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J .LEbSON OF THE WATER MILL. la to tlx water mill Tbrouih U lia-lon Ujr; How lh elinkioc of wbtl Wears tha tourl twit J. Iaquily Um suturoa win! 9U(i lb nwnwood loaTM; From the Bvld tb reapers eiuj, JJiuiiBg up Uwif ahravsa. Aal a pruTtrfc in 017 mind, AiatlliM TU mill mdbo( pind With the wafcr that u put Aaluma level revive no move, Imtm tbt odoi art hd; And lb aickla cannot reap Corn once (fllirL A ad lb ruffled atroam flows on, Tranquil, deep and still, Nver eliding bark agua Ta Ui ww milL Truly paki the pnTrb old, Witb a meaning Tba mill eennanu4 With tha water that is pet Takt UMlMwntothfwir. IviD( heart and trual GeWn yean ara fleeting by, Youth is pening too. Lsara to make tb mow of lift, horn bo happy da?; Tim will never bring tbaa back Cnanoet thrown ewey. Leave ao lender word untaid, UTe while ihall last, Tle mill cannot grind With the wafer that i peat W..rk whila tba deylirht ahinca, Mauuf aircnrih ami will! Vnrr urs tb little etreemlet glide leri-a by a mil!. Wait atilil io-tuorrow' un Beanu upon thy way; AH that thou can call thy own Liyes in tby "to-day!" Power, inuiilrct and health, Mar not always la Tba mill cannot (rind With tba water tbat ia part. Oh . Iba waatad hours of life Tbat have drifted by, Ob, tba firi that might bara been, Lort without a aifhJ Lore that wa might once have saved By a (ingle word; TbougbtaamMvirrd but ne'er pruned rarubing anbeard. Take tba proverb to thine heart, Taka and bold it laet Tba mill cannot grind With tha water that U past The Devil' ('mm. There U no more superstitious crea ture on tho face of tie globe than the Spanish peasant. He believes in every thing ghostly and supernatural, ahd likes nothing better than to relate to an attentive and awe struck audience, while aitting aronnd eome"poada kitchen fire the traditions of his especial "pail," or the tales of unearthly things he baa hearJ'from his childhood. The bare atretches'of wild country and lonely road existing between city and city and once infested br bandits, over the sierra and in the plain, add not a little to the natu ral credulity and fear of the Spaniard. The following is one of the moat thrill ing legends which the fyaniard of the lower ciaas loTei to tell in a hushed and solemn voice on the night of Uood Fri day or on All-hallowe'en. deleter is a small hamlet on the banks of the Segre, not far from Urgel in Cat alonia. It standi on the brow of a hill, behind which rises the snowy dim out line of the Pyrenees, like the steps of a coloaaal amphitheater of granite. White houses are scattered here and there over the undulating green plain like a flock of white doves stopped to quench their thirst at the waters of the river. A bold and naked rock rises sheer into the air, at the foot of which curves the river and on the summit of which are the ruins of an old castle, evidently destroyed by fire. To the right of this ancient ruin stands a dismal black cross, popularly known as "La crux del diablo ' The shaft and the arms are of iron; the round base is of marble, but there ia a split, rusty appearance about it, as of having been struck by lightning. Be tween the crevices plants have sprung up and nearly crowned it, while an an cient rugged oak hangs over it like a canopy. It is a gruesome spot and has a gruesome legend. In centuries gone by, while the Moors still occupied the greater part of Spain and railed the Spanish kings "counts," the villages and tiamliit awora fealtv to certain lords. who, in their turn, did homage to other lords still more poweriui. ihe village of Iklever and a few others formed a part of the patrimony of a baron whose castle for many centuries had reared its battlements upon that bare rock. This baron was bold in wickedness. His cruelty made hie vassal detest him; his viocs were ao terrible that the king would not admit him to court, nor hie neighbors into their houses. Whether from choice or necessity no man ean tell, but he shut himself up alone with his bad temper and his retainers on top of the rock where his ancestors had perched their nest of stone, and recced his brains to discover some fresh amusement in harmony with his character. This was difficult to find, as he had got tired of wagiig war with his neighbors, hanging his subjects and beating his servants. A harry thoucht came into his head. He determined to go to Palestine with the