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A CHEIIIHUED K07IOX. So jou know I cbarlshut lb notion, Wra I rt h m I'd Ilk" l With mf own llltla r'bl o tha onto, And cotlaaa aoiiwwhrra ij tha sua, Villi 4 brown "ton froul Id lb cltjr, And cultiirnt frlrndi la tha Hub, And lb chairman ot aonia couiiulttM, Jo t thoroughly nlgb-tousd cluuj Do iron know I'm a notion, my daisy, If tttl blissful eondlliun wera nilua, That, somehow, I shouldn't go eraxjr Ovsr atijr old vlntaKs of wlua, Kor collet aartlmnwara from tha potters, Nor uraamna to w-t tin world rliibt, Kor iop wbola stable of trttrs, Nor grsnpla tbn "tlgr" t night; Nor marry, M some do, in helrtsi for beauty or fama or blood, Kor follow the cruwd to Psrls (If New York were swept of its mud). Ho, nous of these thluifs would answer My dream of Mrthljr bliss, For I bold, mjr little enlraumir, To i fancy eoiuew bit Ilk tul : Tint with nil th wraith of Oolconda I nrr could hope to bur, Though over tb world I should wander, On glance from lorellt ere; for love I a subtle treasure. Which ran not be bought or eold Which comee at IU own itwt pleasure, And It held by no cbtlui o( gold. I conld buy, with my fancied rkbes, All groaaer or tangible things; Tb rulgar display whluh bewltchee Th rabble, who fool not Hastings; I could buy, on my gold relying, All prwlinta of lauor and art But where I th mark! for buying A true and loving usartt And tbla Is th notion I cherish : ' However rich I may be, If lov wer to wither and perish I ibould die In my porerty, And though to bav millions wer pleasant, If having them parted us two. Then I'd chooa to b but a peasant A peuant with lov and yuul ESTHER TILE. BY J. WILL. GRAHAM. From the Portland Telegram, Esther Volo was but a little more than obild in years, but a woman's soui looked out from her clear gray eye?., and every line of bor proud, sweet face ex- Jiressod character and refinement; her orohead was broad and low, and was shaded by a mass of golden hair; her comploxion was "delicately fair;" her form was lithe and slondor; ber step was like thrit of a young queen, and the proud lift of bur bond and bor graceful movemonts groatly enhanced ber beauty. ller homo was in the little villugo of Frinooton, on the banks of the bacra niento river; but beautiful as was the scenery oround bor cottage home, the place had grown distastof ul to her. Uer father had diod in ber infancy, and ber mother had soon after married again this time making an unfortnnato con nection, Mr. AViiitersboingossolnsh and obstinate as Mr. Vale had boon geuerous and affectionate; two children bad re sulted from this marriage, and loft Esthor but small room in ber mother's boart. The girl hod boon carefully edu cated, bowevor, from the money loft by bor father, ber mother deluding that Esthor muHt go for horself at as early an ago as possible, and that teaching would be a very "genteel" occupation. And so, whon Esther Vale was soven toon, the time in which our Btorv opens, she bad finished hor education Lad sur passed in knowlod the toacbors of the Bominary in the neighboring town, and was ready to entor upon the task of sup porting herself. The village of Prince ton boasted of but one school, and that was taught by an old pedagogue who hod Imparted to Esthor the rudiments of her own education, and it would almost have boon doomed sacriligo to displace him, to give phico to a young girl, so there was no situation for Esthor Valo in hor nativo place. One evening in May, Esther put on her little white sun bonnet anJ Btrollod along the Bbore of the rivor, evidently absorbed, in tho discussion of some im portant question. The gray shadows wore softly fulling, the river rollod by with a musical song, and the spring air was laden with tho perfume of tho peach and apnlo blossoms. The trees in the orchard a ntuo way hook noui um nvur, lookod like spootres in the twilight, as was a soouo that aroused all tho doaola if Itnv vnnrifT nnnl. uvu wi mv ry . Sho was suddenly startled by a footfall l,nl,m,l Imr and the IlOXt moment sllO was joined by a young mon, ovidoutly ( fnrninra son. with a frank. boyiHh face n. l.ioh looked evou handsomo in the .lominniniy twilioilfc. "i'vo boon ot your houso, Esther," be ni,l ilriLU'intr lmr hiiml throuch bis arm. "and your mothor said you wore walking along by tho river; so you seo I havo overtaken you. What were you so busy thinking about that you did not hear me ? "I was thinking of my future," replied Esther, in a slow sad tone; "I have matin nn mv mind whut I shall do. You know a crent deal of our family affairs lliohard Verity, living as you do nn verv near us. and boiuff 80 often at our bouse, and will under tand what I am coins to sav. I am in the way here." And hor touo grow pas sionate. "I am one too manv at homo. My stepfathor foels tlmt I am a burden npon lam, and that I take what right fully belongs to John and Lucy. Mothor ( wrnnt nn in lmr otlior children, and loaves me, bor first-born child, to feel lonoly and tlesoloto. 