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HY KMKAIIKTIf AKK118.
If some Und power, when our youth in ended,
And lifo'a first fieshncHs lent iu languid
1 noon,
Should stay awhile tlo doom by Fate intended,
And grant tw generously one precious boon
Baling, ".With thwarting, bitterness and
trial N
Your tollHome days thua fir have ben op
pressed ;
Choose now aome blessing, fearing to denial.
To light, and charm, andboantlfytharcsl"
Whak should wo ask ? the prize of young
ambition?
Fame, power, wealth, and gifta of priceless
COHt?
Ah, no-r soul would utter the petition :
"Give us oh, only. give us back our lost !"
No Ykiloned bliss, no pleasure new and splen
did,
No lofty Joy by longing never crossed,
No " now delight undreamed of, heaven-
descended,
Only onr ownthe treasures we have loat I
For, wearied out with strife, and glare and
clamor,
Orowu wiser with our yearn, and clearer
eyed, v
No more beguiled by dreams, nor charmed by
glamor,
Wo dread the new, ud prize the known, the
iriuu.
Ah, what a c:o wd of joya would gather round
. ua,
Could we but have our vanished back avail
The heart utspoiled,' the strength and hope
. which crowned ua, .
The bounteous life, the ignorance c.f pain
The iunoconoe, the ready faith in othtrs
. The e.reet spontaneous earnestness and
truth,
The trust of friends, the tender eyea of
s mouiora, . .
And all the rich inheritance of youth .
The plana f r noble Uvea, that earth thereafter
Might be mure pure ; the touch of lore's
warm lij)
Aud savng hand; Uie sound of ohildinh
. ' , laughter,
.The pence of Lome, tl Joy of comradeship--,
We had them all j and now that they have It ft
ni, . i : . j
We wunt thorn carefully, and aee their worth,
A .id feel that t ine and fortune have bereft tin
Of all the bint and dearest thlnge on earth.
Ah, tcb! when on our 'heaits Uie year are
pressing; : '
A id all uur flower-plats are touched wiib
front, .
Wa aU no more aome new unlaated blessing
Uat only sigh, " Oh, give os back our lost
Moro Than Her Match.
Loft shafts of moonlight were shoot
ing down through what seemed an almost
i unn'iHtrabla wo4 and quivering ou
tile green tnosort. A faint wind dallied
with the foliage. Wild fl )veva flecked
the ground.
Hare, iu thia sylvan, retreat pat Mis
Barron, au.l she was very ranch out of
humor, for every now e.nd theu she drove
the point "of her parasol into the uu
offen.yng mosses. She looked and was
. downright disgusted with everything
and everybody. The belle of three
aoasous, during whioh she had escaped
heart-whole, she was now " caught"
and all because of a three weeks' sojourn
at a country villa.
Madge had never been off her guard
before. Hitherto he had visited
fashiouable wateriug places; but this
vear she had oome to a quieter place, and
had met Lindhurst BarringtorTjs She
did not yet know, howef f,-aiie was in
thralldom. (
S!ie only knew she was cross and
.lonesome; and so she sat punching the
little blossoms aud pontiug. She thought
Barriugton exooediugly companionable,
and that the other four gentlemen stop
ping at the villa were little better thau
wooden men. A for downright, earnest
love, why her intentions for tiiree years
had been never to venture her heart at
sea, but only to glide about the shore,
flirting, pufe to dinembark any time.
Yet she was now thinking of Lindhurst
Barringtou in a way many would have
termed love. But she would not admit
this to herself. ,IIe was a delightful
summer friend, that was all, she said.
She liked summer, and flowers, and
birds, and hazy atmospheres, and a
quiet flirtation; but when these went,
the cornjug season brought new enjoy
ments aud fresh flirtations, and Barring
ton could go with them. Were there not
others, pray, who could read Tennyson
and sing tenor? But now, just this
moment, it was rather lonesome. If he
only would come I
lie had gone to town the morning
previous, promising to return in the
evening. She had walked with him
through this wood-path, on his way to
the station. lie had lingered a moment
at the stile beyond, to tell her how beau-
Ll - i i i a
iiiui sne loojtea now me iresn morntng i
l 1 iu. l i 1W
cheeks.
" Oome this evening as far as here to
meet me," he had said, "won't you?
