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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION 6, 1880. VOL. IV.-1-0. 129. - FADEB THE DAYLIGHT. 0as the daylight and the shadows 81o1ly gather on the lawn ; Now the night falls on the meadows, And the light qf day le gone. In the dekneod which enfolds ne Tender memories come one more- alh How 0eh thought enohains and hold4 me, alu Of the dear ones gone before. m - Not in pain and not in sorrow Think I of tb loved ones pone; lal Every night has still a morrow, . arknees but precedos the dawn. Were it not for heart-ties riven For the friends that come no more, Thor9 wQu e. no h9pe of heaven c In theb gtforovermore. all at, So while shadows darken o'er me, fo Wt I a the close of day ; Loved, lost features are beforo me, a Faces which 4ave pased away ru Voices which made hapopy laughter Z() Come again in ton6s of love, hi Sweetly echoes follow after Twilight angels bond above. It Is daylight whiah Is fading, Light of day which now must flee, O It is butithe happy shading li Of a brighter day to be. o So when twilight dreams have found me, Twilight voices fill 'the air, ba Loved, lost beings gather round me, th And their forms are passing fair. it' I l Magnolia's Lovers. N Magnolia Vane was a dark-haired, tropi- P( cal-eyed young beauty, who had come up from an orange farm In Florida to spend a en season in New York with her Qunt. "You see, Aunt Pen, I don't know any- ga thing ,at all," frankly acknowledged Miss hlo Vane, "about people, and manners, and customs, you know. Of course I've had a ii governess and learned whole.pages of an- ,arl clent history, and exercise bboks, and all that sort of thing, but there isn't any soct ac ety at -Orange Glade, and I'm a perfect bar barian." Apparently, however, beautiful young P barbarians In white silk and pearls suited by the New Yorkers, for Miss Magnolia Vane ro became the fashion at once. an "Don't flirt, my dear,"-said Aunt Pen field, gravely. "You must remember that ml you are an eniraged young lady." till 1.. a1iring?" ,#aid. M[agnolit, lif t na hh the black.Volvet,eyeQbrows-.that were arched . so perfectly. "Dear Aunt, you must' tell CO me these thngs, for I know so little about society and its manners.? And Magnolia took refuge behind her ignorance with the most charming confi dence it the, world. ha Major. Brabaon, the fiance of this be witching "belle sauvage," took matters sti very coolly. 'The match lied been made up between his mother, a handsome old sal despot In point lace, diamonds, and a HE Roman nose, and Magnolia's father, a mi domineering Southerner, who believed that thi marriage In: Floridian families, like royal alliances, should be arranged while the thi parties were yet In their cradles. a 1 "Youifg people, imy dear madame," said he, sentodiously, to Mrs. Brabazon, "hive an' no experience of their own. It is only At right that we should give them the benefit wC of ours." hii go, when Major Brabazon came to Orange Glade, Magnolia looked out at him BpI from beneath her dark, drooping lashes, thinking how handsime lie was, and secre't- pa ly wondering what lie thought of her. She it supposcd, of course, she must be In love o0 *with him-people always were in love with the mnen they married, weren't they? And ha when she heard that lie had-obtained leave yei of absence from his regiment, and was to spend the .glutei also In Now York, she on was rather gratiflrd than otherwise. Cli . "Of - course he'll take me to the opera and all that sort of thing,' said she. .Biut Major Brabazon did not trouble him self especially to make the winter agreeable 5e1 to the young lady from Orange Glade. G "These early -engagements are a con- G founded nuisance,'? said the Major. "Mhas cit Vane is a pretty little girl onough-but. how do F knowr that I may not; see seime one W whom 1 may like better? And if I once begin systematically to devote myself to he her shrine, she'll oxpect too much of me. w I nl'ay see flith bi'eak off theo 6ngagamient yet." ca While in her turn, M~agnolla was solemn ly consdefing: the-situatio, It "Aunt Pod, said sheo, "when my uncoloe was engagedto gou, how did lie behave" "le was devoted to me,".said Aunt Pen tat -witly a, littje nattiral,pride. "p' eever jake you~ Out?" questioned ~m -Magnolia. -t ".Everyyvhere." "And haunt you -lke a shadow at befils, by arnd parties?" Of"U couti ha did." u Magnolia shook her head. "That Isn't J like Miles Brabazoni at all." said she, lb "I think," very slowly, "lhe takes too much for granted."; - "MIy dearl" renionstratedl Mrs. Ponfiekt. lt "Hie has never once alluded to ...ur ein- bot gagement since I have been ini town," said Mlagnoliff,' bitingt her lip.,.. .r'ias lty he rather atvoids me than otherwis.M. Do you kuow, aunit, I' thmik ho's tiroft fo nie"l ser "Nonsense, my'loveP'" stO making up his mind whether he would cut *ma'rryv Mieb Vane ar'not, thbke'Was another Ar, - yhig ge~ebthkniengaged in the same so- oitl cmal problem-Wayne Clifford, a handainc su young artgit~h o l) la professi togIe pmend on.' herj *-"L~tle .girl." sali l#ncle Peileld, tmh pattig )legnolia's cheek ene dlay, ;as thmey came haome together fys a. morn ng con co 0ert, 'take at!q.