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Nobody Elso. . arwo little lihitds. so careful niul brisk, " rutting tho tciv tlilng!? away, .vf */lYlille mot hui- Is vesting a whllo in her chair, For 8ho has benn busy all Oily, , . , Ami the dear little Hilliers are working for love, .- lt hough they are tender and woo. ".i'll do lt so nicely," she says to hoi soli ; 'Ibero's nobody else, you seo " ,',I\vo tittle root Just scampered op stabs, For papa wllf quickly be hore. JAnd lils shoes must bo ready and wann by tho Aro That Is burning, so bright and so clear ; Xhcn sho must climb on a chair to heep watch "llo ennn?>t como In without mo. 3i* -V/lit'ii niotber ls tired 1 open tho door There's noboily olso, you seo." ? ? . ? * tc * . two little {irma around papa's dear neck, And a soft, downy chook 'gainst his own ; For out of tho nest so cozy anil bright Tho little ono's mother has llown. . fc-Uho brushes the tear drops away as sho thinks: "Now ho luis no ono bul mo. I must n11 give way! that would make him so sail, Ami there's nobody else, you seo." l'wo little tears on tho pillow, unshed, Dropped from tho two pretty eyes; l'wo little arms stretching out In tho dark; Two little, faint, sobbing erics, .rana forgot I was always waked lip When ho whispered good night to mo. Db, mother, como back, just to kiss mo In bcd Thcro's nobody else, you see." l.lttlo truo heart) II motlier can look Out from her homo in the skies. Sim will not pass to her haven of rest Whllo Hie tvars dim her little ono's eyes. It Cod bas shed sorrow around us just now, Yet his sunshine is ever lo bo, And ho ls tho comfort for every one's pain There's nobody else, you see. -Mary Hodges. HOUSE UUKEDIMJ IN NEW YOKE. <\ Valuable Leoline pu Horse- Meeod in?: in Now York, Delivered at tho Syracuse ami Albion F'uruiefs' Instituto. BY JAB. WOOD, OF AV Ii ST C H E S TIS It CO. Tho first quest ion with fanners in tho Eastern States now ls, "How can wo successfully compete with too great ? West?" On tho long-established theory ? that tho value of land is in proportion i to tho population, wo cannot abandon our fauns, and wo must stoutly resist i thu tendency to destroy their voltio i which tho unexampled productions of : tho virgin soils of our newly peopled States, and tho unprecedented cheap ness of their transportation to our mar kets, so persistently encourage. Wo can no longer rear and fatten a bullock i without pecuniary loss. What is left to us? Our orchards and vineyards still yield us fair profits, but wo cannot ? devoto our whole farms to apples, pears, peaches and grapes. Our dairy products hold tho lirst rank for thoir quality, but j groat regions of the Northwest give us impressive warning that wo cannot long maintain this. We lind an encouraging unswer to our inquiry, in part at least, In tho fact that tho soils and tho cli mate of our State are admirably suited to raising horses. Wc lind still further encouragement in tho fact that a horse raised in tho State of New York is worth moro in our city markets than is A similar animal reared anywhere in throe quarters of our Western States. As horses reared upon tho rich pastures 1 of Holland and Belgium cannot com / . pare iii stamina and soundness with those raised upon tho hillier and harder Boils of Northern Franco, and tho horses of tho fens of Lincolnshire and its ad joining counties, in England, aro "soft" when tosted beside those from dry up lands and well-turfed hills, so tho horses Ironi great portions of the Wost aro deficient In endurance and defective in thoir foot, when compared with horses feared hero. Other important considerations give us still further encouragement. Tho demand for horses is constantly Increas ing. Europe cannot supply ber own, .nwda. -Ureat.liritabi annually lurp?tfts 20,0., 0 from ?thor counties. Tho im mense armies of tho continent aro making an ever-increasing demand, and . if tho threatened war cloud bursts, tho destruction of horses will be so great that this demand will be boyond tho possibility of supply, lt ls freely an nounced in Europe that America can meet these demands. Competent of ficers from tho German, Eronch and English armies, havo made extensive examinations in this country as to our equine resources, and have made very full reports to their respectivo govern ments. Even lu times of peace they aro drawing upon us. The writer saw, not very long MUCO, a regiment of cavalry stationed at Dijon, in France, mounted entirely upon American marcs. Thu demands of our homo markets oro constantly increasing. In Now York city alone 14,000 horses die every year, and as many inore become lamo, or aro otherwise disabled, and aro sont into the country, fruin which they never return. Increasing business makes in creasing demands-, and whllo tho sub stitution of electricity for horse-power upon tho street railways, will doubtless, in the near futuro, injure tho market fdr inferior oihso-?, yet the requirements of now industries will moro than coun terbiilanco this'} but, probably, in supo vf/ rior grades. It is, iheroforo, quito evi dent that our fanners can g vu their attention to and invest their capital in this important industry, with a reason able certainty of finding a ready salo for its products. Besides tho promise of pecuniary re ward tims hold out, there many attractions found in such enter prises. There is a poculiar in terest in tho growth of domestic ani mals, and this interest increases in pro portion as skill ls required and intelli gence ls exercised in their breeding and devcloptn nt. By the side of this, grain-growing is but drudgery. Again, in rearing animals, thc fertility of our laud is not exhausted as it is by selling grain and other products. At tho outset every one must stop to jconsidor what kind of horses