'THE MiDDLKitUKGH TOST. T. II. HAItTEIt, Kdhou and I'no'n. Mii'ii.f i.ri,f;n. r.., Ar. x, iv. BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS. I am to K'nd, no glnd to know Thnt Jmt Iteyon.l tlm m-'untalns, I.los the Innd of piireil.illK.ht The Innd of orystd fountains Th land of youth, of lore sublime; Tlio lfnl where friends no'er ovir, I'ut Walk nml talk, j s, on and on, Forever and forover. It is estimated that one-half of nil tlio . . .......... i urugs imported :nl . tlio I mtnl Mans I know It s only hut Itoyon l i Thermion and ru.'gpd hills, nro consumed in iho manufacture of patent iiMiliciii" The census of 1 '.m, preparations for xvl.ieh aro airily being iim.li, promises j An,, ,,,.,,, iUll ,'ov Where wo will twvl thuj'i K"ni before Whcrtt there's no rvilin or ill; And w will take them ly the hand, riirni't death's ehillhiji rivnr, to show in tin: I nitcd Statu a popula- ti .nof more than T, oim r.itoo. We'll live und live forever. flfyond the tnxiin triin'4 snow crwt penks. l I'x'Vnn t tlm sunset's gory. Thn tree from the m'lU of which the ; Well ti, ,, 11( wi.r , all in love itidia rubber of cnimer e U made grow s ; Tlm land of ancient story: well in Soiitlii rn California, and cxton mvi piopnr it ions im planting it. being made for A new ill-vice of the Patriotic I.cagi.c of I'ratu e is to engrave i ti monuments the tliu rt.'-t I;o-l. , the hiit.k being tin' ."late of the War of llovcngc, which )s left to the in.ag'nat bui. Tlie reports of tim I i i I ii:r r:i;li'ic lhlM'a i :,t Wn-h ngtoii dec are that the Mill .ii;' touting.: nl' the wiitl. 1 is neatly double that of steim, and that this te I.ttivc Jir.'ji rtio i is likely to ho main I 'lined. Tlm land of pi-.v., of milk and wlno, Where is no lit fill fever; Where crystal streams wii'vo iwvmi in droatm Flow on nn 1 on forever. Ocvotiil tlm m unt tin hiilh nnd liluo, Heyoiid thn stirs above it; lleyond the sun with ilading k'ow beyond n! wo can covet I a stve.-t houie for yon nnd mo Hesi In tlm golden river. iVhere frien U will lii-tatid loved oaesgreet, An 1 live an 1 love forever. It Is not far beyond Urn hills, Itevolel (he sunset's splendor, To whi r.' wo'il meet on Kd-ii's shore In sunshine eiiiiii and ten I t Where lm.it N will no more H bowed dowv , Nor hands with eo'.l will shiver, I'.ut Vcsr wliisjM'r sweet and low, Forever and fo.uver. hihitlon. and recently hsd been espe cially pleased with one ho mw at a friend'n houso on Kifty-cvnth utrcet. lie wanted to hnve Mr. Archer paint his portrait, and had come to arrange for tho limt sitting. They ngrood on Wednesday of tho fol lowing week for tlio time, nnd nt two o'clock on that day .Mr. Winthrop'a car riftL'o brought him again. He had Alexnndorgo down to thecar ri.'itro nnd hring up a packngo containing a I rinco Albei t coal ho was' to wunr dur ing tho nitting', So ho put it on, nnd after much discussion ami many ex'cri nients n to his position, he wu finally ncatcd nnd Mr. Archer wni nt work. Now tho cont km a handomn one. Alexander had scon handsome clothe in his day, nt tho Sonth.and he noticed this oni! ns soon as it appeared on tho ccno. The tniterial was a rich dinonnl, nnd it m lined nnd faced with expensive silk, and lilted liko a glove. When .Mr. Winthrop went owny that nay, lie leit the coat. "i will leave it." ho said. bo sure to forget to brinir it every time." Alexander wrapped tho cont up ami put it nway on n closet shelf. After that Mr. Wlnt rop tmc tmnrly every Wednesday, for a good many wcek, nnd then the portrait was finished nt hit, nnd was sent nway. It miulo "Don't yon remember," he said, half laughing nnd half in consternation, "thnt 1 have n d several times lately that I must be growing atout, my coat wns getting so tight ?"' Mrs. Archer nodded and laughed again. i-'ro-n tho kitchen came a faint snicker. It was the first time they had tjver known Alexander to give way to levity. "I