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*66 71 /1 __ i4 TION WI NSB RO. . U. M RCh 3. 883 EST BLI HED I84 GRANDMOTHEWS KITCIHN. Silence reigned in the darkness, Bit out from tile fireplace old, Up to the darkening raftdra, There shot a gleamu of gol(l. ,Lghting the face of the dial On the ancient fauilly clock, Showing the chairs anti tables Of good old Puritan stock. The tine on the dresser shining, Trho saud on th.whitened noor, Aln grandfather's dint-lock 1uskev Above the high latched door. Tes;jinning-wheel in the corner, thke silhouettes on the Wall, And shining upon the dresser. Decanters straight and tall. 'The shadows danced anti deepened, '1he cornera filled with gloon, The sparks died out on the het0utole A ndl darkness illed the rooin. A MI1EF-MAEER. Two cheery, comfortable elderly la dies 1pet in a street car the other morn ing, both out on a shopping excursion. "And so I hear," said plump little Mrs. Curran to her friend, "so I hear Abby, that you have been buying pro party." "Yes," replied Miss Reeves. "I've been intending to do so for a good while, and Archie-that's my tephew, you know, who lives with me -has a good place now, only it was too for for him to walk, so we thought we'd have a little home in town. "Do you know where L-bonght ?" *No, I haven't. heard. "Where was it?" "The little house in Cedar avenue, lat you lately moved from." "Oh, Abby I "You did not buy that ?" "Yes. I did. "Got a bargain, too.' '-Well, I never did hear the like." "What's the matter, Susan ? "Is there any objection to the house?' .she asked. "Oh, 10, it's a nice, cohy, convenient house, "Waiter anud everything handy, and a pleasant location. "it's tie neighbors I object to." "I thought they seemed nice people." "Most of them are. But have you seen anything of the woman in the next house, Mrs. Adair ?" "I have seen her in the gardon, that's all. "You kr:ow we are just moving in, tnld are not ready for calls yet." "01', she'll not wait for that. -'You know, Abby, T am not given to gossip, and that Adair woman nearly worried my life out." "well, how ? "Tell me, so that I can guard against hier." "O1h, you can't. I tr!ed to, but it was no use. "~on a'ilt inslit her, and you ean't get rid of her," "lUnt what, did she do ?" "Tulked all the time I "Told every bad thing she could about all the other neighbors, pried in to all their aftairs, and then said all the naughty things she could pick up or inake up, and kept a constant stream of' tattle in my ears. I used to be very careful what I said, but still I was al ways afraid she would repeat some in ntocent remark and get me into hot wa " Well, she won't trouble me that way, I assure you 1" said Mas. Abby itecves grimly. "I'd like to see how you'll help it I" said Mrs. Curran. "But that's not all, either. "Of course one wants to be obliging, but you know a. regular borrowing neighbor is a muisance." "Yes, indeed I" "Well, of all borrowing neIghbors, you'll find her the worst. "Why, she would even s&nd in for my shoes and borrow my dresses to wear at church." "I hope you were not silly enough to let her have thlem," said MIss Abby, "I was afraia to refuse h'er," said Mrs. Ourran. ' - "Oh, you don't guess the half I But 1togtit best to tell you a little, se thtyou could prepare for her." "Very well, I'll do so. "We are neither one of us gossips 3usan, so I shan't like our neighbor any bettor than yeou did. "Euht I don't propose to let her troul b le me." "I wonder how you'll help it ?" * "Oh1, Ill thInk of a plan I You have forewarned me, so now I am forearmed, you know." "I only hope you will succeed, that's all. "Here's my street. "Get out andi come home to dinner with me, do, Abby." "Thanks, Susjan, I would like to do so, but Archie and I take our first din ner in our new home to-day, and I must not disappoint the lad. "I'll come over soon, though. "You come and see us soon, too." "I will. "I shall be anxious to hear of your succesa with Mrs, Adair."- -- The two friends said good-bye and partedl. :. ~ t e O e Miss Abb~ywe'to ercs nw hm thinking ove? 