Christians of other lands and wrest the holy sepulcher from the bands of the infidels. Perhaps he imagined that shading his blood in ao aacred a cause might atone in some measure for bis ains. At anv rate, whatever his object, he deciJ ed to depart. It was a hard task to col lect money enough tor his journey, but having promised his vaasais a total ex emption from fealty tax in the future, he managed by pinching and scraping to get together the sum required, ana re serving tmly his barren rock and castle. he suddenly disappeared. Ureal ws ;he ioy of his subject. The whole country breathed again. They could now enjoy their liberty unrestrained. There was peace throughout the land; no more men were found banging from the tree; the maidens of the village no longer feared to to to the fountain with their pitchers; the shepherds were not driven to seek ia seouectered spot pasture for their docks. Several years passed tranquilly away and ui memory 01 wo wicaea uw, as Le waa called. lecame a tradition Grandmothers told the story with bated breath to the litde ones in the long win tor evenings, and threatened naughty ba biee with the instant return of the "Bar on ef the Segre." One day. one awful day. he re-appear ed among his vaaaale; whether fallen f rem the ekitrs or come up from the infer bid refivn do one ootid toll, bit there he waa in flesh and blood. The effect of this disagreeable surprise can be bet ter imagined than described, and bad as he was in character when be lelt for the wars he was far worse when be return ed. In material things he was none the better, for he went away with Lia pock ets full but he came bat k with nothing save his lance, his idleness and a half down of followers aa wicked and aband oned as himself. Tie began by exacting from his veaaals the back fealty taxes, and when the villages reaiated the'bexon act fire to their properties and farm bonsea. The simple peasant appealed for justice to the king; but the baron laughed to scorn the expostulation of his brother peers, disregarded the royal and papal mandate, nailed them up on the towers of the castle, and bung the bearer to the oak. Exasperated beyond endurance and seeing no other way of rescue, the whole village recommended iuelf to God, and took to arms; but the baron collected his follower, called upon the devil for aid, abut himself up in hi stronghold and prepared for bat tle. A sanguinary ware tare ensued. They fought with fire and word, in mountain and plain by day and by night But at but the cause of justice and light prevailed. On one fearf ully 6)ark, atiU night, so dark that not a star shone in the beavenstnd so still that a sound wa to be heard on the earth, the lord of the castle were carousing after a recent vic tory and in the midst of their wild and noisy orgies aang aacriligiou eongs, in honor of their patron. Xothing wa to be beard ouUid the castle save the echoes 0 their blasphemiee which rang out into the still air and resounded far and wide over the plain. The tired sen tinels, having turned their eye several time below, and finding all quiet, gave way at but to nature's demand for re pose and fell asleep at their post. But a few desperate villager had determined either to free themselves and their fami lies from their oppressor or die in the attempt. Protected and favored by the darknee they scaled the aheer precipice from the river aide and reached the top at midnight. The sentinels paaaed at one bound from dreams to death. The drawbridge, portcullis and casmate were fired and the baron and his follower perished. When daylight began to whiten the top of the "juniper tree, the castle ru ins still smoking and through the breaches in the walls could be seen the figure of the "wicked caballero" fukjy armed, hanging to one of the beams of the banqueting hall. Vnr a tima tha village wa at peace. This Ues began to grow in the deserted " patio, ivy crept over the charred ru ins an .1 nc It the wailing of the wind. the whooping of owl and the rustling of snake disturbed the silence of death which reigned in that accursed spot. Unhurried bones lay white in the moon light and still that bundle of armor of the Senior del Segre could be seen bang ing to the blackened raiter. One dav the village aaw an extraordi- nin nhennmenon. At twilight, from a distance, mysterious light were seen here, and there on the hill of the Segre, now' following the curve