Christmas Is Coutlag ! Feathery flakes are dancing, dancing. In the gray mom's frosty gleam— Hsralds they of reindeer prancing From the gardens of our dream— From the bright land of the elf-king, Where the bonbons gayly grow Just like sweets of rammer gardens, When the tulips smile in row. Feathery flakes are falling, falling, From the skies in softest way i And between are voioes calling ; "Boon it will be Christmas day 1" Don't you know bow in the springtlmo. Wintry snows are soattered wide Ere the lovely purple blossoms Dare to pssp from whers they hide? Feathery flakes are sifting, sifting, Through the chill December air— Here, and there, and yonder drifting, Making everything more fair ; Laying whiter folds than Unsn On the houses and the trees. Softer than the richest damask Bprssd our dainty'guest to please. Boon the bonbons will be falling As the flake# have fall'n to-day. And the children will be calling To their patron saint so gay : " Ah! ws know when oame the snowflakes Too wonld oome, dear Santa Olaus— For we always (you remember) Know the wind's way by the straws." Bee. the tree* are fair as any That elves have wreathed with enow. Will be planted—oh! so many I In oar better homes. And Io I Something better far than snowflakee Shall be hung about their green— Candies, toys, and fairy taper. Lighting up the merry scene. And the children dancing, dancing. Till all tired their little feet. Shall, with half-shnt eyes np-glancing. Wonder : " Why is life so sweet ?" And some tender voice shall whisper— Flake-like falling from above : " Christina* ie so sweet, my darling, Just because It's king is love 1" Charity's Charity. "You'll repent of this, Charity, mark my words." Charity Atherton laughed good Im morally, "If I do, yon will have the immense satisfaction of saying ' I told yau so.' Auntie, pray don t argue the matter any further, for it will not im- Cre the case, and, besides, there is a t to my patience." " And to mine, as well, Miss Charity," retorted wreihful Aunt Dorothy. " Yon So to your dressmaker's, are detained ve minutes, overhear a sewing girl telling a pitiful story, and yon mnst needs bring the creature here to spend the summer, and squander any amount of money in making her presentable I Patience, indeed 1 My patience was ex hausted some time ago. " Half a dozen pairs of gloves and slippers won't empty my purse ; neither will three or four muslin ureases. It is very unjust in you to judge Rose before you have seen her. Bhe is an Atherton, too, remember." " But no relation of yours, and why you should ask such a creature " Miss Dorothy paused as Charity drew herself up. " I have invited Miss Ath erton to my house, and while she is here aa a guest she must be treated as beeomes my friend." "And equal," added Miss Dorothy, sarcastically. ." Pray what do you think your brother will say to all this 7" " As his advioe will not be asked, he will probably aay nothing," and, at the last word the clock struck four, and Charity stepped into the pony phaeton, by which she had been standing daring the disenseiou. "Good-bye, auntie; I shall bring ROM home at half-pMt Miss Dorothy Arnold stood looking after the phaeton until a turn in the road hid it from view. " Willful, will ful, willful I What will she be st next 7 One comfort, Wsyne will be here before long, and then—bnt she is of age, so there's nothing to be done," and, with a sigh, Miss Arnold went into the house and took up her novel. It proved inter eating, and, in what seemed a very short time, the sound of wheels on the gravel rodi made Miss Dorothy peep through the half-opened blinds, to see Charity, and by her side s stranger, who was Miss Atherton number two. "Bhe is pretty, very pretty," said Miss Dorothy, becoming more kindly, as she surveyed the slender figure, the bright-brown hair, the pale,>iatfa] face, ana the beautiful, half-mournful blue eyes. What a contrast to brown-eyed. <Urk-haired Charity, who waa the very picture of careless happiness Mid health. ROM Atherton, however, found Miss Dorothy's welcome none of the most oordial, though Charity was agreeably eurpriaed at its comparative friendli ness. Her own welcome, however, was