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VOL. XL1V. MlirTLlMUWiN, J UMAX A COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNEll, IS90. NO. 25.
Ttu: lintcd Slater Government has
tnna'd n ne hundred tons of silver bul
lion into st.iu l.ir I dollars, since it tie- '
,.,1,1 !!. ci nage t.f the bin pieces. The :
j,r. :H friwii scntorage ou this branch of
ni.n: business has been over 5jd,0b0,
lU'. Titr ind.e.it ions are that tha actual
wviof removing ti e 13 and i m the
rv:.i.in.- nd of deepening auj clean
ing o lit ti-e Philadelphia harbor will be
lrgtm .li:iii g the coming summer. The
c i.i' ni-l all rl ' W:y o '' mouth of
ll.e b.iv heels attent on.
vT.r.r Whitman, "the good fray
p.iet." has selected h s burial place. It
i ;:i II r. e igh Cemetery, at tout a mile
I:, m C.iiuden, X. J., the prettiest part
,f i. c l;u'.ii'1s. U U a n.it ur.il mouud.
tcnealh majestic oaks and chestnut
lie. s, w I . e - feet below a stieam of
..: -r I'.nvxs over a precipice from an.
a.:.:', as po'td.
Mr no; u s. i un to e tlie least peril
ii. el a. 1 the telouioui practices known
i i : ..,i:t i v. Out of H.TTj mur ler
,:, 'o ii.o human l.fe iu the six
e.iisii 'in 1-4 to 1SS.) only r.iiS paid
t e ; en...; v of their crime by yielding
I . .. u o u lives to the law. Electricity
( tin.. ! m.iLe a sl.owiuij more sliockmir
II. .in l!..i?.
No i i.niK in the employ of the
TV ii' i il bank of Ireland is allowed
V u u t v if lie I . reive- Ie than JL'l- a
Mar. --nie of the principal banks In
I. I. m have a similar rule. The rea
..n Is si;'.Vi Tent. Iu a preliminary
eamii:a' i:i of a defaulting cos ier in
a i.ottlieiii city recently his w fe con-
i i ih it her evtr.ivmr.ince I.al been
il.ei' iu.-eef Ins fall. ich are the per
of ui.iliiiiiony.
An kv iiwi.Ksays that the Litest
ti ile is c.i r:e 1 ou by means of a i
fountain pen, one end of which
;.- 1:.
o:le r
or t
n:
lar 1
1 w. tii cool substantial Ink, the
witu ink that fades away in a day days, like thi, when the sunlight gli.-t-The
sharper writes his aree- j ' n'l lights up everything, but the
..... .- .... ...i "ir is so crisp and cold, that the child-
oar if , or w latever particular l i i 1 i i i -
n,.iv have chosen, with the Ink , ,,.;t the ,IHT Wl ,.'n me UttVe Bunliht.
fad s, tid he his his victim s:jjn and it is not practicable for the child-tli-nfl.er
end if tho pen in the leu to seek it out of d.ors, we should
-.v;t:. ill-
!:.k tint lasts. In a few davs
he has I
r.. !:.i u-ou it but a good isuuture,
, v r wh'' ii he wr.tes any sort of a note
tl .il in turn easiest Intocit-h, Look
out f t t'.e fountain jieu swindler for h
IS 'l.l...er iUS.
An ; ii. iw tho butter mou want the
"i" . U'ii. a! l ac i.aije'" decLsion nullified by
a :.iv wl.-.rh sh i I jive the S ates police '
rower over o'. ot.i.nariue transporte.l I
from other States. These special laws :
propose 1 in Co reistomeet the orij-I
m.i. package ileci-iioii are mere patches. ;
Wi.tit is iieede.! is a general iaw, euacte 1
niidrr t ie (Hiaer of Omgrc&s, to regu
late titer--ta'e con. uierre, that shall
ji'eM -rilie that art'clu-i transported from
i e s .i e t.i another shall at all times
le sin j.-et to the police power or the
.itr in which they may be found, pr
v. .Te-. tint they .shall not lie subject to
laws which discriminate
o-iweeu sucu ,
ar: ivies an 1 similar articles produce !
within the State.
The new Germaa chancellor, Gen- ;
era! t '.pr vi, is another liismarck. In'
his ii. ii len sj'e. ch to the reichs ag, the
otlier day, he dec'. ire. I that he would
sir .piilou-ily follow his predecessor's
f Tein policy, and that whatever the
ci-st the German colonizitlon scheme
w.iul-T be inaintained. "We must
fun d stations," he said, "and bullet
and Uihle must act In the cause of civ-
i!:..ition. Without killing slave-deal-
ers you can never abolish slavery." i
Tins was lioth Uismarcklan and Croin-1
weiliati, and it touches a responsive1
chord iu German bosoms. His speech
instantly popularized the ev; charcel-!
lor, and It is tlie verdict of people and
press that he is well titted to wear the.
tii.iutl-of the creator of the empire.
Tiik Oriillholoilsts or Cellar Rap
ii's, Iowa, are in luck, a violent
storm, c
mbiued with the attractions
of their electric tight-", having brought
Iheiii a fi I supply of a great number
of birds strange to the locality and.
some of thetn very rare. The light
house at Atlantic City frequently '
'brums to the Keeper similar flocks of
tiirds with occasional strangers, an I the!
keener has his rooms decorated with
many Cue specimens. The birds lie
iMldtred by the storin. fly towanls the
light and :in dashed to death, against I
tt e lantern or its covering: The same
etT.s t was evidently produced at Cedar j
P.ai'ids, the electric lights taking the
place of the lighth mse as a blinding j
attraction.
An ArTFMPT is Win ma le In New
T. rk to i educe the nuisance attemTiniJ ;
tlie collection of garbage by reducing '
the business to a kin 1 ot system. Aj
tun table is to be ma le out for the col- ,
hi t ou of garbage and each householder .
w.ll b not fled at wha hour to set out j
ituihau'e for co.lectioa. and after a
iued hour each day ashes and gar-
t.n;e will have to tie removed within
the house line. There is no reason why
tins cannot be done with such degree
of accuracy as b leave a margin of not j
UiC .....it HOC ltO.lt, .11- V .... w J ,
fur tl.e deiKislt of garbage on. the side-
w.t. f,,r collect-on. lioutes can oe j
hi d out and time of service calculated :
w.th siitiicieut accuracy to notify house- !
h..l.lUK . : t.t...t- H.,t tliir tTftrb.lLT
ou M le cHected between, eay 10 and
lloVUK:k;of another block between
11 and 12 o'clock, ar.d so on, the busi-
ness being thoroughly systematized. Be-
aides reducing the garbage nuisance to.
