By the Sea. The waves come crowding up on the shore Like nymphs in silv’ry green; Forward in line, they trip to the time Of orchestras unseen, They sport, and leap, by the rocky point, Sparkling in gems and gold; Murmuring ever a liquid strain, Like siren-songs of old. Vith snowy plumes which wreathe and cur, And toss in wanton glee, Their riotous dance brings to the heart The gladness of the sea! Oh, the sea seems in a happy mood, Happy! and so am I; With heart as light as the foamy crest Of waves that jostle by! Portland Transeript The Undertone, X lay upon the water's edge, The lapping waves erept to and fro With murmuring soft "guinst rocky ledge, With moaning where the rushes grow; And e'er beneath the tide and moan Sounded an undertone "Neath the tangled branches of a wood 1 stood, and heard the giant limbs, With thousand tongues of leaves, enflood The place with solemn, dirge-like hymns, And there through sound familiar grown Sounded an undertone, X watched a bird upon the wing: His song of gladness, like a thread, Wove in and out the air of spring A web of sweet song "hroidered; And blent with carol high and lone Sounded the undertone. A wandering band of minstrels strolled, With thrilling harp and wild, sad song; I listened as the notes out-rolled And beat against a careless throng; And there heard I—was’t I alone ? The sounding undertone. And e'er, beneath the child's sharp ery, The maidens 'anghter pure and sweet, Man's cath, mah's prayer, comes drifting by, Life's undertone the soul doth greet. Is't echo lost to common ears That idling poe} vaguely hears ? / — Marie Le Baron. The Romance of a Hammer. Yes, I am, I believe, quite a disin- terested person, and fairly well-known for both my courage and modesty. ] was boarding in a retired neighborhood in New York, and next door to me lived, in a private house, an old lady, with her groaddaw Need 1 say that that young person was unusually attractive? I regret to state, however, that any advances on my part in that direction were met at first with much indifference. Of course, an acquaint- ance with the old lady had to be made, and 2 very queer old lady was she With a great many eccentricities, she had one in particalar which over- shadowed the rest. Once her house had been robbed, forty years before, and she had never forgotten it. Though she was deaf as a post, she assured me that the least noise disturbed her of nights, as the dread of robbers was always on her mind. Whether the young lady shared her grandmother’s fears or not, I did not know. 1 rather hoped she did. If, as I thought to myself, I could only takeadvantage of thisold woman's fancies, that might give me an intro- duction to the house. The old lady was garrulous, and I very soon scraped up an acquaintance with her. 1 had not been talking with her more than five minutes, shouting my words into her before I broached the subject of robberies. From my pocket »% 3 x Garner. CAIs, from in loud tones a long account of a housebreaking adventure. 1 must confess that in order to add some point to the story I introduced some quite new facts into the description. For instance the street in which the rob- bery took place was in an entirely dif- ferent part of the town from ours, and for it 1 substituted our own immediate neighborhood. In the original version, however, it was an old woman who had actually been at the mercy of the bandits. 1 howled it all out, and had the satisfaction of seeing that it had an instantaneous effect on the old lady. “ Deary me!” said the old lady. “Ter- rible! and we are so entirely unpro- tected—two lone women!” « Awful!” I replied; “and when rob- bers get in a neighborhood they never let up until they elean out everything. I don’t like to tell you, but I have seen some very strange and mysterious- looking fellows—tramps apparently — lounging around here lately.” “ Bless us! and I am so deaf, and so nervous. I am sure I shan’ be able to sleep for weeks. What can I do?” “1 have an idea,” said I. “In what story of your house do you sleep?” * Second story.” Then the old lady described the position of her bed- chamber—second story back. Her granddaughter slept in the same room. 1 had known that before from a care- ful reconnoissance I had made. My own modest chamber in the boarding- house was on the same floor, and our rooms were contiguous, only separated by the thin party wall. “ Now, my dear madame,” said I, “1 am going to propose a plan of action for you, quite simple of its kind, which ought to relieve you of all anxieties, 1 might recommend a burglar-proof ap- paratus with telegraph attachments, but those are very expensive things to set up. I can manage it all with a hammer." “A hammer I” exclaimed the old lady, opening wide her mouth and eyes, “ Yes; a simple hammer.” “ But I should be so terrified that if a robber were to break in 1 never could use it. 1 couldn't knock him down with it.” The old lady was ter- ribly flustered. “I didn't mean a hammer to be used as a weapon. Oh, dear, no; quite dif- ferent from that. Your room in your house and mine in: my house are ad- jacent, and the head of your bed is just near mine. Now, I will bay you a small hammer, and all you have to do is to take it to bed with you. At the least noise take your hammer and give it three raps on the wall. 1 will at once understand that by that is meant a precautionary signal. It's quite as good as any telegraphic apparatus. 1 hear the three raps good. I wake up at once, and, springing out of bed put on my clothes. 