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: : : ^ 1 : ? .... - ^^ s. c, Wn?rD ,ft 1UU= ?....' ' . ? VOL. XIII. ww^rv tJ<" " >c:iJ "^C^SffiiEN, S C., THOTDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1885.-- NO 9 ^ ? . vW >r-': .v ., ~ ' T r IB -W*'- ? ??? ? . - ?? * * rrco. -* r m ir & Free I what docs Itnn-on to bo free? Is freedom ? tanylb.o objoct that wo con oil soe, Or Is it i\ moftJ"uro created br mind, ?-r.. 4 By laws invltdblv, weighed and defined? Kreel Is thin C t??rni \\ nose limit and felo* '* IIus over been t)xo l by Bchedulo. or rohool? Hhs Its blrtli been traced In tlio aunals of t'mts ' Or lis Bounding been taken by plummet or lino? : ?,? ?. ? 2ft ' . >?>" "' yr' ? * 1 ** **"* ~ , Froodprn of rolf, or freedpio of Isnd, *. ? Means jrrowth of tbo splnG-tho power to ox The knowledge of needs In lira hero pit earth, And the sojvlng of these by n standard of w'orth. ' To bo-free 19 to throw <;1T tlio fri-lg^tafro* ?f fears. ' To petition f"v truth, nud when It appears. Though startling In form dr Strange to the Bight, To woloomolt frankly in nutno of tho right. To bo ireo Is to stand at the oenter of being nnd piny That our own inner lives l>o attuned in a wny That tho ohords of conrtilousness answer and thrill . To the touch of the Infinite hand and tho In finite will. . ni ?Ella Dare. AI>VENTVWIiH? OI$J fiOIT <: ?. - /'i1 v * V if Loonco do Nordun was a delightful . follpw.,,Ho was 26 years old, had u bountiful black board, ologantly trim i? nn-.d, a coat out In tho latest stylo, an incomo of 16,000 francs, a law licen tiate's diploma In a drawor, plonty of wit, much self-assurance, a good heart and an honorablo name. Having Aotnfiig to do, ho ' WaS good for nothing. Ami how could ho ainuso " vhimsolff NVhon man Is poor, tho ef {. forts nccossary to him, his humblo dis couragements and joys, his disappoint- , ed hopes, aro occupation enough fori hi?- mind. But jt (9''oulto otnqrWiscto tho man who lacks ffotlilng*-1'Ag'reea- I ble lodgings, excellent* meals,-rides in tho Hois ami a box at tlio ope-rn, are all n'ttan wanfcr TJlfit they aro not vcpry satisfying. To bogin ovor again evdry morning, and turn tho same mill all day every day, mnkft^a protty poor lifo. So thought LtSonoo, as ho tappod tho pavomont with his hools in a mel ancholy fashion. * ""nanoo, however, gavo him an idea, rosouod him from his heaviest mo hjr? that of living by himself. Ho i the imoxpeotod, Which is oven Ol jUlflOttlt to discovoi than the mi.; . Ho was nicohanloally following the 1 long avoados of tho lluo do ltivoli, ono day,.,whon ho hoard two .full,-joyous, nmunlug (volopa.j Mo ?aW before him * twd-rotund, Aolid Won,' with happy faces. From tho oouvorsatlou, he 800u, learned that .thoy woro provin olals. j Happy meal Iiowthoy did on |oy thomselvcfl,' anil ovAry thing and ovqrybodyl And what plans they wqro making! For that day, tho mor ?. rowi tlio next dny, and tho day aftor that. Thoy uid' not hopo to haVe timo to Eoo and do oypry thing, but thoy *ypi'o going to try. ( . Au idon Hushed into Loonoo's mind iH power." T Loonco did as ho proposed, and at the end of the dny he was surprised to fluiLthnt ho liud really 'enjoyed him self. Ho had soon iit the very Patis whoro he had been born a host of things of whoso oxistenoo ho h:id novpr dreamed. . ' j. - Tho day having provod one of ' thA most agreeable in . his life, Loonco ro Bplvpd to repeal the samo method of proooduro as often as possible, livory morning ubout 0 o'clock lie wont to lounge in the line do llivoli, and as soon as he saw a provincial of attract ive ftppoarnoco he eavo tho dircotion ,-'of his life for that day into his hands. Wo must acknowledge that Loonco ' soon preforrod the ladies to tho gou tlpinou;. buoauso, to bo sure, tho lady .brought him more amusomqni than tho geptloman.i Tho woman Is immensoly suporior in Imagination; her caprlcos ,tl#yo lfillfrlto vavleiy,' tho unoxpooted ? haa a largervpart in hor oxistonoo; she ?llttffit stfe Overything* and nothing fa tigue? frov; she Is ontorprlslng, Ingon ious, curious; In short, sho Is a wo * k 1 '?* " ? ^ to tin* Loonco, then, proforrod tor his pur posp families in whloh tlioro woro wo , >11011. Ono hiorulhg he had good fortuno at tho-very outaot, . Ho,>vi>s a man about dO yoars old, snuftre built, rubicund, ' and Wrapped in tan amplo oloi\k; on his artn joanod <6 yprbPb of 60, tall and thin,'with a remnant of boauty. l>uliuii|dt\,v*ald slfo', With not . (, Ihtf n6|| ^o bill Jwrd by tho passers, "we otm troly say that yr0 bavo u.bpautlful il bt .before u??^ ! "Yoh nro rL'lit a thousrtnd timos, Minn. l)ul mirier I Hut thcro are tho girls far in advanoo of us!" . "Louise! LoulnAUet" oallod Mmo. ty>. Halaurlor; nhd two young women, who preci'diMi tlmlr father and mother by 5 fow steps, stopped and Availed. Louise Was evidently older than her sitter Louidetto. Bho was tall and im nosing, like hor mother; she loved linen of djiwdlng whitoaoss laid in or der in g^Oat oaken prbSAos. She wan a woman of.Slfppg mind. , 1 I Louisotlo, on tlio other band, was .JS'JSS Sho had si^^U '09!^ and .hoi; long* ?lon. dor lianas sought tlio groon ribbons of hor bat witli n geaturoInstinctively co quettish, which did not osoape Leonco's ull-soolng Puritan eye. He thought hor oharinlug, bnl awkward, And he bogaa to follow the lout? with a special attention. . ' About 10 o'olook thoy all ontered a oaf* for bioakfast, and Loonco too^c a Meat at thCo tablo< near so as to faoe Loulsotto. In <i fow moments ho rlsk od * glance at the young lady, who did ; }not turn .away hor ovos. . Hq. attempt time t he }<irl hlinhed slight I v, leaned t to'speak to hor raothor, nod did not look up agMW. " " * 'l '1 ' Aftor broakfast tho strangers took; tho oars tdr St. Cloud, still followed ' ^Affev Art hoti^H walk through tho long alltys of tho park, under a scorching sun, thoy begun to feel groatly Hatighod, .and I^eonoe heard aindume uuiiiurtor exolntmt ?*1 won der If wo shall nbvor.oomo to a drop of wateH Inmsb thud I am roady to !V..