'bat A116 had heard, end .reyolving in lir ,miu4 a blIan for gettink rd sof hed' rdublesomne Bytetime she hatt reached the little age her plan was fully formed. ie met Mrs. Adair, a thin, wiry lit woman, with reddish hair, and 1, snapping eyes, once or twice, as las passing in and out, and ex ed a civil greeting with her, but t invite her in to call. d irday evening she came without itation, as Miss Abby was get an y to go out with Archie. tight I'd justrun in, neighborly lik e eif you were beginning to e ome." she said. fee Itch ; thank you," replied Miss 't got acquainted much yet,'I 64H expect tle. Those whom I have easant," said Miss Abby, met se er bonnet. putting , some of 'em. " see re getting ready to go out, sI wn ider you now, but I'll run I won next week, and have a in n'l, hat with you. Sociable i e to see neighbors be neighborlyi "So do I. Mrs. Adair." "Come a "Yea, I wi t - run in whenever "And do y you feel like -ything you Oau use, ' t call for it. do. "That's the "Thank you. Ad Miss Abby, as 1100od night, her visitor depar while they were And when Are t, expressed the walking down th le had formed 'upleasant impre isa Abby laugh. of their new visi t believe Mrs. ed, and said she d blesome. Adair would prove . Monday afternoo 's Ady sat at her sewing, as she had an and sat down for a doing, nounced her intenti doing. Presently she spra Omh ahair and went to the a'cried, "if "Well, I do dealar g into M,ri. there isn't Mr. Glove Green's again I e So often "What does he call or ? "Got a wife of hik' o baLd, Miss "Don't you think it n ' t a Reeves, to see a marrie lady so frequently ?" 4 "Perhaps they have ' g gested Miss Abby. "Perhaps they haven't Il just "You see folks (o u wol't tell you the whole story, breathe it to a living soul rer tell "It's awful, but you mui it, you know." Abb "Wait a moment," said ay reaching over to her work- . taking out a small book and "Now go on," she said cad xI her eyes on her visitor, dair "'What's that for ?" asked \ ' turning very red, am "To write down what you s hat always af aid I cannot remem I people tell me, but if I write it ' ran repeat it just right." t "But I said you must not rep a living soul I" cried the neigh ue "I shall be certain to tell it very first person I moot," said M ' by solmnly. "If it interests me it will them, never lose a chance of telling a any more than you do. Go0 on.; ready to put it down." "Well, you are the queerest wE sver I did see I" cried Mrs. Adair. "I'll be mighty sure not to tell y smngle thing." And away she flounced home, w Miss Abby quietly put away her hi book andl laughed to herself. Mrs. Adair did not return, But the next washing-day she a h5r little boy in to borrow Miss Abbi olothes line. "Did you bring a penny, Sammy asked Miss Abby, taKing the line do, "No'm. "What for ?" queried Sammy. ."I. shall make it a rule to chang penny'every time I lend your mnotl anything. When the article is bronj back, I'll return the penny." "I didn't bring any," said Sami hanging his head. "You can have the line without this time, but next time you must brl it." "Yes'm.". Sammy deudded oft'. In twenty minutes he returned wu the line, saying "Mammny says she don't want y< dratted old clothes-Iine." "All right. "Hang It up there, Saummy," s Misa Abby calmly. The next time she met Mrs. Ada that lady would not speak to her, she concluded shte was now well rid her tronblesome neighbor. Not long after she encountered M Ourran in a shop. Mrs. (Jurran came to her, says laughingly "What is this terrible tale I ha about you, Abby ?" "I don't know. "What us it ?" asked A bby, "Mrs. Adair says you tell everythi that's told y%nu, and eveu take notes niale the stories bigger, and she sa yeu-oharge A penny evory timne a ne1 bor sends Ip to bort.ow anythingof y01 . 1early* oonvulsed with-laughtet, N~ Abby told Mrs. Curren. of the fulg plan she had formed to get rid of t one troublesome neighbor, and of its entire'success, which they enjoyed to gether. Mrs. Curran did not promise not to tell, and some way the story crept out, until everybody knew Miss Abby's re medy for a nijschief-maker. And before long, Mrs. Adair found her quarters so uncomfortable that she was glad to move to a more congenial locality, and Cedar Avenue. was rid of her for good and all. Anmateur Doctoring, "Do you think this habit of self-doc toring decreases the,practico of- physi cians?" "By no mean. The 6ffect, is rather toincrease our work. People who'think to do without the services of a physician will not only do themselves harm by the delay, but also with the medicines which they do not know how to use. It is like a man trying to mend a leak in a water pipe by soldering it