The World.
'I hit world it n mil. iwul piano, I know—
And what mild living ran doobt it? —
flat ri vrfll not Iwrnii tho want and woo
To lie al waya Hinging about It.
Hum away with tho aong* that are full of
tears—
Awn) with tho dirges that sadden;
Liot uo make tho moot of our IteoLiug year#
By miiitinit tho lay* that gladden.
A fow wort (tortious of tiliss I've iiuaffed,
And many a oup.of sorrow;
But, in thinking ovrr tho flavored draught,
Tho oldtimo joy I borrow;
And by brooding over tho l>ittor drink,
Bain tills again the measure;
And no I have learned that it's Iwst to think
Of tho things tlint give u.s pleasure.
The world at its saddest is not all sad—
There are days of sunny weather;
And the people in it are not all had,
But mints nnd sinners together.
I think those wonderful hours in June
Are lietter by far to roinemlier
Thau those when the world gets out of tune.
In the cold, bleak winds of Novoinber.
Because wo meet in the walks of life
Many a selfish creature,
It does not prove that this world of strifo
Has no redeeming feature.
There is bloom and beauty upon the earth -
There are buds nnd blossoming flowers- -
There are souls of truth and hearts of worth—
There are glowing, golden hours.
In thinking over a joy we've known,
We easily make it double;
Which is lattter by far than to mope and
moan
O'er sorrow, and grief, and trouble.
Kor, though the world is a sad, sad place,
(And who that is living can donbt it?)
It will not lessen the want ami woe
To lw always sighing about it.
—K'll'i It /irrlcv, in Huston Transcript.
NANNIES CHOICE.
High time, declared the gossips of
Grayville, that Nannie Williams made
a choice of a husband and gave to the
other girls, who doubtless would make
bettor wives if they had not as much
beauty, some chance. I'tterlv absurd
that the men followed, one after
another, like sheep in a drove, where
ever her caprices led. They were like
a hive of bees contending for one
flower and blind to all the gardenful
besides. Hut Nannie only siniled
when some whisper of this reached her
and let the gossips talk.
Hull well she knew her power, this
•duple, little country girl, who JHlS
•awsed "no dower save her beauty -
right loyally she used it. lb-sides, it
was not quite as the gossips declared.
There was no such butter in all the
country as that which came from Nan
nie Williams" farm, and Nannie's
fingers, white and tapered as they were,
molded it; no cream was so thick
and yellow, and Nannie had solecharge
of the dairy; no house was more neat
and tidy and a nameless air of femi
nine grace about it, and Nannie, since
her mother's death, reigned sole mis.
tres. No wonder the young men felt
the race well run with such a prize at
its goal.
Trne, she had a saucy word ever
ready; but one readily forgave its
harm 1 essness for the sake of the sweet,
brilliant smile which lent her pretty
face its rarest charm and seemed to
mntely ple.nl her pardon.
However, when it was least ex
pected, Nannie made her choice, and
It fell upon Sydney Richards. Then
was nothing to he said against him.
He was a good-looking young fellow,
with a farm of his own.
He and Nannie would make a hand
some couple and doubtless would suc
ceed well in the world; but for all that
it was a surprise to many of them, and
vnn or two of the more discerning ones
•aid that she had flirted shamelessly
with Dick Armstrong, and that quiet
as he had ever been he hud grown
more so since the l>etro<hal was an
nounced.
Nannie did not hear this, however,
nor had she seen Dick since her en
gagement, until one evening, some
three weeks after, she had wandered
down to the little gate o|>ening on to
the road, and stood leaning listlessly
against it, when a quick, firm tread ,
broke the silence, and a flush of crim
son rose to her face, then misled, as a
tall, stalwart figure came around a
•harp turning in the road.
He gave a quick start, too, as he
perceived her, and would havq passed
on. merely raising the straw hat from
the close-cropped blonde head, hut that
her voice, a little tremulous, detained
• him.
" Dick I" she said.
He halted then, hut made no move
ment to approach her, until she held
out toward liitn a small white hand.
** Dick," she repeated, "of all my
friends, you are the only one who has
not congratulates! me."
" Indeed I" he answered, with a
strange, hard smile. " I hope it is not
too late."
And touching the little fingers for
aa instant only he turned away again
m if he considered all his duty done.
Hot tears rose to Nannie's ey<,
though from whence they sprung none
eowld have divined.
