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A folded flower, an 1 whtt It hoi Is f know not, till, unwinding leaf by leaf, | .own Ood'e recrets bidden In Its fold* , jid bare* Its fragrant heart to flioo " f brief,? ; i Aw wb^> lie beauty and significance J Um onr earth dulled senses break al lark Bacin to Its dnst flower turns; perchance I 1 .in,- ? - ' ???*Tirh is 1 REUBEN'S FIRST VOYAGE. , j BV MA1U.TON DOWNING. Come six leagues Inland from (he shores of (be broad Atlantic there lived Si. a farmer who had three sona. I Wifll hit /ililfLt nml pmtnmitt phllrlrrn wc have nothing to do, for they were 1 willing, sturdy youths, whoobiyed their ; kind parents' every mandate, hut it is upon Reuben, the second born, that the interest of this story centre-. He hated the work about the farm, In fact, detested labor of any kind; he was I wilful and disobedient, and was a sore t trial to the entire household. If the lad was sent- to drive the cows 1 to pasture, he would leave them to wander away by themselves, uncared-for, while he went to chase butterflies, or 1 rir tkUmtilK* of tUtt I Tool* . TO*\ 1 in hand,trying to catch the spotted trout which darted hither and thither in the babbling stream. Very fond of reading was the hoy, hut he cared nothing for books that were instructive, he rather chose those containing talcs of adventure, which, it must be said, he devoured ravenously, until 1 ho began to long to become a florro hue- < cancer, or nn Indian stayer of the plains. 1 One t'ny his father railed Reuben to 1 bis side, and eni'l: "My son, I wish you would take the 1 brown mare and put those two sacks of 1 corn,that arc in tin* burn upon her hick, nnd drive to Neighbor flriswold, the ( miller. If you do not tnrry on the road, I you ran easily gel there and bark before 1 milking time." ' This did not at all plenso tho youth, for he wanted to get away by himself and | play; however, he dnrcd not ojienly dis- i obey his father, so he reluctantly started r for the mill with the mare and the two i sncks of corn. Hut t\rst lie stole up into I the little attic chamber which was oer.o pied by hinr-clf and two brothers, and taking a pillow-case from the bed, he thrust into it a few articles of clothing, and then hastened down again without being observed by any member of this busy household. "I shall leave the old farm," he said, I "and no one in this village shall know 1 where I have gone until I return a rich I man." I The lad drove the mare straight to the mill, and tying her to a tree before r Neighbor (Iriswold's door, he told the I miller that his fnthei would come for her n soon. I Then the boy hurried along the conn- r try rond toward the nearest sea-port. | Several miles he traveled, until at length feeling tired, he turned nside nnd s lay down beneath the spreading branches ^ of a chestnut tree, and placing his bun- j, not know, but suddenly lie was awak- I I... I cu?.\i uj iwnuj^ awuiv ?>uu nuunn III?* illm Hud hcuring :i voice in his car Baying: "What, my son! sleeping ?w?y iho best hours of the day? If you are on n journey the time to travel is between sun up unci sun lown." As Ifeuben opened his eyes he saw bending over him a large man with a pleasant face, although bronzed and weather-beaten tv exposure to the elements. At the tir.-t glanee the luti saw by the strangei's clothing that he was n sailor. Now the boy had never met a real mariner in his life, but he had seen many pictures of them and lie was right, in his conjecture. ' Who are you?" asked the young ad venturer, arousing himself and sitting "!? "I'm a jolly tar, my lad, and bound away on a long cruise , but who might you be?" "Jf matters not what I am," replied the boy, "but I will tell you what I am going to be, and that is a sailor." "Say you so, my hcnity? Then you've fallen in with just the right kind of a craft to eiuise with. (.Jon.c with me, and I'll soon have you stowed away in ns tine a ship as ever spread canvass." lleuben