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V Anfnmn I)njn,' 'lo-ilny, noruss her pensive face Nad unt il re draws a veil of mint, As if to hide thf, "pallid checks And whiten'd lips that death has kiss'd. And snmmor Hes with folded hands; Her happy, sunny tasks are done; The paths she trod are sere and brawn; . The leaves are dead hor fair hands hung. The sun looks like a gnldon moon; His strength wnnes with the waning year. A mournful whisper in the air Doth toll us ol the dark duys near. Oh, suddost dij s oi all the year, You do Ingot a thoughtful mood ; The leaflets trees, the barren fields, Teaoh lessons easily 'understood. lint as I gnze upon the scene, Behold! the golden butterflies KLe from the stubble, bare and brown, And seem to pierce the misty skies. Anil so I hope, when comes to us The drenry autumn-time oi life, Whon from our souls the chains are loos'd, Bo may we soar from toil and strife. When death doth kiss our pallid lips, May we, e'en like the butterflies, Find wings on which to soar from earth, Until, like them, we reach the skies. Faith Waliun. How She Cured Him. A STOKY FOUNDED ON FACT. When Loolio )r aper was not asleep she was a remarkably wide-awake baby. She attracted general attention by the beauty of her luminous eyes, and by her twdcucy to jump and spring and smile in answer to any notice that was taken of her. As soon as she eould run alone, Lor lively gesticulations were a great s jurce of , amusement. She waved her hand with an air when she said, "How do you do, sir?" and in all her ways she was a very dramatic little person. K very body " What a pretty child! What n bright little thing!" She had twin brothers but little older than herself, her parents were poor, and before the emerged uom childhood sev eral other babies were born ; so she w saved from beini spoiled by engrossing the whole, attention of the family. Her natural activity took the form of help fulness, and she early manifested both the disponitiortnnd the' capacity to man age and arrange everything for her brothers and listers. She had a moth erly wayof washingtheir faces, combing their hair and giving them a talking.and sometimes a shaking, when they were naughty. These domestic cares pre vented her being too much occupied with exhibitions of herself; but her temperament was too elastic to be ren dered slupgishby any amount of pressure. She was always very much alive in 1 er sprits, very pronounced in her opinions, and very prompt in her decisions. Her father, who had very little of such Dual ities himself, r dmired them greatly in his daughter. He often looked after her when she passed into the street, and would remark, with a smile of satisfac tion, " Doolie alwiys walks off as if she was going somewhere." And her walk was indicative of her character. She had definite aims and she went straight toward them. In personal beauty her maturer years surpassed the promise of infancy. Everybody had said, "What a pretty baby!" and everybody said, "What a handsome girl!" Her large hazel-brown eyes had long silky fringes; her abund ant hair was of the same color; her cheeks were like the sunny side of a peach, her lips were as ripely red as the Ulterior of a pomegranate, and her form, though inclining to be robust, was admirably proportioned. A painter might have chosen her as a model for a goddess of health. The dramatic ways 'of her babyhood developed into an amusing facility of imitating everybody and everything, from the fizz fizz of a mosquito to the groan of a trombone. Luckily, she was very good-natured, and there was no malice in her mirth. Of course, she was a favorite with the young men of her acquaintance. The ?;irls generally liked her less, partly rotu a consciousness of being somewhat eclipsed by her brightness, and partly - i rom an undefined fear of those observ ing eyes, which seemed instantaneously to daguerreotype everybody's pecu liarities on her mind. , She had more than once heard it said, "That girl would make a capital actress." But she knew very little about the theater, and she "had by nature more practical com mon sense than romantic love of adven ture. A sea. captain, who was a -iViend of her father, used to say: "Though Loolie carries so much sail, she has ' plenty of ballast aboard." Iustead of studying for th stage, she helped her ' mother eke out their small income by making stocks and vests for the mer chant tailors. -This industry enabled her to procure pretty ribbons, and a feather or flower to adorn the bonnets which her own skillful fingers manu factured. Nobody knew how she learned millinry or anything else. Her motuer said, " biie can always do what ever she sets out to. It seems to come by nature." As for singinz and