in Song of the Silent Land, Into the Silent Land ! Ah | who shall lead us thither? Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand, Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, Oh, thither, Into the Silent Land? Into the Silent Land To you, ye boundless regions Of all per ection! Tender morning-visions Of beauteons souls | The Future's pledge and band ! Who in Life's battle firm doth stand Shall bear Hope's tender blosssms Into the Silent Land ! =Longfel ow. Greenwood Greetings, The morning of the vear Flushes again these Northern gladea, Awake, Oh slumbering branches, The remembered cheer And comradeship of other summers take On your mute faves, Answer me agsiu, And tell your winter's dream of ecstasy or pain, Then first the Maples stirred, Their pendent blossoms trembling with delight, And said: heard The brook rejoicing in the breaking light, The rapture of the rain Over the lost srbutus found again ; The sod grows velvet green beneath our feet, 1 the robins fly, and life is warm and “The night is over. We have Homews sweal” The Pine tree flung Its tassels to tre wind, and proudly sung: 1 dreamed of lands where over leagues of ice The skate:s joyous flew ; of speciral lights aming alo: g the skies in strange device; Of reindeer speeding through the glimmering nights, The forest trembled with old Odin's signs Of stormy pain, but all undaunted sung the Pines.” The Elm returned: “Of summer was wy dream the long night through : Of sunset fives where myriad roses burned, To give their beauty back in morning dew ; Of interlacing boughs Fostooned in arches meet for lovers’ vows ; And of the golden robin’s nest that ¢lang Close to my heart, which throbbed whene'er the birdlings sung.” Rough-hooded Fin, Why dost thou beckon to the Juniper With signs of joy? Slow waved her rustling fan As she replied: “1 heard in my long dream The mellow pipe, far blown, of jocund Pan, Invisible by wood and valley stream. He is not dead, the god of dell and grove, And with him, ever glad, the Nymphs and Satyrs reve.” The Poplar trees, With odorous buds all quivering in the breeze Sighed : * Heavy was our sleep, and dark with gloom The dreaded vision of the night. Of yore The fated Poplar grow unto its doom, And stricken, fell. ing wood The Cross was fashioned, Now and evermore The stsin of boly Lived y Qur somber haunts alway, warns, Thar wont re dismay.” The Wil ow's plume Swept the warm sod with downy tafis o bloom. Oh Willow, thou dost ever earthward gaze, And sighs are all thy language. And the trea Whispered : “1 feel again the flowery days free, Cannot bring back the beautifol to me, There is a scund of tear-drops in the rain, Of mouruing in the air. The lost come not again.” Ah! then the Codars bent content * We have not slept or dreamed the livelong night; Is our dark mantles wrapped, ws watched for light, We are the faithfal. In our spicy boughs The breath of Lebanon forever flows, Sammer or Winter, Life or Death, may be, Hope gathers gariands green m off the Cedar tree.” Oh kindred of the wood, Lift up rvour beads, for now the suurise beams Beatter the mist of darkness and of dreams, The world is made snew, and it is good ! A thousand voices herald summer's day, Let us drink deep from Life's fresh fountain while we may! —Franoes L. Mace, in Harper's Magazine, THE STOLEN WATCH, CHAPTER 1. The stage stoppad. Every man and woman in it knew at ouce what it meant. They had joked at the terrors of the journey before them in the morning. They had talked seriously enough, bot bravely enoagh, too, of the possibility of danger ahead as they ate their dinners. They had Janghed as much at supper as in the morning, but the laughter had been nervous enough to have been cries of terror in- stead of langhter. And now, with the moon just eilvering the hills to the east of them, the stage stopped. “ Hold up your hands, gentlemen, and be lively; we have no time to waste.” One after another the passengers were robbed. The man who hai talked londest of his bravery, and of his utter their money to be taken withont a fierca fight, gave up hi* money and his excel- lent pair of self cocking revolvers with- ont a s‘ruggle The man who bad talked of the investments he was about to make in the West, and who had boasted of his wealth all the way that day, was fer- ventiy cursed by the robbers, who found barely five dollars on his person. The ludy who had spoken at least once every half-hour all day Jong of that wonderful person, “My hosband, the colonel,” and who had manifested an air of conseions superiority ever after ghe had informed the compauy, as she did very early on the journey, that her entire life had been passed on the fron. tier, fainted dead away. A young lady from Vassar, who shriek:d a full five minutes when a spider ran across her hand in the morning, sanced the fellow who took her money, and actoally asked him why he didn’t take her, too. A black-coated, white-cravated gentleman, who had insisted on asking grace at each meal that day, stood and swore by turos in not less than five languages while the robbers did their work, After all this, it wasn’t to be won- dered at that every one looked at the quiet, awkward littie man, who had been luughed at more or less all day, to see how he acted under pressure. He was going to the gold fields, he said, to seek his fortune. When, therefore, the rob- bers.took from him a larger roll of bank-bills than any of the passengers had ever scen before, they half forgot their own losses and the dangers of the sitnation in their interest in what was going on. The little man's shabby coat, which hed prompted more than one unkind remark during the day, was opened, and a diamond stud of great value torn from his very plain shirt front At last they took his watch—a large old-fashioned thing, in