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The Album.
My photograph album T Certainly,
You can look, il you wish, my doar;
To me it ia just like a gravoynrd,
' Though I go through it onoo a year.
Any now faces ? No, indeed. No,
I itoppod collecting some years ago.
And yet, Jeannctte, look well at the book :
It is lull of histories strange;
Tbe faces are just an index, dear,
To stories ot pitiful change
Drama and poem and tragedy,
Which 1 alone have the power to seo.
Aht I thought you would pause at that fooo;
She w lair as a poet's lay,
The sweetest rose ol her English home,
Yet sho perished (ar, tar away:
In tho bluek massacre at Cawupore
She suffered and died wo know no more.
And that? Ah, yes, 'tis a noble head!
Soul sita on tho clear, lolty brow ;
Sho was my friend in tho dnys gono by,
And she ia my enemy now.
Mistake, and wrong, and Borrow ala!
Ono of lile'a tragedies let it pass.
This fuse T Ho was my lover, Joannette;
And perchance he remembers to-day
The pussionato wrong that wrecked ua both
When he sailed in his anger away.
Heart-sick and hopeless through weary years,
At length I forgot him despite these tears.
That handsome fellow ? He loved mo too ;
And ho vowed ho would die, my doar,
When I told him "No" 'tis long ago:
Ho married the very next yoar.
That one I liked a little, but ho
Cared much for my gold, nothing for jne.
Brides and bridegrooms togethor, dear,
And most ol them purled to-day j
Some famous men tluit are quite lorgot,
Some beauties laded and gray.
Close the book, for 'tis jiut as I said .
Full of pnlo ghosts from a lite that's dead.
llarptr' Wetkly.
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 was
plenty of room, and turn her hand to the
.only work she understood. It was some
five years since she hud begun to go out
by the day to make and mend carpets,
old and new, for the housekeepers oi
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 off, wit en she should
begin upon her own carpets, when tbe
money in the bank would be drawn out
to buy the parlor set and the household
linen, pictures and knickknackery. per
haps, the wedding gown and bride
cake. She had been working for Airs.
Stoughton lor several days, when her
troubles began, and had gone home,
quite tired out with the conflict over
that 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 Dill when she heard
from her husband, who had gone away
ou business, and taken, the key of tho
money -drawsV."wiUr "ini by mistake.
Greta shrewdly suspected that tho
drawer was as empty as a drum, but
made no demur. She would oblige a
neighbor, and never remember it.
The following day she wan engaged at
Dr. Cardamon's, when she heard Fred
rush in from school, and shout :
"I Bay, ma, 's supper ready? Give
' . me a hunk of gingerbread, anyhow.
Where's Greta Loring? I want to ask
her if she's stole Miss Stoughton's dia
mond out of her ring! Jack Stoughton
gays his mother's going to haul Greta over
the coals. I don't believe a word of it,
and I want to ask her"
V Hush, Fred, hush!" said Mrs.
Stoughton. "What do you mean? Don't
ask Greta any such silly question."
" Well, 1 " don't want Jack Stoughton
saying things, and I'll just thrash him
for it." '
Diamonds J" laughed Greta to her-
self. " Who would suspect Mrs. Stough
ton of one?" Then she suddenly re
membered having packed a ring off 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 ifcon
the mantel, and thought no more about
it W that cavitv troinor to 'bear false
witness against herP What nonsense L
But that evening, when she returned to
her lod;wigs, she found a nfcto awaiting
her, whiTh 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
made.?'
PoorGrqMkslept little that iright. How.
could any one suspect lier of such a
dreadful thing P Where could the dia
mond have cone? How could she de
fend herself except by her word? Ought
oa Tnt ts lmve hoen above aiisnicion.
like Caesar's wife? What tail she done
to deserve it? In an angry moment she
returned tlud misjudged reply: ".Airs.
Stoughton is at liberty to make. what
ever mortifying disclosures she may
fhHA hut. sho nniit excuse Miss" Loring
from rendering account of a diamond of
whose existence she was ignorant."
