Indifference. Oh, little does the city reck, Incompassed with ita busy charm, The whistle of the blithe plowboy At work upon his father’s farm. Oh, little does the whistling boy Reck of the city’s busy charm; He only thinks of two bright eyes, And works upon his father's farm, The supreme Hour, There comes an hour when all life's joys and pains To onr mised vision soem But as the flickering phantom that remains Ot some dead midnight dream ! There comes an hour when earth recedes so tar, Its wasted, wavering my Wanes to the ghostly pallor of a star Merged in the milky-way. - Set on the sharp, sheer summit that divides Immortal trath from mortal fantisie; We hear the moaning of time's muffled tides In measareless distance die! Past passions—loves, ambitions and despairs, Across the expiring swell Send thro’ void space, like waits of Lethean | airs, Vague voices of farewell. Ah, then! from lite's long-hannted dream we Part— Roused as & child new-born, We feel the pulses of the sternal heart Throb thro' the eternal morn. — Paul H. Hoyne, in Youlk's Companion. GREED OF GOLD, * Ts this vou, Gipsy?" The slight girl turned her roseate face, with a glad, involuntary ery. “Yes, itis I, Cesare. Did you think it was a water-nymph?” But the gay tovgue tripped, and the roseate bloom rose up to the ripples of brown hair which shaded Veta Rane's pretty forehead. Cesare 1)'Arcil saw and understood, and drew the dripping girl under his umbrella with the proud imperiousness of possession. The satisfied and happy look was far more becoming to his splendid beauty than the usual sneer and frown his pertect features wore. Of Italian parentage, his American birth had done little toward reconciling him to poverty in this land of grea: probabilities. He was music-teacher in the little town of Oakborough, and Veta Rane, an orphan girl, had been his sweetheart from a child. The most careless ob- server could read, as he ran, that Cesare D'Arcil, this young man of singular beauty, luxuriant and cynical, the step. son of the richest man in town, was all the world to her. «1 thought I should get home before the shower came,” laughed Veta, happy on his arm under the sheltering um brelia. “You see what a wretched guesser 1 am!” the raindrops sparkling on the long eyelashes, But already the cloud of discontent | had gloomed Cesare's dark eyes. Veta, clattering on, saw in & moment that his mind was far away from her. Her mo- bile face became shadowed, her silvery tongue silent, as they walked rapidly down the green country road in the pelt- ing summer rain. “‘Has Doctor D’Alembert's funeral yet Sayan piace, Cesare?’ she asked, at ern Fee. and the will read.” “And you?" she asked, quickly. “I am left out in the cold, of course, he answered, with a short, unmusical laugh. She murmured a word of sympathy. “ Oh, I am not in the least disappoint- ed. Gipsy. There was never any love lost between my stepfather and my- seit.” “And Doctor wealth is left to—"" “ His son Ignace, of course. Fortu- nately for the ducats. He won't make ducks snd drakes of them, as I would.” “Hp is a very fine you:g man, isn’t he?” ventured Vets, timidly; but Ce- sare did not hear. “There was a proviso that the inher- itance of the Roses, ete., depended on Ignace marrying Miss Wayne within a year; otherwise the property reverted tome. But thatis nothing. Of course, Ignace will marry Mabyn."” Gipsy's brown eyes dilated, but her tongue hesitated to express her sur- " D'Alembert’s great “Do you know her?” “ Mabyn Wayne? Yes.” “1s she good? Is she pretty?” “She is an angel, and very beauti- The brown eyes, raised with an in- stant's penetration, scught the ground Cesare was too cool and careless to be in love with Miss Wayne himself, whomsoever might be. That was not what called up his bone of discontent. But in the Riliside farmhouse, whose comfort and quaintness pleased him, he found a temporary balm for his woes. The sweetest and most innocent girl in the world loved him-—was his slave. The great youth and tender beauty, the dependent nature and exquisitely fem- inine traits of Veta Rane suited him perfectly. Unlike him, she was not ambitious, had no quarrel with fate, since she might love and be loved, and something of Lier happy content banished his unrest that evening. * You are necessary to me, Gipsv,” he said, snatching her suddenly to his breast. *“ Iam never so good or happy as when with you.” And with a woman's devotion, she re ponded, in her utter happiness: “And I will never fail you, Cesare. 1 never can be anything but what I am, you know.” Yet at that moment the future seemed not bright, but vaguely ominous, to Cesare D’Arcil walked back to town by moonlight. Leaving behind him at ast the long road of glittering vines and dripping tree-boughs, he reached the large. sl.ent house and suit of rooms he called home. It had been years since the Roses had been his home. He had been part of the unhappiness which ‘his handsome [tal- ian mother had caused there. She hated her husband’s son, and, in return, Doctor D’Alembert hated hers. A prudent and just man, he held the most decided disapproval of his ste son's hauteur, extravagance and selfish- ness, and gave him no part in his plans for the future. His own boy was gentle, frank, gen- erous, with self-possessed, deferential manners, which made him ever master of the situation; and for years before Theresa died he had determined that Ignace ouly should inherit at the Roses. Sne divined this, and actually died ina fit of passion. Long before that the doctor had planned another mistress for the Roses. ‘Mabyn Wayne was the daughter of his