The Dead Student. I t doesn't seem—now does it, Jack?—ns it poor Brown wore dead; Twits only yesterday at noon ho had to titke his bed. The day bet ore, lie played first banc, and ran McParland down; • And then, to slip away so sly—'twas not at oil likn Brown. The story seeins too big to take. 'Mist ntiy one will And It's somotimes hard to got n man well laid out in his mind. And Brown was just afire with lifo. Twonldn' scare mo, I avow, To hear a whoop, and seo the man go rushing past hero now. Toor Brown' he's lying in his room, as white as drilled snow. I called upon him, as it wore, an hou{ or two ago. A-mshing in o Brownie's (oom soemed awk ward liko and queer: We haven't spoken lmok and lorth tor some thing like a your. We didn't pull together square a single night or day: Uowe'er 1 won he soon contrived to And another wuy He tail against ine in my loves wo picked a dozen bones About that girl you used to like—the ono thnt martini Jones. He worked against me in the class, boloro my very oyes. He opened up and scooped me square out o| the Junior prize. In the hist campus rush we emtio to strictly business blows, And from the eye he left undiinnicd 1 viewed his damaged nose. In (net, I came at last to teel—and own it with dismay— Thßt liio would ho worth living lor it Brown were ont id the way. But when I heard that he was dead, my feel ings tacked; and then I would have given luill my lite to get his hack again. I called upon him, as it were, an hour or two ago. Toe room oe.it beyond excuse—thn women made it so. Be sure ht had no hand in that, and naught about it knew. To see the order lying round had made him very blue. A sweet liouquet ol girlish flowers smiled in the lace ol death. •Straight through the open window came the morning's fragrant breath. Close-en gcd, a small canary bird, with glossy, yellow throat. Skipped drearily from |>ercli to perch, and never sung a note With liair unusually combed. at poor McFar* land near, Alternately perusing Greek, and wrestling with a tear. A homely little K irl ol six, lor aouic old kind- ; news' sake. < Was sobbing in the corner there as il her heart would break. The books looked worn and wretched like, almost as if they knew. And seemed to be n-whispering their titles to my view. His rod and gun were in their place; and high, j where all might see, (Mean- IN I jauntily the boating enp ho won Inst year Imm me. lilted up the solemn sheet. That honeaf. earnest taoe Snowed signa of culture and o| toil that dentil could ma erase. As western skies at twilight mark where late the aim has lieen, Brown's lace revealed the mind and soul that once laid burned within. lie looked so gramlly helpless there, tq>on that lonely lied' Oh, Jack' these manly locs arc toes no more when they are dead' "Old hoy," I sobbed, "'twas half my lault. 'i'hia heart makes late nmenda." look the white cold hands in mine— and Brown and I were friends. W 'ill Carltlon, in liarprr't 1 1 >A7y A TEN-DOLLAR BILL. Miss Julia Tyrrol sat before the fire with her feet on the fender nnd a ton sillar hill in her hand. To ordinary mortals a ten-dollar hill is a ten-dollar bill—that, and nothing more; hut to Julia it meant an evening of enchant ment. " I shall buy white gloves, white satin ribbon and a tan," she whispered softly, "and Charley will Is* sure to hriog a bouimt. My dress isn't very shabby. and if it was, he would never notice. I ought to have an opera cloak and lots of other things, and I ought—yes, I ought to pay madarne my weeks rent. Rut nobody does everything he ought to do, and it is not my fault if I haven fifty dollar way for every ten-dollar bill." Then she looked thoughtfully at the Mil, and turned it over in her pretty white hands. As she did so she noticed a name written in small clear letters in one corner. The eharneters were so small that she had to lake the note to the window in order to decipher them. But very little puzzled those bright youftg eyes. " I see." she said, nodding lier head wisely. "• William Henry Brookes.' I wonder who he is, and what made hint write his name on a hill that is every body's mine just at present, and going to A.T. Stewart in oalf MI hour. Not a pretty name either. I dare say he Is some little snob that thinks there is only one man in the world, nnd he is Wiliiain Henry Brookes." It was snowing heavily by this time, but Julia c ired little for that. It wns a bloek to the stage, nnd the stage would put her down at Stewart's door. It was always a little holiday for Julia to go •hooping: and even if it was only a ten dollnr shopping nobody knew It hut lier snd ft gave her perfect freedom to look as if she ooulo ouy i\ll tUo silks ftntl lares she wanted. A man