n Inter. There's glory in the sereaming blast, A beauty in the frosted tree; A mystery in the lake that's glassed With kw, and awe upon the sea; Knohantmrnt on the far-off hilla, A music in the suowflake gale, Beneath the toe, the ringing rills. Sing many a song, tell many a tale. I always knew—l scarce know why— But knew that superhuman power Wan in the snow drill neaLh the sky, As well as in the little flower, knew it when first I sew the snow Lie like s shrood upon the earth; \fhen I felt the gentle south winds blow, And newborn roses sprang to birth. And 1 hare learned to love the time When nature wears its frosty crown; The sleighlells with thair merry chime. O'er hills and valley*, up and down. 1 like to hear the schoolboy's shout, The sparkle of the lass' eye; And mark their footsteps on the mule That leads beyond the winter's sky. A GREAT, TALL FELLOW. I had known my sistcr-iu-law Adeline Eliza in a desultory way ever since my fourteenth birthday—June 15, 1878— when I was brought home from board ing-school to be present at her marriage to my eldest brother; but never until that dreadful Fourth of July. 1877, had I had the slightest idea of her extra ordinary capability and endurance as a story-teller. Nor do I suppose I should •ver have known of them—our ways in life lying far apart—had not Adeline E'isa's annual visit to New York hap pened at the very time I had my first serious quarrel with Gabriel Haviland. That occurred th evening before the above-mentioned anniversary of the declaration of American independence, and was about—dear me!—the silliest thing. Looking back, it seems almost impossible to believe that we could have been so extremely foolish as to quarrel as we actually did— But I'll tell you all about it, and you can judge for your self. Gabriel had been reading aloud from some English paper or other—the Saturday Review, if I remember aright —an article entitled "Mothers-in-Law," and as he laid down the paper he said: " I fully agree with the writer that the jokes—many of them very stupid ones— at the expense of mothers-in-law have been carried quite far enough, and I also agree with her—" " Or him." I suggested. "—or him, that there are lots of splendid women among them, but at the same time I must confess that I'd prefer a home without a mother-in law." Now I lind been &n orphan ever since I waa five year* of age, and what pos aesaed me to feel 10 angry at (Jabriel'a remark I cannot imagine; but angry I waa, and with flushed cheeks and flash eyes I raised my head from hi ahonlder—<>f coarse we were engaged and aaked, indignantly, " \*f you mean to aay you wonld not have liked my mother P" " Nothing of the sort," said be, with a smile. " 1 know I should have liked her. She most have been charming, to have bad so charming a daughter." Bat I refused to return his smile, and with head very erect, went on: "But you would not have shared your home with herP" "No,darling, frankly, I would not." " Tben;i would never have lived with you if you refused to allow my mother to be one of the household," cried I. " Ah, your affection for me must be deep indeed," said he, with provoking coolness. " But in spite of your touch ing declaration, my dear, I still repeat, no mother-in-law in my house. I've seen too much of that arrangement in my own family. A man may be a good fel low, and bis wife's mother may be a good fellow, while apart, but bring them ogetber under |tbe same roof, and in •inety-nine eases out of a hundred fire an gunpowder would be amiable com panions in comparison." "Othv • families might be better tempere. 'ban yours," said I. with sn attempt t sarcasm. " Mine might b$. n "No n.otber-in-law, my love," was Gabriel a sole reply. " Then no Caroline Brower," said I, in a perfect rage. " And what's more! you needn't wait any longer. I won't go to vour sister's. 8o there, now!" "Very well* (why do people say "Very weil" when they mean quite the contraryP). And at last, really pro voked, my Icfver seised bis hat, and was gone in a flash. Did you ever hear of a sillier quar rel, taking into consideration, as I said before, that I had no mother, nnd, as I didnt say before, Gabriel was also motherless P The beils sere ringing merrily when I awoke the next morning (I had shut oat the moon, nnd cried myself to sleep the night before), and when I drew up my shade the