a very brassy-looking case, “ See here, sir,” he said in an even tone, and with more dignity than any of his friends of a day had ever heard in his tones, ‘‘see here; yon have taken my diamonds and forty-five hundred dollars in money, and I have not com- lained, but I want to keep my wateh. ; I was my grandfather's, my father's, and mine. I meant it to be my son’s after me. Spare me that.” * It don’t look worth much,” said the VOLUME XV, ET NUMBER 14. as though half-inclined to give it back, The other robbers were *‘assisting™ the passengers to their places in the { stage; the little man and the robber | were holding their parley a little apart, 3 | said the little man, sturdily, in the sin- the worth of that he loves whateve: may come of it; “but I want it for its associations, not for its value” “A good timekeeper?! Solid gold | case? | Both questions were asked | temptaously, { *“ Asmlver case, and plated at that, | but as good a timekeeper as there is in | Amerioa weeks." | Dame, | “1 am considered a fair judge of i watches, I've handled a good many in imy time,” { “and the evidence is all in your favor, i I believe yon—and I will keep it." * You will keep my watch?" “1 said so.” “May its possession be an everlasting omsa to you." “ Thank you. Come, boys,” and the robber took the stolen wateh from his ! ous friends any longer." little mar to sudden madness; he may { have intended all along to fight for his | precious wateh if he had to. Be this as i into his pocket the little man drew a {revolver from some concealed place { which the robbers had overlooked, and | fired at the man who had so wronged { him—fired at scarcely half a dozen | paces, and missed It was all over | & minute, i road with his life ranning out from a { half-dozen pistol ball wounds, and his the cold light of the moon | ‘“Into the stage and off with youn,” { was a command that did not need to be ! nttered a second time, On to your horses and we are off, i tones brought prompt obedience. { And the last words of tue dying man { floated after the stage and drifted down | booters: “ May its possession be an everlast- ing curse to you!” CHAPTER IL of Miguel Gordon had been asked why miners, pare avd simple, his wonderful have been sufficient reason. { his horsemanship and marksmanship { would have appealed first, | fraitless quests for robbers and fugi {tivea respected the simple {terrible earnestness of the man, Men who bad families, and | women who lived with husband and children cn the frontier, loved him for the love he manifested for his two chil dren, Manuel and Manuela. Any man itself for Miguel Gordon. Gordon among the hills. He never loafed, he never drank, he never guarrelel. Once in two or three weeks he would ride to the settlement which had grown around the railroad station thirty miles his children. them knew Mannels and Manuel— knew them and shared their father's ad- miration for them. youth of eighteen ; Munuela was six teen, and strong and bandsome. The have them there. Every man in the camp would have constituted himself a protector of the children. But the father said the settlement at the sta- tion was better for them, and that set. tled it. OHAPTER III, The twilight had not brightened into to Goriaon’s door and roused him with at the settlement gnd no time to be lost,” was his summons, The note the only too definite. Gordon's had heard by accident certain had led to an investigation. Examina- tion showed that Manuela Gordon was his skill at ecards, stranger; others for keeping quiet and having nothing whatever to do with the affair. A middle class, although small in number, had won the day, and the best rider of them all had carried the startling news thirty miles through the night to Miguel Gordon. In five minutes Gordon and hisfriend were on their way back to the settle- ment, Litde was said, but Gordon's face was pale and his hand closed and unelosed nervously around the rifle he carried. In the long race before them time was imporiant, and it early became evi- dent that Gordon's friend could not keep np with him. “Go on,” said the friend, *‘ and God grant you are in season.” Oh, the long miles of the road, the dreary, weary way he had to ride with his strong father love at his heart urging him on. Bat at last he thun. dered up to the platform at the station, and it lacked fifteen minutes of 9, The men he knew looked curiously at bim; women looked with pitying eyes into his as he fastened his horse and strode into the waiting-room, rifle in hand, “* Who is the man? Have you found ont yet?” he asked of the man who had sent him the note. “Jim Bragg, gambler, murderer and suspected stage robber. 1 had halfa mind to shoot him myself as he stood making love to your daughter this morning and save the law a job in the future.” “The .aw won't need to exercise its power on him, and his fature is short enough, When will the train come ?” “Didn't you know? The train has been gone fifteen minutes |” The watch which Miguel Gordon had carried for a whole year—a year to a dar—and which had not varied ten seconds in all the time before, was a half hour slow that morning, and had cost him his daughter. CHAPTER IV. Another year had slowly gone by. Miguel Gordon is more popular and more prosperous than ever. His daughter has never been heard from, aud his terrible loss has aged bim {camp now, Manuel uses his weapons, { his tools, his horse. {seam to be one. Whatever the wisties the futher gets for him. fis a mgdel father," son “Heo | This morning they are working together | among the ledges, “ We must loosen up the rock,’ j oan fire it from the house, the fuse at exaotly 13." At 10 o'clook all is ready said Miguel; ** we | of the camp. “ At 12 o'clock we will fire it" parted, ** At 12 —yes,” responded his son, When the shock of the great