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v..,.; ? iy '/ FOREST FIRS. Sooner heard a hidden loctist whirring; Stooped she to the flowers with a sigh. "Dartings, come," she said.; "we must be starring. Hear the herald I Autumn draweth nigh!" Boc her lifted skirt with flowers heaping, Fused she through the fields and woodland ways. Tiny creatures, 'tween the bushes peeping, 8aw her go, with sorrow in their gaze. Iwighing, turned she, ere she went, upholding O'er the land her sun-glass high in air; Boon was seen a thin smoke veil enfolding Distant hills and valleys everywhere. she slipped away with silent laughter, Ere the spark had quickened Into flame. Ruddy Autumn swiftly follows after," Whispered she,' 'and he st^U bear the blame." Soon a stealthy yellow flame was creeping Here and there along a maple bough. Bwift from tree to tree the flre went leaping. Lol how all the woods are blazing now!" ?Charles P. Sherman in Harper's Weekly. A BEIDE FROM THE SEA. BY FRANCIS M. LIVINGSTON. remetrius Green was a traveling salesBan. He had the reputation of being the best-informed man and of selling more goods in his line of business than any m:m in New York. The causes for this were few, but amply su Hcient. The first of these was natural ability; he had s keen eye to business, and when he had anything to do he permitted nothing to interfere with it until his end was accomplished. He was a man of good appearance and address; aud, lastly, was a man of good habits. He was in no sense a ladies'man, for he bad ne.er cultivated the society of the gentler sex, perhaps from lack of time, perhaps from want of inclination. He liaa been wun ms nouse iour year? wlicn he took his tirsc vacation. He had ever asked lor one, and he did not ask for ihis one. His employers freely otTered it to him and insisted on his taking three weeks. So, in the month of July he ran down to Patchogue, Long Island, Intending to pass a part of his vacation with a married sister who was spending the summer there. His sister was an attractive young woman, fond of society. She introduced him to several nice girls, and what with boating, bathing and trolling on the beach. Demetrius found that there were other thiiigs in life which he enjoyed as much as selling canned goods. By far the most attractive gi 1 among his sis er's fi ends, L)eraetriu9 thought, w s Lydia Hartley. She was not particularly beautiful, except that she had the-beauty of youth, health and innocence : but she was modest, sweet temiw?rf?d and ?. thoroucrhh' nice <?irl. She r ' o? > ? n ? was from Brooklyn, and had come to Patchogue with her aunt for the summer. More than this I emetrius's sister did not know, us she had never met the Hartleys before their seashore acquaintance. As for Demetrius himself he did not ask to know any more. At tke end of a week he hurl settled in hi3 o'vn mind that he would be A happier man if he were married. He had also determined that Lydia Hartley was the woman to make fcimhapoy, if he could gain her consent. Though his mind was thoroirghly made ?p on this point, he resolved to wait another week before speaking to her. Caution was a character stic of the man, nd as he was to be in Patchogue two weeks longer (for he had resolved to pend his whole vacation here), there was nrv need to act on the spur of the ome .t, and Demetrius said to himself : . 4I shall wait until next Saturday." i | On Monday there was a boating party. Wh en the ladies weie seated in the boat uemetnus notcea mai byuia rose atiu gave her seat in the stem to her aunt. **She is thoughtful a id unselllsh." he said When they were coining in a squall sprang up,the i.out pitched a great deal a;:d the;e was mo e ditlicultv in making a landing. ? cs>t 01 the ladies were greatly frightened, many were in tears aid some in hysterics. i.ydia alone, although a little pile, was perfectly culm. "She is sensible and cour ageotis," said Demetrius. They landed without an accident and Demetrius held an umbrella over Lydia as they ran to the hotel. Miss Hartley followed wrapped up in his mackintosh. The ladies were none the worse for their wetting, and they hud a merry party at night in the parlor of the hotel. ' Demetrius sat smoking his pips for a long tme before he went to bed. He reviewed he events of the day, trying to recall all that i.ydia said aud hotv'she looked when : he suid it. lie thnu.rht be kid ueverseen eyes of such a beautifal blue as heis, or hair of so pretty a brown. He remembered how her ha;:ds looked as they dipped in and out of the baskets in preparing their uncheon,6U"h deit and competent hand* as ihey were, as well as p;etty ha)d<. He thought of how she had a bright smile and a pleas1. ant word for everybody in the puny, favoring none and forgetting none. All this and more he recadcd, then h-j laid dowu his pipe, slapped his knee and said: "She i? asplen.l d girl?1 love her nd Tm going to marry her!" which was ft very enthusiastic outburst for Demetrius. Nevertheless he added: "I'll irait until Satu day.' mnrmnnr Ki?5?,hf onrl . beSSfiful. Nothing hall occurred to change Demetrius's mind in ttie slightest degree, except that he was more in love than ever. There was nothing "on"' for that day, and Demetrius aud Lydia found themselves strolling quite natur illy on the beach together. They had Walked almost a mile noither having "Spoken for some minutes when Demetrius proposed that they sit dova on tha sand. "I have someihing to say to you, Hiss Lydia," he began. A faint blush rose to Lydia's cheek, tut she made no reply. ".Turing the two weeks which I have known you I have grown to feel a deep regard for you," he went on; "von arc the tirst woman I have ever loved, and if you can care for me in return I want to make you my wife. I am, as you know, istiavcling salesman. My salary is $ WOO a year, with perquisites amounting to *10 i)0 more. My si-tcr, Mrs. Jackson, is the only relative I have. If you marry me you will find that. I will do everything n m in in my position can do to make you happy. 