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P - - -/ DREAMS. VD?ams are bnt interludes which fancy makes." In the purple dreamland lying, White winged dreams, Sleep with folded pinions fair In the hearts of violets rare, Where the yellow rose lies sighing, Slumbering seems. Soft grey clouds with sleep o'erweigted f - rai ai o sccu, And each heavy lidded star Drifts through dream seas still and far, Mists of gold, with peace o'erfreighted, Lie between. Brooding wings stretch o'er the meadows Purple barred, Snowy lilies, faced with gold, In their bosoms dreams enfold, Where the night wings cast their shadows Golden starred. In the mist land dreams are lying Full of pea :e, Weary souls give up dark care In the dream land far and fair. In the hearts of roses sighing Sorrows cease. ?Fitnnic Isabel Sherrick. . _ DOWN THE SHAJr'T. "As if I -would think of a common coal-hand I" said Emmeline Lathrop,contemptuously. ''I am surprised at your insolence, Mr. Hilford?" She laughed lig.tly as she spoke, but to Garrett Hilford it was no matter of mirth. "You're not in earnest, Emmy?"' he pleaded. on can't be in earnest? You never would have accepted all my attentions, and looked at me with such sweet, smiling eyes, if vou hadn't meant something by it. I may be only a coal-hand, that is true," he added, with a dark-red flush mounting to his brow, ''but I'm ffettin" fair vr Aires. and I could make a good and comfortable home for tlie woman that trusts herself to me." "It's quite out of the question," said rtnmcline, decidedly. Hillord gnawed his under lip. "Then you meant nothing all this time?" he said, in a repressed voi< e. "I meant to eniov mvself?nothing more." "Humph!" uttered Hilford, sardonically. "The spidi r means to enjoy herself when she lures t.ie wretched fly into her net! The beautiful, hissing, diamond-eyed serpent means nothing else when it drags the palpitating bird to destruction! A strange sort of diversion, that!" "1 wish, Mr. Ililford, if you're through, you'd go about your business." said Emraeline, coloring and biting her lip. "There's a aood many customers coming in about this time of night, and I don't think they'd be particularly edified by our trasredv speeches.'' "You"think" not, eh?" said Hilford. ' Well, I will go." 4 Goo:l-bv:" said Emmeline Lathrop, much relieved at this prospect of being so easily rid of her swain. "Oh. I won't say go.jd-by!'" returned Hilford, with a light laugh. '*\Yho knows but that we m:iv meet again?" Emmeline sincerely hoped not. And just then some ladies came in to look at ribbons and laces, and the pretty shopgirl found all her thought and time occupied. And after all, what was the use of troubling herself sbout it? It was very faolish of young Hilford to attach su j tntirh imnnrtanrft tr> a more flirtation? an exchange of the silly, smiling noth- i injfs -which belong to the vocabulary of all young people. Did he think that she, with all her attractions, intended to become that worst of all drudges?a poor man's wife? And when, a few days subsequently, she heard that (.Jarrett Hilford had left i the place, she was very glad. "I don t really think that he would ' have made me any troubie," she mused; \ "but there was a look in his face that I \ did not like. It's a good thing that he is gone." And once more Emmeline threw herself into the gaieties of her light and frothy life. She was young and beautiful. Why, then, should she not enjoy herself? To have half a dozen lovers at once; I to be engaged three-deep at every ball, picnic or excursion; to muse on the j ? ? ~ mnfnk flAivto JLJU3Munities ui a Ojncuuiu oinut; aay, when she should have danced and I dreamed her fill?this was her life. So, one day, she acccpted Ethelbert j "Warren's invitation to g;> with him on | an excursion to the Wardenville Mountain Glen. "He's rich," said the little schemer to j 5; herself, "if he is stupid. And money : means so much I Of course, it would be ! pleasanter to go with George Sisson; and | George will feel dreadfully to be thrown 1 over; but poor, dear George is only a : eteamboat clerk, at ten dollars a week. I Oh, dear, why is it that all the nice ! young fellows are so horribly ineligible?" j And no one accedcd more joyfully to' the proposition to descend into the black j chasm of the Wardenville Coal Mine, j *1??x m? ?? 11 4.1 J: j ?,. ' just ior iuii, iuuu uiu jDuiiueuue Lathrop. "Have lever been down a mine? No, of course not!" the saucy beauty cried, "/live above ground, thank you! But of course it would be a splendid frolic to i go down the shaft, if a!l the rest of you are going." And they huddled together, screaming and laughing, on the rude elevator as it descended lower, and still more low, into the black depths of the earth, until the yellow shine of dny hud vanished, and a'l that illuminated their f;tces was the lurid light of the torches carried by the men who accompanied them. "Why," cried Emmeline, as at last the elevator touched ground, and she sprang off, "It's like a cathedral, with long aisles, supported by columns of glittering jet! Three hundred feet below the level of the earth! Oh, it don't se.;m possible! It is grand bevond all I had dreamed of! ?yet oh, how frightfully gloomy! One feels as if one were under a spell." The little party scattered in various directions under the gleaming arches of coal, lighted here and there by the piti'ul glare of torches, and Emmcline found herself in a long, apparently interminable aisle, with its rudely-hewn sides glistening like bl ck diamonds. ' Where am I?': she cried, a little uneasily. "Have I lo t my way?" From a pathway, which seemed to in f ?u.. UTauv i \AJLW UiUuviv.! <*i3;v in auuiv;>, a dark figure stepped forth, with a light sh niug like a yellow stir in the band of the cap it wore. "Step this way,''said a deep, subdued voice. And Emmeline gave a little shriek. "Is it Garrett Hilford?" she cried "Here?" "Itis Garrett Hilford, and here." he answered, composedly. "How do you do, Miss Lathrop? Can I show you around my quarters? We don't have many visitors down here, and so, of course, we are proportionately glad to see them." "Where is the rest of the party?" said Em:nel:ne, glancing nervously in this direction and that. I ap.' it-" . "Gone around by the Black?