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(1 -r,. t ;,[ . .."' iSCs Uc ;'i "k -y. lJ' ~r1" 1 1..' , : , [, ,ti / y. 1\B.r.: K a1e +, 7. r1 1 J ("4y p}, , x { "r 'r . 1: i; 1TRI-0 WE DITION ' +her 'wanered once a imaiden Am ;the forest shade, .A < w1 ere thfe lowers gtew .tjaky Sha t ied. to piok them quliokly; Just then_:, A utterfly came by her And kissed this little maid." "" , ' Fol ivo me," said he htu4tbly; was'oodytlat I sought; Uoriive me for assuitnt otir rosy lips so blooming Where sweet and dewy roses; But eo t truly thought." Then Archly said the maiden, 4 "Tbis time 1Il 'pass- It by Let not mny favor blind you With vanity; but, mind yon, These roseR These rosea do not biosom __or every buttorfly." T E. BURNT -ROOK IBeautiful Pauna was proud, very roud. She did not have those great lck eyes, arched black brows, and -aqluilline nose for nothing! Her mouth was not exactly small, but it was very well shaped; and when she spoke or laughed, two rows of dazzlingly white teeth became visible. $he arranged the plaits of her tresses about her brows like a crown, and those who watched her passing gracefully by, with head erect, smilingly called.her "Princess.". But. Patuna never looked so proud, and never turned her head away, when Tanas.e passed. She would always lis ten to him, moreover, when he talked about the hora--the national dance. Further,r.ore, if anyone tried to tease her by speaking about the young itan, her cheeks would crimson, but her sharp and- cutting words Ni.uld soon teach the audacious speaker not to - carry. his pleasantries further. The young ien were all very envious of 'anase, especially after it came 'to be known that the pair were betrothed. The war cane. Talase Was obliged to join the army, and take his way to the )auube. Pauna concealed her tea's .before otlhers, but she wept in secret, and no one dared to a'slk the catise of her grief. Nobody ever knew how she managed a ':"to obtain news of tihe war Iefore any -t ,. ,body else In the, -illage. An extraor Sdar. failtness -cane + upo'n lter, and be was obliged to .lean upon the mile tone at the entraiic8 of. the village, il uGa& L rnAf.W10* ks began to talk abou "firsi bat s. 'auna could not;sleep any-more, and Site was often obliged to leave her lan p burning at night "ini o'der to ban ish t:e awful faicies that haunted her -vstons of rfanase, covered with ter rible wounds, dead or,about to die. ;tr' It was while thus afflicted that, Qn one particularly gloomy night, she had - emaiind'altting on the edge of her bed, till dressed--never suspecting that seebody'was prowlifig about the house Set'arliig at her window. She (lid o know how beautiful she looked, ith her large eyes gazing fixedly be e her, and her slender hands clasped i"her ,ktees. t'. tiddenly she heard a light knock at e~;ti wirioi. With a cry of fright the pdolrQ girl'leaped to her feet, and turned '~ hr face in the direction of the sound, ~ without seek-ig to pierce the obscurity. t seme toherthat she could distin guish tbiheforkn of Tanase; and then she - hegrd a voice calling gently, "Pauna, my' dearest Paunal Come - out to me, I pray thee! It is I, thine own devoted lover-Tanase!" In a momnent Pauna lifted the latch of the door, rushed forth, and soon felt - 44frself clasped in the strong arms of h,~fer beloved Tanase. But she pushed him away, saying, "What! Is it indeed thou, 'Or is somae-one seeking to mock me?" "Dost thou not see thy ring, my Pauna? -and here, about my neck, is, the little blessed image thou didst give mel I could not bear the separation any longer. I wanted to see if thou hadet forgotten me," "But who gave thee permission to leave the army?" "No one-myself." "No one?-and yet thou art here? *Then surely the war Is over?" 