1 am prepared for action, as it were. Then, should your fears continue, you keep on rapping. I understand at once that the danger is imminent. Then ] seize my revolver, cock it, runs downstairs, bound over the fence, and my presence at once disconcerts the robbers. They en- deavor to escape; I shoot two or three of them, and you and your charming granddaughter ‘are saved.” “It s very dreadful, but quite kind and thoughtful of you, and so in- genious. Ido believe that if I knew that some one was watching for my safety half my fears would be dis- sipated.” The old woman really looked quite grateful. “So you think yon could hear me?” she asked «Of course I could. I sleep on one ear,” I replied. “It is true the idea is fectly my own, but as introduced by me it is quite practicable, for it has been put on trial; in fact, by means of the hammer system we might dispense with the police entirely. Once, when 1 lived in quite a deserted neighborhood —a long row of houses in a suburban portion of the city—I organized a ham- mer alarm. I had to doit for self- protection. There had been robbery after robbery in the row, and the police were afraid to interfere. Every- VOLUME XY, Hditor * ERT IS FMT NUMBER 37. | tho thieves, for, as bad luck would have it for these rascals, they tried to { break into ene d of the row. In six seconds every inmate in the row had been informed that a burglarious attempt was Iie You might have heard the working al the sti house just at the en ing made TY Wy mg from Hness of Nr i mi nde turned out under 1 y a cordon, swept ti SIX OF seven of remember the n nly that they ye sti were irsty rascals Known i me." The old lady, whose hair fairly y by this time—or would have p if she had had any--was profu her thanks, Just what 1 wanted took place, 1 was invited next evening take tea, and the old lady In person showed me her garden, so that I might inderstand the lay of the land. Now, 1 had reconnoitered the ses before, not that 1 thought thing ever would happen, In out of consideration the ) woman. The fence was not a very high one, though adorned with my ¢ 3 il rl i for 1& 108 ug SIME eS, g barrel near it that and then witha s scale the fence, suecor and the them. 1 bought a sented it to her, } En I showed my plans of lady approved of mer, pres old tack-h and expl 2 : in detail, the method of The tea was her forgot all about the week curred to break peaceful neighborhood, or SO I am sound sleeper a certain there was wind and rain, dows, that my usual re At last I went off when i my ear I was awakened I heard the three ominous taps on the wall! I never list \ dreadful in my I waited a wh tionary signal, alarm. Rat-tat-tat-—went tatoo on the wall, then knew danger was imminent. looked the window, and it and dogs i ursed rappin such with Coie, ly dreamy dose, with a start ened to anything so life. Was 1 it wis the but not awake ! the itive the devil's that out of was ng cats shuddered! Still the { g of the hammer berated through the room. 1 on my clothes. had a revo in my life, and, had I owned one, wo not have known how to shoot it off. wished I had not lied so, but was romantic, The rap) mad. Suppose true for true robbers next door ! could a i armed youn; whole rever- iad 1 huddled iil IKe breakers ? murder their thonght the window and yell : but my window looked on the yard, and the wind was howling so that had there been a whole squad of police below not one of them would have heard me. It was dreadful to be waked up that way, to walk to sudden death, pared as I knew I was. officiousness ! once open i . theives I” and so unpre- I cursed I was dressed somehow at last and went slowly, shiv the stairs, making all t but it was just one boarding-houses where never take of opened the back door which garden, I was wet to the skin before 1 found the barrel and what was mysterous about it was that the barrel had been moved away from the ring dow n he noise 1 could, of those selfish the inmates anything. 1 led to the notice fence, minute it flashed across my min did I once venture in the adjacer garden my retreat would be cut off, and that as the victim trap, next morning I would be found dead—dead—my skull beaten in with a jimmy. At last, however, at the expense of several severe excoriations, 1 was over the fence. 1 gazed at the back of the house. All was still ll as death there was a lull in the storm. I waited to hear the agonized scream of the vie- tims, but there was nothing appalling stillness. Then something rustled, and I covered my face with my hands, I was awaiting some crash- ing blow on my head, when a stray cat bounded past me. No lights were visi- ble. 1 waited ten minutes, exposed to the drenching of the pitiless storm, for it rained now harder than ever; then, feeling that if the worst had come it was all over now, and I could do noth- of some villainous + -n1 1 save an reclimbed the fence, and at last gained my bed. 1 was miserable, chilled to the marrow, and so nervous and excited that 1 never went to sleep any more during the whole of that wretched night. Next morning, having recovered somewhat from the effects of that night of terror, 1 awaited with much anxiety the appearance of that old lady at her door, for she always in the milk herself. Should she not respond to the milkman’s call then the mystery would be solved. But she did turn up. 1 at once went to the door, and 1 expected that she would took ter to impart to me, and I was ready to tell her how I had saved her and her granddaughter from death, when, much to my disgust, after having exchanged milk. last her escape was about re-entering with “You had a most narrow night,” 1 said. “Oh, yes,” she replied, smilingly: “it's half water, and mighty blue and thin. Evidently she referred milk.” “If it had not been for me,” your beds. I was up and out. three seconds after the first stroke of the hammer 1 was in your garden. | hope your charming granddaughter has suffered no inconvenience. 