Master Johnny's Next Door Neighbor.
It iva* spring the ltr-t time I hut I lutw her,
lor tier pnpii mid iimmnm moved in
Next door, (est as skating win over, nnd mar
lilon about to begin -
For the Inner in our luck yard *# broken,
and I hi iv un t peeped tlirSngli iho Hint ,
There wei-o ' Johnny Jump-tips' all around her,
nnd 1 knew it wuh Hpring just hy tbut.
I never knew whether she hw me—lor she
didn't wty notliing tome,
But ' Mil! here's n -lilt in the feuee broke, nnd
the lioy that is next door can see."
But the next day I climbed on our wood shod,
a* you knew, mamma say* I've a right,
And ho calls out, ' Well, pekin' in manners "
and I answered her, • Sass is pcrlito !'
" But I wasn't a lot mail, no, papa, and to
prove it the very noxt day,
When she ran punt our fence in the morning 1
happened to get in her way,
For you know I am ' chunked ' and clumsy, a*
she says arc all boy i ot my size,
At. 'ho nearly upset me, die did, |>n, and
laughed till tears came in her eyes.
"And then we were friend*lrom tlmt moment,
lor I knew that she told Kilty Sage,
And she wasn't a girl Hint would flatter, ' tlmt
she thought I wn* tall for my age.'
And I gave her lour apple* that evening, and
took her to ride on my sled,
And—' What am 1 telling you thi* for ?' Why
papa, my neighbor is deml '
You don't hear one-half lam saying—l unity
do think it's too Uul '
Why, you might have seen crape on tier dooi -
knob, and noticed to-day I've been wul.
And they'x'e got her a coflln ol n**<• wood, and
they say they have dressed her in white,
And I've never once looked through the tence,
pa, since shedied—at eleven last niglit.
"And ma says it'* decent anil proper, as I wn*
her neighbor and Irieiui,
That I should go there to iho Imiorul, nnd she
think* that you ought to attend;
But I am so clnmsy and awkward, I know I
sliail t>o in tiie way,
And suppose they should speuk to me, pn|si, 1
wouldn't know pi*l what to*ay.
" fio I tiiink 1 will get up qnitc curly. 1 know I
sleep late, but I know
"I'll tie sole to wake up it our Bridget pull*
tlie string that IT tie to my toe.
And I'll cruwl through the fence and I'll
gather the ' Johnny Jump-up, ' a* they
grew
Bound her feet the first day tlmt I saw her
nial, papa, I'll give them to you.
. For yon're n big man, and yon know, pa,
can come and go just where you cticosc
And yon lltnkcthe flowers ,n to tier, anil sure
ly they'll never refuse;
But. papa, don't they're Irotn Johnny.
They won't understand, don't you sec,
But just lay them down on her bosom, ami,
papa, she'll know they 're Irom ino."
/lortr.
IN LOVE AND IN DEBT.
" Who is Unit, Carrie?"
" Dionysitu Harrington. Is lie not
handsome?"
" Handsome! I should think he is.
What a partner for the Imnecrs! or to
take on>- sleigh-riding, or down to sup
per, or, in fact, anywhere where a
Utt was a possible contingent."
" He is sun- to be at the Nevilles' ball
to-night. Perhaps you may he able to
test youropinion on that subject."
" If he is there, I certainly shall."
" Provided you have an opportunity. |
Handsome Dion' is in great request;
but then yours is quite a new face, and a
debutante is always (on of a certain '
amount of attention."
Carrie'* tone was a little piqued, and
pietty Margery H-y wood felt that it
was just as well to drop the subject.
Fortunately Fboadway a thuds plenty of
conversational resources, and some'im
ported costumes in a window supplied .
topic of interest quite equal to hand
some Dionvsius Harrington.
i'erhap* In Margery's mind there was
an unacknowledged connection between
the two. Dion and dress were not so
very far apart; for a man who attired
himself so elegantly was not likely to be
indifferent to the toilet* of the women
whom he delighted—or condescended—
to honor.
• This point settled in !. . own mind.
Margery wa full o oiifldence. She
had mH-n brought up in a world where
the milliner nnd tailor
" Arc throne! powers, ntxl -hiiro the general
state."
Her own dress was always perfect ; 111-
ribbons nevrr •■Uiffonw. lur glove* taw,
her genera! costume tike a iimniing
glory before twelve o'rlnek—it li id no
yesterday. Indeed, she onsidcred neg
ligenee in dress one of the deadly sins
amngrespectable people. .So that, un
der any eirctimstances,slie would linve
prepared carefully for the Neville ball;
but it was certainly nrortii extra trouble
when she was hoje-fui of eyes that eould
appreciate colors ami combinations.
Iter reward was with her, for site had
a great success that night. Her toilet
was the rarest and richest in the room,
and Dion linrrington signified his ap
proval by the honor of three wait**.
Afor sueJi a mark of distinct inn,
Margery eould repose, as It were, upon
the sense of her own perfections.
They were sitting chatting together;
and there was a look on Dion's face
which absolutely indicated that ho had
forgotten himself, and xvas admiring
some one else-. Margery was certainly
doing her best to charm lilrn, and she
instinctively found out the liest way
she was making Dion talk in a manner
that really amazed himself. Among
men lie was a sensible fellow, with plenty
of his own opinions; but among Indus
he generally relied on bis personal ad
vantages.
