The sta'ir-tios of the lioairl ol Charity
of llio Sta'c of 111 nois, show licit 1 ho
cost of supporting each pauper in tho
Jt;ito bi lo sityix and three-tenth
cents ;it day, twenty-six cents more
than the lab nr gets on mi n. eragc.
The Cul fotnii l'ori-1 nITerc 1 n gold
mi to 1 1 10 person who slioul I so'ct t
tlir imi't a; ji I it 'j national flower.
Thirty live nn-wcis worn set it:, and
th'jidg.'t .h ri'lt d th it tin; sinilowcr's
iai t i'ikil 4 had 111 lie nut till! best i:;IU'.
Tin1 Atnphitr'itc, nrio of tlm double
tuircled in n it rs, whi.h 11 vo li n
fourteen jr. il uii'iiT 'iiii!tru t ioti in III'!
F.rooklyu Navy Yarl, it to have h,r
steam trial iiiir.irili itcly. The Terror,
Miatitonomih and Monadrioc!;, 8 stcr
ships of the Atnphitrito, nre uUo pro
gressing, tm' it will In; a long while he
lire imy "f thi'st) cscs, wh'ch wiil bo
f i lent service for coast ill fcii-i'.i nil
bo fully equipped ilh'l pit ill colli"
mi s on.
Tim rcpn sontatives of the Negus, of
Abyssinia, ut tin- ( rbr.it iiiri of the 1'iloih
anniversary of tin! intrii(l;irtinn of
hiNti.iriity in Utii:i have Icon com-mi"-ioncd
to a o rt liu who'her tlio gold
cross sent liy the .Negus to Alevnudrr
II.. ti'll years n;f . Iiu I bt'"li received by
A SONO.
TTier In ever a noug somewhere, mjr dear;'
TIuti Isovor a something ulnn alwsy :
Tbore li the senfc ot th lark when the skies
nrn char,
Anil tli? sons of the thrush when tlio skies
aroginy. :
The fiini'ilno showers rnr nw thi grain,
Ami tlm lit in bird trills in tlio orrhar.1 tree;
Aird in nml out, when tlio ravfi drip rain,
The swallows are twittering ceaselessly.
Thro is over n B'tii siineirliere, my tl'ar,
In midnight i,1,ii ;, or tli" mul lay blue;
Tlio rul in pipes wlimi llm sin is here.
Aii'l tlm cricket chirriljia tlio wliolo night
tli rou :h.
Tlm l.ul may blow, a'lJ tlio fruit may
(trow.
An 1 tlm autumn Kiv.-s iho.i crisp aril
MTl"i
I ' it wl.oilier the aim, or tlio rain, or tlio
snow,
There ,s ever a s-nj? s imrwlnrrt, my donr
- .iIiiiph H'i jYoiiib ICilnj.
THE NEW NEIGHBORS.
"I hope they'll be nirp," said Cd'a,
thoughtfully h.tii'S h'T t'lochet neeilie,
and I okiuu through the j ori'li-vmei to
ward the next hon e.
"They won't b"," said !ni:ip.win
ln;: Iiit pretty foot from tlio railing on
which she win ercln d. "I'm crriaili of
it: and bosidea, Colin, what if they ato?
It isn't like y they'll have mm ii to do
with i s. Anvl o lv rich oiiouliIi to buy
that Momui'b. I lie .Neii'i ncr!H III il the .Mmiiton Iloii-e aoi'jal ui Willi tho
ll" his leceivid HO lillitViT flnlll the!
!:tMhiii iov r mieat t- hi 'rep ati d in. ;
l'iiiii'4, it 1 1 1 it i. reporte 1 tli.it lie ll.i '
tbrratct'cd lo kih his em -siries should
I hoy return wi;h mt lh.: d. -in d iiifouiii- ,
tinii. I
"An cvtt.iordinnry : ne," savs the
N.l-ll il e i IVnn. p .!. $ , , !,, "to .k phiee
.il tiie fun r:il, in I' ' ii, a ire, ol' ThniLa
'ales. v.h.thid drov, lie. I hhn-eifili con.
-i iiiii .,i i', it aid. of a'l uiih.ippy
Il inr. lb' h i 1 live I v. i: 'i hsw ii'eaiil
i ; i 1 1 h r -i 1 1 law. T.'.o t!:i)iisiiid p r--!is
allendi . I the f ;! ,.,:,!. U-n tin-e'er.; v
in in left ll.e in ill ;:',( i to hil-tlo the
y mi..' v. Mi. ..in! In i ii.otl.er in'o the
j;rave. I ":i : . i n in ih s, :h.-y stiipped
the ,,.!.,' w i . : 1 1 : 1 1 1 .'I In r widow's d'C-i.
b.iiinei, iiv. i ail w.dii::o i in,'. A
H,:r,
ni-i'i ;,') lc:
bo e, iie a I
the ii e -a .v l.cr
were fo. lowed by u
i "Wii, the v or-t
Wr-Illell."
i;;l tiie s to:i
three volunteers of
..fe!y In liu
, i r i: mid shout ;.'
mii'iii,' whom were
A novel point in the law of libel, ob
serves the New York i!ri'l, has cone
n foil? owe of the- Kni.'!i-li C)nts. A
poor bt tie ilot of a house next door! Oh,
no :'
'a'uir) spoke with culm conviction,
rd in out ire a'osenre of de.poinb iiey.
