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BLTTZK LUCK AHOTHKR tMAB. On, nr tlok Dik ToUr. frnwm. Hut tiifibttaliiiitOTioinm; A aar flrlj-fe fcr 6aw a rB ' .ulr alcra to Ukm w&o fear lltt'a-allrr lorn inrtMf Jr" . Aaotbtr yaarl In. ttlr la-k toolbar Tr! We'll bav kraml iatltid of tatt A UietiMod f mtlM for rrrry lf, Will frto mad a glad aod goodly abacr, Aod r Mr lac aootoer year ;,,.., Aoutoar jraal Th aamtal Vonao (till deaU Tb p tbat ytu oeilg bta ber ear; Tl bui tiur man bood ibat aba ine Mb' coy u im iliwM ud fear BBt'il fant ID - aall aco-Utr for! Aixilber Jtf! tl r.'aTJttiar luck anwhar jrar!" , M.r tow oer.te inafo'den . r -: Hat p)ta of Mrra and frw tudinwr, fca brio, aod wa vlil wlu ai.il rr. Wlrii b me made f!d attd rI. e-crr. Id Ul.rf jars y-mi; TAKtfG LtOACDKBS. "It a a scandal," tLe neighbor aoU, 'that Miw Delia should be obliged to take lioarder, after all she Lvl been through: and heaven know boarders didn't help a body to work cat lurwil vation. And so much money in the familr. too. takinor it br small and larvc Waa Ler uncle Lben, over at Dover, well to-do, and not a chick of Lift own to care for, exec-fit the boy La had adopted, who wan no credit to Iiim.7 It waa odd, now, that a man with jioor relation should take to a atranger, when hi own flesh mod blood wan needy; but sometimes it did dec in as if folk had morn feeling for other than for their own kith and kin Then thero were cousin in the city fore handed and fashionable, who were never worth a pin to Delia; and there a tier great node John s widow a-lar&ing on the continent, a gaiobbng at Paden Pa- den and trying the water of every nun eral spring in tLe three kingdom, l .r no (Urease under the snn bat old ae. She'd been known to any that her own folks wcro too rich already, and probably the would endow aorne hospital with her property." Plainly wealthy relatives wore of uo value lo Muut Delia. To bo tare, she bad never seen her great aunt since aim waa a child, when her uncle John had brought her into their simplo life for a month a visit with her r rencli maid and dresses, her jewels and fallals, which won tho heart of tier little numo auko. Since then Uncle Johns widow had become sort of gilded creatnro, Iways yu'iu(( and Iwutinl; for, tliough Delia hud received littie gifta from timo to time serosa the seu for the liut lilteen year 4. she liad neither aeen nor heurd Anything of the being who had inspired her youthful imagination, and wan fitiito uncertain it such a fx-raon aa Jlot. Johu Kogerson wa.4 in the land of tbo liviug. Dead or ulive alio Hccmed to have m.wlu no material difference in Delia' hum drum life. After having minted her fa ther through a long illneHs, Delia found thut he had left a heavy mortgage on the homestead, ar.d her mother and hemdf on the nigh rond to the fioor-hou;, tin loaa they should bestir themaelvea. As her mother wua already bedridden, the stirring naturally fell upon Delia, und ha advertiaed for summer boarders: CIOOU B()lt( I.i THK roi.vrHY, BT ST I'm rlvrlila, l aovca Uuilax a wiall, l.aigc itiainlxra, luniul iiaiif, Hn mn, IwfriRi aii'l naw mi;k Oiia in if Ir.itn lb acalluu. Adilrrat hf.lA KiHiKI'.MON, Cruf tliomuu, Malna. "Cheap enough!" commented an elderly laily who happened upon it. "Delia Ilogeraon. An old inuid, I ai-p-f toite, obliged to l'xik out for hur.ielf. I've A good mind to try her broad pia.jw and new milk. If I don't like them there'll bo no harm dono." And so Delia's first boarder arrived ah old ladv, wttli a fale front of hair. brown, wrinkled akin, faded eye, black Alupaca gon and a hair trunk. Deliu rnado her as welcomu as if she had been a Duchcxs; lighted A wool fire in Mrs Clement room, as thn night was dainii and brought out her daintiest enp and Muuccr, wiiu uie fadeless old rones wreathing tlicui. "Wonderfully kind," reiiecU'tl .Mrs. Clement, as she com lied out her wiMi of grav hair and confided the fulau front to box. "Wonderful kiuliMs for seven dollars a week! Hhe'u new to the trade. Hliu'll know better. Human imttiro diM'Sii't chango with lati tudes, hho 11 find it dochii 1 pay to con ft.. .1 . ... Minor inu comiori 01 a peverty stneKeti old creature." Hut in spite of her worldly wiadom, Mrs. Clement was forced to confess that Delia hud begun us hIio mount to hold out, though other board ors came to demand her attention, to multiply cares. 