I.lkr nn A nvil. , 'Rlnnil like sn anvil" Mien IIipsI;h Of ntnlwnrl mctl falls Hirer nn. I fil-l. Htnrins Imt more deeply mot the cmk . Whose brawny arm embrace Hie blast. "Hlnnd Ilk km 1111 vll" n lii'ii I lie sparks I' ly fur mill nMr, a llrcry slinnori Virtue mill truth inii.t (1111 lip niiirk, IV lure mailer proves In mint ciT ponrpr.. 'fs'ntiil like mi tiiivll" u hen tin- bar I. In rril nicl ln Inu mi it breast. Duly shall lip life's li mlltiKotiir, Anil r'Hin Uiti' In iixr ri-- its re-l. 'Hlniiil like mi am II" when tin- smiii-l Of fMiTiil' ru hammers pains llir ran 1 liiin- Imt Hie Mill mi'l stern rebound Of the ijrest brail Hint cannot tear. (Our Dumb A ulitinlf MISS BETH. MtNM I II "I MUM K. Ily nil mill- lli- most titltai live houi in town uns Hint nf Mis llclli Itnvcnpnrt. It ii n I'lim ining little modern nllnir, full nf guides iiml Win dows, Willi ll upline porch In Inn- tin fronl enliacio, iiml si buck In ii m il ovi-i flowing wilh Hnwors iiml shrub. Miss lli-lli wns ph-it-rit Id tvlr herself "mi olil maid." Mu- win thirty years of age, mid in lie ii' prime of ii l.eu'.nilnl W nliiinihnud. Ileiiug uilhnill Hi-ill- kill, she kept lliill-r iilnlii', save fur lii-r .ri v.iiii, :in.l livi-il a happy Iiiil-ii-iii1iiil i-lleiico. Mm- wni ll believer In III-"!! nir iiml exercise, mid lii-r limy checks mi'l n m--Iti I move-mi-ill - wi-io vi ry pleasant In gn.e lii"ii. So, nl li-.nl thoughl n young mini of livp-iiud-tw enly, w ho h-n in--1 ii j n llm fence olio day. mill Watched Mix ltd Ii WlUclIng llllll lending lll-r (InWOI- Hlio hint o.i ii largo wliiii- hat triiiiini'il Willi poppii", iiml won- ii while dross Willi W illi! Ulll'. ll s'l-fVl-s, through Which glcUIIIC.I till- Outlines of IllT shapely m-on. Sin- iliil nol uc lii -I see Mr. Mi-iiiIoii, (licit, looking iii in ii ipihk way, ii people sometimes tin in feeling Ilio eyes of (illicit iiion tin-in, In- bowed nutl smiled. 'I suppose you wiuil ino lo u-k yon to come in'" t-hi' wi'ul. "Oh, no," lio answered lnily. "I fed you mo busy. Ii h! i n. U me ut homo, however, Hint this r'omly moin lug would In- linn for ii game." Anil In- no'lili'il in I lie direction ol' tin: ten uis nun I. "Ob, imbed, Sir 1,1'i-nicly ! Anil ll on-iii n il to mi- Hint this would In-.-in itil in it uliio lino- to foster 1 1 1 y neglected plait. C-Miir! I tin vo some i-.xen'1-.o (or you. Vou shall lien 'horny-biinded Hon of toH now for u while, iiml help inn train tip those vim- over lhc porch." Mention looked down nt lilt spoileis flannels. "Tlu-y nn- spunking r'l-m," lm -.aid. "(io Iioiiic mill got into some work In clothes," nn id Miss llclli's voire from somewhere near tlm grou.id. him wus ivpmliny, "l'.luiw'!'' lm mid, opening- lln- gate mid coiumir in. ! m irviu to cipep out of it, but you iii.iko mo fc-l iHliamod of inysi-.f. Vou'iu a grva: wmkpi', Mim Itolli.'' "Tlint is tlm only way lo lx liappy," iid tim kpiiinioi'. Shu utood up mid looked at liiin with rli'iir i:'V eyed. "Wluit U It with yon?" t-liu askod. Vou must contViH louuin wus not yoni' only tibjput licro today. Miall I keep you from miyllilii if I iniiko you lio iiji vlnct-? TUd you w ant lo bpo mo particularly?" V "Yi, I wiinli-d lo (M-c you partii'ii liuly," he taid, vliatigiu tlio nn. idiimw. "Him t-lio born ciuoi naiu?" blu nsknd, (bowing I, or wliito tmili at hlu- mllnd. 'Tlint U nil over," lio Kiiid, It bat boon oil for llii-en vcokn.'' J "Why, Mux! You nover told mo." No, I vu MiiliillilL-d lo tell you." "Why?" tun uhkoil boitly. -Was It your fault? All, Max, it wa, you fickle lliinii! " i- Mlio suid tiio Imt in n low, ditnp proving lone (bat iniido the blood rush to the youuf mau'i fall- fm.