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Nature’s Soliloquy. ItdVr NMnre’n sunny musin^s food cut srns*. Her voice Into the heart of nil things stealing! How dream Kpt-lled enrs dirine her utterance, • Kju'Ii eoiM«rd more thati musically feeling! tllaxed lu a whirl of sunshine Tvhile it listens. The earth sees heaven its audience proclaim, And ns the churui in more than language glis- * tens,) -■ ► They seeni to call each other by their name. ]Vath, too, has musings while he Flos in state. One thought ii|*on his moveless lips re|K>siug: It is of Peace lieyoml th** range of Kate,- Uis pledge of Mrcr tii his dea<Ldisclosing. Ijess tlMn a breath there lingi-rs yet to die, Ihtl, tin, iw>w desthUsvs his soliliNiuyl ' —* •-Thomas tiordon Hake in l»udou Academy. ly .ibotit, titul whon lu> had tosnctl up liis bureau drawers his mother. Without a A Mythical Story of nn Illnslve Vailley word, caine and regulated them, and he | of Gold in Eastern Arizona, coneluded one day ’that ho was Rome- 1 The story of the famous treasure of What better able to do all this than his r the “Mhdre <VOro” is an old one. It mother, and from that time on he made comes from the Aztecs of Mo»\ico. Some* her no trouble in such ways. And of • where in soutbpjisteni Arizona there is conrse Mr. Van Dylte h;ts been a gn'at j amSmall valley, about live miles long help, to me in tho training of our chil- • and two miles wide. f \valh d J m%v tower- Wlio Did Whutf lathe davs whvn our grandmothers A Drownlnj; Man's Exp*'rlpnce. Toi prevent any j»erson. from interfer- were girls there came occaaicrfally into ^ design I jumpeil into tho the family of a good deaeon with nine river late in the afternoon Friday. No dren.*» * | iug mountains. The sides urtk&i ]>reeii>- One of thq, pleasantest fnemories of ' itons that it is imiH)ssible taclimb down the visit was then recalled, that of the i them,'and thiTe is only one entjyinee^- thildren's hour, which Longfellow has | through a cave, whicli is caieiuliy hid-|r Immortalized in that sweift poem, lie- , den by Indians, who guard the treasure filming: ' ' . for the second coming of Montezuma. THE TWO VISITS. 1^ It was on a cold night in November that 1 drew up my comfortable chair before & cheerful blazo In tny simply furnished, pleasant library, and with tny head resting on the pillow of the Hiair fell to meditating. 1 h;wl just ro- thnietl home after paying two short vi*it« to dear old friends of my happy school da>*s, who for ten years had been mistresses of their own homes. 1 was trying, as I sat there, to answer tin question why it was that 1 had onjoytsl lay visit so much tnoro at Mrs. Van lKWe’* than 1 did at Mrs. Uurstow'a. Il**th ladies were bright. cordi|l,*entep- tatuifig. intelligent and exceedingly fios|4tat)te. and ! hnd looked fnrwan^fnr two ^ears to the |4eii.%nre of viaitiug th*‘in id their own hotn>«. * They were living in inlaml t it ies nbrnil miles aptut. HuUk of these Irv irL - ’ -ftet-weetvami Uix, xl.i WLicn the night is beginning.toTdvver, Comes a pit use in the d.iyV occiipal ion Which iaAiiovva ns the clilliSrea's hour. How lH-aulifnl it was to mother gather lier It is said tiyit even among them tho entrance is mily known to the three most aged men, and is never eommunicaUHl was to see that i when, on the death of one, it is little dock about Imr ! y and 'tell them a good storv. or read to % ' i ^ IJtfun, or recite some pn tty poems, an l knowledge into had raamesi lawyers, who wete liTfiMity ettmiug g»«*l inouiM'S. and both fatifilnw • ho>l the entns- to tli« isstf wM iety. The ItotnMi <if U»KMr> fnetids were not only orMufortalilc but cteeedmgly t.wte ful mh! pleasant, nnd tho children lu Isdli fcowies wei>* briglit. harMfistne and •Merry, with |>lti«tH- tnimU nedy to U- •Nol'hsl by their |areats. Yef with all tbiN aimil.irity in tin* ae rial pitKithai *»f t..th f.iuiilH'a, in the in I r^ioew lh«*y retwftvrii, in tin* h«anc» tfH*v 1 i.id built, in the ntncation of th«• pan-nta and In their rhun h relations lUc aMr.<'«p'ierc rif these two Inaipa a as ier> diltcieMt.and a visit iu Ihouncnaa ■ great ntnirast •** the • >tit< r I ns ailed many in* Ml«‘nt*> nf the two irlwMs, ami LWy rvaivUMt^ ina. and tn*ee slnaigly than ever U-f<ire, that •4m* nHabcr makes tho b*ana Her tiWc h*v ni*'lh*»U her l*l*‘.i*, her example, her infim-iM e, her spirit am all tin |i>e—**l upiin the housi ■hidd and create Its atm*M)ili*’m. % At Mrs. Van Dike’s n*4 **nlv was all the hoii—'lw>ld machinery mi well >11< <I •hat Ms miming was n*H ImiI iIm re Was no frtrtPai Wtiatcuw in tlie family. • The htnowhid*! Jr«ew hrtimea. In the *4d fmihnev*! way. and all Ihe rhildrcn were read) f«w l«n ikfast win n th** tnral was •nn^otm-ed, ai**l they ap|s am«| ap |nsq<nalcl) dowasl, an*t rach with hafv |»v fee beklmg their (mmits, carh «al*«s. an*t the gimda a picMsaut g*»»l morning. Then after »n«*ming |4ayer. in