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The Album.
My photograph album T Certainly,
You can look, it you wish, my doar;
To me it is just like a graveyard,
' Though 1 go through it onoo a year.
Any now laces T No, indeed. No,
I topped collecting some years ago.
And yet, Jeannette, look well at the book:
It is full of histories strange;
The faces are Just an index, donr,
To stories ot pitiful change
Drama and poem and trngody,
Wliiiih I alono have tho power to seo.
Ah! I thought you would pause at thai faoo;
Slio wM lair as a poet's lay,
The sweetest rose oi her English homo,
Tet she perished fur, lur away :
In tho black massacre at Cuwnpore
(She suffered and died wo know no moro.
And thatT Ah, yes, 'tis a noble head!
Soul sits on the clear, loity brow;
She was my friend in the days gone by,
And she is my enemy now.
Mistake, and wrong, and sorrow aim!
Ono of lilo's tragedies let it pass.
This ficeT lie was my lover, Jeannotto;
And porchanco ho remembers to-day
The passionate wrong that wrecked us both
When he sailed in his anger away.
Iloarl-sick and hopeless through weary years,
At length I forgot him despite theso tours.
That handsome fellow ? He loved mo too;
And lio vowed lie would die, my dear,
Vhon I told him " No" 'tis long ago:
Ho married tho very next year.
That ono I liked a littlo, but ho
Cared much for my gold, nothing for ino.
Brides and bridegrooms together, dear,
Aud most oi tlicin parted to-day j
Some famous men tliut aro quito lorgot,
Some beauties l'uclo i and gray.
Close the book, lor 'tis juwl as I said
Full of palo ghosts from a lilo that's dead.
Harper'i Weekly.
Mrs. Stoughton's Diamond.
Greta had seen her household gods
fall about her before she was able to put
prido into her pocket, where there wii
plenty of room, and turn her hand to the
. only work she understood. It was some
five years since she had begun to go out
by the day to make and mend carpets,
old and new, for the housekeeper, ol
Hampton. She had plenty of employ
ment now, some money in the bank, and
a lover. She looked forward to the
time, not so far oil", when she should
begin upon her own carpets, when the
money in the bank would be drawn out
to buy the parlor set and the household
linen, pictures and knickknackflry. per
haps, the wedding gown and bride
cake. "She had been working for Mrs.
Stoughton for several days, when her
troubles begun, and had gone home,
quite tired out with the conflict over
Unit lady's chamber carpet, which had
seen its best days. She had been obliged
to rip and match figures and insert
patches to deceive the very elect, and at
the end Mrs. Stoughton had told her she
would settle the bill when she heard
from her husband, who had gone away
ou business, and taken the key of the
money -draw, "with- him by mistake.
Greta shrewdly suspected that the
drawer was as empty as a drum, but
mudo no demur. She would oblige a
neighbor, and never remember it.
The following day she was engaged at
Dr. Cardamon's, when she heard Fred
vnsli in from school, and shout:
"I say, ma, 's supper ready? Give
me a hunk of gingerbread, anyhow.
Where's Greta LoringP I want to ask
her if she's stole Miss Stoughton's dia
mond out of her ring! Jack Stoughton
says his mother's going to haul Greta over
the coals. I don't believe a word of it,
and I want to ask her"
"Hush, Fred, hush!" said Mrs.
Stoughton. " What do you mean? Don't
ask (Tret a any such silly question."
"Well, I 'don't want Jack Stoughton
saying things, and I'll just thrash him
"Diamonds !" laughed Greta to her
. self. " Who would suspect Mrs. Stough
ton of one?" Then she suddenly re
membered having puked a ring oft the
" floor of the chamber where she was sew
ing at Mrs. Stoughton's a gold ring in
which a stone of good size had "no doubt
once sparkled, and she had dropped k on
the mantel, and thought no more about
it. Was that cavity going to bear false
witness against her? What nonsense !
