CUlUlHOeil'l CUUNTHI. BY LOCI EE CBAMDLBB MOtTI.TOS, Oh, plrftnant land of childhood, I turn to say good by To all jour spring thn pathways That now behind mo lie— To tho happy sktoo ahovo yon, Tho roses by the way. And tho will rcmoniWred placet Wherein I used t> play. When on my knee* I tended Doll rhthtreu still and fair. And washed their patient fa-*o, And brushed their golden bsir, thought they knew and loved me. Those children on my kne; Whoa sore aftlirtton found tham What gnsf ii waa to tuo! One fell end broke her ankle, And one put out her ero. AND one her wicked uncloa Shot st maliciously, And left her sedly lying, The saw dust blooding fast From her pour wounded body, Until she died, at last. hnriod her at nightfall, Ben ath a lonely troo. And from her grave a violet Spiting ui !<• comfort mo. My dogs, my rata, my pony— Ah, rhlhllK >i"A land WAS gay With all three loon oonij anious I've loft upon tho wij ! Boi that so pleasant country, With all its ioy and pa n, Lost in the mist behind IUA, I cannot And again. I miss Its verdant woodlands, The promise of its skioe. The da)s that dawned upon ma. Back on# a sweet surprise. Farewell, oh spring time valltya, Wherein I used to stray— A summer world awaits IDS; It is mo longer May! NEK IMI THE CUIU S. Ii Sas the flay before tho circus, and four small boys sat on tho back stops dolefully discussing that longed-for bnt unattainable pl nsnre. They had asked, teased, iusisted ami implored, but tho powers that were had vetoed the bill and the poor little fellows were almost heart-broken. " I wish we could do something to earn tho money to get in," said Johnnv. "We might drop potatoes for old Smithy," suggested Davie. lie and Johnny were the same iff and always agreed. "Pooh! lota o* money you'd get!" sneered another, whom tho boys, for aome reason known only to themselves, flailed "Rabbity." His father was chor ister in the church where Davie's father was deacon. "Here 'tis after school," he oontinned, "and tho circus comes ofl to-morrow afternoon. Yon wouldn't have time enough to get the money to pay my way in,even." "Ho! You're a healthy onol You don't s'pose we'd pay tnore'n our own fare, do yon V" cried Johnny and Davie together. "You can pay y'own way," said little Ted, who always sided with his big brother Johnny. "Well," said Rabbity, apologetically. " I thought yon meant to get rich 'fore morning an' treat all ycr friends. But then," he added, with much sanctimony, *T don't knows I care to go. They're a iow set to a circus." "Yoas," said Davie, scornfully, "yo hoard yer father say that, so you think it's smart." " Bet yon'd go quick's wo would, only give yon the chance," and Johnny know ingly nodded his closely-sheared head. "Bet yon'd go quick 'nongh," echoed Tsd. "Oh dear! I wish we could go,' sighed Johnny, returning to the snbjcct in hand. "It's too dirt mean't we can't." Davie was very near crying. "You aee, times is so hard," said Johnny, reflectively. "Our folks can't afford it for the two of ns, an' 'twonldn't do to lot one go, 'cause t'othcr'd be sisd." "Yon ain't goin' 'thont me, Ted de clared, setting his chin in the palm of a very dirty little hand. "Well, that's jnat what I said,"scolded Johnny. "You See, if they'd only givo father bigger pay. why, we'd go."" "Taint that that keeps me," said Davie, mournfully. "If that was the reason,'twonldn't be.so hard;" and ho swallowed his hardships in a big gulp. "Why don't they let you go, then?" •ake.l Johnny, in amazement. "Cause they're so mean they won't!" "Won't let yon go when they got the money I" Johnny stood right np on hia feet. "Well, I gummy I" "No, they won't. 