K UiCOMFLirC K-VfUTlOM.
BICBtli A.WCKJO I OCTOBU CIHIDIT.
bUr Q'lotM f"ik vera Uotkorit tUll.aom fifty
Trait tfX . , , .
When ("to m drib end ioj were pUlo, and
pietcb wainaid and flow,
Before Um faahloa dared .uot a tlBflO frll or
There 'm i Poo(lM peaceful iludoe, an
uU tin Quaker girt ,
Bulb n lm ' of hrr cl- Do!d of far.
below,
8nepkribake to vanity, from boouet to bet
te.:
gweot rrl-blri wu the, all dlifu!tcd In feathers of
th diff,
vntbOlmy t'n nd perfeet form ami 0701 that
drctuiliif love.
(tylvinu Moore, a bachelor of fort yean or w,
A unaptly r.!on, wit.uoJ iul, wltb beaid and
I r rif t.iw,
nd cjutcr. iliin ter.e. ted ibDiHlDg walk, and
uriwliny iiimI Inne,
Wti prompted by the ll tit euk tbll maid Ola
own.
He knew U u (he ilrU tnt he Mi II Id hl breast,
At oil befme lu mttl.ni lime, and aura of bU re
Procured the ru rail la due form. On Fourth -day
.fihtwf"k
Ha let Kuib know ilia nveiaate trua that be wai
moved to ipeat.
"Rulb.ltbatbeenreveaiollomethatthe and I
muit wed. ... .
I bare epoken to tba meeting, and tba member all
Tbatnur unlou temi a righteous one, wblcb they
will notinT.
80, If woveuum to thy view. I ll wed thee next
1U!I! o"
The cool p-nacui'.on of herself by friend 8f Ivtnui
Home
irouwd li r hot rtneatonnt. which by effort ihe
fori)"!- . .
8be knew lie wHBrfndiy mtn, of Implo, chlldUh
mind)
Aud cruvie.; the word "Impertinence," and en
wired bl&i 10 kind:
"dylvanu Mooie, do thie so borne and wait until
1 wo
The fact thu t murtbi thy wife revealed onto me."
And lbu she loft him there aloue, at will 10 rumt
u'e, Sore puii!ed at the myiterita of Lore, Free Will
aud Kale.
THE BKEVYSTER MAMOXDS.
"And you say the diamonds were very
valuable?"
"Worth twenty thousand dollars, Mr.
what may I cull your name?" asked
Kaiold Brewster of the plainly-dressed
uiAU seated upon the opposite side of the
'table.
"Oh Smith," responded the man.
"Quite a common name, that; bnt I
suppose 'ic" will suffice as well as any,"
saiil Mr. Brewster.
"Precisely."
A short interval of silence then elapsed.
It is quite evident that the two are
studying one another Mr. Brewster be
cause he is n stranger, and the latter be
cause it is his calling.
Finally Mr; Brewster broke the silence
by asking:
"You are a detective?"
- Smith, acknowledged this by simply
bowing.
"And dti you think, Mr. Smith, that
you can help me to recover the jewels?"
"lean try-"
"So can any oue try," quickly inter
rupted Mr. Brewster.
"Let me finhsh, please," said Smith.
44 When I try I succeed. If you wish my
services give me. some points. Tell me
who the diamonds belonged to. Give
tne some, explicit idea as to their form,
number, and the like. I cannot work in
the dark, and bliudfoltledMr.Browstcr."
"That's a fact. Well, in the first place,
the jewels aro old fumily heirlooms.
They consist of a cccklaoe, eardrops and
a pair of bracelets. Abl by the-woy, I
can give you a better idea by these,"
said Mr. Brewster, taking from a drawer
a box. He took the cover off; and there,
ensconced among downy cotton was a
perfect mats of glittering, shimmering
jewels. ., : '., 1, , -
Smith uttered ''an ejaculation of sur
prise as his eyes fell upon the sparkling
gems.
"You seem surprised, Smith; well,
they are pretty fair counterfeits," said
Brewster, as be laid the diamonds upon
the table. ' - . '
"Counterfeits, did you say?" askod
Smith, as he .bent lower to examine
them. ; ' "
"Precisely; they are but paste repre
sentations. They ore. tho sameinsizo
and number as the originals; were made
expressly for such an occasion as this.
Please examine them closely ,Mr. Smith,
for bv these must wo recover the origi
lals." The detective took tho pieces up one
by one and examined each closely. He
counted the stones; noted tbequaint.old
fashioned setting, which was intricate,
delicate, and a marvel of skilled handi
work. "And you say these arc 'bogus.' "
"Yes, sir.; If the originals were here
you could then compare the two sets."
