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The 'offer of a lover's hand. ; onesent to share his earthly lot And do not mean his lot of land; W ti n young mechanics are allowed - To find and wed the farmers'-girls Who don't expect to be endowed With~rubies, diamonds apd pearls; When wives; in short, shill fully-give Theithearts and hands to aid theirspousev And live as they were wont to live Within their sires' one story housos, Then, niaiden--if I'm not,too old - Itejoiged to quit this lonely life, I'll brush my beaver, cease to scold, And looc about me for a wifel ARTHUR. Several years ago I lived In a narrow street near the Champs Elysees, knowi as the Passage des Douze Maisons. Picture to yourself this silent and. de serted corner of the faubourg, over shadowed by the grandeur of a inorc aristocratic neighborhood, and its still. ness only interrupted by the occaslonia noise of a rolling carrige. Year after year, whether from ava rice or 'indifference, the owner of t h property loft It unimproved, hi strange contrast to its beautiful surrounding The low houses, with no brighter out look than their tiny and neglectoi gardens, were most awkwardly built, the steps running np on the outside, with here and there wooden platform used for the two-fold purpose of dying clothes and for affording refuge to hall starved cats, lpet ravens and tame rab bits. These tenements were the homer of mechanics, of people forced to prac tice the diiest economy, of artists (the - latter attracted by the trees), and neai by. were some lodging houses of sc mean an aspect that the fact- of their having sheltered misers from time im memorial seenped loudly proclaimed. Yet--in. this immediate "-vicinity laa the Champs Elysees in all its noisy bril lianey. There one heard a steady roll of wheels, a constant clanking of lar ness 'chains, quick footsteps upion the pavements, or the heavy shutting of gates after some emblazoned carriag had 'attlel through them. At time. the mu fled sound of a piano, or of the violins in the Mabille, fell upon the ear, and, forming a background to all, wer< rows of imposing dwellings, graceful11 standing out against the sky; their win dows, half.shaded by soft, silken drap eries, reflected from their glitteriu2 panes the gilt of the candelabra and th varied hues of rare and many colored flowers within. This gloomy Passage des Douzc Maisons, lighted by a single street lamp, seemed, like a side scene of tile more brilliant neighborhood. All that fot the moment was sup)erfluous to the splendor thlere, couirted idleness here: liverted servants, clowvns in costume, i Scolony of English grooms, hostlers from' tlie circus, tihe twvo little hlippodromc riders on their famoeus p)on11s, and( one( might even see tiny goat wagons and pretty toy thleatres, suggestive of chil dren's -amnusement. In the midst of this,' howvever, a dreary procession of blind men, wvho cleverly converted thoiu misfortune into capital, and evenin~ after evening they would wander bacik to tihe alley, carrying thieir camp stools, accordi'ons and wooden bowls. During my resi(lence in the street one of these poor creatures married, and his wedding was the occasion of a night's merrymaking, a fantastic concert, to which clarinets, hautboys, organs and -accordions all contributed, giving forth those sq -.-~ familiar to each and every brius '?aris. Quiet usually reigned supreme in this quarter, for these street . vagrants seldom returned bsfore dunk, and then indeed with very weary limbs. It was only on Saturday nighmt, after Arthur had received his wages, that there wvas any disturbance. Arthur was my nleighibor. A thini wall, lengthened by a trellis, was all that separated my humbihle lodging from ., the room whlich he and his wvJfe occu pied. Thus, in spite of myself, thiere was thie necessary intimacy of p)roxim ity, and every Saturday. I Was forced tc becomeo the silent witness of a hiorrible d rama, so often enacted in the homes of our Parisian workingmen. The opening scene was invariably thc same. ,The wVomfan would be0 prep)aring *the diner wvhile the chilldreni playedl by her side. No matter how busy shet might be, sihe always -spoke0 gently tc them. Seven o'clock, 8 o'clock-no body I As the hours passed her voice would chango, and stilled sobs seemed to echo her anxiety. 