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41 jjFat *'1 4 '' 1 + \ i 4 ,} f' y 1 } t 4 1 t , a.AA . 1 fi "t A ,'i + . . { 1 ". ' r a . ' ,-' 9" t ' i i ' " r + i i K Y, . , +t; 'rill- W E E KI Yt E D TI N ES A L S E 1S48'/ r/ it t'n,' '; 1l t, ' 1 f ,4V }Ns yf '''%1 _ _ _ _ _ __" t ' , } 1 , _ _ ~ .. .j ''n } .. r 'J t. ',f r: t4 k/ 1 ,:j _' '.a - Sea .and Sky. Long ago,'vhen the world was new, The sapphire sky, and the ocean blue, ^ Wedded one suntmer day; And the sky still bonds as the years go by, And the ocean leaps to the behding sky, For constant lovers ate they. But when a mist arises between The ocean, grown with jealousy _green, His doubt to the listner tells: He storms and frets, he rages and roars, In furious wrath he beats his shores, While his turbulent bosom swells. The sky, though dark with a moment's frown, Will tenderly from its height look down, With a radiant snlle divine. The green to blue with its nagie skill, 'Twill change, and the stormy ocean still, And the son. of love will shine. Pause thou, my heart! and the lesson read, When the darkness falls, and with Jealous speed, The mists of doubt arise. Fret:not, 'twill pass, and thou wilt know, That the sun still shines, with a fervent glow, In love's unchanging skies. WILLFUL MADGE. "They'll not treat me as if I were a grown-up child. They'll not select a husband for me. I detest Mark Thorn toh. 111 run away if they don't stop pesterng me about him." Madge had rushed from the presence of her elders, with rather disrespectful haste, had- ordered - Brownie, and was arranging herself hastily in her riding habit. Her eyes were flashing, and two red spots were burning in her dark cheeks. She descended the stairs, holding her head like a young princess, not design ing to look right or left, and passed out into the sunshine. Tom held Prownie beside the block; Madge sprang intQ the saddle and galloped. off dow. the road in the direction 'of Jionville, a small railway. aqdg tit-offce station a | few miles$distaiy : Mis Mary ad Miss Martha watched the angry cloud of dust settle away, and then looked at 'each otiar .b!e)p lesly. They meant well, they 'were painfully pnsole tious, afte).. thelr' sight; but tact and whom the : " ..,sqtith, "he' - wish remarked .ierything has gone wrong sihe he -went away. He "has an aot of smoothing things over. The more we try to smooth the more we ruffla her, and she's never been the same anyway since she came home from that visit in the west." Miss Martha would have been still more unhappy had she known the ex act foundation for the fact of her last assertion. Madge had formed the ac quaintance of Alfred Winship. during that visit. She had kept up a secret cprrespondence with him ever since, which was easily managed, since she always rode to the -offRce for the mail, and was to-day expecting a letter. "I am old enough to be my own mis tress," she thought, all the petty re straints that had chared her willful, imperious sprIt from childhood coming uppermost. 'I will not submit any lot}ger. I would now like to gallop on ani on away into freedom., I am an alien any way, I feel like a caged bird all the time. There is wild blood in lIly veins, I believe. 'Whatever m'y parentage I never came of such hum drum stock as these people-never!' Her thoughts touched upon Mark Thornton. Hie was owner of the estate adjoining that of Mr. Bishop. Hie was ten years older than she, and had made no secret of his preference for her. She liked him fairly well until she found that Miss Mary and Miss Martha wished her to marry him, when she be3 gan to treat him with freezing civility. "Tamne and commonplace, always reading and studying. Whlat do I want of him?" she questioned spitefully, giving. Brownie an extra touch wIth the whip, I want vim and dash of spirit. How Alfred Winship~." She had reached the station. iShe rode up to the window, through which -- the post-office clerk handed her mail as - -usual. S3he repaid him with a dazzling smile as she caught sight of Alfred's - handwriting, 'lifting him into the seventh heaven, for she was beatutiful, and her gracious moods irresistible. --She let her reims fall upon 1B. .iwnie's neck while she read Alfred's letter, --- Her heart gave a great bound. 110 --was coming east, would be in floatoni - on the 16th. 