IN THE SUMMER EVENINO. tTh"n wn tended tho Holds of the uapy oIJ farm, Tho hour would travel so slow! Tho tun promoi to aus I y sotno wonder fill chann That Joihun knew long agnt Out nft'-r awhile came ths shade from tbo hill: Then tho mn.et and gloaming anon: ind homeward wo truJged to tbe mocking bird's trill. When t ho time to cemi working came on. Tho whlppoorwill dreamed la the thlekot se.late, An I tti" iTl-'kot fliirpoil out In the wheat; Tho ctittlo t' 1 1 lowing hril the farm cute, And n milking nng rose low and sweet. Die umm"r air t"ld of the rii that prow Ari'l glowd In the twilight, so win; nd :nth'T wmilil mii't us In welcome, wo kti-w, Wh n thw timo to oi'n-ie working came on. IVe nr ti'llinu on Mill, yet In itifT'Ti-nt wny Front tho one where wo labored when young, Kn not with tho pli-a,ur? wo know la tbo days WIumi li"pe all h' r niloilloit sung. Di" hours nr" lontf'T, It ee'im-th, than then, Hut th tolling will vnn'tlmo o ilune; And pi-a'-" i'ii a-;uii will lo ours as when The tiui" to mi..j working rnnm on. -Will T. Halo, THE IDEAL HEAD. I-.LI.Of VLal this? John Ainu worth f-tooped to pick tip n gold cross which was lying on tho ei'li'tvalk outside his cflleo door. Being intent uu Lis morning du ties, ho put it in his waistcoat pocket without further thought, for ho was n ousy man, tho elitr of a great daily oapcr. Tho small portion of his time which win not spent iu the sanctum of lis oil! -o was devoted to hit snug rooms iti a largo apartment house; it .van t hero that ho gniuo 1 what littlo rest anil pleasure his busy lifo afford ;.l liim. John Aiuswort'u was in every leiiHo of tho wot'.! iv man of culture md reliiieini'iit, with very littlo fond less for (moiety. In fact, ho had stu liously avoided the other residents of :ho house, an 1, perhaps, it was for :lmt reason tint lie t conic 1 tho ele fator, preferring to bound up tho narblo Mairs to his cosy rooms on ;ho tlrrd lloor. Thi habit creatly unused his young brother, Klliott, ho shared his homo mil any other oiuforts that tho sods or John pro-' rided. Llliott was u happy-go-lucky irtist, whoso profession had Lot uu ret brought him an iucomo. When John entered th rtretty sit ting 4..1-V.; " ' .Al u Hniudhri rothcr putting the finishing touohes ;o what he was pleased to call uu 'ideal head." "Hello! Jae':. I've been waiting ages for yon. Shall wo liuo at tho Mhcmnrle to-night?'' "Why, no. i am going to the Writers' Club, so yon must look out 'or yourself tins evening." "Well, nil ri'-sbt, only look at this n nonieiit before you dress. l)on't you hink thcro is Houiethiug sweet in the xpri.'ssion ?"' John walked to tho easel and rlnnood carclesily at tho nketoh, rath ;r bored to be loreed to sjiend time u one of l'.lliutl's many ilanoc. Hut r oneo his uttriitir.ii was urrested. ioieeihing in the liht brown eyes a: tealed to him, and as ho etudie I t lie uee it hl'i'Wi'.I mole uu I nioro to be iceeh his friendliness, at least. The A'.iviug, eiiectii'it hair, tho delicately noulded bro v, tho swett, thin lijis, ml tho daintiness of contour all luitel in coniiili ling n beautiful face. "iXiott, you rascal, ymi have .t j'.eu this ! Ly Jove, it's tho best you juve done !" Klliott could not conceal his natis 'action at his brother' honest praise, ;or who was so dear to him as Holier jld John? "l'hauk you, Jack, nud to tell you :ho truth, it's it fuoo I've soen und ireaiucd ubout, but paiuted entirely lio n iiie'iury.-' "Wliero iiid you see her? If you line really poiiraved moiuo living jii ! ;0 must lii'lred bo a b -a ltv!'' Kliiott KOOllied Well ple.l-.e I t it'll ll!l ll.swer was not expi ete I. He put Up liis psiuts and brushes and tho editor n l his friend prepared for the eveu .ng, ono .our,' to his club and the jtlar baiintriiiig o:V to n favor it cafe :o eat, smoUo an 1 dream about the subject of his rketeli. Tho next tuorniii wh"n John put lis hau.l iu his pocket for hiseir fare, ler tu against Hometiii!u unusual, and ulliug it out recognized the little old .n cross. Ho looked at it carefully md saw tho inscription "Muriel" ipon it. When ho raised his head, io blushed to hi'ti tho light brown eyes f I'.lliutt's hketeh watuhiu him do nurely, even appealiirly, it seemed :o him yes, it muht bo