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NO. 22.
A Dew Llitle Boliooi'Ha'i
With her funny little id Meet you'd b?Vf
thought her rery wi?o
If It wMrtfor the laughter that was |IW|"I
Just tte^uiwwUBd the deareetlittle school
ma'am ever known.
Whoso way of teaching boya and fir la wai cer
tainly her own.
"I give myjbrighteet pupil," In a pleasant tone
"A little eorntf by hfcnsotf to abow that he 1*
hfioT % , Z * ? ? ; ?
And, to nan the tender feeling* of the doll*
eat dot, I put
All the other* In a circle ?o you can't tell
which la foot.
"Whenever any pupil In hta lesson* doean't
I ouoourage hi* oudwavor* with a penny so
rat-kiss;
And, sluoo this alight upon tho reat might too
severely fall.
I take the box of klaaea and I band 'em round
to aU.
"1'to asked them what they'd like to be a doe
en tlmea or more.
And oaeh, I tad. Intends when grown to koep
a candy store;
Po, tbtr*r4?r that they ought to have aome
kOuoiDu. ? of tholr lr?wo.
I've put a hole afore In. jxlsi to ahow them
bow its made. \
v
"Hnthuilftatlct Blesa you. It la wonderful to
aeo
How Intereatod In auch thing* a little child can
be;
Andv from tholr tempting taffy and their lua
oloua lollipop#,
I'm aure they'll do mo credit when they come
to opon shops."
And, with a ned that plainly ahowed how froe
?ho was from doubt,
Bhe deftly smoothed the wrtnkleeof horanowy
apron out?
Juat tho queerest and tho dearest little school
ma'am ever known,
Whose way of teaching boys and girls was
roally her own!
?Maloolm Douglas, In St. Nlobolaa.
ONLY A YE Alt AGO.
"But you have known me bo short a
time?only six weeks?how is it possi
bio th^t you can love me?" '
??How is it possibleP Rather ask how
It is possible to'avoid Joying you P And
besides, is it really so very incompre
hensiblo, Avis? You have known me
Just tho same longth of tlmo, and yet?
yet?I have ventured to hope that you
?that you love me, dear. Oh, Avis, is
the tweet hope false? Have I deoeived
myaplfP Or will you indood confirm it
oy promising to be, some happy 4ay,
my wife?"
lie would have caught and olasped
tho fair girl in his arms, but she, keep
ing him bfcok by a gesture of her little
hand, whllo her great dark eyes were
fixed with beseeoning earnestness upon
his face, answored:
"It is not what 1 wish?or even what
you wish?that must be thought of, Mr.
Boy, but your mother?your mother,
who ha* beon liko a mother to mo also,
bo good, so generous. What would sho
say M
Avoico, tremulous, yet stern, inter
rupted her?a voico that made them
start and turn in ooofusiqn.
"She would say that you are right
in remembering her. Avis, and that she
is glad of this proof of your gratitude;
for the rest, Roy Livingstone^ mother
looks fartherthsn her own family eir
clo, and highor?han to # poor depend-*
turo mistress for the The Laurels.
'J"' } *? not Walne yon,
faun
thor presently?wait in my room.
"And so," she wont on, turning to
Iror son, when Avis, silently weeping,
had left them?"and so this is the re
sult of your artist folly. You would
(>aint my pretty companion's pioturo,
orsooth, act whllo so doing "havo
stolen'hor heart and lost your own. I
might havo looked for this; I should
have been moro caroful. But do you
hopo that I shall tolerate such follyP I
overboard you ask tho girl, . just now,
to bo your wife."
"You did." The young man an
iwerod gently, but with a resolution
that was unraistakablo. "I lovo her,
and will marry hor."
"Without my contont? Without your
mothor's blessing? Is this tho affoo
tion?the duty of my own child P"
Ho put his arms around her.
"I shall never set you at defianoe,
mother, and loast of all for A vis's sake.
She Is too good, too ardently attaohed
to you to do aught \hat could wound
you. But will you not havo compas
sion for us, also, mother? We lovo.
Avis,has been to yott as a daughter al
ways; let itbe mine to make her so, in
deed. Whero could you over find a
child so truly yours-fwhose heart and
soul you know?Whoso mind is of your
own pure training? I love her with a
love that will not ohange. > Unless you
give me Avis for. a Wife, I shall not
marry."
??Absurd!" Mrs. Livingstone's eyes
flashed soornfully, "When our guosts
afrHve to-day you will find many far
superior to Avis. A foundling! It is
no* bar poverty?wo are rloh enough?
buf hor birth."
?*We know nothing of it, and I oaro
nothing. ?j Ifris herself I W"
?'Listen,Koy," The lady's proud
faoe softened as aha l%ldoqe white hand
on bar son s shoulder, while his arm
ratal* around her fondly. ' "You are my
pnjy child; all my ho(>es are bonnd up
In you. Let us not quarrel about this
> foolish gifj. She Is dear to me, also.
Let ustSko time to think. Compare
, the fit! with others; Whew our tfuodts
are gone, If you are in tho same mind,
we will see wkst itW, tor ML ,/ WlU
7onproinlie|rYil*>wuJvv.
/jfo wait*o#your consent until our
guafta ge |w>n'Ti??t I can promise
'And meantime not to speak of this
n harder, mother. But. if yon
* yo^;m?r oojwortl, I
/'?tonifc; '
And sh<J meant to kee)> her prothise.
to her own room,' semilog to Mf*. ^v
ne a pttfeOas Httle meMajp ot ex
Her head aohed. Might she be
d to keep In her own ehamberP
({^pjheaxl at rwt
?/fshethought "There is no time
arrfe^0* -"TW* |
And when Boy looked at her inqulr
aa he missed the girt,
te wished to keep her room to*
ska whispered. ??All will ha
to-morrow. '
t When to-morrow came a sad sur
name with It Avis had dUap
tat I may not eauae you grief or
jwove too Strong if I remained.
your *on wm soon j
was all; and she had gone-.
Ho trace, making no farther
| T?l? Rojr .ought for tor, m with
Ana i
and coAie to.thdcltyforthar purpose;
'#totle ht? mother, no less anxious (or
the safety of the lost girt, thade what
excuse.sho could to her assembled
guefta fpr his absence. After a month
of weary searching he returned, heart
sick ana discouraged.