'Taint ' refine' or •sthin'. They think I'll get so't I'll like it. 11l bet I'll ride some o' them bosses yet, if they don't look ont. They'd better let me go while I'm little sa' esn psy for it, sn' then maybe ehen I'm a man 111 bo tired of it, an' save my money." "What's the reason yon don't go, Babbity?" asked Johnny. "Well," said Rabbity, slowly, "my father thinks they are half drunk, and they cheat and lie, and, if I go, 111 taarn it. He thinks 'tain't proper, and I guess lie's "bout right, so I don't want I lo go." "Pooh! Guess you don't need to has* how to lie," muttered Johnny, un dev his breath, at the same time punch ing Davie. "S'poae you'd like to go and get bad," returned Babbity, who heard the re "111 risk gettin' bud. Jnst gimme a I uhuoee to go in. that's all I want." " Husu's something I picked up mm iUg home," called Davie's older brother, auto approached the home with s paper m his hand. "It tells all abont the retreat There's Birnnm himself, and .hsssfii all his homes and things," and he threw the paper at them and went In. It was like a match thrown into s heap ul gunpowder. And the exclamations red elbow joggings that followed would have driven any one but a boy crazy. A* long ea they could see, they pored •rear ft,now admiring the elephants,and then squealing in ecsUcy st tne wonder ful performances of the equestriennes, tad when it was too dark to read any axmi thwy chreovcved thai there was to ' a street parade. Then tlmy went in Moi> f Davie's father. * Sag. father," eried Davie," wont yon h*u as to the street parade to morrow 1 morning? It'n (roc, an' wo ran 800 iho chariot. An' his horses coat no cud of mouoy I" After much entreaty tlio boys wore told that if they would bo good and ol>ediout they conld go to the street iwrndo, and they promised unlimited wisdom and discretion, and withdrew to tho road, where tliov sat down in a row, and talked of tho lionn and elephant* till they hardly darod go home. Tho next morning Davio was up bright and early. As soon as breakfast was over,hia father said: "Now,if i tun to give yon a pleasure, you must do something for mo in return. You can take n basket and pick up the chips in tho wood-yard, and when that is done wo will start." "Can't I do it when I come back?" "No, you can do it now, or you needn't go." Davie resigned himself philosophi cally, and went out to work with the biggest basket he could lind nud a shovel, but tho chip business became a weariness to the flesh and u vexation of spirit before it was finished. At last, however, he ran in to get ready, while the horse was being harnessed. We ! have already mentioned that Davie's ! l ather wua a deacon. lie was a believer in tho "here a little and there a little" ! system, and, as tho boys climbed into tlio buggy, ho saw an opportunity too precious to bo neglected, to "impress them with a sense" of—well, their total depravity as much as anything. Ac cordingly they were profoundly admon ished and counseled during tho drive to the city regarding "the evils of that form of dissipation known as circus going.' "It has a oorrnpting influence on the manners," said the dejy-on. as loftily as if addressing a convention of Congre gational churches. "And it debases the morals to an unlimited degree. It cre ates a taste for low nud sordid amuse ments, which, once formed, can never be wholly eradicated. 1 intend to hitch the horse at the upper end of the town, where he cannot be frightened, and so injure himself, by the noiso and bustle of the panulo. An evil tendency cnco implanted in the mind is like a noxious weed. It will grow ami spread and eventually crowd ont all the good. This street parade will no donbt draw many who slionld be better employed, and will cause them to long for the in tenser excitement of tho circus itself, thereby causing them to waste money as well as time. I hope that none of yon boys will over be tempted to waste yonr time, energies, and monoy in that way." This last was said so pointedly that tho boys felt that an answer was neces sary lest ho should turn arouad and take tbrra all home again. Kabhity spoke np loudly: " Yea sir I" " I'd like to jtis' find money enough to git into tho big teat," said Ted; at which Johnny