with the poker. He generally makes the hole bigger. It is, of course, the difficult part of the physician's duty to diagnose the disease, to tell what is the real trou hNe with the patient. It is not uncom mon for even educated physicians to make mistakes in this respect. The science of medicine has progressed so far that every part of the human body has been pretty thorouihly studied, and the treatment of the ailments of each part Is a specialty. It ir imposkible for one physician to know all these diseases as well as the specialists, and it is a common practice among honest physi olans to refer patients to those who have made a special study .of the diseases which afflict them. It is not uncommon for a man to go from one physician to another in the vain effort to discover his ailment. Sometimes a patient will be treated by successive physicians for the wrong ailment, because some of the symptoms of different diseases are sim ilar. How unlikely is it, therefore, that persons who have not studied med icine can find out what ails them." "Which do you think do the most self-doctoring, women or men?" "Women, decidedly, especially moth ars and ok( women. The reckless tem Brity of some women in this respect is wonderful. They rush in where angels rear to trend. Hastily judging from a few symptoms that a case resembles me which the family doctor has treated, hey will hunt up an old prescription md administer the dose to some confid ng husband or helpless child. I could .ell you some amusing stories of the nistakes that are made in this way, as well as some instances where more ierious consequences resulted. Take, for illustration, a headache It may ome from a dozen different causes 'rom hunger, from indigestion, from ver-exitement of the brain, from eat ng too much, from inhaling foul air. L'he remedy for a headache varies with ts cause. Yet you wlll find women who iave a universal panacea for headache, -egardless of tne cause. Beware of such vomen." "With what medicines is the most iarm done?" "Opiates and aperients, The health esaness with wvhich morphine in various orms is now administered in families Is larming. The doctor comes to attend patient who is in pain. He prescribes norphia, and directs its use, and the >atient Is relieved. This is enough to 'tart the average matron. on a course i fell destruction with morphia. As or paragoric and laudanum, the amount f stupefaction that is practiced upon hiidren by their sue is so common as ilmost to cease to attract attention. crhaps the child is naturaliy peevish, e Is cutting teeth, or has some infantile 'Iment; out comes the paregoric or thing syrup bottle, and before long small dose ceases to haic effect. en larger doses- are- givea: mntil the ortunate youngster's systeng is~ satu ? d with. the drug, and totally de i'n ed. What puzzles~ me is the fact people are not afraid to meddle such a delhcate -organism as the an body, Few persons who haye e a hes would attempt to repair them, ier y should get out of order; yet they ~ht the delicate mechanism of their odies with the recklessness of a mith attempting to adjust a chron .y The evil Is widespread, and. not only the cases I have allud- 1 it ut many other more dilcult and ~ *ng us than these." ('onteness of swedos. '( wedishen and gentlemen are ith a singularly handsome and po ii extreme, writes a correspon .n e Chicago News. A peasant >orf est order never passes~ai fel-' .without a p'olite lifting of 10 It mattters not whether they th m highway or the field ;i h id their hurry and toin thes r,m fonce one for thd other Is rmanten. I remember very well ~ whone huraby was In Gothenburg of h as she stood at my window,. las anuds a view of tihe entire a' r s ng principal street in 'the a . city ical laugh as she stood " ng watch - crwscoming and going, ~ and li \~ to me to come and see* rthis 1' 8 ed to the window and 0 asked she had seen which so a - i 1ibilities. "Why'said ~ ahe, middle of -the street, t wg"akinn 1 hats to each other I"'~ to "Ye , "that is nothing una. iysuul a ustom of the country.', t~ ain sul ly believe it more than ~ h. a e twien, shortly after, * LI."se he custom was fast 0 ?is rooted i politeness she pro ny tested h tolof and warm lk. e: his jna for i 4taging In Arkansas. A corresponden% from New Orlean writes as follows, e completion of th 'Frisco railroad in St. Louis to Va Buren, Ark., is * ra3tical abolition < the old stag6 line from Fayetteville I Alma, on th rt Smith and Littl Bock railroad. This old route, passin .through the virg.14 forests of wester Arkansas, and . woranges of mou tains, is repl ' the most beautifi scenery as .g-r-d-n winds its rugge course over moun s and valleys fc nearly 100 miles, A J two yearsagc having enjoye -the qWeson at the justl celebrated Ekla springs, and hearhu so much abotit this wild, picturosqu onn..., I concluded to endure ti hrdahips of the long stage ride and r< turn h'9me by this route. At layptte Ville I transferred muyself from a Pull man to a seat in tbe. oumborsome stage the mail bags were sdiely stowed away and promptly at 2 P. M. the driver too his seat and our four horses started in lively trot; we realJz6d that our journe had begun. There. w'ere two. other passengers One was a mild-eyed gentleman of dig nified reserve, who ptoved to be a colleg professor, while the other wore a flannel checkered overshitt, and his pantaloon were tucked into a pair of heavy coars boots, evidently a laborer. The profes sor explained that he was employing hi summer's vacation in soeuring spoomen with which to enrich his entomologic botanical collections. We reached th summit of the first range of mountain just at sunset. and paused until the sui sank beneath the horizon, the most gor geous scene 1 ever witnessed. No on can boast of having seen a glorious sun set until he has viewed one from E mountain top on a clear summer evening We resumed our journey, and direotlj the moon arose like a great ball of fire that lighted up mountains and valloyi with indescribable beauty. Ihad taker my seat on the box with the driver, tha I might the better enjoy the view, an at the same time escape the jargon o the professor, who was focusing ii learning upon our friend of the oheok ered shirt. In making a steep ascend we passe along a very narrow ledge overlooking v ohasm so deep that the light of the mooi failed to penetrate the cavernous dark ness. We paused to admire the awfu grandeur of the scene, and while the professor's head was stuck out of th< window in silent admiration, his silk ha fell off, struck the ground. bounced ovoi tha brink and disappeared from view it the <tarkness below. He jumped out au appeared as though ilclied to follow it and begged us, in the most pitiful man. aer, to get it for him. Considering th Lrival loss of the hat, his anxiety ap peared most ridiculous. We finally dis 3overed it caught in some bushes. ter feet below, and entirely beyond reaeh, Upon the professor's offering $25 for its eecovery, the driver took the reins frow nis horses, and tied them together, and, teouring oneend to a tree and the other tround his body, let himself down, and presently appeared with the hat, to the gre,t joy of the owner, who cheerfully paid the reward. le then explained 1hat he had been boarding up two years alary in anticipation of this summer's 3xcursion, and, as we all seemed honest riends, he pid not mind owning that lie isd $1,000 sowed in the lining of the iat. Renewing our journey, about mid iight, we reached the summit of the Boston Mountains, where we changed iorsos and ate supper. The stages going ka returning usually met in the valley, ibout six miles beyond this point, and mot more than 10 dlays previous to this ime both stages bad boon waylaid and obbed. But the robbers had been sub ecquently captured on the Iron Mountain Ealroad. We discussed the incident nd congratulated ourselves, that the >and had been broken up, and that we vore in no danger of being called upon o part with our valuables. Starting vith a fresh team we rattled down into walk as they began an ascent on the ~therside. Suddenly from behind a tree prang an object that seized the ruins of lie horse, and from behind another ap >eared a man with a shot-gun. Promptly bt the word of command our hands went bbove our heads. Advancing closer and teeping us withmn range, he called out: '-Pitch down that mail and express, ,nd be quick about 'it." The driver appeared paralyzed with ear, while I replied as cooly as I could muder the circumstanoos, as the fellow mas very near and the bore of his gun ooked fearfully large: "We have no treasure on board," .At the same time I was swaying from ide to side to keep out of range. "Does she look like a couple of can ~on?" said the fellow oling the