-c. Ho pulled a leaf from Ilio lilac bu9U and turned toward Mint llrtli. "There!" lie naid( "I lliouIit you were my frlcud." "So I am," tlio ttmnniotcd. "IStti I am bor'g, too, uud tlioui, J ,Ve lean you every day you bavo never told uie before. And I bad buou thinking tier io Imppy." "She it not," be laid, wretchedly. "She it miserable. Kvery time I meet her I halo tnynelf for tlio jialii I have given her. tin I It wn a usoluii to itruggle fiu tlicf, Midi ltutli. I bad ceased to love bor." MU Belli fcaid nothing. 8 lio turned towuid lite Iioiiic, up the little trav elled wulk, uud Max slowly followed. They noon began to work upon tlm vino, and Max' little lovo till air wu uot iiicntloued iijfulu. MU Ui lli kept bor own lounicl. 8bo ijuzr.led bor ac'.lvo brain for u roinon fur the litlin qnarrnt ne felt ultra It win a lillln nue althutih "lie wniibl iik mi uetlnin of cither tide. Mow, w linn Kli.iibeth Iliiveuport wn I W'eiily yeiint old, nlm Iiml linen very mui Ii In love with it youn tiimi, mid wiii betrothed to lit in. Nlm nftei tvitrd ilei ided tlint slut did not love lilltl, and bud enl biin nwiiy. lie win proud, mid di'l Hit leinin. Sim Hi length leiillrid Hint nlm did lov him, but hIip co ii I i 1 not rull him buck, for lie bad nn Idea of hi wlipieiilioul". 'I hen tlm iii-wh of bii nun i lno i cached tlio town. No, dniwlnif from hnr own expe ili lii e, MNn llclli ilc-lreil In "ive M iX mid l.i licl nun ll mil low. Shu iidiulied Mux cxiieiiii ly. lie w:n cnlli j;e bted, iiiuixuiilly bilyhl, mid pl-nniUed 'o lie a lilit in the liteiaiy world. She had oui'i- I'liiliinyly told bill! that it. win fni limine he w ni live yeni her junior, In- mllit strivu in i i vii t Kihel. All ilii Mux pinili'il fjiiinl-iiiiinri'illy, mid tl.ey wein exi'ellcnl I'oiiipmiloiiM. Max lived next dooi' lo MIkh llclli, mi l had a lliflc habit of dropplne, in at nil hoiir-i of the day. lb- did not i ll'.'i In nit hi (lie evening uulrm Ivhnl i ,14 to be there, loo. Ml-s liaveiiport frequently mnii-inui'i-d lln- voiiii people of both Hexes to help lu r iivi-i iiiiiie the ipiiet of the iM'iiiii hiniii. 'I'lio old woman who lived wiili her wim net ii liicior In the enli rliiiiiiiient pi'obleui, uud the young people iidoied llclli. t hie day, utter Max Maiiiloii bad I 'it n over in Mis I-'t Ii'h y.-nd nil the liiorniuu, mIic wrote n note asking liiiu to coiiiii for ii while to ilint with her that t'Vctiine;. Mux w in niilliiu loth lo (" If ho were toi'luuiiln e'loii'li lo be the only culler, they would i Ii ru -ii pluli uud in ii' i'ii 'i I . pick buokn to piece and :n j"ile tin- pi ui cn of al l yencially. It win perhaps t wo week nfler Max bud l oi'lliled lo her llii llii-llli lei -htiiiiding w till Mi di'l. iiml it wn almnl 8 o'clock in llni evcnlnjf when he mrolled over in iiinwer Ii, lleth'i huminoiiK. 'I'licrc wnn n lilil In I In) parlor, and aiuillicr in Mini ),iveiiioii'-i little tiiiini over llm porcli. lie Htood for n tnonii'iit wondering whether he were it-iiily lo receive him yet, and thinking it would be bellur to walk up the licet for a w hile. Hut he decided to eniiT. lie wim very much at hU onn in the lion-o, ho when the old wonuiii who h-l him in told him .M'i-h I u vi-npoi l wm at home, he criu-sed ilie little ipiare hall, Itild bin bat u id cano on the table, and lifted Ilio i in liiin of tlio pal lor door with perfect ciiiniut-llie Hut Inside what llien? lln naw it yoiin Indv Mealed f.icinej him, evl. deiilly waiting for llelli; a ii'l Willi luiye I'luii eve-i niel nuiie of pule brown hair, i-eiileil with o a baud retting between tins