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^ Mlffhtj- Monaioh. 1 tin rioUer than Crowtis of old, to my mind, 1 liftve treasure* most varied and rare; I b*vo wtT*? *?porture .depends cn no know iwufrtuof burdensome caro. .V-r' IloujO* niuiuutbcnbJ J claim as my OWh. ; Without tenants to make thom a bore; 1 have songs which niv written for my cat And buvo plctuios -4nd books by tbo scoro. I have botv h ??.; oa).tlo and birds of alt ?. fllmcs, S(ucor tlsbcs that swim in tho toa? * ave bells nindo of silver, whoso inualoal chimes ..',"Aro runjr oo* to please only mo. 1 rulo t}nd4i?utcd,'aokuoYvlc<1irouo peer fl'ho' my_rubjocl* nw oft known to scold), For I'm Kiugof tbo nursery, and what Is quaor,' AI'v/i ottljr Kbout two years old. ?L. II. Maimbnch. -? 4rurplc aiul I'M no Iiliion. fihv .4 all robed in splendor, fair as duwn V " WvrnTlrst lio bares his forehead in tho # . *?*tt ? ?hlttiiiicriiiK rtttin felHn softest folds, ' Mjr?l robe, Ht for n klnvly fi Oft, And lnco that wan historic. lino as froht, Tho triujery of Its pattern, truillmr down O'or sprays of blo?*otm', Cufghi with Jewels line; ' No fuirer sight In all tho g?wdly town. >?' ? J ? Yet ^mrod she cn tbo splendor cold no death, Yet looked sho on the picture still nnd I , whito; 'I in' tiaajiing. JpwoIb caught no .nr.gwerlQff v In oyes that orst worobrtglitcr than-their ? , . * ? ? ? No warmth from ruby hangings could light ' *-V^V-<HR Tlie chill of that sot fivco, us silent tboro Jk 8ho theugbfupon the radiance or hor llfo (Uvea for tho radlanOo.of^thls pageant fair. . ?fx.tt'o TyiiK (lilRwoM. * 11 Is} 11 MATCH-M AKIN O. . "Woll, do yoallkoirin), KlttvP" ??Oh, vory njmoh, Sally. doarP' ??His lovely muntucbo nnd his big, bluooyost l)id you notice, Kitty P" "Bluel Why, they're :i sort of grcon lflh-Kroy: nnd his mustaobo Is dcoldod 4 Jy stubbly." "Stubblyl" Miss Sally Wilson dropped tho papor wh^oh alio was twl?thig hor Ualr for ft , tho night, and turned upon hor friend with a gasp. ? 'Stubblyl For moroy'a sako of whom arc vOu talking?" "Why, of Mr. ilundlo, to bo sure? ? Mr. 'Alfred Uondlo, tho great bohdhold or, thp horo of tbo oveniug; of whom *? Kit*y pulloit off one small whito slip and.. Btopd twlrllnpr around upon tho rither ahd laughing gloofully. Sally watohod hor in dismayed ?U once. ; ,llei)dlor'. )ih^ aald^-roproach? fully, "You know I mdan Howard Uen ?otNM * B Kitty paused in hor giddy revolutions ntia sat down, vyrith herrouudodelbows ^On tho bureau, and her lovoly, flushod f? faoo in l^or hands. 'tfMA - ^ttfi "Dear mo!~no I didn't," sho said, a" tho jr*t plaoo, of tbo r Hpp^Arattot). ^ gy d o was not imposing enough for ?.bo,quoohly sprt of horolno sot forth in; l>or favorite noVelH, and she had not tho noooasary ravon loqks and haughty manner; and tho potfte and babyish"' . jjtylo wns equally out of tbo quostion. Sho had not a rclrousta r.oso, nor v j>)oudUi^ blue oyoH, and her stock of iltmploa wits t;jcireiuoly. United and only nnulo visible by painful con tor \ tioiiH. hor o|ronnidtaile?s woro vory luiibit ngniiiit hor. :^j\liy \vuh an lioiruus, nnd her par ' Win u.ilnj; dcatl, sbo Wiu living with an aunt wham sho had ralsod from the obsonrlty of dio?#maklng to preside over tho boautltdi homo to which fcho had recontly feturnod from boarding School. Kobody ok)uld ovor love hoi' mindly - for horsolf olono?roach abros^ a bar rier o( poverty, and marry her In the face of a disapproving world. Sally somotfmcd iwrottrfd that hor t fcftd beoil tho highly 9noofli?sful 'ay o6ntractor that ho hftd boon* t voty nnniM was disoquraglng. S WhO omtld ooncoivo " lng |ntoroatltfg happonlng t6 a ?JtE no horribly uroAlo a namoP titty 1 IV Waa all tory different Rally's romantlo soul had i Hlod with P*<>phtit<0 delight tho mo nt nbo had soon hot^-gUUng on one it ltt'obo of Madatoto Lavlno^s school boon ediieated by A bnoho unolo. Sho was bountiful, and pou -tho very qualifications for ft4 " dly hud I'elloQtfld. , I takou her tindor hor wing, wore:.nnd now that school was 8iib had brought her homo Willi a long vh|it~Ab? olilof "objo0t ofy waa Ihat KUty and Howard ?tt might bo brought together, y Wfniot blttv wTillo at homo on ?t vnbr.tlon, and had immediately'^ hlrti in her heart to Kitty. &ould bo tuoVo llttlng, raoro P Howard was fptlr, Kitty -whloli Waj/Jtist as it shonld .^ard wos oalm, languid, and for pOrfeot happlnos*. toMw fulfill weht of h*r hoiMiS and given her ilrst toesptloo. her position as hostess had progress of affair# breathless [ watched thoir meeting tftd IJtfcrooutw anklouslyi that thtfy should go ' though that h?tt or. svB^^pfvod . mllllonalro, c??a body #as so rldlou avlnfr shown dan of taking herblra ... hating been so ob his arm to hi) hostess, "flulfles, and a lew sim id bravoly surmo<tfi||?. i ongorly till tfio last hoar Kitty's verdict i SimtMfhn ropoat '?Wity, ho's a por [rt'sald Klt lA sho wont ?j.ho?ghJM Jsoauic, auu he hasn't half the iuonoy, yoi| know." and Kitty laughed wick edly. Mr. Boadlo again! Sally's heart sack. Shu might havo oxpec tod somo tldng of tho sort. Kitty wu* no totally different from horaclf. Sho could neVor bo rnado to boo thingB us Sully saW them; she wus dlstrossingly ruuttor-ol faot. - Sally ant poudcring seriously, with the lights turned, low, uftyr Kitty, tlushed and tired, and happy, hud fall on asloop. >y. ;? . .? .. Surely things must ooiuo out right. Howard must bo backod and oncour aged, aud Mr. Beadle must bo snub bed, crushed, and annihilated. Sally was uot quito clear as to how this latter was to be accomplished but she went to sleep with renewed hope. "I suppose wo sliall bo flooded with calls, shan't weP" said Kitty, as ihov sat in the parlor the nexto.enlug, t:i!k iug over Jusi night's fustivitv, wit i oe