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The swallow builds her dwelling Of clay fron sunny pools; The doves their loves are telling 'J'he scolding wren o'errnlos, Up starts the golden flicker, And hurls his notes about; The blueJays tilt and-hicker The cuckoo's a sly scout; But .1ark from last year's stbble How cheerily pipes the quail, And bobolink notes uphilble, From yonder grassy swale; The blackbird freo from troubl', Pours out i gossip tale; Loud laughs the crow at pilbage, On fields of planted corn; All drunk with spring's distillage, All mad with joy this mornl Good inorning, 0 sweet morning, Good cheer unto my songs; Come ye in thronging na'.suro; As sprifig birds conme in throngs. HARRY. Miss Abigail Burr was a little brom ol maid who lived in a little brown o1 house with her eat, Debby, - and 1n woman-of all-work, Prudence, sharp i tongue, long of visage browner au older thtan the mistress herself. ''he1 was nothing of grace, nor beauty, in sweetness about Miss Abigail's lifi everything was Iry. and hard, an husky. lindeed, Some peopre Were uncharitable as to say that her hea was like a very much dried-up kernel i a nut-shell, and would rattle if she wei to be shaken hard enough. But I nevi quite believed that. I alwayssaid.thei was a soft spot in Miss Abigail's hear to be found when the time came to flu it. One spring twilight a boy ope c Miss Abigail's garden gate and walkc r 1 up the path between the rows of stral ghng lilacs. He was not a boy wl lived about Caperstown or he would in have dared venture, I aml sure, fa Prudence's sake, besides having notl ing to venture for. lie was an u1 keupt, starved-looking little specin of humanity. II is coat was a world t( long and patched at the elbows; at his trousers were a world too short ar patched at the knees. his hat w; guiltless of brim, and through a hole the crown bobbed a-little tuft of ha which had once been brown, but w now wofully faded. .le went straigl up to Miss Abigail's porch steps. Mi Abigail was sit,ting on the porch in hi high-backed rocking-chair so intent c binding -off her stocking-heel that sI heard neither the click of the gate-lat( nor the footsteps on the hard-trodd< path, and she did not look up until tl boy's figure interposed itself betwec } her work and the fading sunset light. .le doffed his tattered hat-crown. "If you please, ma'am, will you may I have something* to eat?" It was iiot at all a tramp's mnnewr< asking; there was a manliness in ti voice which Miss Abigail could not lie but notice. 'erhaps that was the reas< she lookedl at the boy sharply for moment before she anisweredl. In th; stood in the door, wvithi a shawl throv~ over her head, and her right hand swat ed with soft cotton. "I'll1 have to git Jonas Batrrow 's ua to (10 the imilkin','' saidl she. I can 'I've b)urned my hand that bad.'' The boy looked tup (quickly. "Cani 1-coidi I milk for you?" As I have initimlatedl, P.rudence d not like boys; and that shte somnetimi expressed her dlislike in a very forcilb could testify. N ow, she surveyed thi ' boy standing by the p)orchi steps, fro his b>are brownt feet'to his .brown hea .not forgetting the faded little tuft, du11mb astonishment. "You might, let hin try, Prudence, saidl Miss Abigail, thinking rather dul ously of the nervous, miouse-coloredl A derney in the yard. * "I chored on a farm all last sunnner, explained tile boy, eatgetly, glatncil from mistress t(d maid. "I want son suipper, and I'll be glad to (do sonmethia to pay for It." "Well, you kinl try' it," said Prudenc after a momentary deliberation. II bett.er'n begging a favor, anyhow." She led thme way to the kitchen, ai took a shining tlin pall from the dIressI "'lleore's the ilk-pall,'' she said tihe boy, who steed waIting; "an' t1 *cow's in the yard yonder. Pay-di comeis when the wvork's (done." And P'rudlence smiled grimly as s: wont albouit setting out a lunch of b)rei and butter Jmd( coldI ment. She ft morally certhin that the flighty Aldorn heifer, used onily to wonma-kinid, wou be mtuchl muore likely to spread a p)air hiovino wings and fly away than aik herself to be milked b)y Ia boy. "lie can't dho It," she said to Mi .'Abigail, wh'lo present ly brought ther kin Sting work it the k itchen. "T1heo heifeor send him sky-high." ]But lie could anid lie p1" Soon appeared i the doorway, his pail birh ming wvith sntowy feamt. "'WellI I never" ejaculated Prudentw "You didn't think I could?" said t boy, smilin rbightly. .No, I <dn't," adimitted Prudem and straghtway1 in lieu astonishmlel she added to his .iare a segmatnt of rh "asn't., there a bit of chteese bi frein tea'?" asked Miss Abigail. *Prudence thought there was, a while she was fetchting it from the c lar the boy gave himself ahealthy scrt bmig at the pump, coming in from..] ablutions fresh and ruddy aba rose. I was very hungry, there was no doubt that, He.looked at Miss Abigail wit1 deprecating smile as rrudeoncoecarri off the bread-plate for a third replenish Ing. "I'm pretty hungry," said he. "This Is the first bite I've had since morning and it tastes good," To be sure it did. Miss Abigacil thought of a little