AS USfOJJlHHKD TOKM,
ThOTwrbo tiirmd ovrr wul otcr,
hoft updi Ot-w-irlpitnt M'y.
Klnootli whfro Unk of rtl iil-.yt-r,
iU f iround lilf k Mr.-t.litJ tufty.
A Jitdr niKl'I "l at iw-r inlUtiug-;
Aud ill glDg ft luTellitiiig ly. .
. i ou( oftho UI7-i1rp1 'K'c
Tlit borlen d lh green muting line,
Cp iml ol th lnn ' JK "
If. Iltt to iU lUof bi r .ir.iln.
Th hrown llilMnu'li of Hit wild blrfli
Ware lifted ugalu uJ !!.
A fu r luhl It bf I10M hr.
Nihnl ol oreou ner
Th K'rl o ra hire I" Uii h ,.unlr.
Tbt If od Hie fiuik ' Ih w;
Oil MrT lrr, Dir beuiltul M.i)rilini-!
i-iy, i'uw bust lliou came to tint box?
Drw bic frrnn the window th-Jfurla n,
i moil thobid wDi'mUi' l
Tb-j (,IiIiwi rc cold nd utio iriln,
Trie miii K'llim out of tier
Tlii l awwy w;ih wt:iif,
Cjmif up to look ouv uf her tjr.
8bo lurni the f ri orcr irnl ovi r,
CI. ar bn t ibe tUjrtuiie cv by,
01 r buck U i.iUclmid ol iel "?' .
, . ThiUblaimm b4if round iii'l hirikr.
Ami Hie ctiwt from lh I.1 ( her MiK'ilB
M r Id ud m liodl If It IV
HELEN YIXT0V8 riHDK.
When Helen Vintou was twonty-one,
tho great mills whore lior father had
mado the bulk o( his fortune become her
al.inln'n nrnnertv. .
k Iipiivv chamo for Kir!. and many of
her friends questioned tho wisdom ol tho
will. Hut it bad been understood that
beforo that timo ho would bo the wife
rf linr nnnnin Victor, to whom h!io had
boen botrothed almoHt from her cradle.
n,l linRiilns this, between her and all
,.a.n rLirnriliiigr tho mills stood Lor foro
man, Stephen Walker, tho strong, culm
man whom the inen both loved and
feared, and whose father had been fore-
mnn ttioru linfom hilD.
And though tho raiirriapro hud been de
layed from timo to time, and victor nud
spent most of the twit yours since she
reached Lor majority wandering over
Enropa, tslio hud never knowu tho re
sponsibility of hor position until this
autumn day, wheu uho sat amid the rich
surroundings of her library, herself the
fairest object there, bending wearily
ovnr tho long columns of retires that
represented to her tho Btato of her busi
nous. ' ,
Thero was n qaick step in the hall,
ahd Btophen Walker entcred-a tall,
rugged man, with kindly brown eyes,
and a smile that redeemed the phir.no'S
of his f?nures, and with strength aud
determination in ovcry lino of his face.
- "You ore examining tho acoounts.Mh
Vinton. I trust you tind no diflloulty in
understanding them?"
"Ob, I daro say they aro plain enough,
shoropli.id, with 0 forood laugh, "hut I
was always stupid about Usnres. This
is a hoary burden von havo thrown on
my shoulders, Mr. Walker how heavy
I searctdy realized until I altompted to
go over tliese dreadful books.
Stephen Walker grew very pulo, and
vnii-n Bounded harsh uud uuuined as
hniaid:
"I hopo tliero will be no troublo, Mias
Vinton. 1 snppone Victor will bo homo
in tho spring, aud I tliitik Brown will bo
quite capahlo 01 taKin;; cuargo 01 uieiu
until then."
"I dare Ray wo will do very well, and
I cannot blame you for wishing to go. I
know you have tulouts that avo quito
thrown nwny here. Bnt Btephon with
n little break in tho sweet, proud voice,
' and extending her Iittlo hands to hitu
"I will wins vou sadly."
Ho took her ban i in bin, and bent
ovor them, with a treat sob in Lis voice
'Oh. Helen don't yon know? Cun't
vou undorstaud? It is not booauso I want
. .... .v .
to utittor nijHoii mat 1 uiusi go, uui, oh
caesu to stay here, seeing yon every day,
and knowing, a I do, that you can never
bo inino, id madness. lor, on, Jscu, my
qnoen, I lovo you!
"Sloul" b'ub Biiid. iinKsionatoly, hor
faeo white, and a steely gleam in her
eyes that would Lave daunted n weaker
man.
