...d"r'.l ins l ef I Cnliut . ,- Ho-tii t 'w eimh beeau nunib Jfpff Tiiere on ' of 1, m i but. , com 2M I aur of 6.0t Jar . I no bli ado i Wrr V len Jin U no n r t I "v. chhistm A9 cxnou Sleep !anow-wh He world, undor Ilia stars, Hlerp ! Bleep ! fWhlle choral angels from on hlg!, floating across the mldnlKht sky. (Lean clown with waving llly-wands, 1o bUnKdhe earth rlth gracious hnuJs. Anl lihrk !the roMrn chord ' 'Prnfse he to Christ our Lord The 8on of Man In lowly mnmrer torn, lie ore whoso fui'C the strength of S.n U shorn." Thru, till the holy morn, Hlecp : Weep I Wake ! I right world, und-r the bright inn. Wake ' Wake : .Hark ! how the Christmas angel nlni; : "All hull : to Christ our bor I and Klnif -All linll ' ifofj-t will nil' I po.'i io moii 1 Allhnllltofiolon hlKli! Ami!" J iin yo the joylul none ; The reign of ancient wrong Is Or this hour ; for Christ the Child is l,nrn '. Oh. hnp.y world ! thy ben Is or sin nre torn, This holy Cur.NtMiut morn, W.ike! Wiki-' Chnrlos I.. llll.lr'Mii, in txnmrwt' LOD'S CLARIONET. A CHIllsTMA-l STOIIV. it 1. 1; i; wris n Christmas eve Ser vice ill tin- Si'COtill Westcock Church. The church nt Second Westcock was quuirt mill o I il - f ii sh i it ti oil. like tin- villagoovcr which it pnsided. Itsshinglcswcro gray w ith the heating of ninny wtiiti ik ; its little Miuurc tow r wns surmounted by four rpi ti 1 1 i ittr posts, like the logs of it table Inrtii'il hi uw-iiwnrd ; its staring windows were adorned with curtains of yellow rut ton ; its uneven Rnil h solute church ynril, strewn with graves mid kiihw il r i f t r. ofiMipio.l ii lili'iik hillside look ing out across the I my to the lotuly hi'i'lit of Sheioily Mountain. iJon ti tin- 1 lii; kijm Ih'Ikw the church HtruvltMl thf village, li'ilf-loht in th hiiow, Mi'l whist ieil iier ly the winild of tliH liny of l'umly. Secoiiil Wehtoook wiim hii outlyinf cnrtier of the ivrtor'n expmihivo piir inh, ninl n Chrirtlums i re Hervirc IIhto hi hii event iilinoNt mi) nrnll li il. To Kivo Seeoiiil WeKtcork thiHervice, tho rector hinl forxnken hin I'roKjnrous ConKTeHtiiiiiH lit WestfoCh, Siwkvillo anil DurcheHtf r, drivini; hoiiio eirht or ten iniliH through the Miows nnil oli tuilo of tho ileeji I orfhehtv.T womlri. Ami lieonuHe the elmir tit tteeoml Veiti'ock wiih not reiiiHrkuhle oven for willinifiicHH, iniirh less for nlreiigth ir skill, ho huil liroiiiit with linn Lin llfteeh-yeiir-oM niece, Lou AHihoii, to Dwell the t'LrihtiiniH laiiincn with thu Iioten of her chirionel. The little, church was lighted with oil Intiips riinu'i'il uloii the white wnll between thu witnlowH. Theunyr..l)jiro cbancel-a trf ifc VhoulJ not' table in- rail. I-Pl rmn n lfiTlflif f sl.leVho lUC narrow, carpet le.s aihlo wore rows nf UDjiniuteil br-nclieH. Ou tho left were guthcreil Holemnly tho men of the congregation, each looking htrnight liheml. Ou the right were tho women, whiieriug uinl Ncaniiing each other' l.oiunts till the Uppeariiliee of the rector from the little vestry-room py the iloor hhoulij bring t-ih'lice unit referent lit 1 (. lit lull. In Irmit of the woiiich's row htooil tho liieloileoii, mil the two benches behiinl it wi re oocupieil by the rlwir, I the mule inelnberN of which sat hlusii ingly Helf-cniiMcioiiH, proiiil of their , ollicc, but ih'eply aba.i-heil at tile lit.-! ccNsity of hitting among the women. There Mts no iitteint lit I'hl'intliMK . ilecoratioii, for Secoinl Westcock hud never been iiwakeneil to the ilclieioUM ' t'Xciteiin'iits of tho church greening. At Jiirtt tlic rector apieureil in Inn; voluminous white Mirpliee. IliMimveil i lowly up the nihil-, Hlitl nioliliteil the winding ht phof the right hum! pulpit, ' aul iu he ill I 6o hit live-Vi ut -ol.l miii, . forhakiiig bin place by Loii'h hide, I inurcheil forward mid heated himself , rcHolutely on tlie pulpit steps. Hci'.id lint feel ipiite nt home in Second West- ! cock Church. Tho Hweet old enrol, ''While hhep- ' Lenin wutehed tin ir tlockn by night!"' rone ruthi-r doubtfully from tho little 1 choir, who looked mi l listened askance ! at the glittering clarionet, into which Lou HM now blowing mftly. Lou