"Who usually wore the real ones?"
"My duugbter, which was seldom; for
she is an invalid and goes in society but
little'' Poor - Lney I she does not even
know that the diamonds are missing."
"Does not know? What do yon mean,
Mr. Brewster? ..
"The two 6eta are kept in a secret
drawer in my desk at home. The origi
nals in a plain white box; these in a blue
box, as you see." '
"Precisely; go on."
"If possible, I would like to recover
the diamonls before my daughter finds
out about the matter. You may proceed
in your own manner, Mr. Smith; if you
succeed in recovering the jewels, and
punishing the thief, I sball not hesitate
to reward yon handsomely."
"Of course you will allow me to take
these,1 taid Smith, pointing toward the
counterfeits. -
"Certainlv; they are only paste, said
Mr. Brewster.aah laid the bogus jewels
back in their downy nest.
Smith took the box, rose, buttoned
his coat and turned to leave, when he
suddenly asked as he looked over his
shoulder: '
"Does your daughter know of the ex
istence of these 'bogus' jeweh?"
"She does." ,
"Let me see-you have a aon!" asked
Mr. Smith.-- - '
have."
'Is be a member of the firm?"
"No, sir."
"What does he do?"
"Sir, my son is a gentleman of leiaure.
"That' all; good-uight," and the door
closed behind the officer's form.
Jack Smith, was 000 of the beat men
on the . force. He was sharp, cunning,
and koew not the meaning of the word
fear. As be wended bis way from Harold
Brewster's office be began to cogitate, to
wonder it there was 00 possible light
ahead concerning the case in band. Just
as be was about to pass a jewelry store a
sndden thought illuminated bis nana.
Ha stepped in. and showing the "bogus"
diamonds to the proprietor, asked him
cneqnestion. When Jack Smith emerged
from rbe door a strange look was upon
bis face, ami he hugged the box more
closely to his breast as he threaded tho
great Broadway throng.
Fred. Brewster was one of those gay,
petted darlings of society, of which New
York has a surfeit. He toiled uor.neitber
did he spin, yet uo one of tho fashiona
ble set in which he tuovod had finer rai
ment nor sprut money more lavishly.
Perhaps if Fred had bud some aim in
life, his lot would not have been n vapid
aa it is. But, as the caio uow stauds, he
is rapidly goiog to tho dogs, lie knows
it, and bis' boon companions kuow it;
but he eaied a little for his mistaken
career as tboy did. Ho was petted by
bis mother and sister, ami his father con
doled bis many foibles by sayng:
"Lot tho buy sow his wild cats; ho'll
sottle down soon enough."
The young roan gambled; wag a fre
quenter of sporting circles of every de
scription, aud did not disdain to bet hun
dreds of dollars cn a brutal prizo ring
affair. Upon the evening following the
interview between Harold Brewster and
the dotective, while Fred was in one of
the noted gambling resorts on
street, ho found thut a plaiuly-dressed
man of middle age was watching him
closely.
It troubled him exceedingly, and mado
kirn careless in bis play. The conse
quenoe was wlun he rose from the game
he found that he had lost five hundred
dollars. He went to the bar and called
for brandy. After dinking it he took
his departure. The middle-aged man
who had watched him bo closely was at
his heels.
"T.nnlr linro nrranffpr." said Fred.
turning to the other when the pair had
reached tne wain, ' am 1 sucn an oojec.
of curiosity that you must needs keep
your eyes upon me?''
"Be calm, Mr. Fred Brewster. I ar
rest yon in the name of the law," said
Jack Smith; for he it was in many of his
disguises.
"My God! Arrest me? For what?"
gasped the young man, starting back.
"No matter; come with me," simply
returned Smith.
The young man saw now that it would
be utterly out of the question to offer re-
aintiitinit mill an nnrnmnanied the officer.
The pair passed into Broadway, and after
reaching and passing through Bond
Btreet, went down tne uowery.
A straDge expression of fear came npon
Fred Brewster's faoe when the ollloer
told him to step into a pawnshop with
him, near Canal street crossing.
"The ticket, please," said Smith.
Fred trembled in every limb; his face
was the pioture of abject despair.
"What what do yon mean?" he ejao-
nlated.
"The pawn-ticket for the diamonds,"
whispered the detective. -Fred
took his nocket-book out. and.
extracriuff the alio of paper from its con
tents, passed it to Smith.
"Now, friend JaooD, 1 11 tano tuai 101
of diamonds in the white box. please,"
said Smith, handing the ticket to the Jew
bohind the ornnter.
