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LOTS. Wee ttwweerer flower tm earth. To apeak with Its laOgaage sweet I And never a moon to build A path Cot the wanderer's feet, / Were all of the roets dead, I And fallen were every star, Were there no more whir of the strings Of the tremulous guitar (While one in tbe darkness sings, Under the blossomed bough To one in the dark above). Would there be?I wonder now? Buoh a thing as love? Or Is lore a flower that grows With petals soft as a kiss. And breatb ae sweet as a rose? Is love like this? Ob, as long as the gentle band Can loosen the bands of pain, > As long aa the prayer outpoured Can save from the tempter's chain, Whilo Pity can heal with toars, And Plenty can give to Need, Whilo Sorrow has wounds to bind, And Hunger is still to feed, Loyo will be wanted, I know, And love will grow. For it changes not with the moon, ' I It fadeth not with the cold, Kor dies with the singer's tune, Nor grows with tbe seasons old, But it flames the brighter still, And It always will. Lost Lina; -OK,THE BITTER AND TBE SWEET. A Tale of Two Continents. i i BY MRS. NINA LAWSO*. CHAPTER Y1II.?[Continued] "I wonder where Mrs. King is ? Nissou will probably know." She then started for her own room where sho expected to find her maid, but met her in the hall. "Nissou, do you know where Mrs. King is ? I don't believe she is in hei toom. Go look." "No, madam, I know she is not, for ] aw her leave the house while you were at dinner, and 6he has not yet returned." ' "That is rather strange," thought , Gertana. "Have you seen the new lady this 1 evening ?" "No?yes?madam, I guess I did; ] did not know for sure, but I supposed : it was she. "Where and when? Speak quick?" ! "About half an hour ago. I was *vnf xrwTkin/y nn the lawn, when I saw ft very beautiful little lady with long j ! golden curls and a beautiful white ; eat in dress come out of the front door ! and run down the walk, across the street and over in the park." "Oh, Nissou! For Heaven's sake, you did not leave that front door open, ! did you? Tell me the truth?tell me ' all about it." , "Why, what ails you, madam, you look so pale and frightened?" Of course I left the front door open, because I did not know that it was to ba 1 kept lockcd. How did I know but ' that the new lady could go where she pleased?" ' "Well, never mind, Nissou; I know It was cot your fault, but did you j notice which way she went after ah? entered the park ?" "No; I soon lost sight of her among j the trees and bushes. Mercy! Had] but known that she ought not to have left this house, I should not have left 1 the door open." < "Say no more about it now, but go I and help search for her, and come in i ?very half hour and report to me. ' Mrs. King will surely be here pretty ' Boon, and perhaps she will know something of the little runaway." I The maid immediately obeyed her mistress; the house that as ringing with the sweetest music, not over an hour ago, was then still as the dead. Mosfe of the curtains were drawn, and the house was dark and lonely. In less than an hour after Gertana ' had sent Nissou out to search, a closed ' carriage was hastily drawn up at the front gate. The driver quickly sprang i from t"'.3 box and opened the door. In 1 a few^moments he and Mrs. King were \ 1 going up the long gravel walk, carry- I ins? the lifeless form of a beautiful crirl. ' It' was Lenora. Gertana had not Been j the carriage stop at the gate, neither did sAe know that the missing beauty was so near, for, as soon as the servants had left the house she quietly stole into Noll's room, and sank wearily upon her knees by the side of the sofa on | which he lay. The loving, gentle hand that had al- i ays soothed his throbbing brow now J' gently stroked the heavy wavy hair ' * from ofl' his hot, feverish temples. | ! "Oh! dear heaven, I fear I love him j still, miserable, wicked man that he is. ! ' Oh, why was woman thus created, that | ' she cannot be mislress of her own feel- ! I ings? I would to God that I could j hate Sylvester as much as I now, this j ' moment, realize I love him. At times, ; I how freely would I sacrifice my own ; I soul for his happiness; yes, for his sake < ' I -will leave no "stone unturned in the ] search for that poor, unhappy little 1 prisoner. But beware, Sylvester, and j do not weary my sad soul "too much, or j my love may turn to bitterest hatel j I have suffered enough, and shall not j see that poor innocent girl ba mado ta bear what I have borne. I shall be hei I friend." The sad, weary woman sat there for I eome time lost in thought, when suddenly she heard some one come into the hall and start upstairs. "What can that mean ? I hope there is no more trouble coming." and she quickly ran to the hall. "Mercy! Mrs. King, is it you?and oh, heavens, -it is little Lenora?and? ehe is dead." "No, she