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S.~ EPtTED).
i 1tris a 416C~IA4 a.ll Lqypdbbid sau d,I
} itf ty futiity3 pca t ftl,.toiit to.
by lu v-nrnureid to the strand, c
. u lover's tone; .
Slt And yet I k1 wre
Some other shore, as fiut,-5
hy'waves uave-kissshd and left it dry and
lone.
right sunshine, gleamuing on my cottage i
wall,
.TrniIng the sthadows of ap Ivy spray,
o\v tenderly. tliy golden touches ltall it
On common things to-day;
'et,. beteath ythor alsies,
."8 S ne laeWl bei,bhtel lies,.
gsel-ted by tly lo old'annd grity.
lithe bird, loud-warbling underneath the
eaves .
'An eager love-song'passionitto and shrill,
ly heart is treinbling a(nid smniumer leaves
With sweet, responsive thrill;
Yet (hr away, dear guest, ti
There is an emnyty ist
Yhieh thou liist. llt torsaken, void and d
still.
n
rair sen bright sinislilne, birds of song a]
ivine, -
I.too may lose the tide, the light, the lay; l
Ot hers may win the kisses - that were mine,
My night inay be their day;
Yet, though the soul may sigh 'f
For precious things gone by, ti
I shall have had my rapture; comne what N
mayi
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LITTLIE ROSABLEL. 11
"Of. course theV.y don1't want m1e," Sr
said IlRosabel Raymond sadly. "No- rE
body seems to want me. No home . a
seen s to be open to -me anywhere. d
When papa died he told me that Uncle e
'Dallas would be kind to me, and take c
his vacant place. And he is kind,
.after his odd, abrupt fashion. But mriy p
Aunt Alicia don't care for me, and the fc
girls look coldly on my shabby dress d
and pale face. Evidently I am not a hi
cousin to be proud of. If I were an b1
heiress things would be different.''
Poor little Rosabel ! The world fl
looked very dark to her as she sat on y
the window sill of the third-story back gi
room in the Dallas mansion, which had t]
been unanimously voted "good enough
for Rosabel Raymond," -and watched bi
the dull reds and grays of the Winter '
sunset fading out. behind the crowded
spires of the city.
"Oh, Rosabel, are you here?"
It was her cousin Medora's soft,
sweet vdice. She disliked Medora b
more than either Augusta or Bell
altitough she could not tell why.
"We were thinking, mamma and I,"
saidL Medora, "that you must be terri- .
bly dull without anything to do, all tc
these dismal days."
"It is rather lonesome," sighed a
tosabel, -wondering at her cousin's b
unusual thoughtfulness.
"And so,'' added Medora, with the as
sweet mis
fover desigiiiig roms-you always a
were an artist, you know, dear-I ex- b,
claimed in that silly, impulsive way of C
mine; 'The very idea for Rosabol."
And," added Medora, "Miss Armitage y
says you can obtain excellent board for sl
four dollars a week with a widow near
the rooms, and that would 'save you a
great deal of time and no end of' fares. 1
8o, if you conclude to accept the posi
tion, perhaps you had better come down n
imto the drawing-room and see Miss b
Armstage."
If there was anything which Rosabel I
Raymond loved, it was her pencil. T
Itero, at last, was the mnuch-longed-for a1
opportunity, and she arose with alacrity
and followed Medora Dlthlas down1 the ]1
sthirs.
Mrs. Dallas and the Misses Dallas t,
were openly exultant when lRosabel
Raymond was gone. . di
"'So (dispiriting to have her round all c
the time, with her swollen eyelids andI h
pale f ace," said Miss Augusta.
* "But wvhat are we to say If Mr. Bal- n
lard asks after her?" blurted out Bell,
Sthe most honest and least prolitic of the
family.
"Say? Why, the truth," dleclaredI I
Medora,-"that she has left us."
For the secret of Miss Medora Dal- w~
las' anxiety to get rid of her pale lit,tle
cousin, whose mourning was so dhis.. 10
tressmngly becouiniig to her, was the i)
fact of Mr. Ilugh Ballard's adlmiration t<
of the white, statuesque face, the deep "
larkspur-bluo eyes, and1( the features he
whiuch were as p)erfect as any cameo. L
Miss~ Medora had mnarkedl Mr. Ballard
iorn ' 'myn prey, andl declared war "
U II unifortunate pretenider whlo he
in her way.
Vv I irst evening that Mr. Bal- a
lai ,.. he inqiuired for Miss Ray
miiond. Aledrnora droppedl her long pl
.lashes.
"Rosabel had a- cold, reserved na
ture," she sid(. "She never~ seemd to
become fond of atny of us, and she has
gone away." t
*"Gone where?" Mr. Ballard was pler- LI
sistent enough to ask.
"SIhe said she would write and send I1
usB thme address," said Medlora, drawing flI
on her irmaginationi; "but she never o1
did. It quite went to dear mamma's l
heart. Mamma regardled Rosabel as a .
fourth daughter. But Rosabel neVer 01
w ~as inclined to reciprocate our alfee- L<
Lion." fa
*Mr. Ballard glanced at Medora with i0
an expressioni which she could niot ini
terplret, but.it meant simp)ly:
"If this girl is lying, she is doing It
very artistically. Appearances are tl
certainly against Rlosabel Raymnondh; h
but it would take muore than the testi- ti
mnony of one- womanl to make'mRie be- jp
lieve her either cold or unigrateful."
