A Sad Sea Song. A sailor man sailed over the sea, When the billows were soft and low, And the winds a ballad of ocean glee Sarg sweetly in gentle flow. A sailor wife sat out on the shore And dreamed of a ship on the deep, But ber sailor man she saw no more, For Le slept in a sound, sound sleep. The sailor sailed away and away, Where the serges were flerce and wild, And was lost at the break of a stormy day To his wife and his little child, The winds were sad and the waves were wild, Aud the sea sang a story of life, A lullaby to the sailor child, A wail to the sallor wiiel HRI, A WIFE'S ECONOMY. Mr. and Mrs. Blossom were new stars of a fine brilliancy but of a small magnitude in the society of Warrens- burg. Alexander Blossom and Minnie Blossom had been married for one short year, which time seemed to them just one long summer's day. There are sev- eral unmarried people unlike Alexander when they were together never bappy for a moment, came in from business he always stituted a search for the girl who was waiting for mm, e began to despair she would in- when hb start out of a certain passage way with a gay Jaugh and ask him where his eves were, Of course under these cir- cumstances, it was necessary for her to take a good, square look at ls eyes to determine if they were the same as ever, und then occurred some of those manifestations which foolish call foolishness, and which only stopped ' peopie nounce that dinner was served. course, the housemaid did not verbatim was, **Come, now; to suy that Minnie was not very tall; and deliciously plump. Her lips were a: near bursting with fulness as cher- and her eyebrows, heavier than the or- dinary, made her just so much the more magnetic. There was nothing wonder- ful about Alexander. You com- prehend Alexander at once when 1 say that ho received £100 a month, which Le did not earn. However, he firmly believed that in nysterious way returns will some his labor brought large to his employers, to live. Fortunately, they had no rent to pay; the market books, under Min. nie’s care, figured up ly, and the domestic was kind mand but $15 a month, One day Alexander came home from his aulleged looking and sweet, and for Minnie, The latter rushed the unex- pected place in which she always hid, caught him around the neck, asked him where his eves were, put a rapture kiss just below his hair “Whodo you think?" husband reasonat enough to de- business nice looking out from 1 Aigo camel's mus- tache, and cried, The sagacious rapturous kiss just below where Minnie would have had a splendid brown mus. tache had she been in that line, and re- plied that hedidn’t know. He also de- mended advice a+ to what it was appro- priate to think. Minnie then explained that a letter had come addressed to him, that it looked like wedding cards, that she had--had opened it, and that it wasn’t wedding cards after all, Some men, hearing of a mysterious fetter opened by a loving wife, would have experienced a feeling of vague un- rest, Not so Alexander, He silently letter was, burg Social elab,” said Minnie, *“*and I noon,” So she had, in her womanly ways she had been thinking what dres« es she could wear, she cried, “Now, say we can go." “Of course we can go.’ was essentially masculine, Women, on the contrary, always begin by refusing, argued into anything whatever, “Then you must get a dress suit,” said Mrs. Blossom, These were, indeed, strange words. the fashionable Alexander had nothing in dress more formal than cutaways or Prince Alberts, How, then, had he been married? The explanation throws light on a very dark passage in Mr, Blossom’s life--his dressed sait had been pawned; and worse, the time of redemption had expired, “I can’t go,’’ he said, resigning him- self to Fate with a large F, “That's it,” cried Minnie, delighted; “I've been figuring it all up, and you ean go.” Here she ran into the next room, and in one second returned with ~ a sheet of legal cap bearing very illegal Jooking figures, ‘*Now look at this!” Alexander looked, and I have to re- cord that he was pot shocked. The figures and their method were about as nearly like those of an ordained book- keeper as Mr, Blossom’s own, “We've got to be economical for two months, you see,” said Minnie. “There it is, ull on paper.” Tha indisputable document ran thus: Grocer, 50; Jane, $15; butcher, $15; $78 878 out of $100 leaves $22--say $20; two mouths, $40.7 “One of these suits doesn’t cost more than that, does it?! she asked, confi dently. “Costs £75," replied the gloomy Alex- ander, “Hump!” cried Minnie, manage? 