Truth, He who has the truth and keeps it, Keeps what not to him belongs, But performs a selfish action, That his fellow mortal wrongs, He who seeks the truth and trembles At the dangers he must brave, 12 not fit to be a {freoman—- He at best is but a slave, He who bears the truth, and places Its high promptings under ban, Loud may boast of all that's manly, But can never be aman! - William D. Gallagher, The Comet, The comet! He is on his way, And singing as he flies; The whizzing planets shrink before The specter of the skies; Ah! well may regal orbs turn blue, And satellites tara pale, Ten million cubic miles of head, Ten billion leagues of tail. On, on by whistling spheres of light He flashes and he flames; He turns not to the left nor right, He asks them not thair names; One spurn from his demoniae heal Away, away they fly, Where darkness might be bottled up And sold for “Thyrian dye” And what would happen to the land, And how would look the sea, If in the bearded devil's path Our earth should chance to be? Full hot and high the sea would beil, Fall red the forests gleam; Methought I saw and heard it all In a dyspeptio dream! Isawa tutor take his tube, The comet's course to spy; I heard a scream, the gathered rays Had stewed the tutor's eye; I saw a fort—the soldiers all Were armed with goggles green; Pop cracked the guns! whiz flow the balls! Bang went the magazine, I saw a poet dip a soroll VOLUME XV, 00., or mm——— SA SS meme 23, 1882, he could not see what it was, His im pulse to fight was congquerad by its contact, however, for he guessed that it was the muzzle of a revolver, “Bring a lantern!" said the man who had captured Guy; and a light was produced almost immediately, But little was visible. The rain drops on the bran shone in the! light, and, having hung for a moment in brightness, dropped one by one the blackness; trees and a by stood | There wore the fence tral and shadowy as Guy saw In the center of the lighted space] there were two men besides Guy. Both | 3 0S into iit fence near several horses tied to | whiel 3 1 looked spec “Come on,” said both of them. in a breath to Guy; and one of them added: “Don’t you dare to holt a noise above a wi " The li it; a hand rested in anything but a gentle manner on each shoulder, and the philosophical singer was hurried away by his two strange captors, Guy Crawford was not frightened; he was surprised and startlad, but not frightened. He had little money with | him, no valuable jewels, only an old | watch, no papers. Robbery would be Each moment in a tab, 1 read upon the warning back, “The dream of Beelzebuh;" He could not see his verses burn, Although his brain was fried, And every now and then he bent To wet them as they dried. I saw the scalding pitch roll down The crackling, sweating pines, And streams of smoke, like waterspouts Burst through the rambling mines; I asked the firemen why they made Such noise about the town; They answered not—but all the while The brakes went up and down. I saw a roasting pallet sit Upon a baking egg; Isaw a eripple scorch his hand Extinguishing his leg; I saw nine geese upon the wing Toward the frozen pole, And every mother’s gosling fe'l Crisped to a crackling coal. I saw the ox that! Writhe in the The herbage Was all a flery al the grass in I saw huge fishes, boiled to rags Bob through the bubbling brine; And thoughts of supper crossed my soul; I had been rash at mine. i Oh, fear- Strange sights! fal dream! Its memory haunts me The steaming That wreathed each woo Stranger! if throvgh © Such midnight visions sweep 8 Spare, spare, oh spar I And sweet shal ' strange sounds! sea, the crin hy evening meal, thy sleep. —{liver Wendell Holmes. A STRANGE STORY. CHAPTER L “Then to take whatever the gods may send, Putting to scru and doubts an end, Is the sensible way to live, my friend.” So sang a clear voice, with more of nature than cultivation in it. Per- haps there was more of conviction and acquiescence in it than of music. Whether there be such a thing as “luck” or not, it is certain that care-| less Guy Crawford had found life very | good and the world very pleasant while taking “whatever the gods had sent” him. The scene was scarcely ealeulatad to stimulate one to musical efforts. Over- | head were the wet and drooping | branches of the trees, under foot the soaked soil, and all around the dreary | moan of the rain-laden wind. The rain had fallen all day long in | an almost silent torrent. As evening! came on it had lessened a little, while the wind had increased in power. The | world seemed now one dreary, vacant | realm of night and storm. But Guy Crawford, wet and weary, | cold and in darkness, alone and lost, | tramped sturdily on; and as he pressed | forward he sang, over and over again: | “ Then to take whatever the gods may send, Putting to scruples and doubts an end, i Is the sensible way to live, my friend.” Guy Crawford had left the little railroad station at noon. He expected his friend there to meet him, but he had been disappointed. Asking the | station-master for directions he set out on foot for his destination. It involved walking twenty miles ; but he said to himself that he liked walking. It rained ; but rain was better than heat and dust. Guy Crawford readily met each ob- | ection which came up in his mind. | is friend would send for his baggage, he said to