brother who died years and years before, ere his tender feet -began to fee1 the pricks in life's path. How strange that the sight of this little vagrant, satisfying his cray ing at her kitcliin table, should bring to her remembrance the child who had so early put off the mortal for the lnmor tial. Presently, when the boy had fin ished his repast, he laid his knife and fork across his pluto with a methodical precision which it pleased Miss Abigail to see and then he glitnced from Pru dence, standing near her with arms akimbo, to Miss Abigail. "Thank you for my supper," said he. "May be I'd best be getting along. You don't want a boy to work, do you?" "A boy--t.o work!" ecled Prudence. "Did I ever!" ".No we dtonl't," said Miss Abigail, shortly. And then--it, was strange enough that. she could not help thinking again of that frail little life which had blighted in the bud so long before. "How far are you going?" she asked. 4%I don't know, hn;t'am.' "And where have you conte from?" proceeded Miss AbigaiI. "Trescott, nia'anh. Mother died there three months ago."' There wasa pathetic <uaver in his voice. And then, with little clinestioning, he told his simple story. Ilis name was Barry Olmstead, and lhe was twelve years old. Ile had lived in '1'rescotti a n long time-he and his mother; they were d very poor, but they had kept a little r home together. His mother had taken ,f in sewing, and lhe had worked for the d neighboring farmers sumnnters, and gone o to school winters. And lie had been ht haippy, for all they were so poor, until - -mother died. d "Then I stopped wit.h Deacon Staples o a spell; he said he wanhed to try me. * But they were going to bimd in meout to . liin, alid so I ran away." -e "None o blahnne, nlt hher," interposed sr Primleice, wit h1 a great deal of emphasis. c "' ve seen old Staples, down.to Trescott. ile's that macan he'd skin a mouse for the (j hide and taller!" "I've been trying along for a chance d to work," conltinued the boy, smiling d faintly. IIe was very near to tears now, I but he bel then\ back sturdily. "But , there don't anybody seem to want me." >t Miss Abigail was moved more than >r. she would have cared. to owt by this - recital. Even to her, -who had lived for . self so long, there was something inde *h scribably pitiful in the thought of this o little wanderer battling alone with th6 d world, buffeted by fortune, driftinghere d or there, as chance might dictate. It i had grown dark now-the lamps had n long since been lighted; and there were rt mutterings of distant thinder in the air. t "It's going to rain," said Miss Abi ; gail. "You needn't go to-night; you r may sleep in t lie stable loft." n Barry thanked her. t The storm broke with great violence. hlt And while Miss Abigail listened to the t sharp peals of thunler and the piuring e of time rain against the windows she h thought of the lonely little wayfarer in the stable loft with a new, strange throb of pity. Morning caime, merry with bird song and glistening with myriads of rain drops. Prudence was up betimes, ,f but, early as it was, she heard the sound e ofan'ax in the wood-shed; and when she opened the door Barry smiled at her from his post by the chopping-block. a "Idoii't thinik I paid enlough for my it .sliper-L eat such a lot;" he staid, "5o r I've1 slit somel kindlings, and I'll milk , for you this mnorning if you wvant mn to.'' u. P'rudence brought thme milk-pail with out a wvord. Bitt whlen she had prepared1 in Miss A bigail's morning meal, she made t. readhy a good substant ial breakfast for Barry, also. When he had (enteni it lie 't~ took up his haut crowni. '"Go out the way you came in,'' said id Prutdence, " N *lse yuotal bilig had as luck." he Barry gave a little" incredulous laugh, is but lie wvent out to the p)orch. Miss is Abigail was there taking (deep) breaths a of the fresh air, and she bade him a i, kind '"Good morning'" as lie went oft a the step andi (down the p)athi again be tween the lilacs, exuberant in growvth "~ hut, mieager in bloom. 'i- "I wonder wvhy umy lilacs do not flower .1- more freely.'' This Miss Abigail saId 'to .Prudenice, who had followved to the "door. ig "I dunnioi," answered Prudenice. 1e Barry hteard and turnted. "1 guess ag it's because you leave the old blossoms on," he said, hesitatingly. "Mother e, uisedl to say 1 must pilck the blossoms off 's one year, If I wantted any next.." And then lie went out of the gate, id closing it carefully behid hinm, and *r. along the moist, brown'i highway. to ''That is a very unCommon boy," saidI to Miss Abigail, looking after hun with sea edons eyes. '"Yes,'' assenited1 Prudence ''le's au te clever 'n oumgh little chmap-for a boy3."' d ''To thinmk of his kniow~iug about thle mit lilacs," conltinueid Miss Abigail medita ty tively. "I must cut cit all the flowers 1(1 this spring.'' of "'A' lie got as good a mess o' mtilk wfromt the heifer as t could ha' don1e my self with ai well hamlii,'" Prud(enice weont, t- "'Yes, lie wvould have been handy 11 about milkig and gettig the wood for yon," said( Miss Abigail. ie "An' bringin' -the letters from the n- p)ost-etlehe," proceeded