"V. (, WHO KNOWS T l whn the yellow Autumn ttfrf In hot, Eaoh Iron ami shrub, not doubtful of the Spring Tuts forth nsw buds whose hope the waning yenr lias not thfl pownr Into full leaf to bring S wo who sadly tread life's downward slope, ChJII-blooitod, fecble-llmbed and bent and Kray; tfut forth, whllo passing, wb b!i bud ot hoe That w may como again to youth and May. And hark! The robin pipe again. The stream Shake off the fnwty f"ttrs It has wnmi Too buds, awaking from lh-ir frighting dream, t-'nfold rjoinf In a Sprint? newborn and prophesy the lily nud t'.ii rose. Ho flaring may comn ngnln to uj. Yho knows? THE TWO HIGHWAYMEN. BEGAN at last to think that the ball would never como to an end. I hail looked forward to it with ahsolnto .1 1 T I VK, -2 iirenii, jor x wan well awnro of tho VJ which iny V-W- uncle nnI Mine. IV.-iS' Trelnwnev had de- x'7AWr''", vised between thcru. f I had already recog nize! that tho lady's bod. V. as charm ing in his boyish franknoss, but I had toin from the first that it was intend rd ho should propoio to ma before the night was ended this night of all nights in tho year! and 1 was ro solved on my part that he should do nothing of tho sort. At any rate, when tho hour of onr departure had come, Lin dovotion was till undeclared, and Madam looked upon me a shade lews likely, I thought, when I went to take farewell of her. But, in trnth, I was by this timo too completely ovcrconio by excitement to notice littlo details in the comport ment of these peoplo. They wero all conspirators against my happiness and Dick's; I know they would bo check- muted within tho hour, aud already I could have laughed in their faces. The drive nppenred interminable 1 begau to think that Dick must have nomo early aud crown tired of wait ing, nud I knew that if 1)9 did not keep tryst my heart would simply break. Aud then, frightening mo despite my eager anticipation of it, camo tha first igti. "I saw a smlilen blackness move past thn window. A pistol cracked, aud ns the carriage ccasod to. move I heard a man's voice speaking tstcrnly to tho coachman and his companion on tho box. It struck ma tho stern ness was singularly well acted; for J ho coachman had been in tho plot fnra tho fir Ho happened ta '-vw a fancy f my maid, Gtnefer, and Dick's bribe was a superfluity onco tho had undertaken to make sure of him. My undo stirred in his corner, mut tering incoherently, but ho was still more thau half Hsleep when tho door of the coach was opened and a tall. graceful tlguro (bow well 1 knew it, ti'iviug met him frequently at dusk on the eiigo of the old plantation) stood dimlv outlined ii;;aiust tho darkness. Tho newcomer was masked, and put j'istol to my uncle's he 1. "You riile late, sir," ho said, ami I wondered at tho skill with which ho disguised his voice. "I presume you carry liroarrup, aud must usk that you will trust them to my keuping, I cau hardly report my uncle's words. Indeed, thoy were not co herent, so groat was his indignation, But ho gave up his pistols and the highwayman straightway tluug them far into the darkness. "Your purse," he continued polite ly. Theu, when ho had received this also: "Sir Richard Courtuey's luck at tho cards hus passed into a proverb. Tell your friends, sir, that you bavo , given their 1. U. L. s to olio who will never usk for payment ; for I have no doubt I shall find them hero. He put tho purse into his pocket "There is a diamond ring, too," he said, "and a wutch." And theso things ho also received and pocketed. All this time my uncle had beon cursing him for a thief, and sweariug ho would see him hanged within a month upon the highekt puiut of the moorland. As for mo I had enjoyed the proceedings to begin with, hut now I began to bo afraid, l'orhai.s time wus beiug wasted. There were others who must use this road in re turning from the ball, aud there wus tho risk ot their oomiug to tho rescue of my dear uuelo uud spoil the plans on which so much depended. More over, I conceived that my undo Would bo hugely ungry wheu ho discovered how prettily ho had been deceived; it was possible ho might bo carried by bis reseutmeut so !ur as to mako it appear that this mock robbery was real and 3 bring Dick to serious trou ble. It whs with gre.it relief I saw thst it was ended. Tho highwayman spoke again. "You have a lady iu your company," ho aid. "I must trouble her" ".Soouudrcl J" su id my uuole, angrier than he had beeu at till. "Do you rob helpless women, also? Oil, but you hhall hung high !" 