blast at up; and a half minute later the whole { camp was flocking toward the place of | the explosion, for the old man, grown | grayer and older in the last few min. | utes, was bringing down from the rocks a shapeless mass that had once been { haman., His watoh wus a half-hour fast that noon, and had cost him his son. CHAPTER V, largest saloon of which the mining camp could boast, and slowly finished his story. WISE WORDS, The height of meanness is to exult in its suocess, than fifty tutors. Neither worth without an effort. Grief bas been compared to a hydra; for every one that dies two are born. por wisdom adge. The most brilliant fortunes are never Conoeit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, impairs what it would improve, There is pleasure in contemplating rest Poverty is the only burden which ber of dear ones who have to help to bear it, Sanetified thoughts, made conscious of, and called in, and kept in awe, and Duty is the voice of God, and a man Work is a necessity in one way or ans other to all of us. Overwork is of our {left home, and we have never traced him to a certainty, The man who was | resisting the robbers a half-dozen miles | east of your camp, may have been my | Tather, rate. tainly whether it were he or not Every new comer was expected to tell something of his story, and young { Johuson had told his with simple directness, ending as stated above, | white hair, but straight and strong vet, burdens, is beyond our strength. It is hard to personate and act & part long, for when truth is not at the bottom nature will always be endeavoring to | drank, took a large, old fashioned watch irom bis pocket, looked at the time, and walked over to the stove, | * Any errands over to the station this afternoon ¥ he asked. “I am going over on horseback for some light sup plies.” The saloon man answered in the neg- { ative, and the ola man walked ont Johnson turned toward the bar | keeper with a face like marble and eyes like fire, but asked a couple of very | simple questions nevertheless, “ Was that the Miguel Gordon I've | heard so much about ¥ “Yes” ‘Is there any stage in or might?" out to- be in at 9 o'clock.” An half-hour later Miguel Gordon i rode away toward the south. A half. hour after that young Johnson stood in the center of the saloon with an ex- | cited crowd around him. Qune man said: “We've tried to catch | these robbers often enough, and have failed. If the youngster is wrong it is { only on: failure more. The stages have | been stopped about once a month | the last three vears. There is abilities.” a scholar and a teacher, He was called * the Professor” yet. Another man objected: ** We | know this boy. It world be lucky if it all ended in only failure, How do we koow it isn't all a trap for us ¥ * Likely to be that, isn't it, with the boy along? He'd scarcely try that,” said a third. ““ We've never gone without Gordon before,” said another; ** whatever will { he think of us if we go now without { him?" ‘It can’t be helped this time,” said | the barkeeper, “and I vote we go.” | And it was so decided. Johnson's proposition had been a | strange one. It was that, starting at 3 o'clock, they should ride hard and meet | had once been { dren should be left behind, together with i 1 i i {them as the stage would hold, fully | night. ply said that there would Le an at | tempted robbery. The moon had been up an hour. The lonely enough to the | driver of the stage but for the strange load he carried that night. | was crowded with | have seemed men armed with i 5 - : A Bear Festival, On arriving at the scene of the cere. assembled and dressed in their gala costumes, which consisted chiefly of Id Japanese brooaded garments. From the commencement to the end sake played almost as prominent a part as the bear himself, The guests sat around the fireplace in the center of the host's but, and an offering was first made to the god of fire. This was done in this wise: [he Ainos, who were all seated, raised bands, holdieg a drinking vessel to their foreheads, while tho palm of the right was also elevated «lightly. A small stick lying asross the cup was then dipped in the sake aud the fire god, the stick being then waved three or four times over the cup. A person in long meanwhile and the sake drank A similar ceremony then took place front of the bear's cage. This followed by a dance around cage by the women and girls, Offerings of drink were then made as before to other gods, and final- ly the bear was taken out of his cage by three young men specially selected was by pressing the throat firmly against a large block of wood The body was then cleaned and placed nestly on a it, and ornaments of various kinds being placed on its ears, mouth, ete, the guests took their seats on them, commenced. This for some time, uotil the Anos sank in a state of helpless mtoxi cation on their mats. The women in The following day, as a rule, the de bauch is continned. The body of the bear is then ent up in such a manner that the hide remaius attached to the The blood was collected in vessels and drank by the men. The liver was cat out and eaten raw. The rest of the flesh The writer states that, al- crowd, with their faces and The skull of the house, and the mouth is filled It is then always ject. — Nature . ION A Celestial Prisoner, Although Mrs, Tstin, the Chinese the legation, she is, T hear, very cheer- | knew how to use them. The ** Professor” was half-dozing in his corner and muttering something had distrusted the boy, Johnson, was so | far asleep that he might have been trapped or betrayed. The stage turned a curve in the road and stopped just where it had three years before, *“Hold np your hands, gentlemen, and mand, The driver's heart might almost have been heard to beat in the silence for one long moment, and