'Iflow deligbtful it 'would be," lie wrote, "If you coulai get out of your cage for a week and meet me there. I suppose t,he dragons would as soon give yo0igermission to visit the moon with * out an escort; and yet we could have a delicious time if you could join me.". Had some evil clairvoyance conveyed to Alfred Winshlp the present state of Madge's mind? In her unrensoning reeklgss mood, with her "balance * whe," George Bishop, away, she was open to any suggestion that bad a spice -of freedom in tt. SWhy not break loose I'rom t his re s~ traint at once and forever? Why not 'N h~eet Alfred Winship as.hie suggested? She know he was desperately in love with her, and she had never seeni. happy moment since she parted frorm biin. "If I had any privileges like othei girls," she thought bitterly, "I coulk Invite him out to see me, but MisP Mary and Miss Martha would be scan dalized at 'the mention of 'such a thing,': She glanced over the letter again. He had given her his 3oeton address, and, good gracious! to-morrow was the 10th. He would be there to-morrow. * Acting on a sudden Impulse, she turned Brownie's head again towards the station, walked into the telegraph oflce and deliberately wrote this mes: sage: "I shall leave for Boston on the 11.80 train. Meet me at the depot." There! It was done and not to be repented of. She galloped home and took her place at the' dinner table with a silei t, subdued air. She spent the rest of the day in h:r room making a few preparations, mus ing upon her .grievances ano picturing the meeting on the morrow alternately. She was allowed to remain unmo lested by the sisters, who were used to her moods. There was a- dash otf Spanish gypsy blood in her veins, as she herself sus pected. She had a daring disregard for conventionalhtes, which was now, under high pressure, overflowing its boundaries. Yet she was high-prin cipled and warm-hearted at bottom, and would be easily governed by one who understood her complex nature with its seeming contradictions. W lien Miss Mary and Miss Martha saw her gallop off the next day they little guessed that she wore a traveling suit under her riding habit, nor that ahe had stolen out the evening before and secreted a well-filled valise among Jrcp under the trees,by the cad, hal filtR.nt Making sure that no" d du-... , ight, she securel the valise and rode n again until she carfee to a strip of woodland not far from the little depot. he. removed her riding habit, then, ifter securing Brownie andi iavibing parting caresses and a few tears upon km, sh walked around.-the "bend" to the atoon steaming trug= eeing as she walked )ong platform of the depot anit found her way to the ladies' room. Ehe 'sat down 'near the door. Surely he would come soon. She had a onely, unprotected feeling. Men pass lug the door gave her bold, rude, ques. tioning glances she imagined. At length, whih a cry of relief in her heart, she caught a glimpse of Alfred's race at the door of the waiting room. le stood 'looking around uncertainly for a few moments, then, with rather unsteady steps, he crossed to where she sat, held out both hands and said fa miliarly' ''Ab, here you are, beauty. 've been looking for you this half our." M dge was on her feet In a momnent warding off his touch. His handsome taco was flushed and the quality of his lance and smile was insultinig. The oaor of the potatlons he had ImbIbed sickened her. Shie could have sunk trough the floor with shame' and dread ot him. HIe had undergone a. metamorphosis: She had never seen him thus when she met.him at the home of her friend. Something like a disgust she felt, which was quickly succeeded by a flash or-anger as he laid his hand upon her shoulder and said rather un steadily, ''Come and have something to eat. You must be hungry. You-. you are under my proteetion, you know," he finished with a meaning augh. The effect upon Madge was madden ing. She scorned him and herself for her folly. HIe qualled a little under the (Ire in her eyes, as she shook off lisa hand and stepped lzackward, with an imperious air, that had Its effect upor him. "I am not under your protection," ;he retorted, with a certaih desperation ui her voice and manner. At that instant -she saw Mark Thornton comIng towards her across the marble floor. fler first sensation was one of dis. may that Mark had found her in such compromising situation. The next, moment she had rallied her force?. "T[hey have sent You after me," she aid recklessly, after this quiet saluta ton. "If I veturn it will not be with you." "I came on the train with you, but I was not sent," ho returned, "and I have not the slightest Intention of asik tug you to return with me.- I thought ou seemed. in trouble, and I merely came to aisk you if I could be of ser vice to you." Madge looked up at him, Hie seemed so grand and grave and masterful in ontrast with Alfred.that a sudden ense of his superiority came to Madge, like a revelation, whlie a fear thab she ad compromised herself forever in his yes came over her as~ Alfred said neeringly: "1 thought your engagement was with -me, but It seems I am one too many." With that he walked off, Madge's I defiant mood broke down utterly. bse was wrptchpd, huppilJated. Mark stood regarding.her griavely. "You will despise ie," she said. "I agreed to tneetjhat man here. I made his acquaintance in the west last win ter. They-they are driving me mad at home;" she finished with tears of vexation in her eyes. 