".No news," ho said, hi answer to his
mothers anxious quostlons; "nor will
thore evor be. I have lost all hope of
fln<ttftg.h?r.V
? ? ? ? ?
A year has passod since gentlo Avis
disappeared, and once more a gay par
ty of morry guests mad* The Laurels
bright and cheerful, foremost among
them Rose Brandon, tho beauty, and
heiress, and belle.
A great favorito was sho with stately
Mrs.Livingstone, and thore wore not
wanted those who namod her as tho
futuro mistress of the splondid but
gloomy house which her beauty and
[oyous laughter made so bright.
Evon Hoy Livingstone's brow, on
which thf) cloud of (^appointment and
regret had grown habitual, clearfed
somowhat as his artist-eyos took in her
fresh proud lovoliness; and as ho lls
tened to her animated talk, tho smllo
that had grown" sd rare stolo to his lips,
and shone liko a light in his eves. His
mother, Watching him, smiled, too,
well plcaaod. ?;
"Is sho not boautifulP" sho whispor
ed to him. "She would mako a fair
and gracious queen for The Laurols,
?it tho gloom camo back to his face
as ho answerod sadly:
"My quoon wont into exile, mothor,
a yoar ago. I havo a constant hoart,
and cannot transfer my allegianco."
"Roy!" criod tho clear morry voice
of Rotie Brandon?"Roy, havo you given
op painting? You used to be so ambi
tious. Only a year ago, I remember, you
were enthusiastic aoout somo picture
that was to bring you fame. What has
become of ltf Aro you an artist no
longorP"
"I pain tod the pioturo, but novcr put
It on exhibition. My mothor has it In
tho library. I- havo novor painted
since," said Roy gravely.
A kind of chill foil on the company;
instlnctlvoly thoy felt they were on dan
gerous ground. Evon tho beauty's
nappy vofco took a softer tono as she
quo*tionod gently:
"May wo see tho pioturo, Roy?"
IIo aroso without a word and lod tho
way to tho library, the guests all follow
ing, lod by Roso Brandon. Last of all
caiuo Mrs. Livingstone with her old
friond, Mrs. Groy, a fair sad woman
with silver hair.
Mrs. Groy was a groat invalid; an un
oonquerablo grief had preyod upon hor
hoart for yoars and broken down her
fragile body. Sho loaned hoavily on
Mrs. Livingstono's arm.
"What is this picturoP" sho askod
Her.
"The portrait of one whom I roared
and loved as my own child, and whom
we unaocountaDly lost, owing to an un
happy misunderstanding. She was a
lovoly creature, and Vaa to havo been
Roy's wffa. Sometimes I fear ho will
nover marry now."'
?JL this tfmo they had roaohed the
k??Of tho many paintl '
, i?ty drew the o
aside., ?
An exclamation from Mrs. Grey and
Roso Brandon, and a murmur of admir
ation from all tho rest, bore witness to
the lovolinoas of tho imago that was
dlsolosod.
Mrs. Groy protsod forward eagerly,
her woaknoss soomlng for tho timo for
gotten.
Tho portrait of a graceful girl, fair
as a lily-flowor; tho lovoly, wistful eyes,
with a world of loving tondornoss in
their midnight depths, looked out from
a faoo of exquisite boauty, but as Ivory,
oloar and pale; a tondor, dimpling
smile upon tho scarlet lips, a trailing
?pray of scarlet blossoms in the bluo
black hair, soft and glossy as tho ra
ven's wing?a siinplo robe of white,
and on ono lovoly snowy arm a curious
goldon bracelet. This wae all.
Mrs. Groy stood liko one entrancod,
hor agitation visible to all. Hor doli
cate hands wero tightly lockod togother,
her breath oamo in quick gasps.
"How like!" sho murmured; "how
vtrangoly like! In Heaven's name, who
is shop"
"My adoptod daughtor," Mrs. Liv
Ingstono replied, for Roy had turned
aside In sllonce, ovemomo by tho sight
of tho beauty ho had lovod and lost.
"Twelve yoars ago I took her?thon
Ave years old?from a poor old fisher
man down on tho beaon, three or four
miles away. Ho had rescued her from
the soa on the night of a groat storm,
two years bofore, and had chorlshod
*nd oared for her tenderly; but finding
ilcknoss and old ago fast robbing him
^f health and strength, ho sought to
find a friend for his little girl in mo.
"Imagination,, cannot ploture any
thing lovelier tl*n tho child was thon,
(loved her at flr*t slght, and have
*>ved hor always. - I adopted, educated
her, and brought her up as my own. I
have the ojothes she wore when the was
fotirij!* but they furnish ho clue to her
parentage, but on her arm, clasped
flmly above tho elbow, was, a bracelet;
it fits her. slender wrist now; you see
she wears It In the portrait; upon It Is
a single wo^d?the old fisherman tool
*nd so oallod hor; w
nW" ohangod It. 'Avis' was tho word,
and 'Avis' sho Is oallod ?
A ory from Mrs. Grey Interrupted
her; she sank upon her knoos before
?
my ohlldt Fourtoefc years ago the oruol
rJJkrSf Vl A?*d<s?/,
but she wae aeon no more.i) Whore is
she ?dh, whore is sheP And tho olothos
shewortf" ?<
Sho sank back In Rwy'f supporting
almost Insensible,
Mrs. Livingstone hastened from the
n*m, but relumed immediately with
the little garment*.'
Weoplng with love ahd Joy, the long
bereaved mother Identified them all.
"Blessed be themerolful Heaven that
has kept her safely, and rostorod her to
me after all theso years. And yon, my
friend, turning to Mrs. Livingstone,
how ihall I thank you for your
love and oarot Oh, bring her to me.
Let me clasp hor once more in my
arms. Why do you hesltato? I am
strong enough, Joy does not kill. What
Is ItP she eontlnuod wildly, gaaln*
ihlldf Hate 1 fbAnd her
Rose Brandon rushed to her aide.
??Be oahb ?? she erWd.< "Avis Is safe
ittd well. No harm baa come to her.
JO. whnrn to
*7 who,?K>k?- ??*??