♦* Yotf are cruel, Dick,*' she said.
• No," he answered, "I am kind; but
believe tne, Nannie, I trust you may
be happy. (Jood-night!"
She spoke no further word to detain
him, but stoisl and watched him walk
away. Her eyes still followed the
direction lie had titken long after his
iigtire was lost to her sight.
"He never loved me!" she mur
mured to herself. "He would al
ways have been exacting and jealous,
and he never asked ine to he his wife.
What right has he to complain?"
Hut the girl knew that she silenced
only her conscience, and no voice of
ltis. when site tints spoke. He had ut
tered no reproach. Dared she to iter
own soul say he could have found no
cause for doing so?
Sydney l{iHiai<l-> found something
amiss with Ins pretty betrothed that
night, she shrank from his some
what too demonstrative caress and
turned upon him almost angrily alien
he asked her t . name the day for their
wedding -in .1 t. to let the bans be
rcjid at once.
•• You see, it'll -.'H,H lie harvest-time,
Nannie, my la he pleadtsl, byway
of argument, " and there's no denying
that the farm needs a woman's hand
and a woman's care. It's all ready for
its mistress and why shouldn't its
mistress lie ready for it ?"
".Simply because site isn't your
in ltd of ail work. Sydney Richards, to
lie hired when the season is most con
venient and tHe demand for Iter most
pressing!" was the girl's hot reply.
But iter lover bore it good-naturedly,
and just as lie was leaving she peni
tently let iter arms sti al softly about
his neck, while she raised herself on
tiptoe to whisper in his ear that he
must forgive her.
Hut -well, the cream had soured
and the butter would n,t come to-day,
and >o her temper had not borne the
test.
Pardon thus sought might readily
enough tx- won for harshest sin, hut
"Sydney Ift hards imposed his penalty
for all that; and so it happened tiiat
tins next Sibbath morning witnessed
the reading of lus and Nannie Wil
liams' bans.
I*<Mir little Nannie! She and her
pride were waging a hard tight just
then. It Had la-en a lucky moment
Sydney Richards had chosen to ask her
to become Ins wife.
That very day she and Dick had had
tlietr ami only falling out. It had
la-en such a foolish matter, and she
had known herself quite wrong, hut
she had determined Dick should yield,
and instead he had quietly walked
away, saying :
" Nannie, when you acknowledge I
am right, send for me. It is only
your pride that now refmvs to ac
knowbslge me so; and it is with your
heart, not your pride, I wish to deal.
Besides, I have something more I wish
to say to you then."
Something more! Ah, how well
she knew what this something more
was! As if it needed to lie put into
words! As if she had not known ail j
her life that Hick, earnest and tender
and true as he was strong, loved her I
and one day would make her his wife,
though lie little liked and illy brooked
her coquettish ways?
Indml, on this account had la-en
their falling out, but site had deter
mined tiiis time not to yield; and so,
when, a few hours after Dick had left
lor, it chanced [that Sydney Richards
came to woo her. His tender love
phrases sounded very pleasantly in her
ear, and she gave him her promise,
scarce conscious of all its import, but
glad to inflict on Dick some of tho
pain from which her heart was suffer
ing.
" I'm going to try the new colt,
father, this morning," she said, when
it wanted but two weeks of her wed-1
ding day.
" B'-tter not," said the fanner. " I
doubt if lie's ever had a woman on ids
back."
"He would not be tho first horse I
had broken to that privilege," was her
laughing retort.
The farmer said no more. He had
implicit faith in Nannie's horseman
ship ; hut when, a little later, she
came down the stairs dressed in her
habit, she started to find Dick Arm
strong holding the colt by the rein.
" I Had business with your father,
Nannie," he said, quietly, "and the
man brought the colt round while we
were talking together ; so I staved to
tell you you must not ride him. He
has a dangerous eye."
Tiie girl smiled proudly.
" Many thanks for your interest in
my life, Mr. Arm-t rung ; hut since you
have acquitted yourself of any respon
sibility in the matter, I feel doubly
tempted to try the experiment."
She stepped down beside the horse
to pat him witli one little gauntleted
band, a courtesy he ucknowhxlgcd by
impatiently pawing the ground with
his fore feet.
Dick Armstrong's cheek paled. In
voluntarily he laid his hand on the
girl's arm.
"You nniHt not, Nannie. It is als
solute madness."
