THE SOLAS TTK. ASTBOsoinr ao east, HMiddle-dWille, - Tns San la ifce middle, Anl plan u r.0'l biia o srranil Are twinirtnn In apace, Heu furerer in plmc la the ZoJlac ftrule or band. Hi-diddle diddle. Toe Sun'l In the middle. Anl Mereory next to the un ; While Venw bright. Seen at mornlne; nigM. ooiet second to join In the fun. Hl-diddleliddle. ' TheSaa In the ml lfilc. And third In the irroop it oor Earth I While Kin with bit ore, 80 warlike and dire. Swings around to We eounied the fourth. Kt-diddle-dlddle, The San't tn the middle. While Juptter't next after Mars ; And bit fc.ur mooia at night how the qwed of the light ; Ne it golden-ringed Saturn epieari. Hi-diddledlddle. - The Son's In the middle. After Satornoome I'mnuafar; And bit antic to qaeer, Led huihuW near To old Neptune. mj drlret the last car. TUIOIbUTHI 11 11 EL. It wm ft bright clear, cold morniojr In early Dicember. When Knhie enured ibe car there was crcely Tcnt teat to b Been. To be sure there was oue stout old f eatlemsD sitiio? alone, but be was next the airle and seemed to be so deep! j ab sorbed in thought that Katbie dislik ed to disturb bim. Then there wa a middle acd woman, but she bad numb-fleas wraps and pan-els in the seat beside her. and ber appearance, like ber all in all. was so forbidding as she looked fixedly eut of the win dow, that Katbie passed ber by. Tbere was but one more seat unoc copied. It was beside a gentleman who sat close by the window read in? a Diner. this seat eneaeed?" asked Katbie with timid hesitancy. 'It is not," was the answer in pleasant tone ; "but," springing up as be spoke, "would you prefer the seat b the window :" "Oh, do ! Tbank yon 1 Not at all !" murmured Kaihie, and she sat down beside bim. The gentle turned bis attention a? ain to bis naner. and Katbie im mediately fell to wishing she bad ta ken the seat by the window. For the gentleman sat at ber right hand, and Her purse was in ber cloak pocket, end had not Annt Kate warned ber over and over again to be on guard against pickpockets, and declared that they were quite as likely to be young, agreeable and polite as ibe reverne? And was nottbis person all three ? Katbie stole a sby glance at bim. His dark eyes were intently fixed on bis newspaper. lie was fine looking and well dressed, and to all intents quite oblivious of ber ex. istence. Katbie wondered demure ly hat sort of an expression bis face would wear if be knew that any one thought that be might perhaps be a pickpocket. She might take ber purse and bold it in ber band, but that would seem ostentatious and tiresome, moreover there would be ample time for that when the gentlemen he looked like a gentleman certainly should put down bis paper and Katbie could no longer watch bis bands. Then Katbie's thoughts slipped in to a more agreeable channel. Sue thocght of the Christmas gifts sbe was going to boy, and of other shop ping she was going to do. It was ber first trip to Boston quite alone. Annt Kate had alavs been with ber before, to take care of ber and belp ber to select Christmas gifts, but this year Aont Kate's rheumatism was so much worse than usual tbat sbe did not hope to be equal to a trip to Bos ton for the winter ; and as it was al ready nearing Christmas, there was nothing to be done but let Katbie go alone. And so it came about that Katbie, feeling quite old and respon sible, was on ber way, tbis bright December morning, to the city. IS be mentally planned ber day's work, portioned out ber money for the va rious things ebe wanted to boy. Tbere was a book for ber Sunday School teacher, and a shell comb'f jr Ana. Kate, the engraving for Coat-in Will, that must be specially fiae and nicely framed, eince it was to do doable dnty as a Christmas and. wed ding gift. Should it be a copy of some celebrated old picture, or some attractive group, fall of life and inter est? While Katbie was trying to decide tbis question, and was review ing with ber mind's eye, all. the fia est most beautiful engravings tbat she bad ever seen, the train swept into the tunnel. As it grew dark tbe gentleman be side ber pat down bis paper, turning slightly towards Katbie as be did so. And then Katbie was sure sbe felt a stealing motion towards ber cloak pocket. Qaick as thought ber band went down to seize ber parse, when ob, horrors ; tbere was a man's band is ber pocket! Katbie did no: withdraw ber band ; oh tbe contrary, being resolved to protect ber proper ty at all bazajds, sbe felt about with ber fingers as well as she could for ber purse, but could not fiad it. It was already gone. Then Katbie eeited tbe intruding band with a firm ness of desperation, fully determined to make an alarm aa soon as tbe ears emerged ioUf daylight again. If be did not bare the porse in bis band, there at least - was bis band in her pocket, and some of tbe passengers: would Bee ber righted and ber purse restored. jForrunately ber purse bad ber name printed on tbe outside. How long tbe minutes seemed .before the train came oat into light 1 Then Katbie still grasped firmly . the man's' band, looked tip and down tbe aisle, with sparkling eyes and flushed cheek, for tbe conductor. "1 beg your pardon." said ber cap tive, in a low tone tbat Kaihie cold scarcely catch tbe words, "but have