1 lie fret uud inr of cou Hinting teiiiMiimeiitH under her rmd was a new oxiierii uee to I)elu. When Mia (ireaouiocotiiluiiied of the mompiiUics, wiiu an air as 11 Alias iiogurson eru r niHinaiblo for their now creation; of the flies, as if tlu'y wure new ncuikiut.Mii'c; 01 want 111 apiH'tiU). its tliou-li Delia hud Agreed to supply it, along with berries Ami now milk; of tliu weather, us if hIio Iiail filedged herself there alioiild be no auddea ehungus to annoy her bourdeis; of tlio slmliby lioiiHo and its antitiuatetl furniture, "too old for comfort, ami not old enough for fashion" then Delia doubted if taking boarders wua her miHsion. "What lmikes you keep us, my dear?'' asked Mm. Clement, after a day when everything and everybody had deemed to go wrong. "Why didn't you over murry? You hud a lover, I dare say? "Yes, a long timo ago." "Tell 1110 about him it?" "I here hu t much to tell. He nked nio to nmirv him. He wus going to Auatraliu. I couldn t leave father ami mother, you know (they wore both foeble) and ho couldu t stay here. That was all. "And you you " "Now all men lieaides are to aio like ahudowa." "And you have never heard of him auice." "Yea. He wrote, but where was the iiso? It oonld never come to anything. It waa U tter for him to forget me and marry. I wa a mill-stone about his nook. I didn't answor his laat letter." "And, iipoHiiifr he should return some day, would you marry him?" "I daro say," laughed Delia geutly, as if the idea were familiar, "let the neighbor laugh ever so windy. I've thought of it sometime sitting alouo, when the world was barren and common place. One must hare a recreation of ome kind, yoa know. Everybody requires a little romance, a little poetry, lo flavor every-day thinking and doing. I'm afraid you'll think me a ailly old maid, Mrs. Clement." j ".No. The heart never grow olJ. The I ikin shrivel, tbe color depart, the eye lae, 1 ue leaiarea grow piDcnea: dui soul is heir of eternal youth is as beautilnl at four-score aa at sweet and twenty.' Time make amends for the ravages of the body by developing the spirit. You didn't tell me your lover' name, remap too a ratiier not. "ilia name wa Stephen Langdon Sometime Captain Sermon r run against him in Melbourne, and bring me word bow he look and what he 1 doing, though I never, never ask, and Stephen never ask for me, that l can near. Delia 1 summer boarder were not a success, to be snre. xi tney took no moner out of her pocket, tbey put none m. bue was ouugeu to eita out iter snpriort with copying for Lawyer Dun more and embiouiering for Mrs. Judge Dorr. One by one her boarders dropped away like the autumn leaves; all but old Mrs. Clement. "I believe 111 stay on " she said. I m getting too old to move often. Perhaps you take winter boarder at reduced rate. Lh? "Do you think my term high?" "By no means. But when one' purse is low "Yes, I know. Do stay at yonr own price. I can t spare you. one bad grown such a fondness for the old lady that to refuse her at her own terms would have seemed like turning her own mother out of doors; besides, one mouth more would not signify. But she found it hard to .make both ends meet, and often went hnngrv to bed that her mother and Mrs. Clement might enjoy enough without there appearing to be juht A pattern. At Clirurtmas, now ever, came a ray of sunshine for Delia in the shape of a hundred-dollar bill from an unknown friend. "It can't be meant for mo," she cried. "It directed to Delia Rogerson, said her mother, "and there' nobody else of that name, now your AnntDelia s dead. e re not sure she s dead, objected Delia Horrors! Don't yoa know whether vonr own aunt s deid or alive.' aked Mrs. Clement, in a shocked tone. "It isn't our fault. She is rich and lives abroad. I was named for her. I nsed to look in the glus and try to be liove I'd inherited her beauty with the name, though she was only our great- uncle s wife She ought to be doing something for yoa flow can she, if she s dead.' 1 don t blame her, anyway. Her money is her own to use according to her pleasure. Uncle Johu modo it himself and left it to her." "But if sho should come back to you, having rnn through with it, you'd divide your last crust with her, 1 11 be bound 1 suppose X should, said Delia. The winter wore away, as winters will, und tlio miracles of spring began in fields and wayside, and Delias boarders re