"Yes. mine frent, but I must haf mine
monish. Twenty-five tollar, and fife for
te nse of to monish returned the Jew.
. Hmith handed him the required
amount and took tho diamonds.
After the pair had reached the street,
the detective said to the thoroughly as
tonifihed young man:
' "Now, my voung man, let me give
vnn a ninnn nf advice: mend vonr wave:
change your manner of living, and be a
man for your mother s sake.
"And am I at liberty?" asked Fred,
as the other turned to leave.
"You are; go and do the right thing
hereafter. But recollect there's one man
who knows of your crimes, and will no(
hesitate to use this incident against you
if you ever give him occasion.
The next day, while Harold Brewster
was seated in his office, he was startled,
by the appearance of Smith, the detec
tive. "Ah, Smith, I see by your faoe that
you have suoceeded."
"1 have; there are your diamonds,"
said the detective, laying the two boxes
upon the table.
"Iam so happy! Are they not beau
ties?" asked Mr. Brewster, lifting the
jewels from the white box.
"They are fair," responded Smith,
smiling.
"Fair! What do yon mean? They
are worth tweLty thousand dollars.
Compare them with these," said Brew
ster, taking the jewels from tho blue
box.
"Suppose you tell me whioh are the
originals, the genuine ones," said Smith.
Mr. Browster looked up quickly aad
asked:
"What do you mean?"
"Simply this. Mr. Brewster the real
diamonds have not been stolen at all."
"Eh? not stolen! I blesi my soul!
What do you mean, man?"
"It ia the truth, Mr. Brewster. The
boxes must have got changed, or rather
the contents. You gave me the real
diamonds, and I Lave roooverod the
bogus ones."
The listener waa , so thoroughly
astonisbedthat.be could not speak at
first. Finally be added; "How did you
learn of it?"
Smith then told the astonished mer
chant how he bad stepped into a jewelry
store and asked the proprietor to examine
the jewels and tell him their value. He
also told Mr. Brewster how he had
found the paste gems in a Bowery pawn
shop.
"And did you not capture the thief?"
asked Brewster.
"Don't press that part of the case,
Mr. Brewster, please. I guesa he has
had a lesson." ...
After receiving remuneration for his
servioes the detective took his departure.
Mr. Brewster never questioned bis son
because of hia changed manner of living,
bnt be imagined be knew the reason of
Fred's change for the better.
Carkxu Experience.
"One of the most curious experiences
that ever befell me," writes an English
government official, "waa when I was
governor of a j-il in Lancashire. Of
course, the most ignorant, as well aa the
moat degraded, came my way. One of
them was a woman of sixty, a murderess.
The chaplain conld do nothing with her
be very seldom can with those who are
condemned to death; they have aome
thing else to listen to besides mere
words. Days, and even wstks, before a
timber is raised or a nail baa been driven
in. they hear the gallowa being pot np.
This poor creatire, however, was not
troubled in that way; ahe had not tn
imaRinalion for it. Kbe had not evrn
tbe inatinctive fore km to of her fate that
tho dumb animal feels on the threshhuM
of tbe slmiaMer house. Tut re was 110
'good byo' to uiak, for sue had uoitlior
relative or friend in tho world; the world
she was t leavo 011 Monday. On
Sunday night ehe wet for ruu! It had
been a pouring day, t most November
days in Lauouabire are, and as I eutored
bor cell the sound of rain on the roof
heightened tho uolaucboly effect of the
scene to an extraordiuary degree. To
those who knew the circumstance of the
case, she wu ecareely u object of pity,
for tbe murder sbo hud committed was a
most brutal and appalling one; bnt it
was impossible to behold lier without
sharing her wretchedness. ' She was
standing under tbe barred black window
with her cyt s Qxed upon it, linteuiug si
paroutly to the Mplusu of tbe xtorm, but
slie turned qnlekly round ns I rnms in
and faced m. 'G nv'nor,' she said, 'is it
trno that I a ai to bo Lung to -morrow?'
It wanoteay to reply to such a ques
tion in words, and I only inclined my
head gravely. M it far from here I
mean the gallows?' 'About fifty yards;
direotly in front of the gaol gates.'
