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lit SANOTEUAlkY.
While pale with rage the wild surf.sprlnp,
'Athwart the harbor bar,
The safe ships told their snowy Wtings
Den6atu the evnlng star. ,
IA this calm haven rooked to sleep
All Wight they swing and away,
Till manutles o'er the morning deep
The gol4en blush of day.
Here, safe froni all the storms of fate,
From worldly rage #nd scorn,
This let me told miy gand ahd wait
The coining of the morn;
When all night o'er'moonlit turf,
Tue win4 brigs in from far
The moaning of the baied surf
Athwart the harbor bar.
RUNING TITE TOLL.
"Just hint at 'running the toll' anj
grandma will tell you a story," sai
t ily Woatherbee, demure as a littli
naker aid sweet as a wild rose, lookin:
up from her Kensington stitch.
Grandma overheard her and answere'
with a smile that made her piercin:
black eyes sparkle like diamonds.
"I don't think you will ever run th
toll, Peace and Plenty," she said. Tha
was tlje name she had given Lily whi
she was a baby.
"No, Indeed; one in the family of tha
sort Is quite enough," laughed the girl
"but here Is Hattie waiting to b
amused, and you must tell her abou
It."
"Well, how shall I begin, chatter
box?"
"Why, tell her abont the old hous:
with - the gray moss clinging to the raf
ters, and the haunted window and th
great barn, first.
"The hauntmg was easily enough ao
counted for," said grandma, rolling ul
the stockings she had been mendinj
and taking oft her spectacles; "that wai
the tapping of the old horse-ohestnu
when the wind blow, but it was a lonE
time before I found out the meaning o
the three mysterious knocks-alwayf
three-and when I did, what fun I hac
at the expense of Miss Silaha Oross, ou
dress-maker, who had taken infinit
pains to prove that I was favored witl
spiritual viNital Poor Miss Silenal
never saw a creature more disappointed
As for the barn, it had originally been
built for a meeting-house, but neve
having been finished on account of laol
of funds, my grandfather took it foi
debt and turnedit to very good account
That old barn was a great institution
and was regularly farmed out durini
winters for revival meetings, dances
- huskng frolics and aunIry other thing
One nighlt we let a tramp sleep there,
and the consequence wns that by noo:
next day there was nething left of the
barn but smoke and ashes. Poor father
It had been a source of income, and
nothing could uake its place. Every
body mourned the destruction of 'Unol
Hiram's barn,' but nobody, offered t,
rebuilt it.
"We were poor, not that we sufferot
for the necessaries of life. The farn
kept our table, but my father worked
too hard for an old man, and his 'boye
were all girls.' The fact of our poverty
never troubled me, however; I was toc
S happy, Only give me plenty of fun
plenty of sunshine and nothing seemed
hard to me. My genius at improvising
all sorts of amusements made me a
general favorite in society. Nobcdy
looked down upon me because I wor(
.calico and worked from morning til
night. in fact, 'Jack' was always i:
requisition; it was 'Tack' who took th
lead at our merry gatherings, who filled
the gap with some audacious gosisil
when nobody knew what to say, wh(
was afraid of nothing-who was, I an
-rather sorry -to add careless of conse
quences, so that she had a good time.
"But I was happy; nobody can eve
* take that consolation from me. I neve
aighAed for whatt was unattainable. Fai
weather or foul, washing or balhmg, a
home or at the country-sido parties
I was always at peace with the world
though my one best muslin gown bat
done duty for several years."
"Oh, grandma! what would you hay
thought then of a pink satin re3eptioi
* dress, and everythmng to match, lk
the one I am having made?" exclalime
*Li y,
"Shouldn't a' i'een a bit happier, mn:
* dear; couldn't a' been," wvas the cain
response. "B3esides; young girls neve
wore satin in those days, bless you I=
plain white mull was .conskderod dress
-enonght, with flowers, which, to m
taste, are prettier than jewels and day
And now I am coming to -how I ran tuh
toll. Ned hamilton u as considered on:
.of. the best young men in town,. H
would a' boon -handsome but his nos:
Rwas too thin and hus eyes were too clos
-together, though they were fine eye:,
At all events, he was a great favorite
and the girl who secured him for
partner considered herself fortunate
* Nobody treated him just exactly as.
did, for I would tell him to his face tha
he was concelted, though secretly I dii
feel flattered by hus attention. .L sup
pose the great l3osedale farm hlad som~e
thing to do with it, and the two gray;
and the handsome carryall. Perh pa.
was amabitions and didn't exactly knoi
it; for to tell the truth, when I did thin]
of him at all seriously It was the bis
farm that loomed up, not my liking fo
him. To be Mrs. Hamilton-the namn
was .a good one-to step from ou
homely one-st.ory house into a grand oli
mansion, where the furniture had stoo<
for a hundred years--that was sonme
thing for a poor man's child to achieve
* I Was' very proud aid happy .when Ii
showed me any unusual attention. .1
did stir what vanity I had to see I
team at our cottagQ door to' pass ou
acquaintanu,es seated beside him, to b
aingida out at parties--me in ry plat
dress, with perhaps only a rose as mn
throat and another in my hair,"
"Now confess that 'you were band
some, grandma," said Lily.
