UNDER THE THORN,
Cnilrr the thorn In ttn flnM of olovor
Two hearts mi'l In the Rummer morn,
Met ty ch.wo with the tin1 skies orcr,
I'n'lorthe thorn.
Levi", tho llv blossom o( II f , reborn,
Iltirxt Into Moom In tho hojxrt of v?h lover
In full friiitnn, that foAred hot -nrn;
Hwi-rt nro tho son)? of tho birds above
nor.
Whll" l'v., ni nvrnwith Its hirt forlorn,
I,s- vrth" liltwuM fuln discover,
ln ler the thorn.
t'nliT tli'i thorn wlmn t!io blossom wither,
Hindi Love llu languid or ilroop forlorn;
When Its Joy had gone nnl you wonder
whltli'-r,
Uu'It tho tlurn.
Still In tho firliirfimp yet unborn.
Like n I'loii'l or blossom or Mr,l-wlng's
(ith'T.
riii''k"vl from it flyins pinions torn,
KMnll lov. for-vi'r In lis own weather '
Conn' through tlm air in llf's nznro morn,
When two hearts shall tn"t, thus per,
ii!i.wi', togi'ther
Vn b-r tho thorn.
-Il.'iui. t II lltimn, In riiilii l"l.hift Times,
BOHEMIA.
AT HEVENTEHV.
HEBE
IE
PJA
nro high
hills on every sido
save ouo tho
south approach
leads ui from
valley a mile
nway. Tho homo
faces tho incline,
ntnl Imcli of it, 3p
ninl up, tho grade
rises until less
thnn a tuilo nwny tho tops of tho green
pities tons their lruhes against tho
sky. Bight ntnl loft clone hills hodga
iu tho house, hii1 un each side ia
touch of tho rimcvul fort'Ht. Duck
of tho hoiiHO on tho incline in a flower
garden, a kitchen garden, n straw
berry bed, a t trip of green corn anil a
fielil of yellow gram.
In a corner of tho parden, beyond
tho beds ut vegetables aud row of
thyme, rosemary mi'l tweet marjoram,
grape trellis uud clump of curraut
bushes, whero ripo fruit hangs liko
launches of coral, thero is a chestnut
tree, nml ttinler its nhnilo is Junct Town-
send's favorite retreat
Junct is seventeen. Her Mack hair
is braided to her waist, and beyoud
that fulls ill u silken bush that touches
tho trims as sho sits with her hutuls
clasped nrounil her kuecs, her body
leaning forward. Her eyes nro dark,
nud have in them that wi.stful, inqiiir
ing look von sometimes nco iu tho
eyes of tho young.
Janet is dreaming of tho future,
waiting for tho king lorn to como to
her, and it is ho much nearer than she
dreams.
Overhead a songbird rustles among
the leaves and flits upward from limb
to limb until the topmost bojv.i-ii
ruod. IIo t-.ft u .'uroo short,
inquiring notes, turns his head this
way and thnt to soo if ho is to be undis
turbed, and then ho balances forward,
whilo tho rich round notes of his wild
song seem to fairly tumble from his
throat.
"Janet! Janet !" a voico is calling,
'Janet, your father wants you." Tho
girl's hands unclasp; sho throws out
her arms, numbed by tho tension of
tho clasp about her knees, aud theu
sho lightly runs; down tho path to tho
house.
"Father wants you, Janet," ono of
tho children repents, ns sho bounds
up tho steps of tho back porch ; ''ho id
out on tho front Htoop."
"What is it, daddy?"
"Were you busy, Janet V"
"I'm never busy,
Tho man looks at
fretfully. "I n-ii
liko work, J.met.
thing."
"Yes, I know work is n good
the right kind of work."
There whs sib-nce for a few minutes
and then sho said, reaching out for tho
paper ho held in his hand : "Do you
wunt mo to road tho rest of that con
tinued story?" They had just reached
tho trial in tho last chapter.
