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l' * fjt N \ ft ! X r t, ?* tyw M>aJ 3 : ? ' I . ? 5 J /I ? . '"??? 71 ? - . " /?<; '>ii< } ; - f?; ]J J V 1J" i Mv ? *v*J ? * (A * . >.^ - "* V T ?? ?r?i * VOL. XL; -? .:: ;' . CAMDEX, S. ?., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1884. NO. 3? ? ?? _ r ? ' ' i ? ? i \foi uTTm She mill I. And I snid. "Sbe 1* dead, 1 could not brook Again ou tnat marvelous luce to look." Dut they took r:>y hand ntid tbey lot mo lu, Aud lvft uii' alone with my nearest kin. 0 net ajrnl't i?!onc Iti that silent phico, w> beautiful dead und I, laco to face *? 1 ?v And I could not .-peak, and I epuld notetlr, D:it 1 stood und -with luvo 1 looked on her. V 1th love, dml -with rapture, and strttntre i surjiriFO 1 looked on the !)(>? nn'' t!it cl'^e-fhul eyes; On thf! pt'rfrff re?, ixnrt th<>ca'-;n rontout, ; Aii<j tyu tity<)'iU'-!t> then in Ucr u-uturcsblcatt Anrt tMe tMn, white luindf unit t>? 1 wrought ' so in tic ti, N aw' ocrvek an to kisses or ?o\ eieJ touvh. ? My.beBuf|ful^)f?'.i'wlj<'uud H" >w:i tbi> ttrifr, ! Tno piluv<Aiiil the >sorro^, thai wo cull Ltfoj ? .. . . . : Who ha! rover fa'ternl vne.vth her cross. Nor murmured whvt. '.of* f^llcwuJ pwlft on 1'jSh, j Ar.i! the unilie tb?U sweetened her lini oway i La} Iljii.t on her Met&cd n.outb thntdtiy. I 1 smoothed lrotn hrr hn!r ii silver thread, Auil 1 wept, but I could not ttilnk her dead. 1 felt, with u wo -Vr toodior for speoeh, She coulil tell >v 'v oaly ttio iiDfrcla toiK'n.. An<l ovi r her inoutn 1 leaned my iur. l^est tin re ir ijrlit I . some ''linx J Bboulil not I hear. Then out from the tdleneo bt-twfcon ua Btolo. I A mesmgo thut tcuohe 1 to my inmost bouI: "Why wee11 y<ni to-day whohavo wept boforo I That the roa.l vi;?- ronj.1:1 must journey o'er'/ . "Why mourn that my l!p? can answer not When uiiKuUii and sorrow are both forgot? I "15i ho! ), r.ll :ny lile 1 have Ioiiri il tor rest? ' Yea, e'eo v^bej 1 In id you upon my breast. ( "Ann now thnt 1 lie in a breathless sleep, liiKtcad of reJ??lei:iR jpi: t'l^-li r.nd weep. "My dopreM, 1 know thut yon would not break, If you couM, my slumber and have mo wake; | "For, thoufili life was full of the things that i bless, | 1 have Dover till now known hnpplneFS." Then I ilrJeil my tears, undjvith lifted head I 1 loft my mother, juy bountiful deud. ?Jnine* Horry UoiisoL IIOAV FLOlfKXC!: mkt IIKR FAT 12. A pretty blonde sat in tho sumptuous ly furnishod parlor of a mansion on a fashionable ijtroet in Washington. Sho wiu. reclining in rathor a listless man ner in a comfortable lounging chair and hor blue eyes had rjithcr a dreamy oxnroesion. llor attire indicated that she was ahpnt to attond somo ontorininment or gathering, for it was composed of some a>it, thick, white material which fell in graceful folds around her tall and lis some figure. The short wide sleovcs fell back from her round arms, upon which gleamed; magniiicent diamond brncolots. Sho was an oxqttisitely lovoly creature, this Floreueo'Bradly, a woman who would attract and hold your attention among a thousand ordi nary beauties, by tho wondorful way , which her graceful figure car:i jd itboif, nlone, ii nothing else. She was simply regal, and to-day sho had arrived at hor twonty-sccond year. Tho beauty of her wide, intolleotuul brow, and her eyes were what attract ed you moat; a world of power lay in them; and yet, 301110 of Florence's fash ionable lady friends whispered to ouch other that she was slightly eccentric. "How oddly sho wears her hair!" eaid one; and "How indoponduntly slic carries hersoli! Sho is almost masculine in her walk!" cries another. Ah, envy! it is truo that Florence wore none of those frin^ey over her beautiful white forehead, which tho fair iU!X call "ban^a; ' neither did sho friz her hair, but let it wave in all its I natural golden uiagniJicent and won- 1 d erf ill thickness, ritriit back from her face, tliuk giving to her featuies thn in t' lli^cnec iliat ot right belongs to wo man's face. Tho male *ox, however, found nr.lh ing eccentr 'j about her; one and ail they wore ready to fall down and wor ship at h<v chrine - from tho youngest to tho oldest for, as I havo said bo foro, sho was wondorfully. lovoly, and hor whito, whito' skin, tho .purity of which was the result of porfoet health and not of washes or powdor, was tho Boorot onvy of every sooioty woman in Washington. A knock at tho door aroused hor from hor rovorio. "Come In!" sho <aid in hor silvory voice, and a footman entered boaring a bouquot of rare boauty, composed en tirely of white japonioas aud purplo helltropo. Floronco started up in a sit ting posturo. "O Jamos, who Sent mo that? How bonutlful it is!" sho criod, rocoiving it from tho servant's hand. *'A man bought it, Mi^s. Ilo said his master nbnt it with 6ompliiuontfl< but didn't loavo nny niimo. Ho riod ofT instantly, Miss, as soon ft/ 10 gavo thom to me," answored tho man. "Vorv woll. Is my slstor-in-law near ly roady, JamosP" "She will bo down soon, hor maid told mo, miss," and tho footman re tired from tho room. "Who can have Bont mo thisP" mus odtho boauty, turning tho llowors round in hor white Ungors. Huddonly her eyes llghtod upon a tiny throo-cornorod pink noto, right In tho midst of tho bouquot, tiod by a nar row violot satin ribbon. With quickly drawn hroath and tromb Hng hands sho untiod tho knot and opened tho dainty, soentod epistle; and tneso woro tho worda that mrtt her eyos: "Filtr rantrion llower, tbnl (tout so shyly stand. wnittnpr tiiy fato nt fceutfr too votiiuro'is unnri, Koop thy Mill pwr-ntiKnn fro?n tho rlfltnK boo; Ijflt not t?o win<1? so rudely wimton ttiooi* ? n,l(' P'owly I" t'>" Miirtimor nlr; Unfold to lovo nlono thy pomtH riiro. J horo was no namo signed?not even an initial. Florehoo Was puzzled, but pleased and excited, too. "It oatinot he any ono of my oirolool gontloman noqunintanbes, boeauso tiioy would have signed thoir namo. ' ft must bo- . 