The Comet.
Mflrojr lovo us !
Far above u!
.•w-ci tho comot #la#liiii' round;
Fifty million
Million billion
Billion mil"# above tlir ground.
With it (nil,
Like it whale,
Hoc it mvxit and whi/. and roar;
With it# flipper
In tho Dipper,
How it roil"# tho Major Boar.
Now it'# tryin'
For O'Kvan
fir; U iliap that killed the bull).
And tho moon,
Pridtv noon,
Giro# tho comot'# tail a pull.
Ib re and there,
Everywhere,
ltcMtli'## sprite of #ky idea#;
Awful i>ert.
Hoc it tlirt
With lloli'ii Potter's Pleiad"#.
Unbeliever!
Famine, fever.
Plague and (toetilenee and war;
Fret and worry.
Trouble, hurry,
That i* what a comet'# for.
l*it# of debt.
Too much wot,
Haiti and hail and idoot and flood.
Hurtling drought.
Torrid south,
Hun-baked field* and acta of mud.
I'.lood and l>ono#.
Tea## and groan#.
Gnashing teeth and horrid erie#.
Howl# and yowl#.
Frown* and scowl#.
That's aliout the comet's *tzo
Everything
It will bring
That i# bad beneath the *un;
How it hums 1
Here it come# I
Goodness gracious, let u* run !
Ilurlinyhm IhiTkryt.
The Two Orphans.
A BTOHY OK A PROMISE.
She came flying ilown tho path, her
long, straight black hair streaming lie
bind her, her great eyea Rparkling, tho
dark, thin, irregular features fairly alive
with vivacity. She looked to the very
life like the wild little creature that
she was ; but into the face of the bean
tifnl, fair-haired girl whom Nell Ilavi
land was coming to meet there flashed
tne'u a look of love that a stranger
woui 1 hive known tha*. the girlish sister
was very near to tho heart of Alice
Haviland.
TLt- two were orphans, supported by
the iniuatry of Alice, the oldest, who
was well known in town as a very skill
ful teacht rof music. The younger was
of an entirely ■l'.lfcn nt nature from the
quiet, steady, lovable Alice. The towns
folk said that her baptismal name of
Eleanor was altogether too grand and
stately for such a hoidenish creature,
and so it had become shortened to the
monosyllable " Nell."
"Alice," said Nell, "von cannot
guess what I have done ?"
"Something impossible for any one
else to do, I presume," said the sister,
smiling into the eager eyes.
"I climbed into the old oak and tied
my handkerchief to the top," said the
girl, pointing triumphantly to the flut
tering white morsel.
" Did' you?" asked Alice, absent
mindedly.
"Oh, dear!" said Nell, pettishly,
"you don't hear a word I say. Yon
are thinking of Goddard Tressil. I
wish yon wcro not engaged to him,
Alice, for yon don't seem to care a bit
for me nowadays."
" Nellie," tho love in the tones re
buked the girl, " I shall always love
and caro for you, darling sister, come
what may;" and putting her arm caress
ingly around Nell's waist the sisters
went into the house.
The humble supper was over. Alice
was sitting at tho little pijno, weaving
a sweet harmony from the ivory keys,
when she heard a step on tho walk
which summoned her to tho door.
" Alice P* and her hand lay in the
han l of her betrothed, Goddard Tressil.
The tall, handsome young fellow that
stood before her was the heir of the
"Cliffs," the great mansion, around
which lay its extensive farms—"the
best place in the conntry."
" It is too Ann a night to remain in
doors, Alice. What do you say to a
moonlight row 7"
" It wonld give me mnch pleasure,"
•he said ; and, running upstairs for a
shawl, she paused n moment, and opened
the door of Nell's . iiamber. The sound
of her low regular breathing satisfied
her, and she ran downstairs to rejoin
her lover. hey walked alowly down
the path, drinking in the intense loveli
ness of tho night.