"N'o, not just now. Mother anl I
have been hort of talkiu ; things over
and we havo decided that wo will use
the honey money each year for tuo
children's education. Now, you nro
tho oldest, Janet, and mother thinks
you ought to have u ch'iiu'it because
you have always ha 1 to take care of
tho younger ones. I saw ZAiul Halo
iu town to-day, and hit tells mo Eliza
beth is going to a business college in
tho city. Mother and I concluded
we'd have you go with her. Elizabeth's
good girl."
"What would I do with a busiuoss
education, da I?"
"Oil, lots of girls aro learning to bo
bookkeepers and stenographers uud
o on. Do you want tj go?"
"Not to be ii bookkeeper, dad."
"Why?"
"I hnvo got book loaruiug enough
but if you will let mo ttu ly drawing'
tho girl goes behind h-.-r father ami
puts her srius close urotiu 1 his nee!;.
"I can draw well now; Mr. Muucio
ays I can leuru no more from him. I
want to bo an artist."
The man's faco is thoughtful. "I
don't kuow about that, Janet. I'm
afruid mother won't agree, but I'll ask
her. Children nowadays do learn dif
ferent thitg from what thoy used to."
Uettr old iiu. 1 1 nu I the arms
hug closer. "And I will livo in Bj
hernia ! '
Ho didn't ny anything more. He
is very proud of this bright, dark
girl ; he has an inuato foelin l that she
really would not luauo a bookkeeper
or an olllce girl; she is so ditlercut
from the other children
Tho matter is tiuully settled, and
he ia going away. Away from tho
cottage, all woo.lbine covered; the
tweet, damp woods, tho birds thut sing
ill the trettops. Away from the deep,
dad."
tho girl half re
ufrai I you don't
Work is a good
thin;
clear watered creek amj the favorite
irhere the eddy is formed by a
iff bank and the speckled tront
skims tho water and leaps at the wide
winged fly that hovers over. No
feather fly and spoon hook have ever
swept that water.
It was all about her, but trie Kirl
did not know it Bohemia, land of
childhood am! innooeoce, of all good
things in life.
AT TWKSTT-TWO
The curtain has gono down on the
last utago picture, the immense
audience has turned its buck upon the
orchestra, which is pouring out in
stentorian tones tho stirring strains of
"Tho Stnr Spangled Banner." Fashion
and beauty have been present to hear
a star of uuusual magnitude read one
of Shakespeare e wonderful characters
in tho process of a play, and they aro
going out moro than ever impressed
with tho great bard's wonderful
knowlcdgo of the natures and man
ners and eenius of men.
In a riilit hand box some ladies
lmvo been sitting during the perform
ance, deeply interested until the next
to tho 11 n ill act, when the principal
character leaves tho stago. He has
been the guest of tho oldorly woinaa
at dinner, for ho is ono ol aocioty a
favorites wherever ho goes. With
tho box party there is a dark girl in
red clonk, rich Tolvet ruffles close
about her throat, a red flower in her
Jetty hair and a few moro are in her
hand. This is Janet Townsend at
twenty-two, tho clever artist whose
work depicts many scenes in books of
tho day, w hose pen and ink sketches
are songht by publishers everywhere,
Tho ladies aro waiting for the crowd
to pass out, so they tnny go comfort
ably to their carriage, then the stage
door swings and tho star is standiug
with them a man of some thirty
seven, ntrnightand firm, eyes dark and
teuder as a woman s, and hair that is
touched with a tint of sunshine. He
is a conspicuous figure iu the world of
men, yet thero is not a single trick of
manner or a distiuguishod feature or
whim to attract. Brilliant, straight
forward, honest and sincere, a poet in
nature, ho sees tho beautiful of lifo
and recognizes it everywhere.
Tho ladies shako bauds with him,
witli words and praiso of thanks for
delightful evening. Janet is the last
to oiler her hand, and tho others aro
passing out toward tho lobby as sho
does so.
Thoy walk slowly up tho short flight
of steps, ho still holding her Angers as
if in assistance.
