The Bumble-Bees’ Nest,
A colony of bumble-bees
Onoe built their nest within a meadow fair,
Beneath the brilliant yellow buttercups
And silver daisies there.
They gathered honey from the flowers
With busy ham, until one summer day
With clattering soythes the sturdy mowers
came
To sweep their home away.
Between the mowers and the bees
A fierce and earnest battle soon began ;
The mowers
ran.
Oh learn this lesson from the bees:
The humblest creatures that the world con
tains
May win a battle if they fight.
—Kugene J. Hall,
nn nn NOOO 50
A Pathetic Poem,
Mare Cook (Van Dyke Brown"), the
young poet who died in Utica, N. Y,, recently,
of consumption, left one or two poems
touching his sickness and the prospect of his
early death, which are very pathetic. Here
is one with a sigh in every line:
AWAITING THE END
Never again to know
Health's warming, radiant glow ;
Never again to feel the pulse's quickened
beat,
The sinews pliant as steel, temperad in
aotion’s heat,
The sweat of honest toil, bringing its respite
sweet
But day and night, night and day,
To mark the body's slow decay,
And know that Death scores one in the game
{In sunshine and shadow all the same),
Every day, every day !
Never again to dream
Of all that may be, or seem,
In the sunlit future hid from the eager eye
of youth;
Never to raise the lid of the precious casket
of truth;
Never to hope to delve in the fleld of thought,
forsooth :
But day and night, night and day,
To watch the hours waste away,
Still in the world and still not of it——
Still learning more and more to love it
Every day, every day!
Never again to stand
In the
In the God-led batile
} 2
ate!
AAT |
thick of the hattle grand
fo, the goodiiest
of all,
Where noble it were in the strife, manfully
BS edt iw ow iy
fighting to fal
Never in actions
eall—
Bat day and ni
To passively sit and
1ks to answer the bugle
ight and day,
{ch the fray,
With a skeleton specter always nigh
Oh, worse than a thousand times to die
Every day, every day!
THEIR COMMON BOND.
ted
)
}
the las
DL
Several explosive sneezes interruj
Loye !
touches of ¢
iringe of cur!
on her {
energetic
and caused
untary cour
brows ghtful little
frown which was peculiar to her, and
looking medi
she
Travis added
1g disorder to
onze hair which kk
As a particular
™ rent t
an
»
by
he air
perform ;
straigh
thi i
pj ¥ 11%
iil Lat LAIUG
met
mirror
ed that her blue-gray eves
were inflamed, and that her pretty
nose, with its suspicion of tip-tilted-
ne his occasion, more than
# Suspicion oi iin ess,
“1 can't have taken a cold,” L
meditated. * It must be; ves, it is t
fifteenth of August!” she exclaimed,
as she glanced at the calendar which
hung on the wall of her room. “It
has come!” she announced, solemnly,
as walked the room where
he family were led at 1}
30 3
tatively into the
ODSeT Vv
had
Ss, had, on tn
ie
irl
Hg
*
it
she into
assem! reak-
"hat? The Day of
' 1
Lalued
Judgment, or
Kate,
fli
“What
dogged my footsteps since
teens, lying in wait for me, :
ng upon
Cision eve
August ?
I ask you, holds 1 clute
from that date onward, making me
sneeze, and gasp, and cough at its own
sweet will—{ not mine, I assure you!)
until frost releases me from captivity?
Of all sad words of t« p
The saddest are, * Hay
d pol
me with mathematical
r 1
year on the fifteer
3. 3
ne hes
in its
in
Aid
3 “again” p ”
she continued, with mock despair and
real vexation. “But,” brightening,
and speaking with sudden resolution :
vis well for us all that a region lies
Where the infasoris never rise,’
and I'm going there this summer |
Mrs. Travis, Kate and Johnny stared
in amazement. Had Loye developed
latent lunacy? Only last evening
they had all assembled in solemn con-
clave to discuss ways and means
pay the butcher's bill, and here was
Loye coolly announcing that she was
about to take a pleasure trip !
“How?” inquired Kate.
