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Crocus.
Oh, tlio dear, dclighllul sound
Ol tlio drops that to the ground
From Iho caves lojoiring run
In tho February riiii ?
Drip, drip, drip, they tdido and ilip
From the icicWs bright tip,
Till tlioy melt tho sullen mow
On the gsrden bod below.
' Bices mo ! what is nil this drumming?"
Cries tho crocus, " I nm coming f
I'my don't knock so long and loud,
For I'm neither cross nor proud,
lint a little lecpy still
With tlio viritor'g lingering chill.
Mover mind ! "'Tia time to wako,
'Tis as quickly dwno ns said,
Up hIio thitiHts her golden head,
Looks alout with radiant eyes
In a kind ol shy surprise,
Tries to say in accents surly,
"Well ! you called mo very early !"
Jltit she lights with such a smilo
All the darksome place the while,
Kvery heart begins to stir
Joyfully at sight of her;
1 very creature grows more gay'
Looking in her face to-day.
She is greeted, "woloome, dear !
Fiesh smile of tho hopeful yenr !
First bright print ot spring's light foot,
Golden crocus, welcome, sweet !"
And nho whinpors, looking up
From her richly glowinj; cup,
At the sunny eaves so high
Overhead n gainst the sky,
" Now I've come, oh, sparkling drops,
All your chattering pattering stops,
And I'm very glad I oame,
And your 'ernot the least to blame
That you hammered at the snow
Till you wakened me below
With you're one incessant tune.
I'm not here a bit too soon !"
St. JVichnloi
. THE MILL-fi AND.
Gilbert Falconer sat in his library,
surrounded by all the appurtenances of
wealth be was the wealthiest man in
Brinsley but his attitude, was listless
his browB were drawn; a sharp strug
gle was going on between his heart anC
pride.
"What has come over meP" he mut
tered. " I am as infatuated as any old
fool, thinking, worrying, fretting, and
for whatP A beggar maid with a pair
of winsome eyes a beggar, low-born
most likely. What am I thinking ol"
starting up vehemently "I, Gilbert
Falconer, who could mate with the
proudest in the county, to have fallen so
low? What would my proud mother
sayP How haughty Beatrix Lnox
would sneer! I'Jl crush it out I will!
I'm no love-sick boy."
But some things are easier said than
done, and this was one of them, as Mr.
Falconer found to his coot, though she
was only an operator in one of his mill
a slender, dark-eyed maiden, who,
though a " beggar maid," carried her
small head with the grace and pridi of
a queen.
lie could never forget the first time lie
saw her. Some orders had been dis
obeyed,, but the consequences .were
scarcely serious enough to deserve the
sharp rebuke the irate master gave; and,
upon an attempt at defense, Mr. Falco
ner laid his riding-whip several times
over the man's shoulders. -
"Go!" he shouted, with an oath,
"and never show your face in this yard
again !"
It was a hard sentence, for the man
had a wife and children, and the master
never broke his word or commuted a
sentence.
4.S Mr. Falconer turned away, still
flushed with anger, a slender figure
paused him a pair of dark eyes gazed
full into his eyes that were posi
tively blazing with anger ; a rapid glance
at the unfortunate culprit skulking out
of the gates, then at him, showed which
way her sympathy lay.
"Do you know," Blie cried, suddenly
pausing, "that that mnn has a wilo and
five children, all dependent on what he
earns here? Surely you did not mean
what you aid. The offense scarcely
deserved such severe punishment."
Mr. Falconer was fairly aghast at
such unparalleled audacity. Never in
his life had any one dared to call him to
aecount for any of his actions.,
"J am not in the habit of consulting
the opinions of my employees when 2
punish impertinence," he said, sharply.
The small head went up in the uir
with- a gesture that woula have done
credit to Miss Lenox.
" No," she answered, proudly ; " but
Mr. Falconer may have something to
say about it when he learns what a des
titute condition that man is in."
"lam Mr. Falconer." he answered.
I am master of this mill, and punish
I I please."
as
"You Mr. Falconer." Anger, sur
prise and contempt were pictured on
her face as plainly as on a mirror.
"Then I have nothing more to say."
And, with a slight inclination of the
head, she passed on her way, Gilhert
noting vaguely that her dress was of
the humblest make.
Who was she! Such impertinence!
bending his brows at the recollection
that she had not asked his pardon for
her first hasty word.
