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aYb it is 1and when o'er-the face
We searoo sai ae for weeping,
. lit te 1oving. bby face,
":, $ lt still a 4oQues creeping;
; i1.bird 0O1Qsehe tender eyes,
Aui1ld the'ncls fpr alpepin~.
e et. when the world our otyn would cl 1m,
. dlplot greatly grieve us;
We lysee, n days gob
Y r Op tttoildteni leave ui,
AufI dling,'se notIhow the swift,
Soft-footed years bereave us.
Oh mother-hearts! I,count :ou rle4
r: ~ ~ 9 Nif lte hbe as ,rr,g,
Away from.your caressing
S Self.folded in..His tender -arms
Who gLiesagain, with blessing.
AT TIt OLD FARM,
Olive Delno was in a brown study,
nor lovely pirlted face rested in. the
-palms of her. white .hands; her 'eyes,
large, dark and soulful, were bent upon
the carpet,-but seeing nothing of its
heavy.ric)ness, for Olivp was conjuring
up a-handsome new. ball costume, that
was all,. yet it was of more serious
moment than you may'imagine.
It was the last ball of the season, and
Olive desixed to appear to better advan
tage than.at any previous one, and as a
small frown gathered about 'her pretty
eyebrows, a soft gentlo zephyr sto in
through the purtially opened vindows,
that told mist plainly of spring time;
- "Oh!" she exclaimed, "I know nQw;
t will be lovely, and--and it will iseem
like' other 'days, before Aunt Mary's
death left me aii heiress to all this
handsome forttitie when I" ww bbly
poor Olive n, tho vill sg;chool
teacher, 'an Frank Drake was my
lover. After all I have never seen any
one quite like him, since;. so noble; so
true. Oh, Frank' slie moaned pit
eously, "it was cruel to grow so cold
because .[ was 'an . lheiress;iand to turn
from'ine as you:lid, tviile I, a woman,
could oniy"be silent, tho%lgh' my heart
v' as breakhig." ii
N ayt the little. secret repining was
sooh passed. Olive Deat' was not a
-woma;, wear her htipn her sleeve;
.and thtilh. the pos that day went a
441 tte? t old fa rl;ere she had
tbe evept 'Aln rplled In, on'
le.' igitt ie d ball; It hrl glt
~~ ~ Openn li
tYr t l: :i al '13:esl onto ls. Til ox
was d with apple blossoms.
Oh, e cried, with a little laugh,
tlhey ha e gathered them Trom the
aiberian'crab-tree in the lane; no other
tree Over boro such charming, rose
tinted, fragrant blossoms. On, here
lies a letter from Nellie."
"DEAR OLIVE.
"We were so glad to get .our letter, and
learn that you were well, and, of course,
' nppy. fnmina is much better, thank
you, anid I should love to see you in your
- elegant ball-dress, but cannot come this
time. I should be at beat only a field
daisy amonig such nagnificence.
"Cousin Frank gathered the blossoms
for you. N Er.Ll l."
Olive's face saddened a little at the
close. "1 ear apple blossoms," -she
said, touching them lovingly, "if you
could but kniow howv precious you arm
to me."
And then with a little sigh she began
dressing. for the ball. Hecr dress was
3reamy-3'wh ito satin wvith overdres of
some ileecy white material, resembling
at cloud. 'The only ornaments she wvoro
~ere t,he exquisite and fragrant apple
blossoms, which graced its loopings and
rested upon her bosomi and in her dark
braided hair. When all was completed
hhe surveyedl herself in the long pier
glass with a sigh of satisfaction, for she
was simply perfect.
In the ball-room that night all 'other
handsome toilets paled by the .side of
her exquisite and poetical custom, so
suitable to the season. Men who had
raved of Olive Deane's superb beauty
went almost mad as they beheld her
now.
- Franz Cur'tiss, a young merchant
prince, bowed low over her hand and
clung to her side with a persistence
that could not be mistaken.
"It will be a match,'" was whispered
here and there.
Hfow handsome they are; really a
most suitable arrangement.".
But Olive Deane appeared utterly
unc9nacious or public opinion, or en
tirely careless. A half-bored expres
sion came over her face; After all
what (lid It matter--the show, the glt
ler, the hollowness of everything?-ex
cether apple blossomus, They alone
seemed true and sweet as the tender
love in the olden days,
In the midst of their enjoyment a cry
rang out that thrilled all hearts with
terror and consternation..
"Fire--ilre!"
"See-the curtain!"
Olive turned her head, and behold
just above her head the fiery tongue
that was running up the hiandsomo lace
curtain. Ilow it b'ad caught was a
mystery, unless from. some luckless
cigar-smoker on the verandah, but it
wats no time to speculate as to causes,
for a little spark fell from the burning
lace upon Olive's fleecy dress and
caught like powder.
