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CONTHAOT8.
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? Blytho winds tfaat ting along the lea,
Whit* o'crada in airy fleeces curl'd,
Fresh reaoboi o i a sapphire eta,
? sound of laughter thro1 the world.
fr^TT ?** ' r > ' t .
A pair of lorsr* In a lane,
A coy c.-quotting with a ring. !
A gleam of son. A scad of rain.
A day in Bpriag.
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Bough blasts that roar across the wold
Chill- mists on mountain-summits sprsad,
Black branches nakad to the oqld, j . . , ?*,
. Tho rlvor frozen iu Its Vo l. ? ? v '< ? >
A gray head either side tho Arc,
Dim eyes that watch- each crackling
splinteV,
A snowy. roof, A snowy spire,
A day in Winter. .
?Ada Lour no Martin, in Lonffmdti'M
Magazine ?, V \
??? 7 ? MWWgBULXL- UUl-UB?
i's wife's room?''
lt'a better than none.*'
"But "where will ymi find tti? W<?
terial f '
^Oh, 111 1m jbound' to find rags
imafwttte;
seemed quit# elated ever her Woo. And]
being one of those active add determined
iprite who lose no time in carrying out a
plan as soon Ailtjl'tronceivcd, we were
not surprised to find her, rtwt day, al?
Hjjfy frtto work 'tpon h*r ptoposod
Ftrat she visited the attic, and over
hanging about. Then she Went over the
whole house, and ransacked every box
and 0l<M6t for anything that could be ap
?to.1 M ii. 4 . ? ?? ,1*. .. *'%>? '? % ? S4J
i That evening she came down covered
with dust and bits of thread, juat in time
to tidy herself for supper.
Deacon Hutching* had coma in to aoe
grandpa on some little buaineaa matter
and at table grandma apologized for th,
abaenco of hot-cakes, on plea of couain
Aroenia's pre- occupation with her carpet.
41 A rag-carpet, oh?" aaid the deacon,
with interest. "Well, my mother used
?to be a great hand on rag carpets; but
acnce her day they seem pretty nigh to
ha' died out. Boema to mo wimmen ain't
as koerful and saving nowadays as they
usod to bo. Now, if I ever get married,"
lie added, with his dry amilo, 4Tllexpect
Mrs. Deaoon llutchlugs to roako a rag
carpet the flrat thing a'most,"
"Then don't ask Buaio or me, please,
deacon,!' said Liiiie, ? archly, "for wo
both hate rag carpets? they're so ugly."
"YoU wont think ao when youVo Been
mine," aaid Cousin Armenia, with a con
fident n64| "and anyways it'll save fif
teen dollars out o' nothing, and that'a a
consideration." ..
Tljo deacon looked approvingly at the
woman Who could mako fifteen dollars
out of nothing. Ho was a good man,
generally liked and respected; bait bore
tho charactor of being rather "closer"
than there was any necessity for, seoing
that ho was well off, and with no family
to support? for tho deacon was a bache
lor.
When Cousin Armenia had uaed up all
her "material," she discovered to her dis
may that at least one-third more was re-<
quired. So sho went again over tho
house, collecting everything before re
jected that could be mado availablo.
Colored hoso and corsets were pressed into
servico ? bits formerly considered too
smnll wore carefully colleoted and
stitched together. Tho vory rag-bag it
Bolf, when emptied, was seised upon;
and oven grandma's old red flannel dust
ing rag did notoscapo. Tho rag carpqt
becarao a standing joke with us.
"There's a pair of leather shoestrings
for your carpet, Armeny," grandpa would
observe, drily, "and some raveled rope
ends in tho barn, if you're a mind to
'em."
But .Cousin Armenia's soul was not to
bo put down by sarcasm, any more than
it had been dismayed by difficulties.
Tho carpet progress od, and about tho
same time Lizzie and I l>cgan to discovor
various ariicles of our olothing missing,
which upon rigid investigation were
found reduced to strips in Cousin Arme
nia's carpot-rag balls. Among other
things wore tho green lining of a cash
mere skirt ? greon being one of the
"skoerco" colors; a Turkey-red curtain,
which was to have been mended and done
duty in Tom's room, and a pair of grand
pi's "trowsers," which, though not yet
condomned to tho attic, Cousin Armonia
had pronounced entirely too shabby for
further wear, and so utilized in hor om
nivorous carpet. ' J
Grandpa Baid little, but, as grandma
informod us in confidence, became very
particular in putting away his clothes,
and instead of leaving his coat hanging
behind tho entry doer or over a chair at
night, alwavs carefully deposited it be
hind his bed or under his pillow .
Ono day the dcacon "happened in"
when Cousin Armenia was piecing to
gether a quantity , of Ivory email scraps
wherewith to eko out hor carpet.
"You make pretty Close work of them
leetlo rag-tags, . Miss Armeny," he re
marked, fii his alow way.
"Yos; I make a p'int of novcr throwin*
away anything that can be put tc a ubo,"
sho returned, complacently. i'But I'm.
dreadful scrimped for rags emough to fin
ish ofTiny, carpet 4n time* Mebbo, doa
con, you' havofrt any old ve*t or such
that yoh'd^glnd to grt rid of, oh ?" ?
Tho doacon said he'd look, and noxt
dayhe-Bcnt over soitto well-worn 6ilk
necktics and pocket-hand kerchief*, (or
which oertriinly too other tiao could have
boeh found, save that which ho himself
suggested, of "putting 'em on a polo to
acaro tho crows with." ? .
"VVe' laughed at the idea of a silk- car
pot ; but Cousin Armenia, without a
word, carefully incorporated them in hor
After this1 sho canvnssod, the Village,
importuning hor frlondgfor "old clothos,"
ana tho tailors and dressmakers for "ael
vege?,^?j> :-'n\ : iiX<Ldi 'i.
