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RW'~ '~~ ~ ,, ~ '? t yT7'A a ll'~V'~. I*' P, ti TRIWE WIN"1310 S.Cqjl,Y3,80 BURIAh OF THE PAi'. 'Twas the night before thewedding And the house was filled with guestil, After all the pleasant I reetingp Quietly the household rests. Only one from out the many Still Is sitting by the fire 'Tie the bride, who on the morrow Walt have left her home and sire. With her hair unbound and falling, Like a mantle to the floor; There she sits among her treasures, For the last time looks them o'er. One by one she reads each letter, Then consigns it to the flame ; From its ease she takes a picture, And her white lids oloso in pain. For the face smiles out upon her As of o'd it used to do, Ere that bit er hour of parting, When each spoke what was not true. Trembling fingers slowly olasp it, Drop it on the embor's red, No'er again will she behold it, For the face to her is dead. There are violets in the casket And .a look of soft dark hair , There are book- and little trinkets . And the ring she used to wear. In the flrelight. while they're burning, In't in fancy or a dream That atain she sees the river And the old famil ar Ecene. Whore so often they had rambled In the autumn a'ternoon ; Where on summer nights they floated 'Mid the lillies, 'neath the moon ? On the hearth the box lies emptied, On the grate the fire burns low, And the girl stands white and silent As the lasr faint embers glow. Streaks of gray are sWowly oreeping O'er the portals of the moon ; With the lght the ol life passes Dawning brings her hopes now-born. Elopement and Pursuit. Wim. L. Marcy was called to i he bar in October, 1811. Acting under the advice of friends, lie opened an oflice in Troy, N. Y., and commenced the practice of hi profession. lie was surrounded by exper ienced and gifted lawyers, who controlled the honors and emoluments of their profes sion. )voung Marcy. deficient In those brilliant and ready talent so attractive to the public, though posessiug erudition anud strong intellectual powers, did not at first meet with professional success, but, taking anl appeal to the future, he patiently await ed the developments of tine. With great lalwr and perse% ermice he )erfcc:cd himself in those solid acquireients, which subse quently rendered him conspicuous before the world as a lawyer, diploniatist and statesman. Among the chrracteristica that distin gilshed the early days of Mr. Marcy's pro lesdin A life. was cuirelessness, in regard to dress. Though he was not, like Martin Grover. accustomed to appear in dilapida ted attire, st'll he held fashion and her votatiis in contempt. Ills boots were often left for weeks without polish, and his hair to say the least,averappeared in Hyperlon curls, and withal, by casual acquaintance he was regarded as a very dull and inactive young man. But his personal appearance was in his favor lIe was slightly above the ordinar.! height, "stout and mascuilin e, but not gross; his forehead bold and full, his eyebrows heavy, his eyes dleep-set and expressive, his motuth and chin firmly mioulded. Ills manners were affable and courteously free from p)retence, yet digni fied." iIe was easy, pleasing and graceful in conver-sation. In really refined and cultivated circles, young Marcy, notwithi standing his indifferent attire, was a favorie, though coxcombs attempted to make him the subject of raillery. Ilis olllco was in a small one story build1( lng, suirroundled by a railing or veranda. Directly opposite his ofllce there was a fashionable female seminary. In pleasant weather lie wvould scat hiiself on the ver andas, with his feet elevatedl on the top of it, and in this position watch the gambols of the young ladies on the p)lay-grouind cf the school, or engage in pursuing his favor ite situdies. Ills unl)ohIshed boots, thue conspicuotisly exhibited, were often the subject of merriment among the fair stu-. dlents. Though young Marcy was wanting in those external qualities constituting what Is called "a lady's man,'' Is society wvas by no means distasteful to the fatir sex, especially to those whlo had the penIetration to understand the real beauties of his char aeter and applreciatte his abihties. Among the more advanced puils of the seminary was a Miss DuBlois, a young lady from Springilelid, Mass., an heiress, and very beautiful. Marcy had frequently met her at the residence of a lady friend in Troy. For sonme time a respectful frilend. shIp existed between her aind the young lawyer. Bho was pleased with the graces of his knowledge, the superiority of his in tellect. There wits a ch-iarmn in hIs cnversation, which nnconsciously revealed the mental resources of the future states man, stimulating intelligence In others. Miss DiBois possessed that charminug ver satility that belongs of right to women the faculty of suiting her fine intellect te all whom it encountered--of so tempering her subtle wit with fcmini'ne grace as to exempt her from enmity or malice, and that pride which is the neeessary result of th.i superlorty she w~ore easily aind grracc fu ly. There were those elements in the friend ship between young Marcy and Miss Du-: B3oas whic1 naturally ripen into deep attach-. meat and' ardent