- ** * - "MTake~oareof.,what, Upolo Pen?' inno- oe .cedifly deianded Magnolia,. tra Neeland Pontes. In order to travel with speed and con. fort, each horseman requires a couple of ponies, which are saddled and ridden alternately, while the loose horses and those carrying the baggage are driven for ward in a little herd, with shouts and cracking of whips. Spurs are unknown, and an Icelandic whip is certainly a most humane Invention, with a thin leather strap for a thong, and devoid altogether of a lash; the ponies despise it utterly, and although it makes a noise, it evidently does not hurt. Accustomed from his birth to find his way over his wild niountain pas tures, the Iceland pony is so clever and sure-footed as to give his rider a sense of security,even In the most awkward places, and If left to himself lie will never make a mistake. He Is as cautious as an ele phant, snuffing at every suspicious place, and testing it with his fore- foot; if dis satisfied, nothing will induce him to pro ceed, and lie turns aside to search for a safer way, being particularly on his guard when crossing water upon a bridge of snow, or when In the neighborhood of boiling springs. Even where the ground was roughest I have not hesitated to throw the bridle on the pony's neck and open a knife in order to scrape certain cartridges too large for the rifle which I carried under my arm. The gallant little beast pics his way rapidly over all obtacles, like the sturdy Stulka, who can knit and stare at the pass - ing stranger, while she strides along over "Hraun,' as if she were on a shaven lawn. Boggy ground Is to a horseman always a very troublesome obstacle; .but so remarka bly dry was the country in June, 1878, that bogs could be avoided, and we wore a good deal annoyed by dust and drifting sand. The jlonies got nothing to eat, ex cept the scanty herbage by the wayside, and were much disposed to linger whores ever they could find a few blades of grass. To any such temptation the poor anima were, however, not often exposed,and they jogged along with great perseverance, making lip for little food with niuch drink at the numerous streatns which they had to f9rd. Iceland ponies are generally of a light color, dun, pale chestnut, white or piebald; under a rough exterior they hide many good qualities, and are as well adapted for -the peculiar country which they Inhabit as is the noblest thorouirh-bred of Arabia. A vicious animal is almost un known, and a dealer In ponies, who has passed more of them through his han ds than anybody else in the business assured me that he has not encountered more than one. The endurance of the little nags is astonishing; they will keep up a steady jog for hours together and will travel on through the long summer days of Northern latitudes with no other' sustenance than may be picked up during an hour's midday halt. * "I Guess I'll go Atoot." Half an hour before the departure of a lako steamer from her wharf at Detroit the cap tain was approached by a stranger who had been inspecting thejg gm.the dock for the last ten minutss, rntroducing himself as a would be passenger, he asked: "CaptaIn, Is this boat provided with life preservers?" "She is." "Are thiey all right?" "They are." "Can your crew launch a life boat?" "They can." "Is our life raft all right?" "It s." "Is the fire hose all ready for Instant ser vice?" "It is." "Will your engineer stand to his post in case of disaster? "Hie will." "Do you call yourself a cool and collec ted man in the presence ot danger(' "I do." "Do you know exactly what you wvould (d0 in case of a terrible gale or fire?" "I do." "Can the mate be dlepenided on to second all your efforts?" "Hie can." "And will your crew stand by and obey you1" "They will." ".Are your green and red lights all right?" "Thecy are." "M~achinery in perfect order?" "It is." "Gomig to overload the boat?" "No, sir." "Expect to do any racing?" "No, sir." "Is she fixed to blow off at forty-six pounds?" "She is." "Donkey engine working all right?" "It is." The stranger heaved a deep sigh and was walking away when the captain asked if hIs baggage was.aboard. "No, and I guess I'll go afoot," was the reply. "Every boat which has burned up or gone down for the last five years had everything in the neatest kind of order, and Il either look for a craft making six feet of water an hour or run the risk of going thromugh a railroad bridge. Good-by, captain.--I shall look lnte the daills all this week to see who of your passengers wore saved?" A meriean Gumss Making. The first glass factory in AmerIca was erected In 1809 near Jamestown, Va., and tllim sfibad- folloWed'lb the same colony t~tlve years later. Int 1039 some acres of groud wvere grauted to glassmsen In Salem, Mass., probably. the first year of the indus try which was prosecuted there for many years. The first glass factory in Pennsyl vania was built near Philadelphia In 1088, uqtler'tthe dirction 'of"e Win.' Penn. but It did not prove sucessful.. The first glass factory west of the Alleghenies was set up by Albert Gallatin and lis associates In 17'85, at New Geneva, on the Monongahola liiver. 