you not made a mittake in the poet . Katbie gave one swift glance. Good heavens 1. Her band was in bis pocket 1 If she bad touched a burning coal ebe could not have re linqoisbed be f bold and withdrawn ber band more promptly. . Sbe was over come with confusion. Sbe ventured one deprecatory glance at the gentle man. Hie expressive face wore a miscbieriooa smile. "I thought" began Katbie trem ulously, bat she could get no farther Tbe revulsion of feeling was too great The brightness of. ber eyes was suddenly ajaeoched by gather ing tears, and ber lips quivered om inously. "That , it was jonr. pocket of oarse," said ibe genUeaaian ' com pleting ler sentence. "I under stand perfectly. Pray do set let the mistake disturb, yen," ,hi continued 'witb Imploring emphasis. In tbe midst of ber distress; Ka tbie could not belp thiuking bow mu sical bia voice was. Then, with much tact, be took op bis paper, ana -devoted himself with great assiduity, to reading an article,, which, if Ka tbie bad but known it, be bad read twice already eince she aat beside bim, without koowiog in tbo least what it was about. V Katbie became outwardly compos ed after a wbile, bat ber mind was still io a tumult. S oppose be bad turned tbe table upon ber, and de nounced ber as pickpocket as be might have done! Sbe shivered at j the mere thought of it. j Once or twice as they neared tbe city, tbe gentleman glanced at her as if be would speak, but Katbie's resolutely averted face and down cast eyes gave bim no opportunity, ad not another word was sp-jxen until tbey reacted tbe satioD, when be left ber with a courteous bow and Good morning." "Hateful thing," said Katbie to herself, "I hope I shall never see mm M j., 1 . i. .j aga'o, ana toeu sue wiaoeu mm, with admiring eyes, as loogassne could distinguished bis fine form iu i the hurrying crowd. i Her purse, it is scarcely necessary . 1 . to Bay, was saie in uer potaei, uu she 6090 set about diminishing its contents, otwitostanaing tue iu- auspicious beginning or ber trip, ber day proved quite successful and satisfactory. Her own errands and Aout Kate s commissions were ail ex ecuted, and tbere was still a half boar to spare lor a call at cou.-ia Will's office, and when tbe time drew near for her train to leave be eacort . . . . .1 : Tk. s ew e3 D6r IO IDS atiuuu. ausuaiu -.0 in readiness wben they arrived, and, as they walked along to reach tbe tight car, forto approached them from a tide entrance, a glatce at which Bent a thrill through Katbie' veins aod tbe hot blood to her cheeks and brow. "Ah I here's Harry Tborn,' going down on yoar train, Katbie," said ber cousin. "He will be agreeable company for yon, and will see to y our parcels," and then, before Ka bie was at all Dreoared for it. came tbe inevitable 1 introduction. Katbie could baralv force herself to meet tbe glance of tbe mucbiev ous dark eyes bent upon', her, or to the nroffured baud. It was otterly impossible fjr her to "peak a word, but tbe gentleman talked on till Will left them at the entrance uf tbe car. "You. will take the seat by tbe window ibis time:" said Mr. lhorn, and Katbie euentlv accepted tbe seat After he had arranged ber parcels in tbe rack, and seated biinself, Kt tbie remarked, with a fraok smile, I reallv hoped that I should never see vou again." "Did vou think i deserved eternal banishment ?'' he asked lightly "Ob, no! it was rather I woo merited it," said katbie. "so long as you aid not know me, it did nut matter what you thought ot me, but now" an, where were Katbie's words leadinir her? "but. now. if vou should ten i;uusia n 111," sue 1 1 .- -1 I I coutioued qaiie iilogically, "he would tease me uotuerciiullv. and 1 should never hear tbe end of it." "1 assure too," was tbe earnest answer, "tbat i win never mention the mistake to which you refer to Will or to any one else. No one be- sides ourselves neea ever suo w augm of 11." And then be skillfully turned tbe conversation, ajd Katbie was soon quite at ber ease, ana tbey were conversing like two very intimate friends. Tbat memorable ride through tbe tunnel occurred some years ago, and Katbie's relations with Mr. Tborn have changed so greatly, tbat now instead of suspecting him of taking ber money, ebe appropriates with coolness, funds from bis pocket book for ber Christmas shopping. Mr. Tborn sometimes laughingly declares tbut instead of his wife waiting tor him to offar his band, as ladies usually do, took possession ot it tbe firet time that she ever saw bim ; but bis most intimate friend ask in vain for an explanation of bis joke. The First Baa ha. We are generally told in hUtories of banking, as, fir instauce, in thai by Gilbert, tbat the first national bank was tbat of Venice, founded in tbe year 1157, but I agree with Mr. Mc Leod. that this lostitoiion was not at first, in any sense, a true bank. Tbe State being deeply involved in debt, -its creditors formed into a corpora tion, and tbe debts made transferable like our consuls. It was not till 1537 that the insti tution began to take money on depos it. Tbe depositors received a credit on tbe bank's books equal to tbe act ual weight of the bullion placed tbere, which tbe bank undertook to keep in tact in its vaults and to repay to the depositor at aoy time, or