"Thero is nomcthing vory peculiar
about this," ho is saying. "I have
never met you until to-day, and yet it
seems as if I had known you all my
life." Tho full glaro of tho clcctrio
light is falling upou her uplifted laco.
A Hush creeps up to her choeks, mak
ing them aluiest tho tint of tho rullles
about her throat, one smiles brightly
"I'orhaps we met in some other
world." she aaya.
M am euro we bare not; I should
havo romombcred. Mrs. Allyn tells
me tou have mado so mo character
sketches from ono of my plays."
"I mudo them from your photo
graphs? Would you Uko to see
them?"
"May I?"
"If yon caro to como to-morrow af
tcruoon I shall bo plcnsod to show
them you.
Ho puts her into tho carriage with
her friends, and theu stands lor a mo
tueut looking after tho brougham roll
mg down tho whito asphalted street,
"What a glorious woman 1"
Jauet Townscnd's studio is a simplo
place whero artists may always bo suro
of muling kuidrod souls on I rulay at
tcruoon, whero nowspaper men and
publishers drop in and get ideas for
this or that. I'ioturos, draperios, pot
ted plants, portfolios, and hundrods
of sketches iu black aud whito aro all
about.
Jauet is talking to a well-known
publisher about ft cover design when
tho Btar enters. Sho drops tho pioco
of card aul goos forward to greet
him.
"I am so glad you havo come."
Tho wt lcj'iio is simple, but tho flush
on her faco speaks moro thnn words.
She shows him tho sketches, exquis
ite work from photographs in oharaa
ter, and ono by one, as tho day is
drawing to a close, tho visitors drift
out, and they aro left alone.
A sort of embarrassment creeps
over both.
"You havo ha l a successful soason I"
"Very."
"And you will como this way
aiu?"
"I hopo so." Ho looks up quickly.
Sho raises her eyes. Ho reaches out
his hands and takes ono of hers.
.Shall I see you when I come agaiu?
May I hopo thnt you will look for?"
His voice has grown very tender and
ho is speaking hastily. Into her dark
eyes steals tho old sweet wistfulness
they used to wear and her lips are
trembling, lie notes all this, aud tho
tight clasp on her hand lightens.
His voice is changed whoa uo speaks
again.
"I am glad 1 met you, Miss Town-
send. I shall always remember you."
Ho drops her hand. "Adieu I" Sho
is not looking at him now. He raises
her chin with the tops of his Angers.
"God bless your bounio brown eyos
Janet."
Ho speaks her name so softly that
hho scarcely hears it, the curtains part
and fall between them, and she is
standiug alone.
If she sinks in to a chair and throws
her arms over tho portfolio on the
table containing his pictures, there is
no one there to see.
Bohemia, world of heartaohos and
partings, of dead sea fruit, so boacti
ful, so bitter, yet so sweet.
narrow
eron stretch of lawn and gar
s a long way from the street gate to
the wide vetando. A graveled walk
leads up between the wide stretches
of rich, green crass. The front of
the house is covered with ampolopsis,
that r nor god vine which beautifies so
many Eastern homes. At the right of
the house there are pear trees loaded
now with whito blossoms, tossing out
on the wind their rich peculiar perfume.
Tho tncon, so sadly neglected by
the pooplo of cities, is sailiu? over
head and making the pear trees look
liko great icebergs. The porfttmo of
the blossoms has been Intensified by
the dew. From one window thero
gleams a little light; insido a sweet,
bluo-eyod child is sleeping., while
thronah the eate a man and woman
.down a single inch of the gen; SLOWER MARKET,
stretch of lawn and garden. It ,
EAIttY MORMXO VIEWS OK THE
WHOLESALE BUSINESS.
Traffic In the Heart of New York
of Which Few Residents Are
Aware Wrinkles of
the Business,
TV RIDE from the crcnt auction
wer sales held two and
three times a week during
n g and early summer.
and the sales made by large growers
to tho local dealers, there are two
wholcsalo flower markets in this city,
says Garden and Forest, of New York.