^rcb, I suppose." Hilford answered. <;lt'squito ' a curiosity, that Black Arch?at least, so the above-ground people seem the think. Would you like to see it?" "I must go back to the others," said Emmeline, hurriedly. "We can meet them presently," said Garrett, with the utmost composure. ' Follow me, please. It's only a few rods." lie walked on, and Emmeline, after 3 few moments's hesitation, reluctantly followed. Wh it else was there for her to do, but to keep in sight ot that taint yeiiow star, where all else was hideous blackness? But after she had walked quite a distance through sinuous pathways, some of which were scarcely wide enough to admit of the passage of the human form, she suddenly stopped. I will go no further, she declared. Garrett llilford looked around. "Just as you plea-e," said he, with c sinister smile. "Take me back to the mouth of the mine," she cried. "All this time you have been leading me astray." He leaned against the almost perpendicular low wall of the mine, with folded arms. "Well,''said he, "why should I nots. Didn't you lead me astray once, and laugh at me, afterward, as if it were a capital joke? Do you think there is no such I thing as retaliation in this w.->rld? Is | it a pleasant sort of a thing, this being | deceived and made game of. do you thiuk, iUiss rjiumciiui; A deadly chill ^cenied to enfold the j girl's heart. She ga<?-cd for breath. Ia ! tiiis sepulchral g'oom. this terrible iso| lation, what wa> to bcjome of her? she asked herself. "Hush!" he said, lifting his finger in a listening attitude. '-f)o you hear that creaking sound ? It is the clKiins of the 1 elevator going up. Your friends have j finished their survey. They are going j buck again. Up to this time they havenot missed you. Yes. shriek?cry out ! until you have strained yoi:r lungs to the S f ' TVv fltAanKlnnlr wnlla rAtnrn mil ! uiuiu^u. JLjyj IUUO& uiativ >1 auo ivi/uim jvm j any answer? And who is there to hear you?the mules, champing their feed in the furthermost s;)"ket< of these aisles? The few Swedes working beyond, who cannot understand a word of English ? No, A.iss Lathrop. you arc at my mercv at last. You amu-cd yourseli with my anguish once; I can play with your fears now." "I am not afraid of you!" cried Emmeline. feigning a valor she was far from feeling. "You are!'' h" retorted, sharply. "I cor> it vnnr r-vrs T hi>;ir it i:i Your voice. 1 and it fills me w'th delight.'' "Why should I be afraid.' I have dont : you no harm," she asseverated. "No harm!" he bitterly repeated. "You have, blighted my 1 if.;! You have ruined my future! You have destroyed j | my fait.i i 1 hum.-m nature! Is that whal j you cali nolir.m?" She suuk on her knee?, with wildlyclasped ha;.ds. "i.e mere full'' she wailed. "Be generous; Take me to the mouth of th< mine! Signal them to return for me!" "I will not!" he said, savagely. "Does I the wolf yive up the prey upon which hi! j teeth have already closed? Does death givi- up its victim? I have sworn to be revenged, and I will keep my word!" She turned and fled from him at the | top of her sue d, shrieking as she went; : and, oh. ;oy! at the first turn of the black j nnt'inrup tiw.f mnn lilirrvin<* toward I 1"" - w"" J "O I her with torches. She had been missed at last; they had ! returned, in quest of her. "Whv did you allow yourself to get separated fruiu us?'1 asked they,reproachfully. But she could not answer with sobi and tears. "I?I thought I wa- lost!" she faltered. "I was so frightened!'" "Thf*rc was nothing to be frightened about." said the superintendent, "i'ou . could not possibly have got lost. Gam ; Hilford is working there somewhere, and he would have set you ou the right path. I He is a poor, love-crazed fellow, but he ' would have been eivil enough." ! "Lovc-::razcd!" repeated one of the ladies. "How very romantie!'"He's been disappointed," explained the man. 4-aud he has never gotten over it. I He works when he feels like it. and when he don't he li s at full !ength iD the straw wc keep down here for the mules, and stares at the roof of ihc mine." Emmeline listened in silence; but if 1 an arrow had pier. ed it. the pain in her l heart could not have been keener. Three weeks later she astonished all ! hnr friends bv accenting Georire Sis-ion ! a3 an affianced husband. "I love him," she said, simply, "and he loves me. If we are to be poor, we . sha'l at least be happy." i For that half-hour in the Wardenville Mine had wrought a complete change in Emmeline Lathrop's frivolous nature. She had put the tawdry tinsels of life behir.d her,-.nd looked its realities in the face. She had comprehended?alas, too late for poor Garrett Hilford's happiness! i ?that a man's heart is not a thing to play with!?He'en, Forrest Graves. A Tragedy of the Far West. A dispute arose in an Indian c.imp ' near Stockton Hall, Arizona, recently, | and before it ended a buck named Pizzur , with his Winchester rifle shot and killed Ah Quirithe and his squaw, a daughter j of Chief Leve-Leve, mortally wounded | another buck and another daughter of j the chief, and slightly wounded two j ! other Indians. Then the murderer fled, j pursued by mounted braves. Ilead Chief | Surrum arrived at the camp soon after, and his first order was to kill all the rel- j atives of the murderer. The squaws and pappooscs hurried to the miners' camp ! ! near by, and begged hiding places in J j their cabins, and this aroused the miners, ! ! who told the chief that he could not I ca-ry out his bloody plan, and that he mus" countermand his order. lie reI luctantlv complied, but issued fresh ! orders to bring Pizzur in at any cost. In the meau time the avengers were ! riding fast after the fleeing murderer, an i followed his trail into the Walla] ai I Valley until darkness put an end to the j pursuit. Early next morning they took 1 | up the trail, and. after riding twelve miles, they came upon the dead bodies of the murderer and his horse. It was apparent that after riding his horse unti; ] hi.