No: vou must hear me. I never meant
to tell you thin, but now you must know
why I desert tho charge your father left
mo. I romoinber the flrst day I saw you,
when vour father brought you down to
the dusty old mills a tiny, uolilen
haired fuiry, who soomod of liner clay
than I, a rough boy and left you for a
wholo bright ilay in my euro. Helen,
from that day I have worshipped you,
inadlv. honelckidy, I know, but as mnn
revor loved before, and now to stay hero
and see vou lutor wife, ih woroe than
death I"
"Havo you quito finished?" sho naid,
coldly, aa he paused. "Then go. It is
well you havo chosen to leave here at
onco And never dare to coruo ta my
pronen!0 aguinl"
lid turuol, without another word, and
went wearily out into tho autumn oven-
ing.whero the wet w ind, sobbing through
tho lcalless brauehes of the tree, aceaied
a drcarr echo to his thouthts.
And inside, nrono on tho floor, hor
Rolden hair trailed ovor tho lieh cuipet.
Helen Vinton lay struggling, with the
great sense of less and pain, as she
listened to the sound of Lis footsteps
. dowu tho broad path and out of her life,
. realizi ng that Stephen Wulkor had loved
her uo longer or no better tiiau nho had
loved him, but knowing, too, that be
tween John Vinton'a daughter and the
foreman of her mills was a gulf that not
even love could bridge, '
The winter that followed ws a trying
one to Misa Vinton. Brown, the man
whom Mr. Walker left to fill his place,
' fell ill soon after his departure, and the
burden of responsibility fell upon her.
. 8ho was a proud woman and had never
made friends among her employes. Mur
inuring and discontent on one Hide, and
scornful implacability on tho other, cul
minated in a striko, involving a heavy
loss to Miss Vinton, and much suffering
among her people.
In the Bpring Victor returned bright,
handsome Victor with his happy heart
- and ftunny smile. And with his coming
the tioubie vanished as if by mag c. The
men loved him, and tnbducd by tho
sharp lesson of tho winter, wero quite
ready to come to terms,
lie was eagor for a speedy marriago,
. but on one pretext and another it was
delayed uutil the summer faded and au
tumn was upon them.
Once or twiee during tho summer Vic
tor brought her a newspaner containing
faroMble acjounts of an invention of
Stephen Walker's an improvement that
bad been in operation la tier uiius juug
before it was p itented.
The parngraph stated (hat he Lad ao
oeptcd an offer to supaihtcnd the ereo
Uon of some mills in South America and
was going far away.
And then the restraint sho had put up
on horsolf suddenly gave way, and she
foil down unconscious at Victor's feet,
who. in all bis alarm and anxiety, uw
not droMtn of the truo canto.
A few days aftor tins Mie was engagou
In some household dutios, looking very
boautifnl in ler morning uress 01 boh
mnBlin. whon Victor's bright face ap
peared at tho window.
' I W.tnt VOU lO CUUIO WJWU " mm mm"
byond by.'Koll," he said. "The addi
tion is almotit Unlabel, and I want your
Mpproval before we remove the scaffold-
.. ... . . ,. ...
"Vorr well, victor, 1 win uuuowu
Drcnent'lv." nho aaid, laying her hands
on bis slionldcM and looking down into
ihn frank, linnduitnn face, withasocrot
w . . . i
roantt that sho could not lovo mm as 11 e
desorved to be loved.
"And Nell," ho ; cautinned eogorly,
"tho men have been working like beav
ers to got it finished, and I havo prom
ised them a 'wit-Holiday to morrow, anu
apicrViouputthe qnarries. Could not
you lay aside your dignity, and honor us
with your presence for a while? It would
ho so much bettor for all concerned if
there was a bettor feeling botwoon yon
and your people."
"No, thank you, Victor," sho said
haughtily. "If there is anything in this
house that will serve thorn, they are wol
noma to it.' But to rto up there and play
tUu Lady Bountiful, nurse the babies
and listen to tho endlos aoccuuts of last
wintor's rheumatism and this summer's
Inuilmgo, is too dreadful for contempla
tion." "What a thoroughbred Iittlo aristocrat
you are, Nell I i"ou worn born a hun
dred yoars too lato. But I think I love
you tho better as yon arc," raihing tho
tapor fingers to his lips.
Yielding to a suuuon linnuise, wi
bent forward and touched her lips to tho
bright, boyish brow.
And Victor went down to tho mills with
a lighter heart thau ho had known for
months, for ho loved his cousin and her
coldnocs and indiffcrcned troubled him
Just then tno morning train tuuuuuruu
nn to tho Iittlo station, half a milo dis
tant, and left a singlo pasjongcr a tall
man, ia a pray tweed suit, who whiuou
familiarly to tho few bystanders and took
the path acioss the Uuius to tuo rums.
Viotor was stmding surrounded by
the men, looking liko a youug god. His
(drew hat waa in his hand, and tho wind
mined his bronzo curls.
