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NOi 39. Vt The Scent of a Flower. ?yd fe^S^fcrM^sx'asra.wc,. ' ' ? "V ? *? ' Boom odors so blend with pMt h opplor rear* :? They move us ttke melodies broetnlng through For they bring b?ok the faoes and forms that " lathtwiidvoodi 'mid sunset* of ; * V. *v . ' ?? . f exhale*; from a flower that 1 > ota loro In the sweet long ago. i were more simple, and purer our And WrSf* fresh blossoms were hosier treasures. . - ' . /? i ... -.VA? > One eve when the dew on the loaves flittered He pS5?W prize with a tender "Good night;" ' . And my spirit grow falut with eestatlo emo tlou, Tor X felt In that flower lay a lifetime dovo .jv,i;v . tlon. ? ;* -? Re Is gone; yet tbo scent of {bat delloate flower . 8till holds mo wltb all tbo old passionate \u/. powert, - And oft my slek heart would llo down In Out that mercy divine melts my sorrow in ft'I * ?' "Consider the llllesl"-Lord. errant us to be JJy the fleld and the gardon brought nearer to Torw^fnsweetblossoms Thy goodness and And an infinite love In tho 'soent of tbe flower. The Quiver. MRS. Pf5A8HSB*8 NEIGHBOR, . "An old baehelorl It's just too bad, " cried Miss Jane Peaslee, ex citedly. "I new could abide 614 bachelors, and here one of 'em's gone and moved in right next door, lie's gota great; horrid dog, too. I'll war ' rant he'll be the plague of our lives." "Mebbe not, Jano,' mildly expostu lated hor Bister, Mrs. Webb. "Old ?'baohelom. ain't apt to bo jneddlesome, gener'Iy." "Himt I mean the dog," snapped v ; Miss Jane. "01- course he'll be run ning over hero, tormenting the oat and' ' > digging holes in the flower bed* next .summer far n cool plape to lie In, or a ? chasing the hens an* stealing the eggs when they've made nests In the weeds. But I won't put up with It an'I shall y tell him ao plump the very first chance "Tho doer. pi|! 1: Of oourse not, I mean "The dog, JaneP" ddgt ??j-no uogi ux oourse not I mean ^e Crusty, orabbed old bachelor him ' --.'.V /.?; >V ? Jftnel Yon don't think he would steal the eggs and mako holes in the flower beds, do youP" "Fiddlesticks I Ain't you got no said the dog would steal the eggs, an' I shouldn't put up'with it an*, f should tell the old paohel9r no, too. Now do you understand? An' so I will! I'll ) the broomstick to him, too. See t; don't," ine oonoluded, omphati BtaW/ ... s Janoand her sister owned the oottago In Which they lived, |#*l about all- they did own, and gedtoeke 9Ut flying by doing wuout to put a aummary stop to Old bell-oow's depredations amOng her "harden truck." Meanwhile the old bachelor ' next door was taking a surrey of the situa tion. "Two women folks, and one of them an old maid, I'ilbota pooketknlfo. The other looks llko she might be a widow, from alius dressing in black. Thunder 1 What did I ever move in hen forP Paid si* months' rent, tool Confound it all, a man ain't safe any where hardly thoso days. Of oourse, they'll both bo a-settlng their caps to ketch me. but I Wpn't be oaugbtf I'll keep out of tholr way as muoh as pos. slble, and even If I meet one ot\m faoo to faoe I'll .look another way. I , see they k*>P * pwroel of old hens, too. If any of em oorao a-soratofting about here I'll sot tho dog on 'om. sure. I ^ to be pestered by old maid* or hens, either. I've hired a man ain't to their b servant ^purpose td keep out of their Mixffilutohes, an' I ain't a-going to bo took M$ln by^ho smartest woman ,that over lived." & ? s and only, it few threads, of sllvor snlu tingInms abundant ^wnhair. -;, Moreover, his oanlne followed was ?not a "great horrid" dog. but a very curly and frollosome Newfoundland OTW- UU -J, ....Si that* dog a-womin' tbe jior* agio,'* aoroaraod Mian Jane aorntag, and, snatching up tho I, she hurriedly gave oh toe. Finding himself pursued, tho puppy It OUce releaied the Leghorn ttoostor's MUSI, which he hid been piny fully shak ing to the great dltguik of it* o^nor, and with a bark of delight seiaed the edge oI MUi Jane* a homo spun petti coat Which showod boneath the rim of and shook II enorgoitoally. jd MlM reaalei In the right and left with hor ?.?Jng the oulprlt at eadh JiowariMk until thoroughly ex hausted she dropped hetf/wenpon on tho ground, whereupon Curly hnuun It and scampered off ? my: ?: '?** ^ '? tho tidy border of Aaekberry lilies and trli versUolor, round and round he ?:r! - whirled, dexterously avoiding the foe, Until at last he osplo.l , the big gray oat, lelsnroly morning walk. Wheroupon - once dropped the broom and ?*aM lo the oat. <,ri , ^ flod up ft tretf MUi JWloo MUiD ttgLB ?w!ttly I JUKI through th? fonoo i domain, What? Kft | aswffiiSS^ tfy, looking up u hot ?bt*r ding pt _ Mj? htm*)ir tnofowltb. "You had ft real a loo piny with Una, ?t you*" tftld WMr, ?cnplfr ly, looking up u her ?ktor mud? STtST'tMoIM bOftli oktwed oro pteo?a ftu' tow my nktrta fo'm* il you oftJl thai play? "Jknot J?o?! Wktt on iMk h oofttVA rnft?'? ooat, oi ' oloth, hopoloMly m?. nu<l oUw? of the inglt "B\ ?'Dear me, it's plum ruined!" cried Melancoy. "It must belong to the ole' bachelor an*, thy dog has stole it." And 8ho aurvoyod it regretfully, hold "I up by tha tails. lut?rwhat's thatP" V ?That" ww something that bad dropped out ol $ne of the pocket*. Jane seized ii quickly*. It Wu a let* lagv y," she cried, breath lesslyjitaSijtfc's directed to met" opened it and read: Miss . Peajslkk: l never popped the question lu my llfo before, so I don't know the proper way." But if you Ing to be my wife Just say' so, an* _ lie happiest man In Honey Locust Holler. Oalvu* CvuuKiiueioB. * "Jane, Jane, don't faint!" cried Me lancoy, alarmed, as her lister grew first ptde and then red. .