hlie, tho same Orow, the waving hair, the tluiuty lips ud bobt of all, tho wouderfill eyes I For some reason ho felt much dis soncertod and hastily replaced tho cross iu his poeket, biukiug behind his newspaper, though furtively glauciug across tho aisio only to find the hazel eye still fastened upon him. Now, Johu Aiiiswortli had reached tho sober ago of thirty-five and if any one had told him that u piir.of' Lazul even would sot his heart to beating tike a steam pump or cause a crimson hue to sutlUHO his manly face he would have scouted at the idea. Hut that was just what was goiugon this very morning, and a the seunution was so new and so alarming theouly idea that aaie to him was flight, tio taking one more look at the girlish figure, he in !e liia way to tho door of the oar in a moment he was overcome to din cover that h had voluntarily giveniip the only chance of rinding out who she was or where she wan going, for he was mddenly aware of an intense in terest in her whereabout . Following Lis first impulse, he started at a lively pace to pursue the car, bnt stopped shortly when ho heard a familiar vote calling: "Hold on there, Jack, old mant What's the rush? Is there a fire or are you after a scoop?" "Well, you here? I managed to get off at tho wrong corner and thought to regain the car." John smiled blandly ns ho manufactured this weak explanation. "Your supper lust night must have been too much for you, though I should havo supposed you would have slept off the cflects. At any rate, as this is a fine morning, let us walk on down town. I'd liko to take yon in to see somo water colors at Brown's." ".Sneaking about water colors, what are you going to do with that head? You won't sell if, will you?" "Will I? Wou't I, if I can find any patron of art w ho appreciate it to the tunc of 100 or so? Hits art for art s sake is all very poetical, but tho time is coming, my boy, when I must earn my living." John looked nt his brother in sur prise, but Klliott continued: "lou know, I can't always expect to live on your bounty, Jack. You may be wishing to marry some day yourself." " .-- "Z" . "I don't know about that. We are nil liable to Miccumb, but don't send thnt head to Urowu's anyway. I want it, und if I tako it you can show it at tho spring exhibition, and perhaps gain glory, if not wealth. And I'll supply tho funds, old chap, till your pictures bring your own price, which will possibly bo sooner than you think, if you ran make mora ideal heads like this last one." The subject was settled in John's waj, which was always the best way, though Klliott really wondered n littlo at John's fancy for tho ideal hen 1. Tho mind of John Ainsworth was full of but ono subject all that week, and street-car riding became a steady habit, his hopo being to catch another glimpse of tho hazel eyes. But for tune did not seem to favor him. Duo morning ho remembered tho golden cross und bethought himself that somo elTort should be tuado to Cud its rightful owner, Suiting tho action to the word, he wroto n descrip tion of it and inserted it in tho adver tisement column of the morning pa per. Tho following day brought nn nuswor, stating that the owner would bo very grateful if the finder would return tho cross to her home, giving tho very apartment hoiiso whore John lived. Thtt evening John called 4k No. 23 and asked for Miss Muriel Mari- lMd " n- listlessly "A ff-e owner of tho cross should come in, tint when sho did glido softly juto the room she glided also into his heart, for who should it be but tho possessor of tho hazel eyes ! It was tho swoet-faeol girl who spoke first. "Thank you so much, Mr. Ains worth. for bringing my little cros. It is an old keepaike und was given to mo w hen I was a child. I regrette I its loss exceedingly, but when I suw you had it," sin; a Ido l, mischievously, "1 knew it was sife. Let mo thank yon, warmly." John was astonished to hoar his name from her lips and to havo h r refer to the street car episode, but ho pulled himself together and replied: "It is a great pleasure for mo to have beeu of any service to you. I um only sorry that I should have un wittingly kept it from you so long." "Oh, that is all right, Mr. Aius worth; 1 hope now that we havo met we