himself ; his friend could | lend him dry clothes when he arrived ; | his friend would have a warm wel | come for him. Guy would have laughed at being | thought more than a moderately sen- sible young man. But the man who | let the brighter features of his past | and the dearer hopes of his future shut | down so near together in his mind as! to make the present almost unreal, | was a philosopher, whether he knew it | or not. i When night had fallen Crawford | realized that he was lost. He believed | it might be midnight now ; he could | only dimly discern objects about him ; | he had not seen a human face or a hu- | man habitation for hours. But he sang, nevertheless, as we have said, and in the song one side of | his character stood fully revealed. Guy | Crawford would take life cheerfully as | it came. He would not pause in a course which opened before him be- cause of doubts as to the end of it all. But, despite the debonair way in which he sang of putting scruples to an end, there was a strong undercur- rent of principle and honor in the course of this man’s life, for all the manifold ebbs and flows on the sur- face—ebbs and flows which ran to and fro with the varying impulses of cir- cumstances, or fate. Guy Crawford would have thought of no alternative. He would have said “fate” at once. He sang the three lines over again ; then muttered to himself : “That's all right ; but it is a very natural thing for one to ask himself why in the world Clinton was not at the station ?” Down the rainy gale ran his voice again : “Then to take whatever the gods may send, Putting—" “Stop your noise!” said a harsh voice at his elbow, and a heavy hand { nothing to him, He didn’t exactly welcome the curi- | ous episode in which he was taking an | involuntary part; but he thought of it | | in wonder, instead of fear, @ he had been singing ran iis mind—* Then to take gods may send” the full force of his position, regarded | as a ludicrous comment on the senti- { ment it expressed, burst upon him, | To have saved his life he couldn't have he langhed out loud! { “You infernal fool I” hissed one of the men in hi “This isn’t funny, even if you think so.” “1 know it,” answered Guy; “it's a very solemn and serious affair. But why don't you take my money and watch at once, and let me go?” “Wedon't want your m watch, man! We've money | watches enough ith helped it i S Car. and and hunt. this. want money ut eninge it suing “3 We such a1 we want is a man, py you | ile in a com- Fir} il § imbed a stile The dim light of the stormy night! was enough I indis- | tinct n Guy i nts and entered a headstone hour— K of a quarter of an 1 had but seemingly lon into w hat Guy i particularly desolate and nd retired place. i I F made & turn in an avenue * hedged with ever- scene lay before In of this desolate A half-dozen lanterns stood on the the trees. In and and handson was wrapped in heavily veiled. to her sides. 3 She stood in adeje toad near a large née monument. The woman K and was Ak were bound men a lone el a4 00g CIO Her arms ted attitude, lean- | ing against the monument, Guy Craw- | ford could believe she was crying from the way her head was bent; but her face was from even the slightest view. One old gray-haired man, with a frightened face, stood near her: his! hands, too, were bound. The rest of the men were free, were disguised, some of them with masks, and were as well-armed as the two who had cap- concealed One of the captors held Guy Craw- | the lighted space to the seemed to be the chief. The leader made an impatient movement, and] said something in a tone so low that no one but the men to whom he spoke | man who | The man answered in a louder tone: | “ Not the right man? How was I| to know? 1 wouldn't have supposed | more than one man would be tramp-| ing about the country on such a night except he was well paid for it. This | sense about ‘taking what the gods sent,” and we took him at his word, | you see, and tock him.” The leader laughed—a low, stifled | laugh it was; a laugh that was shut in by the disguise which covered his | face—but it showed that something had pleased him. He spoke again, and as low as be- fore; and the impatient man with him | answered : “He'll do, you say? I should hope so. Why, I wouldn't go hunting | through this black night for another | one for tiwee the pay you offer!” The leader spoke again and theman betore him nodded and turned away. gh for all to hear: “ Whoever fails to do what he is or-| dered to-night will not have a chance | to disobey orders again in this world!” To the woman he said: “You know this place? father’s grave.” Her head was bowed and remained | bent lower than before. He turned to the old man. “You know the girl? You preached at his funeral who lies here.” “1 know her. 1 knew him, are right,” he said. * * ¥ Morning again. but a break in the clouds low down in | the eastern sky almost lets the sun- | light through. { The party who have made the past | night a mystery are mounted now—all but Guy Crawford. The two cap- tives are captives still—he alone is free. The one who has been spokes- man during the night turns to him as they are ready to move off. “As our way Jied east this morn- | ing, yours lies west. You may go first, Never cross the path of any of us again, and be thankful in what the gods sent you last night there was hope for