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flow Artemas Ward Beoamo a Le otu re r. Artemus Ward was undoubtedly tho greatest humorist America bas yot pro duced. Ho was goolul and companion able, but not a great conversationalist, nor did lie scatter tho scintillations, of Ids wit ?nfl humor bvo>(dca?ti- but, on tho contrary, was modest and retlcont lu company, and only once in a whllo sot tho table in a roar with somo dry joko, at which ho never h.ughol him self. In fact Artemus coulu not mako an off-hand speech at all, and even tho simplest of responses had to bo written out and committed to memory. It may bo interesting to know how thc great humorist carno to take to tho locturo platform,-when, befoio his great success in that linc, lie had con ll lied himself exclusively to tho pen; ano, as I had a linger in the pie, I wl)l relate lt. About thirty years ago thcro was a paper published in this city by several brothers named Stephens, called Vanity Fair, having for contributors such men as Thackeray, Fitz-Jnmos, O'Brien, Gcorgo Arnold, Henry Stanley, and, in fact, all the literary talent of tho country, with editors such as Charles G. Leland, Henry Clapp and Frank Wood, and yet it was plain that tho public did not want it, and it was about to givo ni? tlie ghost when tho publish ers consulted nie as lo what they should do. My advice was lo get an editor who was well known for his comic pro clivities, and advert ise him as connected with tho paiier, and I declared that thero were only two men in tho whole country who filled tho bil! John G. Saxe and Artemus Ward, w hoso real name I did not then know. I knew that Saxe could not bo had, as he was a candidate for Governor of Vermont*, therefore tho publishers empowered mo to correspond with Artemus ?ind offer him $30 lim week and traveling expenses to conic to New York as the new editor. Tho response was i inmediate accept ance, and $25 and two weeks' salary wore forwarded-he afterward told me the Offer was a godsend, as he was get ting but $10 a week on the Cleveland I'laiudcahr as a reporter-and in a fow days Browne arrived in New York and assumed the chair. Tho paper lan guished on for a few months, and then went the way ol' all funny papers. Ono day, when this had happened, 1 was walking up Broadway and regretting tho result, for I had become very mu eli attached lo Browne, he was talking about going back to Cleveland and re suming Ids old position, when 1 sug gested to him that he try lecturing. At this he laughed, declaring himself ..totally unfit, not being able to speak in public at all, and having no subject. I insisted, and gave him as a subject, '"Ghosts," New York at tho limo being j / "vory much exercised over a foolish hum-1 bug got. np in t ho newspapers and called "Tho Twenty-seventh Street Ghost." Before We parted Artemus had promised to write ooh a lecture, and to meet a knot of i.nr .ry and artist friends the jicxtove lug al l'faft's, on Broadway, i??*. i I' i < > ?avio ? . v' . . . : i what J.'/ .i :.? v\ . . :.. I ly inf ' i.il ?.bon!. fi*! ' ' W fui, ?v?'.f tot Uii'v o'-i'i?ihi 1er ? ;i 'i i m : 'h.- ;>. ; : U.i-,. umnlh. in n i ; il . . I ca) Vii . . ' \ A ; vmu.ii.-i, mtu no small part ot the inn was that thcro was not a word about ghost? lu it, Tho next day he finished it, and then the ques tion was to bring it out. 1 knew an actor, and spinel i mes mau ager, by tho name of Po Walden, then part of tho old Wal lack Company, who had somo money, and 1 managed to get him In terested. He took Niblo's saloon, now tho dining-room ol' tho Metropolitan Hotel, for one night, with the privilcgo of six. Tho first night, with thc help ol' the press, who wein all friends of Artemus, was a triumph, and he ran the week, clearing for himself and manager ?4200, From that time his lecturing was a grand success, and, While Artemus was more than liberad, he .saved money, or rather he made il .-o fast Hitit he could not hell) its ac ouinulaiing in his hands. He died wort h almost a hundred thousand dollars, of which he left the income to his aged mother, and, aller her death, to found an asylum for old and disabled print ers, to which craft he originally be longed. A Thing of tho Past. M he little maids of 1SS9 didn't ask their mammas lo wake and call them carly on tho first of May, its tho little maids did in ?839, Mayday has passed out. No little girls wander on thc Common with paper roses on their heads, or meander lo Tommy's Bock in Boxbury to choose a queen and dance around the May pole. All these things have passed away. Young men do not mount their horses and hie lo Savin Hill, or take their lasses in chaises to purchase at Winship's a bouquet of raro flowers. Thero is no May day fair at Boxbury, whero an early breakfast was secured, and there aro no lilacs m bloom for the boys and girls to purloin. All these have passed, and instead thereof wo have-what? The Mind Jealousy. Tho inlnd-jcalousy is harder for somo women to boar than tho heart-joalousy, Ko vulgar dread of courso unfaithful ness eau implant such