These reflections p)assed through Ils
mind ats lie was politely accep)tinlg Miss
Dallas' invitation to accompany.her to tj
Mrs. Whitworth Walkinghalm's muilsi- h
cal tea, the next day.'
*"It will be a bore," he said to him- al
self; "but Mrs. Whitworth Walkirghaim a
is a genius, and there Is sure to be goodI s
muilsic there." -a
"There was goodl music there, and
iso delicious "Orange Pekoe" In the a
inlest of cups,' (eachl painted wvitht a it
. parate wild( Ilowver ol'hbunch of grasses; it
ake, ices and wvhiite grapes following ti
lie barcarolas. and rondollettas-~.and g
11 went merry as a ,marriage bell, d
itil,'in turhhig to place a chafr nearpd s1
o wind6w for Miss flallas, Mr. Bal- .1
rd' 8 nnfQrtunate elbow knocked 0110 4
t 'the priceless pups off the carved
ief of tie:Jap se'c blnt and brole
Into'th,ee'nie'es.
"Mi*. Whitwoith Walkingham!will
einmit suicide," cried Medora, clasp
sg 1 er, r orr
+iY eryu.to. 'eternal, seec
id Mr, Ballard, laughing as he wrap
:d the precious.pieces up In his pocket
ndkerchief and- deposited them safely
his pocket. "If there is a store in
eew York, Brooklyn, or Jersey City,
hero this precious toy can be matcied,
shall not be left unsearched."
"You can't match, it," said Medora
aias:
And she pioved td be right.
In his despair, Hugh Ballard went to
d Mrs. Megarreau, who was exactly
ke everybody's fair ' grandmother.
"What am I to do t" said he, blankly.
f1)o?" said Mrs. Megarreau, nodding
sc diamond butterflies on hr cap.
"Why, go to the china.painting and
3corating rooms, of course, in 1Iam
iersly Square. Take your sample,
id they'll duplicate it for you in
venty-four hours. Say that Mrs.
[egarreau sent you."
Mr. Ballard devoutly thanked the
d lady, and obeyed without loss of
me. Mrs. Baker, the superintendent,
ho sat at her desk took the pieces of
[rs. Whitworth Walkinghamu's doomed
ip and looked earnestly at them with
3r head to one side.
"We have that shape in our wares,"
Lid she; "and I am quite sure we can
produce the design-blue iris-buds
id marsh grasses. Miss Rayiond's
signs are, some of them, even more
cqiisite than this. Rosabel, my dear,
nne here."
And Rosabel Iaymond, pale and
.etty as ever, came unconsciously
irward in her brown linen painting
ress, with a bow of .black ribbon at
3r throat, and her lovely chestnut
:own hair pushed back from her face.
rs. Baker was holding out the bits of
actured china, whereupon were
tinted the blue iris-buds and drooping
:asses, but Rosabel never looked at
iem.
"Mr. Ballard," she cried, her face
:ightening with a delight. which she
as too unsophisticated to suppress,
What brought you td this place."
"Miss Raymond," he exclaimed,
what are you doing here?"
"Earning my own living," said Rosa
31with quiet dignity.
*'Does Miss Dallis-Medora, I mean
-know where you are?"
"She ought to know," said Rosabel,
for it was she who recommended me
come here. For the Dallases, I
iink were getting tired of me," she
Ided, with a sigh. "But I ought to
very much obliged to her, for I have
squired a most welcome independence,
id the work here is exceedingly con
muial to my tastes. Is Qiat the pat
Irn you ,vish copied Mrs.:= aker?" she
sked, taking a piece of china.
"Oh, what- an excellent group of
udsl yet I am bold enough to think I
mi imitate it successfully."
"If you can replace that cup," said
[r. Ballard, dramatically, "I am your
ave for life."
"I think I can promise to replace it
ithout any such condition," said
osabel laughing.
And irs. Whitworth Walkingham
3ver knew that her iris-ud cup was
:oken until Hugh Ballard brought
ick its exact counterp)art.
IIe came no more to Mrs. Dallas'
uesday morning receptions and Friday
ternoon teas. Miss Medora vainly
ondered why. But one day she met
i on Fifth avenue, and prettily re
roached him with his recent absen
"I have been fortunate enough to
scover the abiding p)lace of your
usin, Miss Rosabel Raymond,' saidl
gravely.
Medora looked up, with a (leep color
ounting to her~ cheek.
"'Jndeed?'' said she.
Itwas very kind of you to secure
ir her such a congenial p)osition as
iat," lie added.
"'Medora Dallas hung her head, and1
as silent.
"But she wvill not remain there
ug,'' lhe continued(, cheerfully. "I
ni happy to tell you that I am enigagedl
her. We are to be married in a fewv
eeks. Of course you will ireceivo 'at
>ine' cards when we are finally set
Medora murmu tred somnethinug about
congratulationis" arnd "(elighted to
sar of it."
But Mr. Ballard smiled to himself
hen1 she piassed on.
"Lai belle cousine is not exactly
eased," lie said to himself.
.The sunnfower.
The sun flower (1008 inot turn with
to suni, but a recent observer~ finds
tat a miajority of thme flowers (10 have
prevailing dIirection wh'len open ig.
1 the caIse of 0110 of the perennial suni
>wer~s of sixty-eight flowers up) to
10 time all had their heads mnclined to
te southeast. Three (lays after this,
ith sey,enty--three ilowers open, twenity
ie amohg the bIdebr ones had advanced
>wardi the northeast, their hioriz.ontal
Lces becomIng nearly erect during the
uriney.