" A mill-hand with that haughty
style ! Bah !" he cried, striding into his
office; "she is not worth noticing.
She may be thankful I don't send her
away."
For several days it happened that
Mr. Falconer was in his office when the
big bell sounded release for all the tired
souls and bodies in his employ, and he
caught himself looking for a slender
figure in a worn dress; then, meeting
her one morning coming in the gate,
was enraged at himself for having
bowed, particularly as the dark eyes
were immediately averted. He angrily
asked the manager who she was.
" Eleanor Eliot Is the name she gave,"
was the answer. " She seem altove
her position, however, and she does her
work very well."
Mr. Fal oner almost said. " I don't
wish her here any longer;" then some
thing an undelinable feeling checked
the words on his lips; he had to "dree
his weird."
After a while he took to coming to
the mill every day, and occasionally
walked through the long rooms full of
busy men and women.
Once lie storied at Eleanor Eliot's side,
and gravely discussed some fabric with
the manager, noticing absently the
pretty contour of the small, bent head,
and the slender, well kept fingers.
An irresistible desire seized him to
make her look up. Bending down, he
stretched out his hand, and suddenly
how it happened no one could tell his
hand was caught In the machinery. In
an intant all was confusion; in an In
stant the works were stopped, the
wounded member extricated, but all
bruised and bleeding.
Eleanor's fingers bound up the lacer
ated hand in her own small handker
chief, the master thanking her cour
teously; then he drove nway in his tine
carriage, and did not come to the mill
for several days.
Some time after the mill operatives
had a half-holiday. Mr. Falconer, rid
ing slowly through the woods near his
house, noticed the flutter of a woman's
dress, rode closer, and saw the outline
of a figure; then galloping to the stables,
left his horse, and walked rapidly In
the direction of the light dress.
Nor was he mistaken. Under the
shade of a wide-spreading tree, her hat
off, her lap full of early wild flowers,
the sunlight falling through the leaves
on her bonny brown hair, sat Eleanor
Eliot. A small boy, about two years
old, lay with his head in her lap, laugh
ing anu i mowing nis legs atiout " pro
mtseus," while she pelted hiiu with the
blossoms.
"Oh!" she cried, kissing him. "you
dear, good little man, what a comfort
you are to me."
Tho leaves rustled, and Mr. Falconer
came into view. The girl put the child
off her lap and rose to her feet.
"Don't let me disturb you," he said.
"You made a pretty picture in the sun
light, you two. This is the first time I
have seen you since ray accident. I t
me thank you for your promptness that
day. I have your little handkerchief
yet," with an inflection in his voice that
was new to Nora and that did not please
her. How could she guess that her
winsome eyes and coldness had piqued
and interested the master as none ot the
willing advances of fair and wealthy
neighbors hnd done?
He was surfeited with flattery. Nora's
coldness was a welcome stimulant :ty.
more welcome than even he knew him
self. " You are perfectly welcome to any
thing I did." she replied, coldlv. The"n
there was a silence.
" Who is that child ?" asked Mr. Fal
coner, feeling ra'hcr snubbed, making a
motion to pat the little fellow's head ;
nut ne suraiiK away, Hiding bis face in
Nora's dress.
"His name is Willie Marshall." an
swered Nora, quickly. "Ifis father is
me man you Horsewhipped ana dis
charged some months ago, and since
ilien lie lias never done a day's work
can t get it to do. The whole family
are livingjn one room, almost starving.
1 . 1. ' l . . l
ivL.iiiY.it ii ik 'it tuis poor nine creature
has gone to bed hungry. Can vou
realize wnat it means to be nungr
starving I you, who haxe so much,
nave never Known want or tne si
bianco of a want? Oh, Mr. Falconer.
where God gives so much he surely will
require much! You will have to an
swer for a great deal one of these days.
v .L . .
mui mru, wiui mei wivrs ana cnu
dren, are living in hovels that you
would not let vour doesoccuov. Those
hovels are yours; they are paying you
rent for them. The ventilation is
wretched, tho drainaee is simrjlv mur
derous. Some day a lever .will, must
come, and many souls will be hurried
into eternity, and you will have to
answer for them all. Oh, surely, rich
men's hearts are like nether mill
stones!" Her face was flushed. Iter eves were
shining with unshed tears; she looked
lovely. Mr. Falconer drew closer.
