MORAL AND KF.LIUIOUB.
I'rsirru of f hrlaUsalty.
In an upper room were gathered on the
Oral Whit Sunday a few Hebrew work
ing-men—poor, despisod Gellileana,
without money or frienda or learning.
Those men founded an empire euch that
of Alexander thoQreat nor that of Au
gustus could equal in extent. That
spiritual empire has lasted orer 1,800
years, and gives no real signs of decay.
It is, and it has boon, a power in tho
world. It has spread to lands and realms
whero neither Macedonian phalanx nor
Roman legions evor trod, of which tho
philosophers and poets of Greece and
Rome never dreamt. Dynasties, empires,
languages oven, have passed away, and
yet the work of these twelve men is as
vigorous as ever. Was it really thoir
work ? Conld they have done all this ?
Or were they but the tools in tho hands
of the Divine Artificer, who used them
for his Divine ends? Thoy themselves
suggest tho solution of tho tremondou*
problem, and it at tho very least is the
probable mode of explaining it.
Not the tho twelvo spostlos but tho
Holy Spirit, by tho twelvo apostles, did
this.— Church Timet.
ilrlislou* Xrwn ami
The revised Now Testament has been
formally adopted at Yalo Theological
seminary.
Fifteen hundred colored Methodist
churches are' used us school-houses on
week days.
St. Thomas church parish. Fifth ave
nue, his had but fix ministers, nl
thongh it was organize 1 iu 18'J3.
Twentv-uino candidates from Pres
byterian theological seminaries have ap
plied for appointments in the foreign
liold as missionaries. This is the
largest number of applicants in tho his
tory of the foreign board.
Tho great Methodist hospital of
Brooklyn is to bo located on Prospect
Heights. Tho nine bnidings aro co.
timatod to cost 8100,000, and this, with
the price of tho land, will bring the
lotal amount to about 8500,000.
There are one fnll-bloodol Indian
priest and seven deacons in the Enisoo
pal mission to tho Chippewa or Ojibway
Indians of Minnesota Besides there
is one mixed-blood clorgyman, spriest,
ileoconnected with tbo mission.
The vote of the Proebyteries of the
United Prcibyicrian church, on tho
overture permitting the use of instru
mental music in pablio worship, is very
dose. With only two foreign Preeby
terii s to hear from the vote stands 016
in favor and GOC against.
Many of the Indians of British Guiana
iro becoming Christians. One mission
ary has lately baptized 1,393 of tbf m.
dome of them hvi been traveling for
two weeks, and had livod daring that
time on very scanty rations in order to
reach tho place where they could be
baptized.
"There aro three things," onoo ssid
an old pastor of mnrh insight and ex
petionce, " that aro necessary to make
n really snooc aful minister—grace,
learning and common rouse. Now, if
any one has not grace be can get it
from God, and if he has not learning ho
•a'j got it from mm, bnt it he want*
tommon sense neither God nor man oar.
Co anything to help him." It is to be
feared that there is a good deal of mel
ancholy tm'h in this somewhat start
ling declaration.— drMfm at Work.
The Salamander.
We have always considered the popn-
Isr mythical legend or delnaion, in re
gard to tho sa'amsndet's being able to
go through firo unscathed, as one of tho
tnoet preposterous of mythical delu
sion*. A Western gentleman, however,
whom we know to be reliable, recently
related to ns a story in relation to the
liaards of Nevada, which would seem to
confirm the possibilityof their enduring
Intense heat for a short time at least.
The black Lizards of the sage brush
State arc very easily domesti
eated, harmless, soma) and in
telligent This gentleman had
hovers! pet lizards, one of whieh lived
near a furnace where be burned retorts
or molds for ailver bullion. The work
.equired a Tory hot fire, which he
open at each end. The lizard would
aiton the tree near by, watching him.
Hia dog would frequently chase the
lizard if it venlu*od to the ground, end
compel it to take to the tree again.