ho will Taise, Tho "general pur po.? j horso" is a very convenient and useful animal upon tho faun, but ho is not wanted auywhoro else, and ho is generally a low prtcod horse in tho market. We do business to make money, and the money return must bo our (list consid eration, Wc must, therefore, breed for adeUnito purpose. What shall it be? Our country bas achieved distinction In tho production of two remarkable animals-and only two. These nie the American Merino sheep and tho Ameri can trotting horso. Tho latter is unique. Ho is as distinct from, us ho is superior to any similar horse Jin tho world. A chanco product ho may havo been orig inally, mncc no ono knew thu peculiar value of tho great Mossenger when ho was brought across tho Atlantic, nor how lils blood would "nick" in crossing with others, nor how tho bringing to gether in after generations of different strain? of his got would produco SUCK marvelous results. But all this has now btu n demonstrated, and tho world looks on in amazement ns second af tor Sr coud is reduced fiom tho record, while dvelopment in stoutness and perfection of temperament, keep equal paco with action. And tho bi>st types of trotters aro in ovory way perfect ani mal?, beautiful to Hie oyo and I'ehght ful companions, as well as wondul fal In performance No mtelligoiU man <0n study thom without fcellu.; ulm ?a unbounded admiration for their excel lence. YViti; aii tins, l believe thor? aro yet greater things lu mo futuro of tho American trotting horse. It can ho truly said that wo hayo only just bemm to .'brood" him. Important lessons havo been learned in tho recent past, and no other domestic animal in tho world is rocelving so much intelli gence and scientific skill in his produc tion and development for tho ono pur-'' poso for which ho is reared. I yield to no ono in admiration of what has boon accomplished, or in ex pectation of what will yet bo done. Shall wo farmers, thou, breed trotting horses? Wo know the high fl g uros nt which they aro frequently sold. Let us follow tho experience of a farmer who lias ono, two or half a dozen good niare3. Ho is intelligent enough to know tho superior value of a ..standard-bred" horse-ono who can rest his claim for excellence- of blood upon tho performances of his ancestors. Tho 801Vices of such a horse aro ob tained, it matters little at what price, within reasonable limits, for wo all know that it costs as much to raUo a poor colt as a good ono ami wo must uso good sires anyhow. Tho furnier'a boys becomo interested in tho subject of trotters, and a horse paper is subscribed for. They are nearly all ably edited, and givo to any rendel' much valuable information. Tho boys aro Boon ..up" on tim ll ambleton inns and Mtuubrinoos, tho Clays and the Wilkoses, ami they live In great expectations of tho com ing foals. At longth tho looked-ror day arrives, and tho colt has a spot in its forehead and ono wlnto foot, and Is tho most promising thing ever seen. In following his dum, ho now and then shows a ''natural trotting action," and tho only unfortunate thin? about him Is tho fact that wo must wait so long to seo him go. As tho months go by wo pet him, and wo bit him, and wo han dle him, and at length tho happy time has como, and wo buy a now sulky, lind ho goes just splendidly. "Wo aro careful to jog him very gently. Wo aro suro lt is in him, and wo can afford lo wait. We think ho would work bettor with a different blt; so wo try a half dozen or more of different patterns and immonso claims, and wo tiro rather doubtful willoh.is the best. We fancy his action would bo bettor willi too weights; so we get sets of different sizes, and conclude that his roach is rather improved. Then wo And that ho once cut himself a little at his best gait, and wo get boots for him, and as we thought others wore required, we obtained other dovicos, until wo had him pretty well covored from his hoofs to his hotly. Wo had much trouble in getting him properly shod, but at last wo found a man In a neighboring vil lage, who had worked neara race track, and ho did tho work to suit us, with tho heels of tho hind shoos extending well back behind tho foot. Ills speed developed Ilnely. Wo had no placo where wo could time him, hut wo wero perfectly sure ho was well up in tho forties. At length soino ono In our neighborhood somehow, In a swap, got an old wreck of a three-minute loader, and proposed to give our colt a trial. Wo were glad enough to show him our quality, hut somehow our colt wasn't in tho humor that day. Wo never saw him break so. We resolved to show him at tho county fair. How we groomed bini Ills coat shone Uko satin. Wo had built for him when two years old, a roomy box stall, which we kept well littered. Now, it was our delight to throw that door opon for the admiring gaze, of our neighbors and visitors, lt was a proud day whon. we drojfo upon tho twick at tho county-fuir, but somehow, our son of a "standard" sire, wasn't in humor again. Well, other colts wore coming on and must bo trained; so we decided to sell our splendid horse, now six years old. We Axed tho price at $1,000. W( knew that other horses, not nearly hh equal, had sold for much larger sums but wo had decided lo lix upon a mod 01 ato price. People didn't como to buj him as wo expected, and at length wt decided to take $751). Hut no ono offeree lt. We were a little short ot money and ono day AX dealer said ho wotili take him at $750, as the nominal prici to bo told to inquirers, but tho actua cost was $100. Wo learned that wai tho usual way such horses wero sold A slight calculation showed us that lu had cost over $500-without laking tin time spci:t in handling him into account Tho oilier colts carno on finely. \\ sold one for $750 cash-nominal price $1000-but others didn't