!
a mm mum, such a system would give
the I'.ureau of Highways accurate la-
tor mat ion as to the amount of work
doue and any cases ol neglect on the
I art of contractors.
My Cho c ? Wl i.-j f.v rl
BT 11CBV RATMoNn.
T called to we my neighbor, Mrs.
'!mlfr. a short lime ago ; and, as soon
iia 1 filtered her parlor, I was attract -d
I'.v the liv It blooming lints iu her
east :m.t .-out h-ca-t nulowi. She was
l'i te plei.se 1 at my interest, and we,
at mice, entered into a conversation ou
t!ie cu.tivatloa of window plants.
he guve m. ninny good points, a
how to produce hea.thy growth and an
abundance of blooms, and ended lT
s.ivi.g, "The secret of success is an
aoundnce of enusliiue ; we may giv
I laiits tlie right soil, and the ner
amo nt of moisture, but if we do not
vive them plenty of sunl ght they will
not thrive."
I n seutly said, "I have not ikiii
your t-hildreu yet."
"Very well," she replied, we wid po
down to my room, as 1 seldom have the
hildren h.re. They pud aud upset
;av flowers."
So w crossed the hall at the farther
end, and entered a rather dark rooin, (
with windows opening toward the i
north. 1 soon made the acquaintance
oi her four children. A firl seven
years ol.l, a boy rive, another little jrirl
three years of ae, and the baby lsy
just tikinfT his riist steps. They were
delicate . s iking children, with no color
and 1m tr.iyed listless manners.
'I he mother beau to speak of her
children's KHr health. "They were
rather dyspeptic, haJn't ahealtby color,
and were so lisi lea in their play," she
said. "lh ui-ht she would call in a
plivsic a : sikiu."
i said to her, "IKin't yon think the
children need more sunshine? The
surroundings are purer, and more iu
v iroratin in a ro- m where there is
I leiity of sunshine ami pure air aud
sunlight aids .bastion greatly. In
fat't. we may tfne children pror fisnl
to eat, and suitah'e clothes to near, but
if we do not pive them the warmth aud
light of the sun they will not thriTe."
"Oh! I do let them p'aT ont in the
snnshine, when th- weather is fit.
to-iiaT it is too Cold."
but i
"Yea, it is too cold ; and there are so
many days during the winter, that the
a eat her is not tit for them to play in
the Tar l. 1'sts, when bursts of sun-
bv showers of rain ;
,iV!, . ..,. tue sun
shines warmlT. but
the ground is too damn fori 1st': an 1
'iv 11 to them in the house.
While we were taking, 1 glance. 1
around tho room. It was ijnite com
fortably furnished, and had bright
! mibre.piiins at the windows, several
lriht picture-, and a ay rnir hi re and
there, but tiod's stiuliiiht was not there
ro brighten it. 1 nlance.1 throngh the
two long windows, and a dreary out
ItV'k it was. There was the gray li'ht,
that comes in at a north window in the
afti mooti ;
"f rubbish.
the dull gray earth, a heap
, aul an ash luirrel the
usual furnishings of back yards in small
towns.
c -nl ln't help thinking that those
rhildn n would grow rosy an.l gay, in
the bright snnuy rHim. where her
flowers thr Ved and b.sm-d. As I was
a stranger, I didn't express m v thoughts
but determined to trv to imoress my
n. w ae.piaintanre w.th the necessity id j
sunny rooms for children as well as '
1 plants. It was cow tune for me to go,
I and as we went l y the parlor to get my
; wtaps, Mrs. Shul r c died my attention
i to a verv tine tlower and BaitL "if you i
... t.i liL- to Iuivm ti'aiits in vour win
lows, TOU
wi h ome to cuttings of
mine.'
"I dearly loTe flowers." I replied,
"and my "house is seldom withont a
tioii.jnet i: only a little bunch of Tio
lets, in a fancy basket or shell, to per
tuiue the room, and m iKe one thinK of
the woods iu Kpriugtinie. -'T hoi
i
huiisi- is ritrht preitT with 1'lo.itus now.
but I seldom have window plants I
have our east and south rooms lor the
fatu.lv's constant ust- and children and
l.lants don't do well in the same room.
However, I have two at present that ;
are the choicest window plants 1 ever 1
saw. I will lie g'a 1 for you to come
and see them."
I shall lie uclighted are they
blooming uow ?"
"Yes, nicely."
" What color are they?"
"Thev are variegated there is rich
scarlet, creamy white, golden yellow,
ehestuut brown, sud a lovely pink, in
the combination. "
"How remarkable they must bo
jerf ctlv splendul!"
"I think bo," I replied, "and now I
must go; for they need my attention
right constantly."
"Iid tou leave vour house closed?"
No, my nurse is there, but she doe
not give tiieiu as good care as I do. I j
hoi.- von will call right s.jn." J
Indeed. I will, and am quite de-
lighted at the prosect of seeing sn-'h '
rare plants.
"1 will take great pleasure in show-;
ing thetu to tou
nd in giving von my
method of cultivating theul
The next week, in answer to the
door-U'll I had the pleasure of welcom
ing Mrs. Shuler. Knowing that she
would wish to see my window plants, I
invited her, at once, "into the family sit
ting room.
e.l, they were ready for inspection
just glowing with color.
My children's rocking chnirs sat in
th- recess of a large outh-east window.
Vera, mv little girl lour years old, sat
ro king" in one nd Urell, my baby
Imy. not two years old, was in the
other ; and no b.rds ever sang nd twit-ter.-d
more merrily oter their morning
bath, than did tht-w children, as they
sat rockiuj;. to and fro, enjoying their
suubath. .
Mrs. Shuler waa unite warm iu her
f mv splendid looking child -
praises
ren. ,
lhir ng our conversation, I noticed
her eyes wander quite frequently to
wards them.
I notiosl their rocking become
slower and slower, and finally cease.
Mrs. Shuler said:
"Look. Mrs. Ihiymon.L yonr chud
rcn are fast asleep, in their chairs!"
.Yes," I replied, "they generally go
to sleep while taking their sunbath.
The warmth of the sun will produce
s een when all the narcotics in the drug
f,.i-.. liATtf failetL
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'uat. ni.t to U.I. room?"
. ..yeB replied, "here are my
choice 'window plants, and hasn't the
8aul.ght brought out the J -
t.t'iillv? these rich scarlet lips, these
tit Uy . lovel inlrcheeks,
"'"7jM,th wh-te brow, and these
Sj1Hrtling brown eyes,now veiled by the
curUug lashes." .
A pleased light began to dawn in h
cs. and with a c i Tmiai; smile she
asked, "Old the snnli.lit do ail this?"
