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term, V 1 "PPint , mt.; d lot laruw of 7 Tie : t, b; MdV not. j ' forr irodi,. "tte i. 1 A IURB0TT ISCiPI. i.T.nrveyed inyselfin the glass I ,. l eonMioan blush rising to my face. " . ..t m look ni best to-night, and ? - that niv white drew and pearls IDS" 1 ii mK". that'll Jo now, Mas Oertie, look jut lovely." 'rir old nurs-! aocording to ber 1 i...i. Wlmtlinr arravnd lr I waa Whether arrayed in ailki ' . lmll.ilrPHi or morninc ifiinni " fotwns. , O her verdict always remained tbe 30, ?L.ma a kis. nursie," I cried. J then go and got ready while I show 1 (he J ! " if in pup- now ao i uu popar i ...inpnf mr attire. "Ell UD UUiU(j , ' .1.- l.rtlr liA waa VAaill'nfT aik . .1 ti.o hook he waa reading. "are p iroiu - p to start bo aoon?' in itt"j - .... ..v.. I nromised to be tno urst ar i nn know; and. pleaso, I want .'i ii vn. i,.-i.. jnr canuiu ujmnuu. iiui tuiuu . lntlf " ,j . i j. i.-l i "FlOl 4IMIU nuioo paiuui tnuu, wit i a rood smile, "lou ,4n.i.v .... .,., v" ,,ti very nice iuuucu, uuiu8, j.uu growing luuuniuiij uao jruur r tiie that this was the highest praise 1.1 tirA mA. and forffetful allien nf v dignity ami niy exieumvo iruiu, i ran him and clasped my arms arouna nis n dear oui papai iou re sure you ,n't mind my leaving you ana you )n't (ei'l loneiy wiuioui me, win you? Kn mTCUiia no. i r drove aloug with nurse in her rim black bonnot seated opposite to me, . t . V 1. ll. 1 ' r heart Deal uigu wiiu uurvuus bdiioi v. t : i ... a - .i i an. I " Bu"'8 w ""J I'ariy it though I was eighteen, papa and I .,i lived such retired lives tbut till fair I bad known nothing of the gave Usual lu lli in ujj Hbt luuuuia rpfiouslv.tue morions, some om mends Lrhood, and at their honse I had begun fmrlalUorB. uuu doiiidu iu mo udiuu nppearin soeieiy. aireauy, on me trenRtb of a few musioal evenings and garden-party or iwo, l ien mysen quite dissipated person. When we reacbod Holme lodge, the tut. comfortable old country mansion Lis ablaze with light, and from the open jor streamed an inviting ilooa of irmtb and brilliance. In tbo hall I was seized upon by Louie ad Lottie Morton, the twin sisters, Come up stairs to our room, cried .ottie: we shall nave lime lor a nice hit before tbe people arrive." The sitting room specially appropri td to the girls' use, was a pretty, cosy Uirlment. A wood fire was burning on lie tiled beartn, ana near by was a table am set lortu wuu a tium'y repaiu 01 iiffee and delicious cakes, After we bad examined and commented a each other's costumes,' Louie began Hint our cups lust as a young lady en rod. Site was a friend staying on a ;s;t. Isabella s.iloni by name, and lv "t firth half Italian and half English. She o'.ed remarkably well, in a dress of eavy. satiron-tiutea nrocaue, ana necu Lee. ear-rings ana bracelets of dull gold, Rid as I gazed at her I comprehended i lovely she was. I was engaged to Rupert Morton for e first waltz; but we had only taken a "Uiles of turns when he whisporal "Do vou particularly wish to finish lid iluuee; if not, will you come into tbe niservator.Y? It is cool and pleasant iere. I was about to make some laughing 'joinder, but a look in his gray eyes Mined me. anil l bowed an assent "Gertrude," be said softly, as we stood ir a marble basin wherein a toy fountain ;ut up a sparkling cascade of silvery irops, "do you guess why I asked you to come Here? I glauoed up at him saucily, "Certainly; because it is so cool and -leasunt," I replied "Ah, that waa only the pretext, the icuse. iou must guess my real rea od, darling. You know that I love yon, w vou not? I strove to cover my cheeks with my ingew; but be gently removed them and 'Ad tbem in his own as he bent his head w the level of my downcast eyes. Have you not a word to say to me? -an you not give me one word of hope? I could not at first speak, but he read lis answer in my silence 'Ruprrt," 1 murmured presently, using my head from its resting ulace '0 nis shoulilor: "ItuDert. do vou know t-I thought I was afraid that you anas tuloni." "lou were indeed mistaken. No man onld holD admirinp Mihs Saloni: but relieve me. mv darlinsr Gertrude, bo- end admiration I have never eiven her i lutmgnt. lie rest of tlin vfn!nr nnml swiftlv h.v- If I had been happy before, I was ten times happier now. I danced every uutc. ana at sunner Euoert contrived to secure a