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Tb" "fetory. of Patience.
uerorl
or pomp,
Artood of tiw flodil DlvinWt conqt
What aoundlps* boats aro thtnul N
oorstnte,' .
Nor tokwj, bctrnjr whpro thou doat wait,
AlTnaturo*vau(l?,*or thfo, cmhusaador,
Ilvr forool ??? thy aorr*, for poaeo or war.
Uivutrat ?nd least alike. thou rul'at tholr fato,
Tho nvalan?*e cUtiiUfd until thu century a
o muiboc... ~j--f raado robo for etnpororl
4#vyTr~r?tua*
frfurbla Wander* and bla ainaT .
mnYft ?? tbtao!* v*a?b ue who walta boat
sucst
Who lotiRc#* mA(b of hU moat auroly wlna.
Wbon Tltno t? kpont* Kternlty DCRina.
To doubt, t^chuXo, to bnato, doth God aocuse.
1 --Helen Jackson.
THIS TWO K0815NBBKG8.
A cort*,* man named Rosenberg,
who bokjugod to a well-known' battery,
aiid liati aiarried very young, had aeon
whom h* allowed to outor tbo samo
*>nttory xhon'ho was. 18. But as tho
athe^ Sad dot bccu promotod vory*
upidly. It li.apponod that ho and hit
ion w*?e sooond. lieutenants at tho?
;amo Hoio, the futhor Just ontoriug hit
fortius year and tho son his'tworitioth.
r-)ni?tjepf .thu difference in ago, the
.thor-looked yotipgor thau hU son,
iio Itail como iuto tho world with an
old fade; and if tho faChor's gray hair
"Uhihavo boon exchanged tor tho
yjlt-bladk locks qI ids eon thoro 1s no
Joubt but that ho yroirid havo boon ta
ken fop.his ton. and .-viop vorsa, espec
ially ju thero .was 'a' marked rosem
bl:)h(jo hi fnoo and. figure. They bo
oafiiH known as Kosouberg tho lirot and
, Rosohborg tho second. f
' Aftertho death of his wifo tho father
tindhls son tepaVatod aud took bach
el qr?; .garters, which pleased Roscu
be*g tho jjc'cond, asit gave him more
freedom. But tho fathor who had
beyri used to society, soon grew tired
of It;- and. Invited to-hie rooms .all the
o tU pars who visltod tlio little garrlsofr
Tills was not. of froquont ocourrOnco,
but it uTVprded occasional hew expor
iotfeos.. It was a groat ploasuro to tbo
old-bfllcor to w a tell tho unpacking of
Ills comrades' trunks. Thoro wija al
ways something new to bo soon that
people </of this lit tie, out-of-tho-way
fdaco had nqver hoard of, apd concorn
ng which the.ouriosity of Rosenberg
tho first lod him to inform himsolf vory
minutoly. One day an olUcor of tho
?vjJfp^Whlto dragoons oamo to tho gdrrlson,
who, although no longor a yqjirtg man,
had vory black, glossy hair. Qno Bun
day morning Idoutonant Rosonborg
tho ilrst ontorod the ropm of his guost
without, kuockiug, Just as ho was
drawing tho cork from a bottle that
he had taken out of ids satchel.
"Whfctliavfc yottaq.firtoP'l askod the
X ^eurlous host. "A flask of oologne
Aufitpr?ov perhaps a oordial for. tho
?^^imaohP"
AVVfhls ituddou appoaranoo qoornod to
surprise hts guo.it rathor unpleasantly.
Ho hastily wutthe oprk ipto tho.bpttlo
ami wot it ticdnnd a curtail, out of
4,0h, it I# wator?for tl|0 sealp, he
muttered." . ?
^^odW.g
* TV?P/wiiwi and oonllnuod: "Ypu
ffiJMfiaiiailffluSSL " ^n,beautiful scalp." ?
it mnkos it." - '.
Md rooeived, and
Is departure, but
oonld not allow
ordered his own old
M ?....ad It to aoootnpany
fliis friend of theM.WJiito dragoons to
the olty limits, where ho left him, and
pp|iqHfpPOTI?rT^w^pr--)r-?wr.> nuu tuowvur
od bohlndtho our tain tho bottlo that
his glioat had forgot.tun. . iiis first im
pulse was to hasten after him with lb
But tile sooond thought was that the
ollloar would havo a start of an hour
V, ibtifo't^s He oo\tld ovortuko him. He had
tie oduld remain whoro it wa? Until his
comrado r9t?rh6d? or If h<i. n^yer did
rotu^u bo urobKbly khbw whafo to got
^: * f tnordR' Ttf6?ld OlTlcoF OXatdln^d It on'
all aides. , It was' a plain white bottlo,
Will oontrivel" ,ho thought, whilo ho
^?hdok flwt hit hoad artd tbon the bot*
tlo. "'iCla bonoHt Ids hoadt What
nonsense! I bollovo it li good lor
nothing.'1 He drew out tho oork, hold
tho botU^^o his loft nostril, oloted his
asf *4
oomrado has .dono well. ,\'8uoh stuff
would jjMMtf*>o >hlto-olenr. well
water* 'tfTnltht plcvy a ' Joke on my
friondof tho White dragoons. I will
'I?iTa ? Ma?Rwyuai A WUI
CLlAViTrS!;
f hat ha!"
* With this dnolslon he went to 111
? fopWi Ppured the eputoute of the bottle
ntotl.o wash-bowl, and then filled it
nM 'itw frot" tho pitoher. ?&;
?Thorp,ho oxolnimod, puttlug tho
bjiall ohjpy thaVwhen my
:?.it\?ndM?tni,. This will hplp him as
Wttle as the otbor, and he will toon
wash
ed his hair until hi* arm aohed.
BR ? _ *>moWow
morning my, heAd will look Just ae it
doos now. But 1 'muni be . off to the
square to drill the recruit*. It Is a
^ ?n hour too earhr, but It
:o no dlfferenoet and one jiovor
vs what may delay bin? oh the
." So he put on hit oap, fattonod
abbf,. an<l walkodllolauroly to
arket-plaoe. When he
? ho fottttd tho captain
id nothing to pass away
th, the captain thought ho
1#pi
>eh to be down tdijao
. smiled with tatlnfao
' iaW 1 that .offioer comihg
V but when he had
noaror hit, faog fell
?ho Ortt looked
at thlt unexpect?
at hit auperior
abo tome
the nontenant,
much suvprUodiudood." .
"I do not undorstaud you. Why
?soP"
"Groat heaven81 bocauso wy fathor
Is doad, captain.'.',
"Tho old man turhed palo. "DeadP
Your fathor doadP" said ho, with trem
bling voice. "My God! How did it
happeuP"
??Ho fell from hit horse and broko
his nook."
, Tho captain claspod his hands and
shook his hoad in horror. "Oh, oh,
oh I" said he, over ' and over. "Oh,'
you poor follow, you poor follow!"
