The Children. IV, yon love me, little children ? Oh, sweet blossom*' thai are curio,l (J.ite's tender morning-glories) Hound the easement ol the world' IV> your hearts slimb up toward me As my nwn heart bends to you, In the lieauty ol your dawning And the brightness ol your dew? When the Irngmnco ol your laces. And the rhythm ol your Icet, Ami the incense ol your voices Transform Ihe sullen si reel, t>o you see my soul move sollly Forever where you move, With an eye ol benediction And a guarding hand ol love ? Oh my darlings' I Bin with you In your trouble, in your play, hi your sobbing and your singing, In your dark nnd in your .lay; In the chambers where you noatle, In the hovels where you lie, Is the sunlight where von blossom, And the blackness whore you die. Mot a blessing broods above you But it lilts me Iroin the ground; Not a thistle-liuih doth sling you Hut 1 suffer with the wound; Ami a chord within ine trembles To your slightest touch or tone, And I furnish when you hunger. And 1 shiver when you moan. Cairyou tell me, little children, Why it is I love you so? Why I'm weary with the burdens Of my sail and weary woe? tH> the myrtle and the aloes .Spring blithely Irom one tree* Vet I love yon, oh, my darlings' Have you any itowers lor ine* I have trodden all the spaces Ot my solemn years alone. And have never lelt the cooing Ola Imbo'e breath near my own; Bet with more than lather passion. And more than mother pain, 1 have loved you, little children' Do vou love me hack ngnin ' THE SOAP WOMAN. It is doubtful if the judge would have felt us much surprised to hear bis wife say she was going to make a voyage to Kuropc as to hear her sav sb>' was going to make soap. They had not liecn very king married then, and the judge was not yet conversant with the full cata logue of that thoroughly home-made woman's accomplishments. She had been one of the five daughters of n widow, left while her children were wee hitgirlsin very straitened circumstances. The way the mother reared them up to a true and useful womanhood was a marvel ol perseverance, industry tnd economy. She managed to have tlicm well educated for the times, nnd saw them all married into tlie bi-st circles and occupying positions of r< sncctabil ity and influence. Judge Manotte's wife was the youngixit of tlie widow's daughters, and it was thought she had rnnnc the best match of the five. The judge's place was the pleasantcst in tlie thrifty village, which has since assumed the more ambitious name of city. He Uad h-en gently born and raised, went early to college, and from thence to his profession as a lawyer. Manual toil was a stranger to him, yet lie was a man of industry, in no sense given to profuse new of expenditure. lie approved and admired Ins wife's general prudence in housekeeping and spoke with pride to hi* guests of the excellent food witli whi.-ii his iard was spread as the work of her own hands. Mrs, Mnnntte might have kept servants. I think thejudge wouid have hem better satisfied if sjo would have had a girl (all the ladies of her position had one or more), hut she declared with decision, pretty early in their wedded iife, that she would not be bothered with sTvants as long as she had health tvdo her own work. Tlie exercise wo* ffh more than he needed for her own benefit. Mrs. Manotte had a will and way of her own. as this little talc will hour abundant evidence. The judge made this discovery pretty early. He could doubtless make a moving plea in a court room, but he was aware lie could make no pica to mov" his wife when she wa* fully bent upon a certain course. But yet when Mrs. Manotte, over the breakfast table of a fair April morning, announced her intention ,of making a barrel of soft soap, the judge looked ns if stricken with a sudden palsy. I doubt if he would have worn a more rueful face had his best lawsuit gone against htm. "And I hope yon will help mo ail you • an." added the earnest woman, on tlioughu of oeonomj, ashes and grease intent. " Indeed, I ran render you no assist ance whatever!" returned the judge, in sharper tones than his wife had ever heard liim apeak tffore. Her ealm blue eyes surveyed him with unnilfled com posure, hut there was not in look or hearing one symptom of wav<Ting from her purpose. '* Then I must go about the ioKalone," •he said quietly. " I beg you will do nothing ol the kmd," continued the judpe, something very like n frown rontracting his brow : "I am oerfrctly willing to buy all the soap we need, and what use should we have for the vile, sloppy stuV!" " Solt soap was good enough for my mother, and it -is good enough for iter daughter." said lira. Manotte, with a dignity approaching sternness, •• I shall make no vile, sloppy stuff, hut an article far more efficacious for cleansing riot lies and for various household pur poses. than anything