'Aias not thb watr still goes on; butI * came away by stealth for love of thee," "or love of me." P'auna laughed a* - low, stifled laugh. "Dost thou igncy that it delights me to have a deserter for my betrothed? Got-begonel let my eyes never look on thee again I" "Faunal is this the kind of love thou haat.for meii Thou wouldet even -senid a eto mydeathi" L 1 "Go wvhithersoever it may please thee, but thou mayst feel well assured that I will never be thy wife; for I could not but despise such a husband as thou,-And never Will y espou~se obe whom I despise." "Thou lovedt another!" "Nay, Tiumase, I love no .nani but S thee. ~I have passed mny-nights in think lg of thee; but I1 never fancied even int * di9m that I loved a trembling 1auina hid hter face in her hands amid ~ ept. -I thought,.thou wouldst welcome -niyreturn Neith joy-that -thou wouhdst ~ tde me intthy house." 9h, hat shame!" (tried the :gIrI. O ' *h the shame of ' having been ' e - rothed to such a one as thou! i sten t bwht tell thiee' The Bisceg (onej of the Carpatitan mountains, .shail burn before' l er become thy wife." And I ewearto thee," cried Tandse. "thou'shalt neeti gsee me agah4 until I be wonnded.or:eadi'i At'the same timo the two young beq ple . were , lookmng: into each :.pther ' faces; their furipu.ieye .lasped:in.lte gloom. All su4denly a :red 11ght begah, to spread itself .in the sky, gye their heads; the 3uceg was allaflame. ter and vaster the gloom becathe," hile a high red fire rose up from the peak, and seemed tc sit stars to the-sky. 'tlie t$trothed bot' ripaisnd potrl fled with astonishment. The windo.w of the neighboring houses began. open, and men sttoutedtto one apothe . "The forest is on.firel The mountai is burningl" Dogs barked; cooks orew. Pauna, catching the young man by the shoulder, pushed hiin violently away from her, exclaiming, "Go!:.ly lidti. yourself at on you want-mo to die of shamel .. She retired to her house, fastened the door, and blew out her light. With beating heart she watched 'anase de part, hiding himself as he went in thp shadow of the houses. Then she looked {t the glow on the mountain, whief was gradually fading out; and sho.di4i not answer her - friends who called he' to.come out and see the prodigy, From that day -Pauna was seldoM' seen in the. public street;- her ruddy lips, . once ' so lavish of merry words, smiled no more. She worked In silence, and often felt so tired that she had to sit down besides.the fountain and cool her forehead in water. Sometimes shg would look dreamily at the reilectioit of her face in the clear surface, - or lift her eyes in a startled gaze at the high summit of the Buceg. All at. once a rumor begai to ci"cuA late in the village that Tanase had come back-suck a one and such a one had .seen him that night by the light of the bnrniig mountain--had even. heard his voice talking with Pauna. When she was asked about it, Fauna would answer, "You know when the moun tain.was burning, our house was dark an4 silent;" but she- trembled as she spoke, and felt the cold sweat starting out upon her face.. Pauina's mother only shook her head and said that "our etupid folk are alwaya seeing miracles.", 'Then came the news that a greatbat tie had been fought. This time Paunf t as the last,. to liear. t i .xlews.;, i wrapping some food in a napkin hurried, out again. The field of battle stretched away to ward the horizoi-vast under the color lessness of twilight. Thousands of dead lay on the, ground. Far ofL the army was camped about its bivonac fire, out of hearing of the moans which rose from the wounded on- the field, One erect figure-that of a young woman alone appeared, walking among the dead. She had already b.een through the camp, asking for Taifase. iFearlessly she approached both friends and en emies, giving them water, dud con templating the dead with pity. Night came, and the moon rose to illuminate the horrible pl.ain. Still the gi-l walk.. ed here and there, kneeling -bf the wounded, supporting on her *bredst tiei heads of the dyizig, and ever wateing for some glimpse of her rink. and 1her~ litleinlgeamonig the mntilated corpses She Auddere'ce n seeing some women robbing a dead- mail, and on hearing the sound of bond being broken in order to wrench away the rings, she staggered away, but returnecd