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S.me idea may be gathered of the
enormous mcrea.se of the Irslt-growing
bid u -try from the fact that in 1850 the
fru.t rrop of the United States was
:.. 1 at only S.000,000, while in
alue was 1137,000,000.
Tkk Chicago Hailtcay Aj publishes
i statement showing that 606 new rail
iv hnejare contemplated thia year,
!... !i will include the building of 53,
.fi n.l'es of rood. Of this 14,13 mils
.i!H under construction or contract,
.;7 miles surveyed, and tlie remainder
.1 1. mi'.v incorporated or projected.
A tfiwn discovery, aysan Eiid
fxchanite, lian U-i-n ni:itle at the
i a ! n. y.ii'd of the Tuff Vale Hallway
r 1 1 . ; ..in v. A larp elm tree, crown in
i ... : .js'rr-.hire, was l.ini cut up into
l ii.i.'i wht ii ti.'l.t in the very heart a
. ineasurint; 8 feet lonjf ly Ti
::!. s iu diameter wa discovered al
ii.. -! .-. n, icte! tilleil w illi the ciub of
Ii r y I.e. together w it ti a s.iuiirel"s
huU. No means of access to the hol
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f of oranges mole tlian the
i n. r'ew lvalue the amount of
; i tat !!! ie.iure.l to move such a
1 l:e usual carloul -f oranges
i f l!ir-e huu.l.eil l.ixes; thns
ii I..M'- will make ten thousand
i an. I if carried ly an a r line or
iv it Would require the serviee,f
Three hutnlre.1 cars per month. r
; in he.l and ten carloii.ls a day
e of Sun.!a s.
I. 1) w, S-piemU-r 1, is to I a
!e;yl h.-hday in l't nn lvania, that is to
-,i a .lay of cessation of lal.irl.ytlK
... ..!e u-ually classed as capitalists,
I'.e hankers and brokers and their
. ' i k-. ami by all cr.ules and ranks of
I .ill .lie officials. Whether other i-opIe
-I. .ill have a holiday dcpeu.ls partly on
ihetateof their jxcket l..ks, partly
. l.ii themselves and partly uim the
i . t im of their business, but there is
i !. oil .t aUmt the holi.lay for the hold-i-is
..f (tovernmeiit places and the
1 nikeis and brokers.
I v s i m.v I ion", it is said, shows
.hat the Anarchists in t'hicauo are
..i.t inning their work of organiine;,
.in. I are all now working in jwrfect
li.uiiiouy. "Their Sunday sch...U and
..'.her ineetimrs are l.-im; held with
treat regularity. They have adopted
the Uussian plau for holding iiieetiiijrs.
The meniU-rs are informed by secret
oiirns where the next meetinij shall take
phu-e. For the puiposo of making it
more difficult for the polii-e to watch
t he r meetinirs and control their move
ments, they meet in small jrroui at the
Iii.ii-s's of various inemW'rv
P. T. Barn I'M, at the age of S" lia
retired from the circus business and
handed its mauacement over to hit
maii.Uui, flinton SrVy. Prolnbly nc
man in the country has afforded the jt
ple so much amusement as this veteran
showman. N'ot only has he amust.l
millions, but as an educator his jwer
ha I -ecu great and w idespread. From
las enterprise prew Ihe colossil trav
eluur circus of to-dav. with its wonder
and curiosities, its Rlitter and humhui;.
and hi and panorama of human nature,
The first circus! Who would foreg-i
the eihilcralion of its re-ollect ion?
A in ii. an Tiutortc inventor lias
p.ituiiesl a fotdunr opera hat for women
that he claims w ill not obstruct the view
of those I .hind them. P.ut the U-st
thea're and op-ia hat for Women is tiuit
which is left ill the cloak r.x'lu. 11
only rvht way is that adopted by the
uiciiil.-rs of .,r..sis iei eii.lv w hen they
and their k lies-s ap.-arsl hareheade-1 at
the Madison Npiaie ihe-atre. With their
hair lian.lsTucly diesxsl, they not only
l.x'kcd extremely well, but those whe
Nit I ehiud them could sf the staije.
trminphof the milliner s art is as fra-e-ful
as a woman's head, which o.l
made.
I r imuht I ditHcult for (ieneral
AniH to tell how many liecanie vic
tims of his sharp slnNt'ui duiin the
war. but according to his own admis
sion, ut the veterans Ltilxpiet the other
iiiiflit, his first victim was a cow. The
explanation of this achievement is that
In the exuberance of his atriotic vision
th (ieneral mistook the harmless erea
tme for anappnaching "Johnny l.eb,"
and blazed away. That was at a period,
hwecr. when the military exi.-rience
of the Ueneral was quite limited. In
the years succeeding his elevation from
a private of small stature in the rear
rank to that of a Brigadier-General,
teK the story of his services and his
i.-rsonal valor and patriotism.
The agent of the Tuingvalla line in
New York says that company will pay
fir the cargo thrown overboard by Cap
tain Murrell in order to make room for
the Ienmark people. Th!s is no more
than was expected. The Thingvalla line
houM certainly bear all the losses inci
dent to the breaking down of their
steamship and the rescuing of tn In-
umrn omcers. it is piooam,
no damage could be recovered from t,ie
Thinirvalla comiiany bv process of law,
tmrk's officers. It is prolably true mai .
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tut the moral obligations are plain and
strong. Should the loss not le paid by
this company the effect would be to
make captains of steamships look the
other way when signals of distress are
displayed on the ocean.
Tub Samoan Congress, at Berlin,
aSords an illustration of the spread and
lui.g ueen iiie Muia - -
but. on Motion of Mr. Kasson, the se-
ions of the Berlia CongTe are to be cnrred one of the moat important
carried on in English- It fa true tl at events of the anti-elayery agrtation the
the majority of th. member. JSSL
lUk as their national language, but it U J.'e-traae in the District of Coin m
very likely also true that all the mem- organization of the territories
ber can understand and speak English 0f California, New Mexico, and Utah,
much batter than all can understand from the Mexican land porchasea of
tlJrirrSa. IS; and in 12 the diha of Henry
COIIHY OF PKEHIUCS1B.