"A very great deal of it," I replie.L
Then with a halt teas. ng, half -tender
looi, I s-ud, "Plants may have the
right soil, and t e proper qnantity of
moisture ; tint II tney ilo not have an j
ai.nniance ox sunstune they will not
tiir ve."
With a sudden impulse, she tool my
hand and said, "My friend, I thank yon
for inviting me to see your choice w n
dow plants. Children are, indeed, the
choicest of flowers : nd 1 see that you
wonld teach me, that a bright snnny
room, is just as essential to animal life
as to Te etable life. In my thought
lessness. I have sacrificed my children's
health to the blossoms ou my plants."
"Hut it is not too late," "I replied.
"Bring Tour children out i:it yonr
bright, cheerful room, where they can
have floods ot sunshine ; aud you will
see the rich color gradually appear
on their checks an 1 hps, and tueir
hstlesstiess. ludigestiou, and nervous
ness wiil vanish, like mist beiore t!;e
sun ; while truir merrv laugh and gav
soup will make that room more cheerful
thai, it ever was be-fore,
"Ah!
robbed
she replied, "how I have
ruv children, that my plants
mi.ht thrive, but I will make what
amends I can."
The next week I received a note from
Mrs. Shut- r aking if I would do her
the kindness to come over that after
noon. I went, and on entering her cheer ui
parlor, found it converted into th-
family room. Mrs. Hhuler said, "I
ho I have not presumed ton far on
your friendship in sen.lii.g for yon, but
1 was not well enough to go out, and as
tou have already giT n me such good
advice. I wanted so much to hear y-mr
method of clothing nn 1 dietiug your
litilroues. Since 1 Lave seen your splen
did childrt n, my earnest desire is t-
have my own to blossom t-ut in such
Jtrfection."
Well," I replied, "yon know, in
growing i lants there is some ditler
cuce. each month, in the manner in
which you care for them ; so in die-ting
and clothing my children, 1 vary my
method, in some way, every month. I
cannot give you a correct idea, except
by giving you my plan for each month.
As this is May, I will tell you what
my children eut and wear during the
month of May.
For breakfast, they have eggs, Oat
m al, graham br ad. aud a cap ol fresh
aarm milk. I will ti ll you my way cf
preparing eg-s for children, as I found
it very valuable when 1 first Ix-an to
f. e. I Vera. I In-at the eggs until they
begin to rise. 1 then add one table
spoonful of sw, et milk to each ecg. a
pinch of salt, and a tiny pinch of bl.tck
p. pjer. Put a sm ul lump of butter iu
a pan. allow the butter to get hot, but
not scorching hot ; then Pour iu w hip
ped eegs and cream, lbrcctlv, it is
the consistency of Isuled custard light,
moist, and pntfy. .Inst melts away
in y.nr mouth, and is delicious. 1
learned this '"T experiment, when I
weai.ed Vera, at eleven mouths old.
She was very delicate, and 1 cold I
find no- food t h it agreed wit'i her.
The prepared foods, that I bought, all
disagreed with her badly cow's milk
seemed almost poison aud we thought
our child would die. fome one sug-geste-1
boiled custard, lint the state of
her bowels was too bad to give her
sweets.so 1 thought of the custard, with
sal t and j-epperfor seaionin,iustead of
sugar. It old admirably, and I kept
her alive, one whole winter, on eirs
prepared this way, aud nice, lightbread
souke.l in weakened blackberry w ne.
These things are lioth astringent aud
nourishing, and it was a lucky hit."
Who would think she had ever le-eii
a delicate child! ishe is a picture of
bhaiming health now," interrupted
Mrs. Shuler.
"So she is, an.l I am trulv thank
ful.'' "In sjH-aking ot egirs.let me tell you,
that the weakest stomach will Iear
eggs iu some form or olher.
Mt ba''T was very sick last s . miner.
ami vomited everv thing we gave him,
until 1 whipped the white of an e.g
very liht. added en. nig 1 sugar,
nutmeg, and whiskey, to flavor it, and
ii nd gave it to him. He liked it, and
retained it
right away
and hi gaii to get better
For dinner I generally give thera a
little of s-ich vegetal les as we have
Cooked; ric and gravy.jierhaps; a little
tenderly cooke 1 chicken or beef; and
some of the desserts, unless it is some
thing very rich ami indigestible and
1 seldom have such dishes on my
table.
For supper, they have milk and
bread, or oi.tmeal and milk. My child
ren drink warm milk night and morn
ing, an 1 in very cold w.atner I warm
it a little, by pouring l olling water in
it, if it has been milked so loug as to lio
coll.
I never give my children pork and
cabbage, under any circumstances.
In fa t, I give them very little meat of
any kind. Meat is too heating; and
w hile we may not notice ar.y injurious
effects in cold weather, the l.ttle things
will pav for it the following summer;
and we will won ler how came their
littie siomarns so inua.ne i uu um ui
order never tiiluKiug oi me io sir -ug
diet we gave them IU cold weather."
Mrs. Simhr said. "I find more
trouble in liu-l ug a suitable diet for
hit bat y, lhau f -r the children who are
nt teeihing."
So we all do," 1 replied, "and I
find the best diet for teething children
is eggs and milt. I al-o give them
some of the cereals; thoroughly cooked,
and if they Mmmtive, a ripe apple cr
pear, scraped or taked, is ginsi for
them.
A my children are through teething,
I give them a more va"ie 1 diet now,
but not a-.y and everything, I cau
assure you. I think the hab t of bit-
tin.; chillreu to the table, ana giving
tii. m everything they cal for. tivihme
more towards
giving mericuns the
: name of a dys ptic people, than any
oiuer one iniui. oo o suokiu
never lie given hot bread. Th I.n
glish seMom ent hot bread, and they
are much hardier, as a nation, than
Atneri: ana. Their children are half
grown liefore they come to the table
aud e it a mixture of rich food. They
have a table iu the nursery, set with
wholesome food, and their childrea eat
there. It is true, that many of us
cannot afford a nurse and nurw rr, but
we can use judgment in Ui - selection
of food for our ehtl ireu, always choos
ing such things as are nourishing and
easily digested. vYe should ln careful
in our selection ot vegetables. At this
season, nothing is more suitaolo than
turnip-greens an.l tomatoes ruv child
ren like tin ui, and the. form part of
their dinner nearly every day during
this month. F'or dessert, rice pud
ding with plenty of sweetmilk and eggs
and a small lump of butter, is nour
ishing and easily digested. I use it
vary often during this month.
Suitable clothes, axe just as essential
to health as suitable food. My child
ren's garments are made ol flannel dur
ing cool weather.