wnM afraid to iiiiike herself distinctly heard at first, lest hhe hhoul I startle tho singers ; but in tin- second verse tho pure vibrant note came out with confidence, mid then for two lines the , Bong Willi little more than a duet be tween Lou ami the rector 'm vigorous baritone. In tho third verse, how ever, it all came right. Tho choir felt i.nd responded to tho strong sup- i port and thi illiu;; stimulus of the in- ' striiiuent, an 1 at length censed to j dread their own voieoH. Tho naked little church wa" glorified with the j HWoep of triumphal soug pulsutiug through it. Never before had such music been heard there. Men, women ami chil dren sang from their very Bonis, and wlu'U the hymu was ended the whole congregation stood for some seconds im in a ilrenin, with quivering throats, till tho rector's culm voice, repenting the opening words of the liturgy, brought buck their self-control iu Dome measure, Tluronftcr every hymn and chant and carol wuh like an inspiration, and Loii'm eyes sparkled with exultation. When the service w as over the people gathered round tho atovo by tho door, praising Lou'm clarionet itud petting little 'IV t, who had by this time come down from the pulpit steps. Ouo old lady gave tho child two or threo brown sugar-biscuits which she had brought in her pocket, and a pair of rod rait tens which she hud knitted for him as a Christmas present. Turning to Lou, the old lady said, "I Dover lioerd nothing like that truiu- si ' pet of voiirn, Mis. I f?!t like it jet d rawed down the anirel from heaven to sing with na to-night. Ther voices was all awiinmiug in a emoke, like, right up in the hollow of the ceiling." '"Taint a trumpet!" interrr.jted Teddy, shyly. "It's a rlar'ouct. I got a trnropet Imme !" "To be sure !" replied the old lady, indulgently. "lint tniiw, as I was a saying, that music of yotiru wonld jest soften the hardint heart as ever wn." Tho rector had just come from the vetry room, well wrapped tip in his furs, and was shaking hand and wish ing every cue a Merry Christmas, while the sexton brought the horse to tho door. He overheard the old la dy's last remark, as she was bundling Teddy up in a huge w oollen muffler. "It certainly did," said he, "make the singing go mnnilicoiitlv to-night, didn't it, Mrs. Tait? Htit't wonder, now, what sort of an effect it would produce on a Lard-hearted bear, if such a creature should come out at lis while we are going through Dorches ter woods?" This mild pleasantry was very deli cately adapted to the rector's audi ence, and the group about the stove smiled with a reverent air befitting the place they were in; but tho old lady exclaimed ill haste: "My, laud sakes, parson, a bcar'd be jest scarod to death !" "I wonder if it would frighten n brnrV" thought Lou to herielf, as they were getting snugly bundled into the warm, deep "pung," as the low-box sleigh with movable seats is called. Soon the crest of the hill mis passed, nnd tho four-poster on the top of Second Westcock Church sank out of sight. For a mile or more the road led through half-cleared pasture hinds, where tho black st limps stuck up so strangely through tho ilrirts that Teddy discovired benrs on cverv hand. Santa Claus On Mis Hound. 1 pMMysi f.'-ok nt Kim tlien on the rhlmney top .lii! nely to ilvi'M-nil Ther- i.i-ver lived in this whole wl.l- vrcrlj siiii-h a ili ur gi'inl-hi-arti-il friend '. 1'ut see, he hie Mopped t" listeu It the I'lllli'.li-U lire asleep for h"M never coilown If they stayed n wake Or triej to taUu one peep ! He was not at nil alarmed, however, for he was sure his father was a mutch for a thousand bears. l'.y uml by the roud entered the curi ous inverted dark of Porchester tvooiN, win re all the light seemed to come from the white snow under the trees rather than from the dark sky above them. At this stage of the journey Teddy re tired illider the butl'alo-robes, and went to sleep iu the bottom of thu pung. The horse jogged slowly along the somewhat heavy road. Tho bells jingled drowsily amid the oft, push ing whisper of the runners. Lou nnd the rector (diked iu quiet voices, at tuned to the solemn