The election of the inastrions Waah-
inrton to the highet office in the gift of
bia grateful countrymen was formally
aanounced to him on the 11th of April,
ITsTJ. He accepted the office with great
reluctance, for tie was inmmunril Lr hia
country, hmw voum he com J never
hear but with Teneration and Iotc.
As his presence in New York, then
the aeat of government, wan immediate
ly required, he net oat from Mount
'Nernon on the ltjth, the aecond day
after he received the notice of his ai-
pointment. Hu journey was a tnum
phad proceiution, aoch aa no conqneror
coul.l l.taxt. When he arproachel the
several tow ns the eople gathered to ss
him an.l greet hint aa he (wstted, and in
the princiiwl cities his presence was an
nounced by the firing of cannons, ring
in? of bells, and great display.
lie wan luaujmrateil with great pomp
in New York City, on April 30, ITS'.,
ml alter the conclusion of his inaugural
a. LI res. went to St. Paul's Church,
where the services were read br the
liishop, and the ceremonies of the day
were chseiL Tokens of jov were ex
hibited throughout the city, as on the
day of his arrival an.l in the niht the
whole place was illuminated and nre-
orks displayed from every quarter.
He filled the office of President to the
entire satisfaction of the eople nntd
li when he retireL
John Adams, the second President of
the United States, was liorn Oct. 30,
2-. He was one of the foremost of
American patriots, and "by his energy
and wisdoru did more, perhaps, than
dt other luan, to crvstalize the Ameri
can sentiment in favor of indeeudence."
He persuaded l,ougress to adopt tue
lrlttration, and was its most distin
guished signer.
He served one term and altliougu a
candidate for the aecond was defeated,
and Thomas Jefferson was chosen in his
tlace. He was third President of the
'nited States, and served from ISol to
lWJ, two terms, and then retired, living
life of RTeat usefulness at his home in
Montieello, Virginia.
James Madison, who succeeded him
was fourth President of the United
States. He served two terms from IsHPj
to 1H1T. The Indian War occurred dur
ing his administration in w hich (ieneral
Harrison defeated Tecumsch. Without
being a brilliant man, he was a states
man of eminent ability and purity of
character. He died at MouttH.-lier, Jau-
uary 13.
The fifth President of the United
States was James Monroe, born March
2 s, 173'..
The eijiht years of his administration
were know n as the 'vra of good feeling,"
lvatise m.st of the old jolitical dis
putes were at an eud, though the great
slavery contest, which was not settled
for nearly fifty years, was just then
iriuniuir. The linncipal events of Mon
roe's administration were the famous
Missouri Compromise of 1M20; the first
settlement of Uberia by Americans in
121; Lafayette's Tiuit to the United
States in 12 1, and the admission of fire
new States to the Union.
John Quiney Adams' was nixth Presi
dt ns of the United States. Bat although
he was an upright and able statesman,
and his alministration peaceful, it was
not altogether popular as there were
manr troublesome political questions.
He sWved from 120 to 129, when he
was succeeded by General An.lrew
Jackson. There was much anti-slavery
excitement during his terms of office.
The chief innovation was in the general
weeping of men out of office on account
of their larty opinions.
lhinmr Jackson's terms the national
debt was entirely iMiid off, the Indians
were removed f roni Georgia, ami nearly
all of them from Florida, although
enough were left to make the second
Seminole war.
(ieneral Jackson was horn at Waxhau
Settlement, S. C, March I-H lto; h,
ilie.1 at his farm, "The Hermitage,1
near Nashville. June M. lto.
Martin Van Buren, eighth President
L,f the United States. tok his aeat in
lstJ7 to 111. There was much financial
trouble and distress dnrinir his term
He was followed bT William Henry
Harrison, the ninth President of the
I'lUt.sl States.
He fought ith great bravery in several
Indian wars, but gained especial fame in
111, at the Imttle of Tipiecame. This
I tittle was a great victorr over the
Indian tril.-s. who were leagued to-
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eh; and when Harrison, in a secon.i
battle, tenuinated the insurrection, he
reeeiv.sl the hearty gratitude of the
whole Union. When he stood for the
Presidency in 141, he was known aa
the "Log Cabin Candidate, and after
the liveliest Jolitical campaign then
know n, he was elected by an overw helni-
tni vote, which showed the most nu-
hniitetl c.nti.lence iu hiinby the people.
In his inaugural allresa his views of
the principles of the American govern
ment were fully explained, and his de
termination to carry their execution into
eff.s-t solemnly expressed. In conclud
ing his address he said: "You will bear
with von to yonr homes the remeni
bran.sa of the pledge I have thia day
given, to discliarge all the high duties
of mv exalted station according to the
best "of my ability; and 1 shall enter
upon their performance with entire
confidence in. the support of a just and
generous isple.
But these professions, and this sys
tern of policy (ieneral Harrison was
destined never to have the opportunity
of realizing, for on the morning of the
4th of April, before he had delivered to
CongTess a single message, he expired
.t Wnshinirton.
A sentiment of the profoun.lest grief
pervaded every part oi tne . ui on
this melancholy occasion. A national
f-t iu urochiimed: and the affection
and respect of the people were testified
by every species of public demonstra-
.ti Harrison's death John Tyler,
the Vice President succeeded him. His
, - - -- wfaen ha ws guc.
ljed bT Jamea K. Polk, who was
I u t..;.int of the United Statea.
I he administration of Mr. Polk was
. rerv eventful. A war was successfully
1-- Urge tract
. f! i vr. Polk refused a
nonunatioB and retired at the end of
: his term. He was foUowea dtj
I T...-1... TT ha,l been in office but
fifteen' month when after fljj days
illness he died, and waa "Jetfl?.
states.
, rvnrinff Fillmore's administration oc
Clay and Daniel Webster. He promoted,
aa far aa he could, the irogreaa of ex
ploration and discovery at home and
abroad. In 155 he visited Eurote, and
on his return in 156 he was again nom
inated ior tne presidency, but was not
returned. After the expiration of his
term of office he retired to Buffalo
where he died in 1874.