1 cannot guess who It dan hoi" Hhooricd, with a amile and a faint fhtsh, as slie looked again, with pleased eves, at. the bold and beautiful penman ship displayed oil the rose-tintod pa per. "I shall oarry it with mo at any rate to Mrs. Drummoiid's party; who ever tho sender is, ho will bo thoro. lhit how will I know hhn?" Hero Mrs. Bradly, dark anil magni lloont In rose-colored volvot, point faco and diamonds, swept Into the room. Hor face woro an approving and afloo tloilato snillo when sho rogai'dod hor bonutlful sIstoiMn-lhw In her becoming and simplo toilet. . "Doar Flora, you Will be the hand somest girl In the room," she oried, bonding over and kissing thn girl. "Hut, Horonoo, doar, if only you would not wear your beautiful halp swopt baek from your faco so! It Is not fashlonablo. I hssuro yon you ylll ho oallod queer If you do ot drdiis It more In tho pro vMling stylo. "Thank vou, Jane; I am satisflod With my hair and my forohoad as tlioy nro," replied Florondo, dryly, and Mrs. Bradly said no more. "Soo my flowora; arn't thoy booom in# with my colorless attfro^* smllod Florenco, holding up her bouquet for bur I sister's iuspuction. "They woro aont to mo by a nnmcloss admirer. Soo, heto is the uoto which accompanied them." Mrs. Bradly read the uoto with an exclamation of wonder and delight, and admjrtd tho llowors as much as Florence cpuld havo wished. "My dearest girl, they are just tho thing for your pure *tyle of beauty; j they make you look exquisite! Uut, who I can tiie sjeude: b:? Oh, I have it! It must have boon th-t wealthy Mr. Brico ' ?rtiio banker,, yuu know, Who ravod | about you so at tho Bailor's ball ! three woexs ago. It UAist bo he. Such | delicate taste!'' '*\\ iukt, Jatie! Not thiX ugly,vulgar, ' old man!*. I hate him!No, ho never j Wiiuld hafo such'tasto at; is displayed ! In if." touching tlu< bouquet tenderly. I ??My dear, pray don't speak so of Mr. i Brioe. 1 usjtirc you be is extremely ' rich--very wealthy? and could tircsn ! 5 oti and lodgo you like a very queen. I j should be happy if 1 could soo you uet tled as hi.s w :fe," replied her sister, son tcntiousiy. "Ugh! I don't aduiiro your taste then, my dear Jane, and I am afraid, ! if you aro not happy until you see mo 80 established, then your chance of con- | tcntmcnt is very slendor, for you ticvcr ' will tco mo so!" and Florence walked [ nway with a queenly step to be muffled j in e.oak and cloud by her maid Nata- | 'How perverse'e" sighed Mrs. Br:ul- | ly, looking after iier sister's retreating j form. "But she cannot help marrying . wollj sho is so exquisitely lovolyl I am j proud of her." Tho two ladies wore soon ready and Mr. Bradly conducted them to their ' carriage. The drive was a silent one, ' and Florenco leaned back with bright eyes, trembling a little with exoito luent, and holding her llowors, the swcot perfume of which filled tho car riage closely. hen thoy reached tho Drummonds' splendid mansion, brilliant with light that stroamed cheerfully from Tho plate-glass windows, Clio street for a whole block wa* lined with carriages. "\\ o are a trillo Into," whispered Mrs. Bradly to Florence. "Yoa," nodded tho giri When thoy were fairly shown into tho drawing rooms, which were crowdod, a murmur ol admiration '.?a:*, around. Never had Florouee looked so brilliant, 1 hero was a soft, unwonted pink in hor checks, and her largo < .cs s]>arklod like jewel*. I'lini-iuiatoly tho ladies were surrounded I , acquaintances aud friends, and a do/.eji gentlemen at once solicited the girl's. Land for tho lirst waltz; but alio laughingly shook her gulden head. S'le preferred not to wulty, just at or.ee she said. She would rather sit down nud talk to her frleuds. So tho admirers were compelled to give up with reluctance and disappoint .enu She in ado her way over to where tho youngest daug.iter of her ho.uo.3s sat. Margarot Drummond was a biient girl, without beaut)', and way couboquontly oyorlookod und snubbed by her oldor sisters. And for this vory roason Florence always was friendly with tho lonely girl, and an intimacy had spruuc up between tho two so widely unlike in appoarancos. They sat. together discussing tho dif ferent guests. At last Margaret said: "There comes mamma with Mr. Saun ders! Look, Flora, don't you think him as handsome as un Apollo? [ Hi ink hi; is the very handsomest man I ever saw," she concluded enthusiasti cally, in a low tone. Florence look up und saw in truth a handsome man, tall straight, with 11 hr.ndsomo Saxon tact), and oyos as blue as her own. And wonder of won ders! Could it bo? In his coat ho woro a small bouquet of japonicas and helitropo. She had not time to answer Margarot boforo Mrs. Drummond and* tho gentleman cauio up. Sho dropped li<M' oyos iu trembling confusion, and did not raise thom again until sho hoard her hostosa' voico saying, as in a droamt ? ??Miss Bradly, lot mo introduco you to Mr. Saundors. IIo is one of my friends. I want you two to like each othor," and without furthor ado tho la dy sailed away again, taking her youngost daughter with her, anu loft the two pooplo alono. Floroncn glanced up thou. Tho two pairs of bluo oyos met; Mr. Saundors' were smiling; thcu, as thoy both roa lized tho unceremonious introduction given by Mrs. Drummond, thoy both burst out laughing, which took away Florence's embarrassment. Thoy woro soon upon friendly torm* And di rectly the gontl?xnjm said, in a oasual way, J'JIow WoII Vdur llowors becorao you. Miss Bradly! Thov match your dresii to perfection." Flore 1100 looked up, saw a smilo lurkinff in his oyos, and, dropped bora Iu ConfiiHion. llioro whs no doubt now, sho told horsolf, The sondor of tho bouquof, tho writer of tho vorsos was before hor. They daneod togothor soveral tiinos, and wero voted tho handsomest couplo in tho room. "How woll thoy look together!" com mon tod Mrs Drummond to Mrs Brad ly. " I hoy aro both of tho samo com ploxlon, and a splendid match for oach othor. IIo is enormously rlob, my dear. My girls admiro him im moiiBoly. But? then, you know, thoy aro all ongagod?oxeopt Marga-ot, who is too young." . . Whon Florohco laid down upon her couch that night it was to dream of blondo hair mid bluo eyes After that, evening thoy met ropoat edly, and tho gentleman called fro ouontly at Iter brother's houso. Ono day when ho eanio Florenco was alono, hor slstor having gono out shopping with a frlond. Florence, feeling a li? ilo Indisposed, remained at homo. Sho was playing Boothoven whon ho was shown in, but turned quickly, with a woleomiiig smilo, at tho sound of his voieo. They talked of that ovonlng at Mrs. D/utnUlond's party, and Romo noW-'-Floronoo could not tell exactly how?tho gontloman brought forward tho eubloot of tho flowers. She looked up sudden!v right into Ids oyos with hor oloar, diroet gnao. "Yon sofct thom," was nil sho said. Yos, I sent thom," ho returned. "I own It. I was the writer of the verses." I lion, suddenly, "Florence, I had soon you at tho opora. I foil in lovo with you at first sight"* I lovo you now." She did not bluah npd drop hor oyos after fho manner Of ordinary younir women, but looked directly n? hlin. "And I fell in lovo with you the first timo 1 saw yon," sh*? announced calm ly What If hor friends?hor envious la dy friends had heard hor! Would not they havo votod hor more strong-mind ed than evor? I fear no. Whon Mrs. Bradlv roturnod from shopping, Mr. Saundors waft still there. 