Liibii of tho great forest. "What's that?" Lou shivered up closer to the rector as she spoke, and glanced nervously into the dark woods whence u souud had come. The rector did not answer at once, but instinctively seized the whip, and tightened the reins as a si-.;-ual to Old Jerry to move on faster. The hore needed no signal, but nwoke into an eager trot which would have become a gallop hud tho rector permitted. Again came the souud, this time n little nearer, aud still apparently just abreast of thu pung, but deep iu the woods. It was u bitter, long, wailing cry, blended vith u harshly grating undertone, like the rasping of a saw. "What is it?" agaiu asked Lou, her teeth chattering. Tho rector let Old Jerry out into a gallop, as he answered, "I'm afraid it's a panther what they cull around here an 'Indian Devil.' lint I don't think there is any real duuger. It isu ferocious ln nst, but w ill probably give us a wide berth." "WLy won't it attack us?" asked Lou. "Oh, it prefers solitary victims, " replied tho rector, "It is ordinarily a cautious beast, aud dues not under stand tho combination of man and horso and vehielo. Only ou rare occasions has it beeu known to attack peoplu driving, aud this ouo will probably keep well out of our sight. However, it's jnst as well to pot be yond its neighlrhoo 1 as quickly m possible. Steady, Jerry, idd boy I Steady don't use yourself up too fast!" The rector kept the horse well in hand ; but in a short t ime it was plain that the panther was not avoiding the party. The cries came nearer and nearer, and Lou's breath came quicker and quicker, and the rector'a teeth le pan to set themselves grimly, while his )rows gathered in anxions thought. If it shonld come to a atrnggle, what was there in the sleigh, he was wonder ing, th'-.t could serve as a weapon? Nothing, absolutely nothing but his heavy pocket-knife. "A poor weapon," thought Le, rue fully, "with which to fight apanther." IJiit he felt in Lis pocket with one hand, nnd opened the knife, and slipped it tinier the edge of the cushion beside him. At tins iustaiit he caught sight of the panther, boitndiug along through the low underbrush, keeping parallel with the road, and not forty yards away. "There it is!" came in a terrified whisper from Lou's lips; and just then Teddy lifted his head frmn under the robes. Frightened at the speed and at tho sit look on his father's face he began to cry. The panther herrd him nnd turned nt once toward tho sleigh. Old Jerry stretched himself out iu a burst of speed, while the rector grasped his poor knife fiercely and the panther fame with ft long leap right into the road not ten paces be hind the Hying sleigh. Teddy stared iu amazement, and then cowered down in fresh terror as there came nu ear-splitting screech, wild nti I high nnd long, from Lou's clarionet. Lou hud turned, and over T V. fret) J:.. noes th.it nil Is right He'll go down with Ms toys, And (III up all the Mot-king Of his llttln glr'.s and boys. Tin u with n t oun I he'll le off agate t'p through the chimney andover the roo,', And thu Iro. n ground will again resound With the i-.'ter of ri'Liiieer's hoof. the back of the seat was blowing this peal of desperate detiance iu tho brute's very face. The astonished nui mal hhruiik back in his trucks and sprung i.gain into the underbrush. Lou turned to the rector with a (lushed face of triumph ; and the rector exclaimed iu a husky voice, "Thauk (bid!" l!ut Teddy, between his sobs, complained, "What did vou do thut for, Lou?" Lou jumped to tho conclusion that her victory was complete and final ; but tho rector kept Jerry nt Lis top speed and scrutinized the uuderwood apprehensively. Tho panther appeared again in four or five minutes, returning to the road, and leaping along some forty or fifty feet behind tho sleigh. His paco was a very curious disjointed, India rub bery spring, which rapidly closed up ou the fugitives. Then round swung Lou's long in strument again, and nt its piercing cry the nuimiil again shrank back. This time, however, he kept to tin road, and tho moment Lou paused for breath he resumed the chase. "rfavo your breath, child," ex claimed the rector, as Lou again put tho slender tube to her lips. 