secluded corner, where he etained me si lonj? that I offended one ,'irtaer who sought me iu vain. I as to remain at TTnlmfl Indira that j"f$it, and go home the next day, nurse having brought everything requisite for my suiv, and placed them ready before " reared. Hlivine exelmnirfiil mv Viall ilrra for a wtufortuble dressing-gown, and my satin joes for fur-lined slippers, I sat by the , j wwv uuui, jawiuUQ reams uA nA.in;n t..i- rnnM;Aa t wd, and was beloved. Was not that "iebOKrbtnf linmnn KUaal anv Other joy comnarn witli iff Trnlv ia it written: . "Jaw no hlDfr half to e t In lire Ai lOFe'i joung dream." I' was long before I got into bed, bnt Wcetberel fell into a deep slumber, ad no dreams of the future disturbed it. Suddenly I awoke awoke with a full, consciousness of the presence of ome one or something terrible in tbe Who or what it was I could not I . in'i I dared not attempt to find out. 1- 7 Wlta my face to tbe wall, every ll&b stiff and the chill blood in my ve'n cnrdling with tear. ihA an n icy finger touched me; j M though under some mesmeric in laepce, I moved mv head. , fire had died out, bnt a night h?tm dimly burning, and by its "gat I an. . Wi t.l . kn ot,ni!e nair falUng almost to ita lnMl i i . hand a i7 , " gleaming atiletto. jeweled nan- r finely pointed. could utter no cry; I could make no dnl?ae,lt 1 wnuinod opell-bound and uod, my eyeballs staring and my limbs of a tn. I KD0W'DR 1 WM n"T OltlOOl, Again she touched nie; and, though I nujdorod, I could not draw away. lou sleep sonndl " .i.... you ( have i awaked at hut. The sleep of death is the toaadrnt of all sleeps for there is no awakening from it. And ao iu r,u hs ,0Vea you-juu, not me! Oh, what do you know of love? What doea be know of love? It is I who love, I i " '. unr ,m" ro '"ill and High. Ihen she coutinued, after a mo went , a pause, "I am going to kill you to. night, lie cannot love vou then. Ho will forget you, and it wil'l be my turn." Hut the spell was broken. With a piercing, echoinor erv fnr lioin t i aside the liod-olothing and sprung out "u iu ma nuor. iuere came a sharp fierce bow, an agonizing pain-and tbon um aueHH ana ounvion. Tt ... . i.!i:i.i iHinuui wuen i came to my senses. The curtains were drawn, and a bright fire cracked cheerfully in the t agilely WOIlilenncr n In what l.n happened, I attempted to sit up, but the "uijr eiiec oi me exortion waaalo moan of anguish. a gentle voico addressed me sooth ingly, and Mrs. Morton leaned over me and sliimhiff ber urm unit,. Ilm lifted me up, and gave mo somo cooling ui-verage to unnK. l ten asleep directly and when I awoke again gray day'B light was creeping in at tbe window, and nurse an Hilling uy my suie. "1 bank heaven!" she ejaculated, fer vently, as I feeb v raised mv hand. AM but you re better now, my lamb." "llave 1 been ill?'. I whispered. A little, dearie." sho answered ten derly streaking my hair. "uut but what was it? Why am not at home?'' "Hush! my pretty. You mustn't talk any more now. Lie still, and anothor time you shall hear all about it Ah. me What we&rv davs. what weary weeks those were that I had to lie still. Waking and sleeping, I was haunted by half-delirious visions of that dreadful night. I could not bear to be left alone for even a few minutes. flitting shadow iu tbe cornor. a fold of drapery, would nearly send me into hysterics. At last, when the birds were blithly ctrroling a welcome to the spring, and trees and hedgerows were bursting into ieat, i was carried from my bed to a sofa in the adjoining room, and from that time recovery was more rapid. Harvest was just over when Rutiert and 1 were qnietly married at a village church. Tbe winter following we spent abroad, papa joiuing us at Aice in Ueto ber and accompanying us on tbe remain der of onr travels. Isabella Saloni is in a private asylum near London. Insanity, it appeared on inquiry, was hereditary in her family though tbe fact had been kept as secret as possible. Poor, poor girl! I only think of ber now with intense pity and compassion. Forests and Hallsloues. Tbe utility of forests as a safeguard agaiust avalanches and a hindrance to freshets and snowdrifts has often been pointed out, but it has never before been suggested that forests are a preservation against hail-storms. Such, nowover, is tbe opinion of Heir Rinikor. who is chief forestor of Canton Argon, Switzer laud. He