in.a moment and gazed on the despoiled corpse with terror. The camp slept, afid still Panna wandered over the moonlight field of battle. From time to time she would call softly, "Tanasel Tanasel"' More than once a moa1imu voice ansitered. her; but she would find herself blterly disappointed on stooping over the pros thate arm to flnd that the wounded i;nan who begged for a drink was not Tanase. Day began to make the sky pale, and the moon was growing dim, when Fauna perceived somethfing glit ter. On approaching she saw a soldier lying senseless, almost naked; but his flngers clutc.hed something fastened to his aeck.so tightly that it was evident rio one had been, able to wrench those flingers apart. Pauna recognized her ring. "Tanasel'i she screamed, and fell be side the victim, whose face was hardly recognizable for the blood that lay upon it.- bho washed the beloved face, and her tears flowed freeJy when she saw that the eyes and nose had been. mangled by olie frightful wound, Assured .that her lover .still livedI, Fauna hastoned to refresh his lips with water, and bound up his wounds with her apron. A long sigh escaped from the lips ot the Wounded man; and hear ing himself called by name, he raiped his hand and, groping, touched -withi his-Ilngers the face of Paumna "Ah, my little IPaui,a," he gasped, "let nIle die here-I am blind~ of what furth.er ude camd Ibe in the worl@N"c'e "Nay, nay!" 4rzed Fauna; "thou att my beloved betr'othed; and 'with God's afd~ thou's1ta1t soon become my hus bandL -Brt do not! try to speak-'ow .htish, sweetheati any long wveeks passed while Patma remalied wvaiting-beside ?hleie go.of Tanase-4eeifig to u hU mi, ants by night and by day. One morning. th4 mnen of the little villna naw, two travel e's apjoaofti4g n .thQ road= abitig inp)jvrnped Inartd exldra oloa1, wlYtli a' c dsS of liohgi o 1lli 8 t4,' , ? youngI.1to, ao 8Q'# e i*n y the band; :)oyf)ly#id.to th e pae'1d "Th is i miy b9t;othed, a brave ,max-as you c&n sp; by .the deeaieQn onhis breast. d""Anid by that ojj my.~ v, d neer was there such a rousing wedding in those parts before. Folka came fro6i far. and nea i and' dolde bea itIf MI Patina for?rl\ing te b.ii - band, B I ont siled,' 6d a ons and strong, and i can work for both of us." As for the mountairn they saw burn" ing that night the people ever' after dalled it " The Burnt Rock," and the hunters wbo climbed it. in puruit of the chamois swore.that they had found the rook c nged into,coal. rGeneral Marshall, of Colorado, SeeA Prospere:y for t he Mitnlg -. States.. l ral F. J. Marslhall, of ColoraAo Shiq. tWaa.'one 'of the earlte1 setieis.'O bs West, has had great eaperience iu 'inirig and is considered quite an an thority on the subject, was in Neu York recently. In conversation with a reporter lie said: "The wildcat mining slieculators ure fast being exposed and a general feeling of confidence is ginintg grotttl 0very. where. The only way td ectually do away with these bogus miners is to make it warm.for them by constant ex 'posure through. the, press. Tilat has been done lately. by several: leading and influ'ential journals and the effect has been very sanitary. I blame investors for not thoroughly investigating every piece of mining property they purchase. Mining is a legitimate business, and people wh,o are swindled. have only themselves to-blame. In early days there was a great deal of swindling in reference to titles, .but nqw the titles to all good mihing property aze secure by patenti from the government. Hence, the title to mining property is as. secure as any other real estate. By this sini ple method of careful . business, the wildcat speculators are defeated and their schemes to dupe the unwary are signal failures, But nany 'people you small sum and listen to the rose-colored descriptions of the bold wild-cat specu lators." "How is the outlook in the minin. districts of the West?" "It is cheerful and all the gold mines are considered very reliable. In Cali fornia there is an upward tendency in the mining