Besides, liis olyect was to conquer
women rather than to amuse them, and
he had generally found a few niglin and
glance* a i <ry effective method or subju
gation. But this night he waa actually
talking to Margery on every kind of
topic, and ft-eling, also, an obligation on
himself to siyr the :>vrrr*t tiling he
eould think oi at the time. After their
llrst waltz he began hi usual routine of
remark*:
•'We liave find verv bad weather
lately, have we not?"
Marge y did not assent according to
rule and precedent. but said, "Konlly, I
wonder you should think so. It is
always changing. What more would
you have? There was once an old lady
who usfd to Ml her grumbling nephew
that lie ought fo he thnnkftll for any
weather at all."
"I think nearly every one grurab.es at
the weather."
" ! have noticed that. If men " r " j" l '
j satisfied with a party, or if anything
j Koi'# wrong i their business or in their
view of politics, they grumble at tli<-
weather. 1 don't believe that any two
overs, or onyfottn of govdrniii en
eould stand six weeks of settled sun
sltin*.." . .
Plon looxen at this strange girt. Hhe
had a metaphysical, dreamy look in her
eyes: there wan no telling how she might
turn the oommonni subject. Ho re
membered that he had another engage
ment, and made his most graceful apolo
gies. Still he was wondering, all the
time lie was away from Margery, what
she was thinking about him, and tor
menting himseli with the memory of
several good things that lie might nave
said, and did not say.
Perhaps that was the reason that lie
ended upon Margery the next, day, and
site next, and so on indefinitely. In a
month the handsome Dionyslus was no
longer at the general service; he was
I devoted to Miss Heywood. Tin n pco
| pie began to talk. Some very good pco
| pie, professedly anxious to repress mali
cious rumors, propagated them; and
though they declared them to hi' incrcUi
iile, still, unfortunately, they believed
them to l>e only too true.
It is easy to profess indifferenec to
such ill-natured talk, hut people ran not
he indifferent to the results of it. In
this ease the rumors reached Margery's
| aunt at I ley wood, and she sent a pre
! emptory order for her nieee's return
home immediately.
At this order Margery was very eross.
She did not want to go hnek into the
country, anil she did tiiink ttint, in some
way or other. l>lon might have prevented
people's remarks. And his little effort to
I talk the matter over with her only made
her more angry ; for her loving, anxious
heart was waiting to hear something
more sweetituiersonai than :
"I eanniir imagine. Miss Mevwood,
what pleasure people find in gossip."
"You cannot?* snapped Margery.
" Well, then, let no tell you that alt
pleasures are short-lived exeept tliut of
watehing the mistakes of our friends,
and eoniparing lliem witli our own vir
tues."
"Where shall we meet aqain?"
I am no diviner." Kb- was pale and
angry, hut the tears were in her eyes.
Slie knew that lie loved In r. Why eould
lie not —whv would lie not- ay hi?
"Why 3 " Sin' asked hersoll thi- ques
tion all during the next -ummcr. For
lHiin. having tflsi-overi'il that Miss If.-y.
I wood was with ln-r invalid aunt in a
small village in tin Pennsylvania moun
tains, abandoned at once the delights of
fashionable hops and drives, and de
voted himself to Miss I ley wood and
Miss I ley wood's aunt.
It was a summer to date from all of
life after ward. Sueh glorious mornings
by the trout streams! Sueh evenings in
the moon-lit hills! Sueh walks, and
talks, and rides! "A young man so
handsome—so very handsome a young
man so clever end polite, and so respect
ful to age," Aunt Hi y wood had never
seen. Forty years before, slip had
had a lover, who wont to sea nnd never
rame hnek again, and she believed Dion
jto be exactly like him. Yes, she was
i-ertain that if ever she had been mar
lied, and had children, all her sons
would have been just like Dion. The
old woman loved him, in her way, quite
as mueh as the voung one.
This fair and happy summer at length
nunc to a close, Dion found the ladies
one morning in the midst of trunks nnd
toilets. A sudden frost had set in. and
Aunt Heywood missed the comfort* of
her own home. Dion Jing-red, silent
and sorrowful, till after lunch, and tin n
he asked Margery to go into the wood*
for a walk with him. He had a conft-*-
sion to make, he said, if Mi*s Heywood
permitted it.
Miss I ley wood thought he might have
spok"n without lut permission. " Too
much courtesy, too much courtesy," he
whispered her own heart; but she signi
fied her assent hy a little n<i of li- r
hi-nd and i s i, steadfast lisik ih tht
water, * ,
"Miss Heywood Margery— I want
to confess to you what a looiish waste I
hive inmle of my life and fortune.
Hitherto I have squandered thnn in the
silliest of pursuits."
Margerv tiegan to tap her foot rest
less) v.
" I hare been so vain of my good
loi iks."
She looked half slyly and half admir
ingly through her eyelashes at him.