4in1Ail factory was established on the Ohio ivor, near Pittsburg, in 1790, and anotJier in -1795, -The earlier attempt failed, the latter was quite successful. In 1810 theIe wore twenty-two glass factories In the country, wah an annual product val'ued at '$1,047,0 J0. Ther., alre now about five times as many factories, produc-. lag eight times as much glass. According to the returns received under the recent cenus our flInt glass fgctories turn out 210,. 54 tons of table and other aldssware; anid the window-glass works produce 2, 84j,#0. The total value of the product is herl 45,750,000. ~.-A space is three feet. "Of Wayne Oliffordi" returned the old ntleman. "Is he regarded as dangerous in any iy?" solemnly questioned the girl. "But you may be dangerous to him?" M0gnnlls looked up at her uncle with a y, sudden glance, like a frightened bird d In one glance, the shrewd old .gentle' in reaa the whole story. "Whew-w-wl" he thought, "I am too ,e. Well-it serves that conceited puppy ubazon right. That's all I have to say." Just about that time Major Brabazon nit to Boston In the train of a popular utralto singer, with whose yellow tresses 0 eluna-bue; teyes-he had' fallen deeper )ly In loVe. Out the contralto singer had ad a Bostonian, with a longer pedigree, leeper purse, and more settled intentions the matrimonial line than Miles Braba a possessed, and frowned ominously upon i. He returned, heartily disgusted and dis chanteo, to New YQri. . "After. all 't lie decided, "there is no e half so beautiful and winning as Mag Ila Vane. ITl marry her at once; and 'll dream away our hiney moon on the uka of the St. Lawrence river' or under 3 roar of Niagara Falls. Lot me see 3 a week to-night since I left New York. 'eally suppose I ought to have told her vas going away-but, fortunately, uhe t exacting." And lie ordered the hacknan to drive to >. - Lexington avenue, where Mrs. nfield resid'd. "Yes, sir, she's at home," said 'the sol in footman, looking rather curiously at ijor Braliazdn. "But-I think she's en ged, sir. Mrs. Penfleld, I don't doubt, wever-" "She'll see me," said Major Brabazon, periously, and the footinank gave up thi Cument as hopeless. "Please to walk in sir," said he. And .ordingly, Major Brabazon walked in. Uncle Penfield was reading the evening per cozily in his own particular corner the lamp. And in the middle of -the >m sat'MagnolA Vane, with the young ,1st bending tenderly over her hand. 'What , does this mean?" shortly de Lnded Major Brabazon, advancing into apartment with a lowering cloud upon 'brow. . Hiss Van&oarose anad madle a sweeping irtesy. I "It means," said she, that I am en ged" "To me?" "No; to this gentleman." laying her nd lightly on Mr. Clifford's arm. "But," cried pu,Major Iir'abazon, in a fted voice, "you are promised to mel" "Oh','yes, that was *ih the old times," d the heiress of Orange Glade, with sub ie indifference. "I have changed my nd on a good many subjects since in." 'Ladies are always privileged to change iir minds," said Wayne Clifford, with iow that was truly Chesterileldian. klajor Miles Brabazon, had played fast I loose too long with the tropical beauty. d he had never realized how 'deeply he a In love with her until she was beyond reach. iss Vane wqnt back to Florida in the ing, but with the wrong bride-groom. 'Mamma,'' said she to her scandalized 'ent, "so0 lonig as I am happy, what does niatter, whether my name is Smith or teo, Brabazon or Clifford?" 'But my dear," groaned Mrs. Vane, "it I all been planned since you were tea irs old." 'One must take these affairs in one's nu hand's, sometimes," said Mir. Wayne fford. Uonundrums. When is a wall like a fish? When it is .Ided. Elow does a stove feel when full of coals? ateful. Whicej i ofthe reptiles is a mathemati n'1''henadder. When is a boat like a heap of snow ? lien it is a-.delft. When is a.dgetor mnost ann9yed? When is out of 'patients. When is a literary work like smoke ? lien it comes ia volumes. Why ma the letter G like the sun ? Be iso at is in the center of light. What lei that- which shows others what zot see itself i 4 nirror. V~iy is' tie let(er 14 like a faithless 'or Because W's'in.constant. blow (oes a cow become a landed ca D? By turning her into a field.j Why Isaphisperi pg a , brach of good tuners? 2 Bdcaps at Is not 161oud.' WhatM ls an old lady ih 'the 'mididle of river likei Like to be (droWned. ji o$d may be pronounced quleker addlbg 4 dyllablo to it ? Quick. NVhy is a miser like a man with a short mory'- iBecaiflid he .eisaay forgetting. :low does a sailor know there is ame theo mooni Because lie has been to ilea a). (Vhiy is .q fool in high station like a man laballoomi ?' Because every body appears lo to him, and lie appears littlo toetery. ly. _______ Jiolw Oroussi Razsors. t is not lotg smtc it was confidently as ted tutt on if thme requirelli quality of al bould be produicd here, the aUnited tes Couldunever ooipeo ,Alth England theo manmufactiure of razors and othe gle loy owing to the excessive c~tof rii add lluihhig, '. Likb a geod ~xay er "limauperable" obstaciea to Amnericas cess ini the art, this sems to have been ty well overcome, since large quantities iteflpd rauwT u~ke" are now