• A IMnin Man's Philosophy.
" A gloomy world," says neighbor HUick,
"Whore clou.ls of dreary dun,
In rolled, the *Uy enfold,
And blot the noonday *'•
" Ay, MO it in," say# ncightior White,
•' But Imply you nnd I
Might M1KI u my to choor the way—
Come, neighbor, let ua try."
" A vale ol tear*," Mays neighbor Block,
•• A vale ol weary breath,
Ol soul-wrung sighs and hopeleaa eyes,
Front birth to early death !"
" Ay, HO it is," soy* neighbor White,
" But Imply you anil I,
Just there and here, might dry a twu
Come, neighbor, let UH try."
a wilderneMH,' sova ueighltor Block,
" A desert waste and wide,
Where rank wood* choke, and raven* ;
croak,
And noise me reptile* hide '
" Ay. MO it in," *aya neighbor White,
" But haply you and 1
Might clear the ground our homes nround
Come, neighbor, let UM try."
..Frttirri<-kLangt>ritigr,\n .Viim/iiy Muguzint-
)
Aunt Betsey's Thanksgiving.
CBAITEH I.
It was a golden November day; the
Any Itefore Thank-giving. Aunt Betsey
Was busy its :t bee in Iter neat though
somowlitit primitive kitchen, where
most of the "modern improvements":
were unknown; unci the sun shone
broadly in at thesliutterless window, on
whose open easement sat :t lwx of Jt ru
sttlem cherry, full of red berries ami
glossy leavi s. making a photograph of
the same on the spotless kitchen floor.
Out of a large pot that she had just
lifted to the hearth from the blaekened
crane in the yawning kitchen fireplace.'
she had dished out a generous supply of
golden pumpkin sauce.
"Here. Murgant," she called to a
little apple-checked girl in tin doorway,
"just step over with this dish ofstewni
• punkin' to poor Mrs. I.inn. for it will
be a sorry enough Thanksgiving to Iter
at the best, with her husband all out ot
nis liead witb whiskey. Wt 11. lie in a
good husband when ho is sober; and
that is more than some women enn say
whose liUHbands never touch a drop.
Tell Iter to send over this evening after
milking time for the milk and eggs to
make it up with too."
"May I take Hilly and Harhnrn each
one of your rookies, ma?" asked the lit
tle girl*. her bright eyes daneing at tin
thought of the kindly errand she was to
do, for already she had caught some
what of her mother's benevolent spirit.
and Iter young heart often felt how
much better it is to give than to receive.
" I gwss not. daughter," answered
Aunt lletscy, reflectively. "You know
poor old Lawson always smells them
naking when he is sawing the wood, and
expects ome ' takes.' as he calls them,
to carry home; and I did not feel able
to aflord many this week, as we are to
have so many other things."
" Yes. we will have quite a feast, even
if the famine does follow. Hut oh, nta!
you would think our dinner was just
nothing at all, if you only saw tie nice
tilings Mrs. Carpenter is getting. Mareia
says they are to have two turkeys and
the greatest quantity of mince pie#;
just think of that!" And the bright eyes
danced more than ever.
"Ah, child! we must not let our
neighbor's happiness dazzle our eyes
till we are blind to our own blessings.
If we cannot have turkey, roast leef is
very good in IgML ind we can have all
the ' punkin ' PBrwe want, for we have
a whole load of 'punkins' tinder the
fodder, and a bucket of bran-slop every
morning for old Hose keeps us in oceans
•if milk; and you know, my dear.
Thanksgiving would 1M- no Thanksgiv
ing at all without them."
"That would be the play of " Hamlet '
with poor Mister Hamlet left out,
wouldn't it, ma?"
" Never do vou mind about such
heathenish things. Margaret; but when
you fee! like grumbling at our iot. tliink
of Mrs. Linn."
"Yes'm I didn't mean we were not
to be thankful at all. only just a little
mite less, you know, than the rich peo
ple;" and the bright eye*ceased darn ing
ust long enough to I wist out a little
leer at "mother's hobby," as she and
b'r bro her Hob styled Aunt Betsey's
c ntentinent.
Aunt Betsey was a widow who lived
a thriving Western town, and main
tained herself and lnT children chiefly
by Iter own labor. She was not nlmv
any honest work either that came to her
hand. She was a notable -liirt-m iker.
however, and in those days a shirt front
was a wondi r of tucks and stitching,
and all done by band, too. She had
but ju*t completed half a do/en for John
L'nyct. the build'r. to whom he still ,
owed a small sum on the cottage whi It
she h d earned by tier own industry.
She had carried them home only the
day before, and somehow a ad face she
saw there then had haunted Iter ever
since. It was the fare of a young widow
just from Kngland, and tlii* Thanksgiv- j
tng eve. as Aunt Betsey made her pump
kin pies, ii* sweet pensivrness entile lie
fore her .ike a prayer.
*• I do wonder why I cannot get rid of
that lady's look*. I never exchanged
more than a dozen words with her at
tiny time that I have met Iter there, and
yet it seems to me like f ought to go
right straight and see after her—kind of
a* though she wns a-cniiing nte. I won
der what made her ask me so particular
where I lived? And 1 believe she wns
just about saying something that lie
didn't say when Mrs. Unvet came in."
soliloquized she. heating Iter eggs with
unusual vigor as the stispieion entered !
her mind that perhaps that lady wns not
as great a consolation a* she might be
to ' the stranger within her gates.'