1 have not nrr ved at this decision suddenly, and I will not press yoi! for an answer if von tvUh to take time to consider. I shall l>e hcie sntil next Saturday." This was a very long speech for Demetrius, but he felt that the circumstances required something different from soliciting an order for canned goods The blush on Lydia's cheek had deepened as he went on. When he paused she was silent a moment, and then, with downcast eyes, she said: "This is sudden, Mr. Gre?n; I did not think?that is, I was not sure that you " "Ah, you did suspect, then!" said ~ Demetrius, smiling. "A little?yes.' *'And perhaps you have already con M -V. g I "..v. . V - . . -.A - X sidered what you would say when I 111 should speak to you. I hope youhaveu't sp m-.tde up your mind to send me to ths pi right about." _ Lydia raised her eyes. "No, Mr. (.ireen, 1 nave not," she saia. "l respect | yom offer, I have the highest esteem for la you, and I am sure that I shall grew to w ?to care for you very much." ; m Demetrius took her hand, and bending co over it kissed it. j ki They sat there long talking together; j to but all they said does not concern us. I de Demetrius had told Lydia she was the an 1 only woman he had ever loved. She, in i w! j her turn, confessed what every girl j sh | would not, that he was the very first; bj sweetheart she had ever had. But st' | Demetrius loved his tender llower all the ju more that he had been its discoverer. ! se i As they walked back to the hotel he sh > said: "And now I must speak to your gs aunt; do you think she will object?" ! fo j ''My aunt? Oh, no, my aunt will not j K< i ob:cct. I am sure,''said Lydia. 1 en In tlip pvcninnt whnn nfimftfriiis an- : wi proachcd Miss Hartley on the sub cct tii she seemed considerably surprised. ! D, I "Lydia is so young?I never thought' . that so soon " the old lady starn- ' of mered. "..f course, Mr. Green, you as: have ray consent, so far as I am con- fo cerned, but I am not Lydia's natural sp guardian.'' j of i "I thought she made her home with th you?-' said Demetrius in some surprise. ( an "So she docs," said Miss Hartley. , e,( 'Who is her guardian then?'' , ^h "Her father." j ne "Docsher father live with you?" j ne ">'o. He comes to the house about _ every week, when we a e at home.'' " "Where can I find him?" j aS "I 'cannot tell you?I do not know,*' j re( said the old lady in some confusion. j w| "Is it necessary that I get his consent *ri to my marrying Lydia?' i "I think so. oh yes, indeed." c" * "Miss Hartley," said Demetriu9, "if c? there is anything of a painful nature n*] ab >ut your brother, I do not ask you to Pr toll it to me. I am going to marry your , Pa niece, but I should perfer to have her *n father s consent." ! rei "There is nothing painful Mr. Green. j ev It is only that I can tell you absolutely ! f?' nothing. My brother is a very peculiar Pa man. Some year ago he was a sea-cap- t0 tain of some prominence. He lost the command of his vessel, or resigned it, I 8ta do not know which, and siuce then I an' have never learned what business he 1,0 went into. (Generally he comes to see 'ei us every week, but sometimes he doesn't come for a month." "Does he never write to you or your niece?" { "Xo?yes, he did once. He sent Lyd:a a message about a year ago, and I . remember that 'Brooklyn Navy Yard' was on the letter-paper, but that may not have meant anything." "I am much obliged to you for the information; it probably means a great deal to any one who wants to find him. . Is this all you can tell me?" i "That is all I know." i Another week passed, a week of great happiness for Demetrius, and apparently i ? for Lydia, too. Demetrius had told her that he was to go on the road again the I jr? following Monday. He would be in!. < Ne>v York often before the full, and, of course, wouia always come over 10 SQ Brooklyn to see her. "In October I shall , be in thecity for three weeks," he added, I ^ "and then, if it suits you, is when I . gj should like our marriage to take place." Lydia blushed, then smiled ana con-! sented. | hil On Monday Demetrius bade adieu to his betrothed, took the eaily train for 8ur New York* and reporting to his house made up his route. Then he started for Brooklyn, and reached the Navy Yard ^ shortly after noon. Going to headquar- . ^ tors he inquired for Mr. Hartley. j, "David Hartley?" was the response. . f "Yes, is he here?" I ^ "No, he's out," pointing to the water, "t an I communicate with him? jt is on a matter of great importance," said Demetrius, looking at his watch "and ^ will probably take but a short time." ! i^j The oiiicial hesitated a moment theu . rang a bell. ? ' John, this gentleman wants to talk mo to Hartley. Take him over." wa, The man led the way to the dock when W'Q the two got into a small boat, the man RAj taking the oars and pulling toward a tug i'.k| lav oKnnf fa'A linn^ "Arl funf frnm "" "V ?vu. the dock. There were several men on the tug. i "Which of these gentlemen is Mr. ! . Hartley?" asked Demetrius. i . 4,Xone," replied oue of the men, J laconically. *ha "I was told that. I should find Mr. Hartley here," he said. "if you can wait a while, we'll have ?ir liira up." said the lirst speaker. ? J9' "i p?'1 ie; eated Demetrius. W to i "Yes, out of the water; he's in the vo' wreck." c,rf "Wreck?what wreck?" | "The .Mary Stevens, right under you, sir." e I'emetrius was appalled. Was Lydia'a ?0E father drowned, and hud he come here ?' ouly to carry back this dreadful news to . 