turned with the June roses and dropped again away with the falling leaves, and still Mrs. Clement staid on and on. Jnst now shu hud been for some weeks in ar rears w ith her reduced board. No money had been forthcoming for some time, and she was growing more feeble daily, needed the luxuries of an invalid and tlio Attentions of a nurse, both of whicl Delia bestowed npon hor, without thought for tho morrow. I must hear from my mitn-of-busincss to-morrow, Delia. I'm kneo-deep in debt to you," she began, one night. "Don't mention it?" cried Deliu. "I'd rather never see u cent of it than have you tako it to hoort. You're welcome to shiy and share pot-lnek with us; you're such company for mother ami 1110. "thank you. my dear. 1 vo grown as fond of you as if you were my own nesh and blood. There, turn down tho light, please. Draw the curtain, dear, and put another stick in tho lire, please. It grows chilly, doesn't it? Y'ou might kiss me, just once, if you wouldn't mind. It's a hundred years or so since any one kiss ed me." Ami the next morning when Delia car ried up Mrs. Clement's breakfast, hor boarder lay cold mid still upon the pil lows. The first shock over, Delia wrote directly to the lawyer of whom sho had heard Mrs. Clement speak as having charge of her alfuirs, liegtnng In 111 to no tify that ludv's relatives, if sho hud any. In reply, Air. Wills wrote; "Tho l ite Mrs. Clement appear to huvo no near relatives. Some distant cousins, who, having aliiinduneo of tins world s goods yet served her shabbily when sho tested thor generosity, m hIio has tried yours, are all thut remain of her family. In the meuiitimo, I enclose you a copy of her last will and testament, to peruse ut your leisure "What interest does ho think I take iu Mrs. Clement' ill," thought Delia; but read nevertheless: "lining of sound mind, this Kith day ol J uno, I, I, Delia Kogersou Chun out, do hereiiv leave ?1W lo cuch of mv cousins; und I Wqneath tho residue of my property, viz., s.hi.WH) invested in the Ingut Mining Company, m,(KH) in United State bonds, $20,0(10 in Fortune l lunncl Mills, und my jewels, to the be loved niece of my first husband, John Kogorsou. Dkua KootiiHo.N, Of Croftsborongh, Maine. For I was a stranger, and yo took mo In; hungry, and yo fed me; sick, und ye ministered unbi me. "Goodness alive!" cried tho neighbors, when tho facta reached tiieir ears. "What a profitable thing it is to tako liourdcral F.voryhodv in town will be trying it. Of course Steve Imgilon will come home and marry her, if alio were I forty old maids. You may stick a pin iu 1 merer Delia did not open her house to boarders tho next season. Sho found enough to do in looking after her mouey and upending it; in replying to letters fro.u indignant people, who seemed to iucreaao idurmiuglv: in receiving old friends, who suddenly found timo to re member Her existence. And, sure enough, among tho rest apcnred Steve l4ingdon, and all the villugo said: "I told you so!" "it s not my fault that yon and 1 are single vet, Delia," he said. "And wo are too old to think of a change now, Steve." "Nonsense! It never too late to mend. I'm not rich, Delia; but I've enough for two and to span." "I wouldn t be contented not to drive in my carriage and have servant nnder me now. laughed I'elia. "Indeod? 1 hen perhaps yon have a belter mateh In w, Captain Seymour asked me, by the way, if I had come to interfere with ho,uira Jone interest." I "Tea ? Sauire Jone nrtmamA i uie last week. ow, aee nere, imhul. Have I come all the war from Melbourne on a fool' errand ? There I wa, growing used to my misery and loneliness, when the mail brings me in a letter in a strange hand, w hich tells me that my deAr love, Delia Kogeraon, love and dream of me still; u fioor and alone, and needs me me! And the letter u (lgned by her aunt, Mrs. Clement, who onght to know. I packed my household good and came ' I m glad yon did. "In order that I may congratulate Squire Jone." "But I haven t accepted him. In fact I've refused him because " "Because rou will marrr vonr old love, like the lass in the song. Delia!" In LroftHborough people are not yet tired of telling how a woman made money by taking boarders. .lAirv .V. Pnncott, in Indfjimdenl. Where Cold wa First California. Discovered in A correspondent of tho Napa Reg utter write irom toioma as follows The village is almost deserted; only 