Wilsd consternation ensued, but while
*men- ran forward as if .intending to
cr'ush out.the flames withy their hands,
ome- one leapt 'A through the open
window nd wouind his heavv r.1akt
about her, smbtheribg the fIa 'ea'"
instantly. Olive looked up at ozpro
server, whispered .one word w tiith 1
white .lis, "Frank," and aint b
whether rpain r au Is e
r&bu t -imnost'f arntfd his re
taore, tor no one else cai harmed.
any in R sdon tore dgrnihe burnt
eiiri run o ehigiiulaheftihn preading!
liatn'ee; ut 019l@ b'ltoilhy days,
hoverin hetweon life atid death, before
the change camid Ahe began to re
cover. The burns had not been severe,
but the shock t9 her inervous system,
the doctdrs saididhirotrated her.
Franz Curtiss sent flowers every cny"
and often came himself to Inquire after
her, until one day a white.! slender
maiden. met him in the parlor, and to
his:earnest pleadings gie.no decided a
"n11o," he. Was perforce compelle'd to re
linquish his fond liopeo.
"[ would . ,idvlse a ,few -weeks in tid.
country," said her doctor one morning,
"out among ,old friends and assoola-.
tions."
And Olive, smiling.faintl.y, took his
advice to heart, and. went to the old
farm once More.
"Oh, Olivet" cried Nellie Morton, as
she kissed her welcome; "18 this Olive?
-really.and .truly our friend?"
"Yes, really your old Olive, and no
other," smiled the invalid; "1 grew
homesick for the old fields-and home,
and so I came. I could stay away no
longer."
But however much she desired to'
meet Frank and learn of his strange
and opportune appearance at the ball,
she held her peace until one day as she
wandered out in the green grpve "near
the old farmhouse, he chanced upon
her.
"I am most happy to. find you so
nearly recovered, .Miss Oliye,'" he said,
eheiancied coldly.
"Thank you, Frank. I-. 'You
know to whom I owe my slight
wounds; If not thy life, and-and--.'
But she could go n,o further she was
still weak and ill; and the tears' flowed
readily.
Thrk.tears rendered Frank reckless ,of
lcopsequences, and lie cried out in a
husky voice: "Olive, my lovel .niy
rlingl Why do yon weep? I thought
q were so happy, and to be mairiec
soon."
"I. am notl" she cried indignantly,
ther happy or going to be 'marrled.
"OhPi ekh aiied rank, a faint light
breakitig up6n him. "Why, you fool
" ish girl. I called many' times, and the
doctor-one of my old classmates-sent
me:word every day in regard: to your
progress, for, OI(ve poor and common
farmer as -I am, I have continued to.
love you, oven when I knew you were a
great heiress and so far above me; and
when I gathered those apple-blossoms
the longing to behold you again, myself
unseen, was uncontrollable, hence my
sudden appearance in time of 'heed. . I
know I am presuming," he added in a
sorrowful voice, putting his arm around
her tenderly, reverOntly. . ".1 will make
this the last time I ever so far forgot
myself,' but oh, Oiiltif yIost love, 1
shall love you till I die."
Bunt her arms were flung around his
neck, anid her bright face raisedl from
his breast as she answered. "What is
- Nealth, fashion, or qilI the world, with
out you, FrankC? Nothilng, nothing to
me. JHow blind11 you have been not to
see it long ago."
And Frank married an heireas, and
wvas happy notwithstanding.
The "Small. Mocns." Dlepait tment.
A large clothing store at Vienna,
Austria, hias just introduced a new
"department for small means." It is
located in the underground, and con-.
tains second. hand goods. All those
attending to fashion and appearances'
huy new clothes every season, their last
season's .wardrobe being very good yet.
They return the latter 'at a 'compata.~
tively low figure, and pay gino dttep.
ence between It and the prich they 'arei
charged for their new, fashionable
clothes. These returned goodis of -the
preceding season go the "small means"'
department, and are sold-at a little ad-,
vance, enough to 'cover' Okpenses. In
that department workmen, clerks and
others are thus able' to buy good clothes
at 'Very low'flgures.
luo Bleoog Lunatics,.
