H.OWM.
Cms Ml Wete la hm e
tt sweats rtMMkv
I mi inf to record my vote tor
the National fiower, and I mm(
lag to pay Mmni. Whang A Co. twae-
tyflve oenU lor tha privilege ehher.
Talk about corruption la our National
election, there hat been mora money
apeBtiaii owaroapBw18oia
IM.mvwU
pant la this Bower campaign, right at
ladiaa sot tax ad. Chinamen and
women. I (Ira my hyd and y
ota to the humbla , aad obtru
sive plantain. 8ha needs ao aa
eomlum trom me. Thara aha stands,
tha k Where Rls - ht
thara, right wbora you ara looking at
thta mlauta If thara la a spot of ground
In Inches square within half a mil
of you. la tha velvet law a that cost
you four dollar a square foot la tha
pansy bod; la tha tub wharala grows
tha accursed oleander, broakor of hu
man baoki; la tha garden o( rotoa; la
tha toothsome bad whara tha touth
wlad loiter amid tha loud braathod
oo loo, stealing aad giving odor;
wherever you have plan tod any thing;
wherever you haven't; oo tha hlll
aldoa of New England, oa tha
bleak aad rooky oout of Maine,
la tha orange grove of Florida,
oa tha treat alkali deaorta of tha wild
and woolly Wett, where ShaaU't hoary
head Ufta Itaelf to tha cloud crowned
with eternal grandeur, aad whera tha
gibbering tourist eacktea and chatter
through the glorle of 'Mount Wash
ington; wherever tha foot of man haa
trod, and everywhere that tt hain't,
there tprlngi tola radiant weed of
hope, eternal on tha mundane braut;
there strike tta ell long root,
thia herb of truth, though ofttime
crushed to earth, rlalng again
atronger than aver, and aproadlng
Itaelf over the adjacent gra, like a
true born American hogging four
aeats In a railway car. Oh. cltUon.
I do bespeak your "most tweet
Toloea" for the plantain. It know
no East, no South, no North, no West;
tt ha no asctlonai prejudice, no
local pride or limitation; just wher
ever the soil 1 fertile or barren tt
lay hold oa life; it cornet to Uy, It
geta there, Ell When nothing else
will grow tt flourishes Uka the grass
hopper; where tmartweed perUhe
because It has no root the plantain
make a crop. A few short weeks In
slushy spring the Mayflower hides lu
pretty bloom In mountain dope and
eastern hills, a transient guest of
local fame and briefest life. When
autumn flings her gorgeous bun
nera to the aides, the golden
rod, for a few passing weeks,
makes radiant the meadow, glen
and hill, and then depart to hide
away the year; but thou, oh! plantain
of the sandy cruw, thou hast the grip;
thou art a stnyer, thou; thou art a
latter from Way back; thou art tha
first to oome, the last to go. Thee,
the all beholding tun upon hi annual
farewell tour tees alt the time, mak
ing glad the door yard of the poor,
and playing merry Cala upon the rich
man's lawn. Thou thrivest upon per
secution; thou turnest not back from
them for the grasahook, and sajest
among the lawa mower, ha, ha! Tha
rains nourish thee; the sun-burned
drought maketh the) strong; a black
frost tlngeth thy leave with luster
lite and a six faot freeze that kills the
east-trot) hitching; posts la pie for the
plantain. It It Amerloan clean
through, this fresh aad cheeky weed.
It ha aa Imparted aafc plan tag
laeceag, aad W proud of It, a any
AaserVsMi whet abe haa invented a
esat of armi and married aa ances
tor. That Is It fatally Bane; tha
plaatala which claims tha honor of
belag the aatioaal flower haa a aaav
aa puraly Amerioaa aa tha ooatlaeat
HeeH Flantago major. Loaf Us
the major! If rarer float that stand
ard weed, where-Khr What's thatf
'It isa'l aa Aasrleaa plant at all; It
to feuad all aver the Inhabited aad
uninhabited worldr Wall. Jsemsas
River! Isn't that AaertcaaP Rise
up, major, yoa ara 4ectsd. Robert
J. Burdette, In Brooklyn Easjla
WONOtM OF THC IA.