sent e 6kpressly b nshd It seems thit -art .of " ~w tIxdIm~~ ' e $o. d4 tha~t of1ip3o 01 1@rneou - c dlinglj' Shlld iladitf ' urbte hateo tq dbumi freI ktkcetase thd MAtlanicl to le now dIemnan<s . Life in a GoaUan Schloss. The routine of life was quiet, even mon otonous, but to an Aiherican woman, fresh from the "fitful fever' of American house. keeping, sweet and restful. The servants were numerous and well trained, and per formed their iautle with little noise, and at the right time and in the right manner. It must- be sid in passing that it took ten men and women to do the work which half that number would be required to perform in an American household. Then, on the other hand, It must be stated that ts.oy have nwt half our conveniences, The uten sils are primitive and'cumbrous, and they have much to "fetch and carry ;" but look ing at result., one can oniy indulge in an envious and useless sigh. The absence of those pests o[ American housekeeping, the weekly washing and ironing day, is one reason why the German servants are able to go about their work with so much more regularity and thoroughness. In Germany the family wash is done no oftener than once a month--in many places not oftener than once in three or six months-and then is done by extra help hired for the occasion. On Monday of the week devoted to this work, according to my observations, the women came and began preparations. The clothes, etc., were sorted under the super vision of the lady's-maid or housekeeper; the wood laid ready fok lighting tinder the great boiler in the wash-house and every tub, hogshead, etc., filled with water. The water was pumped laboriously and brought from some distance in Oum''rous buckets. The carriers wore upon their shoulders for this purpose heavy wooden yokes, like ox yokes, with a chain and hook at each end, to which the full buckets were attached. The next moriing at thice o'clock they were at work, busy as bees, and out chat tering the swallows in the ivy which grew about the wash-house eaves. Wash-boards, those instruments of destruction, were un known, all rubbing being done between their horny knuckles. The ironing is done in Germany by means of a mangle, where possible, and the clothes are beautifully smooth and clean. The whole atmosphere of the place was peaceful and drowsy. Pigeons cooed, swallows twittered, from morn until night. These, and the musical baying of the hounds, the lowing of distant cattle and the muffiled rumble of wagons upon the chaussee,'were the sounds to which the ear became attuned. The occa sional shriek of a locomotive was the only reminder of a world outside this sleepy Hollow of a place. Capture of Washington. In July, 1814, it was. rumored that a large force of British soldiers had sailed from the West Indies with the purpose of landing on the shores of Chesapeake Bay and destroying Baltimore and Washington. No particular fears seem -to have been en tertained for the safety of the capital by President Madison and his cabinet. Gen. Winder was in command of the Fourth Military District, which embraced the Dis trict o0 Columbia, and he had 2,000 ment scattered over quite a large area of country, under him. As soon as the British, under command of Gen. Ross, who was after wards killed at the battle. of Stony Point, landed at Benedict, on the shore of the Chesapeake, Gen. Winder became impressed with the fact that Washington would be assaulted. He communicated his fears to Mr. Madison, and 15,000 militia from Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia were placed at his disposal. Commodore Barney came up the the Poto mac to the Patuxent River with a schooner and thirteen armed barges, and sailed up that stream to Its head waters, where lie thought he was safe from pursuit, and joined lils forces to those of Gen. Winder. Gen. Ross marched through Marlborough directly upon Washington. Mr. Lossing says that Gen. Winder had.8,000 effective mn. He pirobably had 4,000 ineffective militiamen besiues. Trhe number of Com modore Barney's men is not givenm. On the night of the 23d of August, 1814. It was known in Washington that the British were approachmng. Th'le American troops were stationed on the old Baltimore and Wash ington turnpike, a short distance west of lBladensburg, a village about six miles from Washington. Geon. Rloss was marching his troop~s down the pike toward -Washingion. At about eight o'clock on the morning of the 24th the Cabinet met at the Executive Mansion preparatory to a visit to the battle tield. Abotit an hour later the party set out on horseback, attended by a small es cort, for the scene of the fight. Upon their arrival thme camp was found to be in great confusion and disom der. A panic seemed to prevail among the militiamen. The marines mind sailors under Uommiodoro Barney preservedl better order. Mr. Mad ison became convinced that the fight would end disastrously for the American troops. lie dismounted fronm his horse aund ordered a messenger to rideO as rapidly as possibIe to the Executive Mansion and inform Mrs. Madison to leave the city with all possible speed. She packed what articles of value could be conveniently carried in a