whe h tie* M*rvants ipittHl, pa* h of the (4«h*r chiLlr* n *|ne liy r!i>a|»- tawrr I frmn tin* sitttu*; r«*-ea to attend to a few (wa* tical duit< t ls*fofe gvding rea*ly for s«*his4, ai^s-anng ••re*l«etg, •nth Usiks in han-l. f**r a fp11»\ ki*w and l«i h«-ar the last rli* < * < ry word Irom »ii<4lew as tV*y st.irtnd mit. With |-•rf^s•t c<au|»K tin', find with no wppan nt truiiliha aJi w-Incutl* w*-ru ao*k*sl to dine one cv«*nifif;. and a most ihdightfnl i**it enjoyisl. Tin* ttowora, the glass, the i dver, tin* table linen were f iqutsite. and tho dinner of only font «-*Mirs<*< W.ie Well' cnnktsl. iManellU** slid well served, while the feast t#f r*-a*«*n, •he t|ui4'k rojBirti’o. the witty atori* *, tho tats of js'litu nl. social and lin*rniy t.ili* were imt only a pleasure to all the older ones, but a wnirro «»f education and cul- turetotho chihlim. S»’vcril stuh in formal rimipanica were eidcrtaitnal at Van l>yke’a while I was there. Iti every ile|iartiu«‘iit the h<>u*ciiold ^‘einctl to move along lianiionioiiKly and without np|*nrent exertion or undub care on the imrt t»f tin* motlier. The home was at all times in js'rfn-t onl *r, and yet without stifTnCbs or angnlanty vu^i . blf anywhere. I rememU red going into-one of the children’s rooms to look at a gift of a talk with them about their ie,ss*sis, and after dinner play a few merry games with them. Then when U-dtiuie came she.exeusetl herself for half an hoHrund staid with her children as they pre pared for bod, sinj^ng sw-e^Ifttie hymns to them, and with unstudied ellurt guid ing their thoughts aright and bidding L. tlumi happy gxitxi nights. That, she saitL was one of her prcci* ns half hours whicli w;is seldom iuterfen.sl with. 1 couhl not but contras! with all those ■weet me nn tries my visit at Mrs. lL*r- stow’s. While sito was as:’.TtracTiveand TntelligeHi and iii<»re WtTiy Than Mrs. Van Dyke, she bad no rejMiM'of uianiier, no faculty in keeping things in order, no tjnict oMitnd «tver berchtHrm nntl rnwh le*si m*j"ym«*nt with them, i'ia rw was naitmmil fri«-ti«tn iu her household, and while there wa* no lack of love and c*tiiiid* n« e 'Ihsat wo* a lack v f unity. necessary \a give the _ _ the keepin.; of another. TiiO vaney itself, thengV-Khrronmled , , ,. . by inlio.-pitabhi troHn*?- is a 4>aradi*or-»-' l ‘ lt 7 ^, V i» _ Watered by tint stream whicli flows pbildren a villagofdressmaker. She had an absorbing interest in other people’s alfairs, and always looked forward with particular pleasure to t he week during whicli,she cut and fitted for the deacon’s girls, knowing that his house was in some,sort a social center, where she was likely tv) hoar plenty of fresh news and entertaining anecdotes. Oneday she arrived late for her work, and as she entered the house caught a glimpse of the six daughters already as- sembled in thh family sitting room with their gowns and patterns, their work- Ix.xes and their new roll of “Injy mus lin.” But none of them were at work. for one was telling the other a story of such an«l «'oiu*<v|tu-ntly ivtntiumU conflict. Two cr threv chil*lr%u wete fi*<|u« ut- ly Into t«» br< *kf.w>t. in**rtnn*; jS.iy**D were ofn n omitt<*| |i<«*aii*« all th** fumtly W'*ro late, at ech*«-l time U«o*:n c<*uld n**t l*e f<<ond, and shoe lai*t**tia and iutM>n» were tnbsing, n:»*r t! s' re was a general M*;iriy ami c«*nitnott**n thmugh it, its soil, is covered with flow*-rs and beautiful tre< : s, through the bnmehes * of w hich flit bri/hr lined birds. The only i reptiles K't’ii p.io the gold wnakes, with ' their glittering greenish yellow s«‘»les. HtTtachingiutccss tin* valley from one side to the other is n ledge of pure gold, its nlrb*es of vlrglii im fnl gl« i a’utng nnd ' gli deniug in the sunlight, it is said to 1m live f.’et, ten f* * t, fifty feet, 100 feet wide. Th'- gold lie* in if in great vein* ! and nuggets, imlndtl***! iu clear quartz. . tlus sharp aiiKlea of which gHtlcf in the iiiuliglil like gigantic UiaRUMids. Across - the h-d-{«* tin* stn am flows, forming n liitl** w which the* t ug g*ls**f gt*bl •••m lie msji m tin* water oicT 'dl. a^l Io Cm IP'M Hi ^»e m nlt»of suakt-s, gold ia the stream, n III *tll*- birds -gold, gold. gold, gold the refrain of the goMm st«*nr. The f«-.-trful |•re< l|4« ‘which surrmind tin |*lilce, tin* strange ct*r*'lti'HiNn*! fornd hoMqa* u which hirTr» aorwed to >1*1 -is less and spellbound, with hands fallen in their laps or needles suspended in the air. Tho. sight Wits too much for the new comer. With one mitt on and one «>ff, her unfastened pclisso dragging from her shoulders, her Isuuiet askew and its loosened strings streaming, sin* aje pi'ami smldenly among the astonished girl*, crying as she mine: "What? What? What ia it? Who did whaf?” — tdm was answer. 1 *!, nlthongh giving a ^ g TaUl . 