"That'a, not for me to say, my dea.i
though I believe they did ct4lme rathe
Spref4y, Ofie day Ned Eamilton ivte
e togo with him to Silyer Lay
eenbfu~lt wate*.l 'six milesay.
Fatheha
mdrIg e a
exactly but vory; *ery miserable. TJ
sight of his sorrowful face and the sou
of his depressed voice caused uq all
feel mOre or less wretched.
"That mght th9re was to be a par
at the house ot Judge Mills. They on
gave ,one - a year,. on the OGcasIon
Meeny Mill's birthday. Poor. Meen
A homelier girl never liven, but ti
juke was rich, and she wore all t1
latest fashions, so perhaps she* ney
realized how plain she was. I had be<
busy over my only white dress, takii
a tuck out here and adding a bit of la
- there, wishing, for a (onder, that
could have something new to wear,
sight of Ned and the team, however, i
my troubles vanished into air, and I ri
down-stairs laughing.
"I do wish you'd be a little sobe
i minded" Said' ty father in his fretf
way. It seems kihker heartless to 1
laughing when there. ain't a cent in tj
house, and robody,, knows when the
will be.'
"Why, father, there's always potato
and meal," was my merry rejoinder.
"Yes, and there's always cares ai
b troubles," be answered lugubriousl
'I don't seem to git ahead like oth
folks, and I've pretty much about giv<
b up trying. If you girls was only bo;
now!"
"Think what you'd have to lay out
boots alone," I said, still laughing,
which he frowned and turned impatien
ly away, while I ran out to be helpf
into the handsom6 carriage.
"What a glorious day it was! TI
vines lining each side of the road i
seemed dripping with sunshine. TI
shaded valleys, the dancing brooks ta
the highways bordered with maples ai
elms-and then my escort beguiled. Ll
hour with odd and merry fancies, talk<
about his farm, his hopes, his aspir
b tions, and if I had not willfully turn(
the subject once or twice," said i
pretty old lady, with a prim little go
ture, "I think !te might have propose,
But I wasn't ready for that yet. 'l
the quiet of the home-going, 'I said
myself, 'I will listen to him perhaps.'
"At last- we reached the water-fal
which, with its accompanying hoigh
and charming scenery, repaid us for tlI
long ride. It was.hard to tear ourselv,
away, and when we did turn the hea(
of the spirited horses im the direction,
home it was very late.
"We shall never be In time for t1
party," I said, as the twiliglit deepen(
into dusk. 'Must you pay at the to
gate? The old man is half-blind, and
will take him an lour to hunt up *hang,
Run the toil, just for the fun of it-yc
can pay him afterward.'
"That won't do," said Ned, 'I'L haj
to &ot a bill changed though. Just tal
the reins a second. By the way
never heard in end of the sentence. J
that moment the sPrit of mischi
seized me. I snatched the whip ay
touched the near horse. Then I on
heard the thunder of hoofs and the whi
of wheels, saw Ned's eyes flash fire j
the semi.darkness and his face gro
pale. Before he could take the ref
from my inexperienced hands, we h
'run the toll' in good earnest, and t1
horses were flying yoer the bridge i
only faightened horses can. It was i
much as Ned could do to guide ther
,an i twice we were in deadly peril.
On they sped, young Hamilton stan
ing without a hat, his teeth set, his li
white, hi-- frame rigid, while. the vei
t of his forehead stood out like whip-cor
) I just sat back and held my breath, t<
frightened to cry out, and catchi
whatever was nearest to steady mys(
as they raced down the long, hilly stre
L to the village, at the foot of which th(
slackened their speed andl were so<
under control.
"That wvas a mad freak of yours," w
Sall the young man said, as he help'
me out at the door; and .I knew by ti
I expression of his countenance that
never should be asked to ride behimd h
grays again..
"I went to the party, seemingly
gay and light-hearted,.as ever. If ai
feeling of regret lurIked under my car
less speech and manner, Ned shou
never know it. In the midst of the fu
I when I was holding my little court, a
the laugh and the jest were going roun<
who~ should appear upon the scene b1
my father, in his homely, patcht
clothes, quite regardless of the figure]1
cut in the midst of that brilliant c6z
pany. He walked straight up to mn
his hair in disorder, his face as pale
death. .