Ahwat ata-tTsssslaa,
It la not sarsrisiag that the man af
sjclsasa, Uriag la a world of wooden, gsa
tag elwaye eagerly through tha Bueieaoasa
Jr taisasnps, afcooid diger from tka eoauaea
talk whose svss look eat lea jruidly upoa Ufa
4krougk a natural or oorracUv laaa. 'The
alurauat partleularlj, amid the marvsls of
eld, forest, swamp and aaors, lading
atsmaiasevsry dar to kia worship of the
great mystery, rsverta to the fsaUags of
rkildkood. His aprma aaaaa of tka sub
lime fait la tka eootemplaUoa of tha mar
41aUed thousands accessible to aim
among tbs laJnite millions of living things
-ski sense is never jaded. Man may be a
roper, but he it not tka only atudy of mta
slad; aad it la wall for as now and thsn to
he as liltls children and listaa apssvavsdto
tka schoolmaster telling tha thing ws ones
knew hut bare forgotten. ,,
Thara Is the sea-urchin to begin with,
save tha Chicago Time. It lochs like a
ketaot-burr and I commonly called the
eacheataut,butltl a Ash aad haa 4,000
leat known as the "ambulacra!" feet. Their
-arrangement permit the urchin to progrett
la any direction. At the base of each con
tractile tube there is a eec, acting at a
reservoir of water. If the urchin withes U;
march this sac con tract, toe etnbulecrei
THt NATION AC
Hat m eittseoad wiw water, aemetaieg
Uka the nager af a glove If m Wow taw it,
taa avokar at tka aa4 to tiad oa tha iraaad,
the ether ambulacra! feet repeat taa apara
ttsseadtkeurcklateMtfure walk. Tkto
araatara. aa fragile la aaaaaraaaa. la aaar
tklaede,a rooty eseauwktrotk tart
a oxonvai a rouging iw nawt,
grant,
Taa iterAth wa kaow a wall la klt
dredoreeturoeouslly tmaslng. Tka waita
t. u, Mal.r ,( li la u. stomach. At
Kayk,l,ka.th.?ppo..f..a.
tercel maa divided taw av eaual Berts,
aad yet It grlndt wik tka sowar ef a gts
sard. M. iMeumadteJU af tka tovtatt
Uoa committed by slar-oshes oa a baa of
raaseie. Taa bad atltlod aa them by
mlUseaa AU tka rack wara covered with
Ucm. aad f row a lltua war at appeared
- tulU rod. Whan a star4h waaiad IU
breakfast It earn drat gleg aloe? by Us
aid af lu ambulacra! feat aad retted 1U
stomach ea Us kings- joint of Ue shells of a
mussel la a few atlautaa, by the autioa of
U gas trio juices, Ue muscles of Ue kiage
were dissolved, tb alomeok penetrated be
tween UeshsllsofU mussel and carried oa
Ure a auotloa so powerful that la a brief
time nothlag remained af the mussel. The
toot itself, altbougk so dtMcult to Veleok,
shared the earn fata as the other parte.
Tha stoui b of tha otre then returned to
Ita normal situation, and Ue star Bah made
a freak move to satisfy ii appetite. Ho
thoroughly was this don Uat la Ue ours
of a few days all toe mussels ia Ue locality
were exterminated.
The most depraved of the "corsairs of Ua
tea" ta Ue hermit orab, whose very her
mluge Ua shell It bear upon It back
la stolen. It la a ihsmslsu parasite, Ue per
. aoeiaoaUaa of latinasa. whea (till young
It makes Ita debut by aa assassin alien.'
Seeking a shell of fltUng sue It Install lu.
elf therein, after having devoured th
rightful owner. 1 hen It sals out to make
Its fortune, pillaging ruthlessly on all sides.
Whea ita shell or hermitage becomes too
small It promptly steals another. 1 "I am
acquainted," says II. lleaugrand, "with a
collection In which there la a hermit Uat
waa found In the tropics and had taken up
bis abode to a great helmet shell, such at
you may see In Ue window of a natural his
tory dealer. The clswt of thia hermit meas
ured more than elht Inches. " M. lleau
grand cells the hermit crab a "hypocritical
old fellow.1'
A word about Us outtle-flsh or septa.
