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r~ THE EVERGREENS. We watch far lovelier lives than ours? The sun fed fruits, the brilliant flowers, The summer grain?an affluent sight! The woodland blossoms red and white? And when the leaves are dim and old Autumn's rare recompense of gold ! All growths that gladden field and wood, ; By us are rightly understood; For are they not our kindred, though They perish in the frost and snow ? We watch their fleeting joys anil fears ? 5 We who outlive the lapse of years, ' To front old Winter's frowning gloom, With potent prophecies of bloom ! We are the vassals of the Spring Whose sacred promises we bring -fv To make Earth's bosom less forlorn, Through faith in foliage yet unborn. ?William II. Huynr, in (he Manhattan. -i A MAX'S SACRIFICE. A pretty, dark-eyed girl stood resting her round", bare arms on the little wickergate in front of a cottage, whose whiteplastered walls were half concealed by the vines trained over them. She wore the picturesque holiday costume of the upper class of French peasantry?a short skirt of bright colors, and a black velvet bodice laced with scarlet cord, while the braids of her dark hair were fastened with golden pins. On her neck was suspended a large cross of jet and gold, below which she had coqucttishly fastened in her bosom a bunch of half-blown roses. j\o one. to nenoiu ner tnus stanuing and gazing eagerly up the poplar-bor^ dered road to where a wicket opened from a large vineyard, hut would have known that she was watching for her lover. She had not long to wait. In a few minutes the wicket opened and a tall and handsome young man advanced with a free and graceful step, and a certain air of dash and gallantry which an aristocrat might have envied?though lie, too, was clad in peasant's costume. "Bon soir. Mile. Marie," lie said, gayly, dotting his cap. "Truly, you look this evening as fresh and fair as your own lovely roses!" "And truly. M. Louis, you are as skillful as ever in the art of flattery," replied the girl, in the same tone. " But you deserve a rose for that pretty compliment, and I will put it on with my own hands." Louis bent his head and kissed the ^ pretty fingers perhaps purposely so near his lips. He seemed inclined to bestow the same salute upon the cherry mouth; but Marie, glancing up and meeting his lover-like gaze, drew back with a blush and a smile. "What made you so late this evening. Louis? And what music is that which I have all day heard in the village?*' " Did you not know? It is a recruiting corps, and they have enlisted six of our best lads. You know there are rumors of speedy war with the Germans. 44 Ah, yes! What a great misfortune.'' Louis shrugged his shoulders. "So the women all say; but for the men, my little one, there is glory and joy in war.'' Marie looked up anxiously into her lover's face. ' Louis, you do not think of going to the wars?" "Not until I am needed, and then it will be my duty. But rest in quiet, my rlpurest.'' he added, takinir in his own the hands that rested on the gate, and looking down tenderly into her eyes. "So long as I have my Marie, nothing can draw me away from this."' iHe passed within the gate, and the two walked slowly up one of the straight garden alleys, bordered and shut in by tresis work. At the end, on a bench near a plot of wild thyme and a row of beehives, the lovers sat down, Louis having, in passing, exchanged a pleasant greeting with a tall old man, who was pruning a young fniit tree. This was Marie's father, and the magistrate of the neighborhood. "Do you know. Marie?"the young man commenced; and suddenly stopped short at sight of the gold and jet cross which had hitherto been concealed by the roses on her breast. He glanced at it, and then looked into her eyes. "Marie," he said, sternly, "you have not accepted this present from?lean Didier?" l nc gin looKfu uown in iuu truss miu answered demurely: "Jean Didier broke my ebony cross. You heard him offer to replace it by a handsomer one.'' ??* "I saw him. when you dropped it, step upon it with his great clumsy feet, and heard him awkwardly apologize, h And you have actually," he added, while a heavy shadow lowered upon his brow J ?"you have actually accepted this thing from him, and are wearing it on your breast.'' Marie laughed at his excitement, and looked up saucily. "Jean is good and true," she said. &t>-v "He has been my friend all my life? much longer than you have, Monsieur Louis Lebas. And he is rich, you know, and can afford to give handsome pres?-??*i \ 1.1 T ems. >> n> Miumu x uui (ivtv'i't min from him?" "Why?" cried Louis, in a burst of jealous rage; "why, for only this reason, mademoiselle, because no wife of mine shall ever wear jewelry given her by the hand of another man." In Marie's eyes had hitherto lurked a half-laughing, mischievous light. Had her lover been less angry lit* might have ssen that she was enjoying his jealousy. But his last words aroused in her another spirit. "Your wife, monsieur! Upon my word you begin early to play the role of husband. You forget that you have ns yet 110 right to dictate and tyrannize over me." "As your betrothed husband I have the right to object to your bringing yourself into contempt and me into ridicule. I" Stop, Monsieur Louis!" said the girl, drawing herself up with great dignity. "You have said enough. Iir.ust remind you that I am still free to break an imprudent engagement, and to marry whom I please." Louis's eyes blazed with jealous fury. lie started to his feet. "Go then," he said, 44and marry your rich lover. I am but a fool ever to have trusted to a fair face and false tongue. _ Adieu, and joy be with you and the handsome lover you have chosen."' He strode up the garden walk, dashed oj?en the little wicket and disappeared. Marie sat for an instant perfectly still. almost frightened at tlie violence sne nau witnessed. It was no; the first time that she had seen Louis jealous and angry, for in her thoughtless coquetry she had often teased her passionate lover, confident in her power of "making up" afterward. But this time slie felt that she had gone too far, and she leaned her head and arras on the hack of the garden bench and cried bitterly. Why had she not told him that she had refused Jean's offer of replacing the broken cross, and that this one of jet-and-gold had been given her by her father ? ' No matter. He will come back tomorrow,*' she thought, as at last she raised her head and wiped away her tears. ''He will come back and ask forgiveness; and then, when I have punished him a little for his rude speech and unreasonable behavior, we'll make up. As if I would exchange my own Louis for the richest man on earth !*' To-morrow came, but Louis did not make his appcaranec. Instead, just as Marie, disappointed and heartsick, was turning from the gate, where for more than an hour she had furtivelv watched, an old neighbor came in to tell the news. The recruiting corps had enlisted twelve of the best youth of the village, and among them was Louis Lebas. The gay music which they now heard melting faintly in the distance was that of the corps marching away with the new re' cruits. * * * * * * Jean Didier sat alone at his supper, waited upon by one of his farm servants. He was the richest young farmer of the little valley of Bois, lying some league or so distant from the village in which Marie and her father resided. He had loved Mane ever since, as children, they had first met; and she, knowing- his worth and touched by his devotion, might have been won, had not Louis Lebas, with his manly beauty and winning address, come into the little village to cut out his less attractive rival. Louis bore a good character, and was brave, generous and warm-hearted, but, as we have seen, of a hasty and jealous pisposition. TTiis had caused many a quarrel, not j only with Marie, but with Jean himself: in consequence, much ill-will existed between the two men. though, hungry after his day's business, scarcely noticed what ho ate llis mind was full of other things. The Prussians had crossed the Rhine and met the French, and as the latter were forced back, the tide of war was sweeping steadily westward. In a few days the enemy's advance might be upon the quiet village in which dwelt Marie and her father. Would they not be safer with him, Jean thought, and on the instant came the resolve to go to them next day and ofTer whatever protection he could afford. Hut his meeting with Marie was nearer than he thought?for while he still sat at supper the door opened, and a woman stood before him. lie had to look twice lK'fore he could recognize in the pale, sad, woe-worn countenance the features of the late gay and joyous Marie. "Is it possible?" lie faltered in his surprise. "Can it indeed be vou, Marie?" "nli T?nn li.ivo vnn not heard? Do you not know?" And then she proceeded in a few broken words, and with choking sobs, to tell her sad story. "The Prussians came to the village last evening. My father?oh, Jean?he went with the few who were left to defend their homes?he never returned. I am an orphan and homeless. They burned every house. Oh, my father?my poor father! Were lie but living, I should not care." Jean placed her gently in a chair. "lam going away," she said, when she was more composed; "I am going to help nurse the sick soldiers. It is all that I can now do." "Hut, Marie, you must not?you shall not go. Uh, my child, this is not a time to speak of love, but you know how long and truly I have loved you. Come to me, Marie; be my wife