of the river, now waving in and out among the ruins of the castle. This strange apparition iu repeated three or four nights during the month and the bewildered villager awaited new development wiin anxion hearts. They had not long to wait. Farm honsee were burnt, cattlo were " lifted," and the bodies 01 unfortunate travelers were found hanging from the trees. Mur ,1am twiram frwinent and tha terror of the villager inoreaaed each day. The "regime appeared to nave returned and matters came to such a pas that no one dared to stir ontaide of his door for fear of meeting the ghost of the old baron. For the armor ol uie wicked cauauero bad disappeared from the pillar in the nniitinu hall, and it was whinnered about that he marched at the head of the freebooters, covered from head to foot in mail with visor closed. In the battles mrhirVt te tmn afr&h. victorv was nrettv evenlv divided. The prisoners made were shortly shriven, ihe comeasion 01 one of the band made the iieasant quake with fear. ,,T iwlnnir " he aaid. "to a noble fam ily. My extravagances, vice and crimes lirotirht on ma the anccr of mv father. who cursed me when be died. Having no means of living I persuaded other youth in as bad a condition as myself to i.irm a hand and lira aa free-booter. We chose this country for the seen of our exploit and the abandoned casus tor onr ahelter. bocanse owing to it isolated position and bad name we thought our selvea secure from interference. One night round our bonfire under the ruined arche. we were dobating who should be chief of the band. Lacd. asserted bis claim; some were quarrel inir among themselves: others half in niit.l rtlaeed their bands on their dagger hilt to emphasize their words, wheu a clash. 01 arms, accompanied uy a hollow sound of footsteps, made us turn pale and spring to our feet. The sounds came nearer and nearer. We drew onr swords, determined to soli our lives tleirlv. when anddenlv a man. tremend mi, of ititnr armeal from head to foot with vizor down and brandishing an enormous broadsword, strode toward us. 1 .i.m Hi iriunnn ntwin m. hmkM rnl - nmn he aaid in a voice like tha sound of rushing waters, 'If any one wiahea to be chief ou my ground while I am here, let him wield U11 blade, we were au dnmh with terror, but on recovering our speech, with one voice we proclaimed him our oapuun and swore leeuiy h iuui by tremendous oaths. From that hour we were one. Our mysterious chief al ways led the way. Fire never touched him; bullet never hurt him. Never once ha he taken off bis armor or raised his visor: be never joined us in our rev elry or shut his eye in sleep. Swords pierced the joint of his mail, but they neither wounded him nor drew blood, lie despises gold and abhor beauty. Only when our hand were red with human blood, when women screamed anl Drariwt fur marer. and old men fell dead before our blows, only then did our captain exuu and laugn aioud. Many were the prisoner who followed the sneAker to tha acaffold. bnt the mv- tv'riou captain was invisible, and added daily f reh recruit to bis standard. The deaperate peasants at last made up their mind to consult a saintly man. who lived ontaide the town in a small her mitage dedicated to St, Bartholomew. Thia venarmbla harmiL after having im plored dinne pity through bis guardian saint (who. a wt au mow, nau very close and very frequent personal encoun ters with the devil), advised them to be in wait for the enemy at the foot of crooked path which led from Le castle, and to ue no other arm to aeize bim than a short prayer, which they were to eommit to memory, and with which, so the chronicles (tatea, St. Bartholomew took the devil prisoner. The result exceeded tneir wiiueai hope, and another sun bad not risen . ... . T 1 1 -, . a Upon the Village 01 xwioTer ueiuiw groups of peasant were relating to each other in the Plaza- Mayor, with mysteri ous air, bow that night tha famous cap tain of the Segre bad been orougni wk the village on the back of a mule, and chained hand and foot Hardly had tha new spread from month to mouth than the whole village surged toward the . . . 1 1 i . 