to he bought nt •tores. Are you aware how inuch money we paid out far loop last Tear, Mr Manotte e" " No," said the judge, "and it doesn't ■ vtter." " Indeed. I think it does matter," said til • wifc. " However raurh money peo ple may have, they are never justified ta waning it. S# I hope yog will rail at the grocer's as you go down this mwning. and see if yon ran procure three molasses hogsheads " "Three molasses hogsheads!" eg- I claimed the judge in a tone of mingled terror and dismay, "do you then pro pane to manufacture the srtlcla hy wholesaler I shall neat he invited to peddle soft soap by the gallon from door to door. The wlfip laughed gleefully nt her bus hsad's rueful apprehensions, and asked : *' IWt yrm know that 1 mast set up a " A leech, in old pnrlancOj mwm mi understrapper of u doctor, ' said the judge, moodily. "Well, I mean a niash-tuh, returned Mrs. Mn not to. "Perhaps two hogs lunula w ill answer, one tor the ashes, the other to hold the soap." The judge went out without further words; his wife did not know whether he would herd her request or not, hut rather thought lie would. She was right in litis supposition. Within nn liour a dray dumped t wo hogsheads and a tight barrel in tlie book yard. Mrs. Manotte at on re attired herself in a short, stout dress, a long, block poke bonnet, shut up tlie front of the liouse and retired to ! tic scene of her proposed abors. She drew a pair of lie*- hus band's old leather gloves on to her hands, adjusted some blocks of wood, and trundled a hogshead into position. 1 Then she arranged some bricks in the bottom of it, and covered them with I straw, that tlie lye from the leached I ashes might lie clear as it trickled through. She recollected when a little j girl of her mother putting her into tlx old family mash-tub. which served for ! ii score of years, and telling her how to adjust the bricks and straw in proper i lash ion. Next she -jot a great hod and coni i men cod to fill the hogshead with aahi - , She worked with such \ igor that a tr | mendou du.-t was raise .1 in the hack 1 yard. PoopJ* going past In the strc<t j outside sneezed and eougbed, and won dered what was going on at .Fudge Ma nottc's pla< e Hut Mrs. M. was absorb. d in the work • of tiie hour to utti r obliviousness of the | fact that from tlie second story of tlie i mansion just across the area lroni her own, curious and pu/./.led eyes were fast ened on her and her movements. In her wash-room two kettles set in arciies were heating the water to drench the dry ashes. She iiad to climb into a chair to four each pailful on to tlie leech, t'er tainiy to unfamiliar cy<<, her work might seem strange and mysterious. Tin; Sequin girls, at the chamber window opposite, with tatting and cro chet, could at length contain their sur prise and wonder no longer. " Do let lis call mother,'" one of tlieni exclaimed, "and see if she can unriddle tlie mystery, and tell us tlie meaning ol th(*npemtions over in Judge Manotte's hack yard." "I think the judge has got a woman to make some sort of compost for his ! pear trees." said tlie otliet. 1 While the two girls ga/.-d, a stiff pole ! was plunged into the fuming hogshead. 1 and the mass vigorously punched and ! shaken by the stout worker. "She is a Reroute*," they said. "What muscle those women have. Mrs. Manotte i a worker herself, and she wouldn't hire a woman to sit still." Hut now the woman disappeared for a j while, and when she next came in view she had under her arm an auger and axe, ill nil' baud a smooth bill) t of wood, and in the other a huge red hot poker. The two girls gave a little scream at this sight, but the worker (card it not, lut head enveloped in the hlai k. poke lion net. She processed to bore through the billet of wood by means of tlie (laming poker, while the smoke as it burned its Way made a dubious blue cloud about her head. " I declare, things nr.- getting desper ate down there," cried the youngest girl. " I believe sonic infernal witch-work i going on ; I will have mother called." ( Mrs. Se.juin was summoned. She was a city-bred woman, first and last, and the proceedings in Judge Manotte's hack yard were as mysterious to her as to her youtig daughter. "What tlie woman is doing I don't know," site said, " but she worgs with a will. I should like to get her to do our , spring cleaning.' 