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"Aunt Nellie, You's Being Bad." Aunt Nellie hadfashio^ied a dainty thing' Of Hamburg and Vibb'on and lace " i And mainmu sxid. as she settled it round Our be: unulbaby's face, ... . < Where the d.jn;>:e- p!ay and the laughter lies Like sunbeME - Liu in her violet eyes, "IS thc'oay ;> p\'?*aaE and the baby is good She may ;o iV> church and wcar:her. now hooa." Then Ben, seed six, began to tell, . In an e.'dor trotherly wuyjl . . ra How very. very ^ood she must be BT If she went to church next day, B Ee told her of the church, the choir, the crowd. And the maaup-iu front who, talked so loud;. Bat she most not talk, nor laugh, nor sing, But just sit as quiet as anything. And so, on a beautiful Sabbath. in-May, Wheu the fruit buds burst into Sowers {There wasn't a blossom on Dusn or tree So fair as this blossom of ours), All in her white dress, dainty and new, Our baby sat in thefamily pew. ; : ' J Thc-grand, sweet musics the reverent air, i ; The solemn hush, and the voice of prayer. Filled all her babysoul with awe, - I As she sat in her littloplacc, ^-s : And the holy Jook that the anjrels/prear Seemed pictured upon her face: And the sweet words uttecod so long ago Csme into my mind with a rhythmatic iiow? "Of such is the kingdom of heaven,**,saT<Tl:e-? And 2 know that ho spoke of such as she. ? The STeet-v.oiced organ pealed forth again. The coll&ction box came round^*-*- | And baby dropped her penny in . k. And smiled at the chinking sound. Alone in the choir Aunt?*eiiiesfcdod. sS 42ft:. "Waiting the cJose of the soft prelude To begin her solo- Hlgfc and strong Che struck her first note;"clear aad long' She held it: all -were charmed but one. Who, with all the might she had, Sprang to her little feet, and cried. "Aunt Nellie* you*s being bad ?* f < The audience smiled, the minister coughed," 1 The little boys in the corner laughed. The tenor-man shook: like an aspen leaf, AUU uiu Hid ittUC iiia. uauuACivuiu. ?New York Mercury. "IT IS YES." Handsome Melton Mayne tramped savagely along the river bank, indifferent to its sunset beauty, unconscious of the perfume he crushed from the violets under hisieety-half w$d. with, dife; appointment and thepaiiof xejectei " love. It did not matter to him that the : shining water was a mirror of the' sky's brilliant dyes, that the May wind touched his face with a fragrant caress, that he had that night youth, " wealth, health, and beauty?everything went as nothing since Avis" Earle had shaken her gentle brown head and so decidedly said, "No." He had not expected rejection?why should he? Avis was only a factory operator?he the only son, of the rich owner of Fcndon.MilLs. He had met her at a picnic before he knew: her station, and been charmed with-her. The. style of ?ar beauty suited him?the warm brown eyes and crisp waves of gold-bright hair?and the little air of reserve with which, she; received his attentions piqued him from the first During the whole six weeks "of their acquaintance it could never be said that Avis, like other girls,'had thrown herself at his head. From the day he had. met her first,, with her hands full of arbutus, to thai-memorable evening when he lisch proposed marriage to her and peen refus- . ed, she had been tho .same sweet, reL mirfflwr k*" which she was pfr-'"" ?Srthe beginning?the one who had won P and kept his heart. " - To bo sure, he was full of bitterness and displeasure, goaded to some little meanness of spirit and injustice; but Melton Mayne was too noble a fellow, to lonor harbor dark thoughts. ' c " He suddenly threw himself upon the grass, and pulled off his hat in the soft wind. "It is my first disappointment, and I suppose I am taking It very*badly.'?. Yes, it was -mean to mentally upbraid himself for falling in love with "jf factory girl." When had Avis professed to be aught else? With all her exquisite daintiness .and appropriateness of dress, her fastidiousness of speech and refinement, she had never #in"the least concealed her habitrof daily -tqn.in the noisy, oil-smelling confined ..mills. She -eaiae aad wena^t# "the . : - rhe only difference was; that she res: a!liffllvrreTVeUed all that could soil T>er son, mind, "or manners. In the Sunday-school "she led. a class -of little ones who loved her dearly, and _ "during the week the mill had stopped for repairs* he had met her frequently at the house of a mutual friend, Miss Vnn-cr T.rvW? t>io Tvocfnf" Grnful "Tittle old 77,--maids. Miss Lucy expressed love and pity for Avis. "Site was once far better off, poor child j but she bears up bravely under her afflictions." So inuch she said, but seemed disinclined to say more, and Melton disdained to urge further revelations. But sympathy for her unknown trouble strengthened his love for sweet - Avis. i. She must marry hifcj, and let him.guard and serve her. And so, like the headlong young fel*? VIA Vio/1 rM?A.-\AfOf Intro IUW UU >T-iiOy AXdU. Wiuiu AV*Vly sunset hour by the river, and?been refused. ? , "It can't Whelmed," said poor Melton, crushing his soft grey hat nervously between his hands, "any more than 1 CQuld help falling,ip. love with her. She is the prettiest, sweetest-^irl in town; not,another, hi?h or .low, so beautiful, I swear! OK why should she refuse ms? I thought she liked me! she knew I loved the ground she trod on; then why need she have planted that dreadful "No!' in my memory? I never L- shall forget it as long as I live?or the look of her face. She was quite pale? - > J ?:? j Ci.? ; sat# seuiiieu jJiilUUU. cue uuu a vu, quette. Oh, what can the matter be? I . am not stupid, or u^ly, or a brute. I T have money?I could make her life I beautiful But she said 'No!'" concluded poor Melton, with a groan as he .rose to nis feet again. - Painfully at*aIos3 what to do with himself in this crisis of his young life, he continued aimlessly walking, but in another direction. He paused at last at the top of the rhill and looked back. Beyond the road the sky was faintly tinted with dying gold, and there was no one in sight. Yes, a woman walking wearily, and a man staggering at her side. Once or twice, as he watched the couple, he saw the-woman, or girl rather, stretch out her hand to her compan' Ton?to bo repulsed. The latter was an old man and evidently intoxicated. He stepped behind a tree as they ap proached. Ho pitied the girl, who could hardly enjoy being stared at by a-, stranger. The man was evidently so inebriated as to be past shame. ; ^ Soon, they came opposite him, and the." man stopped and'looked back. The girl caught his arm. "lieb'm' be!" he growled. ' . ... "Dear father, comc home with me now," syllabled the girl's sweet roice pleadingly; and in one breathless moment Melton Mayne recognized Avis. ?iT Va T 11 rnn VJ oirr> UV\J Ui KfWj JL fcVA* JVW. VAV4-4U4VU the man, giving her a furious push which sent her reeling to one side of the road. The next moment the drunken man.V Collar was in Melton's strong grasp. "What are you doingj?