1 am going away, to bo Bono a Ions tiino. Iliobord. I am rrm'niT n Mini Frnnmfti'o!" liar tone grow firm and quiet as she announced nor decision. "Vmi ilnn't know what YOU RrtV Esther," said tho young man, frankly; "what can nave pni sucu an uisnnu iron into your bead? Think of yourself, so young, so innocent, and so beautiful, exposed to all the dangors of a great city 1 Your mothor would not allow you to go; and 1, Esthor, I couldn't lot you go." 1'he young man s voice trembled, and he held the gin s hand nguuy as ue con tinued: "I love you, Esther. Will you bo my wifet" Esther did not replv. Her manner sufficiently expressed ber astonishment and surprise, but she did not find Yoif e to speitk. "Oh, Esther! can it be that you do not lova me T Ever since I first saw you, when yon wore but wee child, I Lave loved yon, and for years I have looked forward to the time when I might call Jou my wife! I can offer you a pleasant ome, and a love that time nor events will not change; don't tell me that in all these years I nave loved in vain." """It may not bo Richard," said Esther silly. "I have always loved you with a sisterly affection. I never thought that yonr lovo for me was other tlion broth erly. We could neither of us bo happy In annli a marriacra." The young man ploaded in vain. For a lona- time fie drew sucn matures oi what her life might be as mistress of the Varna farm anil liia own lovad and hon ored wife, that the poor girl was tempted to aooept the calm and peacef ul life thus offered to her, and trust to time 10 awa lean fanlino-a nf wifnlr love and devotion lint the temptation soon vanished. Iler own trutbiuinoss and nonesiy oi cuarao ter triumphed and sho finally said : , "T An tint Invn von enouch Richard and cannot marry you. Do not ask mo , . . . i i ii again, in pity to yoursou sou me. "Tell me why you you don't love mo, Esther," soid Richard, in a husky voice. "What kind of a man could you love, Esthor?" Esther hesitated a moment before re plying. l,I will tell you," she said at length. tint flinn clit much of these things Richard I but every girl expects at some period oi ner mo to marry, ana, nf inn run fnrma anmfl lilna of the man to whom she is willing to entrust her own happiness. I could not be happy in the .1 m 1ifA a a fnvmnr'a wifa anil UUUI U1UIU V m " " " witnnaa nnlv a rnnnJ nf milkinOT. chum- ing and dairy work from my marriage until my doath. I hove no wish to dis narnirn a farmar's life. Richard, for ther are tho mon who make the nation, they are . m . H il 1 1 the louniiation oi au otuor uumubm. uui T am nnflttail for it. Mv life has been an har.l an full nf hard ronlitios. 80 un- loved and unloving, that I have dreamed too much made niyseii an iuoai worm and lived therein." Ol.J vnn w nil 1,1 Hof aWflT Tfl V trTlfl and honest love for fashionable society, Esther?" exclaimed Vernoy; "You reject me in tho hope of boooming a woman of the world." " You mistake me, Richard. I have nn fnuta fnr faaliinnnhlo ancifetv. But I would marry a man whom I could feel was my superior, whether be be farmer or blacksmith, one who makes his mark in the world, is honored and respected for bis talents and tho use be males of them. The man I marry must have tlm nnnr in makfl inn love him as I can lovo deeply, strongly, with my whole being. 