shall sit riuht down and write to Mr. Winthrop," said Mr. Archer." finnlly. "I enn't send h in tho coat now, but I'll tell him I'll paint him a pictu o to console him for his loss." And he did. Youth' L'ompaniin. The Itunniin. Tho bnnnna or plantain wns thought to bo n native of Asia only, and carried into America by Europeans, until Hum boldt expressed his doubt as to its being only of Asiatic; origin. Hotpiotcs mnny old authors to prove thnt the plantain was cultivated in America before tho time of Columbus, lirown, in tho year I should i of ISM ("i'lunts of tho fonjo," pngo Til), s:us that there is iio Uill. rciK e in the bananas of America nnd Asia that woul I p event us from classing them as of tho samo species. The tireeks, Itomans nnd Arabians mention it as a wonderful fruit tree. I'liny says tho UreeUs of Alexander's nrmy saw itgrow- ing in India. S:iges sal in the shade, nnd a tine tiieture. Mr. Whithroti was n tall. well built man, with . a'rong, vigorous from th s the l olanicul t.iiine of S apicn facc n little flushed, nnd a bushy head ol j turn. Musa from Arnhic man., l'lumicr hair According to the .A ;.t.,t. of tho ' 1 1 l.-thiiu' ma itil n tnn rs in tho t 'ily of New Yoi,; .' . 1 are lb-brew linns. The i " 1,1 (nir "re many eyos Il.htews nio also largely c-iuiai.cil in i irinaliing, enip'oving over i'ii;ht thou-t-and hati-ls and produ. dug over .six hull tired million i iars yearly. The Aus rian Consul nt Yokohomi, .Tii nn, reports gn at li Terence in com nieicial inora'i'y between the merchants of ( hina ac.it ,!ap:m. 'I lie 'npan.se mvs, are licit hi-r enterprising nor up iL'ht, but fhe ( hinaiiicn are solid mid trust woi thy in every re-p- ct. Statistics have ;ii-t been puhl:she.l on lie, i 1- nts hruiight aim it by aval inches in the Tyr.d of Switcrl ind. I.n-t year lil'lV-three j.eople wen; killed. The value of the cattle hiirkd by ava'ntiche N c-t iuiafi I af upwird of s'.m i w hile the tolai ainoiiat of ptopcrty destr. yed figures at s'l :;"i,iiii i. I'nder the simplitii'd drill of the Ccr cn in army the battalions wili i:i futuie le.iru but three formations, the double column, the deep column 'four com panies following each other in company columns, and the broad column. The company column is the hais of nil formations and inociiicuts in war. , Awnli h nfor my romiiiir. And in the shade of sylvan houghs j A triiti Ion- hdii nro hiimuiiiiK. I know they'll tak- in- hy tho h ind j o iieip nn. i) , r tne river. Where I can view elys.au fields I'orever nn I forover. I love t think f tha t bright land W'h. ie nniy storms no'er pither; be ' li re wintry win. Is with chilling wnil Are not allowe I to enter; Wh iv all i-ipiy, as blithe as May, And nil is summer w. a'h-r. And -untight pnru will li'ht our way, l-'oruver and forever. I'istt pine. MR. WINTHROFS COAT. 11V SI KW AIM' CIIM'l.tN. Mr. Wnhlo Archer, the portrait painter. lust hririnnin.' to turn cray, nna Mr. Archer had caught his best ex jiression perfectly, l.vcry one who saw it was delighted. Mr. Winthrop and Mr. Archer h id be come very good friends, nnd Mrs. Archer had fallen into tho way of sitting m tho says it was cntleit thus tor Atilonius Mitsa, thi! freedman ol Augustus. Can ilnlle state that ' tho specinc narno I'nra disiaca comes from iho ridiculous hypo thesis whit h made the b knann figure in tho story of l.veandof I nradiso. It is a curious fact that tho Hebrews and tlio studio while the work "was going on, with ntieient Kgvptians did not know tho In- tier painting or sewing. Hut Jlr. u"n iaui. Winthrop wns a busy ,,, nnd nftir the There areas many varieties ns of apples picture was dono it was u long timo j or oranges. Tho fruit is from tho bizo nearly a car bt fore he came ngatn. "f n I'mjf 'rto twenty-two inches long. One day tho enrria-o brought him The varietios planted here h ive been tho once mo:e. Tho Archers were both at 1 Florida