^ he eried, ; giving i>is prisoner .1' iot very gentlef f shake, "ifow dure you strike a wom-j ; :an?"' 1 y /. 1 j < ' i 'Oh!" cried Avis breathlessly. I 'Oh, I beg of you, don't hurt fcim! He j is my f:fther." Meltoa looked at- her, ;and. released j his hold with an air of disgustraud great. j dejection. } "I must get him home," said Avis, { who was trembling like a leaf. "Can I help you?" "No, no?only please go away." ; She took her father's arm, and with j a beseeching look of anxiety into the j sodden face, started again. Melton looked after them. This. then, was Avis's affliction?the drank- | i en disgraceful father she could scarcei ly inflict upon a husband?a burden she ! must bear alone. The tears filled his ! eyes as he watched her delicate frame I trying to support her companion's un steady steps. | It was a trying sight for the young i man to behold. "He shut his teeth and ! muttered some threatening words; but ' it was only too evident that, for some reason, Avis dreaded his interference. Perhaps she knew her gentle patience to be more effectual than another's iorce would be. .. . The- two shopped before one of tho smallest and neatest of the houses, but afc-the-gate Avis's faihor pushed her off. "Get out!" i ; "Oh, father, dear father " "Get in, if you want to. I'm going back. " I want -something more to drink, "and I'm goirrg'to have it. Do you think I'm a fool to be pulled around by a girl? Leb m' be, I tell ye again!" - : . . But Avis clung to his arm. :; J " w/vw/inf CnnnflT* *1 <2 t V^UJJjLU 111 1U1 a iUULUVUk. *W I all ready. Oh, father " ' Such a cruel blow on the pretty^ upturned forehead. ' A cry of agony, and the girl fell. Melton sprang forward now, but it ' was throngka strange clond of dust, 'the>s9trlM erf- cries; the whirling of wheels, then all cleared. He stood looking down upon the dead man lying in the middle of the j road with his face upturned to tho twiI light sky?A vis's father. The iioofs of the maddened runaway j horses had anticipated his vengeance? I more than avenged the cruelty he had ! hp.p.n wild to resent, for the man would never speak again. But Avis was only stunned. She moaned -as he bent over her and then he took her up in his arms. A little maid came out from the tiny cottage, and the neighbors gathered , about, i ;; ? 1/" Vj ? ? 'Forgive me if I?m- wrong, but the ; i Lord is" good," muttered one as they examined old Mr. Earlc and found him ; : stone-dead. : "He'll never strike her again, poor lamb," exclaimed another. . "What she's borne with him!".cried ; still another. "But you'll see she'll ; mrwimrt no if lin ho/3 lionn *V?/> hncf. fo+lior ' in the world." .Ikwas tjiougtobest to place the body of the dead man in one of 'the unoccu- : pied cottages, as Avis's condition might prove dangerous, and it might be found i. i best to keep the news from her as long j; as possible. And for two days she wan- j < dered in her mind and was quite delir- [ ] iOUS. j ; The funeral had taken place and aU j i was over before the doctor consented to ! the danger of communicating the truth ]! to her. It was Melton who undertook j; the task. i She could not but feel the tenderness i of his gaze as he pityingly regarded j her, and gently extended ner hand. "You are so good! Uh, I hope yogu did not blame me that night by the rivf-.'j j er. I did not like to tell you how it j j was with me and with mv father?he ! i was a good father once, he was indeed. Drink ruined him, killed my mother, ; brought us ail so low. Oh, I have suf fered?you cannot guess. 3ut you know how it is now. I could inflict 110 : such, disgrace upon another, and I must i stay with my father." , J "But if there has been a . Mange, i Avis?you know'all' drcamstanjfys are liable "to change?and if. " your'lather need suffer no more, nor cause %6u to suffer " Her eyes widened with affright as sho caught his arm. ;; "He is dead! He never would reform! < Oil, he is dead!;' / . ~ , And he must needs suiTer her to Veep ^undisturbed". - x All respected her natural grief, and none dared -whisper in her presence that the death of the selfish and self-indulgent man was considered by them, a matter for congratulation^. but after < weeks of pallor and weakness, Avis : began to brighten and bloom as never before since Melton Mayne had known her. _ : Without restraint, now, she welcomj ed him to her little home; and when he ; J asked, with earnest eyes, "Is it 'No,' i now, Avis?" she gently shook he"? pret-,-| |4y brown head once more, aud answer ed: "Instead, it is yes." Her Last Resort. The other day -when old Pungleup, the grain merchant, went home to lunch he was surprised to find an unusual number of wet umbrellas on the rack, so he ascended to his wife's room and-said: "Anybody in the parlor, my dear?" "Yes, dearest," replied his betterhalf, who was putting the finishing i touches to an elaborate toilet "Yes," < j dearest, quite a lot of people. There's j the 'doctor, an expressman, a hack| man, a grocery clerk, a telegraph re| pairer, ana nine messengers intnepar| lor." ! "What on earth are they here for?" j "Well, you see, lovey, my new i nlnsh nr.r? ro.n r*rmcesse came home five days ago, and it has been doing nothing but rain ever since. T . e stood it just as long as I could, and so when it rained again to-day I just rang for ev- ; erybodv on the telegraph indicator, sp. I could"have somebody to show it to. . > Isn't it too lovely for anything?" and, with an expectant smile, she rustled down-stairs.?San Francisco Post. An Honest Verdict. | A man had met a girl in a lonely place' j and forcibly kissed her. She was terrii bly indignant, and had him arrested, j She gave an account on the witness ; stand of-how he gazed.at her intently, j ana then, suddenly"throwing his arms I around-hery- imprinted a kiss upon her j -lips. The prisoner- made, no defense, . [and the jury was expected to. promptly j-co^'v^t him-of-assftuit /T^eyre turned to me. OTurwvom. -ju-ju-jury j w-w-would 3ikc to ask the youn<r lady ' two questions." the foreman said. The j judge consented, and she/went on the j stand. - "D-d-did you wear, the j-j-jer- ! sey that you're g-g-got on now?" j "Yes, sir," was the demure reply, j "And w-w-was your Iia-ha-hair b-b- i banged. Uke that?'5 "Yes, sir." "Then, L your honor, we acquit the p-p-prisoner on the'-ground of emo-mo-tional insanity."