'Beauty,' " quoted tho highway man "and I am sure tho lady is beautiful 'Beauty uuaJorue.l is best adorned.' 1 must ask the lady to step from her oarriugo a moment aud give mo the jewelry ot which who surely has uo need." My iiuckt would h.ivo hindered me, but 1 was passed him in a moment am.' stepped out of tho carriage. "Your nec'ilet." sa:d tho highway mau, holdiug for-u i.'s hand. I tcok tho I'dutis l:ou my neck and Crossed his hand in passing them to im." "Do quick I" 1 said in whis per. "Whera is your horse?" He paused a momont. "I saw tho gleam of a bracelet," he said. "I must relieve you of that also." Again I obeyed him, tut the fear that others would come while ha still stopped fooling became more urgent. I n ready, I whispered, so eagerly that I wonder my uncle did not hear. " hy do yon wait? Again there was a pause, ue ap peared a little disconcerted. And I think you are wearing a ring," ho went on. I took the ring from my finger. As I cave it to him I clutched his hand, secure in the protecting darkness. "Take me I" I said. "Take me l" Again ho was silent for a moment. When ho spoke it was in a curiously altrrod voice, nud with a littlo de lighted laugh. 'Dost mean it, sweet? ho cried. "Come, then!" I gavo a scream of alarm (a portion of tho play we had arranged together) as he enught rno round the waiit and landed ine on his horse. A moment Inter I was clinging to him for dear life, as wo dashed hendlong into the black night and went forward across the moorland. I heard him chuckle, as my undo ror.rud his indignation after us. We rode on and on through the darkness. At first my excitement was ro great as to render thought impos sible; moreover, the riding was of tho roughest, and I had all I could do to keep my scot. But gTdually, us I began to grow moro accustomed to my situation, I was overtaken with a most dreadful misgiving. The rider had hitherto seemed liko enough to Dick, for I had known ho would do his beet to change his voice; and as for his foolish robbejy, it was just of a pieco with his natural love of mischief. lint now I began to feel certain that soino impostor had taken his part; that I had doped with another man and him n common highwayman. Iniagiuo my distress! 1 could conceive of no method of extricating myself from tho position ; a sense of blank helplessness came over me, ana I could uo no more than cling tightly to tho highwayman and a wait tho event. We had lidden somo miles, wh?n he suddenly drew rein and dismounted, lundingino lightly besido him. "Upon my soul! he said, "here is a pretty advonturot Heaven knows that 1 had always a passion for the unusual, or I should still bo a hurablo usher in Brancaslor Academy. But, tdLme, what am I to do with you?" f suppose I ha I hoped against hopo ; to find mv fears w.-re mstiuea was a disastrous blow to mo, nor could I make any answer. "I would not wish a braver sweet heart," ho continued, speaking with nn odd and attractive perplexity. "But what bavo wo gentlemen of tho road to do with wives? Why, weet heart, you heard the promses of your uisrtl'jut. Uo will hiirely!o his ut most' to i J Ul them, and how should I dare to go to tho callows if I know jhat I left you widowed and alone? trust a scoro of mauls woul 1 ween a littlo if poor Jack Arthur went tho common way, but flod forbid that any should remember him at a week a end. It may seem th it I nm ungallaut, yet I protest I do not uko my hhare in this adventure. Kiss me, sweet, aud then fancy I nm old aud very wine. and take my counsel, which is that you permit mo to conduct you back to some iila?o near vour home. And yet I would not wish a braver sweet heart. Aud then, moved by tho kindness of his words qu I his pleasant voice, lost command of inytelf and butst forth into foolish weeping. ".Sir," I said, "1 nm altogether at vour mercy. - 1 have done that which will shame mo all tho rent of my days. lb.it, indeed, I thought you wero an other, my sweetheart, whom I should bavo married to-morrow." I faucied ho spoko less gaily than before ; perhaps ho had not hoped al together that I would not take his sage advice. "Ho, ho!" ho cried, "then my good fortune is but another theft to my account? I do not under stand. Your were to bavo married your lover to-morrow, and yet you en treat a stranger, and a highwayman at that, to carry you oiT! This is the maddest of adventures." "Sir," I said, "my undo stands to mo iu tho place of father and mother." Tho highwayman chuckled. "Poor child !" he said, and