warm enough to make up for Mias Doro thy's coolness, and ROM fait well satis fied, as she followed her hostess into the sonny, prettily-furnished room which she was to occupy. " I think you will find everything yon want; bnt if not, ring for it Dinner will not be served for an hour, so you oan lie down if you you feel tired. Try to get a nap ; I will call von in time to get reedy for din- Bar." The door oloeed at Charity's last words, and that young lady ran down to Mies Dorothy. " Now, anntie, confess that yon are surprised." "She is gaits pretty, and is lady like," said Mia# Arnold, slowly. " but I vary much doubt the wisdom of bring ing her here." " She is a lady, I am sura of it," said Charity, apparently unmindful of the 1 latter part of the remark, Miss Dorothy might have been satis fied had she only known the qualms that Charity experienced as she began to sea the possible troubles into whioh her hasty invitation might speedily lead her. Perhaps something of all this waa apparent in Mias Athsrton's faoe, for Minn Dorothy's grim looks relaxed, M she added : ••At all events, she's here, and we most make the best of it." Gharity laughed reassured. " I pre diet that Rose will be the belle o! Ard leigh." "Heaven forbid!" said Bliss Dor othy, as she went to drees for dinner. Charity was right. Within ten days' time Rose had beoome decidedly popu lar, for, being naturally of a buoyant disposition, she had oome to Ardleigh prepared to forget both the past and the future, and live only in the happy present. Ardleigh was a quiet plaoe, but still there were plenty of picnics, croquet parties and archery meetings, moonlight sails upon the lake, morning ridee through the dewy woods, and un der the combined influence of a pleas ant home and bright companions, Rose brightened amazingly, nuu became a be ing very unlike the pale, sad girl who had entered Charity's door a few short weeks before. Her quiet life was, how over, soon to oome to an end. "Good news," cried Charity, one morning, as she tossed down a letter. " Wayne is coming home in the Russia, whioh arrives in New York on—let me see—the sixteenth, Wayne says. Dear me, he will he home on Thursday, and this is Monday. Is it not delightful to think of seeing him, auntie? Rose, actually he has not been here for three years." " He has been abroad 7" asked Rose, feeling that she was expected to say something. "Oh, yes, everywhere. First in Eu rope, and latterly in Japan. I am wild to see what he has brought me in the way of ivory fans and queer umbrellas. Only think I he says that the Japanese beauties are the prettiest women in the world. I always imagined that they looked like the hideous creatures on fans, but he is bringing some photo graphs which are to change my opinion." " He will spend the summer here?" said Dorothy, inquiringly. "Of course—at least I shall ask him to do so. He is only my half-brother, ?ron know," she added, seeing Rose's ook of surprise. " Only 7 said Rose, half laughing. "It is all the name, of oourse," said Charity, smiling; " oome up to my nit ting-room, Rose, if you have nothing better to do. I want your advice on the subject of my embroidery." Rose, hav ing, apparently. " nothing better to do," accepted the invitation, and the two girls walked away together, while Miss Dorothy sat down to look over her budget of letters. " Auntie is really Wayne's aunt, not mine," said Charity, as they went up stairs. "She was his father's oniy sister, and thongh, at tirst, she and mamma did not get on well together, she was very kind to poor mamma after Mr. Arnold died. Ik-fore her second marriage mamma had grown no fond of Mias Dorothy that papa asked anntie to make her home here, and I, of course, have never altered the arrangements which he then made. Poor anntie I She idolizes Wsyne, bnt he is always doing something to disap point her. She has net her heart on bin marrying Mildred Scott. Just nee if he doesn't manage to fall in love with some girl who hasn't a penny. That is always the way with him—make up your mind in one direction, and he is certain to do jnst the opposite thing." " Flattering description I How much be wonld enjoy