'Hio woddirtir was eolobrated with great magnlflconoo a month later, and tho hrido wasloyolv If sho was oocontric I. MEXICO'^ UltAND I'ALACE. Where ThotisandH of Human Victim* Wero Slatijfhtcm!. Tho 'Talacio Del Gobomo" of ropub llcaiv Mexico was built by lu kindly opprefca&rs. This inaguilifcentatruoture, occupying1 an outifo square 076 foct id length, built arouud half a dozeu in terior patios, or opon courts, was com me need by the Aztecs ami 1'iniahcd by Corter. aini his Sjrouiah vico-royal eno cossors. It is situated iu tho oast sido of tho square, which is south of tho ca thedral. Thin Square is tho incut beau tiftfl in tho citv, being laid out aftor the Kuropoan fashion, ornamented with flowering shrubs and euolyptus trees, and adoruod with statuei bv tho unfortuuato Carloitu. This is also tho place wlu-ro tho famous Toocalf, or sa erod place of tho Allots, was situated, anil whore at least twouty thousand of' humau victims wore aunually jlaugn tcrcd. racing it: at tho central en trance of this building, whoro dusky soldiers wore walkiug thoir boats, and many others "ofl* duty" woro lounging around, giving It more tho appearance of a monarclnal palace than a republi can capitol, we saw before us tho con- | tral natlo or court- It is about one hundred feet square, surrounded by \ large, heavy stone pillars, thirty feet high, supporting on its rouud-hoadoi 1 arches a magnificent balcony. This | also being faced with arches produces j a very imposing aspect. Hero we ! were introduced to tho otlicer of the j day, who kindly showed ua the iutcr* j esting parts of tho palace. An opportunity was here afforded ua for seeing Maximilian's carriage of i state, concerning tho magnifiooucc of I which so much has been said. As tho , guard opened a heavily-lockod door 1 our oyoa fell upon a carriage of groat ! splendor, at least ton feet high and j twenty foot long, ornamented with rich j gildings covering all tho wood-work, i figures of oherubs, arms of Mexco, sur mounted by hoavy silver work and ! oight very largo pannols of plato glass. Thoso aro thicic onough to defloct a rillc-ball uot striking it perpendicular ly, and oven then tho only danger would bo from tho pieces of broken glass. Tho insido was trimmed with rich' whito damask and silver braid. This elegant carriage, drawn along tho pasoo with it3 prancing stoods, with | uniform drivers, Jivoried footmen, ami ! tho royal personage clad In rich robca j of state, was designod to in/press tho lovers of parado and show. A maguificont flight of stono stairs, twelve foot wido, loads up from tho 1 patio to the main rooms iu the socond 1 Ktory. Going up this stairway wo find | the oftlcos of the republic. Tho prcsi- ' dent and the secretaries of tho army , and nav\ hnvo odious licro. Horc also ! is the hall of the senate, and above on tho roof the central meteorological ob servatory with tho best telescopo in Mexico. Wo passed through several ante rooms in which were huge marblo vases, exquisite in workmashlp, with tho arms of Mexico upon them. This coat-of-arms, which was also paintod on tho wlniow-shndes, consists of an caglo witn extonded wings sitting on a cactus plant and contending with a serj cut, It is the old symbol of tho I Aztecs. Wo then cauie to tho ambassador's hail, tliroo hundred feet long and twouty-flvo wide. This room is' lights i od by fifty candolabra and six vory ! largo chandeliers covered with crystal | l-ondants. It is nlno arranged so as to i bo capabhi of division into smaller rooms by moans of crimson curtains. Moxico has sought to improt-.i it3 | own history on its foreign ambassadors by putting on tho walls of this par.thiV on the pi-rtraits of its republican he roes. First comes Hidalgo, an insur gent priest, who was killed whilo en deavoring to secure the liberty of Mex ico. Ilis portrait :s accompanied by that of anothor priest, Morales; then Guor '"'?o; It.urbido, who attempted to becomo omporor; Juarcg, tho famous Indian proaidont; Diaz, who is likoly to becomo prosidont again noxt Juno; Mina Arista, who was prominont in tho negotiations that brought tho war with tho United States to a close, and lastly, anothor priost, namod Matamoras, Ono Amorican has boon admittod to this hall?namely, Washington. In this hall is a largo painting* twonty-scvon foot long, Bhowing tho battlo of Puobla. on tho Clnco do Mavo, when tho Moxi cans dofoatod tho Ifrouoh. It is to bo romemborod that in this battlo, when tho national oxlstonoo was at stako, tho Moxlcans, ospocially tho Indians, fought with moro courago than ovor boforo. At one sido of tho painting Is a bust of Gon. Largorotfa, tho loador of tho Moxloana in this battlo. ihus this imposing room is designed to proservo tho important facto and factors of tho history of tho ropublic, to immortalizo its Mexican horoes, ?o stimulate patriotism, and insuro tho dovotion of all obnorvors to tho futuro wolfaro of tho stato.?Cor. Denver News. IirtAkor'H Itomanco. Thoro has just nppoarod under tho titlo, "Evonomonts d'uno nmo hu malno," a biography of I)r. Edward Laskor, lato ohlof of tho Lihoral party in Gomiony.-* Wo find tho following lovo opidotlo in tho work: In I860 Laskor, thon in tho llowor ol his youth, and already colobratod as an orator, booamo ac<juaintod with Miss Kussack, tho nlooo of otto of Ilis marck's w At most frionds. Lnskor foil in lovo with hor, and h1n passion wan I rooiprooatod. Miss Ilusnaok bado hor j lovor to domand hor hand of hor uncle, who filled for hor tho plaoo c fathor. Tho undo refunod point-blank, saying ho woidd novor consent to givo hit* nioco in marriago to a man who. was tho loador of tho opposition to hla friond Hlsmarok?Bismarck, whom h<J' hold to l>o ono of tho proatost of Euro poan statesmen. I'rany.iska?snob was tho fair girl's naino?thon doclarod to hor undo that sho would rouounco hor wholo fortune in his favor, provldod ho would allow hor to marry Laskor. lint old Kussaok wns immovable in his resolution. Howovor, returning ono day from a visit to his friond Hi? maVOk ho mint for tho young lawyer, And said to himi "I Am willing to grant yon my nlooo's hand on ono con dition, namoly, that yon