Figure to yourself a bK about three inohee
Ion i, surrounded by a broad border. Prom
Uis gray and gelatliMis body a short lube
comes out and above thia ia a shapeless
head, with two souare eyes gleaminc like
molten cold. Like theooiopua the sepia Is
a creel destroyer of orab and small nsh,
seising them who Ita eight euokera a
Uey pas. It can ohanK Ita color
like the chenit'leon and by a very simple
method, lu the Intestines of the skin
there are globules of various colors, and
In BLVordMioe with the impressions made
on the animal these are eipandrd or con
tracted, thus producing the strangest ef
fect. It appears also to have the Rift of
tears. At any rate It is well snpplied with
lachrymal s lands. By oontraciing li tuba
and ejecting: the water (Xiuuitiod the cuttle
fish can rebound with greul velocity. Then
there Is the thick, bl.u-k ink Itojivts In self,
protectlou. The sm ient soaiveiy knew of
any other Ink. Curler, M licauaraud says,
was Die last to put the sepia Iuk to ail im
portant use. As a tit whim for a acieutllio
man he mmle use of It to write hit memoir
on Cephalopoda and make the drawings,
Another wily and knowing ttsh is the
Hshing frog It Is very repulsive In ap
pearance, with a broad body and an enor-
mous mouth, surmounted by two lon fila
ments termination above In bnifht, shining
surfaces The Hthing frog, buried ia the
mud, vibrates liirwi likim nta above lis head
until some flh thotiirlittsly mines loiter
ing around the novel bulk Then t'ia eapa
cioue maw opens, entombs the victim, and
the irame begins strain. Markot-wouien
sometimes speculate on the voracity of the
fishing frogs, and purchase them at a low
price oa Ue tlrenirth of what they contain.
The flak t wallows Ita prey gluttonously
without maaucatloo, and Ua women often
find ia lu stomach smaller nh, lulls dam
aged, which Uey tall to unobservant cus
tomers. Aa UijN-lltahie Kstwuaa,
Judge Walton, t f lu lUl.i Hupremr
Coart, wa on day at work la hi oflce,
drawing up aa opinion la a knotty and im
portant eeeo, wha a broUer lawyer
walked ia. Urn visitor wa a maa for
whom the jadge entertained a pretty da
Men dlallhs. "Wsll, Brother UgkV
welgkt," he said, eurtiy, "what eeeldotor
you this moralagt'' "Oh, aotalag,1 aa
swered Ue caller; "1 merely dropped in for
a few mlautae." A disagreeable siieaes
Then the jndge looked ae sad
i "SroUer Ufttwelght, why dea't
yea get married I" "Because I oaa't af
ford It, Bow mask esyos uppoe ttesst
me to Uto aewf The Judge ieolersd that
he could act gasss. -Wsll, itecetameaU
af aix theaeaad aoilai a year just far my
ewalirtag.n "Dear I aaarl sett ta liUfe,
ta a toae of latoaiskmaat; "why, Lsgki,
weight, I wouldn't pay-it. tt lea wortk III" ,
Wttea tNrl akaasM Bw
Would a wall-bred girl, possesssl sf aay
feeling whatever, pottstttd of the slights!
seacibUity or tans. Uvulae the fast that
ska bad been proposed to br a maa. sad !
that she had refused hiat I Bare asked '
tkl tu-Uo. ( M.rm glrla, aad alas at .
tereral married woman, sd while .J. ,
several married women, aad while
answers were varying I am confident, trom
what I know of their characters, Uat the
well-bred girl of honor aad sensibility
would never, upon Us wslkueet pretext,
disclose what had passed betweea herself
eed a maa upoa so dallott a (ubjaot Th
unsuccessful suitor I s maa who receives
vsry little sympathy, ssd usually mere It
tone more deserving of It than ha
A "Guide to th Churches of Lon
don' shows that th number of metro
politan churches ha increased be
tween IMS and 1M9 from 838 to 1,018.
Altar vestment sre 'now. tha rule In
ifl churches, a against 87 In 1883;
altar lights In 119, a against 64 in
1883; aad tha "Eastward Position" la
349, aa against 804 la 1883. In the
same period th number of churches
tn which tha eommunton to celebrated
In tha evening has decreased from 289
to 873. The Church Bartow;
THK DIVOROI IVIL.
wMk WMaa HChM AaaaUaA.