turn out s< well, and half of thom went at $15(J and found their way to tho city stree cars. All this time the farm did very poorly It took so much timo to handle th colts that tile corn Holds were alway weedy, and tho toncos and building could not bo kept in repair. Our ex penses wore so heavy that wo wer compelled to borrow money, which i time embellished our farm with a mort gage, and finally the mortgage took th farm. .Subsequent investigation showo us that our exp?rience was but on case in many hundreds of similar chai actor. Thoro is an important moral side t thia question which loft its mark upo the boys, but tho pecuniary result i tho subject under consideration. But somo of my hearers uro sayln that very fast horses are raised, an tiley sell for big prices. Yos, I kno' of sucli. A friend of mine has rube a magnificent hillie. Sho lins trotted I twenty-eight. Whon she was three h foreman exorcised her every day. Tl next year a skillful driver was en ployed, who was to do other work whe not employed with tho mare, but som how sho took nearly all his timo, as si also did tho following year, until si was sent to a professional trainor. SI has beeu trained every year slnco, ai has cost nearly $5,000. Sho ls no len years old, and not yet sold. Alioth friend of mino has a splendidly bit mare, that has trotted a quarter thirty-four seconds. But I am son for my friend. Ho lias a real whi elephant upon his hands, that has gre value, but ls using itself up lu cxpens with shocking rapidity. Such hors are sold with dltllculty, while tho iii of injury ls very groat. Sincere as is my admiration for tl American trotting horse, my opinion equally sincere that he has heon h little short of a curso to tho uvera larmer who lias attempted torear hit Shall ho not thou ho bred? Yes, ho bein? successfully and perl mps prol ably retired at many brooding esttiblls monts throughout tho country. Th have abundant capital, with mimbi of standard-bred mures that havo thoi solves boon great performers. Th have stallions of such strains of bio as will cross upon those with every i Miranee of successful results. Th havo every con von lenco and applhtii for devouring tho colts, and compete mon ave Vuployed'for tho v\ork just they aro ru any other business. Th quick oyosMotect the poor OHOS, a o? h at o weeded out before milch < pense lu wuBtnd in?ou Ownij These establishments ?re woll known, mid their v?ell-tra'ned . colts timi u ready salo at prices that no funner can expect to ob'alu for equally good animal?. Tho demand for very fa*t hordes at very big prlcos, is limited, and these estab lishments cati now supply it: ; Tho far mer who would competo with t}iom is little short of insane. Tho numbers of fast trotters aro increasing moro rapidly than is tho demand for thom. Four hundred and fifty (450) gained admis sion to the 2:30 class tins year. In 1870 ibero wore only 151 horses in this class*, now thero aro over 3,000. Prom what I have said it will bo seen that there aro two chief dilllcul ties in tho way of farmers; tho first is tho extremo Improbability of his having tho mares from which bo can possibly obtain tho desired results, ovon if ho bas tho intelligence and skill necessary in such a complicated problem, and the second id his want of facilillos for tho economical and successful development and trainiug of tho colts, lt ls this training that ruins, Somo of tho great breeding establishments, notably Alex ander's in Kentucky, breed only. Thoy do not train their colts, but sell them to others to do this and to incur the risk and expense thereof. .Still tho question is, what horses shall wo rai so V Tho present prices of different grades ol' horses at tho Twenty-fourth streot market in New York city aro as fol lows: Common street ear horses, $125 j to $150; best streot car horses, $100 to ! $175, roadsters, lifteen and a half hands high, of good quality, $250; roadsters of. oxlm quality, and capablo of trotting in tinco minutes, $400 to $500; conpo horses, from $275 lo $400; coachers, from $800 to $1200 per pair, with higher prices for great excellence; expross horses, weighing 1300 pounds, $350 to $375; truck horses weighing 1400 pounds and upward, $375 to $400 each, with those of extra tizo and quality, from $150 to $500 ouch. "Wo can study tbeso figures with advantage lt doos not pay any ono io raise horses or the street car class, and when electricity ls generally used for street car propulsion, these horses will havo almost no market whatever. Wo havo shown how uncertain ?a tho breeding of tito roadster class. All tho others aro largo sized horsos. Coachers aro hlgh prlccd when of good quality, but it is difllcult to get thom good enough. They must havo Uno heads, and good nocks well put on, and high kneo ac tion, and a lofty carriage of tho tail, and their color must bo good. Then much lime and expense aro necessary lo get thom "shaped up" properly. Tho truck horse commands dearly as high an average pilco as doos tho coachor, and his value is not affected by a big hoad ora little one, and but little by his neck whether it is long or short, lie can carry his tail where and as ho pleases, and lt matters little what his color is. In other words, there aro five or moro blanks in raising coachers to one in draft horses. Tho now French Coachers and the Cleveland Bays aro magnificent, and I wish thero were moro of thom, but wo aro now looking only for money. In breeding draft horses froip any but pure-bred mares thoro will of course bo a difference in tho size and action of tho progeny. Fortunately all these drop into good classes. If not heavy enough for draft purposes they com mand good prices from the express companies, while tho best In style and action ma ko ox cd loni coupe- horses. Tho very lightest aro