Ho wns tellinK them of his arrange-
monts for tho pijnio, nmld bursts of np
plaufio and peals of laughter, for the
young muster was "always ready with
his joke."
On tho outskirts 01 tue iiuio group,
unnoticed in tho excitement of tho mo
ment, stood a tall man iu a gray tweod
suit.
Suddenly ha railed hi eyes to tho
scaffolding abovo Victor's head, aud then,
no one know quito how it happened, but
strong men were thrown light aud left
us by a giant's strength.
Thero was a sickening crath, and Vio
tor was thrown, as tliaugb ho wen a
child, fur out of harm's way.
But whero ho had stood a momoot be
foro lay n man they all know, pinned
dowu by a heavy boam across his chost.
And whilo they stood, horror Btriekmi
nud appalled, a graceful woman's form
iv:ui in tlicir midst.
"Meii," she said, iu a voioo eo unliko
her own tlmt those who heard it never
forgot, "cm vou do nothing but stand
uml stare liko idiots? 'Victor, ho has
Riven his life for vou. Can you do noth
insr to relievo him? (lo to tho house and
bi o that a room is mode ready to receive
him. John Stiles, saddle tho fleetest
hoiso iu mv stablo. and lido for Doctor
Jackson us you never rodo before; aud
tho rest of von., put f"! 'J1 yo
strength and lift this beam."
And they sucoooded in rescuing tho
mau, and beforo him alow ly aud silently,
with all tho strong vitality crushed out
of him, up tho road ho had trodden so
often up the broad walk that had
echoed so drearily to tho sound of his
footsteps loss than a year ago into tio
house he had boen forbiddcu to enter
ognin; aud beforo them walked a woman,
w ith wild eyes and white, drawn lips.
When tho doctorcamo out of tho room,
after all was done that ho could do, she
met him at tho door.
"Is thoro anv bono, dootor'r"
"I cannot tell yot. Ho hasaBtrong
constitution, aud wo will hopo for tho
best," said the good old doctor, whilo
the tears stood in his eyes.
For ho had known nud loved Stephen
Walker all his lifo.
"Doctor," sho said, graspiug his arm
with rasBlotmte force, "you must save
him vou must, you must! Take all
have money, lauds, everything but
save his liful'' -
' You forgot, my child, that tho issnea
of life and death are not in my bauds. If
any skill of inino can' avail to save
Stephen Walker's life, I think you know
1 need no M ile.
"Forgive me, doctor! I scarcely knew
what I was saying. I know you will do
all you oun, aud 1 am" a good uurso
papa always iid so."
"Helen, you must not think of nursiug
him. This strain on your uerves is too
great; you are ill alteady."
She laid a slim, cool Hand iu 111.
"But your linger ou my pulse, doctor.
It beats evenly, I muht be bravo aud
strong for his sake. If I gave my lifo for
him it would but poorly rcquito what he
ban dono for me."
The doctor looked into the white, piti
ful face, in which 110 trace of the ol I
pride remained, and read her secret.
"It shall be as you wish," he said,
brittly; "but you must let nurse help
vou. It will bo a terrible ordeal eveu if
ho recovers." , . .
She weut into the darkened room,
where he lay iu a heavy stupor, aud
knelt behide the couch. Presently be
opened his eyes and eaw her there. A
glad smile lighted his faoe.
"Nell, Queen Nell!" ho said, softly,
and then, "Victor-is ho safi?"
"Sato and uuharmed, Stephen; but at
what a cost!"
"It is better so belter and easier lo
die thus for your happiness than to live
through the weary years of exile I looked
forward to."
"Do not talk of dying" she moaned.
"You must live for my sake; for, oh, mj
darlintr. I cannot live without youl"
A suddeu gUdnet transfigured his
face.
"Do you know what you an saying,
Helen? Did you care for me a little, after
all?"
"80 much, Stephon, that if you are
taken, there will be no good thing left
in lifo for mo but to Ho down and die,
too -so much that I could never havo
married Victor, though liko a coward I
s'lrank from telling him so."
"I must live, door," he said "I can
not die now!"
And then ho drifted away into uncon
sciousness. . It was long day, before bo know her
again Jong, weary days, whilo the iron
constitution ('id battle with tho fever
that consumed him, und often when it
seemed that the battlo was hopeless.
And through it all sho never loft him.
In that dark time, all that was best and
sweetest in Ho en Vinton's natnre carao
to tho surface. She bad no the ught, then,
of concealing hor love; but Jior wholo be
ing went out in one passionate prayer
that ho might bo spared. And when tho
crisis was pussed, and ho was pronounced
out of danger, there seemed to bo 110
room in her heart for her gret joy aud
thankfulnois.
They worn murried at Christmas, and
I don't thiuk thu most fustiJiou3 of
Helen Vinton's friends over looked upon
her as having mudo a "mesalliance," for
Stephen Walker won both wealth and
honor, and never did wife glory moro in
her husband's success than sue in his.