"I know her well, bat I have never
sr.
?uunu j vui tivuuivfi wng UO.
"It Is nearly % year since toe eime %o
as, in answor to AU advertisement (or a
muslo-govoruess #pr lltths Ida. Mother
was sick when first ?ho called, and con
sequent! v I raoelvod Ler. She was so
beautiful and innocent, and vot so sad
and friendless, that nor whole bean
?wont out to her from the first She
told me the simple story of her adop
tion here, and of Roy's love and hers,
but without mentioning a single umo,
so that I nevor thought of you. She
had left, she said, Tn order that he
might forget her. . She gave me, as a
reference, her own former music
toaohor, who, while answering for Avis
in every way, decllhod to tell anything
that the girl had left concealed. So
she came to us, and h&* dwelt with us
evor since, uulot and sad, poor child,
but safo and kindly oarod for. I left
hor at home with Ida and motbor when
I came away. She is there now.1'
Roy Livingstone oaught her hands In
bis, and press d them to his lips.
"God dWms yon, Rose!" he cried,
hoarse with oniotlon. "You hare given
me back happiness and love. Mrs.
Grey, I will bring vour daughter to you.
I go by thu train that loaves in half an
hour; before nightfall you shall fold
hor in your arms. Adieu, alll" and he
was gone.
? ? ? ? ? ?
The dusky grev of an autuiun twi
light filled the lonely schoolroom that
oltornoon, but occasionally flashes of
light, from a small but cheerful fire,
foil on the* uleuder girlish figure that
sat before it iu a low armchair, hor
soft palo check supported by ono littlo
hand, hor eyos fixed on tho glowing
coals.
A world o4 longing love and fond ro
gret was iu those groat dark oyos, that
taw not what they gnaed. upon, bul
were looking far away into tho past.
Thinkiug of Roy?always thinklngof
ttoy. Whore was heP How farodneP
Had ho forgotten Avis? Alas! poor
Avis could not forgot! Hark! what was
that?
A footstep in the hall outside tho
door. Nothing in that to mako the
eyes so bright aud the palo cheek flush
to vivid crimson! Ah, but it had
soundod liko Roy's footstep. Roy's
footstep hero?what idlo dreaming!
What strango tricks fancy played her
oftentimes.
Sho could close hor eyes, and hide
her faco in her hands, as now?now,
partly for shame at hor own foud folly
?and fanoy, oh, such things! Fancy
Tho Laurols Iter happy nomo once
more, and Mrs. Livingstono hor kind
adoptod mother! Fancy Roy's tonder
smile and loving look; recall the very
words ho spoke?his oarnost tone?hfs
sigh.
What was thatP That was not fancy,
surelyP She eat quito jtill?her faco
still covorod by her hands?and listened;
a sigh had soundod closo beside her,
breathed liko the vory echo of her
droam; and now a voice?oh, Hoaven,
what voice!?whispered her namo:
"Avis! Look at mo. Avis!" '
Sho turned, sho rose, gaxod for on6
moment in his face as if petolldered;
then, with a cry of love and Joy unut?
torablo: "Roy! my beloved!" ?prang to
the arms, Bank on.the breast of her truo
"You have foufidlueiir' + "*
"Nover to loso yoij again, Avis?
novor again!"
"Ana your mother?'
Hor groat oyos soun^eH bis face tim
idly, anxiously.
"Sho will welcome }4u as I do. Wo
shall part no more. fou will learn,
dear, that sho novor m/ant to part us.
And anothor waits forjou. Oh, come,
lovo, como to tho hoa r
wolcomo you?to tho
truo mother.'"
that achos to
ms of your own
Only ono month liref, a brilliant
bridal party aroused tw loy and mirth
tho slumbering echoosof The Laurels.
And who so fair as Avh. the sweet
brido, with hor troop If' lovely brides
maids, of whom Rose Brandon laughed
and blushed, tho moiTj chlof P Who so
rich, no proud, so happy as Avis nowP
Avis, the foundling, fosnd, indoed, at
last, and by hor own trie mother. Avis,
the lost, restored to nlliwho lovod and
mournod her; Avis, lh? Joyfal brido of
tho gonorous noblo lover who, in the
days of hor povorty and namelossnoss
?in spito of time, and absence, and sl
lonco, and desortion?lovod hor faith
fully and truly to the last.
The Grown Prinwi of Uuiwlat
Grand-duke Nicholm-wns bom Mar
18, 1868, at Czarakoe Selo (Csar's Til
lage), an imporial summer palace, flf
toen miles south of Kt. Poterabnfg.
This apaoious palaoo stands upon the
Nova bank, ovor two hundrod ffeet
above the wator, and is surrounded by
extensive grounds so norfeotly kept
that you oan hardly And even a doad
leaf upon tho lawns.
Crown prinoos havo so rauoh to learn
that they must bogin curly and lose no
ttmo. Until his nTnth year the educa
tion of tho young Grand-duke was su
perintondod by Madamo do Flotow.one
of the ladles of honor who had followed
the Princess Dagtnar from Denmark to
Russia. In 1877 the charge was given
to Lieutenant-Gonorsl Danllovitoh, who
haa arranged tho Prince's houia of in
struotlon in aooordanco with .those of
the military gymnasium*. Hli regular
lessons are from eight in tho morning
till thtoa th d|<fifftwnoonj but irlth anon
intertnlAslons that tlioy never exceed
fivo hourp a day. Ilia afternoons are
spent in Walks with tho Kmporor, er in
outdoor shorts,?riding, swimming,
Ashing, fenolng, gymnastics,?of all of
whloh he is very fond; nnd his evenings
are devoted to preparing for next day's
lessons, reading, and keeping a diary.
He is an excellent scholar ana linguist;
enters into hiystodtes With mnoh spirit,
and speak* fmewfr Russian, Danish,
*nd English. The
tfand and Germany
_je at 'the nniversi
'61 Rnsslamust be ed
tfhrafe tutor*.
^njioii hls si
it on whloh f
*&h^.r??owodW^
lartenoe to the 'otfthodoJt'rfhnf
cohemonlet tfckUg tolAre fn'We
* Winter Pafioe at Petei
to tho RositUn throne,
"" wagr
Austria.