stepsister, connected, but not related to him by blood. From a gentle and pretty child, she had developed into a good and beautiful woman. For six years she had been abroad. Ignace had not seen her since her fourteenth year, when she was a schoolgirl, but he had ever flushed with pleasure at the least reference to his father’s well-known plan—that, at a suitable age, he should marry Mabyn. Her tamily acknowledged him, in every respect, a suitable match for her, and from time to time there came from Mabyn herself some pleasant word or token for her old playfellow. So no one wondered at Doctor D’Alembert’s will. And now Mabyn was coming home. Celied to New York in the selection of a musical instrument for a pupil, Cesare D’Arecil accidentally met her in the very hour of her landing. Transfixed by her beauty, which was a wonder, there arose within him such passionate jeal- ousy of Ignace D’Alembert that a sud- den madness took possession of him. Why should another man have the riceless possession of the Roses and Mabya Wayne, and he nothing ot this world’s success? Not that he loved her. Love for him- self only devoured him. But he im- VOLUME XIII. H A LL, C0., PA. THU sd RSDAY, OCTOBER “) a 1, 1880. NUMBER 41. With the sound of the passing knell, May a voloe ring out to thy weary heart And theory be: “Allis well 17 Ale well ; ~W. I. Peters, in Scribner. possessed by the thought. Mabyn had not heard D'Alembert's death, and shocked. I am very, very much pained! said Mabyn. ** And Igaace—1 suppose he is in great afliotion ?" A faint blush tinged her cheek, “Doubtless,” replied Cesare, affably. Something in his manner arrested Mabyn's attention. She was looking at | him, attentively, when he added: “1 should have thought Ignace would have scoompanied me to New York and | I men tioned it, but he has gone to Redwood, hunting. Probably you will see him as soon as he returns from the expedition.” A burning blush, succeeded by =a snowy paleness, betrayed to him her secret. * She remembers—hopes to love him," he said, under his breath, and added: “She is offended.” He had deceived her in speaking the | truth. He was upon barely speaking terms with Ignace. At the time he had men- tioned going to New York Ignace had not known that Mabyn's arrival in that | city was so near. He was going hunt. | ing out of courtesy to guests staying for | a fow days at the Roses, not that he was | thea inclined to the sport, or especially | fond of it at any time. The inference | that he had preferred a gunning expe- | dition to meeting Mabyn Wayne was | an utterly false ome, which he would have resented with spirit if aware that it had ever been drawn, But the mischief was done. A ocer- | tain subtle sweetness had gone out of | Mabyn's coming home. And when | week after week passed, and no tidings or token came frow the Roses, she was passionately humiliated by her strong Saabpoisuent and sadness, “He shall never dream I cared so | much,” she murmured, with a burning cheek, and in a week was the belle of | the set. i And Cesare D)'Arcil still remained in | New York. He had grown thin and | pale, with restless, burring eyes. Every | day he contrived to see Mabyn. Some- times it would be during her morning drive or shopping expedition; oftener at some gay evening reception, And Mabyn—she never met him with- out a faint change of color, and some- thing in her manner which betokened sincere emotion. But those keen eyes | of Cesare D'Arcil’s were not deceived. | He knew the fading and coming of the roses in those beautiful cheeks were not | for him. It was only of the profound | association in her mind of himself with | Ignace D’Alembert that made her pale and falter at his approach. But, whatever the truth was, it gave him access to her presence when others could not approach her. He spent long mornings in the parlors of the rich | mansion which was her home, He danced frequently with her in public; | he was seen in the Wayne carriage. At the Roses, Ignace D'Alembert moodily waiched the mails. For | Cesare had said to him: “I will let you | know when Miss Wayne returns.” | Simple and straightforward himself, | the thought of treachery had never oo- cured to him when Cesare D'Arcil's | wish had become a defined and con- firmed plot. Mabyn had returned ir November. It was January when he determined to go to New York, and | from a brother of Mabyn's learn when she was to arrive home. On his way uptown he passed the Wayne mansion. It was evening. It being a period of thawing weather,a win- dow was raised to admit fresh air into | the artificially-heated rooms. The! radiant light streamed out upon the sidewalk, and revealed a table, with a gilded book, a boguet, and a woman's | white glove, which stood very near the | window. It suddenly took possession | of Ignace that the glove was Mabyn's. | He turned back, ascended the steps, rang the bell, and asked for Miss Wayne. In return he was shown into the room with the open window, and Mabyn rose from a sofa to receive him. Cesare rose also from an easy-chair. “Curse it! 1 have worked like a dog, and yet delayed their meeting only two months,” he muttered, yet coolly pro- ceeded to put another spoke in his own | wheel. “1 have been wondering, Ignace, why | you did not come before.” “How long has Miss Wayne been | home?" : ** Two months,” replied Mabyn. * Have you written me, Cesare?” “ Certainly.” * 1 did not get the letter.” He turned eagerly to Mabyn's beanti- ful eyes then; but there was an unmis- takable ice in her manner. Not his rarest gentleness could melt it; yet, | alter the sweetest evening of her life, when she had yet been very silent, | Mabyn Wayne locked herselt in her | chamber to burst into passionate weep- | in of Doctor was greatly * } g. ** He _is good and noble, as 1 thought | him. I love him with all my heart. | Yet I do not believe hie cares a straw | for me!” ; And Ignace, pacing the floor ot his hotel chamber, was brooding thoughts: “ Beautiful. yet utterly indifferent to me. she would be prepared to regard me | with some faver; for I have loved her | from a child. I could fall on my knees, and offer her my all this moment.” Business demanded his return to Oak- borough upon the following day. but he | dined that day at Colonel Wayne's. Mrs. Wayne was ever very fond of him. “You will come to the Roses and | visit me, though my father is not there?’ he said to her, but his eyes wandering | to Mabyn's face. | “ We will come, yes, and try to cheer | the | I had hoped—I know it now —thut | you up, poor boy!” said the elder lady | affectionately. And the colonel chimed in: “Yes, yes! whenever you please, Ignace, set the time." But Mabyn never raised her beautiful es, Vet he knew she would come. She could not refuse without singularity; and under that roof, of which she would | so fittingly be the mistress, would he | find hope and gain courage to ask her to | be his? He went away with a grave face—re- turned to Oakborougb, leaving Cesare D'Arcil again master of the field; yet Ignace never dreamed of being jealous of him. He had known Cesare from a child; knew his selfishness, his untruth. Mabyn was so pure, so soft and fair. There seemed no possibility of any geni- ality betwen the two. He merely won- dered how the latter could afford to stay so long in town; then, dismissed all thought of him, and rattled down to the Roses, with a heartache which made him numb and dull to all the rest of the world but beautiful Mabyn Ww ayne. » “To the Roses? No, six miles, miss.” A broken carriage before a country inn: an old gentleman, with a broken leg, upheld by two men; an elder] lad weeping dismally, and a beautiful girl, collected and brave in the general dis- tress. _ “If ye wanted to go to the Roses, miss, ye ought to have got out at the next station,” said the vor of the broken carriage, with an air of sullen civility. * It is #0 long since I have been here, 1 had forgotten; and [ think we were told yesterday that Hamilton was the sta- tion,” said M:.byn, absently, distracted by her father’s groans and mother’s sobs though she yet appeared quite calm. It was Cesare who had misdirected the party. “ At least we are fortunate to be near a clean and respectable tavern, dear father,” she continued, and gave direc- tion to have the men bring in the colo- nel and go for a doctor. Oatside the sulky coachman scratched his head and surveyed the broken car- agined himself, satisfied and exultant, riage, Well, 1 pays me, as he says he to do the whole job, Here goes ers!” hen hied away to cominuni- was soon on the sceno, under the circumstances, could make himself invaluable, “Waiting to hear from Ignace? My dear Mrs. Wayne, you are very foolish, siolans—and they are simply know. | pothings. You should return to New York at once.” He had hustled them to the point of departure, when there came an uniooked for apparition. It was Ignace D'Alem Cesare lie He had been sitting in his library the | night previous, when a servant showed “You know me, I think," with a dig- | nity beyond her years. “Iam Veta Rane.” “Yes, I know you," giving her a kind hand. * Will you be seated?” She seemed making a great effort to be calm, then said: “Mr. D'Alembert, you will under stand me. You are very unhappy be- cause you love some one; and 80 Ignace started. “Can I serve you? he asked, at last. “No; but perhaps I can serve you. | Cesare D’Arcil has been aevoting him self ail winter to Miss Wayne, and that is the reason she has become estranged | Do not ask me how | know this: but I dc know it. And they are all at Hamilton now-—at the Post Louse. I wish you would go there at once, and A few words more of explanation, and she was gone. It was true. He knew it the moment But for a time he held his peace. Devoting himself to reassuring Col should be attended by his own physician | at the Roses; and placing him, with his | wife, in the most luxurious of cushioned | carringes, with a careful driver, he | of driving with her in a separate car- riage. She assented, with a sudden sense of sare seemed drawing nearer and nearer | into her life, with a fascination in his | black eyes which held her treedom. She | glanced behind her now with a Lal look of fear as she stepped into the car | riage. But Cesare was not there. On the narrow cliff road a figure sud. | denly rose among the bushes. The high. | mettied horses reared and plunged, the | buggy rocked, but the animals were | Ho held from dashing away by the vise-like | grasp upon the lines, But Ignace utter a groan of wortal an guish, for the cushion of biue velvet be- side him was empty. Without a ery, Mabyn had gone over The next instant he stood upon the ground where she lay. There was a The strength leit the brave man’s | limbs suddenly. i ‘“ She is dead!” he moaned. i But she moved, and murmured ! i “Can I be of any assistance?” said a | voice. | But Cesare's craven cheek was white; | his tones shook. Had the death he] planned in frightening the horses come i —gand to Ler, not his rival? i “Stand sside™ exclaimed Ignace, | “Do not in my presence lay a | finger upon her helpless and uncon- | scious toim. If she lives, she shall ¢ between us! Let that be enough | hie present. For the past, you have | me falsely. You professed