"Jack," says ho, 'did you run the tc
to-day?'
*"Thohorses ran," I said, with a tout
of levity, though I trembled from he]
to root. 'What did they know abol
toll?'
"Well, the bridge-keoper has been
the house, Jack. He.told me the youa
man was getting the money when y<
Lcaught up the whip and set the hors,
b to runninug. Now, there's a fine fI
I that, an' i've got -to give him $5;]i
.won't let me off.-and I ain't got fia
cents to my name.' Tears stood in t
Spoor) weak eyes, and, regardless of tl
surroundings, ho took out his handke
chobef and wiped; them away. Imagin
. it you can, how 3; felt.
"Allow me to pay, sir,'' said Ne
coming forward; and that capped til
3 climax. I could have screamed wil
r mortification. I just ran out of th
I room, without waiting for wraps or an
i thing else, and. flew, home so asham
- that I think I hardly knew what IL w
doing. As you may suppose, I cr1
s pretty much all night, and it was a lea
t time before I recovered my spirits.
i "1 have no doubt it lost me N<
r Hamilton, too," said the old lady, wil
a queer little toss of the head; "but thi
a didn't.nyatter muc.h. He left and tot
r 1Mary .lean, old I)eacop .Bean's daught
---the pjzk of propriety, and who won
no mnore have dared to pay her Aoul w
h*own thtan she would have dared
ride wild horses. It. was a little mor
r f"ing first, .but after his marriai
16k! si that he wais miserly alm(
ibeypna tweof1 andX. am positive Mo]
A. .aiillttiu oij has one~ bw' bonnet
nae ojee tol--hu h y d4(ti
wasueJefthy toI
niP(u'~o1ttopak,-w
le more than. that, I paid off the mortgage
id on our little home, in time."l
to "And then you married grandpa?"
said Lily.
y 1'Yes,- dear, -he was worth a thousand
ly Ned Hamiltois-but poor fatherl how
of often I have heard him say that I was
yI just as good as a boy."
le
i umnbee-wnded.
er "Hom! hem!" coughed Chas. Grafton
3n* as he limped out and toed the. rark.
ig " want to know where I am."
ce "At the Central Station Court," De
I troit, answered His Honor -
at "What for?"
il "The charge is drunkennesb."
n "And who's the Judge?"
"6I am."
r- - "Well, I have rights and I am bound
ul to maintain them. -Efore this trial
Ae goes any further I,want to go. holne and,
le put on a clean slart and get some ehew
re ing tobacco. - I want to look half-way
decent and feel balf-way human."
es "Can't let you go."
"Then I won'.t be tried!"
id "But you willI The law doesn't care
y. a copper what sort of a Ahirt a priboner
er has on, and if you are dying for some
3n thing to chew on Bijah always has a
ys chunk of shoe-makers' wax lying
around."
i I ,"Did you say I was drunk?"
at "That's the charge."
t- "Well. I won't be tried on no such
3d charge. The idea that a man of my
years and dignity would get drunk and
.1o be staggering around the streets is all
dll nonsense."
le "Officer was this man the worse for
id drink?"
id "He was almost helpless, sir."
le "1 ias, eh?" queried the prisoner.
id "Now, sir, do you make oath that I was
a- drunk?"
id "I do."
te $'How did I act."
s- "You cried, talked silly, and said you
1. would like to adopt me for a son."
[II "Your Honor, I can't stand this; I
to appeal this oase, and want that man or
rested for perjury."
i, "I shall fine you. ten dollars."
ts "'ll.rot in the bastile before I'll pay
e it."
s "Then you go up for sixty days."
Is "I never will."
Df Bijah keeps an empty barrel in the
corridor for just such occasions. When
ie Mr. Grafton began prancing around,
id and declared that he would sell his life
l- at the highest market price, he was
it picked up and doubled together in the
e, center and crowded into the barrel, and
iu six minutes had not passed away before
he was as humble-minded as a boy at
,e the bottom of a well.
'I Boiled Water.