0 her? Three deep, reverberating strokes c came from far beneath him, which . sounded like a de:ith knell. Demetrius shuddered. Then catching sight of the 1<J amused faces of the men, he thought it w some hideous joke. n!n "Gentlemen," he said, "I must see ?.lv Mr. Hartley or communicate with him at a.8( once on a matter of the utmost import- n,n ance. You say that he is under the sar. water, yet I nm perfectly sure that he is not aeaa. i nave 10 transact my ousines.s and catch a train at 2 o'clock,so I should ai^' he obliged to you if you will explain this mystery at once." Pet "Certainly, sir," said tne man who had *or answered him, '-.Mr. Hartley is down in the wreck, in the diving-bell; if you ?ou cannot wait until ho comes up, we'll send ls c down a message for you.'' . Demetrius breathed more freely, tore a f*16 leaf from his memorandum book and | hastily wrote: ''Demetrius Green, with Mil lining, Moore Manning, asks the hand of your daughter i.ydia in mar- i riage. He ha9 her consent, sud hopes ; 1 to liavo yours." ' my This he enclosed in an envelope and ski addressed, gave it to the iaan and om watched him curiously as he pla ed t in las a small met il receptacle attached to a fin cord, then jerked a rope and lowered the sar receiver into the water. After whi.t of seemed a long time, se eral of the same in strokes which De.neirius had hea-d co previously resounded again, and the a ( cord w:is drawn up, the receptacle opened sal and Pemetriusre e veil his own note, on a \ the b.'Ck of which was scrawled: *1 ha d.m'1 ol? ?ct. D Hartley." so ('. in you send me another message.'" th asked Demetrius. ! th j "Yes, sir." ur i He wrote: "The wedding day is fixed in for October S; I sincerely hope you will ut be present." ! w' This was sent as before, and after another interval of waiting came back the *-h an>wer: '-AH right; I II be there " _ j ?i "What's the charge, gentlemen?" said to Demetrius, briskly, as he folded up his P' correspondence and put it in his pocket. !1? j "No charge, sir." ' a( ; "No charge? Then take this, and; P: ! drink to the health and happiness of my n( | bride and myself on the 8th of October," j ^ and pressing a live-dollar note into the d :' ' ' ' ",**' " y,iud of the astonished workman, he ranc: into the boat and was rapidly tiled ashore.?The Epoch. A Woman's Peculiar Mnlndy. There is living in Cleveland, Ohio, a dy a llicted with a peculiar malady hich has puzzled and baffled the entire edical fraternity of this section of the untry. Herself the sister of a welllown physician, she has been unable obtain any relief, and has turned in sspair from one form of treatment to iothcr without avail. Some years ago, hen a young girl, the house in which o was stopping at the time was struck r lightning. All of the inniafes were unned, and more or less seriously inred. This young lady suffered more verely than tbe other victim*. The ock completely paralyzed both her ortns of speech and motion, and she lay r days in a most prcoarious condition, jcovery, although slow, was appartly complete, however, and in a few seks the effect of the stroke had cnely passed away, says the Pittsburg iapatch. One day she felt the dread symptoms paralysis stealing over her, and before sistance could be summoned the unrtunate woman was again prostrated, eecbless, and unable to move a muscle her body. It was noticed at the time at a he;ivy thunder storm wai brewing, d that the air was overcharged with JCtrXCUJ. **1IUU IJL1C 91U1U1 VYtbo w?ci e patient rapidly recovered, and the xt day waa as well as ever, save the rvous shock attending the relapse. The next th inder storm brought with the same alarming state of affairs, and ain was the young woman paralyzed, covering only when thp atmosphere is cleared of its overcharge of eleccity. The fact that the victim's sysm, rendered sensitive to electrical anges by the frightful shock it had reived when she was struck by lightag, was now susceptible to the slightest esenceof the subtle fluid, was row aprent, and medical science was called to requisition to effect a cure. All nedies proved ineffective, and with ery recurring thunder storm the unrtunate woman relapses into a state of rtial or complete paralysis, according the severity of the storm. Her health 3, of course, suffered from the conint strain put upon her both physically d mentally, but there appears to be relief from the maiady, if it can be med such. te Handsomest Horse in the World. At the horse annex of the Buffalo (X. ) fair, every variety of the equine race s represented from the huge Clvdesles weighing over 2000 pounds, with ms like an elephant's and white fetsks that s?veep the grcund, down to i daintiest darling of a Shetland pony, >use color and white, hardly larger in a Newfoundland dog, and limbed e a deer. Very funny was a group of tra diminutive ponies with their deire little mule colt3 beside them. ,ere were many Percheron and French ich horses, splendid creatures, most them imported, but pe haps the two ist notable animals were Mambrino ng and Al-Monarch. Al-JIonarch, the Id originality of whose Arabo-l reek le cannot be too much admired, is not celebrated for his speed, as for the it that he is the father of El-SIonarch, lorse of 2:17.J record, the last quarter ins: at a pace which would reduce it 2:08 if the whole mile had been at s same speed. H-Monarch did not aself appear in the flesh, but the pubwere consoled by a photograph, penably instantaneous, which represents a as llyiug through the air apparently, four feet being air the ground. I here the instantaneous process has es- i ilishcd the fact that a swift trotting se is frequently detached in that j hion. ^s for Mambrino King, he travels on beauty, having the reputation of be: the handsomest horse in the world, is at least was the claim boldly