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YE T\\ O WISHES. An angol went a walking out one day, as I've heard said, 'And, coming to a fagot maker, beggel a crust of bread. The fogot-maker gave a crust and something rather queer To wash it down withal, from out a bottle that stooi no.ir. The angel finished eating, but before he left, said he: "Thou shalt have two wishes granted, for that thou hast given me One for that good drinkable, another for the bread." Then he left the fagot-maker all amazed at what be said. "I wonder," says the fagot-maker, after he had gone, "I wonder if there's any truth in that same little song?" So, turning this thing over in his mind, he cast around, 'Till hfe saw the empty bottle where it lay upon the ground. " I wish," said he, just as a test, " if what he said is so, Into that empty bottle, now, that I may straightway go." No sooner said than done; whisk! into the flask he fell, "Where he found himself as tightly packed as a chicken in the shell. , In vain ho kicked and twisted, and in vain he howled with pain; For in spite of all his efforts, he could not get out again. So, seeing how the matter stood, he had to wish once more, "When, out ho slipped, as easily as he'd gone in befcroIf we had had two wishes granted by an angel thus, We would not throw away the good so kindly given us. / For first we'd ask for wisdom, which, when we had in store, I'm very doubtful if we'd care to ask for any more. ?Howard Pyle's *'Pepper and Salt." ON THE BATTLEFIELD. A CONFEDERATE GENERAL'S SINGULAR EXPERIENCE. A singular experience of the war was that of Brigadier General Robert I).Lilley> of the Confederate lorces at the battle of Rutherford's farm, near Winchester, Yir- i ginia. General Li lie y is now living in j this city, acting as financial agent for the centenuial organization for the endowment of the Washington and Lee univer- j . sity of Virginia. A few evenings ago, j at the earnest solicitation of friends ho | lelated his story of strange adventures i on the battlefield. "On the li-th of July, 18G4, he said, j "just after General Early had returned | from Washington city, a portion of his ; Mmmund wnq formed across the main ; road leading from Berryville to ?n:ggers gap in the Blue Kiage to meet a demon- | stration of the Federal ferce9 from that i direction. There was much lively skir- I mishing, and we expected to be en- i gaged before night. After we had biv- | ouacked to the north of Berryville an j order came for us to move toward "Win 1 Chester, when the troops had finished j Tfccir supper. We marched all night: ' and it was after sunrise when we biv- j ouacked along the railway track east of ! Winchester. In the early afternoon General Ramseur's division was ordered, to move promptly down the road leadinc j to Martins'ourg, Johnson's brigade first, i Lewis1 second, and Fegram's (under my i command), third in column. About j three miles below the town, the head of the column came upon th? Federal forces j under, command of General Averill, al- ! ready in line of battle, with twelve pieces of artillery massed in the ceutcr and supported by infantry, with cavalry 1 on the Hanks waiting for us. ''"When our battery opened fire and while the troops were forming, the con4r*Af st/l ftrrt A Thrill*C tvvplvf* niorAQ I ^VVUH(V.'. Vi 14* V Vh v-v.. V l/.VVVW poured upon the battery and disabled it-1 entirely. The Federal line then advanced %nd struck our front before the left wing of Lewis's brigade got in line. In the confusion which followed, Lewis's brigade was swept back past mine in great i disorder. I urge! Lewis to halt his I J)rigade on mine, but he said he could do j nothing with hie men then. I saw at a ; glance that the only chance was to hold j my brigade in position and check the i enemy until Lewis and Johnson could form in the fortifications near Winchester, j In the meantime, a shell grazed my lctt thigh with the same effect as if my body j had been hit a terrific blow with a club, j and it pained me so severely that I could ; scarcely sit on my horse and could not j move my leg. 1 spoke to Colonel Board, ! the senior present, and instructed him . that in case I had to leave the battlefield, j to take command without further orders. , The Federal 'troops pressed forward, ' wore carrv* ! j ? ?Y.. ?rL? i kg everything before t^Gni. ,Ijaen within eighty yards, my brigade rose and fired rapidly and effectively, checking . their centre. Their line was so long, however, that their wings moved forward until they resembled an arc of a circle. I had ridden to the left of my line, and while returning, my right arm was shattered near the shoulder by a minie ball. With the two wounds received I ought to hive ridden from the field; but it was my first experiment with wounds and I dismounted, expcctincr to walk out with the troops. Just as I had done so*md while my horse was galloping to the rear, a minie ball went through my already injure i thigh, severing a tendon and completely disabling me. 1 looked around at Colonel Board, who was standing a few yards away, to place him in command, when he waB shot dead before my eyes. "It was a very hot afternoon. Weak with the loss of blood, and feeling a deathly fainlncss coming on, I lay down *? 