a sting in tho breast as does the dread that tho man who is loved may find a higher ploasuro with another woman than tho ono who loves him. Tho coarse infidelity may ho dospisod ; tho contempt it shows may bo mot with contempt; but tho loftior fooling that Is salisllod by tho loftior byrnpathy cannot bo despised and trea ted with contempt. A mau who don't l.uow anything is >protty sure to tell lt tho first chance ho gots. -At Sacramento, Cal., on May 18, >tho G-yeai'Old maro Emnlino, by ?lec itlonoor, out of thoroughbred Emma Hobson, by Woodburn (by Lexington, dam Hoads I Say, by imp. Gloncoo), I won her maiden raco In straight heats, ' ..kinir a record of 2 27,4, Mother And Child. My child la lylngon my knees: Thu signs of heaven she reads ; MY face ls all t ie l?wveu sho sees, ls all the heaven she need*. And ?ho ls well, yea, bathed In bliss, If heaven ls In my face, Bohlitu lt Is all tenderness And truthfulness and grace i morn. h*?r weil so earnestly Unchanged lu changing mood, My lifo would go without a sigh To bring her something good, I abo mu a child, and I Am Ignorant and week; I gaze upon Ibo starry sky, And thoa I must not speak. For all behind tho starry sky, Ilelilnd tho world so broad. Ilehlnd men's hearts and souls doth Ho Tbe Infinite of tSod. If tine to her, though troubled sore, I cannot choose but be. Thou who art peaeo forovci mo.o Art very true to me. If 1 nm low and sinful, bring More love where need is rife: Thou knoWost what an awful thin? It ls to bea life. Hast Thou not wisdom to enwrap Mv waywardness about, lu doubting safely git the lap Of Love that knows no doubt .' Lo! Lord, 1 sit In Thy wide ?paco, My child upon my Knee ; She lookoth up Into my face, And I look till to Thee. JACK PR LC li. I suppose not ono In a thousand will caro to read a' dock hand's story. Feo plo call us coarse und vulgar. Grou ted; but our work makes us so. There uro ladies, I fancy, who will shudder ut tho thought of such a story, uud and gentlemen who will dip into it carefully, expecting to lind u string of oaths. Judge for yourselves whether tilts tale of Jack Prlco, my partner, is fit for refined ears. No neod lo tell you of a deck hand's life. A man that beats about iii tho cold and rain, handling sleety ropos or balancing himsolf on tho gunwale of a coal bargo with twenty feet ot swift waler under him, is not apt to be a pretty, kid-gloved, Soft-voiced follow. If his face is red it is because midwin ter winds on tho Ohio ure not good tor the complexion. Ho deals with rough work and is rough himself; but Iiis heart is just about as apt to bo right as that of a Senator or a Judge. Wo started from Pittsburgh on the Gcorgo llammoud iu July, Jack and ?, Thero was a big river, and wo made good timo to Louisville, where wo shipped on tho Charley Roberts, bound for Orleans. To say we found it hot on tho Lower Mississippi gives no idea of tlie weather. Half tho crew wore unlit for duty. One morning there was a whispering among IL3 boys. 'What's up, Jack?' said I. 'Steve Robinson's down with swamp fever. ' Tlie boys gathered in a knot around the captain. Before long thom was a panic among them. Tho mate shook lils bend and looked thoughtful. 'The man must be put ashore,' said tho captain. 'No, sirl' cried Jack Price. 'Who are you?' 'Plain Jack Price;, but Stove dou't go ashore. It's an outrage to think of lt ' I ' Who'i to Viiv.k Idhi?' I ?Je.!> , . .... ....... WSh V?M 'IU.W-'AW.: ?a .. *hv. 'Doubtful.' . 'I'll nurse Stove, I tell you! Wo'vo made live trips together, and if ho's put ashore hero in tlie swamps 1 go with him.' 'You it is,' said tho captain, turning on his heel. 'Kot another man goos into Slevo's state-room.' For ten days Stevo's room was quar antined. Nobody but Jack saw tho inside of lt. We saw him sometimes, carrying something to tho sick man or sitting on tho guards to got a breath of air; but every soul on tho boat kept out of his way. Wo all liked Jack, but tho fever might bo in his clothes; Ho began to look pale, but I o never grum bled. One day tho news cunio out to us that Stove was dead. A few hours after we buried bim on an island in thc river in a pine box, and tho only tiling Uko a prayer sahl ovor him was from Jack: 'God help him!' The fevor did not spread, and wo all breathed freer. A fow evenings after Stove's death I was on watch at tho hoad of tho tow, and Jack was with me. Wo were puffing at tobies to keep off the mosquitoes. Them was a bazo over tho waler, but tho stars were shining, and tho broad river was quiet as a lake. .Jack,' said I, 'I've got a raging headache.1 'No?' said he, us if ho asked a ques tion. Ho took my hand and held it. .Not fover, ls it. Jack?' '('OHIO and lio down,' was his an swer. A din! ness cunio ovor me, and without Jack's arni to steady me, I would novor have reached my bunk. 1 remembered very little after that. I learned afterwards that I was delirious; but how long I can not tell you. I re member Jack's face near mo at times in a dream-the kindliest fuco you ovor saw, not handsome, may-bo, but a face with somo of God's good noss in lt. When I got back to reality again I found Jack bonding ovor me. I was in tho same state-room, and I could feol from tho motion that tho boat was nndor way. .How long have I been hero, Jack?' 