0 j full answer tiivolv«*d tin* retelling of tho f, n ^ jf whole story , b«U l:« r enmprpheniuve In quiry iMsante thereafter a family by word. Among the de:ico:» , n descendants t*i thin d-tv vf inquiritivene**, it is suHu*H-ni f»«r any other metnlier «*f the f.itmly to a*k, with a lift of the* etvl»row: "Who did wh W*u. it?”— Youth’s C«im|an- tii p* III o h< 1 tu t«-r*d to IcT < ****** iiii»i t * f pr*4 I lu a* h u l c.v*y to Gel ^l Ti* many ^ihlreli 'IlM* • be i.t nnitl tie- < luldnu. with fm*n* ••ft,*u nqiMu tng wards, wen* star ScImmjI. Tie u Mix lka«tow b id III th* thing* tu do w hicli t ftbotlhl liav«* «!. »ih*. for ll.e wan iu c«Mdit t.>n Tl-t* i mother frsu att.aabng nt tt*a |a»-y*a tiaa out the* »e.u~ |,.!.r thl* l.»i i„—• at»«l order %*.«»f« It.m etle rv* lo* w.aild l».iv« l*.-* i\*l*t;.|*di Wa» l ia*!** d.ft^, T<> Mix. ltor*'ow. tlcDf* a gleal ui**h r tat» mg to p^lltV. Tie'*!, t.*S kiwi riatairuto siiair mih » ctatfMX, with mu* b «-x{s*tiM* m«Mt of lAr titiM* and IhtMight for n-v- cral «biy*. and tlte lline ..f fi. r servants, os well a* the **i|* n*© «»f In ring extra help All th* *•• |4V|iaratka» so rx* th.it six* Cl Ml hi not mih tin* x* »t sin mii;ht bad. an*I t !»e «*(T«*tt nut*!** i Iv ft It by th.* .*»*•%;*. tn vc f* .nn* I ta g utrnwt. ibe shon right a y f ! ! •i the m-. n I * only to }> rub-jr this hare xlt ai «t*«ry it* *trange d* r t« It that the xu*l tt** 1 eye gr*»w bile frotu th** lljn of men who uv *»v than h:«H I* Iteii* it. Tin* hately «b*-**rt Par* HIM of fing t*i Small v* hi .juio •n Ik* tr th* r»*n 'Klmg Ml. W't* tlHI I ' alPHi hits I New U-cn faint that Dm** T«V Inc TKarXrrnr » •*l»p**unty in l**ft th*« U gil , |p nn tn.«tan**« »*h* v l i *—!• a, rtn«i%lv. which TltOi i ling of New* .f hi* forgrtft rh. glaring a» river l^te in the afternoon Friday one appeared to .be about at the time. | .When I struck the water 1 immediately satjjc, going down and down, and yet . being carried forward until I thought 1 j would never again arise. A sound roared tlmmgli my head; it seemed to me it would burst. 1 oiK*ned my mouth and attempted to breathe, being unable to endure the pressure longer, but tho water rushed in and 1 closed my mouth. 1 was again comiielled to oi»en it. More wat r etttercMl.’ The feeling wax horri- Jnst when I thought nil v.*ns over I reached the surface of tho water alsrat fifty feet froiii the shore and 100 feet from where 1 had jumped in. Near hy was a steamlsiat on which, stool a mnti with a long polo with an iron hook on j the end. It took only a second to see those things, and in fact I had just time to j£*t one breath when I again sank with my mouth upon. My part life tln*h«*d i l*efore me, and 1 was again a child. The picture of my father and mother stood out iu' bold relief. I reached out my ' hand to them. The roaring of the water | sonude.1 like the *we**tei*t of music. I Suddenly J saw light and thought I wo* j in j»aradi>**. A largeCTyon field coven d j with r*r*»rj «nd-*H4r**r f t «»w**es. whose fia-. ;ould smell, came ill view. I I v t* Itcing I* rue up by -"m.* wji*g»sl messenger whom I could hot nee, but wImmm* prcaonc* I Vouhl f»i*l^ I rem«*tulN*nsl nothing more until I felt a rough j*Tk. My macwr h»*l sue- i*» my clothing. An my body wax tirbiR pulh*d from out of the wafer ^li«* |M*'tur*i d of paradi-u 1 , th** placi* •vil dwell*, with all it a iiiing Kith hid*-*>11* ml x and other thing*, pn-- thcai lv* * i*i my i ibid. **i»ly to nn, kl\ ♦Hs.ip.s .ii and b-.ive m*? im>.<*. W!m n I c;i*t**- l*i! wanxnr- Wx •ooths th« .chlht for onme wlthholdca pli-usure; * % ^ Till aweet o cnamile t hat wm* po fain to w«cp, “Toinorrow—fitktjr wail unlit tomorrow— * AfU'C you sTcpp.” So we uro >KK)tho<i with solemn dream* of heaven. When earthly day* no further solace keep; Hope letla U* there shall be a happy morrow— After we rU-cp. —Auuo U. Aldrich In New Orteana Picayune. U JAWS.” rhungi 1 *!; in-t in whh b th- 1 fir*-* and »w. dn-wxvd cmtfi uu*l gain * -.1, Over, tho flat fen country there wore white mwfa" rfamg. It wiurTSreofly.|IT.' growing dusk, but it was not going to be very dark thU snnnner night. The weeds had been cut and <irifti»<l down (dream in thick masses.* A thin, middle aged man stood by the lock gat*»s, watching an approaching L»oat He was dressed in conntry-vlothee, but he had not the air of aeotmtryuum; lie was jiale, and hail a look of t'xpcriencft. Nave for the ri'gnliit sound of the scnll* every thing was quite still. Save for the man nt tho lock gate* and the siditnry occn- jianf of the lp>af there was no one in sight. It was a wide, flat, doeolato •<•0110. The boat was rather a hoary tub. ami the man wlto was sculling was tiixil an<l out of tamper. Asartile, lie was thtxigbt to l«e a distinctly brilliant msl gonial young man: but he wanted to get on to Nnmiislmin. which was five miles lx>* yon«l tlx* lock, that night, and he IukI Uco delayed l»y tho woods. Tlie gods hod given him extraordinarily g<msI looks and many other good things; enough