would not know how to spend twenty minute* in buying n pair 01 sloves5 loves tinil three yards of satin rihhon. ulia spent two very pleasant hours about it, and then, not being able to come to a decision about the fan, she determined to walk up to Union Square, and have half a dozen stores to select front. It was quite fair and bright hy tliis time, the sky blue, the air soft, and not very cold; so. with a light, rapid step, site hurried along, every few minutes before some gay window, and considering its contents a* carefully as if site really meant to buy them. Just turning into the square, some one said, " Julia! don't cut tnc in that direct way." " Why, Charley, who ever thought of seeing you here at this time of day? 1 have been buying gloves. Have you got the tickets?" •• I was just going up town to see you." "Hood Itoy! Now what is the mat ter? You ought to be cutting up the world with a pair of scissors in that den of yours near City Hall. What are you doing among decent people on Broad way at three o'clock in the afternoon P" •• Well, something has happened." "Oh, Charley! What? Is it nice?" " 1 don't say it's had, exactly." "I'll tell you what; we'll go into Bitot's and have some oysters, and you shall tell me all about it. Have you money enough. Charley?" "1 have two dollars, Julia,'and I would rather spend them in that way than keep theiu." "Ofcourse. Besides, you would not keep them anyway, and vou might waste t heiu— and we are just hero. 1 declare it is a pleasant providence met ting you Shopping is such hungry work, and I was just thinking of oysters." " I wish you had been thinking of me, July; but you never do that." " Oh no,*never! Charley, you know 1 do; but 1 i an't afford to do it often, and that's a fact, pear me! how nice the warmth is, and the fragrant smell of cake and tilings! lam afraid. Charley, I am a little gourmand. Would you respi et me with such a character?" " You know I like every fault you have. I think they are • .ry one charm ing." "Thank you, Char.cyand th" words had a tone that set tlimi quite apart front the rcst-of tl. conversation. "Here arc the oysters and coffee; now ntake them tiring some < • ry, and then tell ine how you roiue to i 1 taking lunch with nte at three o'clock in the after noon, and it not Sunday." " I thought you were taking lunch with me, July; but it is all the same; and if you had met nte five minutes ear lier yu would have seen the cause of my holiday. He's a regular ~w> *l, I tell you—an Knglislt gentleman." " Now, Charley, you need not try t impose on nte. You've been collecting bills. I guess." "Honor bright, July. I have (men entertaining a very rich Englishman, and an M. r. at thai." " What is his name—or title?" "He has no tit!'*; he is only a Mr. Brooke* at present, but he'll be" a baro net some day; and h • brought the chief letters from some of the biggest London editors. He is one of those statistical gentlemen who want facts, and he's got no end of money, and a fine 'place' in Somerset -dim—wherever that is." " It is in England, goosey." "Very well, I've no objection: I only wish he was there too. for—don't IH angry July—l have to go to the opera with him to-night: he mailt tue promise, anil I could jiot refuse." " But you had a jtrior engagement with me, sir. anil I sluill not release you, s> don't imagine | hall." " I don't want to be released; you know that: but what am Ito tin?" " Why did you not tell him you had an engagement with a lady?" 1 might go to hi* hotel, anil tell him so yet." " Certain.v, that is the proper thing to do. Where is he staying?" " At the Fifth Avenue." " V ry well, we can walk together so far; then you can have an interview with this Air. Brookes, and come and tell tuo the result." An hour afterward, as Julia sat in her room, making her white satin riblton into IKIWS, a servant entered and said, " A gentleman, miss, in the parlor, to see you. Site laid her bows carefully on the bed. covered them with a clean handkerchief, and went downstairs. Charley stood on the hearth-rug. looking into "the blaze witli a perplexed look. Julia went and stood baiile him. " Well, sir?" •• Well, July, I saw Mr. Brookes." " Yes?" " I told him I bad forgotten that I bad a prior engagement with a lady, and that in America ladies always came first." " Very proper. I am glad you told him that. W hat did he say." "That perhaps the lady would excuse me—under the eirramstanees." " No. sir, *h" won't. It is a national question now. Charley; the honor of your countrywomen is in your hands, sir. And the 'circumstances?' what are they?" "Ills bring a stranger—a very promi nent stranger—and all that." "I snap my fingers at 'the circum stances.' _ He is a man. and a rich man; If he can't take care of himself, he can hire a policeman to go with him." Charley laughed. "July, you are too pretty for anything. I nave a great mint not to tell you the rest. I have a presentiment that I am cutting my own throat—breakingtny heart, I mean." "Go on. Charley; what did lie say next?" " lie asked ifthe lady was my mother." The two looked at each other a mo ment, and then went into a paroxysm of laughter. Julia recovered first. "Oh, Charley, why could be not have said at once, ' is she young and pretty, and are you In love with her?'