Of tifor cookery, Mr. W. Williams called
kd attention to. the danger of using drink
1Y ing-water full of organic impurities.
rr 1uch water, he says, supplies nutriment
L to those miero4copic abominations, the
w microco-ci, bacilli, bacteria, etc.,
s which are now shown to be connected
with blood-poisoning--possibly do the
0 whole of the poisoning business
1 These little posts are harmless, and
8 probably nutritious, when cooked, but
in their raw and wriggling state are
horribly prolific in the blood of people
- who are in certain states of what is
a called "receptivity." They (the bacte
is ria, etc.,) appear to be poisQned or
I. somehow killed off by the digestive
>0 secretions of the blood of some people,
I and nourished- luxuriantly in the blood
Ilf of others. As nobody can be quite sure
et to which class he belongs, or may pre
y sently belong, or whether the water
m supplied to his household is free from
blood-poisoning organisms, cooked
34 water is a safer beverage than raw
3d water. "Rehlection on this subject,"
1c says Mr. Williams, "I have been struck
.I witih a curious fact that has hitherto
is escaped notice, viz., that in thre country
which over all others combines a very
3.5 large population with a very small
iy allowance of cleanliness, the ordinary
e- drink of the people is boiled water fla
Id vored by an infusion of leaves. These
a, people, tihe Chinese, seem, in fact, to
id have been the inventors of boiled-water
d, beverages. Judging from travellers'
Lit occounts of the state of the rivers, rivn
3d lets, and general drainage and irriga
1e tion arrangements of China, its popu
a- lation could scarcely have reached its
0, present density If Uhinan,on were drink
3.5 era of raw instead of cooked water."
He was about to take a Woodward
savenue oar in Detroit,, wJien he changed
id his mTind and waii;ed for a man coming
at i,p the street. He looked stern and
solemn and unrelenting and there was
to Ice in,his mouth as he replied:
ig "Yes, fine day enough, Mr. Jones,
m do you remember that you met me one
as day two years ago 'and. asked for the
or loan of $10?"
1c "Two years ago-$10-asked for a
re loan? Let's see. No, I do not remem
Is ber, but 1 do not wish to dispute your
re 'word,"
r- "Well, sir, yon asked for a loan."
,"And did I get it?"
"Of courso you did,"
di, "is that soY Well, If I did, it was
1c the only time iu my life, and I ought to
thi remember it, Did you want to lend me
at, ten morc?"
y- "No, sir! I want you to return that
3d loan!"
as "S3orry-very sorry, but I can't do it
id this month."
Ig "I want that money before Saturday
or I'll take steps!"
Id "Ahx!"
bh "I'll post you as the meanest man in
at Detrol '"
)k "Honor bright?"
er "Yes, sir."
Id "Say,". said Jones, a heo looked
as greatly relieved1 "I wish you'd go ahead
to and do that,l1 ye no commeroiail rating
Li- no social standing, and ani ontinually
gae struggling in a hialf-wvay osition be.
at .tweeh beihg able to get e it atid dodge
ly old eroditors.. If you'll only -pbet nie
a I'll aknow juist where t a'Mc and what
if0 .to look out for and It'll omie work
a' itig'half'an hour t$ get,a IM lt-vendez
good-natured enough to L'z te ye
Dr&Wbi4ge0ignag.
En Easter raIlway company h
adopted a sytem.of drawbridge siguc
which, It is claimed, will greatly redu
the danger bf accidents. These signE
are worked by a series of levers, five
number, the Arst two working sea
phore s3gnAls at A distance of 1,900 fe
ad 800 feet, respe tively, from a bridg
The other three work the switohes
the siding and the -lock of the b(
Which holds the draw in place. Befo
the bridge can be unlocked that a v(
sel may pass thkough the draw, the
levers must lhe .worked in - their ord(
It is impossiole to work them in ai
other way,: the. 1terl JPg Preventi
the 4ra ender 9 u a'mMan fiom mc
ing the higher,numbe , vor until
has first moved the 1o
cannot, when the dra
place the levers excep th6 regdi
reverse order. It folloIv that a dang
signal must first be shown at a distan
of 1,900 feet from the draw, and if th
warmnig to bring his train under contr
for a stop is neglected. by the enginee
thu signal is again given at 800 feet di
taut. Should.this warniug be noglecte
the engineer will find his train switch(
to a side track, and thus preventU
from plunging into the open draw, fo
the draw cannot be open unles it hi
previously been ur looked ; it cannot,I
unlooked until the safety-switch h
first been unbolted and set for the i
ding; the switch connot be set uni
the home signal kas been set for da
ger, and the home signal cannot be a
for danger until the dihtance signal hi
been so set. These operations are r
peated on the other side of the drai
which is fitted with a bolt at each en<
iupplementai apparatus is provided i
that the signalman may know at a di
tance of 1J miles that a train is a)
proaching, so that the draw may ni
be opened and trains - delayed unnece
sarfly. It is further claimed that wi
the draw, even if closed, should be ui
looked, the safety switch cannot I
thrown on the main line either by acc
dent or design, and therefore no trai
can possibly run into the draw.
Cutnuous Meakeo.