"Jgiw sake*! How you frightened
me'" she exelnitned. as the veritable
object of Iter though Is tepp<i upon the
thrwliold, with her two babe#, n gir
and a I my. clinging to her skirts. " But
ornie right in; why how stupid of me
t> leave you a standing there for me to
Stare at. There, let me take off your
bonnet." she went on. a* she discovered
by the swollen lyeHdsol li visitor that
she had lieen weeping Then, never
seeming to notice anything unusual, she
bustl* daliout, tic.king her visitors com
fortable, getting her own clrU.lrena'
, small chairs for the little one to sit in,
and waiting till the laoy ehose to un
burden hersell, as she knew she would:
and while she Is doing so. we will tell
the same story, in somewhat fewer and
mrc coherent words.
Mrs. Welford's husband had known
the Unyet family In England In fact,
he had several times assisted the bead
ol that family in business, he being well-
to-do, while they struggled for a main- t
tainanee. Ho when upon the death of
her husband, just a year before, they t
wrote inviting Iter to make her home i
with them, she concluded to do so, as
slie thought it would be easier to get tier
living in America than in Kngland, for 1
her husband had died ioor. So, after
settling up bis business and paying all
his debts, she took the pittance that was
left and came to them. Now it turned 1
out that they were not aware of Iter
changed circumstances when t hey wrote
for iier. and had been very unkind since
they discovered it. tinahy ordering her
i out of their house tlint very day upon a [
liatchcil-up charge of sonic misde- j
meanor. she knew not what.
" And what I atu to do I am sure I
do not know; so I thought as you looked
good and kind I would come to you and
ak your advice, for I know no one else
in all this great country," sobbed the >
poor young tiling in conclusion.
The big lump m Aujil Betsey's throat
prevented her from replying lor some i
time, but at length she said :
" Weil, my dear Mrs. Weiford, my !
: first advice is for you to stay right here
till you can do better. Now do not j
! stop me to SMV you could not think of j
I burdening ntc," she continued, seeing n |
I depreeatiic protest upon her visitor'
i countenance; " for I am not a-going to
| let you. You can help me enough t..
\ pay all expenses, you know; you have
| two children and so have I. and we will !
j each do an equal share of the work and j
I each hear linlfMhc expenses, and then
halve the profits. 1 guess it will irol be
hard to divide what is left," nnd Aunt i
Betsey ended with a din rful laligli'nt her
own joke to cover Mrs. Welford's cm
( bnrrassmcnt.
So the beautiful Mrs. Weiford became \
a member of Aunt Betsey's family. !
while the I'nyets. in order to excuse
themselves, spread industriously all i
j kindsofevi) stories about how they had
la-en deceived in Iter; could not risk the !
well-being of their own daughters by i
keeping Iter after tliey discovered what 1
she was, and many other dark hints, j
without a single din . t charge, after the
i usual manner of their copper-head ;
species, darting their venom from the
grassy cover of inu> udo.
Through it all \nut Betsey heroically. 1
though belonging to the -ex commonly !
supposed to be most tllllieroie, shielded
and comforted hci, although the s ail- .
■lal injured her own business and made 1
I er poorer day by dav, while Mr. I ny< t
pressed In r to pay the small amount sic
owed him. which, though small, seemed
so vi rv iarge :isher r> -ource*diminished ;
steadily turning a 'bail ear to all Mrs.
Welford's self-reproaches for bringing
so much trouble upon her kind friend.
Anotli. r Thank-giving was approach
ing. anil in order to have a few luxuries j
for that occasion Aunt Betsey had put .
tlcm on "short allowance," as she
call. .! their supper <>t corn-dodger and |
milk.
" Thank (Jnd for a good supper," said
Mrs. Welford's g. ntle voice at the end |
of the meal, and "Tank l>od foradood 1
i suppee," lisped lmr lit tie one# after her, |
; as was their invariable hnhit.
ni uTt.it 11.
1 Some years before the opening of this
little stoiy Sarah Burton had been the
belle of the ratio r considerable shire- [
town wln re slm resided, and when from
half a doz- n suitors she chose t lie thriv
ing young tradesman. Charles Weiford,
•very one predicted an unclouded life
for them and pronounced her a most
fortunate girl. Tliey did not see the j
little secret corner in her heart where
another image was veiled away from
human sight, so closely that even she
herself didaiot see it. But truth to tell,
had William ll<nshaw twin less inod.-st,
Charles Weiford might not have found
it so easy to win his bride.
Just before her wedding young llen
sliaw bail bidden adbu to bis native
place anil " gone to seek his fortune," as
lie said, and since that tiin<' no on.' ha I
learned whither, though it was lielicvcd
he had gone to Australia.
Sarah had often wondered, in < omnion
with her husband and others. alHiilt
liini; but never until tlicseadvenw days
had she done more. Now. a* the iron
emend her soul, plowing up that j
which lay hidden there, -lie found iirr- ;
self fr> qii< ntly thinking of him, and a
queer little thrill, such as sli" used to
fed in his pri s'nee \<ar* ago. would
send a delicious pain quivering all
through her heart, only to end in the
dull wonder if lit- were -till alive.
