8'' tl ) K ui T CI hi V CI THKMlDDIiKltUKOII POST. T. H. IIAUTF.lt, Kmtob Asn Tro'il Ull'lu'.H I l;'.; M. .47.7. u. From . i : r 1 1 1 i fniiif) the now tint th C.ir of I : . i - -: is preparing to abolish tho lil" rtii f that country, where for tiirlity i us tie- Mil i '.in lc has been presented i)f II Pre State -i . j t to t K' most ' li';'tll' I'imir ill tiii iivili.d world. A l' !.' : ! mi.j ii-inti nf payments for (Li i n ie.s iiri ii f'iuii'1 necessary in the Al .' li Ml!" I.1 j' k 1 1 1 - to .ill .v tin- romtn'T riid .mi! lit. mi . ii men t.i "fit over th" fr hi'.'s f pf hi', i -.- til.: i:i in which tlu v l.im i i mi i 1 i 1 1 -r "f A 'r.i iii n '.initials "wanted'' in N' -w Vm,. ii'v, :i hirr nn:.'ing from t hi" i mil .li !! i- miii" tn b-.tik iniiiirry, ii rn 1mi::i M ! who hi. v rri-i ivr I collci;,; il I'll.' ,. At r..' ,i (f thrill gradu al' d with '!, l.i-. in - honors, an I nil m rin t ii inr, t iT'M .I tii i i iiiii' ft i:n .1 liking to: :).. I.,i i vir of nnv olliriTs r;n C. j I. il owin-r tli Iit::i I-, i I..I' I"' ii In i.u 'lir iuii by their horses 'i - .l-IIC. '! i .'l'li ;l III:'!! t llKf. lll'l both 1 1 i v 1 1 i r t! i .r " orokrn, rau-'iiir iti : it t ili:i'l . A pi"' mi i in 'Ti t London paper, it, -pfit k i li -j "T th .in ! -nf , naivi ly sats th.it tinv " .i-t MHitr ii -'loom over tii.' tin it." t'liiiw i l'ii ' ts draw pay according ti i number i f ii ii ri -erving uri'lir ttirm. 1-" r 1 1 1 timr imilielnori i! every ollicer Ii is lii n .' Tiii't't I '' H.' to tlir nuiiilirr nf ti ll lien, I mt ii month ay t!i' V i 1 u lT !iiit no issued a decree th it this mnt !" 'i'.iii ami tint thr bars must tell lit" trifli. The downfall of tin- Umpire i.' pir lii t- i tin n;ii.'UiMit tlir finny. Small tni'i K' ru rs 1 1 ti ruiiipliiti o. ! t" ,ii:- rutin d by th" monster -?iMi'i. incuts i iih h , ii i vi rything nii'i ltii ri ii'ii' tl,r 'rrii : irnti t ly shared I v thru liut'iif ri . -Iji, ,-. Tin1 same complaint I In if. iii'il ill I'.iris, Mini 'hr Kr ;i ' ii i i tr. ui.l I iv additional lii" 'iivi! . i.. I .:. t. : - , ..unto rr-'ri"t their i itni. .:. i .Tin Mji'tll ir.i'lris .i lair ll.'it.ir. ''.iih tiir !! iv r! r.i liti'iii trr'ty In. i: I'lit.iiil hi. Mine i;it' cfre t' ii I'l l will iKi ImiiT-r lie il t il"' ie-yl'1'ti f ir i iiiln .!i rs ur u milling li in!; nrtlrer iiinl iirji tit from thit eniiritry. Tiiii, '. the Nriv YorK Yi"M, will lie u immI tlnni; t'ur t'liirel i iilrl nti eipinlly ij ni I tliint; fur the fnitrl Stu'e-i. I5iinlli Alilrnni ti in iy still liti'l fi'fui;e m M'l'itnvil, pruviilnl the; h ive eumtliitte 1 tin uthi r ultriisr ihnn that of aecrptitirj linl-cs. H it, ns ii rule, the men who M'i i pt I nil 'iv me uuilt y "f other otTeliscs V iliell I'f'liir it!. in tiir huv. A !-nr i -t .r. li"fkville. Me., In mh -P't.fully r i j Lit 1 1 " 1 four teeth in u Imy'.s lllllllth. l il" Itoy :H f ll;rl til the li . tist uhoiit rjht h iiir after mi tieeiilen!, wl.rii the hrmorllile ll.lt eriseil. The lfltlrr replllll'il ti'.r : rm 1 1 in- 1 llll.i.l! l tintl of the piM i v, syriiii;ei the soeki'H with :l sehlti'iii of plieliul sirii',111' il'i't )'' p!iniil ihr tirth in their niiuril pi. f'otl. Mr thru lir.liili'.l thetll ill! together M ith hi uvy linen thrrti'l. Three veek- nftrr he relli'ivei) tiir support mi' t'oillnl tin teeth us firmly iiiiplnii!'' 1 us i: they Lll'l itevrr III ell ktliii'keil out. Attention is c.ille 1 to th" rt. l.-ion n C'ialie;(; truvviiii.' in Calil irni 1 by the hold itiu of the 11:11: '. d "ci'nis fairs." Tin jiroiitiet of the , ea 1:1 lecently ended is 1st iiniiti d at ii 1 1 .11 loads of V"i boxes to th" i-.tr, and tiir value at more thin irl..VMl,(iili. At present nearly all this ipi.mtity is the product of Southern Ca'i foi nia; but i :aii";e urnw ijii; is rapidly tcniiii;e; in the cent nil and northern district of the State. Murine; the last two yi ar- Ileal ly .,imiil'!tl trees have been planted in the iirnville district alotie, nnd it ;s ri'.nl t let lOU.IIUO more will have bicii .a: ill ilu rite,' t'ne winter. A common price for uranyes is .. per lUD". The I'hii.i b lphia I."hjfr proposi 3 t frighten Iiu-sia into "a more speedy re form of her barbarous penal code by an ititrniationul boycott icaia-t a country that tnuts its political jiri-oniis far worse than 1110 inately immune individ uals would tre.'