An Accutrate Timeo-pneen.
* * * .While on the subject of Wal
iam watches, we may mention That we
ave seen a letter from the Commander of
1o .Nordon Caetle (Castle line of Steam
ackets), wfmo was fortunate enough to
wve life at sea, and who for hils gallant
induct was presented in September last
iti a Gold Keyless Waltham Watch by
10 President of the United States, on be
alf of the London Local Marine Board.
eferring to this Presentation Watch, he
iys: "When I left London the watch
'as sir seconds fast, and on my arrival at
ugapore It was only three seconds slow,
most extraordinary performance for a
atch, as I c arried it on mimy person the
hele time. I compared it every day with
Ly' chronometers on the passage out, -and
seldtom or ever dIffered one second, from
kein; in fact, I found it almost, if not as
iod as my cihronometers, which Is a good
ial to say for a, watch catried about and
ibjeot to;ali lsin'ds of' jolts. "-London,
hngland,, Thfe Watchmaker, Jeweter
nd4 Bui~emmu1A. .F. 5, 1888.
(Araudma'e HnIting-workd
The noisy old mill doesn't m e them
so warm, after all. Does iver the
breathless snappilng maclie stop to
te'ch a bright-eyed urchi to knit a
tltrow on pir of chicken quilts'?
* -. 'hanils, how softly
they )atted the cheeks of tho romping
gr a dchild, not half so soft in their
childish curves as the touch of grand
t\a's hands. Tihe stockings grandma
knit- how much love went into every
stitcll; how many prayers-were wrought
into every round. Somewhere 1 once
read about a umIi who bent' over her
needle work, and as oft as a tear fell
from her eyes upon the snowy fabric
she wrought about it and worked it in
with her (left needle until at last the
strange design wrought out a touching
story of her loneliness and sorrow.
And if we could read all the dreams
and thoughts amid prayers that grand
ma wrought with those patient needles
we would wear the stockings she knit
next to our heart rather than on our
feet. For here is a dream of John, and
there is a tear for Chris' Robbie, and
here is a Plan for Will, and hero comes
creeping in a quiverimg strain from
some old, old hymn that is hallowed to
us not because her lips blessed it so
often; see now a prayer quivered all
along this round; h(re the stocking was
laid down while the old hands turned
over the leaves of the Bible that seemed
never to be out of her lap; here the old
eyes looked out across the pasture and
the mowing lot down to the wvooded
hills where the birds are answering
winds; here the old eyes slept for a few
minutes, and here is a knot. A, yes,
Philie and Annie are home this week
and the house is full of their children. I
There will be many more knots -1 the
yarn before the stocking is finished.
Who is the boy whose fate it is to hold
on his extended hands the skein of yarn
while gral(lla winds it off after the
romping youngsters who taunt him with
shrieks of laughter as they desert him. I
But never mind, grandma confronts
him with splendid stories of Uncle
Doec's pranks when lie was a boy and
went to school at Carmichaeltown, j
until the boy wishes the skein was live 1
miles long. And then lie is rewarded
by a great big cooky, sweeter than I
honey, because he was such a good
boy. The only thing that took the 1
edge off this reward was that all the
other children got just as big cookies
as lie did, because somehow grandma's <
rewards fol the good boy and girl
managed to include all the other boys I
and girls. To guindina, all children I
were good; some children were better
than others, but there were no bad
-children. A throusand blessings, a I
thousand times told, on the dear ol 1
face and the silver hair that crowned <
the placid brow; on the wrinkled hands I
and the work they wrought; on the dear I
lips and blessed old hymns they sung; i
on the dear old book that lay in her
lap, and the life that drew so much of
love and faith and help from its pages.
The "'Ex,ert" Business.
An elderly gentleman with bushy white
hair and whiskers, rathe~ square and
rassive features and a firmly knit form
of medium height, clad in an exceeding
ly plain and old-fashioned suit of clothes,
welcomed'a reporter in Cleveland the
other evening.
"Is this Professor Piper?" asked the
reporter.
"Please call me Mr. Piper, plain Mr.
Piper," was the modest request.
Piper is an eminent microscopist, and
expert, summoied to examine the signa
tures of a deed conveying certain Pros
pect street real estate from Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Osborne to C. A. Adlams. Mrs.
Osborne claims that her signature to thme1
dled wvas written at home without pro
per acknowledgement by the notary1
whose signature andl that of her hxusband
was .written down'm town after hers
had been affixed. And upon01 this ground
she seeks to set aside thme (ded. Adams,
of course, objects to thme setting asidleo
the deed(, since lie has advanced Osborne
mloney~ on tile strength of it, clais that
thme inistrumencit was signled in legal
form.
Piper >rough t his inisroscope to bear
on the signatures and( declaredl that it
was an indisp)utable fact that Mrs. Os
borne's signiature was not written before
that of the other signers, as she positive
1ly states, but afterward. Th le 1001) of
thme y in Mrs. Osborne's Christian name
of Mary crosses thme 11. of her husbandl's
signature, and a powerful glass shiowedl
conclusively. Piper claims, that thme
liles of the y were written over the HI.