Liout. Rosonborg tho tirst lookod at
him, wholly at a loss to know what to
mako of iu
In tlui menntimo tho recruits had
gatlioi-ed and stood in lino. A lower
ol&oor stood before thorn, wailing for
tho stroke of tho boll. "Attention!"
hooallod, as tho first clang tromblod
in tho church towor. To a soMior
duty comos boforo all olso, outing or
drinking, houso or homo, wife or cuilil,
fathor or mother.
"Will you have tho goodness to stay
with tho rocruits, doar RosonhorgP"
Bald tho old captain. "Tlioy cannot bo
loft without a head." Ho pressed tho
lieutenant's hands in doop agitation,
and thon added: "Adiou! adiou! doar
Rosonborg," whilo blight tears fell
from the old soldier's oyes down on his
bushy board. "Auf wiodorsehon! God
comfort you! dear Rosenborg. God
comfort you!" Ho turned and wont
with faltering stops to his home, tho
shook having woakohod him so that ho
ncodod to rost and colloot himself bo
foro calling tho Borgoant to adviso
with him iu regard to further procood>
ings. v . .
x Lieut. Rosenborg watched tho cap
tain disapnoar round tho corner; thou
ho laughed, and oxolaimed: "Woll, I
novor saw anything liko .it. Thoro is
nothing liko it in all the world!"
Ju*t thon auothor oflioov oamc from
tho sumo dirootlon which tho captain
had., gono. "Lindomftun!" onlle^*
Rosenberg, as ho was passng. "Good
morning! Good movuing! How goes
it with youP Como lioro a momout."
^ Lindomann- did so. "How can I
eorvo you, Rosenberg*" ho askod.
"Hid you just moet our captain P"
"I did." *
''Did anything about him surpriso
youP"
1 "Vorymuch; howp in tonrs."
? "Ahl Now, you soo?I tWight ho
musj; havo boon too froo with his
schnapps or eaten too muoh broak
fast.?V' v- *
""What do voli tntffitiP Ho is not in
the habit^.of. doing so.?' .
?Wen, thoro is certainly somothing
wrong with him."
1 "What brought you to such a conclu
sion P"'r 1
'-"Why, just thluk! When I oamo up
to him ho asked mo how my fathor
wasl", \ % , ?.
"Well, why should ho not ask youP"
Rosonborg tho lirst lookod at him in
amnzomont.
"Why Bhould ho not ask moP" ho
repoatod.
"Certainly; why notP"
"Booauso he novor did so boforo."
"What of thatf Everything must
'not seoiiow vou, Irfhdbmnhn, a sonsi
is dSd?"C ^a^WaftetA xn/A who
^MJ>Oftd! Do you 'jostf No ono
?should spoak lightly of sOoh things,
.'j&y deaf Rosenborg."
r "I pfty? no ploasuro in Joking about
suoh things; But I cortalnly oan say
that my fathor is doad."
Lieut. Lindomann's faco grow vory
Jong, and ho turned na palo as Capt
Kloim had beforo him. "Can it bo
trneP Can it be posslbloP" ho said.
,'But toll mo, for God's sako how it
hapnonod."
"He foil from his horso and broko
his nook."
Lieut Lindomann's arms foil by his
. ,V.*.pd hfobreathing was hoavy and
< R^onborg, ibo first lookod
j^dor Rt Lindomann, who
youl ho orled. "Hoavon sond you
slronftthrto bear Itl" ?.
"IK must bo oraey," thought Rosen
staring after him in ut
ter bo wilder mo nt, "or has ho had too
hearty a breakfast./Only one of tho
twocan bo posslblo?only ono of those
But whon flftoon minutes lator tho
a0&0lat^!m??to"look. and soo
WW Wad in ordor, and took tho liborty
of inquiring for , his father's health,
ly at tho expenso of my father; that
will not pass?I cortftinly will not al
,0WA A* won at the training of tho
reomlts is over 1 Will &o to tho cap
tain and roport, and u he is at the
hoad of the conspiracy it is all tho same
thoTesnlt" n?% ** ??Pon?lblo for
'0<\v? tijjtk o*d officer standing
on the marketplace raging Inwardly
and soo whut Rosenborg tho seoond is
doing. Ho oatne out of his rooms to
tho best of spirits, oarofully plokod a
spook of dusf with his thumb and foro
flngor from his left arm, and saunterod
down tho stroot, With a oomplaoont
Imile on his lips, not knowing oxaotjy
Whwo^e wlsho<( to go. Ho mot Lieut
IJndomann. "HoaWntf What a
ft0610 "a,l(l Itownborg tho soo
0?d to him. "You look as though
you had had some frightful mltfor
tuno. < w. . ?? v'* 'v A s
^n^omann stared at* this
spnooh. "Rosenborg, I don't under
stVidvou,"heflnal!ysald.
^'What don't yon understand, old
foDoWf That t wonder at your doleful
exprosslonP it Is not usually so.
mo ,lnto the restaurant.
We will take a glass of wine together."
Llndomaon shook his head, m if the
oonduetofhls friend was wholly In
o^n>pr?honnlble.
. In a good humor to-day; I In
vito yon tohroakfast," oontlnuod Lieut.
Rosonborg. ??Come," and he turned
to tako his arm.
Bnt Lindomann drew baokt '?Von
myioWf-' Wh'?? b?V? 1 '<>
"Itirtebborg, I do not understand
*011. 1 would not bate oxpooted such
iaok of fooling from you.'* . K
^anT'k ?' Wh|t do you
"Well, I should not havo thought
when one's* father Was ijloid-???
Rosonborg's i'aoo 'grow serious at
Onoo, and ho grasped Lindomann's
hand. "Ohl forgive me," he said
With tender sympathy In his voloo. "I
did not know that-though I might
WOKHm HHHBI '? >? ?*?..?#?
do you
This w as too much for LI At. Lindt*
mtinn. "Know whatP l#w, have
done," he said, red with angfl\ "That
is enough?my rery sows rises ? up
against suoh llippanoy. Y<wr father
is not yet under the grqund.jonci you
begin to bo mernrl"
"Your grlof hss
Lindomann," replied
neatly- "Yop aro oonfc
yoursolf."
"How so? I do not seo>:
"Or yoiy fathor jrl^i
ro^ftjo^tf.iLj'Our.Jfa
mlno."
"My patienoe is . oxhaOsfed/' said
LIndomann. "It is not egpuglT thai
you hold your own fathor lwsuch llttlo
honor. My father, thank Cpd, is wolL
I had a letter from him yeitorday. If
ho woro dead, my slater woild certain
ly havo telograpned to me.'5s "
"Well, that is good.
mourn, thonf"
"For yonr firthbr, unhappy, frivol
ous, Inoomprohonsiblo main .*
"My fathor!" said Liout <l$osou berg,
astoundod.
"Certainly. .For wh^n* clso? lie,
foil from his horso andbrol e his nock."
Bosonborg the second tajuud death
ly palo. "Idid not Jtnq\yjwvword of -1
it,v ho stammored. "Wh/^old you?"