was delighted at his good for tune in so quickly finding mi opportunity to carry out his thus far ill matured plans, ami springing to his fci*{ he swung his bundle over his shoulder and said "I am ready. Let us go, f?t ' ?n' I imnnt*r> >?. ?v;:;y <>u liie ?ierp, Dluc ( sea. | "Avast there, shipmate, avast," exclaimed the sailor. "Never start on a i cruise without tirst taking a good de- | pnrtute." So he seated himself on a log, , and pindueiiig some food out of a lain ( die, which he also carried, he gave some | to the hoy, and the balnn?e he ate him- , lam ?nc no sen tnnittHwn,n) ot the ship Fiery Dragon," said the man, between motithfuls. "She is hound away to China. Yuu shall go in her." Keuhen thanked his companion, and , when they finished their repast they , continued their journey along tho road. , The distance to the sea-port seemed to he very short, for the boatswain en- ' tertained the boy with strange tales ot ' the sea and his adventures in foreign " lands, which turned the lad's head, and " before he realized it he found himseit r upon a long wharf, beside a large ship, I that was all ready to sail. 0 ' Here we are, my merry master," ex ' eiaitned the boatswain, slapping Ifouben on the shoulder, with a force which the j] boy thought wholly uncalled for. ' "Here we are, I say, my jolly young tar, jump aboard, lively ! Don't you see ^ the lilies are about to he cast off' One ? "hvv work Kiiii'tlu ? I..... I ? h sci. And with this the manner grasped *1 r the lad 1?y the arm and hurried him up " tin* gang plank, hut the grip of the sailor was so firm that it brought tears ' to Reuben's eves which, however, A the farmer's son was careful to conceal. A Wlun they reached the deck, the n boatswain left Reuben standing by himself, with his bundle still over his shonl f) der. while he walked aft to speak to $ the captain, who was on the <|iiartcr j,| deck. Then the boy heard the latter sav: a| "Ay, ay, bo'sen, right you are. Make A a sailor of him, for good. American ?eamen are altogether to scarce!" ne Reuben felt pleased at this, and al # 'My nam* i? Sea-nick," whs the reply, "and I have hoeu sent to wrestle with ' rou." " ' Oh, go away, please," groaned Hcubeo. "Your presence makes me feel had." "Nevertheless, you must have n ' friendly bout with me," answered the * itrunge, ungainly appearing creature, a? lie rrrospe I the vouth about the waist. * ind, assisted by a heavy lurch of tho vessel, rolled him on to the deck. "Hullo! How now?" called tho boatswain, as he saw hia protege lying in tho loo scuppers. "Up, up, iny son. f you can never be a sailor until you sue- 7 red in throwing this chap overboard. Hut, hold on, I'll send one of your whip- 7 mates to lend y hi a hand, for I think it ' is high turn that joii became acquainted ' with him." The boy was feeling so utterly mis- n rrablc in the firm grasp of his relentless sntagonist, that he could scarcely open liis ej'es to see who it was that was goi ng o assist him in ovcieoining his enemy. All in once, with a whaek, another member of the ship's eompany landed upon his shoulders. " "What, what'" gasped the la I as ho " felt the pain, "'his is no way to help a poor fellow. Hut may be you mistake illv hack for that of this villain Hea?' "Not a bit of it, iny lad," was tho re- Rr ill-, in a sharp, squeaky voice. "My |)( mine is Hopes end, and most always I mi obliged to help young chaps like you . j n mastering our disagreeable companion lerc." 'I his t ime Hopes end, who was very supple ol It i'ly, wound liimselt about Heuhen'a limbs, and, wherever ho touched the n ivice, it cause I great welts q to rise upon liis tender llesli, jiroducing .j, extreme agony. J n The fnraier'a roii, however, was not j ,r wholly (Ic'Htitnt<r of courage, ?in?l, strongy resenting the ii?sistnae; of Kopcs-enu, ,p le staggered to his feet, and, grasping ln iin first persecutor in a strong clutch, ho .(. ntgan slowly toovcrpower him. .