drown
ing people clung, these could hold on
no longer, and. drojiping in the water,
were drowned In-fore the lmats could
reach litem. An old man in the •-eater
of n mound of piled-ur ruhhish was
heard calling de*}erateiy for help, hut
it wa* impossible to approach him. and
lie perished. A wlute-baimi grand
mother wa* men diving "for something.
1 Site found it at last—her dnwnil grand
| child, which she held up toward heaven.
I iaugliing Inanely, a madwomanV iaugh.
: An rtpditiim from l'esth. headed by a
member of rarliament. arrived tlin*
day* afli-r the catastrophe, and he tel
u* tlutt even then he was a witness of
the nio*t dreailfui A small
rafter wa* floating hy them, when one
man espisi a small baby on it. tied to
a divan The expedition wa* quick
enough in bringing the poor little one
into safety, hut its pannts have not •
i** n found, and an- nu>*t likely drowned.
Then a woman signalled to them from j
a roof. When they apprcaelnd they
; thought she liad faintot. She sstnol
llfeh-s*. *> that they had to bear her
Into the boat. Sin- was not ten tnin-|
ute* there when a feeble wail lietrayed
the awful fact that she had given birth,
to a child—a !*•> it turned out to le.
All these people were taken to the
station—a van! high in water—and some t
were sent awav to neiehhoring towns ,
and villap-s I'ltousanil* foutul shelter |
' in railway i-ars. which ewme from all
[ parts; but the greater oart n-mained in
the open air, where the cold and tlte .
wet has made many very ill. especially. j
of course, the women and children. The
tirst among the other evil* that tor
mcnted the j*>or. stricken inhabitants 1
of Szcpilin was hunger; for, of course,
with so many lives to save, victuals
could not l>e thought of. But very soon
whole trains full of bn-md. che*se, meat
ami wine e.yno from Trmesvar and
IVsth and brought relief. The railway '
companies snd everything gratis, and
now large quantities of clothes are daily
l-ing earned to the Southern station.
Subscriptions were opened the very next
day, and have had nne results."
Wonts of Wisdom.
Flattery is a sort of hail money to :
which our vanity gives currency.
Hard words have never taught wis- j
dont. nor does truth require them.
What is the I vest government? That
which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Some heart*, like evening primroses,
open most beautiftilly in the shadows of i
life.
It is extraordinary how long a man
may look among the ■ rowd without dis
covering the faee of a friend.
There is no wise or good man that ;
would change persons or conditions en- 1
tirely with any man in the world.
He that hath really felt the bitterness
of sin, will fear to commit it; and he
that hath felt the sweetness of mercy
will fear to offend it.
" A polite man," said the Due de
Moray, " is one who looks with interest
to tilings he knows all almut when they
are told liitn by a person who knows
nothing about tlem.
Arthur Oilman ti'lls the following of
an old lady at Concord: "Have you given
electricity" a trial for your complaint,
niadanie? " naked the minister, as he took
tea with the old lady. "Electricity!"
*aid she. " Well, yes, I reckon it has.
1 was struck by lightning last summer
and hove out the window, but it didn't
seem to do me no sort of good.— Boston
Travtler.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Weather report—Thunder.
A novel thing- • rtadahln romance.
There lire no sUmp# In hurt year's veftti.
The chiropodist sways the whola
foot's-tool.
It is finally decided that W iter's
dictionary is the best.
lira wing from nature Is contagious,
that is to say it's sketching.
A prescription warranted to make any
sick woman re-" cover "—A new dreee.
What sort of hard things ran you throw
at a dog without hurting him ? Worda
—hard words.
"Of two eviis always ebone the least."
said the girl, wlg> jilted the grenadier
and married a dwarf
POT a method of converting honey into
a farm of crystalline sugar, the Beekeep
ers' awn ifttsm offer* a priar.
English physician* say that melan
cholia is always active fn the morning
and wears away fownro* night.
Henry I'. Work, the song writer, has
already received over royalty for
the song, " Grandfather * Clock.'
Conclusirt evidi-n'-e at a roi-nt trial
In England proved that a girl had Iw
-ome a moth'-r at the age of twelve
years and one month.
(iftcnttni** a man ransacks the whole
house for a pin. and not being able to
find one. drop* into a chair with disgust,
and i imuiwliatcly rewarded for the
search.
A Western patw*r. In its report of a re
cent railroad tiiishiip, says "the entire
train went staggering from the track."
Kv idcutly a case of very ek-vau-d railroad.
Man cau do many things, hut there is
on- thing he can't do; lie can't button
on a new collar, just after cutting his
thumb-nails, without looking up in the
air.
A warbler'* thrill
Awakes tha hill,
Tor spring, a rosy las*,
lialh OWM, and Pro gs
On vernal wiugs
Hare I .looms and mode a aass.
After a man. upon some raw and
gustv night, when everything is as dark
as tlie shallow of fate, has run across a
• waving ekahns-line with his chin and
us*.-k, yoi never can convince him that
there is any truth in all this nonsense
alsHit death by hanging being so pleaa
ant.— Htmduye.
There was an instance of the disagree
ment of dix-tors in France recently which
led to a duel in tlie Boin de Vim-ennnft.
Tlie participant* were army sunf*orA.
who bad had a dispute. One of thein
was wounded, and his antagonist dnwscd
tlu* wound and helped him to the car
riage, and suhaequently committed sui
cide.
A rt ttct T vnorrABLE raiot cTio*.
Oh msrtus tasftd, * hartangw
< g sprcig * nsurntng plsasurw,
1 sigh to smo Aw in t song
IS eight beau to lbs measure
The time* bean long stare last we met,
I yam out ks k ir. own ;
I Pmg luaalu tuol with thee.
