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Shall I tell wherein the grace lies, little maiden Nay, nay! For were I to tell, Indeed, I know full well It would snrely break the spell, Little maiden. But I'll whisper in your oar A word lor you to hear; i Just a hint?never lcar, Little maiden. Be always bright and ready, Press onward strong and steady. Ever help the poor and needy, Little maiden; And the charm and the grace That are scaled on thy lnco Will never loose their place, Little maiden. ?Boston Transcript. Her Blue-Eyed Boy. " My boy, mv, boy, my blue-eyed boy, For thee I sigh, for thee I wcop, When others tread the mazy dnnce, , Or smile in happy dreams and sleep. Torn Irom.these loving arms away, By those who recked not tear or prater, 2re tbou cocldst speak thy mother's name, My tiny bud, my babelct fair. " My boy, my boy. my blpe-eyed boy, Could I within thy bright eyes giu-o, - Or have nn hour to kiss thee in, 'Twould light np many weary days. But thou ait lar away from inn; Between us ocean's billows beat, And I can but thy picture kiss, My fairy rose, my babelet sweet." As Miss Isabella Spooner finished reading these verses ana proceeded to cul them out of the paper they had graced with a pair of scissors that in company with a bunch of keys hung from her generous girdle, a murmur of admiration am sympathy arose from her audience. This audience consisted of Mrs. Spooner, Isabella's mother, a tall, thin, pale womai: with a great deal ot forehead?that is, ir regard to height?and very white, wellshaped hands, which looked as thougl: they had been molded out of lard.; Mrs, Dusen berry, a lndy who looked aboui five-and-forty, but who, accordingto hei own calculations.'grew young so fast thai her friends confidently expected that in J few years she would be a girl again, with lips so thin that they came near being nc lips at all, bumpy -brow, small,- black uneven eyes, a nondescript nose and h fiimre remarkable for its unobtrusive ness; Captain Hottpp, Mifcs Spooner'; jmcle, a nalei he:atyt rather handsortv man, wlio had spent most of his life In' sailing vessel; Mr. Wellington Octofbr a voungpork merchant, called "Devil1 fish" by those ofjhis companions whe had been, to the Aquarium, " because il came eo near being Octopus, you know.' with reddish hair, reddish complexibr and no forehead to speak of; MissJEugenir Ami Oetoper, sister oflhspork merchant a pretty, pert young girl, who came dowr to breakfast "in diamond earrings, and talked a great deal about "style;" anc two or tliree elderly men and three 01 four young men, who, being mere nobodies, can, of course, qnly expect men mention, .t A. A') J A L) 1'J * J[ V It was a lovely day in the last weel< of July, and these people were gathered together on the broad veranda of the Spooner homestead (Mi's. Spooner tool; ' ? ? v.'? AAmnoni'^ U 1CW 5UHII1IVI UVJiHUCIO iwi (.uiupmii :md, truth to toll, thev could not have been in a uleasanter place. The house, substantially built of gray stone and draped with beautifully wistarias that climbed to the very roof, faced the Delaware river, and the gleam of the watei through the branches of the catalpatrees that stood just outside the garoen gate, laden with diowy flowers, anions which -the bees \nre having rare riot! wjis a pleasant sight to see. Miss Isabella Spooner, the real mistress | of the homestead?her mother's extreme lassitude rendering her only the nomina one?was a comfortable, sentimental old maid, with an obtrusive figure (in whicl; respect she formed a great contrast to hei frierid Mrs. Dusenberry), light, very liglil blue eyes, and a snub-nose. She wort ^ her hair brushed back from her forehead ?afforehead much like her mamma's? and falling in a curly crop in the back oi her neck._ In evening dress these curls were always tied with a bit of bright ribbon, "whicn imported to them quite i juvenile appearance and charm. ca Tanliplla on noetrv. and looked upon all rhymers as "heavenborn.!1 fact, she had an intense respect for and admiration of all person.' connected with, literature, and was wont to say, 41 Could I have been pen-rifted ] would have asked no other boon, j"How, very sweet!" said Mrs. Dusenberry, in a soft, too soft voice,, a? Miss Spoo'ner, after reading the verse; quoted above, took her scissors in hei nand: """They remind me of som< h lines I introduced in my -first letter tr Professor Ganz at the time I became s< interested in the habits of the birds o ? North America. He said afterward by-the-bye, that the brightness of thai letter absolutely dazzled him." Mrs Dusenberry prided herself on her let ter-writing, and, anxious that her tal ent should not be "hid under a bushel/ wrote on the subject which she though would be most interesting to him with a hint as to the impression hi had made on her susceptible heart, t< I every man with whom she came ii contact, n? soon as possible after form ing his acquaintance. And wnen do you expect her, Isa $ bella?" asked Mrs. Spooner, lifting he hands, of which she was very proud from her lap, to regard them mor closely, and then listlessly droppin; them again. . . , . ., . "This afternoon, toward evening,1 answered Miss Spooner, taking a lette from her pocket and referring to it "She writes: )I hope to arrive just a tht sun is beginning to drown in you beautiful river, ana the evening sta peeps forth as bright?as bright, alas ..,prfzfae eyes of my blue-eyed boy.' " "How very sweet!" said Mrs. Du senberrv. "It reminds me of a note received the other day from Dr. Drake in answer to one I sent him, beggin; him for a copy of his lecture on th ' Human Skeleton.111 "Well, I should say she was quit smart. Yes-s," said the young jori merchant, in a nasal voice. "Then verses sounded very pretty. I don1 read anything in the newspapers bu the lard quotations and the nog marke reports myself, but I know good po'tr wnen i iictu auu juu ic<m uioi rate. Miss Spooner, you do. Yes-s." "It was nice," said his sister; "bu no better than a friend of mine can dc She can write pomes by the hour, bu she don't print none. She don't nee .to,. 'cause her pa's rich. She only do< it for fun." "Well, I'm blessed," here broke i Captain Hottop, dropping his feet with bane from the chair-top on which the had oeen elevated, " if I wouldn't like t knoW what this is all about. Who j * 3 + WP" hiicr AiiU IT 11U O liUb uiuvrvjvv* wvj . " Why, bless me! you've just come, an you don't know, do you, uncle?" sai m Miss Spooner, putting the " pome " awa in her pocketbook, and leaning back i her chair the better to meet the eyes < the captain. She's Mrs. Montgomer Montague, a charming young widow, an the blue-eyed boy is her only childlovely babe?" "Babelet," corrected Mrs. Dusenberr; at the same time playfully flicking tli cheek of a youth at ner side, one of th mere-mentioned, who in his interest i Miss Spooner's story had neglected to fa the rival of Madame De Sevigne, afte having been captured and detailed fo that duty only five minutes before. "And when her husband died," cod tinued the fair Isabella "(he was th younger, son of an aristocratic Englis family, one of the very highest?intimat 0 with the Queen?and lie ran away to thi country on a lark, and his folks disowne him because they thought he njarried be 0 low him, though I've no doubt she wa much too good for him, and he treated he ? shockingly), his father sent for the boj and tore him from ?nis weeping mother1 arms." "' And recked not tear or prayer,'' quoted Mrs. Dusenberry. "But why did she let them take him? shouted the captain. "By heavens! the; couldn't have taken him if she'd 'a hel< on. Foreigners tearing citizens of th United States fronvtheir mothers' arms Who ever heard of such a thing before? " Well, they didn't exactly tear bin 11 ftWiiyt CAjJlrtliicu mo " That's thepoetical way of putting it,' interpolated Mrs. Dusenberry. '.'But she was left almost destitute,' Miss Spooner went on, " and she's a deli cate little thing, and?" "Circumstances were too many fo her," suggested the pork merchant. " Just so," assented his hostess. " But most fortunately, she possesses the gift o song; and with what her writingsorinj her in, and the presents which are show ered on her wherever she goes?she i such a favorite?she manages to get along I met her at Mrs. Bluelight's party las winter, and we took such a fancv to eacl other right off, and slic told me .or stor . in the conservatory. Young Chandle; was there, too, but she didn't see him; hi was at the other end of the room, behint some tall plants?he was very attentive t< her afterward, and gave her a pearl brace let on her birthday?and I cried till m> nose looked like a? " ' " Cherry," suggested Mrs. Dusenberry adding in a sprightly manner: " Captain if you desert me for "this enchantress, I'l never forgive you," to the great astonish ? 