A JAPANESE WEDDING. SINGULAR SYMBOLIC RITES AT THE TIME OF MARRIAGE. Roto Two Voting IVoplu Ara Made One in tlie Liind of the DTlkitdo, Where "VI irrl afje In Not a failure—Some iVi'rtdliigi are Occaaloila of Jollity. In th') dusk of evening the bride, in a carriage, surrounded and followed by u train of uplifted lanterns, proceeds to t'ue bridegroom's house. Hurrah for ll,\ men! Every chamber and every room, from no to corn, r, the whole hou;. is nier ril lit and ablaze with a foiv.il of cu> Oja-in the alt .r of fa war •hi* 1 ' e,jn gods seem ton, . , do so . tin I. ams of flii-kcii tg lights an cioifly accepting the joyful oil ••* of game of the ttbtibt&ina, fis'. / lit 'Rf•'l 'd 1. 'L<f;.io lis of i.. tart It. Huni.h i r the l.oly un : *t! Yo; ' r ir t'v h -.:t hall of the house, the . i'js. larger than a inks arm, 11' ' !v vrer I ' ::r ray s ever the new cu". the ewe dings, tl jn w doors, an new u Us; and i'l fi do. p cut Tit. ' ''vißh" s a silken panel whereon sti. a vt in ruble coup's of snow cr ~-d ay under an evergreen bo of stal.r..rt pine, pruiaing the rise of ■ < >(i.ler sun, etuhlomali al of happy un" pure life, old age, and increasing hcr 'r'i t'o its left another bungs with a pic • ore of a snow white crnno leisurely conn • dating the serene bK.jSonis of tin : .• tree —suggestive of clutsle lofti ness of philosophic salvation. (' the light hand side the 11 did panel re] -cuts a tortoise, covered with sea wc. trailing like long t isseln of golden wool in c ihn rest, under a few graceful ban 100 trees, famous f< r their pliable bur unbreakable strength the whole syi liz'iig t'.n meek hut eiicrushahle vim • and slow hut suie triumph of righteousness. Then in the .■enter of the hall, on n small lacquered table. are dis played heaps of Koiuhu, a seaweed of grout tenacity and duration, and of other vegetables, equally emblematical of vari ous human virtues, skillfully piled and carved into shapes of a prospering pine tree, a pair of cranes, their nest and nestlings,and so on—indicatingthehappy future of the union which is now going to be made. But hush! here comes Mrs. Nakuudo, the earthly representative of the god Hymen, leading by the arm tlie brido, so fair and so modest, blushing under a silken veil; they pass in solemnly through the guests* door and seat themselves be fore the symbolic table. Three minutes later, Mr. Nakaiido leads io the bride groom, who takes his scat opposite the brido; and Mr. N. opposite Mrs. N. These are truly a man and wife of estimable character and are the mutual friends of the brfde and bridegroom's parents or guardians, honored by the latter with the trust of officiating at the holy cere mony. Well, then, the N'H introduce the young people each to tlie other. Inaudible ac knowledgment'! and solemn bowing on both sides follow. Then Mr. N. proceeds to declare the duties of a man and a wife, and of their wedded life—a solemn declaration, uttered in slow, soft, but penetrating tone. A funny sight, how ever, looked from its funny side—two men and two women sitting cross legged on the carpet, mmibling gravely over a heap of tasteless weeds and roots! But to sen the matter so funnily one must be a funny creature too. Looked at from the serious side, how much more pro found in its truth than in a more show of ceremony! "Henceforward you are husband and wife!" So says our Nakaudo: and they become husband and wife. They do not exchange promises, nor do they grasp each other by the hands. "Henceforward you are husband and ■wife!" So commands the Nakaudo, and they vow each oth"r in onuttered words strict obedience to this commandment, and Ki.i.ifv i.• ty drinking rpuit of Sake oLt of Liu -nine eitp. iliree and three ami three —lime U:,a s So ends the sacred e, rtunony Then the nearest relatives ol the husband are hurried in turn to the presence of the bride to be introduced to her Ah! but now follows the bamjuvt. only not a good, jolly one. It is a family banquet; none hut the blood relatives of the hus band and the very nearest of the bride are present. It is a solemn, formal one in spite of all the magnificent dishes and sparkling wines So ends a Japanese wedding in solem nitj from beginning to the end, and I rather think it should. Of course lam not writing of our jinrikishamen's and coolies" wedding, which some smart for eigners saw, and