7 SIDE
1,0 wt
tbre(
i spriu
I Tho old-tirao stand on Yesey ntroot,
abandoned tn fruit n,l vorrntnliln
. " . .. " . . , . i I . . : o
siowiy stroll ana como up tuo gravomu dealers some twenty-five years ago,
wain togciuer. was suceeded bv tho present market
"That play always impresses mo about tho small triangular park space
ilecply. What infinite nnderUanding nt tho Hudson River terminus of Canal
AT TWESTX-SKVKtf. !
There is a cottage ia the hart of a
New England City, built long ago
when land was plenty, and no one has
ever been able to euoroaou upon or
that man puts into his parti Tho
serious face of tho broad shouldered
man snows that he has indeed been ,
deeply impressod by the evening s
performance. I
"Ho has lost nono of his old art. I
sow him in that samo character ten
years ago and ho has not changed ono !
iota. I mado somo sketches of him
then, which afterward appeared in !
Walter Br.dgraan s splendid work on ,
Shakespeare."
They havo reached tho veranda.
"Let us sit out horo for a whilo ; it ia
so cool and lovely."
The man draws forward two deep
chairs and tho woman romoves her hat.
Her dress of creamy whito stulT, with
rich lace about her throat, sots off tho
brilliant beauty of faco and tho per
fect form. Tho hair is partod and
drawn plainly back iu the latest mode,
and this is Janet at twenty-soven, tho
wifo of a man who has numberless
pictures iu tho academy, whoso namo
is known in this and nearly every
other country, but a man as modest
and unassuming as mau could bo.
Thoy havo seen that samo old play
to-night ; tho star who ha 1 almost
asked Janet to wait for his return,
and who probably had not thought of
her twice in all lUuso years, had played
thut samo old splendid character and
Jauet has sat and listened to him with
tho keenest enjoyment. Sho is not
thinking of him now, however.
"I had a letter from home to-day,"
sho says. "Dad writes that mother is
not very well and wants mo to come
down and bring Rachel. Don't you
wont to go, too, Robert?"
He thrnks of tho picturo thnt is to
be fin it bed to hang on tho lino. "You
mustn't tempt me, Janet, but you go
and tako little Ray. It will do you
both good. I will take you down and
bring you back."
"Aud you dou't mind it I am not
horo to moot tho peoplo from abroad,
and will you cancer our engagement
with the Murrays at tho shore?"
"Certainly. Don't we owe every
thing to dad mustn't we establish a
precedent for Rachel?"
"Robert, do you know I told dad
ton years ago that I wanted to lire iu
Bohemia, and ho said in his letter to
day : 'You will find tho samo old seat
under tho chestnut. Maybo it isu't
liko Bohemia, but it's mighty pleas
ant.' "
"And you found Bohemia, Junct?
Dou't you kuow thut Bohomia isovery
where? It was under tho chestnut
when you wero a girl ; it was iu your
studio whou you wero sketching; it is
hero under tho poar trees now. Wheu
you bound Bohemia, swoetheart, you
do not say it is bounded on the north
by this country or that, aud on the
south by something else ; you say it is
bounded above by tho blue sky of
heaven and on every side by God's
free air nud Miushino."
"Why, you are a poot, Robert."
"Xo, dear, only a Bohemian."
And with her arm through his sho
crosses tho verauda and together they
go iu to little Rachel. Chicago Now
o:no (Jreut Headers.
Ono of tho best educated rncu iu
this country, says, regretfully, that
ho bovcr had a day's schooling iu his
life. Ho taught himself to read, a
friend introduced him to the famous
works of modern authors aud ho has
eagerly devoured books, nowspaper
und magaziuo articles until ho is an
authority on literature. Yet ho has
found timo to make a modest fortune,
not by speculation, but close attention '
to business; is devoted to his family
and belongs to several clubs, so that
ho cannot bo called a book worm.
Goorgo l'eabody used to tell how
his undo thrashed him for "wasting
his timo over books," but tho tasto
for reading was never whipped out of
him.