oasioual yawns. "I suppose so, deai?" responded Sal v*'JJa)8juff'at ,lor fond aumiiMi .ii. Kitty was at her loveliest. J1 c red lips wore a stuilo of pleased oxpectan oy, and her dark oyo$ wore bright with anticipation. . "By the way," sho said. ? peorlng in to an opnoslto mirror and patting her hair; "Air. licadle said something about coming to-night. Doar mo! how do I look P" Sally groaned inwardly. "I prosumo Mr. Uoadlo will not no tico much,'' sho said, sovcvoly. "Ho is past thoso things, I should think. Ho must bo forty at loast." ^About that,' said Kitty, swootly. Tho boll rang at that moment, and the subject of their conversation was ushorod it), followed byu tall form, with a fair head, none othor than How ard ldmsolf. J Mr. Uoadlo pouocod upon tho chair noarost Kitty; Howard sank gracefully upon tho sofa at Sally's sldo. "I hope yourdutlds of last night havo not oulto worn you out," ho said, Pok ing down at her tondorhv "Oh, dear mo, not atall!"responded Sally, rather sharply. This was all wrong; but what was sho to doP ??It was a charming affair," Howard contlnuod, moving a little tioaror to hor. "Thank you!" Buid Sully, abstract edly.* Shi ?r_fiowas watching tho pair opposite, with rising Tineasinoss. Mr. Beadle was leaning forward at a dangerous anglo, talking with ltorriblo VQlllhility. With hllj flyqg flxotl nil Kil ty's fapd. v . ?- V"-" . Sally felt a .Xvild desire to soo his ? ? backward aud laiul hiiD on the floor. * ' Howard looked a liltle hurt by hor brovlty; but Sally was oblivious. * M'Don't you think hor'lovolyp" sho Kitty was vemurlng a remark ?t tho' wojnont with a coquettish littlo laugh. Sally could gladly havo sliakou hor. , Vcry, t8aid Howard, rathor vaguo-' ; ho did not seetn qulto to under stand tho forco of tho remark. Mr. Boadlo was bogging Kitty to ?Ingi and n6w waa Sally's oTmnco. "Do dear!" sho urgod; "our now waltz song. Do yon know itP" sho j wont on, turning to Howard. "Mr. Bonnett will turn your loavos, Kitty." Howard followed Kitty to tho piano obedlontly, and Mr. Boadlo joined Sal ly on tho sofa |* "How oxtromoly well-suited they arol ' Sally observed. "Thoy seem made for oaoh other. Don't you think soP'V, "Itoallv, [ had not noticed it," ro joinod Mr. Boadlo, stroking his mus taoho with suddon gravity. "StubblyI?good gracious, yes!" said Sally to horsolf, wrathfully. "X should hardly think so," ho add od, with somo asporlty. /'NoP' said Sally, frigidly. And thoy rolapsod into sllonco. That was tho first of a long sorlos of similar ocoaslous. Howard and Mr, Boadlo oallod in cessantly, and Sally's nnxlotios in creased accordingly, livings woro vory dlsooijroglng for the most part. Mr. Boadlo was plain ly oiiiimorod of Kitty's manifold oharms, aud was determinedly devot ed. Kitty was gay, and careless, itrid bewitching, and Howard was as lan guld as ovor, tind rathor moro pon slve, ?r Sally was convincod that this was duo to unhuppinoss. Ho was grieved and angerod by Kitty's indllleronoe; ho was a proy to hopoloss yoarnings and joalbus passion. Tho only druWbaok to tho theory was that Howard sooincd Sometimes rldlou loualy and unovplnlnably ntteutlvo to herself. But that was pride, of oourso?plquo. bally lived in momentary oxpeotation of having u talo of woundod love and blighted hopos poured Into hor sym* pathetic ears. f The days and weoks rolled byt Kit ty tt fftit .was drawing to a closo, And everybody wfts looking forward eagorly 10a Ti** musqitorado. Sally horsolf forgot hor sohomes and * flutter of preparation. . Kitty was to go as a gipsy, in ^ f bright illk bodloo, a gall#1 bospanglod petticoat, and a highly-oolorod and hlgnly-bopomlng turban thing,?( which n4 gipsy has ovor boon known to wear. Sally wM to appear aodostly as a porift? ant of doubtful natiouallty, with * tucked wn 1st and abbrovlated skirt, and her hair In two braids down her back. 1 hopos had SoruoHow risen rftthor high. This was almost tho ond ?. * v,8lt? 'wt tlrao | that sho nnd Howard woi^ld bo to ifCthor, and something must hitppon. 'I ho fact of their approaching sepa ration would come home to them both; would bring thorn noarer together; would strike do\Vn all obstacles hither to existing, and bring matters to a hannyend. Mr. Beadle was. of course, tho ohiof obstaole- Mr. Boadlo had shown a profound intorost In tho occasion?a positive enthusiasm, which Sally con sidered revolting. "A man of his age!" she had said to Kitty, indignantly^ *<Jt Is absurd! He will, probably come as Infancy." "Undoubtedly!" Kitty had rospond 9^' ''Aod 'fir. Bennett as a Mrs. Hmytho's rooms were a blaxe of liffht and a sceho of whirling gaioty. "~9d upon tho scone, bewilder' tlroment of a sofa. Sho KUly, and in'the ? could not bo with * ftro ?? ,v'.> cious mas*, paused before Her, and ftp pa arod to be examining hor intently. Then be oarne nearer, and stood re garding her critically, with bis -head on one side, folding bis arm* and crossing his soantily-clothod . logs with a satis fied air. $ ."He thinks I'm somebody elso," said Sally to herself, amusedly, and forgot him in a now exoitensent Sne had caught a gUmpee of a red waist and a twinkling skirt; of a gay turban and a flying mass of dark hair. Kitty was in a low ohair at tho fur thoV ond of tho room, her bare, round arms, with their silver bunds, gleam ing whito, and her smiling, red lips, "just visible. A distinguished-looking- individual, in tho costnine of Louiso XVI. wan perched upon an ottoman at hor side, gaxing upward iu an obvious state of admiration and bliss. ' Sally era nod hor ncok. Snroly it was Howard! Only tho top of his hoad was visiblo behind his oxaggorated ruff; but snroly that limited portion boro a striking resemblance to.How ard's. Sally felt a thrill of exultation; this