Frequently, however, the liwaid, ap
parently for tho sport of the thing
lonc, would dash down off the tree
end induce the dog to givo it a sharp
trace, when it would run right through
the far Dace, coming out of the
lOtbor end like a flash, unscathed, while
'tho dog in his eagerness would be
burned at tho fire before be oould stop.
This would be e daily oeourrenea, and
the lizard actually seemed to enjoy the
j >ke on the dog. The tiara that the
1 tzar J, or salamander, wee la the fire
was very abort, and It doubtlera ooull
not have remained there e very great
li ugth of Ume; but the feet of ita not
f.arisg tho Are la sufficient to have
given rise to the idea of the fireproof
salamander, — B>d nrd(ty Night-
THE FAMILY IIOITOR.
Remove all garbage and refuse as soon
as possible, especially bedroom slops.
Have tho wallnor coiling whitewashed
or caloimiood ones or twice ovory year.
Don't livo in dark, gloomy, close
rooms if yon can got sunny, cheery ones.
l)r. Foote'e Health Monthly asserts that
asparagus and celery are good food for
rheumatics.
Tho London Medical Journal insists
that Bright's disease is the result of the
immoderate use of iced drinks, and
seeks to prove this with figures show
ing that tho disease prevails in any
country in proportion to tho amount of
ice consnmod there. People in tho
United States usoninoty per cont. moro
ice than any European country, and the
disewe is saveuty-fivo per cent, worio
iu Europe.
PEARLS OF TllOUtillT.
L'iziness travels so slow that poverty
soon overtake* it.
All that is human must retrograde if
it do not advance.
It is possiblo for a man to bo so very
shrowd that in tho long run ho cheats
himself.
The crown belongs to achievement,
and not to aspiration; to the maturity
of a noble earoor, and not to its juven
escenco.
lied iu Japan,
Yon really do not go to bed at all in
our acceptation of the term, for the bid
comes to yon, and thes'vlo of preparing
| for the night is about tbo name whor
ever yon are. First, a cotton-stuffed
mat is laid auywhco upoo the floor, and
a block or roll is placed at one end to
r*t(?) year hra.l upon. Then yon lie
down and a cotton stuffed qailt is thrown
over yon. This quilt is liko a Jap dress
on a big scale, with large and heavily
stuffed sleeves, which flap over like
wings. But tho difficulty is that theso
capacious sleeves, with all tho rest oj
the bodding, contains unnumbered le
gions of voracious fl es hid away in re
oessos known only to themselves, but
which only wait till yon get fairly nes
tled in sleep, when they Lea in their on
Hlanght on their defenseless victim.
Awakoaod by tho merciless havoc
they are making npon you, it is
in vain that yon roll anl toss
and shako vonr clothes till yon
are wcarioloat; thit only increases the
rigor with wnich they rouew the battle,
and thongh yon may spend home in tho
faint glare of tho primitive oil-lantern,
which is set in one corner of the room,
and strive to rid yctr-iilf of the tiny
tigers that aro devouring yon, it is all
to no pnrpes". and you sink down at
last to sleep—bnt only for a short time.
Yon arc axakenol agtiu, only to nn
dorgo too s.imo tribulation, and the
long hours of night pass away as you
pace np and down the narrow limits of
tho room, listening to th • snoring of
tho dozen or more of tho tongh-hided
sleepers who surround yon, and peep
through tho sliding abutters of tho
house to sco if the day Js breaking or not.
You cannot lie down again, for tho floor
is crawling with the creatures you
drral. and yon cannot sit down, for
there is nothing to sit npon, and such a
thing as a chair was novcr heard of in
that region. Yon onlysnffer in silcnro
and wish von wero at home.
Bothering a foot.
When Dickens was in Boston there
*M a great desire among tho people to
catch a glimpse of him, and one fellow
even climbed np a water*pont to aoe
the great man shtve. Iloakin aaid lately
that ho no longor had time for literary
work, for marly every morning when he
sat down in hia atndy he reoeived a tele
gram from Mr. Ho and-Ho saying that
he was going to do himself the pleasure
of calling on the author that forenoon
—and there was that morning gone and
the charges to pay on tho telegram I A
writer in Lippi"\co:f§ Magitirut tells ns
bow Tennyson is tormented by people
enrionsto seo him:
In his horror of the publie Tennyron
keep* himself qnite seclndeJ, and tbns
whets curiosity to an intense degree.