Prnudenice. "'It.'s a good piece over to the village In mudd y e. walkii'."' me "So It isu " said Mlss- Abigail. Shte gazed reileelvely along the road whiph~l e; wvoundt, serpentine, to the little hamlet it, a mite away. Barry was clinblng the ui- hill, IL mere, p,itful, lonely speck, in tihe dilstancme, as lie was a mere InsIgifficant uit atom i the great body of hiumnilty. MIss AbigaIl's eyes filled. rid "We mfighit have kept hhun," shesU(d, al- "Tainu't too .late yl" iut, in Pru Lh- den1ce, its Tho two 'Wometn looked into each Ic' othiers eyes.. of "If yott could make 1h1 im er," began ta a|iss Abigail., ed j For answegQ1 P'rudence atrode to the road, and sent a long, quavering cry after Barry. "B o-o-y l" But the little flgure they were watch= lng plodded steadily on. 'Gimme the old tin horn out'er the kitchen, Miss Abigail" called Prudence, excitedly, "quick." -". .Miss Abigail, staid spinster that she .was, without a thought of the ludicrous ness of the proceeding, ran to the kitchen, snatched the horn from its nail, aud ran out with it to Prudence. And' Prudence put It to her lips and blew a blast so long, so loud, that it startled the birds Into silence, and set the echoes ringing from hillside to hillside. "Iie e'n hear that if he c'n hear any thing," she muttered. Ie (id. 1le stopped. Prudence flour ished the horn In frantic excitement. There was a moment of suspense; and then Prudence turned to Miss Abigail, stending by the gate.. "'Hle's a-comin' batck,'' she said. When Barry, bretthless with the haste lie had made, reached the cottage, Miss AbigalI was waiting on the porch. We made up our minds to keep you,' said she, "so long ts you don't give too mtuch trouble." "0, thank you, mal'am!" cried Barry. "'Indeed, I'll try to please you." I. an sure he has succeeded; for the lilacs have been in bloom three times since that morning, and he is with Miss Abigail yet, growing tall and strong and manly as .the years go by. lie tills the bit of a farm, which had so long lain umimproved and in wiiter attends school at the village where he is in ex cellent repute. le is, withal, so faith fil !tnd helpful and kind that Prudence is fain to apot'hegnatize the horn after this fashion: ''lIarnsome is as barnsume does; im' you're deservin' of a bed o' velvet, old horn, for the good (Ied you done that A Itenairl,le Story. II the Surrogate's Court, of New York, on the 6th of May; much excite ment was created by the development of a pecubiar, interesting and romantic story. The principal actors are young men of high social standing and wealth. The story is as follows: In 1809, Win. Tilden, a relative of Samuel J. Tilden, died, leaving an es tate valued at $2,5002000. IIe divided it equally between his four sons-Wil liam, Milano C., Marmaduke and Bev erle B. Tilden-aged 20, 15, 12, and 9 years. Josiah M. Fiske, Win. T. Blod gett Davis Dows, Charles Tracy and N. '. Ely were appointed executors. 1 1870 the executors employed an Italian named Biazzi as tutor and manager for the boys, and they were sent to Europe. In Paris they occupied the roons form erly occupied by the Prince of Wales and other members of the Royal family of England. They then proceeded to Berlin and lived in sumpthous style ex pending in' sixteen months about $70, 000. The oldest of.the four, William, pur chased a. palace in Coburg for $10,000 and with it the title of Baron. While in his palace he became very much in terested in the wife of the former owner and very soon was inder coin pleto control of her husband, to whom he gave at power of attorneyand permit ted him to purchasce all the furniture for his palace. In 1872 the executors discovered the condition of affairs abroad, and by the payment of a very large sum of money, the young man was extricated front his difliculties. The four then conceived tihe iea of a ball in honor of Americans in Germnaney. They hairod an imimense hall at great expense, and gave thme ball, which was widely coummented on. When they re'turnied home thme execui tors footed up their expences for' two years and tour mouthms at $185,000. They were sent to Hlarvard1 College, but did not remain there. William was made an executor of thte estate, and ini 1877 a p)artnier in tihe business formerly carried on by his father. This lie was comp)elledl to give up owing t.o his in ability to manage it. M any account ings were had for which large counsel fees wer'e paid(. Ini 1877 Gustavus G. J. Thme baud was appointed guat'dian of Beverie IB. Tild en. lie received1 $1250, and afterward it is alleged, was locked upi i Ludlow Street Jlail for~ eleveni months for misap prop)riating $15,000 belonging to another estate for which lie was the attorney. Friom thme accounmt ing now m progress before a referee it appears that the two eldest sons have beena paid $175,000 mnore.than their share. It. is also charg ed1 that a mortgage for $160,000 on .Jersey City property, with the mnterest, was collected by the, executors, and that one of them deposited the money to his p)rivate account. The estate Is in a bad condlit,ion and ill yieldl b'ut $100,000 to each or the youngest sons. The