'Then the little Sones, growing hungry and1( tearful, would b~egim to fret. Their father did not come; they must eat without him. Bly and by these tired children would A. drop off. to sleep, one after tihe other, ~s and as the mrothler stepped out on the y' partow wooden balcony I could -hear per orying bitterly -and murmuring, Oh!a the wrohi tihe wr'etcl'! The neighbors coming home saw and pitied her. "You had, better go to of Mine. Arthur. You,kuov wellenoug that lie has iln idea of returning to yo on his pay day." Then would follow 'advice iningle with il gossip. "I -would not ac thus were I in your place. Wlly un complali to his mastdr?" But this sort, of coninilseration ' on1 served to: Make her weep the. mo;e, all still hoping, she woultl patiently waII The doors opening .into the silent al e being closed, . fancying' herself' al1 an<4 with that peculiar indifference < the lower classes, who live half of the lives in the atreet, she would lean o her elbows and loUdly relate her talo.< suffering, thought having concentrate upon the liked idea of her misery.,.Sotm times it was the .overdue rent, 'somi times the dunning trades-people, or pe Iaps the baker, Who refused to supp] her longer with bread; one or all these causes contributing to her worr; What would happen were Io. again I come home without money? At last, growing.weary of listonii for his tardy footsteps, of counting ti sluggish hours, slie would go in, bt long afterward, when I imagined her a rest, I could hear someone' coughti on the other side of the partition. -Poo unfortunate womanl She was still ther tortured by anxliety, strainhig. her ey to penetrate the gloom, and seeli nothing save her own distress. One O'clock, 2 o'clock, often later, voice might be heard singing at the en of the street. Arthur was roturiini Usually some comrado walked with hi as far as the door' "Come on, con on,' and. even1 there he \vould loite for, knowing full well what awaite him beyond its threshold, he felt' tS cowardly to knock. As lio mounte the stairs the stillness of the house le1 an emphasis to his heavy tread, an made hin experience something akin t remorse. Ile would talk aloud to hin self, pausing on each wretched landinc "Good evening, Mime. Weber; goo evening, Mine. Matthew," and if to salutations failed to elicit any responsa a stonln. of curses followed until eyer door-and window opened, and his ow profanity 'would be returned with It terest. This was plecisely what lie wantec When lie had been drinking, nothinl pleased him b~eter than brawls, fo: thus fortified by*an er, hie-coukt weai' bolder-face as he knocked at his ow. door. This homecoming ivas terrible l "OpenI let me in." Then I could hear the worman's bar feet crossing the floor, the striking c in tches, and the man, even as lhe stur bled in tryiig to stamimCr an excuse always the same, however; bad con pany, foolish Impulses. Ahi the slor is an old one--old as the hills, and 11 woulan never paid attention to it. "The money?" "I have iio more," Arthur's voice ra plied. ''You lie!" So he did, in fact, fo: i the midst of his carousing ho alway managed to keep a few sons, lookin forward to Monday, when his thirs must again be satisfied, anL it was fo this small balance of his wvages thiat hl wife struggled. A rthur never yleldes it easily. "Sin.ce I tell you,'' lie exclaim ei "that I have spent it all eon drink. Without answering a wordl, she woul angrily catch hold of him, anid wvit lher whole strength shake him, searel through hiis clothes and empty lis p)o( kets. In the course of a few minutes could hear money roll upon the groun(1 the woman seizing it -with ui cry . triumph.~ "Ohi I was right, you see!" Thle an oath, heavy blows; the drunkard wt taking his revenge. After once givin vent to his passion nothing could arre: its flood. All that is evil or destructiv in the vile liquor sold at low drinkin; shops roso to his brain, seeking an oun let for its wvild frenzy. The wil screamed; the chIldren, rudely startlei from their sleep, began to cry, and Lh very furniture of the miserable hov< seemed to co these dismal, hecartreil ing son'nds1. The window. would b thrown open in tihe alley, and som, could( be heard explaining: "It is A.rthur, onily Arthur!" Occa sionally the fat.her-in-law, an old.rag picker livinig ini the next house, wvoul run to his daughter's assistance' bu: Arthur, fearing