shook him and whis pered : " You dry np your gab. He's tellin' ua not to." " I ain't doin* to dry up ray gab. Dry up v'own. He ain't dot nothiu' to say 'bout it, any way." "Oh shut np! Be still!" whispered Johnny, in terror. " He'll take tis home if yon don't look out. You keep still." " Dess I've dot 's much yite to soy authin' 's yon 'n* Dave has to We a talk in' to yerselvea all the time," muttered Ted, half crying. " Well, we won't. Well keep still, won't we Dave? " said Johnny, willing to do anything to keep Ted's contrary little tongne quiet. Tho sermon wss resumed again, and Dave and Johnny, who sat on the l*K'k scot with Ted lietween them, nudged each other occasionally, and tried to smother their giggling at themight of Babbity, who sat on the front seat luv side the deacon, and listened atteutivel v, apparently drinking in every wort! ; whicli #o encouraged the speaker that bis discourse soon liegAti to aonnd like some of the columns of " words of four syllshles" in Webster's old spelling book. But the drive was not !ong. and, one# ont of the buggy, tho boys gavo their whole attention to the sight-seeing, and tho admonitions they had received had the fate of the seeds which once fell by the wsyside. The deacon had his hands full when the " panoramic pageant" ap peared. The three older boys forgot all their promises, and wormed their way through the crowd that made the street almost impassable to the curb stone, where they stood "rapt in aston ishment," as the old anthem has it. Ted conhl not follow, his hand being firmly held by the deacon, who vainly tried to Attract the attention of the boys, of whom he now and then caught a glimpse. "If ever I get those boys homo*— said the deacon, vengefnllv. Bnt there seemed to lie a possibility that ho would not get them home, for, when the last chariot passed, the boys started with tho crowd, and the staid deacon had to trot along, too, whether lie would or not, with Ted in his arms. The day was very warm, and Ted was heavy, and the deacon had not taken oil ilia tlannela, and he felt like ignoring hia position, dropping hia oratorv, and indulging in a sulphuric oath. To tell the truth he did say "Godfrey" with considerable emphasis. Hnddenly he ean-e upon his party talking with an acquaintance. Bnt he was Ux> breathless to say anything, and, lietween the crowd and the determined boya, be found himself hurrying toward the great white tents at tho other end of the town. It was useless to resist so he gavo up the contest and soon be came almost as eager to go on as the IMJ* themselves. There were the n mal scenes on the circns ground—the shout ing agents, tne flaming show bills, the time-worn " accidental escape" of the "wild man," and the mvulrriona sounds from tho tenta, which the laiya wera •ositive were caused by tho wild mU mala rushing around loose; ami this and tho presence of tho blue coated gentry in the crowd rendered then qnito manageable, so that in the course of time the deacon was able to start on the return trip. If the deacon had talked ad the way into town, the lioys made up hwt time on the way home; ami, more than that. thoy all talked at onco, and ho could hardly hear hia own voice when he Hpokii hi tho horse. Ho they were left to themselves, except that onco, when they wore bemoaning their lock of J funds, ho said impressively: " Have your money, boys, against tho time of need. Unco lost you never can got it again." No ono noticed this remark except Tod, and it was so simnly word ed that ho understood it, anil accord j ingly, wlu-n they were passing tho vil : luge store, ho insisted on going in. Presently ho came back to tho buggy with u stick of candy in each hand, and another in his month. Tho last ho di vided between the other hoys. " What do you spend your money for, so near home? " asked the deacon. " For candy." The query was repeated with " wh/" j substituting " what." "Oh I" said Ted, scrambling np