It 13 singularly .unfortunate that the
royal marriage laws in -Europe prevent
thme Infusion of some healthy plebeian
blood into the veins of tle' reigning
dynasties. Continual intermarriage
among relatives during a period of sev
ernl hundred years has naturally engen
del'ed in sanity, epilepsy and that agree
able malady known as the "king's
evil." The gradually mucreasing ndtin'..
her of mnsane princes, apd, prmncesses is
is beginning to ,alarmi oven the most
coniservative of rnonamfchists; In addi
tion to the Duchess d'Alencon just re
ported, the names of tihe presenit king
of Bavaria, the"duchesso.Oumberlatai,'
the ex-sultan of-Turkey, Prince 'Alex.
ander of Prussia, thme Archduke Otto of
AustrN, the Grand Duke Nicohas Con
otantiowita of ihttssia, the'9x-En1pfess
Charotte of M.ex1co, are .sufpceead'o
illustrate the evils'of'blood which is o
"bitie." .
*The .wolst 'd el Aana 29 those thAt
are constantly serutng-their pbsIous.
n pt r pYtr i
non ~ 4 ____ q
i 01 f)VQ 4 4
The tooth piok,Avhen used withi d"is
crotion . and - at proper. times and in
propor - places is an unobjeotionable
lit-le, irtst1 uunent. Its .ocoasinal' ent
ployment Is, as a rule, , necessary to
ec l p r tion.. of t
t l the t
brush. This. adjunob o ih6. toile ;s,
however, never :used in publio. The
Tpsi4 t , qt f.tparj4kigqf .ti: meal,
should.proceed, top'itly,u*e. his tppl
brush would pel (iihnelf.'>bap
ished from- decent fbciety: Yet'sih
-action would' e' les objectionable' to
witness than the service to whlcli'some
people iwho piretend t'ifineneit and
culture. put - the tooth. pick. There is
b t one; ptaceefa wihi?h it niay bQ .1Ilit
, 91?ed-ilfe dressng .roon igandA o
person who has the slightest considera=
tion for. the feelings of thers Nill han
die itanywhere else, . .
It =would seem to be; aligost mangeoes
,nary to mhke su'dh statbiennte as those
In the foregoing pardgaph. ''o Oie
possessing any' delicacy of feeling or
squeamishness of digestion will dreamn
of controverting' them, And yet the
public use of the tooth pick is daily in.
Oreasing, nd' ls alrda y aoahea;d "o?
portions that , trike'thbefodeign 'vIsit or
with . astonishment and disgust, and
make the lives of !mnny. of our citg eps
anyihiugbiigreeable, .
The practice has doubtless grown
owing to the large riumber -of people
who . live or have lived In hotels and
boarding houses,- wier'o tooth picks
were furnished with- the idea that
gttests would take theintq'their rooms,
and in' same oi the gOodh1otel ku'ests
can even now only procure tooth picks
"t,the loors by which. they ,leave the
,dining rooms. In other hotels and in
many boarding houses, and also, it is
sad to -have to write, in? sonie priVate
houses, the tooth pick holder is 'arbgu.
lar 'rnanient (?) of the hal'tbe tid
its contents are assiduously worked.
In. no other. country that the writer
las ever;vis ted .haae tdoth givky been
UliclyriseZ "i l hiouses o "in
the presen'ce ofe'women. 4iE gish
woman or aipreich nman ?f, tho Vet
ter plash'not only nevee dream ofuing
a-tootl'pick beforo people, but she conw
evo, it is no unepnyuon ocogrreuc. o
hear a lad ask thr "thetooti ficks and
select the one that she thinks will fit
The Chailtof Seven Flad.
In the museum of the Hotel Ciuny
ii : Paris, tlorg is a: curlus chain:
Should you search ever so 'closely, I
hardly think you copild find it, for It is
a very small, insignlficant' looking oh.
joct.--Soven pins,not even of one size
and almost entirely eatep through with
rust, joined togother in a gold c.hain of
seven links at the end of eaRch of which
are miniature goldon'shacklesi It rests
In a velvet case;-case and- all. recall
tho te of the last cent ury but., a.'vJ
have said, it is very insiginifcant inap
pearance, it is hardly worth 3eeing,
certainly not worthsaearchiing for. .iiut
I was interested in it and in ansiver to
my inquii'y the old1 custodian toldl mc
the following story:
"tIthe year 1735"-~4hus ho began
"a young and much*'respected noble
man,,was sentepced to the penitentiary
fora .term of twenty yeinai. T do.nt
just now know3vbit foi but it Is i~n
material for the purposes of' this story
for there is no doubt that the prison
was very lonesome especially to him,
for his life .had beOa gay and joyful,
HIe demanded, prayed for some sort 'Of
deyvers'on, but It was stubbornly re
fused;him, lHe feated that he woul1
egentually~ loose his inind and began,
pehaps"areadj:Igalf crazed, to search
for somze.object in:his small vacant .cell
thli woid Ccctilig It. Hie searched and
Aearched atid beholdiiftei lon, long
search-he found-a pin. This, to be
sure, brought him -some, though very
litiite'diVeislon.T He considered for In
stance how long the pin had already
been there-It was almost consuined
with rust-then, who had lost it? Dut
this was about as much as he could:e
*pect froni one pin and he stucik it in
his coat." Then he began to search
anew--to cut the matter short, he was
fortunate enough to fnd six oth.er ins.