says that where there are forests there are no bail-storms, and in support of this theory he adduces a re markable fact, for the accuracy of which he and many ot horn can personally vouch. In the south of Argau there is a little chain of mountains known as the Linden berge. The Lindenberge are about 20 kilometers long, of an average bight above sea level of some 800 feet, and completely covered with wood About twenty years ago the forest wasdivided in two places by wide gaps, with the con sequence that the valleys at the foot of tbe mountain were soon afterward visited with frequent hail-storms. The hail -charged clouds wore seen to traverse the gaps. In 1808 the wider of the two open spaces was closed by a plantation of firs, and since 1871 no hail-storm has crossed the forest. In explanation of this phenomenon Herr Riniker suggests that as hail clouds are saturated with nositive electricity, and trees conduct from the earth negative electrioity, the meeting of the two currents develops sufficient heat to prevent tbe complete consolation of the clouds and even to thaw the hailstones contained in them for tbe clouds of this description pass verv near tbe earth and so convert tno frozen narticles into rain. If further observation should confirm the aoouraoy of Herr Riniker's conclusion in this re irnnl tlin imnortance of forests in conn- tries where hail-storms are frequent will be greutly increased. Ci JIWi Balls or Death There was a singular case up for trial in H.n insiipe's court the other day at Sawtooth. Tbe question to bo decided hv the iaslice was whether a restaurant keeper is justified iu shooting a man for rpfnsinctoeot his codfish bails. The judge of tbe law oud justice aeciaea yes. Tbe case was as follows: The proprietor of a bawtootn restau rant placed a plate of codnsu uans on iub table of a young man, and a repular boarder.whohad seated himself for grub. Tbe boarder was calmly and peacoiiuir stowing away tha victuals, but didn't take in any of tbe codfish balls. Tbe restaurant keeper approacuea 1 ' - - . r. 1 i I I. 1,1,111 , 1 f im, ana saiu in a cuuiumuunns oice. ion eai iiiem uuuu-u uun.-.. I don't like codfish balls,' repnea tbe boarder. , ,, 'You eat tbem codasU bans, x ien in!" "I tell vou I won t; I don't like 'em." "I tell you once more to eat tbem cod- ftoi. lall. If vou don 1 1 11 uom YUU, and tbe restaurant keeper started lor his pistol. Tbe roarder saw that he had to do one of three things eat the codfish balls, refuse again and and be filled witn Ion. ten balls, or skip. He skipped. Just as his coat tail was vanishing out at the door, tbe irate restaurant keeper blazed awav but niisaed him. The boarder bad him arrested. Tbe justice, in bis dignity, decided that the proprietor of a hash bouse waa perfectly justifiable in shooting at a boarder with uwnt to kill for refusing to eat his codfish balls Idaho World. Biin'j choice. A very pleasant little group Ritind aliont Mrs. Damon's cov ."-nkf h t idle i;m? bright snriua r.r.t. Mrs. Damon herself, fair, fat, aud well, no matter rbout the ago tea years s widow with not over plenty of means, and tbe mother of three girls; Miss Laura, the oldest aud tbe beauty; Miss Isabel, a beauty also, snd a musician beaidn; and little Ruth, who was regarded by the family as neither very brilliant nor very beautiful, but very nsetul to help mother and tbe sole servant with the household affairs. This morning tliero was an extra one in tbe group. Mrs. Damon's brother Edward, an improvident youth who had run away to Cali'ornia years ago and just come back, u t much the better, as Mm. Damon could discover, for bis long wanderings. "We never need have expected poor Uncle Ed to make anything," she re marked to her daughters, the night after his sudden retnrn. "He says he has saved enough to buy himself a little house somewhoro, but I suppose that is all. 1 m sorry, lor I did hope he would have been able to do something for you, girls. But I suppose we must make tbe best of it, and treat him as well as wo can. I do bono ho won't try to buy a house iu the city, for it won't help you to have shabby relations close by. It-ball advise him, as his means are small, to buy over on the Jersey shore." Uncle Ed received this advico and con sented to adopt it, with a sly twinkle in his gray eyes, which Mrs. Damon did not notice. She rather expectedto bo asked