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WMWIm ? ? M fat*. wBBfcf. '??? li^ "": &% '^T" r VQL- xii NO. 30. At Nlglit* f f nTv?-! , v V'T 's- l'i Hark I how tbo Winter's wind doth irfelstto thrill / ' ? ' ' y And'gainst tho frosty pand doth sharp tin ^ JIls warlike mlinlcry of shot and shell With all tho strength uf an uuoonquered will. Tho fcalh'ry pluos with glitt'riug storu uro AM ftll along the maples' slcndor limbs Hun volns of isllven-suddenly thoro glomus ? Through* cloua-rift?ono fair, faint ovum of ?? _ iigM, Tho thwarted sun's good-nlftht/ * Now drops night's pall.->--< ? ? . - - Hear tho louu wind swirling from loo-flolds And lol* boholrt out-twlnkllW. star on star. - Tho light* of hotu^for shltid .with rays all How blelit^joyoncl nit Knowledge, lovo, wore ? If ljutpr&Hg* tdlgtftttfow foi*thco tnd ma > ? "*r ^ * 'SPjfwV Unhooded thon should be tho storm-swept sky, ~ ynheftttl tho wind, tho rattling of tbo sleet Against tho pupe,, fa*. obi thy proeenoo Thy hand?? vMo^-fty fond, a; proving eye Would mako for mo ft May in rold-Deoember. I should not tnind tho lanilsonpo bleak and ohlll, TJio shroudod plain, tho drlft-cncurabored I should'forgot tho Wftiter to remember, ? Alas* ^l^f>?|Uyls?pia^ never bo: __ AmlU?M<ft^jy!S>ipw, fiowt*togay, ? south winds tfnrploir TTl. oh! fori; ? 'Niiu ov CherryftTo happy horo.%Se uaa i. >Vhy can't you lot us nlono ; 6nid Cherry wi F ;'; But ??Lot'# go mum "* lovo papn. And IlAflit to seo my now said Mrs. i ^CCj.chearly, an turning archly to t -r"7- T;'ir never tpld us that tins Chonj uf ours was almost ayomur lad,v." "Because I did 11 1 rer.lizc it myself," said Colonel Fountain, carcsfrin'^one'of Cherry's long brown curls, and think iug, even at that inauspicious moment, how much like her dead mother sho was growing, "('horry, this is your new mamma. You must bo great friends willi lu-r!" Tho tears hrimme'd into Ciiorry's eyes?her lips quivered. Mrs. Fountain's quick eyo saw it all, but she had too n.ueh tact to interfere. Sho only hU.scd Cherry aud clasped her hand tenderly, and tlion began to talk about the beauty of tho fiver, all reddened in Iho sunset glow. "They are bcaul fill children" sho said to her hinbimd that night. "I am sure I shall lovo thoin if only thoy will lol me!" "I don't tliink there will l>o any trouble about that, darling." saiil tho colonel fondly. Nor would there havo boon, if Cher ry's frank, generous soul had boon left to its own impulses. Hut tho neigh bors bail condoled with her too sym pathetically. Miss Darling, who would herself have been glad to consolo tho handsome widower, had said plalntlvo- i ?y; ? , "You, deal.Cherry, must remombor your mother's memory, although your father scorns to liave forgotten It." And Aunt Fredericn, tlio older sister of tho Uoccusod iudy, had ostentatiously como to tho house to removo all tho personal belongings of tho lato Mrs. Fountain, during the absence of tho colonel on his wedding-tour. "I dare sav your new ma will bo for Hinging all these in tho tire," said sho. "I only hopu alio will bo kind to Wlllio, poor ohlld!" "If she Is not," flushed Cherry, ??she wh 1 haVfl mo to settle with." Hut Aunt Froderica, only groaned and shook her bend. And it \yas in this spirit that ("hurry was prepared to uieet hor fathor'a soo ond wife, Small 'wonder that Alice Fountain found it well-nigh impossible to win her love. ??This walyonrdVav mamma's favor ite flower-bed, Cherry,' said tho bride one morning. "Willie told me so. You and I must make it our caro to keep the plaeo always bright ami lovely." Cherry blusho I a Tittle as she glano ed down at the weed-grown ftarletre, "Thoro Is no occasion for troubling you," said she. "1 can tako caro of it mysolf." "H it 1 should )i)ce to help you, dear, I am P0 fifed of gardening.'* w ?I prefer to drtlt mysMfT* aaW Cher ry stlfTlv. Mrs. YounCam looked at hot* wlatful lv, but sttld nothing more jrtst then. In the afternoon sho came to the litllo boudoir where Cherry sat reading. "Where are your books, Uhorryt" said she. "Your papa thinks 1 oould read French ami (ierinan with you and holp vcfci In your practicing." "Thanks, ' said Chorry, suddenly straightening herself up: "but 1 don't want any help. "I would rather go on with mv dally governess, MUa Murray, ? Just ns I did beforo." Arid oiioo more Aljne found haraelf ropoflott. Aunt Frederlca came dally to the house, nnd sat polemnly In judgment oh the brido's new theories of houso Uif holn management. Miss Darling glid ed in and out like a shadow, attaching herself markedly to Cherry. Thorc was a decided counter-current In tho house, which Alleo could feol rather than see; and, as tho days went by, she began vaguely to fancy that oven her huAbaiul wiui different from what he had been. One morning, sitting at the window, she saw a carrTago loaded with trunks drive up ' 'Dear Fell*," she cried, runoting to whore her husband sat in tho library, "have you invited companyP" CJolonol Fountain reddened a little. "Company!" repeated he. 'Oh yes, I see." I intended to havo mentioned it before. Tho faot is, dear, my sister Fredorica is coming hero to? a few months. You are so young and inex periencod that I thought, perhaps, it would be better for her to take charge of the housokeoping, for tho present, at least." ' /J Alice's damask-rose complexion deep ened into scarlet ??Havo I if| any way failed to moot your wishes, FelixP'T said she, in a stifled volco. &uVbfWf bat Fred erica thought?