?,???(
JSUH
U sultf his til
ember of th?r
^ration) ih
inded wt If
ttj'4 and by birth he ? Attsiftian
(chief) of *9 the Cossacks ofthe em
pire. It la his privilege to wear th?
uniform of any regitnonthe pleases.
Kdnn than iVoelor, ?'? W. JvimoIm
It is stated that WlllM*i? Thaw, oI
Pittsburg, ia worth $26,000,000. It
will bo a gold day when Thaw gets left.
Wk/Xaa Port WUwIamill
"They *ay, you knows ttM
keeper* and Urbm 'iwwJJ
time#," remarked ? Chrk strei
ber as he mad* several mm
dip* at the reporter's foreloog
I am telling rou different. wl
oar apt and aowiu just like the
ware and dry-good* men. fttm
for Instanee, we fatter ally, that
men a day here, but to-day I hi
only about seventy-five In, and 1
suppose fifty more will show up 1
we close. For the next six or
months we won't average more
160 customers a day.' just a
higher, pleaee. There now, st-*n
The reporter settled himself j
now position, and the man con til
"Lots of men begin to let out
beards about now. The middl<
mon want to be comfortable^ "i
beard is a big proteetlon to the I
Shaving cleans off tk? 4rt and
and dead skia trom a sfcaar* feeI
leaves all the poges ol the skin
so that when ne goes out
ber-ahop into the cold ai# he 1* <
to catch cold in spite of all.,?)
mm you oan put on. More
shaved men have throat troubfc
oatarrh than those that grow bet
tho winter. The young: dudes
can raise beards let them oat so
look stylish and Engliahy; Ths
latest tony thing,- you knoW,> i
Mother Hubbara beard."
Tho reporter interpolated a ga
wonder in the barber's stream ol
venation as he questioned, "Wj
thatP" - .-WW
"If you want a Mother H*
whiakor," continued the knight 4
razor, "keep your side* and *hop
kcrs cut short down to within as
and a half ef your chin, where ?jri
them grow long. Then train aw
this long part into the shape of (
verted half-moon; fix the long**
that they point about for your an
and you've got a Mother Hu
beard. They are the swell thing*
the London dudes for this winter.
"Are full beards to be the -h
this winter, do you meanP"
"That's about the sise of it, I
I have had more young fellows <
me about how long their beard* 1
take to grow, whether I had any
orator to help out the hair Jon ?
tho lips, or how to train and pari
kers, than I ever had before. H*
French arrangement 1 got in a ?
ago for training beards when the
starting." taking something ireaen
a David's sling made of rubber
the shelf. "I have sold ten of
since they got here from New Tc
"How do they workP"
"The rubber, you see, is
the chin and Jaw. That seam j
middle goe* sight up and doWn
you want your beard to part. . ^
man uaea thi* he must first put I
wax on hi* chin whiskers wnen I
about one inch out and then t
*?am down the middle of his *U
atrctches and pulls back the h
c-ws*wo*??%lllJ*Wwt?e hair tftn
faoe fixed so that it won't ? need
hauling, and pulling, and brushing Into
shapo. Besides, a man by using tlfts
oan look rospoctable with only a tifo
weoks' growth on his face, and ii*
beard will appoar to bo a full-*ro* th
cut back." * [
"I should think that the strain onl a
man s chin would bo too tiresome i>r
the machine to be practicable."
"Oh, no. Just put one on for a fkw
nights in succession and you oan slatop
while your beard is being trained. T?
?nves all the pulling tl.at ruins a beafd.
You get tho habit of pulling and twHt>
ing your whiskers when you're startle^
em, and you will nover get over It.
You'll koep on pulling and twisting till
you split the hair out at th* end*, ahd
thon your wholo board will get r*ff<o*d
and stubborn like a gammer's mus
tache. Too much trimming, ofteoer
than once in two weeks say, makes a
beard stiff, whilo too mnoh eombiag Or
fingering split* tho hairs and stops their
growth. Lots of men say to me after
?having off a beard they have been
fussing with all winters 'what makes
my w|ce so soreP Ever slnoe I shaved
my neck chafes,' etc. 'Your hair Is
spilt,' I always tell them. They haMs
rubbed and twisted the hair together,
you soe, til) it is all split up so that*
when they shave It back Into thw akin
It split* before it can grow out
curls In utyler the skin. Half of
men with chafed necks and broken'?
face* can attribute thoir trouble t? It
this cause. Oh, this Fronoh bualr
will be an A1 thing after people ...
hold of the notion that If Is as much ol
a business to raiso a beard **It !U to
make shoes, or?or?" and tk* barber
paused for breath while h* tried to sub
due the reporter's unrnly soalp-loek, '?!
"What did you mean wnen Ml'
apoke about a Rambler's stubby m3t>
taoheP" J!
"Well, you know theae phrenolegUtt:
?ay that they ean tell what kind *#7Z
fellow they hav* hold of by fe*b>tt
his hair. If it Is silky they eall him itf'
fined, but if it i* rough tfcey say JM'li
ne good. Now, I say I can ttff af good
deal about a man by the w*y he keen*
bis whiakera. A nervous man ttea?f
always has a short, stubby. and ehe*.
ed-up muataohe. Oamblora' mustachM
aro about alwaya that way. IfSSk
aomo of 'em at a faro or roulette tabty
aome time, and you'll notice that when
the double-nought preen eeoope llhelr
pile or they oopper tho aoo at the wrong
time the muataohe has to eatoh it)-'If
they're in hard luok thoy keep one hand
on the chips and the other at ,4h?f
whisker*. I>o you evet bet*" "
"Ye*, when I'vo got a pretty aur*
thlnr
^ ,f want to make a allek
little bet some time* mind what I'm
telling yon. Aak some fellow how maay
mustaches he would bet there wet*
among a hundred men paining some
place. How many, now, would you
guessP"
"About fifty Would be a pretty lib
eral figure, I should say."
