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■tr vkMi UU)e Wad hi i tteiheH itof< a* li lhl«>« \t * riilT <>t r*f 1 —-* AaIshIdm It ao wA ud isotL ■•r «7Mlntohia wr«| Bye. erw •• fUthful to him, Aaiba tklaki II Um alwdovy *wUl»ht HN^pnhM U»«n ao (tnaf* tad din. ■ar pra*«y faoa taroa toward him; Ah, whoa did har faoa tarn away? dad haihiaka it tha allrarj moonlight That nakao it ao fai*tand gray. Oh, apirit that Ungara aad faltera, - Taka oonraga and whlapor M aood-bya. r A Ufa?—why a Ufa ia nothing^ Whaa mtUioaa each mitote die. With nUUona aaeh nfiaiita dying. What mattara ona Ufa or death ? One fragile aad tender exiateiioe? Ona tremolona paaiiD| breath ? A life? Why a Ufa ia nothing! What matter* tho' one burn dim ? Alaa for the folly of reaaon— * Ona Ufa ia tha world to Urn I That New Dress ' “8nch a lately aaah I Oh, mothdr I itheemi aa if that in jnat what I need for my tww aijk dram. Sneh a beautiful ahadat It would match my dreaa ex actly t H V, ' “Tea, Florence, it ia alf aa yon aay. Bat, my dear, ycnr dreaa haa already coat a third more than we calculated, and I don’t ace how we can afford any men. Tear father lacked eober this morning wben i told him you would { flngar, only Myinf: need new laaea t» wear with it; and if I tell him you need a aaah beaidaa, I am *3 afraid he will apanly refaaa.” „ “But, mother, erwryooe will wear a aa»h, and mine wil look ahabby beaide my new idlk.” '--I * * Mr*. Footer made no reply. It was hard to rafqfe the pretty pleader any- thing; but the aaah would coat lire dol- lara, and that wag' a large aum to add to a dreaa which had already ower- run ita calculation! one-third. “Can’t we manage it somehow, mother?" eortinued tb* dnughto*, “it really eaena^ pity te apoil the auB with my old ahabby aaah.'’ “Tat your aaah waa new laat apring, Florence," letmwed the mother, “and coat Man three doUaaa.” “I lrnow; hut Fre worn it ewer ao many timea/’aaid the young girl, “and J —and X want'the new one ao had. Can’t wa out off expenaes somewhere, mamma ? You’re each a manager about every thing, awoly you can aee sotne way of aoapa." «« Mm. Footer shook her head donb|ing- ly. ffirptmeoa wore already l>eiug run oa a eloae scale. Appearanoea must be kept up at whatewar cost “I don’t know of any way, unlean we ask Mias Fitagarald to wait for her pay," she said, after a few momenta’ heeita- “The very thing, mamma I" cried the girl eegerly. “Miaa Fitzgerald couldn’t object, I know. Why, ever ao many dressmakers wait for their pay. Jennie —told EM only laat week that they paid thair dressmaker only quarterly." "Perhaps things are different with dlf- > ferent people, Florence. Your father objeeta to bills, you know. ” "But this would not ba aa account, You could aettle with Mias Fitagarald soon,” said the young girl, eagerly; “and, anyhow, I think Miss ^ Fitagerald hardly expects her money an soon aa the dram ia done." “Why do you think ao?” asked her mother. * ‘ 'Onlybeeanae—because well, almost everyone, nowadays, makes people wait.” “So much the worse. I think if you were employed anywhere, you would ex pect your wagae when the work waa done. But since you have ao set your mind on tha aaah, dear, 1 will try what can be gOMk" T"' . lees dignified Ita front door opened directly on the attest outside and into a large, empty, dirty hall inside. Up. thf rickety stairs wuse "room*,” occupied by a type of in- habitants that have ho steady abiding phase. In one of liase rooms aat a young girl. An invalid lecUndN on a couch, and handing over the table was a little girl ef perhaps seven years. Both tha invalid and the child were watching tha aiander, nimble flngnra of the young girl, aa they darted in and out of the folds of da elegant dreaa, which waa ap parently in the last stagee of completion. “Ia it almost done, Annie?” the child, touching softly the rich rial * “Almost, deary," 1 'replied the young gill, looking op with a amfla. *1 know of mors than one who will be happy when the last stitch is taken. Don’t you?" The child smiled brightly and held out her slender foot, with its well-worn shoe, aa she said; , “Igueea Til he glad; for you have promised me some new shoes. '•And what for mamma?" whispered the young girl, softly; aad the child aa softly returned:^ "Some slipper* and some wins and a day at the seashore,’’ The invalid from hty couch had seen the whispering, but had not heard the words^o aheamiled and lifted her wasted elder’s, and Bothie, without a word, mil her disappointment, “remember maim e e • r * e “There ia Flomaoe Foster. mas exquisite?" The lady e • Isn’t har her eye- A BPRNiyg MADHPPSE. Or. BeyO, ream* fer tee “Bui, we moat not wait. Tha aaah may ba acid, and I could not get another that matched my dreaa ao wall. If I have it at Ml I moat have it at omaa. Toaeaa aeanaj momma. Ask Miaa Fitagerald to wait f am aura it la no more than other people you know yon like to do aa do," aha added, laughing, and patting har mother. Thua flattered and coaxed by this ir ^ imlatfhle platter. Mrs. Foster reluctantly yielded, and Florenoa waa soon on hrr way to purchase the eovuted aaah. ~ ~ She waa a pretty young girl of seven teen. LUe had held out to her its brightest side. The only child of in diligent parents, she had been eccua tamed to;have every light wish gratified. Aa yearn inereaaed, her wants increas'd with them; hut not her father’s meant). .Be was only a bookkeeper, on a comfort- ahlaaaltyj, hut Florence had always bean aa well dressed as the daughters of her father’s employer while they were schoolgirls together, aad she could not thitik of having aay leas now. The new Iraqi had bean bought to wear to a party given hi honor of tha birthday , of a mil ttopube’s daughter, and it must be as rich in material and as elegant in design fftflfcof her Mead. It bid already emt bar father s whole month's salary, i the and waa not yet. But, uufor- i hid not been educated Her ao» girls with liberal aad trhoas constant the coat of 4Bm unmt dress aa well the aooial scale. So thought, rad Fkw- ra- the _ _ M Wf! ia our onty ohfld. It’s a abe must go ahaMby flidlara Mtf ■ trionds, for if a girl doaraY j-'r MHWHW— _ . r usually “Ho “ Dona at laat t" aoU the varay dreae- maker, holding np tha elegant garment. “Dona at laat; and iant it beautiful, mother?" “»It fll for the President’s daugh ter,” replied the invalid, a little pettish- ly. “ It qegpm to ay that the graters are poorly prepared to dress their dough • ter in such extravagant elothea. Fool ish, foolish,” she aramured. “What matters it to ns, mother mine,"said the young girl, " only so we get me money lor maxing tv r* “Howmuch will it be, AnnieF’ the mother inquired. " Ten dollars!” . “And you have worked a whole week. Madame D would have charged twenty dollars, and it would have been no better made,’’said the invalid fret fully. “Yes, I know,” replied Annie,wearily, “but Madam D—- must charge some thing for tiie name of it, yon know. I am satisfied, mot bar dear, if I only get my money. And I have no doobt of that. Mra. Foster is hard at a bargain, but she is prompt pay, ‘ Now I wfll take it home I may not be book very soon, as there may be some altars Han* needed. Good-bye, mamma. New shoes, new slippers, some wine, and a whole day at the beaoh," she whispered, nodding gayly, aa she dosed the door behind her. Bothie laughed an she watched her ■ister down the street. a • • • J« • *- “ It flta beautifully, Florence," said Mrs. Foster, eyeing with pride her pretty young daughter arrayed in the new dreaa. “Step Into the sitting room, deer, and let year father aee,” giving Flocamoe a knowing look. " I eln very so«y," she began, as soon aa they were alone, “but I have not the money by me tonight to pay you. If you will call by tha tenth of next mot^h I will aettle with yon,” aaid Mra. Foster. «l(yhnsbaad is rather hard ran at pmarat, aad if it will not hu too to ommoiant I must aaky0w to -*aiA I presame you have to dosooeouaionally,” she adfisd, a little tinge ef reiityse pierc ing her heart aa she noticed a shade of iliaappnintraent in Miaa Fitzgerald's face. But that lady opty aaid: • “I must yWd to yonr inconvenience, I suppose, Mrs. Foster. I am glad the dreaa anils you." "Oh I it ia lovoly, lovely 1” replied Mrs. Foster, wainily, gUd in her heart that Mias Fitagarald had not made e "fuss,” and that the mattached been so well disposed of. Aoeoaapanying Miss Fitagerald to the door, she gave her a cordial good evening and returned to the Fitting-room. tAtV- "Did Mm ray anything because she didn't get her pay?” asked Florence. “No, but I fancy she waa disap pointed." “Oh ! of course.! Jto*, mamma, how awfMty awful this old aaah would look with tida,’’ a*d *hr hell op tim new dram eloae to the oldrazh> “Yet, I suppose it woul^ look badly; but somehow I feel a little queer. I sup pose it's because I am not in the habit of con tree ting debts." “Oh t you wiB soon pay it. If Miaa Fitagerald had needed the money badly, she would havwmade sene objections.” “I dare say aha would,” and ao easing her conscience, Mrs. Foster laid the qaatter by. . With a sad and heavy heart Miaa Fita gerald retraced her steps. How could