interruLption,- alway took the p)recautlin of locking t,ho dooi TIheni wvould ensue throngh t,be keyhol between the father and( his soni-in-law revolting dialogue full of horrible dc( tails: "Ah, robber!" the old 'man' woul cry, "were your two years In jail nc enough for you?" and the drumnko wretch loudly answerinig: "Yes, for two years I was In prison1 whuat of that? .1 at least have p)aid m dlebt to-the wvorl. Why (10 you not I thio'same?" It ivas Arthur's habit to regard thi matter In this light: iehad stolen, hi had served out lisa limo for the theft, s he andl society weore once more up)on ai equal footing. But it w~as hard to cdn vert the raglcker to tils viowv, so tha when the lat,ter peraisted in -his tamunt Arthur wvould becomo miore furious ana rushing out, wvould fall upon father-hI lawv, mother-in-law,. neighbors, beatini them one and all like so many puppet! ITowever, lie was not a badl fellow 11 heart.. Versy ofteii on Sunday, aftc ne r thee fre?iuent exibins h- jclets elnptyr hi10 k1ki pass the d44 u .home, Mme. Welber, tMter Matthew' and theii "neighbors AVould' -oaiiy :tiehr chhtirs out upon 'tbo:baleony, ind iefr. they would sit and gossip. ; On these ' occasiolhs it wis Arthur who was the Wit and attraction of thg. party.. ~ou; .Y might almost have fancied him to be d one of those model workiignQ,n who spend their eveningsi1,ep' "e liills. Y He would spea h ak * 6bd'd well 3, modulated tone, - and, profltin* by cutr )f rent ideas, would advocate the rights of lr labor and denounceith'e tyranny 'of oap? n 'ital, '.1i.N wife," ve1l}f'from the bldis f 'of the preceding lght, wult glance at. d )'1m with evident admiration, nor was :shiiafono in this. "What if dear Ar 3- thur did amuse himself?" sighed Mnie... - Weber. Then the women woilld, urge liim to sing,aiid he, amiably con eltipg,.ivohlk V. give then something of ainger's, o Oh- what a sonorous voice, full of affected pathos and vibrating - with the g senseless sentimentalism of his class. 1? Beyond the moldy, tar painted'plat it form, tattered clothes wore cirying, ind it here and there between' the lines a g patch of blue sky might be seen at r- which these poor creatures would gaze D, with moistened eyes; longing in their 8 fashion for a glimpse of. the ideal. ig In spite of all. this, h4iweve , Ai th}ir, on the following Saturday, would squan r" der bis wagesand beathis wife. Think, d then, of the young Artihurs, who, as . the years . advance, will in turn waste' 11 their earnings and abuse their wives.' .. r, Balcony and Veranda Gardening. - d o Balcony and veranda gardening dif d for from window gardening proper, in it being carried on in the open air, -while d the window garden is upon - the inside o of the window. One sees in our own i- cities, very little attention given to' , balcony gardening, -as compared witl}' d Europ^an cities, especially London and e Paris, ,viere the houses are generally built with stout balconies projecting y from the windows, as if to encourage n 'gardening in them, and one cannot go; 1. far, wihethe' in the rects of costty rest dences, or in those fetho hmntzer and 1. poorer 'eo le, without meeting- iyith g 'ine ox np es of balcony gardening,+ e,- which inc icitd a love for plants and a -Iglowtrs .n the pairt of those who dwell n within, such as scarlet geraniums, etc. Veranda gardening affords one more space, and a wider scope for the exer cise of gardening skill than the balcony: o The veranda, if it extends across the f front of the house, and the front' door i- is entered from it, affords room for - much tasteful" arrangement of plai ts. h- Vines and climbers of' hardy ' kinds, y planted in the border -outside, may be. o traIned up the pillars, or upon wires, but not in such profusion as Lo- make too much shade for the plants on the. veranda. Most of the finest Fuchsias aro summer blobmingi and are ospecially n suited for the veranda. ' These .planp s are best seen from beneath, and if they g can be set where one ascending the steps t can look up at them, the effect, will, be r most pleasing, Another set of the most 13 brilliant summer-blooming plaints are 1the Cactuses, especially of the genus (ercus, such as the old1 . spcetosisst. mus anid its varieties, \vhich p)roduce, 'wit,h lttl'e.houble, the largest ilowvel. of dazzling brilliancy. The more amplle hi room of the veranda allows of the use iof much larger p)lants than can be ac cornmIodated on the -balcony, and IPalms, Dracenas, and other large sp)ecl niens may b)e grown there. The Oiein dfters (Neriumn,) though old-fashioned, are line summer-blooming shrub)s, state ly, with tine folia'ge, 'and with flowers avarying from white to deep rose color. They aire excellent plants for the verain dIa. Shrubs that are not quite hardy, Ssuch as the European Holly, esp)ecally the variegated kinds, are fine decorat,ive plants, n are small Coifers. 