'Quito awhile, my boy.' 'And whore aro wo?' '.Not far from Memphis. ? ?Going up or down!' .Going homo. Don't talk if it tires you.' .What WU3 tho matter with me, Jack?' 'A touch of fover; but you'ro bettor now. ' 'Can't I look out, Jack? It will do mo good to soo the sun.' Horai80d mo up a3gontly as a woman would liavo done, andi looked out through tho glass door of tho state room eagerly as a child. Had tho sun mttammmm?mmmiinwn 11 m i. n nv? -ur n .' ww.rcAH?o?y*T3?.?< ! over ahon?'ao brightly baloto? The low wooded shores'looked like paradice. No 'mountain stream eyer seemed soi beautiful to mo us tho great muddy river. 'Jack,' said I, when he laid me down nguiu, 'what can 1 over do to pay von?' 'Pay mo tor what?' ?Look ut mo; I'm thin ns a ghost. I must, have been sick a long time. You've pulled mo through, Jack.' 'I'vo done nothing of the kind,' said ho, laughing, 1 noticed for the first timo how very thin and pinched his faco was. lt seemed as If he had grown old. .IJOOK at mo, Jack; you'vo l?i?h the best friend I over had. ' Ho m?de no answer, but look my band und pressed lt. It seemed as if a mist carno between us, and I saw big tears standing in Jack's kindly eyos. 'I thought 1 got past this,' said bo, coughing. Next day ho came in smiling, with a letter and some oranges. '1 ?eut ushoro at Memphis,' he ex plained, 'and found a letter from Slstor I Annie. Thoy'ro looking for mo homo.' 'We'll soon be in Pennsylvania again, Jack.' Ho looked mo full in tho face and (smiled. His oye3 soemod very largo and his checks were blood'oss. lt sadd on ed mo to look at him. '1 must go now,' said he. '1 hopo you'll enjoy tho oranges.' I was mending fust and cxpectod to bo out very soon. Jack did net come up again that day. Next morning tho cook brought mo a cup of tea. .Whoro ls Jack?' I asked. 'Busy.' I thought of him all day, but ho did not come. 'Cook,' said I, ut last, 'I want you to toll mo the truth about Jack.' .Don't you fret!1 he answered. 'Hut I must know.' 'Well, ho's not able to be about.' 'Whero is he?' 'In No. 8. But you can't go near him; ho's got tho fever! Delirious! Wouldn't know his own mother?' 'Who's musing him?' 'I am-what little ho gels. Wo can't make a hospital out of tho Charley Iloberls.' Cook tried to stop mc, but I stag ! gered across tho cabin into Ko. 8. I could hardly recognize Juck as ho lay on tho bunk, his taco was so Hushed and Iiis oyes ao bloodshot. Ho had dropped down, too weak to take his clothes off. I took his hand und sat beside bim. Mack, my boy, what's wrong?' 'Nothing, Sam. Jack ne vor said much. Ile was bet ter ut doing than saying. I looked nttho poor follow in despair. I had novor nursed a sick person In my life. Tho captain carno in while T. sat there. 'Wo must have n doctor, captain,' said I. ?Afjo-Pt <,q ivr.ll ,..o"*.ifj ft)] cftlViVP 'ioV/ " i^.iijii Sit".*,* J iv. ? '-'.hvi r:'. '?. ii i a strange expression, 'you know my sister Annie?' .Certainly, Jack.' *I want yon to toll her about me.' 'You will soon seo her, Juck.' 'No, Sum; I'm going.' 'We're both going homo.' "Yes, going home. I'm tired! Tl red I' 'Then ro3t Jack. I shall bo herc' 'Tako my hand, Sam.' '1 have your hand, my boy. Try to sleop.' 'Yes,' bo wont on, pointing, thero's Anulo at tho door. She looks moro and moro Uko mother as sho glow's older, ?ho's glad to soo me from tho way sho smiles.' 'Indeed sho is, Jack.' 'That's Sam's voice; ho got over tho fever well. I believo 1 had lt, too. Hear old Point barking at tho gate; ho's most as glad ns Annie to seo mo back. Ab, -Sam, it's good to bo back in Pennsylvania-God's country! An nie! Annlol' Ho foll back in a stupor, with his eyes sot. I felt a spasm pass through bis franio, after which his hand lay in mine like a lifeless thing. I looked up questioning nt the captain. 'God holp bimi Ho is dead,' 'Oh, surely notl' 'Dead!' ho repeated. Only when I bent over him did I bc? liovo it. Jack was dead. *IIo diod working for others,' saki the captain, and in lieu of better words these must stand for his epitaph. I can onjy toll Jack's story in a plain way. I can not /Ul your oyes with tears as mino uro lilied, as there is no nrt behind my words. You read of good men unselfish and heroic mon that pools sing of and historians immortal izo-but thoro was ono that nobody ever heard of. Who was thoro to read a funeral sormon over him In a lonoly plac? on tho river bank noxt day? Who prayed over tho rough pino box? Not a prayer, not n hymn nt tho fun eral; only some tears that carno of gen uino grlof. Wo left him thoro on tho rlv.er bank with a ploco of driftwood to murk lils gravo, which tho next Hood would swoop away. I found a little flower growing thero-a violet, I think, which I brought away for Annie. Jack was ns homely n mun as ever you saw, a big raw-boned fellow, with a twinkle ot tho oyo that made one laugh. lind you boon hunting for a mun of polish and education you would not hnvo plckod him out. Ills head had not boen cultivated ut the expoiiso of hl3 heart. Ho used strong language sometimes when a ropo got tangled or tho pumps worked hard or tho coffoo didn't suit him. I um not trying to picture him ns porfect; I want you to know him us he was. Ills voico in a sick room was us couti" as a child's: he mffii khal?fe? iban OK .. 