'i nonfnin wlm liorl n/v meni ui tuv uvuwou huV **v exchanged three sentences with the laxly and, indeed, had never seen her until thu . very July afternoon. t " Well," said Mrs. Spooner, changing: , ring from the forefinger of her right ham r to the forefinger of her left, " we must al . be very kind to her. I sympathize witl I her with all my heart about lier child. ! ; know how I'd feel if I lost you, Isabel hi.' 44'My babelet sweet!'" murmura i Mrs. Dusenberry, fixing her peculiai i eyes on her friend, on which the gawk\ v'outh at her side dropped the fan, ant t burst into a loud guftaw. 44 Hush!" cried Miss Isabella. "Heri t she is." And up the garden walk tripped i t slight girlish-looking woman, dresset ? 11?. _:n. v.? I in .a DimJ-grajr SUA, (vrjiu n uiuuouui t ough hit, from which floated a lon< > black ostrich plume, coquettishly set oj , the back of her head. Iler pale yellov t hair hung in babyish curls about hei . snow-white brow, and she raised a paii 5 of. lovely yellow-brown eyes to tin ; group on the veranda. i Miss Spooner, with astonishing quick , ness, considering how stout she was i ran down the stops and^ caught hei > friend in her arms. "You narling!1 t she said, with enthusiasm, "we hav< ' just-been' reading your sweet, sweei i poem, 'A Mother's Wail.' Welconit i to the homestead!'^ '"How beautiful it is!'1 said the lit i tie woman, clapping her daintily kiddei 1 hands, and speaking in a low cleai I voice' perfectly audible to the listener : above as she turned toward the river - "That glimpse of the water! the grant ? old trees! the fragrance of the air! and1 ?raising her beautiful eyes?" the glori : oussky, so like"?with a catch in hei I breath?"so like the eyes of my lost > my darling boy!" , In less than a week every man ir that house was m<$re or less in lov< , with Mrs. Montgomery Montague?th< I captain, the pork merchant, the ok : clerks and the young clerks. And the women?well, the womei ' didn't like her as well as they did be fore she came. i "She's pretty enough and clevei ; enough," said Mrs. Dusenberry, " but ] , for one am getting tired of her blue eyed Doy. AS I saia in a letter 01 nun* > tp a distinguished literary gentleman? * immediately upon reading it he enrollei I himself among my band of admirers? 1 ' I have lost children, lost them in tin i grave, but I never bring my shadow: ' to c^oud the sunshine of my friends.'' t And, to do her justice, she never did ' On the contrary, so uneommouly wel I did she bear her bereavements tliut on< could scarcely believe she' had cvei f been bereaved. > But to go back to the pretty poet'i lovers. Captain Hottop was the mos l devoted of tliem all. He had never beer in love before, and love, like scarlet fe I ver, is a most serious complaint wher contracted late in life. He followed Mrs Montague around like a faithful, loving ? slave, carrying a heavy shawl to spreat t. on the grass when she chose to sit be [ neath the trees, and a large umbrella tc shield her from the sun'when it was hei ?1 +1.? ? A U. pleasure lu I'luumc umn^ mc iviiu. ii' * named his sailboat " Lilian " after her V bought a pony and phaeton and place< r them at her service, swung her for hour ' in the hammock which hung.in th< > or^nard, and listened with patient, heart > felt, sympathy to her longings for hci f blue-eyea boy. , "Blessed if it ain't too bad!" said hi t one day (thev were sitting beneath tin . catalpa-trees). as the little widow presnoi her lace handkerchief to her eyes to dr< - the tears tliat sprung to them .just afte" ' she had remarked that the twittering o t the dear little birds was so like a baby'; , voice. " Couldn't you git him awa; s from them folks? 'Pears to mo I eouldn' ? refuse you anything when you clasp you i hands and look at me with tears in you - eyes." " Oh, captain," sobbed the sorrowing - mother, " there are very few people ii t" the world like you?very few. You ar , one in a thousand?yes, five thousand e But I never had a chance to appeal ti H them personally. I was very ill whcnwhen they took my darling .away; am " letters, with no matter how much feel r ing we write them, are so cold." "Whv don't vou try 'personally, s then?" asked the captain, swinging he r dainty parasol about, to the imminen r danger of the delicately carved handle ! She blushed, cast down her yellow brown eves, raised them iwjain, lookei - hira in the face like a child resolved t I tell the truth, lfbwever painful it may b( ', and said, 441 have no money wherewit1 ? to pay my passage to England. Undei e stand me, I would willingly, most wil lingly, be a steerage passenger, a steward e ess, anything?anything "to bring m k nearer my child. Butf coming to tlier i save as befitted the wife of their son an t brother, my husband's proud famil t would certainly disown me, jind t should be alonein a strange land mor y heart-sick than ever." > 44 Well, if the want of money's all, cried her honest lover, 44 that's easil it settled. I'll .give you the money to g >. in bang-up style? it But nere he stopped in amazemen d for Mrs. Montgomery Montague ha fs risen from her seat ana drawn her sma figure to its fullest height. "Sir, d n not insult me," she said, with tremblin q )?r\a y " Insult you!" cried the captain, spring o ing to his feet?"insult you, ray dea is little woman! I never dreamed of sue a thing." d "But you offered me?money," sh d stammered. y "And I was about offering you m n hand and heart?that's the way the >f put it in the love stories, don't they y Will you marry me, Lilian? and then, a you choose, we'll go together for th a boy." "Generous man!" said the widow, 7, tear stealing down her pretty cheel e "But don't you see"?and a smile sue- ] e ceeded the tear?" that that would never i n do? I could never plead for mv child ! j n as the wife of Captain Hottop. It must j toi r be as the widow of Montgomery Mon-1 m( r tague." | ^ " Blessed if you ain't ri?ht!" exclaimed | he: l- the captain, looking at ner admiringly. pe]' e " Well, promise to marry me when you an h return. Do, Lilian. No one could love en< e you better than I." dei s "When I return?" w] d " Yes, for surely my promised wife can i- accept part of the fortune that will be p0-s all hers when she is really my wife, with- tjv r out anybody? Nobony need know. or \ Will you, Lilian?" ar( s "I will," she said. tra "Will what, my precious?" he asked, gr '* smiling. for "Everything," she answered; and " turned and flea like a bashful girl, after 0f V he had clasped her in his arms and given :l her a kiss in true sailor fashion. t* And by the very next steamer Mrs. 1 ! Montgomery Montague started for Eng- coj " land, with a valuable solitaire diamond if a engagement ring glittering on her pretty pai hand, a check for five hundred dollars in ho " her silver portcmonnaie, and many use- clu ful and ornamental farewell gifts from the " the ladies of the Spooner household. The for - ladies felt all their old interest in her re- tin vive, now that she had gone away indeed, flu r as Airs. Dusenberry informed the eighty- thf year-old grandfather of the youth who the > fanned her on the afternoon of Mrs. Mon- Htc f tague's arrival. " She was much too ev< ; lovely, and made me quite jealous of you, wi - you false man," arc s And Miss Isabella Spooner hung the an< . picture of Young Montgomery, "that dei t babelet fair," in the parlor, and wreathed tat i it with daisies. " Heaven "rant that we stii >' may see the darling himself soon!" she vai f said, with pious emphasis. the But they never did. For, a couple of hoi 1 weeks after the widow's departure, Wel-? lington Octoper buret in among them all ? - as they were playing croquet on the lawn, . f scitftering the balls in every direction. : 'TSold, by gracious!" shouted he. , "What? . asked Miss Spooner, drop- , e . ping her mallet. I 44 A million tierces of lard and twice as ^ - many pigs, I suppose," murmured Mrs. t Dusennerry, leaning in an unconscious P10 , manner against the shoulder of her part- P1' s tier. " ,liU1 " She's a fraud! Fcs-s," continued the i pork merchant. ??J 1 '"Who?" they