'Save your breath, aud let him Lave it fe rociously when ho begins to get too uear." Tho animal came within twenty or thirty feet again, and then Lou greeted him with an cur-splitting blast, aud Le fell back. Again aud again the tactics were repeated. Lou tried a thrilling cadenza; it was too much for the brute's nerves. Ho could uot compre hend a girl with such a penetrating voice, and Le could not screw up Lis courage to a closer investigation of tho marvel. At last tho animal seemed to resolve on a chango of procedure, l'lungiug into tho woods ho made an effort to got ahead of the sleigh, pld Jerry was showing signs of exhaustion, but tho rector roused him to an extra spurt and there, just ahead, was the opening of Fillmore's settlement. "Blow, Lou, blow I" shouted the rector; ami as the panther made dash to intercept the sleigh, it found itnelf in too close proximity to thi atrange-voiced phenomenon in th pun, and sprang backward with at angrjj snarl. Asrjou's breath failed from her drj lips, "he sleigh dashed out into th open A dog bayed angrily from th near ; farm-house, and tho pantbet torne-l hort on the edge of the wood. The i ?ctor drove into the farm-yard, and C d Jerry stopped, shivering as il Le wffnld fall between the shafts. After the story had been told, and Jerryv Lad leeu st ibled and rubbed dowuJ the rector resumed Lis journej with a! fresh horse, Laving no fear that tho pnliither wonld venture across the cleareijl lands. Three of the settlen started out forthwith, and following the trairka in the new snow, succeeded in shotting the wild beast after a chase of two ior three Lours. The Intiventnre supplied the country side alJ that winter w ith a themo for conversation, and about Lou's clarionet there fathered a halo of roiuauce that ulrew rousing congregations to ikif parish church, where iff music, tias to tie Lenrd ev-rv alternate Sunday evening. Youth's Companion. AiilliiubT ol Christmas Tors. The (oil is thousands oi rears .1.1 it has Ij.'en found inside the gravis of i:ai i.:t i . i -it t nine i. iiunii riiuoren.nnil w lit lie lollUil again by the arelm-ologists of a future date nmjon? the .'eninins of our own culture. The children of Pompeii and Hercnla if urn trundled hoops just as you and I did, and w'uo knows w hether the rock'iug horse on which we rode in our youihg days is not a lineal descen dant of that proud chnrger into whose flp.uks th children of Francis I's time dug thei- spurs. The orum is also indestructible, and setting time nt naught across the cen turies, it'beals the Christmas-tide and New Vene summons that bids tho tin soldier prepare himself for war, and slinll continue to beat as long as there exist boyish arms to wield drunibticks, and grow ti-up people's ears to bo deaf ened by the sound thereof. The tin soldier views the future with calm ; he will uot lay down his arms until the day of general disarmament, and there is, as yet, no prospect of a universal pence. Tho toylsword also stsnds its ground ; it is the tijirsery symbol of the inera dicable viee of our race the lust for battle. Harlequins, fool's-cap-crowned and beH ringing, are also likely to endure; they are sure to be found among thd members of tho toy world as loug as there nre fools to bo found among thi inhabitants of our own. Oold-lnce knights, their swords at their tidcl, curly-locked nnd sntin shod priniresses, stalwart musketeers, lniifctacbeuaand top-booted, are all types which still hold their own. The Chinese doll is young as yet, but she has a bri'.lt'.nl futi re bi lo'u l:n-. A The ynle log or yulo block is proba bly another form of that which hua been preserved iu the Christmas tree. A Luge log of wood placed iu tho tire place is kept burning all the evening in many places in England, and even in the I'nited States the custom is not unknown. It is called Uucli do Noel in France. The jule candle is lighted the even ing of December midwinter-night, and kept bnruiug all night if possible. If it goes out during tho night it is looked upoy as a sign thai