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Only Faded ei0""' lU 0 lovely August night, ouJ the , The color carao to Ina's face ah she an il"1" . ..t...1.1n,1 with mvriiLil Bwercd in a toilO of ammnin) .i;nw , midless 8K? ' . . . , L . , I brilliant stars. Tho mgui .... .le' rustling, soughing sound as it Xyed among the trees, and the odor f many scented flowers was wafted from 1 extensive and beautifully-arranged !oer-grden of the wealthy Mr. East- like a tl terraco boftao the house stood I .Hpm,m aud to mdKO from 4iaiyanagentlcman,uml tojtu go lorn , .heir abearance, tno caimnoss oi u.e pmrner iillhtwas having anything but ffiff effect upon tLcm; for the girls ,ootli vat, eui t i flushed with mrewonW which fcdl from I C lips wore liard aid cruel iu sho f , . il.n iinn tiemiln her. n 'V. n.n ,,n t,ei,l l.er. hurled uenaiit-P w , .. , , i ShevvasMr. Jastiaaesouiy i-.iui.,uiui,erin sl0 wa9 much mistaken ,,s her companion was Colonel low ering oi thB Dragoons. Her father had mussed his wealth m inuia, wars ho had held a liicrative WllOie 101 . ative civil ap-' vciU' Soon afterthe lurtn oi ma ; V01UM'" fittlo girl, his wito, to yhoni lie was do- j voutly attached, died, and fearing tuo ( effects oi ine iuu;wi uituuw vu nlRnt atu, uiortiticntion were great, when remaining treasure, he lent her with her ; uo received the following reply: jurso to a maiden sistei of his in Lng ,D jln. Eactlvkp -I am very U who "''"tSg ' orrv I must .ieolf J, kind "invit Toman, mid t rJ c W ; tion to dine with you, but from vour lot to had u.aort.Jn; foi fiom hei 1 bj- j Jo m bood Ina had shown nwa ol a ul ul, lmve uiaJo ftwaro of thotorm80n passionate temper ' I which we parted. When I left Westford inrbed by nor a mu, m uu.jr ft moutj ago, our enmigement was en ?U! f'ir in, i onieut was entirely It an end, and AS lU" 1'"' ' . V Ler aunt's weakness, grav to have a con tempt for tiio woman vJio could never gay her "nay," and donjineored not only over her, but over all thoso around her. Xaturo had bestowed dio great gift on Ilia, namely, beauty; knd beauty of a most uncommon stylelfor sho was far more like a Spanish pan an English girl. Her hair was js black as tho raven's wing, and her yes largo, dark, and voluptuous. Sho Mow the power of her beauty well, ami rever lost an op portunity of testing it. ( When her father returned to England, nd claimed her, lie could hardly licliovtitlmt tho glowing young beuuty, who welcomed him so eagerly, and tho little Ainy baby he had parted Irani years belure conld bo one anil the same; and itlwas with a glatl, proud feeling that he Acknowledged that she was worthy of beifig tho mistress of tho almost princely esiite he had bought. Not to her father did (he often show her temper, for sho had 0,1 her own way, ami OTor their largo household reigned so promo. At tho tiui Mr. Eastlake and his daughter took u their ubode at the Oaklands, the reginiint of tho Dra goons was then stutonod ut tho garrison town of Westford; ind Ida, having per suaded her father to cull upon the olli cew, indulged her Lve of flirting to the utmost. It was sail to be the nicest and gayest regiment tkt had been stationed in the neighborhood for years; and many wero the balls and parties given in their honor, and returned by them with equal hospitality; and wlorever Ina went, her wild, bold beauty flsuinated all. There were, howover, two men in tho regiment to whom tro long tho winning of Ina Eastlake became an absolute necessity; the one from love, and tho other from motives best known to him self. Never were two men so completely dissimilar in every respect than Colonel Dowering and Captain Fox tho former one of ifaturo's noblemen; while the lat ter was heartless, seliish and crafty. Tkcro had never been any love lost be tween them; but from the hour Captain Fox discovered that the little heart Ina possessed was in his Colonel's keeping, lie bated him with an undying hatred, and vowed to havo his revenge, and to gain the end he bad in view not caring one tittle by what means he attained it. With him tho girl's fortuno had been the bait, fur he was not capable of a disinter sted affection. Colonel Dowering and Ilia Eustlako had been engaged for months, and her Jiance bad long ago dis covered that tho girl lie bad placed on a pedestal, and worshipped, was by no