1f it were a $0 dress, would be plenty.” Alexander shook his head. “But the club early in the evening,’ persisted Minnie. ‘‘Couldn’t you get one that would do-—ready made, or something?”’ Alexander was pained, He e=aid he trusted she did not speak in earnest. “Dear!” cried Minnie, in despair, “what can we do? We can’t take boarders, and you can’t be a book agent, I wish somebody would leave us some money,” “So do LI,” murmured feeling, “I know what,” cried Minnie, sudden brightness, “Don’t you father money,”’ said Mr, Blossom sternly. “I don’t intend to.” Alexander seemed to think she might willful this much re- “Can't you £40 meets Alec, with with ask your Ol have been a little more point, jut he tried to look 1ssued another Her Alex go debt, immediate, that she was not to in assent to this was 1 The next J: Minne, by Ly of her idea, went 1 clorvhing emporium of Warrensburg ¢ demanded the price of dress suits, She then ask h, This was’'a He solve an intricate problem, price of the « lot surprise to the tailor, affect and coming out with a mathematical flour- ‘ ish of his pencil, sad: “Twenty dol lars.” “How much for entting “Well,” said the tailor, “hem! let me see, You wouldn't want made up bere, you think? Well, vest ~about $13.50," rs out? is iv coal, *1 should like to get the cutting both tor $3 said Minnie, faintly, “Well, ’? answered the tailor jzingly, *‘that’s it, we could: can't get lish goods, yeu Know, American We have cheap rices. I goods, out “1 shoulda’ nie, exertion credit, Alexand tailor ndle She of « to be done by ready with the carried her b dressmaker, infinite 1 r of women, “Howels' J charge tw “reasonable” real modisie, nme. 1 Re » ¥ ¥ : r orial usage among Hakers, 1 rtsrvrsime M4 1 of A ¥ $ $id 1 44! CuiaAr jewel ‘ Minnie's di not set a price, bul said iL was a “splendid plan’ that she would tr that she would isfactory. make everyihing * What can Minnie be hore departed in great spirits, * Time rattled night of the clul The Blossoms’ acceptance duly sent, and Alexander on and brou; had had formed that a dress suit He trusted to his wife's implicity, believing, not that in two months she would create a wonder ful novel, eusily do—in other novels—but that she would pur. sue the more useful and perhaps more womanly plan of calling on her father, been complacen would be provided. as ladies so wives other than domestic virtues, mAascu- line prejudices swept away. The portant night having rolied into War. stairs in *‘something®’ the gifted dress. maker “had patched up out of noth went. The bundle was brought out for him to open. It was a regular tailor’s vox (such was Minnie’s eraftiness) and lo! on the collar of the coat was the glorifying name of a New York tailor, Minnie, of course, had obtained the name of her futher and sewed It on with her own fair hands, Alec, with a full heart, donned the suit and stood before the mirror. He cast two careful glances at the trim re- flection, clasped Minnie to the new coat and exclaimed in many raptures, “You darling! It’s—it's the regular thing!” “Are you satisfied?” asked the wife, wishing him to commit himself bayond retrieve before she divulged the low origin of the suit, “Of coursel’’ cried Alec warmly, wishing he were a woman, so that he could gush a little, “Satisfied? Why it's one of Ackerman’s best-that's what it ia, See the way it fits. I could tell that was Ackerman's a mile oft.” When he had raved for ten minutes, Minnie confessed the history of the suit. “So you see, after all,” she said at last, ‘we women do know some. thing,” Mr. Blossom looked at the coat more critically, trying to detect a blemish, but he couldn't, “Are you still satisfied?’’ asked Min- nie. He had to admit that he was, “Now, how much do you suppose it cost?” Mr. Blossom couldn’t tell a tatlor,”’ he began. “Tailor!” eried Minnie. “You mean robber, I counted on just $40, and out of that I have this suit, which you say you like, and this dress of mine. You would have paid $75 for the suit alone, To-morrow I shall go up and pay up, have spend on For Min- of extrava- “Now, left out of the $40 1 shall candy, every single cent.” nie had the woman's love gance after all, So this was Mrs, Blossom's triumph, Not a gentleman at the club was better dressed than her husband, They were both 1n raptures. ander especially, when he had vinced himself that his suit did Alex- con- The next evening, when Mr, B'ossom instituted the search for Minnie, she did not leap out at him from he: unthought «f hiding place. She was in her room and cry- and old Lr Hg. TH ' i der. > reply at but rat INL, still kep t when ‘ i she bad ught 19 proper state of sympathy and al a little more bitterly tl quite unconsciously rel on a piece } ander d was the ty contained atro it writing executed in red picked it ous ink, and looked But it SAAT, SAR, hike the work of a dynamiter, 80 Blossom to Mrs, ita Suite was not 1 brief, It begun: Darden, after eighteen I)ress nan 's or Lweuly *" 3 veil . aling ' extra cloth, “totle $39.” | i x f vis 13¢ i or 3 * . ines of trimmings, | niags, LUllons, making, ete, calmiunted totie nder this “‘lotls”’ in Minnie ba what she owed the taller >, and t Rag 0d had made a “tolls y i $1 § dress suit had cost hier why “You hate me, she sobbe ‘ve married a Was strike y pr guarantee efforts were al econ MOY ——————— A Historic Match Box. Recently I gold mateh Maxi. more gentleman here an elegant box that once belonged to Prince milian, wh Mexico than twenty Just before he o was shot in yUars ago, was put to death he gave this box and two detailed to carry into execution the sen tence of death which had been passed upon him. them these momentos to show that he bore no ill will towards them, as they “Alm at my beart!" he said, in a moment he They did so, and Was & COrpee appear to have had very little sentiment, They were bought by an American they were exposed for sale at Galt's One of the watches, bought by the Austrian minister then hare. The match box was pickea up by a gentleman who is a connessear in things with a history. It is of solid Mexican gold, elaborately chased and ornamented with exquisite armatory designs, among which are a Cupid heart, bow and arrow and altar, It is presumed to have been a gift to the prince from some lady admirer, If it had been a present from his wile, the unfortunate Princess Carlotta, it is like. ly her name would have appeared on it, and he would hardly have given it away, A large diamond glistens upon the spring by which it is opened. It is cowardice to wish to rid of everything which we do not like, Sick ness and sorrow only exist to further man’s education in this world, They will not be needed in the future, The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone, REMARKABLE ————— How Some Persons Have Wonder-~ ful Gifts In That Direction. The varieties of memory are as re- markable as its vagaries. There is, for instance, 80 wide a range between Niebuhr, the great statesman, and a certain divine that one can scarcely recognize the same faculty in each, It is said of Niebulir that he remembered everything he had read at any period of his life; and it is said of the reverend doctor that he forgot he had been mar. ried within an hour or two of the inter- esting event. John Wesley had a re- markable memory, and at eighty-five even it was still vigorous, Andrew Fuller could repeat a poem of five hundred lines after hearing it read once or twice, could recite verbatim a sermon MEMORIES. or speech and enumerate the names of the shop signs from the Temple to the end of Cheapside, with a description of the principal articles displayed in each Before the davs of short-hand report- ’ ing *Memory Woodall” used to attend and, after lis. note, Wile without taking a single The same power was possessed by the Nadeliffe, the novelist, Sir Walter Scott vel neither 3 of compare with Beronicius tadcliffe, husband and Gemories, heart the works of Homer, Anst two Ylinvys, this w oniy, i who knew by y, Juvenal, As an “rote? lebrated ne of the Ci most Ces On record of what, tinct ein. rod by Lord By mas on, we may call intelligent 1 He was described iQ i y alia # RUREes versed in 0fty death he added twenty to his list, He used t Lever got anything Rewrd or read, As an example Robert Pastield, may be recalled hin Lime for serm duer read por w ce si ii Nve Arrested. $ % fom tm 2) WE writen, 10 Lh the ples 1 had i Fre 4} Co ITs, Paris filled witd filled fall of surging bat national holiday Was Paris was with excl Pari wRY was th past the door : and, ss usnal, several tables One had a glass « I heard the glass fall g aft When i reac: On I had passed the place, waiter fol- in and requested me to pay for the glass. 