is not dead, but very nearlj o. Send Tom after a doctor, quick/ "But what on earth has happened to her?" "I know nothing at all about it, onlj what a policeman told me. I say, have Tom go for a doctor." "Tom isn't here; all the servants art out on the search?but, ah! there comcj Tom now. The girl ia found, and almost dead. Now quick for the nearest physician." Tom immediately obeyed, and thej took Lenora to her room, where they laid her lifeless form upon the bed. The driver received his fee, and left the house. "Now tell me all about it, Mrs. j King." I "You 6ee, I hnd to go over on tho j West Side to see my brother on some ; little business matters, and was detained until quite late. Fortunately, I j did not take a carriage, and as I came \ bear the bridge, on State street, I was ; Burprised by~a largo crowd gathered ! round the ambulance. JuBt ns I go! opposite it, to my horror I recognized my poor lady, being carried from an alleyway, and she looked as if sho was dead. Such a time as I had to get a carriage, >nd get her awav from thai , rrowd? I asied one of fhe policemen where he found her, and how she happened to be {here. He, of course, knew nothing about it, except that some ruffian probably had struck her on the bead, for when he found her 6he lay od the ground as if dead. | "As soon as I saw her I noticed thai her pearls were all off her dress, and that her necklace was gone. "I thought it the strangest thins cnder the 1: ?arens as to how she evei got there in that plight, and so faj from home, but since you said she rai away " "Yes, she stole out of the front dooi Wft ile it was'standing open. Poor girl, I yity her!" "Who left the door open ? I supposed she was safe under your and the master's eye." "One of the servants that knew nothing of the lady left the dooi open." "Well, it is all too bad; but here comes the doctor, and high time it is." It was the doctor, and after closely examining the still, lifeless form, with a grave, anxious face, he said: "Ladies, your patient is in considerable danger. She has received a very feervere blow on the left side of the bead. "It will be weeks before she will return to consciousness, and perhaps months. There must be the very best care taken of what little life remains; Bhe is very young and frail to receive such a shock, and if thero is the slightest disorder, or any person she does not like near her, I will not answer for the consequences." Gertaua stood there looking down upon that little round, white, lifeless face, as it rested in its clusters of gold; the little hands, lying across the breast, were almost like a babe's, so soft, so white, and dimpled. The tight-fitting blue satin had been removed, and a long white robe, with ; hooT-ir trimminrra now covered the I * J ????o-? ? -- pretty little form. By the side of the bed stood the nurse and the Italian, whose heart "was then lvnt with temptation. "That poor beautiful girl lying there before me is, no doubt, pure and innocent as I once was, but, for some reason, she is more fortunate than I. Sylvester could not steal her heart as he has mine, and as he has her in person, I heard from her own lips that she did Dot love him, and will never consent to be his wife. "Oh, why ami so tempted and tossed about? Snail I in some way take ?he little life that remains iu tliis little body for revenge upon him, or shall I be more merciful? "Shall I nurse back to life this gir] ?~ 4V*nr> oil fVifl ?uu ceeiiis tu yc UJUAO IUUU world bos des? Shall I do this, and let Heaven deal h'm his just reward? Oh. spe ik, conscience, and relieve my burdened so.il! "Aye, dear heaven, I will do right, For the many wrongs of my life have now blackened my soul darker than night. "I will love and befriend this girl and nurse her back to life. "Then God, the just Judge, will punish the guilty and give me my reward." The doctor had given Mrs. King tli6 leccssary directions and then left the taouse. "While Gertana was standing by the bedside Mrs. Kiug noticed the many changes of the expression of the beau- J liful, sad face, and knowing that Leaora had dethroned the misjudged wornin, a shudder of fear ran through hex large, coarse body, and she said: "Madam, I hope you will be kind to my lady, for she is innocent and pure is an angel. She has been much wronged, I fear." ?"