Franklin Pierce was the fourteenth
Iresidcnt of tne United States.
His entire administration was one of
intense excitement and party feeling
ran nign in ail parts ot tne country.
His term expired in 1-Y7 and he was
succeeded by James Buchanan. The
country was in a ferment of asitation
on the slavery question, which broke
out into war just as his term of office
ended. He was followed by Abraham
Lincoln, sixteenth President of the
I nited States, who was born in Ken-
ucky, February 12, 109. His grandfath
er was an emigrant from Virginia; his
lather a poor farmer, who in loot) re
moves! from Kentucky to Indiana. In the
ru.le me of the backwoods Lancoln 8 en
tire schooling did not exceed one year.
and he was employed in the severest
agricultural lalxir. By sheer iersever
auce and determination he succeeded in
making himself a laud-survevor, lawyer,
politician, and President. His simplic
ity and honesty endeared him to the
hearts of the people, and his h rumens
and prudence proved him a rare leader
during the dark years of his adminis
tration. He was, above all, a auoi man.
"with malice toward none, with charity
for all, but with firmness in the right. '
He was re-elected for a second term
but just after the inauguration was base
ly assassinated and his deat'a plunged
the country in the deepest grief
lie was followed by Andrew Johnson,
the Vice President who retired at the
close of his term lo9, and was succeed
ed by General U. S. Grant, the ieople's
idol.
President Haves gave the country a
met and conservative administration.
iiotwit hstandiiir that his political onnon-
nts, and no inconsiderable number of
his own party thought then, and still
think, he was not entitled to the omce.
and, at the expiration of bis official term
he retired to his home at rremont,
Ohio, were he still resides.
He was succeeded by James A. Gar
field.
It is impossible, in the space at our
disjHisal, to give with any degree of
completeness, the career of Garfield.
Ihe following incident, however, will
prove the character of the man: The
lav after the assassination of President
Lincoln, faLOlKI people assembled around
the Exchange building in New York
City. The cry of the vast crowd was
vengeance!" Two men, one dead, and
the otl. r dviug, lav uion the pavement
f one id the side streets, w ho, a mo
ment before, had said that Lincoln
ought to have lecn shot long ago. The
Msiple were in no mood for trilling.
A telegram had just lieon read from
Washington: "Seward is dying." It
was a critical momeut. Already a move
ment of thousands was making, having
for its object the destruction of the
II or Id building. Just then a man stcp-
IhsI forward on the lalconv of the Ex
change building, waving a small ring
and lafkouing to the erow.L Another
legram from Washington. Taking
ad vantage of the momentary stillness
of the crowd, and raising his right arm
heavenward, in a I.m.L, clear and steady
voice he sKke:
fellow citizens: ( lou.is and dark
ness are round about Him! Hia pavillion
is dark waters and thick clouds of the
skies! Justice and judgment are the es
tablishment of His throne. Mercy and
truth shall go Itefore His face! Fellow
citizens, (l.sl reigns, and the govern
ment of Washington still lives!"
Instantly the dark nssions of that
enormous crowd were sutHlued, as
rooted to the gronnd it stood, gazing
with awe into the face of the inspired
orator. It was a triumph of eloquence.
unsurpassed in the anuals of American
histurv. The crisis had passsl. Th
hero of the crisis stood there in the tier-
son of James A. Garhcld. His charac
ter is again show n iu his own words.
which speak for themselves: I would
rather le l.-ateu m Bight than succeed
in Wrong." "I am afraid to do a mean
thing." "I think the mam point is to
ook ut.m life with a view of doing as
much good to others as possible.
There is no American bov, however
IHXr or humble, that, if he have a clear
lead, a true heart, a strong arm, may
not rise through all the grades of society.
and become the crown, the glorv, the
pillar of the State." "This public lip
is a weary, wearing one, that leaves one
little time for quiet reflection; but I
hojHj 1 have lost none of my desire to be
a true man and keep ueiore me in
.character of the irreat Nazarene."
Sat ur. lav Julv 2d, 1881, wilt ever Pe
memorable as one of the saddest davs in
our history, for it waa then that Presi
dent (iarricld received his fatal wound
at the hands of an assassin.
It was in the waiting room of the
Baltimore and Potomac Kail road.
Among the few waiting people waa a
slender, light complexioned man, atsmt
40 Tears of age. his name whs Charles
Jufes Guiteau. As the l'resideut, arm
in-arm with his Secretary of State,
James O. Blaine, passed lieyoud him,
he turned alsjut, advanced a step in
their direction, drew a heavy revolver
from his pocket, pointed it steadily, and
fired delilKTatelv at the President. The
Presi.leut uttered no word, but turned
with a gentle surprised look to see from
whence came the murderous bullet;
Secretary Blame sprang to one aide;
Guiteau re-cocked his revolver, ami,
with the deliberation of death, again
fired at the President, who fell to the
floor with Mood spurting from the
wound in his side.' Guiteau fled after
having dropped his pistoL
Secretary Blaine sprang after the mis
creant, but finding him already in the
hands of the law returned to the rresi
dent.
The President passed two months of
terrible suffering, augmented by the
fierce summer heat, and then was re
moved to Elberon, near Long Branch,
New Jersey, where it waa hoped that
the pure sea breexe would assist nature
in restoring him to health; but it was
not so to be; gradually he grew weaker,
and wasted day by day, until on Mon
day. September 19th. tie passed away.
He was followed by Chester A. Arthur,
his Vice President, September 188L He
performed the duties of the office with
credit and dignity and with great honor
to his party.
He waa succeeded in 13S5 by Grover
Cleveland.
President Cleveland, during his ad-
ministration, strictly adhered to the
policy foreshadowed in his letter of ac
ceptance, hia letter on Civil Service
Reform, and hia inaugural address.
That hia administration waa carried on
in the interests of the people the vast
majority are agreed. Here and there
disgruntled politician comes to the
front in its condemnation, but the
people, to whom alone civil administra
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tion is resiionsible, are its hearty en- !
dorsers.
His term expiring in 1889, he was
followed bv Benjamin Harrison, who '
after an exciting contest was the man i
chosen by the people to till the Presi-
deutial chair. He was inaugurated March '
4th, 1889.
THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF
LIFE.
Oh, Joyous Youth.
'Live as long as you may. the first
weuty years of your life is the longest
half of it," this was said by one of our
modem writers, and we doubt whether
anything more true was ever said by
any man.
Don't you Cud you that have
reached middle life, and you that are
approaching middle life that time
passes much more quickly than it used
to pass? Don't you find, when the
evening comes and the day's work is
over, that it seems only a few moments
since the day's work began? Y'ou may
have been very busy; but when you re
turn home to your children it appears a
very short time since you left them iu
the morning. Of course there are ex
ceptional seasons, as when health Is
bad, or when a heavy grief presses on
you; but, on the whole, is It not now a
subject of constant remark that the
days passes with incredible rapidity?
And don't you remember when the
case was very different? Don't you re
member how long the dav used to lie.
when you yourself were a child what I
crowd of delightful interests multi
plied and diversified the hours and
how exteusive the prospect was when
you looked toward the future The
fact is, you and your children aie liv
ing lives of different lengths iu the
same space of time. The day is far
longer to them than to you. They
feel as If time would never end. Y'ou
feel, when you think of it, as if its be
ginning and its ending were almost the
same. H hen they lay their little heads
on the pillow, weary with their twelve
hours play their toys broken their
excitement about trifles at the cud
their merry laugh, their eager quarrels,
at length brought to a pause those
twelve hours have, to them, a very
large period in their existence. Y'our
toys too, perhaps, are broken you too
may have been occupied with trifles
your laughter may have been thought
less your quarrels inconsiderate but
your longer, your more responsible,
day, has been far shorter than theirs.
It might not be very difficult to ex
plain this. Our sense of the lapse of
time does Dot depend entirely, or even
chiefly on the duration of time itself.
When Impressions are vivid, forcible,
and fresh the time seems long. W hen
the events of our lives are monotonous
and uniform if only meanwhile we are
in diligent occupation the time seems
short. Any man may test this for him
self by comparing tassaes of his own
extierience. The first few days spent in
a new piace are longer than those UaV
succeed them: but soon the novelty is
past; and then the stream moves on,
quietly and rapidly as before. And
no one. on the other side, needs to be
reminded that days of anxiety and
watching, when the mind Is on the
stretch, are frightfully long. At the
battle of Waterloo, for instance, can
you not imagine. If you remember the
circumstances of that engagement, how
ff ere nt was the length of that sum
mer day to the great captain, on the
one hand, on whom rested all the sus
pense and responsibility, and to some
private soldier in the ranks, on the
other, actively occupied and with noth
ing to think of but to be prompt and to
oly.
How desirable then to make sure of
doinu something in the present which
really will bear good fruit In the fu
ture! Transatlantic Telegraphy.
The messages which are received
fro u across the seas are not heard Uon
the loud-sounding tickers which make
the telegraph offices ot land Hues a di
minutive BabeL nor do they come in
the printed Morse alphabet of dots and
dashes, which every one has probably
seen. Ihe receivers for such ocean
traveling currents of electricity must
be of much more duicate fiber, and.
as might be said, have more acute
ears for messages made faint by dis
tance, ihe instruments which cable
operators use are delicate fabrications,
which register the slightest variations
in current, and are affected by the
slightest outward magnetic Influences.
Tuey express these variations by means
of a caudle or lamp light, one single
ray of which is allowed to pass through
a lens upon a graduated screen. The
lens through which the ray passes is
the delicately poised indicator of the
passages of the current, and the vary
ing strength or lis oscillation denotes
the varying strength of the current.
As It oscillates It causes the reflection
of the flames' ray to vibrate on the
screen, where it can be noted by the
observer. This Is the principle of the
galvanometer. A similar instrument
based upon the idea of the galvanome
ter, which has. however. In place of the
oscillating lens, a delicately poised
siphou pen which traces the variations
of the corrent upon a band of paper
kept in motion by clock work like a
stock "ticker" is the receiver of tLe
transatlantic messages. It takes an
expert operator to read these mysteri
ous wavy lines which mean word's, but
there are oirators with still keener
eyes who can read a message from the
vibration of the candle light on the
screen.
Cen. Butler's Ready Wit.
The editor heard the other day a
story of Gen. B. F. Butler which U not
wholly bal. If a certain case in court
which ha waa eonducting the General
took ccasiou to read a statute bearing
on the question at Issue, and somewhat
tediously labored through its long and
legally involved phrases.
The judge let him go through with
it, and then bent forward to ask:
"An you not aware that that statute
has been repealed?"
'Oh, certainly," was tlie cool an
swer, "but I have read the old law and
the new, and I find tha' I like the old
much better."
The perfect nonchalance of the re
ply was certainly eminently character
istic . The men and women who. become
narrow minded as they grow older
can" never hope for distinction. Age
ought to bring with it charity and fair
ness. A York lady bit into an apple and
found wrapped around the core a piece
of thread 24 Inches long. It is thought
to have been dropped by a bird when
the apple was in full blossom.
The Skein We Wind.
If 70a aod 1 to-day
Should stop, and lax
Our Ufa work down, and let our bands fall
wbera they will
Fall down to lis quite still.
And if some other hasd should coma and
stoop to find
The tnreads we carried so that It could
wind.
Beginning where wa atoppad; if it should
come to keep
Our U le-w.,rk going, seek
To carry on the good deaign
Distinctively arade yours or mine,
W bat would it fiad?
If love sbonld come.
Stooping above, when we are done.
To nod bright threads
That we have held, thai it may spin them
longer, find bat shreds
That break when touched, how cold.
Sad, shivering, portionless, the hands
will hold
The broken strands, and know
Freth (ansa for woa.
TWO. WAYS OF ASKING.
'Tears, Idle tears! Xiobe dissolved!
My dear child, what on earth is the
matter?'
Time: Four of a summer afternoon.