dancine. she took to them as a duck does to the water, or a bird to the air. The straitened circumstances of her parents formed a barrier to social dissi pation ; and moreover it was not so much the fashion of those times as it is at the present day. She did, however, some times go to small dancing parties; and no young man danced with her so fre quently as Robert Norton, lie was tall and good looking, played on the flute, stepped well to music." and the expres sion of his countenance indicated that he was on jovial good terms with him self and all the world. He was accus tomed to say. " I eo in for havine a itood time, and for helpine others to have a good time." He very naturally thought that looking into Loolie's handsome eyes and listening to her funny imita tions was the ploasantest way of having a good time. They soon became very sociable. When he attended her home in the evening, he held her hand all the way, and after a while lie formed the habit of relinquishing it with a gentle pressure. This excited no resentment, though she had always repelled similar familiarities when attemDted bv others. Her oldest brother noticed this growing intimacy witli some anxiety. One day tiesaitt to-His sister, " Jx)olie, I advise you not to go so much with Kobert Nor ton." She held out her skirts and made sweeping courtesy, as she asked, " Pray wnat objection nas your reverence r" " Don t let us joke about it, Loolie. I am serious," he replied. " I know more about him than you do. lie goes with a set of drinking fellows, and he gets in toxicated." Her face flushed, and she answered brusquely: " I don t -believe it. The. young men envy him, I suppose, because he is handsome and has the ways ofagentle man ; and so they make up stories against him. I see him often, and I never saw any signs of his having been intoxi cated." " I have," rejoined her brother. And he went on to prove his statement by various details of times and places. Ixolie, though she positively refused to believe, was effectually sobered by the warning. That night she lav awake for a long time and shed many tears. The next time Kobert Norton proDosed to escort her home and attempted to take I. 1 1 1 . M ... j ui'i jiwiu, its uaimi, sue iiasiiiy wiinurew it. And when he inquired whether he had offended her, she merely answered " No," and immediately left him to join some girls ot her acquaintance who were walking ahead of them. Accustomed to being a favorite with vounir ladies, he (hew an inference agreeable to his vanity. He thought Loolie was conscious of Ketting attached to him more than was strictly proper, so long as there had been no specific proposals on his part; and ho resolved to remedy that bv an earlv avowal of love. But he did not find it so easy to obtain interviews as it had he n. She was polite when they met I ... .1 ! 1 il.J . . mi. ooviousiy wisuea 10 avoia Deing tlone with him. At last, however, bv persistent watching, he found an oppor tunity to ask her to he his wife. To his jrcat surprise, sue answered : ."No, Mr. Norton, I cannot marry you." " You have become very formal all at once with your Mr. Norton," rejoined i. . iT- i i i. lie, wnn a lorccii mugn. " When I called you Robert I did not know of you "what I "know now," she replied. " And pray what do you know against mcP"" said he. " I know that you sometimes get in oxicated," she replied. " Who told you eo P" heinauired. verv hastily. " No matter who told me." she re joined. "It is true; and I never will marry any man who gets intoxicated." but I am not a drunkard, Loolie, ' he pleaded ; though 1 confess 1 have some times been rather the worse for liquor, when I have been with a set of gay fel lows." " Isn't that the way drunkards gener ally begin?" she asked. " I suppose it is," he answered. " But if you'll marry me I promise never to taste of intoxicating liquor again." iuj ucm nun. uuiin ujmiicu c mail who made the same promise, and a wretched life she has had oi it. I shall not vet ture to try the same experiment. I thank you for your offer, but I cannot accept it. Good evening, Mr. Norton." And she vanished from the room. He was offended by her plain speaking, and manifested it by very cool politeness when they met. A few months later she was informed that he had gone to Cali fornia. Her companions noticed a chanere in loolio. She entered into dances and frolics with less zest; and although she used to imitate a flute to perfection, she now professed to have forgotten how to do it. Conjectures were whispered among the gprls that she was in love with Kohert .Norton, who had flirted a while with her, and then gone off and left her. The young men said that Bob Norton couldn't have been such a fool as to leave her if she were