woll suited for tho increasingly popular Hansom, " Col, Kavenhill,- Who examined Amors lean horses with a vlow to their pur chase for tho English army, stated' in bis report that our horses are only suited for tho highest mounts, while the horses largo enough ?or artillery service and for uso in tho commissary department cannot bo found hero in sutllciont numbers to warrant any re liance to bo placed upon them. Thero can bo no question but that this cor rectly represents tho Inferior sizo of our average horses. Similar statements aro given in their reports made to tito French and German governments by their officers who made examinations here. Wo thus have additional reasons for brced.ng and lceding for greater sizo. Tho figures l havo given were ob tained a few days ago from I. li, Dohl man, tho largest dealer lil New York, and this Important statement was added, that draft horses can always bo sold for ready cash, while coachers, roadsters, etc,, often cat off a good part of their heads in finding buyers. Wo Iberoforo c?nchalo from tho foregoing that our farmers will find much greater proilt in breeding heavy horses than can bo expected from thoso of any other character. It is not our purpose to enter into tho consideration of tho relativo merits of the various largo breeds, or to indicate whether Normans, Clydes or Shires will give tho greatest profits from their colts. Wo will content ourselves with tho statement that soundno3S of foot, level-headedness*, quietness of disposi tion and rapidity of walk, aro primo considerations and aro boro named in tho order of thou* importance. Tho breed that possesses tbeso qualities in tho greatest dogroo should bo preferred. lt has boen tho stupendous error ot tho avorago farmer to consider that any maru will do to raise a colt from. Thousands of Worthless horses bear witness to tho absurdity of this. Thc mare should be, as nearly as wo can havo her, what wo hope tho colt to bo. Above all she must bo sound In feet, bone and wind. She should bo rangy, to have room for tho growth of tho foetus, and wldo In tho hips to allow of oasy parter lion. Tho stallion should be rather moro compactly built than tho mare. "A short back and along bolly," ls an old and a corroct rulo for a ser I vlceablo horse. It means good shoul ders, good withers, goud back and loin, and powerful quarters. Tho breeder I may bo assisted by giving somo atten* Mon to the rulo, which bas many excep tions, that tho malo parent gives tho external and tho ten?alo tho Internal structure; that tho sire glvos tho locomo tion and tho dam tho vital organs-that is, tho constitution. The mulo and Hie binny aro striking illustrations of this ! mle, 1 am decidedly In favor of autumn I foals. Tho press of spring work upon : tho farm demands moro servico from tho fonl-boarlng maro than she should ! bo requlrod to perform; tho flies of Bummor annoy and often nearly dovonr the youngster; both dam and colt often suffer from lnsufllclont food in the short pastaros of a drouth; and at length tho colt is weaned when the frost-bltton grass bas lost Hs nutriment, and tho increasing cold demands aban dunt 'food. The first winter is a trying timo ?Ith colts, and many never re covor from tho injury they thon rccoivo from insufficient or improper food, With warm stablos and comfortable sbod8, the autumn colt can suok tho well fed maio m tho winter and be \Y'j!iM?'.! ?,'"-,I? frosh grass in thy npviug, and\?iever"!?now a check in Ins growth. Ho Isold and strong enough to with stand tho attacks of liles in summer and to endure without injury tito colds of his second winter. Ho nhotild receive rogtjlur rations of oats and wheat bran as s?o.. :\s ho has learned to eat, along with tho maro whon Bho la taking her feed. Tlioso can host bo givon him at a little distance from tho maro, she hoing scoured Ju hor nineo by a halter, For tho first yoar ho should rocolve liberal allowances of tbeso foods twico every day, with such mixed hay and paaturago UB ho can take beside. Those, with, linseed meal, must bo tho main rullance for making him all wo hope him to ?a? They are rich in tho ele ments whioh make growth, and with out tbeso no p rfect animal can bo roared. Corn should i.over bo givon except in limited quantity in winter when warmth from carbo-hydrates ls needed. Whon corn must be fed, it should always bo ground and mixed with finely-cut clover bay, slightly moistened. Tho clover supplies tho nitrogenous food in which tho corn U so deficient, and also gives the necessary bulk for uropor digestion In tho stom ach. It should always bo remembered that the horse luis but ono stomach, and that is small. AV h ile on*tho ono hand, tills cannot contain enough of coarse innutritions food, like straw or poor hay, to meet tho demands of sub sistence and growth, yet on tho other tho food must bu bulky onough to id mit of speedy and thorough action of tho gastric juice, so tittie the nutritivo portions may bo quickly dissolved and tho refuse discharged. Whoro corn meal is fed alono lt goos into tho stom tch hi tho plastic condition of dough, ?3 there rolled about by tho muscular action, ls as impervious to thodigosting juices as a ball of India rubber, and produces lever and frequently serious colic- Where corn is largely fed, its heating effects upon the blood aro readily shown in unsoundness at tho extremities. Tho oat is a wholesomo food when fed alone because nearly one thiid of its bul? is hush, which makes tho mass in tho stomach porous like a sponge i desire lo repeat, that mixed hay with a good proportion of clover, s, wheat bran and linseed muni, all containing albuminoids which furnish the materials for growth, must bo re lied upon lo develop a draft horse to his true proportions, lie must never know a hungry day, and