And ao ^ :M i!10 .r<5"?f of ?vcry:
body concerned, n suffidionfc ' quantity of
"material" had been provided, and tho
carpet was #Mil to bo fn ivon at a neigh
boring farm-houso. ^
< Moantlmo, we had been busiod in other
preparations for John and his bride, and
when thpse were all completed, toothing
remained save to put dewi Uousm Arme
*l&?loWandTrede with Aer u/ thttlartn
house to get it, and on seoing it, had to
acknowledge that it was as near pretty
as a rag carpet could be, Still ft was
uglV?for how cana-rag-oarpet be nndo
to an^thip^ coarse atfd' tu.a*
< We spent that night at a friend's in tho
country; and noxt morning returning
1,1/r.io and 1 followed. I opened the
door, and stopped short at right of a
pivtty, bright- ooloi'ed, three-ply carpet
lying m the middle of the floor.
'?Why, it'? Mr* Hackctt's carpet 1" Li*
/.io exofaimed; "tho vor y one that we
wanted to buy when she broke up house
keeping."
" Yes," said grandma, a little dubious
ly, mining up behind us, "it soemsthat
Tom, when he heard how tnuoh we want
ed it; that day that he went away, stopped
at tne Bradley's and told Alf to get ft for
him, and Alf never thought of doing any
thing but keeping it Until Tom camo back,
as he did yestorday, just after you hift.
lino lm 5b now," as Tom ehmo bounding
UP stairs, three steps at a time.
IMkkIo and I sprang to meet him, but
Cousin Armenia recoivod his groeting
with the air of a deeply-injured and in
dignnht porson. *
"1 don't son the use of hating two car
pets in one room, " she presently remarked,
coldly.
And Tom had to explain how he had
>t hadvtimo to {pake up his 'mind about
of fp? c*q>et until he l}ad
ho mifWfiiso of luff carpet until he had
Huflly driven bflT in the itago-coafch,
vht?, stopping at tho Hradlnyn ho had
.Kit* *? ??? ft for Mm,
m
> tkatifrmust be sent to
fof Causin Armenia's1
, w?t br its existen?a,
ever having been said to him
j,M said CouHln Armenia, "I've
had all my labor and pains for nothings
Thn idea/' sho added, Indignantly?
could Ixihad for nothing 1" and she looked
Jrtfj nothing, (Win Armenia?" in
sly anything. The weav
OUt feu* dollars; but that
| " And the1 thread for the woof! ' sug
might ho a few dollar*
i "Sa. ^rather' uneasy light came into
her eyes. Sho left the room abruptly.
Then liuie said :
" And the gopd clothing dostrovea,
and tho time spent on preparing those
nun, and the hiring of the wagon to gc
for tho carpet ? what do thdso amount
tot"
"To My nothing of tho new dresa that
must be bought for Kitty Learv, and the
new curtain for Tom's room," I added.
? Why, altogether, these two carpets
bust have . cost about tho same, and
I Cousin Armenia has mado nothing by h<y
economical idea." .
Grandpa was standing behind us. hi .
hands in his pockets, and a v*ry knowing
look in his eyes. ?
"Mebbe you're a lectio mistaken,
Susie," he said, drily. " My own idee is
that Armony's mado more on that rag
carpet than she'd a notion of, and a good
deal more than it's worth. It's likely the
best investment she's over made. ". I
41 Aud meantime," said grandma, wfii
will put Tom's oarpet in the parlor, anq
Anneny'a in this roon ft. BDio's done what
I she thought best, and it wouldn t do to
hurt her feelings."
That evening Tom ?l.vly called mo to
look at Cousin Armonia, who, with a
I kitchon-knifo in her hand, was pruning
away at tho rose-bushes in tho garden,
while the deacon, seated cross-legged on
the fence, was deliberately and carefully
whittling a stick.
"Why, sho will ruin tho bushes 1 1
exclaimed. "See how sho is chopping
thom to pieces. What can sbo bo think
*"What woro you tlflnking of, Susie,"
said Tom, solemnly, "that time in the
parlor when tho doctor was saying some
thing in a low tone and you were de
liberately picking your gloves to pieces?
And then a light flashed upon mo, and
I ran out to tell Liazio that 1 had found
out what grandpa had meant by Cousin
Armonia's "investment." And Li"-6
laughed and mid, "How ridloulovwl"
And then in tho samo breath. "Why,
how nico it will be, Susie. I am so
glad!"
Next day John and his wifo camo, and
wo woro all delighted witb Alico. II*-'1
father had money, and sho had bcon
brought up in a moro dainty stylo of ,
living than wo were accustomed to,
which made us rather anxious about her
being pleased with things. One day,
when sho had been about a week with
us fftftudiuft inquired of John if Alico
were perfectly *atiflficd, or if there was
anything that he would like to havo done
for her? , ' ,
"Only one thing, grandma," ho re
plied, cheerfully. 4 'She's delighted, and
perfectly satisfied and happy; but, you
see she has some fancies which you
would think whimsical. The carpet iu
her room?" . ? , , f _ .
"I knew it!" oxclaimed Li*zlo, flush
ing. ' 'That horrid rag-carpet !"
John laughed.
1 "It isn't its being a rag-carpct that
sho objects to, Liz; but sho has a proju
dice against any sort of a carpet in a
I sloeping-rooui. 8ho thinks it unhealthy
?and, you know, many .physicians hold
that opinion. A Uttlo strip by the bed
side and beforo the hearth is all that she
roquires."
?Til boo to it to-day," said grandma.
And thcnBhe looked up at us. and
laughed a llttlo.
, "Poor Armenia's carpet. seomB un
lucky," sho said.
" Oh, she'll find a use for It." said
grandpa, qulotly. " We must make hoi
a present of .it, Dorothy, and she 11 find
the right placo for it boforo long."