This naturally exasperated Mrs. btougii
ton, who flattered herself that she had
transacted the affair with great delicacy
and decorum. She had expected to bring
Miss Wing to her feet, with contrite
tears and confessions, and here was
absolute defiance! Did such a hussy de
serve consideration at her hands? And
if Mrs. Stoughton was more or less afraid
to say her soul was her own before that
inmecunious other" hlttf tf herself, how
much more was she afraid to say that her
diamond was no longer hers! Accord
ingly she made haste to put the matter
into the lmnds of the law and the mouths
ofthellai "ton gossips. Doubtlea 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 ; lie
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. His
housekeeper had once engnced Greta to
make carpets at Grafton Place, and he
had taken pains to show her over the
house and grounds, and had nearly
snatched a kiss in the sliaduw of the lin
dens, as he put her into his carriage to
send her home. Greta had never worked
there again ; but perhaps sho was too
grateful at finding a friend at her side in
such stjrmy weather to refuse a favor
from Mr. Grafton, and perhaps sho had
forgotten his audacity. Yet in the midst
of her humiliations Greta remembered
with a heart-throb that she had a lover
to come to her rescue if 6he chose to call
him that sho should not be dependent
upon Mr. Grafton's tender mercies after
Stephen Sotherno had been notified of
her strait. At tho 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? But Greta was not a little stun
ned one morning ou receiving a letter in
the handwriting of her " true love,"
which ran in this wise:
"My Deaii Greta It is some time
since I had the pleasure of hearing from
you, and it has occurred to me to ask if
time-and distance wore 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 the millennium.
Now. my dear girl, I do not wish to
stand in your light; if you were not en
gaged to ine, some more eligible partner
would seek you, I feel certain. More
over, my health is precarious, and the
doctors nave advised me to try tho air of
California. It is a prescription more
nfiuseous 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 satisfitction merely. At the same
time, believe me, it is no easy thing for
me to say ' adieu' to tho dearest girl in
the world. Sincerely,
"Stephen Sotherne."
To say that Gret a was surprised would
bo the same as if we should call an
oarthquako " unpleasant." Sho was
.thunder-struck, overwhelmed, with .just
enough spirit left to return Mr. Soth
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
be a comfortable arrangement if one
could cease to love tho 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.
But 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 rind me guilty! How
Can they lind an innocent person guilty?
If I took tho diamond, where is it?"
Mr. Grafton smiled indulgently.
" People have been imprisoned, branded,
exiled, hanged, and quartered for sins
thev never committed. If you were
guilty, you would be more likely to es
cape; you would have laid your plans."
Greta gave an involuntary sob; the
tears shone in her eyes. " And there is
no one to help me," she gasped, think-
ng aloud, rather than speaking to Mr.
Grafton.
" Yes. ves. there ia some one ready to
help you, Greta," said that gentleman;
" I will help you, if you will only give
me tlie right," he petitioned.
" You, Mr. Grafton? What right can
I give you? I don't understand."
" If vou were my promised wife Ah!
my dear Miss Greta, don't turn away
your head disdainfully; hear me out.
Mr. Stoughton is under some obligation
to me; if you were my promised wife, I
could write him. There would be no
more said about tho missing diamond;
it would be accounted for m some nat
ural manner. You would be no longer
suspected. No one could suspect tho
woman whom Thomas Grafton delighted
to honor."
" You you are very kind. I thank
you ; but I do not love you, Mr. Graf
ton. '
" I don't ask you to love me. Of
course you don't; the mea has never,
perhaps, entered your head before. I
only beg that you will marry me. Love
wiil come sooner or later, as I deserve it
at your hands. And, my dear Greta,
what better can you do? Who will
c-ive vou employment, with this blight
upon you? How will you earn your
daily bread r'
"I don't know," returned Greta;
"how shall I, indeed? But, all the
same, itf would be contemptible to re
ward your unsellisliness by merely
marrvinir vuu for a home."
"Only agree to marry me, and I will
net quarrel witn ine motives," ne mi
nlored.
What could Greta do? Her lover had
deserted her; her good name was 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? But might not one
survive the luxury of loving? Come
wealth, ease and position; vanish all
illusions that make life sweet. She
begged a fortnight for consideration
something might turn up to her advan
taste the diamond, for instance. But
the fortnight' passed, as fortnights will;
nothing happened, except that Mr.
Grafton, teeling 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 ol luiry laud, uespoue mo parson,
" ring ana the cateeer.