Victor took his sore heart away to
Europe as soon as Stephen was out of
danger. But hi. 4 troubld was not incura
ble, for ho has inst brought a lair young
English girl home, to be mistrosn of tho
big house he is building.
Stories of tiang-Frold and Shyness.
fact that our walls nro porous and ab
sorb the filth as fast as it condenses,
thus preventing its visiblo manifesta
tion, Tho accumulation goes on in a
houso, tho rooms of which nro not
freely exposed to tho disinfecting in
fluences of air and sunlight, until tho
plaster and paper covering its walla
tnlv saturated with decom-
tinai nff 11 1th. which ponra oat contin-
a 1
FACTS AXD 'vs.
. r0ad laborer anda8kedhiuiin,6 won
undertake to carry i.. Mrg j. w, Mltckay m .
water. , , ,h0 00v rope anothor year. ,nU
Why noi' , . ,.!, .,i -orriod him A biir hnrricane ennmi.,ii
outbreak of cholera at Manil. i m
"Why not? said tu iuu.-y- ---tho
monarch on his backand carried him
iPfflZ'otber gentle-
-iow,!iu j, if av
man, 1 wur j - ,. . k
tho
The other day a Florida couple . ,
sixty years oach, rodo thirtv niii.' ge1
springless oart to get married. 1
m a 1 t
jutmierers in i ranco, if they u
oney, are compelled under tl.o 7T(
to pay a large sum to the family of th!7
iMntinm. J 1 lue'r
Two childron were poisoned at Sklh
ville. Ill.,byadosaof momt,in J:J'
.... i : . ii.f,. . r- Kiyjn
You rascal!" cried tho miner; "tue 7 J u intoxicated
, stand
ti,u m,.n did as he wax told.stooa s
i.t. i.:.. lnoM una
n u u ''V' ':.;.-" . ... ho was to
middle Ol tue wuiti
POH1PK liua, wuiuu j,...- I A. -u ,1,- watl-r. S anU " BULl " no .nwrnh-IU.;,!...,""'
ually upon the occupant, o the nouso - . - u to give you, -fl - ; - -"ewUt
i . irnoai mill fiiiii.r I uiiii " w ' . . . .n
forms of dirt. But tho lungs and tho
skin nro not the only sources of gaseous
llli. the cesspool, tho
witter, iha vault, tho neglected cellar, get,
the wood box, tho back yard, the cta
blo, the pigsty, tho garbage barrel
all Uicko and a hundred other sources
constantly pour out a deadly stream of
poisonous g:iscs ar.d orgauio tilth. San
itary News.
other gontleman paid for us both; I saw
him von impudent swindler! You skill
not have another farthing!
It is not every ono who possesses tho
cool doss of tho Ambassador whoso ira
purtnblo sang-froid so piqued Louis
XIV. The monarch vainly attempted
to improfs him with the glories of hia
Court, ond then thought to embarrass
him by interrupting his first speooh by
oolling npon lnm to speck louder. Tho
Ambassador morely bowed low, raised
his voice and went on unmoved. Thoro
is a companionable story of a niodoru
American debutato, at hor lirbt appear
ance at a drawing room, remembering
that sho had omitted to courtosy to ono
membor of the royal group, and turned
back to rectify tho error with perfect
sans-froid.
But such peoploaro the exceptions anu
not tho rule. Sir Arthur ueips re
marks that tho manners of tho majority
of English people in society is tho de
meanor which Uonfuous prescribed to
his dimnlca in the presenoo of their
suuoriors "an air of rospectful uneai
.. . . i . .I.
ness. in one oi tuo oiguteeniu
centurv maaazincB u nn amusing do
scription of the agonies endured by the
shv man who has written a book or a
poem, and becomes tno lasuion in con
sequence. But tins fictitious story is
fullv paralleled by tho event in tho lifo
of tlav. ThoTrincess of Wales, near
inor thaUho had written a tragedy called
. rt . ... A.I ! L .1
The uaptivos, (losirea to near it reau
bv the author. Ho accordingly attended
her residence Unfortunately, the poet
beinir an extremolv nervous man, was so
overcome by tho cxcitomont or tho intro
duction that ho nover observed a largo
Japanese screen until ho respect f ally
backed upon it, nod sain it craeuing to
tno ground, amid tuo screams oi too
Princess and hor ladies. It is naodless
to say that his subsequent reading of
tragedy did his work Iittlo justice, aud
t io i'nncaes appears to nave nern
but slightly impressed with his genius
Fashion Hints.