^?" tV'Vdo uot.vapt to hear,what Fred orica thought,0 said "Mrs. Fountain* quickly. ? . '?And Chorry is getting so lawless, and Wlllio is positively ungovornablo, and Frederic a says thAtthobouso noeds a firmer hand to rule it," went on Col onel Fountalu. "Do you think so, FellxP" ' ell, no, not exaotly; but you know pefc that you aro young to be at the head of a household like this." Alloa bit her lip. "Why dl4ayou not think of that bo foro>?u married moP" said she. >:? V?b<r you'are getting childish, Al ? ?, ^or husband gravely. "I shall begin to believo that Fredorica is algut your temper!" ? Mrs. Fountain could euduro no more. She turned and left the room. CJolonol Fountain looked earnestly after her. > 1 ? Like most mon, he hated scenes, but nevertheless, his conscience prioked him a little. He half rose, *s if to fol low hor, and .then he. safcdowu again. "Jrederloa says I ought not to givo /.way to her in overything,'' said ho. M|And perhaps she is right Fredorica !fr tha children should reoelve a little moro of my attention. I'll go and walk through the garden with thorn now* Of courjft' the poor dar lings ought not to benogleotod because I have married again." *lrL ' an hour later .Alico looked out of tho casement and jsaw.hor husband . coming out of tho greenhouses with Cherry fondly ollngin^to bis arm, Wil lio twulog'on before,.and Aunt Fred arloatfoUowing with jbotlr hands full of ^vhlte grapes which tho old gardenor parted with so roluotautly. iW ttr? happy .onough without mo, sho sold to> horsolf, with a sharp ntiddon pang at hor heart; "I rfth only nn' Intruder here." Whoii Colonel Fountain came up stuirs to-dixtss for dlnnor, ho found the r"""' -h^taj; ^ittlo note lay on was what ho read on hope you will not blame iff your house. But I havo de _52ilM9fc live where I atn not fhonmshly. if you arid mor'wfth Miss Fredorica je(irftUly-abdlonto In her -,-z. - !? eertaln?thoro cannot mistresses In a home. And I will ??PPy a? possible with my Uncle sssa .Colonol Fountain's first impression ?.Wim than of hot auger, his second a dull "dCspalr.' lirtt Auitt Ft'edorloa pursed ^lumrlipa. .X; thf.-i! chits that never know their ovn mind!" Uu kiiunt, said I'uimtain hoarsely. . "You have ruined uio! In not that enough?'' A week of Aunt Frederica's rule com pletely disedchanted the wholo family. Cherry hurst into tears one day when the old lady Was especially exacting. "I wish I hud my mamma back again, said she impetuously. our sainted mother, dear child" groanod Miss Fredorica, "is in heav en." "Hut I mean my mamma Alice " sobbed Cherry. "I do miss her so dreadfully! I believo sho really loved me. And -and I do lovo her, and I wish 1 hadn't behaved so horrid)v to her. I here!" t Jjri,'X her home?" shouted ? illio. "Nobody retnembors to help mo with my sums, or to out out paper ships for me. now that mamma is gone!" '?\Yo will briug her homo," said tlio Colonel, who was just then particularly exasperated nt discovering that Miss Fredcru a hud boon transforming Alien's boudoir into n bedroom for some fourth cousin who wuh contemplating an un invited sojourn at tho house. And Alice, sitting solitary and alono, like "Mariana in tho Moated (?range." was astonished that veiy day by tho unexpected vision of Cliorry herself. "Mamma." said the girl, half bash ful, half eager, "dearest mamma, will you forgive us all, ami particularly moP Will you come home to us again? Wo nro so lonely without you, and papa savs -" liut Alice had sprung to her foot and clasped her repentant stopdaughtor in her arms. "Will you really love me. dearest?" said she. "Oh, Cherry, Cherry, if you could but know how I have pined for your love!" So sho oamo homo again, this tlmo to An undivided kingdom, for Miss Fred orica and her sister* hml politely been turned out of doors; the boudoir whs Itself again, and Colonel Fountain win waiting on tho threshold to welcome hor back. "My dear," said he, I have made a fool of myself. I see it all now. It shall not happnn a second time." "Did I do right, Kolix?"sho said,tim idly. "Hut, oh, it was so wretched!" "Sweetheart," said Colonel Fountain with limitless loyalty, "you aro always right!" "Mamma h always light," echoed Chorry4hd Willio^showerlngoarenses on their recoverod treasure. For, by some magic spell, Alieo had oontrlvod to convert tho whole family at Inst. It wns never "ray stonmoth er" again, it was always "Mamma AJioo. A Clevctland (<).) niacliiuc company lias the first mill only auger over manufactured that will born iv wpiaro hole. Its application is ordinary and works (in tint Kami; principle as round lioln augors. ltM ond, instond of having a ho row or a I>it. has a cam motion Which oscillates a cutter mounted on a stool rocking-knlfo Whloh wits on both Hlftrts. In order to prevent tint splint ering of tint wood the ends of tint cut ter aro provided with small somicircu lar-shaped miw* which hitlp in cutting out perfootly squarit corners. It ia es timated that this now proooss will save tho labor of throo men who work with chisels. An Ohio man was tho in vnntor. A Montana man come* to the front with a ?U> ry about finding a ravn full >f petrified rattle-makes. When tho whisky makes a fellow sen'cm petriliod, it must bo of a character simply awful. Omaha ^S'ch.) lU-pnMican A I5&** S i'^AK. H? U SI<1 ? V . tr (fu??^tr to Itfoth ? i\- . . *'It lun't I :'.??? juo of tlowers and the - .<?<* < f ile womt'tf to be a member e<> t : '>\Vuilon*t fbed on locusts i 'villi Imnoy and sleep on down," t ? we: i'v 'member as ho tiltod bnv? i > iiW chair mill brushed asldo (lie lie ? t,f !, tpiled upon hi* desk. He i... 1 u ii:i :mi a look in his oyo, aud ih r> rht hand hung limp at his ?ido \v>Hi a | tti between his Angers. "If anyho 1 v thinks it'* clover.'let hiiu try It! ' I -1'?i tod out with tho ldoa that it was my -iiitv to answer evory letter I got. Well. I hnvo involved myself ir*a probloui of ? 'ortnoirltail progression," and he i oii.ied in a despairing sort oI way at the di-sk beforo him, tho ampla Waste basket by his sido and the floor about him?all full of lettqrs. "Thoy aro accumulating overv nay. Evory one I answer brings two woro, and I answer them all. Just think Of ill It rankos my head swim. Whon I first came here 1 used to go out a little. I wont to tho tltoa'cr ?cca?donally, or to an entertainment, or to a reception, or to see n friend. Now I go nowhere. Each year I am more olosCjy confined. Tho walls aro closing in around mo. and, liko the man in the 'Iron Shroud.' I am waiting for them to close and crush me. I've Htopped going out. I leavo ray commiltee-ioom at the eapitol only to go to my desk at home. 1 swallow my dinner whole, as it wore. I wrte late at night?later each night. Tho progression is working out, and mv mail's bigger each day. Presently "1 shall have to sit up all niglit; then re duce my meals to live minutes; give up smoking. Write, write, write,! Oh? well?think! 