"And if it is," she retorted, liotly,
"to forbid it is Sidney Richards' pro
vince, not yours."
SIHJ could have used no better argu
ment to silence liim. He bad paled
before, but now eboek and lips alike
| were colorless, save for one drop of
j blood upon the latter where Ids teeth
hail met.
One Instant the small foot rested in
his palm, in answer to her imperious
gesture for assistance, the next girl
and horse had vanished from his sight
—the colt, with bit fairly between bis
I teeth and running like mad —running
jas only a vicious horse can run, do
| termin.il to rid himself of the human
| living he bears.
Hick Armstrong forgot his anger,
, just though it was, forgot all save the
| great, sickening dread at his heart—
j the dread which was so soon to prove
so fatally well-founded, as, hastening
I down the roail, a riderless horse lirst
came dashing past him, and then, a
! mile further on. he met a party of la
borerscarrying in their midst a ghastly
load.
At lirst, poor fellow! he thought it
that most terrible of all burdens—a
dead body; but as he bent over the
face, so deathly white but for the crim
son stain upon the forehead, a faint
murmur of agony escaped her lips.
(iently these rough men bore her
home. Almost as soon Hick was there
ith the physician be had summoned;
I but. the latter, who had left him a full
hour without the -ick room, could
minister but little comfort on his re
turn to where he waited. The girl
might live, lie -aid, though only her
wonderful health and youth would ac
complish that; but she would be a
cripple always.
Nannie Williams a cripple! No
one could realize it as the news spread;
but as the slow weeks pa.--.ed and life
as slowly asserted itself the doubt biv
came certainty.
All, well, the g issips declared again,
it was sad enough; but l tt.-r it bad
happened then than later, when
Sydney Hiehards would have been bur
dened with a crippled wife his life
long.
, Hut Sydney him-elf, what did he
say ?
The accident was five weeks old,
' and the time fixi-d for lu*r wedding
had long gone bv when Nannie sent
for hire.
The lovely face was white as the
pillows on which it rstl, and the
great eyes looked larger than ever as
they met his.
" The farm has had to wait for its
mistress, after all, Sydney," she said
with a sad smile; "but it won't have
the inistre-s we h.vl planned f><r it.
You said it needed aw oman's band,
and mine are very usele-s bands now,"'
and she held them up. grown so white
and thin. "It isn't nw-ssary to give
you your release from any pledge, jw-r
--tiajrs; for of course you understand
I couldn't burden you this way. But
I thought you'd feel bettor, maybe, if
you let me tell you so myself."
The man looked down etnlmrrassed.
He had meant to say something like
this himself, for he wished a helpmeet,
not a drawback, in his wife; but,
somehow, the words sounded differ
ently from Nannie's lips, and made
him feel small and mean.
Yet they were just enough; and
when, with a few murmured regrets,
he left ln-r, the bond between them
was forever severed.
Alone—henceforth alone and help
less! she whispered to herself, while
the great tears rolled silently down her
cheeks. But she was glad, too, that it
was not Sydney Hiehards' wife that
sjioke.
That evening Hick came in.
"You can forgive me everything
now, Dick," she said. " How good
you have been to me all this time!
Sydney was here this morning, Dick,
and—and all isover between us."
"You mean he gave you up because
—because. The coward!"
" Hush, dear!" she interrupted.
"It was I who released him. Why,
Dick, any man would le mail to take j
such a burden as lam on bis hands." !
" Then lam mad. Oh, Nannie, give
yourself to mo and I will be happier
with my cross than any king that
wears a crown."
" You aro a king, Dick," she an
swered. "Oh, my love! would that I
hail proved worthy of you before it
was too late ; but now—now it can
never lie! *
And, plead as he might, he could
not change her purpose.
"I love you—yes," she said, "too
well to accept now what once I threw
away."
For weeks he pleaded, but Xannie
was Arm, until one day he brought her
a young surgeon from the city—a man
who hail gained wonderful repute, and
who told her thai by submitting to a
dangerous operation she might again
walk.
" Is It death or recovery V" she asked,
He answered :
" Yes!"
"Then let me be your wife, Dick !"
she whispered in her lover's ear. " I
• shall have that to give ine strength t<
1 recover, or I shall sleep better with
• your name on the slab above my head.' l
"j But, the operation over, Nannlt
i woke to life, not death, and, strmiu
j and beautiful as in the old days, wear*
i j only a tiny sear upon her brow t<
i ; mark bow near she missed her life?'*
I i happiness.
i The New York Swell.
