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Some Day.
Two little souls, a boy and a girl,
Wandering on to tbe foot of the hill,
Bushes of greon and blossoms of pearl,
Laughing at themselves in the roadside rill.
Crossing tbe lane a gorgoous jay,
Bathed in tbe light of a flattering ray,
Jauntily chatters, " Home day, some dayl"
Two swoct souls, a man and a maid
(Boechon branches twisted above),
Picking tbe daisies which sprinkles a glade,
And trying their luck at a game of love :
" This year P " Next yoar 1" What do they
say?
And out of the beeches tbe curious jay
Peeps and chuckles, " Borne day, some day 1
Two old souls, and the end tf tbe day
Follows tbera home to the foot of the hill,
One late gleam which has wandered astray,
Break from a copse and dimples the rill,
Autumn leaves are strewing the way,
And hoarse from the lar.h the hungry Jay
Shouts out to the night, "Eome day, somo
day !"
Two poor souls in the dead of tbe night,
Side by side, lie stiffened and still ;
And the winter's moon just softens her light,
As it solemnly rests at the foot of the hill. .
Remembering tbe bees and the buds and the
May,
The su-nmer gold and the autumn gray,
And the warm mreen lane where the beetles
play,
In the crisp eold night tho fchivering jay
Oi-eaks out of his dream, "Some day, some
day !"
MISS MINT'S FRIEND.
- "Frank, do you know anything about
tho qneer little person who Bits opposite
to us at the dinner table 7 Miss Mint,
they call her. Is she a teacher, or
what?"
Frank Hastings a young nan who
for six mouths had enjoyed "all the
comforts anil conveniences of a private
home at Mrs. (starkweather a "select
boarding-house, No. 16 street
lighted a fresh cigar before he answered,
rather languidly:
"No; she'H something ten times worse
a sort of reporter. She goes round
to churches and lecture-rooms, trying
to nick up the few ttray crumbs tut-
other reporters leave behind Vro.
There's only one paper employs her
regularly, and that at a fcturvatiou price,
She wea-8 one drets all the J ear round,
sports a bonnet handed down to her bj
her great grand n.othcr, and rooms n
the attic, for which precious privilege
aud iu-r dinner nhe pays Mis. Stark
weather throe dollars a week. Bah 1 '
concluded Frank, in a tone of disgUHt,
as he threw one lepr over another, and
sat gazing into the lire.
"Poor pool ! Slip's to bo itied, I'm
sure," said Culcb Darley, who, being
hard-working reporter himself, and a
tender-hearted man besides, felt eome
sympathy for the little creature they
were discussing.. .
"Nonsense I" said Frank, sharply.
"Why don't she try her hand a some
thing else ? dressmaking or teaching,
or some other work fit for a woman ?" '
"Perhaps she hasn't the chance or
the talent to do either," Darley re
plied. "Then let her stay at home and help
about the house. Come to think of it,
though, I believe she has no home.
She's an 'orphing.' S'pose 'tis rather
rough ior the poor thing," said Frank,
with a slight tinge of compunction in
his voice. "But come, Darley, let's
drop Miss Mint as a seedy subject.
Have another cigar ?"
"Thank you, no; I must be off. I've
got to report 's sermon to-night."
"Poor follow! Glad I'm not in your
line of business?" said Frank, who was
clerk in a large wholesale store. " Won
der if little Mint's going? You might
escort her home Darley. It would be
quite a new sensation for her, and just
think how all the fellows on the street
would envy you!"
" Oh. leave poor little Miss Mint
alone 1" said Darley, as he walked to
wards the door. " Bemember she's
swimming against a stiff stream, like
the most of us, and finds it hard work to
keep her heaa above water. Don't throw
stones at her."
"Ton my word, you're developing a
poetical vein. This is really getting
dangerous. Well, good-bye for the
present, old chap; look in again after
church, will yon?"
"No; I must go to the office," said
Caleb, as he went out.
In her little room, two stories higher
up, Mies Mint was putting on her bon
net, quite uncensoious of how she was
being disonssed below.