The soft, little woolen shirt, with
hitrh neck and long sleeves. Two flan
n 1 nndershirts, with long sleeves and
hit;h necks, a wmilen dress, and heavv
woolen stockinL's, long enough to rcacn
above the knee. Theother garments are
of cotton flannel except the aprons.
When I can't get the children's hose
heavy enough, and long enongh to suit
me, I get the coloied yarns and knit
them, or cut my own down to fit
them.
ow, I mast go it is getting late."
"Oh! how I wish you could stay
longer, and tell me how you take care
of your children when they are sick."
"T haven't time now, but one month
fr m to-day, I will tell you how I take
care of my children, in sickness and in
health. Wuiitan's Work.
Too Late.
'Too late, too la, ye cannot enter
now! sings Tennyson, of the foolish
virgins who weie unprepared for the
bridegro nn.
There Is no phrase in the lonif voca
b lury of s now that has a shaiper
sting than 'Too I-ate.' It is the knell
if hope, and its echo often leavt-s des
pair: sf II ad wo ilsof oiipu or p-n.
Th" sadae t are itieie i m uhl have been."
If, in a vision, we could behold our
selves when, with uutriuimed lamps,
we stand, and the words Too Late!'
'reeze our souls w th horror, we could
live 'O that to bear them would be iin--s-sible.
Who that has lost a friend
a forget the coldness that has seized
Uj heait as he rememliers acts of com
u.ision and omission, siu til in them
selves, but which inu-t hav given ln-ten-
pain to the heart that can feel
earthly pun no mote The roses on
the cothn veiy often outline the words
'Too .Late!' A surge of reu embrauce
tlools the yearn tug souls as ;t recalls
the days that are no nv-re,
O death In hie. the days tha are no more"
it loa is to I'evole Itselt eutrelv o re
pairing the fault if the past. But the
roses on a colli u are soulless a ch dn
of roses can not reach Heaven. And
then comes the thought of praver; and
this br ngs hoie aud consolat 'on. It IS
not b o late prayer call atoue .or all.
It seems ctraiige that any man who has
everlo-t a friend should doubt the doc
trine ol pr yer for the dead. w..ich is,
indeed, 'a holy and wholesome thought.'
John Brown's Clothes.
The clothes In which John Brown,
of Ossawatouiie was hane I, are in
p ssession of a Itroikiyn undertaker.
Jacob M. Hopper, an 1 his cotliu
was aiso there until twelve mouths
;-go, when it was chopped up by niis
ta e.
Alter the hanging the body, la the
same ragged, shot-, nldled clothes in
which John Jlrown had made his last
light, was p aced in a walnut coflin ar.d
given to a Charlestown undertaker.
Throngh the influence of the agents of
Northern friends the colliu was secretly
sin. (d ou board a uorth-bound steamer
and in due time arrived in New York
Theie Jacob Hopper was on hand to
receive it and reiuov-d the colliu to his
Mew Y'ork rooms, 103 Jlowery. John
Ilrown's bo ly was properly reclothed
by the undertaker and a new casket
made for it slid sliipi-e 1 to North Klbo,
where it was buried. The old cothn
and the tatte el clothes were brought
from New Y'ork and secrete! in the
cellar of Undertaker Hopper's rooms
in Iiiookl.n. There they remained tor
nearly tlur y years, until, iu a clearing
up which was instituted 1 i the cellar
during Mr Hopiier's absence, the cothn
was broken to pieces aud carried away.
The clothes are still in the undertaker's
lK)-se.ssio;.
T will swear to the part I had in the
disitosal of John Urown's body,' said
Mr. Hopiier. -It s a fact. Ills bo ty
as not mutilated, but his clothes were
torn as if they had been cut with bayo
nets.' The Curse of Fame.
Poor Dr. Holmes! It is no wonder
he wauls jieople to stop trying to write
poetry, when, as he says, ho has for the
last thirty years received a vol line of
jsieins or a poem, printed or in manu
script, nearly every day. Then he adds
amiably: "Of 'me I liave found it Im
possible to re. d critically all the literary
producth ns, i . orose aud veise, which
have heiied Ihemseives on every ex
posed surface or my librarv, like snow
, drifts aloi g the railroad tracks block
ing my literary pathway so that 1 can
hirdly find my daily paiers." Can
good nature go farther than this? Has
the good doctor no energetic friend who
w II clear h s library of these dri ts and
bundle them all into a bonDre? Think
of the conceit, tin imp rtinence and
utter want of kindly consideration of
the senders!
Definitions of Bible Terms
A geiali was one cent.
A cab was three pints.
An ouier was six p uts.
A shekel of gold was S3.
A tii kin was -ven pints.
A fart Id ii.; was three cents.
A bilei.t of cold was i:l.8n9.
A talent o. silv r was $iS.HO.
A cubit waa m arly 22 inches.
Fzektel's reed was nearly 11 feet.
A bin was one gallon aud two pints.
A mite was less than one-fourth a
cent.
A shekel of silver was about fifty
CrlllS
A piece of silver, or penny, was 13
-eiits.
A finger's breadth as equal to one
inch.
A "Grippe" Coincidence.
A rather si ugu'ar coincidence is noted
by Congres-ma.i Margau, of Missis
sippi, in reterence to the api trance of
the "gripiie" during Ilani-oa's- term.
"I remember vry well." he said, "in
my tioyhood that after the election of
Hartison and Tyler, and after the death
of Harrison, when Tyler had become
President aud wai overturning things
in a political way. that au epidemic of
inline za swept over the country, just
as it is do.ng now. - It had the same
n mie, too, the gripjie, aud I rernem
lr that everywhere it was f poken of
as 'the Tyler grippe.' Il was the same
sort of thing as we have now, and it Is
a little odd that it should come bick
:igain during the term to which another
Harrison was elected in it.'
Lady (cailiuir on friend) Oh, isn't
it splendid? I have made six calls, and
you are the only one I've found at
home.
.ly Papi'i Asieep."
The 'at her was dea.l t ey laid him
Alt ralm in his c- lKu b-sl.
1 eliisril his eyes and arranged him
In the siooiuy garb of ine dtiad.
i!." s'ricken were tt-arfu iy kneeling,
V." ii haul in the d iik-iilnu nlooui,
V.'; en his t.-est 1iTi-. baby Cams utealillg
Into that sih-xiT. room.
Her fHep was cliild-lik- aud fnarleos,
Ah fche t-iili?rtKi tliat n.-irrowtul place.
And herejes ers lanhlu.' and tearless
As she looke.1 on the motionless taco.