Tbe frivol ehrtr of "
nlalnts la many ease ol aivcroe r
' u, rrUd a now M tho dock
-, . ... ... ... Wnna
nr w coming tof W do not ko
that the wlva la A (Wan numbar o
.M hlamable thai th hut
huru utha wtve who tuBc
J 'LdSrf rot.
-tloaa Aa nils, thsy suBer mora u
their afaottoBt and In their repula
tlont that, tha stronger tag. Whll
thara It something to be said In (am
of a Itw of divorce whloh separata
mUmated oouples, thara Is no oondem
naUoa too tevera for man or womai
who enter tha marriage ttate with Um
Idea In their minds that It they do bo'
like It they will take advantage of th
law that allows then to escape. Yr
thara to o doubt that thoughtlet
young men and giddy girls often d
approach tha altar with that though
In their minds. In oases whara th
husband Is vary young tba Idea It ap
to grow la strength as the years pass
He finds himself while on the sunn;
tide of thirty with a wife who has pos
sibly lost soma of her girlish beauty
and children, whoso nooesalllea absor
tha groater part of his earning. 11
compares tha tree and Indepeadea
Ufa of tome of his bachelor associate,
and Imagination magnifies tha pleat
itret.be might partloioate In U ha war
unmarried. Some day tha wife, wh
Is lit prepared to fight tha battles of lit
alone, Is stunned by tha service of a
application for divorce. Cases of thl
kind, wa regret to say, ara not unoon
moa. Almost avery oo ens rwt
oot or wort In hit own circle of at
quaintaooo. Of course. It tha ret
reasons were preferred In tha appll
oatlon lest harm would be done; bu
the legal necessity of so til n
forth rontons often suggesU a rosoi
to falsehood. Trifles in tha way i
disagreements will be magnified an
baseless suspicious urged as matter
of fact, Tha remedy fbr them, at fo
moat other evils, tins with tha peopl
themselves. The law Is not so muo
at fault a tha facility with which it I
evaded. The church and society ar
too lenient In matters of this kind. I
may be questioned If a maa divorcing
a wife for no other reason than th
ho prefer to live single I Injured I
his butlnest or social relations by hi
act. If he has been a church meiubo
he still rem. ilnt one. And yet ho 1m
com m It tod the most cowardly crime i
man can commit A women thus dl
vorced, unions she have poworfu
friends, has no future, and ohlld ci
aru thrown upon the world without th
eharacturand Instincts of right whlu
are Inculcatmt In well-rcgulatod homes
Ntn rranclsco t'aiu
MUStC-lOVINQ UIZAHDS.
They gollow e Whl.tlle aiaUeat tell
cared Off by a feasaal.
As is well known, lUards of all col
or and sites abound In Italy. Tbe;
lie basking on all the stones, they rui
along all the walls, they peep out a
every chink and ere v loo; but as soot
as thoy hoar the faintest noise the.
disappear with llghulng speed, aud i
is hard to tea them near aad to ob
servo -them oloeely. Walking ear
lately, and noticing the dear little an
Imal darting now here, now there, .
remembered tha Greek statue of Apol
to Sauroktonos. who to always yepre
sooted as busied with nlltard Apollo
god of th sua aad of music "8up
poet I try," I thought, and softly
quite softly, I began to whistle
dreamy old German air. and behold!
llxard Hat ittlt a though rooted to th.
spot, rlslngjlts little head la nltotealaf
attitude and looking at me with bli
sharp tittle ayes. Without stirring 1
eoatlBued my melody. Tho titan
coma Bearer and nearer, and at las
approached quite close, always lists
lag aad forgetting all lu fear. As
eon, however, as tha whistler madt
the Ugh tost movemtnt It vanished Into
soms crevice, hut to peep forth again
m aaomeat aner ana to listen
caea mora, aa though eatlrely an-
imbed. ' A delightful discovery truly,
aadoawof Whlchlatteadedwthe field
of observation dally. At laat as man)
as eight or alae of th little musl.
lover would sit around me la th.
nut esnia attitude.
Nay, two ol
.. . --.v.. j i,, ..
. "i," " ,U ',un
would sit awaiting ma as I arrived
whistling at the tame hour of day, sit-
ting on a large stone, under whlob
was probably their home. With these,
too, 1 mad torn further experiments.