ho must never spend an hour shivering on the north side of a barn, waiting for his fool. WluJ&on thc ono hand a stable may bo too warm, on tho other, every storm in winter is too cold for a steady and vig orous growth. Au exposure to cold that produces an activo circulation on tho surface, and gives to boys and girls bright rosy cheeks, conduces to health, but oyery oxpoauro that chills tho blood draws upon tho vital forces and saps tho foundations of tho constitution. It costs moro and takes dottblo tho time to regain a pound of lost weight than it docs to add live pounds in a continu ous growth. I am strongly in favor of grooming colts In winier, not with tho expendi ture of labor necessary in using the currycomb and brush, but by a hasty rubbing with a stiff stable broom. It iccomplshes two important results the stimulation of a healthful action of tho skin, and tho acquaintance- of tho colt with handling and with the contact with substances that otherwise would occisi?n alarm. This must bo com menced with groat gontlonoss. At no tim? in his growth should a colt bo frigMoimdo ? Unnecessary fright ruins mul' '? . v.oft horses.. My own colte? ?omo of whioh aro highly bred purposely for saddle horses, and aro of nervous temperaments, aro dally treated to tho stable-broom grooming, to their evi dent benefit. Now almost anything can bo thrown against thom or about thoir logs without occasioning alarm. At all ages colts should havo abun dant exorcise. Tho pasturo in summer, and well-enclosed, woll-shoddod pad docks In winter, furnish tho host oppor tunities for it. Tliey should be fre quently handled from tho beginning by coolami judicious hand?, over remem bering that, like ourselves, they can learn but ono letter of tho alphabet and one step in their knowledge at a timo. Evory colt, whatever his class, should bo broken to tho saddle, because at somo time in after life ho must bo rid den, and because in no other way can he obtain such acquaintance with his master's will. Tho colt reared for draft purposes can havo tho walking galt dev'loved when under tho saddle moro rea Illy than in any other way. This should afterward bo continued by service bosldo a fast walking horse. In conclusion, I will only add that tho oxpenso of breaking a draft horse is less, by many times, than any other; he sooner pays for his keep by service upon tho favin t han does any otlior; when old enough for tho market, ho linds a readier sale than does any othor; and a given number of thom, from ton to a hundred taken together, will sell for moro money than will an equal number of any other class of horses whatsoever. To-day tho Wost has almost a monopoly in our country In roaring those probt ablo animals. Tho agricultural papers aro lillod with advertisements of stud establishments; their Stato and county fairs lind thoir greatest attractions in th air exhibition, and their farmers aro rapidly learning tho advantages of roar ing them. We can surpass thom if wo will, for om situation and condition are better than theirs. Our farmers will do well to givo carly and earnest atten tion to this important subject. A uc?i> diroct-actlon tricyclo has bee! introduced which enablo? tho rluor to tako his vehlclo up steep grades with out dismounting. Pressure from tho foot to bear directly upon tho main axlo, and so transmitted to tho driving wheels on both sides without loss, and tho position of tho rider is so regulated as to allow only so muoh weight to bear on the back wheel as will insure cer tainty m stcormg, .ii thc conclusion of a lecture on Europoan tostsof artillery and nrmor platos, Capt. C. Ordo Ilrown urged tho need of a bettor system of estimating tho offocts of artillery on hard armor than thc ono now lu vogue, tho need for developing tho mnnufnoturo bf steel projectiles for artillery, and tho necosslty for making experiments in England on vory hard arraor-platos. ?-? Pro/. JIazen, or tho Signal ofllce, who luis beon stopping on tho moun tain, brdleve} that ho has found tho explanation bf the extraordinary veloc ity of tho wind on top of Mount Wash ington, Wis idea is that tho groat gulfs bolow compress tho atmosphere, which,.sedklng an outlot, rushes up tho sidos of/ Mount Washington and swoops qfVor its summit. A eonOontcd spirit is tho sweetness of existences Nothing ls Irredeemably ugly but sin. A NOVEL. A U/,V, Tho Avoroffo of Somo of tho Con ' -flrrrjod Devourers. "Wo have sovoral customers .'who read two aud three;, books a day," tho propriotor said to unVjnqulsltlve "Wash ington ?Star roportcr.x "Ono mah bi particular used to conic in regularly ovory other or third day und carry off each time from ?ix to olght \olumos. Ile didn't appear particular about what ho read, but took thom just as they carno. Ho kept it up wook after weok, too. Ho bod a placo in tho Intorior Department, but waa discharged not long ago. Tho propriotor didn't intimate that tin io was any connection between tho man's reading habits and tho loss of bis position, but it struck tho reporter that tbero might bo. '.Theto are plenty of peoplo who aver age a book a day, month lu and month out," the propriotor continued. "These peoplo aro mostly novel readers, of course. It gets to bo a passion with thom Uko anything ?IBO, and they'll givo nil their sparo time to it. If thoy can't got bold of a now story aa soon as they have finished tho old one they don't know what to do wltu thoin solvos and aro miserable-Uko a tipplor whoso rations havo been out off, or a morphine cuter who can't cot tho drug." "Do you notlco much difforonco IQ tho class of stories prolerred by men and women?" tho reporter asked. "rio, 1 can'k say that I do. The woman don't seem to bo especially fond of lovo stories. In fact some women who como boro won't read lovo stories