A Norse Legend. A Norse king mt in his hall one nighl, And tho tempest was racing without; The sou roared and dashet !cr own nair." However, he laid the letter and soft coil aside, resolving to match that in visible net himself. It was very strange, but a vision <>f a young lady with golden-brown hair would keep intruding itself between his eyes and the remaining letter-. {Sometimes brown eyes a<■■ -ompanicd the hair, sometimes blue. Now it was a petite figure again, "divinely tall and most divinely fair." Having skimmed over flieni all. lc iietoolc himself to that compartment of the establishment devoted to such articles as the on- reh I am writing! Why, •Perry, nM Ih>v, you're cb'on gone!" to 'exclaimed, tossing the offending mis sive into the waste basket. Inclosing the article in a wrapper, rie addressed it. and 1 lid if with simi lar parcels on a shelf, at the same time consigning the etirl to his vc-t pocket. "Of course you are aware, Mr. Day ton, that some one must go north shortly to attend to that business in Liverpodl; and as we have found you faithful in the discharge of yourduties, and place the utmost confidence in your judgment, Mr. Ilaily and myself have decided that you are the one to go." Thus spoke the senior partner, com ing into the office where Perry was sitting. This happened a few months later. Perry's beaming face fully ex pressed his appreciation of this mark of esteem. • He was to start in two ,U; s. This was Thursday. The next Wednesday morning found our friend taking breakfast at the Adelplu hotel, Liver pool. The business would probably keep liiin there a month or so. He had plenty of leisure time, ami devoted it to viewing the sights. One evening he enter-sl the office of a young fellow connected with the business house of Park \ Ilaily, and 1 found him making an clalHirate toilet. "Why this unusual and unnatural regard for thy appearance, o Treve lyn?" he exclaimed, advancing into the room w here liis friend stood. J "I am going to a party. Don't you vvant to come?" "Yes. Where is it "At Old Swan, four miles away. We will take the cab at eight pre cisely.** Trevelyn was well-known and liked 1 at Old Hwan. He had livtsl there several years, and so it was that Perry was presented to some of the nicest ' people in the place. He was talking with Mrs. Langdon when lie discovered that Trevelyn was dancing with a very pretty young lady. Bhe had dark eyes, a small oval face, and was dremieri in some airy, floating material. Hut Iter hair attracted his attention particularly. It reminded )iilit of a curly lock which lie hail car ried ulmiit for several months. And then slie wore an invisilijc net, which was probably what caused him to mm on Ist that other lock. "Don't, you agree with me, Mr. Day ton ?" "Oli, yes, indeed!" he said, having not the slightest idea of what Mrs. Langdon was talking about. The waltz came to an end at last, and the two found their way to where our friends were seated. "Won't you introduce me to the fair dancer?" Dayton asked at the earliest opportunity. "Was Miss Terrell engaged for the next dance?" A glance at a dainty programme proved the contrary. "Might he have the pleasure?" "M." "What a delightful turn that was! Dayton had never enjoyed anything so much. He had some thought of tell ing Miss Terrell that a lock of that mass iif wavy hair was at that moment lodged in Lis pocket. A propitious fate permitted him to dance again with Iter during the evening, strut even to accompany tlu-ir party to supper. The text day Trevelyn and Dayton called to pay their respects at the Terrell mansion. This was not the la-t time. And then Perry I
mg' A uncling road through the trees lisl them at length to just the place they were looking for. Then came the bustle of alighting and col. lecting the baskets, and all sat down for a general i hat before going off in exploring parties. The ddights of pienies were being warmly discussed, when a find gentleman on horseback was seen appr • a hmg through the tree- at one side. He -seined in no wise disconcerted by numerous pair- of eyes bent Upon ti i in. "Why. I'eggy. where did y>>u i rune from ?" cried Mis- Ella, prettily, while the pater et mater shook him warmlv by the hand. "I found my-elf able to In- with yoit earlier than I expected. They told me you were all booki-d for tin- day -o I determined to follow -siut." "It is s i nice that you happened to rone-,n this part c olor ilay' We are going to have such a nice day!" -aid Mrs. Terrell. "I'm let - i sure of that." soldo -r is want.sl, there are other plasters far better than mustard for the pur- ! jH.se. When you have a mustard ! plaster, then, Use 1,0 wat or w hatei er, | but mix the mustard with the white ; of an egg. and the result will la* a plaster that will "draw" jH-rftstly, but will not produce a blister even u|>- on the skin of an infant. ie> matter ' how long it is ullow.nl to remain on the jsirt. l'.