—that's the way a N'"w Yorker would have put it." "I told him the lady was a lieautiful. bewildering, bewitching, brilliant mem ber of the New York press, and that I durst not on any account offend her. for I did not know what terrible things she might write about nic." "Very good, indeed! What then?" "He proposed to go with us. He said be had no objections to the lady's com pany." No objections!' How kind of him! Well?" "8o I changed our tickets, and got three seats together. He will IM> our guest, July; and treat him decently, dear. I think from what he says lie Is curious about American women." "Oil! Well, Charley, yon must make him come hero for me, and mind you get a nice carriage; and you must go now, for it will take me two full hours to dress to-night." She went up stairs 11 little excited, and laid out tlimightflilly tlie well-used liluek Miik dretet. It wan not no Imd, after all. "I have new hues in id ribhoriHanil fresh flowers ; I dure say I .shall look well enough," she thought. Anil then: " Brookes! that is twine to diy BriMikes linn bis-n forced on my attention. It did not trouble me long the lirst time, and I dare say 1 shall net rid of the second in trusion quite as eiwily." She tool; great |>liill# with her toilet — hut she always did that. And though she was dressed on time, she kept the gentli ne n waiting for her a full quarter of an hour. But a.s she never kept Charley waiting, she hoped he would understand her motive, and do all in his power to make the Englishman feel tlint lie was waitingon a woman. Somehow she had got the idea that Mr. Brookes would feel it a humiliation. But if he did, he had either admirable self-oontrol or really fine manners. Me chatted with Charley, quite oblivious of the lapse of time, and rose to meet MissTyr rel with an air of stteh indifferenee an to the opera, that .lulia really had the im pression that lie would just as willingly stay where he was as go. And lie was a niee fellow, too. In spite of his scrupulous Billet and his formal manners, he contrived to make the night a thoroughly delightful one to Juint. lie did not give her an on ! portunity to say a single saucy thing; lie j was so charmed with America and everyone in it tliatJuliu declared "lie disn rved to lie a New Yorker. However, Mr. Brookes," she added, with nuc-k j seriousttesa, " good Englishmen come to New York wle-n tliv die.'" > (letitiemcn generally " talk over''the | ladies who have adormsl their evenings, but Mr. Brookes did not make a single remark it I suit Mi-# Tyrrell. Charley i wished lie had. He had watched the ! t wo with a burning h art all through the j epeni, and in- told himself with j<-ahius ' anger that July had m ver looked so 1 lovely or t>ecn so tirilliant and entcrtain- I ing. " And that Brook's," he muttered, i " did nothing hut watch lUT. He is in love, of is>urse; no fellow could help it; : and lie has nottling to do hut to buy the I ring and order the wedding cake. Fifty I thousand pounds a year, and a title com- I ing hy-and-hye-—ami I have fifteen hun ! dred dollars, and no particular cxpectn lions ot any kind. Of course July will i take him—any woman would; and though July is an angej, she likes silk .lr>-ses and things of that sort. I wish I i hadn't been stteh a fool! I only want)*l i him to see what a wonderful girl loved me, if I was a poor fellow of a writer, ami now I'll Is t lie cuts up'out. Serve me right, too!" To such re lb tions as then- poor Char ley's pen and seissors went all the in \t day, and many days afterward. For Mr. ; Brook- * having tnaile Mis- Tyrrvl the ! regular formal visit, went again and again, until tin * were very good friend*. To Julia the winter passed happily. ' She loved music and ruling, and Mr Brooke# was always giad to gratify these hastes. She had no suspicion that he re garded their pleasant companionship in any otln r light than on< of mutuai mi ert.ainnient. Of course Mr. Brooke* knew that she lovd Charley Rath; In had often *<-cn tln'tn together, and she i had never attempted toeoneeal the rela tion ill whi li tlu'V stood to each other. One tx autifui spring evening. Julia, I barley and Mr lirooki - -lood together |nt theojs-n window. Suddenly Brooki-s took out Ills jHM'ket-tssik and said, " l/*lk hen'. Mr. Until"—and he un folded a ten-dollar hill and smoothed it can fully out— "do you see anything re. markabie about that hill?" " No," said Charley, eari le-.