She was very small and slight, this
poor little heroine of ours, with a face
that might have been pretty before pri
vation and anxiety stole its bloom and
plumpness away. Her glossy brown
hair was brushed in smooth waves over
her forehead; she had large tender gray
eyes, and a mouth that, lor all its reso
lution and character, had a pathetio
droop at the corners that Beemed to have
become habitual. one was neariy
twenty-three, but looked at least two
years older.
Her little room was as bare and com
fortless a place as could be imagined.
No furnace heat could penetrate up here,
and Miss Mint's hands were so numb
with coM she could scarcely pin her
shawl. The floor of the room unpainted
and bare save for a Btrip of rag-carpet
by the bed; tho ugly little wash-stand in
the corner, with its clumsy bowl and
pitoher; the stiff looking wooden chair
nat made your dock, acne 10 iook at n
and the bed itself, with its tawdiy, faded
counterpane it was a dreary picture for
poor little Ellen" Mint a beautjMoviEg
eyes to rest on. She had done her best
to brighten it: two or three pictures fhe
had brought with her hung on the walls,
the little table table by the window was
covered with books, and a delionte glass
vase she was too poor to fill with the
flowers she loved stood on the bureau.
There were a couple of hanging shelves
on the wail, of which only the upper
one with her work-basket on it, was vis
ible; a green and white calico curtain hid
the rest. This was her cupboard.
But we return to Miss Mint herself.
who is down stairs and out of the door
by this time. She is a quick walker,
and in a few moment? finds herself at
the entrance to the church, already be
sieged by an anxious crowd, who are
kept in check by the ushers and a couple
of policemen. Miss Mint does not at
tempt to press in here; she Blips round
by a side door, and an usher, who knows
her by this time, plants a chair for her
at no great distance from tho pulpit.
She sinks mechanically into It, and sits
in a sort of stupor for a while the
chaDge from her -dark, chilly room to
this warmth and dazzle of light makes her
head swim and ber heart tremble. But
her nerves are naturally strong and
steady, and she Boon rouses herself, de
termined not to give way to a weakness
she has never felt before, and which for
a moment filled her with dismay.
The grand voice of tbe organ echoes
through the church, and Ellen, who
loves musio, is socn absorbed in listen
ing, and feels for a time uplifted above
the cares and sorrows of this world.
The music and the prayers are the rich
est part of the service to her: in report
ing the t ermon she has to follow every
word so closely that it takes away from
the enjoyment of listening,
Caleb Darley, seated among the other
reporters, catches a glimpse of her, and
after that his keen gray eyes wanuer in
that direction pretty often. There is a
mingling of pity and interest in his
glance he is a hard-hearted, chivalrous
sort of a fellow, all the more ready to
befriend a woman because she is lonely
and unprotected.
The services were over, and little Miss
Mint, slipping her note-book and pencil
into her pocket, threaded her way
through the crowd to the side door.
"Good-evening. Miss Mint." said
voice at her elbow as ahe stepped out
into the fresh air.
Ellen started and looked up.. "Oh,
rood-evening, Mr. Darley," she said, a
,ittle confusedly, as she recognized him.
"Will you take my arm?", said Caleb,
Coring it in such a matter of-fact way
hat Ellen complied at once, though
feeling more embarrassed than pleased
by the attention.
"I see you are in my line of business,
Miss Mint." siid Caleb, pleasantly, us
they left the crowded street for one that
led to their boaraing-nouse. allien
laughed a little; and he .went on, with a
kindness of manner that made you
pardon its bluntness; "And how do you
tike the lifef Excuse me if I'm rude,
but I can't help taking an interest in a
fellow-laborer, you know.1
"You are very kind," said Ellen.
simply. "As for the life, I try to like
it. because there's nothing else 1 can do,
I've 'ried to find a teacher's place; I've
tried to find sewmg to do; but it was no
use. I'm - sure I'm thankful there is a
way I can earn my bread. Wasn't the
musio beautiful to-night, Mr. Darley?"
anxious to change the subject.
"Yes," said Caleb, rather absently,
for his heart was full of pity for the
little creature beside him, and he was
already debating in his mind various
plans for her relief.
"What a chill there is in the air to
night!" he said, rousing himself. His
overcoat was hardly a protection, and be
thought with dismay how his companion
must be shivering under her thin shawl.
