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The Two Villages.
Over lhe rivor on the hill
Moth a village white and Ktill ;
All around it tho f jrest trees
Rhiver and whisper in the brooze ;
(Tver it sniling shadows go
Of Roaring hank and screaming crow ;
A'ld monntaiu grasses, low and sweet,
Grow in the middle of every stroet.
Over the river nndor the hill
' Anothor village lloth still ;
There I see in the cloudy night
Twinkling stars of household light ;
l'lres that gleam from the smithy's door;
Mists that eurl on the river sboro ;
And in the roads no grasscagrow
For tho wheels that hasten to and fro.
In that village on the hill
Never is sound of smithy or mill ;
The houses are thatched with gras and
flowers;
Nevor a c'oik to toll the hours 1
The marble doors are always shut ;
Yon 0111 ri' t enter in hall or hut ;
All tho villngers lie asleep ;
Never a grain to sow or reap ;
Never iu dreams to moan or sigh
Silent and idle, a:id low, they lie.
In that villago under the hill,
When the night is starry and still,
Many a weary soul in prayer
Locks to the otuor villago there,
And weeping and sighing, longs to go
Up to that home from this below ;
Longs to sleep in the forest wild,
Whither have vanished wife and child,
And heareth, praying, this answer fall:
" r&ticnco ! that village shall hold ye
all :
A MIDNIGHT MYSTERY.
There was a wild storm on the Baltic.
The raging billows lashed the shore,
thnn ler crashed amid the vivid flashes
of lightning, aud the rain fell at times
in torrents ; but the qniet villagers of
Biornborg were securely sleeping in
th ir beds, for it was eleven o'clock at
n;ght, and they were not wont to wander
fr in their homes after darkness fell
n n their habitations.
They were a hardy, simple race of
po ple, having very little knowledge ol
the outside world. The men were most'
It fishermen aud the women spinnors of
flax.
I have said the good villagers were
se surely sleeping iu their beds, but I
m ist at least except the village priest,
who sat in Inn solitary room reading a
large book beside bis well-trimmed lamp,
an I occasionally pausing and raising his
head as a blast more fierce than the
re it shook his little house to the very
fo inJation.
At the period of which wo write, the
village of liiomborg numbered scarcely
three hundred sonic, and the church
wliere tho priest officiated stood at the
extreme end of the settlement, and
wit lin a hundred ffct of the wave-washed
shore.
As the venerable old man closed the
book he fell into a deep meditation.
His lamp began to burn dimly and the
solemn silence of his chamber was only
bro'ten by the noise of the rushing sea
and the howling of the gale. The hands
ot the clock that stood in an angle of
the room had just met at twelve, and
the priest was iu the act of seeking his
comh, when there came a loud knocking
at the door.
" Some of my people are ill, I fear,"
murmured the good man as he unbarred
the door.
When he had done 60, two masked
men covered by loug cloaks, pushed
their way hastily into the apartment,
one of them abruptly informing him
that be must accompany them immedi
ately to the church, as he was required
to celebrate a marriage.
Here ! " exclaimed the man, flinging
a purse upon the table, " this will com
pensate you for tho trouble we are
about to give yon. "
As quickly as the priest eonld collect
his thoughts he mildly remonstrated,
explaining that he war not permitted to
perform such a solemn rite without
those preparatory formalities which the
law required.
'Cease that nonsense," cried the man,
drawing a pistol and putting the muzzle
against the old man s head. " Do our
bidding without murmur, for unless you
obey, I swear that I will shoot you."
The poor priest trembled and turned
Eale. " I shall be ready in a moment,"
e replied, and caught up his hat and
etiok.
" Oome along," exolaimed the men as
they stepped forth, followed by the un
willing clergyman.
The rain hod ceased falling and a big
rift in the clouds occasionally showed a
gleam of the moon.
"I thought the gale would abate
about midnight," remarked one of the
men to his fellow.
