Ho tour Work Km If. Beside my window In tlm early spring, A roliln Imllt her ii'rt itnl reared her young; Anil every ilny tlin namn nwii't song sho sung. Cntll her lltt ! rmi hn I taken wing Ti try Ihelr own Mrd llvlnir t everything ffm done IJorf the minor row hung Alxiut our ho:uo, er purple clusters swung Cpon mir vines nt nitnmn'n opening. Io your work early In tlin ilny or year, Jti l a iir to ln if, or word to hr, Clr house l l.tiil'l. or Kill to IiI'-h Mm rn'i Life limy irnt ri'iK'h It" noon, or a -tUng iiiii t No one nun il ll.o work yon leave undone, F r nn one another' ple. Habaii K. ltoi.ro. In tlin IndoMndiit. "Beware of tho Bomb!" t win looking over tlio papers in tho smoking-room uf n Pnrin cufo. My eye chanced to fntl upon tlio "Kohoen of tlii Stage" column, nml I cxolnimod Jowl : "At it ngnin!" A Frenchman sitting near tno looked Tip in wonder nt my petulant tone, mi I hastened to explain, speaking fluent ly, in very bad French: " Houiiil tho World in Eighty Days' is on the board again. Will they over have done with that absurd ft rt'n it ? Tin r seem to think it ft font cipml to 1 ho Inborn of Hercules." Tin' Frenchman looked shocked. "Phileas Fogg was no hotter thmi ft tortoise ! " I cried boastfully. "I coiilil do much better thnn he " "You can go rminil this world in loss thnn eighty days? " asked my hearer slowly, and I answered in the eaniotone: "I will go roitml tin worhl in seventy days if you like." "I tnko you up!" ho cried. "What do you bet?" "Five thousand fraiics." "Hone," said I, and wo exchanged cnnlH, nml bow. Thnt wwi honr it came about that I loft Paris fur tho East on tlio nth of January, anil nteppod on board a transatlantic steamer from a New York pier on tho iith of Mnroh. Ho far I hail not lout it minute, ami now it only remained to lie aeon whether I should reach Havre in aeven days at tho steamship ooiiipauy promised. It would be ft close shave at best. A Tariety of detention! might occur; A alight accident to tho mnehinery,and ll would 1C lost. , I waa nearly consumed with anxiety Imt the ship aetod up to hor reputa tion, and on tho 12th of March I Stepped once more on to French soil. I cunt the ahip ft look of gratitude a alio lay at the Harve pier letting off team from her monstrous boiler. Then I glanced at my watch. It waa funr in tlio afternoon ; thcro waa plenty of time for me to dine nt my .ease and catch the nix-forty expreaa. Thnt would bring mo to Faria at half- past eleven. I took out my time tnblo to make aure. At I ran my eyo dowu the column of figures, an inspiration came to roe. "Where's tho uso of starting thin evening 1" 1 said to myaolf, "if I get there too carlv, it will look as if I were afraid of losing the wagor. How muck better to arrive at tho very last second, with brilliancy and dash and dramatio effoct, just as tiny do on tho stage. That would ' be worthy of a gcuiust Now, here is a train which leaves Havre tomorrow morning at 0.55, and reaches tho Saint Lazare Station at 11.30. The time fixed for me to meet the fellow at the office of tho (Semaphore Just boforo the first stroke of noon. I can easily go from Baiut-Lazare to tho Exchaugo in eight minutes, in a cab, so tkoro is nothing to provent my appearing in the nick of timo, as just Fhileas Fogg did, after making every one's heart palpitate with suspense That's settled. I shall not go on until tomorrow 1" Accordingly, I went with my bag gage to the best hotel, dined coin (ortably, took ft walk through the town smoking a cigar and returned at ton o'clock to go to bed. "I must take the 6.55 train tomor row morning," I said to the hotel-pro priutor ; can you have me wakeued in time?" "We have trustworthy man on purpose for that work," was the reply, "That may be," said I skeptically, "but after all if you could lot me have sn alarm clock, I would feel more safe.".. "I will lend you my own, although I assure you it is unnecessary," said the host, and accordingly I carried the tiny clock to my room, wound the alarm, set it at sii, stood it on little tablo' beside the bed, and went to sleep with a quiet mind. I was in heavy , slumber when felt my arm being shaken violently, "What's the matter?" I grumbled without opening my eyes, ' "You have only just time, sir," said si voice iu my ear. "Time for what?" I asked, looking