- Xw* Was Loot?oo*s opportunity, and ;V bo went stralgUt kp MadamoDnlaurler, hat In' hand. "Madaino," said ho4 f.'l should novor forglvo mysolf If I did not oompjto ^ your nid.) 11 know tUls park thorough ly^ and J onn show you tlio fountain of Sain to Marie, ronownod through the "A fhpnsand thanks, sir." said Ma datn DulnuMor, surprised and oharmed by the yonng man's graoe of manner, onsred to show them the w?y to . i ? wo louumiD* anu \YiUi inucn gayuiv and kludly feeling thoy sot out to gothor. Louiso nail Louisotto walked a littlo la advance of their parents and Lt>?, once. .? "Do you not thlfik," snld Louiso, "that this gentltinun resembles wou dorfully tho ouo that was in tho res taurant with usP" "Why certainly not!" ropllod Lou ,isotte. ,VAli Parisians look alike." But sho bluabod as she spoke. ' Whon thoy reached tho fountain thoy were already acquainted, and wore mutually pleased. Thoy would 'soon bo . friends if circumstances la vorod. v '? h -?'Oh1 father,',' said Louise, "instead of returning to that tircsofho Paris, let us stay hero till evening." "Till evening? M/-dear, it is im possible. We do not know tho way3, and wo havo 110 place lo dine." "If tliat is all, 1 Leonco hastened to say, "I am subject lo ypur orders. 1 can take you across to Chwuart, whero I know oi u pretty restaurant, with arbors, llowerj aud fountains, whore wo can dino cvon hotter than in Paris. It may bo that my society is not njrroo ablo to you, but yours, sir, and that of thoso ladies is. so muchjo my tnsto that I should bo very sorry tp loavo you." Miuo. 'Dulaurior, ,moro and' radro :i)harmod at Loonco^s maunors,. ropljod instantly: "I accept 011 my own authority, at tho.'risk of oncroaohiug on my hus :band's rights." "I txiust 'atloaSt, thou, ifitroduco mysolf to you in a uioro rogular man ner. I am tho Viscount Loonco do Vordun." .. >. "And I, sir," said M. Dulaurior,4 'am Adolpho Dulaurior, old notary; thoso J?r0 my plfe-imd 011* daughters." In ah' H<fnr thby were seated in tho' arbor promised by Leonco, and wcro altogether frlonds. Loonco hnd.-ac cepted with warm gratitude an Invita tion from Madamo Dulaurior tcf visit thoin at tboir Flomisli viilogo homo. "Do you not think," whispcrod Lou iso to Louisotto, "that fathor and mother bccamo frlendi very oasily. and quickly with this stranger?" "" ? "Why no," ropllod Louisotto: "it is porfdotly natural." i wo months later Loouco nlightod at tho railway station, Donia and M. Dulaurior offorcd his hand in wolcoiuo. 110 ilow had time to approciato M. Du laurior s unaffected kindliness, and strango to say tho proviuoial, who had soomod to him slightly ridiculous in Paris, .8009% at homo -appoarod to tho young mauras ho really wns?slmplo, natural, sympathotlc and goutlo. Loonco was roooivod with tho most domonstratlvo joy by Mme. Dulaurior, with a cordial salutation .by Louiso, with an odd little sittilo by Louisotto. It was noarly 7 o'clock, and M. Du laurior roso, sayings "Sinoo Van dor Voldo is riot in yet, lot THnnwirftor his partrldgos, and lot ua dino without him." Tho ropast was a wrnl Frenph din ner, with all the meats, poultry and game possible, an* enormous quantity ofbocr, and tho wines que could JBf oonsldoratlon of ~h& guest's fatlguo, oonduotod him to his room at-onoe. Leonoe sot himself to Opening his trunks and .portmaritoaux. At longth he drew from a portfolio a lottor duiut Hy folded and porfumod, and bopau to ^ follows: - ? ? ??'/! lovayouLouisol Swootand ohnrm ing as you are, who would not lovo youp It is for this roason that I loft Paris: it was to toll you this. For*two months I havo thought only of you, and of tho happy day whon I travolod with you, tho day that datormlnod my life. Oh, Louisol Louiso I if you only lovod mo!" "It is vory good," said Loonco to hluisolf.' "I novor oxprossod a noto moro suitably. Now tho question is how to convoy it to that lady. Tho simplost way is the boat, of o?urso> 111 put it ""under tho' door' iato her room. But whoro is. horroomP T^hat is tho quo'stlon.'' Ho then begau to^ smoko a cigar, at ?tontlvo, howovor, to ovory sound in tho houso. Ho had not long to wait, ho Boon hoard light steps In tho passago, tho rustlo of a robe) ho rosof quokly and oponod his door with tho groatost caution, just in tlmo to soo Louisetto's delicate figure entor a room on tho loft at th$ ond of the gallory. Our hero allowed a few moments to olapso, and thon? stepping liko a oat, visited tho door through whioh Louis otto had disappeared; and adroitly slippod under tho door tho lqttor ho hadnrenared. ^ ,'r) yT "GoodI'V ho thought: "my letter will bo tho first thing sho boos in tho morning." \?\ ? ? ' ^<v' , Then ho wont, to beih humming a tune, and slept tho Bleep 6f tho just } i- t? ^ W?Tfllng ho was awak onod by a y6ry lively sonsation in his arm, as if it had berin tightly grasped by Iron plnoors. Standing by his hod aud holding his arm was a sort p< cl an ! fully six feet talHllh t'hoYrimo of Polvphomui, only this Oyelops had two littlo round oyos, whioh woro flashing flroj and hft had a load, hoarso, guttural voif'f>. , ; *? "Got up, ParjslAuf" ho said, "1 am Van dorryjpldril" f "Very well," said Leonoe, half asloop and oomplotolystapofiod; "what ?hall I do about Itf" Dnt the other llftod him by tho arm, L. 0 ?L?**hbr, and sont him In the mld dlo of tho room. , ?'What doos this moanf* orlod Lo onpo. ? "This moans that I am going to <nit yoxjr throat, PaManlu ; a "Hut what foifr' ' ant!N0^Pr|t>ft^>ffB,M hQwl?d tho gl ?*P'nn.?tlon?l dross yoursolf and follow molV , dof.Voldo, solidng, Loonco by tho drAggbd him aftor him down a rotlrod stairway to a do*orted stroot. M tno ond of a few sooonds ho knook ft hon*? AmI ontorod, With Iioon^o btlll In tow. Lottnoo found him?olf in tho pros onoe of four men, who wore introduo od to him, two as his own witnossos, and two as those of Van dor Voldo, [^and who woro all acquainted with tho | cause of tho duol, as Van der Voldo explalnod, ,?