1 said, ‘seursely The grog proprietor then came and demand- ed pay for the glass and contents. 1 re- plied with perfect polish and wonderful naivete that I would see him doing time over yonder before I would do so. ‘All he straightway to me did make reply I did not think he would do it, but he did. He then told the policeman his story, and the officer told me I would have to accompany him to the commis gaire. I said I had agreed to go some- where cles that evening. He did not understand me. Just as we were start- ing for the sation house the proprietor of the Cestiliogne and the young Count de Passano, both of whom I had met tree, I think, though it was all in French, so I am not sure of the exact words. At last he finally hitched up his linen trousers, touched his cap and Italian here going to school, aad hav- ing also yet a good time already. He was very polite and wanted to pay for the glass himself, but I would not per - mit it, because it was wrong for any- body to go about paying for the general breakage of crockery and glassware in a large place. You cannot keep it up. I was quite ill at ease for a little while, I will admit, for itis so rarely that I am arrested nowadays that 1 hardly know what to say. Besides, you can- not argue with a French policeman in English and make that favorable im- pression you would like, The secret of feeaing is to avoid get- ting your laying hens fed, HEADACHE AND HAIR. A Barber Tells How to Cure the Former and Preserve the Latter. Yes, it is a mistake to change the way or style of combing your hair. A man should decide early in life which way heis going to arrange his hair or beard, and keep it that for life. It is wrong to cultivate a ‘pompadour’ in summer time and wear the hair plaster- ed on the head the rest of the When the comes to change, the course of the hair has been way Year, time make the changed at the roots, and the hair will not lie down, If ept short it will stand out like porcupine quills; and again, when the ‘pompadour’ is being ealti- is liable to tire of it before it is mastered. You will always find that the men who plaster their hair on their heads become bald years be- vated, the wearer fore men who wear ‘pompadours’ or ‘half-pompadours’ for the reason that FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Examine into your own shortcomings rather thin those of others. “AN the world’s a stage,” and there are Jots of bad actors on iL Women like brave men exceedingly, but audacious men still more. The ups and downs of life ore betler than being down all the time, It is paradoxical and sickness often lurks inv vet true 5 OYE ua mil in HARARE] As certainly as your in you, His work will be upon you, After you have learned to thin fewer books you read the bel Bociety is like a pie—the the lower crust and the best part, faith cure will not it of faith is the upper crus thing for it, Curses are like processions; turn to the place from whence came, Ww Liat we they re- they bell is right is more of- the air does not get to the scalp and the of it. A scalp plastered with hair never per- roots of the hair die for the want spires and headaches follows. Any-one subject to headaches can overcome them he and thoroughly very easily if will but rub oe ntly F morning ati { niation of and eve ning. the blood, creates draws | perspiration, accompanied feu { air, which ds the ro — ———— a Silk Without Worms, M. de Carbonuet, a i ho g. lle ory RO, bas discovered Wort begrs il 4 i Vii | some Lime with that the peculiar 1 alt of the 5; i £3 ¥ v wminnritl { After many month tr | Successiul trials, BLK iN Yaras o on sociation Fir Stronger Than Oak. nerally supposed the nger than fir, its made i e Nort Railroad, in Ta- a. Washington Territory, shiow that Ty * y £1 recently ML A He Cal hern Pacific he reverse is actually lhe case, The ts were made by acteal breaking strain. on sticks two by four inches and four in the middle