and find your home and protector here." ' ' i ?i ..n..i mie shook nor ueuu as miu niuii uum-u from the extended hand. " No. Jean, it cannot be. Yon do not know how I love Louis. Perhaps?oh. perhaps I shall yet find him. Will you he my friend, Jean, and help me 1 have no one in the world to turn to hut you." What passed 1*11 Jean Didier's heart none hut himself could know. For a moment he stood looking down into the pale, lovely, appealing face, while his own became almost as pale. Then he said, slowly and solemnly: ' Marie, I will help you as though I were your brother. I will make your happiness my chief care henceforth. Rely upon me and be at rest." By day dawn the two were 011 their way to Paris?Paris, around which were closing the invincible ranks of the foe. T" -1 ' '1 I rvuSt! T nli.ic linrl ill I lie UUUlllVVl lll> uuuin endured tlie long siege. Careless of life, reckless of danger, he had fought from the beginning, and though through it all he received no wound, the pain at his heart for the girl whom he thought false to him had been harder to bear than any physical suffering. This bitter memory had goaded him to a tierce daring and recklessness which had drawn many eyes upon him. When Paris fell he was one of those who most clamorously shouted ''Treason!'' and thus joined in forming the Commune, whose mad excesses made hideous the fatal 18th of March. Ami thon th<* Versaillist armv was at the gates of Paris, and the lowest of the Communists, hopeless, but struggling and defiant to the last, resolved to burn the city they could no longer hold. Louis Lebas was chosen as one of those who was to apply the torch, and on his peremptory refusal was struck down by the sword of the brute who proposed it and left for dead. Thus for some time he lay, until at last two men passed, and seeing that he was still alive?in fact, only stunned?lifted him and applied restoratives. One of these, who wore the lied Cross of Geneva, suddenly exclaimed, as he bent more closely over him: "Found! Quick, Michael, help me to carry him home! Thank heaven!" he added, in a lower tone. <fNo\v will our poor Marie be happy !*' Louis looked up and recognized him. "So!" he muttered, through his set teeth?' so, Jean IJidier. you have come to triumph over me, have you? But I have some strength still left." He tried to draw his sword, but Jean's strong arm held him back. " Listen to me, Louis," he stud. ' We have been looking for you?Marie and I." " Marie! Then she is your wife? The false?" "Silence, Louis Lebas, nor speak of Marie until you can do it more reverently. It is you who have sinned, and not she. She is true to you to this hour." And then he told him all. Louis, as he listened, bowed his head upon his hands and wept like a child. "My poor, poor Marie! 1 am, indeed, unworthy erf her. But take me to her, Jean, and forgive me," he added, stretch- j ing out his hands?"forgive me, and henceforth let us be true and faithful friends." "Come, we will go to Marie. She is : T)iM>nln IlUTMIli; lilt' ? UUI1UIU at uu; liUV liwjaiv., and?" Louis started to his feet with almost a scream. "Mon Dicu! that is the ])lacc they ordered me to burn. Oh, Marie, my darling, I shall lose you at last! Jean, Jean, help me to save her! They arc now setting the Hue Koyale on fire!'' lie hurried through the streets like a madman, followed by Jean. Flames were bursting out here and there, and people rushing wildly in every direction. As they fled onward straight toward the flames, a woman ran past. Her cry at once arrested them. "Louis. Louis!'' In an instant he and Marie were clasped in each other's arms. Louis drew her aside into the shadow of a deep gateway. In their unspeakable joy they had both forgotten Jean. He saw it and stood still, with his arms crossed in the folds of his <rown. Marie had ceased to need him now, and what would life be to him in the future? A man hurried past, looking wild and pale. On seeing Louis he paused, hesitated, and then turning hack slunk like a retreating wolf down the street. At the same moment the cry arose: ' The Yersaillists?the Yersaillists are upon us!" On they come, the mad, victorious soldiers. Two of them, spurring their horses forward, cried, while their drawn swords flashed above their heads: " Where is this traitor, Louis Lebas ? lie who fired the Hue Koyale ? Point him out?" Marie, white as death, sank upon her knees. "Save him, Jean, oh! save him, and I ?:>> > i f .... ttlll \im iiiiu mi ?wu iwiii; as I live!" He tore of! his red cross. "Put this upon him. Quick! or it will be too late!" Then he stepped out into the middle of the street. " If it is Louis Lch&s that you want," he cried, defiantly, "I am here!" The mob pressed around him. A score of hands were raised to strike, but for an instant held back, awed by the calm majesty of the man who stood before them, hopeless, but sublime in the consciousness of self-sacrifice and of martyrdom for the woman lie had so loved. Louis made a spring forward, but Marie clung to him. "Louis, Louis! For my sake! You are all I have in the world now. What will become of me without you?" She hurried him away from the crowd j into a narrow and obscure little court. A kind-faced old woman opened a side door and admitted them. " You are safe here, my children, whosoever you lie. Ah. the terrible mob! AVI.at are they dointi now?" She went to a Hosed window-blind and peeped cautiously through. "It is the wretchcd Louis Lebas, they call him, who fired the Hue I {ovale. They are bearing past his dead body, beaten and crushed to a jelly. Ugh!" Marie clung closer to her lover, I trembling like an aspen leaf. He bowed Vii'o in hutuls jind crossed himself. "May he rest in pcacc!" And far away in their happy and quiet English home this is still the daily prayer of Louis Lebas and his wife, with the little ones who bless their hearth. Latest Tiling in Canes. "Got a light?" asked a gentleman on Fifth avenue, New York, as he removed an unlighted cigar from his mouth to greet a friend who was sauntering along leisurely, swinging a Malacca stick. " Certainly; just wait a moment," said the latter. lie pressed a spring in the chased silver-handle of his stick. The handle flew open like the cover of a box, and the owner, taking a match from one corner of the interior, lighted a piece of tinder that nestled in the corner, and held his cane up while his friend lighted h's cigar. Then he shut up the handle ' again with a snap. "The latest thing in canes," said he, as the friends turned into Delmonico'fl. "a I V- ,v - ?/-. MR, AND MRS. SPOOPENDYKE THE MILD-TEMPERED MAN TRIES HIS HAND AT TRANSPLANTING. lie Siicci'mIs in Skiimiiii; lli? IBaiul? Desperate Mriissli-* with 11 'I'll lierose?An Outburst of Wrallu ' My dear,'' said Mrs. Spoopendyke, looking up from her plati\ and re?ynrdin?i her husband earnestly. "My dear, it is jetting late in the season, and I'm afraid my plants will be spoiled by the frost. Don't you think it is time they were taken in?" " P'raps so.*1 sniffled Mr. Spoopendyke. "If you think so why don't you take Vm up.'"* "Won't you do it. dear.'" smiled Mrs. Sooonemlvke. sweetly. " Come on!" replied Mr. Spoopcndykc, dropping everything and preparing for (he fray. Mrs. Spoopendyke put on lier lionnet and followed her husband into the garden. "You want to lie a little careful with some of them." she suggested'. ' A good many of them are tender plants and want to he handled gingerly." You trust me." retorted Mr. Spoopendyke, grabbing a rose bush with both hands and giving a prodigious jerk. " Dog gast the hush!" lie roared, as liis hands slipped olf. leaving two-thirds of the skin behind. " I didn't mean that one," squealed Mrs. Spoopendyke. "That one i- to be covered with straw. Try some of the others." "This one of 'cm ?" asked -Mr. Spoopendyke, and he caught hold of a tough old geranium. "Come into the house out of the cold!" he cried, apostrophizing the plant. "Come forth from the teeming earth and be blessed with light and warmth in the garret!" and lie took .rvin Mil tlm lll'lllf lllllf WilV be " ~"1 - [ twcen the root and tIn; top. "The tpicstion before the house is, dirt or Spoopendyke, shall the ground ahsorh him, or shall the dod pasted fruit of much cultivation let go its hold and come out of the garden. Maud?" and with this exordium, delivered with a yell, Mr. Spoopendyke broke the geranium oil short and sent it over the fence. " You are losing them all," cried Mrs. Spoopendyke, her face Hushed and her so?d vexed by the fate of her plants. ''I wanted to save that one." "Next year we'll plant 'cm the other cud up, and then they will grow out of the ground of their own accord !" snorted Mr. Spoopendyke, making for a tuberose. "Now, let's see what this thing is tied to! If it isn't made fast to a Chinese laundry on the other side; of the globe, we'll see what the bottom looks like before the intense cold sets in!'' "Don't mill tliiit im'" nrotestcd Mrs. Spoopendyke, in despair. "I only want to save the hull) of that! " "Hear what the lady says!*' demanded Mr. Spoopendyke, grasping the stalk, and spreading his legs for an unparalleled i exertion.are indifferent to the tipper the lmlb has become a matte ^Hecessitv! Put aside vain pride | and show?! " but here he put in all his j strength, and rolled half way across the j garden, crushing vines and shrubs and winding up against a fence with a crash that shook every board in it. "Did any of the bulb get away !