So lettuce- not postpone
Nsy turnip t* thy pretfy aase,
I MW thy SMMI utwsbns.
And J you cunt id! Cur ine
Off to ths prunst I rushes.
In th- Russian Empire there are alto
gether only about fifteen hundred regu
larly licensed phvsk-ians. or one physi
cian to each fihv thousand people,
while In tlte United State* there i* one
physician to each five hundred inhabi
tants. The Russian Government is not •
doing anvtliing to advance medical edu
: 'ation Tlterv are hut eight Russian
! medical college*, and the students are re
quired to prosecute their professional
; studies for five year*: and such persons
only are admitted to these colleges as
have successfully undergone an examina
tion in some one of the literary college*.
I which have a seven years' course.
Where False Hair ('■ From.
False hair (taring come to be reoog
' nired as a necessity of the modern female
existence, it may W of interest to learn
, how this constantly increasing want is
' supplied. Uve hair, bought "on fiot"
' (to use tlie technical term of the trade),
< •-onstitufte but a very email percentage
of the tlm k in market, as there are few
' women who are willing to pan with
1 their kwk* for monev. and those who
have sufHTfluou* ks-ks to spare grow
fewer y<-ar after year. Wlo-n second
hand tnvwes w*re nuded nnn-ly to fur
nish wig* for a f*r elderly ladies, agents
found no difficulty in securing a suffici
ency among tie- peasant maids of Au
rcrgtie and Brittany. The present d*.
maud, however, greatly exceeds the sup
ply, and it is asserted that I'aris alone
u*es more than all the available crop in
France, and that Marseille* (the great
center of traffic in hair > deal* with Spain,
the Orient and the two Sicilies, for forty
tons a year of dark hair, of which she
makes upwards of 85.000 chignon* an
nuaily I'ndir the name of "d-ad hair"
. arc classed the " cumbings." which
thriftv servant girl* save up and sell, the
clipping* of hxrber shop*, faded curls,
, worn out *witrle-*. cti . The si-avengers
of every city. I* tb at borne and abroad,
value nothing short of a silver spoon
among the p-fuv so much a* a snarl of
•xunhing*. however dirty, as it will find
a ready sale. Su<-h finding* are after
ward waditd with bran and potash,
carded, lifted, classed and sorted, and
then made into the cheap front curls,
pnffs. chignon* that abound in market.
Mnch of thi* enters into the cheaper
grades of the 350.000 "pieces" annually
made in Frame, of which enormous
trade England is said to be the best cus
t<mer, and America almost a* good.
IJAW reports on tlie comroene of Swa
tow, China, show that a large export
trade in " dead" liair gathered in tlie
■ stalls of barbers, sprang up in 1873. dur
ing which year 18, MX) pound* were ex
ported to Europe. In 1875 the export of
thi* refuse arose to 134.000 pounds, with
a commercial value of over $45,000. It
■ i# an undoubted fact, too, that pauper
corpses arr often d**poiied of their hair
to meet this same demand of an increas
ing commerce Those, then, who sport
other than their own natural locks, can
never l*> sun* whether these arc redolent
of the sepulchre. Ute gutter, or tlte sur
vant girl's comb.— Snrntifir American.
Madame Patterson Bonaparte.
Madame Patterson Bonaparte, wife of
Jerotne Bonaymrtc. the yaoagest brother
of the great Napoleon, died in Baltimore.
agd W year*. Her life was uncommon
ly eventful. She was the hftlle of Balti
more in 1803. tlie date of her marriage to
.1 erome Bouajwxrte. who was then a young
lieutenant in the French navy. Napo
leon Bonaparte waft at that time First
Consul of France, and refused to sanction
his brother's marriage. The young *ou
plc sailtsl for Eurojx-. and the husband
disembarked at Lisbon, but his bride
was not permitted to land, orders to that
eff.vt having been given bv Napoleon,
who had Iwen crowned Emperor of
France. I .eft flrtendk in a strange
land. Madame Bonaparh made her way
to England, where she *• on after gave
birth to a son. whom she named Jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte. Her husband gave
wav to the imperious will of his brother
and repudiated his American wife. Na
poleon offered to settle upon " Miss Pat
terson " sl4.(*X> a year if she would re
linquish her claim to the name of Bona
parte. Jerome's " M'-moires " say that
tiiis jension was accepted and paid regu
larly up to 1815. the ye ir of Napoleon's
downfall. Jerome B maparte weakly
yielded to all the cmpei >r*s di-signs, was
inade an admiral In the navy and Prince
of the Empire, and when, in April. 1807,
he was made King of Westphalia, and
the emperor directed that lie should
marry Princess Frederics Catharina, he
consented. Madame Bonaparte returned
o Baltimore after Jerome's second mar
riage. a disappointed woman, and gave
up her life to securing recognition for her
son. In this she was unsuccessful. Her
husband died in 1860 and her son in 1870,
leaving two sons, one of whom is a col
onel in the French army and the oUjer
an attorney in Baltimore.
Madame' Bonaparte left an estate val
ued at over $1,500,000.
What an Old Sewer Revealed.
The stagnant water which has been
suffered to accumulate and breed fevers
and frogs in the Coliseum at Rome haa
been drained off at last. An ancient
sewer, extending from the meta sudans
to the Tiber, was discovered, and was
connected with a drain from the Coli
seum. The water was admitted into this
ancient sewer on the 3d of March, and
the flood which filled tlie basement
story of the famous amphitheater of
Flavius was gradually drawn off. In
cleansing the sewer there were found a
quantity of ancient lamps with gladia
torial ornamentation, human skulls and
bones of animals. Much of the old Ro
man road in the Foro Romano is now
exposed to view, and the ruins of the
shops of gold and silversmiths are visible.