Numerous drawings of thme let ters mang
nifiled many dliamneters appearedl on P'i
per's table, together with penicils, brushes1
and finely-graded rules for mneasurinig
the smallest fraction of an inch. Piper.
by aln ingenious device, thirewv the sha
dows of the signature, magnified many
diameters, oni a sheet of bristol board
and then drew themn as they appeared.
iIe has just returned1 from Phihadel
phia, where lie was employed over one
hundred days oni one case. That which
calhed1 Piper in to p)roiminence more than1
anything else was his connxection with
the Cadet Whiltaker case. It will be
remembered that it was claimed that4
Whitakor hiimself wrote the note of
warning found in his room. Piper en-1
larged I he hafndlwriting amid declared
that it wa.cs not Whiltaker's. Subsequent
confessions provedl that lie was correct.1
"I am a fIrm belever," said the export,
"in Whitaker's innocence."
One of the curiosities of Piper's col
lection is his wond(erfuil laboratory of
Inks, containing samples of almost every
variety of Ink miade. lIe has a book
filled with ink tests. A long strip of
paper is painted with a certain variety
of ink anid then the strip is marked off
into squares. In each square a drop of
a certain chemical is placed. Oxalic
acidl for instance takes out all the color
of thie bright-hued aniline Inks, but has
little effect oin A rnold's Ink or Stephlens'.
Chloride of lime and potash wvater have
a marked effect On een Arnold's iinks.
India Ink nothing appears to effect. At
stated Intervals I'Pir writes specimenis
of certain kinds of Ink with a date
affixed and lays them, awvay to show
what effect thme action of time has o~n
them. In one case oin which lie was
synployed a linatter 'of $250O.000O hinged
on his dlecision. A patty s wore th 1a
ertain certificates of, stock were six
rears old. It was shown that it was
vritten with a certain variety of ink,
ind Piper obtained a specinen of writ
ng over six years old done with the
ame kind of ink, Which had turned
rown, whereas the signatures on the
ertiicates looked bright and fresh.
Blood has proven as -great a field of
nvestigatiou for the expert as ink. It
was claimed, for instance, by a party
trrested out West for murder, that the
)lood on his garments was from a pig
rhich he had carried oi his shoulder.
:n hman blood the minute corpuscles
ire about 32.1000 of an inch in diameter,
yhile those of a pig, as a rule, are but
ibout 1-4000 in diameter. It was con
dlusively shown that the blood on the
nan's ;garment ,had litrger corpuscles
lin pig's blood Was ever known to have,
and, the fact being est bllshed - that- it
vas not pig's blood bi nw hmn- blood
n the garments, went 'a. long way to
vard convicting the dtefendant.
In order to obtain samples of blood
ron various animals for investigation
mudor tho~ glass Piper once bled the
vhole of Forepaugh's menagerie save
lie monkeys. When the animals ad
'anced to the bars of their cage the
loctor struck each on the nose with a
pring lance. making a minute little
rash from which a drop or two of blood
vas obtained. It is needless to say that
?iper didn't loaf around the lions' or
igers' cages long after he had stuck his
ausiness into their noses, as it were.
itranige to remark that while samples
if the savage lions' and big boa con
trictor's blood could be obtained, the
;eepers did not dare allow the monkeys
o be bled. It has been learned by ex
erience that such undue familiarity
vith a monkey as lancing it makes it
usane and worthless. Tie blood of the
lephant and the whale is a little larger
o to speak, than that of a human being.
t camel's blood differs from the claret
ound in human veins in that the cor
iuscles are oval instead of round.
Taking 'ra with the Japanese.
The great pecularity of this tea-drink
ng ceremony consists in the exactness
vith which everything is done. A
pon, cup, or whatever is handlled, has
o be taken hold of in a particular way,
et down in a pecular place and tonched
n a particular part, and everything is
lone with the same strange precision.
What I saw was part of the ceremony
)f 'thin tea-drinking ' and part of the
eremony of 'thick tea-drinking,' but.
he whole is simply a lesson in those
aws of politeness which were formerly
o rigidly exacted in every mansion and
vhich are still largely kept up, in the
louses of the old aristocracy. ()rigi
tally, the ceremony was of a secret
haracter, and no seoVant entered the
ionse in which it- to" place-the mas
er kindling the.fie, i.ng the water,
naking the te ,aM 'Inslort doing
werything for tht gueyts ; but in later
years it has become a mere ceremony
f an extremely fashioiiable character.
)ie or two things in this service struck
ne as especially strange. Thus, both
lost and guests knelt from the time
hey entered the building till the time
bhey left it; and even when the master
ad to go to the lttle back room to
.etch water, cups or whatever else he
night require, he shuflied on his knees
to the slide which served as a door, and,
hen, having opened it, shuffled through
the opening till he was well on the other
;ide, when lie rose to his feet; but this
he must not do while in the presence of
lis guests. The chief guest. moreover,
s the spokesinain for the conpany, and
Lo word is uttered save by the chief
uest or the host durilng the service, be
t ever so long. The chuief guest also
lends111 everything-thus he asks for
~ea and( refreshments, but the p)articular
noment at which each request has to
be madle is arranged by the codle of eti
luietteC. At oppoirtunte moments the
shief guest also asks if lie may h(itk at
thue tea caddy, a spoon1, a howl or the
tea-pot. -Receiving the necessary Pem
nusssion, he shuilles on his kniees to the
plaice where tihe olbject demanded is,
akes it, bows his forehead to the ground,
hen rising, touches his forehead with
he object received, and begins to ex
uiniine it. Looking at the tea-pot he
tsks if it is silver; then wh'lo madle it;
thien opening it and smelling thme tea,
wvhat tea costs p)er plounid; after which
nquiries he passes it to the next guest~,
ind makes a remark to thme host which
shouild, if plossible, lhe at the same time
i comipliment and a pun. After each
>f time guests has duy13 inispected thme ob
ect, the thief guest shiuflies again
ucross thme floor, and returns it to its
>lace. Object after object is brought,
)xainediiO( and1 retuirnmed ini the sameli
ameir.
