A SINOSn CROWNED. Th llglit vatbo softly strosmlng lh dny thn slmter dlod; Thpy whlsperoil- ' Hi Is dreaming" lie lay so tranquil-eye I. No vision of rnth ilvor Floshoil on thn wailing thronj: Th pnlo lips iwm'l to quiver Htlll with Imnmrlsl sonir. Anil nation" (nno nn d frownM U!ta With laurel of their l.vt ; Tim ilnnthlors glory 'roun 1 Mm. tWmed llknthnt nhov. But Rnnter than all glory Of wnrM, or worl'N to Vies I.ovn's Inst, sweetest Htry In Love's simplicity. For to thi Klntfor sleeping Whr" nonn might lu-vl or mark. A 1 itl ! i-hlM MTnn creeping With llll in Mm dark. Aril, 'mid tho laurels gloaming, With trembling Inn Is nnd fair, LnlJ fln-m nlnvii IiI.h ilp'nmlng Kls".l on, ntul loft thorn tlieri. J'runk L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution A COMPLETE CURE. W , 13 AVI' yon hal a good fimo in town?" "No-n ; beast ly lioli; ; bores Olio to death." "I!ut tln.ro in Hllf'll it lot po ll",' on now, I Jul ymi not go to liny then- pj ' :-:. tres?'' "Vra, t i vrry oiio ; inn-le halls, too ; saw ivi rvilung there was to bo won. I suppose I did enjoy Iiivm If, Imt i have foivotti ii it." Tiio (iirl looked lit tlio Man steadily for it moment, Imt lie walked moodily ou, niie.ni (Moiis of her gazo. "Wi re tin re any nil-it people 'lay ini; tit tiio viiini' place?" who nsked un concernedly, but. htill watching him. "No-o J nt least, 1 hardly spoko to any of thorn. " "Who weio tho in people you wrote aliont those pcoplu vou wero with so much?" "Oh, they wero Irish." Dead sileuoe. Tln Mun nnl tho Oirl sauntered along tho beach, ruth intent on hit or hi r own thought. "What charming ueoplo thu IriHh arc. us a rule," tho (Iirl mi l at length. "Yes, awfully jolly," enthusiasti cally. "Wore these?" "Oh, os, they weren't bad." "How tunuy were there, aud of what sort and condition? Do rousn your Btlf a littlo anl try to bo a triilo more fiiti rtatiiiug." Tho Man pulled hinntlf together and undo nn effort. "Whut tthull I tell you? About the Irish people I met? Ntll, then whs a fullier, nlhoa moiher --awfuliy lino old ludy iho wan and a daughter." "Was tho dmuhler pretty? Jrinli Hirlit nro loVelv as nl 1 Their eyos aro ko beautiful. Had this girl bountiful eyes?" "Ye es, I eupposo hi.'1 "Was hho a nico (,-irl, clever and bo on? Tell mo all about her." "Oh, there is nothing to tell." The Man urew restive tinder the iuestiou inn; then ho trie 1 to turn tho eonver nation. Tho iirl Kiiunti red on more tdotviy. She was a little paler tlmti .she had boon, but a lihtly nuiohiu nuib' played around ttiu corners of her month. "How p'. tty.tiuwo brown hails lo.iU mt there," hIki mii I presently, point lilt; to a little tlret id libhilln-i'oats lar out ou tho !;litt( rinj,' m ii. "Mark, I thouM like to j;o out Hailing.'' "'( uld you?'' ho rejoined, indilT orentiy." n V.... .11....- l l. . I V"i 1,1 fi" "" I nave a niceion;. luy. 1 will ;;et some provisions while you gi t tho boat. Shall wo go?" "1 should like it if you would." With a little morn alacrity ho moved off, while tho (iirl wended her way up tho cliff path to the house perched on thu too. "Pu'or boy I" sho said softly. "To bo Stingy, ho is hard hit, or thinks ho is, which amounts to tho same. 1 am ulraid he is very impressionable." Out nt sea there was a solt breeze blowing, a littlo breezo that made the hot sun bi arable uud put new life and apirits into the two iu the boat; there was something so exhilarating, so free, bo invigorating, in tho very feeling of living along over tho smooth, spark ling waters. Care seemed to bo left behind, where it would Lot overtake them ; angtr, jealousy, mortification, acetucd all too petty an 1 nuau to livo iu this great open stretch of sea uud l;y. ".Shall we have luuch now?" The (iirl was leaning back in u perfect nest ot cuh;ons, looking unspeakably com fortable and verv pretty. "You look so comfortable it is pity von should move," the .Man said 'I will unpack tho things and baud vou nil you