" And 1 am sorry to say that, in order
to do tlu m justice, I have Imx ii very un
just to others. lam very deeply in debt,
and—"
" Deeply in debt!" Was that what he
bad to confess? She colored violently,
and itMe. "Mr. Harrington, your debts
do not concern me, unli-i*—unless—"
" I expect you to pnv them? I suppose
that is what you think I mean, Miss Hey-
Wood. How can you misjudge me so
cruelly ? I lieg pardon for presuming to
imagine that you eould fis'f any inter' *t
• itluT in the past or futnre of so worth
less a life as mine lias hitherto tieen."
He rose to go. and some dumb, aril
spirit possessed the girl. She longed to
smile, to spi ak. to detnin him; but alio
could not permit herself to do it.
"(lood-bye, Margery— drnr Mnrgrry.
When I venture to speak to you again, I
hope to tw more <U serving of a hearing,"
He put ont iiis hand, and sW would not
see It. Oh.it was hard that lie would
not understand the love and longing and
disappointment in her heart! She had a
right to be angry with a man so blind; j
and a* she eould not for very shame go
into a good, womanly |>as*iotv, she gave
vent to her feelings In a very unwomanly
exhibition of *area#tlo indifference.
Hut when Dion had really gone, she
fell with passionate sohldiig upon the
ground, until the pine* talked sough- ,
fully among themselves, and wailed
hack to her those melancholy tore's tie y
learn 1 know not where.
Aunt Heywood was as broken-hearted
as her niece. She brooded on the loss of
the gay. lieautiful youth, with something
of both a mother's and a lover's anguish;
and when, a week later, they heard that
lie had sailed for the coast of Africa as
supercargo of a frbud'sshln. all the sun
shine died out of the two live* at Hey
wood Park.
A year later oh' Miss Ilevwood died,
anil Margery was left sol" mistress of Imr
person nnd fortune. There was some
rumors of a strange will made hy Miss
Heywood in her last hour, which It
was thought Margery would dispute.
But the rumor died, and the young
heiress apparently settled down to a
monotonous life, in which nothing
seemed left her hut the " having loved.
In the second year a little ripple was
made in Heywood by the nil vent of
Harry Ijike. Harry find been Dion's
great friend, nnd was probably even
then in correspondence with him.
Margerv I tad idp'-ny* nvohk-d Harry's
uncle hitherto; but now. with n sweet
ness till* no old man eould resist. lie in
quired after his health. his crops, and
whatever other subject seemed of jm
! portance to him.
In fact, she quite won tlie old bach
elor's heart. It was u great grief to him
1 that lie could not hone to wed Ip-r for
hint*-' If; and li"hnlfdlsllked his nephew
for his chance* lttit nt any rate In- de
termined that such a nice giri and such
a rieli girl—should not go out of tlie
family; nnd he soon let Marry kiiojv that
the pixispeets of inheriting tie- fsk'-
estate- rested very much upon ids mar
riage with Margery.
" Hut suppose tlie young lady will not
■ have me, uncle?"
! "You nj-e not to suppose failure, air,
[in anything. You have no rivals Ipfe—
, I'Ut inc." the old iuiidgrumbled, not very
! pleasantly.
Harry was in a dilemma, and he sat
I thinking long over it that night. Hut
' lie was endowed with a nature singu
larly honest, and at this juncture it
1 helped him better than intrigue. H<
simply wrote a little note to Margery,
i asking permission to see )ier lu-xt day at
noon, lie received, as lie expected, a
cordial assent: an 1 so, putting Dion's
1 last letter in his pocket, he went almost
confidently over to 1 ley wood lark.
It was a very pleasant meeting, but
| Harry was determines) not to let their
: conversation drift into generalities.
| " Miss Ileyvvood," lie said, " I am going
to ask from you a very singular favor.
I—l want you. In short, I want you to
I refuse to marry me."
Margery could not help a smile at
| Harry .* awkwardness. She readily di
vined that lie had something important
to say to her, and that he had, in his
'•agvrii'-#s to i>- perfectly plain about it,
Itcgtiii at the end instead of the begin
ning. So she said. "I shall certainly
refuse you—when you ask me, Mr.
Kike."
"Oil, that of course! No fellow like
me expects to get a hearing, after poor
I>i"ii could not succeed. Ittit tin- truth
. is just this: ioy uucle lulmires you so
mueti that fie threatens to leave me noth
' lug unless I marry you."
j " And you prefer U> hi disinherit'-d, of
I course? "
"No, no.no; hut. Miss HeywHsl, I
am dead in love with the d-ar-t little
girl, and I am ovi r lead and ear* in
debt also; and if 1 vex uncle, he will
give me no money—and don't you see
how the thingis? 1 '
" Not exactly. Now what am Ito do?
Tell me plainly."
" Well, 1 shall writ'- yu a letter to
morrow — a real, ohl-fashioned Sir
Charles Grandison letter—and :ik your
1 jH-rmission, etc., etc., to pay my devoted
duty, etc., etc., to you. 'And I shall
show this letter to uncle, and g-t his
suggestions and approbation "
" Y'-s; and then I am to—"
"To answer it.jxi-t in your iofti.-*t
style. II hw Haywood. if you my a few
words a little down on tlm fgikr*. i don't
mind it it all, and it will finish the mat
ter. Of course I shall tie cut up and ail
that, if nty poor JHnn wg.* lon- lie
would find some clever way out ot the
scrape; but I can never think of any
thing luit jut going to )i'adi|U.-!rt< rs, iis
I have come to you."