A Cont i.Vaugl Ilook.
At an auction sale iii New York re
seuntly, among thme books sold1 thme one
areatinig the most spirited bidding was
mn ahlmanac for the year 1686, entitled
'Kalendarium P'ennisilvaniense;' or,
Smerica's Messenger." Thmis book
:ontains twenty leaves, not paged amid
mncut, and this and another formerly
>ossessed by G4eorgo Brinley. of IIlart..
ord, an the. eonly ones known to be in
;xistence. It is especially valuable
'rom tIme fact that it is the first work of
he first p)rinter of Philadelphia and
Stew York, W. Brmadford of the former
~ity wvho, in anm address prited ini the
>Ook, says: "1 lereby understand that
ifteor great charge and trouble I have
rought thme great art and mystery of
)rinting into this part of America, be
ioving it may he of groat service to y'ou
it several respects." IL was sold1 to
MIr. Stone for $520. 'rTe other books
lisposed of include jun almanac for 1705,
mother for 1093, wvhicho respectively
)roumght $11. and $7; "Anecdotes of
Distinguished Personis ," $8; " T1he
Amnerican Neptune ," in three volumes
ritedl in 1781 for the use of the Royal
Navy of Great Britain, under the direCc
Aon. of the Ri. Hf Lords Commnis
dioners of the Admiralty, brought $90;
he. Holy Bible, with geneatogies prefix
~d, prited ini 1018 by Robert Barker,
)f London, hound in tiik boarde, with
netal corners and centre; was purchased
~or $20 50. A copy of the original
~harter of Rhode Island College, now
Birown's University, presented at the
3eneral Assembly i'n February, 1715,
)ranu mn $2 4
St. Petersburg in Wlimter.
People in America might possibl3
imagine that tea-making in this coultrl
is a very complicated and laborioui
affair, but it is no more so than any
where else, only people here are s<
easy-going and good-natured; time ha:
so little value, and labor is so cheap
even though it may be poor, that about
half a dozen people are doilg her<
what one person would do with muel
more thoroughness in America becaust
not stumbling over other people's feet
One of the servants in question wa:
washing about half a dozen spoons
saucers and glasses. Mon in Russhi
drink their tea out of glasses, so the3
can admire the amber liquid and at th
same time feel its warmth creepinfi
through their bodies as they hold th<
glasses between their fingers. The
second man brought the tea-caniste
and sugar-bowl, and being imp)ressec
with the importance and dignity of hi:
work he moved about with a slownes
that was edifying to behold and gene
rated in the spectator a violent desirt
to go to his assistance, The third mai
was arranging sweet crackers and slic,
ing lemons to be used with the tea,
while the fourth man's attention wa.
entirely absorbed by the samovar.
The samovar, as weil as the steai
bath, is a truly national institution,
Take away from the Russian these twe
objects of necessity and luxury, and ht
will think life has been robbed of hall
its charms. The samovar is an indis.
pensable piece of furniture inl the house:
of the rich and the poor, the high awl
the low, and not till he is the happ3
owner of such an institution does a
young man set about in search of a life
partner, willing to share with him tht
comforts offered by a room somuewiert
under a staircase. The word "samiio.
var" is composed of the pronoun ''self'
or ''itself," and the verb "to boil," and
liternily means "self-boiler.'' '1'he samo.
var is made of brass, lhas the shape of
an egg, and holds from one to two pailb
of water. The lower end rests on fon
feet, the upper is flattened, and it has i
funnel for charcoal in the centre. Th
top of the funnel is finished off by au
object resembling a crown, and whel
time water boils on your tea-table you
fill your tea-pot, put it on the crown tb
draw, and your tea is ready.
The four men were attending to theii
duty m religious silence, the only tinu
they opened their mouths being to in,
form me-that there was to lie i ext ru
meeting on somie important business,
and that it was on that acconit thel
were making the tea. .Now the gentle.
muen who compose those meetings cou
together at 2, leisureiy sip their tea
relate th latest news, and go home t
their dinners at 4, leatvintg a kind P'rovi
dence to attend to their affairs, unless,
indeed, the question be one of politics
"political unreliability," as they call it
here. - Then these same jovial, easy
going gentlemen will instantly he
transformed into stern, ilillclint
judges, working day and night, and tc
the best of their abilities, in their en.
deavor to please the head of the couin.
try and thus earn stars and ribbions, oa
a more exalted "chin" or rank.