1 am quite positive that they—the robbers were around last night, and my timely presence scattered them.” “God bless my soul,” said the old fady, as she dropped the milk, “and I did not know it.” “But you hammered away like a first-class blacksmith.” “Indeed, I did not,” said she; “and my milk, that's all gone. I slept un- common well: better than usual. 1 always sleep soundly when it rains.” Would it be believed that the old woman denied the hammer incident in toto? Had I been dreaming? Was it force of imagination, the teaming of a delirious brain? A shocking bad cold in my head assured me that it had been a reality. I was quite out of heart all that next day, and went to bed at night in hy had hardly fallen off into a feverish wv when 1 heard the accursed r again, 1 covered my head Rat-tat-tat it a hammering of imagination, for 1 put my ear to wall and felt the vibrations through the flimsy partition. Oh; the unutterable of that old And what if she were robhed a dozen tea desperate HOw, i Fortunately it [ found my barrel ! at was reassuring. 1 ated myself again, 1 st aled the and landed with a crash on the side on a p of tlower-pots had carclessly placed there, a moment for the noise to knew that it robbers he row 1 had made must rtle them. I rubbed a very badly ined ankle and waited and nothing slums hamime tl with badelothes, \ i 1 went It could not be ny seltishness of a silver teapot or so or ns! 1 was downstairs Hr raining. ile one I waited stthside. i ie LY A353 went on that ac Was I to be 1 rible task of discov ering thieves in that old lady's garden; and, what was worse, my chivalous eon death, receive Evidently there was I was the victim whose plotted sleep after that with- : and al- ways in a most wretched frame of mind duet, my dali with iy ing no reco some mystery nd was | I never went to sad e wine ing out stuffing cotton in my ears I was a martyr of my disinterestedness, I was being x Lif 1 lady was ny sweet sleep The old under some ¥ i 1 whbed of 3 i \ } ¢ became a burden 10 me. either laboring crazy. There made me that was he belief that 1 was a hero in the eyes the granddaughter, 1 cannot say that she ever directly expressed herself in that way, but looking at her at times when I met her in the street, as 1 ad- dressed a few words to her, 1 thought I recognized an expression on her face h told me of her sympathy. ese nocturnal visits at last preyed on my I went to bed now with my ck I had bought a second- i revolver. 1 had become reckless, I am quite sure that had I met a small of Oliver Twist old lady's garden 1 have shotat him. ° The rapping would cease for a night or two and then commence again. 1 felt that this or I was hin whi rments, ar hallucination was only one suffer all these t« or on thes on. shat +3 , thout the size business l My employers, leading grocers, had noticed my sleepiness during busi- ness hours, and had complained about it, wearily 1 tol in hand nical pro- and I dropped into a wash- tub of water, placed with devilish in- hree-legged stool. As 1 off, The used at last, but 1 that One night this spring for it had become § CESS Tid PN genuity on a three tell over my pistol went dg] wrhood was ar i i ward in the bath-room } lady's garden peals of or, and a young woman appeared » window who was apparently old en + brutal conduct on the part of not suflicient, think of impertinence of a young man who called next day on me at zirl were our place of As I have said, 1 am a clerk olesale grocery line, and drug- "clerks are always stuck-up crea- That young sprig tw 1 a stick one hand and in the other he had a [ am to suppose his name was on it, here,” said he, ng his stick whiz through the air within a few inches of my nose. * See here, codfish, prunes, , you have been fool- wand grandmother's place long ugh, and you are a precious ass, and that's my cousin, a lady 1 IMArry had quite vour nonsense. What a proprietary idiot, with a it, you must yw that the old lady has got rol the brain bad when she's awake, but when she’s asleep of nights, bless her, she snores away | hum- ming top. A Chinee cracker under her ear wouldn't as much as faze her, Now, the old woman never had any use for vour hammer, but I guess from what Mary Jane has told me she has been pounding around with it quite promis- cuously. Now, see here, here is your hammer, and do you take it before I make you swallow it, handle, claw and all, just as if it were a glass of crean soda, and the very next time I hear vou have ventured to cross that fence, or to put that big foot of yours in my grandmother's house, I will just thrash vou dizzy, and listen to some good ad- viee—change your boarding-house, figs, even if you have to go back on your | landlady.” HESLIIUNS, in the wl $y rl irieX written “Nee Naki oleomargarine, pickles and glacos has ¢ stamp on Kn¢ on ike a i The Oldest Reigning Monarch, A telegram (happily contradicted) that the emperor of Brazil had abdicated in favor of his daughter Donna Isabella, the Countess d'Eai, brings to mind the { fact mentioned in the Register some months ago, that he has been on the throne longer than any other living { monarch. Fifty-one years ago last April Dom Pedro 1., the father of the present emperor, rather than yield what he conscientiously believed to be his constitutional rights, abdicated in the following letter: “Availing myself of the right which the constitution con- cedes to me, 1 declare that 1 have vol- untarily abdicated in favor of my be- loved and esteemed son, Dom Pedro de i Aleantara. (Dated) Boa Vista ( Riode | Janeiro), April 7, 1831, tenth year of the independence of the empire,” The present emperor was governed by re- gents for nine years, until his majority was declared in 1840, He had thus | been governing monarch for forty-one vears ; but as his reign dates from the 7th of April, 1831, he has in reality been monarch six years longer than the queen of England.