*iy. "It seems good enough ; hut I am noe\j*-rt " Julia glanced at tin- hilt and smiled. " 1 ' an gu<s* what you nuvui." " Impossible." " Yes, I r*n. There i* • William Henry Brookes' written on the left-hand comer ! in very small characters." Brooke* | looked amazed; and Juiia. laughing. said. " You need not lie afraid of me; I . am not a medium, and I hav. not the j second sight. 1 came by my knowledge in M very natural way. Is William Henry your name?" "It is. M i-s Julia. May I ask you to j t"U us the secret of your information?" "You had letter first teil how you came to do so absurd a thing as write 1 your name in such a place. It would make me feel as if I was wandering about the eotintry looking for myself. "Well, it was a whim. Hicli F.ng lishmen are allowed to have whims; it is onr of the privileges of tie ir eondi tion. That hid was the tirst American money I ton led: I got it on hoard the J steamer; and I wrote my name on it in an idle whim, whose source 1 did not than analyze, and certainly cannot now. The first time I went on Broadway I went into a bookseller's and bought a map and guide to the eity, and I paid for it ' with the marked note. I think I did this knowingly, I rut I am not sure; in I fact. I had only a passing interest in the matter. That must have bri-n ntmut the I till of January." "And on the Iflth | ; -nt it in payment for some writing. I know it was the Kith, for I was to go with Charley to hear Lin-en,and I want d new gloves and a new fan. and I had onlv that one ten j dollars. Then, too, 1 did not feci very sure if I ought to spend it in that way. j I sat thinking and thinking and timing i the hill in my hand; finally I saw the writing—and that very night I saw aiso 1 the writer." I "And what impression did it mak" on ; you. Miss Juiia? lam very curious to know." " I don't like to teli. You will feel . hurt." " No, I will not. Tell mo the plain ; truth." " Well. I thought, this' Will lam Henry Brooke#is a snoh who imagine* himself theonlymnn in the world. Then I re flected how conceited lie must be to put nisname on what lie lias only a passing use in." " Thank you. Miss Julia, for your honesty. I shall never claim another bill unless I mean to keep it absolutely in my own possession. Then I would ave a right to put my name on it; don't you think so?" "Certainly; hut that would lie a more foolish whim than the other; you would get neither use nor Interest for your money." " I should linve my whim. But what did you with the hill?" " I paid It into the treasury of Stewart A Co., and gof in exchange gloves. rllr- Ixms and hairpins." -"And you did not forget the name? That I* strange." "Not at alb I was Introduced to you that night, and I hive had no leisure— and no inclination—to forget It since. How did you get it hack again?" " I paid my hotel bill to-day, and re ceived it among other note# in exchange. Will you please look and aee 11 It really U the same?" "Yes. I think there is no doubt of it." " Now will you kindly get me pen and inkP" "You will And them in Lit# other parlor." Brookes rose, and Julia followed him curiously. He Hpread out the hill, and wrote his name all over it in large, clear characters. "You have made it useless, Mr. Brookes." It i* too prrcioti# to use. llememlier. It really introduced me to you. I shall never let any strange hand touch it again." " All," said Julin, half pettishly and half longingly, "you are ri h anil can afford sentiment. As for me, 1 should | he compelled to spend it in a week." " What a lot of nonsense altogether!" said Charley, with angry contempt. "Of course," answered Julia, scorn | fully, "it is nonsense to you, sir. Ten dollar hills are simply Issfsteak and I cigars in your eyes." "July, I did not expect this from : you," said the poor fellow ; and with a look of reproach that made her feel ut | terly wretched lie took Ills hat and left ' them. For some minutm* no one spoke. Julia stood at the window watching Charley up the street, and Mr. Brooke# leaned I against the mantel watching Julia. At length lo- went to her, and said : " Miss Tyrrcl. this little incident affect smc pro foundly. I am a matter-of-fact man, i and I have not known how to indicate my love by complimentary speeches. But Ido love you with all my soul, and i if you will Is- my wife, I can give you one of the[niost enviable positions in F.ng laad. "! do not love you, Mr. Brookes." "But you might ham." "Oil, never! 