pledgo your solf to abandon politics a^togotnor and oonfirto yourself lioroaftot to your pro fession of lawyor." Laskor, aftor a brlof interview with tho young girl, rofusod. "vVo nhall wait, ho said, "until your nioco shall havo attained hor majority." IIo did not dare to add? "or until your doath." ThoupoVe loft Ilorlln taking with him his nlooo Franriskn, who died abroad si* months lator, aftor having refused tho most brilliant olTors of iftafriAgo approvod by hor undo, who ovon ofFor oil to Add his own fortuno to hor own as a doWry. This Is why Edward Laskor uovor married. | Giving u "Stayer" u Few Uinta. I , Young Spootaoglo tiovor kuowa whon Ito leave wuoi> ho galls on a youn<? lady. Ho likes tho sound of his owr voico so well that ho talks on and on, r while tho poor girl grows light-headed \yith tho tax on her strength, and wish 1 oa tho mnntolpioco of Elijah would f*ll on tho tiresome caller. Thcro Is a young lady on Lafnyett* avenue who made uj> her ml'id to give !48poonoglo a las^on. Sc, last Sunday N night, when ho callod, she was a.icor dial bh possible up to 11 o'clock. Tlion, having had a fuur-voluino history ot ' Spoouoglc's life, with an extended account cf his influence in politics and business, she began to get dizzy and l::ivo a ringiug in hor cars. At that moment hor young brothor rushed iuto the room and said hurriodiy:? "P* wants tli j morning papors, si* v "Look in tho vestibule, Willlo," ehc an.'wi red gently "I think I hoard tho ?boy leaving them somo hours ago." Spoonoglo never took tho hint, bul drawled on about the skating rink, and ?what a liguro ho cut on gkutos. Tho next interruption was from tho head oJ tho house, who entered briskly tubbing his hands. "Good morning?good'morning," ho jaid choorily. "11a ! Spootxopjle, you'rO out early. Woll, 'early bird, ctc. It'a going to bo a fine day from presont ap jjoarances." Spoonoglo was dazed, but ho con cluded the old man had been drinking, and sat back with a "coruo one, couio all, this rock shall tly from its Arm baso as soon as yours truly" air that was decided and convincing A half hour passed and tho mother hurried 1?j. "Doar mo, 1 m late," sho said, as she entered. "I smollod tho coffee an hour ago and know breakfast was waiting, but?oh 1 Good moruing Mr. Spoonoglo." Then tho swoot youth took tho hint, and draw. >g himself togothor, ho got 'out Into tin/hall and opened the front door lust as tho hired <?irl rung a boll and tho small boy yelFod "Breakfast" over tho bnlustors. Reporters as Detectives. Of lute yours not a few nowspaper reporters havo marto thomsolvcs fa mous by tho dotcction of crime. In several cases mystorios which had de lisd the trained dotectivo havo boon un raveled, ami tho criminals brought to justicc by reporters. A short timo ago a murderer was so arrested, and that caso was but one of many. It seems that tho qualities which make a man a good reporter mako him a natural dotectivo. lie must have quickness of perception and tho ability quickly to weigh and value information, aud ho acquires ability in piecing togothor stray scraps of information and form ing of thorn a statement or thoory as tlu. uasc maydomand. A few days a??o tho 6tory ,vft.s told of tnu arrest at Biyth of a m-.m charged with offering counterfoil monoy for tale. Ilia arrest was brought about by Mr. Nichol, a roportor for tho Hamil ton Spectator. Truo, thore was noth ing very mysterious or vory intricate in the cauo. Still thoro is tho fact thai a ruuu had for months boon offering counterfoil money for sale. Tho oill-* cial constables and dotootivos had failod to put a stop to his practices, and tho young man uamod was succossfu.. Ol course, wo mu.>l not assume yet that tho man arretted is guilty. Ho Id as yot only committed for trial, and it will not do to assume his guilt till ho hus boon proven guilty. I'orhaps it will not bo safe to infer that tho oflioial detectives may bo dispensed with, and the ferreting out of oriruo bo loft to newspaper reporters. But tho latter will do good ir they do no moro harm than put tho "regulars" on their mettle. ?Hamilton Spectator. Killing Gopliorn. A. bi<; gopher hunt is roportod as hav ing boon partioioatod ia by thooQloinls. passongors and hands of tho Los Gatos train of tho South l'acific Const* Rail road lust Sunday, on tho up trip. A litilo this sido of Hall's Station, In con sequence of tho storm,'>tho track, with tho oxooplion of tho tops of tho rails, was covorod with water, and tho train had to mako but alow progress for eomothing liko throo milos. Finally, roaohiug n cortain point, Knginoor Bal dy could soo but one rail abovo tho wator, and to Insure tho safoty of tho train ho stoppod his ongino, put on a pair of rubbor boots and wadod ahoad to mako cortain that tho track was all right. Ho notiood on tho rail in sight numorous littlo animals, and a closor investigation showed t.hom to bo goph ors that had booaxlrivoij put of thoir liolos by tho high wator, and thoir only places of rofdgo woro on tho highor ground on tho v^ils and tho fonco along fiido tho road. Ono .of tho littlo ani mals, not liking tho ftoar approaoh of tho onginoor, rovongod itsolf Dy biting him in tho calf of tho log. Tho latter , was not ploasod and gat oven by kick- \ ing tho gophors into tf*d wator. Tho train hands and passongors, obsorving tho poouliar antics of Tialdy, salliou out, and with clubs, sticks, plocos of coal and all mannor of woapons, mado it livoly for tho littlo animals. Arrlv-J ing at Aivarado, tho train hands in formod tho citizons of tho fun thoy had had, and tho lattor wont back and suc coodod in killing from four to flvo hun dred of tho gophers. At Newark tho rain had driven out many of tho ani mals, and somo two hundrod woro killed. Those gophers, with squirrels and field mlco, are regular pontH In tho southern countlos, an<l it is thought tho lato storms have caused tho death of millions of them. If this Is tfuo tho storm may not provo so disastrous to tho country as it was fearod It might.? Hun l>'r(inci*oo Call. Hah (he Knrtli n lOng? There are all klndtt of ring* in tho business and political world, but tho greatest ring of all is the ono which somo astronomers say Is forming out sido tho atmosphere of thoonrth. Thorn are people who gravoly maintain that the extraordinary sunsets and sunrises which havo l>oon noticed for months aro due to tho formation of a ring or rings around ouroarth, similar to thono rovoalod with tho toloscopo encircling tho planet S:\turn. No scientist