The path will be a horrid labyrinth with
out you."
"You will surely return?" she had
asked. "If you don't, I shall find
every tree a noogooiin wnen i go DacK
alone."
"Iteturn, indeed I I shall think of
nothing else. I shall da nothing all day
but pull out my watch to see if it is time
for the train."
Then he eaniht her hand in a ouick
way, thought a moment, bounded over
the stile, and hastened down tho path,
turning often to look back at the pretty
picture she made, listlessly leaning on
the stile, with a tinge of regret in hor
face. At a turn where she would soon
be hid froii sight he had dared to wave
her a kiss.
Madge was now waiting according to
appointment, and she had taken care to
oonooct a most ravishing toilet.
But all her little preparations were
wasted. Lvndhurst Barringtou did not
come, Still she waited. It seemed so
unreasonable, so cruel, to disappoint
her. Terhaps he was only trying to
tease her, uad got out nnseen. and
would surprise her directly by his ap
pearance. A doleful sough of wind, coming from
the dark recesses of the wood, a sudden
shutting-down of night, made Miss Bar
ron feel something like fear: and she
started nervously to return. As it grew
darker her dread became terror; she
fancied strange noises were about; her
feet scarcely touched the ground; she
skimmed on, fluttering at heart like
some low-flying bird belated from its
nest.
What wonder that she vowed that
night, as she brushed out her hair, never
to forgive Mr. Barring ton ? What won
der that a harmless little bunch of violets
which he had gathered for her the day
previous and which she had treasured in
a vase on her dressing-case, she now
found faded, disagreeable and odorless,
end that she tossed them pettishly out
into the darkness from her window ?
" I detest him and his violets," she
cried. "lie may Btop in town till dooms
day, for aught I care."
Miss Barron did not Bleep well acd
rose in the morning with a little dull
weight on her feelings, " Perhaps," she
thought, "he will not come even to
day." ;
- As she dressed for breakfast he was
constantly in her mind.
" Perhaps he did it on purpose,'.' she
said. " Perhaps he didn't, but lost tho
train. But he had no business to Ioph
the train," she added crossly. " Per
haps he was ill ; perhaps some women
had asked him to remain. Well, if so, I
don't care," she said. "He Bhall sec I
am happy enough, and not even piqued,
when he comeB. " '. .
Still, as the day wore on, Madge found
the ladies of the company provoking and
the gentlemen more uninteresting than
ever. . Mechanically, towards evening,
she donned the same toilet as on tho
night previous, and took a circuitous
route 'through the garden, that none
might be cognizant of her movements.
Emerging out of bight, she struck straight
for the wood-path ; and here we-find her
again listening for the roar of the train,
notwithstanding all her angry vows of the
night before. '
Beautiful, Cross, unreasonable girl 1
" I will not go to the stile";" she wan
saying to herself, " aud that will be n
disappointment to him."
She was somewhat unsettled, however,
for fear she might be in just the same
predicament as on the previous evening,
and have to return through the gl&niy
wood alone. She had seven-eighths of a
mind to go straight back, even yet. Bnt
she remaiuded after all, so perverse is
woman.
At last, with a sudden screech, the
engine came steaming along. Jhihs
Barron began to trace figures on the
ground with her parasol, and put on a
most nnexpectont air, her features siuk
iug into a repose and nuconcern beuiga
enough to befit a saint.
She saw Lyndhurst Barringtou de
scend from the train and come striding
on joyously till he came iu eight of tho
stile; for, though hidden herself, she
could observe all his movements.
He came on eagerly, looking to the
right and left for her, and almost stum:
bled over Miss Barron.
" Oli; Madge !" he cried, as he threw
himself at her feet, "you did forgive me,
and have come to meet me 1"
"Forgive you, Mr.. Barringtou ?'
Nothing could be more icy cold. 'Pray,
what has been youi fault ?" She looked,
as she spoke, straight before her, but
with an air of surprise which was ex
ceedingly well counterfeited.
He looked up eagerly into her face uh
he answered, " Why, 1 was buttonholed
to death in town yesterday. It seemed
as if a conspiracy had been entered into,
and that every fellow I . knew had left
his summer haunt to go up to town to
detain me. I transacted but half of my
business, and j?ut off .ok Longley with
only a nod on my wa m the station. I
suppose he'll never speak to me ogam.