to brother's part, yet used every et I cannot be- n Even in his passionate speaking, he and pressed it upon Mabyn's temples until she opened her eyes. “Who told you that lie? demanded “Veta Rane,” replied Ignace, mechan- For Mabyn had lifted her eyes to his Cesare gazed at the two faces with a muttered curse of bitter despair, and | gloom, Night fund him in the farmhouse ‘so you played tell-tale! So you spied upon me! Who gave you the right, I like to know?” he sneered, “1 have not watched you, and it was her heart. He was mad with excitement and his now he was simply rageing. T'ake care, weak, passionate Cesare First she reeled a little away from him. Oh, man! she loved you, and your her heart! He paused suddenly, for she had sunk down, and lay still ot his feet. Poor child! She never knew how his night air, when he turned your stil face to the moonlight, kissed your unbreath- ing lips and found you dead of heart dis. ease, So he was not all bad? No! Few are. He was only one of many who curse their lives, and that of others, with greed of gold Fishing in Lapland, The water is very clear at Hammer- fest, in Lapland ; you may see everything that zoes on among the fish, A few feet down you may gee the your g cod snap- ping at your hook, if you have one; a little lower down the coalfish, and the huge plaice and halibut on the white sand at the bottom; in other places the star-fish, as large as a plate, and purple and green shell-fish of all sizes. The plaice is taken in the following manner: In calm weather the fisherman takes a strong, fine cord, to which he has fastened a heavy speur-head, like a whale harpoon. This he holds ready over the bow of the boat, while another person paddles it forward slowly. When the fish is seen at the bottom the boat is stoopped and the harpoon is suddenly dropved upon him, and thus the fish is caught. In two Buurs the fishermen will get a boatload. The halibut are caught with hooks. They sometimet weigh 500 pounds, and if drawn up care- lessly will overturn the boat. In many of the mountainous districts the rivers swarm with trout, the habit of which is to conceal themselves be- neath the bouider rocks in the bed of the etream, venturing out to feed only at night. Men, each with a heavy ham- mer, will enter these waters and strike one or two blows on the stones, when the fish run from their lurking places partly stunned, and are easily caught. Cruelty to any living creature shows a bad heart. The boy who delights in torturing a wasp with a pin will surely come to sowie bad end if the wasp has a fair show in itd business movements. — Yarious Ways of Cooking Rice Rice dishes of Italy, TI He aniike our own well-known ones that we urge a trial of their excel readers Chief among them rank the risotto of Milan and the cream of rice chicken I'he risotto is made by five minutes, draining and gloth, frying It light little chopped onlon and 1 wn stewing it, until tender, in enough ighly-seasoned broth to cover i.; it has to be closely, and the saucepan shaken as the broth, so that it shal walter for drying it on a butter, and t The Reliable Man, The reliable man 18 always when he 1s wanted, You do not have to send to twenty different places alter him: if he is not at home his wile oan tell vou where hie 18 ‘he reliable man always tells his mission to his wife. He is not fool enough 10 MArry 8 wo- man le cannot trust. He is not mueh He looks at a subject in all its bearings. His judgments are unbiased. If he should be elected governor he will carry State affairs with a just and tro hand. In private life he will always tongue or ham, well shaken with grated browned in the oven. Slices of tile tomato sauce are used as chicken or tongue, and a cup of rice breast of a fowi through a fine sieve; the paste thus formed is used to thicken boiling milk, to the consistency of thick cream; it is of all soups. Risotto is prepared with sausages in the north of laly in a very appetizing dish. The sausages are twisted without breaking the skin, in lenis stewed in highly seasoned broth all the broth, enough being used to well Spanish rice dishes, of Spain are more highly flavored with The rice is washed, boiled being substituted for the onion; then the rice simmered till tender in a little sometimes it Is served with being stewed with the rice. Pollo con varied with arm spices. Rice dishes of Portugal. A matel- lotte of fish with rice is well worth a trial. Some highly-flavored fish, such as eels, is fried brown in oil or bacon i, enough red wine them, and they are allowed to simmer gently until the rice is {er tender, the saucepan being shaken to prevent i wid A Portuguese dish of sweet rice is prepared as follows: A cupful of rice is int and with four tablespoonfuls of sugar and a laurel or bay ler!; when the rice is soft the bay leaf is re moved , a gill of cream and the yolks of four eggs added and the rice is dished and YW hen it is quite cold the sur- h powdered sugar and cinnamon, or with burnt md-dust. The almond-dust is prepared by brown- i or bl i almonds in the oven and then pounding them into a Bit BE ed nehied w The use of the ries is by no means confined to the semi-tropleal climates mentioned, but the mit of our article will not permit further de. f which it forma the base; for there seeps to be No running round in the cold for him before he has made bis toilet. He won't be likely to whip the ohildren when they don't deserve it He can bear allusions to a religious or olitical belief which does not accord with his own without going into tan. He oan give advice, and keep his temper if it is not taken and fol lowed, He knows there are people in the world beside himself, this planet will continue with a moderate de he shall sleep with his fathers, He never tells what he would have done if he had only been there If he makes you a promise, you know he will keep it unless he dies before the time for its redemption for & fact, you know that you can credit the statement. 