of noto has dared, as yet, to seriously consider this theory, hut those sunsets are, nev ertheless, as great a mystery as ovor. That thoy are duo to molsturo In tho atmosphoro. or to dust hurled up Into tho air at the volcanic eruptions last summer In .Java, Is now discredited. A lady has ventured the surmise that tho red sunsets are duo to an efiorton tho part of tho suft to adjust itself to tho | new standard time; but, of courso, this is a joko. It l/< eloar that thero aro *mor? things In hcjvviftn and oarlh, uti* exoiainod, than aro droamod of, not only by tho philosophy but by th? nci onoo of tnodom tlmos.?'DcmorcM't Monthly. mausoleums of tiie liv. INO. Ho>v nusy,t?W.tlinr, Aotlirj. >I?n Havo Prcpnrcp fbr Do?tli'.wlth Cjo?t)y j t >^t39Ei^;> | N'o narao appears on tho most costly and striking mausoloui? in Woodlawn .cemetery. Tlie ^tructuro is in Control avenue, on tho highest elevation in tho | grounds, and commands h view of tho 1 ; cntiio four hundrod aorc? of tho coin- ! | otory. The circular plot, 250 foot In !???????? u which Mands. coet ?60.- : )X fh? ^VWpkum. exclusive of tho 1 J ground. (fcstf^.UOO.nit Is- a moUoL 1 i exteriorly. of the r&fahfon,? thotnosl ! , xan.ou& of tho wondorfui buildings that onco stoof.1 in tho Acropolis at Athena. I : it ia thirty-seven fevt in length und j | ninc'tucn In' width. It ]? con- I Jjtrtietpd of , '^VosicrlV' gt&uitv, hur roundud by thirty D'orto pIlTtTva Tho j soli a bronze door cost $S.oO:j. The . roof is composed of five uleoos of solid granite, ?ach pioco thirty foot in length and six feel in width?rare pro , dUQts of tho quarry. Tho total amount j of stono used was eight hundred tons. , ttie opened door reveals an aisle ton nrnU'1 W1,<! |h' ^ V1'0 ?ml of is an ornate atainod-gljias window, repro ving the heavenly choir, through which asofu mellow light pours upSn the intorior liko the subduod light of a cathodral. Thoro aro twolvo cata. combs, six on oaoh sldo of tho aisle arranged for tho robeption of ono body eivoli, Each outacomb is oight foot in tength;and two foot and a half in depth. Tho "faco of onoh catacomb J-* a hoavy slab of polished marblo. j no colors of tho slabs vary. Somo are nativo stono and some imported' all vory costly Hoavy bronzohandloe *Iuboddod in each stono. Tho ceiling of tho vault is of polished mar ble. Tho owner poaitlvoly rofusod to havo his narao appear anywhoro on tho exterior of the building. This is tho elaborato provision which has boon made by Jay Gould for the disposition of his body nftor his death. ? ? r^kat mausoleum is only ono of vory ninny instancos whord well-known liv ing men havo mnflo Woful provision for death. Indeed, there is not one of the many beautiful eomoterios of Now York and vicinity that doos notcontain evidence that tho busiost mon havo thought of death, and havo made am ple preparations, so' tvs to bo certain taut thoir wishes In thu matter shall bo carried out, ovon going so far as to, in many oasos, bequeath money to tho cemetery authorities be used for the caro of thoir placos of ? ; 7?,7 n,oar,t<> J,l>' Mould's plot 18 that of his business a'ssociato and friend, Washington E. Coutoor. Noxt to that i.( t!u mausoleum plot of II. H. Cook, tho niilllonalro, who owns tho 'striking granite mansion at Soventy ejghth street and Fifth avenue and a Nu-Vpo^- Mr- Co?k paid $-3,000 for his plot, and has con traotod for his mausoleum. OnChapol lull, closo by tho roceiving tomb, is tho mausoleum of Henry A. Ilurlburt, tlio woil-known lalikor and fiuancior, ono of the directors of tho Equitable Lifo Assurance sooioty. Mr, Hurlbut's mausoleum is a more modost structuro than Mr. Gould's, but similar in stylo of luchitecturo. It has two columns on oacli side of the massive doors. It is of whko Italiun polisliod marblo and Wio interior is lighted, liko Mr! (jould s, with stainod-glasa windows, tLo burinl-placo of Do Lonir. William *. Havotneyor. aftor holding a beautiful plot in Greonwood many years, finally removed tho family plot to Woodlawn, where there is a plot sot apart on Uoooh lawn. In tho center of the plot is a figure of Hope, eight foot in height, mountod on a podestal rising thirty feet high from a baso nino foot s(#iaro. Sovoral family plots havo boon romovod. to Woodlawn from oth^r eomoterios. Although the. lato Coinmodoro Vau derbilt mado no preparation for LU gravo oxcont to own a very modest lot m the small cometory at New Dorp. Staton Island, somo of his descendants will.havo prominont placos amonir the noted porfcona who have bought ml WcK^iivvyn. His grandson, Cornelius Vandorbilt, hog a voity showy plot at the junction of Central and Poplar avonuos. His da ugh tor, Mrs. Horace x. Ciarko, has a plot noar tho reoeiv Ing vault. His sons-ln ^ftW? Ooorgo Osgood And D. D. Allen, also own plots in the oomojory. Ojfjposito Cornelius Vandorbilt s lot is ono ownod by Wil liam H. Apploton, tho pnblishor. Ad Joining it, is tho plot of A. H. Barney, who Hvos in I arlc avOnuo. The Into Fredoriok Butterflold, long boforo his doath, oxpondod $40,000 in tho pur ehaso of a lot and the building of a mnusoloum at Woodlawn, Christian Hortor, of Hortor ^othors, has a mau soloum of Wosterly granito., Ono of tho most romarkablo raauso lOuma in the cetiiotory/will bo that of Collfg P. HrtJitlhi/to^r4ho president of tho Central Pacific ralhpad and ono of tho host known of Wall stroot mav natos. Mr. Huntington, in tho midst of many dutlos, has found timo to lay somo curious plans for his gravo. Ho proposos to havo a mausoloum of moro massivo proportions than any yot con structed. Ho proposos to have tho stones of suoh immonso weight that no ordinary oar oan carry thom. Xho stones aro to bo nought by noat as noar as possible to tho oomotory, nnd thonoe transported by rollers over country roads. Any bridges ovor which thoso stonon pass must bo strongthonod for tho purpose. I ho most notleoablo struoturn from tho railroad is that of Mr. II. M. Flavor of tho Standard Oil company. His mausoloum Is omphaticalfy sot on a hiM whoro It oan not bo hid. Tho lato Marshall O. Koborts had a splendid mausoloum nroparod for himsolf, In which was displayed tho samo appre ciation of art that mafkod his lifo And so, an ono strolls throughout tho walks and drives of this city of thrt ? lho narnoB of thriving, actlvo mon may bo soon, mon who Would soom to bo too busy to havo any tlmo to think of death, too muoh engrossed In tho dutiofl of lifo to givo s thought Arn<>ng tho nftmes thOT notiood in a low hours' stroll woro those of Ma?y, Colgate, GrinnolU. , *'? " Arnold, Jamos Flanagan, tho brewer; WilHanj A. Whoeloe.k, K.'