Tho moon was at its full. Oroat
golden stars seemed melting into blue
ether, and white weird drifts, like phan
tom fleots, floated across the sky.
Tho calm ocean ended their walk.
Each of its waves seemed tipped with a
diamond crest, an 1 the reflexes trem
bled in pearl and axure.
Assisting Alice into the boat, Trenail
pushed out so as to clear tho shore.
The little skiff rooked lightly on the
slow, outgoing tide, and the oars
splashed with a musical rytlini very
pleasant to hear. A silence fell over
the two. It was broken by the voice of
Tressil:
" Alice, I have something important
to say to yon to-night."
" What is it about?" she questioned,
wondoringly.
" About—Nell." The words wore said
hesitatingly, as if he was nerving him
self for an effort.
"About Nell?" she repeated, in sur
prise.
" Yes ; whore is she going to live after
we are married ?"
" Going to live ? Why, with me, of
course," said Alice, wondering what
would come next.
"It cannot be, Alice. Hhe must be
sent to a boarding-school or some
where."
" Why, Goddard, what put that into
your mind?" exclaimed Alice; "she
would not tav at a boarding-school one
moment, it would kill her to separate
us, for I am all she has in the world,
and I promised mother, when she was
dying, fliat I would never leave or for
sake the chihl-sister intrusted to my
eare."
"But, Alice, mother and Isabel said
"Goddard, please tell me precisely
what your mother and sis er have said,
so that I may know just how the mat
ter stands."
" Well, they s.y that they can wel
come you very gladly, as a daughter
and sister, but they cannot endure the
idea of having Nell under the same
roof, and she must abide somewhere
else."
"And you—Goddsrd ?" said Alice, im
ploringly.
"What can I do, Alice?" said he, in u
sort of helpless way that struck a chill
to the girl's heart.
"So it is a question of decision on my
part between you and my sister Nell ?"
"Yes, Alice."
Alice fought a de perato battle liet wc-n
love and duty.
"Goddard, I have chosen. I cannot
leave my sister."
Ho tried to break this decision by
passionate pleading; but the tones were
firm and unshaken, as she said, at last:
" Goddard, it would lie unjust to sav
I do not love you, for you know that I
do, but I cannot lie false to my charge. '•
And they parted —he to walk home as
if pursued by furies, thinking bitterly
of " woman's obstinacy," and yet in his
secret heart honoring the girl who
walked so unflinchingly in the path of
dntv.
Alice went upstairs, and bnrying hor
face in tho soft cushions of an arm chair, I
nature took her revenge for the self-con- j
trol of the lant hour. Her eye* throblied
an<! bnmed like balls of tire; her heart
beat in high, snrging wave*, but the
haiul waa icy cold that alio placet} civet- j
her month for fear that a cry might
escape her lips that would awaken Nell.
But despite all her precautions there !
came a sound of l>aro feet on the floor,
and a little white-rolled form knelt down
beside her, ami the dark face with it*
weird eyes |>eepod into hers.
"What's the matter, Alice?"
"Why, Nell, I thought you were 1
asleep. Come, dear, go back to lied; |
you will catch cold up here."
" I don't want to go. What is the ,
trouble, Alice?" (M-rsiated the girl.
And Alice told her all. Nell kissed
her sister passionately, then, clinching
her little brown fists, she said, fiercely : j
" I hate those proud women ! I hate j
Goddard Tressil! And I will pay 'em
bock for what they have said, for every
word 1 "
" Hush dear ! " and Alice dried her !
tears hastily. "Nell, I want yon to j
promise mo something. Will you, dar
ling ? "
" Anything !" said Noll ini]>etnonsly.
"I want yon to promise that if it
ever lies in your power to do r.,e a favor
for any one of the Tressil family I may
depend upon your performance of that
favor ?"
"Oh, Alice, anything, anything but
that."
"Promise me, Nellie?" a ring of de
cision in her voice.
There was a silence for a few mo
ments. Then in subdued tones, came
the words:
" I promise."