industry.: There is not so much placer mining there as formerly because there is a law against it, for the reason that the delris from the wash fill up the streams and creeks. Milling quartz by the old- stamp mill process is rapidly'increasing in Califor nia and all the mining States and Ter ritories where free milling ores exist. This will be the general tendency where low grade 'ore is plentiful. Of course where there is too much lead the srmelt-. ing process is required. "Next to Colorado,- Oalifornia takes precedence in the -lproduction of ore. In Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, New Mex-. ico and Montana there is an increase, and perhaps;tlidre.will be more mnineral wealth produced 'this' year than ' ever before. 'People who reside in the East adhave had no actual experience in mixning, as a matter of course are more easily made victims by the - wildcat speculation. The mining States were jnever so- prosperous as now.. It seems to meafew persons. In the Eastern por tions di the country have been panic hunting for .the last year or two and are niow predicting a pauia for the .coming year. It mauat Mbe' apparet .o.; aoy 'thinking nian that.the busiess of. tile country in everyedeparitment, and espe; cJally New T~ork, the' great nioneyed centre,.has beeu caried .onifoi-years in 'the most conservative manner, and' es pecially the j're8ent year.s Pi1nto a'rd never produced except :by oYer--trado The present prosperity of every branoh. of busfness and industry in the West has no eqtial.in thie history of the coun try and 'bids fair to contmnue as long:as the great rush of immigration tends hi that direction." Why the Hired' Girt is So Superiot'; This bit of conversation .took place last week between :a Boston lady and a friend's,cook.. The,family In 3vhich theo latte;. hved have recently moved froni a noisy street to,a quilet one, a proceeding whicbclihnced-not sto please the cook. The mistress was shiowing an old friend over the house when the latter 'said to the ,cook:',,gu' have a inte, quiet place here, biargaret, witlianone of the ilse of -th. old,house. I' hithe nQlse of the elty tbat I'm after likin esqlf, .ma'tn" returned .M~argaret *Mur1y "Do .yb't?" sild the lady .piedssatly; "Oh, I don't. 'I can't tand tgxa4le and the roitr of thienoisy Atreet Oftbe asented. grimly;" slpose st liely yotir brai.Isa't: . a.irong a s:W%a Col'z 1d a fre feder, aridthe I hardl.y 4 :made, too ,rio toquW Art .Te ] ,p n~ i n' ted , n T t 11n Iii ,. -t ; X to ten eet above h Watq o thq r vets ncterous opac nale d l .ot f Woide r': re . o o th su islis a tliil'nd. "retni ndf oden sliech ilxeq, u; tRn wh " n,iround tii plantations or fields ' l$irposes 6f irrigatioi. The plantations coj a d palins 4f all ages. Some .hadi e upward. of :100 years old according1t4 the assei tions of the natives, ty theft planta tions always contained tjsee' of,nix4d ages, young planta li bee coo. lx.4 4 to take -t' th ,1 yApi, ast they dl ar o ere blown down by winds' IQe old trees wore always of a very: st ;ted appear anae--a condition whiol pid: }tu'. ally ensue ftotitltho ' uQi. g of their leaves.. A i iaU gsa or l1,ehJ overed thed tr s aa' gate them the appo r4ie of ;lavin'g been white-washed. 'Th s tallst bres Seen weie -ouly abont A eettiiigli, but they were aaid'to be,ip ward of 100 years old. The leaves oj; these old trees are larger and stouto han those oh young plants, and t .stems of the }eavep girf only abput . lon'g. The tilin.biris to yIel a suitable for fans when it is abou 0 rs old. The first cutting of leaves t. "es place early in the year, and the i'ea*'; whidli are somewhat . damaged the wintry winds, and consequen: of inferior quality are used for tIw In t'e cot - .tructiou of the "matsbedO -which are so extensively used for tOtiporary pui poses in China. Leaves, for fan makliu . aye. obtained in April, one, two or thrf; qa e being -taken from each plarit audtlie process is continued each month until Novem= ber, when, I,was irfor d 'utUiog is discontinued for