John Wanamuker says: "Sinco I
was a boy 1 havo rvud everything that
enmo into my hands, and I have been
surprised how useful odd scraps of in
formation have proved. Whou I seo
a young fellow spending his spare
cash on magazines uud papers I kuow
he is furnishing his brains for success."
Gladstono is an omnivorous reader
and oue of tho best customers Loudon
booksellers havo.
Cecil Rhodes, tho richest aud most
influential mau in South Africa, ouo
whom English politicians watoh with
suspicion, was described by a native
chief as "A man who eats a whole
country for his breakfast and site
amidst clouds of paper."
Sympathetic Inks.
There are many ways of producing
writing which is invtsiblo until ex
posed to certain conditions. The juico
of an onion affords a convenient med
ium for secret writing, though it is
hardly suitable for love letters. Gray
ink can be made from a weak solution
of alum in lemon juice. Words writ
ten with it will not show unlet the
paper be immersed iu water, wheu
they will be plainly visible.
street. Tho second market, which is
a division of the Canal street market,
began four rears ago, and is better
known to tho public from its more
central location. It occupies the wido
street spaco on tho north side of Union
Siiuarc.
During tho evening flower-laden
wagons tdnrt from tho nubitrbs of Jer
sey City, from West Hobokcn, Staton
Island and Long Island, and by mid
night tho earnest comer? hnvosccurod
first choice of locatlou, thosaine place
being held throughout tho season if
possible. Tho two markets differ but
little in the conduct of the sales. At
tho moro central btand, then, the
black-covered wagons are hcadod to
tho curbs. They are closely packed,
tho floor, two tiers, aud even tho top
increasing tho carrying space. The
noisy rumblo of tho vehicles as they
como ono by one, makes part of the
roar of early morning traffic, along
with belated trucks of lingling milk
cans and tho newspaper delivery wag
ons hurrying to railroad stations. By
J o clock tho activity and noiso of ar
rivals aro at their height, end the bust
csts street of many towns at midday
is outrivulled. Along with the latest
loaded wagons of tho sellers como tho
first empty ones of buyers, nud these
fiud places ou the outskirts. Sud
denly a movement extends along the
closely ranged line ; men, women, and
hero and thero a sleepy-looking child
hurriedly movo woden trays filled with
plants to tuo street space at tho rear
of their wagons, until tho long block
Is lined with two solid rows of (lowers
fifteen or twenty feet wide, separated
along tho middle by an open walk
twelve feet broad. By half past three
shrewd, experienced men and women
the latter generally ehort-skirted
nnd blue-aproned Ocrraans are peer
ing through partial light and into
deep shadows in search of bargains
nnd choice stock. Only two Italian
venders wero noticed among the many
customers. Those advance buyers are
peddlers, owners of the low-sided,
open empty wagons, and eager to got
stock, which is quickly arranged at
tho cud of the lines, in readinoss to
offer to buyers in small lots at a alight
advance. Leter in tho day tho re
niainiug stock of theso middle dealers
is sold in the tenement sections of the
city and in tho suburbs along tho Har
lem aud Hud ion, and in New Jersey
towns as lar as twenty miles away
Somo of tho early buyers come to se
cure plants ordered by them in ad
vance for customers who huvo engaged
n special sort, aud occasionally there
is eager rivalry nnd the excited claim
that certain stock has been "bebtellt
Munty, turuty women carry away
their purchases iu large, flat baskets,
ono on each arm, whilo a few push
carts start oil with their meager stock.
One cr two immense vans bolouging
to high-cluss florists aro closely packed
with choice stock, bought up by a mem
ueroi tuo nrm. lueso roomy vans
are especially built for this trade, aud
besides doublo walls have heating aud
ventilating arrangements against any
possible cold which might chill teuder
plants. The ordinary open wagons
with low sides uro idled with stock se
lected with a viow to the best plants
lor tho least money and tho showiest
effect iu tho general arrangement.