Grandpa, was right. Long beforo
John and Alico movpd into thoir now
house, Cousin Armenia's bright rag
carpet was reposing upon Deaoon Hutch
ings1 parlor floor, with tho deacon s silk
handkerchiefs gloaming conspicuously in
the center, while Cousin Armonia horsclf
moved about, making his homo pleasant
and cheerful for him.
" Saving is making," said tho doacon;
"and a woman who can make fifteen dol
lars out of nothing, is vjofth some
?thNor do I think that his wifd has evei
hinted to him what that carpot really
coBt.-HStown Archer Wtitt. ' m
The Story of a Big Factor/,
" You see thai largo faotoryt It covfers I
tho ontiro block. .Half a million of
money wouldn't buy it. Woll, it was
built by a llttld piece of cord not tnore
than sit inches long." Hero tho speaker
paused and scrutinized the reporter's
countenance for indications of incredu
lity not to say astonishment. But the
narrator was talking to a man who, since
the iotroduotion of the telephone, has
' .13 add It a point of , principle to bo ready
I >i Anything and to boliovo all that he
1 hears. ? Tho Speaker added :
"Kight years ago there lived on the
west Side, in the third story of a cheap
tonement', down near the North river, a
poor mechanic, who was kept poor be
cause he had a passion for inventing; it
amounted to a pa*sion. no didn't drink
and didn't travel with tho politicians,
and all who know his family wondered
why thoy should be so poor. Time
passed on, and still the man was poor.
But at last ho perfected an Invention
the simplest thing on earth? and with
his patent in his hand ho went down
town one day, ana called for tho head of
a house whose check was curfbnt for Ave
figures any whore in 'the street;* The
Inventor pnerod to Kill two-tbkds of hie
patent for $90,000 If tho houso would
bind itself to put $100,000 into factories
for producing tho little thing that he
had invented. Tho firm signed papers
In lees than an hour from the time of
hearing the proposal, and in another hour
the Inventor had converted the ' firm's
eheck for $20,000 in greenbacks. Lots
were bought, and a factory was erected.
Tho business ftpeedlly grow to gigantic
proportions, ami at length the llrm ac
quired all the rest of the block, and
covered it with brick and mortar, and
now the inventor Is ablo to assoclato with
the millionaires. Tho little glovo fast
ener? k pioco of cord about six Inchon
long ana a dozen little metal hooks or
, buttons ? is tho thing that was invented.
I York tfun.
'? ''Nil > i i i i iHMBSMn i
Called Hl* "f,ire."
"My dear," Said a wife to her hus
band, "I shall henceforth call you
"Fire,*.
"Why, love, wlM you apply ?uoh a
|>oon1iar name to mp?" asked hot hus
' "Because you go out generally every
night."? (fori -fVrfsrf.
f i- n. r'n - * i'?4
its ts considered a full day's
yet some young men aot as If
eoula bo courted sixteen hours
tout being tired. \ ?
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Wood wool is now used for drawing
wounds in surgery* It is very absorbent,
as dolicate as cottbn and very cheap; it
will absorb twelve times its weight ol
water, being sponge-like in this particu
lar.
A French meteorologist has in tho ex
posed court of his house two bars of iron
planted in the earth, to each of whioh ia
fixed a conductor of coated wire, ter
minating in a telephonic receiver. Ills
practice is to consult tho apparatus twice
or thrice erery d?*y? and it never fails, ,
through its indications of ?*arth currents,
to givo nolico of the approach of a storm
twelve to fifteen hours ahead.
Professor Putnam, of Hartford, lectur
ing upon his own oxplorations of th?
Turner altar mounds of Ohio, said that
among the 200,000 specimens found were
some showing how largo a space the
mound-builders and their trading allfe*
covorod on this continent. There wen
grizzly bears* teeth that must have comc
From the Rocky mountains, alligators'
teeth from the 8outh, and pearls from
the seashore. Thousands of pearls wer<
found in ono altar, all drilled for string
ing.
Tho vaccination of animals, according
to tho plan suggested by tho eminent
French Bavant, M. Pastour, in order to
protect them against rindorpest and othoi
diseases, has boon triad in British
Burmah with great success. Somo-calves,
elephants, pheep, and a pig w<jre inocu
lated with M. Pasteur's lymph, and,
though they suffered in no way from the
oxperimeut, the calves in particular
scemod to havo been so far proof from
further infection that thoy escaped scot
free when placod several times among
herdB sovcrelv affected with rindcrpoBt.
Those who have never seen tho much
talked-of dynamite explosive will be in
terested to know that it looks very much
like moist brown sugar. Nitro-glycerint,
which ia formed by tho action of nitric
acid upon glycerine, at a low tempera
ture, is the activo agent in dynamite, but
is mixed with some absorbont substance
to render it safor to handle than tho
liquid glycerine. Tho absorbent* mate
rial thus used 1b a silioious earth ? a fine
white powder composed of the remains
of infusoria, and resembling powdered
chalk ; this takes up two or threo tinges
its weight Of tho gitro-fflycorad:) without
becoming pasty, and tho ingredients are
9fsiiy mixed, \oaden vessels and Wooden
spoons being used to avoid dangerous
friction. When flame is applied to this
mass it burns with a strong flamo, with
out any explosion': biit when ignited by
a detonating fuse, or even by a sudden
I )lo\r, its explosive fprco is ' tremendous.
Books Made of Clay.
Far aw?y beyond the plains of Meso
potamia, on tho banks of the river Tigris,
lie tho ruins of tho a^qieuVcH^ of Nine
veh. Not long sine* Hugo mounds of
earth and stouo marked tho plaqe, where
the palaoeaatid Walls of tho proud capi
tal of tho gront Assyrian oranlro , stood.