'I understand," said Mark slowly. In those few minutes he had found the keynote to the aotions of this sweet, loving, willful, imperious creature, whom he loved so tenderly. "What am -I to do? How am I to gb hoiae and answer their questions?" Madge asked, looking to him in her ex trem!ty as a strong tower of protec tion. "Will you leave.it to me? Will you trust me to make it all right?" he asked. "I will do anything you say," she, answered, humbly, "if you will forgive my rudeness to you a' few. minutes ago.". "And I will retract my statement and ask you to go home with me," lie said, with a smile. "The train leaves in. half an hour. I will account for your absence. It shall never be known that you met any one." How Madge's grievances diminished on that homeward ridel What a haven of rest her quiet room would seem if she Once reached it, and how gentle and deferential Mark's manner was toward hei l Miss Mary and Miss Martha, who had been half frantic, were greatly relieved to see Madge under the protection of Mark Thornton, who pursued a high handed course of explanation. "Miss Madge and I have had an ad venture to-day," he said airily. "Will you ask no questions for the present and let Madge go at once to her room? Some day later I will explain. I am only sorr for your uneasiness." tion without aiorenegepd the itua of paragon with them MauKu "n safe and there had been no alagm' raised in the neighbo:hood. they could not be sufficiently thankful. Madge learned her own heart that day. She now enjoys full freedom as the wife, friend and companion of Mark Thornton. -The Anica plblic are familiar on all sides with elaborate and detailed statements of the weather at a thous and and one resorts. If we may believe all that we read in such reports, the temperature never reaches the eighties, the sky is flecked with just enough of cloud to porfect the landscape, the breezes are always balmy, and the nights ever cool. There is possibly one place in the United States where such' conditions obtain-a bit of country of about forty square miles, at the ex treme southwestern part of the United States, in which San Diego is situated; but even here, perhaps once in two. or three years, the sultry blasts of the Mojave Desert pass over-the low moun tain ranges and parch this favored dis trict. By a. singular contrast the sec ond favored spot as to summer weather is the extreme north?astern point in the United SLates, Eastport, Me. At Eastport the prevailing sutamer winds are from the south, which makes the weather delightful, save on occasional days when tbe wind goes into the northerly quadrant, and sends the tem perature uncomfortably near to the freezing point. The point at which the temperature begins to be considered hot naturally dependd vpon the charac ter of the climate to which persons have been accustomed. Boot atra Shoe ECtiquette. The boot and shoe etiquette sorely perplexes native officials on ceremonial occasions. In the motussil it is cus tomary for all native .government officials to take off their native shoes before entering the p'resence of their superior, but if they wear English boots no such change is required. When the governor of Bombay held - a levee at AhmediAbad, a number of flindoo officials clubbed together to buy a pair 'of English boots, so as to avoid the indignity of appearing before huis excel lency with bare feet. Each took it in turn to wear the boots as he was pre sented to the governor, and no small amusement was created outside the levee room by the 60ficials rushing back ward nd forward to exchange the soli tary pair of boots with the next comner. Firo.sh Air at Najght, Jenny June tells of a lady who for years, during the winter months, rose at night after her husband was asleep, and noiselessly opened 'a window about two inches, top and bottom. If he knew of it he would declare it gave him cold; if he did not know of it he was niot affected except that he would get up particularlys bright and well, and frequently remarked to his wire: "You see it Is all nonsense, your idea about opening the windows such weather as this. I haye no headache, never felt better in my life, and if you would tell the truth yon would say the same." Is wife always r-ose first, closed the window as noleelessly as she had open ed it, and turned on the register.. --The papal Jubilee turns cut to have been very expensive. It cost the Vatican about $1,000,000. Z'Ioes the atoF'a S u>$pe nded Perbon After ttifo iloantb The opinion yently expressed ba physicia t gso 'struggling after bt ing bang uld o fsufer ius6 