love, yet singtular as it may app4bar, there was no affair of the heart blenfied with it. But these who were aware'of their intunacy, not understanding p ito Aetinre naturilly put another ,,astruc- i .414n'ppon it, and a report r-hed the n faculty of the seminary that 1Arey was an t( accepted suitor of Miss DuBois. The rules u of the Institution strictly forbade the young ti ladies from receiving any attention from A gentlemen; and the parents of the lady had ti strongly enjoined upon the faculty the en- 1 forcement of this rule in regard to their a daughter. Therefore, the report of her re- C lation with the young lawyer caused an un- ti pleasant sensation In the seminary, and ti Miss DuBois was strictly forbiddeh to have t( any further association with Marcy. The h report even reached her father, who ha- h tened to Troy, determined to remove his ti daughter from the seminary. But her cx- tj planation of the matter was sutticient, and b he returned home satisfied that all reports 01 connecting the name of his daughter with tj Mr. Marcy were groundless. iI A few weeks after her father's visit, Miss p DuBois obtained permission to visit Albany tU with some friends. Some time after her p departure it occurred to one of the pupils of tI the seminary, who had interested herself n In the affairs of Miss DuBois and Mr. Mar cy to quite an extent, that although the It day was beautiful, the young lawyer had not a1 been seen in his iccustomned place on the 01 veranda of his office. On making proper in. : n quiry she learned that he liad not been there at all that day. This aroused hercur losity and excited suspicions, leadling her n to make further inquiry, and she was in. g, .1ormed that he had accompaniedl Miss Di Bois to Albany. Without further consid eration, she believed'that an elopement had bi taken place, aid immedlatly informed the faculy that young Marcy and Miss Mulois hail fled to Albany for the purpose of being w clandestinely inarri.d.- This aroused them to the highest pitch of excitement. The tr rumor ran like wild-fire through 'the lisi- f( tution, reaching the city in a short space of Y, time. There was a strange 'hurrying to and fro" in the seminary. Consternation was v everywhero mingled with the silent mirth il which the affair had created among many a of the young ladies who really enjoyed the (1 scene. Cupid had slyly found a lodgment within those walls, dedicated to science and um study, though all thught the little winged 01 good was sternly forbidden there-to many known only in the beautiful dreams of w girlhood. Yet he had actually been a tl' sojourner in that temple of science; one of its fairest inmates had yield to his enchant- of ed bowers. Fear that the wrath influenc- h< ing the young lady's father and her other th friends would be turned against the insti. 811 tution, and dreading the odium which an p( elopement would bring upon It, au imme- w diate pursuit was decided upon. The sher iff ot the county, with aposqse comitatus, 0 was sent in pursuit, and proceeded with hot A haste to Albany. Learning that the iady was P) at onie of the principal hotels in that city, lie rushed thither to forbid the bans befoie it was too late. Sans ceremony he entore ed his way into the ladies' parlor. Miss DuBois was there enjoying nerself with her friends, but, to the astonislunent of the F sheriff, young Marcy was not present. The n ollicer had entered the room sternly deter- a. mined on breaking the chains that love had lo forged with the strong arn of the law. Ie to had anticipated tears, cries and shrieks at from the lady, mingled with deep curses fi om the lover. Bat no ardent lover was there-no priest about to pronounce the solemn but happy umion could be seen. ar The lady and her triends, taken by sur di pise at the sudden entrance of the sheriffd andi his assistants, started to their feet min alarm. One of the ladies present sumon- w edl courage enough to demiandi of the olllcer h< what he meant by this intrusion. Confus.. lit ed and emnbarrassed by the awkward p)osi- tO tion lhe found himself in, lhe said: I "Wo-wve--have-that is-we waut to ami find Lawyer Marcy aiid Miss D)uBois.- fo We are toild--" thm "I am Miss DuBois, sir. As for Mr. 1o Marcy, I have not seen himi to-day. What <1 (10 y'ou mean, sir?" t "Why, thiepeophe at the seminary saidir that you and he hmad aronie off together to- p to-get marriedl, and-"m "And so they sent you in pursuit of us, bt I suppose, You will not arrest me on mere ii suspicion, will you?" hi "We have to obey ordlers, madam. I 1 have a warrant against Mr. Marcy for ab- cc duct ion-that is for carrying you off-for ai they madec that out before the justice,'" v said the oflcer. Thie deep, clear, silver laugh of Miss Dui- c~ IBois, in which hercompanions joined, rang g through the room at this announcement, TI' while the sheriff and his assistants, finding 1e1 t hemselves 'sold,' as the saying is, reth'edl, th grcatly chagried at thme singular advent.ure. to It happenedi that shortly after Miss D)uBohs tr and her friends left T1roy, Mr. Mlarcy, hay.. li leg business in Albany, proc'ededl to that tm city alone by stage. Laving transactedi his th business lie returned hmome alone, as lie m caime, to