1 Chiristinet Nilsson's Apar'tmenits. 1l Christine Nilsson, the wifo of Count 1- AMiranda, furnished and decorated . her e apartments in a style that Is the talk of 0 Itle town. The d(inlg room presents a most origial appearance, T.~he w~alls - are paphered throughout with hotel bills, - et.tling by the diva on her professional I tours. VTe drawing rOoomi is decorated, t in lieu of paper hiangihigs, wvith the s faded leaves of aill the wreaths ever re .ceived b)y the artiste, arrangedl n the e- formi of scales. The ceiling is entirely a covered with gilt ,folige. ' The W alls of the boudoir are covered fi 0om floor to ceiling with thle mu 1l sleal1 scot'c 'and the tex.t- of all the L airs wvhich Mmne. Ntilsson' is accustomed ni to sing. The bed-room of tihe countess is fur ; nished with extreme simplicity, but the y walls are completely hidden from view > by Swedish landscapes wvhich three F?rentch art,ists have rece,lved a commnl.i e shon to l)ahit for thb song'tress,' who-has a left her ,country'no1veh' to re,unii. 'he o billird robmn of the master of the house i testilles to the. anxiety of the p)rina - donna t;o convince her husband of - her t great abilities; for here you see aflxed s to t.he walls thiousanads of reports in .ull ~i lahnguages, ca'ttings from all the newW. apipers in the world. W hy is a peachstone like a lleg imxem, ? 'It has a kor'40l (colonel), 'Lhlhe. powder, welt sprinikled whero r cock-roaChes abound will drive them SawVav. A 'A" Qr qiy9)hr Q" .t ' A slau Qen tO * 4f r.o - g h aiis tiin is lids' 4 ol n yayaWit. upon the stoi. of tl en leseers of phesUe. I tseeiqs lac the gta've, of the Seven Sleepei, hih iu the t oran is located M ' sn: ."0in reality .' the i.rak .ta o y G liai-uron tie, em .sonlthwest of- the Angio lTussi m p iChallyr Samba. Th'e ( of t, Koran (says4.orreskp i . iqven# meli,.firm in tlet j lte p."yp God, aelaratedcfro_ 6 ;rest/bf .their tribe who-lfad tagh tijdoda,Yaik taking refugefin a cae Were caused-to sleep.. there, with ir dog, for 809 years The Eshans o Khwajah Altai Azizan ehuinge.the scne'froin Ephesus to Tulkesttit, a1 'tlig voy dite eiit stoiy.". The KLig Ihfa u,-the say,. was originally a shepherd of Shubbr ghan, and tended is e tuth.liills for twetve,years, tifl.ela)f. .hq fotinl a slab of stono witi,,atinsoriltionouwit. Not- being able to digher' th? la't,td', lie showed it to a ,JAyilliy li'dtow-lu him that it was a 'record of hidden treasure. having possessed himself of the treasure and killed the moollath, Dakianus took service.vitli the king, and after some tiIi\6 pO e jt, the com mand of an ariny. i soon got tie army on his side, seized the kingdom, and eventually co.nquered the w,orld. When thus in suprenuge,liowor the de'vi appeared before. Dakianus lii the' foirm or the angel Gabriel, tlhd tempted him by telling him that Gocl had sent him to say thit he was G1d' of the heavens, but that Dakianus Was god of the earth. Dakianus, wha as v6rshipper of one God, refu'sed to beh=V6 the devil, and told the latter that he \vas not, the true,angel Gabriel, . eevil thiei of= foried to:prove that-lie by ropo ing as'a test, that if a. titiin ifIsW'6h the top of the water .w A w df diiot his approach ie;was 1i bvil, but that if it rezi 'ht ap impostor. According ty. aklanus and. the devil went togethe fio the bank of tie river, anu ado e o i see thie devil than it at dve gown Dakii,nus believed oil e0god'the'devil a apg K rt iet off the Worship of-the e G d;u t at the dQvil'a tempje Fi' as a god on his owin'account. One day, however, when eating his food, Daki anus was bothered by .flies, which, do what he would; he conld.not get rid of. HIs servants said 'to, themselves: "He oahls himself God, and yet. cannot even got rid of the files that bother him. He is no God." And they determineq. to leave him. Six men went