a 0 The leaves are takel ft' at10ks a clear ep Vered dtA tg as turf. Here each leaf ha ' th n piec of bamboo placed aoro$3 th8 blad; where it is iaded Qn Il#' . Eacl} end of the bambo 1 si. 1ijk Inuits round l. The bawboo7 prevents -the leaf curling up while it is drying. The leaves are theri-lakid out singly 'h .the turf to dry in the 'sun, 'and: collected and stacked at night. - The process is continued daily until the leaves are quite dry, when they are either sent off direct to the town to be made Into fans or they are stacked for a tjme until the manufacturers are ready to receive them. The manufacture of the fans is carried on chiefly in the towli of 8an UD, but tlhere'.are also some establish. ment* inthe country wherethis isdone. The dried leaves are subjected,to a pro cess of blanching by means of 'sulphur. They are then straightened arid ren dered shapely by being held and mani pulated over a. charcoal 'fire. *The 'o#e'ator, as hi4 finishes the fan;i places t-hem ouie b)y one on each other, making a heap on the floor; the heap Is finally pressed down by the weight of the 'operator, who stands on a board placed on top of the heap while h~ Is Working lit%acceedling fartsd ~hei .a 1i4p ( tweiity or thirtly 4ains' been t'i trented they are removed and angjier series is begun. The next process Is s'ewing on the bindings at the edge of the fQns. This is doneo by' women and childiren, chiefly at their own homes and the- fans re turlied, when finished, to the manufac. turer. The meoe expensive fitting of born and bamboo handles is done at .Cantos. .The'portion of thie aflk which is iottreq uired as a handfe fdtf the fan Is iAbt *k,tdd; i5 cotiposa ~( fibrous material that is uitilized 'in mak 1ing short lengths Qf rope used as slings to suslindtlasketsgroin; rryI oles, Aroi.md the stem, as bases ot the leaf att.ilka, there is a.quanitity of fibroup sub, stdince spmewllat resembling doir #bery ITisis is carefully collected, and. also used for making ropes. E<hucat ion for the Iome. The followving incident, Wfhich is true in every detail, is unfortunaqely likely to be repete4 hi manyhtiiily J:xpe$i ,ences. Jane ?.- -was thie only laugh .ter o~ wealth and cultu4prt$ orne Edulird0inlaift.fs 6 higher education for women. Jane therefore received from her ohlldhood a careful .physical ahdl rnrda traitiig. At 18 she was ts trong,ehealtliy. girl, flited, y'a theottAh' edrse inr (Jcok, Tatin.and niathomatics, to enter ono-of the leading. collEgds2 for women, At tlhe end of four years shp was grad itat wiPh the ighest hord.' -' 16 YhaaWah ouglN,fI as gone, in dl) the 9tudies shp ha siued~ they~ included itwo or'teQ lahgp and other branches, ghe:*s cur ad spiit; ha&ajvdp, 1 atdl ~.acqatat 'withill x~.~4 "has gefy ,i $diotiorias 1 M hitu earu rl er" 1 aba, rn.4 ',v }ts, cQU npt;b! proo.ure4;2b oj e, .the s the tlpoledge; of tb4Is jaIior tG ui.Ud matds, . Jane d t,*"khowr'how a'' j of 'teaislopd e riaWu, o' a 'talielaid. 'rhe re4u1twas chaos and-nJieery fora whole fatily. Ihn l than a Year she marrlOd 'ilid lieca - to J.elth'of the ratnl% er i'a t f inancial cr1siQWSIhb tih?,4 l 'tdo"7Sf a fail of four children. T.ero has been scarcely a week In her , married life in which some acl dent, burn, fall or sprain, did not cal. for skilled help, which she was unable to give. She'uld Woik a Problem it( Euclid, but she -never had learned to: bandage a wound or prepare a plaste#. A year ago her huband was strickep' with a slow, linrering disea4e. She had the strength, the will, the passQanate pve t,fl #Lhet t nur e ht ' lit 'she . had >o's1li nar"kn'wledge, an ' va obliged to give him over to paid atten dants, and to watch idly while they re stoted him from death. Is there no signiflcance in this case which in its esential. features is redup licated ten thousand times in Ameti" cans honies--worthy consideration by . our colleges for women? In colleges for men the pupils can fit themselves while sQme"article that., by accident the child has becone possessed Of is a daily source of