'Tis a torriblo doom; slowly to writo ono's solf to death. Tho pile of loiters is up to my neck. Soon it'll bo ovor my hoad?daylight will bo shut out-?and?tbon?! "No, sir; wo don't livo in clover." And he drew in a long breath and sottled himself down in Ws chair as if resigned to ids impending doom. ??Why, it startod this way?It always has a start; any member will tell you? it startod this way: - As soon a? I got to congress I got a letter from" one of my constituents congratulating me upon my eloction, and saying tuat he know now there would bo some * lation; tho constitution should not oe violated; I must iotrodttoo * bill in the housa .to prohibit ?** R '*** trJrt ? 1 ling the utter d.?.w igrcsH for tho national flsh orioa, and explaining the utter usel?s> noss of 'attompting class legislation. I got fdur letters from that neighbor hood by returning mall, and they kept on increasing until tho entire popula tion was represented by autograph lot tors. My promptness to answer any and all let tors was heralded all over the country, and I was askod to pass all sorts of bills, frcftn one to regulate tho length of prayers to one for the ?uppro8J?ioi\ of kissing at pound parties. Ono man wanted to loiow whether tho rope Gutttau was hurig with was hemp , or ootton. I referred this letter to the department of justice. The attorney geueral indorsed it to tho warden of thfrhril. who rotuniod it to me with a | l Of make. 1 Ins contributed lnro-elv to in crease mv correspondence. ? very body who had somotliing to write about that no one else would notice was told my address, with tho assurance that 1 loved to write letters. A large num ber of my letters now are applicants for places under tho haw admin intra* tion. Ono man want'd a placo that would take him to Canada. He did not know wi.at particular place. His doctor told him that it would benefit his health to live there, nnd if 1 would just look around and find a placo thoro for him with a pretty good salary at tached he would liko it. Hut, by tho way he had childron just growing up. I might lake this into consideration, and get him located whore there wero good freo schools. "Another follow wrote that ho would leavo it to mo to pick out his place for him, but I mustn t got tho salary bo low f1,200. Ho thought I'd bo a hot ter iudgo of good placos than he was. "Somo men may rofor thoso letters , to tho waste basket, but It don't do. I hey must bo answered. I must write; good-by. I mustn't wasto more tlmo talking. I'll have to sit up late to mako up for it. I must write. Tho walls aro oloslng around mo." "Well, my good fellow, what can I do for vouPf'and he turnod to a sup- [ pliant in aoldior clothes,'-who stood at his olb6w with porslstonco in his faco and a glazed cap In his hand. , "I'm an Amerloan by adoption. In 69 1 marriod an American woman with a mulo?her grandfather left it to " But at this point tho petitioner was thrust asldo ny a Moxloan pornionor, who woro throo medals and had been a personal friend of Win Scott's, and wantod his ponslon Incroased. - Wash ington Star. A Hquirrol and Her linhlea. Old citizens of Tolodo distinctly ro membor tho time when thoro wm rd immigration of squirrels In this vicinity. On n cortnin dhy a gontlemAri was on tho bnnk of Ttn-Miln (,'raok when tho numhor r?f n<|uirr?ln moving wn* unus nnlly Inrgo. Among tho squirrels wns 0110 thnt. exhibited such motherly euro nnd n fl'oc t ion for hor two littlo onos a* to provo (i most interesting sight. Slio reached tho bank ot tho crook where a crossing wns to bo inado. Tho littlo squirrel* wore < | u i to tiiflld about going noar to tho water, but tho mother conxed them until tiioy seomod to bo satisfied to do tvt she wished. She r;*n along tho shore, nnd finding a ploco of bnrk about n foot long find six inches wido, dragged it to tho water's edge nnd pushed it into tho wAter so thnt only n smnll part of ono ond of tho bnrk was resting on tho shore. Sho thou induced her littlo onos to get on the bark And they nt once coddled oloKely together, wnon tho old squirrel pushed tho bnrk nnd its load into tho stream,nnd. Inking ono end of tho bark in her teeth, pusncd it ahead of hor until the opposite bnnk wns reached, where the young sqOirrnis quickly scampered up tho bnnk of the crook, where tho mother rested for n few min utes, when tho journey wns rosumod. Toletlo Itlfule. A Minnosotn man U1II.4 (rath that prairin ohlokwna aro ovon moro -abund ;t 111 thorn now than formorly, but tlia raoo lia* ohangod; thoir lags urn fath ered, and thoir moat, from foodlng In tho whoat-lields, baa become a dwlloale white. ' \ ' vJS Kooky Mountaib sottftrolft, which are oonaidorably lnrgor than tho ordinary American squirrel, with iTloh ' goldnn brown fur and NllVor-grXy hoadrt, ar? in donmnd for fthliutieilt to England, whoro tboy aro valued at |M) per oair. CHAMOIS. v Y\j BdoMthin* AboelJheAlplne AmUlop*. That chamois are capable of passing places that area a eat would hesitate at la well known to otery one who ha*, wandered mucli junong the high Alps. A few months n go I was In the wild and deflate region of Pi* Yadred, where it ovorliangf tho great Grlalotseh Glacier, lu the Canton des Grisoux. From this glacier I traced chamois-tracks, hlgU' up over some very steep snow slopeeTto where the slopes ended, at an absolute* I ly vertical wstU of rock. This wall pro jected liko a but trcs?, and was proba bly fifty .Or sixty feet broadband* 400 feqt to its base, while all above was tioththj other was* , ? recommenced exactly ? the other ones. How had the chamois passed that wallP That they had pass-* ed it was oortaln. If