aO long as the: strpi c iitied. Doc tors 'differ' t ba2rIt to is of the opposite-opnlop. ,A seon," said he 'as the pressure t es' plode' upon the trachea and blood= $e p the.: neck, there is co}gi.sti$i 'p Ce: raaullow ed by connescion iIie Iunger anud in. sensibility aa e" "tibn" of respiration immedlaiely es. lie congestion of the brain makW e person unconsec iolis." "Will he l soi Oiruggle while in that condition eonpoiousness?" "That depyl txe muscular act; ion, if the cord is fractured during. the "fal t 4erking that takes place by th, dt aid:stretching the cord -ustia Y' lied a'fiacture of the spine - is foln9 y .paralysis of the entire body,. ; hi ase there would be no strugg\~g. t at is how the maa ought to be tIg ri t as to cases i Which strugglb 't I& body occurs, that is mero twitching. lIn the battle of eki cn I Haw a man shot with. a it in the skull, whiich was blo . He ran for a distance.of 2',b OQ yards toward the fleld Lo,.,j1 ; then fell. Ile must have bee + before, or soon after, he begandto;r sbut at the mo ment of beiiag'j lt e had turned round toiard I( ' ltal, and, tht Idea of gdtting.tliel _g the last in his mind, had c;ua body to taka a bee-line tovard a'nging is the same kn_l.of dot ownlug. Many people have beRa h out of the water wlio, i $ ored, recollect nothing that lap; fter they fell in; .There have ases, too, of men hanging th and 'remain lag.undOaisu ~who, after .relnvigora remember he rope or4Qque eaffixing -of "ut If'tho-x. e y fied ag tQ ,pl 8. o lunsi leo near the ed ihx:. and slti by su>4c W u probably die e plaoed us4ler or to leave no space ver.the larynx,'s the neck,. and the between itself- an lace u not is fixed in th. . the ear, no pain is elt by the suspend .d individuat-afte ti drop has fallen, whether -lie kicks, oves, str uggles or remains perfectly otionless?" "None whateve ." STIANGE H DING PLACES. hings Discovet" d in Hollow 'Trees and Inbe ed in Wood. Curious finds h ve not unfrequently been made in tre' Some woodcutters [n the forest of rommling made a strange discovery They began to fell venerable oak, io1they soon found o' be quite holl W. j ing half de.. 3ayed, it speedily camne' ththe ground with ~a crash, die losing a' skeleton In .xce )nt preserv tioni even the boots, which came abo e the knee, were per Lect. 'By its ,id wer4e a powder horn, . porcelain pybowl and a silver watch. .The to th were perfect. It would seem to b~ the skeleton of a mari between thirty and forty years of age, I is conjectured that while engaged in hunting he cilmbed the tree for some purpose and slipped into the hollow runk, from which there was no re lease, and he probably died of starva. .Lion. Anoth:er mystery was foun'd in the heart of an oak. From a tree ol' this kind, a large block, about eighteen nches in diameter, that had been knocking about in the various yards mnQ woodshedls, was spl't up lately, and In it was found an auger-hole about three-fourths of an inch in' size, con taining a bunich of human hair done up in a piece of printed paper. The hair was near the centre of the block and fastened in with a pine plug. .It was apparently put in when the tree~ was ulte small, as the tree had grown over the plug to the thickness of about four Inches, with the grain perfectly smooth and straighit. A natural curiosity was shown in a .imber merchant's workshop. This was the nleet and skeleton of a blvd em Leddied in a piece of beach. The tim er seemed quite sound all around the avity, and there was no sign of any perture into it; but the timber being sawed up,the n,est with the bird sitting upon it was fband. The nest appeared to be budtl with mud and the bird re embled a titniouse. 1Probably at the~ lopping of a branch a cavity was form~ed and the outside subsequently. grown ver; but ho0W the bird wvas'- inclosed eems dliflicult to imagine. In the cent're 'of a log of Lionduras mahogany the saw revealed a large pece of honeycomb. The finder says the war with the cell was hard, and resembled in color the appearance of a mummy. The remains of the bees were incrustedl in the war. Another og 'of mahogany. was' being cut into eneers by a cabinet-maker, when his attention was attractedl by the appear ance of a remar-kable and'striking pro. Ole of her Majesty Ia a knot Ia 'the wood, Tpie likeness w#s so true tha( all who saw it ackn1owledged the ro. fembilance. Had this curiosity only been discovered in the last year we might have had Jubilee mahogainy ad ded to tthe never-ending list of articles so distinguished. So often have toads been found en closed in solid bodies'that it is not sur prising to reAd in a Scottish paper that a servant, while breaking a large piece of coal for the fire, was startled to find in thb centre of the block a full-grown toad, which appeared to he