bearing it," laughed Rose, as she took up her work. Wednesday evening oame, and brought with it Mr. Arnold, tweuty four boors before he was expected. Rose, coming into the library before dinner, found there a gentleman calmly engaged in reading the New York jisper. At her entrance he started forward, then panned, half onorvtain as to the identity of the intruder. "Charity? It can not be little Charity 7" " Mias Atherton will be here in a few moments," said Miss Atherton number two, prepsring to retrest, bnt the gen tlemen stopped her way. " Pray don't go—you are Miss Rose Atherton, I am nure. Let me intro duce myself aa Charity's brother, Wsyne. Barely we mast be some sort of oousins, since you are sn Atherton 7" After all, the much dreaded Mr. Arnold seemed inclined to be friendly. Rose bad en tertained some fears lest he should side with Miss Dorothy, bnt, since he had made the first advanoos, she was willing enough "to make friends," as the phrase is. She waa looking very pretty in her soft white, mnslin, with wild roses st her hair and throat, and Wsyne was quite able to appreciate the effect. Charity, coming in five minutes later, found them tete-a-tete, and chatting sociably. " We made a capital trip, sod, instead of stopping in New York, 1 came on at onoe ; so I waa able to surprise you all. I came in about four o'clock, and that yon were all ont driving, ao dressed for dinner, oame down here half an hour ago, and have improved my time by making Miss Athortou'a acquaintance. There is Aunt Dorothy in the hall." And Mr. Arnold vanished from the sight of his sister and her friend. The evening that followed may have been entertaining to some of the party, but certainly it did not prove so to ROM. Accordingly, she soon excused herself under the pies of " a headache," and went up stairs to her room. Aunt Dorothy was taking her usual after dinner nap, and while ROM threw her so If down on ths floor, sod leaned her bead against the sill of the open window, Charity and Wayne stepped on to the piazza, and from there soon strolled down the moonlight watk. Ob, unlucky ROM I Truly, listeners, even accidental ones, never hear any good of themselves. Charity asked s Cstion, to which ROM pahf DO stten , but, in an instant, sue was roused by the sound of her own name. " ROM I Yea, I rather like the name ; and, as to the fair maiden herself, she is quite pretty enough to flirt with during a lazy summer Holiday." "Wayne, if I thought'— began Charity, indignantly, bnt BOM heard no more, for she retreated to the other end of the room, and when aha came to the window again the brother and sister were out of sight. flow waa she to know that the words had been spoken merely in careless jest? Nevertheless, despite her indignation, Rose allowed no hint of it to eaospe her, She intended to pay Wayne to bis own coln—ao, at least, aba aaaured herself in the first haat of bar anger. At all evente, Mr. Arnold fonnd bar vary charming, and inatoad of flirting, dis covered, bafore tvo months bad pasaed, that be bad loat hia heart. Charity bad bar suspicious, bnt Mian Dorothy re mained in bliaafni ignorance as to the true state of affairs. The last Thursday in August aas an evontfnl day for Rose. An old friend of Miae Dorothy's, traveling to the lakes, stopped for a flying visit at Ardleigh. Mrs. Homers (such was the lady's nstne) seemed much struck with Rose's face, and at last, an opportnnity offering itself, she drew the girl aside. " Par don me if I seem inquisitive. Are you English ?" "I oomo from Virginia, but my father was born in Devonshire," answered Rose, in surprise. " I thought ao. Tell me, was your mother's name Rose—Rose Larrimer?" "Undoubtedly," replied Rose. "I knew it," cried the lady, evidently mnch excited. " Rose, your mother and I were old schoolmates and dear friends years ago. I waa sure the moment I saw vour face that you must be her daughter. Where is your mother now ?" "In heaven, I hope. Bbe died three Bus ago. Von know my father was led in tho war, and we lost oar prop erty. After that, marrma took in sew ing, and I—l did what I could. After she died I struggled along- how, I do not know—for three years, and