TO HB8. CARLVLK,
I htve red yoor glorl'im tetter, j
WlK-iejouliLrtiw !) 1 fella, ', -Ppcke
your thua and tnluJ out hecly, la tour
nun iiciibifui ityi
And I forcytie'limln(J , ,'
fin the pgtiKchtuili)K,
Tbit mr 1'nrt I my oeore you lakt It,
J.-uule WVlib I'M If Id.
And I nit hens tblukinc. thloil",
How jour lua tu uue lout wlukmx
AC poor 1 liomu' fkulu and ulinti sua ttU undue
hr of Mil!
Wou'i joa own, dar, Jant bt twetn 0,
Tbu (bit Urini with finlui
Iu'(, f" r !' o pUut u II,
.. Jccnuls .UnL'rlyUT
There w notblog that's demeaning
la lboe freqneM nine ol oJrtuInc,
Wbea tou (wured t.ij lurubboJ aud hammered,
In ich true bonkewlfcly itylr;
An1 ihwe liitimlug u-t tid illuuer,
Orod tf clv-.f iui and (lunar. -Mike
m long to tive been orvtuul will) yoa
Jeauula WeUb CarlyUr.-
Bo yen fiusktwlth doff And chicken,
I'.eTliiK youus WtiuiUH, aud the dleaen
Kdomi vo- ,u dllfd raear, that
mUiblThuinu.' 1md beguile;
How yuu wrtUd with lb taxes,
How you ground t Uilylteexrt,
Mtklui blm the ov-tv dtrw'Kkut on you
Jtauuie ih urlyle.
Through It all Irom erf ry qmrter
iifm me luukblui on tne water.
Yulir qoiea wdm ol fun end humor, and yonr
urlKbt, oewiuniiu miic;,
And i own, 1 lalny revel
In the way tht you "devil "
Tlltoter.8, 0Trry vigoroui, au Ilka
Joauola vVcUh Carole.
All the time, ity, were you mining
juri a Hill love and itaclng
Ulllt tolngi- lint bnp to iigbitn many a wetty,
drtiry whlltf
Never a word you sty toib' w II:
We may gut but borer know II;
Yon wml quiefy mi without It lojal
Jeeuule Weith Carlyle,
Hrlc-a-Brac," Uuiury for November.
sr.HJDSTlNQ A VOCATION.
We were errantry folks, Charlie and I,
born anil bred to tarminfelifo, both of us
a grand and glorious birthright, if we
bad only beeu Beni-ible enough to know
it; but wj were siinplo, and sold our
goodly inheritance for something less
than a mess of pottage.
At the time of our marriage I lived in
an old fashioned farm house with my
grandfather. My parents were both dead,
and from my babyhood be had made a
great pet of me, and intended me for his
beir so rumor hud it. This made me
quite a belle in our quiet little village,
and won me scores of suitors; bnt I did
not care a fig for one of them. Charlio
and I crossed each other in rather a ro
mantic fashion, and fell in love at flsrt
sight and, strange to say, we kept in
love.
We were betrothed in less than a
month after our first meeting, with the
hearty good wishes and congratulations
of all our friends, who, being cognizant
of the little romance that brought us to
gether, took an unwonted interest in onr
well being. - It was quite a commonplace
adventure. My mad pony, Moonshine,
took it into ber silly head to run off one
afternoon. ' and came within a hair's
breadth of precipitating me over the
, bridge and into tno river. Charlio,
brouaht to the spot by one of those
special providences io which I so con
fidently believe, saved me in my moment
of peril, at the expense or bis right arm,
however, which was torribly shattered.
1 Of course I could not help loving him
after that; and when he asked me to be
bis wife I did not say him nay; and
neither did my grandfather, though he
was only a farmer's lad, with no fortune
but his honest face and manly arm.
"The boy has a. deal of impudenoe,"
be said; ''but have it your own way
I've nothing to say."