softly stroked my hand, which, it seems, ho had boon holding for soma minutes. "Poor child!" "Ho would have ruo marry ono whom I do not love, uud I began to fear that presently ho would ovoroomo mo nud compel" "The old hulks!" cried tha high wayman. "You thall marry whom you chocse. Nay, I withdraw my foolish wisdom; como with me, and before the night is hero again you shall be Mistress Arthur. Believe me," ho added, with n pretty couceit, "believe nu, tncro are uiauy who will envy you." "liut, sir," I interrupted, "you for get what I have told you. Ot late I huvo been closely guarded, for my uucla had disoovere 1 that I hare givon my lovo to a yeoman cf tha plane. To night there was a bull at the house of Mme. Trelawney ( great lady, whose sou was destiued by my uuelo and by her to be my husbaud), aud it was arranged that he should stop the coach on our return, and carry me away with him." The highwayman laughed loudly. "And that is why you did not faint or scream?" ho said. "I fell ia love with you because of that, and that is why I was so flattered at your sugges tion of an elopement. ut--what will tho real lover do? Will ho stop tho coach a second time, and nud the bird l!own? I warrant he wiU play the part execrably. 1 should hardly be tnrpriscd to hear ho had let him self be captured." I could not en Jure bis jostinj. "Sir," I said, "I am in your hands. and it is small wonder yon find my plight only laughable. I have made myself, a show for all the conntry to laugh at Never a peddler, but vill Ite selling ballads in a se nnight about this that I have done to-night. Yet I could believe you kinder than most. I entreat that you will help me." He was sober in a moment. "Upon my soull" he said; "tho case is one to puzzle a very Solomon. I would do much to help yon, but i am not altogether free to do so as I would. To bo frank, my llfo hangs upon my escaping out of theso regions with all the celerity I can command. And my lifo IJut listen!" Ho brok" oiT, and, kneeling, place. I his ear to tho ground. Then) ho ntose, with a curious, excitod langh. "Tho ml venture grows iu interest," he said. "Hero comes tho honest yeoman, ana in hot hnste." I listened eagerly, nnd heard far off tho sound of a horse gnlloning furiously along tho rough tr.ic! ,w deb, was then tho ouly road ncrohS tha great moorland. 1 saw a sudden movement on tho part of my com panion, and perceived that ho was lingering his pistols as ho stool silent in the darkness. "Not that!" I cried, entrcatingly. "There will bo need of au explana tion of somo kind," ho said ; "perhaps you will undertake it. I confess I have not a snllleient gilt or won in. nnd I am a littlo inclino 1 to doubt whether your sweetheart will bo iu a mood for verbal expl inations. Doubt less, ns a gentleman of tho road, no will rido nrmod." Tho sound of hoofs grow nearer. Ho was Bilent now, ami listened most attentively to tho npproashing souu L Presently tho rider was quito near. "Dick!" I called. "Uick! alls well, aud I am in tho company of a friend of yours uud mine." A moment later ho was upon ns, aud, suro enough, ho held a pistol iu his hand, lie jumped from his horse in nn instant and caught me to him ; but it was tho highwayman who spoke first. "Sir, ho sai l, "I son by tho pistol yen carry that you take a very proper view of tho situation. And yet I be licvo that everything tuny bo ex plained. If you will consult tho udy " """iek," I said, "this gentleman is a friend. Uo took mo with him, very much against his will, because I asked that ho would tako mo ; aud I did that becauso I thought that he was you. You know our plan. Ho is" I paUBod. The highwayman laughed. "i'arowoll 1" ho cried, and van ished into tho night. Nor did I hear again of him until he was ban-rod, two years afterwards, for a robbery of tho most daring. At least there was ono who wept at the news of his death and sha ft ha;- py wife.