. .oik -bou thy last and love him
I h u pool little sbiMihenlless sheep,
for she hin g like a ri.--hud alove him.
xnd whisperisi "ily papa's asleep."
Loath was the batwi to forsake him.
And forth from the silent one creep,
Kir lihe loyally wouh'.ii't awak- him.
For the iaiher she loTtsi was asleep.
A COMEDY OF EURORS.
The fast-growing cus'om of wealthy
Sew Y'otkeis coming over to England
ud renting cdu.. trv -houses has lately
til to au amusing ocoiu relic-, the fa -ts
l which ni'uh'. b- prolitabiy worked
i to a scene in a novel or a play. It
ei-tas that two tine count ry-hou-es.
1 .ich surround d b a splendid puk and
s tuated close 1 1 each other, iu one oi
t-iu- home conn .cs, are severally owned
by a 'Mrtain peer, whom we snail call
t .a- Earl of lVricullis. and by a certaiu
hironet, whom we shall call Sir Itod
i rick Biennerhassett. The nobleman's
Iiai-e is called firasslan I l'.uk; that of
t e b iroin t Oakden Manor. Sometime
t' iiring the autumn mouths, both Lor I
Portcullis aim S r Roderick, for reasons
f quite a liisti'iet character, deter
miuid tositeud i he winter ou the conti
nent anJ to let their bouses lor six
iu nths. To that end. tney put the
tsiuses in the bauds of two West End
i oiisi'-agents to lie let, and, ere loug
Mittsfactorv tenants weie found iu the
l-isonsof two New Y'ork families. It
should be remarked that neither house
agent was awar-that the other house
-asfor rent. So that when the two
New Y'ork faui'liesapplied to each, oi.e
was told that Sir It xlei ick was a near
I-. ljhls.r, while the other was informed
that the Earl of I'oitcull s lived lieu
bv. A house owned by an earl, with a
lurotiet next d-o . suited one Anglo-
maniac down to the ground, while a
h use owned by a b ironet, w th au e.trl
next door, exactly tided the bill for the
other. X (thing coii d be better, ltent,
accommodation, aul habitable condi
tion were minor cousideratiot s in ' ot i
cas. s, aud the houses were taken m
stautly. s, (Jrass'and I'ark fell to Mr. Schuy
ler Van Winkle and Oak-leu Manor to
Mr. Hir.m T. Iia-sett. Noveuil saw
each ueiitlemau with bis family in resi
dence. Now. the Van Winkles aud
BasseUs, though lioth New Y'orkers,
imI not know each other. The Van
w inkles were u and of the world-fa-nious
Four II uidred. The Uassetts
Were not. That was sufficient. The
Van Winkles co sisled of Mr. and Mis.
anil their dauirh'er Julia, a handsome,
high-bred girl of two and twenty, who
had been nearly but not qu te a belle
n New Y'ork society lor a couple of
seasons. The Bassett family was made
up of Mr. and Mr1., their daughter
Dora, a pretty but somewhat loud
voung lady of nineteen, and their s u
iliram T Jr, commonly designated
! motif; his family and intimate frieuds
s 'Hi.
lA-t us hark back to November, when
the 'an AViukies and Basset's have
been in res.dence abauta fortnight.
'I'm oiisiderahly d isap(iointed,' says
Mrs. Bas-ett, one inoining at break
fast; 'I've been overhauling the card
leceiverand 1 fiutl there isn't a Binyh
title among them all.'
'All double ones, eh'i" asks Hi, who
thinks himself a wit.
His mother does not deign to notice
lilin; Mr. Bassett reads in silence ihe
Iiudou moining paper while he eats
(.l e could not do a more uti-Engl.sh
thine if lie tried), and lora says:
'How very provoking! What cau be
tiie reason? I'm afraid the liouse-ageiit
tooti us in. lie said Loid Portcullis
liveil very near.'
'Y'es, I know he did. Perhaps I've
overlooked him. Let me ha e anoth r
try,' and Mrs. Basset t, with a Iioim-IuI
look iu her eyes, produces the china
caid-receiver iroiu her lap beneath the
tai.le-cioth, and spreads ihe contents
out, one by one, on the table in front
of her, pnshi- g aside hrr plate to make
loom. '.No, 1 was ri-Thi. ineies no
I name of that soit. As I say,' and s' e
I g.Uhe.s the cards and throws them
i ibslaiiitally b-ick m o tie receiver.
'there is not a sing e title among them.
T- e Ear! of l'orlcu li.",' sas Dora,
meditatively; 'I wonder I wonder '
'Well, wiiat lo you wonder?' asks
her u-o.her, with some misgivings as to
the dr ft of her daughter's cogitations;
'if he's a myth'r'
'My, no!' exclaims l)ora; I know
better than that. Our groom knows
one of his lordship's gi'suns very well.
Only if Lord Emlihed knows Inui.'
Mr. Bassett looks up quickly from his
pa-r.
'What about Loiu Emtihed? he
asks.
1 only saul I wondered if ho knew
Lord Portcullis.'
'Who's Ind Portcullis?'
'How tiresome you are, papa! lie's
Lo d Portcul.is -or the Earl of Poit
cuilis, if you like it bet er. That's ail
I know almut hnu, except that he lives
al tirassliud Park.'
Oh, yes. to lie sure. That's the man.
lfoigethis name. By-tlie-bye, I saw
1 1 i in out driving to-day. That is to say,
he drove out of the iiaik gates as I ii
iKissing in my four-iu-haud coach. A
tall, handsome, distingue-looking man,
aud he had a mighty p etty daughter
.it least, 1 presume she was.'
What? Pretty or bis daughter?'
queries Hi.
Both, at.swers Mr. Bas'ett, with an
annhi at.ng nod al his son; 'anything
turther to offer?' Hi has Hot. and his
lather goes on. I guess,' he begins
ith one of those laises back to Ins
natural i..d.viduali!y, not common with
the average Anglouianiac.
'What?' cry Mrs. Barrett aud Dora
u a breath.
4 -h?- sav s Mr. Bassett; 4what? Oh!
Well, I fancy it was the earl. He
looked like an Enijlis. man, anyhow.'
'Of course it was,' says Mrs. Barrett;
who else cuuid it be? And there is a
jvife there must be, ot course. If there's
i daughter.'
'Y'es. a wife, daughter and son,' re-narl-s
Dora; 'so tie rge our groom,
o i know says I wish I had a Peer-i-e."
Whers Is it? Lost it?' a-sks her
iot!;er, anxiously.
'No. Forgot to pack It.'
'Of all things to forgetl' exclaimed
Irs Bassett; "we're in a pretty fix
now I'
'I'll telegraph up to London for one
at once,' says Mr. Bas-ntU
'I'm not" talkit g of the 'Peerage,' '
leplies Mrs. Bassett; 'I mean what are
we to do about these people not call
ing?'