1 want a ronnod nimospuoro around my married life. . My husband mniit linva a miltivittod taste for books and pictures, for I love them and I be lieve in a nmty oi taste uetweea wurnuu poople." Timv luiil linnn walkinar nn and down the rivor bank, while Esthor had told hor lover bow diuorcnt her uioai was from himself, and they now paused while Richard replied: "I understand you, Esther, and do nnt. iilanin von for reiootinor an awkward country boy who has been to full of sports to improve his opportunities oi learning. It is not too late yet, I am nnlr Iwnnlv nnw. and if YOU are not marriod to "some one else before I can claim you, you shall yet be my wifo. Remember, EHthor, I shall claim you yt!" .. " . . i i l L i; .1 1. llo prossod nor to nis noart, iuu ucr passionately, and then with a choking sob be turned and walked away through the gloom. Esthor returned to hor home and went about her usual duties. The1 next day she beard that Riohard Vernoy had gono to collogo. The summer months wore away and worn atimit bv Esthor in fruitless at tempts to procure a situation as teacher, and iu studying. Every day hor stop f.itimr mmla lipr fnnl more ami more that she was a burden to thorn, and her weak, inefficient mother olton anxiously in quired if she had hoard of no situation vaI. tlinf wnll lil ilo. Karlv in September. bowevor, one of the teachers of the seminary, whore Esthor bad been educated, obtained a situation in a 'Frisco school for horsoir, and a position as junior toachor for Esther. The young girl linmodiatoiy enwrea nnn l.i.f ,lntwu nml in t.lin ftctivo lifo to lliiuu "" " - which she now aocustoniod herself, she strove to forgot the past. Rut in the ovouing hours, whon sho was alone in ber own room for tho night, sho would roinnmber with a keen pang, the frank, boyish faoo of Richard Vernoy and the strong enduring lovo bo boro hor, and she wondered how ho suc ceeded iu his collogo lifo. She hod not soen him in ilia summer, as ho pre ferred to speud his vacation in the vicinity of tho collogo and dovoto his time to study, for which ho had sud denly shown great tasto. The years wont on and Esthor Vale bod nioturod into a glorious women. Timo had smiled favorably on ber, and had but inoreasod hor bright beauty and given hor additional graoos. She hod risen from the position of junior toachor to that of principal, and had no lack of suitors, Rut not one among thein all came up to her ideal, And so she gradually relinquished all idea of ever marrying. She bad beard of Richard Vernoy, that he had graduated with tho highost honors from Yale College, and had thereafter watched his onward and upward course with a proud feeling of satisfaction. In the girlish days of long ago, she hod never dreamed that her aieA1 ttrtrif country lover possessed genius ond the gift of eioquonco; but her rojoction of him had roused those dormant qualities and mode a man worthy of the admira tion dealt out to him ou evory band. It was ten years from tho evening of thoir partiug on the banks of the Sacra mento, and Esther Vale, attired as be come her queenly beauty, was soatod in the well lighted parlor of her residence. Hor under teachers and pupils were in thoir own part of the houso, and the mis tress was alone. She hail just been read ing in one of the daily papers a sjioech recently doliverod by the lion. Richard Vernoy, and now she was lookiug into the grate with a thoughtful face. The door bell suddenly rung, and a moment aftrtr a aorrant brouurht to Miss Vale a card bearing tho name of Richard Verney. nlinnk flusliAil and poled as she read the name, and hor voice fal tered as she commanded the servant to ,1mit tlin cnntloman. To conceal her agitation she turned down the gas to a twilight, and awaited his entrance, ine servant speedily ushered the visitor into ha mnm but. to Esther's surprise, a fairy-like being hong to his arm. Esther bad never contemplates toe possibility of ber old lover's marrying, but sow a keen pang shot through har haart aa aha tlioucht ha bad CO 111 S to introduce his wife to ber his first lova. aa th. milt had cleared awaV from hr vision, she taw a tall and hand ' some man regarding bor with a puzzled expression, lilt face was bronzed auu bearded, a graceful mustache and impe rial lent dignity to his massive chin. Ilia form was commanding, and alto gether be was distinguished in appear anoe. Ilia eves were those same truth ful eyes that she so well remembered, their last meeting on the bank of the famed river quickly passed before bor montal vision. "Miss Valo," be said, bowing, Esther bowed. "I have brongbt my ward to you to be educated," be said, all unoonscious that his voice and words sot Esther's heart to throbbing loudly. "She has been sadly noglectcd, and if you will take charge of her, and make as good a scholar as most of your pupils are. you will confor a irrcat favor. Iler name is Minnie Lake Hor fathor was one of my doarcst frionds, and I am . the guardian of his child." It was plain to