— Panama Herald. To Keep Grapes, A New York paper publishes two recipes for keeping grapes which will perhaps be a practical help to house- wives in this vicinity, where grape culture is extensively carried on: I. Select nine fresh clusters, and ent the end of the stem smooth and dip it lin melted sealing-wax; then put in cot- ton batting; pack them away in wooden boxes; keep them in a dry, cool place, In this way they will keep fresh all | winter. | II. Take full bunches, ripe and per- | fect; seal the end that is cut from the | vine so that no air can get in or the | juice of the stem run out, and let them | stand one day after sealing, so as to be | sure they are perfectly sealed (if not, | they will shrivel up), then pack in hoxes of dry sawdust and keep in cool places. They will keep nicely all win- | ter without losing their flavor. In pack- ing, do not crowd the bunches; sprinkle the sawdust over the bottom of the box, then lay the grapes carefully, a bunch at a time, all over the box, then with a hammer. BULL RUN, How Henry J. Havmond and De, Russell of the Londen Times’ Rode Like Mad for Washingion-=<liumors of the Quen sian, td Probal iy the be wild stampede which followed the i tle of Bull Run ever in the Pittsburg [HMspatch recently I'he historian is tN ription of thi nit printed appeared i" » Marshall, of Butler, Pa., a prominent lawyer A Marshall at t! the battle was yiber of the Pennsylvania legisla with ‘ of persons {0 sen the rebels McDowell, Mr. Marshall ompanied by Henry J. Ray editor of the New York Times, the famous War corre hennt Iy 1 date of i Lit ture, a followed t crushed by vd hundreds hie army Was ac mond, and Dr Jondon imes and 1.” ind 1 ell began on Lh a4 'olo kK in W hile we were talking heard i the Manasses rail locomotives in a cut, out marched i a stand of a double It Kirby installment ol Winchester, hue when Wilds troops themselves tottering mall, every ma fantry ci grasp of 1118 : with sweat and dus Jog and fell flat on his flat on rot stomach, A zouave, who was hard at his heels, came down with emphasis on top. Mr, MeGuilin rtain that the Philistines were upon him, endeavor to roll as he could fall . Wis Ot and with a weak around that he might see his foeman’s face, exclaimed: * Great heaven, gen- tlemen, can't ng be COnipro- mised 7 his eves fh Lids “ Before Raymond and 1 had driven far an ordnance wagon crust barouche and edd intoour it. I horses, demolished mounted of CArrn Raymond was in despair. “ «Get on the other horse, 1 eried. “+ Bat I can't stick on.’ “ {Then good-evening; Washington.’ “sHold on; I can ride behind the nigger,’ exclaimed the distinguished editor, and he was about to climb up behind the colored driver when a car- riage drove past with some Congress- men whom he knew and he got in with them. | “1 galloped away, but before I had | gone far I saw a regiment drawn up | in line across the road, with fixed bay- | onets, stopping the fugitives, 1 took | to the fields, executed a flank moves | ment and got past with a few others, | When I came to the little field tele | graph office, near Fairfax Court House, | I was riding ahead of my party. A | wire had been laid out thus far and | dispatches from the field were carried | here and wired to Washington, The last messages sent had told how our troops were driving the enemy. “¢ What news from the field?’ cried the little operator, with his finger on the key. “¢Our men are routed, They are running this way,’ 1 shouted back to him as I galloped past. He cut one the pre I'm going to loose and took to his heels, When the next orderly came with a dispatch he found the battery dismounted, and that how 1 came to be the first to carmy the news to Washington, : “J overtook Bull Run Russell, and we rode together for a while; but his horse was fagged and mine was fresh, 80 I soon left him. After that I rode foremost and alone, At Ball's Cross Roads I was challenged by a Dutch sentinel. Ben Morgan had my pass through the lines, but I had an annual over the Pennsylvania railroad, signed by Tom Scott. I showed the sentinel the name of Scott, told him it was General Winfield Scott, the com- mander-in-chie’, and he passed me through, I got over the Long bridge at Washington at 9 o'clock, just as the countersign was he- ing given out for the night. 1 rode up to Willard’s hotel through streets thronged citemer”. over the favorable dispatches that had come in from the front. The brass bands were out in force, and sombody was making a rousing ‘On to Richmond’ speech from the balcony of the hotel. I walked into the office knowing how soon those cheers would be hushed to whispers of affright. Chadwick was keeping the hotel then, and as I pushed up to the desk he stared at me, bareheaded and stream- ing with dirt and sweat as I was, and finally recognizing me, asked me where I had been and what was the matter. “¢I come from the front. MeDow- sll is licked out of his hoots, and the me, “ Chadwick dived back into his pri with a seared {dee and In 4 came back and took me vite office ow in with him. “ There sat General Mansfield, in command of the troops around Washington, with a bottle of cham him moments who Wis pagne befor * Mi that you rep Are you a military mat, sir? “! No, sir.’ “ { Then, how do you know, sir they were not merely making i of fr mit g tary maneuver, sir? ny Well as 1 imntort Hs sir, retreating Chadwick nme, IL Our army or executing some other pt i i 3 general,” 1 replied, as calmly wild, while the gray haired old maurtinet eved me sternly, * 1 saw whole regiments throw down the to the woods SW Ht their guns and caissons and gallop men, CU ir guns and artillery. from the AWay | and Nex Kk Like fel sf horses loose saw officers, ongressmen Fexas steers running and the road toward Washington, and steers that Dean neck down only things ive but a single word of who had lise Mtience, Lund thelr tals up It may h a change of front, as you *1 don’t believe , broke in the tenad to » with evident ‘Good-evening,! 