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_ Altboogb I/elind liasj been de- fjcrihetl as one great farm, only thirty >f tue Mohoolhousea have gardens attached to them. A Southern railway has made a new departure by appointing a young woman as its chief train dispatcher. She is a native of Georgia and is said to be but twenty years of age. Says the London (England) Specta tor: Without pretending to the knowl edge of experts, we look upon it as a law that when Anglo-Saxons open fire upon the water their flag will be found flying after the engagement. “Neither can be on Aop; they must walk hand in hand." These words of Bishop Potter in reference to capital and labor, the New York Herald thinks, should be inscribed in big let ters wherever capital and labor meet. They put in terse form the only solu tion of the useless and perilous dis putes which disorganize both sides. At the Paris meeting of the Inter national Medical Congress, to be held presently, a treatise will be read com- y^sed by Emperor Menelek of Abys- f sinia on “Smallpox and Preventative f Vaccination” as it has been practiced in that country for two centuries. The discourse may bring forward the claim of some Abyssinian Jeuner, hitherto unheard of, pointing the moral that there is no new thing un der the sun, and never has been, even the English doctor’s bovine lymph being but a plagiary and weak after thought. The debut of the Emperor as an author of medical tractates may be more interesting to Abyssiuians than to ’Western doctors, but to both it is a noteworthy incident, and native or alien inattentive to his postulous opu«enlnm is first to be pitied and ^ •<*wor that neither endured braced. • REMEMBER HOW TO SMILE. g' ^ jt- Whatever yon may f >rget. my friend, TraversiuK the (>alh of lob; >f ail the sorrows that come to you In the midst of life’s turmoil. You will always travel a brighter way And happier be the while, If you only look on the sunniest side And remember how to smile. A king may carry a golden crown And a queen her jewels wear. But they cauuot comfort a burdened Nor lighten a load of care, But you may garlands of beauty twine And gloomiest hours beguile. If you have the gift of a eheeerful face And remember how to smile. Success is waiting I Who is willing to B|g| And a clu •mil heart 4 the capital That is needed most to begin. For tie who looks on tF Has hope for many l Tue .-.wcetest secret • i Is the secret of So whatever you may forget, my fri In the midst of life's turmoil. heart lb-tain the treasorw of cheerfulness To sweeten sorrow and toll, And wlien success seems a far-off prise, And failure threatens awhile. O' i t forgetfulness win your frown, 111f rtMnPn: hftl* hnur tsx <••**<!*» FLIGHT OF THE ARMADA usiui liut remember how to smile. —Arthur Lewis Tubbs. i. A dfbjlk Ai rfb dli A A A A-i THE PET CANARY. r-yyy •yp 'VV V V V'W'V V W* “Shut the window, Charlie, before light was out, and apparently no one you sit down,” said Mrs. Scarle to ; was awake. He did not feel inclined her little boy, ns she took the head of then to enter, lest he might disturb «’i fly .did. It ran thus: B AMI WOKE, Nov. 17,18—. I am advised by our depos- William Van Duzen, to for- the inclosed ebeck for fifty dollars ($50,000), payment with interest to date, of a for- )t. Mr. Van Dnzen desires that he will call himself ou ly opportunity aud explain, im, sir, yours respectfully, “J. JoHNgroNE, Manager. William Seakle. ” ru ought to forward this at once Seibert,” I said, “as it may be, Evidently is, of importance to the uor cm- Women are endowed with strange vagaries, and, while extremely fastidi ous in many ways, are very neglectful in others, confesses Godey’s Magazine. Even tho swellest society girl is not as particular as to the freshness of her collars and cufls ns the plain every day man of business; to change his linen at least once a day is a sort of religion with most men. With a wom an it is different; they will inspect their collar and cufls after a day’s hard wear, and decide that they will do, no* recognizing the fact that if any doubt exists on the matter they should be consigned to the laundry without demur. Again, a man is much more concerned as to the state of his shoes than t woman; even the poor : lfsh*iue witTi Sut grudging, if it b» imperative that the nickol. be saved, he gets up earlier in the morn ing and wields the blacking-brush himself. The woman will gown her self in Worth's or Paquin’s latest crea tion aud forget to look at her shoes. them aud perhaps worry his wife if she should discover, as was almost certain, his present unenviable frame of mind and its cause. So he wan dered on dpwit the street toward the North river. He scpioely knew where he‘‘was going and did not seem to care. How diflerent life appears as success smiles or fortune frowns on us! He reached “Niue o’clock, my dear; I ought to ' the river and on one of its piers stood ,ve been in the city by this time.” watching the night craft plying to and fro on its swiftly flowing bosom, bright ly lit up by the rays of the