The present Emperor, in ordering .
revision of the laws relhting to th
Jews, has taken one step further o
the road trodden by his father. Whei
Alexander 11. freed the serfs he at tit
saie tune tried to bettor the conlitiol
of his lIebrew subjects. Previous t1
1861 no Jiew was allowed to remain ii
a- tussian town longer than a week.
except inl Poland and (the Sonth, whiel
were overrui by them. in Pomlauu
they were even 0 nuiimerolns and s<
p)owerf1ml once t,hat a Polish King wiiu
on thie hpoint of mlarryinug a ,Jewess
Russians knmew only thme peddlinig Jew
by no means thie best, r'epresentatlve o
the race, as thie pe3rsecuitionis by3 li
Chrmistiani brethrenm had( inade hin'i uni
scriuulouis and cowardly and hiad ovem
deCvelop,ed hiis n aturalI shrewdntess
Even w~here they were t.olerate'd thecy dit
not dare to betray any utward sign
of thrift; (hey woul iot long have re
mainied iiinniOlested5 if thecy hiad, so time:
rinuainied ragged andl dirty, and to at
out,ward ajppeiaanes iii abject, ploverta
until they biecamne at by-word and (1
reproach, while ini reality they held thi
purse strings of (lie counitry. Th'ie'
carriedl on a pitiless and most unre
ienitinmg usury, suckinmg the life-blood
of their victnis like so nully leechie
and( keep)ing (lie people, who lttterei
thiemiselv'es thant they were their masters
ini the most absolute and hmuiiiiatinij
depenidenice. Andl thme two races hatet
each other most, thmoroughlly. Onde i.
af while (lie Christian slave rebelled an<
miaugurat ed a love-feast, sinnli ar t
those of the Vandals ai (lie Gioths
but, his resistance only lasted until hi
long accumiulatedl eniergy h111(1spenti its
elf', when everything iwnt on as before
Okeup Eatinig in Wahntn
Th'le dairy oppiosite (lhe T1reasu ry us;
great resort,, wh1ere may 1be seen not onil
many bureau oflers and men of cot
siderable position in (lie govermenit ser
vice, but a great many others who d
nmot wanit a cheap Ilunconi, buIt a ligh
one, and~ knmow~ (iat if they 011ce seL.l
into a restauiranit chair (lie result will b~
a spoil appletite by dinnuer (inue. See
retary Chanidler is one of (lie frequen:
visitors, and often may lie seen stand(1ini
ini a crowd'( of Treasury clerks, drinking
his mug of' milk and muniching his tw<
cent biscuit--that is it is two, cents If hi
takes a buttered biscuit aiid onily on,1
cent If it is ubuttered. It will be siee
by a slight intellectmual effort (liat ti
salary (of a Cabinet ollcer for 011e yea
wo0uildl puchase 800,000 unbuttered his
cults. Th'le Secretary's future may b)
regardled, therefore, as reaisona! ~,se
ciure. It thie Secretary (takes a mug (I
milk and( (wo) unbuttered biscuits (h<
total cost o,f his lunicheon is (lie umagnmifi
cenit stun of seven cenit'i two butterc<
biscuits will raise it to nlie cents, anadi
lie should take a p)1ece of p)i--wVh'ich h
probably . would mnot do-as lhe coni;
from New England, where pie0-malkii
is a religion and1( not a sordkll pursuit
(lie cost will rcech four'teen cents. Tih;
is regarded, however, as extravaugamic
only to be justiflled in a Cabinet o111cer.
-There are in the treasury $105 251
198 in ellvor and $179,08anOa in gold.
Art at Hoeo.
Purchase the Florence knitting silk
It comes in all colors. The size of thi
steel needles used will depend upon th
Sfile or coarse quality of silk that shouk
be selected. Stocking knitting i
easily learned. The majority of oh
ladies know all about this sort of in
dustry, in a1 plain way, to be sure, since
art decorating is of rather recent date
1and especially in the manufacture o
fancy hosiery. However, the grandma
of to-day are familiar with the rules fo:
shaping a stocking, and when this is
learned the artistic ombellishings arc
easily controlled. In personal beautify
ing, doubtless at prettily dressed foot j:
quite as unuchl noticed as any other par
of the toilet. And especially is thi:
S the case during the suminer season
when fashion's dlsciples are rusticathiu
r im point lace and diaimonds at an ex
I pensive watering place, where the ex
travagance of dress is sometime
I extended to the bathing suit, and heav3
silk stockings are worn to protect ti(
satiny whiteness of shapely limbs
Knitting silk stockings is a charniing
ilustry, a work easily laid down o1
taken up, and when rustienting, thr
knitting can be carried about ill tin
dress, pocket, ready for use at any 11o
mIent; when the occupation ilaly be re
suined with'inarkedl effect in displaying
valuable jewelry--the hands are held ul
to view, ilocent, of course, of any in"
tention of exciting envy, or seekcilI
admiration for beauty of hinds 1nii
cured nails, and costly gemis. '.l here i:
somlethling Very fascinating inl I:anec
knitting, and then there is a grelt
satisfaction ill an industry so Iucrative
A handsome pair of silk hose are wel
woril throm $10 to S'au, the vatie de
pending upon Ite ainount oft 1 fat1't
work with which the hose mnay be lec
onited. Doimest ic icnnae silk hall* hosc
for gentleiIIen+ gives a pretty anud ex
ceediligly satisf'actory occupation fo
young girls anl inisses, who take pleas.
are in giving their lite inereltives pres
- enits that are handsome and usefutl, and
are also such positive evidences of in
dustry anId Itistit' taste. A. silk kilittei
smlOking catp can he richl% designIed
showing at rainbow of color ifeets
Dressy little silk sncques I'or babies ari
knitted or crocheted in colored cor<
formning a very usef'u1 and ornamnental
garmient.