executors are chiarg edI with procuring ratifIcations of their acts by threats. iloverle B. Tilden naow, seeks to have the various accountings opened on the ground that tIhe expen d itu res were foolish and rashi, uanneces sary and1( contrary to his father's will. lie also claims that the executors should be charged with the unnecessary expenditures. Th'le executors make a general (denilal, and( (declair that they have accouintedl for ev'ery cent. they spent, and that the boys, wh en the iy caime ofi age, ratified their acts. Gloves have thme honoer of sharing~ in the censure of modle'n medical ditators, who declare that they injure the skin, and( by being worn very tight check the circulation of the blood, There is little fashion can do--It tries to i'reVect th# imitation of the vulgar by dheclat ing sometimes for sac gloves which reach the shoulder, or with the same length ih an lnumera'ble number df buttons; now that, they shall be worn on the dresst, and now on the bare armn;'and now'th'atthe6y shall be painted, then beaded; now that they shall have ruffles or Insertion. Onie' neVer knows a mani until lie refuses him somnethhig and( studies the effects of the refusal. One nieyer knowd' himself- until lie has denied himdelf. .something. Poetry In Patchwork. Mrs. Mulfor'd wifr f the clerk a the' Ai'lipgton tplt Va$liitgton, hi finished a patchwork (i ilt that is nc merely a quilt, but a work of art. is a poem IIn patches-a symphony 1 samples of silk and sati. It is sevc feet square and is composed of fort nine different blocks, arranged in row each row separated by a division ribbc of dark red satin, and each block divi ed from each other by a ribbon bord of the same texture and hue. Aroum the whole is. a border of drab brow sati(, traversed by seve rows of stitcl lug in various silks. '.he pieces ai chiefly silk, with many,.f satin and few of velvet. There alp*sibout 1,0( pieces in the quilt, and e1,ce 1I a history. There are .I . .dililds'i silk from a wedding d1css, made hui (reds of years ago h Englandl whc the looms wove silk ts enduring time. There are in it syecimens of tl1 latest styles of gentlemen's cravat: And between these two bpochls are hui dlreds .of pieces of different times an all possible shades of color arranged I blocks of a general arabesque patterl the whole presenting a unity of desigi that is marvelously synmctrical, and blending and shading of- colors that i artistic In the highest degree. Only a artist, with a firm, bold hand, a quic accurate eye, and a true perception c the harmonies of art, could have mad it. Sonme of the pieces are mtere shre( in size and none of thelu are lrg( With tioese materials are displayed tast and judgment, and the result is n( merely a guaint guilt but an arabesqu mart. ' A ', The blending of the colors is the mo admirable feature' of the whole work The arrangement of the pieces is equal ly satisfactory. The general result ol: tained is consequently. artistic. ''w of the squares containes a piece u l)rocade silk, of the now fashiomabl color, crushed strawberry. I , cam from the wedding dress of irs. Mul ford's great grand-mother, ant is I years old. Another square contains fragrant of her own wedcling dres. Still another holds a. small scectiosa her husband's wedding vest, ome c those patterns in light silk which wer fashionable before the war ind whic having gone out of 'ashaion, has bee replaced by nothipag half so elegam either in texture or in styli. Agair another block has a piece of w leddin dress of Mrs. Mulford's bridesmaic Miss Sherron, with her initials worke in it. This is the only block in ti whole. quilt which Mrs. Alulford di not wolk with her own hands. 11u dlreds of these pieces wore sent to Mr: Mulford by her friends. One block i called the Beach Block, because th wife of ion. Lewis leach, of Ne, York contributed most of the pieces i it. The predominant colors here al purple crimson, black, light blue, gree and others. In one corner a crescei lnoon, attended by stars, gleams o from a field of blue. In the centre cluster of leaves are beautifully worke( Very much of the work is dillicu needle work, done by Mrs. Mulfor( Many of thopieces hu're various desigi painted on them by the same lad whose abilities as an artist are highl appreciated by her friends. Another block contains . a piece Thos. Jefferson's carriage kiniug; whic despite that Presedent's wbhl: kInow do muocracy, was of silk. The .lapaues embassy sent another block. On one < the pieces in- this block is painted t1i minister's name in the strange, uncout Japanese chalacters. Mrs. Mahouc sei sonmc pieces, which were arranged ini handsome bTbek. In this occumrs'one< the few pieces o,f velvet in the qui One b.lock contains a piece oin which seratched a. lifelike sketch of the fa and the stork at the famous dinni where the fox was worsted. TJhe e' pression givn to the expectant but di: appointed fox is perfect, iIe is sittin on his haunches, licking his chops,whil the storig, with his bill (deep into tI: norrow-nedked jug, seems to say briski and hospitrbly, IHelp yourself, Biroth<i Rleyi*ard!I In another square the