"lell me what to do." he said. sim.
ply, trying to keep down a great rush ot
feeling. "What shall I do for Mar
shall? How can I help him? Tell
me."
"Repair the injustice vou did!" cried
Nora, eagerly, drawing a little back.
" Give him employment, at once, before
he is quite mad with his misery before
the brave mother's heart is broken, and
the poor little children entii ely forget
tne taste oi aeceni iooa. 1'ray, do it,
Mr. Falconer, you owe it to them."
Gilbert came swiftly close to her, his
hands outstretched, his eyes bright, a
feeling Btronger than himself a feelin
he did not stop to analyze urging him
on.
" I will, Nora, he cried easrerlv " I
will without fail to-morrow. Now ask
me something more, my darling. I
would do much more than that for
vou."
He caught her hands tight in his. In
an instant Nora wrested them away.
" How dare vouP" she cried, in a blaze
of anger. "How dare vou touch me?
Go away! Oh, you are a bad man. I
hate you."
" Don t be so unkind to me. Nora."
he pleaded, unabashed. "Indeed, I am
in earnest. I do love vou. If vou
would only listen to me if vou would
only love me a little."
" Don't insult me any further," she
cried, stamping her foot. " Love you?
v hy, 1 hate you ! hate you ! hate you !
There"
"Hate me, do you?" Gilbert's face
was drawn and white. In an instant
his arms were round her, crubhing the
slender figure close, while lie laid a
warm, passionate kiss on her lips.
Then as he let her go, " Now," he said,
hoarsely, "forget me if you can, hate
me if you dare. Wherever you go,
through your whole life, you shall never
forget me; that kiss shall lie on your
lip and make you love me."
Nora was deathly pale.
You are right," sho said, slowly,
with an effort, and, oh, the utter scorn
nnd contempt in her voice. "I shall
never forget yon as tho most un
principled, dishonorable man I have
ever had the misfortune to meet, and I
perfectly loath myself because you have
touched me. I hope I may never see
you rgain," and, catching up the whim
pering, frightened child, walked rapidly
away.
True to her word, Eleanor did not
meet Mr. Falconer again, ns she left
Brinsley by the afternoon train, going as
quietly as she had come, no one know
ing her destination.
And before the day was over the mas
ter received a telegram, calling hire to
Interlaken, where h'.s mother lay very
ill. so Thursday's mail train bore him
nway; but before he left. Marshall had
been reinstated In his old position.
The next news received several weeks
after was of l,ady Helen Falconer's
death, and of her son's intention to
travel for some time.
Nearly a year after Eleanor's proph
ecy was fulfilled. A low fever, born of
impure ventilation and vile sewerage,
broke out in that part of the town
where the mill operatives lived, and
death gathered in his harvest with re
lentless force.
Mr. Falconer returned from abroad,
and with a rapidly organized committee,
tried to turn the course of the destroyer,
going from house U house, from death
bed to deathbed, without fear of con
tagion, spurred on by an accusing con
science, the words "many souls will be
hurried into eternity, f.nd you will have
to answer for them," ringing in his cars.
At last the current of the disca.se was
turned, the fever abated, and measures
J were immediately set on foot for the
improvement or houses and drainage,
when Mr. Falconer was struck down.
For weeks his lifo lay in the balance, the
whole bnrden of his delirium being.
"And I must answer for them." Hut
God was merciful, and slowly Gilbert
drifted back to life and its responsibili
ties. Lying back in an easy-chair, pale, but
on the high road to recovery, one day
he heard a name which sent the blood
blinding to his heart - a name which he
had not been able to forget.
His aunt was talking to a lady friend
at th other end of the room.
"Eleanor Eliot is one of the sweetest,
noblest girls I ever knew or heard of,"
Lady Hargrave was saying, enthusiasti
cally. "Her father was a clergyman,
and dying, left her and a young brother
almost destitute; there was just enough
money left after everything was settled
to finish the boy's education, and the
dear, brave girl would not let them tell
the young fellow how much it was, ami
has kept hiru nt school ever since, ami
has been working hard, very'hard, I be
lieve, though I don't know at what, nnd
he does not yet know how bndly off his
poor sister is. She is distant ly related
to the Honorable Mrs. Audley, and she
asked me to look out for some position
for the dear girl."
"I think I know of a position that
might suit her," said the visitor, "my
sister is looking for a governess for her
two little girls, and, of course. Miss
Eliot being so well recommended, she
might suit her."