After all, I was one minute too late. I
saw the train sweeping out of the sta
tion just as I reached it. I was iu din
pair, thinking you would oome to meet
me."
" I did walk down last evening, but I
can hardly say, sir, that I came to meet
you. I did not expect you. I thought,
if business or illness kept you, you
might be gone a week. I never thought
of you as hobnobbing with your male
friends and sauntering to the station. " .
" Madge 1" and a serious look came
into his face. " Let us drop bickering,
and begin where we left off yesterday."
"Very well, she replied. "I be
lieve the point at whioh you loft off was
whistling, and I was doing nothing in
particular, bo if you will strike off a
stave of anything, I will demurely, but
admiringly, walk by your side."
" Madge !" he exclaimed excitedly.
" I did no such thing.' Do men gaze at
statuary or paintings and whistle?
Faith, my last remembrance is of a pret
tier picture than an art-room ever held.
I saw a beautiful woman, looking regret
at my leaving a woman I want for my
wife."
Here was a poser J Proposed to 1 It
came bke a sweet surprise, neverthelebs.
But it was contrary to Miss Barron's
tactics. Were weeks of delightful flirt
ing to bo cut off in a moment in this
fashion ? How could he have believed
her in earnest ? It was ridiculous. She
had meant to play the injured mistress
for several days, and make him abject in
his efforts to reinstate himself with her.
She did not want a climax reached with
this man. Her heart had told her that
it would leave a regret which she had
never known before. To avoid this now,
she would begin with raillery.
" Really, Mr. Barringtou' she said,
" you must be hungry or over-tired, to
make such a statement. A well-spread
table, steaming viands, " comfort and a
wife, must have shot through your brain.
I can assure you a delightful supper now
awaits yon" ..- . . s
"Miss Barron," he began, frowning,
without apparent notice of her words.
and rising to his feet, " three weeks ago
I did not know you; but in that time all
my life now seems to have become
crowded. I never stopped to question
your actions. It seemed an if there was
no need of asking for vows, they would
denote a commencement of love. I
wanted it to be as if we had loved for
ever."
"Very well," she said,." let it be so;
no vows, no commencement. You see
I agree with you perfectly."
"No, I will not have it so, he cried,
trying to take her hand.
" As you please," she laughed, shrug
ging her shoulders. "I can pick my
way through this bog without help."
"I hope I am not wanting in gentle
behavior, but before I or you stir a step
further," he said, stepping in front of
her and barring the way, "I want a
Bimple answer to a simple question
plain 'yes' or no.' Do you love me,
Madge?"
" If I caunot say yes,' perhaps I can
not say 4 no.' I think friendship does
not justify an abrupt ' no.' I "
"I don't wantequivocation," he broke
iu. " If you loved, eyes, lips, voice,
acts, all would blend into yes.' It
must be ' yes ' or no, ' I say. "
Madge had never met any man so mas
terful. But she answered, neverthelens,
" Then, no,' since yon force me to be
unladylike."
"I do not ask yon to be unladylike.
I do not say you are.t . I asked you for
your love. It was a straightforward
question, I wanted a straightforward
answer. My arm, Miss Barron." . ,
And tints walkiug, assisting her over
every trifling inequality of ground, they
went ou to the villa.
Miss Barron was exceedingly gay that
evening. Lyndhurst loved her I- Of
course, she was not going into any prosy
engagement. She could not hedge her
self in by marriage. But they could
live the delightful life they had lived
this last three weeks always He had
nothing in particular to do. Why oonld
he notf when they should return to Lon
don, visit her every day ? She could, she
thought, flirt all the same, when he was
not by ; and his attentions, therefore,
would bo just so much gained. Her
life was not to be altered au iota. She
did not profess to love the man. Ho
must not, hewever, scatter his atteu- j
tions. He must concentrate all his ad- j
miration on her. ' I
. . ... . . i
; lint toward the cioso of the evenm g,
when Madge found he hud note sought
her once, a shadow of a thought paFsed
through her mind that perhaps he was
not a poodle-dog, after all, to be led
about in this way by a Btrlng. ' !
She had sung, thinking to bring him
to her side, but he had lounged away
thinff he had cover ' done . before-
wheu she was at" the piano: She" hadl
taken a garden stroll with a rival, Mr.