A simple " humph 1 " was the only re
sponse. We must be off before daylight,"
he continued, "but we 6ha11 have a
terrible tea for the boats. Hear how
tho surf beats on the shore."
" Humph 1" came again from his
companion's lips, and then they relapsed
into silence.
As they emerged from behind one of
the sand hills which surrounded the
villago, the priest started with surprise
to behold his church illuminated. He
gazed at the men as they strode by his
side, and they appeared like specters to
his heated imagination. Matters seemed
to him like a dream. A few moments
more aud they were at the church por
tals. "Standi" commanded one of the
men. The priest obeyed, and quickly
found a bandage placed over his eyes.
" Take my band," said the man.
Again the priest obeyed, and was led
rapidly through the door. A number
of voices as if disputing met his car,
but almost immediately the sounds
ceased and all became quiet.
Arriving in front of the altar, the cov
ering over his eyes was removed, and ho
could observe abont a dozen persona
masked and keeping close in the shadow
of the walls. The largo oandles on the
altar were burning brightly ; still there
were portions of the church over which
indistinct shadows flitted. In one of
these arches the old priest strained his
eyes, as he thought ho beheld the gar
ments of a woman. Nor was he mis
taken. But that which suddenly caused
his heart to shrink with dread, was to
behold the slab which oovered the vault
of Francis Krynszloft removed from its
place and standing on its end against
one of the pillarH that supported the
roof.
Krvnszloft. A rich old land own or ichn
had been dead nearly a century, had
built the church, boiDg careful to stipu
late that his body should rest in the
tomb which wasjbuilt in the middle aisle
of tho edifice.
As the good priest gazed down the
building, a tall man issued from one of
the gloomy shadows, leading a lady
who was magnificently appareled, and
who seemed scarcely able to walk, so
uncertain were her steps. Both fig
ures were masked. The man was as
splendidly attired as his companion, and
his tall form and military carriage in
duced the belief that he was no common
personage. Behind him came the per
sons who had been grouped by the
walls.
It was a strange sight at that lonely
hour of the night to see an old gray
headed priest trembling with fear and
surrounded by unknown men and wo
men, compelled to celebrate a marriage
with an open tomb in view.
The first thought that rushed to the
mind of the good man was, that after he
had performed the ceremony, they
would murder him, cast his body into
r.ho vault, replace the slab, and his fate
would perhaps never be revealed, for
nouo of the bones of the Krynszloft
family, save old Franois, would ever re
pose there. But he quickly dismissed
this thought, as he could conceive no
reasou for them to kill an inoffensive
man living in an obscure part of the em
pire and scarcely known beyond the
confines of Biornborg.
His reflections, however, were cut
short by the man beckoning his attend
ants to close about him. and then in an
imperious tone commanding the priest
so proceed with 111s oliice. Summoning
ill the courage ho could command, the
priest inquired the name of the bride
nd bridegroom.
"Nicholas and Oastalie," replied the
bridegroom sternly.
At the sound of his voice the poor lads
trembled violently, and more than once
appeared about to fall. She was evident
ly suffering great terror. Once or twice
the priest was on the point of positively
refusing to conduct a marriage under
such equivocal circumstances, but the
sight of tho open tomb shook his
momentary resolution, for he was not a
courageous person.
" Proceed I proceed I commanded
the man, in an impatient tone.
Not daring any longer to delay, the
old priest began the ceremony, but he
was so bewildered that he made many
mistakes, which, however, were not
observed by those present. Perhaps
tliey were ignorant of matters liko this.
At length he came to the question,
" Wilt thou. Nicholas, acknowledge
Oastalie, who now kneels beside thee,
to be thy lawfully wedded wife ? "
" I will I " was the reply, in tones
that rang through the arches of the
building, so sWuly were they pro
nounced. The reply, for si-mo unknown reason,
produced a markeu sensation among the
maskers, for a low murmur came from
their midst.
"Aud thou, Castalio," continued the
priest, " wilt thou acknowledge as thy
lawfully wedded husband, Nicholas,
who kneels beside thee ? "
"I will," came in a voice that was
only just audible, and which quivered
with evident fear.