the next there was a volley from the well aimed arms of those within the stage, and witha cheer that might have been heard for miles, the miners sprang down to meet the robbers who had puzzled and defied them for years, The wild shots of the astonished out laws did no harm, but they went down under the fierce onslanght of the miners like grain before the reaper, In five minutes the avengers were in a position to solve the mystery fully. Of the half-dozen dead men only one was known to the miners ; the rest were strangers, The puzzle was unsolved still. But, no, a dozen rods away young Johnson stood, revolver in hand, over the robber chief who had fallen only when the last ball had been fired. In his hand was a wateh which he had taken from the dying bandit. “It was my father's,” said Johnson, with a sob, “It has been an everlasting curse to me,” groaned the prostrate man, with his last breath, The watch would never run again, for the ball that carried death to the one who stole it had destroyed the watch as well. A miner snatched the mask from the robber's face, and the reason why the attempts to capture the villains had always failed was no longer a mystery For, framed in with the well-known white hair was a well-known face, and the dead eyes which stared np at him glared from beneath the ashen brow of Mignel Gordon The following test is given by the French Academy for distingnishing false gems from diamonds. If the point of a needle or small hole in a card, when seen through the stone, appears double, the stone isnot a diamond, All colorless gems, with the exception 3 the diamond, cause double refrac- on, - Her husband has two lads of fourteen and of age, respectively, nephews here, years according to the Chinese his nephews may see wife, but no other of his male relatives, and although they came only in De- i made great progress. call on his wife, aud when they do so converse with her through nephews, It is a in China to seclude a lady of rank. Mrs, China, who was recently bh re with her The wife of the viceroy, who lives in one of the larger Chinese cities, has been im- mured in Ler house for several years because there is no one in the place where she lives of high enough rank for her to eall upon, lady in the empire on whom the vice roy’s wife could call is the empress, who lives at Pekin, where the viceroy's wife does not live — Wushington Letter, 55. Leaf from the Czar’s Diary. Got up at 7 A. Mm and ordered my bath. Found four gallons of vitriol in it and did not take it, Went to break- fast. The Nihilists had placed two torpedoes ou the stairs, but 1 did not step on them. The coffee smelled so strongly of Prussic acid that I was afraid to drink it ~~ Found a reorpion in my slipper, but luckily shook i: be- fore patting it on. Just before step- ping into my carriage to go for my morning drive it was blown into the air, killing the coachman and the horses instantly. I did not drive. ‘Took a light lunch off hermetically sealed American canned goods. They can't foolme there. Founda poisoned dagger in my favorite chair, with the point sticking ont. Did not «it down on it. Had dinner at 6 », m.,, and made Baron Laishchounowonski taste «very dish He died before the soup was cleared away. Consumed some Baltimore oys- ters and London stout that I have had locked up for five years. Went to the theater and was shot at three times in the first act, Had the entire aundienca hanged. Went home to bed and slept all night on the roof of the palace, — San Francisco News Letper, & SECRE!S OF SPACE, Albany Hay covery wos Maude. “Sarprised ? Well, I rather guess | said Mr. Oharles B, Wells to an room of the Dudley observatory resi when he was asked about his discovery of a new comet at an early the “1 was dumbfounded, or found damb probably be more literally correct, I'll tell vou how it was, | had been at work all night sweeping the heavens for strange objects, my special desire being to find a comet. Ti say that I expected to succeed wonid proba bly be putting it too strongly. I hoped . Barly in the eveniog I came soross handreds before it proved to be only a Along about 4 o'clock in the give up the search for the night, I per. ceived in the constellation Hercules an in I could searcely every vein. At first fore me, With my heart plaviog a lively tattoo a«ainst my vest | proceed: ed to take hasty observations, and, after doing #0, rau as fast as I could to Pro. serve it I scrambled down the ar. bored walk in the darkness, I don't know how, and reaching the front door pulled the bell Justily, My impatience grew unbearable, when, after several All was still as death, Then 1 began to set up what might ba not isappro- priately termed an Indian war whoop and dines, without tomahawk and «calp ing knife, bat this was equally ineffeot. ual, I eould stand it no longer, aud so, determined not to lose any more time, as daylight would soon be upon ma, I ran back to the observatory with a deadly fear that the object would be gone. Bot no, it was there still, and 1 proceeded as best I could uader the natural excitement to record carefully its p wition," “ What instrament was you u-ing?" “ Well, that's a point I wanted to speak of, Usually when searching 1 use what is kuown as the ‘comet seeker,! a comparatively small irstra- ment, but last night [ had the largest telescope in the observatory, and it is very fortunate 1 had, ton, for with the seeker it is very doubtful if 1 would have made the discovery,” “ Was the night ctear?” “ Exceptionally so. In fact, there are not, perhaps, more than three or for astronomical last night. I was working so late. ** Where was it located?” “Its right ascension at that time was seventeen hours fifty-two minutes north, declination thirty-two degrees, thir ¥ minutes. The rapid approsch of dawn for accurate