This Thank-giving day, n* she moved
about Aunt Betsey's kit. h> n (which I
should have told you Is fore, was sit
uated in the front of the house, right by
the side of the het room), humming a
gay little English air. which, to be frank
with you. was undoubtedly inspired by ■
the appetizing odor* of their unusually
good dinner, she made a pretty pi lure
to look upon.
SI..- had just thrown off Aunt Betsey's
kitchen apron of homely clock and was
brushing the specks of flour from her
arm#, whin a shadow dark, ned the;
doorway, and turning, she m. t the out
stretch' d hand of him who had been
most in h(f thought* as she caroled the
haliml they bad so often sung together.
" William!" with a joyous ring in her
voice, iong unknown to It.
j " Sarah, my poor dove!" nnd the story
which should have been told years he- i
fore found^ utterance in the tone, so full
of protecting tenderness in which those
four words were spoken.
What a Thanksgiving day was that!
Mr. H-nslmw was introduced to Aunt
Betsey, and captivated her heart forth- j
witb by hi* frank, manly ways, as well j
as his ha idaome face, with its plensnnt
brown eyes nnd lips red enough for n
maiden's He accepted her invitation
lodine, and contribute to the dinner
such a dessert as tliey bad never dreamed
of an hour before. He was a Southern
planter now. nnd down nt the landing
lie had a boat-load of tropical fruits
going northward, from which he select- j
ed an abundance of the finest, to grace '■
Aunt Betsy's Thanksgiving.
After dinner, when the others bad
discreet y excused themselves. Aunt I
Betsey taking for a walk Mrs Welford's
little one#, who bad l*cn duly admired '
nnd petted by Mr. William llenshaw,
Snrnli Weiford lenrnrd how the B>i..g,
whom she had thanked for the poor
dinner ie well a* the good oae. had
wrought from her direst misfortune tier I !
greatest blessing.
A forniglit since, as Mr llenshaw was '
superintending the loading of bis boat,
lie overheard a conversation lietween
two river men, in which her name, men
tioned by one of tlieni, bad attracted his
attention, and lie heard the whole story
of her trials and persecution*, told by the
very man who had lieen deceived into
insulting her a year before.
" Ami you may believe, darling I felt I
like blessing him in spite of the pain lie 1
hail caused your tender heart, for in hi# i
talk I had learned your wherenlxwts, as
well as that I might now tell you the i
story I once so bitterly regretted delay
ing; for I could not help believing, even
then, lbut bud 1 spoken 1 might have
gained this dear hand for myself."
"(), you vain fellow!" smiled the
happy woman, witli the tears in her
eyes, ns she thought how good God had
been to her.
" So," continued he, "instead ol send
ing tut agent as usual witli the boat, I
came myself. Arc you glad, dearest?"
and he drew her toward him for the
kiss that was given as coyly as a maiden
might do, for this was her lirst love. !
That Wits answer enough, and Autd
Betsey on her return surprised a tableau
that ilid her old eyes good.
They were married that same evening,
for oranges and bananas would not keep,
and he declared lie would never go on
without her if the whole boat-load
spoiled; fur In* had tasted the fruits of
proerastina'ion once before and found
them scarcely as pleasant to the palate
as those of the tionics.
Hut even in their ha; plness they did
not forget Aunt Betsey. And Mr. Jien
shaw 1< ft money enough to pay Mr.
I nyct's claim against her witli a hand
sonic little sum la sidt s, which she found
in her wcll-tfiumisd Bible that evening
when it opened at her favorite glue, as
was natural for the book to do. since it
had been opened so often there. "Cast
I thy bread upon the waters, and it shall
i return after ninny days."
And every Thanksgiving from their
i sunny Southern home came a box con
taining Aunt Betsey's dessert, though I
am hound to say some of these oith■!•*
were scarcely intended for eating, for
along with the Iruit always came a
goodly roll of bank nott < that might
nave suspended the shirt-making en-,
tircly bad Aunt Betsey po - -s*d a dis
position for a life of idlcm .*s.
W here the Toys Come From,
Toys and j aytliings are in eontinunl ]
demand wherever there are children to
is- amused, and the supply of thein
grows larger and more varied i very
year. Most of the toys which gladden
nttle heart* in Knglish nurseries come
from Germany, and the quain'. old town
of Nun niherg i- the ccnt r of that kino
of Industry, which stnpioys a great
many hands. and keeps the grim wolf of
poverty from the door of many an in
dustrious household. Tlictli r eoine tie
wooden isix" s containing villages, gar
dens, sliei pfolds and Noah's ark- , tin
grocer's, baker's and butcher's shops,
which form such delightful Christmas
and birthday pn-sents; the cube pu/.zh-*.
with picture* on each fa e of the blocks
of wood wtiieli tit so ncn.ly irto th<*ir
ts-xi s; tie jointed dolis, now ainiostoUt
of >,;te; the substantial-looking horses
and carts; and, last of ail. tho meehani
i-al to;* which are wound up by clock
work. and perform such extraordinary
nianeuvn * that one almost fancies them
a'ivo. Tic tiny lamp*, the bright n -
I ileetors and sliining liails. wliieli ren
der our Christmas tress so brilliant, are
I also imported from ( rtnany, a.* will
i the ornamental nnd usi fill article* made
| of horn, bone and loeqtiered ware whieli
i make such capital present* for those
j young folk* who have outgrown the de
lights ot doll* and wood<n animal*.
