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7111WEEKY EDTIO. WINN130-RO S.C,NYA1E.l 8 SING 0UOKOO, When the grapa is mown and bonds the grain Before the sicklo's koon caress, Whon shrilly croaks the loaded wain And groans the spouting older-press, A flying shout from the haunted wood, By tanglod thicket and roaring flood, Merrily ringeth the bright day through Ouckoo! Ouckool When bloating lambking nok tho fold And from the farm-yard barks the dog, When rusts tho sunset's'wealth of gold And fields are dronobed in rivor fog, While flits the bat in the village stroots This unlsoon, magical voice repeat. * A mournful chant 'mid the failing dow Ouokool Cuokool When stars are brightest in the sky And low the spectral orosceut swims, When from the woodland o,mos a cry And o'er the marsh the owlet skims, While all the life of the glad day sloops A ghostly watchor his vigil keeps, Bitterly weeping the long night through cuokool cuokool Beneath the sun my spirit sings Like you, dh, bird a moasu 0 gay, But through the night, on loaden wings, It woops o'er hopes long laid away ; And hearing thee sobbog thy sad refrain, My heart oi Io out with a sudden pain, For the dead past wakes, as I list to you Cuokool Cuokool [From ODR SECOND CZNTURY.] A BROKEN HEART. A TRUX STOnY. I can never forget the first time I saw Caleb Greenough-we were then fellow sludents at Harvard; we became chunis after a short acquaintance, and our mutual intercourse was the foundation of a friend ship so strong and- disinterested as can only exist between two men whose minds naturally flow in the same channels of thought and cultivation. Caleb was the only son of an American gentleman whose name and repute were as well if not better known in Europe than at honme. IIis father was wealthy, enormous ly so when we first met, but in the course of our college career, when his whole soul and energy was devoted to but one object law and history, reverses caie; his father lost his fortune and Caleb was thrown on his own resources. Our worthy President, knowing the circumstances, offered to allow my friend to finish his course, and pay back to Alma Mater the money advanced, as soon and whenever ho was ablt. It was a hard strugglo to decide which course to pursue, accept kind President Felton's offer or go into the world and' fight for himself alone and unailded; but, after a fow days' con sideration, my old friend called on the President, thiaked hini for his kindness but refused the sare. A business opening he made for himself. Frank, genial and open-hearted, lie left us and many a regret we felt as we bade a sad farewell to our old companion and clam mate. Shortly after leaving college business called him to Paris, and we heard, at the same thme, of his success and engagement to one of our American bol!cs. Last summer, after a lapse of twenty years, we met again at ChanTounix-but my friend was hardly to- be recognized. Thougn but forty his hair was white, his forni was more that belonging to a man of advanced years than to one m the prhne of life, his eye alone retaiined its youthful -e--yet had an expression so kiwi and yet so sad that the stranger at once became interested, watch'ng long that face, which, though not handsomte, was fascinating to the last degree. We sat long after mnidnight inthbam airon th oer theza the rays of the full monshining ovrtevalley, talking ear nestly of our old college days. Many in quilries Caleb mado after old1 friends, and as now andl then he would ask for some particular onie, I would inform him that ho had already joined the long list of those that weore no more. I asked him about himself, how the world had treated 1im, but was unable to obtain any information, and noticing that qpy inquiries troubled or pained him, turned the subject, and spoke of may proposed tipl among the Alps. "rThoso mountains are old frien'ds of mine," saId Caleb; ''there is not a nook or cornier I have not visited, not a peak save Mt. Rcsa or the Matterhorn I have not as cendeod, and in the mlonthi we are together I will take you to the poeints of most in terest." So we journeyed together, sometimes on foot, sometimes on mules, enjoying the bracing air, the wild and superb scenery, till at last wve reached Interlaken-the most beautiful of all Swiss villages. We stopped at thie.Victoria, and Caleb not feeling wvell I took a room opening into his. Daily we proposed starting, but daily my old frnend became weaker, and to me it was evident that lie was not long for tIs world. is disease no dloctor could fathom, and as they felt his pulse whlich had now become feeble they prescribed medIcine after medieine, all of -which I regularly bought, but none of which Caleb would take. "Their science is .of no avail to me, Frank," lie would say with a sweet smile, "I feel that. my days are numbered andl before long I shall be no more." "It Is there I am sick," hie one day add ked, touching his heart with his now,weak hand-"there!" X tied to encourage-to cer himo up, but to no avail; ho would only smile softly and tenderly upon me nia if to say' "Why encourage a man when you know it, is too late," August was .drawing to its close, my frlend was lying~ by tl.ie openh window, thme sun and warmi alt- apparently cheering him as lie gazed with longing eyes on tIme .gay and happy piromnaders; of a sudden he gaea start, a low' pahtiful cry -which liugt me