A moment more and the woman sank
upou the stone floor with a cry of an
guish. Several or the party gathered
around her, and one raised her head
while the bridegroom poured some
drops from a vial on her lips. It was
amid this confusion that the priest con
cluded the ceremony.
Again the bandage' was placed over
his eves, and he was led out of the
church. Once without he was given the
use of his sight, with the injunction to
hurry to his home, and, upon the peril of
his life, never to speak of that night's
occurrence. Instantly, then, tho men
re-entered the church and closed the
door, aud the priest could hear the bar
adjusted to prevent intruders.
But the, old man did not immediately
proceed on his way. ne knelt down
upon the ground and applied his ear to
the door-sill. He could hear loud and
angry tones from within, aud Buddenly
there came a piercing shriek from a man,
followed by a pistol-shot. Then all was
still. Springing from hiB crouching
position, the old man darted with all the
speed left him, toward the houses of
the villagers for the purpose of alarming
them, as he felt sure a deed of terror
and blood had just been euaoted. But
bo violent was his emotion, and so
powerful had been the strain npon hia
nervous system, that, when he reached
the door of John Ispranitz, he fell to
the earth as he knocked for admittance.
Some hours later the whole village
was startled by the announcement that
their pastor was lying at -Ispranitz'B
cottage in a Btate of unconsciousness.
Men, women and children flocked to the
spot, and all did what theyVere able in
aid of the priest's recovery For days
ho lay delirious, and while the fever was
burning up his frame he raved of the
open tomb of old Franois Krynszloft,
tho midnight marriage and the shot
which probably sent some poor creature
to eternity.
" Alas I" sighed the simple people,
"our good pastor has lost his reason,
heaven grant it may be restored to him
again."
It was nearly a month ere the priest
was able to leave his couch. Among the
first things ho did when he was able to
converse, was to tell the story of the
midnight marriage. But his hearers
gazed at each other with incredulous
glances, believing tho old man was bereft
of his wits. After awhile, however, ho was
able to leave John Ispranitz'B cottage,
and then he assembled the people, and
they proceeded to the church in a body.
A careful inspection of the slab of the
vault, showed that it had been recently
displaced.
Suddenly a new purpose seized tho
minds of the villagers. Spades and crow
bars were at once at hand, and the vault
was quickly uncovered.
The first object that met their gaze
was a richly-mounted coffin reposing by
the crumbling remains of that which
held the ashes of Krynszloft. To raise
the Jid was only the work of a few mo
ments, and then they beheld, still with
perfect features, tho body of a beautiful
woman with a wound directly in the
region of the heart.
Never had Bitch a cry of terror and
anguish 4ehoed within those walls.
Tho clothing on the body was of the
finest and most expensive description,
but it exhibited no mark by which a clue
could be formed to unravel the dreadful
deed that had been cbmmitted.
The priest, however, considered it
his duty to make the whole affair known
to his bishop, who resided at Helsing
fors, and he in turn communicated the
attested facts to the government authori
ties. In due time came back a message not
to revive the matter again, coupled
with a warning that the inhabitants of
Biornborg wonld do well to interest
themselves no further in the strange
affair.
.
Some years later, a naval vessel ap
peared off tho coast and landed a party
of armed men, who proceeded to the
church, keeping all the people at a dis
tance by placing guards in the vicinity.
When night fell they were heard at
work, and ere morning dawned they had
embarked, carrying with them a burden
covered by a pall.
The few people who wero curious
enough to get a glimpse of the departure
of the party, stated that the persons em
ployed showed te most profound re
spect and reverence to the object they
bore away to their barge.
As soon as the ship was well in the
offing, the excited villagers again open
ed the tomb, but they only beheld the
accustomed remains of old Francis
Krynszloft.
That midnight marriage forever re
mained a mystery. National Standard.
A Very Exact Denial.
