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Kvor lor us llio skins were clear; His henit curried the euro and lour, The euro and doubt. Our hand held with a earolf ss h'dd All that hu won of honor ni.d gold, In toil and pain. O i, dear hutidp, that our burdens bore Ilar.ds th .t shall toil lor us no more, Never again' Ob, it whs hard to learn our los, 11 arinjj d lily the heavy cross The cro'S bo boroj To Fay, with an aching heart and head, " Would to God that the lovo now dead Were here once more!" For when the love we hel.l too liht Whs gone away lrom our speech and eig'it, No bitter teari, No pjKotiuto.wordi ot lend regret, No yearning rl-jl, cou'd pay Ihfl debt CI thankless yearn. Oh, now, while the sweet lovo lingers near, CJrui'go not tho tender words-ol cheer j Leave none ui said, I'or tho heart can have no sadder late Than some day to awake too late Anil find love dead! Mary A. Burr. A FAIR INCONSTANT, Miss Dudleigh Rhodes lind honored Mm, SfT.taiy Van Pedigree's fancy djpj pnrty by nppearine as a (Jreek. I JB-iyTionon-d, because Miss Rhodes was ft professed beauty, who lent eclat find importance to any assemblage which 8 jo graced with her presence. She s aited the costume she had chosen. She hd tho Greek beauty of form, as well as the (Jreek beauty of feature, or rather of countenance, because the harmonious irregularity of her features suggested on'y certain phases of G eek art. But slio was indisputably beautitul grand ly, royally beartiful. To lior presently caran Iier host, pre fenlinit a stately personage iu the guise of an Orient il, hut whether rei resent ' in the Jl wery and .elestial kingdonj or the empire of Yapoun. Miss Rhode? could not determine. Tie bnd wa clashing loud, y, and slio failed besihf . to catch tlie name pronounced by tin graciously smiling srentary; it was ti foreign nanv however, she opined Italian, perhaps. The man hinneli looked Iiadan; olive complexion, dirk hair, dark eye?, strikingly handsome It struck Dudleigh as odd that lie should bin ciySt. Thero was a dignity, a roinpopab )Ut him at odds with the frivnty, semi-vanity ol masquerading. The secretary moved on. with purling s-.uilo upon conquering beauty. Con quering beauty opened tho conversation with lur new acquaintance. He replied rin a "ienis that were foreign p;t all question, and wiih ac rtain impressivc . ness of mien whi h arrested the sonie what blase attention of our spoiled child ' of it heroine. She gave him a second " thought iad a second look. It o icurred to her that the costume he worn must be very accurate; it was made of heavier anJ darker stulls than other costume of the kind she had seen. You are noLdancingP" "No; I only dance quadrille3. Therefore I do not like balls with a pout and frown combined that just missed being disfiguring. "No? I do not dance either. But I like to watch the others." " I detest watching at other people do things that looK like enioynient." "Oh, then you would enjoy this yofcrself? Why do you not ?" Dudleigh owned two or three reasons. Shementioncd on?. " I have no ear for music." Her companion's deficiency in this re spect was so marked that he had actu ally suuk to that lowest level of ignor ance ot his ignorance. lie had a vague ndtion only what his beautiful compan ion meant. Verily, Strauss would need an interpreter for him. A Frenchman sauntered up and entered into conver sation with the bertutiful Miss Rhodes. , lior Oriental and he were already ac quainted. The Frenchman was fluent only in his own tongue; therefore of necessity that must become the medium of intercourse. The Oriental used it as readily as English; but the Frenchman was so much more loquacious that he presently monopo'ized the reins ;of the conversation. The Oriental, in lieu of talking, observed: for example, the dif ferent points iu the beauty of Miss Rhodes; her tranquil aspect; her wavy ' dark hair, arranged low over the brow, and low in the neck; her tine white throat, encircied by a single row of pearls scarce whiter; her serene dark gray eyes; the purity of her complex ion. He was recalled to himself by Dud leigh's addressing him. " I was trying to put this into French for Mr. Le Noble : ' ' Better flit itveawot E irope than a cycle ol Cathay ,' Dudleigh realiz id directly that he was iamiLiar with the quotation. Rut she was at a loss to unaerstandthe look he gave her. lie helped her with her sFrench, however. Then he added, quietly : "As for the subject-matter of your quotation, that may be a matter of opinion. Lt me quote back to you, in tho words of another pott: " ' There is nothing eitlicr good or ba 1 Hut thinking ir.akes it so. ' " Dudleigh laughed lightly. "Of