Somewhat over two years ago 'A
Herisson, tMe French Minister of Publ
Works, issued a circular enjoining a
French railway companies to supp]
their passenger trains, running at L1
rate ot 87 miles per hour and upwar
with continuous brakes within a spa
of two years, and altough this time hi
now elapsed, no definite measures -ha
yet been taken to carry out tins pla
Various railway companies, it appear
are making extended experiments wil
different kinds of b:akep, and accordit
Westinghouse automatic and the Achal
electric brake. Although the lists hai
been quite exhaustive. none of the cou
panies have adopted any of the differei
patents, and it has been found ncesai
to put fresh pressure on the compani4
to induce them to furnish the propi
security for their passengers, and .6
Rerisson has now issued another circi
lar, informing the companies that suf
cient time has been allowed for expe
menting, and that it is necessary f
them to make a definite Qhoice. E
distinctly disallows the chain brakes i
unsatisfactory for ordinary use, an,
judging from all appearances, desir<
to see the Westinghouse system gene
ally adopted, A tochnioal committ4
that was appointed to consider the sul
jeet reported against the adoption of
uniform system on all the lines as ten
ing to discourage invention and hindi
the introduction of improvements, 1\
Herrison, in setting forth pointedly ti
alleged merits of the Wenger bral
concludes by leaving the compam<
eiftirely free to adopt aily model whi<
is both continuous, controlling all ti
wheels of all the vehicles and automati
and capable of being worked by the e
gineer or brakeman. Whatever tyi
they adopt must be fully applied In tl
course of the present year. It Is thong:
rather singular by some that the Weng
brake, with which very little experien,
has been obtained, in meeting with
much approval by the Minister of Pu
lie Works, who regards it apparently
an equivalent for the Westinghouse, tl
efficiency of which has been so exhar
tively tested in this and other countri
and with such excellent resulta.
Steam as a Light lieflector.
As everything pertaining to the ii
provement of the methods and parap
ernalla of illumination Is at the preseo
time looked upon with.special interei
we reproduce, for the benefit of 01
readers, an account of a recent pate:
granted In Germany to Eterr L. Bra
dau, of B3erlin, in 'which he proposes
utihize the emissive properties of stea
for Illuminating purposes. In descri
ing his plan, the patentee refers to tl
fact that steam In condensing fort
dense white vapors, which possess tl
property, when exposed to an inten
source of light, of partly reflecting ai
partly absorbing and subsequently emi
ting it, as the clouds behayc toward tl
sunlight, diffusing a mild and 'unifor
brightness, in adapting his system
overhead and side lights, Herr Bradi
employs an apparatus consisting esse
tially of a glass chamber into wIl
steam is adiitted, on passage way I
its exit being also provided, This
then either illunxinated directly, or wi
the did of mirrors, by 'tite source
light.
Novel as it may seem, the plan a
pears to us to have decided merit, al
it is not impossible thaVthe idea
Herr Brandau may contain in it the el
ments necessary for .tie muccessi
noderatba and diffusiont of the blir
ing brIlliancg of tie electriolight, wail
has In most situations peed to be
serious drawhack to its r leau1iss, Tj
high Lbsorptive and emliye popr1
of wette Yapors, both fo~ t and ligi
are well 1410w4 physicalgat;a*idt
oonmmesplaoo' allnsion 191eada
gleaeii of brightness that fIos tel
T.vpe sises.
as Originally there were but seven sizes.
1i6 The first was called "Prima." whence
0e the name Primer. It is now known as
hIs Two-Line English. The mecond was
in called "Secunda," now our Double Pica
a- -in France, Great Paragon. The
et third was "Tertia," at present our
e. (*reat Primer. Then there was the
of middle size, still being called in Ger
>lt man ,Mittel," but it is now our Eng
re lish. After those came the three sizes
65- on the opposite side of the scale-Pica,
sO Long Primer and Brevier. in Germany
ir. the names Secunda, Tertia and Mittel
IY are still retained.,
ig "Pica." in France and Germany, is
,v- called .Cicero, because the works of
lie that nuthor were originally printed in
Ie it, Eaglish printqr so styled 'it from
' :4IfiiAtelype Iiin which 1i, O1dinal- or
W Serce 13ook of the -Roinan Church
or was originally set. This Ordinal also
3e was at first called "Pca." "Bour
at geois" was so named because it was in
DI troducedl into the country from France,
r, where it was originally dedicated to
8- "Bourgeois" or citizen printers of that
It capital. "Brevier obtained its name
d from having been first used for printing
id the Breviary or Roman Catholic abbre
>r viated Church Service Book.
W "Minion" is also of French origin,
>W and was so termed owing to having
i rapidly become a special favorite on its
I- introduction in that country. La
i Agone is "the darling." "Nonpareil"
L- was so named because at the time of
at its introduction it had "no equal,"
being the smallest and finest type then
3- produced "Pearl is of English origin.