all cried this time. 1 " The widow, Mrs. Montgomery Mon- f i tague, that is, Mrs. Maria J. Thompson. , [ Ycs-s." 44 A. fraud, sir! What do you mean, i"L I sir??what do you mean?" bellowed J, i* Captain Hottop, as though through a p] ' speaking-trumpet, a flush overspread ins S'* 1 his weather-bronzed face. I ^ , 44 Just what I say, captain. Yes-s," j H? ' answered the pork merchant. " Itought :*) I to be the first of April?it ought?for, by I ~~.t i jingo, there never was such a sell! The ^ 1 only truth she told was when she said she jYfj was a widow. So she is. Yes-s. The ^ ! widow of Jack Thompson, celebrated *? i mince and punkin pie maker in Chicago, j r I met his brother on the street to-day. i* He's a pork merchant. And she never L* had any children." ' fl ' "Not a bluereyed boy?" gasped the ant captain. am 44Not even a blue-eyed boy. Yes-s!" nut said Wellington Octoper.?'Harper's era * Weekly. ' col *der Jokes upon Names. to 1 \ A great many good jokes and bright tur ' puns have been made on queer names. aro Sometimes they have been really cruel, me: l" though generally they are made good- exr ' naturedly. Perhaps a witty little epi- n01 1 gram on Dr. Leettsom, a famous physi- Par ' cian of the hist century, was written with- ulK i out a design to wound him, but it could P?r i hardly be read without doing him some ^lg injury. He used to sign his prescriptions set( " I. Leettsom, and the following was'writr ten: . ? ' When any patient calls in haste, I lie I physics, bleeds and sweats 'em; Fol If after that they choose to die, the i Why, whatcaroI? I. Leets'em! tot It is related that Sir Thomas More said qui ? to a Mr. Silver, who was brought before anc I him for some misdemeanor: " Silver, you gra jnust be tried by fire." 44 Yes," replied pla i the prisoner; 41 but you know, my lord, tioi - that quicksilver cannot abide the fire!" Au The promptness of the retort so pleased ; Sir Thomas that he let the man go. [ There is a very good story of a witty - iudge, who having listened patiently to t ? the tedious testimony of a witness named the - Gunn, dismissed him from the box thus: Cai 1 44 Gunn, you can go off. You are dis- thr - charged." In the books of the Edinburgh at 1 j custom house the dismissal of an em- hin 5 ployee, named Alexander Gunn, is thus I ' recorded: 44 A. Gunn was discharged for yoi . making a false report." Mr. Isaac Came, C 1 a rich shoemaker of Liverpool, who left. I 3 his immense property to public charities, for r opened his first shop opposite the build- C ing where he had been a servant, and put I i up a sign, which read: 441. Came, from wo t over the wav." Somewhat like this was C i the sign of a tavern keeper named Dan- I - ger, near Barabridge, England, who hav- to1 ing been driven out of liis house, built . another opposite, andinseribed.it: " Dangerfrom over the way." His successor no i then retorted by putting up a new in scription: "There is no Danger here > now.1' r ?;~" ? Making a Newspaper at Sea. A new feature has been added to the | I sixteen months' cruise of the "Woodruff T J M. ! T f? seientino excursionists, in a, cerium j 2 convenient portion of that space which sue - nautically known as "'tween decks" is C f to be established on board the steam- I ship Werder an editorial sanctum with ( 2 pressroom adjoining. From this per- I s ambulating newspaper office there will C 1 be issued each week during the long I f vogage a journal with the appropriate ( r title of Around, the World, rrofesssor I f W. S. Clark himself will be the chief! yoi s editor, and certainly from a ship-load j C f of student tourists will be able to gath- I t er ample editorial assistance. A speci- ( r men copy of Around the World, as it I r will be, "lias been published and proves ( to be a neat four-page paper. In its I ; prospectus it very truthfully observes: epi x "The peripatetic editors of Around ( e the World will possess at least one ad. vantageand a aecidedly novel advantj age?over their stationary, esteemed - contemporaries on shore, in the fact 1 i that instead of being obliged to depend mc - on cables, telegraplis, correspondents fra and news associations for news, the j bli editors of the traveling journal will go eal r themselves in quest of news and take int t their entire establishment along with cla s. them." yei A hand-press of the most approved by el design is being constructed for the ship, mc 0 and "blow winds, come rocks," the He ?, .paper, it is said, will always appear on am li irue.?New York World. wl l_ Muscle in America. sec 1- Who would Ijave thought twenty years thi e ago that Americans would have ever be- pei n come a people so devoted to athletic fir* d sports as they seem to be now ? Then i lyy rowing was in its infancy. An annual j sol 1 boat race between Harvard and Yale was ! lik 'O about all the country had in the line of j th< aquatic contests. Since that time how j ha " the love of this sport has increased until I tin y roAving matches of great interest occur ! coi o almost each week as long as the tempera- inf ture will permit every year. Wrestling 1 ste t, matches ave of comparatively later ori- usi d gin, but now experts at this physical ! esj 11 sport are as tincK as neas m rne provero- nu 0 ial localities. Base ball is the "rage," ! mr H and seems to grow in popularity with ' an each succeeding year. Pedestrianism has ! coi almost taken the country off its feet, and j tin iv every four corners this summer will have De h its walking matches. It can no longer > sui be charged with truthfulness that we as gu a people are afraid to use our muscle or as to enter into athletic contests with our Fi< y neighbors, The season that has just ar y opened promises to surpass all others in fe\ ? the past in the number and importance tw 1 of its athletic matches. Intense activity hi/ ic prevails among the rowing clubs of the country, while all the champion rowers ' 1 a are challenging right and left.?Troy (N. va c. Y.) Budget. bl< CURRENT NOTES. I Mr. David Mclver, one ot the proprie- A s of the Cunard line of steamships and der ? raber of Parliament for Birkenhead, ites to the London Ti mes, declaring un- R* ? sitatingly that from his personal ex- Hawkey ( rience as a carrier he does not know of lectunni v nn.t-.inn whns? trade nrosDects at ores- as folloi : are so gloomy as Great Britain's. * The From pression in the United States and else- ^7a3 full iere, lie says, does not at all approach Dear, pi ; depression here. The British ex- agriculti rts to the United States are compara- good na ely nothing, either as regards volume every tii value. The British fooaimportations h'm fro ; steadily increasing, and the balance of along at de is so overwhelmingly against Great dered th itain that he sees nothing except ruin an>' Pro" 1 home industries, whether manufac- to me tl ing or agricultural, if the present state grumble things is allowed to continue. the right and thei with hin ?Vliile parents and guardians would bles, bee isider themselves culpably negligent thing. ] children under their charge should The sell* i*take of poisonous food or drink, yet low, and w few are equally solicitous as to the are too iiracter of the mental food supplied to btinkrup ; youthful mind. Three New.-York sell his gers, brought back from Barbadoes by him; am ; police, ascribe their crimes to the in- starves 1 erice of dime novels. It is not enough one-hall it parents should simply forbid the farm :ir children reading such demoralizing is no wc ?rature; it is equally important that accordin ;ry household should be supplied only But In th papers, books, and magazines that thinking ! elevating and instructive in their tone farmer. 1 contents. The active minds of youth It is si liand some occupation, and will gravi- begins, e towards that which is exciting and cund far nutating, unless wiser counsels pre- hunts a 1. Let those in authority beware* of grass fc : presence of rank moral poisons in the somewlu usehold. he finds ?:? have it ?he drowning of sixty "English hussars lV' lfpoes Afghanistan shows the wisdom of the f lW; i Peninsular general who said that , very English officer and soldier should . e,oaK able to swim." It is true that the vj ji sngest swimmer has little chance t t,R> linst a raging sea or the rush of a ? ?er' untain torrent, but, nevertheless, a 0 ., 01 f jwledge of swimming has saved Eng- sn?Jv\ 0 d more than one valuable life during . 