3, .md a bund that .prved a./lrlgtid until..ready to drop Iron: wcr.nhes??. I romembor him ?a Uo bent < ver u?.S whoo 1 lay helpless with te vc., a kindly/light beaming m ! his race bat b-aitiOod it. t learned f thou hov. tinsel tli? ho was and my lien it w. '.i'. bul to him, as yours would ; li?ye geno luu: you known lum. This was .lucie it his host. JU?T ? U... OTHER MEN. Mr. r. ...;?! IH Simply tho Average I lu span d' Born?? ot my ; - a leis umy huvo formed thu opio;, i tii;'.'. Mr, Bowser ls egotis tical, writes Mr.?. Bowser. Such i9 not tile case ?tot p.uiioulurly. Hois sim ply tho average husband. Tho uvor age husband. kuo\y? it nil without be in jv . v. d .'.r'fful. And if any ono has formed i?h i Idea tllafc Mr. Bowser is ob stimd . ? tylsli tb disabuse bia mind on tliiti point. Mi.). Bowser never con cede."! lo :no, but that isn't obstinacy. Thal is simply thu way of nil Husbands. Tile oilier morning I asked Mr. Bow ser t ho:/viollld n't send upa carpenter to li mg i b : screen door to tho kitchen, anil ,uu i a icw nionionts thought, ho replied : .I'm in no hurry this morning, and I'll lising ii myself.? Ucl. il .- got to luvvo a spring on, you know,' 'Well, v. hal ol' it?? '('an yo. you-?' Mt' f can't l want to bo knocked on the head .or an idiotl I'vo put on more doov^nd gato springs than you've gc hairs r yo?i head;' lIo got lOH door down from tho loft liiul alter Minniitij; up au ! down and bi iv'ard , nd forward for half an hour hi assorlioeni of tools consistod of tv kiVv'sjj itu auv.er. a braco and bit, u plano, a ger vv-drlver and screws, a st)ii.iio, i*?>iopiis5, ii mitei-boX ami a lupe-iiue. .iKies it fi juice all tho3c tools to lian/ v Kc/i^n door?' luueried, 'Bihia; iii : may not,' he replied. I . ' you ni any way?' 'Uah you assist mo? Mrs. Bowser, y< ill; ii . yod didn't regard mo as lu '.. V lion I want your vidu al ? 1 isa i nci I'll send you word on a postal curd J' I. retired ii . id order, and lomamod out. ol lighl L-wonty minutes. When I re tu ri ted ie.' luvt tho door on ??lid se nu; I voi'y well satisilcd. You'd ((aye to tuuko u slight chang" it ((Bat, M;. ! Muser.' 'lloivV' j ' Vou'\ u hupg (ti top to bottom.' 'I have, ob? I'll bet you $10,000, 00 i to a cent 1 haven't.' lb' I; at the knob and the catch ami Hugs oil tho pali?is, JI waa I'ftl ri y neaten, and h>i realized it, il lis) ii ol'aoknowlo Jging the co lie 1 iii '. il it for a moment ai tl the:! i i '.elly said. ; uppt! i it on that way to soo if you wt , . notice it, out you'tl havo let it pa ' i b;ii r illed your attention to it.' in l.'uo cu:i rsc of half an hour lie blade i!i ',.i; i' a.; and was putting on tl) ' . '.'Vi ii ! caine back. Ho bad mr. i pul :i apriUii'oii a door in his life, aiiO il woiilti na:, havo detracled from lib dlgiiltyv : 1 my advice, but bo Wpttlil diii Iii ! Ho measured for it, tthd b'-'gari ; oro n whole for the sci non, A fte i lu hud worked for two or three .MM./. -, | asked: '.Mr. IhiWaer, 'vlilclt way ure you tur ::.),. ll'; : .. ni int?' 'What v- mean?' lie domanded as he -top; wbric; ! i>r,i I ne . > j : Ipi ?, ?.,.:, i;ik.? ?u\\h\ Woo i>vi> ?i u il ? i ive. ' -<:t Un 1 ?>ii> ;! ii .y ll ? iviijb and : 5Jtv6.o\'!?j>'ilHn ; ip B-in. ': ft! ii.iii . . " . V : ? to the right.' 'They dooli? What a smart wifo ? havo ! You had bettor deliver u series of lectures on mechnnism.' 'Will you turn to the right?. .?io ma'am!' Ho bored ami bored, determined not to givo in, and at length ?. pushed him asido and turned tho gimlet to tho right and had it into the wood in no time. 'Didn't I loll you so, Mr. Bonser?' 'Well, the man who made that gimlet deserves State prison I It's tho llrst ono I over saw that turned to tin right, lind I hail seen millions of them before you were born.' 'Can you put the spring on alone?' .Mrs. Bowser' ho answered, after glaring at mo in a cbillod-stcel way for a half a iiiiuiito, 'perhaps 1 ought lo be in ibo idiot asylum, und perhaps I do know enough to come in when it rains. You will oblige mo very much by going into tlie house and knocking that squalling young'on on tho head. It was half un hour before I dared go out again. By that time Mr. Bow ser hud tho spring on, but the door stood oiion instead of shut. He was standing m a deep study. 'I know what ails it, Mr. Bowser.' .How shrewd I' 'When you tightened tho spring up you turned it to tho right. That throws tho door open. If you'll tight en to tho loft tho door will spring shut. Ho sat down on tho stops mid lookod at mo with twolvo dii?orenl shades of irony and sarcasm in bia expression and dually deigned to reply : 'Where djd yuu lenrn nil you know?' 