'dive a ball aud invite them all,'
suggests Hi.
"It does seem so unfair such awful
hard lines, after coming over hern aud
tikiiig a house and every thing,' be
moans Do a; vve might have done as
well if we'd stayed in New Y'ork.'
'Better,' replies her mother; 4we
made Lord Euitihtd's acquaintance
there. How fortu- ate, too, that he is
awav in Spain, traveling.
'Who told you that?' asks Hi, with
a suspicious smile.
ou know perfectly well papa was
to!d so when he went to call ou him in
Loudon,' says Dora, impatiently.
All I know is, I saw li s name in the
M truing Post the other day among the
guests slaying at somebody's country
house.'
'Utterly impossible!' exclaims Mrs.
Bassett; 'he's In Itaiy no S,-am.'
I'd teli you what,' savs Mr. Bassett,
presently, wih a burst of enthusia. ui,
'why not take th bull by the horns
and call yourself? If will look as if
you were reti.riiiiig their call. Swells
"like that tortret who th y've called
uKn, aud will t'dnk it all light.'
'Not a bad idea,' assents Mrs. Bas
sett; 'iheie's no Ling like asserting your
self iu i his world. Y'ou never heir of
the keei-back3 anywhere. Y'e, well
call tuls very afternoon. Thank you,
ray dear, for the suggestion.'
It's very odd,' remarks Mr. Schuyler
Van Winkle, that same afternoon, as
he and his wife and daughter are to
gether in the drawing room at tiassland
l'.uk, uwa ling the siroke of live for tea
t be brought in. lie has t een conning
over a long sheet of palter which he
holds in his hand, and takes off his
eye-ulasses as he looks up.
" 'What is?' asks Mrs. Van Winkle.
'Why, that the B.euuerhaasetts
haveu't called upoii us.'
'Io you mean the people that live at
Oakden Manor?'
Yes.'
'Haven't they called upon us? Xo,
I remember now, they have not. Thev
are the only teople, though.
I can't at all make It oui,' goes on
Mr. Van Wi kie; 'every one else has
called. Why shouldn't they?'
'Perhaiia they have heard we are
Atnei leans ,' sii.'gesU Miss Julia.
'i'h. it should be no reason, ' replies
her lather.
'There are some English people who
don't like Aineri "aus. I know. Don't
you leiueiuber lho-e jteople at Cannes
last year, who ret used to tie introduced
to us, or, rather, refused to allow us to
lie introduced to them? Nasty, hateful
thniiisl'
Mr. Van Wink e winces both at the
unciiiuplimeutarv reminder and at tiie
pronounce 1 American' in his daugh
ter's coi-clndiug words.
Y-3, 1 remember them,' he replies.
loftily; 'but 1 don't altogether blaiue
them.'
Why. papa?'
iou forget the sort of Americars
they had coiis antly before them, my
dear Julia. Vulgar, purst -proud, push
ing iieople. They suppo ed us to be
the suni. , no doubt. I'm sorry they did
not give us the opportunity of sluwing
t hem the contrary,' he adds, drawing
hlhiss-lt up.
'Bui, my dear, haveu't we carefully
avoi led letting our nationality l-e
known? 1 thought you sa;d we were
not to tell anyone we were American-,'
i,iys Mrs. au 'V inkle.
'Certainly 1 paid so.' says Mr. Yau
Winkle; 'alter people got to know us 1
thought would be time enough to tell
them what we were.'
'I'm sure I've told uo one,' urges
Mrs. au ink If.
'Nor have I,' adds Julio.
'1 leei confident that no one ha
round it out lrom me.' says .Mr. au
Winkle, moudlv.
It is certainly very strange,' ob- 1
seives Mr. Van Wink.e; "the house-
aenl tola u they were 'he nicest, p o
pie in the neighborhood, next of course
to the Portcullis fan ily.'
At l hat moment the rumble of car
riage wheels sound on the gravel of the
drive.
'Perhaps it's the Blenin rhassetts
now,' says Julia, risii.g quickly and
going to one of the windows, as a car
riage drives past in the dun light with
out; 'yes, it's a brougham and p ir
Willi coachman and fooliuan, with cock
ades iu their hats. O.' course it must
lie thein. Talk of the et catera, et
i-ieter i.
'I trust you have not instructed Wat
kms to say i ot at home,' fays Mr. Van
Winkle, as he pubs down his shirt-culls
ami wipes some specks of dust from his
coat-sleeve; iakii.g at the same time a
tlnnce at his scaif iu the mirror over
the chimney-piece. 'I am most a ixious
to meet these iieople.'
Before Mis. Van Winkle can reply,
the door is thrown ojieu and the butler's
lips move in the arl.ciilal on of an an
nouncement whose phonetic t-ffe.'t upon
the ears of bis listeners is:
'Assetan' ss '.iss tt!'
An!' tuuim ti Mr. Van Winkle to
himself, as Mrs. Bassett and Do a
march majestically into the room; 'the
Bieniierhas e'.ts at la tl'
After mutual greetings of lnteusest
British fngi.ily In t e ulteiance of
'How d'ye uo'a and the mechanism of
its haiid-shal.ings, lot h sides doing their
best tt api-ai' English to the other
liarty, Mr-. Van Winkle says:
'It is so good of you to come and see
us.'
'Y'es, we have been wondering why
you didn't cull,' Julia adds.
Mrs. Bassett and Dora exchange
glances.
'Of course It is some new English
custom for stra- gers to call first,
thinks Mrs. Bassett; 'I uiusu't apjs-ar
to be ignorant of il. How lucky we
camel'
Y'ts?' she says aloud; 'it's very good
of you to say so. I'm sure. We should
have called before, but several things
prevented.'
'We are so anxious to see Oakden,'
remarks Julia; 'it's such a hue place we
he-'
Well, yes; it isn't a bail sortot place,'
repl ed Dora; 'we should have prefer '
She stojis short at a glauce lrom her
mother, prefaced by the usual admoni
tory, and premonitory 'A-liem!'
I beg your pardon?' demands Mr.
Van Wlukle, bending forward in his
ciiair to listen, much to Dora's discom
fiture, for she doesn't see her way out
ol the faux pas she has all but made.
'1 don't know what it is,' she says to
herself, 'but it must be something
wrong, from mamma's face.'
Her mother comes to her rescue:
"Do you mean to say you have never
been there?' she asks; 'how very odd.
Mrs. Van YViukle is vaguely con
scious that Julia's remark was an inop
portune one, anil favors her daught r
with a glance in accord with her feel
ings In consequence.