Khe'tl $a) m
i She'll tal
1"
oO
knapsack on her back,
And travel on the railway track,”’
sang Johnny, in an irritating falsetto,
“ You know I'd be glad to have you
go to Michigan, or to some of those
Northern States, dear, but”— began
Mrs Travis. i
“Yes,” interrupted Loye, “I know
the family exchequer is not filled to
overflowing. jut I have a plan, and
if Kate and Johnny will stop glaring
at me as if I were a two-headed lady,
I'll tell you about.” 3
She accordingly unfolded her plan,
and, after many feeble jokes and much
scofing on the part of Kate and
Johnny, great perplexity on the part
of Mrs, Travis, and much triumphant
proving of points at issue on the part
of Loye, she won her mother's con-
sent to what she to do, and
cheerfully dispensed with the approval
of jeering Kate and Johnny,
* * * * * *
One afternoon, late in August, Don-
ald Trafton stood by the river at a
Wisconsin summer resort skippin
stones. As he was sauntering along
the wooded banks of the Lae la Belle,
its smooth expanse shggested a re-
newal, at thirty, of one of his
sports at ten. Acting upon the s
gestion, he had collected a small mou
tain of thin, smooth stones, and for the
past ten minutes or more had been
laboriously trying to make them ski;
properly. But instead of giving the
graceful little leaps which Trafton had
expected them to do as a matter of
oh nd
wished
boi sh
(Te
4
surface of the river and then plunged
at once beneath. They made a pretty
show of sparkles and dancing rings on
the water, it is true, but they were not
by any means fulfilling the duty of
skipping stones. Donald paused and
ruefuily admitted that his success was
not brilliant. So evidently thought an
unseen spectator, for, to Trafton’s
an apparition in an ivory flannel dress,
with a dark green sailor hat atilt on a
bronze confusion of curl and wave, and
a pair of
* Eves of a deep, soft, lucent hue,
Eyes too expressive to be blue,
Too lovely to be gray,”
met his with the direct gaze of a child,
while a sweet voice pleaded :
“ Oh, please let me show you!”
spread his face, and he met the gaze of
the pretty stranger with a look of re-
cognition and pleasure which was in-
stantly suppressed. Shedid not notice
this look, however, for her fingers were
tingling for the skipping-stones as an
artist’s may tingle for pencil and brush
when he sees them used by unskillful
hands. Trafton making no reply to
her request, she again pleaded;
«Oh, do let me show you!”
He yielded his place at once to the
incognita in ivory-and-green, and, after
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f rat!
| ¢
il
u
the
h
3
a
ly
. .
thlessly demolishing
Hy-bui
¥
I'rafton’s
milt mountain, she gleaned
scattered mes a few
with her approval, and
“show ™ him. How pretty
as she stooped poised on t
ing careful aim! th her
| hair blown by the winds
less curly tendrils, her
heavily on her cheek
on peach and resolute ll
dimples deepening at
her mouth, Trafton thought
never seen anvthing more satis
to look upon. :
In another
hat
std that
pro tia
} \
sie
he hank,
< ike
a ANN
yhiy ATTY
blossoms,
L 3pinn
ent it 8)
its surface
separate tin
quick, satisiic
accomplishynent of
ited ‘There
axciiag
couldn t hd
i
iv,
4 a ¥ ¥)
unknown g
POSSession
upon
Us
OS) . 3
Gals €vesS as Nae
. } p
hersedd
“Your
said the I
alle » . 3
JUV were
ically,
nor 1
teacher
Travis!”
The tabl
pletely
ated, 1
Ye
Raynor!
a4
Miss
herself
I.
Tied
1 3
DIOL as
' :
explain
ling these
y Fou
ex
ty
Of
rth of
Galatea,
m Donald Traf-
I'rafton & Det-
} ha
I dave
to meet you
“ We have «
for two mont
we
mother’
oe : .
Have Deel
been alin
to church and
added, wi
“ Someti
ito
absolutel
have a dime t«
to some choeol
only chosen to
stoves and n
have been avoided. DBut you
earned what a temper I
stale cho
raftnirng 4
i returning
1 “ls " +
Udrkegreen
afternoon a
He hun
wish that t
nd sped AWAY,
after her to express a
hey might meet often, She
i, but
jeu
4]
merely tossed
'
i
pondered, shrugging his
in “ For what
1. - . $3
VOrK {or fancy idieness ) she
Trafton
shoulders
fancy v
thrown me over, 1
like the rest of
fallen under the
sunflowers i
carrying her devotions
even for their wsthetic .
chews the society of her kind.”
Trafton felt «. a8 well as net-
tled, by Loye's cavalier
his requ st. He was by
vain ; still, he could not
scious that he had a well
figure and a remarka
face; and he knew
young ladies who would not prefer his
annoyance,
womat
and cat-t
Alaze
5 dismissal of
no
but
nit,
means
be
athletic
bly handsome
Con
there were fow
society to seclusion, even when | hit-
ened by the yellow charms of the mo
gorgeous sunflower hat ever
| Kansas prairie or bloomed
chair-back. He reflected, |
{ that Miss Travis’ apparent check upon
his advances might be
ish thorn, intended to st
ulate him into seeking the rose, her-
self, And then he fell to wondering
if he would see her at the lawn social
that evening.