|, "I inn completed! I am compiercd!" | 'tilled Sea sick. "Now throw me overman! anil 1 shall nevoi trouhlo you ignin. l-'ear not of committing murder, , 01 I shall ho all right soon, and bo cud y to visit the next ship that leaves )a 30 Thus encouraged and feeling his aii treugfh gradually returning, as the ivn ;rasp of his foe weakened, Itoilhen lifted lis persecutor to th" rail of the vessel iir! Ashe did'so, Hope's'ehfTngntn'emWrlWBa *B liis limbs and he heard the grulT voice of ?j tlie boatswain exclaim "Weil done, my jolly mariner, well fc done. We'll soon make a sai'or of you." in "Oh, I wish I were home again," a] groaned Iteuben. "Tut, tut," rejoined the weatherheaten w son of Neptune. "The voyage is scarce* iii ly begun yet. You've only met two of ?> the crew. Come forward, and I'll in -h troduce you to some of the res! of your roi shipniat *s." ,vi Iteuben staggeiod after th-' burly boat- m swain, but at nearly every step thefrisky little Itope's end renewe I liis antic*. 'I wish you'd send that fellow away," said the boy. "lie hurts me." r f "Oil, you'll soon get used to him, for ,j he is one of those chaps that, as they say on board a vessel, "is in everybody's mess and nobody's watch!" " 1: ,lu>t then the man stopped and opened ,p the door of a large closet, or as he called .,j if, locker. "Come out here, Slush bucket I want th you," and ob?ying the order a curious ra little chap tiresente ! himself. t?i liis body much resembled a paint-keg while h< iottered insecurely ab >ut on his wi liinillinir mill stteiiioitc, I In k I "line you hit, embrace your now shipmate," ?r*i?i tho boatswain. ha Thus I?i<I Ifii, Klu<h bucket sprang up, uf wound his wiry arms about t bo boy'si ill1 nock and pressed bis greasy side closely til to the youth's jaokot. "(Mi, what a vile smell," thought Hen- otr f,.i a inouiont lit* imagined ho dotootod tho faro of Soil sick leering at as liiin ovrr tho 1??11\\arks. "Now, thou, my son, you and S!u?h- mi bucket, hero, will ho daily companions wi for sonic time, and you will have to make many tiips aloft with him, so you'd hot- oh tor start at mice. I * tit your hand into wl liis mouth, ho won't bito you. and when wi rou.i'of un to rovijl rub v.ottr of tho "stick." Mind you don'l get any fi on tho forward portion." lui "No, soo that you do not," spoko up s\t Hope's end, "for if you b ivo any greaso there 1 shall have to embrace you again fa ivhen you come down on deck." to Then as though to luiiry the be- co snhlered lad uiioii his mission, the even w? w I eadv assistant of the boatswain tapped urn none too gently "" sboulderi, nd Ifeubon climhtd into the ri_ri?ai** >lowlv be worke I his way no over the at lines, and when lie came to the top ho aused. Tho hoy feared In n od out is ver the landing and e?>avc I to pass up sir hryugh the luhher hole. he "Avion, there, avast!" lie heard tho op ioatswa.il call, "voull n<,> <? i... .. I . ... < .-iii IUI Hid f jon commence tint way." is And with a ijronn, lit j?rcit risk of ve tiling. encumbered is lie was with his #iz bnoxious coinpaiimn Siujti bucket, the | bu id crept into the top where ho was 1 po nilCCtl tO to tf^nMt \i\s tncAth w( iftcr the unwonted exertion. Jn Looking down from his di/'.v height, is he bov could s S.-t sii k d incing. Co nd skipping on the wive., ;m<l ever nd anon threatening to co te* and reew the tu?sle. Hcuhen, however, pei severe I, a id by nallv ended bis first interview with fbc lush bucket, reaching t!ie deck soiled, fn| rcasy and weary, hut victorious vrr "Well done again, ' said the boatswain, I iprovingly. ' Haven't we a jolly crew? HI)fj nd you haven't met half of them yet." j j.