1f he sells you a horse and warran's him “sound,” you nved pot look for a spavin or a ringbone after the first day's hard driving. His word is as good as his bond. He is honest; you can trust RYLTEOS, You need not wateh him, he will do just as we.l without it. He has respect unto himself, and would be ashamed to have his own soul eonviet him of dishonesty, If you are in trouble, you know you can expect help from him. If you are “down in the world,” he will stand by you. If other friends have forsaken you, he will up hold and support you. In society the reliable man is worth bis weight in i. In the church he is invaiuable; to be run gol value when it is combined with flesh- forming materials. — Miss Corson. The Skin, The skin is wonderful beyond coneep- tion in the multiplicity of its parts, and n its diverse offices and relations. Mil. lions of nerves connect it with the brain, Thousands of areries bring to il the AWaY waste. Millions of duots empty out the perspiration upon it. In. numerable glands anoint it w a iub- rieating oil, and countless little scales are constantly thrown from its surface. vessels, the other dilating them, The skin has its peculiar diseases, but many of its ailments come from its readi- ness to help other organs which are dis- eased or torpid, for it exceeds all others in this ** vicarious ” power. The skin is double. The outer—opi- dermis—protects the nerves and vessels from the absorption of, poisonous or harmful substances. have to break through the epidermis, So. too, when this is sound, it is safer to handle morbid matter; but to do so with the wardens are laid up with bad colds; he will take care of the minister's house when he goes away for a day's plessuring; he will help the ladies put have an ‘old folks’ supper.” | the girls like him, and all the boys respect him, and his wife is proud of Lim, and lays great emphasis on what “ mylhusband " says— for sue knows he is reliable And we devoutly wish there were more like him # Not tienerally Known, Keys were originally made of wood, and the earliest form wasn simple crook similar to the common pilckiock, ancient keys are mostly of bronse, and of remarkable shape, the shaft termi. nating on one side by the wards, on the otuer by a ring. Keys of this descrip- tion were I enles by husbands to ; snd were returned again upon divorcee or separation. Huts were first made by a Swiss at Paris, 1404 A.D. They are mentioned in Listory at the period when Charles VII. made his triumphal entry into Rouen, in 1449. He wore a hat lined with red velvet, and surmounted with a rich plume of feathers. It is from this reign that hats and caps are dated, whieh henceforth began to take pisce of the chaperoons and hoods that had been worn before in France, Previous to the year 1510 the men and women of Engiand wore close-knit woolen caps. The custom of crowning the poets Greeks, and was pire. It was revived in the tweifth cen. tury by the emperor of Germany, who invented the title of poet. laureate. The French had royal poets, but no laure. I'he title existed in Spain, but ittle is known of those who bore it ales, Petrarch = cer with a yearly pension. In 1630 the iaureate was made a patent office. From cession of lnureates. : Until the close of the eighteenth name it still bears in German and pears probable that it was imported, for the cloths found enveloping the muminies of earlier ages have proved on Cotton cloths form. : i Warmth applied to the surface dilates contracts them. Hence, a warm bath blood to the surface; local fomentations over an inflamed spot within relieve the pain by drawing away the blood. / counter-irritant acts on essentially the game principle. Cold applied to the surface for a brief i i the blood back, which then returns with accumulated foree, producing a health ful glow. If the vitality is low, this re- only harms. should be used in washing the hands, as the epidermis. No bathing of the whole body should be protracted beyond a few minutes, else the good effect of it is lost, even if seri- ous harm is not done. Sea bathing is additionally beneficial from the stimula- ting effect of its salts.~ Youth's Compan- ton. Points on Pins. A lover of statistics has just made an interesting calculation of the number of pins made daily. Birmingham holds the first rank, turning out 37,000,000 every day; London and Dublin, 17,000,000; or for Great Britain and [reland, 50. 