Tho spado, first of tho Froncnman.'thcn
of tho Englishman, has cleared all tho
earth away, ' and laid baro all that re
mains of the old streets and palaces
whero the princes of Assyria walked and
lived. Tho gods they worshiped and
the books thoy road havo all boen ro
voaled to tho sight of a wemdering
world. Tho most curious of nil the curi
ous things preserved in this wonderful
manner are the clay booka of Nineveh,
The chief library of Nineveh was con
tained in the palace of Konyunjik.t The
clay books which it contains are com
posod of sots of tablets covored, with
very small writing. Tho tablets 6ro ob
long in filmpo, ana when Several- of them
aro used for ono book, the first lino of
tho tablet followiag was written at iho
end of tho ono preceding, it. The writ
ing on the tablots was, of oourae, done
when tho clay was soft, and then it waa
baked to harden it. Then onch tablet or
book was numbered, and assigned to ?
placp in tho library with a corresponding
number, so that tho librarian could readi
ly find it, just as our own librarians of to
day nurabor tho books we read.
Among the*) books aro to bo found
collections of hymns (to the gods), de
scriptions of aramata and birds, stones
and vegetables, as well as history, trav
els, eto.
The Assyrians and Babylonians are
great students of astronomy. The meth
od of telling time by the sun, aud of
marking it by the instrument cbllod a
sun-dial, waa invented by tho latter na
tion. None of our modern olooke and
watches can be compared to the sun-dial
toi accuracy . Indeed, we have to regu
late our modem inventions by the old
Babylonian one, Yohng PtopU.
?Man Always the Same Animal.
Georgo Tloknov Curtis sayS in the Man
hattan Magazine: The most splendid
specimen 01 the Caucasian race that the
civilized world can show to-day has no
more organs, bones, muscles, arterios,
veins, or nerves than thoso which are
found in the lowest savage. N He makes a
different use of them, and that use has
Changed their devolopmont, and to some
el te A has modified staturo, physioal, in
tellectual and moral, and many other at
tributes; aaclimftoand habits of life have
modified comploxion, the diseases to
Which the human frame is liable, and
many other peculiarities. But if we take
historlo map, we :j Arid that in all the
physical features of his animal construc
tion thitt constitutes him a species ho
has been essentially the same animal
in all states of civilisation or barbarism.
And unless wo boldly assume that the
prehistoric man was an animal born with
a coat of hair all over his body, and that
clothing was resorted to as the hair in
snccesstvo generations disappeared, we
can have no Very strong reason for be
lieving that tho human body has been at
any timo an essontially different struc
ture from what It is now. Even in re
Sird to longevity or power of continued
fe, if we set aside tho oxcoptlonal cases
of what is related of tho patriarchs in tho
biblioal records, we do not tin d thlttt the
average duration of human lifo has been
much greater or much less than tht,
threescore and ten or tho fourscore year*
that are said to havo been tho divinely
appointed term. As to what may have
been the average duration of life among
Brehisteric men, wo are altogother In
lie dark. .."i; Vf:
In the manuscript records of the town
of Georgetown, Mum., Appears tliler cirttry
"1640, July 5. There nroso a ftudden
gu?t At N. w, Bo violent for half An t?ou?
m it hlfw dpwn multitudes of tree*.' I?
lifted up the meetlng-houao at Newbury,
the peoplo being in It, tt dnrkenod tht i
air with du?t, yot, through Ooc\,? mercy J
It did no hurt, hut only klllen one Indian |
with the foil of a treo. It wa* stn l^h'
betwm Irrnn ttt4 Hamoton ??
v.'-r.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES.
Ho Took tlie Hint*
Thoy wero sitting alone in the parlor
?when she sweotly remarked :
"George, dear, can you tell mo why it
is that the course of true lovo never runs
smoothly !"
>Jf . "It does run smoothly, darling," said
George, passionately. "What could bo
smoother* than tho courso of our truo
love?"
"And love is blind, is it nptV' she
?went on. . ' >
1 "Yes, lovo is said to bo blind," replied
George, wondering what sho was try
ing to get at.
j-a?'WoU, I cnn tell you why truo lovo
neve* runs smoothly," and sho looked at
tho lapel of his "coat as though bIio
would like to go to sleop t.horo. "Lovo
is blind, and instead of helping tho blind
it is considered the proper thing to pull
,down-the blind."
George acted upon this hint and pulled
down tho blind. ? Philadelphia Call.
Artoniu* Ward In Pcarrb of Plc?*
"Come in here, come in here," said
tho lHte Artcmus Ward, one day, in lios
ton, to tho companion walking with hiiu.
" Come in hero; we will have some fun."
It was a Bojton pie bakery which thoy
entered ? a place wliorc pics were a spe
cialty ? where pies and nothing but pies
wero sold, wholesale and retail, all tho
livelong day. Ward approached tho
counter behind which tho proprietor of
| tho establishment wns standing, and
asked,< in his bland, insinuating voice:
' " Ilave yon any "-pies ?"
"Pics'." replied the astounded pro
prietor.
"Yes, pies."
"Pies!" repeated tho man, still moro
dumbfounded.
"Of course ? pics. Have you any
pics?"
"Pics!" gaspeft tho shopman oner,
more, gazing at Ward as if he thought
him an escaped lunatic.
t " Oh, woll,.if you haven't got any pics
I'll inquire somowlicro else; como on,
Jack." and ho marchcd his friend out of
tho snop again beforo the salesman coujd
recovor his wits.
The Wny U In Doiiqi
The New York Evening Po?t narrates
0 laughable incident of Lord Coleridge's
visit to this countrv. The chief justice
was entertained at dinnor one cvoniug by
a local magnate of a W estern New York
city. The caterer furnished tho refresh
ments and tho china on 'which they
were served, which, by tho way, was a
new and beautiful hand -painted set Dur
ing tho coureo of tho dinnor it is related
that Lord Coleridge said to his charming
hyatcss :
" You will cxcuso the comment, but I
realty must compliment you on tho ox
quis?to beauty of your china."