• • • • • •
TheHeptember sun, with its ripening
tints of amber, lay warm and golden on
the garden walk and the terrace of the
cliff*. The waves of the ocean crept
shoreward, drifting into fantastic shapes,
and then breaking, scattered the pearly
spray far np on the land.
" Mother," and Isabel Tressil stopped
before the open door of the pleasant
sitting room. " I lost my bracolet down
in the cove this afternoon, and I did
nut notice that it had slipped off nntil I
got home. I must go and recover it be
fore the tide comes in."
" Cannot Goddard go for yon T" said
her mother.
" I don't know where he is."
" Very well, be carofnl about the
tide," said the mother, anxiously.
" I will Iw caroful," *a,'d Issbel, con
fidently. " Adieu, Ma Mora, "
Hho wont down to tlie foov l 0
cliffs, which gave hor home its n a,u, '
hy n broad, gently-sloping path. The"
hor puth lay along tlio sands to the I
cove. The long parallel walla of rook
made off from tho ahoro, and during
high tide tho littlo covo tliua formed
Wna a mass of toaaing foam, but now it
waa a long, narrow atretch of wand.
Isabel Tressil at length reaohed the
cove, and began to anarch anxiously for
tho miaaing bracelet. It waa a present
from Goddard, and alio valued it very
highly. Hho waa about giving it up
for lout, when suddenly alio caught
Might of it, almost hidden by u moan of 1
seaweed.
Isabel caught the bracelet up hastily
and turned to go, saying to herself: "I i
must hurrv or bo caught by the tide."
At the thought her eyes turned to
ward the termination of the point j
around which alio must go. Her heart
almost froze with horror at the aight
that met her gaze. The waves curled !
at the foot of the point, soft us "carded
wool."
• ••*••
"Help! Help!"
The cry sounded faintly above the :
beating of the tide on the rocks, anil '
reached the ear of Nell llaviland, who I
stood watching tho waves as they 1
slowly encroached upon the sand.
"Some one in the cove," said the girl,
and running along the edge of the
cliffs, she bent over the rocky precipice. '
She saw a woman evidently half dead 1
with terror crouching at the foot of the
cliff. I
"She will bo washed away before I
can get help. I must help her myself," I
said Nell to herself.
There was an almost imjiereeptiblo
path down the precipitous wall. Though
she was as used to climbing as u goat,
Nell found it no oasy ta<k to descend.
\\ hen she had nearly arrived at the
base she called: "Von must climb up
this path. I will show you how."
The woman, who had not heard Nell
before, turned at the sound of her voice,
and Nell llaviland stood face to face with
Isalx-l Treseil.
" < >b, Nell I dear Nell! save me!" she
cried, clasping her hands imploringly. 1
A vow registered itself in Nell's soul.
"I will keep my promise if I drown."
" Take hold of tiiat little bush," she
said, "and put your foot there," point
ing to a little projecting stone.
I-als-l's terror caused her to catch at
the guiding hand instead of at the seem
ingly insecure bush, and her excess of
weight cause,! Nell to fall downward.
A stone dislodged struck Nell's foot, and
to her dismay she found herself unable
to step. She braci-d herself ngninst the
wall and nrgi-d remorseful Neil to seale
tho cliff She tried in vain. The un-1
used muscles refused to perforin the
task given them. Then with cold,
crawling waves around them, they
screamed in nnison. No answer. At
last, with a moan of utter despair, Isuls-1
gave it tip.
"Nell, it is of no use; wc have got to
drown. But I cannot, cannot die! Oh
God, have mercy!" and in an abandon
ment of agony she buried her face on
Nell's shoulder.
The words of the grand old hymn she
hail often heard Alice sing came into
Nell's mind. She put her arm around
the trembling form of the terror-stricken
woman, and then the strong young voice
rang out ele* r and sweet as a bugle
call, flinging a grand defiance into the
very face of death.
Josus, lot or of my soul.
Dt me to Thy IKMOOI fly.