may bo friends. Your brother and I often meet iu the elevator, uud, though we only nod and smile, 1 fool that wo are old acquaintances." "Yes; let us bo friends." Two months later at the spriug ex hibition of water colors three persons stood before a painting which was catalogued as u:i "Ideal Head." "It is very liko yes, very like," lid tho ebb-r of tho two young men. "There is only one thing lacking-- the golden cross !or that, you know, is whit brought luo luy sweet " Muh, J"hn, dear," whispered tho irl who loone.l so brie tho picture. "All right, old fellow, I'll put in tho cross ; you ulw.iys get everything you want, the younger man s.n I, nit iter wistfully, as he moved on, ap parently much interested iu u largo painting near by, leaving the oV v two standing flosa together, seeing more beaulit'ul pictures in each oluer's eves th in over huu' on any wall, Chicago News. It an Kruiuiui 1 s Practical Jo, Beau Bruuimcl ouco met at pub Ho dinner a pompons old French Marquis, and managed to put some lluely powdered sugar into his hair powder. Tho weather was exceeding ly hot, and the llies, of course, numer ous. The Marquis relinquished his kuifo and fork to drive oft' the eueiuy with his haudkerehiof, but back the wholo swarm c.nae, more teasing than ever. Not a wing was missing. 'I hose of the company who were not in tue secret could not help wondering at the phenomenon, as the buzzing grew louder und louder every moment. Matters grew atill worse, when the sugar, melting, poured down the Frenchman's brow and face in ttick streams, for his tormentors then changed their ground of action, and having thus found a more vulnerable purt, uearly drove biiu mad with their stings. Unable to bear it any longer, ho clasped his be.' with both bauds, and rushed out of the room iu a cloud of powder, tollowei by his per. ever iug tormentors at. tUe laughter oi UuLCuuujjjiy. V;' ork Jierald. A NATION'S CHARTER STORY OFTHK OECLARATION OP INDEPENDENCE. A (Uorlotis Document That Has Fleen Neglected-Its Words Said to Have Faded Almost Be yond Recognition. TIIE original Declaration of In dependence, of which Ban croft, the historian, said that (, it had "received a renown more extended than that of any other State paper in existence," has faded away beyond the possibility of res toration. Tho names of the signers to this great charter of American lib erties are no longer legible. After 118 years of careless guardianship, in various custody during the greater portion of which period it was thoughtlessly exposed to the destroy ing influences of light, air and heed less handling now when tho irrepar able havoc is douo and tho precious FAC SIMILES OF THE archive has becomo hardly moro than a bluuk and wrinkled sheet of paper, solicitude for its preservation has be guu to bo felt, and at last it is cared for its it should have boeu cared fur years ago. It wus my privilege some timo since a privilege then accorded to few, and now, under tho strictest prohibi tion accorded to none, to see and touch this precious document, says a writer iu tho Detroit Freo Press. It is kept locked up in a steel safe in tho library of the Department of State. It is spread out llat iu a mahogauy portfolio, niado to slide in and out of tho safe, and over it is sheet ot thick paper and a plate of glass. It is now never exposed to the light, and is as littlo txposcd to tho air u-s is possi ble without placing it iu u vessel from which tho utmosphero has beeu ex hausted. Tho document is a single theet parchment, thirty-Hix inches lo-ng and und thirty-two inches wide, and bears no scrolls or decorations such, as ure seen upon many of tho copies that are 8c common. The body of the writing having beeneveuly and clearly written when tho instrument was engrossed, is tt ill even, though badly laded, and can hardly be tuado out, but tho sig natures, which wi re written perhaps with a different ink uud another pen, ure faded and beyoud recognition, luiiuy of them Inuug wholly gone, and others partly so. Tho heavy stroke of the pen in the J of Johu Hancock's bold autograph is still visible, but that is the only lino that is distinct. Tho history of tho origiu of this great State paper is well known to most Americans, but is