'Ay, ay, I mind tho place well; I
saw John Norris hung there when
I was a young gal. Then ono will
walk to it, won't one?' Thoro was a
touch of disappointment in her tone
which I could not understand, thouprh I
guessed the reason of it afterward. Yes,
we shall walk.' 'Very good! I've been
thinking of summat as 1 should like to
do. Will you grant me a last favor,
guv noi? 1 told her, ot course, tuat any
thing that lay in my power, and which
my duty permitted mo to do, would bo
done for tier. 'Well, to morrow will be
wet. von soe. that's cerlaiu. Now, never
in all my life has it happened to me to
walk under a silk umbrella. Will you
lot me do it iust this once?' I gave her,
of course, the required assurance, aud
her warders reported that sue went 10
bed in cood spirits and passed an excel
lent night.. Her first words on being
awakened iL the morning were to inquire
if it hnd rained, and on boing informod
that it did. she expressed tier satisfac
tion. The rest of the sad ceremony
seemed to interest her very little, but
nover shall I forget how her dull Hard
face brightened up at tho sight of the
new silk umbrella that was presented to
her. She hold it over her liead to tne
gallows' foot, with a hand, if it trembled
at all, did ao with conscious pride. Bow
Bolls.
A Canadian Romance,
Tliiitv aiv veara ftffo there lived in
Hint nWannt little town down the river
called Sorel very little it was then a
youth and a maiden. The nume of the
youth was George Beaupre, the namo of
the maiden Mary Ann PeaYce. They be
longed to families of moderate circum
stances. He with the strength and de
votion of honest young manhood, loved
this young maiden, and wooed hor with
that earnestness which only such a lover
can. He was given every encourage
ment; was, some say, actually accepted;
was congratulating himself, at least, on
the smooth coursing of trno love, when
suddenly a rival appeared, and every
thing for him turned black. Tbe rival
was one Jacob Savage, of tho same town.
Pretty soon sho aud Savage wero married
nn.l anRlml ilnwn in the place, and then
young Bcaupro'a hope died out. He
tried to work on as ueioro, oui comu not.
He closed up his business, settled np his
affairs, and started to the far West, to
ward which so many adventurous spirits
were about tliat time suaping wiuir
course.
Frn.il that dav to Within ft IUW Weeks
n lia hurl tint set foot ill this Part of
Canada. Ho had worked hard, saved
carefullyr prospered and laid up proper
ly worth at least $200,000. He had never
married, ne was getting np toward six
ty years of age. Beveroi weeus ago ue
tnni an iW rn come back OliCO more to
see his friends, and ho started east. He
searched out relatives in noroi ami xuon
treal.but found few tbathe remembered.
He inquired for tho woman who, as a
girl, hud so many years before thrown
him overboard for a rival. They told
him she was widowed; her husband had
been dead many years; she had been liv
ing several years in Montreal; went to
mot. tier, and then- He
found her getting old, in poor oircum-
V a 1 1 V.. a. at. ..A
stances, witn several cnuuren, uui vui
m;ia nn ilifTnrence: he saw only the girl
of thirty six years before. On Saturday
tbey were married oy nis lorusuip nnuui
)a w!tliT bridegroom beiiiK
content with no other dignitary than the
highest in that part 01 tue country, uo
has bestowod all the happiness that
wealth and affection can upon his bride
and her ohildren, and in a short time
they will go to his borne in the Black
Hills. Montreal Star.
The Four Blind Musicians of Fntontown.
Ti, fnnr blind muioal brothers of
TJniontown reads more like the captain
to a tale In the "Araman nignis mu
a simple statement of facts. A family of
this siugnlar description have, however,
been living in a suburb of Washington,
D. C. Uniontown is a little settlement
ftl.at Yiam rrrnvn nn ftCrOSS the east branch
of the Potomac. within easy reach of the
navy yard. It is a sleepy iumoie-uowu
illorra wlinHA i?hlff claim to aristocracy
is the nomenclature of the streets, which
bear the name of every president w
Buchanan. Its chief citizen ia, perhaps
VrUrinV Dnnolaa. who owns a fine
country place near tbe nver'a bank.
Some years ago a wmiiy djutou ui
this village from Baltimore of the com
mon name of Smith, but of very extra
ordinary family make-up. ' There w re
. h.i hntn twelv or fifteen children,
every othar one of whom in regular sue-
cession caa oeen 00m vuau. -numerous
and singular progeny, all who
were born with sight died but one a
girl and at present only five children
are left, tbia girl and foor blind broth
ers, named James, Ignatius, George and
Alfred. They are all eraart aud happy,
all aro masters of acme trade and all are
musical. . .
When in a frolicksome mood aacn in
turn will play on the family fiddle while
the others dance. One of the brothers is
nliahad musician, and
supports himself by giving leaaooa on
the piano, me omera
recreation. Two are broom maker by
trade and make a broom which is famous
through the neighborhood for iU excel
lence Tbe remaining brother is a cabi
net naksr, with a -rweul knack at coffins.