*'1 ain't goin' to faint," deolared Jano, stoutly. "But look, Melancey, this lottor Is datod .livo years Ago, when we ltved over to tho hollow. What on. airth does it mean?" '?Give it to me," sa'.d Melon coy, promptly. ' TIP soon find it means. ril iaM^the-Q0i?Sfl|9k too, seeln' the dog's loft it in ouVlAhds." In less than fifteen minutes there after the old baolielor, hatless and coatless, ran frantioally through tho gate, never stopping till he found him solf in the presenoe Of Miss Poasleo. "Jane, Jane," he oriod with-breath less eigerness, "I've oomo for my answer. It's ilvo years since 1 writ that letter, an' thought I'd posted it,, when tbore it waa hid in the lining of that ooat all the timo. But you haven11 Bald yet whether you'd have me or not," Somehow or other Miss Jano forgot her dislike of men folks in general, and old bachelors in particular, and said she would. "We ought to be thankful to .that dog," said Melancey, with tears in her eves, when she heacd how it was all set tled, and,-indeed, Master Curly had no reason to complain of his treatment thereafter.?Helen W. Clark, in PL Louis Magazine. ' * '* ' ? Origin of Familiar Proverbs. "Trnth is atrangor than fiotion" was Invented by an editor as a head-lino to a twenty-line lite so monstrously extravagant, . that ho know nobody would believo ten words of it. Tho original use of this proverb Is contin ued unto this day. Whenever* you see that line in a newspaper don't believo a word you read under it. "I'll niako a spoon or spoil a horn," was the thought of a man who never made a spoon in all hi? life, and who know, perfectly well that ho couldn't make one, and only took a moan man's malicious delight in spoiling a horn. P. 8.?For a man who likoaf to take his horn iitralght tho introduction of a spoon always spoils it "A wink Is as good as a nod to blind horse," was said by a man with a stiff neck, who wanted to nod, but couldn't; although why any .Sane <man should wish either to wink or nod at blind horso no man con tell. "A little moro aleop aud a little more .y a poUc'o' j'uaYico^WiAn Lo bound" tho ough over to keep the peaoo and fined dm 916.85. "All's well that ends well," was said >y a murderer who killed a dudo. The lame of the tnurdorer is suppressed est ho should bo ovorrun with more orders than he oould fill, and thus be Doropolled to hire a clerk, who would stentually run off with all the money. ??All's faro in lovo and war" was tho inspirod thought of a railroad oonduc tor. "One swallow does not make a sum mer," was tho brilliant remark of a man who was trying to soo how many swallows do mako a supimor. Nota Bene?If tho thermometer got half so high as tho oxperlmenter did, tho dog days oamo right along on .the heols of Chrlstmaft - that' year. Tho roeord of tho swallows, howover, was lost in tho dim mists of O'BUvlon, tho groat Irish swaUower. ~ 4 ' . "Dead tnon tell no talos," was tho joyous exclamation of tho first editor who slew a mkn who oamo fn with a continued story of sixty-five chapters. It was this same editor who, upon re* ooWlna; a demand for 10 cents from a poot for mi opto poem upon whloh he nad labored twelve yoars, saldt "Write makes smite." And thon ho smoto him, that he died.?'Brooklyn Eagle. Soldiers' Pay In China. The economical habits of the heath en Chinee are notorious and they are Well Illustrated by a correspondent, who,, -writing from Ticn-tslu, says: The Chinese Infantry soldier is paid onoe a month, when he reoelves 8} taels of silver. This sum, which is equal to .About 19 shillings of English money, fl given him in scrap bullion $ and dur ing the night preceding eaoh pay day the paymaster* aro busily engaged in Weighing out silver and making it up into neat little paokages for distribu tion. As soon as he has obtained his share the soldier takes It to the nearost shopkeeper or money-changerr who, In return for it. hands him 8,500 oop per oaflh, the aggregate weight of Whioh Is quite as muoh as he can con veniently oarty. Out of , this the soldlor has to keep himself In food and olothing; and the jfay oannOt, therefore, be oalled excessive. A Chinaman, howover, lives almost ex elnslvely upon rloe, a month's Supply of which oosts a good deal less than 1,000 cash,- and many a private not only supports a family upon tho bal ance of his earnings, but puts by a feu hundred cash every 'month. One fel low here is said to wear severnt thou ?and oMh itmng on illk and conooaloa beneath h|a uniform; and I am told that lie hM a wife and tbroo ohIUIren who never Want Boeing- that the fttnall ohango for a tael wolghs abont fivo pound*, I feel sorry for tills model paterfamilias* nardettn'ii Heoipo. Miss Parlon, tho cook loaf ox?ort,snys sho "mftkos kls?os by boating the whltos of Itx eggS wit'' * l>OTor bOatOP, mill adding a oup of mixod sugor, whloh iho stirs In venr carefully." Woll, she make* thorn sweet onongh, oortalnly, but to make good klssos n girl nood not be an authority on Bavarian urnnm and edQolloped oyster*. When sho stands on th4 lowop cross ploco hor faco ought to oome at least eight Inehcs Above the top of the gate, with the moonlight on one oheok and the shadow on the oth er, then yon know Just whftro to nlm, my soh. And if you have rtny doubts about It, send for your old father. Yon needn't ring: Just rattlo a stick on tho jgUtqjgs and I'll come down.?Brooklyn Of the cat, bear and squlrrol the lat ter only o*n run down * tr??? head flrst Pifr a?>?OHAI>UY. . - ?! An AMwililtlnf Invention Tfeat Threaten* to StiperMde All OAWU^ -- - An invontlon has recently been pcr- | looted at Philadelphia that bids', fair to revolutionise all existing Systems of electrical communication, both tele-' graphic add telephonic. The secret of it has boon carefully guarded by tho inventors and the smnH company of UMtfW. capitalist*.