full moon overhead. Theu be looked down on the water ns it whirled and eddied in a quiet pool at one corner. How calm and still it looked as if it had gladly tound rest by slipping aside from the strong and rapid current of the main stream. He looked long aud earnestly, his thoughts wandering between his pe cuniary troubles and the apparent “There, children, that is enough, j tranquillity of the quiet water on which You may put him into his cage, now,” | his gaze was riveted.. A thought suddenly struck him. Wouldn’t this be a solution of his dif ficulties? Why not end them and ac cept the rest from trouble which this quiet pool offered? A plunge, a short struggle, a comparatively easy death, and all would be over. No more earthly ups and downs; no more re- s of fortunes and hopes of hap- forraed only to be suddenly the breakfast table one dull morning. “Charlie can’t, mamma; he isn’t tall enough,’ said Clara, the only daughter, laughing at her brother’s futile efforts. “.Shall I do it?” “Never mind; the servant can, after we finish breakfast.” Having completed his morning meal Mr. Searle looked at his watch and started up to go, saying: “N have Oh, papa,” cried Clara, his favor ite,as she ran for their pet canary, “do make Dicky jump before you go.” “Well, be quick dear, as I am in a hurry today.” But Dicky went through his per formance slowly and sulkily. Perhaps his master’s curt manner and the weather had something to do with it. For everything, as sometimes will happen, seemed to go at sixes and sevens that morning. 4 EXPERIENCES OF PHILIPS FLEET IN THE STORMY GERMAN OCEAN. Haiti Mr. Searle, as lq> held the bird, perched on his forefinger, toward hi.s daughter. But Dicky, instead of bopping ou to Clara’s outstretched hand,unexpected ly flew round the room; and, ere they could shut or even thought of the half-dosed window, was out in the open air aud on a neighboring house- versel toj). All their efforts to allure him piuess hack weie fruitless. He was soon out dashed to the grouud. k of sight aud away. The i'amily pet It was one of those alluring sugges- was gone. And Mr. Searle left them tions ivhich the watchful aud wily in tears aud inconsolable at the loss tempter flashes into the tempest-tossed of the favorite. brain in its moments of sorest stress “Ton need not expect me home | ftt»d deepest agony. The prospect of early, ’ said he, as he embraced his wife and children on the doorstep. “I'his is club night, and I may dine there.” The Board of Education of the city ©f Buffalo, N. Y., has just perfected plans for practical instruction in the principles of banking in certain grades of the public schools. Through the generous co-operation of William C. Cornwall, President of the City Bank_ announces the Chicago Times-Herald, the schools have been placed in pos session of all the paraphernalia neces sary to make tht instruction not only very complete, but more practical in its character than the usual courses of (©-called “ business training” in the schools. The idea is not to make bankers of the pupils, but to incite them with the ambition to become identified with the business of bank ing. The design is rather to make “depositors” of them, to teach them how to avail themselves of the facili ties offered by the banks. They are to be made familiar not only with the fuuctions of the banks as instruments for aggregating the small individual savings of a particular locality, so that they may be used in facilitating vari . ous business activities, but they are to be taught the benefits that accrue V, all classes from putting idle money into the channel* of industry ami trade. It is not enough to teach the youth of the public schools how to use the banks. The knowledge of the use of checks, drafts, deposit books and other banking instruments is hnpor taut. But the greatest value of this eort of instruction will come from in ing the general obligation to al no money to lie fallow in boxes or an drawers. If public school in m in banking will convince the ig man that it is his duty to put tirat hundred dollars he saves * i bank—provided he has no name for it—where it will do its toward quickening the iudustria and enterprises of the com r in which he lives, the Boards of all our cities can wel to (Make the outlay necessary speedy and certain release seemed so ’ easy that he determiued to accept it. He flung down his hat and stick and was preparing to plnnge when his at- Heurle was senior partner in a New tention was suddenly arrested by the pecking aud twirling of a little bird which had perched on his shoulder and was -thus trying to attract his &t- tentiofi. “¥ly little Dick,” he said, fondly, looking round and seeing that it was Lis pet canary, which,pleased at being recognized.immediately hopped on his forefinger and then burst into full song. Tired, frigbtened and hungry after its truant wkuderings,t |e lj.rst paraun. toward \rh&tC Provtdenofe mrecAad it for sympathy and snecof happened to “You don’t say so,” said Searle, in , be its master. What memories that melody awoke of the