to which they added a little color and introduced silly modifica tions. and finally fitted up for a model festival of Christian churches to raise charity 1 Vet Ido not mean to say our lower classes marry without any cere mony; only they are generally jolly peo ple, and everything goes in a jolly way with them. The legal side of marriage in Japan is only tin's, that no marriage is legal until it is registered at the registry office, and the law recognizes only one man and one woman as a wife and a husband. Japan is not a polygamous nation. If it is the question of iaw, Japan is not a polygamous nation. If, as a matter of popular sentiment, the younger gener ation lias it entirely against anything short of total denouncement of the old idea —and what nation has not had its old idea in practice at one time or an other? At all events, if the Japanese marriage system seems all unnatural to force;. we have still the satisfaction of being able to disprove thai silly state ment which has of late greatly tickled the incurable sore of bald-headed, false teethed bachelors and maidens, "Mar page is a failure," because it is emi nently successful in Japan, although di vofte is perhaps as easy in Japan as in Chicago. But with us this is in conse quenco of the original conception ot what marriage is, open and honorably td unlike the shameless maneuvering! lawmongers! Nor have we that legju tion called a graduated divorce syataß. *-K. T. Takahasht in Montreal Star. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Ob, thn Korp;pouMinMs of autumn blooms, Tin- clusters lirlirht and rare, Oli. tbe concentrated suullubt beams That blossom ov irirbere' Sprnimune flowers long have faded, Summer blossoms droop and die, But the gorgeous auluimi flowers Uoid aud crimson colors vie. All the lone and sultry summer. Just a luuik of living green, Just ii restful row of verdure. It was all that could be seen. i But there hovered ardent fairies lu the gloomy summer weather, Stowing sunshine, dew- and luughter. Isive and beauty altogether And they burst lortn with the gladness Ol the dviyiiyrlil end the dawn. Anil 'tis at this lovely seosou That the fairest bower is isirn. Oh, the poiytisuiHtiess of autumn blooms, 1 The clusters bright and rare, Oh, tlie cuiieoniiut. vl " hesms. Thin lilossoru ev'r"wlict ' I I Spritl 'l uettoweri . . limlM), I 11 it i' ■ iri-eous r. ne. tie. I mid crimson eol .r- vlo —llaiv.if I. Hell ui Atlanta Const it iHlon. The Ilorsus Itiol 1 ruins. Down on V\i -.t strut t the other day j there u;.-, a hi ; trued lonth iJ wtih boxes j stalled ucio. • the street cai track The ; driver of tin ti'iifk was shouting and lashing his horta s. anrl. afti i tv. oor threo attempts to move the load, iney gave up ; in despair. The oiiver of tl; • ear was an old man, and, afn r uan l.e , tilings lor a tew minutes, in- r ;-|s i down and up | prouchetl the truckman and quciied. , "Did you ever sue a horse's head dis sected?" •Nawt What are ye givin' me?" was the angry reply. "Well, you'd better lind opportunity some day You'll Lu perfectly avion- , i ished. You inntgiue ti.il Ins head is I hollow, or blutie i with bran or sawdust, | but you aro way oil. Mature gave him : brains. Let mu prove it." He stepped lo their heads. rubbed tin ir noses, spoke a few kn,J words, and in called upon tin lU to put forth 111 u strength They buckled down to a. j pulled together, and the truck went over j the rails and far beyond. The crowd ( j cheered, the car driver looked pleased, J j and the truckman gol away an soon as possible to hido his chagrin.— New York Sun An Ingpuloti* fcoliool Roy* An ingenious Eur,lish schtKil boy, who | wanted an answer to an arithmetical ' 1 problem, dropped ii :'o a grocer's store 1 on his way to school nnrf sn i I hn wanted ! certain commodities at certain prices. ' ' After exluiin-ling his list, he said: "Now, I if I give you a half sovereigu, what ' change shall 1 get back?" The grout r ' told him. whereupon lie thanked tlie 1 shopman and turned to go. "Wait for the things." called the grocer; and his disgust can be imagined wben the urchin told i.:m lie was late for school, and, as he hadn't leurueit In, arithmetic It- ion, 1 he iian adopted that method of getting 1 the problem worked for him. Ex change. A Great Encyclopedia. A recent l'ekin Gar cite contains a mo- j morial