to keep him genial, nnU*w*. as on tlni pnw nt nccaMioa. circumstaners tried him awcnly. At tbs kx-k he drew iuto the bank ami balhsl the miit- d)o agtpl Inan who Still stood watching hhn. word, was bewitchhig. Beally, hswaa glad that he had been prevented from going on to Nnnniahatu. Toward the end of supper he discorkred that she wad i wearing a white drees with forgetmo- ; not* in it! .? v The tabic waii cleared by a native ser vant, who miemed all red cheeks and new boots. Hill went off to superintend , tho business of the inn. Philip was left alone with Jeanne. She told him. to smoke and he was obedieutt bo alad made her tell him other things. Yea, slie hind been to school at Nun- nisham—rather too good a school for her, she was afraid, but her mother had t tv wa t.i» ar a C* *111 ill' ', il K of til I'll to idlinK Th ■•I ■i hnt 4, Ik ***• Off like ;*fi.-I« in ♦Ik* half ltK**tt bgbt; t’ uk". I lari. VI , th*- bMig drxto n n*« lau«*U**ly «*f th© my- have le^n tna*!* ’ < 1*- i* ' «T. V tutv t. rtw pra W*<***l, Uk- *i». m %*TI <r*s ttti h thrur run ntn • h ( f"**a«K rL4h * 14.-*J rad lun*K 1 tou'ildti’t «|.K Uk all vra tits* 1 *raltMl tnnuM an*l a ilmiHf that D«pui< <1 tl ksstv'I a din*N r t*j*t**d an • *c • icI liaUNti'*! tbr b*a*t mijoy tier gnivt* •ahcVWVN* ltax 4t>4 it hllKhnsl afT«*ctc*l pi* a*uru I UKslitalt^l, fnct ion which c hardi **ritk i nn*. t«slspirit*. AM Intel*' ’iug .is th r.-p* •».;!' was •IhI >t"t t* l.d t*> mt* r* «t «*t 41 h»i>« It |*.*tf*vt i.imi and un- to>\ ea t tigvmhn-d laiKty w«*r*L tl*». I •*! th • y *er*\ tv I t!*«*ir imr diW •M*' I •I fr- ■ IK- h i •* • pretty picture, and as little Mary ojx'uod a bureau drawer 1 noticed how neat and orderly it wus as was also h«*r elos< t, where the shoes and rubbers even w*‘ro set back against the basclM»jird with regularity a*vl precision. 1 as.ked Mrs. Vhii Dyke when we were nlom* if Mary, who was nine yi'ars old, arranged her doHet and drawers herself, to. which question her mother replied: "Certainly. 1 taught all mv children before tlK-y were two years ow to 1>c or derly. Even at that agv,” shV said, "you know* they are very imitative, and they love to do little services for -tfioir iimfhers. 1 showed them just how to put their clothes and shoes away jn an orderly manner, and how to lay tilings in their drawers ami keep them neatly. Those early lessons they will never for- gft. )1 believe,” she added, "itS matt.-v how many servants one can afford to have it is well to teach children to l*« self reliant, and to do everything promptly and well. Such teaching eaves a Vast airi*'rmt of work and of un- iwcemary friction through life. Tni*v it is that aouic children seem to have nat urally more of a bnmpof order than Others, but the orderly habit can l>e cul tivated. If the hanging loop of Mary's Coat should give way, po ovderly has she tiecouiA she would not for a monievt bunk of hanging it upon,tho hook until the loop was mended.” All this 1 recalled as f rat there; and tho w hat my friend said al* 'Ut Is-r kus- haiel when t ha*l remarked that 1 liad fiev* r seen a gentlemen wIki se* ntod to make ao littl** t>* ut»lc about th«* • IK wax a Mgrjifiaa to-iu** iu tV-.t rer •pdf,** aan! Mrs. V5b Djk**. "I tol«I , him tooo after ire were mam* d that I hid Urea. at***u»toaMpii lo m>vhim leave everythin aherj fur euMm ooe to pe k mked hoc 1|mW it H«|qKrt»«ri that br nog •» wa* Ood |!e a<jd tt xi Mtw« h* no* olan tkariOra fooss gii y- +***•! tlh* «• #aarr t Imt the **vKtii»»g h -ur wa» a happy * r r» tful one, f.if to*- tout ti er, worn nnd weary with tU** uiaox js*r- |4* , xitu , M nnd ctir**s <4 th*i day. ws» too of i'*ii imn(4e to is* HKTTy with or nttett- tivc to her t fiildnti. Th* ir vous-s mid th* t noi «* di-turl *-*1 her and t!;o m< th- »-r*j* ft*-Ucd ?j*utt was coutagitms. Th** litrle*•mxwere hurrk'di'IT to lx d withan miintcn.ti*1 uni>r. and Mrs. Ifiir'Uiw’a. tigh of r* lief wtis significant. \N h« u I left oiu.- bqn*o with rhicLanc**, \v!«*ro fhe onltT. the rvi»oM*. th*.* c.-isy h< spitali- ty had cli«.*rul amid* light) d me, 1 was ready to leave th*-’other, where even my own spirit Ixiamo fivtlcd before the day set tor my departure. In tin* quiet of my own home, and by that cWory blazo in the twilight hour, 1 saiJ ^loinl: "Ami all this <liJt-r“it*v which made one hoiue Mxb'liglitful to visit niul thu ollur .o much hr.s n-rco- i c. oii*l qiatat laiorna^K. all vaau»h as v*ki l**t*-w, ale I ta t*n arv tf.!i»-j , **f»»**l i«* Hk* w" : «1* rful valk-y la w HIcm i«* Ha* "M ».»r' *l’lJvu," the ••?|«4U cr of * i* 1*1 " N-*r «r*« tV»*w r*‘ntcnt to t* 11 Uk* xtuty ok aa ludl .