1. prison. Ihe pansu oeiim summonea iu authorities to the town hall and all waited anxiously the hour when the prisoner should appear in court The judgea, in such cases, were authorized to administer sharp and summary jus tice. After deliberating among them selves for a few minutes, they sent for the culprit to hear his sentence. The I'laza Mayor as well as the nar row streets through which the prisoner had to pass was packed to overflowing with people. The popular indignation wa so intense around the prison doors that the guards became alarmed for their own safety and were much relieved when the order came to bring out the pris oner. When be appeared dressed in armor from head to foot vizor down, a deep murmur of delight thrilled through the densely crowded rank, which alowly opened to let him pau. All recognized the armor of the old Senor del Segre, which had terrified them so much in day gone by; that black plume had been aeen too oiten waving irom taat uwmci to be easily forgotten. The mysterious bandit at but reached the town hall, his armor rattling and creaking a he moved. The judge in a trembling voice asked bim hi name. The silence was oppressive. All strained to catch the slightest whisper from the prisoner, bnt the captain stared at his judge with an insolent and contemptuous air which exasperated them. Three time they repeated the question and three times he answered nothing. Lift hi vizor! tncover mm: shrieked the populace. "Let u see whether be wiU dare to insult u xace w face!" "Uncover your face," commanded the judge. Ihe captain atooa penocuy "We order you by our authority to uncover. . Ko movement yet on the part 01 the captain. "We cammand you to uncover in the name of our aovereign counts," ahrieked the judge. Still no sign 01 compreuension. At last publio indignations reached such a pitch that one or the guards threw himself upon the culprit, and by force tore the vizor open up to the fore head and down to the throat A cry of horror broke from the assembled crowd. The helmet wa empty, entirely vasant, and before they bad time to recover themselves the armor detached itself, piece by piece, and with a horrible groan tank to the ground. The spectator fled precipitately ana the news soon spread through the village that at the death of the "wicked cabal lero." the devil had inherited the fiefs of TUlerer. When the tumnlt bad subsided the in.luea had decided to hang the armor in a dungeon until theyconld receive order from the Archbishop 01 joieuo. xnis rmnirad several day. The answer, which, when it came, waa short and de cisive. Hang the armor in the Plaza Mayor of the village; if the devil occupies it he must then either abandon 11 or nang with it." This ingenious answer delighted the people of Belever, and they forthwith urcnared a gallows in the middle of the square. When it was ready they went to fetch the armor from prison. On the threshold they were met by the alcalde imploring pardon. His lace wa ingm nod and pale aa death itself. . a The armor has gone, ne saw, in tremulous tones. The crowd stood paralyzed ana the l raids went on to say: "I had always believed this story of the armor to be a fablo invented to pro tect some noble of high rank, who, for ...anr, ftf atfltA POllM not b 1100 ished. Under this impression I made up mv mind to watch the armor and sur prise some one getting into it. Night after night " I crept down noiselessly to cell door and listened at the key -hole, bnt not a sound was to be heard, in vain 1 looked through a little hole near the door. The armor remained on the straw where it had been flung. Last night not being able to convince myself that I was wrong in my surmises, 1 lit my un tern, unbolted the door of the prisons. carefully shutting them behind me.and crept to the cell, determined to touch the armor and convince myself that it was empty. I waa fumbling for the key, when the cell door was tnrown open ana agsuntieted hand dashed me forcibly back against the wall. Heavy loot-steps accompanied by a chink of spurs, died away in the distance. Then 1 lost con soiouaness." When the alcalde had finished.the peo ple shrieked with disappointment and rage, and could hardly be restrained from tearing the author of this new mis fortune to pieces. But knowing the prayer by which the captain could be re raptured, it was not very difficult to get him once more into their hands. This time they nailed the pieces of armor sep arably on the gallows, where they kept vigilant guard over them. But all in vain. A black cloud was aeen scuuding serosa the skv. It increased until it was directly over the gallows, and, descend ing in the shape of a huge arm of light lifted the armor down