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APRIL 2 TfRi-WEEKLY EDITION. FORGIETFULNESS. In the toll of the day, in the dreams of the night, In the goldelf glow when the sun goes down, In the morning sunbeams shining bright, One thought like a phantom follows me, And over the face of the col4, gray lea, The rustling leaflets, sore and brown, Whisper a story of sad regret, And murmursoftly, "Forget, forget." For the orosses that come in this work-a-day world Cast a shadow lark o'er the lives of all, And we sooner win that crown empearled, When we bravely. bid our sorrowa go, Checking the hot tears' oeaseless flow. Cheering some heart that seems to fall If those who smile should frown and fret, This heart of ours could never forget. And 'tie wrong in this life, which is short at the best, To be grieving here, when there's work to do; For the soul that lives il the land of rest, Is happier there than here in life, And knows that for us in the world's great str.fe 'Tie better far if the tears are few, And we know eagh night, when the sun has set, There is one day less that we need forget. Love After Marriage. "And at one time, cousin Pay, you de clared you would never, never marry himi" "Of course, I have not married him be cause I was In love with him," said Pay Winthrope, with a light laugh. Effi Gray, her cousin, sat opposite to her, secretly envious of all this splendor, the two being seated in a gold and dun colored boudoir, hung with silk draperlet, and richly carpeted. "Well, then," replied Effie, "why on earth did you marry him I" "Because I was poor and he is rich. Because I was tired of giving music les souns, and he offered me all this." "Fay, you are a heartless coquette I" cried out Effie Gray. "No I am not," said Fay, with a little shake of the golden curls. "Yon would do the same thing yourself, E.lie, If you had a chance-you know you would." And as Fay's laugh rang out a sweet defiant chime, she little suspected that her silly words had another auditor than Efile Gray-that the door leading into the rich merchant's study was ajar, and that her husband had heard every syllable she spoke. '1'wti,' A'3-ca.I Winthrove wa a not a young man. Previously he had never cared mnch about the idea of marriage, and the flame burned all the deeper and mre tender from the fact that the Rabicon of middle age was passed before lie al lowed himself to fall in love and marry the doll of his heart. He had looked on Fav Merriam as little less than an angel, and now "I should ha ve known this before," lie said to himself, with white ashen face dnd trembling limbs. "I ought to have known that spring and autumn were unsuited So she has married me for my money! She shall have It, the dear child!" No one ever knew the anguish of Roul this man endured for the next few hours at one moment bitterly regretting lie had learned the miserable truth, that le might have gone on blindly in the belief that his beautiful young wife entertained an affec tion for him, armd the next instant crying out that it were better to know the truth, even though it pierced him like a two edged sword. lie had bestowed upon her the whole wealth of his heart, as we have said, the flame burning all the more deeply in that it was mellowed by age. But his conclusion was that lie had made a terrible mistake in offering his love to this young girl-that Pay should never know the pang her cruel words had cost him-that he would do his duty, and migh t not his young and lovely wile in time learn to look upon him less coldly? "Fay," said he that evening, "I have tickets for the opera. Would you liko to go, dear?" -- "N~o, thank you,"' said kay, listlessly, "1 don't think I care about it." "Thea we will remain at home, and you shall talk to me," he said. "I am tired of talking," p~ettishly re. torted Fay. "[ really wish you would let me enjoy myself In my own wamy once in a while." "Do I annoy you, Fay?:) asked Thhlward Winthropoe with an inexp~licable quiver in his voice. - ' "Awfulhy; I am just in the middle o'' delightful story, and I can't be imeorrupa ed." "Very well, I will nmot repeat the offense, I assure you, 'lihe replied quickly. Aft er this a subtle and sudden change came over Edward Winthro's whoie -life. Hie was courteous and attentive as ever to his young wife, but Fz~y felt that all the heurt and soul were out of the courtesies. Tro Fay Winthrope, her huis band's love was as fixed a fo' in her mind as were the stars in tihe' firmanent above her bead, and a cold chili crept over her heart 'when she fully realized that it was some. how slipping away from her. "Edwarj," said she, one evening, sit ting opposite to her husband, "have I offe pded you ?" lHe glanced up carelessly fronm the open book. "Offended me, Fay? Why, what has -put such a ridiculous idea mnto your head, cr huid? Of course you haTe not affided 4 ~2thought your muanner was some rent ot- late," faltered the yong wife, bending her head closely over her embroidery. "One can't expect to keep up the honey- I moon style always," said the merchant in differently. They tell us that life Is full of antitheses; and certainly love Is the strongest com plexity in life. For, as Fay's belief strengthened that her husband was ceas Ing to worship her after the idolatrous fashion carried out through the first weeks of her married life, she began