wife and children, happiness aud home that he had almost rashly given up forever! It wasthelthuriel’s si>ear, which at once bid the tempter fly aud made the path of duty clear. His face first crimsoned with shame as lie thought of the cowardice and folly of self-destruction and leaving lus family in poverty and distress to battle with the cold world aloue. Theu tears came into his eyes as he pictured his narrow escape from suicide. He raised his clasped hands toward York baukiug aud commission firm of good repute, but the panic and recent failures pressed heavily ou them. “Anything new, Mr. Seibert?” he said to the junior partner, as he en tered the inner office. “Our issues yesterday exceeded the deposits by $”300. Indeed, tin was quite a run ou the bunk, threatens to be worse todjMR,' e have already paid out a u au anxious tone. “Brown Sr Hoyt of Boston,” coutiu- tiuued Seibert, “who owe us bills to the amount of $15,000, aud Willis Brothers, whose paper we have to the extent of $20,000, are both reported to be shaky.” “Well,we must try to stem the tide somehow,” said Air. Searle, wearily. The run on the bunk that day was worse than ever, aud as the doors closed there was little more thm $500 left for the morrow. But for some to M aud Searle’s illness was both dangerous and tedious. The delirium lasted for a week and not for another was it prudent to admit an interview with rtner or any conversation relat- o business. At Seibert’s special rgent request, however, I re- so far as to convey the follow- essage: “Keep your mind easy, is all right. ” I did not then the full meaning of the sentence, ibert said it was certain to aid medies, and so it did. month after, though weak,Searle was again at work in his office, and when I called to see him he related the whole affair in confidence. He knew that his wife had. wisely, at the commencement of his illness, told me of his embarrassment, mental distress and its sequel as a guide for my treatmeut^and also that I had seen the mysterious letter which Mrs. Searle opened on the morning of the attack. The run on the bank continued for some days after the beginning of Mr. Searle’s illness, and little more than $50 was left when the $50,000 draft arrived from Baltimore. This timely succor kept the firm afloat and saved them from bankruptcy. But for its arrival, ere another hour had passed, the doors would have been closed and Searle A Seibert declared insolvent. Van Duzeu, who sent the money, had been a partner of Searle in Boston some 20 years before. He bad gone to Chicago to transact business for the firm .Mid at the same time pay a heavy bill, but absconded with the money aud had not since been beard of. He had fled, however, to Pern, where, under an assumed name, he had judi ciously invested his ill-gotten capital and been successful. He was now rich and desirous of returning to his native country to lead a creditable life and end his days. As a preliminary step and anxious to make his peace with Searle, whom he had so deeply wronged, he sent him the draft in full for his now half- forgotten defalcation. Fortunately it arrived in time to save his old partner from ruin. ’ v Not long after he called at Searle’s private residence and requested au in-t terview./ He was fully forgiven by m kind-hearted patient, although in f< mer <ntys he had unjustly sufferei a time from the suspicion of hi beeSi an accomplice in Van Du iiigUi. a . itafbaakiKg firm of Searle bertl A now flourishing and bidi to hr one of Vue foremost fn the I often pay the Searles a visit in streetAwhere the little bird, to which they oiw so much, is fondly exhibited to every visitor by Charlie and Clara, who te*l each one oi its surreptitious flight and wobderful capture by papa; but do not fully know under what cir cumstances this occurred imd, of i course, cannot realize how much they are indebted to the affection of “little Dick,” the pet canary. . Soldiers and Sailors Lounged About tho l>eck« in Sullen, Silent. Groups—A Captain Hnng to the Yard-Ann a* n Lennon to the Disobedient and Cowardly. In the Century there is an illustrated article on “The Spanish Armada,” by William Frederic Tilton, with an in troduction by Captain Alfred T. Mahan,, After describing the defeat of the Armada, Mr. Tilton says: Meanwhile the Spaniards were speeding, crestfallen, over the Ger man ocean, under all the canvas that their torn rigging and splintered spars would bear. For Sidonia’s men were thinking only of getting home to the warm sun and sparkling water of their oara Espana—dear old Spain. Sol diers and sailors lounged in sullen, silent groups about the decks. The flag-ship would not respond to the sa lutes of her consorts. The wind blew northerly at times, but the duke for got his promise to sail back into the channel. He thought only of flight, aud offered his French pilot two thou sand ducats if he should bring him safe to Spain. Soon the autumn storms hnrst, and the Spaniards had to house everything but a rag of sail to steer by. Thick, black fogs often settled down upon them, so