and waa cone scattering and killing the unfortunate people who were standing close by. The unhappy peasant again had re course to their friend, the hermit who commanded a general fasung for three day. At the end of that time be told them to melt down the armor and with some piece of wood from the castle share it into a croaa. Horror accumulated. When the ar mor waa put into the smelting furnace, piercing shriek and cries came from it Ths mca writhed as thongb they I l""-' i lalt the flames. strong men Uiatod and young lead turned white. Shower of park htaced before their eye and twisted and atrufcgled Uk a legion of devil to free their master from hi foment , But the operatiou of forming the mol ten maa into the crosa wa the most ter rible of all. Twenty atrong men bam mered at the meUl which gave great groans at every atroke. A often as they rot the arm of the cros ready and be gan forming the shaft, the heated mas writhed again in a horrible convulsion and twisted around the bodiea of the un fortunate workmen (who struggled to disengage themselves from tU deadly grasp) it culed in rings like a snake or . . ft i . darted uxe iigniumij . .tint r.i mUtb of men. of constant prayers and spinning of holy water the infernal spirit wa conquered at last and the cros raised. And there it stands on the bank of the Segre, accursed, gaunt and grim. Wolve collect under it shadow in the winter and descend in packs upon the velleys. Robber there wait for un wary traveler; lightning play round it summit and split the steps of its iwdes Ul. It i shunned by all and held in horror, and i rightly named the Devil' Cros. A Prlaeely Boy. In the palace ot a mall German capi tal a German duchess, distinguished for her good aense and kindness ot heart, wa celebrating her birthday. The court congratulation were over, and the lady retired from the scene of festivity to the seclusion of her private room. "Presently she heard light foot steps coming up the stairs. "Ah!" she said, "there are my two little grandsons coming to congratulate me. Two rosy lads ten and twelve years of age came in, one named Albert, the other Ernest They affectionrtely greet .I the duchess, who gave each of them the customary present ol ten louis u or (about forty-eaght dollars), and rewieu to them the following suggestive anec dote . There once lived an emperor in P.nm who naed to say that no one ahonld e-o away sorrowing from an in terview with a prince. He wa always doing good and caring for hi people, and when, one evening at supper, he remembered that he bad not done an act of kindness to anyone during the day. he exclaimed, with regret and sor- row, "iiy inenas, l nave luav uj. My children, take this emperor lor your model, and live in a princely way, like him. The boys went down the stairs deugnt ed. At the palace gate they met a poor oman wrinkled and old. and bowed down with trouble. 'Ah, my good young gentlemen, said she. "bestow a trine on an aged creature. My cottage is going to be aold for a debt, and I shall not have any where to Uy my head. My goat, the only means of support I have, has been seized; pity an old woman ana oe cuari' tAhlft . Earnest assured her that he had no change and so passed on. But .Albert hesitated. He thought a moment of her pleading looks, and tears came to her eye. The story of the Roman Emneror came into bis mind, Ha took from hi purse the whole of the ten louis d'or and gave them to the wo man. Turning awsy with a heart light and satisfied, be left the old woman weeping for joy. The boy was Prince Albert of England, justly called "Albert the Good," and afterward the husband of Queen Victoria. Berdlsj Limber. Yesterday afternoon, when the lawyer. in Justice Cary'. Court were waiting for a verdict in a petty larceny case, seven! stories were told by the legal lights which provoked considerable surprise Jndge Cary evidenced the greatest in terest in these weird tale and edged up to the group. "These are cunou yarns, gentlemen but I believe them all. I had a dog once, back in Nebraska, that I kept to herd lumber. "Beg pardon, Judge; did you say the dog herded lumberT les. air. cotton wood board.. e ai way. kept a dog there to bring the lum ber in at night. Everybody now paid the closest atten tion, as they knew that the bos. was at work. 'It was this wsy. Cottonwood boards warp lite thunder in me sun. a ooaru w 1. 