We took him at his word and appoint
ed an early day for the wedding, Which
was quite a stylish affair in its way our
old country mansion threw open its pon
derous doors, and everybody far and
near was invited. Grandiathsr gave me
a splendid outfit and a bounteous wed
ding feast. When all was over, and we
were preparing to start on our bridal
trip, he came to our chamber.
"Here, little Kirl."he said, putting an
cld-fushioued casket in my hand, "these
are for you they, belonged to your
grandmother; never sell them unless it is
for bread." .
As I unclasped the casket I soreamed
with delight. AH my life long I coveted
those diamonds; and here uiey were,
largo, lustrous, every single one worth
a small fortune, and all my own. Grand
father smiled at my delight, and taking a
sealed package from his pocket he handed
it to (Jliarlie.
"This is for vou. young man." he con
tinned; "I trust you'll know what to do
with it."
Upon breaking the seal we found a
deed of gilt lor-Walnut mu, tue larm
adjoining the one on whioh my grand
father lived; bnt it had this proviso: We
were to reside upon and cultivate the
farm; removal forfoited our right of pos
session. It was a charming place, well
stocked, and under fine cultivation, witu
a snug little farmhouse all furnished to
our hand. After our wedding trip
Charlie and I went up and took posses-
sion, feeling very iiob and very happy,
as, i suppose, newiy marrieu iui&s ai
ways do. For two or three months every'
thing wont on bravely. Charlie set to
work in good earnest; he got in good
crop, and began to make preparations
for cutting and hauling timber. Grand
father looked in every day or two, but
Baid nothing. He meant for us to man
age onr own affairs he taid and we did,
JuBt about haying time Charlie and I
took a fancy to go to Niagara. Of course
we went, and the consequence was tne
loss of the whole crop; the proper season
missed, a long rain came on, and all the
sweet scented fields were spoiled. Then
the rust took the wheat and the corn was
very poor for want of good tillage; so
that the end of the year found us in
rather a meager condition.
"The farm's doing badly, grandfather,"
said Charlie, "I think we ahall have to
cast about for.sorootbing else."
The old man laughed and shook his
head. ' '
"A rolling stone gathers no moss," be
replied. "The farm's well enough, Char
lie; the fanlt lies with you."
Charlie's fine gray eyes flashed with
indignant resentment. -
"As if I were not doing my best, and
sacrificing all my prospects in the bar
gain!" he said; "atd jnft to please him!
Fact is, Belle, I dont think farming's
my vocation -I think I've missed my
calling." -
"So do I, Chailie,' I chimed in eager
ly, fired and excited by the sudden hope
that my girlish dream of having a famous
bosband might jet prove a reality; "I
really belkve job have capacities for
eomethin better. Suppose you JryP
Charlio looked meditative and serious.
"Farming's very common" he re
marked at last: "it never raises one to
any eminence."
, "That's so. Charlie.
; "Tie nothing bnt a dreary repetition
of digging and delving, sowing and reap
ing, eatiog and sleeping. I had hoped
for something better than this."
Charlie's air and manner of speaking
were impressive in tne extreme. A bait
formed idea of the stage Hashed through
my mind as I looked at him.
"'You can do something better," I said
you must.
"There are uo opportunities hero."
"Lut eisevhere.''
lie flushed and hesitated. At last,
w must give up W aluut Uill,"be said.
"Givoit un.then." I resnondod brave
ly, though the bare thought brought
tears to my ejes; "better that than stay
nere ami uury your talents.
Once started, the matter was hourly
discnised; and finally we decided to go.
"Where?'' questioned grandfather,
wncn we broke tue matter to him.
"To the city."
"To the city. And you a farmer's lad.
Well, well what are you after, boy?"
"My vocation," replied Charlio with
lofty dignity. The old man laughed and
auruggeu uis siiouiuers.
"Give me back my deed, then," he
said, linnting a vocation, boy? I m
afraid you'll not find it, Charlio."