---Strand Magazine. A Hit ot Advice. Somo years ago, while officiating in tho capacity ol oflieo boy in ono of our retail stores, n bit of advice was given to mo that I have never forgot ten, says a writer in the Groat Divide, of Denver. Tho establishment being a large one, enough Ink was used to necessitate tho purchasing of a dozen pint bottles every few months. These buttlei had accumulated for a year or more, and as thero was scarcely room iu the closet for tho uew lot which had just arrived, tho head of tho counting-room instructed mo to take them to tho waste room. I removed tho bottlei from tho closet, but put thorn in ono of tho stock rooms in the basement until luue'u timo came; then I took them to a jnuk shop iu a small street near by, aud asked tho attendant whether he wanted to buy them. Tho bottles being of a good size aud well made, ho offered ma two cents apiece for them, which netted me seventy- two cents, as I had in all thirty-six bottles. I returuod to the oHloo in high spirits over my deal, but yet little doubtful as to whether tho monoy really .belonged to mo, and all the afternoon 1 pondered over this que' tion, but could not Ueoide it to my satisfaction. Now, tho cashier had always boon a good Iriend of mine, so I concluded to ask him whether I was rightfully entitled to the money. "Well, no said, "naturally you could hava had tho bottles had you asked for thorn, but my advice would bo to turn the money over to tho firm, ns littlo things of this sort often lead ono on, nnd thero would seem no moro harm in taking a ste: further than in keeping this seveuty-two ceuts. " 1 turned tho money iu very reluct autly, I must admit aud wished from thu bottom of my heart that I had never mentioned it to him, though his advice was calculated to put one on the right track, Hut tho fuuuy part is yet to come. Not long ago 1 read ot tho trial aud couvioliou of this cashier for eiubez zlemeut, his depredations having ex tended over a number of years. Horrible doubts now cuter my head as to whether the llriu ever received that money; iu fast, I feel quite rure that t'iev did not. And to think that ho should give me such fatherly ai vice about it, too, the wretch. A Herjic (iraud mother. A heroic act was performoa bj an old Trenoh lady at ilodez the other week. Tho house whero she lived with her craudchild took iiro. Tho old woiuuu rushed to the child's bedroom, already iu ttanies, and, carrying tho little ono to the window, dropped her into tho arms of peoplo below, iiy this time ber own retreat was cut oil aud tho brave old woman foil back and perished iu tUu iluuios. Chicago Herald. THE ROTHSCHILDS. ROTA BLR MR OF GREAT FI NANCIAL POWKIt. They Have Important Dealings With Nations One Made Millions by Napoleon's Defeat at Water loo Other Achievements. I j ITE recent arrangement with I , the representatives of the Bothschilds for the protec- tion of the credit of the Jcited States, is not the first time, says the Detroit Free Tress, that they hnro come to the res cue of Governments in financial em '.jnrrassmcnt. They are now tho most powerful bankers in tho world, and tho different ranches of the family iu tho various capitals of Europe cordi ally support cue another without bo ing bound in nn absolute partnership. They hnvo seen their great competi tors in England go to the wall Over rnd, Curney tc Co., in the panio of ISoi'i nud tho Larinas in lS'JJ. So rapid has beeu the extension of their fmanoinl power that ono ol their ena lnies has written a book nndor the title, "The Rothohi!d tho Finaucial Kukri of Nations," iu which ho seeks to show that they have their emissa ries in everv cabinet, nnd hnvo been nblo to limuiiinliito tho stock market for the extinction of their rivals. OoqoI the curiy achievements of a member of tho house, Nathan Mayer Hotlischild, wns a liasly trip from tho Held ol Wiiterloo to Londou, where ho nrrivrd be.'oro news of tho battle had reached the Government or tho bauk t'ra. lie was on tho s'ufT of Welling ton an I ns soon as tho bntllo was over rode ut Lreak-ueek speed to Ostend, traversed tho stormy channel at the risk of his life l.v a liberal use of gold, nnd was on tho stock exchnngo the next morning with an nir as calm and indifferent ns though battlefields played no part in his peaceful trade of iinnncier. Tho publio knew only of tho tveuti of two days before Water loo, vrhcu tho Prussian Field Marshal, liluchtr, Lad been defeated by a de tachment of tho Freudi army at Ligny. The gloomy sir of P.othscbild nnd the reports which wero set iu mo tion of tho defent of the nllfcs caused a snikieri tnmbio iu tho prices of secu rities. Tho secret agents of the house seized tho opportunity to mako cuor moils purchases of tho Euglish consul l luted htocks nnd Kothschild realized millions whou n few hours later tho news of tho grent British victory reached Liondou. It was not altogether by finesse, however, that tho Kothschilds built up the strength of their honse. The founder, Mayer Auselm Kotbsohild, was tho son of a poor dealer in furni ture and bric-n-brao at Jt rankfort, and was a banker