*' inquired Mr. Spoopendyke, dazed by his fall. "Am 1 to understand that the excavation was not a success?" he bawled, recovering himself with a mighty effort. " Lead me to where the balance of this measly matinee is located,! Does this thing belong to the show ?*' and he j caught hold of a tomato vine. " Is I there a bulb annex to this thing of beauty I and joy until I get hold of it lie still, sad heart, until I get started!" and he ! wrenched the vine from the socket and whirled it around his head. "Onemore bulb to hear from!" and he pawed into the earth in vain search for the root, showering the dirt in all directions. "There!*' he puffed, when he had built j a sort of cave in the place out of which ! the vine had come. " I'm most through!" I and he went at it a"aiu. ' Dust thou I n . . I art, to dust returncst, ne cr was spoken ; of this hole!" and with this peroration I Mr. Spoopendyke gathered himself up into a lump and came down hard on both I feet in the excavation he had made. "1 might have known that you didn't j know anything about it,"' moaned Mrs. Spoopendyke, who was anxious to distract his attention from the fact that there were several beds of flowers he had not maurauded. "Might, might ye!"' roared Mr. Spoopendyke, rising in his wrath as he found it impossihleto convince his wife that he had done it all for the best. " Think you might have known that I didn't know anything about it ! With what ye might have known in this world and what ye don't know, ye only want a name carved in your back, and the paint scratched off ;o be the front seat in the iirst class in a public school! Some day when it j rains, and I can't get out on account of > | the toothache, I'm going to lit you up witn eignr languages ami a re|iuuiuuji, and start an intelligence office with yon !" and with this tribute to his wife's capacity, Mr. Spoopendyke plunged into the house, put on his hat hind side before, and darted out to tell his friend Specklewottle that he thought something of buying the lot next door, and raising fruit next season, as he was sure his experience in farming would stand him in good stead and see him through to complete success. I don't care," murmured Mrs. Spoopendykc, as the door banged after him, and she set to work to take up the remainder of the plants. " I have found out how much lie knows about shrub*. Next snrimr, when I iret ready to plant. I'll ask him to take up some more bulbs."' Hon Lore. The natur r?f women an' liens has somehow or 'nuther not mixed up: but I don't see how the lien is to blame. Hut there is this difference between women an' a hen; all hens is fools, but all women ain't. Hut you can drive a lieu about as well us a woman. A rooster knows more'n a hen, but he don't allers show it. The rooster is a negative cuss. He struts around with an I-know-all-about-it-but-I-ain't-jfoin'to-tell sort of an air, an' so sometimes we are left in doubt as to his intelligence. But, as a fair-minded critic, we arc hound to give him the credit of that doubt. But whether or not the rooster has more sense than a lien, he ain't -all the time getting into foolish scrapes like a hen. A hen will run hack and forth alongside of a fence forty or fifty times, trying to get over into the next yard, and go every time within two foot of an open gate, hut never anv nearer to it at any time, and will finally git mad an' fly over, a shriekin' an1 cut-cuttaring. an' makin' as much fuss generally as a woman does when she finds the fortygall" of a strange woman in her husband's coat pocket. An when she gets on the other side of the fence she don't know what she came for. A dog is a Solomon in all his glory aside of a brainless hen. He don't pick up a bone an* shake it like it was a rat. tryin' to get the meat olT. Hut the fool of a hen will pick at a loose cabbage leaf an hour, an' only get a few mouthfuls, instidof stannin' on it an' goin' for it in a business-like style. Hut the hen is a lint oral fool, air can never learn anyuung. The quickest way to brake up a set tin' hen is to let 'em set on something that will hatch. I have tried everything, from chiny eggs to shingle nails, but nothin of that kind will hatch as quick as good eggs; an' as the hen generally sticks till suthin' is hatched, valuable time is saved by using eggs. "Hell hath no furies like women skorned," except a settin' hen that is meddled with just after she has got fairly squat on a "stole" nestful of eggs. Hens is all fools, but the lien what tries to crow like a rooster is a little more so. Oh, how like liens are some women we don't know! Long live the hen?till Thanksgivin"! 1JVWU J / r##Wt Iff. A Wonderful Mountain Railroad. A marvel in the way of a mountain railway lias just been completed in Switzerland. It starts about a <|Unrtcr I of a mile on the Vcvay side of the castle I of Chillon, and runs to a point called Glion. It is 700 meters ci.'JT.") feet) in length, and lias a gradient of lifty-scvcn per cent., which makes it the steepest railway in the world. It goes apparently straight up tin: side of the mountain. The descent inspires terror as the cars seem to rush tumultuously down the mountain side, while the ascent seems to be tedious and slow, yet this is all apparent, as the pace in both cases is the same. The locomotion is brought about entirely by water power, and its constructor is Mr. Iliggcnbach. the inventor of tYie liighi railway system, which has always been a curiosity since it was built. This mountain railway is almost as long as that of Mount Pisgah in Pennsylvania, which is 2,322 feet in length, with a gradient of thirty-three per cent.? DonwreiVt Monthly. I; ""'7C-. '""'^ The Art of Oscnlntion. J For the :irt of kissing the Hcv. Sidney | Smith's directions should he followed, j lie says: " We are in favor of a certain amount of shyness when a kiss is proposed. hut i! should not he too lonir, and s when the fair one gives it li t it he administered wilh warmth and energy; let there he soul in it. If sin; close her eyes and sigh immediately after it the elTect v is greater. She should he careful not to 1 slobber a kiss, bat give it as a humming- s bird runs his bill in n honeysuckle? v deep, 1 >111 delicate. There is nuicti i virtue in si kiss when well delivered, a We have the memory (if (Hie we received s in our youth, which lasted us forty I years, and we believe it will be one of li the last things we shall think of when f we die." Xiit a bad description, even from a f clergyman; still more applicable to \ young ladies than to gentlemen. For the f iieneiit i>f the latter the advice of an ex- V perienced writer will be valuable. <' Don't," he says, '"kiss all over, like I grasshoppers walk. Don't kiss every body, including nasty little dogs, male t and female. Don't sit down to it. Stand i up. You need not be anxious to get in a t crowd. Two persons are. plenty to cor- i ner and eateli a kiss. More persons spoil fi the sport. Stand tinn. It won't hurt }i ? - i ... i... ., ,i JllKT vim re iim-u m n. i/tui i m- m ?? hurry. Providence will give you strength '' for Hie ordeal. Don't jal? down upon a "> IifnI mouth as if spearing for frogs. ] Don't irral> and yank the lady as if she > were a struggling colt. Don't muss her <' hair, scrunch down licr collar, hitc her t checks, stpiiz/.lc her rihhnns and leave 1 her mussed and rumpled. Take good t aim. the lips meet, the eyes close, the f heart opens, heaven itself opens before <| you, and the art ?<f kissing is learned." " In ancient Home kissing was n religious act. The nearest friend of a dying person performed the rite of receiving his 1 soul by a kiss, supposing that it escaped through his lips at the moment of death, f According to IMiny, kissing became com- a mon through the fondness of the Roman t ladies for wine and kissing was resorted v toby their husbands and near relatives v as the easiest way of discovering the f quality of their libations. In these * degenerated days the scheme seems to be ' reversed. Constantino made a law that s if a man kissed his betrothed she gained I" therein* one-half of his effects should he ' die before tlic completion of (liecere- f mony, ami. should the lady herself die, v under the same circumstances, her near- I est of kin would take the half due to her. I1 a kiss anion*; the ancients being deemed v a pledge of plighted faith. Among the 1] Romans a kiss between two friends was r I called 'osculum." a kiss of politeness v was known as "basium" and *'sauviuni" 1 was a kiss of love. ' Kissing was universally practiced I I among the early Christians as a part of \ their religious rites, and it still lingers among the Greek and Roman chinches, r The council of Carthage forbade all re- 1 ligious kissingamongthe sexes, although .) St. 1'eter favored it. The Puritans, in- 1 dependents and the like sternly rcpro- s bated the custom of kissing. John Run- " van said "it was not a comely sight.*' and when some urged the holy kiss he 1 asked them " why they made baulks"; fl ' why they dfd salute the most handsome t and let the ill-favored ones go?" Kvi- 11 dently honest John knew the world. !l Under the "blue laws" of Connecticut s no woman was allowed to kiss even her 1 child on the Sabbath or fasting day under v heavy penalties. " Kissing was unknown in England un- r til the Princess Rowcna. daughter of King llengist, of Fricsland, introduced !l it. At a banquet given by the IJritish monarch to his allies, the princess, after pressing the brimming goblet to her lips, t saluted the astonished Vortegern with a 1 pretty little kiss, after the manner in 1 vogue among the Saxons. After such an introduction it of course soon became a '' national institution and the English be- " came renowned all over Europe for kiss- ' r... ^ , .. 