you. Be thankful for life this morning.” CHAPTER II. It is a beautiful jnorning. Fall has come, but it is not late. Many sum- mer tourists will linger at mountain and ocean for weeks yet. A young man walks along a narrow strip of sand. At his right is the ocean, smooth as the summer sea, free from the buffeting hands of the storm, ever becomes. At his left is a low line of cliffs, high in some places. They are scarcely more than twenty feet oppo- site him. We have thus far had only the It is your You x » | Rain still falling, was laid on his shoulder, “Stop your noise.” merest glimpse of this man. Looking ing, and with one paradox written on his mobile face—a puzzled look of care the of a carelessness which nature gave him when she endowed i the characteristics which make him what he is. We have heard more of him in the past than we have seen of him, us listen now, more thot we heard him something more than a 1 as then : in midst m with ‘Then take whatever the gods may send, utting to scruples and doubts an end, Is the sensible way to live, my “Goodness gracious The climax was not unnatural when one considers the A lady had oO the edee of the went Just as ho apposite her, Although steep the cliffs were not perpendicular, and Guy sprang forward and helped break the fall by catching the young lady in his anus, She was unconscious when he caught CAUSsH, Dear aver to him, and to present the ly down to the beach to her ald as her three cousins, Guy had done little—except act on the precept embodied in his favorite the sand but for him, and had on the way down, She had, however, or affected to gratitude, and truy Crawford always found a smile of side. To be with her became a habit, a The three cousins might look coldly at him; he never knew it. The woman never guessed it. His own heart might have startled his intelligence, but he Never any of these, until he stood rs In his hand, which was to have longer, must close. more day to remain, In the light of coming parting knew it all at last. “1 cannot £0, he said: #1 leave her! But I must.” He thought a little: then he said: “If I had only known Ishould have ago. For her peace and id have gone. 1 His vacation, lasted for a month 16 cannot Fane ang KU 1 Mig mine 1 BG | ® % * ¥ *® Miss Maude Walton waited longer than usual that evening for the custo- mary invitation for a walk along the felt that il he knew farewell hat, in Guy Crawford must be short, ar honesty, it must be hard. Together in they the moonlight night The gravest crisis in their lives stood before them. He co and hap walked along the sands. Id not know how much of life 3 lay within the reach of + put it forth in truth and honor. ould not guess how much the woman before him would shut back behind her lips and never utter, though the silence slew her heart, if a coward and a traitor sought what she might say. “I am going away to-morrow. I have received a telegram which makes it imperative.” “Yes,” she answered, with much the look that a heathen priestess might wear who found a flaw in the idol she served, But a look of faith in his truth came “Yes, I am going ; I ought to have gone before. 1 never knew—God help me !—until to-night that I loved you. I have been blind to my own heart. 1 must tell you 1 love you-—I do; but “You have not asked me to give “ No—nor shall I. I have no right “ A true woman would never let a “1 know it.” “I refused each of my cousins to- day.” “I am sorry. Since I can never win you for my wife I wish some noble man the good fortune which “One of my cousins is not a good man. One of them is as great a scoundrel as ever lived.” No man can be wholly bad who truly “ He doesn't love me, pretends he does.” “Merely pretends. I don’t under- I havea small an aunt; but my father's left with strange con- loved my cousins almost did ne. He wanted me “I'll explain to you. was He as well as he my Unless I marry one of them I lose my share, and it will be divided among Unless each asks me except for the reason that I am already en- Two of these men love me. One does “Perhaps so. I can scarcely say how low a man might fall. Which one is it?” A look of puzzled horror settled “I don't know which one and I Tm “ What do you mean ?" He came a step nearer, “Tell me why you have not asked me to be your wife, while you still say you love me, and I will tell you.” “You will not believe me. You will think I am a mere triflar.” “Tell me the truth, no matter how strange it is.” “Well, I will, Somewhere in the world I have a wife living. I never saw her, I never expect to know her. I married her one night at her father's grave, with a revolver at my head, She was closely veiled. My captors and hers were in disguise. 