in love with him. More than one tried by very marked attentions to console her for his absence ; and some of the opportunities seemed so eligible that her parents ad vised her not to let them slip. But in the silent watches of the night she communed with her own honest heart, which said to her, " What right have you to marry one man and love another?" She ban ished beaux from her thoughts, and left gossips to wonder at the chances she was losing. A vear passed without anv tidincs of Robert Norton. Meanwhile, her father sickened and diedand the withdrawal of his earnings rendered it necessary for the older brothers to put more money into the common stock for family use. To accomplish this they resolved to seek their lortune in uaiiiornia, wnere.at that time, the streets were supposed to be paved with gold. They chanced to bo among the lucky few, and before many months had elapsed they sent for their mother and sisters. The first news that greeted them on their arrival was that Robert Norton was in their neighbor hood, that he had, pounced upon a rich vein of gold and had become a million aire. When Mrs. Draper inquired how he bore this rapid change of fortune, her sons laughed, and replied : "He lives like & game cock, and throws money about by shovelfuls." Mr. Norton took an early opportunity to call on his old friends, and impressed them all with an idea of immense pros perity. Ioolie's observing eves noticed his rubicund visage even more than the stylishness of his dress and equipage. It recalled the conversation when lie had aked her to be his wife, and the recollection had flushed her expressive face with a vivid blush. That swift mantling of the blood was hailed as an auspicious sign ; and, emboldened by the wealth he had to offer, he soon re nowed his suit. 1-oolio replied: "I have told you that I would never marry a man who gets intoxicated ; and any one looking into your face, Mr. Norton, must see that you drink hard." He turned away with sudden anger. " You are as frank as ever," he said, " Nobody can complain of you that you don't speak your mind plainly.", " Isn't that the most honest course P" she ad;ed. He was silent an instant, and then re: plied : " Yes, Loolie, you are in the right. But I love you so much I am sure I could conquer any habit you did not like." "You may feel sure, but-1 do not," sue rejoined. "What can I do to convince youP" he Inquired, anxiously. " If I do not taste a single drop of any intoxicating liquor for a year will you consent to marry raeP" 3 "It you do not taste a drop for two years, I may perhaps consent, provided you agree to certain conditions I shall propose," she replied. " They must be hard conditions if I do not agree to them," he exclaimed, exult ingly; Jle attempted to draw her toward him, but she gently disengaged herself. He took her hand and looked steadily into her eyes, as he said : " I solemnly promise you, Loolie, that for two years I will not taste a drop of any intoxicating liquor. It is a long time to wait; but I am willing to serve as long as Jacob did, if I can pnly win my Rachel at last." After that, a large portion of his even ings were spent at Mrs Draper's, and the places that had known him knew him no more. For a while his former comrades wondered what had bectme of him, but they soon fathomed the mys tery, and laughed as they said: "lie's got in love withhat handsome girl from the East, and he is too much taken up with her singing to his flute to . care for our company." " Our turn will come again when she gets to be an old story," said another. ButLoolie's exnressive face and livelv dramatic ways had the charm of per petual novelty. He craved no other ex citement than her company, and he sometimes urged his indifference to more dangerous conviviality as a reason why his term of probation should be short ened. But Loolie hadalwavs been noted for being firmly persuaded in her own mind, and when she formed a resolution she was not easily tempted to swerve from it. It was a nappy period to both of them; especially to Loolie, who, in addition to the common bliss of " love's young dream," had a pleasant conscious ness of leading her companion away from paths the end of which was inevi table ruin. The morning after the two years had passed he came bounding into the gar den where she was training some vines, placed his hand on her shoulder and exclaimed, eagerly, "The time is up, and I have kept my promise. You believe me, don't you, Loolie?" " Yes, I bciieve" you, Robert, for I know you never deceive. And your face tells plainly enough how much you have improved in these two years." " And you always keep your promises; so toll me, dear, when shall the wedding beP" She gave him one of her mischiev