."he Was ii Hi'iisib e lllid ilulependent
little iei-on. t elia Was wad -hint; the
unloading of a mi:i ir their new liei'li
bur's :a!e.
'1 ;iin afraid they nre awfully rich!"
she .vhnittt d. 'I'hey'ie livpo ked seme
i.f tl ( thiiiu's out ol door-, .Hid ih - furni
ture is love v- plu-h Mid stamped
b'atl.cr, mid cherry be irooin si ts; mid
they've n I' d ) ami. "
"Wei," siid !..i':-ie, i:iiiy, "let'em
have ' in. Wc'ii' v.ot i uti!'.e.it( i i ha rs
aii'l a rii lO'iiie sofa, ntid p.l;e In dsteads
mid a Hi' I deoii ; mid w iiat inoie onid
you toi ."'
"H'o'.l, a lew thin:, p"'hips," sai l
Celia, Miiilin' at l.er bri'.it yolinu'-:
k i -t i r.
"If T( !! Ciiv-on ii, !i in tin; L-r..
cirv btts.i.i .h -" sa d M.ii-gie, I atiter.
in'iy.
"i'diaw 1" saM Celi.l, p ttin;' red.
"Itl ail 1 rol.iibilitv vmi inn h.-ivp
'I hey them," Mii'.j,. rotieluded, and jumjied
nun ii nun i r: m awav.
he wei.t around to the reir of the
hoii-e, :i!id down to the o.mioti.
It was not a !iiil;c .udeu, mid there
was not miii h in n now but cue:imliers
mid tomatoes. Hut it was a ii in.u lable
pinion, nevertheless; f,,r .Millie bad
made and tended it herself. Her mother
.nan d. stui-s,., I his srrva'it bv a written I ,l,d Celia had p ote.trd, but laio
order, wh'ch he handed over to his wife. h."1 -"'! e l''termiiii!dly to work, tor
who i'a''e it to the servant.
tlll Ill iSVPfcSil ill tf ,1 (rtlV.liiti knl.dt.iiili .Hi.
Ihu reason r.,.i. ,i ,i...ir ...,.,.. i.au if -i ..."
for the i.im s-al was stated in the order, ion was in the yrocoiy line: and MiiL'jie
iuTI was deropit.uy to the ihaia tor of ' had tie: ided that they couldn't aHoid to
lure t in .Miirpny tins year. Ami she
the servant. The latter sued for libel.
The defence was tha". the paper coin
I'Luii' d of was a rota nunieatioii bo'weeu
liusii.ii.il and wife, a:id ln iK-e was ptivi-
b "ed. This view was su-taiite by the
.hid ;,'', wlio ie i, i he 1 that it Would be u
was ptoinl of her yar.ieu.
Tiny had had lettuce and onions, anil
1 c i:;s and i 'as; and Alai'ie's round fa c
was browner, and her io.,u! health more
robust, than they hid been in Mav.
It was .Ma.:ie s tomatots limt made the
iroiioie. . iieiiiiri into tiie it 1 1 nir-loom
P" tty stat of a'l all if hud and and u week l.,t. r, w.th c.r :t I sp.ni.
w ife couhln t tad; or w rile to tcie atio'.ii-
cr iiluei: their dome.;', s, rvai.t w ithout
I" ii a;ne:.a!i'e to tin- law of libel when
ever litlcr s'.iouid r.-J't at the inatti I to
tl." i rat.t.
Th
fain.
:s S' eel. .Ii:, Pr. W. V.
Jlui' 1 1 1 , .iy s in tiie .1 ;.. V ' 1-
"I 1 a.'o tv cnt'y met with e.e'al
. . i s of in-omni.i d ie to o-. , r t iii' ion
'f the Aim ii 'an iio.vou. s;.s e;n, rm
lave been : i j 1 1 -1 1' 1 to . r -e i i ' son,1'
iruLT th -t wo. .Id I e e 1. live t ptoduee
-1 i i :i- I lea' th,- s tine time ha-lnh-.-.
N si. h 1: 1:1; t .i-'-l I h re is n-'t o:.e
U. i:t in : p .!.! of .ju'.'-tiie; to siiep
v iu'.'ta-y i.f" that li 1 lain woikiic.t
lea hour at h'- h ile--!!le, CMi'p: it be
1. .or,- ,.r es 1 . 3 - if -ii 'oii-utiipti 'ii
of thloiiil, bio'i.i.'i,' in sn,;.,. !o:i i,
nj i'lin, lia i.n 1 .1 1 1 in thi c.i;:,try 'o
a'l iuele.ii: e evtellt, i- s! ii LM'i'tt ill '.
Had a liir.;.; niiMiber of A nn.i i aas l;o to
1" ! rur. n'efht mote or 'e-s airier tii"
in:b:eiiee of po;s in. f 1 " , thu-obtained
i- no: letfiil iioj restot a'.ive, a d Nature 1
hat tin vou th nl; ." she ib in tti '.ed.