back of tlio chair ami her briiil, looking Ntrulht at him w ilh n vet v frightened litllv uu.u. J( w an I'.lhel. Mux did not cnler bovnud that llrl lep. Willi a inovi-uieut ipiiek us lijjhluiiii;, he turned on his heel nntl was out in the ball. lie ae'uud bin be- luiiiii- iiml fl'd. Mow Miss lleth's hull -I-, ns 1 euid before, was n modern one, and suine- what peculiar. Mux, In bin perplexity uud conl'ii-dmi, rushed out by a door that led straight to the back yard, uud tlio walk ended In t lie door of tlio table, .liilin, lleth's hired man, wnn in the yard. Seeing a llgurn flee 'from the bouse iiml running toward the M'lblc, bo naturally mipposcd It to bo n thief. Ouo of ihesu gentry bud been making great excitement in the neigl borhood. So, Ii 't'oro Mux could bull on the lliresliuld of I ho ntulito door, peii elvliig tlint it was not tlio gate, bo found it oliippi-d lo behind lit i n upon biin and himself u prisoner. In vain ho nhoutcd uud argued. through too heavy iloor Ills voice sounded unnatural ; and John, excited ly happy at having captured tlio burg' lur who bud been torrorling tlio vicinity, could not iceoynio It at alt At longlb, finding expostulation use lt'-s, Max lay down upon hjiiio bay uud fell alec. lie ivai uw likened by alight ihlulug In Ids eyes, lio opened them lo find u policeman with n wurrunt uud pair of ininiucles ; .1 ol in, looking much ci cut-fallen ; Kllou, thucouk; two or Ihreu men, uud last mid most, iu per ftct ugoulei of liiughier, lloih Davcu port bersolf. It was then about 12 o'clock. It took botno t'nno to tiiuko cxplanutiou to satisfy tho crowd, but at length tlu-y wcro all gone, and Uotlinnd Mux stood on tlio front porch alone. "You iiudorsiuud, do you not?" he xnld. "I law hor, It was your doing, 1 know, you thoughtful creature. You believed you wore doing ma a kiuduem. Well, perhaps you were," musingly. "It onitbles mo to speak Hi mind. You know ibey any 'better lm fill with the old lovo before vrni are on witii llm new.' Yon know that. Mr love I Can't you ipo that I don't wiiut. Ktbcl? 1 want you 1 love you!" She nil in nk back ognitnit llm wall, In the nlitidow. "Mux," nlm aid, "I inn (Ivo yeart older limn vou are." "Ah! Hut If we lovn rneh filher, be mild, "what cm Hint inutii r?" "Wluit will people say? Wluit will Ivhel miy?" "1 do not care. It l eunuch that I love you nnd you love mo. Wn ahull be happy, uud l'..hel will Hint speudy eoiisolaiioii." ; ((n'o I loved immcbody rle." mild Miss llclli, thinking or her little bin led roinanee. "Then yon pan hvo me better now," ho replied. "i: inc. Hell,, you liav not niisiveieil my ijucstiou yel." Well," nhe mild, "if run ln ll upon having iiic, take me, for 1 luve you." And lm win nnnvered. New Yorl loin mil. 'I lie Miil-Spiiuuliil 1111111101'." Ouo nf loi noun n Scplcmiier, I S I , a parly of IImIi imoi - yon 1 1 im-ii, i l ii-Veil at lliu ilefeul of the Ainei linn I roup" ill N'oi'lh I'olnl, met loi-ellier in nil old hoiisii nl I 'pper Mui Itiiit'oiigh, uud I licl e funned a pi ii ii for ciipl m lug aoinil of the Hilli-.li mlilieis who would pas lliiouyli tho vlllugn thai nighl. Meiiiiwhlli! I lie main body of Hie Ib ilisii tirmv bud go-in on to n point mime ilistuiiee beyond. Their plum were so well laid thai they nelii nlly look nvr twenty iiiuti pil-unieis mid put I liiin In "ililiiinee vile." New of this nlluck w.is, however, e n l ied to the Hrltish lec. beyond by in) man who connived Ids eeupc, iiml the tables were inicNpieeilly tinned. , (leliii litiimil of lliitlsl.eis .leteciulid on Hie vllhicp, ooiiipelled the liberiilloii of I hi) I jigllsli soldier mid look as