.t tli -ir mules and iioy:s. A political ami coinn: en 1 11 ostr.u i,:u of that sort would, however, be sum to tie I'vaded by unscrupulous b!oc!Na.rrun:i"rs, hr.il the civiliisl world can will afford to await the ctlect of the moral pressure, exercised by the protests nf humanity ui: d the indictments of t'ne internal ionnl iros. In spite of .ill political cspiomt'n nn ruorir.ous 1, umber of libera! pamphlets mid periodicals am yearly smur;j;lcil across the border of Knout land, mid 1 icliire tin ir pri'judice-iiicltin inllurnce the moral iinaohroiiisnn of (V.ardiim will jjiva way as surely us an ice-blorkude mud at 1 ast dissolve uudcr the lay of an April sun." AN 0351 INATE 04,0 MAN. An f'M nwii livl nil ,ilon, all sl'ii', Vnif Jolly ol I tivin m he, 1U w rmlily mi'l fnf an I l.il ri -i r.i, Anil In nrm won au'wl t.hin to . Ills eht whs rouml. In- -r ttn mn I, Xii'l lit vnii-B hvl n einr l of g'.iM As II" snug to him-i'lf whi lie e.,.:;it 1 l.i rlf: "Oli, ho I'm ft li"iu ty mi I lril oM mtri. Ah. Iin ' S'li-hn stiir.lv .in I i-; .l 1 t.nur" Not n eni -k nor n .-hil.t ha I h- in tho wnrl I. Tliuiih his i-o:T.t n.-re full of y M, lit Im I money in r, .,t. in tr.i'is t in v. Kr-en Iim irk-t t!i l.i I tll.trt r .11" I. Il oih I mini, ,,f iin .,, (,;.!,.,, Ki-1 ,,. Aii-1 in Isinli h i I tiiotiMM U nnti.l I. hi in nil Ih" l.ilo. wiili u eiiiil-nt Mini": 'Oh. lei' I'm a hk"ly an I pnrt i J in in, Ah hr Sii 'M a '.in-rry v 1 hi us- ! I tr.inr" lii. hiMth'T'. v ait" I in I I'ni.i hi van. Xti l fur m I i a -." ir- 'Ihrymiill i.i.' t ri' !i iliv an I piraviatly -JIV . ''Tim nl'l iti ni i. i i;,: a; Ii, i.h, ; c " Thrtl th" tit"- nil ! ;.( ,1 1-1 l.. ! -.' (- ..,!!, iliit h- linili' "I in. I --iM ) mi ir . Aii'l li" nayiv ir, . .., tin. li- j.J ''li,. lei' I :n n ii Mlt;,,' ., i ...,v l in W h' i a v U ir ii I'm I i !i i tn " Kt-Ii nuiit In . ii"'..' i - an 1 n:- .;i'M"it 't li.i.v i'i. ?i l.i- v L i-.- iin; ! i , !. Aii'l h.-v I.iv.sl t.i 'it i:. "'.V,' -v ; 1 1 t, ., ..r tmt W'll"tl llf -llln eo .in, in, y 'l kll i," Hilt I .i i.-v.it i ..;i, h- rit lulu a-.' I H..1I W liil- the yrii v H 'nt Ir im -low. An. I Iim .'irkl'il 1,'il i,.r t!i Inst ,n sht'.ll.l. ".Hi, ho' I in n htir ly 'in I ,tont ,i; an. i. Mi. h i Nil a a ii,ty an I t-.iili .il 1 mm ;" An. I h.. I1VK14 yet nit hv li-rm-lf. Tlu man I am sinm a'. itit, t 'li. Ills . ye iv liru'iit, mt I tns ,;..n h li'at, Aii'l hi vnir.i eh..ry nti I '.iai . Ill rh.-ekn iu. rrii an I li- h ii I. u;i hi, hua 111 II WIIV til It lllt- 'lint ll toro'lt, So I eilil'l s,. why h .ll.illl.l vm-.I; . Hi, ,..nr' Sin'li n h-'ivlthvaii I well o! I man Ah. in -. S11 h iinuli-tinat.., t.i uii ,.11 nian' - (iVi.',' ur' .11, hi'Vii- i;,, . nil, I. HORSESHOE LUCK, "Am I too oid .) t;..:,ii 1 iniiiii;i f" -.11 I M.,. i!.,;h wistl'illy jut,, th,. ilitirrin",' . Mr that rxtriided it :': .,,.. roi.ni into 1 itni. -i'iitr p,.. I.II W t'llili ,. ,.,.i. ,,f Vt ij , a e.,n ! i ' ikilli ' t of mil -i'i" ..I th jM'i'f ivc of I Ip.lUe-e screens ami n,ja , tlv ':x-.in thirty and why shouid on,. I, nipellcl Up all lile tn,.,, ,, I life nt .s- and 'thirty.' I'm sure I ,on't look a . 1 1 y nvcr thirty: and AL'y Van mu-it be that : nt lc i,t !" ' Mrs. I'.iythe w.is ,1 very pretty woman not the b,, ,ut .j,,. fTj 1 1 -:- wri rose a ' plump, dimpled, pea. iiyo lire:,.',! matron, win. knew exactly how :.i nuke th'. m i,: if all ller llli. I ll,' ;,.''d ;V.;;H.,,. sin- hud married Mijor Mu rtl'iii.- Tcvthe 11! seventeen, and In ha I U ft iicr a widow a! ( vcii ainl- wi n: v. "I shall iie,rr br Mien .1 to as to marry aa.iin!" said Mr., lilvt'i... Tor thr Major ii kd by no nc ins been p'rfceiion. Ir had left her jllit rt.,.Uii. by dint of ,tri. t economy, to li,c up ei, especially a, h-r onlv i hii l ha 1 01 en tak-ii to "briii up" by a .piiet (J.iik.r rouplr, thr Majors relatives. And until ll"W Mr,. Itlythe had a l!i rr I rr . iiutely to her dri i, ion. Hut A l.i i 11.111 la. w.is 1 my lily hand some t.