she meet tittie Bothie’a eager, hopeful looks? How could aha tall them that May most waftfar tbs coftforts she had promised them? For herself, she could bear it; but it was hard to know these wars watting her return with joyful an ticipations only to be met with disap pointment Oh I it was hard! She grew hitter oa she thought of it all Ruthie was at the door waiting in the darkness with the hopefulness of child hood har sister's return. Annie's heart 04* the Bhild’s eager, np . aad beard her aay, with the eooAdactcaof youth: “Tmell reedy, is mating, and told me ‘goto the atom if tag through the room. “Yes;itfeftt«or aprioeora,” she re plied. “Indeed, I doobt if efthertf the daughters of the Wnoees of Wales owna meh a rich eottum* Who if she?” • "The ootyeUUlof aboqkkMpqh."waa the whispered answer. “I should ba afraid for my husband’s business if his bookkeeper’s daughter dreaaad like that,” was the sharp retort. Then, quickly changing the subject, the lady aaid: “I eame acroaa »pitiable case of misery to-day. Too will pardon me lor'mentioning anything so aad at sneh a gay scene as this, but really it made each an impmasiou on my mind that I cannot shake it oft" “Please be free to tel 1 me,” pleaded “I had aa errand in ti building known oa tha Eagle Hotel While there my attention woe attracted by the cries of a child, end the women with whom I wee cod versing told me that the mother of the little gin had jnat died about an hour before. She further stated that she wee afraid the family was badly afl, but that they were cbeadfully proud and did not associate witkeny of the neigh- bora. Bo I atepped across the hall and entered the room. On a bod in an ad joining room lay a shrouded body, and in the room this aids waa the weeping child and a young lady, her rietor. I explained why I hadoome and caked what I could’do for them. At first the young lady kindly thanked me, and said the did not know that I could* help them in ouy way. I soon saw thft they needed some one, ao I began to talk with them, sytnpathizktgwith t in their trouble, end a* length I re moved my bonnet and cloak, and told them I wanted to stay with them and comfort them, mis act opened the flood gates, and the yeung lady wept as she told me how they had some down from comfort and happinesa to such poverty and despair. ‘I work hard,’ aaid she, 'but wages are ao Ibw that it is all I can do to keep body and soul together, aad even that failed. If mother oould, only have had the tilings she needed to give her strength, I feel sure abe would not have died. Two nights ago I carried home a dreaa which had token a whole week’s steady work to make. I had been ao happy aa I worked over it aad thought of the comforts its pay would buy. I started out full of high hopes, but was doomed to meet with disappointment. It was beeutifnlly made, the fit waa perfect, but would I lie so kind aa to wait until next month for my pay? 'O madam !’ she added, with streaming eyes, 'how little people think how hard it ia for the poor to wait for their money.’ How I pitied her! She was so hopeless, and she was fitir and ira«u*g aa thorn hors to-ni*hi. “ I did what I could for them and promised to attend to the funeral to-morrow.” “A very aad ease, indeed,” replied the other, m her eyes wandered over the gay company. “I was just wondering,” ahe added, “if it is possible for that draw to be here tonight.” __ “Quite poqsiblc," wra the rejoinder.— Arthur't Magazine. , Southall Pat, which lx' adjas*" ' w the Great Wemra -tine, leu -‘ ,M ,rom Paddington, we meant V toe scene of a terrible fin. ^ri'Ste lunatic asylum, kept by Dr. B«S,wm totally deafroyed, and the proprftor, Wa sou, two patients and a cook loaikeii lives, while three or four other inmtespera efriously in jured. Mr. K. iojl, being in a room with a spring lick jumped out of .the window, thus woafng with a broken thigh and a put face Dr. Boyd aaw biMaughtew rafely on to the lawn, means of a fire manently at the ing; and with afraid they do danger," he re A aenrant who they attained by that stood per- and of the build- “I am and the real into the house, soya that anfaae A DUBIOUS LIFE. ‘The friendly night bid the tsars that raQai dawn Annie’s ehaaks, but aha an- rauat go up to nararaa, deary;) wraM to talk with her first-" 'Dtflt you get the ra«ay, sister ?’ aaked the ehiM, whose fthfipmeeptionii already half i rap rated tha truth. Huh, darting: No. But ysu must Vhp jitfig htrafi rMssifi Mi ho*4 cb thi ik'i ■, What a curious life journalism opens to tla devotees 1-Borne follows Mt quietly in their effiera from 8 o’clock at night until 1 in the morning doing nothing bat rending what other people haws writ tec, striking out hers, putting in there, knowing abaolntety nothing of the world except that which they road of, sleeping the better pert of it at home, giving to their families not morn than three or four waking hours, rarely if ever going to places of public amusement, avoiding as far as passible all individual responsi- bilities, n urn drumming through life, buy. active, uaafnl, but uninformed out of certain grooves. Others devote themselves to special ties, in which they beoome proaoient, aside from which they know no more than the ordinary mer chant or broker. Others, againpara im mersed in politics, writing upon no ether subject. Borne deal with conventions exclusively. Writers on art, whether it be dramatic, lyrie oT tha work oftyhe painter, are of no special ase aa general newspaperman, butzazirrad find paid aaqaloyaaent upon graat nswspapeb which can afford Then there is the oorreapoodent, here to-day, there tomorrow, and somewhere Mae ail the net of the time. With his eyes open he has it in his power to know everything knowable—in a superfloisl way. Ha meets tha great men of the country and the tittle cnee, and ia known to them by name and eight He ia al ways welcomed, because be has ti in his power to serve. If he wate to be stricken blind, or with paralysis, or fife laid up beyond the possibility of oonvakeeanoe and recuperation, they would see him in Hades before they would put their hands in their pockets to the extent of fl for him or him. Oomapondants, by the way, an di- quently Dr. Boyd ad his son appeared to be following her Word a window, btat they never appewedthere. It is supposed t|d Dr. Boyd went beck into the hotsej either la solicitude for the safety ol^klp whole of the to mates, or, beingasgred of their safety, to aMUrotoae vMmbl* doenmenta, and hi# son aaeemjMoyng Mm, they both perished. When tie inhabitants of tb# adjoining village.apused by the screams of toTfomstoT gd to Sou tb all Park about three •’clock they found flames ttautfil from alm<zi every window sj the front of the aitrifiit mansion. The ■creams are said c have been frightful Aa a gentleman who witnessed the scene observed, “Whe* you hear the screams of an insane'person in a state of panic you don’t (wsily ftn|et li" __ fireman st&Tex that tn the reflection canoed by the fhe just as the brigade was about to start fee, fhe conflagration a newspaper might have been road at Harwell, a mile and a half away. When thn Hatrweil voluxteer fire brigade, which was the flrstto reach the place, arrived in the peric about four clock, the mansion was enveloped in one great blaze, while the fljrosa were at the same time playing havoc Hong the wings. "It wm a fearful blaae,” was the de scription of a flrenum. Mr. Webber, a tamer, two sons of Mr. Abbott, the famous bee keeper, the resident consta ble and other inhabitants had > over by five o'clock. SOLDIERING DTANNAM. niAT ia Tha SL Jomet'i Qatette give* au inter aattzg deseriptfon of the anty. at the dto poaal of the King of trmaia It ia reck oned officially at 300,000 men. Of these 40,000 garrison the capital, and half that unbar ia aaMgned to Hanoi and the surrounding fen it 1 eases Nam Dinh, Ninh Bfnh, Bach Ninh, and her plaoaa in' Tooquin. The root an odinarOyf diaguiaad in oivil- B attire, and sro not to be dletinguiehed from harmless agriculturists. ‘ When a an ia dreaaed in tiro ooatomary vest ments of a Madras coast coolie—a hand kerchief and a bit of string—it ia difficult at the firpt blnah to determine his pro- ORANGE CODNTY/ONIONS. a mY MumAMLM i^baiiwro. A Blah Mmt+mjt NCfTfisilfi) nrilk and it tooocne in thriving tittle In however, the matter is comparatively simple. The laVia, from every three men one reeruit. Ezcepk however, in eearo «f eztrwordi- nary pubho noeeasity this rale ia not acted up to; cna assn from every seven or eight ia nseror tha average. The se lection of the rooruits is left entirely to the local aaihorities, and the Tillage mandarins make a good thing out of tha annual levies. THB DULL. In default of squad drill the Annameae recruits are put through a variety of on- pleeaant experiences designed to teal their courage. Physical courage and endurance aroauppoaod to be the pri- flneatparta^ t ogMtoral region g^ltrodged butter wi days of yon. From town of Monroe ho the east to thecou- aervutito hamlet of Hpwella on the west* the eye of the traraBr over thoErie ia meted with a rinmatnnl anaeamkzi ef mradott land waving to luxurirat groan, fielfb of tameUad