to fall in love with the man she had married for money. A few weeks only had elapsed when a crisis in the merchant's business rendered it iihperatively nece-sary that Mr. Win- i thrope should go to Charleston for two or three months. Poor Fay stood aghast as her husband mentioned his intentions to her in the t same cool, matter-of-fact way in which he a might have criticised the book he now c held in his hand. "To South Corolina I" she gasped. P "Oh, Edward!" t "My dear child, the journey wi'1 be a mere bagatelle. One need not mind travel J nowadays. I shall not be later than Janu ary in returning. V "3ut--I may go with you?" she said, a timidly. "Youl Don't think of It, my dear. My t travel will necessarily be too rapid to en- b cumber myself with a lady companion. I must go and come with the greatest r speed." Fay sat silent with a blur before her eyes, and a sickening sensation at her heart. 1le cured no more for the society that had once been so dear to him. "Oh, what have I done to forfeit the ] love he once poured out so fondly on my C life I" she said to herself time after time. It was a pleasant October twilight when a the merchant wrapped in his overcoat, and his traveling cap pulled down over his eyes, v paced up and down the deck of the I steamer Nautilus, heedless of the tumult i of weighing anchor. Through the (usk he tried vainly to catch one more glimpse V of the spires of the city that held his young t wife. "She will be happy enough without me," he told himself bitterly. "She bade me adieu without a tear, and It may be I that my continued absence may teach her I to think less coldly of me. Dear little 0 Pay! my prayers may reach you even there." . A tear dropped on Mr. Whathrope's i state-room he was infinitely surprised to find that it was not empty. A lady sat there with a veiled face and drooping head. Edward Winthrope paused in surprise- t the figare rose up, and threw aside the veil, revealing the starry blue eyes and pale face of Fay herself ! "Forgive me, Edward I" she sobbed, throwing herself into his arms, "I could not let you go alone. When I thought of your being, perhaps ill, among strangers, I thought I should go mad. Hate me if you will, but I love you, my husband-I love you so that I cannot live without you 1', And she burst into a flood of tears. "Ay. sweet spring bloasom-my love my wifel Evermore, as now, closo-close to my heart will I keep thee." And that was all he said. But Fay Win thrope had learned the secret of love. schools in 0Old 11omo. At seven years of age the Roman boys studied Greek and Latin grammar together. The sons of centurions went to school at 5 A., M., with their satchels and counting tables alung over their shoulders, and stud led ih schoolrooms on the ground floor, whore they were so well and thoroughly f logge'd that their howls arousedI the ndigh hors at very unseasonaole hours. Martial and other satirists spoke of their cries and blubberings as one of the chief nuisances I of the early morning hors, almost as great< a pest to late risers as our street cries, in I fact. The masters were gicat disciplina rins, and esteemed corporal punishment I one of the chief means of inducting that< precious boon, knowledge, into dull heads. 1 if ahboy pronounced a single syllable wrong he was beaten black and blue, and his body so covered with weals and welts that I it resembled a patch work coverlet or a coat of many colors. The anicients believed that boys were naturally vicious, andt rc quiredl taming. So great a teacher as Plato laid down the axiom that " A boy was tile most ferocious of animals." Others, like Quintilian, protested against undue flog ging. Pictures found in flerculaneum showed that the English system of flogging ayp likewise in vogue ; also that in some ol''Ia, both sexes were together, although JVall e ation of girls was comparatively Lk Sd. In the higher social circle girns were taught music and dancing and other fashionable branches, as nowadays. School books were as cheap as with us lifty years ago. A textbook with 7100 verses could b)e had in three separate editions for eighty, thirty, and even as low as eight cents. Tuition was very cheap, less tihan a cent a day. Theli boys had holidays in March and December and a long vacaltIon in the sumf meor, from Juno 24 to October 19, a great part of which was spent with~ thetr parents at Roman Newports and Uoney Islands. At fourteen they were put int'o high schools, wvhere they studied rhetoric, poetry, and belles lettres generally, their previous ciforts having been confined to reading, writing, and arithmetic, with Greek and Latin grammar and verses. The younger children were taught their letters and numerals by umeans oh smnalls ivory blocks, as at the Dresent day. 