this summer Miss Aiherton found me, brought me here, and haa helped me in every way. She haa fonnd me a place aa oompaaion to an invalid lady, and I go there in two weeks." " How old are you—twenty ?" " Eighteen," said the girl. "And yon have been motherless for three years, poor child I Give me vour address; I may want it. There is Miss Arnold looking for as—oome," and Rose fonnd herself listening to her own story before she fairly realized where she was. This was event number one. Number two was almost as snrprising to her. Wayne, coming in from a walk late in the afternoon, looked into half a dozen rooms, then went to Miss Dorothy on the piazza. " Auntie, whore is Rose f " In the murden," answered Miss Dor othy, and then, seeing Wayne hesitate, she added, "she is alone, if yon want to speak to her." "Then you know began Wayne. But Miss Arnold interrupted, "Of course I know. Do speak to her at once. The Carrots are coming on Sat urday, and I should like thia affair set tled at once. Have yon spoken to Charity? " "No, there will be time enough for that afterward," and Mr. Arnold walked away, while Miss Dorothy gave a sigh of satisfaction. "She will go at last I If Wayne had only taken my view of the case before—and yet I half like the child. Btill, she had Itetter go at once." Twenty minutes later, Wayne came slowly t>ack, looking decidedly crest fallen. Instead of a gentle, timid girl, and a whispered yes, be had fonnd a very thorny Rase, and bail received a very decided rejection. Wayne had pnt hia question with too much self-con fidence, and Rose's pride bad speedily given him his answer. Mr. Arnold de parted for Portland the next rooming "on business," and Saturday saw Rose on her way to New York, leaving Chari ty very much exasperated at the result of what Miss Dorothy had dubbed j "Charity'scharity." Time sped on, and at last there came j s change for Rose. Charity, looking np from an open letter, one morning in December, ottered an exclamation that ! caused both her companions to look np inquiringly. '' Ross haa gone to Europe. Her ' uncle Hugh, Mrs. Atherton'a brother, ; lias come here to take her to hia home iin England. It seems he loat an only I child, two voir* ago, and he is going to i adopt our Rose. Her mother married | against her brother's wishes, and for a | long while there was no communication between them. When be did try to trace his sister, be oould not find any news of her. It is through Mrs. Homers that he has found Rose. Bhe now seems to be very happy." Charity was right. Rose was happy; and no wonder, since she had a pleasant home and the kindest of friends. Both sunt and ancle were well prepared to love their new-found niece, and before the girl had; been a week in her new home abe had won a warm place in tbe hearts of both. Bqnire Rammer began I to indnlge the hope that Rose won Id re ! main Rose Atherton all her days, and stay quietly at home ; bnt the fates in terposed. One chilly day in spring the squire came hastily into the room where Rose and her aunt were sitting. There had been z fire at the village inn, and one person, a stranger, had been bally hurt " I told them to bring him here, he said, opening the door of the next room, which happened to be a bedroom. " It was the bravest thing I ever new. A child had been left in the attic, and when abe was discovered, no one would risk trying to save her till thia yonng Ameri can came forward. He saved the little one, bnt it waa a narrow escape for them I Kith. The child is not hurt, but my brave fellow will lose his right arm, they say; a rafter fell on him and crushed it. How he ever managed to save the ehild is z mystery little short of z miracle. There oome the men. Ran, Rose, and bring me plenty of bandages. The do©- tor will be here in a moment Thia way, men. Pnt him on the bed gently ; so." Rose.ootning beck, oaught one glimpse, through tbe half-opened door, of z pale face. " Oh, the poor fellow I" she cried, with all her heart in her voice; and that voioe caused the dark eyes to open in an instant " Rose I" Only that one word, but it was enough. " Wayne I Oh, my poor, poor boy I" and in another moment V lose was kneel