ous glances, as she replied, " You know I promised provided you would agree to certain conditions P" " Oh, yes, the conditions I accept them. "What are they P" he hastily re joined. "Every time you get Intoxicated. I also will get intoxicated. If you agree to that bargain beforehand, I will marry you." "What a funny girl!" he exclaimed. "Of course you may get intoxicated whenever I do." " I am not in fun," she replied ; " I seriously mean what I say ; and I want you also seriously to agree to it ; other wise I will not promise to marry you." " I agree to your Conditions," he said ; though they do seem to me to be a pre cious piece of absurdity." He was tempted to laugh, but looking at herserious face, his own became sober, and he folded her to his heart, as he said, very solemnly, " Ixiolie, dear, you shall never have cause to repent that you trusted me." They were married not long after ward, and Ixolie became mistress of a splendid home. There was a little too much of California lavishnens in their arrangements; but they did not shoe tueir horses witu goio, or stua tno aog s collar wit'a diamonds; a moderation which ought to be set down to their credit, considering the intoxicating ef fects of sudden wealth. A beautiful little boy came to thein about a year after their marriage; and as Loolie was naturaljy very affectionate her babe proved a more satisfactory ob ject of interest than bracelets and ear rings. Kobert was very proud of his handsome lively wife, and the bane was her only rival in his affections. Every body remarked what a wonderfully do mestic roan he had become. Thus three years glided happily away, and no shadow of the old fear crossed his wife's imagination. But one day he went to a public dinner, where there was riotous eating and drinking. Amid the con tagious merriment he forgot his promise to Loolie. After hours of senseless revel, he was brought home in p state of stupor and deposited in bed. There he slept a long leaden sleep, and awoke at noon with a throbbing headache. At first, he was bewildered : but finding that he had not been undressed, the remembrance of the dinner party returned to him, and he felt heartily ashamed. He had such a dread of Loolie's reproaches that his first impulse was to escape. He rose to his feet, but staggered and upset a chair. Loolie, who had been on the watch to guard him from the 'observation of the domestics. led him to their room and helped him to get into bed. She rung the bell and or dered coffee to be brought. Then she proceeded to bathe his forehead with cologne. He looked up piteously, cried out, "Oh, Loolie." covered his face with his hands and sobbed. Her eyes were swimming, but she crowded back the tears and said, gently : " Drink the coffee; it will do you good." Not a word of reproach did she utter, and the cause of unhappincss was not alluded to by either. Except for a slightly perceptible degree of constraint on both sides, things were restored to their usual condition, and all appeared to go on smoothly for a few weeks. At the end of that lime, Mr. Norton said he had invited several gentlemen to dine, for whom he wished to have a very handsome dinner provided. No objection was made, and, at the ap pointed time, the guests arrived, expect ing to fare luxuriously and to be agree ably entertained by their bright and handsome hostess. But, to the sur prise of all, and the dismay of her husband, she came in at the same moment with reeling steps and an undue amount of foolish expression on her face. She kept saying: "Pleased to see you, gemr iens!" Seated at the table, she or dered a decanter of wine to bo placed near her, poured out some, and, with a silly simper, said: " Take a drink, gCm mons!". Then she began to sing: "Fill high the lowl." The servant in attend ance looked on wiUi astonishment. Mr. Norton, who had ben hanging his head witli shame, rose presently, and, draw ing her arm within his, said : " You ar" hot well, my dear. You had better go to your room." She leaned upon him, staggering, and laughed idiotically, sav ingej " I b'lieve I'm tipsy tipsy!" Robtrt assisted his wife to their bed room and then returned to his friends, who sood after left, marveling much at what thev had seen. The next morning he met his wife at the breakfast table. He took his seat with an averted face. Loolie smiled as she said :J " I believe I was intoxicated last night. Well, you must remember our agreement was that every time you got intoxicated f.I should have a similar privilege, and I have only avafled my self of it. That is fair, is it not P" The tears sprang into Robert's eyes as he replied : "Ah! Loolie, I little thought that my weakness would ever again overpower me. " And far less did I