'1 ast said, soonest mended,' is her
mental conclusion, and 'Do you think
so?' is all she says.
'Why, certainly,' liegins Mrs. Bas-
Sitt, and then suddenly recollecting
herself, not without the aid of Dora's
elev.ited eyebrows, turns very red and
coughs.
Mr. Van Winkle lakes the remark as
an intentional bit of quizzing, tie is
angry at what he Is pleased to consider
an affront, and vexed that his national
incognito should have been so unsuc
cessfully maintained.
It couldn't be anything I've said,'
he says, comfortingly, to hinDsel". 'I've
said nothing but "How d'ye dor' and I
beg your pardon,' since they came in.
Any Englishman might say as much.
Perhaps.' he ruminates further, 'she's
picked It up on the continent some
where troni some Americans she has
been thrown with, and feels ashamed
of herself for using the expression to
us. I snail take that view of it, at all
events.'
Meanwhile, Dora endeavors to help
her ui ither out. A sih-n'-e has ensued
which is painful to all parties, and iu a
nervous anxiety to break t. she says the
hrst thing which comes into iter head:
'I don't believe J'ou would think much
if Oakden. In my opinion there are
dozens of oi l manor houses on the Hud-
sou much prettier.'
'There again!' exclaims Mr. V an
Winkle; 'it must be intent onal this
time. One can't resent it in one's ow n
hoi.se except by a snub, and there Is no
greater snub than ignoring a remark
I' ll changing the subject, no matter
how apropos of nothing the introduc
tion of he new topic may l e. Bye-the-bve,'
he says aloud, 'how is Sir Roder
ick'!" r Koderick?' asks Mrs. Bassett,
liaz.lv; 'do you mean I
Sir Koderick. 1 trust he is quite
well?' ;
Ye-es. I believe so. I don't know,' j
answers Mrs. Bassett.
Then he's aiv.iv from home?' savs
Mr. Van Winkle, In a painfully dlsap- i
pointed voice. ;
Oh, yes; be s away from home,' re-plie-i
Mrs. Bass tt, laughing. 'How
fond the English aie of dialling,' she
says to herself; 'I must enter into it,' j
hat the dickens cm there lie to
laugh at?' thinks '.'r. Van Winkle; 'it i
is the one great fault the only fault, ,
indeed I notice in English iieople. I
They turn every thing into a subject
for their levity.'
'Are you g ling up to the drawing-!
room?' asks Mrs. Van Winkle, anxious S
lo say something and forgetful that
theie are no lourt functions in the win
ter. In the correction of her mistake 1
by the others, the conversation assumes
a congenial tone and flows ou without
check or hitch un'il tea is brought in.
'Pray stay and have tea,' s.ijs Mrs.
Van Winkle, as Mrs. Bassett and Dora
1 ise to go.
' Thanks, awfully,' answers mother j
and daughter in a breath, aud sit down
again. j
'i'lve o'clock lea Is such a charming
custom,' observes Dora, taking her cup
from Mr. Van Winkle and helping her- i
self to the cream and sugar he bauds'
her. "We aie awfully fond of iu' j
'So are we,' Julia says; 'I think It:
makes such a elightful event, e pe- i
cially wln-n the days are short and there I
is nothing else do.' I
"It has liecome quite a custom in j
America," goes on Dora.
"This is more than accident,' men
tally exclaims Mr. Van Winkle; 'it is j
th- thud tune. They must know, or
susjh ct at all events, and are trying to
catch us.'
Neither Mrs, Van Winkle nor Julia
si aks. It is one of those occasions
with them wheu silence is golden.
'Y'es, Indeed, continues Dora, who,
conscious of au ominous A-heni,' does
no'- dare to h okut the frown which st.e
knows is puckering her mother's face;
l can rememuer the tune when you
never '
'Dora, my dear, we must be going,'
an I Mrs. Bassett sta- ds up abruptly.
'So sorry you have lo go,' smiles Mis.
Van Winkie; "it is so very good of you
lo have come to see us. ('What charm
ing maimers the English aristocracy
have,' Hunks Mis. I asset LJ 'I hoiie :
We shall see a good deal of each other.'
'Thanks, aw tully,' thus Do: a ami her
mother say; 'good-bye.
'I can't sav that, 1 care very much
for them,' Mr. Van Winkle says a:t-r
they have gone; '1 thought their con
stant reference to America very rude '
i "o did f,' concurs Julia; 'they were
' quizzing us the w ho e tune and sunt i
'eniig laughs. I never saw an tiling
! like it.'
I'm glad you uoti ed it,' says her
; father; 'I don't think we need return
i the ca.l.'
! 'And yet,' reran ks Mrs. Van Wm
j kle; t might show that they never silt.
I pected us. '
' I 'ei ha; , 'sav s Mr. Van Winkle; 'I'll
i think it over. '
'Uiite delightful eop'.e,' says Mis.
; B-t-srtt, lying back aiU 'inr the coinior'.
! a'i.e cush.onsof he- b ougham, as it
j bowls down the broad avenue; 1 think
we made a good imp ession. If any
I thing spodel it, it was your couliuual
reference to America.'
'Why, certainly,' remarks Dora,
qun t!y.
Fat.
Growing fat seems to be a constitu
tional and hereditary iitra r, and to de
pend very little on one's own personal
habits, or the amount that one eats ami
drinks. Alihoumh at his death I'auiel
Lanihert weighed i:. r than seven
hundred poiin Is, ami wai not quite six
feet tall his vast bui',: never, however,
seeming to incommode him yet when
he weighed over lour hundred be. walk
ed long distances with less fatigue than
was endure 1 by hi-i companions who
weighed comparatively nothing, and
unt.l shortly b fore his death he was
active in field exercises. He never
spent much time in beil, sleeping less
than eight hours iu the twentv-four,
was a moderate eater, and drank only
water, and still, iu sp te of all tins, he
went on accumulating adipose in a w ay
that leads one to inquire seriously if
ea'ing, and drinking, and indolence,
and self-indnlgeuce have really a great
deal to do with the laying on of fat.
JCnhange.
A Self-txtlnguishlng Candle.
A candle has recently l-eu brought
out that extinguishes itselr after it has
burned for an hour. Th.s is done by a
liny extiuguish-r of tin which is fas
tened in the wax by wires and which
effectually irforms its task. It Is only
necessary to remove this diminutive ex
tinguisher when its work is done, and
the candle is ready to burn another
hour.
NEWS IN BRDZF.
It Is l ot gene-ally known that Dr.
S. Fiimore Bennett, the author of the
weli-known hymn, "The Sweet By and
By," s Lying in his old aae in an ob
scure town in Illinois.