He had told her that he lad seen her
sometimes at church, but he had not
informed her that, after his first sight
| of her there, he had affended its ser-
| vices regularly for the sole purpose of
| looking at her.
| He had strolled into the Episcopal
{ church at Fort Raynor, and his atten-
{tion had been attracted by a very
| pretty girl who looked, as she listened
to the sermon, like a child listening to
an absorbing fairy story. Her eyes
were wide and attentive, her
thrown a little back and her
slightly parted. Loye never posed for
effect, but she had a way of doing
heartily whatever she did, which habit
included even listening to a rather poor
sermon.
ir
Tor
Id
dit
t
FIOM upon
however
Mite
i
jor
ing and stim-
only a ci
combination of earnestness
quancy, his prayer-book, sermon and
song. Ie had never been able to ob-
tain an introduction to its owner, for
the tim
hav-lever coming ax
to this
a find
that afternoon "hen ¢ for
lad,
north
Miss
ft away from it
I more
been
i Was mu
aiid ¥
fit fldve
espect at last restored,”
“ Wy
Fised ei
have mutually
h other a
with a
sibility of
in store,
materials
ove,
her
i the quick
ne pre
18 mys
“1 am-—sto
a a}
she
Pp
added,
ling smile, as
| him where
| away with a
Mr
wandered eagerl
Wis
1 sud
irnea st
nguirea nl
i
his eves rested u
been sea
THY PIR
young pel
exeln
r celestial visi
pail
an, as
vor
1d t+}
or
have appeared a giddy thi
nt he had 1 .
n, and she repeated
ing in reply,
waiting
\
In his amazeme 10t
swered h
it.
t
1er questi
He stammers
ie flitted
{i SGIne
h
away. A her
he other occu-
what tl
he glanced at
see
ld its wings car
g
i
hould drop down in a
fo ully so
the but-
its ‘robe
mystic, wonderful,’
wait on the table, they
as a matter of course.”
soon returned with the soup,
it before Trafton, said,
wasured whisper, “Are
: r lips suddenly
3 laugh ran over
ee a host of dimples
over in her blue-gray
later her face was un-
sure, and she darted
y somebody with water,
wished that the merry bud
He
¢ feathers out o
aver
1
i
ii
i
ghter could have blossomed.
it i
A 1il
have Red
th
021
had , rung at his
ough it
Kel
{
Ken
odd th
¢ upon him, He
¢ clew to Love's
Remembering her pregnant
in answer to his remark
v might as well ery quits, he
oncluded that had planned this
surprise on the spot in order to turn
the scale once more in her favor, and
she had taken the boarders into
confidence and bound them to si-
And he would not question any
The little
» would not
br
it he he
il
she
mar it by any
As the
surprised to see
ake
her remain at her post
and t no share in the
wrivate theatrical
her
events, freaki
istent., At
NESS was to Loye what
freakedness
grace,
ton, felt {
fill her
other pleasant and-so-forths of sum-
mer idling<time, which can be
fore, she was not debarred.
So the days sped by as lightly as
thi
till the woods began to blush and the
summer sojourners to ebb away. Traf-
his love, for she
girl to wear 4 sweet secret
as the flowers at her belt,
ing, however, he resolved to put a
plain question, and wait for a straight-
forward answer,
as openly
gh
They were resting in a scarlet nook
of the woods after a long ramble, She
was looking up at the point where red
tree-shafts and blue sky meet, with
the wide, intent gaze which he re-
membered of oid,
“Loye,” he said, suddenly, “ what
do you suppose I went to church at
Fort Raynor for?”
“Why, how can I tell?” bringing
her gaze from the tree-tops to his face,
“ Perhaps you went to show your new
clothes, or to see what the other gen-
tlemen wore ; or,” she suggested as a
remote possibility, “you may have
gone to hear the sermon.”
“I went to look at you. And 1
looked at you because ”—here he fal-
sionately-—* because 1 loved you.”
Did a flush spring to Loye's cheek,
or was it only a reflection cast by the
rosy leaves? Did a quick smile curve
her lips, or was it only a trick of. the
sunlight that played on
Trafton could not tell, for she turned
“ Loye,” lie pleaded, after moments
into minutes, “what do
Hetter *No' than nothin
‘Yes if vou can.”
a neat little model of
which she was «
had passed
an
pyramid On
with the
wanted hi
Nn no haste to give
beginning to weave a
wreath of the tinted leaves;
{ patience would snap be
scattered acorns
i
eginea
1018 tretohe
it was done
she turned and said, in her
little {rown
ge it is that some words
ce although
‘Yex' fo
here was
pile and blush
wal verities, and Tratton
Ty
iil
Wole equi
read in the lovely eyes the answer thal
lips hid only skirted
¥ ® ® *®
“That was a blessed eaprice«
If it hadn't been
have onopol
Hug
weeks. And per
wi would have sald
wldn't
NE, BA 1 «
have you for atl a
my own
fo
y Lo do, sweeth
favs later, ¢
leaming ring on
4 Aprice
“Yes the caprie
' i
wait at Mrs. Bland
to give me a tinisl
“ Asif vo
she retor
she ech
nently sensil
turned Trafton.