After having mad muslo to them for
awhile I cautiously went a tew steps
further, whistling oa tn toft, drawl
ing tone, such a 1 had found the.i
bast loved to hear, and set,verlly, they
followed me! Watching them with
Intense Interest, Ioontlaucd to whlttlt
at I walked on slowly, halting every
few pace and being , silent while 1
hailed, and truly the little creatures
followed, slowly it Is true, but la t
straight Una, at n distance of about
fifteen steps, until at last, unhappily,
the heavy tread of a peasant put them
to flight. But my experiment had
tatted long enough to make me under
stand tha Apollo Bauroktonos, and 1
one more reverenoed tbe keen native
observation of those old Hellenon Be-
i iiour.
Wl"ln
II w: believe U1
., Ihii a an..ll
, .if r l.i t'lrbU'i t
ork ,.,uut'kertirniallo
0I ir. Tbe b-th act upon th.
pr uipto thai wrlUng toralt to pura
y mechanical work, llkt vrMu -yers'
brUft, tor tnjlaoot, Of wooh
kesptag. Where . lat- ' ' '"'L ""
FUaimevgored, slluaud si Ue eofl.
Jos ,f ue Oke and Volga.
rmlsest of slosoow Is composed of re
pt' upper etty.M
three hill, rising to a height o
tset! Ike lower tewa, alonf J""3
or Us Oka andolgsi sad lbs raw 'aad
T.; TT. ..... k. a brides of boats WW B-
Urs long aad broad. thatiawairtha,
mwn. wrltet Tbsodor Child, la Harpers
Macaslne, Is most picturesque A we
land oa tb brldg th foreground
formed by Ue blsw water of Ue Voir
f crowded wiU boats ana oeriee , w
dl distance arc U uy d stoaing
banks, surmounted by U larg red build
Inn of Us lower town, with their whit
window frnes; to th right, midway up
the kill, I Hi vast osstry of U Aa
i u nutation, dating from Hit thirteenth eaot
ury, with white domes sad whits lucloaiug
walls; crowning tb bill to th left Is the
gremlin, wlU Ite capwiously Irregular
wall and betUemeete, from amidst which
rise buibou cupola with gilded domes,
and tower with conical reefs; to the left,
also la the lower town, may be seen U
Ksaa dome of Us Chun b ol Ins Nativity,
Ut In S bastard style of Itallta Ovinia, of
red brick pwksd eut with whit stucco or
laments, tbs wool very eccentric ia form
ssd color i still further to Us left, beyond U
Kremlin, on Ue summit of tk hill, la aa
alley of trees, lb AUo, or terrace, from
which may beobtainedamtgniBconlvlew
of the mwhly Volga and th plaint Urougb
which II Bows. This is Htf. Holder Volga,
th "hleiuechka Wolfs," of which you haar
so muck la Russia; and indeed whea we
follow It course on to man, and whea we
eiauiln U product Uial It concent rale
at Nijnll-Novgorod, wcn understand why
the Russian speak of It to agccikwalely,
and why th annual fair at this point baa
become so Important in Russian commerce.
Prom Its source to It mouU In Ue CWlsn
sea the Volga rum a court of ,) mile;
the Client of lu wator-shfd It three lime
' that of Kran.; by varlout tysteme of
rtutls It tt connected wllb Moscow, Bt.
Petersburg snd th itslksns; by a canal
also II la connected with the Dwiua, and
therefor with the White sea; by Its afflu
ents, the Uka and the Ksins, tt acquire a
loul navtxnble system 10 miles in
leuKlb, and commautls vssl districts weal
ward Uiward Tenia and eastward as far a
the fool of the Ural Mountains, The con
sequence is that the Volata Is the real
waterway In Itussis. Abovo Sijntl-"'
gorvd the river is nsvitraiwl by soe H,0
boats, employ.ngfUi.UH men; Mow MjuM
II Is nsvlgaurd by , sM msnnwl by
, hands; while or tin lower Volga Im
mense nshlug and (fab-curing enterprises
tie carried oa
AlUoiigh It numuert only W, Inbablv
aula, KiJ.ill Novgorod boasls wore than
Rfty churches and chapels.