carriage andI started for Mr. Madison's place at Montpelier, Va. Before her departure she directed two servants, John Lowri and '1 homas McGrath, to remain in thme build ing and, in case it was fired by the troops, to save time famous portrait of Washington, by Stuart. These <.omestics, finding that they could not save thme picture with Its frame, cut It out and secreted it. It now hangs lnathe White House. A vast amount of gush has been writtena~ubout the pre'ser vatmon of this picture. Evgn Mr. tossing, in one of his books, describes Mrs. Madison as saying to a couple of gentlemen vho in formed her of the victory of the British ;. "Save that picture ; save or destroy it, but do not let it fall into the hands of the Brit ish." Thme battle began at about noon, and Commmodoro flnrney's men stood the blunt of it for some time. He w~as finally wound ed. The militia proved worthless, and Gen. Armstrong order'&d a retreat. The men fled in all directions, throwing away their arms and equipments, and dashing their coats to the ground the better to faeil itate flight. Most of thehm came through Washington, and dispersed toward different points in Maryland and Virginia. Mr. Madison followed his wife4 Every able bodied man it Washington, excepting the Roman Cathollc priest, bud gone to thle front. When they returndd mos) of them found that their families hQd already fled from the city. Theo Britibh dbtered the city about eight p. mn. While marchibg down Maryland avenue toyard the Capitol a shot was fired from a private house owned by a gentleman named Sewall at Gen. Ross. Hie ws not hurLI Hih hore was killed, however, 'and the troops hMn iThded the house and burned it to the ground. Who fired the shot has never been discovered. The troops encaimped at the foot of Capitol Hill, where the Botanical Gardens are now located. That night they fired the Capitol and Executive Mansion. 'The light of the conflagration was seen, it is said, as far, as Baltimore, forty miles distant. Only tlye walls of the buildings were left standing. On the following morning the British set fire to the Treasury, a two-story brick building of modest dimensions which stood where the present Treasury -Iluilding is located on the corner of Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, The War and Navy Department buildings, which were built where the present Imposing structure, now nearly comileted, stands, on - the corner of Seventeenth street, and Pennsy Ivania avenue, were fired. The affairs of State and the postal business of the young republic were conducted from offices in private residences. They were udt harmed after firing the War and Navy De partments. Gen. Ross marched his troops to the cornor of Fifteenth and F street and drew them up before a building occupied by the Bank of the Metropolis, now tile Nationai Metropolitan Bank. This institu tion had loaned the Government $300,000, and the plate from which its notes were printed bore the words '"a depository of the Government." Some of these notes had fallen. into the possession of the Brit ish, and Gen. Ross believed it to be a Gov erunment bank. Jae was preparedto fire it, when a citizen informed him that it was a private institution, and had no connection with the Uovernment beyond making the loan above referred to. "Besides," said this honest citizen, as the story goes, "it you burn this property you will destroy the sole support of a poor Irish widow, a coun try woman of yours. "She must be a poor Irish widow to own such a valuable property in Washington," said (en. Ross savagely, but he did not destroy the building. The British remained in camp here about forty-eight hours, and then left the city by the same route they had entered it. No demonstrations were made against them, but they appeared to fear the return of the American troops in large numbers and ant niated with more courage than they had shown before. The "Nuts" of the Old Testament. Twice in the authorized version of the Old Testament mention is made of "nuts." As by nuts in our own vernacular, when a differential adjective or the name of a country Is not prefixed, we understand al ways the product of the Corylus Aveliana, it may be Interesting to what very different things are intended in the two ocriptural references. In the anthorized version of the "Song of Solomon," the great natural ist to whom the authorship of this curious poen is very generally ascribed, says: "I went down into the garlen of nuts." This garden would seem to have been one of the many of the same kind mentioned in the Ifo6k of Ecdlesiastes. also ascribed to Solomon, though not prov to ave come from his pen, whiMi he "h '1iA iat'I made me gardens and orchards and I plant ed trees in them of all kinds of fruit" (ii, 5). The word employed in the Song is egoz. In meaning it seems to have denoted prim arily, a hut of any description whatever, provided that the sense was qualified by som prefilx or adjunct. When used alone, on the other hand, there can be little doubt that it denoted the walnut-the nut par excellence. The walhut bing a native of Persia, the importation of it into Palestine took place probably at a very early period. A