off a ' n the recond day fell in with a. sbepl yd, from whom they begged bread and water. The shepherd gave them all he had, and asked them where they cane from and where they were going to. They told him their story, tnt Jio tl,6y were fleeing from Dakianus and wished (o iide, and the sliepherd agreed to ac company, them n .their "fligp. (The shepherd's dog also followed hisiister, and the men tohdhim to drive the dog back lest lie should betray thir where abouts. The shepherd objec'tetli sajing the clog had been his faithfuli companion fir years; but the others insisted, and tue shieph.erd at last strc hedhg his stick, breaking onefits1,egs ,The dlog still followedf, Land thei sheebberd struck it again, breaking another leg, hut tho dlog still continued to crawvl af te'r them, and the men, struck wilth l)it,y, eventualily took it in turns to carry iL on with. them. Thp shepherd guided titein all to this very egive that lo ie v . of, ind' . once''there theyjwont ill-to sleep, and never awoke for 300 years. In thme Koran it is distinctly stated that the sleepers were seven in inumbey. and the eighthr was their' dog; b%it eilhdru the Arabic of the Koran.Is b9ybndl thme Sayeds or they prefer a 'story of their iown. Whichever -It is, there is no [loubt of the realism of the latter por tion of their. tale, as any one who knows the affection the shepherds here' have for their great savage shaggy coated (logs and tihe .hnuge stick's" that the shiephierds always carry will testify, F?uither on in the story, .however,. tih6 worthy Sayeds got more confused s.8,, and they. have it -that th' sleepers iwoke twice-once in the time of "HIaz4 rat Esau, or C3hrist, andI rMahi in the bLinie c)f the p)ropho.t. Time, story is, they say,' that wvheti thcne t.hi'e dien imdh the shepherd mtwokhCe'fIm a6ll; 'In gry and sent one of their number to go, to the city, niear by, called Shahr-i-Af soz, to buy bread.. O)1arrivalh9oJd:' theo plade inuch altered,. ind tli baker lhe wnent to r-efused to accejti.s money. Another ,to whom he applied aisked him where he got his money from.' The man .said" that,'it wasihI~ own and from his own haoii#. ,ilenfas .hien told to point :out 'his house, but could hot.at -flrst,, and eventually!rcoga nized it bly a mulberry tree, and, goig~ hi,-he told theln to 'digi il'a deIi~ place, and there filey fotinmd, sure imough-, his store, a jar "fual 'ot"Daki inus' coins. The then oWiner of the house p)rotested and claimed the house andi coins hs is:andl %Vbnltually both the mnfn and tihe cois Wred taken .b'( fore the king. *W,hin tlze' khn i~ was a Chmristlan, bead' mn? .stotd aijd found he had bepi1 ableep for u80*' years 'ho looked on the mn asg Lural and offered .to~ resigxt' the.thrOne in' his favor, Th an den1nlei: nd e ' ;erif o is eo Iip io's fu t v 'o'kink 1i'roijj t rie - i1Sd JtIh With tthet iduii'& iae ,ng a9 A :l&jh: idajd.ee being t vo d. oug i ; ,lust )iiug a t {r aith.l'In. t11e pzItty. On itrival, ftll Pkj)F0'0ot 1113 the: origin'al sfx Q ui ,'A b ltai AzIzau an-th'e shop-; 1,L u,A ' 1o A >Mog qNd, tie ll. ' " .ta 4d gel, all..eif t ,Qff to Ri.eop, ah "v againofo 'qme '700 years, wIl 'ey-Wke tte Woke-l3# th6 a.,1 iLi6'l.L; old& ihe Ahh' sya& or: the l'our friends of t11ie,plieg q l 'Onniyg poating t )e Mahioimen ced, a$ once aw.lce the .0pOp>s. IMd It6e got .upgpIdedh'the creed, and then fQll .sleep.again, and.there they.still re,. main. 41L tl}i, yvs, tolq ey l;efScaygds,in bltoy,,. hyppnted. tritipphauit!. ly tg1~tlel c8'Ii ltko'C of tieir stoiy H4 ,1 ' lited catcil s sotween the ,plllisofztle\woode11'eleoii wlicl1 a9cIkts 1nrl,pproael'.to: th'e ,leper, 64e sliwnlsohion el6tis,ontbb 1lbor,r aipparently aro.ugi ;oiiiionl eet .withi a. dark-colored fringed 'dloth- tibove It, which was said to cover thli ieliois. We asked xf it,was.a)g\veyd to, ook un der the clbth,' -btit lint they' 1d, was hul os.e4 ! s - Eyes1 Alley -,t;l;engolyos,7 tliey said, kl>ey ..io, what was there. QOi,o mail. had once, tried . to look and, waa.31ninediately. str"ul: blind; but that ':w'- hibted, "thet (oiln,iiig in tle dl9etioi) wa, ,elog, and the deer aAd flie;hvj;';, Hof i1g -the candles to the right;wdicouk then seo,'ndis tihetly sdinohiliig'"'king like 'dried bodips o soie anin;mals propped ,agailst the,ali. ;They. wgro very aiall. The ilrst, said to be-the dog, was. about a o?t