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TRI-WEEKLEDITON, INNBORO .CJUY4,81. ESABISN j85 TIlE PATH TO SUCCESS. e path to success, tho' no smooth thoroughfare, forbidlen to none, 'tis as free as the air; It many who boldly set forth on the track, the journey's half o'er shrink ignobly back. r the phantom of Failureoft looms on the sight, )lose terrors unreal the timit] affright, d obstacles many a wayfarer daunt, hich those who persist rarely fail to surunotint. efforts spasmodic success is ne'cr won, ut only by plodling untiringly on, hose who lag by the way ever seek it in vain; hey alone, who keep mnoving, the end can attiin. or when to a halt lack of energy lends, he bourne of success front the traveler recedes; ore remote itbecomes at each neetilesm delay; nld on Itope's far horizon at length fadtes away. von Genius, unbacked by a resolute soul, ust ever fall short of the coveted goal, here plain Mediocrity often arrives, v ecause for Its object it ceaselessly strives. IPlwon be earnest, undaunted ; If you'l win success long the rude pathway unceasingly press; et no obslacles stay you, no hardshIp appall, delhant, of failure, you'll not faill at all. T1H1E GOVERtNESS. By all means insist upon Mr. Carrol's ming, Ralph-it would hardly be a uceas in my opinion at least vithout nim. If Mr. Carrol will only comi and V e pleased -with us all, and especially ol Juliette Cunningham's son Ralph inter ipted her just a little indignantly. " Mother, aren't you as*haned ? For ost would not come near the house even o oblige me if he thought you meant to iagle for him because he happens to bo oh, handsome, and desirable. Still I iaHI lie would take a notion to you, only porfectly despise fishing. Ralph -wont off in search of his friend Carlol, to find him in his rooms, stand 'ng before a marble top table, oil which ,ay a parcel lie had. just opened and Vhich contained a white milk slipper 'nost ox(ttisitely shaped ald daintily *mall. "A woman's slipper on your table, iCarrol. Where did you get it?" Cunnini[gham picked it up curiously, diniringly, and laughed amusedly. " I picked it up on the deck of the Oat yesterday; that I have fallen in ove with the woman who can wear such .L aristocratic slipper-and that it is A~ enceforth my business to find its fair wner, and to lay my fortune, my name, '"ny heart, at her feet." Ralph laughed and replied My inuer and sister send their Warim regards, inviting you, and hope ou have not quite forgotten your old *Uriends on whon you used to call years ago, when Julio was quite a child. iThore is to he a week of fun rampant to celebrato Julietto's twenty-first birthday. Do connont,and have your valise packed in time for the five fifty-five train." "You offer a terrible temptation to a fellow, Cunningham. It's just here Ralph. If I stay, I shall lose no time finding my other slipper and its owner and wearer, if I go down in a (uiet little country-" Soo hero, Carrol I By Jove, what a fool I am I My sister is noted for her pret Ly foot, and I am dead sure she and 'Jessio came to the city yesterdlay, and~ .ton to one she bought slippern for the Senter tainment, and a hundred to one she lost one of 'em ; it's just like her." "Your lovely little sister Juliette, w~hom I remember had the p)rettiest of faces and fairest of forms whten I saw her agt~lot's- seo='-nLarly six years ago. Bless you, Cuninighamll, I'll go." "~'And take the lonely unmated slipper, -Carrel, by all means." - 'By all mnoanal, and Cupid bless mne in Stihe hunt for my Cinderella." And at five fifty-five the train carried the two handsome men, toward Cliilawn Villa. And that isJulietto Cunmningrham. Well--" And looking through the intervening room between where he sat andi inito wih h~tle was conscious,both by hiearing~ and feeling, thmat a wvomanl was coining. Mr. Carrel saw a slenider,graeful exqui. sito girl coinlg rapidly towatrds him all unaware of his presenice. A girl with a face ias pure and whiite a ivory, with mnagnific~ent dusky hair, and heavy straight brows. '. Justt then in dismay a laughing little misch ief of six or~ seveni came rutshiing ill, ciula and sash flying, white teeth shin* iug and blue1 eyes flashing. ''0 1 Mr. Carrol, iencse, lelase hide Sme? Ralph said you wvere here, and Miss May wanita mue to practice, andI wnt prciowe we've got compatny. fMamma and Julie arc comning, I heal om ;i they'll neind me off to' that horrid o1l iano-o~hl, please let me stay cause I like you." (,Carrol laughed andl put his arm reas sungly around the child's waist. "You haven't told me who you are, butt I canl gulesa ; you aWo Jessie, arent' you ? lint who is Miss May ?' He drew the 5lunnyi little head to hi; breast caressingly. " 0h 1 sihe's my gov'mnes,and-ohmain' sholm sweet? I just love her, Mr'. Cari rol." ''Then I am jealous." S the looked gravely at him. " Well, I'll