The cold spray struck the brave
young singer harshly in the face, as if '
to stop her utterance, but the next sec- 1
ond the words,
While the billows near me roll.
While the tempos! still i high,
floated over the water. Htrength came (
back to Isaliel ; her voice joined Nell's,
and steadfastly they awaited tho seem
ingly inevitable.
•••••■
" Goddard !" Tho anxious fsoe of his
mother startled him as he entered the
hall. " 1)., go and look for Isaliel. She
went down to tho cove and has not re
turned."
He wait oil to hear no more, but in a
moment was running in the direction of
the covo. Hark I Above the roar of
the snrge, steady and clear, sounded
the death song,
Oh, receive my soul si last.
He reaohed the cove and commenced
descending tho path at a breakneck
speed, ss his horrified gaze discerned
two women at tho foot. They both
looked up an he called, •' Hold on for a
moment!"
The possibility of lming saved took
away Isaliel Trenail's strength, and hor
horror-stricken brother saw hor fall for
ward into tho embrace of tho foam
created wave that had jnst swept up.
But no. Tho pale face of Nell llavi
land gleamed from the water, and the
almost exhausted face said :
"Take her, quick!"
Treasil snatched the senseloss form of
his sister and groaned.
M Oh, God f must I leave you to be
drowned, Nell?"
1 ,il
" You cannot take us both. Toll
Alice that I kept my promise."
And Nell turned her eyes away to
watch with a curious sort of expectancy
tho gigantic billow slowly crawling
toward licr. It swept over her, and
tfifc." "ho felt herself lifted up and borne
off; btw bi her bonumliod sense of. hear
ing it s<V"°d as if an agonized voice
called " Nell, my darling!" and then
darkness -nothing" o ®"*-
AVas it Providence U'at called Alice
llaviland to tho cliffs at that moment?
For sho bent over tliern just a-.'' loddard
Tressil began his ascent. What was
that object buried almost in the water
below him ? Hho recognized it. Only
an angel could have steadied the feet
of tho light figure that swung itself
recklessly by Goddard Tressil and his
burden. Hho reached the end of tho
path just as the wave bore away the
form of her sister, and a great cry broke
from hor lips:
" Nell, my darling !"
The covetous waves dashed the help
less Ixidy at her feet, and then strovi- to
hear away two victims. But the aoft
arms of Alice llaviland seemed to have
been endowed with the strength of iron,
for seizing Nell in a strong embrace she
fought the billows until they shrank
back con piered by the power of love.
Soon Goddard Tn ssil relieved her, and
how, sho never knew, she reached the
top of the cliffs, but when there uncon
sciousness overtook her.
.Slowly Alice drifted back to life. Hhr
found herself in a large pleasant cham
ber.
"\\ hero am 1?" she questioned,
fecblv.
Goddard Tressil Is-nt over her.
" You an- at the Cliffs," he answered,
lb-collection came back, and starting
up, Alice exclaimed: "Where is Nell?
I must go to her."
" Hho is doing well, and mother is di
viding her time between Isalx-I and sis
tor Nellie, that is, he addi-d, implor.
ingly, " she will be my sister if you can
forgive my cowardice of three "months
ago. *
If we failed to surmise Alice's an
swer the wedding U-lls that rang out
so merrily six months afterward would
ti 1) tls whether she refits,-,! to forgive
him or not. And among all tin- kins
folks that assembled at the Cliffs to wit
ness the marriage of Goddard Tressil
and the fair young music teacher, none
was so near to the heart of Mrs. Tre- il
as "Daughter Nellie, who nearly lost
her life to save Isals-l's," and happy
NV-llie llaviland never n -grotted that
she faithfully redeemed hi-r promise.
Senators Who llaie Resigned.