means tho faultless creaturo ho had thought her, and worm words often passed betwoen them, for, in spite of her engagement, she was carrying on a des perate tliitiition with Captain Fox, who, with all bis bad qualities, could bo very fascinuting when ho pleased, was, with the subtlety of a serpent, fast drawing Iua into tho trap ho bad laid for her. In vain did Colonel Dowering tell her the character tho man bore, in vain did ho reproach her for want of consideration for himself; alas! her old self-will and obstinacy were assorting tlirusclves onco more, aud she declared chat, until sho married, she would amuse herself in any way she liked. Ouo of the annual county Imlls had just taken place, at which Ina's behavior with Captain Fox was so glar ing, so reckless, that it called forth many sneer, many a shrug of tho shoulders, while ha fiance was watching her with a tern, set face, and with a dull, gnawinir pain at his heart, for the conviction was fast forcing itself upon him that, after her present behavior, sho must either succumb to bis wishes, or they must part. The scene on the terrace was the result of his determination to assert his uthority, if possible. . Long and wrnestlv ho pleaded, on that fair sum jMr night, with the girl he loved so well; out his interference had aroused her orst passions, and sho bad worked her lf up into such a stuto of fury that she as hardly conscious of the words she ottered. Never before had he seen her m one of her outbursts of passion often warm and contrary, but never liko that ; ho stood before her astonished, ocked, and deeply grieved. "Do you mean all you say ?'' he said, quietly, when, almost from sheer ex haustion, sho bad at last stopped spcak-ffi8- "Because, if so, all must be at an ua between us; the girl that can speak act as you have done, can never lie ife of mine. But this scene is de Phng to both of us, and had better a. I leavo you to make what excuse Ju bke to yoor futher about niv depart nd whatever you say I shall not JI'iite. Good bye, and may you never "pent the part you have plaved." -. ? Jng, he turned and left her, but J More he had picked up from the .d a crimson rose which bod fallen ,!? "' dress in her excitement, laa. said Mr. Eastlake to his daugh w, u the two ait at breakfast a few davs inward, "whatii the reason of Colonel erling', sudden departure? I hear nd he has never been tj aay , good-by; it really is most extraordinary conduct. ; , enee: "Well; the fact of the matter is, Mon sieur le Colonel chose to be rather ex acting, and decidedly jealous, so we had a few warm words on the subject, and he went away decidedly cross; quite 0ni- leni and more devoted than ever. I don't think he could bo angry with me long, poor fellow!" And with ft 1 if tin In ii rrli ho walked to the pier glass, where she oi nt tli0 in"go reflected there; and h thanKLt that there was little fear of his not returning Ina's explanation appeared to satisfy her father's curiosity, for, after a muttered remark about her not taking umbrage at every little thing, he let the subject drop. " b" '" J. coum emuraii a man iiko Colonel Uow was jiroV4!(l bv a etter receivcJ , Ler from him, on his return to Westfo: father ...,f,..i i l,niiiiinnl tl.nu M TV,-!..!.., i:. i, ,..,-,., ,. ,. woultl give nim an(1 Ina an 0.11)ortunitv of i,eCorniug reconciled; so his astonish- under no circumstances whatever can it be renewed. I deeply regret it all, and you must seo with me that our meeting again would only causo paiu to both par ties. Thanking you for all tho hospital ity and kindness I have received from you, bolieve mo yours, very sincerely, PutCY DOWEKINU." In her heart of hearts Ina had really cared for the man sho treutod so badly; and she was thoroughly unhappy when sho found for onco sho had gone too far. lint her prido was great, and finding Col onel Dowering was obdurate, sho deter mined to bo even with him. .Well she knew that although he might bo invul nerable on all other points, an engage ment between horself and Captain Fox would sting him to the heart, so when that gentleman, who bad only been bid ing his time, proposed, she, in a mad moment, acceijted him. It was the year 1854, nud our troops wero daily leaving the shores of old Eugland for the Crimea. One of the regiments under orders to sail was tho Dragoons. Captain