" I'll give you the address."
Then Gilbert waited impatiently,
while his uunt rung the bell, and Parker
was dispatched to find Mrs. Audley's
letter; thtn there was a hunt for her
ladyship's eyeglasses. At last the wel
come words fell on his ear.
Two day's after, sadly against his
aunt's advico, Mr. Falconer started for
London, going straight to a small
shabby house in an humble location.
" Miss Eliot?" lie asked, eagerly, of the
miserable-looking female who opened
the door.
"She's left, sur," was the answer,
" she left yesterday morning ; her money
was done, an' I dunno where she's
gone."
Gilbert turned away with a sick heart,
and, dismissing the cab, walked aim
lessly along. By-and-bye he came to a
large dark old church, bearing traces of
Inigo Jones in its beautiful entrance.
The doors were open, morning service
was just over, Gilbert was tired and
weak; a sudden impulse for which he
thanked God all his life long caused
him to enter.
In one of the pews still knelt a girl,
the face hidden in both hands. Until
every one had passed out. she knelt
there, then rising, came slowly down
the aisle.
Pale, worn, with a weary droop of the
proud little head that made Gilbert's
heart ache, came Miss Eliot.
Trembling with nervousness he
waited until she was opposite to him,
then said, quieklj ;
"Miss Eliot!"
Startled, she looked up, saw him,
and colored to the roots of her hair,
then glanced at the door as if meditating
flight.
"Don't go" ho cried, putting out a
thin hand. "Don't go. Oh. listen to
me. Forgive me my brutal conduct
that day. I have regretted it ever since.
Sav you forgive me!"
No answer ; her head was bent down.
"Nora, can't you forgive me?" he
pleaded. "You were angry with me
once for calling you bv your name, but
I can't helpit, dear; if you could only
look into my heart ami see the love I
have for you. the utter longing. For
nearly a year I have been trying to for
get you, and to-d j I love you better
than ever. Nora, can't you love me?
Won't you be my wife?"
At the last sentence Nora looked up
quickly.
"Are you in earnest? Do you real
ize who I amP" she said, with the old
proud movement of her head. "An
operator in your mill a beggar, with
out a home or a friend, save my
brother, God bless him, in the world
while you area rich man! "
"Oh, come to me." interrupted Gil
bert, stretching out his arms. " If that
is Vur OI1'y objection, come to me !
quickly. My pure, noblo darling, I
know all your self- acrifice. I nm not
nan worthy of you. Come to rue
make me a better man, be good to my
DeODle. I know t.hev will hlnoa i-r.,.
when they learn how much they owe
vuu. Alien in low, eager tones ho
told briefly of the fever, and of tho en
tire chancre in flip annilorw Orra rr n v in I a
at Brinsley, touching lightly on his ill-
" And your prophecy haunted me; all
through my illness it rung in my ears,
and I hungered for a sight of your
bonny face, for a touch of your hand.
Nora!" with a sharp ring of pain in his
voice, "take back your bitter words;
tell me you do not hate me. Even a
crumb of bare liking I shall be thank
ful for, and if you will bless me with
your precious love I shall thank God
for it. You can make me a better man,
a better landlord, a true Christian. All
these possibilities lie in your hands."
Nora's face was hidden in her bands
she was sobbing.
" Won't you answer meP" he pleaded,
bending over her. "Only one little
word to put me out of suspense. Mv
darling, I am weary for you. Corns to
the arms that are waiting for you."
And she came with a sudden swift
movement, laying her tired head on his
shoulder, while his glad arms gathered
ner ciose, close to nis heart, and he laid
his lins on her foreViead nritb a .tlnnf
thanksgiving for the blessed boon of this
mui-uana s" love.
Saving a Train.
On Sunday evening last an incident oc
curred on the Western railroad that will
cause surprise wherever it is spoken of.
The troin was within thirty miles of
Montgomery, running at a rapid rate,
all unconscious of danger. The engi
neer spied a white handkerchief on a
pole, fluttering in the road some dis
tance up the track. On getting nearer
he discovered it was some one waving
the down train. The shrill whistle was
sounded, brakes put on and the train
brought to a standstill. The heads of
the passengers were popping out of the
windows, inquiring what the trouble
was, no station being near.