from the chancelor of the Han-I ian or Imperial college on the necessity I : for re-editing the great encyclopedia j | compiled ICO years ago iu the reign of j ; Kieulung. and of which only four copies i in manuscript are now supposed to exist. This work, the index alone to which con- ; sists of fourteen large'volumes, contains a complete compendiiim of the classics, ! and includes also a collection of every thing written and revised by the empe rors themselves or published under im-I penal authority it embraces, says the cha'irclor. ail knowledge under heaven, I ami reflects, as in a mirror, the past and present Keeps IXim Out of Mischief. One of the busiest men in Boston is a ' gentleman whose office is situated not : far from Tremont house. Ho is the busi- j ness representative of a New York pub- ' Inkling house, and al:> of a Philadelphia I cuigaaine. ta-fi h it.is be fur::!dies tp ;> I ter regularly to |uiu other jourutiUstla cntorpnst's. is trying to patent nil im proved kiiclieu un nsil. in thmkne.; of bringing out a volume of poems, tins ,u t begun work on some encyeiop ~a articles, and is about to be married. With all these things lie manages to at tend to many other business enterprises ! whenever they come in his way. Boston ; Advertiser Viint<*i*l)ilf** <'handelier. William I! Vanderbilt once sent to' Paris for a chandelier, for which he paid ' §5,000 it was very heavy and awkward j looking. The parts were screwed to- 1 getlier in such a manner that the screw | heads showed plainly, and, though very I expensive, and in one sense elegant, it j did not please the New York millionaire, j He sent it to a store in New York, offered I it for $2,500, for which price it went ' begging, and it. was finally sold in this i city for §IOO, and now hangs in tlie par lor of a prominent gentleman hero.— Washington Post. . Uses of Safes. Foreman Dakota Slasher—l see the > big safe you spoke of lias arrived. "Yes; bad it hoisted in this morning. Beauty, ain't it? Ten feet square on the inside, walls a foot thick, solid iron. I j just tell you. nothing can go through i that." "But you say you can't raise money to pay tho printers; what do you want of a big safe like that?" "Oh, that isn't to put money in. It's for tne to get into when my great reform crusade starts."—New York Weekly. I The Hebrews' Good Example. The Hebrews set the world.an exam ple by ihe way they care for their own people. In Philadelphia on a single day collections taken up in two syna gogues netted $12,000. Their helpfulness is by no means confined to measures of this kind, for there is a system among the "chosen people" by which every brother's welfare is made the concern of the whole body. It is an example which' might profitably be followed more thor oughly than it is by other religionists.— Pittsburg Times. UEIi.IIIT OF THE PLAINS. TRAVELERS IN TEXAS ENTERTAINED DY A MYSTERIOUS HOST. Ho Ii tVa-ognlxecl by On. of HI. Guests, Wilt, fh Forbidden to Speak the Hermit's Nu nc on Peril of His Life—Subsequent ( IMv-ilijiouruucu of tile Strange Man. A certain gentleman, whom I shall call Hen- Ir- . was sent to Texas from Ber lin by a syndicate of German noblemen who vit ■ d< irons of investing in land for the pnrp eof establishing an exten sive ranch Herr L stoppeu In Fort V " Ira few days, and, hearing favor id - accounts of the country lying north v aof this city, became impressed with iho id :i that lie would find there a suit: ' ' ■ locution for the proposed ranch He wi- !><>.| to visit the sections bethought of porelm ;ing, and your cor re opomlent, as agent for the Houston and Texas Ocn tr: I v' • ued the lands, was ap- I" in' Ito accompany him. We left the railroad at Vernon, and went by private conveyance to the tract in question, which' y some eighteen miles out from that town. As we left the hotel at Vernon we askel the landlord if there was any house oo ih" road where we could pu up f<cP • night should it happen that we would not be able to make the return trip that day "No home at all, sir," said mine host, "oxe it that of the hermit." ! "The hermit!" we both exclaimed. "Yes. the hermit of tho plains. He's a singular foreign character, who lives some fifteen miles from here, all alone, inn Title shanty about half a mile off the r ! lie's so mighty unsociable he's got himself the name of the hermit of