made him by the placard in front 01 nis c. He certainiy has a beautiful head 1 eyes of inde-cribable magnificence, it was impossible to exhibit him in j tion, the instantaneous photograph 5 again brought into requisition, a ndeifully spirited picture, that reled Job's warhorse. Ue looks there 3 an embodied thunderbolt.?Timeanocrat. The Philosophy of Thunder. )nc of the most terse and succinct criptions of a natural phenomenon is I t recently g.ven by M. Hirn, in which j says that the sound which is known as | inder is due simply to the fact that the j traversed by an electric spark, that i a flush of lightning, is suddenly raised j i very high temperature, and has its ! ume, moreover, considerably inasinl. The column of gas thus sudlly heated and expanded is sometimes eral miles long, and as the duration of Hash is not even a millionth of a scid, it follows that the noise bursts th at once from the whole column, ugh for an observer iu any one place lommences where the lightning is at least distance. n precise term", according to M. Him, beginning of the thunder clap gives the minimum distance of the light 3 * '? 1 U rtf ?K<i frh'itirlnr nhrn y, UUU LUC lcuui.ll l/l 111V i,u iu>.v> ..,.r es m the length of the column. He > remarks that when a flash of lightg strikes the ground it is not necesily from the place struck that the first se is heard. Again, he points out ,t a bullet whistles in traversing the so-that we can to a certain extent low its flight, the same thing also hapling with a falling meteorite just bee striking the earth. The noise ac,lly heard has been compared to the rnd produced when oneteurs linen. It lue, really, to the fact that the ar lidly pushed on one side in front o? i pro. ectile, whether bullet or meteorquickly rushes back to fill the gaj> t iu the rear. quirrel Skins and the Weather.. Tacked upon the wall in one corner oS i room are three native gray squirrel ins. The agile chatterers that were ee within these soft jackets were shot t October in the Maine woods, and their s were t inned and sent to me at thej ne time by an enthusiastic sportsman my acquaintance. The ordinary way which ihese skins are preserved in the umry. is by merely tackinc them upon jood broad shingle, sprinkling a little It over them and then setting aside for; veelv to dry. For almost a year now | ,ve these furs been upon my wallin u < ft, pliant and dry condition, as they ! .uld be. Last Tuesday, though, when J e atmosphere was so excessively satatod with moisture I found them soakg wet, with gTcat beads of water distribed over the surface. The salt with hich they were permeated, had simply , ien unable to withstand the humidity in j ie air, and had, of a consequence, been i ssolved by it. If squirrel skins prove j i be such an accurate register of atmos-j iieric moisture, it might not be a bad j lea for the Signal service Bureau tc; lopt them henceforth as standard hy j rometers.or at least to use them in conaction with their other instruments. { [y skins, as I write, are in normal conition again. V?Nm York New. BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES PROM VARIOUS SOURCES. An Autumnal Idyl?Then Tou'll Remember Me?A Precautionary Measure?A Creature of Habit, Eke., Etc. The rosus from the wild rose-trees Upon the grass are falling, And geese iu happy argosies VI" oAiitKirorH wil/llv PftllinT I , 1 V ? ? L pon the top rail of the fence Tho squirrels marlly chat .er, Ain the forest, deep and dense, 'ine chestnuts gaily patter; And Mary Jane will soon commence To make the buckwheat batter. Then Yon'll Remember Ma Restaurant Waiter (to depurting cus- ; tomer who has failed to give him the i accustomed tip)?"You'll not forget me, will you Miserly Party ? "No, indeed. I'll write you a letter when I get home."? Sif'dngs. A Precautionary Measure. Enamored Youtl ?"Your father treats me with the most distinguished considjration. The other night he called to me as I was leaving and reminded me I was forgetting my umbrella." Sweet Girl?"Yes, papa was'afraid you would be coming back after it the next jvening."?Philadelphia Uccord. A Creature of Habit. "Are you going out riding?" "Yes." "Why do you take that bell along in-' itead of a whip?" ".Because, you see, I bought this horse from the street railroad company and he won't move unless I ring a bell."? Fliesenile Blatter. Not Due to Sarcess. First Poetical Aspirant (to second iitto)?"So you .cay you sent off more than a hundred poems and never had one returned?" Second P. A.?"That's what I said." First P. A.?"It's a.phenomenal success! I wish I knew the secret." Second P. A.?"Well, Fve sometimes thoucrht it was because I never enclosed postage stamps."?Life. He Liked to Be Accurate. Tho farmer's wife ran out to the road ind looked up and down. A trump was jhultiing along,when she hailed him. ' ! say, did you see any cows in the corn in that comer lot?" "No, ma'am," he replied as he lifted his hat, "I didn't see any cows in the corn, but I did see some of the corn going into the cows at ?" But she was off. ?Li e. I Didn't Recognize the Bivalves. Mr. Byam Kegs (from Kalamazoo, with intense disgust).?"Here, waiter, I ordered raw oysters. What on airth ire these nasty black stones! Waiter (petrified)?"Oystahs, sah?on de hatf-shell, sah!" Mr. Byam K eggs?"Haff-shell, is it? Oh, git out I I've eat a million canued ovstera out home, and never saw a shell ' - w on ary one of them!" Careful of His Mind. Woman (to tramp)?"I s'pose you've traveled a good deal in this country?" Tramp-"I know every loot of it, Ma'am, from 1 ortland, Maine, to the Rio Grande." Woman?"Don't ye git tired o'.travelm' sometimes?" Tramp?"Occasionally, Ma'am, I am oppressed with more or less ennui : still, nnthinor likfl travel. VOU kflOW. to broaden one's mind."