pleasure. "As I write my little girl of 2-sits on the floo with/;a itton -hook' in hei' hand trying to butten and unbutton her little boots. ' 8he"is not playig, rather she is working; but she is interested i'i what she is.doing, her attention is con certrated itpbn It and she is hapy. We do not give. her the hammer and 'iolkingtg-lass, but. some ecil y" queei articles,. We let her have a patent eg beater. "'84ppse she, shpuld' , break it?' What if she does? It cost4 much less th'ahoMinary"oys, anc servds her vast ly better. When she had learned to put the end of. it in a little dish and tu.u t.e wheel;,-ljust as rama doesi i1e ab ieyts her new p a She wotild iO1' "litirt hetsalft serio4 with it, and finding there was one way in which it acted arid . made a'noise shs did not throw it about and tse it as a hammer, but used it properly, came to have a high regard, and, 'I have no doubt, a deep respect for it. Another plaything is a cletn latp,burner with a long piece of wek kqotted at the ends so that it cannot fall out, or with the ends pewed together. The child can turn the thumb screw and make the wick move, and thus finds much plea sure. jne of the Late Past1mei. One of the most interesting of the so called "pastimes,' which have of late. been int'roduced into-the hoAne circle under the name of art, is that of'model ing ih WaL; It is ndt6nly initeizesting atud amusing; it is instructive, A pound of wvax will keep a large family quiet and .busy for a whole evening, and aside0 fron1 the. often curious resulte of the tWo dzMthieo honrs' Wvork, there has been gained an idea of anatomy Wpich the worlkers Were ite.tnawas of,. It is easieft9; indelh i, stiedsit is, in wax, than to make a drawing; the light end shade is. made with every pressuro and there is nothing dat, so that.it is,a more prolific niedium .than chat coal and1 paper. At first' the'atnt teur produces a rather archaic object, 1but during the evening, after he has huad a little facility.added to his hand, he Wl.U disc.Qver het:h.0;ias hbritnore of an observer thari he was conscious of. He .will also glance up.fromn .his work and ook atb some m~em1ter of the ~fatnily to 16cate the earr,0o ee oydhing a1iU d0 by' der'es he potnsti'u'cts ityi good'head and in a wveek's tiple:is A'1)el .to obtain a likene-ss of some member of the family. S3o,-'little by little, the arts are 'credping ito the: shop and inm&. It is by this medium we shalbe able to add more interest to the higher and ire comblete artte and the. okeerijer whb hiu1jandled the .wak at hopel piece of iptive.than,ihe dia# b tre his "pastimen ~ria.a.at.odeing. nct in f while," says a shoesa~~ moan, "I have custoniets-alIen-Lwhin' i,t 'takes me 'an liour or more to serve. They'll y~npt , to doolg at all the shoes there te in thdt liaWe, and to try on a g&nt fraany,. had 9ne10 tWmorn - She put 'od laeraTsid', httd 'aEt~ elise ~6d(d d o*x0th' s1i eL her. if4pe.'t4 4 shat th~ eatogr 9g ~to e, 1irt nly ooth ih ev0 ria~xt )hdhegetltiredtof polIi ~ hqn on@ft li idS he .he$ t~ her exactly, thp.igub' se *r't satieged. *$he tonhL t vh ei h the 'iiteb ~kz~ too rhoh'Mi dreasy.to ilt 1 to 'ge N> at 14 true, y !ta 9"gth4f flie : iorld .n~ ' :n ow'f. thl;,t ive 1ts ~' If4 I .riLr greaei t of in rr t? ufr establi iugrelations With this country and learning ao*e. tvhl 0 ','h* l~overe, 'was spurite$ ag.: ry;oeptec by E)l4 n9 pg.Qt hqr .enor . noXtis ve ,es of stea'lmeks no run e4tbe United pori,sand iti ountry would but re+ lnove'ber ex 'ive eiyort and impokt futie.tb,ecoieriai raetiaotis would be largelfinereMed. The Niy of ara, ;wbFld Vromi @s to bedpiri ttie metropoliIaf Bra i1, has a populat'on of over -eighty thousand; a m ed race' f humanity resultipg from the. amslgariatfon,of the Brazilian and Portugueae w16h the African and .In iani, prsentin every sade of color and peculiarity of manner. About on. thou-and,of the latter rp still' slaves. The climate W!tinifdrtn and Invariabl;y hiot, butLthere'is aliwdys'a' good breeze. Diui ing' the sum ger. months the ther