course you arc bound to uphold Cathay to night, M. ," murmuring the name. " You mu-it converse in character. " -lie gave her another look, half smiled no not so niudi as that quarter smiled. M. N jilo asked her to prom enade, and she left b in. ll.j -looked a'ter her with grave admiration. llis hostesj being uaengaged, he joined her, , talked to her for a while; presently went home. The next day Mrs. Van Pedigrco and Miss Rhodes were paving visits together. A tall and stately individual passed their carriage os it drew up to the sidewalk. Mrs. Van Pedigree bowed cordially. Dudleigh was almost too much aston ished, at secinz her Oriental of the piev ious evening still in costume, to bow at all. "How astonishing!" she gasped. " What on earth induces himP" "Induces whom? To do what!" " That Italian to go about in broad d tylight dressed like a Chinaman." Mrs. Van Pedigree looked after the retreating form of ler acquaintance. " My dear, he is not an Italian. He is a viuiiiiiuau , uu weaia uis national dress." "OliP cried Dudleigh, "what a frightful mistake I ' and sho proceeded to the business of the hour with quite a daz?d expression. That evening, nt the dinner table, Mrs. Van Pedigree related this little in cident to the secretary, " Bui," explained Dudleieh, " It was no wonder I wns thrown oil' the track. He quoted Shakespeare." " Undoubtedly. He knows more about him than I do, I dare f a ' Dudleigh blundered on : "1 suppose there are exceptional Ci inamcn." ."Mr. Chee Fo Lue is superior. I doubt his eing exceptional. The Chinese are a remarkable people. This man now is negotiating a treaty be tween his government and ours, which is a marvel of sagacity and far-reaching statecraft. Wo are prejudiced-' (po litely classing himself with Dudleigh.) " History abounds in analogies. It is not f o very long ago since the average Englishman looked down upon all for "igners with genuine scorn ; classed them all under tho general head of thieves and liars." " Dirty foreigners," summarized Mrs. Van Pedigree. " I can remember a good denl of that myself " " And hero we are with the sime les son to learn all over again with refer ence to the Asiatics," proceeded tho sec retary. " Mr. Chee Fo Lee is undeniably a very handsome man," pursued Mrs. Van Pedigree. "I cannot associate the idea of good looks with that complexion," persisted Dudleigh. "The only good looks 1 idmireina man is tho blonde type,' 'tniling her sweetest at her fair, florid ltosf,. " We are well aware that you have no eyes except for tall, fair young men, with blue eye3 and blonde mustaches." More's the pity," he added to. his wile, later in the evening, when Dud leigh was cornered by a tall young n iu exactly answering that descrip tion. Later still, Mr. Chee Fo Lee came in. He conversed with Mr3. Van Pedigree, ut he stared at Dudleigh, or rather he 'azed at Dudleish. The latter term uor.t correctly expresses tho respectful ntensityoi his expression. Mrs. Van Pedigree, who had always an overflow ing sympathy for lovers, directed Ihe conversation toward Miss Rhodes. They both praised her beauty. Mrs. Van Pedigree stated that she was her cousin an orphan; that she made her home ilternately with two married sisters; that sho would probably remain the rest of the winter in Washington. Mrs. Van Pedigree perceived that these items were of thrilling interest to her com panion. After thaf, Mr. Chee FoLee was very apt to drop in of an evening and gaze at Dudleigh and talk to Mr3. Van Pedi gree. The blonde yonng man was in variably there, too. There was a shade of coolness in the manner of both the secretary and his wife to this young man, but it apparently passed unob served by him. Perhaps because he gave his exclusive attention to Dud it'igh, who was apparently only too willing to be engrossed. " I don't like that young man." the secretary said to his wife one evening, as the and Mr. Chee Fo Lee were tallt ine together. " I wish you could per suado Dudleigh not to be so civil to him. I Would rather not have him come to my house, in point of fact." Mrs. Van Pedigree repeated this re mark to her young cousin. Dudleigh looked indignant. "Why not?" she said, directly. " My dear, he does not bear a good name among men. We have heard rumors ot this for some time, which have become somethinz more than rumors now. I wish you would give htm up. ' I am going home soon," said Dud leigh. vaguely. "Oh, Dudleigh," cried her cousin, " that is not it. We don't want you to know him anywhere." Mr. Chee Fo Lee kept silence during the speech of the secretary to his wife which I have quoted; but he mastered the situation. He had had his misgiv ings before this that Miss Rhodes