Esther from his manner that he did not suspect hor identity with the Esther he bad known and loved in the long ago. As soon as she remembered that it was years since her mothor had died and that her step-father bad soon after removed from Princeton, she readily nndorstood the ciuse of his ignorance. She grace fully advanced and received hor new pupil, soon placed her at her ease, learn ed that Mr. Vernoy had been recom mended to bor by tho parents of one of her nunils. and finally led the girl to the apartments sho was to occupy and intro duced her to the group of girls. She then returned to the porlor with a heavy heart, for tho interest manifested by Mr. Vernev in his ward caused ber to think that he was educating hor for his own wife. On entorincr the parlor she fonnd that her truest had turned on the gas and was contemplating the pictures that graced bor walls. He turnod abruptly at hor entrance and regarded ber in silonce. She stood full in the light of the chand alier, her loose curls thrown back from her beautiful face, the color coming and going in her red cheeks, and hor gray eyes lustrous with the excitement his coming bad caused, and as he looked at her he gave a quick gasp, and exclaimed as ho oiienod his arms: ' "Esther!" Esther sprang to his embrace and he rained kisses and tears on her upturned face. "Found at last!" he said; "I have looked for you a long timo, Esther, have you waited for me?" "I am Esther Vale still!" she whis pered. Esther Vale found in hor old lover tho ideal she had once pictured to him, and the following Christmas she closed her school, bade adieu to her attached pupils and became the wife of the Hon. Rich ard Vomer. And in the long, golden years that followed they bad reason to look bock with thankfulness npon the truly fortunate day that again brought them toirother. And their love was none the less because they waited so long for each other. The Jabloohkotr Elaetrio Light. Tho London Metropolitan Hoard of Works has recently renewed a contract for one year for lighting tho Victoria Embankment and Waterloo Ikid''o with the Jablochkoff electric light. Tho Jablochkoff sysloni has boon in successful operation on the Thamos Embnnkmont since tho 13th of Docombor, 1878, when twenty lights wero started botwecn West minister and Waterloo Bridges. Twontv lichts. extending tho work to Rlackftiars Bridge, woro added in May, 1879, and ton more wore put on Watorloo Bridge in October last; ten lights havo also bcon put in tho Vic toria Kail way station. All of the lights on tho embankment havo bcon kept in oporation regularly for six hours each niarhteinco they were first started a fact that is worthy of con- sidcration when it is ooruo in nnna thut the machinory was originally arrangod for twenty lights only, with no thought that tho system was to bo extended, and that the changes rondcrod necossnry by each of tho two extonaiona have had to bo mado without interfering with tho daily ef ficiency of the apparatus. The prico paid by tho Board ot Works was, at first Gd. per light per hour; it was rodncod to 5d. in the first, and 3d. on tho second extension, and has again boon reduced on tho renewal ot the contract to 2J d. per light por hour. Tho Jablochkoff' system of eloctrio lighting is now in use under almost every possiblo condition and in evory variety of establishment in streets, on bridges, in railway sta tions, theaters, circuses, onginooring and industrial works, docks, basins, on board stoam vessels, in hotels and in private residences. Thoy aro. also in use in Burraah, Persia, Portugal and Spain, and are rapidly being in. troduued in nearly all quarters of the globe. Kissing tbs Bidli.A Philadelphia judge recently observed that it was not an uncommon thing in swearing a wit ness, to see him kiss bis own hand in stead of the book. Tossibly that might make the oath a little less binding with some peoplo, but here is another view of it in tho Poll Mall Gazette. A grand juryman recounts his experience: We shout 'here,' and the. olerk of assize counts us up. One is missing; it does not matter, there are enough of ns. Then comes the swearing. Our foreman first takes the oath, and then the oath is adininisterad to the rest of ns in batches. We are handed a number of greasy little black testaments; we hold each one in our right hand, and then solemnly kiss the binding. It is not a tempting ope ration; who knows how many lying and perjured