to assist in the selection of the lit tle place, but as Uncle Ed did nut in vite her to accompany him, she did not offer her services. At the table this morning UnoleE.1 announced that the little home was ready for occupation, and that ho was going to take possession. "And now I want a hoiiBokiepor," he said in a slow way. "Won't you loud me one of your girls, Mary?" Everybody looked up a Uucle Ed made this ustonishing request. Laura blushed with vexation; Isabel slmiggod her pretty shoulders, and smiled, and even little Ruth looked astonished. "Of coutso you needn't do tbe rough work," continued Uncle Ed. "I'll hire a kitchen girl for that; but I thought I'd rattier have ono of my own rolutious to look after the things. You see I'll not have mauy years to live, and I would like to bo among my owu kin." Nobody answerod, so poor Uucle Ed went on slowly: "I'll tell you what I'll do. If one of your girls will go over to my new home and live with me, I'll give ber her board and clothing while she stays, pml whenever she marries I'll give her what I can for a set-out. Now I'll leave you to think over it. I'm going over to day, and when I come back this evening you can have your choice made." After Uncle Ld left the room there was a chorus of exclamations. Isabel leaned back in her chair and laughed until she was tired. "Wonltlu 1 1 look pretty playing tho piano in Uncle Ed's six-by-uino parlor, with an ingrain carpet and wooden chairs?" she excluimed. 'And wouldn't I feel like asking Col. Richardson to call on me in somo little muffy, stuffy Jersey habitation?" cried Laura, indignantly. "It s a pity, 1 kuow, said Mrs. Jjamon, bnt I don t sed but what one ol you ought to go. It wonld relieve us; and you know Uncle Ed would dress you be said so. "Dress!" cried Laura, indiguantly. "Yes; calico gowns and cotton shawls, and maybe a cheap alpacca for Sunday. Thank you; not for me. Let Hutu go; they'll suit her." If ma is willing I will go "said ltuth, speaking for the first time. "If Uncle Ed feels lonely and wants one of us we ought to go." 'Well, don tyou supposo you would be best for him?" said Mrs. Damon, thoughtfully. "It would leave more, too, for the other girls, and then when they marry they oan help you." 'You forget Uncle Ld has promised her a 'set-out.'" said Isabel, with a scornful laugh. And Laura added.. "A pretty 'sot-out,' no doubt, I don't suppose, alter ins House is iurmsueu, Uncle Ed will have ,$50 jn the world. Go along. Ruth; I wish you joy in the bargain. 'Laura, Isabel, hush! said Mrs. Damon, reprovingly. If Ruth has a mind to go, you ought not to put any obstaclos in her way. Let her do as she likes." When Uncle Ld came bacK, it was announced to him that Ruth had de cided to go. "Thank you dear," he said, laying his hand on ber bead. "I'll try to make you as comfortablo as I can. Will you be ready to go over day after to-morrow. "les, sir, answered hntli. Tbe girls had a great deal of sport about her going next day, but little Ruth, whose heart was warm with pity for her lonely old uncle, held firm and was ready to go early the next morning. Uncle Ed luvited tho rest to go over and see her instulled in her new home. Laura haughtily declined, but Mrs. Da mon and Isabel resolved to go. Isabel enjoyed tho anticipation of tnrning up her pretty nose at Ruth's bumble quar ters. They crossed the river, and Uncle Ed told the ladies to wait at tho office a few moments till he fonnd some sort of a car- ridge. He hired a very hundsome one, I must confess," wus Isabel's mental com ment, as they were seated, a little later, a stylish carriage with its splendid borses. "I didn t know they kept such legant ones oujside of tbe city. Seated in a corner, Mis? Isabel enjoyed tbe n'do very much, commenting on all the handsome resiliences they passed. What an elegant place! ehe cried. as tbev drew near a fino old mansion in the midst of stately grounds, with a gleam of marble stutuary among tbe rees and a sparkling fountain Hinging is bright drops iu the air npon a well- ept lawn. "We will stop here, said uncle as tbe coachman drew np bia borses. "Here! Y by, do you know tnese peo ple? Who own this place? asked Isa bel. "I do." returned Uncle Ed, ouietly, as be assisted ber to alight. You!" cried Isabel, with at least three exclamation points after the word. Mr. D imoi i.ped short on the car riage tdi-p