And i sii
18 4 caprice ns
continued Loye, will
Alas for
“1 have
er forsot
oe
1
LH ELF AER
fesy
LON
I wrote
and
need, Asking
added,
she returned,
“ Because I, als
Love, it l
for each
ave the hay fi
1 wens
we
is clear that u and
made for are
Gotham” Gold Carrier,
wil the
TN
ie
riting al
cates issued by
treasury department,
COrTesix the
Press savs:
i! +
Me
s certificates
ani
and business men generally.
Gotham
wat for t 3
lev. The reason why
li
husiasti
venience banks, |
y
Wilt
hem,
because they break
For oy 1 3
lie has b igaged carting gold
the ban
certificates will almost
the actual handling of
ing the bank clearances ant
other large transa
Barkley, like “Othello,” fin
it Ever since he
carrier “* Hone
had the busin all to him
It would not be easy to figure up
all the gold he has handled. The
total would run into many thousand
milli In a ¢ year, for
stance, he has carried for the Clearing
house nearly $00,000,000. A single
million in gold coin makes a pretty
good wagon load, so far as weight is
concerned, jarkley's strong four.
wheeled truck, drawn by two stout
| horses, carries 2,000,000 at a time, tl
| gold being packed in kegs, A |
{ holds $50,000, and twenty Kegs |
with gold will weigh nearly
t Barkley's charge for carryin
| dollar a for a full
$2,000,000 he gets forty dollars, Ilis
working force consists of half a dozen
stout men, including himself, each
well equipped for action in case the use
of revolvers should at any time be
necessary. It never has
! miscellaneous highwaymen who infest
i the broad ways and narrow ways of
Gotham have always been shy of John
Cars
for
bankin wouses, The
\ y
AS Ald
ion gone,
rold t
48
is
self,
ons, single in-
{
-
keg; so,
loads of gold.
They know that deadly
revolvers
are always ready and that
special license to shoot. Though he
has carted thousands of millions
hrough the streets of New
trips to the docks with gm
j shipped abroad often taking
id to
him
lost a dollar of the money intrusted to
{ him.
odd job for the banks and bankers, but
with the appearance of the gold cer-
i away. “Honest John" has laid by
i
t and would not need to fall back on the
ried another keg of gold,
——————
They All Wanted to See,
A shrewd advertiser in New York
city hires a young man for twenty-five
cents an hour to stand in
store and gaze fixedly at the windows,
The simple scheme has been found t
be very successful,
tion of a plasterer who was passing.
The plasterer stopped short and fol-
lowed with his eyes the gaze of the
young man. A boy, observing the
youth and the plasterer
across the street, joined them, Then
ame a washwoman, then a bank clerk,
{then a man of leisure, then two col-
ored swells, and finally a sizeable
collected, all looking in silent admire.
tion at two men in an opposite win
dow, who were engaged, one in swing:
ing Indian clubs, one in pulling away
at a patent chest-expander,
| The average number of swine in the
| United Kingdom is about 2,250,000,
FOR TUE LADIES,
News aud Notes for Women.
‘boss carpenter at Jacksonville,
8 one of the gentle I sex
sent a woman, Mad
envoy extraordinary
Costa Rica has
ame Beatrice, as
at W ashington
Mra, Margar Longley, of Cin
cinnati, has published a bo entitied
“Type Writer Lessons,” for the
teachers and students
; 11
it use of
I'hiere Fe 4,
eur,
wu weddings in Phila
which,
of
uaker city
un le leaving Sun-
davs out, is 4
a day
Average twenty-five
Will Surpass
fashion
in which a London
aries of
hat
i spider
ous fly. eater ready
his
Appeared
rept bronze
# to obtain
tele
An
me ago
s in Engh
and
it ti
than
y app intments,
a she
less
tion was held
ther
for air
were no NOK)
{
ommencing at ten
+ tencher of elo
5, Will this year
11 that
rsity
institu
of In-
waolan
which
Her
we other
niversity,
students,
y 48 that of U
of Pharmacy
young
entered
taking a full
mist in Louis-
havi
its first
nt
FrecCenidy
or 3
HK £
he
i
HANKS
1-
onen
will
in
wils se
mlowed A bout
n of Wyoming
2 l1 the
tenths of al
one vear in the’
11S Ie neal,
ent
pt
it fa
1 as a
lates
art.