His Ise-of-Wight residence is so be
sieged by tonriata that he has been
fore 3d to bnild a high wall about it,
with locked gates, to keep curions peo
pie away. The locked-ont crowd prowl
ontaide and climb up the wall and look
over.
When the poet cornea out to walk in
hi* garden the crowd rushes frantically
to the aide where be is. Photographers
sUud ready to catch pictures of him.
Some of them have made holoa in the
wall and inserted tho tubes of the
canons therein, hoping and watching
for a chance to take the poet'a picture.
He looks despairingly at the heads;
he frowns at them in vain. They stare,
they make audible comments about
him, "Why docs he atend there like a
postr says one. "Like a H oughton
bottle," says another. "What queer
buttona he has I" "And where oould
be have found that oloak f" eay they.
They bring their dinners and lie in
wait for him. The land around is
trampled. A path lies about the wails
trodden bard as adamant.
A Tale of a Nhlrt.
A talo of a shirt may not bo vory
sentimental, bat one told of tho length
Henry Clay Dean, tho groat
lowa statesman, woro a garment is at
least characteristic, snggostivo and
interesting. General Sherman and
Dean had been friends for yearn, and
when Hhorman bocamo general and
Dean happened to bo in Washington,
tho latter, natnrally enough, felt a desire
to renew tho acquaintance. Sj ho
callod at Hhorman's houso, and was
received by tho general with open arms.
Thoy talked ovorold times, and nothing
would do but Dean must stay to dinner.
The chronicle continues in thiH strain :
"Bat, general," romonstrated Mrs.
Sherman in her husband's ear, " I can't
hvvo such a dirty-looking man at my
table; can't you spruce him up a little? '
Tho genera! said he'd lis that, and so at
an opportune moment ho hustlod Mr.
Dean upstairs, rausackod a bureau and
prodncod a clean shirt for hirn to put
on. Mrs. S'aermaa was moditlod, and
tho diauei was really a charming affair,
for there is no raoro delightful, enter.
Uitiing aud instructive conversation,
alist than Henry Clay Dean. One year
utter this ovent Gjnoral Bherman was
at the Lindell hotel, Ht. Louis, with
his family. A card was brougLt up
bearing Ilonry Clay Dean's name,
Mrs. Sherman was very mnch p!r od.
" He is such a charmtug talker, we muat
have Litn to dinner. Only yon rust
see that he looks presentable." T .eso
w ro madamo's words to tho warrior. Bo
Sherman welcomed D<an, and, just be
fore going to dinner, slipped him into
a side room and gave him a c'.ean shirt
to wear. Dean doffed Lis coat and vest,
and, after a brief struggle divestod him
self of tho shirt ho had on -a soiled,
grimy, black thing that looked as if it
had socn long and hard scrrioe. Then
they all went down to dinner, and Mr.
Doan was mors charming than ever, and
Mrs. Bherman was in ecstasies. Tho next
day,as Mrs. Bherman w getting her hus
band's dads and clothes together, pre
paratory to picking them forthe onward
march, she gave a sort of wild, hnnted
scr am. " What is it, my dear?" called
the general from the next room. " Just
come in hero for a minute," replied Mrs.
Bherman between faint gasps. The
general went in. Thoro stood Mrs-
Bh' rrnan holding in ber left hand the
begrimed shirt Henry Clay Dean had
loft. With her right hand she pointed
to certain initials on the lower edge of
th* bosom. The initials read "W. T.
8." It was the identical shirt General
BLiorman had loaned Henry Clay Dean
in Washington twelvo months before.
The <rnb Street Hermit.