I" ' y, ' ' I U iobv'. e. ,; Uard?" "Y's. it i- so," returned Uncle Ed. Mu.lmg. ' f ue, Untitle dear, this is the home I i,,t) brongbt yon to; let us go in nd k i i. yon like "it?" The Burpriwd Party followed him through the grounds to the dor. where they werj admitted by a nun colored uoy. "Good morning, John," said Uncle Ld. "Here H voik new inistr H." pro sentiug Ruth, as John bowed low, alter me manner of a polite darkey, to wol come tbe young lady. "The rooms ara all in order, John?' asked Uncle Ed. "Yes, stili." replied John. "Very well, we'll take a look at them. Lome, ladies. He led thum thron.ih lofty rooms most elegantly appointed, pausing at lust in ltuth'. own chamber, a lovely room, all Bouurao, pine, ami silver, and tit for a qneen or a ladv. "And hero,'' he said, opening another door into a room furnished with rose color, "is a room for yonr sisters, when they may choose to come an I stay with you. 1 know yon don't liko to climb Ktairs." "lJut-bnt-Edward," said Mrs. Da mon, who was tho first to recover her voice, "we are astonished beyoud mea sure I thought yon said you had only made a littlo out yonder." Uncle Ed smiled. "Well, I did make a littlo, Mary and I never was given much to bragging, you kuow. Beside, I had a faucy to see whether Unolo Edward poor and Undo Edward rich were to be considered as the same. You have all been kind" Mrs. Damon winced a little, for she know it hud only been a pitying sort of kiudness "and my little Ruthie, bore, most of all, for ihe bus come to niuko my home bright. I will tuko good care of her, and give her a hnudred dollars a month for pocket money; aud when sho marries I iutond to settle twenty thousand dollars on her for a wedding present." Isabel sank down iu a chair, speech less with astonishniont, while Mrs. Da mon exclaimed: "floodnets gracions! I can harlly believe it yet, Edward." "You'll get used to it, Mary. Now, linthie, dear, tuke your sister to your room and take off ber things. Mary, you anil Isabel must day all day; I will send you home in my carriage." Little Ruth, as she moves happily about "poor Edward's" magnificent home, feels very happy. She was kind, generous and honest, and now she has her reward. The dreat OnK-t at Keen lb rough a 2(J- lncii Uuj ct.ve. Commander Sampson, of the Washing ton Naval Observatory, observed the comet on the 25tli of October for tbe first time through the great equatorial. It has not before had sufficient altitude to be visible in this instrument. With n low-power eye-piooe an excollent view was had of tbe nucleus, which presented an appoarance quite different from that seen in the smaller instrument, aud showing with considerable distinctness all the appearauce wnioli has led to tbe opinion that the comet was breaking up. In the large instrument the nucleus has a well defined center, which is quito cir culir and of considerable apparent diam eter. Tbe elongated appearance of the nucleus is due to two masses of nebulous matter, ono of which is between the nucleus proper and the sun, aud the other is on the side toward tbe tail. Roth of these masses are somewhat detached from the nucleus, tbe one in tbe direc tion of the tail being the brightor, but neither preventing tbe condensed, sun like appearance of the nucleus. These luminous portions of the coma are proba bly what have been mistaken for separ ate portions of tho comet, and led to the belief that tho comot had "split." Tbo spectroscope this morning showed tbut the character of the light of the comet bad not changed during the past week; it in dicates that incandescent carbon vapor is the principal source of light. A search for tbo small comet reported last Satur day east of the great comet was not suc cessful. The Pay of Jlen who Trams. Kun Railway Engineers on the Central-Hudson rood are paid threo cents a mile, and firemen receive just ono-half that rate. Passen ger conductors are paid 880 a mouth, and, in some instances, $10 moro. As the ongineer has control of tbe brakes, the old-fashioned hrakeman is displaced by "trainmen," who holp ladies to seats and alMO assist them in coming and go ing. These men receive 850 a month, but the man on tbo last car bus $5 adit ional, as his responsibility is greater. In case of any delay he must go back on the track to flag approaching trains, and may be left behind. Baggagemen are paid 860, though in somo