Whon ladies go what is popularly
called "a shopping," they generally do
so without nuv nxod ideas or their ro
quironiouts. This dress strikes their
fancy, aud that bonuot; a wrap in tho
window attracts their udmiriug gnz?,
and gloves, they think, aro very pretty
of n particular oolor. Theso purchases
aro mado. aud tho result lS Iamontablo
Tho dress is pink purple, tho wrap is a
blue purple; tho bonnet is rude, and the
cloves am bino. &acii artioio is naud
some in itself, but whon worn together
tho "ensomblo" is frightful. A little
thought beforo going to "shop," regard
imr tho harmony of colors and the grada
tions of shade, and this blunder would
havo been avoided.
They boo on a lay rlguro, or somo
friend, a dress that they admire exceed
iusrlv. They go into a pattern store, pur
chaso the paper pattern, aud, full of
ardor they make up tho new silk dress
Tho result, a in tho previous, is lamenta
bio. ami they throw all the blame of
their grotesque appearance on "the hor
rid people that sell micu ureadiui iook
iuc natterns."
They forget that what suits one figure
does not suit all. An immeusely fat
woman cannot wear witli impunity the
same styles worn by a graceful, sleuder
one. A short, stout, clumsy woman
ought not to loop her draperies after the
manner of a talL lithe one. It is to suit
all figures that there is so great
diversity iu theso patterns, and tho
range being so wido, thero need Le no
bluudcr committed in tho selection.
The Bath.
Mothers and Daughters.
Said one dark-oyed woman to her
neighbor, in the publio conveyance
wuicu accomniotifiioa iutuuk ui iw";
trurn
"Hliahad completely effaced herself
forlicr daughter. Everything is dono to
accommodate Helen and Julia, and Mrs.
is snnorsoded. It don t see
rip;ht to me that a mother should
.? ! II.- 1 1 ,1
ItniTP.LIlPr 1Q LUU U.LUHK1UUUU.
"Oh. aaid tho sect-looking lady to
whom this was addressed, "self denial is
easy to mothers. What is a mother's lifo
- . . ... .t .I van
miT vnv tint a sacrinco an iurouf?;ir
L J . . 1 T. .1. 1
1 areo with tuo ursi speauer. n uou i.
fli.m richt to me that the Jiolens and
Julias, bright, beautiful, bewitchiug
though, they may bo, should stop to tuo
ront in solum aosorption umi muuuiiu
izo tho beat things, whilo "mother," a
nalo. colorless, woraout fignro, w wear
ing old dresses, reading old books, or
noiio at all, seeing lew menus, unu
livincr a humdrum life of routine, chietly
enlivened by conflicts with Bridget's
Rtnnidltv nnd Noah s impertinence. In
deed, it is not richt. nud Helen and
Julia, flashing liko butterflies in tho
Biiuriv morninc of youth, would be the
last to enjoy their warm and cosy homo
they lcit that iney were responsioie
for tho monotony of their mother a ex
istenco. Mother is herself tho person
most to blame. For sclf donial is easy
indeed to a real mother. From tho hour
when her nature first over-brimmed with
the tidal rauturo which sweeps full-
blooded into tho heart that cradles a
babe, through tho weary, watching hours
of toothing and vhooping congh, mumps
and measle3, on through school days,
I saw physician.
M. W. Gillis, the proprietor of a im,ii
bank at Clifton SpriW N. V In?
"What is he going to siamu ,u"u,i oi lotii
(tut. Siuwu iivvuuiuui
A gentleman of Eust Modway Mm
83 years old, on Monday shota wild am2
with a gun which was used in tho rovr
muuuuij nii.
An Illinois man boxed his' uif'.
for investing $2 in a lottery ticket. 8b
went to her father's homo, snd her tiekot
soon after drew $5000.
out tl.o emperor,
'Nothing. .....
'Then throw him inlo the water.
rri. iv.,11 -ilinut 10 UO BO.Uiik ui
1UJ lawuivi .
intended victim held on tighter and ox
claimed: . , , ,
"I will givo you threo ronoiosi
"Ask 300," interposed tho emperor,
luughing. ,
And now began a mosv -
Tho terrified rider cinng sun uiui
I!. 'Pl.o rncro ami terror OeiUClOU IU o
the features of the miser wero lnuoBcnu- uou vw, o pruienuer to the
nblv ludicrous, the emperor nieanwlnlo Spanish crown, lives in Venico, whero
. . 1 . .. I I... Sa Atinuinrv tiiilnli a.nT..lnl I .
uiginghim to come ou. . I , . .ni - . UJ wisDe.