in excel+ lent health and spirits. A less com mon- discovery was made in iirken. t ead. . gentleman there was presen ted with a cow's tongue, which ap peared to' be perfect in every respect. After the tongue was boiled he disco ered a piece of, sand stone imbedded in it about three-quarters of an inch in length, half an inch in width, and a quarter of an iuoh in thickness. Game of "Progressive Observation." "Progressivo Observation" is the name givol to a ne'w Boston game that Has been taken up with interest in social circles. It has an advantage over "doney parties" and progressive euchre in that it teaches something use ful. The hostess provides five tables, at which are -seated four or five per. sons, or even more if desired. Table No, 1, or the "head" table represents the sense of sight, the highest sense. Table No. 0 is touch; No. 3, hearing; No. 4, smell, and No. 5, taste. There .is a teacher for each table, and the table is supplied with a variety of ob jects suit Ad to the use of the table. For instance, the teacher at the sight table holds before each player in turn a col lection of small objects on a tray, and after the lapse of half a minute takes away the tray and asks the player to 1 name the atcles. Or the teacher gives each perao -asingle artiele, aud after a1 short inspe6tion calls foi' answers to all questlons. that may be asked about it. Score is kept by the teacher, and the player making the least mistakes pro; gresses_ to, the next{ table. At the close of, the evening the player who has made the most ,progressions" is awarded With the prize. The variety of objects for the several tables is only I imited by thre teacher's ingenuity and I ^ tmpB.Ai'..t house. At the aloie for their impressions of-.tje a cle given them. This is it may be t u sy as l tabe .For the "hear ing" table a musical instrument may t be used and the test given on .a note or a combination. of notes; a number of i thin glasses may be used in a like' way, the player bing asked to give the num- r ber of a particular sound which Is given < alone after biing struck in a regular succession. For the taste and smell tables the kitchen can be drawn upon, t and such things as flour, meal, powder ed macaroni, cora starch, granum and others, whose ti... -e and smell in the raw state are not very pronounced or not. familiar, are good for the purpose. The game is not so much like "child's play" as might be thought. True, it had Its origin in the "plays" of kinder garten, but as developed and enlarged, t,he idea proves very well adapted to the entertainment of grown people, who are rational enough to like a little sense with their fun. Pay of' the World's Statesmen. ;The'deputies and Senators in'France. receive 25f. a day; they are better paid than in other countries. In Belgium eachi member of the Chamber of Rlepre-. sentatives gets 420f. a month diring the1 session. In Denmark the deputies are allowved 18f. 15h3. per day, In Portugal the Peers and the Deputies receive a yearly stipend of 1705f. In Sweden the members of the Diet are paid 1762f. for a session lasting.four. months,' but they; have to pay 18f. 75c. a day in case of absence; a capital idea.. In Switzerland the members of the1 National Council have 12f. 500. a day paid out of the Federal Exchequer; the members of the Councils of State re ceive from 7f. 50c, to 12f. 50c. per day. In the United States the representativy of the States and the delegates receive 5200f. per annum-and an allowance of if. per mile tra,yellng expenses. Ini Italy 'the Sernators and Deputies are not paid,' blit they are entitled to 'free passes on all the railw'ays in the Kingdom and to pthxer advantages and p)rivileges. In Spain the members of the Cortes are also unp>aid but enjoy certain immunities. In' Greece the Senators get 500f. and the members of the Chamber of Rlepresentatives 250f. In Germany the representatives receiveC on an average lir. 25o. In Austria the parliamentary remuneration is, as in a France, 25f. per day. In Great Britain ' alone the members of Parliament re- I coive no pay nor are they entitled to 1 any privilege.. A Charming Surprise. When tlis ice cream was served at a luncheon the other day, came about Ina this way, Each guest was handed on aa plate a rather thick envelope like a long letter, addressed to herself, Break ing the seal carefully,- a tiny tray was inside,,holding a thick slice of delioious I ice cream In various beautiful colors. '--The largest milk cohdensihg fac tory in t,his world is at Chem1Switzdr. 