The nephew was the typical nowhew
of the comedies and novels ; the uncle,
the tvpical uncle. The former got him
self irito debt ; the latter had to help
But the most long-suffering of men
must at last lose patience, and one fine
day the uucle writes to his dear nephew
that ail is over Detweeu them. Not
another penny.
The nephew iliea down to his uncle s
country seat and falls at his venerable
relative's gouty feet.
" Uncle Feter, dear Uncle Peter, just
this once. Aid me to straighten out this
snarl in my finances and I will never,
never come to you again.
" Oh, Roland, I know you too well.
MyBistei's son my only- Bister's son."
says the old man, wiping away a furtive
tear.
"Ah, your heart is touched : you will
assist me once more ?" says the young
man.
"Listen," said his aged relative
" havo you a rule ?"
"A which ?"
" A rule a foot-rule ?"
" Why should I have one t I ain't a
carpenter."
" Go and find one immediately.
The young man, puzzled but hopeful,
goes, and at the end of half an hour re
turns and says ;
" Uncle, dear, here is the foot-rule."
" Very well ; measure this room,
length, breadth and height, bo as to
ascertain its dimensions."
The young man, more puzzled than
ever, sets about his task, and at last
makes his report.
" Uncle, the room contains 3,040 cubio
feet."
" You are sure of that ?"
"Absolutely."
" Very well," says the old gentleman,
rising to his feet and speaking in a tone
of thunder ; " and now, sir, if this
room, which contains 3,040 oubio feet,
were filled with double eagles packed so
tightly that you couldn't ram, jam or
cram a three-cent piece into it I
wouldn't give you a penny. Qit I"
A fisherman noar Sioux City, Iowa,
Eaw a box floating on the surface of the
water. He secured it, and it proved to
be water tight, and contained an infant
several weeks old, provided with a bot
tle of milk and Rnfficieut clothing to
keep it warm.
Carious Companionship. -A
gentleman in Sussex, Eng., had a
cat which showed the greatest affection
for a young blackbird, which was given
to her by a stable-boy for food a day or
two after she had been deprived of her
kitten. She tended it with tho greatest
care ; they became inseparable compan
ions, and no mother could show a great
er fondness for her offspring than she
did for the bird.
Lemmery shut up a cat and several
mice together in a case. The mieo in
time got to bo very friendly, and pluck
ed and nibbled at their feline friend.
When any of them grv troublesome,
she would gently box tf eir ears.
A German magazine tells of a Mr.
Hecart who placed a tame sparrow nnti
the protection 0 a wild-cat. Another
cat attacked the sparrow, which was at
the most critical moment rescued by its
protector. During the sparrow's subse
quent illness its natural foe watched
over it with great tenderness. The
same authority gives an instanoe of a
oat trained liko a watch-dog to keep
Lgnard over a yard containing a hare and
some sparrows, blackbirds and part
ridges. A pair of carriage horses taken to
water at a stone trough, then standing
t one end of the Manchester exchange,
were followed by a dog who was in the
habit of lying in the stall of one of
them. As he gamboled on in front the
creature was suddenly attacked by a
mastiff far too strong for his power of
resistance, and it would have gone hard
with him but lor tho unlooked-for inter
vention of his stable companion, which,
breaking loose from the man who was
leading it, made for the battling dogs,
and with one well-delivered kick sent
the mastiff into a cooper's cellar, and
then quietly returned to tho trough and
finished his drink. In very sensible fash
ion, too, did ;Mrs. Bland's half-Danish
dog, Traveler, show his affection for his
mistress pet pony. The latter had been
badly hurt, and when well enongh to
be turned into a field, was visifod there
by its fair owner and regaled with car
rots and other delicacies ; -Traveler, for
his part, never failing to fetch one or
two windfall apples from the garden,
laying them on the grass before the
pony, and hailing its enjoyment of
them with tho liveliest demonstrations
of delight.