It was by a leap it must have boon a terrific one, and in thoir flight they would have had to de scribe a horizohtal curvo like * bow. Tho more likely explanatiou Is they . found cracks In the free of the rock, .1 for their wonderful feet, though even, with the aid of a good fie)d-glass 1 was unablo to detect tho presonce of tho slightest ledge In the preclpico at that spot. In spite of their purcfootodnos.4, however, these animals do sometimes come to grief. "Ascent of t how he found ??w ^s&g.sssn^ist&i# slipped on the upper rooks, rolledfover* and over, down a slope of debris, with-, out boing able to regain its feetf and; its horns <*atehlng in. a notch in tm rook, it was unable to free itself; and. had starred to death. Recently I met a nuntei with a ohsk moisof forty pounds over his baok,. toiling painfully down the lower slopes of the Aiguille Vert, near' Chamounix. Ho had beoh oh the mountain for two; days, the result being the oneaninwl. which he had on^ reeoyersdwithgreat diffionlty after ho had shot it, as it had. fallen over ttg precipice. common ooewftnoe, but it is sc hunter will 1MU his .buarry* him. ThreC^^^ nawrj mountaij toU,i?i4l.g onV UdgiTSf rook ; and a few horrified to observe the body of a man on agr**#* slope several hundred feet lower doff By making a detour th?r managed: to rcaoh the spot. The : lying on his book, his gun-barrel beS' double, and tho stock smashed to splin tors. His body was terribly, fnutiiated*" and the faoe was decomposed ;Wjjrond all recognition. His bony hand stUI Ood the look of his gun, -The posit o was lying in. and the chamois up above, told their own stonr. He had shot tho chamois. It had rolled over on to the ledge, and in endeavor* ing to recover it he had lost his footing and jptpst have been lying for week# whore he was found. If once the sentinel buck of a! chamois oatches sight of a hope of ooming up .with them is at an end. Under such oil cos #' hunter will often follow wfi^.8.?noW 0.nHLw?ii aU night in tlifl shelter of some i up tho trn.il nguin on the folic morning, when possibly patience"' perscveranco may bo rewardod. Ouo of tho number is always in ad vanco, and another ono somo little dis tance in tho roar. These are the ad vance and rear guards. Occasionally thoy stop, sniff tho air, and scan tho mountains, and at the slightest Indica tion of danger thoy give tho signal and tho whole lot go bounding away as if they had boon caught up by a whirl wind. If thoy happen to bo on a gla cier or snow-ttold whon startled thoy almost invariably mako for tho rocks. This is probably tho result of somo in stinct which teaches them that thoil tawny color renders them less liable tc bo soon amongst tho dark rocks than on the snow.?London Graphic. Decline of tho Noic. Komoono has invented a proccss for tho reduction of largo nosos. Tho in ventor was ntruck by tho alleged (act Hint noses on which spectacled are worn are, ns a rulo, small noses. He thoreupon formulated the theory that the pressure of tho spoctacles on the bridgo of tho noso Intorforos with the frco circulation of blood and that this intorferonco deprlvos the note of nour ishment and prevents Its growth. In accordance with this theory he now proposes to roducothe size of any given noso by placing a metallio damp on the bridgo. This damp, if worn every night, will, as ho bellovefl, reduce the largest noso to modorato proportions within a roasonablo longth of time. Thero are two or throe woak points about thin alleged invention.. One of thoso is that tho theory on whioh it is founded has no support in fact 8omo of our most eminent noses aro thoso on whioh spoctacles havo beon worn for a lifetime, and among our 'smalloit noses aro somo on whioh spOotaoles novor havo rested. Thai spectacles of one sort and anothor are worn much moro generally now than thoy wore fifty years ago, and that noses havo un doubtedly grown smaller during tho umo period, is undoubtedly true, but it does not follow that thero is any con nection botweon tho two facts. Tho gradual decline of tho human nose is the rosult of tho introduction and general use of handkerchiefs. The Unmans never used handkorchiofs, and their noses, as wo all know, were of tho largest and finest typo. Moreover, they wero loss liable to colds in the head than aro peoplo of tho present tlmo, and their noses onjoyod almost a sinocuro. As civilization advanced northward from Italy tho inhabitants of the cold and variable climate of northern Kuropo found that their noses wero constantly railed Into activity, and as a consequence tho Average European nose foil bolow the Roman stamlard. Within modern timos tho handkerchief was invented, and a now and potont factor in the reduotlon of noses thus came into existence. Con stant friction will wear away the hard est stone, much moro tho soft and car tilaginous nose. Undor the friction of handkerchiefs the noses of Jho present oentury have steadily diminished, until small noses are worn almost as muoh as spoctaclosaMfe, . It is a quo^Wn whether it is desirable ever to reduce the size of the nose, (iroatnels of ihtellect has In all ages boon olosoly allied to groatness of noso, and the man who, having been gifted by nature with a noso of true nobility, should desire tA;dwarf It and his Intel lect at tho same time, would deserve no assistant in his foolish purpose. ? N. Y. Kv?ry your 126,000 Woodftn Hpoona ar? turnnri out In Kutinia, in thn manu facturo of which about 32,000 oublo fathoms of wood aro oonaumod. Beo?n?a. . i?r>. WiUla WiilHord, nwldowodladj ?Vj^thons, lost her youngest brother at * ; of the Bendors, who figured ?ntly in the annuls of orinto ago. This young man lly is, about forty weight tuiles Bonders, and taking with him attndred dollars in money, ho for the. frontiers with the ,in on of Speculating in, land. Ho pled inn two-horso wagon, and it s that on the second dar he reach lio cnbin whore the Benders ran a howl and sort of saloon. Ho-, was ab sent so long that his family grew un e*s, and