000,000. France produces 20,000,000; Holland and Germany about 10,000,000 each. For all Europe, 80,000,000 daily must be about the number manufac. tured. This would make 20,200,000,000 yearly, a product representing in value #£2,300,000, In the United States we make over 51,000,000 of pins daily, or over 18,000,000,000 a year, which makes 468 tor every inhabitant. Fifty years ago a man could make fourteen pins a minute, to-day he can make 14,000 a minute, thanks to improved machinery. But despite this énormous production, and though pins never break and rarely wear out, we are constantly hearing the question, *‘ Can you lend me a pin?” and how very often it bappens that not a pin ean be found in a party of a halt dozen or more, Pins disappesr, then, almost wholly by being lost—Ilost at the rate of 131,000,000 daily! Estimating the entire population ot the globe at 2,000,000,000, each person, man, woman and child, loses less than one pin a day--in the United States somewhat more than one pin a day for each inhabitant. But as more than one-halt the population con- gists of children or savages who use very few or no pins, we may set down the loss for each adult at about twg and a half a day. On the whole, then, we are rather economical in the matter of pins, and where the pins go to is not so great a mystery as many suppose. tn California contains a greater propor- tion of foreigners than any other State in the Union—2336,303 natives and 309,889 Picayune. foreign born. both the culture and manufacture hav- ing probably been conveyed there by first bringing this manufacture into Europe. Mendicants in Persia. At the New Year, which is opt as icants They generally tax a foreign ambassador rather highly, and one of them, a dervis, The Scoteh diplomatist reasonable amount, but his offer was re- give any more, tue dervis proceeded to sit upon He established himself in Sir John's garden just before his study win- ght, and blew a cracked trumpet as if the judgment day had come. Sir John, who did not like to have his rest disturbed in this way, determined to put a stop to the dervis’ tricks and eject him by force; but he was solemnly warned by the Persian authorities that it would be dangerous to lav hands upon the dervis. “ (set rid of him if you can,” said they, iaughing, as they are wont to do at a minister's perplexity, ‘‘ but do not touch him.” “Very well,” said John, dryly; and he sent for a bricklayer. “Build me a wall around that howl- ing beggar in my garden,” said Sir John to the bricklayer; ** and then roof it in." The dervis looked on while the wall rose slowly around him, and perceived that they really meant to shut him up in a tomb alive, he jumped over the lowest part of the wall and rushed » way jike a maniac. Sir John was prouably he only European who ever got the bet- ter of a dervis, They Plagued Him, A story is told of an English voter who possessed influence, und who asked the candidate to give his son a letter of recommendation to un officer at the ad- miralty. The request was granted, but when the youth called to deliver his cre- dentir 4 he found that he had misiaid the y .weious epistle. However, he suc- ceeced in obtaining a nomination, and aon weeks atter his return home dis- covered the lost ** letter of recommenda- tion” among some papers, Having done without it he had the curiosity to open it, and was startled to find that it contained an earnest injunction to “ throw every obstacle in his way," for, as the writer added, ** I cannot disoblige this youth's father, and if he once enters the navy he will be plaguing my life out to get him a ship.” The young man was furious, but the father, a practical- minded man, cooily remarked: ‘1Itis not worth making a disturbance; we will take him at his word and plague him for a ship,” which was done accord- ngly, with success. The Dog Mania. United States only after the fashion had { heen set abroad, and, though it is a re. | gent one, it has raged more violently i and affected a greater number of people than is the case in Europe. There the fashion was confined to ehildless dow- agers, whose time hung heavily upon their hands and whose disinelination to take trouble and care upon their shoul ! TIMELY TOPICS, ————— ‘the revenues of the United States government for the last fiscal year foot of the year. The excess over the Jie- “he exo eded the ex- babies. No other class abroad has taken up the fashion any more than they have the false curls and wrinkles of the rieh themselves of a pug or a Skye terrier than of disowning their babies. But, says the Brookiyn Eagle, possessing was not considered a special one, and all { the weak-headed women who could pay #80 tor a canine pet did eo, and those | who could give more were correspond- ingly happy. Women with chsidren, as well as those without, secured dogs and | gave them their time and companion- ship. i be taken out to drive when the babes that dogs are no trouble; children are, | impossible to blind. { men, it is to be presumed, find compan. jonship in does, and spend money on | them, Dog doctors are doing a thriv- pisces, and not a few grown-up men and women are earning good pay and living in comfort, their only cocupation being the care of dogs. Some of the uitra- fashionable dress their dogs in the livery | worn by their servants, and the care of ess thay the wardrobes of the children. Women support a dog at an expense [that would educate a child, and feel | happy in being so stylish, They do not necessarily love the animals, but are ready to be martyrs to the demands of fashion. Weak-minded and silly, they ‘think it an evidence of refinement 0 keep a pet dog, and, further, the more they are remarked and envied. The tiappiest woman in Philadelphia's chief { seaside resort this season for the arrears of pensions’ act, which The internal reveane receipts for the The Journal of Telegraph says that there are now in working condition #7. graph cables. During the past year 11. O53 miles were added. The Engineering respectively, and certain islands, and Chinese stations, with the According to the London Telegraph, the score of safet , is the pew miner's lamp, in which the light of phosphor. In this apparatus the in. terior of the screen is covered with a therefore, nothing in its construction or character thal can by any means be. Such a con- trivance, if answering the capac ity claimed for it, must be of sculisr value, pecuniarily considered, by