?San Francisco Post. * V HOUSEHOLD HELP. The Skeleton of the Kitchen Closet. The servant girl; how to: find hef^in her perfection or her imperfection, or how to do without h'er! This is the perpetual spectre thp.t.haunts our households,'which brings- premr 'ure- gray ness and wrinkles to our wives and mothers and-sends, many a man in desperation to a cheap restaurant. The fact is plain that the supply of domestics competent to do the duties of the average respectable family kitchen is unequal to the demand, and will be increasingly less as more families attain to the ability to support a servant " ' Aiid>as it is in every other departmefttdflaborso hefortha hfehar the order of service required' the "more nearly impossible it is to procure the skilled worker. The first-class cook is very apt to make hor own terms, with j only now and then a show of resistance to the tyrant by some valiant economist, and to change her place with a facility which leaves-the domain of the kitchen in a perpetual state of semianarchy. The question "v^hat the housekeepers' are going to do about it is unlikely to receive-any complete answer just yet, but there are two directions in which!; the American women may -turn. as of-,; ferine some promise of the solution of One of thpsc is a more earnest effort to cducateigdrls who are willing-butig-* norant into fitness tor good serviced While there is an increasing, reluctance on the part of young women, native or foreign, to beeomo domestics. so. long as any other possible occupation is.' open, there is yet a pretty large num-? ber of unskilled servants capable.of doing only the drudgery of the house who are not too unintelligent to be trained to something higher, and many of whom do succeed, after some years of rough experience, in becoming tolerably expert as plain cooks, but not good enough, it may be, for the preparation^ elaborate;' (dinner?, : but equal to baking the bread and roasting the?.{ meat. .AVhen.it is considored how utterly void of acquaintance with the demands of a well ordered- >h?usehoId many of the girls are who are set in charg(vof <?uri kitchenSr-fre&bt ilanded. immigrants, who, likely enough, were , field hands in their native lands, guileless of any cookery more elaborate than ,| the boiling of a potaXo, to be eaten with salt?itis s, hi?h comoliment to i their reaoia^ss to leaxn to say that they often b&oijljc mtf^Shstworthy and satisfactory ^ervan^^ipon whom the mistress throws resp&xsfbilities which she herself would shrink from assuming. Why should there not be schools for cooking and for housework, in which all such inexperienced * girls afi^ouhf he able to serve an apprenticeship, such as would fit them to be, at least, second-class servants, and 'in which, now and then, a woman with a genius for her business might develop with that rare culture?unrealized vision of whose coming flit before many a housewife's mind?a first-rate cook? In no trade requiring so much intelligence, and so many yirtues, are thero ;o few opportunities .for learning the business before actively engaging- In' It as that of a domestic, and in none is the'caU so loud and desperate^for experienced laborers. The wis^ wdtmen of America w6uld do well to consider if the domestic training school does nofc offer some gleam of light upon theip present darkened souls. 31 Another source of relief is the possibility of some device for disoensins: aI together with the delusion, and snare, tlie inexperienced cook. America^ res^ idints in Paris haye. frequently had occasion to accent the services of thos$ trained caterers who, at a not extrava^ gant price, wilTprovide families with & varied bill of fare, brought to the housed promptly at the meal hour, and in a thoroughly palatable state of heat cold, as the nature of the dish requires., P?hqre is 110^reason why every moderate sized-city should hot support' such wKa AAnl/1 "frtrtr? V? 1 c T>QfrATUfti A V* U-W V^UIUU i-VVU Jk/ M? WJk VMW " better than the average family is now fed, and at a cost little, if any, above that which is now incurred, while all the worry of marketing, andJ all the anxiety about-the coot's temper: or skill would bo .done pway with. Un'? doubtedly some of our precious family; traditions would .have to be laid .aside : ojider this'experTmeut.: - y 'ixi< & 11 ^ > m i t.-i" Alkrut Gougbs and Colds. , Coughs and colds are prevaleatjibw, especially among children, -too oft^a from the ignorance or carelessness their elder guardians. Many mothers appear to accept with resignation t^i9 ._ repeated and violent colds, from which hVif>ir ohilflren suffer as o?o^v-identftll and .unavoidable. A cold' is by no means always due to exposure. InjU;. ges^ipn, (constipation,-a. lack pi scrupfci; lous cleanliness, -the 'unwise*'habit of sleeping in much of the clothing worn during the day, unaired bedchambers ?all, or any of these things may have! far more to do with your, "child's tendency to . cold than the' keenest breath of the bracing winter air.: jAhcl; in a great measure these things are Trader your control. M<?hers should understand that. this, is a fact,, whether, they Can see low it is or not, that nu- -; merous sore throats and colds are directly traceable to indigestion and dietetic errors. Quantities c ? greasy food, fried meats,pastry,and the like, ill-ventilated rooms, a&d continued constipa-1 tion, have to- answer for many eases of croup and putrid sore throat. All these things weaken the system and render iMar less, arne to resist cnanges of t|5?periture. #,Give 'every bedroom a thorough airing;.every day, more especially if severaFchQdren are obliged to sleep together;-or with their parents. This is to be avoided, if possible;' if. not, always lower the window slightly! from the top?or,if this cannot be done, raise it from below. There is frequently! bad air enough generated and bseathed in the sleeping apartment' of a family with small children to supply them all not onlv with colds but .with a number of so called "malarious" diseases, to last a year, perhaps^ longer. Neglect of bathing is another prolifia-. source of colds. A child from 3 to 10 years old shouM certainly receive an entire bath twice a v/cjk in printer. A. warm bath at night, taking especial, care to avoid any chill after, will frequently break up a sudden cold. Keep children from playing in chilly, unused rooms in autumn and winter weather. Let them play 'out of doors as much as possible, taking care to have their feet warm and dry. A flannel suit .and rubber overshoes will frequently save much cough medicine and doctor's bills.Keep them warmly clad, but do not be content with thick coats and worsted hoods, while short skirts barely cover the knees, leaving the limbs chilled.? ' Mrs. Lucy Randolph, in American Agriculturist. / i - 'I mj w* " - ' . A Texan, who raises goats for- their flesh, says that kid steaks aro more del* icate than fenisoru i . - IA Little Romance. A romance of peculiarly characteristic flavor was related to the Graphic correspondent regarding a member of the family of the Hon. W. E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy. The lady in the case is a charming Connecticut girl of respectable but poor parents. Ihe young man' is the son of the New ; Hampshire statesman and politician, ; jiis name being the same as that of his j yl A/? ? n f U~Ld blll? UiOiX^U. ^vituu To commence aright, the young man, J who is a half brother to the secretary's young family, was .left by his greataunt on his mother's siclo a fortune of $6,000. This was abdutthe time (1877) he entered upon a course at Dartmouth college. Ho was graduated after four years' study, a portion of that time being also devoted to the ardent court?4ip ,p? *he? charming JEEs .