Hood Night.
A BONO.
Uimkl ulfht, my love, good niaht.
The twinkling atari aro pesping from the
cloudless iky,
And on tbadawy earth the silver moonbeam*
1 lie;
ilio sweet, ssd timo now comes wlion I most
say good-by.
Good 'V>f;bt, my love, good night.
Good night, my love, good night.
Oh! softly on thy pillow may thy*puro cheek
i rest,
And angels grant no shadows cross thy sinless
breasts
Thy sleep be sweet, thy dreams of him who
loves tliee best.
Good night, my love, good night.
His Own Medicine.
Dr. and Mrs. Morton had finished
tiffin, and were discussing some private 1
theatrical*, which, followed hy a ball,
were to take place that evening at the I
mess-house of tho - th. The subject ;
was a delicate one, for on it they held j
decided, but unfortunately divided j
opinions. The doctor had a prejudice '
against sich things, and, though in
most respects very indulgent to his
pretty little wife, objected to her at
tending them. She, however, was
bent on doing so.
"You know, dear, that it is the very
last of the season, and every one w ill
be there."
"And you know my rooted objection
to these entertainments, Ada, why do
you urge me?"
"Then when shall I ever have an op- (
portunity of showing off that lovely
pink and silver cloak you got from
Madras on my birthday?" pouted tin
young wife.
"Ah, that is a deeply important mat
ter!" laughed the doctor. "We must
see if we can't get up a dance in our
bungalow, little woman," continued In
some what inconsequent !y.
"But that wOn't bo a ball and the
atricals to-night; and by that time
Daddahbhov, Humanageeand the other
l'arsees will have their shops tilled
with the new-fashioned cloak, while as
yet mine is the only one of the canton
ment. 1 rt-aly do think, William, you
might h-t me go. lam sure I sit pa
tiently enough through those solemn
dinners and scientific reunions of
which you are so fond."
"Well, well, as it is the very last of
the season, I suppose 1 must be amia
ble for once; but—"
"Oh, that's a dear, g**l, disagreea
ble old thing!" said his wife, giving
him a kiss; and without waiting to (
hear more, in a Hotter of delight she
left the room.
When left to himself the doctor pon
" dered their late conversation, and left
by no means satisfied with his share in
it. .Still, having consented, he deter- ,
mined to do so with a go<*l grace, and.
on Mrs. Morton presently re-entering
to look for something, lie said, "Hy the
way, dear, when shall I order the pa
lanquin for you ?"
Still continuing her search she re
replied rather alisently, "Oh. any time,
I shall only want it returning; the :
Hills w ill call for me going."
Dr. Morton was taken aback.
"So," he exclaimed, "you had ar- ;
ranged to go with —or without—my
consent!"
With a little start, she answered
somewhat confusedly, "Well, I thought
you would lie sure to gi\e me leave,
William, and- •"
"As you have chosen to act so Whol- )
ly independently," interrupted her
husband, angrily, "I withdraw the
consent I so unwittingly gave. The j
house shall be closed at the usual hour,
and if you do not happen to be at home
at 11 o'clock, we do not sleep under
the same roof this night." And in
high displeasure Dr. Morton left the
house; nor did he return for more than
a couple of hours, during which his
mood had more than once changed.
The first irritation over, lie felt that it
was tiard upon his pet to deny tier the
pleasure to which but the moment tie
fore he had assented. How would he
bear to spend the long evening oppo
site that disappointed, wistful little
face? It liegan, too, to dawn upon
him that "the whole cantonment"— i
which in India, where private life is
more distinctly public property than
in any other corner of the world, stands
for our esteemed old friend, Mrs.
(irundy— might, as has ever been its
wont, put an unkind construction on
motives it did not understand; might
hint that he was not so much standing
by his principles—which in fact, lie
hud yielded—as avenging his own of
fended dignity. The result of all
which cogitation was that if, on his re
turn home, he should find that she had
accepted Imth disappointment and re
buke in a proper spirit, much, indeed
all, dependent on that— she should go
with their friends to the ball; or even
in the probable event of their having
already called, he would show his mag
nanimity by taking her himself. Just
then a carriage drove swiftly past his;
he recognized it to be the HiUs's, and
In it—could ho credit his senses?—all
radiant with smiles, wrapped in hor
new cloak, sat his wife, who, in merry
defiance, kissed her hands to him as
they passed.
Both ball and theatricals were de
lightful, and none enjoyed them mure
than tho volatile and fascinating Mrs.