We thought him an old curmudgeon.
and went on with onr preparations. It
was midspring-time when we set out;
and the dreariost, saddest day that ever
uawued and set was the day we bid fare
well to Wallnut Hill. A dismal rain
fringed all the trees about oar home
stead; drip, drip, it fell from the eaves,
from every bough and shrub, as if weep-
iug at our departure. The very chickens
in tho barnyard fluttered about ns swith
noisy demonstrations; and the cows
looked after us with sober, wistful eyes.
We had lived so happily at Walnut Hill,
it was a terrible trial to tear ourselves
away, I could see regret in Charlie's
eyes; and when upon starting our old
watch-dog followed us down to the gate,
while my pet Tabby mowed pathetically
from the window, wo both broke down,
and lost sight of our previous home, half'
blinded by tears. But our mission was
an important one Charlie was in search
of his vocation
Summer came just about the tiuio we
got established in our city quarters; no
sham about it either-hot, stifling, earn
est summer. Pleasant euough it might
be in dewy, rural retreats, or in the
shadowy forests, where the waters
gurguled, and the breezes sang through
the live-long day; but tons, in our three
story brick, in tue heart ol a crowded
block, it was dreadful! This had beon
the very best we could do; email houses
wore not to be hod and tne furniture
went with our three-story brick, brussels
carpet, nandsome damaHk, walnut and
mahoganv, not worn at all, for the paltry
sum of $1000; cheap as dirt, Charlie
said and we bought it and took the
house. The rent was beyond onr means,
truly; but we trusted to taking lodgers,
We felt quite grand, to be sure; but
ohl that burning heat, that close, stifling
heat all our stately parlors and cham
hers could not compensate us for the
crisp,- refreshing breezis we had lost.
Baby began to droop liko a wilted
blossom from the very first day of our
arrival. I carried her from collar to
attio in search of coolness, and watched
over bor day by day with a nameless
dread at my heart. In the meantime
Charlio was out late aud early in search
of his vocation. Hard work he had find
ing it. too a man does not stumble over
one every day. Bnt it came to him at
last iu tne shape of a copyist's place,
which brought him about a dollar and a
half per diem. A poor beginning; but
something better would turn up. Juike
Mr. Mtcawber, he waited.
Then we advertised for lodgers to oc
cupy our two spare rooms. A week went
by without a single applicant after that
they began to pour iu by dozens, inere
was not an hour in tho day in which we
were freo from intrusion. For days in
succession I could not get time to cat
my meals in peace yet the rooms were
not taken. At the end of threo weeks my
stairway carpet was growing threadbare,
and my very soul was sick witn despair.
We thought of Hiving up the brick and
hunting cheaper quarters, when good
ionune lavoreu us in me person ot iur.
Colonel Hargrave, who drove down in
her elegant carriage to look at the rooms.
For fifteen minutes, perhaps, she trailed
her silk and cashmere up and down, and
then she pronounced them charming. Of
course she Would engage them the rent
was a mere song. 'And she moved down
her effects on the following day, includ
ing the colonel, a largo, fine looking
man, with military whiskers, who paid
down half a month's board in advance.
Charlie and I were wondrously elated.
It argued we 1 for our future success to
have such stylish persons in our bouse
And then the colonel promised to do so
much for us Caarlie was to have a lu
crative office at once. But for some rea
son or other it was not secured; and the
summer days wore on, and poor Charlie
still held bis old plaoe, while I superin
tended the cooking and marie mocha and
mixed ices for Mrs. Hargrave. She was
an extremely fascinating woman, and she
and I got to be friends. She embroi
dered pianafores for baby, and would
have me accompany her to the opera,
and even forced two or three costly
presents upon me. Two sisters were
never more intimate we even wore each
other's apparel; and when we had pri
vate theatricals, and she played Juliet to
Charlie as Borneo, she borrowed my dia
monds and dazzled the assembly with
her regal beauty. My precious dia
mondswhat store I set by them!
There was not such another set in the
city, Mrs. Hargravs said, when ahe
brought them down the morning after
the theatricals.