1 replied, and of I'he crowd { got the gdews hy this time from ‘hadwick, and 1 was ost pulled to Somebody noticed that 1 was wearing a gray suit, a ‘He's a rebel.’ ! were several s tha lynched for try the rebel RLY, bir general, in Ww alked got tl 1 Pieces, id shouted suggestion ing to stimulate a rising ol i in the General Mans the depart. oon a sergeant and a me and took President net Wil rs came for department his entire cai oott, waiting for news {rom the front mon ( had member of the legislature and vi for my lovalty, There was very id while 1 told my “The President ’ } bent down i} Were . with old General AN X10Us. . Loy % : ‘ ameron Known ne sa stor il { with Seott ¢ y t p nents Across i teu] InSiiny} 1) Iles it alter were 1 Dies ———— A Sea Captain's Revenge, said that there under : A Crais vaer when owner t : But with mt of port and be of Crew The fe but not least, are the ives { passengers a responsible d rust armed Any for th interests, hee lodged fil where but with the captain. His judg- ment may be at fault, but if at the end Lirecting with the legal power to order | Link rotecti thes fit his authority NDCeSSEry i f¥ aren different bo could of a vovage he can make oath that hs considered what he did to be for the protection of the interests in. triisted to his Keeping, it is almost im- possible to punish him for his mistakes, An example of this arbitrary power by the cap- tain of a merchant vessel sailing from one of our Atlantic ports, The ship was bound on a voyage to the west coast of South America, and her owner vited one or two of friends to go down the bay in her and re turn on the pilot boat, When outside the weather became somewhat threats ening, and the pilot boat was not imme- diately on hand. The captain had long cherished a grudge against the owner and saw in the situation an opportunity of revenging himself. In spite of com- mands and then of appeals made for the owner, his friends and the pilot, he put his vessel upon her course and sailed out to sea. His involuntary passengers were, of course, in a wretched state of mind, coming, as they did, wholly un- prepared for a vovage around “Cape Horn, and well aware that their rela- tives and friends would have doubts as to their existence. This led the owner to resort to methods which led the cap- tain to construe to be mutinous, and hence he had the former placed in con- NOCeSSHY ago WHS given some years in- his the exception of the pilot, were treated very much as if they had been com- mon sailors, so far as their food supply was concerned. When the ship arrived at her port of destination the captain was instantly dismissed ; but that was all the punishment that could be visited upon him, sich —————— Sunday in Paris, The church duties of the Parisians on Sunday are regarded as over at noon, and the balance of the day is devoted o recreation and pleasure by even the piously inclined, writes a correspondent, Every Parisian who can afford five francs for a couple of hours’ drive on Champs Elysees and the Bpis de Bologne is sure to be there with his family, though it often happens that Paris, with its tens of thousands of vehicles, cannot sup- ply the demand, particularly on race Sundays, It is the special day for im- portant races. The theatres all pro- vide extraordinary attractions for Sun- day; the Punch and Judy shows and and everything that is bright on other days and nights has an extra polish given to it on Sunday, The Tuilerie gardens, the gardens of Royal, and the numerous open squares in the city are extra crowded with | day attire. All appear to be joyful and happy, and if a committee from the city council of some other sphere were to take a comprehensive glance over this world of ours on a Sunday after- noon, it would be compelled to report that the people of Paris were the happiest people on the face of the earth. They look happy, seem happy, cand undoubtedly are, especially on Sundays, intent on the pursuit of hap- | piness, according to their various tastes { and inclinations, HARVEST HOMES, 4 Sudden Revival of an Old English!’ ustom thi old-time Pittsburg ( Pa.) Dispateh ; I'he home plenie whieh, like so many other excellent old harvest customs, has dropped out of gene ral ob» servance, is just now receiving a grt at revival A couple of years ago it sua- denly nlo usage again among ome of the Rmous farmers of Middle New York, and has rapidly spread be. of that State yond the Hmits of the § alone, Inth Eastern Pennsylvania, and in Ohio and 111i the west of there have been notably large gatherings, The o folk have not been able, if they so des these pie nies exe affairs, It has become quite the fashion among Cily und townspeople well, The fos i g under the management of representative men from the couns try,-have insured a respectability and not always attend go from the city spriane and ies hi arminfi class rich far Hinge ountry ol nos to ts farmin fake lusively farmers’ an 1c 1 IVILIS Dei decorum which picnic parties w hich to the country. It never degenerates into a « but retains its charac ter as t, orderly gathering for a day's enjoyment in the woods. Parents with large families of children, of the inconvenient si that tumble out of DOALS, gather stray toads to their bos : t beetles down their neck and squ have seized upon this new 4s an opportunity for 1 them for a day of merry- where there 1s no Besides, there sal n of red apples and broad butter a real farmers’ picnic that does aro ine a decen F 2 os is, Bt i ail enterprise al a pienic g and no fig {fragrant suggestio slices of bread and is very taking to city-living people. Of farmers and their families the largest pari of the at- endance, for the obvious reason that of their neighbors any other