in, :hi#lit; j id'titq debr,A t ow' lIncl S,gle>;, U ndwa '"ts:imupassible.. to. say' ii , such ligh%'*vhat animals they, wve's" 'ilie bO6i 'th'e leia Neo. Vsi bel-,rin. Aot stbe ,1og's . legs .)ad. fallen. off, wtil,obirather told' agains its being asleep,-but.tho bddy-seomed to be -cov ot!ed iIthI dry skid;- and yat; oil 't e gt,, h 1, ilica, so twenty farn ljes of -Sayeds are,kept iii -coinoino4 Ind live here on the coitbhicios e%f pilgrims wit; 1'dilltioli, as Anuch t e u" 1 lre A p?o iy1' Qut 117 1'. ? l I,s ., Arr angemet or BAy W1indows t i Plauth. As a general thing l)ay windows aroi not airAgged ii , uch a manner as to' ec.olipodith ilauts very colveniently. We usually find them . fitted :out with' yircular stands or tables. On tho 'a few plant, .r;y -Gat'.bo ; kept;, nd ,the a,ppeariance from the room is never as gobd as it 1iidht be, aiid'a biiy wind'ow ought always,ta be arranged with refer ence.'to' its 'hppeardnce 'from withln rather thai withouti IfuijitwYo shelv s i o\tng4lie 'yw'11dow.'" gitllom p1c11 is c; 1 d. tii . .neaitly,',;sing, >h lloo 1 grow'rd ol'thd lo\v sIel'i vheie . i y will lide, tle pots of th,pse on, t44 phelC kbove. - .A.much .better. effect can be obtaineth in arranding plants In this way, ithan:Is jossible when they are 'all pn a level. In the. center'of the wvIndow O stai'dimay 26 placed to hold the larg.. ~st plant, wvhere it ivill appear to tlio est aglvantage.' Pots of ivy may be, laced 'in' the' corners, and tho yliies brained up .the cas)ngs,, an4 arounid tii'e soillng. .The :floor shoul'd be covered with oil clotih. or wvell painted, and the shelyes and all the ivoodwork ought al ~o t'e9iieli sevial. coats!i -f 1)aint, Ghat they nmay not be affected by the (no)sture which -fregu'ent syringing tvili (eave behind, It is a good iian to hiave tiolof through th,e floof to alIQw"tho'sur plus wvater to~u'n off.' It is best to hayo (liesc sholYos fnado l1ike staIrs'i, in the )v'orte: lole, go that therd. is' 31o 1pening froin tihe .front.- Tils will, mauke it easier to keel) the recess cleang is' therd will be no swveephig unider the ihldeO'to do. -Bay wIndows, In which ilaints are iebt, sljoukt alwaysi 9o slt ff from $Jte room by gla/ed~ doors. In (his way the mnoist.ura can be. rogulatedl Lo a nicety, all dust airlsing;fromwsween-. ing kept out, and tile: plant wvill be nuch heatlthhdr -thair \vleon grdviWn in a WiQqw wvitholi t looS. TVhe Sultans have always been fond f bulkding. A stranger ila amazed ait nental. edhfdens, .whIQh..only seem1l to 3xIst for Lhu plrpose of fairninhing oc mnpation to a host of ,lazy caretakeri. hyontheir origI to in passing whkim, 'anothor' pAieg wvhip auid h are . 'deserted,. ' (Those' kiosiks Uii Lti'ii wiere'YO.U Ivifd in the subulha )f thg capital imperial mansions meet ~our~ gaze.. which hayo nuever. been Anante~d;ud. irobdbbly never wilhl be, as 3aelf 8ifl n ii ttja'his 'own rcgIdenco.. f4I every town 9t the empire, there arcs imiprail IJQoss Which eamn to have 3 e eetd for no ether pnrpose than 90.lgepyAli ?o,r Lhese cree ou)mibe uaies had}to ho duig out Vid'whiol0'u,rgQea' 'of 'valtuable wood grviIe utigtfustres, Roman aini Flo0rentine mnosiacs brought to 'landa tW'.r thle enormous nmb thus' wasted rdads might hlave been construucted alt ergocountbioidsses' n.ihght heye ipn advancedd ft onsiiif&tEn . low;t!9 Angkp pniio .4. Somo stIngelstorles btivo en told of"the l}tys!Ii, \10ht6h xiuiah n}tlit.loril t,v p ti)oe. Nbt'o i ';g we ar tl( , tlli 4rnoer,MasLttlig :lurbar. -dicussiug publio ftalre, Iile, "}Hon'e"- department . hAd. gone throtgh thelr Work. Ordeos :llbeh i5sucd to releasd cdit4tin persbnq ftbni Otie sorrYi,of bx xitjAte,.wheln tie dur. Uu.au4ideiily (ttglieg i.o gre.toei; t114ngs,; And began to4tall about the nglislh anid tho Russians. I A nian .who .had lately beef iitroduced at Coui'tt 1 *a 'Ilot tvell hb6glu,iiit*d with his doYer - rI , rtm,afj 'o d O fl 4 ipe Qpe say w it they 1lkobit t)Isliumble one lasabeeli.,scanniig the political lbrii'on' with' farti-eaching-eyes, nd,the. llu'siatis Areco'ining. h loid th'edrjh hilled a sweetsil ' oCY thek c?4 oitior' . wio i / timt ..sn,le also :suiled . and, turning upon him1 mvitlh thp.