sagi cious starling is dlroppiniginto tihe itel er the Pebbles that will enable hmim fui ally to take a drink. In one block a piece of silk from the curtains of 111 White IIouse. Sonie of the-blocks has in them pieces of silk which are nt imade in this country. Mr. Laimbei the silk manufacturer of Paterson .? .J., in importing patterns from Englan has sent sampiles to Mrs. Mulford to 1 worked in the quilt. Mr. Lambert. wi so struck by the crushed st rawberi silk of 110 yearstago that lhe manufa, tured a quantity exactly like it. Ini om of the squares L,ittle Boy Blue is blov lng his horn, in all thme glory of the Kei sington stitch, and i ainothier a litl girl on a stile seems to be in doul1 which side of the feince to come dow~ on. A very elegont block contains p)iece of imported English silk, in whic a perfect strawberry, with a Cal) still ( appeals to the eye for appr)iovatl of 11 perfect shape. Oue block holds a nun ber of olephanmts. Another, has piec semnt by Senator PlattW son, a part 4 his cravat, in which little pigs, with ring in their tails, are ambling gloi wvith a larger ring on th'elF'backs. 13w the quilt; to be fully descyibed, woul require far more space thad~ thuh;.artic] can afford. It lhas beeni seen byS M4ni & Proctor's decorators, who pronloui u it the finest piece of 'decor'ative war they have ever seen. It has been.esee by a fav'ored few at the hotel, who al in raptures over It. It is really a s perb affair. Mr. and Mrs, Mulfor'd 1l: Washington on Saturday for their hon in Salen) Nj..J,., and took tl e quilt wit them. Whether it is of wood or coal, ti ylrdues' of an -'openi T flt'/ are thest .Bys its1 ipecullen~ heat action it warn the air,o$ .rool jes. tIycli, a room, prdcing a comforabe amtl 'jation, mand, 1t.1Is the most I- orf 11s o,wel .1 co feoah1V 8y oireel heat. .4 mu re it yYtoii tiehdfl' r troubli e Yire Wh esa open fre give a coyny table heat when the heat from a systemf of pipes Is often oppressive, and some it tinws stifling? Because of the great dif 1s foronce between the ways in which the A itro lmd .the hot pipes dispense their it he. T'h heat rays from an open if :ire' pass (lirectly through the air with Al out munch heating it; they heat any Y- solid object in their way, whether it be s, the walls and furniture of the room or 11 the person of the sitter, but they leave i1- the air itself cool until this is heated in 1' turn by radiation from the walls. The d occupant of the room (oes not have to n wait for this secondary radiation; he is 1. impartially and promptly warmed, like 'e any other solid object. In the room, by ia the direct glow of the fire, while the air 10 around him may remain comparatively s cool. It does not. ti poit of fact, get f to be quite as warm' as the 'walls and .- furniture, while by choosing a less or nl greater distance from the fire, or by the is use of screens, you can adjust the heat e of direct radiation exactly to your per . n011a1 Comfort. - This is not the case with any olher system of. heating. Warmed pipes, it t stove at anything short of red heat, and t a hot-air register directly heat ti' air s itself, leaving the walls coInparatively a cool. The 1oomh is full of hot air, which s you can not temper instantly to your t "1 comfort as you can tenper the radia tion of the openl fire, while the walls re main cooler than the air when these e heating appliances are used, and ab- .s s stract heat from the oceupaits of the i room instead of supplying heat to theni, I 0as (hey do wlein waried by the ope'n . The Clheerfulnless of thle op(iel fire re- ec (uires nto eulogy. But the open flanie, i whether of wood, soft coal or hard coal, g is a costly luxury. Soft coal is with us g one of the most expensive kinds of fuel; )htt it is worth remeimbering that one - good umip of it 1111on 1 har11d-coal fire 1 will fill a roomt with cecer'Ili thu1m' for a hours. For these reasons the open fire is the ( most Comfortable way of heat in g. As a to its virtue in producing veltilition, an 1 open tire "is powerful enough to i" draw into the rooln all the air it wants, f and f this purpose will ulse indiscrilin e ately all openings, whether inlets or h outlets, if necessary.'' if, as often hap 11 .)cns, when this is cold and the house is mot t ightly built, the fire nia easilyca use too nuch ventilation, so t,hat the feet. become clhilled, and the temperat ure of the rolm does not reach i co1fort,ablet t degree of warmth. In such a case a r register supplying warmed air fromu a ( furniee below is a necessary supplemulnt 1- to the open fires; a simihilr comhpensa tion is needed in large buildings where Is hot pipes arq used to warm the halls. e The open tire, indeed, is often, in our wy clinate, a htxury for at single room}, i rather than a sutlicient me. 11s of heat. ' ing the house; but the open fire is a 1 great coifort. Other soulrces of heat at mhav usefully supplelelt it; but no It other, at whatever expense of msoney a and scientific contrivance, can take the . place of it. I have known more than It one builder of his own house who has ,. found out that its initer' cornfort was is by no means