A New York letter to the Washing
• | ton star says: The society man of tin
present day in New York inspires ,i
i sentiment of sympathy or pity in tin
heart of the casual observer, so very un
comfortable does he look in trying t<
, be stylish. A man of fashion soiin
years ago, wlo n loose garments wen
- the tilings to wear, presented an easj
j and breezy appearance, but now In
cannot be stylish without being un
comfortable. The terms are synony
mous. This was brought forcibly ti
my mind to-day by the appearance ol
the son of a wealthy Wall strei t
banker. I don't suppose he would can
if bis name was published, as he h
used to seeing it in all of the society
! papers, and is the acknowledged lcmlei
of the more exclusive society men <•(
New York, but I won't give
it this time. He ha*
just returned from Kngland with an
| entirely new and absolutely correct
; wardrobe, and has already begun t<
exhibit it. He is short, but fairly well
formed, and ho constantly wears the
single glass, while bis accent astonishe-
Americans—and Kngliduiu-n, too, I
fear. Winn I saw linn he was coming
around the corner of Twenty-eighth
street into Fifth avenue, and the win
dows of the swell little KniekcrlsK-ker
club were alive with weak-looking
faces, convulsively holding the single
eyeglass, and gazing eagi rly at the
latest imported clothes. The young
man (he j-t almut thirty) did not walk
easily. He bad on a pair of dead black
sb.s-s, with untanned leather tops.
1 bey were decorati-d by fancy stripes
along the side of the foot and ov> r the
toe. and were so al -urdly narrow that
they looked like deformed fist, and
rendu.-1 the movements of the young
man far from graceful, though
he striigabsl hard to preserve appear
ances. His l'n? were covered by a
pair of trousers that were simply
amazing, so tight were they cut. It
would almost lie impossible to sit down
without splitting tlo-m across the
kins-, as far as can Is- judged from n|>-
pear an res. They were as tight as IS-J
skin all the way down, fitting around
the ankle as snugly a- a stocking.
This remarkable i-xjsise of a man's
vi-lopment is not advisable when his
legs ore not up to the standard. The
trousers in question were a very light
gns-n with dark stripes. Above them
was a vi-st that stretched from the
chin to a line ju-t even with the hip
tsmes and was cut straight across. The
vest was of light material and looked
odd, .it was so extremely short The
cutaway coat was Iwittle green and
iltti-d like a jersey. It was indeed a
trial of the tailor's art in one
sense, but it is far too tight
to bo tieenming. The sleeves were
nearly as tight as the trous
ers, and the coat tails were very
long. banging as far down behind as
the knee. He wore a collar that lap|Hxl
over in front, and w as certainly higher
than any other collar I ever saw- in
America It forced his chin up in the
air, and caused the sunlight to scintil
late on his single glass. Around the
neck was a green scarf with a hound's
head in diamonds for a pin. Above it
all was one of the huge English derby
hats with a great curling brim and
heavy crown. He wore yellow gloves,
and earriisl a stick with a twisted
handle by its lower end, so that the
handle drdpped nearly to its feet. The
| vacant stare rompleted the effect, and
i he limped along while the others envied
him! This is no ideal sketch, but a
faithful picture of a leading society
i man in New York in tho year of oui
1 Lord 1882. _______
"The press," snys Chamber*' Journal,
I"is every year becoming a greater
power in the land ; it Is already one of
the greatest 'resources of civilization,'
unit wo might as soon try to get along
without steam, or railways,or the post
office, as without our newspapers. If we
are to have newspaper# we must have
editors to direct them, and the editors
must tunrch with or in advance of the
times. There is therefore good reason
to hope tlint better things are in store
for the coming generation of journalists
! than there have been for those that are
gone, nnd that on the newspaper press
the beat talent, the maturest judgment
and the most cultivated taste will yet
llud congenial and appropriate work."
Strife to avoid cUrmme, especially
those of wasps and bera
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
A Woumn'* lltilrr for Ike Mirk.