"lilitfM boot way A -tmight iim
is st as goo<l in love as in geometry."
I'le ntli' affair was talkixl nv r, and
Margery brought all her woman's tact
and il'-jieaoy to its arrangement. Things j
were planned so as to proceed more
leisurely; for the climax, instead o|!
coming the n-xt day. iu> Harrv pro- 1
nosed, wis indefinitely put oft. Hut
Alargi-ry thought herself well paid for
her complaisance; for in a verv short
time Harry knew as well as ptowlbie the i
true stat of her heart, and many a pre
cious hit of new* h<- brought her con- 1
ecrning I>ijn. and one day lie uianag'-d ,
to forget a photograph of him and never
afterward to remember its loss.
So. witii litis fn-sli interest in life, tine- 1
•lid not srs-ni so heavy to poor Margery.
She had Dion's pictured face, and every
now nnd tle-n a few words of Informa
tion about him. or elm- a long talk with
Harry concerning the manifold pi-rfee- 1
ti-'n.s of one so !-ar to both.
Hut though tlie final letter was de
la] d :i- long o-s poesihle (ill li Likeol
lost got impatient. "Harry had spent
part of every day at IleywiH.l for fiiur
months; if boys and giris did not know
tie ir own minds in that time, they never
would." Ho il old gentleman wrote
the proposal himself, stat<d frankly
wii.it lands and money liein''md'-d to;
give Harry, and solicited for the young
man tlie liand of Ids fair neigfitw.r
The answer had been eai'-fullv pre
pared by the two young people. It wu
exquisitely ji, lite, hut yet it "intrived to
hit delicate]) sevenu |Kdnts on which
I'ncjeDike w.-s very wiiailive; ana, in
fine, it absolutely declined anv alliaaoe
with Ids house.
Tiie effect WAS ts-ftcr ttian they hnul
dar.d to hope I'tirle Kake w.ls gri-ntly
off' nded. and for Margery'ssake rei-alhsl
the very worst of the stereotyped flings
at women and women's ways" so gener
ally familiar t<> Iwhelors young and old.
" However, he was sorry for me.
Margery." said Harry, one day. a week
afterward," nnd he has shown it in a
way that I tlioroughly appreciate."
" A check?"
" Yes, for ten thousand dollars."
" Did you | ine mo li. Harrv?"
" N". I eotii'l not manage It; and, do
you know, that nleased uncle. lie
praised my spirited Is-havior, and said
that was itist tlie w iy lie took a saucy
woman's No tliirty y-ars ago: and then i
lie gave me the -lie-k and told me to go
to J'arisfor a season."
" And you go, I suppose ?"
' Just as soon ns theih'arest littu- giri
i ready to go with ne-."
"Will you liave eiiougii, after paying
your debts?"
" I shall naturally consider my wife's
comfort before my eredltora'."
"Oh. Harry! Harry!"
" Well, ifargery, I never could k'Tp
out of delit ami out of love. The men I
trade with and the yirl i love always
have a lien on me."
After Harry left letters were long Be
layed. Addresses were lost or changed,
and week aft.-r week and month after
month passed without bringing any
word from Dion, about whom lie hail
promised to write. In I lie third summer
Margery was so lonely that she deter
mined to join sonic friends in a Kuropran
trip; fvr she was sure by this time that
Dion bnd quite forgotten her.
So she wandered all summer in the
sunniest pia--s of the earth, and was so
charmed and happy that she really iie
lievcd Iter iovc and her regrets were
buried deeper than any memory could
reach for them.
She was sitting, one lovely afternoon,
< n the top of Hk-tunond Hill. As she tat
musing some one suddenly stood be
tween her and the sunshine. She looked
up. and Instantly put out her two hand*
with a joyful cry to Dion.
"Oh. Margery! Margen-' Margery!
Oh, my own love! my dear love! my dar
ling!"'while In a minor tone Margery
wassohhing: "Dion! Dion! Dion! You
have nearly killed me! How could you,
Dion? Yi>u don't know tli.it you have
nearly broken my heart. Ye*, you have,
sir."
Tin t) there wn* MU< II no explanation
to hi- gone through that at t n o'clock
that night tliey liu'l only got a* fur an
their unfortunate parting. And* this
serine' t>> remind Dion of soti-cthing,
for he Said: Margery darling, I
am afraid I must toll you the same old
story. I have worked very hard, and
all that, hill I am still in debt."
" No, you are not. I have something
to tell yiiu. also. Aunt Key wood left
you nil foT money provided you claimed
it within live yearn after Iter death; if
not, it wan to In* mine."
"It will Htill Ik- yours, Margery."
"No, 1 do not want both you and the
money; I have enough of my own."
"Then I shall get out of debt at last."
" No, you will not, sir. You owe me
the price of three years of my life. You
will never lie out of my debt, and you
will never be out of my love."