^gp%2^Dir$m(Kith was. that of any^ot&er young man of gay spirits" and the'reputation o? .belonging'fcfa family of substanc^ "In otlie? words, hfer expenses lor ^Snltion an? pother .necessaries amounted to some "$1,500 perannum, for which he in due course drew on Ins father, the drafts being ais promptly ..honored-.' He did not meSnMbn -in . his letters - homethe young lacly whoso image filled' his. dreams, .and whom he had asked to share his . forturtes. But. when h.e. returned home and held his customary conversation rtrrth V>!c .f?.ilipr as to his fnture. he casually remarked that .about the first thing "-he intended to do was. to get married, naming the lady of his choiee. "But what ..have you" got to marry . upon?" asked the astute parent, who < had other matrimonial -plans for his eldest son. . "Well, $6,000 will do for a starter," was the reply. "I hope to make my ' way in--?he world afo'out a? you have " done, sir, and I don't-think you-had a larger capital to .commence upon." > 'Wait a minute, young man," .interrupted the elder man, "you have no i $6,000 to start with. You forget that you have been drawing on this sum for the last four years. There is about $50 i to your credit at,the present time." ' Wfiat-^oHowed-nrfgh'tinfet be- exactly.> right to relate, but this much comes < from a reliable source and!-is a neces- > cow narf; - nf t.hfi rhromfile. The first if thing with. which, the public has any jp legitimate concern, is the fact that the ; young nian sought and obtained a posi- _ tion on the Concord railroad, a corpora- ? tion occupying, a strongposition.of an-v "t tagonism to liis father in the Granite * State. He was appointed brakeman,* and while serving in that capacity had ^ abundant opportunities of seeing his ' father who had to use the line frequent- ( ' ly when at home, and who often rode on the train on which his independent. ' son acted as brakeman. Finally the youjo^ man found a more lucrative ; position on a Western road. He worked hard, rose to such circumstances that 1 he felt justified in claiming the prom- < ise, renewed after his severance of re- 1 lations with his family of Miss , 1 and a few days ago they were married <?.nd proceeded to -their Western home. ^ xr n . 1 _? \J / U?//t</V. Vn __ -- XvSSaropc lii f OUT Kiy?r ; A French engineer, M. Sebiilot, pro- \ poses to shorten the time between this 1 continent ana Europe to four days. 1 His idea is to adapt to ocean naviga- 1 tion, ion a.moreaeate-and longer^sc^e, i the-Sdea wHch models the" North nver \ Eastiiver.'" itrfS vir- ' tuallytwo hulls; a lowers and anSup- 1 per, the lower and the :center to be ! deep^ long, i&rrow,- aacL-#t the- bbws ] vety sharp, redncriiglhe an^eTforward ( by the line of the bows where they cut 1 '"the water with;the HneSi the vessel's 1 3i^ti(Htfrpm-tto 1? degbespa*. now, 1 To even*" 3^egrees. \^b ;Iower -hull 1 wiBr-jth&arpreserT^ a.^dta^t&m ^em 1 ^stier^b^oj^y^3^d^esi?id% of the I ruppe?hi^Ai^/?I^iatter>rs6ill "Either J be ov$ ioif water,' or,': when "ffia' viSsel is deeply-laden; will barely rest ixpon the 1 W6efc' -He estimates "that a vessel of ] 12,000 tons as compared with the new- \ est fast steamers, with 10,000 horse < power, 1,200 feet immersed: cross-sec- 3 tion, and running tweatyTJcaols per- I hour in caim "water, won;a snow, a gpeed of thictyrtwe keofcsaed probably l-iairty-five Icaoti- * $? ;Mlows such ijgvesseJ ccfcfld 11 ii,1 ijfcfliW iim?nT calm 1 .water, from- New Xorkv to Eusgpe in ] about four days. Thlsis- by ??means 1 an extraya^antsupposiiionf Wiiu^fine- Hessof tip lines is" out of comparison 1 with the usual lines in fast steamers; tind^a^e.comp?0^d^tJy;with^lhose j of stooie fife -rscSJftw? for <A^rj^ee<t gnd .bniltr 'either* shallow < l^'-w^^r'j^row an^L desp^e' new j fee shape^^S^pw;w^r^^fe#tich \ 'a vesper t<rb<Tmuch l&s*r-4fi3uen'ced by rough weather than the ordinary shape. 2 The ocean-traveling public would glad ly welcome the day wheal MvSebiBot's new rapid-transit idea shafi become a fact?HartfordFost/ .T a ' ->? .f | K " He Didn't fnowEer. j * .<4^h?re ift-acbotA jry^i h^Isggpose," ] does^^t rrmem- j tier tSfc K?-"div'dpca^smu ' It was a ' great case and made quite a siir at the ' time.- Lawyer V?- C? ? was in it [ and " appeared" before' Judge G-^? on : *- - Tf PA Otll ixupui ta-JLLU i-LLU UXVi-U JLU OW J-14* ?/ JM WMUM that the learned Judge's second toe oh his left foot had been playing the deuce ; with him the night before "aid his > Honor was not in a sweet humor in i consequence. Now, as a rule, there never was a better tempered judge on ; the bench, or one who would give a ' lawyer a better show; but when that ; 'toe "was on tiro rampage it was.-not a . -safe thing ' *&, presume on. h^Honor's . patience too much. l?e^fLawyer | V?- C- made a tremendous argument, over an hour and a'haif long, ; full of flourishes of rhetoric and elegantly molded sentences, delivered in a semi-clerical style of vojge^VPeriod ; after period 'flowed and still tho soft and somewhat affected tones of the learned counsel filled the otherwise silent court room. At length Mr. y~? C raised his right hand and "aiming it at the learned judge closed a splendid climax with the question: "Your Honor, was not Potiphar's wife much older than Joseph?' " *1 know nothing at all about her, sir,' said his honor, almost savagely, leaning forward and wagging his head to emphasize each word. "Lawyer V C sat down as though he had been shot. It knocked the wind clean out of him." The Circassian beauty of the dime museum is a Pennsylvania girl who speaks low German; the Zulu chiefs are cx-waiters for ten-cent basement sa aooiis; trie laitooea man was va.riegau;a ill a New York sign-painter's shop^ and the white elephant is neither whiter' nor sacred. Has honesty no show on earth??N. 7. Com. Advertiser. i -Jctj .. . , ;oQ G^RAOTS: ; EQgapaTABXjB; llmythc Public Domain- Has Been : ::: LSqitaiutoeiSo-'farascan'be learned; ;b? a -careful st?dj- ot rtiaerccords, the Mis \ lively to texfltwiwtta'j^ie pnflGK domaim' in case t|ip -Supposed; ;bi?te?