horiea vithi an ugly grin. "Yes," said I, recollecting an almana, oke 1 had read mainy years ago. "I 'ua.read tho advertisemnent on the wad lsng." "Come, no nonsense," growled the ther; "kick down the treasure or I'JI rep you oir o' there." As lie would not allow me to use my ands, I kicked out the mail-bags and ther plunder in the boot. While he as exam)ini2mg the booty, I managed to et out of my vest pocket a small roll of ills-all I had-and again throwing bp my hands succeeded in getting It down etween my neck and oollar, The fel >'w, disappointed at not finding anything f value, declared that we had valuables oncealed about us, and ordered us on me ground, We all obeyed, and stood a line with our hands still elevated, ud the villain covered us with his gun 'hile his partner went through our ockets. From the professor lie secured microscope and a pocket knife; from uir passenger in the boot 70 cents and piece of tobacco;. while I, unfortu ately, hadh only a toothpick. "You paupersl" exclaimed he with se gun, in disgust, "you're hardly ort.h killing, so we'll let you tramp Into >Wn as ricoh as when you ftrst came into is world. Pull oft every rag you have 4d be quick about it, or I may con. ude to waste a little powder and 'bed At this io man In the checkered shir* o.lmed: "Our duds won't be worth muoh to you, but if you will examine the lining of that gentleman's hat, you'll find some 15 money." 0 The professor collared the fellow, but 1n the robbor pulled him away, and taking Of the hat found the $1,100 which so 0 pleased them that they kindly told us to e go;where we wished. Indignant at the g traitorous conduct of the renegade, we refused to lot him ride with us and left L him We reached Alma just too late L for the train, and had to lay over until d the next day. Late that evening, as the >r professor and I were sitting in the ifflce 09 of the hotel, to our surprise in wal' ed Y thfetellOw that had acted so basAy, g looking none the better for his long e tramp.. Coming toward us lie begged 0 us for heaven's sake to give him a few minutes in a private room, as lie had .sojvething of great importance to com* munioate. There was such an impres sive earnestness In his manner that we yielded a reluctant consent, We went to our room and, after closing the door, he sat dbwn and drew off a boot, out of r which he took a false solo, and then pro duced a long thin package wrapped in oil-skin. - "Here gentlemen," said he, "are five 3 one thousand dollar bills, and I have the same number in the other boot. Had 3 those scoundrels carried out their inton ) tion of stripping us, I would have been ruined. Allow me to hand you two thousand dollars for the eleven hundred I you lost through me, Under the cir I cumstances, as they apy>eared, I cannot blame you for the thirty mile walk you I forced me to take," He then explained he was a broker from Leadville returning from New Or. leans o a visit, and had assumed that rough garb in order to divert attention 6 should he encounter robbers, Of course we complimented him on his presence ot mind and sagawity, and congratulated each other that we had escaped au for tunately. Mtoyalty at Riomie. The Duke and Duchess of Albany, England, appear to be the victims of superstitious fancies. Their wedding was inconveniently hurried on, in order that it might take place in April, as the Queen entertained a prejudice against the ceremony being celebrated in May. It is a fitting sequel to this fad that Her Majesty, remembering the tragedy of Princess Charlotte, is understood to be averse to the Duchess being lait up at Claremont; so R. R. H. is coming up to Buckingham Palace for a few weeks. If the Duke and Duchess are to be blessed with a large family they will find it very inconvenient and expensive to be force: to move away from home for eacn accouchement. Before long P,arliament will have to be asked for a grant for Prince Albert Victor. Accord ing to the precedents of the Princess Charlotte and her present Majesty the allowance should have been demanded. before this. Except in the case of Prin cess Beatrice the only members of the royal family who now have a claim on the country are the children of the Prince of Wales. With regard to titles, the only prece dent for the young Prince is that of Frederick, Prince of Wales. When George I. ascended the throne in 1774 lie created his son Prince of Wales and Duko and Marquis of Cambridge. In 1716 the Prince's eldest, son, Frederick, then ten years old, was created Duke of Gloucester, and, nine years latter, Duke of Edinburgh, Marquis of Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount Launceston and Baron Snowdon. At his death all these peer ages descended to his eldest sonlGeorge, then a boy of thirteen, who was directly afterward created by George II. Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, and who, nine yeart later, succeeded to the throne. I The ostensible cause of the Duke of e Edinburgh's early arrival at Berlin was ' the necessity for his attendance at the a Chapter of the Black Eagle last Tihurs day, but I understand that the real ~ reason was a desire to conclude the ne-i gotiations which have recently been I going on for the sale to the German f government of His Royal Highiiess re- ' versionary interest in the succession tot the Urand Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and I Gotha. The transaction was on the C point of completion wvhen the Queeni visited Baden-B3aden in 1876, but it col lapsed on a dispute about a pecuniary detaiil. (leorgia. A Georgia paper publishes ofilcial sta tdstics showing the agricultural growth of Georgia, and contrasting her products of 1870 with those of 1882. According to these figures, the State shows an in crease of over 200 per cent. In corn, 600 per cent. In oats, 200 in wheat, 75 in rye, 100 in irith potatoes, 800 in nane i and sorghum, 400 in sweet potatoas, andt a similar increase in the yield of other 'j farm and garden products. In 1870 G~eorgia raised 478,084 bales of cotton.r In 1880 the State raised 814,441 bales of cotton, nearly 100 per cent, increase in ten years, ranking as the second pro ducing State. "In 1882 the cotton production grew to 925,448 bales, they increase being accomplished with di- t minished acreage, The crop of 1880 was raIsed on 2,817,188 acres, whilo 1 th'at 1882 was rised on 2,862,425 acres. f Horses ha.ve increased 20 per cent., c mules 51 per cent., milk cows 88, other b cattle 82, sheep 26 and swine 49 per y cent. In 1870 Georgia had 70,000 farms, ,a In 1880 she had 189,000. The estimated ti value of farm products. In 1870 was $80,- h 000,000, In 1880 it swelled to $125,000,- p~ 000, Tne HIonermoon, e The word "honeymoon" Is traceablea to a Teutonic origin, Among the Teu-a tome was a favorite drink called "me tneglln." It was made of honey, and much like the present mead of European countries. The same beverage was ina use among the Saxons, as well as~ an other called "morat " which was also naade of honey, .but Aavored with maul berries. The honeyed drinks were used in gt'est abuindance of fektivals, Amiong the nobility the mnarriage was ce1lebatd a wole lunar mionth,wtz was ealled a bno6n durin wl4j tb*tive board was well sapp o4wh b one7 drink. 01e0tis nt festival was ealled e "onaidd,' r oneymoon, wblch means a monuth of festival, h Prince Naioleon. It was in 1846 that Prince Jeromi first set foot in Paris in company wit) his father, who claimed of the goyern ment of Louis Pillippe a military pen sion, which was accorded to him. Ho lived in the Rue Mogader-then th Rue d' Alger-and so quietly that h4 nimself used to open the door to hi visitors. In 1848 Prince Jerome wai elected debuty for the Yonne, and thei came the coup d'etat, by which, althoug) innocent thereof, Io great]v profited But tht prince soon bec. 4ie vastly nA popular with the Imperial' party. Hi opinions were regarded by them witi distrust,, and he displayed in his charac ter rather the craft of the stateemat than the Aenerous courage of the mill. tary man. He served, however, as ever.Y body knows, in the Crimoa as well as ic the Italian campaign. At the boginning of the war the Emporor Napoleon 11. sent Prince Jerome to his father-in-law, King Victor Emmanuel, to beg a con tingent of 100,000 men, and when the ill-starred monarch was interned in Prussia, his cousin wrote to him to ask to be allowed to share his seclusion. Then he was elected deputy for Corsica, and would doubtless have been ehoseo for a second time but for the well-known letter of the lato Prince Imperial writ ton at M. Rouber's dictation. Soon after ward Prince Jerome left his apartment, which looked on the Parc Moncoan, and moved to No 20 Avenue d'Anlin. The salon, hung in red, and