Hut that evening, when she returned to
her lodfngs, she found a note awaiting
her, whifh read: "If Miss Loring can
give Mrs. Stoughton any information
about tho diamond missing from a ring
left in the chamber where Miss Loring
was at work, it will be gratefully re
ceived, and no mortifying disclosures
FoorGre slept little that rright. How.
could any one suspect her of such a
dreadful thing? Where could the dia
ninn i have irone? How could she de
fend herself except by her word? Ought
at. a not in Imivii lii'in above suspicion.
likeCasar's wife? What had she dont
to deserve it? In an angry moment she
returned this misjudged reply: ".Mrs.'
Stoughton is at liberty to make.Vhat
pwr mnrtifvinir disclflsures she may
hut. who must excuse Miss" Loring
from rendering account of a diamond of
whose existence sue wm iKnuiam.
Tl.ia nutm-nllv p-k numerated Mrs. Stough
ton, who flattered herself that she had
transacted the affair with great delicacy
aid decorum. She had expected to bring
Miss Utring to her feet, with contrite
tenia and confessions, and here was
nliwnliite defiance! Did such ahussyde
serve consideration at her hands? And
if Mrs. Stotitrhton was more or less afraid
to say her soul was her own before that
- impecunious other nan xu nerseu, now
much more was she afraid to say that her
diamond was no longer hers! Accord
ingly she made haste to out the matter
into the hands of the law and the mouths
of the Hampton gossips. Doubtless Greta
would have been lodged in jail at this
time had not Mr. Grafton secretly espous
ed her cause, while lie undertook the
case Mrs .Stoughton had intrusted to h i m .
Mr. Grafton was a wealthy bachelor,
somewhat gray, and a good deal bald ; he
had smiled upon Greta more than once,
without receiving any answering smile;
perhaps lie thought now that everything
arrives to him who can afford to wait-
that this was his opportunity. Din
housekeeper had once engaged Greta to
make carpets at Grafton Place, and he
had taken pains to show her over tho
house and grounds, and had nearly
snatched a kiss in tho shadow of the lin
dens, as he put her into his carriage to
send lier home. Greta had never worked
there again ; but perhaps she was too
grateful at finding a friend at her side in
such stormy weather to refuse a favor
from Mr. Grafton, nnd perhaps she had
forgotten his audacity. Yet in the midst
of Tier humiliations Greta remembered
with a heart-throb that she had a lover
to come to her rescue if slie chose to call
him that she should not be dependent
upon Mr. Grafton's tender mercies after
Stephen Sotherne had been notified of
her strait. At the same time, she felt
disinclined to break the bad news to him
till after all was over. For how could it
be possible for an innocent person to
suffer? Hut Greta was not a little stun
ned one morning on receiving a letter in
the handwriting of her " true love,"
which ran in this wise:
"Mr Deau Giif.ta It is some time
since I had the pleasure of hearing from
you, and it lias occurred to me to ask if
time-and distance were not weakening
our hold upon each other; to wonder
how long you would continue to love a
man whom you saw only once or twice
a year, since it seems to me that owing
to the bad times our marriage is as in
definitely postponed as tho millennium.
Now. my dear girl, I do not wish to
stand in your light; if you were not en
gaged to me, some more eligible partner
would seek you, I feel certain. More
over, my health is precarious, and the
doctors have advised me to try the air of
California. It is a prescription more
nauseous than drugs, since I must leave
you behind me; but I could not, in
honor, carry your promise with me for
an indefinite space of time for my own
selfish satisfaction merely. At the same
time, believe me, it is no easy thing for
me to say ' adieu' to the dearest girl in
the world. Sincerely,
" Stephen Sothekne."
To say that Greta was surprised would
bo the same as if we should call nn
earthquake " unpleasant." She was
thunder-struck, overwhelmed, with just
enough spirit left to return Mr. Sotli
erne's letters and presents by the next
mail without a word..
" He has heard all about the diamond,
and believes it," she thought. It would
bo a comfortable arrangement if one
could cease to love the instant a lover
proves unworthy, but hearts are not
fashioned after that manner. When
every thought and motive of one's life
is woven up with those of another, one
cannot unravel the tangled web all at
once. "Another such shock will send
me to the insane asylum," sighed Greta.