thmesurprise of citizens aind his a friends, wvho verily heli',ved lhe had elop)edl with the pretty heiress. His own astoniueh- ji ment was iuoounded when informed of )h the comiimoton and exeitement lie had un- 13 consciouisly caused, at the seminary espeei- to ally, when lie learned that, (luring the (lay, it was believed throughout the city that lie it hiad absconded with a clandestine marriage bi in view; that for the time being he hamd thm abandloned the law for Gretna Green. as Nothing could cxcced the mortification of gi the seninairy at the useless and( ludicrous ekcitement they had produced. For a long to time this elopement made much merriment p< in all circles hot,h at Trroy, and Albany. ta None, however, enjoyed the joke with a.m keener relish thian Marcy and his fair ra friend. . - as At length she graduated and returned to e her friends, leaving,- the youlg lawyer to zn, od on towards the fame that awalte in. In the course of time bliss DuBol arried a highly respectable citizen of Boa n, with whom she lived in great happi ,so and piosperity. With the lapse o me honors accumulated upon William L :arcy. le was elevated to the bench o to Supreme Court of the State of Nei ork. Ie occupied the gubernatorial chah id afterwards became a member of th nited States Senate, and then Secretay o to State in the cabinet of the President a to United States, gaining honors as MintE r of State which few of his predecessor id attained. While a Senator in Congres ) attended one of those splendid recep Lns given by a distinguished official t te heads of departments, Senators, mew rs of Congress and other eminent, person ititled to an invitation. In the course o to evening a ILdy, whose beauty, accomp Anhents, fascinating manners, and re ited wealth attracted much attention It to fashionable circles of Washington, ap oached Mr. Marcy. She was leaning oi e arm f a dignified and courtly gentle an. "Senator," site said with a graceful an tion, "I cannot resist my desire to renev acquaintance with you, once the soure great pleasure and profit to me. Do yoi >t recognize in me an old friend ?" "Certainly I do. You are, or rathe ere, Miss DuBois. I am delighted ti eet you again; nothing could give mi1 'enter pleasure," said Mr. Marcy, after i oment's hesitation. "Permit mc to introduce to you my hus aid, Mr. D-, of Boston," said the lady ,ir. D-," she continued, "this is th on. Wim. L. Marcy, whom you know s< oll by reputation. He is an old.friend o Inc. I once enloped with him; but tist yom will forgive him, as you have me r it was only an indiscretion of ou Iuith. 64che elopementa are easily forgiven mator,' "said Mr. D-' "especially sinci e one Ms D-alludes to has atfforded i fund of amusement from our first ac laintance." "It was so well managed that neither o knew anything about it until it was al ler," said Marcy. The story of the elopment soon found iti ay into Washington society, where It wai c subject of much merriment. "Marcy," said President Jackson, at on< his receptions, at which Mrs. D-an( r husband were present. ' Marcy, b3 e Eternal, if I had been in your place ] ould have given full occasion for the re >rt of an elopement with that slendh mqn. Why did you not?' "Because, Mr. President, I had my eyei a still lovelier wvoman-the future Mrs, arcy," was the reply. "Ah, that was all right; an excellent ex ilation," said the President. A Small 1Man iII 1131ack. Years ago, when Delmonico's was al >urteenth street, New York, the cafe was it always as qttiet and orderly as it i w. One night at notorious bully walkeI and down its marble lloor flourishing v ided pistol, and putting all the waitert flight in his attempt to intimidat( other guest, who calmly sipped his wine ring the display. Upon another occa )mI, a young man about towvn, boasting 1 s pluck and science, engaged in a tisti li atray with a light-weight pr ofess51ina. d was coolly knocked out of time, aftui veral roundis, nobody daring to interfert ring the combat. Warned by these af ira, Mr. Delmonico took his measures cordlingly. The next timec the bully th his pistol attempted to enter the cafe, was touched upon the shoulder by this tie man In black, and tremblingly lis. Ili to a fewv whispered words, carried I maia a p)otui to another saloon. Thelm xt time the light-weight prize flgates d lisa "crowd" tapproached the dloor, they und the little man in black upon the~ reshold and1( moved on to more congenial ::alities, as if lie hind b)een a referee or a teetive. Since those memorable nights ere have been 110 disturbances, no0 quar Is, no boxing matches at J)ehnonico's. rery hsabitue remarks the perfect ordei eserved ad the absence of any apparent tempt to preserve it. No tramps or ggars, no banco-steerers or stool-pigeomi lest the restaiurant, wvhleh attracts tht at custom of New York. It is as If the use was a <lub, at wvhich none but gen amen were allowed to enter. In fact, the mpany is severely sifted at, the door, d t,he man in black is the sieve through li ialt must -lpss. They go through ecasciously; they never remark the p)ro. ss or the op)era'.or; but the results arc e peaice, order, comfort and refined elo nce for which D)elmonico's Is famous. se effect, therefore, is acknowliedged by erybody; the cause is, Mr. JanmesUusick, ii man in black at the door. Our' readers not, need to have Mr. Olusick introduced them. Trhey will noot soon forges. the uiner of John ileenant, wh'lo accompi,led mn to 10nugland, and mad(e hIm lit to win e initernatiomnil light with Sayers. 