love you too, if you'l promise you won't tease mo'aind pull mn; cerla like Ralph does, nor-" -Amnd Mra, Ctminghan1 sailed in rust linig her back silkn. sidita, and greete< him effusively, while Juliotte, chiarming 17 ~ frank, welcomed him ardently, an ~Ii3 thought if only the Fates -would be pro pitious. And Jessie was sent off, pot liste t4 the horrid piano. " And tell Miss Dazian not to let yox return until I send for you, Jessie." So he had the name at last-Mal Dazian, and that was the boginiling when Juliette Cunninglian saw his ad miring glances whenever Miss Dazia CILme0 where he was5, and his courteoi attention when it was required of him. " It is outrageous, Imamnua absolutell appalling, the way Jessie's governess al lows the guest of the famuily to flirt witi her. Why, she surely ought to kno' better than to lower herself so. If yot don't tell her, I certainly shall if I mc any more of it. And the very Samie lay because shl met Carrol and Miss Dazian and Jessi( stanlding oil the balcony enjoying thi( brilliant mid-winter sunset, Juliette tool it upon herself to administer a ver3 sharp caustic rebuke. Jessie will catch cold Miss Daziim You ought to know better than to hc standing here. Don't let me have the necessity of reminding you of your dut again.." And Carrol set his teeth together tc see the look of wounded pain that swep over May's sweet, patient, proud face,aF Hithout a wor1, sh took Jessio's hand and led her into the house. That evening for. the closing of the various birthday festivities they had n tableau-the closing event of the even. ing-Cinderella, inl four scenes. In ti first, May Dazian was obliged to take the part of the ragged wretched heroine, at Carrol's grave, positive request. It will require two ladies to repre sent the character," he explained. "One as Cinderella before the fairy transfor mation, and one after. And in the last scene, wvhere the prince fits the slipper, it would take so long to change the cos tume that the effect would be destroyed. Miss Dazian and Miss Cunningham iare nearest of a size, and the face can ie averted in Miss Dazian's part." So to oblige May Dazian allowed her self to be dressed in an old ragged for. lorn dress, 'Juliette was most gorgeously arrayed in the golden tissue and azure that became her so well, while, by common acclamation, Forrest Carrol was chosen the fairy prince. And so there came little rmiy-r Yearning pain mll sweet May Dazian 's heart as she tried to put him out of hem heart, into which lie had gone and throned himself, despite herself. Then came the final scene, when Juliette extended one dainty, silken stockinged foot on the crimson cushior held by a courier, while the princ, o1 bended k(e, triumphantly fitted the slipper. Only it didn't fit, and it was almios more than Carrol could do to gravely contain himself while Juliette made des. perate little plunges to get her foot'ir the slipper he produced ; and then t< see the look of chagrin on her face at hem inability. You bought a child's shoe, Mr. Car vol. It's not meh too large for Jessie. ' Juliette whisperedl her angry little comp1lainlt just as the curtain went down, Carrol laughied and shook his head he had no0 time to answer for there was just bgarely time for Julhiette to fly off th<o stage anid May Dazian to take hei Amid then the eurtain wvent upl, with Maty standing suirrounded by the court iers, one perfect foot extended, exactli fitted by the slipper, and her sweet faci full of a sad surprise that found word: after th e lurt ain went (1own flually. "Where did you get my slipper ?: lost it ov'er a week ago, anid T have look ed everywhere in vaini. Anid now to 11w it on my foot!" Carrol smiled. "1Thie hour I found it T thought 1 los my heart. to. the woman who ownel(d it May', but I lost it more hiopelessly th hour I found you my little girlie. I lov you. Tell me here, now, may 1I he th veritable prince who may bieautify an<1 p~ossess your life ? Sweet, your answer. And after due time it was very dmis creet ini Mr's. Cunniingham and .Juliett, to be exceedinlgly gracious to Mirs. For rest Carrol, whose life huas bleeni like th realization of the fairy story ini whiic her happiness was told her. Thie lmica chJiefly meit with in com mierce is of thait variety which is proe against aicids and intense hleat. I: tougfhne'ss, elasticity, and close apprIonel to transp~arencey natuiral ly led, at first, t< isuefrwiindows, anid esp~ecially to it emlployment in laniternls. It is found i large (inantities in Northermn Carolinn wvhere there are( uminptakeni evidence that some of the beds . were wor'kedl great many years( ago. Th'le fiuier sheet of touigh mica aire now ulsed for such pm poseos as the dials of compasses, the Iei bering of faneysgins, coverinig phot< graphs, conastrulctmig inmplh shades, r( flectors, etc.' Of late mica has been use