think ;it would also cause my brave little wife to stum ble." "Since you have discovered my fond ness for wine," she responded, " there is but one remedy. Keep all liquor out of the house, and the temptation to drink being removed, I shall not be so likely to give way to it." " But you know nearly every one here drinks wine ; and what shall I say to my friends when I bring them to dinner, and they find their customary beverage qonspicuous by its absence?" " Robert, you are a brave man in most things," she replied. " Have you not the courage to say, I am conscious of a weak ness about wine, and I am resolved neither to be tempted myself, nor to tempt others, by having it about P It seems to me that good men would re spect the manly frankness of such an nvowal; and as lor those who seek your company for the sake of your wine, the ioss ol their intimacy would be rather a gain. jNobody will suspect you ot nig gardly motives, for you are known to be generous even to lavishness. Besides, you can prove your hospitality in other and better ways. And, Robert, by pur suing this course you may be the means of saving others from the snare which proves so dangerous to yourself, lou may not only save your own wife and child from sliame and ruin, but other women and children may have reason to bless you. Oh, Robert, only think how dreadful it would be for our dear boy to be ashamed of hjs father!" She paused, and ho said, with a good deal of emotion, " Loolie, I have prom ised you never to taste another drop; and this time I will keep my promise, so help me God!" " He will be more sure to help you, if you never have it in the house," she re joined. As fie remained silent and downcast, she stooped and peeped up into his face, as she said playluily, " Ihey will Jay all the blame on me, dear. They will say that you are afraid to trust your wife in the house with it: and lam willing to bo the scape-goat." Jle looked up with a smile, as fie an swered, " iou have conquered. Every thing that intoxicates shall henceforth be banished from the house. But, Loolie, that was a dreadful lesson you gave me. It would be awfully hazard ous for you to carry out that pledge of yours." " l am glad you are aware ol the hazard of beginnings," she replied ; " for the hazard is much greater to you than it would be to me; because you like the mischievous stuff, and I do not." She placed her hand allectionately on his shoulder as she added: "I was not so much intoxicated as I seemed, dear. I am so unused to wine that a very little upsets me. I am something of an act ress, you know ; but if you keep your promise, I will never perform in that character again." Jle repeated his promise with a kiss and he never afterward broke his word. L. Maria Child. The Grain They Will Want. French statistics put down the follow ing as a fair estimate of the amount of grain the countries named will be com pelled to purchase this year: France, 114,000,000 bushels; England, 120,000, 000 bushels; Italy, 18,600,000 bushels; Spain, itt.ooo.ouo bushels; Holland and Belgium, 12,000,000 bushels; Switzer land. 6,000,000 bushels; total, 294,000, 000 bushels. On canvassing the wheat exporting countries of the world, the same authorities estimate the quantity available to purchase as follows : United States. 157,500,000 bushels; Hungary, 7,5O0'000 bushels; India, 12,000,000 bushels; Australia, 21,000,000 bushels; Southern Russia, 30,000,000 bushels; Danubian countries, 6,000,000 bushels; Egypt, 3,000.000 bushels; total. 2.'0,0O0, 000 bushels. The estimate lor the United States is by lar the largest of ajiy year in the history of the country. The report is without foundation that the Limberger cheese factories in this country are not making a (s)cent.- fltcu bcnvillc Chronicle, TIMELY TOPICS. There are 12,000 dentists in the United States, who annually extract 20.000.000 teeth, manufacture and insert 3,000,000 artificial teeth, and hide away in the cavities of carious teeth three tons of pure gold, to say nothing about the tons of mercury, tin, silver and other metals employed in " fillings." Mr. Cole, in his work on the horse's foot, says that the averase drivine-horse. at its normal gate, will raise his foot at least fifty times a minute, or 3,000 t:mes an hour, and ail four feet at this rate 00, IflO times a day of five hours' work. Now if the horse is carrring a shoe of two ounces unnecessary weight, lie will, in this day's IraveL waste power nnd force enough to move a weight of 7,500 pounds. And yet some trotters are made to carry a shoe of more than three pounds weight, at a speed under three minutes, when a shoe weighing half mat is regaraea as sumcientiy heavy lor driving and road horses generally. The incomes derived