thero at tho timo of the Napoloonio invasion. The Elector of Hesse placed in his custody a sum of about tlftceu million fraucs in coin (33,000,000), which was transmitted in part to the son in London, tho same Nathan Mayer irhoso hasty trip from Waterloo bus mst been described. General Marbot, in his "Memoirs of Napoleon," tells of the vain cll'orts of tho Emperor to force the old man to surrender tho moner. A commission went to his establishment and minute ly examined the vault and tho books. Menaces and iutimidutious were in vain, however, in persuading Roths child to divulge the whereabouts of tho treasure aud the commission un dertook to play upon his religious scruples by demanding an oath. Ho refused to take it and there was a talk of putting him under arrest. Na poleon did not quito care to venture such an act of violence, and an effort was theu made to win the old man by the promise of gain. They proposed to bim to leave him half tho troasure, if he would deliver the other half to tho French officials. They promised him a receipt in full, ocoompanied by a certificate proving that he had yielded only to force and that he was blameless for the seizure of the en tiro amount. "Rut the probity of tho Jew," ssys Marbot, "led him to reject this proposition, and they left him in peace." The elector having returned to power in 1814, the Frank fort banker returned to him exactly tho depost which had been intrusted to him. The tonus of tha deposit gave the Rothschilds the benefit of the interest earned by tha money while in their custody, and was largo element in the foundation of their fortune. After the abdication of Napoleon and the general peuce, Nathan Mayer liothscuiid had charge ol the issue through the London market of largo loans on account oi tho kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire, the Em pire of Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Naples, tho Empire of Rrazil aud the KiugUom of iielgium. Iu tho meantime other branches of the house were acquiring a similar position in the continental capital. One of the brothers, Auselm Mayer, continued tho busiuess at Fraukfort. Another, Solomon, established himself at Vi enua, where he quickly attained i prominent position over tho other banking houses nnd strengthened his hold by the negotiation of publio loans. A fourth brother, Carl, estab lished himself at Naples, where tor forty years he couductei tho financial operation of the Governments of the Ituliau peninsula. Lut the most im portant establishment was that found ed by James Rothschild at Paris after the close of the Napoleonio era, lie was charged with paying to the allied Powers the war indemnities due from Fiance, and as his power grew he au quirod a practical monopoly over tha issue of ireuch securities. Theso five brauches of the original house, although formerly distinct from each other, acted in conoert and one tdldom uudertook an important transaction without consultation, with the ethers. Tha establishment al Naples was abandoned after 1S89, but son-in-law of the Rothschilds named Lambert, established a bank at Brus sels. Tha New York branch is under the direction of the Relmonts, and tha original Delmont was a Oerman Jew named Bchoenberg, who, on reaching tha United States, gave a Norman form to his name. Cooling. The most characteristin feature cf this kind of gunning is the string of dories lying out to sea, anchored about a gunshot spart, and usually having two men in each boat. These ines are established at certain points along the coast known to 'be good stands. Tho choice "berth" on such a string would generally be the first six from the shore, which coveted laces nre the prizes which each dory's crew strains to win in the early morn ing races for positions ; as tho best srj taken, tho boats which arrive later must go further out, or can form a second line to the south, etiquotte for bidding any boat from nuchoring north of the first line. Iho boats take their places and put out wooden decoys before daybreak, and stay out till about ten o'clock, when the bird stop flying, beginning again in the afternoon, nnd continuing till sun down. Thoro are thus two trips daily to the shoot-lino. Wheu thero nro but few coot flying. and theso aro shy, a cry of "Nor'ard I" runs along tho line when a flock is coming, to make the men crouch down in tho bonts till the birds nre over thoir heads; but when shooting is gooJ, there is no timo or nocessity for concealment. Nothing seems to check the continual flight of tho birds from tho north over the bouts. They take littlo notice ot tho fire of the first line, nnd give tho second a near ly equal chance, only rising a littlo higher in the air. Then the men oc cupying tho choice berths keep their guns hot pouring lead into tho flocks as fust ns they can fire and load. Sometimes tha whole line will fire nearly together, followed quickly by the second, tho smoko from frequent volleys hanging in the still air so as nearly to hi Jo tho boats.