'Will you lix that spring as I told you?' 'No ma'am I won't; I've been looking it over and I know where the troublo is. It's a spring for a loft hand door. I should havo seen it from thc outset if you had'nt been bothering around.' '1 can mako that spring work on this door' .Mrs. Bowser 1 wouldn't have your jconcelt for any money.' Ko wonder you havn't a single friend in this neigh borhood. 'I havo all I want and I can lix that spring in two minutes.' 'Ncvor I You simply want un op portunity to break it. You'd tear tho kitchen down to carry your point. Go in and maul that howling baby some moro.' 1 grabbed the wrench from his hands loosened tho spring and then turned it tho other way, and lol the door shut and was hold stiff in its place as was designed. .Ibero! Mr. Bowser!* .?There what?' ?Tho spring shuts tho door.' 1 don't seo lt.' 'But look I Hld you over seo a door work nicer?' 'Jt doesn't work at all.' 'But see! 'I soo a ruined door, jost ns I expec ted to seo and now I must get an en tilo now screen! Mrs. Bowser 1 have born with you until tho limit is about reachod. Doh't provoke mo to .desper ation. IfrisbaiidH rondered dosroralo by persistent and malicious nagging have bebn knlwn to arise at midnight and wlpo outlhe whole family.' . -> , ? ?.?*??.?<.? I?....I i IM^I ll?.* True and Falso M?8alor?3. About i\ quarto.; of a century ugo thoro lived iii Weaf?rli Virginia an old Methodist clorgynittu, who, being dia abled by age from preaching, taught a dozen little children to spoil und road. All of hi? loisuro time ho guvo to tho writing of a hook on geometry. Ho wan so kind ant] devout a mun, Unit his unconscious iri?uonoo on his pupils was us wholcsomo as tho sun and puro air upon young plants. Every ono of them has been a nobler man or woman for hiS teaching. Yet this touching ho looked upon ns play; it was tho unconstrained effort bf ins nature. His reid work in tho world, ho thought-, was tho discovery of unknown laws and methods in mathe matics. Hut when ho was dead, tho hugo rolls of manuscript which ho left behind him were pronounced by m a t h e ni a t i e ia nu to bo faulty, and of no value. Thoro' is nothing in which men aro so readily mistaken as in their own true work in lifo. That which costs them labor and effort, they are apt to value most highly; but that whioh is most likely to last in the world is tho work which expressed their soorot nature and feeling; which carno from thoir minds as naturally as tho breath from their bodies. Haydon, tho artist, painted with in finite caro and pain many gigantic his torical pieces which ure now almost f< ?? gotten, while he is known best to pos terity by a hasty sketch thrown oil for his own amusement. Von Kroublo was tho author of many ponderous tomes on metaphysics, but he is remembered only as tho writer of a little song full of love and pathos, which is sung in every nursery in Ger many. Tho same discouraging truth meets us m ov?ry-d?iy .?te. Tho coh^?iOhti ous young man who measures every hour of tho day, and tills it with a duty, and who regulates every word nnd ac tion by rigid laws, is apt to lind that while the outward life is perfeot, some unexpected taint suddenly shows itself in his heart. Ho ls priggish, irritable, vain, or ma licious, and he tinda, to his astonish ment, that il is those hidden faults that impress his companions, rather than his faithful observance of duty. The last is forced action; tho first is the true expression of his nature. .~ While he' has been busy in seeing that the ramparts aro secure, and the sentinels oil guard on the outer walls of his character, the neglected ownor of the fortress hus proved traitor, pubed dowh the Hag, and yielded to tho enemy. "What nm I to do, then?" somo boy Ol' girl will probably ask. "Am I not to strive to do good work, or to live a perfect life in tho world?" Thc wist; Asiatic king answered the question ages ago. "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out ol' it uro the issues of life." That work will be most effective and enduring into which you throw your own vitality. That word ami action only will huve a real power in tho world which aro the expression of your own feeling and belief. .See to it that the foundation bo pure, if you would heal and not poison the world with its waters. Homo WaKe-Earners. There wero somo very apt remarks under this heading in a recent number of J/((rpt:/'\i liaza)' by ?. M. Ki Howe. Por want of space we cannot ?iv o them ..m.. i unit'.') nz. i..LI.i ii, iMLii tiioy know nothing well. They can cook a little, sow a Jit-tie, play a little on tho piano, embroider a little, possibly paint a ?ow still' Howers or impossible landscapes. What doos it amount to? Nothing, in tho emergency of work or starve, not one of these small accomplishments avails for earning a living or ever re plenishing their small wardrobe. They have been trained to nothing. Tili) un married women in New Kagland at least out-number tho lUnrrjcd olios. Iii Massachusetts alone there aro seventy tive thousand moro women than men, ami it