My lady calmly appropriated tho com
pliment, and gracoiully replied: "Thank
you, my lord. It is used for tho first
time in your lordship's honor."
Thon the dinner moved on to a suc
cessful closo. Judgo of his lordship's
surprise when, at a breakfast given noxt
morning by a legal luminary, ho was
confronted by tho samo beautiful set of
china. But Mb surpriso was augmented
when, on tho following day, the Ijanquet
in his honor, given at a rival city, ninety
miles away, was graced with tho hatd
Eainted china used for tho first timo in
is lordship's honor. ;
Toimooriy,
Mr. Topnoody safe at the supper ta^lo
Tuesday evening -as his wife cleared away
tho things, and after u moment's sile^co
he remarked :
"My dear, do you know what day the
day after 'to-morrow will bo?"
"Of courso I do; it's Thursday."
"I don't mean that,. my doar. Do you
know what anniversary it will be?"
"I don't recall."
"Why, my deir, don't you know that,
it is tho anniversary of our marriage? On
that day, thirtv-flvo years ago, wo Were
made man and wiro, and ? "
"And Pvo had a grudgo against that
preacher ever aiuco," interrupted Mrs.
Topnoody. . ,
??And." he Continued; not noticing it,
"Bince that day. hand in hand, wo have
gone along the pathway of life, gathering
Its thorns and its flowers, bearing one to
other's burdens and sharing one another's
happiness. . Whatever of sorrow wo may
httvo had, my doar, has been llghtenod
by dividing it between us, and whatever
01 joy, has been doubled by a mutual pos
? "That sounds like you had been road'
ing a novel, Topnoody."
"No,- dear, it It merely tho outgrowth
of a pleasant retrospection. Do you
know, my doar, it seems to mo lrtit yes-f
terday since I saw the ofange . blossoms
in your hair, and hoard the muslo of the
mystic words which jpinod two hotlrfci
and two lives in a unity blessed of heaven,
Has time sped on winged foet for you, .
my dear?"
"Not hardly, Topnoody."
"But, my dear, how long have tho joy-,
ous moments loomed to you ?"
"Well, Topnoody, 1 haven't figured it
out quito as fine as hours oud moments;
but taking it in a lump, I should say it
had seemed &b$ut 'our thousand yoais.
I might throw off an hour at two on an
oxact calculation, but not more than that,
Topnoody."
Mr, Topnoody didn't ?*< for .an exact
calculation. ? Merchant- Ttatekr.
... i 1 1 1 1...
J* ?om on crut chrM,
. Mr. Jabod Gazely. travoling salesmon
for the well knowri liquor houso of Gum
cane & liaokot, now wears a paii* of
crutches, not fo/ ornament, particularly,
but mainly for use. Several doys ftgo
Oazoly, while en route for a rural seat of
trade, fell in with a lot of young fellows,
representing many trades and profes
sions. 'They exchanged cardB, flosks nnd
compliment*, old jokes and wearisome
stories. When Oaaely arrived at the
small town whoro he was to transact
business, if possible, ho proceeded at
once to the house whose wants in the
whisky line he had over supplied, but, -
upon entering tho storo, ho sow that a
chango in proprietorship had taken
place. The proprietor camo forward.
"Gdod-morting, sir."
"Good morning. I see that this plaee
has changed ownership. I used to do
considerable business with your ptodc
ce&or, and I hope to merit your confi
dence."
"Your namef*
th* irtattte ami twodL, v..?..?,,
a young undertaker he had met on the
train. The merchant looked at the cant
for a moment and said :
''J am thankful to say, sir, that I need
nothing in your line."
{ % ''But you soon wjll, I hope," replied
barely.
Tho merchant kflit bis brows, droppod
a stitch, pickod it up and proceeded to
knit a while longer.
"I hopo I may not soon need your ser
vices, sir. I don't know why you say that
my predecessor ever had any doaling*
with you, for ho is a young man?"
? ?,4I- know he's a young man," said
Gazely, looking sharply at tho merchant,
"but what dineronco does that make?
He kept his cellar well stocked with my
poods, but that's neither hore nor thoro.
l'vo got tho best in the market, and iust
now wo are soiling at strikingly low
figures. You'll nevor havo a chance to
do better and I ndviso you to lay in a
stock at once. Now, for your own indi
vidual use, I can do tho nice tiling by
you." "
*M)o you take mo for a fool 1"
"Certainly not. I'm cnlv advising
youtoiniy in time Such reasonable
figures jwill not be open to you many
I days longer. I can fix you up in nice
j stylo, so that whcc your friends and
I neighbors come lu ? "
i "You heartless scoundrel 1" exclaimed
I the merchant, wheeling Gazely around
and kicking him from tho door. Tho
fall injurea tho young man, henco the
crutches. Tho mistuko has been dis
covered and bo.th parties, young Gazely
in particular, are sorry that such a lu
dicrous misuiidtM'stauding should havo
occurred. ? Arkpntu'c Traveler.
A White Elephant.
A writer in the London Telegraph Bays
of Barnum's whito elephant, purchased
in Biara and destined for exhibition in
the United Statos: "The elephant is not
white, but of a very disagreeable, lep
rous looking shade of flesh color. This
is probably the first time one of these
albinoB has evor gone out of Asia, and
tho chanccs ore that it would not havo
done so oven now if the present sovereign
of Burmah had not been a lunatic. King
Thecbaw is as mad as any hatter ever was,
and a ruffian aa well. All* that ho had done
yet in tho way of oxtrovagant execution
of his autocratic power is as nothing com
pared to tho sale of a white elephant.