"Well, here we are, Miss Mint. I
must be oil to the office. Sit by the fire
till you are thoroughly warm, and tell
our landlady to make you something
hot and comforting; I see you have a
cold coming on."
"Thank you, Mr. Darley; you are
quite a doctor," laughed Ellen. "I
hope it hasn t taken you out of your
wav coming home with mef
"(Jh. it won t take me ten minmes 10
walk to the office." said Caleb.
Good-night. Miss Mint:" and he
walked briskly away.
Caleb Darley was between thirty-Beven
r . . . .
and thirtv-eicht a big broad-shoulder
giant oi a m&u, wiiu biioujjijt uioudu
features, a profusion of sandy hair, and
an expression of mingled good-nature
and determination. He has had to tight
his own wav in life since he was twelve
years old. but the Dauie, tnougn i
tough one, has never made him forget
f ul of the sufferings ot otners.
"I wonder. Norah. how long Miss
Mint means to keep this up ?"
" Kape what up. ma am t
" Why. lvine in bed this way, and to
DO waitea on uae a iauy.
I don't doubt
but she s as well as 1 am,
" Well. I guess you wouldn t say so,
ma'am, if you was to see her. She can't
speak above a whisper, and is as white
aa the wall. As for 4 waiting on,' it'B not
much she gets of it. poor thing, for
Bridget and I has our hands full al
ready."
" What's the matter witfi her?" spoke
out Caleb, from a corner, where he sat
reading the newspaper, lie nau Deen
away for three days, and only returned
the night before.
"Bakes alive! Mr.. Darley, are you
there J" Baid Mrs. Starkweather, a little
startled. "I never saw you. What
the matter with Miaa Mint, did you say
Oh, Bhe's got a bad cold, and so have I
but I can t eo to bed. for all mat,
" Is she very ill, Norah t" asked Caleb,
as his landlady flounced out of the room
in quest of something.
' Indade, sir, you d think so if you
saw her," said Norab, lowering her voice
that her mistress might not hear. "It's
my belief the poor thing won't get over
it. Her lungs and throat is that sore
she can scarcely breathe; and her room
as cold as all out-doors, and the water a
lump of ice in her pitcher this morning.
I do my best for her, but it a a sin and a
shame the way Miss Starkweather treats
ber she a no more leelin than my
shoe !"
" I'm sorry to keep you waiting so for
your breakfast, Mr. Darley," said Mrs.
Sturkweatber. re-entering. She was
generally very gracious to Caleb he
always paid her promptly, never com
plained of his meals, and gave her very
little trouble m any way.
"Do you know if poor little JUisa
Mint has any friends or relatives any
where, Mrs. Starkweather?" asked Caleb,
ignoring her remark.
"No, I don't," said the widow, a little
snappishly. Then, in a bantering tone
which ill concealed spiteim feeling:
"You and she seem to have grown to be
great friends these last three months,
Mr. Darley."
The poor young lady seems to need
" I
friends," said Caleb, coldly. Then,
altering his voice a little: "louare the
most suitable person to befriend her,
Mrs. Starkweather, and I am sure you
will."
"Well, sir, I do my best, but you
must remember "
"See that she has a comfortable room,
and a fire, and a doctor, and all the care
she needs, said Darley, cutting her
short, and putting a roll of bills into her
hands. "Say nothing about this to her,
remember !" with emphasis. "I don't
wish my name mentioned."
"Well, sir, you're a generous man, I
must say," said Mrs. Starkweather, as
she turned away. But her inward com
ment was: "The great fool I To throw
his money away on this miserable little
Miss Mint, when the overcoat he's
wearing don't look fit to go out in the
street with ! But it's all one to me I"
smiling to herself, as she reflected that
the result .would certainly be some
money in her own pocket.
"Well, how is Miss Mint?" she said,
entering the poor girl's room, an hour
after. Ellen turned her head feebly,
too weak, to show the surprise she felt.
"How are you ?" repeated Mrs. Stark
weather, trying to twist her acid face,
into a gracious smile as ehe took tbe
white band in hers.
"Pretty weak," whispered Ellen,
faintly.
Well, this won't do, I see. We
must have you down stairs where you'll
be more comfortable. Is the bed all
ready, Norab, and have you made the
Ore ?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Well, do you think you can walk,
with my help and Norab s ?" said Mrs.