That such relations should exist be
tween the horse and the dog seems
natural enough. But that a horse should
be hail-fellow with a hen appears too
absurd to be true ; yet we have Gilbert
White's word for it that a horse, lacking
more suitable companions, struck up a
friendship with a hen, aud displayed
immense gratification when she rubbed
agoinet his legs and clucked a greeting,
while he moved with the greatest cau
tion lest he might trample on his " lit
te, little friend- Chamber's.
Colorado Banch Customs.
A correspondent writes as follows
from Colorado : Every ranchman is
armed with a repeating rifle, a shot-gun
and a revolver although many do not
carry thoir revolvers. I hardly ever
carry mine. In tW event of a quarrel
an unarmed man stands more show for
his life, for no matter how great a des
perado may be the man, he never shoots
an unarmed man. The question is
asked: "Are you heeled?" meaning
armed. You answering to the contrary,
they will immediately put up. their
weapons. Stealing here is Bure death
to tho one getting caught at it. Two
weeks ago a party of us went up fhto
the mountains prospecting for minerals
in a new gulch, and on our way fonnd a
man hanging to a tree who had been
dead some days, with a paper pinned on
his shirt simply stating " Horse thief."
These things strike terror to the thieves.
Three nights ago three desperate-looking
men aroused me in the night, and
said they were looking for a horse thief
and were tired. I invited them to stay
all uight. They immediately made
themselves at home, cooking their own
supper. I finally asleep, leaving them
playiug poker, $1 a corner. They de-
fmrted early the next morning, and, I
earned, came up with their man and
shot him. It is remarkable to think
that a man may bhoot his neighbor and
nothing be said, but let him steal any
thing and he must die. It is one of the
peculiar ideas of the men on the borders
that every man must protect his life,
and not the law. But there is a good
class of people now settling up this
country; slowly but surely, their ideas
will bring law and order.
The Sort of Girl to Get.
The true girl has to be sought for.
She does not parade herself as show
goods. She is not fashionable. Gen
erally, she is not rich. But, oh 1 what
a heart she has when you find her ! so
largo and pure and womanly. When
you see it you wonder if those showy
things outside were women. If you
gain her love your two thousand are
millions. She'll not ask you for a car
riage or a first-class house. She'll wear
simple dresses, and turn them when
necessary, with no vulgar magnificat to
frown upon her eoonomy. She'll keep
everything neat and nice in your sky
parlor, and give you such a welcome
when you oome homo that you'll think
your parlor higher than ever. She'll
entertain true friends on a dollar, and
astoniish ycu with tho new thought how
little happiness depends on money.
She'll make you love home (if you don't
you're a brute), and teach you how to
pity, while you aoorn a poor, fashionable
society that thinks itself rich, and vainly
tries to think itself happy. Oliver HV
dell JIhn'.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Baes swarmed into S'uelbyville, Ind.,
one day recently, in such couutless num
bers that the merchants had to close
their stores.
Dr. Carver, the celebrated marksman,
shot himself into a fortune of 8G0.000
last year. It is said that after a visit
abroad he will give up professional
shooting.
The emperor of Brazil has invited
eminent doctors from Europe to Rio
Janeiro to study on tho spot the true
character of yellow fever, and discover
a remedy for it. Several have accepted
the call.
Capt. Bundy, A Chicago Methodist,
has fitted up a boat to travel as an evan
gelist. He makes landings at places
along the shores of the lakes, holds
revival meetings, andis said to be high
ly successful.
In the republic of Columbia there
dwells a man by the name of Miguel
Sol is. He is said to be the oldest man
in the world. Miguel declares that he
is only 180, but his neighbors say he is
past 200 and lies about his age ns per
sistently as an old maid.
While on his way home from Talla
hassee, Fla., a colored man named An
drew Wilson was rnn over at Bel Air
biii and killed. Four years ago his
father was killed on the same spot in
Erecisely the same manner ; one of his
rothers broke his neck last year while
playing ball, and in 1873 another was
killed by a fall.