*,M "Oh, please sir, ' said Ketiben, "let erjc e go and lie down, I am very tiled." yej( "Tired! What? And vou want to be ? tailor? No, Indeed, that would aaver j. Sailors hart no right to b? tired, ome aft here, you must learn how to eer, or you'll never become a captain." J The boy dragged his tired liuibs toaid the stern of the ship, where he eaw t man turning a wheel beck and forth, ^ i what seemed to him, a most aimless ^ >rt of manner. / ^ The helmsman pointed Into the bin- ( acle where.the nu iadMflpBflmH||HH||| "Tt oints, each with a different name, and I ou must learn every one of the n." "Ob, I can never do that," faltered leuben. "Yes, Indeed you can," squeaked lope's-end, who aeerned to be ever at he boy's side, "and that too before you ;o to bed." Now this w as a difficult task for ths , outh, and he was obliged to request bis hipmatc at the wheel to repeat them to lira over and over again. Hut the man spoke so rapidly that had < le been talking Choctaw, his words , rould have been fully as intelligible to j 1115 ?JUJ. | Ax the sun began to sink to rest in its , ratery cradle. Reuben's thoughts for th? . iinilreth time in that long, long day tlew . line ward. . In his mind's eye he could sco his two ( rother's driving the lowing cattle up | nm the pastures for the milking. Ilia ( mth'T, tie knew, was trimly ??\lk K?i I right, shining pans to -set the cream* rhilc his father, he fancied, was taking is way to Neighbor Oriswold'a the mil r. in search of his disobedient Ron. and lie brown man*, with the two sucks of leal. Tears filled his eyes, and chased each ' (her rapidly down over his pallid cheeks. i he boatswain, who happened along just 1 t that moment, for .a wonder seemed a ? ttle touched at the evident distress of ? ip lad, and as he really did not iiavo a j ml heart, lie refrained from calling into ( position his invariable companion, \ ope's end. ( lie told Ifeuben that he might go to ? ir galley and get something to eat, and t len seek liis bunk for a few hours. , The youth was glad of this permission, < id hastened in search of his supper, r it, oil! what a meal. There was none ^ the sweet golden butter, light warin scuit, and l?its of cake that usually A need the table of the farmhouse. c Instead, he received a piece of fat salt j nrk and two crackers, ro hard, that , lough Ilia teeth were sharp and strong, | ley failed to make any impression upon j ie:u, and our little run away" crawled , to his narrow blink, tiled, homesick f ill hungry. t Yet though very weary, ho could not j ?ep, for the faces of his dent pursuits f d brothers rose ever before him, while e e sinoke which circled up from tlu lit. nil I....... i?ln?l>>.. In I ... il.. iiost suffocated him. fj "Ah, if I wpii' only home," he \\otil<i oan, but not loud enough to he heard -j any one who might hi- near. : Suddenly there was a great rensnltoti n fleck, then followed a loud, crashing ^ ire, and Reuben telt something strike in as though a hen n had fallen and tho ^ iter rushed in upon lus face. With a shriek, for he thought tho In of tho vessel had boon crushed in to hve v;TuT'iMy( is feet, to tind what i I will tell you, do ir reader. Reuben mnd himself beneath a chestnut tree, a ranch of which hail fallen and struck im while he slept! Then he realized that a terrific storm as raging, and that the noise of a collion, was a heavy hurst of thunder, hile the waters of the ocean, which had ished into bis face, proved to bo night but the large rain drops, which ere falling from a black cloud that was irrying across the sky. Bewildered and dazed, the hoy looked otind. "Is it possible," he exclaimed, "that *111 not on board of a ship I Oh, how ank fill I am !" (Juickly picking up^\j|c? 1'g. Rettii sprang, tctjra* cl?os*n chairman, ai?? sregariiing u. ic elements, he hui aco where ho had ;S iwever, his face was not 111' e seacoast, hut his rapid footsteps were king him in the direction of Neighbor riswold. When the lad reached tho mill the sun ] is just disappearing behind tho trees tli#? wnetu'itril The old mure was found where she 1 been tethered, with the meal already ion her hack. The young ndventurer I d not tarry to answer any questions of ? e miller, but pushed on for homo. As he arrived, he found his father just n " ting out in ot mm. "Where have you been, tny