>r this we have the Word of an oi l and eminent phyai. i.ui, as Well as our own experience. Remains of the Seven Wonders. lii addition t>> the j.yrainids, after 5..i11.* r.-sear. h on the part of Mr. New ton, who is in the emjiloy of the Kng listi government, the foundation and many of the fragments of the mauso leum at llaliearnassiis have Ms-n di*_ e|.rsis|, which. with the mound*indi.-at titig the jsnitions >.f the walls and gar dens of Hahylon. are the only remains of the "Seven Wonders of the World.'* The I .dossils of liholrs, 'in|||pin| of brass ..Ist in j.i.s .-s, was overthrown by an earthquake, 22i 11. C. Thefrag inents remained until the ninth een tury, when the *ar.u .lis sold them t>a .few, who is s.ijd to have loaded caiuels with tin-in. they weighing 72".. '.*•l |>onn.N. The original Temph* <>f Diana was set on tire d.V> It. I'. I.v Kr..stratus, an obscure individual who sought by this means to make his name | famous. It was rebuilt, but again des troyed by the f Jot lis, A D. IV i. The mausoleum gradually • Tumbled ami de cavel, though as late as 111" A. D. j.arts of it w. re u-.sl by the Knights of Rhodes in the construction of a castle. . The destruction of the Olympian .love, at Klis, and the Pharos of Alexandria, w .is probably accomplished by barba rian invaders. ™ 1 A Forgotten Duel. The tearing down of an antiquated house at St. Augustine, Fla., brought to light a rusty sword. To it U I attached a story. Eighty years ago, at a grand ball given by the Spanish g< n ( tleinan wlio lived in the house, two officers came to high words over tho attention paid by them to a beautiful lady j.resent. They repaired to the street and fought a duel with swords. ( One man fell dead. The other threw* , away his weajmn and tied. A little , ' ehild who had leen aw itness of the encounter. |iieked uj> the sword and , carried it into the house. It was hid den that at least one evidence of the bloody dees I might be concealed. Long I after the story of the crime had been forgotten, the finding of the blood ' stained Made calls it anew to mind. Tobacco is grown hi sixty-four out , f the sixty-seveu counties of l'enn i sylvania. Hi HI KIM# CENSUS RETURNS. Slnllillra of lnaa.ui>-, Idiocy, Bllndnaai, I'auparlaiii, t rim* anil llcoth. Tho compendium of the "Tenth Census," a volume of 17- | jiarently great increase in the niiml.cr of those included in the three classes j named. The number of insane persons idiots, blind jtersons, and deaf-mutes, ' as shown by the several censuses, was 50,'J94 in iH.Mt; r.H,4.M in ISM; DH.SS4 I in IH7<, and 'Jol.'i'JH in IHH<. In other words, although the population has a | little more than doublisl in thirty years, the number of defective jieraons rcturm-d is apparently nearly live tim*s as great as it was thirty years ago. The increase of pojmlution between 1 h7o and IHHi was only thirty j.er cent., while the apparent increase of j these defective classes was l.V'i per j cent. While there wi-re only 2.V.4 d-- fis-tive jiersotis in each million in IH7", there were r"18 in each million in I**o. Mr. Wines says that it is iin- j jH.ssjble to believe that there lias, in ] I.let, l.een sogreatati increase. Kitlier tin* enumeration in lis*o was excessive or the enumeration iti l*7'i wimlncom* j p|etThe bureau was assist.-.! in the I work by *",(** i physicians, and Mr. Wines Im lieves that a much more jier fcet enumeration of the defective .lasses, csjns i.iUv of the insane and idiotic, has l.een secured than was ever M-forc )ir.~-efit.sl in tli- fci-dnry .f this or any othi-r nation, Of the in sane persons forty-four j r < enb were in h.rsj.itaU ami asylum-; of 7i,ny!i ! idiots three | r cent, were in training schools f■ >r tin- fe'-lil.-.mill.lc| ; ..f til.'.rjh I blind j.ers..ns, b->- than f• >ur and a half p.-r cent, w. re in schools and Indus* I trial lioim - for the blind, and .TI.H7* inut.-s, nearly sixteen j..