9? ' Eastern wars. In the Sikh campaign c'ri__ 1845 a noted cavalry officer, when pur- r d to the brink of a flooded river by the my, slid from the saddle, and grasped a. horse's mane with one hand while fmazotl idling with the other. The animal, |^ans? a is lightened, swam safely to the shore. plow 1857, amiin, Major Thompson and rc ?, j pt. Pelafosse, the only survivors of tht1 Al1' kvnpore massacre, saved themselves by ^01 nging into the Ganges and floating ? fi .vn the stream, the incessant firing of patientij; Sepoys from the bank serving merely Point W1 scare the crocodiles, who might other- j.1? PR1*8 >ehave attacked them. They landed "*iendjy en a considerable distance down the 1 er, and, after wandering in the jungle . . Goin two days, were picked up, half starved t,uAs I covered with sores, by a British de- , An^ , liment. the. s,ab wrigghn . ? . that th( 1.LI1UL11 \jriii. luauu, auu \jx uiidtvij 1 Achille Fazzari, his companion-in- "Here (is, have been intending to sail in the dinner f< umn with 3,000 Italians for the south- And t] coast of New Guinea, establish a positive ony there, and found a new city un- sunlight the name of Italia. Their object is his strip ind an outlet for that spirit of adven- " The, e and enterprise which Italian .unity toes are used in many who are still young the earl; n. Among those who are to join the the .first jedition are between twenty and thirty Then J ,v sitting as deputies in the Italian have'nt liament. The party will number over the >ut 3,000, and will be divided into two about til ts: the military, commanded by hood, ai nor Fazzari, for tne protection of the with the f.lnrs atminst the natives: and the airri- i-irmilar tural and industrial, to lay the verita- drop of foundations of the colony and turn till the resources of the country to account, stun* hii jr steamers are to be engaged to carry ;i little r adventurers to their destination, and ceceived :onvey all the requisite stores and re- culture i rements, from spades, pick-axes, saws indicatiO I planes to printing-presses and a tele- preceden phic cable, with which they may continue ce themselves at once in communica- ins him a with the northernmost point of While h stralia. which tc ii bor drop The Prisoner of Rochelle. tr killed, a: lere is a scene from the vaudeville of jng Herct "Prisoner of Rochelle." Corporal townshij touch amuses himself by going tell him ough the manual, while Leza, seated -well, am ler work-table, abstractedly questions the doo a concerning matrimony. shouting /eza. If a girl were to. fall in love with tell him 1, corporal, what would you do? the pole Jar touch. Present arms! house, a j. She would doubtless look to you With te ? 41 the field ). Support! . gun to s j. And then what a heavy burden you horses \ uld have to? Ilr- is d /. Carry! . house wi Your butcher and baker would have nian wli three-hoi Charge! . wrings t . Vniir nrncnpo>.q of p.niirsp wmilrl :r 1 1W1 I I* drive-wt Advance! while he And you would have to? peddler 'Bout face! man. scr And never have any-*- on the I Rest! fsustens Now, corporal, pray give me your? rods on Attention! can get ' A man of your age isn't able to bear comes ir i a? drawn o Load! No, I But you are not in your? u farmer Prime! The li: Your wife may? but it st 'Bout! If I w Leave you, but she will soon? nil I wa Return! found fa And then you'll have to bear on all . Shoulder! ' Would you be? She h Ready! but dm I think you have some other? time. 'I Aim! sleep an( And you would throw all your of wear ;les into the? . tips of ] Fire! (Fires the muskxt.) new ost ? span nev Interesting Facts Abont the Blind. slim yeiu riic organ of vision is considered the day but >st delicate organization of the human mands li me; yet many who have been born looking: nd have been enabled to see by-surgi- same; V . operations, and the following is an selection eresting fact concerning one of that trimmin ss: A youth had become thirteen and the irs of age when his eyes were touched with th a surgeon. He thought scarlet the days mr >st beautiful color; black was painful, least. ! ! fancied every object touched him, that fea d he could not distinguish by sight make-up rnt he perfectly well knew by feeling; nets, hat instance, the cat and dog. When his stocks o :ond eve was touched, Tie remarked contract it the objects were not so large in ap- Graphic. trance to this as to the one opened at 5t. Pictures he considered only partcolored surfaces, and a miniature ab- Those utely astonished him, seeming to him disease o mittinir a bushel into a nint. Stanlv. hhntrine 3 organist, and many blind musicians, they can ve been the best performers of their the use < tie: and a schoolmistress in England physieia uld discover that the boys were play- ' 44 It is ; in a distant corner of the room in- to learn nd of studying, although a person in the ci ing his eyes could not detect the slight- visible j , sound. Professor Sanderson, who was them to nd, could, in a few minutes, tell how dessicate my persons were in a mixed company, everywh d of each sex. A blind French lady sions, m aid. dance in figure dances, sew, and throat, read her own needle. A blind man in spores c irbyshire, England, has actually been a latest as rveyor and planner fcf roads, his ear water te iding him as to distance as accurately them to the eye to others; and the late Justice sons th< siding, who was blind, on walking into scopic s oom for the first time, after speaking a thrive ir v words, said: " This room is twenty- ditions < 0 feet long, eighteen wide, and twelve hot wai ;h," all of which was true. danger c ? is sanit Why are balloons in the air like Fightty grants??Because they have no visi- ague wi 1 means of support. health. i FARMERS' TROUBLES. jrift TcIIh ti ot the Many Trial h the Patient AfcricnltnrUt Uu Ci. Burdette, the Burlington (la. ? journalist, while on a recen 5 tour through Illinois, wrot vs:' Augusta to Macomb, every fieli of plows and patient farmers itient, good-natured, grumblin, jrist. Where a farmer gets hi ture from is a mystery to m me I look at him. I watchei m the car window, ploddinj the tail of the plow, ana I won of lio omv omilo/1 of oil nnHn vocation. Of all men, it seem le farmer has the best right t< . Only, he never grumbles a ; things. He grumbles at prices 1 of course nobody sympathize 1 nor cares a cent for his trou :ause we grumble at the sam Prices never did suit anybody jr always thinks they aVe toi the buyer always knows the; high. The merchant goes int< tcy because he is compelled t< goods for half what tliey cos d the customer goes naked an( because he can't afford to pa; what is asked for them. S< er, when he grumbles at prices >rse off tlmn the rest of us, an< gly attracts no sympathy, ere is where, to my way o , the gazelle comes in for tin pring, and the annual warfan Early in the morning the jo mer hies him to the held. an( round in the dead weeds anc ir the plow he left out ther ire some time last fall. Whei it, he takes it to the shop t< mended. When it is. mende< back into the field with it ;iy down the first furrow In runs the plow fairly into a bij : root, the handles alternatel; rib on this side of him anc breath out of him on th id the sturdy root, looking u] 4-lw. ?MA<iM/i urSfl* o r\lnofliv lilt" ^lUUUU rvii/ii a i^ivtioui recognition, says cheerfully: Mr. Thistlepod, at it again feet further on lie strikes ; it doubles up the plow poin piece of lead, and while th and breathless agriculturis limp heap of humanity, acros r, the relic of the glacial periot , sleepily: 1a! spring here already? Gla( ce me up?' len the granger sits down am r tries to tie on that plov th a hickorv withe, and whil ues this fruitless task, tin crow swoops down nea to ask: ' to put this twenty in corn *, Mr. Thistlepod?" -? lefore he has time to answe le bird, a tiny grasshopper g out of a clod so full of egg iy can't be counted, shout we are again, Mr. Thistlepod sr 500,000,000,000!" nen a slow-moving, but ver potato bu<*, crawls out into tli to see if the frost has fade< es, and says: old!fashioned peachblow pota tlie best for a sure crop, bu y rose should be planted fo: market." sever.?! new kinds of bugs, win made any record yet, climl ience unu uo; iu up lu aaiuuh ie staple crops of the neighuor id before lie 'can get througl :m Professor Tice sends him i stating that there won't be ; rain from the middle of Ma; last of October. This almos n, but he is beginning to fee esigned when a dispatch is re