-who control it wWlo it Was being fuUy boverod by pttenta, botH American and foreign. Now that aUu-tfeoufe, Jt is to bo suddenly sprung upon the public by an exhibition at tho Continental'hotel,' probably dnrlag\tho i present wnok,-. in oQfepf tho givHtntio | scWtatiUo Rt|rtiH>us of.tho century. ;To state in brief what It imp. it Is -nothing less than making tolography as simple,, rapid, and Coolly wltmn tho. command of everybodyfhs % tho operating of tho call graph >ot :typovwrltor. Ktlecting what is claimed for it, it will be the , moans of grogtjy reducing the dost of tolegraphy, of oiuibllng tho opening of some forty thousand ne;tv telegraph, stations in rullrond ttad oxprws ijllicos throughout llio Unitod Slates wlicm there nave hitherto beon nono, and of taking tho place generally of tlm tele phono. Any poreou who can pick. Out a word on tho keys of a type-writer can transmit a message by. the system accurately and with rapidity, only re stricted by tho speed- of the pickings while, as for receiving' messages, tuo instrument does that automatically, whether there i^ anybody lOperintond ing its operations of. not. There was a private exhibition of "tho system re cently, tho results attained at which soemed to fully suHtalu all tlmt is claimed for this most remarkablo in vention. ? The instrument used is both a trans mitter and a receiver. Tho two in struments used in this exhibition wore connected by about ono hundred miles of wire coiled about tho oflicos. Each appeared in its front part to bo simply an ordinary type-writer, with tho lot tors, numerals, etc., on raised keys. Behind this rJsos a small column with blank-paper Wrapped around it and moved up lino by lino a? required by a simulo devhy?. inaido that cothmn is a small hammor that strikes outwardly, I' so as to, whenover a koy is touohca, press tho paper against tho poriphory of a horizontal whcol that lies between tho keyboard and the - column. . On that periphery, in high relief, nro the letters of tho alphabet, numerals, aud points for punctuation. Tho wheel spins arQuml with lightning*liko rapid ity as tho keys avo successively touched ^ by an expert. When it has to recodo in tho alphabetical order it Hies baok [ to a fixed point, us does tho wheol of a gold and stook indloator, but much more swiftly. ' All tho delicate and' intricate electrioal attachments neces sary are below, and when understood aro muoh less complicated than they seem, thoir apparent complication be ing o&usod by their multiplicity. A separate wlro loads from caon koy to a single common wire, and eaoh of those key-conneoted wlros serves either for transmission or reception of messages. Tbe sending or reooiving of a partlou It seems very; itratigo mat nil tnose var fions impulses should.bo flashed along x wire?even In opposite directions at the same tiriae?without jostling eaoh other or getting mixod up, hut they do. Many messages wore sent during tests by non-exports at a speed of from forty to fifty words por minute with greater acooraoy than is usually shown by ex port "sound" operators, and thnt speed, it was affirmed, oould bo vory greatly increasod. A notlcoablo and valuablo featuro of tho system is that it prints eloarly in tho sight of tho porson trans mitting a mossftgo Just what is being sent to the recoivor, so that orrors aro avoided, or if oommitted aro readily oorrected. Tho mes&Ages^sont over a who by this instrumont oannot bo read by sound, so that it is rauoh more favora ble to the privaoy ofton desirable in business than either tho Morso syatora or the telephone. Inasmuoh as the in* strumont oan be*adju8ted to any systom of wire communication and will work to a? great distances as is required in telegrapfiy it will be of inestimable val ue to railroad and oxpress oompanles, bankers, brokers, meohanlos and the general publlo. There are no formida ble Complications in its construction, and okpert eleotrloians who have exam ined it pronounoe it ono of the most wonderful achievements of the age. Bhould it only do half what is claimed for it, and that it shows it oan do, it would praotloalty revolutionise telogra Ph^he oompu iy controlling this great invention has boen .organized upon * oapltal of $9,000,000, But-no stock ia for sale, all being held a? an investment, Will-Power a Young Man's Fortuno, Froaident Gates, of Eutgers College, says: "Every young man has a fortune in the faot of bin youth. The energy of youth ia unbluntod by defeat, or worn by hope deferred. With age one be oomea moro conservative and looks at as impossible what a younger person would endeavor to aooomplish.in many oases with success. Tho effort, even U there be a failure, ia a grand auoocss. Self-oonfldonco, or self-conooit, if yon Wish to oall ife so, la a grtmt thing. A ?onng man'# fortune is not to be round n inherited wealth or sooial position; Every man ia the arbiter of his own fortune. Graoioua maimers or busi ness habita are good things to cultivate but aro net all. Will-power is the young man'a fortune. It is the essenoe of the man. A young man with only little will-power is a foregone failure. It should be cultivated. Gonitis ia a ft of God and should not cause prldo, ut an "honest pursuit of duties is an exhibition of wlll-powor and is somo thing to be proud of. Well-directed, eduoatod wlll-powor is what a younj man noeda." Iltmletto on ''Home." Tho song of homo grow out of a homoloss wo, m Milton wring of light whon he was blind and Dunyan wroto of tho pilgrim'<* progress when nun* ciole<l in n. prison. There 1* no place like homo. 1'ooplo who live in board* Ing houses sing It. If tho daughter of A Methodist lulnlstor romombors the home of her childhood, hor?tncinory must be ft polyglot. Home i? woman's temple. Thore she Is goddos* and vo tary both. Bhe Is also usuftlly janitor. A man lovea his homo bocause it Is ? refuge. He also loves it bocause thore he is ft great mftn; there he is governor, or at loast ho is lloutenant-goveirnor. And anyhow he Is oortain to bo secre tary of tho treasury. Tho world tor fete us whon Wo pass away, but the omo love forgets our vloes; exagge rates our virtues, until they outnumbei the stars in the hoavens, and handi our names down, as long as the estfttc holds out \*&BA HoW*? on HU Voiafv At ft rcoent session of the 1] Women's Eduoatlonal and. Iudi_ Union Dr. Holme* was grated with a perfect ovation by his audionce. The fink selection was "Old Ironsides," that piece doar to the heart every school-boy orator and almost a* fami liar as a household word* Ufis one of Dr. Holmes' earliest paeduot Ions, .but from the manner in which It wia, ren dered it was evident that the fire and spirit; which originally', inspired tho writer were not yet extinguished. "The next pieco I will read," said tho doo tor, "was composed at a time when physicians wero not so muoh given to toetotalism as at present It was written for a gathering at the residence of Dr. Reynolds when I loaned him . my ?liver punch bowL*' Dr. Holmes then read his poem, "On Lending a Punch Bowl." The followingjfijkes, read with that unctuous humor chUfactCristio of Tiiat night affrighted from his fc**t tho .screaming ???!? Bow; , sowLr's'tin*ln* Wh00p* mi itohl Dr. Holmes, caused great merriment: " rht affrighted it Inir ourle Bow. ringing whoop, the ___ 'learned the tule he and feint 'Itun nom the white man when you Had ho smells of Holland srtn." Tho next selection was the well known poem ontltled "Contentment." "John Qulncy Adams,V said Dr. Holmes, "wrote .