V The French have a type of the same
1. size, which they call Parisionne. It is
10 a smaller type than Nonpareil, and was
8. thought "the pearl of all type." "Dia
?- mond is another fancy name given to
>t what was regarded at the time of its
1- origin as the ultima thutle of letter
n foundary achievement.
i
)a3 Trapannji)jg in Prelitaturic Tinios.
n One of the most curious traces of
primitive belief which have come down
to us is found in the trepanned skulls
which have been discovered in several
caves and dolmens of France belonging
to the earlier portion of the new stone
i age. Dr. Paul Brooa has devoted a
I pamphlet to the description of these
Ly trepanned skulls and the discussion cf
t their significance. The fact is certain
i that a great number of these skulls
Mwere tropannod during lfeti-proba
bly in infailcy and early youth-and
re that they healed up again, the subjeot
. of the operation surviving it for many
years. M. Broca supposes this trepan
ning to have constituted a sacred rite
of some sort, for we find that the skulls
Ia gone the operation in their lifetime
1 were after death subjected again to the
same operation. A number of small
disks were out from them in such a way
It that each disk contained a portion of
y the cicatrized edge made by the original
s trepanning. These disk were used as
3r amulets by living persons. But the
skuh thus treated was in its turn pro
vided with one of these talismanio disks
in place of those which, had been eut
from itself. From this custom M. Bro
>r ca lias argued a belief in the survival of
- the dead man, and supposed that the
a disk was placed with the skull to serve
1 as a kind of viaticum into another
3 world.
AaAmphiblottie Sloy Divers.
3
a In the Singapore harbor, and in other
I- places, we saw the boy divers spoken of
ir by all travelers in the East, writes a
1. clergyman. The moment we came to
io anchor our eteamer wais surrounded by
to a swarm of naked boys paddling about
is in their tiny canoes, laughing and
,h shouting to us to throw a copper or a
ie sixpence in the water, promising to
o, catch it before it reached the bottom.
a- In broken English they said: "Now,
ye you throw sixpence in water; me go
ic down; me catch 'em ebery tiime; me
lit good diver." Holding up a piece of
er silver, we shouted, "Ready'?" A dozen
ae eager tongues answered, "Rleadyl"
ao Next moment the coin was glittering in
b- the water ten or fifteen feet beyond
as them. In a moment two dozen feet
1c were in the air and a dozen black heads
.s- cleaving the water. Every boy die
es appeared. For fully h'alf a minute,
which seemed half an hour, there was
silence; then, one after another, up
came the boy-divers, one of them
u. shouting, as he held up the money,
b- *T've got it, master; I've got it, master."
at Chucking the coin into the only pocket
t he't hsd (his mouth), he murabled out,
d. "Now pop in- a nudder one." We
at "popped in" another p:eoe, still further
u.. away, and down again plunged the am
to phibious boy-divers, never falling to
mn bring up the money.
.A Judge 3roole..
as' As illustrating some of the remarkable
ie laws of indiana on the subject of divorce,
30 the Hon. Thaddeus P. Rollins yester
id day related a story of a divorce which
t- he pr,cured in Casb county some years
ie since before Judge Chase. The
m allegations in the complaint were
to drunkenness. and general worthlessness
in of the defendant. W hen the case came
n- on a witness was called to prove the
h character and habits of the defendant.
or Mr. Rollins asked him the question:
is "Do you know Mr.--- the defendant
lh in thi case, Mr. Baird'?" The anawer
of was in the afBirmative. At this point
Judge Chase looked up and said: "Mr.
p. Baird, tell me if that manl is the same
id Mr,-who was in 00mipany K of the
of --Indiana Regiment during the war."
e- "The same sman, Judge," was the
ul answer. "You'need go no further, Mir.
d- Rollins," said the Judge, "the divorce
ih is grantd" and judgement was entered
a .accordingl for the phtifr. After
ie Court ' adourried the Jde was jokced
es about the hast eiitii 6t judgetnent,
it, referri6 to.'th faot,tM4 eyidepe
Lie had been lnWouod inton teoage.
on "Why, belemen" dac hig. Moa, "'L
s. kan t ftell*Mr AwMitt1 odin.
o. pany dt~mgthe ~ eyer
Mis PugIMtO Pa.
"Where did your pa get the black
eye?" asked the grocery man. "Did
the minister hit 'hi, or was it one-of
the sisters?'
"0, he didn't get his black eye at
prayer meeting," said the boy, as he
took the mittens off the stove and
rubbed them to take the stiffening out.