or novols written by women. Thoy profor tho dotoctivo stories and myster i?s of Du Bolsgoboy and Gnboriau and Zola's highly-flavored stuff, G. W. Reynolds' sensational romaneos used to have a big salo, but they aron't in as much demand as thoy were. "Haven't tho cheap libraries hurt tho sensational story papers a grear, deal?" tho reporter inquired. "Well, not itv? much as 1 thought thoy wcro going to at first," the gen tleman said. "I expoctod tho story paper.! would be driven entirely out of tho field by tho cheap libraries, but 1 hardly think their sales havo fallen as much as 25 por cent. Tho papers have to keep booming themselves all tho time, though, or they loso ground badly. They aron't tho bonanzas they used to be. The nowsdealors wouldn't bo very surry if the story papers were driven out of the field altogether. Tho margin of profits on them is very small, and tho worst of it is, the pooplo who buy thom aro of tho 'charge-it-and I'll pay-you-next-tiino' class. .Now, if thoy lad to pay onco it knocks tho profit off of a good many papers." "Tho peoplo who read tho story pa pers, then, are of a different class from those who buy the cheap library nov ols?" "Yes, as a rulo, they are. Tho peo plo who read tho.?o inferior novols and serial stories got falso and foolish ideas of life. This is especially true of tho confirmed Btory readers. Tney aro tho worst of all. I can tell ono of them almost as quickly us I set oyos on her for tho story-paper readers aro gener ally womoti. Thoy have a would-be grand and romantic air about thom, use big words and theatrical expressions and try to Imitate generally in their manner tho highly-wrought churaoters they road about in tho serials. Girls brought up from tho timo thoy aro fif teen or sixteen on this sort of reading aren't satisfied with a man unloss ho is like IMS horoe^?L i?ofr. stories. ? r they aro apt to wait iv<*t?od whilo G'?w?? they find ono who seenib to promise to como up to what they call their idool. And thon, if they do got married, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred they soon discover that tho promises wera all false; that they haven't married their hero at all, but only an ordinary, commonplace man, with not onough of tlio story paper 'ideal' to him to supply a paragraph in one of tho sloppy seri als. "These pooplo with the story paper habit," tho spoaker continued, "scorn hardly able to control their impationco from weelc to week for tho successive instalments of tho romances." Tho Son's Return. Tho faco on tho pillow was gray with tho shadow that tho wing of death's angel alono can cast. It had been a handsome face In its timo, and oven now you could seo that tho features wero well-cut and of n haughty, Im perious mold. Tho watchers drew close to tho firo and talked in whispers, for tho sick woman lay with shut eyes, as if asl-ep. "She's beon looking night and day for her son. I don't bolievo sbo can dio without him," said tho nurse. "You havo sont for him?" asked tho young man. 1^0 was tho nephew of tho dying wo man, and tho nurse was ber house keeper. "Yes, but it was not until sho know tho ond had como, that she would ovon let us mention his name." "I novor heard tho roal story of their quarrel, Mrs. Smith. Aunt was al ways so uncommunicative. Tho family only know that tbero was a breach which bad never been healed." "Well, as oho is dying I supposo there is no harm in telling it to you. You know your aunt was always so determined and-well, somo called lt hurd, but it was only a lovo of ber own way. I'm suro sho waa as fond a mother as over lived. Mr. Henry was Uko tho applo of her oye, but. he, Uko every ono oise, bud to yield to bor will. Sbo had a temper, too, ungovernable, wild,when lt broko looso. Hor husband during his lifo novor dared to opposo ber, but Honry was ber own child, and evon when a mero baby, would struggle against hor with her own terrible tem per. Of ion and often I havo soon tboso two faces confront eaob other, bor's so handsome and passionate, and his a liv ing picture of it, bis baby mouth trying to draw itsolf together Uko hors, and his brow puckering until you would havo laughed, only that yon would havo road so plainly what was coming. "At last,when Honry bad just turned nineteen, tho end carno. It was a wild night lu January, ton years ago now, and tho snow lay inches doop on tho ground, and such a wind was blowing that it shook the houso. Wo woro sit ting about tho hall Aro, your aunt and I busy with tho housokeoping books, and Honry reading by tho table. H s mother was put out by somo littlo thing, a missing rccolpt, I romombor, and when a shutter was blown rudely baok by tho wind, without Homy ria lng to fasten it again, she callod out sharply: "Why don't you doss that shuttor?" "Tho boy novor ralsod his oyos from tho;pino before him, but I saw his monti/ harden, His mother's ieyo) flashed, and nsuig, sho crossed the . ? < ...i.j.i - ?1 -.? ? t room nud toro tho hook from bia hand,| ftiuKiug it luwuiu tho fireplace. "Gloso that eh ut tor . instantly I! ' sho 6akl? us1 if abo spoke to the stable boy. ?'Then I ?aw tho stubborn, angry look on ber fuee carno Into his own. "I won'tl" ho answered, and i know tho end had. come, ?lte or tho child that come into tho world with all her Gtrong, passionate nat?ro for her herit age must ylold. "For tho last timo, Henry, will you obey moV" "Her volco, like BlOol, rang clear through tho sdont houso. ' Tho wind itself seemed to hold Its breath to hear tho answer that carno without fear or hesitation. "I am neither a child nor a slavo, to bo so bidden. I will nott?? "Hor faco changed then, and grow rio ' still and rigid that I nearly screamed, fearing, I could not have told what; but she merely laid hor hand upon his shoulder, and said so