was o.ractly what slio had hopod for. Tho music struck up; tho Highland er offored bis arm promptly, and away thov whirled. Ihoir steps wore eminently suited. Sally's cheeks began to glow bohiud hor mask, and her eyes to Bparkle. Suddenly 'tho music coasod; tho waltzers paused; there was a liltlo hum of oxoitomont, and thon a simul taneous removal of masks. Sally looked around cagorly. Kitty aud Louis XVI. stood noar?Kitty smil ing and glowing. Louis XVI.'strok ing a stubbly mustache and boamiug down upon her. Sally looked up at her partner in nma?e, and oucounterod tho affoction ato gazo of a nair of blue ovos, and a smile from boueuth a blonde mus tache. "It is rather warm hero," said tho Highlander, softlv. "Shall wo step outsideP" Aud Sally went. vXV Half an hour later, whon tho rioting within had roachod its wildest point, thdy wcro still standing out under tho sthrs, with tho music flouting out to thom softlv. Howard s fair head was bonding very low, and Sally's long braids foil over his arm. "Hut?it is so perfectly unexpected," she was saving, in a subdued way. "I had never oven thought of such a thing." "No." sold Howard, in an ag^rlovod >ne?"everybody could soo mat.*' " ly tone?"everybody could boo that.*' "You see/' said Sally, in a mookl. npologotio way, "it was always Kitty I was thinking of. Dear met" and slio laughod. Half an hour ago, sho would hardly havo laughed at this knowlodgo of the ignominious failuro of hor pTansr It was quite unoxplnlnablo. , t * . B ,? . ? ? ? Vl ccfuld hardly wait to toll you!" ovlod Kitty, Sho was sitting on the side of tho mwfimv" - J' *.?itis Sir. Boadlo, I suppose?" ?aiid Sally, resignodly?so rosiguodly that Kitty stared. "Daar me!" she orlod delightodly. "I thought so all along. Was I right after allP it is Mr. Bonnett, I sup posoP" ' ^ r "I?I'pi afraid so," said Sally softlys 1 ? ? ? ?- my ? Senator Bhormun's Stage-lUdu. Sonator Sherman enjoyed a broak nook rldo down Sisklyous Mountain on his stago journoy botweon Uoddlng and Rosoborg, Oregon. Tho Olilo statesman had pro-ompted a seat with tho drivor to got a bottor viow of tho splendid sconery on that ol ovatod divide. Tho paco from tho sum mit was a tearing ono, and tho stoop, narrow grndo mado tho rldo appear particularly hazardous. Tho Sonator suggested that ho could viow things bottor at a slowor gait. "Got to inako tlmo," ropliod Johu, brusquely.. "I assure you that I am in no hurry at all," oxolaimod John, casting his oyos down tho preolpltous, orookod roadway. "But I am," rotortod the rooklosa whip, as ho lut tho nags out nnothor ,%otoh. Shovman wus soarod. Ho had reason to bo. Othors had boen soared before him, and moro nre sure to find thom j. solves in tho sumo fix. A sceond later: "Driver, pull up. 1 just as loavo?in fact, I profor, to walk down this plopo." "No you don't, Sonator. I'vo got tliroo mluutos to roach tho valloy and I'm going to make it or broak a log." Tho lively six bronco team sped reok lessly ahead, Sherman holding on with might and main. Turning a sharp onrvo, tho swing polo suddenly snapped. For a few mo monts things lookod squally. A single lurch might send tho ooaoh over a 800 foot preoiploe. "Koen vour seat," cried tho jwhu, who with brnko and re)ns qtUokly brought his toam to a standstill. A littlo later Sherman was holding tho 11 uo4t his foot braoed on the <'hold back," while tho drivor was down among tho oattlo spJIolug tho% broken swing-bar. i All was in order rignln prosontly, and tho Sonator reassured as to the on<" the Safety of tho twolvo-railo-art-hour Canter down a forty-llvo-pitch grade, kept his plaoo to tho bottom without a quiver. 1 Thinking it ovor now, Shortfian says it was tho most oxhiiaruting stago ride ho ovor oxporionood, and ho wouldn't mind making the trip overland from j California a sec6nd time just to take In that Interesting piece of xtar-routo ex pediting down tho 8iskivous<-r?J/etcna (M. 'A) I/ernia, ?r ? .Hi**, -n ? m4* ? ii ii - 1 Why tfio Ooftffrofltatloii Miniln<1. At tho dedication of Pilgrim Chapol, Buffalo, William A, Duncan, of Syra cuse, tho State Sunday school Seorota ry, wan addressing tho chlldron in his usual vlvAoions manner. "Now, I am going to dlvldo your sohool into three ?arte," said ho. "There aro b. b.'i* ('hat aro thoyP" "Big boys," was the roady response. "Good. Then there aro tne b. ar.'s. What aro thevP" "Big girls," shouted forly voices. "Bight again. And last of all thore aro the 1. c. s." VLUtle kids!" exclaimed a shrill voiced urchin, without waiting for the question. The congregation smilod vociforously. ?Mica /. ? > \ ? m# > en II ill l ? I > I v.y,.' . Mmo. Nilsson says sho novor grows tlrod of hearing-ucrself sing, though to llston to tho singing of ethora is somo | tlrnofl h bore. ? * s ' BILL NYBIN BOSTON. An Acoouut of ? VI*U tv UU IMrtbpU** la v / tlieSUeleoMMilne. Last wook I visited my birth placo la the atato of Maine. I waited thirty years for the public to visit it, and" as there didn't seem to be much of a rush' this spring, 1 thought 1 would go and visit ft myself. I was tolliu,' a friend tho other day that the public did not seom to manifest tho interest in nyr birthplace that I thought it ought to* and he said I ought not to mind tlmt, "Just wait," snlii ho, "till tho people of the Unitod States liavo an opportu nity to visit your tomb, and you trill., bo surprlsod to soo how they will rud. excursion' trains up there to Moose^ head lako, or wherover you plant youiy solf. It will bo a perfect plonlo. Your' liold on llio American pooplo, William, li wonderful, but your death would seem to Assure it, and klud of crystalteo tho affection now existing, but still in a uobuloes and gummy state," A muu ought not to oritiolse his; birthplace, I