and Mr. Macdonald were engaged. Evi dently this was not the caset or at least the secretary and his wife were not aw are of it if so. Mr. Chee Fo Lee was sutliciently encouraged to solicit an in terview with Mr. Van Pedigree, in which he requested him to make Miss Rhodes an oiler of his hand and heart. He conceived this to be the correct Caucasian method of opening a court ship. Mr. Van Pedigree laid the mat ter betora his guest. Dudleii?h.was most emph-itmja rejecting the proposed al liaudPrslIo couli not entertain the idea lor a moment. But before dis missing the subject Mr. Van Pedigree plucked up his courage and alluded to Macdonald. "Idisarprove of him en tirely," he said. ' What is more I am sorry to have to say it I don't care to have him coming to my house. 1 don't blame you in tho least, my dear. Don't misunderstand me ; you have been taken iu, like all the rest of us. He is a gen tleman born, and he was received every where on those credentials. But I am assured ho is a bad-principled lellow not a tit person for you to know." "Vh:tt has he doni?'' asked Dud leigh. " Hi was in business in New York with his father, and concerned with him In diahouvit tianaution. Both father and son ilcd dishonorably. Father died. Son came here to lobby for a rotten railroad company, who pay him out of their stockholders' money fordoing very dirty work. So much for that part of his character. For the other side of it: lie married two or three years ago; broke his wife's heart; is divorced from her so Le pretends. That may be or not." " He is," Dudleigh said, slowly, who had received Mncdonald's own version already. Then she turned upon the secretary. " I really believe you want me to marry this Mr. Chee Fo Lee. You are ready enough to believe everything that is bad about our countryman. Alter af., what do you know about this Chinaman r and she faced him de fiantly. ' " He is accredited by hU goverment, which vouches for his respectability. tie is a scnoiar ana a gentleman. JUut as for wanting him to marry you, I do not. I simply present his case "with a genial smile. It was very difllcult to got up a quarrel with the secretary. He took Diidleigh's hand and kissed it. " Upon the whoie, I am opposed to your marrying anybody. I have yet to see the man who is good enough for you." This compliment, added to what had gone before, reluct d Dudleigh to tears. She hurried away to master her wretch edness as best sue could. How dread ful to have to listen to such things of Macdonald from her friend! How was it possible the secretary could believe them! But he evidently did. Mr. Van Pedigree communicated the decision of Mi3s Rhodes to her Mon golian lover in writing. It would have been dilli :ult to guess, however, from any alteration in his behavior, that he had received the intimation, lie came as usual. He was neither more or less attentive to Misi Rhodes. A dinner party according to Chinese methods had been planned some time ago, and this entertainment ncared. It had been postponed until certain viands that had been ordered for the occasion should ar rive from China. Dadleigh had ex pressed a desire to taste certain Chinese delicacies, and Mrs. Van Pedigree had agreed to matronize a feast given in honor of and for the enlightenment of this young lady. Thera had been a time when Dudle'gh hid looked forward t othis, as to various other events in her career, with joy. Now evething pilled upon her. Mcdonald's visits :evsed Abruptly. She was given to un derstand by Mrs. Van Pedigree that her doors had been closed to him. Dud leigh instantly wrote to her sister that she wished to come home; but for family reasons this was not convenient possible for a we.sk or so, during which Dadleigh must possess her soul in patience. The Chinese dinner party came eft' and was a complete affair. The bird's nest soup had the 4iue Pckin flavor about it, as indeed'it should have had since it was a direct importation. The tagout of jelly-fish was a marvel of Oiientalism, and of musuiness. But then everything about the meal was mushy; that was. its distinguishing characteristic. There was an extra ordinary dish of chicken stewed with mushrooms, the chicken having been first pounded until the bones were of the consistency of paste. There was yet another variety of stewed chicken. A.t intervals watermelon seeds were handed around, it may be as a digester. It goes without saying that there were chop-sticks. Instead of plates there were odd little bowls, in which the diluted delicacies of the unfamiliar menu were eaten. Viands and table furniture were all as full of wonder and interest to Dudleigh as knives and forks and spoons undoubtedly were