The Swiss peasants who in summer
time And plenty of employment in tend
ing their now* and ion's. gathering the
basket of Alpine strawberries that ar<
piled up in great disln s'on every hotel
table, and ab sort* of service* for tin
great arniv of tourist* who e< me annu
ally to make a peni . ful invasion of their
lovely land, are frequently snowed up in
the chalets and mountain village* for
weeks together in the wint<T, nnd em
ploy the long hours in cutting out hears
from pi's* * of Is-eehwood, n!t n with no
other tool than a strong knile. making
womb-it tiut-omck r*. match-boxes, and
the euri >u* littlecottag) * which slide in
and out of well-fitted Ik<xp*. an<l an
universally bought by travelers as rn< -
in en toes of hanpV holiday* among the
mountain*.— hblk*.
A Veteran'* Kemarkalde Record.
Comnei Frederick Von \V< rd"r died
In Baltimore not long ago, at the Aged
Men'* home, at the age of ninety-nine
i years ten months and sixteen days. A
morning pni er say* Von AVcrder was
one of the Old Guard. He was witli
the first Napoleon in Id* retnat from
Mo<ow; witnessed hi* wedding witli
Maria I/mi-a; entered I'ari* with the
ai ied arm!'* iti I** 11; served under
Hiuelii r at Waterloo; a**i*ted in organ
izing the Greek inurreetlon in H*9o;
and fought again*' Ahd-d-Kader on tin
plains.* Aig ria. Coi.Von Werder.as ap
near* front a manuscript sketch wliieli ne
ictt beliind him. was born in Prussia'
-lan I, 17-o In.lure. IW be iolned the
Prussi in army, and at tie battle ot ,f. na
was made prisoner by the French,
I afterward joining tlint * rviee. In I*n*
and ISoHle fought in Spain, and later lie
married the daughter of a Spanish
grand**. He took pan in tholwttlf of
Aepirn, Kc-hingcn and Wagram, and
was made aide-de-camp to ton. Mumt.
In the spring of 1818 lie was appointed
aide-de-camp to Marshal Ncy, ami
inarched to Russia, entering Moscow
with Napoleon. At Ibrisina lie xva*
twice wounded. and after lii* recovery
again jrdnrd the Prussian army, fight
ing in nil the battle* from I*l3 to |N|5.
Between the year- |H|fl and I*B7 lie led
an adventurous life in Greece and
Turkey, anil front 1887 te> 1*36 served
with distinction in Africa. In I*l9 he
came to this country with hi* wife and
children, and invested hi* money in a
nursery in Virginia. In I*sß his crop- j
erty was destroyed by n severe tlood,
and other misfortunes Itefoli him. Three
of his sons fell during the late war, his
wile ami daughter died in IMB. and last
summer the veteran was compelled to
seek the shelter of the aged men's home. ,
1 luring the last five year* lie was par
tially blind, but retained his faculties
to the last.
An old Bible i* now in a bookstore in !
Albany that *n pinked up by a Union
soldier in the streets of Fredericksburg
on December 14, 1868. The soldier cave
it to his chaplain, who forwarded it to
A Ib.iny. and there it has been eversince.
It Is a l.ntin Bible that was printed in
the yeap 1500. The first person ol the
Godhead i* represented in it in the sem
blance of an old man with the Papal
crown on Ids head. The flood is pic
tured—Noah and hi* w re with tlnir
heads out of the windi w looking nt the
flight of four birds. Manna is repre
sented ilh>ul the size of a bread cracker,
Moses is invariably pictured as having
herns.
Some one has invented a machine for
breaking the cactus into a mass of white,
elastic filer, which will be used in
making mattresses. It is said the cost
of mattresses will be reduced forty pet
cent.
Remarkable Work or a Montana Hor
ticulturist.
"Among thos< exhibiting nt the Terri
torial fair this year is James It. John
son, a farmer of t lie Priekley Pear val
l-'Y, whose ranch lies seven mil' s north
|of Helena. He hn* a splendid collec
tion of grain and vegetables—among
the latter a squn.xli of nearly forty
1 pound* weight, which has a history too
remarkable to pass unrecorded. Ii i*
of the California mammoth variety, and
(considerably the smallest "bulb" of
) several of the same kind shown in the
I same collection. Some six or seven
weeks ago when little more than ten
pound* weight—tl i- squash [was acci
dentally severed froin it* vine by the 1
tiead of a farm employ'*'. Mr. John on
deplored the accident,tic vegetable be- '
ing a favorite and the lirst to set from
the blossom, and be entertained great
ex pei tat ions from it. The hired man, |
j seeing bis distress, suggested that tin- ;
squash lie taken and raised by band.
JnbnsoTi confessed lie did not know i
what that meant. It will grow and '
mature it if you will furnish flic milk," I
was the r< spouse. "Go all'ad and do j
it," said Johnson, who smiled grimly,
t bin king t bat the Yank' c hired man w:l
--disposed to piny a " |osb " on him. The
"orphan vegetable " with the stem and
a few inch' - of the vine left intact, was
taken to the house and deposited in a
garret rismi, where it could get a sun
hath part of inch day. The *U in was |
wound xv.th several layers of cotton 1
elotll, and tbi* was -übmcrged ill a di*ll
ol new n,k,. morning and <v. niug. Tin
squash fel hungrily on the la< teal fluid.