presume, and yet; if I-j woro to do it ail over again, I do not; know whothor I would select that patv ticular spol or not. Sometimes-I think 1 would not. And yot, what moiuorlcs cluster about that old housol There' was tho pluco where l first met my pa roat. It was at that time that ana& cjuulntnneo spnmg up which has ripen ed in iato years into mutual respoct and ostocm. It was thoro that what might' termed a casual mooting took place that has, under tho alchemy of resist** loss years, turned , to golden lluks, forming a pleasaut but poworful bond of union botweou my parents and iny solf. For that rooson I hopo that 1 may bo spared to my paronts for many years to oomo. Many old memories now cluster, about that old home, as I hate said. There is, also, other old brlo-a-brao which has accumulatod since I Mkfi born tliore, I took a,small Htouo from the front yard as a kind of "momenta? y of tho occasion and tho plaoe. I do not think U has boon dotootod rat Thero was another stono in the yawl,J ?o'lt may bo wcoks before anyone finds, out that I took ono of thom. How humblo tho home, and yet -what a lesson it should tonoh the boys of Amorioa! Hero, amid tho barron and tho inhospitable wnsto of rocks and; cold, tho last plaoo in the world that a muu would naturally seloot to bo bofli in, bogan tho life of ono who, by his own unaided oQ'ort, in afte. yoars rose to tho proud liulgiit of postmaster at Laramto City, Wyoming, and, with an cstlmato of tho future that was almost prophetic* resigned bbforo ho could be charuotorlzod as an offonslvo partisan, ' Here on tho banks ot the raging Pis oataqols, whoro winter lingers in tho lap of spring till it oocaslons a good doal of talk, there began a career wbioh.has boon the wonder and admir ation of overy vigilauoe oommittco west of the turbulont Missouri. Thorn on timt spot, with no iutjflg|Ma auco but a predisposition to prom tu baldness a)id a bitte? hatrod, of rut with no personal property but " .suspondor, ijnd a stone-bruUo, ? Xfc filioiilcf touch tho youth ^ young land what glorious posslbll j may Ihi oonooaled in tho rough w, tough boson of the reluctant prbsttL^ It shows how steady persuvoruueo and a good appetite wlll always win in tfieS ond. It touches us that wealth' is not indispensable, aud that if wo live a* wo' .should, draw out of politics ,ut tho propor time, aud dlo a few days boforo tho publio absolutely demand it, tho jnattor of our birthplace will not be considered. 1 % Still, my blrthplaco is all right as a birthplace. It w .s a good, quiot plaoo to be born. All l lie old neighbors said that Sliirl.-y was a very quiet place up * to the tiuin I was born tnetv, and when 1 took my p ir.-iHs by tuo hands and' pntly lud luo.it away in tho spring of; ?13. saving: ??i'atvnt.-i, tnis U no pluoo tor lis, 1 It lu>oaiu<: quiet. - v It is tho mi.y iilrtnpiuce I have, how ?u r. im?l L .iwpe that ail tho roatjors of The Globe will feel porfootly froo to go~ thoro any tlmo and visit It, and oarry tholr dinner, as I did; Extravagant oordlaltty find ovorllowlng hospitality havo always kopt my birthplaoe bsofc ?Boston oundtiy Globe. ] I* that bis . Having a, *nd I And Ex-P?MMi(loi?t Arthur. Ex-Prosldcut Arthur has nono of the prevailing Anglomania, so fur u I know, writes a N.nv York corronpondr ont to tho Utloa Observer, and yet he was strlotly English in tho style of hie whiskers and tho longings of his appo tlto. Boforo his olccuou to the vio* prosidonov ho usod to oat most of hli midday lunehoona. in a down-town ohop-house of tho London soiti and since his return to private oitisoqsnlp I bare seen him sovorai times over nis steak or ohop and Bass in the same old plaoo. Arthur has not yet appoarod in court In resumption of his law practice, but he is regularly In tho oflloos of his firm, and tho understanding is that his serrioes aro In fnlrdomand. been tho oolleotor in the therefore familiar With tho usages of the oustom-houso, he etpeots to striko right into romunoratlvo cases involving Importer's troubles. That thero was a difference of opinion as to what share of the firm's profits he do? sorvod was proved by (he fact that up to within a few days of the issue of a circular announcing tho oopartnorshlp tho other members declared positively that ho would not re-enter the concern. Sooially Mr. Arthur is leading aqulot life. Many have boon curious to see whether he would; rosnmo hall-fellow ship with somo of tho local politicians with whom ho utfed to be oronles, for It was known that hit oillshnesi towards them while In the whito house htd an* 8orod them. Tho upshot seems to be I tat he hai kopt up his close frtondship with the dosen oolite and cnlturod men out of tho lot, and has dropped the mere boolor*, With whom his rela tions were ndvor Anything asldo from tho mftohlnery of political control. Ho sponds somo of his evenings congenially Jn the Union Loaguo olub, tho members of which stood by him pretty firmly in his campaign for a ronomination: he goo* to tho theater* once in a while, always sitting behind tho drapery of a Srivato box: and ho has been at the cromn Park horse-raoes, where I saw him win $60 one day on a risk of $10. We Ixdlcvn It was Lord Harry more who, At Newmarket, among a vrat crowd of the sporting world, mounted himself on a chair, and, having made it itgnftl for silonoo, said aloud: "Who wants a horse that can gallop twenty miles an hour, trot seventeen, ahd walk slxf" Of courso vociferations of "I do, 1 do/' fcore not Wanting, to which tho facetious noblematt replied* ??Well, gentlemen, when 1 meet With ?uoh a ono I will lot you knowl"-Xi*> cyclopedia 0/ fiural (Sportt, > a mm ivelleg fo stullo on i hopo might spring up t{$pfeMahed to tbQ earth by my I bato caused pain In not intend^* Aa ?