%ecoBao-i.-laws, an&in -eas<r*h? la*v? are -ool&ced, are as .42a^a?^c7^PQ9 :.Wes< ofyfaich 350,000-are the Mobile. and Girard'' rdilroa?\]laa$'grant; 180,-000' .the Selma, jfcomS and' Daltbftj'jii^DOO'Me Coosa and i/Chaitanoogai; -^2,000 the Coosi ^;T^ess^w^^1her;Giflf ^nd Ship .Island. '.In Tennessee. 375, WL> acreB-qranteg w *ae oauioraia, Louisiana amTTexas roaTT; "lOIenda So^ODItcr^grsjafd^ the Atlantic ahtWestIn<?a"Transfl;] add lSfSfOOO to tho 5idriiJ%. Atlantic and . .California CentraHgflroad; In Arkansas 55,000 acres granted to the Littlo; Rbck and Fort Smith, railroad, in Mississippi 600,000 granted to the Iron Mountain r<>ad- j,In Michigan 325,000 granted to tfifc*Detroit and Milwaukee roadj' 305, 000; to the .Port Hnron and Jdwaiukee; j &H),000* to the Jackson, Lansing anp: Saginaw company;-190,000 to the Marquette/and Ontonagon road, and 35,000 to'.the Ontonag&n and Brule River company, making over a million acres in. Michigan. . In :Iowa there, are 80,000 acres granted to the Sioux City and St. Paxil road", supposed to he yet unearned. In Wisconsin 450,000 acres granted to the . West Wisconsin road;' 5o0j$00 L\J LLUZ XWJk U1 TT AJVWIHIU ViUVMgV) I St. Paul and Minneapolis), and 1,200, ' ( 0Q0. to the Wisconsin Central. In Minnesota 800,000 acres, granted to the St., Eapl,. Minnesota .and Manitoba road, S21000 to the .Western rsiilroad, and 1,300,000 to the' Northern Minnesota;.950,000 to the Hastings and Dakota railroad, and 125,000 to the Lake-'Su-; perior and Mississippi Railroad compa-' njr. " . v., ' ; The aooreV grants were made tor states for the benefit of the roads men?;:; ^oned. In addition to this there are!, the following, granted direct to thoj railroad companies, and as yet nnpat-! ented, and inpaost cases,.it fs alleged, unearned: In Wisconsin 907,000 acres granted to the Northern Pacific., ?ai StTinnesota about 18,000 oftho 25,000.. miles of the Northern Pacific road wejre,' completed at the time specified, yet', there?remain 4,500.000 acres :of: its};. lands not patented to the road, probably^ by reason of .the neglect of the company to apply for such patents, by wjuchaegiect the payment of taxes, on the' land is avoided, In Dakota 8,432,000 acres were granted to the Northern Pa^ V ' t AAA AAA cmc road, ana aoout 4,uw,vw were, earned at the expiration of the time|ix-: : sd. for the completion of the -road, though very few of the lands have been patented to the company. This would reave about 4,400,000 acres of land to be forfeited in Dakota. In Montana the "Northern Pacific grant was 17,138,)00 acres, none of wmch was earned at the expiration of the time fixed for the completion of the road, and all of rrrV>?rtK maTr nncaiKltr Tva fr>r? fflUVU IMUtJ L/WWM* WiJ WW MWWMA feited. In Idaho 1,900,000 acres are forfeitable. In Oregon 2,575,900 grantid to the Northern Pacific are forfeitaDie; 3. roo.000 wore sainted to the Oregon Central, now the Oregon anao?iiEornis, of which 2,000,000 are forfeitable; 1,180,000 acres were granted to the Dregon Central, of which~l,000,000 are forfeitable, making 5,500,000 acres- in Oregon forfeitable., In Washington territory 11,250,000 were granted to the Northern Pacific, of which about 9,000,XX) were unearned, according to the present allegations. In California ibout 500,000 acres granted to the California and Oregon company were un?arned. Of the 6,355,000 acres granted to the Atlantic and Pacific road, all appear to be liable to be forfeited. Of the 5.500,000 granted to the Southirn Pacific, about 1,000 are forfeitable, and of the 1,315,000 acres granted to the Texas Pacific all will arobably bo forfeited. ..In Missouri 300,000 acres of the Atlantic and Paci C ? fArfoifoVllo LIU ^jl?Ulb AlC O i/vr w av4avawmi/av^.which, in addition to the Iron Mountain tract mentioned above, will throw 1,000,000 acres of public lands into the j market. In the Indian Territory the f pant to the Atlantic and Pacific was L8,500,000 acres, of which little, if any, appears to hare been earned. In New;' Mexicothe Atlantic and Pacific grant ivas JO,000,000 acres, ^ o? which will probably be declared'forfeited. Should ihe Texas Pacific grant be declared^forbited by congress, 8,500,000 a.c?es of ihis will be found in New Mexico. In Arizona the-Atlan ;ic and Pacific grant imotmts to 9,000,000 acres, and , the Texas Pacific gran t to 9,000,000, both >f which will probably be declared forfeited. To sum up: Of the 35,000,000 icres granted to states for the benefit >f railroads within their borders about 16,000,000 acres have been earned and ),000,000 may be forfeited, and of the 145,000,000 granted direct to railroads ibout 50,000,000 have been earned and 55,000,000 m'rty be forfeited.?Chicago Times. > : I ? ' = I la appearance Arabi Pasha is a big,... strong, broad-shouldcrcJ, good-natured fellah. His fez thrown well back displays a broad. m .. s.ve forehead sue-wmounting large, soft, eyes, which have in ordinary moods a kindly, dreamy expression." There is an undefinablo something about the man which impresses favorably all who come in contact with him, and for those who understand his native Arabic, the only language he can speak, there is a singular cnarm in his conversation. His stock of useful arid theoretical knowledge is, unfortunately, not at all in proportion to his powers of expression, so that bis love of discoursing sometimes leads to a lamentable display of ignorance. Like all men liable to be intoxicated by the How of their own rhetoric, he could be wildly inconsistent without being hypocritical. A dutiful son, a good husband, a kind father, and, on the whole, an upright, respectable man, he was never the determined, stoical hero or the blind, uncompromising fanatic he has sometimes been represented. /rnwAiio o/*nno tiroc AD J.lie lUliU >V VUiiVUJ JX/VMV ?. ^ acted in the mayor's court in a certain town in Lincolnshire: "Unfortunately for the mayor, his duties on the bench claim his attention as he rises from the table, A man was brought up before him on the charge of being drunk and incapable. The mayor, who had previously been smiling benignly around on the crowd assembled in the court, looked at the man unsteadily for a moment with blinking eyes, and on the completion of the evidence said: 'Prishner, you?you ora be 'shamed o' yerself! You'll 'ave a pay four and tenpence orra month!' The prisoner was removed by the constable, and the magistrate was assisted out by his clerk.?Pall Mall Qazcttc. There are