'T'he pay of a teacher was $80 a year, about i00 times less than flint of a ballet dancer. Working Is the acquiring of knowl ment, Hiumiliky is the mother of content ment, Candid thoughts are always valu abla. "Lattie ike."' In the corner of a crossroads grave yard, n Iowa, there is a small white head-stonm n wie is carved "Little Ike." I nevei new the boy this stone connemorates Put I know his father. I got acquaintec n this wise: We (friend and self) were it own in the chicken season of '72. The shooting in those (ays was excellent Ye had left Noah Springs in the curl) corning, with the intention of beating th< leids on both sides of the road as far al he next village, distance from Noal 1priogs, some eight or ten miles. It wai , hot August day, and the fun of shootinj vas somewhat tempered by the fact tha ve must carry our own game. A sports ian with a few dozen chickens seoretet bout his person may be quite proud o is trophies, but he Is not quite comfort ble. The set of a shooting coat well loaded I ot agreeable. At twilight, tired with thi ramp in tangled grass, and the jar of get ing over fences, we whistled to the dogs nd took the roajI for the village. We lia hickens In our pockets and chickens o ti inics. The evening was still and hot, and w< lodded silently on toward supper aml( ed. Faintly ahead of us In the road we coulk ear a wagon moving slowly. We haile< :, and it stopped and waited for us. I roved to bb a wagon loaded with.wheat ud drawn by oxen, going to market. Wi sked pernussion to ride. The old man who was driving told tu 0 *get on." We did so, taking seats a is side on the bags of grain. We di< ot feel like conversing, and nothing wa aid for sonic time, until finally the mai amarked: "I didn't used to drive oxen." Then, after an interval of some minute .e continued: "I used to have the best pair of horse n the country." Feeling that something ought to be said encouraged him by asking how the changi ane about. He whacked the near ox, and gave I rief word of exhortation to the off one nd continued: "Little Ike had something the matte: vith his eye ; something seemed to bi rowing on the Inside and crowding hi ye out; and so mother and me allowec liat he must be took to Chicago to see thi loctor. It was right in haying, and liar est coming on, and labor scarce, 'hit ook little Ike and started. Put up at thi ;agle tavern, right opposite the depot iver been in Clucago i" V We nodded assent and he resumed: "Found the doctor in the morning an( ,e looked at Little ike a long time and asket iiii and me questions. Asked me if I wai farmer, and did I own my farm. 11 aid he (lid not know whether it was bes D do anything. Took me into his back office, away fron sittle Ike, and said if nothing was don something WAR ( 1. It " 3Z.6 .1..,l hen. I understood him to say there wa ne chance in ten of his living. I asket im what lie would charge, and then . nok Little Ike and went back to the tav rn. .1 Could not tell him what, the docto aid, I couldn't bear to think of his dying nu I couldn't bear to think of his beimi iurt. We took the train and came home wanted to aee what mother would s ay Yheat was ready to cut and help wo carce, and I had no money. But w alked it over after Little Ike went t leep, and the next day I sold my tean aot a little girl to come and tend to thinge ad Little Ike, me and mother started fe Thicago. I don't blame the doctor, lie done th test ho could, and tried to comfort mothei Phat was on Tuesday, a year ago. If Ik maal a lived he'd a betn ten years old. N~ex lay after we stafted for home, me an Atte--" Here the sad man coughed, andl made ide remark to the oxen, andl resumed: "We hind to put his coflin forrard 1: he car with the trunks. I have to droe on off home. I go this way dlown to th nill." We shook hands with the old man, sni clumsy word or two, ansi turned up th 'inlge street. .Aiexandetar ii. Alexander II., the late Czar of Russir ias made Sub-Lieutenant of the Imnperhi luard when fourteen years old1. One da; to happened to cross when in full unitori no of the halls of time palace where th, uighest dignmtaries of the realm weic as embled. As he entered they rose ani >owed. This mark of respect, from t2i 'Ilest soldilerS in the empire flattered tih ioy's vanity. In lis glee lie repeatetl, >ssed through the room, expeminig thi amne recognition of tile courthi ra. Th atter took iio further notice. Vexed ia vhat lie considleredl a breach of etiqueti he young Grand Duke complained to i atheor of the treatment lie had r ceived Niichmolas took him by the hand anmd he, min to the hall. "'These mn whom ye vant to hioinor you," lie said, ''are the me (ou should honor, You should regard an nark of respeLct they paly you as an excet >f kindness. What you nave done sihow hint you are too young to wear the opat ettes of an oiicer. I dep'rive you of thmem. Alhl entreaties were ini valin. Alexandt Was degraded in the presence of the assen ly ; to be miade, however, Colonel in th Lrenadiers of the Guard at, the age of sia een. Although lhe then led a jo3 ouis lift me began to be subject to these hits nelanchmoly which are characteristic of thr amily of the Rtomaiolis. The Prim ilorouski, a chmamiberlain attached to hi ecrson, relates that he would somtetlim< remnain f or weeks without, utterinig a wori Traveling was suggested as a icemedy it thiis mioroseness, but, as this seemeud to hav rio ellect marriage wits priescrib~ed. TI romance of this marriage is too well know to needh relating. The happiness oif t youple, however, caine to an uiitimel md. Religion carried to the extreme< bilgotry was the original cause of the el trangement, betweeni thme Imperial pair.I upito of her Protestant birth and educato blarle Alexandrovna showed all along strong inclination to the rites of thme Gree Dhiurchi. Bhe found a charm im Its dev< lonal exercises and lifeless cereinonic which had never dawned upon the E~mpero 1-Ir apartments beccameo a chapel. 