1 would begin to bump it back up about 9 in the morning, and in half an hour it ould turn over. By 11 it would warp the other way with the heat and make another flop. Each time it turned moved a couple of feet, always following the sun toward the west, ihenrstsum mer I lived in Brownville over ten thou sand feet of 1 amber skipped out to the hills the day before I advertised a house raisin'. I went to the county seat to attend a law suit, and when got back there wasn't a stick of timber left It had strayed away into the uplands. An ordinary board would climb a two mile hill during hot week, and when it struck the timber it would keep wormin' in and out among the trees like a garter snake. Lvery farmer in the State bad to keep shepherd dogs to follow his lumber around the country, keep it together and show wnere it was in tne morning. t e aun t need any flames there for lumber. We sawed it east of the place we wanted to use it and let it warp itself to it desti nation; with men and dogs to head it off at the pmper time, and we never lost a stick. W ell, here come, the jury, con tinued the Judge. "The witnesses lied so I guess they will disagree." (Carson (Nev.) Appeal, March Cih. The salary list of the British Govern ment shows the relative rank assign ed to Washington as a diplomatic station by the European powers. The British Minister at Paris receive a salary of $50,000; at Vienna, $40,000; at Constan tinople, 140,000; at St Fetersburgh, $39,000; at Berlin. $35,000; at Pekin. $30,000; at Madrid even Sr.OUO; while at Washington Sir Edward Thornton ia obliged to live on $25,000; and a very considerable number of allowance. In point of grade the European rank Waahingtoa. practically with the t&ie in of Brazil, to Japan, to the Hague aavl to, Lubea. rrentk JeurialUU Tttnty Tear Ag. ti t inflnontial man oa the Char ivari w."Cham." tha best and witUerf ou the .taff. To get into hi. good grace, however.it wa previou.lv neces sary to acquire the favorable opinion of j "Mdsme The future Comteaae de Koe arrived at the office in the Rue du Croiasant regularly at 4 o clock every afternoon, and, after arranging financial and other busines mottera with Lout Huart, she frequently aked me to eacon her home. Of courae the request wa really in order, aa it wa itnpoasible to ref usa the wife of the leading contrib utor to the paper ao mall a ervice. un her road home, however, the good bdy wa accustomed to make a number of purchase, of all of which of course I bad to take charge, and many a time have I toiled up the Faubourg Mout- martre with my pockets fall of chocolate, tea and sugar, carrying under my lelt arm three pour ds of coffee, a couple of packets of candles, a langue ecariate, etc., etc., and a huge shad banging from my right hand. All mis i nan to uu, plus fifteen articles, be it remember for 150 francs a niontn. W hat thin you of that, my young colleagues? I may remark nere, However, iuk when I say 150 francs a month I cm a lit tle under the mark, because thia regular and certain salary might b generally in creased by 30 fraud for half a dozen mottoe at llw sous apieco, to do ap pended to Daumier's lithographs. Louis Huart used to shut us up iu bis cabinet de travail, and placing each in front of an engraved stoue, would say: "If you can hit upon a witty, humorous motto for each design, you aboil have 20 francs apiece." In spite of this mean, of adding to our incomes, it was up-hill work to earn half a louis, but luckily politics got us out of our troubles, as a man who is worth his salt can always concoct a polit ical article. , When mv imagination failed me habitually took refuge in Poland, ao to say. Those were the days of "saiiguiuary repression" in that country, and it would be almost impossible to reckon up tue innumerable articles, all very much alike, which generally began somewhat as follows: "A tap was heard. 