"Who told mo? WfiWftou, your
8ci f." ^Bk
"How, IP That is impossible. I
have not seen you to-daVjlSi,
"Havo not aeon mo? Yea called me
a half-hour ago, ou tho^MAckot square,
to toll mo the dreadful ne?L"
Rosonborg tho second .looked' anx
iously at nis frlpnd; . {Udhdomann,"
Said ho, "I boliovo thero h aomothing
wrong with you." " ' '
"Quito tho contrarV/ sooms to
mo thero lsr aomothing wrong with
you. You told thta 'fflM thing to
Capt. Klohnl" P ?
"Capt. Klohnt I havo ?ob soon him
to-day." . i.
I vBut 1 have.'- ? 1 mot' hii i as ho onmo
iTom tho markot-plaoe, todyhls fa to
was full of teawf^Ho. sa if you staid
with tho roofulta that yoyfohad under
taken to drill for your filtypr."
Now Bosonborg tho | wnd becarao
angry too.* "Did Capt. Blohn tell you
that, ' ho askod,-"wlthtftifo\vn mouth ?
Thon I will go to tho oam^ih ut one-.
If I told him that my fatiior Wit'a
he cortainly Is feot, apujtf^it, tit rial W
that yourJTathor is^0^ Soino fathor
must"bo, tb'r auolf a stogy ?nc*or enroo
from nothing. 1 . WUU Omt lurtook.hla
sabor undpr Ills arm agd^ftalkpd off,
in a very, agitated fran$ fit * mind, to
tho captain's house. '
Tho oaptain was aitin his room,?
unable to control hiw|$f, when his
servant entered and fcpuounyod that
Liout. Rosenborg waa M tiio door aud
wlshod to knowJf ho ?>vtld spoak to
him. '.'Certainly, cei'tro^y,'' I19 said;
"show him in." - ?^jv;
Tho next tuqwoht Bosonborg
tl'o Bocoud nupoarpa. ., iMy poor young
friend!" said tho captnljL "it wan very
hard on you,' under sucjt Sorrowful cir
cumstances, to stay by' mpso repfult*
So long1. I mot Liout, I .idomann and
intouaod to askJ^Ifja/fib.1 sllevoyou, but
When f told hlttfltWirui 4 forgot
u.
equally unsot., 1 Should spaalc,
the captain s short sp Toll oonliruipd
what Lieut. Lindemout had told. JiTm.
But ho had not boot* Jx yfcr the recruits,
and had nota^okeh da iir to tho cap
tain or Llndpmaun.. J >vas a story lit
for lunatlbil1 ? ?' ' ? 3 J ''
Tho .captain was abow:to insist upon
tlio yotin" orticer bainrf floated, whoa
his thlok^iioadod, rodrlrouded atCoudant
ontored tho'ddi>r again* "Captain?at
tho door is?ho btfc*p?' find .then
f{lanced at tho young#'pntoer, and h'a
icad becamo thicker a^d'!redder than
ovor. ,;T
VWoll, what is itPl^Atrgsd tho old
'WLi&mm
"Llout. llosenbctrsf^ho nbst^orod
witlj trombliiig. *4i< [Wished hio to
askiflio oould.spoa^t|Nk you a mo
ment." . v
Thopoaptalrt and the young llouten
ant looked dt'oaoh ptijor. Liout. Kom
enburgl I( M ^ss ftt doorhe could
not be doad, too. At gl?am pf light
enmo to both.
"Llont* ltosonberg
Capt. Klohn of his so'
again at tho officer, oS
bofore hitja. ^ >
'?Tho captain Avllly pardon me," ho
ropllod^/'it la LieuWJfosonborg tho soo
ond," iff
Tho two' rtton tumai to onoh othor
In bowlldorment. 1 4
"Lioutyltosenbe
poatod Capt. Klohi,
slblo?he la hord.*' .'*1 V,v
"Yos, 1 cortainly itw inat," said tho
follow; "biH Liout. il^pnborg tho soc
ond is also outstep MHilff' i
"You are oiiuy, follow. You ovl
tlontly oan not; koe lrcif.'' Woll," and
Oapts Klohu turned#0 the ofllcrir. "You
suroly are horo, Add ,wbllp you aro
horP, you ban pot c<ipn agaiir^,
Tho lloutonrtut df<] not know what to
jay, so he a?M notldrtg.
"Let hiriST^ftoibet ifii,". aMd Capt
Klohn.
io ftrst?" aslrod
anv who Atared
U.<?^irn stood
W"
second 1'' vo>
hat) |s impos
ais own foot A Llout J
itosenborg tho flrstfcu&rod, Now and
Ipoobhlo4s astoniHli*\i{;U. Tho boy also
itopnod In to soo tlfa^rostilt t|
"Yoti HrO Llonti'B5Swab6Vg tho poo
>nd?" asked tho,<untaln at last; , I
?The baptaifMVMjAttfuabmo. t ami
U6ut. Jlosonbertf tjo ftr?t,'V '
I'oor Capt. KImo a head whirled.
"That Is fmpoirf<ll|6,', said ho. "In
that oaso yo'tt Svoutl bo yonr own fath-1
n- artd fathor of tltfc otlmr Hosonberg. I
tho sooood, and thAt can't bo, for if
iron woro your owl father you would
DP doad, and coxilA Hoi bo hero. 1 foav
snal Mow my hoivl aoltPsl This :>j' i
ntlon " f
But all the tlrrtMho two Kontonants
?ad boon looking It pitch other's oyos.
"Father! jour hajf has turned black,"
?aid tho son, , ???? 1 v?
"WhatI My hilt black?" ho *<g*
twerotl. Thou U^tf.j.nod lnjforo anitr^
or, and looked said*ho in
xiiisuu nation, '^'lu're was never si g
\ tiling blifoi'Pi Tltut I> 1:111 >',<i rtt.i
l^lmt did it."
CaJ?t jK'.(||in
Mm. . "Ohr' hoj
dyo<l your hair |
yon, and a^kefl
was, and yott I
at It. Hat ha!
you told mb
Bat how did
Uig to Uosoni
" 1 met 1
"Oh,?
"irnstl
gwaaar"
"WfllyouTiold your tonguo., i
growled tho oaptnia.
"I will. HinT-Copiah.."?7Vaii
from the Vciim.'t lib ?i(rh~~
w*
1 There*.-., fv Toluol.
?' '? ? 4
"But, do you nm shrt.uk from n
stfoh as thU yoivuro'ltoiding? R
day risking u (Ctrl bio death?"
"No," sue answered, "I liko it.
liko to tyol. tnyAustcry over tho
of boasts. ikfiow Ihjit He hungers
my ilosfiT and "pants for my blpo<J, (
1 am dufoncojos . A littio scratch vi
liis claw.'a btrolco 6f his foot, aml|?__
lost. But I ha*v<l a human soul, ami a
will stronger than hi1*; ho know* it,
and oowonKn^sro mo. V .?