True, he seairched a long time after the
sevetmth :pil in the" hopd of flnding
something else-Aperhaps another pin
but all in vain; he found neitherx pl.n
nor' anything else. In short, segre1i#,
this was all he had found. Notvr
much,.to besure, but'the prisoner wAs
noyerthelese happy, for even iC the pies
lhe had found could no lonfer entertain
him, did* not their search divert his
mind? Who knows-perhaps it' fdok
hunr d% year, pethapq ,two. ydars to find
thetan. 'And whilst revolving these
things In his mind,. he thought of sa
good. means to drive 'away the speetre
of loneliness and 'deadly 'ennzui. \vhich,
hoverep oVer. h-h i,Ad thrntened' to
darketi his ' mind 'f@tevet. 'Whatn
tllotgbt he, "If 't should 'throw .4izese
pins away and should seatch, for Ahem
anew?" '
~eming the pins whioh had icost hi'r
so mi.ch' labor,. he hurled the into tly
darkness of his cell irderstauIrease
the dialenitsyof 1i ts'lh li attam.a
floor or that it li len t
qftle eall. } ie 1 t p
eat his meals 2t d ben wo
aiIilehe 4Igt
hore ouhu f
flor osthat i h
and fnakO 111s"i t 1hfbetbe
Again A'ndhaa 6 trt~~
them in, b ft 20 wouldfliye hi
day of resurre i T~he ting a4 .
mnitted teun S p f his sent nee-il
novel and unt ;e cene. btid
itse, see h.They
saW - k cf n abgut the
floor he had .i"oe 4 ead t .. mo in
and hp .ii e?i'o .1p0n When
they told ht ht'e msiht leave -the
rpy tO ,eurreOt . ,. Th16 longer
mittd t ye i ienti pin ?
All thought i demente d,iOit he was
not so, L beli 4thepins saist hii.
After two d the nobleman found 'e
seventh pildi nastened again to eiity
freed'p .
"Tu16st~ fact of a- prisoner beg--.
ging for an 'tiion of his sentence
reached tht l ieo:Coutd not undera
ntsod I.g b iey tl os saveedcoithnned
terusto ip4Ith9 1e is not the
turiou' th eQot the' story' The
king s;umntli n-' he noblea1n to na
private audiMph le prooured t he pins
and ad th t in thisfauios foir his
prvt u w{c they -came t
iie Maosea lie 'tioel Chny3
Hola u odrhand -n" ue
to TuspeI wahs a rmanYof slight but
cifues ihil'th a steigyg eye
aiv9olu$4dk ~ finpdng vQicen
aindg sum .,:g of one,.h obeas bsolute
niastet of. e situ .tion. Attired n hls
1Noby.Ue$11 1e stood4il a doorwaf of
tn dad lietm f this oari honse, an
elegant ,ion on.the boulev rd, and
hr heid ayid oa -calibre revol
"oTK a peay'\ghv ahead of him itht
'aried n t the mallcst
aeadth,
mpowerfi ol frai and sinisr asrct, H4
'tood in frint rof an elaberate sideboardr,.
a door of which was open, exposng in
he'dAi,mgla e'of o ' bok lantern whose
rysv e flashed . ' the iberior a
glitteing arTai 'o t' tly plate whith
ho was about to lay his brawny hand
coiind \venricady the startling
coiadalreA.4uted.
Taken by surprise, the atalwart ma
rader turned his face in tho direction
from which the voice procee,ded and
atood for a momene inesolute, Some
sbtle influence by'whieh mind sways
.mind, independent of physical environ
*mente dre'disparities, apparently mas.
tered him, for he reluctantly ra.ed his
hands, and tl tiwo mn'i faced each
other in the da~rkenled room1, amid ai
silence N.o profound that the mulied
he:a.beats that shook the frame of the
banlid hailreay col almost .be heard
uy the eana, self-poied relentl1ss man,,
who .ill pointed the death-dealing im
pilemielit straight at his heart-.