son?" I ked the farmer anxiously. h "I have been u long way beyond the 61 ill, father, while Neighbor CJriswold ft is grinding the com. '1 "(>h, Reuben, when will you learn to P oy the dictates of your conscience; h rich must tell you when you are doing tv rung!" "I have this rtav, " ^'.T'torget, and ft >in this time forward you shall not Fl ive occasion to reprimand me," an- tl ered the boy soberly. ? it Reuben kept his word. He worked >' mutiny upon tho farm, was obedient '* his father and mother, and kind and 01 nsiderato to his brothers, hut it w ?s jcvtual years before ativ one knew w ty the farmer's son had not hvcotnc a ' ilor.? Yankee lilaile. .011 lio Peer Kver WeepI In most species of deer,a hollow which tu known to scientists as the Inch yinal t<> ms, or tear-pit, is found. It is a cavity ln neath each eye, capable of beiug |j( cned at pleasure, in which a waxy sub- tli tnce of a peculiar, disagreeable odor ^ , Recreted. This pit is sometimes ry small, hut often of considerable e. Poets speak of the deer weeping, 5C( t it has not been shown this is not by m, etie license solely. In the case of tho ' pj"( mcrteirt sin#, "tilch the contemplative 1 m, cques watched and moralized upon, it ' u, said : I M( I he big rouu I tears | ursed one another down his innocent nose (l In piteous chase. | ha But this is Shakespeare's poetical in- j ' pretation of the appearance presented /C1 the motion of the glistening edges of i folds of skin which enclose the soled "tear pits." These cavities are nl< y marked in species of deer found in W< a ami the islands of the Indian Ocean, ar I in the common deer of America ami <?< ope. In some varieties in South Am f<? a and Northern Asia they are less do I " >pcd.?at. JjO'tis Itepuhtie. "' fia mm mm ~r" ? >i ? j ? * ** v RiMmitI bUnML,^ p,, ered by ?T?^W?1I??op. two (^ bung on line* or ipteid out pa dryink I , 1^0r? to dry in the ran. Wheo 4i4ca\l they ir? dipped in hot lye. to which has\ , l>eea adde-l a little olive oil and salt. P \fter dipping the fruit in spread oat on I' wicker work to drain and dry still more, \ ifter which the raisins are stripped from 1 the stalks an'i [racked in boxes. But all ' he grapes from which raisins are made ire different from any of our native innr*ioa aflrl varinfioi HAH* nf whirh will inswer for raisics, as their pulp is not Irin and har<i enough, and when we inderUkc to dry them there it little left (Hit skin and seeds. A good lalsin grape mint liavo a fleih of a tirm consistency, lomewhat like that of a good plume or urune, ns the imported article is called, rhe raiaina of California are made from (he European varieties of the grape and lot from any of tho American species. Itaisin grapes will not thrive ia Pennsylvania unless raised iiiAr||l>y. against Appetlto for Breakfast. Breakfast is rather a failure as a meal with town men. That ought not to be. There is something wrong when a man is not vigorously hungry in the morning. Where is the fault? It is in tho late linners? Not in tho dinner, probably, is much as in what is drunk at dinner; n that \nd in the nervoui strain of tho imes. It does not matter whether ,ve dine in the middle of the day >r in the evouing, so long as we line judiciously. But the man who has nuch work to do, and particularly brainvork, cannot dine in the middle of the lay. If ho does, he must make up his nind to lose at least an hour of his most faluablc time. A light luncheon at midday, with no tiinulant stronger than a cup of coffee ?r a bottle of ginger ale, is the suitable hing. But thMUayvtf "" sepniiwt be mwl an u substuiH trior din not*. He who lunches in this way at midday must dine in the evening, and dine well. The business man should dine at 8 :.'