to transfer to any one else. Tbe earliest real bank was tbat of Barrelon, founded in 1491. In tbis cae the city funds were. made re sponsible for any moneys intrusted to the bank, which not only received de posits but exchanged money And dis counted bills: Tbe bank uf Amster dam was founded in 1G09 Tbe so called bank of St. George, at Genoa, dates "back to 1375. The bank of Stockholm, which commenced in 1CG3, was tbe first bank in Europe to lesue banknotes, which, until that time, were totally unknown in tbe West, althoogb, as we bave seen, they bad been in use in China. Xindc'pnOi Century: ' Pbatograpba Utm . The beautiful photographic nvvel ties, photographs on natural leaves, are produced in the fallowing way: Fresh leaves, preferably such as af ford a smooth surface when pressed, and bave ' an agreeable degree of transparency, as tbose of tbe spring, are first, immersed in alcohol until they are pale enough in color to form a pleasing background for tbe photo graph, and at tne same time become less liable to change of tone. Bleach tog tbe leaves will not answer the same purpose. After draining iff tne aiconoi, tbey are spread out in the air until the leaves, originally firm, be come wilted, and are then pressed for half an boor, between blotting pa per. 1 ne upper aide ot tbe " leal - is i0eo fl jftted on a salted solution of albumen, or brushed rapidly with it by means of a broad brush, and the coating is dried aa rap idly as possible by banging the leaves on a cord with the albumenized side nearest a store, in order that all tbe natural moisture of the leaves mav not be lost, or tbev will become too brittle for the subse quent manipulations." It may even be advisable to moisten the unalbum enized side'of tbe leaf daring tbe dry ing. . - A second pressing is also generally necessary at this stage,- and they are then immediately sensitized, either by floating them on a solution of nitrate uf silver or by brushing them with it, and dried wiib the same care as be fore, add way. again be pressed with advantage before exposing tbem on der tbe negitive. Bazar. OCtt WABHISGTOS LCTTCB. (From oar Regular Correspondent.) Washington, March 9, 1880. The marked abwnce of matrimon. 1 enterprise in Washington is at present a common complaint- m threadbare plea ot depression 01 iraue may cover a multitude of shortcom ings and sins, but it is an insufficient explanation of the fact It may be that, as is said, ft fall in bread is im mediately followed by an increase in banns. But the principle, it applica ble to a struggling proletariat, can scarcely be ex.euded by the most charitable of interpreters to those en- owed with a full share of tbis worlds goods and graces, let it is over these last tbat tbe chaperon lament mod bitterly. Amid tbe complex web ol circum stances which give rise to periodical cvcles of antumatrim inial prejudice. there are certain well defiaed notions which cloud tbe ou Jook of tbe eligi ble bachelor. Partly passing shad- ws of latter-day conditions, they combine to form a gloomy background to the sunnier aspects of married life. be visionary ideal of love ta cot tage has iaaed aniia tne commou light of a toiling and moiling human- ty. fever-stricken by social rivalries. Happiness has been defined, and bas ost its bloom in the process. ".Mar ried and marred" is tbe popular criticism passed by his contemporar ies on tbe occa-iooal vicim to a des perate ma rimonial designer. It is roundiv asrertea tnai Ameri- t . . i 1 tie 1 . cans in iasnionaoie me cave tost the power of falling in love Ferbaos to tbe flattering heart cf the dtbut ante Miss Earn, the partner iu eve ry dance is a possible partner for life In American urban society, nome. spun sentiment is past praying lor. If distance lends a certain encnant ruent which, sboold the spell remain unbroken, might be fatal, closer in spection and more intimate relations may exaggerate defects, jast as the lens renroduces but tbe flaw io tbe bnlhaat. Tbe cause may lie deeper ... Frederick's fiancee must pass muster among bis friends. Xo longer a love sick sonneter to bis mistress's eye brow, be pritests perhaps too much tbat Lmma is tbe great niece ot a Senator, or tbe second cousin of an Admiral. It is less important tbat she is pretty than tbat sbe moves on a select social plane. Ibe shield, bas, however, another ide. To some, matrimoov seems sea uf troubles, beset with shoals and aaicksands. dangerous even it not fatal. Tbe conception of marriage as the gateway to liberty is not couflaed to r ranee; and virtue has been cynisally tfiued as tbe absence ot temptation. It mv be that rrovideoce has bap plv allotted a plaia wife Sbe talks Ar;, and turns out a blue stocking- very iiKeiy a aonmrigni oore 11, less luckily, another is predestined to Gad his fate in a benuty, she aspires to sail in ibe orbit of professional lionesses; and ber amiable ambition results in the total eclipse and perma nent tfTacetnent of tbe husband, who, after many wistful regrets for bacbe lor memories, finallv gravitates to wards old haunts, nw half forgotten aud tbe unfettered happiness of club tastes. Tbe lree-tbiukiog partisans uf bacneior etbics find io bim a sug gestive subject for a clinical lecture upon tleir favorite philosophy. A