wholly decided by the height of the thermometer. y Of the heat furmshed by an ordinary open coal lire only about. one-cighth is f utilized in a room. This waste has led I inventors to contrive Various means fori 3- retaining a part of the heat that escapes I e directly up the climnaey. The principle ,f is to warm an ascending eurrent of air e in proximity to the fire, but not to an I excessive degree, and to disengage the it air near the top of the room. Galton. a has devised onte of tihe best of these >f contrivances, but it is little known in t. this collintry. Jin any tire-plhice thme is forms and( mlaiterials emiployed make1( a x good deal of' ditference with thel amounat ~r of hea'2t salved. .Brick and tiles are bet c- toer t.hian iron ifor the hacking; the grate s- should pr1ojct aL certaini d151istnce t g thle r'om, and( a. pr1ojectinlg chimnel(y Cle pece absorbs and( radiates a consider 0e11 able1mount of hetat. Th'le fashion, now ' y going out, (If conc1ealing the man1itel r p)iece with a1 board, suitable tr'iimmd 1- and1( decorated, was thus a thrifty as i- well as5 a pruetty one, the fringes ant1(1 1- other coverings of the falso manuut ~A. Ia piece3 servinmg to r'etaini and1 (dist i'oute 1 ~e thme heat of the tire bemneath. 0 The huob is an attachmencut blhat should >t be f'ounld upon1 time grate cof every o,peni :1tfire. Any one0 canm make a good 1101 ~in I . live mmnumtes. Takule a p)iece of stout d wire on1e-lifth of 011 inchl ill diameter 0e andl twenty to twenmty-foum' incies long is bend it into tile shaIpe of a long capital 'y U. fIve or six inchtes broad, lput the points of this U between the two upper le graite bais and( bbnd dowvn time loop of it -until it stays level, and you will have a 1- conveient movleVLc hob, anhd quite as 0o good ai 0on0 as8 can be bought. for money. >a The hob amnd kettle arc very serviceable n for evaporatimng water, according to a1 the p)1an1 J have recommendeted for keep hi ing tIme air moist. A hob) thius mnakes nm the grate tire in thle parlor more health Ls fuml, while 'the tea-kettle simmering 1- upon01 it adds its own elemnent of domIues is tic c~uom't. >f - . . a Ignoiranceo of Coneuneon MatteWrs,. g. it (I There arc some p'oUiar qualities of to thme Mexiean mind which will, for a e while, sttwd m thme way of quick pro ae gross.. Thlus, very fewv of triem will buy k their railroad tickets until lie train isi n~ iln fill view of tihe station, and, until a 'e short time ago, preferred paying their .- cash to the conductor. They have ani rt incomnprehmeusble itching to deter auy eo enterprise, or even triviail work, untdil h thme mo(rrow. Whe1re3 these defects of their disposition a- d training~ are undler stood, amnd patienco. amnd mmnuaienment .are exercised, a fair service can be got out of them, As exemp'if,..ng ho~w e little Mexicame- know of the rights of ,: common oarriord, the other (day, when s Q , ,ia ,stor pod here, the,elomipany?,. csa drtey teedored the munlic.ipaty? t the ue of' their osa for }he GeneIal's s .* pdrty.' Thbr #pon t er ci y att'thioritae f I. udirtookt to -let evr boIy'have ia freet At idI and, tuitil t'ye"mAtt4e 'al gally >g exgaied -to8eu ttomre i4fed tronubhe.f, ' -to Lhe railway iople.'. Timso mistakles .J 4 of the Moxicarts in their dealing with Iour peooespring not .much'iromn a ~nr drat nbn'rninmano e "Nary a Stk,k, Mir." "No, sirl stranger, I wasn't driv out y the overflow of the river," he an iwered ais he patched away at the old lainess on his rack-ribbed mule. " Land-owner close you out ? " "No, sir. You. see, I didn't exactly IlJ any sile, and had no crops.to fail." "Been cutting steainboat wood, inay >e ?" "' Nary a stick, sir.'' We looked him over and none of us ould make him out. He was tall, atuint and ragged. IIls mule was old, )oor and discouraged. His cart had een cut out with an axe and dressed town with a hoe. IIe halted in front >f thq old-fashioned Arkansas tavern, V1h. i,was the landlord who put the ltte;tions :. + - e u "Maybe ye lost yer fainly by swamp 'ever? " "Never had a family, sir.' Kinder prospectin' fur w Ilut, eh 1'' " Nary a prosipect.. St'ranger '' said the laiillord in a 'exed tot', I maybe you'vI n1o objee ionls to tell this cro'vwd jist how ye cutn o be mt sich redooced sarleumstances ? Coll sartinly don't look llrty, and I Lon't believe ye're rich." "G(ientlemen " said the stnitnger as he ured his back on the mule. "I'd jist s soon tell ye all about it. 1'im aliving roof of the fact that old Ar'kimsaw is 10 place fur a high-toned gentlemuan or fttst-chass muitle, and we ar'i on r way tito ''ennlessee. Tlis is a purty goo'd ;entry fur a mule with a stiff knee or a nian with a serub edlication, but when coies down to Greek and- 1,atinl and atin' with three-tine forks Arkansaw i lifty years behind the World I Moriuinl', ents--inornin', in tlhree Iliter(Int lam 'ulges." ylomrt ommn(ung'Lcunt e11 rn. )ne day says a writer, I saw some( (Ilf he chidren playing at "breaking hor es," One juvenile tdemon wa'as leading band of foir or live others, in the urslit of a big bristling bla r. L,asso a hand, the little fellow watched1 his halnoe, andl 1twirling Ithe flexible eordl le ' t wi("e rapidly in the alir, sent it ike lightning toward the head of the IU;1r. 