Huge, Narse or Orinaka, called home. Mr. Archer was at work ju-t by the Spaniards i:i liobo, the fool. It then on n portiait of n pretty child with i fph ndid looking plant, but produces blue eves and sunny hair, dressed in inferior fiuit. Tho variety has been bliuk velvet. They had a very pleasant planted largely all over tho tho State, hall-hour together, and then Mr. Win-1 As it will stand anything, it is a great throp rose to go. i suc es and an ornament. Other vurio- "Oh, by the wav," ho said, as he stood tics have been tried, but from causes bvthnibior "it. iost occurs to me that I have faileu to succeed well. The CaV- have n coat here I forgot it when 1 endishii, a splendid variety, growing ret In CUBI0U9 FACTS. Thames Is pronounced Terns. The ancient year began with March. Tho Kepublic of Geneva was founded In 1812. J'.nchylus introduced dramas and stngo, 48(J 11. C. The Welsh are tho descendants of the ancient Britons. Cnts seem to bo the general favorito of tho animal world in Italy. There are about six thousand diflcrcnt descriptions of postage stamps in exist tencc. Fplgrams derive their origin fiom the Inscriptions placed by tho nncieuts on tombs. A descendant of the Indian Fmperor, Chim ilpopocn, is a civil cngiuicr in Mexico. Charley Dickons, n fourtccn-yenr-old colored preacher, is astonishing tho peo ple in Ccorgia. lawyer Marbury recently malo a speoch thirty-tlvo hours long In a lialti moro court room. Mrs. Sarah I haplin Itockwood. of Cortland, . Y., is nearly one bundled nnd three, nnd enjoys good hea th. Hieroglyphic picturo -writing, tised by tho Fgyptians chicliy. is said to have been invented by Athotes, SI 12 II. C. Although small of stature, Chief Jus tice Fuller's new gown of olliio took more silk than the drc- of a society women. Helen Mnthers, tho I'nglish authoress, wrote the novel wh eh inn Ic her reputa tion in the hope of bringing back hi r lover, who had left her in a lit of linger. A new dog is coming into fashion in Loudon. It is the Tartar f- terrier. His coat is silkv, sm ioth and red, with marking! at Ii. ad nnd tail. Ho is good tempered. The tennis "arm" has been succeeded by the tenuis "leo." t consists of a rupture of tho membrane cov.ring tho muscular part of the calf in conseipueuco of sudden start i. Tho "cash" tisc-I ns coin all over China nrc ma le from an alloy of copper und zinc, nearly tho sumo as the well-known Munt. metal. It takes nl.out one thou sand of them to make change for a dollar. A citicn of Marietta, I n., put fonio chestnuts on the roof to tlry, nnd the went uwny. That was u favorito i oat of niy six icci iiigii.ocars h nirgor nuni. r mine. If jot; can lay our hand on it ""Hl varieties mm iiiniuin now, without trouble. I'll take it." , lt it would not do. The Daca was too t t . ti.iiiliif Tlm ftiait I 'rtuii'int llin linillLfllL " I I I" " Ylov" le r et it ""ai.1 Mrs ' which produce, tho manda hem,., does rats gnawe.l holes through tlio roof to Arche well, is a great ornament, but the fruit ' M"t tho chestnuts, and when it rained 'in i .ou amounts to. .ohing. The only v uriety I ''l0 w,,(;r came through those holes with "( oat-' said Alexander, when he was pro.lucmg fruit in this state . ru-lu summoned in. "(oat.' I wish I could d :?rtin ...ti... or Yellow I A Ilartwcll (Ca. divine tells of an give you his voico. as well as his words ,V,.ltirili ,,rtllt. 'doping couple who we. e married on feet hi tin, bears wen, iior-ciiack wir.ie coing lull tilt, n .lustico grows rapidly, stands tho winters, tho of the I cuce galloping aloiigsnleof them, the st rfintr me! inn-lull l- III it nlle4 ft nil n f,.i. ill.r.iv i-ent't,,,. f,.inf n,l Krow HlXtCeil i: I . i ... .i ' - . :n ; a . i... ...! ..ii 2.. aiioiir. inrce years ago. in one of ioo inusive to uo rcoM'sciiicu ni, uu in -. . , ,.... ,,, i.