Morton. In the gayety of her spirits
she confided to one after another of
her dearest friends her husband's
threat; and to one or two who ex
pressed some fear that he might carry
it out she laughingly replied that she
did not think that that would be at all
likely; but in tho event of anything so
improbable, she bad still her palanquin,
in which she could rest till gun-fire,
when, of course, the house would -be
opened.
I am told that nowadays palanquins
are in as little request in India as se
dan chairs in England; but in Dr. and
Mrs. Morton's time—for know, O read
er, that my story is founded on fact—
they were, except in the evening drive,
the most general mode of carriage. In
the veranda of every house one or
more might always be sisui, with their
bearers at hand, ready for instant ser
vice by day or by night.
It was past 2 o'clock when Dr. Mor
ton heard, coming down the compound, j
the moaning monotonous cry of the
ticarcrs who carried their mistress to j
tier home. Placing tho palanquin in '
the veranda, they called loudly for i
admission, striking the door with their
hands, in no small wonder that it had
not, as usual, been thrown wide at j
their approach. Expectation of the
coming triumph had driven sleep from
his pillow; and he now turnisl his head
with a grim smile, for his revenge was
at hand the litth- rebel should learn a ,
lesson never to be forgotten.
To the bearers' voices was soon ad
ded that of their mistress's; indignant
ly, cntreatingly, eoaxingly she < ailed
in turn. She reinindisi her liu-baml
that their veranda was overlooked
from the road "Let me in. I beg, I en
treat of you, William. It will lie gun
lire in a couple of hours, and if seen
here I shall be the laughing-stoek of
tlie whole station, o William, dear,
do let me in!"
To whieh her husband answered
sternly, "We -hall not re-t under the !
same risif this night;" and he chuckled 1
to himself, for lie only intended to keep
her waiting a few minutes.
For a moment Mrs. Morton seemed
irresolute; then having said a few
Words to the head bearer, she Tied
aloud in a passionate burst of sobs, "I
w ill sooner die than submit to Miefi hu
miliation;" and. followed by her ser- j
vants, she rushes! away.
There was a long wailing cry —a !
shriek—a heavy splash, flood heavens!
could it be -could it be possible that
his impetuous wife had thrown her
self into the well? Hark to those
wild cries as the liearers run hither
and thither with loud exclamations!
and calls for help. Paralyzed with
fear, ttie husband could with difficulty 1
ojien the door; then rushing out he
would have Hung himself into the '
still rippling water, in a mad attempt 1
at rescue, hat riot a ts-arer hung upon
his arm, as. in broken English, tie tried (
to explain that his mistress was safe,
"Then where is she? What is all
this row alsiut? Who has fallen in?
What are you all yelling for?"
"For Mem Sahib tell, 'throw big
stone down well;' then too much l*>te
bery make; run tbis way, that way
plenty great tamasha Mem Sahib
make big cry, then Mem run away.'
Dr. Morton knew himself outwitted,
for doubtless his wife had taken ad
vantage of the door she had thus sue.
reeded in opening. Ah. well, though
vexed at the trick, he w as by no means
sorry that the conflict was at an end.
and that they should lsith pass w hat
remained of the night in peaceful rest.
He dismissed the bearers, and returned
to the house, but to find it shut! the
door was closed, and obstinately re
sisted all efforts to open it; while a
voire from the Window from which lie
had himself so lately s|>oken, said
"We shall not sleep under the same
roof this night." The doctor, with an
uneasy laugh, first treated the situation
as a silly joke, then expostulated, then
stormed; but all without avail or even
notice. He called to the ayah to open
the door; but her answer was that she
was locked In Mem's room, and Mem
had the key under her pillow. He
stamped at first with anger, but soon
with cold, for his night pyjamas oflensl
slight protection against the chill
morning air. At length seeing the
palanquin, he got into it. The lovely
cloak was lying on the cushions; lie
drew the hood over his head, Its deli
cate hues in striking contrast to Ills
sunburned face and disheveled hair
and dragging it round his broad
shoulders with an angry tug, settled
himself to sleep. ,
The gun hail fired, the "assembly"
sounded, but still the doctor slept on.
Nor was he roused by the sound ol
horses' hoofs, as a bevy of ladies, un
escorted except by servants, rode up
to the door. They would be joined in
their ride by their husbands after par
ade; and then, after a final round of
the course, assemble at the house of
one other of their party to chota-haz
zarie and a lively discussion of absent
friends.