1 love you, but a minister married me to her. The rascals forced him to give her a regu- lar certificate; my name is in it. It is legally binding. I think it is even morally binding, since I chose it de- liberately rather than death.” “Guy Crawford, my name is in that certificate, too, and the certificate is in my pocket. One gf my cousins was the leader in that plot which robbed me of my fortune. God only knows which one of the three it was, except the coward hirelings who helped him. Had you tried to win my promise to F be your wife without owning to this, I should have carried my secret to my grave with nu tut 1 love you, and 1 have tried as hard as a woman modest iy may to win yon. 1 think 1 loved you ever when you became my husband, have sent you ¥ CHAPTER 111, Our closing scene is five years later The marriage which had taken place in that rainy night had mented by another ceremony—a happy one this time, The guilty f confessed man has other two tored the money that the young wife should justly have, i evening, just told the we i self and her audience of ni a his crime. I'he cousins have re mnderful story of her husband to an i and friends, A naturid question suggests self,” say a half<dozen in concert, “The question as to why you were not at the station to meet him, ton ¥” says a practical man, “My question is as to whether Guy Crawford would have found life as happy as he has if had met him?" asks a speculative one, interested it- {%11 i. 34d Clinton each of these had its herent in the group, and in favor of each there are questions asked. incidence, | Guy Crawford, The light of the set ting sun shines around him, t Guy runs to meet him, and the and mother follows the two with a | look of which father and son may well be proud. . | heart of my question beating up i ireeze,"” All listen, and up the hill comessthe music of a happy and honest heart “Then to take whatever Putting to seruple Is the sensible wa : As the voice ceases Clinton “ Is the song true?” A natural question, dear reader, isit? A ARERR ABA, The Head Hunters, The London Telegraph describes the murder of Mr. itti, the expl by the head Borne Witti had, it way to the he rer Mr, | regio ent quite beyor tion of the Britis! pany. Th Mr. long and hazar same time, enced travels good ter there was nor nt fear ni p eountry without had made a it is believed, Near the hes would be on tl neo, and ina r Boek found the natives anu age and unfriendly, that make so an experi- man and on » natives generally, that he nt not go th seventeen m Nome nine ov ten tend to the boats, ting a river and boats from the natives. ol eh. The ot dined to push on ahead in oo 1@ explorer. The native shown no dispositi n to hostility, local chiefs (the tr are, no doubt the Murats, though one account they are Tand rea with ti RAYS had hos. which fri pitably entert: is generally a guarante While his little move forward Witti sat down to make some notes in his diary. Suddenly, from an ambush in the river, three hundred natives, armed poisoned arrows and spears, upon Witti and his men, latter fell almost immediately, Witti defended himself with his revolver and killed two of his assailants. The rest crowded upon him, however, and speared him to death, The others of his party had already run away, one of { them, who was carrying Witti's Win- | chester rifle, taking it off in his flight { From a hiding-place they saw one of { the attacking party decapitate Witti, { while others cut off the lower limbs of his dead attendants, flung them, with the explorer's head, into a boat, and { made off with the bleeding trophies { down stream. They also carried off { Witti's papers and dispatch box. i Roe with rushed Tricking a Trickster, One day several years ago an East- { ern man dropped into a village in this State and made known the fact that | he was anxious to purchase a general store. There were several in the town and all willing to sell, but the stranger { said he would hang around for a few i days to see how much business was being done. One of the dealers, named Smith, saw where a little extra work might count for a good deal, and he called in a fellow townsman named | Gilbert, and said: idea that I am doing a staving cash business. Here is $20, and 1 want you to come in about 4 o'clock and | that you'll send for the stuff to-mor- i row.” hand at the hour | on | named. | wide open, and Gilbert walked in and called out: “Say, Smith, I'm coming in morrow to pay you that $75.” “That's all right,” was the reply. “ Want anything to-day?” “Well, 1 might look at an overcoat,” Smith winked and winked, but Gil bert insisted on looking over the coats, and finally found one to suit. Then he helped himself to a pair of boots and a hat, and laying down the $20 he remarked: “Take your pay out of that, I reckon I've saved at least $3 over any other store in town,” He was given about ninety cents in change, and walked off with his pur- chases and was nbt seen again for a week. The stranger not only did not buy Smith out, but when Smith went to take that $20 out of Gilbert's hide he was the man who got whipped,— Detroit Free Press. EO to- At Your Service, Scene on railway platform at Hei- delberg—traveler to university stu- back, sir.” U. S.