- it ..i,i. nn ;,.,. f..r , i11t ,-. tit a th .se pit tt y studio l.iiitiliii.'H on Thnt v. I type. te.ciuli street, in New ink city. If "Don't you remember tho I'rinco Al yoii hive ever been throii"li the street h'Tt coat I had here, Alexander!" asked OI I Mr. Winthrop. 'hiladelphia ims-ed brick, i at h slorv 1 "St ems's if I did, A St. I.cuis doctor has removed the brains from a dozen dilTcreut frogs and healed the wound anil let them go. '1 hey went olTas if nothing had happened out of the Usual, and it was plain that they h id lot nothing of Value. A flog which ilepcmled on his brains in st nd of his legs woul-I stand a mighty poor show in u jtiid'lle near a school house. set hack further than the one below, ami With a sloping imki of ground glass rising back to the liet story. Mr. Archer was not as well known then as he is know, lie had not its yet p lintcil that portrait oT I eotiard "l. .lenkius, ice President of tlio t., P. iV W. I. a lroad, which ina lo such astir at the spring exhibition at the Academy in now," said Aloxan - inches in diameter, of a clear golden yd- , short distance behind. low, soft kiilglove like texture of nnd, u. . Stoddard, tho port, has a lock tirin, soft, buttery, melting sweet pulp, 1 of hair believed to have been cut from nromaticand of a vinous flavor. ' the head of Md:on. It is a light brown Friiu i.t-ot' ru.i l: or golden nnd has been hiiccessively jwtieil Ity Dr. .lohn-on, l.eigu Hunt, ut.l.. ..t .1....! Ii.t.ir..ta n,..l 1w.L-in.v i'i, ill. mioi . 111..11,10, tain. iviwi. . i , - ste ulilv nt his own boots. "Sccms's if I A I'i k Mi k-t I.xposes raft Secrets, l.eorge II. lloker and others recalls that coat, an' yet" "A prison othcial" relates the foliow- 'oh yes, Alexander." said Mr. Arch- ingstory to the London ;i'.;''When er, "of course you remember that cout. speaking one day to a convict a proles- Co nnd look for it. It must Le here sioiial pickpocket - to whom I wns giv- somew here." ing a word or two of friendly counsel, I Alexander shambled nbout tho studio, relcrred to his m" .r "', nml asked The first iron mado in New .Tcrsov was at a place ust south of Tieutou, fumi tho limonitn or bog ore thnt abounds in that section, nnd the first forgemastcr was Covcrimr I ewia Morris, who cauio to Monmouth from liarbadocs before tho I--!,, i Jut he h id nlread, aiiaincn'rea- looking not only in tho closets, but in him why ho could not tutu over a new ywr biSil. N". .1. ('oltn:in. CoMiinissloiier of .i. 1 , , , ';ov., tlietr ol culture, has , barge of th" arrangements ()r(i mi.( f or the display of Aiiu iicail agrn iiltuial piodiicts at tlie Fori l'ponit imi next Kpiiug. A huge sum of money was a;i- I propriated by the g. ucial Cove: nineiit ! t i defray tii" e pen -cs of tin! cut ire tlis- j play.ii'id if the twtal niiiouiit s"i',iui; wis ct apart for the ngrh ultural in ; 'erc-ts. j It tak.-s l,"o i.Oiio barrels of llmir yearly to supply In. ad for 'lie pe 'pie of I'hila ilclphin. Pcsi.bs paying nearly s-,o ' i, - i (m.ii a e.ir for this lloiir tiny nio pay I out lo, cuo,'1 iitiiiiuilly for having it j inde it.t i bi ca 1 by the bakers. In other words, says the A'. - of that city, the s'alT of life is more than double I in value I ecati-t.' w otnc;i at home cannot make, l.ght, wholes, ii. e loaves. sonab e mm-s, and had u nretlv wifo w ho was n pa nti r, too - not of portraits, but i f china - ih it dainty sort you have seen tit the gic.it china stoics, v'id roses with the inor.iicg dew on them and blackberry vine.s ,n the r au'uiun colors You fdr nliuo-t ceriain you could see liiem stir a nttle in some passing br e e, ns you looked at them. Mrs Ate!, or h id hci -elf done the house wtul. in the liit;,- dm some time -he d d not Mid it nun h of a burden. And v servant was an old col had brought them a letter Jioin some il. ar fii.-inU of t In irs in I h.' S"ih. e had ci. mo to New Yolk to look iii a i h'i.l 1,,. h;i. .t ,ut).. tlie war. but hid only found that tho th.Id wa- dead. I lie A i. h.us did not know what to do with the old man, at lir-t. lie Used to cone- i:i in th,- afternoon ti sc.