In much surprise they waited a min
ute or so before the closisl and silent
house; then, with significant glances,
one after another slid from her saddle,
determined to solve the mystery. Ah,
there it is! A little corner of the cloak
worn the night before by Mrs. Morton
peeped out of the closed door of the
palanquin; 'twas evident that the poor
littw thing had been obliged to seek
that shelter. "What a shame!" They
would speak to her, they would com
fort her, and oh, what a laugh they
would have against her! They grouped
themselves round the palanquin, bend
ing low to peer in; and one on either
side drew back the sliding doors as
gracious! Dr. Morton, still half asleep,
slowly opened his eyes. Most effectual
ly was he wakened by the startling ex
clamation with which the visitors
hastily retreated to their horses, which
they were just in the act of mounting
as the door was thrown open, and Mrs.
Morton appeared in her riding-habit.
They immediately rode away, to the
infinite satisfaction of the recumbent
hut impatient doctor, who was in mor
tal fear that fresh complications might j
arise through his unexplained absence •
from duty bringing message of inquiry, j
At fiie meeting of husband and wife
we would rather not play fly in the
corner, but take for grunted that .
there was the usual amount of tears,
recrimination ami hysterics, in which
for this occasion only a torn and
crumpled fabric of pink and silv. r
took an active part; the sight of i
from time to time stimulating Mrs
Morton's grief and eloquence, while
her husband, who, smarting the e\p
of the morning, had entered on tho
fray \wtb unusual spirit, soon found
himself vanquished, limp nnd utterly
dismayed, as his own inconsistent,
tyrannical and solli-h conduct was
contrasted m>t for the first tine- 1
with the po' cut endurance of his long
suffering wife. 1
Neither of this nor of thereconciling
tion that followed in natural sequence, .
shall we make record; but we must of
the ph-asing fact that,at the very next
concert. Mrs. Morton, leaning on Iter '
husband's arm, appeared in most ex- <
cellent spirits, her cloak, this time of '
amber and gold, being admiral by all
beholders.— Lornlon Socirty. '
Saco nnd Tapiora. <
"ago ami tapioca differ in value ma
terially, as was shown recently in a i
law-nit Ist ween merchants of the I'a- 1
1 ific coast The difference is explain- I
•si in the plants and in the cost of pro-
iluction. The sago tr-e is a palm, 1
twenty-live feet high. It grows in the '
marshes of Singapore and elsewhere in 1
China where plantations of one thous
and acres are often seen. A sago palm 1
is not ripe for its first and only harvest 1
till fifteen years from the planting. Its ;
diameter is then some twenty inches. 1
The harvester works on a shifting 1
plank in the swamp, and fells the tr<sj
• loss- to the ground. The bark lieing
removed the body of the tree consist" (
of soft pith, which is broken and 1
ground in water while the pulp is lw- |
ing stirred. Transferred t a vat, the 1
starch is precipitated and the water
drawn off, after which the starch is 1
dried anil ground into the sago
flour of commerce. Chinese tapioca
differs essentially. The plant grows
fifteen feet high, and fruits in two
years; otherwise it is not unlike the
potato. Kverv motion is the same as '
in the |H>tato field. Grasping the plant •
its huge bunch of massive roots ij
shaken and taken to mill, where, being
washed and stripped by machinery, the j
tapioca of commerce is male as sago il
precisely. (
Space in the I'nirerse.
The nearest of the fixed stars Is ]
twenty trillions (20,OiHV*K\000,nOO) j 1
of miles distant from us. The next in 1
distance is four times farther removed, j 1
If we attempt to fix an average di.s- ! ;
tance for the surrounding group of
fixed stars nearest our system, we could
not safely give it a radius of less than
four hundred trillions of miles. Vet
w hat does this involve? Light, which
reaches us from the sun in eight and a
half minutes, would take seventy years 1
in its journey across this vast
domain of space. If the volume ol
spare included within our solar system
were occupied with one huge sphere ol
5,600,000,000 miles diameter, even such
a mighty mass would be but as a float
ing feather in the marvelous spread
of empty space surrounding. Thl'
space would contain twenty-seven hun
dred trillions of such spheres, and
would eontain the material contents ol
our solar system a number of times in
dicated by the figure 5 with twenty
two cipher annexed.
fllf* I,AST COl itT.