41 /nP o + nvnACOfl fC\ thf> ill liiu siiiiuc ui n Livv-, ?? enemy's fire. The balls struck the rocks and trees, singing and ringing around so that I could not cling closely enough to the ground nor make myself small enough. I remember wondering at the time whether there would be a chance for me to recover if I should receive any more wounds, even if thev should not Jjrove fatal at once. I felt as arge as a man looks who weighs 300 pounds. I wanted to give orders to have my brigade withdraw, but even from my solitary position I could see it move away in good order under the cover of smoke caused by rupid tiring on both sides. The Federals followed the retreat, moving cautiously at first, for they had been much shocked and surprised by the fire from my men. As the Federal line passed over me, the o.licers urged their men forward, and I was obliged to hear them say, 4 We have them started now and must keep them going.1 My arm began to pain me trightfullv ancl looking up I found that one of the Union soldiers was trying to get ray field-glass and my shattered arm was through the strap and resting upon it. it lWait,' I said, 'until I can lift m\ ft-m through.' ,4,13e quick, then,' replied the soldier. "No doubt he tried to be careful In taking of! the glass; but he got it as quickly as possible and hurried to his place in the ranks, at the same lime placing the prize over his neck. 41 In a few moments all was quiet around me. I lay there trying to realize that less than an hour previously I had been riding at the head of my brigade, ! mounted on a good horso. Now my division had been driven back. Between it and me were the enemy. I was riddled with shot and alone. The heat was oppressive. I looked around for a cooler snot. Near at hand was a tree with sprouts growing ont around in a ledge of rocks bedded with leaves. Slowly I crawled around and lay down in a hollow of the rock in the shade. Here was a slight movement of the air, cool and refreshing. I thought of snakes when I got in, but had left my belt, sword and ! pistol where I lay first. I was just en- | joying as much as I could the cool breeze and bed of leaves when I espied a Federal straggler comiug through the woods. He saw my weapons, stopped, then discovered me. " 'Where are you wounded?' he asked. "I told him as well as I could, " 'Have you any greenbacks?' he demanded. " 'None.' <* 4T will sen !' "He kneeled down and began to search ray pockets. I have since thought perhaps it was well that my weapons were out of reach. Weak as I was from the loss of blood my indignation made me forget pain. He took my pocketbook. watch, some letters, a knife which had been presented me in 1859, a plain gold ring which 1 had woin for many years, and my nice new slouch hat, leaving his old battered hat behind as ho departed. "A few moments later another Federal i soldier came up. He was an Irishman. I He did not want to rob me. He in-""' ! quired all about my injuries, and finding ! that I was suffering from thirst, went to j a spring three-quarters of a mile away j for some water. A group of Averill's j cavalry came up. They ranged around me in a semi-circle and inquired about our command, numbers, etc. I avoided giving any information that would be of any service to them. Then they began j j to see how desperately I was wounded I and how much I was suffering. They | ! looked at ray bloody sleeve lying by ray i i side, saw -rav bleeding le<r, and then | began conversing with each other. "While they were occupied among themselves. I heard something moving in the dead leaves among the rocks above my head. I tried to persuade myself that it was a ground mouse, but noticed thit it approached with a sliding motion. It was a snake. The reptile glided past my ears, up my temple r.nd across my forehead, and stopped in the sprouts, its tail hangingdown near my face. " 'Please come and kill the snake and not let it bite me!' I callcd to the soldiers. "They looked around and down at me in amazement and then at each other, evidently thinking that I was delirious. I called out again and a big young fellow bent over me and saw the snake's tail hanging from a rock among the leaves, near my face. " 'There is a snake, boys, sure enough!'he cried. "The soldiers gathered around to kill it. I thought the reptile would turn and bite me. I raised myself to a sitting posture and begged of a soldier: " 'Please stand over me and hold up my head, so it can't bite me?' 4,IT? nnmnliprl ennd naturedlv and it was a great relief to have h:in stand there and hold my head with his brawny hands. "When the snake was killed, it was found to be a large moccasin." "General," was asked at this point, "were you not unconscious during this trying ordeal?" "Only once; that was when the surgeons had me stretched on a table made ; of a door and under the influence of chloroform. "When I awoke, they had cut off my arm close to my shoulder, not even leaving a stump, and had my leg dressed. ' J -.1 . ... X- IS I. I "ilow aia you manage to uvu luruu^u it all?" "Ithink it was nerve; there wasn't anything else left." "Did you ever recover the articles stolen from you?" "I told Surgeon Morris about my experience and he in turn related it to the i Federal Colonel, who recovered my J watch." General Lilley has recovered the use of ! his let: and only an empty sleeve remains j to recall his experience 011 the battlefield ! near Winchester.?Ne o York Tribune, Symptoms of Diphtheria. Dr. Nagle, of the New York bureau of vital statistics, was asked by a reporter: 4 'Can you give a plain description of the j symptoms of diphtheriasoth at an ordin- j ary person will not mistake it for scar- j letina?'? I <4^cre is a medical work," replied the doctor, "giving information in words that : ought to be understood.'" Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease in which there is a tendency to the formation ; of falss membrane on mucous and abraded j surfaces, accompanied by considerable constitutional disturbances. Symptoms?After an incubation period from twenty-four hours to ten days, shiverj ing and vomiting set in and the temperature i iucreases, tho throat is sore with soma stiff; liess about the neck. The fauces becomes of a . j__i. ?i tiinfnncilu cwnllpri anrl at the UUI K 1CU tv/nu, o**w W4.w?w ~ en.I of two clays from the bjginning of the ! diseasa, a quantity of minute white points I appear on the surface o: both sides of the j i fauces. ! As these spots increase in numbers they I coalesce and form a thick yellowish white j i membrane. This somotimes consists of a I single piece, but is often scattered over the ! surface in separate patches. Th-3 cervical : glands become enlarged, the tongue coated ! with white or brown fur, the pulse temperaj ture increased and the urine albuminous. In the next stages the membrane separates after leaving unhealthy sloughing ulcers. In tbis stage recovery may take place, or ; death may result from exhaustion. During : any period of tho illness asphyxia, resulting j from the production of false membrane in j the larynx or bronchial tubes, may be fatal. I In the course of the disease a roseolus rash j may appear over the boJy. | Convalescence after diphtheria is very *1 >w. ! Often paralysis of the groups of muscles ; shows itself within six months from the beginning of th-3 attack. The removal of the ! talsa membrane is of no avail. Tlie Young Man .was Squelched. 1 I When a Chicago woman wants to gel : a seat in a street car she wraps up herfl : poodle dog and carries it in her arms a i though it were a baby. But the trick is j now becoming known and doesn't always work. The other day a lady got ; into a full car with what looked like an '; infant in her arm-?. A very rapid-looki 1 J Vi or fnr n mn. | ment and then said: "Madam, if that 1 i is a kid yon can have my scat, but if it's 1 | a pup, you can't." "Well, it's a pup," 1 j snapped the lady, "but not as big a one ' i as you are." The rapid-looking young man at once got oil and went to the 1 wheat pit. ) ?? ! It is a curious commentary on the alleged impecuniosity of the English landed r gentry that they manage to support as many packs of hounds as ever, even in those counties which are asserted to be the most distressed. POPULAR SCIENCE. In insects, tho sex of an individual is not determined until toward the end of the larval stage. Entomologists who | rear moths and butterflies contend that when the food supply is scanty the majority of perfect insects produced are males, while if food is superabundant females preponderate. Heretofore, in planting salmon, it has been customary to place the little fish in the streams, and allow them to care for themselves: but the new idea of placing them in protected preserves, where they can be cared for by the people living near at hand, and their growth to the proper size assured, will, no doubt, revolutionize salmon culture. Measurements of the heights of clouds have been made at the Upsala observatory during the past summer. The re- i suits are approximately aa follows: ! Strata?, 2,u'ju leec; minims, ur ium cloud, from 3,GOO to 7,200 feet; cumulus, from 4,300 to 18.000 feet; cirrus, 22,400. Cloud measurements are always somewhat uncertain, but these figures arc considered fairly exact. The Prince of Monaco is making a systematic study cf the ocean currents. ! Lpst July he sank a large number of in- j geniousiy arranged bottles, globes and ! barrels at different points north of the ! Azores, each floating vessel containing a ; paper in different languages, stating the j time and place of immersion, and begging the finder to note down the hour j iiIum rtf rWcnrwnrv finrl forward it uuu jnuuv vi uiuwivij, -? , to the nearest French consul. Now three I of these bottles have been found in the Eastern Azores, having followed a south- ! easterly direction, instead of goiug to the southwest, as expectod. The continents, according to Mr. John Murray of the great Challenger expedi- i tion, have an average height of about ' 900 feet above sea level, and occupy five- 1 sixteenths of the earth's surface. The I seas' "abyssmal regions'' occupy about half of the earth's surface, and have an average depth of three miles. In the Pacific the greatest depths are to the south and east of Japan, where there are abysses of over five miles; and in the Atlantic the greatest depression of a lit- i tie over f jur miles is to the north of. the j Virgin islands. The great orenn basins j ?once so dark and mysterious?have been rapidly becoming familiar to man j durinz the last twenty years. A polar current appears to deflect the j Gulf Stream from the shores of the United States and the British provinces, and interpose a cold wall of water between the land and the genial warmth of the current from the tropics. These refrigerating waters pass between Labrador and nn'l htr Vkllllflinor ft dfim I _L"> C ? lWUUUiClUVA, l?U-l KfJ across the narrow straits ol Belle Islo? j about ten miles wide and averaging 150 feet in depth?Mr. John C. Goodridge, j Jr., suggests that the polar stream might be turned aside into midocean. Then, j it is believed, the Gulf Stream would j skirt the American coast and materially change its climate from Cape Ilatteras J to Newfoundland, freeing the gulf of j St Lawrence from icebergs and giving 1 to Nova Scotia the mildness of Capo May. Legal Asre or Majority. By the Roman law the period of infancy lasted till the seventh year, childhood continued till the nubile or marriageable age, which for males was fourteen, and females twelve, and during the period of adolescence following, j males were allowed to m inage their own property, make a will, or contract mar- : riage independent of the consent of par- j ents or guardians, but the age of majority j was not reached until twenty-five. By 1 the English law, which has been in force since Anglo-Saxon times, there are two great periods into which life is divided ?infancy, which lasts in both sexes un- j til the twenty-first year, and manhood or womanhood. But the period of infancy is divided into several stages, marked by the growing development of rights and obligations. Thus at twelve years of age i a mile may take the oath of allegiance, i 1 -4 1 I .