1! I ? C? . e X nig. mus tavciuiisii. in uis me tn AVolscy, says: "And when she, with s her train, camc all out, she said to 111c: s ' Forasmuch,' tpioth she, 'as ye lie an v Englishman, whose custom is in your v own country to kiss all ladies and gentle- 1 Women without offense, although it he * not so here in this realm, yet will I he so ' hold to kiss you and so shall all my maid- r ens."?St. Jsmis Po"/-JJi-->"i/r/i. I 1 \ A "Trouble-ManV' Life. n The life of a telegraph company's line- ^ man is a laborious and dangerous one, J and at times entails great hardship and exposure. In Philadelphia the Western Union company has live men whose whole duty is to repair damages to the line in or within.a few miles of the city, a /v ** ii'lwv li will? 111 mi'M* l."? 11111*1, ??*?/ Mini to sea for eleven years of his life and who i: has been in the employ of the company o for the past fifteen years. In speaking ii of accidents in telegraph work he said: t "There is some danger, of course, in ii lincwork. but as a rule it can be avoided e if one is cool-headed and careful. The a trouble with most men is that when a they get acustomcd to climbing they li become careless and reckless and some- t< times get bad falK The only man of i: our line that has been killed in my time t was thrown to the ground by the break- a ing of a cross-bar. There arc very o narrow escapes, though. 1 have climbed t a pole that I thought was sound and v found when near the top that it was soft ii and rotten. Once I fell about twelve ii feet, and only saved myself from falling v to the ground by grabbing some wires, v In Philadelphia the company has about f titty poles that an? from seventy to 100 a feet high. Formerly we used to climb these like the rest, but of late years the f monsters are fitted with iron steps, and I going up them is nearly as easy as going a upstairs. The steps were adopted be- a cause the poles are valuable and the ii climbing made holes in them and caused t! them to be exposed to the weather. ? One of these poles is eighty feet high, t] Formerly we hadeither toclimbthis pole s' or to iret to it from the roof. The jump i> from the mansard roof to the fourth ti cross-bar was fully live feet and the cross- j,' bar, seventy feet above the ground, was e; only three and a half inches broad. You 1i can imagine that this was a small foot- h hold for such a jump, and yet we never I: missed it. The jump back to the roof t< was somewhat more dangerous, there be- tl in*; a space of only sixteen inches to land 1< on and a wall <o bump against. I took 1< the jump several times, but liked it less h and less at every jump. si ''The best and boldest climber I know 1) is Dick I'enn, of Baltimore. He has climbed old poles that broke under him. ti but, like a cat, he always Calls otl |jjs |> feet, lb* doesn't use any monkey-wrench, w as others do, in getting out the two-ami a seven-ei?;hths-iiich bolts that fasten the b cross-bars to the pole, but pulls them out li or kicks them out. A climber's outfit is fi generally a pail* of climbing-irons, a pair t< of nippers to break wire with and a sec- tl tion of wire?say ten pounds. I have i\ seen I'enn climb a forty-live-foot pole tl with KM) pounds of wire thrown over his n shoulder. James Grace, also a lineman, tl wits tnc oniy otner man who couki cmno u with tliis weight. c< "They call us at the ollice 'trouble- si men." for whenever there is anything w wionj? oil the line we are sent to lix it."? n I'/lihlill l/i/lin 'J illll S. <r; Tlic Father's Search. {} No sadder story was ever told in the '> ]lilies of romance than that of the cruel s) abduction <?f little Charley Hoss and the h. wanderings of the unhappy father, who S( lias heen drajfiiinu; his sorrows about from 11 place to place for nine weary years in a 01 vain searcii for his lost child. Kverynew el clew, while it brings with it hope, tears c< open the wounds of the parent's heart, ()l and they Need afresh. Every new disappointment recalls the anguish of the first wretched hours of bereavement. If the child could he found and re- al stored to his parent all the world would hi rejoice. Kvcry heart would breathe a ii silent prayer of thankfulness and joy. 1>< But even then there would be a touch of M sadness minjrled with the bliss of re- I union. Poor Charley when stolen from f< his narents was a little four-year-old ai prattler, with bright eyes and golden c; liair and merry laujrh. The father will I never a*rain take the losf child to liis 111 heart as he was in those days. II 'I o wholly heal the wounds he tl has received it would be neeessarj to set is back the hand of time to enable him to ai fondle with the golden locks?to hear t< the childish voice lisp its joy?to kiss r< the fresh voting lips as they used to he k kissed in the happy days before the tcrri- ai ble sorrow fell upon the family circle, p; This can never be. Little Charley is ri gone forever. The child, if found, will t< be a lad of lliirteen or fourteen years, fr tried by adversity, probably without a w memory of his past history?of those in who have suffered such anguish for his pi loss. No; there can be no thorough hi healing of the parent's sorrow in this sad case. But every heart will send up a sincere wish that he may discover his a/ son and that his weary search may at last 05 be succecded by such happiness as he m can yet enjoy.?New York World. IS ; -v. 'J ' .r 'r 'Jj USING FROM TIER COFFIN. l YOTTWG LAST'S VABBOW ESCAPE FBOM PEEMATUEE BtTBZAL. a veil Front n Horrible Fnte by n Doctor While file Fimcrnl Service \Vn* lleilijr I'erl'orineili A distinguished physician of this city, t'lio has now retired from active pracice, while traveling in "Wisconsin, topped for a niirht in a small village, friles a Washington correspondent. A riend and former pupil called to see him, ltd during the evening mentioned a very insular case which he had heen lately renting. The voting lady, his patient, lad died very suddenly three days be-, ore, but after she was prepared for the rravc, and laid in her eotlin, she prcelitetl such a life-like appearance that he vsts unwilling to have her interred. The Minily insisted that she was dead: but a oiinir gentleman to whom she had been ngaged remonstrated so decidedly that he interment was postponed, after the ninistcr and friends had assembled on he second mornimr. On the third morn hg (lie burial was again deferred; for, hough the body lay perfectly motionless n the casket without evinc ing any signs if life, they hesitated to put it in the ground while it continued to look so latural. The young physician had used very means that he knew of to restore nimation if there was life left, or, if lossible, to detect some sign of it. Nothing which he had tried had discovred any sign of remaining vitality, and hey had at length determined to delay he burial no longer. It was to be on he next morning?the morning of the ourth day. The young physician re|uested Dr. to go with him oil the norrow and look at the body. "The following morning," savs I)r. * j- ? ?i?. , " i accompanied in> Mii'im u< im. louse where the body of the young lady ay. When we reached the house the riends of the family hud already arrived, nd the officiating minister had gone hrough a ]iart of the service in the room vlicre the body lay, a prayer I think it vas. and the family had taken their last, arewell of a beautiful girl. When I tepped into the room the undertaker lad the casket lid in his hands ready to crew it down. No sooner did I see the ace in the casket than I felt sure that ife was not extinct. There was not the aintest pulse that I could detect; but vlien 1 laid my ear close upon her breast was confident that I heard the slightest leart-beat. So certain was 1 then that it i*as a case of catalepsy that 1 did not icsitatc a moment to apply the proper emcdies. Imagine, if you can, the scene t hen the young lady uttered suddenly a Herein# scream and rose up in her coffin, t was the most awful note of agony that hope ever to hear. The room was filled vi111 friends, beside the family and lomesties. Several ladies fainted outight; some screamed and went into ivsterics, the servants ran out into the ard, and I confess, though 1 was expectng to see her revive, my own nerves were o shaken by the suddenness of the occurence that it was with the greatest difliultyl could stand. Iler face, too, which a noinent before had worn that sweet smile if peaceful sleep, writhed as she rose up in he most dreadful contortions. I have icvcr seen a face depict so much terror nd agony. It seemed as if all the mental offering which she had endured through - i ? 