'Tl: riumber of hours she daily spent before tIl "Sacred Images" Increased to a more an neo serious extent. T'hat a nun's Iij was by no means calculated to please brilliant. and plasunre-loving husband I needless to add. It was at this epoch that the Princess Catharine Dolgorouki made her oppearance at court. It was like the rising of a new star. In her presence the C< Emperor seemed to forget everyone else. i Her social success at court and the constant si homage paid to her by her sovereign could n' not fall, finally, honest as she was at heart, ti to intoxicate her. Imperceptibly the ti young girl fell In love, not with the "I splendor or power of the Emperor, but 1U with the chivalrous appearance of the man. 11 Yet, she resorted to all expedients to break r< off an intimacy which she saw co'dd only q end in dishonor. and for months she re at fused to receive the visits of her sovereign. 01 She lived in tears. The Princess Dolgo- II rouki Volcano, her sister. in-law, with el whom she lived, not wishin to cover with ti her good name the fall of the girl who had ( been intrusted to her care, In a stormy in- i: terview forbade the Emperor her house. d The Czar withdrew, On tie morrow lie ti forwarded to the Princess hisportrait with P the autographic legend, "To the woman I b, respect the most." Time went on. But C4 one day Catherine left her brother's roof d and took up her residence in a small and n modest house on the Quai Atiglais. In el - that spot for many years the Russian au- iE tocrat almost daily sought oblivion from a the pre-occupation of State affairs. 0 ils nephew, who has become notorious ti for his connection with the American * Fanny Lear, after robbing the chapel of n his mother and being arrested for it ex clanied, '"The Czar will punish me, but ji will be the only one of the family whose ft heart will bleed at being obliged to (o so." iC Quick temper is a traditional characteristic c of the family of the liomanolis Alexander ti possessed it in a very eminent degree, but, 0 unlike his brother Constantine, he always s tried to atone by greater kindness foi- any of his outbursts. 01 Whenever the truth could reach his oJ ears, the late Alexander never failed to re- It' dress the wrongs done by his representa- a' Lives. His severity toward oflfiers who t had betrayed their trust should have coi- ii mended him to the people. One niorniig some years ago, the Czar, who had started d for a walk in the Jardin d'Ete wit.h his 8 favoilte dog Milrod, was accosted by an o.d woman. Not recognizing him, she g asked whether lie was employed in the P Winter Palace. "Yes," answered the Czar, "what can I do for you ?" Then the old woman told hini that a long time before she had lent a largo suni to a high functionary in the palace, and LI she could not get him to pay her. She st was in extreme poverty, she said, and the sj sunm would be a god-send to her In the b, present circumstances. The Emperor inquired for the officer's r name and promised her that he would use his influence to have the cla.m settled. n Appointment was given her by his Iipe- it rial Majesty for the morrow at noon at o the sanie place where they were standing, IL if the gentleman failed to pay his debt w before that. -. I Returning to the paLq; \h 1p i , edged his indebtedness but pleaded lack n of money. His Majesty gave him the a money out of his own pocket, telling hiiim e to go at once and settle With his needy ti creaitor. Next morning, however, the Czar was a surprised to see the woman punctual to o r the eventual appointment. He first in- g agined she had conic to express her thanks, but lie soon learned tliat she had received e s nothing. The Czar frowned and ordered a e her to follow him to the valace. lie was I > in a state of great excitement. lie walked r so fast that the pow- lady could hardly V keep step with him. When she saw sere- i r ants, soldiers, generals, every one bow a most humbly to her guide she was stupi- c u fled. The guards were about stopping her, t but the Czar made a sign, and no further L: e hinderance was put upon her stepping into e t the imperial apanrtmients. 'The functionaryv Il was summionedl. "What does this mean ?" saidi the Ein- i a peror. "You llave ntot paid this woman. 1 What have you done with the money I I s gave you ?" '('lie oflicer made such a piteous face that e e the Czar's anger alniost gave place to a g desire to laugh. l ''Well, your Majesty," replied (lie man, c "on my way honie I was assailen by so i niany credlitors that I hadt nothing left for t this woman. How the jackals had learned I had the money I know not; but the fact i is that they knew it and toreed me to sur- s ,rendier it." 1 The Czar accepted thie excuse, paid the V 01(1 lady, and issued a ukase to thie effect that the privileges which noblemen enjoyed Sas regards the dlebts they had contracted -should be0 abolished. More than one Court I icr who hadt hitherto violated the most - e solemii engagemeiits with men of the peo- - a p)1e was severely ruinished by Alex inder V for not complying with his orders. e His. First Expeorieince iiu an Ele~viao. s Hie was a member of a Te'xas mili tuiry< .company, anil of course visitedi Galveston I I to p~artlcipate in thie Mardi Gras festivities. .i On reaching the city ho repaired to the< a Tlrcmont, and feeling dlusty and