?T/it Epo:h. Two Pictures. In Courtship?"What makes the stars so dim to-night?" she asked. ''Your eyes are so bright they outshine them," he said, as he tenderly pressed her hand. After Marriage ?"I wonder how many telegraph poles it would take to reach from here to the moon?" she said, musingly. "One, if it was long enough," he snapped; "why can't you talk sense?" ?Boston Courier. What Can He TeN Pa? Clara (shyly;?"You will have to gain papa's consent first, Mr. Sampson, ere 1 give you my answer." jMr. Samp>on (heart throbbing with hope)?"Can I see him at once, dear Clara?'' "I think so. Mr. Sampson; and papa is so absurdly practical, he may ask some foolish questions." What will lie ask? He may want to know how much you are worth, and oh, Mr. Sampson?George (and the name dropped so sweetLy from her lips)?what ^ill you tell him??Sittings. Learning to Shop. Pretty Miss?"Have you any plows?" Jeweler?'*/ lows?" "Yes, or harrows!" "Harrows?" "Yes. or rakes, or hoes, or mewing machines?" "See here, my little miss, you ?eera to be out of jour head, and I don't know but may be I ought to call a doctor or policeman or " "Oh, mercy me! Don't do that! My head is ad right. You see, I wanted to go shopping, and as I had not any money ma toici me to De carenu not to usa joi huvthing the store 1 went into was. LLkeiy to have in stock."?1'hiLidt.pUla llccerd. Food lor a Lover He?"Amanda, this is the neat Tittle restaurant where I have those delicious lunchcs I have ment.oned to yoii but could not describe, and this is Tom, the waiter who serves me my favorite dishes so nicely. (She?"Howsweet, Adolphus." He?"What will you order. Amanda? They have birds, ovsters, and all the delicacies o? the season." She?"Your favorite disli, Adolphus, of course. Waiter, you may fetch Mr. Wigwag's favorite order, which he sa_v? ; you serve so nicely." Waiter?"Yes, lady" (giving order)? "Draw one in dedark. Soused pigs' feet on de lroii."?New York Suiu Vanquished. "Yon malicious nuisance!" exelaimcd the angry business man, "you have been , here every day for the last six months, i How many more times do you need to j be told that I never buy anything of peddlers?" _ I "I am carrying out the wishes of my j late father, sir," said the peddler. "He , called on you 397 times without ever , making a sale and then turned the job over to me. He died of a broken heart, ! sir, and I am fast breaking down, but I I have a son who " "I surrender," said the business man, j brokenly. "I don't want the blood of j three generations on my head. I'll take your entire stock if you quit aad call it square."?Chicrgo Tribvne. A Mean Trick: Gas De Smith has been engaged to a number of young ladies, but thus far he has never married any of them. Beside? being a gay Lothario, Gus is also a poet. , (<n meeting a friend recently l*us re' marked: ' Did you hear that I was engaged again?" "You don't tell me so? When are you going to get married?" ' I didn't say that I was going to get married. I am only engaged." "What is the young lady's name?" "Her Dame is Lucy. Two other young ladies to whom I was engaged were named Lucy. That's why I engaged myse f to this last girl. I can use on this present Lucy the sonnets and loveletters I used on the other two. See?" ?Sij'tin'ji. A Pointed ^oply. After the downfall of Napoleon in 181o, the French Government became liable for the amount of 750 million fraucs, which was to be paid over to Allins within three years, to reimburse tnein for the expense of the campaign. The payments were to be made in in gold, but as the French were unable to raise the amount in gold, the Allies had to be satisfied with silver in payment of the other installment. The people of Paris were naturally very much interested, and took no pains to conceal their anguish at having to part with their gold and silver coin. The sib ect was under discussion one day iii the salon of .Madame de Stael. A youug German officer who was present protected against the Allies being compelled to take the inferior metal in payment. i 'You had better be satisfied," interrupted Madame de Stael; "we paid the first installment in gold, the second in silver, and, if pressed too closely, we might pay the third in iron." "Very well, Madame,'' replied the German officer, calmly; "you can pay the third installment in ircn, if you choose, but if you try it we will givo you a receipt in full in lead " Penelope's "Word* of Comfort. "I enelope, can't you say something to soften the blow?'' implored the young man. "v)h, Philip, Philip! Whatcanlsay? It is all over between us." "That doesn't soften it any," rejoined Philip; ''that's what you said before." And the unhappy youth looked mournfully at a ten-dollar volume of poems he had presented her a few months before, and heaved a sigh so deep, so profound, that it made his shoes perceptibly tighter. "Penelope," he continued, "when n young man builds all his hopes on the promise of a young woman and that young woman deliberately goes back on that promise, it knocks the props, as it were, out from under his hopes, and they come down, kerswash! lou may have a perception sometime, Penelope," he adaed with increasing gloom, "of the feelings of a human being standing by a wreck of this kind and looking at the debris of his own happiness." "I couldn't help it, Philip," she replied. ''I have bccomesatisfied that we were not made for each other. We should not be happy together. We" "Is it because I am a mugwump?" he demanded. "No, Philip, it is not that, I think, with proper nursing, you would recover from that in time. Neither have I any objection to your personal appearance, your position in society, your habits" ,4ily habits!" he ejaculated. "I hope not. Penelope Witherspoon, I never in my life took a drink of