instunces, where tho route is of nunsual length, it is increased to 870. Station agents are paid 8li0. and ticket agents (except in cities) 850. This class are the poorest paid of all railway officials, as they are closely confined aud servo long uours, but there are so many women reudy to occept snch work that women's pay be comes tbo standard. The track boss is paid 813 a month. Switchmen and flag men bave only S'M, and yet this is one of the most responsible positions on the road. Stnkei for higher wages are by no means common among the clergy, al though, considering the starvation prices paid in many instances, it is hard to re sist the conviction that some Jtinihters would strike if they could feel strong enough. There is a clergyman in North Carolina who has been preaching for &.i a week, and thinks he ought to have more, as be has labored at this rate for a terra of eleven years. He does not like to go on a strike, for he feels Kindly toward Lis congregation. But be baa ts courteously as possible notified them that, nuless they can raise his salary to 84 a week, be will bo under the neces sity of asking tbem to let him off in order that he may go into the carpenter ing business. The increase was granted although it heavily taxed the ability of tbe church members. There are no millionaires or merchant princes in that congregation. Man proposes. God disposes but it takes a woman with ber hair down to be indisposed when anybody calls. tlin l -mi - ,4 ;, . j,, , ,., v nn.l din; Out o m t..oii, and wn-mnil Mm r ni uiuli.iitin'i crni-l itrrV; Out Irom lli- In: lor k, uf it; t'ut fiMin Im honuit and all'uirei Out Irom in horror aud iu earn. Ait iin, a rhil J he lay at nt, In li-dy vaiton hit tntillmr'f bivmt. Hit Kiitli hand lov.-l in Ids li.ur; Hit iwii, d.-ar mi'v .iUi'lld hn cur. Ht-r luvin even tlu-d lijit divine; ll-rvrr i i'Mhv indi a liriuo Hit ihrulibiUft uiU-rii-t iiuno.t U U-ain; I'll mmlili-niiiK world a ud, uut drt-am; A;iui,u child, In liiv at rvt, la holy K-iu-i)un hit hioilh-ribtvn.it. Queei Cirolin,', Wretched Marrlace. Tho most extraordinary glimpses wo get of the unhappy married life of the Princess Caroline are to lie found in the diary kept by lady Charlotte Bury, and published anuoymoiisly in 1K18. This diary has furnished the chief material fur all the works which have been written upon the times of George IV. "On one occasion," says tho writer, "sho dined nt Kensington, when the Princess gave a detailed account of ber murriago and the circumstances which brought it about. 'I, yon know, was the viotim of mammon; the Prince of Wales' debts must be paid, and poor littlo I's person was the pre tense. Parliament would vote supplies for the heir apparent's marriage; the King would help bis littlo help. A Protestant Princess must bo found; they fixed upon tho Priuco's cousiu. To tell you God's truth (a favorite ex pression), I always hated it; but to obligo my father any thing. But tho first momeut 1 saw my "fntur" and Lady Jersey together I kuow how it all was, and I said to my self, 'O vory well." I took my "partio" and bo it would have been f 'But, Oh, mine God!' she added, throwing up her hoad, 'I could bo the slave of a man I love, but to one whom I lovod not, aud who did not love me impossible "o'est autro chose." I brought letters from all the Princes and Princesses to liim from all the petty courts, and I tossed them to him and said: "There, that's to prove I'm not an impostor!" On another occa sion, referring to her wretchod marriage day, the Princes said: 'Judge, what it was to bave a drunken busbaud on ono s wedding day, and one who passed tho greatest part of his bridal night under the grate, where Le foil, and whore I left him. If anybody wonld say to me this moment, will you pass your life over ogaiu or be killed? I would chooso death for, a little sooner or later we must all die, but to live a life of wretch edness twice ovor Oh, niiuo God, no!' " I Belgravia. A fcllrls' Club. A vory pretty story comes from New York about four homoless working girls who determined to abandon the horrid boarding house, pool their earnings, and make themselves as roul a home as can be found beyond a parent's roof. They rented a third-story flat and began opera tions. They were poor, and were obliged to start with only one room car peted, a stove, some chairs, a clock, a table, a few cups and