A Slory of tl,. Ntrat Jud. Ib.t Ark..-
1 ;*rr Had
Old (jrcpioD, a jiwth' of
peace, was never known to smile. He
came to Arkansas years ago, and year
after year, by the will of tho voters,
he held his placo as magistrate. The
lawyers who practiced in his court
never joked with him, because every
one soon learned that the old man
never engaged in levity. Every morn
ing, no matter how hod the weather
might be, the old man took his place
behind the bar, which, with his own
hands, he had made, and every even
ing just at a certain time he closed his
books and went home. No man ever
engaged him in private conversation,
because lie would talk to no one. No
one ever went to his hoine.alittlecottage
among the trees in the city's outskirts,
because he had never shown a disposi
tion to make welcome the visits of
those who lived even in the immediate
viclnity. His office was not given him
through the influence of "electioneer
ing," because he never asked any man
fbr his vote. He was first elected !•-
cause, having once been summoned in
a case of arbitration, he exhibited the
executive side of such a legal mind
that the people nominated and ch-ctcd
him. lie soon gained the name of
the "Hard .Justice," and every lawyer
in Arkansas referred to Ids divisions.
His rulings were never reversed by
the higher courts. He showed no sen
timent in decision. He stood njwin the
platform of a law which he had made
a study, and tin man disputed him.
Recently a woman charged with
misdemean >r was arraigned before
him. "The old man se< ms more than
ever unsteady," remarkisl a lawyer, as
the magistrate took his eat. "1 don't
see how a in .in so old can stand the
vexations of a court much longi r."
"I am not well to-dav," said the
juilge. turning to the lawyers, "and
any .lsi , that you may have vmi will
pli'.tsisl despatch them to the 1 • -t. and.
let me add, quickest of your ability."
Everyone saw that the old man wa
unustially f<* Ho, and no one thought
of a scheme to prolong a discussion,
for ;ill the lawyers had leam<sl to rev -
erence him.
"Is this the woman?" asked the
judge. "Who is defending her?"
"I have no defense, your honor," the
woman replied. "In fact, I do not
think that I need any, for I am here to
ronfi ss my guilt. No man <an deb ml
me," and she looked at the magistrate
with a curious gaze, "j have t„^. n ar .
restisl on a charge of disturbing the
peace, and I'm willing to submit mv
cav*. I am dying of consumption,
judge, and 1 know- that any ruling
made by law can have but little effect
■ n me;" and she roughed a hollow,
hac king 1 >ugh. and drew around her
an old black shaw l that she wore. The
expression on the face of the magis
trate remained unchanged, but his eye
lids dropj.d and he did not raise them
when the woman continued: "As I
say, n > man can defend me. lam too
near that awful approach, to pass
which we know is everlasting death to
soul and lidy. Years ago I was a
•hild of brightest promise. 1 livitl
with my parents in Kentucky. Way
ward and light-hearted. I was admir
ed by all the gay society known in
the neighborhood. A man came ami
professed his love for tne. I don't say
this, judge, to excite your sympathy.
1 have inanv and many a time liern
drawn l>efore courts, but I never lie
fore spoke of my past life."
She coughed again, and caught a
flow of blood on a handkerchief which
she pressed to her li|is. "I sjwak of it
now because I know this is the last
court on earth before which I w ill be
arraigned. I was fifteen years old
when I fell in love with the man. My
father said he was bad. but I loved
him. He came again and again, and
and when my father said he should
come no more I ran away and married
hiin. My father said I should never
come home again. I had always been
his pride, and I loved him so dearly,
but he said that I must never again
come to his home my home, the home
of my youth and happiness. How 1
longed to see him. llow I yearned to
put my head on his breast. My bus
band lieoamc addicted to drink. He
abused me, I wrote to my father, ask
ing him to let me come home, but the
answer that came was, 'I do not know
you !' My husband died—yew, cursed
God ant', died. Homeless and wretch
ed, and with tnv little boy 1 went out
into the world. My child dipl, and I
bowed down and wept over a pauper's
grave. I wrote to my father again,
but he answered, 'I know not those
who disoliey my commandments!' 1
turned away from that letter hardenrd.
I spurned iny teachings. Now 1 am
here,"
Several lawyers rushed forward. A
crimson tide flowed from her lip*.
They leaned her lifeless head back
against the ehair. The old magistrate
had not raised his eyes. "Great God !"
daid a lawyer, "he is dead !"
The woman w as his daughter.
PEAICLM Of THOUGHT.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
Economy is itself a great income.
Folly ends where genuine hope lav ,
gins.
Men mark the hits, and not the
misses.
It costs more to avenge wrongs than
to bear tlicm.
Whatever makes men happier makes
them better.
It is a good rule to be deaf when a
slanderer begins to talk.