iustituted a search for him* butj the missing man could not be traced beyond his second day's travel. Whie the Benders were looked upon, characters, nothing criminal >henco >lay at their bund* ras a year and a jpahoe that sevor at' the Bondor Who was sleep than ujiper room with a ^looking an orohaVd. *Mu?. was aroused by tors, and looking out persons burying aa object, pale light, and to her that the partios iWiy; She What they lr conver lered ono to attend thoroughly somehow!to io?iro8t Bet3SmenCk^4% ' ?aurder, but the Banders itly gotten word of their dis *o.nly/a vacant house was It the arrival of the officers. .theso criminals Related by us. >turod, and although rcapture and ivo bean j|ftbBs]J8d. in ?caroh ?or was found tioh was sprung Lupon it, throw into a dark collar. Horo ho in the ljoad by the father, kUghterMould out the vlo . ? kuImI*. " and tho ite all 'of .a graVe. In this onward was the bodios of ten.Mmn 'persons "Xchild,* all wjth wielr skulls and throats cut ' Mrs. WiUl rothor^s, body was recognised oolor of the hair and garment ifc although It had been eighteen mi)ntha since he was buried.?Athens (Oa.) Dmmr. if*! Ifci >? i ? tal Dignity. of talking about tho ssaion, ana do their ' An emlnont London :iold me, in conve|sa^ lakes a point of never tlents for his fee When jply pockets it as a IBM due. 1 presume * jdn \o ask for it .)nVt ftitirout di to pay. They somotimes do s. A friend of tho writer, who whs o treated thus by a lndy richly at d, stopped her just as sho was mak iiilf her exit, and in tho blandest of ttl'Uis bogged to bo allowed to look at th a prescription again for a moment. Hi lookod at it for a few seconds, and th jn, tearing it across, threw it into th u tiro. "Ladies in silks and satins," 1m said, "ca*i generally alTord to pay," av d calmly rung his bell for his servant to usher in tho next patient. , Doctors occasionally get the worst of it though, when tlicy stand too much or thoir dignity wjth patients. A local pi aetitioner in a country town was ono di y sont for to visit a child in tho fam ily of 0110 of his patients. On arrival h< found his little patient had boon ail in % for some days, and asked why ho hi d not boon called in before. "Oh," sa id tho mother, "wo huvo boon giving it a bottle of K 's stuft'," mentioning a patent medicine proparod by a vetori ni ry surgeon well known in tho coun tr /, anil a bottlo of which sho had ob ta ined at the chomist's. "What!1'ox ol ilmod tho doctor, "expect mo to at to nd after a horso doctor?" and ho m srohed ofT in great indignation. Tho fo ther of tho child was n bakor, and st pplled the doctor's family with broad. N 9xt day no bread was dolivored at t) e doctor's house. Tho dootor's wifo pi it on her bonnot and shawl and wont 01 it to call on tho bakor, respecting tho 01 nission. On entoring tho shop sho ri ,w tho baker's bottor-half, and polite ly intimated that sho had called to say tl iat no broad had beon loft as usual, a id sho would ho glad to liavo some b int. "Oh, no," was tho reply, "your h lsbwnd won't attend us as a doctor, so w 0 sha'n't supnl) him with bread," and tl iey didn't. The doctor was forced to d )al with fnothor and inferior baker, a 1 similarly tho bakor had on tho provi o is day boon forced to sond for another d i>ctor. tho Ann of it Wonmn'n Ltfh, An occasional porsonsgo in society In tho young woman who docs not in tl 10 loait oaro for tho compiuiionship of o thor women. To hor an afternoon ti it or a "hon lunoh" in like soup with 0 ut suit. It does not at all matter that t le women may ho bright and clover, 1< ladors of fashion or notables in ? jfrorldly way; after nil they aro hut wo jnWn, and all tho bright, talk, nil tho JrOftdy smiles, all the grnco and charm lof manner that aro ourront coin nt Yuioh gatherings, aro but awful wastes fl|f raw material. If "she i? a |>or?on 1 lekiug In refinement she doe* not n early disguise hor impatience, her lib it ?luto weariness, hor conviction thnt ours spent with them are lost. And 0 Ten if aho Is tactful it is often appar c nt that her mode ami manner intend f radons patronage, and the gentle en < uranco of Cbbrfedom thnt she cannot t scape. When tho men come in it i* 1 ke the lighting of a thoutre by elec t rlelty. All the dimly guessed nt. femi Hitpo.infractions Mush into view. There aro snilllcs, laughter comes rendily, re partee! is oiiick, nnd arehnoss most arch. |To this young woman tho man in* mi n Iglas* of ehampagnn. He is lit erally ?nd lignrativoly tho huh of hor exlstenlf?- New Orleans Times-Demo crat. of our local .Tonkins Imvo tho now stylo of writing "no ivV an follows: "I rlroppnil in | Alitor's roooptlon, oto,," "I Jn at Mm. Tsorlitarri'ft T>all, ffl I happonotl In at Mrs. (ioo ind no forth." "I" forsooth! Iroppod," "looked" or "hnp it was to dollvor Ico eronm servant Mrs. Jones' carriage -Hotel Mail. ' y ' * ?? ?. Rough nnd UnjtuUuut H?ll?fUoni on Wo-j ? ? man l>jr I,onl U*?cou?tlel<l. ^ Lord ltcaoonsllold o^ce publlcalljr de clared, write* ti'> correspondent to the Nww York World, that he ruled man kind by dosp'slng It, and .His books, his", spooches, and his actions ^combine to provo that his cynicism was real and not meroly nssuiuod for occaafonal uso. Nothing' more distinctly fchows his. habitual tone of thought than th'v> 00i\-" tent's of a woll-thcmSbed little MS. Ltote book which a literary friend of m'ine has recently hnd tho good fortune Zp light upon whilo overhauling a bo* 01V miscellaneous rubbish in a small shop \u" the noisrhborhook of Claro Market, Loudon. <?This important "Hud" 13^ a small oblong 12mo volume of 12J pagHs, bound in faded Russia and some-* what stained by damp. tlnsido tho cover is Disraeli's autograph, and nine ty-eight of tho pages uroeiosoly written over on both Bides by 4he same hand. It is dittlcijlt to assign a dato to tho MS., but I should fancy from internal evidence, that tho greater portion of it must haro been sot down about tho vear 1665. Every line of It is interest ing and eminently