sunshine came in as glo riously brig lit as though Gabriel and I bad not quarreled. But its brightness could not niake uie forget that we bad. I was thinking of it ali the time I was dressing, and wondering what I was to do with myself ail the long, hot, noisy day. It bad been arranged a month before that Gabriel and I should spend the Fourth with hia only sinter, who lived in a charming o untry house in a pretty Connecticut village, and Gabriel bad called to escort me thither on the morn inc of the third, when, unfortunately, having a little time to spare, be regaled me with the artiolo on " Mothers-in law " That reading, a* I have already narrated, resulted in my staying at home. "I suppose," 1 said, bitterly, to myself, "that Gabriel has (tone, and that that Price (tlrl, with eyebrows like interrogation points, will lie hovering about him all day. as she always does * and I gave my wrapper such a pull that two of the buttons came off, when Ade line Eliza came in. "Why, Car'lino," said she—every body else called me^Carrie—" ain't you gone?" " No," replied I, shortly, resisting an inclination to make some sarcastic re mark on that most obvi >us fact. "Why notP" "Because I didn't want to"—pet tishly and ungrammatically. "Had a tiff with Gabof" (Every body else called him Gabriel.) And then seeing I would not answer, she continued, good-naturedly—to do her justice, she was the soul of good nature -"Well, don't stay mopin' here. Take a cup of codec, put on your things, and come with Gus and me. My folks are all a-goin' to meet at Hillside nnd have a good old-fashioned picnic. You know grandfather and mother and hcap9 ol my relations live there. Hurry up and come along." And I hurried up and went along, for, as I quickly reasoned, spending the day with daisy-dotted fields, fine old trees, green hills, and an old-fashioned picnic would be much better than being nearly driven craxy by cannons, fire works, smoke and boys. Hillside looked cool and inviting as we stopped at the depot, but my heart sank within me as I steppe} the train. I seemed to be so far from Ga briel, and the thought that the Price girl was no doubt so near afforded me anything but consolation. And now while we are walking single file along the narrow sidewalk,shaded by round old apple trees, I'll go back a lit tle in my story to tell you that a wee before this Fourth of July la burglar had been caught in grandmamma's house. Adeline Ejixa caught him, hut unfortunately had been obliged to let him go before assistance had arrived. Since the eventful night I had heard her tell how she " woke up, about twelve o'clock"—Gus being away— "feclin'aa though somethin' was goin' to happen, and there stood a great, tall fellow, with big black whiskers, at the burer;" and how she "sprung for him, and hung around his neck till he begun to choke, screamin' 'Murder!' all the time;" and how he "got away, and jumped out of the back winder on to the grape arbor, just as the policeman came in the doorand how " he had a p'sto), and if he could have got it out ol his -pocket, he would 'a shot me" (before that dreadful day was over I almost wished he had)—so many times that 1 was as awearitd as " Mariana in the moated grange." And when I heard Adeline Eliza begin, to a relation who had met us at the station, and in whose footsteps she followed, " A great, tall fellow," I groaned in spirit. Not that I had any idea bow that burglar would pnrsue me all day. If I baa bad, I should have silently turned and fled, and taken the next train back to the city. After a quarter of an hour's walk we arrived at the house of the particular aunt who was to be our particular host ess, and found her and her whole family awaiting us on the smnle porch, while before the gate stood a large and com fortable- looking carry-all. Into this, after numberless hearty welcomes, we were helped, and in a few moments were upon the grounds selected for the pic* nic. Pleasant, grass-covered, undulat ing, tree-shaded grounds, with a little brook running aiong at the back of them, glittering, splashing, and chattering in a most delightful manner. Beneath a gTand old hickory which partly overhung this brook I sat me down, and Adeline Eliza and several of her brothers, and a few of her sisters, and two or three of her cousins, and her aunt, and her bright-eyed old mother, grouped themselves before me. " Isn't this lovely F" exclaimed one of the cousins. " Beautiful 1" said Adeline Elisa. "But I must tell you about the burglar; never came so near being killed in all my life." ( gently swung my feet over the hank on Which I was sitting. " I went to sleep tb.it night awful tired "—I dropped almost into the brook below—"but some thin' made me wake up "—I stole away on tip-toe—"and there stood agreat.Uill iellow " reaching my ears as I descended nlo a Lilliputian valley with my spark ing little companion. 