"There it Is; overybody I* Just so
wild. Now, I am telling you gospel
truth when I say that on an average
eighty-five men out of every hundred
wear mustaches, and you ean prove it
bycounting. Is thM all to dinette*
fully Poster** Inverted 'AMkUl
hair. "You better buy one of tho*#
French ?but the reporter had fled
through the side door to hide hie ashee
of roee* shoe* from the eye* of the Hfc
gortunate bootblack. ? Chicago TrU
i ?*? * >
An aeronaut named Prlee w*s half a
mile high when hi* balloon bunt, at
Nevada; Mo., and for most of the die.
tance be fell with an awfvt+elooityt but
the bag happened to All with air In
?uoh a manner that the d?o*nt was re*
tarded for the reet of the distanoe, and
the man was not fWally Infused.
Kkfttoh Snobbery.
U, however, in England, M In
>ther country, a disposition to
ixaggerate the advantage which
ed States enjoys in postnssing
cheap land. I was told, only
lay, hut that (or this we might
> as backward a*? any country. To
" I replied: "Do you really at
e our pr*?perity to land alone?"
?YeV- was the answer. "How, then.
Is It that Buseia, with so much produc
?oil, Is a land of miserably poor
it?PM "AhI the Russians are a
ifferont peoplo from tho A in or i
?There, I said, "at the very
question you change your argu
t from the land to thot?chara?tor of
Inhabitant*." Adam Wraith has
that. In fact, the worst fand ia
country is generally the first set
It is not understood here, or
ere In Europe, that the truost
nts of prosperity in a country are
dom, equality, justice, and educa
Add to thw free exohauMs wlth
much extravagance. fewfffNtopera,
very few immoderate fortunes, and
:e should have the chief elements of
inatcrial prosperity. If wo tako, let us
aay, one thousand men, and settle them
anywhere, thero may be found for ev
eryone his work. If they can produce
more than they can consumo of any
fabrlo or material, lot them sell It to
"another community. But If wo intro
this eommerce a millionaire, a
lord, or any person who will keep a
large train of half-idle servants, and
Establish Extravagant standards of liv
ing and waAta beyond the reach of the
majorltv, We at once bring in that which
resulta.In Indolence, poverty and vico.
An aristocracy did great rood and lit
tle harm during the middlo ages; now
the condition* aro exactly reversod.
Just getting to it. Half the world are
?tW more tnan half oonvinood of
... ,. _ the
truth #1 tho couplet:
K; laws and loaning or religion die,'
t, oh 1 proeervo our old not.Utor 1
while the other half are beginning to
believe for every grain of independence
aft* culture In the aristocrat thero nec
essarily results ounces, If not pounds of
Aunkeyisin and degradation inhi#, de
pendents and adiMrerl. I hare' spok
en of the rapidly growing, prosperity of
England Tan4 the manlfm^'improve
ment In tho adnoatlon and' appearance
of the lower claas. Just In; proportion
to tbls la th* growing impatience at the'
A more rank' and. inherited'
id the' ' anger that: such
"\e^? and servile lb"' '
low thejrlfe Beginfifflg w Hk why'
they exist and what oaused thomP
Once they would kill tfce snake to pun
ish him for being one; now thoy would
do it to prevent future snakos from
coming.?0. O. Leland, in New Orleans
Timet-Democrat.
Ten. O. P. Smith at Fort Donelson,
From General Lew Wailaco's illus
trated account of the eapturo of Sort
Donelson, in tho December Century,we
quote the following: "Taking Lau
man's brigade General Smith began the
advance. They wore under firo instant
ly. The guns in tho fort Joined in with
tne infantry who woro at tho tlmo in
the rifle-pits, the groat body of tho
Confederate right wingboing with Gen
eral Bnckner. The defense wa# groat
ly favorod by the ground, which sub
jected the assailants to a double fife
from the beginning of the abatis. The
men have said that 'it looked tocr thick
for a rabbit to get through.1 General
Smith, on his horse, took position in
the front and oenter of the line. Occa
sionally he turned in his saddle to see
how the alignment was kept. For the
r< beheld hjafacw
, w ^ ? , .
fcirtfeund kbit twitted With ntfpie
*r?K5t Wtt;6A review, hd rode
the gu(k of htshoTHt With the
?Mtfe&fcnt' o( kls colore. ^ A Sadler
? taWrtrty wared to dea^h.'but
leaWCbi/old man's white mfl?t*oho
6te*hi*iKdu5d#ir. ahd ttfhi W
K?1
rhk^fcp oni
d UaltfLaJi
-m&m
M
wmmagielO.ffhe'lfcoh
*d 1<l efte* hhtfTaiid tt* WKWgb
obstruction they took the somblanee of
reformation audi ohafgod in after their
chief, who found hlmwlf then between
the two fires. ? Up the ascent he rode;
up they followed. At the last moment
the keepers of the rifle-pit* olambored
out ami fled. Tho foqr regiments on
gaged la the feat?the Twenty-fifth In
diana, and the Seoond, Seventh, and
' Fourteenth low*?planted their colors
on tho breastwork. And the gray-hair
ed hero set his eap Jauntily on his head,
pulled hie mustache, and rodo along
the front, chiding them awhile, then
laughing at them. lie had oome to
st*y. Cater In the day, Ruekner came
back with his division; hut all his ef<
forte to dislodge Smith were vain."
Twenty acres of land at the north
western extremity of Manhattan Island
were Aold recently for $76,090. Histo
rically this property possess^* great in
torent, Irving,In his ?'Knlrtk^rbooKnV'
History of New York," rofers to It. a_
"the promontory which projects Into
the Hudson," and from which the val
orous hut unfortunate Van Cortaar-^
the favorite trumpeter of old Voter
t Stuyveeant?attempted, "In spite of the
dov?V to swim across the dark end
ttormy waters of the creek to the West
chester shore. During the revolution*
ary war It waa at different times oocu
pled by the ooutendlng foreee.
The railway uT v*nSuVibs nas a,
paid for Itself; the trains which ascend
night and daj, are well patronised bv
! native and foreign sight-seers, all
strangers ascending nowadays, where*
ee formerly a foot ascent was so irk
some that only the daring undertook
the ro?'nd trip
FEMALE TOOTH PULLERS.
Haw ? Girl's Around m Man's NkI
Will Ku*ek KpoU Oat of L?u|hbi| Uu.