to iAs bellside, -Ho was sitting upright, his eyes fixed on two himalos In.tIhe in the garden below. "Flrane.," hie said, falling back exhausted, ."Franmk follow these ladies and fiud. otit who thy are where they are staying," and thes lie osed hiseyes. *Feeling convinced that In Aohe unao, countable way my friend's past life, whiich~ heo seelned so loath to talk -about, wae en neoted with the ladle1i referred to, I rushed) otit in quest of the haformation, and 30011 ascertalnedl them.to be a 'rs. .andudi McCloetmont, of Blaltim~ore. NOsleb troni bled all overa -X t4$ bilt the iiame, hli % ioe h kok g ti e ho waye 'by the tempest. "Where are they staying?" he gasped. "At this hotel," I replied. "And are you sure you read the names correctly, Mrs. ai Miss?" laying eitpia sis on the last. '"Certainly," I replied, at a loss how nmy friend could become so excited at so simple a thing. 'Then, Frank, I vilt live I" Once more his eye flashed as It had many a time in years gone by in one of our old foot-ball matches at Harvard. Ile jumped out of bed and, for a minute, set about dressing himself-the reaction caime as suddenly and he fell fainting in miy arms. Having restored him to consciousness I laid him gently on his couch and soothed and calned hin as best I could. For an hour he was gloomy, unable or unwilling to speak, mumbling to hinself apparently uncon scious of my presence. Dusk was creeping on when calling me to his bedside ie drew from around his neck a gold locket, which ie nervously clutched, and opening It I saw a woman's face of remarkable beauty, large dark eyes and black hair, finely chiseled aristocratic features-a second glance and all camne over me, it wits the face of the youmger of the McClermont ladiis. Caleb drew mC close to hhn11t and said, I aml) going to tell you, my friend, the history of that locket. I have never spoken thereof for years, but it will make vie feel easier. It is an old, old wound," aid then the tears flowed fast down his emaciated checeks. "When I left Hiarvard, Frank, I went to Baltimore, and soon found myself lauiched ini business. Society I was always fond of and met at a ball one night the young lady whose picture is in this locket. I met ner frequently, and before I was aware of the fact was in love-I proposed and was ac cepted. Soon after I wits forced to go to Paris on bisiness. While there you biard of my'success. I was the herc of an hour, drawing rooms were thrown open I was gladly welcomed everywhere, business and society took ill) both day and night; every body, cvei myself, thought my fortune was made-uit it fell as quickly its it was built, this beautiful castle of mine 1 Sympathy wats freely expressed, I was recovering from the shock prepared to go to work again, when a letter from Baltimore in formed le that stories defamittory to mty character were being circulated. They had reached her cars, " pointing to ils locket, "who in all my adversity had stood by te. It was not an hour before I determined to return to her. My friends and relations laughed and said, 'you will be jilted for your trouble.' They begged me to stay in Ettrope, one -crsonal friend offered ie a partnership-but I felt I must go. "I met my enemies, they retracted, and once mtoro I was restored to her. Our love grew daily, hourly. I loved her moro than I (lid mny life, and there for the first time I became aware of tite strengtNA of my pas sion. The panic of '67 had struck the couitry, businiess openings were few and hard to find ; so, seeing that on account of my misforttne, my suit was displeasing to the family, and thinking the field for busi ness more bright in San Francisco, as also that her family would become reconciled by ity absence, I left Baltimore and went to California. I had been gone but three weeks when one fine day sie wrote me, breaking our engagement, but, noble girl that She was, promising to be true to me." At this point of lils narrative Caleb's voice was choked and it was some tine before ie could continuo. "Forgive me, Frank, for my unmaili ness, but tite wound is as fresh to-day as twenty long years ago. Well," resuming his story, "the shock deadened me to tite world, all I cared for now was money, I became a itermit. I worked day and nigl%'o( I had twenty arms, twenty heads, and i-e five years amassed a fortune, In this time I saw ntobody, wrote to nobody, save a let ter now and1 thentto her. "One day I met a friend fronm Batltimore. I inquired after haer and was told she had marriedi. That blow killedi me, Frank I I retired fromt business and( sailed for Japan, trying to butry my grief, mny disappoint mont, but It htas killed mc. For fifteenm years I have wandered the earth, visiting every p)laee of Interest, avoiding friends, avoiding to inquaire after her. This year I de'nided to visit the scenes of my boyhood, for I was educated five years in olel Switzer land, but I gave out whieii I reached here. This locket, Frank, has neover quitted me, and the ring," pointing to a plain gold band, "was wished on by her-God bless her i and now at tho last moment I see her again fromt nmy window." Buich sobs, melt deep, heavy sighs I never have hoeard as escaped Caleb's lips on finishing his htistory. Night had already set In and my friend tossed foverishly on his pillow. "Frank," he at last murmured, "ask her if alto will come to me t" I left the apartment, met the ladies and stated my mIssion, taking eare not to say how far gone Caleb was. Stuch suarprise, such beaming happiness and love as came from the faces and eyes of both ladies. I -led them to lis room.