sank rank potato vinaa and orchards of apples, j)eara, paaefraa, and other fruto At ftoquea* httarvola hozM of cattle pasturiag in deep aftorw mwa rae seen, —“"g them tha' belted Dutch, Ayrshire, and Jersey. The farm-houses are neatly painted, with large barns, giving evidence of the general prosperity of the owners. The roads are fine, and the “£urn-oats"hand' •omM. , , , - But there ia one section of this county which, at this season, attracts tha attsn tion of the traveler through the sense of the olfactories as w4fi as the eye. It is the Cheater onion raeedowa. Here 700 aroes of land, lying on both aidra of the »«!; u> <*•>*» h •»! in growing onions. The land is level, and stretches far away in the valley. me ana ouuw uu»u*-u» J fro. peroonal expeiene ,hil. Ua ’ „ hnrt , ^ct^OpemtiOMboni bv attempts to rearae the inmates. .. , , , , ... .. \ mravnm. Heartrending aeeaea were witnessed in the wings devoted to the patients. In an upper window tbs Abbotts and others engaged in rosone work saw a cluster of soared faces. The flames woe stealing rapidly in their direction, and those who were possessed of reason cried piercingly for help, while those who were patients stared mutely at the destruction around, making no effort for. their release. They vrorw gtodeWu fiy'iWtSU* of laddam, tbs Abbotts handing them down; but it was only by the exercise of force that some of them were got out alive. t .. While the patients were being got out of the wings greater acenes of horror were transpiring at Che mansion. High up, and on the very, top of the weatern tower, two women could be disfin guiahed in the fitful light of the^/lames, which were makfrg greedy passage toward them. Tfihtr. doom appeared oertain. From tho windows below them the Are belched fifth, smoke curled up to fhefr vrayJrat tod a light east wind fanned theblaM fiat was gliding along the roof. Beneath Meza every avenue of escape was cut off, and there they stood oo t piece of niraznrylha supports of which they could aw wfire btong ooBsztned. The situation asjfaafr hopelezs. The fifemsu hud not then axrivud; thoro was rorag to hand tha appazatoa-lra am ing life; ths only thing available was a hdr der, and that only reached the height of They the lower fiing. * Women wept, azd men run aimlessly hither and thither in their distraction. A bright glare from the ignited roof oi the main building told that aid mast be on the instant, if at all. The bsphw girls, in their poftian of mortal peril, mary requisites of a soldier, sad after that the knowledge ef how to lead mid let off a gun. It ia pleasantly assured by the military officers that the meZ chosen for the army are the wont of the populo- tioau. The mandarins are supposed to keep their districts quiet by drafting all tiro mttmoaU njeU into the tmraal levy. There is, accordingly the leu compunc tion in patting them throufh the pre scribed testa. The first of tbcee is to assault the row recruit viotatly with a sabre. i The sabre is a wooden am, certainly; bat the drill sergeant hit hard, and expeienoe where meneeon the back and end with blowton the head. The recruit who stands batering about the head for u matter of five minutes without uttering a groan « flinching, even involuntary, is hailed is a finished soldier and excased farthei "drilL ” To shrink, or even to moan, vhen beaten on the head with the wotden sabre is considered pardonable, aM the victim is noted down os sn "ordnary” soldier, inatead of an "able IxkIm!” one. iainBaznaHDq^~"^ havp noses for hews end nothing else. They scent ms item from afar. Othsra are enterprising in the last degree. They not only know a good thing when they see it, but they aaa it before any body else ia aware afjta existence and understand howto utilize it Mr the ben efit of their employers. There are goo- sip writers, men who know nothing ex cept stories about tide, that and the otnerzaunorwozaara If the gossip can have an unpleasant flavor to H, all tha of communities, people who ore shunned by reputable and thoughtful men, chief ly because it is uanafo to talk intbeix presence, men who do not hesitate to re peat private conversations, to violate the sanctities of confidential communi cations, who would steal an idea from a tolegraph wire, or reafi aa opened letter oca a fmnd s desk without the slightest —Jo. Howabd. clung together anfitfarned to look agiioa.: at their approaching fate. 1 From the obscurity of the surrounding fields they could he seen from afar, out lined, in their white clothing and die hevetied hair, against the sky. They flung forth