in the soles of hoots anid slioes, as a pro teetioni against .dampness. Tihe invem tion conassts of a sheet of mica embmed( ed in the boot or shoe between the oult( and11( inlner sole, the uipper' leather lppin over its edges, and(1..covering then uppt a pace from the toe to the~ instep. Ther are many other uses to whuich micaj - pu~t, and it is beoimng more anld mci i valuable as the arta Iantc~tradeR progres: Mercy is ,sometimes ani insult 'to jo: ANlitic Opiuan Smnokers. A correspondent, traveling in PersiI writes ats follows of the chief vice of me of that part. of the world : "After ui: per of boiled rice plentifully greased,th 111011, of whom some eight or nine wer present commenced smoking opium, vice frightfilly pre(alent inl this part c tle World,Its on1e cani1 see froin the (urs)He lIke complexion, and dull, leaden, vain pire-liel stare of the eyes of half th people 01on eets. Even here in Kelat inl the roomi -where I amn writing tlis three men are diligently plying ani opiun ka/iun. They lie at. full length on thi floor, their he itads together on the 1sam pillow, their feet outward, like thi pokes of IL wheCel. Close to the pillo% is a small cirilar table of alabaster i foot wide, and raised five inelisH fron the grdund. Oi this is a,snmall laminp o the 1ame material, fed with butter. Thi; is covered by a glass bell about sevel inchies high, its edges resting on thre Smll col)pr coils, 0 11 to allow air t eliter. III the top is a small hole, houin with brass. The flame com8 within i couple of incies.of this aperture. piece of opium am large ats a good-size< la is stuck on1 a point of i kind of imett bodkin, and held over thle flame. It i repeatedly melted and tempered beford beiig smoked. The 01)opim ipe1) c018oist. of 1a1n earthen or imetal pear-shaped bulb aout tile size of a boy'S peg top. In tll b)road (nd is inserted a woodme tube, tei or twelve inchei long. In the side o the bulb i a efy s1mall hole. A piec of roasted opim-n1 is placed oil this hole and pierced with the bodkin, 0 11 to ah low the pissage of air. The smoke: holds the opium thusi placed over ti aperture in the glass bell, and inhalei the smoke, a companion all the whih turning aind manipulating the( opiun with the bodkin. After half a dozei whiifrs the smoker relinquihlies Hie ap paratusm, and sinks4 back inl a semilethar gie state. My head is dizzy, and I fee quite sick from the heavy, sour-smellini fumnei which pervade the apartment.. caln not very well ask then to stop or g< out, as I am1il their guest. It is singulai that while this vice is so univorsal among the more easterlv 'ircoians it is aMos entirely luknowln among the Turconaimi of the Atterek and Caspian littoral." Huated by anl Elihunt. "When I first went out to India," sik the Major, leaning back ill iH Chair "1our regimlent was stationed at some oul of-the-way place lp)- country, where bi gauie of every sort abounded ; and ] heard nothing else talked of at 8ess lar tligelrs and bears, till I felt quite insig niileant at being the only on1e who hal never shot aniything worth talking about "'My great 111bitiOl in tho8e days wa call 1. tefll oi'1'it i -wan J1 thing to be had. Our fellows 8soo fount out my fancy, and, as you may thillk they made fun of it most unimercifully. "So one night I took miy 'elephan gull,' stole out without being 8een Ia1 anybody, and made straight for a hollov hy the iivor side, where the beasts wer fond of coming to drink. "I watched for a good while withou seeing any sign of them, and was begin ning to get very tired, and rather su1lk; to boot, when sulddenly I heard a distaii crashing among the thickets, and then i sound like the blowing of a enicket trumpet, which I had heard too often t iistake for anything but what it was the cry of the elephant ! Biure-( enouglh in another minute the huge black mas stalked out from the shadow of the fores into the full splendor of. the moonligh right past the tree in which I wa p~erchled. "I~ had heard that the best spot to n at was the forehead, just1 ablove the tr-ulk and11 8) I did ; but being ill a hurry t< miake sure of miy gamell, I fired wik1lly and of course8 mlade a bad shot1. A 1)a1 one0 it wias for me1 ill every sense0, fe ins~tead1 of the forehiead,my bullet graze< the trunik itself, the tenidei'est and1( mIos sensitive sp)ot in an1 elephant's b~ody. '"Thei momen10t he felt the smiart of tht wound he Het up1 a scream11 that won thr'(mgh my1 head( like a steam whlistkI and( came11 charging right down upon01 111 Bang!1hecam againist the tree like a expr1ess tr'aini, withi a sho0ck thiat almome knockedl me1 o)1 my perebOl, anid ini tr1yinl to saIve mlyself I let, fall miy gunl. Th'le he put, his shlouler agains~t te treet try and11 push1 it down, and for' a momer110 I WaIs reaully afraid he woul; bult,.luckil for' 111, it wa'is a lmngo thick one, wit