FOR TUE YOUNG PEOPLE.
liramnur In lllij-mr.
It is seldom that one sees so much
valuable matter as the following lines
contain, comprised in so brief a space.
Every little grammarian just entering
upon the mysteries of syntax, will tint!
it highly advantageous to commit the
"poem to memory, as by so doing
many a " black mark " will he avoided,
for with these lines at the tongue's end
one need never mistake a part of speech.
1. Three little wonts you olten we,
An- Article* — a, an, and thr.
A Nona's the tuiltic of anything,
A irluml or ijiinli n, hoop or tiring.
A<t|ecliv<\s tell the kind ot Noun.
\ ami, tin nil, pritty, sUk, or brou i
t. Instead *>l Nouns the Pronouns ulninl
Her head, hit luce, i/our ann, my luiiul.
5. Vcrhs tell ol something to lx> done—
To riti'i. tonnt. ting, lough, jump, or run. j
I, How things nre <l*nn-the Aitverba tell,
A- tloulg. guirhlg, ill,or irrll.
7. I 'onjuiH I ions join tin- wonts together—
As men mil women, with or whether
b. Th*- I'n-po.-ilion stnmls bciore
A Noun, us hi or through u door.
9. The liiti-ijis lion shows surprise,
A- oh how pretty — uh ' how wise.
I lie whole arc culled Nine I'uiisol Sp<-*-< i■.
Which rending, writing, speaking tench.
An I ti(l-rirroiin*l t'nstle.
Not a castle that bad been sudtlcttly |
swallowctl by a hungry earthquake, ;
neither bad it been buried for years ami
years beneath the stones and ashes of an
active volcano.
It was indeed a < uriolls affair, tliis
castle about which 1 am going to t*-ll
you. for it was planned and built under
the ground. The only visible part of it ;
was a *|it*- -r little turret in which could
lie discovered not tin? least trace of loop
holes, wirulows or. doors. Tin- fortress
itself eontnined a number of mysterious
winding pas-ag* - ami graduated galler
ies, and though the walls were smooth
and must perfectly liard-tinislied, they
were ban- ami gltannv enough, and no
old paintings from tin* master-artists
were suspended tln-re. There was many
a nii-be and alcove too, alike utnlcco
ratetl by flower-vase <>r statue. Not a ,
ray of light was ev*-r permitted to enter |
its cheerless apartment* >r dispel its |
melancholy gloom.
As for tin* master of thi- hidden cas
tle, lie si-cnn-d only intent upon enlarg
ing his subterranean domains. With
wonderful -kill am! never-flagging ener
gy, lie continued to construct new pas
sages ami apartments, adding a chamber
here and a hull then*, with apparently
u*i other purpose than that of making
his lierinetii-at stronghold unmistakably
complicated anil sei-ure.
This castl*- was lo*;ated in th*'midst of
a forest, an*l f*r many days I climb*-*) a
tall IMS-CII tree that overshadowed its
visible tower, and strange to say, every
day at precisely twelve o'clock, I was
rewarded with a sight of the princely
architect himself. As he never varied
in his time of coming to the surface, I at
tirst inferred that In- doubtless obtained
bis luncheon outside, and came up at
the proper dinner hour to secure it. Hut
I afterward dcrid* d differently as you
will see.
Earm >tiy *!• -icing ti intimate ac
quaintance with this interesting
stranger, I on* day d*---ended from my
observatory in tin tr*-*-. and with shovel
in my hand, awaited bis noonday ap
pearanc*-. Su*l<lenly In- came to tlm sur
face. ami in a twinkling ! placed my
snail*- und* r tlm base of the tower, and
tossed this Imrnmt l*>r*l into a deep
bucket, whi*'!i I bad placed at a conve
nient distant * The nnv* -incut was too
smlilen to all*w him any hope of *-scape,
and I carried my prisoner home in tri
umph. but -ism made the discovery that
I had no i M jgarly straggFr in charge.
On the contrary, 1m appeared t<> b- a
right royal r*'*-lu'-. ll*- xvas richly clad
in a very soft velvety fur suit. *>r dark
lead color, tin tip* of the coat-tail, pants,
and waist-bands being trimmed with a
hand of pun- whit**. The cleanliness of
hi- fur was -imply marvelous. Huri*-<1
in the inrnl and earth as it had Iwcn in
its little underground dwelling, still its j
coat was beautifully fresh anil free frotn I
-pot or dust. Although lie evinced
great strength, lie was diminutive in
size, tlm length of his body being no
quite Ave indies, though his amootli,
narrow coat-tail dragged about an inch
on the ground, and I wondered how h c
kept th*- whit* pointed tin so glossy and
and unsoiii-d! He was *!*■ ide*i!y stout
and "tliiek--** t.'' ai it bis pretty oval
head was joined dit'-etly to his sleek
lindy without any visible neck. For
some days I belicy-d him to be a blind
mute, anil tlmrefor** did n**t wonder at I
bis indifference to the gloom of his sub- j
termncan quarters. but after bringing '
my goml miero-coix- into requisition. I I
discovered that bis * yes were not only
very minute, but that they were almost
hidden by his soft fur robe. Hut they
were there, two very bright, twinkling
eyes, actually small* r than a grain of
mustard -<-*-d. anil evidently adapted to
nocturnal explorations. flis sense of
bearing, too. appeared to bo very acute,
though i could discover no appearance
of an external ear, If struggled while
I held his fat, broad palms in one hand,
and Ids curiously webbed-feet in the
other. After a time I succeeded in forc
ing hi* unwilling jaws apart, and, to my
astonishment, then- were tldrty-six
sharp little teeth, and all bis own too.
it seemed ratln r unfair, thus to treat a
helpless prisoner, hut I excused myself
Mithegroui that I was only seeking
for information.