1 love Charley Bath ' witli all my soul.'" "Thank you again for being so honest with me. But if you love Mr. Bath, why did you sjs-nk so— #o--" " < rueliy < th. I don't know; < 'barley provokes me sometimes. We have iiceji engaged three year#, both of us working and hoping for better days; hut they don't enmc. Charley doc# hi- b t", though; it i# not his fault; and 1 am ashamed of myself for making him ft-el hi# poverty so terribly." " I leg you to beficve. Mis* Tvrrcl, that my love i# no selfish one. To make you happy i* its fondest hope—happy in your own way. you uieh rstand. < .in I do anything to forward M r. Bath's pros- IrtS'tH ?" "Ye*. 1 really think you could. You know all the famou* I sin don editors, and you arc an M I'., and a rich man too. I should think you could easily get Charley some position that would afford j* enough to live on. You see I don't want much; I can make all my own dre-<-*, and I know how to kc j' house anl cook, and I can write too. " My dear young lady," said BriMikes, and his cyi s w< r> misty with tears, " you deserve everything that you ejui d'-ire. Be very sure I uall DOt forget you." And ki<Mting In r hand, to- murmured over it a " farewell," and departed. All thi- happitu-d about five year# ago. I was July's eonfidante at tin time, and I must say | f.-it annoyed at her refusal of the ri< h Knglislim.an. "You ware r-ai selfish, July," 1 said; "you might have renu nils r- d what a niee p... . your house would have lon forme to come to every year, and I am ju#t sick to go to England, too." But one day in the autumn I got a let ter from July which made me suspis-t something unusually good had happened. "Come here din-illy," wrote July. " < 'barley anil I are going to be married. We are going to he marri'd on Wednes day next, and we sail for Izmdon on I Saturday." I wi nt immediately to see July; hut there wa.s no getting ner to Isdiare reas onably. It was Charley this, and Char ley that, till 1 was sick of the monotony. She w.is like a wild bird, flying up and down stairs, singing and chattering. 1 really never dr anted that any girl in lUT j sensi-s muld have 1 en a.* happy on the verge of such an awful, awfni experi ni' nt as man iage. However, she always wrote such ex travagant letter# that I hoped the ln-st in h'-r case; and last summer I went to si#< her. and so had an opportunity of i judging for myself. Charley met me. and took me at once jto .their house at Richmond. I never was so amaz-d in my life. It was n-ally a splendid man sion— quitearistoiTatie, indeed—and the , furnishing, the silver and servant# were | all in keeping. Tln-j had also a hstid- I some carriage and linns . and Julia was dr--'d like the Uiiccn of Hltchy, "My dear girl.' | said, is wi at chnt , ting in my room, "you don't mean to | teli mc that all this splendor onu * out ol an ink#tand? If so. I don't go hack ito New York: I shalla*k Charley toput me in the way of picking up tie < ninth* 1 tiiat tail from the editor - tab! -." ' Hidn't 1 teil you Ilia! CI iricy is in the 'Custom# ' now? Mr. Brookes got him a very lu< ra!ive position " " I should think so. Then lie does not write now"" " He writes his name, love, to paper# and things—write# 'Charles M. llatli' for about four hours a day." "Very profitable writing. Jry. lam amazsai wli n I look at your h iise, gar den*. servants, dresses, etc." "And yet they alt enme from that marked ten-dollar hill. It was n hn ky hill to me—almost like Aladdin's lamp. I I wish I had it. "But I don't think you wi'l get it again. Brooke* is just the man to fold Ins heart up in it. hoard it away all hi* life, and then make a point of having it hurled with him. I tlilnk sentiment of that kind sheer nonsense, hut I will in dulge any Englishman that fancies It. at the same late of interest that it ha* paid you. July." And Julia satd, with a sigh. " It wrw a lucky bill, Franees; I wish every p<mr good girl eould And one like it. prr't Wrcily. Tar Exrellenre. The above refer# to what Courtney's friends will say when they #oc the eom- Jdetion of his elegant establishment nt L"> West Fayette street and 40 Clinton street, to be known as "Courtney Plaee." The superb manner in which this popular caterer proposes to trans form the place into a tierfeet palace of pleasure settles Hie point that it will take the front rank among anything of its kind In Central New York. The rooms are ample for all and will contain billiard tables of the latest and most ap proved makes, modern ftirniture nr.d fixtures, the very liest imported wine#, liquors and cigars, and turn lies that will give the most Fastidious epicure a clear ease of up and Un gout. But as we all