CONNOIsseuUrs ou be
tions with
then
Fashion Notes,
"> > ia
he Russian redingote
$l i ff ir Faas
tie zenith of 11s ia
Royal cardinal
for children's dresses,
The Glengarry
wool is
Jasques of terra
rn over bl
ded
worn
cotta casd
Kirt
BRITS,
ack velvet
cloth jackets
Ww itl
h plush
much w
Plain or
iersevs wil
Ural
1 In
{ sKiris.
and
and
» i8 a tendency to increase the
ize of the sleeve above the « how and
in the armhole.
Ihe
ped
materials have
lengthwise or
new cloaking
surfaces, either
ross the cloth,
Two and of small but.
tons fastening the front adorn many
fall jackets and corsages,
three rows
ii i
Stripes are as
11 classes of
fashional as ever i
material, and, used i
combination with plain fabrics, are ver)
effective,
Raised fl in
grounds of Ottoman or
y
n
OWers velvet,
repped
most costly and elegant bro-
ted.
Bonnets and round hats are exhibi
ted in a great variety of novel shapes,
from the graceful and elegant to the
exaggerated and grotesque styles,
which are wilder than ever this
upon
silk,
are the
cades now impor
S04
Hussar-blue cloth dresses are made
with a plain skirt bordered with vel
vet, above which is military braid,
and a plain redingote with braided
wheels the front, and plaited
fullness behind,
Rich brocades, or corded silk with
plush or velvet spots of large size, will
not lose favor this winter. They will
be used for the skirt or the overdress,
in n with a plain material,
but not for sn entire
New less clinging to the
figure than they have been for years,
Skirts are cut to give a fuller appear
ance, and the puffed drapery is very
large, as it is mounted on a cushion of
hair sewn to the skirt lining,
down
combinat
dress,
dresses are
Velvets, satin rhadames, corded silk,
Irish poplin and cashmere are in high
vogue for fall and winter wear, The
first named fabrics, for evening dress,
are shown in all the delicate tints of
pale pink, Persian mauve, ciel blue,
cream color and sea green,
Jackets and basques of every de-
of a contrasting material, The shapes
are varied and are in styles suitable to
every age, They are severally known
as the Austrian, the Hungarian, the
Directoire and the Jersey.
invariably close-fitting, are cut with a
narrow collar and button straight
down the front.
The added basque, so long a feature
of modern dressmaking, is losing its
popularity. The most fashionable
jacket bodies are cut in one, Many
of these open over waistcoats of cone
trasting materials; otherwise the gilet
may be of velvet, silk or satin to cor-
respond with the dress itself, The
basque is often eut excessively short,
with battlements that square
tabs——cut up to the waist line, repre
senting the part of the bodies
which is so stylish. When deeper, the
basque is sometimes simply Vandyked,
the points being exceedingly sharp
and not cut up to the waist as in the
above case. This style looks best when
mixed materials are used in combina-
tion,
is,
_— a]
aw for the first time a locomotive re-
rified that she could not move,
was barely saved from certain death
I
the track,
THE PRINCESS ELMINEN. |
The Wicked Career of the Wealthiest {
Woman in Egypt,
The New York Zimes prints the fol-
lowing history of the Princess Elmi-
neh, of Egypt, who encouraged Arabi |
Pasha with money and sympathy in
rebelling against the khedive and in
continuing the struggle until com-
pletely annibilated by the British:
The Princess Elmineh, sister of the
late khedive, is the richest and most |
noted woman in the East, has great
influence with the fellah population,
and hers is one of the prettiest, and is
certainly the richest, of the palaces of
She is the largest land owner |
in Egypt, and having received a Eu- |
ropean education makes good use of |
her She is not what the
French call “passes,” being a little |
over forty years old, and the hot Egyp-
tian sun, combined with a life of dis- |
sipation and unrestrained enjoyment, |
have played havoe with one who, ten
years ago, was called “the Star of the
East."