Then I untied Ids hands and feet, and
threw him into a tub of water, where
I was delighted to see him swim like a
tisii. " Wlmre could he have learned
to do this?" I cxriaimcd; and tln-n I
triisi to imagine that his castle-grounds
might[he beau ti flu I with fountain sprays
and silver lakes of Ids own construction.
I took him out of bis hath, smoothed
and dried bis lur rolie, and placed a
rich repast before him, which was made
up of earth-worms and ground nuts.
This lie devoured very greedily, even
exhibiting a degree of ferocity as In*
hunrh*il liis round back, and ravenously
pushed tin* food into his mouth with his
fat, chubby hands.
And now allow nic to introduce you
to(tliis curious little king-architect of
the Under-ground Castle. His family
name is Tulpidir, l>ut he is generally
known as ,S •ulopi itotuUirn*. And MI,
after all, lm is only the common ' blind
mole," whose little hillock* here and
there ore familiar to every one. And
yet, by patient and cnfbful ol*servation,
we And that he is a most interesting little
animal. His small body is n cnml ina
tion of mechanical implements. His
long snout serv/'s us a crow-bag, pick
axe and spade, ami his whole irame is
an ingeniously complicated machine,
each part *f which is well adapt***! to its
purpose. By tie' constant rubbing of
liis sides against til*'wails of bis dwell
ing they iK'i-omc smooth and luird, mi
that lie scarcely carries any dust upon
Iris body, though when I threw him
into tlie water I found tlint a little dirt
settled in the bottom of the tub. The
little creature searched deep into the
eartli for insects, tender roots, and
worms, ami it will even sink a well to
supply its young with water.
Every spring and autumn from four
to live baby-moles are added to the
family; ntid as my little captive was
born and retired under the ground, ho
naturally-soon began to pine tor his "na
tive element." So one day I carried him
back to the ruined hillock, and, quicker
than.aflasli, he disappeared beneath the
surface. As bis tower had never been
rebuilt sim-e liis capture, I infernal that
he was the sole occupant of the hidden
castle. Immediately on bis return all
other mound began to form, and as |
watched it from day to day I discovered
that his noonday visits outside were for
the sole pur nose of getting rid of loosened
earth, whirl! would otherwise lie ill hi
way. though why lie should select just
that hour for hi* "out-door " exi-rci-c I
cannot imagine. Muring the months of
dune and July the males and females
mate, and at that season the males en
gage in deadly eonlliets with one another,
probably through jealousy and rival
ship.— (!ol< lot Ilijur.i.
A Ituttcrlh Collector.
Mr. Metzger, a resident of Albany, X.
V.. has one of the largest and lines! col
lections of butterflies in the world. It
took Mr. Metzger twenty-live years to
gather them. From Russia,' France,
fireat llritaiu and Spain; from Florida
ami lexas; from Maine and Canada;
Iroin the woods of the North and the
groves of the Sotltll. these marvels of
nature have bis-n brought and now pre
served in a manner maintaining tir
living features, tliey present a picture of
beauty simply indescribable. There are
oxer ten t h<>usand of these richly colored
llies, and they are a study indeed. The
writer suggested they rmire-ented a for
tune. " Ves," said Mr. Metzger, with a
shrug ol his shoulders, "but I never sell
a tly. That I would not do. Some
times 1 want a particular tly from
abroad, and it co-ts me often ten or
twenty dollars, but le-ing a poor man I
endeavor to effect an < \change with my
duplicates. Others more fortunate than
lean buy them outright. I ion line my
collection to tin-latitude of tie Northern
Hemisphere. There i- a tly named after
me, and over in that corner is one that
is simply priceless. There are but two
known to exist You see that delicately
constructed insect. That isof a remark
able family. It hat* h< -as a butt, illy in
September: ii\ es through the frost of
winter; cold, however intense, cannot
kill that gossamer bit of (tod's handi
work. but when the spring comes and
the -oft nights of May makes all nature
lovely, this little thing gives up its eggs
and dies. Its mission i- over. There is
the common moth. I low graceful and
dainty it is! Then- is the outcome ot
the tomato worm, which has desolated
acres of tomato* - in • * rtain years. There
is an insect of which tie- male only i
winged, and yonder a tly of ue-tali*- hue,
which is considered by us very valua
ble."
" Have you caught many of tin -* but
tcrflii - yourself?"
"The greater part of tln-m. When a
boy in the old country .-it was my hobby,
anil for eighteen vears in America i
have been busy. Even in this neigh
horhood I am out nearly . very summer
night, bunting for my treasures. I will
spend all day in tin- woods, or all night,
for that matter, in search of what I
want. In this way I go! many tli*--* that
J bad not. anil many that are wanted
abroad. lam an enthusiast, of course,
and take gre it care of what I have."
" To you, tln-n. it is a delightful o*-* u
patimi to search tor and find a m-w hut
tertlv."
"It is ndi-lightfu! upation. Every
tiling in nature is Uautiful, not niendv
butterflies. Take the Idrds or fish, or
different insert life. It is a study of
man for which a lifetime is tool short
Nature i- as -j. h ami liotiutiful in auty
as in utility, and it is pleasant to lind
this out by personal experience,"
Ilnrdette's •• llan keyctcm*."
There's bound to lie trouble in tliis
old country yet. They an Taunton
Massachusetts and Macon ' icorgi i mad.
l'roh.ably it is In , nuse man was i r* ntol
from the dust of the earth that he is
stili advised by bis friends to " get up
and dust."