< ? i?i?J VjreriUIia lUUheu up vimi a Diuuc. "You need have no fears on that point, for I intend to devote my whole iirne and thought to this poor injured beauty. Her path is now rough enough without me scattering more stones." The gas was turned low, and Lenora'e new friend retired to her room. The nurse, in soft slippers, stole noiselessly about the sick chamber, while the house was again as still as if the death-angel had stolen away the most beloved. It was very late the next morning before the windows were thrown open, or any signs of life could be ssen at the Noll cottage. The mister of the house did not waken from his long sleep until near noon, and the sun hone bricrhtlv in nt thp " ' "doua "Why, what has happened? What? Nearly twelve o'clock, and I have slept here on.this sola all night! Ah, pes. I know now." It seemed that every particle ol jlood in his borlv rushed to his head, xs memory returned. He then gre.t :>ale and nerv.'us, and started for the icor, s"> excited, so anxious was he to <now whether she was really l-^st? I lost ? forever. Finally the door of his room opened and he reeled into th? , librarv, : "l'o?yon here. Gerlana? Whj hive you allowed mo to sleep so long, when you knew I wanted to know hoM the search ended and how matteri stand?" "It was not nscessary, Sylvester, thai you should be disturbed of the resl that you so much needed. All is at well as could be expected, under th< circumstances." "What! Oh, heavens, is she found and is she safe V" "She is in her room, but probablj will die." Noll raised his hand to hit forehead, and an expression cross* c his pa!e haggard f..co that Gertani never forgot. He sank wearily into ft chart thai stood near -where Gertana sat, and remained silent for some time. "Tell me all that has happened, and just how she is." "About elevon o'clock last night Mrs. King came home -with Lenora in a carriage; we thought her dead, but sent for a doctor immediately. He examined her and said she was seriously injured, and that 6he had received a severe blow upon the left side of the head. She is now unconscious, and, perhaps, will remain so for months. The doctor forbade anyone to be allowed to go near her that was repugnant, and that no one should enter the room but tho nurse. When she was brought in her jewels were gono an I h- r dress was very much soiled. The p dicemon were carrying hor out of an alleyway, on the South Side. wh:-n Mrs. King came along, and wi h some dillieulty she suooeoded in getting into a carriage tlio lifeless form of Miss Lenora. As you know, she left tlie house in her evening dress; no doubt she kept rudiiujr on and o i, like, a mad woman, until some villain n >tieed her jewels, knocked lier senseless, and tore them i'rom her. The nurse says she breathes a little more freely this morning but notices nothing, and cannot Bp' ak," . The news seeuied to hlmoat elua Noll's senses, for he sat long and motionless, -with drooping head and downcast eyes. The manner in -which Gertana had explained matters to him was not- of an angry, jealous woman, but the words were spoken in tones of sympathy, sweet and gentle. T "Gertana, it is asking much of you, I know, but I beg of you to be kind to her and do all you can to save her." "Yes, Sylvester, you ask much; but I had already decided that I could not be so merciless as not to be merciful to the helpleai '< iou are kind, and I am not worthy of your consideration. '' "She does not like Mrs. King, Ger- P tana, and there must be a change of r nurses." u CHAPTER IX. c A month and half had passed and still Lenora would gaze round the room with wandering eyes; at times it Beemed that she strained her mind to recall some of the past, but her efforts were all in vain. Then the heavy white lids would droop over those great boautiful eyes, and she would fall back upon the pillows, weakened and worn from her useless efforts. .not a word or sound l ad escapea her lips since that awful night when Bhe ran her wild, mad race. T 1 i.1 V.i 1 nr>A Xjeiium lity tucit), ucuvrccii mc ouu death, for two long months. All those long weeks there could scarely be the slightest noise heard in the whole house; everything seemed shrouded in death. Noll seldom if ever left the house, and then but for a very short time. Gertana was hopeful and patient, never uttering one word of complaint, yet she sat day and night by the bedBide of the girl who iiad unwittingly stolen her place. Every morning Silvester would linger long, and silentiy pace the floor in front of the room door where she lay whom he so madly loved. The whole household regarded Lenora as something almost sacred, and P j took delight in doing all that could be s< done for the poor little patient. P Every morning the nurse would go h to the door of the sick chamber and is report to the weary, anxious listener p outside always the same sad, unwelcome, "Just the same." o: Noll received this same answer for u two loug months. He never asked how g j she was, or said anything when the tl nurse answereu ms siieut mqiurjr. u Everyone seemed to know his thoughts d and wants from the expression of his ci eyes. On the first morning of the ti third month, Lenora began to notice i< intelligently the things in her room, ]? and there were good signs of her con- jj valescenco. The news brought joy to f( the whole house, and Sylvester Noll ]f Beemed another man. Lenora grew better rapidly, and soon w became conscious of her position and h of the past. (| As neither Mrs. King nor any other a1 of the watchful patient's old enemies Q appeared, she began to feel freer and j, moro cheerful. One day Gertana sent word to the Bick chamber that a lady friend would .. Rite to see the patient. "Who can the \ friend be," thought Lenora. "I am " here, away from all that is near and dear to me, and who that it a friend of a mine can know that I am here, a pris- P j oner of that awful man ? Oh, I must , not think of him, for I want to get quite I well again, that I may escape, and I fl ! I T -1.