^J00tftd Leonoe, "mon do i not fight thus without a motivo.?" "Ah-ha, Parisian I Porhap^, thon, yon aro a?" Leonoe wa? bravo enough, and did not allow Van dor Voldo to finish his Bontonoe. "I Mow jrou, sir," ho said qulokly. At the end of a few moment*' walk theyoame to a llttlrv grovo. Ono of Vie four witnesses oarrled tho swords. The four witnossos chose u spot, and set tHd glaht and tho young man In their plaoetf w. -t-hi Leonoe was a tory pretty fenoer, and parrViiJ (,he first blows my tuooessfu). ly, oven scratt-hiug ItU ??l votary's band. The Cyclops, furious al bis wound, falling uponjL^'uco with tho force of a wild bull,, picrccd liio >'<>ui)g man's arm through and slijjhiiy wounded hiiu in the'^fioast. llontniy pule. Lo onco foil to Hit* Van dor Voido rallied to hissido, ( and oxaiuiuvd his hurt with anguish. "Maladroit (hat I A trembling tonoj "1 inoant ^naw-tol touoh his arm, and, liij.hfeiatil iSwomul-. 0(jl?? B5? ^ Wm Loouco hold out his hand.- .??*.. li "Why tlu< ^kv.l. ilio^, did you ii}0) lovo lottovs to thy V;U*Pv ^noiPV^n dor Voldo. "And what a .silly action* to throw the letter into hot) rqoiuj, 1 pickod it up myself." "What!" murmured Lconc^. ' Lou- J iso your wife! You thq husband ?< a girl 17! Well, sir, 1 couirratu'ato youjj I your wito is tlio prettiest blorulo 1 ?v.ir ) Baw." 1 ? " . i' | "Blondol Poor boy; ho doesu'L know what he id Buying. . My wifo i$ . ?uito dark. Sho it) 28 years old,.,too. j lo Is confounding her with hid sister, | Lotdsctte, Vvho la kdtogot4ior:ttyfcfair." "Your sistor, sir! Bat my lottqt;,>vas ? for hor. I saw her go into that loom, j and?" AV )\'C;UV! ?Indeed! Another mistake of minel My Bistor did- folJq^v %wifo to her room to bid her good night, an malnod thero but a few moments.' "Thon, sir, you aro not tho pfotti girl's husband! 1 can forgivo'you my wound." Luonoo had lo$t much blooJ, and hA faiutci' When consuiousnoss l'elurnbd Mon sieur and Madam Duiaurier wero burf iod In daripgfor'h'tiS* Vu#fi<Jor Voldo was weeping at tho foot of his bed and Louisotto ;was wutcliiug . Mom ?#ifh a pale and anxious f.ico.** y ? * aj W "Ah!" murmured poot Vi\ri* tie* Voido, "to think! that 1 should have supposed?but it was not rGy wifo." , "rfo uxplanatU&>!M''said Luouqc, ex 'tonding his soipni hand to ilio jjianU ."No explanation*!" w And this ta ?v/h..t a man <i running after tho country folks; lso finds a wife; which is tho best fdrtuuo X can \vi?h .you. ?. ?? j As In tlio caso of hyacinths, tlio sin gle varieties of those forco earlior and bettor thnft tho douhlo onos. Tulins roqu.ro the samo 80il and treatment as hyacinths, only-that sovoral iootH nothi nr?i P?;t0(,1 to^oUl(,r iu opo/,?ninll pot tu ordor to forma "rood arouo ' Ro wan hyacinths nro valmibloTrt jC)oitod?!rlhV ?/Ul?0S8, U3 lho>' ?a'"" V potted in September or Augusts bo easily had in flow or in Novombor. Thdy lim/nH i>l tU!conitivo PiU-pofios if Eft V. anl0(l pro,t>' thiokly. but td tlSi S i ail<t o^'i'^viso inforior ririn ^ ?>V?ftro sol dom gr<*wn?fi0r jtho .iatior cojLos i0. ^uowdi^^a a?ii.^-qi{usuffttico ear ly and My. ami Mid ft? poUod thiokly in pot$ or nans in about four iiahosof sod, oi)d forced forirf gontiy iw *p?h us rooted. undcHho ahn^ troat mont as .lyaoutiidbofovo potting. Thoy during wi in flower ^ r _ tho pool fra^o ov\u:y V6n da,,, ?v. . ?t l)ol>',\nl'Ul9 narcissus of dlfforoL jsoiUJuyvo.always ,booij fayojit^ for Iforc.ng.vUut of hdo iL dalLfil s4tion has bccomo popular for this purpose, andI very liandsomo pot plants thoy jnako; and tho beautiful N. bulboeo jlmm, or small hoop pottieoat daffodil a ono of tho best, it dous better in pots than out doors, as a rule, and stands a good wink-in perf. ction. Thoro are no noator subjocts for pot culture, 'and those who grow it onoo Will grow it al ?ay?. 1 he small bulb, should bo pot ted early in tno autumn?say August or Sop torn bor--kopi Cuoi tijl rooted, and then forced into llowor in pontic heat. w,l?fo',f 10 daffodils force in this fnrL }? 0,10 ?f lho bc?t nge-no^'orod sorts for tho purpose as freely, does not grow tall, Ityrt Is bnA tftMhri vorjr'bust of its c ass lho large-lloworod slnglo N. n axlmn, is ajsogood; so |3 tho com nion double daffodil; and the little N. nanus makoa almost as,iioat a snoci nion as N. luibdCodiuiL Tim lTJor ''avo W13 froin aix,t9 flight inchos in sizdj and. tho small varieties will succeed woll In four Yo WoC ones and in any oommon soil that ? is All tiro ; exti'oinoly pAtatlvoly oheup.-f-i^/cj FictfJ QfammorOinl Intcftlgontic. i? ^!Uli ^ San Antonio, had a Iftigo Jot of porlshablo grooories ho " anted shipped to a point on tho Sun on Hnl s " *l>0 goods did not arrive on time, Sam knew that.Jio would loso loyernl thousand dollars. Of courso ho could sue tho ? railroad oompany for damages, but ho also know that no nioi'ohnnt ever got his money bnok bv SSiog w?,ri{!,roa!! ??w*ytor <?a?n?? gos. Ho felt snfb (ha^ owing to tho usual dolay, the goods would not ar rive on time. It was of no n?o to throat on tlio oillcers of tho railroad, BO ho whs in a quandary whrtt to d<>. a han py thought occurred to him. Sooinjy B?net'a000ral 'rol*U "*">? Sa'" ?'(iiblw, you'yo got the slowest road in loxas. I'll hot it will take a week dToS'IiC? *? A? ( "What wlil yo'u hot?" r J ^ ?f,n ',,nSkot Of <5hampugrto; but 1 know Til win it, for you outlet iako SS2 h"nI,iUy mi,e8 ft U?y tf/tha freight train on your roa<l.? Glbbs was oxasperatod. Hh nrofeg slonal prido as a freight ugont was ?l0 0U."Ctl to tlio bot, and tnado ft ?Inomorandum of ?t, and ho v/on it too, for tho way Sam J'ennot n good# woro rushed oyor the lino was a caution. B,0n,n?11)nt UP tho wino,' lint ho , didn t mind It, as ho savod tho okponso ,,)Wnr otytjto (j<napyt? *molklnK (flay? ft Now York pftpor) has becotho stloh ft general SJlnfJSi00 th,Rt imlnl1 boon STi?h J.w 1 ar2> pt 'or nn]n> w,l'oh S " A I f ftllowed In this Offloo. A man wT.o soils thoso says, Tho greatest demand for thom oomo from banks. Tin, young men who mako donoslts and onrry mejisaeos <or business jfrnn are mostly all add led to tho vloo of smoking Sgarots Jhoro is something abont??lur amell of i? RTr"" l"mr t0?" It y l? nion. Jhif n,rio,t, rlflon ,hom'nn<51 fmmd thli hu0!' thoso enrds ??/*>> .rt r;,rt,|y ",?'