1 walked with the happy brook a mile or more, and then turned hack as the dinner-born aounded. And such a din ner! or, more properly speaking, such a breakfast, lunch and dinner all mingled into one huge meal, as met my as ton - shed vision when I again Joined the party! Giant loaves of home-made bread; biscuits, buns, crackers; pork and beans together; beans without the pork; pork without the beans; chickens roasted, broiled, and in salads; beef boiled and baked; peas, corn, and more beans skill fully combined, or in separate dishes; young beets, cucumbers, lettuces; cakes —a legion of cakes; pies—a boat of pics; berries— bushels of berries; coffee, tea. and lemonade—gallons of them all! If ever table did groan hen slh the weigh* offer d. those tables should have groaned with a groan more appalling than ever was heard from the ghost of Hamlet's father. Never saw Iso bountiful are past before, and, truth to tell, it waa a welcome sight, for, notwithstanding my grief at being separated from my Gabriel, youth and country air asserted them selves, and 1 was decidedly hungry. " Set rifttit down here, Car'linc," callod my sistcr-in-lnw, the moment I camo in sight, pointing to a vacant seat on her right. I obeyed, unfolded my napkin, took a cup of coffee somebody handed me, said, " Yes, thank you," to an offer of roast chicken, when Adciinc Eliza, with her mouth full of succotash, turning to her neighbor on the left, re sumed the story widely my arrival ap parently had interrupted for a moment: " A grsat, tall fellow with big—" I jumped up hnatily. There was an un occupied chair at the children's table. " I'll help take (rare of the little ones," said I, and fled once more. Dinner lasted about two hours, and shortly after a stalwart, brown-faced young farmer bashfully proposed a swing, or a " seup," as he called it. 1 eagcily accepted his invitation. Any thing, anything, I thought, to getaway rom those "big black whiskers," and keep Gabriel and that forward Price girl out of my mind. Besides which, I was very fond of swinging. Bo in a few moments I was merrily flying up among the tree-tops, and in another few mo ments a shrill, too well known voice followed me. I glanced down. Adeline Eliza stood beneath an adjacent tree, talking to her deaf old grandfafher. " No, no, I didn't say black sisters," the screamed; "black whiskers—big black whiskers." And thereafter, no matter how high I soared, that wretched story soared with me." " I gave him a choke," yelled Adeline Elixa. "No, no, not 'joke.' It wasn't no 'joke,' but a real burglar." "Let the cat die," murmured I to my farmer friend, and bciore it was fairly dead I sprang from the swing, and pre cipitately joined a noisy party who were playing "Follow my leader" with shouts of laughter that could have cer tainly been heard a mile away. Supper. Another heavily-loaded table, and people eating as though they had had no dinner. Adeline Eiixa sat opposite tome. An elder sister, who had just arrived on the scene of aetion—her car riage having broken down and tumbled herself and children Into the dust five milts up thp road, from whence they had all trudged, while "pa " went to look for a blacksmith—took her place at my side. " I declare, when that wagon went to pieces," said she, " I was almost scared to death." " Scared to death 1" repeated my sister in-law, with an accent ol scorn. " Guess it you'd 'a waked up and seen a burglar in your room, as I did tYtber night-" " No!" exclaimed her sister. "No'no'about it," replied Adeline Ellxa, gulping down her ice-cream in such a hurry that her nose turned blue, and I shivered. "A great, Uil fel low—" I started to m? Ifft, anopm cjrA, open-mouthed urchin into my place, Landed him my cake and Ice cream, and rushed out into the old fashioned garden. Even there my evil spirit seemed