" Voll now," exclaimed the grand havior. Tho aristocracy generally Lua
dianitarv at last, "carry me across, l him.
uinunuij . , ;. -rBi;n v,-i. v .
will Pv you wuen wo j;uu nicio. termont
"Don't you trust him I" called tho em- sings "Homo, Swoot Homo" so effect-
peror, neany cuun.cu mm iUo...r v " jjmip
A novelty in sideboards is of light mad
m inKt Liirinhi Tboarer whom the emperor in wiuuut,, ami uas two small cuphnarji
beke, by ht ge tur enJaged to remain beneath and a series of small Live,
uottfj'" ny his ge sin a , . , terminating in a pictureFauora inrr '
O'
AfaVo liim tmv at once!"
Our anxious traveior uau, wuuu
mg over vue wuiur, i uiib v
pocket-book and hand to the countryman
tho 3'J(J rouotcs.
The Demaud for ggi. .
and go homo before ho finishes the first
verso.
. Five living irrandmotbers istheskre
of a child living in Terrel Co., Oa; two
of thorn are grand mo thors, two great
grandmothers and ono great great gratia
mothor, A story comes from Canton, Chins, of
a woman who, to punish & female slave
who had stolen some food, cnt a slice
from the girl's thigh and made her cock
The late suppression ' of the French
Rim had fallen into tho vionu3 ways of
idling gossip. But it seems she was
ration, abused ail mis ume. iu icoyuu
sibilitv rests with a peculiar manufact
ory nf" which fow neoplo kuow anything.
aud vacation days and courting days, Tl'io principal offender ia the Albumen
Tl,a tunrlnRS bird of the barnyard, the
Inilnufvimift bnt modost hen. has. lately
l in iinnrntostina silsuco the con-
vuuu.u.. ... --j-- . . i iioui lun
tumely of the feeder s scorn uecuuso v anJ pat ,-t
hor prosuraed negiecs io prouu
.... : f..n.it vo..fii. For ft
manyegasus .u ..- v." nwsl,n.)fcr. Ibe Black Cat. l,nt,.1nJ
gZi ycTkTer7 and hero ap eared iu .great publio excitement in PariS, In fact
flL scarcity of ho frnit and tho prices there is still a strong feline against the
of the grocer, a painful suspicion that government, .
in joweiry is suown a very novel luce
pin iu the form of a locust with sapphire
eyes, the body of a light colored lapis
liizuli-, the legs of gold and wings formed
of tiny diamand chippiegs; - -
Curious fact in tho grammar of poli
tic mother's lifo is poured ont and given papcr company at Eochcster, though it jiC8: When statosmen get into place tbev
fir her children. So it should ua8 accessories in similar institutions at often become oblivious of their ante-
A man who resided not half a humtroi
miles from Fontiao objected to taRiug
tlio warm bath which I prescribed for
him a fow years ago, declaring that
ho of water htd not touched his bac
in forty years. W hat must have boon
tho oondition of his system, leaving out
all wsthetio considerations, and what
must have been the condition of the
great unwashed multitudes of Europe
during tho thousand years when tho bath
wus absolutely nukuownr in com
weather, this potent poison, or the
moisture in w&tob it js dissolved, may
lie seen oondeasiug upon the window
panes, sometimes forming a dense hyer
of frost, and often woven by the mys
terious fingers of nature's ailent workers
into the most fantastic designs, some
times printing view of etartliug
beauty, as if thus designing to coneeil
the deadly agent of disease and suffer
ing hidden within its sparkling folds.
A few weeks ago I stepped into an un
ventilated railway car when the ther
mometer waa several degrees below
aero outside, and found tho accumula
tion of this frcam filth npon the win
dowa nearly an inch thick. Did it ever
occur to you tint tho same condensa
tion ia constantly takiug place npon
tho walla and ceiling of our homes?
A layer of frost such as covers tho win
rinwft on a cold day would be also visi
ble upon the wall were it not for the
incussantlv
be in a senso. In every child the mother
renows her youth, and eich son ond
daughter is an addition to the homo
wealth.
But some of yon mothers, to whom I
ara talking, carry your self-sucriltee so
far that you forgot that you have any
lifo of your own, for which you are ro
sponsiblo to Ood. You spend yonr
strength so freely and so reckbssly
during tho year'a of childien'a childhood
that yon havo no elasticity, no resources,
no health left to spare by ttw timo tuey
are crown up. xou so uevoto yonr skiu
aud tulonta to tlio material Bido or the
houso that you havo no time to keep up
with tho current of tho world s thought,
or to grow up intellectually with your
young people. Many n good wouiau
su Hers her religious life to droop and
launnisli because in hor thoughtless
niving up of every momont of time and
of every remnaut of nervous force toHhe
daily demands of her households, iho
has tibJOlutoiy no opportunity icit lor
sitliDgat tho Mastor's feet. Society is
not, iu our cities, given up so wholly to
tho young as it was a few years ago. in
fact, there can bo no social Buccess where
only tho crudity of eavly youth appears
tho scene. Older neonio wno bring
to the front tho tact, tho oxporienco, and
the knowledco which they have gained
through the years, must mingle in tho
social gathering if it is to bo witty, bnl
liant and attractive, iho mothers must
bo in tho van. and tho daughters, as bo
fita their ago, a Iittlo in tho sheltering
shadow if we are to lmvo the ideal social
lifo growing out of the ideal homo life
I nm very fond of tho Helens and
Julias. I liko their sparkle, their
vivacity, their s.pnt, but I do not like
their want of consideration for mother,
if sho is, perhaps, a Iittlo old-fashioned,
a little tired, a little ditlldoutand fright
ened iu the blaze of their splendor. True
ond tenderly-loving daughters will never
bo contented to lot mothers efface them
selves, evou thonsh self-denial be an
easy maternal duty.