remember ttimid-time lunches nt Court lU'y's, it Is needles* to pursue the subject "'fther, hut wait for tlie opening wliieli will Ix* duly announced and well at tended. we will guarantee. The Chinese National Humbling tonne. " Fan tan" is the national gambling game of the Chinese, and is played by beggar and prince with equal avidity. A correspondent give* an interesting )•- fount of the game as playwl in a gnm i tiling house at Miu ao, situated at the en i trance of the Can ton /i ver: j flaudlly painted lanterns or immense Hi/.euiiil ornamented with a multitude of eahnlistie signs swung in front of the | portal, which w:ts further adorned by a number of slips of red paper covered with ( hinese ciiariu ters ami a quantity oft my oil lamps. On gaining the top ot the narrow staircase we found ourselves in a room furnish)*! in the usual Chinese fashion, witli polished wooden sbsils I and tables ranged all round the sides and witli carved ornaments decorating flu | walls. Alsiut half way across one side j extended a high table very much in tlie i fashion of a tiar eounts-r in a first-r-lasN American saloon, except that the top ot it was covered with matting instead of I icing polished, lb-hind this, in the middle, sat the high priest of" Fan tan." : i an enormously corpulent Chinaman, in a very capacious iuid comfurtalile aim j chair, Ids li-gs tuckcdaway heni-ath him | and a " water" pipe at Ins dhow, from which ever and anon h inhaled a wliiff or two of the (stars)- toli.-icco generally in use among the natives, lie was the I " dealer," and he bestowed a very friendly recognition upon our host :is we cntereu. Next to the dealer at the hanker, a sharp-eyed and sharp-featured man, who had before him a large box containing money, in hank-notes, gold and silver, and an " abacus" which Chinamen a ways tisi .to assist thein in calculating. Two or three other "solid" looking (Vic tial# in iotig blue gowns also sat in a -orl of re o-#- h* bifid the table, silently smoking and occasionally protruding a hand, adorned with very mug finger nails, with which they altered tlie position of certain small circular hits of jade on the table which represented the stake# of gam blers who were not tin *< nt, but wh > *tii] participated in tlie fortunes of the game. Icing quite content to tru*t the honesty of the proprietors as to tic winning or loing. Biglit in front of the dealer, and rivets*! to the table, was a piece o( wliite metal almul one foot square. This i* tic Tom Fiddler's ground upon which the gamblers try th- ir !u< k. lie four side# represent the numbers one, two, three arid four—that next to the dealer being number on>* and tiiat next to tic players nutnls r lour. The game cotninenei-s by the dealer taking a hand ful of bright new " cash" from a heap at his right hand, putting them in n separ ate heap at hi# lift and covering them over with a little iiriL** cap. Tien tic plavers put Heir stakes on the table on whichever *ide of tin* un ta. square it may please them. 0m UMumttd dollars Is tin !itnl in the Mai ao gamhling hottsi-#. hut tin nailest coin i- not re# et.-d, and it i# n< an iin fri luenl is-curriiu i to *• • tli . an or Ancrii an *'punKT" risking a roil of banknotes alongsid. A IMMIIIV who i* stsdidly " bucking th< tiger" with two ortliri) " cash "at a tinw . Considering that one hlindri*! "cash"' qlL'ti only one nnt, flc passion for play, it will lw *'# n, can le gmtifi-d a" small osi. In n all have staked tlie dealer removes the bra#* cover trniii tin- small piF- of "i !i#h."and with an ivory "chop-Mi> k" ins - • d* to count the . nin* out bv f.-ur* lie take# can to bare his arm. andcounts slow Iv and ih iieati-ly, removing -a- h "ea#fi" hy the bole in it* center, so that exerylxidy may "si* fair." Tlie excite-; mi-nt grows more and more int- n#e a* tlie pile gradually ilimini#lic-, and the more acute and experienced gambler* often are able t<i announce the winning nutnls r when yet quite a quantity of ," cash " remain untou<-tu*l. A moment and the pile il rnluird to small dimen sions. "(iat. yi-e, snm. see."counts tin ■baler—"one. two. three, four"—"rat. yee, sam. #■*•." "gat, yce-c-e, sa-ani !" riiree "cash "remain a# the balance of the heap, and so three is for this time the winning number. Tlie hanker thereupon sweeps in all the money that has Icin staked on No#.l. -j and 4. and then pay* over to those who put their money on No 3 three tim** tin amount of tlu-ir investment, tuinu# eight and a half per cent . whii li i* tic profit ai lowr*l to the bank. Tea and other re freshments—brandy and **tdn for the Europeans, of course—is handi*l round by the "boys" and the ranc renm ni'-n. es. Tin • room was full of people all the time, and tlie two galleries that j run round it were also occupied hy play ers who let down tlnir stake# in a small basket prnvid'd fertile pun i-" and gave din-, lion* to tlie dealer wle i> to pla^e it. < >ne dried up old Chinaman in thi*' i gnliery w on f.1,0001n three deal*, simply Irxtvingbis stake on tlie same *iib all the tine. Neither the denier nor tie l-ank-r evinced the *nia!lc*t degr-** of emotion whether the tabic won or lost end they never spoke cx>* pt in monosyllables. An Aged Heiress (laying. The Reading (I'a.) />*?