* rave out the Indian Killed mm, nna | | then, putting the muzzle of his Win- | chcstcr to his right eye. pulled the trigger, and cheated his pursuers of theii anticipated vengeance. His Fate. He bought a patent lawn mower, Became an ardent lawn mower, And woke up folks before The hours of sleep were o'er. Their hair the victims tore, They danced around and swore, Fierce hate to him they bore, They thirsted for his pore ! ! I No more the mower is heard when morn is i breaking. The mower sleeps the sleep that knows n< waking. The mower is no more. ?Boston Courier. ALONG THE NILE. ~ A VIVID DESCRIPTION BY AN AMERICAN OFFICIAL. bc U What United States Minister Cox Saw on an Excursion?Pic- t turesque Views of Oriental ?.c Life and Character. pr In a Constantinople letter to the New dt York Wcr'd Hon. S. S. Cox, United States Minister to Turkey, writes about ,3c an excursion in Egypt m:ide by him re- ?e centlv. We quote from his letter: We had been in Egypt before, but never beyond Cairo or the Pyramids of Ghi/.a. so that the scenes on the railroad nQ travel were novel, diverting and interesting. Having an apartment or carriage to ourselves,we placed our portmanteaus on the seat and mounted thereon as a lfc 'vantage situation, and for eight hours, of from 9 a. m. till evening, we gazed out of the windows at the strangeness of the of panorama, wilh its constantly shifting po colors and forms. I'emember, it is win- of ter?mid-February. The grain harvest gr' is nearly ripe. The co'tou is picked; hi< only a few balls remain in the fields. The ha sugar cane is being cut and carried on fui donkeys, camels and cars to the sugar ne: factories. The lonir stalks are seen every ' where. The little Arab boys, in utter nakedness, are grinding (he succulent saccharine stalks betweeu their glisten- th, ing upper and nether teeth. Everyone sh< on the route has a long sugar cane, carry- mj[ ing one end in the mouth. The flies sjn are settling thick around the juicy ori- to fi es. The sugar factories are at work. co, The funics not only add their fragrance, sin but the long iron chimneys give their 0ft ' peculiar business look to the landscape. 3te There were other peculiarities for on which the car was a point of observation. kn Not the costume? of the people, for they 0ni seemed uniformly a da-k or blue ad bournous. The sexes are hardly dis- ] tinguishable from each other, except by sin the" mustache, beard or turban. After jf r an ea^er glance toward the pyramids of Sakarrah, near old Memphis, the mul- all titudinous mud huts and villages appear. ] Palms in abundance everywhere plume art thcmsc.ves in their stately beauty. The abl soil is being ploughed in places for the jsf new crop. The people are said to be in- icji dustrious. but everywhere we see them Soj sitting under walls, in the shade, and mu covered with flies?eyes,ears, face, hands, \ ] feet covered with flies. The animal life Wc seems to move as slowly as if it had but ages to do a lifetime of work. The buf- shn falo is very unlike our almost obsolete pia big-headed species. It is seen in the field< ploughing with the old one handled tint ploujjh of the time of Setis. or turninT by the water-wheel. At a distance, and j especially when cooling in the water, it pet ln-iks 15kr? a nnrhvderm Tn fnrt its brown-black tou<jh hide, ungainly form Jqiji and hideous face, to which the horn Cve gives a sinister expression, make him an on object of curious interest. Here and del there we observe shepherds, gen- mu erally children. with shepherd dogs. g Some are Bedouins, with tents of Dr" camel-hair, black and dirty. They jfT have flocks of sheep and goats, as and often mixed flocks. There had are generally a donkey and a yellow tha dog and plenty of naked children. Ycl it h low and white flowers are already be- 3 decking the meadows. At various times on the railr. ad we obtained glimpses of tau the white and yellow sands; and the the peculiar masts of the dahabiehs at an od3 wh angle, with their still moro (juaint sails, gap Kidges and plains of sand soon give way ran to villages, which are the sign and site the of palm proves. On both sides of the e*t valley of the Nile lone, arid and tawny CW mountains appear. They are pictures not unlike the Desert of Moab?out of whose wilderness the Baptist came They are the shaggy barriers of the fruitful } valley. For such fences as are needed neij to separate the field*, the cane, inter- shi] woven, makes a tolerable pretext of ?tl protection. It would not "turn'' a reso- am] lute rabbit. Everywhere arc seen stakes, cap indicating metes and bounds and propri- :un< ecorsmp, wmcn nave to ue renewed wnen the Mile flood disappears. Old well ang sweeps are seen,such as were common in Pic Ohio in my boyhood. They lift the water too out of the soft soil to the surface. The hoi: bottom of the well i?,of course, on a level eno with the river: and, as I said, the river and is everything in Eirypt. It is now quite pat low; still, the fields have ponds in them: nea but the pond water does not seem