Tho country scorns to bo slowly but
surely drifting into womanhood. I
thing* continue to go as they have beet
going for tho past two years, futun
grammarians will havo a license foi
swearing that tho world belongs to the
feminine gender. Everybody is getting
to be fcuiili, griv??rnmont offices, sten
ographic positions, attorneys, physi
cians, barbers, and w^ruan, tho glori
ous creation and .fr^bodiment of all
that costs monoy, L'.J at last steppod
boldly into tho dontist's office and of
fered to trade off f100,000 worth o1
pain for fifty cents spot cash.
If more women adopt tho practico oi
dentistry, there will be loss howl float
ing about the "homo of tho bravo and
land of the free" than thoro is just at
present. It is a very strong-willed man
indeod, who refrains from lotting ofl
a concatenation of wail from tho time
he strikes the bottom stair of a tooth
pulling faotory,1 until tho dentist stands
over his sonielts* romains, flourishing
his jaw and a fragment of tho tooth in
the, air, demanding a dollar and a hall
for his kindness for not pulling tho
whole front of his head off. Pooplo who
live noxt dooV \o a dentist, and are
obHgod to go down to tho boiler factory
when they want to enjoy somo sleep,
can testify to this.
Woman will put more bravory into
the frame of a man than any other ne
gotiable artiolo in tho country, except
ing, perhaps, poor whisky. Man in
tho preseneo of man is weak, but bo
neatn tho soulful and bolladonnaful
eyes of woman he's stronger than a
ninety-foot derrick. We speak from
oxperionce. From this argument then,
it will bo roadily seen that, whero a
man should howl loud onough to hail a
ship in tho Adriatic soa, when ho was
having a tooth pullod by a man in Kal
amazoo, put a woman with a force at
tachment on to the samo tooth and a
fellow would hiro a deaf-and-dumb
man to do the talking for him, whilo ho
lay and quietly gazea up the sleeve of
tho fair murderess, who was trying to
pull his boots off over his head.
Tho only objootions to female dentists
are, that they aro liablo to rendor tho
maio portion of the population of tho
United State# toothless, eventually, and
that the laughing gas, ether and 4hlor
oform traffic will auffer. * ? ? ?
When a fallow goea to a.female den
tist, who caries a fair amount of sweet
*>earlj tooth, aauro eye, peachy
.Mid sylph-HV? form, it is hardly
-r a friend to suggest to him that
d be a good idoa to hide behind
isthotio, nine limes, out of ten he
_ know what the word means and
will aocuso you of calling names, or
afocbe will become suspioious that yott
oould''' #et'i
moment, ho don't
know whether sho has kissod him or
EMilled his tooth. Thoro isn't a fellow
n Christondom who has got common
sense that will say that tnoro is any
thing about laugning gas tnat will
knock the feeling so toetotally out of a
follows make-up, as a girl's sloovo
wound his neck and her breath playing
over his faco. Woman may usurp man,
but 6ho is doing muoh to supplant
misery with pleasure.?St. Paul Jlcr
lid.
Grant at Fort Donelson.
From nn illustrated ariiule on "Tho
Brittle of Fort Donelson," by (ioneral
Low Wallico, in thoDecembdr Century,
wd take the following: "Thore wore in
attendance on the occasion some ofH
Dorn of groat subsequent nobility. Of
thCie UlysseS'S. Grant was first. Tho
frOrldknow* him now; thon. his farao
was all before him. A singularity of
tho volunteer service in that day was
tlkiit Dobody took account of even a
firnt-rato rocord in tho Moxioan War.
The battlo of Belmont, though indecis
ive, was a much better roforonco. A
?tory was abroad that Grant had boon
tho last rtijin 10 tako boat at tho end of
that affair, and the addondum that ho
had lingered lu the faco of the enomy
until he Was hfculdd aboard with tho
last ang-plank. did him groat good.
From tho first his ailonoo was remark
able. <?' IIo' knew how to keep hit tom
pT. {In battle', as Iti camp, ho wont
r '"utquiotly,. spooking in a coOvorsa
tionM tone; vot hojappearod to soo
ovoi^rtlilngUlidt went on,- and was al
ways Intout on buslfceis. . lie had a
faithful assistant adjutant-gonoral, and
appreciated him; ho preforred howover,
his own iiy(!i, wordv and hand. His
aidos wero little moro than moBsengora.
In .dress he waa plain* even negligent;
in partial amendment of that his horso
was always a good ono and woll kept.
At tho council?-calling it such by graoo
?ho smoked, but rtovor said a word.
In all probability ho was framing the
ordors of march which wero issuoo that
night*" * . >
ISxIgtnor, Not Ch*raoter.
"There is oharaotor in ovory step a
porson takes." said a man who thought
ho know it all, so far as tho soionoo of
gait w?*s concornod. "When 1 saw you
pass our hotiso the other day, Miss
Clafa, f was Impresfcod by tho oasy,
Independent freedom of yonr wait.
8uoh firm yot gontlo strldos botrayed
tho dominant unconvontlonality of your
oharacter."
He was a Dootor of Divinity, and I
didn't care to sass him, but I foltbound
In Christian honesty to ask him:
"Was I wearing my brown and blank
plush suit?"
no believed so.
"Then I was making a special effort
to take long, swinging stops," I said,
"booause that is the only way I can
make the confoundod drapory swish
right That meant exigency, not char
acter. See me in my new dark-blue
stroet costumo, with Its narrow skirt
and Internal strappings, and you'll say
I'm a mincer from Mincevillo." -Clara
Utile, in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Fair Philistine ?"Yes, wo'vo Just re
turned from a visit to Antwerp, and of
course wo saw Huben's groat plctnroat
the Cathedral. I don't llkri it a hit. I
never yot saw any plcturo by him I did
like." Artist (more In sorrow than in
anger)?"Perhaps you havo not como
acrotfs tho best examples of that groat
mastor." Fair Philistlno-"Perhaps
npt. Ilv-the-by, thero wa* ono Huhons
there I liked. Artist (much rollovod)
? "Ah! thore was ono. I'm glad of
that." Fair PhlHstlno "Yos; it whs a
picture of his death, pnint'ul by some
body elso. "-Vwly.