The national government ha* Iwon in
o\i*tonoo for nearly ninetr-two roars
Bii.l ainco itt organisation thoro ha* Im- n
up to tho proaent <lto two hundred and
olovi-n I nitcd State* Bonatoni who have
voluntarily resigned their seat* in tho
Nati'iiial Senate. Tie- striking fa- tin
tho ooao ia that a largo proportion of
thorn oamo from tho thirteen original
States. i'ho list I* a* follow*; Maino,
1; Now Hani|hiro, S; Vermont, (I; Mai
aa< hn*ott*, IT; Ilhodo Mand, 7; Connec
ticut, 0; Now York, Id; Now Jemev,
Pennsylvania, X; Dolawaro, 11; Mary
land, ft; Virginia, 14; North Carolina.
South Carolina, 1.'.; (ioorgia, 14; Ala
!>ama, I; Kent nek y, 11; Tonnoaaoo, 11;
Ohio, H; Illinoia, 1; Arkanaa*. 1; Michi
gan. 2; Miaaiaaippi, C;
California, 1; lowa. 2; Minnoaota, 1;
Kanaa*, 1. Thia last resignation waa
made under coropnlaion, that ia to say,
tho inontnltont hid tho choice of resign
ing or mooting tho alternative of eipul
aion.
John M. Berrien, of Georgio. resigned
on three different occasions I*2'., 184.1,
and 1H.12. This is tho only EASE in the
history of tho Henate, When bo ten
dered his I esignation the second time
tho legislature accepted it, hut he was
immediately re-elected by a nearly un
animous vote. Ho was a man of tho
very highest order of ability, his public
and private morals above reproach.
The following named .Senators, the most
of them distinguished iu tho annals of
fame, each resigned their seats on two
different occasions ; " Daniel Webster,
llannil>al Hamlin, Himon Cameron,
John M. Clayton, John Fersythe, Jef
ferson Davis, Ooorge W. Campbell,
Andrew Jackson and ohn J. Critten
den.
When General ('.as* was nominated
for President, in 1848, ho resigned his
seat in the National Henato, dooming it
a proper and dignified course. This
act olioitod much comment from the
proas of tlwt day, and the nrh:g papers
especially predicted his defeat for the
presidency, and as a candidate for re
election to the Senate ; bat when the
logislatnre of Michigan assembled in
January following, ho was re-elected to
complete his original term, it being
nearly as long in duration as that of
Mr. Oonkling when ho recently sur
rendered his senatorial trust to the ap
pointing power.
Brick making along the Hndrcs is a
most important industry. One yard
last year tnado 18,000,000 bricks. In this
yard 120 men are employed and a large
nnmlter of horse*. The total produc
tion of eight brick yards is 2,000,000
bricks per week.
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.
Home Prlfndli!p.
If we cultivate homo friendships with
the same assiduity that wo give to those
outside, they will yield us even richer
and fairer returns. There is no friend
ship so pure and beautiful in its nature,
ho rich and full in its jiower of blessing,
or so singularly rare in its occurrence,
as that between parents and thoirgrown
up sons and daughters. Where the
parental and filial instincts are supple
mented by that higher and more spirit
ual affection that hinds together minds
in intellectual communion and souls in
heartfelt sympathy, few deeper or more
delightful friendships can l>e imagined.
The guaidian ami dependent gradually
lose themselves in the dear companion
and true friend of later life ; and youth
becomes wiser and age brighter, and
both nobler and happier in this loving
and abiding union.
MHltfloim S*MHiint| Noiru,
The District of Columbia lias ten
white and thirty-two colored baptist
churches.
The Presbyterians have now two
colored churches in Houston county,
Texas.
The'Haptist denomination is reported
as having spent g*>H,ooo last year in
planting and sustaining Sunday-schools
in the South and West.
At the commencement of the Crozer
baptist Theological seminary, at Ches
ter, Pa., fifteen young men received
certificates. The John I'. <'rozier hall,
erected at a cost of SIO,OOO, was dedi
cated.
The l'reedmen's Aid society of the
Methodist F.pisropal church has been
in existence fifteen years. In that tine
it has received over s'.*lo,ooo from the
chun h, and expended it in the acqui
sition of property and support of schools
of various grades in the Southern States.