‘i l*v* *k! They dir luxtanceN of white lu* *» a Ik* hale m***w the place, who havr dtMM *«imI***I the valley tit x**tu*- way nik! r*-lanted with all thegyl'l they could carry. The |*N*ati*at * f th** •|«4 I* olway* la a d.ittg»*ro*t» I a* lie a country. I bate U-* a t**l l twice that it wo» tu the t*hi|vttliua tmamtatna. It Is alw .iy« xkI l«* Itaie la• tt f«MtiKt merely by a*-* fibnit by tiu*n wIk* w• r** etther 1*111111114 ft pr Kpoi ting for 4ctlg*-», ab*»at .ly ta*> *)Ctti|wtt*mm which wtll ftn-cfi-titiAc nt* n clttub the moan- itt only !«* seen frotu tie* op r th*- tiemtug t*-t**i • b’.ir .J aw ar. Tl** t In* ijgtd peak* t»< « s the er* at l«st;*e » t ie i.**lh * l-*l--e.'him, th* ' gV irl.llt img in M e gUlllLint. an j Is 1 ’. * I In*. It n ■r « ik! aft* \ ■ it wtMteln v lik- it. |t*iI hts twin *«iaa by htx xccoikI wtfe, N**f*hia A let hex ll**lN**in t ate »ixtt-l tu hate !■ va called 14 •.)*« m* a fid iltttn, re »p>^*ttv« ly, "after their ttu* 1c atel 1 it* grxn*tfaihec. wIkwt nau*r aa*l rank they WfW* d«-»tl»K**| |,* perpetuat**.* Th** "rank u> • (early the hewcume nxr*at* etcr. txit iNinally ckarly th** m»* b* ami grandfather t»*u<*t have brew IIoInnnix the f*Moder 4 tin- Newnwoe fai*aly be inji 'bint— It ahatr ’ TW twlna at Itrs- take nedev ae .il»*ve. Then llvtau ia de rUr**>l lu la* I He ehler "by a quart* r of an hour.* He hi reft-rr***! tu aa *'Mr. (til in ** Alt at uttee hi ta*i-i*tn**4 "Mr Hti ,ii.** ami "|ierpetnate«** a "rank** tu 1 which, fur all that appear-, he ho*l no j right w hatever.*— Nifica ami t^werw*. tluit W 111* 1 0*1 oft mi- • h.-»s I i •• tr * >UIQ rk‘l\ V«*\V III w ■ i rik! •! dliltiri "It d tb«* dm fuuir i • quality Hoi h w of tnakiug I: lied to such a A tt*•*! i * . »i i*t —a If4 f.dl 'W :4ist. "tViat Is* inad** ut Fraiey* it i.** i t<* one *4 American p UlClly till* 1 II* p is*ri f. •i lay a toi sup P the i**c, but Inmt-a lias b 111*11 of lalc i able, caii Ik* accounted for by the order and promptness and harmony in t*io one, hint tho disorder and ililatoiiuej^ and friction in tho other. 1 lie good clu and rcsjs'ct sliown toqiaronts in tlio one and the lack of it in the other; tin- en^o of entertaining in the om . the hurden of it in the othi'r; the timo which tho parents devoted to their cluhlreu in tho one home, the absence of such devotion in the other; tho happy, i»oaceful spirits in the one, the fretted spirits in the other; tho close fellowship between par ents and children iy tho one and lack of such sympathy in tho other; alt-this,” 1 said, "is the result of good early train ing. or a lack ot it, in such habits as must have a'powerful influence in‘every home, winch will l>e felt tlin.ngh life.” .j Fair facit* tieamini; ’rouml tlio boesdrold ' ticarth, » . Yo.una j-'yo**s toiu-H in mi krir of mirth, j Ttfe sirt-U<>iil»!y flviu^ in tiis Uiy, * Ami she tho crown of'al! tl»»r wealth or Joy; Tlteae nmko Uio homo like- hoiiic- sweet lyre given To sound oh eart h the hannonh'sof tn avo.n. * ^ . -^-NtaiidauL our own countrv that u**t inor*' eighth as lunch •** tin* French prejiara- tions Is sold hi th«» I'nitinl Stat**s t<*«lay as was sold a few years ligri. Nearly |ut.iMMi,ooo worth «»f home *ii<till«-<l jkt- f tones arc ninth* In New York ah ne ev ery ytnr. Oficagu mansfaetiiriTs put one-half as much on -tin- market, nnd th» n—nee extensive i>erfmiu»rV manufac tories in Boston. 1’iiiladeTpiTpa, Nan Fran- cisci*. Nt. Louis ami otlujr'large places. in th** ' * * t • ft* M 1 run. £% ( lur V*1m> Tr*«fc. i fl | ttflt* - "F i mnv ttirw K Uli* . •• r*-»nfirV' A a >1 l«i*ka d-nti 4, funtin g t fn*m Lie 11* rurkhi fftCu j Ul'l 1UT at l a* '1* ’ns mg t bi« n*|K Hi, r. ••\VI iatr > Sh rial "1’dli ii « f. jkv*** h. 1 Ivi'l tk«tW an 11 , k'towx ( tjK-ll. to >©•*» w© itiak© a m l*t *1 f f i . *Kth. j lore of' w© or ©I .* i*d t* • fill tw.* • *r i thr V© of the ' nMiiH**! f runt tX >*•• that tbe *#11 1*1 i when th* •uNtar. i to. air* *r nnilt^* i rill •fiin* 1 » }t|r* v * j i darkoy’K *■ i h- ’*. nii< • t.ik •H 1 1VT id tlie oant* ri*-it ajqra r. n i*-* • iti Uk* tc**tli to CjN IM- tX' tent. s," '’aid ItV a «N •nntcrfr •it iij [■tti a ini • rr**il l**t j***r- ».i* 1« •r m>iu wh >» h.» vi^th is k in* 1 of 1 vnrk | erv»r in . <!«>m* a xV \ rillii ig l o p» y f. *r it, ui* •1 •©> i initi«*n. th**v i ai H-ays to taut a ©»»**l •4 K*will g of ! tho .u t g*b‘. him! i tin* i ©ry jurti ml; nr HM ttfij > tb* k-h car- Ii t - -:i Ti li;rt • of tii* • W*»l k. to'« !* ha % O to j n-ara ii. «-lliU'** #» \V|< II f. »r it. S •Ill*' h* >\v 1 < Ion*. Ulll ©UK- Ilk© t< II *!•* it. Wh* n wo 1 l\. mrul o tbo "HI? what M Ik ■ I <k~ "Very lw«l, xir giviu In a Mtvma, Tla} yotiug man w-lf. "Ia II***ru i wIkTC I ClNlld JNtt "Th**re Ik only am tl*** lamlloril < | ronbl give y«i the wee*Is like above The nwmrer wax , rvepoctrii! v. >ii tv i xwure gently to him any pi m e itoar Ikt** up fi*r tlm nighty a pabhc Iknuhi, air 1 4 it—my name N Hill, t a bedroom, a little fvBifb |* rbup i —New York livening Pun. y Blotli-m XV ilctirrwft* ’ divers villages in Pennsylvania, smne of tienn in tho Dunkard settle- loinds. are woimn who iire supposed to b-ewittheic S"’ne are shn*wd (nqugh not to apply their arts for strangers, but to those vv'iKOrtTney know, as stated .in a m w . .