A Spring Madrigal.
Tho Ireo-tops are writing all ovor the sky,
An' a heigh hoi
Thorn's a bird now and thoo flitting fuller by.
An' a luigh hoi
Tho Inula arc rounder, and aotuo aro rial
On tho places where last year's loavoa worn
deut;
An' a heigh lio, an' a height
There'll a change in every buah in the hedge;
An' a hoigh hoi
Tho down liiua all gnu* bom U fart year's
icdgo;
An' a heigh hoi
The neota have blown tral of the apple trotw;
Tho birds that ar* somiug oau bnild where
they please;
Au a heigh ho, an' a height
The aged mau goes with a firm or gut,
An' a heigh hoi
Tho young man ia ooouting his hours to wait;
An' a heigh hoi
Mothers am epinning and daughters are gay,
And the ann hurries op with his lengthened
day;
An' a high ho, an' a height
Hie mgun may be emntsd till days are dona;
An' a heigh bol
And watehers oan listen while waters run;
An' a heigh hoi
Did men in suusliine may skip or tarry,
Toung meu and maidens oau joy ami marrv
An' a heigh ho, au' a heigh!
Bnt there's sonietlttug uuoouuted, unseen, that
comes;
An' a heigh hoi
If you leave it out yon cant prove your sums;
An' a heigh hoi
And this Is the way to say it, or sing
"Ob, spring is tho lovelied thing in spring t"
An' a heigh bo, an' a height
Utirn Hunter, in £Ae Century.
Her Appeal to the Legislators.
When Jn Jge Roberts enters] Kather
ino Wright's little parlor he fonnil her
oontemplating three bonnets laid on
the table in front of her. They were of
velvet and trimmed with feathers, but
one was blue, one violet and tho third a
dark poppy red. Tho sunlight shone
in; it wns quite early in tho morning
and Katherine looked pretty and gen
tle. The judge liked to step in for odd
moments. He L.;d known Katherine
ever since she was a little girl, and he
felt she needed some supervision.
"Why, you have gono into a new
business," he said. " Did you make all
these bonnets f'
"Not one of them. I had them sent
from Ma lame Fontaine's, and I am try
ing to decide which one I shal! tako."
"Tho blue one is pretty," ho said.
"Yes." And she took it up and
turned it around. "Men always like
blue; I suppose I ought to think of
that."
At this remark the judge smiled.
"I did not suppose women ever did
forget that point."
" You don't suppose women dress for
men's eyes? If we did we would care
more for beauty and less for fashion.
We drees for each other, sir."
Then she took up the red bonnet and
looked at it
"This is lovely," she said; "just
look at tho shadows in it"
"Take it then. Isn't it becoming?"
"Now," she brightly answered, "you
have hit the very point. It is becom I
hag. I have tried them all on and I
know I look best in this one."
"Take it" he repeated.
" But my hair?"'
" What is the matter with your hair ?" |
" It is red also.''
" But not the same shade."
" No it isn t, and this shade subdues, ;
kills it a little, but you know there
isn't a woman in the city who wouldn't
my I look horrid in it. Girls who have
red hair wear blue or purple yon know."
"Well, you are an abaurd creature!"
said the judge. "Do you know why I
same here ? It was to givo you a point
for your speech. I expected to find i
yon buried iu notes, in ink, in ideas,
and behold you are worrying over bon
nets! Ia your speech ready?"
"Oh, yes," she replied, pushing up
the red feathers with a lead pencil, "or
it will be. I know pretty much what I
shall say. Don't you want to givo me
a judicial opinion concerning these
eoiors?" and she jumped up and went
to the glass carrying the bonnets. She
put on the blue one and turned to him. I
" That ts very nice," he said. " I
think it will do first-rate."
Then she put on the purple ono.
" That does make your hair look red
I confess," was his comment, " still it
is pretty."
She tossed it aside.