ing by the bedside, sobbing ss though her heart would break. " Heyday I" cried the squire in amass ment, end Rose looked np smiling through her tears. "He loved me over there, uncle, and if he oaree for mo still Well, no matter what Wayne said, snfflee it to add that a very happy wad ding was the result of " Charity's char ity* " Honor and wealth from no condition rise; set well yonr your part yonU never get bleak eyes. a* ! V* isH On aa Ocean N learner. Edward King writes to the Boston Journal: "Itla a pleaanre to go to sea in anoh floating palaoos aa the Oermauio, and it is to be hoped that any new American line which may spring up will have all the modern improvements of which this flue ship boasts. Many a Ant-class aotel furnishes service and lodging inferior to that which one baa on these massive ocean ferryboats of five thonsand Ave bnndred tons burden. And the great srk slips along with snob speed and comparative abaenoe of dis agreeable motion that the journey is de lightful. ' Here oomos the old gray hound again ' say the sailors of the second-class line when they see one of these ' expresses of the seas' dashing through the foam. One day, just before coming under the lee of tbe land, theses was almost calm, and we went through tbe water with tremendous rapidity. The sun shone with dazzling radiance, and aa far as we oo'.ld see in any direc tion nothing but A vast mass of what seemed rrpoutte silver work was visible. By and by a school of |wnx>iaes became violently excited, as tbe uermania rush ed through its playground, and the sportive Ashes lo*|>cd and raced for half an hour beside us. Now and then one of the boldest would spring completely out of tbe water close to the abin s side, and his eyes seemed to snap with excite ment, One might have fancied him al most inolined to attack our craft had it only been a little loss swift. Preseutly we saw a French brig dancing along merrily enough, her white sails shining in the luminous air. By tbe rate at which we pasaed her we could judge of our own speed. Almost before we had thought of turning to look back at her she was a lonely point upon the far rear ward horizon. It must now and then cause something like despair in the hearts of sailors on ships subject to every caprice of the breeze to see tbe matchless speed of those grand moving homes, which are, despite the attention paid in them to comfort and elegance, as fine ships to encounter rough seas as sere ever made. There is no nonsense in the captains; tbey take no risks, bnt they fear nothing. And tbe discipline of officers and men is simply perfect. The sailors work with a will, 'and take pleasure in their lsbor. They are as proud of the ship's rooord as tbe csptain is, and when, at the end of the voyage, they hear the question: 'What's the time ?' and tbe answer cornea, calculated to minntea and seconds, they fall to j computing as eagerly as do the offloera that they rosy see if the ship has won s i new triumph"over distance.' Tigers at A action. A score or more of men assembled in the menagerie in Central park, New York. Tbe king of beasts resented the intrnsion and roared with such force that he shook down the monkeys who were hanging by their tails from the wires of s cage in another bnilding. The monkeys rubbed their heads and chattered till they aroused the bald eagles. The eagles srrremad so tond that the red little birds in another cage were terrified into a pale pink, and the one-legged storks, who were standing around and speculating on the length of time tbe seals oould stay under water, actually went ao far as to let down an other leg from underneath their feathers, and looked aa though they were going to move into different tracks for the winter. While this commotion was going on without, the noises within the room of cages hail )>eoome bewildering and almost deafening. The Bengal tiger, presumably a royal one, seconded the lion'a objections to the intrusion. Tbe hyenas pawed up supposititious graves and laughed fiendishly. Tbe panthers slid their sleek hides' around over their bone work and gave forth deep gutturals. The lioueasee put in their roar and tbe aun bear fondled hia paw