observations, tion of the The posi. was several times what are technically known as ‘pointings’ which will prove sufficiently exact for the purposes of preliminary caleulations heveafter.” comet the telescope 7 “ About as good a comparison [ can perhaps make 18 with the moon, Its length is about one firth of the diame. ter of the moon, and its width about one fifteenth. One of the first peon. liarities I noticed was a bright point of light, evidently a star of small magni tude, on the edge of the comet. On returning from my etlort to arouse the and fonud that it was a considerable distance away ‘rom the edge of tne comet, showing that it was not a neb nia, as | feared, but was moving rapidly in space.” Professor Boss, said ¢ be termed by astronomers a bright tel escopic comet. It possesses a nucleus or central condensation of light eqnal who was present, or more in length. It is, therefore, a new combot is approaching the earth, it than ordinary interest. As nearly as con!d be ascertained by Mr, Wells in the one degree daily. From this fact it ference upon which a decision will be of position, on different nights, The position it which the new the fact that thisisnot the long expected comet of 1812; in fact an eminent French astronomer in correspondence with the Dudley observatory predicts appearance previous to 1884, if as It is not probable that the new comet is visible witn the naked eye, bat without doubt it ean be seen with a It rises in the north- eust at abont 9397p am, and is at that about ten degrees from it. It may be looked for between Mua Hereulus and the bright star Vega at about one-third of the distance from the former star, EE ————————T Advertising in Paris, Paris at present is certainly not a whit behind L mdon and New York in the way of public advertising. G gantic spots; hideous red carts covered with the name of some retail establishment, a acore of times repeated, prowl about the streets; villainous danbs offend the eyo on scaffoldings; banners bear- ing the “strange device,” * Peer- less Hair wash,” or some such other wretched nostrum, streteh across the broadest streets; even the pavements are decorated with the inlaid names of firms and patent medicines, Lately the police interfered to prohibit the promenading through the streets of advertising camels, As to the voiture-announces, that variegated vehicle will soon be quite lef bel ind by a new electrio-lighted ad- vertising cabinet The camels, how- ever, are about the best thing in ad- vertising thus far brought out. If the animal kingdom is to be pressed into the service of the vile race of ** puffers,” whom some jaundiced haters of the present state of society wonld wish to annihilate with one breath, we shall at least be able to see a greater fit- ness of things than has hith- erto applied in the noble adver tising art; polar bears will shuflle about with a specimen of winter furs upon their own backs; elephants would display the finest specimens of ivory and rattlesnakes would be the best vehicle for attracting attention to a vew system of alarm bells. — American Regis . SCIENTIFIC NOTES. The gastric juice of dogs is always strongly seid, Artificial vanilla can be made from Granulated sugar is adulterated with ultramarine, sulphate of tin and alum, The friction of a belt is claimed to be double as much on wood as it is on ron. M. de Quatrefages recommends per- munganate of potash as an autidote for snake poison, Where the tide moves in sll at ones from the ocean the phenomenon is called an eagre or bore, Silver is the most perfect reflecting metal, absorbing less than three per cent. of the rays of light. Gold is nineteen, mercury thirteen and lead eleven times heavier than the same proportion of water. Russia claims to have phosphate deposits large enough to fertilize all Europe for an indefinite period. The Journal of Seciencs says: * Mr, 0 E Varley, the eminent physicist, has patented an improved divining rod for ascertaining the presence of metal. lio veins underground.” From observaticns covering a period of three years M Foye, of Detmold, found that liehtning struck sonually 25 7 oaks, 4 7 beeocues, 1.3 other large leaved trees, and 11.3 conifers, terres —— The Yictim of Charity. It was at a church fair, and he had come there at the special request of his “cousin,” who was at the head of the flower table. He opened the door bash. fully, and stood, hat in hand, looking at the brilliant scene before him, when a young lady rushed up, and, grabbing him by the arm, said : “Oh! you must, chance in our cake. here, This way.” Blushing to the roots of his hair, he stammered ont that he “ Really didn't have the pleasure of knowing —" Oh! that's all right,” said the young lady. * You'll know me better before you leave, I'm one of the managers, vou understand Come! the eake will all bs taken if you don't hurry.” And she almost dragged him over to one of the middie tables, “There, now—only fifty cents a slice, ard you may get a gold ring. You had better take three or four slices; it will increase your chances, you know,” “ You're very good,” he stammerad “ Bat I'm not fond of cake; that is, I haven't any use for the ring -1-" « Ah, that will be ever so nice,” said the young lady, * for now if you get the ring you can give it back and we'll put it in another cake.” “Y.e-e-8, ' said the young man, with a sickly smile. ** To De sure, but-" “Oh, there isn't any bat about it" said {he young lady,” smiling sweetly. von will take a Come right ove: “ Promised ?' “ Well, no, not exactly thal; bat yon will ta e just ove slice!" and she looked her whole soul into bis eyes. “ Well, 1 supposa” — “To be sure, There is your cake” apd she slipped a great slice into his deliestely gloved hands, as he handed her a £1 bill. Oh, that is too nice” added the