from the Department of Agri it Washington, saying that al ns point to a summer of un ted, almost incessant and long d rains and lloods, and advis to plant no root crops at all e is trying to find words ii ) express his emotion, a neigh >s in to tell him that all th ecs in the country are winter nd that the hog cnolera is rag ?ly in the northern part of th ). Then his wife comes out ti the dog has fallen into th 1 when the poor man gets ti ryard, his children with mucl and excitement meet mm am there are a couple of eats, o i denomination, in the sprinj nd another one under the barn ars and groans he returns t( , but by that time it lias lie now so hard he ean't see th vlien he stands, at the plow iscouraged and starts for th ith his team, when he meets i 0 'bounces him for using i rse clevis he made himself, an< ?n reluctant dollars out of hin IVhen he reaches the house th ill man is waiting for him, am ! is settling with him a clod comes in, and a lightning roi eened by the-storm, climbs ui ten dollar smoke house am $05 worth of lightnin, it, and before the poor farme his gun half loadeu, the bailil 1 to tell him that he has beei m the jury. would not, even if I could, b fe is pleasant and independent ems to have its drawbacks, ere a farmer I would grumbl nted, and thump the man wh ult with me for it. 'he Girl of the Period. . ' as nothing else to do, noor gir ;s. It takes two-thirds of lie 'lie rest is devoted to shopping 1 company. There's not a trac or neglect about her from th her heels to the end of that l:u rich feather. It's all spick an v, glossy bright, and just out c [boxes. It costs pa.a good roun rly. There isn't an hour of tli some portion of that dress do ter attention. Monday"slie wn it spring materials; Tuesday, th Wednesday was the day of fin: l ; Thursday she hunted for th gs; Friday she bought them day's mission for Saturday w:i e dressmaker. There are tw >re of trying on and fitting, .1 Lecollect this is but one article t rful, wonderful andadmirble >. There are shoes, corsets, bor s and gloves all the time on tli ir being looked after .is built b . ? Jennie June New Yor ap as a Board of Health. who are at all afraid of epidemi may feel comforted on hoarin of the best protective measure resort to is a very simple oner\f cnon nnH An nminor n says: worth while for common ptup] 50,000 typhus germs will thriv rcumference of a pin-head or jlobule. It is worth while fr note that these germs may b ;d and be borne,like thistle seed: ere, and like demonical posse: ay jumn noiselessly down an But tnere are certain thinp annot stand, according to tli icertained results of science. , imperature of 120 degrees boil death, and soap chemically po: ;m. Here sanitary and vticrt cience come together. Sport l low ground and under low cor of life. For redemption, fly t ter and soap, ye who live i ?f malarial poisoning. Hot watt ary. Soap is more sanitarj phus, smallpox, yellow fever an th soap. Soap is a hoard ( t The Ostrich. As ostrich moulting is annual, and a " some of the feathers grow in the yea to be two feet long, an adequate est: mate may be formed of the impulse c ) it, and of its exhausting demands. A t ostrich is strong, it must be admitted c to allow for this heavy wear and tear and it is quite clear he should be. T d put his dimensions and his powers int ' figures, they are that his ordinary heigh S of six feet is sometimes increased t 3 eight feet: that he weighs three hue ? dred pounds; that he can carry a coupl & of men upon his back; that he canroa S as lustily as a lion, though when he is i: " a rage he can only cackle foolishly am r hiss He likes seven wives, too (am 8 all the seven at once, not one after th 0 other has been beheaded); he can mak t a meal of stones; he can rush at '? speed of sixty miles an "hour, outstrip 8 ping an express train; he can rio opei * a dog with one blow of his foot easil; e ?has been known by tile same imple * ment to rip up a man: and even sue] 3 stealthy and powerful animals a* leop f ards will run away at his approach, no 3 venturing to meet the terror of hi9 at 5 tuck. .Yet the poor bird hsus weak side J to him. He allows an African hunte * to approach him, if the African deck >' himself out in the feathers of the ostricl 1 family, and makes his way along witl . an ostrich shamble; lie is idioti 1 enough, when he is running, to run hi sixty miles in circles, and so return t< ' the spot he started from for certain cap B ture; he loves the comfort of company he will stay by herds of giraffes am e antelopes and quaggas; he is vegetarian " he will quench his thirst by eatinj j desert gourds and melons; he will en 1 sconce himself in a field of corn quit e happily, the said field being part of i 1 Boer farm or native settlement, am ? there he and his seven wives will dis * pose oi tiiat corn very quickly, as io: the female ostrich, the current report e of her belie her scandalously. A lad; = ostrich shuns her eggs, it is true, bu i it is only in the daytime, when thesui 1 is warm' and she is not needed; as nigh e approaches and the air grows cool, sh ? faithfully returns. Then a lady ostricl 1 will hatch others' eggs, it is true, again but it is for a better reason still. Sh ' is one of seven wives, it must be recol lecled; there is only one hole made ii ; the suncl lor the common nest of all c p them; so if one wife is sitting it i i enough, and she who sits is' a bette step-mother than many human step i mothers, since the eggs of her six siste wive3 get as much comfox*t out of lie . as she is able to give to her own. He method, also, of laying her eggs (abou . ten) is beautiful. She places "tnem per fectly on end; and if she cannot wai till a sister wife vacates the nest to le _ her enter, [the egg she is forced to par ' with is scattered quite near on the sand to be food, after the common hatching for all the common young. There is" ' wtunehen she will forsake her .brood r certainly. It is if a tricking African ha been near it, and if she discovers he ha ' been by her sense of smell. Then fear fo her life overpowers all other feelings, i may be; at any rate, she will neve . approach. But she js not often tried i: ' this way, as the Africans have learnd . how to rake for her eggs with a Ion p stick from a long distance while sh i happens to be away, and as the bin has thus no knowledge of the robber that has been committed upon her, sh t will keep using lier nest, only ior cu r eggs to be stolen again and again, am for the robber to find in it a eonstan j sourcc of profit. 3 And that an ostrich egg is worth steal p ing there can be no question. Its weigli is three pounds, as much jus twent ~ hen's eggs put all together; it is its ow: x saucepan, requiring nothing but to b x stuck upright in a lire, with a hoi cracked in its. point for a forked sticl t to be thrust through to give it an 01 I cnsional stir; and when it has bee . cooked and eaten, thq empty shell ca be turned into a cup or basin, and i . tlvifr firvrm lmvp lnnfr lif(> ilthI mile! _ utility. But never, it must be cor . ceded, does the ostrich furnish agrees . hie food. Ostrich meat is tough, un were it not for the hcautv of ostric feathers, the ostrich would never b _ caught, and never be cultivated. It- i e a matter of being pleased with a feathei _ which in this case to the feathc _ owner chances to be lucky.?Harper P Bazar. s _ * e A Kaffir Wedding. a General Cunymjhame writes in hi li work on South Africa: ."I went to se :1 the marriage of the chief Faku, with th i daughter of another chief from the Kli g river district. Faku is a chief who di . right good service during the rebellior j and lie is liked well. I was glad of a opportunity of paying some mark of rt e spect, went as an uninvited guest, an ,wn;w,1 Wnil. sb >Y il."3 LI^IIl jvvvtv v??f .. ? e before this I* was always under the ini :i pression that a Kaffir marrl:igc was a soi ti of bargain and sale, hop the broomstic I affair, so many eows paid, and the woma i handed over to the husband in the pret e ence of the official witness; but I wa :l much surprised to find itquiteadifferen k affair, and one of much ceremony. T tl civilized society the gentlemtjp usuall p settles himself and a dower on the ladj rl but here the dower is given to the fathei S and he brings the lady in much Ivafli r state to the husband. Proceedings opc* H by a wild sort of dance, which announce II the approach of the bride; in the mean time sue and her bridesmaids