Mr. Tomi^tr-lookod at Iter with \vo ti
dy r. j#*. '
"It is a 1S**'1 bo said, "tlriit OYOfSz
woman lovoyy^viuost."
"Every VWmd, ' sho'answered,''Umu{
powor to-gain victories &o Ionjr us 'she
is niistross over hor own hoartV. ' ^
Noxt day lio was again prosouv^ai a$
exhibition. ?.Ilo wont to tho mouago#^
and stood near tho oago. lib saw lior~
enter; licr eye mot bis. SI10 smiled,
aiul. tho pretty dimples forniod in flhO;
cornors of her mouth. , At tho sartJitij
moment tho lion's 111:1110 bristlod,
bo began to claw at tlio boards Of j^bul
coll Uoor in "an angry, impatient man
ner. Her oyo had bocn off bitty plitfj
hor powor failed, bnt only for a mo#
mont. ?Sho reqpvotcd lior* attention/'
and ooncontratod it o;i tho brutc}r'me$
hts>od oyo with a calm; and resolute
look, nha beckoned hiiii' to hor'ffliH
Ho hesitatod, turned asido, and walfcod
-ound tho dou, thrusting fi.M'vJj
against tho sides, oyoing bor 00Y0,...
and growling, unit showing ids ^'h
tooth. Sho' foilbwod, novor allowli
him to esoapo hor firm oyo, anq'{
od to hor foot. Then I10-turnod r
soil round, and dulklly.protosKiuf
sneaked to tho plaoo indicated, L.
kuolt, by him, and lahl her arm
bond on his inane, but thrust tho.' otb$F
hand through tho .bars aud said to Mr.
Tomplerr "Fool my pulse."
Ho took tlio' delicate wrlpC wtwoeifi
his lingers, and. counted. Tho .pulSfe'
was at a hundred and twenty.*
Whon tiio exhibition wi\s ovor, ,-^
said to Mi*. Tomplof, ?"Ljmiy ydu,
uot bo prosont again, xbu uhnc
me. . When 1 am'in tho cage,vl!'^_
thiuk of nothing and* no onobnttl
king. Ho' is a jealous -master/ n'$a Oil
lo6s ho ha3 all my thoughts will toa
ni6." .. 49
"Good heavens, Theresa!' ? oxoinlu
he. "1 cannot bpar to think of tU?
I dreamt of you last, nlgld^ <and ? W4$
in torror, imagining the oud htit,
come."
"It will come sonio day. ;".Th|$ Js
fnto of us all. Mother oaniQ.<off<ltefctoi
than most, with a broken. thigh./
you count my pulsations?'* -j
"Yes. V ?
1 " l'hen you can judge.
citoinout )>, wiliv life in one's
a lion's don.". ^EnglishMw
AUujazinc, \
r ?/""
Wl'zjW
Or caitio in from, a 'mining ornnpio bu,
Btoros, and anion# other
wanted butter. Huntington hau^ivvjp^*.
al tubs brought from Qrango county-,
tho famous.buttor-prb^neipg lojjioU of
New York. ?'%o fibers had fc
?good JLiilng.i tli^mpnoy. would buyf(iud
tho storekeeper ti0111 tho mining camp"
\va? boutul to trtke^'mk the host ho
could find^
1 l'l want sofii<?yl>ang-up butter," Wfls;
tho way tlio ,?tore.k>>epor from tho camp
signified his desire. "?. ."-.'dpfej
"WoiJ," said Huntington, vlittto Jaf
Borne all tlio .way'from Now York stato,
the roal"uenuij.o Orango oounty arti
cle." Huntington ran tho trior dowrt
to.fliQ-bottom of ilto tub, and tho store
keeper ran Ids noso along It whor^ it
W?s pulled out. 4 '
"What's tho tax 011 that greaspP" ho^
naked! . ? . .
'?VThftt's 35 oontq a pound," replied
Huntington. .
"Hain't you got soinothing ' a lcetlo '
bottar?" naked tlio :>tor,okoopor. .
wXes," 'saiil Huntington, goitfg to
nnothor tub,of. tlio very' same kind,of
butter. < Ho know tho storekeeper
would not bo j?atis|iod if ho did not
?how fcomothitig botter, hud ho was
e(]iial to tho ?yoit ;i'?i. ? "Hofo'fl soruo
for 60 qont$," s;iid Huntington, ,as ho
drdW the trior out and tho <itpr6kpdp~f
er!s noso'followocl it from one end to
the bthor.
"Now,, tha^s a littlo liko it." said tho
storokoopor,, "but," be' addod with a
wink* "ootue now, hain't yotvgot somo
thing that the ilies won't aettlo bn<
that s fur-lined and haimoppodP
There's nothlpg too. good for us, and
we've got tho oust lo pay f6r it.1'
??Yea," }igaln said HuntiAgton.
"Hero's something'that Wo don't often
ln'mg out." The trior wont down Intb
tho third tub o( tho sarno lot, ahd tho
it6roko?|*ors nose followed tiro lino of
butter for tlio third time.
"Hotf>,m(fbh is she as40f>sed at?','
asked tho storokoopor, an ho looked at
footlonatoly on tho butter. ^
"SUty-livo cents a p<n?Ud.''
"You hain't got too ntuon' for vinto/'
lahl the stofokoopor.? Ftriutitial''^J'oUr*.
lift/.
: ' A'^jSOf, fttory.' ' ? '
Th6 followtog lottor has boon rocolV
6d Uy ft g?nt)oninn, who hu9 boon not-!
log tu> ouaplnln Ubioad? and who ah
swwrod nn advorllsonionfcof a Sv/Jbs Iio?y
tol-koopor (orjt oimplain: v f J
JExQUiflrnc Sut: Your Kihde lottrd 1
hftvo roefevod: the advantages I Kanot
fer you ?rd; If you will brln'g mti 10 of
your compntrlotos wanting of In'o,idl
ing ovir curing moutaug-anto In otio
hpalthfull an sonvlsy mountains, you
Kan havo your comfortaMo IVmsiorf In
oqulfatbntof your Spiritual Wot-Jc. JPeu-'
sloh all comprised 6 ft; a day. Milk
chenso and aU-BwIsso hoalthfnl things
at wory ro58onablo prices. A wor.fr
?;ood oar ri ago fond fcods till J houro
rom mi nowly-rostftbllgtjod oatablteh
rtionl railroad nod ntohtoor of tho Jftrt of
ThoXlllA at rv distauco of ft houro,* wory
otvlllxqd pooplo. '*/. ??.< > . , 1 //<.
/II hop* for a retnihid tuid protapto
nstvnr -and whonn yoil Vwoxifd koine,
'tlii air- milk frosh&0., &?., &<*.
I bod*, &d., Ac. Prfcy favor lilo
s^ibH mid dldtlriot ahlwpv havo
romo kindness fcho rdoommond
? ottf frlomH and compatriots-}*
i then havo (lotjo A good work-**i
rnci siro for fid b^d ouglisch.