lips have kissed that book be forehow many greedy and unctuous mouths have been pressed where mine is now to follow? On the whole, I prefer opening the book at random, and kissing it anywhere inside "Philemon" will do very well. It is not likely that many bad kissed that particular page. Charity is the first mortgage on evsry human being's possessions. IRDT. . A correspondent of tho New York Uerald seems to have a particularly suc cessful interview with the great "Sara," and the following extracts from ber letter are of sufficient interest to war rant bringing this much talked-of artiste again to notioo: Thore is perhaps, no woman in the world so much written and talked about as Sara Bernhardt. I was curiously mystified to-day as she put on a pair of strange-looking, huge, button logs glovos, which incased ber arms nearly to the shouhlor, and when asked, "What sort of gloves are these?" Her answer was characteristic : "Cent mon invention, e'eil le gant Sara Ilernhardt." I nover was more agreeably disappointed in the appearance of a person than whon Sara smilingly and merrily trip pedI would almost have said danced into the room, which, by the way, was so littered up with gigantio ships and crowns of flowers, that it was quite a puzzle to know whore to sit down without crushing them. She looked infinitely frosher, brighter and prettier than I had ever soen her on the stago. Her photographs are perfect Karinntnroa avnrv one of them. TllCV give no idea of those wonderfully clear, translucent, great blue eyes, witu tueir nnw an ft ami melting, and now keon and nnnntrntinc clnnoe: of her fresh and fair comploxion, which on the stago is bid- den undor a horrid inositol uiick point; of her beautiful light blonde hair, which lnrka in nr. a aliada of being golden, and is curled in the most graceful and artistic fashion; of her tendor and sensitive mouth, the slightest motion oi wln'i-h la full nf nharacterandexrjression. I had nover considered ber pretty. I i t ; i 1 now, alter a more careiui anu paiuauis. ing inspection dooidodly thought her so, Kha i nharmindv dressed, too. and her thinness of porson which is so goner- ally remarked, but which sue ridicules lmrHdlf. was most artiBticallv disguised. The waves of laee ond ruffle which lay about her neck appeared to hide a bust worthy of Uiana nerseii. "iou nave known many Americans, madam?" "Yea. in Paris, a neat many, and I have found them always so kind, so re- ... . . . r . i 1 il spoctiul, bo adorahie, (sue repeateu ine word). You know Americans seem to ViAva an mnnh more respect and consider ation for women than they have in Fronoe. What villainous things tney say about me in the Fronch papors, abominable falsehoods, which no Ameri can editor, I am sure, be it only to the respect be owes the sex, would over print. Americans are often brosqne, narhnna oven a little rouffh. but behind this there is a fine dolicocy, a tender re gard for the leelings oi women, wniou makes them to me a most lovable poo ple." And now she turned round, and re lapsing into her old self, said, with that arch, lively, coquetry, which seems to Wnmn lmr so wli: "Let me interview vou now. I am very anxious to know .. . . . . . i -. . all about America, vo tne peopie Know r rejioh i "Tho majority of the educated poople do," I rephod. .. f. 1 All I - -1 "will they understand me.' sue osaeu again, still pulling away at those big gloves. "0. res: but will you allow mo to givo you a little advice?" "Delighted to receive it," she said, with a cnuuous smile, and a striking way quite her own, and holding open her lips and showing a wonderiuuy peneci row of brilliantly white teeth; "what is it?" "Manv Americans who understand tho language theoretically, but speak it im perfectly, would comprehend you bettor if vou could speak just a little more slowly." "Ah," she replied, "that is a very hard Ask T know I sneak verv fast. I have nffon tnlil von so. even in Paris. But you know the drama and the situation would lose terribly by such a cuango. My words would lose their point, their fnivn thai ofTnnt. if I were to uttor thorn with perceptible ond painful slownoss and distinctness, it would ue sacrinc ing my art to greater chances of popular RniTPss. and that I must never do. I must interpret the author as God and my art havo put it into my neart to uo, ana the rest must take itseii." Ana moving nn Almost to mv verv face, she fixed those blue eyes