- if thev had loiinii lulu a place. Mr. Arclur wou d be painting away lit ids easel on tit blue oat icihn.sol' all sorts of impossibly places, under leaf he was undergoing his thinl pennl Ju many towns in Cermany nnd Swit- cnairs unn beliin.l ooxes una pictures, senieuce lor p.t King pot m is mi.i oe. umc zcrlnnd are found hotels owned by free Then ho went shu lling through tho an honest man. '1 could not, air,' he re- holders, which aro entirely under tho other rooms, noi-ilv oiteniiii' drawers. in- ldicd. '1 must luck pockets. 1 Would specting shelves, looking into trunks. take your watch to-morrow if I met you Mr. Winthrop resumed hi seat, mean- in tho Strand, not,' be inbled. 'but what while, nod the ta'k ran on again. Put I'd give it back to you, for you've been Mrs. Archer exchanged looks with her very kind to me. Would you like to know how to lirevent vour watch being stolen;' he continued; ',ust let mo have if for a minute.' Curious to learn u use ful hint, I was about to draw my watch f rem my pocket, w hen I found it was al ready in the expert's ha' d, without my experiencing the slightest touch. Ho then explained to me that the most n- "1 will look for it mvself, Alexander," l""vt-"' metli.i.l of de'a. liing a wati h lid Mis. Archer, in a one of displeas from its owner w.is to ho Id he ring to ure, and so she dep irted and looked iii, n i ,e cnain was ai acneu i.imiy oe- through the diawers a id trunks and husband. Alexander returned altera short time. "I can't sccin t 12 tt no coal about," be sain, bowing and bowing, ami look ing at the lloor, and the ceiling, and tho pictures, and every where but nt Mr. Atelier. "Soiiietin inut have happened to that mat n Ii ne. a! ..r th. lush. on, ami his in In r low, rat tau chair reading aloud to him It.. ui l oin-it Urowning or Dr. llolui' s, or som other of their f ivoriti wril rs, win. t here would come a knoi k on 1 1. c door, and in would wa k Alexan der Vuxwcll M. ( lair, bowing low and swinging hack at aim's length his higu, v bin- I caver hat. lie was a ta I. gaunt old man, solemn in iii. e.iianci! ii.td he began to speak, wh. ii l,w r i, ..i.i... i .....i.. ' j . - i ii ii i ,i j, n,'o , . .Mrs. Aich.-r always laid iter hook liloun at once and asked him to be j .-cited, but ho would only bow and . smile, and remain stand'nor nnd sue eight per cent. This startling fa. t lias ; bowing his head fro lUeiiUy while he The Dctro't ',, J' -, says: "In ten years tin- ratio of man lave in the large cities of iho North has tie, rea-ed 1 .full . rli t fillf llllllll- , it -l II !l Ii 1 1 W lilll tint '"'V " I ' one generally accepted is that so many ui' n are crowded out o: work by tho heap labor of women tint they cannot think of mariiage. Tin-ratio will con tinue to deer, use until only the rich can afford marri.i .e." A l'rooklyn iiiim has originated nn en terprise by which the community is to be supplied with ti unworthy eggs. His plan, relates the Chicago ll ' , is to in close hens of asi erlaiiu d diligence ns egg ptodiiccis ill caged tip nests and leave them at tho homes of customers, the hitter to pay a rental of so much per hen, and take their chances of getting more or 1 ss than one egg from ea.