the plains. He might take you in, Mr. ho can't I 11' a German" [with a glance at no' <" "'.uiionj, "and ha wouldn't accommodate me to save his life." i "A re bid Frenchman, in all probabil ity," said lierr L , as wo drovo off. We had u capital pair of brisk little Texas >• mi i. all fire and nerve/and, the ! roads being good, reached our object 1 point in good time, but several hours were eon-aimed in drivingovcr tho coun try, and, unconscious of the flight of the i short day, we were surprised to find our selves v, c.r its close. Another roaron for lw. ' ' was also apparent in the 1 purplish nun "sof cloud lying near the horizon that threatened a storm. In an incredibly short time darkness was on I us and tic entire heavens black with the i coming tempest. Tho ponies became 1 unmanageable at tho first pea! of thunder and for: 'ink tho road, which I vainly en -1 deavored to find again: but the vivid flashes of lightning, instead of serving me, only added to my confusion. An hour's plunging hero and there in the bald pr irie threw me completely out of | my r; ! ■ •ling, and when at last the storm I: I it itself and the ruin began 1 to pour d o i in torrents, I couldn't have 1 told my right bind from my left, lierr I L called my attention to a dim but I steady spark of light burning close to 1 the liorinon at no great distance from us. Taking it to lie at soino house wo drove ' the now subdued ponies straight to it, and found ourselves before a low shanty, 1 through whose unshuttered window that ! welcome light was shining. We knock- I ed, and a voice in English, though with a sli 'it foreign accent, called out to know who' we were. We replied that • we were two belated, lost travelers, who sought the shelter of a roof for the night. After some delay the door was opened. n"d we stepped in. A man of ! average height. 11::t of a commanding, elegant bearing, stood holding in Ins ! hand a candle, whose light falling on his I face reveal, d it t . it distinctly. Herr ! L looked at l.im and at once ox- I claimed in amazement: j "God in heaven, it is the Count von I But the name was unuttered, for the I man dropped the candle instantly, and sprang 1N..-a wild lieii. iat I, 'a throat, ",i;• . that tun :ou:;tl I kill yuu like a dog!" L——;,,:.-p d out that It- would not, and his hunt took his hands from his throat and relighted the caudle, 'inn room was furnished rudely, but wan scrupulously clean, and t.ie plank tabic ; covered with books that proved oil ex : animation to be the untranslated Latin ' poets, with a few well cho :i volumes |of English essays. The hermit provided its with a supper of boiled liatti and crackers, and then, turning to L , said that if he would pledge himself not to reveal to any one his natne and whereabouts we would be welcome to such shelter as ho could offer. L promised, and we remained all night. There was only one room, and we all slept in blankets on the door. Our mys terious host had little or nothing to say, and when L volunteered some infor mation in regard to recent German poli tics, replied that lie wished never to even hear the namo of that country mentioned again. "I don't ak you who that man is, af ter your having given your word to him, Herr L ," I said, "but what is he, or rather what lias he been?" "I will tell you only this," answered my companion. "That lone hermit is the head of 0110 of the most powerful families in Germany. He is supposed to have died, however, some years ago. At any rate, a coffin was buried with every possible honor, and, up to last night, I am sure, it never occurred to any one to doubt his body lay in it. He occupied one of the most important positions at court, and I am at a loss to understand his exile to these Texas plains, for he left a charming young wife, an exalted rank and a princely income for that hovel." "You will never tell of your discov ery?" I queried. Herr L quietly answered the ques tion, of which I became a little ashamed: "Sir, I am a gentleman." I again had occasion to visit the vicin ity of Vernon, and, on inquiring for the hermit of the plains, was informed that ho had disappeared from that neighbor hood, leaving no trace behind.