"It was from boxing. Pa told my chain
and me that it was no harm to learn to
box, cause we could defend,ourselves,
and he said he used to be a holy terror
with the boxing-gloves when he was a
boy, and he has been giving us lessons.
Well, he is no slouch, now I t6lI you,
and handles himself pretty well for a
uuc h member. I read in the paper
1k Bruce played it on a friend
Ping Jem Mace, the prize
441git -4o 4nook hint aillypaWd!I asked
paie wouldn't let mebringu 'por
boy, who had no father to teach him
boxing, to our- house to learn to box,
and ia said certainly, fotch him along.
"He said he would be glad to do lany
thing for a poor orphan. So I went
down in the Third Ward and got an
Irish boy by the name of Daffy, who
can knock the socks off of any boy in
the ward., He fib a prize-fight once.
it would have made you laugh to see
pa tell him how to hold his hands and
how to guard his face. He told Duffy
not to be afraid, but to'strike iglit oui
and hit for keeps. Duffy said he was
afraid pa would get mad If he hit him,
and pa said, 'Nonsense, boy; knock me
down if you can, and I will laugh, hal
hal' Well, Duffy hauled 1,ack and gave
pa one in the nose and another in both
Lyes. and cuffed him in the ear and
punched him in the stomach, and
lammed him in the mouth and made
-his teeth bleed, and then he gave him
a side-winder in both eyes, and pa
pulled off the boxing-gloves and grab
bed a chair, and we adjourned and
went down-stairs as though there was
a panic. I haven't seen pa since. Was
his eye very black?"
' Black, I should say so," said the
grocery man. "And his nose seemed
to be trying to look in his left ear. He
was at the market buying beefsteak to
put upon it."
"0, beefsteak is no account. I must
go anu see him and tell him that an
oyster is the best thing for a black eye,
Well, I must go. A boy has a pretty
hard timo running a house the way it
shouli be run," and the boy went out
and hung up a sign in front of the
grocery:
"Frowy butter a speshulty."
This delicious breakfast beverage,
distinguished' origin. It was Invented
by the celebrated French Philosopher
Voltaire. Voltaire hit upon this new
and brilliant idea while he was guest
at the Sans Souoi, a favorite residence
of Fredrick the Great of Germany. Ho
partook of it constantly at breakfast.
Voltaire made in one part of coffee and
milk and the other part chocolate. He
made the name by writing the first syl
lable of chocolate- cho-and cafe-eal
these two first sylables made cho ca.
Each beverage was in a boiling state
when lie united them. He poured them
into a common vessel slowly. He held
both at an elevation of about eighteen
inehes. This he said made i' extremely
light and digestable. This drink be
came a great favorite, also, with tho
great Napoleon. He used it constantly.
It was frequently remarked by those
who attended his person that after the
excitement and fatigue of a great battl3
two or three cups of this beverage
seemed to restore all his wanted energy
and strength; on ordinary ,occasions he
used( only one cup.
The celebrated culinary artist, Boyer,
admired this beverage exceedingly'. In
regard to it lie wrote to his wilfe in the
following enthusiastic manner:
"Here, dear Eloise, is an entirely
new alment which has never yet been
introduced into this cou.ntry. A semi
epicare of our acquaintance, on retuarn
lng from our visit to the National Guard
of France, presented me with a pound
of It which he purchased in Paris. But
cven there, lie taid, it is .almost in ita
Infancy, You may fancy if I were not
anxious of making an immediate trial of
It. I have found it most delicious. Mr.
B. has not yet tasted It, being for a
week in the country, but I am confident
he will like it, especially for breakfast.
As usual, dear Eloise, you will no
doubt reproach me for having so such
enthusiasm.
I,will now give you my formal recipe
for making cho-ca. Make your besit
coffee; blend hot milk with this coffee,
half and half; this makes ecqfc-au. tl,
or half milk and half coffee; now, in
your usual way, make your best choc
elate; and these you are supposed to
have In seporate vessels, boiling hot and
duly sweetened; now hold both well
up, say eIghteen Inches, and pour to
gether into the same vessel; now say
grace In your deovoutest manner and
proceed to sip.
It Is certain that the glass houses of
Alexandria were celebrated amnong the
ancients for the sill 'and ingenuity of
their workmen ; and from thence the
Romans, who did not acquire a knowl
edge of the art till a iatef period, pro
cured all their glassware. Moat of the
large, greenish glass vases In the Brit
ish Mtuseum are probaibly the produc.
tion of extensive Egyptian or Roman
iyorks; they are larg, and of eteelient
form and workiainsh ; but the glass
i somewhat ifnpure, ofa greenish tint,
has numerous globties and 4Wig and
is not 1i e the niodern oommoi crown
or sheet glas i .relt. tr a
NEWS 11 PRiEF.