"Move a muscle and you are a deadl
man," suddenly exclaimed the voice
that hutl alreadysiitten hiIe:l;erculeap
forod af thom eiir,ndthe owner
of thatice.oen d frwaid an y took
the dark lantern from the nerveless
hand that held it.. With swift and
methodical movements le placed it on
,theis5ideo1ard' so: that its ray's feebly
outlined the form before him, and,
with that terrible weapon Still aimed
unerringly at his heart, lie thrust his
hand into the pockets of the helpless
wretch, one after another, and draw
forth a clay pilie, a Waterhiury wa-tch, a
plug'of tobacco, a pint bottle, thirty-six
cents In money, and a bunch of keys;
and as lie led him to the outside door
of the house, lie handed him a card on.
which wvns'Iuscribed the name "Ameri
ous V.'Getthere, President Gas 'Cdn
pany,"? and hissed, in the, ear df the
despairing man, "I am something of an
operator myself." . .
5olenu1'n the iInman.'rethi
'piepoison conveyed by the hiuman
teeth is one of the most annoyiig - that
a khys.ie)(n ever had o deal' withi e
chewed ear or nios Is 'months heing.
wIerc a more inportant-wound Indlict
*sd ',bt an" Instrutnexdthifou) readily.
glOl t6&simp!e rei diMO have' hiad
under- my attention sovero gu ns
complheated cases of blood poisqning,
in which the patient haid buti slightly
abraded the-hand in course of a fight
b[stiilgig fhis, kmucekles aialst the
teeth of his opponent. I have knosyn
hands thus poisoned only sne.d ?Lrom
,amputation by thg application of all ,e
resources of science. 'folacco oN
whisigy di, disarrangepqht 6h
stomach 'froin many othgor'.atises, snaya
be 'esponisible ifor -thispo nucn.
11ared to usay that 4.yn:ssqth god
iotivef til'PoIso,MM eicn only
I 'peak of,the -fregneney of this~ Qeing of
dasddridtij difial end
auervBr alt aa mnntamu
2..0tell,
2 telling
lij ' b e r ago
{, chr " ''a niy1 1o Sabanoy
( I i; 4 o"W l h1iad inot io'r.l the
e iity' of the Molly Maguires, 'yo
OO1uitc .entoVe'hir. J,
Soioo co4ii:e l, dt pan" who
v i't}te4 t t. rtolasa ~ shot,.waisaj
nted'to dthe dirty work. The as
ainJ. concealed. iiiself on a dark
+,pa4h where 46,
ti i Pass and waited
x'ear rtce
speaker said he liad. always been.
4n habiutl agoker, anld on the ight
in questionwas sroking a .igar,;rom
which he had Just kncked the ashes:
.before,aopr0aoling the murderer'splace
of corcealment, put the cigar in :his
montl and turned his head, as an u'n
ally strgng gust of wind cane -aonund'a
.point ahead of him, when le heard a
shot and simultaneously a bulletwhtgt,l
pd pgst iis.fage and took op h4 ondot
.his ,igari HIno.'trned imeadiately, and
before the purpose of the Molly could
be accomplished lie was out of sight.
Sevei tl years afterwaid the maii wlio
had attemptod to murder him ivas dy
ing and made. a death-bed confession,
stating' that lie had been appointed to
kill the speaker, and had fired directly
,at the end of his ltghted cigar, but for
some unaccountable 'reason had' missed
his mark. As he concluded then Vfra'
'v di'y _a sigl ob apparent relief and
s ia dJ ,ws thle most iarrow escape he
di4r 'hiad; aid attrbuted'the saving of
hislife;.to 1hiphpitof.s,aking,
. hepe Violins are Made
It is truly astonishing how many vio,
lina thpe are imported into -tJin coun
4 hi ialy, #sfeo,iahl3r. If we consider
,,ittr; 1yU ne;lcin the,
" oI i ro made ozten
e1y a; e o u eu -tiien,
with Its- urdindin vill n liigen
til,Tle s. en Stlohrl$ali ani raslitz,
in axbny Cemany;,here l 0
"etter'aboti(O t 0 ople livi" g"theie;
who do nothing'else day after" tiay btt<
t e-. viins, -'t9nt- tp orhe o, an i
. iiSi6"i ffe of E 'd ultt-i forenst
itt1 I:; e0 enjoyed iitall-my life..
,The inhabitan,,s, from the,little urchin'
to the old grAy headed man, the small
girl and the 0k( grandmother, all are
engaged- in making some parts of a fid.
die. -
A good one consists of sixty-two di'.
ferent' pieces. They are cut, plaiiie,
smoothed and measured, everything be
lug accurate and precise with the model.