—Fort "Worth Cor. St. Lcui Globe-Democrat. KAWEAH COLONY. Result of Thres Tears' Work by Social ist Colony In Sierra Nevada. Most residents of this county have known that a colony of Socialists had been established in the Sierra Nevada mountains, on the Upper Kaweah, and had secured a foothold in the Giant Forest, but the progress they have uiade, what they propose to do. and their meth ods are understood by few The colony at present consists of about seventy-five persons, but is growing. Some of them have been on the site three years or more, all living in tents made by stretching canvas over frames, with double root's and walls, which, nd dod to carj tola, log stoves und the usual comforts of more pretentious houses, inalat the cloth structures quite comfort nble. even in the snows of a mountain winter These tents are laid off in streets, water is piped in. and other con veniences nre provided. They have some li ■< nf meadow land on which vegetables t i.ough 'o nn . t the needs of the community are raised, and tlit! general idea is to spread out in fruit and other products, as well as various lines of manufacture, until the colony produces about ull it will require. The scheme also involves the operation of valley farms. Thus far they have con fined tln ir efforts to the building of a road, said by outsiders to be the be t thoroughfare yet constructed into the mountains. Difficulties have not been evaded, but the grade has been followed wherever it led. Blasting has been done in places win to a man could not get a foothold to <trlll, being let down with ropes. This will be n toll road. The society has written bylaws for its government, but countenances nelflit r churches nor saloons. The immediate administration of affairs is vested in a hoard of trustees, with a superintendent for each department of labor. When ever a new member is admitted ho is put at the work ho is used to, and all are paid alike, viz., HO cents an hour. A day's work is limited to eight hours, al though n member may work any time less than this or none at all if he so elect. All work is paid for in scrip issued by the trustees, good for supplies or any thing among members—in fact, a legal tender. It is thought that tills scrip can be made to circulate among outsiders in time by placing a premium on it in ex change for anything the colony may produce. At present it is kept at home. These people believe in neither interest nor profit, all articles being banulcd at cost. Now, while the colony is getting upon its feet, it derives support from member ship fees. A paid up membership costs £3OO, made up In monthly in ealnienta of ?3 each. When £IOO is paid in, the mem ber is entitled to move into the colony and go to work There are many per sons in this state, end even far east, who nre paying up memberships with tho ex pectation of some day joining the col ony. This is true of professional men, who are not up to road building, but are waiting until the colony grows to need their services, w'i n they will be ready to servo at 30 cents an hour. Any mem ber may withdraw at any time if lie be comes dissatisfied, and receive his full dividend besides what ho has paid in In joining, one must be recommended by two members as of good repute. The colony is now nio. tly American, with a scattering of Germans and Swedes. A reserve fund is maintained to pay any who may wish to sever their con nection with the organization. Then, whenever there w a surplus, a dividend is declared, this being based upon the time cheeks or scrip each holds. This is where the joker c.mies in on those who have lolled in tlio shade rather than work. Thcuo dividends become private prop erty. *is wo understand it, and may be so handled or turned into any of the enter prises under way. The private property in the colony, however, must be confined to u house lit mid personal effects. The tht'jcr lands, if i'. ' • h : viced nu • I v.bi'.t I ! . • . .'■> , . i . • -vcralt;.. i ! (••• t I ti . .1 K-.! I.i 'fiaioti.—Tut... i ..ur. l.tiiU-nln-j to the 'tin-t ;#• : tl.i-.ts. A writer, v.lto litis tv.-n.iv w.-.iieii to- Bridal Veil i-ati . ill the Vor: he Vit! thus speaks of t ie mo. hi. •; i.trd:- i'.i .1 I in that vicinity: "Viiljous of bro\. 