-11 ,1 7 :i uupu -L BliUll WO UUU1U OUV-UCOOiUi vuau A was the last time. Wlio can that friend f< be? Well she may come in, whoever <] *he may be. ti "Nurse, you may admit that lady who v wants to see me." 11 "Very well, miss." " The nurse then opened the door, and Gertana entered, looking very beauti- e tul in a long white morning wrapper, t with a bunch of red roses at her throat t! and in the heavy coils of her jet-black v hair. t] Lenora could not utter one word aa o the beautiful Italian entered; in fact, i, she knew hardly what to say. She did ], not think it possible that this beautiful t] dark lady was a friend, for she had been with the man she so much feared n when they ate dinner in the hall. All the events of that night flashed through Lenora's mind, and she looked up at lier visitor rather suspiciously. P [to be continued.] c ? - b One of the saddest things in modern b literature is the recent quarrel between a Messrs. Erckmaun and Chatrian. the * French novelists, "who, together, have written some of the choicest works in | the wholo realm of fiction. So close j had been their aftiliation and so re, markable the resemblance in their J style that for years it was believed that Erckmann Chatrian was one man. Foi years they labored together, and were as congenial as brothers. Every one, almost, has*read "Waterloo,' "Madame | Therese," and their other works full of i pathos and patriotism. Few authors have had. such a wide circulation for their books, aud in their declining years it was expected that they would walk hand 111 hand. But jealousy has come between them. Each thinks the credit for their success belongs to himpelf, and now they are bitter enemies. Literature will know them no more, as it is not likely that either alone can produce anything like their joint works. The property of less than 100,000 ' men in the United States aggregates ? more than the total possessions of the f, balance of. say, 50,900,000, if we call h the present population 60,000,000. In s< the State of Michigan, to use a single 1 illustration, one two-hundredth part of ^ the population owns 61 per cent, of n the real estate valuations, and this is a ti better showing than many States make. Ten thousand people own near- a - ?- 1 /-? ? * 1v _*x _ ii ly tlie whole of >ew lorn unv wuu h? 2,000,000 people. The entire bonded debt of the United States is held by )( 71,000 persons only, and over GO per s j cent, of it is in the bands of 23.000 n persons. v ? c rtoair wesiern iarmers fcave been re- r eeiving a circular which opens as fol- c lows: '"To Christian farmer?Do you jl want to get in on the ground floor and n keep the commandments at the same o time? If so, read this." And then it j unfolds a petty swindling scheme, s which first of all involves the payment ( by the farmer of a certain amount of r soot cash. A PRIVATE'S WOES. UN'ISHMENTS IMPOSED ON UNCLE SAMS SOLDIERS. he "Do*; Robber"?Punishment Day at a Western Military PostCarrying Logs in the "Bull Ring.'' "Don't talk to that fellow. He's a log robber.''' In the vernacular of the barracks a (log robber" is h common soldier who erforra* menial duties for an officer, 'he more self-respecting soldiers look pon him a^ worthy only of their con mpt. and he is "sent to Coventry" by very member of the company. TUE "DOC. ROBBER." The fact that an officer's servant is aid from $5 to $10 extra a month often M'ves to reconcile him to the openly-exressod contempt in which he is held by is follows, and so long as their dislike confined to sneers and even curses he ays little attention to them. But woe to the man who lays his hand ii the officer's pet. Dire punishment ignite him nnrl a lone "stretch" in the *""" " "" C3 uard-houss is sure to follow. When jo "dog robber'' gets drunk or comlits some other breach of discipline he oesso with no bitter fear that he will be died to account. His services are enrely too valuable to his superiors to be ;ug dispensed with, so, instead of being lid up by the heels like a common dcnrjuent. he is given a reprimand for >rm's sake and returns to his congenial ibor?. Sometimes it happens that an officer ho is too impecunious or too stingy to ire a servant has some work he desires one. He calls upon