Fox had sold out, as Mr. Eastlako would not hear of him marrying bis daughter unless he did so. Percy Dowering hud gone, liko many others, never to return. The glorious charge of Balaklava was over, aud the ground was thickly covered with tho dead and dying. Among tho latter was Col. Dowering, shot through the lungs. Courting death ns he bad done, lirst and foremost in every desper ate encounter, ho had until tho present timo escaped unwounded;and now, when beginning to think he bore a charmed life, ho was suddenly cut down. He knew be was dying, knew that no mortal aid conld save hiui and he was glad to know it; for since his one idol had been shattered, his life bad become worthless to him. As he lay on the cold ground he thought he beard somo one calling him by namo. Ho was too weak to raise his voice in reply, but held up bis arm, hoping it would attract attention. In a few minutes one of his oldest friends was kneeling by his side. " I saw you fall, Dowering, niul came to look for you. Thank Heaven you are alive; but we must have you moved from here as soon as possible" "There will be but one more move for me, Percival," whispered the dying man, "and that will be to tho gravo. But 1 am glad yon are here; I want this sent to England for me;" and as be spoko ho drew a letter from his breast ami put it into his friend's band. It was his last expiring effort, aud in a few minutes more the gallant soldier was at rest. Ina Fox bad been married some months, but even before her wedding tour was over sho had discovered the true charac ter of tho man sho had chosen; for as soon as all occasion for concealment was past, he had shown himself in his real colors. Deep, heartfelt contrition for the past did Ina feel; but that could avail her nothing now; she bad brought all on herself, and as, in the solitude of her own room, sho pictured the long, miserable years before her, sho almost felt that her punishment was more than she could bear. But bIio was not a girl to wear her heart on her sleeve, so whatever her own feelings wero, the world knew nothing of them; and wherever sho went she was received and welcomed as tho wealthy, beautiful and fascinating Mrs. Fox. Ono night, on returning homo from a ball, her eye w as caught by a letter lying on her dressing table. Recognizing the hand-writing, she hastily dismissed her maid, and, sinking into a chair, opened the letter with trembling fingers. It coatained her photograph, and a paper on which was written these words: "When you receive this I shall be no more. I onco told you the Dowerings never forgave, but as I hope to be for given, so I forgive yon." That was all, and nothing more. As sbe gazed vacantly at the lines lefore her something dropped from between the folded leaves, and stooping to see what it was, sho saw. through a mist of tears, the faded, withered leaves of a crimson rose. For a long time Ina lay between life and death; and when sbe appeared in so ciety once more, her cheek had lost ita roundness, and her laugh was but seldom beard; for even wjen surrounded by all that was gayest and brightest, her heart would be far away, flown to that far-off grave where Colonel Dowering, with hundreds of his brave countrymen around him, lay sleeping hia last long sleep. Observing little brother's remark be fore a room fall of company: "I know what made that red mark on Mary's nose; it was the rim of John Parker s hat." And there are girls who believe that little brothers never go to heaven. We feel obliged to remind the Presi dent aeain that the country i getting on vimminclv without out minister at either the English or Hussion Court. But we admit that Ohio U being neglect ed. Boston Globe. Misery In Paris. Misery, in tho abject form of abso lute houseless pauperism, is, ns you know, not recognized by tho French law. It sets its luco steadily against it, und will have nothing to do with it. If it comes across u shivering wretch unuer u louely arcb, it sim ply puts him into prison, to teach him that ho has no business to be wretched. It is, on system, as hard hearted and callous as tho Alderman in "Tho Chimes," who never missed a chance of "putting poverty down," and who wus ns convinced that there ought not to bo any starvation as that he, the Alderman, was a model of acutcness and logical com mon