11 conti-d hirds tin-re were every v. !i re. co til the whole of our very natures : v:c ! permeated with their music. Sometimes low and sweet, again sad and plaintive, and then full, rich and triumphant, like a pa-an of joy and gladness, wliile we looked at each other in wondering si lence. Just as it scented that the melody was unsupportably sweet, and that our hearts could not contain more without the relief of tears or shouts, the wind died away and the water again struck with an awesome roar into its rocky hol low with a forco that made the earth tremble, and was again lashed to furious foam, and the song of the mocking bird hushed. Thus it goes on ever and ever alternately, and has for ages, the song of the hirds and the thunderous rever beration of the cataract." A "Settler" for Mrs. X. The other day we overheard a table conversation substantially like this: "What, dear, you haven't heard about it?" "No, dearie, not a word." "Why, you see, Mrs. X (a very promi nent lady) tried to get Mrs. Z's (another prominent lady) cook away from her, and actually -.vent to Mrs. Z's house when Mrs. Z was away and offered the cook more money." "My, my! What did Mrs. Zdo about it?" > "Well, tlio next time they met at a statu dinner Mrs. Z didn't notice her. Some one who sat between them said: " 'Mrs. Z, you know Mrs. X, do you not? " 'N-n-no,' said Mrs. Z, 'I believe not. She sometimes calls on my cook, I understand, but I believe wo do not ex change those courtesies. Waiter, an other of tho breadsticks, please.'"— Washington Post. AN OPERATOR'S STORIES. REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD RAIL ROAD TELEGRAPHER. Locomotive Engineer* ami Their Way** The Scared lirakemun Getting "Time" from the Operator—An Who Tlioujrht a Signal Wan Shown A* a Joke. The telegraph operator stopped after taking a press dispatch describing a rail road accident and chatted with the re porter. The news that h:ul been coming in overjtho wire brought up reminiscences of the ihiyß when lie had bft. u in chaige of a li:!le stulion on a railroad. "A railway telegrapher." he m id, livoi -lit into close relationship v. idi other e, ! of the roni, but tatween liie cn rs and himself there exi is a f:' hip that dates b '. f'oln tie- (list time the engineer la . lan m rut llisol" eor by t' • j u f Uis band, as he flew by tie- o . rv, a.-I.ed for time wh. n 1 h ! on-vudud U.j maximum speed. "feveral y< . ' connection with a rn.il road lin (' companionship of th ,e men l.asconv ince.l uie that a more fir. o, n rvy, ree kit- .daredevil and kind in ;t --ed t men d i not exist. Block g n ' and trawling train masters havo elii ted the reckless part of th .h na ture to a great extent, hut tho nerve, bravery and kind heartednoa# still re main and will until Uio or 1 of tim s as only men of this caliber make railroad engineers and stick to the business. "Some ten years ago, when a hoy of IP, I was located as night operator at New Freedom, on the Northern Central railway, about fifty miles north of lh.hi re . The signal tower was situated at a point called f'uinmlt, where the road was down grade about ui a miles south, tiln Ito Parkton, the next telegraph st : n, and about eight i li'es north to C' Stock, iho next tolegri:ph st.d : •i in that direction. At that titutempiy en gines, known as 'pushers,' were sent out from York, twenty miles north, to push heavy freight trains ovor the summit, follow on to Pnrktou and push a train north. It was the great est delight of tho engineers of these 'pushers' and the through freights, too, to lay to at luy office, get mo to give them flvo or seven minutes—that is, say they had loft that length of time before, and then 'fall' down tho hill to Glen Rock or Park 1 i, as tho case may be. Times innumer able did they make the 'fall' at the rate of a mile a minute, but the given time saved them from censure. "One night Barney Riley—a better man never pulled a throttle—(l think 1. ■ i., a passenger engiii' r now) came KUL.II on a thr igh freigat. lie had for a front brakcinan n man from the cotiu'.r. iiis triets surrounding Marysville, the north ern end of the division, who was making his first trip and know little about the trials of railroading. As the engine swept by Barney held up his open hand asking for five minutes, which I duly credited him with. How fast ho v. it | down the hill that night will never be ! known to a cert, inly, but it must have been liko the wil d, as I learned after ward that he induced the operator at Pnrkton to give him additional tim : 1 thatti • poor brt:': man left his tr; u -t that station and returned home out! next passenger train, vowing that I. ■ 1 ! all th" railroad -.vperieiinohei! i. i solemnly declared that it L !; . I his energies to hold on to the cur lie w. ■: on and tlmt had the train !