Hut there was another yet in store for
her. Mr. Grafton had taken to dropping
in upon her after her day's work. One
evening he said:
"Miss Greta, what if you should be
found guilty of this this "
" If they should find me guilty! How
Can they find an innocent person guilty?
If 1 took the diamond, where is it?"
Mr. Grafton smiled indulgently.
" People have been imprisoned, branded,
exiled, hanged, and quartered for sins
they never committed. If you were
guilty, you would be more likely to es
cape; you would have laid your plans."
Greta gave an involuntary soo; me
tears shone in her eyes. " And there is
no one to help me," she gasped, think
ing aloud, rather than speaking to JUr.
Grafton.
" Yes. ves. there is some one ready to
help you, Greta," said that gentleman;
"l-wiUneipyou.il you win oniy Kivtj
" You, Mr. Grafton r w fiat rigni can
T rrivo vou? I don't understand."
"It you were my promiseu wue ah :
niv near iuiss ureia, uon t ium nwnj
your neaa aisaainiuny ; near me out.
Mr. Stouffhton is under some obligation
tome; if you were my promised wife, I
could write him. There would be no
more said about the missing diamond;
it. would be accounted lor in some nat
ural manner. You would be no longer
suspected. No one could suspect tho
woman wiiom J. nomas uraiLonucjigutcu
to honor." ... ,
" You you are very kind, i tiianK
you : but l ao not love you, iur. wi .u
ton.f' ....
"I dont ask you to love me. ui
course you don't; the idea has never.
perhaps, entered your neau neiore. i
only beg that you will marry me. Love
will come sooner or later, as 1 deserve it
at your hands. And, my dear tircia.
what better can you do? Who will
give you employment, with this blight
upon you? How will you earn your
,t..ilu ,-Ollll ?"
"I dont know," returned (rcta;
bow shall I. indeed? Hut. all the
same, iff would bo contemptible to re
ward your unselfishness py merely
marrying yuu for a home."
"Only agree to marry me, and I will
net quarm with the motives," ho im
plored. , ,
What could Greta do? Her lover had
deserted her; her good name w:is tar
nished. Without home, friends or work,
was it not the height of folly to refuse
such a way of escape? And yet, how
could she love him? Hut might not one
survive the luxury of loving? Come
wealth, ease and position; vanish all
illusions that make life sweet. She
begcred a fortnight for consideration:
something might turn up to her advan
tage the diamond, for instance. Hut
the fortnight 'passed, as fortnights will;
nothing happened, except that Mr.
Grafton, feelinir confidence in the woman
who hesitates, refurnished his parlor in
blue satin and pale gold, fitted up an
apartment for his wife's boudoir like a
suburb oi lairy lami, uespoKe me parson,
the ring and the cateeer
"Do tell!" said ono gossip to another;
Greta Ixiring's going to step into clover,
and no mistake."
"It's a powerful change for her. I
hear Mr. Grafton's always had a hank
ering for her. He told Mr. Jobson any
man could marry any woman he set his
heart upon, if he'rl only work hard
enough and wait like a spider in his
web.
I
guess he got Greta for the asking,
eh?"
I dunno; there was
that Sotherne
who was sweet on lier."
" I reckon tluvt's blown over only a
vonnir man's nnstime. I m surprised at
Tom Grafton, though, with all his airs
an'' frills, with Ins family tree and Ins
f arms, and his ancestors and his
n . How does lie get over that lit
th lir of Mrs. Stoughton's diamond?
I s'pose he expects folks to visit his wife
and ask no questions, once she's a
Grafton."
Law! it's the way of the world: a
pretty face makes a man forget t respasses
and get rid of his judgment. It's no use
quarreling with such things at our a;e.
Greta'll make a fine lady, and I metm to
ay my respects at Grafton Place directly ;
'm just crazy to see the new fixings.
I'd just like to see how I'd look in the
blue-satin parlor."