Feebleness of means is, in fact, the
feebleness of him that employs them.
Circumstances arc the rulers of the
weak; they are but the instruments of
the wise.
Out in the world men show UH two
sides in their character ; by the fireside
only one.
A woman may get to love by de
grees; the best fire does not flare up
the soonest.
Where there is much pretension
much has been borrowed; nature
never pretends.
It is not what you see that makes
you popular among your friends ; it is
vhat you don't tell.
Never despise humble services;
when large ships run aground, little
boats may pull them off.
Attrition is to the stone what good
Influences are to the man ; both polish,
while tin y reveal hidden beauties.
When a man is at the foot of the
lull in bis fnrtunes, lie may stay a long
while there in spite of jgufes-ional ac
compli -hliniits.
Murdered hy a I'rbate.
Lieutenant General Coode. of Ply
mouth, England, formerly of the In
dian army, has riceived particulars of
the murder of his son, Lieutenant W.
11. t'-xsle, adjutant of the wing of the
Lincolnshire regiment stationed at
Itenari-s. The ili-ieasM -,V;L drilling
the men on parade when two rifle shots
were fired from the corner of the bar
racks. The bullets p.'lv-' l rinse over
the heads of tin men, and aim ••-1 im*
mediately a third shot was fired, severe
ly wounding a private named Lilley, in
the kn<*\ The men were mueti exeit*
• d and wanted to "-catter," hut Lieu
tenant ( isle ordered thein to remain
steady and rode in the direction of the
firing. As he was advancing in a can
ter a fourth shot was fired by a private
named • '<„ kliri, who was standing out
side the barrack door. The bullet did
no damage and the man again discharg
ed his rifle. This time the bullet enter
ed the breast of Lieutenant (V*de's
horse, but notwithstanding this, the
officer --till courage'iisly advanced
toward tVsklin, shouting. "What are
you alsiut. sir?" The man replied,
"Stand back, sir. or I will shoot you,
ton." Lieutenant ('node, w hen about
twelve pares from the soldier. was dis
mounting. apparently with the inten
tion of seizing his assailant, when
t'ocklin again fired, and this time
struck the officer in the groin. Medical
aid was quickly secured, but the main
artery of the lieutenant's leg was found
to le nearly severed and he died in |
about an hour. Gorki in, when taken
to the cell, remarked that he wished he
had been able to "do" for
Sergeant llrent. Sergeant Itrent bad
le-en instrumental in obtaining aeon
viction against t'oeklin's "chum" for
insultordination, and the deceased, as
adjutant of the regiment, had pros
ecuted him. This is the only reason
that ran le assigned for the occur
rence. Lieutenant Coode was buried
with full military honors, and a reg
imental order was issued directing
the officers to go into mourning for
three mdhths.
■
Lafayette and lII* Opo**nm*.
When Lafayette paid a visit to the
United States he intimated a desire to ,
Itcootnc master of an opossum, and a i
Baltimore eilitor gladly undertook to
see that the general had one to take
home with him. Anxious to make the
most of the occasion, lie proclaimed his
want in a highly-spiced appeal to his ■
countrymen, urging them to prove that (
republics were not always ungrateful.
They resjtondisl cheerfully--too cheer- ,
fully- to the appeal. Opossums eamc j
in from north and south, east and west, ,
until the overwhelmed editor found
himself possessed of 2190 too many. He
con hi not afford thein separate acrom- !
modation*. he dared not lodge them to
gether; so, at night, he turned them all
loose In Monument square, to quarter
themselves as they listed. Next day
'possums were here, there and every- |
where in Baltimore, to the delight of
the black, and the disgust of the white
citizens, who fervently wished that La
fayette hud never heard of an opossum,
or that the eilitor had executed his com- j
mission with more discretion.—AW |
tht
A Clow-Hated Economist.
The farmer wt in bin **y choir
fielwen Ibe fire owi the lamplight'* glare;
Ilia face wa* rti'lily *rifl full an/1 fair;
Ilia three email lj* in the chimney nook
Con OMI the linea of a |itclure book ;
, 11M wile, the prhle of hi* home AMI heart,
linked the l/iaciiit and made the tart,
{ laid the table and drew the tea,
Iteftly, awiftly, ailentiy;
Tired and weary, weak and hunt,
Hhe bore her trial without complaint,
Kike many another bmuehold aaint—
Content all aelfiah bit** nlxive
In the patient mintatry ot love.
At laat, between the cloud* of amoke
That wreathed hi* lip*, the larmer apok*.