their, arms, and asked, in wQi and hyflhrio4 tones, for mercy, w* mzscon. Aid was at hand. Webber, the far mer, and Doughkn, the constable, vol unteered to aeetpA the tower, and they did ao in the onty way that was open to them. They got on to the roof of the lower wfeW which, happily still held good, and, drawing the htiUhr np after them, with the exercise of great per sonal strength, they placed it gainst the tower, Mating the bottom of.the uprights In tirolead^ao thatthrau aright be one Zaore chance for them should the roof beneath give way. ‘ So exciting was the moment that the spectators of the daring act held their breath. Only the roar of the fire disturbed the silence of the night Through the black aad eddytog smoke Webber, with Doughton, nude his way, now lost to the sight and anon disclosed to it by a ^ bunt of light Ka*i-ro •. a* » . »* Bnt the recruit who erils out when he is hit cm the body or onfesses .by s wriggle that the axeroiseti painful is re ported for punishment and then pat through a new course of instruction. The punishment usual!; consists in a oertain number of blow*from a bamboo on the upper pArt of th< thighs, «o that, except for the dignitr of the things there is a eloae reseutlanoe between punishment and miltary discipline. The military mandarinadefend the sya- tem on the ground tikt it is very an- aient, nnd that His nnijne in tiro mili tary exercises of the Vorld—the latter assertion being ineoutnjrortible. Energetic officers a the army fre quently invent fantastk tests of a simi lar character in adcHtfitt to the regula tion exercises, k storj at Hue ia related of a beau tabreur oi fie Tay-aon rebel lion, wHMbad a ditch <£ig and filled the bottom with swords acl pikes stuck into the ground point upvard. He then eelled upon his men t> engage in drill rare to fling thimeelves into ths ditch. The most stdoal of the “able- bodied” shrunk from ftiis novel addition to the manual of exeroisea. Only one man was found to d# H. Hn went in with a rash, and theswords and pikes collapsed before him They hod bean kept in position by tie most slender of threads. A- xnrae-zouaz in Mlmimoti be came so infested with bedbugs that the congregation had to take a vacation while the •axfoo burned feg the carpets aaahkM and pulpit Thia shows the nUSNtoidMftaia ohxroh, sinewy brown arms were seen to eocirols CM of the torty and plooe her oa the ladder. W descended two or * three steps, raid, whether she was stifled by ths araoheet whether her nerves failed her is not known, but she loci her bold end fell ftfih a eraeMtn the Mof below. A riclS&araeelttm pervaded the crowdm the^beard her wail out, “I am dying.” The second giri wra get down in satyty^itt Is filar was lowered, and in thehaxtmmate both ware handed down to solid larth aarii heartfft ohesra. The cflbtta of tha firemen wafh directyd to the saitog ff the wings, but these era much gVMd. A good Moirr or iHxit. A certain hotel ou Long Island has long beft famous for its superior din ners, the proprietor being an excellent caterer. He ( is also a Am sportsman, and daring tha shoofing season the hotel • allowed to run itself. Of late yean he has beoome quite deaf, and this af fliction eras ths occasion of a funny in cident. Ha bed shot quite a number of golden plover, and waa in his office stroking the birds and arranging the feathers' pre paratory to sending them aaa present to,a worthy friend. While thus occu pied a certain doctor arrived by the stage from the train, and stepping into the office, thus interviewed the proprie tor of the hotel: 1 “dan I get a room?" "Fins birds,” Mid the hotel man, in tent on his employment “Oan I get a aooeo ?” inquired the would-be guest “Golden plover they*r«paUed—golden plover, "ws# the reply. “Well ynutorat be a eonfoundedi foel r aaid the now impatient doctor. “Yes; good many of them about hen now—good many ef them about here now I” was the prompt and rather start ling roply. Tiro doctor “smelt a mice” by this time, Secured a room, and before be left told firis story, which the hotel laughed over ae heartily as anyone. -The in Minnesota's tornado-swept city of finchaetaFuMj be Ridged from ffie fact that even toeferngtery in which several of the victiraact ^e storm were buried with pnViio earamuoisa was greatly dam- agud by the wind. At a not very remote day thia land waa covered with water-a small inland lake. Later it became a bog-meadow, covered with almost useless wild hay. For years ths owners of this lend ware ready to sell it at almost any price. It waa not supposed that my crop could be profita bly