The older men make the nger board
from ebony, and the string holder and
the screws. The small boys have to
make themselves useful by looking after
the glue pot on the fire and bringing
their _elders things as they mak want
them. A man with strong, rteady
hand(s and a clear eyo puits3 t.'n di fferent
p)iecO toget.her, and this 1is tha, mrost.
difliciult task of all. Most violins are
made of mnaipl.wood that grows ini that
part of the country or over the ,frontier
in Bohemia,.
.I'ho woe generally occupy t,hem
selves as polishers. This requires long
p.ractice, andl a family that has daughi
toer who is a good polisher is coi sidsred
for'tunajto, :Even a- young muan~ . wvheat
lie goes a-wooing, inquires whether the
Toiing gh:l.s a good polisher,.and if she
iti certajnli Will increase hlg aftec
LidW' forihere at 'least' twofoldi. The.
polishing takes a good deal of time,
some of the best violins being ; twenty
and even thirty times polished, Every
famly has'its pcculiar styl6 of polish
Ing, and they never vary from thlat,
There is one that. makes nothing but a
deep wvlne color, another a citrdn color,
yet another an orange color, and so.
on -
What They Tr'emibed. for Out .West,
A re iWalist in'a Michigdn town had
discourq9d opi the Bibli for two hours
and!got hjsagidience w,#rxed-.pp to the
point of enthusiem. .
"Now, my hearers, there is one thing
it Would be impossible for us to get
alodAglithbfit, Wlto can tell what it
is ?"
Hie expected the audience to say-"re
1igloi1k" but lie discovere~rtthat he. had
Nitaken th9 character #6 s hearers
whien a, grtiy a long-beard arose- ai'
said: .Quinine."
A gTapaznoso Iepoter.
A traVeulen wyho i3en :visitinig
Japann; writes home that eyes there he
was not freofront the interrogatories of
the newspaper interviewer. "I had got
&Iin .in.Uskodadi. over one day,".he
says, "before A .scholarly.gentlegian api
pro*achQd1 me. qnd adhased my inter
preter'. . He.had theo 1ongit repi-esent.
h,thQ,iA1odadi newspape, 'hm sjig
atid would * like to aslkeonf~We*ge
t1lous I consented, And' he !ydnted to
ini codng ~ . &iab.gia nv Other
inatteXs!cnpAted .with my yvsi ahd'
I1e cdmnit;ted'napnr .in tu , aostn..
3apltt' oelate bth or the? Great
poutn'Amorioart Nation.
During the last tWenty flve years the
onlntion of 'the Argentlne Republis
has 1 cre ed 1a4 p,rcoh, while, that
'o . United St teWl as iofe~ased - but
per cei}t., 'anitl.tbe city O. Buenos
:Aytes:1tgrowJingfaster than Minneapo.
lie or,Penver. L'pst - year- it ieceived
124,000 immigrants froin EurT4pe; d
.the. naturul Iuc:ease is. very largoe. Th e
.new; comer.aro mostly Italidus and
Easques, with a-sprikling of Germanpj
$ Ifta and $vcles, To temptthe imini"
gratts into the agricultuial. districts
the goVerineitj has endeted 14Ard. laws
ecn ire liberal than '.ours. Iacli
head-of family is oititled' to 250 .:aoxs
frea,4l}s nyli nore as.h.desiree"to
purQhas;,to aImitm of 1,600 are, at
abottt;eventy4ve cents an acre In 'our
mone'. Or Abe settier iay uaiake
1,600 acres free tr five years1 yplai t
;ig.0O e, Reito'r I a d, tliwe#ty-four
ires to timber, rgq transpiortation
from Buenos 4res to tl3e plaeof loca
tionis grahted to all settlers and their
families, exem'ption frorm taxtation for
ten years and colonization societies are
orgaiized which issue: bonds, 'guaran
teed by tli6 governinerit, the proceeds
of \yhiah-are loaned to the settlers in'
sums not greater than $1,000 for five
year., with 1nterest at six pdr cent.,
upoii the ,cultivation of a certain
amount of land and the erection of a
certain amount of improvements. The
results of . these betieficient laws are
conspicuous. In, 1880 nearly nine hun
dred.thousand acres of wild land' were
ploughed. and.. planted. One firm in
Buenos Ayres sold 1,200 reaperh manu
factured- in the United States, and
other.firms a lesser number; elevators
are being.erected,upon the banks of the
rivers from which wheat Is loa4ed into
vessels.for Brazil and Europe, and the
average crop was twenty4wo' bishels
of wheat to the acre.
The Giaut 11elios.
Tho. Grant relics, which have been
dir saeyral months safely gu:rded in'
one,of the private rooms of the ]Tational
museum' are now on public expibition.