-'far-reaching eyes" said, *".lrlght jo*el of our dtirbar, and Stin Of Otlr tlitel.4tailing, hit thou sure Sthis""t"TTb lord of the earth i 6diSlolltnnid k'no rtq e'vrytlung,Se illied e11. ."Well to bo sure, o,41c see things and,know'one or twoLthings, but we'are>old' now. - Moreover, your tree obstructs our{vlo\vl I pvor, thou art young; o thQmi th tc,1;=oilk n b. lwho ree, t jel , It i.Vs ait4v11oe1ei N !{ Upon1 u" 6 aik 'ilif rni ui._ ' Q is hiighso tiat thou shalt e etiabllto see al i lg way ,off." r:.l'ortjiwith 'tilo man wVas led to the tre'6,and made to climb to the topmnost braniihes. To keep'up his ctluage ii'ho grgw weary of his post, aguai-d 'wih baybnets fixed was told off to reiMafh belo'v. It is said the yowig ittn _f)t coisiderably elevated by rinmtstlf s humor, and felt very exhu ttelift' ;hlrist; but, three day's contonu i o o tiie, bgauties ,of natu ; ven i dti ; a.onut g posi ., t t tire iio, tt l io No on a se' a :)i ,' u! .low. stor Itl ttl4p le, viehiPtluk fr"tlhr.. As..peas'ls,i:nore or, ess. valuable, .were oftenX ffun'd there, Mi":i BDrooko began collecting tilli, imd tp villagers' children used, to take to her those which they picked up, receiving a' shilling or two in . exchange. ; One day, a little girl, who had come from some considerable; distance, called and offered her it'peb'blo, bit as Mrs. Brooke thought it useless, she refused to buy it. Presently her brother asked ,h r:tc'c.ih lhei' mInd, for, :i $d ak1g tile sp. Md. i4d 'a, Very : long walk, and was crying bitterly at having to go ;lomo empty-handed." So Mrs. Brooke kindly told him to take the stone, and give the bairn what she wanted-for it. A few weeks later, a friend, wholiad travelled liuch, and" knew South America well, viewed the pebble with great interest, nihd at length remarked,.that If he hiad been in Brazil and had seen the' stone there ho wvoul have felksure that it was a diamnond. The stone was at once sent to a skilled jeweller, and lie r'eported that the traveller's opinioin was right, (mnd iery sooun the Loch Earn pebble *was set in one of Mrs. Brooke's (lia, m~rond rings. Unfortunately, no trace 'could be found of- the little girl, and so shie was not able to share the fuirthier 'reward that would Ihivo been 'betoWed .up)on her success. , Inigenilons Fremich Swi nd le.' All amusing story was told recently of a cbu'lo'of ingenIoius swiindlers whiose career was nipped in the bud by a mat ter-ot-fact policeman, who uuist be lminfully devoid of the sense of humnor. One of this pair o~f rascals jumped into the Soipe 'and pretenided.to be drowmlin@( the other took0i~ lieader' after :lhim'a dial bfimghit him to sh6o in safety. A's'ym. pathetic crowd gathered around the Wvould-bo suicidle, and moved by his piteous story, his savior emptied -is dripping pockets of their silver.. Thew crowd sighed find' Wept to s'ee 'such gootlaess,,and wlen the hat \was sent round quite a nice little stun was gathiered. Unfortunately for themiselvos the t\vo meni were followved by an oileial of th'e lawv,'Who found that it was a pnt-up-job," and ran them in.. The trick is ingenious, but it has not'the merit of novelty. i5very one in the sporting world remembers how a siila Ppilant"' e arranged by two' famous swiminer-the Johinso.n b,rothers-one of wimoom'folI off'Londonr bridge to be rescued by ,hils. lame. brother, who chanced to be on a passenger steamer in the guise of a parson of ' the church of England. Their trick was dpno for, a lark-and .an' advertiseinni yhieh they got and thoroughly deserved for their pais and illuck. Oramps, . Elevation of the, head of the bed, by tlachig ude eaeh' leg It block of~ tijo thickness of two bricks, is stated'to be 'an effective''remedy, for cramps. Pat ients who have suffered at night, cry i1ig k1ul With pai , liavy fouin thli pl an to afford imnmediate, certuain, per mnanent~ relief , ' W A NG AlBifAtey. wi9 ;frrts Yopng Aierica 11takes to Poso as.a Y3riton. I There is a large' nuniber of young men in tiesb free Atatea whose chief ob ijeict hh,life is to b' taken for E.ugltyh ,t' tlt.h who .Wts to pii4s 'i asi ]-:n1H8aihuan Is obhiid te -piut liil'.05 throigh a.long and tcilio.us proeess of' }ireparatlbl. ' I'e"usually coiuence.s witir a stidy tt'hie OEJnglish" -inethdd' of tipeech; Tlto fli'st task is ; to learn how to talk. "away down in the chest,. and th.' phrase chosen .to . experiment. upon.is, invariably, "By Jove." 'When. ho canmsay.this..withetlie ,proper; a.ccent: lIWnext, ven,ut:es upon .'