were said t e be washing and decorationg theinselvc at a stream near by. After a short tim :, the bride's party advanced, and was rt reived by the husband and his people sil e ting down, a space being left of abou o twenty paces between them. All guest were on the husband's right hand, li and they being surrounded by the luu band's tribe?men, women and childre ?in n snrt nf half-circle. The dances an I, songs open with the men on the bride ir side, und after the dance the men deposi C, their shields one on the other in the cente e of the space, the bride's father's shield, n e chief, being placed on the top. Tl) ;t bridesmaids^ dance and sons then begin: d the bride herself being still kept in til >f background. When this is over the brid d suddenly appears in the center of tli e bridesmaids, with her face veiled, a knii (- in her right hand and a small shield in lir is left. The dance tind song of bridesmaid e begin again, all grandly advancing to th il shields, and then stop. The liusban e calls to the bride to come to him. and sli ; turns her back to him and danccs wit is the rest back again; then again the me n 'lnnnnnnil cinir Suvowl nf flip plfll'TS !1D it wives of the bride's party run up in fror )f of the husband and chaff him, tell him li a is " no go," and not good enough for th i- girl. The men's dance then ceases, an e the bridesmaids begin again. This tin) y the bride's vail is lowered to the nos< h and her eyes seen, and she advances b< yond the shields. Induana, on the bride' side, sits down in a peculiar manner, in dicating that the husband must give he c plenty of milk, and so the dance goC g on until she eomcs up to the husbam s He speaks to her; she turns her bac - to him; he asks her lovingly to giv it him her hand; she does so; and as sli does so she looks over her shoulder n te him. e She gave him one look, but that loo a was a piercer. More danees ensue, unt ir at last she comes up unveiled. lie :isk ie her if she will be his wife; she says 'Yes ?, She is then asked by the official witness ? she is willing to be his wife, and to eon: --.i :?.i. i.:_ ?,1 ?Vnc y anu uvu wnu imn, auu oav ;s Other dances and ceremonies follow, bu ie as it was close to sundown, I had t V. saddle and leave. As far as I could sc Is there was no constraint in the matter; a i- the contrary, from the look, rather a lil >- ing of the bride for the bridegroon >s Everything was piost orderly; be( i- (ubatywala) there was for the guests, hi o no drunkenness. The bride was one < n the finest women I have ever seen i r South Africa, six feet high, well forme r. and very pretty." a )i'i "One robin doesn't make a spring: but one robbing makes a thief. FOB THE l^IR SEX. f Fashion IVotes. i- On some of the new walking suits 1 >f draped backs are made of two breadl n .of camel's hair twice as long as the i 1, derskirt. > New linen collars and cuffs have li 0 bands of chintz satteen, showing 1 0 minute rosebud of the pattern. ' Very pretty, long pockets are made , soft Indian silks brocaded in delic 1" 1 i...! J ? S + U ml.IfA 1. g | uoiui'St itiiu buiiiiucu whu i< v ! and ribbons. n ! White vests for wear witk sumn i i suits by young ladies will be of lin [1 embroidered and 'finished with ruffle a e cascades- of lace. e Very pretty new neckties are of p a pink or blue Indian muslin, edged w plaitings of line Breton lace upon < n ends. Two rows of insertion and t' y rows of the plaited lace are requisite j" Instead of tying the skirt back w 111 strings a girdle is now worn over I " | hips, made of the material of the dre c | and trimmed to match, from the sh< r ' fnds of which a pocket is suspended. r Spring outdoor garments, as seen s Stewart s, in New York, are of fine ca j el's hair, short upon the back, with loi j square ends in front. They are ricl trimmer) with snft. nHmtipd frinrrps ri g sementerie and lace. 0 Bege shades are very fashionable : - spring costumes. They are trimmed w: 1 velvet put on as collar, vest, cuffs a j hands upon the skirt, and finished w tortoise-shell buttons, a long joval I shape. The simplest and most elegant sty e which hare been received from Pa a this season, have come from Worth. :1 hits discontinued the jmnier now tl - modistes of less reputation have taken r up. A flat tablier trimmed across 1 s bottom, more or less trimmed sides a y a train, untrimmed but laid in a tri] t box-plait at the back, or draped in s a pentine waves, is the favorite basis ] t liis designs, a basque beautifully mold e to the figure completing the costume. Ii The new lace talmas and. mantelets: ; made with a foundation of stiff net, up e which is mounted lace or fringes, alt 1- nating with folds or pipings of satin a ii passementerie in embroidery patter >f the styles of twenty-five years ago. j s mond and bege-colored wraps are fashi< r able as ever; the jackets have collars a i" cuffs of dark-brown velvet; the tri r mings of the lighter garments are s r rucliings or feather fringes, and flat p r sementerie, in which all the shades i it mingled. "* The most elegant imported dress s< ? this season, in New York, is a combii * tion of white satin with garnet velv J* The tablier consists of five stripes of 7 icimiic sutiu. auu vciyci, uiunuicui >? with ivy leaves cut out of two fabri a the velvet arranged on the' satin a vice versa. The train was of garnet v 3 vet. The basque was of velvet, filled s : with a deep-puffed square of the satin r front, the puffings separated with ban t on which were velvet leaves reduced r size. This was carried round to thebai 1 which was rather low, and springi u from it was a narrow upright collar ? velvet lined with white satin, and plii ? ing of lace, and kept in position bj " wire upon the edge. The sleeves hat y puff of white satin at the elbow, up e which were iyy leaves of velvet, and 1 ? low a band of velvet upon which wi ivy leaves of satin, which formed a hei ' ing to exquisite ruffles of real po (luchesse. it Mine. iHnaard. y Lucy Hooper, writing from Piu n sa)'s: One or the jeweled celebrities c Paris baa, it is said,.suddenly beco c insane. This celebrated personage k none other than the iwell-known Mr - Musard, whose parure of opals a n diamonds was the most magnifici n one of its kind in the world. Ye n 1 sigo her jewels, her equipages, and 1 h sumptuosity of her dress, her hoi i" and her servants, made her the talk i- Paris. She used to drive out to 1 d Bois in an open landan, driving 1 h four spirited horses herself with a si e that would have done honor to a p is fessional charioteer. She was alw; \ to be sepn in her box at Les Italie ;r magnificently dressed and blazing w 's jewels. An American by birth, a originally, I believe, from New Ei [ land, her story reads like a strange a 1 wild romance. She came to Paris w s IM. Musard nearly twenty years aj ' *!?/% lunfai* /\P 1 c OJ1U WI15 LIIUH in lllU'lUSb lUBl/CJi VI, I e singular and spirituelle beauty, a p created an immense sensation amom rt certain set in Paris. The King of H i, land next came upon the tapis, and ' n gift of an estate in Galicia, upon wlii >- ])ctroleum was soon sifter discover d made her one of the richest women , the world. Her hotel was a mira i- of luxury,.and was crowded with < t jects of art. She entertained magn k cently, her guests being, of course, n of the male sex, but including many i- the artistic and social lights of Pai s Some years a<;o she was attacked w it a paralysis of the muscles of one s: u j of her face, which caused one eyelid y droop in a very unpleasant mann and also seriously .iftected Jier sig She became gloomy and morose, 11 r for some time past has dwelt in sec n sion. The last time that she was s< >s in public was at the opening of 1 i- Exhibition. Clad in a simple suit o woolen plaid that set off the perf s outlines of her still exquisite figu e she lingered on the balcony of the ! >. ace of the Trocadero, looking vagu > abroad over the scene. The other d it on entering her superb dining-roc s she was seized with a sudden lit o fury, and, snatching the crystal canc i- abra from the table, she hurled th n against the. opposite wall. Force \ d found necessary to keep her from >h uring herself or those about her, ? it Dr. Blanche, the great doctor for i :r insane, on being palled in declai is that her case was a hopeless one. ,<_ ends that strange, checkered, roman career. It almost seems its though e legend which makes the opal a fa ;c gem to the wearer was proven true ie her case. i) T * An American Girl in Zululaml. IS ,e A few years ago the daughter of )| American missionary maae a .tc ;C through Zululand with :tn Engl h party, liiey ikui h messenger uum i 11 Secretary for Native Affairs lo introdt (I them to Kin^ Cetywayo. The first <i it he would not grant an audience, as e was undergoing some ceremonies e purification because Ill's father had di d l)iit the next day they were called a ,e ushered into the royal hut Great v their surprise to see an uncommoi handsome face, with a most benevoli 's expression, his manners courtly, i- voice very pleasant and his physiq r noble. The sketch of him in the illi ;s trated papers is a caricature. 