?? Now neatly ovonr bank, Jawyw's offl()<,, and rftlf. toad offloo hM Ot.o of thorn pf-omlnohU Sk iKWii !i 1 ?&i{ havd Prtt<?ntod out ofit'' g h??ado a fortune J CA8TLEflARDEN3 f tlie Proposed Hummer V ' J ' , Daittrf> The elevated railroads in Noi *0ot only mako the upper part *t:ity oaslly aceessiblo from the , but tbey as easily brin^ up-town Io\mi. This Is so ploasantly and S^ouiontly douo by tba^pew aorifl' ago that tbo 7V??m suggests tb lid pleasure resort at thp Battel 10 again turned to good.jcooUB J not tlio prime of Statd stt Jl-glory of SmithrtoldM~Jbt U anralcal attractions of tuo! B'att Blio up-towu resident raajFbo ro? "lie Bargo Olllco, as u deposltc Hll poraonul ' bnggago ifmvlnfc j? iropc, is to bo discontinued, 4'ngo hall will bo availn&ta for popular purpose; and ?wy noi ;ho shrewd iourhal, for Tgroat pi mcerts? Why not a mflHiio ?uj fgardon? And tlio eldorty Now-,, ors who recall Jullicn's oonoel Castlo Garden and the pjunmor x pora at Castlo Gardoa wUT\ Why not?" Tho saujitorcr along tho bron orderly wulks of tho Bjttory itjai but to puuso and le<y-^M ?tailing above tho watorj~qnjoy protty spcctaclo aud < ooonn air, im<i to ask considers G&rd{ bo ploasantct, db an A when tho ruaQii?L8 full, t) its outer walljtSd to ?i scenery in tSSrJoolnoss, qud . tho well-modhiflfcod orostra Central Paff^|oharmlny, and under tbo troo&nd listen t is dolightfoffiMJm Casino summer resorfjjtnd In tlS^ oktjri tlio oicasiotftxVMUsle is most W( B\H if Uomeaftrad Juliet $mot tlio ovoning^lflMtnywhot^fiboti lioth street, jfchould weigh* tho solicittitions'for a pleasant or a roiisonablo prioe and Kt- an cossiblo spot, would thgjKndt concert in tlio rofroshlnjftiir O more alluriug than any nvaW 'J'I'oy would bo wiso if, dee tho Battory, hoy should/avoid pikers who 1 omombor-rnoso conoorts, aud that npi groat concorts of Jwihi old building haunts the; proser as tho attio of 1 all tho poet's rearward patliotio music. If the nrj not vorv wary, tho gin to toll them thostor^ when botwoen tho parts in whioh for tho first tltu od tho "Katydid Walts.* across tho Battery fo into tho house that Wo ouplod of airthat lino 4 bay, eaoh \Vliji|a lofty, cony, and the?f for a n tho fostivo hospitality ? was already puft lutha stroot, but wuiobwos heartier than in its drawing-rohiiL,*, Of tivo and foivljfe?-boi n irr tio ?v.vufiwm along tho btoaaourvU upon old S(M|?troot,v that it was "onco in th .i?at in Cast.u u^uvu '.WJH1 for tho last timo in America? qqneorts she Sang "CasfibDlv slugs "Casta Diva" at a concert nc Bayard Taylor wroto tbo Jast song, "Farowoll to America5", Otto iGc smith, who was to bo lior husba composed tho musid. When she' c'a on to sing it, Jouny Lind curried a uo quet of whito roses, wkh a Maltese cross of rod rosebuds in tho'.oentir. Take care, Monsieur Borneo, and y< tf, Mademoiselle Juliot, tit? tho incoi rl giblo proser will bo protesting that h'ol sent those precious llowors; and SjlW ild ho say it, who could authorltatlv >lyi gainsay itP Who, indeed, but Jftti ne other old nrosor, whose, moruorv aaaV fallen into decrepitude, and wlio ! bios and maunders aboirbJdallbrai It was u ejmallor NoW~?ork to Jonuy Lind aiul StoffanOn Uosio and TrfilU and BonodettL all warblod in yondot*. gordon, other birds siug now. .. Thomt. not corao thon, nor waVOfl tho en cd baton whitrtl has oponed tons ? roalm of music. Hut Julllen pi protty waltzes and tuneful overt >n, and patted and pufled and pantei. . as ho dirocted, and tlion ' sank Into his chair with a droll ojft of oxhaust'u n at tho ond. "Ye?, 'twnd a Rai rct, bo It known to all ns Father Prout makos Bornnger ilag. It wns tho day of smaller things. But how pleasant they wore I It yrpia ft smallor Now York. BtttT ask tt prosor, if you cannot uttfytpo hln was young thon, whether it WM quito as good a Now Y<mc as tho Ing Babol of to-day. . Besides tho ocean ni^'UUd tho i.< upon tlio wator, HomoOfipd JulU readily soo tb<U tho 8Ummor-ov6n?^x{. concerts ath/t]? ll.ittory would have rt' little sottingW tradition*^ bnokgrtfnnd. of tho musjmgl other Hnys. And ;)s they onriolv'tfilir onjovmont of to-day with that pou^ivo eoha-of yesterday, possibly Juliot will ad'dlonlsh Borneo to howaro lost whon hU day has bo como yesterday, and h?f talks ofv the musio ho romombors, tni too, like tho old gontloman whom the Easy Chair warns thom to avoid, s|h>uld become a prosor. ? George Wiltivim Curlia, in Harper13 Magazine. ^ William Gilford, I0<llt<T*of tho 4,JL.on tlon Qmrtcnjr," < , Perfect harmony subsisted from first ^ to lust botwoon oilitor and publlshor. Gilford booh bociuuo, iiloroovor, and whilo ho livod romatno?j$lurray*li chiof litorary advisor and ooq^ldunt, Whom lto consulted on evory gcoasion, Nor was tho ex-odltor of tuo? Attti-Jfcoobin and soominjfly moroilosajmtlrljt pt tho liaviad aiid Mcoviad nt. all h narrow mlndod or an ill-naturod man.' A few yonra aftor tho establishment of the; Quarterly Hcvicw Georgo Ttoknor (wtat. 98) nrtivod in London with^loi tors of introduction to GiffoVdr among othors, and tho young Aniorloan thus rooordod tho contrast botwoon tfhat ho thought to huvo found aud what ho did IInd tho Aristuroh of tho QuarUrly He view. "Instead," Tioknor wri os, "of u lull, handsomo inaii, n* 1 hrd sup posod him to ho from ids plo uro, a man of sour and bittor remark i, as I had good roason to boliovo him for his books, 1 found him a short, de&)rmod, and ugly littio man, with a lnr<io head sunk botwoon his shouldors, aid ono of iiin oyos tufticd outward, but jwitfrv' ono of tho host-nuturcd, mosti opon, and woll-brod gontiotnon I harolmot." (iiltord was from a iitorary pumt of viow tho sovorost and strictest of edi tors, writing littio or nothing himself* but storn and somotimes trying id hi*, rovlsion of his contributors' artioios.? F. Ktpinaste, in llurpcr''$ Magauim for /September. A cufloslty at Kookford, It)., is ft young negress with a luxurUqt growth ?! auburn ringlets Washington Duties. .] Ho was handling som* mysterious little parcols at tbo toitot counter of a fashionable drug storo. "I'll twouble you