place. trade is harvest sind 4 it AOU $1 onstitute COHTTSe, Livre than Many summated and On home new of wheat ged, The wives and daughters tly for the fun, and largely be t is the latest fashion. The rail wll slow 10 a hor nt the arieties OI Panes have not » an enterprise which « ultivates and ce conduces 10 Vis ] i t ntly traveling lie il oe and the harvest ually lower than on any ORR rates of fare to from ts HOme are hier occa brating the gath- t ya feast or a is older in England than ction of Christianity, and as had many features 1 In Eng vid Jrassg s under arvest Home." " In ation. t was called the scotland it was designation of the ipper.” And ther FOU NaHIes days of England, ch } x the harvi as He LO Sim Was si i soelie ght have expects farm, or as race's fri ol Mheocritus described in his 1dyls In these 's the working people of afew ' united in the i, Out it ntly whole % Came together Fhe grain fast home in wagon, art, surmounted by a with gay bly representing the metimes the figure being a mere ile of grain, was a pretty ng band, erowned with 4% “the ma jen,” or Of this we have a description in a ballad of OLN t S13 isd it is a sheat instead ol iH OLinG EB he har'st queen,” “i © cane the jovial Bot Last of the whole Year's 1 Larne am i he fire.’ home SOV. Herr ( wis the harvest of his dav, the earlier half of the enteenth century, and chronicles the cheering virtue of the * all-tempting framentie,” the “smirking wine” and the “stout beere” which flowed freely upon the occasion, A custom obtained at the close of harvest of * Crying the Mare,” ‘as it was called in Hertfordshire, the *Nack," it was termed in Devonshire, “ Goobbir Bhi agh” or “the Crippled as it ‘was named in the Isle of Skye, The last handful of grain cut by a farmer who got through his har vest first was tied up in a bundle, tricked out with ribbons and sent with some rude preliminary cere monies to a tardier neigl who still had some grain still standing. He in turn, when he completed his harvest work, to the nearest tardy one, on until all the being cut in a neigh- borhood it was time for har vest home, The last man holding the handful of grain, which constituted the Mare Nack or Goat, was esteemed a sluggard all the year through. In Scot- land this last handful received more honorable treatment, It was cut by | the bonniest lass in the district, tied up with ribbons and usually pre served in the farmer's parlor for the remainder of the vear, The modern celebration of gathering of the harvest means the rude festival of former days. The progress of the farmer socimlly is very well illustrated by a comparison of the festivities mentioned the amusement resources provided for at a picnic next Tuesday. Thereis to be a band of music on the grounds, and fat men's races, sack races and a boat race on the Ohio river opposite the ground. Swings, flying horses, croquet, base- ball and the like amusements will make glad and tired the young genera- tion. Altogether, the farmer of to-day Lproy ides his family with a decidedly greater variety of enjoyments than his remote ancestor in the days when “the Mare” was cried from one end of ¢ county to the other, I k descr ie as Goat.” ighbor passed it on and grain NO the in- is by no above with Children and Work, In an English industrial school con- | taining about six hundred children, { half girls and half boys, it became con- | venient to give the girls about eighteen | hours of book instruction per week and | eighteen hours of work, while the boys remained at full school time of thirty- six hours per week, On examination day it was found that the girls were more alert mentally and practically in advance of the boys. When work was found for the boys and their school hours reduced from thirty-six to eigh- teen, they did as well as the girls, While too much work and too little play makes Jack a dull boy, it seems pretty evident that a portion of children’s time can be employed in industrial work to their advantage. Perhaps it would he well to divide their waking hours, one- third to work, one-third to study and one-third to play —Dp, Monthly. ing into rivalship with the telegraph- at least for Hmited distanced, It has been used to advantage between Brus sels and Dover—a whole distance of 240 miles, sixty of which were under water, 1f submarine difficulties have been suf- ficiently overcome, the time may not be far distant when New York and Lon- don will be talking to one another, An elderly gentleman of Benton, Montana, the father of Katie MeGrorty, learned that his daughter intended to elope with John Cleary, Early that evening he took his blankets and spread a comfortable bed under the buggy which he expected the young people to take, H eslept soundly the whole night through, and in the morning found the buggy over him safe, But the young people had taken another buggy, and were quietly married in Bodie the next day. The value of babies has been fixed, A child less than 1 year is worth $14; be tween 1 and 2 vears, $19; 2 to 3 years, $25; 4 vears, $31; 5 years, $35; 6 years, 10: 7 VEArs, $i); B VEars, $60: 9 Years, $70; 10 vears, $90; 11 years, $123. These are the valuations made by a baby insur- ance company of Cincinnati, The varents pay five cents a week for the in- surance of their child. The rates for colored children are twice as much, owing to theirtwo-fold ability for con- tracting contagious diseases, A Cleveland man named Jones has a cow addicted to the uncomfortable habit of switching her tail in his face while milking her, The other day Jones took the tail and tied it firmly to his leg. The cow, irritated by the flies she could not drive away, started off and feeling came frightened and ran. Jones is now walking about on crutches and remark- ing: “ About the tenth time I had been hauled around that lot 1 