400 or 500 people live on an area once inhabited by thousands of eager miners and adventurers. A lew sub stantial stone building still remain Many of the dwelling houses ocenpy sites which have been washed out repeatedly as piacer diggings and filled in again with soil, and many stand on posts over masses of coarse LTanite, cobble stones or small boulders, n here once were rich gardens and fruitful orchards, there is now complete desolation, rar dif. ferent from tbis was the appearance of the original banta otolma in the rich plain of Catalonia, as seen by me a year ago in Northeastern Spain. The quaint old Spanish town in sight of the snow-clad Pyrenees, had probably seen little change in many centuries except the arrival, within the last hvc years ot the iron horse. But tbe American namesake is not all a scene of desolation. The main street has never been mined, and it is believed that there are fabulous treasures of placer gold concealed in its bed. Thero are stores and hotels which show that there is life still left, while on the streets leading up to the hillsides arc pretty cottages and gardens. Ihc river curved arouod the flat in such a way that a straight race or canal from tho dawabove, extending to tho lower level of tho river below, cut oil a small segment ot tbo flat. The mill stood over the middle part of tho race. One Saturday evening, early in February, 1818, tho newly dug race received its fast influx of water, which wus let on in full lorco in order to sweep out the rubbish accumulated during the building. On tho morning of Sunday tho water was cut off, and when the channel was dry, a little boy, tho son of one ot Marshall s workmen, descried in the race below tho mill, tho shining piece oi gold, about us largo its the tirst joint of the forefinger of a man's hand, which revealed to tbo world untold treasures of California, und began the modern era in the search of tho noblest metals, The name of tho boy was John Wimmor. 1 ho historic piece ot gold which ho found was brought not long after its discovery to Napa Valley by his lather, r. L. nimincr, or rather, per haps, by bis wile, who was took lor Marshall, and his hands at tbe mill, to whom, according to my inform ant, it was given. Thoy lived as late ns IHGH on or near tho liculc Haniuo, belou St. Helena, in Napa alloy, and afterwards removed to Cambria, near St. Luis Obispo, where they still live, lhcv are sid to have re fused an oiler of $2000 from tho Cal- foi niu Society of Pioneers for their precioiM bit of gold. Collecting bis Fare Again. lesterduy afternoon a stranger was going down Third street, moving in zig zag hues as if ho had a contract from Lngineer Scowden for taking tho dimen sions of tho sidewalk. It was not the length of tho street, but tho width thut bothered bun so much. In ono hand ho carried a hut-box and umbrella, and in the other a grip sack, w hile under each arm were stiifi'ed several domestic-looking bundles. Ho was ovidontly making lor the boat. On reaching tlio wharf ho steniied aboard and proceeded immediately to tlio cabin. Tumbling into a chair, with his baggugo scattered around his feet, ho was oblivious to all that was passing. and remained so till ho was aroused by the enptuin, who shook him iersistentlv and veiled the word "ticket." Our stranger indicated thut he had no ticket. "rure, then, demanded tho enptain. "How muzh?" Ho was told, and he handed his loose change to the captain, who took the projier amount, lte was soon snoring again. Half an hour passed and tho captain again made his appearance. 1 are! "How muzh?" The amount as stated before; tho stranger ponied up and again fell asleep. This thing wus gone over four times, and when tho captain for the fifth time aroused the sleeper, he had sobered up a little, and was evidently as mad as a hornet. Looking daggers at the inde fatigable collector, he muttered: "Look a 'ere cau'n. why don't vou col lect all your fare at once? What vou come 'sturbingamsnthisway for? How much to Cincinnati?" Cincinnati!" veiled th can tain. "This here ain't no Cincinnati steamer. This i the ferryboat." The last aen of our traveling friend he wa standing on the wharf with hi baggage in hi hand and a cart load of levee mnd on hi boots. The Gen. Lvtle waa half wav to Cin cinnati. Ijouitrille W oicf Xnrs. me f A splendid lyric which has been ooi versally pronounced