"I am going to Colorado for my
health." said young KccpUup to oiil
Itobysbeil, the other day "All!" re
plied tin* old man, " nd when did you
leave your health tlmre?"
Over on West Hill a man wants to
match bis lured girl against time lor
to smash one tboiisaml i-bina cups
in one thotisaifd quarter hours, gate
money to go to the man. and pti-h shots
barred.
"When I was a boy." said avers
prosy, long-winded orator to his friend,
"I used to talk in my sleep." "Ami
now." said bis friend.' "you sleep in
your talk." Hut somehow, that didn't
seem to be jut exactly the point the
orator was going to make. •
"What a horrible, base bawl;" the
frog shouted, from the shade of Ids lilly
le if in the pond, to the big red row who
was trying to sing "The last rose ol
summer," on the bank of tlm pond.
"What an awful croquet." sighed the
cow. contemplatively turning tier quid
while she looked around for some boy
to clias" across the meadow.
A correspondent who signs himself
" Inertia." wants to know " what is the
lest cure for laziness?" Well, there are
several good cures, but suppose you trv
carrying a new laid hornet* nest around
the block every morning, for a week
There wouldn't Itc anything lazy nlHuit
you during the latter part o7 the prome
nade. and unb-ss the nest gives out before
you do it will prove a pcrfn-t cure.
Evading the Cnstoms lluty.
An amusing anecdote on this subject
was lately told at a public dinner by M.
Ferdinand I tuval. Prefect of the Seine.
He said that the octroi men of Paris,
who levy the municipal barrier dues,
are a most vigilant set of fellows, but
that, having boasted of th ir merits, lie
(the prelect) had been caught. A friend
of bis, living at St. Cloud, had made a
small ln-i that be would introduce a pig
Into Paris, in bis brougham, without the
octroi men detecting it. M. I Rival took
the l>et, and strict orders were given at
nil the gates of Paris to look out for the
brougham of the friend in qu***tion.
Within less than a week, however,the
prefect received eighty centimes, amount
of duty leviable on a pig, and a request
to collie and assure himself that the
<|Undru|cil had been successfully smug
gled in. It turned out that the pig.
killed and scalded, had been dressed up in
women's clothes, and had bis-n driven
into Paris waled triumphantly on the
Iox beside the coachman.
A MAKKIAUI: HYI'ItOXY.
The Curious MarrUnr Ity whlrh a Ho
man In Nrvr Vork Mnrrlr*! a Man In
Holland Nrrklnic to Annul the Mar*
r law.
I I"' rather HiriKUliir fact <f a marriage
solemnized liy proxy has I teen lirnUfjlit
to the notice of Dr. John T. Magic, Keg
iatrar of Vital Statistics, of Mew Vork
parties to this marriage arc
.lolin William Adrianus do Vlcttcr, a
resident of Kottcrdam, Holland, and
Mrs. l/iuisc ,Stall I, of Mew York, ami
the proxy, tliroti gh whose Intermediary
services the marriage watt solemnized, is
M. Margat I'auer, a resilient of Mew
1 ork. fhe eertitieate of the marriage
was found on record. It was dated May
<>, 1*77. and was duly witnessed. The
certificate shows thai tie bridegroom
was at the time of the marriage a wid
ower, sixty-one years of age, and a resi
dent of liotterdam, \\ hili' the hride, who
was a widow, was forty-two, and re.
sided in Mew York. Mr. Holdzier, a
lawyer, stated to Dr. Maglethat the trail*
scrip* fi< >lll the record was required in
certain proceedings which lnid heen in
stituted to have tlic marriage annulled,
and the tirst step in the proceedings re
ferred to was to have the record of the
marriage hy proxy expunged from the
records of the Health Department, and
an application to that efleet would, lie
said, lie at once made to tie Hoard of
Health. To sustain the application, a
lllllllhei of allidavits have heel! made,
from which it appears that De Vleller
and Mrs. Stalil met in Kotterdam, Hoi
land, several year- ego and Is runic hi
til it lied. Hi lore any marriage was sol
emnized between them. Mrs, Stalil rami'
to this country and settled in Mew York.
Paurr, tie proxy, {a a mutual friend of
t lie parties, anil nil leaving Holland to
yi*it Me York. He Vlcttcr, 'iM-ing anx
ious to marry the widow Stahl. made
I'auer his pi oxy, and gave him a powi-r
of attorney, prop<Tly drawn up and at
tosted, to represent him at the solemni
zation of the marriage. The widow hud
no objections to the ceremony licing per
formed in the manner indieat i d. and they
went In fore tlic Hev. F. .1 .Schneider,
who performed the marriage ceremony* 1
between Mr. Stalil and Pauer, ax proxy
for hi- friend I• Vletter, and had the
•ame recorded. Mr-. Stalil. or Do Vlet
ter. vi-itid. Hotterdaru shortly after the
ceremony, hut only remained there n '
short time. Sle urged In Vltlcr to re
turn with her to this . oiintry, hut as he
was di-inclincd to do -*. -h* left him in ;
Kotterdam and returned to her home in
Mew York Since that time, over a year
and a half ago, she has not sts n her
husli.iiid. It i-also stated that tin mi
soti Mrs. Stall!, otherwi-i Mr- D Ylet
tcr, i more than ordinarily anxious to
have such an anomalous marriage dis.
solved is that she has formed an attach
ment for a young Herman living in Mew
York, and that the only imi" dim*ut to
tlnir speedy marriage i- tin- union liv
proxy, which it is now -ought to annul,
it i* believed hy the atitlioritii - of the
Health Department tliat the marring* is
not legal under the laws of the State, and
that there will Is- no diOlciilty in having
the same -i t aside, leaving Mr- Stall!
fie, to eontatet a new marriage.