And alt tins time dreta had not even
consented. It is true, wealth and com
fort were alluring. She had told herself
that Providence would provide; and
how could she know but this was the
very provision made for herr It would
be delightful, no doubt, to enjoy such an
establishment as Grafton Place. Only
let her say " Yes," and she might wear
her velvets and laces with any lady in
the land, drive in her satin-lined car
riage, and have servants under her and
all that heart could desire. All? Yes,
all but self-approval, love and Stephen
Sotherne. Still, let her answer "No,"
and Stephen and love would still be lack
ing, and hardship, want and public dis-
approvaf be superadded.
"Hie miserable little thief!" thought
the exasperated Mrs. Stoughton . " She
lins played her cards to perfection,
cozening that old leilow into marry
ing Her. JNo doubt lie if rue the day, and
serve him right."
In the meantime, as Greta had not
given him a refusal, Mr. Grafton chose
to consider himself accepted. He con
sulted lier about the wedding journey,
about the new servants to be engaged,
as if the marriage was a matter of course.
She acquiesced in ins suggestions, but
she had no choice to make ; she was drift
ing with the stream, not rowing hard
against it; she was making believe that
she could love turn by-and-bye; Ins at
tention. Ins consideration lor one so for
lorn, his generosity, touched her; that
was all.
Ono day Mrs. Stoughton's husband re
turned home. It would seem as if no
event could have less effect upon Greta's
fortunes. She watched him walking by,
and wondered if Mrs. Stoughton was
glad to see him.
"Any news in Hampton?" lie asked,
at his dinner table.
"News enough. Mr. Grafton is going
to be married," returned his wife.
"That reminds me I must see Graf
ton directly. Married, eh? Well, he's
old enough. Who's the bride elect?"
"That little hussy, Greta Loring.""
" Softly, softly, my dear ; it sounds en
vious." " I envious of that little thief!"
" Thief ? What has Greta stolen old
Grafton's heart? Nobody knew he had
one before. Perhaps she has only de
veloped a latent organ in him.".
"Oh, Herbert, I am so sorry to tell
you I never could make up my mind to
write it; but she was at work here
Greta Ioring by-the-way, I haven't
paid her yet and and my diamond
ring was in the same room, and it's
there yet, only the diamond's gone. No
body else had been in the house. What
could I think ? Of course she stole it,
though she brazens it out as she does."
Mr. Stoughton turned ash-color, laid
down his fork, and stared at his wife.
"And you accused her of stealing the
diamond P"
" I wrote to her very kindly and con
siderately. She replied in a high and
mighty tone, which was simply insult
ing. I put the case into Mr. Grafton's
hands."
"Into Grafton's hands! Well, and
what did he say about it?"
"Say! Why, lie's going to marry
her!"
" Looks as if you'd win your ease."
laughed Mr. Stoughton, uneasily. "And
so Greta is going to marry the old fox.
A pretty kettle of hsn! JNly dear. 1
really wish ycu had notified me of your
loss."
He took up his hat and went out
grimly. He had a very disagreeable
duty to perform, and he wanted it over
with ; it had spoiled ins dinner, and that
wits enough. He knocked at Greta's
door.
" The diamond again," she thought.
" After all," ho cogitated. " why not
let well enough alone? Terhaps she
loves tho fellow."
Greta bore herself like ono with good
news : a tender color trembled on her
cheek, a sort of suppressed joy shone in
her eyes. An open letter lay before her,
and Mr. Grafton sat in her easy-chair.
Mrs. Stoughton, watching .irom her
window, wondered what under the sun
Herbert could have to say that would
take so long, and hoped he was giving
(ireta a piece of his mind, but grew all
the more bewildered when he and Mr.
G rafton came out together and separated
without a word. x
" I guess her cake is dough," she con
jectured.
When (ireta was leit once more aione,
she turned to her open letter, written in
a strange hand :
"What does it mean, my dearest
Greta?" it began. "I sometimes think
I'm not quite sane yet, and it's all a fic
tion of my disturbed brain. Here I was,
just picking up from a fever, in a strange
city, when I received all my old letters
and keepsakes from my sweetheart, and
not a word of explanation. It was like
a bombshell. I was out of my head for
a month afterward, and small wonder.