one of tie mot fervently patriotic that ever enriched any language or land was composed in Cincinnati on the morning of October 31, 1- A somewhat minor trilling circumstance which cannot be generally known was the cause of ib production at that time. How iU author might have sung later its theme of glory, no mortal can tell. Cyrus Garrett, brother-in-law of Bu chanan Read, with whom the artist and his family sometimes reside on West Eighth street, that morning discovered in llarjir't Weekly a spirited drawing by Thomas Xaet, representing General Philip Henry Sheridan mounted and "tearing madly along the road far ahead of his escort," to join his troops twenty miles away. While at hu breakfast "he did not dream of the horrible rout and disaster hovering that moment over his army," but as he rode out of Winchester the vi brations of the ground, nnder heavy dis charges of artillery in the distance, pave him the first intimation of danger, l ive CedarCreek went on before Sheridan ar rived npon the field. Encountering, as he neared it, some of his retreating sol diers, he swung his cap over his head and shouted: ".race the other wav, boys: face the other way!" As he galloped to the front, nnder his quick commands, the broken ranks were reformed, and for two hours more the tired soldiers, who had eaten nothing since the night previ ous, obeyed the inspiration of his presence, and that wonderful victory followed. The first pictured illustration of that famous ride Mr. Garrett held be fore Mr. Bead's eves. "Look at this, my bov. Isn't there a poem in it? There s a chance for you write one!" The poet's dark eyes centered on the picture. There are moments which time itself never measures. Perhaps with a swell of enthusiasm, a more than poetic inflatus, the blood of a patriot al ready dashing in his veins, "foster and faster, lie thus replied to Jlr. (iarrett: "Ay, but a poem is not to bo written in a minute, nor as easily oh you can order a new coat at Spragne's!" George Oilhlun has declared that the secret of Thomas Campbell's success as a poet was thai of enthusiasm subduod; a requirement for kucccss thai is not often understood, as the critic adds. If in Campbell's case, tho suine must bo true of many personal experiences and ex ploits. Notwithstanding his prompt allusion to the tailor, which, by uuy other theory than subdued enthusiasm, would be unomalous, Mr. Lead was at the moment inspired, and as though Mr. Nast s draw ing hud been a camera reflecting the whole twenty miles of that dashing ride in a moveless mystery of tho poetry or motion. The witty caricaturist probably has never fancied himself to havo beeu tho "medium" of immortal verse which converted the victor's wild olive leaves on Phil. Sheridan's brow to flowers of amaranth Mr. Peed retired and wrote tho poem. Emerging two or threo hours later from his laboratory of thought ho read "Sheridan's Bido" to a delighted family circle. It appears that James E. Murdoch, frequent guest at Mr. Gurratt's house, and Mr. Davis, war correspondent of Harper's, both chanced to bo present, Then to Mrs. Lead was assigned tbe pleasant task of copying tho poem in large text in order thut tho tragedian might readily memorize ;t for that even ing's programme at Pike's opera house, the older structure which a twelvemonth later, liko a fairy fabrio, disappeared in a shower ot burning Hakes ou tho streets of Cincinnati. Leaving Mr. Murdoch vigorously committing tho lines with appropriate gesticulation, Mr. Bead and Mr. Davis suunterod forth to call on va rious friends. To ono of them, as they entered, tho poet with a radiant face, exclaimed, "Well, , I struck off a new poem this morning! It's fresh from tlioovon!" Naturally, from the appreciative confl dant, Rtiituble inquiries and congratuhv tions followed, with a confession of pleased curiosity A grand ovation to Mr. Murdoch, whoso devotion to his country had been evinced by many labors of love, occurred that very evening. The occasion was illuminated with the intellect of Cincin nati's favorites und tho splendor of her fashion. Mayor Lent Harris advanced to the footlights with Mr. Murdoch and road a tasteful introductory address. Mr. Murdoch s response expressed deep gratitude for the honor conferred upon him, und ho opened his recitations with Byron's impassioned lament over Greece, followed it by Bead's