—fiercely—*“ Don’t you like it, Allow me to tell you that I am at your service at any time and place,” Traveler—benignantly—* Ah, in. deed, that is very kind of you. Just carry this satchel for me to the hotel.” It is said that there are upward of 8,000 steam plowing machines now employed in England and Scotland. FOR THE LADIES, News and Notes for Women, Queen Victoria's visit to the south | Cannes, The Madeira road at { ladies on tricycles, {| There have been 184 women students | at Michigan university during 1882, { Of this number 110 were in the lit- erary department, { Paris is sensible setiing women a Flat soles are to be the { shoes, walk without a rotary motion, 1t 1s said that a lady school-teacher in Auburn, Me, during the summer va- {cation raked 100 tons of hay, har- | nessed the horse for the meadow and { felt all the better for the field exercise, Miss Mary 8. Pegram, for many { ematicd in Illinois female college, { Jacksonville, has accepted a similar | position under Dr. De Motte, Xenia i college, Xi nia, Ohio, the of only in in Washington, was forty-four children, whom are now alive, these duties, mother eleven sh the rank of major, I'he competition of young girls for At an examination to test the qualifications of applicants there were 800 candidates for thirty | places, The very small, be ginning at only $1.50 a week, Mre. Mary Jacklin, Detroit's female broker and speculator, has raised a family of four children with success, giving them a liberal education, and | has accumulated a fortune of $50,000 in the produce She is now { sixty-four years old and “smart as a icket” yet, being well and favorably inown in the business circles of De 106 18 Inereasing vite 18 Increasing. salary is business. Taking the United States through 18 not a large city, says the Phila- 55, Where marriage engage rinally announced and such solemn obligations Long engagements » & considerable ex- + looked upon as good lHarize young i them a chance to test their congenialty and escape in time if they find they do not ares, J with each other an give Fashion Notes, Fancy feathers of every description » for millinery use, the f satouche are r, electric and roval pular sl of blue, ackets are very fash- * black skirts of silk, IOS embroidered or sques of satouche trimmings of costumes, Mp autumn promenade Shaggy goods of all Kinds in brown, r, dark green, dark blue, or } are the able of all utility fabrics. “Jersey Lily" has largely increased the sale in Amer- the jersey bodice, whose popu- inaugurated in The co of the ea of larity London, Derbies and other maseuline-dooking hats appear on the heads of many pretty and well aiong the : New Y she ago iressed young women promenades of lars of velvet, fastening or frills of Oriental while the collars rest upon the neck without any relief of white or cream lace above them. behind, lace bel Ve Ww then The newest linen collars are narrow bands fastening with a simulated slide or buckle of linen, through which a linen tongue is passed, and fastened afterward with a small gilt screw but. ton. Jersey waists shaped to the figure are finished at the bottom with high scarf draperies, and sometimes with a box plaiting set on high, with the bot- tom of the jersey cut into points back A dark, dull green velvet train and bodice of the same are considered the wear with pale green silk or satin front breadths, paniers and plas- evening toilet, Dorsay redingotes are imported, made of black Lyons velvet and trimmed with a magnificent applique work of black embroidery and jet, They are fastened down the front from the throat to the bottom of the skirt with costly cordelieres and | handsome cut jet buttons in medallion | designs, The huge bridal bouquet of white | roses is now frequently replaced by a large fan made of gardenais, white | star flowers and stephanotis. This fan depends from the right side by a gold or silver chatelaine, but is raised and | carried in the hand in place of the | bouquet as the bride enters church or parlor, Some of the most expensive wraps tare simply long cloaks of embossed { plush or velvet or plain fabrics, with | borders of priceless fur or needlework | passementerie, with each raised leaf | and flower worth the price of a yard | of ordinary trimming, while other gar- | ments are so complicated in construc. | tion and so elaborately garnished as to { be almost as indescribable as some of | the intricate costumes with plaitings, | puffs, plastrons, vandykes and other | decorative features, A Remarkable Barglar, | Mary Morris, a petite fourteen-year- { old girl, with a remarkably sweet face, { which seemed to beam with childlike | innocence, was sentenced bya Chicago | court to two years in the house of cor- | rection, she having pleaded guilty to fourteen indictments for burglary and | larcency, The judge remarked that it | was one of the most astounding cases of which he had ever heard, This girl is the most remarkable burglar of mod- ern times. For the past two years she has plied her vocation, committing in- numerable daring burglaries by night, and well-nigh filling the house of her parents with dress goods, jewelry, dia- monds and articles valued in all at $10,000. A large part of the plunder had been disposed of, the revenue sup- plying the entire family wants, Eight hundred indictments could have been | found, The story of her erimes and escapades would fill a ponderous vol- ume. Her mother, Helen Morris, was sentenced to three and a half years in the penitentiary as an accessory. FACTS AND COMMENTS. The English Wreck Register shows that for the year 1850-81 the number of wrecks, casualties and collisions on 3.575, or 1,066 in excess of those of 1870-80, the number of lives lost during the past year being O84, A probably hetween 3,000,000 and 4,000, O00 of persons were passengers by water, the proportion of accidents was very sinall, A correspondent of the American Cultivator gives the following as a rule for the location of storms: The around a storm, and when it blows east of you; if it blows from south, the heaviest rain is west ; if it is south ; if it blows from the west, the