Miss Annie S. Evans, of Kingston,
Conn., has patented it device by means
of which sick and infirm persons may
be comfortably raised and supported
in different postures on ordinary bed
steads. The invention consists of a
divided and hinged Is-d bottom, to the
under side of which braces are hinged,
the lower ends of which are liingcd
upon the sideboard. The braces at t lu
lu-ad of the couch may he made ex
tensible, so as to raise the head of the
Is-d bottom higher than the center, so
that the bottom may be used either as
a chair or reclining couch. For rai mg
; or lowering the bi-d a windlass is jour
nab-d on the sideboards of the bed and
receives .'I '-trap eonili i ti-d to the .
j bars of the hinged bed. An adjust
able rest is p/ovideil for the feet.
ThrW of r rrn. It Women,
A letter from J'arisgh ••* an instance
of the thrift of French women, as fol
lows: French women, often stigma
tized as the most frivolous of their
kind, an- in reality tin- m ,t thrifty
a virtue that frequently ib-gencratcs
into absolute parsimony. I saw a
striking instance of making the best of
unregarded tnlle* tin- other day when
dining with one who certainly lias a
reputation for prudence. A eberrv pic
had been on the fa hie, and the loistri -■
gave stri't iiijiin tion, that all the
stones wi-r to Ik> si rapid from the
plati-s and pla- •••! in her -tor. room. I
ventured t'l a-!, the rea on, and \va
j told that not only cherry, but plum,
peach and all manner of stones, whether
cook'-d or raw. win invariably saved,
gently di. ! in tin- oven and kept in a
great jar. "Then," said madame, "in
the winter, when the fire burns . har
and bright in the evening. 1 fetch a
handful and throw them among tin
glowing coals. I'hey era k am!-plotter
for a moment, nd up a brilliant ffamc,
and the w h -le room is liili d|w ith a di
licioiis ml- r."
otnrn \\ ho % R t RS rigttrrs.
Some large dry goods . -tahli hmi nts
in New V.-rk employ women to art as
figure- in tin- smt dej irtmerit, and pay
tlu-m al Mint f- awn k. The gr-at ma
j j; rity an-alsjiit twenty years of age,
j and one proprietor thus "peaks of the
manner in which they are utiliz <1:
When a lady wants to buy a dress
one of the figure* is railed up and she
puts the dress on to show bow it look*.
She walks up and down the ffoor se\-
eral tines and impres-i, the buvi-r
with the beauty of the dress, which, I
will confidentially say, i* dm- in a great
measure to the Is-auty of the figure
Then the dress is soim-tiuu*s purchased
j Very often, however, the lady is not
i satisfied with the first dress, and the
operation is rontinnrsl indefinitely. In
case the purchaser <bir-s to buy a
cloak, the figure has to robe lier---lf in
' all the furs of the season to pleas.-1h
rustoiner. The figure dn -s.-s and un
. drev.es pi rhaps l<*>titiu-s in the course
j of the day. When the girls are very
attractive they are very g.l adver
i tisements for the stores in which they
' are employed. Their beauty draws
I custom.
Th* f'trhrowa.
The New York llairtlrnturr tell* us
| just how the arches of the eyebrows
ought to look to add to the lw-auty of.
\ the feminine face-
Though it is Indispensable to beauty
to have the eyebrows of a dark color
and also a protection to the sight, as
they are the natural shade of the eye,
yet when they la-come larger and shag
gy it gives a look of vulgarity and Is
also a mark of old age. We must re
quest you to attend to this, and, if the
hair grow s too long and thick, to keep
<t down with the scissor*. If this IM
oot sufficient, some of the longest hairs
may lie removed by the tweeter*. The
same means may betriisl and are much
1 eUer and safer than onyVlepllatory to 1
diminish the extent of the eyebrows
and prevent them from spreading. We
have a very different taste in this re
spect from the ancient Romans, who
considered it indispensable in a beauty
to have her eyebrows meet, whirh is
in Scotland called " luckcn browed,"
from n notion that the jx-rson whose
eyebrows are so formed is, or should I*-,
lucky, lnstriid, therefore, of painting
the space between the eyebrows to
imitate hair, we consider it nuire hand
some to have all the hair removed and
the evelirows well separated. The
Roman fashion, it must IKJ confessed,
formed a letler outwork to prevent
the perspiration of the forehead from
falling into the eyes; nnd this. In-side
forming a shade for the light, is their
chief office, according to Socrates, who
instances the form and place of the
eyebrows as a strong argument for
Providence.
Si ablaa Stir*.
Autumn silks are dark and rich in
effect.
Havel or k cloaks will be worn during
the autumn. •.
Chenille figured goods appear among
i late fall importation*.