on I tho seat. " 'Causo you tol' us to look : out not lose it, an' I hud one a' them J nasty little tli'eecent thing*, nn' 1 was 'fraid I'd lose him, *o I spent him an' dot all this candy. Want some? " Perhaps tho deacon was not thor ' oughly satisfied with the result hia counsels, but ho made no sign. About 10 o'clock that sani'- evening s man,'who looked much like the deacon, might have been soon leaving the city. { As lie was passing tlie last str< et lamp, a vehicle, going in tho same direction, I nlAckenod up and n voice called, " Hallo, deacon I Is tliis you ? Won't you ride? " " Why, good evening?" returned tho ! addressed, recognizing the chorister of j his church. " Yes, very glad to ride, i My lioro was pretty tired, no I in to-night. How do you do? " " First-rate. Heems to me you're out 1 late to-night. Must have lieeu to tho I circus, lia! ha! lis!" " Well, to tell the truth, I had a ticket given me, aud I—felt kind of obliged to i n*o it. Had a little bnainess in town , and had to romo in. But, to Imi honest ! —it isn't a* had as I thought. I wish you'd lieen there. Those horsca aro worth neaing." "Well," said tho chorister, rather sheepishly, "Icamo in to aeeab-iiit those ; liymn-booka, ym know, and 1 had two i or three errands, and well, I had a lit- I tie time, and I met aome parties who i were going iuto tho show, and I | went slung with 'em. Never went l>c fore—didn't know what a eircus was; but, as yon say, those horses are worth ; seeing Those women hail 'em under , pretty nice control." "I was quit# surprised to find those- j at —bareback nders dressed. I liad !an ides thst—' bareback' referred to— the -er riders, rather than the homes." Then followed a loug discussion of j the merits of the different pcrfi>rmcrs, i whose names were pronounced as glihly j as Barnnm himself could have done. When it leaked out the next dsr, as of course it did, that those two "pillars" liad lieen to the circus, there wo* a council among tho Ixit*. And Dario said, with a gentleness that betokened a perfect hurricane; "You ran liet ono thing, fellers. 801 l take me to the next one! " Then he shut his lip* together, and they couldn't get another word from him. A Tale of Fashionable Lift. The night was stormv and dark -the wind most awfully hfew; even the ] tramps, who snore sweetly in Madison I Park till the hands of the clock early morning do mark, hy midnight were frozen qnite through. From a house on the Fifth avenue (wherein MrGimus did dwell), from 10 in the eve till 4 in tho morn—from the darkness of night till the bright*--** cf dawn did the sounds of gsy rsvelry swell. McGinnis m -giving s hop on hi* charming daughter's birthday; frotn 10 in the eve till 4 was no stop of tho whirl of the dance, of tho wine's ttz and pop; McGinnis was able to pay. The belles were lovely and fair, with their robe* so costly and bright; but, had they spit-curls or lungs in their hair, not s maid in the room hail the conquering sir A Bella McGinnia thai night. Hho had bet a rather large atake ten laps of tlie gay giddy dance in each quarter-hour that night she would make, and a different Ix-an for each ten ahe would take in order to lesson her chance. Her eyes were as bright as the day, and constantly peering around; as round in the waltz her body would sway she'd look st the men in s languishing way until the next partner was found. Hho counted nn laps with her feet, most honest and true was her score; hut, as 4 o' tho clock was struck by the l>ell, she turned her last lap and sud denly fell fell all in a heap on the ! floor. Alas for the gambler who gains! To her bed the maiden they bore. And now she is full of weakness and pains, and rheumatic joint* and varicose veins. Hlioll never make laps any more.— Puck. American (ompetlllon in China. In his report on the trade of Shanghai for the year 1877, Consul Davenport directs attention to the rapid increase 1 in the imports of cotton piece goods I from America. The growth is shown in tlie following table: 1*74. t7. 