- The meeting was harrowIng. Caleb, during mty absence, had got out of bed antd was sItting in his dressing gown in the arm-chair. Two cries rent the air, a joyful, one froin him, one of such acute paip.iandanguisht from Miss McClermont as alhe saw his position. My heart aches still to recall that scone. "Kiss nme, darn g, as .of old," said Caleb. Miss McClermont pressed a kiss of- love to. his lips--but It was' too late, thme faithful' heart had ceased to beat, *11er grief was acute when I related his ,story. "They would have made me marry a rich New Yorker." alto said, "butt I could atot-lh, I could iWot, ud, iet thte last mo ment, broke tho engagement and was true to him. We buried him In the little churoh-yard at intoflaken, and , ver lis grave rises a monumnent~ with th,oly inscrlption-"A Broken Heart. - -Clove. Cloves are the dried flowers of a beautiful tree that grows in the East Indies4 Its culture is principally cooidned to the Island di Zanzibar. After being gatherd' tho cloves are prepared for shipent by sid 1dItA them 6n hurdles covere with matting, ned 'lo wood iAro, to giveo them a browin eo)~, ~td heyare furthejr dried In. thssun, ] Teyn~ ~ ut off fyom theofowerbra chWotedtobe pu~ ~lQo bepakd bhaleattt A capital sike story is told by Itattler I anik, of A iizona. I Iatik has beeii hitten foirl lines, Ianli attribu11tes his conitiimmled ex istenue it) tlil 111.that. he al ways takes plent.y or' whiskey with him. IlIe 131i kill (I 1.400 rattlesiike.4 in Ihe hitt two years, to say nothing of 'tie int mries 1h11d got aivay with berore tait ti'm., amd of which lIe 'ever wp iept a reCrl. It is ile old man1111's deliglt to i,ask in twh ii:nirs o hmi roies, and you imay sve him at, aniy time, whenl he is not out prosI)eCtiig tite nleighboring hills for gold or silver, sitting in Bill Brigg's cabin, comfortably loaded w*iti ianglefoot and detailing his uidventures. lie was in Florence in August onl a big upree. When Ie gets pretty badly tindled hie tells his biggest yarns. It was My good fortune1 to hear one of them. 'Boys," lie asked, "'did you see that Oreaser in town yesterday with tthe taranItuIs V' I give 'einl to him ketcled 'em mut near tihe Al varado mine; tley was laVinl' a party like wiith a hull bilinl' o' rattlers. I never seed no such rattlers yet. (1lank was leading up to his story. One who knew him well at once ordered the benzine for the crowd.) I ain't seed no such rattlers as thelim," lie continued, setting down his empty glass." Thero was forty lindred If there was one, and a rangin' all the way from two to ten foot In length. And such an a-fired hissin' and a wrigglin' amid a bowin' and a scrap in' to one'nothier as polite its you please, and Mr. Snake. crawlin' around Mrs. Snake, and the young smakes a tumnblin' over their daddies and maimm1ies till you couldn't rest. What did I do? I reckon I kinder didn't do nothin' but keep shady. But a blasted jack rabbit run across the bush just behind me, an' 1, bein' kind o' hungry like, let him have it. The noise o' the gun goin' off atarted the smiakes, and they saw me quicker'n a second, an' jess stood on their hind legs and roared to get at the old man. There war a pile o' rocks a heminin' mo ill on all siaes' 'cept one. I had jest come over them rocks a slidin' down, but couldu't get back. There was only one wity out, and that was right through the sminakes I And there was forty hundred of 'ei as sure ais-. They saw they had me, amid had already divided me up like, ani' I standin' there lookin' it 'em with my eyes stickin' out and the sweati a pouirin' oil me like rain, ani' they kep a comin an' a opeiin' their jaws an' a lickin' o' their chops as much as to spy. 'Ole man yer our ment.' Well, 1 yanked a rock aint' driv it into 'em), an' beforo they got over their surprise I'd drunk all the 'bug juice' it my canteen an' made' a break. More'n five hundred of 'en must a struck me as I skinned through the gantlet. But I had a p'ar o' buckskin breeches over my butter nuts, an'the-fools couldn't bite through. So I hoofed it over the perrarie for more'n .half i mile, cos I didn't d'ar to stop a see end or they would a got loose an'struck mle on the hand. As it was, they kep' a stringin' out behind ic like so wainy tails. But y.u couldn't see 'em for the dust. You ear mu!" 1lank's listeners were setting in open mouthed wonder taking in the story as lie spun it out, and they were eagerly awaiting the climax. Sagebrush Charlie spoke tip: "Look a yere, Ilank, you say there was flve hundredsnakeshitched on to your britches?'' "Yes, five hundred; nary one less." "Wbll, how much you reckoned each critter would average--about three pounds, I reckon?" "W-a-1-11" "Why, on'y this; you war packin' fifteen hundred pouinds o' snakes. Perhaps you will take a tumble t0 yourself and kinder explain how you could pack so many critters." "Look here, Charlie ; you'ro a pretty imuar kind of a boy, and pooty good on fig .'Ind arithinetickin, an' that kind o' '/ f, an' I don't mind sayin' to you that M.I.een hundred pounids o' snakes tackled onto a man when he is scar't-wvhen lhe Is right diown scar't.