explosion. But the great ad vantage lin the Indian ocean, rnd some lsuilors obtained work. Night was coming on, and | from the gangway. {was a good swimmer, and w | danger. But the cook, a ‘sitting in the main-chains cooling him | other side of the ship to that on {his shipmate was His first impulse, | what it was (lor so {thought it must besa | out and warn him of seemed he wisely do so | him with terror. So he qu some of the sailors, asd | more than two minutes a small d | suspended at the davits was | into the water, and the crew were ing with might and main toward ‘comrade, Whether it was k . attracted his attention in that di the huge fish turned and made (scious of the fearful danger {doubled energy, as the guick [the rowlocks warned _ of proach of his shipmates, ‘less he was | seconds. all would be over with him. ” obviously, however, no risk of this sort were by no means light, was to take Master Sniff into the water to give it baths of just the preseribed | duration, to rab itand roll it in blankets, teed it with specially prepared food, and then amuse it. Can anybody imagine Clearing the Way for Ola Hickory. When President Jackson visited Hart. ford, Conn., in June, 1533, among the incidents of the day, which provoked of the sufferers, was the following, re. | lated by a gentlemen who witnessed it: As the presidential party came in sigh. observed that three men in a wagon were riding abreast of Jackson's car- riage, and while not designing to insult he distinguished visitors, thelr conduct was so boisterous as 10 annoy them. One of the assistant marshals requested them to fall back, but he was answered by a flat and profane refusal. Gene ra phorescent light by miners. It is stated in New York that Jay Gould is now having built a large num- 000 bushels of grain daily down the Mis. sissippi, and three large elevators at New Oriesns. A prominent Wall street banker, who is conversant with the en- ivert the trade the Atlantic seaboard. There times when the grain await transportation at St. Loais for Southwest 18 stowed there in from inck of carrying facilities, that much loss is sustained by the owners owing to the expense for storage. Shippers take themselves out of the way. An other hlast of profanity and an em. phatic negative greeted this request, General Pratt's eves flashed ominously. horse, and halting until the wagon con- taining the belligerents was a few yardd and charged upon the animal which was drawing the refmctory three, He came up at full gallop, his horse striking the other quarteringly on the lore shoulder with tremendous foree. The horse was knocked down the embank- ment, the wagon upset and partially stubborn occupants found themselves sprawling on the ground. Although the shock of the coi- tision was great, Pratt kept his seal as firmly as a rock, ana the crowd cheered him iustily. Old Hickory could not repress a smile at the ludicrous soene as the three men took the unexpected tumble. There was a good deal of the Jackson snap in the performance, and possibly the if he had been in General Pratt's piace. “1 would have | done the same thing, by the Eternal!’ Hartford Times. OO 55350050 Keep Ahead. | One of the grand secrets of success in | life is to keep ahead inall ways possible, the time they may be wanted. During the winter months, when the railroads are blocked with snow, the river will furnish an outlet to the ocean by the way of New Orleans. The barges will be made up in tows, and during the whole yesr, exoept at a very low stage The scheme is not entirely a new one, but merely an extension of one The Celestial Empire, commenting on a statement in an American paper that had been sent to the Chinese govern- ment, requesting service under the im- portal dragon flag in the event of war wtween that country and Russia, says: sions in the Chinese land forces there are two Frenchmen in Kansu, one Ger- them having served during the Japan. evolu tionary purposes. It may be of interest is lost, | ber of years, is likely to become rich be- | fore he dies. | erty, and goes on year by year spending if he | come poor is the cause of nine the defaleations Bankers and { generation. It tenths of all have aisgraced the age. | help themselves to other people's money and their expenditures exceedftheir re ceipls. | the midst of perils. pair a man's self-respect to know that he is living at the expense ol others, is also very desirable that we should keep somewhat ahead in our work. This may not be possible in all cases; as, for instance, hon a man's work is assigned to certain fixed hours, like that of the operatives in a mill. choose their time for the work which they are called to do, and amon gst them there are sowie who invariably put off the task assigned them as long as possi. ble, and then come to its performance hurried, perplexed, anxious, confused— in such a state of mind as cerminly un- fits them for doing their best work. Get ahead and keep ahead, and your success is tolerably sure. The Date, Dates, to us merely an occasional luxury, are to the Arab the very * staff of life,” just as his came! is his ** ship of the desert.” The date tree, one of the large family of palms, is a native of both Asia and Africa, and will grow readily in any sandy soi mate is not too cold. It was long ago introduced into Spain by the Moors, and a few arestill found even in the south of France. But the most extensive date forests are those in the Barbary states, where they are sometimes miles in length, The Bedouins, or wild Arabs of the desert, who consider it beneath their dignity to sow or plant, or culti- vate the soil in any