1 .land. Its outcome.is 29,000,000 cans ver annum.4 .TRE ALIT OP M4fSSAGE. Its Early History -- Severai 'Kinds of Dariputations..ow Prac. tfood. The art of nassake is of great antq" ulty. There are always some kind folk who will take the time and trouble to search deep down Into the annals bf the past and transmait to. us the facts they ,.here find recorded. On. the question of massage, those who have traced out its history tell us that tlils system was practiced in very early timos by the Chinese, and that the Greeks .and Ro mans also resorted to its aid, evidences of which. appear in the literature of I those two- great countries.. This an clout art has been revived, in the pre sent day, on the Continent and In America, as will as' in Englan:i, and is being very extensively practiced. I have spoken of massage as a me chanical mode of treatment-aid so it is; but those who undertake to perform < It ought to have some head knowledge t concerning their work as well as finger dexterity. The masseuse has to make herself acquainted with the structure and the function of the tissues and muscles on which she is called upon to i operate, and therefore some study of 4 books on this part. of the subject is re quired. Then th;are are the necessary lexterous manipulations to be acquir ed; these particular mIovemellt3 can Dnly be learned from actual demonstra bions and nothing but patient practice c will attain th: manual dexterity need- 8 ful to perform the process. The goner ii term of massage includes several kinds of manipulations; these are also :aesignated by French names. One of d these Is known 'as eflieurage; this con- s 31sts in gently stroking the part under c treatment, which stroking increases in t ltrength, and terminates In a ilrn rub bing of the. skin with the p.li of the a and. Ulider the effect of this treat- s rnont hardness and dryness of the skin ' give way to softness, and the effect a t rery soothing. t Another form of treatment is named etrissage. This process consi it ressing and knead"' -nd ro ikin and muscle rought in ;ien ion. cal movem' ousing fntd action orgais 'which nelined to remain dormant. Massa friction may be described as a series b f circular rubbing with the finger tips, erformed in a rapid manner, the ob ects of which process is to squeeze out d he waste products formed in the tis. ues of joints t t Where Fashions are Born. a h When he has the mood for composing @ ipon him Worth is tireless and some imes exhausts three poseuses before he as satisfied .himself. The girl will Irop with fatigue and is .rapidly replac- y d by a fresh one, so that the work of a omposition may go on. After eXpla la- 1 ng all this Worth told his American r ~ustomer that it was in this studio of ~ ils that the fashions really, had their yltth. "I never force anything on the >ublic,'' he said, "but 1 educate them. y WYhen I makce up my mind to introduce I. i certain fashion I give myself threet rears' time to make it the rage. For ~ ixample. for the last two years I have >eeni introducing the. fashionis' of the g Pompadour, rococco styles. Look n the shop windows and see what I ho manufacturers are weaving and the I radesmen selling-are they not for the . treator part 1'ompadour designs? kVell, in one year more they will be the' 'ago, and it wvill last for atiother twelve e nonths or so, and then I shall slowly t u) certainly begin something new." WhJile this conversation was going on here was an ante room to the kitchen e 'nil of meon who waited upon the cou. erier to learn his views upon dlesigns r or fabrics, new dyes and shades, braids, talloons, tournuro steels, bustles, every: ~ bing that is needed to make a costume, I Lnd his decisions 'were in most cases ield to be final.. Havana's Confectloin Peddlers. Musical and merry are the IIavana Lulceros or street confection peddlers.t ['llese are nearly all negro lads, and are 7 lie brightest of the Hlavanna lowly treet folk. A number of large 'con erns like " La Filosofla" and " El 3uen Gusto" furanish the sweets which i re sold on commission by the dulceros. s ehoy are temptingly displayed on a I ight cainjon de dulco which confection E ox Is daintily balanced upon the dul ero's head. Each one has an individ- a tat sonata call, or song, the effort be- t ng both to compel sales and ad46el-tise 11 lie maker of the-wares. These songs I re most melodiously given, and are ilways followed by the cry of "Dul 01 Dul--cel' given in a piercing tre ile, and a list of the wares, rendereda rith all the -unctuous diablery of the a norriest negro minstrelsy. - -. --The ~engineer says there Is not >roperly fecorded Instance .o% a loco- I notive ever attaining a greater speed I han eighty 'miles an hour, and quotes a Sharles B. Martin a saying that bigner, f pneeds are mythioal. . NEWS IN BRIEF, --A club has been formed at Mion. X, for the destruction of Ehglish wparrows. A premlum .of ten ' cenc d lozen is paid for shooring them. -An English philanthropist says here are 'no rower than 80,000 gypsy ihildren in