.You,do.n't say le t)on pa.9ses, ol to such sen-, tence4 as "Iow awfully )plly. I cawn't. believe it, you kn.ow, anid Sp on. If yott live Iii the same ltouse with hlim you can hear. himi up to a late hour of the,of niht repeatilg over salid over sutch iwords' as "dawne,'' "ettwn't,i> "l h ""hawct," "flthl'aw," and iawo." Soinetinies he i would allow hli Voice1o'91iile np' while he sas "denmlit" - Tho-word thatt you vill hear him use oftenest is "awfOl.ly." I I will tell-you that tho Llow'er is "awfully niCe,'7 that th6 policeman is "awfully l woss," th.tt his tear is "awfully hot," and that eli 0 * Jones is "awf~ully jolly.,~ lie would almst die for shame sihould he make such a vulgir blunder. us to say "pants." Tho woril lie 1ises is "trousers," "hreechea,", or "bags." l1e will tell you conifldentially, "Yl p\v,fov 'to say bags; it' avfully 'Eng Ilslhithe best fellow.'say it, you, know." In this way does the young citizeih pro ceed to Anglicizo hiinself: lint you can he English in more ways than in speech. 1)ross,oftoner proclaims the American Epglin 'thanay tiling else. Any' ifteriloou 'about this time of year you may see dozens of Ainerioan 'Englishbien on Fifth avenue or in the neighborhood of th'.:rIofflman houso,thid Brunlswiok, or V ifth Avenue hotel,. They te pretty sure to., be dressed In large pattern'cheeks, to carry eouirmuous canes pua tp haye their trou sers turnecd ui at the. legs.. A patir of rpp8eseat,ulned iip ttl,1Qegs i.lalh t I;glsh.sil ,it y'ou. cusn seg. WITH 'rtoSJS TlTcsIs:T1n , fC. ' ywhq, run,ig tq.tl;o wiutlow; pvery,, tpyornih)g .pn;ripuig to.see it lhe will have an opportiputy-of tturnin,g his trousers legs up. If they 1ool's line he comes from the viidow with Ia (lisappolted air and says, "Too bad, by Jove. I, isn't going td wain aftoll all." Once he has '.iecome a thorough Englishman, however, h ill '\valk through -.liroad way the suinlest day in the year withi his trousers turned up. The walk of the American I'nglish ipal is also very distinctive. It is not, strictly speaking,-a walk at all, but a stride. The feet are kept well apart and the toes are turned slightly in as if the walker wore.spurs. The loft arm is curved atnd is permitted to swing but very little. The cane is carried perpen dicularly andI the point is brought upoil1 the grouild alnmost three feet i. fi-ont of' the walker. It is not good form to throw the chest too prominently for wvard, bat you w~ill notie a graceful droop of the shoulders. The siiigle glass eye is nearly aun - - Englishman uses it in mblic just as soon as lie can get it into' his eye ' wit,h.. out opening his miouth. Several young gentlemen of my acquaintance havo seriously injured their eyes by using st.rong eye glasess wvheli their sight was good. * But. injury to. onfe's eye is a small penalty to pay for such. a fashion able aiid attractive p)ractice. "By Jove, CJhawley,"' said o young gen tlemnan, ".( would wawt.hawv endangaw t ho total sight of' o eye t.han suwvwendaw the p)wiv.ilego of weaving the glmuss. O3 its But the pillow of thme youbg swell is Snot without thmorus, for his 'father Is very ofteni a blunt spoken, hionest luan whose gramma)fr and( P01 proniation are none1 toA good. -"if fathuaw wouhd only alitaw his speech a twille I would give half my allowance, Hie wvould-nevvav, nuevvaw pass for n Englihmn.' This is the sad wail of many ai younig gentle mnanu in the city of New York and' through this country. . Powvdering Ilci- Nosqe. A reporter happened to be riding dlown towua the other day in'.the Sixth~ avonute ovated train. Opposite. sat. a y,ouumg wVomanll, and directly facing her was onei of 'the long, narrow looking glasses that adorn, the cars. ,It was ob served as shie.glancedl toward thuis mir ror--.vhich sh16 did at overy turn of her h eadl-an (ixpresisioni .. of annioyance(* Cir)ded( her coulntenance. Finally she thritst her hand- lnte" her p)ocket and1( pulled out a little poWdler liox. Then, vithoutf the least tfane' of eml>turrass ment.; 'she proceeded deft'ly to powder her hose. A good mainy of the p)as*. engers stored and smiled. But onm thme conltinent-bf Europe no self resp~etig woman over goes out without her pow der box, and soou,-'perhaps, the custqnm will becuine general' here~ as.we~ll. WVhar"bi froufnic room for the mnost pebe Oolutnlbush WV"at aidful death does 'a sculptor die ? Ma1ukes facos and tiuste, - - e0