cultivated thefton, and no attempt waa made to do so. —* —A quarter of a century ago Mr. Wil liam Conklin, the owner of a large tract of the meadows, attempted to grow onions in a' small patch. Ths venture proved so successful that he gradually increased the acreage year after year. In time the few other owners of this wikHand followed tbs example of Mr. Conklin; the onion crop began to grow profitable; the land became more valu able and found ready purchasers at con stantly increasing prises; and to-day there is no farm land in Orange county worth as much as these seme Chester onion meadows, which not many yean ago were considered almost valueless. Of these 700 acres, over 850 are used exclusively in the cultivation of onion*. The ground is a black soil and very rich, but it is found to do best by mixing with it upland earth, eoal ashes and manure. The crop this year will be very large, the season having been a favorable one. An average yieM ia 150 barrels to the sere, end the yield this year will proba bly be 200 barrels. This will give a total of 70,000 barrels. It is expecMfi that the price will range from fifty oenroto $3 per barrel, with on average pf $1.50 per barrel, making the total value of the crop N106,000—e valu able 850 acres of farming land, it mnat be admitted. At present the price of native onions is low. This is said to be in consequence of the shipping to the market some time ago of green onions- that ia, thorn which had not matured, and which do not look weBin the market, The onions are now looking well, and these. meadows will in a few weeks be covered with busy workers, hurriedly gathering the odoriferous crop, the scent of which now salutes all who come With in half uu^ils of the fields. Dr npon' now stoiide was n fa the etztszn tsnMrara of aniPacific Railroad. That in hooor ef the Duke of and toe old town, old a called todiaiegntth It from 1 Albuquerque, i Ifcif distant, was <roaof the* tab* settlements. The proper elation H Attrakerkay, but the BSttfeea and the people of this part of the oorin- try call it Albukirk. No town is the West, except Leadville, has developed more rapidly. Tha country has 8,000,- 000 sheep, tod in 1882 Albuquerque shipped 2,500,000 pounds of wool It Sams Nzz awd Wim, Moyt fifing and Dock, and MohTom, toe five China men imprisoned in Now Jersey, ,who Maim that the catting off of their queues whtn they were admitted into*the jafl waa illegally severing them frotttteligi- ooa privileges, could maintsin this poinh in their suit, there mig^t be queer change* in prison management, My* the New York AWi. We should, perhaps, find some convict* professing Quakes proclivities who would inrist ou wearing their hats when they pleased, and Shakes burglars needing to dance religious jigs. Anti-organ Presbyterians might cry aloud for a chaplain who would preach to them against -organ murio, while the Seventh Day B*pti»U would probably sweep the penitentiaries by a tremendous ’1 A Biff Lsufo An Arafifotopieutenant oaoro upon two private soldier-, one of whom wm lying deed drunk on the ground, while his comrade was standing asar the ine briate, apparently in a quandary as to what to do. w—- ;Vv * “Ts the man unconscious ?” asked the Lieutenant. The soldier saluted and replied : “ No, Lieutenant; he ha* only been drinking a little too much,” “Then why don’t you make him move wi?” - “ Beg pardon, but nobody eon move on who ia m drunk m he is. Yon oouldn ’ move on, Lieutenant,.!! -you were, neither could a Major if he waa that far gone. I really don’t believe, Lieutenant, that the Colonel of the reg iment himself could get up if lie had as big a load m that private soldier has oo ooard.”—Austin Sifting*. y using the poor train wm four the man wm ig that H wm Everybody had been old conductor becanse boon behind time, nearly worn out not his (anil “It’s a shame,” ex gentleman, at length. |‘Cond any one eke flnds faolt with you, yon can call mess a trifuMs that you did tbs beat you could. ” \ “Thanks,” murmured the conductor, brightening up at the prospect of one friend on the train. **- , “I think we are getting on fast enough,” continued the old genttslbafi, turning to the most obstreperous ef the passengers. “You travel on a pass, don’t you?” growled the passenger. “I do,” replied the old gentleman. v “f}ood for sixty days, isn’t raieefed the passenger again. . “It is," responded the old gentleman. ‘ No wonder yon are in no hurry,” grumbled the other msu. “I have only got a trip ticket that expires in thirty days, and I haven’t any money for an other if we don’t get there before my ticket runs ont. That's all.”