'Who is there?' I, the genie sanglant of Poland.' At these words Mentchikoff, the bour reau of tbat unhappy country, trembled as he sat in hi. tent. etc. When I wanted 10 franc. I made Mentehikotl tremble, and I may uy, without boast ing, that no Pole ever made the terrible Russian tremble as much aa I. Xowaday., when at firat representa tions I notice my young coUeaguos, spruce, happy, well-paid.white-cravated, curled, pomaded, and obviously looked after by a good tailor, I always think of our own miserable debut, when tne five of us did not earn what is now paid the chronicler of theatrical odds and ends by any respectable journal. II I except from the quintette Louis Leroy, the other four had only one dress coat between them Kocheiort a threadbare and old-fashioned "swallow-tail." It was the famous "mi sere en habit noir ith a vengeance. Beside his income from the Charivari, Rochefort received 100 franc, a month from the Municipal ity; he was the support of all his family, and 1 can still see him shivering in the depths of winter, in an old coat buttoned up to hi. throat, summer trowsers, and no overcoat, the wants of his rel ative, absorbing every penny he got. To my mind this epoch of Lis life will eter nally redound to Rochefort". credit. I i igaro. A Little Charmer. There live near Harrisburg, Ohio an Antif ttiA-war nlfti-fl in Hancock county. about three mile west of Mount Blanch- ard a very remarkable child only five years old, who seems to have the power to charm birds at will. Her mother first noticed this strange fascination the child possesses about a year ago. The little girl was out in the door-yard among a bevy of snow-birds, and when she spoke to them they would come and light upon her, twittering with glee. On taking them in her hands and stroking them, tne birds, instead of trying to get away from their fair captor, seemed to be highly pleased, and when let loose would fly away a short distance and imme diately return to the child again. She took several of them into the house to show to her mother, who, thinking she might hurt them, put them out of doors, but no sooner was the door opened than the birds flew into the room again, lit upon the girl', head and began to chirp. The birds remained about the premises all winter, flying to the the little girl whenever the door opened. The parents of the child became alarmed, believing that this strange power was an ill omen, and that the much dreaded visitor Death, was about to visit their home. But Death did not come, and during the last sum' mer the child has bad manv pet birds, The child handles the birds so gently that a humming bird once in her hands does not fail to return. Last winter a bevy of birds kept her company, and she TlTe.l with them for hnnra at a time. Every morning the birds fly to her win dow, and leave only when the sun sinks in the west. The parent of the little girl are poor, snperstitious people, and have been reticent about the matter un til lately, fearing that some calamity was about to befall them. aien are continually indulging in small expense, aaying to themselves, that it s only a trifle, yet forgetting that the aggregate is serious, that even the seashore is made up of pretty grains of sand. Ten cent day is even thirty-six dollars and a hall a year, and that is the interest of a capital of six hundred do! lor The man that aavs ten cent a day only is so much richer than be who does not, as if be owned a bfe estate in a house worth six hundred dollars; and if invested quarterly, does not take half that time. But ten cent a dav is child's play, some will exclaim. Well, then John Jacob Ator used to say, that when a man who wishes to be rich, has saved ten thousand dollars, he ba won half the battle. Not that Aster thought ten thousand much, but he knew that, in making such a aum, a man acquired habit of prudent economy, which would keep him advancing in 'wealth. How many, however, spend ten thousand in few year, in extra expenses, and then on looking back, cannot tell, a they eay "where the money went to." To save, is to get rich '. To squander, err a in small sums, u the first step towards the poor nous. Coaxing Siarah. Justice alley bad hardly been opened to businesa yesterday morning when a aieigh containing seven or eight person, from beyond the city limit drove up to the door of a popular Justice and piled out with an air of business. Hi honor wa poking up the fire when an old man beckoned biui into a corner and whis pered: "Got a lob of splicing here for ye! Mr darter Sarah here is going to bitch on to that chap there with the blue comforter, and then we're going to Lave some oys tar.." "All right all right," waa the reply, and iu two minute, the official was all ready. The man with the blue comforter peeled his overcoat, laid aside hi hat and extended bis band to Sarah. "I won't do it I'll die first!" .be said, a she shrank away. "She's a leetle timid a leetle timid," explained the old man, while