1 \ Hose lour terrible (lays aim nigms imimi cut in that one cry and look. In a few uoments her pent-u]> feelings had found elief. and she then got out of the cotKn nd down from the table with very little ssistancc. " By this time the tumult in the room md in a measure subsided, and she then old us what was the most fearful part of lie whole experience, that she had been lerfectly conscious during the entire time! She had heard all that was said and ;new all that was going on around her. She had felt herself being shrouded and aid in the collin, had heard her friends keeping over her before the cofHn lid hould close upon her forever, and he should surely be buried alive. Meanwhile, though she tried her utmost, she vas unable to move or utter a sound, ler friends look upon her as given back o them from the grave, and indeed, in he country around, it is reported that I eally raised her from thedead, and after left they told me that the country leople flocked in crowds to see me. Vliat the young lady's feelings are it is iselcss to try to imagine, and wfiat tney icre during the four days and nights in khicli she lay in the coffin awaiting to he uiried alive, too terrible to contemplate.'1 Ladies of Seville at a Hull-Fight. Charles Dudley Warner's humorous ecount in the Century of a fashionable mil-light at Seville, describes the ladies u attendance as follows: "The ladies f Spain, except in some remote towns 11 the mountain regions, have laid aside he national costume, and dress aeeordug to the dictates of Paris, preferring veil the French fans to their own decorted with the incidents of the bull-fight nd the serenade. In Seville, the black ice mantilla is still worn at church, and r> some extent on the street; but the hat < the cover of the new fashion, niore's lie pity, and the high combs have gone 1 together. In the whole assembly I saw nly one or two national costumes? Im 11111 ntilln !ind the liiirh comb. nth the short petticoat, brilliant i color. Nothing could bo more heroin* ujf, and it makes one doubt whether Ionian's strongest desire is to please and whether it is not rather to follow the iishion, when we see a whole nation handon such a charming attire. "Hut the white lnar'Mla is de rigucur or a bull-li'fht, and every lady wore one. t wasfa little odd to see ladies in the pen li<jht of a brilliant, cloudless day ud in the <ja/.e of the public in full (as t is called) costume of the ballroom; but lie creamy-white mantillas softened rnnewhat the too brilliant display and brew over the whole the harmony of nhdiied soleudor. What stinerb Snan <h lace, Monde, soft, with a silken Ins- j :t, falling in lovely folds that show its 'onerous and exquisitely wrought figures, aeh leaf and stem and flower the ereaion of dainty fingers! Such work as is. of such a tone and lineiicss. in sue h irge mantillas, swee]?ing from the head :? the train, is scarcely to he found in lie shops nowadays. These were heir, Minis?great-great-grandmother's laec>ng, yellowing, and growing rich in >eked chests, worn only on state oecaions. and now brought forth to make a nil's holiday. " We spent a good deal of the waiting me in scrutinizing the packed seats for cautiful women, and. I am sorry to say, ith hardly a reward adequate to our nxiety. I am not sun; how much the eauty of the women of Seville is tratiional. They have good points. (Jracoil figures are not uncommon, and line eth: and dark, liipiid, large eyes, which icy use perpetually in (oillades destruct e to peace and security. And the fan. ? most deadly weapon of coquetry, ivcs the coup de grace to those whom le eyes luve wounded. But the Seville omen have usually sallow, pasty, dead im|ilexious. Perhaps the beauty of the <in is destroyed by cosmetics, for there as not a lady at the bull-fight who was ot highly routed and powdered. This ave an artiticiality to their appearance 11 masse. Beauty of feature was very ire, and still rarer was that animation, lat stamp of individual character, loveness in the play of expression, and irightliness, that charm in any asseniIy of American women. No, the liandime women in tIk? rim; were not macrons enough tomake any impression 11 the general mass, and yet the total Tcct, with the blonde lace, the artilical >!or, the rich toilet, and the agitation f fans, was charming." hat ISlur Thing' in Life, Comparison. A man don't know how lie is yetting n.wr 1... /....11......C 1li.lWI.if n iti. "r? 1 I ' ' * is neighbors. Comparison is a bitfthinir i this life. If Mr. Lowry lmsn't got any ft I it crop than I have I am content, for r. Lowry is ii good fanner. Sometimes sti1]) around his fields and look over the lice, mid if his cotton is low and thin sd his corn pretty much all nubbins, 1 lift, to save my life, feel had about it. wish 1 could, and 1 reckon I could, if iv own crop wasn't so much like his. uin:m nature is powerful mean about ie like of that. They say that a woman right well satisfied with her new dress id new bonnet until her neighbor (wines i meeting with a little liner one, but I ckon that is a mistake. I rend not nig ago about a Boston lady taking scnic because she saw her neighbor at a in V Willi ?l liun M*t hi iiimiiuini i iiings. She was about to die when they >1(1 her that the earrings were hired mil a jewelry store, ami then she got ell. It takes a power of grace to iakc a man rejoice over his neighbor's j rosperity.?l'AU Ar/>, in Athintu (.'twxfi> tin n. Adult males in England have an averse height of 07.30 inches, and females 5.05 inches. The average weight of the en is 155 pounds, and of the females 12. ?* - ; . -, .f -vl-S? SELECT SIFTINGS. A stalk of cotton exhibited in Natchez recently was seven feet high and bore 250 boils. Walter E. "Warren, of Caswell county, N. ('., is not. yet nineteen years old and weighs :W0 pounds. A Georgia negro seventy-three years of age picked on his farm one day recently 108 pounds of cotton. A man in Dooly county. Ga., seventysix yeltrsold, is living in the house where *- ' 1 -- ' 1 -.4 1...* no was ;:orn, aim nas huyi-i >|h-iu i/ukuhv flight from under its roof in ins life. Texas boasts of a young woman who has |ilanti'(l and attended an acre of cotton, which made nearly a hale, the proceeds of which she will devote to dress. James Tygelof, a Russian peasant near Odessa, reached his 147th year. Hisson is still alive at the age of ll~>: lie has a grandson of eighty-live and a greatgrandson of forty years. California has produced an ear of corn that can take rank amonj^ the curiosities. It is grown in I he exact form of a child's hand, all parts being complete except the little linger, which is double. The (!od of the Bedstead, the chief idol of the Chinese women, consists of a rice bowl, with two pieces of red ribbon on the bottom of it, two cakes of yeast and twelve leaves culled from as many different trees. It is generally supposed that spectacles were invented by Alexander de Spina, a Florentine monk, about 1285, but an inscription on the tomb ot miivino degli Armati, who died 1:117, claim.s the honor for him. Two remarkable and curious walking sticks arc in the possession of Robert Tale, of Norwich, Chenango county, N. V. The walking sticks contain 1,400 separate pieces, ingeniously wrought. The cane contains 2,000 pieces, many of them relics from historical spots. The first observatory is said to have been erected on the top of the temple of Ileitis at Babylon, Another on the top of Osymandyas of Kgypt contained a <rolflcn rirele '200 feet in diameter. It is supposed that the Ileuarcs observatory was as old as those, and the first known to authentic history was erected at Alexandria about :I0() 15. ('., by Ptolemy Soter. WISE WORDS. Strict honesty is the crown of one's early days. If you deal with a vulgar mind, life is reduced to beggary. Charity is one of the noblest virtues that links earth with perfection. To be able to enjoy art truly and fully is an indication that there is some good within us. lie is good that does good to others. If he suffers for the good he does, he is better still. Thou wilt bo great only in proportion as thou art gentle and courageous to subdue passions. Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often proves, the end. Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever secures il :it the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and happy purchase. Nothing is so great an instance of illmanners as flattery. If you flatter all the company you please none. If you *-<?n fifTpniit tlio JJillM'I IJIIIJ, Wltv; Ul l MW, iuu .....WW ?..v rest. What veracity is In speech, fidelity is to action. As we may safely depend upon the word of a truthful man, so we may safely depend upon the doings of a faithful man. A Showman's Story. An old u showman'' tells the following exciting story of Ins experience when connected with a well-known menagerie during an engagement at Smithland. I\y.: "After the exhibition was over." hesayst ' I passed into the menagerie to talk to the watchman. From some cause he was absent from his post, and I walked across the amphitheatre toward my old friend the elephant, to give him an apple, for we were the best of friends. lie was one of the largest elephants I ever saw, and was as good-natured as he was large. I was about half across the ring when I heard a growl, and looking round I.. I,,,...-/.,. ,m/i r\f tliri 1 wmv: nilt rif MIW Hi 11A > 111/IIVSI UIIV UI %..v. his cage and approaching me in a crouching manner, ready for a spring. "I thought of a thousand tilings in a moment, and among them I must have regretted perpetrating so many old, worn-out jokes at the performance that night. I had sufficient presence of mind to realize my dangerous situation and know that it required the utmost caution to extricate myself from it. " One hasty motion on my part and I would be in the jaws of the monster. I felt that my only hope was in the elephant. if 1 could reach him. but he was chained by the foot and could not reach inc. "Nearer and nearer came the lion, waving his tail in a manner that meant business. If I turned my back he would spring; if I took my eyes from him I was lost. "It was a terrible moment. I glided backward as swiftly as I dared. I had another fear. I feared stumbling backward, and knew if I did fall I would never rise, but that where 1 fell 1 would make a meal for that lion. "As I neared the elephant I saw that the lion understood my movements, and, fearing he would be baulked of his prey, lie prepared to bring the matter to a crisis. 