With you and All yop- fn.
?t fpiallty of ohnrooal Is ? > ? ;?
h(>:u ii, and ?he.<
K?.'. 77*
r. GEN. POPE.
. ? dii I ? I
Conucrnltig OoMt Defouaca,
1,'Omy, VTurt Cannon* r^
its as sot out recontly by
ifUci conooraing our coast de?
ft corrootf
'oil." nnsworoil God. Popo with a
"Hum faots as bow statod ought j
occasion any general surprise,
by havo not lone boon known to
slnqsi roon" of our commeroifcl
Tho dofonses of San Franoboo,
itanco> aro vory. poor. Thoguna
> low and siu'all. Tliero aro somo 15
iob guns which oxplodo 160 pounds of
towdbr at a chargo, but thoso aro not
/oil mountod. I undorstdnd that a
jntfrossional oopimlttoo will oome
i.ao ' to look at tho works. Somo of
H690 cominittoos so ootubluo ploasuro
find work as to oliminato tho work, but
ito commlttoe will probably bo an ex
ception. As to vour question conoern
g tlio ability of civilians to judgo of a
loation of dofonso hotter than military
ion, tho wisdom pf the nation has
ftaiod a congressional committeo to
jbsidor tho facta. and report. Now
2>rk harbor can not bo much worso
ifonded than San Fraucisco is. Twon
yoars ago tho dofonses hero would
imapd moro rospoct than thoy do
v^hat would bo tho probablo cost
: faking tho dofonso of San Franois
that I could not say. I could
-Ho von approximato an ostlmato. Bo
o any liguros could bo suggostod it
itild ho uocoBsary for tho engineers
^akevaurvoys aud for somo plan to
Sop ted."
*And what goneral form would tho
pvo$nont in our dofonsos takoP"
ere should be changes, of course.
>o nation has yet roaohed a con
'on ooncornbg dofonsos, Tho con*
'lis change constantly with the in
to u of nroarms and ships. The
podo sorvioo sooius to bo moderately
lsfactory, but not 'completely so.
rinionts aro oontinualiy going on
largfc' and' small torpedo-boats
&4ixcd torpodooa. , Tho torpodo ser
i can bp mado only auxiliary to the
*' atvlcOv It is ono thing to carry
&do exporlmentf, tinder favor
. , bumstanoos, in time of peaoo.
It Is anothor thing to try tho same
' uouts whon an enemy Is doing
to thwart you. Tho aifFerenco,
jit, is about like that of firing at a
)' for praotioo and firing at another
iyhon ho is taking aim and firing
(at the samo tlmoP"
allot cor tain kinds of torpodoos
- be controllable and navigable
ioe from thejhoreP"
oy appoar to be, bnt this has
inion^trulod by oxperimonts and
actual war, which Is a different
. If tho onomy will glvo you all
you want and allow you to
him all your conditions,
jbablo that you will be ablo to
liirn out of the water'almost
line. But ho will bo busy hlm
Ijig to foil your plans."
m familiar with tho plan pro
XleUk?aydon foFthode
- " ? ? ? >r l-ooontlj
,-,T?..... of
[e ifOjadsP" *)? 5*5 ..v"
f havo uofatUtitod It; My lmpros
u ,is? that torpodoos can bo ouly uux
?uty to Uid laud sorvioo for dofonso.
t present .wo could not stop with our
ud defenses an invasion by iron-olad*.
.Jtah vosso'ls could oorao ovor ? tho bar
tml into the bay. But thoru is no sign
Voiwroign war uow. Our noarost dnn
>4M?in. tois country is internal, not ox
^ai."
laa pny now prlndlplo of iiuport
?boon appljod to tho manufacture
Tan ?}iuco our civil war?"
?horo lmvo boon improvomonts in
nianufaoturo of guus and in tho
jrlula mod, but I do nob think thero
now principle in Hie nianutucturo.
mado largor and furthur
. jlng.'v Wu lmvo guns which can
| oaivtT |lvb niuoH otVocVlvolyr" ?|
'4la there any fort in Now York bar-'
1 boo which could withstand a bombard
'/??
vHOi slf. Now York is bettor guard, j
ed than any othor largo *,on board oity
I on tho Atlantic coast."
I V t'Aro oxporlments mado continually I
in warlike instruments in thia conn
I tfy? : ?
?'Yea, in torpodooa, guns, brooch
loading cannon*,' oto.j and they may
load tcf ?om6 advantage. "--jnttrofeKf
with Qtn. l'6j)c, in &'??? Franolsoo fiul?
[kttfk ^
An O^au-QHdaeV* Wall.
I ? ? i i ..
Potro llartoluooi sat gloomily
hand-organ last night and sigh, .
tho Philadelphia Sorlh American.
yellow dbg wap ,*qUattod in J?"*
lilm, and gftzod curiously intojL-..
of the pi-inoo of organ-grin dors, as h
trying to fathom tho groat man'i
I thoughts. Potro lookod. Up, and liu?
I loasly klOkod tb^ yellow dog into th4
I atrcot, and bp*od into meditation.
"AH, iro moro good," ho moanod.
| "Oflnd da org playod out,"
I "wha* do vott moan, my Italian
frlotidP" aakod the North American
I philanthropist. I
"No ((ooil, no good. Long ago I
I nmV o four, flvo dol a day, eat plonty
mac fttotil.Wrink pldnty boor, havo good
t.lnirt. Now oan't,get over dol antihalf
I or two dol. Grlnda na org n. g. no
I aoed more.'. Da monk run around,
back with ompty t ink up. Da
o, jfty go way, you make too
I taeyvftaft cop Bay skip Along,
dr?g<o^I rnn j on in. Qot arrest for
d'a ponce, and da poaoo o* da
fine me flvo dol, all Imakoin
days. Ah, 1 think I go back to
j dig country no good.'"
Wt tho people approoiate tho
, touot, of the hand organ any
To, tioy want it shorter. Dey nay
? t short ifcnd call mo a dago. Nq?
in dia country liko musio no
I go back to Italy Oi Btart ft
[Joll<Sr skate rink. Griqnft'.da org
out^da monk no good, jjta ooun
gn/nd sadly at" the mud mobu
h of Chief Eitabrook in the street
thon toll Into a awoet aloftp, to
, perhaps, of a Utopia whore or
,-lndow are honored ahd prlzod
I and Vvoalih eomoa rolling in at ovary
turn(of the handlo. . /
1 , ? ? ???-?- ? * ?1 ?
wn-yoar^old Eooboator boy on the
car*?o)nlng to "froy tho othor day be
jam<S hungry ftbout 11 o'clook and be
gan rfn attack upon the bountiful Inneh
that had been prepared for him. A
gentldinan Who sat i>ohin4'. him yfta
I luovoJ t<^ re<tK?rkt "My boy, U >you
Tho Ijonape Stone.