ni drowsily. "To catch your train," wai Ui9 re ply. I sat up and glnnccd at tho clock. It waa half-past six t Without another word, I tenped from tlio bed with audi precipitation thnt I throw down tlm tnblo with tho little clock, dashed into mv clothe, rowded my few belonging into my riuik frantically, flow dowu tho atnirn, mr at n time, aprang into tlio stngn which win nwniting mi, and hardly ilrow breath until I w on tlio trnin. Ouf I Wlmt a nloso mpieeae I Two in I ii ut os more ami I would luivo lost my bet. However, nil' well that ends woll i I hnd my ticket, my trunk was n the train, tho whixtlo sounded, I as ofT for 1'ari. When l entered tho St. Lizaro sta tion tho liamN of the big clock pointed i linlf-pnst eleven. I hniloit ft cab, tid leiirnud that thcro wai timo for io to t nit i) my 1 1 link with mo. At thnt moment it nppenred in the arm of two porters who were carrying it with tho greatest care. Confound thniii, how alow they were. What fool ever accused tho railway companies of nulling htggago roughly, I hastened towards the men exclaiming, "Ho quick, now !" I had hardly uttered tho words when n heavy hand was laid on my hoiilder, and, turning round to see tho cause of audi familiarity, I found mself faco to face with a gendarme. "What 1m tho matter with you?" I asked in amazement. "Mnttor enough," replied tho man in a jeering tone, tiuhteniiiK hi hold ; 'you will sn I" llehind the gen liirmecnmo two rail way ofllcials. They stooped over my trunk aol- iniily, turned their heaiU as if listen- n g, thou atood up and exchanged a glance which plniuly said: "Therein ot a doubt of it." fhi-y are crazy," I thought, but then n horrible conviction flashed through my brain. Whether the men was nano or not, one tiling was aure: It waa forty minute past eleven. At II hazard I must make my escape, I shook myself free of the gendarme's grasp, ami knocking over two or three people in my flight dnshod madly away ; but wa stopped by two cus-tom-houso oflluers who aeized me by the collar. I wan dragged, protesting and gesticulating back to where my trunk atooil. there was evidently a mistake somewhere. "Let me go I" I cried, "lot mo go! And I swear I will come bank in an hr " I he genilnrme a lips uascrilicil a smile behind hi thick tnountncho, a ho took possession of mo again, this timo with both hand. "Come, now; don't try that," said one of the railway oflleiala; "you may a well confess. You arrived from New York in great haste ami under siiriiicou circumstances, wuo are you? What have you in this trunk? "Clothes, nothing but my clothes," I answered, apoaklug worse French than usual in my agitation. "No explosives?'' iunistod the offi cial. "Explosives! What for? I am not pyrotechnist, nor n chemist." "Then what is tho meaning of this strango noiao? Inside your trunk thcro is a sound of machinery in short, an infernal machiue. Yestcr- diy, the London police arrested four American anarchists who had similar articles in their possession. You aro known to bo ouo of the gang." I listened in speechless wonder to hi words, I looked at my trunk, ami my wonder iuoreasod to stupefaction a I hoard a metallic tick-tack inside, nudiioniy tuere wai a loua ringing report like a signal for an explosion, "Ilcwaro of the bomb I" shrieked some one ; o Dicers and porters scattered in all directions, and even the gendarme moved away. I alone remaiuod, like a horo. I toro open tho trunk and pulled out the clothes iu feverish knate. All an once I felt something hard inside ft night-shirt, and the next moment drew out and exposed to view little clock. I had unknowingly packed np the Hotel-keeper s property, and It was striking the alarm six Lours behind time. ' "Confound the old turnip I" I cried, turowing it dowu lurlotisly. l was answered by a loud peal of laughter from the spectators. Then putting my head down, like wild boar that scents the hounds, dashed toward the cab again and sprang in, shouting to the driver, "I'll give you a louis if you get mo to Flaoe de la Bourse before noon. Seven minutes and half lator the eab was tearing up to the Stock Ex ohange. ' I jumped out, flew upstairs to the Semaphore ofBoe, burst into tho room like hurricaue, and remarked iu stentorian tone : tj (. "Here I am, gentlemen I" Tho next instant the first strolto n! noon