\-don't weigh more'mn a ordiniary shotgin. Yo~u might stop to weigh 'emi. I didn't have no time." Charlie was effectually sihemiced. "Wall, as I was sayimng, boys," Hank contlinuedl, "tme varmimnts kep' a swishina' in the air an' I a goin' forty iles a minuite. I seed there was only 0110 way to get rid of 'emi an' I yamnked out my knife ani' comn mnenced chioppin' their tails off closo Up) to their ears. By tIme timie I 'rived at Moss's ranch they had all been cut away, but their heads was still stickin' by tho fangs to my buckskins. Boys, It war a lively canter while it lasted." "How many heads was there a stickin' olnto your buckskins, Hlank ?"Chiarlie aked. "Lemn me see; hem me1 see," Hank an swered. "I declar I forgit. Recub, Itold you the other day how many snakes' heads there was a hangin' to my buckskins that day. D)o you reklect I'" "I reckon it wasfourhundred and ninety "Four-hundrd-and--niinety-seven. Yes, yes: I said five hundred, didn't I, boys? I tmake it back, it was four hundred and ninety-seven; but what ini the namec of coimmliOn sense three snakes imn such a outfit?i" Then the glasse's wvere filled up again. The Fiinny Tribe. It is an almost every-day sight to see boys catching fish, but yet not one lad In a thousand has ever given a thought to the wonderful construction of the fiy tribe. At the outset of this subject it might be re imrked'that no fish has a sIngle bone too manny. You may think he has, especially when you have perch for dinner, but every littro bone was put there by nature for seome special purpose.' Take away a hand ful of bones from the average fish and lie ~would die in less than a week. Bones, howover, have very lIttle to do with a fish, and a groat deal less to do with catching him. Let tie.draw your attention to the eyes, in the first place. Theoy are so placed that a fish .can. see a bob-tailed steamer coDhmng up the river, andl a boy en the bridge behind i at the same time, bumt for this fact the boy would eatch himn with a dip net made of an old hoop-skirt, or tie steamer would run ever him. By a shnplo roll of his eye, a fish can take in a view from all sides at once, and you can't pass a d:anoo off on him for a saw-log. If the fish could only see ahead, his tail would' be grab,be-i at every hour in the day. If lhe could see only behind, he'd have to wear a shcet.Jron protector. Qfn )is nose. As it is, he'll do'dge a sto from one side and smell Qf-a root on the other at the same motion. Th'le iitouth of a flUh is proyided with straina als lecd gdis. mtt for this he'd have a atqi c~ full of sa*dttet all the year rout:4. WtWtthe gill moitih would be obewt of te o put wtith thOai loils to force '111)011 hIs fellow-finnies. The gills of a fish may be compared to the nose of a man, even in color, but most of them au'e I great deal I)etter Set on. It was eVi deiitly de-sigiied by natire that fish should live under.l waIter. This i.- why thevy tako oin m) whenl halled out, srtirng on a willow an(I carried'4 itro-II(I Oil a boy'sg ShotIl(Ier. TIe bladder of a fish 1)13'S a iiportailt, irt in his whoopiig aroid under tlie siur faee of a inlill-Imld. Iy siteking.ini or. ex pelling tir hf(e cnll isNe to the surface to grilh a fly ; or go to lie bottom to) attend i coil vention cr stickers. Ile i a very early riser. You lily think you call get uip be fore he dos, but lie will be wide awaiko when you arrive oil the spot. lis iteals atre vi,ited u) from such iings it were ieft over thc(: oany befor, Ild it is iinalterial to him whether wvell-cooked or not. No fish is bound to iniy particular neighborhood, in t has the run of tihe entire river or. pond. Ile is out in till sorts of weather, ind if Im comes home wet whiat is the difference? it is generally suIposed that a fish stanids o: his head to sleep. At least, iono have ever been caught sleophig on their backa. They see by night Is well as by day, and peiips a little better. The tail of 1 1fis is not of much account in the frying-pan but it is a handy thing for the fish when sloshing around in at mill-pmid full of old Stumps, drowned boys and wrecked skiffis. Ills tail guides his head, and it seldom goes back oi him. Natuiro calculated that ho vould be flopping his tail.against, bridge timbers, stones, old hoop-iron and lost fish hooks, and so sie made ii one which couldn't le hurt. It. is simply at iletmbra lie, without. nerves, and could bo cut off with. out the fish knowing it un1itil he Startel to dodge an old root and runi his head into the bank. Fish may be divided into two c1lisses-the fish which catch boys, like the shark, and the fish which pernit boys to catch them, like the mullet and bass. In going a-fishing always sit on the veranda in the shade, if you can, and if you can't let the fishing go and hang to the vel anda. GIas. 8taining. Let us unow follow the art of glass tlain ing through its chief stages. The design of the window being determined upon, anlld the cartoon or full sized drawing being pre pared, a kind of skeleton drawing is made, showing only the lines which indicate the shape of each selarate piece of glass. It is apparently not generilly understood that a ivilldow -is ie. onn pieco of glass, to which are applied the various color diq' played, but a number of smiall pieces which are united by a grooved lead which Incloses each individual fragment, and that each different color we see Is the color of that particular piece of glass, the only painting natorial