The oldest of the brothers has a hifcb
reputation 111 l niontwn. Not ouly can
hn mnkn 'tliM lmt hrontn in all llml
region, a'id m-ik the violin si.ntr, but bo
in t'li.iowe'i wir.i a womioriuuy aouto
aoiiMi of tutidli. It is Mid, for imtUncn,
that he din ti l! a five from a teu dollar
bill by ftt'liutf the two uotas.
One of the brothers is married and 1ms
a large family, . The sister is the vrijc of
an elderly crrwittr. Tbey all live to
gvthcr with ll.t ir widoaed mother un.l
seem to be n lis py and alliciionato
household.
Opossum limiting In Australia.
Trof. n. N. Mosley in his'Cballouger
Notes," speaks of a visit be made to tbe
domain of Sir William MoArtbor, at
Camden Park, forty miles from S.vducy,
New South Wales, aud gives his experi
ence in limiting tba opossum. Ha anys;
The park is 10,000 acres in extent. Here
I went out on seveiul occasions to shoot
opossums by moonlight. The optissunn
are out feeding on the trees at night, or
are out on tho ground, aud rush up the
trees on the approach of danger. They
are very difficult to seo by one not accus
tomed to such work, but those who hab
itually shoot them discover them with
attonihing easo. Io order to find tho
animals, oue places himself so as to get
successive portions of the tree belweou
bis eye and tbe moonlight, and thus
searching the tree over, at last ho catches
sight of a dark mass crouching on a
branoh, and usually aces tho ears pricked
np as the animal watches the daugur.
This is called "moouing" the opossuuis.
Then, with a gnu in one hand, ono fully
realizes for the first time the moaning of
the saying. "Possum up a gum-tree."
The unfortunate beast has tbe toughness
of bis skin alone to trust to. "Bang !" and
down it came with a thud on the ground,
falling head first, tail outstretched; or it
cling with elaws or tail, or both, to the
branehes, swaying about wounded, aud
requires a second shot. It must come
down at last, unless, indeed, tbe tree be
so high that it is out of shot, or it man
ages to nip a small branoh with its pre
hensile tail, in whioh ase it sometime
ooutrives to haug np evon when dead
and remain ont of reach. Nearly all the
female opossums which I shot hod a sin
gle young one io the pouch. , The youug
seemed to be attached with equal fro
quency to the right or left teat. I shot
the animals in the hoes of obtainiug
young in the earlior stage, but found
none such. Among stockmen, and evon
some well-educated people in Australia
thore is a conviction that the youug kan
garoo grows out of a sort of bud on the
teat of the mother within thepouoh.
We killed about twenty opossums in a
couple of hours on each occasion on
which I went out.
Tea Testing.
Edward Newman, the newly appointed
tea inspector for tho port of Sau Fran
cisco, recoutly examined forty-four
different brands of tea, eaoh of the sam
ples having been procured by govern
ment officials. , The Examinor thus de
scribes tho process of tvstiug and the
adulterations: "Only two lots have boon
condemned. Ono lot was of fifteen and
the other of one hundred chests. The
coudouiue 1 chests oontuiuod six pounds
of sand to ono hundred pounds of tbe
mixture, in which uu occasional tea loaf
was discovered. The bulk of spurious
tea Js manufactured in England and
shipped to New York. Old tea lcovos
whioh have been used aro pickod up aud
taken to places where they are regularly
faced aud rcfabrioated. The methods
of testing are chemical and microscop
ical, and an export cannot be deceived
into certifying tne spurious to he
tho genuine article. Tea can bo adul
terated in various ways. The most com
mon practice is to paint tho leavos of
tbe becob,' elmwillow.olove or hawthorn
with some" pigmontary substance, such
as graphite, plumbago, chalk or China
cluv. "Lio tea" is not tea at all. It is
mado of tea dust, foreign leavos and
sand, mixed up by moans of starch into
little masses, whioh aresftorword paint
ed so as to rosomble either green or
black gunpowder tea. Some ot these
mixtures might deceive tho tea tasters,
but would be rejected on a chemical an
alysis. Volatile oil is sometimes mixed
with tho spurious artiolo, and tin stuff
is doctored up so that itloaks and tastes
liko A N. 1 tea. Au interesting but sim
ple prooes of determining the genuine
ness of leaves is to incineruto them and
then examine tlio ashes. If it contains
eight or nine por cent, of siliuiatUe sub
stance is spurious.
The Marriage or the Elder Booth.