tree so remarkable alike for excellent produce, scent of foliage, and a handsome appearance could not possibly escape the notice of the early cultivators of plants, or' be left to exist exclusively in- its native country. Solomon's great love of comi mercial enterprise would be suficient to account for the introduction of it, at all events, into the royal gardens at Jerusalem. At tile present (lay this admirable tree oc curs in an apparently indigenous state everywhere, from Persia to the IHimialayas, abounding especially in Cashmnere. It is found also in Asia Mfinor and in Greece, looking in both countries like a native. Introduced Into itian, most probably by the Romans, completely has it niow made itself at home with that, one miighit also be tempted sometimies to tinik it ab~orlglinal. In the time of Josephus it grew in prot usicon reound the Lake of Aiennescrat. M~aimer Joseph and tuae Spielberg, Up to a a few decades ago Austria dlivid ed with ilussia the honor of poseessing somne of the worst dutngeons in Eunrope, anti perhaps the most terrible of these living toinbs was the Spielberg of Brunn. biajor von Rosaiegg, of 'lhe i~ngineer Staff, has just puablished an interesting little volutne on this now unused fortress. One charming andi authentic tale is worth re peating. It was in- 1783-theo irst centen ary, therefore, of the deliveranrce fr6m the Turks--and Ktaiser Joseph in person madle an incognita visit to the 8plberg to in quire himself who was deserving of free doin. For the centenary was to be marked by the release of prisoners. Colonel Comuft Auersperg was his aid-dc-Camp. Jailer Cyrili received his orders from the Gover nor to show the two gentlemen the prison, and led the way down the dark passages, a mighty bunch of keys in his haitd. After viewing many sad chambers, where one or more wretches, ill-clothed and dirty, sat mb~odily waiting for release or death, Cyril conducted the visitors to the under ground cells-dark, clammy and reeking, with evil smells. The jailer was in the act of passing the first door and proceeding further, when the Emnperor stopped and bade him open the cell. The visitors were horrifiea to see a human figure almost naked and chained wrists and ankles to the wail. TIhe man had gone mnad from con finement in solitude and darkness and gilb bered and mothied feiirfutly. Te next cell a model of the first, 'was empty, and the Emperor without a moments hesitation, inslsted uipon being'locked up alone for an hoar in it. Remoustrancd was useless andl thme Imperial will had to be obeyed. 'The heavy door was slammed, so the others re tired and theo monarch was left to himself. When they came at the end of the hour Kaiser Joeph looked sick .and ill. The first words he said 'vwie, "I ame the' last' man who shall ever inhabit these under ground celia; to m~rrow they shall be walled up." The Imperial command was obfed,, and next '4inting came the 'stone msons and bieklayers and cut off the dread cells ffom tlie rest of the 'Wofhd. RaIser Franz Joseph the #fresant Emperor, aliolited the Spielbefg as a State prison in '8158. Humming Birds. A glowing circle of balm in flower is a great center of attraction for the bumming birds,which come here from early morning, and go westward and return again, at fro quent intervals. until after nightfall. I hardly get seated at my Open window be fore, I hear a buzzing, almost thudding sound, as If a boy were at- hand with a ta wheel on a string which he pulls so as to make the wheel swlftly revolve. But a close look reveals a much more'aninated mechanism than that; There is notlhig daintier or prettier to be seen than the color, motions and enthusiasm of the hum ming bird when he is taking life repast. A little glossy, throbbing piece of vivaciy, sitting oi the ah' with his 'feet curfed tightly up, and buoyant as a feather, mov ing at his sweet, fleet will from one tubu lar flower to another, and his liduid eye shining afar. Waves of shifting blue 1 sweep byer the glossy green black, in each angle of the sunlight, giving the effect of a suddenly transformed drapery, and when he turns to you in front, his red gorget, or throat-piece,glistens with the redness of the flame-like flower he salutes. Ills motion is so surpassing swift I can think of no winged motion like it. The bees *ould be put out of breath to keep up with him. Theo female bird of thisspecle (trochilus colubris)-the ruby throated dispenses with the red neckerchief, and it is said the young birds do not have it. In the autumn the iales in the young brood get a touch of of red color, but it is not until the follow lug spring that the throat has its utmost brilliancy. Recently both heads of the family dropped down upon the little balm patch, and I saw that the female was a much more demure and less aggressive character than hur gay lord. li size she is a trifle smaller. The wiugs of both, when used to buoy them up, scem more like a fine milet or vapor than like any fabric; gauze is not, and whven spider web would not, be half so aerial. If you watch these birds long you will Dccasionally see them aligit, when they I almost always choose a dry twig, or ono I hot thick with