with increased industry, and gave* forth a sound aa though be were winding himself np to join in the gener al outcry. And the black wolf stood on his hind claws, pointed his nose toward tbe zeuitli and bowled dismally. The other animals stopped to listen to him, and he stopped for tbe reason that he only started because the rest of them were making noises. Then Auctioneer Bnrdett said : "Gentlemen, the two tigers in those cages yonder and the one up in that cage, will be sold bv order of the col lector of customs. The terms are cash. What do I hear for tho three tigers ?" Calvin Witly started them at $2O. John Nathan, in behalf of Barunm, bid $3O. The tigers leaped to $7O by ten doll*/ jumps, when Robert RobeVteon bid $BO for the three. Tbey rapidly went np to $2lO, where tbey hnng for some time and then went se high as $250. at which figure they were sold to Mr. Robertson. Coat of the I lIN Mete* Capital. Loot Jane Congress colled upon the secretary of the trceanry for a tabulated statement of oil money spent by the government, since its origin, in tbe Dis trict of Columbia. This statement hos l**en prepared, ond is fnll of interesting figures. The totol expenditures for what may be colled permanent improve ments, inclnding original expenditure*, the ooet of repairs, furnishing and keep ing in order tbe public in dilution* in Woohington ore as follows : TkseapMol SIT.IM.4SI It Tb* rai*nl nffloe IllS'.SaS It Tb* tr*a*nrr tMNltt StmtotMlimiiiMat w**Wasso.... M Tb*taO> <l'p*rai*at ,MS,**tl Uhum, *., la Um DMrM ofOoliuahl* 4.SIi,JSS SO >aulut lortltntkm. t.T*j,4* SI Prn*l lurtHaUoM 4,41 aSW It Watsr work* WN.id IS *avr depart m*ni (tooladiaf jard) ... t,MS,IMM Ir*p*rtm#ot of tsHealtur* ai:.its KmUlimriUh ln*ltaUon ISS.WN !*■. s*tao*oi olslikMM W*r df[*rt ni.nl 1044,041 41 TarSa u4 pabllr grnnnda l,m,MTn Tb* *otittr* mum U4 around* MS.IM IS aS!S Tha Meant? *arae ~,, THUS M Worbiol n, paint Ins*, Uunra~Cnr antaa sUary **•*. OHMS' IS Qanala SST.4I* SS glmflnnw 100,440 CO rir* 4*taHaial (baiMlat*, mini, IHSSSSS Court* HW T*al Western swindlers happen into sa loons, moke bete on future stents sad giro the stoke* to tbe landlords to bold ; then, a few days later, happen book, ond agreeing to drew tbe bet, obtain good money from tb* saloon-keeper, their base crmlerfeito boTSg meanwhile been mixed up with his oath. Interesting Educational NUtlstica. Tho reoently-issued report of ths commissioner of the bureau of educae tion presents autne interesting statistio of the education of the young men in the United Btates for what are known as " the professions." The following table will show a comparative statement of the schools of law, medicine and theol ogy : K*knt. JMa.lt TIUaW V / <"•' I*. Mtdirims. taut I" Number of institutions.... 44 218 2 664 Number of Instructor*.... 102 1,301 10 148 Number of student* 134 600 4268 Totals 30H 1 ,999 17,075 It is, of oourse, the fact that lawyers, especially in the country, obtain their profeasionsl education in tbe offices of older practitioners, and it is estimated that only one out of every thirteen ever enter their names npon the rolls of a law ooliege. The same condition exists, although not to ao great an extent, in the medical profession, hut theological learning is almost universally acquired in institutions established for tho pur pose. The several schools of praotioe in medicine and surgery are represented aa follows : ir. <>r An. o/ *■*. if J+rtituHnni. JnarrWora. : fud+nU, Regular 63 M 7,493 KolecUc 4 36 314 Homeopathic..., .11 138 H27 Dental.... II 152 530 Pharmaceutical... 12 54 934 Total a 102 1,301 10.143 The following shows the relative num ber of theological schools, professor* and students among tho various reli gious denominations : JUmt /Vo if Mrt##. /<t*ov* Roman OatboUe IS 112 897 lYoteatant Kptaoopal ..17 62 367 Presbyterian 16 78 624 Baptist 15 68 702 I.ntberan 14 46 #54 Congregational .. 8 69 341 Ifatbodlut Kptaoopal. 7 62 370 Christian 3 6 82 Reformed. 3 8 67 United Presbyterian 3 11 79 Cumberland Prtabytarian .. 2 7 48 Free-Will Baptist. 2 9 44 Methodist Episcopal (Mouth) 3 6 74 TnaeeUrian 3 10 99 Reformed (Dutch) 2 9 44 Universal Ist 2 8 59 African Methodist P.pisoopel 1 3 6 M enuonlle 1 6 36 Moravian 1 8 84 Hvedenborglan 1 2not kept KvangaUsaL. 