larger class bave profited by tbe warnings issued by those whose en gaging simplici'y ba found too late tbat women betray, despite a long en gagement. Even without an open rupture, long affiance is a searching ordeal for tbe most loyal of lovers Tbe diplo macy of passion, in the earlier stage of aa understanding not yet declared tbe demoralizing t fleet of uncertain ties, passing storm cluuds of jealousy tbe reporting at headquarters, if tbey open out' only a long vista of tatber commonplace but rigorously exacted dutifulness, will dissipate the volatile essences of attraction which centre in tbe wooed and won. Even the wed ding-day, though happily shorn mucb to at made it sheer purgatory to tbo bride-grooms, holds out a dir-qui etiog prospect. Tbe hero and hero iue of tbe ceremooy no looger stay to share tbe morning feast But tbe wedding day is tbe ladies' field day Tbe bridegroom aud pis supporters are a necessary but inconvenient in combrance, to be kept sedulously 1 tbe background during tbe solemn week of unbroken sacrifice to tbe Graces, wbicb inaugurates tbe ap proaching ritual. To tbe diffident, and even to stronger nerves tbere is something discomforting in tbe pros pect of tbe sequel : even if fashion kindly cots sbort the honeymoon. It was not so long back tbat men took tbe matrimonial fever, on arriv ing at years of discretion, aa regular ly as measles and whooping-cough at an 'earlier period. A competence now commands comforts wbicb tend to erystaliza bachelor habits. The rapid development of clubism is an essebtial factor in tbe epidemic disin clination to pairing and nest-build-iug i Married life, it is commonly antici pated, becomes cot aod dry, gray, monotonous. Perhaps, however, wbeiu all is said, it is still a moot question whether the responsibility fur a dull marriage market dues not rert with those most nearly concerned. None but the fugitive ars "run afier;" aodiibe matrimonial metraille of the ladies in search uf husbands in an ex ceptiou to the well-worn proverb tbat every bollet bas its billet. If tbe as sailed are tempted to say of tbe as sailants in their haste tbat all women are flirts, it h full time tbat the tn triguante should look to ber laaMsif sbe is to lay ber account with finding a partner at ali. JofciBg Ilk m Deg. A gentleman connected with tbe United States Lake Survey, was en gaged one day on tbe skirt of wot d in Indiana. iS'ear bim, sleeping lazi ly in tbe boo, Jay bis faithful dog, Ti ger Thinking to bave someun with the dog, be gave a nbout aud ft amp into tbe thicket, as if all game jeyer protected by game laws from maraud ing' homers was thrashing tbroagb ibe bushes. As he expected, Tiger came bounding and barking to tbe fray, and soon detecting tbe tri.k tbat was played upon bim, sneaked back to bis lair aod lay down again. Tbe surveyor resumed bis duties, and was bard at work for two or three boars, weo, all at ooce, tbe dog rose from bid leep, e,et bis ears and eyes in tbe direction c tbe wood, gave ft bark, and made a ra&b for J.hp forest depths. The surveyor followed &o a tree op which be was barkjog lustily. But wbeu the man eeue and began anxiously to scan the boughs for the hidmg game, Tiger gave a satisfied "Ah wood!" bestowed a glance ot coutempt upon bim, aud striking a dig nified gait s.alked back to bis c uco with tbe appearance of a d glfaat had squared up all accounts with tbe Lake Surveyor, and bad left nothing due on eitner side DKLUE'S I,AP-YEA PBOF4MAC "Really. Catharine, I don't wonder at Mary's surprise at your behavior. You forget tbat you are Frank's widow. You are too forwftrd." 1 hesitated ft moment, really anx ious to keep my temper ; for I was Frank's widow, and tbe speaker was his mother. "Forward!" cried Mary, "Indeed, yon would bave been shocked last night, mother, mere was air. v ance urgiog ber to sing, ftnd acting as if Herbert Halstead was ber only friend, wben it was only as ft married woman ' Yes," interrupted Julia. "I think, mother, if you can't make Kate real ize that ebe is married, with a daugh ter nearly six years of age, you bad better " "Seud me away," I broke io, una ble looger to control myself, "it's not tbe first time that bint bas been tbmwn out, and if it were not fur little Nellie, poor child, I wou'd go away to earn my living at once. You drive me desperate, I declare. I will marry again, and get rid of all this " and then I burst into tears. Marry again I How will yoa do it? Ob, yes! ft good joke!" cried Julia, with ft abrug at my tear. Don't yoa see, Mary, it's leap year !" and sbe laughed derisively. "Who'll yoa askf" sneered Mary. Herbert Halstead f Julia, you'd bet ter look out !" You may sneer," I cried, check ing my tears, 1 was now thoroughly angry. "But 1 tell yoa, it no one would ask me to marry bim, 1 believe should ask Mr. Halstead, and be d have roe !' I bad fairly taken up their own weapons ot personalities whicn 1 scorned The moment after, ashamed of myself, I ran to my room to put on my bonnet and get oat of tbe house. I looked in tbe glass, as I pat the crape bonnet, wun its widow's cap and heavy veil, on my head. I saw face to which black was very be coming, though it was not a remarka bly pretty face. It looked not more than twenty-five, some