ilu-lr pi isoueis llie geullc liii'ii w h'i had planned their cupluie. Angered by what they cousidnred n violation of tho rules of war, tlm Iti il-l-h colonel in eommaiid refused to ul low the genilemen, who worn till asleep In tlu-lr bods, lime even to die"!. They worn placed on burst buck and carried to it Hiilish ship, booed and jeered nl, I; ll'ians, with whom the idea of llm cupluie hud ori)iuateil, being especinlly Insulted. Adiiyortwo Inter till but the poor doctor were set free, but be was lr tuined as a valualile pii.u worthy of taking buck to I'jigunid. .Menu while Ins fiicmls in Hnltiuioro w ent to woi k w ith a In ally will to ob tain his icleii.e, and us bo had been known on moro than one occasion lo have treated Wounded lirilisli soldiers with great kiliiluess, his niece, ti girl of eighteen, ventured herself lo write II tnnig appeal to the I )iili-h nlllci-r in eoiiimaiiil of Ilio II 'el. She hue eeeded In persundlng u Mr. l'luui'lg Key to luko tho litller with u flag of truce, uud tlm young man procuring u small bout uud permission to u-o the white ll ig, set out. lie boarded the a.linii ill's voFsel in safety, but found preparntioiii for tho bombardment of I 'oil Mcllunry In full swing, un.l, n a i'Oiisoiuenco, be was di-lnlned by Ail in I iu I Cockburn's orders. It was a moment of moid crilicn) Importance, for which tlm full ol Mclloury Hultiinoro'a dooiii xvaa smiled, uud wn run easily fancy Mr. Kcy'a feelings us from tlio Knglisli Hug-ship bo walched during tho long liourt of that day and night the furl ou onsliiught upon Ilio fort. So long us daylight lusted, bo could scarcely lako bis eye from tlm flag Homing from tlio fort, nnd wllli feverish anx iety, he bniled tho "duwn'i eurly ligli.." Tho Hist brcuk of day showed him bis c iiiutry'i flag proudly flouting to tho breeze, uud In tho Hrtt "enihii. Hiiism of rupture," ua ho told a friend, he wrolo the versos dene to every Ainoriunu heart, Tho Siur-Spngled ltuuuer." llui per's Young 1'uoplo. l.itrge I.llii'iii iis of Asia, III Asia Iheio urc tome twenty Inrgo public libraries, containing 20,000 uud moro volumes. Tho liuyal Asiulio Society Library Iu liombuy lint 80,000 volumes, uud iiiimuilly expends 3000 rupees In increasing tho number. Tbla aocioty possesses, also, a valuable and largo collection of Sanscrit iiianii ci'ipls, nt uUo a goodly number of lViviau. Tho Tillls Library has .'15.000 volum "s. It was cslublislind In 1810, and receives $0000 annually from the lliisbiuu Govornmcnt for tho purebnse of book ou tlm Ciuieuius, 1'erslu, Asia Minor, etc. Now York Independent. I'lisclll-li. Sweet (llrl I you lovo for mo ab. oltttely uuselflsli? " Adoror Absolutely. Hivoel (ilrl Thou 1 wish voti'd go gomewbero olio tonight. Jack Ilr.u. go m promised to cull. Vow York Weekly. CANALEKS' VILLAGE. Tow-PAiit Minnvt-:iti itiikih VI!Tl;lt'M HNIICI IIAUItOK, A Merry I'lonllon Hellteinnnt Trra fiorarlly Annrtpil to tJoihani I he Hoi-lal Hliloot I, Ho nn a Canal Itoal AIT. R. .t. IlUNf'K in cnuiintinibr and owner of tlio Chum plain rsnnl boat K. H. Adsit, and his craft is one nf a hundred or more now lying nt (,'ocn ties Klip, iij the New Yolk lleeortlor. This nugregatimi nt bonis is one nt the iini.pip siRhts of the city that most people mi", for ei in par a lively few hnve bus. inp'S nlong that pntt of South street. It. is well mirth a visit , not only to look nt the hunts Item the strinupicon of the pier, hut to walk about upon tbeiii and cull upon the people who live iu them. The "caiiiilers'' are very ho pitnbln people, and nre rather pleated I letii oiprwie nt. any attention paid thnn by Ktrnngeis. The