<\>>rJ carry on ?nd have a real it I do not wish 16 inspire hopo which may bo blast ed, ah, alas! too soon. >| lortfc bofovo I discovered a lonao of the femalo mx at and of the irooiri$bonoath jlier. Uar akin seamed to J* w;a4*>Ho#to sea-sholl color, and her hair* was corn-oolorod. Her blotHSa e entirely new, I should judgo, le especially for her. On her 10 wore a diamond ring with jaso. She kuow just how to work that fiugor in ordor to got the iblo glitter out of hor dia Ivery littlo while I would look . land rovil in her beauty, and it that ahe was not entirely In t9 my charms. tat evouing she was in my mind. -?night that I swooped down upon her aud carriod hor away to the remotest boundaries of tho world la a special car. !J1ie next morning I awoke hungry* for I didn't oat luudli suppertho night beforo. I wont down to breakfast, watting and fooling away nnr time, hoping that sho woula comb wullp twasln tho breakfast room, and rWtftdd till my sol f up with Iho beauti ful tlaion and a oup of ooffoo. sho came. Sho sailed into the ropiU'Wlth en) in disdain aud an air of hdutomv and such things as that. Tho miter waved his hand Uko a solf dnko In a theatre and gavo her ~ t my table. A thrill passed up mo'and 1 laid down tho vulgar which, 1 was about to food my k ahe dawned up<in mo^ i the now dls her Wig oA straight. It was a little on ono ear than tho others whloh -* the air of a young man who -monkeyed with tho flowing rtLi!e allowed to tho caanal spec ?pse of hor own moth-oaton, half } eoplug out like the on an old bulla lo robe. v ,-v.v . knew that wo oouhl., novor bo i eaoh other than frlunds. Her iq red alto,, and sho had opt rly oalolniinml. In tho hur ing sho had uiisaod hor noso iwdor-wg and. that organ a the fatm? ?pp k! the tfiad? nmd world, try He, the memory of that brokon should sho seo those linos' I ____ jho will not think bltturly of nto. I a (111 admire her as a well-preserved ruiii, but lovo in suoh a; enso would bo A Hollow mockery.?Milwaukee Hun. f . " *>??*' Tlibllophlstloat Flirtation. A W01 ? slim, bluo-oyed youth and a rnor ooklng young lady of about 17 ily dollb< o seriously deliberating bohind tho motry sholvos" of tho Moroantllo Hbi nry whloh authors should roooivo tho r preference. [ want doar Byron," said tho lady deo lively. "I've only half road By ronrv Don't you lovo MyronP" "Well, when I was a younger man," said tho youth mournfully for his do parted years, "Byron was attraotlvo to me, bat my more mature years found me wedded to l'onnysbn," and lie pass ed bis hand across his wrinkled brow liko a man who had aeon and sufforod much. "Now I don't ourofor Tennyson ono bit," said the lady. "Do plok out something that wo both oan read." Tliore was a pause for some minutes, Ihetf a little twitter of oxultatlqn. "I hate it," laid tho maiden. "Dar ?,of. sit down bore whore nobody oan seo us end read htm." The eye of tho pooping Tom was on them, but thoy knew it not The calm, serene librarian lurked by them, but thoy heeded him net. They were doop In "Queen Mab." "That tire* me," aatd the girl petu lantly, "torn over to tho short poems. Oh, here wo are! Let's read this." When these young parties first aat down there wiii at loast eight inohea of space between thorn, and tho gentle man^ arm was supported oh one of tho lower shelvos. NoW his arm has no diatanoe betwoon thom, tho pattern of the gentleman'! Inexpressibles mingling with the hi dress. In other wotds, they sat as otoso together as tlpy poislbly oould. .: And tM rivm WHS 111. hhi. H "Isn't that dellolousP" murmnrod tho maiden. "Head on." "A darling Hhol ley, Isn't that just too sweetf Go on." Mow the sunlight olnsps the oatrtb, . jSOa the moon basins kiss tho ?<??, What are all tbwie kifsinss worth ff thou'lt not kiss mof; It was not tho uncorking of a oham pagno bottle, beoauso no anoh profana tion could ooour In the jMeroanttte li brary under any olrenmStaboes, but the sound Was ao startling and unusual that Librarian Whlttakor stopped bo hind the ahelvoi, and aaw nothing but a young lady glauolng indifferently ever the pages of a book, and a young gentleman standing on tiptoe, endea^ orlng to lay hold of a volume on the top tovt.~~Alta L'alifornfto,m Kditor* have their peoullarlttit well as other people. They practice and Inetiloato brevity, whleft is a vir tuo. They are absent-minded, which is a failing. It is net atrabga, thon, that one should send a note to his lady love like tho following! "Doarostj I have carefully analysed the feeling ! entertain lor you, and the rean)t is sab stantlslly as follows: ladomvoul Will you bo minef Answer." Then, e&>* 4 of thought, lie added, In if * it Way; "Write only oh if paper. ;Writo plainly name, iK>t neoessarlly for * jjui guarantee of good STYLES 12? HATS, urn the ? ' the W the New'' jut the country ex irao to time the greatest learn the Styles in ofllcial Wellington carros m 111 iw WYork World. It is el way* a souroo of great satisfaction to a numfcor of patriotic citizous to know that they are drpsMriftttta "the rulers of -ft* country.0' , A# 4he ' beginning of this summer a good deal of intorost has been awakened.over the disousslon ?? to what was the proper ^hat to be worn. , v* . The president is more conservative than "any member ot his cab mot. He wear# a olOsely buttoned Priece Albort ?o And ways, and, agwr tho /proper fashion, aheavy black silk hat with it A whito n'ftt would be altogether too undigniflod ? although President Ar thur affected them?and ? bosldes It would^not suit" the Prosldout's oom ploxion. Ho will probably wear tho blaok silk tile all summer* He woro a wide-brimmed soft hat up in the Ad irondaoks last summer, whero?ncaord ing to the expert Dr. Ward-^he* oaUgh* more trout with a worm ftr tho doctor got with his carofwfly-se leotod flioe. 