-llow, and :!n pr. itv widow m i, bin human, mid shell , , j ; ,t ..j.,,,,, tiion. 1 V ine," "Mis. .i-i in 1:1 Yau.-." over and over aain i:, her blotiin- 1 book, .iii-l sin. h el tr.Ms:n... up a il,,,v, r he !iad worn in hi, butt,.nhoii-, 111 I she had cori-e.poine, with 1. 11:1 . 1 irin r toe wiiil. r In- hid .-.p. nt in 'i. rnuid 1. writing .sprightly ami amu-in.. letters, with a semi tone of scriou-ms, nnd, rlyi-n; nil tin ir sparitlii,' ','ii,-ip "He like, me a little I'.nw," s-ii 1 tile wid-.w . m, I I'm .l.c.-rmiiu d In- shall . 'k'' "" a I deal more I'm tired of this .solitary lite; I'm tired of ciuntin 1 rvery penny half a doen times before I .'pend it. Way j, i,, j miently rich, mid he's my beau ideal o a .11:1 man. With hilll j do believe I could be i lit.i, ipiite happy. lie ,i.,n't know about I.ydia; but ot'ioiirs" that would be n 1 objection l in ir .loshu I and Aunt IJe bicca will keep le i. Dear me. ,ieir tin-! she must be -jro'iiiu to be a biej oiri now," and Mrs. lilylh . shuddered at the ide.i. At this iiiiintciit the do ir flew open, and in burst a tall, dusty, disheveled youiijr ejiri, homi,. half ii head taller than Mrs. Ulythe herself, with the whue cappe.l maid followinir helplcly be hind. 'rieasc, ina'nm," said tie- m iid, "she wouldn't wait for me to take her card up." "Mamma, I'm Lydia!'' cried the breathless apparition. "Little Liddy, mamma don't you remember' Tell that hateful t;irl ti "jo away! A card, indeed! Ami to si ml up canis to dis own mother.'" Mis. lllythe stood nppallcd, in the soft yellow li"dit .streamino through the China-silk curtaiiif. This liir-haircd, Mitiliuriied youno vjiantess, with the icony checks and the bjo blue eyes, the lll-tittino f;lovi'.sund faded cambric ;;own coiilil it be possible that this was the "little Liddy" of ten years ;iijo? Oh, if Mr, Ynue should ycc her! The L,'ir looked around like one who view s the enchantments of a fairy palace. h, mamma, how pietty you are!" said she, "and what 11 lovely room! Are you udad to see me. mamma, darline;;'' "My denrest child," :,' isied the w idow, "what has brought jmi here;'1 Lydia cl.ksped her hands; her counten ance fell. "Mainmii," said she, "I'm the mo.st mUrT.ioli rroattiro h thu world uml I v ant 11 hiimlre.l dill "' Lylin! A httmlrpl .loll.m!" "Ati'J you niiMt lot mo have it!" vrlio. mrr.fly went on Lyilia. "I've kiile.! I'nele Joshua's prize colt! That is, I li'ln't exai tly do it mm if; Imt I w. riding 'Pretty .I in'!' around the mri low, just for prai.tii e, Hinl I forgot an 1 left t'no li doivn, and the roll nt out on tho riilr.iid trai'k, and the train ratne al mif, imd ,)h 1 never ran look Tni'le .losluri in the fep iiu iin, iinlrs I have tiiat hun dred dollars to pay him ! "I shall he ahlr to earn plenty for my self lie for loiuj, mamma," she add",), lire ithles-ly, "for I rati ride better t'nin th" ivo.-nim in pit-.k tarlntan and spangle wiio j'.i;:iie'l throiiejh the h iop it the rirru.s. Whr.i the old u'ipy told my for tune lat yeir, at the rounty fair, she said a horse-shoe w inl l brini; tun lurk some day: an 1 I knew of roiirse, what slie tneaat. S'i I've been iirietirin'j ridiiiL' 1 ver sitl' e, wheal vt r I r iill I y, t mv iy fm. 11 Ann! Heck and I'r.rle .Todm-i, I " Mrs. I) .;!". a Aaies is in t!;e Ir i v- iii-r-. i::i, tu 1 a n," s ii l the w!iite.r ipn d m li i. ajiji irin,' with aa o , li.. I .siiver ear 1 rei rivi r 1:1 her hand. And Mis. J!. tin- rh'.k 'l her dan., -h- t :'. rotit". I":!.- nr one . "l.y.ii.i," erii I -In , "I'm surprised at vo l' A '.':i i! ejiil like ot si Hilling and ro;np::',' 1 Ti 1 ui' I th country ! ' to bar to "h idy I'l-'itis by tin- vc: y ;iet. train, and try to b have more like a lady, W hy, yoa must be fourte ui at e'tst!" "s.