The cretonne pattern* in carjx-te art*
desirable for bedrooms.
Jackets almost covered with soutafhe
embroidery will be worn.
The Hrnall capote and the large poke
will la- the leading bonnet*
Head* will lc used again for em
broideries of evening dresse*.
Linked bracelet * of Itornan gold fas
tWWHd by a Imp are in style.
Tapering < rown are not *o fashion
able a* large, square and flat ones.
Ivory white dr< ■ with gold braid
trimming* are a fancy at present.
Scarlet hu-sar jacket*, embroidered
with gold soutache, are worn in
Pari*.
Two shades of smalt blue are fro
quently combined in one hat or
lon net.
J)eep ehieoreen or ruche* around the
bottom of skirts are the fancy of the
moment.
' <irn flower* are appearing, riot only
in millinery but they figure in brocade
and velvets.
Bronze, gijt, old silver and jet orna
ment* will all be much worn on hat*
and bonnet*.
Kven hat*, gloves and shoes ar*
adorned with lad, tin-) and silk
embroideries.
Silv< r bands in laee-Jjke pattern*
< one for felt 1 >eaver blue, gray and
garnet lionnet*.
Die -.e* of one material bid fair to
i more f idiioriable this fail than com
] <•,,( times.
Kiltir tat.liers <,f nett.sl chenille'ap
pear on inquirled drcses and among
trimming
I lie new ottoinan velours si Ik> are
as !. avily r-pp d .us Seilienne, but
ha\ e a softer tinisli.
Leather band- with buck!.-- appear
on many new fall hats of f. It-. They
are more old than j r< tty.
Bla V.and g.-Id < ui'.r• :.ieri<* .>n r.uigli
l.nrns are u-. d f• >r (amy en.tunics at
Klin | • an ) athing-pl.v •
A iin t iait < inbroidi ry. almost as light
and welelike a- la is worn over
Whitehall dresses of satiii and silk.
Thr style in Pans is for sunshades of
monstrous si/e and loud colors. The
handles are grotesque ami of huge
size.
Handkerchief; are made w ith|minute
colored Isinb rs and the name ern
hroiilered in a color to match the
I .order.
The -kirts of light walking or danc
ing dresses are kept .fl"the ground or
floor by a puff of muslin inside the
hem instead of a halaveuse.
N< w woolen plaids anl cheeks come
in the .Tsthetie colors with broken,
-haded lues and bars of brick red.
t rra> otta. gray, hhie and yellow.
The new silk embroideries on cash
, mere hsve large figures and flowers,
wliecls. daisies, roses, circles. balLs and
conventionalized flower and leaf de
sign*.
' ltnniMnadp, hand-made brown lin<*n
mitt* are 'embroidered in chain stitch
in fancy figures and worn with ]>c;u
sant costumes at French watering*
place*.
Short-waistc*l bodice*, gat hem] at
the shoulder* and waist, arc worn by
[ young ladii-* and misses in their toons
in France as well a* in Kngland. They
give a youthful air to the wearer.
I A novelty in bracelets is composed
' of several circlets of gold linked to-
I getlier with stones, whose initials form
' a wish or a name. The same fancy
is reproduced in dog-collar necklaces.
Itrsp et the ltodj.
A writer in the Hearth and Hamt
has some sensible ideas on the subject
of lNslily health. He says : "Ilespn-t
the b<sly. tiive it what it requires,
and no more- Ih>n't pierce its ears
or pinch its fct; ion't roast it by a
hot (Ire all day and smother it undei
heavy led covering at night; don't put
it in a cold draught on slight occasions,
and don't nurse or pet it to death ;
don't dose it with doctors* stuffs, and.
above all, don't turn it into a wine
cask or a chimney. Let it In* 'war
ranted not to smoke,' fmtn the time
your manhood takes possession. Ile-
Spoet the body ; don't over work, over
rift, or over love it, and never debase
it, but le able to lay down when you
are done with it a well worn but not a
misused thing. Meantime, treat it at
I a*t as well as you would your jw<t
horse, or hound, and, my word for it,
though it will not jump to China at a
bound, you'll find It a most excellent
thing to have especially in the
country.*'
A full font of Japanese type com
prises 50,000 characters, of which 3,000
are In coostanl use. Kach Japanese
word having a distinct character, the
telegraph has been useless to the na
tion and the telephone la likely to
1 prove a blessing to them.
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