the mother observed: "Sarah, don't you make a fool of your self here. William will make you a good husband." "And don't you forget it!" added Wil liam. "Come, Sarah." "I won't unless we can go to New York on a bridle tower 1" .he snapped. "You'd look nice bridle towering around New York with no better dud. on than you've got!" aaid the mother. "Now Sarah, you stand up and git married!" "Be keerful, mother don' make 'er mad!" warned the old man. "Now, Sarah, if you back out everybody will laff at us' "I don't keer! I want to travel!" "You .hall!" answered William. "Where ?" "We'll all go up to the house of Cor rection." " Taint far 'nuff." The old man beckoned William and Sarah aside and began: "Now, Sarah, William jist dote, on . you. "But I want a bridle tower." "Yes, but ye can't have one. The railroads are all snowed under, and tower, have gone out of fashion, any how." "Then I want a diamond ring." "Now don't .ay that, Sarah, far I went to every store last Saturday and they was all out of diamond rings." "Then l want a set oi mina iurs. "Mink furs! William, I know you'd W'em for ber in a second, but they .a. a w a t have gone out oi styie ana can i oe bad. Sarah, I'm yer father, haint I?" "Yes, dad." "And I've allu. bin tender of ye ?" "Yea." "Then be tender to me. I want to see ye married to William. Yon can't have a tower, nor a diamond ring, nor sot of furs, but 1 11 buy ye a pair of new gaiters. William will pay fur the oysters, and I'll see tbat mother divides up the ensues ami uouuiug wuu jo. Sarah, dj you want to see my grey hairs bowed down t "N-o-o." "Then don't flunk out." "Will they be $2 gaiter.?" she asked. "Ye.." "And all the oyster, we can eat?" 'Ye., all yon kin stuff." "And a tower next fall, if the wheat doe. well?" Yes." 'Then I guess I will. Come, Bill, I don't care two cent for you, but 1 want to oblige father. "Detroit tree Press. Not to be Caught. Mr. William Pinkerton. the famous detective, relates the following incidents which occurred in the career ol the noioa thief Papes: 'There used to be a very ceieoraieu detective in the East named Taggart, who was employed at a large railroad de pot tape, wanted to work the passen ger., and. one day, supping up oenwu Taggart, he placed a twenty-dollar gold coin over each of the detective', eyes, at the same lime asking lum it be could see. "No." responded Taggart. as he clutehed the money, "I can't see a wink." Panes started into the crowd assembled, but Taggart palled him back. "What is the matter now? cneu pPf"-. . .... i 'Put one in my montn, answered Taggart, "and I can't speak. It should be stated here mat tne uo- tectivo Papes referred to is not tncia BillJ Taggart, the jolly detective sta tioned at the P., W. i B. Railroad depot at Philadelphia. . . . . 1 I. Tl Another incident in wnicu rapea figured was as follows: . An officer or station-house keeper had died in New York, and the captain of de tectives went around collecting money to bury him. . Meeting Papes, the captain toid mm about the death of the man and asked for a dollar toward the fund. "What?" blurted Papes, "a dollar to bury a policeman ?" "les, that . all." "By Herod!" ejaculated Tapes, "hero is a five-dollar bill. Take it and plant four more." Comets and Meteors. Professor Daniel Kirkwood has an interesting art icle in the last number of Science, m hich he traces the connection between the first comet of 1061 and the meteor showers of April 20. the Lyriads. This comet was discovered by Thatcher Aprd 4. It was visible to the naked eye and had a tail three degrees long. Its period is 415.4 years, and it orbit intersects that of the earth' in longitude 210 degrees, the point passed by the earth in the epoch of the great meteoric shower of April 20, 1803. From the facts collated, Professor Kirkwood thinks that the comet and the meteors formed a system in space before entering the solar domain; that the orbit were transformed into ellipses by planetary perturbations; and that this transforma tion was probably due to the influence of Saturn about B. C. 683 and B. C. 625. Wh. DewaBT, of Rochester, has pat ented a device for ventilating houses by using the well-known facta that plants give off ozone and oxygen and absorb and use carbonio acid in their growth. His invention consist of a small con servatory, from which pipes issue to every room of tha house intended to con vey the neocsaarj oxygen.