-vetitcen, m itiiin i," c oatesse I t!ic r.i'.prit. "K it an n't y.ni iin to i;ive ::i" the hundred loll ir- ?" I have not not a hundred rents!" imp I'ieiitly cried Mrs. Illy the. "An 1 if I h i I, I wouldn't "fiv it to you, yon naughty, ill In li 1v.1l, runpiii"; Yes, Mitilda. f.ll Mrs. Ilapplrtou Ainei tint I s'iiII liedo.vn directly, atnl brin' some t"a and buns for for Miss lllythe be. for the next train o. es." 15'it wlicti Mr. D.ipph'ton Amis had tiiiis'ur.l her call, and Mrs. lllythe cam" ba. k. th" bird hud t! iwn. Lydia, deeply wounded and r.setitftii, hid promptly ret. ir led to ."sli iily l'lams "Tii it old ipy must have I n a humbug, after ail," th ei':: tin- d !ulr It:-. LTirl. "On. what shall I sav to I tn b- Joshua? Why w.is inatuma so col l and cruel to 1111 ' oh, .lea:, I am very, cn unhappy!" "."s'ndy I'i.iins ! ' t',j-utei the con ductoi . And as Ly.lia crept sorrowfully out of the train, souiethiu bright, like a fallen drop of dew. scintillated oa the (lo ir at lie! feet. Sit Mooped to pick it. Up. It wa 1 ill 1111 uid scarf-pin i t the sh.ip' of .1 ii ir.-e-s hoe. Spiire I'irhir'.'s iienpiny i;iu,' have dropped it," -aid Ly lia t i hers. If. 'a. how it sparkles! If it were only mine! For I am sure it must be worth .nor., than a hundred doll us." She r;l inced furtively at a tall, broad--h'i'ildi red younj fellow who had been seated in the train a few seats beyond her. "He never loo!;!-! around," thought Ly.lia. "I'm "(lad of it, for he must have known that I had been crying. Uut I must ojve this back to him." With a liirlit, swift st-p she hastened to overtake S.piire Cnrhart's city picst. "Please, is this yours:" she said, lioiuin up the 'iitti rinu: half-circle. "I lound it 011 the car floor close to wln;re you were sittini;." He started and raised his hat. "It is Mr. Wot'on's neice, isn't it f" said he "Miss Lydia f Yes, it is mine, 111 I I'm a thousand tune, obliged to you. I must have la,tene 1 it in very c.relessly. And I value it very highly, too; it was a oift fr.itii my t it'.ier " "Is it worth a reat d 'al of money!" asked Lydia, liftiii"; lu r se i-lilue eyes to his tier. "About a tiundre I dollars, I suppose." "1 w ish it was mine, " s ii.l Lydia, w ith a loii"; si 'h. as if -he were thiukiti"; aloud. "Yours' Why, it isn't a lady's orna ment "'!i. not the pin!" Lydia hastened to explain, "but th uioii. y the hundred dollars. Oood by! Here is t'.n: c irriu'c waiting from I'arhurt Court." "Will you let me drive you as far us Wotiou Firm;'' ii:k".l the stranoii, courteously. And tire I Lydia williniy a.-r -de I. Tin- up-hot was that when .,'ne entered lu r uncle's presence, she jj.ivi: him a l ink i il t represent ine; tin; price nf the "pl'i.e colt." "Where di 1 t'.iee ti'l tills money, ch'ld.'" soleinuly a.sk 'd I'nehi .loshua. "1 I borrowed it," confessed Lydia. "iloit't ask me any mire mictions, 1111 1 '.'. I'll pay it lic k if I have to pick, blackbri rirs nt four centi a ipiart all sii'iinier." "I hope thee w ill ive up this hoydeil ish bu i;is-s of seamperin about 011 !ior back, r.vdia, after tiiis." sevcrsdy spok Aunt Ki iiecea. "Iblt, aunt, th -olj fortune-teller told me that my foituu'.' would one day be inadc by a " Lydia stopped abruptly as s!ie remem liered how the diamond horse.,!io. had oliitered on tiie tloor at herteeltii.it day. Her color rose, hei heart ben'.. "Thee must remember, Lydia," ad- mo.iished Aunt. U le'ecu, "that all di V! tiers and fortune-tellers arc snares of Mtan. "Yes, Aunt llrbecca, 'ill. Hut from that day an inscrutable chaii";e came over the whole character of her life. The plc.isaiit suinui'T niiiishino had fii'led out of the land. The Saratoga hotels were closed; i..y N.:wport was de serted. And Mrs. Ulythe, sittine; in tho yellow lieht of her jouiiil silk curtains, was sinilino over 11 curd which Matilda had just brought m. 