The conductor came out, and seeing
a tramp was the one ; who had caused
the train to stop, inquired in probably
a rather angry manner what was
wanted. This man, who belonged to
a class almost universally despised and
subjected to cuffs and kicks, astonished
the conductor by informing him that
about eighteen inches of rail was
brokei out a short distance further on.
The broken place was repaired, the
train about to move off, when the con
ductor saw the tramp standing on the
roadside, asked:
" Where do you want to go?"
The tramo replied:
" To Pensacola."
"Then," said the eonductor, "why
don't you get on the train P"
The reply was:
' Because I have no money."
The conductor told him to get aboard,
that he would take him to Montgomery.
On arriving in the city the fact was re
porte 1 to the general manager of the
road, who asked the man which he
would have, money or work. The mnn
answered he would rather have employ
ment. A position was at once given
him. At hist accounts he was at work
and doing well. Columbus (Oa.) En
quirer. Words of Wisdom.
Twenty men who believe what they
profess, and live as they believe, are
worth more than five hundred hypo
crites to any good cause.
The more a man knows about any
subject the greater will bo his charity
for and sympathy with views differing
from his own.
As frost to tho bud and blight to the
blossom, even such is self-interest to
friendship, for confidence cannot dwell
where se.tishness is porter at the gate.
Our striving against nature is like
holding a weathercock with one's
hand ; as soon as the force is taken off
it veers again with the wind.
The richest endowments of the mind
are temperance, prudence and fortitude.
Prudence is a universal virtue, which
entjrs into the composition of all the
rest; and where she is not, fortitude
loses it name and nature.
Every feature is a step to success;
every detection of what is false directs
toward what is true; every trial ex-,
hiusts some tempting form of error, j
.Not only so, hut, scarcely any attempt is
entirely a failure ; scarcely any theory,
t he result of steady thought.is altogether
false ; no tempting form is without some
latent charm derived from truth.
A ship on the brad, boisterous, and
open ocean, needeth no pilot. But it
dare not venture alone on the placid
bosom of a little river, lest it bo wrecked
by some hidden rock. Thus it is with
life. 'Tis not in our open, exposed
deeds that we so mui-h need the still
voice of the silent monitor, as in the
small, secret, everyday acts of our life.
Married on a Midiug Scale.
What proved quite an exciting event
in social circles occuned at the mar
riage of Miss Belle Chamherlin, of Bel
videre, and Mr. John Gripp, of Bonus.
A large party had assembled at the resi
dence of the mother of the bride to wit
ness the ceremony, when, as the bridal
party had taken their positions, and the
Hev. J. Whitehead, the officiating
clergyman, wasaMutto commence the
service, tho floor gave way and sank
about three feet, mixing bride, groom,
clergyman and spectators in one com
mon mass. Tl e lights were extinguished
fortunately without any damages, and
for a few minutes confusion reigned
supreme. It was soon ascertained that
nolmdy washurt, and no damage, ex
cep'. to the floor, sustained. The lights
were relighted, the bride and groom
igain took their positions, the gueots
being by this time arranged on a sliding
sculp ikmt ttie ri'rMiinnv u',y f.,ni1iiit.-dl
. - ... - "'j . i
:.l r. . j.. '
wuiiuui mriiier iiucn upuon. nan nit re
been a cellar under the tloor, IIim conse
quences must have been disastrous.
As it was, the affair is laughable.
Milwauktt ( Win.) S.n(iml.
TIMELY TOntS.
A French scientist has Invented a
number of small electric lamps which
can be used by the surgeon in Illuminat
ing the throat, the mouth, or even the
more internal pnrts of the body, while
performing an operation. It is now sug
gested that it would be possible to ma
terially assist the physician in his diag
nosis, by means of a powerful electric
light. On the assumption that the hu
man body is only semi-opaque, it is
proposed to place the patient in such a
position in connection with a dark
screen, that it is probable a powerful
electric light would sufficiently illum
inate his interior to enable the physician
in a dark room to see so much of the
workings of the principal organs as
would assist him to arrive at a correct
conclusion as to the nature of the case.
If such a scheme is possible it would
undoubtedly be of much advantage to
medicine.
One of the unexpected sources of
wheat supply for Europe is the river
Platte country in South America.
Large shipments of new-crop wheat
have already been made by steamers to
Liverpool and Bordeaux. Australia,
also, has now become a serious com
petitor of the United States, and during
the past few months has shipped enor
mous quantities of wheat to England
by Suez canal steamers. Countries in
the southern hemisphere finish their
winter wheat harvests at just the time
when the supply from northern coun
tries begins to be exhausted.