'Thi'e litter lttido a ilespel''a1te hash only to n'lit his snout ;111d forel'(o nto the coil, whiic'h, held by the 1-om >ined4 efforts oft tril, qtuickly p recipitatedl inl, ii a snecession of entangling omnersaullts, into the shatllo,w river. n Ian instant another lasso was dexter 1 1y throwin over his hind feet, atl is calptors, regaIrdless of 11111d au( rater, wild wit i vociferous glee, bc' Iraddl'd him and held him ilown. L'he leadher tore oil one of the legs of is trousers, aind wit h this lie bandaged he eyes bt' the s<inealing animnal, wrap )ing another piece arottundl his snout so is to smtothe' his cries. ''hits e(uipped, he hog was set at liberty. 'l'wo of the ittle wretches jtimuped astride him, a"hile the others prodded him behimd 11(1 at the sides. Thus g(.nded, the loor beast ran uncertainly' in all tdire ions, in1to corrals, over logs, headlong nto (eelp holes, precipitatiiig his ad enturesomlei riders; not, however, to heir discomiiture, for thev would 1imi lediately 4sclmler up1 , drive, push, 'ad, or haul timn out and mount himt gaint. The last I saw of them was oaward tvening; they were ruefully re arding the dead carcass of their novel or':se. -1 her " weren'. ISatl m ltr. Atmong the score of us wlIo rutshed itO a1 raIilr'oad eatiing house in Missis Ippi at. the call of "'twenuty m1i1')'nning'o inner,"' was a chal) who had his mnin4 P to say somnethiung unmpleasnt when'I S('nmne to' pay for' his mecal. I Ie was r'owl ing w~hien lie went in and1( he ja wed 11 the whIle lie wasii eatinig, and wheni ic slouched lip to th!e detsk to pay his ev'entiy-flye (enits h le brloke out with: "Themu sand wiches ar'e enioughi to kill "Why3, themIi ont the talte." "'But, we' have no0 5andwViches 0on ttIe ab)le, 5sir, lptrsistedl ihe landlor'd. "'Yout .haveni't'? 'Well, I shiouild like nick-bats on that lue p)lat ter"' ''You didn 't try to eat one of' those?'' ''Yes, I dil''' "T1hien, amy fr'iend, you lad b,etter' go or1 a dloctor' at once! Th'lose are talie n nt,iade of terria-cotta, anid erpacdheeto 1h(lp1 111ill) the pa1ce! Land1t o' e'ats! b)ut you imst have ived in1 a canie-br'ake all y'ouri life'!'" Theiu traveler r'usheod into the cari and leganl to suck at aL btrandy-tlask, iand ie (lidnm't get, over looking pale f'or t br'ee And they were samndwichues after all -retal goo)d ham asand(1wichies made that lay. The landlordt iiad adOopIted that >art ileulr style, inistead (If using a chilh. 4LboraItory experhnntstl have fr'e linently been resorted to pr'odhi(ec the itrora ini miiniaturo, anid the resemnb anice to the original has been1 oxtrenmely lose, but an artificial aurora on a large cale and wIth 11o electilcal nuachinery. as latel1y been effected by Pruofeossor' a.mnstr'ocm. lHe selected a station just vithin the Ar'ctic cIrcle, In North Fin and, w~here there w~ere two monuntais los(e together, and havi'ng altitudes of ',(00 amid 3 60 feet. Ini accord(ance vithm the well known fact thait electri ity gauthmers upon01 polits, two hills hav nig elearly doihed conilcal sumimit s were elected. lie believed that aurora was lie resuIlt of an endea'or on the p:urt of ertalin forces to estabh)lSi an eiallibr' tin, amid assuined that electrieity was >assing fromi one hill top) to the other. tensonting that if b,y any means the in ercohange could lbe hastened the effect u'ouktlbeome .visble, the summ'its yere conniected with their bases by a tet\vork of copper to .serve as a conduc or'.' Imimediately an arch of the auroi'a .ppeared, estimated to be at least 30 est above tle top. An oxambinationi of, ht e uffents p ~roduced In the w.res hL4o4e thenm-to' be positive. The spec roscope clearly revealed the welil known Ines of -the aurora. Althiough -the-dts ilay was .only of short duration, th~ere ould be no doubt of ts genuinenesd or f thoe success of the experitnent, THE VERDICT .H E P11OPLE. BUY THE -BESTI ,n1 I-. 0. 110 A-)ear Sir: I bought the first Davis Machine sold by you over five ears ago for mny wife wIho has given it a long andl fait tr a. I 11111 well pleased witlt it. It never Alves any rouble, anl Is as good ah when first bought. J. W. 301.10K. Witnsboro, S. 0., Aprl: A8S3. Mi. IJoAU : You wish to know what I have to say lIn regard to tihe I)avis Maoeltihl bought of you three years ago. .[ feel I catn't say too mlch in Its favor. I tuade aboti $SO.O within five months, at I lines runnin it so fast that the needle Wouli get iecrfeetly lot from fraition. I feel confident 1 could not have done the saine work with as much easo anld so well with any other inachilne. No tine lost in adlustiig attatchlnents. Tne lightest runuing inachine I have ever treatlled. Brother Jatn's andi Williant's fatilies ire as nutch pleasaed with their lavis Mlacsh tes bought of yot. I want no better satachine. As I sail before I lon't thinik too mucih can be satd for the Dam.s lachline. itespectfully, 1C,s..N S'rsvRNsoN. l'"alrtltl+ I ounitiy, April, 18$:. 