1 " It is very likeiy you ran. mother," said the elder daughter. "We will get father to inquire of Judge Manotte alwiiit the woman—if. indeed, she is canny." Next there was a hole made by means of the auger in the lower part of the hogslcad, and the bored billet of wood driven soundly in by aid of tlie axe, vigorously wielded by tlie woman's lusty arm. and a whittled plug placed in tip* wooden spigot. "What a great, tout creature," ex claimed Mrs. Sequin. " She handles tools like a man!" Then more (tailing water was dashed into the ash-filled hogshead til) it stood seething and full to the very britn. And now all was silent and deserted in •fudge Manotte's backyard. In the af l ternoon, Mrs. Manotte. richly dressed, was seen holding up her skirt*, tip-toe ! ing round tlie great hogshead, as if in specting the work to see if it had been j properly and thoroughly done. At a v ry early hour ths next morn ing tip Sequin girls heard noises in the hack yard, and sprang from taxi to see if the witeli was At 10-r work again Sure enough she was; they beheld a huge kettle swung on ft stout pole be tween crotched stakes driven into the earth, and a pile of blazing fagots bo i neatli it "There is Iter cauldron; I told you j so." said the younger girl. "And look , at tlie pails of black liquid she is pour j ing into it,and the foul lumps and bone* . she is pouring from that greasy cask. I An infernal broth that must lie site is , concocting." "And there is another barrel with the j dark liquid dripping through tlie J spigot." said tlie older one. j "So there is," exclaimed tlie younger; i " when did she fix that? What a vig orous creature! She would clean our whole house in • wenty-four hours. I/s ;us call father. He knows most every- 1 i thing. I'll Iwt he can tell us whntall i this means." So Mr. Sequin was brought to look, down 'in tlie sDcetacle in Judge MA notte's liaekyard. "It lient the witches in Hecate all hollow,"said the two girl* in chorus, a* , their paternal pnrent entered the room. ! After quietly surveying the operations below a moment, he hurst out laughing. ■ "Why, the woman is making soft! soap," lie said ; " that is all: I have seen my old mother do it fifty times when I was a boy on the home ianu; nnd that j woman understands her business, too. I declare I'll have her make up our ashes. Soft soap is better forn hundred purposes in a family tlinn all your patent cleaners found at stores." " I wish yon would, father," said the ' ; younger daughter. " for it is first-mlc fue to s*c her work; hut wl at is she i 1 throwing old bones info tlie kettle for?" " That is tlie grease; the lye will eat , them all up. She lias got a keg hill of scraps. Tlie result will Im a barrel of, good strong soft soap Mrs. Manotte is a prudent woman. She was country rais< d; her mother (aught tier to save meat scraps for soap grease, no doubt. This is tlie way all (aimers do, and make theirc.wn soap." " Hut Mrs Manotte need not have done this, a* she is rich," said Mrs. 8. " Ym. and always means to le," 'aid Mr. Sequin, "Tmi know she does her housework when she might have a dozen wait'Ts If hlh- wanted tliem. Now she has found a hand lo work up In?! Mho into t<nnp." "Mr*. Manotte in rather an odd wo man," remarked Mr. Sequin. " I don't think the judge is quite pleased with some of her ways." Three duy'H alter Airs. Manotte an nounced her intention of making wmp, she called her husband to see the result, which wan a hogshead "f rich brown liquid, smooth and thick, exhaling a clean, alkaline odor, us it stood in a sunny nook o( the hack yard. The judge ga/.ed nt it solemnly in his wife : extolled its virtues and spoke exuit ! inglv of the "good luck " which had at j tended her efforts. "As we burn the bc*t of wood the j ashes were string eiiotigh without pot ash, which makes soap biting and harsh. I added a strong solution of borax, which will rentier it softer for the hands, ; and also increase its cleansing proper ties." "How much do you eallit worth?" asked the judge. " 1 do not purpose to sell it," said the wife, "so you will not have the pleas ure of peddling it out ; but it will last two vrars, nmT save forty or fifty dol lars. 1 ' "Is it poH-iblc! " exelaimcii the jutlge,-with a humorous twinkle in the corner of his eye. "I an lost in admir- I ation tui'l amazement of this jn lii'-ve ment. Cou;d I ever have Imagint tl 1 "hoillt! have a -o tp-iiia! ■ r for a wife?" Mrs. Manotte laughed; she knew the judge was rather pleased after all. Though Ids wife dismayed and almost shocked his propriety sometimes, h< had a certain qui't t rid' in In r prow -s. He liever knew h< r to maks an i -ay which ended in defeat; nothing she at tempted " fell through. If she <ould plan, -Ii" could also execute. A few , days later, as the judge was walking home to dinner, he was acostcl by Mr. Squine. "Judge Manotte, wilt you have the kindnivis to give ine the name of your soft-soap woman ? < >ur folks accident ally saw In r at work in voiir back yard, ( and we want to employ Icr to make up our a/die*. She is a splendid worker— such activity and strength, you don't find many such in them'days. ' The judge was aghast at lir-t, but in soon rallied, and said " 1 will send In r to you to-morrow morning, if you would | like," and Mr. Scouin avent hoiin t<> t< 11 his wife. •' Judge Nl inotte's soap woman will !