1*. iwn. 1 _ B-tlf. Iki'rt. tta*—. ttalM). j frill* t,*tD B.MI d.UM !(t ;)2 KWiln* t.l t.MQ 4r. 14 l '•'* nil. all. Vft - The great increase in 1877 is all the more striking iM-catise it has taken place concurrently with a considerable dimi nution in the imp-ort o' the same fabrics of British origin. Tho American has to some extent taken the place of tho , English artic'.e, and of this Mr. Daven port suggest* two explanations. It is popularly supposed, he saya, to be due to the purity of the American goods, but some hold the opinion thst the New England manufacturers have boon push ing off their stocks of oottou beoanso they have not lieen able to find a market for them in America. As to the sn|>- rior purity of the American products there appears to be no question.—Lon don EcononiiHl. TIIK NOKIUIMSK.IOLII EXPEDITION. Through thn Arctlr U> lii'lU A (ileal U agmyhlral Problem mrfvidi Oho of the GREATEST geographical problems of the lost four centuries, Bay* the Chicago Journal, hiw at length been solved. Even before Columbus ! set out to reach India by auiling west -1 ward, the thought of discovering u pass i ago around Europe and Amu, by nailing to the north and eaat, hail iuspired rnoro j than one navigator to make attempt* in I thin direction. While jubilant Americana were cclo- I brating tho Fourth of July, 1878, Prof. : Nordcmikjold weighed anchor ut I Oothenbnrg, and act forth to reach Hchring HtruitH, and finally India, by | nailing through the Arctic. Tho dis | patch from Yatntak, received from Ht. Petersburg lust week, assures uh that | the Yoga, with the expedition all in j good health, had then arrived in Behr ing strait*, and that after a brief stay Prof. Nordenskjohl would sail for Japan, China and India, and return to Europe J via tho Suez canal. Homo of tho most thrilling narratives in tho history of maritime adventure j record tho struggles of Prof. Nor i donskjold's predecessor* in attempts to find this passage. Many of them per ! Misted in their daring endeavors. There is evidence that as early as 820 | of our era, a Ik>l --t Tour sheep I wouldn't have given him for a whole flock. SI:- --pare I to cat and wear, but Bows a friend. ; It's like comparing appetite with i rno i tion ihe animal with the spiritual. : Rut I am done now. Let Harris pre** lon his dog law. I've got notLin agin j sheep in fact. I like'em. Ever since : Marv hail a little lamb I've thought j kimfly of sheep, and I am |crfcctjT willin* to a law that will i xterminatej'nll | In tin* and stick-egg pups and yailer i dog*, and bench-leg flees. They are a ■ reflection on Bowses memory.- A I c.lifa Constitution. Transfusion of Sheep's Blood. At Ht. Luke's Hospital. Friday even j ing, an operation was performed in the - presence of several surgeons and inter* : eftcd witnesses njon William Boeckler, s young man who has been sick for a i week with severe hemorrhage*, which ! gives every promise of saving his life I and effecting bis complete ri * tors ti on to health. The )>otii tit hail been suffer ing with daily hemorrhages which re duced him from a strong and vigorous roan in less than week to so emaciated s condition that utiles* something was promptly done his deslh would havs ] resulted in s few hours at the farthest. | He was so weak thst the usual remedies ' utterly failed to stop the bleeding ' caused by ipiiusy. Dr. Dedolph, who | was in attendance, after the failure of all other attempt* to save his patient, decided to attempt the transfusion of i blood into Bookler'a system taken from a sheep. Friday evening Drs. ; Dedolph, Stone, Hlamm and McDonald met at St. Luke's Hospital, and per formed the ex|ieriment. The aick man looked like wax, and be was so weak as to be hardly conscious. A live sheep was brought in, aud, when all was ready, a tnln- was inserted into the asrotid ar tery in the animal's neck, and