The Missouri Lutheran synod has re
-olved to erect on the site of the present
edifice, at St. Louis, Mo , a new theolog
ical seminary building at a maximum
cost of £IOO,OOO, not more than ten per
cent, of this to be expended in archi
tectural emls-llishment*.
The meml>ersbip of the United Pres
byterian clinr'h m the United States
has been increased by profession 3,H07.
•tf these, U. are of Christian parent
age, and IfJ have been brought in from
the world. The increase by certificate
is .'I, spj. The losses reach the sum of
•1,875. The net pain is Til, and the
present apgri gate *1,564.
The statistics of Protestant Sunday
schools in the city of Paris show H'.t
schools, having 7.596 scholars and 675
teacher*. The Protestant population of
the city is estimated at from 40,000 to
tIO.OOO, or between two and three js-r
cent, of the whole nmnlwr of souls.
Fifteen Protestant ]>eriodical* are pub
lished in the French capital.
The statist ic<. which have l>eon issued
by the synod of the Presbyterian
church of England with respect to con
gregational matter* show that in Eng
laml there are 273 congregations, with
136, *96 sittings in chnrcbes, of which
63,227 are let. The churchea and man*
scs are insured for $3,810,000, with a
debt against them of $021,000. There
are l.fktj elders, 013 deacons, and 2,011
manager*. The nnmlter of communi
cants in I**o was 55,201, and in 1870
54,187. There have been 602 marriages,
3,190 baptisms, anil 70* deaths. There
are 1,572 district visitors, 3,270 mem
t>ers of Dorcas societies, 6,139 Sunday
school teachers. 61,902 ttnnday-school
scholars, 6,338 scholars in day schools,
3,010 in young men's societies, and
•>,852 in Bible classes. The total amount
raised for all purpose* in 1880 was
$1,027,430, against §901,345 in 1*79.
Why She Stole.
Instead of tlis silk dress with a shirred
front and lwvul embroidery which Kva
llirsch, alias Era Jacobs, alia* Clara
Morris, the pretty young woman, wore
when sneak thieving in New York and
Brooklyn, she wore in Raymond street
jail a calico wrapper which the matron
ha<l furnished her, but she hail it fastened
at the neck with a gold fan and tied at
the waist with a velvet band. Hhe said
to a reporter that she was ready to plead
guilty to two of the robberies, but she
denied that she hail stolen $3,000 worth of
property,and said that the amount would
probably not exceed S3OO worth. "I was
at different times in the nublic schools,"
she said. "My mother died when I was
young, but I kept house for my father
until three years ago. I found it dnll,
though, to be at home so much, and I
ran away and got employment in a lace
factory. I was led away by bad asso
ciates. I needed to dress well to keep
the friends I had made, and I took up
that plan to get dresses, because I could
not earn money enough at my employ
ment. I wished the floor wonld open
and swallow me when I was in conrt,
because I saw there iu one corner of the
room my old employer. I never expected,
when I worked for liim, to l>e in this
place." ___________ __
In Germany sugar is made from old
rags. Here is a scheme for the util
isation of onr tramps which should not
be allowed to pMa unheeded.
*f - 4
g\ mw* * % jjNf
'w . a • so. jl> Aflg
The Metallic Fly of India.
Ono of India's peat* is the metallic
blue-fly. Yon nink the leg* of your gf
furniture into metallic docket* filled with
aalt and water, and pock vonr clothing
in tight tin boxen, to prevent the incur
niona of white ants ; but yon have no
remedy! againat the metallic bine-fly,
which fill* every crevice, every keyhole
and every key itself with clay. The fly
in an artistic an well as an industrious
worker, and he worka always with an
object. He firat select* a hole, a key
hole, or an empty space in any metallic
substance is preferred, but, in the ab
sence of any such material, the holes in
the bottom of a cane-seat chair, or any
perforated wood, will answer the par
pone.