- ''TtV Lpn^po "tcqo1' is a Hat stofto
nb?ufcfc|AftoUes Ion*: and an inoli and
a half wlie,with a rude {iloturoMratch
od on tho surfuco representing Indians
fighting a hairy mammoth. It ls|brok4
eu into two parts, and the story goes'
that tho fragments were found, at an
interval of nine years, by a'bpy work
ing in n field in Buoks county. Penn ,
four miles and a half east of JDoyles
town. Tho piooo first discovered was
plowod up; tho feeoond camo to light
when tho samo youth wai hUsklng corn
in tho samo field. The carving Is rude
ly done, and with a few strokos. In
front of tho mammoth as it strides for
ward are drawn two fighting Indians
with bows and arrows. Wigwams and
pine trocs appear in tho distance, while
in tho sky tho sun, moon, stars, and a
constellation aro all on duty. Ouo In
dian hab boon trampled utulor foot by
tho monstor, and another, who is ro
cumbeut, scorns not yet to havo takon
alarm. Tho picture could bo oopied in
two or throo minutos by rapid pen-,
strokes. Tho stono is slato, anu tho
rovorso side contains turtles, hawks,
and other objeots.
Exports who havo examined tho
carving pronouueo it a fraud, but Mr.
H. C. Mercor, who knows tho finder
and tho man who purchased tho stone>
thinks otherwise, and has writton a
book on tho subject.- The Dolawavo
tribo Uvefl in that region of Pennsylva
nia foi1 cbnturios, and uurious stouos
marked by thom havo boon unearthed
in Bucks county.
"The Leu a uo s^ono" was submitted
to Dr. D. G. Brinton, tho woll-known
archajologist and othnologist of Phila
delphia. He inspected it carofuliy.and
says it is modern, basing his opinion
on both its desigu and exeoution. The
aborigines of tho United States did not
shado or group their pioturos.. They
did not represent lightnings- shooting
In various dirooti&ns from a Central
point, nor troat tho aun as a faoo. i'l !
"Tho linos on tho Lenapo stono ai^j
obviously cut with a metal instrument, <
making clour incisions, deopest In the
center and tapering to points?quite
dillbront from tho scratch of a Hint
point Shrewder fabricators than tho
unknown aathor of this ono mako uso
of Hint points. Somo of tho 'wostora
tablets' have boen so inscribod. Thoy
may thus conceal thoir tools, but ther*
are other resources for tho archieolo
gists. Tho surfacQ of all stones under
goes a cortaln chomlual ohaugo on ex
posure to tho air, whloh is called by
tho tronoh term paline. In many va
rieties, as flints, jasper, and hard
,shalos, this affords a declsivo moans of
discriminating a modorn from an an
olent inscription or arrow-hoad. It re
quires tho uso of the microscope and
somo praotloe, but with thoso most of
such impostures can bo detected. This
doos not oxhaust tho resources . at tbo
command of tho antiquary to circum
vont thoso who would praotloo on his
love for rolica of tho past,'.' Mr. 11.
Carvlll Lewis, professor of mineralogy,
Acadomy of Natural Soloncos, Pblty
dolphia, IIys the tablet is gonuluo, but
tho,drawing is forged from thfcpiotufo
froflR. -rr-TTri-;.,
, . of tho Poabody Museum of
Archeology, .Cambridge, Mass., is
somewhat in doubt, but rather suspects
tho bauds of a white man in tho draw
lug. pr. M. E. Wadsworth, of Cam
bridge, Mass., believes the drawing
was made with some stool tool like a
dull awl. - Mr. J. P. hidings, of tho
United States coast survoy, notos that
tlio lines of the drawing appoar to havo
boon arranged with referonoo to. the
fraoturo of tho stono. Tho author of
this book, howovor, deolares his faith
in its gonulnonoss. Tho indications
aro thut gorgot slato stones with Ind
ian soratohos upon thom havo boon
found on?tho Hansell farm, but that
this roprosoutatlon of tho mammoth is
a forgery.?Cincinnati Commercial Ua~
telle.
Swallowed Hln Quouo.
Thovo Ji* trouble browing on tho
Soulh Sldo. Ying Foy, uropriotor of a
button-bnrsting establishment on Car
Bon street, is ono of tho purtios inter
ested. In tho rear of tho laundry in a
court liVOB Donnis Fogart'y. Dennis is
tho proud owner of u healthy and woll
developed goat, whioh ranges wild and
froo along tho {toights Of Limorlok, st)t
tafylng the sltnplo wants of his un
tainbd naturo with Old stoveplno, oast
ofTtinwaro, hobjbsklrts, ana other gas
tronomio brio-H-urao. Tho goat flash
es up equal in* piorninenoo with Ying
Foy in this artless llttlo narrative.
Yesterday aftornooh Ying Foy lav
?looping, as is his wont After his .raid
day nioalj on a bench in tho roar of hia
wash-houso. Tim frlondly l ays of tho
vrftrm spring sunshine glinted Athwart
tho iWoKe-brownod turrets of Castlo
Fogarty and foil upon tho plnniborln?
son of tho ovlout. Tho slounor smiled.
It may liavo been that he droamod of
his boyhood-jLlay*, whon, oaroloss and
froo, ho roaitoed about hi* father's
isorobn or pursuod the ilooing jrat up
and down tho broaa bungalow as a
nmtior of business?out-of-mof\t-nn<l
mnst-have-lt-you-know. At any rote
ho tmilod, This external oxprosslou of
Internal pleasuro stolo around both
sides Of his faoe to tho bait of his
quouo. Tho moveraont loosened tho
roll of 1^'ftlr, one end of whleh All to
tho ground. Tho goat, quietly brows-:
ing about tho briok pavoinont, saw tho
quouo and In it a prospective moal. To
think was to act with the goat. After
chewing and iwallowing about6lghtoon
[inches of It ho shut hi? teeth anu trlod
to pull it looso. Tho Jerk yanked tho
f Chinaman off tho benoh with a yoll
whioh could have boon heara, two
btooks away. Tho goat would not lot
go* aud Ying Foy oquld *hot./and both
pullod. For about two mmtltes tho
air was full of goat l:alr, Chltjeee pro
fanlt?, whlto-solod shoos, ana broken
SlSnlUffij'
and Ying toy sat down heavy On tho
brlokft with a haggled tuft onuhowed
off hair about six laoho.'long h*ng.
log from hls soalp, which also lhowod
ragged patches whore braid spots thon*
out like stumps In new ground. Tho
goat qnlotly shut ono oyo and oom
monced swallowing tho *wtteh.< Ying
Foy was so mad for a tnlnuto that ho
oould not speak. He wildly clawed nt
tho pavement until ho loosened; ft briok.
when ho broke out wltht 'T
??You?you heapeo dlam fooloo," and
throw tho briok with ft 400-toi pros
sure. Tho goat dodged the btfok, but
Fogarty'* window caught It, and Ting
FoKWfth ft look of bftldhoidod despair
snoakod Indoor* to ftvoki inafcing un
nooossary . explanations. ? puis bury
IK*P?t6A. , ,,
Without dbubt tho pumpkin pt4.,WM
In JNftW KngJand; but
??S
Jt/Ss
. oOast
of/Jour
FISHING THEN AND NOW,
?ro are oaly aJUput a do
ountry IKo do* not lik(
' Many do pot go <
but all the-tlmo thoy
ro next wock or noxt I?r_
loop thinking of tho fun they osed
ro thirty or forty yoar# ago, whon
vore boys. jAn old man who bad
evory yea* < 'or fifty jaars, and
>d It, oans into a buafttaas place
io -othor day ltaplng, with ono nand
ffche suiaU ofThfa back* and looking
mU fine wauted'to dlo.