"Ob I shall not tako that I" she ex
staimed, and she smoothed back her
hair, pulled out tho little curls on her
temples, and with care and delibera
tion tried on the red bonnet.
She was quite right in thinking it
was becoming, and her radiant satisfac
tion did not diminish the effeot.
The judge nodded.
" Take it," he said; " prepare to oon
fuer all womankind."
" Ob, but this time I have tho legis
lators to consider I There is not a
woman op that committee who has said
a word to mo about my speech, bat
eaeh one in tuia has told me to dress
we(L Do I, usually dress so badly ?"
" Xou pliruji lcok very wall," he rr
pliod. " I lo not suppose any ono
would expect yon to look liken woman
of fashion."
"Still," nilo Haiti, glancing mis
chievously at him, "that i my present
ambition. I intend to make an'ofTort.
Tho only trouble is 1 nover thought of
it before Tuesday, and so I've had to
hurry."
" I hope," ho replied, " that yon have
also thought of your speech? Of
course I suppose you want women ap
pointed on a board of stroet inspectors
or yon would not have oonsonted to
talk to our oininont legislators on tho
subject?''
"Certainly I do. Oh, when I begin
to speak I shall bo intensely interested.
It will seem tho most important thing
in the world to me. But as I am to
meet them at Mrß. Elliot's boose I must
look all right."
"Nonsense," he exclaimed. " What
possibln diflefenco can your clotheH
make if only they are noat and appro,
priatel Did yon know that in 1817 a
bill very similar to tho ono you are
interested in was before the legisla
ture."
"I wish it had pass od," she said.
" Do yon know I would dearly lovo a
reform in operation. Was there ever
one ?"
lie smiled very slightly.
" Well," ho said, looking a little an
noyed, " you know I never approved of
any of this. Mrs. Elliot shows little
wisdom in inviting those men to her
house to ho talked to, anl I don't
think you need have consented to talk
to them. 1 said nothing because it was
none of my business, and I also thought
you wero deeply interested in tho ques
tion. Now I tlnd yon are interested in
bonnets."
" Yes," she answered, " I havo a
fever for bonnets! And it has come
late in life. Consider, I am twenty
four years old aud I have Dover had a
comploto ' costume!' I havo been a
creature of shreds and tatters, and I
have worn last year's coat with next
year's hat. Now I am to havo a ' toi
let.' A velvet dross, sir, and—a train
and gloves with ten buttons!"
" And for what? To moot a lot of
lubberly men! What will they care for
your ten buttons?"
Kathotine laughed.
" Tho men are tho excuse. Why, a
wedding would do as well But per
hapmmy attack of vanity will l>o as
slionas it is violent."
" I hope so," ho said, standing up
and holding out his hand. " I thought
yon wero superior to all this."
"I am not," she replied, gravely.
" I am a victim to it."
"You have my best wishes for look- j
ing well. May I also hope for tho suc
cess of your appeal V
Katberino now looked at him with !
real gravity. Hho feared her frivolity
had carried ber too tar, but lie turned j
and walked out of the room. *
lie lookc d perplexed is he
his office. Ho did not liko thn. He
had considered Mbs Wright a very i
sensible girl and ho had not ol jrcted
to her liking for politics, nor had ho
cared because shs made speeches a.!
ladies' meetings and semi-jubilee affairs.
Ho would not have liked all this in his j
wife|or sister, bnt Katberino was neither.
Ho was nearly forty; ho was a bachelor,
distinguished and not poor, bnt he was
not a marrying man.
Huddenly ho stood still. "'A fever i
for bonnets 1'" ho repeated. " A fever I
for bonnets I Tho next thing she
will bo getting married! And ' her
hair I' What a fool I was I Of course
that is it."
Then he laughed. And then bo won
dered who it was. It couldn't bo ono i
of the legislators!
That evening ho wrote her a letter :
"MY DKAB MUSI WRIOHT: I saw the
very bonnet for you this afternoon. It
was gray and it was tied down, and
might bo described as fuzzy or woolly.