stag- at t nant. Indeed the people use the water by for every purpose?cooking, washing, wh bathing, Ac. p '1 After the buffalo, for number and the utility, come the donkey and camel. I C had no idea that the donkey was such a ape "da'sy" in Egypt. Bridleless and sad- fitia dlelcss, he will amble gayly with a family one on his vertebra?. He is as patient and as tini meek as if his burden were nothing, coo Sometimes you do not sec his legs and it fi only parts of his cars when he is loaded the down with sugar cane or grasses. wh: Now nnd then we approach near the it f river. There we observe the shadoofs or ons waleMifters. It is the old bucket on the not wheel, which is tu-ned by a buffalo, and do\ empties the water from the river to the pic level above and makes a horrid creaking, hat as if all the "weely-weelies" of the cen- ga^ tunes were in pain. At some ot the places, notably at Drouth, we perceive Its immense Government works, where the tite river is divided for irrigation. They con ily sist of slack-water dams and fine stone bridges, etc. The work is of the most elegant style nnd engineering skill. Many birds, such as the wild gray goose, I storks, duck and others of aquatic spe- say cies. are seen on the ponds and river bur banks and on the sand isles of the river. J1U? We perceive frequently the heron, with "'h< his dignified strides into deep water after 1 his evcn:nsf meal, and another bird, j*ce wirh a bill as Ion? as a river and harbor bill in ( o gross and with an equal tll,| capacity for shallows and swallows. an<^ so raj Why the Irish Like Green. mo The early Celts worshipped the Dawn c'nl and the Sunrise. It is more than prob- * w. able that the Irish preference of thecolor i,lJ; green, for their flag and their sashes, 'ie.!i arose from a mistake among those who had lost a thorough knowledge of the Par old Irish language. The sun, in Irish, is 'he called by a word pronounced like < ur ,r?' word "gre n." and it is likely that the Iri-ih fondness for that color arose from ?ro the word's exact likeness in sound to s0"( their word for the sun. In ths same way, <)ne when we talk about greenhouses, we (:'a' think they are called so because the ,ar_l plants are kept green in them during Wii winter. Vet it is far more probable that the ':green'' here, is the Irish word meaning not thecolor, but the sun; because green- In 1 houses are built so as to catch the sun's ^ie rays and store them up while it is hidden rao1 bv clouds, as happens more than half the h's time in showery Ireland. ? Century. ?* ' The wife of a Senator at "Washington ^ receives callers in the midst of her pets. jn(r As these are from four to six dogs of " different sizes, ages and breeds, a ner- <e vous visitor is not apt to bore her with a long call. h WORDS OF WISDOM. He hath no leisure who useth it cot. Take you heed. To be near the life >at is different from being in it. Common sense in an uncommon degre what the world calls wisdom. Genuine cheerfulness is an almost; cer in index of a happy mind and a pure >od heart. We pray for mercy; and that sanv aver doth teach us all to render thi e'ds of mercy. TVi#* manner a Triilrrnr mnn hiic frPfl """" >m without ease, and the manner of < ntlcraan has ease without freedoir.. Multitudes of words are neither ar gument of clear ideas in the writer r a proper means of conveying cleai tions to the reader. Frequent consideration of a thinj 'ars off the strangeness of ic, and show: in its several lights and various way: appearance to the view of the mind. The men in cities?who arc the centre! energy, the driving wheels of trade litic3 or practical arts?and the womer beauty and genius are the children 01 andchildren of farmers, and are spendI the energies which their father's rdy, silent life accumulated 5n frostj rows, in novertv. necessity and dark 33. Animals and Music. A. saying among the Arabs asserts tl at j song of tlio shepherd fattens the ;ep more than the ri^he^t pasture. The lkmaids of the Highlands of Scotland g to their sulky cows to restore tliera good humor. The Frenchman engages his o.xen to exert thum-elves by ging plea3ant songs. A cimel-driver en stimulates his fatigued b?ast to p out with renewed vigor by playing an instrument. Seals have been own to follow a boat in which some was playing, aud huuteni often take eantage of the animal's musical taste. Darwin, generalizing from these and lilar facts, says tha: "the perception, lot the enjoyment, of musical cadences 3 of rhythm is probably common tc animals." .t does seem that music is the only which animals, fools and idiots aie e to appreciate, and the explanation probably, that music rests on a physl basis common to all living creature?, ne animals show a liking for certain sical sounds, and a dislike to others. amb is mentioned by tne Kev. j. w. >od which delighted in lively tunes. ; abhored slow compositions. It would iw its pleasure when a polka w;is yed, but the moment it heard '-God e the Queen," it would set up a connous baa-baa, and silence ths musiciaus provoking laughter. I Scotch lady could always put her rabbit into such a rage by playing harmonium, that it would fly at the trument a.nd scratch its legs. If, howr. she went to the pia.no, and played that, the rabbit would give vent to his ight by running round and loand the sic stool. lome dog:j howl all the time a Jiandan is played, and many men. would, hey were as free to express themselves a dog is. A doj, ia mentioned who I such an antipathy to violin music t he would yell dismilly the moment ind was laid on the b >w. Ir. J3an\in tells in his "Descent of n'' of a bullfinch whi h had been ght to pipe a Geriran w.'.ltz. Wh.