-h fowl. It is stated that tho company which has been organized for this pur pose will not be responsible for tho failure of any particular hen to perform her duty, but will spare no effort to em ploy reliable hens tha. will maintain a reasonable average. It is a great enter prise, nnd the public is certain to take to it kindly. Tho cackle of a hen in city homes, with its refreshing suggestions of country life and rural barnyards, and tho warm, white egg fresh from tho nest, will be attractive novelties. spoke "W sir." II, tweeii the linger and thumb, and then, with a sharp twist, snap tlie steel pivot connecting watch ami ring 'caving tho ling on the chu n and the wat. h free in the thief's bund. "A dead ios' (the ring) he added, with cool ellroi.tery, 'to us of r. shillings. ' lit! then showed me that, if the ring and watch were cou: ected with a swivel .oint, the ditlicully of watch stealing would be increased so mil h as to make V, scarcely worth tho lisk. Fecundity oT Fish. It has been calculated that, ns fish produce so many eggs, if vat numbers ol the latter and ot tlio fish themselves were not continually destroyed and taken, they would soon li.l up every available space iiithe-eas. l or instance, from lii'.u 0,0 " to ',0,11011,000 codfish nro annua ly caught on tho shores of Newfoundland. Put even that iiantity seems small when it is considered that each cod yields about J,."i:lO,UilO eggs every season, and that even sii.Oilu.iiiiO have been found in tlio roo of a singlo cod. Were tho 110,011 1.11011 of cod taken on tho coast of Newfoundland left to breed, tho ;;o, ( MlO, oin l females producing .1,000,000 eggs every year, it would give a yearly ndd tion of 1.10. 000,01 10,. 000,0011 young codfish. Other lbll, though not equaling the cud, nro won- clo-ets, but with 110 better results. "Well, Mr. inthiop," she said, as sic- t ame back, ''ihere certainly is some -th ng mysterious about the disappearance of tint coat. I cannot find it. Put wu ball dress of a lad v of w ill h ive a thoroii'di search for it. and wile would bo tilting will .send it to vou.'' So Mr. Wiir.hiop went rolling away in his catriago." "Alexander," said Mrs. Archer, when he was gone, "don't you reuicinijer that coat Mr. Winthrop left heie." Coat ." said lexauder, bending his head 011 one side and beginning to bow, "whv, yes, 1 do rciueiub' that coat pcrf ly." "And did you really look for it just now in ha d its you knew how.'" "We I," s , id 'Alexander, as if weigh ing his words very carefully, "well, now, not just as haul as I has Houietimes done things; well, no." ' "And did you really expect to find it , where you looked.' ' Mr, any news for me to-day, "Well, now,' said tho old man, "jus' 1 where I look, whv no. I can't hnv T did lie always said "Sir," but he evidently , cxpec' to see it us' thero." asked the iptestion of both. I Alexander," s iid Mrs. Archer, in a 1 hero never as any news. Mr. 1 seveio tone, "I believe you have never An her "loam tl" him a little money now ; told 1110 a falsehood. Do you know mid then, "till he could lind a place," , where that cunt is.'" and Mially they took him themselves, in ; Well, now," he said, "I suppose 1 do self defe. ice. Mrs An-her s.-ml -mil b., i 1 .... n.t...... t..., 1 iu .....11 ...... tt - ........ ........ -. .." hill,,. HIIL U 111 III.IL 19. 1,1111. ,LS. . . . . soon became an established moiiiber of "Whv, I nm shocked, Alexander," durfully proline. A herring weighing 0 '"' ! said Mrs. Archc. "Where is it Who I-ur ' oz- w provided with about :..,. He could cook, nnd wash and iron.aud has 1U Have you sold it." 0110 c"8 After milking all reasonable sweep, und scrub, not only could, but "No " : allowances for tho destruction of eggs did. Ho "tended" the door with much "liiven it away " a,ul ,no 'ou,,S U ,ms l'011 estimated that state and so 'enmity, made nil tho pur-I 0 " in three years a singlo pair of herrings , ... ' u- 1.1 ...... 1...... 1 -. 1 0001110 id, 1,. i. cnaso, in me grocers and outeiior s.and, "O, Alexander, have yoa been wear- "V"', . ."" .".'"