began to see where 1 missed it, tail to her leg and not to mine.” The possibilities incident to the general use of electricity and its pres ence in all parts of a large city, are sug- gested by an incident which happened in New York a short time since when at a certain point in Nassau street, horses, no matter how old and worn out, or lively and spirited, jumped and curvetted and pranced to the great de- light of the crowds who witnessed the performance, Much to their disap- Electric Light company and the current was turned off from that vicinity, A wire pressed upon the steam pipes that communicated with the surface, and every time the horses’ iron shoes closed the cireuit the animals received a shock to running. A New York reporter has been in- vestiguting the footsteps of the wany York. “Investigate” is a good word for it, too, because in the original Latin prints of anybody or anything, Nearly all the steps of public buildings are worn railroad stations is so great that a com- bination of iron and india rubber, to prevent wear and slipperiness, has been devised. The curbstones where people wait for vehicles are hollowed out. deep furrow is worn upon the steps of buildings, like those in front of A. T. Stewart's, running the whole length of the sidewalk and walked along on the step. The renewal of stone steps, curbs and stairways in a large city is not in- frequent, Aremarkable Italian peasant custom nas just been brought to notice at Naples, A year ago the daughter of Carolina Gar- Giuseppe Esposito. It is the usage among the lower classes for the bride- groom to visit his mother-in-law on the morning following the marriage. Es- posito was reminded of this custom but neglected to make the visit. The moth- er-in-law then became angry and urged her son, Vincenzo Garguillo, to kill Es. posito. The son at once went to his sister's house and waited for the hus- and begged him to stay and dine. Vin- cenzo thereupon drawing a knife, threw himself on his brother-in-law, stabbed him and laid him dead at his feet. Vin- cenzo has been sentenced to imprison ment for life and his mother to “seclu sion” for three years, Under the constitution of Switzer- land any federal law, before it can take effect, must, if demanded by 30,000 cit- izens, be submitted to a vote of the people and be approved by them. At the recent session of the federal cham- bers two laws were passed, which upon Jemand were submitted to a vote of the people and were both rejected. One of these was a national law for the regu- lation of epidemics, lic and it gave the federal authorities power to take persons affected with epidemic diseases away from their families and isolate them un- der government care, This law was re- jected by the overwhelming vote of 590.000 to 60,000. Its rejection, how- ever, leaves to each canton its present power to enforce vaccination when it thinks it necessary. one authorizing the federal government to establish a system of patent and copy- right laws, none of which laws, it seems, exist in Switzerland. can obtain no patent in his own country. This law was also rejected by a vote of 126,500 for to 138,500 against it. The Cradle of the Bootblack. New York lays claim to be the place where the street bootblack first ap- peared, but Boston says the professional boothlack is essentially an institution of the “ Hub.” The Z'raveller of the lat- ter city says at first the business was associated with window-washing, chimney-sweeping, clothes cleaning and waiting and tending. In time, how- ever, it became a distinet branch, and many of the bootblacks of that day ac- quired a handsome independence and became real estate holders. The cus- tom then was to call at the homes of the gentry, take the boots and shoes, string them on long poles and carry them to their respective places of busi- ness, polish and return them at an early hour the next day, These poles would hold a dozen or more pairs, and it was a novel sight to see the bootblacks passing to and fro. Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its assage to scour away. It is the putre- faction of stagnant life, and it is | remedied by exercise and motion, EA ST. Woulde'tChun ge Her Name, Miss Risley Seward, a daughter of | ex-Solicitor of the Treasury Risley, be came a great favorite with Wm. H. Seward while he was secretary of state, and subsequently sccompanied him during his tour round the world, Mr, Seward, in his will, bequeathed her $30, | 000 on condition that she should adopt his name. She accepted the money, adopted his name, and now refuses to marry because she will not consent to change her name, At present she is in Italy, studying the old monasteries of that country, A Hoya! Wedding in Nevada, His majesty, Winnemucca MDLV,, king of all the Plutes, was recently mar ried to a princess of his tribe. Buenna Vista John, a trusted member of Win- nemucca’s cabinet, says the royal eon- sort is past the middle age and weighs ail the same as four sacks of flour. Win- nemueea, who traces his lineage, ac- | gording to Piute tradition, from the. time when the Humboldt valley was a lake, is said to be the fifteen hundredth and fifty-fifth monarch of his line, He has children past the prime of life, and the old fellow takes a new wife to pro- vide for his necessities in his old age ! The Piute marriage ceremony is a very simple affair. The chosen bride retires to her wickiup at an appointed time and huddles in a corner, If she does not like the bridegroom she gets up and runs away when he enters the wickiup, but if he is the man of her choice re | mains and becomes his slave for life. The old king will now have an easier time than has been his lot for years past, as the queen will have to “rustls for grub” for the aged monarch.