1 I. American z daughter asked him why k had refused to Lear the great news tl c the missionaries hrJ brought to his p< e pie. He replied that he co.ild not lisl Lt to low, common people, bi t if Colen the king of missionaries, would come k live with him, lie would become a' il liever. This lady sought opportunit ? oil flint r)i?> rnuld of life in tl land, and it was a sad rftory ... i if heard. Indeed, the very air seen ie tilled with gloom; the voices of the p pie sernied hushed. She pained the ci t, tidenee of an interesting looking yoi o woman, and she asked her the cause te the silence. She replied that two yoi n girls, great favorites. had been Strang i- tnat morning because they had ve: i. the king. She inquired the reason, ji t learned that one of the "doctors" 1 it declared that a certain man was an c if filler, and the king ordered him to n strangled. The girl was see to cry, d she loved him, and had re 'irked t! they "knew he was innocent The k was informed, and he ordere. her to choked at once. Her friend, anot young girl, remarked, "Oh! to think those words she was killed!" The secret spy lepeated her words to the king, and soon she found herself going to the place tjie of execution, where she was left "to feed the vultures." No one dared to ln_ cry, but loudly they sang songs of praise to their kingGreater tlmn a mountain. '< ~ Stronger than an elephaul. Mri.n?* ti *i..? n line at cuuib uii;m?i&suu^A utr f lady which may allow how the wjnd blew. A bottle on a post served for a ice target, for shooting matches are all the fashion. She took her turn and smashed the bottle. The Zulu men " wowed" a ier good deal and exclaimed, " We can never en' conquer the white men if the white wo nd men can shoot like that.1' ale Newi and Notes for Women. I?'1 Cincinnati women give pinafore par'lle ties, at which all the guestd wear paper vvo pinafores. The original " Grecian bend" came lth from Japan, and is foynd in many o "e their pictures. Sd* San Francisco has a female painter or named Strong, who sells portraits of a dog for $250. at '* Charlotte Thompson, the actress, owns one of the finest plantations in the South ?p ?3,000 acres?near Montgomery, Ala. * ^ A T-nndnn nlipmist has named his lire daughters respectively Glycerine, p Pepsine, Ethyl, Methyl and Morphia. He calls their mother Dynamite. t nd Some of the new parasols have their ith handles tipped with pheasants' heads in on which the plumage is carved, gilded and colored so as to imitate nature. les ; ? ris The Philadelphia Zoo. ^ The splendid zoological garden a ' J Fairmount Park, Philadelphia,was open j ed to the public in July, 1874, yet it has ' j- the air and general appearance of famous '. long-established like institutions in Eu? rope. Its collection of animals is already for very extensive, lacking hardly anything I j of grand importance to the mass of patrons, unless we might mention the hip_re popotamus. At the last annual meeting the superintendent reported 434 mammals, 453 birds, fifty-eight batrachians J and sixty-three reptiles; and every visitor can testify to the exceedingly fine con. j' dition of most of the animals. The seals " and sea-lions disport themselves in the j water or sun themselves upon their ism_ land structures,. sleek, fat and apparently :iu as happy as seals can be. One of them monifMfwl Viia vio-nr not loner since bv ^r~ | climbing over the railing around his pond?four feet high, I should say?and taking a promenade over to a neighbor* ?en jng seai pon<jf whose inclosure lie also scaled. I envy the visitors present at the ef* moment. It would certainly be interestal" ing to know how a seal could climb a ^ fence. I was told of this feat by the C3j superintendent himself?a gentleman of nd distinguished manners, by-the-way, and v" a scientist of n<*b. in The collection of seals in this garden m is mort extensive. I think, than mat o, rt.s? any other?than that of the London Zoo *n certainly?and seals are very expensive luxuries. The superintendent of the London Zoo says that "fourteen hundredof weight of fish per annum is no more llt" than is absolutely necessary to keep a | a seal in condition. Of course seals are 1 a accustomed to eating their food alive, !on and so difficult is the task of teaching b0" them to eat dead fish that thirteen out ?I*e of fifteen seals received at the Philadel~ phia garden died under the discipline. mt The general mortality among the seals, .maeea, appears iu uc uicauci wau .nowhere else in the garden. One died in , 1876 from peritonitis, and another under lsi very distressing circumstances; this was 01 a young female who "had the habit of staying in the water at night. During 1S a very cold night, early in the winter, Q<\* she lost the air-hole she had kept open ,n(J to breathe through, and not having fnt strength to break the ice which fqjmca :l," over lier, she was found in the morning drowned." Among the rare animals may be mentioned two black leopards, a splendid rhinoceros weighing over three tons, 1.<; j three fine giraffes and a large number . of kangaroos. The kangaroos appear in 1 the most vigorous condition, and almost l's any time the visitor may see the little ?|j' ones protruding from the maternal pouch jj ?the distinctive characteristic of the na marsupial family. There are, however, some fish that nave a pouch for their young. TheJiippocampus, or sea-horse, J,tn is an example. No one, it seems, has ever witnessed the birth of the kangaV roo; but it is certain that when first found in the pouch it is not more than ' ,a an inch in length, and looks exceedingly like the common garden "grub" worm. :*;r struciurany, inutt-u, mc Kmgiuuu ? mc 'y, most wonderful of animals. . The. collection of camels, deer, buffa,1,n loes and zebus is very large. The black , zebu (sacred bull of India) is a splendid animal, presented to the society by ,7 the commissioners of Prospect Park, Hlj Brooklyn. Its color is very rari. Be.. sides this one, there is another bull, four iVi* cows and a little calf born in the garfV1 den. It is said that they can be easily l<jfe acclimated here.. If so, there may come . j to be a "ra?e" for zebus, and the milk JT' of the sacrea cow may yet be considered Ju; indispensable to all tirst-class hotels and jnd restaurants!?Harper's Magazine. jen the Kaffir Traits. . We make an extract from a work on . South Africa by General Cunynghame, ,r<j' at one time commander of the British j* forces in. that region. The Kaffirs are eV true savages in their capacity for enorli5' mous eating on the one hand, and for 'ni: endurinc famine on the other. We , rejul: " * lei- 'pXhe quantity of meat which a Kaffir 0,11 can devour is miraculous. Pound after lilS vnniclms hnfnrn litin nnr hp jiUUUU I?UIO?*VM w m7 appear torpid or less active in conse> ouence. It is by no means uncommon .'V tor a couple of men to finish a small r?(l sheep in twenty-four hours. They are not at all particular what part of the animal they eat. Pieces which we should 'consider revolting meet from them the . most ready appreciation, and apparently m every portion is as digestible as it is pala; table. I was told that a bullock that had been left by a transport rider was bitten | in the tongue by an adder \\hile grazing. The ox, feeling the stinging pain, qjected j the snake from its mouth, and an hour ?H afterward was dead. It was skinned by !? I nativs and the meat eaten by them. Strange to say, none of the Kaffirs sufferI ed any ill eftects. They are possessed of , ^ stomachs of extraordinary capacity, and f. apparently invulnerable. The Ivaffirs, ! although ready to eat enormous quanI tities of meat wlien they can procure it, I are frequently compelled to suffer from 'p | famine. In^fhis extremity they tie | leather rims round their stomachs. They . . . call this the girdle of famine, and they fill 18 I the vacuum by drinking watef." Iue Of oni#>f the chiefs we read as follows: us-1 > Umthonthlo is always accompanied by ie j six followers, excellent shots, and armed ; with Winchester rifles, each loaded with lat i their charges, He not unfrequently uses ^?" 