moimneteroften reaches 920 Fahrenheit, and it iever gets below 72P tbrougllout the ydi. Neaity every day there at o refrqaliing showeis, and the mornings are do61i n ' cdmfortable. As in all tropical countrisi the're extends as far, as6the eye can :redld" the dark green foltage .of ,the mauno, bread fruit, orapge, banana -and a score of other fruits and ttees atepeouliar to 'the tor rid tone .i3autiful plants aid nay. cherished flowers grow luxuriantly with trifing care. ara bOAt :of:g beaut ul street, bad Jose; with.a double fowQfstately, royal. palins; but the~ dte mtu sti'eets, narrow, crooke4 and. univiting, aBom Which have 'sidewalks not over two feet wide, or even narrower. ThBre at nu mexpus a of"tti gstar' liberally patrZe4 lby ll vlassea. The. streets are alo: :iht ,ywith q d. itu iutiezijh Pla ,.i 0 otiwroof 'or the low r classes there are muud, houses 'with thatched roofs and imd flodrs. ' Many of ther'-1ave but onde -oim, ' Withodt. whidows and bpt' oie door, Sunday is like any'other 'day. In tho early part of the day all shops and stores (except dry goods stores) are open, and saloons and places of anmsement do. a thriviigbusiness. Even the schools and. celleges have their regtlaF study hours seven hours in every week, though .he professors are exempt from hearing recitations o I:the Sabbath. And yet the sfate of South' American affairs is not hopeles,or with freedom of religionnewrshipj, in conneetion with other marks of progress, -among which we notice quite i edtensive system of public sehools, a' frie press; and-under politjeal' reform one specially 'worthy of mnention--the striving of both parties for the liPeration of the slaves, truly a bright future awaits thW country. Says the Banlo is Still in Favor. The .primitive instrumn t, the banjo, has" lately. obtained a neiwal 'of its popularity amo~ng the young society women of Boston. A lady of miyac-. quaintance ilao I ventured to chafft mildly en the subject recently took what' l'aidin.itt sedloly. '"Why," she sald, .s shae ran he Angers over .the catgut strIzg, "'if autt(quity implies re spectability .4ebanjo. should be the mosyti m~o~4 )nus1calebo)trivances. I have' bedri l4QO4 the 'ntter up re. cently, iso I can'speak ok it als one. who knows, Pictures of a banjo,in a mod5 fled form, drifound'itgeri dte Egyptian and Assyrian monuments ,built fort y centuried ago,. anditing veij lile itt was used .on festive ocqeiops by th ancin .. Hebrews. Imagine, -if you please, that dignified geitleraats Mbses elgaged in stediming a byrzUind ufon the zuelofdfous shp~b But a well as I can .iha1re. / $lid 6rigitij banjQ, us izlven,tcd by ld Nysge u6tivc of. Africar was sitwply a 2gourd with : skin and the intestines of soYme ahniml stretchied adr6ss 1t. Ih this esape it is still'eiiiplayed' by the 'estbniball of (1hd interior to make ,music at :thefr. bgi lu'ets; I mrydelf have seen banjos.ot a preciGIy similar1 .construction played upon by negroes in the South. No dioulSt' 'they l .rogt 'the lninjo Nth ethe ih this . Ye4 bednqitian from their own'Cot.i Tr'esgruiit1ly btJ)came wh~at it is at prqs9zt throu%4 j)e, applietton to it of~ prino1i sitready,faitailiar In the unitear you do evee9hhig'l e Loread uipon the'suibjodt, ei h db~ h wvevgr, the,t the' gyptian IIQba !oiir., rtih)gs, .w(t. a' fretted, flagi~ .Uencoforth I vow that I,~ilnove speLWkotherwise thsi tIi I&tli~ reibfseos neI An E;cellent' T tt, and, One That .4ai Be. Avqutro" by P,aotlce, ""Where's 'ny hat?" "Who's een my knife?" "Who turned my coat wrong side out and slung it under the lottnge?" -. There you go, ny-boyl When you came into the house last ;etening; you aung your hat across the'room,, lumped' ,out of your shoes, kioked 'em right and left, wriggled out of your coat and gave it 'a ad 'nd . you are anhoyed be pause each article lasn't gathered itself into a ch1-to:bp ready for you when you,dress ins.the morning. Who, cut those sheatiugs?" You did It to save one minute's time in un t!ing thesm! Yoiir kaife; is under the be4ivhefe it ro'lled when