Starkweather. "But you must let me
help you on with this wrapper first."
Ellen looked at her with a strange
mingling of anxiety, gratitude, and dis
trust in her eyes. She scarcely knew
what to make of this unforeseen kindness,
but she was faint, sick almost "unto
death." and could not help welcoming
it. Yet she managed to gasp out: "You
know how it is with me; I gave you all
the money I had last night. You bad
better send me to the hospital "
"Nonsence of hospitals! said Mib.
Starkweather, as she put back a stray
lock from Ellen's face. "We re not go
ing to serve you that way. Dont
say another word about it. All you
must think about now is how to get
welL"
A tear trickled down Ellen a cheek.
If I get well, your kindness shall not
will sow for you any thing." Her
voice died away.
The quick thought darted through
Mrs. Starkweather's mind that here was
a splendid chance to get ber brown
merino made over free of charge. But
she said aloud: "Don't say another
word. You don't s'pose I'm so hard
hearted as not to feel for you when
you're sick, do you? Here, Norah,
raise her up, and we ll put uiib wrapper
on her. We mean to take good care of
you, and get you well again, my dear.
tit mi cftwuiiiai ' nam Koran, in
dignantly, to Bridget, when she found
herself in the kitchen again. "To see
ner paiaverin over ine poor wung as u
she was tbe best friend she'd got. Hos
pital, indeed! Only last night she talked
of sendin her there nerseit; ana sue u
be there before the day is out only for Mr.
Caleb. He s a good young man, and a
kind-hearted; there's not a many like
him, I can tell you now."
Will you please put that stand by
me, Norah, and give me tne pen anu
ink ?"
"Now. Miss Ellen, it s not Mr. Caleb
would want you to be doing that copying
for him, 1 m sure, and you so weaK you
can scarcely raise a finger."
" Oh, I m much stronger than l was,
Norah, and I must really get to work
again. Please do as I ask you, Norah."
" Well, miss, out i ten you you re not
fit to do it." As Norah spoke she brought
the little stand to Ellen's side.
During .the three months that preced
ed Ellen's illness Caleb had given ber
conclderable " copying " to do for him
self, and had interested a few others in
her. What he did with the numerous
manusoripts she copied for him remains
a mystery. My opinion is that they were
Btowed away in the bottom of an old
trunk in his room.
Ellen worked away for some time,
when she was disturbed again by the en
trance of Norah.
" Miss Ellen. Mr. Darley sends his
regards to you, and would you like to
take a little ride ? He's got a couple of
hours to spare, and you know the doctor
said it would do you good to go out to-
"Yes, 1 would like to very much,
said Ellen, her eye lighting up with
pleasure. "Tell Mr. Darley I'm much
obliged V) him. How soon must 1 be
ready?"
Norah returned with the message that
ehe must be ready in twenty minutes,
and made haste to bring Ellen's wrap
pings and help ber on with them.
"There!" said Ellen, suddenly; "I
promised to rip Mrs. Starkweather's
dress to-day."
"Bother Mrs. Starkweather's dress I"
said Norah. indignantly.
VOh, Norah, think how very kind
she's been to me! Will you please
bring it down, and after I get back
But Norah could bear this no longer.
" No, Miss Ellen, I won t. It passes
my patience to have that scaly old ere
tur get the credit of every thing! It's
Mr. Caleb, bless him! that's done every
thing for you, -just as if he was your
brother."
Ellen turned red and pale alternately.
" Norab, what do you mean? ' in a trem
bung voice.
Then Norah told her everything,
a , i a a
thougn begging ner not to fpeaK oi u
uaieo. -uor nea oem to
...
"lam glad you told me, Norah" inthe
same tremulous voice. " I think I might
move up stairs again, she added;
am so much better,
" Indade you won't, and get a collapse,
Serhaps," said Nora, sharply. "There'a
Ir. Caleb!" as there came a rap at the
door,
Caleb took Eilen to the Park, where
he drove about for some time. It was a
beautiful spring day; the buu was shin
ing, the grass and infant foliage of the
trees so fresh and green.
"Well. Miss Ellen, you are getting a
little color into those pale cheeks, said
Caleb, breaking the long silence. " You
don't know how I've missed you" with
a tender glance into the downcast face
beside him. Ellen's lip trembled, and
in a minute more . a tear rolled down.