say not more iban twenty : but I was really over twenty-four. Married at eigbteen to Fraok bievens, I bad been a petted wife for four years, now ft widow of two. Tbe thought of tbe bappiaess of tbe four and tbe loneliness ot tbe two, as I looked at tbe face surrounded by crape, made tbe tears come again; but 1 brushed tbem away resolutely aod went out, koowiog tbat a brisk walk would do me more good than anything else. I went oat without my darling, my inseparable companion, my little baby girl, Nellie. Tbis alone showed how troubled I was Truth to tell, I was too angry to trust myself with tbe little one, wbo might have asked to bave our conversation explained, tor she had been in the room at tbe time. I could only hope tbat at five years old a child did not understand me Soon after I left, my mother-in law aod her daughter? went oat for a ride. Tbey invited Nellie to go, but sbe feeling, perhaps, that they had not treated mamma well, refused Soon tbe front door bell rang, and like all children, Nellie must run to see who is tbere. Sbe managed to open tbe door herself, and there stood ber prime favorite among tbe gentle men tbat visited tbe house, Mr 111 stead, or as she had called him since ber baby-hood, Uncle Herbert. He bad been ber father's chum aod dear est friend and loved the child for Frank's sake. "Ladies borne, Nell?" "I'm borne," she said, "and I dess mamma '11 be in soon." "Very well. Let's go in the parlor and bave ft chat." Nellie sat in bis lap, discussiug tbe merits of cocoannt cakes and sugar almonds little while; but suddenly dropping ber candies in her lap. she asked : "What's leap leap leap, I fordet Do you know what's it?" "Lsap ? leap frog, leap year ? Is tbat it?" "Yes. What la it?" "Why, it's a year wben yoa ladies can ask tbe gentlemen to marry vou But yoa se, Nellie, you're too young or wouldn't you ask me;" "Ob. no! 1 woulda t ask von. Mamma's going to ask you " Tbe young man nearly dropped tbe child, and then folded her close to bim, lest perhaps he should forget ber again "What do yoa mean, darling?" be a-ked. "Now think, Nellie, bat don't tell Uucle Herbert anything of your own make op " "Ob.no! really, truly, bless me, she's alive isn't that wbat yoa say wben you are true I Well !" tbe lit' tie tot gave ft long sigh aod paused, Herbert not daring to interrupt her lest sbe should see bis anxiety, and miniature woman that she was, should refuse to satisfy him. "Well," she repeated, "yoa see they does scold mamma, so tbev does. To-day morniog tbey maked mamma cry, to-morrow, (sbe would call yes terday to-morrow) tbey scolded ber again because she wouldn't sing, and tben tbey said ebe was fordard. Wbat'sfordard?" "Forward, indeed !" ejaculated Herbert, under bis breath. "If it bad besu soma others now. gat Nellie, bow about leap year J"' "Ob, yes! 1 most fordot, didn't 1 1 Well, yoa see, mamma said but, oh. Uncle Herbert, I never showed you my two weenie little kittens ! They's only little sings, wivout eves. Come out to the piazza and I'll show you It was no use to be impatient. Tbe yonng man knew tbe child too well for that, and so tbey went on and in spected the kittens. Then he tried to coax Nellie back to tbe subject again. "Ob, I fordot!" she said. "Only tney maoe mamma say" "Wbat did they say, darling? I'll give yon ft big doll " "With real hair ?" "Yes, yes ! Real hair aod eyes ana on, noiniug. uai did tbey say 1 wantea 10 marry" "They say mamma wasn't a girl, ftnd she was old; and mamma said oh, there's mamma. Mamma didn't yoo ask JTJncle Herbert to marry you ? tie wajup to snow." I bad come ju, Jooking for the child, and that was the apeacb I ' heard. I felt ready to sink with mortiacaiion. "Kate, darling, can't I hope yon win iet me asi 1 ion must koo tbat I hoped, wben these (touching my veil ana oibck areas; were put aside, mat 1 c uia ast yon to let roe care for yoa, aod at once. Come, darling," as I bid my face in my t nanaa, "yoa have asked me to marry yoa ; and j must name the day, and I say now at oojs.' Let's rive tbem s good tiorougb VWprfor fqo guess bow tbey baye treated you. 6'me, now, get ready tbis fairy, tibis b'etis'etj litile carliug, tbat baa brought me my bappineM, aud we'll go to your un miuiBter " I tried to refuse, but I was so weary Ul . t. a a - a j0' living with motber-in-Iftw, that t j last we three skipped tint of the house; na dear Dr. 8, who had bap tized me, married me to Frank, ftnd knew Herbert well, married us. We drove back and reached the front door as tbe family were return ing. Julia, who woolc appropriate Herbert, stepped forward. Good evenioa-. Mr. Halatead. So you met Kate on the step ? Strange!" witn a glance at mr, .s if I bad planned to meet bim. "Not at all. Miss Jnlift," said Her bert, "My wife and I have just called in to receive your congratulations aod to leavo little Midget here for ft few days." No tableau 1 have ever seen was half so comical as the one those three made I reallv felt for Julia, for I knew she cared tor Herbert. Sbe gained self possession aaicklr. and congratulated me, whispering, as she kissed me. "So vou asked bim ?" My husband beard aod answered: "No. Mi si Julia, ebe did not ask me Through other means, tbank God, I learned tbe one 1 loved was unhappy ; and, as