young lady, as she plastered another picoe ol cake on top of the one she had just given him. “I knew you would {«ke at last two chances,” und “ (Oh, Miss Larkins, here is a gentle. man who wishes t» have his fortune told.” “Oh, does he? Sond him right over,” answered Miss Larkins. “1 beg your pardon, but I'm afraid you're mistaken: | don't remember saying anything about" “Ob, but you will,” said the first young lady, tuuging at the youth's arm. “ It's for the good of the cause, and youn won't r-fuse,” and once more the beauti- eves locked sonifully into his ““ Here wo are Now take an envelope; open it. There! you are going to be married in a year. Isn't that jolly? Seventy-five cents, please.” This time the youth was careful to band out the exact change. “Ob, I should jast like to have my fortuae told. May I?" said the first youog lady. “Of course yon may, my dear,” said Miss Larkins, banding out one of her envelopes. ‘Oh, dear, you are going Seventy- and the poor five cents more, please,” note. ** No change here, you know,” ® Oh, come, let's try our weight,” tugging at the bashful youth's coat sleeve, and before be knew where he One hundred on the scales lika a bird, “One hundred dollar, please.” “What!” said the youth, *‘one dol lar? lsn't that pretty steep? I mean, “Oh, but you know,” said the young lady, *‘it is for charity,” and another dollar was added to the treasury of the fair, “I think I'll have to go. I have an engagement at —" “Oh, but first yon must buy me a bouquet for taking you ail around,” said the young lady. ‘*‘Right over here,” and they were soun in front of the flower-tatla, * Here is jost what I want,” and the young lady picked up a basket of roses and violets. * Soven dollars, please,” “Oh, Jack, is that you?” cried tbe poor youth's * cousin’ from behind the flower counter, ** and buying flowers for Miss Giggle, too, Oh, I shall be terribly jealous unless you buy me a basket, too,” and she picked up an elaborate affair. “Twelve dollars, please, Jack,” and the youth put down the money, looking terribly confused and much as though he didn't know whether to make a bolt for the door or give up all hope and settla down in despair. « You'll excuse me, ladies,” he stam- mered, “but I mustgo; I have—" “ Here, let me pin this in your but- tonhole,” interrapted his * cousin.” “Fifty cents, please,” and then the youth broke away and made a straight line for the door. “Well, if I ever visit another fair, may I be blamed!” he ejaculated, as he counted even his cash to see if he had the car-fare to ride home,— Brooklyn Egle. i Ts There is a new process of raising fish where the eggs are placed in large glass jars which are constantly fed with streams of fresh water conveyed through rubber tubes. By this method it is estimated that ninety-five per cent. of the eggs can be hatched. In two hatcheries at Tecledo and San- dusky, Ohio, 50,000,000 white fish fry have been raised thiseasscan, ———I So The crown prince of Germany Can boast of 65,636 ancestors, UNDER THE BED, Pimes When It Hans Concealed the Ofte Losked Tor Burglar. The man under the bed does not al. ways prove a myth, Perbaps it is an aotual fot that women who pray look for him more regularly than others of a less spiritual turn of mind; when the good woman kneels at the bedside to offer her devotions it is the most nat- ural thing in the world for her to firs: explore that historic territory and sat- isfy herself that no concealed burglar is listening, It is also a well-su- thentioated fact that a pious woman in the suburbs of Loa- don did diseover the legs of a bold, bad honsebreaker sticking cut just as she begun her petition. She did not shriek, but went on with a prayer for that par- ticular sinner that would have melted the heart of u Newgate thief. I wish hat it might be added that he was con- verted on the spot, came ont and was petitioner. add that the geod woman was inter prayer by a peal of Janghter from the graceless young brother who had en- scted the part of a burglar. More tragic was the story of the lady who, traveling alone, stoppad at an inn and mentioned the fact that she had been followed and watched by a villain. ous looking man with a shoek of red hair, who she feared had designs upon the valuables she carried with her, As nothing was seen of him at the inn, locked the door, and was soon in bed, leaving a light burning in front of a mir. ror! wan with the red hair crouching under the bed, She made no sound, but near, made it into a ranning noose, and waited. The next morning when her servants broke open the door, they grasping with both hands the noose in which she held the fearful weight of the deal man; ~he had strangled him, bat was herseif a raving manias, from whom reason had forever gone. Some time aco 8 prominent judge in Birmingham, N. H., was found mur dered in his «wn house and no clew to the murderer. It was immediately after an adverse d.cision he had made in a ease of great importance, and the murder was supposed to have been in. stigated by a desire for revenge, but as all the parties were respectable people it was impossible to fasten the guilt on uy one. The judge was a widower, and lived alone with the exe ption of a voung daughter and This danchter was beantifal, aod on the evening in question had re- turned home from a ball at a late hour and gone directly to her own room, where she stood before her mir- ror taking off her jewels. As she dif- so, she held her white and rounded arm above her head, and conscious of mark of such consequence as it proved girl both saw and heard her father's to distinguish his features, but always declared she should kn w his voice if ever she heard it. Several years passed, and in another city she was standing in a crowd observing some pass. near. Look nz at her with a singular intensity, he made this remark: * Oh, the beauatitul arm!’ She knew the voice in an instant, and throwing hersell bodi- ly on the man, denounced him as her father's murderer. He was arrested, tried and convicted, and told how he had lain hidden under the bed and heard the idle remark of the young girl whioh she herself bad been scarealy con- soious of. He had recognized her on meeting her, and involuntarily betrayed an unsuspected party.— Detroit Post. A Chinaman’s Faneral, The funeral cortege was formed at the nudertaker's rooms, where a large number of Chinamen gathered shortly before 2 M. to pay their last respects The remains were exposed to view for the last time. Chung was dressed in his best frock, trousers, white stock: ings and soft sandals, and had on even the broad-brimmed soft black felt hat which his people are so fond of wearing. I'he remains were inclosed in a rose- wood casket, surmounted with silver handles, On the plate were inscribed in Chinese hieroglyphios his name and the fact that he was thirty years old. When the lid was closed the momners became quite cheerful and chatty, sand in a very short space of time a score of Cel stials were en conced in four hacks and followed the corpse to Mt. Hope cemetery. The cortege went at a lvely jog, the mourners drooping along the streets little bits of paper of various colors all bearing Chinese characters. The pieces of paper are supposed to bear implicit directions showing the way the deeeased should reach heaven, as well as pravers for Chung's safety. The cemetery was reached with little delay, and the mourners were soon kneeling around the grave. The burial rites were then begun, and consisted in the burning of a basketful of paper, of all onlors, in the bottom of the grave. On these papers were printed further instructions and prayers for the guidance and safety of Tong Chung on his eclestial journey. The body was soon lowered and the casket sprinkled with rice water. The mourn- ers then carried lighted tapers { paper, during which the grave was filled in. The mound formed to mark the spot where Chung iay was decorated with little sticks resembling miniature rock- ets, and there wire soon lighted. They were placed wround the erave with the purpose of affording Chung candle linht should darkness overtake him on his journey to the spirit land. The mourners continued to burn papers, and built a fire at tho foot of the grave, on which they placed chickens, pork and rice, to be used by Chung, should he get hungry. that, at all events, Chung should not suffer from thirst, These ceremonies concluded the mourners returned to the carriages and were driven to their re- Kpective wash-shops. 3 Tung Chung will be disinterred in a few years, and what may then remain of him will be saobjected to the boiling process at the Harvard Medical school. The bones, after being dried and seraved, will be surrenderel to his as- sociates here and by them sent to Ohina.— Boston Herald, a ———— Seven prehistoric human skeletons, evidently belonging to the tertiary pericd, have been found in a cave at Steeten, on the Lahn. Important re- sults are likely to follow this discovery. The supervisors of San Luis, Obispo county, Oal., have ordered one ton of squirrel poison, to be distributed gratu- itously to citizens whose ranches are in. fested with these pests. A —————————— HEALTH HINTS, | Waar ro vo For a Brox Heapacue ~ | Don't take a cup of strong tes, a dose lof “blue mass,” or anti-bilious pills; but if you have sn attack of genuine sick headache, the whole head aching ns though it would split, the temples throbbing, the tongue costed, mouth tasting bad, no appetite. more or less nanses, and constipated bowels, drink a pint of warm (vot hot) water, Keep drinking until free | yomiting is induced, thus washing | out the stomach and relieving it of its load of desomposing, undigested fo d. Next take a hot euema, apply hot fo 'mentations to the bewels and drink | freely of very hot water. A foments- i tion about the head or between the ‘shoulders will usually relieve the head. ache very mach. Eat nothing for twenty four hours, sud afterward live | npon fruits and grains, avoiding meat, butter, pastry, sugar, sauces and all in- | digestible foods. Foon —The chief meals of the day ' should be breakfast snd dinner, and ‘they should be served regularly. All food, both flesh and vegetable should | be well cooked, not eaten in a partially raw condition, For heavy work the | best drink is a quarter of a of oat meal well botled in two or three gnarts of water, vith an ounce and a half of sugar added, Beer or sleoholie drinks should be alt gether avoided oung persons, and should oni I taken in = diluted form, wi food, after the day's work is done, Liebig's essence of beef is recom as the best s'imulant of a realy kind for fatigue ; strong tea or coffee com- ing next to it. As to yourg people itis mentioned that factory children be- | tween thirteen and sixteen years of age ' were found to grow four times as fast on milk for breakfast and supper, as on | tea and coffee. When food is given too i hot to childr n, it damages their teeth. { For the opposite extreme, old age, the food should be very digestible and small ie qnantity. Very old people should be always spare in their diet. Indian Agriculture, | Oune day at the Yanktouian ageney, ‘1 cated on the corner of Poplar creek snd the Missouri river, I besoughta ‘chief that he dicker with me for « head of lettuce and a few bunches of radishes. | I should say his farm was about fourteen | feet long by sever. wide, and leoking | from the farm to him it was difficalt to decide which presented the greater | aspect of fertility. But he was a chief and a man of land, and must be ap- proached with mingled respect and | aims. “No, comrade,” he replied, with