Oakley, aud Lyndhurst liad careless
ly drawn up his outstretched legs, as he
sat lazily ou the veranda steps, to let
them pass down, without other notice of
their presence. He had, she fclecided,
fairly ill treated her. a lady.nud she would
not tolerate rudeness. She would
teach him what was due to her. ,
But days passed. A week wore on.
She found no possible chance to visit
her anger on him. He never joined
her. " He was always civil and well
bred, but that was all. She was down
right perplexed.
She scarcely ever met him, even at
table, much less of an. evening. , ne
went flshiug by sunrise, rode ou horse
back half the day, and at night asked
the gentlemen up to his chamber ; the
ladies, sitting lonely in the parlor, heard
through the open windows, laughter
ring out and gay songs being sung. It
was getting maddening.
One evening Madge curled herself up
on a sofa and looked at. the matter
seriously. She must outgeneral him.
But how? She had tried hauteur, and
it had signally failed. Now she would
try a dash of " giving in," even though
it hurt her bo to do. She would plant
herself on the old footing.
J ust then Lyndhurst stepped into the
room, cautiously at first, as if fearing
her presence. She immediately rose to
meet him. He did not start, but looked
her over from head to foot without a
word. She gayly said :
".Don't you think your highness is
overdoing things a trifle?" Then she
lost control of herself, and showed her
vexation. " Sing to me," she cried,
" walk with me? talk to me, do anything
to obliterate this doeful week."
" Well, Miss Barron," he answered
coolly, " suppose we talk and walk. I'll
say, under the stars, what I said under
the oaks ; and you shall give me a true
answer."
She looked at him a moment, then
fairly blazed. " I never saw such per
sistence. Thank Heaven I I go home
to-morrow, where gentlemen know what
is due to a lady, and take no' for ' no '
without getting sullen. Good night, Mr.
Burmifton: and good-by. If you ever
consent to be less boorish, persistent, I
shall be pleased to Bee you in town."
He watched her out of the room and
then fat down to the piano.
Miss Barron's first impulse was to seek
out the party on the lawn; but, some
how, every face on earth, but oue, seem
ed tame. Then she resolved to go into
the library and read; but books were
so wearying.
"I would play," she said pettishly,
"if that pig-headed masculine was not
monopolizing the piano.
Jttst at this point she burst into tears.
Crying, usually, to Miss Barren, con
sisted of a couple of tears mopped up by
a bit of lace. She had never before
thrown herself down, in such limp shape
and got into such a thorough tempest of
weeping, as now. She was an honr at
it. Gradually she got calmer ; she sat
up, and began to consider what was next
best to do.
She tried to think of going home a a
pleasure soon at hand. Home I What
had she there ? Only an old aunt, who
dozed in a lace cap, with a cup of choco
late at her elbow half the time. The
memory of the pleasant days spent here
would drive her wild, in that gloomy
house. Then she acknowledged that it
would be terrible anywhere without
without
She jumped to her feet.
" Ho will drive me wild," she said,
"banging in that way on the piauo."
" She passed into the hall and looked
into the drawiug-room, where he sat plac
idly playing.
"Poor fellow!" she thought, "how
can I call it obstinacy ; it looks like
misery written all over ' his features.
And isn't he superb-looking ? Why, no
one else has ever approached him; and
he will be mine if I Bay it."
Suddenly can you comprehend it?
she walked straight into the parlor and
stole up behiud him, put her arms about
his neck aud pressed her cheeks against
his.
Not a word was said for some mo
menta; but his fingers fell from the
keys, his arms dropped listlessly at his
sides, his head sunk lower and lower on
his breast, and Madge felt a mist gath
ering in her eyes, a mist of happy tears.
"Come out under the stars," she
whispered, 't want to say yes' to
you."
"I am answered, Madge," he said,
drawing one of her hands over his
shoulder and talking with it against his
lips. " Let us not mar this moment of
surprise and joy by a single word."
" " Lyndhurst, you are provoking as
ever. When I would not, I must; now
I will, I shall not. I shall have to prac
tice humility, I see, and study my lord's
moods. You've played the high hand
long enough, and I insist on saying yes'
iu my own way. There, now, if you
don't want to speak agaiu iu an hour I
will rest my face here and dream. "
"I don't think 'you will find me a
tyrant," he said, kissing her. "But coma
out, Madge, and let's compare our mu
tual miseries during the past week."