dishes, knives and forks, and two niattrossos, but no bed steads. Litt'e by little tho furniture was increasod; now by a chair, next by a bedstead, again by a buroau, and so on until from boing complete extras were added. One of tbe girls got 8-0 a week as a millinor; another $12 as a clerk in a Broadway candy store; another got 810 or $12 somowhere else, and tho fourth was a drossmaker, and because sho worked at home was made housekeeper, and called steward of the club. Until the house was furuished all pooled their earnings, but since then each has paid every Saturday a share (graded in accordance with their inoome) of the week's expenses, including u stated snm as salary to the stewardess. Tho girls dress tastefully and live better than their neighbors. They live along without quarreling, and run their pic- turusquo establishment ' according to rules framed and bung in the parlor. One of these rules is that no mombor of tbo club shall receive the visit of a gen tleman except in the presence of at loast one other momber, and tbut all the mem bers who are in the house shall bo pres ent in such cases. HOUSEHOLD. Roast Veal. Prepare a leg of voal for the oven by washing, drying and larding it with strips of fat, bacon or ham, and dredging it with flour and seasoning with salt aud better; baste frequently with the gravy thickened. A roast fillet of veal should be preparod by stuffing it with breadcrumbs, seasoned with chopped bam, summer savory, pepper and salt. Dredge lightly with flour, and bake. Lemon Ciieams. Faro four lemons very thinly, and throw the peel into twelve tablespoonfuls of water. Sqoeze the juice over eight ounces of finely powdered sugar. Well beat tbe yolks of ten eggs, then add tbo peel, water and juicj gradually, aud strain it through the muslin into a stew-pan. Stir it one way ovei a gentlo fire till it becomes pretty thick, but do not let it boil. Serve in mustard cups. Oood for Roses. Get some soot from a chimney or stove where wood is used for fuel, put it in an old pitcher and pour hot water upon it. When cool use it to water your plants every few days. When it is all used fill np the pitcher again with hot water. Tbe effect npon roces that have almost hopelessly de teriorated is wonderful in producing a rapid growth of thrifty shoots.with large thick leaves and a great number of richly Muted roses. Election cako Take three pounds of sifted flour, leaving out a pint to put in with fruit, and mix in warm fresh milk till it is stiff batter; weigh one and a half pounds sugar, one pound of butter; mix tbem to s cream, then mix one half of this with tbe batter of milk and flour, and one-half piut of good home-mude yeast; beat very thoroughly together, when light, which will take several hours in winter (better mix at night and stand in a warm place till morning) add tbe remainder of butter and sugar with six eggs, and one pound of raisins, one glaa of brandy, cinnamon, mace or nutmeg, according to taste, and a little soda. It should rise the second time before put ting in pans for baking. Tbe more such a cake is beaten the finer and lighter it ill be. CrUXm FOB A Mill Coi::ilucent lady, aft r lii:g a m esti.oim wares: "I'm growj; ijubi- ,-t atheist." If the fire of lovo should cousume a maiden's heart, we presume tbe average inscrunce agent would account for it tn tbe ground of a "defective flue." A young mini iu Dcn Moiiioa loved a giil h i wildly tbut bo wrote her fifteen letteis a tlav for five werls. At the end of that time he wiw killed with a green tomato. "Hadn't I better pray for rain to day, deacon?" said a Binghumpton minister, Sunday. "Not to day, dominie, Ithiuk," was the prndcut replv; "the wind isn't right." "Yes," said the man with the curled mustache. "Charley is a good fellow, but ho ia ho eccentric, you kuow. Why, he asked me to day for a five I borrowed of him last summer." "You are such a strange girl!" said Chailey; "Well, then, III tell you, Charley," replied Araminta; "uiako a wife of mo. Chailey did bo at tbo earliest opportunity. "Mrs. Miflln," said a visitor, "Emma has your featuros, but I thiuk she's got her father's hair." "Oh, now I see," said the dear little Emma; "it's because I'vo papa's hair that he bus to wear a wig." A two-story building is to bo erected in Farmington, for, as a traveling item says, "the manufacture of ladies' and misses' hools." Tho