a private to report t his quarters at a certain time and lays ut his task. A bit of carpentering, the iviug of a carpet or what not. The jldier knows as we'll as does the officer lat he is not under any obligation to do iic work, but he knows fully as well jal if he refuses it will be a sorry day jrhiui. Every little shortcoming, imnrinary or real, of which he may, in the rejudiced eyes of his superior, be llllty, "Will Dl* Sioruu up n^aiuob iinja. lis Orderly Sergeant will be instructed j keep a close watch of all bis doings, nd whea be makes application for a ew days' leave or for some other iuulgence to wbicb he thinks himself enitled, his request is curtly refused. Iu iew of all this the shrewd soldier will, nless the work is of a too degrading ature, pocket his pride and fall to. Puuishment day at one of thefai Westru military posts is a black-letter day to lie private soldier. It is not so much lie severity of the penalties inflicted rhich make them so much dreaded by be bluecoat. To be locked up in the uard-house on bread and water even has o great terrors for him. The rough life e has been leading makes privations of bat kind easily borne. Extra work of ny kind he will also perform without luch grumbling. lie has danced and is rilling to pay the fiddler. He had been ;arncd that if he did not behave himself roperly while on his leave he would be ailed to account. That he did not profit y the warning, his aching head and loodshot eyes are sufficient evidence, ud now he has been sentenced to twenty our hours in the "bull ring." THE "BULL BING." In this sentence he cannot see the jus tice. "What benefit, he arcues, can th ountry which he has sworn to serve lor 1.3 a month and rations possibly derive om its execution. While he is puzzling is muddled brains in a vain endeavor to jttle the knotty problem he and a dozen r so other unfortunates are gruffly orered to ''fall in.'' With trembling noes and shaking hands they amble cross the parade-ground to the place of jrture. A semi-circular ring about a quarter of mile long has been staked oil, and the risoners enter the enclosed place and land at "attention."' At a word from ho Serjeant other soldiers hearing a bit; for each ot' them, place them on the houldcrs of tlu delinquents. Then the larch begins. For twenty-four hours the 'cary trump is kept up, almost without essation. Round and round the bull ing they go, the log growing heavier at very step. Occasionally they are given sup of water and a cracker or piece of dead, but they are not allowed to linger iverevcn that modest banquet. Finally, ?c man can stand the strain no longer. To grows weak and giddjr in the broiling uu and tumbles down beside his log. A ,'orporal approaches and orders him to e.'time the march. He hardly hears vhat is being said to him, but when ?c / ' ' feels the sharp prick of a bayonet in his leg he makes a desperate effort and staggers to his feet. The big log is again laid across his shoulder and he stumbles on. Another man has just thrown down his burden and declared that he will not carry it another step. They may do what they like to him, he says doggedly, but not another step will he budge. ' Take off his cap and strap him to his log,"orders the Sergeant. After a short struggle, in which the prisoner gets a rough handling, the order is executed. The thermometer registers considerably over 100 degrees in the open parade ground and the suu shines with the flerce heat uf a furnace. Not a cloud is there to cast even a fleeting shadow on the parched ground, and the alkali dust is hot as if it had been baked in an oven. Lying flat^n his back with his late burden under him, the soldier gets the full benefit of the sun's scorching rays. His mouth is parched, and his tongue feels like a piece of dried leather. His eyeballs ache as though they were going to burst, and he would gladly forfeit a month's pay for a glass of cold water. But no, as long he persists ' in his insubordination just so long will he suffer from thirst. Plucky as he is he ;annot stand this agony much longer, for three hours now has he kin there with clinched teeth and eyes tight closed, but lie knows He must euner give in or lie will faint. "Give me a drink and I'll go back in the ring," lie hoarsely says at last and is soon off again on his never-ending tramp. Another soldier is still too much under the influence of the grog he drank the night before to walk even without the weight of the small tree which he has been ordered to carry. The Sergeant being convinced at last that he is not ''playing possum," as they call shamming, orders him given a "dose of pump." He is led to another part of the ground and seated on a camp chair with his hands bound behind him- "While a ;ouple ot soldiers tatce turn about at the handle of a force-pump, the Corporal of the squad directs the stream