Lit athlessly. "They kee he. is ye.,
tier.- netlty. if tiien-'s on ; and t"n y
hain't a si'-u of a In 11 pai i; ; and I've jns't
been 1 hainr them out of my tomatoes -my
toi:i i'o, mi.1 M.i;;.-;f a iiai.t tea;-,
flll'.v. " The f'.'aei'-p , l,ets are so W.d"
apart th y tan hop li.h: on. The d
)iae to put lii alHitlie.' fein C- that's
u I."
''They so in iiken'ie, tj'lict people,"
Colin comioeu'o d. . pte-ume thev I! be
winnu; to ilo s' mi t' iii-:. '
"Niie atij tji.iet y r,i d Ma with
'!' ;' " "1 h"',i! 1 thinh s I in;
Jiol, eld 1 t up e on (-, ,-r .s ,w. r-ci t nt v
if t'e-y'ie a day, all J well, ut m;r:";
I l.liow they ale. He W but '-( t he liae.e '
'l i d lie.' wed, Mr. Tlsdaic. lie Welt's
tl ed't l itiilest old clothe.; a t oat that's
, ti-l 'is shat.by, Hilda i eat in to. I hat.
And tin: "i.i- about in an old sae.p.e
that rim: h n e 1 1 me o'.:t ,,f t h r 1 o 1 '-'.o :
lllel Vo'l ol.oJit to s.e , r b .n m t uc a
thin.' .' '
"IV Lap- they're in red no r'r '.ini
tiate' , ' s. id t eii.l, Ifptul j;o.y.
'Vith that lava !y iio.ise and" furt.'-h-in'sf
'it'll .Majoir, ui::inw. r.dey. "ti.i,
n: Ami - to 1 oini' ba ' K lo tli ' h, 1,,
tiny lun-t I'.x that ft li.e I taut lose
lay lovely totnatoe-. 'J hinl; of ad tiie
runs e wete to nave, 1 cl.a I Mil saut e
and wo can't afford to loso them. Won't
you "
She stopprtl not beeauso she had fin
ished, but. because Mr. Ti-ululo, after a
blinking In portion of her, had turned
about and irone on hoeing withou a res
ponsive syllable.
.Mawie'a fa e b.irncd hatly ; hit pretty
lipl trembit d.
"If I were a man!" sho murmured,
with her little brown hundi clinched.
'I low can he! What doc he mcau by
it.' Tho boast."
The (ducking in the tomato patch hail j
reached a triumphant pitch, anil a fresh
llock was wandering through tho fence. I
Mai'g e fo'got Mr. Tisdale. The hack
was coining down the street from tho
noon train, Ind-ii with passengers; but
she cared tint for the observation of
hack pasntigers, nor, for that matter, of 1
kiiiU and ipieens. 1
!"he seized her white, bcrufPcd apron
in her tremb.ing bands and rushed
toward tho garden,
Theto whs a wild ca-kling, a fright- 1
curd peeping of little yellow balls, ami!
a fien.ied scattering. '
".-hoo shoo!"' oriel Maggie, her
voi e unsteady with Indignation and ap
proaehing tears. 'Shoo!''
,f the hens were alarmed and tempo
rarily routed, the brilliantly-tinted,
ulky-cyed rooster was not.
lie stood motionless on tho spot w-hero
Maggie's onslaught had found him
motionless save for a rising, a swelling,
ami a trembling of his gay, red como,
while his ryes grew fiercer.
Maggie shook her apron with cyclonic
cr.cry.
"You impudent old thing!" alio cried,
tho lauuditer struggling through her
tears, ami charged upon him val antly.
She felt a sudden whir in the nir, an
angry tip-rising of yellow leg and
bright feathers, and she put her hands
to her face with a little scream.
A sharp peek 1 nine down on her fin
gers: she In mil his fluttering wing in
the air, close to her face.
H.e lowt red her head into her apron,
nnd foii::ht at him with one courugcoui
list. And then she heard rapid, striding
step, mid a lattl.11:,' crash through the
dry bean vims; thorn was a panic
stricken siiiawl, choked in its first ntnge,
a flapping ol w ings, ntid silence.
Mn :,'.otook hi r he. id out of the apron.
It was as though her fairy godmother
if she had one had been a', v.ork.
Mr. Tistbile's roo-'er lay on the ground
in an e.piring 1 utter, his sheeny neck
tvited, his warlike eyes forever dulled.
And clo-e at In r side, anxious and agi
tated, ami withal most attractively nice
It o'.ing, stood a strange young man iua
welbtittin, 1 1 iivcl stained suit, and a
sof'. traveling cap. Fallen among the
tomato. vitn s were a cane and umbrella,
stl.'lpped together.
"A re v on liuit;" he said.
He had taken out his handcrchief, and
was prc-sing it to her baud, on which
the blood hail started.
"I saw it fiom the hack, you gee, and
I l st no time in getting over. Do you
think your hand is badly liuit't"
"No," said Maggie, bcwildcrcdly.
Hut she was not ii.te dazed. Sho saw
that the hack had stopped at the Tis
la c' gate, and that a trunk was unload
ing from it.