I think it very superior in stylo ami
color to the ouos you were worrying
ovor. A very pretty girl had it on. Of
course I couldn't ask her where she
bought it. Very truly,
"Gnonos L. Ko BERTH."
When Kitherine rood this note she \
was confounded. Her "fever" was of
such very late date that she had bad
short lime for preparation. Even now
she hsd to go to her dressmaker's, sho
had to bay lace and natnral flowers.
The reception was at 3 o'clock ; it was
now after 0, and from half past 0 to
half psst 10 she had a music lesson to
give, and it was oonring rain.
Hbe had more than a half mind to
wear her old rashmero.
A gray beaver I That was wbst the
jadge meant and he was right. A gray
(leaver I How stupid not to have known
it was the very thing!
But she had no time to spare. She
put on her hat, her waterproof, she
took ber umbrella and ahe sped away to
give her musio lesson. Whst an hour
it waa! The selections from the
" I'ropbeto" were longer than the
opera itself. Bat even this came to an
end and she ran home. It waa now
after 11, en! with ihe help of her land
lady she made a histy and j rovisionol
tcilet. The velvet, with its train, waa
to be pat on M UM dressmaker's, and
tho bounot changed for a beaver at
Madame Fontaine's. It was after 12
before sho loft tho house. Hho liought
tho lace, bat went from florist to florist
boforo sho found just her ideal white
rose. It rained in torrents. The
stroets ran in water and mud was
everywhere. Hhe was hungry, she was
nervous. Hho went to u restaurant to
get a cup of tea, but the waiter was so
long coming to her she jumped up and
ran to Madamo Fontaine's.
"What, change that hut I" cried tho
milliner, "that superb hat! It is tho
most charming one I had in the room.
Heavers are commonplace and to yon
not becoming." Ehe oould not trim n
lint on so short notice. Hho talked;
sho said it was absurd to think of u
change. Tho timo flew on. Katlicrino
had no timo nor strength to discuss it,
nnd sho hastily threw ofT her old hat
nnd the milliner put the new one on
her, and without a glance at the gloss
sho was off again. 100 cream is not
stimulating, but it is readily served,
and on it Katherine lunched. It gave
her a pain in her forehead, and sho
laughed to herself at tho idea of any
one so drenched with rain eating such
cold, frozen stuff.
Hut at the dressmaker's all was
ready. It took but a moment to sew
in tho lace, and tho skillful fingers of
the dressmaker fastened up the dress,
pinnod up the train and then tho clock
■track :i.
How far away Mrs. Elliot lived; how
slowly the car splashed along! If tho
horses had only kept time with Katb
erino's watch, how they would have
flown !
Bnt when she entered Mrs. Elliott's
door how still, how apart from hurry it
was. There was a murmur of voices in
the parlor. There was the perfume of
flowers, the hushed step on soft carpets,
tho gentle voice of the lady's maid.
And up in Mrs. Elliott's room Katherine
at length viewed her costume.
Hhe was pleased. Her figure was tall
and 'slender, her dress fell in heavy,
lustrous folds; her gloves, her hand
kerchief, her flowers I—well, it was the
possible Katherine Wright made real.
Hho did not regret '.ho gray beaver and
she had one moment of perfect unal
loyed satisfaction in her own appear
ance. Then she went downstairs. It
seemed to her that her train gave her a
new movement. If she hal lxen bnt
scvorteen she could not have liecn more
content
Hhe noticed, however, that there were
but few legislative bats ou tho hall
table, but she was not sorry. Hhe was
not disploasod, l>ecaaso sho was not the
la>t to arrive.
In the long nnd brilliant parlor a
group of ladies stood talking to some
gentlemen, and among them she saw
the tall figure of Judge Roberts. When
she entered Mrs. Elliot looked up in
surprise. Hhe did not recognize this i
elegant girl, and then sho camo for
ward, and as she greeted her whispered,
"You are just lovely !"