worn outi y with his long, weairy ride, conicludled to s brush up and put on a clean collar, etc. a lIe aisked (lie immnaculate clerk who pire sided over (lie (destmnation of Mardi (Ir:sia visitors andi assiinedl themi to their resp~ect r lye rooms, if he could get a roo~m in which -to wash and oveirhaul lis toilet. A roomn< e was selected, and thie clerk be-aming with -deep admniratlin up n the soldierly-looking -, young man, directed himn where to go. Il I w's pointed to the elevator, and stepiping I e inside, (lie condluctor of thait instit~ion I e caosed the door. It was (lie first experience a a of (lie younig soldier with the mysterious -a and lestivye elevator, and lie thought lie was i. coimfortably inidie (lie room assigned to r him. He0 commiaenced to) disrobe, and -vas a e hooking aroumd for soap anid w ater when I e (lie elevator suddenmly sitartedl on its upward i n tillp. T1hie young man, never experiencing e anything of the kind before, was stard ed, y and hurriedly throwing open the door 1 iiumpedl froim thie elevator and land~edl in i. tihe hall, to the very great-aonishmienit of i (lhe waiters and others ntear b~y. iec was ,en diahabi lle, and to make matters miore a unpicasani, thie elevator glided out of reach, < k and thie cond~uictor, tickled half to deatha, -forgot to lower it. Explanations were I a made and a couple of umbrellas procuredl .and~ hc~ld over (lie young man to hide him *e fromi view unatil (lie elev.ator was lowered.< *o ie step~pedl in, donned lis clothes and i d mentally swore never to get, inside an ole e vator again. It is said the umbr~iella scene it in the hall was very solemn and impres- I a sive. Al Mygienio Hint. We wish to direct attention to a point )inected with the management of chil eon, apparently trivial, perhaps, at fist ght, but which we are persuaded is of ) suall importance In certain constitu inal condiions. We refer to the prac. De, very c.utanon among children, of veping with their heads buried beneath at bed-clothes, to the exclusion of such inited suppliy of fresh air as even a close >om might afforel. Even if we do not go iite so far as Dr. Moccormack,'who as rts that phthisio never arises from any ,her cause than breathing "pre-breathed r," and that it will be produced by this atie in persons free front any horedi ry taint, there can be no doubt that the ost certain way to insure the develop ent of this and of other catching mala es8 in subjects having a constitutional ndency thereto, 18 to perait the ro Mated respiration of air already vitiated ( passage through the lungs. When we miider that to fulill the beat con itions of health a thousand cubic feet of ,w air should be supplied every hour to ich person, we shall see how inadequate our average indoor winter atmosphere its best, and how important it 5s that very available atom of oxygen should be tien advantage of. To let a child sleep ith its face under an inpervious thick ,ss of bed-covering, is to reduce the in rehange of air to a minimnuw, anu sub ct it to an atmosphere of very few cubic et, loaded With carbonic acid and organ exhalations froi its own body, and be nuing more vitiated with every respira on. We are convinced tiat many instances delicate health are due to this circuni ance; and weaie, at all events, sure that e have seen marked improvement in sev at cases from simply directing the mother ' nurse to see that the bed-clothes were so -ranged that the child's nose and niouth least should be exposed. It is needless add that if popular prejudice can be so ,r overcome as to have a small lire in the irsery grate, and an upper window sash rawn down, if only a quarter of an inch, as to naiatain a conifortable tempera ire while promoting ventilation, still 'eater benolt will be derived from the an we have indicated. 'he Nnnsrr.u Suap eon Bridge. Ia 1848,Charlee Eliet, a brilliant, rather ian a profound, engineer, built the first ispunsion bridge over the Niagara, on the to of the present railroad bridge. The idge was for cairiages and loot passon. era. The towers were of wood, and the Jadway was only about six feet in width, ast wide enough for one team. Mir. EIiI i the beginning had oflered a reward of $C i the Irst person who should get a string ver the river. The next wtudy day v rge iUnIbor of boys assembled on the bank 'iih kites, and before night one of thei, tomiau J. Walsh, then a boy of J 3 years 4d" WAWV1'1A kit on the Canada side . nrom11iseu lumwatu, I>y leans of this string largur cordsthen ropek ad then iron cables, sniall at lirst, Dut in. reatsing in size, were drawn across, until ie large cables were thus stretened. Tlis structure served as a most excellent uxiliary in the consruction of the pr-s ut bruige. This was built by Americai reat enguicer, John 6. Htoebling, and hau Iwiays been considered one of the greatest f his woi ks. It was oonmeneci in 18m2 mid the firSt, locouotive crossed it in 1864' he iron basket now hangiug under thei :ilroad track near tue American end o ie bridge was first used uy Mr. Eliot, and i it the lirst person who ever crossed ,he haim uhve, aut of his own will, was cross i over. There is an old Indian traditiou bat a resisting chief was once carried Lc lu opposite ride by a large bald-heaped agle, who- swooped down on the grea rurrior, as he lay amibushed on the grouind. uid bore himn over. Ladies