Recently two handsome plush liged
ca?ep, filled with articles from the col
Jotipnn were.placed in'thenorthihall of
um-neatr the-'main entrance.
o tatied the presentationswords,.
v4 eA l" teitecskets, medsllions,
i iy~ 6tl W'6stlyLsi;r elegant' ar!
;tleles presented by diferent people at
different times to: Gen. Grant. Many
of these articles are souyenire of his trip
around the world: There is a spiendid
collection of Japanese coins, -one series
of seven pieces,old Japanese gold coins,
of huge size,, being valued at $5,000.
There arb also. invitation. cards, menu
cards, and reminders of. entertainments
given iji his..honor, engrossed on gold
plates. One inyitation card ton masked
ball given at 8an :Francisco upon Gen,
Grant's arrival at that city, on his re
turn from his famous tour, i engraved
oh solid gold, and was inclosed In, a
silver envelope,, with the address' on.
graved upon It. In the right hand cor
inor is a two cent stamp and in the. left
tieo Usual "If n'ot declivered in teni days
1.eturn t'o," etc. The articles shown,
besi.des their historical interest, are of
great intrinsic value.
.Trick of' tire Imasgination. ..
-A short-time since~ a 'mnanas taken
to one of tlh'hospithlls suffering intend4
pain. *iie lnformed the doctois that
his home was down In the country and'
that If he died lhe wished to be sent
there. The physicians,.asked him what
hie supposed cauged thie ,pin. "Why,
I swallowed my* plate and four. false
teeth Shlle asleep the other night,"
was the' answer. The patient was put
upoin liquid fobd and all tihe examina-.
tions- made by the medicos failed to
locate the swallowed article. The man's
sufferings ivete lessened considerably
anid as a test It was decided to give hln.
a little piece of'. beefttoak. Thiat was
dons ands the poor patient was writhing
in. agoily as soon as he had swailloed a
mdttuil. -"Ohm, my God!" he ex
claii, "this is killing me. I know I
.shall die," and. numerous other such
speeches. The physicians and nurses
could hardly keep him in bed-he symf
fered so much.. Again he broke forth:
in1 exclametions. This time he said:
'SOh, how I suffer. I can feel the teeth.
tearlnkmy stomach apart. Oh-," he
did 'not fihish until a niikse 2'opened a .
7t#14gram from his~ wife. - t read:
T~ound teethi under bed." Tu e s.uffer
hig man, who had swallowed those
teeth, got sup. and dressed, paid his bill
:and sleft the hospital without a woi'd.
This is onlf an fltstration' o~f ~vhat
Iiagintfoli will db.
- Ynste La;ids ii Jndi...
Tihe result9f the survey and last-cen~
-onls of India are tha6 'the area of. the
iosula of,'tindostan. - is 1,382;02i
gie iduIles,'.Ar\d 'the 1'opiilatieni 253,
~91482L4. Altho'ugh immenO &'acts of
$f.,douaitty (re aunt~I1ty' culydtedi, ac
dording to the most- recettt dryey '10,..
e00,000 apred of hand. suItalhe or cul
tivation have nQt as .y~et)Seen plowed.
pre returned as waste lands,
94'~ ~k f caolves iaving thoe
"scours.", it - checks the o6dmlaal,t
gradually 'and does'no hra dg
haion.h~s
'NEWS3IN BRIEF.
-A turkey gobbler owned by a
farmer near Rockville, Ill., fights hent
troin theiir hets' and covers and
batohes th eggs himelf.
-A loYely woiman%a'4uatin, in per
feet health, and posgessing lovely
tresses; lost all of her hair in one night.
43urgla's"found it on. ,thet wash stand,
As for baqk a 160q an English
w'titer rempdarked: 'It'l useasonable
and 'unwhol soine ib all inths that
Iae not an''r' in their rnues to eat
at oyster, "s
d --(i'ant Johnson. a colored resident
of West ,Chester, bas been living three
ionths wi i g-htiet in his brain. He
is 'totally' pathl ,ed, being unable to.
move a musole or talk.
-Sdme cows that, were in a i1eld
that she was crossing, at Sag Harbor,
L. I., receptly,. -ade a movement to"
ward Mrs, Rogera wio became :30
frightened tha't'she' rbpped dead.
-T- he fibre dexiveA from the inner
bark of young mtibetry shoota is said
to yield a faldo much finer and
stronger than cotton, and which, wheu
w?ven, very much reseiibles silk.
-1iai1ermen at 1' Oseuurg, on the
Sluslaw river, in Oregon, caught 10,000
salmon in one night recently, notwith,
standing.fthe cry being raised-that the
fish are rapldly leaving Oregon waters.