"Do tell!" said one gossip to another;
" Greta Loring'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'd only work hard
enough and wait like n spider in his
web. '
" I guess he got Greta for tho asking,
eh P"
"I dunno; there was that Sotherne
who was sweet on her."
" I reckon Hurt's blown over only a
young man's pastime. I'm surprised at
Tom Grafton, though, with all his airs
and frills, with his family tree and his
coat of arms, and his ancestors and his
monev. llnw docn ho cet over that lit
tle affair of Mrs. Stoughton's diamond?!
I s'pose lie 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 trespasses
and get rid of his judgment. It's no use
quarreling with such things at our ae.
Greta'll make a fine lady, and I mean to
Fay 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 all this time Ureta bad not even
consented. It is true, wealth and com
fort were alluring. She had told herself
that Providence would provide; and
now could sue know but tins was the
very provision made for her P 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
approval be superadded.
" ine miserable littlo thief!" thought
the exasperated Mrs. Stoughton . " She
has played her cards to perfection.
cozening that old fellow into marry
ing her. No doubt he'll rue the day, and
serve him right."
In tlie meantime, as Greta had not
given him a refusal, Mr. Grafton chose
to consider himself accepted. He con
sulted her 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 witn the stream, not rowing hard
against it ; she was making believe that
she could love him by-and-bye; his at
tention, ins consideration lor one so for
lorn, his generosity, touched her; that
was all. w "
One day Mrs. Stoughton s husband re
turned home. It would seem as if no
event could have less effect upon Greta's
tortunes. tone watched mm walking by.
and wondered if Mrs. Stoughton was
glad to see him.
" Anv news in HamntnnP" he 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, ehP Well, he's
old enough. Who's the bride elect?"
" in at nttie nussy, ureta ixnng."
" Softly, softly, my dear ; it sounds en
vious."
" I envious of that little thief!"
" Thief P What has Greta stolen old
Grafton's heart? Nobody knew he had
one before. Perhaps she lias 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 Loring 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. W hat
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 tlie case into Mr. Grafton's
hands."
"Into Grafton's hands! Well, and
what did he say about it?"
"Say! Why, he's going to marry
her !"
"Looks as if you'd win your case,"
laughed Mr. Stoughton, uneasily. "And
so Greta is going to marry the old fox.
A pretty kettle of fish! My dear, I
really wish ycu had notified me of your
loss."
He took up his. hat and went out
grimly. Ho had a very disagreeable
duty to perform, and he wanted it over
with ; it had spoiled his dinner, and that
was enough. He knocked at Greta'9
door. .
" The diamond again," eho thought.
" After all," ho cogitated, " why not
let well enough alone? Perhaps sho
loves the fellow."
Greta bore herself like ono with good
news: a tender color trembled on her
check, 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 .from her
window, wondered what under the sun
Herbert coujd have to say that would
take so long, and hoped he was giving
Greta a piece of his mind, but grew all
the more bewildered when lie and Mr.
Grafton came out together and separated
without a word. N
" I guess her cake ia dough," she con
jectured. When Greta was left once more alone,
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 Sotheiine."
Mr. Stoughton looked very sober when
he snt down to his tea table that night.
" I'm dying to know what Miss Greta
had to say lor herself," remarked his
wife.
The stronger vessel smiled. " Your
tea, my dear, resembles the church of
Laodieea it is neither hot nor cold."
" It waited for you long enough to
cool. I wonder you didn't see that you
were de trop at Miss Loring's. "
"I ttiink maybe Grafton found me de
trop. In the mean time, my love, I am
happy to restore your diamond," and he
passed a tiny box across the table.
"Then 6he 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. He 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 we 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 he 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 Erie.
Pa., to become a bank cashier in Detroit.
Some one in Erie told him that thirteen
cashiers 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. lie 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 omcer suggested the propriety
of a walk to the station.
" You see," began Peter, when walked
before the courU "I struck this tojvn
with nothing but an empty tobacco-box
in my pocket, but I am determined to
work up. John-Jacob Astor worked up,
Horace Greeley worked up, and all I
want is a little time, i ou see, J. 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."
" xes, i think, you will work up,"
quietly observed his honor, as he looked
down on the prisoner. "I think you
will work up to tlie 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." If he had been
brought before this bar with his shirt
band 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 but 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 you forget it. !"