gr'eatroaotilthiat had dlug lito the eart too, tough for Mr. Elep)hlant. ''But' wihaen the beas1t sa1w that h c'oinI't r'eah 111 lhe did go itt a furl'y and~ 110 mlistake I He stampe1)d an screI'amied unitil the whole place ran aga, and11 tore off tile lower' bough: thick a18 they were', 1a8 easily a8 I'd briea a flower steml, trlamlin~ilg themi to) pi(et undier' his feet ill aL way 11hat showedl m paretty wuell what I ha~d to expec0t if 011ce fell into his clu1tches. "~'By this8 timle I had quiite enloughl (> 1perience of elphiant hunltinlg, and1( woul hlave gladly given lup all1 hope oh 'wuia nling ivor'y" toa find( mlyself Hafe bac1(k ini Il quar~lters'. So long as8 1 wasl huniiting th: elepahiant it was0 all very well, baut wuho -the elep)hanlt took toa hauntingg me .1 didia find1( thle 5hport quite 8so aminlg. I ha r'eadl plenty of 811ch tales whlen I wasi 1 8s11o)o), an~d alhways longed to have nan ai aventure of thle sort mlyself, hut now ti I had got on1e it 8someho1w didnl't feel ncasIexpaected. Ally way, here wVI I and1( therel' wasl the elephaont, 1and( noI tht hdlost myl gun1 thie only ting f< meto doi, a1s far as1 .1 could( see, wasI1 I sta~ly whlere I was1 till onle or1 the othler 118 got tired of it. 81trea1k of dawn~'i be(gan1 to shoaw itse'lfi thet sky lie turned~l roundll~ andi walked le sulrely awaly. For ai mlinulte 01' two and1( then all wa'is quiet0 algainl, 118 if lie gone righlt away. '"Now, thouight T,1 i my time to di camp1111 tolo, and~ down~ the tr'ee I slippe< as8 nlimllay as8 'all aeriobat. But I 50c founid that I'd 1been1 reOckonIing withoi Imy host., for I had hardly touchn the grounild whlen ther)1e came a cral like fifty mad bulla ' ha1rgir a through a1s many~l glass house5, and 01 from thne huicknt, withI hiia g-nat whi tusks levelled at ie like bayonets, camtle iy friend the elephant, who had been on the watch for ine all the time ! 'Whether I should have run, or stood i my ground, and how I shoul have fared in either case, (ta nover be known now, I for just at that mioment my foot slipped, f and down I cate close to the tree. The - iext miiomneit there was a smash as if two - trains had run into each other, anIl I LMade sure that. I was knocked' iito i hundred pieces at least, and that it was all -over. 1 But I soon heemille aware that I was istill alive anud sound, while a shrill, frightened cry overhead told me that it was the eleplait wl.o had got the worst of the bargain this tiie. I scraitmibled to iy feet, gingerly enough, for the brute's great fore-legs were staniping fiand pounding like steam-hammers with Sill arim's leiigthi of mne, and there I saw a sight which, scared as I wits, imade me. Saughl till I could'hardly'stand. ' I had fallen just in time to eOelilit' 1 the blow of the elephant's tusks, which had stuck themselves so deep into the Stree that lie couldn't pull them out again; I and there he was, hard and fast, like a 1 ship run agrounid I The animal's look of disgust and bewilderment at finding liiiself inl such I fix wits as good as a play to belold; hut just then I was in no humior to stop and adinre it, for I knew that lie might possibly break loose yet, Ilad that if lie did it would he all 'p with mc ! "My first Imiipilse wis to take to mIy heels it onice ; but the next Inomeiit I thought better of it, and decided to set H tle Mr. Elephant instead. I picked up iand re-loadedl my gun(which had luckily escaped his notice,or he'd have trampled it to hits), and scrambling up into the tree again,sent a bullet into his forehead which did its 1bunsiness, an1d left himt - standing upright in a very statuesque at titude indeed. '"And now came the question : Should I keep the secret of my adventuro or iot? On the one hand, I had undoubtedly at tainled my ambitioni of shiootinlg nll ole pliant, but, on the other, the way in which it had been done would he eer tain to set the tongues of our mess wag ging imore unmercifully than ever. But the decision was not left to Imie. I was still standing beside my gane, de bating what to do, when I suddenly heard a roar of laughter behind me that i made the whole forest echo again, and there stood ouir old nuajor, apparently enjoying the scenie. "Indeed, my boy," said he, 'you've [ fairly beaten us all this timo I Instead b of troubling to catch the bast you've - made hin eatch himself; and very neatly i he's done it." ' 'Of course there was no hopd of keep 4 ing my secret after that; so tho major [ andI trainped back d the station, 1 beginniniig to end. ' -qry from "The first thing to be done, however, was to send off a lot of our negroes to cut the elephant's tusk out of the tree, Salld bring then back am at trophy. The colonel had them stuck up in the mess roon, where they served a an illustra tion to the story of my adventure, which t was told with unh)ounded ap)llusie every - time a