I hoped, for more than a year past, to soon ask her to be my wife, I persuaded her to mar ry me at ooce. Leap year privileges are still open for those who choose to use tbem." We are quite an old married couple now ; for three years have passed, but Herbert and I still often langb over Nellie's leap year proposal. The Arrapahoen, My first dinner with tbe Arrapa hoes was by invitation of Six Feath ers, a very hospitable and friendly Indian. It was served npon common white china, and comprised stewed dog, boiled rice slightly sweetened, bread baked by refleciioo.and tea Observ ing that mv host shook tbe contents ot a perforated tin box into bis enp, and supposiog it was sugar, I follow ed bis example, and toand it was black pepper not, however, an un palatable mixture in extremely cold weather. Dog meat is considered a great luxury, and is reserved for feas's and special occasions. After dinner Six Feathers seated me upon a coucb of buffalo-robes and bright red blankets, spread upon a willow mat that lay upon the ground and again st two poles of ft tripod, to wbicb could be given any inclination. Tbis formed a support for tbe back wben sitting, and for the head wben lying down. My hostess now presented me with ft pair ot moccasins on quely embroid ered with colored porcupine quills, which, 1 was gratified to observe, fit ted perfectly, and 1 expressed my pleasure and thanks for the dukv honor in my choicest Arrapaho. Ci garettes, of which tbey are exceeding ly fond, being produced, we compla cently smoked, wbile the fire burned brigbtlv in the centre of the lodge, maintaining ft comfortable and oni form temperature, and the smoke gracefully curled through its appoint ed aperture. In approaching tbe buffalo range a dance ensues. Tbe tribe assemble about an open space, in tbe middle of which are Fnuattiog many of the young men of the village hideously painted and almost naked. A mono tonous cbant, accompanied by a reg ular beating upon "tom-toms," is be gun Tbe shrill treble of the squaws mingles not discordantly witb tbe guttural tones of tbe bucks ; and to this wild refrain the central group be gin a rude and savage dance, hopping upon one foot and then npon tbe otb er, and veiling borribiy tbe while. Those who join in this grotesque sport thus enroll themselves as ft sort of "citizen soldiery," the chief purpose of which is the prevention of any in terference with the buffaloes until, by a concerted action of the village, "big surround" and great slaughter can be effected. A buffalo bunt by Indians has been often described. Tbe boffaloes are generally approached from such di rection tbat, in the chase tbat ensues, they will ran toward camp, and by tbis means facilitate the transporta tion of their own flesh. Hundreds are killed, and the meat, cut into thin slices, is bung upon poles outside tbe lodge to dry in tbe son. Cared bv this process, it is said to be "jerked Nothing pertaining to tbe animal is thrown away The en'ratls, and es pecially the tripe, indifferently clean ed, are eaten raw, or thrown npon liv coals, where tbey shrivel and broil into fragrant crispness. Tbe skull is cracked, and tbe squaws in sen their slender fingers into iu crev ices, and greedily devour the bloody and uncooked brains. Tbe days tbat succeed a successful hunt, after tbe bides are in process of tanning, are passed in general idleness. All hands have eaten their fill, and wun an Indian s fall stomach means a glad but slothful heart If cleanli ness is next to godliness, the foulness of tbe Indian is his greatest sin. peculiar and disagreeable odor per vades everything tbat belongs to tbem, although much of it is due to other causes than personal filth. The tanning, drying of beef or buffalo, cookinr, etc., simultaneously in pro gress in and about tbe lodge, produce a variety or unpleasant scents, wbicb permeate their clothing and impreg uate tbe atmosphere. The uofre quent change of tbe former is also iruittui source or physical impurity Tbe Torco Russian bath is, however, of very common application among tbem. it is their panacea. The man ner of its preparation is necessarily primitive Willow wands are sharpened and thrust into the ground, and their smaller ends are interlaced bo as to form ft bower little more than a yard in beigbt, and eight or ten in circom lerence. Uver this is stretched and secured a piece of canvass or skin under which, after several large stones bave been brought to a red beat and rolled to its centre, a dozen r more Arrapaboes crowd and crouch. Water is slowly poured up on the stoues, from which arise hot air and vapor. After profuse peropir ation, tbe inmates leap into an ad joining stream, or wallow naked in tbe snow. This bathing establish ment is called a "wicky-up," and they dot the banks of water courses in all Indian countries. Faaael peai- BRADiQttj, Pa., Search 5 August a eutcauo, agea h, an Ol WBJ pump- or in the employ of Vermoi 4"M'c- Graw, near tbis city, was found dead ibis morning, standing on ladder witb bis bead just over the edge ot a tank containing oil. It is supposed that he climbed the ladder Thursday evening to gauge the amount of oil in the tank, and becoming overpower ed by the gas arising from tbe batch way, diel in tbe position