to her enter tainer on the occasion of his first Ameri can dinner. It was certainly a relief to Dudleigh, in spite of her inborn love of novelties, however, when the , meal wound up with the time-honored home delicacy of ice-cream. The legation were all fond of ice-cream. Yes, she was undeniably amused, in spite of her anxious heart. But the was only half her gay, joyous self, nev ertheless. Take it all in all, Mr. Chee Fo Lee did not consider his entertain ment a success. He had wanted to make Dudleigh happy ; he had taken a great deal of trouble to do so, and he had only half succeeded. It was tho early spring by that tim3. There were piazzas at each end of the house, which were draped with the Chinese and American flags, and hung with brilliant, beautiful lanterns. The rooms were gay with pictures by Chinese artists, painted exquisitely on silk, of gorgeous-hued flowers. Specimens of bronze work and of porcelain were scat tered about. The number and the va riety of fans that adorned the apartment defied computation. Dudleigh wan dered about, accompanied by Mr. Chee Fo Lee and wondered and admired. There was something in tho extreme gentleness and consideration of his man ner which soeithed and composed Dud leigh, overwrought as she was by her suspense about Macdonald Sho had never liked him so much. Perhaps you will understand me, some of you, when I tell you that she was so sorry for her self just then that she was sorrj for him out ot that very fellow-feeling which makes us so wondrous kind. A picture stood on an easei in one corner, before which a blue silk curtain was drawn. Dudleigh stood before it, and looked at her companion inquir ingly. He drew the curtain aside. It was her own picture, which he had had enlarged in crayon from a small photo graph. It was framed in blue ancl sil ver. On the frame were somo Chinese characters. Mr. Chee Fo Lee read them to her; then, as sho shook her head, translated, "The Star." " In our coun try we give a name of our own to a friend. That i3 the name I have given you. It is usual to translate a foreign name into CLiaeso when practicable. I found it impossible to translate yours, so I contented myself with a simile.' When his guests wer gone, Mr. Chee Fo Lee, a I said, decided tbat his enter tainment had been a failure. Never theless, on her way home Duileiiih re marked that she had never liked Mr. Chee Fo Lee o much bvforu. " He is a scholar and a gentleman," remarked Mr. Van Pedigree, in substance, for the fiftieth time. The next day's early mail brought Dudleigh a lettorlrom Macdonald. He had not wasted his time meanwhile, but had assured himself that Miss Rhodes had a small fortune cf her own, not enough to serve as a golden bait, but still enouch to furnish her a sup port. He could therefore afford to im plore her to listen to his love. He did so; heunredhcr to trust him; not to give heed to those around her; iinally, to fly with him. It was his last card. He cared for Difflleigh in hi3 wiaked, reckless way. He wanted her. at however great a sac rifice to herself. He had become in volved in business difficulties in Wash ington, and he must get away from them. He had failed in one kind of villainy: he wished to succeed in this other as some slifht compensation. But he wrote well. lie appealed to Dudleigh's pity. "If you fail me, lam lost," he wrote. " They have told you I am a elevil. I am no angel, but I have not fallen too low for salvation yet." Poor Dudleigh read t'lis with Hoods of tears. Save him? Oh. might she? He did not ask her to reply to hi3 let ter. But if she would go with him, he would meet her at a certain place at a certain hour, and they would start off together for his destination in the West next day. He gave her only a short time only to deliberate, to hesitate. Late in the afternoon of the following day she took her seat in a street car on her way to. the station. She had lost sight of everything save the wretched man who had infatuated her. She for got her duty of affection and confidence to Mrs. Van Pedigree. She only dimly realized that she was going off lik i a thief in the night. At a street corner Mr. Chee Fo Lee entered the car unexpectedly, and took a seat opposite Dudleigh. She could only hope he was not going far; but after all what did it matter9 Publicity was inevitable soon. The little news boys were crying their papers. Dud leigh bought one; Mr. Chee Fo Lee did the same. He read an item on the Grst page before she did. Having read it he watched her anxiously. It was one of those strange personals wl'icn find their way into priat. It told briefly the domestic, tragedy in the life of Macdonald. His wife was not di vorced