" I don't Want to. sweet Margery! and
they who are deep in love can a (lord to
spend twenty out of an income of nine
teen; for you know the old proverb:
"There was a couple who loved one an
other, and they always took what they
had, and they never wanted.—n
Weekly. _____________
Staining Our Floor.
"We'll stain the floor this summer,"
said Tombolina. " It's eoolcr for hot
weather. Kvcrvl>ody'*doing it."
"\\ ho'll do tin- staining? ' said I'tun
hingo.
"I'll, I'll do it. Mrs. I)ye did hers,
and ever so much cheaper than the
nainter. She's given me her reejjs-.
Now, I 11 tell you what you must get for
me at the paint shop."
I'umbingo groaned internally.
" first coat: Half and half of buni'-il
umla-r and sienna. Also half and half
linseed oil iind turpentine, with a little
Jupiin<-*r dryer. That's '.lie fir-t coat.
That must dry. Then fill nil the <n k
with red putty. The second coat is half
and half liumnl sienna and umls-r to
one-third <>il nnd two-thirds turpentine,
with a great deal of Japanese drvcr.
Then varnish. Tliere!"
I'u ni bin go iviim next seep carrying
many pint bottles from a paint shop and
emitting in the street ear a strong -nic-li
of turpentine and varnish, lie was then
required to search for sundry empty to
mato cans. in which in mix the stain.
At any otlcr time hundreds of empty to
mato can* would have l*-cn Men kick
ing about the i-tp-et. lie had for years
Ims-ii pursued and waylaid by vagrant
tomato cans. Now, not a tomato can
could Is-found. Ail gone. Not a neigh-
Isir or friend had an empty tomato ran
A full day was required to liunt Up two
empty cans wherein to mix the floor
stain When found ail the
absent tomato <\in again appeared. Now
that they were not wanted, they lay in
sultingly alsiut his door and grit under
hi" f<s-t. The ashmen put evcrj-thing in
their carts but tomato r.ins. I'umhingo
piekc-d up liaif a dozen, determined never
again to te out of tomnto oin>
Then it was Tonitsillnn's turn. Sin
'lid the staining and varnishing. A
friend loan's) hT a brush ; it was a -mail
brush, too small by half. A bigger
brush would have painted tw{e .. mu' li
ill half the time.
There was a gr at deal of mixing tin
first day of hurti's! umber, sienna,' oil
and turpentine. Totnholina *t.iin'*l fir* I
the floor, then herself, tle-n the wash- '
boards in patches arid blotches, then :
more of lu rM-lf. and finally more or les* i
of the hard-tinisli'sl wail in j<atPn and 1
blotches.
"llulloa!" eri'sl I'umhingo. breaking
rudely in on the i-'*>r girt hard at work
'■n lier knees. "\Vlio* been squirting i
tof'.T eo juice on this wall?" .
" It's the brush which spatters." said I
Tomfsillnn.
Makes you freckled, don't it ?"says lie. |
"tfli, do shut up!" said she.
"lint, _"ce here." he continued. " the
Stain don't w ill to equalize. "Tisn't an
<-qual thing. IT- re is part of vour floor
fvuttemut color, i art liglit yellow, imrt
mahogany. How's that? fys.k* liken
map of Kui ope."
" M ell. you c-e Ilie cans were mi small j
I had t> ni k' •> 1 1. . ■■■jiarate mixings ;
of tlie muff. and every mixing somehow j
makes a<i liferent color. Oh! dear, bow
my knees do n<-he!" said Tcmholina.
romliolina stained all tiint dav: the
floor and herself, the wash lmmvcls and
tlie celling Everything had to he tak'n
out of tie two rooms lieing stained.!
They dined in the kitchen wherein chairs,
sofa, parlor table, extra coal m littles,
sewing luni bine, trunl-s. tulis. bedstead*,
lines and other furuitnre tried to mob
the happy pair and gM on'li- Jr tal.Je,
The floor was not dry oe\i day. At
early morn, Tombolina going forth to'
inspect tier work, discerned through the
t wo rooms a double line of h-ire m-< ie fool
trac k# imprinted on the still sticky sur
face.
" I told you not to gn in the rooms till
thev wen- dry." said she, reproneliftilly, |
to rtrmhingn,
""Twasn't me," he said, tuhhornly.
"Who else c-uld it have been? Do'
you mean that mine are those huge foot
marks?" aid she.
"It WAS tlie cat!" said lie. "Pshaw!'
I must have walked in tuy s! ,-p."
On the third day siie puttied ine .-racks j
with red putty. Shi- had n-i idea la-fore ;
how mu h putty some cracks wanted. I
They seenifxl hungry for red putty. Pum
bingo was kept on the trot nft'-r putty.
Also more turpentine,nil. umlier. simnit.
Japanese dryer and varnish l'umtiingo
sinelled like a paint simp. So did she* i
So did tlie house.
The third c-oat is now going on. Pum
bingo is buying c-xtra pints of turpentine
at the drug store at a high price. Tom-'
bolina's back ft els as if it had broken in
the middle. H>r knees have spavined,'
and she can't get up without help, hut
she's resolved to stain or dye in tlie at
tempt.—AVw YetfkJlrafJtir.