to pursue me. and I fancied the cricketa chirped over and over again, " A great, tall fellow," and the tree toads and katydids joined in with "Big black whiskerm, big black whiskers." "Oh. Gabrielt Gabriel!" said I, "if you but knew what I have suffered, you wouldn't even speak to that Price girl, let alone pi ay croquet with her, as I suppose you have been doing all after noon!" And I wandered about among the sleeping flowers'until the crickets and tree-toads and katydids had resumed their usual song, and then I returned to the house, hoping to And the old arm chair that stood at one end of the porch without an occupant. It was- All the party, as I saw when I peeped through the white muslin window-curtains, were assembled in the long, low-ceil mged parlor. Adeline Elisa sat in th oenter of the room, one of her children asieep in her lap. " And I woke up," she was saying, " and there stood—" " Where, oh. where shall I fly f" ex claimed I. in nervous agony; and in my agitation and the darkness, missing the porch steps. I stumbled, and feil into the arms of—Gabriel, my Gabriel. " Who are you (lying from, dearf" be asked, as he gave me a kiss. " A great, tall fellow—" began I. He put me away from him sternly. " While I have been at home alone all day. he said, " thinking of you, and at last, unable to endure your absence any longer, have followed yon here, you, it seems, have been flitting—" No, no, Uahiiel," I almost shouted; " Jou *re mistaken—ever so much mis taken. Yen can't imagine—you never could Imagine—what this day has been made to rat by-what's its namef-* it eration,' as somebody says in Henrj the Fourth. Poe's raven, with its funer< al 'Never more ' must have been bliss in comparison. Only listen." And he list, ened, laughing heartily one moment and sympathising with me the next. ' You po r little martyr," he eaid, when I had finished. " Hut It's all over now, and we'll never quarrel again. Had you fifty mothers, they should ad be wH.jotne to the shelter of my huinbie roof." "Oh no, you are too good, deerest," cried I, not to be outdone in cent mail* "We'd take care ol them nicely iust around the corner." When, the party breaking up. Gahrtsi heipcd nit into the carry-all. '• Why, Oana," exclaimed Adeline Bliss, "to that youP You'll hare to sleep la the barn." And theflg looking down into the earnest face of a young nephew who sat at her feet, she said : " Uet ms see. Where was IP Oh yes. A great, tall fellow—" But what cared IP The spell was broken. I never heard another word of the story, although I believe she told It again to the very end, for my heart was singing loudly, "Gabriel is here! Gabriel is here!"— JJarper'v Weekly. A nilt Town In New Mexico. James Btephenson, of tbt United States geological survey, district of Mezioo, brings news of an important discovery he has made recently in the course or his labors. While near Banta Fe, New Mexico, he was informed by Indians that there were within a few miles somo ancient caves that he would lind interesting. Guided by ttirni he found, forty miles from Santa Fe, ten miles from the Rio Grande river, a cliff town composed of caves in the rocky side of a canon thirty miles long, never before visited by a white man. He was so much impressed with th* greatness of his discovery that, for a moment, he could scarcely speak. When he did it was in terms of wonder and admiration. This town, or succession of excavations in the solid rock for thirty miles, is one of the largest, if not the largrst, ever discovered. The houses are dug out of the rock side to a depth of from fifteen to twenty feet. Apparently they were excavated with stone implements. They are almost inaccessible from the plains. Mr. Btephenson, however, managed to clamber up tbe rocky precipice and en tered and examined several of tbe houses. He found in them a number of articles that he thought remains of their first possessors. He will probably prepare a report upon tbe clifl town, as he calls it. A scientist who lias traveled in that region and visited other caves and exca vations of a similiar kind says he Is dis posed to believe that they have been tenanted witbin modern times by Indians at war with other tribes, seek ing safety and advantage over their enemies. He thinks the remains found there arc the remnants of the things these belligerents have used, eaten or worn, and not the relics of the first owners of the rock houses. I'olar l.ordo. Like all aborigines the men of the Arctic regions are laxy, ah .... .i; 1 o to ll ivij M f I" ? II 13 14 15 ib 17 ife 10 Wjtl a it ih 10 *> 31 >a 13 ,3314 ij * *7.