Egyptians, like Turkish women, are |
married by their parents without their
wishes ever being consulted, so thal,
as a rule, there is no pretense of love
or even sympathy between them. Thus
was the Princess Elmineh, at the age
sixteen, given way to a Turkish
pasha, noted only for his wealth and
dishonesty, being old, ugly and igno-
The wedding took place in Con-
stantinople, where the dowry of the
princess was estimated at $80,000,000,
The princess received a liberal edu-
cation; she speaks three European lan- |
guages, plays the piano, sings well and |
is in most respects an accomplished
lady, and in thirty days she had seen
enough of her husband to despise him
and to treat him with contempt. No
Turk dare enter his wife's private
apartment if reverses her over-
shi which every Turkish woman
wears, and leaves them outside her
door, and the Princess Elmineh availed
herself of this privilege during the
two months she remained in Con-
stantinople. At the expiration of
that time the doctors advised her to
pass the winter at Cairo, whither she
went, accompanied by her husband,
and where she has remained ever since,
Immediately on arriving in Egypt she
laid herself at the feet of the khedive,
telling him that she preferred death to
living with her husband, who was in
every respect her inferior, and begged
him to protect her. As she was a
favorite of his, he appointed her hus-
band to the generalship of Souakin, on
the Red sea, and as he never arrived
there it presumed that he was
poisoned by the way, this being the
ordinary method by which the khedives
have from time to time silenced their
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The princess, having thus freed
which for
nance, cruelty, profligacy, adven-
» and dissipation has not otten been
The old Shoubra palace,
from the Shoubra road to
was pulled down and the
nt magnificent structure erected
in its stead, containing eighty rooms,
all of whi wre decorated and far
nished in the most extravagant fashion,
after the princess had taken
possession of this seraglio many curi-
ous and incredible rumors were afloat
in Cairo, which at the time were only
whispered, but which subsequent
events proved to be trae,
{here was in the service of the Khe
dive a handsome young Swiss officer
named Goll, had been in the
I’ ope’s Swiss guard, and the princess,
happening to see him one day on duty
at the palace, became enamored of
him, and next day asked the khedive
to transfer him to her service, which
The main gate to her palace
was then pulled down and over a large
archway a beautiful Swiss chaplet was
built, Lieutenant Goll took possession
of it as the princess’ master of cere-
From that time they seemed
inseparable; wherever the princess
went young Goll accompanied her, and
those who called to pay their homage
to the great Elmineh were introduced
by him. He had the management of
all her estates, became enormously
wealthy and in a short time developed
into a public character. He went to
Switzerland one summer and returned
accompanied by his sister, who became
the princess’ companion, a unique po-
sition for a Christian to
cupy. About four years
this it was rumored that Goll
had formed an attachment for a
French actress named Ernestine La-
due, and those of his friends whoknew
the Egyptians well advised him to be
cautions, as their vengeance was terri-
ble. He, however, paid little or no at-
tention to the warning. Goll suddenly
disappeared, leaving no traces behind
him, and at the same time Ernestine
Ledue was found strangled in her
apartment. Inquiries were made
about him in Cairo, and the princess
offered £5,000 for information that
might lead to his recovery, although
she caused the rumor to be spread that
he had murdered Ernestine and fled.
Ten days later the brake ot the Nile
overflowed, and the mutilated body of
young Goll was deposited by its waters
in a field adjoining the palace,
hands and feet were tied together, the
eves had been torn from their sockets
and the heart had been pierced through
and through. The Swiss consul
self. commenced a life
nding
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who
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MOones,
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after
was wholly a formality.
was never again seen in Egypt, though
she subsequently appeared in Berne,
her native town, where she lives, but
when asked about
wont to say that the subject is too
painful for conversation,
Fulton and the Steamboat,
Robert Fulton, the inventor of
steamboats, was born on a farm in
Pennsylvania, Robert was a delicate,
handsome boy, with a fine
and brilliant eves, Almost as a child
he became a mechanic, inventing
machines and lingering around work-
shops,
and made slow progress in the usual
studies, But he was always inventing,
One day, when Robert was about
nine years old, he came late to school,
and when his teacher reproved him,
produced a new lead-pencil which he
had been making while playing truant,
The boys were all anxious to have one
of Fulton's pencils—they were better
than any they had seen. In his school
midst of the war, set them off in his
native town. About this time he
wheels,
drawing,
He had a strong taste for
11is mother, who was now
Fulton was only seventeen, but he
went up to Philadelphia, made money, |
and when he was twenty-one came
back to hig mother with his earnings
and bought her a farm, Here she
lived happily for some years, watching
and enjoying the rising prosperity of
her son, The deed by which Fulton
at twenty-one gave the farm to his
mother is still preserved,
There are persons living who might
have seen the first steamboat that
sailed on the Hudson, Many remem
ber when the famous De Witt Clinton
and North America were thought the
wonders of navigation; when they
sailed over the tranquil river at the
rate of sixteen miles an hour, and left
behind them thick clouds of black
smoke that hung over the landscape
for miles, The North America was
long the pride of the river naviga-
tion, the swiftest vessel in the world
The Hudson has always been the
favorite scene of steam navigation and
steamboat
Here, in 1807, Robert Fulton, on
board of the Clermont, his first vessel,
sailed in a day and a half from
New York to Albany. He stopped for
four mcre finished his voyage, It was
the signal for an entire change in the
whole art of navigation, From that
time the steamboat has been slowly
advancing, its size has been increased
to immense proportions, its engines
have become animated giants, and Ful-
ton's little vessel of one hundred and
sixty tons is converted into the Fur
nessia, the Alaska, and the Great
Eastern,
Fulton, a fair, delicate, thoughtful
young man, had gone to England, to
France, had become acquainted with
many eminent inventors, and had al-
ready planned a steamboat. He was
the first to make one successful. He
came back to New York, and, aided
by his friend Livingston, in 1806 began
to build his boat. It was only asmall
vessel, rudely built; in it he placed an
engine made by James Watt, the Eng-
planned himself and the imperfect
machinery. It secs now a very easy
thing to build a steamboat, but it was
then thought impossible, Men called
the boat Fulton's Folly, Hardly any
one supposed that a new era in navi-
gation was about to begin, and that
Fulton's machine would at last cover
the world with its discoveries. Al
last the boat was finished.