'I In lh v. Mr. Si hneider, who -id< inn- '
zed tlie marriage hy proxy, - lid tlint lie
bad a power oi attorney, subscribed to
on Mat h-11. 1-77. hy D-- Vletti-r lie fore
A.t'. \ an Wjngnorden, a notary pub
lic at Kotterdam. Hoiiand. and atu-sted
by tie signature and seal ol tile United
St it< - 1 IOMQI at that phu I . whit li tm
|M>wep. M Margat I'nii' r " 1-qn < ially
com lude in the n one of tie- undersigned,
(De \ i titer)and in hi- bdul( his pr<>-
po— d marriage to 1 > ime it. uter,
widow of the late Herman Stahl. r< sid
ing in New Ymk. Also to OWN and
jw rform tie n-quircd d'-ciaration of mar
riage Iwfiire the nv.uir.sl oflio r* of the
•state, and In fore ail other o 111 I a rs of tlic
government. State ami < hurh." Mr.
St lineidi i hold* that the marriage was
jM-rfe. t|y legal, lith hy the* anonieal law
and under the law* of the State, and
that it i- valid and landing upon Isith
parties, lie further - iid that tie mar
riagi 11 n moti) vv as i- ilorm*d at No. SM
Ea-t Tenth stps.t. in the pre-Miei of
quite a numlwr of the friends of Mrs.
Stalil.
A tireat I'lare for (lister*.
Howard Pyje writes nlwiut (Ti*tieid
Md., in Jl'ir/* r'* IfijuaV as follow--
A g<neral whiteness ilium*-* theatre* t*
f Crisficld: a * rip rattle of loose shells
sounds under the trend of the jx-de*-
trian: a salt hr<<* KR blow* from the Itcau
tiful water* of Tangier S>mid. tainted,
alas! by a sliglit odor <if di fun. t oysters.
Oysters, oysters every win re, in barrel*,
in isixes, in cans, in bucket*, in the shell
nnd out. Hut little business is carried
on here except ovstering: a little fishing
and a little crabbing, peril Bp*, hut noth
ing cjsc. Ihe railroad that run* through
tlie length of the town, terminating at
the strain)*!>at wharf at the liarlKir, rest*
on a road-lied of ov*tcr slu'lls. as tirm
and soli,) as can In' ilwlml. Along this
an l in the ldc streets collect the house*,
all of frame, varying in archil** ture from
tin* cottage to the negro shantv. Along
the water * edge are a number of large
bam-lik* building*—tli*' ov*t*T pa* king
liouses. Here tin* chief int*Te*t of ( ri-
Ji<-hl rrntm—tin* " shucking " or open
ing of oysters, and the sultscouent
•'packing, 1 ' or closing tliem in k< ttlc* to
be distributed over the rest of the
country, t 'onsidemble freight expense;
i saved hy tliis nnsli' of exporting thent j
without their shells, ami in cool weather
they will carry for days in tln-sc kettles
as frisdi and good as they Would in the
shells. The oyster* arc generally shucked
early in the morning, *o as to'be ready
for the tirst northward-hound freight j
train.
At the first glance into a shucking- :
house it looks terrible dirty, with trick
ling oyster juice and piles of muddy i
shells, lint in the shining pan in front I
of the shuckers are i|iiarts of clean, fat.
succulent oysters, looking tempting
enough. It is stirnrising tosi*. the quick
ness and dexterity witli which a slacker
op. ns an oyster. She use* a sharp little
knife, and doe* not break tliccdge of the
shells. She seizes an oyster, inserts the
thin knife between tin* shells, then with
a quick turn of the wrist the slieli is
opened, the oyster i ut loose and dropped
into the pan, all with one movement
The season from Septemlier I, l>C7. to
•lunc I, ItO*. was extraordinarily |*><r,
on account of the warmth of the winter,
lut nn idea can be obtained of the quan
tities shipped from this point when the
reconl informs us that 85.000 barrels of
shell oysters and .'too.ooo gallons of
shucked oyster* were shipped during
that season.
" Meyer," says a writer on etiquette,
" take bits out of your mnulli with your
hand.' 1 lie is evidently writing for the
lower class of society. I'coplc of tone
and culture never take bits out of their
moti tli with their hand*. The remove
them with a tire shovel.— Hbrrid/mm
Herald.
How Humes Travel,
Travelers, observing the likeness o
children's games in Europe and Asia
have sometimes explained it in this wise:
I hut the human mind being alike every
where, the same games are naturally
found in different lauds, children taking
to hockey, tops, stilts, kites, and so on,
each at its proper season. Hut if so,
why is it that in outlying barbarous
countries one hardly finds a game with
out finding also that there is a civilized
nation within reach from whom it may
have been learned? And, what is more,
how is It that European children knew
nothing till a few centuries ago of some
of their now most popular sports?
For instance, tlieybad no hattlcdorc
aud-shuttle-eock and never dew kit* ■
till these games came a-ru*- from Asia,
when they took root at once, and be
came naturalized over Europe. The
origin of kiti' Hying -.emtio lie some,
vvhere in Southeast A*in, where it i* a
snort < van of grown up ne-n, who fight
their kites by making tln iu cut olu- an
other's til ings, and liy bird- and mon
sters of the mo i f.iut i-tic shuiH't and
colors, especially in Chill i, w here o|d
gentlemen may be seen taking their eve
ning stroll, kit*' string in hand, al
though they were leading pet dogs. The
English boy'* kite Hp pears tlui* an in
stance not of -|Miiitaneous play-iii-tiiii t.
but of the migration of an artificial game
fropi a distant center. Mor is this all it
proves in th. history <>f civ ilization.