/• say*: F.iir-a -h tli lieilw-slx-rgcr. ag>*l ninety-two. !*•- sides in Richmond tow nship, this coun ty. and is. in all probability, one of the richest maiden iadfe# in the county. She owns several beautiful farm# in Rich mond township, where she has lived neariy ail her life. l|er brother is also a large land owner. Miss Is remarkably well preserved. She was never married, and lias lived ninetv-t wo years in single lilcssislness, without being dragged down hy the carres of married life, domestic troubles and other vexa tions :ud tribulations. She has siivirry gray hair, i#nent and trim in appearance, and, considering her great age. is quite aetivd and alert. A few days ago her ( farm hands eommen(**l hay-making. To tl lr gn at surprise the aged lndv and land owner made lier appearance fn the , field, rake in hand. She wa* suitably attired for tlie occasion. lUT skirts and dr\# being well gathered in and tucked ■ ba-V so as not to drag or give ber any ' trouble in moving over the field. She : said she was going to show tliem how to j work. This was gnvpxl with clapping of , hand* and cheers. Mia# I/eihsbrrger went to work in good earnest, tossed the h#y over and over, raked it in rows from one end of the field to the other, and then helped to rake it In pile#, and finally as sisted in loading and raking After the wagons. It was an exhibition of OH time hay-making, the way "tliettised o do If when she was a young girl," she #nid. " before tbepntent machinery was ever heard of." Tic lady worked In the field the entire day, and kept up lier piuek remarkably well. Walking matches between young ladies and gentlemen are getting to be quite common. You can see them any nieasanlivening by going out along the bluff. Jniy young couple who are en gaged are a "walking match when they are nut for a stroll, aren't they ?—AYotai Omit C%. A Home for I.opfru, A Honolulu (iorripond<4it writes: After the scourge of srnalJ-pox had HW. pt OV.T tltl' HllWttlilUl iHlni.llH AOtJIC years turn, m which time compulsory ! vaccination won resorted to, leprosy jri- I ci.-iuo-.l to such an nlnrming extent that tin' government wo* compelled to tukr riieneuri-H to arrest it* progress. When 1.-HH extreme measure* failed it finally <|erii|e.l upon segregation, and tin- inland of Molokol WHS Heje.'ti*. 1 for tin- settle, ment I eeniiH.' of its peculiar natural ad vantage*. Tii'-ti iu).'win.i.H nwe.'p lu-roHt ' it in such a direction that all tie- infee. tiUH (pw.-H are curried out to wn instead of toward the other Island*. Tiie valley in fertile nticj aiiundantly supplied with fresh water, while at it hark nij.Tp.Ti di'-ular wall of roek—called a pafi—rise* several hundred feet, and like n grim, unyielding sentry leena to nay. " Thus far a halt thou go and no farther." Of course, the law met with violent opposi lion, for tii . native* themselves have no .tread of the disease, and freely use tlie garments or occupy the name bed with a i' per of the worst type; arid the enforce ment of the law woul.l nunder fuoilirn, for though husbands and wives might immolate themselves for eaeh other they were not allowed to take healthy < hif dren with them. However, time ha* don. much toward convincing them of til.' wisdom of til'* poliev, and now op j.oHilion is rarely met with farther than 111 concealing the existence of ti|e disease a* long an pok-ihle. When a person i* discovered who ha* indication* of the discus' In i* tak'-n to the inland, hut in order tliat no one may !*• held there without reason wuli (>erson'"ommittrd <ir-t receives treatment for the disca*-* hearing some resemblance to it. and in IK ' iMionnl instance* j.<r-on have been cur d and returned to tln-ir fainiiie. but usually the march of the disease in m> rapid that two or three month* make it untnitakahle, and they nreeommitt.-.! to tie inland for life. I lie provision* for their comfort are most ir.-ni roUH, and those who have th<* tn<nr.k t.i do so are allowed ti build cot tages for tie irown occupation, arel tie r tliey live with a* much seclusion a* i they had the worid to choose from. I lie piv. rnni'Tit has j.