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i, * Forever Young. The wild world hastens on its way; The gray-haired century nears it close; It? sorrow depons day by day; The Summer blush forsakes the rose. But, darling, while your voice I hoar, And while your dark-brown eyes 1 soe, 8ad months and sunless, seasons drear, Are all tho same, all glad, to me. Despair can never reach me "While vour soft hand I hold. vVhile your eyes love and teach me. I never shall grow oldl They say that love forsakes the old: That passion pales and fades away; That even loves bright locks of gold Must lose their charm and change to gray. But, darling, while your heart is mine, And while I feel that you are true, For me the skies will ever shine With Summer light and tenderest blue. Yes, letold-ago derido met I scorn his mocking tongue, a Dear love, with you beside me, I am forever young! ?Belgravia. ONLY A COMPANION. "It seems to mc I don't look as well as usual to-night," said Mrs. Major Dartburg. She shook her jet-black curls in a ser- j pontine cataract about her face as she i spoke, and critically surveyed herself in the glass. Mrs. Major Dartburg had been young- I er, and she had been prettier, but she : was surprisingly well gotten-up for all J that. By gaslight you could scarcely j have told that she was a day over thirty years of age. And, os she invaribly took I the precaution to be accompanied into j "societv" bv hor mmnnninn "Mica 1 v 1.- ? --?* by, whose special duty it was to observe and correct mistakes of costume, complexion and curls before other eyes could possibly take note of them, Mrs. Dartburg felt tolerably safe. Mrs. Dartburg was a widow in scareh <of a rich husband. The deceased major ihad been inconsiderate enough to die and leave her without an income which was decidedly incompatible with her wants?and the only thing left for her was to marry some one who could supply the awkward deficiency. So Kate Ormsby was taken every year to some gay watering place or brilliantly$ thronged springs. Kate was very unlike her patroness, as she sat there pale and quiet in her blue dross. Her face was oval, with limpid, haz^ eyes; features pure and straight, and masses of raven black hair coiled in heavy braids at the back of her head. "Insipid looking I" Mrs. Major Dartburg declared. Kate cared very little for the verdict, as long as her "salary," as Mrs. Dartburg preferred to phrase it, sufficed for the support of her two little orphan , brothers. "No," said Mrs. Dartburg, querulous ly, "I don't look as well as usual, and if Mr. Truxton is to be there, I want to look better. Mr. Truxton has estates in the West Indies, owns a yacht and drives a four-in-hand. I tell you what, Kate, you must put on a little more rouge on the left cheek! And, Kate?if you would only leave off wearing those dowdy black dresses I I really am beginning to be ashamed of you when we go into the ball-room. Do get something new \and stylish?a black iron-grenadine, or a Ohina crape." V have others to provide for besides myseilf," said Kate, quietly. <4I cannot afford\the new decorations of which you speak, IMrs. i)artburg." "Bift I'm not aware that lam called upon..to support all the beggars and orphans in creation!" said the widow. shq^ply. "Here?put this spray of purpie pausies in your hair?they are quite inourning enough, I'm sure." Mrs. Dartburg's scarlet-lipped smile , -was unwontedly sweet that night, as she / courtesied low to Mr. Truxton, the rich ' widower. "He's handsome," thought tlio husband huntress. "Dear me, be can't be over forty, and as straight as an arrow!" : And she chatted away in her most fascinating manner as she walked through the rooms, leaning on Mr. Tnixton's arm. ^ "A very agreeable woman," thought the millionaire, "though not as young as she has been! Knows everybody, and seems exceedingly amiable. If I should marry again?and, really, little Tom - needs a woman's care when he is at home for the holidays?it certainly is worth thinking about 1" These were the disjointed meditations that passed through Mr. Truxton's mind as ne politely listened to the widow's chit-chat, and asked questions about the various occupants of the crowded room. "Who is that tall girl by the window?' lie asked, '"with the black eyes and the pretty hair?"v "How strange that you should notice "her I Why, she is my companion, Kate Ormsby, a sort of poor relation, whom I keep with me out of pure charity." "Very kind of you, I am sure," said Mr. Truxton, and he thought again that 'with such an amiable personage as this liia motherless little boy would hardly iail to be happy. "It's a trial at times," wont on Mrs. W ?artburg, who was determined to neu% rtralize the admiration which beamed in Mr. Truxton's eyes, as he glanced back over his shoulder toward Kate's queenly form, "for her temper is exceedingly un certain." Mr. Truxton felt himself more and KfcV ' . V v , ' : ' I ' ' '' . . ' '? ', ' '* ' '?!. ; ' > ? more attracted toward this angelic creature, and ho took the first opportunity to ask: "Whether she was fond of children?" "I adore them," said the widow, clasping her hands. "I am glad of that," said Mr. Truxton. "I liavo.a little boy of iny own I" How transparent is man! Is it any wonder that Mrs. Dartburg felt, as she took off her curls and teeth, at half past twelve, that she had done a good evening's work! It happened that the next day Mr. Truxton took it into his head to go to St. Sebastian's Hall, a select boardingliAnan ^fzir Krvvo un/1 nr 4-#% onn UVV4UV &V4 WJO KTTVlTVfJ VV OV.V his little son. "Have you been to Saratoga, pa?" loudly demanded Tommy Truxton. "Jack and Billy Ormsby have got a sister at Saratoga." And Jack and Billy, two applc-chcekcd urchins of nine and ten, chimed artlessly in: "Did you see our Kate, sir?" "Who is your Kate?" asked Mr. Truxton, amused at their boy-ways. "She's Miss Ormsby," said Bill, "and she's companion to Old Cat Dartburg." "To?whom, did you say?" asked the widower, somewhat puzzled. "lie means Mrs. Major Dartburg," explained Jack; "btit he calls her Old Cat, because she's so cross to Kate. Kate wouldn't stay there, only she needs the money to keep us at school. But when me and Bill get big enough to work, wc won't let the Old Cat torment her any more." "She boxes Kate's ears sometimes," said Bill, resentfully, "and once she pulled her hair. Kate cried awfully. Wc went there last holiday to spcud a day with Kate, and the Old Cat banged us round awful?she said she hated boys 1" "That was 'cause Bill found her false teeth in a glass of water," said Jack, "and I painted myself up out of hei dressing box, with rouge and lily-white, tu iook iikc an inaian on tnc war-path! And slic took her curls off when she laj down for' a nap, and we played they wai a scalp! And Bill asked her why hei hair didn't grow on her head like Kate's did!" Mr. Truxton ourst out laughing. "You must have rendered yoursell generally obnoxious!" he exclaimed. He went back to Saratoga on the evening train?and the first person lie saw, as he ascended the steps of the Clarendon Hotel, was Mrs. Major Dartburg, iu i fresh toilette . of white muslin and blue ribbons. While Kate Ormsby sat just behind her, with a hook in her hand, or which her dark melancholy eyes were fixed. 4 'She is beautiful!" thought the millionaire, but it was not the widow that lit was looking at. The days sped by?the widow bclievec that every one was installing her mon firmly in Mr. Truxton's heart. Whili Kate?but Kate had such a quiet waj that nobody could really have told hov she was passing her time. One evening Mrs. Major Dartburg cam< up to her room, rather "put out" becausi Mr. Truxton had just driven his magnifl cent four-in-hand away from the dooi without asking her to occupy the vacan scat beside him. "Kate!" she said, sharply. "Kat< Ormsby, what aTC you doing? Porint over a book of poetry, again, as I live and that lace shawl not draped over th< white silk dress for the evening!" "I think theru is still time enough 1' said Kate, quietly. "Don't contradict me!" said thewidov in a passion, "or I'll discharge you 01 the spot. I've borne with your tempo quite long enough." "In that case," said Kate, calmly, "w< d^oli J t? T * nuuii uuui uu aunuu, iui x was just aoou to notify you of my intention to lcav< your service." "And starve in the gutters?" cri%c Mrs. Major Dartburg, spitefully. "I think not," said Kate, with a half smile hovering about her lips. ' "What are you going to do, then?" "I believe I shall be married soon,' said Kate, flashing scarlet in the friendlj twilight. "My goodness gracious!" said Mrs. Dartburg. "And what poor fool would be crazy enough to marry you?" "Mr. Truxton!" Kate answered, goaded to fraukness by the widow's insulting tone. "We have been engaged for t week." Mrs. Major Dartburg sank feebly down in an arm-chair; as she afterward expressed it, "all the strength, went ourt of hei at the thought of that girl's malicious maneuvering." But it was all true, nevertheless?and Kate Ormsby looked radiantly beautiful, a month afterward, in oranero blossomf and white muslin, as she stood at th< altar by Mr. Truxton's side! And if anyone wants to know "whnl became of them all," we can only saj that Kate and her husband are scarcelj less happy at Truxton Place than are Bill, Jack and little tow-headed Tommy?anc Mrs. Major Dartburg is still haunting th< centers of fashion, with a complexion ai brilliant and manners as juvenile as ever A missionary reports that the river Eu phrates bids fair to disappear altogether in the spread ihg marshes just below Baby Ion, which have ruined the steamboat channel and are now obliterating naviga tion fr' rowboats. . . . . ... . .:* :v.v \*'"j I Concerning Pensions. An Examinor of Pensions gives *he following hints concerning applications for pensions that may be of use to