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* waua\t'q wADf n T TT VUlAil U 11 V/JLIU17. , 1 PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR j FEMININE READERS. j The Girls That Are Wanted. ( The giris that are wanted are good girls? 1 Good girls from tho heart to the lips; ( Pure as the lily is white and pure, I From its heart to its sweet leaf tips. The girls that are wanted are home girls? , Girls that are mother's right hand, t That fathers and brothers c.?n trust too, j And the little ones understand. > -c-j . 1 me gins iuiu are wauteu ai a moo gmo > That know what to do and to say; i That drive with a smile or a soft word r The wrath of the household a?ay. The nirls that are wanted are girls of sense, t Whom fashion can never deceive; x Who can follow whatever is pretty, j And dare what is silly ti leave. The girls that are wanted are careful girls, t Who count what a thing will cost: s Who use with a prudent, generous hand, j Bat see that nothiug is lost. The clever, the witty, the brilliant girl, r They are very few, understand; t But oh! for the wi<e. loving home girls <] There's a constant and steady demand. ?New York Ledger. c a A Buttonhole Maker. g This sign is suspended from a window ^ of a Randolph street tenement houve: BUTTONHOLES : . i I MADE HERE. : t The little, old, grayhaired woman who lives in the house said that she made a j n very good living by working buttonholes. It was a disagreeable task, she said, but e that was her gain. Women who spend ! y weeks making dresses did not have the patience to work the buttonholes, and g were only too glad to let the job out to c an expert at the business. A dozen buttonholes were worth twenty-five cents, g and, as the old woman was able to work ^ 6ix dozen in a day, the income was j always sufficient to keep the wolf from | . the door. There are seven recognized 111 buttonhole makers in the city, nearly all u of whom are kept busy the year round.? Chicago Herald. n P Significance of Precions Stones. Augu3t, sardonyx; insures conjugal d fclicity. " June, agate; insures long life, health and prosperity. p December, turquoise; gives success, e especially in love. April, diamond; denotes faith, inno- 0 cence aud virginity. g Slay, emerald; discovers false friends and insures true love. February, amethyst; a preventive . against violent passions. January, garnet; constancy and fidelity in every engag. ment. u March, bloodstone; courage, wisdom 0 and firmness in affliction. 1? November, topaz; fidelity and friend-1 ship, and prevents bad dreams. o September, sapphire; frees from en- is chantments and denotes repentance. fi October, opal; denotes hope and sharpens the sight and faith of the pos- jg sessor. w July, ruby: discovers poisons and cor- rr re ts" evils resulting from mistaken friendship. b a But She Thrashed the Boj-s. c, News has ;eached St. Joseph of a shooting affair which occurred at Flag a: Springs, Mo. The parties to the affair a were Miss Alice Woodcock, teacher of p the district school, and three of her pupils. three boys?the oldest ten and the youngest eight?named Elrod and .Mulle- _ nix, two o:' the last named being broth- jers. The teacher, as punishment, was attempting to compel the younger Mulle- . nix to kiss another boy. He refused, and * she attempted to whip him, when his J* brother told her he would shoot her if b she didn't quit. The teacher then turned her attention to the elder brother, when tl young Elrod handed him a pistol. This ai Mullenix pointed at the teachers' breast o and pulled the trigger. The pistol was not discharged, aud the teacher closed tl with the young man, who tried it again, ai putting a bulkt through Miss Wood- ai cock's hand. Despite the wound, the teacher succeeded in soundly thrashing d all th'ee of the young ruffians. As soon as school was out they ran away, and {] got as far as Barnard, where they were arrested and returned to the Springs. . The wound in Miss Woodcock's hand is P a serious one.?6'?. Louu Globe-Democrat. t1 Women of Corfu. Imagine, for example, this lady clad ? in a voluminous gown of blue satin 1S worked with flowers, with a white lacc ^ covering over her shouldm; an enormous head-dress of white muslin girt by si a vast wreath of natural piuk roses and n orange b os;om3, with ponderous gold p earrings reaching to her shoulders; neck- 1 lace aud bracelets of gold, and a thor- a ough breastplate of antique goldsmith's work. She is a marvelous spectacle, and v sits still with her brown eyes in a fired ^ stare, moving only when absolutely ne- e ccssary. and then with the utmost care n for her decorations. Other ladies have t towering coiffures of white and crimson; r dresses of blue, scarlet or green, and silver buckles in their shoes; and they are all dotie.l with bits of gold. Another a picturesque detail is the old Greek fem- 0 inine head-dress of a crimson skull-ca)) 0 with a gold coronal, from which a thick y gold tassel hangs at one side. Civiliza- n tion has ousted this pretty and becoming head-dress from Athens and the Greek citits. Corfu merits the more praise, therefore, for preserving it. . Nothing could better harmoni/e with the 1 regular features which are slill a char- c acteristic of the native Greeks. The s Corfiote women, however, seem to have J more in common with the Southern Ital ians than with the Hellenes.?All the [ Year liovnd. l VLrnmpii*i> WoppIps. ' If you arc of a nervous excitable temperament ponder upon the e lines, fresh ' frura the ready pen of Lady John Man- * ners: "Certain worries are supposed to ' belong specially to women. The man- ? agement of servants is sometimes con- ' sidered very difficult. It used to be said, * 'A good mistress makes a good servant,' 1 and undoubtedly kindness and consider- * ation always draw people together, even fl when iu different positions. Though we 1 should save ourselves much worry by ^ once for ail recognizing that no one is perfect, yet I think, by studying ourser- " vants' little peculiarities, we may hope to avoid the frequent changes which are so trying. .For instance if we have any reason to think a servant's memory is defective, it is a very good rule to give ev- 1 ery order in writing. Indeed, many people make a point of writing orders for t their carriages and horses-, and I remember a gentleman who thoroughly understood the art of dining, who always had t a slate beside him at dinner on which he wrote auy remarks he wished to make i for the chief. I knew a cook-house keeper in a family which was unavoid- c ably rather harum-scarum, sudden or- ] deis being sometimes given for many 1 idditional pTaces at table. The orders were given by word of mouth, but that remarkable woman never made i mistake daring the many years I knew her. When complimente 1 one day on her *ooi memory she pointed to a slate on tvhich she always wrote every detail at >nce. Peihaps some of us women have ;oo great a tendency to adore our friends ind worry them, as well as ourselves, by jeing too demonstrative, and expecting :oo much in return for our attachment. \lways let your presence be desired, was ;he advice given by a man of the world :o a lady anxious to keep her friends. VI ways treat your friend as if he might >ecomc your enemy, and your enemy as f lie might some day be your friend, is a naxim that would save much heartburnng. Among minor worries dress cerainly is one to some women But if wc emembered that every period of life has ts own cbarm I think this anxiety would >e lessened. To del'cate persons the litle precautions essential to pn serve health ire often very worrying; but if theyrecolectcd how precious their health is to oving friends they wouid probably recoglize that in taking care of themselves hey are sparing much anxiety to others, rhe warm wrap m'iy be taken by the lelicate person in order to spare friends inxiety;. while perhaps the busy man of etters will take more exercise for health's ake if he knows that tnosewno lovemm vill be grateful to him for so doing." Fashion Notes. Polonaise3 trimmed with fur are comng in vogue. Evening mantles are appropriately rimmed with feather bands. Children's coats and frocks arc as often aade with full gathered as plaited skirts, j Some of the new dress materials for | venin^ wear show stripes of white and i el low. Hoods are seen upon Parisian street | ;arments of every description, even those j omposcd cf?ea!skin. The newest fur collars are in the square ailor shape, with strings to tie or clasps j o fasten them in front. Feather-stitch and outline embroidery | a floral designs are used as decoration pon many wool costumes. Velvet folds appear as a finish upon nny of the newest jackets used to coinlete tailor-made costumes. Open embroidery is used by some ressmakers on wool frocks that are rimmed with bands of fur. The Gainsborough hat is once more opular. It is altogether loo artistic in ffcct to remain long in obscurity. , The demi^train, set on to the skirt, is nee more worn, though its use 13 conned to eveirincr and dressv toilets. Silver-threaded crape worn over satin ad combined with plush for the bodice, ; the favorite ball gown of the season. There are as many different ways of sing fur as a dress accessory for warmth 1 r ornament as there are different kinds f furs. The wearing of wool materials on all ccasion3 by children has greatly diminihed the use of silken stuffs for their best ocks. Glossy beaver hats are worn by young idies with dressy* afternoon toilets as rell as with tailor made suits in the loining. The circular cloak is once more favored y English ladies. Neutral tinted cloths reused for these garments, with brightolored linings. Gray plush polishes, lined with pink, re i o ular for wee babies. A tiny hoop latches the pelisse, and is tied with soft I ink satin strings. Large plaid > in vanishing effects ; lue and brown are combined with j olde::-brown plush for young girls' and | ttle children's frocks. Little boys <f three and four wear j leir hair in long loose curls, and love | ?cks hanging over the ears and a straight ang across the ioiehead. Some of the newest silk gowns have le basque of plain surah satin, the skirt id draperiO' showing inch-wide stripes f s tin and repped : ilk. Some of the newest velvet bodices have | le sides extended to form panels. These \ re very stylish when worn with skirt nd draperies of striped wool. Plush, both for dresses and wraps, lould be made up the reverse way. its j ower of attracting the light seems in I lis way to be materially iucreased, Bold color combinations, such as sky I li:e aad mau> e, scarl t and pale blue, eliotrope and orange, are made io fraernizeiu late French evening toilets. The Russian bang, nearly straight, and j nly slightly curled under at the ends, i the accepted arrangement of the front air of little people and young girls. All kinds of birds and feathers are i till used upon hats and bonnet*, yet the I lost elegant ladies show a decided reference for long ostrich feathers, 'hese are arranged with a bow or aigrette, nd fall gracefully over the brim. The Normandy bonnet is once more i Kf cmnll r>Viilrlr?i Thev are sensi- I Il"u ? J I le and comfortable, as well as pictur-1 sque. Golden-brown plu9h is a favorite j laterial for these b nnets, with a face j rimming of white lace and pink or blue ibbcns. A new English street garment is known s the covert coat. It is made of biscuit- j olored cloth, close-fitting at the back ud s; mi-loose in front, and is lined with cardinal silk. It is sti apped-seamed, nd a velvet-faced collar finishes the garnent tastefully. Novel Preparations For War. Battalious of schoolboys are forming n France. A number of mayors of aronlissements are enlisting youths of from sixteen to twenty years of age, forming rompanies equivalent to the regular tniitia. Th'iy arj armed with chassepots. )ne corps alread v has 500 members. 