'these weapons against his own subjects ten ; when they displease him. A few months i ago he was informed that a young man ol .t0 i his tribe had been presenting snuff to one ?p" ' of his wives. He summoned tlie lady, :ies accused her of accepting the pineh oi lliir snuff, and added that unless slit: gave up the name of the man lie would put her to ie" : death. His body-guard stood with loadeo" ed rifles, ready to put the sentence in Dn" execution. Thus frightened, she gave up lnr~ the name of the man who had paid her ?* this trifling attention. Umtlionthlo ! summoned him to his presence, and demanded his reason for presenting snuff to COf} his wife. The excuse not being satisfaem(J tory, he called for a Winchester, and, ' "J aiming at ttie cliest or tne young man, !%*11 shot bini. His sister upbraided him for _"1' hi* rashness; he gave this remarkable ,'or answer: "Do not blame me, but rather [,at the man tfcit told me of it; he is the per'"S son in fault.'" be ? her Whale's blubber, andf> by narity of for seasoning, why not a codfish ball ? ITEMS OP INTEREST. f Ants that keep the world busy?Infants. : . . People found abroad after eleven p. m. in Peoria, 111., must explain themselves. What doesn't strike when it dot* strike??A clock, when it won't go "I can beat you all hpllow," as me maciumsis ntuiiiucr sum w wc boiler. Since its foundation in 1795 the present Paris mint has coined 1,700,000,- r 000 gold pieces. . < A new work on chemistry contains an article on diazoorthamiaoparatoluensulphonic acid. A prim spinster found fault with Niagara because (here was too much gush about the cataract. "My dear," said a gentleman to llis wife, "our club is going to have ill the home comforts," " Indeed," sneered the wife; "and when, pray, is our * home ft> have all the club comforts?" The Authors' Publishing Company sent to one of its authors, a lady no\1ce, the usual galley proof. She was much S leased, but ventured to suggest mat tue ook might be on better paper and the pages not quite so long., Jhe name Gotham was satirically applied by Washington Irving to the city of New York. It ij the name of a parish in Nottinghamshire, England, the Jkeotian rusticity of whose inhabitants gained them * the application, the " wise men of Gotham." Full soon will violets repose Beside the woodland nil; And soon the balmy, crimton rose Will gem the window-aill? , In an old tomaUxas. r f? 7 1? Off i There was an ingenious amount* of -M devotion implied in the remark of a love-sick millionaire when the object j of his affections became ecstatic over the beauty of the evening star?V Oh, do not?do not praise it like that!", lie cried; "I cannot get it for you" . 4 The French peasantry. rtre not yet tired of shuffling about in wooden k shoes, and France produces about four million pairs yearly.. They are very economical and keep the feet dry. :The . best are made of maple,, ond,.in'provincial towns, ladies oiten wear themThe young woman who made herself an ODjeci 01 cunosity ui juvuuwu uj . ^i rying abouta Mexican beetle harnessed by a gold chain is nobody now. The bug. cradled ihside her hand to" test ana was crushed by'the enthusiastic greeting of one of her impulsive friends A former paragrapher has settled in Toledo as a teacher of. writing, i .One of his scholars said to him the pther day: "Which is the proper way to make K, Mr. P" The ruling pas sion was strong in the teacher, and he replied:' "Make K white that - sun shines." " ui: At the cooking lecture, lady/soliloquizing: "Now that she's got it cooked, I wish she'd tell us how, to, cold . , mutton." Next, lady overhears'and re, marks: " I have some infallible recipes.1 First lady, alert with pencil tad book: " Will you please favor me?" Second lady?"Six boys!" . , , . . "Wall lmw in t.hp . anrinfr trade?" said a gentleman to a friend the other day. " Dry goods never brisker." was the reply. ''My wife shops all'day, every chair in the 'house is. covered with bundles, and I think of sending my pockctbook out of town for change of sir?it's too thin."?New York 'Star. In Texas the frontier lines have ad- i vanced a hundred miles in two years, /i and an area of 40,000,000 acres of good -H lands opened for settlement, reclaimed . | from savage rule, the cayotesy buffalo ' and stock-raised dounties are. being organized in a section which two years ago was 300 miles from any courtr. '1 At Girard College, in Philadelphia, one day out of each week is given to the children for a holiday, and is called "Mother's day." un tins aav une j? f>ermitted to visit her child. Through all her hard labor of the week 3he looks forward to this day of reunion as the sailor does to the friendly light .from the tower. ' ' . AN EDITOR'S EPITAPH. Oh, man o! shears, You've had your share 01 this world's fears , , And scanty iare. II you would look And see the look * Of joy yon took, r \ v You'd change your tack; But now all paste To yon is past; < Your form is cased, Your die is^ast; r, n YourinkyqdBp / No more will quack, /J Your litt'.3 bills . /J 01 uric-Q-brao / j And petty squibs . - fit You'll no more squack. / I ?Lyceum. Oazetle I The following American ladies have Ai been married to British peers or the sons of peers since 1825: In 1825, Mrs. Patterson, eldest daughter of Rigliard Caton, of Maryland, to the Miirquis of vy enesiey; in icwo, x^uuisu, inuuHau^ira of Richard Caton and widow of Sir Felton Bathurst Hervey, bart., to the Duke of Leeds; in 1836, Louisa, second daughter 'of Richard Caton, if4 Lord Stafford: in 1845, Mary, daughter of John McTavish, of Baltimore, to the lion. Henry John Howland, brother of the late Earl of Carlisle and the Duch ess of Sutherland; in 1850, Elizabeth, sister tp the late Gen. Wadsworth, of Geneseo, to the Hon. Sir Charles Augustus Murray, son of the Earl of Dun more; in 1852, Ellen, daughter of Edmund Dwight, of Boston, to the Hon. Edward Turner Boyd Twistleton. son of Lord Saye and Sele; in 1874, Miss Jerome, daughter of Leonard Jerome, ; of New York, to Lord Randolph Churchill, son of the Duke of Marl- j borough; in 1876, Miss Consuelo Yznaga, of New York, to Viscount Mandeville, heir apparent of the Duke of ^Manchester; and in 1877, Sophia, ? daughter of S. Wells Williams, of New II Haven, to the Hon. Thomas George I Grosvenor, son of I?rd Ehurv. If to /J these should be added th& names of f 1 American ladies wedded to grandsons f m of peers, baronets or knights, the list t would be considerably extended. Artistic Savages. 1 The curious development oi ait in- 1 stinets and art capacity in the Buslimen I i 1 <*..! 1,,n-inv Ol suuiu ,-vn icu inm Liim kiuuK. iv toward civilization in other respects, is / sharply presented in a recently-published work on that country: "Howstrange it is that these creatures, so low in the so- ' cial scale, should have possessed artistic skill superior to most savages! They have portrayed on the rough rocks scenes of the chase and of native customs with such vigor, with a few colors of so per! manent a character, that the spectator I might take them fprroui;h, first sketches, ' by some untrain * artist, executed only a i j snort while siuce. Each animal is char acteristically rendered, and the manner (I of chasing and securing it, with the fig; ures of those who assisted in running it | down, are faithfully shown. Possessing such admirable talents in so high a deI gree, these people were yet incapable of attempting the erection of any descrip! tion of house, but sheltered themselves m I such caverns and rocky niches a.- naturhappened to provide. Some of thes1 drawings include forty or lifty figure.-. ! correctly representing^ he chase of tin.! lion, the eland, the rhinoceros, the guv. the blesbok nnd many other >viiu an?* ? mals, all vigorously drawn ami colorsi in o enrxMPc nf distpmoer. Til we little people are described a< wonderful liunti ers, their sense of sight being scarcely surpassed by that of the eagle, <>r their sense of hearing by that of the wolf. Their hardihood and endurance far surpassed that of any animal in the field, while their cunning and adroitness was . only equaled by the fox." i A