!0 o'clock, or it least 7:30 o'clock. The lazy man nay dino when he likes. The man who ins earned liix <1 inner should hnm a trnnil me?not heavy, hilt nutritious; not too laborate, but well selected and well ooked. Dinner should bo the last meal of the ay, except for those who cannot sleep .ithout a little food in their, stomachs, 'hrse may take a cup of cocoa, with a ttlc thin bread and butter, just at the lomcnt of going to bed. II attention e paid to these suggestions very few eople will fail to be hungry at breaki8t.?JIoapit.nl. Courts of t^mcl^Utlon. rf'concftfittWfi effctffl'ffr ( cars in Denmark harF worked to a :harrn and are well worthy of imitation werywhere, and especially in this counry, where ali of our courts are crowded o repletion with business. These aro lot courts of arbitration, but are con- ^ iucted on this plan: Inhere is one judge ' ind two assistants, nono of whom nro ' irofossionuls, but are taken from among 1 dtizens the same as we take jurors, hy r consent of all parties. Kvcry c:iso to ho ? ictcd on must be brought before these t courts of conciliation before it can be ' aken into a regular court of law. The s plaintiff comes without couuscl, none be- " ng allowed on either side, and states his 1 ;aso plainly, and the defendant is sum- J Tinned to nnncnr nn a certain da v. I'ltlini I n person or by proxy, otherwise ho is fined if the case ha*, to he taken to a heard ^ ?nd gWwAdvico or suggestions. The parties are not obliged to take this but it they do, and agree to settle, the judg- 1 ment is without appeal and .'final.?Neu 1 York Ditpah'h. ! His Height Saved Ilim. I P. M. Sciuc h, Superintendent of the ' ^ublic Schools of Sidney, Ohio, stands ' ix feet and seven inches in his stockings. f "I am pretty tall,*' oaid he, "but I ' m clad of it. ' ->v:c my !??? lo ihc Inet 1 hat t am tallei than the average man. ff ' had been of your height I would have t crn in my grave long ago. That may * ound queer, but it is a fact. A few ycais < go I spent a sho;t. vacation visiting a I riend in New York State. Ho is a i rominent man in the little town in which a e lives, and owns a largo grain elevator a nd a tlouring mill. ' J.'If thc lattorio^^bQ^^ )-! roin me. eicvaior .?HtJ *CTBfge bin in tho t eeor.d story of the mil* The grain is i hen drawn from tho bottom of tho bin t ito the machinery below to he ground ' lto flour. We were standing above this ? in on some timber, when suddenly ono 1 f them gave way and I fell into tho s heat. Instantly I was drawn down- i nrd. The pressure was so strong that could not extricate myself. "It was awful. I sank slowly, tut ~ ir"!y. In .ij'itt of every effort. the grain . opt up to my knees, my waist, and it ^ ctned n< if a whole legion of devils were . gging at my feet. My friend was rror stricken, and his attempts to pull 0< t out wen' fruitless. At last iu despara- ? >11 1 cried out* 'For God's sake stop e mill! Shut off the power, or I'll be dead man in thirty seconds!* / "Like a Hash my companion darted to f e stairway and ruslied below. It t*<i tuned an age to me. The wheat'cached rA' se to keT^^^thegrnin. -j Smtdenly i ere rnmn a jar and the machinery > " ">pped. It required n quarter of au . air to dig ino out of the grfu, and if I ' ? <1 been six feet (all I would have been I r orpse long beforo help could have I fol iched me. '?Chicago Mail. ' > While fearing < l\ t\?v walls n( an | ? 1 house in the village *>f Dcntsch J] >dingen. neir the Luxembourg hound v, the workmen found tic corpses of a t romii officer and a private, in full !*?- ?< rm. The bodies were wonderfully well *! eserved. It is supposed that the men re murdcrcl during the Franco-Prus- , ii war. ^ coi THE LABOR WORLD. NlTAOi bmm Chineee miner*. Ohio miners want nine hoars. , tk>MB Chicago tunnel diggers earn f2.T? a ( Hon* Boeton sweaters pay sixteen cents a lay. New York has an Italian shoemakers! ' inion. | Kky West, Kla., has 4000 Idle cigar- 1 PfHLnnui bona tailors were Indicted (or j A BpsTO!