from trades and Erofessions in Great Britain are stated to e somewhat larger than in the United States. The schedulo for the last fiscal year, just published by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, shows that ninety persons exercising trades and professions in Great Britain enjoy incomes exceed ing $250,000; that !W4 of them enjoy 'in comes of between $50,000 and $250,000 ; that 1,870 enjoy incomes of between $25,000 and $50,000 ; 980 incomes of be tween $20,000 and $25,000; 1.824 in comes of between $15,000 and $20,000: 12,403 incomes of between $5,000 and $10,000, and 1,487 incomes of between $4,500 and $5,000. A strong feeling of animosity is. grow ing up between Russia and Germany, and there are politicians and journalists on both sices who make no secret ot their wish for atrial of strength between the two countries. Germany is certain ly taking precautions that seem to pro vide for the worst. Ten thousand work men are laboringon the fortifications of the fortress of Thorn, which is called the Strasbourg of Germany's eastern bor der. The lortress of Posen has also been immensely strengthened and enlarged, and can now accommodate a large army. A considerable part of the indemnity payments made by France has been ex pended upon these fortifications and in furnishing them with enormous stores of provisions and ammunition. No fewer than 124 persons were killed and 3,032 maimed or injured in the streets of London during the last year, and a total of 3,570 persons, who were suffering from accidents or other causes, were taken by the police to the hospitals. The number of dog seizures is remarka ble, the total being 30,687, of which 26, 692 were sent to the Dogs' Home, 3,873 restored to owners and 117 "otherwise disposed of;" 871 cabs and 104 stage carriages "new and improved" were put on the streets, and no less than $91, 195 worth of property left in cabs or omnibusses was deposited at police headquarters. Of this sum $66,200 were clairued'and restored, and the remainder, our authority says, returned to the drivers or conductors. Crime and drunkenness have considerably in creased. A total of 83,746 arrests were made, 42,806 of which were for drunk enness and disorderly conduct. The number of indictablo offences against property was 14,409, of which 759 were committed in houses which were left without keepers; and, as a further com mentary on the carelessness of house luTlders, it is said that 17,116 doors and 9,700 windows were found by the police either open or insecurely fastened at night. A little more than fifty-five miles of streets have been added to the London area, the number of new houses being 17,127, while 6,552 more were in course of erection. Words of Wisdom. The smallest perfect achievement is nobler than the grandest failure. The veil which covers the lace of fu turity is woven by the hand of mercy. It is said with life as with collee, ho who drinks it pure must not drain it to the dregs. If we were all permitted to put our own valuation on ourselves there would not be a low priced man in the world. This is true philanthropy that buries not its gold in ostentatious charity, but builds its hospital in the human heart. Every person has two educations one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives him self. Miseries come unbidden and always stay too long, while joys must be sought for, and when found arenpt to slip away unawares. Thero is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. Every person's natural weight of af fliction is frequently made more un happy by the envy, malice, treachery or injustice of his neighbor. Sin always begins with pleasure and ends with bitterness. It is like a colt, which the little boy said was very tame in front and very wild behind. We should enjoy our fortune as we do our health enjoy it when good, be pa tient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity. Iowa has an agricultural college that gives a course of domestic science and art, with an experimental kitchen for the use of the Sophomore and J unior girls. A creamery lor teaching the art of butter making is in full operation, and a veteri nary department, with a full course of instruction, has been cstaLlished. A Wyoming Territory man won $10 in a wager by eating twenty pigs' feet. This was a pig's feat, indeed. Time. Time! what is lime? A power stern, bodiless That we may feel, but never see. Wo gnne Willi orhinu eyes into tho past, and there We see a thousand shuprs of light nnd floom Flouting like atoms in (he pallid bourns Of mournful nimory, but the perished yenr Is all unseon. From thence we endly turn, And, gazing on the future, we behold Dim, countless lorms trooping from its dark Unliilhomed ocenn