Place: A pretty boudoir, furnished in
the fashion of to-day, modeled on the
style of Louis Quinze, with a dash of
'Liberty' thrown in, and modern acces
sories, such as crystal flower vases,
three-volume novels, and photograph
stands, juxtaposed with Queen Anne
silver and nicknacks, ancient and mod
ern. Dramatis persona:: A graceful
figure in white, flung with an air of
desolation on the floor beside a sofa,
her charming nuque visible beneath
delicious little rows of golden curls.
her frame shaken by sobs; an older
woman standing a few yards distant.
daik, beautifully dressed, 'good-looking
enough for anything' without being
distinctly handsome, aged somewhere
within the right side of thirty, and
wearing an expression half compassion,
half amused. There is a suspicion of
raillery in her voice, which Is felt and
Ceepiy resented by the fair sorrower.
Anger is often akin to sorrow, as pity
is to love, and the voice which responds
to the question when reiterated is
decidedly petulant.
'I wish you would go and leave me
alone.'
'I shall not do anything of the sort,1
returns the other.. 'I am going to talk
to you, and 1 do not care in the least
whether you are angry or not, although
I had much rather you would take my
remarks in good part.'
'Oh,' responds the voice, still smoth
ered in the sofa cushions, but losing
nothing of its essential quality, 'I know
bow clever you are, and that you think
you can manage every one's affairs
better than themselves.'
She intends this to be a 'nasty one,'
and, as a matter of fact, it does not
fall very pleasantly on the ears of her
interlocutor; but she sits down on the
sofa and replies, with good humor.
VeH,-iny love, i may confldentially-f
say that 1 could manage your affairs a
great deal better than you manage them
yourself, and that, if I were you. I
would have Mr. Clement Lascelles at
my feet iu a very short time.'
'Perhaps you have h;ni there now!'
says the prostrate one, ceasing to sob
and trying to sneer itistead.
Well, Dolly, dear, to tell you the
truth, 1 fail myself to recognize In that
young man the charm which I observe
he has for for some people; indeed, I
consider him a poseur, with an exasper
atiugly good opinion of himself, and, if
you ask my candid opinion, 1 think
that he would be all the better for
being kic '
Dorathy flounces up in a moment.
I will trouble you not to insult my
friends, she cries, with flaming cheeks.
'And it is not very easy to believe your
sincerity when he was sitting m your
pocket all last night, and you were out
walking with him for two hours this
morning.'
ln any case,' replies Mrs. Dalton,
coolly, 'your remarks prove that I have
had time and opiort unity to form an
opinion of his qualities. 1 don't deny
that he is good-looking, but it is intol
erable that he should be so conscious of
it. 1 a-Jui t that he is not without a
certain amount of cleverness, and has
I een fairly well educated; but I vio
lently object to his thinking himself
able to sit in judgment on people a good
deal older and cleverer than himself.'
tin you, for instance,' cries Dolly.
VNo, I was not thinking of myself,
though I admit the soft impeachment
(the one regarding my ace, at least),
uud what I dislike most of all is his
plac:ng hiimelt on a pedestal to be
looked at and longed for by by pietly,
silly little Kills, who ought to know
better. '
Dolly stiffens her back, and says,
with au assumption of dignity which
sits indifferently well upon her, 'if you
will excuse me, I should prefer not
discussing Mr. lasoelles with you. You
are perfectly welcome to your opinion
of him, and I claim the liber; y of re
taining mine.'
Then, her majesty suddenly toppling
over, she says, vindictively, in quite a
different voice, 'Perhaps you think 1
' am such a fool that I d jn't see through
your mean abuse of him?'
I 'That I may win and wear him my
self?' suggests Mrs. Dalton, quite good
humoredly. 'No, my dear and acute
child, believe me, you have not fath-
!omed and unmasked my baseness this
time. I know your dear little heart is
set upon this fascinating young man.
1 don't think there is really any harm
lu him, and 1 am magnanimous enough
to be ready to show you how to obtain
,hls affections, and to make him the
' suppliant instead of you. '
I 'Suppliant!' crh-s Dolly, with fiesh
flames from her burning heart asceud-
1 lng to her cheeks.
I 'Yes, suppliant. Every one, my love,
can see he, most of all how you bang
upon his smiles', and despair when he
is indifferent or capricious.'
! Wrath makes Dolly absolutely speech
less, ir looks, fcc, &c, Mrs. Dalton
would, &c, &c
I 'Don't be a goose, Dolly,' iesumes
her friend, not having suffered any
visible injury from the lightning glances
to which she has been subjected. 'Keep
' your temper and reap the advantages
01 my superior age and experience.'
1 4lvpn Iham In vr.iirslf ret
retorts
Dolly, tartlv.
I The first I must, whether er no, but
the latter shall be yours. Come, dear
child, you know I am fond of you;
believe me, when I say I would not
have your enchanter as a gift, and also
that I am desirous to see him subju
gated by you. He shall be yours, 1
promise, and I will only make one con
dition.
Dolly seats herself on the sofa and
allows Mrs. Dalton to take her hand,
though she looks rather sulky. Still.
ib does, poor little girl, regard Mr.
Clement lAvelles as the first criie in
i.nimi.i 1,
fs-.na
the marriage lottery, and Is willing to
take upon herself his part of the con
tract; to worship him with her body.
and endow him with all her worldly )
gouua. x or in a luiiii w ay sue is au
heiress, though be is not destitute of
money and has an excellent position
Truth to tell, the young man is not
what is called 'a bad sort;' he has good
looks, good brains, and good manners,
when he Is not egged on to taking lib
erties by the silly flatteries of the other
sex. Poor Dolly loves him madly ami
has innocently shovn her pleasure In
his notice and her suffering at his neg
lect. Mrs. Dalton paused to give due
effect to her words, 1 olly, after a mo
ment, Is constrained to say, rather
sulkily:
Well!'
Yo must take the vow first.'
'What vow?' with latent irritation.
'The vow never to tell any human
being Mr. Lascelles least of all that
I, or for the matter of that, any one,
advised you how to act against him.'
'Oh, of course I promise.'
'Promises are like pie-crust,' replies
Mrs. Daltou; then, with au air of great
solemnity, she goes to a small book case
at the end of the room, and comes back
with a Bible. 'You must kiss the book,'
she says.