Emnbroidery has beeotne so fashliona.
ble that it is lavishly enlpluyctd on
sonme garinents. Now mnuch of thi
Work is wrought, at honie, thereby say
ing large sut11ns of ilolney, and stil
indulging inl the preferred dress decora
tion of the season. A p ocket handlkar
chief emnbroidered by a young lady onl)
"brought out'' this Willer just pas
coutld not be b outght at, one of otr hiri'gi
stores for a cenlt. less than $50. A littit
schoolgirl of elevon Stullers has en11
broidered ill colors within four months
tinio a laawi tenils 11111Ion a p)erfec
poemn of dainty conceptionts ini the in
termingling of blo:>sonls, )buds, an(1
climbing plants, all so ingeniously exe"
cutted, and so exactly copied froni
.iituire, they appear to be only laid or
. ,the Illldkercluef, to be gathered lp alil
put, into a vase of water. One. of tin
rich lest pongee costuines that, will bi
seen at Newport this Sumnier was ci
roidered dturing this Sprinig by 11
wealthy society lady, noted for le
charitable de;(ls to the wvorthy poor,
wlho, however, does not, believe ini favor
ing both inery and idleness.
FIor Slimmer use in a country cottag(
gray-ined curltais with edge elbroid
0ry are ornamnental aund atlfordt ' au'
admnirablo shade to a roomn exposed 1i
the heat of the noo iay stun. A doo
cuIrtalini formled of. tarIltan in 11 anil
breez2'/y cool11ess to tile rooins. I?d1gI
tile culrtin with Linted 11ace and1 hanilg 1
1101lh1ind sh ade of correspond1IllI ig color
to b,e drawnu tdown when secluisioni i
recIjIired; loop11 balck the tletanl ne0a
the cent.re with~ ribb'on bows. T1hier'
is anoI(t1eli efct ive 8t,yle oIf (1oor 0111
talin which is (easily3 'onistruiceld. Purm
chase15 ai few yards of dlotted Sw is:
mu islill; betwleen the dot.s ton hot h1 sie
ofI ilh goods 83w Liny13 sjlanIgles; edige th<i
(3urtaLinil with 11arrow(11 gold 11n0(, and (1
faliry3-like effect is given, esplecillyi
twoi 111 I 11ahn hlLs ori polts of. flIowersi' ar
pIhiCed on1 eithe 11 ide8(1 of' then door11.
- sho0wy piano1 cover' 111ay3 be secure'td a1
very'3 li ttle expense5. A.ppiiliu on gr'e(
01cloth, aI varlIiet,y of (juinilI figures, noe
exactly' gr'otesqueI, but11 seeted witl
tast1811, and11 hlresen,tinlg in a1 pointed'l nu111
11nCr 801n10 sorL oIf suggestion11 relatinlg t
1illulsic,. both v'ocal 11( m I 1tintrument l
Oiriginal11ity) expressed50( iln desigi ll
1decoraltionIs for ai plianot cover0 is sure t
,execulted, 111u1 thiere mu lst al1so be-give]
to) thle worik. TheIm designs wrouIgh, 01
111 organli c oer should halrlmI/onize'itl
the general chalracte'ristics of thmis ini
strumlient. TIher'ie sho(111( be no0 crowdei
deOtils in need(11e wo'rk, e~ven when th
- i1hed( pre'sentLs; amphIle breadth for
det'oration11 of liberaul dlimen'Isions. .1
dr'der 1(o secure' a plea~smig effectL
j ul thati dtliail is alwaysi3' subor1dinle t
Lte desigil; and1( aib1vte all be siure not, t
initenided to be colpies frtonmnaturet
eivery' h ower. shotuld 1ha ve its ownV1 feOilng(
andit the~ wihole made(( a18 per'fectt as poss
ble. G larling inallccurac'ies1 ill Lis Idi iret
t ion det.stroy the deQsiredt effec.t oIf mo.(1
ait the1 8same1 time1( it, is obiviouis that, th
f'airm artist is ini possess5ion1 of cons1idora'
r. bie igniorantce.
S--Th'ere aIre .18 societies of Shuaker's I
.tihe Uniitedl States.
C -Thfie (lot now pIlacedl over the i (ailt
3 fromt the f ourteenmth century.
-Armnorica, which1 Is nowv Brittanl)
wats conquered by Caesar 50 B3. 0.
* ---The fIrst recorded plhague i all pail
, of thme world occurredl 767 1B. 0.
; -The celebrated mineral spring ii
Ciheltenham was d iscoveredl in 1718.
i --There are 1,500 sqniar'e miles of Ic
, ini tile Alps, from 80 to ($00 feet thick.
-It requires 10,290 gas aind 2,368 o6
lamps to light the streets~ of Boston.
, -A single grape vmne at Cajon, Call
fornia. Is aito nohar nie onsn of frenn
NEWS IN BR1EP,
-Sweet potatoes are being ,success
fully raised In Mower county, Minne
sota.
--February and January were added
to the calendar by Nuna alout 713
B. C.
-Conchology was first ieduced to a
system in 1075 by John Daniel, Mayor
of Kiel.
-The uractice of using a baldachin'in
churches was introduced Into, ngland
in 1279.
-The French Government intends to
hold a grand international exhibition at
Paris in 1885. .
-'The hyssop of Scripture is"the caper
tree which abounds in southern Europe,
lower Egypt and Syrb .
-Chicago is said to waste 4b,000,00( -
gallons of water per day, and Cincinnati
5,000 000.
-i%-aris has 05,000 houses, London
400,000 more than Paris, New York and
Berlin combined.
-The shipmen's of petroleum and
letroleun prod nets from this country
for .lanuary were valued at $3,050,953.