you happed, skilped and juriped otit' f your trou-. sers. - Your 'collar Is dowh behind the bu reaii, one of - your sock ori the foot of the- bed, and your vest may be hi the 'kitchen' wood-box. i oW, then, my way has always been the easiest way. I'd rather fling my hat down than to hang it-up;'I'd rather kick -my boots under the lounge than place them in the.hall; I'd rather: run the risk of spoiling a new 'coat than to I own: right ip' to W rg reckless and slovenl. but, ahl me! haven't I had to pay for'' it ten times over. Now set your foot right d'wn,, and determine to have order. It is a trait that can bo acquired. An orderly mtui can make 'two suits of dlotlies last'longer and look better than a slovenly man can four. He can save an hour per day over the man who flings things helter-skelter. IHe stands twice the . show to get a situation and keeps it, and five. times the show to con duct a business with profit. An orderly man will be an accurate man. .Iy he Is a carpenter every joint will fit. If he 1s a turner his gQods will look neat.;. If he is a merchantyhis %books will.show neither blots. nor.er rors. An orderly man. is usually an economical man and always a' prudent one., If yon, liould ask me iow to be come rich, I sho'Iid answer: ""e .or derly, be accurate." -.rmaine of.a. Volcano. The recentdiscbvry of .the remains Q a'oildahoiesar f66nt'anenta on, th6 bi . T rB vaIn arti r BMittific?d^ ed a new key to the geolo'gical hisatr. ' of the Connecticut valley. ,Th. dis covery was ngade by Piof. N. S.-Davis, of .1arvar4 Ujniversity, , He has been engaged in making an exbauetive study of the trap-rocks of this state, and i.le made his ,happy discovery of volanic ruins While..searching: for an entirely different clas.i.of geological plenornena. AMoiiit'Lamentation has been. visited by lgrge numbers of' people du'ing he paat few weeks. The'various,scientihc Iassociations of the state; and seveiral ;geologists. of nablonal ropute,.have care sfully examined the interestingcuriosity. No volcanic eone or crater Is' still visi-~ ble, but the phe'ndmena of the' place clearly indicat.e>that in the triassio age violent explosive eruptions of a regular volcanic type were frequent. Ge'ologists have-long Jkn6wn that the trap-rook of thie.Coimecticut ,valley came up in a molten condition and afterwards solidi fled. This mQlten mass sotmetimnes solidified, in fissures Jn ,the, earth. andc sometimes overflowed the *urface1 hee lava streams, and was subseqtently covered up by strata of sandptne,. ,Prof, DavIs lias di coiei'& what .1:s "teclinidally' known as the asl-bed,' It Is a depQsit'fortned whe'n mdolteni lava is 'throwA' high Into the ai' by 'violent ex hplosions, and'-comes down ini a: confused inass, coarse and fine. In the triassic Period whben these -eruptions occurred* there mnsthave been regular cones' atid craters of the usual type; hbit these have ;all' been- efface.'It is very' probable t.hat other iash--beds may exist in the range,of:[eridan hills. The-geological history of thlyis. region has always afford ed a rich field for scientific research, anid the recent Nolcanic discovery has given a great'scientific boom to,.it, -Why the Orow to Black. The Indians of the egtreme. North wst have some very remarkable legendsI albout the creation, in thfih the brow 'takes a legging ptt, Uihging'order ott of chaos." 'Eerhaps th6 noat durious is that \Wich . cbounted for 'the raven coat of the cerow. One 'nfght, while makiu* a.' tour throngh hisdominions, lhe atopped at -the hio'use of (3an.nook; chief, and begged -for a loding.'tnd a drink of- water. Candlo~ok oftdie& hftei a bedt but, on account of 'th4 -sear4ity' of meter, he,refusedio gi' o hirn atiy thing to drink4 .When all th6 rest' were ' aslpep the sN:0 ~got d1P to 'look for Wateh1ut .wus hieardi.bye Oaten-00)k's~ vife *o aroused herhsb g. ueg thnlzi. hat thue croy~ avas ab9utato es ild logfoiu-g od 'upon the K Owpd 1 ~ro effort - t&e~ b il tn* 4e eaeJ bu&th& ai Weishe*dWhi crow thi fibge.' Ie w I% pr be)l ddnt4