The year 1880 will be memorable in
naval and commercial annals for the
promulgation ot a new code of sea sig
nals and road rules. Great Britain,
France, Germany, Russia, Austria, Italy,
the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark,
Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Chili
aud the United States have agreed to
these rules, which include, besides sig
naling with colored lights, a set of
blasts from the steam whistle or fog
horn, whose numbers and length of
duration talk plainly. For example, a
steamer sighting any vessel gives one
short blast to denote that she is keeping
to starboard, two if she is keeping to
port, and three if she is going astern.
Other blasts have fixed meanings. The
new rules should help to diminish the
number of disastrous collisions which
have been steadily increasing with the
increase of shipping.
The Moscow industrial exhibition,
which was to have been opened on the
first of May, as an additional celebra
tion of tho czar's twenty-fifth anniver
sary, is postponed till next year, chiefly
on account of the present disturbed stale
of public affairs. It will not be inter
national, as was reported, confining it
self strictly to Russian produce. Jn
fact, it appears intended for a duplicate
of that ot 1872, and will probably oc
cupy the same site.viz., the slope around
the foot of the Kremlin wall. One of
the leading attractions on that occasion
was the appearance of a number of
Central-Asian Salts and Kirghiz, whom
a shrewd Russian had hired to hang
around his refreshment bar, and draw
attention by their outlandish dress and
features. Another curious episode was
the bewilderment of a group of Russian
peasants at the sight ot a small wooden
building, the character of which they
guessed at in vain, till a passer-by in
formed them that it was a model of one
of their own cottages.
Civil war is a commonplace incident
in South ArueriCH, but it is not often
that the contestants are so very civil as
the revolutionists who have overthrown
tho government of the State of Antio-
quia, in the republic of Columbia. This
community was on the point of an out
break when M. do Lesseps arrived
there. Tho leaders had got their boom
well to a head, and were mst ready to
issue the regular pronunciamento, when
they were appealed to by the authori
ties to postpone the affair until the dis
tinguished guest should have departed.
W ltu true hpanish politeness they com
plied, and for the credit of the country
abroad, presented to the energetic pro
jector the spectacle of a happy and
united people. As soon as de lesseps
had lclt they went on with their revo
lution, which proved a decided success.
The Czar and the Victims of the Winter
I'alnce Explosion.
In the church of the military hospital,
at St. Petersburg, a requiem mass was
celebrated in memory of the soldiers
killed by the recent explosion in the
Winter palace. Side by side stood the
ten plain white coffins. Toward the
close of the requiem the emperor ar
rived, accompanied by the czarewitch
and tho Grand Dukes Vladimir and
Serge. During tho singing of the
" Eternal Memory " the czar lell on his
knees. Then he summoned to him the
officers who were on duty in the palace
on the fatal day, thanked them warmly,
for their loyal iulullmentol their duties,
and congratulated them on their nar
row escape. Pointing to the ten coffins,
lie said, in a bitter tone: "This re
minds ma of the last campaign." Then
the czar visited tho wounded soldiers,
the surviving victims of the explosion
in the palace, and spoke kindly to each
one ol them.
On the next day, after mass, the burial
of the ten bodies took place. The burial
procession was honored by the presence
of the Grand Duke Constantino, accom
panied by his son, Governor-General
Gourko, Prince Imeretensky, General
Zouroff, and a large number of generals,
ollicers and soldiers. This is the tiit
instance on record of the bodies of pri
vate soldiers being carried to the grave
by officers of the highest rank. The first
coffin was borne bv Prince Souvoroff
Rimniksky, Count Vprontzoff-Ditshkotf,
two generals and two colonels. All the
coffins were decorated with wreaths
sent by the Grand Duchess Alexandra
Josephovna. The bodies of the ten sol
diers were buried in one grave, over
which will soon be erected a monument.
una (lulo.
An Ode to Leop Year.
One year out ot four,
The girls " have the floor,"
And skip lor the boys like chiekenstor dough;
While the hfiBhfu memwuit,
For the choice ol first mate,
And bless their dear selves that late willed i
so.
The elderly maiden,
With wrinkle laden,
I(ni now a niee chance the question to pop,
Hut pity the tnan,
You people who can,
Who is thus caught by a girl " on the hop."