-An. Orange (1T. J.), shoemakei
found diamonds vatlud at $2000 in a
pair of .shoe sent himh for repairs. The
stones had been put -n. the shoes for
safety .hy the owner and been forgotten,
-The Glerman town. having the
greatest nutmber of saloons, relatively,
is Glessen, one to every 80 inhabi
tanta, and Schwerin has the smallest
number, one to.every 478 inhabitants,
---The dog of George Marion, of
leusselar,, Ind., began barking at a
hole in, the grounid, Marion dug down
and killed 113 blue raters and 27 bull
snakes. The dog, is still in the hole
hunting for the lie.
--The floating island on Lake Dr
wentwater, iingland, has again made
its appearance, after complete aubmer
sion for neatly three years. The cause
of the phenomenon is said. never to
have been satisfactorily explained.
It Is computed that. the death rate
of the world is sixty-seven a minute,
and the birth rate seventy. a minute,
and this.seemingly light. percentage of
gain is sufficient to give- a not Increase
of popularion . each year .of almost
1,20.00O.souls.
-A - resident of:Sun er, Ga., was -
driving a mule through the streets
when the bteeze" caught up. a big piece
.of blue-,iaper lying in the guttes and
wl4rle it dreotly tlefor :the animal's
faco, he ule, it l tcrQp d; started
teror, trembled violently,
I. th9 , lf.Yer id : , .
A st 10,000 preseire umg
birds are now embraced in the collec
,tion in the Urrtieh museum, The
flhesl collection on this side of the At
lantio, Containing about 2,000 spect
mens, has been presented by Mir. P.
G. Eliot to the American Museum of
Natural History of New York.
-At Aeosta a Roman metal pon has
been found. It, is a bronze pen alit in
exactly the same fashion as the present
steel pen.. 'The Dutch invented a
metal pen in 1717, but it was not unti:t -
many years later that the hand-screw
press, which, made the firat - cheap
stoel pen, came into .ise.
-Thakore Sahib spent. $250,000
during his short visit to America,
Some of the money went for jewelry \
and some for railroad supplies for
India. ;For Christine .. Nilsson in,
bought a fan,set with diamonds antd
rubies, and for Queen Victoria a $300
riding habit etnbroitiered in gold and
alver. - -
-It has been ascrtained by an ob
s'orving pbrson that' flocks of poultry
Which have'gtlinea fowls among them
aufe never interfered With by chicken
thieves. The .gulilea is always on the
alert, an4 -the lea8t disturbance will
cause it 'to niake a very lend outcry
-well known to --farmers. This fowl
should be found on every farm and on
everyv hen roost.
---The.)ncrease in the wages of work.
ing people In the. Unitedi States was
more rapid duiring the 'decade endng mi
1860 than it was during the next de
cade or the. last one.. The rate of in -
crease in England for the past forty
years has been mqre raid than the
increase in the United States,
"-A ragpicker, in Londona, whro ro.,
cently- found a p)urse with a sov0reign
In it.on the street,atraiglitway rep)aired,
with 1)18 wife,.to purchase ar ticles of'
Which they were in pressinjg need. They
are now in jail, an astute magistrate
having d1ecided, that they should have
reported their good luck to the police,
--The following testumonial from a
lady has been left at. this office, for
.hale, by a dealer in pafent medicines:
"Dear: Doctor-I will 'say 'that, while
suffering from' a - severe 'backache. I
took my purse. Z my handi and went
out to buy one of your phisters. I met
a street 'thief on the o'rner anA~ was
relieved 'at onces You can use this
for. what It is worLh.'-iutngton,
-391lzabeth Patterson B3onapar te was
l3orn 'in h~altimnore un 1785, .9he wvas
the 'daughter or a wealthy merchiant,
and was' inarried' to Jeroine B3ona
parte in 1808. .Napoleon commanded
Jer(mo to fordake his wife, bunt theo
yting man would n9t..dQ this untiu
187, when the~ Frendh council of stat
annulled- the marrdtg oMd' N~apoleon
.gr4nt&d ier a l*rge' S#suon. She had
onf who waa 4ducatet abroad. She
dtid Apsil 4 18792lea\ving a large for
ttie to her grandsons"
.W INtth E'hn In Chicago
reposd o' curetin boxes just
argeenouh toholdan ordinary
spndWieb, piece, of pie,- a flask of coff'ee
and a Chigese natpkin. 'He will till aS
,4ihht agon with theap and at,a certain
bour-ahe lunich our-will deliver to
his 13atrn j$o an4 contents for the
naibt'~t '~aa l~ says his
sese a 9 li he haes Se.'tred
of 8OJIWI 'on $tate and Dear-~
bora tr ekE 48 rApidly as alis busi
n sjka~ i i1put on more