4i??y, I 1 uuy liiitu I lie i a lii.ct UUIIIC nun luviu, | nstead of depositing them in the arsenal ifter drilling. The Watch dog Battalion of the Pius- j ;ian Army is being veiy carefully trained j or service. The dogs arc inteuded pri- j narily tp convey intelligence from the idvancc posts to the main body of the egiment, and are taught to trot to and 'ro, carrying a tiny portfolio of dispatches round their necks. They are alio to warn the outposts of an advance of in enemy during the night, and are rained to hunt up the wounded, or those j vho have lo-.t their way. Two dogs are j ittached to each company of Chasseurs. ! ?Frank Leslie'*. Better Thau Nothing at All. In society: Daughter?"Mamma. Mr. Blank pro- ( josed to me last night." Mother?"Did you acccpt him, daugh uri Daughter?"Yes, mamma.'' Mother?"Has be any money, (laugher?" Daughter?"Only $1,800 a year, nam ma." Mother?Well, daughter, handle him :areful!y till spring. Possibly you can iick up something better during the ivinter.? Washington Critic. ' A ROLLING MILL PICTURESQUE NIGHT SCEXES IX AX IROX FOUNDRY. Nature's Awful Element a Familiar and Submissive Force?Puddlers at "Work?Piles of Iron Turned Into Rails. Never in a rolling mill, eh? Never saw hissing hot iron drawn through anil through the nicely adjusted rolls trailing along the heated plates with uplifted head for all the worla like a great white-heated serpent? To a stranger the sight is at once grand and terrible, aud once seen is never forgotten. He can with difficulty control his fc&r, and would escapc, yet is fascinated by the horrid familiarity displayed all around him. It is like a glimp.se of the hereafter to his perturbed mind, this dalliance with nature's most dreadful element. lie is bewildered by the rush of swart-bodied, iron muscled workmen all about him. He is deafened i? it,. ?ii uy IUU iu.ll ui uic iijiug iuno, an hungry for their molten meal. The relentless heat pursues his uncovered faco with wicked intent. The soles of his feet burn from contact with the iron flooring. Great, deep-throated furances are opened, and belch devouring flame and stifling smoke into his oppressed countenance. Snlphurous odors, rising from the cinder-beds, invade his nostrils. And, worse than all, just as he thinks himself safest from harm there is a roar from the rolls, rivaling the boom of a hundred-pounder. A great sheet of sparks seeks the horizon of the smokebegrimed roof and descends in a graceful curve. One of the mauy falls gently and trustingly behind the observer's shirt collar?only one of the million? gently it inserts itself, but so convincingly does it make its presence known that a council of physicians will not at first convince him he is not a smoldering volcano. He writhes 'reath the infliction and fain would flee, but sharp eyes arc upon him, and the mill men dearly love to laugh at a tenderfoot. If the vi9it be made at night the scene takes on a brilliaucy that cannot be surpassed. "Without all is dense darkness, only relieved by the red flames pouring from some ot tne lotty stacics or wmte j points of light peeping through the closed dampers of others, ample indication that a "heat" is in waiting below, or else that a change of turn is on. All is quiet within. Contagious laughter from some point hints of a group of 6tory-telling youngsters ensconced in a warm nook between chimneys. Brawny heaters stand about in knots discussing some topic of common import, and puffing industriously the while at their short black pipes. Occasionally a furnace door is thrown upward for an instant, shedding a bold , light on massive timbero, and filling vith a ruddy glow | the face of the heater, who, with eyes j half closed, peers into its depths. Away | off to one side, in the darkness, the pud" j dlers stir and stir away as persistently i as a good wife at her mush kettle, j They are the men who work over the pig iron which is so constantly starred , in the market reports. Their furnaces ' are arranged with bottom depressed. The metal is thrown in and soou melts to the consistency of water. From this state by stirring and a judicious application of scales and scraps from the rolled I iron it thickens until it has sufficient ad- 1 hesive force to be formed into balls. As ! he works his bar through the little j arched aperture in the door, the puddler ; chaffs with his comradcs sitting about I him on the water "bosh," in which the working-irons are cooled, or on piles of rusty metal. Once solidly formed, the ; heat is ready. The signal isgiven. Away go the rolls with cver-incre.ising roar. I Men issue from the darkness. Madcap ! boys run in breathless and laughing nt some prank played upon a work-fellow, j All, to the visitor, is confusion worse confounded, yet he should know that order was never so framed in ap- i