'??Boon fishing agaiu, ohP" said a
clerk. "What luck?"
U 4,0, no luok to apeak at./ Tho fact
it, my fishing days arc orer," said tho
' Old man with a sigh, as pain took
him in tho boolST " 'Tain't what It
Mod to be, bOys, 1taiu't what it used to
be. Whon I was a boy 1 would got up
beforo daylight and walk four rnijos
barefooted, with a tamarack polo and a
strong lino, and with a plooo of pork
rind for bait, I would catch iish till tho
cows camo hoiue. Thoro woro no rods
and rools in those daya, and no artifi
cial flios, that I know of. Wo would
get u bito, and throw tho fish ovor our
Heads, out on land, and uoo him Hop. I
could catoh iish enough for our family
and all tho fiofghbo'rs, and; onjoy it.
Lator years, whon 1 bocamo a man, I
had tho fishing fever jast as bad, and I
would go a hundred miles to fish, and
spend n barrel of money, 'and work
naVd for a woek, and it would do mo
good. I would bo hoavior and strong
or whon I oamo back, and my brain
would work like a stoam engine* - jBut
now, while J havo tho fovorjuMju bad>
1 am all unod up. It takos the
fall and winter to get ovor my acnes
and pains, to got roady for tho spring
lUhiug, and tho first day X go out I am
used up for a month. Bonos and mus
cles thdt 1 did not know X had years
ago, acho now so X am porfootly suro
wlibro they are. X am too old tb walk
inuoh, and too rhouinatio to rldo in a
boat long, and I ha^o to bo pottod liko
u child. I havo to ompldy a man to
row tho boat, put ori my bait and tako
off my fish, and my fingers and thumbs
are gottiug st> rhouuiatio that I can
hardly turu tho; handle to tho.root.
Anothor year and I will havq my hired
man rool iu uiy Iish, whllo I' Bit.in a
chair on tho bank, and thon I Want to
dioJ Whon u man gets so it.nmkes bis
buck ucbe to cast his bait in tho wator,
and his arms aol;o whon ho stands up,
his nook acho when ho turns around,
his bond aoho whon the sun shines, and
everything aches whon it is oloudy and
damp, and his stomaoh sooms to all
drop out an hour or two boforo lunch
time, he is played out us a lisherman,
aud ought to know it. I shall never go
fishing again, novor."
??O, you hadn't ought to glvo up llsh
lng, undo," said tho olork. "I sco by
tho papor that tho iish aro biting splen
didly out in Wauketiha county. Ono
man caught a hundred pounds of blaok
bas^ in Okauohoo yestorday."
??No!" said the old man, as ho took
his hand off tho small of his baok and
straightened up to try his baok and seo
Hit was broke, "Say, you pack up
and take a Turkish bath, and go out
there for a day or two. If f could
oatch ono iish and fool just as 1 did
when 1 was a boy,I,would give a thous
and dollars. To fool tho sumo freedom
.that I did thon, with tho old tamarack
pole, walking around in tho wot grass
barefooted, looking into tho wator and
seeing the Iish lazily watching mo as
though thoy thought I was no account
on oarth, and then noticing tho diffor
onco of expression on the mug of tho
llsh aftor 1 had him out on tho bank.
"I wouldn't dare wodo in a stream
now, and got my feet wot, btfeauso I
would oatch a cold that would lay mo
up for a month. 1 usod to bo wet from
Gonesis to ltovolatlons six days in a
week, aud I novor know what it was to
have a cold. I have carriod a string of
iish that weighod more than I did, a
mile, and whistled all tho way. I havo
boon so lirod 1 would go to sloop whilo
scaling a fish in the old woodshod, and
I was as happy as a person oould bo.
But it Is all oliangod now. Evon pleas
ure is hard work, and I roalizo that I
must stop fishing forovor. But say,
hurry up and get thom things to the
dopot," and tho old man who thought
he novor would fish any moro wont out
to a taoklo itoro to buy hooks, and
wept to the depot, forgetting to take
his Turkish bath, O, thoy nevor give
up fishing.
? Carl Formofi and Xlonoonl.
In 1872 I had just oomo baok to
Now York from London. As I was
walking down tho utroot ono morning
I espied a little old mab, bent over
with age and lo6klng vory miserable.
Somothlng about him, howevor, soomort
familiar to me, and I hastonocl my
footsteps. As I oame up to him, ho
turned about and stopping short, oriedi
??Carlo I"
"Glorglol" I answored, and graspod
both hie sands in mine.
It wits the onoo groat ftonooni, walk*
ing tho street almost in rags.
t ??Whloh way are you bound?" said
he, In ft volco oraoketf with age.
??To breakfast," said I, "whore all
good pooplo should go."
. ??Fortunatot fortunato!" ho muttor
ed.
?'Come along with mo," said I, "and
let us reoall old timos."
As we walkod toward the restaurant
I did not dream for an instant that ho
had roached suoh a condition that ho
was actually starving. Supposing that
he had broakfasted I walkod in, and
seating mysolf at a table gave a boun
tlful ordor to tho waiter for mysolf. It
wm a bitterly oold and I was hungry.
Presontly I saw Konoonl oagorly grasp
I at phMfe of breid that l*y on tho tAMo,
! and gnaw on (t iiko a wild beas? i
??What," I demanded, "bavo you
! not breakfasted?"
The poor follow lookod up at tne
with great hungry eyes as rrtpiy. j
I shouted, "bring ug tem
a fosstl ; f'i ?? V raj
. VVtbAl-wiii you hdve?" askod that
functionary.
??Everything you haro in your k itch
on P" 1 oriod, fiercely.
AnH poor Ilonooni sunk down against
tho table, sobbing iiko a child.?Curl
Formc?t in Inylcald*.
A little girl whiio rooting up rfbme
bunohos of violots on tho hignnxt point
of Maryland Heights, which overlooked
Harper's Ferry disoovorud three pieces
of pig load, weighing altogether 100
ponnds. The lead has been identified
ma formerly belonging to John Drown.
It Is known that firown reoelvod con
siderable quantities of lead Jnst before
Jio made his raid Into Virginia.