poem, "Drifting," thus casting a dreamy and sensuous spell over tno audience, the great tracedian then requested permission to read a poem which on thut morning dawn was un created. Then "Sheridan's Bide." in Mr. Murdoch's grand tones, thrillod the throng of listeners. Iho crowning fea ture of tho evening was tho presentation of a flag to tlio hero of Lookout Moun tain, who, on receiving it, pressed tho margin reverently to his lips, and made a graceful response. Iu considering the nrst meagre reports of the victory of Ce dar Creek, which it is declared was due to the personal presence of General Sheridan alone, w ho by that desperate nue mei mo billows of war in timo to turn them back, wo can accord to T. Biiclinnau Bead's genius tho power of prophetic light. Cincinnati (Jazette. A Qi-elk Little Bkast.-TIio Norwe gian lemming is an animal about the sizo of a mouse. It lives nnder stones in the summer, under snow in the winter. It hisses ami bites. About oneo in ten years tbey immiirrato in larire armies. l'hey march in a straight line. They cross the lakes and rivers. They go straight through hay-staiks rather than go around. Nothing stops them, not hre, cascades nor swamps. If a man stands in the way, thev will jump at him as high aa his knee. If struck, they will turn around and bark and bite like a Jog. Foxes. Ivnxes. owls, hawk and weasel will follow them and destrov large number of them, but it does cot check them. They continue their course until they reach the sea, into which they plunge, as jiersistent and progressive as ever, until the wave drown and exter minate them. I Honda Agricultural. A Iraoio called hiaahoM"nrnftrt;nnn because they had no sole. Shoddy. Franklin, Mas., received its pres ent name in honor of tbe great Dr. Franklin, and that its learned and philosophic godfather, being advised by a frierid to present it with a bell, sent it a gift ol books instead, saying that be knew such a people would prefer sense to sound, are historical facts of such general acceptance as to need no further repetition. But two tacts which are nt so we.i known, and which iviii doubtless Drove equally interesiiui' lo tbe prac tical readers of the Bulletin, are that the first shoddy-picker ever put in operation in tbe I nited States was set up in tbis town in 1843 by Joseph G. Kay, and that the first beet sugar factory in Massachusetts will proba. Uy be erected here during tbe pres ent year. It will doubtless cause some sur prise to many of the thousands now engaged in the great woolen rag and shoddy interest of tbe country to - ! know that when Joseph Lay, Who was then eighteen vears of ajje, set up his first rude picker id L nionville, in tbe tow n of Franklin, be was able to buy Boft woolen rags at twenty dollars a ton, or at about a cent a pound. How great bas been the sab- sequent influence ot the industry thus began, in utilizing and giving value to a hitherto waste material, is apparent at a glance to those who are aware that tbe same class of soft woolen rags commands as bi as twenty-three to twenty-four cents a pound from the shoddy manutac turers of to day. The increased util. ization of shoddies, therefore, besides diminishing tbe cost ol clothing in a large ratio, has enhanced the value of woolen rags by more than 2300 per cent. Tbe State of Massachusetts alone now contains over forty shoddy mills, with upwards of 100 pickers, capable of producing at least 60,000 pounds ot shoddy per day ot ten hours, and not less than 100,000 pounds when runuiug overtime to as great an ex tent as many of them have been ot late. AH of these mills produce shoddies for tho market that is, to be sold to any woolen manufacturers who may be desirous of purchasing them. But there are also numerous woolen mills in this and other States which contain shoddy pickers as a portion of their equipment, and make shoddies only for their own use. Tho maximum capacity of the forty-two or forty-three shoddy mills of Massa chusetts is from 25,000,000 to 30,000,- 000 pounds per annum Tbo manufacture of pickers and other shoddy machinery is itscit an industry ot no mean importance mere is one goou sized shop in franklin which finds about enough to do in making and repairing the machinery of shoddy manufacturers in various parts ot the State, and there are other shops of the same kind in Lowell and elsewhere. A shoddy picker