ijs sale to infer that tho majority ol' the lone sisters must support them selves, li tllOhO go ilitp (lie big cities their ililli tues* is against them and many of them are hampered .by some home tie and the question is, what can a woman do at hov own hearthstone? It may be helpful to observe how women in country houses have solved this problem. A poor clergyman's widow found her self with four boys under thirteen yours of ago to support. Iii desperation Olio day she told the boys to gather trailing arbutus which grew in profusion on her little farm. ?She tied these May flowers in light buhohos with a few leaves and sent two of the boys to the railway station where tho express train stopped for water to soe if they could sell them. The first day they return ed with ii dollar, and day after day with tho changes made in the flowers as the season progressed they carried their sweet blossoms and realized quite n sum. One day a gentleman said I don't want your Howers; why don't you bring wild berries. After this no day passed without the presence at thc station of the boys with tiny birch bark cups tilled with raspberries, blackber ries or blueberries. Another woman who had been her brothers houso-koepor found herself at his death without means of support. ?She had a largo conservatory in commo tion with her home ami she determined to sell Howers to the students in a neighboring college. ?She did a good business and increased it by advertis ing to send cut Howers by express. The flower woman ts very happy with her work and is laying by something for a rainy day. There aro 62,000 women in America interested in tho cultivation of fruit, and among t hem are somo of tub most successful orolmrdist in California, lt is ofton nssortod that womon succeed bettor at thoir work than mon. A Now Jersey mother sont two boys to col lego with tho recoipts of hor strawberry beds and a Now York stato woman mado a clear profit of 1(500 dollars ono season by raspberry culturo. Homo daughters 'ol' a clergyman in New Hampshire \ bought a small photographie outfit and took viows ot tho beautiful Whito Mountain sconory and sold them to tho summer visitors and so made enough money to finish their educations. A Pennsylvania woman thought she might be aldo to realize some!bing from the birch bark which was abundant near her home. Sho made lovely little baskets filled with ferns and wild UIOSSOH and thoy wero pronouncod lovoly for table decoration, and sold rapidly. Sh? took orders for filling vases and I Waldeau eases for pertain rieh poople whojliked unique decorations. J Au old lady in roduood circumstances Bold raspberry shrub und oldorborry wino of bor own making, und obtained n ?um suflloient to cnablo ber to o? large bor mothoda and now sho is kept vory busy. Those instaucer. only illustrate tho possibilities within grasp whoa a woman rm* nm intelligent nyn to son. taet to a viril hersolf of tho resources into be stows and onorgy to persevere. Rut suecess in every ease was duo to scru pulous euro to do tho thing attempted in tho very best manner. Tho World's Houses. Under tho shadow of tho groat Eiffel Tower in Paris them now stands a ser ies of most interesting structures, ill tonded, Uko tho towor, to signalize tho centenary of tho beginning of the French Revolution, and attract visitors to tho exhibition of 1880. This collection of structures is called by tho people of Paris tim "?Street of Habitations," and illustrates with a groat number of bouses tho history of tho habitations of mon. In order to imitate tho oldest form of habitation which man is known to have built for himself? a little lako has boen excavated, and in it, upon piles, Bovoral "lake dwellings," Uko thoso occupied by prehistoric, races, and such as havo been found in Switzerland and else where. have been erected. Tho pro historio men wlib ure supposed to have built those earliest dwellings will bo imitated, as nearly ns possible, by poo p.o who will occupy the houses during tho exhibition. Near by, in a rocky lodgo, some dwellings like those of tho troglodytes or eave-dwellers havo beon dug out. Everything about those very primitivo dwellings suggests tho flint and polished stone agc. it is a curious fact, how over, that not ali tho races ot mon havo yet progressed out of the eavo-dwolliiig opooh. 