1 5 SO Unitarian. 1 7 17 Uuited Brethren 1 3 35 He Bet tbe Pas*. There are those who are constitution ally opposed to granting favors to their fellow-beings—an uncomfortable class, who deserve no considerstira from any one. Then there are those who are con tinually thrusting their favors upon others— a class almrst as uncomfortable to along with, especially as the re cipient of their attentions is invariably left under a sense of obligation. Rut there is a class of favors which may be accepted without any such feeling, since they coat tbe giver nothing, either in time or money, yet are invaluable to the recipient. A poor fellow who bad been badly injured in a railroad accident out West " drew the line " admirably. He waa a brakemau, and had been finrt in the discharge of his duty. His home was in the East, and the road which be had served passed him to the terminus of its line. The next did the same, and also the next ; bnt at last be came to a superintendent who hesitated. The poor fellow pleaded bis case. He waa a rail mad man. He bad been hurt at hia post. He had been passed by all tbe other roads. "All very well," said the superintendent; " bnt I can't see my way clear to give you a pass. If yun were working for a fanner, and were to get hart in hia employ, wonld yon ex pect another farmer to get out hia team and take you to the next town ?" " No, sir," said the brakeman ; "not that ex actly, bnt if be waa bitched up and go ing my way, I should think he waa nighty mean if he wouldn't give me a ride." He got tbe pass. Con merer In the Arctic Sea*. There is one hardy navigator who pursues a laudable ambition to explore the Arotie regions in the in which all the early discoveries wr.o made in other seas—by commercial ventures. This is Oaptgln Wiggins. In 1877 he made a voyage to the Kara sea, the gulf of Obi and tbe month of the Yeni aeiriver, on the Arctic ooast of Siberia. Hia report of bia experience there and tbe inferences drawn were that voyages oould be made along that coast in sum mer all the way from the Northern ocean to the Pacific, and that they might be made commercially important An effort was made to interest tbe British admiralty in the subject and to induce the government to defray the expense of an exploration that would ultimately, it was bell, develop a great trade in wheat. Bnt the government wonld not undertake it. In the lest summer Captain Wiggins repeated his voyage, and carried a cargo from Liver pool to the mouth of the Obi and return ed with another of the products of the country. He made in that Arctic bay the singular discovery that a commerce more or lees irregular now actually ex ists between the Siberian rivers and Hamburg. Easy Chairs. A recent titimber of Nature contains en article on " Euj Chair*." After notioing the favorite aU.it uilea of differ ent races, anch aa the Hindoo, aho cite on the ground with his knees drawn np to his chin ; the Turk, who squats cross legged ; the European, who poeee on s chair ; the American, who lolls with his feet raised above his heed, the writ er snma np the modes of getting rest from moscular laaaitode as follows; "For an easy chair to be perfect it ooght not only to provide for oomplete relaxation of the muscles, for flexion and consequent laxity at the joints, bat also for the easy return of blood and lymph; not merely by the posture of the limbs themselves, bnt by equable support and pressors against as great a surface of the limbs es possible, Hnoh are tbe theoretical demands, and these are ful filled by the bamboo easy abairs manu factured in India, made in the shape of a straggling W, which the languor con sequent upon a relaxing eliaate has taught the natives of India to make, and which the rest of the world appreciates. Baby FMM. 1 passed t pretty oottaf o on my homeward path on night, And Ita window* glowed tike erysta! In the mellow erecting light-, And between the erlmeon oortaini stood en infeot bright end fftir, With my own deed darling'* bezel eyes and waring, ann tipped hair. I paused to gaze upon him, aod my heart wee filled with