01 050 goodl old days Mr. Cusick hams still ti to relate when t,he doors of the cafe c closed( for the night, and1( he unbenids r a 'hsile with a representative of the es.. 'To hoar his Outspoken opinion of aglish fair play would rouse the Brit.shs n even in his legenorate epoch when rlin decides the fate of Asia. TIo listen Ils stories of (lie pioisoned water, thme ibed policemen andit the Yankee shrewd-. as which ouitwitted aill attempts to "'get ''lcenau (luring his training, stimrs the )od like the sound of a bugle, oven ini ese piping times wieni the prize ring is dieadl as Its chatimpions, and1( has onsly ve fights for its ghosts. But, Mr. Cusieck a livinig example of the practical uses oh e noble art, of self-defence, which ought gldden the hearts of such scientific ex. Reats fra Colonel Monatery. The spec lie of one litt,le man in black unnting guard ever a magniticent restau nt, crowded with ladles find gentlemen, o protecting them from insult and an ~yance by thme prestige of hsis skill and perienco, has Its moral as well as its nimvor. bummer Excursions via Pemnyivani,s Railroad. Sununer excursions, long or short, are now necessities of American life. All clasnes indulge in these relaxations from business during the Summer months. The rich extend the time to months the poor content themselves with a much Sstiorter withdrawal from the store, the manufactury or the workshop. To foster 3 and encourage this feeling, the various railroads of the country have inaugurated Summer excursions to the sea coast, the f mountain top, the shady valley and the quiet rural sections of this great country. Foremost among the Summer excursions 5 both for variety of location, the cheapness 1 of fare, and abundance of natural scenery, are those gotten up and managed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. All tastes can be - gratified by these trips over the stein line a of the Pennsylvania Road and its numer one branches. Eight hours riae from Philadelphia brings the traveler to Altoona and Cresson Springs, In the Allegheny - Mountains, and the famous Bedford Springs are reached by the Pennsylvania Railroad to Huntiigdon, and thence by the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad to Bedford. Leaving the maIn line at lar- L risburg the route of the traveler leads north ward over the Northern Central and Eriec - Railroads to the mountain resorts of Rllenovo, and Kane, to Watkins' Glen, and the many pictursque localities in the vicinity of Seneca Lake, all reached from Philadel phia by express trains with luxurious Pull man palace cars. Delaware Water Gap, r a inost picturaque and delightful retreat from the heat of Suiier is reached via I Trenton and the Belvidere Division of the t Pennsylvaida Road, which runs along the g Delaware river, and presents a constantly t changing panorama of enjoyable views by a land and water. By leaving the main line, e a hundred other points can be reached, N where repose, comfort and health can be e abtained by all classes. At the same time i all the most popular and attractive sea-side g resorts on the Jersey Coast can be readily r [ and pleasantly reached by cars on the r Pennsylvania Railroad. At the depot of t the company, In West Philadelphia tour ists from inland localities will find cars t in waiting to transfer them-at a cost of v six cents-to the depot at the foot of Mar- a ke. Street, fioni which point Cape May, t Atlantic City, Beach Haven, and Seaside C Park may all be reached within two hours t and without change of cars. The traveler o continues his journey from the West Phila- v delphia depot to Sea Girt, Spring Lake, ' Ocean Grove, and Long Branch, all of < which points are also reached in about the same time and without change of cars. In i this way a vast extent of country, richly i endowed with all natural charms and t heialth giving properties, is opened to the n enjoyment of persons of even moderate '. imeans. The excursion rates are most a moderate, anid cover such a period of time p as will satiefy even the most exacting, and I living accomniodations, at all points, can i be obtained in such shapes as to fit all pur- s ses. The Sinumer excursion programme t of the Pennsylvania Rallroad was never so extended, encircling an,l complete as for the summer of 1880, and no doubt the 1 travel will be correspondingly enlarged. t When a person can enjoy a Summer vaca- I tion on the mountain or by the ocean side, l alnost. as cheap as living in the City, or in I the inland town, it is folly to tread the s pearls of comfoit and health under foot. f This blessing the Pennsylvania Railroad t pus within the reach of all by theirentor- r prise aid liberality. Two Beautiful Munr4eresaes. At an early hour in the morning of the 17th of May, 1817, the inhabitants of St. Denis, one of the suburbs of Paris, were startled by the discovery that the corpse of an aged woman had been found in the Rue Vaugirard, the only aristocratic and most (quiet street in the pilace, under circum stances which left no dioubt of the fact thatI she hiad been mhurdered'. 