< rhap* err"d on the side of merev in allowing husband* and wive- to follow each other, for the only obvious blot U|*.n tie' system of isolation i- the addition to the settle, m.-nt hy birth*. numbering none yean- a* many a* fifty—a mistaken kindness it would neem when tie- child's fieri tap. • is loatlinome di*. a-< and its rare entails a el ill ifrenter financial hurd'-n upon the government, hut so far a- is consistent with tie- hyjrienic regime established for their good they an allowed their own habit* of life. The H<*ttlement now numlx-r* eight hundred persons, at leant two of whom an - Americ an* It would Is- a mi*takc to attribute to tlii* afflicted clam the intern..- mental or physical suffering which *-■ are wont to imagine . haniep ri/ - the di-.-aw, for a iner< iful provision <>f nature bring* with tie- dis ease an apathy of mind and numhn'-*- of body which prevents acute suffering. lndw-d.lt i* asserted that :ipin miv I>* thrust into any part of the diseased rt -h w itiiout i au-in. tie slightest sensation of pain. Strange Iteath of a Dor. Jack, an intelligent and valuable N< w l"Undland dog, own' d by Tlioma* I'il lington. rd Newark. N. .f*. met his death in a singular manner. He was a hittc-r .inmy of eat*, and he ha* (wo n known to spring over an eight-foot fen" after a f' line that had tantalized liitn. Wiien •cver a eat concert was legun near his master's liousc .Tack scattered tiie sere nade r* without ■ cmnonv. and lie was not only much prized hy Mr. I'illington. hut was also a favorite with the neigh hors wiio. 1 bank-to hi* enmity to the eat CT* ation. enjoyed peaceful slumlx-r. Mr. i'illington took .la< k to the house oi a friend, win re lie tied the dog to a piece 'of wood weighing shout tliirty pounds, in order to prevent hi* esmoe m>m the yani. In tiie evening the eats came from all the hou*.-* in the n.-igh lM.rli.MH] and perched .in tb* fence- close to the spot where their implacable enemy was secured. They seemed to know that Jack was tied fast, for they began an exultant serenade, and con tinued it until lie how led with rage. )| made several arage spring* at the eats on tiie fence nearest to him, but he could n<d get loose from hi* fastening*. Ilis tormentors continued to tantalize him in eat language until he became frantic, lie tugged desperately at the chain that held him to tie- block of wood. and tiie s< renading party s.eing hb lielnle** con dition then Iwgan such a noisy .-at.r wauling that a dozen night-eapp'd h'-ads popped out 'if as many bodrvx.m windows. Itooijacks, sticks and rro< k cry were hurled at the eat*. Meantime Jni k. who had dragged the block of wood close to the fence, made a desper ate spring at a hig tomcat. He clear-d the fence at the same instant that the eat disapp.suvd in the agpoining vard. hut h' unfortunately luumiot calculated on the Weight of the hl.M'k of irmd. Tiie result w iis that poor .Ta.-k wa* suspended by his ne< k to the chain, whiili wa* firmly held to the block of wood on the other side of the fence. IVefore assist ance srrivcl Jack had slowly strangled to death. The n xt day he was giv.u a descent burial hy his owner and friends. It is said that he had saved three human lives. Peculiar People. Most people, whatever their condition or race, are so homogeneous nowadays, through long exposure t> the same In fluences, that it is enlivening to hear of a people, even though they be savages, altogether different from the common. The natives of Botel-Tobafio. an island in the China S"*, are curious and pecu liar in most respect*. They excited the wonder of n number of American naval officers, who recently visited them while surveying a rwk'cast of the South <'a|H* of Formosa. These aboriginals, who are of Malay stock, knew nothing of money, and couid not be made to un derstand the object of its use. They had never tasted tobacco or rum. nor had they any substitute* for these. Never tlieless.'the females liked Mivlhing and everything of an ornamental or derora tive character. They admired brass buttons, tin vessels, or anything bright: freely gave gnats and pigs for them , and could not get enough for their delecta tion. Any shining object they were eager to obtain, and they would dire for a button or a coin if thrown into the water, and often seine it while It was sinking. They played In their canoes alwut the ship for Iwiurs, watching for an opportunity to dive for the (to them) precious trifles. The natives are as primitive as they can be. They wear only breech-clouts; they live on tarn and yams; they have no other Implements than axe*.*pear* and knives, made of common Iron; but the female* employ shells and the beards of goats for orna ment.
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