from him; she was not dead. She was insane. Names and particulars were given in full. Presently Dudleigh read this too. Her face blanched lout sho uttered no cry; she only looked up with wild, ap pealing eyes, which met Chee Foo Lee's. Ho yielded t an impulse, and took the seat beside her. "Is it true?" she asked, her finger on the lines. " I fear it is," he said, sternly. " I have heard it before." I do not begin to understand why she trusted him from the moment her de spairing eyes met his. But something told her that here was her truest friend on earth. " I was going to him," she said, simply. " I will still go; that is, I would rather say good-bye." "May I go with ycu and take care of you. and bring you safe home again P" To which Dudleigh assented. It was an odd fate which declared that Chee Fo Lee should be present at that parting. He turned his back upon tho pair, to be sure; nor did he know tha. the interview was over until Dud leigh came up to him and gently took his arm. A moment later a succession of shrill, discordant whistles announced the outgoing train, on which Macdonald was borne away. Going home, how thankful Dudleigh vra3 for her companion's Oriental apathy and undemonstrativeness! He sat be side her like a stone, only he did not forget to be most thoughtfully and thor oughly considerate and kind. It oc curred strangely to Dudleigh that all that afternoon be had read her wishes and thoughts by magic. Nor was she wrong. What greater magio exists than that of a strong, persistent love P You will think better of Dudleigh when I tell yoj that she told her tale to Mra. Van Pedigree that very night. Words fairly failed Mrs. Van Pedigree. It had been a horrible close escape. Perhaps you think that the adven tures of such a naughty girl should not end pleasantly after all this. O.i the other hand, perhaps you will question the pleasantness of theeudinz. Mr. Chee Fo Lee won the day iu the sequel. His courtship was slow; a girl like Dud leigh doed not love and unlove and love again all at once. But his final con quest was complete and entire. I was in an artist's studio recently, looking over a portfolio of crayon studies. One was a bcauttlul face I had seen before, but older, graver, sweeter than I remembered it. 1 held it up in quiringly. " That," said my artist, " is the Amor can wife of a noted Chinese diplomat. He has a permanent mission in this coun try now." Then I recognized my beautiful Dud leigh's tranquil eyes, bread, low brow, stately throat. Patience, forbearance, fortitude, had won the day. As 1 mur mured Cl:ea Fo Lee's n line, half aloud, half to myself, my artist friend nodded a half absent-minded assent. Harper's Buz'ir. The St. Louis cremation society has obtained from (Jotha, in Germany, the plan's and specifications of Ih ; colum barium and crematory in that citv. Tho building and appurtenances, cost $23,000, and tho incineration of thirty bodies bus taken place n it during the p.ist eighteen months. The columbarium is a build ing which receives the urns containing the ashes. These urns are furnished by the relatives of the deceased, are thirteen inches high and fifteen wide, and may bo deposited in the columbarium for twenty years, after which they are to be remov.'d. The total cost of cremation in Gotha is seven lol ars and fifty rents, and the entire management of the cre matory, as well as the charge of the columbarium, has been undertaken by the municipal authorities of that city. TIMELY TOPICS. The consul of tho United States at Bremen reports that the total number of emigrants who have passed through that port cn route to America, during the past quarter, reaches the unprece dented figure of 31,971, being greater by 5,721 than the total number during the whole of the year 1879, and an increase of 23,031 over the first quarter of the current year. The I'nited States are said to consume more raisins than all Europe. The mar ket is supplied by Spain and the vaiie ties called "Malaga" are considered the best. The annual yield of Malaga grapes is from 2,450,000 to 2,500,000 boxes of twenty pounds each. Of this vast quantity the United States takes cue-third, and pays a duty of two and one-half cents a pound. The peculiar season has caused much havoc in the California peach crop, and it is quite possible that this fruit wil not be as successfully grown in that State in the future as in the past. Hard seasons for the peach crop are not peculiar to California alone. Austral ian journals, in speaking of th peach in the colony of Victoria, remark that twenty years ago every one could and did raise fine peaches, and at slight ex pense. But insects and blights of vari ous