want." "My dear boy, I could not possibly moor w here great stringy beds of pur eat in this position, and loilh as 1 am pie aud white heather stretched away to disturb myself, my spirit lougeth I for miles aud tho low hedges were for sustenance. I am going to sit in draped ith festoons of honeysuckle the bottom of tho boat," she said, I and "old man's beard." Close to one "will yon nrraugo some cushions ut my tiack lor me Easily aud doltly, and with an air in which tho proprietor and protector were curiously mixed, ho urranged her nest. "This is awfully line," said tho Man, leaning back, with his hands chi.sped behind hi head, und looking first at the Girl, then at tho sky, and then .back again at tbo Oirl. "This is tqilsodid. I oould go on sailiug away forever. Ono seems to leave all wor ries behind aud forget all disagreea bles." The Oirl did sot speak for a mo ment. Sbo was looking at the brown ails of the boats they were passing, "I do not knot that I should care for it tho tent of my existence, she raid at length. "Yon are a rery agreo able companion, Mark at lcait, yon can be," with a little rising of her eyebrows; "bnt I think it wor.ld bo very stupid to pns ono'i whole life with one friend" "With odd wont? "Friend," answered the Oirl, calmly unfurling her sunshade and settling niore comfortably into her cushions. Tho Man stared at her for a few secondo. Then he followed her gaze at tho brown sails, and for a moment they appeared to And something of surpassing interest in them. "I think it would be very jolly to bring out Mina Armstrong ono day, and her brother, don't you?" asked tho Oirl. "Ye-en, perhaps they would like it," indifferently. "Oh, .lack Armstrong told me yes terday that ho is devoted to sailing. Ho wanted me to go with him thoin to day, but I said you were coming, and you would think it odd if you found no ouo at homo." "You were very kind," ho answerod a littlo sulkily. "lam sorry to have kept you nt home." "Oh, it docs not matter. I can go another dny. I wanted to seo you, you know." "Thanks; but why not go m his boat to-morrow instead of having him here? You would enjoy it more, probably." "1 don't Know tint I should," mus ini'ly. "IV-iile, t want you to know Mma. She is mi eh a dear littlo soul, and ho ptotty. I am suro you will ijii'te bill in love with her." She looki.d at her companion for the fir.-t tune, then quickly lowered her Minshadc, for tho dignified nnm.omoiit of his expression was too much for h"t gravity, l'or minutes sileueo reigned in the boat. The Mm was wondering if it could really bo possible that thu t Iirl regarded him simply ns oneof her many fre iids, and was tiuit) indiller- eiit its to whether ho eared moro for another f.rirl or not. It had !iecr occurred to him thnt other mill liiibt ndmiro Kutll so much as to w ish totnko her from him. 113 looked al her in his en leavor to fathom it all. Ho looked i'-t her, anil then ho no longer wondered. Sho was really very pretty. When ho looked nt her ho wns leaning on the hide of thu boat, lur head rcstiug ou her arm. . - v. "How perfectly idyllic it is," she finally said. "What a comfort it is to bo able to sit silent when oua feels inclined, an,d not feel ouo is ploying tho bore. Jt Is a sign of tr.to friend ship, Mark. I could not do s ) with any one but yon, but you under stand." Sho looked at him with a sweet, grave smile. "Wo ought to bo good friends p.fter knowing each other all these yenre, oughtn't wo?" Mark nodded. " 'Friend' always seems to mo such nn inadequate, cold word," ho said. "Friends and ac quaintances nro tho same to me." "Oh, no ; (di, no I" she cried. "Ao quuiutuuecs mean so little, they are tlOtllillT. Inirh a. I rnr . - .' . . frien ils so lew. You nro one of my chiefest, and " "I always thought we wero moro thin frieu Is," he said. . "You hilly boy, how could wo be?" -lio replied, with a littlo laU'-li, but : the lnii;.h di. I not I in,; true, j "Well, vou know what tho old