-/\n nytt jiolrl frt 1 auci "i ;oiirtecu uum suaus uiu uu?a ??? , have arrived at years of discretion, and i may therefore choose guardians, give J evidence in court, and consent or disa- j gree to a marriage. A female, indeed, | has this latter privilege from her twelfth year, but neither sex can legally marry, without the consent of parents or guar- j dians, until the age of majority has been ' reached. At fourteen, too, both sexes j are fully responsible to the criminal law; but under the age of twenty-one neither j can execute a valid will. At the latter age both males and females obtain their full legal rights and become liable to all legal obligations. In Scotland a minor between the ages of fourteen and twentyone has more personal rights than in ! England at the "same age, as he can dis- j pose by will of movable property, make 1 contracts, carry on trade, and marry ' V'illl'JUt the consent of guardians. In France, by the Napoleonic code, males may marry at the age of eighteen, and females at fifteen, with the approval of guardians; at sixteen a minor may devise The seven glared down at him. Hi glared up and back. i "What cher want?'' It was the new boy, and there wa "s 13s" in his tones. "None o' yer foizness!" It was one of the seven whc answered ' Git oif'n that fence-!" "We won't!" "I say git ofl!" "Shan't do it!" The new boy stooped for his tomatoes but when he raised up he saw the sevei heads was gone. It was settled he wa sassy. Would he fight? "You there?" from the alley. "Who?" from the yard. "You dasn't fight!" ' Yes I dast!" "Dasn't coine over!" "You see!" He came over. It had been settle ; that Johnny Flynn should tackle hin and Johnny was ready, lie grabbed fc the new boy's hat, and the new bo grabbed for his coat, and they tugge and twisted. "Sick him, Jolmnv!" "Clean him out!" "Pull his hair!" But the new boy had the best of i He came down on the top of Johnny an gouged his eye and bit "his finger, an offered to lick anyone else in the crowc one half of his or her property; execute the will of another, and at twenty-one, full personal and legal rights are granted. In the United States the English law is generally followed. A guardian may be chosen at fourteen, and the age of majority, which gives free disposal of persons and property, is usually fixed for the sexes at twenty-one, though in some of the States females arc considered "of age," in a legal point of view, at eighteen. The age at which male citizens are allowed the franchise right differs in difI ferent countries. In Switzerland and ' Hungary it is twenty; in the United States, and most of the South American republics, Canada and Great Dritain, it is twenty-one; also in Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal and Sweden. In Holland it is twenty-three; in Austria, twenty-four; in Spain, Norway, Prussia and nearly all of the German states, twenty-five, and in Denmark it is thirty. ? Chicago Inter- Ocean. A Yonug Smoker. The village of Vienna Cross Roads, v>?n ?? int'otnmto cmnkftr in tho V/iiLU>j Has iUivvuiuw person of Laney Humcrout.a boy only six years old. and who has smoked almost incessantly since he was three years oid. Not long aero he put a lighted cigar; stump in his pocket and his coat caught ! fire, and before help came the boy waa I nearly burned to death. Clink and Chink. Oh, now doth come the snow, Olio! And merrily bells do jinglo; The maiden with her bean, You know, In a cosy sleigh Doth dash away And ruby, tinged ears do ting'e. The young man's soul is sad, Ejrad! For ho greets the snow with growling, He seems to bo both glad And mud, For he's prone to think Of his lack of chink, And his smile gives place to scowling. ?New York Homing Journal. HUMOROUS-SKETCBES Snh rot rnno-rainllitlOIl. "Hello, Mr. Dusenberry, what makes you look so glum?" [' "Bromley, I've lost that lawsuit." "Sir, I congratulate you." "Eh! you congratulate me for having lost it?" "Yes. It has been tormenting you for the la^t five years."?Call. The Way tlacy Caught Him. "What struck you most during your travels last summer?" asked the pastor. "Well," the deacon replied, in a musing way, "he couldn't just exactly say. He rather thought the sleeping car porter struck him the oftcnest, but the waiter struck him for the biggest stakes." And the poor, bewildered pastor only sighed and said, "Ah," inquiringly, and wished that he had more intellectual companionship in his yokefellows of the church. ?Burdette. rho Finite*. One of the stories in which the peculiar Christian name figures is of an accident that happened when Preserved Fish, just twenty-one years old, had been marlfi rnntain of a New Bedford whaliner vessel. A revenue cutter bore down upon him and demanded the name of the brig. "The Flying Fish," shouted back the young commander. "What's the cargo?" was the next question. "Pickled Fish," was answered. "And who is captain?" "Preserved Fish!" That government officer couldn't stand this. He did not propose to be fooled with and made fun of by anybody in this way, and on board he climbed with his lieutenants, only to lind that the whole truth and nothing but the truth had been told him.?New York Times. A Disgusted Caller. Professor Jacqucs, as everybody knows, has been investigating psychical phenomena. The professor has a brother who isn't so much interested in psychical phenomena as he is. This brother