{taper Vcars agi>. tht-v . How to MnIci* a Itiillilt*^ I.ct Go. Sayx n br»****h*r of bulldogs; "The quickest way to release a person from tho jaws of a bulldog, if he* Ini nn fort a- nato enough Pr U* bi*ti*n, is by catching tho dog's hind paw, ia tin*-center of which is an exceedingly hnKlor sp>t calleil the heart. This should be prow*I, orpeven .better, tho pavr t.xkcu iup»thc moutli STi'l latt< u with th • teeth’. 'lie •log uil : M'tinqniai}i tint h< ’d at om-e. It ii a «le*j<*—iit*( remedy, 1-ut a »nr*j o;.o. gn 1 <nw* tlixt tx ro*s*rU-d to ty. tho pr*K f-*w -ig,! *1* g tightci*.’’—N«a V>4k Hir old. ' A lut t» WJrV A* Lb; will sell charius to ward off lightning from buildings, dry up the wells of tho enemies of applicants, force cows to give bltHidv millt, caase sickness in tho* familv. destroy beautv,' separate man * 1 * < • * 1 an 1 wife and nuuitfe eidranged lovers.—. i)r.-Buck4t-y inyrnfniuv - — A Itemaikahle Growth. Wonderful tilings liajtpen in Ireland as well as elsewheie, if Urn following can h< f vouelied for, which is not likely. It is related that a genth man in Ireland, on cutting open a i*otntTr at dinner, found in the center a h.-x’f sovereign, around which the vegetal*# had grown. Though di.‘iolored, it was tn a good st,!!** <»f preservation, and i** now a pia-tty ornament to a watch chain.--Philadel- phia Ledger,. A IIaril tlHrNlliMiK D K-tor - Mv g« '*lii!-s>! This won’t do. You don’t cut euoftgh. Nn k Boy— /**ti *lo;i t want n;o to eat, do y i *u * 1|*». tit?—Imleed I do. Sick lk*y langr.lyV—T!h*n wb naiui; o h-u* v. did y *n t* 11 ru* * big do'K If rod liver oil bci**l iiicat. *4»*aj4.New*. c**nnt**rfeit t<***th it always seems to m** that* th»* deception h.-ji gono far enough.** —Indinnapolis Journal. V:iiik<-e Thrllt. Tlie Maine man who cannot turn his hand to another source of profit when one fails him is ;i scare** artii*l»*. An en graver ami carver of old time repute, in the i>ulmy days of Maine shipbuilding, now a resident of Kittery, finding his occupation gone as a sculptor r f figure heads.for vessels, is engaged in making id"ls and graven Images for the heathen! lb* has a large order that will employ most of his^ time for over two years, from a missionary just returned from Central Asia to this country. This mis sionary, by tho way, io evidently some thing of a Yankee himself.—Kennebec Journal. *«> - “ ' ^ 1 ‘ 1 " ‘ ■ n ^ .IithiiHoii'S I’evnliiiritiiMl, Johnson was a eulogist of tho motropo- IVs, and it was down Ideeristreet that he took his daily walk, which, owing to tho H*riVs <if tasks lu* made compulsory <m hihi^lf, was a really curious perform ance: First, every post required to bo touched as he passed it; next it was a f.-w year* ago h gun w^p* lost by ling in th<* N*-.i of Miu in*im, aril upm r*-ading the ri-|M*rt of tin* admiral IncMMiuand of tin- llei-t "My L«»rds' w*rx5 u»*»vi**l tu telegraph to n..k whether theiv w.-is any chance of tho muzzle of tho gun Is-ing recoven**!. Tho answer was that in view of the fact that tho gun hml ls*en lost in eighty fathoms of w.i- ter, nearly out of sight of land, wIiotj i no cross Is-arings could have In-on taken, ; tho liki liliood of its recovery wo* very i n-moto. Tlnrerp>n "My Lords” wanted j to know why no ongin<*cr’s accounts had Iks*!! s«*iit 1n from tho veuxel in question, | but they ceased telegraphing when tho j admiral replied that tho^^ship had l**en for ten yen ran satting ship!—Cor. New York World. French and a little music. Music and drawing were tho best things, she thought, but she liked some books. She owfied that it was lonely at the inn. "I am glad you came," bho confessed frankly. "Joanne," said Pliilip, "1 heard yod humming a line or two of 'Jadis' before •upper, didn’t I? 1 wish you would sing it to me." Bhe agreed at once, crooning the room to a little cottage jfiano—rather a worn out instrument, hat still a idaoa. The melody—plaintivp, gcntla. cMldMl —of Joanne's sweet voice and the sad- nois of tlie words, with their quaint, jiensive refrain, did not misx their ef fect— For notblna faiiher l»«*ro I bnna — A joy <»kx k«4 rauiml rHnrn. My (Mart auk* only U* he hle—ed With on werUNtliis re«l. Ho tliank«I her: lie had liked thai very much. "Why," ho asknl. "were you startled when yon saw im-r "llecanno yon are a dream oome true. I saw ynnr fare ia a dream last night— as clearly aa 1 am you. now. jCM this time 1 have lwen f«*oluag m if I known y**»» l»efora." "KeaUj ?" he said. He hail not brhered it "How many things ! true! Oik* says thing" «Niot the shurt- n*-mi of tune or the certainty of death oo often that they lore all tneanma; lhe« wImti one grows old or Km dying the pintftud.n grt to have terrible force tlwy com© tree." Nbu wa* "track by that; she kept bar eyes ftsod on his and he kept on talking toW. He dbl