basin betwieti t!in pirn at ('ni-nlle Slip Is a genuine villugn in win. lor time, In most rrpects ns ililTcrent I mui the gnat city ns if Ilio inlinliilsnls Were living iu some rcinntu part of t'l sti r County. It is us if n rural cnin iiiuclly, with its peculiar cii-t'iins, hud hri'ii lilted up, boiitis ami nil, and H't down nt the edge of tlie city, there to leninin a while, nmiiitaining contentedly its mstie lile, and luiviiig but slight louiiniliii. Btion with the busy town. A teporier for the llee.orilnr entered the rniiillinat village to leurn what mm nor of existence mi(ht prevail there. He had been nttrni led lo tlio spot by the Ti:lnele it presented one plessiint nfter noon. The white streets of the village that is, the roofs or upper decks of Hie boats were ulive with women uud children hanging out clothes. Hosts Iiml been net up on every boat tn sup port the lines, nnd in a few minutes thousands of garments sucks, shirts, ikirts mi I so on were Hupping merrily in Hie biee.e, There was an iineou- (f'ious art in tho picture, with bright red mid dnrk tune !Irts atanding out SB r-s falJra is vri.NTr.ri bodily hs points ot c dor here und there in the prevailing white. Tlio next, duv nut u sign ol polo or clothesline could lie seen anywhere about the vil'nge. It was evident that one of tlm unwiittcn laws of t lie community imido that day a ijCiiciiil wash day. When the ro mrter begin his invest! (ration ol the village he was directed to Captain liuuco as the "likelicit" mm to give iii'n ir.ritii.n. The cuptuin, a tall, poHeifiil looking in u n, was just leaving Ids lioat, but he turned buck willingly and led the wuy to toe cabin. Tim roof nt the ( iili.u Is uiioin two feet above the level of the deck or shall we say street! To cuter (he ciliin, a hutch had to be piislto I back uud ii tiny door opened. Tiieu down a steep, narrow flight ol stairs, and Hit- captain was at home, i'eup'n who feel crumped In uii eight room lint, and huvu to cso an empty co:il bin iu ti.e baeinent for storage purpose', would l:o wofully disin ijcd nt tho pros pect of housekeeping in that pluc". riierit lire three rooms io C'uptu:u Iluncc's home. The living room it perhaps as uiiiuh ns eight feet s.piuro. Two rooms upeu from it. one just large enii'jg'i to hold a bed, with space to walk by it und nun around ; the other mill'.cient for n cooking stove, with very littlo spues left for the cook. Keep lioue lit such ijunr lets f Cuniiiul) ; C'nptiiia liunco doe it snd is bringing up a luuiily there, too. When tlio cuptuin nnd bis visitor Miteied Mrs. Dunce was attending to her homework, nnd two children were play ing upon a couch. A third child was awuy ut school. That makes a family of the xtrt.r.s Qf AnTrtts. five liviug iu nppareut comfort and con ent in tho K. H. Adsit, and, besides them, theio is u frisky pet dog, and iu summer time there is a lured man who sleeps In n bunk Iu tho forward end nf the bout. A vt-rv cheery, neat little place it the captniu'g home. Tuure uro r Tj- ij, r Y. ' picture! nn the wall, hooKa and papers on a table, curtnina at Hie little win dows, a carpet on the floor In short, everything eienpt space that the most fastidious linusekeeper could demand. "I suppose," said Mrs. Hiinco, smiling, "that most housekeepers would wonder where I nmimne to put things. Well, I have nil tlm room I nerd. The rnbin, you see, renlly etlcnds the whole width of tho hunt, and that part of it that Is Hurler tlm deck Is made into a series of lockers." "What do you no with tho children at night I" " I lio couch where the little ones are plnrlng now is nindn Into a bed i.t nk'lit, nnd