Feathery Astilbes mako a graceful
temporary edging to beds of brilliant
nowers, nve or six dozen geraniums
going into each load. Tho front step,
au improvised platform at tho rear,
aud (xtcusions at tho sides are all
pressed into use. The only lull in tho
activity after midnight is tho half
hour before S o'clock, when the regu-
Jur trado of storekeepers, street von
ders, and peddlers is u waited. By C
o'clock retail buyers begin to pass up
aud down the long array of flowers,
nnd to buy single plants of ditTcront
sorts, tho pots clumsily wrapped in
newspaper, and an artist making a
water color sketch of tho gay scene
gets more notice than is helpful. By
8 :30 the feo of tweuty.-fivo cents for
each wagon has been collected by a
deputy iroiu the lsureau of .Markets,
the wagons have left, and cleaners
from the l'ark Department have re
moved all truco of discarded plants
aud broken pots,
Ibo flower markets begin early in
April, when thrco or four wagou loads
are offered iu the damp aud chilly
dawn. Tho trade gradually grows, and
by the tlrst of May thirty wagons ore
assembled at each market every morn
ing, Saturdav being tho busiest day.
Until tho close of the season, about
Jnly 1, as many as soventy-tive loads
will be disposed of daily at the two
places. A moderate load contains forty
or tuty trays, and these euoh hold oue
or two dozou plauts, so that a large
wagon may carry 2000 plants. Oue
dealer, together with au assorted
htock, offered of verbenas alone 1000
plauts in boxei holding a dozen. East
er Saturday aud tie morning preced
ing Decoration Day ure the big days
of the seaBoue, wheu It ia not uuusual
for one grower to tend in two or three
wagon loads justead ot one. The
plants must be well grown and in lux
uriant flowering, since eaoh one is
finallr subjected to selection by a re
tail buyor for a place in the window
or door yards.
The market season is over by the
end of June. The cultivators then oo
cupy themselves in repairing green
houses, growing on stock for fall and
winter cuttings, and in caring for their
bulbs of Eastor lilies from Bermuda
and rose stocks from Belgium. The
winter h given np to anxious care and
cultivation for tho spring rush, which
rounds out the year. Altogether, it is
hard work, which yields not more than
a fair living, and often but a frugal
ono. Cold days and stormy weather
operate against sales, and largo re
ceipts of strawberries and other fruits
take tho hucksters into othor lines of
trado and make slow sales and low
prices in the flower markets. Dull
market days are often helped out by
buyers from Springfield, New naven,
and other towns iu near-by States,
who can buy moro cheaply in tho met
ropolitan markets, even when tho
cost of transportation by water or rail
is included.
It is not possible to give an appro-
imoto idea of tho total sales in theso
markets for a season, but tho flower
trade has assumed great importanco
since tho beginning of tho century,
when thero was but ono commercial
florist in tho United States. There are
now nearly 0000 establishments for
growing flowors, aud four-fifths of this
business has bcon developed within
the last twenty-flvo yaars. The last
census report states, among other in
teresting items conuectod with flori
culture that 38,823,247 square feet
of glass are in use, covering more than
891 acres. Of these establishments,
312 are owned and conducted by wo
men. The value of fixtures, heating
apparatus, and tools amounted to
840,000,000. Fuel, freight, and ex
press, and postage on soma 20,000,-
000 catalogues aro other largo items
of expense. Tho recoipts from sales
of cut flowers aro put at moro than
$14,000,000 a year, and from plants
and shrubs at abovo S12.000.00J.
wocoH or WISDOM,
A lazy man always hurries to dinJtr
A crans xne ienow woo is it.
ming up me stream.
lie who can not govern himself
not govern his horse.
Conscience warns ns as a friend be
fore it puntsnes aa a juuge.
lie that will not supply new
uies must expect now eviis.
A thoroughbred is a mnniof,,
gets mat ue nas new ciotues.
L,very man s name looks prcttrtV
mm wnen it appears iu prim.