is not an intricato pieco of mechanism, and its cost is soldom above 6230. It contains a cylinder whose surface is covered with sharp steel pins, and when the picker is in operation tho cylinder revolves with great velocity at tho raio oi ouo revolutions or more per minute, llio rags or other material to be sboddied are fed into one end of the picker and are caught between two steel-bound rolls, which hold them in position against tbe teeth of tho revolving cylinder. Tho teeth tear tho rage apart and resolve them into tho original wool aguin, in which lorm they are blown out of the oppo sue enu oi ino picKer and fall upon tho floor ready to be carded and i ... i . i . . i . i . i ouiou up ior maruei una taken into the woolen mill and made into new cloth -Boston Bulletin. Hair as an Index to Temperament. Viewed naturally, tho hair is as' great un liiuex oi temperament and disposition as tho features. Coarso dark hair and skin signify great power of character. Fine dark hair and skin sicnifv strength of character along with purity and good ness. Straight, stiff black ha'ir indicates a coarse, strong, straightforward charac ter. Fiuo dark brown hair signifies the combination of exquisite sensibility with great strength of character. Flat, cling iug, straight hair, a melancholy, bnt ex tremely consmnt character. Coarse red hair indicates powerful passions, totrolh. or with a corresponding strength of char- actor. Auburn hair, with Horid counten ance, denotes the highest order of senti- ments, intensity of feeling and purity of character, with the highest capacity for enjoyment or suffering. Straight, even, smoothe and glossy hair denotes strength, harmony and evenness of char acter, hearty aflections, a clear head and superior talents. Fine, silky, suple hair, is a mum oi uencaie ana sensitive tem perament, and speaks in favor of the mind and character. White hair denotes lymphatic and indolent constitution And we may add thut, besides all these qualities, there are chemical projierties residing in tho coloring matter, which nnuouutediy have some effect upon the disposition. Thus, red-headed people are notonouslv nassionAte V hair is proved by analysis to contain a large amonnt or sulphur, while very black hair is colored with ilmiHit.n carlion. The presence of thes matters in the blood point to qualities of tem perament and feeling which are almost universally associated with them. The very way in which the hair fW i. strongly indicative of the ruling passions and inclinations, and perhaps, a clever jierson could give a shrewd guess at the manner of a man or woman's dirvn;nn by only seeing the back of their hair. A farmer recently inmi.l . ?i . i - 1 . . urn oecau?c uia wue ran him into debt. He foun. however, that he couldn't keep hi head above water any better after he jot A Suburban 51jht Trala la Pari. Tbe midnight train ff0m Paris ta St. Germain, which puffs out of tu St Lazaro station freighted with ra turning suburban residents, is one of the mstitslioos of tbe gay capital Tbe theaters contribute their quota to the passenger list; both comedians and audience, diners-out and ladies in evening costume cunnin.,i. a- sembled under the prosaic ulster journalists, literary men and artists ol every description, meet night after night iu the waiting-room of the sta tion. The society formed nnder such circumstances is naturally an im,. mate ooe; but a stranger in the ouu skiru of the charmed circle is made to feel tho keenest sense or isolation as be listens in gloomy silence to the ceaseless gabble in his vicinitv. He sees nearly all the theatrical celebri. ties ol Paris. The drcamyyed gentleman, with melancholy brow aod beard streaked with silver is tbe old ballet-master of tho circus and the Chatelet and author of the &yt Chateaux du Liable. Berton and Loisselet come from tbe Vaudeville the former restless, with a quick nervous step and a near sighted con traction of the eye-lids, tbe latter calm, with all the imposing dignity of a retired grocer, llyaeintlie of the Palairt Poyal is enveloped in a comfortable paletot; his nose, a verit. able proboscis, protruding into space beyond the friendly shelter of Ida sombrero. Pauline, of the fiery looks is a danseuse of tbe Chatelet, whose admirers have endured for her sakn tbe charge of being engaged in the culture of the glowing carrot! While Antonine of