Greta, I love you love you; so much
love was never meant to be wasted. The
hospital nurse kindly writes this for me,
since I can only swear that I am still,
and ever will be, your devoted lover,
" Stephen Sotheune."
Mr. Stoughton looked very sober when
he sat down to his tea table that night.
" I'm dying to know what" Miss (ireta
had to say for herself," remarked his
wife.
The stronger vessel smiled. " Your
tea, my dear, resembles the church of
Laodie'ea it is neither hot nor cold."
" It waited for you long enough to
cool. I wonder you didn't see that you
were dc Imp at Miss Loring's."
" I tiiink maybe Grafton found me de
Imp. In tho mean time, my love, I am
happy to restore your diamond," and ho
passed a tiny box across the table.
"Then she has confessed!" sparkled
Mrs. Stoughton.
"You jump at conclusions. Women
are fond of such gymnastic exercises, I
hear. No; the confession comes from
your humble servant. I am the culprit,
Mrs. Stoughton. It was I who, wanting
some ready money for business purposes,
abstracted the diamond from your ring,
and pawned it to Mr. Grafton, lie ad
vanced a considerable sum upon it, and
I never meant you should know it till I
had redeemed it perhaps not then.
After all, perfect confidence is the only
safe thing between you and me, I find.
Now Ave must go and beg Greta's par
don"." "And Mr. Grafton "
" The blue satin parlor is a mistake,
as well as the boudoir; he will remain a
bachelor."
"How how does ho explain him
self?" " All's fair in love and war, even for
gery, is his creed."
" Then Greta will return to her car
pets?" "Not if Stephen Sotherne can help it."
Harper's Bazar.
Gone to Grass.
Peter Harrison left his home at Eric,
Pa., to become a bank cashier in Detroit.
Some one in Erie told him that thirteen
Ciishiers were wanted here at once, and
he came on as fast as conductors on
freight trains would permit him. Dis
appointment is the lot of man, or of lots
of men, and Peter reached Detroit to find
all the best positions taken. One bank
offered to permit him to cashier in ten
bushels of coke, but Mr. Harrison didn t
come to this town to drudge. He was
trying to obtain a few hours' sleep on
the grass in the public park previous to
a second struggle with the mad world,
when an officer suggested the propriety
of a walk to the station.
" rou see," began Peter, when walked
before tho courC "I struck this toivn
with nothing but an empty tobacco-box
in my pocket, but I am determined to
work up. John-Jacob Astor worked up, I
Horace Greeley worked up, and all I
want is a little time. You see, I haven't
had anything to eat except grass since I
crossed Detroit river, and you can't ex
pect me to whoop up riches in two days."
"Yes, I think you will wcrk up,"
quietly observed his honor, as he looked
down on the prisoner. "I think you
will work up to the House of Correction
in about half an hour."
"That's mean, judge. What would
George Washington have amounted to if
he had been sent up just as he was trying
to get a start in life?"
"This court has nothing to do with
George Washington, sir. I f he had been
brought before this bar with his shirt
bund torn off, his nose the color of car
mine and his breath smelling of whisky,
he would have been sent up for sixty
days in the very best style. Don't you
let his case bother you any."
" Well, I'll go up rather than have any
fuss over it; out I shall stick to it that
it is not a fair deal. If I am ever made
judge I'll give the boys a chance, and
don t vou forget it. !"
llislionor put thirty days extra on tho
prisoner's sentence in order that neither
should forget it. and then Peter went into
the corridor and sat down on the handle
of the coal-scuttle.
Men may come and men may go,
Tho winds may sigh and the winds may blow,
but Peter will put in his time in the chair
business just tho same. Detroit Free
Press.
Words of Wisdom.
If fun is good, truth is better, and lovo
is best of all.
He shall be immortal who liveth till
ho be stoned by one without fault.