folk-" ".Mark, do you knew that it is nrar ' ly 1 o'clock, mid that I promise 1 to i be nt Armstrong's at i.'M! We must nally go in now." 1iUr that day it occurred to thu M"u that he h i I not thought of tho lrih girl for several hours, lie did , in t think of her uutil the moon rone, , im I ho went out on tho headland and sat alone .vith his pipe. "Until, do you feel inclined to come out tor a stroll?" Thu (iirl was silting in a largo basket chair in tho garden ou tho cliff-top; iu her ban I sho held a inaga.iue, but sho was not readiug it, she was looking out over the sen, thinking, thinking of something which called up a littio smile to her lips. Sho looked so sweet and froh and coid, her solt white gown showing her pretty, sunburnt cheeks, and thu glo rious color of her hair. Mar!; ap proached her witli his request almost ditlidently. During tho last week or two ho hud foun t that sho did not jump at his suggestions with her old obi alacrity ; iu fact, it had taken him all his time and nil his tact to secure her company at all, and so occupied had ho Well that he had had uo time to think at all of the Irish girl; at least ho had only found time of nn eveuiug over his pipe, and two of those evenings he had speut in think ing of Kutu. To-day, however, lbith willingly consented to accompany him. "Let us go ou thu heather," sho said, "and a I you must talk to me, for I am tooling fearfully lazy." So they strolled along tho narrow lane inland uutil they came to the ; of these heilees they found a seut. or at least Ruth found a seat ; Mark did not wiiut one, he lay on the heather beside her. "Mark, this is nn earthly paradise," sho exclaimed, as sue lennod back iigaiuct a soft cushion of sweet-scented thyme. "If I was superstitious I ihould say it was too good to lust." "I think it is," said Murk, rather mournfully. "We seldom havoawulk or anything togethornow, lluth." "No?" She was not prepared for this sudden attaon, and grew confused, The Man noticed it, and determined to make the most of it. "Kuth, dear, you have changed lately ; we e not kuoti good friends as we ueo o be. Why is it? Tell mot" ITe looked np at her, and from bis lowly position conld tee every change in her face' "Don't to silly," sho said, studi ously averting her eyes. She stooped and gathered a handful of heather, which she promptly began to destroy and scatter in littlo showers over her white gown. In a moment she recov ered and became herself again. "Get into a more comfortable position," sho said, smiling down at him, "and talk to me. I must be amused." So tho Man, with a sigh, lay down on his heather couch and began to talk. In those days he did anything tho Oirl told him, and everything ho could think of to please her. I'rosrntly he began to talk of bis late visit to Lon don, that visit on tho subject ot which ho had hitherto been so silent. "And thoso Irish people," said the Oirl, unconcernedly, idly sticking pieces of heather in his curl.1 while sho looked kceulydown on his face. Tho top of his head was towards her, his eyes wero fixed on tho blue sen, where it appesred far away in tho dis tance, so that ho did not seo her. "Why do you not ask them down here? Y'oti were so much with thorn and liked them so, I am sure you would be glad to h.ivo them." No nnswer. The girl stuck another pioeo ot Lent her in his hair, then tool; it nil out again. "I nm suro 1 should have liked to have met them. I think 1 should have liked tho girl awfully." "I nm sure you would not. She is not your stylo nt all." "What style is she?" "Oh, I don't know. She is nn awful 1'ii t. mid not good form nt all." "Oh!" A silence ensued for about five liiinnfes.thou tho Man rolled over, and, planting his elbows in tint heather, looked up determinedly irj his companion's face. An inkling of th truth had reached his brain. "ll'ith, I must know. It is only fair that you should tell mn why you have changed so to me?" Dead silence. Tin (iill looked