anything intoxicating, never chewed tobacco, neve* smoked a cigar, never went to a circus, and never wus in a ballroom. I don't drink tea or coTee, eat peatnuts, chew gum. read novels, swear, gamble, lie, use snu.f, play checkers, sit np lite at night, go to theatres, eat between meals, nor read Amelie Hives. I never kissed a young woman in my life" "As l'ar as my experience goes," asserted Penelope, retrospectively, "I can certify that you have not. ''Philip," she added, with a glow of tender womanly sympathy on her face, "you asked me to >ay something to soften the blow. I think I - an foresee a great future for you. Your habits have fitted you for a sh'.ning career." "In what capacity, may I ask?" "As .a $"iO. -a-week freak in a dime museum.?Chicaqo Tribune. Broadmakingin Norway. Broadmaking, writes a correspondent, was another industry which we had a good op-port-unity of seeing while we changed horses at one of the stations. Contrary to onr expectations, we found white bread everywhere, but the com mon bread is a beavy bread, tlie cniei ingredient of which is rje. Jt is always sour; the good housewife intends it to be so. They have also "flat bread," made of potatoes and rye. It was this kiud of bread that the two women, whom we happened in upon, were making. They were in a little underground room, uniiirhted, except f.-om the door. The walls were of stone and the floor of earth. They were seated one upon either side of a long low table, upon which were huge mounds of dough. The one nearest the door cut off a piece of this and molded it, and rolled it out to a certain degree of thinness, then the other took it. and with the greatest- care, rolled it still more. At her right hand was the fireplace, and upon the coals was a red piece of iron forming a huge griddle more than half a yard across. The bread matched this nearly in size when it was ready to be baked, and' it was spread out and turned upon the griddle with great dexterity, and as soon as it was bakeil it was added to a urcat heap on the floor. The woman saidsheshould continue to bake bread for thirty days. She had a large family of men, who consumed a great deal; they hud to bake very often in consequence. Ia many places they do not bake bread oftener than twice a year; then it is a circumstance like haying or harvesting. We heard an Englishman say of this-bread ol the country: "One might eat an aero of it and then not bo satisfied." Finest State Apartments In Enrope. President Carnot, of France, and Mme. Carnot live at, Fonta nebleau this season in the suite of rooms fitted up by the Empress Eugenie for her son agaiust his coming of uiji!. They have the use of all the private ana state apartments of the palace, all of which have been carefully kept in order for the past eighteen years, although the palace has been practically deserted. The state rooms are said to be the linest in Europe. Fontainebleair was created for the tallest King of h's time, it is said, Francis I., and his height was tho unit of measurement which the architect took in pitching the ceilings and the cross beams of the floor. The cabinet makers did the same, and the sofas and carved chairs, which were just right for Francis, are useless for the present generation. Neither of the Napoleons could sit in [ them witheut using a couple of steps to ' mount upon.?Times-Democrat, i ??'??? WINDOWS. THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROM [ THE EARLIEST PERIOD. I The Glazed Lattice was the Parent f of the Modern Domestic Window-Pann?Irs Introduo- G tion Into England. ft I "What is a window? The answer de pends very mucn on tne age 01 tne woria k. to which the question is intended toap- > ply. A window may be a mere aperture a in a wall, or, at best, an opening covered with lattice-work?such as still exists in , Orientnl countries. Five hundred years j before the building of Home "the mother ( of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice." Probably a portion of the lattice was made to open . by means of hinges or a slide, so as to , afford an unrestricted view. The lattice was the parent of the domestic window, , such as characterize morlern civilization, while the slit in the wall seems to have been the forerunner of the stalely win- f dow3 which ultimately adorned the ec- ii clesiastical edifices of the Christian era. fi Some of the rustic windows at the prea- i ent day are very much like a gla ea lat- p tice. Small diamond panes are aet in lead, and the greater portion of the win- , dow is fixed, while one part opens hori- n zontally on a hinge. Sashes and sash- a lines, with counter-weights, to allow of ^ an easy vertical motion, are refinements h connected with a more advanced stage. In Gothic architecture the earliest . windows were extremely small, 1 terminating in a head of seraicircu- J lar form. Usually there was but a single light, except in bdfry tow- } er.j. With the introduction of the pointed style in architecture, a marked change took place. The windows be- 1 came elongated to a surprising extent, * surmounted by a lancet head. The next * step was to perforate the space between 3 the summits of two lancet-headed lights, 0 and the fundamental principle of the 8 ornamented window was obtained. The t effect on the iuteriorof the churches and other buildings is described as substitut- t ing k,a blaze of light" for masses of C gloom. The full blown Gothic window, t with its many mullions and delicate o tracery, took the place of the contracted v apertures which formerly prevailed. Im- d provements in the manufacture of glass r facilitated the change, and the introduction of the glazed window has exer- e ciscd a marked influence on modern 0 architecture. It is siugular that the a w.ndow, as we now know it, has fol- v I lowed on so late a period after the invea- 8 I nf rrlnaa TViia vitrprinn rnmnmind "* o r I o was little better than a plaything for ages. The ancient Egyptians could make ' glass, hut they never glazed a window. They could make bottles and various ornamental articles composed of colored glass; they could even paint on glass, yet they seem to have missed altogether the idea of producing a clear, lighttranmitting sheet, such as would exclude the weather aud the dust, and yet admit the cheerful light of day. An almost extravagant antiquity has been ascribed to the practice of glassj making among the Egyptians. I)oubtle.