• on hand with the morrow." The judge merely remarked to his wife at the dinuer table that Mrs S'-.juia wislud In-r to call at her house next morning, and Mi*. Manotte thought nothing strange of this. The la<lic were acquaintcil. and attended tin -nine church. Accordingly Mrs. Manotte made riady at the time si>eeified. Tie ludge'a wife was a handsome, tylis|| woman when dn s'*l A * she appro.u li ed the door of In r ro ightsir s!n noticed the fmnt part "f the h"U.e liad a decid edly sluit up np|w arnm e. and -he had to ring iiiier and again for admittnn< Within the two girls were "pc ping," and Is 'held Mr-. Marott', "dnsn-d -<• j grand " on the front step. " How strange she should eai; at -U' ti an unseasonalvle hour, tiny -aid, "1 never knew Icr t' do thus Ie fore, and wl.en we are all in our worst riot has, with the parlors shut up. expecting tin sap woman. It is too !ta<!; how can we let her in?" Hut the hell rang again rather ir emntorlly, Mr-. Manotte saying to her self, "As they sent for me and I have t>een at some trouble to call at this hour, why do they k" p me waiting for eti tranee in thi* unseemly style?" " I must let Imr in." said Mr. S<- itiin, "or *he may take "fr- ne". and Mrs. Ma notte is too good a friend to lose, thougli it i strange sin- should call at such an untimely hour. Something particular may bring her." So a blind was hastily opened in the parlor and Mr* Manotte admitted, while Mrs. Sequin excused delay by saving tlicy bad soiue unusual work claiming their attention that morning, and told the girls aside if the soap woman came to show her the ashes and st raps in the area and set her to work at onee. Then she teturn'si to the pnrUr with Mrs. M:iS"tt< . w ho was unaccount ably silent and rather stiff at length, ss she ask'-d : "Was there anything particular you wished, Airs. Sequin?" and that iaoy answered, "Oh, no. Airs. Manotte,"as she bowed her visitor out. Airs. M. walkc! homewaid feeling , rather vexed. "I thought you said Mr*. Sequir wished to see me," she remarked to tin judge in the evening. "So Mr. Sequin informed me," wai the response. " then shetiid not see fit tc employ you?" "Kmploytnc?" echoed Mr*. Manott® !>ut tlie judge was inscrutable. The very next day Mr. Sequin sough | out the judge nnd said: "Your soap woman did not ronie yesterday; jus', tell me her whereabouts, if you please, that I may seek her out." "The soap-woman lias informed me that she went to your house yesterday morning, but your wife did not *y any thing about wishing her services; I bo- Jcve virtually declined them." "It Is not so," said Mr.Sequin, " i fear the woman is not to be relied on." " I never knew her to break tier word; she is rather a wiiful woman, but by nr means an untruthful one," the judge said, with that *iy twinkle in his eye which his neighlior hm! learned carried a meaning of its own, Mr. Sequin went home and asked his wife if she had had any callers yester day ? "Only Mrs. Manotte," was the an swer. " and she eatne before nine o'clock In the morning; I never knew her to call at such an unseasonable hour lie fore. I thought something special had brough! her. hut she did no errand." Mr. Sequin roared. "Why, she was the snap-woman, wife,"he said. Then ne related what .fudge Manotf luwl lust boon cnying to him arnl it seem "d plain. The judge Innl played a prac tical joke on hia wife. Im wna fond of j sueh, but they wore never InstigatHi by a malioiou* or vindictive spirit. She j proved herself a match/or htm in this instance. One day at an hour when tbe streets were fiille*t of people, fhe asked I Iter husband if he would "take some thing to Mr*. Koguin for Iter?" and lie signified hi* readiness to do no. " What is it?" he asked. "Yon will find it on the area *tep*," she answered, quietly. It wa* two hueket* of soap! Ilia word was given, and he kept It. a* n man of honnrandn "judge" should do. So he <wme within one of being a soft soap peddler. ?ueen Vietoria tends the great papers omton every day before noon. FOR TilK FAIR MUX. Fnnhloiia of llr fiction. BONNKTH. -The bonnet- now being i innde arc taken from nearly all periods, j and include all Shanes, from the baby i bonnet to the broad, flaring brimmed hat. From this it will he seen that I there is no particular fashion for hats. Kvery lady can wear what best suits | her taste, or her purse, and is most be ! coming. Nearly all I tonne is have broad I ribbon lie strings; some are brocaded, | mixed witii gold or silv r; others plain and llowired stripes; and slili otlurs. of satin, striped with Fcrxian figured silk, birds and feathers up uwd in enormou ' uiiantitie*. Owe', parro' , pi'""n- and j even tlie little sparrows are not dis carded. The bitt'i die easily and make j a very pretty trimming. Small feathers of tin* ni'i-t cominon kind of fow! are , purchased in great quantities dyed i lirown, hlm'k or in bright 'xilom, are sewed separately on large piece of thin cloth, and ma te into elegant feather bonnets. A black cottiige lionnet i -1 made entirely of small Ida' k feathers 'studded with ft I nek b nls. trimmed with a cluster of hluek tips and black laceeiiibrjidered with j' t. ; broad sti ipeil tie strings of plain and brocaded satin. The crowns of many <>f tie bnunets ar< ' embroidered ill variegated leads, jet, and sill,, in "many farciful sir.pes and figures. I'nllem* for tlcm embroidered ei'iwiiH and fronts can I" obtained, and I Indie- can easily inak' tln ir own ii"H riels. The newest -'vh- i- to hai'-th-' strings at the lop of th< '-town and fa-- t' tied at tic sid- with some such orna ni< nt such as a bird's head i>r an arrow of jet or steel. Fae. trimming is not used, all brim- being -imply iiie d with ;pi tin or shirr?d satin or velvet. Many I of them are edge! with gold braid. < 'un CHIN'S <1 * KMI NT- tJnrm'-IIT-for children are becoming more and more simple. A paletot of -tone-colored cashmere with a plaiting of silk in the back, the same shade, w . i • rv< both as a dre.ss, ami with the addition of a can ton flannel und< rwaist :u> ,n outside wrap; it is made long, loose and com fortahle. i itli'-r- "f dark plaid mat' rial, gahrielle shape, with two narrow plait ing- at the bottom In.-uh-d with narrow rildion velvet. A pretty outside gar ment for a <hi d i- mad'-of light hue e.tshlU'-r' . tie f:'"llt .i—' and "f sqUnT' -hap . oi'-r which si' -liort cutaway front-. The back i- a v ry long plain waist, to which tlir -kirt is atta> ii'-d in kilt plaits, finished with a broad bite Hash of light blue -ilk. rive!' lout at t) • ends. Tli'' fronts an trimmed with a mixed galloon, <T' un and gilt. Tic garncnt i- doube-br nt.-d ai d fat> n ed with large pearl-white buttons. Stui.ii l)ui -i .-Street dre- - ar< the same as they wer> last st-tison; a r ' made short Home are mad' M itlmut a vestige of trimming <>n tin underskirt, and the ovr-kirl* ar simp . rtitelcd around tic l*itt"in. fhe plain poirU<! basqti'- .oe -ijii-ii. and b.iv f.wr a-ani- in tie liiw k than tin y formerly ■ had. Ovr-kitts are Buxdl All) acTOM tic hip- Tie at' -' ■oj < iic! in fmnt. Mixed f.tbri'- of-i .k a' v . flow r ' ioui plain -irip and paiin-i'-af c "tli. will I* much uwl tlii- -'asun lor dro trimming. Tic rvleeable Idtw k siik is bright'red and m id'- more die-sy by tie addition of \i-t. 'uft- and r> \-rs of iToavlcl si'k- in eojers of old gold, tdU' oka dot, crimson and t<rqu<>i*< bin* In ( "mbina'ior with 'cii • "lorn n old black -ilk can In- made to !ok fresh and i new. Funis Very simple nd plainly trimmed ilmwi may be made qiiit -ty.isli for evening by simply adding a fichu. I host nr. made in various shape- and of different material. For elderly ladies there is tic black n<i, em lipoid'r. .| with <olon d si.k, vest shape, n itl rultles of killed Sjianisji lace in tie inside, forming a - piar shaped neck. .Many handsome ones me of th< -ani' siiajM-, with white li.-sc and p,.ailing* of Breton iace. one inside, tic other re. lieyed with I'iKtps of tailor ed satin. More simple on< s are made of India mull, ■ ut . i the shape of half a square, the ends ■ xfending to tic Icll, trimmed with two row* of Valenciennes. Si's KINCS.- Stocking att pmfuseiv (inhroidercd Many ladi's tribroid. r their own, buying sto, kings of a soiid color and embroidering tlcm in differ ent alors to mateli the dress. Afueft snare tine can be very pleasantly cm ntoji'd in this way. In fact, if young ladles will simply undertake to consult tlcir own ta-t..* and gratify Uent with their own handiwork tliey will be sttr , prised at the increnvng pleasure this | will afford and tlie economy it will stimulate. —AY tc )Y/rt / mhtnu l.rtler. linns* Clrsiilnx. i Beds should l>e cleaned, sunn'd and l-d clothing aim). Win ter clothing and blankets wld h 'iave 1 rcer. peek d awnv for tic lUD.'Jtn. should be taken out, examined and well ! aired. Wlcre carp? ts have la-en on the floor all summer, thorough sweeping i* | all that is required to clean them. For litis a carpet brush is letter than a broom nnd a patent carpet sweeper ' than cither. Tic carpet sweeper, how ev r. will not go into the corners of the ; rootn nnd these inust he clean'*) w th , brush and dustpan. This troiiblsome corner brushing 1* obviated j>y tic ' modem fashion of leaving a strin of stained floor around the edge ol the 'carpet. Where tlie floors are covered with matting it is generally agreed to Ite wisest to leave the malting down and put tlie i-arpel over it. The matting ' keeps better on the floor than if taken 1 up and stored away, and at the same time helps to preserve the carpet. Two tlilckneescs of naper should be laid be tween them. Newspapers will answer for this