stranger happened- to dine with ius. For more than a year after that our f. tellows never called me anything but i 'The Grand Duke of Tusany,' which 1 always struck mie as tho poorest joke I ever heard in my life.. And that was - the end of my elephant hunt. t Coloring Walls t * CeIlings a(nd walls are often finished inl distemper, but very often turn out I unsatisfactory, from the want. of know ,ledge ini the mixing andi laying on. Ah I sorption in the wall should he' checked ,0or stopped, or one( palrt will abhsorb miore 1 color than antother, and aii unieven or r or spotty appearance result. Various 1 p~repa)ration1s are used for prepar)5ing t wall~s and to stop absorTItion. One of these is to mlix ab1out a dozen i(Ilndsl of a the best whiting with water, adding t thereto entough pdrehmnt or oilier size ', to bind the color, about two ounces of .alun, and1( the samec weight of soft soap Ii dissolved in water; mix well and strain t through a screen or coarse clo0th. In g miixinig the dlistempecr, one writer satys, ai '"Two things are essenltiailly necessary: (I cleaii and well washed whiitiing, and pure .1 jellied size." The whiting should he( y put to soak11 with sntlicient soft water to hi (cve it well and penietralte its hul1k. bi When soaked nutliciently, the water 0 shoul lbe poured off, which will remove dust fronm the whiting. It then may 0 thein be heaten up to a stiff' paste by the ', 12a1n( or~ spatula. Size is next addied and di mixed1 together. Care should be taken gnot to bireak the jelly of the size any 1, miore than enni 1)e aided1. k4 Aniothier cinution is that distempler 5 shlould be ixed with jellied size to lay e on well-the color then works cool and I floats nicely ; but whe~n the size is used hot, it dirags mid gathers and( wvorks driy, pr'oducinig a roughI wall. A little alum d added to the distemper hardens it and( -helps to dry it out solid and even. Theli y ha.. size is made from pairchmnit clip Spinigs, which hare put inito anl iron kettle a tilled with water and1( allowed to Stand~t 't twenty-four hours till the pieces are d thoroughly soaked, then they are boiled it for five hours, and( the scuimi removed. l- The liqulid is thieni straiied tharough a it clothi. F"or mlixinig cotlors the whlitinlg (1,and( thed color required, linetly grounmd, s uare dissolvetd sepairaitely and1 thien maixed wV to the requiire~d tint. Fo'dr e'xamp)lle, rlamphldack miixed with whmi tinag, makes d' gray, amnd the muost delicate to the dark If est shades may be obtained. Forn Frenich 'graiy thet whuiting req(ulired is taken andu t soaked iln water, and l'riissiani luei and it lake finely ground in water are added to II pro~duc(e the necessary ab~ade or tint. i- Butt miay lbe made(1( by dissolv'ing in like f ihannler, sepatrately, wh aitinig and yellow 4, o' bre. A little Yonetian red gives a warim dl tonet. A good salmon tint is produced bly adding to the dissolved whiting a lit the oIf the same r'ed, just suflilienit to 1, tinige. Druabs of various tints cani he n easily miade by grinding up fiely a little it burnt uimher. and mixinig it with the (ia d solved whiting.- T1heo sooner' the dlistem h peri color diia after being laid oni, the g better, anid the best plan is to-close win (l. ows anld doors during laying, and throw Trips of time Sor. It was Catharine Lawler who took the head of the proesmsion inl the MAityor's Court, Chicago, and began: "'Ah I'm glad to see your IHonor looking go well ! Looks now as if the backbone of winter wasH broken, doesn't it?" "Yes, rather. How do you feel after beinig drunk and disorderly last night?" 'Say, won't your Ihonor look over it." "I have let you oil' alimt six times, haven't I?" "Just mix, your honor, and this will make seven. What are seven little grains of mercy to a womian who) has to work like a naygur for a living ?" 'Let's see ? you have always had an exensme for being dramk ?" "Yes, sir, Ilways." "The last time your exeuse was that. you took whisky for chills?" "Yes, sir, and I haven't, had a sign of one allice. " "And what. did you take it for this time ?" 'To break uipi a fever, yoir ionor, and besides that I have live small elildren. " "Where are they ?" "Well, your Homor, they are dead, of course, hat I'm thinking of them every hour in "he day, you liknow. If you should send Iie up I don't know how im husband would geb along." "Where is he ?' "Well, sir, I think lhe's sailing out of the port of Bullalo this summer." "Wl,11 I'll have to sen11(d you up this time. 1 have given you all tie show you could hope for, but you get drunk every two weeks as reguilarly 1. clock-work." "Oh, no, sir-onily once inl twenit-y years. indeed, sir, but this will be only seven tilmes." ''Can't. do it. I shall send you up fon "For two houlrs, sir." "For thirty days." "Oh, sir, make it twenty." "No." ''Twenty-five." "No." "Then for twenty-nine and a-half." "Thirty .days, Catharine, and Bijah will give you a seat on the Moorish divant to wait for the buggy." 