'loverai races of savages still prefer to dwell in caves or clefts of rocka, und in Apulia, a province of Southern Italy, civilized pooplo still Hyo in dwellings carved out of the rocky ledges at tho bottoms of valleys, which have boon oc cupied in this way from time immem orial. Moro attractive than theso dwellings are tho earliest stone and wood houses like those- built by tho ancestors of all tho Jndo-Europcan races in Central Asia before the great migrations of tho parent Aryan race. And still moro at tractive aro tho Persian and Assyrian houses, plain un i solid, but. well adapted to tho needs of their occupants. An American, accustomed to reading and hearing in his childhood about tho houses of tho children of Israel, would linger long at tho carly Hebrew habita tion, with its three-cornered door and its garden upon tho roof. Thc simple aiid often imposing resi dences of tho Egyptians will bo imitat ed, as well as thc Hindoo architecture, and tile Phmnieian house with its tower and other Oriontal habitations. Then tim ilrst houses of tho Creeks, Romans, and even tho Scandinavians will be copied, and tho gabled and timbered mansion of tho Middle Ages, as woll as tho,dwelling of tho Renaissance, whon tho classic ideas of architecture began to prevail once moro in Europe Tho Russian house, surmounted by a cupola in the form of an inverted pear, will bu ii conspicuous object upon tho street, and so will be tho Arabian houso, with its squar?, battlemented tower. Another group of structures interesting to tho inhabitants of tho civilized por ' . ii I h ! iv .. M. V Iii i i-'O ir-;t.;en:s lome'.! . i .vii i ? ... dwellings v. sa . i ' .wili h v -. v.vi s o'! tho ?!.- 'au'/! b .lir.:. . ii'b'd i ii lint'** pi I.'. :> . ?i m r.-.v'v. . io,. a:,-' mwm V Ail ie ... . I.' jvj'f.I ? !?./ tlii.i . .'VJ ll il. ! . Iii! ! 'V il' tho Aztecs of Mexico, amt tho iuewa u. Peru, lt is not probable, ? howovor, that tho directors of tho.Exhibition will attempt to duplicate tho great houses of tito Pueblo I ndians of New Mexico and Arizona. Theso immense struct ures wore, built to accommodate the en tire population of a town, and some times contained six hundred apart ments, in whi?h three thousand or four thousaud people lived. By no means all of tho varieties of dwellings erected on tills Street of Hab itations have been mentioned hero. Tho list would lie too long. In order to preservo as much as pos sible tho similitude ol tho various houses to those in representation of which they are built, they will be oc cupied, as far us possible, by people of tito races to whom they belong. Thus, the Egyptian houso will bo occupied by modern Egyptians, in costumes copi od from lately discovered antiqui ties in Egypt. Japanese and Chinese will occupy the houses ol' their countries, and will bo busily engaged in making tho pro ducts which they make at homo. In tho Indian wigwam will boan Indian family from Canada. Allanthus Trees. lu 18.02 Ibo Emperor of China sent to tho President several Allanthus trees, which bore tho poetic name of tiio Tree of Heaven. They were planted in the White House yard and flourished until they became among tho finest, trees Ibero. In the spring of tho year when in blossom tho Ailanthus gives off an odor that only a Chinese would call Heavenly, and now recently President Harrison was so annoyed by theodor that hu ordered tho historic trees cut down and down they came. Tho tree has rather a tropical look and about the time thoso trees wore planted in tho White Houso yard, they were quito thc fashionable thing to plant, but their un pleasant odor mado them unpopular. Tho fomalo flowers do not smoll and wo remembor somo charming Virginia cousins who used tho Howers in their hair in a way to make many less In genious belles onvious. Don't tempt ono to question your ve racity. A piece of satire, to bo beneficial, should bc so rendered that ovory man who reads, or hears it, shall say to him self, "That is just, because it hits everybody but mo." Thoro- aro great things and little things-as men seo things; but tho greatness and tho littleness aro oftener In tho seeing than in tho seen. Littlo things aro often great to littlo minds in a little way; but littlo things aro great to great minds-in a great way. Trilling is trivial only to him who is so trivial as to bb a triller. ?NSTKAD of "slicking peas" in tho usual mannor, tho Amorican Agricul turist suggests setting stakes about a rod apart and stretching wires botweon i t.tem, tho first ono foot ft om the ground and the others eight inches anart. ?a FASHION ftp l'Ks, ^, ; Out-aida garments an?! bats'1 o'.Tor tm . tho moat shunning novelties. ' ! ?'What bhull wo wear for - wvoi^?'*' ? I Wc reply that tho protty models wMKW i wo publish in this number' will gly^nn I oxaot iden. Pirat is tho poloriu?/ uhdor ; whatever form it presents itself, gofo*::' times it is the form so well Known, \?f\i : sleeves and lilted to tho back. Both;;. I times it is tho polcrino gathered at ?jo '. ' I shoulders, and udjusted to tho bV^!< ; with folds-again it is the sleeve of wdiich wo have spoken detached from tho baek whioh takes tho form of tho. rodiugoto and falls baek again ag ?v, dervish alcove with long lobs in\iroxit; In our oi>inion all th?so gttrmouts ; sliould bo made of pretty stuii', very j coquettish and very now in order to'rov. I lievo us a little from tho stripes of all'fi ' dimensions, aud all colors wh'ch have . become thc commonest things in tho world. For au elderly poison tho garment i? jnade of surah silk trimmed with a cai' cado of lace down tho front. As for carriago wraps and dusters for ; traveling glazed taffetas of light color aro very protty* Our first illustration is a combin ation of bluo cloth and olive groot! cashmore; this green is a little dusty, a little dim, liko tho loaves of tho elm} tree. Tho skirt is of green silk cover ed with black chenille tulle. Tli<> tonie, a kind of blouse, is butt ohed iii the back, thc fronts aro gathered and hold in place by an "ancient" buckle. The blouse is opened tho entire length, in order to show a largo panno) of tho skirt, sleeves of cashmere, .