away and made nil at tempt to reply. "Won't you tell me?" ho said, wistfully. "YoM nrn making mo very miserable, dear." His voico was quite snd and pleading ; it touched j the girl iu spite of herself. I "Inm? Oh, Mark." Tho tears nl most enmo into her eyes, but sho i smiled instend. "How can I mnko you unbippy ?" "15ocnuso I Jove yon, lbith, and I cauio bear this something that has risen between us; itdiivcs mo mad. lluth, my denr girl, don't you know how I lovo you, and that I want vo i to be something v ry, very much 1 nearer than n friond?" Tho smile died away from lu r fnco; sho grew very pale, au 1 her lingers tremble I a littlo ns sho played w;th tho heather, but sho spoko calmly, al most coldly. "I did not know it w.n mo you loved," sho said. "I have never loved nnv one else, not with a real lovo such ns I have, lor you. I miiv have admired others, yes, and perhaps thought myself iu lovo with them for a time ; but that is all so different, von know it is " "Yes, I think I know," sho Bald; "but it might happen aain." "I do not think it would," he said seriously. "1 never knew until I came buck this time, and and began to feel that I might lose you, how much I love! you, dear." He won lend then why sho smiled so o Idly. "You must have seen it, lluth?" "lint, Mark, ho about that other girl, that Irish girl? Aren't you don't yoii---ciire for her?" "l'ooh!'' sail the Man with un feigned scorn. "('are for her? I never did. One may ll rt with a girl hko that, bnt as to loving her, or -marrving lur---well, I pity tho poor foot who docs. Sho tliits abuomin ablv." Then tho (Iirl smiled ng.iiu, a triumphant littln smile, quite unin telligible to tho man. Sho knew that her course ot treatment had been suc cessful, the euro was complete. "Why do you smile?" ask .id the Man, perplexed. "Hccauso---oh"-bccausj I am so hnppy. " "Happy! Do you mean that?" catchiug ouo of her ban Is and kissing it passionately. "Then it is to b.. may I tell tho old folks that it has all come about as they wished? Look ut me, child, aud tell 'no you really menu it, that you do care." Still sho looked away, intent on tearing up the uufortuuato heather by her ide. The Man watched her iu silent dismay; he could mit under- i stuud her in this vairablo mood. i "You do uotenre," ho said at last, j wlieu tho sileneo ha t become tinbear- j uble. "You (to not care, and you cau- j not mnko yourtelf." There was a I great sadness iu his voice, his taco j seemed iu a moment to have u;u 1 and grown haggard, lie turned over and propped hiiu-olf ou ouo elbow, with his face well away Irom hers. Something was bud oa his bowl head. It was Ruth's little hauJ. "Mark," she said, softly. "What is it, lluth?" "Look up ; I waut to tell you somo thing." He obeyed her, uud turned a very miserable pair of eyes towards her. "Never mind, littlo woman," he said bravely ; "I know you can t care" Ho stopped ; something iu her faoe making him forget what he was say ing. Her eyes wero bright and shining, a delicate Hush crept up over her cheeks. "You are makiug a mis take. I do care, very, very much," she said earnestly. "Jt is all rigut now," aud loaning towards him she took his face between her two hati.ts and kissed him gently on the fore head. "Yon denr little . soul I" ho cried, astonished at this unusual outburst on her part. Hut 'she had buried her face in her hand to hide the crimson that dye I nor tweet face. The Gentle-woman. OUR SEA POWER. SHirs THAT AUK AVAILABLE IN CASK OK WAR. The Itattloshlps, Cruisers, Gunboats ami Monitors Heady or to He He lled Upon Thirteen Armored Vessels Torpedo floats. IN thce days it is natural to take account once moro of onr avails nblo ships in order to see what we i, can rely npon in caso of early need. Wo must strike ont, of course, fuost of tho relics of onr old wooden navy, although somo of tbeso would be of service by reason of the batteries they carry. lint, taking the new war vessels, we find, to