1 then saw that I had Imt one hope?to rush with all my speed to the elephant. "I think I must have jumped twenty feet when I turned, and 1 know the lion jumped thirty, but lie just missed me. " How I conflicted the race I do not know. 1 only know that the elephant's trunk was around my waist, and he was lifting me up on his head. I only know I was saved."?HomeliM I Impure Water Frozen. Even among the more educated classes there prevails an impression that even if [ water is contaminated it is purified by freezing. Many experiments, have, however. shown the fallacy of this view. In some of these ma<le recently l>v .Air. ('. P. IVngra. an American chemist, various organic matters (urea, albumen, etc.) were mixed with water, and the .specimens were gradually frozen. A certain amount of purification did take place? the ice containing thirty and even forty per cent, less organic matter than 1 lit* unfrozen liquid. But a large amount of the added polution remained, and the investigator, though expressing surprise that the purification had been as great as il was, says that the experiments afford abundant proof that we ought not to tolerate the indiscriminate collection of \r,?.i!ll? IU. A-,.""" Wanted ft Cheap Funeral. George F. 1'arstow, of S:i 11 Francisco, who left an estate valued at sSl),Oll(i. gave these injunctions in his will:. Having i observed that ostentation and expensive funerals are injurious to the people, often absorbing money which poverty cannot well spare to vanity and pride, therefore, by.way of example, for which I beg pardon of the undertakers, let my coilin be a plain redwood box. put together with common nails or scicws. without paint or varnish, with plain iron handles, and all else about the funeral to orrc-poinl with this plainness. Let then; be a cheap shroud and no llowers. What is a dead man bur a handful of dust.' Instead of a hearse 1 may just as well be carried to the grave upon some ordinary vehicle in everyday use, since life is but a journey and the day of death the linal rest. No! Hopeless. CJeorgie: "How is your alfair with i the little heiress coining on.'" Arthur: "Oh, matters could not In: in better shape.*' Tlii'ii she lias aeceotcd voll.'" " Well, no: not exactlv." "(tivcij you hope, then?" " No. 1 can't say s|?e has." "Well, then, how can matters he all j rijrht i" " Why. you see, her father kicked me | out of the house last nii;ht, and a ;.'iii j always falls in love with a feliow after that. '?i'hiftiilil/./tit' Cull. The Fifth avenue society women who! was driven into a frenzy because a yonni; | manservant refused to say to a caller j that she was not at home when she was I at home, afterward remarked: "Ah, j these things are not so in Kuropc where j I was educated, lint licinir raised in this j country really seems to spoil the yoiinir 1 people. They won't lie for anything ? | not even a ladv ?<X< tr )'<?/'/' h'rrnhi'/ /W. In 17'JO there were *>00 lawyers in the ! United States and 1,000,000 inhabitants. ) This was one lawyer to every S.OOO persons. In 18S0 there were 51.000.000 ; people and 0-1,18 T lawyers, or one lawyer ' to every 800. SOME DAY. Some day I shall be dead, Some day this tired head, With all the anxious thoughts it cow doth know, Shall bo laid low. This body, pnin-racked, ill, Shall lie at length, and still, Under the clover and the wind-swept grass, Nor hear you pass. That were, indeed, strange aleep, When even you might weep, And come, and go?even you?unheard of me As bird or bee. Nay, sweetheart, nay! believe Here is no cause to grieve. One so wayworn, of trouble so oppreet, Is glad of rest. Perchance, when that release Hath wrought its spell of peace, O'er this unquiet heart, long vext with woe, Heart's-ease may grow. Who loves me will not weep When that I lio asleep, But rather joy to think such sorrow may Havo end some day. ?Isabella Grant Meredith. HUMOR OP THE DAY. Among the oldest of smokers?Chimneys. When the giraffe wants a drink he knows what a long-felt want is. The shoemaker should know more than the doctor about the heeling art.?Pica yunc. When your husband has the malaria ask hira to go out and shake the carpet. I ?Uartford Journal. | Emcrfion said: "There is always room for a man of force." lie had probably met Sullivan in a crowd.?The Judge. The following is extracted from a smart boy's composition on "Babies:" "The mother's heart gives 4th joy at the baby's 1st 2th." The general introduction of oatmeal mush as a breakfast dish causes a stir in many a household in the morning when only the cook is astir. Nothing is more common than ingratitude. Notwithstanding the comfort we derive from a fire, it is the first thing to which we turn the cold shoulder. It doesn't hurt a man's back half so much to bend over at bowling, when he rolls twenty-pound balls, as it does to bend over to black his shoes.?Puck. She knew music, and painting, and style, And possibly knew how to flirt: But Saints of the Kitchen I she asked for A gridiron to iron a shirt. ?Merchant-Traveler. Why is it that if a man loses his nightkey he never discovers the fact until he arrives home after every one has gone to bed, and wants to open the door.? Puck. A valuable exchange publishes an article headed " Surprising a Minister." Some one, perhaps,dropped a whole quarter into the contribution basket.?Bismarck Tribune. "Augustus," she said, "why is there so much confusion in that store?" " I know not, dearest," he simpered, "unless it is caused by that bustle in the window."?rrte i'raw. Beneath the leaflets yellow, In the garden lone and murky, The most unhappy fellow Is the turkey, Who knows he won't be living One day after Thanksgiving. Before a young man can court a Mexican girl he has to tell her parents on the door-steps of the house what his prospects in life arc. If he says he is a curve pitcher for a champion baseball club, the old folks say "go in." We have every reason to doubt the existence of the Giant's Causeway and the wonderful cliffs which are said to line the northern and western coasts of Ireland, as the island is well known to abound in shamrocks.?Judge. " Will there be a hop to-night?" asked a boarder of another who had loved the stock market " not wisely but too well." "Don't know about the hop, but there will be a skip if I can g'4 my truiric out," was the reply.?Boston Bulletin. The North American Review has an article on " Early Man in America." Oil, yes; but there's nothing scientific about him. He's the man that comes in at 3 o'clocK in tne morning singing "in me morning by the bright light."?Ilawkeye. A King as a Brute. I have heard Mr. Leitch relate many curious incidents which fell under his notice when at Rome at this time. Of the following I have his own account in writing: "Among my pupils was Lady Ogle, wife of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle. Frequent!}', when I was giving a lesson, she would be visited by ladies of her acquaintance, including many of the Italian nobility. On one of these occasions the servant announced ' La Principessa C'olonna.' She sat down opposite where I was painting, and she and Lady Ogle had a good deal of conversation. Although I knew Italian I paid little attention to what they were saying, till the princess, getting excited, used the words ' infamc' and ' bestia,' and I observed Lady Ogle look surprised, and ask her friend to tell her all about it. 'I was present,' said the princess, 'and emir if oil-' nnd tlipn shr? iirorwcled to | D1?1T xu ml, ... t relate the following, which I translate as nearly as I can in her own words: "'You must know that when the king (Ferdinand II., "Bomba") married the Sardinian princess at Turin, he stayed for a day or two in liome on hia return to Naples, and his holiness (Gregory XVI.) was graciously pleased to pay his majesty a visit of congratulation. On the occasion a very select party was got together at the Neapolitan ambassador's, consisting of cardinals, monsignori, and some of the old noble families. The pop was very gracious to the new queen. lie had heard of her musical accomplishments, and especially of hor great interest in church music, and as she said she was devoted to Marcello, his holiness asked if she would have the kindness (gentilezza) to sing his favorite, No. 28 of the psalms. The queen replied that to do so would be a great honor. In the meantime the king, her husband, was sitting by, sulky, silent and gloomy, with his elbow resting on the piano. The queen turned to him and said playfully that he must turn the leaves for her. For answer his majesty of the Two Sicilies rose and kicked the stool from below the queen, who fell heavily on the marble floor. I need not tell you, dear Lady Ogle, of the scene which followed. The king immediately left without speaking. The poor queen was carted to a bedroom, and I took my departure, when two great doctors, who had been hastily sent for, arrived. I heard that the pope was terribly shocked/"? GwkI The Wide, Wide World. Lnr.\, Kkim'iu.ic ok Peuu.?Senor A. dc La E. Delgado, L. L. I), and Connr i?,.. ci'lll'l, 1 ill/ltilUl Ul II U.1I1V-V) in public of Peril, says: One single application of St. Jacobs Oil, rural inc completely of thcumutic pains in mv left arm. 1recommended it to two of my friends, the Mrs. Dona Juano Garcia, widow, and Mr. I). Herman Decker. a German <;entleman. Madam Garcia was relieved entirely by the pain-curc from terriM-i neuralgic pains of ten months standimr. Mr. Decker was cured of iiic.