* anion will ran a co-operative j hat and cap factor/. ' ( IOAH8 made by Chinese in 8an Franclaoo are labeled "Key West." ' New York bricknaudlers will leave the Federation and join the K. of L. An Omaha contractor on city work has feo ordered to employ union hands. A national convention of textile workers ! Ill be held at Kail Hiver on August 3. The royal arsenal at Kpandau in Pruaria ctmuj ai9cnarga<i a luuuvau'i lairsicis. i | Voiilf aro employed ft" hod-carrier* in | ! AVstrl* at wages of twenty cents per uay. j ore than 180,000 married women are em- ( plied in shops and factories in (Germany. ( Avannah (Oa.) lumber mills nave shut dow\ on account of Kouth American troubleej ' Aikricam laborers in Central and South Amfn-ii aro starving and idle. They get thirtk-tlve cents a day. Ti* coal companies at Mayberry, W. ' V? , have denie<I their miners the right to post up notices of their meetings, but they , hold them just the same. i Thk proprietors of Villery's iron works at UaarUruuUatn, Otrnimty, presented a handSduj inouey bonus to their mUX) employes > Ihei^Jubifte celebration. * t The full returns of the recent elections In Australia give twenty six representatives in Parliament to organized labor. The political movement m Australia is not quite one year old. Thkkk aro V51U0 ineu now employed by tho Crampe, of Philadelphia, and tno weekly pay roll overages $30,009. In a few months this force will be increase 1 to twice its present proportions, in order to work the yard to its lull capacity on the four large naval vessels now being bntlt. NEWSY ULEANINQS. France has 1,000,000 Socialists. CHICAGO has twenty-nine parks. Til k Dutch Cabinet litis resigned. Kansas has 73,000 Alliance farmers. There are 350 cotton mills in tho .South. j Mkxico Is on the verge of another revolu tlou. rilli.ADRi.PHtA has twenty-slz million aires. , The new copyright law went into forco July 1. Grasshoppers are numerouft In North DakoiH. So far this year 1639 miles of railroad have been laid. A railroad is to be built to supplomcub the oucz Canal. China again refuses to receive ex-Senator Plan as Minister. The diphtheria is raging among the California Navajoos. Minister Frederick Douglass has returne 1 from Ilayti. Tub Indian troubles in Arizona hare beeu suppressed L<y troops. Uk 10,757 tarms in Utah, 9734 are made fertile oy irrigation. A kink litbia spring has been discoverer near tVytheville, \'a. Growers of early fruit in California this year reaped a bonanza. Italy has two new stool protected cruisers, named the Ktruria and Utnbria. New Orleans' artesian wells are, fro n some unknown cause, rapidly drying tip. The population of Chinatown in oan Francisco lias fallen nearly 50JO |q the last The assessed value of real estate in Boston for the current year will snow an increase ul about fd0,i>JU,0\W. - LTnfluislietl Rivers. A river, in the proper conception of ^be word, might he defined as n stream ormed by the confluence of numerous ittle rills, and directly or indirectly earying its waters to the sea, hut ?|iiitc a lumber of watercourses of both hcinipheres make an exeeptiou from ilie ;encral rule. On the south slope of the Vtlas Ha nee no L less then fori v rrnnd. ised streams arc wholly lost in the sand, ind Southern California ha at least live ivcrs, some of them as large as the fames at Lynchburg, which fail to reach he ocean in midsummer.?At<o York Voice. Atfi I'.LiliTsjiMUiHl Iliver. j.r.ipnrLn a 1 >nj, viiulei ^l OUIld flVCI h.1S .Ji. uiaeovered in the southern part of Pettis County, Mo. The stream is known to he twenty live feet in depth, and the top of the water is twenty six feet below the surface of the earth. The river was discovered by a farmer, .1. II. Miller, who has for years resided eighteen miles southeast of Sedalia. For a loug tiuio past the members of Mr. Miller's family tiave heard at intervals queer rumbling* is of an earthquake, or approaching itorin. That, afternoon a roaring, enisling noise from the orchard, nc.i; the aouse, brought the members of the fain ly to the spot in a body, and the mys:ery was explained. The land in thevi unity of Mr. Miller's place is eomparaivcly level, and in the orchard a great lole, over sixteen feet in diameter, was risible. The earth had caved in and the pace is constantly growing larger. A imokc-house that stood near had to be noved to prevent it falling inlo the iver. Measurements were taken, and it rrntnrf fo lie fifty-one feef from the Op Ol III VI**' ?