begin with, thirteen armorod (hips of four different types thnt cau be counto J on. Five of the.o are bat tleships. Tho Iudinnn, Massachusetts and Oregon are of I (2s.1 tons dis placement, and tho Indiana has shown u speed of over 15 knots. Their main batteries consipt of four 13-inch, eight It-inch, anil four 6-inch guns, with twenty fi-pounders, six l-pounder., iMi I four Oatliuus in tho secondary battery. They carry IS inches of armor on tho sides, an 1 17 nn I 1" inches on their heaviest barbettes nnd turrets, nud nro uneo.uale.), it is be lieved, in their combination of nrmor and nrninment, by anything ntlo.it. Tho ludistin is ready tor ferviee to day, mil hi r two slider ships are D'uetcen-twcntieths complete, mj that nil three can bo relied upon from this time forth. Two other completed bat tleships are the Maine and tho Texas, the former of (iiH2 and tho latter of ("11. "i ton-. Tliey were bui't for 17 knot-, and tho Maine exceeded that speed on her trial, although then she. was not carrying her normal weights. Thu Tixas cirries two 12-inch and six t'i-inch guns, nnd tho Maine four 10 inch and six A-in-h fMins. The former bus 'J I and thu latter - secondary 1'icces. Thu Texas has 12 inches of nrmor ou her sides and turrets, and tho Maine also ii inches on her sides and barbettes. Uoth are reafly for ser vice. I'a sing to the armored cruiser New York, she is of tons displacement nud il knots, carries H inches of nrmor on tier barbettes, o) inches on her turrets, and 4 inches on her side", nnd has six S-meh aud twelve 1 inch puns in her main nud twenty pieces in her secondary batteiy. Her protec tive deck is t) inches thick on tho slopes nud .'t inches on tho Hat. Tho mm Kutahdiu, of li 1 5.1 tous, has a speed exceeding 1( knots, uud nrmor on her sloping sides of from G to 3 inches thick. Of onr six double-turret monitors, three, the Montery, tho Miautonomah nud tho Amphitrite, uro iu regular service. And since tho Terror, ut n reejnt reckoning, was 1T . per cent. finished, the Mona Inock, l7 aud th Puritan 1)1, we really havo all six our service. ' 'J'' P-ri. nt f.nrto -.- (.- -M- . u --., - . j luud, .! . . . e armor and barbettes of 111 inches nnd turrets of 8, aud carries four 12-iueh nud six 1-inch guns. T'uj Monterey, built of steel, while tho others have iron hulls, Is of -IDS 1 tons enl over l:t; knot., with sides HI iuches thick und with l'l and i iuches of nrmor on her barbettes and -S and ou her turrets. Her turret guns are two ii inch and two 10-inch, The four oth ers, :!'.'.:) tons, luvo speeds of )ro:n lintilU knots'.) to .Vincu sides, nn I turrets of IP inches to They carry each tour 10-iucn and, all but one, also two !-ineii guns. lutliU nrrav is not include 1 the Iowa, though larger and t.iitir than the Indiana elas, and very powerfully armed and armored, since she is only half completed; nor the Urooklyn, far surpassing tho New York iu battery power and protection, as slut is only two-thirds completed. Yet ue.tlur is to bo forgotten, in reckoning for the future. Nor is here inelulel the baker's dozen of single-turret moni-tor.-1, somo of 210!) aud others of IS 7.1 tons, which carry two 1.1-iueh smooth bores, and woiiM undoubtedly bo of somo use for harbor deieuce. In the steel cruiser and gun bo a, types, excluding the Chicago, noiv un der repair, we have twenij -four ves etMs, outside of tio composite gunboats recently laid (low ii. They would all be useful lor dostroj ii.g au euomy'a commerce. Tho only onus of them not completed aro tho Helena, Wil mington and Nashville, nud they are all over two-thirds done, uud Could be hurried forward. The Miun .mpolis uud Columbia nie of 737.1 tons, and liavo made -1 nnd 22.8 knots respectively. Tljn Ulyiu pia, of 2S70 tons, has made 2iJ knots, und carries the po.veifnl battery ol four S in uud ten 4-inch guus. The J!:iltim ro is of 4 11:5 tons an I 2 knots, and heavily anne I. Only a lit 1 1 u be low her in speed are tbj Sa'i