She tried to speak, but could not.
" Ellen, what is the matter! said Ua
leb. taking her hand.
Then Ellen sobbed out: " Uh, 1 can't
bear it I I've just found out all you ve
been doing for me, and how kind you've
been, and I can't bear it ! How can I
ever repay " her voice was choked.
" Dear Ellen, shall I tell you howl
Sav ' yes ' to a Question I've been long
ing to ask you these three weeks, a?d
you will make me the happiest man in
the world."
Ellen looked up. bewildered, and met
Caleb's tender, questioning gaze. She
crimsoned to the temples,
"Will you be my little wife, .Ellen
and shall we set up our ' ain fireside
together?"
' Do you really care so mucn tor me as
that ?" said Ellen, with a laugh that was
half a sob. " And what will your rela
tions say to your marrying a poor little
reporter ?" ,
Kelatives! x have no near ones,
and should please myself if I had. Come,
Ellen, will you have me ? I can't prom
ise you a very brilliant future; I'm a
Eoor, hard-working dog, and expect to
e to the end of my days. A strong arm
to serve you, and a warm heart to love
you that's all I can offer you, Ellen,
dear."
All I" said Ellen, and laid her little
hand in his.
" Thank God 1" said Caleb, fervently.
" We'll join hands, and swim the stream
of life together." Harper's Bazar.
Health Preservative.
The eminent hygienic reformer, Edwin
Chadwick, cites facts to prove that skin
cleanliness, frequent ablutions of the
whole person, is a powerful preservative
against all infectious and contagious
diseases. He asserts that in children's
institutions the death-rate and cases of
sickness have been reduced one-third by
regular head-to-foot ablutions with tepid
water. Medical men of experience, who
serve amid plagues and the most terrible
epidemics give themselves regular head-to-foot
ablutions twice a day. Mr. Chad-
wick adds
" If I had again to serve as a
mamVtAr of & ounerftl board, and had to
exercise authority in providing defences
flgamBt epidemics, I wonld propose
rAtmiationa for the immediate i
regulations for the immediate and gene
ral rubbing' oi tne population, ana
have it seen to as sedulously as vaccina
tion for protection against small-pox."
To show the influence of skin cleanliness
on the assimilation of food, Mr. Chad
wick relates the following incident:
"Amend of mine, he writes, "in
command of a brigade in Spain, was
hammed in, and bis men were jjut on
very short rations. To amuse them it
being summer time he encouraged them
to bathe daily in a river close by, and he
remarked, as a result he had not expecteu,
that his men were in as good strength as
the unwashed soldiers on their lull
rations. " Similar results are observable
in the inmates of a well tept prisons.
Mrs. Chenery. of Salem. Mass., had
her pocket-book, containing sixty-nine
dollars in bills, a silver half dollar and a
railroad ticket, and olasped with steel
clasps, struck by lightning during
shower. She felt the shock and
smelled burning leather but did not no
tice the effect till some time after, when
she opened the wallet and found the
greenbacks burned to a crisp, the silver
coin blackened on one side and the
ticket scorched.
It is estimated that 15,000 000 eggs
are consumed every day in the United
States. New York alone consumes 40,
000,000 doaen annually.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Harvesters.
The harvest comes, and all our fields
Are weighted down with splendor;
The seasons have been more than fair,
And nature more than tender.
If other lauds have bled in war,
In labor ours was peaceful;
And not a harvest yield for years
Has been more grandly blissful.
And now tbe harvesters are out
Before the sun is shining,
With ready hearts and bare arms strong;
No rest till its declining.
They sing their songs, and gather in
The honest earth's profusion,
And shout to Want and Misery,
"Here's to you both, confusion!"
Long ere the jovial harvesters
Come in for supper thirsting,
Those stalwart arms and hands expert
Have filled tbe barn to bursting;
And piled around the teeming barn
Huge stacks that blush with clover,
And trimmed their sides and thatched their
tops
With straw and " riders " over.
If we can call a blessing down
For any living creature,
Be it upon the Harvester,
The Treasurer of Nature.
New York Mail.
. - Farm and Garden Notes.