sense. Tho Government, so needlessly meddlesome and paternal in most matters, obstinately shirks the groat question of pauperism, re fuses to believe in it, ignores it ou principle, scouts it, flouts it, and locks up tho audacious individual who thrusts tho objectionable reality under its noso. Tho plan keeps misery out of sij;ht not a small boon to society (the richer part of it) and it largely diminishes tho public taxation.' And yet opponents of tho system might urge, with a fair show of reason, that misery is not abolished by being hidden in darksonio corners; and that dillicul tics so real and awful as famine, cold and disenso nro better faced than evaded. Thanks to the Revolution, property has long been more equita bly distributed amongst French peo pie than it is, perhaps, in any other country in Europe Great fortunes are rare. Great poverty is rare, too, though it is commoner sinco tho war of 1870. There nro no Vanderbilts or A. T. Stewarts in France, and there aro no quarters in Pan's com parable to tho back 6lunis of Jscw York, or tho noisonio lanes of tht New Cut and Seven Dials in London. Socially they conio nearer to equal ity hero than you do, probably, in tho freo States of America; an j no doubt they owe this, in somo meas ure, to the absence of regular refu gees aud homes for tho poor. But thero aro moments when system, logic, rulo and measure arc insults to reason; when want, gaunt and hollow eyed, will break from its covert, and cry aloud upon the housetops for pitiful sympathy. Such has been the caso this last week in Paris. It has snowed, with hardly a day's interruption, all tho week. Tho roads are choked up, and rendered hardly safe for man or beast, by a foot and a half of frozen snow. Tho gutters aro so many murderous traps tor careless travel ers. Tho night air is laden with consumption and death. Ono hour in tho streets soaks your foot and chills your body. It looks so fair and pure, this white sheet spread over tho whole faco of tho great city; and it is as cruel as tho grave, lleavcn help tho poor of Paris in such woatherl Tho French havo littlo idea of comfort at ull times. In their homo arrangements they are criminally unthoughlful. To look at the stono floors, tho draughty windows, tho fireless rooms, tho filthy drainage arrangements, in separable from tho dwellings of the French poor, you would think that tho landlords hero wero heartless, aud worse than heartless. Nor would you bo far wrong. It is well enough or bearable enough in the summer, aud even in an average winter, when peoplo can get out and about; but seasons liko that of 1S70, and this of 1870, upset all calcula tions. You must havo warmth, or you cannot work. You must work, or you havo no nionej', and you starve, or fall an easy prey to fever und consumption. Private charity can do, and does, wonders; but it is powerless against such general mis cry as that with which Paris is filled at present. Fancy this: Ono hundred and forty nine thousand people, roughly speaking, aro at present registered on tho books of tho Bu reaux do Bienfaisance, or Kclief Offices. Seven thousand live bun drcd applicants are praying for ud mission to tho city hospitals, which aro crowded and overcrowded al ready! Think, too, of all those wheso prido and sensitiveness will not let them make their wretchedness known; of thoso who prefer to fight on alone, to sutler stoically and to die, rather than be beholden for their salvation to public charity. Paris Curr. Chicago Tribune. The truthful Cincinnati Gazette feels called upon to remark: "Cincinnati has the reputation of beii.g the worst place, morally, in the United States. It is a claim that we can not conscientiously dispute. Tho Trince of Wales recently offered to a small town in Belgium 00,000 for a painting by Van Dyck. The Belgian Government has heard of the offer and is trying to buy tho pictnro for the State Museum. One of the rules of a German New Orleans fair is that visitors may lie al lowed to spend their money or not, as please. This is a great improvement on fairs where a visitor is knocked down and robbed as soon as be enters the door. Don Diego Colomb, who is a gentle man of the lxwlchambr of King Alphon so, has a still finer distintion; he is a collateral descendent of Christopher Columbns. Don Diego is not the only living