Hitherto it had boeri death to remove
ono from the kingdom, or oven to con
ceal tho /act of tho existence of such an
animal ; for to do so was sacrilege in the |
worst degree. But to sell a whito ele- ;
pliant! There is no language in Asia to
express tho infamy of such a transaction,
eiuco tho white elephant is the sacred
emblem and abodo of Burman divinity,
ft is addressed &8 'Lord of Lords.'
Prle&ts nrostrate themselves as it passes
by. All the honors of worship are paid
to it. A noble of high rank has to be
!,ts chamberlain. Its retinue is ' fit for a
prince of tho blood royal. Not that such
albinos are vory rare ; in India, for in
stance, where it is not sacred, elephants
patched with pink are by no rnfeans un
common.
? "But from time immemorial, when the
old court of Ava was a groat power in
Asia, it has bcon pno of tho emblems of
kingly raijk, a 'symbol of a diviuoly -given
sovoreignty, tho incarnation of tho favors
of heaven, nay, incarnate divinity itself.
Sickness among tho sacrod animals was
ominous of coming evil ; their demeanor
and gestures aflordod auguries, auspicious
or sinister. Thoy wero tho oracles of
Burmah, and, more than this, tho Palla
dia too. Yet for the sake of dollars King
Thoebaw has sold a whito elephant. Ho
has plonty more, it is true ? and elephants
aro expensive pots to keep? but in all its
hl^ory did $gypt ever dcscend to strik
ing a bargain over a godf, or Romo. and
Urecco part, for cash or othbr considera
tion, wit h any thinor that it revered? That
tho elephant will like it is hardly proba
ble, since it is one thing to bo a sacred
ai'))mal, fed upon alldoTtoacieaof the sea
son, and with nothing to do but march
on great occasions in a procession, and
quito another to become tho property off
a Bhowman. Thofco natural ouriositio*?'
aro proverbially dolicato in constitution,
and Tor all that the now possessor knows
his majesty may have sold him ono that
was already in ill health. King Thcobaw
is qUlto unscrupulous enough for any
enormity ? evon getting tho best of an
American speculator.
^ j ? i , Tfte False Prophet.
Tho lfcvm (V Kthnogranhit publishes a
letter from Mocha containing the follow
ing information in regard to the redoubt
able personage who is variously desig
nated '' Tho Muhdi," *' Tho Mahdi " and
4 'Tho Maahdi." Tho last is the spoiling
adopted by tho writer from whom wo
quotO f
I am personally acquainted with the
Maahdi, and first saw him about nine
years ago, at the island of Aba, in tho
Whito river. Mohammed Ahmed is forty
vears of age, was born at Dongolah, and
is tho third son of poor parents, known
rtspeotivply as Abdellald and Amina.
From his seventh year Mohammed Ahmed
attended tho Mussulman school, ana at
tWftlVo years 6z ago he had Completed
the study of the Koran. Thanks to the
devotion of his brothers, who follow the
business of carpenier and boat builder,
he was enablod to follow his studies in
Jfchp neighborhood of Khartoum under
?those able masters El Gourache and Abd
ol-Ayim, sons of the sheik El Tayeh.
It was then that after he had completed
Ms studio* he wout to reside on the island
of Aba, in the White r^ver. He had
neon living there fOr fifteen years ven
erated by The Rbgatahs. when ho under
took to represent himself as the Maahdi
-that Is, the htessoricrer of God for tho
regeneration of IslAmfsm.
Mohammed Ahmed is of medium
height, of a light coffce colored complox
iodj jet-black beards and with three
parallel scars on ouch cheek. Ho is ex
tremely hparo in figure, fot he subjects
himself to tho most rigorous fasts. Jle
fore making his armearance on the stago
pf action ho inhabited a subterranean
caVe^t itt Vhiob, it i? said, ho continually
wept over the universal prevalence of
corruption. His clothing consists Of a
shirt and drawers of coarse cotton cloth:
ho wears sandals on his feet and a small
turban on his head. __
Hair and Fright
Wb<jn a slogleWair is examined through
a microscopn a number of dark irtreaks
and spots aro scattered over it, They are
composed pattly of atr-celts, but princi
pally of pigment. Tho differences in color
of tne hair In different persons, and its
variations in eolor in tho same person at
different periods of life, are mainly to be
attributed to the varying tint and quan
tity of this pigment. Budden fe af Or in
tense grief has turned a person's hair gray
in a singlo night. This ohange of color is
not dpo to tho disappearance of the pig
ment of tho hair, which takes place slow
ly, but upon the stidden development in
tho interior of tho hair of a number of
air-bubbles, which hide and destroy tho
effect of the pigment,
Taonatt, mayor of Walla
Walla, Oregon, has a dog that eats pins
vOraoiovtly,
THE HOKE DOCTOR,
? Danf?ioui Pr?:?lco Common to
VU1?, .
Tho followlug caw Is reported In a
foreign mcdical publioatloui A iwn??
what anaemic ana nWYOua girl, fifteen
year? of age, had aincc her tenth year
suffered considerably from ohlorotlo
troubles, which for the last three years
wore associated witn acute indigestion.
For tho Inst year and a half an extroinoly
movable tumor was noticed in tho ab
domiual cavity, which was by bc uo taken
for a movable kidney, notwithbtanding
the fpet that some of tho symptoms were
not in accord with tho diagnosis. The
poins finally became so severe iLiat lapar
otomy was performed, when the tumor in
tho stomach was found to be mudo up of
short hairs, mixed with vogo table cells,
starch, grains, etc. It weighed fifteen
ounces, and was five and a mui'ter inches
lonKi four inches broad, ana two and an
eighth inches thick. It v.-as compact,
and superficially very black. Tho result
of tho operation wa? complete rolief.