The fires were lighted, the boilers
hissed, the erank turned, the wheels
began to move, and the Clermont made
its way, at about five miles an hour,
from Charles Brown's dock-yard on
the East river to Jersey City. Once
she stopped, and men cried, “ There, it
has failed!” But it was only because
Fulton was anxious to alter some part
of his machine. * The great voyage
was successful. The steamer reached
Jersey City and Fulton's victory was
wan, the Hudson began to
abound with Fulton's steamboats, the
wonder of the world.— Harper's Young
People.
SOON
Properties of Nilro Glycerine,
It has a sweet, aromatic, pungent
taste, and possesses the very peculiar
property of causing an extremely vio-
lent headache when placed in a small
quantity upon the tongue, or any other
portion of the skin, particularly upon
the wrist. It has long been employed
by homeopathic practitioners as a rem-
edy in certain kinds of headaches. In
those who work much with it the ten.
dency to headache is generally over
come, though not always. It freezes
at about forty degrees Fahrenheit, be
coming a white, half-crystallized mass,
which must be melted by the appli-
cation of water at a temper
ature of about 100 degrees Fahrenheit,
If perfectly pure-—that is, if the w ash-
ing has been so complete as to remove
all traces of the acid—it can be kept
for an indefinite period of time; and,
while many cases of spontaneous de
composition have occurred in impure
specimens, there has never been known
such an instance where the proper care
has heen given to all the details of the
manufacture.
When pure nitroglycerine is not
very sensitive to friction, or even to
moderate percussion, if a small quan-
tity be placed on an anvil and struck
with a hammer, that portion which is
touched explodes sharply, but so quick-
ly as to drive away the other particles;
if, however, it were even slightly con-
fined so that none could escape, it
would all explode or detonate. It must
be fired by a fuse containing fulminate
of mercury (thecompound used in per-
cussion caps), not being either readily
or certainly fired by gunpowder, the
shock of the latter not being suflicient~
ly quick or sharp to detonate the nitro-
glycerine.
1f flame be applied to nitro-glycerine
it will not explode, but burn with com-
parative sluggishness. When frozen it
is difficult and uncertain of firing. If
the material be perfectly pure it forms
upon detonation a volume of gases
| nearly 1,300 times as great as that of
the original liquid; these gases are
| also further expanded by the heat de-
veloped to a theoretical {though not
| practical) volume 10,000 times as great
as that of the charge. Practically
speaking, the forces exerted by gun-
| powder and nitro-glycerine are in the
proportion of one to eight-——LPopular
Science Monthly.
i —————
How the Emperor of Brazil Rides.
| A correspondent writes to the Nor-
| ristown Herald: Hark! Do you hear
| that racket? Clear the track! Get
| out of the way there! Here comes a
| calvacade that won't stop for any-
| thing. Don’t stop to look until you
| have dodged into the shelter of adoor-
| way, but when you are safe you will
| spo—first, a half dozen horse guards
| with drawn sabers flashing in the sun;
| then a couple of mounted chamber-
{ Jains: then an old black coach drawn
by six brass-mounted mules (harness
prass mounted), ridden by postillions,
[two gaudy footmen standing at the
back of the “trap;” inside the carriage
white-haired, white-bearded,
| handsome man in military costume,
| his kindly face beaming on the
| startled people who had so hastily
| taken shelter. When the coach and
| the company of cavalry following it
| have passed with all the speed that
| mules, and yellow mules at that, are
sits a
| have seen this turnout almost every
| day since 1 have been in Rio, Lut you
will probably have to be informed that
it was his majesty Dom Pedro Ils
“constitutional emperor and perpetual
of Brazil,” who has just
assed. Although Dom Pedro is
tains an affected display of pomp and
power which he does not really
possess.
Misery loves company, and so does
a marriageable young lady.
WISE WORDS,
If you wish to remove avarice you
must remove its mother, luxury,
child when it has learned to know and
Jove.
Conversation enriches the under
standing, but solitude is the school of
genius,
He who lives to benefit himself
confers on the world a benefit when
he dies.
Brain is the impelling force of the
world, and thought is the symbol of
progress,
Genius at first is little more
than a great capacity for receiving
discipline,
There are more fools than sages ; and
among the sages there is more folly
than wisdom.