in the cities of San Francisco . and Oakland fifty-one labor j unions and twelve local ningnts 01 JLa- j bor societies. ... Healthy Homes. . > Highland houses include, indeed, the finest; residences of the old and new ^*>rld?Probasco's country seat at Clifton on the Ohio, Dom. Pedro's PctropoQlis, Captain Nichols' octagonal castle : near Mount Yonah in the North Geor<r* ian Alleghanies, the castles c? Heidelberg, Gastein, . Salzburg, Linz. Pau, Perugia andMcdellin, Lismorc Hill, the seat, of "the Duke of Devonshire, the abbeys of Johannisberg and Monte 'Casino and the incomparable Wilhelms-. hohe, near .Cassel, a, > fairy realm of fountains, terraced precipices, mount- j aih forests, lakes , and orange .gardens;; , Li an absolute ^lairi an artificial mound j need -not -be very high to command a ' fairnrosoect: the "Hancdnz.Gardens"! of Scmiramis were in truth, nothing. but I home made hills covered withgarden earth and pi anted "with trees; and who knows if the hillocks- of :our mound. :builders were not the pedestals pf their' 1 dwelling houses?On plateaus ofj limited extent the residence' Maty ftsrm| . the acropolis, wi& efafr ' buildings at the -loqt Jcifi thd/ 'hi^iwiJt never vice versa, for, drainage cannot be controlled to the~extent ot protecting the deHars Gf'&loi+er fccdsei iBousesj at.the foot of .a. 7 , [ J--,': S:' 1 : ... are liable to -other objections,. rbeing cx-j posed to: rock s-no.t^ slides water, bursts,, etc., :bes^lcs flic?disadvantages! > incident' to a circumscribed' pirospeCt! ; and obstructed air-currents.- Otdythe; .. French kin<rs cvinced ' a. remarkable; ? predilection for valley palaces?per-' ; naps, as \yieland suggests^. because: tney cared, more to "be seen than W'see.! 1 'On the slope of a-high hill the south; v aad west isidesr are, on the whole, pre-; "< ierfible^ ?ew;peppie can bepersuaded " to rise .with, .the, sun, but all enjoy a ' lingering sunset; .beside that, in the higher latitudes, west slope plantations J have the advantage of the afternoon ' sun. Four hours after noon on about J six days of the week the t weather is J wanner and less cloudy tHan four hours ' before noon. 1 *"Jl! u> j _ -j : Science protects our forests and ought to countermand the impending \ crusade against, shade, trees.. Leafy J trees in the close proximity of a dwelling house arc ; supposed to make the 1 lower rooms damp .and chilly; but* the \ Golden Age; wouM.,stilf flourist.i?^4' causes of,unman.disease were limited.*' to 'dangers from, that' source. "I'shall 1 iiot attempt 'to; explain,'!'f:says Ben fj Franklin* "why damp.clothcs occasion j colds, rather than wet ones,;, because I ! dqubt the fact: I suspect that neither 1 thfe one nor the other contributes'to * this effect, andtfcat the causes of 'colds? 1 are totally independentof wet and even * oi| cold." ; .. , . | That our snccstors emanated from the shades of a tree"' land "is one of the" few points on which - - va : j MOSES AND DAKWIX '.'. J j agree, and- it scenes. hardly probable. 1 fVi of tVi/> rl ncnpnrl 5* ntc nf <i fnrAcf: rtiffl ' should be damaged bv a little tree f shade, especially where that shade is i confined to the sa wannest months in. * the year. .After October, when sun- * shine becomes preferable to shade, ( trees do not obstruct the rays of the 1 sun. They merely moderate its sum- * mer glare, and . at noon offer the best- 1 possible relugc: u.omtb-c?Uvuti?* No human contrivance cahriyal the'.1 anti-caloric arrangements of a leafy * canopy?free access to all the winds of ; heaven, and a roof impervious not only * to the direct light of the sun's ravs, but * also to their warmth, which "is felt 1 through a- shingle roof as plainly as 3 through a flimsy sunshade. But a shade E tree, with its hundred strata of light ? absorbing leaves, interposes an effectual * barrier to the .hottest sun; and, moreover, plants have a direct refrigerating ! influence, analogous to that of animal * bodies in generating warmth. Even. * under the blazing sun the juice of c oranges, watermelons, apples, etc., is from ten to fifteen degrees colder than v that of stagnant water, and on cloudy 8 sumiser uays lau ;u; ui. it urueiusa uis- tract is considerably .warmer tftan the. 1 atmosphere of a shady forest on sunny J days.?Dr. Felix Oswald in Lippincot&s * Magazine, . ... >: .. ' A Thrilling Situation. ' ' ? u. : i : . An incident occurred in the lag 5 canyon on Fraser. riper last week of a; c nature so terrifying .that it makes the j blood oi the narrator run cold while he;. writes. A young Victorian who had I been engaged on the railway line, be- ! ing mustered out of service, started for 1 Victoria. At the point where it is pro- * posed to throw a railway suspension T bridge across me rrazer raver iivsia io stretched a cable from which depends T a sort of cage or crate such as is used t to pack fruit or cabbages in on steam- ' ers. Passengers desiring to cross the s river enter this conveyance. Wires or 8 stays extend from the crate to a pulley on the cable, and by means of a line to which a horse is attached the crate is drawn from side to side of the river. The cage hangsabout one hundred feet , above the stream,: which boils and ' surges beneath in a manner that tem- r fies any person of weak nerves who may intrust himself to the conveyance. Ten days ago, while making the crossing, the crate turned upside down, and c ten UiUU^aiiU vaiiauiuu ? . . quantity of other light goods dropped [ into the Fras?r ana were lost This; 1 incident was stall fresh in-the jnindoi ] the young* Victorian when he entered the orate and was drawn toward the ? other side. His equanimity was. not \ restored when, having accomplished k abont one-half the passage, he saw the j ferryman leisurely unhitch his horse ! and drive of? The day was biting cold. A sharp wind blew down the river and, [ whistling through the bars of the crate, j made the solitary passenger's teeth rattle and his flesh creep. The situa- * tion was alarming. The frail bark ! swayed to and fro, threatening with every blast that struck it to capsize and send the voyager into the depths 1 of the river. No one responded to his call for more than an hour. Then the 1 ferryman, having finished his noonday * meal, returned with his horse, made fast to the line, and drew the half-dead {. young man to the shore. The situation 1 of a person seated in the cage is one of : danger under the most favorable cir- 1 cumstances, but under the circum- : stances in which our young friend j crossed it was positively alarming. The ferryman, it is supposed, desired to J play a practical joke, but it will strike ' most persons as being an exceedingly ' ill-timed one.?Victoria (B. C.) Colonist. : "Gentleman," said