to tend it to my quarters, if you don't mind. You'll end it earlyP Ah. CTateteJtTiiJr. tbo door and strolled down tbe stroot, throwing his boavy horn-handled oano rigbt across bis path at overy step, then dexterously jerking it away just in tiine to let himsolf by. j. "Vanilla oream," said tbo Star man. tossing a nickel on tlio marble in front IT the sodaIBttotSnif'Thd druggist flookfcd amuted as ho" drow tho water and stood smiling at tbo soribo as ho disposed of it. "What is itP" asked tho soribo. w"A dudo," was the., reply. L' "O, I thought it was so'muthtng the ^ inttiteT; w|tb tbo watpr,^ and th,o Star, I mah finished his- gloss frood of an aw . ful suspicion. I "Ho s ono of 'om." A *,Ah!" il*."What do you think ho buys? You couldn't guess." Thou ho went over I {and whispered in tho Star man's oar rbatP" andu?plj*ntm tiwpo^wf. loo, wears corsets," replied tho druggist, |in a hoarse whispor. Thou ho pro sdod to lot out somo astonishing so its. "T1101*0 al'o lots of tbom in this Ity, moro than anywhoro I havo over >u, and I've stood in drugjtoros in l^rfege oi^os.??,Wfe> soil more Itfrjfeon heW than fc womod. jmparativoiy few woiuon- in Wash gtoa paint and most of thom havo "etty good complexions. It's the rnou. Fhoy buy all tho-'fti oy French pow lors and paints, color their chcoks and lipftand pcuoii thoir brows. I could Itnnd at the door ?-few- minutos with ju and point out any number who do fvtj}ls, and you can seO for yourself, you tako tbo troublo to notfoe, thul ley ail wooroorsets. You didn't know iat? Pshaw; it's a common thing | among these fellows, who don't huVe -^ytby^toflo.but ilx themsoivos up to 'Bit ir^at kfncl of fofloWs aro tboy P" cod tbo soribo, becoming interested IheneW dUpovory. ? ^*Xhoy aro mostly young mdn whoso * prauavo mado somo money and died and loft them to sno.nd it. ten there aro tho?Hero Tils voicri ik to ... j ?- r Ton moan to say?P" oxolaimed ... |0? it's only thd young ohos. i of tho men who havo seen sorvleo ld do euoh a thing. Bat yon know oof thouayoung fellow*'who are Itity here, and, spend their time in ladloa' society get vory oUeminate. I ham'watnKe^ loMthc atmir1 _iay are upon long walks, cold water, and 'ilattnel for thoir complexions,* ? and tfill stop usin^ powder of any. kind*, There . arelots or thorn who never use a bit, 'and tbore's whore they aro f-msiblo, i^Jpbo best thing for the" complexion is exorolso and flannel uudqj woar. Flau ndl^tfmdfatos tho'kkin, brings about ja healthy aotion of the blood, which is eMcntlttrfor'dttllchoy*afl'd <51o&tti6ss of \lT-Washi>t{(i<in ^tar. A Spoiled Child. . , oJfcfWontlor wnotber -tho following otory, which I lun o como ncross In tho , rtesbyUt'ian Monthly Visitor, is qulto ' oofroot. Thnt Mrs. Spurgoon should havo had a longing for n plplng-bull * finch and nu onyx ring id remarkable, i |>}jt still more roiuarkablo is It that in continently, thoso ^ two inoongruous , wlshos'sliould havo at opoo droppod down from IioaVon for'Kef deleot&tidu: ! '?])nrlhg mi Uluoss of lift. Spurgobn, ) k%W Mr' .ftflRWWW A0,t H room for [tho journey ho was contemplating, she \ remarked thai alio hoped ho would not | )Hi ftnnoyod with her for telling him \ what had boon passing through ' hor S* Sho,made him, howevor, prpm that ho would not try to prooure * objocts f6r'which tho' had bfoen longing. Sho then told him that'sho had bqon wishing for a piping-bullfinch and an onyx ring. Of OotiVso Mr. Spurgoon exprossod his willingness to got both,, but sho hold him to his prom ise. Ho had to make a slqk cal) on |ils way to >th? HtutIon M wo 11 nu ball at the Tabornaolo. Shortly of tot reach ing tho sick, porflo-i'^ house, tho mother o! tho pationt. \y ids amusement, asked Mr, Spurjiuou if Mrs. would l)ku a plping-UulliuKih, thai, tfiey had one, but that Its mwslc wai trying to thO in valid, und thoy wanld 'gladly part with it to ono who would give It tno requis ite care. IIo thon mado hlucfiU at the Tabernnclo, and aftor reading a vol uminous oorrosfjonddnotf, <ramtf at last to a lot tot and a prtrcol underlying tho other lqttprs> The .letter was from a lady unknown to him. who had receiv ed benoJlt from >hls services In tho orrtftofdvSnd as a slight tokon of hor approbation of thoso sorvloon asked his acooptunoe of tho inolosod onyx ring, nooklot, and bracelets, for whioh sho had no furthor uso. This intonsitled his surprise, and ho hastenod home with what had beon so strangoly sont, went up into his wlfo's siok room, and plaood the objoots sho had longed for boforo hsr. She mot hint with a look of painod reproach, as If ho had allow ed nls regard to ovorrldo his promiso,' but whon he detailed tho truo circum stances of tho oflso, sho was filled with surpriso, and askod Mr^Hunrgoon what ho thought of HP His rojfly was char acteristic: I think you are ono of your honvonly Father's spoilod children, and IIo lust gives you whatever you ask tot. .--London Truth. Bishop Tumor, a prominent colored Georgiiin, urges the young men of his rnce to seek homes on the government lands of the west instead of clinging to the eastern oltlos and nngugluK In oc cupations too often sorvilo. 8nys tho bishop: "You might tuko tho bright est young man in Georgia end let nlm oomo out of Harvard or Yale with a diploma i^Jargo its a bod-shoet, but after ho lias blacked boots for thruo months at a hotel his mnuhood Is gono for life." By sowing a bu*)?nl,o( salt to tho aero a Fayette &t>U?tfy? Missouri, farmer be lievos ho has AilcoOoded* koep&g his nverag* of tWO?ty*fML husbofc of wheat to the aoro maintained for years. A TIRELESS INVKNTOU. l'rof. llell'i Lateit Production of Uenlus ? 