-By the new census there are in Ire
land 3,951,887 Roman Catholics and 1,-1
1118,812 Protestants of all kinds.
-The debt of the United States p or
to tle war was aboIt $90,000,000, he
debt of the Australian colonies s al- "
ready livefAdW that..
-it is estimated that, the 700 uests
at the Vauderhilt hall represent 1 $8,
000,000,000, or 10 times the total alua
tion of Boston.
---.1mes 1. of "'5cotlanId was mu lred
at t he Black Friars' monastery at irth,
in 14:17, by ohert (Graham11111 and th Earl
of Athol.
-The revenine of the Dominion ov
ernlmntlt for the tirst nine months of e
- piesent fiscal year was $26 381,685, at
- the 'xpenlditures $18,U02,1.9.
--In Western China the mountain
tOai, which has a " halo,'' and which is
in height 11,000 feet, is almost exclusive
i ly inhabited by Buddhist monks.
-On the Colorado desert a species of
tortoise grows to a weight of twenty
live pounds, and the meat of this is coln
silere(I a great delicacy among' the In
I dials.
.A Iman recently sold the timber
righ t on a tract of lud in Cambria cout
ty, Pennsyivania, for $45,000. IlIe
imught the land and trees a few years
ago l'or $1,000.
-Pisistratus founded a public library
in Athens 540 B3. (., and this is the first
institution of its kind of which history
gives any account. Ptolemy Philadel
plhus founded the second 284 1t. C.
-The cost of the Vanderbilt ball is
est imated as follows: Costaunes, $155,
730; flowers, $11,000; carriages, $4,000;
hair-dressig, 5-1,000; supper and extr-a
servants, $25,000; making a total of near
ly $200,000.
-Ice men of the Penobscot river say
that the present season has been a suc
cessful one to them. They have har
vested someh 189,500 tonis, and they had
about 50,000 tons left over from last
seasoni.
-It is said that Stonehenge the
ancient, montiment on Salisbury lain,
was built inl accordance with Merlin's
advice by Aurelius of Ambrosius, in
memory of 400 Britons who were mur
dered by Ilengist.
-''he virtues of Peruvian bark were
- discovered by a .Jesuit in 1535, and it was
uscd by members of the Society of Jesus
from that time. In 1(19 it was intro
duiled into France, and Sir Iais Sloan
carried it to Eniglanid in 1700.
-- co01ni ct was eniteredl into at San
Franceisco a few (lays ago by the Tiexas
and P aci tIe lbilway Company for thie
t.ransportat.ion of sevent hundred ear
loads, being about :00,000 bushels, of
California wheat logo to lEurope by way
of New Orleans.
--The liye copper mines in Michigan,
wihhave declared dividenids during
lhe past year, have a paid-up cap)ital of
$2,500,000', and the dividends paid
iinounit to $2,900,000. Th'Ie Calumnet
and I [ceela, which hasa capital of $1,200, -
(00, palid its stockhiohlers in the past year
--The 'Western Union telegraph lines
mi T1exas have inicreased fronm 2,300 iles
of' les1C andl 4,000 miles of wire on Jan
t 1, 1880, to 4, 300 miles of poles and near
ly 9,000 miles of. wire oni Jan. 1, 1883,
-thus nearly dloublinig its facilities within
thiree year's andio still building.
--One of (lhe Ind ustrIes of Australia is
th le cooking and canning of rabbits,
.wich are 50 lenttifuil in some dlistricts
t (imt whole crops are sonmetimies destroy
ed by them. Otne him dIurlig the [last
a season1 which lasted t.wenty-fIve weeks,
( ant 7500o he anthuanls.
l--In thie Secotnd revenue collection
- istrict of GAeorgla from December 1st,
I 1.882, to March 3lst, 1883, there were
3 seized 105 illicit distileries; dlestroyed,
- 00; remnoved for forfeiture, 20. T1here
L were 13, 150 gallons of beer destroyed~
1i antd 17 gallons of low wines and 30s
Sgallonis of whisky seized. ,
-T1he nilnug receipts at San Fran
a cisco for to lIrat six mtonths of (te year
LI amuomited to $10,260,000, of which $2,
3 091), 4121, was for (lhe month of June. Of
- this sum the California sent $1,850 292;
lCureka Cosldtd$1,502 0o;-00n-:
moni,td, $1,200,000, and Ophir, $723,000.
S -Th'Ie first annual report of -the Now
.Joirsey railroad comm i issionters says there
-are 1800 milIes of road in the state; capi
tal investedl, $214,008,349; cost of road
and e<iIets, $108,018,355; gross
earnings in 1881, $31845,80'2; net earn
hig, 11,000.1; ntret pktonbonds,
oec., $9,590,338; gross earningq for 1881,
a $20,000,000; not Income, after qeducting
all expenses0, $15,000,000.
-It Is wvell known that (lie wine lhar
vest last. year. was scainty in Italy, but
a compared to (hat of Ifranicel there la no
reason to complain. 'In 'France scateeoly
3, 0,880,352 heetol4res were obtained, -
while in Italy there wyore 32,;O-,448 lhce
tilittes. '.The harvest i F Vnoe was
Li loss by 8,252,88 1 hectolitres thn that .,
obtained there in 1881 .whtle in Italy 'it
I wasgreater by 5,028,70hectolitres, than
the average .production, thbugh below
the prodnetion of excepttonalli g
. e ts, -