old soldiers: Now in obtaining pensions all the Government wants are the facts, simple plain facts, and then there is no trouble. If a man can prove that he is suffering from a disability contracted in the army, and while or duty, he will get a pension witlif< out any rouble. He may have proof, say of two ; jrsons, one perhaps in California, another may be in Maine. No matter where they are wo go and see them and get their statements. The government gives a man all the opportunity in the world to establish the fact that he is entitled to a pension. The claimant is not required to go to any expense whatever, but the government stands it all. All that is necessary is simply to prove that it is deserving of a pension. Sometimes a man applies for* a pension but that does not give any proof other than his own assertion. Now we may believe every word ho says, but cannot grant his claim, L simply because there is no legal proof. Perhaps the persons whom he knew he i could prove it by, are dead or nobody knows where, consequently his claim is rejected. But this does not necessarily end the matter, as the claimant may ac! cidentally stumble on some proof that he i knew nothing about, and send to Washi ington and revive his claim. On the i other hand, a man may assert that he contracted rheumatism on the 13th day of December, 18(>3. We will go to him and take his full statement, and then ask, "Can you prove this?" "Oh, yes," he i will answer, nnd then we will ask him fny +v.? it. ? " iva vuu uuuiuo 1/1 jilv5 nitilCDSUSt I1U W1IL i probably give me two, for instance, living in different parts of the country. I ! will go to one and ask him if he knows that Mr. Smith contracted rheumatism on such a day. He may say: "Well, I remember that Mr. Smith complained of ! itching pains in his leg that morning. r He had been on picket duty the night be} fore and that morning borrowed a bottle : of liniment from one of the boys and $ rubbed liis leg for some time." I'll g<> to the other witness and he will say, "Yes, I remember Smith was complainF ing-that day. I told him we were going to have serious trouble and that he had better drop back and go to the hospital, j but he said, 'I came here to fight, not to t go to the hospital.' " Well, he will i suffer from rheumatism after that and ; know that he contracted it that night t while on picket duty, and has Ikvo witi ncsses to prove it, so he gets a pension. > If a man is entitled to a pension and can prove it by competent witnesses he has . no trouble in securing it. A Tough Regiment. [ Jack Stephens, Clerk of tho Criminal ? Court, tells how it came about that his 5 regiment was in the late Senator Miller's r brigade but fifteen minutes. Jack's regir ment was one of th<Houghest in the army, and nobody seemed anxious to have it in ? his command. After it had been trans3 ferred from one brigade to another and . had found nobody who could control it. r Gen. Miller, who was on pretty good t terms with himself and had a high opinion of his ability to control any set of 3 men asked to have the tough regiment adT ded to his brigade. There was no opposi. tion to this, of course, and the transfer 3 was made. Gen. Miller immediately ordered the regiment up in line and pro J - -1 a- i * > ueeucu to mane u speecn to it, telling tho boys what he was and what he was not r going to suffer them to do. As he , warmed up to his subject he drew off his r long gauntlets and laid them on a drum standing near him. Hardly had ho dono 3 this when one of the boys in tho lino I sneaked around behind the General and ? in plain sight of the entire regiment stole tho gauntlets and succeeded in getting I back to his place in the ranks unobserved by the eloquent General. At the close of . the speech, which did not take more than ten minutes, the General dismissed the | boys and turned to pick up his gauntlets. ? "Well, I'll be blessed!" What he said r is not fully reported, but the fact is known that in five minutes more he had succeeded in having the regiment turned [ over to another brigade.? Chicago News. Sending a Boy by Mall. In a waitincr-room were three or four ' fond mammas and papas .*nd their numerous direct descendents of both sexes. The children were all restless?what child ever was not in a waiting-room? and thero were many narrow escapes from bad falls and bumps, the inevitable casualities of climbing and romping. At ^ last one of the youngster fell off a seat and struck his poor little head against ( the stove, removing a square inch or so } epidermis from his face. Ho was ii mediately picked up by his pa, his tc:?. h wiped away and a piece of court plaster ' carefully moistened ' on the paternal r tongue and applied to the injured part. Then he was lifted to his ancestor's ^ shoulders and passed bodily through the ticket window into the arms of the ticket } agent, who was the papa's brother. , "Oh, ma," exclaimed another