He had come on a viit; a rolativo,
probably. She felt a thrill of regret at
that.
"o, the said, gratefully; "it wnsju't
a pei k. l ow very good in you! And
Iook at your handkerchief !"
"My haiidcrchief !' said the young
man, reproat hful y.
l'or Maygic. l.er iretty, brown face
flushed and her eyes soitly smiling,
looked very sweet, despite her rumpled
hair and her wrinkle 1 iipion ; ami there
was something mme than mere polite
toneeiii in tiie young inau'a Jilea.sant
t yes.
He tool; her arm, still anxious, ami led
her to an upturni'l box at tho edge of
the gulden. Theie was room for them
b tli. and they both sat flown.
"Thank 011l I d feel a little queer.
I was frightened." Maggie admitted.
"And - I rati't thank you cnoiiL'li f"r
your gi nine. Whit should 1 hive
lime.' I think he really meant to kill
me ai:d iu-t bt ea ;.se 1 wau.ed him to
go home 1"
1 111 L"r laugh, roa-sured by
nire.lndeed, the Ti'dales tho Tisdalcs."
"What!" said Celia.
And Maggie explained at enthusiastic)
length.
"Ho wants to rail on his mother." rh
continued, prettily. "Of course e'll go."
"Hut it isn't 'likely they'll take any
notice of us," said C'cllu, slyly.
"Hut why, Ctlia -il'a different, you
know," said Magg'o.with a blush.
"An. yes!" said Celia, smilingly.
And. with shrewd foreught, she was
almost as certain at that minute as sho
was itiiiiio months later of having Mr.
Tisdale tor a brolhcr-in-law. tmurdivj
Xi'jht.
Hrnslir of Infinite Vnrlely.
"The manufacture of bruhcs," re
marked a ma'.cer of those Indbpens ib 0
articles to a New York Sun reporter i
few days ago, "is an entirely modern
industry. The ancients, with all their
1 ottstcd skill anil wisdom, were ignorant
of both the broom ami brush ns we know
them, or anything resembling them. In
lieu of tint brush and broom the em
ployed rudo Instruments of cluiny
miuiufa' tore nml material, and tin
manageable bulk ami weight.
"The modern brush, ol intinito variety
nml graceful design, is 'a thing of beauty
and a joy forever.' A well-made brush
is a work of perfect kill nml hiuli
mechanical art. This adjunct of our
modern civilization being used for every
conceivable purpose, Is accordingly mndo
of every kind of material. Wiro.rubbcr,
wood and the hnir of tho hog, horse,
badger, sable, squirrel, bear ami many
other animals are used in bru-h making.
The line hair of tho little I'gyptian
ichneumon is largely employed in mak
ing artists' brushes.
"l-'cw peo lo are aware of the con
stimulate s';id required in the pioducl ion
of a good brush. All lino bruh M aro
hand made, the wood work alone being
done by machinery. lb istles nre more
frequently ucd than any other kind of
hair.
"i n)ti their arrival at the factory thu
baits are carefully bleached ami sorted.
The latter is done by passing the bain
through combs of various sios. The
thick hairs are lodged between the teet'.i
of a line loinb. and are thus tpiiekly
separated f'tmi baits of smaller ireuiii
feronco. When sorted the hairs urn
deftly and fe.'iirely bound with wire and
j'laeed into the little holes prepared for
their ret option in the wooden body. An
ordinary house-painter's biusli contains
several bundled oi i' eos, into oat h one of
whii h the hairs h ive to be placed
separately, and without the aid of liny
mechanical tlevire.
"The pioies of brush making his
made but little progress in the past
century, so far as the invent ion of ne.v
Machinery for cxiiidtting the manii
factuio is cuieernril. Of cour-e, marliin
cry is employed in making the wooden
parts of a brush, but beside the drill for
boring ami the lathe used in tin ning the
ornamental rims and handles, no assist
ance is obtained from auy mechanical
contrivance."
Jle oltlf
her bri::lr
"Hoinc;
Joor .' "
Ma'.'ie II 1 11 1 1
"Ihty have
thev're all so fo
ie rejieated.
1.
"What! next
A Monster Hell In Japan.
If I were a good Huddhist, snys a cor
respondent of tho fr iln--J)nwrrit, 1
would say a prayer or two to tho ( hioiu
bell, the largest bell in Japan, but a inon
ster breathing sweet music that thrills
one from head to font, nml ringing so
seldom that tho dates arc kept in mint
carefully, lest 0110 miss the great treat.
Thu bell hangs in a shady little place ut
the top of a stone staircase by itself, ami
is striirk frmn the outside by a swinging
beam that gives the soft reverberations,
that ilo not jar ou the oar no matter how
powerful they aro. When the huge
brain is urn h. lined and wiing ii is gen
erally at the time of the uve o'clock
mass in iho morning, ami heavy sleepers
have I ce:i unconscious of the inn .si id
boiiiirng tmd missetl it nil. Others are
wakened by tho strange vibration and
the soft mua'c ringing a'itl puNat ing 011
the air, ami in the had toii-c.ounes of
waking it seems like a part ot same
hcnutilul dream. It is the greatest p.ty
th.t with Mich a magnificent bell 1I.0
! mt !e tines not see tit to ring it oftener.