No man ever regretted that he was
virtuous and honest in his youth, and
kept aloof from idle companions.
Stick to one thing until it is done, and
done well. Tho man who chases two
hares not only loses one of them, but is
pretty .sure to lose tho other also.
You ought not to ask odds of any one.
Like a blooded horse, all you have a
1 iglit to demand is to be put even on the
whillletrees. After that show your
mettle.
Tho fortunate man is he who, born
poor or nobody, works gradually up to
wealth and consideration, and liaving
got them, dies before he finds they were
not worth so much trouble.
The damps of autumn sink into tho
leaves and prepare them for the necessity
of their fall; and thus insensibly are we,
as years close round us, detached from
our tenacity of life by tho gentle pres
sure of recorded sorrow.
No man possesses real strength "of
mind if lie cannot, after having heard all
that others have to say, resolve, and
firmlv resolve what to do, and carry his
resolution into effect. Take counsel of
others; prolit by their experience and
wisdom ; but above all take counsel with
yourself; make up your mind what to
do in the world, and do it.
A habit of scolding indicates a want of
self-discipline. The machinery has got
from under our own hands, and has
fallen to grating and destroying itself
under the. friction and perplexities of
life. "Possess thyself" is a more im
portant rule than " Know thyself."
Without this primary virtue, we are not
in a condition to receive much good
ourselves or to afford aid to other.
TIMELY TOPICS.
The grave can have no terrors for an
eccentric individual out in Illinois. He
scoffs at the comforts of a patent spring
mattress, witli the accompanying pil
lows, bolsters, sheets nnd snowy cover
lids, and even deems the Indian luxury
of a blanket nnd a fire effeminate and
unworthy of man. In his back yard
there is a shallow trench, in which ho
lays hhnself each night at bedtime, and
a faithful man servant shovels earth over
him till nothing but his head is left un
covered. He has no fear of fire or bur
glars, but sleeps serene and happy in his
couch of earth. If he should wake up
and lind himself dead some morning, he
would be both dead and buried. It is
hardly necessary to say that he is not a
married man.
Occasionally the newspapers contain
accounts of the exhwnation of bodies
that give what is called unmistakable
evidence of liaving been buried alive.
Speaking of this matter, a city paper op
poses the belief which prevails in the
minds of many that persons are fre
quently buried while the spark of life lias
not yet left the body. It says that
"while such things have happened,
add may still happen, they arc of the
rarest occurrence. Winslow, the cele
brated anatomist, is said to have had
two narrow escapes from burial alive,
and to have published in consequence,
a treatise on the signs of death. Bou
chut, Michel Levy and other physicians
have also expressed their views on the
subject: but all testimony procurable
establishes the fact that burial alive
hardly ever takes place in these times.
In corroboration of this, many German
cities have in their cemeteries mortuary
houses, in which the dead are kept some
days before final interment, the bell-pull
being so arranged that the slightest mo
tion of the body would sound an alarm.
So far these precautions have been super
fluous. In more than forty years not one
supposed corpse has proved to be any
thing else."
During the seigo of Paris there was
nobody more popular, and afterward
there was nobody more unpopular than
Sergeant Iloff. lie with his own hand
slew twenty-seven Germans durng the
first six weeks of theseige. His gallantry
was rewarded by praise lavished in his
regimental order of the day and in a gen
eral order of day, and the Legion of
Honor was bestowed on him. The Min
ister of War told him it was very impor
tant that a dispatch should reach Mar
shal Bazaine and offered him $4,000 to
undertake the mission. It was perilous,
lie staked his head on success. It was
easier for him than for many French
men he was an Alsacian acd snoke Ger
man well. He said to the Minister ot
War: "I accept the mission, but I re
fuse the money." Howl after howl of in
dignation went up when it was found
Sergeant Hot!' had disappeared. It was
said that lie had always been a Prussian
spy and was now a traitor The govern
ment gave the key-note to these howls
to save HofTs life if he were discovered
as ho passed through the enemy's lines,
tie safely reached Bazaine. The war
over he was m-.de keeper of Vendome
Column. The keeper of the Triumphal
Arch died the other day, and Sergeant
I loll", to tho delight of the Parisians, has
been appointed to the vacant place.