Prom lime Immemorial Hussiaa merchant
were wont to meet in th summer with the
men-hauls of the Kaat tt vsrUius points on
tlie Volga between the ronftuenree of tbe
Oka and Ui Kama In MM U greatrst
lair was located on th ground of the mon
astery of Jeltovodski, near Maksrirff, where
II remained until IH7, whan it was trans
ferred Bfty nrs miles highsr up Ue stream
to Nljnll-Novgorod. la ordsr Uat w may
relists our minds of loo terlout thoughta
before vesturing to siplors Ihit famous
fair, let us plunge one for til inlo th moat
recent statistics aad sum up briefly its com
mercial Importance, first of ill, tb reader
mud bear ia aUnd Uat Ua Jshrmarka, ae
It Is called, which take plant annually trom
August I to Heptemosr IS, I a Whole
fair. Tbe goods chiefly dealt Is are notion
weelea, liaen aad sill ttufa, which roetii-
taM shout forty par seat, of Ue who!
seal la importance bosm Iran, core, lea.
far, salt, wise, ash, tottery sad mas u rarV
ared good. About feurgftk of tb wools
goods brought to Ue fair are ef Russian
origin. Tb basis sf Us Ok river seeds
sgricultarel and SMeuftetuied products
the beats ef the Kama sands metal wara
com and salt ye predaotdl Ikeeettkeaet
prevlacssi 1st soma p from las lower
I Volga aad the Osapiaa; HI bans, U Caa
' aasus, Central Asia aad feral etad a vari
ety of wara; aad stout tta per esat. ef
the total ameast sf
ported from Asia, atsMly, tsa via
Klaebla, Otatea aad Buss, raw eettea
' gag gu,
sad ether m
leather wares, madder
afaeturad feeds. The chief
eftlole f trade I ettwa, f wkiok the prloe
a) lied st Ul fair; taepriew! raw wool
aae sut are also tied tare. Bootemiau
will alas readily dmitru
Wbol Iroa prodaotioe of Ua Ural eseead
ea is rair or laijou-nevgorod. The eara
vant of boaU laden wlU irts start frost tka
Ural worn la U (Bring, stay st the fair
sf Lsiabsv, wkiok suspliet the lower Volga,
sad Use proceed tp to Nov gored ta Au
gust Tbe pnrekaaaa of Iroa msds at this
rair for ooniumpllos Is Asia ssd middle
Russia determin Us ssmwii of credit that
will be granted for tk tsil year's boat
ass to U twnsrtsf Us Iron works, whs
er isrgtiy oepsnasnt oa this credit, Th
corn tnd salt trad, and still mors U whole
trade of Hlbtrl sad Turkislaa, are la
lun.ed by this fair, Ualr tucots dspsad
lag euUrely on lbs ooadi tlont sf credit
which ths merchant art tblt to obtain al
Kljnli Hovgorod. Il tout sppeart Uat U
fairsierelses a direct Influence oa til the
ending branches of Russian manufacture.
During th Six weak that it laata li .a.
tract daily torn 100,000 people from Hut
sis aud Asia; U rlvsr It literally n
tltb
tbousaml of boats; th quays, et-
let'lliig over t Irogtb of ten miles, are oot-
"'" mer.-l,.,ndlse; nn ihnUrm,,
prme.
pi.
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'ItTll HOr . ,inl Hhsolel
UAr-UUI I (it 4 bkk. I
INI
nyescs f a reHiraiesty tasHa'
totoa Base .
Of all our tUltora, bowsvsr, tki
most latorasllag to th toaf eutttor1
hoa, who oome to work upon aa olg
faihloaed blusb-roeebuih whloh forsJ
part of lido wnll of oar parlor J
he, you know, art tuch but; crJ
uret that they can not oven make J
call without taking tuslr work wiul
them, aad It waa tho lalat sound ol
hit Industry that first draw atteatloaf
to our friend Aloal ol tho rosJ
bush. Uokinf cloeely to too what tha'
. . . asaui wa wara anau
V '-- 7
a4 thaL aaviav oiaoao Battel r
Mtrlde of us euge w se aw. toe oat
was dsllberauly eulUnf out with her
jawt ploot of tho loaf, rolling u
up beneath her as tho did so. W
triad to trao her flight when th
cutting wa done, but toll astonishing
cur pur(ull by fl
earth "jutt whero oould sol dl.
ooveft
When til that llrang dolngt war
related at too oiaoer table th family
punster declared that such a perform
ance ot 0 be oo a las' wa clearly be
yond be-llet, and had not tb be cog,
tinoed br vUlu, giving alt an oppor
tunity of forming her acquaintance
and seeing her work, tho truth of our
account ol Mrs. Be might lUll bt
doubted.