The Baltimore Sun in a lute issue says:
"The encyclopedias speak of the lute
Junius Brutus Booth as tbe oldest son of
tbe great tragedian of the same name,
without mentioning the fact that the
elder Booth hud ltecn twice married, and
had one son by his first wife. In the old
Cathedral cemotery in Baltimore '.he
elder Booth's first wife lies buried. Her
tombstone may yet be seen thore, with
its inscription. The stone is four feet
above tbe ground. It is CO feet from the
bod of Winchester street, and between
Winchester and Calhoun streets. The
inscription which it bears is as follows:
'Jeans, Mary, Joieph, prey lor the soul
of Mary Christine Adelaide Delannou,
wife ol J. B. Booth, tragedian. She diod
in Baltimore, March the 9th, 1858, aged
CO years. It is a holy and wholesome
thought to pray for tbe dead. May she
rest in peace.' This lady resided In Bal
timore for a number of years before her
death. She bad one son, Kichard Jun
ius, who Is understood to tie yet living
abroad. His mother was a French wom
an, married to Booth in Belgium, and
divorced from him in Baltimore. Junius
Brutus was the obtest son by tbe second
wife, who was a Miss Holme, of Read
ing, England, and who was the mother
of Edwin, John Wilkes and several other
children."
'Old" yrhabiblsname.
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How nnlike women do men meet the
nemy, age? The first time a man no
tices tbat the years are mastering him he
i. x'fi-nlarl anrnrianit. bnt it never en-
ters his mind to undertake to dodge old
.Father Time or to keep mm at a reapeci
! A ;.t.n. On. tiio lit h ia at the the
ater, and before the curtain rises he ia
i-tini1 In hia imlnlonra hv the chat-
CUWI - a..- 4 .
ter of two yontbful snips who just sit in
front of him. Suddenly he hears Lis
-n Mnui mnitnnd and ia aUrtled by
tba strangeness of it. It it the younger
of the gabblers who refer to him, and
the refereuoi) is surprising. The man of
forty hears himself spoken of by the boy
of seveutocn ns "Old Wilson," or what
ever may bu his surname.
The little three lelU'ied adjoctive fulls
upon him liko a ldO pound weight of as
tonishment. "Old Wilson," be ropoata
over and over to LilUielf Jning to got
accustomed to the quecrnesi of the un
flattering spelIation. hiltinir tbero in
I lie bluze of the lights, with the throug
of play-goers about biui and the uiusio
filling the air with sentiment, ho loses
hi mm If in reminiscences (f his youth,
mliich ho never before droainod had
liied away from him.
Uo does not hear the overture or see
ihn etirtaiu rise. He ii away in tho
primrose spring, young again. He is
reintciug those forty years in memory,
lie is trying to think when he first no
ticed linos upon his faco aud silver in
hia hair. Uu is looking at himself men
tally to sco if ho is really old. He thinks
of it as ho goes home, and that evening
becomes to him forever afterwards the
milestone whioh marks tho boundary of
his youth. He may havo been old to
others bi-foro, but never until then was
he old to himself. He cannot think of it
for a long timo without a sudden sinking
of tho heart,. Strangely enough ho ao-
cepts tho cbargo of boing old without a
disputatious word or thought. Never
once does he any: "Oh, infidel mistake!
Oh, pagan no stfob thing!"
The next tmo he finds himself protest
ing against some littlo plan for recrea
tiou which he onco delighted in he
thinks of himself in his character of "Old
Wilson," laughs gravely and says, a lit
tle sadly, that he believes ho is getting
old. From that time bo speaks of it often
and without violcnco to his footings. Ho
drops iuto elder woysquite submissively
aud loosens his grip little upon tho
world. He dors not resent the usurpa
tions of age. He submits because it is
hit destiny and becanao hia religion and
hit philosophy both teach him that it is
folly to fight the inevitable. But ho
never sits in a theater agaiu that ho does
not experience anew that sudden sinking
of the heart at hearing himself called
old. '
VlllurU's Deadheads.
It is now 'said that $250,000 waa ex
pended in feasting Villard's deadheads
from many lands on the oocasion of the
formal opening of the Northern Paoifio.
This lavish expenditure was incurred in
tbe hope that tho guests would U k up
tbo road on their return, so tuat thore
would be a general rush for the bonds.
But the roverse was exactly the case.