the professor to ] his medical students assembled in clin- , ic. "I have often pointed out to you the remarkable tendency to consumption of those who play upon wind instruments. In this case now before us we h&ve'a well-marked development of Inns' disease, and I was not surpris?jJ^ to find, on questioning the patient^gS be is a member of the brasses? Now, sir," continued the addressing the consumptive please tell the gentlemen tw| ment yon play on?" Vgl drum," said the sick mapffl TRAIN TRAVEL SS-VIRGMA. ! One of 'the "Darned Folks From tip j North" "Wakes aSwitchman." J Tijne in Virginia has no value whatever, and' as it is the universal practice there never to :do :to-day what can he put off 'tmtil -tomorrow, ?little, inconvenience arises. The railways are. ran on a hap.py-20-lucky schedule," which is extremely diverting'to those who have time in abundance,' and- the- few who are pressed for. minutes,. being in. a hopele^; minority, rather afford occa? ,sion for mirth when'they "be^in to kick at Virginia methods. The railway time tables are in- perfection in the rural districts. Not long ago. a night-train with ? party of New Xqrkers on, byardwas ^mping along comfortably at a'tenmiles^an-hoUr gait"through a"" remote part;of Virginia,-; when all at once, with a: tremendous jerk, it came to a' standr still. The natives in..the sieeping-^ar did not think it worth* while to .ask' the reason .of'the suddxin -s^pagey' th'6 aEfoa7-anidjWheit- tne-oonds'etor. strolled tkrouglgthe car a roaj of indignant inquiry; .went'.uix....Tijp conductor saoifelnglj^^splafaied t&at tbeyvalways- stoppc$ at a switch-jfor. fear ft might not^po.s'e^ , "".** . ."^utr good ^aici^,"-fe;cJairbed "sh, irate New Torker,' ^whercisf the switdb- bianP";.: -'W.-mu as >i it ;i : The . co^dup tor .explained; 3 that the particular ^witchmrm they, then needed . A IiVA rt % ? / . T? AW Al^Prt/? 1 IsW jur<jatiori,:'4h? 'coftcuct?? the train, went. to-: -the/s tataoa house, .and pounded yiao*p.oilyfc.shouting at; thje same time: . ' . :* ; : '"."Git up, Jim^the train's here, and a . pa^sel- o them dnrned folks -fromNorth :is Taisin'. a breeze. 'cause. the switch/ain'tset." _ ... ' Jim 'called 6ac? "1 in a comin?," sad eftd^tly inrned over and Wiehtl to . sleep -kg sin.- T-he Virginians -on- /the . train-began;-to .chuckle. .Their. sympathy was.entirely with ,Jini and the 'r sonductor." The "latter continued 'to iirge.Jlm; ivho: was al^a^'^omn^V" but didtft come.-' i Ti<v conductor; ''at ,. list apologetic,-being the i Kew. Yorkers, no.w became pre^ng. "Do,. Jim,", he anxiously said, set th<y durn*:tlnn^: 'sb the ttanx ' ;sh go-by.- - i->u ? . ji Jim continued obdurate until one .of i She; New Y.oxkQns, arose irom.his berth, 3 ina," .claa'in rage and a checked ulsfejr, J rot off'the 'cnr and -threatened to set ' ire to the station btnase? and make a Durnt offering *4 JinprHh&t switch was i lot set in; ten minutes.* ' Within" the .1 specified timo Jim appeared, hoiling .1 with indignation, and threatened to re- 1 sign if he were again subjected tosimiar in'convbniencc.;'> - It is the custom along these provin- 1 rial roads to stop the tram at any point < lpon being signalled. People can be iken on and. put oft' anywhere they ike.' A fast train?that is, what they ;all a twenty-milo-an-hoiir train?was ( joing through a plantation a.month or * 10 ago, and the passengers observed J ;hree little girls on the wayside waving 5 heir white ; aprons frantically at the 2 jonductor. -The train, of course,-stopied. The tallest of the girls, a 10-year 3 >}d, with long eyelashes, bashfully re- < narked: "won'tyou piease give me in d K"ntiaianxLJEamaj^nd tiie doggie a 1 ide?" The conductor promptly esn.? ^ ;ented, and assisted Miss Eyelashes, ler companions and the doggie on c >o'ard. They rode on' for a mile or c wo, and then they announced their z eadiness to get off. The train was I itopped, and they jumped down and s campered off. Just as the train had j tarted Miss Eyelashes scampered wild- c y "back. ^ "Oh, mister, if you please, don't go s iway till we get 'cross the creek- Mamna doesn't let us go over it 'less some-1 ^ jody's watching us, and we have-to r :arry the doggie." - s The conductor- waited until a final <] saving of white aprons on. the-other s lide oi the creek .signified that his pas- ^ engers were safe. Nobody in the r rain expressed surprise except the a iliens. Nobody who has ever been z here before rushes to meet a train in Virginia. YY hen the nrst railway tram ^ ventthrough the ancient town of Willamsburgh in October. 1881,. it was ad-. rertised for 9 o'clock." It was the time the Yorktown Centemual, and the .own was full,of.strangers. Tho&e ra'shy appeared at the station at,'9, o'clock >recisely.- The natives meanwhile went ibout their business. Toward 12 o'clock hose p^'Jbhc natiyes who meantto board he 9 o'clock train assembled. After waiting awhile they went off and sat on he.Court house' isteps, leaving orders rifif a negro to' call thtfm when the Aom/i Tf AW1 cAmn *?toa 5n he afternoon, and the negro, running, ibout the town, informed *the passsei> rers when the train would start. ' " < a - a. How Medicine is Taken. it is to be feared that to most people nedicine is not an erudite science or a earned art, but'is little more than the :ommonplace administration of physic. Dhey cannot understand medicine withmt drugs, and its virtue and power ire popularly measured by the violence >f its operations.' Its very name is, in >rdinary parlance, synonymous with jhysic. Take from it its pills and poions, and for them' you take away its" vhole art and* mystery. They do not? >elieve in a scheme of treatment, howsver deep-laid-rad skillful, which does lot include a certain statutory dosage. >o that, as a rule, medical men are j tactically compelled to give their pa-' ( ,ients a.visiole object of faith in some , brm of physic, which may be at most j lesigned to effect' some very subordilate purpose. And it is remarkable i- cvnn imnncr f.hft ft.'l 11 filter! ivnr v,v? ???0 ?- ? ilasses, tliis feeling prevails. Cures 1 jy the administration of mixtures and 1 xiluses is so fixed and ancient a tradi- * ion that it hi only vory slowly that the j ,vorld will give it up. The anxiety of ' iie friends of the patients wants to do * nore than follow the simple direction 1 >f "nursing," -which have been so care- i lully indicated, and possesses appar- ] mtly so little remetl:al power. There ' s nothing of the unknown about them : ,n which a lluttering hope of great ad- * rantage can nestle. Tlius it is neces- ^ ;ary to educate the world into a belief : .n medicine apart from drugs, which ittds its power of curing in adaptation i >f the common conditions of life and < implications of physiological facts?a ' nedicinc which..takes into its hands. M ;he whole life, and orders and.fashions i ts every detail with scientifTc'deiinite- 1 less. It is found in everj-day practice 3 ;hat this popular misunderstanding of J ;he modern spirit of medicine, constant* < y checks the little tentative advances i >f a more scientific treatment, j^iit is < lecessary that mderstoodJ^sgfiMS ' GliEAJTINGS. ; Nearly 1,0^000 people receivedchar-" ftable" aid in' Great' jSritaiiithe- '"pastyeart . . ,, ~. .. . A two-year-old child at (Jainesville, Ga., can already repeat: the entire lphabet.' 