-r e.-nt .were mi Schools established for tin 111. I'f the deaf p.r->.us, one-half were M-twcen the ages of tive and twenty-one, but j not more than one sixth of th<* lilitei were Is-twcen those ages. It appears that insanity atta- ks women more fr.spieutlv than it d.s-s 1 men, but men <>n the other hand are more lial.le to Im- idiot j. . blind or deaf. ■ The negro imputation is mudi in-.r.- j liable to Idiocy than insanity. Ih-th the m-gr-. and tto* foreign |*pii!atmn are singularly more liabb t-. blindness than to deafin-ss. The tendency of the foreign |M>pu|ati.>n to insanity is especially w-.rthy of atti'tiion. "It is startling to kn-.w." sa;. s Mr. Wines. *• thst of in habit ants.ov. r 1' ' ar.- either insane, id: >ts, d- ft-mut.-s, <>r blind, or are in* mates .f |>ris..iis, reformatories, <.r j*>or boiises. If to those vs.- add the oi.t. diH.r p-.r arid tin- inmates of private . haritable institutions, the number w ill swell to nearly --r quite .Vn,""". .r one j.er ci-nt. ..f tli- total jM.jiulati.in. We < ann-.t M-giti t-. s,.ii 7,">7, and the nuinl'.-r of j.risoniTs in confinement was .V.VJ.VJ. There were 11."Do in mates of reformatories for the young of the jiri-otiers lti.ooo are maititainisl in idleness. The death-rate of tin* I'nited States, as established by the number of deaths recorded, was fifteen, one to the thous and. a rate .|c< i,.Vil cases was consumption; diphtheria caused IW.T.H deaths; enteric or ty phoid fever. :t;!,9or>; malarial fever, 20,- 201, and accidents or injuri!*s. 35,9:12. The death-rate of the colored race is much greater than that of the white. California llero. The recent explosion of a gunpow der factory at ltcrkelay, C'al.. develop ed a hero. Frank Holler saw the shower of Sparks set lire to a taupnu lin on the deck of a schoonef lying at a wharf. He knew that flftv tons of the explosive was aboard the vessel. The crew w ere aware of it. too, ami they scampered away as fast as possi ble. But Roller leaped tlirough the window of his house, ran to the peri lous craft anil extinguished the flames by throwing on water with a bucket. If the Are had reached the cargo the town ami everyKsly In It would have been destroyed. ♦•WASH IMb DAY." toDir I arfttl Hints to Housekeepers About WMhlnv and trotilng. First have the clothes well sorted. Let the table-cloths anil najikins be washed by themselves, and ea h jdece looked over carefully in order to see if there are any fruit or coffee stains on I the jiieces; if so, pour boiling water I over the fruit-stains, several times if necessary, until they are removed, and ' soak coffee stains for a little in cold water, which w ill generally take them J out. Let the sheets, pillow-cases and cot* j ton underwear bo washed and boiled | together; then the towels and white j cotton stockings; white shirts, gar ments to be starchisl and handkerchiefs could lie J.llt together, then tea towels, and Jast of ail the flannels. That ••lotlies may be waslu-d clean, use a good soaji and ati abundance of warm | water. Clothes will not be white if j wash.si in a little water in the bottom ] of a tub, and a cheajt soap is not econ omy, and often leaves a disagreeable -slor, ev. n after a eareful rinsing. Have the water merely warm in j your lioib-r when the clothes are put \ in, and rub a little soa|> on <■ a-h j-i-s-e before boiling. Do not Isiil <>v er hit.-en minutes, as a longer time is apt to give the linen a yellow line. Alter the I clothes are removisl from the lir.st leiiler, dip out half the water, and j.ur in enough i 5.1.1 to Ml your In.iler half full, and go through this jiro. ess each time. Many servants, unless directed otherwise, are apt to j.ut the s-.-ond quantity into the Muling water from which they have taken the !:r*t. and then j-our in whatever - xtr.i nn-. mt l lussbsl. Rut Jilittllig t.J'* (l-.!1,e- into Milling water will ba. -• them y.-11-.w, while the other j>r - >-s. is a < b-ansing one. After removing frotn the t- !• r. rinse them thoroughly in i large tul. of water, then blue tin-in in an liu-r We have found it w.-ll .luring the winter to have sheets, pillow-, isi-x and .-.tt-.n underwear wash.si lir-t, tlon take linen, as they .!r x qui. kly. arid ar-- ready to bring into the house, when the star, [(,,( eiotli.-s, which ti-ssl to hang much 1 -ng< r on the line-, ar-- ready to j.ut out. Ihe starch.-1 < |..tli-s should M- out during the ) riglit.