of water full in the victim's face. This heroic treatment soon has the desired effect,and with a gasp the half drowned man begs the Corporal to give him a a chance to get his breath. He was never quite so sober in his life, A DOSE OF THE PUMP. he says, and promptly expresses his TB?ii?nf/npea to i.tiiv in the "bull rinc" a 1 week if they will only point that nozzle away from his face." All through the night he and his luckless comrades stumble along with their heavy burdens uuder the watchful eyes of the officer and his squad, and it is only at daylight that their weary tramp is ended and they arc ordered to their quarters.?New Yorl Journal. The Genuine Article. Alligator?"That's tight, my friend, take u good look at me. I think I can convince you that I am no imitation alligator like that satchel of yours."?Bazar. ^ A Crop From Seed 4000 Years Old. ! During the season of 1889 a most remarkable crop was raised by David Drew, at Plymouth, N. H. In 1888 Mr. Drew came into possession of some corn grains found wrapped with a mummy in Egypt, supposed to be 4000 years old. These were planted and grew. It had many characteristics of the real corn; the leaves were alternate, it grew to be over six feet high, the mid-ribs were white, but the product of the stock, there is where the curious part comcs in. Instead of growing in an ear like modern maize, it hung in heavy clusters at the top, on spikelets; there was no tusscl, no silk, ?;ach sprig was thickly studded with grains, cacli provided with a separate husk, like wheat grains.?Detroit Free ' Press. Rn-n- and Pnrlipnr. "**% 4 / ?Life. A new miner's clcctric lamp, weighin? ity pounds, and cnpablc of giving a 1 J /?on^lr> i\r\wr*r UnrVif- fnr 10 hfinr<2 ll.QC * I'"" v* *" been made by an English inventor. Tht accumulator of four cells is contained it a wooden box inches high, in frout ol which, in a strong glass dome, is the lamp-bulb and a reflector. The atmosphere surrounds the earth to a height variously estimated at from 40 to 100 miles. It presses in every direction with a force equal to about 15 pounds per square inch. VAGABOND ICE. ~ GLACIAL BERGS WHICH MAKI OCEAN TRAVEL DANGEROUS. Greenland is the Great Factory loi the Formation of IcebergsStudying the Movements of Floating Floes. Ensign Hugh Rodman, of the United States Navy, has just returned from i trip to Labrador and Newfoundland, where he went for the purpose of obtain' ing a more accurate knowledge in reta tion to the movements of ice within the lines of regular ocean travel. He says ir the Washington Star: Newfoundland, and the mouth of the St. Lawrence Rivei yearly send out miles of ice that is extremely dangerous to navigation. Ir deep waters the course of ice can be easilj traced, but in shoal water this becomes difficult. The movements of the ice depend in a great measure upon the various currents that traverse the ocean in this vicinity, as well as upon a great varictj of other forces, and little can be said with any degree of definiteness as to the probable movements of ice beforehand. Hundreds of vessels have been lost from ignorance of the local patb of ice, and many are damaged severely yearly on the same account. Greenland is the great factory for the formation of icebergs and the most ol those that make an annual appearance in the northern waters are from this region. It is a large island, entirely covered by ice, that flows down to the sea and, breaking off, forms bergs and fields. Each glacier produces from ten to twenty bergs a year, an annual output of ice that has been estimated at 250,000,000,000 of cubic feet, or, calculating at the rate of five pounds a day for every man, woman and child in the United States, enough to supply this country for at least a hundred years. But only a small proportion of the year's production of bergs ever reach the trans-Atlantic steamer lines, for many are melted, but more are broken up before they get into the navigable waters. Off the Grand Banks the bergs are the most plentiful during the spring months. There is a great difference in the rates at which Deigs travel, une may reacn tne soumern waters the same year in which it is produced, while another may be several years going the same distance. The ice fields are a great obstacle to the progress of the bergs,smashing them up and causing their disintegration. The ice of the bergs is very brittle, and sometimes the sharp blow of an axe will shatter a berg, and they arc often demolished by the concussion of the report of a cannon. They break up with loud reports that can be heard some distance. Water often melts in crevices of the bergs, and then by some change of temperature freezes again, and then it often happens that by reason of the expansion and contraction due to the change in the condition of the water the icc is split, and thus bergs are frequently