way, depend upon gathering the date where they can find it growing wild: but the Arabs of the plains cultivate it with great care and skill, thus improving the size and flavor of the fruit, and largely increasing the yield. In some varieties they have sue- caeded in doing away with the hard seed, and the so-called seedless dates, being very large and fine, are highly prized. When ripe, the date is of a bright golden color, fragrant and lus- cious; and in dry, hot countries, where palms grow, no better food for m rn- ing, noon or night can be found, while one never wearies of the sweet, pulpy fruit, gathered fresh from the tree. But the trees do not bear all «he year round, of course, and so the Arabs make what they call date-honey, using for this the juice of the ripe fruit, and those who can afford it preserve dates fresh through the year by keeping them in close vessels covered over with this Loney. chang and Tso Tsung-t'ang, the two great Chinese military leaders, The work of revising the Bible is expect the issue at the end of this year fore 1883, owing to greater bulk. On this topic the Christian Union says: ** If we found, because some familiar phrases, (we doubt not) be rubbed out and some- persons, and those who desire the mean- pleased with a translation in which forty-one Greek scholars of all Christian We are not afraid rood English and what is dignified English. Thbey love is to keep quiet until the revised version appears, and then let us examine it, not in the light of our prejudices, but in the light of a scholarly common sense. All attempts now to say what it is, or to a- sail it, are premature. Our own writing is merely to show that we have reason to expect the best." A ———————— ———————— Words of Wisdom. True merit is always a little suspi- cious of praise. Charity is the first mortgage on every human being's possessions. The more virtuous aman is the more virtue does hesee in others. Men owe their resolution, and most of meet with. Those men whose brains are few but active, are the most successful in busi- NOEs, A man cannot do good or evil to others without doing good or evil to himsell. A grave wherever found preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul. Building sir castles is a harmless busi- ness so long as you do not attempt to live in them. A weak man is worse than an insane one, for the latter may be cured or kept harmless, Mankind all suffer alike, but some know how to conceal their troubles bet- ter than others. He who loves to read and knows how to reflect, has laid by a perpetual feast for his old age. There are 9,558 regular publications n the United States and 165 in the Ter- qtories. Of these 7 590 are weeklies, 864 monthlies, and 122 each semi-weekly and semi-monthly. There are 817 daily papers in the States and twenty-six in the Territories. New York State has 118 dailies and West Virginia has two. These are the highest and lowest, Bu {the shark was upon him. * Quick | quick I” shouted his shipmates, wh | bowman, glancing over his should | threw in his oar, and, quick as jumped up, bost-hook in and help the struggling seaman | ter, who, after a final the shark was mot to be | balked of its anticipated prey, and as | Was near enou prodigious length, and the bowman, exerting all | the boat hook ri ‘ the animal, which, | fell back into the water, the weapon in t ht into the | came aware of ing all w deliverance came from | owing to the calmness of the event | were audible a distance) { anchored near the land, who 3 lsunched their longbost, an | toward them. fury and pain, ap | BeAr | dim | dinge friend) | scene. | taken ont of the sink | soon on their way bac was settling fast by the rr 5 5 Historical Notes. | two, | Geoff A great solar ecli | land at noonday, in April, 1658, | Daniel De Foe, author of | Crusoe, died at | 1731. | of historic monuments has been formed Hon. George Bancroft be, | tory of the United States hopes to complete it this vear. | The original Seckel | standing near Philadelphin. It is near] few pears. | tims were led out to die. Workmen engaged in blasti | near Trenton, New Jersey, foun non ball, weighin i | revolutionary relic. | miracle st Cana. the side of an open fi as a doorstep. | ment with sliver ink, has which are to be reproduced at Leipsic ning of the sixth century. Walter Scott was twenty of when, in 1791, he was admitted to ward the secretary and treasurer. kept the accounts and records tions usually proposed in such clubs. — Chapped Hands, known as chapping. If n to prevent, and the person is bave his hands dried, the cracks will often be painful. for chapped with borax water, and rward mutton-tallow (or suet), and glycerine, til cool. can be best applied at night, usin freely and warming it in by the put on to keep the bedclothes being sol the hauds softer. melting, with a of sweet oil of of spermacetti, white wax. from the stove, and add uall i ts multitadeof Binsin China New Gricans Plonyune. > no longer die young. "They live to grow up the country. oe No matter what it is yi have 8 = always take time,” Never in not. — Salesman. - * if ik i i Ed= ii) it f E : ! iL i = i : : STEP THERE f ‘ * 2 - i : H i £af HH i 1H i : : ; 8 E a 2 : h 4 i i 85" i § i i g 5 i § I ; : i ul § ; : : 8 : : i i 44 £ ih 3 g 8 i 5 i g i 1 i i £8 ir i § £ 5 § 2 £ sii : | { ] g 7 2 § E : 2 I j : F - g : w i i he had p! and outside to the miller who ‘had hand of his daughter, ———— a ——— The last English census nearly 37,000 women are em England in the metal tradesa 1880, 6,459,1 It is a secret known to small use in the Bn
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