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Loved Too Lftlc.
Year alter year, with n (;l:id conlcnt, .
In and out ol our -home lio went-
In and out.
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.