have crosser i this basket. The suspension bridge by Irock's mnument was built in 1856 oy T., .bem ret. Thle ice jain in 1866i tore the guy romi the rocks to wihich they were fasten. d, aind before they were repliaced a terrfnt sic broke the roadway, severed the sux enders, and fet, the structure dJangling ii he air. T1'he niew suspenisioni bridlge as i called, was built, In 18t8, the cable: cing carried over in the winter con the ici ridge. Its length is over l,2010 feet, or uii quarter of a mile, from outside to eut de of die towers, and is the longest eus unsion bridge in tine world." A Saivinig of Trmnsportationa. "idik iibout your- *man mecn," said ok~ 'ioneer Skindelrson at Phli IMcthoverni'i al1o0n the other night, "'thme tighiest, close st, far seeing calculating old skinflint ver ieed was old1 K laniskatter the nmini uiperintenideiit who died iup at Ghold liii ecently.'' "Was, elh ?" encouragely renmarked ustomter, who was feeding P'hil's bul log wijth petrifled sandwiches fronm 'th< unch tmable. "Yes, sir-ree;hme was just, pizen, he was loser thani the bark of a tree. Whien hi vas ruimmig the hornet mine up at Vir iia hie used to skulk around the level hisguised as a mule tender, juir to pip if time meni wuio didn't, keep nairdi at, it, b< s to dhock 'em the next Satuidaiy." '"Why thme dern cuss!", "Bitt wait, lie actually encouraged trill runner to tell a long story one dai vimile taey were waiting for sonie machmn ry to be rep~aired, aterward dlocked tim nmaun half a daiy, and ail thme fellows tha ieard it, four bits apiece for stopping t aulgh. 1ie chiarged cine man ten cents foi iiigle gi in.'' "Great (lush I"* '"Thant's nothiin" Jimi Briirgs, who wa. Up on the L<( (I when the o(1 mniser died aid that aibouit an hoir before Klammikat~tel innded in his checks lie sent for the doct-or and says lie, 'D~oc, give us thle straighi business. Is there any sh~ow for ime ?" ".Nary show,' says the (doctor; 'you'] triko bed ronk uilore night.' 'Then,' says old Klamiskatter. 'I wan Qome 01 you fellows to carry ine up to tha ep of Mount Davidson rightim off. If I cai ight oul Iron' there, it, will save my soul near mtile of tramnsportation.' ''And did they do it ?" asked a man wh< ind waked up over the stove. "Wall, no," replied the narrator, sinm >iy. "'Tho boys took bimi over, put hms mn the cage, and let hinm down to the low at level of ilie llornet, instead. The; aid that they guessed he had made a littl< nistaae about, the dutictiion, somehow. Ti he best, of their judgment, his soul wai roimr the other way I" The Uarnival. The prineple istreet in Rome Is tue Oorso. It runs from the north gate about duo south through the heart of the modern part' of the city; Is straight, quite wide, nearly a mile in length, and lined with shops. hotels, and palaces. Here, as everybody knows, Is the fountain- head and focus of the Carnival. On either side of the street, from the lowest story to the very roof,are innumerable verandas and bal conies of all sizes and shapes, all trimmed with gayest color,-bright red, 'bright green, crimson and gold; decorated with festoons of leaves and flowers; streamers floating out in the liveliest hues. In front of the churches temporary stands have been erected; and these, as well as scafToldings to new buildings, have been transformed into gorgeous temples, radiant with crimson, silver, and gold. The door ways of the shops, too, have been barricad ed and hung v'ith curtains, ready for of fensive and defensive warfare. Each day, long befoie the hour, the multitude assem ble. Carriages, drawn by horses with gai ly-compatrisoned trappings, are slowly passing upl) and down the street in two long unbroken lines, often brought to a standstill by the surging crowd pressing their way on foot in every direction. 'The finer equipages are lined with white cam brie for protection. Every cross street is pouring in its spectators by hundreds; whilo soldiers, in bright uniform and fully armed, compel all vehicles to enter the Corso at one or the other extrenitv. At two o'clock the reelry of the Carnival be gins. What an ainiated picture! From pavement to chimney every door, window, veranda, and balcony is alive with bright faces and active forms. Woman takes special delight in a scene like this; and, wherever you look, there her eyes are laughing, dancing, and sparkling like glistening diamonds. It is a time of gen cial license, and men and women have ar rayed themselves, uider the protection of the mask, in every wild, droll, quaint style ot' dress. One describes in the close umiis, of variegated brightness a ludicrous caticature on every nationality, every trade and profession; while niany costuues are a combimation of the grotesque and ri diculous, witlmut, any attempt at personiil cation. Tle signal given, the sportive warfare begins. Doors, windows, bal conies, carriages, are all provided with bushels of sugar-pluns called "confetti," baskets of little bouquets, and iiniuimiera ble hiight paper sireamers attached to a marble ball. Pedestrians carry large bags of this amtmunition striapled across their shoulders. Ar.d everybody throws these white sugair-plums, which prove to be a miserable counterfeit of earth covered with linte, at everybody else, whether high or low, near or far. Here two passing car riages are engaged in an affray; there a storm