in which bis body was found. &," sajd a lady receov to a uer cbant, ' your daughter baa marrjwd 'a ricn ho-band f" -Wll," lly re plied tbe father, "1 believe she ban married a rich mn. but I understand I he is a very poor hosbftnd." The CracrcMtMMl Ukrwrr. The library was founded April 24, 800. Then no library in tbe coun try exceeded brteen thousand vol umes. Yet wben tbe proposition was made, the following year, to allow a thousand dollars for the purchase of books, Senator Bayard said it wm claimed "we were tbe most enlight ened people on tbe face of the earth." But be wisely added "If tbat was not altogether true, let us be so as much aa possible." A Massachusetts Congressman ad vised the appropriation of ten thous and dollars annually for library pur poses. The thousand dollars a year was agreed upon for ten years ; tben tor nine vears two thousand a year iui m lav v t a cr t u vuvucuuu j j ) tben five thousand, and in 1864 ten ! thousand dollars were appropriated to enlarge tbe Library. Twice it bas been burned in 1814, wben tbe Capitol was burned bv tbe British ; and in 1S51 by a firo arising from a defective flue. In 1815 tbe Thomas Jefferson Li brary, of seven thousand volumes, was bought at the cost of $23,950, long credit lor payment making it a good purchase. Mr. Jeff-rson had been fitly years collecting these books, aud many of tbem related to Ameri can history. Mr. Spofford, tbe ac complished librarian, divides tbe li brary into five epocbs, beginning with this purchase. Next after the fire in 1851, $85,000 were appropri ated for books and $72,500 to repair tbe room, and tbat was tbe first time in America of usioar cast iron for the interior ot anv edifice Before the fire of 1351, the collec tion numbered fifty five thousand vol umns; tbe fire reduced them to twen ty thousand, bo that we might call tbe library not mucb more than a century old. Again, tbe tbird epoch, when tbe Smithsonian Scientific Library was added in 18CC Tbe fourth eooch. 1367, when tbe fire proof wings were added and tbe Peter Force library purchased for $100,900. Tbe fifth epoch was in 1370, tbe introduction of the copvrigbt system, whicb makes the library the recipient of all publications protected bylaw; tbis immense source for obtaining books and publications cming the govern ment nothing. Tbe Smithsonian collection is own ed on the responsibility of making its stores contribute to tbe diffusion of knowledge among men ; tboa it seems obligatory tbat tbe library be accessi ble to tbe people. It should be open evenings whicb it is not now for those wbo cannqt come by day. If the Royal Society of L ndon had not rejected Mr. James Smithson's contribution to scientific research, it would bave received his fortune in stead of the United States. It amount ed to $651,000, and of this, $13,000 a year are devoted to procuriog. pub lishing, and distributing original con tributions to human knowledge; this contains tbe transactions of learned societies all over tbe globe. Tbe li brary and its recovery from two fires, from 1800 to 1878 -had cost $640,000. Now the country has 3 700 libra ries, containing I'J.UUU.UUU volumes Tbe library has doubled the number of volumes twice in fifteen years. It ha now 352.945 volumes and 120,- 000 pamphle s, and will, no doubt. bave 2,000 000 before tbe close of tbe century. Unless we wish to be at tbe expense of two buildings for tbis purpose, it is necessary that this shall be two-thirds tbe sue of tbe capitol. Oaly twelve European libraries out number this. The British Museum library, numbering 1,100,000 volumes cost $3,000 000. Tbe Uoglish are proud of it and spare no expense; they have maps of our little cjuoties, his tories and careful records of our af fairs which tbey say we cannot find in our own country. now Be'dl D It. Several men were gathered at the door of a blacksmith shop on Cass av enne the other mrning,when a school boy not over nine years of age came along with teurs in bis eyes, and one ot the groop asked : "What's the matter, bjy fll down ?" "N-no, but I've got ft hard 'rithrae tic lesson and I expect to gel licked?" was tbe answer. "Let me see, I used to be a king bee on fractions." Tbe man took the book, turned to the pige, and read : "Kt'LE 1 Find the least common multiple uf the denominators of tbi fractious for the least common denom inator. Divide tbis least com x on denominator by each denominator and multiply both terms of tbe frac tions by the quotient obtained by eacb denominator." He read the rule aloud and asked if anyone could uuderstand it Tbey 11 shook tbeir beads, aad be contin ued : "Well, now, I think I should go to work and discover tbe least uocom moj agitator, 1 would tben evolve a parallel according to tbe intrinsic de viator, and punctuate the thermome ter." "So would I !" answered every man in chorus, aod one of them add ed : "I've worked 'em oat that way a thousand times !" Not one of the men, all of whom were in busioess and bad made mon ey, conld even understand tbe work iog of tbe rule, much less work exam pies by it, and yet it was expected that a uiue-year-old boy should go to the black-board and do every sum off hand. Beware ef a Hmm Bora for mm An!. "Las' nite I was toastio' my heels and gwine to sleep by