purpose, but common brown wrapping paper, such ns grocers use, is still belter, on account of it absorlx-nt qualities. When it is used the mat ting will usually lie found ntueh cleaner the next spring aft'T the carpet is taken un than when It was laid down. For cleaning matting, damp corn meal or wlcnt bran sprinkled over it and then swept off is rx'cllent. Soap should I never be used on matting, it yellows it j badly. When the matting Is so dirty as 'o require washing, salt water will lie imnd much better for the purpose. Bvery one knows how iron castors on furniture stain straw matting. There is nothing which wiil remove these stains without injury, hut they may lie pre vented by placing tiny round mats ol straw coarse rrochcl cotton under carh roller. When depressions occur in tlie matting an extra thickness of paper must be put, in order to prevent the earpet from wearing off in that spot. The new pntent tacka fbr matting, mode in the form of small staples, are mu< h letter than the old style. When a breadth of matting is to be pierced turn both pieces under for three or four inches and over- i scam together on the wrong side. If j nently done the join wi,l tx* scarcely ap i |arent. i Carpets which have been laid away I (luring the summer should he closely ex amined for moths and well *vv< pt before putting down. Ingrain carpets may be neatly mended |>y slipping a patch under, taking car- tiiat the figures match, and pasting carpet and putt h to tfether with . till' Hour paste Clothes which are to lie laid away lor the winter should he washed ami rougli drlcd, lint not starched, since the stareh hasrt tendency not only to yellow while f cloth, iut to rot it as well. To pre- ( rve the color they should he slightly biueil. Mice are apt to cut white < lollies ami calicoes when laid away in a closet to which tiiey have a< Ct ss, ' |pt*t it |y i ' any -tari-hi* left in them. Crenaditi' s, huntings and sumtnei woo'en* which will not la- needed in ct I weather, should In- packed ill trunk; with earn -1 plior til preserve tluui It' tu moths, whi' h, in a warm house, :• i. frequently 1 as in tit • in winter as in * imtiicr. Tin Knglish custom of laying sprigs ol . lavender, or dried rose leaves among I , Hin-n is an exceedingly line mv .—l'hila 1 '/W/'/'j'l l\im ~ ' A liiidlcrous Mistake, Mi 'l'homas Ifancoek, coming hack , from hi- eastern tour to his Kansas 1 home, at Crape Creek, Was pea-cd to ! fill'l a larg* erowil of his old friends and 1 neighbors awaiting liim at tie station. As the train pulled un. tie- village hand bur*t into "the weildine mar h " and dill itnfioUl damage. Tint hm dmfri nier thumped it badly for a half minutes and to--ed it to the sax-horn, who blew t it perpendicularly into tin air, whence, i on its return, it was caught by tie- trom bone, which, after rolling it over and over iii a rough-and-tumble tight, threw it straight at the head of the man with the French horn, who twisted it I wretched tusk and sent it " bum," " bum," against the hide-h'-atcr. who , originally started it. Thi w.is a solace and ad< iiglit to tin soul of Vr. lluncM k, and his lai-e Ix-aui'sl with a smile as warm and filial it- the October sun. As he reached the plat form of the car, | three ebeers were given for "Ilainoi k and ladv." whereat Hancock looked queer, especially when lh< v ■ rowted on him. shaking hands and asking " Where is she?" '■ Why don't v bring her out " Ain't asliain< <i of In r. are you 1' He hliisli'd and begun prol< ting, when | suddenly a Inautifui woman s< i/-d hi* arui. and citing with her pretty gloved hand so sweetly to him that he would hav ten in nridisc if tin re hadn' Is en s,, ii, in eking on. "Hurling." -In wbisxHred, I thought J had lost you," and Han<-o< k. utterly nonplussed, ilnne t wished sin hail. In the m< an tinn tin ernW'd began looking qUecj, alid "topped ■ lei ring and guftuwd a ' little, al. of which made it vry embar rassing for Mr. Thomas Hancock. j| < ; was too gabant a man In cxpr< s hi* growing dilikeof tin- situation. In fact it i- haidlv trutlifui to .tv In did not | di-iiki !. At the same time lie eon fes-i dto hims' if that ha wavs had a ; pr< jlldi ■. in rv.l fieri i h>U.d ts ma I - iii <l. in favor <if Ising at least a party to it. and of la ing invited to the w< Iding. Both of .i,ese un liniinaries bring w ant ing. Mr. Ilancek not unreav nahty doubted tin right of tin pretty woman fueling to his arm. a- she was doing. Die situation wrvs greatly rotiiplleat'-d at this ni'iifi' nt by another gentleman j who rushed ■x< ii<-diy up, tore away the lady, and asked what ah' no-ant by such conduct—only fifteen minutes aft'r st.c wa married ton. She looked up. gave a little scream, and clung to the nrw • otniT as tightly as she liaise lung to Mr. lian'VH k. The latter sniilrd, the crowd roare 1 and cheered, tic