kinds changed all that, and peach growing came nearly to an end, except in highly favored spots. A New Zealand journal makes a similar statement. In places where ton3 of peaches were once led to the pigs, trea3 arc dead, dying, or almost lea'dessold orchards are being removed, and new ones planted. Tho number of volcanoes discovered constantly increases with the progress of geographical knowledge highly vol canic regions b ing found in the least explored countries. A. von Humboldt enumerated 407, of which 227 were ac tive. Several thousand are now known, and, according to M. Fuchs, the number of active volcanoes known at the pres ent time may be set down as 323. It is difficult to draw the line between active and extinct volcanoes, for the reason that the greater portion of the former have periods of repose, sometimes a century or more in length. The ancients considered Vesuvius a harmless moun tain up to t he time of the great eruption of A. D. 7 J, when Herculaneum and Pompeii were buried; and it was quiet from 13J6 to 1631 more than three cen turies. The New York Qrathia says that li any of our sleeping appliances are too hot lor use. Beds and mattresses piled on each other accumulate heat, hold fixed air, nnd make the sleeping chamber close and " stuffy." There is alto gether too much lumber about many of our bedsteads. They fill up the room, perhaps at best too limited in SDace, and Erevent the free circulation of air. A ed in summer needs plenty of air un der as well as over it. This air should not remain fixed or stagnant. The best summer bed is a light cot with a ham mock bottom, which in the morning may be folded up and removed from the pace occupied at night. The old and sometimes renewed stylo of cumbrous bedsteads with heavy mahogany frames and carved headboards is one of the un healthful and absurb rolics of antiquity. Perils of False Teeth. " Parties losing their teeth while bathing can have them replaced in one day," is the advertisement of a New York dentist. An inquirer at this den tist's rooms found a lady temporarily in charge. " Do many persons lose their teeth while they are bathing P'' " Oh, a great man," she said. "You often hear of people sneezing their teeth out of car windows, but we never had but one case of that kind. It is differ ent in the surf, where people get laugh ing and carrying on. We hate had so many cases that my brother thought he would put an advertisement in the papers. Last week a gentleman came to U3," the lady continued ; " he was an old gentleman, but he was litljo and spry. He said he knew his teeth were going, both sels, uprer and lower, but he couldn't get his hands up through tho water quick enough. He saw them after they were in the water, and grabbed for one of them with both hands, but he couldn't catch it. The wave dashed into his mouth, he said while it was open, and he was so startled that when he ejected the salt water his teeth went with it. His description of it i3 very entertaining. " When water is dashed into the mouth it sometimes crets under the edge of tho plate and loosens it," t he woman explained. She added: "When a per son sneeze?, on the other hand, the teeth are loosened by the violent action of the mouth." " I suppose more women than men lose their teeth in the surf," the reporter said . "No; about as many men come to us as. women. It has been suggested that people with faiso teeth deposit them in the safes at the bathing houses, and I really do not see any good reason why teeth should not be left with the cloth ing in the dressing-room. But people are peculiar. I here are very few ladies who, even when they are bathing with intimate friends, would allow their com panions to see them without their teeth. You have no idea how many people wear false sets of teeth. I have got so now that I can tell false teeth at a glance, and it seems to nic that nearly ha'f tho people I meet have false teeth." The lady expl tinei that if an appli cant would remain in the dental rooms so that the cast could be tried iu his mouth, it was possible to make a set of teeth for him in two hours and a half. Gelose is the most valuable constitu ent of the substance known in com merce as Ciin i moss. It h is the prop erty of absorbing and solidifying into a coiorlesi and transparent jelly 30J times its weight of water. Inconsistency. When the ppring-tiine eanio, I snid, " Spring, I lovo you love you bo9t.'' Columbines were gold and re l, Wind-flowers hung each timid hend; By warm rains and sunshine led, Every root was comforted, , Kvery leaf was seen or finessed. " Spring," I swore, " I lovo you beat." When the summer came, I said, "Summer dear, T love you