characteristic of the JjWmer. It is clear, howovcr, that tho contonts of tho note-book werd' not in tended for publication, at all events ih their present form, for Dlsraoli fcnor?. than once in his books dwells upon the necessity that. exists for the man that deslrss to suoooed to. KCf^rpr- on go*t terms with tho sexi aad it is per fectly cortain that many of those witty cynicisms ate enough to sac 'every wo man In tho World in afraa qgaiast their author. > ". y j1 I am permlttod by my friend to tran scribe soruo of4 tho morb Striking en tries iu this unique and qommonplnco book, and I propose in tho presout lot ter to collect those which rnoro partic ularly deal ???'With tho over attraotivo subject of woman. Let mo, however, disclaim sympathy with tho morerough and uugallant of tho sentiments ex pressed. . ?' think that Disraeli has treated tho sex abominably. Still I can not^axvoid occasionally laughing with him, for hi* relictions, though f>t al^ajMtiust, uro generally amus g. y?W|D? first budget of ex ttyki? ?Ooqiiottbs givo thoir ?their lovers tina theft* thoi ? husbands. '?* *\*Y <f v" 'iF- " Of,4 "When a woman has lost one* battle the raroly wins ahothor Against the' same foe. ' ? ' ' ' . "A blush often aonouncos' the de parture as woll as the arrlfa\of shame.. yWhy do tho UoraafM jfium v$ho moon masculinoP Surely >va uroiastl fled In regarding hor ai^Mp ~" sho is ossentially chanc "Mon aro pooplo w! women aro pooplo wht ?soms ^itcL t<i'-thdi? tions. "It is recorded that God* sai<| ua raako man in our image, .' a likeness.' It ' would, porhat boon impolitic in Mono's to- hfi direotlvjbat'Vvoman was road)) very dlfforont mold, jiTho odnoluaion, however, is obvious.' ;", ?There is no marrlige ~ noither is thoro ahjr, ^eas riago. ... v -'V f' beauty yllbouj^ to resemble a Datt wlttiou it. "I believe that thero are somo wo men who wear petticoats simply lest they should be mistaken for men. ??Tlierc is this ililleren.ee between passion and lovn the one breods head aches, the other breeds heartaches, but neither would be dangerous if thero were no fools in the world. "Lovo certainly increases tho popu latioti of the world, but I doubt wheth er it adds much to that of heaven. "Of all the women whom I have known I chiefly remember those who forgot themselves. "It is ijiui possible for a man to re spcct a woman so much that she shall despise him. "If a man does not take his wifo to church the chances arc that, sooner or later, he will be obliged to follow her thither. "Adam in Paradise must have slopt very peacefully until lie had tho mis fortune to lose his rib. "A woman is flattered by tho lovo evon of a beggar in rags. "Marriage is much like a spacious bird-cage set in a gardon on a winter day. Tho ins would bo out and tho outs would bo in. "I^ove, like a lire, is liable to bo ex tinguished by overmuch stirring. "It is often not until a woman feels that she is too old to be loved by man that sho seeks to bo loved by (?od. "Tho word 'curious' means tpiaint as woll a.s inquisitive. Woman, in both senses of the word, is a curious ani mal. "Man is a substantive; woman is an adjective. "Addition is tho bounden duty of a bachelor; when ho has mastered it mul tiplication will follow as a matter of courno. "Tho two most dilllcitlt things aro to paint a picture on running water and to convince a woman who docs not wish to be convinced. "Man sometimes calls a woman a goddoss, but ho would not love her if she were one. 'I bis fact, doubtless, ac counts for the partiality which was shown by tho sons of (Jod for the daughters of men in the antediluvian period. Tho daughters of (Jod must liavo been a little too ethereal. "It doos not speak well for tho fairer sex that, as a rulo, be best succeeds among women that has tho lowest opinion of I hem. "It is perhaps extraordinary Hint more marriages do n<rt turn out un happily, since the woman generally marries to get into tho world, while the man na generally rnanies to get out of it. "The great argument against the ad mission of woman to public positions is hor Inability to bo punctual. "A wormn niiy not hnvo a religion, yet sho always has a deity. "Most women feel flattered when they are charged with little weaknesses of which they aro not guilty; perhaps becauso tlioy know that ner faulty aro so often a woman's chief charm. "A man will roturn rathor to her who has deceived him than to her whom ho has dnceivod. "It is well to remember that a wo man's oyos and ears are not all at tho same side of her bead. "If a woman wero by nature what sho tries to mako herself by art sho would be terribly discontented." Rnv. I>r. Todd. of New Havnn, says: I "If I had my wj^y I would mergn nil ' (he collegns of I ho country in I wo -onn of thnse for thn Kast, thn othnr for thn I West. The Western onn I would put in thn Sandwich Inlands, Mm othor onn in Nova Sootia." Zinc. Indians in front of cigar stores aro superseding thoso inado of wood. Curing A Cold in |he Head. The oommonost type of cold is that oalled "qold in tho" head,''* to distin guish It from "cold on the chest." This "oold in tho head*' has cortaia well marked symptoms?a feeling of gener al malaise is experienced, often ac companied by a slight foverish sickness. Then comes a sensation of fulness in tho head, there is snfcozing, a profuse flow of tears, an irritating and copious discharge from tho. nose. This means s that.tho mucous-membrane of the nose is ihflatdod, and if this spreads down tho baefcjof tho throat, tho sufferer be comes ho&rso. Tho best way to treat this trouhlosome complaint is to tako a "hot drink." An orange siloed and ?out into a large oup with a little sugar sprinkled over it, and boiling water poUred upon it, and'thon drunk OSLhot as pvisaiblo, is both pleasant aim bene ficial. 