Perhaps the most curious pemon that
ever lived hero win Henry Wolby, Ks j.,
the Grab street hermit. He was a
nativo of Liuolushire, where ho had
an estato of more than £I,OOO per an
num. In 1592, when about forty years
of age. a younger brother, with whom
he bad aomo difference of opinion, way
laid him in a field and attempted to
shoot him. Ho at once formed the
resolution of retiring from the world,
and became the tenant of a good sited
house at tho lowor end of Grub street.
Three rooms ha ha 1 furnished for
his own nae. as bedroom, dining
room and study, reaoeotivoly. These
rooms led into each other, ao
that be was able to keep out of
sight while his bad was being mado or
his meals laid hy an old servant named
Elisabeth, the only person who was
allowed to see him for forty years. Hia
diet was oatmeal porridgo with a salad
in summer time, and on high festivals
the yolk of an egg, with a slice ont of
tho middle of a loaf and a little jam,
though he ordored dishos appropriate
to those festivals to be carried into hia
dining-room. Ou suoh occasions, after
reverently saying graeo, ho would tie
his napkin under his ohin, draw on s
clean pair of Holland glovea, and carv
ing brawn, beef, gooso and capon in
succession, would send dinners to
his poorer neighbors till the dishes
wore emptied, withont tench in g any
thing himself. He bought all the new
i-uoks, but all relating to controversy
he laid aside unread- The greater part
of his time was spent in reading, medi
tation and prayer. He died October
29, 1831, aged eighty-one, and was
buried in St. Oiles' ohnroh, Oripple
gate. The servant died, not above six
days before her mister. His only
daughter married a Yorkshire gentle
man, Sir Christopher Milliard, bat
neither she nor any of her family ever
saw her father after his retirement—
I/mdnn Mat/at inc.
A Western editor offered a pri xe of
150 and a year's subscription for the
best srritton proposal of marriage from
a lady. He picked out e nioe proposal
from a beautiful and srealthy widow,
answered it aooepting the proposal, and
with th threat of a breach of promise
smt actually captured her. Editors may
not acquire wealth by writing twenty
three hours a day, but when their
genius takes the right shoot they pro
cure the persimmons.— lloomerang.
Sixty papers in the United States are
published by women.
TOPICSO7 THE DAT.
Tho mills of tho eighty silk manu
facturing firms in Now Jersey last year
oonsumod 1,570,000 pounds of raw silk.
Now Jersey exoeods in this industry all
others combined. The capital invested
is 87,521,200, and the value of the
manufactures last year was 818,050,210.
Tho peach troc# of Delawaro have
exhibited unusual vitality this year in
moro ways than one. They have re
sisted tho determined assaults of a
hostile season, have blossomed lnx
uriously, and now are "all of a strut
with tho young fruit," says the Bmyrna
Times, which adds : "This intent of
natnre to do its best after year of rost
is notable in the great number of twin
poaches; one farmer says ho found
no loss than three on a twig of six
inches, and others have noticed
the nnmbor of doable peaches in the
same blossom cap. Bach a strong in
tent in production has not been noticed
sinco 1875."
Tho following States have been rcdis
trietcd under tho new apportionment of
Congress : New Hampshire, Vermont,
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois,
lowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Kentucky,
West Virginia, T< x;s anil Mississippi.
In Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee
and Nebraska tho legislatures ate still
busy wi'h tho problem. Maine, Pennsyl
vania, . .rginia, Kansas, California
North Carolina, South Oaro lina, Georgia
and Arkatnai will each elect cno or
more congrossman-at-largo. In the
other States the apportionment law
made no change in tho number of rep
resentatives, and the districts remain as
before.
Upon tho supposition that the npper
air currents are sueh that a balloon
starting from the United States and kept
at an altitude of about 2,000 feet would
eventually reach Uarope, Mr. King, the
aeronaut, purposes to construct a bal
loon with a capacity of 300,000 cubic
f -ct of gas, and attach to it a rope 5,000
foet long. lie argnes t 1 at this balloon
conld not ascend much higher than
2,000 feet on account of the weight of
tho rope, nor fall mnch l<elow that alti
tude, the rope being buoyed np by U;o
ocean. By this simple contrivance he
snppcscs that a uniform elevation conld
bo maintained nnd that the eastward air
current would wait bia air-ship to
Guro|>c.