destroyed. They melt away as they get into the warmer water of the south, and are ground against the fields nnd broken ice that they meet on the way. Some of them last for several years. They quite often have long, outlying spurs projecting under the surface of the water that are very dangerous to ships, for they are invisible and maj pierce the side of a vessel. Bergs are, as a rule, nicely balanced, and are quite apt to tumble over if disturbed. On a clear day a berg can be seen for a lon? distance on account of its brilliant whiteness, and at night from its refulgence. In a fog bergs may be detected by their apparent blackness, but more often by the echo which they throw off from any such ?ound as a fog horn or a whistle. An instrument on deck catches the echo waves, and by a perfected mechanism their lengths may be measured, thus giving the marinersome idea as to the distance be is away from his danger. Field ice is constantly drifting and seems to have a motion within itself that is always carrying it on in some direction. It often breaks up, drifts and freezes again the same day. Two vessels, caught in the ice near to each other, may, in a few days, be many miles apart, although there is not a time when one could not walk from one to tbe other. The Arctic ice takes several leasons to make, while that made further south forms each season. The latter is jofter and does not last as long as the 3ther sort. Only an average sized berg can get across the banks, owing to the great depth of water which they draw, ind many are grounded there to melt liowiy away. The cod follow the ice down and feed under it, while the seal, the sort that is hunted for its leather and not its fur, makes the ice its breeding ground. This furnishes a lively industry to many fishermen of the north, who go out in fleets ?s soon as the ice begins to come down ind race foi the bergs and fields. The satch averages about $1,000,000 worth each year, but the business is perilous and the risks are great. It is a peculiar fact, that has been lately demonstrated, that all the ice does not form on the surface of the water, but often makes in from teu to fifteen fathoms down. Articles that have been lost overboard have been found in cakes of ice months as years after. As they arc heavier than the water and could not float, this is accounted for by the explanation that there are spots in the under current of the water that are colder than .m top. and ice forms when it could not do so above. The present year has been unusual in the number and the size of the iicrgs that have been sighted, their appearance having been much earlier than ever before. It is estimated that fully >-? o*i ?iuu,uuu a year wouiu ut s?nu alone if steamers could sail in sucb courses that they would not meet ice in their routes. Uoiii? Abroad for What We Hutc Here, Consul Fay, writing to the United .States State Department fcom Stettin, says that the potato crop is one of the best paying in Prussia, and the products therefrom, dextrine, potato liour, starch, etc.. shipped to the United States frora the port of Stettin during the last three months amounted to $50,000. German manufacturers are at a loss to understand why we purchase these products abroac when we have such immense crops ol corn,when it is realized that the percent age of dextrine in corn is fifty per cent, greater thau in potatoes. Scientific farming in Italy is to be un dertaken this year by a company owning a capital of $20,000,000. If the opera tions prove successful, the old wooder plow, pulled by oxen, that has held th< field since an era before the Romai Caesars, will probably have to go. . > - . ? ' -> '' -i . " -V-' ' - - - -t.. 9 MaMMHBanHMHMMMHHaaaMl -WISHING. I "I wish I had ail eagle's sight !" Q Said Johnnie, with a radiant look, H As all sat round the evening light, IE Each occupied with work oreboot? 9 1 'Then on far Eiffel tower I'd stand B t And view the wonders on each hand."" ^ H "But you've no ship to cross the sea?' i V Cried little May, in quick reply. fl "And, if you had?how sick you'd beL B I'd take the eagle's wings and fly? B Then on and on, o'er hill and plain. ? Eight round the world and home again.* "Pshaw! Eyes and wings!" sneered sturdy B "I'd choose, if I a choice could make, H A lion's strength," "And I," said Nan, fl "The lily's breath and beauty take." IS Then sweet-toothed Nell piped, "For my I Give me, from bees, the honey art." B Wishing ran wild. We all were gay, fl Mother sat sewing, weary faced; H Small time had she for books or play, fl So many stitches must be placed; fl . Old pussy stretched, lazy and fat, Close at her feet upon the mat. fl "Mother!" called Dan. "'Tis your turn I now! H What would you take had you ths chanced M She pushed her glasses up her brow \ And gave us all a kindly glance? B "Well, if I could, and 'twas no crime, H "I'd take," she said, "the cat's spar* I time.