Justice In Albania.
One ot the curious facts related of
Ailianians is their strict adhesion to the
lex lalionit. An assnssin is killed by the
friends or relatives of the virtlrn. and if !
tliey cannot tlnd the c riminal himself
tliey Jiave a right to kill his father, his !
son and brother or his cousin. A thiol!
is forced to pay double tlie value of the i
stolen goods to the person robbed, and n j
tine lieaidcs to the tritiunai of justice. j
Adultery entails the same punishment a
assassination. If the betrothed girl re
fuses to keep infr promise tlie deceived
lover may kill a member of her family.
A guest is sacred; and a man who vio
lates tlie laws of hospitality nnd kills or
wounds Ids guest Is chased from his
tribe, and no one is permitted to have i
any communication with his family.
Tlie same dishonor falls upon tlie man
who kills a woman. All his relative*
receive the surname of " Woman-slayer." j
The Ailianians numiier about U. 500.000
souls, and In the portion of their terri- j
tory claimed by Greece there arc *50,000 j
inhnhltr-fifs, '
TIMKKV Torus.
A Kussiun paper gives an account of a
plague of locust* ric;tr Klisabcthpol,
which forced n detachment of troops on
the march to retrace their step*. The
insects settled so thick on tlie soldiers'
faces, uniforms and niu-k'-i- that the
commander, driven to desperation, or
dered tiring at them. This was done for
half an hour, hut produced no effect and
the soldiers were obliged to march back.
I lie swarm covered an area of twenty
two square miles.
I lie Louisville fourier-Jourtml bundles
I together It* advice to protancmen in this
wise: "To all who are afflicted with the
habit of profanity, and who are d'-sirou*
! of curing tlionlsclve* of it, we would sug
! gest that, as a la-ginning, they resolve,
and rigidly adhere to the resolution, that
| whenever they fi-cl adisjaisition to swear
| they will tak'- no other name in vain i-x
-oeut that of the A /.tee god of war. Unit
zlfopochtli. I hnt will give their anger
a chance to cool and to disnnpenr ts-fore
tliey get to the olh'-r end of tlie word, and
they will not thus he guilt v of tie sir, of
a complete oath. And if liuitzilopoi h
! tli won't break them, t'n-n their eases
are hopchwH."
Sitting Hull has been interviewed by a
j correspondent of the Chicago Tribuw,
| who says of him: "There is Mimetliing
1 remarkable in ids face. It is rattier bro.-to
i arid fleshy, liut the determined line
around tin mouUi destroy„ tie iiupn-s
-| sion of (lahhinos. His ev*s are wide,
and black, and piercing. The upper lids
| are h<-avy, and tb<- outer i-ornersh ang
over the eyes as if the brain had escaped
int'i tie-in. His sliouid'-rs and clust are
broad and strong, and tlie arm - iiiu*' u
lar, :uid the hruids awfully dlrtv. H'-
was dressed in blip- leggings, headed
moeeasin. a liirt made of tlie same ma
t'-rial, ligun d like the paturn*"f hns-h
shawls, and hi* blanket was InjuiiU
I lightly around hi- wui-t, f-u UIC after
; noon was intolerably hot "
j That Mr. Kilison is working at hi*
r electric light prohiem without stinting
the expense is evident. H< -ays it has
j c*t him about thirUx-n thousand dollars
to p'-rfi-<-t hi* generator. He lias spent
alsiut eight thousand dollars in experi
ment* on his lamp. It est about thru
thousr-nl dollar* ti diie over a new
i nn-thfsl of insulating hi* wire. The
; meter experiments ate up fully two
thousand dollar-, ami tie dynamometer
three thousand dollar* more. He esti
mates tin- total cost ,f iiis ex|s-nments
thus far at forty-live thousand dollar*.
| Sin I* devotion to an idea is one of his
! eliaracteristi--*. and, fortunately, in- is in
:a position of |M* tmiary Indepeud'-ni-'-.
:uid has at lii* Command all the money
' that M-< ni* to in- n's-'-ssary
I n<ler the hen/1 of "Good Adv lor
the Dog Days." tie N-w York S< ha
aii article making th-M- *uggetion
i There are two provisions which sliould
j Is- made in ail lnrgc eitii-*. in this cli-
J mat'-, to prof- t the public from expo
sure to and con*' |U' nt prostration from
; sunstroke. In tie- fir-t plo/ ' i-vry well
regulated city should Is slippiied witlia
suftii i'-nt number of shade tm-sof )** *ly
growtli and abundant foliage as a source
of protection for pedestrians during the
j nr'-vaience of tin gr<-ntet solar heat : and
in tin- second plie*- there should f- an
I ' ntire cessation of out-d<sjr ialsir from
eleven to four o'ekx k on tie hottest
day*. A suitable regulation should Ik
| concurred in for that end by both <m
! ploy 'Ts and eniployed.
The tr.-ale in glass in tie- I'nit'-d States
within tip- last few years ha* ncachi-d
. womona proportions, nttsburch. Pa .
i the great g'.is* o-nter <<f the country.