employed being the dara brown pigment used to deflne the more delicate and minute details. This skeleton, or work ing drawing, then passes to the cutting room, where sheets of glass of every imi aginable shape are arranged in racks, each bearing a number by which a particular tint is known. Thej0rawing being num bered on each separate piece of glass by means of a frame containing small pieces of every shade, and each numbered according to the rack containing the glass of that color. The use of this frame renders un necessary the tedious process of visiting each rack in search of the particular shadu required ; the glass is laid bit b3 bit on the drawing, and each piece Is then cut to the required shape by means of a diamond. After the glass is cut it passes to the painter, who, laying it over the drawing, traces upon it with his brush all the details of feature, folds of drapery, foliage, etc., as designed by the artist. But as the action of the weather and the continually varying conditions of the atmosphere would speedily remove every vestige of paint If left In this state, it is necessary to subject the 'painted glass to the action of heat by lacing it for several hours ini a kilni, undIer the influence of which the paint is fused into absolute afinity wvith the glass, and becomesaetually incorporated with its substance. After this burning process, it only remains for the different pieces to be united with the groovedl leaded frame-work which bilnds the. whole together. The places whore thio leads join are then carefully soldered together, and nothing remains but to thor oughly work over the whole suiface with a thick cement, which fills upi any intersticou between the glass andl lend, aiid rendoer the whole panel p)erfectly water-tight and weather-proof. An A stronomical Fact. 'Two persons were born at the same place, at the same momint of time. After an ago of fifty years they both died, also at the same place ar.d at the same instant, yet one had lhved one hundred (lays more than the other. IIow was this p)ossiblo I Not to keep our friends in suspense, the solution turns on a curious, but with a little reflec tion, a very obvious p)oint in circum-naviga tion. A person going around the world toward the west loses a (lay, and toward the east, lhe gains one. S3uppc sing, then, two persons born together at the Cape of Good Hope, whence a voyage round the world may be performed In a year ; if one performs this constantly towards the west, In fifty years he will be fifty days behind the stationary inhabItants, and If the other sail equally towards the east, ho will be fifty days In advance of them. One, there fore, will have seen one hundred clays more than the other, though they were born and dIed in the same place and at the same nmoiment, and oven lived continually in the same latitude, and reckoned time by the same calendar.. A Cotton OIn. A cotton-gIn machine Is not as butlky as an ordinar7 fanning-mill. It Is called a "saw-gin, ' because cIrcular saws, about a foot across, are set uphonl a wooden cylinder perhaps half or three-fourths of an Inch apart. For largest slzed gins the cylinder is- five feet long. The saw runs between steel grates set in the back of the feeding hopper, so that the teeth reach just beyond the bars and catch the fibres which adhere strongly to tyie seed, and pull them through' tile openings between the grate-bars, leav ing thea seed behind. The lint Is cleared from the t'eeth by revolving brushes, and is either blown by a fan through a spout to the lint-room, or else, by an improved pro cess, is fanned into large vats, which can be' taken up and put, one after another,into a pile to form a bale. A large gin, run by about six-mule power two hundred and ilt revolutions a' minute, will gin onec hul F4and4 ifity,ppuends of.likt in an hour. 8o Coie arlesehea or dosgisends a the gin is a Womebn and iqico14.1 yoiitl( la, beware of women who are iot airaii of muict. It is iaingerous to risk tlim. They are vither too go,oi or tt)o hwl(I fur this world itii its washings. A woman Who ClUn fitam14 her gro01md unconcernied and %ull lert urhibu at tihe advani,c of a Imloulse,who (tnn ltok upon the dun intrtiuer withoiut the exervise of' a lipl or a lid, with out the fhitter 4)f a heart or 'a skirt, is not the wonan fir ordinary wear and tear. She belongs to one of two forbidden trees. If to the first, she is too near cold perfec tion, too miuch of a pulseless paragon "for human nature's chily food." Ster clear of her, yotung man ; she will inake your lil*e a perpetual Sunday, during which you will be doomed to the stocks of a stiff shirt Und climbing collars. You shall ever rest beneal the shadow of her sprouting wings, alnd your sigh shall not be one of regiet if soie day she phiue theim and float away like a whiff of steely smoke in to a winter s(y. If shte be(l1nig to the other class, she is a Wom11ani jorIlmed of the dust of pulverized granite and iron 1ilings, into which the breath of life was blown by a siroCco, anild who Was tempered b'y being set out onl an iceberg and a volcano by turns. She it is who Is lit for treason, spoils, diploiicy, muirder, bloomers aid boots, buIII not for you. If you would be scalped, go directly to tho red man and have it done in good order, but keep theo away from White-Squaw-not-Afraid-of-a Mouse, for verily is she a "1yard wide and all wool." Turn away