called the other evening to make a fraternal visit. lie entered the house and struck, naturally enough, for the back parlor. The professor stopped him at the door. "Sh*h, sli-h," Baid the professor, "don't come in?don't make a noise? there's a lady in here in a trance." The visitor started back, and attempted to go iato the front parlor. At the door he was met by somebody he didn't know, who said: ' Sli-h sh-h. don't come in: there is a man in here who is just going under the influence!" Then he started for the library. Somebody else met him as he swung open the door. "Sh h, sh-h, be careful; there's a seance going on, and you'll spoil the conditions if you come in that way 1" He rushed up stairs and rapped rather briskly at the door of the family sitting room. It was his sister-in law who met him this time, and she said: Sh-h, sh-h, don't make a noise; you'll wake the baby!" Then he darted down stairs, took his hat i;nd ;ane and left the house.?Boston (if ass.) Ikcord. A L.lbvral Tlan. A Griswold street insurance ngent'who is an advocate of the Michigan ship cannl, yesterday received a visit from a tall and commanding-looking stranger who remarked on the approach of winter, and continued: "About this ship canal project, am I right in supposing that it is to connect T nlma "Frio onH Mifhior.an?" "Yes, sir." "It is, I take it, a scheme to shorten the route from the west to the east?" " Yes,x sir." "A vessel bound from Buffalo to Chicago would save a voyage up the rivers, across Lake Huron, through the Straits of Mackinac and down Lake Michigan?" "That's the idea, sir." "Have you figured on the cost?" "Oh, yes. The highest estimate is $100,000,000." "Humph! A mere nothing. Is it your personal desire that this canal * i a _i. on saouia go [muuyxii "Whj', I am greatly interested as a citizen." "Of course?I see. It is perfectly proper that you should be interested? deeply interested." The canal shall go through." "Have you any late new.?, sir?" "Yes, sir. I am going to put it through myself to oblige you. Here is my check sor $100,000,000. Go out and hire the diggers. Good day, sir." He laid a check for the sum named on i the table and walked out. The check j was signed John Smith and hasn't been ! cashed yet .?Detroit Free Press. j The Way of tlic World. | The new boy had moved in?that i?, i the family which owned the new boy J had moved in. . It was quite likely the j new boy would show up in the back ; yard during the afternoon, and so, after j school, seven boys headed that way. The new boy had only been seen from r distance. Was he sassy? No one could answer. Would he fight? No one I could tell. He must be tried! It wa: ; the solemn duty of every boy in that i neighborhood to make this importanl discovery at the]earliest possible moment. If he could be licked, well and good; i he was a fighler? ! They breathed hari; , over the thought. J In half an hour seven heads appearec , above the alley fence behind the new | boy's house. He seemed to be expect ing them, and had heaped up a peck o green tomatoes at the foot of a plun tron J' V " ' . ' f-'1 -k\"' His father came out just then and the 9cven ran awav, but the evidence was all in. The new boy would not only sass and fight, but he was boss. Before sundown that night he had been presented with two big bites from an apple, three marbles, a ball of kite string and half a pound of brown sugar in an old straw hat, and other boys were waiting to shower honors and presents upju him at sunrise.?New York Sun. Bill Sye on EUens I am convinced that there is great economy in keeping hens if we have sufficient room lor tnem ana a inorousu knowledge of how to manage the fowl properly. But to the professional mau, who is not familiar with the habits of the hen and whose mind does not naturally and instinctively turn henward, I would say: Shun her as you would the deadly upas tree of Piscatequis county, Maine. Nature has endowed the hen with but a limited amount of brain force. Any one will notice that, if we will compare the skull of the average self made hen with that of Daniel Webster, taking careful measurements directly over the top from one ear to the other. The well informed brain student will at once notice a great falling oil in the region of reverence and an abnormal bulging out in the location of alimentiveness. Now take your tape-measure and beginning at memory, pass carefully over the occipital bone to ttic case 01 we broin in the region of love of home and offspring and you will see that, while the hen suffers much in comparison with the statesman in the relative size of sublimity, reflection, spirituality, time, tune, etc., when it comes to love of home and offspring she shines forth with great splendor. The hen does not care for the sublime j in nature. Neither does she care for music. Music hath no charms to soften her tough old breast. But she loves her home and her country. I have sought to promote the interests of the hen to j some extent, but I have not been a ! marked success in that line. I cnn write a poem in fifteen minutes. I always could dash off a poem whenever I wanted to and a very good poem, too, for a dashed poem. I could write a speech for a friend in Congress?a speech that would be printed i:i the Congressional liecord and go all over the United States and bo read by no one. I could enter the field of letters anywhere and attract attention, but when it comes to setting a hen I feel that I am not worthy. I never feel my utter unworthiness as I do in the presence of a setting hen. When the adult hen in my presence expresses a desire to set I excuse myself and go away. That 19 the supreme moment when a hen desires to be alone. That is no time for me to