August came; the streets ankle deep in
dust, the sky like brass. Baby was seri
ously ill; her little dimpled face was
wasted to a mere Shadow. The doctor ad
vised ns to take Ler back to the country,
but we were deep in debt, and colonel
Hargrave had not paid another cent to
ward bis board. At Charlie's suggestion
I ventured a weak expostulation. If she
could only pay ns part-onr expenses
ru n hpavvf Mrs. Hargrave laid
down her novel and shook out the folds
of ber linen-cambric wrapper.
"Certainly, my dear! Wbv in the
world didn t you remind me before?
linir bkndlv through ber blonde
curls. "The colonel is such a neglect- j
fttlman; but I'll have him to draw on
our banker to morrow, and attend to the
matu-r at ouce."
I got no au extra diuoer on the
strength of her promise, and in the
afternoon I went out to muka a few pur
chases prrpaiatory to taking the ba y to
the country. On my return I found the
bouse desertwl my room forlorn and
empty. Colonel Hargrave and bis wife
had been suddenly summoned away. I
was bitterly disippointed and a little
apprehensive; but Charlie laughed at
my fears. Of course they would for
ward the mooey next day. Tho morrow
brongbt other scenes, bnt not the ex
pected mouey. Baby was alarmingly
ill,, and bv uooa onr houso was full of
bailiffs. There was a claim on the fur
niture, they said, prior to our purchase.
Charlie stormed and expostulated by
turns, bnt in vain. They fult for ns,
but there was no help for it it had to
go. Sunset found the three-story brick
oleaned out. Not aa article left but the
little wickar cot on which baby lay.
Charlie aud I stood over her in silence,
and aomobow just then, while the piti
less light glared throngh the curtainless
windows into the hare rooms a vision of
our old life at Walnnt Hill the oozy
chamber the blazing wood lira the
happy evening hours, swept before ns.
Charlie groaned aloud and I burst into
tears. That night I wrote to grand
father and the following day brought
his response, "Come back to Walnut
Hill," he said, and nothing more. It
was like him. But how could we?
Baby grew worse and on the second
day after onr effects Were taken she diod;
onr littlo Rosa, onr first born babe.
Charlie paid his last dollar for a tiny
coflio. and we put her in it, and thore
she laid all alone in tho great, lonesome
house, the old niaplo tree singing or
rustling lullaby deneath the window,
Charlie and I watching beside her,
looking into each other's eyes iu silout
agony. We bad not even moans to bury
our dead.
"Sell the diamonds, Charlie," I said
at last.
He caught at the suggestion eagerly.
"Yes, sell them, Belle, and we'll take
her baok to Walnut Hill; 'twill kill me
to leuve bor here."
I brought out the old fashioned cas
ket and he hurriod away. Half an hour
broaght him back with a face like death.
"My God, Bolle, they are worthless I
They've beon changed theso are only
pastel"
For an instance I was stunned ; thon s
swift thought shot through my mind. I
remombered the private theatricals, and
Mrs. Colonel Hargrave. But I said
nothing, only "the clasps and settings
sre worth somothiug sell them."
He departed to do my bidding.
After a whilo he returned and grand
father with him; tho evening train had
brought him in. He glauced around
the rooms, aud then his gaze rested ou
the rosewood casket. His features
worked for a moment, and he struggled (
as if to suppress some strong feeling.'
Then he said, Btrnly, pointing toward
tho tiny esse, "It's your own work; tako
her np and lut us go."
We obeyed him without a word. In
the waning summer glory we buried our
darling at tho old homo pluo; beneath
the great walnnt trees, where the golden
leaves rustle and drift above her and the
birds weave tender melodies through all
the many days; and thou we went back
to our old life and labor.
We earn our bread with the sweat of
our brow, and ate it with -thankful
hearts. Charlio has found his vocation.
--Emma G. Jones.
Do Something Tor Yourself.