- n , w"i ., .tr.U which w.to imtt of his in fact, rendered lifotiuito another thing ! in'Mhit be.iutifu coat'f" calculated that, if a pair of herrings of good iistols, wliitli were pait or Ins for Mrs Ataher sh L.i.l thr f.o-ioerur ' '"t. e , . . . .x I, T.L.. . ,.. could bo left to breed and multiply uu- , be.ng.ho would face a band of l omanche - - -" j mnnagemeiit of tho "f.vangollcnl I iiiou." In somtiof them thero is even ing prayer at half-past 11.no every even ing, conducted by the house father. i A regulation has been adopted in tho Michigan State Prison by which here after convicts may earn the right to wear plain gray suits instead of tho pi ison stripes. .Men xvho obey tho prison lilies for six mouths may discard tho stripes, but if alter that period they be come unruiy again they must once more dou tho ob cctioiiable clothing. 1 Ml the spot where l.ouis II. of Pava ria is supposed to have sat with his phy si inn, I r. (iuddeii, just before taking the fatal leap into tho Starnbcrger l ake, a column is to be erected bearing a per petual light. The bench 011 which tho King repo-eil, which has disappeared in tho shape of iuutimerablo relics, is to bo replaced by 1111 oratory. 1 Mrs. P.uckncr, wifo of tho Covernor of Kentucky, wears ns ornaments a conch-shell la'-epiii nnd sleeve buttons which, in add it ion to then- beauty, havo , the charm of u romantic history, having 1 been purchased by her relative, (iencral 1 Ceorgo Washington, from 11 shipwrecked and destitute sailor, and by him worn on tho coat in which ho was inaugurated. I A watchmaker gives out that ths new rich tire largo and liberal buyers of bat tered and wornout pocket timers, tho which are furbished 1111 und duly en graved with initials nnd crests ond "sich,"atid then exhibited as heirlooms from some Poundhcad or Cavalier or Mayflower pilgrim, who has been injec ted body, boots and breeches into tho now owner's pedigro'). A Kentucky Terror. 4,I)o you remember Craig Tolliver," said a drummer to a Chicago Muil ro- Itortcr, "who was shot about a year ngo was down in that section of Kentucky just before ho was killed, nnd was in Morchcad on circus day. If you were never in 11 country town on circus day, let mo toll you, you never want to be. Tolliver was known throughout Fasteru Kentucky as tho terror of Pow an County. Ho wns ns nervy ns he was w icked, and with a littlo whisky nbonid aud 11 bruco Indifferent Tourist t -President thoro.' 'No; wo've a when she read to hor husband from Whittier or Lowell, sho was always see ing visions of boiling potu oes and bak ing bread flout tig between the lines. Now she turned ull such visions over to Alexander. Olio day a handsome carriage with a faint red monogram 011 thu panel, stopped before Mr. Archer's building, and in a few moments u gentleman was ushered in by AlexanderMr. Win throp. Mr. Archer kuew tho name. Ho had seen it in the p ipers often. And ho know where Mr. Winthrop li.ed, in a great, double, brow n tttonu house, with glitter ing plato-gfass windows, on Filth ave nue, a coiner houso with a sipuiro oriel window projecting diagonally from tho Corner on tho second lloor. Mr. Winthrop had seen somo of Mr. Archer's poi unite at iho Academy Lx- 1, VII. Ii".v ..113 .111:111:1, BU.14 4LICA- . under, looking her in tho face now, nnd Jturbe.l for a period of twenty years holding up two black hands with 'their hu,v liJ ' , T "'""wl" ehM,f li white palms toward her, "if you will m bulk to tho globe mi which we live. pause a iiiomene, 1 wish to say a few; A jomo,.,0 rrw,Ml.Bt. woids to save my character from sued- , . . , " , lege. I have not wore that cout." 1 Tho explorer of tho Jay urn , Mr. "Who didi" I'ctrio, has discovered "a splendid frag- Well, Mis' Archer, Mr. Archer havo "'' ,llJ focond Hook of tho Iliad, that very coat on hisielf, this very written on papyrus in tho finest Creek minuto'" hand, before tho rounded uncial or cur- Alexander's feelings hero overcamo sivo scripts camo into use. This precious h;m. nnd ho turued und lied to tho document was found rolled up under Mitchell tho ho id of a mummy which wus buried .Mr. Archer tore oil his coat and looked tdmply in tho s-ind, without tho protec- ut tho tailor's name. turn ol u tomn. 11 measuicB appnreuiiy "1 never had h in make mo a coat," frm three and n half