Happily tb not easily disturbed,
aad al a call from some watcher to
th out-door parlor, "Th be It at
work," w oould gather quit eloetly
eoiiail to observe her, whea th had
carefully chosen tha tof that U
suited her and began tb work ot cub
ting It loward th clot of th tu ra
nter th selection ot Wave wa madt
with greater care, sometime a many
Mitt leave being Inspected before
on wa found lufflolontly tender to
bar purpoe. Often when Mis B
started for horn her rul ot work wi '
so heavy that she fairly tumbled
th leat with It, aod had to pause ti.
Instant to recover her balance before
bravery carrying It away. But whera
did she Uka her load, and what did
the do with tho nicely cut piece of
loaf f hiie wa too busy to toll us and,
although wa were eagor to return bor
calls, we could not discover bar home,
and could not Imagine why th ,
rs loaves so Industriously, until
happened upon a book. V' rC.vtg fc
! ono day which told ut all about lu 4 m
It seems that thee bne build -of
tlie leaves ft tha r d oth;
Uww ,- 1 1 surlaa'o of the err
or In old wood. The noeU tra
limes tlx Inchet deep, and gmer
consist of tlx or seven eel!,
shaped tike a IhtmbK th closed t t
of one iblmble fitting Into Ua
end of another. When a ll It to-
; of llio pu-cv of loaf, such at -;
vau hed Hie bee cut out. It 1 ,
i with honey, and so nicely art ,;
: cell built that they bold tit II
honey wlthuut leakage, Oo lb
full of honey an egg I deposited "
i then the cell Is closed with thrt
; eultr bit of leaf lor a covsr.
' Ruskln sayt the bee pushes kw
Utile cell covers "with a lucksd-t
quite tight, Ilka the covering ef , m
of preserve. " Think of eat a )
bee having a alo IllUe pot of b
all to luelft-llarper't Young Pav ...
HUMOROUS.
Ltimlay toy h toa't mac'
grammar, but he kaewt thai tb'
wife to In 'ua tmperallvt av
WMblagvoa Capital
Inquiring pectator(at tho 'A
"WhUk bore was tt that woe
Speeulaliv t peculator (gloomily )
doa't know the tame of th hor
won, but I know the aame of nx
the horeet that dlda'l wla."1
Weakly.
"Tao wo A very brav ad
your to stapolag th ruiawey ho
youag maa. Uere'ta huadrad-dc
bill tor yu." "That'i a good dee.
atoaey lor mM Vaaseaaal Whs,
ova my Itfo I believe to ae
tog htm what It to worth.' -Ipoca,
-wteaatftlaasM he ertHat 0wa,witt
laa4taitiTkas.
meseaitsea, tairsuag Its set Meet, arstaf
W IttJlVVtl wXxatffMI
wesat, we wan wnk based krsatk, taut
etnas tee mfclalgal saiasa,
AaaVeit ear atttsgtag slae eat ant
'emsvsvy time,
Bottom Court.
-Do yon know." aatd Dedbrota
that thara to nothing more deoraw
tag to me than to go teto oa of least
hlgdry-good ttoree." "Whyr 'Il
worrtat me to haar thoa tttool vail-
tog cash' to promiCAiouly."Msr
chant Travslsr.
-Ctork (sntertog theatrical mttt-
tr lanctum) "There to a youtg
man wailing who wants to read a pity
to you, sir. and another who sari hs't
oome to horsewhip you for breach of
contract" Manager (taking off hi
ooal)-Oh! thow la tba manwho'i
com to horsewhip m "-Judy.
Tommy-"Ar w rolng to tax
the eat with ut whea w go to sit
grandma next weekr Mrs, Flff-
Of course not What makes vou ttk
uch foolish OUesUontf" Tommv-
Csute I heard pa tell Mr. Brsgfl
hat tbe mice would have high old
ma while the oat wa away nsit
woek, that's alL" V