Almost nuv man of capacity and inde
pendent spirit who has reached middle
age, and been continuously employed by
others, must regret that be did not in
early life enter into some sort of business
for himself. The majority of tnon.what
ever their trade or talent, are anxious to
be hired; and if they are not hired, are
likclv, and liable to come to want. The
oonsequence is that the market for labor,
from the finest to the coarest, is nearly
always overstocked, and that in dull.
hard times such as we have had for five
years past it is irremediably glutted
At such periods thousands and thousands
of men, all over tue land, especially la
cities, are idle, unable to support them
selves and their families, simply because
they cannot get plaots, and they cannot,
or think they cannot, do anything for
themselves. Thev have beon nocustomed
to be hired; they are acquainted with no
other way of gaining a livelihood and,
when thoy cannot be hired, their case
seems hopeless, and they yield to what
they regard as the inevitable. By far
- k. - . A I. -
me greater pari oi tue psupunam,
vagabondage aud lack of occupation in
the country now and in the past, comos,
and has come, from the inability or in
disposition, strengthened by long indul
gence, of tue mass oi people to pusn ana
manage their own fortunes, instead of
fruiting them to the direction and dicta
tion of others.
In the beginning of our practical lives
it is natural and necessary that we
should serve an apprenticeship of some
sort; that we should bo instructed in the
calling or profession we intend to adopt.
We must in some way be hired before
we caa expect to earn for ourselves. The
trouble is, that we are apt to remain in
this commercial tutelage long after we
should have been our own masters, and
when we want to get ont of it. if we ever
do. it either is. or seems to be too late,
and we are deterred by the formidable
character of the undertaking. Thus it
happens that in middlo age we aro, as
has been said, likely to regret the course
we have too steadily followed, neglecting
opportunities, and wasting years that we
cannot revive. It behooves us, as a cer
tain amount of experience abows. to try
onr trade or talent, after we have folly
learned or demonstrated it, in our own
behalf, in place of following or exer
cising it in the interest of others. Onr
apprenticeship ended, we csnnot too
soon set np for ourselves. The occasion
may not be qnite ripe; things may not be
as we would bsve them they very .sel
dom are so but still we should begin,
sod let improvement and further encour
agement come in their own good season.
For lack of such enterprise and resolu
tion, innumerable men in all depart
ments of activity have been kept down
constantly, and have lost more than half
their usefulness. They timidly hesi
tated and waited to do something for
themselves until the time had irrevoca
bly gone by, and their destiny had been
fixed.
The large proportion of failures in
business snd the professions is often
used as an argument agaiusl the wisdom
of young tm-u attempting to be iude
pmidvnl But it is no rutu,ut at all.
Mivstot tho failures result from defects
in the mon.not iu what they have undor
taken. Thoy have been imprudent, (lis
honest, careless, extravagant, over-ambitious,
and therefore thoy have met
with disaster. If they have not; if they
have conducted their affaire intelligently
and proporly, they will le pretty ob
tain to bo so sustained and h. lwi as to
be able to go ou again; and tho next
time circomstaoats over which they have
no control will not, in all probability,
declare against them. Out of failure not
traceable to dishonorable dealing, inca
pacity or recklessness prosperity may,
and often docs, spring, for a new trial is
generally accorded to him who has
worked faithfully, aud not abused pub
lic or private trust. Honest failure is
not calamity; it excites sympathy and
eusuros timely aid, for the most part,
finally resulting in justification of, and
advantago to the man who has failed.
But failures at the worst sru hardly so
bad as losses of situation or absence of
employment to the hired. They who de
pend on salaries or wages are nover se
cure, and they are proue to feol their
inwonrity aud their dependence, if they
be sensitive or proud, iu a way that wears
upon and depresses them more than they
think. It is very common to say that a
really valuable man seldom wsuU a
place; that if he have not one he can
easily get another. Bnt this is not trne.
ss numberless valuable men have found
to their sorrow, mortification and bitter
noes. Hundreds of such men, whose
services have been dispensed with from
no other causa thau desire or need to re
trench, have actually suffered for tho
necessaries ot life. They are thoroughly
oompotent; they sre industrious; they
are trustworthy, and they oonld prove it
by their sots; bnt they could not, hard
as they tried, though they have offered
to do anything, obtain any situation
worthy o: tho name. Nobody has any
sympathy with them, or any inclination
to aid them. Tbey want to be hired,
and the community,- with a strange in
justice, rarely has respeot or compassion
mr tue army ot men who ba.ve such waut.