Ono of tho Public.
Ono day a grand postoflico official hap
rcned to be passing through a govern
ment ofhVo with which he was not con
nccted. Thero he saw a man standing
before the tiro reading a nowspaper,
Hours afterward, returning tho same
way. ho wns shocked to find tho sumo
man, legs extended, liefore tho saino fire,
still buried m tho columns of a newspa
per. "Hullo, sir! ' cried' tho indiguant
head of tho department, "what are you
doing?
"Can't you see what I am doing?" was
the answer.
"Sir, I came throngh this ofik-e four
hours ago, and I found you reading the
paper; I returned and you uro still wast
tuir vour time in the tamo man ne
"Very true; you have stated the cas 3
to a nicety."
Hereupon tho head of the department
naturally tires up. V hat is yonr name,
sir? he said.
Well. I don't know that my name is
any affair of vours: what is vour name?
"Sir. I would Lave you know that l
am the to-au.t-so of tho postolhce,
Indeed! Well. I nm glad to hear it
I am, sir, simply one of tho public, who
has ' beeu kept waiting here four hours
for an answer to a simple question, ana
I shall be much obliged if yon will use
your influence to get me attended to.
Au Emperor's Frolic?
The late F.mperor Nicholas, antocrat
of all tho Uussias, the most iron-handed
of modern times, hold one thing iu par
ticular aversion, viz.. wealth coupled
with avarice. He was onco traveling
with a great diguitary whom he had often
hantered because of his stinginess. At
one of the startes the carriage had to un
dergo snndry repairs, and the gentlemen
wont forward on foot, iney cinow a
Ruot where the road waa flooded to a
causidcrablodeptn. The. emperor called
Camdon, N. J., and Philadelphia. Thoie
threo institution? supply tuo ivw puo
tographoia of tho Country with tho es
pecial paper necessary to their faco-tnk-
lug proclivities, in this ousineas mo
Rochester concern uacs b.000,000 eggs
per annum, which must bo perfectly
fresh for service. Tho whites of tho eggs,
after undergoing oheiaieal solution, are
spread over tho snrfaco of u lino quality
of paper imported from France, which
gives tho gloss we seo in photograph'.
Tlio volks are turned over to glovers,
who nso thorn in dressing kid. It is
against such composition that tho hen
has to contand in hor endeavor to fur
uish tho tablo with delicacies, and it
would be readily percoived that tho es
tablishment of many such concerns
would tend to distract the hen from the
natural course of hor industry, if it did
not iu timo quito discourage her.
cedents, though thoy are seldom forgot'
ful of their relatives. i he Judge.
The contract for building tho York-
town monument has bcon awarded to the
Hallowell granite company, of Maine.
Tiro work is to bo comploted by October
18, 1884, tho anukcrsiry of tho surren
der. '
No one ever supposed the prairie-dog
towns to be of any valne in tire-west un
til a Yank jo besoiged oue and began to
capture tho auimals for their skins,
which, it is said, can be mado iuto gloves
which rival tho finest kid.
General Shermau kisses every girl to
whom ho is introduced. lecuinson
always was a reckless ' cn:is, much given
to outtinff uwav from bis base and de
pending on tho country for his supplies
as he went along. Hawkoye.
Tho hammer and anvil of Powell, tie
"harmonious blacksmith" of White
church, England, have been sold at auc
tion. The anvil, whon struck with this
hammer, gives two notes B and E. Its
sound Biiggested tho molody named alter
the blacksmith.
Tho Boston Herald wishes to revise
its opinion that the President has a tal
ent for reoreation. A mnn, it says, who
can bo satisfied with two days' splondia
fishing and can't stay contented in one
spot lor more than six hours., has no real
genius for repose.
A man living, noar lake Louise, in
Manitoba, picked up an armful of sticks
one daylastweek.nnd carrying them home
throw under tho stove. In a fow minutes
two of the sticks commenced crawimK
WORDS OF YVISDO II.
Soi't words scald not tho raoatb.
Care makes a man old before his time.
Djn't spare tho butcher and fco the
doctor.