the cooking stove," began tbe old man as the notes of tbe old Limekiln Club trian gle died away, "do old woman axed me if 1 didn't fink dis world wa growin awful wicked. Dat put me iu mind of de fack dat almos' ebery day I bear people sayin' dat dey can't believe nobody no trust nobody any more, an' dat it am harder to find an bones' man dan it is to diskiv er water runnin' up hill. Gemlen, Ize been pokin' 'round dis world about sixty years, an' it am my experience : 1st Dat de man who groans ober de general wickedness ob de world will steal a wheelbarrow ebery time be gits a phanoa. J Dat de man wbo goas'rripnd la mentis' dat be can't trust noHody is de w-ry chap who will gin yod'away ebery time. 3. Dat de pnsaon wbo finks de world am fall o' cheats an' liars will trade yoa a blind boss an' den sneak into de barn at midnight an' steal all de shoes off his feet. Dars wicked folks on y'artb, ob course, bo de man bi does de squar' thing will nt bi.er run amUa ob tjuar' people. Ize gt along so fur as well as c uld ba sp-c j.' Jfp! du j'tot abad am all sereue. D- only oiao t sbVlr loos' uut fur 9m de uiau wn-j waa born fur an augel bat growed up to wa'r pants aod bates." Mw m Bawtai win mum. Tbe Planet of Venus, says Prof. Proctor, bas an atmosphere, and it is said to be at tbe very least as dense as tbat of our own earth. Then we learn also tbat oceans are on ber sur face, because it has been shown by tbe spectrum. It appears also tbat it closely resembles our esrtb in con dition, and tbat it is tbe one planet St to be tbe abode of liviog creatures like those which exist on this earth. In Mars we begin to recognize tbe effects of planetary old age. These greenish patches we must regard as seas, and we find tbat tbey are much amalier in comparison to tbe rest cf tbe area than in our earth Ou our own planet 72 00 is covered witb w " ter, and on tbisouly about 50 00 The older planet bas tbe smaller water surface, and tbe idea is suggested tbat in tbe old age ot a planet ibe waters gradually diminished in ex tent. We. pass to tbe moon to an swer that questioo, and here we cer- itainlv find no traces of water. Also, we trace no atmosphere ot apprecia ble density, and everything tends to show that she had water on ber sur face, hut that it bas disappeared. Does tbis seemingly cold and dead world appear to bave passed through the same stages as our own earth ? 1 think we cacnot doubt this wben we look at her volcanic craters. I think, too, tbere must bave been there such life as exists on our own planet. Tbere were oceans on her surface, which formerly occupied these spots, wbicb, tbe waters being withdrawo, present this fine granulated appear ance from tbis action. Tbis seems to be a natural explanation. As tbe planet becomes old the oceans become soaked into tbe planet's interior, the crust uf the eurtace, as the planet cooli being formed iuto large cavities such as exist in porous substances, and into these tbe water is with drawn. Dr. Franklin, uf England, has shown that four times as much water aa now finds place ou the earth's surface could be found room for in the earth, wben tbe process uf cooling bas gone sufhjieutly far Tben, io regard to the atmosphere, tbere is certainly no trace in the moon, but wo bave a picture now sLowiug that tbe vulcanic action o tbe moon was at one time no ler than m oor own earth. Ibe moou prubably represents tbe future uf our own earth at ft distauce uf time of twenty-five million of years. Wben tbe old age of the earth will crue i will cease as the abode of life. Lei us pau-e to consider some of ibe stars 10 this regard. Many uf them are too old and many too young to sus tain life on tbeir surfaces, but tbat tbey were formed for some purpose beyond tbat of beiog useful to ibis particular planet tbere is no d ubt. A study of tbe heavens eeems to ull us tbat all life should occupy all space and time, aud not be crowded into one portion uf space. So I think we may look at ibe heavens with te thousands of stars to be seen with tbe naked eye, and bold tbis thought mere you nave t,uuu suns, eacn a brother to our own sou, though maoy belong to higher orders, and we may believe tbey bave thousands of orbs circulating round tbem wbicb are the abode of Ire. And if eacb one ha out a single world in us system as the abode of life, we have taen thous ands of inhabited worlds similar, per- hups, to oor own. In tbe one single polar map nowsbown, tbere are 324, 000 stars, all to be seen witb a smail telescope, and by one- of Uerscbel telescopes 20.000,000 stars would bave been brought into view in tbe same section of the firmament. But after all tbere still remains , tbe thought tbat each planet is tending toward death, aud though the peri ods of time are so vast tbat tbey seem like eternity, tbe dying out ot tbe larger of these suns appears to us like tbe death ef tbe universe itself. But take such an orb as Sirius, whicb is a thousand times larger than the sun, and after his death all the smal ler orbs will bave died ; but can we escape the thought that there will still remain others to take tbeir pla cts ? It seems to me we cannot, if we remember bow thoroughly we have been deceived in tbe past. 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