quietly that you wouldn't have known hor: "Getup, boy.?' "I think, for hlB spirit, ho was frightened, too, for ho rose at once, and sho led him to tho hall door. I followed, and 1 saw hor throw opon tho door and point out Into the night. "Gol" sho said. "You aro no child of mino." "Ho looked up into her stern faco as if he scarcely believed her, and then ho went. And from that hour nono of us have ever laid oyos on tho poor boy who wont away on that wild, droadful, win ter night.?' "I suppose my aunt wac sorry when hor anger coolodV" "Sho never said so, sir. Until sho bade us soud for him tinco days ago, ?ho never mentioned hl3 name, nor let any one else in her presence. But I know how sho sorrowed for him. At nights, I would bear her go wandering about tho house, to and from tho room that had been his, and when tho wind blow, she was Uko a mad creature. Often I would wake to lind hor at my bedside, and sho would say: "Pray, pray for mo, Jane, for all homeless wandoiors to-nlghtl I can't pray for myself. My heart's too hard 1 can't break my pride..?.' "And so I would kneel in tho cold and dark, and pray, as she told mo, for all homeless wanderers-never! for him by name-while sho stood groaning by in her grief and droadful prido that would not let hor send for hor son." Tho young man's eyes were moist at tho plcturo of tho kneeling old woman, who prayod in the dead hours of night, with tho howling wind about tho I houso, and the oilier, tho obst?nate old mother, whose pride fought so hard with her love. "Sho never ceased to expect him, slr, for slio could not realizo that lt was her own stubborn spirit in her son, and sho hoped to tho last that ho would I como back, humble ?iud penitent. I don't doubt that bo's longed too, many a time, for ho was never taught to work, and ho's only a common soldior in tho tinny now, out on tho frontier." "Ho you think ho will como now?" "Oh, yes I The captain of his com pany is tho son of a neighbor; that is how wo over heard of his whereabouts. Oh, there will bo no difficulty about his : leave of absence," "But his pride?" 1 "Yon forgot. Sho sont for him.1" Tho voicos of tho whispers died < away, j A log in the spacious fireplaco < burnt,through and fell with a sharp < noise, and tho rising wind began, to 1 moan about the house. Nothing ulso j then bioko tho silence, save the heavy 1 breathing of, the s.leopor, until tho clock . Mtv.uuV-bldiiight, whon tho door_.ofLilii}>.IJ ~on-UUA htb?'r * was" hung ?p?'fi," npii? ii M I chill viind swopt past tho watchers. Tho sufferer, aroused by the nolso, '. languidly opened nor eyes, and then sho : roso in', hor bed, a cry of joy ringing ! through the room. "My spul My soul*' Her arms woro clasped to her brotiBt, ? as if shu held some ono to it, and a look i of peace and rapture transfigured hor \ face as they laid hor gently back upon tho pillows-dead I "Tho wind is flerco to-night,'? said j ber nephew, as ho closed tho swinging doors. But noxt day, whon tho country rang with tho nows of a. great railroad dis aster that took placo at midnight, and his cousin's name was first among tho dead, tho old housekeeper and tho young man looked at ouch other silent ly for awhile, when the hitter said rev erently, bowing his head: "Love is strong as deuthl" Matrimonial Rules Copied From a German Journal of tho Year 1878. Vory worthy of consideration indeed in our day appear tho following matri monial rules. A man shall bo decont towards his wife, not liko tv wolf or a lion; in ordor that tho wifo may not bo niado shy or tho innocent children bo irritatod; thoroby moro harm than good will arriso. A wifo cannot look aftor every thing, and what a lazy misohiovoua servant breaks, for that sho cannot al ways bo in fault; also tho man should not make tho wife at all times suffer for it, ho should not on that account mako himsolf his wifo's scrvaut and sltwo, nor permit her an absoluto mastery, for tho man is tho hoad of tho houso and tho wifo must bo submissive and yield to tho man. A wifo shall bo frugal, oaroful to aparo all that tho man oarnH with honor and neck-breaking caro; not squander through want of dilbgonce, lav.inoss and love of dainties, A wifo who cannot keep a houso is tho ruin and destruct ion of a man. A frugal wifo is a joy to her husband, omi makes for him a nico quiet life. A wife should bo obodiont to hor hus band; whon ho says a word sho should not havo tinco against it. It is indeed bottor to koop tho penco with obedi ence. Also sho should not always koop silonco to vox liko a dumb idol, for that also would bo wrong. Sho should bo friendly, sho can win and bring to mooknosa her husband with judicoous words. An obstinate wastoful wifo is a groat burdon to a man. What disturbs moro tho precious poaoo of tho homo than tho ooarsonoss and stubbornness of a nonobeying and unfriondly wife. And that is most to bo desired r>i all nmrriod mon whon they return homo from thoir sovoro work or paying of bille that tho wifo meets thom with friondly words and aots. A wifo should bo sorious not givon to iosting, but earing for tho affairs of tho houso with joy in ordor that hor hus* band may havo in bia work and caro a truo holpor and porcoivo it in tho work. Tho man must fndocd boar with pati enco, tho wifo must indood bo able to koon silonco. BightoouB mon, govorn thoir wivos, but wMh modosty apd gontlonoss. Pious wives listen with disbrotiohand reason. Both husband and wifo shall "work dil ligontly with oaoh othor, and*with each ' L? ('illii{ontly vn-oy, E. R. A. ploted to fB?HH&raHBB sixteen mlH| -A plaM WashingttW a largo bloi^^^Mmga^mp^ -A petrrwH old coins wffjlMB. below tho flnVolHjfiBBHB^^ .Bjj. ?xijently. |??|H M ' ' -A cltiy.on vf^jMjBB'' J., luid straw^Mf^JTfflH; WM gardon. In tl>p ? IBM Augu?t, so il. ls XSftJ ^gM -California, um 'liMo^W^BH fnoturos nearly all -.