Within a iintin v, European* IMS-Olll
ing acquainted with the South .s. i
Islanders, found tin m down to New Z*-:i
land adepts at llying kites, which tiny
made of leave.* or hark cloth, ami called
maun, or bird. Hying them in solemn
form vv itli accompaniment of traditional
chants It looks as though the toy
reached Poly in -ia through the Malay r*
gion. tlui- belonging to that drift of
Asiatic i II It UP whit h i- > v idi ut in man v
other point- of South S. i Island lit*
I lie geography of aliothei o| our child
I'll diyi fsioiis may he noticed a- niateli
ing vv itli 111i-. Mr. Wallace nd.it< - that
In iligone wet day in a Dayak lioll-i- ill
Honieo, lll'thought to aliiusi the lads bv
taking a pice of string to show tlu'iu
"cat's i radii-." but to his surprise he
found that they knew more about it
than lie did, going off into figure- that
quite poisied him. Other rolyneniaa*
arc skilled in this nor-, ry art. * spis i illy
the Maori* of New Zealand, whoeall it
imiiii, frm tli*' nam*' of tln ir national
hyro, bv whom, according to their tra
dition. it was invented: its various pat
terns p pres.-nth rain.. -, In.tl-. peojiie,
•'Hi'l even episodi sin Maui's life. >i|i ha
hi- fUhinx up New Zealand from the
bottom of the -a. 11l fa* i , tin y luiv*
tln ir pietorinl history in " eatV-erayJl*
and vvh.itevi r tln-ir tradition* may I*,
worth they stand good to show that the
game was of th* t i in*- of tln-ir forefather*,
not lat* y pi. kill up from tin Kun.p. an-.
In the ftandwh h l-i inda and New Z* a
lalnl, it is on r- op that tin lialiv*--
wi re fourul playing a kind of draughts
which was not tin KurojH .iii game, ami
w hi h ■ in hanliy I>< ac. minted for but
a- aiiotln rr< -u!t of tin drift of A sialic
civilization down into the Pa* ifi< 77*.
t'lirhiif/liily /'< t u t/•.
111*1 he Itel a " Itjiisr,"
No barlnT ktn.w .lh whom In may
shave, ami tin - man who rush* - into a
shop and drop* into a lwrl** r-* liair.
without -.- ing who *'• upii s tli*. m xt
< hair to Ilie right or left may get badly
left, H* a i :l*c prov d ya-stcnlav. A -o,i<|
old citizen ill th<- w h<>lc-:ie li.wl*' wa*
taking it ' asy, bis fa* •• covens! witli
latin r. win II in < am*' a young in >n who
Hung *'ff hi* eont. Isitm* is| into a . hail ,
ami ' ailed out:
"Hurry up. now. for I iiui-t g* t bn k
to tln -top (" fori old HI ink <!*•< ~r In
will rai- Ned! Hang him. lie won't
even give a man time to die!"
Tin- soiid eiti/.*n turned hi-fan t,>
glan* <• at th other, and tin- Imrhrr '
nolicsl a reddening of hi* face.
"(ioingon a vaiiition ilijs -Uinmer""
u*k*'<lthe barlw r who was pp.paring to
slim e the young man
"Vacation! How tin <leu<e can I
g. t aw ay from old Blank? Am! if I
* oiild h*' pat* *ii' ha stingy , contempti
ble-alary that I couldn't afford even a
riib on tlic fiTryboat!"
" Why ilon't vnu ask him for a raise'"
"jiu i n 'i th*' barter.
" Why don't I ak for tin hand of
hi* freckle-nosed daughter. Ib-'d *ii*-
' liarg*. in*- in a minute, though he'* mak
ing money ami can afford it. If the
old hyena would have a stroke of apo
plexy the junior partner might do some
thing, hut -in Ii eliap* always live to Is
a hundred year* olu.''
Conversation e*-a.*<al hete. the -idi*i
man got out of hi* chair, took a brush- '
ing and s.u down, and win n tin' elerk :
arose from hi* < hairnn*l Mirm-d aroiiml i
snow-ball* would have looked black
tws*jde lii- face. )|c tri'd to ln\V an*l
*peak. but -"mi tiling wouldn't !*•( him,
and win n In' started to put on bis coat
beheld ii tails up and collar down. He
was still struggling with it win n tin 1
solid man rose up, ionk*sl around and I
walked out. saying never a word. The
barlier* w* t tlie voting man's head an*l
held cologne to Ills nos*-, but lie walkial ;
sideways when he went out and there
was an uncertain wobble to bis knees.
In applying for the vacant positi*nT to
day state what h>p you shave at. /<■-
troii Frtr /Vtt.
Prime Minister ami t'ardinnl.
Tim following curious paragraph was
deemed of sufficient interest by the !>>n
d*>n eorres|sind*nt of the Mew York
/If mid to s*'n*l it by eahletothat jour
nal. It refer* t<> tli" present Premier of
England ami Cardinal Newman: On
most Saturday afternoons in the last
year of the first decade of the present
century two l*>y*. aged respectively nine
and live, might have iss-n seen playing
in the ground* of Hioomsburv square,
liondoti. The Isiyi, both nati'vea of the
s*|Uare, offer*-d the most complete con
trast t> each other in appearance. The
younger, whose head was profuse with
long. lilaek. glossy ringlets, was a child
of rare Jew Isli type of Itenuty and full ot
life and activity. The other was grave
in demeanor, wore hi* hair close cut.
and walked and talked and moved in a
wav which in young pmple is en 11**1
"old-fashioned. I!•- was of pure Eng
lish race and puritanical family. The
names of the eliildren denoted these dif
ference* as much o* their appearance*.