51he was taken to the Iowa hall, and( ex hibited to public view just as sile had been t found.( Th le corpse was entirely naked. Only a part, of lIne cambric chemise covered the I upper)C part of her body. 11er headi was terrily bruised, apparently form the blows inllicted by a blunt instrument. Fromt the shriveled condition of her skin, and from the fiact that she had but, a few teeth left in her mouth, it was evident that at the time of her (lentih she must have been att least sixty years 01(1. Who was she? And who hlad murdeored her? At that, time even P'aria had but foiv clover dletectives, the best, of them hiavingt been dismissed on account of the services thley had rendelred to the Emperor Napoleoni the First. Ilenice, It was niot, to be won dered at that, for two days nio clew to the perpetrators of this crimie was found. The corpse of the imurdtered woman was bulried1 early on the third day, and It, was trumly a strange coincideince that the 8same1 htour there were fuirnished to the authori ties of St. Denls, information wic~h ena bled 1them1 in the course of a few hours to ferret out whlo had1 comlmittedi the atroc Ious crinme. 1t was a letter addressed to the Comnmis sary of P'olice thiat furniished this Inportant, information. No name was signed to the letter, which read as follows: "If you will go to the young ladies, e boarding school at lievernaty, you will find out, who the murdered wvomian is, and, If you are sagacious enough, also her assassIns. T1hey are ait tale houIse." i'iie Comnmissary of Police Immediately repairedi to the piace0 inicaeited, where lie wias received by Mime. Chestnay, the prin cipal of the school. lie said to Mme. Cilestnlay :l '"Is there an aged wvoman missing from this house ?" "Ani agedl woman ?" she exclained, ''we had only one aigedl wo-nain here-my hlouse heeper, Mile. bustenine. She is now on a visit, to her sister in Normandy," '"When did slie leAve ?" '"Thlree (lays ago." "Cani you tell whamt kind of a chemIse she wore at I,hat tiim?" The lady ooke'd at hhn in surprIse.t Tlhien said: '-Mile. Sustenno was always particular a about hecr uniderohothes. Bhe never wore anything but very fine cambric chemises." "I low about her teeth?" "Monsieur ?" "Excuise me. I have an object in ask lag this question." "Mile. Sustenne 1had very few and very , bad teeth." "D)id she have any enemies, hero?" s "Enemies? Yes, monsIeur. She was 1 rather crabbed and( sour, and hone, all my young girls hated her."I "Did any of the young girls hate her articuiarly?" "Let me see. Yes; Anals Lenor and sophie Breston had, the other day, a bit. or quarrel with her. But tell me, mon ieur, why do you put all these questions o e ?" "Because Mille. bustenne Is undoubtedly he old woman who was found murdered it St. Denis three (lays ago." "Mon Dieu -Mon Dieu!" she cried, vringing her hands. Pleae send for the two gi'is whom ,ou nomed last." The two girls made their appearance. L'hey were only sixteen, tender, graceful ud handsoine. "What do You know about the murder >f Mile. Sustenne?" said the commissary o theim. The girls turned deadly pale, and made io reply. "Did you murder her ?" thundered the oimissary. They burst into tears, and confessed hat having a violent altercation with Ille. Mustenne, they had beaten her on the ead until she was dead. That they had tripped off her clothes and carried her lin lie dead of night to St. Denis. The oeautiful murderesses were senten. ed a few days afterward to be branded on oth shoulders with a red hot iron, then to land in the pillory for three hours, and to e confined for life in the Hlouse of Correc [oil. Gathering Cattle on the P'lains. It is diflicult for any one who has never cen on the p'ams to under,tand how the cat let ra(le isicarried on in this country. People enerally imagine that the stock-men see lieir cattle every day and milk their cows ad feed their calves as theydo in the East. rn States, and they will be surprised when Ye tell them that stock-men owning thou snds of heads, may noPsee twent.yof them rom Noveliber until the "round ups" be in to come in, in the Spring. Many eaders will not know what We nean by the ten " roulidt up." We will therefore tell henk: Every man knows his cattle by the brand; hat is, a mark ol' letters made on the cattle eith a hot iron apnd so that it can be easily een. In the Winter the cattle scatter or rift with the storms for a hundred miles r more. About the first of May, or when he grass is well started, the stock-men send ut their "out-fit." each consistingof a ingon with piovisions, bedding, etc., and i cook together with two or more herders r "cow-boys" as tly are called here. 