then into s prominent vein in the sick man's right arm. The blood spurted through tlie in closure, and was permitted to con tinue till Boeckler commenced to breathe short and fast. Then the tube was removed. All of the while the pa tient's condition was carefully watched, ami it is estimated that alsiut six ounce* of the blood of the sheep passed into his arm. Ho soon after commenced to revive, and last evening, st a late hour, was feeling much !x?ttor. Tho physi cians ree no reason why ho ahould not completely recover. The operation is niiusnal, but is not regarded as a rc markablr-delicate one. It is the first of the kind jierformod in the State, and nrobably tho first west of Chicago, a* far a* any reoord ia to bo found.—BL Paul Pioneer I're**. High-Priced Trotters. The Irst man In this eonni'7 to pay an excessively fancy price for 4 troMer wa* Mr. Koliert Bonner, who gavo Mr. (leorge Alley #I6,DtW for Doxter. Mr. Bonner afterward gavs S'I3,OUO for Coolt-y, $15,000 for Pocahontas, 120,000 for Hurtle, and #15,000 for Orafton. Largo as thru* sums aggregate, they have lieen exceeded by Mr. Henry jJ. Hraith, who has paid more money for trotters than any man living. He paid for Lady Thorn, #30,000; for Goldsmith Maid, #35,000; for Lucy, #25,000; for Jay Oonld. #35,000. Gould lie bought I of Fiak, George Hall and Jay Gonld. They owned the horse, having bought him from s New Bedford party when hia name was Judge Rrigham. Tattler he bought of A. J. Alexander for #l7,- i 000; Gen. Knox he paid #IO,OOO for; Rosalind cost him #13,000; Socrates, #20,000; Idol, #7,500; Western Girl, #1,000; Martha Nutwood, #1,500. Daisy ' Burn* he traded Harry Harley for with Commodore Vanderbilt; ahe stood him in #3,500. What does all that foot np? #2o4,sooexactly. Goldsmith Maid waa on the go, in the cars, for thirteen yestra, from one end of the country to the other, traveling over 100,000 miles, al- , ways taking her regular rest on the ears as if in bor box stall She has netted to her owner over #75,000, after paying all her expenses and giving Bndd Doble one-half. isiju>fr.* is.trif. I>iirn Urn rlfr, In 'i iKt I>J4 y<> , ■ "r *** bfrAU Tkti hit >u';rulßf bUi? b" Uk 4 Irlnlf, 71rf hi- Ufc> ftft'xtlMNF, IJ fttiil J i.* ftfrnt WftlUfi/ |or lia In iUi^r, Or tfift brav b ilkiv him, I *okfi:.f v-rj I) ri "I • n tf.'.a inll*. iS!iuklfiK 1 U j !S * hr hf'j-a T/m ii h ■ *r- 11*4, -i ' V.guJ* tt|>' u liw *t<> .[.(I, tVvtia li.U ib*r v*'r, | T >• 41 ji: .•.T, 1■ 1.. .k' .nr.- :t .r,>- >iu* .. mi.irk Or . • • r,-. h). Mil, I ■ rk lit. ■•• r tul. k Of r 1., i 4 r.J .Uf.'.!■). r. - Quit. * l/irdl'a trick; o|rf • r '-n, lb. fr-Don v-r.w. nf.- r. M tottst. Kl.r 1.. 1 * .r.' Oirvtltfli tirr-ra, A. ajr.rn hi. crlsg* Wlrlrt* an.l (primp. stout Q ilk M strjr Ar. 1 ruiim. ..-.in for urotbr-r .JriMb, Oninrir. on Or* bank, Olr.a a lull .|,ivfr Stoktrr? .rut 1 fatl.**. Making <. Ir on. i a!tr, Baay. arouni) a rn- meat. Iktf a |>u.ii r br.aa. 4 71.. u li> flu-. wjr. I'|i aril' n( th* U' *. Nests Baao. Vu Mxars N. l.n n. TITU AMI POINT. A LAt.T np-town, joking about her nose. said: "I I h.l nothing to do with kbaping it. It wan a birthday prai nt." Tji r. injurious effects of "forty-rod whisky" we presume in allrihutable to the fad that forty roda make one rude. Ti;r. end mini <.f a negro-minstrel company call* nimielf the Napoleon of the trouj <■ Ixcioiae be in the bony part. A ima iT np-town boy lately inform' i bin prnlnitHi; -r that Ire didn't like to i hear him joke—"it's bud iu-ag'-," be ex pluiner). A C*ur< -I* politician says that the 1 pjtb of rectitude Lua lxx-n traveled so little in th t Hlate. of late years, that it iias all run to grass. "Mv aon," said an old lady, "how 1 must Jonah have felt when the whale swallow d him?" "Down in the mouth," ! was the young bopcful'B reply. I "\V< man is a delusion, madame," ex- I claimed a crtmty old lachelorto a witty ' young la-* says: "Go West, young man, go Wwt*