*n bird was introduced into a room ere other birds were kept, and he bei to pipe, all the linnets ai d canaries ged themselves on the nearest side of ir cages, and listened with the greatinterest to the performer. ? Youth's npanion. Fishermen Attacked by Eagles. Vhcn Farmer John Martin and his [jhbor, Mr. Streeler, of Greece townp, near Rochester, N. Y., weatfishing iOng Pond one day recently, they were ply provided witn all appliances ior taring i ha pickerel that lie in wait jng the lily pads of that famous fishground for the spoon hooks of [lers. T.ieir luck was phenomenal, kerel and bass of glorious dimensions k the lure in rapid succession. A few irs' fishing put them in possession of ugh fish to iiatisfy reasonable men, [ they started to walk home. Their h led them through a piece of woods r the pond, and in going through it, i glade, Ihev were decidedly startled a sudden attack of two large birds,' ich flew it them viciously and cotnled them to drop the fish and defend mselves. )ne of the men had a gafl or fish ar, and with it he struck it t:he'birds, illy so disabling the wing o)! one of : of them that it could not fly or conic the attack. The loss of its mate led the courage of the other bird, and ew a way. Mr. Martin and his friend n approached the wounded bird, ich proved to be an eagle, and found ar from subdued. Its beak and talwere vigorously used, arid it was until one of its captors held its head vn with a stick while the other tied a re of fish line around its legs and a idkcrchief around its head that it 'e up the struggle. The eagle, still re, is now in Mr. Martin's possession, injured wing is healing, and its appe: appears to be unimpaired, for it easeats two pounds of meat daily. The Rarest Plant in Mexico. n Ihe botanical garden at the Palace, s a City of Mexico letter to the Pittsg Dispatch, they have the celebrated vcr tzapahliquixoehitl, of the Aztecs. t story runs that there arc only three :he kind in the world, one at the Pal. another at a different point in Mex ntd the mother plant on the moun1. At one time two tribes had a long I bloody war for the possession of ir, tlui story goes, but with a great deal re exaggeration. The plant is comnly callcd the "'flower hnnd.as they [in the inside is a perfect baby hand, cut to 3ce it. and was much disapnD.d. The tree gr.?ws to a good arht. The leaves, heart-shape, are ;k and about the color of the under t of a silver maple leaf, except that y are very rough, which prevents thi-m nri glistening like the maple. The *k. wax-like, bell->hs.ped red blossom w.h mou.h upward, and inside is the ailed h;ind. It has five lingers and thumb,but looks exactly like a bird's .v, and riot like a hand The story that thore are but three in existence, thout doubt the plant is rare, and re may be no more than a dozen, it t many, in the world; but I have seen ;lie gardens of two different gentlemen very same tree. One of these gcntlei is in Europe, and the other bought plant from him, so there was no way earning where the tree came from. II January. I860, his big acholars gave f'i son o ty school teacher a duck. Hebr. just received $3,000 dam s. Thi- ..as in Kansas. l tina imposing man?A police judge. > V^.V vr-r >' ' : - * ' :>;/ * BUDGET OF FUN. ? is . HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM *j! VARIOUS SOURCES. e of I How He Sacrificed Himself?A Con- ve ffressman's Daughter?He With- cy i drew?Too Late?Bound to Be 80 a Fine Show, Etc. ne c cli . ih Aurclia-- "George, you know I love you, but " Cy George (hoarsely)?"Do not say that co 1 you reject my love. It would be death." q0 a 1:~ ?.vr? r> :* :? /VUIC1JLU?~ ?*V) VJCUI^C, XO IO UUI> i/iAt?v, '2-J i but Do you mt think it would be . cruel to tear me from my happy home?" ( George (joyously)?"Noble girl! You are right! We will live with your r mother.?Call. 0f i ? thl i A Congressman's Daughter. ge? A Congressman's danghter had been ws 3! receiving a young man's attentions until tin her father tho:ght it was time he was mi i knowing something about it. th< "Celestine," he "said last night when of . the young man was announced, "isn't co: i it about time some definite conclusion Sa r was being arrived at in this matter?" inj "Quite time, papa," she replied in a he: matter-of-fact way. po: "Well, daughter, is there any prospect ani of a conclusion?" J "I can t say, really, papa. You see it rer ' is on the calendar as unfinished business, thi 1 and?" of 1 "Enough, daughter, enough," he in- bil terrupted, putting up his hands, and the rer girl went down stairs to complete the an< quorum.? Washington Critic. j wo i of He Withdrew. I hei Two men living in the same town were . ^a! ?" ? - I ""?- ^ ..inn #n. tUo IloVrtfO f 0(Y. ! Stfl UUUU IlVUl tilUUIUillta 1UI 1/unuiK *-^0 islature. Thcv both went into the canvass and worked hard but a third candi- im date came out and stood a prospect of n?' getting it, when one of the men went to ?? the other and said: 8? "Now, see here, McBride, if one of us wc don't pull out, old Skianer is going to be on' elected." | "Yes, I know it." "He aiu't a man who would know i nrH enough to make anything out ot tne v'" pla'je and I hate tOFce him getit. Now, I want you to withdraw.'' us< "Well, how interesting are you going 0U1 to make it?" m? "I'll tell you what I'll do; you pull out a?