'I)ear Aljy!" s'.ie ur.riiv.ire'l. I knew he would come!" She glided into the whito and gold drawing-roo-.i, all gracious cordiality, "You recreant cavalier!" sho smiled. "I've half a tii iu 1 to aco'.d you, uud Net" ,rT) I rlcscrvo timt titlfT Mr. Vntio Mked. "For you nre tho tint pmon t whom I hnve toM the great liatipines of my life. Oh, I nee you don't unilertnnl me! Come out from brhind the draper leu, Lydiu, and help mu to explain." And I.ydia, blue eyed nnd fair trcserl, ftlllie. "NYc nro ninrried, iiiumma,'' said Lydia, "Al"ry and I. And wc snil for Europe in the Comandra, nt noon. Won't you kiss rue, mamma, nnd wish me joy f " Mrs. Hlytlie kise 1 Lvdia and Aly, too inn! wished them j.)-. Hut it was the severest ordeal to which slio ever ha'! bren put. A niother-in-luw instead of n bride! This w is hardly what she had looked forward to. Hut tveti in that trying moment she noticed the litteri!ii pin which fiwtuneil Iylia's hire bonnet-strinits - a ipiaint de vire of tiny diamonds and remembered 1 whit the iirl had otiee said fibout for , tune. teller and il horsr-shoe. 1 "Mamma didn't look ipiite plea.se I, J AI:ry," said the bride, when they were ! b ark in the rarri iu'e, ilrivin-,' to the I steaiii'T's wharf. ''Do you suppose she ' is veNnl bei aue we didn't take Iht into ; our eontideiiee " ' I dure siy," retiiaikel Mr. Van", "that 110 mother bk-s to loe her child i so suddenly. Iz-h-I of all, iLrliiv.', so sweet 11 treasure as vou." Atld tieitller of tile two suspected wh it :i poisoned dsoer was that day r inklinej 111 tiie breast of Mrs. Ilo- iinoad lllxt'ue. --,s,'i;',;y jYi'n'. The Colossus of Klunles. The Colo-, us of Kilo les was so called to distinguish it from otiiT colossal flui s, said by sone' writers to have numbered over 111), which, during the day f its prosperity, were set up in the "City of the Sun," 11s the capital of the Island of Ithodes was poetically called. The Colossus came third in the list of tho seven wonders of the world, and was consei rated to the sun, the deity of llhodes. It was made of brass, cist in sections and is siid to have been the work if Chares of Lind .s, a pupil of the irre.it Lysippus. It was ttventy cubits (stitiiioseil to have been 1.V) fceti hioh, and cost the city about .MO talents, or ijUrel, )')) us we reckon money now a days. Over twelve years' work was spent on this early nioiist- r, which with all it 'grandeur, w as destine, ! to a very short career. Fifty years after its completion, in the year 2'il II. C, aeeordiin to Plioy, this oi";antit; t inblem it ic liour.: was thrown down by an earthipiake. The C ilossus stood at the entrance to the harbor, with each of its mighty feet on solid stone foundations, whips in full sail passinir mid repassing between the trio.uitie lee.. I) 'leprrrr, the histori'i'i, says that it was not erected at the en trance to the harbor, as stated by I'liny, but that it stood on nti open space near the I'aebn's m-ru'lio. Still another writer says if. was reeonstriicted dnrinej the rclirn of the Emperor Vespasian, and that ufter the Islmul of Rhodes had been coiiipicred by Caliph otliiinin, in the seventh century of our era, it was taken down and the metal sold to a .Tew, who tratisMirted it to Syria, 11 raravan nf '.HO ciuvicls bcini necessary to carry Lid 1 purchase. ."''. hiu lli'jmWir. An I'nliicky K 11 -r I lie. The Pcnii.sylvi.tiiu Kulroid C.vnpanj will be compelled to abandon Kiurine I No. I .'11. 'I, now in use on the road. Il I is regarded by toad men as unlucky. '. There is not an enirineor r fireman on j the road that has not n superstitious j dread of the hu";e inoiiKtit that during ; the past year ha.s toured in more disasters ; than any other. In the tirst place, it : plunired over the brideo: at LatrolMt last 1 summer, wrecking the whole train and 1 killino the enoine -r, lirem in and ten . others, and seriously in juriii"; ubout u do.eii persons. About a month after 1 ward it collided with 11 train near Manor, seriously injuring the fireman and wreck I uiir a number of cars, Airain in 11 few ! weeks, while nsceudini; the mountains, , its boiler iiurst, and the tireina:i was blown through the cab window and ' badly hurt. It w is repaired and once ; more put on the road, sind all went well i until alv'Ut nix week airo, when it