always inter esting. The story of the varied aud disastrous fortunes of the document itself during the past 1 IS years is less known, and is here told. On the 20th ol June, 1776, a com mittee, of which Thomas Jerflerson was Chairmau, was appointed by the Continental Congress, then sitting at Philadelphia, to draft a declaration setting forth the reasons why the thir teen colonies should become indepen dent of England. Jefferson was re quested by the other members of the committee to prepare the draft, aud this draft when presented was at onoe approved by a inujority of the commit tee, few verbal alterations only be ing suggested. On July 2d a copy of this draft was laid before Congress, and. after a hot debate of three duji, a 7 7 ?' v 5- Z V TSC ' II . l s. S 11 LiAAJM'ttS ILU&n few sentenoos were stricken ont and the Declaration was then adopted. - It was at once entered npon the Journal of Congress; bat the engrossed copy, on parchment, was not prepared and signed until August 2. During the first twenly-four years of its existence the Declaration was pre served among the archives of the Gov ernment at Philadelphia, and during all or part of that timo it was un doubtedly rolled up, as it shows by the cracks in the parchment that it must have been rolled for a long period, and it is known that subsequent to that time it was hung up exposed to public gaze. When, in the year 1300, the Na tional Oovernment was transferred to Washington, tho Declaration was car ried there and deposited in tho De partment of State, where it remained for forty-one years. In the year 1811 a substantial building having been erected for tho nso of tbe United States Patent Office, which had form erly been in the State Department, and tho Stati Department being ia a 07WI . Jl f fLMrrnT SIGNATURES TO THE DECLARATION" OF' l'NDEFEN'DEX'CE. brick building, and not fireproof, Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, addressed a letter to Henry L. Ells worth, tho Commisiouer of P&tents, and reipieslod him to receive the Deo duration and other valuable docu ments into his custody for safe keep ing. This request was complied with, and for tho next thirty-live years tho I'utcut Ollico retained charge of tho precious puper, but it was while there it auftered its greatest injury. It was hung up, exposed to public view, be hind the glass in ouo end of a case of Patent Oflko models. At certain hours ol tho day tho sun shone directly upon it, uud, of necessity, it gradually faded. It is amazing almost beyoud tho power of belief that of tho dozen Commissioners of Patents who had tbo custody of this document during those thirty-live years, not ouo of them saw that it was being ruined, aud not one of them had tho forethought to t ilio it out of the sunlight and put it away in darkness. In England such treatment of uu important Stale paper is unheard of. Magna Charta, the death warrant of (t.toeu M.iry and other archives iu tho British Museum four or live times a old as our Declara tion of Independence, are still kept in condition of perfect preservation. In 1875 Congress woko up. to. the outrage thu was- being perpetrated and appointed, a aommissioUi consist ing of the Secretary of tho Interior, tho Secretary of the Smithsonian liv- stitutiou Professor Joseph Henry uud Aiuswortu. IL hpotlord, the Librarian of Congress, uto havo resort to such meaas as will niot effectually restore 1110 writing of the original manuscript of the Declaration of In dependence, with tne aignuturos ap pended thereto." Exports were con sulted by this commission, and finally, the matter was twferred to- the National Aoademy of Sciences. It naving become known that the great Declaration was fading away, the pub lio became interested in the effort made for its restoration, and the pub lio press urged the importance ot prompt action, but yeas went by aud nothing wus done. Th National Academy of Sciences reported to the commission that portions of the restoration was impossible. Mean while, in 1870 George W. Chi his, ot Philadelphia, and Frank M. Etling, in charge ot the historical department ot th Centennial Exposition, re ques.U'1 the, Goverataout ta seal the document to the Exposition to be placed ot exhibition. The