repreientative of hia fainilr, fir there are still Don Ferdinand Colomb, the Deputy of Horto Rico, and Christo pher Colomb de la Cerda, the Marquis of Jamaica. Myslerloui Orders of Oriental Countries.) Our attention las bceu callod l.U- ly, by an articlo in tho Japan Mail, ., ., .. to tho cxistenco ot an organization in Japan called tho Komoso Society, similar to tho C'hineso institutions, This is a semi-monastical association, not unlike the order of Templars, Its cxistenco was forniorly recog nized by the Government in tho ear- ly pari oi uie sevciueeiiui century, und certain lands wore granted to- it by tho Tokugawa dynasty of Sho - guna. Tho society was tilled from tho ranks of the Samurai class alone, ,, , i i i i- 1 horo seems good ground for bchov- ing that it was a refuge for men who had accidentally taken lifo, or com- mittod somo breach of tho punctili ous laws of honor, or wounded a fol. low-clansman by misadventure. Manj' whose histories resemble that of the Hermit of Fngoddi in Scott's "Talisman," doubtless found refuge and oblivion by assuming the whito robo of the Komoso. Js'ono were ad mitted into the ranks of the brother hood who had been guilty of tho meaner crimes. The chief was in vested with a priestly character, and usually resided at tho chief temple in tho province of Owuri, He had fiowcr of lifo and death over his lei ows, and was so far independent of tho Government that ho could put any of tho brethren to death, pro vided he formally reported to tho authorities that bo had punished an offender against tho laws of Komoso, according to its recognized rules. Ho was not required to specify the offense for which exemplary punish ment had been inflicted on the erring brother. The society has never, it seems, been a largo one, ns, after a man had availed himself of the priv ileges of tho asylum which the fra ternity afforded, bo only retired to his own province, using tho Komoso as a sanctuary to protect him until tho trouble tor which ho had sought its shelter was fairly blown over. Various stories are told of romantic incident occurring in connection with the guild. Tho dramatist had not failed to supply tbo machinery of tho secret order, and an effective scene in tho great tragedy which is founded on tho story of the "Forty bcvcii Ivonin " introduces tho avenger dressed in tho whito robes of a Ko moso. Men havo been known to join tho society with a view to carry out in safety plans of revengo on the murderor of a relativo, and have found tho murderer taking refugo in tho same tempio in the dress of tho brotluriiood. Tho tragic climax of such a situation is reached when tho avenger carries out the vendetta by killing tho man ho sought, in spito of all oaths and bonds of union! Tho peculiar garb selected by tho Komo ho reminds ono of the old Jewish Ksscncs, but with this tho resem blance between tho two societies ceases. Tho Japanese mystics woro a peculiar hat and carried a flute, and wero known to each other by certain notes on tho lattor, as Free masons aro known by words and grips of tho hand. Of tho ritual very little is known, tiustuv Schlegel has given us 6omo curious particulars of the forms and ceremonies, tho ques tions und answers' used in tho Triad Societies of China, but us far as wo know, no investigator of tho history und objects of tho secret orders has revealed tho mysteries of tho Jupan cso Komoso. We have spoken of tho society in tho past tense, but it may exist even now, aud havo a future of activity in store. Tho votaries of the order took part in tho civil war ot 18(18, and they may re-appear if any revolutionary movement should arise. North China Herald. Ax Attic Widow. Perhaps the read ers may have noticed, iu tho vicinity of Ninth street and Broadway, New York, an attenuated, shabbily-clad figure of a woman just past tbo middle ago. Tho notieeabJo feature of the faco is consti tuted by a pair of abnormally large and liquid eyes, but tho whole contour is re murkably delicate and spiritual. Sho will pause and bilk for minutes at a timo to a vaso of flowers or a plat of green grass. By birth this lonely woman bo longs to ono of the oldest aud most dis tinguished families, and by marriage, which did not turn out exactly well, sbe is allied to ono of the most distinguished titled families in Burke's "Peerage." This