that they could not see one another’s lights at night. One day, however, they had the melancholy satisfaction of captur ing a few English pinnaces returning from their fishing-ground laden with cod aud ling. This—one almost re grets to say it—was the greatest achievement of the fleet that was to give Philip the sovereignty over west ern Europe. The men had been sup plied with clothes only for a short summer campaign, and these North sea gales froze them to the bone. “We all expected to come home rich from this expedition,” wrote a gentleman on hoard the flag-ship, as she was floundering past Scotland ; “but now we are coming home in our shirts, for our clothes got so ragged that we had to throw them overboard.” To in crease the wretchedness, it became necessary to reduce the rations to starving-point. The artillery mules aud noblemen’s horses, which a wise commander would have kept for food, were cast overboard to save water. It was heartrending to see the wild white eyes of the poor brutes, as, plunging and snorting, they tried to swim back to the ship’s side. It seemed imperative to punish some body for all this disgrace and misery. A number of officers were accused of disobedience or cowardice. Some of these the duke deprived of their com mands ; and one captain was hanged in a pinnace, which was sent through the fleet with its gruesome freight dangling from the yard-arm as a warn ing to the rest. The weather got ever wilder. The ships heaved and rolled, and their yards deep into the 11s got so badly strained itiffened wit' 2?* in th« of the many small woods, where they are attention possible undo: stances. These hospitals are nothing more than deserted country houses, with beds made by driving four forked sticks into the ground, two at the head and two at the foot; a heavy stick is then laid in each pair of forks, aud thin sticks, laid lengthwise of the bed, rest on these. The frame is then covered with banana-leaves, and, if it is possible to procure it, a sheet com pletes the bed. These hospitals are iu charge of a practicante, but uuder the general supervision of the doctor, who visits them as often as possible, and in some cases, as after a heavy engagement, a doctor or several doc tors are assigned to them, and remain as long as their services are required. As soon as a new patient arrives he ia placed on a new bed, as the same bed is never used twice, and is given au attendant to do his cooking and attend to his wants. These hospitals are well supplied with bandages and medicine, and the prefect is required to keep them sup plied with vegetables, sugar, milk, etc. The general in whose division they are furnishes meat, aud the coun try people bring chickens, eggs, and- any little dainties they may have. As the wounds are mostly from Manser balls, few amputations are necessary, aud the patients recover rapidlyT Tiur* when the wounds are from Reming tons with the ordinary lead ball, or the lead ball with a thin brass jacket (explosive ball), they often prove fatal, aud if the patient recovers, the im provement is slow. unexpected stroke of good luck and au unusual deposit, miu stared the Heaven and kuelt ou the pier, aud firm in the face. Long was the con- . never was there a more heartfelt prayer sulation between the partners that i uttered than his brief aud emphatic: evening in their sanctum regarding “Father, I thank Thee!” their position. But they could see uo solution of the difficulty. For hours after Seibert left,Searle, the more ex perienced financier, sat scheming and throwing aside plan after plan devised to carry them safely down the swollen financial stream which threatened to Picking up his hat and walking stick, and with his now doubly-pre- cious preserver in his hands, he walked smartly homeward. His wife had not been to sleep. His nou-returu at the usual hour ou club uight had alarmed her. To her he at once unburdened swamp them in its irresistible prog- his bosom and related the whole story of his embarrassments, expected in solvency, despair; the episode of the pier,his temptation and narrow escape from self-immolation. Nor did he re gret the confidence. , “Why didn’t you tell me of your troubles sooner?” said Mrs. Searle, kissing her husband. “Am I not your helpmate? Haven't you confi dence in me after all these years?” “I wished to avoid worrying you, dearest.” “Well, now, you must try to get a little sleep and don’t fret about your money. With my husband and chil dren’s love, it will be little loss to me. And why shouldn’t we yet make more!” Even then relief had come aud was already iu the house, but they did not know it. Searle did sleep, but his rest was uneasy. Next morning he awoke in a high fever, aud it was at this stage ress. Ten o’clock, 11, 12 passed, and still ho sat with his brain iu a whirl of perplexity and doubt. But not a ray of hope could he see. Ruiu,noth ing but certain destruction, stared them in the face. And the crash was sure to come tomorrow! It was not Searle’s first mishap which made him feel his preseut ill- luck all the more