* t k|j w vater. How wide Hie river is cannot he old. Several years ago an attempt was nado to drill a .veil close l>v. ami caching a certain depth, ;he tools were ost. It was supposed a picket had been truck, and the work was stopped.?St. rjOuis Republic. It seems tlint the Chinese preserved injjer of coaunerce is not finger at all. he director of tic* botanical gardens at. long Kong has succeeded in obtaining te flower of the plant ti?cd and lias iden<V?d it as the Alpinta Oalanga. Though Dt ginger, it is very nice. l Good as Gold In enfhusl.istle arc thousands of people over tho S rceflts derived from Hood's Harsaparllla. thai they k I hardly find words to e?pres< their ennfldorco 9 and gratitude for this medlelno. "Worth IN Ight In gold" Is s favorite expression of tie-so rm frlemls. f yon are In need of a pwt medlnlnn to purify nr Woof|, loilht up your strength euredyspop , or ereate an appetite, try lloo<r, s.ir~;iparill.?. ^ I. B. Be sure to get J Hood's Sarsaparilla Id by all druggist*. |1; six for |v I'reparo t > tly C. I. IKk?I> & CO., Lowell, M<vm. n IOO Oosos One Doiinr JINITV C9LLE5E lis new buildings, September I, 1891. 1 College of 1'hllosophv and Art-. \ College of tr.merce; A ? --Urge of the Srbnees; A I'Plnlty hn?l; A Seho .l of Tcehliology ; A Law Seh<K>l; A hool of I'olltleal Srlt-nee; A Me-lle.?l School. sr>i> r a > itsi -mil i to JOHN K. (KOWKI.I.. V H President. Trinity I 'allelic J'. (> , .V. C. 'rlnlly High Sell m>| (Preparatory) In Kaudolpn inly, open August I, Whf? Do Frails Grow! A German man of science (Dr. Krauss of Halle) haa Ixjcn making some studies imong fruit tree.'. lie sajs that they deep during the day, and do their growing by night. The fruit of the cherry. For an example, increased nine times ai Fast in size during the t!;? lay. Apples, bowercr, are not <|uite so lazy during the day, for their rate of growth was found to be eighty per cent, during the night tnd twenty per cent. ' by day; that to to say. they arrow four limes as much by ntgbi * *by'day , Lortu Rqniblic. An Important Invention. Pour experienced miners of Morrell, Penn., have invented and applied for a patent for a new safety mining larap that is said to he even better than any now in use. It cannot be opened for the purpose of allowing miners to take a light for their pipes. Another superior quality of the lamp is that it will discover gas jnc and one-haif inches thick or the nine roof, while other lamps will only ihow gas when it is much thicker.? Philadtlphia Reconf. Catarrh Can't he Cared (Vith local applications, as 1 hoy cannot reach Ihe ?? ? of the disease. Catarrh is r blood or [.-(institutional disease, and in order tc eure it .oil have In lake inlerual remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internallv.and acts directly an the blooa and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is no quack medicine. 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HH ready thought him?clf a peraonage of a >ome consequence. d< Soon the ship began to move alowly 0 and majeetically away from the wharf, at and, m one after another of her enowy nlli were spread, ehe bent gracefully w N* the breeze, and aeemed to Hy away a from the land, until in a abort tine ii nothing could be aean but the aea, the ? iky, and a few birds, which circled anwa e? laptrtng maat. , . Now it was that wtuw *wo/t eoJ Mated himself oa the main hatch, l?t he should fall. Pietty aoon a queer-looking little man , cainc along the 'leek, nod, pausing in front of the farmer*! lad, laughed aa he j noted the weebegonc ex presaion of the boy'a face. j "Who are you?" asked the run-away, ^ arid why do ynu make merry at my ex- I nutiliil ' I fi