3iu. Bo*( : My mnchilne gives te perfect stl Is - factilo. I indh no liit with It. The attaciuinens aire so stuple. i wisn for uo better than the Davia Vertical leed. ltieset filly. 311us. It. 3f tt.t,.Nto, i'llitld eutty, April, Iss:t. 1an. ISO41: I bougiht a Davis 'ertlial Feedt Sewittg stach;in froin you four years ago. I at dielightet willt it. It never haus given me nissy troUle, aiil hiss iever been the least olit of order. It is as good as when I fist bougiht it. I Can ehi'rrfully recouitc tiid it. Rtespect fully, 'M1s. 1l. J. inxu t.ANs. Miot(eello, A pril :30, IS 8. 'lis Ia to r.ertmfy thait I have eell iusing a Davs 'ertical 'e'd Sewing tachine for over twoyears, purchased of Mr. .1. 0. Ili<mg. I haven't founl It i'Jssessed of any fault-all the attachiments are no si111 t'. It nevermefisl to work, antd is certiily the ightesl running In the miarket. I coistider It is irst class Iuclilne. Very respee fully 3llNNiN Y. Wir.i.INIiAM. ahiklin.i, FahriI'1ii eolunty, 8. C. 31it htoAUt : I at well pleaseil in every particular wiHh the lhavis 1 aehine notght of you. I thiink It a first -culsss inaihlso it every respx,ct. You know you sold several tachines of thse ,1amiso iinake to dlitereni smettbers of our fantillies, all of whom, as far its I know, sire well pleased with thel. ltONpect fully, M)us. M. II. 3Moni.nv. Ftiriie*ld vounty, April, Iay:. 'is iss 1(1 tertity we have ha+1 In costtilt sine the Dhavis Mneinse bought of yout about three year's ago. As we take in work, atnd have inlae the 1icce of it seveitl I lnes over, we slon't want any better achine. It is always realy to to any kindl of work we nave to d1o. No puekerhilgor skipping siliches. We ean only say we are well pleasei ani wilsh no better machine, . CATIIilulN% WV.i. ANI SiSTRIt. A prill'25, Ia'a, I have nio fault to find with my niitehsie, anl docn't 1ait1 any bes ter. I have mule the price of It several tines by taking lin sewing. It is always readsy to dlo Its work.. I think It a irst-elass nta chne. I feel I cat.t say too nmuch for thet Davis Vertical Feed Machine. its. TiroMAs SMlTii. Fairlielil comity, April, 183s. Mtn. .0. 0. loAO-1)eur Sir : It gives tui ln'ch lilettsttre to tesltIy to the userits of the l)avis \'er ilcal toesd Sewing Machine. The mat ile I got if you abut live years ago. hats been almost in Co sslt lis ever slice thasit iintto. I Clnnsot see that. 1ils worn sissy, asai las1 Itnot cost use om.ts s-ent for repsairs sIice we hasve hadsi it. Ains weil lseas 55!Ii stisti'S'wish list sany het ter.. Yousrs lrruly, liotT. (UnA 4wi'Oii, rnitt- Qissisry, tneat Wsilushoro, 8. C. W es5 hive use<1 thet Dasvlis VserticailtmFel Hewing Maies for uh asoit five yearis. Wse wosuld not lev asisy olther msakes at. atny price. Thie siachineo liiits givens tinsstihttileis sastisfaictbit. Very respect fully,'* - 1ins. Ws. K. 'i'UinNER AND) fl&U(lHTRial iFairlielti counst y, 8. 1'., Jest. sIr, 18'C. siavling Isoughtl 15 Dava Ysertical Feent Sewhiig Mainiie from Msr. .1. 0. ing nsime lthrese yearn aigo, init Ithavitig glitm n110 perfect uiatisact loss us evesy renspect an usaisily intachsite bollh for hieavy' smutS l iht. aeswiiig, sasil never isceiled tihe eant re pair is ansy way, I cani cheerfusliy tecoinendi I i o any13 one iss a first -chins inainis. us every particus. lasr, alal1 tiik it s'coasid So stoiie. It, Is cne of tile siiiplest intachinei tmmiet rssy chileiren usne it, ii is iali (sie. Thes attiiinis aire itore easliy adi jusdstud anS itidoen a greater ransge otf wesk by isseisns of insVeru lou eal i l han anly othser ma cinse Iishave ever seens or usedl. Mns. Tu'IOMAH (wtNos. Whlinshi ir ', 5* sirlielsi counity, 8. C. W,e hasve ihadi else of the IDavi slaonises abot four yearnsll andihve ialways foundis it ready to do all kindls of wvork wve lave hati occs:on to slo. V,an't ice thateS n ahi e iscn worn ansy, and works s wvell ans en nlew. 3fin s W. J. Cg A wvon, .hwssksin's Cree, Fairflolit coutnty, H. S'. My ife Ila highly pleaseid wills tihe D)ayln Mm ehinse bsousght of yosi. 'She wouild inot lake doubile wisat she gasve for it. Tihe aeino liss nout beetn out. of ordier sinsc0 she hasd It, anti she~ can dio asny kind of work oni it. Very Itespeotruilly JA. F~. Fasx. Thse 1Davis 9e wing Mfachine i4 simply a freaq N ins. J. A. (Gooowya. It dgewaty, N. C., .Jsan, 10, liSl. d1, 0 lios, Esq., Agenti-Desdr Sir: Mfy wife lass tieen usng a DavIs 8owins 3ilihho constantl *y for thse it, four years, ast lit hais niever neediert urny relpaIraa si Iworks u sst f'weli en wihens firsat sought. Sho says it vi11(do a greater ransge of practical work Pisd do 1t easier ansri bettor than ay maines se lies ever usedl. We oheerfuslly recommsendu it as a No. 1 family msaohine, 'su m.,.AS. Q. DA VIS. Winnasbnro, ft. CS., Jian. 3, 1888. Mit. hioAG: I Isave alw&y T onun y DavIs ata swtiso readly do all ktmudrso fto work I havo isad otu melIon to do. I c.snot'soS that the mnachin isa vora a partielo sUid lk Works 890tol as when nlow. IRespetfsully, . fs WtuInsboro, .C. Apri 18813,n iR. BIOAG ;IsMy wife he bee ostantly usillg thse Davis Machin bou htftdaout live ear. - 6. ftal ara~ for ay uid of fasiyswn Ik lo ,It isnover outso Ax ordeug IFairfill,8 c' 0 aroh, 1688 :