To rapidly extinguish a fire in a
chimney : Put abont three ounces of
tho sulpliuret of carbon on the hearth,
the snlphnr being first turned into one
or two broad hollow plates, so that the
combustion may be produced on a rela
tively large Burfaoe. In one quarter of
Paris firemen have thus extinguished
251 of 319 fires, the extinctions in many
cases being instantaneous, without the
necessity of mounting the roof or in any
disarranging the apartments.
Russia, during the war of 1769-1774,
had nearly 200,000 men in the field, and
the medioal staff, including apothecaries
and dressers, consisted of lfG men.
"The loss from fever and plague,"
reported, the director, "was greater
than from foes wearing tnrbans. Dur
ing the recent war Russia was able for
the first time to do without the aid of
foreign surgeons. During the Crimean
war the military authorities had been
imposed npon sadly by scores of quacks
with bogus diplomas from Germany and
America, some of whom would not touch
the sick or wounded with anything but
a walking-stick as they strolled through
the hospitals.
Philosophy of Newspaper Advertising.
" Hermit," the New York correspond
ent of tho Troy Times, in a late letter,
philosophically remarks :
"Trade is now iu full activity, and
business men are exerting every effort
to improve the harvest. One method is
the handbill system, by which the hotels
are daily inundated. During the busi
ness season one boy after another will
go the rounds, and in this way an at
tempt is made to obtain trade. Of
these, however, the greater part are
wasted, since the waiter generally picks
them up and throws them into the
street, and the next day a fresh inunda
tion takes place. Experience has clear
ly demonstrated the most efficient
method of advertising is found in the
judicious use of the newspaper columns.
The ground on which newspaper adver
tising, as a system, is based, is human
confidence, since we cannot avoid be
lieving that which we constantly read.
The confidence is sometimes abused,
but still it is evident that a good adver
tisement will, if sufficiently repeated,
carry popular opiuion. Men who adver
tise with the greatest persistency event
ually reach Buccess. There is a mili
tary principal involved in the method,
since the article advertised should be
pressed on the public by repeated as
saults. The correct view, which ex
perience brings to each man, is that ad
vertising should be inoluded in the gen
eral estimate of expense, as regularly as
store rent, clerk hire and insurance. It
is often said a good stand at a high rent
is better than a poor one rent free.
Well, advertising brings a man before
tho public in a way that makes any
stand ' good. Tho best stand you can
have is to be in the newspapers."
Home Sentinel Brevities,
Dry goods Codfish,
nigh schools Seven-etory academies.
Poor policy One that is repudiated
by the insurance company.
" One-half of the world don't know
how the other half lives," and what ia
more, it don't care.
The attention of the public, which
has been centered on the base ball bat
ter all summer, will now be turned to
the contemplation of pancake batter.
When a man is hanging by his toes
from the cornice of a high building, and
expects momentarily to drop, nothing so
completely reassures and so thoroughly
satisfies him as the sudden discovery
that he is eafely home in bed.
"Are fat people healthy ? " is a head
line that stares us in the face in every
other exchange we pick up. Who cares
whether they are healthy or net ? As
long as we are not cannibals, it would
be wiser to investigate whether beans
are healthy.
Items of Interest.
Grate results Cindern.
There are 5,000,000 plows used in this
country.
Tis the mau who is hard o' hearing
who has the " Hey " fever.
When Jack Frost comes and slaps
your face you enn slap-jacks.
English sparrows make a good pot
pie. So does an American housewife.
Brutus was an honorable man, but in
tho end he contrived to stick poor
Ciesar.
Zeitungsnachrichtenneuigkeitserflnd
er is the title of a newspaper in the
German language.
Counsel to witness "You're a nice
sort of fellow, you are 1 " Witness
" I'd say the same of you, sir, only I'm
on my oath."
Columbus was a cabin boy at the age
of fourteen, but his birth is hidden in
obscurity. The real name is Christoval
Colon, Latinized into the familiar one
of Columbus.
Don't be old-fashioned enough to
speak of a verbose man as "a gas
house." Refer to him as an "electric
light generator."