of balls atid flowers rages between two opposite windows. The crowd be low are incessantly pelted from above, and they, fighting at a great disadvantage, niil", 1hbz,-tmnil(ed scoops. The Pass of Thermopyw seemns to be in flont o a large restaurant, whiiere a close line of cotiba tants in the kng balcony render the pas sage a desiperate undertaking by hurling dIown confetti in broadsides, as if the fate of Joic lepende(t upin their heroic resis tance, deluging the crowd, below until they are white as millers. Men and boys are shouting "Con fettel" '"Confeti" Every earriage is followed by half a score or more of ragged urchins, ready to snatch ainy stray ioIt(uiet that may fall under the horses' feet or among the wheels. All kinds of languages are heard in this Babel. There are pretty ItlIatan girls with graceful waists, bright-colored headdresses, dark, passionatc Oyes, laughing faces, and free, gialln, goodbhumored figures, There are English and American ladies and gt.L n entering into the sport as heattily as the nobest Ilomnan of them all. But, in the mnidut of all this tuitnult, and abandon inent, so contagious anid irresistible in anll its lashaing amnd munthite variety, thiei-e is heard thte booni of the cannona, and reluc tantly hostilities cease and peace is restored. Carriages inuneiantely turn out of the Cor so into side- streets; soldiers thrust, back the crowd on the nar-row aidewaiks; the vast, miultitudes wait in eager expectation for a few ninutes; whein, at, either end of thme street, is heard the blast, of the bugle the signal icr the races, .in old1 tinics, beautiiul, sleek Bar-bary st~eeds, fleet am the wind, sped riderlessthmrougth the Corso; but, now oniy six coiiinoplace, scraggy, bomny old horses, covered with jtngltng chainis, and sharp-pointed stars and .ti gles of gilt, mnetal, canite- through the ye citerous crowd. 'That closes the sport of thme day. in the evening there are balls, lott-eie, fairs, andi illutnitnations on the piazzas. Day after (lay for nearly two weeks the-c fooler-ies are repeated with little variation. A fter the fourthl (liy coni fetti are iio longer- hrowi,-only flowers. Thle la.st, (liy is usually regarded as the Ibest of all. Th'le famncy dr-esses appear ini greater- variety and richer iiiateial; the bouqluets are lariger, and iatny of thmeim oh beautiful, natural flowers. Blit the last, night is the cliinax of this gay, wild revel ing as dark-wiinged night, begins to draw lihen sable antle over thme iEternal City, the Conoc, with its dark, suirginig imass of hmu manuiity, presenits, in the iim light of the mioonl, ai ttratige wierdi spectacle. Suid dlenly little higas shIne foirtti, miillions hn imunber; thme crowded street is all ablaze; every window, and halcony, andi~ street corner is illunminated as with a uniiver-se of bright, twinkling stars. Now conmes the last, gay mmadnes of the Carnival, attain lng to suuh am light of glittering color, swarming life, antd frohicksomte uproar, that, its ieiiory will mnever fade. Every. body is exp~ected to carry a little canidle or a per, and~ keep it, ligated, whdle he aw earnaestly endeavors to extuinuih all tiu lights arounid luam. As soon as your light, expires, you mire taunted with the cry, "oeinza moccolol senza moccolol" (withoul a light!) TVhe fun waxes fast, and~ furiomi duiran this hour's wantonness. Meni in groupmjs, puishmiing, i-caching, scenfhaug, t( t p~ut out somec solitry taper lhen1 aloft; women strethinig half- -way out of balconies in sonic eager attemplt to rn. taliate; the miomnent, oh victory and triumph suddenly tunied into dlefeat, and ikimcub by a ippIng handkerchief swung fromn above. biuch genuIne hearty laughter, and real child-like muerriment I Delicious -Colorauano s iw 1,ho ,arigest, bulaior Sproducer in the world. -anlan'e backers made $112,000 01 ShIm In Engmand. Earniesmaies alone makes life eternl Alexander III. All eyes are now turned on the man in whose hands the destinies of Itussia has been placed. The late Czar brought up his children with far more indulgence than was ever shown toward himself, and Alex ander Alexandrovitz, his eldest surviving son, received a separate establishment and a very handsome income when he married the second of the three beautiful daughters of the King of Denmark in 1866. The Anitchkoy Palace stinds close to a bridge of the same name in the Perspective New sky, a lively part of the city, and about a mile and a half from the Winter Palace, though the wide spaces and immense length of the public buildings which lie between them make the distance appear much less. It looks far better fitted for the einjoyments of family life than the huge er% ction inhabited by the Emperor. All reports speak highly of the domestic virtues and private happiness of the new Czar and his wife and of their unaffected kindness to the poor. The man who will now be known as Alexander IMl. is hardly so tall as his father was in his beat days, but he must qtill be nearly, if not quito,six feet in bight, and is remarkably deep chested and broad-shouldered, with all the appearance of great strength. ills light. gray eyes resemble those of his mother's relations at Hesse-Darnstadt more than his father, who had the dark-blue eyes. (such as the French call blue-black) which are to be seen in the pictures of Alexander I., Paul, Peter the