niin i rati into a freight at Manor Station, I smashitio ten or twelve cars and sli:;htly , injurini,' the tircman. Lastly, while ruuiiinvr near San"; Hollow, it ot into another scrape. This time its oil can I exploded and severely burned both en ' oiii"cr and fireman. It i.s said that tho ' employes of the Tiiad intend to ask tho , company to discontinue it-s use. I'hili- dr'j.hi't Pr?i. Scales That Weiy;h a Hair. The tine old-wuitrhitio scale nude ii I Philadelphia, and intended for the Mint I nt New 1 Irlcatis, are marvels of inechaui I ciil invention and expert workmanship. , The larger of the two piirs his a capac- ity of 10, OD' I omee, troy, or about t!jtl ! pounds avoirdupois, and when loaded to ! its J'ull weiohiue; capacity will indicato I the variation of the one-thousandth of an ounce. The other and nmtller pair U j intended for linhler work. Ail its bear I ins are of the finest 11.r1.te, which havo 1 b: en ground with reui irkable precision. I This instrumiMit i.s believed to 4u tho I most delieatr in the world. It will L'ive I the luecise weitrht of a human hair, anil is susceptible to the slightest litmus m.irmureil the j pheiie chanocs. His Mother -In-I.uw is WeleoineJ, Atlioirjr; the I'iutes it is ul-.vay the father-in-law that makes the trouble. I Kvcry married I'iute is always glad' of a vi.su iroiu ins moiner-iii iaw. lie wcl coiniMi her with his broadest griu. Tho arrival of the mother-in-law given him a double team, where heforo ho had only nun animal. He hails her appearance with delight, and, piling a jackass-load of wood upon her willing old hack, scads her into town with his wife 'I I (similarly packud) to peddle out the fuel and tiring back to him a supply of money 1 for his favorite, game of poker 1'ho nuto latner-in-.aw is ot no 1130 a a wood-packer, nor will ho gather grass needs or piue uuts. Viryinin City Enter- IIOfSEIIOLD MATTERS. CIllCKKIf IN Jil.LY. Put .1 fowl on to boil In col l water enough to rover it, add salt ami pepper nnd n saltspoonful of sae, allow it to rook until all the bones ran be easily re moved, reduce the li.pior to a little Ins than h iiart, strain It, and when rold re. move all the fat. Cut the white meat into Mrip and the dark meat into dice like pieces, boil three or four ejs hard and slice them thin,1 dissolve one-half pn-ki!;e of irelatine in one runful of rold water, heat the broth nnd add the -jelii-tine with a saltspoonful of maeu. Place Mrips and dice of the meat in a mold and a layer of 1'iru slieiM,, with a ood supply of rapcr "prinkled over; let the broth become nearly rold, then strain it over the chieltcn, ami plan- the mold where it j w ill become thoroughly cold. This is an attractive dish. Serve, rut in slices, dip tin moid lightly into hot water in order j to remove the contents well. Aiuri:in C'lltii't'vr. 1 H'lNAi II. Tlirre is only one way known of cnokinsj pitim h in this country. Tim! is hoilini; i: in an abundance of water. The French li ivc a number of way. They serve spin ach in a delightful cream soup, and a I t c r.'iiie us n vegetable, a manner of serv in , entirely unknown to us. A a rule, jreeus of all kinds arc rooked too much in this country. Tcndi-i, voting spinach will cook in ten minute if it is plunged inf 1 I oiliiiL: water; twenty minutes is lonej cnoiii;h to 1 00k older, toucher greens. Tiie addition of one .pi art of ten der, youuo i iii.l. 1 i .11 leaves to 11 pc k of spinarh leaves oives a pleasant and wholesome bitter flavor to the ili,h. Only the youne; heart leaves of the d 1:1- delion should be selected for this pur pose. After cookiii"; and drairtin": spinach 1-iives the French cook pours old water over them to freshen them and brighten their color. After thistlny are sii tin drained and he ited up, with n little butter nnd half a cup of cream or rich milk nnd we. seasoned, and are tiien spinach a la creme. They may be eaten simply with butter, or if heated i:i Mock instead of cream, in the American way w ith vinegar. A w reath of slices of liHrd-boiled rjfjf served around a