'Ob, no,' cries Dolly, frightened. For
she knows she never kept a secret in
her life, and Is terrified at being put on
an oath which she may break, In spite
of herself, a few hour later.
'Well,' said Mrs. Dalton. firmly, 'do
you want him or do you not?"
'Y'es,' cries Dolly, with tears in her
eyes, 'I do.
Then kiss the book.'
'But how do I know there is anything
in what you are going to tell me?' says
doubtliif Dolly.'
'Because I say so. Do I not know
the world and men?'
Dolly takes the book, trembling.
What am I to say?' she falters.
'Say: 'I swear not to tell Clement
Lascelles or any other person that
Marian Dalton advised me how to win
his affections.'
With a sudden desiierate gesture
Dolly kisses the book and repeats the
formula. "ow then.' she cries, ex
citedly.
Mrs. Daltou takes up her parable.
'Clement is really fond of you he
would be exceedingly fond of you, if
you only allowed him.'
'If I allowed him!' gasps Dolly.
'Y'es,' repeated her aiviser. 'By
allowing him, 1 don't mean throwing
yourself at his head, and showing him
that you adore him; but by making him
doubt your love and his own capacity
for pleasing you. Different men want
different treatment. There Is nothing
so delightful to some us to see and
know that a woman cares for them it
adds tenfold to their devotion for her;
but I am bound to say these men are iu
the minority. Most of them are far
more stimulated by doubts an 1 fears
the woman becomes more dear as she
seems
more distant-, and, as a rule.
when a man is literally crazy about one
of our sex, it is because she has worried
and tormented and kept him on a ier
petual balance between hope and fear.
JSow you. and others like you, have so
hung upon Clement Lascelle's looks
and words, have so positively shown
him that he is a great being, a lofiy
intellect, a rival to Apollo, that he is
coming off his pedestal to worship his
worshipers. Y our only chance, my
dear. Is to abandon your worship; to
counterfeit indifference as best you
may, and to let a gradual and startling
conviction come over him that you were
not really in earnest, after all. '
'It is very easy to talk,' pouts Dolly
'It Is very easy to act, too,' returns
Marian, if you are positively certain
that your plan of campaigu is going to
be successful.
'How do I know that it will be?'
Try it for twenty-four hours, and
see how It works. '
'But I don't know what I am to do.'
'Y'ou must be absolutely guided by
me, and not act for one moment on
your own responsibility.'
'I dare say it will turn out all wrong,'
siys Dolly, ungraciously, 'and that 1
shall lose him altogether.'
'All right,' replies Mrs. Daltou, losing
patience and rising from her seat. 'Do
as you like. After all, what on earta
does it matter to me w hether you are
happy or miserable? Go yoar own
way.'
Dolly springs up and catches her by
the arm.
'No, no, Marian, dou't go; don't be
angry. 1 will do whatever you tell
me?'
'Then barken and obey. Dick
Wynuham is coming to-night. You
know he is rather fond of you. Talk
to him, and to him only, all the even
ing. Do not once glance iu Mr. leas
ee! les' direction; I will keep my eye 011
him, and report to you how he takes it.
If he approaches you iu the eveui.ig
look bored and distrait, and reply to
him by monosyllables.'
'I shall never be able to do it,' groans
Dolly.
'Xot with such a big stake to win?'
(A little sarcastically).
'Ah! you don't know what it Is to
love!' cries Dolly.
'Not as you do, certainly, retorts
Marian, with an inflection of voice
which Dolly is not acute enough to
catch.
Dick Wyndham arrives in time for
dinner. lie is rather fond of Dolly
he is exceedingly hard up, and he wants
her money even more than her sweet
self. He is bright and amusing, has a
considerable fuud of small talk Is
devoted to sport, and has not Mr. La
celle's esthetic taste or lofty manner of
showing superiority. He has a genuine
contempt for a man who talks art and
plays classic music as Mr. Lascelles
has for one who thinks of nothing but
hunting, lawn tennis and polo, though
he rides fairly straight and is an aver
age shot himself.
Not a little disgusted is Lascelles,
therefore, when Djlly, whose sorrowful
uess and its cause have greatly soothed
his complacency for the last twenty-four
hours, seems to have eyes and ears for
no one but this half-witted soldier at
dinner. She Is looking charming in a
dress of a delicious apricot tint, which
he has not seen before (be is a great
connoisseur of dress); if be could only
catch her eye he would beam on her
one of those glances which have Intoxi
cated her maiden soul. But whereas
it has been his wont to meet her tender,
pleading glances every two minutes
heretofore, to-night be might be Ban
quo'a ghost and she one of Macbeth's
guests, for all she seems to see him.
His memory serves him up various
sneering and saving quotation on the
theme of souvent temme varle. He is
so little congenial to bis neighbor at
dinner that she expresses the most un
favorable sentiments regarding him In
the drawing-room later on, causing
Dolly to halt between the desire to de
....... ji-fT-rl 1 1 1 in 11 I. 11 wnmom
'i ... ,,t. l-,juUv,j-a-JB.tM.;.'i:;';
fend him hotly and a sense of pleasure '
that someone beside herself has suf-'
fered from his coldness. Mrs. Dalton'
makes a pretext for calling Dolly aside. '
'excellent, my love!" she cries in high
good humor, pressing the Ui'a arm.
He Is enraged bjyond measure. He'
scarcely look his eyes oil you. (io on
and prosper!
Thus stimulated. Dollv does eo on.
and prospers exceedingly. When Mr.
l.ascelies and Dick approach simul
taneously she devotes her w hole atten
tion to the latter, and has scarcely a
word for the former, who presently
retires in tragic dudgeon, and leans
against the wall looking like Hamlet,
Lord Byron, or anv olhei blighted being
iu the sulks. j The biggest baiometer on the conti-
In reality Dick is the person most to pent Is lieing made for the Georgia
be pitied, although his face is aluht Technological School at Atlanta. The
with smiles, and his heart aglow with tube is to ie 20 leet lou. witli a diatn-
auticlpatious of possessing a lovely eter of three inches. 'Sulphuric acid
woman, and satisfying the debtors who, will be used in the tule.
metaphorically speaking, take him b . The fir t Mr. Astor, it is stated in
the throat crying, 'Pay me what thou biographies of him. after l.-cuung the
owest!' Innocent creature that he H. rich, st man iuthe Union, deliu-ratelv
he suspects no treachery, uor dream; st.,ked his capita! iu an effoit which
that milk-white bosom palpitates for the failed, though he lost little, to luruuie
infernal young prig' over the w;,y. the richest mau in the woild, and
Dolly will play billiards and lawn tcnu. follml iu lhe ,.P ol t aiMli.;.ig otvu-
with him on the morrow; in the after- j, alon.
noon they are to ride together; and, as ...... . .. .