'J Mr. Bayard, however, has doolarod for pearl-gray, as it is a stylo much approved by his grandfather. Pearl gray hats havo always boon worn in Delaware by fashionable Dtatesmon, and he has no idea of parting from tho tradition. Mr. Bayard is of that Ivra phatic tompermont and comploxlon, moreover, to which tho whito hat is peculiarly suitable. His tile looks as if it must havo been built in Wilming ton and by tho son or grandson of tho same hatter who supplied tho first of the Bavards. Mr. Manning has a democratic straw hat. It Is a Mackinaw, llat-toppod and sailor-shaped. Ho wears. it over his right ear, with tho dashing graoo of a young naval ollloor. Mr. Man ning transforrod his straw hat from Al bany here. To ollmb that stoop hill from tho Argus ofllco to tho capitol of a hot summer day a man wants about as little on him as decenoy and good brooding will allow. When half way - up tho hill a man genorally takos off his hat and uses it as a fan the rest of the way. The advantage of a straw hat is thorofore obvious. Mr. Whitney woars a broad-brim mod" Bilk hat, coverod with a mourning band. It la oasily tho most stylish tllo of any worn in. the cabinet It is a New York hat from tho ourl of the brim to theswell ofthe crown, and in thorough keeping with the tout ensem ble of his wall-dressed figute. Proba bly tho seorotary would ohango it for a sou'wester should he go to sea: and, should tho ve*el be John Roach's Dol phin, ho would doubtless provide him self With a "wide-awake" andlifo-pre server as well. The oountry oannot af Ye its ofllolont naval secre ?y usoloss riaks. r>:,- i. ho? one. Mr. W. D. liowellV might'easily havo takeh Sec-votary Endloott as -his model of Broui fluid Corov in the cur rent novo}, "Tho Riso of Silas Laph arn." flii*. J^ainar support a Mr. Dayard In wearing ii poarl-gruy cassimore. It Is bait covered with u black mourning band. The Mississippi statesman does not spond many hours on his costuuao, that Is cloar. In his abstracted mo ments he, like Secretary Kmlioott.somo timos tins his liat over lliu back of liis head. Ho weal's ids Imir long, and no liat would louk stylish with thutcomUU nation. Honry Wuttorson and Sonator Lamar worn both oneo attentive to a distinguished lady. She lost the sena tor's trieiid-hip lore.or when the jeal ous Kentucky editor told Mr. Lamar that this lady had epokon o( 1dm a* ?'Old Soap-Locks. Tho attornoy genoral is the only ono I who has doolarod for tiie croam-oolor od hat whioh is struggling to bo fash ionublo. Tho orenm color is shown In a Manila straw whioh lie put on at the beginning of tho hot woathor. This hat is broad-brimmed?not at all fash ionable, but is vory corofortablo. Mr. Garland wears a turn-down coliar, and tho loworowned hat is Tory suitable. Tho one ho woars is ill tho shapo of a compromise between the Derby of tbo oast and the sombroro of Texas. Ar- j kansns, it will be romorabored is about nridwaft Postmaster Gonorui. Vilas still wears tho silk hat whioh ho purchased In Madison sorno two or three years ago. It Is ft iiitlo rusty and not oxactly in tbo prevailing slmpo, but it is much hotter thnn tho average liat worn by Washington statesinem Tho wostorn political loader rather affeets thesohats of a fashion two or threo years back. Just why, no man oan toll, but Sena tor Voorheos, or liook or Sherman, or Harrison or Logan was oevor known to woar a hat of the prevalent fashion. Itfs not beootoing In ft statesman to "take up promptly with innovations. Depreolatod Npeeulnttoit. A place In tho Wall Street Stook Ex chango was worth $80,000 In 1881. The natural conclusion is that in 1881, if a broker had tho privilego of enter ing the little room in the narrow streot, he oould got enough orders to bay of sell stooks from outsldo speculators? who oonld not get in, or might bo at distant points?to net him qot only $66,000 In commissions, but an addi tional snqqi equal to tho cost of life whioh ho Jndulgod. But tho times have oliangod* * and the brokors havo changed with them. The wit of tho Wall Air eel Net**, the othof day had a dialogue between a broker and a beg gat '"Give mo a pohnjtf oh sir!" cried Iheheggnrj "my mother is starving." "Yes, yo?{ ah yes!" said the brokor looking at tho boggar vacantly; "that's all right; here's your penny; but kjstp on the other side of tho streot; TlA working this side mysolf." Tho Chioago Hoard of Trado, t hough deal ing in figures far more modest than jboRO of Wall Stroot, have suffered loss from tho depressiou tn eommoroo and prodootlon. Mombershlps are now held to be salable at $2,060. Many buy org and sol leri* bold tiokots whioh cost thefta only $lOO.-.-77ic Current. I'/K' '? ' *' A oorrospondont writes that the Af ghans eat onions n? tho Aroerloaus do nipple*. Our readers will therefore at once understand the oatueof the recent attack by the Russians. They were obliged to use their guns to keep the AfAli*:.