woman a bello in her day can give more recollections of New York society thirty years ago, with accurate photographs of its principle figures.than possibly any other ouo now living. Ilcseued from tbo Hudson river at Corn wall one sninmer's day by a handsomo young Englishman of fortune, sho ac cepted his offer of marriage in a gush of gratitude without settlements or prelimi naries, lieing herse'f one of the heirs of one of the princeliest fortunes of that time. Tho young Englishman lost his fortune in rash speculation; hers was consumed in litigation and compromises before it could be disentangled from tho interest of relatives. After migrating for fifteen years from one garret to an other in this city, the husband inherited a small property by tho death of a rela tive in England, and had time to settle the income thereof upon his wife before want and worry finished their work. He died of heart disease within six weeks after notice of bis good fortune was re eeived. But the habit of flitting from ((arret to garret was too strong to he 1 1 . 1 I .1 - 1.,.. Overcome, I1U mo wmow, lauiru iui uci eccentricity, adheres to the old mode f life after the necessity for it bos passed. Boston Courier. Commodore Vanderbilt once visited a piritual medium, who commenced busi ness by aaying, "Your first wife wisbei to communicate with yoa." "Perhapa so," said the Commodore abruptly, that is not what I came here for.' but Where England Fouml Her Vegetables. When Quoau Cut'mrine, on ono occa- iou, expressed a wish for .ld. it said that there were no materials m hug- knd of which to im.ke it. According to Northwick, this was in lurtl. 1 so, it niust havo been within a few mouths of tho royal marriage, and the young King, to gratify tho wish of lus bride, forth with sent over t Holland for gardeners to come aud cultivate what was requisite for the purpose. Our native stock, as in , the ease of fruit, appears to have invn remarkably scanty, and, such as they ' wre, have been for the inot part nit o- 4'l'tlu'r l'erseded by foreign imports i Uom: 'T'0' fr ;tft " species of cabbage still found here and j & lu(,md gl.owmg wilJ. lmt of ttm ls7 distinct samples mentioned in the Komtl Horticultural NoWWv' Jnnninl for last July us having been under culture and examination at Chiswick, probably no ono would own to unv relationship with tho scrubby littlo indigenous eahbago or colewort. Thero is a species of carrot, again, indigeuous to this country, and it would seeni, indeed, to almost every other country where a light soil is found. In its wild state, however, it is scarcely edi ble, being stroug and unpleasant in flavor, and dry and tough iu substance. It bus been said that the wed of tho wild carrot, sown for two or throo years iu rich as well as light soil, will yield ex cellent roots. Thoso who have tried this experiment, however emphatically deny the truth of this, and it is probable that all our present varieties came from abroad. Somo havo maintained Unit the cultivated carrot came originally from Flanders, nud that it was first grown ut Sandwich, in Kent, in tho time of Eliza beth, Gerard calls tho plant tbecandia. Very much the same history may bo given of tbo parsnip. This, ulso, is in digenous, but iu its wild stale is worth less, and our present edible sorts are from "over the sea." ; Nobody knows precisely where the potato came from originally. It has been tonnd apparently indigenous in many parts of the world. Mr. Darwin, for instance, found it in tho Chonos Archipelago. Sir W. J. Hooker says that it is conimou at Valparaiso, where it grows abundantly ou tbo sandy hills near the sea. In Peru and other parts of South America it uppeurs to bo at homo, and it is a noteworthy fact that Mr. Darwin should have noted it both in tho humid forests of tho Chonos Archipelago and among the central Chilean mountains, where sometimes rain docs not fall for six mouths at a stretch. It was to tho colonists wliom Sir Walter Baleigh sent out, iu Eliza beth's reign, that we are indebted for our potatoes. Herriot, who went out with these colonists, ami who wrolo au ac count of his travels, makes what may, perhaps, be regarded as tho earliest mention of this vegetable. Under tho heading of "Koots," ho mentions what ho calls tho "openawk." "Those roots," ho says, "aro round, some