Rotindod from tlio Lx"liauij lock. From tho French, iu l'.i- luauuo. Ko Kteel Kngrstlngs. Tn hi lecture before the Art Htu- lent'a League, Frederick K"'ppe said thnt not one of the famous etrrnviii ji f the world wan of stool, nil being cupper. Toward the clono of his din- nurse lie afTceted to correct li! for mer statement. "Thnt," siiid he, "would not bo stiletly true, fur there is ones It Is tho portrait of an elderly Indy with acee- rie decorative ami symbolical, but the curious thing about this ono steel ngraviiig which I have to show is, that it is universally and enormously popular. Taste may differ an to school of nrt but I have never known single collector who h is not been illiug nml even eager to mi l it to his collection. Tho ilcsiio for its posses sion Is indeed so intense that I havo nowu refined and fastidious men and women, too, to woleomo a copy that wa damaged, torn and soiled. For my own part I havo often found it very difllcult to procure. I havo often striven in vain to get it in exchango for other print of fur greater beauty. Thl s straiiuely fnscinatinir Mitrraviiin wa mainly done by Charles Hurt, of Brooklyn. "It i tho copyright propnrty of it publishers and so jealous aro they of it reputatiou that when I wan prepar- ng photographii) illustrations for thin eettire tho publisher absolutely re fused to allow their engraving to be opiod or imitated in any manner whatever. Fortunately I have a tol erably good original impression of Mr. Hurt' fainoti pinto, which a I have said already, i the most admired ngraving I know of." After this prelude, when the an- lienco had been workod up to a fever of expectancy, Mr. Kepple said : "Here it is!" and flashed before their aston ished gaze a plain familiar ouo dollar bill. Then evorybody laughed. Buffalo Courier. H reet Samn. I i I'.illa lelplila. Probably no city in the country is mnbined with s'reet name which are so meaningless as Philadelphia's. Many of them are absolutely silly, and up ward of a hundred biar the Christian nitnii) of women. In fact, there aro women's nnmos which have not men immortalized In tho uamo of a street. There nro no lens than five Ann street in Philadelphia, in addi tion to which there i an Ann's place and an Anna ntreet. There are three Mary stroetn, threo Itose streoU, and three Elizabeth streets, with nn Eliza- icth place thrown iu for good mea sure. Mot content with two lAln streets, the city father have named two streets after Ellen, with an Ellen place. Iu addition to these there are two Florence streets and a ninny Florence avenues, and two of all the following street : Caroline, Emcline, Isabella, Lotitia, Lydia, Margiretta, Mr, Minerva, Peirl, H irah, an I Vic toria. From among the other street names may be culled the following Abigail, Agnon, Bertha, Carrie, Clara, Eliza, Emma, Evelina, Grace, Helen, Jane, Julia, Laura, Leua,Lily, Lucy, Martha, Maud, I'riscilla, Susanna, Viola, Virginia, and Zonobiu. Phil adelphia Ilacord. Messenger Swallows. "It soems quite possible that tho swallow will prove a successful rival to the carrier pigoon iu its peculiar Hue of servioe," said Harold W. Swain, of Washington, D. C. "I know a man who has boon experimenting with these birds for years and who managed to tame thorn and make them love their cage so that they will invariably return to it after a few hours' liberty, The spied of these messengors can be judged from a single experiment, The man of whom I speak once Ciiiglit an untrainod swallow which ' bad its nest on his farm. He put the bird in a basket ami gave it to a friend who was going to a city 150 miles distant, telling him to turn the bird loose on his arrival there and telegraph him as soon as the bird was set free. This was done, and the bird reached home (none hour and a halt Their great speed and diminntive forms would especially reoommend swallows for use in war, as it would not be an easy mat ter to shoot such carriers on the wing." St. Louis Olobe-Demoorat. 