I'Vauois co and PiiiUdelphht, oirryiug each twelve li-iiiU guus. Toe Cinuinuati and Raleigh, tho sister ship Detroit, Montgomery au I Marb'.eheu I, and the Charleston all have eon I speeds t their records. Th.t 3 Md t u Atlanta aud llostou, the 1700 ton Y'orktown, Coucord nu 1 Lexington, tVo Castiuo aud Machias are all useful. The Dol phin, Petrel, Raueroft aud Vesuvius are among our new steol craft. Of our torpedo craft, only three, tho dishing, Kricssou'aud Stiletto are built, but three others are somewhat advaueed, aud work ou tho third trio can be hurried. Of other eratt, either iron or wocden, perhaps u dozen could bo made useful iu some form.' The auxiliary cruisers of tho Ameri can line and others to 'come from the mereuaut service must not be forgot ten. New York Suu. John E. Smith, a farmer of the neighborhood, has just bought 8000 acres of land uesr Augusta, Oa., for 33,000 in cash. He will cultivate it as a big farm. How to I'se the H hip. Two men stood in one of the riding academies tba other day watching Anrel Batonyi as be was driving a Very pretty high stepper to a dog csrt about the ring. It whs evident from their conversation thnt ono was a driver and the other was not, bnt both of them appreciated tho way that Mr. Batonyi used the whip, and this led to a disenssion on the proper mothod of handling tho whip, of which so many lapses from good form aro seeu daily in tho park. "Thcro is a right wny and a wrong way to bold tho whip," snidtho driver to his companion. "At no time should a gentleman driver have his whip out of his hand. The ctiqnelto of tho driving box is very well denned and there aro any quantity of little details that mark the difference distinctly bo tween good form and bad form. "As an example of how essential it is to turn out woll, I con refer yor. to tho carriago and harness classes at tho recent horse show at Madbou Square Oarden, and particularly tho tnudom classes, lit should bo remembered thnt tho tandem classes were very bard to win in, and if tho whip happened to bo ho d at tin wrong elevation it might throw out a tandem in a class where appointments counted. "Every .driver should know how to catch a whip. This is of particular importance when driving fours. Tho whip used ou n coach has a stock about six feet long and the thoug is usually about twelve let t long. When tho whip is not iu u--; five or r'w feet of tho th)ng has tj lu taken care of in somo way, and to do this when tho driver throws tho lash out nnd touches theloabrsa bit, bo catches t'uo cud of its return iu his whip in nib nnd throwing tho thong iu the air, ho strikes it w-ith tho stock some distance up from tiio poiut o the bih, so that it winds itself abo.it tho tojk aud re mains there out of tho way. "Vou will notice that when a driver wisuea to use tho whip again by a sim ple movement of tho wrist ho unwinds tho thong and throws out tho lash whero bo wishes. This is all done w ith puo baud, of course, uu 1 tho oth-ir hand is left wholly free, to use in handling tho rcius." Now York Mail nud ExpJosa. " , Atiicricnn Mu'c and Wrslphaliu Hams. I Tuo annly.iis of specimens of Amuri-! cau and European maizo by the Dc- ! purtmout of Agriculture, which shows ! that tho Indian corn of the United 1 Slates is the best in the world, is an impoitaut service reudercd to onr coru-rowicg mterests. Wo havo hnd j frequent ocvusioua to show bow much i moro important the corn crop is to our ' farmers than tnat of wheat, although ! the latter sometimes continues lo hold a larger share of public utteution. Aini'ysis shows that our mnizo is I notoulv much richer in protein thau Uai of Europe, but that it contnins a fttlarger proportion of fat. This result was reucueci notwithstanding tuo met ' 't many lov "rad. o' Anjein ,iru wero u 8L.J, which tended greatly t reduce tlJ0 average. Iu thb, ponnention a nnssi'vA in a cns"!iar report ou Westplmliau hams ; becomes of interest. These liaui3, ! produced in a western province of j Prussia, have uwotld-wido repututiou, au I uro extensively exported. Tho ; consular report deals with the bind of hogs raised, the method of lee. ling, ; etc. The lood fed to the swino is j mainly pot itoes, which urj cooked with their jackets on mashed into a paste, uu 1 mixed with wheat bran,. ! rye or oatmeal. It is u bled that the , addition of Indi'.n corn is not deemed advisable, us tins cereal is thought iu ; Westphalia to have nu undesirable of- , loot ou the pro iueiion of hams. This ! is oilunbite 1 to provoke a smile from ! tho.