*' H ?Laura Garland Carr. H PITH AND POINT. 1 Sir Isaac Newton made money by an. apple fall. Some women make money by an apple stand. M Time will tell, but the ordinary maa^fl with an important secret won't give tirae^H , a chance.?New York News. -**fl That the way of transgressors Ls hard, fl I agree. And no wonder?it's trample&i.fl so heavily.?Munseijt Weekly. B Cheek always wins its way SB Where seraphs might despair. fl And that's the reason why H The book agent "gets there." (fl "It must have been a magnificent sight I to see the mighty waves subdued by oil."" fl "It was a kerosene I shall never forget."* fl ? Chatter. fl Whipper?"Why do you call Little- fl short a bad egg?" Snapper?"Oh, it's- fl so disagreeable to have him strike yon? fl when he's broke."?Puck. ^ There's something in the accents of a voice H| That wakes our natures from their quietrest, S As sleepy boys who hear their father's call H9 And know and feel to get right up la beet. H Fond Parent?"Look here! I bought H you the windmill, now what do youu H want?" Little Willie?"Boo! hoo?o? H o! I want the wind."?Muntsifg Week- H Snooper?"Mrs. Griggsmust be a very H talkative lady." Simeral?"Have yoa- fl i ever heard her talk?" Snooper?"No; H but I infer so from the fact that she has a H double chin."?Judge. Bj Mr. Beaumoude?"How do you likethe new coachman, my dear?" Mrs. H 1 Beaumonde?"Oh, he's splendid! His-H hair just matches our pair of chestnut H carriage horses."?Light. "Now, Mrs. Taylor, you will excuse- H me, but before taking your sou into my H employ I should like to inquires asto^^^ whether he has any bad habits." "Wcll^^H no, sir?'cept dispepsey."?Harper's ear. * /..^H " I wish I Lad an idea!" quoth he. " What kind of a one would you Like?" said.. she. M " Well, to tell truth"?and he drew quite ear? IQ 411 long for just one, and that's your eye.. dear." ?Munsey's Weekly. Father?"James, you know I disap- H prove very much of your fighting," but 1 I cannot help feeling proud of you for-^B whipping such a big boy as that. Who&^B did you whip him for?" Son (indig- Bfl nantly)?"Why, he said I looked like you." Biggs?"Old Mr. Dresser, the tailor,. who has been in business forty years, K dropped dead the other day while taking a customer's measure. What do you think of such an ending as that to a man's life?" Boggs?"Fitting clothes, Hj I should say." Butchcr Boy?"Anything else to take-^| out?" Butcher?"Yes, this ten-pound'. JH roast is to go to Mr. Wealthy's residence, jfl and this other ten-pound roast is to go to Mrs. Slimdiet's boarding-house. Now, H don't get them mixed, or we'll lose two-^B customers."?New York Weekly. " \Y no is mat nneiv uresscu ^cunmau < "Oh, that is General Graspum. He made his money as a director ot the Pykrust-^B National Bank." "And who is the ragged beggar talking to him?" ''That Lambswool, who was one of the largcst'Hj depositors in the bank."?Muusey's. BH "This," said the farmer's boy, as he^| ran his fingers about and carefully ab-^H sorbed from them into his system the^^^a licious golden accumulation upon thct^i^H of the pan of milk his mother had thrice hidden away from him. "this is the cream of the joke." Danstille Breeze. BR "Salem! Salem!" called out the con-^M ductor as a train rolled into the station the other day. "What!" said a lady^H turning to the Judge, "is this the plac^^H where they hung witches?" "Yes, yes,"^H replied the Judge, with a twinkle in hisHB ej'e; "but be calm, madam, they don'tHl do it now."?Salem Witch. f %r..A.L? ?... opinio nffnnri is whole-MB iUUHUU, OB iiu aiuuv .vv-, ? some and nutritious, aud may be eaten fra with impunity with caper saucc. In fe-^H male seminaries, where the male element^? is an unknown quantity, side-saddles of^H mutton only should be used, and care^H should be observed tbat the young ladies^H do not indulge in too many capers.?JViwBM York Ncics. Rfl Love or Horseflesh Grows in Pai Hippophagg in Paris continues to crease. The lirst establishment for the^H 1 sale of horseflesh was opened in 1S86,^H and now there are 132 throughout Paris. Last year 10,940 horses, 241 doukeys^H aud forty-three mules were slaughtered^? for food, and two-thirds of the mcatwas^M i made into sausages. When served upj^H with good sauce it is difficult to distin-^H i guis'i horseflesh from beef, but the formei^H L meat smells more strongly. The price I horseflesh is much higher than foraitrly.^H Smallest of All Shetland Ponies. fl| A consignment of 100 Shetland poaiesflH arrived at New York the other day ontjju^H steamer Hindoo, from Scotland. TaHH ! makes the fiftieth consignment iraporte^^B by the same person. In this last lot ther<^H 1 is a pony live years yld, thirty-one inrhe^H high, and weighing I2fl pounds. , Th^H 1 owner says that it is the smallest growi^H Shetland pony in the world. t H