building will evi dently be high enough for tbo purpose. "It was terribly oppressive at the theatre last night," said Brown; "it was bo hot that the blood all rushod to my head." "Woll. it found plouty of room thore, didu't it?" replied the unsympa thetic Fogg. Lord Chelmsford was walkiug down St. James Btreot, when a strangor ac costed him, siying, "Mr. Birch, I be liovo?" "If you believe that, sir, you'll believe anything," tho ex Chancellor re plied as he passed on, This ia the season of the year when the agricultural papers are hard at work advising farmers not to leave their 8500 mowers and 8-S00 reapera out in tho snow all winter. No farmer could get along without an agricultural paper. What a providential thing il is that, as a general rule, by the time the eldest girl gets old enough to have a beau the youngest child is old enough to sloep quietly. A cross baby yelling np stairs would be a fearful dampenor on court ship. At the bank. Clerk "What do you wish, sir?" Ruffian "Why, I just dropped in to say that I am the man who knocked down and robbed yonr cashier." Clerk "Well, air, I am very aorry; but you will have to identify yourself some way, ir." "Please tell me what tho time is?" in quired a littlo boy of on apothecary, who was much troubled by oueu questions. "Why I told you the time but a moment ago," snapped the apothecary. "Yes, sir," said the boy, "but this ia for an othor woman." "I don't believe in this learning Ger man, Spanish, French, or any other for eign language," said a Michigan man the other day. "Why, I lived among a lot of Gormnns and got along with thorn just as well as it I knew their language, but I didn't not a word." How did you oontrive it?" "Why, you see, they un derstood mine." First young man "Woll, did you makothe acquaintance of that strange girl yon were raving over?" Second ditto "Yes, followed her home." First young man "How did she strike you!" Second ditto "She did not at all; Bhe got her big brother to do that business for her." "You still jtoep yonr family in the oountry, I hear," remarked a merchant to his neighbor, casually. "I should think yon would misa them very much." "Shi They don't get back to the city until tbo full openings are ovor. I haven't been studying eoonomy for twenty years for nothing. High-priced countoy board for a weok ia olieaper than a day at the openings." Boston Globe. The old Btory is revived concerning the baptismal Bilver bowl of the Contor church, New Uaven. This bowl was presonted to the church a great many years ago by Jeremiah Atwaier, and Ins name is engraved thereon. The Btory ia that Mr. Atwater bought a keg of nails in Boston. Whon the keg was openod it was found that after taking oft a top layer of nails the keg was tall of silvor dollars, and it waa out of these dollars that the bowl was mado. The late Leonard Baoon discredited the Btory .and perhaps the truth will never get iuto print. A Live Liz.uip is Inpian Stosk. On Friduy of last week, while getting out stono'in his quarry, a mile south of Kokomo, Georgo W. Di fenbur.gh made one of the most wonderful discoveries probably of tbe present age. It became necessary to split a massive slab of stone when, to his groat Biirpriso. he found firmly imbedded iu the solid rock a species of lizard of light color, with eyes, but apparently sigbtloss, alive aud active. Whim first found it did not ap pear to possess any life, but in a few moments was very livoly. The lizird had been imbedded in this stone prison house for perhaps hundreds of years, feeding on nothing and lying in a coma tose condition. Sientifio men consider tbe find most wonderful. The lizard is now elivo and in tbe posieaaion of Mr. Dt-fenbaugh. Fkevakkd to Die. In Spottsylvania county, last Friday evening, airs. Ann Talley, aged seventy years and in seem ing robust health, informed her friends that her tiiuo'had come, and so im pressed was she with the idea that on Saturday morning she arose at au early hour, wasueii, dressea, pre pared herself for tbe anticipated event and proceeded to cook her breakfast, and while so engaged, with no previous warning, dropped dead. Richmond (Va.) Whig. She admitted to her mother that the young man had made a very atrong im pression on her. "Yes," remarked the old lady, "I can see where the impres sion mashed tbe lace flat aa a clean nap kin. Don't lei it happen again."