Why, it asks, don't they do aomothing
for themselves? This is the question
everybody asks, and the answer is an
echo, "Why don't they?" Let those for
whom it is not too late answer it soberly,
practically, wisoly, by a littlo enterprise
and by positive deed. There are thous
ands hero at this moment who lament
that they have never tried to do some
thing for themselves. There sre very
fow who, having done something for
tbomselves, have reason for regret. The
lesson, the world teaohea is, do some
thing for yourself I and he who makes
not the trial before middle-age is apt to
sow his foturo with seeds of disoonteut.
Two Soluble Urates.
In secluded parts of Mount Oliver
cemetery, far apart from each other,
however, aro graves containing the re
mains of two persons once prominent in
national evouts, bnt now apparently
forgotten altogether. One is the grave
of Mrs. Mary E. Suratt, who was execut
ed as one of the Abraham Lincoln con
spirators, and tho other is that of tho
fumous Wirz, tho keeper of the much
dreaded Andersonville prison pen dur
ing the late war. Visitors to the como
tery, especially strangers, will find
practically, nothing to donoto the graves
of theso once well known people. Wirz
is buriod under a tall hickory tree, in
whioh squirrels chutter and gambol.
Tall, rank words and unkempt grass sur
round tho spot, end tho simple inscrip
tion "Wirz," on a tiny block of marbio,
at the hoad of the grave, is tho only
resting place of a man once so famous
in his peculiar way and so nnivorsally
detostod.
Mrs. Suratt's grave is equally obscoro.
A ragged boxbush and a glass jar con
taining a few withered viuos wero the
only signs shown yesterday that even a
memory of the unfortunate woman still
survives. A small, plain headstone,
bluntly inscribed: "Mrs. Mary E. Bur
ratt," is all that indicates who oooupies
tho grave. There is noithiy duto nor
cause of death on the headstono, and the
lot containing graves of other mombors
of the family is rank with weeds and
banked with the faded loaves of au
tumn. Mount Oliver cemetery was visitod by
a large number of strangers yosterday.
Theweatler was exceedingly fine, and
two ladies, who learned the location of
Mrs. Surrstt's grave, visited it and ex
pressed regret at its ne glided appear
ance. They evidently cherished friendly
recollections for the poor woman, for
before leaving thoy purchased llowors
and placed them on her grave. "That
sort of thing," said tho superintendent
of the cemetery to a reporter of tho l'ost
when tho latter, who had witnessed the
occurrence, called attention to it, "oc
curs once in a while.bnt not very often."
Wash. Post.
Winter Flowers.
The summor is past, and autumn, with
its frosts and cold blasts, is about to bo
upon us, and as the garden and lawn
floral decorations are rapidly disappear
ing, onr sight will be delighted through
out the winter and early spring with the
beautiful display of window flowers.
During onr entire remembrance Gur
mantown, above all other places, has
been renowned for its floral attractions
of this kind. It is charged that the in
troduction of heaters and gas inimical to
this stylo of gardening, and that it meas
urably disappears where this great mod
ern convenience come in; but there is
not so much injurious conse
quences following it e people rep
resent, or else onr folks bere possess an
antidote for the evil. Bethiaasit may,
the traveler through our streets can find
many an inviting floral treat to feast
h!a rra nnnn. Almost every one who
sees these cheery looking places goes
home mentally resolving that be will do
likewise, and it is indeed surprising that
more of this pretty, simply gardening is
not done everywhere. However trilling
the displsy may be, it is pleasing.
By the introduction of hanging baskets
much more may be done io making a
window attractive witb flowers and green
leaves than could before be done, as pots
sre not slwsys convenient in the window
sill. Kenilwortb ivy, money wort, spider
wort and many of these well known
plants sre easily to be obtained and seem
to make . tfaemaelves quae at noma in
these modern hangiug arrangements.