there'll a berth Just bnck of you." Tho reporter turned, nnd, tnising a III tin cunnin, saw a reiiiilar slentner licl tli made up for occupancy. "I'li'iily of room, you see," said Mrs. Hunee, "if yon limb iituiul how to economize. Why, in some ol tlio calling they have a parlor orynn or nn uptight piiinc!" ''That implies some social life among canal people, due. n't it!" "Social I I should think so!" Mrs. 7' t '-.Tr.inon op ru;it. HiiiiiB spot ii with eulhiHisui. "We lire all neipiainted, und make calls hick mid forth pet like otiier people. I've had ns many ns six callers nt a time in here, nil frieicl", who just happens I to drop in about the same hour." '(Hi, ye." put in the t-iptain, "we freipiently nrrncge putic, mid pais the jollicst kind of evening together. The entertainment! Oh, we tell stories and pop corn. This social life is niuinluiiie l to a considerable extent, even during the working season. On tin; way up or .,- - - f,f.r.Tr.ris. down the river, in tows, it is tin? most nati.r il thing in tho world to pus from bout to boat, nn 1 visit friends, I cime down the river once in a tow consisting of 101 boats. That's nhout as many as there hid in the slip now, and it means ipute u iHipnliition." "You wouldn't think seriously of bs. ing seisick on n cms' bout, would you!" asked Mrs. Hunoo. "It does happen, though. 1'vo bce.i fearfully seasick. Oa, in-, not in the c.inu1, ot course, but on l ikes. Wo go the length of Lake Chmnplsiu, you knoT, mil tlicra is sometimes dreadful weather there." Leivirig tlio ipiaint littlo lioiu :, tlio enptuin and visitor went forward. The ipiarters for thu crow wero uot very ut tiactivc, but they wcro no worse, ap parently, than thu acco ninodations f ir sulors on oi.ein steamers. Mmy of tho boats have a stublu for their horses or mules. "When we tie un for the winter," said j tho cuptuin, "wo en.l tho hor-os inti the country to bonr.l. It tusts too much to keep tliein hen)." "Is your cargo on board !" "Yei. This time it consists of farm produce, though fie Cliiinpluin ru uulers usually bring lumbur. Hie cargo remains on board in my case lor ninety days. I pay titty cents a day for dor churjts, and I get paid Ly the owners lor storage. When the ninety diy are up I shall discharge the cargo und go up tho river as soon after tua;as tho weather becomes s-iitable." "What is thu capacity of a canal boat, compared with a Irc-igh'; ciri" Ou this boat we can put about 9 )00 bushels of wheat. Tuey usually put about 1000 busbt-li upou u freight car. So, you see, a couple nt our bolts would load a ve.y respectable freight train. Pome of the captains owu their cargoes, goiug into tlio business us u speculation; others dispute ot tne goons ou commis sion, und others still nre simply coinni in carriers. I own this boat and live others, but 1 ' in not too good t.i run one of uiy ooats icyielf. Units like tins cos: about fc'iSO'). uud they last, with proper cure, I rout tlfteen to tweuty years. I've kuowu bouts to lust twenty llvu years. "I suppose, he ooutmuod, "that it must seem dull to you, this tiuict life cf tuu canal meu, but I guess we average to be a contented und happy as ni st. It is moktly open uir life iu tho summer, and never unhtultny. If people like good scenery tiny hive an opportunity with us, V lieu we tie up wo c.iu take iu some of thu pleasures of city life, if wo want to. Thu women go ashore now and then, of course, to get provisions, and when we uro on a trip they stop oil occasionally for the sume purpose. Thu bout, you see, becomes just us much home to us as ymir house un l iud." There aie tlrcu cauul boat villages