The htoiu is a rich temple, and its
altar one of the mo-t goigeous in Kioto,
11 mass of curved and glided ornaments
su. ra in ling a in:isin gilded fhiinc.
ircasiinal wt'is'iipcrs come and kneel oil
the mats nml mutter their prayer-, but
luot olten one tinds I he only ocei.ninf
of th" space bofoiu the altar is a lone chl
roi'ULAR SCIENCE.
The i!ent'st declare that nintr pr
Cent, of man is water.
Tho best of rules, sextants, rjna-lrsnle,
compasses, lances and knivos are uiade
of worn out saws.
A man at Hartford, Conn., received a
shook from an electric wire, and was
supposed to bo deatl for somo minute,,
but was revived by another sho. k.
A workman In the Carson (Nov.) mint
has discovered ,hnt drill points,
heated to a cherry roil and tempered by
being driven into a bar of lead, w ill bore
through the hardest stool or plate glass
without j erceptiblo blunting.
Analysis of natural gas shows the pro
portion of cat 1 1 const liient in loo parts
of the pas to I e as follows: Carbonic
ncitl ami carbonic oxide," each; oxvgen,
; oleaant gas, J; cthyllc hydride,.!
marsh gns, (ii ; hjdiogen, 2 1; n.trogon.n.
It has been estimated by I'rofesfor
KircholT. of llal'e. that the langungo
most spoken on Iho globe for the last
thousand years, at least is t hlncsp, for
it 's without doubt the only one which is
talked by over 400,000,000 of the human
race.
In calico printing works It is custom
ary to supply each printing machine, with
a separate cng no to chive it. One rea
son for thi 1 arrangement is that every
time a frc-h pattern is put Into the ma
chine it requires to be driven with ex
eroding slowness, nml is frequently
stopped until the attendant has adjusted
all tho rollers, so that tho various purls
of the paticrn fall exactly in the right
place.
An instrument called tho osteotome
has been iinente l as an impro. cincnt
over tin- lotl.ous and clumsy surgical
methods of cutting through bones bi
by means of siws nnd ch;ses It is
practically a ci cular saw revolving a'
very hioi speed by an clot trie motor.
An in.eiiioui devised h ( Id, which,
passes around the botie to be operati c
upon, protects the surrounding ilcsl
from injury.
A Kreiich gardener docs not care what
Kind of sod he starts with, lie would In
atis'led w ith an asphalt pavement, be
1 an a; ho makes li s soil, nnd so much ol
it that he has to sell it to keep his phn c
from bring gradually raised above thr
lewl of the siiriouniiiug country. When
n f irmer once understands the laws ol
t lirmistiy he hai 110 tli.l culty in milking
oil that contains nil the materials needed
for plant bfe.
Heavy machinery is now run by nr-Icsian-wfll
power in many parts ol
franco, and the exponent oof the l-'rcnch
shows that the deeper the well the great
cr tho pressure nml the higher the tem
perature. The famuli. lirenelli! well,
sunk to the depth of 1-00 feet ami flow
ing daily oiii'tii) 1 gallons, has a pressure
of sixty pounds to the sqiia-o inch, tin?
water being also so hot that it is used
for hentittg the hospitals.
An ini;cnioin employe of n New .'cr
soy concrete lit m has invented a paving
cotnposit'on which has somo very re
markable features. He claims that his
''reparation, the composition of which
lie keeps secret, is just ns durable ns
atone, but is so t and elastic to tlio tread,
so that it is not only pleasant to walk
upon, but actually g.ves tho foot an im
pulse like that in a lessor degree of
course gained from a spring board.
Whether his ini entioii be 11 possibility or
not. something of the kind would cer
tainly be acceptable to tired townfolk
whoso feet ath'itnd blister as they tsiniiip
along 011 the hard ami noisy pavement.
Tlio Young Sou of a Kevoliitionary
Veteran.
It is a remarkable fact that wo have in
town a mail only 11 years old who-o
father was at the battle "of Hunker Hill.
Winliehi r-ont', lliisham n the man we
litivo reference to. His father, ."Stephen
llashani, was about fourteen years of age
at the time of the battle, witnessing the
cngaoement from tho steeple of the
church at the North Kiid and carrying
water to tho sold, eis of th i CoppV Hill
battery. He learned the trade of a clock
maker and located iti Chailestown, N.
II.. says tli.) ( Inifinoiit .1 .'('(', becom
ing in the course of time keeper of the
bugle Hotel, making with his own hand
the eagle still used ior a simi. We un
derstand that ho also mad'! thu eagle
CI 'Riot's FACTS.
so many chickens, nnd
id of tin tomatoes. "
r-omohuw thev fu't as
hud been a.-qiiaiuted a long
sf-rtdy carts ln-r penn.ties for viola'cd
I t'.v, more s. veie in tlc-e ars than in nnd jekh and the little u How ones
most 1 rt he s. J'g stioti sutler t'.rst-
t'lie is tar' ly hungry for breakfast, and
b s i.f in ruing Lppotite is a ( t ita n sign
f il!-ln alth. Increasing iirrvoUsiit s
f llows. un'il days betoi.ie burdens and
jioi-onol eights thu only comfortable
parts of li.e.
in pit-si ne,: oh. 1 won't give thciu up
to Mr. T.sihilo'-. hens!"