heaviest rain is north of you. N arses trained in New York hospitals According to an mmbulance surgeon, ask to be taken to hospitals that have lady nurses; and, as a matter of course, wealthy families secure trained nurses for their invalids. Nursing the sick 18 an occupation which is not likely to be overdone, though there are now This, however, is not a new thing. In the middle ages women were not only the nurses but the physicians, and Roman Catholic hospitals are still under the charge of nuns, e—————— According to information furnished by recent numbers of the Ferhan, the journal of Ispahan, civilization is mak- ing considerable progress in Persia. large college, which was completed last year with government aid, has now commenced in earnest among the up- per classes of Persian youth, who will have the advantage of tuition at the hands of professors who, if not Euro peans, have at least graduated at the principal seats of learning in Rurops Further signs of improvement are i ways, telegraphs, ete, and in the re for the assimilation of weights and measures throughout Persia. There are ten large bath-houses at Hot Springs, Ark., and the price of a the latter being the limit fixed by the State government, which owns the springs. An attendant is paid not week. The natural degrees, and for bathing it is usually reduced to 100 or a little less. The baths are taken, as a rule, in tubs, placed in a large hot apartment, and partitions, There is Vapor baths may be had, but not much in the style of New York establishments. Opinions differ widely among the invalid visi- tors as to the curative qualities of the One of certain temporary relief is afforded, the springs is sel apart, at or omm—— The extent of wine making in Cali- fornia astonishes visitors from the East. At the vineyards of San Gabriel, the largest in the State, HO0,000 gallons readily, The grapes are The juice runs into vats, where it fer- butts in the cellars, There it stands until it is clarified by whites of it filtered throngh charcoal and 18 to the profits of grape culture, it is cal- are seven winé-producing dis- ia, and the total vint- of this will be distilled for brandy, and some drank at home, but will be sent Eastward, to be An English project which has for its aim nothing less than a revolution in the inland transportation of mer- chandise will probably be brought be- fore parliament for its sanction during the coming winter, It is scheme of penniless adventurers, but of the leading shipowners and mer- chants of Liverpool, who have already raised a large guarantee fund. The project is designated “The Lancashire Plate Railway,” and, broadly stated, the proposal is to lay out a series of roadways, radiating from Liverpool to the centers of manufacturing industry in South Lancashire, to carry along these roadways a double set of iron plates corresponding in breadth with the wheels of ordinary wagons, to set the loaded draw them by steam traction engines to their appointed destination. Pas- senger traflic is excluded from the scope of the scheme; it is confined en- tirely to goods, and the anticipation is that it will be possible to carry these at a much lower rate than is now charged by the railway companies, The movement has its origin and mo- tive in the burdensome charges now levied, which have been the subject of persistent protest by all the commer- cial bodies of Liverpool. The chief saving will be in the handling of goods. The wagons, which will be similar to those in general use on ordinary roads except that the axles will be of the same length, will be loaded directly from the steamer or the factory, drawn by horses to the nearest station of the “plateway,” and there attached toa long line of similar vehicles with an engine at its head. Arrived at their destination, horses will draw them to the factory or steamer. The metal plates will be laid in two par- allel rows, with long flanges on the outer edge to keep the wagons on the track. It is thought that $35,000 a mile will construct and equip the plate- way, and that the cost of maintaining and operating it-will be comparatively small, 5 modest Benevolence, Fifth avenue, New York, contains {two ladies of great wealth, each of | whom may be sald to live alone, with {the exception of servants, One of | euples a place which cost §1,000,000, { The taxes alone on this grand estab- | Hshment are $12,500, She has a dozen | servants, and a housekeeper, but others | wise lives alone, though often visited {by her young and expectant rela jtives, The other is Miss Harriet | Lenox, sister of the philanthropist, who | occupies the house built by the latter, | when Fifth avenue first became an aristocratic street, She lives alone, with the exception of the servants, but her purpose in life is to carry out her brother's philanthropic schemes, for which reason he made her sole helr, { Old Robert Lenox, the founder of the { family, had four children, a son and | three daughters, Harriet is the last of {the line, which, in her death, will | become extinct. She is, like her late | brother, a recluse, but devotes her time and her wealth to benevolence, whieh is administered through approved channels of usefulness, Robert Lenox's name appears in the first New Yark directory, dated 1786. i He was a thrifty Scotch merchant, and | an elder in the Presbyterian church, i | Two of his daughters married, but | Harriet remained single, and so did the son, James, who was one of the strangest bachelors on record. He did { not care for society of any kind, did not love horses, or anything of a spor- tive character. He was, on the other hand, a student, and devoted himself to books. He was an economist, and | yet showed a remarkable turn for be- | nevolence, but exercised it in the most | private manner possible. The senior Lenox left $300,000, which was then | called a large property, but he also had a farm of twenty acres five miles from the city, which he always considered an unfortunate investment, The land was poor, and at §10,000 the purchase seemed a blunder. His son, James, however, lived to see the time when a lot (in size one-sixth of an acre) sold for more than the entire cost of the farm, including taxes. Fifth avenne runs directly through it, and it fronts the Central park. The old farmhouse still stands, and is occupied by James Gaddis, who has supplied his patrons with vegetables for many years. He has become rich and owns many houses, but is still proud to be garden- er of the Lenox family. James and Harriet Lenox lived for more than a third of a century in a plain-looking house in the lower part of the avenue. The house was different, socially speak- ing, from any other in New York. The only visitors admitted were the pastor, the physician and a few family con- nections, On Sundays, the brother and sister walked over to the church, which stood on the other side of the same avenue. They never attended any other church, nor were seen in any other places of public resort. Theatres, concerts, lectures, were alike unattractive to this quiet pair, who were all in all to each other. The only variation was the summer residence in Newport, where, however, the same seclusion was maintained. In this way a lifetime passed, and it was one of great activity, James Lenox did a day’s work every day, and when death closed his career of fourscore he left a noble record. The funeral was in keeping with his previous habits. The hour was not announced, and there were no invitations. A small circle of kindred assembled, and after the prayer the undertaker conveyed the remains to the place of interment, followed by a few carriages. On the following Sab- of the deceased, no funeral sermon would be delivered. The illustrated papers applied for a pieture, but were refused. However great might be the | public desire to behold a likeness of the | philanthropist, this was contrary to | his purpose. A portrait had been | painted, but it was private property. | It had been expected that Lenox would | make some liberal bequests; but, on { the other hand, he merely bequeathed the estate to Harriet. Having acted ns a faithful trustee all his life, he placed the trust in her hands. She knows his wishes, and since his death they have been carefully fulfilled. The ! income is administered for benevolent | purposes, Cheap Living in Saxony, A correspondent of the Chicago | News writes that while everything was exceedingly cheap in Saxony, none of the Americans with whom he had been talking had been able to live on less money per diem than it cost them to live at home, but they had all lived | more luxuriously, { Iam taking music lessons here,” said a young fellow from Cincinnati, who does not talk much, “I take two lessons a week, 1 pay for the lessons | about twelve and a half cents each, or | §1 per month. I pay all the teacher | asked.” i { “Iam paying {ifty cents per lesson | to a teacher of German,” said another, | “1 paid $15 for this suit of clothes,” { said another, “and 1 couldn't buy it in | the United States for $40. They were made to order for me.” | “I pay twelve marks, or §3, per ' month for my room, with coffee every morning.” said another. { “I rode in a beautiful carriage from | 11 abcloc® until 6 o'clock yesterday. I | had a splendid driver. I had beer, and | 80 did he. Th® day's amusement cost {me $3. It would cost more than that | for the privilege of taking off your hat | to an American hackman,"” { Other adventures and experiences of | a similar character were gone over. I | have just given enough to show why {it is that people of small means in | England flock to Saxony. They can { live well here for what it would cost | them to live poorly at home, Ameri- | cans have not taken advantage of the | inducements offered by Dresden or | Leipsic as yet, because Americans do i not live like the English on annuities, | But to persons in America who have | an income from rents or invested cap- | ital of say $1,000 a year, the induce- { ments offered by this delightful coun- | try are beyond computation. How Western Cities Grow, A Western man has been telling some Philadelphians how Western cities grow. He says he went off into the mountains hunting, and, night coming on, he went to sleep in a tree to be out of reach of the wolves, He was awakened early the next morning by some workmen, who told him to get down and finish his nap on the court- house steps, as they wanted to turn that tree into a flag pole for the hotel across the way. He got down, and while rubbing his eyes was nearly run over by a street car and got his feet tangled in an electric light wire, SCIENTIFIC NOTES, EE Rar con are sold in Berlin for the convenience of travelers, The