?1t?t vviii i!,'JI?!li"lor' Adilan I*X VVilliam H. Wobb, W. A Booth, and others who ar? partloularly livn mon. Among tho founders of the cometory who havo ohoino nlot? aro Augnst.ia Si?] ^n,oh Knevrtls, Jam on I). Smith, and Charles H. Smith. They aro mon who Id tlrtio of iifn have prr? parod for doath. and who havo borne in mind tho words of Gray Mf pomp of powrr, JrsvV brnn^-- ??> -oalih oro Awsli nlih<. uio InovltaM*. hour! ihf. pftti.K of u)oty |o?rt hut to thrt ?rsvo . ^ ?tf*w York tiun. ^ He had boon ridlouling hor bla foek. and to got ovon wltft him ^tipllod; h7? hAr oI' ?'oaf/kff mulK ?VOr ? 0 i>R,r W flat* \ - .u How a Cowboy Htopprvl u 8t?m|>cdi\ "Ooo of tho oUckivst thiuga i sa\y ia my travols," said a passonger from tho West, "was a cowboy stopping a eattlo stampede. A hoed of ..about six or eight Miudrod had got' frightonod at aomothiug and broke aVray poll-moll, with their tails iu tho air and the bulls at tho hoad of tho profession But Mi. Cowboy didn't.. get excited al all when ho saw tho herd Was going straight (or a high bluff, whore "they would c:r.tuii. ly tumbio down into tho cauyott and be killed. You know tint whin u herd like that gets to going they can't stop, no matter whether thoy r.:sh to do;;th or not. Those in tiio rear crowd tao.-e ahead, and nwiy thoy g<j. I wouldn't have given a dollar a head for that herd, but the efcWboy spurred up 1.. mustang, made a little dolour, came right Ir front of the herd, out aoro.:-> thcrir path at' a-right angle, and thou &allopod lolsurely on to tho edge of tat bluff, halted and looked around at that wild mass of boet coming right to ward him. Ho was as cool r.sa cucum ber, though I 'expected to ycc hint killed, anclwas so uxeitCvl I could not speak. Well, sir, when the loaders had got within about a quartorof a mile uj uim I saw them try to slack up, though' they could not do"it vory quick. But tho wholo herd soomod to want to stop, and when tho cows and sloors in the roar got about whoro tho cowboy had out across thoir path I was surprised to soo them stop and commence to nibble at tho grass. Then tho whole hord stoppod, wheolod, straggled back and wont to fighting for & clianoo to oat whoro the roar guard was. You soc, that cowboy had oponod a big hag of salt ho had brought out from tho ranch to givo the cattle,*'galloped across tho herd's course and emptied tho bag. Every crittoir sniffed-, that lino of salt, and, of courso, that broko up the stam podo. But I tell you it wn.; a queer sight to soc that cuss out there on tho ougo of that bluff quietly rolling u cigarette, when it soomod as if ho'd be lying undor 200 tons of bepf iu about a mlnnto and a half."?Chicago JJcraUi Why Children Should liat IIonf>y. Thousands and tens of thousands ol icbildron aro dying all around us, who, ibocauso thoir ovcr-dovoloping nature demands swootnoss, oravo and eagerly demolish tho adulteratod "candies 1 and "syrup" of modern times. If these Jcould bo fed on honey instead thoy would develop and grow up into i lUsjalthy mon and women. V Children would rat her Gat broad' and | honey than bread and butter. 'pound of honey w:!l roaoh as fur a:? i two pounds oi Lutter, and hai?, bi sidi\-\ , tho advantage of being far more healthy , and pleasant-tasted," Jind always re mains good, while butler 3oou bo comes rancid and often producer cramp in tho stomach,.oructatlons, sourness, j vomiting and diarrhea. Pure honoy j should always be freely used in ovorv I .family. Honov oaten on wheat bread! is very benoflclnl to health- 1 ' Tho uso of honcv instead of sugar In I almost overy kind of cooking is as I pleasant for tho palato as it is healthy j for tho stomach. In preparing black-1 borry or raspberry short-cake it is infi-' nltely superior. It Is a common expression that honoy ' Is a luxury, having nothing to do with 1 tho life-giving principle. This is an1 orror?honoy is food In one of its most' oonoontratod form.;. True, it' does not j add so much to tho growth of inusolos j an does boefstcak, but it does impart 1 other properties no loss nocessr.ry to health and vigorous physical and intel lectual action It gives warmth to tho system, arouses nervous energy, and ; gives vigor to all the vi'.al functions. To tho laborer it gives strength?to tho J business man mental force. Its cffocU , uro not like ordinary stimulant.-?, such j as spirits, etc., hut produce a honlthy j action, the results of which aro pleas- r ing and pormanont?a swcot Imposition J and a bright intolloct. Socialism In Massachuflotto. Tho Boston Journal has rcooivod from an unknown Bonrco a copy of a pamphlot which announooa that tho Joint committoo on tho iudloiary will givo a hoaring on ft bill, "Tho objoct of whloh Is to provido ft homo of itw own for ovory family in tho Stato." It is furthor stated that tho bill is plannod to assist thoso who dosiro holp. by a Wan of *2,714,000 by; tho common woalth. Tho bill contains forty-six aootlons, a roading of which disolosos tho following sohomos TIjo cominon woalth is to issuo bonds to corporations guarantoed by the authorities of tho sovoral oltlos and toWnB, at tho r^to of $6,000 oach, ahd $1,000 additional for oaOh 1,000 Inhabityufa ovbr 6,000. Those corporations afro to bo formod by actual, oitfzons of tho city or town in whloh they nro formed, who shall bo oome mombefrB thoroof by paying $0. Xheso corporations aro organized for tho solo purposo of purchasing land and building thoroon ohoap houses, whloh aro to be sold to mombors of tho corporation having no housos of thoir own, to bo paid for in forty-eight regu lar Installments, tho proooeds of which are to bo devoted to tho rodomptlon of tho bonds loaned by tho oltles; but no intorost is requlrod of thoso who pur chase housos. Tho housos to ho built aro of tho cheapest oharaotor, and so long Q* tho chonpost houses can bo dls t>osod of those of higher cost will not >o built. In other Words, tho bill in volves a schemo to mrtko tho oommon woalth iind tho capital with which to build housos to be sold to thoso who hayo nono of thoir own. Tho loss to tho Stato is at least tho Interest on tho funds that It loans to thoho corpora- I tions It Could t?o Done. Ho Oallod a racetingof indignant citi f.ons, in a town Ih Illinois, to petition congress to prohibit tljo landing-of any pioro Frohnh good.'t hi this country, un til tho American Uty? Waft recognised in Franoo, w on a citizen arose and saidi "OotjtHmon, wnKt Would wo do with out Fronoh wlnos? Let us pause a llt |Ue," | This sopmod to bo a wet blanket on i tho mooting, and a leng pauso another citGson aot iip aod obsefvofl: "OeWlotnOn, flirt foundation of this movement is p'ftlrfolttfm. lvnrtlos are | ftuppORod to bo willing to suflfrir tnoro or loss for tho Bake of principle. In this cose, howovor, there will bo no suffering. If the government will in clude French wines in the prohibition, 1*1! guarantee to put an addition oil my saw-tnill mid bo turning <>tit tho genu ino brands Inside of ninety days?' "Anything of importance happened while you'vo boon gone?" said tho Ver mont man to tyls ndighlior just, back from ft jotfrn*y. "I should say th^ro iind; I'yo had two bona die, my dog tniatPa.w0otfoKo<iI'*rtd pertedh Tidd iwapifiM 'horsew'vwlUi^ a Fr molnnan. Oh, thia town has b$on liveiy." Ho?