intrude with my shallow levity. I never do it. ' Tl- T mAof ftilW on. | It IS ell IU1" UCillil luav x uivoi. a u<ij | predate the hen. When she has been | cut down early in life and fried 1 respect I her. No one can look upon the still feaj tures of a young hen overtaken by death I in life's young morning, stuffed out, as I it were, like an old tin lantern in a gale of wind, without being visibly affected. ? Chicago News. Some Historic Beds. A curious precaution was observed during the Middle Acces with regard to queens about to be confined, and probably to all ladies of rauk. They were j secluded in bedrooms of which the bed j curtains, tester, tapestry or wall hang1 ings, were carefully chosen, so that there might be nothing in them to dazj zie the eye or awake gloomy thoughts in the mind. Figure subjects were not" allowed on the Tapestry. The crad'.e of King Ilenry Y. is preserved in Monmouth Castle. It is not | unlike tne oici cramo iu cmuu j\cusiug: ton. It is a crib, pannelud, swinging J on two posts, one at each end, rudely carved into falcons. There is no half' tester over the head. i The Elizabethan bed is still to be seen in many varieties. It stood under a | canopy or tester, on four stout columns, j two of which formed the framework of j the bed head. Sometimes the actual j bedstead was within the paneled en1 closure, and could be drawn out and pushed back without disturbing so large a structure. It was derived from the | paneled bed of the Middle Ages, to | which reference has been made. On the | columns of the older beds were figures j or half-fi&ures of the four evangelists. ! A mediaeval ballad mentions "the four j gospeliorous (gospellors or evangelists) j on the four pillorus" (pillars), and (heads of angels "all of one mould.1 : The tradition of these old beds survives in the invocation still used in some country places. "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, bless the bed that I sleep on. Two angels at my head, four angels iround my bed; two to watch and two to pray, and two to carry my soul away," etc. After the reformation this old usage died out. The coitimus of the Tudor bed have square dado bases, and in general character resemble balusters : on a large scale. The bed head is sup- j i i,? nnrrmtfriM nr terminal figures, | t j JIUUtU UJ UUI.J... , w ! | and paneled with arch or square re| cesses sometimes containing figure carving of some merit. The tester is pan' eled, and all frame pieces, wherever I set, are carved with dccorative moldings of many kinds. Many beds made '; of oak for the English market were imj. | ported from Flanders, the bed heads and j! I feet composed of many tiny open arches, j Bed testers, finished with details represcnting hanging fringes and decorative j detail borrowed from drapery, may gen* j crallv be set down as of Flemish origin, j English beds of this date are more masr . sive and ruder iu execution. Shaw's _ j "Ancient Furniture" contains an engravj ing of the great "bed of Ware, in llcrt^ ! ford shire. It is in the Tudor style, twelve feet square, and bears a date, ? (.but not authentic), 14G0.?Magazine of " Art. ^ A Jonrnallst Killcsl by a Wasp. 5 ; Mr. G. M. Crawford, for thirty-four years the Paris correspondent of the . Neics, is dead. The deceased, born iu 18t(l, was the grandson of Henry Crawford, who was associated with Clive and Hastings in their Indian achievements. Mr. Crawford went to Paris in the exnf hfinominff counsel to the 'j i J^CVKUUivi* v > ?- ? ? ? 0 a British embassy, but the post was suds dcnly abolished. Mr. Crawford was in good health until about seven years ago, when he was stung by a wasp in the carotid artery, lie was in a fair way of recovery when blood-poisoning supervened, and he passed away quietly while supposed to be asleep.?London, 'Times. d J|. When the Last Dollar is Gone. y Oh, the world looks on so bleak and the sky d looks so bare When tho last dollar is gone, And a man's whole physique takes un aspect of care When the last dollar is gono. Then the Jew and tho Greek, and the plain t and tho fair, j Feel as mean as a sneak and as fierce as a ~ bear d When the last dollar is gone. 1. ?Lynn Saturday Union. ' - o; "' " / />:f? . - - . - ^ SEEKING LOST FORTUNES. Adventure* of Claimants to Eafatet ?Heirs and Specie Lost at Sea, "The, novel-writer in search of material for his work could get a good supply by looking over some of the letters and papers I receive and keep foi reference," said a lawyer of New York, whose chief labor consists in looking up claimants for English estates, to a reporter for the Mail and FJxpre-is. "1 receive any quantity of curious communications from claimants, many of which contain hints of personal hard ships and adventurous experience which could not fail to gladden the heart of a romance writer of realistic tendencies. For instance, here 19 one of a woman who went from England to the West India islands. After living there some time the governor married her. At His death he left a large estate with 800 slaves. Soon after this the widow died, leaving her property to her brother, who was a drunkard. He was killed in a riot. This man left a son who inherited his father's passion for drink, who tried to get the estate, but didn't because he could not prove his father's death. The rightful heir now offers ?1,000 to any one who will get the estate for him. Another writes that a mother who hod had a quarrel with her daughter shortly afterwards received a letter stating that her son had died in the West Indies and had left a large fortune to his sister, the one with whom the mother had quarreled. Tho mother tore off that part of the .letter before showing it to her daughter, and thus the