containing eight busts of the First Napoleon, is described as exceedingly striking. Its principal piece of furiture is a largo armoire, filled with a variety of articles that once belonged to the founder of his family, and to his father, King Jerone. Next to the drawingroom is the study r library, on the book shelves of which ire ranged the works of the great em poror, profusly annotated by the prince's own hand. Now for a portrait of the tenant him lelf : A larger man than either the first Xapc,leon or his father, Prince Jerome esembles the latter mors than the for nor, though in his earlier years his ikoness to the great emperor was simp y extraordinary. His expression is >1acid and often extremely agreeable, )ut now and then the fire of the Coiii )an burns in his eye and his finoly fhiseled mouth adds to the intensity of us look. The prince is 57 yaars of ige, not yet gray, though somewhat )ahi. His houd, sayi Ignotus, is a sup jrb one, worthy alike of the prince and he thinker, and aecond only in what the enthusiastic reactionary writer calls tristocratic beauty to thatof the Oomte lu Chambord. At home he usually valkq to and fro while conversing, smok ng cigaretto, Baud keoping one or both iunds in his pockets. 8uddonly he itops before the visitor ; his language )Ocomes 1animated and even vohoment, vhiie his words teom with color and icturesquencss. I[o never laughs but >nly smitos. The princo ha a wonder ul collection of anecdotes at his dis iosal. In the street Prince Jeromo may o recognized by his broad-brimmed hat; aineing along, he will fuddenly qMucken li steps when he is deep In thought. lo rides every norning, being accom >anied on Thursdays by his two aons. ithough a faiV horseman, he does not hine particularly in the saddle. The rince is a faithful friend, and among hose who are welcome guests at the (venue d'Antin are M. Emile Ollivior, laron Boyor, General (he Ohanal, 001 nel Stollol, M. Ronan and AL. Alfred rago. Hlow It 3 i une. Suppose a girl tries to fill a kerosene imp without first blowing it out. Of ourse, the lamp is nearly empty, or Bihe rould not careo.to 1ii1 it. Tis empty pace is filled wvith a cloud of explosive apor arising from the oil in the lamp. Vhon she p)ushes the nozzle of the can ute~ tho lamp at the ton and begins to our, the oil, running into the lamp, ils tihe space, and pushes the cloud of xplosive vapor up; the vapor 4s obliged o pour out over the edges of theQ lamp t the top, int the room outside. Of ourse, it strikes against the blazing rick which the girl is holding down by no side. T1hie blaze of the wick sets he invisible cloud of vapor afire, and heore is an exlosion which ignites the >ii ands cattors It over her clothes and 'ver the furniture oh the room. This is he way in which a kerosens lamp ursis. The same thing may occur lhen a girl pours the oil over the fire in lie range or stove, if there is a cloud of xplosive avpor in the upper part of the. an, or if the stove it not enough to aporize quickly some of tihe oil as it aii-. Rlemember that it is not tilie oil but lie invisible vapor which explodes. 'aking care of the oil will not protect ou. There is no safety except in this ule: Never pour oil on a lighted fire or Ito a lighted lamp. l'oetry A,id sungaar nIIIcohe. . -"So you don t puihh poetry ini our paper, Colonel ?" said an acOquaini tnce to an Arkansas editor. "No, sir;.1 stopped some time ago, ut,at one time my paper was known >r its poetic contribuitionls. I had one ani,ribuitor whose work rankola with the est in tihe country. His sentiment was urc and his diction perfeot, I he d never son him, and lie became so pcpular tat at the request of my wife I invited Im to visit us. There was nothing articularly striking in his appearance, ut his eyes ha~d a dreamy, lingering pression that greatly pleased my wife. "Didn't you like him ?" asked the iquatintance when the Colonel paused, "Liked himr well enough at first ; but 0 insuilteEt ino." ' How ?" "Why, sir, the second night after his 'rial he got up while I was asleep and, ole my S3undlay breeches, Since then have not printed a lino of poetry," To get a few flower, one must sow lenty of seed, Money, in truth, can do miuch, but it Ipmot do all. Inordinate demands abould hau~ i1 bold denials, A loving heart is better ani 8tonge im Wisdom, FOOD FOR THOUGH1. No one is fatigued after the exercise of forbearance. It