\phea!>!'> pnins by a single application of ;he cure. .Aly brother used the peat remedy for a species of paralysis of I he arm. lie was entirely relieved from his ailment l?y on* or two applications, after liavinif tri<i| numberless other remedies without effect. The sect of " (icrmanitcs *'which settled Gcrmantowu, I'cnn., lias entirely disappeared. Heart <IiVca.se lias brought nianv to nn uu* I timely grave. Tlie heart is as liable as other | organs to disease: if you have it even in the | slightest form use Dr. Graves' Heart Kegula- , tor. $1 per bottle at druggists. _ Ax English noinnn, calling herself Englo, j lias wnlkcil miles in 1,000 hours. "( 'olden Meilical Discovery'' is warranto 1 ! to cleanse the I LkkI from all impur ties, fr< in whatever cause arising. For scrofula. sore-. <>f all kinds, skin and bl<od diseases. itsciiiels i are marvelous. Thousands of testimonials ! from all parts. Send stamp for pamphlet on ! skin diseases. Address Woiti.o's Disi'K.vsai'.v j MKD1CAL association. I'llllftlo, N. Y. Tiikuk are (.(Kin unemployed e'ergymen in the Church of England. Have you heart disease in any form.' if so. J use Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator; II vein; lmv? linivxil if ji slim fcincilv lor u!!':iiiii> or i sympathetic heart disease. $1 per buttle. Dakota is four times as largo as ()hio. " Fulr Oirl Grniliinte*,'' whose sedentary lives increase those troubles peculiar to wi men. should use Hr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," which is an utfai!- | ing remedy. Sold by druggists. Tin: cair is thirty-eight years old Did you rend how .losiah Pitkin, of C'hel- I sea, Vt., was cured of a terrible sore leg, by j Hood's iSarsaparilln, the blood purifier ? If a cough disturbs your sleep, take Piso'8 i Cure for Consumption and rot well. i a A Baay Scene* Mr. W. W. Sundeqland Is one of Danbury'a (Conn.) first citizens, and a prominent man. His word is considered as good as his bond, and any statement coming from him woald never be doubted by any one knowing him. He conducts, at No*. 5 and 7 Spring street, a very large factory for the manufacture ol sashes, blinds, doors, etc. In connection with this he employs a large number of men, and mnny of the largest buildings in the oity are monuments of his skill as a builder and architect. Recently, when called on, he was found at his place busily engaged in directina a small army of men. On making oui errand known we were invited lo his office, when Mr. 8. briefly told a wonderful story ol a matter which had troubled him greatly foi a long time. He said: " I am very busy, but always have time to say a good word for so valuable an article as Hunt's Remedy. My mother is seventy-six (76) years old. She has suffered for a long time with the dropsy and kidney complaint. She has doctored with several physicians and used a large quantity of medicine. Really, she has taken everything we could hear ofk without finding any relief, until my sister, who live3 at Bridgeport, Conn., suggested to her to use HuntYRemedy, as she knew of a number of persons there who had been benefited by using it She commenced using it, and finding relief she has continued until now she has used in all eight (8) bottles, from which she has received great beuefit. Her case is considered incurable, but wo all think, as she says, Hunt's Remedy is all that keeps her alive. I make this plain statement with the hope that any one who may be similarly afnicted will bo induced to use this great medicine, as I am positive it will prove satisfactory." The debts of the Prince of Wales are said to amount to $ '!,000,000. " Wltb Catntefnl Feeling*." Dr. Pierce, BufTalo, N. Y.: Dear Sir? Your "Golden Medical Discovery" and " Purgative Pellets '' have cured my daughter of scrofulous swellings and open sores about the neck: and your "Favorite Prescription" has accomplisnod wonders in restoring to health my wife who had been bed-fast for eipht months from female weakness. I am with greatful feelings, Yours truly, T. H. Lowq, Galveston, Texas. "Hffrnr>TT lino 1 lmanctvl 1/f.lUWil IHU1 I j'r T HUn.lUUJ?T? Tjoat Faith In Pbjrnicians. There are innumerable instances where cures have been effected by Scovill's Sarsaparilla, or Blood and Liver Syrup, for all dis< ases of the blood, when the patient had been given up by physicians. It is one of the best remedies ever offered to the public, and as it is prepared with the greatest care, as a specific for certain diseases, it is no wjnder t!:i:' it should be more effectual than hastily u i it! en and carelessly prepared prescriptions. Take Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup for all disorders arising from impure blooa. It is indorsed by all leading professional men. Wnlnnt Leaf Hair Restorer. It is entirely different from all others. It is as c lear as water, and as its name indicates is a perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. It will immediately free the head from all dandruff, restore gray hair to its natural color, and produce a new growth where it has fallen off. It does not in any manner affect the health, which sulphur, sugar of lead and nitrate of silver preparations nave done, it wm cnange light or faded hair in a few days to a beautiful glossy brown. Ask your druggist for it Each bottle is warranted. Smith, Kline & CO., Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia. Pa., and C. N. C'RiTTErTOX, Now York. Fob dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits and general debility in their various forms, also as a preventive against fever and ague and otherintermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all Drag, gists, is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal From Major Downs, Military Instructor, Mt. Pleasant Academy, Sing Sing, N. Y.: During the very cold weather I was suffering with Catarrh. My head and threat ached so severely that I was obliged to keep qui^t. Ely's Cream Balm was suggested, within an hour fi oui the first application I felt relieve-1, the pain began to subside. In a few days 1 was entirely cured. "W. A. Downs. (50 ct>.) The Frnzer Axle Grease Is the best in tho market. It is the most economical and cheapest, one box lasting as long as two of anv otner. One greasing will last two weeks. It received first premium at the Centennial and Paris Expositions, also medals at various State fairs. Buy no other C. Farley, city marshal, 243 Broadway, N. Y.. says: " I had rheumatic gout L'O years; tried avoT-vthino- now take Dr. Elmore's R.-G. It lias cured my crippled feet, and beats all other medicines and treatments in the world." It stands to reason that an oil that cannot b? made rancid, and one that has the greatest solvent and penetrating powers, while free from all irritating properties, would make the finest hair oil in the world. Such isCarboline. For sore feet, swollen joints, sprains, corns or bunions, use St. Patrick's Salve. Ladles and children's shoes cannot run over if Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners are used. ft ?'?i|l THE GREAT GERMAR REMEDY FOR PAIN. fill ^?"evee ""d cnre* ifi 3^1 rheumatism, j i,., i4llfi||||||JH Neuralgia, ffaGmrol Lumbago, |.| BACKACHE, Ikr *^i HEADAOHB, TOOTHAOHI, 3P lil r rfutmrntmaann* h I!' SORE THROAT, :|ll jj | 'i')iJ!^f"uirW iUINSY? swzLLiNaa, :!|l'jjt| If, sprains, ;t|; i ij: jiiljiuinouammnjUv | aorcness, cms, nroiw*, Ibd -=5* |j|| D I And another bodily achat i ^lllirailllP^ and pains. Si 1Q FIFTY CENTS A B0TTLf-*'! ll!IIl!illJl? ffip1 "i Sold by all Druggist* an4 iWK'-fli. iimminullil ilmili' 'i Dealers. Directions la U jl|||lRi!iillii |P^ I languages. ,3 mjm HYM U?45 Though shaken in ^ 1 tiL h I tr 87617 ^oint aD^ fiber witb teTeT and ague, . CELEBRATED or billions remittent. de&lity,rheti^'usm^ "^iC &&??? "* ?ITTCB^ ^le.nd%e2i! 'HI Ba era generally. CATA R F? H ELY'S CREAM MLM f*-.* ' tf' when applied by the fl n It^^S,fer 'Dto "3e nogtr''g' &k/C;7fiSW BPvU^^I^11 be absorbed, effectpi/ ClinrcCOUJl aal|y cleaning the fiead Fffl *Ur." lof catarrl,al Tirus. cau?S9S^^4?vt0 ^ADJ'nff ''""hy WretioM. E7uAvrrvFD(H)w ?sAlt al,4y8 inflamnntion. ftJr ^^0! protects the membrane CT/SSnf thfl nasal nnssncea from additional colds, I | W y completely hoals the w VaZ *"">* nnd restores Uste j plications reliove. -4 ^ | 1 thorough trratment tcill HAY-FEVER ?E'^"-rr-Se"^ PRIPF ",?) f'FNTS, HY MAIL OR AT DRUGGISTS. ELY HHOTHEJtSS, ?\VE(iO, Pi. Y. TO SPECULATORS. R. LINDBLOM & CO., N. G. MILLER & CO., 6 4 7 Chamber of 66 Broadway, Commerce, Chicago. New York. GRAIN & PROVISION BROKERS. ir i t .it ;???? vAH. York, Chicago, St. Ixiuia and Milwaukee. Wo huVB . xclimive private telegraph wire between Chi. cacti and Neir York. Will execute orders on our judgment whun reiiui-hted. Nen<i for circulars containing particular!*, HOBT. LIXDULOM A CO., Cliicaifo. PAH All F nothing and .Merchant P>ET1&I \0I !r Tailor Store, in beat city I fe? HH UKmIiI iu Ohio; population fi.IXK). Anin a' bnvinem1. Stockinvoiceabout Address <'. S. KINKKAD, Greenville, Ohio. I'RIVTING PRESSES I I rS^ NATIONAL TYPE CO. h & JS? ?Ua rniLA. J'A. lwj-jjacu Hook 1<j?. 3r STAMPS ('AN BE USED. Send eight" ?i "I Mnir O 3c. staraptt and one lc. stamp anil get a ItKbpajiH book on H011SK AND DISKASKS. i Home Hook Co., 131 I.coiiurd St., N. Y City. ' Cavi'IHH: .Mii.k wtnenest i.inimem. r*wo?