* a^ poem somewhat similar to this, though many years previous to my prodnotfon. Like my solf, he borrowed a line from Oliver Goldsmith, but we arrived at rather different results." The audienoe laugh ed heartily on the reading of this poem, and the modest requirements of the man who wished to be oontehted. "Bill and Jo" was theqi read. "This poem,'* tho doctor said, "was a partic ular favorite of John G. Whittier.'' It was followed by "Brother 'Jonathan's Lament for Sister Caroline." "This poem," said Dr; Holmes. "I am very fond of, for even among his own writ ings a person has a preference. It was written before the war, when South Carolina first seceded, and I received a number of letters from gentlemen re siding in that State whioh showed that even during the war there was some kindly fooling towards the Northern ers. 1' That exceedingly oomlcal poem, "A Farewell to Agaftfls," written when the professor started oa his trip of In vestigation' to the r Andes Mountains, was next tfekd, followed by "The Sep-' tember Gale" and *'4u Old Man's Dreams." "Th&last poem," said the dotitor,. ''was written in 1854, when I considered Myself a very old man, muoh older than I do how." By ape oial request, Dr. Holmes read his well known pOem, "Dorothy Q." He have a brief description, qf the portrait on which the ple6e was written, and stated that the ploture had undergone repairs whioh .would tend to preserve it for a long time. The original canvas had beon removed from the baok and new cloth had been applied. It was at present, ho said, in nls library, whore no. would bo happy to show it to any who might desiro to. sou it. Tho familiar linos gathered fresh beauty from the lips of tuo author, particularly the oft-quotod vorsc: . t. th, broil. ot m.lita.1 The last selocllon . borod Nautilus,'" trl>i ... said, was the most carofull of all his poems. At the elose ot the readings the defla tor was thanked by Mrs. Gordon hr behalf of tho Indies. Mrs. Isabel Hooker thon stated that sho wished to' say a word before the assembly dis persed. Sho said that sho romomborod one morning when she mot l)r, Holrao.\ and ho was not iu the gonial frame of mind that ho was at present. She asked him what was tho trouble, and he ropliod that three things annoyed him. First, ho hud consented to write for tho Atlantic Monthly onoo more} second, that ho had so much corre spondence on huud, and third, that pooplo would still persist in coming to j him for advioo. "1 told him," said Mrs. Hookor, "that he should giye ftp writing for tho Atlantio. He had fur nished its column's with 'The Antoorat of tho Breakfast Tablo,' and that was quite enough. His correspondence contained nothing but flattery, and h* had bad enough of that, and lastly that having passc.d nit his life in killing people, ho shouM not give any more pills or advioe. I think that ho ought to devote the rest of ids existence to reading his excellent pooms to delighted listeners, Wo nil xinooroly hope (hat he oan favor us ngiiiu," HI* Lut AlMont-Hlnd6dn?M, A friend sends us tho following inol dont as having happened In a neigh boring village t "I would Ilka to toll you of an inoldont Of absent-minded ness that ourod u sohool-raaster entiro ly of this ofton-comical moutal defect iveness. The ball was ringing for sohool and the uiaster's wife wanted a pall of water and a hod of ooal. To save tlmo the master strovo to get both the water and the coal at tho same time. Ho drow tho water from an old* fashioned well, and getting hi*. hod filled with ooal ontered the house with his hands full. Ho walked up to the sink and placed the hod of ooal whero tho wator-pail was usually kept, and taking tho pall of w^ter into tho alt* ? ing room pourod it Into the stove. The hissing steam blew opon tho stove doors, Issuetf from tho oeal-chamber and every seam in tho stovo, scorched tho master, pnt out tho flro, and filled the house with steam. "Amid it All Issued tho agoniaed shout of the schoolmaster: 'Dfast my oyesl I've made anothor mistakeV He never made another ono. 1 In the week that he was done up la linen bandages and goose grease his mind as woll as his body was rostorad to a healthy oon? dition, nnd now ho says; 'Absoneo of mind is a phaae of idiooy of whioh a sensible man ought to be heartily ashamed.' *r?Norwich Bulletin. 4. Kxtrnvftgnnt IXoiton. Mero oddity of style is contemptible; but thore is a oharm In uniqueness, even if it bq bristling with erudition, provldod It present something worthy And slgnitloant. Carlylo sometimes dutches athought, as if by t)w throat: and you oan almost hear the thing wheoKO undor the pressure. He makes one feel ft little dread of hie next sett tenco. Deliberateexoesses of all kinds! are vulgar, and oomo of ieltishnos*. lh literary style a desire to stmt and spread a pfli\oo<ik tall, and to strain the extremes of dlfttlon, Is tho same desire that prompts the patent>medioln? man to outrdo all his fellow,!. In bedaubing onr feneos and roadstdo stoned with his name and that of his drug. It is computed that 760,000 people go into Tiondon by rail* etery day to eartt their livelihood, and leftve it fct night, and yet an aoeldent rarely ooours. iAwtiUAQC OF THE KAB8. of the Anrleulitr Append d|? Indlc?tiv? of Character. [ used to notice wlioa a lad," said fnl buslnoss rfkan lately to a u "that in .waking tho final awards at oountry f^fro on tho auality ?all sorts of blooded Btoolc, tho judges Uy ox a mined iho ears o I tbo ^Whether it wore a thorough iorso, a Borkshiro hog, a dog of peclal breed, from a toy terrior to or a pointer, or whether it wcro iwold or Southdown shqop, tho ras always ouoof tho chief points, 1 that were (faulty, all the other w ^ qualities wont for naught. This ?et&a thinking that, as rnon roprosont juality known to tho bruto croa ie ears of men would be likely to ? pretty suro indices of charftc i thon commenced studying. ' Of all I procured a good spocnuen hat wo will call tho normal human . one taken from tho head of a man rood character and in whom all tho qualities aud propensities had about ovenly balanced, a lovol headtid, practical man of the* world. This ear I studied until I had thorough ly Itaas^ored air the convolutions and storages that it presontod. I've bought hundreds of thom and now have IP ABO.UT 200 TYPICAL EA113 th?? I'll show you." With this tho old gorilloman unlocked his safo and pro duced two packages tied up in oiled nilk, soft ana ilexiblo as kid, and serni UprrenL Untying one of these (ages, thoro fell out on tho tablo a '?