youngster, evidently from the country, who . had watched all of these proceedings with r open-mouthed astonishment; "Oh, ma, . there's a poor littlo boy who's going t< b be sent through the mails. They just . put a stamp on him and dropped his; into the Postoffice.Chicago HernUL ' " /S . ' < . * . LADIES' DEPARTMENT. wai An Indnitrlou Helpmeet. P8' One of those heroines of whom the ns c world hears but little lives near Lexington, Ga. Her name is Saliic Hansford. wlt Her husband has been bedridden with * rheumatism for niue years, and she has had a family of four children, two boys and two girls, to support. Last year sho a * bought 107 acres of land, much of it a\s< original forest, and with the aid of her two boys, fourteen and fifteen years old, **ot cleared fivo acres. She cut down the ^C1 trees, rolled the logs together, split the rails. built the fence and burnt tho brush with their help, and made last year nine bales of cotton, also corn and peas enough for her own use, paid 800 pounds to for rent last year, paid her store account Per and paid $40 on her land. She has ^ bought her meat for this year, and paid ^1C for it. In addition to this sho has done 06 the cooking and gone to market with me eggs and chickens. P1C tur ISenutlful I>lmple). col A correspondent says that the one tra woman in New York who is favored by too fortune in the respect of beautiful am dimples above all her sisters is Mrs. mo Florence Rice-Knox, the singer. Her eve fair, round face, when she laughs or litt smiles, shows a number of deep dimples tlni about her mouth and in cither cheek ant which add greatly to her beauty and ha] cause much euvy among her associates, bui Whv or linw flimnloa ill o tunmnn'o f""" - - ^ .. AM ? V/IUIIU O IX I can be subject to the caprices of fashion > is a question not easily decided, but cer- 8^jj tain it is that they play their party upon Qf the stage for a generation or two and ftm then disappear almost entirely for a dc- sjv cade. Fifty years ago dimples were one Qf of the requisits of perfect beauty, but pC, they are rarely seen now. Perhaps this j01 is well, for, alack! there lies more peril ^ in one dimple than in twenty swords, and an( the world is wicked enough as it is. 3Uj There have been efforts at various times scn to produce artificial dimples by various processes, but with little success. There ,,0 is no charm except about the genuine, \V< laughing, changing, come-and-go dimple tal> of yc olden time. get A Word to the 4>Irla. the Courting is a perfectly proper thing, but it should be confiued to the parlor, cra the sitting-room, the ice-cream saloon or the moonlight promenade. If you cannot hold your best young man in the good oid way, let him go. There arc plenty of good fellows?honest fellows, upright 1 fellows?to be had if you only manage ^ them properly. The low light in the 8Cfl parlor, the single chair, the good-by at ^ the door, are still as effective as they 6?' were 100 years ago. Don't try to hold < the young men against their will. The gle more you do that the more they won't be ] held. If they appear to grow cold you dr< should appear to grow colder. If they appear to grow careless of you, you should appear to grow more careless of them. When they relent you should relent, when they soften you should soften, when US( thflv Rslc fnrrrivpnoaa vnn j 0 J luignc, when they?but why pursue it ? There are thousands of young men in Chicago to-day who might be had for the asking inj but since you cannot ask you can at least hint.- But if, after all the deviccs of your us< sex have been exhausted, you still fail to achieve the desired end, ^ai Don't waste time in vain regretting, Do not sigh your youth away. Go and look up another young man. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred you *01 will be all the happier for having missed at the first or second or even the third coi trial.?Chicago Mail. rol i Women u Inventor*. The assertion that no woman invented ^h? anything is declared to be a fiction by Pr' the Washington correspondent of the 1 Cincinnati Enquirer. The majority of wc applications filed by women for patents thi are for artitles used in housekenninor r?r * X O for dress or toilet. Some, however, dis- &Ti play genius for mechanism. Several have a 1 invented sewing machines, and others sewing machine attachments. A great c0] many applications have been made for f01 patents by females, the principles of which have already been patented. One woman has a patent for an artificial st< n# *)0 composition, probably for building or paving purposes. One has received a patent for a disinfectant; one for pre- 09< sorving eggs. Another, looking .to the wa comfort of her children, perhaps, has invented an ear muff, for which she has been successful in having a patent issued. br< A lady, who is possibly a dressmaker, cp; has applied for and received a patent for a hook and eye. Among other patents go granted to ladies