two gintiem'n sli'Hik hands, and the train went on with Ml. Kichard Hardin and his wile. And th'-n Mr. Han' < k, after duly testifying to tic gratitude lie feit for the ' stecin of hi" f-llow -i iti/.en*. demanded an i Xpcin alion. After a severe and patient ex amination lie dimiwd that the re port-r "ft lie local [ ijs-r "had mix'd those babies up. ' lie had announces] tlm rumors of Sir. Hancts kV matrlaire ' during his Kaat/rn tour, and. Icing a popular man of (Jrape Cwk, his re igh j nor* had turned out to welcome liiin and hi* bride. Mr. Richard Hardin, just married, was alcut taking the train, and hud left his new wile in order to look aft'T the luggage In the natural confusion of so important an event, the | bride had mistaken Mr. Hancock for iier spouse. Two Remarkable Inventions, The following new invention* hv , P-sidrnta ol Nevada have Im—h caveat'd at tic Washington Patent Office ; A Barter's Muazlcr.—This is a very | serviceable contrivam e, which can te ; fastened over a barber's mouth to pre vent his talking while shaving < u-tom ers. It is made of iron, padded in side, and can le fastened securely so as to cover the whole mouth. It is fur nish'*! with clamps and screws which are fixed at the !ia< kof the head. I'riee, i Itl.SO. Those furnished with a lev er at- j taehmmt for the purpose of breaking the bar Ivor's jaw come at s.l. Tlie plate* which fit on the cheek are of the best chilled steel. The Bonnet 'irapple.—This iittle ma chine is destined to be of great acrvire to theater-goers. It is an ordinary grappling-hook with a rope attached. The grapple is thrown over any lady's bonnet which may happen tootetnnt the view, and the crowd behind can j always Ivc depended upon to pull the , ; rope. It sometimes distigur<-s the lady's ' j face permanently, in which ease sne never returns to again ohstruet the j view. Virginia (,Ver.) ChrontcU ~ ~ A Shocking Spectacle. A handcart propelled by two men t drove upto the New York Medical I'nl versitv, in Rust Twenty-Sixth street. New York, and while the men were en deavoring to lift it over the curbstone to the sidewalk it tilted, and three nude bodies were dumped into the gutter. Tin'men took hold of the bodies and ; *ep< rately dragged them across the side : walk inside a close iron gate leading to 1 a yard of the University building. The i bodies had lioen procured at the morgue 1 1 for the purpose of dissection and were J i being transferred to the dissecting room t of the Medical University, when .owing to the carelessness of the attendants they were thrown on the street, I lie next day several people who reside in the neighborhood took prac tical steps to put a stop to the recur rence of such an inhuman exhibition by sending a complaint to the faculty. The faculty at once dismissed the cm- ! i plovers who were responsible fivr the accident The .fapanosc are about to take meas ures to stop the exportation of silk worm eggs. I I III* Wauled to Kettle "tear nn Indian Wound. A Strang' r who h.ui la-en el.intr at property Ini nl in t *ll rsiini>; -v Sl,< with j u vxw to buying a home for himself, finally stud to Ili- r-it! estate agent, who hud been showing him the various at traction* "I I hat charming suburb of Cincinnati," Now tak* ire to *•■#• your : mounds." "Mound ?" said the real < Maloagmt. " what mounds?" "Why, th- mound* left by the mound-builder*, to he sure. Those wonderful unl niy*t<TioUa monuments of tioiti' pre-hitoiif race, who lived tsu back of the Indiana- -relic* in which the Ohio I aaid to he opulent." " Never hcttril of any mound* around , . her. -aid tlx UX'-nt. Indian mounds, I *uppo*r you u .11 el call them,'continued the stranger, " though it is probable they were erected by |M-o|>ie of i. tnor< remote are." " N 1 vi-r heard of any in tlii* ward," I Mid the agent for land. "They nr u-ually found to contain arrow-head*. MK-.-iiiieti of pottery, and Irerjuenl > the *ku)lM aixl *ke . tout- of tha singular ran who built them." 1 h< agent slxx.k hi* head "Ho you in- -iri to stand th< i> and teil ne. cried tin stranger. excitedly, • "that there isn't a fingie coiitarv Indian ; tuound in ('uinrtiin vi, , when tlx <>hio 1 valley is full of'em?" ■ "I hat cc m - to liic state of affair! ; it tie pr'H'tit writing." sold the agent, ritij r doli fully," though we will under - 1 il.e ui htiild ■> nioutid for yi.u if you ' bay OM of our lota. Hut it urlUoost a hep ot money, and skeleton* ain't very • I-UKV to get, '|ther. I/iit* of fxittery i ki' i- ing ahout, though, for • very woman in < iie innati ha- gone to making it " 'I lie stranger gazed upon tlx* rem ' etati agent with a look of pity and • di'gU't. "J to you suppose you could lake awl. i .harrow and make a mound ' thou-amU of year! old in a couple of day*? N*o. -ir: what I want i a g< nuine • Indian mound, with tlx- skeleton*. war ' liki implement* anil otle r material! in - t.