Bosides this, brackets can be made fst
to the window frames, and a few p it
with dangling vines le attached thereto.
Some that we have seen looking very
pretty were very simple floral ornaments.
Evon a turnip, carrot, beot, or any sirui
lar root is Ukent turned. bottom upward,
hollowed ont so aa to hold wuter, mid
then suspended in this way. Tho leaves
soon begin to pusn, aud turning upwards
embrace and clotho the bare root with
foliaee. Others merely take a pine cone,
and filling iu a very little earth between
the scales sow grass seed or some other
easily sprouting green thing. Agaiu,
soma vory pretty and unique window or
namouia aro made with the sweet potato,
by putting into the month of a hyacinth
glass and suspending it in a warm room.
This will sprout, and hanging down will
mako a rrunnfnl tri-iinn mnv Afct nt
r- ' - t J ' v 1
these things, however, need light; but
tue common green ivy is one of tne best
plants for this purpose, as it is one that
will do its 1m st in sun or shado, and is
besides within every-ono's roach. Besides
these, them rn man nllinr familiar
thinira that nan ia naA.1 in r hi mv with
good effect, and will greatly- aid iu beau-
wjiug a room as won aa a window.
Grmantown Telegraph.
0,ncer Happenings.
WhHo a marriage ceremony was being
performed', in a bouse in Bryan, Texas,
thieves stole the wedding feast from tho
diniug room.
Far np iu the spiral of a couch sholl,
fished up out of deep water at Jackson
ville, Fla., an entire leaf of a Methodist
hymn book was fonnd.
Whilo walking among the ruins of
Caraoalla'a baths in Home, a traveler
came near being killed by a stone
dropped from a great hoight by a crow.
"Come and see mo on an important
family matter," waa the message sent by
a lady of Berliu to all bor relatives.
They came in troops, and, upon ar
riving at the house, found her hanging
by the nock, dead.
Three-fourtlm of the present site of
Denver was owned, only a fow years ago,
by Edward MoClintock, who sold it for
a pair of Frenoh calf boots, a pound of
plug tobaooo and a burro. MoClintock
drove an ox team in tho first overland
train that ever croasod the continont.
A Bradenborg peasant not long ago
found a large eagle eating the carcass of
a dog. He shot the bird, which was
black, with whito shoulders. On its left
foot waa a gold ring, on whioh wero cut
the letters, still visiblo, "II Ks. o. k."
underneath vhioh was the word
'''Eporjes," and on the other side the
data 10, 0, 1827." Eperjes is a town in
upper Hungary.
Committee of the British association
has measured the height aud weight of
53,000 persons from all parts of the
Bruisn Isles. The results shows that
the Hootch sro tho heaviost, the Welsh
next in weight, the English third and
the Irish the lightest, while the Scotch
are the tallest, the Irish seonnd in stat
ure the English third and the Welsh
are tho shortest. For each inch of stat
ure a Scotchman weighs 2.400 ponuds,
a Welshman, 2. 375 pounds, ; an English-
msn, 2.301 pounds, and an Irishman,
2 UiU pounds,
MY. Bcechcr I'pou Dlvorcr.
Henry Ward Boeoher was asked for
his views upon the subject of divorce
and tho laws governing it. Ho thought
that there were more causes for divorce
than the scriptural oneot adultery. That
was provided as a protection for womau
from mere caprice in a time when a man
had several wives, and if ono displeased
him in somo trival thing, he could give
her a writing of divorcement.
"Yet divorces should not be facile,"
continued Mr. Dcecher, with increased
earnestness, "the sanctity of the family is
the hope of the world. It is better that
two should sutler tnrougu we than that
too easy a door should be opened for
those led by passion or desiring lioense.
Tho boys say on tho train 'Chicago
thirty minutes for divorce' I board that
myself,
"A woman ought not to bo obliged to
li with a tog. Draukonacss ought to
be cauas for divorce; so, too, if a man
notoriously corrupt in any way, or if he
is convictod of a criminal oflenso. But
tho causes should bo very few. Cruelly
should be one, but not one mere failure
to agree in temper. Laxity of divorce
laws makes great evil."