the Odeon extends a foot of Chinese dimensions over the furnace register, and Theresa, the genius of rowdyism, smites compla cently in tho background. An audi- ble summons from the conductor an nounces the moment of departure An instant of confusion ensues, the scats in the carriages arc promptly filled, tho engine gives a picrcin" shriek, and tho "12:33" slowly glides out of the station. Uses of Paper. A complete list of articles made of paper would be a very curious one, and almost every day it becomes more so. Among other things exhibited last year at the Periin Exhibition were paper buckets, "bronzes," nrns, asphalt roof ing, water cans, carpets, shirts, whole suits of clothes, jewelry, materials for garden walks, window curtains, lanterns and pocket-.iandkerchiefs. The most striking of the many objects exhibited in this material was perhaps a fire-stove, with a cheerful fire burning in it. We have from time to time noted the an nouncements of newly-invented railway carriages and carriage wheels, chimney pots, tlour barrels, cottage walls, rooffing tiles, bricks and dies for stampinj, all made of paper. A material capable of so many uses, so very diversified m character, is obviously destined to play a very important fact in our manufactur ing future. Articles of this kind, which have jnst now perhaps the greatest interest, and which are among the latest novelties in this way, are paper blankets." Attention has frequently oeen called to the value of ordinarv sheets of paper as a substitute for bed clothes, or, at least, as an addition to bod-clothes. The idea seems to have suggested the fabrication of "blankets" from this cheap material, and if all that is said of thera is true, they ought to be extensively used. For the extremely indigent they should bo a great boom, and it is in their favor, perhaps, that they can not, of course, be so durable as ordinary woolen or cotton goods. The bedding of many of tho poor can not hut be productive of much sickness and dis ease, and a very cheap material that will only last a comparatively short time must bo better than durable articles that are rarely or never washed. The value of an introduction of this kind for chari itablo purposes, just at the commence ment of what may possibly prove an other long winter, may bo considered to take these new blankets rather out of the ordinary list of goods on tho market, and to justify a special preference to them. London Globe. A Cure for Astoma. Professor Ger main See has recently read a paper be fore the Paris Academy of Medicine, in which he expresses himself very enthu siastically concerning the efficacy of iodide of potassium and iodide of ethylo in the treatment of asthma. He dissolves ten grammes of iodide of potassium in two hundred of wino or water, and gives before each meal twice a day, a dessert spoonful (eight or nine grammes), so that the patient takes daily sixteen or eighteen grammes of the solution, or 1.8 grammes of the iodide. After some days, this quantity is gradually doubled. The same doses may be taken in syrnp of orango peel. If the patient becomes dis gusted with the taste ho may tako the iodido in wafers. There is no definite time for the duration of tho treatment, but generally at the end of two or three weeks, when the attacks are mitigated or abolished, the dose may be diminished to a gramme and a half per diem. From time to time the treatment may be inter rupted for a day, but a longer interrup tion may be followed by a relapse. In one case, a patient, who had been cured for a year, having given up the iodide for fonr davs. was nirain attacked. An? accompanying cough may be relieved by the addition of a little extract of opium or syrup of poppies; while, when there is not much cough or catarrh, two or three grammes of chloral given in the evening assist in diminishing w pysyncea; the general result is thataenre takes place in almost all cases, even when the patients are placed amid atmospheric conditions that are habitually injurious. A fond mother wants to learn some way to tell her how her son will turn out. That' easily told. U hfc'a wanted to go out and weed the garden, ne li turn slowly and reluctantly, and be two hour dressing. If he's called to see a circus procession go by, he li turn quick, and probably hurt himself trying to come down stairs and put on a oooi a. the same time.