1IU Great Mental Knergy. Prof. Holl, it might bo thought, aftor having given to tho wotld tho telo phono, would bo content with his scientific couquests, but ho is still ac tively at work upon probloins of sound and oloctricity in a way that promises an lnyentlon of far greater importance, scientifically and practically, thaa tho telophono itsolf. Ills laboratory is an old-faehionod two-story houso on Con necticut avenuo, near N street, in tho neighborhood of iho British Logatiou, Stunley Mathow's houso, and llio resi dence of Mrs. John Davis. IIo ulso has a private and secrot laboratory over in Georgetown, where at present ho has a most skillful workman un paged upon tho forthcoming instru ment What it is is known only to Prof. Boll and tho man who is workiug ut iho idea. Tho groat inventor has said to his friends that if ho succeeds his now idea will yiold him greater ro tnros than tho telenhono nas. It is suspected, however, by thoso who havo tritren somo atteution to tho course of l'rof. Boll's thought upon tho subject, that it is tho photophone, or tho uso of elootrioity to reproduce ovor tho wires the imago of tho person speaking beforo tho Instrument. Prof. Bell is a mnu of prodigious mental energy, and he is constantly developing now ideas and new applu cations of olectrleni forco for tho pro duction of usolul machines. Ho throws them off as easily and carolessly as you can fancy." For instadco, ho made not long ago an instrument called tin) au dot^ ajioze^n of thoi no o I hmv?>lMftM*y Ilii dett &d iUiw oy ^uoasriroment how muoli sound it ls< possiiilQ*fbr to; donf persoti to bear una1 11 th4Miu4fettir AkAih rAlthoujfh. It is an important instrtime*|M^Z^BV^>U o'lWV' retudriotM visodH*tf'."4 culled fcho,"sn whiph^oan b echcfsBpui a bolt. the dog ulI business p-.? 80lf He, is couatanUjt jjy.j.Mg, lUWIO UIIU uiur timo. to hia^lHvfo'school on Sixtoont street, where lie bj*S perhaps ascoro ot, pup^rJ?0?. iili of them wholly deaf, to -whortt ho is tenoning tho art latitude. Ilo^ttafning the?o liiiltr otiitUrelt' ?o Whatr tlioy oun< distinguish frdoilU'e and fooo of'iho person* spouk?n? wnMjW s?y, aurt; tc^hi^fj them to lmitato tho proper ap'qttge* o lbur*OT*?n 1 n tr toll* nw. ?.ii***' ?*ri???*-*> ?was tlit! >>2; h"? **V - ...,r eo in pact ft .. nind carried Jto- thu xulnd ? ?..u [listener a complete scicutiiic idea. In nail tin 'hour lio hud indicated to tho uiul great invention, and 'the workman saicf n wo liftd known this two months ago we might havo saved two' montlis' labor< ' It dQuiou?trntud< to trio tlib Wi^ndorful versati.ity' ^of tho luali wijo, in Ins fur-adviiuced studies on the subject of sound ami hearing, could pass to utterly diverse subjects instantly and witn perfect mastery of each." ,lt is understood also thai l'rof., llell is at Work upoti thti^ probloift of re solving heat at once into electricity, u result, if it'Otill be obtained, lliuV will gloatly simplify and qJiMupen ail usos o.' electricity.? IVaahi-ylun Lor. 1'ills bury Conivieroia -.UnxaL'. Outwitting thn Glust. lint, II primitive? man know how to bully, 1M4 also know hdw to outwit tlio ghost. For examplo, a ghost oan only itnil his way hnck to tlib bonso by tho way by, which ho loft it. This \iltloJ weakness dill not dsc:tpo .tho vigilance of ot?r anoiktOrs, and>they.' took dhcir measures accordingly. Tho collln was carried out of tlio house, not by tho door, bnt by a hole in ado for tho pur pose in tho wall, and this Jiolo wn.i carotully ntoppcd up as noon . as the body had boon passod through ><! s<> that, when th;j ghost *fitro Hod quietly I baok fi^lrti'tliQ grave, ho fOljud tor his Burpriso that thoro was no thorough faro. Tho'crodit of tiiia ingenious de vico is shared equally by Groonlandors, Ilottontots, Boolmanai. Surnoldds.Ojib ways, Algonquins, Laosians, Hindoos, Thibetans, Siamese, Chinoso, and Keo jeoans. - i Those gpooial openings, or 'Moor? , of tho dead,"' aro still to bo gcon in K villafco noar Amstordaih', 'ami thoy woro common in Homo-towns of traoo of tho tftme custom surv'ivos in ThuringOty^tiMaro it^^f vtfumght that tho gliost'of it mtui who'hftfHj'on hang od will return to llto.honso if; tl>o body bo not token out by a window instead of the door. ? The Biamoso, not content with cann ing tho dead man out by a special op otnng, endeavor to mnko assurance "*H<mbly f?ure by hurrying him throo tlmos round thohouso at full speed--a proceeding well oalotilated to bowthier tho poor soul in the coflin, Tho, Ainucaniaus adQ?( .tho plan, of streWin^ tones behind tno^oflin ?h ?v is being borne U> the grave, in ovdor.thot. tho gliofct rfifty rtot bo able tA flnfl Iris way baok. rery gonoral practice of closing tho oyd# 01 tho doad appear* to . httVo originated with a similar object; it Whs a mode of blindfolding tho (load, that he might not soo tho Way by which lie was carried to his last homo.? Jamc* 0. Fruzcr, in l o/mlar Helena5 Monthly for iici>temOcr. Tho largo oflieo of tho secretary of tho navy opons through windows that reach nearly to the floor upon a mas sive granlto portico. This is surroun ded by n heavy, balustrado. fcuorotiMy Whit hoy has utlilfeod this portico dur ing the recent hot weather bv stretch ing awning soroons across tlio entrance front. With a few rusty rooking-oimira p.nd armchairs iio has a very oo/?y little rotroat. VVliwU lie wants to have a con fidential chat with a visitor he imites him out on tho po-,i,"? '"hero ihoy oan talk undisturuod \\%\ Hl^loll dl'hito *t ltt\ oxteiifctowhif.il iron 'and 'stnli should be strained wlton testing for manuti.e turn into boilers, girders* ooits, etc., but o sort of general agreement, has been arrivod at that the test stress ought not to be loss than one-third or moro than Ope-half of tho ultimate itrongth of the material. >, T!i 11 ? li . \v. Flint it \< "?? ?: t" : ai !; utn Ui <: to r.cir.'.in u. serious oT:> a evni from Ill-titling ?pec;;.ea-?. That tin cloutiod w th j?at????" w;i shine better than cea* e.1 w.'.ii '.l.aiaa. That cistern water may l?? px:rif"n-*j by charcoal put in a bag and htr.g in the water. ~ That powdered lino, sprinkled rpon lint ami applied to (resi wouud-. wiii t>toi) bleeding. That salt wi* i etuove the a:t iil\iT i\tn>t?d bV i . ??* \v? ???:: ap;v Icy Willi a soft eioth. 1 hat hoi. dry tlanne.s nan to.i to In face ai:d m ix. i' a \<r\ e.lloiiiv- , remedy f >r a "jMhiping t><;'. v \ That fi u.t or i -1 : i . linen or ulcer <\hit< eio> io.s in ,\ n? ? j hiovo'l bv .icu.ii.; ui a <v .. . i of oxalic aed. 