from these and conie and look upon the ideal wornan-the true ideal of fe-inine beauty-an ideal for which Praxitiles and 'hydias soulht in vain ; an ideal which all the philosophy of PlIto anild his school could not create ; an ideal vhilch never dawned upon poet or painter in his Cdreami of fair women"; an ideal besidC which (Ihe oro-faced conceptions of Iaphael are lackadaisical and lifeless; an ideal which all the world has looked atill( lonred for, which all the world has had right under its nose, and which all the world lias beon too stupid to recognize when it saw it. Look upon her if you will. She stands in a chair in the middle of the room ; her eyes are resolutely closed ; her lips are parted in half-suppressed shrieks and hys terical laughter; her hands clutchli her skirts, which shle frantically flirte p 1anld (Iown to ward off and frighten ti poor little mouse, which 1hats long since fled, ter ror-stricken, away. Anon, you catch a iantalizing glimpse of a pair of daility slippets "nd ankles and the comical ripples into wjiich her face is broken, and the shades of the lily and the rose, which shift and flit after each other over it, add a charn to the Ihol wllich ought to smite as with the rod the stoniest niasculinc he'arts and call forth the living fountains which sonic where under the surface flow through them all. Young man, this is not a paragon or an Amazon. This is a woman. She is your opportunity - embrace It and be blessed. John Pcerhviaigle's iamy. Mr. J. M. Liddons, who knew Charleb Dickens from boyhood, says that lie found himself very late one night at a railway station near Northwich. ''Scarcely had I set foot on the platform," lie writes, "whan I was accosted by a tall young manl of the yeoman type. who had conie to fetch the letter bag. 'Do you wish for a bed, sir?' asked he, 'or are you going oin Y' I told him I was bound for Northwich, two ililes off. 'You cannot get there, sir, till later in the morning. I will drive you there, as I go with the mail bag at 8 o'clock.' Ac cordingly I concluded to accept a bed, and a supper if possible, at the hostlery close at hand. I entered the kitchen, where a hright fire was burning, and set myself be fore It. There wvas a kettle on the hob singing a duet wvith a chirping cricket. A large wilry terrier came .crouching at muy feet. -There was nothing strange in this. But presently I heard 'clock, clock,' be hind me, and turning rouind I beheld Til ly Slowvboy In a pair of wvooden clogs 1 'The ideca dawvned uplonl me that I was among s~n of the dramatis persono~ of the 'Cricket on the~ hearth.' SuppositIon soon grew Into coniviction, for In a few minutes a pretty little round wvoman came in andl Informed me that my supp)ler was ready ini an adjolining parlor. 'D)ot,' by jovel' I miore than muttered. I ate miy supper andl wecnt to bed. My host roused me at 7.30 gave ime a cup of coffee anid bore ine off in his little chaise to Northwich. -On the way we passed a fine old-fashioned house. "Who lives there?' I asked. 'I'hat, sir,' was John Peeryblngle's rep)ly, 'belongs to M~r. Hogarth, a musical gentleman.' 'Hoe garth I Why lie must lie Mr. Dickens' father-in-law.' 'Hoe is, sir, and Mr. Dick eins do often come down here; and he has been and took off me and all my family and put us In a Christmas story, which lie (10 call the 'Cricket on the Hearth;' but it ain't all true, for there's no bliud toy-maker in these parts, and D)ot and me never had a dispute about her brother.'" The Recttred Brigand. Spanns Evangella, a retIred old brlganid of Thessaly, was imprudent enough the ether day to cross fromi Turkish to Greek soil, and was arrested by a corporal of the Greek frontier g:uards, whose father and brother had been murdered many years ago by his band, and1 who recognized the super annuated robber. Spanos was no ordinary brIgand, and although not particular abot committing a murder when occasion requlr-, ed It, hie was remarkable for the kindness of his dispositIon. Hie would often forego his share of a ransom, and even save a hostage taken by another band, paying tho doficeey demanded ouit of lisa own capa cious pocket. When Mehiemt~ Ali Pasha was engaged1 in the suppression of brigan dage In Thessaly, Spanos baffled all the en deavors made to catch him; but after eluding arrest for two years he voluntarily surrendered, merely stipulating that Mehe met All should receive his submission In person' HIe was imprisoned for a twelve month, and then pardoned by the TurkIsh authorities, who hind no cause to regret their leniency, for Spanos married and set tIed In Armiro, where he led a quiet, Irre p roachable life, and was "highly reapected" by all who had the pleasure of lis acquain tauice. Unfortunately, hie had reeived no perden In Greece, where a suim of 20,000. draehmns was placed on his head. Being a rayah, Iskender Pashia ha demanded him from the Oreek authioritie.; but it Is feared thatt this deniaud will not be complied with, and that poor' 8panos'will b6 called upnto pay he pnalt ofhis life tois fome i<discretion 5Smeoini Premiums. For the newest warried couple, a jar of ionloy to lst tle liioon out. For tle best disposition exhibited in the Line at the (icket oilce, -an opportunity to wait (lhe longest for a ticket. For the young man who carries his cano i tlie most, artistic manner, the admiration )f the young womian who carries her para 