* *9 34 3J li 37 rt 39 30 r#b.r >J, | ~1 J . 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Dominical 1 artier B Golden Nona tier. | "'.j* Solar Cycle 14 ltoman Indict ion XJinnyaiaii I'trind 2(1) J uiian Period 6694 Sejduiigen'nn Sun-lay February 13 Sej*#-• ima Sunday February 20 Quirvjuagreima Sun lay February 27 Aab tvednewiay March '2 Quadrage*iroa Sunda.' March • Mil-lent Sunday Ma." h 27 Palm Sunday April 10 Good Friday April 14 Ka-mr Sunday April 17 laow S snday April 24 Rogation Sunday May 27 Aacenaion Sunday May 26 Wbil-Sanday June 6 Trinity Sunday June 12 Corpua Conati June 16 Advent Hun/lay November 27 Chriatrna* IJay 24 rue put** iition. Winter begin* 1880 December 21, 6:12 a.a. and Uata 89 daya, 18 hour* and 45 minutes. Spring hegma. 1881, March 20 6.20 a.a , and iaata 92 daya, 19 hour* and 15 ruinates. Summer begin*, 1881, June 21 2:16 a ., and laata 93 daya, 1 hour and 66 rmnuiea. Autumn begin*. 1881, Snj iemner 22, 6 06 p. ■ . and laata 90 daya, 6 hour* and 22 minutaa. Winter begina. 1881, (Jacember 21. 11:30 a. M. Troj. year, 366 daya, 22 bmari and 14 minutes. ■osviso itiu. Vena* alter May 3. Mara until June 20. Jupiter alter April 22. until August I. Saturn alter April 21, unui July 20. ivttiin (Tans. Venus until May 3. *" Mara alter July 20. Jupiter until Ann! 22, alter August L Saturn until April 21, aher July 20. ,1' rLaarr* BHormtary. Mercury, April 7, Auguat 6 and Noverr.be* 24, neing then jut M ire the sun. Alse February 2 June 20 and October 16. setting then soon slter the aun. Venn*, March 27. Mars. December 27. Jupiter, November 13. Saturn, November 1. art trar* pa tin raaa 1881. 17>er will be (our nrhpaoa tb>* year, two at the sun and two ol tbe re on, a* follows: I. A panuU eelipee of tbe sun May 27. In visible in North America. 11. A UrtAi (cli| <4 tSe moon June IS. Vinble in the United Staim. Brgiiu. Middlt. Knd*. urn. N. M. n ■. Boston 1 29 2 7 2 49 A. a. N York 1 17 J 47 2 37 '• i'biiad* [ h>* ... 1 12 1 42 2 32 Witkißirmi ... 1 4 1 44 2 25 " Charlnnon ....12 &3 1 32 2 13 •• ChtMcn 12 13 1 3 1 43 <• 111. An Annular erJipsr of tbe can NoTMa bar 21. inrantdc in lite Uuited Stales. IV. A faruaJ wJipae at ibe moon lAacember A ißTwhle in Amt-rm A transit at Mercury NoTembar 7. In rial hi* aa this oooUnant. Sk( Wiilirt Senday HP only whispered it to a lady friend \ *bo aat beside him in church, but it ooat considerable trouble. " There cornea Mr. Pmud's wife. I>o you know abe washes on Suncsy? I> seen tier do it," is what he said " Heavens! Can it be possible?" ejso ulatrd the lady. " Tea, but please don't aay any thine about it." She didn't. In exactly seven daya by the clock everybody in church knew it. It pun* to the ears of Mr. Proud, and be set about tracing the atory to its origin. Mra. Proud waa being anubbed by near ly everybody in the congregation . Even tbe minister forgot to uke off bit bat when be pawed her in tbe street. There was some talk of dropping Mra. Pmud'a name from tbe roll of church ' membership. Mr. Proud became furious. He went around town with a .pistol in his pocket. I He finally found the lady who bad started tbe report, and asked her who ' ber informant waa. b ■ referred bins to tbe gentleman wbo in mentioned it to ber in church. Mr. l'roud jammed bis bat over his eyes and sought tbe miscreant. " Did you say that my wife washed am Sunday P" asked Mr . Proud, with inur der in bis eye. "Certainly," responded tbe man, without budging a muscle. " I want you to Uke it back." . " I cant. It's a fact, and 1 don't sen anything to get mad about. 1 wouldn't 'Si let a wife of mins Coma to church out washing. Would youP" jjjg Tableau , ? S Tbe number of British veasels of kinds which enter the ports of <*reotßf| Britain and Ireland within a year \*' t m H" timated at B®>ooo, with a tonnage of about MB oon 000. carrying: on board be- V| twoen 3.000 000 and ,Mo,floO persons. In the year endiag Juno. 1579, of enormous number only 490 live, been lost, and 3,008 vessels met S disaster. ________ The reason why the ends of *H noses are Ist, Is that theyfl always sticking them iato other J business.