^till ered on tho shoulders and open frouj top to bottom on tho upper side, to ?show ah uiuior sleeve of silk oovorod with tullo. This is quito now and suit able for a young giri, also foy a young married woman. Theso blouses, polo naises, or corsago have been in great favor for ?OHIO time and one c.vnuot complain of them for they aro vory be coming. Young persons will wear tho tradi tional plaited corsage, with throe wide plaits in the buck and in front, hold to tho waist with a girdle of gros grain. This year with these ?Oraa'g?S will bc seen under a rolled collar of tho same material, the Uogattn cravat, suda .U gehtlOih'on wear. It will bo very amus ing, very coquettish, but I aiii afraid that this corsage and this cravat soon in the opening of tho vest will liavo thc effect of tho flnnnol shirt that gentle men wear at sea, which is in tho high est degree "ohio" although it is no! 2)retty. In our peregrinations through tho world of fashion wo have seen in n largo establishment a vory beau ti fid house postumo for a young married lady which wo illustrate; Tho robo ii of Bengaline of an exquisite and very delicate tint of withered rose lewes. Tho front of tho dress, tho plastron and the sleeves aro of saxony lace, a large scarf of Bong.ilino sOA p:v?*0H around tho waist and falU in long enda trimmed with fringe headed by a band of gold. This robo is in stylo olegant and in tasto exquisito. Wo have spoken of out-side garments in tho commencement of this let?or, but wo havo not onumoratod them. ThoiJo is tho long mantle liko tho pelisse,- tho redingote thatnmy !><. triads very He$'< or very simplo iiono^dlngi to i' . ?i.?o. Tho cloth redingote is ? . ! , ' aha well known. This whioh is uno:?n:ui. .< i. iht? vi diUg?fo of iiod>t. Iv..I'., ti. ,,;,,,,( Mf . i .! o- ,:r- v, with : nundi bliH'V, d?!s;g.u?i: simula iiig lace net; u > -\ tho ' ?>:4. ?id hutu; . v ; of ii'.:-;, '.ir t?Ufd.V'M? M-?;o: i -v..i-;?vii ^hH-<;ttehr''-.ol2?f3 .'. io th;i olbews, li) ord'?r d-.)' K< * ; : .h .id' by iV.'lp.Co ?l?ovo, closed n't ilio \y? Aa loi manues tnoy aro ot mauy forms, differing from thoso? already seen. Our illustrations present tho diversit y of shape, and their elegance bettor than any description. It may bo said that black or colored velvet, lace, beautiful embroideries and an abundance of jet will make tho entiro expense. BRONZE IN ANCIENT GREECE. The Uso to Whioh tho Mota! Waa Put ip Works of Art. Bronze was used by tho Greeks for works of art of many sorts, but very few ancient bronzes remain to xis. 'Tho metal having considerable value, capable of being coined into money and always iii demand for decorative ap pliances, is sure to bo molted down when found or seized, unless the lovo of art or display prevents it. So it?happens that the Naples Museum alone contains more largo carly bronzes than all other mus?ums together, and that nearly all hose works of art como from the ono villa which was explored in llercuhv. neum between 17?0 and 1760. Tho Ciirl'v'St Greek works in this magnificent collection are tl?? so-eared dancing girls -stately d iii ped ilguros of life-size and larger than life, statues of oxtraordln iry dignity and refinement. The noble head called a portrait of Plato, and a'so by various other names, not originally a bust, but evidently cut out of a bronze statue, which probably had beon thrown down and ruined, is also of a great epoch in art, Half a dozen large statues, and twico as many busts, all in tho sumo hall, aro of valuo inferior only to thoso who have been named. Tho Spinario, or boy extracting a thon: from his foot, in tho Capitol Museum ut Home, and tho so-called Idol i no at Florence, aro also Carly bronzes of great importance, and tho Victory at Brescia and tho Praying Boy at Berlin art works of a later period. Bronze was so much used by tho Greeks for weapons and armor that it was natural for thom, to decorate thesa arms moro richly than could havo beon the paso with steel. Accordingly, very olaborato decoration was givon to parts of this suit of defense j tho Sirius bronzes in tho British Museum hoing tho most olaborato specimens so far discovered. Those aro shoulder pieces having figures In high relief upon them; more com monly engraving was used, and subjects of many figures .woro given by this means tc broast-plates and helmets. Bronze mirrors, too, woro decorated in this way, their backs hoing covorod with ongraved dosigns; and ibero exist also ongraved disks which were nov minors, but apparently votive offer ?gs But richest of all wore tho cist* or boxos of sheet bronzo, circular or oval in plan, with straight uprlgh sidos having cast feet and handlea, bu (bcoratcd othorwlso wholly yd th. 6 V ravin ?r.