"There'* taxe* to raiae and inl'reat to |y,
And if there abouLt come a rainy day
Twould le mighty handy, I'm hound to aay,
T" have aomethiag put by. For loika moat die;
An' there'* lunerul bill*, and grave atone* to
boy—
Knough to awamp a man, purty nigh;
Ihwide*, there'* Kdward an' Irick an' Joe
To he provided for when we go;
So, if I were you, I'll tell you what I'd da;
I'd be *avin' ol wood aa ever I could—
Kxtra firee don't do any good;
I'd be Mtvin' of *oap and savin' of ile,
And run up *otne candlea onu in a while;'
I'd be rather |riu' ol ooffee and tea,
For *ugar i* high,
An' ail to boy,
And water i* good enough drink lor me;
I'd be kind o' carelul about ray clo'ee
Ami look out *harp how the money goee—
Gewgaw* i* uaeleaa, nater know*;
Kxtra trimtmn'
'.S the bane of women.
I'd ae'l tiie l/eat of my cheese and honey.
An' egt;* i* a* g'Kxl, nigh lout, a* money,
An' aa to the carpel jou wanted new—
I guea* we can make the old one du;
An' aa f<ir the waaher an' acwin' machine,
Iliem uniai'b'tiinyijrd agent*, NI pesky mean,
1 ou d better get nd of 'em, *bcU and clean•
W iiat du tbey know 'txmt women'* wrr k'
I>" they eallolatr women w made to shirk'"
Dirk and Kdward and little Joe
Sat in the corner in a row;
I hey aaw their jiatient mother go
On <"•-• ia* errand* to an 1 Iro;
They ew tl a' her form wax )<ent and thin.
Mer temj lea gray, her cheek* tunk in;
Th 1 u the quiver of lip and chin—
And then, with a wrath he could not (mother,
OjUp.ke the >ounge*t, Irmi-t brother
"You talk ' ( av.n wi,l aa* ile
An' tea an' ug*r all the while,
Hut >ou never ta.l ti uno' mother' '
PI Mi EM PARAGRAPHS.
.M<-n •>{ mll< Dwarf it.
A fast g.i.t One that i* bolted.
runny, h-n't it that y<>n always set*
the night-fall before any stars begin to
shoot.
Mush ;ans are in the habit of slur
ring some notes; but they all sjnak
well of greenbacks.'
Man may want but little here below,
but he makes a gr<-at disturbance if he
<!c vii't get everything.
"What is woman's sphereV" To be
mathematically correct, we suppose
woman's sph'ic is Wing always 'round
when you w ant hiw. and sometimes
when you don't want her.
A X w York tailor says that when
he desires to get rid of a poor paying
customer he misfits him so badly that
he is laughed at. Then he gets mad
and pat run ires some other tailor.
"Knfant terrible," (irandrnamma
■ maternal i "What a fidget you are
(•eorge! What are you looking about
for now Y' firandson—"firan'ma.
where'* that I was looking for that
I 'miserable table' pa says you keep."
We are all equal In away that this
little story illustrates: "A day or two
since a well-know n physician called to
see a lady patient, the mother of a
bright three-years-old girl. As the
doctor entered the room the little girl,
as though somewhat frightened, ran
away uj*>n Ireing told that the visitor
was Dr. . The mother explained
that the little one, through experience
with a dislocated ankle and the vaccina
tion season, was evidently afraid of
the visitor. The following day the
doctor made another call and succeeded
in winning the little girl to his knee.
'Why did you run away from me yes
terday Y he asked. till, I didn't run
awav from you. I ran away from the
doctor of you,' she rescinded vigor.
J ously."
Ancient Dishes.
The Ilritish museum has just ac.
quired an interesting collection of thir
ty-nine silver objects which gives an
insight into the daily life of the Baby
lonians, and reminds us of the diaoov.
cry of the hird dealer's shop at Pom
peii. These objects, which were all
j found together on the site of Babylon,
; consists of fragments of silver dishrw. #
. the broken handle of a vase and coins,
most of the latter Wing defaced and
clipped. It is easy to see that all have
lieen broken pur|>oselr by a practiced
hand, with the view of using the melaf
again, and we may fairly conclude
• that the collection is the remains of a
Silversmith's or coiner's shop. Among
the coins is a I.ycian one In good pres
ervation. So far as can be judged
from the vase handle and dklim, the
art is distinctly Babylonian under Ter
tian influence, and the workshop may
1 date from the conquest of Alexander.