-s it was from the bauks of the Nile I 4-K.of tKin naofnl art. lilfcima'elv extended itself to other regions until at last the ! centre of the industry became shifted to Home, where again it suffered de- 1 terioration under the pressure of German ; and Huunish barbarism. In the reign ' I of .Nero the Komun mansions possessed windows which appear to have corresponded very closely to those constructed it England in the seventeenth ? century. But the window glass of the < imperial city was far inferior in quality j to that which is now in common use. It t was uneven in surface, and full of l bubbles, so that objects seen through it must have been considerab y distorted. ( The same is to be said of the glass in the r windows of Pompeii. Pliny's villa had y gia ed windows, some of which reached j to the floor; but these were possibly made ( I of talc, which could be obtained in ? I sheets as much as five feet in length. ? ! Still, it is evident that real glass was i j aiso in use for this purpose, aud to this | t ' extent a window was produced within ; ^ j the meaning of the term now employed, j It is curious that England is mainly in- j j debted to an archbishop and an abbot ] j for the introduction of theglass window. ! At. thfi commencement of the seventh j , century this country had no ''glass j I makers." At that period the windows ! of private dwellings, as well as of j churches, were filled with linen cloth, or with wooden lattices. In the latter part of the century, Wilfred, when Archbishop of York, proceeded' j to effect extensive repairs in the | : Cathedral, at that time ic a ruinous i ! state, and he is described as having "put J j glass into the windows," a provision ! I previously unknown. Possibly he de- ! ! rived aid from his friend and contera- I i po:ary Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, who abcut the year ?i74 brought j jrlass manufacturers over from France to j gla/.e the windows of his monastery and I church. Fi. e hundred years after the era of Biscop and Wilfred, windows of R glass existed in English house*; but de- c oil rlmf-. hfiri hfien done to natural- * ize this industry, tho glass was still im- L ported from the continent. Five hundred E , years yet lat*r on, we hear of Venetian ! artists at Lambeth, under the patronage jj of Villiers, Duke of l.uckingnam, en- t gaged in making "glass-plate" for coach f j windows and mirrors. This brings us , | down to 1(378. A century more tinds r J the French making great progress in the f production of large plates, in which they i j soon met with formidable rivals on this j ! side the Channel. The manufacture of i * glass of some kind was fairly established j e in England more than a hundred years j before the Venetian artists produced i "glass-plate" at Lambeth, this early [ mauufacture being located at Clutched Friars and the Savoy. But plate-glass p was the great achievement so far as win- fc dows was concerned, and to the perfect- c ing of this branch we owe important v practical results, affecting our every-d3j b existence..?Lmdon standard. n ? J Washing Away a Continent. The average discharge from the Mis-1 j< souri into the -Mississippi is estimated at v 1.0 cubic feet per second. This would J b be GuO^OOO cubic yards per day, and i s, 1 >0,000,000 cubic yards per year. At j v flood stage the sediment has reached j v the enormous amount of 4,0u0,00l? cubic j o yards in oue day. This would make a j t ! b uik twenty-three miles long and 100 j 8 j yawls across, and !U00 miles of such1 f I levee in a year. When the uuited rivers j $ j pour into the guif, the output of soil j b annually is twice the above amount, j t! The meaning of such figures it is im- t possible to measure. One hundred and v fifty cubic miles of the continent a tumbled annually into the sea by one ji watershed! The wear and waste of 0 cultivable soil is enormous. But the c great problem for man is how to control the mud-laden waters so that they shall n not destroy ruthlessly on the way to r their discharge.?Ulobe-Demo rat. r ? i; George W. Cable calls Maurice Thomp- n son the sweetest and most gifted of L < poets of the present day. ii POPE LAB SCIENCE. The Lick Observatory is to have a rival a Colorado, 5000 feet above the *ea- I The specific gravity of mttk is about fl .083. Its actual weight is 2.15 pound* fl er quart, or 8.6 pounds the gallon. fl A German professor says that thirty- H ive flashes of common lightning would ;eep an incandescent lamp Darning ior n hour. V According to P.i9teur and rhamberlani, yphoid bacillus is in ninety-nine caaec ut of a hundred communicated through .rinking water. -- *1 The Oastroscope is an instrument bj which the interior of the stomachmaybl Uumiaated, and the coudition of th?j ining membrane determined. It it ft Jelicate and costly iustrumeat. 