• ft t:. • t... . it would have kept going for u mile ml.. ~t across the count ry "The engi.. •> i and the line at thai t, c. s:. 11 lis- i wi iecontimii.il,. playing jokes . ~ other, and th a i-t a that I u.:. .im; c :ae very m r cesiing iiu engi , ids life. It occur: •■! in this way: I'. .'.sig nals wore not m vogue i.t tin t t',. . i id our orders only called m the I: g of freight trains live iuh;~..ma apar <J.:r signals consisted of red while an 1 l ine Red to stop, blue to run slow or c.nit j r i white i!e:r>: d a clear track. The r. i , i a. sLioU i : . ..e i :.. I.i I t -ekcuulc. o !• ' i i . ra I'ri iglil ■ :: ra If'il ; -ss.-il my stntiim, but tils ~ n !. d i'• '--I-, bad st. . , .. , :. ! •> . t.a siding. 1,1 ■ L.. . ec 0r..! mi t. t < had been e ■cm I 1 halil,. nftci lliey I.ad |. Ed tu.vei I low. re.; red signal usual an . ... ..t it down the required .e min uter. 1 lunl observed the light on li.e extra s caboose aw.ty down the track and divined i.s purpose. To di I. v ilie while light to the ileal train no h I i til a perfect rigiit. ;is llie extra's shii'g.-g was supposed to be on.side of my j...... diction. ••'l'iie extra, having concluded its 5!..,0 iug, pi;lied out and the lights ol the ca boose disappeared around the b. nd. As they did so the regular train north came into sight around the bend sou.li of my office and some sudden impulse made mo lower the blue light. Now, as 1 have before remarked, this blue light was never used, and when it was flashed in the eyes of this engineer he took it as a joke, and as he was a 'lectlT late pro ceeded to go down the hill at the usual gait. "He had a heavy train back of him and it seems he was not aware that the ex tra was ahead of him. All went well until he dashed around a sharp curve about half a milo south of Glen Hock, when the danger signal was dashed at him by the flagman of the extra, who. not expecting the regular to be so close on his heels, was only a few yards back from his caboose. "The engineer whistled for brakes, re versed his engine and turned to take the stop to hi-rp when he found the little door leading to his post of duty had been slammed to by the jar of reversing the engine. Before it couliih ho opened tho crash came, and the engineer found him self buried under tha Jebris of about fifteen empty box cars. He was taken out but slightly bruised, and thankful Kv his narrow escape. 110 afterward told me lie thought I was joking when I jjut down the blue light on him, but in The future, he said, he would have mors respect for a blue signal light.' I —Wasfl* ington Star. Management of tho Voice. Professor fcjieber has touched one of th* " evils of the day when he declares that there prevails a keenly felt dearth of thorough teachers who have devoted their lives to the special study of the for mation of the voice, and this remark ap plies just aai forcibly in public speaking. Our people have yet to learn that a ready flow of ideas and the gilt of gait do uot constitute the sole and only requisite ofl the impassioned and eloquent orator. Cicero, when ho began his public ca reer, soon found his voice and delivery so inadequate that he gave up his pro fession for a time, and spent a number of years in Greece and Asia Minor in th© study of el i -ution. When he returned a" I resinned his profession, his voice bo canie proverbial for its sweetness, eonv p ;and power, and Ids delivery charmed and delighted one of the most eloquent cges in the world's history. The sever, v i f the reverses pursued by Deniostln 1 "e furnished texts for even the v. tag hooka of our s' liool- nt" 1 . asnr ir h" so developed the cl .rnessof Id iur tr illation and tin-strength of his voice that it enabled hi n lose sine into i 'h aeo nnd.awethose tuniuituotis nr-vil 'a of the Athenian deuu eiuey. where th • " iso and confusion were often like th l "on tho lips ot the uir.uv soundin - sea. i'rofr.