The patient acknowledged that for tho
past four years she had been in the habit
of biting off tho ends of her hair and
swallowing them. The majority of her
schoolmates did tho sumo, bclicvir g it
would givo them clear voices. Seven
similar cases ocour in the literature of tho
subject, and one c?so is recorded where
a malignant tumor of the stom
ach and intestines proceeded from this
cause.
Dinbctn.
In diabetes thoro is ft great loss of glu
cose. Thoro is no uso'iu giving to such
patients free sugar with tlio icToa of re
placing that waste. This is, at first
eight, a plausible theory, but it explodes
on tho first trial in prncticc. The more
you givo of sugar or staroh, in any of
their forms tho tnoro sugar is excretcd
and the worse tho patient becomes, and
you recognize tlio fact that this drain
cannov be replaced. Further, you find,
if you nrovent the ingestion of sugar and
starch, that nearly all eases do better.
You do this by giving albumen in its
vaiious forms, fatty articles and gluten ?
that is, grain firom which tho starch has
been washed; to tlieso may bo added
succulont green vegetables not contain
ing sugar or starch. Tho diet lias to be
varied according to tho tastes of tho in
dividual, according to his circumstanccs
in lifoaud according to tho market which
is acccssiblc. Where money is plenty
and tho market good you can mako a
very good bill of faro without allow
ing sugar or starch, but where you
have to cater to tho palato of a person
in modorato circumstances, with a poor
digestion, you will often find it a matter
of no little difficulty, and will often have
to break your rule and i How a small
quantity of starch or suarar, in order to
prevent the patient from uocoming thor
oughly disgusted with his food. Tho
exclusion o7 sugar and starch from tho
food should not be abrupt, but should
be made gradually. The diet of n diabetic
patient should in general terms be some
thing like this: Breakfast, a cup of tea,
without milk or sugar, but with a sliced
lemon in it, according to the Russian
fashion; a counlo of soft boiled eggs,
broiled chops, beofstoak or fish. Oysters
must bo excluded, as tho livor, which
makes up tho chief bulk of the oyster,
contains sugar. With those may bo given
somo vegetable, ns a raw tomato, ft raw
onion with.vincgar, and a slice of gluten
bread or a ccuplo of gluten biscuits.
Between breakfast and dinner , a little
croam, with a tcaspoonful or so of old
rum or whisky. Dinnor ? moat, groon
vegetables, string beans, tomatoes, cauli
flower, onion, lettuco, (tho lattor con
tains a little sugar, but not oj^^rh to do
fv harm), and ftgniu glut0jU^Rjjil The
Sning meal is similar t<^ffl9HN%Kfnat.
1 these Articlos aro ineS^nWw and can
bo easily procured. ? Dr. Ptppcrt in Med
toil Itecora.
The Abuse of Washington.
In an articlo Jn Ilar^r'* Magazine, en
titled "Our Country's Cradle," the au
thor, T. W. Higglnson, saya: On his last
day in office Washington wroto to Knox
comparing liimsolf to "tho weary trav
eler who eeo8 a rosting- place, and is
bonding his body to lean thereon. To bo
suffered to do this in peace,'* ho added,
"is too much to bo endured by some."
Accordingly, on that very day a Phila
delphia newspaper dismissed him with a
final tirado, worth rememborlng by all
who think that political virulonco is on
the incroaso :
44 'Lord now lettest thou Thv servant
depart in poaco, for inino eyes have seen
thy salvation 1' This was tho exolama
tlon of a man who Baw a flood of blessed
ness breaking in upon mankind. If over
thero was a time that allowed this ex
clamation to bo repoatod, tliat time is
tho present. The man who is tho sourco
of all our country's misery is this day ro
ducwl to tho rank of his fellow-citizens,
and has no longer tho power to multiply
tho wnos of theso United States. Now
moro than over is the timo to rejoico.
Evenr heart which feels for the liberty
and happiness of tho pcoplo must now
beat with rapturo at tho thought that
this fifty the namo of Washington ccasos
to give currency to injustice and to legal
ize corruption . . . Whon we look back
upon tho eight years of Washington's
administration, it strikes us with aston
ishment that ono man coula thus poison
tho principles of republicanism among
bur enllghtoncd pcoplo, and carry his
dosigns agftinst the public liberty so far
as to onclangcr its verv existonco. Yet
Such is tho fact, and if this is apparent
to all, this day should form a jublleo in
the United Btates."
Newspaper Duns.
A writer in tho Harrlsburg (Ponft.j
Patriot truly remarks: Wo prosumo that
some pcoplo think newspaper mon are
persistent duns; let a farmer place him
self in ft similar position nnd see if ho
would not do the sumo. Suppose that
ho raises ono thousand bushels of corn
and his neighbor should come nnd buy a
bushol. and tho price was only the small
sum of ono dollar, or less; ajwl the
neighbor says: "I will pay five amount
in a few days." As the farmer
docs not want to bo small
about tho matter ho says, H all rlcnt." I
Another comes in tho same way until the
wholo of ono thousand bushels are trust
ed to one thousand dlfTorcnt persons, and
not rifle of tho purchasers concerns hlm
self about it, for it is a small amount
they owe the farmer, and of course that
will not he^p him any. He does not
real life that tho farmer has frittered away
his large crop Of corn, and that it* value
is due In a thousand little driblets, and
that he is seriously embarrassed in' his
business booauso his dobtors treat It a?
a little matter. , ?
There Are Over 200.000 horses and 10O,?
000 veljieles of *11 Wod? license t New
SISTER GRACES.
A friend aud neighbor *\id to me:
'Of graces named, there are but throo?
Faith, Hope, and b!o sed Charity."
"Three more,"' I 8nid."thoro should be, friend;
Tbreo more to bios? us to tho end:
May heaven to us thii trio send.