<^^"T^ffPPSIH though only a fow yK*-.?.. ponded on tho East fl?v\> I -Work 1B being puifflL-X \| caragua canal, it is l?Ufejfc,; niuoh pushing work liasT?cJ. r.w ' tho proposed transcontinental canals. -Maluo capitalists have formed % company to determino if there ls coal, at tho moutii of tho Kenneboo river; , / whore lt is stated that deposits liaVo v/ hoon forming for 125 years. -In a slxteen-pago love letter PX- ff hibited in court in Southeast Missouri 1 rocently, tho word "darling" ocourr'Cd ;| 37 times, nnd yet tho girl in tho case m said it was "a cold, unfeeling epistle." ' -A carrier pigeon, very much tired, recently flow on board tho schooner i > Gortrudo, when tho latter was within a -m cay's sailing of Wlutprport, Mo. Tho w bird had a small silvor tag on ono leg M with "G. II. G., ??9 and 31" ongr.wed on it. -Tinco school boys of Sompoo, Cal., 1 thought they'd havo fun this vacation playing gold mining. So thoy bega)) on a worn-out claim on tho beach upar Point Sal, and In 24 days, working not i moro than eight hours a dav. made $240. ?" ? -Connecticut has hor sh aro of dis tricts with ourious names. A writer says in going to West Hooky Hill from . 'Sf East Berlin ono passes over Coobull ', lilli to Pumpklngtown, sees Peat Swamp, Hang Dog, Voxationy Cod's .v j Acre and "Two Stouos," now Gris woodville. -Actual elevations taken since tho recent disaster at Johnsto\vu,Pa., show \ that during tho flood the water in the J neighborhood of Conemaugh and " tho fl South Fork bridge reached an avorage f height or 40 feot above low-water mark., / At tho big viaduct on tho up-stream A sido the water was 71) feet deep. ?j -It Is an Ohio man who now makes ] a curious discovery. IIo says if yon go j out to feed a flock of ohlckens and keep I thom walting they will drat flock about ' you and thon begin a oirouit around % a you from the right to left, and that no . ? amount of interruption or maneuver- I lu? will confuso or turn thom In an? ifm Dthor direction. The hen is'in ari ox~. im liaustible source of studious contoraplar ?'{ Mon. -A whale, measuring 28 feot, wo;? iorcd Into Port Cove, in inner Newport (R. I.) harbor recently, arid got strand 3d on tho rocks. Servants employed In <?? tho neighborhood atoned and clubbed v l the monster until bo fluallyV> worked / Ulrasolf freo. Ho then swam over to f|> tho Pprt wharf, v^ero . tup soldier?,.:I 3h$., fim^ S?&% 90mJvM then 7 " got ashore and skinned*. -The authorities of William and Mary College at 'Williamsburg, Va., recently reclvod a lotter from lt. W. M Gilder, tho editor of tho Century, and his ulster, in which they aay that they . : have in their possession tho old bronze j.j sun dial wluoh was taken from tho in- n; stltutlon, and which tho present own- / V< ers offer to restore " li -Tho new lotter box, peleotod by. . / the Govornment from among 140 de- iv signs subm.ttoJ, has a slot that Is not ?j viBlble until a knob is pulled down. V Tho letter falls upon the tray, and on jj releasing thy knob the tray drops and j? ibo letter Is secure. While tho slot is v" open the tray protects tho . letters pre viously dropued in tho box. Tho new boxes will bo substituted for thoso now in uso UH rapidly us tho la.tor become 1 damaged. -Is it safe? In Hartford tho latest dovlco used by wheelman tp clear their i paths of dogs aud thus prevent col- t | lisions is to carry a packago of torpe- I does and explode ono or moro when- I over a dog ahead seems likely to prove jj an obstruction, "Tho torpedo Invari ably has tho effect of oauslng tho* ani mal to scamper, although the danger always exists that tho dog may be per verse enough to run toward Instead 'o|K away from it. There is danger, movo OYor, that the torpedo will bo more ef fective in scaring horses than dogs." -Two lawrence (Mass.) mon laid a wager last J uly as to which could mako tho quicker trip to London and return and not pay a cont for travelling ex ponies and on September 5th tho win ner arrived homo from his journey. He succooded in making his way by boarding froight trains and stowing himself away in steamers across and back. He appoarod on dook after tho ships wore undor way and was. allowed to work his passage. Tho trip occupied (? 38 days. -A ourious scone was witnessed in Palaco Yard, Westminster, England.'.' ^ . A sparrow was picking up tho corn which had fallon from the horsos' nose bags, whon a mouse appeared and pr<K$;$ coed to dispute with tho sparrow bia ' right to the dainty morsels. A fight ensued, which lastod for some minutes,, * and then tho sparrow beat a retreat. Tho sparrow had ovldently boon injured in tho tussle, and for a timo ho was unablo to fly. At last tho sparrow flew \ up, and a cabman Uulshed tho Incident by killing tho monso with a whip. -Edison's brother, a farmer in Michigan, tells this story of tho gre.vt- < ? ?Inventor: "It would roquito a vivid imagination to boat Tom's case. Ho has had many singular oxporlence*. When a Watchman at tho station In Stratford, Ontario, ho was expected co pull a button ovory 40 minutes during , ;7 tho night to inform all parties inter ested that ho was on deok, -Huforo Ito had been in tho position long his Inven tivo faculties wero sot to Work, and ho soon had tho button pulled by an elec trical dovlco ns regularly as clock work) Torn thou wont calmly to bed and y)v;pt .... all night Uko a whito man.Th s worded first-rate until two1 tjiatns cams' iu'*c colliding through his laok of utieutiou, a fact which caused hun to' throw tip h!s posh lon and return to:, this side ol' tho line," Pw/. J)all, tho Astronomer Koyal for ?ro!and,'in an address' on coun t?, . Oonslrtorihrf that tho liiotc?nds ?cen shooting atora: Iii 1800 we*? iiei??.lly tho ,,. remalnb ot the'tulls Of c?mela