A. Practical Joke.
One Chicago man lias had enough of
practical jokes. Jones and Jenkins
aro partners. Jones is a Democrat and
Jenkins is a Republican. While the
excitement ovor the New York count
was at its bight, Joues invited Jenkins
over to his house to spend tho evening.
Thinking to have a little fun with his
partner, Jones got an American Hag,
a picturo of Blaine, and a stuffed caglo
and fixed tlunu up vory gracefully on
his front-parlor mantel. Then, to ntako
tho thing more binding, ho got a friend
to write a message to himself, purport
ing to come from Now York, stating
that tho count had beon finished and
that Blaine had the state bv 7,000 ma
'?wi en Jenkins arrived ho was greatly
pleased with tho demonstration made
by his friend, and took groat sat
isfaction in readiug and rereading tho
tolegram containing tho good news.
After suppor he becamo uneasy, and
about 9 o clock ho oxcusod himself and
went away. Jones was Immensely
ploased with the success of his game.
"I liko to rub it on these fellers," ho
said to his wife. "Now this thing has
beon hnr.ging by the gills so long that
it won't hurt them much to lot go, but
lot go they must. I thought I'd just
raiso his ^opes sky high and dash them
to tho ground. You see he's gone homo
now, thinking tho country is safe, and
to-morrow morniug he'll waut a moun
tain to fall on him.
Tho next day Joues was at his ollico
bright and early but Jenkins did not
appear. Noon camo, and still ho was
missing. Jonos telephoned up to his
partnor's boarding place, but nobody
had soon him there. Then ho became
troubled and sat down to meditate. 11c
was just revolving half adozen sehomfcs
in his mind when a telegraph boy came
in with a dispatch dateu at somo town
down in tho country whero both men
used to live, and which ran as follows:
"Took night train for homo and havo
drawn our balanco at eight this morn
ing for hotting. Woods full of chumps
hore who waut to hot two to ono on
Cleveland. All the money up on
Blaino, and want more. Borrow what
you can and telegraph it to mo beforo
tho ofHco closes.
"General Jackson and all tho proph
ets!" yollod tho unhappy Jones.. "Suf
fering Moses! Four thousand dollars
up on Blaino, and every dollar of ready
cash blown in! Hold on horo, you boy!
Hold on! Corno horo till I wrlto an An
swer to this infornal idiot.1'
' Then ho wroto briefly, but pointedly:
"Hedge, hodgo, hedge, qrwo ro ruined.
My Information was wrong, Double
up on yourself. Oopper it. Bot on
Cleveland, 200,000 majority in Texas,
or something else that's safe."
. .When the ooy had gono it occurred
to Jones that Jonkinq had no money to
e with, and that he. must 4o, that
of the business himself. Seouring
roll of bills ho.made frantio hatfto
io pool-roonw, j and arrived there
?eoa big crowd' roadjhfc
up for an advanco
had sent it to him, in addition to
oring his draft for tho full amount of
tho firm's deposit. "Of courso it's all
right," the cashier said, "but you
know what tho rule is and you'd better
fix up the little balanco as soon as pos
sible. We don't usually permit over
drafts."
Jenkins got back in tho courso of
time, and he explained that ho supposed
Jones' pointer was from tho inside, and
ho thought it best to mako all ho nould
on it. Jones smiled in a sickly way,
and talked a good deal about suing
somebody in Now York for damages,
but privatolv he is a chastened man.
? Cnicu'jo ])cru!tl.
^utiles' Costumes lu Africa.
Tho only primitive cos tunics wo saw,
writes ono of our correspondents, was
on tho first day leaving Assouan on the
loft bank?the country of the Kalabseh
? where the young ladies simply wore
round the loins a fringe composed of
thin loather strips. The married ladies
wero clothed to the foot. Curiously
onough, the women on both banks hate
or dread being looked at through a
glass. Ouo I saw run away, screaming
as hard as she could; others at once
cover their blanching facos with their
hands. It is a fact not generally known
that dark-skinned ladies blush white.
Others again anathematize you ac
cording to a fashion all over thG East,
even among Die (^enksof Constantino
ple, by holding i" their hand, palm
outward, and jerking it toward you.
This, I am told, means May live devils
sei/.o you! If they wish to cmphasi/.o
tho spell they put up ten lingers. Oth
ers say this is a protection against tho
evil eye.
At some villages, encouraged by the
soldiers who filing biscuits from tho
ducks, lnd* and girls ran frantically
along the bunks scrambling for them,
to the gru:it indignation of tho land
owners over whose crops they ran riot.
In vain tlie*o colored gentlemon stood
in tho way, Hying mud and stones at
thom. Tliey ? 'rambled by, ^yid contin
ued the chase as long as biscuit was
tiling or until dead beat.- London
News.
Tho llonnon.
?'Look here," said a judge to a jury
man, "I do not desiro to wound your
feelings, but why don't you put 011 a
clean shirtP"
"Because my wife has been very busy
for soveral days and I have had no one
to sow on buttons."
"Hasn't your wife had time to sew on
a button P"
"No, sir."
"What's tho matter, children slekP"
"No, sir, children somowhat dirty,
but in good health."
"What is your wife doing that, keeps
her so constantly employed?"
"Well, you sen, several days ago, our
minister came around and said that by
sueh a time ho had to have 200 pairs of
brooches to send to the heathens, and
my wifo good soul that she is has
beon busy over since. Just wait, judge,
till she gets through, and then I'll
come around and da/./lo this court with
tho whitest shirt you ever aocd." Ar
kansnw Traveler.
All the animals wero sitting around
quietly after the afternoon perform
ance, and tho giraft'o was thoughtfully
observing hor colt snuffing about tho
lamps ?t the top of tho center-pole.
"Young man," she said at last, as lie
thrust about elovon and a half linear
feet of nook through an opening in tho
eanvas to look out upon tho world,
"telescope yourself in out of the damp
Oetolier air. A colt with a swallowing
thing like a tologranh polo hns 110 busi
ness tampering with tho croup." Ilur
lington llawkryc.
l.KANIXOS*
Six millions of dollars' worth of ell
vor is used in thi* country every yoal
for manufacturing and decorativo pur
poses.