The ugly old bach "
Sows on his last patch,
And can't see why his name isn't booked
For a little wife
To cheer his lite,
But he flnds that the sweet one leaped 'lore
she looked.
60 go aheaQ girls,
And damage your curls,
Iu the laees of those who question this right ;
Your chance to propose,
As fur as it goes,
Is good; so improve it with all your might.
r. W. Grttmlitt, in Philadtlphia lfm.
IT SMS OF INTEREST.
Chicago drank 7,000,000 gallons of milk
last year.
Petroleum has been discovered in
Brown county, Texas.
The total population of Greece is
1,679,000 souls, against 1,457,000 in 1870.
During the year 1879 the shipyards
of Maine turned out seventy-three ves
sels. W. II. Vanderbilt draws $300 000 In
terest on if 3 1, 000,000 lour per cents every
ninety days.
A lnzy harvest hand is troubled with
drop sicklo complaint. Mnralhon Inde
pendent. First coal fields worked in America
were the bituminous fields of Richmond,
Va., discovered in 1750.
There have been 23 steamers, 30 ships.
74 barks, 43 brigs and 1 11 schooners ali
together 320 vessels lost in the storms
of last winter.
Black linen collars and uffs are shown
among other things, but these are to be
worn only with mourning dress and are
unwholesome at best.
The primadonna, Sculze Killschtgy. is
dead. She was the Adelini Palti of
1812-20 and was ninety-six years old
when she died last month.
The board of health of Philadelphia
condemns the local practice of using hay
in the street cars as a public nuisance,
being detrimental to helth.
It was a delicate piece of sarcasm
in the boarder who sent his landlady a
rnzor neatly inclosed in a handsome
silk-lined case and labeled "butter
knite." Chicago expects 00,000 Knights Temp
lar in that city on the 17th, 18th and 19th
of August, upon the occasion of the
triennial conclave of the grand ejicamp
ment. When you are all broken down,
And lilo seems a nham,
Your best lriunds deserted you
AH morn s, and no culm,
With your heart lull of sorrow,
Ami no show ol a smile
Don't give up lor aseiwon.
It's a surplus ol bile.
- SleuOenville Herald.
Five newspaper men got into an ele
vator in Rochester, N. Y., and allowed
the rope to be cut when they were at the
fourth story. The car fell like lightening
to the cellar of the builcfing, where
it was received by a patent air-cushion,
and so skillfully checked that eggs on it
were not broken nor water spilled from
glasses standing on the floor of the car.
The hteveus Battery.
Speaking of naval matters, writes a
New York correspondent, I notice the
approaching sale of the Stevens battery,
which is one of the strange features of
this port. The building 111 which it is
enclosed, with the surrounding prem
ises, covers two acres, and as there is no
probability that it will ever be used its
demolition is now urged. Tho Stevens
family has become famous for its im
mense wealth, which is chiefly due to
the lloboken property and th3 ferry,
both of which have become immensely
valuable. Old John Stevens was a re
markable inventor, lie not only built
a steamboat almost contemporary with
Fulton's first effort, hut ho was our rail
way pJoneer. In 1828 he built a small
railroad on his grounds and operated a
locomotive which made six miles an
hour. It was a great curiosity, espe
cially when he gavo his opinion that a
railroad would soon he built from New
York to Buffalo. He lived to see his
locomotive in successful operation. His
son, Robert L. Stevens, died in 18iO,
aged sixty-eight. He was a remarkable
inventor, at least in navigation, and
among his other creations was the above
mentioned iron battery. He began the
work in 1845, his plan being to con
struct a vessel which should be proof
against the heaviest shot. This work
he continued till his death, but when
the rebellion began it was not accepted
by tho department, and the improve
ments of the ae have rendered it really
worthless. Hence the ni'ghty vessel in
which a quarter million has been ex
pended will be taken to pieces and its
material sold for old iron ; a sad instance
of a work of genius becoming not e nly
ut terly useless, but also an incumbrance,
and whose removal will be an item of
heavy expense. The dimensions ot this
enormous vessel are as follows: length
415 feet, breadth 48 feet, depth 32 feet.
She has ten boilers, eight driving engines
and nine subordinate engines. SI e
is built entirely of inn, with sharp bow
and stern, and her measurement as com
pared with merchant vessels is 5,600
tons. Such is the monster which is to
be torn to pieces a task almost as great '
as its construction.