<>n the start it absorbed a pint "f milk
in a few hour*. This was presently in
creased to a quart, and twice a day it
was thus rationed to the lirst day of the
air on Monday last. It thrived wonrter
fully on its novel bringing up, and
in igbbor- who dropped in to sec it from
time to t iin* expressed their surprise
and .*•■ toni-bmi'iit at this *ingu;iir mode
of vr grtahlc production. Tic y wat' le d
it nurse, and could < .-iiy <!' -tret the
healthy apjq tite draining the nutri
tious drink. F.V'-ry one gave tic -qtia-li
i< t>i a|.-d -liak- s and 1 tic ir inves
tigation* to learn whether tl"r<- wa
any internal fvidcir. "f ail the milk
which that vegi-tald' bad eon-limed.
The sqlla-li pr ,*| red am i/in • V. ex
patcbd in size conti'.tia. v. and when
taken away lor • x liilsittol, weighed
witiiiu a In i tioii of forty pound*. Tier,
were many at tic fair win so rurionlv
v.a-ei-at yeX'it'd als'Ut this - |tla.-b.
and Mr. Johnson promi •! to cut tie
vegetable in tic pr< s< te eof win> •**■•*,
ami • xliibit to tic in it- "true inward
it's*." Thi* wa*don> tbi* morning be
fore lii|g< i-otic.iursc ~f |M-o|>!e, and tie
ama/> tic tit of the multitude may Is
pictured but not ib -. nb.il when it wa*
op. t.el to tlnir wondering eye*. lh
vtded mnfuiiy in tie- middle, the top
bait wo* removed, disclosing n globe of
beautiful goldi n-hu'-d butt'r. with
I'iump-fiilr-d *<-cd* periling out from all
■idea of Uh luadotM-looking i<all. its
weight was estimated by many of tin
ls *t judges at t'-n pound*, and wa* a*
fresh nnd fragrant to the smejl a* t
spring blown daisy. It was the un
heard-of novelty more than the surpass
ing beauty of tic sight that raised the
entliuiiastie outburst of the crowd a*
they viewed tbi* remarkable blending
of farm nnd dairy produce. The
neat" of the -quash, in richn<-*s "f
color, e.jualed that of the butter ball
and. after every liody lets had a fail
elian' ' to e and *nti(y tl"-tli*eivi *of •
the genuiii' tc *. of Iwth, and inv- *lig"t<
to their heart's content the unique ex
hibit. it yviii b< divided up and pare, j.d
out to a <!..*<• n or more j>:r ti*. to wliotn
also will is given pottion* of the butter
f..r trial. Mr. Johnson r.e< iv> from
the i itizens of ||< !'tn a special premium
of SBO for this raretit s|.< . incn of " Imt
t' r squash " ei r raised by hand, or for
ibat matter, l.y nature's own prises*.
\V< think it will ts generally a. knowl
edged a wondrous produil, the counter-*
part of which h.x* prrdtahlv never be
fore Is-en *< en or heard of in Montana
fir any other part of lie world. —
(Mimhvia) Hrral>l.
The Mint* - llenlii gsln I'reelons Metal*
Some inti resting I'lgun are given in
the annual report ><( Mr. Bui-bard. li
r-rtor of the l'nitesl Stats mint. The
coinage during the year amounted to
If.*,lH'i.lMJiti. and consisted of i'.TM.til
pi'-ees of gold, of tin value "f (?io,.|*fi,.
!tlB and -7.'gßs.s.>o pie. -■* of silver. The
prodti' (ion o| tlie pr<ciu nc ta' in tic
United Bute* in I**7■. m-tch !■*-
than that of the pre. "ling v< ar It i.a*
resulted from tic diminish -l yi<-ld of
tic mite* of the CotMtOck Al
thougti the production of N vada will
be large and continuous f r many y< ii>.
it dis* not apt" ar probable that tlie
mine* of that State will make sueli
i normous eontributii n* to the inineral
wealth of the country as they have in
previous years. This decrease has l* < n
in part eomp. n*at d by the r<-*uits of
the more thorough exploration of tlie
mining r< gion ot the Itoeky mountains,
mpeeinlly in central and southern Col
orado. The production of that State
was at least greater in the
Inst than in the preceding year, and will !
probably furnish an undiminished, if
notinerei.sing. amount of silver in tlie
future. After careful inquiry and con
sideration of tlie yield of different lo- :
ealitie* and nnn'*tn the I 'nit'd States,
the director estimates the total produe- ,
tion of the precious tic tals in tlie <-otin
trv for the ii*. al vear l**7l> at $7M.713,- I
twin, wbieli f AH.90P.000 was gold and
jm.N|B.oon silver.
Nrwrly all of tlie gold and a large por
tion oftlnisilv'r produced in the United !