not. aa the time wore un^lwavs mean qaite eu mack as he ' sari, ami she meant mack mure thaa , sIk* sahL That Is a coommmi dificrence boterrm a man and a woman on sack tv»*«N** It seemed to Her Mariewew fur the first time rim realty Herd. After Jeaaae bad mid good nkf-kt. Philip had euaw chat with her father aboat her. "1 espect that she will be I very euoo. sir." kk mud. "i j cal Id iJanka— W Hliam Uanke—Is anx ious, and h mqprbiai te am, and she Ukee him." "n -Now. I wonderthought Phihp as he went np stain, {why aba aorer even hinted that to me ITyea, I me." Nest morning after breekfaet be weak away, taking with him a few forget- menute, a pleasant mtenory and jam ttm faintest |■■adbis feeling of remorse. They all faded. s • e s s e Jeanne hnd seemed so quiet and de* pr*esi-l of late that her father, in order to dwer her np, had invited Mr. Wil liam Banks to *i**Dd the evening. Mr. Banka woa a small nhopkeeper la Nnimisltoin, and considered to be 06 nu-an wag by there who knetr him. Yet he felt unable to cheer her np "top- o-'-qiig wo had a bit of a toon, Jenny.” fie suggested ai last. She was quite docile. She played one thing after another. Suddenly she be gan "Jadis." ■"1 »Ion*t understand French myself," Mr. Bank" fetiiark«*d. "but fhe words of a song don’t matter." She had never thought much about tho words herself before. But now— • Sku a im* more hbi lorr I he Nothing further |>U-*ia*-» toe. * Her voice falters! a little, but she sang on to tin* end of the verse— z My hrert ■*k« only to km blcwcd With «n rvcrl^tiiis ruxt. Yes. the »ong had "come true.” Just there sho gave way and began to cry a little. A wii'k afterward Mr. Banks au- nonnciHl that his attentions to Mise Hill were at an end.—Speaker. Alhh-tio in u Tli*-:*l<-r. On one occasion during Mrs. Lan*rtry’s tenancy of the St. Jainos’ theater, ath letic s]K>rt i wer<* held on tli** stage aft<*r th" evening performance, in wl:i< li n« t only the inenibcrs of the company, but also Mrs. Langtry and her sister took iKirt. One rather novel event, which was confined to tho stago hands, was a race from tin* stage tp the gallery, in ihe center of wliich Mrs. Langtry’s hand kerchief had been Kus]>ended. This was awarded to tin* - fdrtunato winner, to- g* ther with a subsUntial monetary ad- pjint of honor to stop exactly in the j dition.—London Tit-Bits, middle of each paving slab, and lastly* as he approjrclMnl his destination, ■* seriuh of graduated strides had to Is) employer* in order to reacli the door with one par ticular foot.—Hygiene. A Norrl IV^itrh. One of the most ingenious and inex- p»*iiRive novelties of the day is a gun metaTwatch, keyless, and showing upon its, fare, through small apertures, tho dav, date, month ami slate of the moon. Thu. w .itch requife* only to Ik* wound in tfie qaiial way, and when tho hoar of 12 o'clock -midnight—arrives, with a slight click t In day and datuchange m a nfilgic, altiem ;h antoinaUc, inanuer. — New York Journ il.* g . . Hngr t'K*lt*h II*-,!-IrtH*. ■ t’l. U*t (4 N* fl **SCX> Itxal l*K©a i'V. - . . Wr Mi ' WllV tea K**> • tV n*Kt«T t« I +* - wt <w|mx it fitwbTfcjftfik. Jli*. 13 It* I 4 • f Ti. F*.gli-’« f*^ir i-k*’* 1 ’• d.fi h*1 sra» ahikge aCair. Tmr* b* urn > at orri id ah *' t tW iin©* at Wan, a •iuo!! m arkes t jx a i; v *wd, trHdb ft. ititt l-n tatt* -^b to b**wx a *: •*— »i , — - -j-- . Aftto. », ft. Mua-^uf Uxx * m vert «►?'•*' - « f CxypLuad. Il i* reftrrui T* |» fia. •-j-.o-uw*# "Twvkfta N iAM "-I** Mit < Snu1<«-s That Cliiult Tree*. Those pit viin-rs without ratth-s which belong to tlie Old World (Trimeresuri) are Indian,, and a dozen difl'erent "]N*cies are given and described by Mr. Ikmleo- j gcr. They i»r<* robust snakes^ with rather sliort tails, which can strongly grasj*, and thus they are euabhsl toclimbalsmt j trees wliich form their natural habitat, j —Quarterly lie view. " •V 1 . c " rcTfinn***' S*»iu«-Iim**- Iujnrion*. As a mlu whatever perfume is un- pb-a-ont to tho individual •hould Ijo avoid'd, but a** exceptions occur to every rule, n*-n*oaKiirss or «lebili»y which «-aunot lv* accounted for may t* •tnetiuu-K b»*«xplaiui**! by the use vf *» well knowni perfume - St. Louix Olol*.- iX'Uioctat. - 1 X ('!>•• im tag T.~*>»»t#: ~ "Fapo." qaid a Lit **. yirl who had Ixwti wgrwat mtACt axinfa* *<jry XKlNWrM m» a fifwxt Wft ** JT quos^vwss, —alurt's tlx** aw »d war haviag a *ltr- ‘•m—r Mi tka IwkMv whale; m*» *•« krfx# * 1 Nit" 1 nrel • nik* "tipper -cap- It")! Thnt In (Im* *n«Iv bit of lock I vo ha! today." .Vs la- wax xpraking lb* y*King man |<i«-ke*l np a Minill kna|WK'k wlin h wait lying in the xtern of tho boat and jtitup**l iNit. lie ntado tbo b*at tost and j<sncd the landlord uti the tow path. "It H« this way. You will kt me carry thnt f'*r yun. sir.” A" tliey walk***) aWmg the brilliatit , ytaitig man- hri name won !*tnhp Vince —chatte«l freely. He wax taking a holi day np the nv* r and w.