>( and I'll admit to every man I see that you once beat me trading horses!" "V "Hey? Will you do that?" W1 "You bL-t I will!" ! "Put a card in the paper to that ef- s?' feet?" tle "Yes, and say that I believe no living "e man in the territ ry can come nearer to a UP horse's age by looking at its teeth than w' you can!" ?u' "All right?I'll draw out and leave you m*? the field." -Estelliiie Bell. exi stu Too Late. fi'' There was an exultant smile on his face as he walked into the office of a well-known capitalist, and there was a proud ring in his voice as he said: ] "For twenty years I have liver! from thi hand to mouth, waiting for something to his turn up. it lias nnauv come, i nave i im made a discovery which, if you will back Sta it with a few hundred dollar*, will give the us both fortune*." Oh "State your case." of "Well, sir, 1 have discovered that his banana peelings can be utilized for all tha kinds of table jellies. A peek of old mil peelings ran be made to bring forth anc twelve tumblers of the finest currant at 1 jell, and the profit ?hei "Hold on right thire," interrupted ?w the capitalist: "you are just two years firs too late. A chap in Chicago not only in i discovered that, but he found a way to ing work in apple rinds and cores and tha orange peel, and we can't infringe on his to j patent." to s "But?" As "It's no use?I'd like to see yo i get tha along, but you must drop that. Don't of 1 be d.scouragcd, however. Perhaps you goc can discover a way to make pressed corn bac beef out of old boot legs. All you want tol, is a machine to run in the streaks of lib< fat."?Detroit Free Prexs. blii she Bound to be a Fine Show. tho One of Max Taub!es's experiences in anj ha:-d times in Idaho he used to relate dea with great gusto. He was in bad luck, her and the mining interest was dull. One Thi day another Bohemian like himself came ate] to him. con "Max, I've got a scheme to make some coi money, if you will help me." ten "What is it? I'm ready." goc "Well, we'll take this building down hut h re and give a show." tim "What kind of a show?" Mr; "Never mind; I'll fix it up, and all Mo you'll have to do will be to st:ind at the we' door and take the tickets aud give a n0* lecture." hat "All right." So, next day, the entrance to this building was found cover, d with an im- j mouse double curtain. Max was visible mo: ringing a bell. "One dollar admission to see the great and only ferocicm be kyhega." painted on the curtain. Inside,, fr0i as people went past, they could hear a wh fearful growiingand aclanking of chains. jn Slowly the crowd gathered, and by and Hj? l?y the dollars begin dropping in. Each teai man as he came out looked disappointed, wr( and Max halted in his lecture until he try. had disappeared. Some of them were (jjs very ma l, but they did not show it. The trir: fnr*f woo that- inciHp sill that, was qpAn was a man in a bearskin, or something on savage, clanking a chain, and the only iDCj way they saved themselves from bein<; ^ killed by some indignant miner was by py( Max's partner standing at the door as at r each man came out, thrusting a revolver in his face and saying in a loud and < piercing tone of voice: nat "A tine show, isn't it?" hm The answer was always: "You bet."? I San Fruncisao Chronicle. of ] - ?? ^ _ gal inciui'ius 01 ujuioucs. fCll| At Prosper, Minn., the funnel-shaped 4'W storm-cloud took up a mule and held it saic suspended during the cyclone's course pre over three counties. The mule was finally 1 hi dropped to the ground uninjured, but so Hig charged with electricity that a shock clai from its hind feet recently killed a dog. ital At Pansyville, Iowa, by one revolution mat of the whirling cloud the feathers were rI completely stripped from a fock of geese con and also from a flock of turkeys. In the and next revolution the feathers were replaced, "w but all the turkey feathers were put on he the geese and all the geese feathers on not the turkeys. less Farmer Hunter, of Mud Creek, Ivan- Iroi sas, had a narrow cscape from a cyclone l><?r lately. lie was driving along the road ball when the cloud roared by so close to his mei vehicle that it carried away part of the sue hubs of both wheels on one side, as well con as the outside ear of the oil horse. Y<n Farmer Hunter describes the sound as dreadful. J In Boomer County, Dak., a cyclone has lately swooped down upon a vicious cay the use which iiad been ridden by a cow-boy. 1^7 but finally turned loose because of it? tim i" > ;^ ' / v -'Jv!>/-:; 4,;\a.' N icking and kicking propensities. Thi jht between the cyclone and the ponj described by thoae who observed il om a distance as having been very citing. The pony fought stubbornly and ' e air was full of burnt hair and piecei cyclone kicked off by its plucky ad- i rsary. At the end of five minutes the clone retreated for half a mile, but j on returned, when the conflict was rewed with increased spirit. It con- j ided at last in a complete victory for e cayuse, which resumed its feeding on c prairie, singed but defiant, while the clone, badly bruised, fled into the next c unty. No cyclone has visited Boomer } unty since this occurrence. ? Chi:agc c ibune. ?? 8 Endurance at Sea. a [n a recently published book Clark c issell give* some remarkable instances human endurance at sea. and one of T 2 most interesting relates to an Arab q iman, who lived without either food or T iter for eighteen days, during which r ac he drifted upward of five hundred les in an empty tank before striking ; coast. Another instance of tenacity ? human life is exhibited in the acunt of the loss of a vessel called the ? lly. The Sal'y was struck one morn- * r by a heavy squall. She lay over till r decks were up and down, and 111 this v sture remained for about five minute*, ' 1 then turned keel upward. a Five of hor crew were drown'd; the b nainder, six in all, got hold of a spar t: it was floatingalongsidc,and by means it contrived to crawl on to the vessel's ii ge. The mainmast coming up. they ji noved an iron hoop from it, with which tl 3 a bolt of a foot long th^y went to v >rk to penetrate the hull, in the hope a obtaining food and drink. ?h'j had jn lately cleaned, and there were no g rnacles on her for the poor fellows to a y themselves with, nnd thus, in prob- ,j ly the most awful situation that can be c agined, without meat, drink or sleep, j, t daring to lie down for fear of falling the vessel, did these unhappy seamen on hacking and scraping at the hard j iod for six days, during which time 2 man died raving for drink. ^-? A4-V* fln Kfl/1 m nrlfl O L/U LUC dlAtll UUJ t Illy J iiu. v*. muuv ?