* ir of nondescript fragments of . aifled-looking stuff, which, on Hnatlon,. proved to bo dried, or partially tanned, human oars, F* perfect stato of prosorvation, so 'Mho retontion of shape is concoru "Why, whore did you get all P'; "Bought'em of course. "Of ?italsP" "No, of tho uudertak je ears of oriminals and paupers :)>? of no uso to mo. They would hao purpose in tho way of study; hfcraotor of tho criminal is so clear irkod that ono typo is suflloiont to ?n0wa)l by, whilo paupers havo no qhftrioter at ail. It would make somo peopVvt' stare if they should exhume tUtit iecoasod^rolativfis aud And that they I tro slooping the last sloop with only me'ear to help thom llston for tho 1 asti tomp. Tho most obstlnato fool I over tad to deal with was a half starv ing; vt tist whoso ear I wanted to got on >of Its romarkablo formation. ,'|Qan of extraordinary business a gonius. . I onorod that OB ONE OF HIS BAHS, ttjid fellow rofusod it. llo palf starved; didn't I bo *wbore to get tho noxt moal alf and his wifo and ohildron, would v. havo thought that ho live jumpod at tho obance to /ovsuoh- a trifling incouven offercd to supply lUm with a '<ia to keop up appearaneos, * not lis tonto me, and I finest opportunities ? "hU : pwtfoular, iiilf Sfaato T.ff i m v?;mvmv?? of roguest pars of, cute mfft of* dull monoy-grab lo ouly study In lifo has boou how tjo hold to a dollar. Hero'stho ear ot a somowhat notod nOwspapor man. ' Now, justsoo how the lobe of that qar gooa.down into the oheek; in front there is no lobe to the oar at all. I don't say, niark you, that evory ouo who has an ear of *hat formation U a tbiof, but 1 do say that ho has the pro pensities of ono, and only needs oppor tunity or toiuptatlon to dovolop thorn. Thls ;ear, In ita principal oharaotens tic, is almost tho counterpart of a pair that are wortf by a man of former high standing in tho business world, but I'wuqts now serving a term in tho ponl* tonifinry. It is only a week or two ago 1 hall an occasion to let a contraot for tyull ling an oxtenaivo wall, and among tlioi tfdaers was ono who 'offered to do tho (fork half a dollar a thousand low er tnan any oue else. But when I saw thefman 1 HIS EAUS TOLl> MR not' to .trust l?im. I know ho would have robbeil mo in somo way had ho got tho contract; Hero's anothor typi cal oar. You soo this thin cartilage, with tho roll disappearing in tho north east cornor and tho ear Jtsolf coming alipost to a point, somewhat like a fox'#. Thab is the ear of a keon, un scrupulous, hard-hearted morioy-lend or; one of those who seem to take a positive dolight in oppressing tho on* fortunato ami in wringing from thorn extortionate Interest for small accom modations. Some of those ears set woll baok like a fo*'a when it is sharlingi the/ are the worst oasos. Jn others tho upper point stands slightly for ward: such mon are rather threwdand cunning than cruoT, but thoy aro not ver/pleasant at tho best. Others of tnjs sort, ug*in, are movable at the will 6f their ownors. Theso chaps add to their otbMr amiable qualities a quar rolsomo disposition that will mako thom snap and snarl at everything and everybody. Tho only way is to selcot afow noteworthy spooimens. Study the ears of somo mon whose oliaraotor you aro well acquainted with,and mark their respcotivo peculiarities. Thon compare those of men of similar ohar aotoristios, and see whore th$lr strong est rosomblanoo* are; tho first dUoOv ery ot a prinoiplo for yourself is the on ly difficulty, if any ono is about to got married. 1 oould tell him whethor tho woman he Is about to wod is likely to agree with him or not. Oh, you may sot It down for a faot that the oar is tho true Index of charaotor. fell mo be fore you print anything about this, and I'll cornor the ear-mim market,* and wo will dtvldo the profits."?Boston Sun' Hay Times. California rod-wood wa? intfodncod it) Kngland lrt?t yoar, tho importa being 81,000 ouolo feet'' It is very snltablo lor furniture, inside houno finishing, tho best joiners* work, boildos tunny othor purposes. So far two car goes of this remarkable wood have been landed in Scotland*' where,it has diet with ready sale and has! boon high' ly appreeiated by contractor*, builder*, cablnot-mnUorn, and other consumer*. Tho prioe realised was $01.46 per 1,000 fdftt, board ttioMuro, and tho cargoes were oarrlod a dlntanoo of abont 16,000 . The tower of the now olty buil<llrt?, PMlmlolnhla, will, with tho exception of the WMhlng ton Monument, be tho hlgMest itmpturo in tho world: but, though' tho jwosnuro on tho foundation Is nowhere more than nino tons td the ?qnaro foot, the aottlemont of tho more heavily laden portion has eraoked and broken the polished and loulptured stone in tho Interior, Wild Mirtln In Ljnilou. All of ushavo hord pathetic storios of Australian gold-diggors or Canadian backwoodsmen moved to tears by tho song of soruo imprisoned skylark, whioh reminded them of their English birthplaoe. It is to bo feared that tears would not bo so easily drawn from Buch emigrants as are of Loudon origin, for he that spends all his days in London, with tho oxception, perhaps, of a wook or so about tho month of August, may Tory likely never havo hoard a lark sing -in nls life, unless from a cago, to tho accompaniment of cart and carriago whools. There aro, however, still many birds to bo heard and seen about tho fiark aud gardens of London; whero, ndet'd, thoso whieh can tiud food in