latter was prevented from learning of her good fortune. Not until she was on her death bed did the mother confess her act, and the claimant now writes that all eliorts to trace tne property nave been unavailing. "One person writes: ;I don't know anything at all about law matters, as I've been buried in the coal pits ever since I was nine. lam told that ray great grand father was a very wealthy painter and left his relatives a lot of money, but, being pitmen, they were too poor to go to the country where the property was and look after it. Kot one of them could read or write.' Here is a romantic person who writes that a young lady of good family ran away with an officer at a ball, given in honor of some regiment's officers in 1709. They were married at Gretna Green. The lady's family never acknowledged her. After her death her husband received a letter stating that his wife's fortune was lying in the bank for her children. Ho was still so angry at the treatment his wife had received at the hands of her paople that he threw the letter into the fire and refused to have anything to do with them or their money. The fortune is still in some Scotch bank." "Do you not learn of many heirs having been lost by shipwreck?" "Yes, many. A curious case and one of a very adventurous experience that has come to my notice was that of the heirs of Alderman Swan, mayor of Hull. Alderman Swan left estates to the value of ?20,000 per year. The last surviving heir was named William Swan*. He was found dead in his bed one morning at ~lo/-ln? V;nnno in T ,nn H nin ULi UUSUIIJ C uuugw iu juw.?,,vu. He had been trying in vain for over twenty years lo recover these estates. His father before him, whose name was Richard Swan, went through a terrible experience because of them. At nine years of age he was abducted from home, in order that he should be disinherited, and put on board a brig. This was wrecked oa the rocks of Scilly. He was afterward taken prisoner by an Algerine vessel and sold for a slave. After "four years' imprisonment he was set at liberty, but on his attempt to reach England he was again shipwrecked, carried off and sold for a slave. He finally returned to his native place in 172G, after an absence of about twenty year-j. Here he uas identified by his nurse in childhood and hi3 father's footman. He laid claim to the estates at once, but having neither money nor friends was unsuccessful. After his failure he married and settled in an obscure village nsar Hull. He had only one son, the one who spent his life trying for the estates and who was found dead in the London lodging-house." "Do you hear much of specie lost at sea?"' "Yes, frequently; the case of the English ship Lutine is one of the most re I'oKin ftVio of.ilprl from Yarmouth U1UI i k/uu 0ihivv? Roads on October 0, 1799, with several passengers and sin immense quantity of treasure. A heavy gale sprang up and the ship was driven on the outer bank of the Fly Ts'and passage and wrecked. At daylight not a sign of the vessel was to be seen. She had gone to pieces. The monov she had on board was said to have amounted to over ?140,000. This has been consigned to Hamburg, by certain mercantile houses. The salvage operations which followed for the next eighteen months resulted in the recovery of ?18,000 through the efforts of divers and others. From 1314 to 1821, seven years, hard work was spent upon the wreck, but all that was recovered was a small quantity of silver. In 1822 a company was formed for the express purpose of continuing the search for the treasure. Several thousand pounds | were spent'in diving and other operations, but nothing was found. The Lloyd company then obtained the privilege but only on the agreement that they would give the Dutch government, | on whose soil the wreck was, half of ** ii'mn im fA what they touna. r rom ima uujo ut, 1857, despite many efforts, nothing of consequence was found. But in 1861 great good fortune attended the patient searchers in the recovery of nearly ?50,000. Even to this day all the specie has not been recovered from the wreck. Possibly some day a violent storm may shift the bc.l of sand now covering the i wreck, and thii3 afford scope for further * operations." Bulgarian Amazons. most interesting product 1 blillljiM ?..?w v of the B.alkan revolution is the little band of Amazons which has its quarters at Philippopolis. The commander is the directress of an orphan asylum at Philippopolis by the name of Pains, and the united ages of the warlike twelve are said to reach the number of the days in the year, a fact which unfortunately takes some of the romance from the novel movement. It has ever been said that the weapons of the Bulgarian Amazons are their age and a few cavalry sabres. Their clothing consists of loohC hose fastened bebw the knee and a short riding jacket with a red girdle, while a Bulgarian kalpak is worn as a headdress. The Amazons carry out their daring innovation even to striding horses like dragoons. The chief of this singular band is the lady who in September rode as "Bulgaria" with the captive Gavril Pasha in an open wagor. through the streets of Philippopolis, nourishing a naked sword abovo his head and proclaiming the union of lioumelia and Bulgaria the while.?Pall Mull L!a:cUe. Since the siege of Paris, in 1870, the consumption of horseflesh has gradually increased there. -' ' . .. ,c/' :: t - . . - -ft ::r-'**. * i;i> .-/ A- J?. '.