'Tho feot should be put into hot water, with or without a llttlo"mustard. The footbath should bo taken at tho bStt-sldo; Mao patlont should bo well wrapped np? nnd a blanket placed fuiross his k'neos should be drawn ? out gldo tho ba tb, so as to confine the ^stoAmi Afters keeping tho foelLttT tho .water' for from fivo to tea wdnurefc, the rfetlont should KTjMJ no time in getting into bed, where hvX will probably derive groat benefit' from v .tho general foiling .of wlarmth, and fron*> tho.. flow of per spiration which has rbeon induced.' Jf possible, at this . st*?W? the patient should remain Jn bea two days, frith v Are iq hi* room, whl&U,should ?bp well mado up at nighCst* ns tojkoop alight CtUl?^nornlng. - Bat keeping in' Wd will do little good lfth>*pftUent persists in holding a newspaper or a book to read, for thereby he is more dangorously oxposod to the cold th*in if ho woro up, dressed and going abouf.as usual. The main point is to. koep thoroughly wrapped up and ponstantly* warm, Evon en uncontfortablo do gree of heat may be beneficial. A small <pieco.of camphor chewed and sucked, is very good. So is,tho inhalation of sulphurous aeld gas?a remedy which was found to bq in con stant use by the weavers of Kirca\dy, who had it among tho materiflaof their work. Buy two ounces of - sulphurous acid (dilute) fromva ohtmlst, and then CO - through -?tho fiun SomeTuso ?fit. there from; but it must ft'Mif/.cautiously, ?fcslt contains a powerful"tBnM--n&Qbwft: morphia^ < Teh or twelvo Dover1* powder taken i* gruel at' bed is is gQ0!& for ?n adult, butahould not bo administered to' children, 'al it' contains opium, whioh should never Wk given to them without a doctor's jpro ?soription. s To avoid an unpleasant v.o^o.oiiation pf the noso and uppor lip ^during the Qourso of a cold in the head, thev should bo often washed thoroughly with soap and lukewarm water, and a 'Jittfo vasultfjie Ihould bo applied. If the .throat: feels sttro, % chlorate of potash " rot* ^lozeiigb shoutd be sucked occasionally. Family '* poc#*^ in J. . .4old '**' ' Lawyers. .>?'? .|Tv ?? , Lawyers ate ;thp'most trusted and distrusted ot men* They are the men itraots and unmake thpm; mWke^nolTey cfbfOf trouble11 and make trouble out of money;who oroato estate and distribute them legally; who livo by loaning money and often subsist on borrowed capital; who hear and con ceal marriage secrets, and later drag out faded love letters in bitter divorces; who arc pleased and persuaded by tho lucky,but often go out of court branded and dispraised by the sido defeated ? and, with ono side always tho loser, and generally both, what wonder that tho slurs of character fall to the current lot of a lawyer! Without the smiles of the merchant's cus-tomers, he meets the frown of busi ness men in trouble. Fortunes aro to bo saved or lost. He must win tho victory or bear the blame forever. Tho lawyer is liko the builder who knows that, bo it over so perfect, tho elaborate houso he has finished can never quito suit tho proprietor. I He carries tho doublo burden for self i and client;is invited to win what others have failed in,urged to mend the broken pieces of a foolish contract, bound to account for confessions in letters,asked to replevin goods already secreted, to attach tho cn'eoU of a malicious mer chant, to unearth fraudulent elections, to reclaim (eneutnbercd) estates from vexatious tax-titles, to keep ono for years in plenty bv restored possessions and broken wills all by a lawyer's art and olo<|Uonoe! He is fated from tho start to uncer tainty, where clients exact no less than absolute victory and long wish it rea sonable, while they know it isonlyprob abio. My logic and argument, on tho theory of their client, with the facts only partially stated, and that part deeply shaded,they aro to oxplain away their defeat, if it come in tho end, by a tirade on the perinry of opponent's witnesses and the depravity of human nature. Happy lawyers! Thoy are men who live so easily, flourish so long on tho bounty of a grateful people, make tho laws and settle the titlos, defend tho weak and enjoy lite rich fruits of tho world's prnisos and abuses, mingled anil commingled in such rare harmony that none can define whore consuro ends ami approval commences. -?/. W. flonontit, in tin: Current. Mniiifliijf Mnkc)) t li?? Miuclcn Hl^icl. It is vti\?ngo how n little steady press ure on III" windpipe affects peoplo. <)f f<??iit chokes tliom, but that 1st no mason why they should n't bo ablo to move their limbs. They scorn to lo.v ikII control over thoir muscles and givo right in. I roinotnbcr a csro that oc currod in Brookv.llo, Mo., when I was a young man. A woman, tho wife of a wealthy son captain, throw a skein of yarn ovnr tho top of an opon door one day and sticking nor hoad through tha bight titnt hung down douhlod up hor kncos so hor foot oould not touch and romainod in that position until sho choked to doath. ()no would natural ly think that whon sho became un conscious hor muscles would relax and allow hor foot to drop to tho floor, but such was not tho case. Hanging or choking weenis to m-.iko ovory musclo as rigid as iron. Losfon '. Tho consumption of copper throughout the world has practically donbloo dur ing tho last twonty-tivo years, having increased from 100,uOO to 200,(>00 ton* por annum. Of this amount Amorica produces about. 40,000 tons and Chili JK),00O tons. Tho present low prion naturally stimulatos consumption, and will causo copper to bo used in othor directions than has boon hitherto tho case Tho peculiarity of tho eoppor production is that it. must go on, a# mines onco opened can not no aban doned at ovory depression of tho mar ket. <;i."AXINU8. There aro ninoty different styles o! ogllars in use by geutleincn in this country. A A mlno of magnotic ore has been found in Fresno County, California; also a spring near it that cures tho itch. Cheshire, Mass., has two laijM Afii4, eaglos which havo theirfWNt JllgY' Up on the side of a rotjky" cliff. The hunt ers and citlzousJODnorallv# with * aense of ^rido and ^fdfp>U4m, foave thet^ un molested v The mongofcjj8|f'^n*|KNrted' into Ja-? uiaica to eat Wb the rata having a<J? complishetj their task, the burning* question now is how to get rid of tho mongooses, which tho blacks havo suporstitious fear of killing. K Massachusetts has 1,978 miles of ? railway, of which 607 miles &ro double track. Of street railways thero are 309 miles in tho state. Last yoar the for nior carried 66.617,000 passengers, while tho latter carriod 95,000,000 j>as fcongcrs. ...Tho statistics of tho salaries pai j 'Congregational ministors in Connor ^j_ cut- show that of the 298ohurches < jniw fifty pay $'2,000*a year or rnoro an 4 128 pey loss thau $1,000- The *verr#g6 q| all except tho tirst-namod fifty 1 about $980. Tho lowest salary is ab ,iut $400 ' and tho highest #6,000. + Tho Novuda "gald-seokora havtr covored n noVir uso for fon^v. Tho hens . are pickotedr.and, being hungry, begin * to scratch and eat ? After thro^or four ' ay's honosf 4oil they aro killed knd " tholr oraws oxamined for g?