-xt. Nothing hoguH. If it i*ii't on my I want it on some lot in tlx vicinity j MI 1 can go and fit on it occasionally. reflecting on the pant. ! live in New 1 ,ler*cy. wlx-ie they have no such me. tnoris v. hut I ri:x! that thi*- are (en thousand in Ohio alone, and why a hig jilnii like ('utnminnrillo can't have at 1 • at on*, i* past my com prehension. ' ( J.KXI day, sir. II I can't nettle near a | mound lam foing MS- kto New Jersey." That agent say* ( 'ummin*viiie -kail hai • an Indian mound Row, if he has U build one hiu.-i If.—(Hi'Vt'M.'i Si/nrd/j* 1 Si'jht. The Malarial Poises. i 101 l mutter,t fiver. mai*li f'vir. ma .ilia. lev. r. fr ver md agu., "chilis"— tlx are it l< wof the name* hy which i tlx-die tor* and tlx people know more ir I- of one of the most widi-spr.-ad •md familiar of tlx i .* that flesh is lair to—a maids that MVHI to ocettr at one i time or another in ail oountrie* where 'lx i• at', to In found water, sunshine i and a soil reasonably rich in decayed n't' tabx ili nn nt In countries where tlx-*oil la less rich in vegetable element*, the f vif is restrh ted 1/1 tlx rx ighUir i hood of inundated iand- or mar-lies, or f onds of variable level, bccaiuc in these I situations tlx abundance of decaying i triysUblt nbthUooi is very gnat. In • -u. h i-our.Uies tlx opinion i* general, and i is p. rliat.s accural!. that the poison is of ma >hv origin : hut in countries where tjie . whole soil is rich enough to bo in tlii* particular .ik- these maishy land!, it lias I** n long n igignized that the poison I had no tieoi --.try motion to marshy i j situations, hut was in tact telluric, and i j tlint a short rain, which only slightly | ( moistened tlx surface of the eartii and . af. w succeeding liours of sunshine sup f plied all the conditions nis-oosary for the ' i lalmration of the poison that produced tlii feviT. Hut w hat was that poison* Within a f. w year* ingenious endeavors I to solvi this problem have multiplied, i In tlx pris<nt year some experiment* havi tioen made at Home which appear , to 1* more fruitful than anv hitherto r.. orricd: or. in the words of the report i read to tlx Academy of lU>me, " Ue in vestigation was rewarded with com pli-te uea s. " The*' < xperinientS were I conducted hy Signor Tommasi, of Home, .and Professor Klehs, of I'rague. •Tin y ■ together sf* nt some weeks in the Argo Koniano, and made repeated examinations of the lower strata of the atmosphere, of the soil arxt of *t urnant watiTs. and sutx-c>dod in isolating a microscopic fungus. *t*v!- ' mens of which, being placed under the • skin of healthy doga, caused distinct and regular paroxvsms of intcnnitUmt fever and produced In the spleens of Uxw ani mals that p-euliar condition which is a recognised part of the pathology of this disease. In the medical world this achievement mu*t lx> regarded as an im portant one. . To people at large it may not seem a great affair to have ascer tained precisely what oart of the element.* of a poisonous soil it i* to which its I poisonous nature is due; hut it must not be too hatily jndgod thai this knowledge will not invoive an imoort ant advance in the <-npacity to deal with ! this noxious protluct ol the earth.—Ktw I fork llfraltl. Afghan Joslire. J Tlx- method of dispensing jnstice and i arrying the law into execution in t'ahui seems to he somewhat primitive, judg ! ing from the following incident, which i is supplied by a correspondent of the I/tihore paprr: In a quarrel by t wo'ar i tillerynien, and hy a sort of accident ot n kind which sometimes happens on purpose, the bayonet of one man became implanted in the stomach of the other, j inflicting a wound that resulted fatally. 1 The friends and relatives of the deceased declared that tiicy would only be satis fieo by the lifo of tle delinquent Wing | left in ti.eir hands, and according to the usual custom in Mich cases the prisoner was made over to them to do whnt they liked with him. It was immediately agreed that hanging was most appropri ate. and all the necessary preparations for the ceremony were completed, when one of the relatives, more bloodthirsty than the rest, demanded the privilege of cutting the unfortunate man's thmat. At this interesting period of the tragedy the colonel of the prisoner's hnttery ar rived on the scene with a hag of money, which obtained an instant rrnrievc tor the condemned artilleryman. After a long and unraoeossful search through his clothea the editor of tin- New York /\vi/ moumftillv remarked; "Tinre is chance in everything hut an editor's pocket- The old lady who manipulates the flat-iron said site would wait another week, and the re oioed accordingly. The home stretch is taken in the even ing on tliesofa.—O'wewtMnft f\wH*erv#/.
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