such placos havo, perhaps, a safor and moro comfortable lifer than they can ever load iu tho country. Man do barrod from tho use of nets or guns is not very dangerous to creatures pos sessed of wings, and ho drivos away such four-footed onemios as stoats and wcusols, whilo birds of proy, hawks, and magpies, avoid his presence, even in towns where it would bo harmless. Yot only ono small bird, tho sparrow, has deliberately chosen London for a dwelling-place. Tho pigeons whioh tlultor about Westminster abboy and the British museum can not be cousid ored wild birds any moro than ducks on our ornamental waters. Thoy rocoivo much of their food at the hands of man, and aro descended from ancestors which ho imported into their present homes. Tho moorhens which food freely on somo London waters may possibly havo found their own way there. They aro not so tamo iu their behavior as tho ducks-, with which it is loarod that thoy aro often confounded. The sparrow really has coiuo unin vited, and takeu up his abode iu Lon don, resigning all innoceut country ploasures for an adventurous, and not altogether honest, life iu tho strcots. His sooty presence graces aliko Seven Dials aud Hydo Park corner: indeed, thcro is no class of Londoners who is so muoh at homo in every part of London as ho. Ho is tho only ono of us that dares cuter tho lion s den. Buns tempt him down into tho bear-pit much more quickly than they tompt tho bear up. It is perhaps tho conuptihg in fluence of a town lifo which has given to this bold bad bird the evil qutuitios which transportation has made worso. In Australia the sparrow has gone forth like a bushrangor, with the vices of tho town upon him, into the coun try. whero ho steals grain ou a colossal scale aud is established as u colossal uulsanco. ? CasscVa Magazine. Outwitted By n Dojf. Tho following incidont, givon in "Marvols of Prayer," by tho Rov. Hyatt Smith, was first publlshod iu a Scottish journal, and tho oditor vouch ed for tho truth of tho narrativo. Thero Is no conneotion between tho incident and tho titlo of tho book, but young people will bo iuterested to loam how a dog out-wit ted hla master. A gentlo jtfan in Glasgow owned a very TntolU jnt Newfoundland dog. IIo accom mied hla mastor whorever ho went * ras hia inseparable companion in id not bo fpund. After 'thd bad retired to bod (hero waa a great noise in tbe kitchen. 'It was supposed that burglars woro robbing tho houso. Soon thoro was a crash and a smash like the broaking of a window, and thon all was still. Tho morning rovoalod tho mystery. The do*' had fallen asloep under tho table. He was sonsi bio that his mnstor had gone homo, and tho noise beard was tho attempt of tho dog to mako his oscapc. As taoro was no othor way to got ont, tho sagacious animal wont through tho window, tak ing the glass and iramo with him. It was a long timeboforo his mnstor visited tho houso again. Whon lie did, his dog accompanied liim, and tho animal found his way through tho open door of tho kitohon to his old hiding-place under tho tabic. It was lato whon tho master startod for homo. Ilut noithor his hat nor cano could be found. After a long search the dog was discovered fast asloep undor tho tabio; ono paw was in his master's hat, the other on his master's cano. How ho obtainod possession of tlioso articles no ono oould tell. Ho. romemborod his Inst visit to tho place, and how sourvlly he was troatod. Tho sagacious oroaturo resolved not to bo loft behind tho next tlntt}. He know that lib master could not go homo without hia hat and cane, and that ho would bo quite likely to be awakaned when his ownor got ready to walk. His plans woro acutoly laid, and if he had possossed reason ho could not have dono bottor." . . Coal-Tar Chewing Gum. Tko Standard Oil Company is a big thing on wheols whon you got talking about oil, but it la just as big rolatlvoly speaking whon you got Into the pro vlnoo ofoheWlng gum. Thoy control neatly ail of the roflnerles, and it la from that the gum la evolved, so to speak. Tho roflners tako tho residuum from the orude oil after the refined ar tiolo has boon made and work It in an agitator,, produolng a certain grade of (mrafllne, a wax-like substanoe. This s sont to two firms looated in ltoston and New York, who put It through an* othor rofining process and thon scout tho stuff, out it up Into small piooea and thon retail doaiers tako hold of it and mako thousands of giddy girls hap py with "something' to chaw," The wax, aa loaded on the cars, is worth sovontenn oonts a pound, but whon put thrbugh the second process, its oost is 80 cents a pound. A pound of rofinod patafttne will suMco for tho making of oOO plocoa of chewing gum; so tho profit in tho business is npparont whon you recolloot that it retails for ono and two cohts a stlok.?-Pittsburg Dispatch. . A now ordor of physicians in Boston holds thnt mind litis control over mat tor, And thnt all diseases will yiold to mental foroo in tho physician. Jt Is popularly called tho "mind euro," and marvelous storlos aro told of the work ing of this new procos* in eradicating tho most obstinate diso?sos. A sclen tiflo training Is said to bo noodod for ef feotlvo work along this lino, and its advocates havo littlo sympathy with Christianity or its supernatural forces. But thero Is anothor party who aim to oomblno solonce arid Christianity, hold ing that all disease is unnatural and tho rosult of sin. No Christian who attains tho true standard of piety need suffer from illness, much less no tho vlotlm of painful dlseaie. Boston is wrought up consldorably ovor theso matters. ' Hlol, tho revolutionist, Is a natlvo ol Manitoba, and ho is now 41 years ol age. ON A SLEKPlNG-OAlfc. The Peculiar Kxp?rleooe? of m Pallnikn l*ort?r on the Pan.Hantlle. Yes, wo do havo sorno peculiar ex periences," said an intelligent Pull man car porter on tho Pan-Haudle road to a Pittsburg Dispatch reporter. "We run up against all sorts of people, I can tell you. I remember one case which loft an improssion on my mind which will not soon loavo it. It was on this samo train, Pan-Handlo No. 4, and wo had just run into tho station at Mingo Junction. A well-dressed young man, who