largo as a walnut, others much larger; they grow on damp soils, many bunging together, ns if fixed on roiiesj they are good for food, either boiled or rousted." At the becinniiiK of the seventeenth century, Phillips says this root was planted, as n curious exotic, in the gardens of tho no bility, but it was long cro it camo into general uso. Many . hold them to bo poisonous, mid it would seem not alto gether unreasonably so, either. Tho potato is closely related to tho deadly nightshade and tho mandrake, and from its stems and leaves may bo extracted a very powerful narcotic. In Burgundy tho adoption of tho potato for food was for a timo forbidden by law, being deemed "a poisonous and mischievous root." In England prejudice against it was for a long timo very strong, more especially among tbo poor. It was be lieved to occasion dysentery and leprosy. Bhubarb was obtained directly from China. Modern Europe fiivt became ac quainted with it in 1535. Our garden iieus aro said t j havo come to us from 'ranee, and were first known as "Ful hnm pease, because tho grounds about London, neero Fiilbam, doo bring them soonest." The introduction was proba bly in the reign of Henry VIII., whoso honeymoon indulgence of bis brido's do biro for salmis seems to buvo exerted a wonderful inlluenco on English horti culture. In the reign of Elizabeth, how ever, they were still not grown to any great extent, though they seem to have been imported from Holland. Fuller says "they wore dainties for ladies, they camo so far and cost so dear." Gerard says that thero is one kind of pea indi genous to England. Beans wo appear to have imported from Morocco, and tho authority last quoted says there is no differenco between the garden bean and tbo field bean, except such as is to bo at tributed to cultivation and good soil. The kidney bean is not a native of Eng land. This, we aro assured, was first in troduced into tho country from the Netherlands in 1509 another importa tion, therefore, in all probability due to Henry's horticultural enthusiasm at tho time when ho was a doting young spouso. It is a curious fact that the early intro duction of tbo scarlet-runner seems to have met with no littlo prejudiced oppo sition from an idea that tho color of tho flowers was due to blood. iAjndun "How far is it to Butler if I keep straight on?" "Wall, if you're a goin' to keep straight on, it's about tweuty-five thousand miles, but n you turn round t other way its about half a mile! Lady "Why did you leave your last place?" Servant "Well, yer seo, mum, I had to pay for all my breakages, and as they came to more than iny wages, yer see, mum, it was a Kind oi lmpogissiou that I couldn t stand. The Abbe Prince von Salm Kyrbourg, who was absurdly, tragically deformed, was one day crossing the royal ante room at Versailles, where a number of nobles were warming themselves, when observed. "Ah. there Ajwv at court. "That's a flattering comparison for me." said the abbe. VLKop, you will remem ber, made the beasts speak." An old Scotch lady was told that her minister used notes, but would not be lieve it. Said one. "Gong into the gal lery and see." She did so, and saw the written sermon. After the luckless preiicber had concluded Lis reading on the last page, he said, "But I will not enlarge. The old woman called out from her lofty position, "Ye canna, ya canna, for your paper give ont. SHORT STOPS. i Aut mm hues Cutting firewood. After tho break of day the hours are told by timo pieces. "What do you do when you havo a cold?" "Cough," was the soutentious reply. A young lady is not like a treo. Yon cannot estim it- lier a ,-e by counting her rings. Itod is considered warm color, and yet in the cold uioniiiU; d roses aieapt to bo cold. The Mian who tries to b"n hi r'vn time iu a I'.ito may gut ahead of bis fect by falling down. A turkey never finds fault with biH dressiiig. It is thyme this was said fur tho bird. An Irishman says he can seo no eurtbly reason why women should bo allowed to become medical men. An orator exKcts fair sailing when lie has before him a sea of upturned faces. The fashion of ladies' waistcoats is supposed to have originated iu Gal-yest-on. When a fellow rushes from the hoiino into tho street iu a towering passion it' an out-rago. Lots o' Yolo studeuts are color blind, and a red-headed