Katherine looked down tho room, !
and her hostess laughed.
" Oh, they have not come yet. They
are not punctual, but we can wait."
But they never did cornel Not a
single member of tho legislature came
that afternoon to hear abont tho legal
statns of women in regard to the'
"Board of Htreet Inspectors." Every I
one else was thero. The committee cf
ladies, the gentlemen invited to meet
them; the graceful and persuasive
speaker who was to convince them, bnt
not a legislator.
Home of the ladies said they must be
bashful, and some said they feared the
weather, and the gentlemen declared
the proper refreshments bad not been
promised, and when half-past 4 came
Judge Roberts aaid in a low tone to
Katherine that she was right in her es
timate of the relative importance of
haUand arguments, and so took his
leave.
In the evening the judge went back
to his office, and on the aaj he stopped
to see Katherine and to condole with 1
her. He found her sitting in front of
the fire. Her bonnet lay on the table.
Hhe still wore hor velvet dress and she
looked tired.
"You have not been in long?" he
said, glancing at one gloved hand.
"No. I staid to dinner with Mrs.
Elliot."
"Well The said.
" Well 7" she replied.
" Were you disappointed f
" Because the legislators did not
come? No I was nob"
" Your drees was all right T'
" I was over-dr esed. There wasn't a
rich woman there who was dressed as I
was, and they were all rioh."
" There was not a woman there who
was as beautiful."
" And I ought not to have worn a
bonnet."
"Yon looked well in ib Yon were
right abont lb"
Hhe gently sighed and begun to un
button her glove.
"1 am sorry," he said, "that yon
wi-rs disappointed."
" I was not," she answered, looking
np qnickly. "Yon don't suppose I
really oars so mrch for driest It was
n whim. Of conrso I am sorry it wu
such a fiasco."
" You arotirod," ho aaid, in an anxious
tone.
" No—yo I am."
" What i tho matter with you, Katb
orino ?"
Hho looked into tbo fire. Then ebo
glanced at him with a mixture of shy
neB and defiance in hor eye*.
"Tonight," aho Raid, "Mr. Elliott
wa very cross. Ho was annoyed be
cause bis wife put herself in such a
position."
" Mrs. Elliot is a very lovely woman,"
replied tho judge. "I have a great
liking for her."
"Yes," Raid Katherico.
"Ho did not scold you ?" Raid tho
judgo, after a moment's silonoc,
" No." And Katherine colored and
Hmiled. " That is tho very trouble. I
envied her. I was much more to
blame. Hhe trusted to tho good faith
of others; I was silly, vain, ridiculous,
and thero is no one who cares enough
for mo to scold me for it."
" Do you want me to scold yon T'
"No," sho cried. "I want you to
forget nil my foolishness. To morrow
I will bo wiser. lam tired now."
Tho judgo looked at her in great
Rnrpriso. What a very woman sho
was He had thought her superior to
the littlo foibles of her sex. And bow
very nice sho was '
Ho walked about the room a moment
and then be went back to his office.
Katherine cried a little. Hhe was
certainly very tired. Sho had never
before been so lonely. Hho hated hsr
rooms. Hho hated tho legal status of
women. Hhe hated inspectors, and she
hated music lessons, and she felt that
she was very cross and that sho was
quite right in being so.
The judge was not cross, but he did
not like his rooms nor bis office, and he
began to stop still more frequently to
see Katherine, but ho gave her no more
" points." Neither did he scold her,
and yet Katherine seemed satisfied.
He wanted her to lo married in tho
poppy red hat, but she declared it was
horrid and all out of taste and she
much preferred her gray beaver. Hut
tbo judge did not. Ho liked the red
bonnet.— l/oui*r Sincktim, in Our Conti
-11011.
The Kagf for Title* In Tunis.