looked as if ho was sick or in troublo, came up to mo and wantod to know if ho could got a borth. Woll, I had nothing to no with letting him linyo a berth, for there was but one parlor car on tho train and that was lull. So I told him that every berth was takon, and that it would be impos sible for him to got a place. He turned around and walkod away about fiftoon foot, stopped suddonly and pulled a re volver from his hip-pocket, and beforo any ono oould stop him shot hiuisolf through tho hoad. Ho lived a few minutos. Ho was out of his mind, ovidontly, for ho kept moaning: 'I didn't murdor him! I didn't murder hiiu!' Wb found out aftorward that his narno was Frank Loightou, and that ho lived in St Louis, wnoro ho had rela tives of hieh social standing. Ho had bocome dissipated, and in somo club quarrel a man was killed. Ho was nover charged with tho crime, but he got the idea that suspicion rested on him, and ho disappeared from his homo, and his friends did not know whoro ho had gono until they hoard of his suioido. "Another case I shall rornombor as lonfj as I livo. A young New York Hebrew, named Nathan, died in my car. Ho was brokon down in health aud went south to get woll. Ho spont tho winter down in New Orleans and Galveston. Ho didn't get any botter, and in the spring started home. Ho know ho was going to die, and was ter ribly down-hearted. 1 had to bo with him most of tho timo on tho way up. 1 made up his berth earlv in tho evening, and ho went to bod. I helpod to un dress him and tucked him in. Two hours later, when we got in Pittsburg horo, I looked into his berth, and ho was dead. Woll, ho was takon out horc, but wo didn't know any of his friends and oould not telegraph them. They woro waiting for him, though, whon wo got to Jorsoy City. They didn't know ho was doad. His fathor, a white-haired old man, and his sister, a boauliful girl not moro than 18 yoars old, woro at tho depot, and woro al most tho first puoplo I saw when I {?topped down from tho car. I had an idou tsiat thoy woro his friends as soon us I saw them, und it mado mo feel shaky, I can tell you. 'Is Mr. Nathan with yon, porter?' askod tho young lady, lookingkiud and anxious. Woll, 1 just lookMaThor and then at tho old foutleroun, nnd I couldn't say a word, couldn't bear to toll thurn that ho was dead, und so I just said: 'No, ma'am, ho got off at Pittsburg.* She turned as whito us a sheet, und said: ?Why, was lie worsoP' Tho old man was so uorvous that ho just olung to (ho lady as if ho wa? afwu of fa lung. " don't ltnew4iJ0#'<?iV * " fbiJniiSH o?l: III1 brother is Uoad.' It was tho hard est thing 1 over saw. 1 thought the {jivl would just go wild. They could mrdly got hor nway to tho curriago. Th<j brother came buck to Pittsbnrg aud took tho body on homo. 1 novor hoard from them again. "One of tho funniest casus I over ran across," ho contimioil, "ocgurrod'this winter with u nuwly married couplo on ti.eir wedding trip, lie was a young array or uavy otlioor, 1 don't know which, liis wife was a bashful, blue eyed litllo girl, not a.day over 17 yoars old. About 11 o'clock at night I saw her stick hor head out of tho ourtalns and look up and down tho alslo to see If tho ooast was clear. Sho thon slid out and pottered up to tho wator-ooolor aftor a drink. VYhon sho startod back Bho forgot hor borth, and hor basliful noss only made it worse. 8ho got back to what sho supposed was her berth und pilod iu. Well, I heard a awoar and a soreani, and thou tho littlo woman, frightened half 1o death, shot out of tho curtains unci up tho nlslo to tho jtate.room, whon I met lior. You soo ?ho hntl clinibod in Avitli an old gontlo man and lady from down in Texas, whoso borlh wiw noxt to hors. Tho old man was a oattlo-doalor and a rough old fellow, and hi* wifo was a norTous, fidgety old lady, Sho lust soroamod anu yollod 'thiovoa, murder,' till every passongor In tho car had his hoad out of tho ourtains. The young husband had boon woko up and missod his wlfo and ho was almost wild, and oamo running up tho oar to whoro his wlfo was orying in tho state-room. She just foil in his arms and protty noarfaintod. Ho couldu't understand what had happonod and wanted to go baok aftor his rovolvor and shoot somo one. I just looked thorn in tho stato-room, and then wont baok and oxplainod mat ters to tho Toxas pair and got thorn quloted down. Then 1 told tho othor passongors that thoro was nothing the matter, and thoy pullod in tholr heads. Tho young follow and his wlfo wouldn't go back to their borth for abbut an hour?until they woro again suro evory ono had gono to sloop. I managod ororything so that no ono but the old couple over knew anything about It or who it was that raised tho disturbance. When thoy loft tho oar tho next day ho ?lipped $10 in my hand. Thoir namosP Oh, nol I couldn't give you that. "1 had nnothor exporionco, though, that floored mo onoo. There Is a protty littlo blaok-oyod boy who llvos ovor in ADoghany, who llrxt raw tho light of this world In tho Pullman oar of whioh 1 was portor. Tho boy is about 3 yoars old now, and ho nnd his mother and father wont down ovor tho road with mo thlH winter on tholr way to Now Orloans." Tho London Journals havo not vol docidod wholhor it is Stiakiu, Suakim, Houakln, or Souaklm; but whan (Jen oral Graham got* homo ho will bo ahlo to sottlo it. Flo has hod considerable of a spoil at that piano. ? New York World. v Journalist to his wife?I feel very bad this morning. 