* from coming within hailing dhiUnce. And now wo can easily be llevo Col. Marvin's statement that the inhabitant* of Afghanistan are a itrohg race and long-winded. They never get otat of breath.?Aeu> York Tribune, Silk-Raising In Amerloan. ih, ? * ' - ? v ?: '1 ho silk industry, which has become so largo an interest in this country, is purely a manufacturing one, getting its raw material altogether from abroad, duty free. The manufacturer* do not eftpcct much result from silk raising in Ariaerloa, obielly bocauso they think silk cannot be well reeled in, this country at any satisfactory prloo. A' demand for protebtivo dutios on tbo raw matorirfwould also tend to r^duoe' tho margin* ^r manufacturers, should sllk-growiag bocomo an intorost of im portance. It is stated that tho girls in tho Frenoh tilaturos oarn only from ono to one aritt a half fraucs (twontv to thirty oents) a day, and in those o'f It aly sevonty-livo contimos to a frano (fifteen to twenty oouts) for fourtoon hours1 work, whilo equally skilled labor hero should roturn noiirly a dollar. Moreovor, silk valued at four to fivo dollars per pound cau bo brought to New X?ork from Japan at from throe to eight conts por pound froight. Tho ipromlslng Hold for Amorican silk-grow wg in Amorioa seems, therefore, to bo restricted chlolly to that of a subsidiary industry for women and clilldrcif, who would uot other wise bo :it work, and thou under tho disadvantage of "hduso rooling." Whether tho production of cocoons, 'not for rooling, but for direct uso by tho growiug industry of spun silk' manufacture, might prove protita ble, is vory quostionablo, in view of tho low prleo (about sovonty-livc cents por pound) paid for cocoons. Novortholoss. a "Women's Silk-cul-' turo Association," ono of tho indirect' results of tho Contonuial Exposition, exists in Philadelphia, with thopurposo of promoting silk-oulturo as profitable work for women. This was organized, with ??puroly philanthropic" purpose, by Philadelphia ladlos, headed by Mrs. . John Lucas, in April, 1880; it lias per manent ofllcog/at 1828 Chostnut Street, whoro reeling is taught, silk-worm eggs, mulberry-trees and hand-reels sold, and books of instruction, whloh it publishos, supplied. Two silk exliibl tions liavo been held, and the associa tion boasts twolvo auxiliaries in as many Statos, and has had, it statos, ovor thirty thousand correspondents. It is hoped ultimately to opou a flla turo. Its prospootus, in presenting tho claims of "America's now indus try," says: "It ean bo prosecuted by tho feoblor moiubors of tho family, womon and ohiidron, or agod persons, to whom tho severer country life is a burdou, and tho compensation is suro; for if our country is sonding annually to foroign lands $18,000,000 for raw silk, there is no ro'ason why this amount of monoy canuot bo divided among our owu Amorican onlturists. Tho crop or product is not porishablo, liko much of tbp.farm product, and tho trees, once | planted and grown, yield a porpetual supply of food for tho siik-worms, care being takon only in tho annual ploking of tholeayos." . . ** i production qt, 00,000 pounds of jnii ww reported by correspond ** J883. largel Edwin Forrest was once laid up with j A .severe attaok of rhenmatio gout, which rendered him about as ploasant 1 to como in contact with as an Indian on tho warpath. A frlond of his drop ping in just as tho ominent tragodian was soizod with a terrific Lwingo, mot with a deoldodly warm woloomo, as rogards unsaint-liko oxplotlves. Being rather a facetious individual, tho friend exolaimod: "Hello, governor! What aro you laughing atP I nover saw you 'so tick led Deforo." In his fiorcost mannor, interspersed with dooptonod grunts and some pro fanity. Forrest growled; "Got out, will yonP I won't soo anybody. Lot me alone, confound you." A little whilo aftor tho snubbod frlond might havo boon soon in conver sation with a small spooimon of a boot black, whoso stand was in front of tho hotel whoro Forrest was stopping. Tho oonfab, accompanied by a sorios of pautoralmio gos'uros on tho part of tho gontloman, which woro cloarly dupli cated by tho bright-witted shlnor, iast od somo (iftoon minutes, when tho boy, a broad grin illuminating his oxpan sivo oountonanco, started 10 ascond tho hotel stairs, roooivlng a parting injunc tion : "Don't you atop pounding until ho lets you in." This admonition was strictly oarriod out, whereupon tho door was violently thrown open, and Forrest angrily,de manded tho causo of so mhoh commo tion. Striking an attltudo a la Mota mora, the tutored bootblaok doolaimod in a piping trebloi "You sent for mo. I havo como. If you do not want mo, I will go baok to my wigwam." "Pounoiug upon tho boy, Forrost Srowlol out: "You young imp, youl toro, take this," tossing him a quartor, i as he added, "and go ty>ll that " (designating his faootious frlond by name and a fow additional adjootlvos) "to como up I want to soo him." As tho door olosod upon tho apt llttlo bootblaok a roar of laughtor issued 1 from Forrost's room, which soemed to havo a bonofioial effoot upon his ail mont, for whon his frlond appoarod ho was in qnlte a jovial frame of mind. A Hoy with a Italge. > "No, my son," ho roplied as ho put on his hat, "you can't go to tho cir cus." '"But why, fathorP" "WoJI, in tho first place, I can't fool away my monoy on suoh things." "Yes, but 1 havo onough of my own." "And in tho next plaoo its n rough orowd, tho sontlmont is unhoalthy, and no respnotablo person oan oountonanco saoh things." "But, fath "That's onough, sir! You oan't go! I want you to onjoy yourself, but you must sook somo moro ro&pootablo amusement," An hour lator a curious tiling hap ponod in tho cirous tent, A boy Olimbod to tho top ilight of goats and sat down beside a man who had just flnishod a glass of lomonade and wns lighting a ofgar. Ho had his plug hat on tho buok of his hoad, and soomod to bo enjoying himsolf hugoly. It was father and son. Tho fathor had gono Straight to the grounds from dinner, and the boy had ruu away. Thoy looked at eaoh othor for hatf ?> minute, and then tho boy got in tho first blow by whlsporings "Say, dud, if yon won't llok mo I woft't tell ma you was hero I" The father nodded his hoad to the agreement, and the gteat spnotaoular parade in the ring bogan.?PetroU Free Mirrors of 100 foot suriaco aro now mannfacturod in France with but little dlflfotoltjr. WIT ASP IIU A woman mrt|r be as but thou you knew some . highly tomporp<L?Tonfteri A Now Yotf polioeman ti sentenced to fmprUonmen. Peoplo will now have thesa....?