some ouo will di. iu the house soon. On tho other hand, the stumps of these can dles are considered a powerful remedy for diseased or injured Lands or feet. Song of Kriss KrinzieN Trt-e, Kriss Kringle's hells nre jingling, The frosty air Is tiuirlinir. All silvery sound are niiiiglliig, This merry, merry day. With many n fleecy feather The Hiiow-fl liken dinice together ; Hern comes Kriss Kringle'g weather, In good Kr.ss Kringto's wi; Kriss Kringlu's measure's tripping, Kriss Kringle's gw-ei-tm-M; siptdng, The while his gifts we're clipping, From l-r:ive Kriss Kringle's tree, We set the .caudle hurninc, I.Ike stars and pluuets turning, And every dream nud yearning There sat lulled we i-e i Alone nnd solitary, Aloof from oil and fairy, It grew In forests airy Through muiiy a season dim To reach its tiny of glory, When winter woods were ho.iry, To hear Kriss Kringle's story. And dear Kriss Kringle's byuiu. O tree that wearies never I O true that charms us ever! O tree that lives forever ! The blessed Christmas tree. Where love and kiuduess Llenain Kound up tho year's lair ending. There heaven s own beauty lending, Ituliold Kriss Kringle's troe. Margaret K. Hangster, Iu Young ro?l-.. The little red Louse at Lenox, Mass., in which Nathnniel Hawthorne wrote "Tangle wood Tales," "Tho House of Seven Gables," aud other stories, i to be restored. JUNIORS AT SKA. NAVAL CADETS ABOAHD A MAS. O'.WAR, Very Crowded Quarters They Have to Tut l'p With Many Incon veniences How They Kill Time. 7T FTETt the yonncr cadets in Uncle Sam's navy finish the font years' academic course nt the naval academy in An napolis they go to sea on the sea-going men-of-war a junior officer, then re turn to Annapolis for the final gradu ation nnd promotion to tho lower grades of tho lino of the navy, tho marine corp and the engiueer corps, says the Washington Star. During this two years' cruise, which may embraco auy portion of the known world, the naval cadets aro ex pected t. become familiar with the practical duties of a naval officer, for, w hile tLo fotir years' theoretics! course at Aunnpolitf is an ideal one from a theoretical ptnudpoiut, there seems to be no other way to learn the practical working of A modem mau-of-war than to aerve upou one under all tho vary ing conditions of active service. The difficult problem of obtaining sufficient sfpaee for cverlhing and every one aboard a ship is a con stant source of trouble to tho naval architect. 'As to room for the officers tho captains and admirals must never be stinted, and the ward-room officer's loig service entitles him to enough room to live comfortably but some no must be cramped, aud generally i". is tho junior officer ; ao often eiglilior ten of them arc crowded iu a room Jot larger than eighteen by ten feet. 'And in this limited space they sleep,)' eat a-d live ; but youth is buoyant arid the young gentlemen are generally linppy iu spite of their re stricted rom. This apartment in the days of ti-e old sailing frigatea was given the) name "steerage," and in spite of th met that it is uow officially known niS the "junior officers' quarters" J tho old name clings to it aud is alrf.'st universally used. In buc'i) a small apartment every inch of ,'fpaco must be used, so all around tli sides nre rows of little cup boards, o l lockers as they are called aboard slip aud in these the young officers stW a wardrobe consisting of six or eight complete suits of uniform and a cJinplcto outfit of citizen's clothiug, books for a course of study in seamanship nnd navigation, and in- ntlmerab trophies from the foreign lands visited ou tho cruise. How they do it no one knows, and after two year J of life with such a wardrobe I found f t took two large trunks to hold thjA( contents of a couple of lockers tyyit looked too small for auy practicJse. Thror1.,' Ticr little round portholes. tLat nilWye fl- seii at, sea to crn out . L'e walk fM a k'u?hj;j.nd ai.tothe i sieerege uurir ue nay, w ni nignt all ia reaplenL with eleci.. t lights. The problouioTiresh air often becomes a serious ont, especially iu the tropics, where the exhaust fuus of the artificial