in this Tlrlnitf. tiestrips tna one at C'oentlre Slip In I'.rie llasin, Ilrooklyn, at Jcrsev City, and at the foot of Fourteen! n street, lloboken. They are of the sxino eliarncter as the one at C'ornties Slip, and nre Inhabited by the same kindly, hos pitable cltiss of people. ii i i i A Roman Itelle. Knur of the mint remarkable Tinman relics recently discovered have just been lound in the Western Ousts of Theba. and sent to tho Louvre In I'aria for exhibition. Thev are plaster casts bests. These busts orininutrd during the brief era of prosperity at tho close of the second and tho lie. ginning of Hie tlii.d cenlury of our time. They arc nut, as it would leeui, d e tatcned pieces of statues, hut are com plete in themselves. They nrn msipies iispiI for asnecial elnss Vy of mummies, and like most of the I'.gyptian A iiouan liKt.tr. curiosities come from tho (.rave. 'I he departed members of wealthy families were provided not only with sepulchres but with a sort of armor compii-cd of several pieces which com pletely incased the body. The feet were tnru.t into n pocket shaped nlTnir like a cairiagn toot wanner, and separate puces wcro ncide for chest mid neck, as well ns the Iiuir, with a mask for the lace, which often resembled the features of Hie dead. Tlie-o peculiar coverings were made of several pieces of line linen, which were glued together nnd proi-ed into a mould, then bedaubed with sereril My ers of piasters over which tli artists tr.iced the must peculiar characteristic of the deluiiet. Knch bust is composed of several piece-', the face comprising one which is painted in deep yellow nnd ochcr tint, ns in the case of the Kjyp tein tiituc. Hair nnd heard nre pii tilled bbick. The mantle, part of which cov ers the back of Hie neck, is white, with purple stripes. l'ost- Dispatch. Mule l Hot nl Oil I l"s!y i. To what Is the deeoritivn eni com Inaf The latent olij -el which it bus at tacked is the uiiiis-iunmg leg of ,i chick's en, nnd a uewiy killed cIiickcii at that. Tho first step in the tMii'forin.ition is tn pull up the tendons of the chicken's leg, nt making the claw almo-t Hut. Tin Hit tendons at tile top of the leg with a piece of tin') win and then twist tlio wire in sad out around theui so that a sol; of c ip shap'! is loiuiP't. Tako an eg , prick a hoie in it, and pour it con tenlsout; th"n break oil the top. (lover the chicken leg mi l cia v with hronzi faint and gild the egg. Kill this with matche-. mii1 tiiere you hav.i a mutcu r-a-e which wiil rival all others iu oddity of design and peculiarity of origin. If tlieie is any tr.eilile to in ike the inato i ease srand up with proper dignity tail may be obviated by twisting line w ire in TtfK cmra-Rf i.r.a TRcsro!iMRr. and out the toes ol the claw i-rttl f round mat is forme 1. Tnis should, nt Course, be gilded. N'ew York World. Til) Ibis. You have all read about Egypt, thit ancient country which has its ereat pyr- tiik sAcnicn tat inids and monuments thousand of yc-urs old, and dates buck beyond tho times ol Abraham, Isaac und Jacob. Many of thu old Egyptian monument have hieroglyphics on them, in which the figure ot this bird is fruqtieulij found. Taeir mummies, or preervod re mains, are ulso found in old Kgyptiuc tombs; heoce it is called the sacred ibis, as it must huva beeu an object of wor ship to the uncieot Egyptians, who, as your Uible tells you, weru idolators. It seems indeed str iugu that human being; ' sho'jld worship a mere bird like tho ibis. I which is only the sizs of uu ordin.it) fowl. 'ew Yorit Mail aud Expreis. 1 ...t: F;t" A ' .
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