great red spot which has been visible on the surface of the planet Jupiter for several years is reported to be growing fainter, and the early dis- appearance of this remarkable object seems imminent, Experiments conducted between Munich and Miesbach have proved conclusively thal electrical energy capuble of being converted into mo- tive power can be sent over an ordi- nary telegraph wire, The hurricane which d the nave of the pavilion of the tion at Trieste damaged the eleetrie light apparatus. A man, while en- gaged in repairing it, accidentally re ceived the full discharge of the electrie current, and was killed on the spot, Heat and light are identical in char- acter, though different in All solid bodies become self-luminous at the same temperature, which is about 1,000 degrees. When the body is raised to the temperature > L0G degrees it emits red rays; at 1,200 4 5, orange rays; at 1,300 degrees, ow rays; at 1,600 degrees, blue rays; at 1,700 de grees, indigo rays, and at 2,000 degrees, violet rays, In warm-blooded animals the heart's action ceases in a very few minutes after the destruction of the nervous centers, or after the circulation of the blood in its own vessels is by any means arrested. Not so with cold- blooded animals, however, as the heart of one of them may continue to beat for many hours after it has been emptied of blood, and even after it has been cut out of the chest, The pulsa- tions of the heart of an eel have been seen to continue for six hours after separation from the rest of the body; of a torpedo, for nine hours; and of a salmon, for twenty-four hours, WISE WORDS, It issad but true that we can silence our conscience easier than our de sires, Genius makes its observations in shorthand; talent writes them out at length, No accusation should be advanced except upon proof suflicient to sus tain it, The best ce for env an- other's merit is to endeavor to sur- pass it. He who selects his companions with care is more likely to make unto him- self faithful friends. Every one must see daily instances of people who complain from a mere habit of complaining. While we retain the power of render- ing service and conferring favors we seldom experience ingratitude, The mind and memory are more sharply exercised in comprehending another man’s things thaa our own, If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess there would not be much envy in the world. A more glorious victory cantiot. that when the injury began on his part the kindness should begin on ours, What an argument in favor of social connection is the observation that by communicating our grief we have less and by communicating our pleasure we have more. A word—a look, which at one time which, with its own natural force would scarce have reached the object aimed at. HEALTH HINTS, Hemorrhage of the lungs or stomach is promptly checked by small doses of salt. The patient should be kept as quiet as possible. For a scald or burn, apply immedi- ately pulverized charcoal and oil Lamp oil will do, but linseed is better. The effect is miraculous. For chapped lips mix two table spoonfuls of clarified honey, with a few drops of davender water or any other perfume, and anoint the lips fre- quently. To remove warts, get a little bul lock's gall and keep it in a bottle; rub a little on the warts two or three times a day and in a short time they will disappear. Don’t sleep in a draught; don’t goto bed with cold feet, and don’t eat what youdo not need just to save it, are notes of warning sounded by Dr Foote's Health Monthly. Charcoal forms an unrivaled p tice for wounds and old sores. It is also invaluable for what is called roud flesh. Itisa disinfectant. i sweetens the air if placed in shal. low dishes around the ent, and foul water is also purified by its use, For bruises or Sprains bathe the part in cold water until you get ready a de- coction of wormwood and vinegar. When the herb is fresh gathered pound the leaves, wet with vinegar, and bind on, and when the herb is dry put it in the vinegar and let it boil a short time; then bathe the bruise with the decoction and bind on the herb, A Practical Joke, Miss Van Zandt, the American prima donna, who has won such envi- able honors in Paris, was lately the heroine of a little comedy at the Musee Cris She wen to has 2 mous gallery of wax figures with her I some friends, and, seeing a vacant niche draped with red cur- tains, in a room where there were no other visitors than her own party, slipped into it, gave her friends an ad- monitory glance, and sat still. The curtains were drawn so that only her bust and head were visible. soon visitors thronged in. “See,” said one, “there is a new figure, Mlle. Van Zandt, What a good likeness!” A group gathered round, expressing, some admiration, others disapproval, the fair singer meanwhile keeping perfectly still. At last a languid, supercilious and altogether superior lady came along, viewed the dainty features, fair locks and sparkling eyes and then said: “So this is Mlle. Van Zandt, is it? Quite pretty, but no like- ness, I never would have ed it if I hadn't been told—" and then the supposed wax figure burst into a merry of laughter, sprang from the niche and tripped away amid the astonishment and chagrin of the eritic and the applause of the crowd. The
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