are those for a clothes- is basket, a "diswashor," a "powder puff," in a "shoe button needle," a "corset pro- lin tector," a "skirt and hose suspender," a "building clock," an "artificial stove. " mt Helen Macker, Boston, has been granted ov a patent for an amalgam for coating har- an ness trimming, etc., also an alloy or bell metal, and subsequently the same Yan- RU1 kee girl invented an alloy for hardening iron. Another girl has invented a "mammoth bustle." In round numbers there have been 884,000 patents issued. Of W{ these 22,000 were issued last year, and of . the 22,000 only about ninety were to wo- 0f men inventor* It is safe to assume that theie are only about sixty patents a year issued to ladies. ' fco Womtn'i Slipper*. gentleman who had traveled a great su deal and spent some years in Kagland to. ' y*'-\ v ' ' ' ' ?- "v -^v"' * ' v / ' :, ' v. 9 speaking of English women and ex- | iated, as usual, on their good health compared with American women, and long walks they took, and finished ;h the remark: "But the English ies never wear their thick shoes in the isu; uiey aiways cnange ana put oil I )pers." This idea seems to prevail to *reat extent among American women 3, that it is a proper thing to wear >pers in the house. This may be a >d plan for those who live in houses it at a summer heat at all times and rer go out except when attired for iting, shoping, or something of that id. It is also a relief to the housc:per who has been on her feet all day sit down in the evening with her slip's on. Jut the practice of wearing slippers in s morning, when one is liable to be led on to step out doors at any mont while the grass is wet with dew, is ductive of wet feet, which in its rcn is one of the most fruitful causcs of ds and all the evils that foHow in their in. In the fall and winter months, i, the floors are cold in the morning, 1 a good tliick-soled shoe is much re comfortable than a low-cut slipper, ;n though the latter may appear a le more like house dress. The fact it they can be so much more easily 1 quickly put on than a shoe may perils be one reason for preferring them, & tuat snouia noi De considered as casou. tVe are not speaking of the wear of >pcrs during the hot and sultry months summer, but the common practice ong women of wearing them excluely around the house. Men are fond donning the dressing gown and slip's in the evening after the chores are ae, but they do not wear them around sir work. Although they may be a rest 1 change then, something that will jport the ankles is very useful and esitial. It is a great inconvenience, too, be obliged to change one's shoes to out on an c rand or to step out doors. )incn would often be more willing to :e walks were it not for the trouble of ting ready. Not to dispense with ipers altogether, for, as we have said, :y are often useful, wc think the gen1 health of women would be improved wearing high shoes more and slippers 3.? Toronto Mail. Fashion Mote*, 5urahs arc to continue in favor. Black hosiery is elected for another .son. Pale bronze is a popular color in spring jds. Sainsboroughs are coming in all their ,ry. Lilac in all shades is popular for 3sses. Norfolk jackets have one wide plait at 3 back and one in front. Broad Chantilly and guipure lace are id for trimming mantles. Shirts of silk and wool brocade have iperies of silk or soft cloth. Silk or mohair braid is used for finishy the edges of tailor-made suits. Plush bands three inches in width are id for trimming woolen dresses. Plain cloth, diagonal and serge for lor-made dresses are of light weight. It is said that there are to be more rich jrics worn this summer than ever here. Every material has embroidery, even tton, and almost all these have box jes. Though large bouquets are fashionable, 3y are in no particular graceful or etty. unenuie xringes lor mantles have ?oden spindles tipped with beads on b strands. The newest neckbands or dog collars ) so bigh that they threaten to cut off ady's ears. Feather stitching in silk of contrasting lor is employed for trimming costumes : early spring. Mousse] ine do soie for drapery has mpadour stripes in delicate colors al nating with white. Bridal slinncrs have a nnimln nf wV?ifA i * * " " rich tips well curled where formerly is a spray of orange blossoms. Patent-leather foxed boots are shown fashions for spring wear. Those with dwd or gray uppers are to be worn with jcums to match. A. pretty French model for summer wns is in a somewhat novel fabric. It an all-over embroidery of fine nainsook a delicate shade of blue made over a ing of shell-pink silk. Entire overdresses of wool guipure, ide up without lining, will be worn er silk slips for semi-dress occasions, d fine grade of wool guipure net will conspicuous in dresses prepared for miner resorts. Cremation; A lady customer and a clcrk in a store ;ro discussing cremation, the clerk think5 it a most repulsive and inhuman way