'Serve Tailor When are you going to pa for that overcoat? Dudo Really, my lailor Row, iook uere, u yon don't pay, I'll briug suit within thirty days. ' - Dude Make it a summer suit, old man, ami you can bring it right away. (Detroit Free Tre- FIRK-IiATKRS. How Seomingly Wondorful Feats Are Performed. Mouth, Throat and Handa Are Coated With A Solution. "Of course, all flrn enter havo ll so lution with which they wash their mouth and throats," tho professor said iu explaining his trick to the re porter. Tlio formula I tho ono great secret in tho business. Every per former luis something different, at least in some, if not in all. An ex plnmitioii of thin ga trick will uflico to give a-i inkling of tho basis of tho work of all firo eater. Before I be gin my performnnoo I cont my month with the solution, nml when ready, I manage, while I am not observed, to put a ball of-worsted which ha previ ously been Maturated with gasoline, in to my mouth. Thin require sleight of hand of no mean ability, ami while thcro is not much of detection In a good-sized hall, it 1 only with groat diflleulty that one can escape ob servation hero. Y'oil know that gaso lino possesses volatile qunlitic of the most positive sort. When it come iu contact with air It form a vapor that is more easily ignited than gas. I blow steadily through the gtnoliuo ball which I hold in my mouth, and the vapor I formed. When I am on the stage the solution ignite it, but tonight I had no opportunity to !wt!i my mouth, and so n match had to bo used. That spoils tho illusion some what, but still leaven it a good trick. and any one can perform it that way without a knowledge of the solution. "Tho Human Limptriek also meets with great favor, and I as simple as rolling off a log," ho went on. "I drink from a can what purport to be kerosene oil, and to prove that it is, I pour some of it iu a lamp, put a wick iu the lamp and light it. Any man who ha ever had the oil get low In a lamp that he in trying to read or work by know that it U possible to fill tho lamp with water when there arc ouly a few drop of oil in it and have it burn for some tiiiu. That is precisely what I do. After 1 have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the auilioneo that the can contain oil, I take a wiok saturated with sweet oil, place- it in my mouth, light it and have a littlo blaze all bv myself, tor ex hibition purpn is, I am a human lamp. The illusion is n good one and no mis take. "The fire-eater, like the athlete, must keep himsidf in condition if he hopes to do hi work well," the pro fensor continued. "Ho can't nno the solution which protects his throat and mouth unless bis stomnch is strong While it is not injurious, it I nauscat ing, and it affect 'io stomnch and throat to such an extent that none but perfectly healthy, people ean use it When the solution is used on the hands and mouth regularly it form a Him or coating over the skin that fur nishes protection from the heat This solution i absolutely necessary in all trick exo?pt the simplest, and of course a man cannot make a sue sess of this business unless ha knows how to prepare it. Once he learns that secret the rest is easy enough, provided that ho is iu condition all tiiiu to use it without any ill tffuct. "i.ae b nt illustration of the vilus of the solution is given in the trick where tho porformer walks on red-hot iron, sharp sword edges and the like,' he explained further. "There is but littlo illusion about, these tricks, am ny ono can easily see, and t'.iey can only be performed by long scssou it training and by ths exeroise of tin greatest patieuce on tin part of the person who would do them. Even though ft man's mouth is coated tMnk with siilphurio acid solution, and he does the coating every day, whon he comes to bite a chunk out of a red' hot piece of iron his task is no easy one. The heat softens the iron, but till it requires a man with a power ful jaw to bite off a chunk, and then it is unpleasantly hot to the palate, in pits of the cooling effeots of the solution. That trick was so hard and oame so near actual work that I have about given it up, and only perform it on very rare occasions now. "If a man can stand the taste of jakum," he said in conclusion, "here is auother little trick that la very jatchy and oan be performed by the veriest tyro, so simple is it. I alway make a hit when I eat oakum balls saturated with burning pitch. 