A little Chicago girl, while sitting at
the table, a short time ago, held a piece
of cake in one hand and a cup of milk
iu tho other. Holding the cup a short
distance from her mouth, she looked
down at the cake and remarked, "You
can't get in."
Mr. John Kiger has unearthed a fine
specimen of the seal family sixteen feet
long, on his farm in Fulton township,
Fountain county, Ind., near the north
lino of Parke county. Mr. Kiger thinkB
there is a school of petrified seals in
that vicinity.
There is no prettier sight now than a
Bchool-girl picking her way abstractedly .
along the streets, conning her philoBO -
phy lesson, and ever and anon stopping
to bury her little Grecian nose deep
into a mammoth pickle sho carries un-
der her apron. A'. Louis Spirit.
A Few Typographic Errors. m
" Greeley's ire being raised," says the
Rochester Express, " at the refusal of
the Japanese to enlarge their commer
cial relations, he editorially declared
that ' the only effective arguments with
barbarians are those nttered by the
mouths of forty-pound Paixhans.' He
tore aronnd the next morning when he
read in the Tribune that tho only argu
ments ' are those uttered by the mouths
of forty proud Parisians.' The London
Hews undertook to call Mr. Bright the
Gamaliel of Birmingham,' but between
the compositor and proof-reader it was
printed ' the gamebird of Jiirmingham.'
A night editor headed a cable dispatch,
The British lion shaking his mane.
He lost five pounds in weight when
the black letters proclaimed, " The
British lion skaling in Maine." A
night editor had an important cable
gram about the San Stefano treaty, on
which he put a flaming head : ' Ultima
tum of the czar,' and found it translate;',
into ' Ultimatum of J. Cro3ar 1' Some
years ago the English reading public
were profoundedly impreRsed by an
essay by Carlyle on tho ' Liturgy of the
Dead sea apes. All newspapers ha. t
something to say about the novel title
but were rather taken back when r
was made known that the greiu
writer intended to say apples ' instead
of apes.'
"Charged to the account of typo
graphical errors are many that com
from the deliberate indulgence 01 i"
compositors' love of fun pure custeu
ness, the irate author calls it. for 11
stance, the New York Leader rep 11 ;
lifihed a poem from the Atlantic. 1
the former these two lines
" Well well. I think not on those two,
Hat the old would breaks out anew.
appeared thus wonderfully changed :
" Roll, well, I think not on those two,
liat the old woman breaks oat anew."
Bounties of Nature iu Arioua.
Notwithstanding the entire absenrt5
timber or verdure of any kind upou t
mountains along tho Colorado riv
they are ever -changing objects of ben
and interest, and the longer and m
studiously yon gaze upon them, '
more completely are you lost in adm
tion of them. In the evening, in ;
interval just before and immediately
ter the decline of the great orb of d
theso earth-giants point up their ruj
edges and grotesque columns again-r
canopy that is a marvel of celestial 0
oriug. At this time of the year
clouds sail majestically over the m
tain tops. From Buurise until v;
an hour of sunset the imperial
seems like a great sapphire suspt
over the world. Then tho ea;
mountain a and the horizon above aw ; ,
a most exquisite tint of something !
tween purple and maroon, while t
elevations on the west and the horiz
above color up in lilac and gold. 'A f.
moments after snusct the whole heavt
aud mountains upon either side as-:
a lavender hue. 80 perfect and so 1
oate are the tracings of theBe man
outlines against the sky at this 1
of the evening, that the entranced
follows them as readily as if they
just so many artistic pem'ilings 1
mttlVr parchment. Yet all this
iu comparison with the mirage on a
morning, which cuts up tbene r
mountains into cast!' cathe
fortresses, e8planadeSr,JgarJ?rts,
estj, and every other iinagiuablo t
or topples them over, or suspends
in the air at will. One can w&t
beautiful effects of mirage in this
try with more delightful aviditv
any other one thing that can !
seiited.