-o who aro acquainted with the splendid hams pro meet1, from tho ' coru-fed hogs of the United States. ' lu the result of the nuulysis ma le ' by the Department of Agricu.turu wo , have, perhaps, nu explanation of the' prejudice against maize la Westphalia. 1 The European maize, being of so in-1 lerior a quality, may not bo suitablo ' for the production of tho best hams, i but experience shows that this is not ! at all applicable to tho corn of the . United States. Louisville Courier-! Jouiaul. A 1500 Mile Walk. Charles Roberts, his wife, and three children havo just liuished a tlfteeu-huudred-milo walk, from tho interior of Texas to their oid homo iu Dela ware Comity, Ind. Rola i ts removed to Tezus somo years ago, but failed there, aud things went no badly that last summer there seemed nothing but burvatioa ahead, so bo determined to return to his friends iu his old homo, tie bad uo money tospoud iu railway larch, and decided thai tho only thing to do was to walk. Tho youngest child is a boy, aged seven, and the other two children, a boy und a girl, ure twins, tivelve years old. Roberts says they walked t'ao wledo of the dis tance except about twouty-tivo miles. They bait a littlo mouey, and the lHtmers all aloug their xoiito treated them with great kindness. Parents and children were in good shape phy sically at the end of their tramp, but showed muny evidences of tho long walk and expo-tiro iu all Uiuds ot weathtr. Now York Suu. Two Pnimiuers lor Tr.nlo. A Tortlaud merchant ba recently bad illustrated to him, iu the person ot two commercial travelers, great viobsitudes of fortuue. Que who called to solicit trade tor a certain brund of catsup, was at one timo one ot the loading merchants of Ronton, aud bis residence, when adversity cp.tuu, sold under tho hammer for $7:1,000. The other, wno hud a line ot cijesrs, bad been twieo eleoted Governor of one of the largest of the Middle Western -'i States. Portland (Me.) Advertiser. The Tadpole In Science. At tho close of tho last century Gat vsni astonished the world with the ex peritnents be performed on frogs. There is no doubt bnt what his work, as far as the development of engineer ing wns concerned, almost retarded the progress, at least for a very short time ; but ho has opened a He'd which to futnro generations may be of ns much, possibly of more importance than all tho practical applications of electricity to-day. Wo refer to the physiological effects of the electric currents. Now, as wo approach the end of an other century, auother experiment on tadpoles has been made, which in onr minds' eye may have tremendous con sequence. D. Waller has observed that tadpoles face tho positive polo wheu nn elcctrio current is sent through tho trongh iu which they live. This is eertaiuly a rcmnrkablo fact, and wo bopo sincerely that this matter may not bo taken up as a matter of ridicule, or of play, for there may bo bidden in this simple experimental fact a vast deal of knowledge ; not thnt we want to prophesy, but on tho faco of it it docs not scorn impossible that this sim ple fact should be tho commencement of a knowledge of electro-physiology, which in a hundred years from uow might in perfection bo second to nono of our descriptive sciences. Electrio Power. A llegini'Mit ol Relatives. There is a movement iu Horry County, South Carolina, for tho erection of a monument to the ' Confederate