He led her through the open win
dow, holding back the swaying viues
for her to pass. There, arm and arm,
under the stars, let ns leave them.
Buffalo Bulls Protecting a Calf.
The buffalo cow seems to have little
maternal instinct, differing iu this re
spect greatly from the domestic cow.
When frightened, a buffalo cow will
abandon her calf, and running away,
leave it to bo protected by the bulla, who,
to thfir honor, seldom forsake their
charge. Au army surgeon once saw au
admirable illustration of this maternal
care. ;
One evening, as he was returning
from a- day's hunt, his attention was at
tracted by the curious behavior of six or
tight buffaloes. Approaching them he
saw yiat they were all bulls. They
stood in a close circle with their head
downward. At some twelve or fifteen
paces distant sat, in an eccentric circle,
a dozen large gray wolves, licking their
chops, as if impatiently waiting for
supper.
In a few minutes the circle of bulls
broke up, but keeping in a compact
body, walked off toward the main herd
half a mile off. To his amazement, the
doctor saw in the centre ol the guardian
bulls a little feeble calf, newly-born, aud
hardly able to walk. After going a hun
dred paces, the calf lay down, and the
bulls agaiu formed a protecting circle
about it The wolves, who had followed
on each side, sat down and licked their
chops.
. : The doctor did not wait to see the
end, it being late and the fort distant;
but he had no doubt the bulls brought
the calf, abandoned by its mother, safely
to the herd.
An African Conveyance,
The British oousul at Loandu (Augo
lia) gives an account, iu his report this
year, of the maxilla carriers of that city,
or "the cabmen." as he calls them, de
siring, probably, to cherish any recol
lection of home. They differ from the
cabmen, however, in being at no expense
for horses. The maxilla is a sort of
cane-bottomed sofa without legs, is sus
pended from a bamboo pole, has a gayly
painted waterproof top, and is covered
in with curtains of faucy print to keep
out dust and ward off the buu'b rays.
Two men carry the pole on their shoul
ders, and this is tha only means of con
veyance about the town. The tariff
ought to be Batisfactory to the hirer.
If engaged by the hour each carrier has
a sum not quite equal to three pence.
Residents generally engage the carriers
by the month at nine shillings, with
three penoe a day ration money. The
fare is established by law, and there are
uo squabbliugs.
CRAS1IINW THROUGH 1 BlllDUK.
A Kallraixt. Trnla In t'onncrtlrnt, HrtnUloa
ThrHMl a HrUae-.Many Hlilra aad
Waandrd.
The reefnt railroad accident near
Hartford, Conn., by which over thirteen
ei sous were killed and fifty wonuded,
is described as follows : The special
which left Hartford at nine o'clock p. m.,
lvad two heavy engines and eleven cars,
containing about six htmdred pass
engers. It pasaed through TariflVille at
ten o'clock, and two minutes later a
terrific crash was heard iu the direction
of the Farmiugton river. But one ex
planatiou was probable the train had
gone through the bridge. White-faced
men, hurrying back into the-town a few
minutes later, announced the catastro
phe aud aroused the citizens to hasten
to the rescue. "Both engines and four
cars filled with passengers are in the
river," they cried, "and strong and
willing arms are wanted." The news
was telegraphed to Hartford and Win
sted, with calls for wrecking trains aud
surgical aid, and the people hastily
dressed aud hurried in the piercingly 1
com wmu to the bridge.
The entire western span was a wreck,
together with four passenger cars, the
other seven remaining safe upon the
other span. The leading engine was up
side dowu upon the river bank ; its
companion upon its side, half buried in
shattered beams and twisted iron work.