'Est' is a itood word there; it sounds ao much stronger than if I were to say imply put them in my mouth and that tho fire than goes out. That i the effect of putting blazing pitoh in rlaoe where there U no air. Tb rent In nn tn ths solution. But un lousy. in avn tasted oakum and developed what epicures call a cnltivnt "1 taste, I would ot ndvlsi) yon to try nn experiment with It, for yon will not bo likely get tho tasty out of your m iutli for Inys." Now Yorlf News. Longevity of Tomli an I I'rnt. Tho persistence of lifo iu frogn Is very long. Hpallnnzani preserved some frog in a mas of snow for two oars. They becnino dry, stiff, and al most frinble, but a urndunt hont roiight them back to life. Vulpain bnerved a return of life in frogn and snlntiiHlidern that had been poisoned with ciirnte and nicotine. In both case tho animal in question had boon or several day in the condition of cadavers. Toad havo been shut nn il blocks of planter, and then, having icon deprived of alt air except what may penetrate through tho mateiial, and of nil sources of food, resuscitated veral year afterward. Tho question present one a th most curious prob- l inn that biological science Una been ailed iiku to explain. The longevity and vital resistance of tond aro snr- rising. Besides the experiment wo javo cited, nature sometime presents some already made, and vastly moro astonishing. Toads are said to have lecli found in rock. Hack ense aro rare, but it would be s unreasonable to doubt them a to believe in Homo of the miraculous explanation that have leen ma In of the matter. The phe nomena in marvellous, it I true, but it s supported by evidence that we are not able to content ; and skepticism, which is incompatible with science, ill have to disappear if rigorous oh- nervation shall confirm it. Now York Uecorder. The Coach a See ennlty. There are timen when so manv of the thing that distract tin could bo straightened out and the way be made clear, if only ono had a long comfort able couch on whose soft bosom ho could throw himself, boots and brains, stretch hi weary frame, nnminilul of tidies nud tapestry, close kia tired eyes, relax the tension of hi rnnscles end give hi harassed mind a chance. Ten minute of this soothing nar cotic, when the head throb, tho soul yearn for endless, dreamless, eternal rest, would make the vision clear, the nerves rteady, tke heart light and the star of hope sliino again. There is i doubt that tho longing to die is mistaken for tho need of a nap. Instead of the immortality ot the soul business man and working men want regular and systematic dose of dozing; and, after a mossy bank in the shade of an old oak that succeed ing seasons have converted into a tene ment of song-birds, there is nothing that can approach a big sofa or a low, long couch placed in a corner, where tired Nature can turn ker face to the wall and sleep and doze away tke gloom. New York Ledger. Atmospherical Carlo. If it were possible for one to rise above the stratum of air which sur rounds the planet earth, the sun would appear to the observer as a huge, sharply-outlined ball of fire, while everything else would be wrapped in impenetrable darkness. This is true localise we know that there conld be no sensation of light conveyed to the brain without an atmosphere for the sun's rsys to act npon. But, on the contrary, if the earth's atmosphere ex tended to a height of 700 miles, instead of forty-five or fifty, a i probably the cane, the sun's heat and rays could never penetrate it. Had such been the state of thing "in the beginning," this earth would never have been pop ulated with its varied forms of animal life. But, should such a state of af fairs accidentally be brought about through some unknown agency, every vestige of animal life would perish from the face of tin earth in a very short time, and the terrors of starva tion would be augmented a thousand fold by the fact that everything wonld be wrapped iu darkness darker than the blackest midnight. St, Louis Republic Tan shlag lak. There are various kinds of invisible inks, but here is a method of making ink which can be wiped off a sheet o paper with a pocket handkerchief with out leaving a traoe. Dissolve some starch in water until it i as thick as cream. Then add to it a few drops of tincture of iodine, which will turn the starch to a dark red eolor. Now take a pen and write with this prepared in npon a sheet of note paper. The in will dry right away, after which yon may erase the whole of your letter by simply