The bonds and the stock weut down, and
nonoof the deadheads considered it to
be bis duty to bolster them up. For
mnn whn liarl oannnitv finonch to con
struct a great continental highway, the
project was a very childish one. Instead
of producing groat results it provoked
social animosities. Some deadheads
would not assooiate with the othor dead
heads. An English Earl who was enjoy
ing Villard's wines and cigars was too
exclusive to mingle with any of the
crowd. But he had no objoution to bo
fed and transported gratis. It is the
concurrent testimony that foreigners
who bcKKud piteously for an mvitutiou
were the most oxacting aud exasporatiug
of the whole lot. Somo of theso dead
heads are living Ion tho railroad, yet
They are junketting about the oountry
at its expeuao. They are drawing free
rations and cigars at the New York
hotels. A more ravenous or conscience
loss crew probably were never before
gatherod togothor. When tboy return
to their homes thev will abuso the North
ern. Paoifio and everybody oonneotcd
with it instead of celebrating it. The
gorged deadhead, titlod or otherwise, is
usually destitute of all gratitude. . t.
Bulletin.
Tct Sanies at Homo and Abroad.
Fur from disliking put names in the
nursery or in the rotiremont of the fam
ily, they seem to us very nt and oeauu
ful there, but there they should be
kept. Outsido acqiiaiutunos have no
right to call a young girl Sis, or Pussy,
or Birdio, or Pearl, or any other pretty
or nffectionato name which may be given
her by her father or motbor, brothers
and sisters.
Wives, too. seem laekintr in the rever
ence whioh all trna women and high
. .a.. m . . t ti l t
bred ladies snow to their loras. wnen
llinv mmnlr nf them in society as Ned.
Tom or Dick. Nor does a husband pay
bia wife the honor which every gentle-
nian should, wnep uo aunuus to uor in a
wr.nm f.ll nt atixi n (Ttira rn ann 11 n 11 t.nnflna
as Polly or Fan. It is very much bolter
to uo found too formal man too ireo ami
Ami. an. I annintv la the trainer wborevcr
poople are on their guard about these
seeming tritles.
It is in the powor of a few women in
any community, to olevato the tone of
tbe place, aud to make good manners
fnui.mniiii in iiv aiirmiY an I. Li riff an exam-
t i.ou .......... J I J n ( .
tile nf enrnfiil attention to thorn in thuir
1 7,
own practice, and exacting tue same irom
their own famines.
Tbe Egyptian Workman.
Tho suppleness of the Egyptians in
goneral is prodigious, Most workmen
nse almoet as often their foet as their
hands. Tbe turners, who make monoha
rabiohs, bold each bit of wood with the
treat toe. inst as tboy could do It with
any single finger. The women who col
lect in the streets rags and bits of paper
take them un with their great toe lust as
dexterously as our rag gatherers do with
their crook. Generally tbey seiz an ob
ject with their great tee. then bear it to
their baud, with which they throw it
into the basket behind their shoulders.
But I have seen one tbat simplified the
movement by lifting the foot without tne
least difficulty, and with a rapid move
ment, as far aa the basket. The Egyp
tians move their legs uat as our arms; 11
seems that all their members are attached
with the aame suppleness and possess
the ssme flexibility. It is an anthropo
logical peculiarity that brings them near
enonfth to apea to gladden the Learta of
transmntationieu. -Five Months at Cairo
and in Lower Egypt!
The eharminc Madame Y.. at tba
eoast. chancre her dress three or fonr
I imps a dav. Walking ono day along
the beach, she meets friend who does
not bow to Lor. "Well, don't you
recognize me?" she exclaimed; and the
other answered: "Oh, I beg pardon;
but aa von bad on the asm dress two
hours ago, I did not believe It could ba
yon."
INDUSTRIAL JjOTKS.
Printers' type and engravors' blocks
are now made from celluloid.
.Tho domestication of buffalo calvos is
being attempted io Arkansas.
Tbe wholo country, with tho exception
of Wall street, is prosperous. -
Florida has C30 factories, working 2749
hands, wjtb a oupital iuvostod of 81.CU7.-
The largest creamery in tho world is at
West Audover, Ohio. It woiks up milk
of KOOcows. , ,
The United States treasury now holds
more money in ita vaults tlisu ever be
fore sinco it wss established. ' '
A new snbstanco an brilliant and hard,
and withal fireproof, his beon inventod
to supersede Celluloid.
A South Carolina inventor, named Mo
Cluin, proposes making wash tubs,
bucket, etc, of annealed glass. ,1-,
A St. Helena, M. T., paper estimates
that that place bus lost $100,000 by hold
ing ovor last yrar's bop crop. ' '
Distilleries with a capacity of mora
than 1000 bushels per dav, will not be
taken into the Western whisky pool.
This year Colorado raises more wheat
than it will use. Pretty well for that
section of "tbe great American desert."
Thore are about thirteen . hundred
thousand acres ot Government land in
Missouri, subject to sale and homestead
entry. ,7 ., ,
The publio credit ia bicher than that
ot England, and the Secretary of tho
Treasury is about to recommend a two
per oout. bond. . . - .