parent disorder as in the iron works. But yonder comes the puddlcr, dragging his heated burden be- j hind him on a "buggy." The vehicle is ! made with a bowl-shaped top, in which the ball reposes. Arrived at the rolls, : he backs the buggy to the required point , and deftly dumps its contents into the | "squeezers," or "coffee-mills," as the ! machine has been dubbed by the younger element. In thise it is compressed and elongated into cylindrical shape, and is ! fed to the rolls, through which it passes I again and again,and finally stretches out on the plates a perfect bar of iron, ready to be sheared into lengths. The "drag- , ger out" takes hold with his tong3 and pulls it to the cooling-bed. There it lies W1 til Ullicrs KJl lia iviuu^tuu ttuvm vviv4 i? j taken to the shears, which are exceed- j ingly heavy-jawed, and sever ifc into j lengths as easily as a tsiilor clips his j cloth. The process is simple and the procedure sleepy to uu active spirit. It is : in the rail-mill that one has his blood ! stirred and his interest . thoroughly aroused. It is lightning work. A tre- j mendous amount of labor is compressed into seconds of time. Think of a pile of iron not more than five feet in length i by seven inches high and six inches wide being drawn out to the full length awl j prop >rtion of a rail, and this in less than j two minutes1 time from the moment the j heated mass shot through the first open- j iug in the rolls. The occasion for such j labor has passed oway. The steel rail J has superseded its more perishable counterpart, but the retrospect is interesting to him who has once cornc into contact with its bewildering intric acies. But the heat has been run off, the wild ?1?1> >? nvor The rolls thfiir tlllin dei oiis play. The furnaces are re- j charged. The boys return to their story- i telling, and the observer goes away, rich in experience and broiling hot.? Cincinnati Enquirer. Photographing Flying Gulls. An example of the speed with which pictures can now be produced is afforded by a photograph of a number of flying gulls taken at Southport by a local pho- i tograplier, Mr. Mallin. Of course ani- j inals in far more rapid movement have ! been photographed by Mr. Muybridge in I America and M. Marcey in France, but j these are produced by special aparatus, i and rarely give much more than a sili 11 c i\ v:?i Iioueut: ui wit; uujeci. jmuiugiujiwu. The picture of the gulls was taken under ordinary conditions, and with ordinary apparatus; but the lens must have been a good one, and a very rapid shutter must have been employed. The plate also (one of those named the Derby plates, from a formula invented by Captain Abney) must have been of specially high sensitiveness. The various attitudes of the birds arc curious. Most of them have the wings spread in the orthodox manner, but some nf t.hrm are caueht in that curious posi tion with the wings hanging down which, from the shortness of the time during which it is maintained, they eye does not appear to catch. About sixty birds are shown quite sharply and distinctly. The Storj of a Greek Statne. Yi iters t:> the Paris Louvre of late j may have noticed a remarka1 le little I -i-i J i. i x" 4 ii r?!J n I statuu xaueiL'u "A loungAiueniaaum. The story of its discovery and acquisition, ju9t discbscd by the Paris Temp*, forms a curious pa ,e in the history of antiquities. A peasant of Patissia, while digging in the fields, suddenly c me across an old statue. Knowing that the Greek law forbids the exp rtation of ancient objects of art found in the country and that foreign amateurs are always ready to pay a high price for them, he "at once took it home and hid it under a heap of fagots. He then went to the French am! assador, who was well known for his love of such relics, and offered it to him for 12,000f. The ambassador repaired secretly to the peasant's dwelling to examine it, and found it was a bona fide gem of the fourth century. lie telegraphed the discovery to the French Minister of Fine Arts, who authorized him to conclude the bargain. liut there was a serious difficulty to overcome, and that waq to crnt nnt nf thft rmint.rv with out being detected by the customs authorities. After some reflection, the ambassador instructed the peasant how to set to work. He was to hide the statue in a cartload of vegetables, drive down to a creek on the seashore, where he would find a boat from a French sloop stationed at the Pir ius waiting to receive him. The job was performed successfully. The statue, in the midst of the vegetables, was shipped on the boat, and the 12,000f was handled to the peasant by the captain as he left the shore. On the arrival of lh3 statue in Paris, it was placed in the Louvre, not far from the famous Venus of Jlilo,while its discoverer, the poor Greek peasant, is now leading the life of a small gentleman farmer on the proceeds.?Pall Mall Gazette. Influence of Foo.l Supply. A veritable plague of Brazil, according to Von Ihering, results from the singular increase of burrowing mice of the genus Ilesperomys which, ordinarily very rare, become alarmingly abundant at irregular periods coincidicg with flowering seasons of the herbaceous plant, which furnishes their chief food. This. : plant, a Cresciuma, reaches maturity i and flowers only at regular intervals vary- : ing from six to thirty years. In May and ; .Tune, 1876, the mic/appeared in pro- j riiorinna nnmhnrs nl. T rmrfvnro. whprfi in. a few days tbey totally demolished tho I fields of corn, potatoes, rye and barley, invaded houses and destroyed everything