1 . The twenty-five firms who publish school books inthis* country do. a business of about $8,000,600 a year. Mrs. Louisa S. Vaught, of Freehold, . i N. J., who died recently, , left $70,000 to a number of- evangelical societies. .- / A petition .has.been, presented, to the Connecticut Legisl atgge. asking for the v;; passage of a law prohibiting. .lie use .of tobacco in the public.schools.,f . . Dfinntr ITmfori States Marshal Gnm- v , roper, of'Spnngjfield, Mo., undertook 'to li^ht a fire with "kerosene.-' It didn't kili-Mm, but he won't do it again. A? disagreeable witness" in a Black Hills / court got a stinging blow under ear as ne left tha^iozwihiL.dcfendant in thg:casc.^^fo^nirg the suggestion. -!^r?aa^.is;goi^inftheayiily for beet jpot7cijlture. .^.JCnety. new factories ?g werV starred last" y?atJ* and' nearly as many'are;in cbtftrse cfeornstruetion. ' Thlrty^thre^ :th6i?aind deaths from diphtheria xDecurred ins the .province: of Kharkof,. the^outhcrn part pf European Russia, betw^e3a4h6-563X3 of 1871 and B.eecher's double, thc/ma^;whQ goes to tfc'eaiires 'ind :?e?s the Broaden pastor's liamMrtthe pauer?,isij^ff''^ nian:.- Thcir.Te2emblan.ee is very^tiife;- ; .. Arthur J^^son of the flate Sir Bob ert Peel, -will'"probably be. the Vaextx ^ i. Speaker in the English Hqti^ i&f Com* mons. He is 54 years-old,; arid'4s of : r; stately presenew -r - A^Yenci scribblerrimtingbf Qfaeen Victoria and'her late gillie,' Brow3, has had the indecency, to say .-that she fcake^ ?er.second widowhood even harder thaa,.the fijc5t In the. wood's of BelmOht,' jS. JBL, is living a . married * wpniaa^bf thirty years, who wears overalls-and chops wood with her husbaad, averaging a eard of wood a day. . j Ifls~.said?tiaAt - Gladstone's private life is jvfrsll^ above, suspicion.;! iHis home at Hawa^&oa Castle Jls as. happy as .any .in England>^*ie has no petty rices and' noyeccentricitlej? "<J> ' A negro m.Virginia wilo has' been^^"" tried for abducting;1 a'~white- girl cries khafcit is- ^'ntigbfr c^rd^ta-sea' a;.cnlard.man to'i&e.gea'tenshary 'cause.a white .gal runs artcf'hiim"\ ,.The Ogaliala Cattle "Company, of Dmaha, which fought; 45,000 head, has &ken also, tne l?oslef"Ecrd of 45,000 for &125.000. -JThe company now has over LOO.000 head and =$3,000,000 invested. Mrs. Franks, the first woman to land >n Galveston. Island, .then inhabited >nly by sand-crabs, and. the mother of ;he first white child born there, is still . : i ifive and Hale and hearty/though at in advanced age. ' A Des Moines intelligence office has received an order for a cook to go to Colorado. Thflb- person writing says: ' There are ten men hereto <m& womm, and a good, cook can--get large r/im naatratni.^ -.1. .. m?? m ? ~ m\% A TTfiAo (Yflnflowon rcT^foe* of JDt. \J IVUtbVtf V??U)U iXXJ mce asked Theodore Parker, who was '~i lining with him, a .question cancerling Wendell Phillips' orthodoxy, and tklr. Parker replied:. "I do npt care to lay that he believes or rejecte 'the five joints,' but I will say that - he practises one of them?the perseverance of he saints?which-is *a?eh better than i belief in the other four." At hunt breakfasts in England the ' :-v able has rolls, toast,, omelettes, kid- ; leys, bacon, eggs and sausages, tho -~ ideboard having game and tongues. - -7 [he tea and coffee of the. tabic are ometimes neglected for the wines and ' iquors of tie. sideboard. Befreshaents are usually taken out to ladies, ind frequently to gentlemen who 'do Lot care to dismount,1- : ' "What become" oft'ettyfpg that uster ive here?" asked a' visitor of Gilpin ' it the stcire Saturday niglity "Oh, he's ocated in_a Western town, practicing aw.'How does he get along." is ne *.aw raocessful? 4?3Xot very. He has never von a suit jet" "^'o, that is, not a ?Ho1g one. He won aJ hat on Ohio last all arid a pair of boots' on' New York. 3ut that's as near a suit -as he eivcr fen. .. - ^ Not only in Paris, but in Germany, rad in fact ihxpughp&t. Europe, the cry '' '--hi )f the unemployed is rising high. Hoiand 19- much troubled with it at pres- jA :nt. In both Amsterdam and Rotter- ' ? fam there is a large amount of labor ?-^8 >agcr but unable to'get work,, and ^ iriven into destitution. In Amsterdam he government has devised some temporary work and in Rotterdam 2,000 >f the "disinherited" 'have issued a protest against: the subvention of the jpera by the municipality during this Ostress., * In the shadow of a tall blue granite sHatt in Uaiyani uemecery, near .cura.- * ivood, Mo., s5nds"a small headstone )f the same material? bearing the inscription: "Our i Dog Shep." This nemorial is in accordance "with the rashes of George C. Hammond, whose ast.will and testament made ample jrovision for the'ddg's comfort in life,--' ? ?-? lare and medical attendance: in sick- . less, and final repose at. his piaster's :eet Too much rich food cut "Shep" >ff untimely, but' a doctor, " a shroud, i coffin and a tombstone hare all combined to preserve his memory. ... ... Thirty years ago a peddler mad? his ippearancc_.in_5ittfiburg under the lame of John Foley, He was indus- V xious, but seemingly poor. He died iboat a year ago at the age of eighty. EEs estate was found to be worth about p23,000, and his will developed the 'act that his'right name was John - Johnson. He left his properly to four ihildren, wherever they could be iound. The search for the heirs was 'or a long time unavailing, but it has it length resulted in the. discovery of some of them. Why Johnson left Ireand and how he got his wealth remain i mystery. A correspondent^ of ' the Worcester Spy, in an account of a conversation he >ncc had with Wendell Phillips, says: UL asked him if he had any pleasure in lighting, if contest gave him any satisfaction. He said-'not a bit,' that he lated fighting, and was the very last 3jan who ought to have to do it, 'but,' le added, 'when I was in college one m - ~ /am**/) ?y\a >1 my iuuuu lauit mm iuo or always standing up for any person >r thing that was denounced;1 he said; Say anything against a man, and teyymps Phiil ip5 tot- defend him, no man is right or fci^^knows any