It in to bo hoped thai the good to bo
done with tbo $3,400,000 recently be
queathed to charity by M'aaHirah Itnrr,
of Now York, will outweigh tbo perni
eio*i* exsmple of bor private life. Tbo
ATtdonoe in tbo will contest COM arising
from the disposal of her fund* shown
her to have boon revoltingly uncleanly
in person, improvident in her house
hold, and given to the use of the mean
est utensils for the preparation of bor
edible*. Bho made coffee in a sauce
pan, was always nungry, demanded
sapper two hours after dinner and
dressed in garments so soiled and olor.
ous that the court in whoso presence
they wore unwrapped in evidence, and
the stenograph era who sat near him,
unanimotuly hoid their respective noses.
Major 15. W. Bellamy, who owned
several hundred slaves before the war,
now employs a thousand negroes, who
cultirato his farm of 10,030 acres near
Quitman, Oa. They live in DM), white
washed cottages, and are provided with
churches, schools, and, if the local
newspaper is not mistaken, with dance
bouaaa. Every dwelling has its garden,
potato patch and orchard, and every
tenant is encouraged to save money,
buy land and develop bis individuality.
It is said that all the children over ten
years of ago can read and write. At
the plantation house things are dona in
the old stylo. A reporter who recently
dined with the planter writes that the
principal dish was a gigantic chicken
pie. and that the ronnd of beef made
the stoat boy who set it on the table
stsggcr.
Some hoar* before the schooner Jeva,
bound from Bt. Jago, Cuba, for New
Orleaus, entered the Miaaiaaippi, tho
other day, Captain Patrick waa con
fronted bj a etratige passenger. The
man leaped from the forecaatle and,
gracefnllj kneeling. offered the enptain
the bntt of a silver mounted revolver,
together with a palm fnll of gold ooin.
Captain Patriok waa amased. lie had
encountered almost aa many stows way*
aa sharks, bnt never before had tho
stowaway been of anch knightly bearing
and impreeeive preaenoo The atowa
way, who apoke in Bpaniah, aaid that he
luul been a captain in the Oaban army
and that, being weary of tyranny, he had
made up hi* mind to fly to free America.
He had managed to eecape from the
raonntaina and hide in the hold of the
Java. Hnngar drove him oat, Mhe
hed been without food or water for six
daya. Captain Patriok took pleasure
in introdnoing the refngee to the laud
of the free and the home of the brave.
Notwithatanding the deoay of our
carrying trade, saya a oity exchange,
the raoe of akillful and eunrageona
American rtnmtiw to sot wholly extinct-
It is often raid that the introduction o
steam and iron in place of wood and
itaila was fatal to the romance of the
bea; but the case of Captain Borrow*,
of tho atoamer Bio Grande, while there
are no pirates or privateer amen or
mntinoera in it, whiio tLure is no story
to tell of shipwreck on an uninhabited
island, illnslrates in a remarkable way
Homo of tho bost qualities of sailor* and
men. Tho Rio Graudo was found to bo
on firo at sea. In tho face of this most
terrible of calamities, her captain suc
oeoded, by example and by reassuring
words, in preserving order among ber
passengers and transferred them, with
out panic and with scarcely any
inconvenience, to a railing vessel
which be overhauled. Having thus
secured their safety, ho tarnc-d his at
tention to that cf his own ship, and
navigated her ninety miles to tho Dels,
wuro Breakwater, where he scuttlod her
upon a shoal. When tho lire was ex
tinguished ho flood got up tt'*am,
overtook the sailing vessel, agr.in trans
f rred his passoagors, and brougLt
them to New York. Or ay-haired sailors
who, with something like contempt for
modern improvements, recall tho good
old seafaring times, will probably ad
mit that Captain Burrows has accom
plished on achievement brilliant and
unprecedented in its way, although he
has encountered no "long, low, black,
sufpicious-1 ooklng schooner," trained
no "long-torn," fi'ed no broidti less, and
engage 1 in no hand-to band struggle
with pir.t A, cutlass, and boarding pike.
lie (lot the Desired Information.