The one was IW>i\jamin Disraeli, the
other John Newman. Sixty-eight years
have passed since then ami much has
happened in tli*' meantime, but nothing
more wonderful than that the handsome
little Jew boy slum I*l hecime a Christ lan
ami prim*' minister of Protestant Eng
land. ami the puritan lad a Catholic and
a cardinal of the holy Roman Church.
Extremes—A lady clutching her dr*--
tosave it from the mud meeting a g*n
j t lent an grabbing Ills hat by the crown
' in order to IKW.
TIMELY TOPIC#.
It was recently wild that no n ,. w
heathen temple* were now building in
Northwestern India, hut a missiojjiirv
writes home tlint the people urn " stifl
mini on tlx-ir !doli<; almost every house
ha* them: new temples arc constantly
being I>ll i)t in honor of these idola, ami
the religious Imtliing-jilin'o* and assem
bly-ground* arc crowded."
In New "York city there arc dealers,
incredible a* jt may sound, who in nice it
li ving by buying broken meat, given a*
aim* by tender-hearted servant* to im
portunate lieggars. Tlx-e meridii ant*,
from out 1.1 their driv's receipt*. M-Jeet
-M il lumps of ne at .F half-pi.ked IK.II>-
a- will prove s.iitlije, and at nightfiuj
I'f I til reel to til. ... -' „ i e., where the.
.li-pn.e ot tle ii on at ..| \ war. .. Theii
tie - rap* from th> tab! - of the ri> h are
resold.
A wealthy old ?• ntl. inaii living in
Merlin fell in love with tie- voting
daughter of a poor widow. 11 < woo. .1
ami won the girl. and In-fore tie wish
ding-day arrived, he made n will leav in?
le rail hi* property, amounting to M-V"-
era i hundred thou*aiid mark*. The
mariuge was ,ch-brnted in brilliant
style. ai.l the wedded t.air with their
gu> -t--at down to breakfast. Sear. . V
had I lie feast in? began, when the unli
able bridegroom droppeil hi* knife, and
sank hack in hi- elia'r. d< ml from In-art
A iigllllxiUM' k>*<-per In III' the luoutli
of tin- I'ntoruae ha* <l.-\ i-.*l an in?, ui
"U- plan for the slaughter of tie ilu< k
tuid gnrae which light on a -anil bar n<ar
hi- -tution. lb: ha* a battery of t w.-iv.
muskets (irmly fastened to two In-avv
timber-, six iilmve nii.l -ix lielow; tlx--
are heavily loaded ami eonncct.-d xx-ill>
tin lighthouse by n long wire tahjc A
-....n a* h<- see* gi. -e mar enough le
puli* hi* eabli and cxplodi** all tin* miie
at om e. and tin n tak. * lii* -kill and
pi' k-up tlie ?am< . Hi-most -u • -fui
-hot thi* y.-nr j!ave hiiu thirtv-thre.
A N. w York veterinary surgeon :u
-<ii J- —itixi-ly that \. i tin- saliva of
a dog may communicate hydrophobia.
"One of tli>- most marked RHIM* <>l
I'Mlronhobia that i-ver occurred in thi
< i .. Ix-say*. " vvas that <f a gentleman
win. had ala.wed ;l pet slut to Ink his
fa. e. Tlie animal had shown no symp
tom- of ma<ln>—. and did not afterward
I. - ..me mail, so far a* I atn informed.
I In victim iuul a slight abrasion of tin
-kin on lii- fa/ .-, and allowed the er> a
tur li< k it. with nn old-fashioned faith
in tin Ix-aling virtue of ado?'* tongue. .
11.- di.-d within four wi-ek* of pro
iiounccd hydrophobia."
There i. a stnrv tliat aw.withy <"hi
<a?<> tIXT. bant lately pr> vent.d tin
breaking of hi- w ill by eallin? liis r> la
tiv. * alx.ut his di-ath-bed and ?ettin?
tt.i'in to moke affidavit before a notary
that In was competent to moke a wilj,
\ ft. r the funeral it was found that all
hi- property was given to a lunatic asy
lum. Then the heirs tried to have the
.will e( aside by showing that tlu>u?h
-am at the |at. in 1*75. when tin- will
wa made, he was ravin? mad Then-up
on the executor produced aw ill exa.'tfv
like the first, except that it vv signeil
and witn. --.-d af. w minuP - Iwfor tin
affidavits a* to tin IHIIIIII'I sanity WERE
tak' n.
It seem* that the common prople in
Sh drtido n.t cont inu* the family name
fi'-in father to children. Indwd, they
h • ro family name. Tlx-mum t tin
hi d give* n<> intimation whatever of
the surname of the father. Thus, sup
no. a man i-named P< t<r olilson. his
l".\ may re.. ivetlie nam.-<>f John P> t> r
*>.. an>l hi* grandson perhaps I'< t r
tlohn-on.tlx -urnamc* tx-in? formed from
tlx* given name of thv parent, and thus
l.ein? changed witli every generation. It
will Ix- sif-n that this mak>- it impo*i- I
hie to trace families. Tilts custom
II.M-S not prevail among the higher
ela-sn* in Sweden. hut is univ.Tsal
among the common people who com-
I x.*>• tlx- greater pirtion of the emigrant*
thi* country.