'llial hud \\a'.ci> a. ofPho pre .'erred to toll water* i i Uio a-* ;no i : waters dis>o.v< it *s < t i.te la.in.u id t. - i iOitVeS. I Ti t :?f:v-r a r. .s *i. ?????(? I in I boiling water l<?r imi' ?i;;:;? ? ? . a irv ?> proportion of the vu'?.::t'a ? < ' a :.i arc extracted. That tin? most e'.Veetua' rivsv-iy for si nil v and giva-v ni.ua pipia e>-p'; r iis dissolved and lett to work j: ?. I;? i. \ through ilie j>ij e. ? That plaster of l'aris <>: nadV' . ? tr..iv ho cleaned by eov< Ting tl. ai a..a a thick layer ol starch, ietriu.. it ?;r\ thoroughly and briiM.irg wUa a brush. That a room crowdcd ?o d;-c> a.fa; ; with furniture ;.;id oru: iiient-.. i.o n.al ter how cost.y, is never till and homolike, and ? al\va\s tlio shop or t o liiiiM'Uiti. ? i'..-.. ? ? -ttu-i-e-iiv. That old feather I '?'tis, by ant ting a lie ?tl them upon a clean grass pm; dun i heavy shower, permitting iIimii to thoroughly wet through ami tin n dt ? and beaten with 11..lit rods, wid freshen atul enliven the leather*. Thai a dark and glooniv- ivotn may be brightened by. \?1mo.iii; coom/-a shelves over the dftots and winnow*., grouping scarlet, yellow ?<r?;ii?.ed tans upon tlio walbv'tfhd p!u in,' pietiy brio-a-brao and vasos in positions whoro tlioy will bu brought into-relict by a cheerful background. That by noting on \ne following in structions a nice Sninm< r drink may be made: Cut .. ieiiioti n to ::.. i .-dice*, nut tliein in a jar or piteaei. an I add a heaping tablospoonful of sugar r.nd a pint of hot water; let it >t:;nd until cool; strain Into a bottle; p!.we on ice until wanted,? Gocd U<ii:t. c..in>j. A nut Thai C.i%i $ 112. Lioutenant Farnan, <?! ih<? So itliern Police District, has a p'cklcd h niher wiuged bat. Ho tlidn*l nuy it. bat he says tlio bat cost him a considerable 9Uin, and ho. intends to keep it His story is as follow.iv "O.io of my liille boys, who sleep.s in a roonJ to mine, culled mo Uybont 12 ..o'qlook, v11" nl|(hfe?ntl said, aoinoUjipg tiio bat again," (?nt lii^bftrt' him I knbekod every r <5rilaraonfc bff thtft r mantloprncc ahd nvok^ tho globrfi Oii | the chandelier. Then 1 was madder than before, and 1 tried to fall on the bat as ho came near the floor, anil 1 fell over a chair aiid broke that. All tho limo'iny wife was saying, 'Tom, open tho shutters and let the bat .oui, anl don't tour tho house down.' Tl al made mo still worse, and making a d"* perato ])lungo 1 got the spread ov. r him and floored him. Tho bat sipieal ed, and l wa9 afraid to put niy-hand under tho spread ami take hi,m out. Finally, I got my wife to- bring me an old buckskin glove, anil I got him onu and held him in a bfickot of water un til 1 drowned him. Reckoning dam ages, I suppose that bal cost mo about $12. and 1 intend to Itoid on tc it until some fool is willing to ttike it oil' my hands at cost."?built more Atn.rictU. Aii Annoy In ? I'osUion. A travolcr stopned at a an(' asked tlio kcopcv if Ho ha(rT|^'"good, cool water. "John," said tho keeper, tuniirij* to his son, "fetch mo tho nun?-tho oho loildod will* bUQNsllOt." ' . "Hold on!" oxclaiiuod tho traveler. I mount no harm." "Willi, tlion I'll lot you oil." Tho traveler rodo on, Wondoring why tho question h:id caused oU'enso. Ho stopped at a house and asked.'! man if ho could toll hitil why tiio gato-keopor became angry. "Yos, I can toll you. Ho has to car ry wutor about a miio and a half and it is always warm by the time ho got# homo with it. livery <?no tiyvt comes along asks if bo's got good, cool wutor. Ho scarcely hoars anything olso from morning until night. Tho man wiio kept tins gate lusiycar went cra/.y, hut thinlollow seems to stand it bettor. Ho is rather ? ?von- tempered, and al though ho liaa kept tho gate sovoval months ho has only killed two drum mer* and crippled a boy. Ikopt that gato onoo." , "Did the pooplo annoy yous" "Not mucin I only had to knock down ono man and slab another ouo, but I o .iy kopt tlioiuito.a week." "VVliy don't the felJow ^lig a well?" "Now look hero, a thousand men have ankod mo tlr.it question. Strang er, 1 reckon you'd butter niosoy."~?-At' k<ins<iv Traveler. , , . Arctic Kxploratlon. " Thoro rtdil be n general ncfjuioscertco in tho opinion of LioUt. Dunenhowor in rospoot to tho praetkmbility of further Arctio explyyu^op whoil he ? "After having rteri'iVt \\ jr. Arctic expedition, ami having devoted seven years to thn study of tltd !<ti inject, a* w??i) ns to tho watchful otr?ei V iton c.t tho numerous ell'oH* and the eompnrntive insignificant results uttendin*.r 'acvilioo of human lifo and irenmit*? I u:ihc<l talingly record nv. i?;!i i o?i" 'I to further exploration tjlr*c ntt'.ii p'dtf basin with our pro-scut ri so iree 'I gradual extension <>f observatory #t-i liont in tlio iiilure.-.l.of un '.??01 o.i>,;ic.i!, magnetism and otic r fi??nI.tic? In:.n< li es should l)n made, but n tional ^u|? port should not iv giv?.n lo another polar expedition." I,lent, (ireoiy and other cxp.orer.s take nil opposite view ol I?.<? n. iller, alid the (pie-i .o:i ,.i ' one \ ii.cn \\ , I prooaif.) l?o iniicli ?!] -??!.- ci, i,'it i lit; tesuit of tile recctl rxp-d t ifA't | ohit Ptroinjiy to tho (?oHo.in;<>;i t,i.?? the game id Jiot wirlh thtv c uH;e. Nothing bothers a modest but hungry old hen so mucii as when she has made a hearty breakfast oil an old shoo luce and llnils the unfortunate shoe still at tho ond of it,?Jf'ull Itivcr Advance. W. ? MiSBySH^ LINKS. | Ai I 'll Pattl Is writing a book of mcraolri -?'? Mrs. Machcy's sapphires nro the fln-?u* o^i worn in Knglaud., _ . Ail tin; relatives of ex-Vico l'rcsldcit^ Wnculer have died during tlio pastleh ycare. <?. i ? i" I Copperas mixed with tho whitewash. ^ put upon tlio cellar-walls will koop Vor ix)in aw; y. ' Miss N'ellio Avllnir Is salt! to bo""' pii'winir ptetl'.cr :ui 1 more charming ,, e\a rv ii.iv. I ? " , i I A daturhl.-r of I! P. Uoe. the novol I isl, who i?? yet in her l? ons, has alvoatfy i be^un to v. rito stories. . ? i It 11;i- ! ?? mi ti^ure i out that 6.4Q0,, | ;?n~?. m ,-t s wore carried by tho I world's railway.