Destroy tomato worms.
Mulch newly-planted trees.
Eradicate weeds by hand picking.
Cucumbers of slow growth are bitter,
Provide good pure water for live
stock.
Sprinkle air-slaked lime on turnips to
destroy the " turnip flea.
The temperature of a stable should be
sixty-five degrees, and free from mois
ture. It is asserted that tomatoes as food
for cows improve both the quantity and
quality of the milk, and give the cream
and butter a rich goicien coior.
It is said in the N. E. Farmer that
water may be drawn on a stoneboat or
cart with very little if any sloping over,
by simply laying on the water a round
board, about two inches less in diameter
than the lnaide of the vessel.
Top dressing mowing fields as soon as
possible after the hay is removed is at
tended with excellent results, ine siud
ble and roots are protected from exces
sive drying by the hot sun, and the
grass is stimulated to a vigorous growth.
For Eome sorts of vegetables, as let
tuce, cress, radishes and onions, the
Chinese system of keeping the soil con
tinuously wet 13 the best that can be
adopted. It produces a crispiness in
the vegetables that is obtained only
when there ha? been no check in the
growth.
Professor Lazenby, "after numerous
experiments and very careful trials,"
cooSmenda the following as " safe, cheap
and effective applications " for the cab
bage worm using either two or three
times during the season: 1. A pound of
whale-oil soap in about six gallons of
water. 2. A few quarts of tar in a barrel
of water.
It is a foreign journal which makes
the novel announcement that if a live
crab is placed in a heap of infested
grain so that it can't get out, the vermin
will enter its shell; and if removed
twenty-four hours later it will be found
to contain worms instead ot crao-neea.
Throw it in the fire and enter another
animated trap, and another, till the
grain is cleared.
Household Hint.
To Renovate Black Merino. Rip
the drees apart; then foak the goods in
warm Boapsuds two hours; dissolve one
ounce of extract of logwood in a bowl of
warm water; add sufficient warm water
to cover the goods, which is to be taken
from the suds without wringing; let the
ithout wringing; let the
dress stand in the logwood water all
night; in the morning rinse in several
wi ters without wringing in the last
water: add one pint of sweet mil;: iron
while damp; it will look like new.
To Bnow Out a Kerosene Lamp.
Raise the flame until it just does not
smoke, and then blow sharply across the
top of the chimney. The fight will be
instantly extinguished. The philosophy
of the action is simple and interesting.
Blowing over the top of the lamp causes
a rarefloation of tbe air which the air of
ii . .i- 1 A All V.:,,
the chimney rushes up to fill, thus being
lifted, as it were, away from the name,
which of course must cease to burn
Blowing down into the chimney is thus
avoided.
Polish fob Floors. One pound of
beeswax, one quart of benzine the
beeswax melted oft, to which add the
benzine; put them over a range or stove.
the fire closely covered, as benzine is
highly inflammable; stir together till
well mixed. Tnese are me proportions,
the quantity must depend upon the
space to be covered. Apply to the floor,
first making it clean, and rub in
thoroughly. It shows the gram of the
wood, and makes a permanent polish.
crowing better by use and ruboing w.
It is free of dust, and clean, and is not
laborious to take care of, twice a year
wice a year
rubbing, and sweeping, so to say, with
broom in a flannel cover.
An old woman, on being examined
beforu a magistrate as to her place of
lecal settlement, was asked what reason
she bad for supposing her husband had
a legal settlement in that town. The
old ladv said. "He was born and marri
ed there, and they buried him there.
and if that isn't settling him there, I
don t know what is,
Items of Interest,
A cannibal one who loves his fellow-
men.
A volume that always brings tears to
your eyes A volume of smoke.
Sweetening one's coffee is generally
the first stirring event of the day.
Honor and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part and then go advertise.
How should a wife speak to a grumb
ling hnsband? "My dear, I love yon
still."
Tbe potato crop for the United States
for the past five years has averaged 145,
000,000 buBhels.
Swinging is said by tbe doctors to be
good exercise for the health, but many
a poor wretch has come to his life by it.
They say thine eyes, like sunny skies,
Tbe chief attraction form.