not too hard for their teeth, ancl even ate fat swine, and removed tho wooden shoes from the cows. At the natural rate of increase the progeny of a pair of the mice would reach 23,000 individuals in a season, and if their multiplication was favored by an abundant seeding of their favorite plant every year they would soon drive all other living creatures from the country. ?Arkansaw Iraceler. Two Miles a Minnte. A thrilling account of a trip on a wildcat train down the Rocky fountains is told by William Tillia a traveler who recently arrived in Toronto by the Canadian Pacific Railway from British Columbia. Two cars of a passenger train, while being hauled up the steepest grade in Kicking-horse I'ass. which is one inch to the foot for nearly two miles, broke Inncn frnm tlio lnr?nmnf.iv<? nnrl mm menced a raad career down the mountain side. Ti e brakes were frozen and could not be applied with effect. Some of the twenty oc. upants in the cars tried to rise, but the speed was so great that they could not stir from their scats. The cars reachcd a safety switch, a distance of two miles from the place they broke loose from the locomotive, in one minute. The passenger car caught the safety switch and was piled on the opposite incline a complete wreck. The baggage car, which did not contain any passengers, went on down the main line and did not leave the track. A number of passengers were killed, and others received probably fatal injuries Some miraculously escaped almost uninjured. JJeir-Possession of Thieves. Cheek, say3 a detective in the GlobeDemocrat, is an indispensible quality foi a crook, for often when caught, as we say, "dead to rights," they can face it out. Some time ago a "fellow named Theophilus George was working the hotels, and he got into a room where a man was lying fully dressed, though asleep, in the bed. George proceeded to go through his pockets, and as he was doing so the man woke up. "What are you doing there?" he asked. George looked at iiim hastily, and then looked again, and rubbing his hands,half smiled and excused himself,repeating the words "excuse me" until lie got to the door and out and away. If he'd lost his head he might have been shot or captured, but his effrontery paralyzed the man. A cool piece of thieving during the festivities was that of the fellow who took a sachel from a lady's hand and put a stick in place of the handle. She had the stick in her hand when she went to open the sachel for car fare, but could not tell at what time the sachel disappeared. On the Wilier. Supposing the rate of a bird's flight to lie taken at forty, fifty or sixty miles an hour, the sportsman has only to remember that a mile an hour is almost exactly equivalent to one and a half feet per seoonrl 1ir? thiia lin.q a rendv mpiinq of comparison with the tables of velocity. These show, for example, that with an ordinary sporting charge (thirds and one and one-eighth ounces) the mean velocity of No. 5 or No. G shot, in a range of thirty-five yards, about 900 feet a second, or at the rate of GOO mile;} an hour; and so, on comparing this GOO miles wi*h the speed of the bird's flight, it will be found that the shot moves ten times as fast us a bird going sixty mile:} an hour; twelve times as fast as one that flics fifty miles an hour, and fifteen times as fast as one which pocs forty miles an hour. Consequently they would fly about two and a quarter yards, three yards .and three and a half yards respectively, while the shot is traveling thirty-five yard.'i at the rate given above.? New York Herald. The Tree of Death. On the New IIopc battleficd win a tree upon whir h the soldiers nailed tho inscription, "Tree of Death." Seven Federals were killed behind the tree by Confederate sharpshooters. The treo was in advance of the Federal line and was about three hundred vards from tho - ? l? Tt. " J Lonieaeraie woiks. it was uscu uj j Federal skirmishers, who would stand behind it nnd load and then step out and fire. Confederate sharpshooters went along the Confederate line for nearly a milc~in euch direction, and then, being so far from the side of the tree that they could see behind it, by a cross firing made it as dangerous to stand behind the tree as to stand in front of it. Seven Federals were killed behind the tree, and : it came to be known as the "Tree of Death."?Atlanta Cons'itution. J. R. Smith, of Fairbury, 111., owan a hen which, in place of a bill, has a mouth and nose resembling those of a dog. BUDGET OF FUN. " HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Successful Bribing ? Pa Wanted Peace?The Dude's Hands?His Narrowest Escape?An Experiment in Human Nature. Little Nell?"I caught sister Maud engagingherself to auother young man last night an' she hasn't sent off t e tirst one vet." Little Kitty?"Ain't that nice! Did you tell on her?'' Little Nfill ? "Wn n1r? hnv d me off."' Littb Kitty?"What did she do?'' Little Nell?She said if I'd keep quiet she'd give rac one of 'em when I grow up.?Tid-Bits. Pa Wanted Pcacc. Mr. Bliffers (to his daughter)?"Eliza, did you read this article about Liszt?" Eliza (at the piano)?"Yes, pa." "Did you notice that he said people must play the piano with their soul?" "Ves, pa." "Well, Eliza, just put your hands in your pocket and p'av with your soul till I'm through reading."