girl stands a fair show in New Haven. Wo mount to heuven mostly on tho ruins of our cherished schemes, llnding our failures wero successes. Alcott. Drunkenness places man as much bo low tho level of tho brutes as reason elevates him above them. Sir. G. Sin clair. Tailor (to stout customer) "Have tho kindness to put your finger on this bit of tape, sir just here! I'll be round in a minute!" "Why, Bridget! didn't tho full injuro you?" Bridge "Sure, mum, the fall didn't hurt me, but I kind u' jarred me self, mum, when I lit." "How nicely this corn po. s," mini a yyiing man who was sitting with his sweetheart before the fire. "Yes," she responded, demurely, "it's got over be ing green." Paruell, tho Irish agitator, pronounces his namo with the accent on tho first syllable. Ho wants to keep at Par, and not sound bis own noil. Of all tbo possessions of this lifo, fame is the noblest; when tho body has sunk into tho dust, tbo great mime still lives. -Schiller. Wo sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dross drains ou1' cellar dry, and keeps our larder loan. Cowpcr. . , . , , To bo porfectly just is an attribute of our divino nature; to bo so to tho utmost of our abilities is tho glory of man. -Addison. .'t . Take the good with tho evil, for yo all aro tho pensioners of God, und nono may cbooHo or refuso tho cup his wisdom mixetli Tupper. . ; j , Ho that hicks time to mourn, lucks time to mend; Eternity mourns that. "lis an ill cure For life's worst ills, to have no time to feel them. H. Taylor. That life is long which answors life's ' great end; the tree that boars no fruit des rves no namo; tho man of wisdom is tho man of years. Young. Dependence is a perpotual call npou humanity, and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity than any otbor mo tive whatsoovor.f Addison. Ho who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is sot; on tho contrary, ho who imitates what is good always falls short. IGuicciar dini. " Faith builds a bridge across tho gulf of death, to break tho shock blind Nature cannot shun, and lands thought smoothly on the further shore. Young. ... .., When a man at Anderson, Ind.,--was informed that he had fallen hoir to an es tate valued at 8 1,050,000, ho bought his wifo fivo dozen clothes-pins to celebrate tbo event. Sho has been wanting thum for ton years. . A Chicago man has moro trouble in finding bondsmen when tho sum is 1000 than w hen it is over a million. ' They might havo to whack up on a small bond if he becumo a defaulter. " Tho Turkish Sultan's dinner partW are said to bo rather joyless affairs. The food is either cold or lll-cookod, and the few Turkish nobles who aro admitted to the banquet sit in utter silonco save when tho Sultan addresses them. . Young lady to recently married friend : "Is ho all you hoped for?" "Why, of course." "Fine fellow, genteel?" "More that that; elegant. He talks liko a book." "Well, when you come to volumo second, send him to mo." Tho return of curls is announood by French authorities in hair-drossirtg, and also tbo adoption of a sort of round crown of flowers made of small . daisies and silver lilies of the valley and placed behind the head and very low down. A Mrs. Duller, a fashionablo lody of London society, went to the Carlton, her husband's club, asked for his letters, opened them, and sued for a divorce. From the time of Eve ladies have made themselves miserable by gratifying their curiosity. , Itoman gossip says that the retreat of Queen Murgherita to the balmy shore of Bordighiora had its original cauo in domestic difficulties that seem to point to the fact that the present King is in more than one respect the trne bos of his father. . , Now let the sweet young things, who yearn to have strings of pearls about their whito necks eat raw oystora and cough. Itecently a young woman in West Baltimore, after suffering from tevere pain in the region of the heart, coughed violently and releavnl from her left lung an oyster pearl as big as a pea. An incident at Her Majesty'a 'one night. Opera. Don Giovanni "Viol loncellist (to conversational old gen tleman in thef'ont row of tho stalls): "Why don't you talk les and pay more attention to the music?" ' Conversational old gent; "If yon played a littl better I should not talk so much." Collapse of 1 violloncellist. '