mould of spinach adds to its appearance and is tin addition to the flavor of the dish. A spinach soup is almost as no. id as the sorrel soup of the French, which is di ;t i'b i I by the name of "soup .1 la bonne ieinnie,' or ..rood woman's soup. For a spinach soup cook a ipiart of ten der spinach for ten minutes in boilino water. llrain it: throw it into coid wa ter and drain noain. Chop it tine with a knile and pres, it throuith a puree sieve. Take this .ii.iined pina'h and add to it three pints of white stock heated to tiie hoilini; point; add two tahlcspoonftil of tlour mixed in a tible (spoonful "f butter and stir the soupcon siantlv till it boils. When it hn cooked ten minutes, add two pats or tablespoon fills of butter, and a cup of cream, in which the yolks of two f;';'s linvc been beaten. Ib tilove tlc'soup to the back of the stove before addinj.' the cream and v'ji, and srrve it with little squares of toasted broad in the tureen. Seie York Trili'inc. inn SKII. 11,11 HINTS, The In st liipiid for cleaning old brass is a solution of oxalic acid. A damp cloth dipped in common soda will brighten tinware easily. Ola.e bottom crust of fruit pies with white nf an cirg, and they wi.l not be Miygy . A w ash 1 I cpi al par's of glycerine and lactic acid will remove moth and freck les from the fact.'. The minding of kid gloves sho.vsf ir less it done with cotton thread than it does if dour, w ith silk. To iron a silk hat: Holding the hat in the left hind, pas.s a warm iron ijuickly around, following the lay of the nap. If a dis'a gets burnt in Using, do not scrape it; put n little water and a.sln s in it and let it get warn. It w ill come oil nicely. Iron and polished steel, when not i:i use, may be kept from rusting by wiping w ith a cloth on which a little kerose ae has been poured. I'aint 1-tiins that are dry and oil Tn iy be removed from cotton or woolen goods with chloroform. First rover the spot witii olive oil or butter. When giving the filial polish to stoves, before putting away for the summer, mix the blacking with a little kerosene in Mead of water, to prevent rust. To clean bottles, put into them some kernels of com and a tablespoonful of iishes, half till them with water, and after a vigorous shaking and rin.siag you will find the bottles as good as new. Saturate the edge of carpets with a strong solution of alum water, to destroy moths; if an unpainted tloor, wash the floor with it before putting down the carpet. Do the same to shelves where black ants appciu. Hyposulphite of oda i.s reeommunde I for cleansing tarnished silverware. It is applied simply with a cloth or brush dipped into a saturated solution of the salt, no powder of any kind being neces sary. Iu two or three rubs all tanishca axe removed. A heavy undcr-tableeloth of white cotton felting should always be used under the white damask. It throws out the pattern of the damask clearly and prevents the table froiu weariug the linen. Crocheted mats of heavy whito cotton are the daintiest choice for ordi nary use. A little powdered potash throwu into rut holes will drive the rodents away that are so annoying in cellar or kitchen; cayenne pepper will have the same effect 011 rats and cockroaches, nnd a moaso w ill never gnaw through a piece of cotton sprinkled with cayenne, that is st tilled into his hole. George Murray, a colored man of Baltimore, Md., is one hundred and fifteen year of ago. He walks about mid is in poaseesiou of all hit fucultiuu. IN SLUMBER.UNo ner wh-rs (Jori-. anj-nUar,, K-ieh shining tu a tr, WliftA-r.'lairAl jinrl """ with raH I breathe a wor,p pr,TAr And thn with ha, jar'( Ocn tho door ami te- .... .. ' - '"s mi? pon. Th perfume of swent flowr, Makes faint tho drowsy hours. O'er floor ami walls the moon t whiv cr."rpinkt. " ' While in soft slunilipr shrink Their roy arms entwine I I pon the Us two little soiiU r"9 I know not what they ,!r,m lint by their smiles they s.ni III -.;s, with n vision beautiful ,,, ,, a I'ereha'iiM nil hand in inn Th-.y roam throiuh fairy ,., ( O" sail o'er s-es th- tar B, M)i"ndor. Whit a a d-ii. y h'.iv,. lie' fa"" sllhies thr !,, ;;, 4 Th" hair like sun. Vr. t it ".. sotT H" I nr.. tl o:hnr' li;i, lii li'i-ks the duk e. Of leafy woods In days of Ii;.ih 0 ., I Ih, p- lerfllllV th"V e t Within thnr snowy in 1, Tii.