And M.-'ggie wandered away into the
ya:d again, iu aimles auxtet ."
Mr. Tisdale W14S ;u- over the fence,
ho 'ing about the roots of a grape vine.
Maggie lo iked a! him in coiiteuiptuuu
ustonidiiuctit. What ni -ganlliness I to
tlo himsdf, ami at his age. work which
he could so well afford to hue done. He
Was tie idedly comtnou-Iooking; lie had
Ce itge V. N. I.othrop, our Minister
to 1 u.sia. is tiro I of M. IV'toriburg, ha I a broad face ami small eyes, atidnMubiiv
resigned and is coming home. That i
has been the rule with ou.- repreontn
tiei t" that country, as rls the .New j
York '(;..'..'., for the last twenty yours. 1
.Not one of th'in ha-filled out a full t
term of four year. Tin y hmo sininly
I. fa unnb'e to endure the climate of th j
.untry and the h ill'-drad and alive ox- 1
jstt-iiee of the l.ii-bian capital, und ihe
omforttible salary of flT,VMi jier year'
bus not availed to keep them in diplom- j
lit ie service there. Sturdy old .Senator I
gray board, and he had on a coat with
tra'.ed sleevei. and a patch on its back.
Maggie stood irresolute; Yr. Tistlale
did not look inviting. Thea she stepped
to the fence lirm'y.
liven then a Uragg'.ing flock hruded
by a high 'y colored, pugii.ii ious-tiiKiiig
rooster, was coming through the pickets
und toward the tomatoes,
"Mr. Tisdale!" said Mugg'e, timidly.
Mr. T.fc'bde hoed on without re-spuuse.
"Mr. Ti-dalel" he reptateil.
He did not turn the fraction of an inch.
Moggiu ga.td ut him.
"Jf you please "she cried, with the
( iiiueion tried the jila e and remained strength of indignation
only u few months. So did cx-dovornor
unin, of J't nnsylvauia, w ith the like
I. he result. Matsha'l .le.vell, of Con
necticut, barrel away from St. J'elers
L) irg, uud ex-.--et irtary of the Navy Hunt
citii.e back after a short resilience ihere
to die in .Ni-vv Oi leans. .John W. Foster,
of Juditttia. and Jutlgu T.ift, of Ohi ,
both tried the pho e and weic g ad lo ie
turn home again, yet it is altogether
likely thtit some u)'ring juitilot will be
found who will be quite itady ty lill Mr.
J-ulhrop'b )!ae.e.
Hut her neighbor stooiied to uucloti
Ids hoe iu utter silence
Maggie grasped - 'hnt a boor! what
a brute I What could Celia say nowf
The llock had reached the toiuutoos.
Fhe could su;.' thorn contentedly ja-cking
theie a doeu of them. What should
she do t
The old man raised his head at this
juncture and looked at her. Maggie
looked sternly into his sharp little
eyes.
"I wsnt to ask you, sir," she su;d,
with severity, "about your hens. 'J'hey'ie
ruiniug my lomutoe- as fast us they tan;
tad I've worked over them all summer.
'1 h v laoghei
though they
LIU'.'.
"I m ist ee to that." -aid tho young
man, tiei iiively. "I'll speak to Wiboa
ab nit it. He must have a park built
eeitadily.''
Wilson:" said Maggie, timidly.
"My in in gardener, or whatever you
p'.o:ie he tloes u little of everything, ''
lie explained, smiling. "They came on
ahead, you know Is your hand bettor?
he and tho housekeeper to get things
settled a little. Why, you didn't think,"
he queried, studying her puzzled face,
"thut they owned the house? that they
were the people;"
He could not help laughing, f. ml ho
took a card from his pocket-book ami
gave it to Maggie, gel ting uji to bow
with burlesque formality. It bore the
name of Harlan C. Tisdale. '
"Yes yes, we dull'' said Maggie,
rather faintly. "Mercy, I'm so glad I"
Ami then she blushed, and could have
bitten her tongue; but Mr. Tisdale
looked delighted.
"I you see, ho was so horrid,"
Maggie explained, tonfusedly. "Ittpoke
to him about the fence, and ho wouldn't
even uuswer me: he didn't pay tho
slightest attention."
"h. Wilson! J)id he have his tar
trumpet?" said Vr. Tisdale.
"Far-trumpet? no,' said
wondering what was coining licit
"Oh, well, he's awfully eleaf!" her
new neighbor observed, with twinkliug
eyes.
Aud they both laughed again; ho
gaily, she bcwildcrcdly, and both with
' shy enjoyment.
"My mother came with me: we'ie all
, the family," said Mr. Tisdale, hastily, as
1 Maggie. ha'f frightened at the odd, new
pleasure iu her heart, rose. "You must
: come over uud see her. You're uro
you're uot hurt;
which surmounts the town 111 laremont.
piic-t iiniustiiously hammering away at1 He made Re'.cral town clocks, somo of
a modern drum shaped like 11 huge round I which are still in use. Mr. Iladniui in
1 1 I" inirred Susannah Hastini's.