|d. mA? I much as $8 has boenvfOTUj^t'lri ono craw.?San Francisco Altit. ?*>..* ' Tuscaroro, Nov., -has a small treo growing Jn a gulch, tho foliage 'of whioh at certain seasdhs is said to be - so luminous it oan bo distinguished a mile away in tho darkest night. In its immodiato vicinity it emits sufficient light to, tmable a person to read tho finest print. Its.luminosity is said to bo duo lb.parasites. B. P. Shillaber, tho vonerable Mrs. Partington, is 0110 of tho few frtondfe 'of Ho v. Adriondack,Murray whoitiU a kind word to say for that notoMoiu back-slider. "He is, as Fathor Taylor said pf his son-in-law, *jJudgo Russell, ;*Tlot much of a saint, but a sweet sin ner.'. vThe world has been much too harsh with hjm."r-Boston Traveller. 'That absolutely fireproof buildings can bo built,;?ullabld for* juiy comfort able occupation, is vory* nU|pb of a do?; Jusion and a dangorous 6"h<v/Jfropor' ? an4.?cionfiilo methods may refluoa^tho * dtvngor to i\ minimum. . Bat WlMtU * mostiv needed is that tho tenants''fhd occupiets should havo tireptoof obser vation, diligoftco and metnout? Phila delphia Ledger. The London Truth says: "Whereyor thero is an aristocracy of birth it inevi tably follows tha(. tho aristocrat is socially the most pleasant porson, for his good status is' clearly defined, whoroas that of others depends a good deal upon tl?o company tnoy keop; and; conseque.ulv, they nro evor engaged i|? \ seeking to bo on gooif0'terra# with ,aa? f '? other person. An aristocracy is noteo much an ovll in itself as productive of evil in othcyv' Evory one Lord makes Mfep thousar submarlno torror recently TnvonleiM>y a Mr. Middluton: "Tho boat invontod by him was of tl\e cigar shape, not un like tho Whitehead torpedo. Its pe culiarity was its power of carrying mon below water. Tho boat could bo propelled with funnels without either steam or electricity, and the 'conning towor' is above water. When within gunshot of an enemy's ironclad it could bo sunk to any distance below the surface, and, guided by tho electric light, could be brought within thirty yards or less of tho ironclad, aC which range a percussion shell fired from tho submarine boat could knock a hole of several feet in tho ironclad, toolargo for any pump to remedy and sufficient to sink it." "There is more money in Bibles than in anything else," said Mr. J. 1U Jones of Philadelphia, ono of tho largest Bible printers in the United States. "Thero is a steady, reliablo trade for the good book, and I think I havo made 2,000,000 of tho different grados since I havo boon in business. Tho price ranges from 10 cents for tho kind ~ivon away by tho Biblo Society to tho ISO one hound in velvet and ivory. I I havo nearly ceased printing other books. Asa general thing they don't pay. Unless you can get a work by a great author or a noted politician tho salo of any book does not roach beyond a small edition. 1 paid Alexander II. Stephens OOO royally on tho 'War Between I lie States,' but only about $0,000 for his 'History of the United States.' " Tho introduction of open fireplaces makes the preservation of tho com plexion a necessity, thoroforo hand screens similar to thoso usod by genera tions passed away are again a<fdod to tho luxuries of the timos. Naturally theso screens aro lighter than fans. Soma of delicate gauzo aro mounted on bamboo and exquisitely painted with objects from opera bouffo; Hero hold ing tho torch for Leander; Diana in a hunting dross, taller than her attend ant nymphs, with a bow In her hand, a qulvor suspended across her should ers, a silver crescont ovor her fore head; birds, butterflies, flowers, aro also represented, paiutod or sometimes embroidered on gau/.o, silk or kid, and mounted on sticks of tortolso shell, bamboo, ebony, ivory or vlolnt wood. Others are of plain silk or gauzo de corated with a detached laco spray or quite coveied with a pioco of antiquo laco mid coquettish knots of ribbon dotted about, or spray of flowers. The I'ho-nicians, who wore a great commercial people in tho young days of the world, are thought to have given the present name of most of tho coun tries around the Mediterranean Sea. The I'Ihciih ian language contained tho words Kurope, Asia, Africa, Italy, Spain, (iaul, Britain, .Ktna, Sardinia and Siberia, as well as ninny others now used as the name? of minor places, Kurope, 111 l'hirni- ian meant "white complexion," and was applied to tho country north of the Mediterranean be cause the natives were ;i lighter com plexion than thoso of Asia or Africa. Africa signified "the land of corn," and Asia meant "lint middle land," being so named because it was between Kurope and Afiic.i. Italy was .tho "country of bbu-k pitch;" Spain avas tho "land of rabbits; (iaul, or France, tho "land of yellow hair;" Britain,'the "country of tin;" .Ktna, "the smoky furnace;" Sardinia, "a man's foot, ' and Siberia, "thirsty land," because it is so drv At thn hirth <>? u corlnln littlo girl in Trinidad, ('olo., hj>r grandfathor pro nont<>d hor with n Jwifcr. The littlo girl in now twolvo yonrn old. nnd haft hoon oflfarod for her hunch of rattle, nil tho oHxpring of tliut ouo heller*