The baggage car (which had been occu
pied by passengers) was a dismantled
wreck, and having broken through the
ice had nearly filled with water. Next
to it was the first passenger car, also
sunk and shattered to pieces, while the
second and third rested their forward
ends against it with bodies tilted to a
sharp angle and the rear ends resting
against the center pier. The remaining
cars, strikiug against these, had kept
upon the track. The passengers in the
second and third cars had been tossed
rudely together in the lower ends," and,
bruised and jammed by their fellows,
were struggliug to gaiu the open air,
fearing the firing of the cars from lamps
and stoves. Another and a greater
danger presented itself to the occupants
of the first passenger and baggage cars,
which, sulking to the bottom of the
river gradually, let in a flood of icy
water waist deep. Assistance arrived
none too soon. The passengers were
rescued, many uninjured, more badly
bruised or cut. From the torn front of
the first passenger car. aud throuarh the
broken roof of the baggage-car, one
after another was taken out, many of
them wet through aud suffering in tense
ly in the wind, the thermometer being
far below the freezing poiut These
nufortunates were wrapped in overcoats
stripped from the shoulders of their
rescuers and carried to the uninjured
ears. The wounded, numbering thirty
or more, were taken to the same com
fortable quarters, drawn npou rude
sleighs devised for the occasion.
Two hours of hard work sufficed for
the saving of all who were living. Then
search was begun for the dead, report
ed in the excitement of the moment to
be fifty or more, for it did not seem j
possible that many of the occupants of j
the baggage and first pwseugor cars
could have escaped. Yet these iqfu-e- j
hensions, happily, were ill-founded, i
The corpses found were placed in a car,
and the trail, was thon pushed into the j
village, cur by our, by the men at the
work. Medioul attendance was obtained, 1
uie peopie oi xaritrTme threw open
their houses to the sT&'erera, and soon
afterwards relief traius arrived from
Hartford and Wiusted with physicians
and men to help the villagers. After
the badly wounded had received atten
tion, Uie excursionists resumed their
homeward journey via Hartford, Plain
ville and the Cauul road to its junction
with the Connecticut Western line,
beyiid the broken bridge.
About Bells.
The origin of bells is probably to ba
dated from the time when the sonorous
property of metals was first noticed.
"Bells of gold" are mentioned in the
writings of Moses as beiug attached to
Aarou's robe, in order that " his sound
shall be heard when ho goeth in unto
the holy place before the Lord." Bells
are alwo mentioned iu Zech. xiv. 20 :
"In that day shall there be upou the
bells of the horses Holiness unto the
Lord ;" and it has been suggested that
even Tubal Cain, the sixth in descent
from Adam, "and instructor of every
artiucer in brass and iron," might have
known soraethiug of the art of making
them. The Greek warriors are said to
have had small bells concealed within
the hollow of their shields, and when
the captains went their rounds of the
camp at night each soldier was required
to ring his bell in order to show that
he was awake and watchful at his post.
The period when large bells were
first introduced in churches is uncer
tain, but by the seventh century they
were in pretty general use, Bince the
venerable Bede at that time mentions
them as being' in English churches.
Authorities differ as to who was the
first to thus introduce them some
claiming it to have been Paulinus,
Bishop of Nola, iu Campania, Italy,
A. D. 400; others, Pope Sabinianus,
A. D. 604. Bells were first known in
France about the year 550, and pretty
generally introduced iu churches A
1030. The same authority claims i
the first stt of bells (chime) waa p
in Groyland Abbey, Lincolnshire,
ing the reign of Edmund the FirJ,
A. D. 945. It is not definitely known
when bells were first manufactured in
America ; but it is believed that a
founder by the name of Hanks was the
pioneer in this branch of industry, his
fonuJiy beiug located in Connecticut.
Item of Interest.
" I'm getting fat," as the thief said
when hwS as stealing lard.
The country population of. California
is only equal to tho populotion of San
Frsncisco.
The mayor of Jackson, Miss., given
tramps situations on the chain gnug
cleaning the streets.
Twan ever thus from chi'dhood'o hour
We've aeen onr f indent hopes decay
The fire went ont, the batter h sour
Wa can't have bnokwheat cakes to-day.
The figure of Liberty was first intro
duced on dimes and half dimes in 1836,
but the circle of stars did not appr till
1888.
A man in Ohio is having a house hewn
out of solid rock, the material being cut
awny so as to leave the walls, roof and
floor all of the one piece.
Captain James B. Eades is the most
successful dentist in the business. He
has received half a million dollars tor
clearing the mouth of the Mississippi.
Last year a Chicago dealer failed,
among his assets being $600 worth of
ice. The marshal kept watch over the
estate till it melted away and then
brought in a bill for $674 for doing so.