-Indiana has 60,000 mord6heop now
than in-1880.
'.-A full kit of bank burilara tools
is said to be worth $2 000.
-There are 60,000 color9d Baptists
i Tennessee; with 150 churches.
-In 1880 only dne-thirteenth lof all
the manufactured products used came
from abroad.
-Anthony Trollope left his fami7
$125,000, and the copyright of fifty
novels. .
-The Marquis df 'Lorie *a6s the
Princess Louise was ordered t6 Bermu.
da by her physicians.
-The directoi of the'mint states that
he coinage of the new five.ent pieces
will1bejconiued.4 ., ..,
-Bostoi reports an increase of $30,
000, last year in the atount received
from fies for 1i0s(111eeie
-The cable system of stroet-car
traction is about to be ifltroduced into,
England, at Highgate.
-'.nnsylvania made 850,908 tons.
Illinois, 862,250 tons; Ohio, 118,800
tons; New York, 105,021 tons.
-The somi-annual dividends payable
in Boston in March will amount to 84,.
231,881.
-A resident of Woodburv, Tenn., but
80 years of age, has just been married
for the fourth time.
-A Florida orange grower hasorder
ed 200 barrels of snuff from Connecticut
for use as a fertilizer.
-harles Mackay, LL..D., the Eng
lish lyrleal poet, is justrecovering from
a long and dangerous illness.
-Russia had last year 776 periodical
publications, including newspapers.
The largest circulation was 71,000.
-Canadian papers report the arrival
of a new bird in considerable numbers
which preys upon the English sparrows,
-Sir Moses Montefiore, the oldest
English baronet, will be one hundred
years old on the 25th of October next.
-The productioi) of Bessemer rails
was 1,438,155 tons; iron rails, 227,817
tons ; open hearth steel rails, 22,765
tons.
-Of the 1,700 mules employed in the
Philadelphia and Reading company's
mines but few see the.light of day once
a year.
-The value of our farm products for
1882, are estiDlated at $7,500,000,000.
Exports of same, $600,000,000, oreight
per cent.
-The ice harvest from the Kenn bec
river is now estimated at 647,000 tnaUC
and there were 200,000 tons left oveIr
from last year.
ing the last twent years, and thoy
number noarly forty thousand.
-Mrs. Augustus Hemenway, of Bos
ton, has given $5000 to the permanent
fund of the Women's Educational and
Industrial Union of that city.
-The total production of Iron and
steel rails last year was 1,688,794 not
tons, or 1,507,851 tons gross, a -falling
off as compared with 1881, of 8 per
cent.
-Mr. Dennis, the British antiquarian,
has bought the site of the temple oi
Cybele, at Sardis, Asia Minor, and grea(
hopes are entertained of the discoverioi
among the ruins.
-Saint Gaudens, the well-known
sculptor, has modelled a colossal bas.
relief of Dr. Alexander Vinton, to be
placed in .tumanuel Church. Boston,
where he has so long officiated,
-Lords Wolsely and Alcester have
been presented with swords of honor
by the Egyptian people. The weapons
have fine Damascus blades and .hilts
studded wvit~h jewels, and cost $8750
each.
-William Beach Laurence bought a
farm at Ochra Point, Newport, forty
years ago, for $12,000, which having
been cut up into buiding lots and sold
han netted the Laurence fan fly $800,.
000.
-During 1882 over 1,200 electrical
patents were issued. The electrical.
division is the largest in the patent
ofice. Considerable attention is now
being .glven by ,inventors to secondary
or storage batteries.
-The Moody Church, in Chicago,
built duringsthie e Moody excitement in
that city some years ago, has a Sunday
school which, perhaps, is the largest in
the country. Two thousand names are
enrolled on the school register, and the
average attendance' is "itoen 1hundred.,
-In 1881 there were examilned in the
Municipal Laboratory, ParIs, 8,001
samples of wine, of which 271 were
found to be good, 991 passable, aind 1,
781 bad. In the first five months of
1882, 1,860 samples were analyzed, of
which 872 were good, 088 passable, and
814 bad-145 of the latter being very
injurious.
--The Census reports show that dur
ing the census year, the raeilways of the
country tranisportedl190,897,895 tons
freight, for an average distance of 112
miles, at a cost of 0,76 cents a ton' per
mile. The passengers nuanbere4 289,.
588,840, carried an everage. of Lwenty
three miles, at an average co M of 1. 1
cents pet mile,
* -The moving bog in the vioinity of
Cast leiea, in Ireland, is. avancing rap. ,'
idly t.oward that town, Sever, thorisaud
aoesf land are ptibmegdmaitt
sad brides, Are o 4~4 and
stleres is now stisvended ieb6'
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