- Harper s Weekly. Confidences ol Clients. "Tho matter of confidences between counsel and client, which the Herald has touched upon in a recent article, ia one of great interest aud import ance," said a well known jurist and ez-judgo the other day. "As to tho duty of a lawver on tho trial of a case where he has been in formed by his client that he is guilty, the best and most controlling example is that of Charles Jamo3 Phillips, tho eminent British barrister, who in many diroctions was rated in his timo as second only to Lord Erskine. "He was defending Cour voisior , who was lnUictod for the murder of J-iord Russell. During tho trial, on the ex amination of a very important witness for the people, the accused was much overcome, and in the intensity of his emotiou communicated either to Mr. Phillips or to his solicitor the fact that he was guilty of the crime. "Mr. Phillips immediately asked for an adjournment of the case, and for a consultation with the judges. The consultation was granted, and Mr. Phillips stated to the bench that the accused had confessed his guilt, and requested tho judges to point out to him his path of duty. 1 he judges, after deliberation, stated that ho would have a perfect right to make suoh legal aud logical deductions from tho evidence as he thought tended to the exculpation of tho accused, but it would be unprofessional to 6tate to tho jury any personal belief of his in nocence. "In his argument to tho jury Mr. Phillips, carried away by his emotions and imagination, did state to the jury his own uersonal belief in tho inno cence of his client, and this statement of his occasioned niuou criticism afterward." New York Herald. A Novel Idea. Great interest is taken in France in the plan of M. Bazin, an engineer, who thinks the present form of ocean ships is au inoorreot ono. His idea is taken seriously by some of the most famous naval men of tho Republic, and Admiral Couloinbeaud has written an articlo iu its praise iu La Marina do France. Bazin's "ship of tho fu ture," as be calls it, consists chiefly of a great platform, on which cabins are to be borne, hold above water by huge rollers. These rollers serve as "floaters," and as means of locomotion for tho vessel. Bazin has not contented himself with a plan on paper, but has actually constructed a model five meters long aud experimented with it successfully ou a lake noar Paris. Tho trials were so enoouragiug, iu fuot, that he has decided to build a "roller ship" twenty-five meters in length, eleven and eight-tenth meters wide, with the roller eight moters iu diameter. With this ho intends to experiment on La Mancbe Caual. The construction of a groat ship 130 meter iu length is proposod. Tho inventor declares that his roller hip will bo able to make thirty-two nautical miles an hour, and believes that it will prove a much safer means of ooeau travel thau tha present form. Chicago Tribune. A Chinaman' Tribute. There was a touching incident at tho funeral of Dr. A. J. Gordon in Boston the other day. With tha floral tributes that poured iu upon the church officer in charge oame a letter containing a sum of money. It was from a pupil iu the Chinese Sunday-school, aud read as follows: "Goon Woy gives the in closed for missions instead of flowers, as he thinks Dr. Gordon would bvt desired." Hartford Courant CURIOUS FACTS. The same letters are in tho worjj "astronomer" and "moon-starer." A siail ranch has been started by a farmer of Anet, France, to supply tt Parisian market. Grand Duke Nicholas, of Russia, it enpposed to be able to eat as much a six ordinary men. The United States fish hatchery ia Green Lake station, Ellsworth, Me., hj valued at 82,500,000. There is said to be a florist in Tort land. Me., who makes weekly ship, ments of flowers to Florida. In the North Atlantic Statos 51.91 per cent, of the population live ia cities of over 8300 inhabitants. It is estimated that two years are required for tha Gulf water to travel from Florida to the coast of Nor way. It