1 don't see that itrs worth while to pro to work, for my head aoho* to painfully that I cannot think." WIte'-non't try to think anv to-day, doar. Stay at homo and work on your bookArkanaaU) Traveler. "I trust tho ourront of my discourse last Sunday was not suOloiently formid able to hopelessly ingulf you, joooso ly remarked a young Detroit clergy man to a lady member In his congrega tion the other evening, "O, nol It was quite shallow enough for comfort able wading, thank your' WIT AND HUMOR. Uer little muff U wm enough To grace a Parte doll'a trouHMn, And yet her hand and ?now-white cuff 8eem quite content in there to go. It holds her band quite tight, I know. And when the wind la blowing rough. Aa on wo walk through drifting know, I wlah my bund could be?her muff. ?Washington Hatchet. "Giro you a kiss, indood," aald the. "Giro you a kiss? lur aooduetal 'Tls strange that you should bo to free, I wonder at your rudonoaa. I could not such a thing endure;" And then, with manner nerv ous, 8ho added, "For I'm verysuro That soiuo 0110 would observe us." ?lloston Courier. Hla nose was rtxl an u danger-light And his eyes were sunkeu and dim. Ho called for rum, and at onoo ho filled The tumbler up to tho brim. But the barkeoiier drew the tumblor back, As ho jrlancod the customer o'or. And said, "My Irlcnd you hare made a mis take We don't keep a wholesale store." ?lloston Courier. CA.USK AND EFFECT. See her coming Now sho plaoos Down tho street, One small heel Fiioe so outiulng, Squarely on Form so neat. Tho orange peol; Carrlayro graceful, Blips upon her Figure straight, well-formed pate; Lovely Vanifur Awkward Vasaar Graduate. Graduate. Seo It lying Flying garment* On the walk, Then disclose Some one will Pretty foot. Upon It stalk. Kxqulslto hose. Orange pool Dude Is mashed, la on the wait And seoe hla fate I Tor the Vassar Sly old Vaasar Graduate. Graduate. A coal-dealer surgosts that a premi um bo offered to tho housokoeper who can exhibit tho largost pilo of ashes collcctod during tho wintor and spring. Goorge McDonald, tho novolist, ia editing a now odition of Shakspearo. If thoro is any ouo thing that this world wants moro than auothor it is a new edition of Shakspoaro. ? Philadelphia Call. The young man who had just made his "first appearance on any stage" was telling his frionds all about It. "Did you reoeive any floral tribute?" was askod. ?'No," ho roplied, "but I dodgod all tho oggsl" There was tri umph in his tone. Tho poor nover roalizo their poverty so intensely as whon thoy aro brought by neoesslty to woar tho dainty gar ments concooted for them by fashion able but kind-hearted young ladlos at the last mooting of tho Doroas Club.? Somerville Journal. Fendoraon?What do you think of my writingsP Aro thoy too satiriealP Fogg?Satirical, you rogue P I never saw your like. lou'ro cutting every body up. You'ro a perfoot vivisootlon ist, tendorson ? You flatter mo. Fogg?Not a bit You'ro a vivisootlon let. And tho bost of it is that the man who roads your slashing articles does not know that ho is boing out up. They act as an aneosthotlc, you know.?Bos ton Transcript. A caudidato for a city offloe was reading a morning paper whloh dnrlng tho previous year had t>eon condemning him furiously but had changed its tone. Ue smiled as ho read a pleasant para graph, And romarkod sneoringly to a iviond sitting neart "Ha, the sheet is becoming quite complimentary/' "Is It?" "Yes; it oalls me* a gentleman saw, but last year it oalled me a thi?* liar, and a scoundrel,'V . vi. mmfipram iur wi u mentions deportment and punctuality. Arriving in the oity for the first time, ho acoosted a young man about town who was standing on the oorner of Cannl stroot. "I wish, mv young friend," bMd ho, taking out his watoh, "to go to tho St Charles hotel." "Well," suld tho gilded youth, 4,you may so, but don't stay nut half an hour. ?New Orleans Twnet-Democrat. A gontloman signing himself "Phil anthropist" writes the Bulletin to in* quire "if tho olectrio light may not {irovo a faotor for reform. If the bus noss streets woro nightly made aa light as Franklin Square, do you think men who lovo to bo rospoetable would tum ble into tho stroot at a late hour to be takon homo by the policeP Isn't this modorn light an antagonist to deeds of darkness and shame P" Wo giro it up. When wo don't know whether theroIs dynamito or soothing sirup baok of an inquiry wo make it a rule to let it alone. ?Norwich (CI.) Bulletin, Some of ourroadors may remember the anoiont definition "A noun is the name of a thing, as horse, hair, jus tice." In tho "Memoir of Adlol Sher wood, D. IX," reoontly published, the story is told of a young man who stum* bled grievously at this point. ?*What is a noun then?'* ho said; "but first I must find out what is a horse-hair jus tice." Ho moditated upon this for sev eral days, until soeing his father seated In his logal capacity as Justice of the Peace in the old horse-hair settee, he oxolaimod, with delight: '*1 have found It: my fathor is a horse-hair jus tice, and thereforo a noun."?Chicago Standard. A Woroestorsblro woman, new to London, had her child ohristened In company with tho children of some of her London aoquaintanoes. After the ceremony, tho prosenoo of so many lit tle onofl Inspired her with a brilliant idea. Why shouldn't they all hare tholr portraits taken P She knew a plaoo where thoy did them cheaply* and, what was more, she would defray sdl the oxponses. Huoh an offer was too good to be lost, and a party of ' a dozen children?the lady waa rery par* tioular about their being twelve?at onoo started off to the photographer. Tho latter was dolightod at the pros pect of a largo order, end at onoe set to work. Aftor some four or (We of tho party had been photographed it oo ourrod to him, on tho chaperon of the party intimating that she waa going to pay for all, to ask her if she knew wnat tho bill would amount to. "Of oourso 1 do," said she:. *'6 shilling*. Yon adrertiso them at ft shillings a dozen." The unfortunate photographer turned palo. Ho began to suspect tho mtstaka tho good lady had fallen into. "Yes," bo fnitorod, "ft shillings the dozen pict ures?not ft shilling* the dozen chil dren I" Tho tabionu may be better Im agined than doHorlbod.?lfiotograpMo Newt. ' A oitlr.en of I'ipoHvllIe, Ohio, write to n Now York paper of a dlaeorer) ho mado In rognrd to tho dintanoe flit aim in from tho ?nrth. The gentleman in evidently sincoro. Ho aaya: "I moftfturo tho anmo way we moaaur* the height of a troo while atandlng, and being About, 8,000 mile* north of the eqtiAtor, by tAking a aplrlt-level and a onrpontor'a Kfjunre I find the dlatanoo to tho nun ifi juat 8,000 mllea from tn? ofpiAtor, or, in other worka, 8,000 milea from the earth. I nlao claim the earth la atatlonarr, and the north pole la the center, ami the aun, Moon, and ftara trevel around it By my moaaure the aim la 100 mlloti aoroaa the faoo."