*x to have joint**! j a In* ii I at Nuiiuftxbain (hat night ami then gone on with him tho day after. , lie told tbe landl«*v<iall thla and alxo •amiixnl that Hill priix nut a native of ^ tlie fen country 1 "N*». xir," wa^vflm answer, "I wras | valet to Bir/^uirh-t' Sulnioot. You have peril*pa h*of him." I*hlMp hod never heard of him, but said tliat-h** h..*L "When Sir niarlex dH*l he left Vk* a ' littl** in* **• y him! I inarm <1 a maid w1h> ! WMthcti in I.kIv Sulnn i t’s nervhe I tN*\igh!'fits If**<;***• with n little mwtstnncc t m xaiM& *--- - * 1 1 - »■ 1 I xaxlhu 1 l r* “tI f ““ t vi^v • •■■xtTe — ^w# e w.is very y«*Mug tlH*n and I have l*een h* r*-1 ight*s-n yeara." Philip gutln-nsl fnnn further talk &x tin y went nl*mg (hat Mm, Hill w-aa ! AlH 1 tb it silo had bit on© child, ' Jeanne, n gill of aevetitex-u. who’ tivod > with Ikt f.itlier When they rvttciled I the inn. Hill showc»| Philip a be* 1 room— j rt bilge, culiifoti.ildo ns>m. uiid begun to make si>m«‘ ii|"*l«»g>' about supper. Tli< y | ••<-rv randy !>.•l•l any one staying in tbo j bouse, and tin n* was nothing left but —Imt© Philip interrupted: "You Would be doing me a kindness if you would let mo have supper with ' you ami your daughter. 1 hat© solitude. I ineap, if your—if Miss Hill wouldn't I object." *rif yon really wish It, "ir, 1 shoulil la* feV^rpleoRed: s** also, I am sun*, would Jeanne.” Hill was a liorn valet; ho hjv*l the niarnen. if ho hud lives! out of eervice for x hundred ~y<»ars ho would . have liccn a valet still. When Hill left him, Philip looked around the room ami congratulated himself. Everything was very neat ami clean. Tho landlord was n caqiital fellow—a tittle solemn, perhaps, but still a capital fellow. This was far nlswe tho accommodation which Ii*- had qxpected. Just then a light f«*'itf.ill came np tho stairs, and Philip caught a snatch of a French song. Tho song stiqiped short just U.'fore the footfall passed his door. Philip conjectured that this must Ik* tho daughter, and that it had U-en n French maid that Hill had married—hence the rmnjm Jean no and that snatch of song; also that the daughter had lxk*n warned Of his arrival, and had gono to put on her prettiest dress. All of these con jectures wero quite correct. And yet when Jean no cntefoil the sitting room, a few minutes afterward, and saw Philip for the first time, she was so startled! that sho shqwed it slightly. Philip was also a little surprised, for a different reason, and did not show it at all. Ho had thought of tho jioasilrility that 1 never witng"" a performance •fterwanf Jeanne might be pretty, and she was »s from a seat which he has purchased, beauty—a brunette, childlike m many *—-**-- *--*~>^ s- a ' I>ctulh*-H*l Flentlx. Tlie condition of mind which follow^ tho receipt of a tree pass has always formed a most mysterious study to me. A p-rfeetly normal and well balanced brain lias bt*en tnme<l toi>sy tnrvy trf IS minute by the receipt of a free ikihs »n<l never seemed to regain its equilibrium. There is no spectacle in tho world more common than that of the man who takes tho manager out to dinner, treats him to the most elaborate affair that he can buy and then falls into a condition ot infantile delight when ho receives the jkiss for whicli be lias beeif w.orWftg. Ordinary iktsous will buy no end ot champagne for a theatrical man if they think there is such a thing us a iKise m sight. They struggle and scheme and work for it. and apparently the mon etary side of ft flever forces itself upon their judgment • Why a man will spen^ ten dollars m treating another in order to procure for nothing seats which he could havA bought for thrtie dollars is a mystery. It is said that after a man has once seen' a play from a deadhead seat, lie calf ways, but* with a woman's eyes. Her voice was good, and her first words showed that sli© liad some education. It t<K»k her about tei\ minutes to get ! from decided shyness to complete confi- | deuce. Philip wax feeling far too g<*od- teifi[>**rsd bi let any on© be Kby with him; hc^tna*!© Hill atxl UL daughter talk, and lie tulip-*! irwfy him* 1 * If. il© likid the ; wri thing abuiit him. be del f riiw*hti-» in Loti- c*4*l b* * t ami sahui. for ugry. and—yes, atasraall. I l Wfi*t *na ta simplicity of hail gr>*wa t d*Ni.*_ il© Mk be was very 1 b** liked J* *u that face at After the habit is once formed the rid- fim is forever afterward irresponsible.— Blakely Hall in Brooklyn Begie. SalviitIon Araajr. Womtm Qm Atxaa. In tlie Courae of a talk by Mrs. Bal- Kngtnn Booth aoxm-body asked her if thfi* SalvatkMfwomen did not Med escorts im fuing about tbe city's notorioae quarters ox they do. and she toid him. * No; tt would take too much time to prekset cecurta." The won n are feeripn aimom ■ever looteeted.—New veaii.. »* r Sk4 luaMMT duiag M a • r wxn* xhe did * I ■aw.'k. dxd ftxfi pet .■it l.d L-Ji.lt ftfedxx Mi &:jg