>cents Vnilkir MCU Learn telegraphy here and we mil lUUTItl mEngtre you a situation. Circulars free. VAI.KNTlNi: II It OS., Jgnesville, \VU. C70AJVKKK. ssliladayathomenaauymodo. Uuatly | $ I U Oil Kit free. Aildrvns THUS A Co., Augusta, Me. fl> C i. (on per day at home. Samples wortn $5 fre?. gDIOOCiU Address Stihson A (Jo., Portland, Ma. I'll (kmx l'kt'tou.u. will curb your coukii, I'rice 25c. {CC? week in your own town. Terms and $5 outfit vO J free. Address 11. HaLLEtt A Co., Portland, Me. VIJKNTS vail If <1 for two now faM-*ellin<fnrticle*. i ! Samples free. C. K._MARSH ALI., Lockp. r!. N.Y. j j PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH. Full particulars j } fiu .-. A.!dr. ?.I. II. !?.,??* 1? ?. N. V. j Ill'lts. Trappers nr.d buyers send for price list, t , ? .M. j. Jewitt, Htdvmod, Jefferson Co., N. Y. jj m FL h gj CURES WHERE AII tISE FAILS. H * PH Rest Cough Syrup. Taste* good. L?] J U>rniMnHs>Nikl liy j ru^M.sis^ j J Rl*^ j a 11" J I? M Rnnlfft-Vifttr W %/v%w W ?1 On which side Hostile final victory in tl following extracts, characteristic of tens of t " I am amazed at the cheapness and excellence of bj your I kit. Your entwprise i(t a public benefaction of in the highest kiiul,"?Rkv. Dit. SHKi'hkki>, Santa Rosa. Cai. A " ! am delighted with tho books. They are marvels of fu cheapnmi, beauty nn?! utility. Inclosed find $33.(19 in cs payment** ?Rkv. Mason W. Pheasly, Chester, S. C. ar * Your efforts toward extending useful information 'si to nil cIu>m?s ar? the most extraordinary yet witnessed 'L I'M It TKK.XS. Booksarat for rxnmlnntion hef OATA1.0(JITl.fnt' NOT gold by dealers. JOHN H. l Like an Evi la oliloii limes it was thought that 1 ! cv holes. The generally approved :/. i:i.; Keyholes and stop the cracks wi r.live measures, the evil things had : y pleased. > comes malaria no\v-a-days. W< 11. r-Kiies in bv the crack. We stop l .; :! ; in the plumbing, or an opening fr : unsuspected source and unguarded We cannot always keep malaria o ci'Jbcts from our systems. If Bi .ilaria has not a ghost ofa chanc< ** i'our druggist sells it, and you ou PSALMS. - ' ' [REVISED.] JTEAR this, all ye people, and give ear a J] xl ye invalids of the world,' Sop Bitten will make you well and to rejoioo. 2. It shall cure all the people and put sickt/nrlov fAOfL 5 uc? auu quiiotui<L ?? ? j 3. Be then not afraid when vour family is ' sick, or you have Bright's disease or Liver V Complaint, for Hop Bitters will cure you. 4. Both low and high, rioh and poor know the value of Hop Bitters for bilious, nervous and Rheumatic complaints. !i. Cleanse me with Hop Bitters and I shall ;m have robust and blooming health. m 6. Add disease upon disease and let the worst come, I am safe if I use Hop Bitters. 7. For all my life have I been plagued with sickness and sores, and not untU a year ago was I cured, by Hop Bitters. 8. He that keepeth his bones from aching from Rheumatism and Neuralgia, with Hop Bitters, doeth wisely. n Tk/iuul, fVinn Vinatanroa. nimnlflS. freckles. salt rheum, erysipelas, bkxxi poisoning, yefi Hop Bitters will remove them alL . in. "What woman is there, feeble and sick from female complaints, who desireth not health and useth Hop Bitters and is made well. 11. Let not neglect to use Hop Bitters bring on serious Kidney and Liver complaints. 4a 12. Keep thy tongue from being furred, thy % blood pure, and thy stomach from indigestion by using Hop Bitters. 13. All my pains and aches and disease go * like chaff before the wind when I use Hop Bitters. 14. Mark the man who was nearly dead and given up by the doctors after using Hop Bit- r ters ana becoineth welL 15. Cease from worrying about nervousi ness, general debility, ana urinary trouble^ tor Hop Bitters will restore you. ; * cSXPhEAITH OF W ?WA f i lydiXe^pinkham'S VEGETABLE COMPOTOD. ^ 1 A Snrc Cure for all FEMALE WEAK* VTBHTS. T nnMTrlim. Tib i ?? regular and Palnfal Menjtrnatlsm, j Inflammation and Ulceration of j ' J&jm the Womb,'Flooding* PRO* LAPSUS UTERI* dee. tyPleasant to tho taste, cfflcadoui and lmmadlato -~E In Its effect It Is a great help In pregnant?, cad * ? . '-J lleves pain during labor and at regular period*, f '/ _ PHTSICL15S USE IT A.TD FBZSCBIBE H RIXCZ. ] yljs, tVFos jJXWBAxmtsszs of thegenenttr* e*m9 of either sex, It Is second to no remedy that has mf r been before the public j and for all diseases otttl ' i-t Kxdwtts it Is the Grtaiat Remedy in Vh World, ^ ^"KIDNEY COMPLAINTS of EUwrta Find Great Relief in Its Um* t Av'.. LTDTA E. PIXKHAM'8 BLOOD PUSUnBK . will eradicate evorr rcstlge of Humors from tarn Blood, at tho same tlmowflr give tone and strength to thesjitem. As marvellous In results as thdOonpowWL . ' ~ . CfBoth the Compound and Blood Purifier are pro* *. ':{ pared at 233 and 235 Western Avenue, Lynn, Xaflb ' Price of either, $1. Six bottles for $3. The Cuuipwiafl f ^ Is sent by mall in the form of pills, or of loungM^ea. receipt of price, fl per box for either. Xrs. PtnkhOK '. ?* freely answers all letters of Inquiry. Enclose leal stamp. Send for pamphlet. Mention titU Poptr. nrLrm.*. E. Pthkjux's Lrvra Pni* cure OonaMMr tlon, Biliousness and Torpidity of the Liver. 23 cents. j jySold by all Drngg-ists.'TSa m a jaggaBMgsaagnMMi Consumption Can Be Cured! '3 -uaii'S I wm. nrafck v for THE Q > | a iyy LUNGS.D A LoAln | Cnren Consumption, Colds* PueamonlfciW ,-9 flnenzn, Bronchial Difficulties, Broncmtaij Hoamncwi Asthma* Cronp, Waoopp# .01 Cough, nnd nil Digcanca of the BreaJhlBJt -r*l Orpnns. It soothes anil heals the JIcinBrayy ...y of the Langs, inflamed and poisoned wuf . * disease, and prevents tho night.sweats aMm -J lightness across the chest wnlco accomnuy .? .t.ACons"n^o? bnot^n Incnraby wsliiW.. ^ -IL1'UBnuTTD one co^, icd^B Kj Dcmorcut, PiMlikir, ' Mason & Hamlin Organs. *1 New 11111st ratod Catalogue, (40pp. 4to) '.- J for season of 1883-4, including many new . I styles; best assortment of the best and1* most attractive organs we have ever of -m fered,and at lowest prices,$22 to $600,for. '.jS cash, easy payments or rented. Sent free. ! MASON & HAHLDI ORGAN ill PIANO CO. ] IJonton, l.Vt Tromont St.; New York, 46 Eut ltth "I St.; Chicago, 143 Wabash Are. '* Payne's Automatic ^glnei^ | jkKeltable, Durable and Economical. trill furnUk a orn poKn uiih >j' Uu f\itl and, water (ton a*j otktP' ^ ZngituDuiU, Duttittedwith an AutomaticOatoff. Bead ' 1 or Illustrated Catalogue "J," for Information IM Prices. b._W. Payne <t box8. Box txSO. Uoming. fl.T, 0&BH130VS STANDARD G.R1NMG MjLLS VC3^3|*i Fnr.STEA.1I,WATER,WIND. HORSE or IIAND POWKl? JpWUP roNHCNNinv great capacity n'"l durability. Every .Mill Vu tl, \ ivnrratittMl to do luut what Bfl 7T toows. we claim for It. ,fS j-& , 0s Send 3c. for new IBmJMfi , trated Catalogue. Ad11 E EDWARD HAHRISON MILL CO., ?r^*Tli3U ~^'r" New Haven, Conn# 2>5-^LMC."E5^ k^the QQjckest, ploASAnt^it, : un-si auu u?oi, rwufuj iur imao/. ? llT"r? "omacb, bladder and blooil ' 13,'aso3. anil only Mai curative ever y^VV/X discovered for acuta and chrooio rheumatism, K?ut, lumbaco, aciat Cica, neuralgia, etc. Hm cured hop?. less cases Brig tit's disease and dyspepsia in 3 weeks-ill ' H lorms of rheumatic dis<>rlernin 2 to LJweek*?rellerei inflammatory in I <lay. Can refer to hundreds of re HaMe pi-op!.- curwl who had tried in vain everything else. Dl I'nri ly botanic, harmless, and nice to irink. Askyoar drugpiit to & t :t; if ho declines need to us (or it? taJca nothing else, Klni'ro, Adams A Co.. loj William ?t., W. Y AM^TIML^DE^; A NEW, oripinnl, chenp lantern, for projecting and en- H hiytnuphotocriiphs, chromocnrdu, opoquo picture* and objects. Works like niairir, and delictus and mystiflf* B everybody. Send fur our full mid fm: descriptive circular H miiutay Hill X'lb. Co., box tss. x. y. city, y. y. x If Oon't Often Happen I Where a reliable hi'Use. in advertising their " Of'*' AH business, will senJ, us this house does, for ono dollar, . |H > complete sample out tit that will enable any one smart H snd enterprising to easily make i-i to iJW per day Mat H fiptnses. Send tlie_!$ I and two stamps for return toTHli ^ DA2VA HiUK-f UKU tu., co<, iv?aon >. AGENTS WANTED Miirhlne ever invented. Will knit ft pjur of stocldnjs *ith II l)KI< iiiul TOM complete iniurainutes. It will ilso knit n (.'rent variety o/ fancy work, for which thera s always n ready market. S<ml for circular anil terma '? tin" TIVOIIIII.V KMTTIMI MACHINE L'O.. 103 Tukmont Street. HUSTON, .MASS. v'..->wW. Send RUPTUREit5?i^^4\iY^ 1 /1 lixtrn cliromo cards 1t>c. Send for cutalogn*. 11/ Chatham Card Co., North Chatham, N. Y. ^ry?Vox PopulL io desperate " Hattle of the Books,'' the hoiisamls received, signify: r any age or country. They ought to rentier your name niiortal."?(?KN. J. W. Phelps, Krattleboro, Vt. "The world's greatest benefactor to-day is John B. Iden, tho bold and ritr11ia 1 publisher, wno is successilly placing standard literature uitlun the tuuh of eryuody who cares to road."?Mir, Bradf<>r.l, Pa. "Two sets of Waverley just ived. All my friends d wondering hoi* I tot such bargains. I uxplam. id tneite uurxnen nruwrH ar?? ui?i nvmu. ?n. jiwvllen, Farmer*' Bank, Columbia City, Ind, "oro pn viiiimiK on ovul??no?'of fnith. Immeiwo i ALDKS) Publisher, IS Vt?*ey St., New York. il Spirit. evil spirits camc in through < ;w':s way to keep thcin out was to ]>!i!/; ith cotton. Notwithstanding ii v ; I their own way and cfleti c..:.rj i:; Ai try to keep it out of the Lr,!. .1: up the crack, and lo! it com* : f < r.) om some neglected drain, cr f:x -v. I direction. ut, but we can qive it battle* a:-.; iown's Iron Bitters is tak n io j. This is the groat family H ?ht to keep a bottle in the house. H 1