5ol on her arm. For the oldest fashioned hat, gentleman, mne cent ; lady $1,497,853.62J. For the sweetest smile on the ground, an >rder for new teeth when the present falls nto the sink with a crash. For the most elaborate coiffure, chignon, Krench twist or banged, a back action mir .or by which evury square inch of the head ,an be seen at one and the same time. For the most contented man, something o stir him up and put new life in him. A nan has no business to be contented. For the best turn-out, a choice between dust heap and a mud-puddle. The veather will regulate this premiuim. For the most. prominent unmarried cou >le, a reference to the city clerk's oillee. For the most disagreeable person, an es -ort out of the gate by the- police. For the blind man who holds his hat with lie most grace, a gratuity. - For the largest harvest of babtes, a ticket o the poor house. For the lady who dresses within the neans of her husband, if slo is (hero-we laro not mention tihe prize ; refirred to St. Peter with a hint to have the angels handy vhei she arrives at licaven's gate. For tihe fellow who says "Never?"-A :ompulsory season pass to Pinafore, six lights a week anld two matineces. For the boy -who runs away from school o ace the show, a mighty good time and a orged excuso the next day. For the most charming and best looking 'oung hidy, a personal introdunction. A vord to the wiso is sufficient. For the most honest bankrupt, a satis actory compromise with his creditors, and chance to say, "not guilty" before a jury )f his peers. For the newspaper reporter who fails to nako himseslf "solid" wvith'the committee, Lham sandwich and a glass of beer bought vitlh his own mney-cons(<uentlya rarity. For the biggest bore, a full complement, if reactionary artesian well machinery with 1o one but himself to apply it to. For the young gentleman who knows cv !ry horso on the grouid and nothing else, L succession of lost, bets that will leave his mrse as empty as his head. For the man who entertains his wife's nother and her thrce sisters, a chianee.- I at one-sixth of whatl he pays for, and tha n tho humblbst manner. The Man Who in Short. Hre goes to the exchange. At the door me meets a broker, and inquires: 'Tat ish de Imarket P" "Seventy-seven and a half." "Py shiminy I Vat ish de houtlook V" "It looks strong." le passed along and meets anothei roker of whom lie asks: "Vot ish do market I ' 'Seventy-eIght and one-eighth." " Py shimmy I" Then lie goes in and after standing in the ricinity of the '"bull-ring" a few minutes, tsks another broker: "Vat ish de market It "Seventy-eight and three-quarters." "Py shiminy crickets." This time It conies with an unmistakable ,miplasis, and lie rushes around until lie 'nds his broker, to whom ho says: ''Py me five at peslt." Then lie leaves the exchange, and after ialf an hour returns. Of the first broker ivlom he meets lie Inquires: "Vat Ilih do market now I" "Sevnty-eight and one-eighth." "Vat Is de hmoutlook ?" "It looks very weak." "D)ang de Standard I" Then that worthy merchant goes in anid ioles the flve he bought at 781c at 77jc,and ialf an hour later lie buys It back at 80c. Thns the festive gmie of "whip-saw" Is ilayedl, and thme man who makes a winning Jeserves a ehromo anid ani extra copy to thme etter up of the club. Celluiold. Although celluloid wans lmventedI nIne om en years ago, Its p:erfected manufacture ma been regularly in progress for only ibout five years, andl is consldered to be tilh in Its Infancy ; yet immense quantities >f thme substanmc ar-e produced; It Is con rertedl Into a variety of forms, and new nodles of app)lying it amre discovered almost lally. Celluloid is a composition of fine issue paper~ and camphor, treated with hmmicals by a patent process. A rather ommonf0i impiiression that it contains gun otton is a mistake, which arises fr-onm con rouninmg it with collodlonm. Celluloid, It 5 said1, is entIrely non-explos' ro, amid burns )nly when in direct contact with flamo. Whlen crude It looks like a transparent sum, and its color is a light yellow-browvn, it can be mnade as hard as ivory, but Is t;ways elastic, andl can be readily molded nto every'concoivabile form. With equal mse It can be coloredl in any tInt dlesiredI, lie (lye running through thme entIre sub itance, and( beIng, therefore, Lneffaceable. .A ilon-tire Tree. A scrubby stunted juniper tree grows on learly all thme ridges andl hill tops in Call !ornia. The berries are very abundant nd ab)out the sIze of the juniper berry re known in commerce, from which is listilled thme Inspiring spirit gin, but I cani sot - say whether It is. or not. The tree is jite like the cedar in bark and wood, but Lt differs in size and shape from that noble rid stately son of the forest. Thie needles, which are the only approach to folIage, and represent the leaves of ordhmary trees, ai-o full of a combustible oil, which goes off Like a flash upon the applhcation of a match. Prees the sIzeoOf an apple tree produce as flne a fire as 1 over saw. A solid column of flame shiot up to three times their height Inmd sheets of flying fire were carried off In thme winid. TIhe heat was intense, but of brief (duration. As. soon as the foliage and loose bark were consumed the fire vanished las quick as it came, and in four or five minutes a beautiful green tree with spread. Ing branches and healthy roots, apparcnti In tho'prime and vigor of middlem age, wasn chianged into a charred and 'blackened trunk, stretching Its dead limbs skyward in mute reproach for our wanton play.. --.Mr. CarIy1e 1s1la rnlith better healjth and int4mdq wrtiting a record of bi lifos havin. 