leaves, for their temporary pedestal. When one site thus for a mo ment--it is never long-you will ace him wipe his bill on both sides against the twig branch two or three tines, as if he wished to be relieved of the protruding honey, af ter which ceremony he will strike as di rect a line as possible for lifa nest. Both I took a seat recently on a little bush which pushes nearly into my window a distance of not over three or four feet, respectively I from my disengaged hand; but I directed I no motion toward them more violent than tile glance of my eye, which they bore for the usual space without flinching,and then took flight. The diet of the humming bird is composed of insects and honey inciden tally, and they do the flowers a service in removing them. Audubon says their de lightfully murmuring sound, asibey are I poised above the flowers, "is well adapted for lulling the Insect to repose." The hunining bird has a long, delicate bill, andt its protruding, double-tubed tongue is cov erned with a "glutnous saliva," by Which It overwhelms each insect it touches and draws it out "to be instantly swallowed." It is a bird of the Westorn heisphere and. I 301 species have been discovered (some say 400), which latter number is only 100 less than all other species of birds put to gether. Prefero a Leg. Wien at last the work of carving Is done, the delicate and difficult duty of helping" begins. There can be no poice ofmnind for the man who helps his family and his occasional guests to any food, ex eept soup or oysters, both of which cau be accurately anld fairly divided. * In the case of chicken he can never give satisfaction. There is no le in this matter, beyond that of giving the chicken's logs to the boys wich can be followed. To ask people what part of the chicken they prefer is simply madness. Either everybody who tells the truth, and demand.the b,.st cut, in ~ which case, all but oiie wlll be exasperated by failing to have their wish gratified, or everybody will reply, "Any part," "It makes no diff r~nce,"' or words'-to the same mendacious and aggravating effect. Of, course, wuen the man who says "it makes iio difference," Is helped to anything but time breast, he becomes an enemy of the carver for life, and nothing can disabuse him ~ of tihe impression that lie had been wan~ tonly insulted1. It is far better to boldly help people without making -anmy pretence of consulting their wishes. They will then regard thme carver as a rude and careless ~ host; but they will acquit him of any in tention to impress open Insults upon lis guests. Perhaps time most dtllcult person to deal with is the ladly whio says that "she prefers a leg." In the piresencei of ti try ing person the carver is almnost certain to make a mistake. Thbe chansces are that, she abhors chicken legs, and expresses for ~ the sake of politeness an alleged p~referenee ' which she confidently expects to be dis regarded. TIo help such a one to a leg js t to abuse her confidence anud earna her un dying hatred. Ott the other hand, if she ' is one of those rare women who really have ~ ani abnormal fondness for legs, she feels ~ herself outraged if legs are withheld from " her, and decides that the carver is a sehlfsh C brute, who has not sutlcient decency to re-, sp~ect a lady's wishes. We shall never know how many happy homes hmavo been broken up, how many frienids estrangcd, and how much miscellaneous mnisery has. been suffered merely because the duty of t carving bas been placed ini the handcs of r fathers of Americlan famuilies. A Beogagement fling. "8ay, mister," as lie walked tip to the t proprietor of a jewelry store, who stood behinid the counter, "have you got any of f these hero fhuger rings-these here-those -oh, I forgit, what you call 'em? " "Gold rings?" asked the proprietor. "No, not quite gold rings-oh,. yes, hypocrite gold rings; that's it.' "Can't understand what you mean by' 4 that," said the proprietor,with a stare. "I moan," said the young man, "this kiad of gold that loeks like gold and isn't1 gold; this here kind that most overyliody is wearin' nowadlays. I want a ring for my .girl,.and I want you to scratch on the inside Jim Brown to Ballle Jones. Don't 'a care ' what it cost; you can go as high as half a dollar for it ali if you want to. It's a begagoment ring." Trhe boss took'- it all in, and soon fixed] him off with a "hypocrite" gold ring done up in the softest'kind of eotton. -The iemini. Foot. Shere Is po doiit$hat the foot plays a xost important part 'il social lite; often mields an influence over destiny. We are %peaking now stictly of the feminine foot, ipon which so muclh tine, labor and ex )ense are lavished. In dancing it becomes rocal and expresses a whole . language of ientiment Vsed to euiphauize emotion, it festiculates jwIth t 9g $orcq, and a over wii besiltes, apounce his de rotion can be bro t to an immediate wowal by thd ti=tory, but maddening ciimpse of a dainty fdot:en&sed in pink, lk-embroidered hoe, and Mignon slippers brust distractingly forward. A story Is on foot of a cqurtier who drank As lady-love's health in a shoe he had itolen from her; and at this day it is a prac ice with the yonmng bloods