'here are three or four horses to every ian,.and these are sent by the stock-men ito all the adjoining counties to collect hie animals. The "out-fits" from each eighborhood meets at an appointed place 'hose places of ineeting present a lively ppearance for a few days. There are., trh:ps one hundred wagons, one thousand orses, and from two to four hundred red len. After making all arrangements these catter, surround the country, and drive all lie cattle to one place. This Is ca'led the 'round-up." When they are all gathered, there will Wo from eighteen to twenty thousand; lien the men from one county or neigh iorhood proceed to separate the icattle be onging to their county or neighborhood rout the main herd into a herd by them elves, holding them at a short disiance ron the main herd. This is called ''cut ing-out." While this Is being done, other nen are "ctting-out" their brand, and so ni until tile large herd is divided up into mail herds. Then a part of the men start o attend other "round-upg" and a part tart fOr hom1e with the cattle already ;athered, stopping at every ranch and 'cutting-out" the cattle belonging to the he p'ace and then driving on to the next, Ad so on until the last man gets home vith his cattle. These ''round-ups" are omling in all Summer, and, as thley come n, the cattle are held on the range by Onnlding them in every few (lays, to brand alves and ship beef. Tis is kept up un Li all the "'round-ups" ore in, all the alves branded, and all the becf shipp)led. 'hen the remaining cattle are all turned >ose until t '1e nex Spri.ig. The Worst or It, Several years before his death, Mr. WVeb ter started off from Marshfid on a troult )g expedlition to Bandwich, a neighboring wn of Cape Codt. On app)roaching the no stream lie allghited from hisa wagon, nd( just then lie met the owner of the farm :iroiugh wvhich the stream run. "Good morning," says Webster, "Is lbcre any trout here ?" "Well," says the fairmer, ''some people shi lhere, but I dlon't knuow what they do et." "Il throw my line in," says Webster, and see what there is." Webster walked thel banks of the stream 'ying his luck, and the old farmer fol >wed hhnui. So-m Webster remarked: "You have some bog on your farm ?" "Yes," says the f armer, "that ain't the tor5t of it." Fishing still further along, Webster lys: "You seem to have plenty of mcsquitoes ere ?" "'Yes," lie replied, '"that ain't the worst f it." Webster still kept on throwving hus line at*o theO (Iceep pools, andl then said: "You have plenty of briars here ?" 'Yes," said the farmer, "and that ain't ie worst of it." Mir. Webster, getting somewhat discour gedh in a hot Auugust day, bitten by mose uitoes, scratched by briars, and not rais g a single fish, dropped his rod and said: "1 (10 not b)eleve that there is any trout cre." "And that aiin't the worst of it," says the irmer. "We'll," says Mr. Webster, "I should ke to know what is the worst. of it?" "There never was any here I" says the irmer. Mr. Webster enjoyed the joke, and often >ldi it to lis particular friends. S'hip Lighthouse.-One or the Tfrans tlannei I Comnpaiy's steamnslhips inistead f (a rainug at hlit in her riggingr at ightI, hats ani iron lighthmouse built for aurd, from which is shiowni a poweor utI electric light, By t.his plan thle orizonm is lit uip all aroiund(, anid the Ight is visIble at a great distance. T1hie omnpany's mnages ahave resolved on doptinag it in their vessels as a greater afeguard against the dhanger of col -TIhere are 2,000 indians stIll livIng n Mississipmi. That Confounded VIVO-Year-Old A pretty little girl, about five years oh with one of those sugar loaf hats modek after Fra Diavolo's In the play no doub came on board the Staten Island ferry boi Westfield. In her train was a weary lool ing, middle-aged lady, whon she treate with condescension and called "Auntle. After the young lady had found a comfort able seat in the bow of the boat she allowe her aunt to take a camp stool near by When the boat started she began a systi matic method of torture to which the ik die-aged lady submitted with wonderfu resignation. "Is that water, auntie?"'Ali asked polit lug to the bay. "Yes, dear," said the weary lookin lady. . -. "1DId the rain make all that water 'l "No, darling." "Why didn't the rain make all tho water ?" "0, the rain wouldn't affect it, yo know." '"Why wouldn't the rain 'fct it ?" "Oh, you can't understand that now. "Why can't I understand It?" "Never mind; do keep still, that's dear; auntie's head aches. ''What makes your head ache, auntie ? "1,he heat, I suppose." "What makes the heat ?" "The sun of course, dear." "What is the sun." 'You know what the sun Is well enoug I shan't answer that." The little girl twisted uneasily in he chair for a moment and then burst ou with the question : "What makes horse's bones? "I don't know," said the aunt in a d spairing tone. "I think they're made out of skin," sail the little girl, with anl air of convictioni "Yes, they're made out of skin an' woc an' rubber; that's what horse's bones I made out of." "Yes, dear," said the shamele." wonian "6If my pa gets that bone taken ou of his leg he'll give me 'is watcl WVould you have a bone taken out of you leg, auntie?" -You ridicu!ous chlh,, of course not." Why not ?" "Oh, keel) still I" The young woman then got up an nearly fell over the rail into the water The aunt utteret a shriek. and the writer much against his will, rescued the youn lady. "Thank you sir," said the aunt. "What for ?" asked thq terrible infant "For nothing," said the iescuer. "Auntie, did you ever see a little dick bird flirt ill) Its tail an' sing ?" "Yea, dear." "Where?" "I meant