- or Mcilvuin, of i'rin • •! a col lie, strikes squaiely • t tho evil known as clergymen's sore throat when I • says it would seem that In* who in aee himself to h- preaching the gospel, while he violates almost every law of oral speech, deceives himself and commits no little sin—a sin which, like all others, does not fail to punish itself. For those wasting throat diseases with which cler gymen are afflicted mora than anv other cl.a a of public speakers are often traced, physiologically speaking, to had manage ment of the voice; to the vwniion ol' those laws which nature has ; yihed for articulate speaking—laws win i, like all others established by the God of na ture, can never ho u kited with im punity. This view is coutinned liv the fact that no more ciivim.l pres. nive for these diseases has been discovered tliau a thorough coui o of sound elocu tionary training.—Medical Classics. Tlio i'alling Leave*. As 1 sat, one uutuniu day, watching the yellow leaves as they came Anting to tho ground, looking so much like great, golden butterflies, th th : ;lt came to me: I wonder what answer the little folks would make ii' 1 should ask— "What makes the leaves fall?" I That owning 1 put the question to Alice, She thought a moment and •>- i plied: "Why. the wind." i "But, Alice, there is oftep BO lit: > 'tr i moving that the leaves do noteven :• '!o | ou the trees, and still they drop to i <• i earth the same." j At this Charlie spoke, his black eyes I sparkling wiin the thought that he had solved the pncilmu. "I know! 'lis be | cause tliev are ready to drop." I "All right, IIIV AS far as you have | gone, but there: ..,meriting more: what | makes them reus. . At this on- tio.i the three little faces I became very grn..: at last, I,atli me | youngest, mid n her timid \va : "t | think they i ave dor.o all the wor God i had lor them to do, and so he picks i them." i 1 wond'T how many of u . wl.o tire 1 older, co I have ui .vcrtd as v. ... —ri. i B. 11. in t.omerville Journal. A UIVM One of the many | euiiar fx ' mof steamboat pi] >ting is t io shifting < f the '•hannel The marks of pilots a eer i-uti : ; i . iver <>i .Iv s lb . lie v. :s * . ace 1 'd. .re a..a. a I. ;■ vr n I they o .;*• in exii.t But tin .ling ee • ,ea ... the i bane ati •: li •t1 ds sippi re. seui- ~itin> Di e • ioes a .ob le'imtieal eon. :.ion t itbe innate pe i ait pilots, riie changes or shifts •:ho channel are sometimes very stttid. out it is. h ; .vev.'l'. a rate ixtev : .'nee dra change to take plat ■■ i.i It?, than forty '•-ht hours. For instance, to-night I go .imvn on toe New South per • ilv aeouaito.il with tin- channel's ■•.i'.oti On iu.\ next trip up it a few . .t re ma., have been a change in • position, it requires co: taut ivatch* •! ; ss. ||. nee : may he t; ulifuliy said ihat a phot's :'udy is ne.er ended.— ';i ! i'li, t in ti.. . .uisGlobe-i.'oinoerut. V >l.i.: C'-irioiiH l.'uia-rnl. It w..s t.iat ! in. zdo Castro—"the • i 'i u • in I after death" —who wits ,i unit. hi t .e loui ieenth century by li n e i aassin The ladv v. as the wife f a pnrtugut ei io wii i vi. ee, and sho was tnttri red ; order of t king—her father-in-law The prince never spoke > his ir.i.lier : gain, and w hen the old man ii 1 the r. in..ins of Inez wi re lif ted from t grave, placed on a magnificent throne, red e. n-d queen of Portugal. Tile i;J. r ;y, the nobility, una the people did homage to her corpse, and kissed the hones of her hands. There sat the dead queen, with her yellow hair hanging like a veil round her ghastly for,a. One ilesh less hand held the scepter, and the other the or i of royalty,—l'all Mall Gazette. Tle Biggest Clold Nugget. There have been big gold nuggets found in vuriouscountries, but the largest ever discovered was found in New South Wales, Australia, on May 10, 1872. Its weight was CIO pounds: height, *1 feet 9 inches; width, SI feet 2 inches; average thickness, 4 inches, and it was worth §148,800. It was found imbedded In a thick wall of blue slate, at a depth of 250 feet from the surface. An interesting feature of its history was that the owners of the mine were living on charity when they found it.—Jewelers' Circular. Consistency. Pater (10 p. m.) —Wife, this will never do. You will drive mo to bankruptcy. Three boxes of candy in Sweet & Cara melle's last bill. This must stop. Hie Same (10 a. m,, to office boy)— Hero, Frank, go to Puff & Litem's and tell them to send a bettor lot of Petf. fectos than the last, and that §2O a hua> (ired entitles mo to a-good cigar.—Pittt burg Bulletin.
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