States during the last year was coined 1
nt tlie mints or u*cd in domestic manu- j
faetures, arts and ornamentation. The |
surplus wn* exported to non-producing
countries. From ail information it 1*
salely assumed that the annual con
! stwiiption in the United States of pre
i clous metals in all forms for manu fact ur
i ing purposi * now average* $7.0n0.n00 of
; gold and $5,000,000 of silver. The tola
amount of gold (xdn in the eountrv, June
30 last is est im a tin lat *6.490,898, and ,
of silver, $ I I'J.oao. oh.'. tlie gain in the
past six yem* gold,
nnd $107,050,985 silver. Sim-e the close
of the !at fiscal year, and up to Nov I,
the import* of coin and I oil lion nnd the
join stir coinage have inetrenaed these
amounts to $305,750.497 gold and slßl,-
156,355 silver, n total of $487,506,859, or
about $9 per capita of coin. It is esti
mated should the floxv of gold continue
from foreign countries, the metallic elr
eulation of the country at the end of the
present Aseal year will have swollen to
over $600,000,000. The report discusses
at great length the monetary statistics
of fbr< ign countries, and states that the
world's production of gold has declined
in the past few years from $131,000,000
in i53 to $86,000,000 in Ih7.
The untruthful witness is tried ft*
crj ury per jury.— Rome Sen tint I. '
TIM KLY TO I'l CM.
If is estimated that the evangelical
work of the Young Men's (Jliristian As
sociation, in tic Unit>-d Stab s, reaehes
h(Ki,ikki railroad men, Od.non college
students and lon.ooo eoinnc. reial Iravel
ers. It isalso oflleiidly stated that work
i ' being done for tic l>< icfit of .V*i,(hkj
wlio speak tic German language alone,
and of 5oo,(:(K> young colored mi n.
The postal earri< rs in tic chic* of tic
United States carried Hfi.tKSi.ooo
>( mail matter during the vear, being
339,000 to i-ai-li carrier. In New York
over 88101*1,01*1 t,ie< < * were dis
tribtfli d ; in I'biladi-lpliia, 107,(NKi.(*Mi;
(,'llieago, Ofl.ttMI.OOO: 80-ton, l r . '*'" e<*i
i St. |,oui-. 38.(**(,(*" i ( iueinuati, Bl.(NMl.
000; li.-iitiuiore, 80.(NNI 000; Br<*ikivii,
IH.000.MNI; S:in Frail' i*. o, 17.000,000:
I Cleveland. 18,000,000; Detroit, 11,000,-I
000: BufTalo. lO,(KMi,(*io.
lie councils for tic settlement of
trade dispute* iii Franc, in th'ir lit*'
y.-ar eoiisiilered 35. up; cas<*. Of this
; number 95,834 were heard In private,
and n reconciliation was eff.-. tr-it in |B,.
415 (s. vi-nty-oti' pi-rtent.); 7,555 could
not b< px-oneilid, and wire remilUal
for hearing to tin- general e<,unql, and
9,076 diff. ren< "S wq<- settled upon
advice of llceouneils. A* to tic 1 au-. s
of disptlt'., 81,368 .-LSI* w n relative
to wag' -: 4,733 to di*mi--al, and 1,7(' r >
to matt' rs all' cling apprentices.
"Afer a * lie arguments about ib. p
plowing aid suhHiiiiug, and going be
low tin stirfai e in "riler to g.-t tic ls*t
I yield," says the Detroit h'r< < fVess, "it
app.arstbat tic total va'.tp of tic bad
ilig eroj • for 1 "77 aioic was sl,'**'.(**•.-
(kjO, while tlie mine produ'l* for
twiity-tiv<y ars—from I" 19 to 1 ►*7.l—
only a few millions more. This
confirm*, too, tic w- 11 uniS'-r-t'ssl p.ii •
eiple of po.itical i. onoroy that, taking
tic numbei* who eng'age in it. mining
i* tic !< a*t profitaltie einployncnl.
A novt. *y*t.'ni of agriculture has for
a number of vai* lc<-n praetieeil .n a
farm in Hertfordshire, F.ng.and. Th'
owner. Mr I'rout. instead of liarv -ting
tie . i.q.* iiiin*• f. divide- the fields into
lot- wb< n tli- grain le . ins to rip< n, and
th < rops ar* *"!<! upon their r""t- by
puhih onoUon. No live stock i- k.p*.
and tie fertility i-f tie *"i! is • tir y
k' Pt tit> by artificial manure. For tie
lliirtis-n >ear* *ite •• !"•* tic av ra i-x
--pi n-. , nt n;nninc tie farm liav yearly
amounted to $16,500. and the net tn
eonc fo- the *atic P< riod lev yearly
av.-rriged sixte. ii j.<T cent, of that sum.
or $8,610 It ha-tbu- proved a d.eid-d
*ll' ■ ■*, while lUltnb'Te ** farm* euiti
vat"! l.y tin- ordinary ne riod bav l*i n
baii-iy able t<> | . xp.-n*. *, and many
have run behindhand.
S' ii nti*t> an-;uri learning that man
bear* a* much through his mouth
a* through bis eat*. The roof of a per
son'* mouth, and tie skul. entire are mi
eroph'.rn *, or sounding diaphragm*, of
exc-.'llent prop. rti>*. and serve as valua
ble assistant* t" tiu tympanum. 11. n< <
it i* that d'-af p< rs.n are now l.eirigma
t< riallv aided in lcaring. by discarding
the < ar-lrtinipet *o long used and adopt
ing a letter apparatus—the audi phone
—a i ew-inventod. fan-sliap'-d instru
nent held b'twsn tic t-.-th. There
suits ar nmrv .U*. With it all per
-<>n* |.*-i **ing tic auditory nerve may
hear, tl, lUgii tie ears may not i.' of any
** rviee. Many who have pa*K>d a* deaf
and dumb Mm i-onvi-r*. with the ni l of
the'new itv'rum. nt. Tin <b af l.< n. tb
dumb *p*ak —!'t tbi* be called tic age
of mira' ulou* inventions.