?Omaha World. The Dude's Hands. "Yes, my hands arc soft," said a cludish and conceited young fellow the ether night in a small company, as he admiringly looked at those useless appendages that had never done a day's work. "Do you know how I do it?" he exclaimed proudly. "I wear gloves on iny hands every night to sleep in1" "Do you sleep with you hat on also?" asked a pert young woman. And the young fellow replied in the negative, and looked Wonderingly be cause me company sinuea. His Narrowest Escape. "I presume, General, you have had siome very narrow escapes, 'l said a pretty Dupont Circle gjfl to an old war-horse of celibate proclivities. "Oh, yea; that is part of our business," he replied nonchalantly. "Tell me about some of them. I do no love stories of adventure when the utory-teller is the adventurer. Tell me the very worst of them all," she cried, with a pretty flush of excited intcre t. "Um?um," he muttered, scratching !ais head, so as to sort them over for the ohoiccst; "um?let me see?well, I was engaged to be married once." One was all she wanted.?Washington Critic. An Experiment In Human Nature. "Human nature is a queer thing,''said one commercial traveler to another while loitering in a railway station. "Now, s'pose you and I try a little experiment. "We will not let on that we are acquainted at all, and will happen to meet at the ctear stand. You buy a 5-cent cigar and I'll buy two for a quarter. Then we'll both sort of linger as if we wanted to talk with the cigar mau. Which one of us do you suppose he'll talk with? Why, mith me, of course, because I buy the high-priced cigar. And the chances arc, too, that, though he'll be polite enough to you to your face, your back wi;l no sooner be turned than he will say something mean about you. Let's try it." The other commercial traveler agreed, and, approaching the cigar stand, they groceeded to carry out the programme. ut instead of snubbing the 5-centerthe cigar-stand man turned his back on the two-for-a-quarter customer and be^an talking with the other. Whereupon the proposer of the scheme quit in disgust and walked away. He was presently rejoined by the other. "Your ideas of human nature did not appear to pan out in this case," he remarked. "No. What did the fellow have to say after I left you?" "Oh, nothin' much. He said he s'posed you thought you was better than common folks because you were putting on style with two-for-a'-qufcrter cigars, and added that he'd bet five dollars you didn't have a holeless pair of socks to your name."?Chicago Herald. A Wife's Ruse. Here is a little story I heard 'tother niuht at dinner: A gentleman who was going off to Russia on business desired his wife to place her picture in his trunk. "You know, dear," said he, "I never travel without your photo, and Marc Gambicr has rendered you to th6 very life." "You old humbug. I don't believe you ever look at it. You only say this to please me for the moment," replied the better half, who had her suspicions. ' That's unkind, dearest. Before I go to sleep I always take a long, lingering look at you, kiss you, and then go off into the land of dreams with you in my eye, as one may say." The little morocco case was placed in the trunk as usual. When the ''hubby" returned and she unpacked his things she asked: "Did you look at my picture while you were away 1" "Every night. It was my supremcst comfort." "I don't believe you." "Ah"?with a well simulated sigh? "that is unkind." Whereupon the wife opened the case and showed him that she hud taken the picture out before she had placed the case in the trunk?just to "bowl him out." But he was in a degree equal to the occasion. He remarked: "Isaw the picture hnd been tampered with, my own love, but I used to kiss the case because you had been there."?American lieyister. Cheirosophy. It wa3 cold and bleak without, but warm and bright within. They sat side by 3ide near the glowing grate, and watched the flickering firelight as it danced among the bric-a-brac on the tables. They were both in deep thought, and no sound was heard save the sighing of the wind among the trees in the or-; chard and the measured tick of the ormolu clock whi.-h rested on a bracket against the opposite wall, and over which ?? ? annw shovel covered ? U3 OUO|JWuuvu M -?w .. ?. . ?. with violet velvet and trimmed with pink satm ribbons. ' It was not an hour, nor a scene for ought But love and calm delight." The youth wa3 manly in appearance, and ! the maiden a vision of beauty, and judg-' ing from their attitude and adjacency j they were lovers. Suddenly the maiden broke the silence, the poetic silence: "JIave you heard of this new science : called cheirosophy?" she asked, in tones j sweeter than the musical tinkling of a silver bell. "I have, darling," he answered in accents of ineffable tenderness; "not only | heard of it, but have given it considers- j blc study." "Dear me!" exclaimcd the maiden. I "I am surprised. You have studied j cheirosophy? Then perhaps you will ! give me some instruction in the science." : "Certainly, my own. Please let me have your hand." "Oh, George!" moraured the maiden, overwhelmed with confusion, and crimson with blushes, "this is so sudden." "What is so sudden?' the youth asked, in surprise. "Your asking for my hand," trem blingly re3ponded the maiden, "but? there?what can I do but refer you to pa, and believe me, dearest, you need have no fear of the result. lie will certainly consent to my becoming your wife." Then throwing herself on the neck of her lover, the maid n gave vent to her emotions in a flood of happy tears. Let us draw the curtain over this affecting scene.?Boston Courier. How to Live a Century. Professor Humphry, of Cambridge, has prepared a series of tables which contain some interesting information about centenarians. Of 52 persons whom he mentions, at least 11?2 males and 9 females?actually attained the age of 100. Others attained very nearly to the hun dred years. Only one of the persons reached 108 years, while one died at the alleged age of 10(J. Of the 52 pessons, i!