~.~? of knowing where they can find hlpa. *?hen thoy want^lm. iVi, *\''{S +' Judge?"How 6fd uroyou, madamf" Witness?"I havo no personal knoWl odgq of my ago, and heartay testimony, I understand, Is not aooepted 111 t^ua court"?Hoiton litaeon. , 'V; ?*Dear mo," said . n tady In Hhk wonuo tho other evening. "Ubw ike, china crn/.o is growlngt Here's a New York olub that Is paving $8,000 for a ?pltchor."?Albany 'flimet. * ' ?*< Matilda's lovor lior littlo Meter? Coino, Mvrtlo, gKd me a kiss, only ono. I* S. ?No, I won't; 4ou asked Tildy fur just ono, in tho parlor, before dinner, ui*d you took two. Col. J. Ariuoy Knox of Toxas Sift ings lectured lu Now York in bohall of tlio Bartholdi pedestal fund. Among other blight romarks he said: "The English havo something whioh .passes curront fur humor and whtoh is not, I assure you, to bo laughed at" S "1 soo you aro building a now house, Mr. Brown?" "Yos, you aro right" "Made tho mouoy out of whisky, I suppose?" "No." "Why, yon are a liquor doalor, aro you not?" "O, yes; but tho mouoy Ira putting Into this house was mado out of water I put in to tho whisky.' Every oont was made out of tho water, sir." A California girl has beon discovered witli two mouths, ono in oaoh oheek. This kind may do vory well In the Far West wlioro girls aro noarco and it is oonvoniout to havo those who can kiss two follows at once, but thoy would novor bo popular lu tho East where thero aro not enough fellows to go around. Fogg? "Thoro's that odious Mrs. Fawnatail. llow I do dislike that wo man!" Brown?"O, corao now, you're nrojudlood. You're not acquainted with nor yot; you'vo only seen hor two or throo times; you'll like hor bottar after you come to know hor; sho'll grow on you." Fogg?"Tho deuoo she will! Well, sir, I hate parasites." You want to know why li is called tho English sparrow, do you, EthelP Woll, dear, it is becauso it is very En glish iu its ways. Making more noise tliuu any other bird of its size, quarrel ing all tho timo that it Is uot eating, and seemiug to think that this groat uuivorso was created for its espeolal benolit. That is why it is oallodthe Eugllsh sparrow, Ethel,?Uottm fori. Almost from the timo man is born ho is anxious to soo his uame. In the nowspapoiv ',A little follow of aomo?!'. six yours oamo in to his mothers other day and said. With a cood deal of ' oxcitomont: "I'm nomo put in the fburtfy ? _ now we loarn (hut the'tame diy a small boy scdulng for minnows in Hale's brook netted a similar ilsh. It is a Btrnngo coiuoldonco, surely, and if we did not havo the utmost oonfldenoe in tho boy wo should think the doctor had boon Hshiug with a silver hook.? Burlington Free I'rcsn. Shakspoaroan chostuut: "You do not love mo any moro, John. Whon we wcro first married you did not dash away in such a hurry aflor supper and you novor forgot to kiss mo." "O, woll, ehild, don't fro't. I'm as fond of kissing yon us over, but I'm in a big ger hurry. I'm only liko Brutus. "What do yot! mean?" "Why, you know that it was not that ho loved t* Koi/,o 'or loss, but ho lovod t* roam moro." Englishman?"I, aw, soo, aw, that tho diyino Mnwy Audorson is to reside in England permanently dontchor know?" Amorioan?"Sol havo hoard." "Could't loavo doah old England, yo know, aftor sho got acquainted, yo know." "Oh, that was not it" "II was uot?" "Oh, no: sho has deter mined novor to marry, and wants to keep out of temptation; that's all."? l'hiluilclvhiii Call. ' " "It is my unalterable decision, Clara," ho said lirmly: "I cannot walk on tho avonno with you if that poodle is to act-ompany u*. You must choose bolwoon him and mo. It rests with ' you, Clara, if our engagement shall be broken oil." "Oh, Gourge!" the girl roplied, and hor fuoe assumod an ashen hue; "this is all so suddou. You must givo mo timo to think It ovor. One wook, Qeorgo, and you shall havo your answer." A 10-year-old Kochostor boy on tlie oars coming to Troy, tho other day, be came hungry about 11 o'alook, and be gan an ntiuok upon tho bountiful lunoh that hud boon prepared for him. A gontloman who s?t behind him was moved to romal'n: "My bqy, if you eat muoh now you won't have any sppotlte for your dinnor." To which tho smart little follow replied; "Well, 1 guess If 1 havon't any uppetito I shan't want any dinnor." l'he gentloiuan had no more to say. ? Troy j?met. I)r. John C. Spencor, of New York, who was arrested for shooting three pot onts belonging to a neighbor thai kopt his invalid wife awake and other wise dlsturbod her by their noot'urnal oatorwnulings, has boon acquitted. This Is as it should he. A rnau who owns cats and dogs that disturb the neighborhood should kill them; If he doos not, any ono olto who does thie public and philanthropic aot should be protoctod by tho ]avf.?Itoohe?ter Demo* oral. A good old doacon In Connecticut was vory pious and fond of olami. Whon once upon a timo he attended a Khodo Island clamlntko he overtaxed his cotmolty, and was sorely distressed. But his faith in prayer wits unabated. liOaving tho party, and going down on his knees behind a tree, ho was hoard to supplicate: "Forgive mo, O, I<ord, this great sin of gluttony. Restore my honltn, and I will novor eat any more clams." Then, after a judicious pause, "Vory few, if auy. Amen.Christian at Work. An Athons man, whon he asked hit wlfo to marry him, promised her that if ho over got too poor to pay for the family washing lie would scrub the clothes himself. lie has reaohed that foint of povorty, and tho lady hold* im to his word. Eifary wash-day he may be soon with his ooat off at work ovor tho washtiib.--Savannah Ida.) Timet. ^ During tho last nlno years Franee has spent noariy $6,000,000 per annum