* ^ le big enough to enable them to reach tarrel of bottled beer. On the elevth day they got a barrel of pork, which 11 jy ate raw. With staves and shingles c jdas dunnage, which they obtained a t of the hole they had made, they ? tnufacturcd a platform, and so man- * i*l to obtain some rest. So matters r nt on for fourteen day<, and they were ;n picked up by a brig named the Nor-> I cfi." 8 Sailors are of opinion, says Mr. Rus- n I, that if it were not the feeding quali- c s of the ocean air, they would scarcely 1' able to keep body and soul together e on the bad pork, beef, biscuit and peas ? lich, in many sailing ships, are served t t to them; nor wouid any man be willj to challenge the sailor's theory after g training the mahogany-like lumps of i iff with which the beef-tierces are f ed, and the leade.t pellets which do c ty lor peas in tne ioreeusuesuup. i i """""" j \ John Morgan's Moment of Peril. c During the raid of John Morgan 8 ough Ohio in 1863, he halted a partoi v command at Senecaville to rest while s advance proceeded to Campbell's ition to burn the warehouse, and cut > telegraph wires of the Baltimore and io Railroad. Morgan, who was a man o splendid personal appearance, stopped 8 carriage in front of a millinery shop tl it was presided over .by a strong- tl ided, patriotic lady who3e husband 1 two brother; were in the Union army h ' 1 1 1 J l-J I T> :ne time, ner nusuuuu uuu picacmcu r with a fine revolver before he went ay, and she h ;d promised to shoot the t] t Confederate with it that put himself d reach of its contents, but little dream- al that such an event would occur in less st n a fortnight afterward. She stepped ci i window, ;ind parted the blinds enough tl ice Morgan and not be seen by him. c< the lady spied the large silver star d t Morgan invariably wore on the lapel his coat, she concluded it would be a id target to shoot at. She stepped ^ k to a drawer where she kept the pis- e, took it out, cocked it, and took de- jj. jrate a:m through the aperture in the ^ id at the silver star; but, just when was ready to tou-h the trigger, she g uglit of Mrs. Morgan and what her w fuish would be when she heard of his ith, nn 1 how grateful >he would be if f( own Inisbiind's life had been spared. gl 3 revolver was lowered, and the lady J pped to the door, and was engaged in u versation by the raider chieftain. She irageously told him what she had at- 111 lpted to do. and was told by Morgan fl >d-humoredlv that he had no doubt ; his wife was praying for him at that ^ e, and that it was not the first time 3. Morgan's prayers had saved his life. rgau then bid the lady a hearty fare* ? 11, and passed on as though he had just been in imminent peril at the P. ids of a woman.? Chicago Ledger. ri Country Lore. Jismarck loves the country, though e, at of his life has been pasted in cities. rhat I like best."' he once said, {,is to m in well-greased top-boots, far away m civilization.'' It is said that once, g( ile at schojl in Berlin, and walking the suburbs, he came across a plow. Ql i homt'sickness expressed itself in Q na in nnp nf his ftarlv letters he I v >te: "I am qu!te homesick forcoun- j ^ , woodside and laziness, with the in- i cj pensable addition of loving wives and j g q, well-behaved children." Phrenolo- 8( fs say that one of the largest organs Bismarck's massive head is that which ^ i< ates his love of children. "he German state man is never ?o hap- tc say his friends, as when ne is gazing *j. i beautiful landsc ape,or walking about farm. gc ;Believe me,'" his wife once said, with jn ural exaggeration, *'a turnip interests 1 more than all your politics." gl lis friends point to Leubach's portrait i je 3ismarck, which hangs in the National ! lery at Berlin as the one in which his tures assume their noblest expression, 'e were engaged in conversation," 1 Bismarck, describing how that ex- m asinn w:i? fjiiiTht bv the artist, "and m ippened to look upward at a pissing S? lit of birds. Suddenly Lenbach ex- se imcd: 'Hold hard! that will do, cap- a ly, keep quite still,' and forthwith h, ie the sketch." le 'he Chancellor, wheu at Var/.in, his ! n( ntry estate, banishes the cares of State [ becomes farmer and forester. In ar ell-greased boots," with staff in hand, ]u wanders about the woods and fields, u, ing nature and his fanners, lie takes 0| ons in practical political economy ^o in his tenants, and questions his laers. The result is that he is an evenly m anced statesman, and talks in Parlia- p] it about farming and forestry with cc h good sense and knowledge as tc ca iniand the respect of practical men.? j ttiSi Companion. a pan. according to the new census, a population of 38,500,01)0. or about wl same as that of the United States in 00 0. In area Japan is about three tei es the size of Pennsylvania. an tei ' :W* HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Removal of Spots and Stains. Stearine?la all cases, strong, pun ilcohol. . Gum, Sugar, Jelly, etc?Simply washing with water at a hand heat. The following concise rules are ex;racted from a German journal: Matter Adhering Mechanically?Beatng, bruising and currents of water, sither on the upper or under side. Grease?White goods, wash with soap >r alkaline Ives. Colored cottons, wash v'th French chalk or fuller's earth, and lissolve away with benzine or ether. Lime and Alkalies?White goods, imple washing. Colored cottons, woolena nd silks are moistened, and very dilute ; itric acidjis applied with the finger