Education is the only interest worthy
the deep, controlling authority of the
i thoughtful man,
A woman's dress is like the envelopa
of a letter ; the cover is frequently an
index to the contents.
The trouble and worry and wear and
| tear that comes from hating people
makes hating unprofitable,
To the generous mind the heaviest
debt is that of gratitude when it is
| not in our power to repay it.
He that wrestles with us strengthens
our nerves and sharpens our skill
Our antagonist is our helper.
The best portion of a good man's
life is his little nameless, unremem-
bered acts of kindness and of love.
Every real and searching effort at
self-improvement is of itself a lesson
of profound humility. For we cannot
move a step without learning and feel-
ing the waywardness, the weakness.
the vaeillation of our movements, or
without desiring to be set on the rock
that is higher than ourselves,
Ime M— 5
An Effectual Fire Alarm,
Much disturbed by fires occurring
in the neighborhood Mr. Tompson de
| cided to organize a fire company in his
family, realizing that a little precau-
tion might save him considerable in
time of danger. He accordingly
drilled the different members in their
respective doties and waited, but as
no opportunity for action offered, he
selected a morning to give a false
alarm and test their efficiency. Lean-
ing from the back parlor window he
shouted “fire” at the top of his lungs.
The echo of his voice had not died
away when a sofa and two chairs
grazed his ear on their way downward,
four oil paintings swept down the
leader, a washstand and two trunks
slid past him, two bed slats and a mat-
tress struck him on the head, and inan
ipward glance, seeing the legs of the
library table appear at the second story
window, he withdrew and started up-
stairs. Half way up he met the round
marble slab from the center-table
which glided between his feet without
a word, and struck the servant girl
behind him, who was carrying the
china upstairs for safety, and she and
her burden landed in the hall
Gaining the second floor he was in
time to see his eldest daughter care-
fully remove the bureau drawers one
by one, and drop them from the win
dow. Before he could speak he met a
stream of water from a fire engine,
which took him in the face, and heard
the front door being opened by the
fire department axes, while the parlor
windows stepped out to admit the lad-
ders. Turning to fly he met his wife
with a gridiron and an almanac in one
hand, while the other was occupied
with a baby and a glass of wooden
toothpicks, and at the same instant
there was a deafening crash whick
proved to be two mirrors and the par
lor stove tied together, reaching the
ground, while a fireman, ax in hand,
inquired:
“ Where is the fire?”
———
Few Comets,
Astronomers tell us that comets have
their orbits and reappear at regular
intervals. Halley's comet (discovered
in 1682) has reappeared five times, the
last being 1836. I was a boy then,
writes “ Hermit,” of the Troy (N.Y.)
Times, but well remember the strange
spectacle, for it was the first comet I
had ever seen. It was, however, a
very inferior thing compared with the
comet which appeared seven year
afterward, and which was grand to &
degree that almost seemed fearful. It
was forty-five degrees long and the tai)
spread like a fan until it was at least
ten degrees in breadth. For six weeks
this strange spectacle was visible in
the northern sky and frequently its
color was 80 red as to awaken terror.
It was, indeed, supposed by some Mil
lerites to be a messenger to destroy the
earth. Considering the enormous size
of this comet what must have been its
head? This question deeply interested
astronomers, but it was never solved.
| The head was far beneath the horizon,
and hence was never seen by mortal
eve, but as a matter of proportion it
must have been immense. The comet
of 1858 was very large and attracted
universal attention, and next came the
« war comet,” as it was called, because
| it appeared during the beginning of
| the rebellion. It was certainly a
beautiful spectacle,
A Great Piscovery of Oysters,
A Mir. Olsen has published a papér
in England from which it appears that
vast oyster beds have been discovered
in the North Sea fisheries, Two hun-
dred miles of oyster beds, thirty to
seventy miles wide—that is to say,
10,000 acres of splendid oysters within
easy distance of the British coast—is a
discovery to which all of those of
Stanley and Livingstone sink into in-
significance. One curious feature
about it is that the oysters lie at a
depth of twenty-one fathoms, thus
disposing summarily of the prevalent
idea that oysters can only be raised
successfully in shallow water. The
man who invents a new dish, aceord-
ing to some, the man who plants a tree
according to the Mahommedans, de
serves well of mankind; but what is
the reward of a man who discovers
10,000 acres of oysters? The oysters
| thus opened up to commerce are said
to surpass in flavor all that are so far
known to epicures. We shall soon be
able to keep our oysters at home. We
sent no less than $400,000 worth last
year to England alone. They ought
soon to become cheaper here.— Boston
| Times.
i
A German emperor made a visit to
{ one of lis towns and was received at |
| the gate by a long row of deputies,
| Just as they were about to address him
| a neighboring donkey set up a terrible
| bray. “Gentlemen,” said the emperor,
| “if you wish me te understand you
| you must speak one at a time.” |