* in IKS'J. :? I'rineo bonis of L.Uleitpcr# id a prac- , i tii p: . t-.d :n ipsently uses tho a :;t; i ;..le k-.r^n:u>ciucttfVr lI.Mity lr\::sg ajjiced 'villi at: English pti:lo. .!? ,e'*-?ol to havo any pkkurcs I IK--:: > American toips. M v rei W e-'.Kii, Dakota's weather pr pliet, i< oiv hundred a:ul ten ybars 1 of a.;o. f.;ne is ol<l enough to know bet ter. Accord:?!?: t(> an eminoul Southern J :.i!! wui iiv on harbocuj* it ltviv<5s lou *>' hours to roast v wnulo ox to putyioo- ... j lion. . , Sarah llu naardl is said to bo soiled , >viih a land be desire to pet out of del.;. Sarah U evidently becoming a ivr. i good ?;ir!. V '? A I'm :.di'ipiiia no:::m, one hundred ?? and ei^iit year- old, is cutting a now t< set o; lei Hi and ..as recently regained I; r eye,, i;t. Miise.ua mamigors arc tempting a t. Wisconsin gi.l to e\.libit tiie horns which are c*>. d by a careful ar- ? ran-ionic:;: ol la-r hair. u *? K I war1, Lvereit TTalo says "lie lias cutvd < il'IiI oi his ciiu.lrutv.ol Mfjt<jppiii? ioiiu.1 i-\ t ?k:ng litem to the <;as l'.ic lor?<"?. of S irh Ko !on. 11.Try Wall, who i; c.vllcd "King of*" * ino Duties" in N< \v York, manages to "? ? s-pend an income ot .*60, Out) a year in -L Ki" pmg up lb..l ivpuuiuou. >-,{ Lady l*oiorid^e, t i;o brido of tlio Lord .? ? C.iai Jufttn;-.! ?-i Knglaud, is a uiy,ndj.'? w.iit a l a:ii. r j.ieity oval faeo, anaj^ .s..i l to In! i:ii:.?tc.i! sit Iter tastes'. 1 i^ttre-ite:.d^ f-.r ship< aiid slcam bo.r.s are !;ohv? out of use. Whorrt- lfe'r 'a Im'iO tin-re were iil Ho.<tott six carrom ' I o: tliese heads, now Uiero is oiily ono.-, n M iio bust way oi sobering up is tto. ? I batlf! the l.ead* ami wriits in co.liX >va-l . tor, and tai;e a poUui?Uj ?bi;o?i)uie of puiassiuui and aromatic anitnonia or yaletnut. : ? ?? ?" >? ?'?' That old device of novel and dramn, ?>-? a blotting pad Unit roiamti an iinpvos- , si on oi a missing ilocmuenl, bu^aqmui-^^, Iv turned up as evidence in a t*cal Cali foruia lawsuit. iA' *1** ? TIiovA is capital to tiie ' amouut" 6#*' J^^oO.OOO.tKlU invt ,tod in tlio Watch ntf(l" ,J qiodk imttfosL iti'lho UnhoddStatoM, Si.., -ra.A<m'aL<Jn?ma/' w^nts ai^cliooi. n <ii" *J"-V ij:-. VI, tloal jis* a .i.cTorfd wcai na a WfRJlSl' aiic?> of thivftwls' befdrd tiotisoS ^e^ti w built nonv fltttm. Sttvljj A Ran Krattoiseo corrospondonL loi :> tlio bt. Louis (J'?'/><!-JiemooruC wrUc^. t, that, in iii.s declining years, tlio mib A! irk ii. pi,.:: buiit a hu^o (loth'ic riiis il'1 (/u i'.'.e very s.itnmit of Nob' Hilk ^ One day. walking j>.i?-! tlio house;'bo 4 looked tip at. it. nntl, turning to ail al timiaul, <:.t<iwiud mil: "W bo is tjio t'l .t is p;,i:,:,g ;,ood money into tliat i.giy i or. ?? J[i! had forgotten his 1 own piae,-. * li i. .<?ti I '.h it wb' ti Tj'tvd I'leneons"-'''* l.o.d. mit i)f otlb-e, Holrteod bimsolf by-?i |!uljiihbuii.r "i'.udyieit'n" and made ono,? of iiis eh. t;,i ;er ?, Waldeiwhare, Uiitlci'tl.j, S? creSarv i -r i nrii/n AlVa:r.?, the po sition lb"-:: . .M by "sir Charles DilltO,^ lie evid Mifly i:i!f ti''r-:| to pictttfit tllff'*1 Ktiitesiua?, who itas just ^utVered it par->vt tiai i.nil Ha.oil bii. .oil' front a .total*) cuiip.ou by :h ' payuciit of tr 120,0JO, to 5 tluj i::j::re.<i u.rd of a lady, "To me.?; tiie requirements of a class ic figure," mivs a writer in tho" Indlitfr^ itpMss "a lady ahortlfl ' brt>3 & t'e(<L J-,1' ??.<'h??? tall, J12 inches bust i men ,nre. 2 ! t.iclaJ.s waist, i> ii.ciiosIjonVi armpit.lo wai.ii., 1 -ng arms and uook.t A <pieei,ly wen:an, however, should no I) ioei C inelic* I ill, Td inches a)>out thd ' btmt, -in i:i??': 1?'?nii'itH the Wahl,-86 ov^v the hips, 11^ inohes nrouml tKO.? bidi ofctbi^unitjiftii incliei around tho* wrisi. Her bauds and fe-t jihoultl I) ? too yni i:1." " if is said that Mn. Sartorls, (iencral ('.rrtit's only dhiijrttt'T,- will nialto a sliort vi'il tfi ICnglaud llti Kabv nnd ' will l hen * cuije t>aol< tfi this , country j with her ciiitdl'eii for the purp^sp o', educating ami l>:i:igin^ Incut \}\t a? AiittMieaiis. it was the wish of Oohfci''-' ttl Ci'int that the ehiidrcn should l)rt ' (ultioated. M^tidos this, Mr?. Hartorirt-s is anxious to l>o wiiii her mother for* some lime al icasl. Mn;. (1 rant. Wishes; lo have Iter children ab^Mtl her. it is .said by /-Id prospcctotH that tboro is not a iiiontilaiii-pefik In Cblo ratlo On the tr> top of which tlltiro ''\A' not a tin can. Tourists nnd mottrttAltt^* clinihors hitvo a habit of taking up,^yitit< them a tin 0:111 lo ho left at tho ttumuilli for the disposition on slips of papor oi, tho names of all who ascend tho mouttV aiu aftet; tlieni. It is also said tllliti due may wander to tho uttermost, depths oi l!.o wilderness Into placoA) where the foot of mortal man has ap parently never trod, and there will bo found the Inevitable tin can. lndtirid, it would seem that tho can; ratherthuit tho nx, is tho pionnor of civilisation. ??Wo havo nVnny CptooV experioncea in tho piaetieo of my pro/eeslon^' sniil, tho doctor, as ho tleflly dusteu tho powders on tlio littlo papers sm'rtad 1)0* fole him. "Only tho otliOr TdfotO over to 0??htii, reveti inlbts aWfty, to visit a patient, an old gontlotUan su(? fei ing from an incurably disease that 4 , had l>et ii Iroaling for soiuo moulhs. I '".V horho I walked lo tho UotiAft j and < tilered tho > ltting-room WllKAftf I knocking. Judge of my ntlrprtfto to i see lyin ; on a stietohor tlio deatl body j of my patient <dad for burial, aitcl hCh j eonfrt upon I no bior awaitiug its oocu I pant. J had just 'lime to nOtO theso i things wiien tlio wife came In, and sim ply say!tij{ 'f i'lod niornlng,' she sllpperl j to a cupboard, anil taking otlt a? or)*' j vwlopo containing money . emptied i% upon tno cuUht-did, and ooutijiQf( out my feo handed il to mo, replndeil tllw envelope iff Mid clipboard, 9lul left tllO room without saying a word. I had | often been paid in lito presenco of my recovered patients, but novor bofOfO with the still', slack cvidenco of tho Itt* .> , .fv?. .? 1, I itmin,o \/t l/UV ?u* cfVectivoness of my favorlto apathy* staring mo in tho face. I Qtul. ner'8 iiamr. U A