It was in tho smoking car on the New
York Ccntr.il. There was one chap who
was blustering a great deal and telling
of how many duels bo had fonght, and
behind rat a small man reading a maga
zine.
"Hir!" raid tho big man, as he
wheeled around, " what would you do if
challenged ?"
" Refuse," was the quiet reply.
"Ah ! I thought as much. Rsfuso
and be branded a coward ! What if a
gentleman offered you the choice of a
duel or a public horsewhipping—then
what r
"I'dtake tho whipping."
"Ah ! I thought so; thought ao from
tho looks of you. BnppoM*, sir, you
had foully slandered me?"
" I never rlander.'
" Then, sir, suppose I had coolly and
deliberately insulted yon What would
you do?"
" I'd rise up this way, put down ray
book this way, and reach over like this
and take him by the cose as I take yen
and give it a three-qnarter twist—just
so I"
When the little man let go of the big
man's nose, the man with tho white hat
on began to crouch down to get away
from bullets, but there was no shoot
ing. The big mlh turned r< d, then
l>ale, then looked tb little man over,
and remarked:
" ( ertrdnly—of course -that's it ex
actly r
And then conversation turned o the
general prosperity of the country—lf
troll Fret /VM,
The Secret of Uenlns.
"They talk,';said Tom Marshall, oi
Pennsylvania, the brilliant lawyer and
orator, "of my astonishing burst of
eloquence, and doubtless imagine it is
my genius bnbbling over. It is nothing
of the sort. HI tell yon how I do it
I select a subject and study it from the
gronnd np. When I mooter it fully 1
write a speech on it Then I take a
walk and come back and re visa and
correct. In a few days I subject it to
another pruning and then reoopy it
Next I add the finishing touches,round
it off with graceful periods, and commit
it to memory. Then I speak it in the
field, on my father's lawn and before
my mirror, until gesture and delivery
are perfect It sometimes takes me six
weeks or two months to get np a speech.
When I have one prepared I come to
town. I generally select my own sub
ject I speak my piece. It astonishes
the people, as I intend it shall, and tLey
go away marveling at my power of ora
tory. They call it genius, bat it is the
hardest kind of work."— St. Lcuit lie
publican.
Three Talc* Ahont Tree*.
Two rod oaka are growing three feet
apart on the farm of H. H. Whitting
ton, Oriffln, Oa. Bix feet from the
ground they are joined by a limb whiob
appears to be equally a part of each
tree. It baa been found impossible,
without destroying the enriona joint,
to determine from whteh troe it sprang.
A pine troe that waa auppoeed to be
200 years old was recently oat by John
Grover, of Rye, N. 11. It yielded 1,8 Xi
feet of lumber, end made two andabalf
oorda of wood besides. A fonr-icoh
tire spike wee found imbedded ic
the troe nearly six inches beneath tb
bark.
After twenty years the frniU of aeed
brought from Spain yielded their first
revenue to their owner, e Sonoma (0*1.)
fanner. They are five oork treea, which
are now thirty feet in height and twelre
inches in diameter. One ooat of oork
one and a quarter inches thick turn Just
boen stripped off.
Shear and B'oMnm.
Bat] l by ic/iil onr laved are leaving,
For Ibe beautiful to be,
Bye* ere woeplng, brer* ere grieving,
Ae they vanish aLlently.
Tin-re e leafM. there e blomorri,
rail* the re* j,or u he go**;
Now e lily from love'* boeotn.
Golden eheevce ewl tin r, e roee.
Tba* the reaper otivrerd pace*,
1,-ating h*erthloii<* ]<>ue end ctiiU'd,
Making vacant cbeire arid pla/a
That --an Hnmon be filled.
Htill he gii-ern tli, ever giearit-lh.