keenly. Years ago, when quite a young man, he had come to grief through the dishonesty of a I former partner. But this failure theu involved no want of probity on bis part. And with publicly recognized integrity be recommenced the up-hill and often difficult battle of life with all the energy aud determination of au ardent and hopeful nature. His success had been greater than his fondest dreams had ever anticipated. Wealth seemed to pour iu upon him fast aud uninvited. In a few years he expected to retire with a fortune. But a panic came. Aud in a storm some times even the soundest, best-equipped aud most skilfully handled ships are taken aback. Tomorrow all his bright hopes might be swept away. He was in a maze. At length he looked at his watch. It was 1 o’clock. Dinner aud dub had both been forgotten, but he felt neither hungry nor sleepy weight of car A walk might restore him. So he j cares aud thoughts of business. And left the office and slowly wended his of this, with an obvious object, his way uptown, hat iu baud,flunking partner was duly notified, that the night air might c«!l his f e - j “W T hat shall 1 do with these!” said vered brow. Mrs. Searle, showing me a packet of It was a long walk ; but he was too private letters addressed to her hns- deeply absorbed iu thought to notice this. At length he arrived opposite his home and looked np at the win dows. All was quiet and dark. Everv What h Baby Can Do. It can wear out a pair of kid shoes in twenty-four hours. • It can keep its father busy advertis ing in the newspapers for a nurse. It can occupy both sides of the largest sized bed manufactured, sim ultaneously. It can cause it* father to be iusnlt- ed by every second-class boarding housekeeper at the seaside who “never take children,” which iu nine cases out oi ten is very fortunate for the children. It can make itself look like a fiend just when mamma wants to show “what a pretty baby she has.” It can make an old bachelor in the adjoining room use language that, if uttered on the street, would get him in prison for two years. It can go to sleep “like a little angel,” and just as mamma and papa are starting for the theatre it can wake up and stay awake until the last act i —Tid-Bits. tion o oBstructed or whites, I 1 5 le i r prayers. Many a , dragging | | ..losing hope of seeing land ,nd pain hhs will and intrusted it ^e^ship’s priest. Men sickened \.<\ died by hundreds, sons of Spain’s noblest bouses with the rest. Many ships got so short-handed that they dropped behind the main body, aud had to struggle northward in isolated groups. Now and then a rotten lac ing would give way, and the sailors, weakened by hunger aud sickness, had to go aloft in the gale to bouse the tugging and bellying sail, lucky if shrouds aud spars were not slippery and dangerous with the driviug sleet. Though midsummer, it was as cold as Christmas. Everybody except the pilots stayed below as much as possi ble to keep warm. They were all per ishing with hunger and thirst, and the little food they got was moldy. They might have tried catching rainwater in casks, but tbespray would have turned it salt. Calderon, one of the paymas ters, had a store of delicacies aboard his hulk, and distributed them, as well as the heavy sea allowed, among the sick aud wounded of the fleet. The negroes and mulattos, it was ob served, nearly all perished with the cold. The men were now kept con tinuously at the pumps. Woe to the ship when pumps got clogged with ballast pebbles ! It was hard and dangerous work shifting the crews of sinking vessels iu the tempestuous weather. _ What I» the San Jo*e Scale? Spain may object to our warships, but the prejudice in Germany and Austria against our fruit is likely to be of even longer duration. Some thing known as the Han Jose scale has infected our fruits They say you can see one of these little creatures ou the next lemon yon buy, provided, of course, that the ’ lemon has on it a Examine the speck tiny black speck. ■ , , under a strong magnifying glass, and <>t events that 1 was sent for,although you will discover the cause of all out not for some time after did I learn the j recent commercial woes full particulars of the story that 1 am • mow narrating. * In a few hours he was delirious. The meutal strain and reaction had been too much for him. The great centre of his nervous system had suc cumbed. Brain fever had set in. a small crea ture with legs, wing* and antenna?. He is • most pestiferous and danger- ^ ous element in the world, being diffi- cult to get rid of, and evil in all his habits. He takes the life out of what ever he lives on. He draws the juice from the trees, so that they wither ry nor sleepy. The deep J Among otherthings I enjoined werfect and die, and he propagates with great chad taken beth away, j quiet aud ease, especially from the rapidity. No way of getting rid of t restore him. So he cares aud thoughts of business. And him has vet been discovered. Hav- band. “They came last night. He was so late and so worried that I pur posely kept them from him," “I