In an entertaining paper on "Tnni*
j anil it* HIT," in the Otnjwy, Ernst von
; Hoeao-Wartigg, tho German traveler,
relates the following anecdote of Tuni
sian court life: Moat European* who
reside for any length of time in the
Orient become infecto.l with the vanity
1 of decorations, title* and other aocial
distinction*. They make absnrd effort*
to obtain bit* of ribbon to fasten in
| their buttonhole* and tho privilege of
wearing a narmw gold border ronnd tho
<-* p. Oonrol* in Tunis wear *nch cap*
Ja* insignia* of their cfllco. It wa* prin
j cipallyon the solicitation of European*
that the bey'a order, Ni*han Iftikbar,
| wa* create*!; bnt what the European
reaident of Tnni* chiefly aspire*
jto U a consulship, of no matter
, how nmall and insignificant
a government. Tho "Almanac dc
Gotha" and other year books are care
fully studied, and foreign visitors are
j liesieged by these office-seekers. Even
little Monaco, of gambling fame, is
1 represented in Tani* by a consul
general, a consul and a vice-consul,
and there are also three or four cleve*
consul* (consular pupils), dragoman*
and janizaries attached to the staff.
Several year* ago one of the Italian
resident physicians, a Doctor Lamhroso,
aspired greatly to become a consul,
and aa all the European states were
already more or loss worthily repre
sented at tho court of Mohammed os
Hadock, Doctor Lamhroso conceived
the idea of becoming consul of the
mountain republic of San Marino, the
oldest state of Europe, hnt at the same
time the smallest, a* it contains not
more than seven thousand inhabitant*.
! The politioal and commercial relations
existing between Tunis and Han Marino
may be easily imagined. Probably few
people in either atato knew of the ex
istence of the other country. Never
theless, Doctor Lamhroso bought of the
small Italian repnblio the title of oon
snl at Tunis, and one day, accompanied
by a glittering staff of vice-consuls,
secretaries and dragomans, he called
at the palace and presented to the bey
his credentials. The bey and hia
grand vilier received Doctor Lamhroso
in tho same manner a* they would
have received the embassador of
France. The hey inquired after
the health of the chief of state, and ex
pressed a desire to have hia portrait.
As San Marino baa so stich person, not
even a president. Dr. Lambroeo was
somewhat embarrassed, bnt novel the
less communicated the bey's request to
his government The desired portrait
soon at rived. It was evidently taken
from an old church, and represented
Saint Marino, the patron saint of tba
repnblio. Dr. I*ambroso received a
high decoration for himself and one for
tho chief of the repnblio. In exchange,
Han Marino sent tho grand cross at 8t
Marino, and this exchange of civtUtioa
ended satisfactorily to all oooosmed.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Zinc. Lax been found iu the human
liver, in the liver and muscles of the
ox, in egg, wheat, barley and corn.
Fiber from the leaves of the pineapple
plant resembles jute, and may, it is
thought, l>e utilized in manufactures.
Over sixty steamboats on the Missis
sippi and its tributaries now employ the
eloctrie light, which adds much to the
safety of traffic and travel.
Iron or steel immersed in a solntion
of carbonate of potash or soda for a
few minutes will not rnst for yours, not
even when exposed to a damp atmos
phere.
The oldest working scientist in the
world is M. Cleveland, of Paris, who, in
his ninety-fifth year, has just com
menced a coarse of lectures on elec
tricity.
In plants a deficient diet results in
an excess of males. M. born has re
cently found that in tadpoles a rich ni
trogenous diet favors the development
of an oxwssivo number of f-males. Ev
idently in both instances the female sex
is the result of tho most perfect nu
trition.
A writer in tho Journal of the AT,thro
pulojiral h,ftitutr of (ir< at Unlain ar
gues that the art of music in pro-historic
times passed through threo distinct
stages of development, each character
ized by tho invention of a new form of
instrument, and that these stages
invariably succeeded each other in the
same order all over the world.