to the lonely shore Ol enrthly being, but the coming years Are a'l invisible. And then we pnuse And gnue above, around, beneath, and Our eyes lire startled by the mighty deeds Of the now-passing time; the iron weight Of hij stern presence rests upon our souls; We leel tho awlul specter touch our brows With his cold, (feath-like finger; and we hear The deep and mingled roar that rises up From all his mighty doings on our earth ; And yot he has no form to cast its gleam Or shadow on ou sight. George D. Prentice. ITEMS OF INTEREST., A cold spell I-c-e. TVhitewashers Good laundresses. No tenor singer should live in a glass house. He throws tones. Harvard and Yale have each a pro fessor "of Chinese in their corps of instructors. . The Indianapolis street-car drivers have struck for stools. They say their work is so hard that they can't stand it. lcayune. English farmers have introduced the practice of unhoming cattle by clipping the small projections in calves, when nailnn inch long, using simply a strong pair of shears. Dark and brilliant colored clothed attract the sun and retain its heat much more powerfully than light colors; hence the latter are more suitable for use in summer. Tho losses by fire in the United States during the first six months of this year amounted t $47,062,800, which is $15, 500,000 more than in the same period last 1 vear. it is also from S7.500.000 to 15.- 000.000 over the losses in 1875, 1876 and 1877. At Hambursr. in Germanv. the longest day has seventeen hurs ana the shortest seven. At Stockholm tho longest has eighteen and a half hours and the short est live ana a nail. At bt. retersburjr; the longest has nineteen and the shortest five hours. At Finland the longest has twenty-one and a half hours. doibus. in Norway, the day lasts from tho 21st of May to the 2d of July, the sun not getting below the horizcto dur ing the whole time, but skimming along very close to it in the north. At Spitz bergen the longest day lasts three months and ahalf. The apples now begin to fall Upon ihe dewy gmss, And start upon a pilgrimage With boys who chance to pass In that direotion. JVew lork Star. It apples lie not on the ground To meet the boys' desire, They will not fail to get enough Ol those that are up higher. Not it they know it. Rome S.ntinel. j (Jold Coinage. A Washington dispatch says: The average coinage of the last fifteen years of eagles has been less than $200,000 an nually, and of half eagles about $250,000 annuallv. and of quarter eagles less than $100,000 annually. For the five yenrs prior to the suspension of specie pay ments in 1861, the average annual coin age of eagles was less than $400,000, of halt eagles about $500,1100 ana oi quarter eagles about $300,000. During the last fiscal year the coinage of the United State was: Double eagles, $37,234,340 ; eagles, $ 1,03 1,440 ; half eagles $1,442,130; quarter eagles, $1,166,800, showing that the average annual coinage of eagles has been increirsed over 500 per cent. ; tho coinage of half eagles lias been increased nearly 600 per cent., and of quarter eagles more than 1,000 per cent., so that the demand for gold coin of small denominations has been more than anti cipated. t)t the tola coin now in tne treasury vaults, there is of these smaller denomi nations an amount exceeding the coin age of the last year, which is stated above. The actual figures are as follows ; Vriuniiuttim AintnuU ntnv in ty Cum, imuury mmm Double eagles $123,799,180 Kugloa 3,180,340 Halt eavlea 1,856,958 Quarter eagles 1,204,888 Three-dollar pieces One-dollar pieces lV,'ioi Total amt. oi gold in Treasury . . . 130,001,350 flie above represents the actual gold that now lies in the vaults ot tho treasurynine-tenths of it being in tho sub treasury at New York accumulated by Secretary Sherman for resumption pur poses. Sleeping Draughts. An English doctjr, writing about sleep and sleeplessness, observes that the state narcotics produce is not sleep, but a condition of narcotism that counter feits sleep, adding : " When a man says, lwant a quiet night, I will take a sleeping draught,' he speaks in parables. To express the fact plainly he should say, ' I want a quiet night; I cannot ob tain it by going to sleep, or I am afraid to trust to the chances of natural rest, so I will poison myself a little, just enough to make me unconscious, or to slightly paraly.e my nerve centers, not enough to kill.' If this fact could be kept clearly before the mind, the reckless use of drugs which produce a state that mocks sleep would tie limited." The state of inaction which is brought about by natural sleep is very different from that which is produced by paralysttof any degree. v
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