—IVavei- *r«' Magazine. A political view of the situation—" A pretty time of night to come home. John," said a young bride, pointing to the Mock, which stood at 1:10 a^ht '* and you but just married, too. Ugh f" 41 Mary, my dear," said John, pompous ly and somewhat thickly in sfroeeh, " I am a liberal, you ore evidently conserv ative. Let us neither now nor hanet- fortb discuss politic*; it will make hotib unhappy," motor would develop ooosoientious scruples against working on Saturday. A whiter oxscRnms thx peon system of Mexico. The Mexicans, he mys, es pecially the less favored classes, are in veterate gamblers, who risk nearly every cent they can get in games of wbanea This failing results in many of them becoming virtually serf*. A borrows a small sum—My $3 or with which to try his luck at the gam ing table. He loses and is nnsble to re pay the money. He is arraigned, the debt is proved, and he is sentenced to work for the lender till the amount of bis obligation is paid. By the time he has liquidated the original debt, he hss^ contracted three or four others, and he belongs to his creditor almost as modi as the creditor’s hone or cow. His death does not canoe! his debts; his wife or his children must labor till the money is returned. This is said to be the rea son why peons do not run away after contracting debts. .■ A coHRMPONDEHT wxii*s that Alaska is a Territory in name only. The only civil- authorities vested with authority are the Collector of Customs in Sitka and his two deputies. If * trader is caught selling liqnor to Indians, he is taken to Ban Fiauatooe for trial, if tried at all. If convicted, he may be fined $500; bnt the expenses of securing his conviction are three or four times that amount. A lawyer once aaid: “They bring a ten-cent Indian down to Ban Francisco and give him a thousand-dob lar trial, all for doing the Tenitocy a favor by killing the worst white man in it.” The people of Alaska have asked for a better system of government. They ■ay that man-of-war government stay have done well enough for the lint few years after the transfer from Bnaras, but their needa are for greeter n6w. Nhithzb ths pkhai/tt of expulsion recently inflicted for hazing at West Point nor the eqfizl severity With which ibis offence has in foraqra ysara been treated at Annapolis has wholly eradi cated it among the naval cadets. The Constellation and Dale, on their return from their practice trips, bring back a number of midshipaMe charged with the offence. The stupid and often harbor- oos custom of baaing seems to be kept olive at the two academies mainly by the notion that it is incumbent on oadets of the present day to do os their prede cessors'liaye done. It is a cowardly practice, olmoet invariably involving the -attaek of many upon one. In ths island or Jamaica vessels are loaded with bauanM by negroes march ing in single file, each with a bnnch on his head. The lines often number a hundred men and women. Aa they go to and from the Vessel a negro, with a load, melodious voice, sita on deek and colls off the telly in a singing, drawling tone, asfolldws: “Banana da one, one, one; banana <14 two, two, two; banana da free, free, free; marked me down foeh, foah, fo; five and tally, fire, five; banana da five; five, five; banana da live, five, five, five, and tally five, five.” They oan count only np to five; so a white man of superior attainments sris near and keeps the tally by fives while the negro repeats his count. Thh Yzllowstonh National Pahs ia larger than Delaware and Bhods Island combined—being 65 mites wide by 65 long, and embracing 8,675 square (piles. It lies mainly in the northwest ern corner of Wyoming, but includes a thin strip of Idaho oo the weal and Montana ou the west and north. The body of it is between 110 and Ijl de grees west longitude, and 44«nd 45 de grees north latitude. The lowest sieve- tion in the park is 6,0 0 (set above see level, and its highest mountain peak from 10,000 to 12,000 feet. It is an im mense table land, with a surfzsi broken Into mountain range*, gorges, oanyona and volleys. 1 ' Whin you set a boy with the pockets of his pantaloons bulging out until he looks like a great humble bee laden for the hive, while he walks along tryfeg to look aa thin as split lath, and wearing a profound expression of supernatural ia- uooenoe, yon know, without refarrinj to. hisoode of tignala, that boy has haan lingering in somebody's orchard, and doesn’t care to have undue publicity (ton to fasfc that only aonearohiffi p«f* m m ■-■r ■