who ape the nanners of the French regime to have the oot of their favorite oast In marble or ronze and use it. for a paper-weight. There are no people In she world so ex ting in the Matter of feetias actresses, and t is largely true of them they do not have >atricion feet, but they have artists for hodmakers, and, by dint of pinching and ompnasslug, wearlng patent heci and oe bands, having the heel under the mid. lie of the foot and the length of the upper hortened by the stitched lines and other Lqviesa small, syumietricalfoot Is secured. .t happens, however, .wlth-some of our best ctresses, that they can Qpnly endure the ,ain without fainting durkpg a single scene, vhen their stage dresser removes the shoe aid restores outraged napure. Sq much an be done by deluetonthat a No. a boot will not appear larger than a No. 2' behind he footlights. The doctors who treat pIlnal and brain diseases can tell the rest If the story. Beautiful feet require fine 'idornings. Phere are boots sold in New York City for $125 a pair. -They are imported from 'aria, and the Oloth Is :a fixture of gold r silver thread and hilk. iTheyi are lined vi'lh the finest kid,. m the butkns are einS. They are usually hased >y those Who "toil not, Ier do hey spin," and silk stockings 'rth $75 a >isr are worn with them. A p.ir of boots nade for Annie Idine Cary, to wear In ipera, are of light blue satin, soft and thick. vith blue silk lacings, tied'with. lovely assels, lined with brilliant, pardhnl kid, ad banded horizontally, with Inch wide ibbons of gold braid. The feet 'may well. ie handsome now, for there is everything o make them so. Innumerable shops, Illed with the finest gode, fancy'silk and ancy boots and slippers; operaLtes, walk, ng ties, patent leather and- kid shoes; eion-colored, old gold, Iavender and Ori ntal satins, heels four inopes 4igh, and in teps that form a royal.areh a&d a 'aithful edicure, who steps to thh fftolit With his alves and Instruments- Whed ihatdre be omes obstreperous. After all, it Is the willing feet, the help ag feet,-the feet that are swiffto do er ands of mercy-We ."1beau.ecps feet" limbing the hill of Zion, or of diiliculty, hat are the most value in the wbrld. There ird feet for whose step loving hiear's watch nd wait, and when they come it is like the oinilg of sweet, glad music., There are eavy feop borne dOwl by sorrow t4Lat drag stlessly along, and there are . et that rest roi their labors. Tb PROtiUng 11mUainess." In anl alley 'off Hastings street, Detroit, ust back of a tunmbledown rookery, a sember of the sanitary pIe squad found man lying under a 'wakon and inquired f he was Ill. The man polited t' the old iouse, cautioned ;he officer to speak low, nd replied: "I'm the hIuI and oQteo.woman you see [anging put clethos ovqr there." "And why arb you'hiding here?" "'ve been of1 -- a spree for a whole reek." "Alh I I see. It Is the return of the pro Igal." "Wuss than that, ilr. 'The prodigal had 0 wire and didn't steal tlie rent-money to et drunk on. Oh, il catch' It, sit, if you Lon't lnterceds fpr me." "But what can; I4o?" "You slip around to the' front 'of the ousiid and say that you hhve news for her. Vautch her face and see hi'w se takes It. 'hen tell he~r it 'Is abbat, me. Watchl and ce If she gets wle 'iround' the 'mouth. eli her that you have news that I was townedI at the ferry dock. Watch lier ears aut this polnt. 'roll her tli4, calied ter denr name~ as I, went doWyp or the ist time. Watch and t~ee if that di its heCr. f I can get her all 'broken dt. vn arid over. oiuu .I'll bust in out huer and get her for 'Iveness before she gets over wiping her yes and pulling her nose. Gho, now, and 'hi owe you a debt of gratitude all my lire. think Mary will melt under your sort fords." ThL olcers slipped around and told the rife that her husband was hishiig in the lley, and then took a position whlere lie ould witness what followed, -lHe had ardhly securen it when the man'damane down 10e alley on a gallop,foilowedl at ashort is nee by the wife, armed witha hoe-han to. There were nuo words spoken, but toe man shnply throw up cloud, of dust rh lisa heels as lie put on thie steam, and nd as lie passed the officer Iu$ somiewhat urtly observed: "AhI but ye ain't wortht shucks at thre lting business I' E'asgir Slutted. When Cabherlne was arra'l ned before lie Police Court,' Now York, a smile of ecognition spread over the lace of Is lonor. "Back again; Ikatle," said Hida ~onor. "Y is, sor, sine I cudd't go wudout see a' mne old frinds Wanst in a wholie," saktl lie. "That's right, Katli' l2,t.you shouldn't et drunit in orddr to ae the '"said the "Sure I cudh't get Yor Hon*or to luk at ne, av I didn't, for ttle officers wudn't have ne near engh to ye,"' s~A#w. "That's a hgme excuse, Ka o'" said the ?ourt,. "No, sur, oh no. 'Sare 'atnu't ye the usht J'udge that genmme me tin days, and varn't ye the desut i.t gi .pie three son h, aD ply a qy to See "You're' prt % Katie," aid the Court. ."tuyoae.* 'esay three monthsthis time." to bmi' .n.m "Pl*aze: !9~'~ ',g 9r, an' ye'll le mio, *a .le~gp "dure was 'al&s Isdi4d4f't'udci ather' lWe in therdy td bi 'be pMrio Liar1 aboftt-aithreolab & twbithmbow."