1... .1,. i- r. .111 1 " hat s in an executive name:" 1 he
he sits smoking, after the 1 idles have , ni. ,r f ,,,,,, . . . , , ,
, 1 j ; . , Governor ot Illinois is a I liei : of t ali
retlre.1, he reflects 011 the most approved , .,, ... , f . ,, . '
.... .1. . I . 1 forula, a at. nil in; of Aikansas au
1,, L M f? 8 a w'V"" qVei3l'0"-,i ! K'le of Colorado, a Co,t. and New
l,nT r, 1,as a tecllive. -V
U f t. ,! r f0r VUt,Ua Fowle cackl.s over North Carolina,
his fate to the touch, because he ha.- , .. , .- ,, ,
iv... i . 1 . 1 . . t , , . and a Beaver woiks for IVuiisv vania.
been absolutely certain of winning; but , . . . ,"
now that for the first time he has a1 It n not surprising that the ai
rival who is progressing bv leaps and a11 Uie 'i''ssians should deny the
bounds in his lady's favor he sees that ! sU,r' tr,i4t lie w"u1,1 "'t'1"1 '"ter
somelhing must be done. He cannot' national hxosit ion at Pans. tais
hav Iioaii l.roole.l simlnvi,!,,, .., I and other autocratic rulers cannot br
or he, the adept at reading the secrets
of souls, must for ouce have bteu de
luded. Perish the thoughtl
With gloomy brow and stately step
he retires from the smoking-room and
seeks the solitude of his chamber, but
not his couch. The dawii has broken
ere he courts repose.
'Marian!' cries Dolly a few hours
later, bursting into her friend's room
whilst that lady no early riser at the
best of times still nestles among het
pillows, 'read this!' and she seats her
self on the bed iu a state of great ex
citement, wlnle Mrs. Daltou languidly
pursues the letter thrust into Iter hands.
'1 call it great iiiijiertiiieiicel' she re
marks, returning it to Dolly.
'Impertinence!' with wide ojieii eyes.
'Certainly! said Mrs. Daltou, taking
it back, quoting from it:
'Though I cannot pretend to offer
you the one great passion of a life sad
p.issages beyond the ken of other mor
tals have tarnished the pure luster
which once surrounded my soul as w.th
a halo yet, if you will take a heart
weary with the sorrows of the ajje,
dimmed by the darkling doubts with
which an intimate knowledge of human
ity clouds the spirit, take me to your
tender breast, and let me find shelter
there from life's griefs and dlsapjioiut
meuts. What recompense a heart
blighted as mine has been can bestow 1
will strive to make to your angelic
sympathy and goodness.'
'.s it not beautiful?' cries Dolly in
an ecstasy. 'I wonder what he meausr
1 suppose some horrid woman threw
him over once.
"1 think it is exceedingly impertinent,
and I hoe you will resent it.'
'Uisseut it!' almost shrieks Dolly,
'Why, it is a declaration.'
'Gel my blotliug-book off that table,'
commands Mrs. Daltou, resolutely.
'Now,' she says, beginning to write,
'you will answer it 111 this way, or 1
wash my hands of you, and to morrow
ho will have reduced you to abject
misery again. '
She writes hurried for a few minutes,
and then, with heightened color, reads
tlie dra't aloud:
'Di:ak Mil. Lasi'kli.ks: I have re
ceived your melancholy letter, and am
truly soi ry for all you seem to have
suffered, liul. for my part, Hook upon
the woild as a veiy pleasant place, and
have male up my mind to enjoy myself
as much as possible; so, as I could not
console you, and you, with the ideas
you express, wouli make me miserable,
1 think you had much better look out
for somebody whose temieraiueut is
more like your own. 1 suppose you
mean me to understand that you have
been much more in love with someone
else than you are with me, which, to
say the least, is not very Battering. No!
1 must have an undivided heart or none
at all. Y'our sincere friend, D. S.
There is a desperate fight between
Mrs. Dalton and Dolly before the 'atter
can be persuaded to copy and forward
what she consider a heartless and flip
pant missive. In the end Marian tri
umphs. Mr. Lascelles does not appeal
at breakfast, and Dolly, though her
soul quakes within her, laughs and
talks to Dick.
Later in tne morning, when they are
playing law n tenuis, Clement Lascelles,
feeling much smaller than he has evei
done in his life, seeks counsel from Mrs.
Daltou. llh an angelic smile she
alternately pricks luiu with daggers,
and makes hlui gulp down bo vis ol
poison, but she does him an excellent
turn by taking a good deal of nonsense
out of him. He confesses that he aduns
Dolly. How, oh, how is he to win her?
Has he the ghost, of a chancer
Mrs. Dalton, looking solemn, de lares
her inability to reply to this. She hints
too at Dick's unflagging good spirits
and temper. And the upshot of it 1-
thatwhen Dick returus crestfallen from
his afternoon drive with Dolly, having
spoken and received his answer, Clem
ent Lascelles carries off the young lady
to her boudoir on pretence of wanting
to be showu something, and, replacing
the melancholy of Hamlet, by the Con
quering airs of young Lovelace, takes
her In hia arms, swears lie has been a
fool, and has never really loved any oue
but her sweet self, and that if she ac
cepts him her lite shail be oue round ol
pleasure.
Twenty minutes later. Dolly hits
passed on all his embraces and more Vi
Marian.
'How clever you are, darling!' she
says, admiringly.