Secretary of the 'Interior, Hon. Zaohariau Chandler, wrote a letter to President Grant, sttiog forth the reasons why this request ought not to be complied with, bit this request was granted, and, on its hundredth birthday, tbe great oiarter, faded and scarcely legible, rctnrned to the place of its birth, aid there was exposed to tbe gaze of the American people, its piti ful condition a standing rebuke to the National Government In 187, at the close of the exposi tion, tbj Common Ccnncil of Phila delphia petitioned Congress for au thority to retain the Declaration and to placi it in Independence Hall. This request was refused, and the docu ment wis brought back to Washington, bnt upjn request of Hamilton Fish, then Sicretary of Statethe Secretary of tho Interior consenting it was again tcturned to tho State Depart ment, srhere it has since remained. Whie tho Declaration was in tho Patent Office an excellent photolitho- grapbio copy,, re luood to about half its size, was" made by the Government photolithographor. Later, a full sized copperplate engraving was prepared,, and tho copies printed from this plate arc perfect fac-simile-of the original. It is believed that iu making this- en graving tho original was seriously damaged by alchemical application. to restore tho fainter lines ; but it may be said that if this engraving had not been made there would not bo an exact oopy of this most important dooumcnt in existence. A. framed oopy of this engraving may be seen in the library of the State Department, aud, what is evou moro interesting iu a frame be ueathiit, is show u Thomas Jefferson's original draft ot the declaration, in his own handwrtttiug nud with nil of his erasures uud interlineations just us it IoCj his baud. Tho mngiug of the Declaration of Iudopcudcuco wa a solemn act. The siurs were subjects of lung George, aud their uct was treason. If tho King could have caught them ho- would have hung them every one, andt,t)hi they know ; but according to- tho traditions thitt have come down to us, this knowl edge did not deter certain, of them, from relieving the solemnity of tho oo-oiuio-a with tho natural lhw of their wit and humor. Tuo remarks attri buted to t hem ujq not erj'xtily authen ticated by history, but tUy ure too good not to bo believe. L It is said that when John Hancock a lilted his bold autograph h remarked: "The Eng lishmen will havo uo ililuculty in read ing that;."' that whoui Franklin signed he said : "Now we iiust all haug to gether o we will haug separately;" und that Charles Cajroll.of CarroUtou, when asl;d why tu wrote his place ot residence, replied that there was an other Charles Carroll aud h dldn t want tutui to hag the wrong man. TIm most enthusiastic advocate of the great measure, aud the one who led the debate in its s.ipport was John Adams, of Massachusetts, and when the Declaration waa adopted be wrote w his wife : "This will be tho most memor able epoch ia the history of Amerioa ; eelebrated by descending generations as tbe great aunivers&ry festival, com memorated as the day ot deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Al mighty, solemnized .with pomps, shows, games, snorts, guus, bells, bon fire, aud illuminations from one end of tbe continoot to the. other, it Mi. i tins time (ortl, torix." - rorcLAu SCIENCE. Dr. Tonng estimates th mean depth of the Atlantis st about lC.OOO fcet. The water of tbe Dead Sea yieldj about two gallons of saline substance. An echinodern that inhabits the West Indian seas has ever lO.OQ arms. The pages in Congress will !' aum rnoned hereafter by electrio bell, in. stead of hand clapping as heretofore. An employe in a German chmif works fell into a tank of sulphuric acid. Two porcelain buttons wt-re all that was loft of him. It has been discovered that t'e rings of Saturu are made up of unit small bodies and that the atolliti of the inner edges of the rings tn ov moro rapidly than thoso of the out-r edge. It has frequently been noticed tint meat becomes luminous under certain conditions, as do also dry wood sal other substances. Tho microsc.j.io vegetables (bacteria) which cause thin phosphoresceuco have becu cultivate I successfully on gelatin, and iu an ftr. tide on such bacteria C. A. Mitoin-ll