Treasure* from our cUnging be arte;
Itarknem o'er life'* pathway Icaneth,
Wheir the dreaded one depart*.
Boul by aoul the loved are leaving.
Fur the beautiful to lie,
l>ay by day pale death la wearing
Garland* for eternity.
—Annie if. Carj, enter
PL'KGESfT PARAGRAPHS.
Tito farmer is known by bi* fruit*.
Does a clergyman fall when bo makes
a European trip ?
Many a lightning rod agent bat been
known to htriko twice in the same
place.
A dnmb bull raim s the muscle, while
a belle that it not (lamb simply raise- 1
the temp- r.
The proper remedy for a young lady
who it abort of stature is to get apliced
a* soon as possible.
We Baw a man yesterday who had no
advice to give an editor regarding the,
tone of his paper. He war dead.
A man advertises: "Hands wanted
on boys' pant i." Hands won't do Dy
good out thin way; it takes a leather
strap.
An Arkansas editor rays: Onr women
nre accused of being fond of whistling.
Well, so lie it. What is more lovely
than talips well blown ?
A scientist claims to have discovered
a species of wasp that doe? not ating.
What lols of fun he must have aad in
experimenting before ho found iL
It in said that a process has been dis
covered for bottling sunshine. This
will be a great boon for Sunday-school
picnics when caught in a thunder-storm.
The eye* of the small boy are bigger
than his stomach until he has eaten
green apples, then the stomach appears
to lie bigger than anything else in the
world to him.
" What did you do to break that
rase?" "Ah, cnadamc ! nothing could
be easier. 1 had it in my hand—liko
this—and I struck it against the c r
uer of the table, so—" And he breaks
the mate to it 1
"A dog with* memory" is th tit'eof
an article in a daily paper. In tbia par
ticular the animal doen't strikingly re
semble the young man who borrows ten
dollars and promises to return it "next
Saturday night."
"A newspaper under the vest mike# a
capital chest protector." Care should
be taken, however, to select a paper on
which there is nothing due. Dew cre
ates dampness, and the wearev might
catch cold therefrom.
" I* there such a thing as luck ?'•
asks a correspondent. There is. For
instance, if you go home at 2 o'clock in
the morning, after promising your wife
te be in early, and find her asleep, and
don't tumble over any chairs, that's
luck, but it isn't to be depended on.
The old man sighed as he took the
go Id en-haired, laughing boy upon his
knees, and stroking his shining tresses,
•aid: "Ah I how much I should like to
feel like a child again." Little Johhny
ceased his laughter, and looking sober
ly up into his grandfather's face re
marked: "Then why don't you get
mamma to spank yon V
DEKTOfT.
Three mat lens, bright and pretty ** fui bn.
80 Uiat 1 *c*roe (-an ehonxr between th three,
Set K iu l*v evening in the gallery.
The flret her mother joined when chnreh was
done,
And two were left—l wanted only one.
The eecood met some other firla, and took
Her homeward way with them - without a look.
The third aaotlier fellow got- while 1
Went home alone. Can this be destiny 1
A man who believe* in self improve
ment suggested to hie wife recently
that they should argue eome qnaetion
frankly and freely every evening, and
try to learn mora of each other. The
question for the firat night happened to
be, " Whether a woman 00old be ex
pected to get along without a hat,'" and
be took the affirmative; but when be
was laat aeen be had climbed into the
hayloft, and wa pulling the ladder up
after him.
Ono by one the iUuaiotu* of centuries
are lieing dispelled. The Roman l'an
theob has been considered a temple of
the gods for age*, but an arch* dogist
has recently discovered beyond doubt
that it was simply Agripps's bath-house.
Agrippa wan a riob Roman general who
could afford such extravagance*. The
seveu large uiehes in the walla were in
tended for furnaces to heat the place,
not, as was supposed, to hold the
statue* of ths principal gods. If thsy
search a little closer they may, perhaps
find the nail in the wall where G.-ip jg
hung his shirt when ha took his morn
ing ablution.