Aftei seeing that the hole is cleaned
and in good order, he commences opera
tions by laying on the bottom a smooth
carpet of clay ; then the let lies of sev
eral defunct spiders are triumphantly
placed ujsin the clay carpet. On top
of these spiders the eggs of the female
fly are deposited. The tomb is then
ready for closing. The top is neatlv
covered over with clay, but it still lias
an unfinished look. This is remedied
by a thin coat of whitewash, and then
the fly looks upon his work and pro
nounces it good.
When this tomb is opened there are
more metallic blue-flies in the world
than there was before. You are anxious
to examine or w-ar some of your valu -
ables, which you always keep under
lock and key, and you take your kev
and endeavor to unlock your trunk, but
it is only an endeavor. There is re
sistance in the keyhole. You examine
the key, and find that it is nicely sealed
up with clay, and the keyhole in the
same condition. It is a work of pa
tience to destroy the nursery of the poor
insect, and lay his castle in ruins ; hut
a determined wFI can accomplish much.
( .iiic-Kcated chairs arc sometimes so
occupied by these clay homes as to
make it hard to determine what the
original substance was.
Making Thing* Oter.
".Maria," said Mr. done* ti|on one
of his worrying days, "it seems to me
you might 1- more economical; now
there's rny old clothes, why can't you
make them over fr r the children instead
of giving them away T
" lb-cause they're worn out when
you're done with them," answered Mrs.
.lone*. "It's no use making overthings
for the children that w< n't hold to
gether ; you could not do it yourself,
smart as you are."
" Well," grumbled Jones, "I wouldn't
have closets full of things mildewing for
want of wear, if I was a woman, that's
all. A ]>enny saved is a penny earned."
That was in April. One warm <lay in
May Mr. Jones went prancing through
the closet* looking for something be
couldn t find and turning things gener
ally inside out. 1
" Maris !" he screamed, " where'* my
gray alpaca duster?"
" Made it over for Johnny."
"Ahem! Well, there's the brown
linen one I bought lat summer?"
" Clothes-bag I" mumbled Mrs Jones,
who seemed to have a difficulty in her
speech at that moment. "Just made it
into a nice one."
"Where are my lavender pants?"
yelled Jones.
'• Cut them over for Willie."
" Heavens !" groaned her hn*land ;
then in a voice of thunder " Where
have my blue suspenders got to T*
"Hung the baby-jumper with them."
" Maria !" asked the astonished man
in a subdued voice, " would you mind '
telling me what you have done with ray
silk hat ; you haven't made that over
for the baby, have yon f"
"Oh! no, dear," answered his wife
cheerfully, " Tvc nsed that for a hang
ng basket. It is full of plants and
looks lovely." Mr. Jones never men
tions the won! economy or suggests
making over—he has hail enough of it.
ltrtrrnt PimL
A Swarm of Iters in Broadway.
Several hundred persons might hare
been seen at Broadway and Park Place,
New York, with their heads inclined as
if making astronomical obsen tiions.
Instead of star gazing, however, they
were looking at a strange black mass in
the air, which proved to l>e a swarm of
leos. The keeper of the frnit-stand on
the corner, who had an eye for business,
proceeded to capture the swarm. Turn
ing an old fruit barrel bottom-side np, |8
he performed frantic incantations over
it with a green bough. The insects were
soon borne off iu triumph. A reporter
followed the fruit-dealer to the office of
The lire Kwymr* Journal, where the
rebel colony was safely lodged on the
roof, along with almut aoventv five other
communities. After the editor, A. J.
King, had given the fruit man $1 the
reporter asked him why he kept so many
bees "To raise queena," he said, "sorno
of which are worth S2O apiece." An
incident similar to this happened in the
Ktrand. London, some weeks ago.
lor* Bm*.
Amors glorious victory cannot be
gained over another roan than this, that
when the injnry began on hia part, the
kindness should begin on our*.
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