A r.-tnark able cues of lynching ha- oc
curred at ( hevenne, Wyoming. A man
named Dug Herd. who had been guilty
•>f a crime particularly obnoxious t>> th>
citizen*. was takm out of iail. ilu n.
with unusual i-un>'*y. tlx- lynchers ai- ;
lowed Rxsl to s.'L.* t til.' HX UKHI of death
nx>st agm-nhle to liim: and when he
Mated that he would prefer to He hanged,
they went stil further in tlxir courteous
regard f>r hi* feeling*. ami allow>*l him
to IM- hi* own exccutinner. He took tlx
r.pe in lii hand, climbed a telegraph
pole, fast>'n<*l one -n>l around tlx top.
ami formed a nrwe-e in the oilier end
through which lie passed hi* Ixwd.
Then he made lii* last dying spec, h,
whirl) wa short, being no more than
"tJood-bve, boys," and, jumping ofT.
was laun. lii-d into eternity.
. tonling to the Springfield (Mass.)
I,'ifHfhl tmn, "an effort is Ix-ing
maile to orovide a p>-nuanent ex hi- 1
hition building in Moston for the indus
trial nnxlu. t* of New Kngland. The
New V.nglaml Manula. turcrs' and Me
elianii-s' Institute, chartensl by tlx-
State. s* ks to erect a suitable building
for the hni.llng of stated fairs and cxlii- j
hition* anil for the permanent exhibition
of such products a* our manufacturer*
*hall find it for their interest to leave in
the building. The proposition i* to
make each exhibitor nay a small rental
for the spaee oeeupied. and to distribute
the interest in the undertaking a* widely
as possible throughout New England. !
the shares being put at twenty-fire dol- ;
lnrs. and no one man ran take over four
shares. A fair will beheld as soon as a
plaee and funds are secured ; and there
after annually, beginning the first \V>-d
--nesday ot September."
Mr*, .lane wrey Swlasheltn, in an open I
etter to the Hush Medical College, .
stoutly nwffirms IUT Iwlief that in the !
early part of this century a thrown of
Chester rounty. Pa., awjuirrxt and kept
until liis d>wtli in extreme old age a very
widespread n-putation for curing hy<lro
nliohia; that lie guanhsl his secret . am- |
fully and always carried his medicine
with liim. and it was known to he a root
whi-h he himself i>n>cure.| in the woods. I
lie stewi*! a portion of this root in a pint
of sweet milk, which he himself drew
from the row; stewed it slowly and
stirml for a hall hour; then gave it to
his patient fasting, i. t., lrcfore break
fast ; permitted him to take neither food
nor drink, except water, for six hour*
iftcr taking the milk, and repeated the
.loss on three sueeessive mornings. Upon
the old man s death a son soid hi* recipe
for sl, and it was simply two ounce* of
elecampane root Stewed In a pint of milk,
j and given so that the dlgrwtivc organs
would have nothing to do hut appro
priiip- it.
Darmstadt, Uermany, is the region ol
romance. A young man, son of a pro
f.*(Hor in the gymnasium, walked with
hi* betrothed, n young and pretty girl, to
I a porxl some two miles <,(} in thi- adjoin
ing WIKKI : tlx'y tlx-r>- ti.->| tln niw-lvi-* Uy
getlx-r arxl jumped in. intending to end
their troubles in suicide; however, the
J > old wat'-r brought tlx- g.-ntleman to Ilia
sense* and he <-ontriv'd to fr<*- himsell
: arxl s' lnmlile <>ut, leaving the jx<r girl,
in spite of h'-r eric*, to drown, which *h
; did. He wae M-nUtii-eil t<. three y> ar*
and nine month*' imxrisornrx-nt f.,r tlx
..fl'en. i. Now for an inciih-nt of a l<-*
ti j ■!.- sort. Tlx- Darmstiuit Kootl.ali
lull. < >.III)X>-> <| of Kngiisii IKIV* rexiding
11x re for education, got up a "> ali<-"
'•all. I Jlfee of Ihe IlioMt adventurous
pii'il* hired Ixurd* for tlx' oe< a-ion, but
instead ol carrying tlxm home in their
i i per wrapping- from tlx- hair-dresser'*,
they utiwi'i-ly put tliern on and then
wiilkisl liome. It was late in the even
ing, y't not M> dark hut that the (Killce
-aw MirneC ing <littig<-ror.s in tlx- pr>x <-<-d
--iiig. I lie IK>\ - vv.-n- lined fifteen shillings
' U'll.
In.li.in Trappers, Mixlsen May.
Alxiiittlx- first of Novenilx-r, wli.-n the
animal- h:iv> got tlxir wint'-r i-oats, and
fur i* " in M-a-on," the Indian tnipi-r
-ays out lii- tiap|.irig walk for tlx- win
ter, along vvl.i. h lie plaie. a line of trap*
from ten to lift. n mill-* in Icngtli. t>nce
or twi. < a vve. k i.. make* tlx- round of
thi- walk, and gatlx r- -u< li fur- a* may
1 i-auglit. Most of t}.• finer Airs are
taken l.y mean* of tlx- WIKMIIH diad-fsll
aixi -l> . 1 trap-of various si/g-*, tbe larger
fur-le aring animal* l in? > itlx r -bot,
' aught in -iiar> -. or killed by tlx* jxiis
oix-d halt.
toward lli> ,att'-r >nd of March the
Indian trapix-i- l>-av> tlx-ir bunting
gi oiind*, arxl make a jourrx y to tlx- fort*
w th the pr>Mlu>-ts I tlx-ir winter's toil.
H. re t|,cy come, moving through the I
f>>r>-t. a moti>'V throng. The hran-s
mar- h front. t>> proml and lazy to
carry nbything but tlx ir guns, ami not
aw.iv- doing >v> n that. After tlx-tn
. orix tlx -i,uaw-. Ix-rnling und>r load*.