941 as his ooadjuto, FOOD FOR THOUGiT. Consider your ways. )o good] to all, that thou mayest keep thy frieids and gain tilne enemies. Ignorance Is a subject for pity; not laughter. A knowledge of mankind Is neecssary to ac(ilre prudence. Choose those companions whoadmin later to your improvement. Don't think it degrading to work. Only the fool thinks so. There Is nothing so fatal to comfort as well as to decortu, as Fuss. It is the best proof of the virtues of a family circle to see a happy firos'dc. -Tie Chinese say there Is a well of w1odon at the root of every gray hair. In the great world there is a place for every one, and we should be found III Ours. ' Have one settled purpose in life, and If it be honorable it will bring you re ward. There is pleasure in effort, in excite ment, in trying, though the end be but a dream. I hardly kno\Y so true a mark of a little mind as the servile imitation of others Friction cleans the bark and rubs down the knots. Don't be afraid of failure, ie who thinks every man a rogue, is very certain to see one when he shaves liimselt. 'ihe highest reach of human science, is the scientiflo recognition of human ignorance. Books are but, white paper, unless men spend in action the wisdoni they Zet from thought. Mlankind worship success, but think too little of the means by which it is ittallned. Knowledge will alwayti predominate aver ignorance, as man governs the ther animals. Man believes that to be a lie which 3ontradicts the testimony of his own Ignorance. We seek for richet, and do not find thein ; we do not seek for death, but tias ! he comes. I shall long to see the miseries of the world, since tho sight of them Is iccessary to happiness. luman life Is everywiere a state in which much is to be eninred, and lit tle to he en.joyed. Be not deceived with the first ap pearonces of things, but give thyself time to be it the right. Wisdoin Is a solid and entire building, )f which every piece keeps its place and carries its mark. Love, if you would be beloved; serve, f you would be served ; and humble yourself, it you would be exalted. "The wicked worketh a deceitful work, but to hin that soweth right. 3ousness shall be a sure roward." We know what to do with our joys, but we do not know what to do with Dur sorrows or with our hardships. It is the 4rst little step tlat loses all. AfterI that the road is slippery, and we tra down before we know it. Be not too hasty to trust or to admire the teachers of imorality; they discourse like angels but they live like men. When we are alone we have our thoughts to watch ; in our families,onr temper; and in society, our tongues. Truth is 1id by great depths, and tho way to it does not appear to all the world. Conversational powers are suscepti ble of great Improvement by assiduous cultivation. Th'le fricesipsof youth are founded on sentinment ; the dissensions of age re-. suit from opinion. Flowers sweeten the sir, rejoice the eye, link us with nature and innocence amd are something to love. Woe to those who are engaged in the commission of unlaw ful deeds, for they cannot trust their nearest accomplices, Love mankind with all your souls, and you will feel no difficulty in using p)atle nce, forbeartace anad for-givenmess. Some people have softening of time brain, butt the world suffers more from those who have hardening of the heart. The flower of civIlization is the fln sited muau; the man of sense, of necom plishment, of social power-the gentle sian. Certaini thoughts are prayers. There itre moments when, whatever be tihe at titudoe of the body, the soul is on its Icnees. The three most diflicult things are, first, to keep a secret; seconmJ, to forget in injury ; and, third, to .make good ise of leisure. A fi'ctions, like spring flowers, break through tihe frozen groun1d at last, and the heart, wvhich seeks but for another lieart to make it happy, will never leek in vain. 4 It is veryv pleasant to see some ment turn round, pleasant as a sutclden rush ef warm air in winter, or the flash of firelight ini the chill dusk; they sited radiance on all around them. All useless misery is certainly folly, rind ho that feels evils before they come rmay be deservedly censured, yet sure ly to dread the future is more reasona--p ble thtan to lament the past. Mountains never shake hands. Their roots may toneh, they may keeptgth ur some way up, but at len ththey part company, and rise into inuividual, ibolated peaks. So itisa with great men. The beginning of hardship is like the first taste of bitter food-it seem~s for a moment unbearable; yet, if there ia nothing else to satisfy our hunger, we t'ake another bite and And it possible to go on. A great mind is like an elephant in the ashoient line of battle-the best ally If you can keep him in the ranks, front. lng the right way but if he turns about he is the deadliest foe and treads his master underneath his feet, In young, childish, ignorant npitures ~ there is constantly a blind tvryst it) 6s '' unshapen chance; it is as hard te oy or girl to believe that a grAt WM tco ness will actually be allhI, as,tJ~. liove that they will d4 e. Strong, sdful t~ ene - to