would advise yon to open them. him has yet per’s Bazar. Popular Wood Shoes. It is estimate that there ar# no fewer than 70,W0,000 Europeans who wear wooden ahoes. Basswood is or din&rily employed for sabots, but wil low is the beat material. Poplar, beech, walnut and birch are also used aUAINT AND CURIOUS. Bank of England notes are num bered backward—from 10,000, beuce the figures 00,001. Bussia has the largest standing army in the world. It numbers about 870,000, as against Germany’s 585,000. The wonderful part of the maxim gun is that it has only one barrel, and yet it can discharge GOO shots iu one minute. Iu the twenty-three libraries of Berlin, which are either public or belong to official bodies, there are over 2,000,000, volumes. The British soldier has not always worn a red uniform. White was the prevailing color under Henry VIII, and dark green or russet in the time of Elizabeth. Seven Chinese war vessels are at present being built iu Germany. Among them are lour torpedo boat destroyers, which will have a speed of 32 knots an hour. Two canaries in a cage at Portland, O., were killed by a sparrow hawk which thrust its head between the bars of the cage, seized the canaries and wrung their necks. Padlocks are being manufactured with au auxiliary chamber, which car ries an explosive to be fired by a ham mer iniide the lock aud give an alarm whewUie lock is tampered with. of Uie UxriAeJ Bflrtaa w 490,600]000 mattes every day, or 178,850,000,000 every year ; and it is computed that these placed end to end would stretch away 4,939,786 miles. Thirty million oysters are annually sent to England from the basin of Arcachon, iu the Bay of Biscay. They are relaid at Whitstable and other places, where they are fattened and then sold as “natives.” It is a common Asiatic custom for the bridegroom to give oWse to the bride either on foot, ou horseback or in a canoe. If the bridegroom catches the fugitive he claims her as his wife, otherwise the match is broken off. A curious plant is found iu New Granada known as the ink plant, the juice of which can be used* as ink without auy previous preparation. The writing first appears red, but in a few hours’ time it changes to a deep black. There are in Tokio ten iron bridges and eleven stone bridges. Besides these, there are about sixty-uiue xvooden bridges, measuring upward of thirteen ken. Those that are of smaller length are too uumerous to be counted. As regards architecture, it may be said that as a fine art it did not exist iu Great Britain till the Normans brought it, and to them England owes Rome of the finest of existing build ings aud tbe models in which the others are built. CUBAN HOSPITALS. Is Th<> Great Lack of the Insurgents Snrgical Care. Emory W. Fenn, who served in the Cuban army as major, contributes to the Century an article entitled “Ten Mouths With the Cuban Insurgents.” Mr. Fenn says : On account of the tactics employed by the Cuban forces, and the divisions made in them, together with the fact that small bands often operate alone, there is not a sufficient number of doc tors properly to attend to the wounded. One doctor, and in some cases two, are assigned to nn entire division. These docters appoint assistants from the men iu the ranks, who, after a lit tle instruction, are given a few band ages, cotton, carbolic acid, quinine, etc., aud assigned to the various regi ments in tbe division. These men are expected to give the first aid to tbe wounded, and administer such medi cines as they may have when they are required, but even then it often hap pens that they are not present when the men are wounded, and it is neces sary to take them many miles on horse back, or in hammocks hung on a long pole, before their wounds are dressed. Owing to this delay, small wounds often prove very serious. After their wounds are attended to, they are taken, as soon as practicable, to one M'hjr We Forget Name*. Many persons are especially forget ful with regard to names—as of ac quaintances or some familiar object. Dr. Bastain, in discussing such effects recently, quoted xvith approval this explanation. “The more concrete the idea the more readily is the xvord used to designate it forgotten when the memory fails. We easily repre sent persons and things to ourselves without their names. More abstract conceptions, ou the contrary are at tained only with the aid of words, which aloue give them their exact shape in our minds. ” Hence verbs, adjectives, pronouns, adverbs, prepo- sititious and conjunctions are more in timately related to thought than nouns are, and can be remembered when nouns, or names, slip from the mind. —New York Ledger. Hare of tho Family Finch. It was a nine-year-old Portland girl who was discussing a possible Spanish invasion with a frightened playmate. After hearing what the latter had to say, she straightened np and re marked: “My father is a Son of the Revolntion, and my mother is a Daugh ter of the Revolution, and I am a child of the Revolution. Our family will not take to the woods.”—P«'-t>«iud (Me.) Christian Mirror.