To which Mrs. Dalton replies, 'Now
you know how to manage him, make
good use of your knowledge.'
A Novel Fancy.
Jewels are ursed In London to the
...InaiAn I ' f ft . . U u I' .-ltl. A wu .. r nua
Simplicity Is not consulted, hut rathei
overpowering extravagance, for neck
. mx ir 1 1
lace after necklace is placed upon out
another, a perfect medley of gems. AT
the brooches that have been hoarded 1.1
the family jewel casket for centuries
are brought out and mounted on the
bodice or sleeves of lucky dames and
the display is more gorgeous than beau
tiful, . 1 ,
.y.J. jjULLjisLlUL ii.J::'.t L 'J. ':.';..'
XKS IX UlUKF.
Mrr. Potter goes over to France by
the French line early in June, and wil
rest while the modistes manufacturf
her stage gowns for next season in this
country.
-11. Bider Haggard is at work on a
novel which he says w ill be his great
est effort. He is putting a great deal
of slish on it and the work w ill not be
completed for two years.
Amelie Kives reads all the criti
cisms which her publishers send her,
and frequently breaks out iu rage at
some particularly caustic notice of
"The lulck or the leid. "
very deeply interested in celel.i at lug
such all event ns the French ll-v.ilu
lion.
As an example of Instantaneous
photography as applicable to th.i study
of the motion of pr.je tiles passing
through the air, fo ir negatives weie
taken of a cannon ball that occupied
but one-fourth of a second iu passu, g a
given space.
Almost all our famous women
writers are eager to .-ee the press criti
cisms ou their woiks. Mrs. Burnett,
accustomed though she is to the notices
of newspapers, always reads them care
fully, and a very favorable criticism of
her works is sure to get her attention.
. Keely has discovered the "mi-siug
link" which was require! to in. ike his
motor "mote." He has gone to ureal
excuse to have a tubular copper r.ng
made which he says will do ihe busi
ness. Coper rings are not reinaikal.ly
successful lately, as shown I11 Paris,
and the people are incredulous.
The directors of the " Mil South
Studies iu History and Politics" have
included In their new general series of
'Old South Leatlets,'a leaflet containing
Washington's Inaugurals the addrs
delivered in New York, April 30, 1730,
wheu Washington first took the oath,
an! his address to Congress in 1793.
An immense terrestrial globe on
the scale of one-iiiillloutli is to be ex
hibited at the Paris exhibition. The
globe measures thiiteeu meters in diam
ter ami is so surrounded w ith platforms
and ladders that any p.irt of its surface
can be examined. Paris ap-ars on it
in a space hot quite a ct-iitimeter
square.
Mrs. llolgson Burnett is to receive
tT.oO" a year for her work 111 editing
the clnldien's department of a sy mli ate
of Engl.sli and American pa. is. As
her levciiue from "l.ilt'e I. ml l'a.iut
Ieioy'' averages fl..Vs a week, it will
le seen that Mrs. B.iiuelt's lines have
fallen 111 pleasant places at least as re
gards financial matters.
Not long ago Koseiithal and Josvffy
played, befoie a Brooklyn audience, a
concerto, in unison, on separate pianos,
and with such precision that the result
sounded as ir by but one jh i former.
The dilliculties to be oveicmne I. -fore
such unanimity is possible can only in
realized by musicians.
Au order Issued during the last ad
ministration, having for its object the
discouragement of the practice, by train
men of carrying stecial newspai.-r cor
respondence and other matter on other
than mail trains, has Utu rescinded by
the Post (. lice Department officials.
The newspai.-i s ol the countiy. It is
maintained, should leceive evety pos
sible facility for obtaining and dissem
inating the news of the day, and to
this end tiai.. lu. n mil be enccu aged
to lend It eir ai l.
It is est i -natcd by a Mint oihclal
that there are stili 111 existence some
where floating alHc.il the country, tie 1
up in old slot kings 01 in the hands of
curiosity collectors, over l,i,iril0' of
the old-fashioned o p -i cer.t, about
120,Ul J,(H0 of c .p)er i.ickle c-i,ts.
Ileal lv 0,0 11 ..: the piesent issu- of
bronze jiemii s and 2VOoO,Ooo of ijh l.le
.'i-cent pieces. The to'a! Vaiim of these
outstau-.'ing aiions eo.i.s is jut in
r iin.d i.iiuiU-rs.it slj i,o-i.;i.i'i.
Cretonnes of the cheap sort used
for decorating rooms turn out to be as
ursenlca.ly poisonous as green wall
paer. Out of 44 samples recently ex
amined in Loudon, none weie free from
arsenic, 3 had only faint traces of It, 2
had larger traces. 11 were classel as
very bad, and 9 were calie.l "distinctly
dangerous." One specimen yielded
grains of white arsenic to the sq-aie
yard. The greens and blues weie the
least harmful, while ie.li, browns and
blacks were heavily 1 aded with
poison.
Perhaps the most novel organiza
tions lu the State of New York exist
iu roughkeepsie. It is a military coui
Iny composed entnely of g.ris aud
drill d by Major Hanls-nestel. a senior
officer of the National Guard. The
young ladiea in eery instance tielong
to the best families in Ponghkeeisie.
A couple of jackals have been
added to the Philadelphia -'Zoo." These
little animals, which aie know 11 in
their native country as "lion provi
ders." had hardly been placed 111 the.r
cage, iu a wing of the lion a-id tiger
house, before the lions set up a roar of
welcome.
The great musical feature of the
Universal Exhibition at Paris wili be
the international contest of mil.lary and
civilian orchestras ou Sunday, the 29th
of September. The jury, consisting of
prominent French and foreign compos
ers, wUl award four prizes.consistlnf of
gold medals of the value of 5,000, 3,000
2,000 and l,000f. respectively; tl.e vote
will be a secret one, ana the uwtrai
made according to absolute majoilty.
' Kach orchestra
Each orchestra will be required 10 exe
cute a piece, determined by the com
mission three months before the con
test; and another of its own choice,
which is not to exceed ten minutes.
The admission to the contest is in Ike
hands of a special committee; all com
peting orchestras will receive a com
ifacaioraUve medal.