I see no sunshine in those eyes,
They take me all by storm.
farmer found a potato-bug on bis
dinner-table, the other day, and thus to
the bug he ejaculated : "Uood heavens!
have you got to have your potatoes
cooked this year t"
Railroads carry 3,000,000 passengers
safely where they kill one, but the
trouble is to know when the 3,000,000
have been counted up and the killing is
to begin. Detroit Free Jrest.
In England when the corn and wheat
used to be threshed by means of the
flail, and the 'grains were consequently
subjected to the ravages of mice, a tame
owl was as common inthe barn as a cat
in the house.
JoBh Billings, in a zoological moment,
writes: "The peculiarity of the'fly is
that he returns to the same spot; but it
is the character of the mosquito that he
returns to another spot Thus he differs
from the leopard, which does not change
his spots."
Breaking: the News Gently.
A crofs-eyed man in a long linen .
ulster and a tall hat rang the bell, and
when the woman of the house opened
the door she was satisfied he had an
eye to the spoons (the straight eye), so
she snapped:
" Well, what do you want ?'
" Madam, be calm," said the cross
eyed man, "have you a child?
les, l have," repnea ue woman;
"what of it?"
" A little girl ? queried the cross-eyed
man.
" No; a boy," returned the woman.
"Of course a boy," repeated th,
cross-eyed man; "ayoungboy not very
old?"
"About that age," said the woman;
" what about him ?"
"Madam, do not get excited," pur
sued the-cross-eyed man, "be brave and
calm.
' Mercy on me ! exolaimed tbe
woman, in surprise ; wnas s tne mat
ter ?"
" Gently, gontly, said the cross-eyed
mnn, in a Rooming manner; restrain
yourself. Did not that little boy go out
to play this morning r
Yes, yes," said the woman, excited
ly: "what why is there anything the
matter!"
"Is there not a railroad track cross.
the next street?" queried the.oroen.
eyed man in a solemn voice. '
-ar aS ll .
' xes, ou yes, ejacmaiea we wumuu,
- . m lav
in great iear;'on, ten me wnas ut
happened, what "
Be calm, interrupted the crop-
eyed man, soothingly; " be brave kee,'
cool, for your child's sake."
" Oh. what is it 7 wnatw it? -waii'
the woman, wildry; "I knew it Ifear
it. Tell me the worst, quick ! la t
child where is my darling boy ?"
Madam, replied the cross-ey
man, gently, "i buttnis moment saw
little boy playing upon tne raur"
track; as I looked upon him he seeav
to be"
"Oh, dear ! oh, dear I" screamed t
woman wringing her nanus, "teii i
the worst. Is he
"He seemed to be daubing himf--
with oil," continued tbe cross-eyed ma-
nilinv drawing a bottle from his pock
W rot here the best thing in
world Lightning Grease Eradicate
only twenty-five cents a bottle, v
ranted- -' . .
There was a broom, standing be;
the door, and with one blow she knex -
his tall hat over his eyes, ana whu ;
other she waved him off the steps i
through the gate. And as the cri
eyed man moved swiftly up the st.
ehe took the broom at him, looking J
all the world . like an ancient god
mTthnloffv with a passion-distorted f
I , , . i 1 ,- IJul!
and highly-excited red arms.
Me.) Courier.
New York Newspaper Expenses.
A correspondent in the Philadel
IHmet has been giving some interest
statistics about the 'Iribune, and eu ,
among other things, that itaoompoBiu
bills were reducea jwd.uuu inoneyt i i
or over 00 a week. He might bus.
added that economy practiced in ou.
departments of the same paper had t
duced its running expenaea tromJu'
1877, to July, 1878, just $1,250 per v
compared with the expenses of the j
viouB year. My informant, who ia o
ous in such matters, says that ;
inquiry made preparatory to this rtu
tion shows what it oosts to run the
,1nartmnt, of the various
.i . ' mmint of 1
' The a c
. city EJitor Meip
twelves columns per tlay, si.ouu
week; Sun, City Editor Bogart, u
columns per day, 1,200 per w.
Timrs Citv Editor Pullham, nine .
iiuis per day, $'J00 per week; 7Vi '
City Eluui Shauku, ten oolutui
day, 87CO per week; World, Citv
Ralph, e;ght co'umns per day, :
week- C f I (' n a ti Vommerv .