'Very well, your Hoior, and i'll take the divan up there wid m. to lie oin when influstrated with the heat. Your Honor is a gentlemen, and I hope you'll live to give ie at least a dozeni miore trils of the sort. Timaw anel Fron0.tl on l'hants. Herr Hoffman tlirows light on the way in which plants are injured in time of .hird frost. It is well known that plants and treen situated inl the bottom of a valley suffer much more from cold and frost than those inl a higher situation. This% in o t,o b fom fib" 11a m n . 4, not only retain its owi (old of radiation, hut also serves ai a reservoir for the cold heavy air which pours down into it from the *neighboring heights. It is thus that the higher grounds in Switzerland are warmer than the valleys or gorges, as inl these the cold collects as in so nmaiy basins. It is also found in this country that plants and shirubs, which survive the severity of winter on ground raised abliove the level of the Valley, perish wlhen grown inl tie valley itmelf. The great advantage of a hilly position is thus apparent, and lis been amply proved by Herr Hoffn's observations at Geis seln. Here he found that the plants so ituiated took little or n1o liarmiI from the intense cold ; while quite near, in the valley, there was extensive injury. Tho injury, too decreased inl proportion to elevation above the valley. As to the immediate etrect oif templerature uponii plants, the author is of the opinmion that -it is not a particular degree of cold thait kills a pdlnt, but tile almotunht of quick thawing. T1his wits illustrated in onie catse by the curitous fact thatt onie and thle same bush--species of 1 ox- -wias killt<1 ini its foliage tin the southl sitle, whlile on the north the foliage renmained greenm. T1hie sudden change ofl tenmpeiratur ie prodituc(edl by qicok thawuing wias conl sidleredi to lbe some diegreet less for ilants in a high situation and for t~me shady sides of the hldf-killedl shrubs. T1hei higher situations are in this rtespect also favorable to pliant life ; biecause, while the frost is not so stevere as in the valley, the effeet of thawing winids is found to be tihe sanme for bioth. T1he plants tin the highetr ground are tIhereforie sub jected to less strain lby variat itons frtoim a ltiw to a high temperature, andit the revterse, thanm their conigeners in thme valleys. Th'lese fatcts are oif impilortanhce in deitermiininig qluestionis as to the sites tof etountry houses andi gardens, itmt the mot re or less hardy charatter of te plant2 s aiiil shrubl s most likely, in the part1iculatr situnation, to survivte the frosts (it winter. Tim' l(ayak. Thet kayak of the (Greenilander is the frailest speci men of marine archiitlctuire thait ever carrietd hiumnan freight. It is eighteen feet long anti as many ines wide at its middle, and1( tapers, with ani upward curving line, to a point at either end. TIhle boat is graceful atS a du~ck and light as a feather. It lias no0 hiallast antd no( keel, andit it rides almost on the stur face of the water. It is, therefore, ntecessa~rily top-heavy. Long piractiec is reqiuir'ed toi mnage1 lt, an1( di tight-rope danuieer ever nieeded miore steadly netrve and1( skill tf hlance thaniu this 51ame( savage kayaker. Yet., iln this frail ('raft he does not hesitate to ritde seats which would swamph aln ordinary bioat, or to break thirouigh surf whlichm may sweep completely over hinm. Thit he is utsedt to hand battles, and, inl spite oif every for tune, he keeps imself up)righlt. We have beien assurned, however, b y plersonls familiar with Arctic ermlsing, that the Kayaker dloeH someitimes oimne to grit'f biy the capsizing oif his canoite. The skirt oif his scaiskini waterpiroolf shirt. bieing firmliy lashed to the coaning of the well oif the kayak, lie bieomies so chilled b~y the cold water, and exhalustedt by his struggles to free himself from his canoe, that death by dlrowning overta~kes the poor fellow in spite of all bis presaciee of mliind anti nautical skill. As long as he Iretains his dlouble-blhaded paddtle under(1 water there is a fair chianee of th kayaker righting himself, but whlen that isaot his chianes of getting afely tc Sc3meey at ndt Hunaps13. II Nevada recently two rival coaelles started out onl parallel roads, each four OI l On the gallop. The New Yorker being tie only plsmselger inl one eoaelit took i setat with the driver. lie endured ' the i-st live miles very well, ats the road V 'was pr-etty smooth, but hie ihily. care lessly observed - ":This pace is rather hard on the hiorses isn' 1t it ?" "Oh, no ; tley are used to it. I M ha1venl't beglinl to swing 'em yet !", was i the reply. "If we were going a little slower I (1old IIjoy the scelery illch I better. " "Ye4', I s'pose so, but this line is n1t run oil the scelIery pr1iliciptle." That einded the coiverstioln un11til thei horses trned a corner and the stage r1ode itroia it. onl two wheels. Thenl theI Yorker remarked :it "I lippose you omtm eet with 4 atccidents ?"t "Almost, every daY !" was th brief rep ly. "Ist't there danger of sotuhing giv mng Wily ?" "Of c hur, ilt we've got to take' our 8 (111111c. (i'laig there." 