A New York paper has an article in
regard to the proposed plan of General
Fremont, Governor of Arizona, to extend
the Gulf of California by tapping the
northern end and letting it run into and
till up the great Colorado Desert. It
seems that the sediment carried down
for ages by the great river Colorado at
last collected at what was then its mouth,
in suflicient quantity to dam off the
northern arm of the Gulf of California
from any connection with the ocean.
The water in this unfed resorvoir then
slowly evaporated, leaving a dry basin
130 miles by thirty, and this, together
with tho surrounding slopes, soon be
came a "bladeless desolation," while
Cho river turning southward found en
trance to the gulf many miles below.
Between this arid waste and the present
head oftho gulf lies some thirty miles o
soft earth, just .lifted above sea-level,
and through this Governor Fremont pro
poses to cut his canal. It is a highway
of commerce that is now contemplated,
but originally the main object aimed at
by pouring the desert full of water was
to restore the natural harmonies which
had been disturbed by the drying up ol
the sea. Human remains prove that the
desert was lately fertile, end an old
Spanish map is mentioned which places
the boundaries of the gulf far beyond
their present positions.
Mr. MeOormick, Commissioner-Gn-f
nil from the United States to the Paris
Exposition, is engaged in dispatching
the diplomas ami medals recently re
ceived from Paris to the fortunate exhib
itors. The latter are of gold, those of
silver and bronze not having yet arrived.
They are about two inches broad, weigh
three ounces, and are worth $50. On the
obverse side is the medallion of a female,
the head of the republic; of France, in
scribed " Hepubliqtie Francaise." On
the reverse are the figure of fame, with
the legend, "Exposition Universelle In
ternational do 1H7H." A youth beside
the ligure holds a tablet, upon which is
engraved the name of the exhibitor.
There are 110 of these, and with each
goes a diploma. J he latter are fieiio-
tvpes eighteen by twenty inches. The
upper sections contains an allegory of
Peace and rame clasping inenami of an
artisan at the foot of a throne. 1 he lower
portion is inscribed, "Exposition Uni-
vcrseiie tie imh. J.e jury iiiieruaiionau
des ltecolllpelises de cerne line Medilli
D'or," with the name of exhibitor, group.
etc. There are -'.'5 silver medals, '.'OO
bron.e and about 'J(H) certificates of merit,
which is the lowest prize given. Mr. It.
11. Ilitt. secretary ot the American Lega
tion at Paris, says that the prim ipat
olliccrs of the French government are
verv enthusiastic over the character and
conduct of the American department of
tho Exposition.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Done with the pen A dead pig.
The diamond field The shirt front.
How many feet arc there in a school
yard P
Breeches of contract Those that
shrink.
A modiste is not modest in her
charges.
Nothing is more shocking than an
electric battery.
When a doctor iances a carbuncle,
doesn't he " cut a swell?"
What's the use of going hungry in
this land of agents? Any man can get
board .
A joke is not so durable as a church
bell. After it has been tolled a few
times it is worn out.
Tho raindrops that fannwnii--J
brightness is gone are the tears of the
sky for the loss of the sun.
A Sioux county (Iowa) boy goes to
school on a donkey with Ins dinner
basket hung on the ear of the quadruped.
There is nothing more likely to
estrange two friends than a small debt.
I and U may some day be separated by
an O.
The annual importation of oranges and
lemons' in the United States is over 200,
000,000, amounting in value to about
$600,000.
The Baltimore papers report a quiet
but very general revival of religion in
that city, which is largely credited to
the labors of Mr. Moody.
Two Italian journalists fought a duel
with pistols, near Naples, and exchanged
twenty-eight shots at a distance of fifteen
paces without doing any damage.
Small boy (entering shop) " I want
a pennyworth of canary seed." Shop
keeper (why knows the boy) " Is it for
your mother?" Small boy (contemptu
ously) "No! it's for the bird."