There is some foundation for the varo
lii re legends after all. Crooks, an Eng
lish engineer, while surveying the Isth
mus of Darien, had his blood sucked
during sleep by a vampire bat, and died
from the consequent exhaustion.
In a store atMendota, HI., a town of
six thousand inhabitants, there met by
accident the other day six men over six
feet four inches high, the average height
being within a hardly 'appreciable fraction
of six feet five and the average weight
235$ pounds.
It is noted that probably the oldest
settler in California is Peter Storm, who
arrived in Uie Golden State in '33. He
was the maker of the famous "bear
flag" of Sonoma, when 1864, Uie citi
zens of that place declared that Califor
nia should be an independent State.
A niau was recently convicted in
southern Germany of murdering one of
a family and attempting to poison four
others, The judge naturally thought,
that such a heinous crime should be
pnnished with more than usual severity,
and bo sentenced the murderer to : death
and fifteen years' imprisoumeut. ,
in, lUBrsuau, wa uiou uinixorier vtr
gold in California, still lives iu Coloma,
i . . . l . i ti i . i . t ii. - i l - i t : '
nr.. i...n ii. - n.-. L l: . i
. hl.ul' i 1. V-, 111 '.uv inilv ...re
great discovery thirty years ago, and has
vmciirt a iliaia nvo Qitwa TTa Tnoild a
fortune in miniug, but has spent nearly '
all of it, and is now a comfortable culti
vator of grapes. ,
"Ill bet I make him break iu a week," ,
said a Troy (N. Y.) youth when a com
panion, urged by his betrothed, took the
pledge at a public temperance meeting.
The effort was successful, and wheu the
youug man came to. his senses ho was
so much mortified that he went upon a
cuiia nrliiiili mritli ltin iloatli ill U .
few days.
uroiiTtR.
Laughter ! 'tis the po aaan's plauttr, .
('oveiing up each sad diitaater.
lAug)iuig, lie f rga's Lis troubles.
Wli ch, tnongh real, seem t ttt bubbles. . ;
l.tiu Lter ! Uh a teal of nature
stamped apoa the human creature.
Laughter, whe her loud or mute,
Tell the hnmn kind from brute. '
I-annLter 'tit Ho)) I ving voice . ' '
' llidiUug uh to make oar choice,
And to oall fr.m tiurny bowers,
Leaving tb m aud taking flowers.
Captain L.inginert, of the Danish
vessel Lulterfeld, communicates to a '
Copenhagen paper on interesting ac
count of a novel experience which oc
curred ou December 10, 1876, while on
u voyage to Valparaiso. Tho vessel was
at this time iu the neighborhood of
Terra del Fuego, about 140 miles from
Magellan's straits, wheu early in the
morning it narrowly escaped collision
with an island where no trace of land
appeared on the charts. The vessel
hove to until daylight, when the cap
proceeded with a boat's crew to the new
island, which had gradually diminished
in size since the first observation.
Around the conical rocky mass the
water was hissing, and although no
smoke appeared, it was fouud to be too
highly heated to permit of lauding. The
sinking continued slowly, until at eight
o'clock fhe island was completely sub
merged, and an hour later the vessel
passed over the siHt where it had disap
peared. This volcanic island is proba
bly due to the same causes which have
produced the recent severe earthquakes
'u i. v nvn wmdv va, aitia au--
InjuriouHness of High-Heeled Shoes.
Dr. .Carbally says: "In descending
stairs or deep declivities while wearing
high-heeled shoeH, which' throws Uie
weight of the body upon the front part
of Uie foot, the extra effort made for the
purpose of retaining the body within
the centre of gravity produces a direct
strain upon these tendons, causing rup
ture or stretching of the annular liga
ment sufficient to allow them to be dis
placed. It is no wonder, then, that
fashionable women waddle in a most un
graceful manner when they attempt to
walk. They destroy their comfort to
follow a ridiculous fashion, and acquire
au ambling and undignified movement.
People do things to follow fashion that
their good sense would cause them to be
anlianiA.! rt i,n,l,.r anv other oiroum-
stances. Ladies wearing such Bhoes ar
Olien ODligeu ior aaieiy, y gu uuv
stairs backward; and they can be h
everv day descending thti steps of
fashionable rasideuces iu this r
making pretoxioe of taJking '
imaginary persoD-n the froi !
excuse to W:' '! "