1 At Ilhe(,end of another mile the passenl-C ger. Im1 Alled his voice Snilieciently to9 inqu1ire:. 1 "Whatt if we sholdn't11 reachl Red 1 Hill at exatly two o'clock ? 1 am in nl "No, I s'poe not, but I've got to do it or los. I'll ars."' " How ? " I've ,go(t anl even ten het, that. I cann hlit tlt' oiler sta1ge into Red Hill Iy . 1ifteenl m1intites, 1an4d 1i going to will that mneIl4y if it kills a lorse. !" "Say, hold on !" exclailled the Other 18 he felt fo r his wallet, " I like to ridet 9 fast, al Pli not at bit, nervOuis, but I do I ha1te to How horses get. worried. IHere's i $20 for you id l' 8o11 ' jog ItloIg - t.he11 rest of tIhe wty and get a1 clan11ce to Smke11 ItInd talk about the Tudians !" "'Whon, there ! Come down with you -genle nlOw--take it. easy an~d don't fret !" itllod the drivr as he piulled ill r an1d r-enelied for the11 greelbacks With on1e (I 11:11141 11imd his pipe willh the oth'r, ItId i thereifter tIhe New Yorker had more t se1neY an18d tess nimm11ps- t TO the younlg lady whOse, inltrientet over-skirt is hield inl inmimlerable folds by 11111nY pins, it, maty seeml at hardship that V her. yeirly IlNollaC'e Of )in1S is OIlly Ibouitl 1-10. Sieh, however'', is the ('114 with t'alh individual ill the 1niited State'i )n all t'pilitable divisiln of the pins 'yearly sold ill this country. But the 111tlianS ill te W t aV nt upp1oSt'd to ise their full allowance, and collar buittons1 haIve H0 farl dOlie alway With thet t use0 Of p~ins by' gentlemen1 gene~rally that t p1118 iinamde ill tle Ullited StateS ae 111madI by folirteen1 factories. Their aniual i Ir41ttio for seveIl Years pas h11118 i been about 7,00),00l),00 pis. This Mwimb1er has Inot varilied 11111ch for someo ythe 11118 ut delind remaining buitllg the silil. A few of Cheme 7,000,000,000 aire wIaollolwd 1y, chil(dren, a mimber are t belt 111 inl schools atnd place d ill vacat8 and inviting hairs, ad111 sofm millions gt intO cracks Of floors, and thet rest for the most part, are scattered alng the0 hynys 11h11lhighwayS, whee they hIaWve' I dropped from dresses and been41 letft to I work their w184y itto the eI The importation of En'oglisih pins is small, and t1 exportation of pins from I tlle 1111 Sttes is '1illd to CuIba, 4th11111 Am fteil Ild pIrtt Of C11111da, -where, how.ever, bult few pins are senit. Englnd o suple aflmos21t ilhl who11l wioh he'1 raw mavtil-t he rassland iron tiel Ir~t'k w' ichaliAmery&ica pins aret imiade- il frmitheo .wiietmills offthis c'oliryle, and(il muchof t machin eto thill h'ol t. titre iso llieria, hIecivll pttio n 11 tilent.Iidts ''m 1111t'Vis 1 soewh Aingular to1 trae tef como bveag o ol'e,'itou. eivilized coto 41ry ilnekrd. owmk coverd Amrin iif.NtKlgl ra eer, illeen knwnr or tsed oIt~ ony' greinai, i ad Upptler Eh(1 ifpi aThen dicvy of (i] its nse fat a1beerag ist aecied it tetrhe Suprior ofe a monastery in Arbi wh o, h deious iofi lrvln ie 1n1lee eonks'e fromi madey, thmdink thXelinfus, 'ion of cof21, upite repor' s 'of, te i shphrd' ta therNfo'' were meivelafer bro''fwis ing n1th fr if tha11tplant. Ixaty jomts and h n abou 111it reaywo hundred olat, (If h the re11 in 114,11 becagmei ove pren li tock ol~lf a theFrench' ofamie East, lies~iti, iand t h rehiind Sn ish111' all1ve Sou4'ti,11 Ameii and \Vnt Indies.d vI1 n at,11 tou~es And thre Ha a Subayoek. o pci "lYe,"f Mr Messeongter rpier, inranu allr to theyoun lady's emar, "he1 1 1)11 iuut, nag bthe reived a terrible Andc afew mumer agot whel i the ih. wAndte act Whe h aas never receed fromi "My,"~~ shei exch nolame, t"i sae dowhig a Tramp. Mrs. Deacon Grover, wIo was the -idow of the late Mr. McConnell, of the >wn Of Horselieads, New York, is a lad pprotchmig sixty years of age, A kini earted and ch aritablo but spirited '01man111. One day recently she was isiting her son, Augnatus McConnell, I Horseheads, who keeps a bacheh r )rt of it farm in the town. By bachelor, re ineali not a lonesome place, nor an 1-kept one, but one in which the ab ice of women is a noticeable feature. hiring her visit Mrs. Grover was sitting t a table sewing, a something that is ecessary even in a bachelor establish lent. She was alone in the house. A rsoin appeared who answered well the escriptioni of at tramp. He sitid lie was ingly, and, the lady's sympathies being roused, she drew her gold-rimnmed petitelem from her eyes and, laying semn on the taible, went down into the ellar for some bread and meat for him. V'hen she returned