In digging a cellar at St. Paul, Minn.,
the workmen unearthed a solid silver
chalice and salver of line workmanship,
and they arc thought to be part of a com
munion service taken from Father Hen
nepin in 1080.
The man who travels around under a
borrowed umbrella, with a face 4x5,
and mutters to everybody he meets,
Well, this weather can t last always,"
is a greater nuisance than the man who
always wants to borrow a paper. New
l orn express.
Says the Iowa City Press: The culti
vation of wolves is profitable. You
don't catch a scalp-hunter killing an old
wolf. He makes the acquaintance ot
that old ono, finds its burrow, and in tho
spring, when it has a litter of twelve
whelps, kills ten oi tnem, ana saves a
pair for seed.
That Turks are not altogether in
capable of good work is shown by Ahmed
Vefyk Pasha, who has in two months
drained some ' tliousands of neres of
swamp in the beautiful plains of Broussa.
He is now employing a vast num.-
ber of the unfortunate Mussulman re
fugees in planting and sowing this land.
Paul-Mornhv. the once noted chess
player, in his insanity imagines himself
a great lawyer with an abundance of
clients. The great case that absorbs
nearly his whole attention is an imagin
ary one against parties who had charge
of an estate left him by his father. Ho
utterly repudiates chess, and denies ever
having known anytinng aooui it.
The inirenious Benjamin Franklin intro
duced a bill in the Pennsylvania Legssla
ture at Philadelphia to buy small grains
for the use of tho army. 1 lie Quaker mem
bers, who were at that time a majority,
would not consent to vote money for pow
der, hut Franklin deceived them by getting
a money vote to buy small grains for army
use. The (junkers thought the small grains
were wheat ami oats, but franklin thought
and knew they were grains of powder.
New York Vhamr'um.
A Curions Conceit.
Mr. Jonathan ltees, of Phoenix ville,
Pa., has evolved a plan by which nature
is to bo made subservient to a want
fl inch has hitherto been supplied by a
door plate. 1 ie proposes literally to find
" tongues in trees" and not merely make
them tell a tale that might please the
fancy, but to stand upright before the
cottago or mansion and inform tho tramp
and the traveler the name of the man
who lives within. "Tho Talking Oak" .
of the poet is to become a reality. Mr.
Bets has discovered that the initial letter
of our most valuable trees comprise
nearly all the letters of the alphabet,
and can placed so as to be r -ad as easily
as tho alphabet by those who make
themselves acquainted with the letters
(lie trees are intended to represent.
Farmers could have their names planted
in groves along the roads liordering on
their property," with the date of planting;
and it would be lsth interesting -and in
structive to be able to tell by these who
occupies tho premises by reading the
planter's name in his trees.
Mr. Bees makes up the list of useful
and ornamental trees as follows:
A,
It.
l
1.
K.
F,
Ash.
lleoell.
Cherry.
Dogwood.
Klin.
Fir.
Gum.
Hemlock,
ltuttonwood.
Juniper,
Ky. ColVeo 'free.
Linden.
N, Norway Spruce.
O, l'iuu Ouk.
1', Poplar.
Q, Quercitron B'kOak
Jt, Hed Oik.
Si, Saswilnis.
T, Tulip Tree.
U, Hoi Ne Chest nut.
V, Am. Arborvitm.
W, Willow.
X, Apple,
Y, Yellow lloach.
I, Pear.
G,
11,
1,
J,
K,
h,
M, Maple.
KCUIIKK8 OU DATbS.
1. White 1'ino. 6. T.ooiiKt.
2. Chestnut I hik. 7. Hickory.
U. White Walnut. 8. Chestnut.
4. liluek Walnut. 9. Mulberry.
5. White Dak. 0. Cedar.
Mr. Bees, in contributing this idea to
the (tiirdenrr's .1omAv, illustrates it by an
example; but our readers can pick out
their own names and try the experiment.
In course of time there would be some
irregularity in want of symmetry, for a
Norway spruce and a tulip tree would
scarcely Jharmoiiue.