serntinizingly at me aud said, "Tell me, am 1 not right.' I assented and explained: "I did not moan that you should speak more slowly in your great dramatic moments or your outbursts of passions only in the gen eral dialogue, where a little slownoss ond distinctness of speech will not mor the effect," "Speaking of audiences, do you not find great differences in them and in their degrees of appreciation?" Her eyes sparkled. I had evidently tumbled" upon a point which especially intorested her. "You have referred to an experience of my artistio life," she replied, "than which none can be more varied. Audi ences are like individuals thoy seem to have an individual character and taste. What this one sees, the other passes by unnoticed; what this one odmires, leaves the other quite unmoved. Not that 1 have anything to complain of as regards any of my oudionces. I am but too kindly ond indulgently received every where. But it is strange to notice how the applause shifts to different points on different nights. Here for instance, is an audience thoroughly appreciative, but yot there are some flno points whioh are too subtle for it, ond yet the audience to morrow night will sieze upon these verv points, and applaud them most enthusiastically, while the evening be fore they passed by apparently un noticed. "Which audionees are apt to be the most appreciative?" "Those consisting of yonng people," the actress replied, her whole face beam ing with pleasure, as she dilated npoa a subject very near her heart. "bo you take any nourishment between the scenes, madam?" "None, except big lumps of fine morcean de glace, which cool my mouth fevered with the excitement of the plav." "How do you feel after a scene like that, for itstance, of the death of Adrienne Lecouvrenr Do you easily recover from the painful illusion, mad ame?" "The illusion! Ah, with me it is re ality at the time, I am always ill after tli at ilaath ai-ana. ami reneraJlv have to be assisted from tha stage. In playing I lose my Mectity utterly, ond for the lime being X am no longer Bara l am only the helpless woman I represent. My tears are not simulated, they are reol.hot, burning tears that scald mychooks!" And she folded her bonds and lifted them np to me with an intense earnest ness which was most appealing in its effect. It was almost as fine a piece of dramatio representation as I had ever soon hor enact on the stage. But, as I lookod at that delicate, thin woman, I eould not but marvel how she eonld pos sibly retain sufficient boalth and strength for her intense lubor while passing through suoli successive shocks to hsr entire nervous system. Bill 5je. To-day I got shoved at a barber shop, whore I begged the operator to kill me and put me out of my misery. I have been accustomed to gontle care and thoughtfulness at home, and my barber at Laramie handols me with the utmost tendernessi I was, therefore, poorly propared to meet the roan who this morning filled my soul with woe. I know that I have not deserved this, for, while others have berated the poor barber, and sworn about his bad breath and never-ending clatter and his general hoartlessnesB, I have never said any thing that was not fillod with child-like trust and hearty good will toward him. I have called the attention of the pub lio to the fact that customers. sometimes had bod breath, and were restless and mean while being operated upon, and then, when they are all fixed np nicely, they, put their hats on and light a eigar and hold up their finger to the weary barber and tell him that they will see him more subsequently. Now, however, I feel differently. The barbor no doubt bad never beard of me. He no doubt thought I was an ordinary plug who didn't know any thing about luxury. I shall mark a copy of this paper and send it to bim. Thou, while he is read ing it, I will steal np behind him with a pick handle and kill him. I want bim to be reading this when I kill him, because it will assist the Coroner in arriving at the immediate cause ot his death. The first whiff I took of this man's breath, I knew that he was rum's maniac. He had the Jim James in an advancod stage. Now, I don't object to being shaved by a barber who is socially drunk, but when the mod glitter of the monioo is in his eye, and I can see that he is debating the question of whether he will out my head off and lot it drop over the bock of the chair or choke me to death with a lather brush, it