-if5-'-.LIFE'S LESSON. So that we live this life full just and well, No other need of us will e'er ba asked; An I though beyond our strength wa may be tasked, 'Tis of our strength alone that we must teU. No aim is higher than we ourselves do will ... j Ana none more true tnan some tnac seem quite ill. Effect is never cause. The motive pure And half the battle's won. There is no fame : More true than this, though it may seem the same. And men applaud it who are yet not sure To what they lend applause. And over all The same suns shine, the same dews equal falL . v&ggi Few meet what they expect. The end we crave Is not the end that's given. And time hassaid " 'Tis better so," though heart rebel and bead Bow low in longing. And every grave Of every hope is but the birthplace of Some purer trust in faith, or time, or love. PUNGENT PARAGRAPH Paper ware?Bustles. Can the object of <4a burning love" be charged with arson? "A misf is as good as a mile," and a great deal belter. You can't kiss a mile. ?Philadelphia Call. When a person is in everybody's mouth he naturally has a high appreciation of the popular tuate.?Boston Trcuucript. You always feel surprised when you see a shooting star, do you not? That i? because you did not know the sky wasloaded.?Pittsburg Chronicle. The chief civic ruler of a "Western town recently decamped with $5,000 oi the municipal funds. Money made thfr mayor go that time.?Peck's Sun. "What are the 'seven ages of man/ Henry?" "Lug-age, garbage, storage,v mortgage, postage, shrinkage and dotage." ~ He went right up to the foot,? bth-dette. "If you sit in the chimney corner all your days your true love wi.'l find you. > 7-' out" is an old adage. She will if yoUv happen to be married to her.?Burlu\g*\ > ton Free Press. The Digger Indians in Rancho Chico have a full brass band. It is no wonder settlers demand they shall be kept on &- ' reservation far from the homes of 'cir- ' ilized white men.?Picayune. Spoodle was saying that when he waf4 abroad he wat> presented at court. "Thddeuce you were!" exclaimed "How did it happen? How much aid. they fiae you?"?Boston Transcript. There was once a quidnunc, quite spunky, Around a buzz saw ha would monkey, That saw gave a whiz, ^ Took those fingers of his. And now he don't feel quite so quidnunckyw x ?Qortiam Mountaineer. The discovery has been made that the- -;i world doesn't revolve with the same momentum it did a thousand years ago, but it still swings around fast enough tosatisfy the man with a heavy note coming due. Son?"Father, what is all this noiso "'3 about that Greece and Bulgaria and Servia and the rest of the little fellowi-are making?" Father?"Oh, they arehungry; they are crying for a piece ol Turkey."?Boston Beacon. "Blown out to sea," read out old* Mr. Squaretoes, looking over the paper. "Blown out to sea!" commented Mrs. ~ Squaretoes, with infinite sarcasm, "well, if the world ain't just full of fools. YdU* want a light in to see."?Brooklyn Eagle, "There is companionship in a glowing grate," says the min who can seopoetry and sentiment in a water-plng. l'es. ves?perhaps so, to the man who doesn't have to get up when the mercur/ is out of sight and start the fire.? Chicago Ledger. NO NEED OF IT. The maid expects Her bsau to-night, And fills the stove With antdracite, Because the air Is raw and damp, But quite forgets , To fill the lamp. ?Boston Courier. Landlady?"Did you like the turkey we had yesterday, Mr. Smith if" Miv ; Smith?"Did I like him! Yes, indeed;.' why, I loved him! I used to think when I was a little child that perhaps, after all, I should live the longest, and the thought made me sad."? Boston Post. We learn from a reliable exchange that n good, healthy hippopotamus is valued' at $20,000. Here is^an idea for the fashionable girls who lead a thousand-dollar dog along Chestnut street. Get a hip* popotamus and kill the other girls with' envy. This suggestion is thrown out ? amy* nlinvrtn _ Phil/iA/>h)hia GaUL WUiiUUl/ ?ujf vuuijjio ~ .... ^ TO MY OLD UMBRELLA. . >? Thou stande$t in tho outer hall, Thy form uprearing gaunt end tall, I try in vain to shake thee. Methought that when the skies were bleak Some friend with thee away might sneak, But no one cares to take thee. '5 Thou mediaeval chestnut black, Thou dull, archaic bric-a-brac, Tbou wakest my abhorrence. I rather would get wet, I vow, Then carry such a wreck as thou, Though rain might fall in torrents. Yet still I keep thee, and some friend To confiscate may condescend, | And never think of payment; J And how would I enj oy his pique When thou begin'st to spring aleak And ruinest his raiment. ?Puck. It Belonged to Another Road. "I saw Vanderbilt once, and at that time I wished I hadn't," said the freight brakeman. "It was when I was brakeman on the Central. One day we were chifiincr car9 at a little station near Syra j cuse, when a special car, with locomotive attached, came iu and stood on the main track near where we were at worlc. Special cars were not very uncommon, and we didn't pay much attention to this one. Pretty soon I was making a coupling, but the infernal liuk wouldn't lit. I tried it two or three times, and the engineer got out of patience backing up for me so many times, aud I begun to get mad myself. Then 1 gave it another trial, but still it wouldn't work, and then I took that link and gave it a sling into the creek, and swore in the bargain. In about ten seconds I heard some one calling me, and, looking up, saw a plug-hatted, side-whiskered man standing on the platform of the special car. 1 knew him as soon as I hid oyei on him?it waj Billy Vanderbilt. " 'See here, young man,'says he; 'I've been watching you. J)o you kn^ whose property you have been throwing into the creek?" ' 'Yes, sir,' says I, trembling and ^ pecting to be bounced tne next ipinuici (i "Well, whose was it 9" " -The Pennsylvania railroad's, si\! says I. " 'Oh,' replied Vanderbilt, and thea he went into his car and shut the door? 1 wasn't bounce 1, either."?Chicago Hei** aid,