rao&t." Crowds ol slariy daisies sped Where their wandering seeds were 'cd; Brown bees earned their duily In cad; Shining planets over head Through the heavenly spaces fled. Spring wa3 but a lovely ghost ; " Summer dear, I love you most ." ODDS AM) ENDS. People who live in glasshouses should pull down the blinds. Diamonds in the rough Those swal lowed by a thief when arrested. The best, way to keep meat in hot weather is to keep it on the hoof. "Take" care," says an exchange. Well take it in small doses if you must. The cattle bells in the Harz mountains are made so as to harmonize witlt one -another. The conductor who divided his col lections with the company claimed that it was a fare arrangement. A yacht, two niiJes at sea, wa3 thrown out of the water and capsized by the ex plosion of a mine near Ancona, Italy. Two alligators the first specimens ever found in the old world were lately captured in the Yang-tse-Kiang. The British museum contains a wig which was found in a good state ot pres ervation at Thebes, and is probably 3,000 years old. The following notice may occasion ally be found posted upon the door of a Parisian newspaper office : " Gone to fight a duel; be back in half an hour." In the suburbs ol Macon, Ga., they have an ice factory, which is turning out the finest ice from pure spring water, and delivering it by two wazons all over the city, selling eight pounds for five cents. Ulsters of clinging shapes, without the broad belt which formerly characterized them, are made of the English homespun cloths for driving and steamer cloaks. Small turbans of the cloth are made to match the ulsters. The Kentucky Mammoth cave pro- Eerty embraces 3,000 acres, owned by eirs in New York, Chicago and Wash ington. Some of the heirs have filed suit in the Edmunson circuit court for the sale of the property. A gentleman who married a widow complained to her that he liked his beef well done. "Ah, I thought I was cook ing for Mr. Brown." said she, "he liked his rare. But, darling, I will try and forget the poor dear." Some experiments with various soils as filters for removing organic matter from water have shown that gravel produces little result, sand being much more ett'ective in removing the impuri ties and fine loam forming a still better filter. Tho Rev. C. S. Williams,' of New York, says the frequent occurrence of disasters by which human lile is reck lessly lost shows that the country is drifting toward paganism, disregard of human life being a characteristic of that condition. Going homo from church she re marked to her husband : " Did you no tice that bald-headed man in front of us, and how young he looked? I never saw any ore so young before with a bald-head." Then he shut her up by replying: "My dear, I was bald headed before I was a year old." With few exceptions, Australian trees are found to ll mriah as well in California as in their native country. Conversely, it is expected that the na tive vegetation of California can bo suc cessfully grown in Australia, and that the crops which succeed in one country are likely to do so in the other. The public health department of Ger many iias officially sanctioned the uc of tiie following coloring matters in ewnfectionery, etc. : For white, flour and starch ; for red, cochineal, carmine, madder red, and the juice of carrots and cherries; foryellov, saffron, saflliwer and tumeric; for blue, indigo and lit mus; for green, juice of spinach and mixtures ol the above blues and yellows; for brown, burnt suijar and Spanish juice; and for bla:k, Indian ink. Words ol wisdom. Hard workers are usually honest. In dustry lilts them above temptation. Earthly pride is like the passing flower that spiings to tall, and blossoms but to die. There is a certain noble pride throuzh which merits shine brighter than through modesty. There is a paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevenis others from betsoming so. Labor is one of the great elements of society the great substantial interest on which we all stand. He that blows tho coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain it the sparks fly in his face. A patient and humble temper gathers blessings that are marred by the peevish and overlooked by tlie aspiring. Excess in apparel is muilher costly folly. The very trimming of tho vain world would clothe all the naked on ?s. It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity. Wo are rigorous t) oflVnses, as if we had never offended. Pride, like ambition, is sometimes virtuous and sometimes vicious, accord ing to the chaiacter in which it is fouud, and '.he object to which it li etimUd.
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