(J were women and 10 men. Prof. Humphry tells us that the comparative immunity of women from the exposures and risks to which men are subjected, and the greater temperance in eating and drinking exhibited by women are the chief points In determining their higher chances of longevity. Out of the ?6 women 26 had been married, and 11 had borne large families. Of the 20 women who had been wives 8 had married before they were 20,1 at 16, and 2 at 17. Twelve of the 52 centenarians were discovered to have been the eldest children of their parents. This fact, adds Mr. Humphry, doe3 not agree with popular notions that the first children inherit a feebleness of constitution, n?r with the opinion of racing stables, which is decidedly against the idea that "firstlings" are to be depended on for good performance on the course. The centenarians .generally regarded were of spare build. Gout and rheumatism were, as a rule, absent. "It seems," says Prof. Humphry, "that the frame which is destined to great age needs no such prophylactics, and engenders none of the pcccant humors for which the finger-joints (as in gout) may find advent." Of the 52 aged people, 24 only had no teeth, the average nnmber of teeth remoininor lipinrr 4. fir S T.nnor hours of sleep were notable among these old people, the period of repose averaging nine hou:s; while sout-of-door exercise in plenty and early rising are to be noted among the factors of a prolonged life. One of the centenarians "drank to excess on festive occasions;" another was a "free beer drinker," and "drank like a fish during his whole life." Twelve had been total abstainers for life or nearly so, aud mostly all were "small meat caters."?St. James's Gazette. Taken In. "Where did you get that watch?" said her husband, ^s she very ostentatiously pulled out a watch and looked at it. "I bought it." "A present?" "Xo; I bought it for myself. I couldn't help it. I couldn't see a poor family starve, and I bought the woman's watch." "Just like you," he said. "You're always doing something kind?with my money." "You're not mad, John, are you?" "Xo; let me look at it. What did you ! give for it?" "Forty dollars." "Forty dollars!" and the husband be I gttU UAO liJUUJg JO. "I'll tell you how it happened. I was passing along the street and there was an auction going on in a store." "An auction! Oh!" "Yes, I was listening and looking, and as I stood there a poor, distressed i man came up. He pulled out this watch, i and he asked the auctioneer if he'd auc! tion it for h'.m. He said his wife and family were starving, and this was an old family heirloom and he wanted to sell it. Well, the auctioneer he said he'd sell it, and he put it up, and all they'd bid for it was $7. The poor fellow began to cry. 'It's worth a $i00,' he said. 'Won't somebody give more : than $7? I can't sell it for that. I've ; had an offer of $45.' And I got mad and sorry for the poor man, and I bid $8, and somebody bid $9, and I bid $10, and finally they got it up to $40, and I j bought it. Poor fellow! The man went off quite relieved and happy, and I felt so happy that I'd done a good deed at a bargain." "Yes, the poor chap was relieved; I don't doubt it. This watch is worth $1.75, and that was a mock auction, and that distressed-looking man was a capper for I the establishment. He does that twenty times a day." "Oh, John!" "Just like you, my dear. Always doj ing something stupid?with my money." ?San Francisco Chron'cle. ^ How It Feels to Be Wounded. I The next day, just before Longstreet's ' soldiers made the first charge on tne Second corps, I heard the peculiar cry a stricken man utters as the bullet teara through his flesh. I turned my head, a3 I loaded my rifle, to see who was hit. I saw a bearded Irishman null up his shirt. He had been wounded in the left side just below the floating ribs. His face was gray with fear. The wound looked as though it was mortal. He looked at it for on instant, then poked it gently : with his index finger. He flushed redly , and smiled with satisfaction. He tucked : his shirt into his trousers and was fighti ing in the ranks again before I had ; capped my rille. The ball had cut a croove in his skin only. The play of this j irishman's face was expressive, his emotions changed so quickly, that I could not keep from laughing. ? "liecollectiona of a Pr irate." The Easy-Goin^ Parisians. Of all places in the world Paris is the place in which it is easiest to gather a crowd, writes a correspondent of the I New York Time*. Americans are wont to rail at the slow-footed messenger boy i and the absent-minded car conductor, i but nowhere in the wide universe are ; the people so unanimously in favor of lounging and loitering as in the French capital. The shopkeeper stands on his threshold and chats; the poiiceman gossips with the newswoman; the hack driver lolls back in his vehicle until summoned to work, and everybody makes a rush for the point at which the presence of a dozen persons indicates that something or other is to be seen. A crowd of 1,000 men, women and children can be gotten together in five minutes in any part of the town. Norfolk, Ya., is the greatest strawberry shipping place in the world. Among the many strawberry farms in its neighborhood is one of 440 acrcs, the largest strawberry farm in the world. Ilorscs