SCdward Kverett Male thinks that
"in these days the ohdreh has some
thing to do besides singing, reading
*nd praying.V Among tho other
tilings he mentlohl "hospitality. odu?
eaiion and charity." /
. GHSAS1SQ8.^:K-t^
o: It U 106 mile* from Now Ortotaa to
tho Balise, or iettlqs. , A ^
. ,/rho Tonnossoo River la as iftftg. but
hot as vrido or so doep as tho Ohio.
Iowa has a smaller proportion of "wo
men in prison than auy other stated
; Tboro are no loss than 11,676 women
engaged in giving musical Instruction
In England. ' ? ? ~
A. physician of Hanmoatoit, K. J.,
has lour sou* who have adopted the
medical profession.
Alfalfa roots in California iave boon
knowu to penotrate fourteen feot to
ward tlio center of tho orvrtiu . , ,
Vaccination is carried out ao strictly
in tho Prussian urniy that not a soldier
has died of amall-pox since 187&
Dr. Taimago rejocta thorovlsod Bible
and savs iio has UHmmjx. familiar with
tho old one aiii L jib other.
Aloxandof tho QcpsJAtf the
your B^ p.'^^o^ygnod ?even
voaraiiiul .it low mandyn^i^tj Ba
bylon. Jf
Julius Cass* ho
foro tiip 'boglunlhg Sftno Christian era.
Ho was fifty-six years of' age at the
timo of his assassination. '
Miss Braddon, tho story writer, la
Mrs. John Maxwoll. Sho Is rich, and
livos in a historic old mansion at Rich
mond, a>aub.urbau villago of London.
Tho St. Louis. Court House dome
contalua sorno paintings by Wlmer,
which aro valued at aevoral thousands
of dollars, bnt which aro going to de
oay through nogleot. - '
? According to the view of a' number
of.monia the rnbber bnsinoss the !ec
torios of tho United States could eaaily
double their yearly production without
incroasing tholr plant.
Aquoorly picturod atone, two by^wo
and a half foot In size, was taken from
agrohlte'ledge at Berlin, Wis. On the
surfaoo of the atone la" n picture M a
tall treo and a.tamaraok swamp, o
Mark Twain told the Vaaaar College
atudonts that, his uaual prioe for a read
ing was $600, but. that there he jraa
quite satlaQod to take 50 oents and .get
tho bthor $495.60 in looking at tho girls.
The richest colorod man in Philadel
phia is John McKoo, a real-estate deal
er, who Is eatimatod to bo worth be
twoon $200,000 and 1300,000. < There
aro two or throo othors in tho seme
oity whoso fortunes run vp into .the
hundrod thousands.
Tho whito of an ogg la stated to be
tho best application for soothlhg burns
and scalds. It may be ponred over the
wound, and forms at onoe a varnish
whioh exoludes the air.. It la aleoifar
moro cooling than the usu^l applica
tion of swoot oil and cotton.. ' .
A correspondent of an oxehangesaye
tlint Goorgo William Curtls's'halr and
whiskora aro now gray and left to'.Tun
riot, like a wild vine In atottrtn*; 'hla
oyo is fadod, and tho lines of oare. and
years havo ploughod up his fallow
and bu^d his brlUiant smile.
Tho Indi
tSlfam ^
largo uuml or of animala were killed By
the storm,..which, from the accounts,
produced missals quito as Uangorous m
Iho Russian cannon balls.
An Italian ship has been shoatAed
with glass plates, cast like iron plates,
so as to lit the hull, to Cake the plhoe
of coppor shoathings. The joints of
tho plates aro made water-tight by the
use of w*tor-proof mastic. The advan
tages claimed for glasa over copper
aro its insensibility to oxidation itnd
its exemption from incrustation.
Tho lato Charles O'Conor, aftof a
visit to Ireland, began to apell 'his
namo with a singlo n? beoauao, as
Judgo Daly suggested when asked the
roason, his royal forefather, had done
so. ?'Yes," said a bystander, ?'the
lrinh Kings had alwaya been ao poor as
never to bo ablo to make both t?V?'e
moot."
Jinks?I don't believe I will be home
boforo 11 o'olook to-night, my dear.
You seo It is initiation-night at $ur
lodpo. Mrs. Jlnka?You expeot to ba
lion jo boforo 12, thon, I snppoaef Jidks
?O, yes: about 11 or half-past,' 1 Mrs.
Jlnka?Well, in that oaae yon will >b#
awako and 1 don't noed the kejv Jinks
?Tho koyP Mrs. Jinks-* < The
masquo ball closes about midnignk
Jinks didn't go.
The words midnight and noon have a
purely loonl character, liko the wofd*
ovonlng and morning. At a given la*
stent ft oan be 0 hours on the whbl*
earth if wo havo agroed to designate
this given Instant everywhere with this,
numbor, but thero oan be mldnlghi
only undor ono meridian at the abfo*
luto Instant, ao tho words mldnlghi
and noon aro to bo Avoided when
apoaklng of unlvoraal tlmo.
It is' understood that the appolht*
mont of Carl Sohurs as flnanoial agent
and attorney of tho foreign bondhold
ers of tho Phlladolphiu, Now York, and
Buffalo Railroad was the reaalt of reo
oommendations of Henry Vlllard? who
la still abroad, and that the retainer
was $20,000. Thero are between,$7,
000,000 and $8,000,000 of tho $S5,000,?
000 of the bonded indebtedness held
by a syndloate whoao headquarters are
at Frankfort. ? 1
A snako nine foot long and sefea
inches In dianiotor was IrillOd tiOa*
Btarucoa, Pa., a fow days ago, The
animal had a peculiar flat head ahd
about Its nook was a olrclo of #1
hairs. Its color was brOwn,
bands around tho body/at Intervals of
a few ihcliosr Kilting it was an easy
mattor, as It was holploas from gorging
whon dlscovorod, bolng ia the *$t<4
dovourlng a new-born lamb, whleh. U
had almost half awallowod.
A man posaosaod of four ear* Is a
natural curiosity in Ban Franeleoa,
John Henry Grimes is a native of Nova
Hootla. The peculiarity about Mm
that attracts attention makes him the
best developed person in the world ao
far as hoaring is' oopoornod. The front
oars, which nre plaeod la their natural
Position, aro perfect and, well formed.
ho extra pair aro partly covered bjr
thoso in front, ynt they appear Ilka
ordinary esrs. Tosts have been made
whloh demonstrate that Mr. Griaw*
can hoar equally well with eitfcer pal*
of oars.
i'he revision of the Old T*ithilft*ht
has revived tho hopos of some people
Who expeot to haV? things smoothed
for them all through this )ufa r|t was
this Intereatlng fact thai indtiood
tle to attend obufoh yesterday. "How
did you like the sevmonf" inquired a
friond as he passed out of the vestibule.
??Never was so disgusted In my Ufa.
Why. the man took *Tho? shall not
steal* for his text" "That's a good
text." "It's tho same old ten. I
thought the now vorslon would read,
?Thou shalt not oompromls* lor tw?ft?
t^-Qve oents on the dollar."?Barlfort
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