an air of stately grace, *‘the Great Spirit ‘has hold of the other end of those | plants, and they don't come up till he | shoves them. {Not his exact lan- | knage, but a free translation } [ pointed | out to him that the whole business was going to seed ; that 1n afew days longer they wouid be unfit to eat, and his whole erp of nigety-eight square feet { would be rained, unless he dug it up | and found a market. Thereat he knocked me down with an unanswerable argument : “Cormrade, when those shrubs | started in they were small You-couid have carried the - hole outiying district in your moath. They got bigger and | bigger, until they are what you see | them now. Shall I pall them up and | Jose the interest ? Nay, comrade ; they shail stop where they are until they are | full size, and then there will be feasi- | ing in the tent Uf Potleg.” | Thet's an Indian's idea of farming. | He won't harvest for fear his crop might | grow larger if let alone, and he permits |1t to run to seed. The agents say it 1s ; the worst difficulty they have to over. come, Aftera little bribing they oan | induce the Indian to plant, and then he | will watch his furm oon amore. But to make bim také in his crop has so far proved ap impossibility, while we wait for him to educate up to a harvester. | Itold Potleg he was a great man and ‘asked him who owned the grave next to | him. That belonged to another savage | who was temporarily absent skirmish {ing fora hoe, The bargain was easily made. Poileg had no conscientious 'scraples and [ made him a present of what few I had ard went to camp with my pockets full of vegetables Perhaps the other aborigine missed them and helped himself from some other patch. 1 shall never kvow, bat whatever he did made no impression on the sublime dignity of my friend Pot. | leg or his abidine faith in the effect of time on crops.— Dakota letter, Dresden’s Famous China, The history of Dresden chioa dates back to the year 1710. Until recently the work has been carried on in the old «& tle where the charmed secret of “ how to make it” was discovered. A number of commodious buildings are | now nded for the work and occupied by 700 workmen, we had almost said ark | ists, for they certainly deserve that name. The china is composed of a | mixture of feldspar and * kaolien * The | process of making is very similar to { that used in the making of any china | The principal charm is the skill {and care which is nsed. When one | sees the numberless processes of mold | ing, trimming, baking, decorating and { polishing through which eich piece of { chins, and indeed each tiny flower | passes. we do pot wonder at its great | cost. The china has been imitated very widely, but oue can always tell the genmupe article by the royal mark, which is two swords of There are two qualities of Dresden china; the second can be distinguished from the first by the addition of two little grooves, running at right angles with tne swords. . The difference between these classes arises simply from the faot that in baking the second class | articles have cot retained their perfect | form. The Jemand for china is greater than can be supplied, and the majority of these orders ¢ me from England an the Uri e1 States re rea—————— fishing Extraordinary. Mr. P. W, Norris, superintendent of the Yellowstone National park, in his annaal report quotes the following fish [story from his journal of June 3: | “Wishing a supply of trout for our men !in the Gardiner canon, Rowand, Oat. | ler and myself rode to Trout lake, and after pacing around and sketching it, with brush and sods I slightly obst: ucted its inlet near the month. Within eight minutes thereafter the Boys had driven down so many trout that we had upon the bank all that were desired, and the obstruetion was removed, allowing the water to run off, and in three minutes thereafter we counted out eighty~two of them, from ten to twexty-six inches in length. Of these forty-two of the larger ones, sggregating ever 100 pounds, were retained for use, thirty of the smaller ones returned to the lake unharmed, and the remaining ten were, ether with a fine supply of spawn, distributed in Longfellow's and other adjacent pounds, which, although as large, and “wsome of them apparently as favorable for fish as the lake, were wholly desti- tute of them.” Mr. Norris adds that his men deciared it was not a good | morning for trout, bat that the story is ; #8 big a on? as he publish. 1 have sinned and 1 have suffered, Mourarsl memories come to me, Yet beyond the ¢ oads of sorrow Rifts of sunshine I can see, 1 have sinned and I have suffered, He oan sink and he can save All the human hearts that wanler To the cold sud «f ent grave, —~ Washisgion R publican, HUMOR OF THE DAY. Lord Y. whose 5 ces-ive in a certain town, having she re newed her t uecess of a sargical : Ee i by Dr a 8 Forbes, anatomy st edical college, dexonstrates ee 3 ¥ ie 1 Hi if hand. A newspaper: man, commen on the apt or, .tions of Governor Long, of Massachusetts, in his cla : last fall from one of Whittier's poems and this spring Itous the tures, recalls an ation in original Xiyme made by Jonathan Jennings, the firrt governor of which is perhaps the only thing of the kind ou record. Indians wanted some gans and ammunition, and the gove nor sent to John CO. Calhoun, then see- 1 send to thee For three great guns and Pray sénd them to hand, Or you'll be damped, By order of One of the best known of all of L fellows shorter poems is ‘Excel That one word happened to catch eye ome autumy e%e ju 151} ons i ewspaper, and straigh Lis im sination took Hiro abit Tak up a piece 0 . W happ > the back DP tetter vel day from Charles Sumner, he @ it with verses. As first written ¢ Excelsior’ diffs from the_}
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