His honor put tlnrty days extra on the
prisoner's sentence in order that neither
should forget it. and then Peter went into
the corridor and sat down on tho handle
of the coal-scuttle.
Men may ooine and men may go,
The winds may sigh and the winds may blow,
but Teter will put in his time in the chair
business just the same. Detroit Free
lYess.
Words of Wisdom.
If fun is good, truth is better, and lovo
is best of all.
He shall be immortal who liveth till
lie be stoned by one without fault.
No man ever regretted that ho was
virtuous and honest in his youth, and
kept aloof from idle companions.
Stick to one thing until it is done, and
done well. The man who chases two
hares not only loses one of them, but is.
pretty .sjjre to lose tho other also.
You ought not to ask odds of any one.
Like a blooded horse, all you have a
light to demand is to be put even on tho
whillletrees. After that show your
mettle.
Tho fortunate man is he who, born
poor or nobody, works gradually up to
wealth and consideration, and having
got them, dies before ho finds they were
not worth so much trouble.
Tho damps of autumn sink into the
leaves and prepare them for the necessity
of their fall ; and thus insensibly are we,
as years close round us, detached lrom
our tenacity of life by the gentle pres
sure of recorded sorrow.
No man possesses real strength "of
mind if he cannot, after having heard all
that others have to say, resolve, and
firmly resolve what to do, and csu'ry his
resolution into effect. Take counsel of
others; profit by their experience and
wisdom ; but above all take counsel with
yourself; makeup 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 tlie friction and perplexities ot
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
ouraelves or to afford aid to others.
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, with the accompanying pil
lows, bolsters, sheets and snowy cover
lids, and even deems the Indian luxury
of a blanket and a fire effeminate and
unworthy of man. In his back yard
there is a shallow trench, in which he
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 find 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 having 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 has
not yet left the body. It says that
"while such things have happened,
add may still happen, they are of the
rarest occurrence. Winslow, the cele
brated anatomist, is said to have had
Jwo narrow escapes from burial alive,
and to have published in consequence,
a treatise on tlie 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 seige of Paris there was
nobody more popular, and afterward
there was nobody more unpopular than
Sergeant Doff, lie with his own hand
slew twenty-seven Germans dur'ng tlie
first six weeks of the seige. His gallantry
was rewarded by praise lavished in his
regimental order of tlie 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.
He staked his head on success. It was
easier for him than for many French
men he was an Alsacian ard spoke Ger
man well. He said to the Minister ol
War: "I accept tlie mission, but I ro
fuse the money." Howl after howl of in
dignation went up when, it was found
Sergeant Ilolf had disappeared. It was
said that he 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 he passed through the enemy's lines,
lie safely reached Bazaine. The war
over he was nvide keeper of Vendome
Column. The keeper of the Triumphal
Arch died the other day, and Sergeant
Iloft", to the 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
fill 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 sufficient 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 the surrounding slopes, soon be
came a "bladeless desolation," while.
Clio river turning southward found en
trance to the gulf many miles below.
Between this arid waste and tho present
head of the 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 h 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 of
the sea. Human remains prove that the
desert was lately fertile, and an old
Spanish map is mentioned which places
the boundaries of the gulf far beyond
their present positions.
Mr. McCormick, Commissioner-Cn-f
ral from tho United States to the Paris
Exposition, is engaged in dispatching
tho diplomas and medals recently re
ceived from Paris to the fortunate exhib
itors. The latter are of gold, those of
silver nnd 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,
tlie head of the republic of France, in
scribed "liopublique Francaise." On
the reverse are tho figure of fame, with
the legend. "Exposition Universelle In
ternational de 1878." A youth beside
the figure holds a tablet, upon which is
engraved tlie name of the exhibitor.
There are 140 of these, and with each
goes a diploma. Tlie latter are helio
typea eighteen by twenty inches. The
upper sections contains an allegory of
Peace and Fume clasping the hand of an
artisan at the foot of a throne. The lower
portion is inscribed, "Exposition Uni
verselle de 1878. Lo Jury International
des Recompenses de ccrne une Medille"
D'or," with the name of exhibitor, group,
etc. There are i.'-J5 silver medals, '.'(K)
bron.e and about iJlK) certificates of merit,
which is the lowest prize given. Mr. H.