Kansas has raisod a fino sorghum crop
this season, to supply the demand ot the
rooontly established sugar factories in
that Btato.
A man who hud started a steam laun
dry at Corpus Cbrists, Texas, found the
competition of the Mexican women too
much for him. .. '
In England tho tendency is to a do-
creased acreage doroted to wheat cul
ture. In nine years this decrease has
reached 23 per cent. . , i
A Grange co-operative store at Meri
dian, Miss., whioh started business in
187'J witb - a capital of SW, sold last
month 858G0 worth of goods. ' '
Tho distrust of "business paper" has
had the e fleet to increase tbe supply
of money loanable on collateral, and
Wall street is deluged with money..
The James River . Iron Works at
Lynchburg. Va.. which originally cost
$200,000 have just boon sold for $75,
000 and are to be turned into a nail fao
tory.
The semi-annual dividends payable in
Boston in October, aggregato $7,480,
(301. Last April they amounted to $3,
14 1,776 aud iu October of lust year to
$7,000,000.
It is found that toa and cocoa are Coy-
loo's most paying crops. Cinohoua,too,
is rapidly increasing in production.
Crop prospects there are doculodly bet
tor than last year.
Tbe chronic borrower thinks It strange
that with money down to 2 por cent, per
annum iu Now York, and dull at that,
he is finding it so dillloult to obtain lit
tlo ucoommodations on long time.
This is indood a prosperous oountry.
Once was the timo wheu our wealthiest
morobants wero not asbnmnd to carry
homo their marketing. Nowadays the
poorest paid olerk would scorn to do it.
A machine has boon invented and sot
in operation down in North Carolina
which rolls out several thousand cigar
ettes por mluuto. 1 his will tend to
cheapen cigarettes and intensify the nui
sance of oigarctte smoke.
York farm, on Chester river, Kent
county, Md.,owned by S.Morritt Wilkins
and containing 400 acros, has a poach
orchard of 18,000 trees, which from ma
have produced 311,500 baskets of fruit,
bringing in $103,000. In 1878 the sales
nettod $00,000.
Picking up the bocos nf dead buffaloes
is one of the industries of Texas. The
bono mills of St. Louis pay $11 a ton for
tbe best grades of this harvest gloaned
by the squaws, who wander about the
plains in search of the bleached skeletons.
The St. Joseph (Md.) nortfld at last
spoaks a good word tor exrSentor Tabor.
It oomplaius of the wsy in which ne has
sufforod from the wild vagaries of tho
humorists, and exproasos the hope tbat
tho republicans of Colorado will elect
him govornorof thestato. ,
A party of Philadelphia capitalists
have 1000 acres in sorghum at 11 10
Grande, N. J., and expect to turn outl,
000,000 pounda of good sugar this sea
son. The sorghum seed is fed to pork,
and in addition to the sugar tbe- farm ia
expooted to yield $30,000 worth of pork.
Two-thirds of the cattle raising in
Wyoming and Montana is in Englisa
bauds. It costs $3 to raise a three-year-old,
and tho animal is then worth $40.
The more cattle a man owns, the smaller
the oost of raising and caring for each
animal. Most ot tho grazing is done on
publio lands.
There is great activity in western
Pennsylvania in all the territory from
whioh a flow of natural gas can be ob
tained, and the Pittsburg Post roporta
several large enterprises of capitalist
based npon the use of this fuol. Taren-tnm.-on
tha West Pennsylvania railroad,
is to be tbe aite of several large glass
manufactories, employing millions of
dollars in oapital.
a Pobttt Powkupcl Fbatbb. Tbo
first stationed Methodist minist r in
Troy, Ala., waa tho Rev. Mr. Kelley,
who bad charge of tha church there in
1857. There was in in town ten-pin
iinv wilileh waa a rreat nuisanoe to tha
religious and moral portion ot the com
munity, and tbe Rev. Mr. Kelley de
sired very mnch to hsva it abated. Ho
1 . . . a i
was a very girted ana earnest man in
prayer; ao, one Sabbath morning, ba
prayed moat fervently and devoutly that
the Lord would send a wind to blow tha
ten-pin alley down. Wednesday after
noon following a wind came and did
blow down the bouse which contained
tba alley and. immediately ceased, doing
no other damage. There hra not been a
ten pin alley in tho place sine then.
This la an actual fact, which cam onder
the observation ot the writer, and which
will ba verified by any of th citizens of
th place wbo reaiJed there then and still
survive. Montgomery (Ala.) National
I Union.