makes mo nervous and fidgety. This man made up his mind three times that he would kill me, and some one came in just in time to save me. His chair was near the window, and there was a hole in the blind, so that whon he was shaving the off side of mv face he would turn my head over in such a position that I could look up into the middle of tho sun. My attention had never before been called to the appear ance of the Bun a it looks to the naked eye, and I was a good deal surprised. The more I looked into the very cen ter of the great orb of day the more I was filled with wonder at the might and power that could create it. I began to pine for death immediately, so that I could be far away among the heavenly bodies, and in a land where no barber with the delirium triangles can ever enter. The barber held my head down so thit the sun could shine into my darkened understanding, until I felt that my brain had melted and was floating around and swashing about in my skull like melted butter. His hand was very unsteady, too. I lost faith in him on the start when he cut off o mole under my chin and threw it into the spittoon. I did not care particu larly, but at tho same time I had not de cided to take it off at that time. In fact I had worn it so long that I had become attached to it. It had also become attach ed to me. That is why I could not restrain my tears when the barber cut it off and then stepped back to the other end of the room to see how I lookod without it. Fighting It Oat in the Newspapers. The fact which recently camo out through a cable dispatch that the Emperor of liussia had found it necessary to vindicato himsolf iu tho columns of a journal published in Re publican France, affords a signal illustration of tbo moral and ethical power of tho modern newspapor. The Czar has done a highly proper and becoming thing in thus tacitly acknowledging that tho printed page of current history has become tho common bar of the world's opinion, beforo which kings and emperors must appear nd justify thoir acts. It appears that so mo months ago the emperor's brothor, tho Grand Duke Nicholas, wrote and published a sories of articles In the Nouvelle Kevue, in which he doclared that the war with Turkey was meditated, do sired, prepared for and decided on by tho Russian government in 1876, two years bctore the declaration of hostilities; and further, that the true object of tho war was tho possession of Constantinople, while the relief of the Bulgarian Christians served merely as a pretext. The result was that the Grand Duke Nicholas was stripped of his command and exiled to Paris in disgrace; while the ablest pons in tho Russian war office were authorized to prepare an elaborate defense, which now appears in the journal in which tho Grand Duke ar raigned tho government of his brother. Fighting it out in the col. nmns of the newspaper is certainly a vast improvement npon the old Rus sian method of settling differences in the imperial family. Thi bequest of Mrs. Dorsoy to Jefferson Davis is bringing him many law suits, the latest just Brought by Davis himself at Kansas City, Mo., to recover $500 for the Dorsey estate from a grocer in that city. How to Build a Lof Bin,' vw.io,Wuaonce or the Cm, , Farmer 'writes: Select straight one foot diameter at the butt iriTf' and knots closely; cut the ;,l.tt ll,abl and twenty-six feVt long or ff1 thirty feet louir. Hnii.i , S1 '."f8 ! A i mensions can be divided to bettor aT 4 tags than the usual 18.24 hSgg when building, and then it will ha 7 -with logs, if sawed lumber innoft obtained, for a partition. Letths iJ1 room OCCUPY ahont nnoi.:.. , ., - """-mini 01 tl house; no hall, but a stair,. anrnap nf Ilia an..i . . Otkt the bottom, sav twn t.t ; two step. high'. If wJ stoe0!? V ' i Ti. '7 M, ""'ding, tv stairs should be clmm ti,. ? . lI houso to economize spooe, ,nJ across towards, or beyond, the nii.l.liij the chamber floor, kce pj uB ui, uig ueau OI the (.- Tf it i. i.i- .. 