A girl visitor never has better clotia1
at nome tuan sue uas wuu ucr.
.Oamwmsva im An a 1 1 It fa vi ii i Mrm.M.
VvUinO irf vn nil il'iuti if J Um(f
as an essontiai oi uigu character,
It is no sign that a man is a foolbj
cause ho mucrs irotu us in opinion.
A man who has no poor kin thi,
it would bo a pleasure to help thta.
It is nature for a woman to thiai
that somo ugly man is good lookin-
A deaf man neorly always h?,
everything you don't'want him to hev
Every man occasionally wislictl
ho could attract as much atteutioa
a ure.
Unless a man is first rich on the
side no amount of money can give t
wealth.
The man who is living only forh
self couldu't be engaged in any tsxC
busiuuss.
No matter how bright the pica?!-
of sin may bo, they ore only plavj:
for a season.
it yon let tue sun go uown rjr
your wrath it may stay there until
judgment day.
Cameo Carving.
It sounds formidable cameo carv
ing but in reality it is quite simple
First you provide yourself with a
working table; it need not bo largo;
then, at any store, buy half a dozen
gravers and scoopers of varying de
grees of fineness ; tho next outlay is
for a shell upon which ycu are to cut
tho cameo. Block, red and yellow
"helmets," as the shells aro called, are
required, and they cost from $3 to S3
each, but from a good shell several
ovals or rounds can be cut.
After it has been cut the required
size and shape it is then fixed with
hot cemout upon a holder a littlo
block that can bo hold in tho hand.
The upper snrfaco of tho shell is made'
sufficiently smooth to take the design,
which is then traced upon it, as ono
traces on china ; all the white part be
yond the design is cut away, leaving
the pattern on the dark ground to be,
by degrees, cut into form. The thick
ness and quality of the white stratum
cannot bo known until the shell is
cut. It varies a good deal, so that
sometimes the figure will itand out in
much higher relief than at first anticipated.
Sometimes, when a particular do
sign is to be made, soveral shells aro
cut before a suitable one is found.
Tho skill of tho artist is shown in
the arrangoment of the design so as
to mako the best uso of the shell. For
instance, tho foliage must bo arranged
to como where tho white is thinnest
and figures where the thickness of tho
white will givo roundness to the
limbs.
It naturally follows that tho ono
who understands tho arts of drawing
and painting and all about lights and
shadows will mako the greatest suc
cess as a cameo engraver.
To take out any scratches mado by
tho graver the cameo or shell must bo
polished by rubbing it with pumico
t-tone and water, after which it must
be washed in warm water, whon a
second polishing follows with pumico
dust and oil nnd with a small box
wood stick. . Then it must be washod
again. The third and last finish is
giveu with flue rotten stono and
sulphuric acid; a very high dogreo of
polish is thus obtained, aud behold
your cameo ! Perhaps not at first tho
success you dreamed, but still very
satisfactory, whilo with practico you
go ou to perfection oudiu timo havo a
choico bit to offer a friend.
"What! a cameo, and you cut it?"
"Yes ; oh, that's nothing. I've douo
dozens of thorn," and so forth aud so
ou, while you iu turn luitiute your
fricud in tho mysteries of cainoo cut
ting und feel sufficiently awarded for
your labors iu her exclamations of
surprise at your cleverness. Chicago
Record.
Improvement In Field Cannon.
The improvement in field-cannon,
writes General 1'itzhugh Lee iu tho
Century, has kept paoe with that in
small arms. It is doubtful whether
troops cau be held in column or mass
formation within two miles of an ene
my firing the present modern brooch-
loading field-guns. The extreme rango
of these 3.2 and 3.0 inch-calibie field
guns is over five miles, and when a
suitable smokeless powder is found,
they may throw a . projoctile eight
miles. Had MoClellan bad theso guns
wheu hie lines were five miles from
Richmond, he could have ruiued tho
city. No troops can live iu front of
them wheu they are rapidly discharg
ing shrapnel, two buuded bullets to
the case ; and they can defend them
selves without infantry support, and
can be captured only by surprise, or
when their ammunition is exhausted.