It. I Iitt, secretary of the American Lega
tion at Paris, says that the principal
officers of the French government are
very enthusiastic over the character and
conduct of tho American department of
the Exposition.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Done with tho pen A dead pig.
Tho diamond field The shirt front.
How many feet are there in a school
yard?
Breeches of contract Thoso 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 S3 not so durable as a church
bell. After it has been tolled a few
times it is worn out. j
The raindrops that "fall 1nwTHfp5SSGMJ
brightness is gono are the tears of the
eky for the loss of the sun.
A Sioux county (Iowa) boy goes to
school on a donkey with his dinner
basket hung on the ear of the quadruped.
There is nothing more likely to ,
estrange two friends than a small debt.
I and tj may some day be separated by
an O.
The annual importation of oranges "and
lemons' in the United States is over 200,- 1
000,000, amounting in value to about
$000,000. -
The Baltimore papers report a quiet
but yery general revival of religion in
that city, which is largely credited to
tho 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. Taul, Minn.,
the workmen unearthed a solid silver
chalice and salver of fine workmanship,
and they arc thought to be part of a com
munion service taken from Father Hen
nepin in 1680.
Tlie 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
York Express.
Says tho 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 I
that old one, finds its burrow, and in tho i
spring, when it has a litter ot twelve
whelps, kills ten of them, and 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 ' tlvousands of acres of
swamp in the beautiful plains of Broussa.
lie is now employing a vast num
ber of the unfortunate Mussulman re
fugees in planting and sowing this land.
Paul, Morphy, 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. He
utterly repudiates chess, and denies ever
having known anything about it.
The ingenious Benjamin Franklin intro
duced a bill in the Pennsylvania Legisla
ture at Philadelphia to buy small grains
for the use of the army. The Quaker mem
bers, who were at that time a majority,
would not consent to vote money for pow
ler, but Franklin deceived them by getting
a money vote to buy small grains for army
use. The Quakers thought the small grains
were wheat and oats, but Franklin thought
nnd knew they were grains of powder.
New York Cliamgion.
A Curious Conceit.
Mr. Jonathan ltees, of Phnenixvillc,
Pa., has evolved a plan by which nature
is to bo made subservient to a want
which has hitherto been supplied by a
door plate. 1 Ie proposes literally to lind
" tongues in trees " and not merely make
them tell a tale that might please the
fancy, but to stand upright before the
cottage or mansion and inform the tramp
and tlie traveler the name of the man
who lives within. "Tho Talking Oak"
of the poet is to becomo a reality. Mr.
Uet-s has discovered that the initial letter
of our most valuable trees comprise
nearly all the letters of tho alphabet,
and can placed so as to be read as easily
as the alphabet by those who make
themselves acquainted with the letters
tho trees are intended to represent.
Fanners could havo their names planted
in groves along the roads bordering on
their property, with the date of planting;
and it would be both interesting nnd in
structive to be able to tell by theso who
occupies tho premises by reading the
planter's name in his trees.
Mr. ltees makes up the list of useful
and ornamental trees as follows :
A,
a,
c,
K,
AhIi.
Keoch.
Cherry.
Dogwood.
Klin.
Kir.
Gum.
lluinlock.
ltuttonwood.
Juniper,
Ky. CotTbe Tree.
Linden.
N, Norway Spruco.
O, l'iuo Ouk.
P, Poplar.
Q, Quercitron B'kOuk
11, Ked Oak.
S, KiuiMilras.
T, Tulip Tree.
V, Horse Chestnut.
V, Am. ArborvituB.
W", Willow.
X, Apple,
Y, Yellow Beach.
Z, Pear.
H.
I.
J,
K,
M, Maple.
Nl'MllKKS OU DATKS.
1. White Pine.
2. Clu-Ktnut Oak.
3. White Wuluut.
4. lJliuk Walnut.
6. lAxust,
7. Hickory.
8. Chestnut.
9. Mulberry.
5. White Ouk.
0. Cedar.
Mr. Uces. in contributing this idea to
tho Ourdener's Monthly, illustrates it by an
example; but our readers can pick out
their own names and try the experiment.
In course of time there would bo some
irregularity in want of symmetry, for a
Norway spruco and a tulip tree would
searcdyhaimouue.