ventilators fijil to keep tho tempera ture down when eight or ten people occupy such a restricted space. It is a standing regulation that tho ports must be closi'd at sea, as a sudden squall might) come up aud cureeu the ship over before the ports could be closed, which might admit euough water to eiulnnger the ship, and, iu fact, this was the reason assigned for the capsizing of the English ship Eu rydicu off the Irish const, Hut in spito of th'? danger, when the thermometer ranges around 101) and several dnyu out have niMle the air below decks ut most stilling, some one will surrepti tiously opeu a port for a few minutes. One day last winter, while a United States mikU-of-war was steaming through tho tropical Caribbeau.a jolly crowd of a ilozcu junior officers were mousing themselves us best they could iu the stitlifig heat. Two la-on tho bunks that stretched alou;; tho outer side uudeif the ports, 'which were closed; another was cmefiilly drawing an elaborate chart that was to go iuto his journal of the cruise, ; and others read or played cards on tlio mesa table iu the centre. , Tho sceuie was peaceful, but a dis turber canto iu tho pcrjiiiu of ouo of the young' officers, who 'had been on deck and shid the sea was. "like glass," and ud vised "some oue do open the polls, as ulot a drop of 'water could come iu oil such a smooth day." Ac cordingly a port over onu of the sleep ers was opened. All went well for a few minutes, and the bnecze of fresh sea air weis welcome, indeed, but sud denly tho konriio was chsmged ou deck and the sli ip gave a roll' that put the under water. A perfect tor d iu, deluging; the sleeping , who awoke, with sudden opeu port reut pour pay clerk thoughts jot collisions Kind capsizing, ruiuiug tljio atient worSi of the chart duughtsm'an and wettiu.'g clothing iu the druwe rs aud lockers.) All the junior officer sleep in the steerage, Wo or three in (narrow bunks, aud the rj'st in hammocks Lung close together from the betjims overhead. During the day the hammocks are made up jtud stowed a way, and when mealtime comes the extension tables ate stretc lied out aud tl io meals served from the littlo pantry there the stew ard presides. Alio yoi ing officers aro well supiplieil with serf-vauts a mess ot teu otli cers geuerall having a stew- ard, coolk and threo Jiervauts all of whom jnro paid by meut ailid regularlVj tho Govern enlisted in the provisions tho service, but all aro puricuo-sed bv tlie members of (he mesh, nnd thu tali Io linen, dishes tho property and cutlery are also of tho sneiubera. OnJ e of the young officers iii elected "cute er of the mess," a rather doubtful honor, since his duties consist in a guo;ral supervision of the servants and mealr, and. he is also treasurer of the mess funds, which are often hard to collect, . 4 Larder to keep, and he coroee i . all the criticism on account of k t food cr cooking. If his intentiou ia to suit all Le will soon find it impossi ble, for w hile one like onions another mar find them impossible, and then and there ensue a misunderstanding for tho caterer to settle. Teu o'clock ia the time generally fixed for "turning iu," and all lighte are put ont, and woe ti the belated one who comes in after that hour, from the theatre or n dinner or a call on the latest best girl, and turns on a light, for from every aide cornea mnt teringa of disapproval, often accom panied by the nearest convenient missile a shoe or cane or camp-stool and the late arrival is compelled to turn ont the light in self-defense and seek Lis bunk or hammock in darkness. But it ia whfn a crowd of "beach combers" (as those who go ashore are called) return at a late hour, reason ably convivial, and insist on turning out the "ship-keepers" (as those who stay aboard are styled) that tho fun begins, and the question ban to I de cided, generally in a good-natured senfl'.e. who shall succeed. Chicago Hecord. Tno-IIcaded Trout. There was received at the Journal office a few days ago a package con taining a phial in which was a curios ity of the tinny tribe in the form of an infant trout which had one body nnd two heads. The