arc not fully matured until mx years of ape, nor do {key arrive at their full strength until ei^ht years old. Immature animals arc often overtaxed and their future usefulness injured. RELIGIOUS READING. Ohrtat Within. Why wouldst thou teach my soul to rise, And seek for Jeeus in the skies! Is He to far apart f Are skie9 a better dwelling place Than man'3 celestial heart and face, Made pure and bright with heavenly grace! Ob, find Him in thy heart. Why wouldst ihou teach my thirsty soul To wait till death shall make it whole? Is Christ so far away? Oh, no! I see Him now and near; In my own beating heart I hear His trobbing life, His voice of cbeer: He turns my night to day. Then cease thy looking here and there, And first of all thy heart prepare. By purity from sin, And then lit up by Heaven'3 bright glow, Thy soul of truth and love shall know That Heaven above is heaven below, And Christ is found within. ?By Prof. T. C. Upham. "A Humble Confeaalon." Several years ago, in a "Western town, a young lawyer, a member of a large church, got drunk. Tho brethren said he must confess. He demurred. He knew the members to be good people, but that they had their little faults, such as driving sharp bargains, screwing tho laborer down to low wages, loaning at illegal rates, misrepresenting article* they had for sale, etc. But they were good people, and pressed tho lawyer to come before the church-meeting and own up his sin of taking a glass too much. tor t&cy were a temperance people ana abhorred intemperance. The sinner finally went to the confession, and found a large gathering of brethren and sisters, whose bowed heads rose, and whose eyes glistened with puro delight as the lawyer began his confession. "I confess," he said, "that I never took ten per cent, for money." On that confession, down went a brother's head with a groan. "I never turned a poor man from my door who needed food and shelter." Down went another head. "I confcss I never sold a skim-milk cheese for a new one"?whereupon a sister shrieked for mercy. "But," concluded the sinner, "I have been drunk, and am very sorry for it." Whereupon the meet mg very peaceably adjourned.?Kentucky Sentinel. Scripture Names of Hetven. Heaven is called a "house." A fathj er's house is a home. God's house is to be the eternal home of all bis children, hence all the hallowed sentiments that I J At. - 1 i'mU Cluster arouuu mu uuuio may cuici imv our conception of heaven. It is a home whose inmates will not be separated, and through whose portals death will never pass. It is a home that will never be clouded by discord or by jealousy. It is a beautiful home, by the river and tree of life. It is a spacious home, a house of many mansions. It is called a "city." Cities when well built and well governed are places of greater security than the isolated homes of the open country^ In heaven no robber noj^assassin can molest the inhabitants. A city is a place of peculiar privileges. In them gather the wealthy and the learned, by whose presence and employments all are benefited. In heaven are to be gathered the spirits of just men made perfect. There can be no ' better societylhan that. A city is more stable than a villa or a hamlet. There a single fire or tornado may destroy, while a city | will survive thousands ef disasters and grow continually in beauty and in strength. Heaven, the New Jerusalem, is "& city which hath foundations, whose maker and builder is God." It Is called an "inheritance," and it ia said to be one that is "incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away." No I selfishness, no dishonesty, no legal techj nicality will ever deprive the children of j God of this promised inheritance. Heaven is termed "the holiest." To the Hebrews, this reference to the sanctum sanctorum of their temple was very significant. Heaven is the holiest place in the universe, a placc where we may enjoy the blessednes; of exemption from all sinful influences. It is called a "kingdom." It is a place where the will of God will be done promptly and perfectly. It ia a monarchy of love. Heaven is called "a better country.' In the human heart there is a restless longing for something better. The Israelites in Egypt longed for a freer aud better home; the Huguenots of France fled to lands ox greater uoerty; tne Puritans of England thought that in America they should find a better home, and Eastern people still follow "the _ Star of Empire," seeking a better country. We are proud to think of this great Republic as the grandest country beneath the circle of the sun, but there is a "better country, that is, a heavenly," where imperfections and failures are unknown, w~here all the inhabitants dwell in prosperity and in contentment. Here we are strangers and pilgrims, thero we shall be citizens, and shall reign eternally with Christ the King. Heaven is called a "paradise," or park or garden of pleasure. It is "a land of pure delight." In the vision on Patinos, John saw rivers, fruits and luxuriant foliage. There the redeemed shall dwell lorcver, "piucKing iruit irom crecs perennial, while God himself shall bend the bough.?Observer.'" Superintendent 1,-oot, of the Mexican Railway, says that 20,000 steel tiea have been laid between Vera Cruz and Mexico since 1883, and 40,000 have been ordered for this year, and it is proposed to lay 40,00f) to 50,000 yearly liereaiter. lie puts in z,uuu per mue, brought from England, where they cost about os each, and delivered on the road not more than $2 in Mexican silver. The wooden ties used to cost 90o to $1.02 each.