F.migration to the Unite*] Skit' * will
remdi for tie ' Urrent y. ar aU.ut IflO.tsm.
In nine tnontlis the nuuil* r of emigrants
from France has amount'd to ]••.*• than
I.7'*'. and will n"t irnu b ex<**ed B.one
for tic whole y ar. Tliis i* inferential
proof that tie Kn neb are too w> 11 ofl at
home t" make < migr.iti>-n dc*irahle, a
fan whidi i* a dim t re*ult of the fru
-1 ga ity and industry of the people and of
the ' normous bemfits <>f a ul*iivi*ionof
loaded prop tty among million*of small
proprietor* who till tlcir own grounds,
live in tlcir own leu-. *, mio tie irown
fiK'd. j :,y n rents, suptrt no pun-pro
ducing landlords, contribute liberally
to tie support of a wi e government and
repose in "inf. ntct industry litera y
Und'T their owi. vine, and fig tie'-*,
with none to mnke tie m afraid of wont
and nun- to monopolize the r< -ults of
tlcir thrift and toil.
A Cincinnati family wen d| -i**ini
at dinn. r-one marvelous Uh k* wlii.h
they had -in a -Icight-of-lland man
t-fiforin on the previous night. Tlie
f at that intenvtcl tlie wife wa* that
of ilie beheading of the xroman, w lii< Ii
tlie prot' **or i aei iisp uu< dto <]• with a
big knife in full view of his admiring
audi'n< • * To thehushand.nn the con
trary. tic tri.-k was as plain a daylight,
and le p ayfully pmcei ded to show leox
it could Ic done. A large meat knife
lav on tic table, and. taking firmly hold
of his wife's scalp, lie drew the ixige of
the snife aero** her throat. It was
done in the most playful way, and ail
for fun. but there were *< rion* conse
qoences. Tic knife was sliarp. and n
i.eep rosll wa* made s< vera I ineh'W in
length. A* soon a* the family could
j recover fn>nt their ixmsternation at
I sigltt of the bl'H'd. a messengrr wa*
| sent for a physician, who. with some
I difficulty, wwi up the wound Tlie
woman will recover, hut will always
, have a deep c.ar to remind her of her
j morbid curiosity.
Tic forger Cooper was evidently
what is known as an " imtonishor" to
the Ftiglisli p< nple among whom he r
sided. He gave splendid dinner*, ri Bit d
a magnifleent house, spent money freely,
called himself the grandson of the fa
motis novelist and created an excellent
! prejudice in favor of Americans. In the
hunting fi< Id he created great sen*ation
by sliding down and riding out of sight
on one side of hi* horse while the latter
wa* in full gallop; and he invariably
ennte late to a train so a* to gather a
lArgo crowd that went daily t > the sta
tion to see him rush for it. He would
run and cling on to it by the sides,
doors, windows, or wherever he hap
pened to catch hold. lie attended
church with great regularity, gov
money to the oonrnnil depend"! largely
upon wigs and false mustache* to eon
eeal is identity. In ids piteou* speech
to the judge after being sentenced to
live year* penal servitude there was not
a wor! of truth, but every word was
well chosen and his part was not over
done.
Crime is rampant and misery unpre
cedented In Paris at present. " The
' series of crimes," says the /tension, 1
" which have liwn < omniittcd in J'.-iri*
during the ' ightn n months, in <<m
"lnnt NUccct-iofi, I,:in hitherto fail <1 to
attract attention to tlif misery of tlj!m
great ' ity. Foreign*** who conic here
and walk atxiut the boulevard* and
nark", and vl-it tin- -fights, on y J ec the
bright side of Paris, jlwy do not vi-fit
La Villcttc, M'Ujiiiiart/, Haiti t-Ouen, i
tin t^uarti'i Mouth : ard, and th- hank* *
(if the Mlevre. Tliey r|„ r ,„| ||,e, |,il
dreri in raj.'*, huddled up in damp holes
that are wnrm'd only t.y the heat of the
fermentation of rot true ordure. '| !'•
Parisians tic m-i !v . ee thin misery,
and if you up. ak to them about it tljey
reply with an iii' iedu ous 'ls it possi
ble? Yes. and from these dens come
the orimitmU -tin? Troppmans, tbr
Tnvo-t-. the Aleidh ■ and < >ili< s. In no
in Europe ieforiu more
needed than it i in Paris. The Mont
( dep < te, the ho-[litn! ~ the r- In \ irig ofli
e<. tic administrative and judicial sys
tem- ai i auch :1 , .'cd hv ft, .< n
qymvsti> To that tl.ey a, • d-:
| HYO i to say very little "
Moid* of Mlsdoin.
I.ii-hes (rot hy deceit . heat no man so
IJIUeh as the •<! tter.
Manner i- one of the gnutest en (fines
HI tnliu'nee ever given to man.
I' lattery is a tnlse i oin whieh has i jr
' i! at ion only through our vanity.
< on- ienee is the voireofthesoul; the
pa-> lolis :u' tic voile of the hody.
A;i .nt without at ill has |* I, ,id
to l.e iii;e a fiddle without a fieldo stick.