- va'iant fe : ar 1 1 1 1 --t t 1, lllp! - Tii-tjf Ajvi' i n s -m l . i,..,. Fie I w itli to" 1 vil.i" u . An! Live how iliwii t., j, ( , a al;ir, 1. Ah. Iin - 1 1 a, i l l i l. Wllo," Willi-' - ill!, ICY ; J, , j A .! -ubt. a i ir to m .k- 1 fnlt.'i-. S ..i'it if el a v;r i" Iff. wis o'er y.eir rleii; f j.-. My he irt mii-t worship h-r.- .1, t , As one from rai .i li. Turne'h his I01141117 ey ., Then le.iv." that l:e.v,i h" 1.;!, doubt As sadly an t as ln, I kiss ,w,s.t lips an I 1 liae'; to th" worl I. th - is.M. r -, without v'i rVit MilUr, in ' ''.'01. 1 .; .,, , . 1'ITIl AXIU'OINI. The in"ti who work in the rm:. be well 01T. They jtist coin in e: L, Jlm'on touriVr. 1 It becomes seeoti'k tuture for 1:1 ,i less man to do tilings in .1:1 ...!-lu:. I -'.(U )', I ii,i: ii. J I' is often the m i'i wh-i ha. V-1 ron:i li iilc in his ci:i.,ii:,i,;o:i tii,' jj'i soonet run it down. I "Come, Nellie, don't be a bee-. I'll ing won't mend your doll." - iV4, mamma, will 1-iughingf If you have a iion-layin"; pili ". hold of its neck and pull- t. Ti: ni" laystill. l)-ii"ill, !,- "Well, .Johnnie, do you cnjny n to school?" "It's pretty rood fi:: like rotniu' home thehct, t!ioiigi " Jinks "Lend me a dollar'" lii Till when;" .links "Till y,i it back again." .mrrrif" Am-r'ft:.. 'I don't like your friend S::ii'.',: He is always making eyes." "llf 1 help it; it's his business, lie's mi tici.m." linnr. "Mv dear child, what are v ia rr.Jj for?' Oh. dearl My fi'.Vr gone and lost me, and 1 know 111;. - rr. 1: !fc will scold him so when hr uc'., lion. The maiden fair had had n fall-- To walk slin was not able, Uut wlii-n a mouse leaped liir itili 'iv v She iunimsl upon the talil -. -l ilul. v :'i: "I just dob; on your d nc'liti :.' marked young (toslin to Amy's ; "Then 1 will supply the aiitidnti ." plied the old gentletnau, raising hi-r.A foot. Kpifh. A lady wishes to know the h it of m irking table linen. lilaekVrry is our choice, although a hahy gravy ili'di is highly esteemed hy 1:: A'"" ) "'.'. AVt. "Did you make much on vmri eV deal!" "N.,; lost -?7''." "ii thought that MaeDollar 'iw pointer." "He did; but it pro.' It a ilisappointer." .htvn-ij ll. ''.'. Mrs. (;.a.am "Mr. .Iays::,i:!i i . of great peuetration, even it lie i (lined t'l be miserly." t J.i: itti ' T tration? Oh, yes; evcryb idy k:: his penny traits." .Iki ."' ' "Is His Nibs in?" ii-ked a iinti wa tered the oflice iu ecarch of the 111 1'' "You should S'iv, 'Are Hi, Nibs v. corrected a clerk who was studyiti'.' i' mar in his s(mre moments. .lof A little boy carrying some e;" : from the shop, dropped thrin. "I1" bri'iik any" asked his mother, w told lu r of it. "No," .said the lit! ' low; "but the shells came off "' 'em." St. .)'(('. .V'y,;'". "I love this old horse," said t'l? I nel. "I feel that h" Mved my 1'' Gettysburg." "Ilowf" "llekii'it'd: in the .stomach betore the battle -t.. collltlll't go on the Held, and 111; " ' tutegot shot in tint neck." ' ''" "Well," said Mr. llitlier. Matt his wife, "there isn't a pi i-oii i'i world who regrets b' ino nnrri'''. i than I do." "Don't be too siir.-of ' dear," was his better hall's mi "till you hear my opinion t!'l''l tiotl." i'hiliiifljifii'i Tun. Lady of the House (to tra iip k"' through tho gate) "Here! youtir'ni' to saw that wood if I gave you nu'' Tramii "Y'es'm; and 1 have fultilU'l promise. I saw it as I passeo nj irr'imniiiv in ai.i'iu.L-li.it ilefrl'tiVC, I pained to observe." Jmiije. The table unon w hich Cromwell ' when ho uttixed his signature to the rant for the execution of l.liarie recently sold in England for f"'-'- A ipaaintly conceived brooch is ' ameleil s.pnrrol holding a i""1 " which is represented as closely 1' bible by colored pearls. i' -W .1 M-Wi I - 1, 1 .
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