Erckiol's reed was eleven feet.
Ilolivia declared its independent-;
The sword Is tho earliest weapon tnJ
iioncti in rcnpiuro.
Aurclian was the first llotnon Eir p-J
mitf wuru nuinticm.
Tho first noticoof bntter'ng rnnu
curs in tho prophecies of Kckiel.
Fan Francico has had over four v
A I I - ! I j '
uii't -.umiquiiKcs siucu tier nrsi f;.
men
j 1110 1 niia it ipnia zoological ( a-,;.
moy navo an alligator that cliinlis.if,.
live feet high.
Houston county, C!a., is tho home,
chickon whose feathers aro so like h d
to give the effect of fur.
A tornado which stripped the fey.!
Irom chicken nml blew nway
stones is thu latest product of bnn-n
A gas meter has been invented h
on receiving a nickel in a slot on 1
measures oil so many feet of gas fur(
sumption,
Jinilway timc-taMos nre now ninl,
convenient slo ami shape to be inv-
Insule the cover of a wat li for cotiu'..
reference.
Tho invention of tho gamo of chr
attilbutcd to I'alnmodes, list) II. c, j
some authorities tho origin of thu .:
is referred to tho Hindoos.
Tho caliper compass, whereby thr J
of cannon, small arms, etc., Is un a.
is said to have been invented 1
artiilccr of N'iriinberg in F140.
i . .1 . .
rraiis lies, a I'eroy ti onn.i 11
1 . 1. t 11 1 1 '
luiur, iobi 1 110 iiiur inigciBoii n . r
h aud recently ami could no Ion;.
lie diooiich over 111s misioiiune in,!
went insane.
A man in Walker County. C-i,, !
horror of burial in earth, sncho-i a
acre rock, had his tomb bud: in
ami now blot jis in a grand
Ul'lll-ol' uin.
A Michigati man heard that liit;
father had left him a portion of ! .
tunc, ami at the iii;iointed time n
the pjst-otl'.ce to gel bii check, p
for seicnteeri cents.
It is said to lie customary f
women employ, tl inn lace fet
work with needles in their mninh,
has held as many as 'JM needle- j
mouth at the same time.
Mr. Fate, of Ilaclhurst, Oa,n
in hi tory as the man who k .
deer at one shot, the aiiiina's
"locked" in front of him while i
net of firing, 11ml both icccivitig, 1
the chat'ge in their heads.
An inch of steel knife blade wli'
boon in the brain of a Florida 1.
Iwo weeks was linally oxtrattti
the doctor said the patient wo 1 1,
out doubt, get well, medical pit
to the contrary notwithstanding;.
G:amlmother Hc.iton, of i
111., is doubtless the only person
iu the United States born 111 the '
Tower of London, fcho is c:gt.
years old, nml her parents i
ployed in th: grim o'.d prison w:
was born.
Tlio old cabin onco occupied b;
W. .vackny, of bonanza fame, nl
mincel at Allegheny C ity, (Y.
lH.iii to lM!', is to bo exhihite
Mechanics' Fair in San Francisco
picks, shovel nnd rocker used by .V
w ill also be exhibited.
A canary bird died at lroqitirs, 1
recently, nt the advanced age of t
years and six mouths. He i
singer, and possessed nil hi
powers until the last Year.
seemed to bo in his dotage. I)u
lat two months his eyesight ha 1
lulled lnm.
F.vcry year the Fmreror nl
takes a trip at the vernal equi't"
temple ot agriculture, ami. it 1 1
ing a few furrows with his ou
oilers siicrillcos at the four alt.iv
gods of heaven. This criiiii
deemed necessary to insuie
during the coming season.
s oigh b II. 1 rum live o'( I ct; 111 tire
11101 ning until tint temple closes ut four
iu th" afternoon the t'mu'.; I itui keeps
up. A nice o'.d woman, who must be a
professional mender, from the incessant
p.ich'ug ami darning of blue cotton
daughter of Captain .It hnson. Five
children were born to them, anil in 1 s j
Mrs. Hasham dieil. The mme Year Mr
lla-h un. then some eighty years of age,
married buoy A. Miller, of Spiing eld,
gai me.,ts that ho keeps up, takes care of j t., a woman many ycurs younger thai!
Maggie,
ery sure," said Magifie. fluhiii!f
under his eager eyes.
And she put her hand trustfully iuto
the one he held out to her.
"1 was mistaken, fella," aald Maggie,
when she sat down, with restored calm
nee, at the dinuui -tuble; "they are very
tin. ttie.ll'S M'll.ln I.n,, roams tin. tioimlii
stocking footed, but she does not o. er i
1 1 mend the foreign stockings worn out
ou matted and polished woo 1 Hours.