no, dear." (Desperately). "Did you Aee that colored lady, auntie She had on a fearInil pretty hat, ever s much prettier than yours-1 want to g home." "You inusn't go home; your mamma 1 sick, aind you must go with ine.".. "What. makes mamma sick I" "Never mind, she'll be well again iI week or two." "But I want to I.now what makes he sick ?" "4Never mind, dear.' "Wiy '-bmt just then the boat swunj ill) to her pier at Stapleton,and the inquils Live young lady and her subinlssive tun disembarked. A Vatli Dishvory. A recent examination of old park ages in one of the vaults of the Mer chants' National Bank of Baltimore, wher they had been locked up years ago, hn brought to light property which had beej long lost siglt, of by tho original owners In one of the boxes, the key to which wit in the b)aILk, were discovered $10,000 first mortgage bonds' of the Pennsylvani, Railroad, with thle Interest coupons) for th past fifteen years attache'd, niaking thm aggregate value of the property aliout $20, 000. Tlhese bonds, it hats been ascertained b)elong to tihe lIngerstown (Md.' Bank, o which Gov.lIa-nilton is now the. President In dealings b..twveen the tw-j banks thee bonds wvere dep)ositedi with the Merchants Bank fifteen years ago aF collateral. ThI then President of Ungerstown Bank, lion James DI)xon Roman, d led ; the cashic was suiperceded, aiid thla. bank lost trace of the transaction. The disap)pearance o the bonds. however, always remained am unpleasant mystery, whiich' is now hiappily cleared up, and the baniL adds $20, 00t more to its surplus. Tihe securities arn ranked as among the best. Th'e other val tinble pdc'kago found ip tha vault of thi Merchants' Bank was s'mall trunk, con taining paipei's and sonme diamond jewelirj valued at $1000, which, it hita been ascer tained, were dleiositedi with the bank by Spaniard for safe keeping more than1 quarter of a century ago, Onie of thie lot ters wais signied with the name of Bober A. Fisher, now President of tile Boardi o Trade of Baltinore, who, on investigation found that lie had at the (date nmed re ceived a consignment of coffee from ti Spanish genitleiman whi-, when here, decp:nitet tile trunk with thme bank, as was tile ces tonm in the safe keeping of valuables a that peOrlod of time. Th'ie trunk was novem called for, the genthemnaii is dead, and hi heirs will get tIle p)roperty through tha Spaiilsh consul. Th'Ie Merchants' Bank ha b)een in business lorty-five yealrs, and sev cral of tihe original oflicers were at thmel posts until a compIaraltively recent (late and of course kept record o1 the existenc. of the valuables above referred to. Mr Wmn. L. 0111, one of the tellers at, th starting of the ban1k, and afterwards th cashier, (lied last year, and Mr. MiflIi Coulter, the other teller, was retired ias January, after a service of forty-flye years Train the Memory. Hero are t wo methods to train the wore memory. One of themi is to read a subi ject when interestedi ; the other is not onl; to read, but think. When you have read paragraph or a page stop, close the bool and try to remember the ideas of the page and not only call them vaguely to mind but put thlem ini words and speak there out. Faithfully follow these two ruies ani you have the golden keys of knowledge Besides iattentive reading, there are othie things injurious to the memory. One I the habit of skimming over newspapers items of news, smart renmarks,blts of in formation, political reflections, fashom notes, so that all is a confused jumble never to be thought of again, thus dill ge'ntly cultivating a habit of careless road tug hard to break. Another ie the readinj of trashy novels. Talbot's Steady Nerve. Jack Talbot, the minstrel comedian was d a wonderful shot with a.piptol. in talking , upon this subject he said: It "Well, I shot occasionally in fublic, but it was not until, I think, 1862, that I gave d an exhibition on a theatrical stage. That " was in San Francisco. By the way, there -a a good story in connectin with the affair. J Johnny Do Angelis, one of the company, agreed to let ine shoot an apple from his head, after I had,demonstrated practically that there was no danger. in it. A few days 1, before the exhibition his nerve forsook hun, and lie resorted to a neat little strqtagem to test the accuracy of my aini. ~ We were to have a rehearsalJ'iit.Wornlog, and when I . got on the stage I i surprised to seb Do 'Angelis prop'ihg uo i ikeleton against mny tpra.tice.target.' 'Wat i(re you doing. with that thing?' I asked. 'I want-, yotr to t shoot an apple off-its head,' he ,nswered, 'just .to sce .wiore:the ball will hit if you i miss the D.Ark.' I eda -f- shots, split ting the applo cach tie,. and thaj, reassured him. Before thd ihow was iven 'we heard that the city officials would objedt -to the shooting ou jhe gibbnd of it.s danger, and i we Invited them to witness it. The night came and Do Angelis, who la'd previously taken an affectionate farewell of his wife, stood like a statue, waiting for the first shot. I used a large-bore Colt's revolver. I fired and chipped off the dpper part of the apple. 'Shoot a little closer,' said Johnny, who Wanted to show lils nerve. This time I sent the bullet through the centre. 