England, of whom not nore than 5 per cent. are able to read md write. -Yale's historic fence is again breatene. with destruction, and the' itudents have petitioned The corpora ion to use their influenc towards its reservation. -The French Transatlantic Steam hip company has furnished its large loot with complete apparatus for 4dropping oil on the waves" during )ad weather. -Marie Antoinette's soissors and >enknife were recently sold at auction or $180. The relics were terribly sug cestive of the instrument which aused her death. -The widow of ex-Governor Colby, if New London, Conn., aged ninety wo, made and contributed a hand ome tidy to the fair lately held by the adios of that place. -According to the Douglas (Ken.) Pribune, when workmen were sinking he well for the eugar works at that tlace a stratum of life frogs was truck at a depth of 50 feet. -Queen Emma of Holland is a bru tot whose eyes would be pretty did he not continually witn when speak tig, thus giving you the impression of >reparing for a good burst of tears. -Spencer, Mass., has public-spirited itizens. The other day one of them ave fourteen - acres of land for a pub to park, another gave $30,000 for a ugh school and another gave $25,000 or a public library. -A New York man has recently istinguished himself by eating at one Ingle meal ten feet six inches of corn ake, three inohes wide and one inch hick. It was at a church fair, and he vished to gut his money's worth. -The name assassins was applied to tribe or clan called Ismaelians, who ettled in the mountains of Lebanon . bout 1090 and became notorious for heir murderous propensities; hence he origin of the -name as applied to ourderers. --Recent partie Ing the iroloano '" catapeti -rep, asing activity . , r p s'oke enning in mod otiouary policy . internal disasters is eing etrou ared in the highest circles i St. Peteirsburg. The pamphlet is re irkable for the elegance of its lan uage. The police have so tar failed to iscover the authors of the wora. -Eighty-three members of the na, onai house of representatives were Tnion soldiers, and almost all of them re entitled to wear the Grand Army utton. The leading Grand Army Late, as represented in Congress, is Cansas, all of her seven representa tves being members~ot the order. -A woman in Argentine, Mich., as terrorized the whole neighblorhood. he keeps fire-arms in her house to hoot any one who tries to arrest her; er landlord cannot collect his rent,and o one dares to refuse her anything lie aske for fear lest she will kili him r set fire to his house. ~-The richest ' child in America is ittle Miss May Sharpless, who Is nine ears old and has a fortune of $9,000, 00. She is a daughter of a late nember of the firm of Arnold, Oon table & Co. The child millionaire has remarkably interesting collection of 'ols of all sizes, several of which cost 1000 apiece. -The 'manufacture of orange wine i becoming an established industry in 'lorida. The factory at Clay Springis las just closed its season, having made ne thousand barrels, For this quan ity a million and a half oranges were ressed. The price paid for oranges Lolivered at the factory was $8 a housand. -Large numbers of colored people re said to be emigrating to California roIn the Southern States. R~cently nie party of twenty-four men and vomeni arrived in San Francisco en. outo to join a colony in the Southern art of the i3tatej Another party of 10 laborers has gone to Friano to work a the raisin vineyards, and 150 more re to follow. -~1t was twenty-one years ago this inring that Alaska was ceded by 1 iusiai to the United States. Thuis erritory has an area of some 800.000. quai' mniles, and is fifteen times the l?.o of Illinois. Its eillized popula inn is 12.000, including about 6000 or 000 white population and 80,000 other ahabitants. Thie gold mines of thirs ountry yield some $2.500,000 a year. -Ug Yee Yam is the name of a hihiness woman who recen.tly arrived ui San Francisco. bhe is possessed of ronderful beauty, and the Californlans ave gone wild over her. She is a later-ln-l.aw of Lee Kong Yon, a well niown cigar manufacturer of Man ~ranelsco. This Is the first time that really handsome woman has come to his countryfrom China. Those who ave seen Ug Yee Yamm say that her eauty Can well be called ce estial. -?rince Blismarcik's wife is.said to is a typical "hausirau," with never a huought above petty'domestic details. l'he Crown Prince's wire is of the ame nature. In their eyes it is little broit of infamous for .the Empress to ead philosop)hy, advocate this highr ducation of womOn, and take an in euligent interest,in the affairs of the Dmpiro and - of the, world., Yet her readth Cf intellect and force of char cter have never pr-evented the .Empress rom being a~ model wife and a m9dei notfier.