I. tick mid ( Ii a 11 eo.
A term used not long since in con
nection with 1111 accident strikes a line of
reasoning worth following up. Tho
term used was "the laws of chance w ere
agatnsi them." Webbter says chance is
"the absence of any dcliuctj or recog
nized cause." or "an event which hap
liens w ithout any assigned cause." Clark
iiit the mark truly when he wrote: "It
is strictly and philosophically true in
nature and reason that there is no such
thing as (hancj or accident; it being
evident that these words do not signify
, anything really existing, anything that
is truly an agent or the cause of an
event, but they signify merely men's
ignorance of the real aud immediate,
i iuse. It seems us if the ' laws of
j chance" would be a pretty good Held for
' study, ami thai some pretty solid law
are 111 existence some .1 hero on nature's
statute book. Another term goes with
"chance." It is called "luck." Homo
times they go baud in band as a "lucky
chance." J.uck is disposed of iu Web-sti-i's
us "that wh'ch happens to a per
son; an event, good or ill, affecting a
man's hamiiuess or interest, and which
, is deemed (.usual; a course) or series of j
such events regarded at occurring by
chance." Now, then, luck is what
chance does, uud wo must "take tho
i t haiices'1 if we wish knowledge of this
matter. To acknowledge thut there are
, "laws of chance'' admits that a cause
piecedes ca h event, ami gives some
, ground to work upon. Jf a man would
think twice before he used the words
"chance" ami "luck," he would not use
them at all, but reason out, us far as his
knowledge would permit, the cause of
each event he culls luck. liv'un (Jamtte,
inmseii, ami live more children wcrf
born to him during the next ti n years,
lie died Feb. -I, 1 1, aged about .
Of his children only two survive, W.
S. liiham, above mentioned, and his
sister, Mrs. liugeiio A. l.amlall, ol
( harlestown, who was born two years tr
a day ufter his birth.
Opium Smokers Increasing.
The number of opium smokers in
China appears, according to Mr. Consul
Hughes, to be increasing. Fveu women,
ho tells us, are now in the habit of
frequenting opium divans; but efforts
are being made by the Chinese authori
ties, with the assi-taiu eof the municipal
police, to prevent the spread of this
demoralizing custom. The customs
returns show a great falling off iu tho
importations of opium, but this is be
cause the native production has super
sede 1 the supplies Irom India. Shanghai
draws its 1. resent supplies chiclly from
the north of ( hina. A leading merchant
aHirins that it is mixed with Indian to
the extent of th rty o thirty-live per
ct lit., but other authorities put it lower.
Loiidin ltniltj Alien.
lUsiiinroli's Weighing li:
Close bv tho side of Frince Hi
bath, says the London FUjim. V
ing chair, covered with rod
the most modern construction.
Croat Ooriii. 111 Minister never fiii
his weight" at least once a dav,
cortl the result ot ilia trial ii t
dairy ho keeps attached by 11
the arm of the weighing cUi:
iiurnosi!. there was a tune
I Frince scaled the somewhat
I weight of vM ? pounds, but "r.
I happened since then," as his I..
J.oid llcacoiislicld once rt niaik"
among other things, the Frinc 1
not to "banting," but to a ii'
system of dealing with one'- '
sol tl llodi." Thanks Iodoform
severance in tho syatoni, tht
( hancellor was recently ableto
11 1 the breakfast table, iu a tu
iiinph, that lie that iii'rn
weighed 11.0 pounds. FuroC.
sin li a tlcep inteiest in i'liniol
emit in 1101 1 lite ami good lieiiu
do well, it possible, to secure
ation a daily return of the"
corded iu thu Chancellor' litt
Orliflu of "llomllo."
Hoodie is probably derived from the
old l.ngl sh wortl hottel, a bunch, or a
buiidol, as a bottel of straw. "The
whole kit aud boodle of them" is a New
Fnglaiid expression iu common use, and
tiie word iu this souse moans the whole
lot. Latterly boodle has cointi to be
somewhat tynouynious with the word
p in, a tcini in use at the gaming table,
nnd signifying a quantity of money. In
the gaining cnsu when u man "lost his
boodle," lie lias lost his pile or whole lot
of money, whatet er amount lie happened
to have with him. The word may bean
Anglicized form of the Herman word
beutel a pui-o, aud in a figurative sense,
money. Aumrtiau Kutct and Queries, 4
"Marrlwro liy the Mow
A marriage by proxy, or, nsii
"marriiiL'o by the Ldove," is K
Holland, and is brought ab"u
fact that many of the eligible J
alter having liulsluil their
depart for Hutch India. A
lects a willing young lady,
with a substantial dot am
conforming closely to the '''
of the letter. A photogi
favoied tun) is enclosed m 1
epistle. After the lapse of a a
a soiled left bund Ldove. w ith1
attorney, is recoiled from tl'1
bachelor. The friend iu H
ries the selected bride in l,f
same inanuer as if lie were
groom, ami tho young wile
the next India mail sIciiim'1
lut pluess to Ilia lonely on1'
Fast. A marriage of this de
al binding ns if tho brltha.''
present, and is never repu'l
cither jiarty of the glove 111 ' r
die before iiiutilinir in India. '
would share the properly of '
iu accordance with me
Tm ceU r.
la
In aOhh'iifro rrlueosu fai't'i"
els of corn ara converted i"1
daily.