wo* At thought of my dear on* lying neeth the winter * froet and enow i And I to ■■red to kiaa the tweet Up* that were prtwsad agsinat the pane, For sake of the buried baby-Up* that I nerer *h U Mat again. Oh, babier with happy faoes, and eye* ao tender and tree. May Ood in Hi* mercy goidejyoa Hfe'a deriona winding* through I May neree a ehadow of aorrow, and nerer a thought of guile, Chae* the angel-hght from your lunny eyea, nor darken your haby-emiie ! Itrni of Interest. A rining man—L. E. VaU-r. Are watered ailkt dry good* ? Puck. " Happy to meat yon," said • polite butcher. Patient waiter*—Physician* withont practice, A muddy country road ia something to add mire. Weight of hand—Refusing a charm ing young lady. A bouquet is a good soent-pieee for the dinner-table. Ton can't tell the age of an " old saw ' by looking at ita tcctu. Only merchants of ad.-Tentare can sell goods in dnll time*. " All the world's a stage," bnt the fare doe* not nit ererybody. Fruit for oculist*—The apple of the eye and pear of spectacle#. The first American copper cent waa coined iu New Haven in 1687. Broken should attend agricultural fain and read worka on atook-raising. Hnnflower* originally came from Pern, and were a aacrod emblem with the ' devout. Crime ia divided into three classes in Pan*—conscious, semi-conscious and un conscious. The highest navigable water on Una continent is Chatauqoa lake, New York Btate. e It ia claimed that paper barrel* can be made for one-third the coat of good wooden flour barrel*. Nearly 2,700 people are drowned ev ery year in the riven, iakee and canals ! of England and Wales. " Do fishes go crazy ?" is a conun drum proposed by Beth Green. Home time# they get in aeine. Students find it easier to graduate from college than to graduate either their appetites or petty expenses. " A tie which ia all a U* Can he met and fought with outright. But a lie which i* half a Ue 1* a harder matter to fight." The heat of the earth increases npidly a- we descend into its depths. At 4,000 feet deep the temperature ia 105 de grees Fahrenheit The repartee of a mule ia said to be UDeqnalcd, aod the way to draw him out is by polling ont one little hair from the tip-end of his stumpy tail. Black silk dresses for bouse and even ing wear are usnally combinations of several material* made into a fall, flow ing trained r't rt, and tight baaque at tached to the same. Aunt Prudence, in the Pnlaaki Demo crat, say*: There ia not a particle of satisfaction in telling a man he ia a liar ; for if he ia he knows it, and if he isn't who does the lying f The first time we ever ran for office we www beaten. It was while we were serving as "devil," and onr employer found us playing marbles, and caught ns before wc reached the office. We were beaten badly, too.— Gowanda Enter, prise. The magnificent recreation ground of Epping Forest, 6,000 acres of green sward and noble timber, within half an hoar's rail of the poorest districts of London, is now secured to her citizens forever, mainly through the pnblic spirit of the corporation. A German paper asserts that prosaic acid onlv cause* suspension of life at first, and that one who taken it can * restored to animation by the pouring of acetate of potash and salt, dissolved ia water, on the head and spine. Rabbits have been so recovered. Three hundred and fortv distinct specie* of hamming birds have been classified. These little feathered eree tares are found only in America and its islands. There are hamming birds which, when stripped of their feathers, are no arger than a humble bee. "Oet right out of this," shouted an irritated merchant to a mendacious clerk, "this is the third lie I have caught you in since ten o'clock this morn ing." "Oh, well," said the new man, "don't be hard on me. Give a fellow time to lean the rules of the house." A rod of brickwork is 272 superficial feet, one and a half bricks (hick, or 4,850 bricks average work. One yard of paving is thirty six bricks Out. or fifty-two on edge. There are 884 brioka to a cubic yard, and 1,000 brioka closely stacked occupy about fifty-five cubic feet nucas or arrewnm. 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