disposing of the dead, the lady approyt of the practice. "Weill exclaimed the lady, "I expect be burned when I die." The clerk replied, thoughtfully: "I preme that all depends on where you go ?Detroit Free Prut. i. S:? v ..'V' s ... - r / ? . A. Woodland Flower* Bow could I know, O tender woodland treasure. With petals bluo and soft as Summer skies, That from the dust oi long forgotten pleasure So dear a hope, so fair a dream could rise? Meek, lonely bloesoin hiding in the shadows, And waved by mountain breezes cool and froe. No fairer flower from Summer's golden meadows Could bring the thoughts that thou hast born to me ! From the sweet stillness of the misty mountains, Where fairies weave a strango mysterious spell, The cooling winds that blow from hidden fountains Bore thee 'mid alien bowers and scenes to dwell 1 Ah! sweeter on thy potals, fair and broken, Than winds that blow across a Summer sea, Or strain of fairy music, is that token, Oh wondorous flower, that thou has brought to me. ?Courier-Journal. HUMOROUS. Sweet strains?Clear lionoy. A deed of trust?Lending a man a dcl-%; lar. ? The prisoner who breaks out is usually a rash fellow. "When a rann falls down his temper generally gets up before he does. The tramp, like the mariner, is often looking for a hospitable cove. A man seeing tlie sign "Hands off," innocently asked if they had gone on a picnic. Shakespeare somewhere uses the term "a mad wag." He probably referred to the tail of a mad dog. Wife: "Cruel man, my tears have no effect on you at all. Husband: "Well, drop them, dear." He?"What is your favorite flower?'* She?"Well ? I?I?don't?know?I?I ?think I prefer?orange blossoms." Six young women have recently been graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, and it is remarked that they will probably be able to successfully pull through life. , Engaged Young Man: Yes, indeed, my Alice is certainly a little dear. Married Man: Well, if she's a little dear now, you can rest assured she'll be dearer when she gets a good chance at your pocketbook. Emma goes to school, but dislikes it very much. A lady friend of the family questioned her on the subject: Emma, what do you do in school? "Do you learn to read?" Emma shakes her head. "Do you learn to write?" Another shake, "Then what.do you do?" "I wait for it to be out." I Collecting Waste Food from Hotels. A movement has been started in London for the collection of waste food from hotels, restaurants and other places of the kind, and its preparation in a palatable form for the use of the poor. It is proposed that the kitchens which are to be established under the plan now maturing shall sell a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of bread and butter or jvn for 1 penny, dinner for 3 pence or 4 pence, and other meals in proportion. Kitchens of this sort have been founded in nearly every European capital, and their success and value have been abundantlv nrov<?d 4 ? by experience. The first kitchen in Germany was started at Leipsic in 1849; Berlin followed suit in 1866, and now has fifteen kitchens. In one year they sold 2,500,000 portions, the price of each portion, consisting of about three ounq.es of meat and a quart of vegetables and potatoes, being only 8 pence. From the start the undertaking has been self-sustaining. The London scheme proposes also the establishment. ftf Tfotfllirnnfo fr\r *V4 nUlAAU^UlCU^ and clubs where cheap dinners mfcy be obtained. Why may not New York have some such system of cheap food , supply?say a central depot,, with branches in all parts of the city?from which good, wholesome food may be distributed at rates within the reach ofa all? Such a system would tend to the prevention of waste, and this would be not the 1 least of its advantages.?Frank Leslie's. Embalmed by the Soil. Human bodies buried in limestone countries are often turned to solid stone by the lime-water which penetrates the graves. In other soils there are elements which sometimes so embalm the buried dead as to preserve form and features unchanged. Many such cases are on record. ) ,'r Robert Burns's body was disinterred in 1815, to be removed to a new tomb. To the surprise of all his friends, the features v j were found to be as perfect as at burial. The case of John Hampden, the famous English patriot and leader, was more surprising, llis body was disinterred by Lord Nugent, two hundred years after burial, but form and features were as unchangad as if the corpse had been recently laid in the grave. When general Washington's body was taken up at Mt. Vernon, to be laid in a sarcophagus and removed to the permanent tomb, his face was found to be in a i state of perfect preservation. In all these cases, however, the process of decay had gone on internally, though arrested at the surface. After a brief or- - ; J posure to the air, the body crumbled, t < ; and all resemblance to life passed awsff. $ ?Youth? a Companion. - "M