Mm seldom improve wh< n they have
no other mode than themw-lv. • to. or,*
after. 1
M., ii to worth what shadows ar k
i l lio'.in;' . -ii :rives to it Strength
win 11 1i f.
i <"i cannot dream youi elf into a
i.u t'i . aiu must liatnmt r and Jorge
y out -i .J on. .
I he press r\ation of lif< should h on.y
a -erondary i otiei in: the direction of it
our princij a].
it i- very d.mg< rou- tor a man to find
any spot •;i this broad glolx' that is
swi i p-r to iiiiu tlian hi- home.
Joining in tie amusement* of oiler*
S. in out (SOI iai state, tie ne\t thing to
> mpathy in tin ir <1 i-ir-
H ;py i l.e who l. e • art •<: tl.i- one
thing to ■!'. tie piainduty of th' mo
iie fit quickly and CIIUTJU v. wliat'-viT
it may In-.
Hnergv will do anything that can I*
done in ihc world: and no talents, no
circuit stain c-, no oppyrtunitb*. will
rnaki at wo-legged animal a man with
ou'. it.
' In -ti person- wii. stand ujon cere
mony. Is- au-e there i r.o otlnT ground,
but to the great of the earth we n<y-<i no
introduction, nor do they need any to
us.
IPe.sed IK- the man who know- how
to caper and enjoy nonsense; woe to the
man t hat parted early with hi* boyhood,
and lie -<s| i>< the man that carries his
boyhood down latest into life.
Ive one human being purely and
warmly, and you wjij love all. The
heart in this leaven, iike the wandering
•tin. se nothing, from the dewdrop to
the ocean, hut a rnirrot which it warius
and
flood inti nlions are at least the iw*d
of giMl u 'tions: and every man ought
to sow till in. and leave it to the soil and
s'-as"n wlctJu r they come up'or not, or
whether he or any other gathers the
fruit.
The Influence of Microscopic Life.
f *
sY hat is too -ma to le sees,people are
generally apt to riurord with xmiempl
r indifb n tn-e. a of no practical i ons
qUcnce. 'I hi< ;• rmc of tic grossest
popular errors Then i* not only n pro
found scientific interest in the realm of
microsoopic iife, woii b is every day be
coming deeper as its organisms are
\ii wisl fro'ii the sl.th(||xiint of evolu
tion. hut they have a tignifii an • in tlie
ei onomy of nature. a UM fulness to nmn,
and a valin in the industrial arts, ot
which but few glimpse* havr as vet
ben popularly obtained. To the iaqauy,
of what service are those swarms of in
finite. imal objects wliich are revealed
only through the microscope? Itot to y
-uli-erye any other purpose than to
q'mtue Infatuated mfcm*copl*ts ?— tbt re
ply is. tli.it tfieir operations in nature
are on a gran I and imposing scale, and
tfiat tin ir ir.flui IHI on man and other
organisms, a- w< ii a on air. tin water,
and lie MIIM arth. i* n"tliing li -s than
• norniou- . A tliougb we do not *M
tln'se infinitesimal creature* at work,
their pro -ceding* ari none the lets real;
and though tin !roperations ar- infinitesi
mal, the aggregate re-ults are vast and
in the huMi degree Important It
may lw shown—f. That, as looil. tlc y
fisslja greater tiuml-i' of )>• inr- tl an any
otlier kind of organism*, 'i That, a
- avengers, they eat nioi-e refuse tlian
any other group of organisms. 3. That ,
despite their minuteness, their fosi! n
mainsarc much gn at'-r in bulk and of
far more cor.seque: .tl ui tl;o-eof argc
quadrupds and siTpcnl-like inon-ters,
sui It a- the ninstadon, megatherium,
plfwiosaurua. Ichthyosaurus, etc. I.
Tliat. a builders, they U.aV proifui-fil
iuinieiisc structures, which far surpass
in sire all the colossal works of man.
riie evidence of these statements will lie
presently given; hut meantime it may
be remarkisl tliat sui h grand results r'-
ilccm the study of microscopical oftjects
from tliat pctin<"ss which is often impu
ted to it — lbpular Swnoc Mon'Jily.
A Mronge Story,
New York afounds so in strange
stories that the one just related concern
ing a hoy eleven years old. who piaved
truant one day lnt summer, and. afraid
to go home, joined a band of hcy thieves
may as readily 1o true or not. At any
rah-, that it is in some points authentic.
I is provetl by the fact that his mothcr
and sisti r tra<-e<| him to the Catholic
protectory, where In- was sent by Judge
Iti*by. for picking pocket*. He twlongs ■
to a respectable family .was well brought *
j up. and did not return home at the close
of his day ot truancy, for feat of a flog
ging with which his father had threat
ened him should he he guilty of the act
I again. According to Ids storv he lodged
witli a sort ol Fagin. on Eighteenth
street, bet wen Seventh and Kl hth
avenues, and while then- became in
structed in the art of picking pockcta,
ahd indtwtTiuatcd (from the reading of
vicious books) that he w* born U do
great things as a professional bandit.
The moral is that p*runU cannot exer- %
cine too much supervision over their r
children, and that the pretty liU*e mny
eb>eked hoy, who Is tjie pet of his
mother and sister*, may be steeped to
the lips in vicious prn|'> nsitics which
only ask opportunity to blossom into
deed.—yew York Taiyrrtm.