4 Burglar's Hunt LI I p.
Tho arrest of "Joo" Killor.in, i
Howard, iu New York, together t
several notorious characters, oaiii
charge oi uoing a postoiuce rojd
has revealed to many Now Ilavear
dents ouo of tho most iutero:
characters that ever entered the C
of Elms. Killorau lived in Ni J
veu several years ago iuoueo!:.
most rospocUble portions of ths M
and bocamo acqualntoi with rim; j
cicty leaders, who would har live,
to claim his acquaintance to-daj. i
samo as mysterously as ho left i
brought with him an uttractivutru:J
whom ho claimed wan his wif,
who was iu reality Funny Vr:.J
Tho pair wero charming and iut;
. . . ... . i ,i
ing to meet, nnu soon mauo
quaiutanco of a number of mcs'.d
of tho best families.
The Killorans took a bouso i:
Wall street, and it was there t
many well known persons cat
kuow thorn and frequently dine.lt
thorn. About ten years ago KiL.d
was first arrestod, aud it was then 'J
his aoquointauce with pronnucat;
sons stood him in good steal AH
tlemau who knew Killorau tolJa
following story about him:
"Killorau, this gontlemin u,
"was a charmer among men
women. Ho had a wonderful pert
ality that attracted almost everr
that ever knew him, and ho kuow l.
of the most prominent and mllu;:;
persons iu New xork. 11 is ln-.a.
ith those persons undoubtcuj
him out oi prison a good ninny j,
When ho was arrestod ten yean
there were eight poriitoutiiri)
ing to recoivo him. W hen hiu
lived in New Haveu ho kue.v ni".i
tho best citizens, aud yet bis t
was visitod agatu und again bj
most notorious bauk bur'hiri
country has ever produce!
camo to consult with him whe--
thov had a big iob ou. Hown
is called a "spider in that uas
and if ho told all ho could mnkei
of tho most startling order, 'Ju
ard and 'Joo Lawler' ore two o!
orau's aliases.'
leet ana iuc: v
itrow. t1
p ami Roi h
imo fashion; " y
Heattorol 'J A
Tho immigrants from the Scandi
navian Peninsula and Denmark exceed
1,000,000 in numbet,
Scaring Unwelcome Visit irU
During tho Franoo-GermnnI
couple of hundred Uhlans arrive
Norman village. Ono of the i
hurriod to a ncicrhboring lino
warn a well-to-do farmer that he J
expect a visit from unwelcome nl
The farmer was equal to me h
oney. Culling his wifo and dsucl
nil went to work with a will.
ouilts. tattered potticoats, dilH
irowus. were thrown over the M
the cuttle, euveloping thorn nt
horns, while their feet and tbc:t
were bound with straw.
Then tho sheep
treated in tho samo
of rnodicine were
largo trough was tilled wiU
and in its midst was placed
syringe. Up camo tho Ulila'-"' !
sight of tho strangely ntiire.i-
aud tho squirt thoy hesitate i.
At last oue of tho troopers isj
what was tho matter.
nest." said tho farmer. U1' 4
answer no moro questions.
tors turned their horses' li-
eallopcd off at their best f
make requisition elsewhere.
Weekly.
Bogus Americau Lard AlH
The Department of Agriciil'l
received from France au extoo
tice of the condemnation by I
uioipul chemist of Paris of a cot
whioh is being sold iu Franf
ihn namn nf American
ln
chemist has ascertained that U
pound cousiats of hog off''1
chemically at a high temper
n.lovion.l oml Kl.i.inlnxl with
nu,., T..r....i iioi.iit. a l':
newspaper of promiueuoo, d'
this oompound sold in Franc
the name of American wr
even for dogs to eat. The s"1
at the Agricultural Depart"
nnHiinrr of thia allc'od AU1"'
duct, and iiitimite that it w'J
of American cngin at uu
ton otar.
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