end. Scorching?White goods, rub weH nth linen rags dipped in chlorine water. Jolored cottons, re-dye, if possible, or in roolens raise a fresh surface. Silks, no emedy. Alizarine Inks?White goods, tartaric cid, the more concentrated the older jr re the spots. On colored cottons and roolens,and on silks, dilute tartaric acid 3 applied cautiously. Oil-Colors, Varnish and Resins?On irhite or colored linens, cottons or roolens, use rectified oil of turpentine, . /? lcohol lye and soap. On silks, use fiimne. ether and mild soqd. verv wa iously-' " " WMM Blood and Albuminoid Matters?Steepag in lukewarm water. If pepsin or the nice of Carica pjpaya can be procured, be spots are first softened with lukewarm rater,and then either of these substances re applied. Iron Spots and Black Ink?Whiteoods' hot oxalic acid, dilute muriatic cid, with little framents of tin. On fastyed cottons and woolens, citric acid is autiously and repeatedly applied. Silks, . U ^possible. Vegetable Colors, Fruit, Red Wine >t nd Red Ink?On white goods, sulphur umes or chlorine water. Colored cotons or woolens, wash with lukewarm oap-lye or ammonia; silks the same but aore cautiously. Tanning from Chestnuts, Green Waluts, etc., or Leather?White goods, hot hlorine water aud concentrated tartaric cid. Colored cottons, woolens and ilks, apply dilute chlorine water cauiousiv to the snot, washing it away and eapplying it several times. TaT, Cart-Wheel Grease, Mixtures of V'--: ^at, Resin and Acetic Acid?On white ;oods. soap and oil of turpentine, alterlating with streams of water. Colored ottons and woolens, rub in with lard, et lie, soap, let lie again,and treat alteruite'.y with oil of turpentine and water. iilks the same, more carefully, using ? lenzine instead of the oil of turpentine. Acids, Vinegar, Sour Wine, Must, (our Fruits?White goods, simple washng, followed up l>y chlorine water if s ruit-color accompanies the acid. Colored ottons, woolens i.nd silks are very careully moistened with dilute ammonu fith the finger end. In case of delicate olors,it will be found preferable to makfl ome prepared ch.ilk into a thin pasta rith water, and apply it to the sp?^a. . Recipes. Young Beaxs.?Cut off the tops, not oo near the root, wa?h without scraping r peeling,and cook from forty minutes to n hour in hot salted water. Scrape ofl be skins, slice and dish, then covei , tiem with a dressing made by heating jur tablespoonfu s of vinegar with a eaping tablespoonl'ul of butter, salt and epper to liking. Asparagus.?Cut off about an inch oi ae woody end of each stalk, tie in bunles of six stalks each and boil tender bout thirty minutes, if large, in hot, ilted water. Have ready slices ol rustless toast on a hot dish, wet with le water in which the asparagus wai >oked; lay the stalks on them and pour rawn butter over all. Corn Meal Mush.?^ut into your kete nearly as much water as you wish of tush; when it boils stir in the meal renly until a thin mush is formed. Let cook slowly for almost or quite an our: add salt to your taste. The coarser le meal the longer it should be cooked. nglish currants or raisins may be cooked ith it, or sweet apples may be sliced ad spread over the top a half-hour be>re it is done. Serve with cream and igar, or with maple syrup. "White Soup.?Three pounds of a knuckle" of veal, bones broken and teat minced, one-half cup of rice, three uarts of water, two tablespoonfuls of in on nninn unci 1UUUCU JU uuui, ?IM?* MU VM4VM iopped, three eggs, one cup of milk, yo tablespoonfuls of minced parsley, lit and pepper to taste. Put water, meaL ones, rice, and onion over the fire ana oil very slowly for four hours. Strain, ick out meat and bones and rub the ice through a fine colander. Season, jturn to the fire, b >il up, skim well and ut in parsley and butter. Heat the lilk in a saucepan, pour upon the beaten yg9 and stir into the soup, removing the itter from fire as soon as they are fairly lixed together. Spice Pudding.?Take one small, juare loaf of bread, cut off the crust, Jt in pieces ond pour upon it one pint f boiling water, and add a tea^poonful f salt. Take one pint of flour, add one eaping teaspoonftil of baking powder, vo coffee cups of raisins, seeded and lopped; mix all well with the flour, rst powder and next ra-ins, then add ):iked bread and one teaspoonful each of 1 * nn/J nlnvoa ispice, uiuiiitiJiuii, uxituc uuu V4V.WW, icn add by degrees one coffee-cup of veet milk, and beat ihe mass well gether. Scald pudding bag and put in te pudding, which should be pretty iff and boil three hours. The whole cret lies in plunging in boiling water umediately after they are mixed, and ?ver letting them cease boiling. Be ire and turn them over, and alwayj ave room in the bag for swelling. Seventeenth Century Toners. Most of the Saxon drinkinar-enps were ude without foot or stand, so that they nst he emptied before they couia w it down again on the table. But these venteenth century topers required that man. after chinking, should turn up s cup and make a pearl with what waa ft on his nail, "'which if shed, andean >t make it stand on by reason there is o much, must drink again for his pen* ice.'' This was drinking "supernagu- ' m.'' or as Flejchcr phrases it, <-ad lgucm.'' Another proof of having tossed T his cup like a man was for the drinker turn it bottom upward,and,in ostenta jn of his dexterity, give it a fillip to ake it cry "ting." After all these tipings a man was held to be sober who mid "put his finger into the flame of the m die without playing hit I, miss I."? rjonant. / An artesian weli at Pesth,in Hungary, i.ch is :J,000 feet deep, supplies 175,0 gallons of warm water per day. The uperaturo of the water is 161 degrees, d the well is to be deepened until the uperature rises to 178 degrees. * ?