A great blast, which has been pre
paring for nearly a year at the lime
stone quarry of the Olendon Iron com-
I>any, near Easton, Pa., was fired re
cently. Four tunnels, eaoh fifty feet
long, were run into the hillside, and at
their end two chambers were built at
right angles, each eight feet long. Ten
tons of powder were used, and Ufon ig
niting the charges 40,000 tons of rock
were dislodged.
THE FAMILY IKMTOR.
Foil Amies.—A lady write* that suf
ferer* from antLnia should get a musk
rat skin ami wear it over their lungs,
with the fur side next to the 1-ody. It
will bring certain relief.
Lunar caustic, carefully applied so as
not to touch the skin, will destroy warts.
Spirits of ammonia, dilnted a little,
I will cleanse the hair thoroughly.
In an article hooded "Figs As Food,"
ian exchange says : This valuable fruit
ia never eaten in its perfection in this
, latitude. Being very perishable in a
fn*h state, it is not easily transported
witbont t>eing first prepared by dry
ing—a process by which it is rendered
I lees digestible than when in a perfectly
fresh condition. On this account, as
well as on acconnt of its excessive
swoetnoas, it is objectionable for some
j dyspeptic*, especially persons suffering
j with acid dyspepsia. The first objec
| tion can be in a great part removed,
however, by steaming. Tbo great
number of small seeds which it con
tains are also objectionable to a certain
j class of dyspeptics, especially those
| who have what is known as painfnl dys
pepsia—a form of the disease in which
there is a considerable degree of ten
derness, as shown by pressing upon the
pit of the stomach. Persons suffering
with inactivity of the bowels may eat
figs daily in moderate quantity, with
great benefit in most eases, making tho
fruit a part of each meal.
Opening the far Window.
May bo a man feela happy and prond
and flatterod and envied and bleated
-among men when he sees a pretty girl
trying to raise a window on a railway
car, and he jnmp* up and gets in ahead
of the other boys and says, " Allow mef'
Oh, so courteously, and she says " Oh,
if yon please; I would be so glad," and
the other male passengers tarn green
with envy, and he leana over the back
of the seat and tackles the Window in a
knowing way with one hand, if perad
ventnre he may toss it airily with a
simple tnrn of the wrist, bnt it kind of
holds on, and he takes hold with both
hands, bnt it sort of doesn't let go to
any alarming extent, and then he
pounds it with his fist, bat it only
seems to settle a "lectio" closer into
place, and then he eomca aronnd and
■he gets ont of the scat to give him a
fair chance and he grapples that win
dow and bows np his back and tags
and pulls and sweats and grunts
and strains and his hat falls off and his
suspender bntions fetch loose, and his
vest bnckie parts and his face gets red
and hit feet aiip and people laugh, aod
irreverent young men in remote seats
grunt and groan svery time he lifts and
cry out, "Now then, all together," as if
in mockery, and be bunts hit collar
button st the forward button and the
pretty young lady vexed at having been
made so conspicuous says in her iciest
manner, "Oh, never mind, tbank yon.
It doeen't make any difference," and
then calmly goee away and site down in
another seat, and that wearied man
gathers himself together end reeds a
book npaide down—oh doesn't be feet
good, just t Maybe he isn't happy, but
if yon think be isn't, don't be fool
enough to extend any of your sympathy.
He doeeat went it.—Ham keys,
CLIPPIIfUH FOR THE CUBIOPS.
Two million tons of water, represent
ing 50,000 horse power, ara hnrled over J
Niagara every minute. I
The petrification called agate was 1
named from the river Achates, in
Hicily, where it was first found.
A member of the Chinese legation at
Washington is twenty-nine years of age
and boasts that he is a grandfather.
A resident of Holland, who died in
1H72, was said to have smoked over fotuv
tons of tobacco in his life of
years.
The largest meteoric stone on record
is preserved at the Melbourne Museum.
It weighs twenty-five tons, and fell in
18G0.