recalls tho fact that Foerster niece.', ed ii photographing a colony of tLtvu in a dark room by their own li.lit. Ho doos not attempt to cxp luni tio phosphorescence of glow-worms nu I Are Mies by iho presence of such In.;. term. Tho astonishing and inlin.;pnn p .,. libility of building n. living ani'm',, from parts of fever il animals h u ! -a lemonst rated by Dr. C. Born, a (i r nan physiologist. Tho experiment were made with tadpoles uud nth -r larvae of amphibians. Each of tin., was cut iu two, and different mu srero placed together iu dilbn-i.t arays, when somo of them united, tb binder more readily than the for parts. Two binder parts, eaca k,ij it without a heart, united iu t . v. 'no tour hours, the monstrosity livm, .ml growing for a week or more. The system of tending ine".;fi through pneumatic tubas into I'.it., from outlying districts, and also f.-n one statiou to another within tj city, has been in successful opi'rit;..a since iiviti. ino compresses a r n furnished by steam power from kt.i stations in tho city. The tu!ii ,v. of wrought iron and ruu thrmi.'l. ;:. sowers as much as possible. Fru thirty to thirtv-tivo letters or iu sages ore carried in each bov. Tj boxes are of iron with leatln r 0 illir to make them tit the tubes. Tkey.1: often sent iu trains of ten tiv'!i: Iu caso of accident to a bo or in its position iu tho tube can be n ithiu thirty metres by special a;;. tus. World's Carrying Tra lc The peoplo of tho Britinli I'xr: owu more than half the oc"in v; of tho world, and fifty per cent, m't annual savings of tho Nation iie pended iu building new shim 1: railroads. Since 18 10 the tunvK British shipping has trebled, : that of all other Nutions La 0: tloubled. Fifty vears asu hi. shipping held ouo-third the cirrj trade ot the high seas. To-day it t over one-half. Suiting vch! I now au aggregate currying e.ij net; only one-hfth tiitit of steam ti The dtcliue of tonnage of siii'.ii:.' sels since l.Sfit) has been l,'n" tons. The iucreaso iu ttaleb' fully kept pace with iuerea.eef nage,, which gives color totbt tion made in Home qnurter tiii' business of transportation, lki' industries, bus been devloil ' point beyoud existing need, greatest increase iu port eutr found in tho oolonies und ' America. Tho tendency it: sini' 1' iug ut preseut is toward iuct wze. Turning next to tho railway f ing trade, we find tint th r t in operation 410,000 miles. Tu:' bo BUllicient to girdle theeiitu eipmtor about sixteen tim s. f tal cost of thoso railroads lwsW 073,400,0110,000, Of existius' r; mileage niuety-uiuo jitr cent. I'' built siuco' 1810. .Since 1; Bvirago uiiuual railway unii-tt: has beeu 10,000. miles, llul"''' tic has reacted upon ni'.niK' t largely increase the luitM. 1- the cost of laud carriage w times as much us it is in 1,) ' While Great Britain Im! I-' oy in ooeuu trallL-.ttie l";s:t far n advance in railwav in two-thirds of all the railway tr tatiou of good.s and y.Miiu.'' t tho total railway miliar' globe. Tho navigable waterways i v ox. couutries (ti.vers and ''.n"'" miles,, ns- fvllows: (ii'-'' Ilslu; France, 77:ii': '"" (M0; llusMik, :,'J-iO; A i-irJ CauadiuXWO; United Si ',,s Brazil,. 22,WO. Thu f.irryiw 01 vessels, navigating lnke ..f !... I',.'.tu.l Stuts is '.'.:'"''' " "M'ali STENTS III. I, Ot t' total ciLSiyiug tfJ; Suea Canal, British vel bix pr cent. The net pr- caul in lb'J2. anion uteJ w SMt ceat. of the co-t of itce'! Contemporary Ueview, Willed 1'J0 lor H" Widow Mry.Tean IUl''j ton, was a devoted lovvr '-.J rot The. widow ha WW" 1110. A W iil. dated .b.UUirr .in- .. rei'.l hinli o.ii.I.iiiis tllS t'Hf'' I . I U . k . .... - sion : , "iive SHO!) in tru- JVAIC YOUR L The Tierc, to be iuveste 1 i f cava tir niortL'iiv'HS. BU'i 1 threof to ba paid to ttiFj wv take care of my l)W" . Ur'd shall have the l I be kindly treated i wM inio a siorv or jw )' J0CARLB7 ford. Tune. t t p t lo tf Id be dr. IK ren tho biS feet I'Dli carl ibur If lorn. fetr boul It's ops In! Mmj.ti that m Uivo. M inn Siarati xr. t lourL 1Co. lion atnentl; mtlirki. H bi-sdi fiio. f. K. r fU Hull erutvi-i, you Hea I "e that yo Ho ISar Tbe only tn "Wpulillee' IoojTsJ St 6 XT GOC URE, 1 i 1UC Ji J2j if 11 & 1
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