to four feet in ho said. "Why. this does look like length. lhe dateof tho mauusenpt is tho coat, to bo sure. Hut it looks liko about tho second t. third century It my cout, too, only a great deal better." will lo edited by Professor Hayco." "i Wuldo!" was all Mrs. Archer "" could ay,as sho sank into hor low wider Cnmphono and saud will reuiove paint chair. i spots from glass. Illustrated II 1st or A NfV5sq DESTIirCTIon OK THB PARTJi The great Greek temple knnt Parthenon, which Phidias bui;i with most of its art trensarcs m 1 till Septembor K',87, when plosian of a bomb in the Turkish magazine in the building dci The interior was thrown iU.. front columns of the pcristylj tt but eight on tho north nnd iii, luuui wine uvunurown. Indians. The day I refer to Cooper Ai Bailey's Circus (1 think that was the name) gave a performance in Moichcad, tho county scat of How an, and Tolliver camo to town to see the show. He was loaded with tanglefoot whisky and the butts of two largo navy revolvers pro truded from his hip pockets. While watching the man in a ticket wagon felling tickets an idea struck him. Ho went around to the opposite sldo of tho tent, cut a long slit iu tho canvas, pinned back tho ends, und proceeded to admit the people ut half rate, iu opposition to tho wagon nttho muiu cntianeo. Those who hud no money wero passed iu com plimentary. "Tho circus people came down upon him with a whoop, but ho used forcible arguments, and handled his navies so gracefully that the show contingent ac cepted the situation and made the best 01 a baa state. 01 auairs. - iJS' KINO .TAMKs, E1ICT AOAINST Wf It was on September S'.i, 1,;, lximz .lamo issued his celehrv gainst witches, Condemning tc all those evil persons who halt with Satan or those possessed f; natural powers. It was nt thi t, a few years Inter that the I. domonologv anil witchcraft Ii away over tho minds 01 tho pi. p h illu ination die ted not only t people, but spreal also to s-.tr.-minds. It xvas not eradicated t years afterward. -jp'-.K'- -im 'tsSsi- .'I'. U Till'. FlltsT BTKAMU0T Ti' On October 0, 1807, the l l'obert Fulton's steamboat. 1:.. first trip from New York to All.: Although Fulton was not th use steam for the navigation u! yet it xvas owing to his deiiion.tr iia practicability that it came int. use. Tho first steamboat ever use: country was constructed by .In'; nnd used for somo years nt I in! prior to the building of Full r. The Clermot.t mado regular u p Hudson foi some years, In spect! being about live mile- p Within a few years from the t: Fulton mad- his first trip t-. scores of steamboats wore In-: and strum navigation was in. US u settled fact. (Jhb-a.y Tuu 1 An Afihan (ienf !cii:it;i, HATF.vi::, H.iiil nr' ' of th.-it.l. of the 1 lihu'U ( iii geii.-r.l la tit li if the teotimoiiy of Sir Saimi Kinin Pasha and Henry M to bo believed. His Hanoi and ho rules over the le.i fiimotia in Hidor Haggard's ivt novel, ".She." Ho is th h nl' portly, wt'll-dri'sned man of age, xx ho is possessed if in''; never usksi lor presents, and i ipiisitivo ubout the prixnte ui bis guests, Siuco tlio Aral1; trading in his country, A ti Ii ui ublo to l.rocnro ti'.iiny niticl" I'DDt an manufacture. r. 1'.'- thnt Anlini is tho otdv riegr.) has nut to whom clothiu,' u"- cvtr other civilized appli-ii" found their wnv to Ins coiit.ff b.-eonio indisiieiiHalilo. He ilr- I'.nglibh lhinncls und is scr t clean. Ho is tho otilv nuti jciitral regions of tho 1 Mirk I who habitually uses phdisiiw si.oons at his meals. hen J'f was his guest bananas and "th were luiBsed around on chim His peoplo never preaume 1 1 in imblio in a undo conditicn are decently wratnied in ki bark clothing. The ucrmau t. inneror ollects biiIbo music, as unworthy tie t such a battle-scarred votctsn swuving stutesuittn as he is 14 Citeem. A Hair Itcstorcr. I" K'M'il fW 5; '
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