Mors than liaif of all tlie glass prodU"*l
is made there. The produ-tions aggre
gate ov r fT.ixsi.iwio annually, employ ing
a ' apital, which include* building*, ma
chinerv anu grounds, of nearly, if not
quite, f3.50(1,000. Th'-re si* M-venty-
Uiree faetoriis, containing in all wi pots.
Kai-h year i paid in wage* ti
1 the hand* employed, who numtK-r some
.I.VftH. One can fonn some little bi'-n of
the magnitude of tin business by as. it
taining Uie amount of material consum
ed annually, l/ast year there wore eon-
MM v.'.'.s.'.'i tons of German elav. 3i*i
! >n# of 1 e.id. 250 tons of pearl ash, 2.T00
barrels of sail. 0,055 tons of straw. 4.025
- ord* of wood, t,525.T00 htish'-l* of coal,
- TV3.500 tiusliels of coke, 1,210 tons of
nitrate of soda, 46,340 tons <>f sand ami
1.50.000 fire firii k.
Of tlie successful pedestrian, K P.
; Weston, the H< v. J. ( . Flirt nil IT "f
IndlaaapoUa, *nys tliat wli-n a child
\\ eston was tlie cleanest, mo*ti*t little
1 trlonde hoy he ever knew. He always
hod his Siindav-sc|jCM>l le*<>n perfectfy,
and was well trained at home, in I'rovi
d> nee, by liis 'mall, slender mother.
"Hut." ndd'-d Mr. Fletcher. " F,. I*
Weston was tlie nmt uneasy bright Imy
i I ever sa_w. Tliere was no keeping him
s ill. Hi* father was a man resile** in
lii* brain, and finally died in*an Tlie
1 mother of E. I*. W. wn a woman ol
intclleetual pari*, and at her hn-b*nd'*
death, in order to "import her family,
she wrote a number ol int/T'-*ting tss.ks
for children. Tho*e wer- print's! and
then, instead of i ing published, w-rr
hawked about I'rovidene*- and e)cwhere
in the Stale of Kin*!.- Island hv Edward
l'ay*on. who walked front house to
house all over Uu> SUk-, and thus early
a/-quired tlie habit of walking.*'
Sergeant John P. Finley has investi
gated the cyclones tliat swept ovi r Kan
sas in May. He traveled in a wagon
and rode altogitlier five hundred miles,
visiting thirty-live town* and village*.
"I started out in makingolnterralious ,
by first finding the center ol the tiqick of
the storm, and then making correspond
ing olwrvation on both side* to ascertain
the effect of the wind on each, f found
after a great deal of questioning that
those tornadoes were always heralded by
tlie appearance of hailstone* and rain,
which only ended when the funnel dis
appeared. The funnel, which resembles
a wnter spout, was generally seen np
proaching from tlie northwest and soutli
wost, mill ha* the embodiment of the air !
currents coming from both tlie direc
tions. The northwest clouds always re
sembled heavy ruin-clouds, while those
In the southwest Were n light, fleecy
color, indicating wind. After their ap
pearand the inhabitants would notice
between Hie two, near the m>cx. a terri
ble commotion, nnd in a few moments
this would l>o ftillowed by the funnel ex- j
tending gradually from the clouds. If '
was this funnel-cloud that always did 1
the damage. Tim majority of' these !
storms travel about tliirty miles an
hour, and while they are on'the ground
their force is great enough to destroy j
everything within their reach."
While it is true that our means oft
making IniU tolerable are infinitely less
than those of India, it is squally certain !
I that the heat which we die t>x turned to
in. In the worst year*, almost a* nothing
compared to wli.it has to lie endured
there.wlmre European* oftentimes an-
I pursuing occupation* fully a* arixiou*
and arduous an any piTformi-d here
\ where more than four or five day* of i-x
-ocssive beat in extremely unu>ual. in
Mad rax, for instance, there is a hot sun
nearly wry day in tin- rear, which,
after ten a. m.. can scarcely (• home
with safety, and the great part of the
night is frequently tv hot ax the day
Madras lias pra-tii-ally no < old w ath< r.
and Bombay hut about two months, hut
Bengal has a distinct hot and cold wn
*on. in June tin- tempi rature there is
1 in degrees Fahrenheit in the shade, and
the humidity goes down to twenty-five
ner cent, of saturation. By sitting be
hind a netted grass scrum in a shady
room, witii a fanner blowing in damp
air, the temperature ean he reduced to
eighty degrees. In Inw r Bengal and
the northwest provinces the ]>ericdii-al
rains set in during June nnd bring relief
from )n t winds, hut both the day and
night temperature remains about ninety
two degree*. H v the middle of October
the cold weather has set in, hut from
1 leven to three o'clock tiie sun is alwaia
uncomfortably hot. Still, the fa. t of
this change of season lias a very favora
ble effect on European*, who do not age
in Bengal nearly as rapidly a* in the
Oiler i'residetieieh. <'..n-tituii.m and
their extraordinarily temperate diet en
able the natives in India to work
throughout the day.
The Champion Hot City,
< hi. ago will have its littJe joke on St.
l/iui" Here i. the latest. from the ' hi-
luh r-(>< • n>i * account of an inter
vi w with a par-iw>i]ed citizen: " I have
la-en to Ceylon, < abulia. up the Nile to
< aire, and to the Sandwiches and Brazil.