Do noblo things; not dream them nil
lay long. Charles Kingsley.
Lay bv a good storo of patience, but
bo sure to put it where you can find it.
Tho man who knows only his own oido
of the case knows litllo of that. J. Stu
art Mill.
A weak miod is liko a microscope,
which mnguilles trifling things, but can
not receive great ones.
The books whioh help you most ore away, having developod into good sized
tlioso which mane you tuinK tue most, suakes with the heat
The hardest way of learning is by easy
reading. Theodoro Parker.
Honor and virtue are ornaments of the
soul, without which the body, thongh it
bo really beautiful, ought not to bo
thought so. Don Quixote.
Tho most trifling actions that affect a
man s credit are to no recaruea. lue
sound of your hammer at fivo in the
morning or at nine at night, board by a
creditor, makes him easy e-ix months
longer; but if ho sees you at a billiard
bible or hears your voice at a tavern,
when you Bhould be at work, ho sends
for his money tie next day. Franklin.
A File iv a Banana. Last Saturday
afternoon Edward Holmau, who was
confined in tho city jail under a three
years' sentence to the penitcutiary tor
burglary, was visitod by his wife, who
brought him a basket of delicaoies,
among them several bananas. The
cnard on inspecting the basketa discov
ered that the skin of one of the bananas
was broken. Examining it closely, he
fousd a small file run through the cen
ter of it. Two files wero also found in
the basket. The woman waa placed un
der arrest and her husband notifiud of
tho fact. Holman confessed that he had
been plotting to make his escap?, and
produced five small saws from his cell,
which his wife had smuggled to him. He
was taken to the penitentiary yesterday.
-St. Louis Olobe Democrat.
The Canada-Pacific Colonization
Schemes. The Canada-Pacific railroad
company and other capitalists of British
North America, offer to transplant five
thousand families, aggregating twenty-
five persons, iron Ireland to the Cana
dian Northwest territory. If tho British
government will loan 1,000,000 without
interest for the purchase of farmiug out
fits for the emigrants, tho loan would be
guaranteed by the railroad company
and it associates in the enterprise. They
would also provide for the settlement of
fifty thousand persons on the same
terms. The government acoording to
Lord Carlingford, regards the proposi
tion favorably.
A little southern boy. when asked
hia father had a good mule, mournfully I his
replied; "One. end of kin is good.
Tho newest brocaded Ottoman silM
aro in designs of fruits nnd flowers, and
tho scissors of tho dressmakers will mate
as great havoc with apples, plum',
oranges, grapes and various buds an
blossoms us thoy did last season wim
hoads of beasts and birds.
John Chinaman does not tackle to base
ball. Iu Philadelphia a nine of ' pig
tails" was formed, and' the first ball
pitched struok the batsman square m w
stomach. He yelled, "Him hurteobcllj
muchee," and threw up the bat, the en
tire nine following suit. Hartford lost.
It is soberly related that in ono county
in fi..nria th.it tii rabbits are eoniinier-
., n, ..... ;..,. .in.l are cottcn
DUB ' ttlO B UU1DUUVW '-"- ' . ..
rid ct by being mado to commit suicwe.
tho plants that
the bunnies would eat nnd this cnusji
n. ...,;.. I, n liom9olve3 10
lUD Ullliliuio nul l --
W1..
. -it.
Fanciful stones, fancifully set. "'"
n. i;.i,fn..f t .1,1 nnssinff aronnu
mo Diinun.-. .tin v. fa'-'-- 1'-
n... a .1... f. 1,;,,.,M.i lint's 10'
Initio IVm-l rinfs BPnfciallV tliO PI
bronze, gray and black pearls, are in
great favor, and solitaire white pearls
emblems of purity are being ohosen w
engagement rings.
'Hie .Honolulu Gazette says it
rather odd at tho grand ball tQ seo tue
diminutive royal highnesses acting
pages to carry tho heiress apparent
train. Royal highnesses "as is roj
highnesses are not usually employed.;
such duties, but then the Hawaiian
court is "sui generis." " -
A comparison of statistics shows V
Yorlfas the third Gerniaa citv ' m jDe
world, coming after Boriin and .en"
Chicago, Philadelphia and St.
rank close to Frankfort, Hamburg an"
Dresden. Boston is tho only large ci j
in the country where Germans are
f .itin.l in lni(Tfl nnmVlAra
Many are the joys of well doing- ,
rra.l ti Prinnaaa P.ntrflniO. Sister
the King of Sweden, who recently i ,
her diamonds to raise funds in orde r j
complete a hospital in which she was j
terested. . When visiting the hpsp
-r.. i .(Torinff inralc
HIT II B CUIUHIfUUU, ouiiw-o
if wept tears ol gratitude as sbe stooa .
the Princess en;."'--
side, and
Ah! now I see my diamonds again-