— Win- | nemucoa Silver State, Fashion Netes. Ficelle shades and hues are fashion- able, Copper red is pronounced an elegant red shade. Velvet and velveteen will be much worn, The close English turban hat remains in style during autumn, New colors show many faded tapes try shades, and these shades are labeled ald. The new osier bonnet is trimmed | with peaches, bunches of grapes and other fruit, Small birds are imported in great | quantities for trimming bonnets and round hats, Printed figures on plain batiste are the neck. | The seams of basques will be defined ‘by braid, similar to the old style of A simple standing clerical collar, in linen, is the neatest neckwear for the warm weather. There are indications that skirts much worn this autumn. sarasols for country use are of plain Fashion authorities say that the close head instead of low on the forehead. The newest trimming ribbons are the ottoman reps of thick, yet soft quality, in widths varying from two inches to five or six. | The osier bonnet is the caprice of the It re 'sembles a brown wicker fruit basket placed almost inverted on the head. The Russian pelisse is a long, close, plain garment, shaped like a tight | redingote: It is made of dark cashmere, Mountain dresses make the most pleasing effect when they are of cedar, raspberry or Egyptian red, relieved by | dark green, maroon, sea-blue or lacquer- brown. A frésh mode of using eross-barred fabrics of blended colors or simple black and white is to combine or trim them with a larger cross-bar precisely similar as to color. Deep pointed passementerie,’ with rows of silk balls hanging so closely that the passementerie is almost hidden from view, is one of the most unique fringes | for the season. | New and low-priced pocket handker chiefs have a wide hem, on which are printed detached colored flowers, daisies, pansies and artemisias, and these match the neckerchiefs, Some of thie new autumn walking cos- | tumes of tweed are decidedly masculine | in style, showing a white muslin under- below the chest with one button, a standing collar with round gold collar button, or huge cuff-buttons, and, crowning all, a jaunty English, low- | crowned derby hat, devoid of trimming of any sort, Many English girls goa | step further than the Yankee girl dares | to, and carry a slender ebony cane. SCIENTIFIC NOTES. Certain physicians say that crying { should not be repressed in children, as the consequences may be Saint Vitus’ dance or epileptic fits, | It has been said that masses of pure asphalt float on the surface of the Dead sea, or Lake Asphaltites, whence the name; but, according to modern observers, the quantity found at pres- ent is small, One gallon of distilled water weighs ten pounds. One gallon of sea-water weighs 10.32 pounds; 1.8 cubie foot of water weighs one hundredweight. {*Thirty-six cubic feet weigh one ton, and equal 224 gallons. One cubic foot | contains 6} gallons, | In order to secure the greater purity in the atmosphere of the St. Gothard | tunnel, an attempt is to be mide to | propel the locomotive by electricity. | Experiments, for which the sum of 180,000 francs is set apart, are now being made at Berne with this object. Professor W. Zenger has for a con- siderable time been trying to prove the existence of a tolerably well-defined period in the occurrence of terrestrial phenomena, such as earthquakes, storms, variations in atmospheric pressure and in temperature, magnetic disturbances, ete, The length of Pro- fessor Zenger's period is 12.6 days, cor- responding to a half rotation of the sun. From the frequent mention of linen in the history of Scotland, it is evident that the inhabitants were acquainted with the process of making cloth from flax six hundred yearsagoatleast. Itis related, that at the battle of Bannock- carters, wainmen, lackeys and women put on shirts, smoeks ‘and other white linens, aloft upon their usual garments To find life's apple rotten af the 60 80 but God's arm were round me in ii If sleep were death, and life's tes have stock they rr li a : Night. will be : Decker, who made the first tons craft, is still alive and Cheek, “how is no go “Yes,” replied Fred out of danger. T larly every day.” A handsome London butcher s five times the show to get married th ‘ahandsome clerk does, It is a wise who, in looking out for her rib, sets The corn husks are heivy He lay ina swoon by the His helmet was broken ; his visor cracked ; his : the smoke of e; his astplal was indented like a milk can ; his hal berd was as dull asa five-cent barber's razor ; the lock of his cross-gun his quiver shook like a canal horse with the heaves ; his tabard was in shreds his ears were off ; one eye was gone his nose was out of plumb, and his bone was paralyzed. He had been t ing to umpire a baseball game. ” are very pleasant things—sweet 1 and warm arms and lo eyes—bu truth and sincerity and al purity are her husband, looking at her ng tenderness, * you are right, asked, a look of horror her face. “There is but one pie,” said George W, Simpson, “an shall tackle it myself.” Chicago bune, (ar WISE WORDS. Confidence generally inspires dence. Venture not upon the threhold wrong. People do not lack strength; lack will. ria I hold him to be dead in shame is dead. : Injure not another's reputation business, « .. + _; x He is the greatest who chooses right at all times. - He who prays for his neighbor be heard for himself, Where the mind ingiines lead. Leve climbs mountains. Nothing is more dangerous than a sudden change in fortune. A prison is never narrow whi imagination can range in it at Duties and rights are i one cannot be delegated - other. 2 A fool may have his coat ered with gold, but it is a fo still. ae The days are made on a loon of the warp and woof are past ture time. : es Confidence in an u time of trouble is like a
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