wiping the sheet with a pocket handkerchief. It will disappear easily aa chalk from an ordinary black.' board. Bostou Post, The inltrn Afn. ', It rmn worn hnpfiy In tlin flays of gol.f Why sh'Fiild wn wviry anrl nomulnln Mttrl tins Nature fnllml, or feohln (frown, or oM? Look forth upon tlin tennilog IMd and nny i .. m Ruin r"npn I the harvest of the skv? Or havn tlin mountains stoop! thlr roya brows? IJavs wnrrliiit wlmls forgot tln-lr l.nttln cry? Has Oman oenn.v tils lion noul to ronss Has mi'loily forsworn tlin summer day? Ha t.ovn foruottnn to tm cmnl, kind? lliivn Tlinn's enehnntmentn lii'lv all nwy? Or Is It thy poor, nroplrut noul Is lilln I? ook forth ! No lomr wwp with doubt and fear, lleliold ! Ihn golden agn Is ever hern. P. MeArthur, In In'l"n I'-at. lll'.IIOROL. Teacher What I the passive mood tlm verb to work? Johnny To oaf. 'How did Nettie get the measles?" Small Brother "Oh, skoM saved np coupons, 1 poae. Many a person thinknbe or she play tho piano, wlum iu reality he or she i only playing with the piano Can anybody give a gorx! reason why clocks should not strike whenthov are rcquircil V work over timo? 'You nrn-llkrt toy wateh." Hhn rrtnnrknd to hoc two. . Whnn hn ankad why, she salit: "lleeausn you won't go." Patience on a monument I nothing romparoit to a man. sitting on an empty powder keg until it explode. Stella That iu;w young man's fn?o seem very familiar. I Hattio Well, it isn't half no much no a kin manner. Tke modern handshake," said Undo Allen, with hi eye on the opera boxen, "i a notoriously high handed proceeding." It takns thnsn nlnn tailors t must a man,' said thn dudn, with nervous ehllln. 'Ilut alas! It takn ( iiorrorsn la tlm plan; but onn tnllur to mikn oinn bill. "There wa great consternation, on the ataff of the Oriental last evening," wrote the critic, "when Ah Sing, tho leading actor, lost hi cue."' A lawyer said tj a witness-:. "You're a nice fellow, am 't you?" Witness replied "I am sir, s ml if I wa not ou my oath I'd say the samo of yon." "What sort of collection have you. Will" asked the visitor? "Perhaps I cau help you." "Well, air." said Will, "I'm collecting American coins." My hart In very sad tonight, I' n rust is In tho air, I cannot tell just what It is ; iJyspepnio or d"spnlr. Miss Elderby I don't understand why soino women are so sensitive about their age. I have never tried to con ceal mine. MUs Trenchant You. are verv wise. Mrs. Chatter 1 you believo that cures can be effected by the laying on of hands? Mrs. Clatter Most cer tainly ; I cured my boy from smoking in that way. "I'll send, you to jail for contempt of court, sir," said tk irate judge to the insolent attorney. "Don't do it.yonr Honor," pleaded the lawyer; "I don't want life sentence." 'What song U now most popular?" Asknd HI from way down east ; Straightway his city friend mpllnl, "The one that's suog thn taut" Jack I'm going into the perfumery bnsines. Tom Why in that? You don't know anything abont it, do yon? Jack No; but if I fail, I'll be sure to come out few scents ahead. "Why, sir," said the young man, do you refer to this a a dime-mu seum poem? "Because, replied the editor, "It is a freak. It has more than tho normal number of feet." I.ivns aro unnquut. Onn will buy Hi seat for fifty eenu ; Another bold thn wnary nyn To a knot-hole Inthnf.mo The Polite Letter Writer. Elder Sister I am writing to Amy ; is there anything you'd like to say to her? Younger Sister (who hates Amy) Yes, plenty ; but you'd better only give her my love. "Don't sit on this bench with me, George, please!" aid Maud. "Why not?" asked George. "Because it is only strong enough for one," said Maud. "Then, I say, Msnd, csn't we be made one?" suggested Georgi. Man wants but little here below And gnts that If he oan ; But woman asks for even leas She only wauts the man. Aunt Maria Are yon sure that Mr. Spooner lovea you? Carrie I guesa you would thiuk so to hear she silly things he say to me. Aunt Maris. But how do you know you love him? Carrie Because they don't seem silly to me. Hicks What an awful amount of talk these legislators indulge in in comparison with the amount of work they perform. Wick TUey are mostly married men, and they don't have a fair opportunity fr talking when at hime.
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