-st part of the day. and the flannel* should l- W i-hed s., ,1- to hav <• the I" n- !it of. the sun also. To keeji ttiem -"ft arid ni'e d<> n-.t j.ut them all into n tub at time, but take tij. ( .nil j.iece --j..irately, wash in an hot suds a- x>u < ari com fortably la-ar your hands, tiien rinse immediately in another tub >•( h water, squeeze v.-rv dry, snaj. out. and after pinning on the hue. pull them Into shajH*. Flannel- should never be ironed. The j.lan of soaking clothes over night is riot considered the b.-st bv ex j.eriencisl laundresses, and r.wh- r bind ers than exjeslites the washing. As there is no ..|or aMmt a house more disagreeable than that produced from M.iling clothes, or the steam from the drying of them in the house, when the day is too stormy t<> hang them out of doors, let every housekeeja-r M* j.ar tu ular in this matter, not only to k.-cji the doors M-tween the kitchen or laun dry and the house closed, but to insist that the windows in the kit. hen shall M* lowered a few inches from the top, even in the coldest weather, that much of the disagreeable air may escape. Early rising, systematic {.burning. g.HI soaji, an abundance of water, pure air and a rhis*rfulteinj>*r are neoes-ary to make a happy washing da,v. and the washing and ironing well done and greatly to the comfort of a household. -1 hi'ivjo Stnwiaril. The Minister's Coat. In the days of early Methodism in Northern Ohio, a preacher had M*cn ajipointed to a new circuit, and wore <>n his first round a fashionable broad cloth frock-coat, which his tailor had innocently j.rox idisl for him. This le --came a source of great grievance to i the hnmc-aptin laity, and it was finally resolved to make it a matter of disci* j.line. Si nt the lir*t quarterly confer ence charges were prepared in due form, and the offending minister noti ttixl to M* present and make answer. Entering the r.sun w here the presiding elder and lesser magnates w ere assem bled, the preacher strijqusl off his coat, hung it on the back of a chair, and (minting to it, said; "Sinn* it is the coat that offends, try it. Could I preach any sounder gosjicl in relies or cassock ? It seems to me that it is not the man ner of the coat, but the manner of - the man in the coat, t hat should lie considered." And there the trial ended. Custer county, Montana, contains M.flOO square miles men-than New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Connecticut and Dele ware combined. The Olrla. H>-ar the laughter of the girls • l'mfty girlc Wliul it fnniag time, time, time. In a aorter-kiuiler rhyme, ID the tintmtiuh .littiou that, . i. v .'i; ever purfci From the girl-, t-irU, giro, girli, inrlm, girl", girl*— I rom the wil l, ciiprirktua, we* v rntyr g-.'s, .Wee t'le flirting of the gol— Iht'liant ifirl• , Bw the Hjftlßtd hru.fi t |oWt * . I v v 'llimugll the li.a/e* rif the , I'j. an 1 flown the t tt.-lv '.a , Ifow he >)..|R IMKA<. turns. It In-art the palm f lie I, rt'l. Fruitful "I trou I tie t.reen apples. Often . all.ai to mind Ten r >-ry maid. Within a tear nineteen AM n an sirii/i-r-i have pi-ri.-hed at t . A ti-h-grajili w ir<* i- like t m It i< of no 11>e \\lien it i- down. It iloean't takeiiiueh |.r >\..' it n for a man to "g-1 d"Wn on" a- f i. Worth in.tkea tlo- man. W!,. w .rtli tn.lkea the 'lreaa );<* 1 -r• . . in. I.' Mil • i !■> one ' 1 . t.l I-H that Me • in't readily - j j■!;. > !,-!t for. Her. m diff-reih \. ij.ii ;; - .-J fr ■ ye |vitat -. She |it-l •V| the T.; ■- r- i lily wln ri raw I in- th k<-> p 1.-nt. Mer- iry ia all- 1 the ,| of 'jui-ni-e "J'liiw may a./ mt f•? t* •!- ejlli-:,! I- let J , ,;j t l ; e . ' ... • of therm* meter* during a ohl wave. !'• )>!•• who don't under-' m l w'.y pUToti are invariably no \;■ !••-;* in their di-oor-e, must i- stupid. W: it would you e\j.e. t from a l.jnl hut fowl tall, '< I! yii*.l really di-hk< itiani' i- well to rtiiiemlw-r that nothing w;!l n a I him more than to < it< h hini near a hand organ and go up and offer hiua Mlttiei ..|l|ll-ra. It hia now la-come fashionable in Fa-tern 'itie* to l.e marrieil a- early is aiv oh im kin the rnomintr Thi- starts the bridegroom into the ! tbjt ..f early ri-imr off. A little girl wa- w.ilking alor.g thu -treet the other day ,w hen -lo - iw i \ .-rv 1-iwdeggial man with a short 'oat on. " 2. t*. Shf' 3'litifi ht! . my NtmiHimw |f> pc* ( y i. Sofnrliinrw hf i squit#*; Vtn**tirif. rU, tklif • Nunr-tiinco 7 lo cwir A ad 'loth