dead ol tho Tenth Rei ' ini'ht South Carolina Volunteers. ' Thu regiment bad iu it ono company j thnt became somewhat famous for its ' composition, rej wcM ns its fighting 1 qualities. The Athens Rainier hn I boon studying up thu history of tho . regiment. It tells us thnt it was made j up nlmoMt entirely of men fro n u dozen or moro families, and they wero about all related to each other. Tuero werj some ten Chestnuts, fourteen ' Johnsons, six or seven Alfords, nud so ! on. Tho Captain of tho cofnnanv was j tho cousin of nearly every man iu tint ranks who wns uut t bis brother. Jt drilling to a lilrtis wns bis custom in H- tu ruc:i in thp moat kindly manner, icnuatTn flu's way": "Cousin Jeems, somen I uress to tne right; tiinitty neorge, ploaseswell your chest ; Cousin Arthur, you want to turu toes ont, not iu.' Hut when it came to fight there wero no moro brave or daring fellows 'n tho service tlmu tho Teuth Regiment "butternut" company. Suviiunah (a a.) Press. J Presblen's Who Joked Xet. Jackson wns always aggressive, uu coiupromiMnc, serious. Tyler was cross, sour, unapproacha ble und irritable. John Qnincy Adams wns a Puritan through and through, with a cuustio and bitter wit, but no humor. ' John Adams was impulsive nud iras cible, but too much iu earnest ever to bo bumoroiVa. Bucr imn could never " 'o ,rn ofajol;6"and regarded all jesting us ill-bred. His strong poiut was dign ity and politeues. Washington was the embodiment of gravity. It is said that bo seldom smiled nnd never laughed. A man was oneo so careless us to slap Washington on the shou'der aud tho poor fellow was frozen stiff by tbo icy stare of his Excellency, New Y'ork Mail aud Ex press. I.t:ri:!i::aing the (.':av U'eP. Cnttlemeu in the Whito River region, South Dakota, are raising a fund, each contributing two cents fur every head ot stock ho otvns, to pay a bounty of f.1 for every gray wolf killed ou tint range. The cowboys in the vicinity are, as a consequence, laying iu lui-ju supplies of iimmuuitiou. The cattle meu have decided that tho only way to get ri I of the wolves is to shoot them. Hunting with bounds has beeu sue cessful with some packs, but usually as many hounds ns wolves aro killeil, for the latter ura fierce beasts. New York Sun. Aluminum Logs uiul liars. Terhaps you may doubt tho verac ity of my btatemeut, young mau," said a well-known aluminum mauufau turer recently, "but it is, neverthe less, true that wo aro makiug artificial arms aud legs of aluminum, aul arti ficial ears havo already been con structed of that metal. As nu adjunct to tho science of chemistry, it needs no recommendation, its loug use iu this connection being a guarauteo o( its popularity. Yes. It is being use. I in a great many other ways also; for horseshoes, army equipments, racing shells, cooking utensils, nnd is enter ing lurgely into tho construction of yachts and torpedo boats, and. in is being adopted wherever lti possi ble." Hardwuxo- Slmkspoat'o und Our Laiigtin;r. There is an old, very old, ta'e toll of a venerable lady who, alter seeing tho play of "Hamlet" lor the tirt time, said : "It ia a very good play as playst go but it is made up of quotation-." This good, dame, ulthougU she was probably unaware of it, was aokuowl edgiuar iu a rouudabout way perhaps the indebtedness of our lauguago to the great bard ; phrases, sentences aud sometimes whole lines from his) writings have bteu erystalized, as is were,, into colloquial English, and there are probably moro quotations, drawn Irom the works of btiakspenrt than from tho works of auy other author, aucieut or modem. iui'ub Commercial. Max O'Rell tells the story of a chni'r 'mau be bad at one of his lectures wuo, ou introduciug biiu to the uudienoe, poke for an hour and a haif. Tho lecturer then roe, and qnictly propos ing a vote of thanks to the obuirmau for br7 collect address, sat .'yvu n- v he meeting closal.
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