>inv ing dog-.or hauling hand-* led* laden
:tb meat. fur*, tanmvl d>*-r-*kin* an>l
infant*. Tlx- puppv dog arxl in>'vitable
h.'ii.v never fail HI Indian lodge or pro
•>*ion. The . In', rfui *j* ta> le of the
twopa. ke>l togi-tlxr upon the ba/'k of a
woman i* not of infri'tuint iKcurnmce.
Day after >lav tlx mongrel party i>.ur
m-yson. until tlx fort i- reached. Then
COIIX* tlx- triule. Tlx triui. r M-paratea
tlx-fur-into lot*, rihu ing tlx- standard
valuation ui.n ca- li. Tlx-n he aihls the
amounts together, and inform* tlx- trap
pi r that he ha* got -ixtv or seventy
"-kin*." At tlx- -ami- lime he hand*
lii- customer -ixtv r seventy little bit*
of WIMKI. O, tlint the latt> r may know, by
returning tlx•-> in payment f.-rtlx gmufti
for vvbi. b b>- really bnrt>-r lii - fur*, just
how fa-t lii- lurid* d>-> ri-an The iirst
net of tlx- Indian i- to caned tlx- debt
. oiitrai t>-il for ailvani > - at tlx Is-ginning
>.f tlx a-oii: tlx nbe x->k- round upn
tlx hax— of . iotb. bhuiki-ts. i-p-., and
after a long vvhi.' ivmi-luih -to liav > a
small white caiK>t> f>>r bis toiidling l*y.
I ix pri- i i- t"el him. arxl Ix liand* back
t> n of hi* littlepi>* > - of WCKHI. tlx-n looks
alsiut liim I>r soiix tliing > .->. Every
thing i- larcfu'ov > vamined, nn>l vvitfi
i-aidi pur> lias- t lx-r>' i* a > <.nt>-*t ova r the
apparent in.-piatitj ls twc-n tlx amount
p < iv<l arxl that given. In the Indian's
opinion.iiie *kin *!x>ti)il pay foron>- arti
cx of iix r. liandis> , n>> moU'T wliat tlie
value of the latter may I* An>l lie in
-i-t. t>M., upon -el>. ting tiie *kin. The
ste* ivar.l and w • igliitig balance are his
- ia objects of di-fike. 1!• ,!<„• not
know wliat molii inc that is. That his
!• t and sugar should be balanced against
a bit of imn, conv • \* no idea of the ri-b*.
live value* of pi-itrii - and mercjiandi*g
to him. lie in-i-t- U[M>n*making tiie bal
anc. -wing even IM-twii-n the trailer's
CIHI- and his own furs, until a new
light i- thrown ujK.n the question 'of
st<. hard* and scab-* by the acceptance
of hi* proposition. Tl). n. when ix-finds
hi- fine furs balanced against heavy
blankets, lie concludes In abide by the
old method ot letting tlx-white trader
divide the weight his own way; for it is
clear that the sodvard is a V>TV great
medicine, whh h tx> lifave r-an under
stand.
When the trapper lias -jx-nl all his lit
tle pject-s of wiMMi, and a*k* for further
advance*, he i allowed to draw any p-a
sonal.ieamount: for. contrary to tlx-rule
in civi 1 izol life, a debt i* seldom lost
savi by the death of t lie Indian, llenvay
change his piooi' of nlK>de hundreds of
mile*, but lie still has only a company's
jn>*t at which to trade. The company
lias always lvn a gooil friend to liini
and hi-, and pays when he can. lie
knows that, wlp-ii he liquidates his old
debt, he can contract a new one just a*
big. No attempt was ever mad* to cheat
liim. and tliep- neviT will be. Whi-n he
is ill lie giK-s to tlx- ni*re-t fort, and is
cared for and attended until he recover*.
When he die-* hi duty well he gits a
present- and lie never performs any iatxir
without P*eiving fair compensation.
Siteli humane treatment strongly binds
the Indian and half-breed to tlie com
pany. IT. M. noh.mton, IH Harper's
Magazine. .
( anarv Bird and Chippy.
A lady wlm livi* on Olive street
relates the following: A few days ago
there fell in front of her window (Torn a
tree a "ehippy," or ground bird, sueh an
chatter about the parks and stm-t*. It
aer>med warie*l and crippled. She
jvickisl it tip, carried it in the house, fed
It from her own mouth, and at night
placed it in the cage with her canary.
Tlie canary at onee bestowed Upon the
new-comer all of the attention of a
mother, and nestled beside the littl
stranger during the night, in tlie morn
injr the lady placed the chippv in tha
window so that it might have tlie privi
lege of regaining its freedom. It plumed
its tiny wings and went sway. The
canary mourned during the day as if he
had lost his mate. In tlie evening th
ehippy came back and perched upon tha
window. Tlie sash was raised and it
flew in and nestled upon the cage; tha
canary at onee struck up his liveliest
notes aixi seemed gratified. Thi* waa
repeated two or three days, the chippy
going each morning and returning ID
the evening. One day it went away and
did not come hack. The ranary drooped,
and the next day frll dead from his
l*crrli in the sunshine Uiat played over
tlie glided cage in the window. That
night the ehippy returned, and during
the evening it mourned over its dead
1 companion. In the morning it clung to
tlie cage until it was tinned out. For a
: few days the empty cage was hung ia
the window, and on each succeeding
evening the chippy returned and chirped
as if it was grief-stricken. One day it
brought a worm in it hill, dropped it
in the cage, flew away and came hack no
more.—W. hmb Times.