8 ,tain. r ii ,r"""B aore thin two or three saphntn nr nnU l;linniui a hmlilinivutu.t -.1 ., little rise of ground (not a hill or im.ii mnnntnin in Iioa1 n A1 .1 ...aj timos"a dav) where tW i. n .., .' another elovation sonio six o'r eicht f !l about twenty foot distant. If there is no such elevation then build ,, way" and draw your logs to it. If kin is not a rock foundation ,11 ,i... . solid ground and place :he most dnwR 11 m uer av win uuttum, or pioco posbAo large stones undor the walls; for heews. it is only a log house littla tion is often paid to the underpininj consequently much inconvenience nj trouble is experienced by settling, de ranging doors, breaking windows, 'etc xvou your logs upon aooupie 01 skiui 01 long polls, until the walls are too hk to do so. Then attach a strong rope about an inch thick, in the middle ot the building, next the top log, aud bring the other end over the too W nn,l afii..ii ing anothor log on the polos, give the rope one wina or iiau winu around tha middle of the loc. bavin? nlaoal iu side each other like temporary besmi in side tne nouse, tor one oi the men to stand nnon: then lot him "iinll ." while the other men, one at each end of the log, assists with light "bulls" (these are made by withes or strong bark tied across noar the ond of a forked pole) un til the log touches the building, when It simultaneous effort the log can be roll ed on. If too heavy, the men must ascend apnli with a llahfc nftnii nrv nna nf tliam ii at eoch end pry up, when it will roll on easily; another should then be rolled up 11 ;i ;i .11 ' in a similar manner, or 11 11 is enu logs, roll throe (one for partition) before coa- rnencing to "notch down;" while thit it being done the third man can be getting other logs ready, etc. Thoroughly "dw tail or "saddle notch the corners, pu tioularly the top logs, or plates npoc which the rafters and roof rest. Oslr the top log of the partition need be doit-j tailed to prevent it Irom springing out ward on account of weight of roof rest-, ing thereon. The wall should be twfhf feet high, for one and a half storia; between lower and upper .floor, eigt: feet at least for health. Considering the roof I need not spesil in particular, as there are several kmi of material to construct it of in a new country, such as "scoops," bark, hand mudo shingles, etc, but do not put on a "shanty roof." Build a' peaked roof and a pretty sharp one too. This kind affords good chamber reoni (which h lost by a shanty covering), auu looks si mnnli hntter. Do not build on slow flat surface, if you don't wish to live o mud hole. Small log hams ami owi out-buildings can be raised by three men Moss, taken from standing trees, thor oughly forced ,into tho cracks snd crev inAQ ia nn Pinfillent substitute whet mortar for plastering can not be obtained Artcmus Ward. nr. Tnnia Trim nrfts nnn of Artemni W.i'o iYinufinr.imn.tn fripnils in London says that he told him the following story He went to o lecture at a remote place mlinvn ltiu fn A A WAQ lint. krlftWIl. He was I little late; the audience become impa t:ni l.orrnn fn stumi) With tliei wvui, uuu. -b"" 1 , , -f! feet and whistle, vy anu oj oame out amd began 10 muto .v. the platform, dusting the chairs w desk. The people took him m "snpe," and becanio still more imp i.- i n.i . i,n tnvnfid sruuu dropped the dust cloth, ond said. -; having dusted the chairs, I will bog' I Tifonv nf the iokes 1J Li 12 11 v. 1 icogubii w I made were not so good as this, dm, j 3 ..t.i 1 1. omnia lumsell "''I others. An acquaintance told me jUfl he was once riding in omnibus when Browne got in, ana, . ... 0 . ,1 n irtvi iu being asked lor mi is, -5 . the driver 11 he oouiu cuiwb - -. 1 : i 1, a viii hi no lars. 'ine driver muu ; vrA stopped the coach, and reqiJl to get out. Upon this Var'?"l very indignant. Why suoma -nnr. lUnTnaa he had not the prop HTJ.-i T " Via BAtd. 1 De' lure. jjuw u'i - ' ,1.,1 M T .nntl 'I OUlV ObKeU you could change five dollars. nulla linil Li It LGU VWtti-i a . . .ii learned rJ witty iJishop uiar 01 n"uu writer is so widely: Known w - v charming essays or Ledger. It is said mat, ou --- .. 111 11" trnm ew 1" very lasnionaoiy h0n 1.:. st to his bedell ber, the exquisite, mmu th rnw and nrovident that he may appearance at Dreaaiaaa --- . neat, said, most naively, pose I will put my k0 door?" "Oh! by all means d I yn said the Bishop. 'JF -. .... ll frosn 00 fa thAfJf Tinnn.IV Will Iruuu. - Btuw vwa.vs.va 1 ranterbun The ArcnDisnop u Stains ti memoir of his wife and 9".,?itl good sayings or few--- Fulliam garden-party, . TIM turned into one oi tne eows gave chase, wherenpontte exclaimed, "Hello! there at and all our bishops rfcl .am. Har. seeing Bishop UDen i lien driving away together, 4. them aa they starteu o .11 a tha Wft ?. Ulk VttU VJ - KJ Won IKoraor-It X traordinary fact that wnen yr , towhatiseornoaiycaUed b I they generally use i " " I