> ton Post. ( MoxU.au .rq^rf Tho dcsnfrndoos gage in mnny de*porsita.i<U)At;B< " w" TOIlTMltiO encounter*. flnftv 30 liioo, a man ol mftgnJ^^jpW auJ liuo education, v\Jjo. fcpoal-,- ^ modern languages, is n yio^iyofe'sfclibltit, and good lawyer, but w npfafiprfet Ilf^ivtr too much, i? employed ' tU<v Matav moras and Monterey rail rir?<!. On.lnJt? pay-day vas ^amUU g SI' tho rk'i whicn fj!!.nv i? IfLft tt?#cX tho j ?;-c:;r c n tho Moxiet a'-'V&ff 1*^1$*; nr ,1 getfW* Ifi Some fllsjMHo one of tb-> fellows drew hi? da?*Ror and mud.' n ? luusro or li:w Tho latter grasped tho , band .hat beld tea we::j ol: ib it d<". : srcndod.and exerting his giant e*.ri re'th tunud the point ami pushed it Wr.h ? ,<150 t .vioi a^airst tho bread ol his foe, I chocking it each tinn: before a wound was inflicted, ami lion w vesting th<* keif" from lh? nmn's gin?|> throw it I :U .ty. tinv>tKi.'u N.'W who !?? brivor mar:?" i "You. j lr," v.n? tho roj>ly *'(lo and ijot your hn'fo," returned li.co, and tin*: when the man approach od grasped hi; o\\ u collar-but.d with oith t hand* jjvHi' tho button, and pro at u'.iaj4 i'., Paid; "Cut me thus/' and flinched not as tho stool in tho hands of tho man who sought his life severed tlio ctoth and grazed his naked thioat, loaviug it uuharmeJ. A low days ago a man named Felix Gftrsla, living at tho Cnpo'.e ranch, loft ono woman and went to li\o with an othor. Tho dis*. arded luvo became mad with jodousy, and fixing up a doso of jumpun weed gavo it to Felix, thu ef fect being to drivo him Insauo. \'os-i torday ho wont to a wood camp, about | ten miles from tho oily, and took an ax ! and walked clV with it. The owner fol lowed, ami. \y:i.lh-dilVieulty..succeeded in ' getting tho weapon from the iusunoj man, who on losing it ran howling into; tho woods, lie is now wandering about | tho ranch in a complete slate of insan-j ity.?jllatnmorus Ojr. til. I.ouis (/lobe Democrat. Dlsturbaucos Ht tho North Polo. Congress has practically decided to send out an expedition to relieve Liou tonant (irooly and his party, and tiring them buck to their own country. Old sea captains say that in all probability an expedition could now reach tho Noilh Folc. There have already boon 1 disturbances in that region of a very ! unusual character. Icebergs rarely ! make their ' appearance in the North j Allahtio buioro June or""July; in May i ?Ihoy tiro very rare; hut thi< year they ' luueo thoir uppi :?ram,o early In Febru ary, and v< tsois wc:o destroyed by I them off the banks of Newfoundland | during that mourn. Mho recont heavy j fop- and r.iii.y weather have been at- j tributed to thn prosenco of ihoje. iff. borg.5 in mid-ocean at th:.< untv.u::! ! season of the y< :ir Tho i arthpm!.' ' and voloan'c eruption last rmmuier at j Java iuay have bad it>; analogue some- | wh ;rc in the frigid /one, broaking up ' tho h ige of ioo, driving tho bergs far out to -oil. Volcanic eruption'? and hot springs of water aro as liablo to make their appear'ir.eo in tho fii^id as in tin; torrid /.one. Tin n> is nbundaiit eviieneo of continuous volcanic action as lar north as Iceland. Jiatuid t'.i^.<c guefiscs of tho sea captains prove true, perhaps the road may bo. opened il.'s summer to some point nearer the l'o!'? than has jver bu n reached. It a cuiious fact that ?\ know more aloui tho Folar region ol tlio planei Mar* than wo do about that' of our own cart!;. \V:tk a very ordinary i.iode-n tcljs.opj the nrnat-jur iiatj'or.omur can d!.<;!m:th >oj thu o .?lit of tli" '.c?- oemii whioL nurrouL tho polo; of Ma;. . Hut we will ncVc: ho a!)lo to explain our polos fully until some motor i-> in vented which w i*l v unblo i.j to n.v. i araie tho air.--iKmoi Crushed Ajjatn. i Tho Kocpitup* 11nd had a matinee for mombor3 oi the family only wiili nmro ' than usual spirit, and old Koopitup was i tirod of lifo. Ho dashed upstairs nnd | oamo down in a minuto with a coil of i ropo on his arm. '?I)o you 8oo thisP" ho dhoutod. "I do," alio said vory coolly "Wliat of it? Aio you going to atriko mo with j itP" "No," ho ropliod, with forcod calm nc9s. "1 am going to lot you havo your own way from thin timo honcc forth. I am going out to tho barri with this ropo ami hang myself with it." ' Mrs. Koopitup gavo a quick search ing glance at tho ropo, inado a sudden jump at 1dm and oapturod tho deadly weapon. A florco triumphant light Bhono in hor eves. "Not with that ropo you don't!" sho flhoutod, holding it bofdnd hor hack. "Not with a now olothoH lino that co^t mo a dollar and twonty conts only a wook ago you don't hong yourself! Not whilo I'm allvo and havo tho grit of a woman yon don't! You got along out to tho barn and tako an old plow lino; that's plenty good Enough to liang bet tor mon than ovor married into my fathor's family. And bo quick about it too!" sho shrieked out of tho door aftor hlni an ho fled away to tho barn, unbuttoning his collar and toaring it off as ho ran. "Yon bo lively about it, booauflo if thoro'fl going to bo an Inquost about this houso I want it ovor and out of tho way boforo baking day." Old Koopitup didn't do any hanging, but ho wont down town and shot niin wolf uino or ton times and oamo homo at dark so drunk ho lothirmlolf into tho lion houso and his own dog, that bit him fivo times before I'ooogtiizing him, had throo whisky ftl,< boforo morning. ~~-Liurlaij'<>r. I (a u:kc // . How a Ml) Woiik Irn IU*K/in llustnwis. .J6siah Mason tho Birmingham p"n inaker, who spout half a million on his native '.own, did hot acquiro his woalth without much labor and aux ioty., it is interesting to road how ho onco called upon a small manufacturer for employment, and how tho Old Woitd tradesman, eyeing him snspl oiouftly, hinted that he was "frightened of dirtying his ftngerv." Young Mason's answer as addressed to hh fingers, which ho opened out, pntting'tho question to tin in quietly "Aro you ashamed of dirtying your* ?nlv*?n to gel your own living?'' This took the old man's fancy and a rcsfllt Mason began the business which ended ns the greatest pen manufactory in tho world, and gftvo him opportun ities to create th^ art of electro-plating. Sho "I think It'n r\ sin ami a shame to kill tho dear little feathored song sters. If I had my way I'd make a law against killing birds, (iuoss peo ple wouldn't utai vo if tin y lot tho birds alone." llo- "Hut what would tho ladies do without hat ornaments?" Sho-? "Oh, that's an onllroly different thing. Of eoniflo when thoro'fl an act ual nooopsity for shooting fho dear i oroaturos, one must atillc One's feol I ings, you know." i tr,f-u vote jj HpoopS?