'Uloser,' r again said Johnny, who was growing more t courageous. The third shot duX out the bottom of the apple and raised a lock of his hair. 'That w.11 do,' Said hL; that'S OW - enough.' "Billy Birch had a benefit in 'Frisco in 1 1864, and I voluntered for him. That time . a woman held the Hpp'.e. During that year 1 John K. Ilackett, who was then living in a Calt-foria, land a wide reputation as a crack shot. Some friends arranged a match bet weenl u.4, but for tio.ae reason or, other t it did not conic off. Dan Bryant, who was . a bosom friend of mine, had great faith In r my shooting. When he was leaving Call foruu, in 1809, a big party of us went down to the steamship to see himl off. There was no Pacifle railroad in thase days. Dan got up on the hurricane deck, and I shouted to me: 'Got your pistol, Jack ?' .Yes,' said 1. )an held a bottle of wine on the pahn of his hand and said: 'Let's g see you uncork this.' I blazed away and knocked the cork out without breaking the bottle. Dan drank-my health as the ship carried hin out of the Golden Gate. I gave several exhibitions after that, generally as r slated by De Angelis, who often held up a twenty-five cent plece for ino to shoot from his fingers, at a distance of about forty-five feet. ly best feat was igniting a' match with a bullet without breaking the match." "You never knew George Winship I.' > "Never iet lin." s"Well, George and I were traveling wit it Wilson's circus it few years ago, performing a this shooting act, lie dolug the stamiug. While in Oakland the act .was placed well down on the bill,'and when we caine Into a the ring the candles in the chandellers-it w%as before olPnd gas were Introduced as ri 'circus lilumilnaries-had burned so low that they shed a very dim light. There was not an apple to be had, and I had to substitut a r a lime for it. I fired and the bullet hit the lime faily, but the concussion ieed alul) L on George's head. -lie (lied about three years after of paralysis, and lie always blaued that shot as the origin of it, but I never could believe it had anything to do with it.'' "Frank Frayne, who Is now an expert 3 rifle-shot, his often stood for me, and so . has my, wife, but I have nver iijuredi a a hair of their heads. Dr. Carveft' wh6jm I rqgaril as the most wonderful,shot In the world, perforins many feats with the rifle which I have often accomplshed' with the pistol, both mounted aund on foot. In' 4old Hill, Nev., I shiot a match at 75 y'Ards * against a llenry -rifle, using.a-Golt'a re volver. /l'he~ target was a medium sized siir (dine box' I pilt six balls through it, against miy 0lolient's five. I have hperformed w'ith -Wood's, Campbell's Moore & Bur guess's in L~ondon, Carneross & Dixey's and other well known iminstrel troups, so that mny time has been well taken tip ; but a few days' practice with tihe pistol and I'll guarantee to show youinjratsoi points in pIstol-shooting ta o ee direamedi of." P'resering tihe Eye-Sight. A remarkable* proof 'o'f the harmlossnce of useinig glasses, oven. a~ single glass, Is furnfashedby watch inakers,. who appear to enjoy an enviable immunity from eye dis edses. 'Ii is uincommon to see a watch maker idi 'a ophithilnmo hohpital. The habita exercise of thu' eye up3on fine work tends to.thec development and preservation 'if its powers. Trhis-is in analogy to the fi:ath now getting currency that brain-w,rk Is necessary to physical health. TIhe man who wvould preserve the full integrity of lis functonsq to a rIpe- o!d age must avoid ex desses of every descrIption, and endeayor to employ the highier faculties of his mind somowhiat more energetically thman is now ~always customiary. A tiie comes to every one when the physical powers begin to d - cay, and [lien, unless tie brain lins been kept actIve and recip)ient by exercise, there is nothing left, to live, and the man par- - ishes. We say that lhe diedl of gout, or of*7 overeatinag, or of heart disease, or of kidney dIsease, or of the failure of the particular organ which was the first to exhibit symip tomrs of the approachIng endl. In reality lie has dlied ot stuipidity, artificially pro. dlu 3ed by3 neglect of the talents with which lie was endowed. That which is true of the organismn as a whole Is true also of its paris; and1 the eyes, among others, are best treated by an amount ot systemiatic uso which preserves the tone of their muscle. t arnd the regular.ty of their blood supply. The acuteness of sIght, moreover, is in a p great degree dependent upon ihe 'mental u attentIon haultually paid to visuYal 'itilres slons; and we have often observed this acuteness to be below the7 i Udural average I In agrIcultural laborers, who, if able in isonme seDse to read, w'ere nt in the habit I of reading;- and who were not accustomed to look carefully at any' small ob.jects. We have even hiad reason to think that the wIves of such men were indebted to their household needlework for the maintenauce of a highmer standard of vIsion [lan that of theIr husbands; and we have no doubt that Idleness of the eyes, if we may use auch ex pression, is in every way ihurtfu1 to j.hem, and that proper varied eaznploynient I em- .l mnently conductive to their preervvtten U n beauty and ethIcienoy 1