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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
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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
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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.
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(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.
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