Porpoised are often known to form a
nog about a shoal of small fish, and by
driving them into a mass obtain a hearty
meal.
Among English peasants the fore
of a hare worn constantly in the pocket
-s considered to be a charm against
rheumatism.
The climate of Greece is so healthful
that, during 1,000 years, it was visited
by only one epidemic—that di-scrilsd
by Thucydides.
Iroquois tradition tells us that the
sun and moon existed before the crea
tion of the earth, but the stars had all
been mortals or favored animals or
birds.
bandboxes are said to have been so
called from their having been first tw-d
for holding the minister's " bands," or
wide collars, snch as Milton wears in
his portraits.
The red thorn apple is a lurury of
the Indians of the Andes, under the in
fluence of which they believed them
selves to enter into communion with
the spirits of the dead.
It is estimated that England alone
consumes 1,200,000 pounds of ivory
a year. This entails the death of
30,000 elephants, und it is thought that
not fewer than 100,000 die annually.
Hats for men were invented at Pariaby
a Hwiss in 1404. They were first manu
factured at London by Spaniards ia
1510. before that time both men and
women in England commonly wore
close-knit woolen caps.
The }surmse burn their dead in all
QH' * except that of infants under twelve
tWrx of age, aDd persons dying violent
or sudden deaths. Among the Burmese
it is "grander" to be burned than
buried. Deaths from natural causes
are termed good deaths. Budden deaths
and deaths from epidemics are styled
green deaths. The former entitle the
deceased to burning, the latter necessi
tate burial.
Historical Ilisrgit*.
For Mmc time Texas hu been re
joicing ID the possession of what was
declared to he the oldest biscuit in tba
country—a biscuit which a aoldier car
ried hme from the war in hie pccket.
Twenty years did aeem a tolerable aga
for an article of food, bnt it is never safe
to boast of an antiquity nntil I!ostein has
Ixvn heard from. True to her fame,
Boston steps smilingly forward with two
biscuits which were brought to this
country in 1630 by Robert Pierce and
Ann bis wife in the good ship Mary and
John, Captain Bqneb. In 1040 Robert
Pierce bnilt the honse which one of hia
descend\nta now occupies, and whieh
has ner. r l>een owned or occupied by
any bnt his male descendants, and is
believed to one of the oldest dwell
ing houses now in the limits of Boston.
The bread spoken of appears to be
made from coarse oatmeal, and is as
dry and hard as wood, so that there is
no reason why it may not last 2.V) years
longer. It has never been out of the
bonse except on two occasions, one*
when Mr. Everett delivered his oration
on the settlement of Dorchester in lftfit,
and once when it was placed in a loan
collection on Beacon street i.i 1875. It
has !een carefully guarded with several
articles of furniture, a cane, etc., handed
down from father to son, bnt never al
lowed to be taken from the house, ex
cept as above mentioned.—AVw Fork
Tribtme.
1 toman I'nnune-s for Rot*.*.
The ancient Roman* were passionate
ly fond of rose*. To njoy their soent
at meal* an abundanoe of roae* were
shaken on the table, so that the dishes
were oompletely surrounded. By as
artificial contrivance, rosea, during the
meal*, descended on the guests from
above. Heliogsbalua, in his folly, ,
canned rose* to be showered upon huy
guests in aueh quantities that a nnmbM
of them werej soflTjcated in floe MM
Daring meal time* they reclined OS .
cushions stnffed with rose leave*. Cleo
patra, at an enormia* expense,
enred roaes for a feast which aha nvd
to Antony, had them laid two CUMM
thick on the floor of the banquet-room,
and then caused nets to ba spread over
the flowers in order to render the foot
ing elastic. HeHogabala* ctased not
only the banquet rooms bat also tha
colonnades that led to them, to ba cov
ered with roses interspersed with lilies,
violets, hyacinths and nareisauc, and
walked about on tha flowery platform.