At a recent b 11 in London the
electr o light was arranged to vary in
color, being alternately red, blue, green
aud yellow. The ladies didn't like it,
as it ruined in alternation the effect of
their costumes
The great tower of the Cathedral
of Uim is at hist ou the eve of comple
tion. The tower when tinished will be
5J4 feet high, which exceeds the height
of St. Paul's in Hamburg. The cele
bratiou will pr bably take place on th"
30th of June next.
The instruction classes in lauDdry
work iu England have proved a great
success as well as a great benefit and
have raised the standard of the work.
It is a scheme tha'. might be copied to
advant ge, also to give Instruction in
other kin s cf household wotk.
The fir-t tieruiau Catholic church
to be lighted electrically is the grand
old cat: elrid nt sini-burg. Arc lights
have been used oulsl le with tine effect,
and it is stated that many of the noble
lines of toe architect are are accent ra
ted by u-glit as they never have been
by day.
A new museum will soon lx started
in Paris, to lie known as th? Mus-ua
of the French Arniv, and to comprise
ancient uniforms, equipments, arms and
every tl ing relating to the history of
I'rein h re intents. Au enormous
amount of material h-s already been
secured.
Thunder sbirms Pie more freque-tt
in Java than iu anv other part o the
globe On an average they occur In
the island on in etv--cven days in Ihe
year. In E gland t e average marks
thunder storms on nltoiit seven days In
the sir only half the number record
ed in France.
The little island of Iceland, 300
miles loiu aii'l nm broad, and isolated
from Ihe great couth. ent of ci viliz ition,
is found t i have as gieat a iiiiiiib- r of
newsj aiiers as ate punted in the ver
nacular tongue of th 'empire of China.
The hi'Wspap is of Iceland are pub
lished at a point farther ui rlhtlian any
other j 'lunals in evidence
The Din hes.s of Westminster, whose
husband is the richest in. in m England.
I In ds heiself tillable lo give tflmi a year
for live years towards a scholarship at
! Ihe Fein.de School of Art, London. She
! writes t,hat she "has so many claims"
S upon her, and that when she subscritiel
to the fund she did know tiial it was
to ru i live years.
1 A woman has been found living In
New Y'ork city w hose expeuo average
lour cents a day. She makes button
holes - when she can get them to make
; and finds that the revenue derlvel
fiom her toii compels her lo tlepeii I lor
sustenance on biead without butter.
i mid tea wilho it miik. A five cent loaf
uf bread lasts her two days.
There Is a very carious stone about
which very little is ev r heard. It is
called tlie "Alexandrite" in honor of
Alexander of K is-si.i, w ho was very
f ttid of hem. Iu the daytime they re
semble an emerald, except that t hey
are somewhat darker, but at night they
are a d ep, purplish red. They are
found in Iudia.and, like all rare stones,
vary much in their qualities.
Henry M. Stanley is in the field
for "bond 1." lie sail to a friend be
fore he left A men -a in si-arch of Kmlu
Fashi: "I'm getting past middle
lile. I have not s.. ed a cent. My
books and lectures slut uy me within
th6 next live eais enough to make my
oh! age comfoi table. This African
expedition is for money, not glor."
Our impoitsof merchandise for the
year ls'.tij were tTTo.OU'MMXJ, and our
exports rilT .iii'0,'Mn. This Is a good
showing s-1 far as il goes, but then we
sent abroad t."'-."ll",,J0 more gold and
silver than we received from other
cou'dr.es. which about evens up the
balance shet-t for the year. If the new
tnr.ff bill goes through, as is most
probable, we hoie that a year after it
goes into operation we shall show a
large balance of tiade In our favor.
I he champ!- in fine-hand writer or
the World is tieiievcd lo lie Mr. Rlla
Kilt'-ridge. who resides at Belfast,
Maine. He Is ye.ns old, but has
written the I. n I's Praver six times re-p-
at' d ou the spa e covered bv a sbver
tive-ceht piece, Willi h is at the late of
o.ljuO wonts ou a postal card. He has
written the L- r .'s 1'iayer on a space
o three-sixloenlhs ol an inch, and says
he w.ll come un ler a contract lo put
:! t,0 0 words on a (Hist.il caid.
Mrs to n. tiiant has a girl's fond
ness tor candy, and she alwai.3 has a
box on hei wut hg ties wMle engaged
in wr ting, she is at her desk three or
four hours daily now, being e: ga ed in
tlie pieiaiation or memoirs and corres
poinli iice. in w hich she Is be ng assisted
by her son .Ies.se. who came back from
C.iiilor .ia, where he was engaged In
uiinin : and farmii g, for this es;tecial
purpo-e.
The rare metal, uranium, a lode of
which was discovered in a Cornwall
(Eng.) mine recently, has Iteen de
veloid, ami is lielieved to lie extremely
valuable. II t herto the only source of
. uranium has b en is tiate'i pockets aud
! patches. The Cornwall works expect
to turn out about a half a tou ot metal
' a w.'ek. Ow ng to its great scarcty
the market price has been abort $2,000
per bin. It is t' ought I. at it w.ll be
highly valuable to electric il engine-rs.
i A correspondent hears from Japan
that th- latesl western iruovatiou in
, that land of flex b. lily and innovation
is a sjsteui of rail w iy book-stalls at all
the principal railway stations in the
imp. re, which an enterprising book
ee ler in Tokio lias dec:drd to lntro
duce. The Japanese aie a nation of
readers, but the. are, indeed, far fiom
being a nation of travelers, but. foitu
n i lei labor and the mateiia's re
cheap, so thai the pionei-i of the new
s; stem dim-, not ns v veiy much
A strange battle ;s te;sirted to
have lately '.iv en p ac iu T(jklo, l;iaiu
"A sire un i uus tmoug'i Ihe coniioitud
of Tubukuji Teinp'.e at Sugatuo, and
some hunUieds of bui. -flogs githeied
ou either bank. I hen a teinTc battle
ensued, lasting from 9 A. M., to 4 P.
M., and it is stated that when 'he i jm-
bat was liuished ti e 1 iOik was blocked
' to such an etli-nt w.th tlie lsjl.es of
: tl.e slain that the c uirse of Ihe water
was aln. jtt lotah lhijieled. Large
numbers of p -o.ile v ite i the place to
w.tiisss t'..e .-U.mg-; j eciacle."
i'-fnu'ir power I now liemg applied
to the munuf in tire of seamless steel
iHiats. Il is contended thai, m every
' respect, tlie sc-eiaiess steel boat will be
supetiorlo the wooden one, and the
cost of the one will not I matertallt
greater than that of the ether.
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