Great and several other imombers of the House of R9nmanoff. In figure and general style he is also like his uncle, the late Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt. A small mouth, with extreme ly good teeth, which he only shows when he laughs, is his best featuro; his hair is auburn and his complexion very fai. In St. Petersburg he usually appears most correctly attired in uniform; but when en joying a honday among his wife's relations, he may be seen in a very loose wahfliedsuit of shepher l's plaid, a black tie, a white nat and with neither gloves, ring nor watch. That he has been no carpet soldier is evident from the marks of frost bites on the third and fourth lingers of his left hand and a slight scar on his temple, where a bullet grazed his head in one of the battles in the Turkish war. He is very popular il Copenhagen, wlhere he and the Princess Dagmar, as she is still fondly called by the haues, walk about the town together In the nost unceremonious manner and are always ready to take their part in any popu ear entertainment during the long visits wh ch they periodically pay at her fa'her's court. it also speaks well for him that he is supposed to require no extra amusement there, but, to be perfectly happy, leading a simple life with his wife, and children, roaming about in the park and speud:ng quiet evenings in the castle. In the sum mar of 1876 the whole Danish royal family, incluling tho King and Queen of Orecce, were entertained for six weeks at his palaces in St. Petersburg and Czarco-Selo. i'ie Prince's study in the Anitchkov A 414%.,u &Po -~ . and globes and well fille {Uook6sais, 'W which historical works in all languages predominate. That lie is a reader is shown by the p le of newspapers which he collects at the different stations when on a railway journey to perseu on the road, and he has taken personal interest In the publication of the State correspondence in Russia. Some yoars ago he wrote himself to the hairs of La liarpe, who was tutor to the 1niperor Alexander 1., to ask for the loan ol any letters from his great-uncle to La Uarpe which might happen to be still in their hands. Wlhother justly or not, the new Czar had the credit of being a very obstinate, capri cious, bad-tempered boy, and it was un doubtedly a great shock to his future sub jects when the unexpected death of his elder brother placed hini next to the throne. TIhey had always been playfellows and greatly attached to each othier, and when b~ut Len and eleven .years old were brought to the deathbed of the Emzperor Nicholas, in 1855, to receive their grand-father's blessmng and a few words of, advece. As might be expected at their age and on such an occas~oni thbey both shed many tears. That, the present Czarovitz married the Prtmcess Da~gaa (whoe, on her re baptism into the Easern Church received the names of Mary ?"edorovnu) at the special request ohf the dyimg youth to wvhomt she wa~s be trothed is wwll knowvn; and though the re quest seemed haruly natural the older br'other' pr'obably remiembered that she was not, without ambition, and had thought much of the position which she would sonie (lay occupy, and which, in his uinselinsh love, lie strove to secure for her in the only p .ssible way. TIne Czarevna has four beau itul children-the eldest, Nicholas, a fine boy of twelve; the second~, George, about ntine, who buars a striking resemblance to the early pictures of Alexander II.; and t wo nuchi younger ones, Xenia and Michael. She hats aecomnpanied her husband 5:> all' p~arts of Eurotpean Russia, and has gain'.d tihe affection of the people, particularly of tie Poies. it the winter at the Anttohkov Palace she has an anniual Christmas tres, but it is nioL, invariably the children of the notulos who are invited, but a number from tue mocst squcalid homtes in St. Petersburg, recommended by seine of tihe metmbers of the boclety Ier the relief of diistress, andi these are always sent away 'witi a good st~ock of warm clothing, as well as the cus tomnary presents. Such very contradietory stories are told of the Prince'battitude wit~h regard to politics that one-half at least of themi must Cc invented; and as a man of thirty-live seldom holds the same views ttant he atid at twentv-five the probability ia that his ideas have changed considerably (turing the last tea years. ills manner is abrupt amnd want. cordhiality; he is a care less, though hot a great talker, and as a younger iman was known to give way to verny unbecotinag diaplay's of temper. He hats great p~owers of endurance, and can tire out most, ordinary people; but field sports and aimuisemnonts are enly secondary objects with ham. Ho is a diligent, attend ant at the muietings of the imperial coun cils, wvi ere lie has long had a place. Alexanider II. has been a good deal troubled at different, times with the vagaries of his sons and~ nieptiews, particularly with the young Princes of Leuchtenberg, but, whether wisely or not, he has yielded on several occasions to thme pressure of his heir, as In thme case of ?M. Valouleff, who was dismissed in 1801 itom lia post of Minister! of thme Interior, or. cbhged to resign, hav ing incurred the ill-wilt of the Czare'witch, who at tltat date was utadoubte'.y an..up holder of the old autocracy, as opposed to the more liberal views of his father and of Mi. Valouleff.