At < eylon one summer the tarred rops
hung like wet strings, and the. ship 'siz
//i\ like hot iron as she went through
the water. It's singular what a diffm
' nee then is in the effect of heat in dif
ferent i liinat-s. We wen off Calcutta
in iiii.l--unitiier, and the planks of the
'Gad-fly' were warped like barn I staves,
and she took water like a sponge. W.
threw overboard a valun.b'e cargo of
(-ntton anil Sh< (field hardware, and
toweil her into iort. where we had ii< r
sle ntle d with Indian copper. went
buck to I.iverpooi ami thin sailed for
Bio. Just across the line we struck a
calm and laid hy for eight of the hottest
day- I evi-r experienced. The heat was
te .!i . The ropes got so soft we could
Hot fa ten tliem. and they ran down to
thede. ks ami laid around like snakes.
The enpp. r gradually melted from tin
sides and rai-j d a e loud of -tri-ani an unit
the ship as it dmti|s-d into the si-a. Tin
ship sprung a leak, and the men worked
at the pumps bare naked, and you could
almost see tin- flesh disappear from lio-ir
bom*. Finally we got a light' norther'
and went into Bi<. with a lot of skele
tons. I hav b-i-n when- it isliot. mess
mate*. or gentlemen awful hot—but the
ail-firodcsl iiotu-st weather I eviT hauled
to in was St. Is'uis. i took a contract
tliere last summer to pick up sun-stru- k
people off the streets. I went bankrupt
in three days. Whv. tlcy 'aid aroutid
thicker than lb-ad dogs in t hicago dur
ing the poisoning boosou, I haw pom
flagstones lx-nd double,and whole block*
of pavement twisted all out of shop.
Tin fin- plug were red hot, and the
water in 'em Ixiiling. The sun wa'nt
more than a rial away, and looked as real
a* a furnace mouth. The air was all in
a shimmer, and tin- le at ciuce down
witii such fo3 e that you couldn't raise
v;ur liand. It was mst as had at niglit.
Not a breath of air. and the heat crowded
into the buildings and was packed in the
streets. You couldn't get a breath. One
night I went down e.n the lire* and
found * gang of men with s< ow shovels
throwing the heat into the river in great
•-hunks. 1 dropped off and swam across,
and came to Chicago.
Poisonous paper rollnr*.
It is. doubtless, in the first Instance,
as the cause of a local skin disease, tli.at
paper collars prepares! with arsenic in
senile- form are deleterious; but when
once the cuticle ha* been removed the
toxic effects may become ge-ne-rai. bo.
lause absorption is the-n very likely to
take place, and the whole system may
be poisoned. We make no Specific alio,
gat.on on the subject of tlie-se- collars,
but the information which has rca licit
us. and is still iieing volunteered, is of a
nature to render it indispensable to cau
tion the puhlir. N'o one desin-s. and
nothing we have said or may say on the
subject should Is- he'd to re "fleet on the
se-llers of arth les of dress obtained from •
the manufacturers, and distributed,
without the retail tradesman lxing
aware of th.' pernicious properties.
Meanwhile it is incumbent on all who
manufacture good* for general us- to
take iare that nothing calculated to in
jure the health of a wearer is contained
in them. It is impossible that arsenicm*
acid can l> used unwittingly. As a mat
ter of fact, we iwlicve white paper is
often prepared with this poison; and if
it is brought into contact with any ah
seirptive surface, evil consequences may
ensue. It is ei-rtainly timetlint the pro
mt* of manufacture should be placed
under official inspection, if, for the sake
of cheapness or to give artificial luster
to their goods, makers will use danger
ous dyes and dressings, regardless of
everything but their own coflcmercia)
suceeas.—London Isttvit
A Ghastly Re lie.
Mrs. W. F. Peterson, who reside* at
No. 77! Vallejo street, lia* in Irr iwmso*-
sion a miniature of Abraham Lincoln,
which, together witii its setting..form*
one of the most curious relies of the
President now in existence. It will be
remembered that after the tragedy at
Ford's Theater, Washington. Pn ident
Lincoln was carried fo a noose on Tenth
street, bet wren R and F streets, north
west, opposite Uie theater. The house
was the residence of William Peterson,
Src It tgas an ancient-looking house,
built of brick. In a room of this house,
noted as the only private residence in
which a Cabinet meeting was ever In id,
Lincoln breathed Ills last. The bullet
of Booth had entered bis victim's bead,
and to staunch the wound a towel was
wound altouf it. Tlds towel was pre
served by the Petersons as s precious
relic. And when afterward s portrait
of Lincoln, painted by Phlriek. was
added to Mr. Peterson's collection, n
portion of the towel was employed as a
cttlng for the picture. The portrait is
an oval miniature, six by eight inches in
siae. The towel stained with the
blood of IJneoln—is stretched upon a
square wooden frame. The portrait is
spoken of by those familiar with the
President's features as an extremely
faithful likeness. In connection with its
unique framing the portrait is of more
than passing interest and possesses no
•light historical value.— San AVancwoo
Orunwfe.