"And If to listen you'll agioe, /
I'll tell their prccious names to thee: y,
Love, Patience, and sweet Courtesy. '
I/ovo should with Faith go hand in hand,
And -
Whl!o
At Charity's
And as her
I' pon tho popple,
Yes; Courtesy
Prepare tho
And bear tho
When
Wo think, my
Too litt'.o of
It is of life a batter part
The ray to warm a troubled heart.
The prcciou*" halm to h'-nl the smarr.
It will the nfcrnost soul beguile;
Where dwelt a frown 'twill plant a smile,
Its influence sjjoeding many a mile.
Then hail, all hail, our graces thrco!
Bend forth their pr.iiso o'er laud and sea
Love, Pntieuee, and swoit Courtesy I
?Mrs. if. A. Kidder, in 13aldwin''s Monthly
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
A grato industry ? Raking tho flro.
A woman seldom writes hor will.
There is bo much of it Bhe can't. ? Blu
card.
Bonanza Flood's daughter will bo
worth $33,000,000. There is a flood,
which taken at the tied leads on to .
fortune. ? Oil City Blizzard.
"I Say No," is the titlo of Wilkio Col
lins' new story. Every gentleman should
carry a copy in his pocket during leap
year. It will siwo wear uud tear of vocal
orgaua. ? Burlington Free
"Why don't you come and kiss me,
Johnny?" suid an ancient maiden aunt
to her youthful nephew. "Because,"
said Johnny, hanging his head, " I'm
afraid of powder." ? Kentucky State Jour
nal.
"Arc you fond of dates?" asked he, as
no passed tho fruit to his betrothed.
"Very much so," replied sho, and then
she coyly added : "I know of a sweeter
dato than this." "What dato is that?"
queried he. "Tho date of our marriago!"
softlv responded tho gentle one. ? -2?ew
York Commercial.
Some genius has won his way to grca
popularity with tho universal choir by
inventing a rubber peyjj^yj^j^j^uttin^_
tho vocalists of tho ore
sion of an exotic whicj
before cat between j
tho crackling quality o
Yonkers Gazette, j.
Tho high-school girl
her a new conundrum
this; "What is tho diromfl >
shooting a man and killiwgSaH .<
"One is
tent to kill, and tho othdr 9 ! . ' ? .
intent to salt." When fthgSM
propounded the conundn^PWfffirfi!^''?
Amy gavo it up. "Well/ 'I'll toll you,"
said Mildred ; "ono is assaulting with in
tent to deprive of life, and thb other is
killing with intent to presorvo in brino.V
And Amy failed to sco tho point. ? Oil
City Derrick,
A BOSTON JJKM.K'H OHIKK.
Claude's arm ontwlnod her slender waljt;
Tho zephyrs fanned hor golden hair;
Sho looked liko sculpture 1 marble chaste,
Sublimely formed, otlurial, fair.
Her little fairy hand he pressed,
And gaiced into hor bright bluo eje; >
Bho nestled softly on his breast,
Thon dropped her hea l an 1 hoavoi a .sigh.
"My prcolous Bello" orie<l Claude, in griof
"Toll what this secret sadness means:
?'Speak, angel ! What can give relief/"
She Bwoetly murmured "Pork ond Bean"."
? Oil VOv Bliavard.
Burning the White Dog. "
Tho ccrcmony of burning the white
dog is annually observed by tho Indians
on tho Onondngo reservation nci\r Syra
cuse, N. Y. "1 ho Indinns aro all dressed
In bright colors, and the chiefs and braves
aro adorned with feathers and ribbons.
Tho dog to bo burnod is first hanged till
it is dead by a dologation of sngAniores
appointed by tho chiefs nnd warrior* of
tho tribe in council. This is doijo in
secret. Tho carcass of tne animal Is
then daubed with spots of red paint sig
nifying a sacrifice of blood. Blu$ and
rod ribbons are tied about tlio .tfuinal,
and tho legs aro fastened together with a
long band of blue ribbon. The dog is
laid beside a stovo, whilo tho squaws set
up a howling, anil tiio chiefs nnd braves
uttor incantations in a low monotono.
This year Chief Welwter rnado tho sacri
ficial address. IIo woro a silver drown,
and asked that tho sins of tho Six Na
tions bo forgiven. A short chant by the
Indians followed, when the dog was
placed in tho stove, together withbaskots
of tobacco and horos. Tho Indians then
depnrted to tholr homos.
Court tho Sun.
Bleopless people-? and 'they arc many In
America ? should court tho surf,. , Tho
vory worst soporific is laudanum, and tho
vory best sunshino. Therefore, it is vory
plain that poor sleepers should pass as
many hours as possiblo in the sunshine,
and as few as possible in tho shade.
Many women sre martyrs, and yot they
do not know it. They shut tho sunshino
out of thoir houses and their hearts, they
wear volls, thov carry paraeols, they do
all possiblo to keep off tho subtlest and
yot most potont influonco which is intend
ed to give thom strength and beauty and
cheerfulness. Is it not tittje to cnango
this, and so got oplor and rosoa in their
pale cheeks, strength in thoir weak backs,
and courago in their timid souls? Tho
women of America aro paio and delicate;
they may bo blooming and strong; nnd
tho sunlight will bo a pot?nt influonco in
this transformation. ? Dio T/Ciotn.
On 11b Hack.
Old I'hineas Rice was onoof tho quaint
types of itinerant Mothodist preachers.
Ho iu>< i a hard patch to cultivate once,
and when h? mado his report to the con
foronco following, ho reported the church
4 'looking up. " Tho bishop presiding ex
pressed nis pleasure, but asKcd fpr an ex
planation, because no one expeoted suc
cess in that jtarish. Brother Bice was
equat to tho occasion, and added :
"Welt, bishop, tho ohurch is on its
back and can't look any other way."
There was a roar of laughter all over