1 The range of 30,000 yards,attained Jiy, jy elevating one of the newest breech-' oaders to 45 degrees, hus led to the cftl:ulat;on that the ill-ton gun fired al ;hat elevation would cirry twenty mile& The greater part of our asbestos comet rom Canada. The mineral isalsomined a this country, but that found here thua fir has liwn shorter in fibre than the Can* d ian, and is not erjual to it for many par* H oses. fl Crude petroleum is increasingly used as H ubstitute for coal on account of cheap-, H ess and ease of handling. The flour liils arid evaporator woeks at Fenon, lich.. will be run with this "fuel oil" ic.eafter. H The metal balls inside the round sleigh* 9 elis, are placed inside of the sandcore, H rhich occupies the space iuside the belW H n casting the saudcorc is burned away^H nd the piece of metal is closed in the^^f ell form. Dr. Donald C. Hood has collected H lany facts relating to the use of salicylic cid for rheumatism. Of I2i patient* M reated with salicylates, 52S were reliered^^J f their pains within seven days; whereas, fl f l>12 patients treated by other methods,M nly 1 iu were relieved within the samelf ime. jfl A new disease has broken out among be g ape vines of Santa Anna and Sa&H >abriel valleys of California. It i>:H| crmed the sapsour, and the cacr-e of it iO one knows. TTie vines begin tOj^H I'ither and in a short time die. Thalia Lisease is infectious aad spreads very^^B upidly. M A new use for wire is described. It is HI tated that in various military districts Hh if North and South Germany, as well|H .s in Holland, trials have been made of^| rire soles covered with, a substance re-H ambling India rubber. Thc3e soles are H| aid to be more durable than tho3e made if leather, and to cost only about half Hi he price of leather. Hj A novel electric railway is undergoingH :oustruct:on in a suburb of St.- iJaul,^B Hinn. The railroad is an elevated struc-^B ure, and the cars are hung below it oloea^H ;o tbe street level. They haDg from seti^B >f wheels taking their power from t$a^B racks, which are charged with electriei^.Hj L speed of from eight to ten miles, an^H lour is claimed for the cars. ^B The quantity of ice that someiiraitt^B idheres to the branches of trees has beeuH| jreatly over estimated, according to Mr.fll Z. ?. Bessey. In a freezing storm lastH| ?ebruary a line box elder, twenty-five^B eet high,, with a. rounded top fujly^l ;wenty-hve feet in diameter, was brill?H| antly covered with crystals, whoaaH| weight did not exceed 300 pounds. ^B Admiral Lace on Coast Defence, The following views of Rear-Ad?^| niral Luce, given to a Baltimore^* :un man, will be read with intereat^B n speaking of the interior waterways! unning parallel with the Atlantic Coaat,HB tear the shore, he says: O "'I he need of an inlaud system offl| :anals along the coast is nndoabted^^H The strategic naval waterways in a wat^H would be Long Islaod Sound, by hold-^H g which New \ ork and BrookTyn^H :ould be protected, and the Delawari^H itid Chesapeake Bay, commanding tlu^H tpproaches to Philadelphia, Baltimore,^! Washington and Norfolk. It is not .so^H nuch necessary to have a large nava^H orce as it is to have an efficient one tha^H :ould be quickly transferred from one^H joint to another. As soon as the enemy^M 3egin to concentrate their fleet at anjflH >ne point our mouilora and gunboafa^M sould, at a moment's notice, be sent^H hrough the inland canals, with nothiDg^M o molest or disturb them, to the threat^H T> "The Delaware ana luinwu vaua?_ ihould bo deepened so that big vessel^H :ould run through it. The Ches&peak^H iud Delaware Caual should also b^H jroadened and deepened, and its ap^H >roaches, which are bad, should be iio^H >roved. The Government and prirat^^f :orporat)ons should work together in im^H >roving these c:tn :ls. The Erie Cana^H hould be widened and deepened to ao-^H oinmodate war vessels, so that the lake^^H vould be easy of access. Hy holdint^H he Welling Canal England can dispatc^H icr big gun boats and ironclads iotc^H he lakes, where they would work de^^J truction. The United States coulc^H tnly send some small gunboats througt^Mj he canal and over the railroad." |Ha "If I were going to improve th^^B iavv." said Admiral Luce. "I would be^H jin by improving the merchant marine^^B jne may be said to be indispensable t<J^B he other. I would change the law hat a foreign built ship could sailunde^^J he American flag. Then I would, ar as practicable, offer bounties in orm or other for buildiDg steamers^^B taly, France and England have em^^R iloyed this bounty system successfully^ ud I do not see why we cannot do s<^R qually as successfully." A Bird Without a Neat The term night-hawk is commonly ap^H died to several species, all of whicl^H mve certain peculiarities. From it^H urious cry one is called chuck-will's^^J >;dow, this call being uttered so loudl;^^! iy the bird that it has been heard fo^^H learly a mile. About iho middle o^H larch they come back (ram their winte^Hj lilgrimage; and unlike most of th^Hj lirds, they hava no housekeeping tflH ;eep them busy, as they build n^^H ests. While the robbins, humnunjHH lirds, thrushes and others are busilSB couring the country for material wit^HJ vhich to build their nurseries, theohuck^^H rili's-widow is fast asleep in some out^^H f-the-way corner, only coming out i^^J he afternoon aud evening to gather it^^H upply of food. When the time come^^B or laying, our seemingly lazy bir^^H elects some secluded spot and deposit^^l er eggs anywhere on the ground, an^^H he very first glimpse, if we are fo^^H unate in finding them at all, explaii^^B ,-hy she builds no nest. The eggs a^^H Imoat the exact color of the surroun<^H| ngs, and so mottled and tinted th^^| nly by the merest accident are they dil^l overed, and when the two little chuck^Hl rill's-widows come out they are eveHB lore difficult to find than the egg^^H leing very sleepy little fellows thflH arely move, and, though standing wit^^H a a few inches of them, the Observ^^H night suppose them to be two old brow^^R eaves or a bunch of moss, so deceivii^H| i thou- mimicrj. I .n