Is weak and vicious people who cast the blame on fate. A man Is known by the company lie i keeps away from. Those ar6 the most hqporable who are the most useful. In the exchange of thought use no coin but gold and silver. It is ohance that makes brothers, Out etarLs that make friends. Ilk Our deeds determine us as much as we determine our deeds, Speaking much and speaking to the point are very different. You should ask the world's leave before you commend yourself. He who has the reputation of rising carly may sleep till noon. Gold is either the fortune or the ruin of mankind, according to its use, 1f you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother-luxury. Somebody else will if I don't. This Is one of the devil's pet proverbs. Cast no dirt into the well that has given water when you were thirsty. It is no point of wisdom in a man to beat his brains about things impossi blo. As too long retirement weakens the mind, so too much company dissipates it. 'I'rees in the forest may be barren, but trees in the garden should be fruit jul. Only an inventor knows how to bor row, and every man is, or should be, an inventor. The prompt performance of duty in the past is the best pledge for future faithfulness. It is with happiness as with watches; the less complicAted the less easily de ranged. There are more fools than sages; and among the sages there is-more folly than wisdom. Keep appointments. Bo on hand at the hour named. Punctuality is one of the levers to success. True goodness Is like the glow-worm, it shines most when no eyes save those of heaven are upon it. There are three ways of getting out of a scrape-write out, back out, and the best way is to keep out. A man that hoarda riches dtd enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thimtles. All praise wrongly directed, or sug gested by selfish motives, is an inju rious element in society. The superiority of some men is merely 1cenl. They are great because their associates are little. The disposition to give a cup of cold water to a disciple is a far nobler prop erty than the finest intellect. The best etiquette for a man is not to boast of his virtues, and not to show off his power to one weaker than him self. A cheerful temper, joined with Inno conce, will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good natured. A right education i. not merely the reading of many books, but the ability of making knowledge useful to ourselves and others. Opposition Is what we want, and must have to be good for anything. Hardship is the native soil of manhood and self-reliance. The perfection of conversation is not to play a regular sonata, but, like the ]liohan harp, to await inspiration of the passing breeze. The one serviceable, safe, certain, remunerative, attainable qnality of every study anil every pursuit is the quality of attention. The divine providence of the Lord operates in the most minute partietulars of the thoughts and actions of men, and thereby it operates uniyersally. Heaven commences when a man truly repents. Then Is the dawn of an everlasting day; then Is the beginning of that which shall be perfe'cved after dteath. Books are the most discreet of all friends; they visit us without intrusion, and, though often rudely put aside, are as prompt to serve and please as ever. It is one thing to love truth, and to seek it, for Its own sake, and quito another to welcome as much of it as tallies with our impressions and pre Judices. The worst of Ingratitude lies not in the ossified heart of him who commits it; but we find-it In the effect it pro duces on him against whom It was committed. The moralist says: "Every man Is oc casionally whmat he ought to be perpetu ally."'Then again some men are per petually what they ought to be occa sionally. If we practice goodness- not for the sake of its own intrinsic excellence, but for the sake of gaining some ad vantage by it, we may be cunning, but we are not good. This life Is too full of work, of duty, and of pleasure, to be wasted. Cer taily/It Is never a waste of time to meet one's friends, to ohat and have a good time with them,. .Jhe family man resembles an oyster on the half-shell. The shell is known at homie, but~ the, soft-side abroad. SIome men carry this reseebklanoe In their faces. A great magymed hav countenjances like dypteis, ' lDesi foresight oneIstf i our own fores *4e- bk