-will *?<'?urj>iW?rt t$T ., Kv!D'.;U".y i.< (JllO >( the ftWilci. , lti%<xtori- Irwiu, oi Oswegg,, N..,Y . ;s raiiKod .iiuu.:^ tu j gruatest living book cohoctor-i. Among hi.'' other trcu- :r. h is a (. i'.unbcrg bible. ' Mr. IV,.:. t!._ a *' Speaker Of the Biitisl. '.V.r'.Lv.-s.ttk-g iu ofli'ci . dre** i.; .-aid t > hok exactly lik j on. of '.he iO'..ij)tu: -i iirii./rs of Nuiuvah. The Kiapret ot Austria Ua.-i iourujJ to act t) pe, a;.d ajo iu lho f:.^! ta..l ?-ao on.i keep up with t.io ; luui'test ui the Viennesecompositors of thco*.h>? ? 3C x. Captain Wad doll, who eoirmnn ' > 1 the famuli* ''onfodorato cruiser, tu j Shciiardoah, h:is boon elected command* or ot an oyster police-boat vii the Ciuv | apeakj. Miss Su-:ui I-Vnuimoro Cooper, daughter of tho dead novelist, is it mod oi maiden lady, who conducts nt Coop er>town nil industrial school for lv?. orphans. In Paris there are hundreds of rosea of involuntary suicide by absintho month hy month, which nro passed by us un noticed as cases of death from phthisis or pneumonia Tho German Admiralty now thinki that :t muit altir its Co a v. defences, inasmuch r.* Krupp's improved mon ster gr*is nro found to penetrate easily tho wrongest armor platos. There i.1* a great drop in tho pri:o ol patent medicmcs, owing to rivalries among apothecaries. Tho $l-a-bottlo spocios, for instance, now sell at 15 cents apioco and still yield tho seller 60 nor cent. profit after tho manufacturer ha* taken out his 7.'). Tho Boston Jrfri rluscr saya that tho Stato of Massachusetts has mado a net proiit of if J, Jtii, 002 from its enterprise of iilling tho Blaek Hay lands iri -Bos ton, and that the lillinpr of tho'South Boston Hats, although only partly com pleted, has nearly paid for itsolf, A?tronomors aro rosnecttully refer red to tho theory of tho Maya peasantry of Yueatau in regard to tho asteroid*. They say tho sky is inhabited, among other tribes of spirits, by a friendly race called Balatns, who aro groat smokers, and tho shooting stars aro the cigar stumps they throw away. A critic in the lt'issim: Invalid us-or!.? that suVi.nty milou a day may Lo eontin uoii >!y done by Rusaian cavalry with out any fenr for horses or men. A fow y an ago General Gourko, at Warsaw, inspected a couplo of sotnias o?" Don Cossacks, who had cleared ii-iO versta ia llj.ee clays -aboid joveuty-foui mile-j a daj A Italy from interior Now York, while recently in Washington, visited t'io Hullo^ of lLoj.reoontatives, taking a seat ia !l.o gallery. Sho was <1aiekiy dr.,e;; out by tho tobacco smoke rising from tho lobby and cloak rooms below. SliO thinks Congress tho biggest smoko house in the United Suites.? l.'tica U-> : : i>r v'tto Krummol, of Gottingon, who h*.., been investigating tho areu of oecan-i, estuwatos tho suner.'icics of tho Allanlie. Paeiiie and liidiau Ocotius at l'J<,Vsi. i-o s<juaro miles, and tho total nu|ii i"vi''j 1 -di "iD en ,ti?o a. I, ? , .do fcj',. CI06 ,ti puts a- t. >foa jU">v ha- a -'/'Irhicli t' Ui 8t'?rc. -vMn' not 1 ii . ) t', t 'lij-it t:t:ritn ? 'xt <?>i ll.:d * . ? .?. m'V placo i .o ft ; a< A nock. H-: fjOes ofl^l not c , '. J ?6t'pthg trt 'AtOl bunch of grass or gossip with the' horses nloug tho road. Tho population of Irolan^ J3/ now 7ory nearly tho same aa it was in thd year of tl>? TTnion, 15,100,900,^ " increase " ) ui ' 199.000, I wlwroaH, reform bi of the po yi jj dom, it h and its o*)L. cent, of t Tlie di ,.3 ... (Jreek a groat soa , tlutter in arduoological oiralos. is known of tho groat galleys with tholr banks of oar3 of the anclortt world. Wo havo descriptions pronentod to us in the dolightful gossip of Atheninus of two ships built by I'tolomy I'liilopater, and ono built by llloro, tyrant of Syra euso. Hut tho description Is wholly of tho intorlor. We road of rooms in thoso ships with columns of Milesian cypress and capitals of gold and ivory, of mar ble statues of Venus, of purple hang ings and exquisite carvings, of gardens with trees and plants, an<l all varieties of bath rooms. Ono of these vessel* had forty banks of oars, but It Is diffi cult to form nn Idea of what they looked like externally from those do scrlptlons. In lhf>7, while on the voyage fr<?m Honolulu to Hong Kong, the Into Mine. Anna Bishop and her party wore wrecked on a barren coral island, where they remained for twenty-one days. In tho wreck they lost nil their personal olloetv i'iually they set out in a boat twenty-JLwo feet long for one. of the I aid rone islands, 1,100 miiej distant, and accomplished tho journey In thirteen days. 'I hey had but nscanty supply of food and water, which wns cxhaustod before they reached their journey's end. While they were al most starving a large fish leaped froru the water and foil into the boat. There wore twenty tVW> persons in the party, nnd tho finh wns cut Into twenty-two pieces which wore onton raw. Mndum jiishop has referred to her < baro on tl.nt occasion as ono of the most. i|oll<> lous tasting morsels th^t Abe -iver nte. Money Nn Ohjuct. 'I am on my wftddlW' tower," said a Co'lut ryman, entering a Chestnut ntrnet dry goods store, "and my wife is wait In for mo outside. I want to buy some socks for myself, and she is too bashful to cot no in." "All right, Sir," responded the clerk, "I will lie glad to show you our half hose.'' "Well, you soo," went on tho coun tryman, "a woddin1 tower doesn't oc cur only about once In a man's life time, you know, hfnl I don't beliovo In ! serlmpin' on such an occasion So von needn't show mo any half hoso. Let | me look at your whole hone. I ds.lphi'A Call,