fish came from tho trout LatcLery in East Fresbtown, Mass. The establishment has been iu operation over twenty years, and near ly all that period has been under the supervision of Ernest Kouuscville, saye the Providence Journal. Superintendent llounsevilln it an enthusiast on the snbject of hi work, and has during his long apprentice ship made trout life a study, and much of the k uow ledge so acquired ia most interesting, particularly that portion of it which relates to twin trout, which is his hobby, and upon which subject ho delights to converse with those who tlesire information iu regard to it. Mr. Konnseville often prefaces Lis remarks by stating that, although specimens of this twin trout are com paratively rare, they hardly can be termed a freak of nature, ns one is al most sure to find several in hatches containing from 50,000 to 100,000 eggs, and Le further claims that he can tell the eggs iu w hich nre hidden the single and tw in trout, tho former in tho process of hatching exhibiting only one black spot or eye, while iu the latter egg two black "spots in- . variably show themselves. Mr. llounso ville then goes on to state that there are two varieties of twin trout, tho first of these being two distinct and perfectly form 1 fish connected by a . ligament Vuich boned the famese tA eond, nny' br fs" the mo! - - ii. rrt'. iHHlff S'ltTi'two leads, unicu'ffro sepai tod in such a manner from the joint trunk as to suggest a resemblance to the capital Y. Tho last mentioned specimen Mr. r.ouusevillo says he has never yet beeu able to keep alive over n few mouths, notwithstanding tho fish when hatched appear quite ns heulthy and lively as the others, nnd ho has finally settled it in his own mind that tho two-header dies of starvation pure and simple, for he declares that when the fish begins to feed each littlo head is so greedy for tho food that it lights its mato with such ilosperatiou us to prevent either head from obtaining tho nour ishment needed for their mutual body, and alter a time death is the result. Konnseville has lor some time been endeavoring to invent somo method by which oue head can be fed at n time, but us yet has not been able to deviso one; so the twins, like tho very good, die young. Storing Ice lor Mew lork'a IV. Owing to the great bulk of this commodity and the cuormoua value of lands on Manhattan Island aud its vicinity little of tho i?o is stored iu thu city, most of it being placed iti enormous icehouses along tho water where tho ice is cut and brought to the city iu barges from time to time as tho occasion demands. Tho Knick erbocker lea Company Las about fifty of these houses along the Hudson, with an ice-storing capacity of 7000 to Gj, 000 tous each, or a total storing ca pacity of nearly G, 000,000 tous of ice. Tho attempt to establish ice-storing Louses in this city in Hurbert street, neur the old lied Fort, about ten yeara ago, resulted disastrously, as the taxes ato up tho profit of thu business. To avert on fur as possible the dan gers of an ico famine or au open wiu- ter, nearly all tho ice companies en deavor to store considerably more ice than they expect to consume in the sea- " sou. It was owing to this foresight I . that the ice famine iu tho summer of f 181)0 was uot far more serious thau it was. The seasons for cutting ice seem to! be later aud later every year. Twenty! years ngo tt was usual to Lave tho ictU , cuiiing negiu some lime netoreuiirist-j J mas, aud it not infrequently happened I that the entire ice crop was harvested. oeiore rsew lears uay. Au the icel cutting seldom begins before Februar os March. New York Tribune. Llvinj Curio.. jitfl A thirty-flve-pound possum in Jut 1 U' per County, Missouri. ; j't A Moundvillo borse wuioh has bee' ! trained to pick up rails aud lay the I on tho fefteu . all A pet rooster w ith a wooden leg, rutl Lucyrus, Ohio. a v.iiiciuuaii oiru. w uicu sioie a Z'f f watchguard to ornament its nest. n a m I . u v.. A wo oiisueia oi drunken eparrl caught lu Dowitt County, Tci "oorued" ou corn soaked in coruju Pa 0 in J J, T Z
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