sIe noticed that her pecttelem were gone from the table. VithIi the toothsome provender on a plate till in her hand she said ; "You've got y gold specs. " The traip denied the harge. She reiterated it and the stran er reiterated his denial. She quietly id the plate on the tabile, went to it .niieau i di 11 taking a revolver therefrom, er son keeping a weapon of this kind A vitlley room in the house, as she knew, he pointed it. t th tramp and told hinl lie didn't liy those spes on the table, lIe would shoot him where lie stood. he traimp took the specs frain his ocket, and mildly laid thei on the ile. "Now,"' she saiid, "'oat what I ave brought for you and get out." He te and depairted. When her son Au ustuis appeared, the spirited old lady nilin took the revolver from the burta'u 1al said to him : "Augustus, how do 4u ccIk this weapon ?" Coultli'i1,'lWin it U1p. Oi a train going up the Hudson river etIevitly, was i young man in farmer's re's, who had bis overcoat pocketa full f pirehases. After inspecting two or. lbee paircels, he took the wrap off a wenty-five cent. thermometer and exam mAd the instruinent with the closest in mrest. He looked at the face, then it Ie back, and the longer lie looked the lore puizzled ie seemet).- A gentlenim ,1ho had been observing him finially re ariked ; Been buying a therimoneter, I see. "Ye ; I bought her for a neighbor of lurs.," " Wlat's the temperature in this car uist nlow ? " The youig man took a long siquint at he thermnoioter, turned it over two or liree timIes antd said Notling furthei': was said for ten min Ites, mud tho gentleman was buay with na4 paper, when the other touched his mi and said ; "ay, tre you iistd to thermonieters?' "Yes, slightly." .\Vel, I'mi a little green, and I'm Villmi to own up. Seems to mne there's huet ing wrong about this 'ere." "I guess not ; it's a elicap instrument nit it. seeis to be all right.." " Well, it miay be ; but I hind iade up iiy nnid thee was somethiiig missing. ean't find any keyhole, amnd if it ever ad any hands on the face, thoy're gono low fior sure. ft. took about five mimiutes to enlighten lim, aind when lie realized " how she vorked," he put it in his pocket with he reimark : "1'iin going hiImne and will tell the old sian thait ntone of us8 know enough to tell vbsen wt' get chib lains I" A Llittle Rtailrondt. Onte oil the miost curious railroads in het world is the teni-inchi gauge road minslg fromn North Beller'ica, Maiss., o lhedtord. It wsis at firsit hooted at by lie people, bunt the road wats comipeted, iiaking a length of about eight and a ialf miles. There are eleven bridges on lie roadi(, one o~f whieb is over 100 feet on5g. The -rails weigh twventy-flyo >oundits to the yard. The road is wiell. 'puipped. Oine grade is oif 125 feet. l'hie caria anmd engines will at first sight rente wondter iand adiatitoni. Th ei r serfectt proportions give themi a hand Itmhe appilearance. They are coniustruciited c'ry neair the gro~und(, giving them gresat ivantiages o~f safety. The cars have mi aisle with tinte seat, on each side in the timsie miannuer as tirdiniary cairs have two <eats, t'ach per'stin having a seat to him stelf. Th'le ears are sulpplied with closets, water taniks, sare heated by siteani, anti lhave all the modern imiprovemients. .1'hey weigh but four anti a-half tons, ori :linsary earis weighiing on stn aiverago i'ighiteen tonis. The trainis run at the ratte tof twenty miles an' hour with pesr fteet safety. Tlm enigine is placed be hind the tenider, giving it greater adhie sioni to) the track. TIhiy weigh isighit tons andit tdraw two'( passe'nger andi two fre'ight car's. Th'le cost of the raiilroadi was $4,500 per mile. T1here are seveiral tievices for enablinig the rise of tempehitratui'r acinpanilUy ing ani outbireak of tIre at a par'ticalar laeo in a biuiinug to riing ana alarm'-bell by msii'i oif ain (hectiit cuirrent. TIhier' -'is thme mntrenrial thiermonmeter, in which the mier'curiy cotlumnii, on t'xpatnding by the iincr'esised teimper'atur'e, mnakes contact bietweens two plsatioinsn electrodes fused into the tube, and compileten the circuit; rind there is an ariangement in which) the bimuetallit sprinig, fixed at one end, is fi'ee to curve under the unequal ox p~ansioni of the two metals, and close a sii'cuiit in that way. A still simpler plan has bmetn recently contirived by M. 0. D~upre, in which the .contents of the automatic keys are kept aparlit b~y a picico o~f suet or tallowv, which .on melting by thie heat allows them 'to come togither through the operation of a small woighir attaeted.to the uppermont contact hat. The tallow is not of 'course placed i mediately between the con~taetes for ini [hat case the fat wo~uld act as an ini unlator', and prevent the flow of the cur rent. Th le apparatus inreajusted after in ahamn by charging it evit~h fresh tal~ low,