Forty years ago thero was only on*
daguorre ?t \ J?o gallery in Now Xork
City. Now within three jnilos of UaioD
Square thero are not less than 500 pho
togruph gi'.liciie.s.
The town of Ncwington, N. II., has
no store, no saloon, no debt, no lawyer,
no doctor, nobody in tho almshouse,
and "no or.e to molest or make one
afraid." It !k>s one church.
It is estimate 1 that moro thau 3,000
neonTo have moved away from Port
land, Ore., during the last year, and
the town is uncomfortably full of'va?
cant residences ami store-rooms.
Ten pounds of normal alcohol havo
been mad" from ?i\ pounds of wator
melon pulp, Free sulphuric acid was
added, t!.o mixture was warmed, and
the sugar was changed into glucosc.
This product ferments directly.
The number of medical collopos la
the Unitei. States and Canada# is 6tat
e<l to he 13(?>. Of medical atudonts
thero are I J.o'H), of whom 10,000 arc
"regular*." 1.200 aro homeopathic, 750
electics, and .">0 physio-medicals.
There is less blood in cold-bloodod
than in warm-blooded animals. Tho
larger tlio animal tho greater is tho pro
portion of blood to tho body. Man has
about a gallon and a half of blood,
equal to one-thirtieth of his weight.
Englishmen eat at much shorter in?
tervals than Americans aro accustomod
to. The farm laborer eats four meals a
dav, and in some of tho baronial balls
in England tho tablos aro spread lor
meals at intervals of four hours during
tho day and evening. '?* >
"Polographic" is tho namo of. '!th new
scienco just introi."?cod in Franco. - It
is'tho act of discn.iiinf ting character
by tho board. Close-growing hftlr. in
dicates a vigorous tomporamont} oojarso
hair obstinacy; lino lmlr, roflnemont;
curly boards, brilliancy, oto.
General Joo Johnson, who' is now 77
years old docs not look ovor 60. ;! Ho
is as straight as an arrow, and tho.bnly
sign of ago is scon in his silkjy*gray
hair, which Hows in silvery curls almost
gray
for a
young man. '#$'?' ?
A now clock has bean invented, and ^
coming into use in Europo, whioh is
warranted by its manufactur*rs toiru% i-;
for livo yoars without oithor whiding or i
regulation. Tho 'Bolgian Government
placed ouo in a railway station in I"
sealed with tho Govornmont l
has kept perfect tlmo ovftr i
' JdassaQliusotts 1w4? *
travel thao~ny<
ion. Tho
m,''
dishonorable conduct must, will and
shall be avenged."
ivory cu
to his shoulders, and in nis full
beard. Othorwiso ho might pass
A comparison mado in tho London
meteorological ollirc of Atlantic tem
perature returns from about twenty
eight ship <, containing 11G recent ob
servations, with data for previous
year.<, reveals the fact that during last
summer the ocean in tho (Julf.Stroam'a
eourso was abnormally warm.
The streets of Winnipeg, Manitoba,
nro very picturesque in the aftornoons.
Young exquisites with singlo eye-glass
os languidly stare at duiutily-drossed
ladies of fashion. Stolid half-breeds
walk back utul forth with toes turned
in, while Indian squawj trudgo along
with thoir infants strappod to boards
on their backs. Mounted police in
scarlot coats and whito helmets add
color to tho scono.
A few days aero some dry sago on tho
battlefield of Missionary Ridge, near
Chattanooga. Tenn., toolc lire and tho
(lames spread with great rapidity. A
stump soon blazed up and in a few
seconds a roar like thunder reverber
ated down tho valley, and tho stump
was blown into ten thousand pieces.
Investigation developed tho fact that
throo shells were imbedded in tho stump
and oxplo?ied from tho heat.
Tho old .Schuyler mansion in Albany,
now to bo raided, was built in 1700 by
tho wife of (Jencrnl Philip Schuyler,
and was a marvel of grandeur in its
early days. Franklin,Lafayette, Aaron
Burr, find I'ochambcau were among its
guests. Here Burgoyno was held a
prisoner after his surrender at Sarato
ga, and in 17KI a desperate effort was
made by Tories and Indians to eapturo
General Schuyler, (lathering his fami
ly in an upper room he stood scigo un
til rolief came.
Tho grown-up Mormons aro oxceod
ingly hard to convert to anything llko
orthodox Christianity. Hut tho toaoh
ors and missionaries who aro tfying'to
ovangoli/.o Utah are at work on tho
children, who are plenty in that coun
try. Sevonty-one school buildings hnvo
boon built at a cost of nearly f?!100,000,
and a dozen or more schools aro hold
in rented buildings. Thero aro about
7,600 Mormon children under anti
Mormon instruction, and they aro said
to make good .scholars.
In a case of extensive burn unhealed,
after six years. Dr. Frank C. Wilson, of
Lou'sville, Ky , in the Medical News,
says: "I made use of throo difToront
kinds of skin grafts, namely, from tho
skin of a young rabbit, from tho hu
man skin, and from tho inner mem
brane of a hen's perfectly fresh egg."
Of the three, lie much preferred tho
?gK membrane as being much morn
readily obtained, and one egg will sup
ply any number of grafts needed.
Tho great cathedral in the eity of
Mexico j? e largest in America, and
cost nearly $(2,0<K),(KH). It wiu com
menced by tho Spaniards in 678, on
the site of I Ik* old A/.tee temple, or pyr
amid, and finished in IM?7. lis facade
is beautifully carved. Against Its
wosteili wall leans its celebrated calen
dar, covered with hioroglyphics, and
weighing t\ ent? five tons. Its cast,
which the Mexican Ortvornmoht In at
present engaged in taking, will bo ex
hibited at the New Orleans Ktposif.ioti.
At La Canada, at I .<m Angeles, Cal
ifornia. what is known as"eorn grass,"
a wild kind of p.impas, is very abun
dant. I Miring I lie spring and summer
it. is green, fresh, and abundant, grow
ing to a straight height of from nine to
tr i and a half feet- Yet tho stalkH aro
small, also tho roots, but they are ro
solid that a wind could not blow them
an iota from the perpendicular. But In
tho fall and winter this growth be
comes stilV, with a strong llbro, nju1
with proper application J
many acres of it
paper than straw 1