is said thnt not long ago thero were in Russia more than one huuure I persons who were moro than ono hun dred years old. The ditching plow now used nil over the country was invented 1y iiiarics v. Biiiuner, oi ijong rrainc, Minn., who has just mod. In 1S0.1 Dr. BanpicY died at tho ao of 117. He married the second tima at the ago of eighty, and had sixteen children by his second wifo. In Znnto, ono of tho Ionian Isles, i i . . . . . . mere is a peiroieum spring mat u mentioned by Herodotus. It has leca known for nearly 3000 years. The Sahara Desert is crossed bv mountains sufficiently high to be st times snow covered, while in other parts it is much below tho soa level. uisnes oi gom aim stiver uscu m table service iu 903 B. C. were fouu I at Troy by Dr. Schliomann. One of those was found about tho sizo Dow employed. Good Friday is a legal .holiday ia the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Tennes see. In many others it is informally observed. A largo clock has just been crcctcJ in the tower of Brill parish church, Buckinghamshire, England, which strikoe tho hours, cbimos tho Cam bridge qunrtors aud shows time on ou dial facing south. A hunting party iu the Olympic (Wash.) Mountains report having seea 500 elk in a eiuglo nay, but no at tempt was made to kill any of them, the pack nuimals of the party butu' already laden with game. To tho great Temple of Kitzaki, builder of the troe trunks that couis floating with tho tido sent by tho go ii that rule the waves from every quarter of Japan, como yearly 2j3,0U0 pil grims from every province. Until tha dissolution of tho old Gor man Empire, tho arms of Austria were tho most complicated ot any in En- ropo, for they contained those 6f Hun gary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Slnvoais, Avagon, Sioily, Brabaut, Swabia, Ant werp, Flanders, Burgundy, Naples, Jerusalem, Lombardy aud Milan. Fond as tho Japanese aro of t'at plum blossom, a woman's beauty ii never compared to it, always to tus cherry blossom, or her slender gnca to the willow. But hor gooducs o! heart is likened to tho plum. Tiiesa distinctions and refinements make it hard for a foreigner to pay Jupauejj cotupliinont.!. On the Boulevards ot Pari. In no other streets iu tho wiJt world can ono seo suoh varied typei as on the grand boulevards of Paris. Why, a trip through them, on ton ol an omuibus, from the Bastille to tbt Madeleine and it takes perhaps sd hour will give you a kaleidoscopic view of life to be found nowhere else. At the Bastillo, the Boulevard lilies du Culvaire and du Temple, yon meet tho laboring classes. Ou sua' days in thoir "bestest best," and on week-days iu whito blouses and cottoD jackets. Beyond the Plaoo do la !! publiquo, the pioture changes. Her are tho littlo .merchants and shop keepers, and some large ones, too. Farther on, np near Rue Yivienne, new blood enters this great artery ol Paris it is tingod with a goUeo sheen, for we are in tha heart of tht exchangee, among brokers aud coulu- siers; aye, among just such types Zola drew from, for his book entitled 'Money." Now the shops aro becom ing more gay an I beautiful, the cite more elegaut ; and the siren voices of Paris make its joys even more allur ing and more tempting. To appreci ate it. you must do more than viet it from an outsider's standpoint. Vjd must tako part iu it, live iu it, snl for the time being forgot that yon ever rrero anything but a ooailrwoJ and hardened boulevurdier. There I follow my advice, and I vill guarautee that you will boo Paris si Paris is, aud not as tourists seo or '1 scribe it. Sit down with mo ut U terrasso of yonder cafo, and watch t!n stream of humanity as it flows What a cosmopolitan throng I and poor, merchants aud clerks, nu- misiunauio uruisuers, uiaso louruw- ists, fetohiug-looking actresses, caul little Parisieuuei of the petite bour geoisie, uewsboy and beggar ; ? and .Americans, too ull "touching I elbows," as the French nay. Is it u,J1 dizzy to look upon, iu its whirlinc activity, it's abandoned merrymakiug' Home and Country. The Irish "Weapon Salve." The Irish "weapon salve" was I oiutmont supposod to possess the nio'1 1 extraordinary virtues in keoninir wit-1 f 1 , . its most extraordinary ingredient One of these was a powder made fr" tho moss which had crown ou ssuU lying exposed ou battlefields XTu' I the skull was of a person who dieJ'l violent death the powder-ws url posed to losa its virtue. New Y"'' World,
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