"What do yon think of tho diversity
of laws in different states?" was asked.
"Thore should bo a uniform United
Btatet law if it were possible," Mr.
Beeober replied. "There ought not to
bo oue law in one state and another in
another,''
A Creeping Horror.
Several young people bright, imag
inative and ohnervant sat one evening
nntil luto tulking over the subject of
snpernatnral experience, and atwhe close
all retired more or lesa in a state of ex
oitement. One of the young ladios, a
brave but nervous girl, was somewhat
startled by the thought that she heard,
an hoar or so after he had retired, a
groan in the hall, by her chamber door.
Soon she heard it again, and then the
doors she fancied sho had locked slowly
opened snd a white shape entered the
moonlit room; a groveling, moaning
shape that slovly crept along to hor bed.
A cold hand seized hor wrist snd
olntched her arms, aiid an artionlate
voice strove to speak. Then sho saw with
horror a deep mark on the throat that
she grasped. It was warm! It was moist!
But her lingers had lost their power to
relax, and she held the shuddering shse
till ber seresms brought ber Iriends.
There, with ber Sogers still gripping bis
bloody throat, was her own cousin!
Worked npon by the excited conversa
tion of the evening, be had gone to his
room and cot his throat. Itepenting too
late he had erfterod the next room for
aid; too weak to walk he bad crawled to
her aide and she had choked bim to
death. Boston Traveller.
The scarcity of springs and running
streams in Csnsda is ascribed by Mr.
Joseph Wilcox to the fact that the an
cient glaciers swept away from the rocks
of the country a large psrt of the soil,
leaving but little of tne mineral which,
in coon tries where springs and streams
abound, soaks np the rain and melting
snow, snd afterward gradually;givea out
the water thus stored.
KEYYSX0TES.
More than 2,000,000 visitors attended
the international fisheries exhibit at
London.
Dio Lewis says American women need
snnshiue and not paint and powder to
improve their complexions.
In a tornado in Mississippi, a turtle
weighing sixty pound was blown out of
Foarl river, and landed in a distant cot
ton field. "
Brewster, attorney-general, still wears
a high white hut, though the breezea
blow cold and a now black olo may be
had for $3.50.
The now two-cent postage stamp is a
good test of coIop bRudness. A Mis
sissippi editor announces that it is of a
pule purple shado.
In tho City of Mexico, recently, a riot
occurrod at a bull fight, owing, as a local
paper says, to the "poor quality of the
entertain men t."
Alice Marguerite King, an aelrers, was
described by a Noshvillo paper ss "a
Btnall lady with a very big nose, and
ugly." She sued for $50,000 damages
and got nothing.
The annual interest on the debt of the
Brooklyn bridgo is stated to be $750,000.
At present the net earnings are not over
$50,000 a year. Where the $700,000 will
come from remains to be seen.
During the present season the Erie
canal has transported about 30,000,000
buHhols of gr.in and seed, 55,000,000 feet
ot lumber, 50,000,000 staves, 30,000,000
tons of coal, and millions of pounds of
merchandise.
The merchants of Dallas, Texas, re
monstrated with the prosecuting attor
ney and grand jury against the prose
cution ot the gamblers, on the ground
that it would ruin the business of thi
town.
Tne officials of the Mormon church re
port a total membership in Utah of
127.2'J; number ot families, 23,000;
births iu tho lost six months, 1200 males
and 1100 females; number of children
undor eight years, 37,000; number of
marriages iu six months, 338; new mem
bers. 23,040; deaths 781. The church
organization embraces t waive apostles,
fifty-eight patriarchs, 8153 high priests,
11,000 elders, 1500 bishops and 4400 dea
oona. Arizona reports a membership of
2204. Idaho, not reported, has double
that of Arizona. Eighty-one missiona
ries have beon appointed to go on mis
sions to Europe and the United States
Eighteen of this number hare been set
apart for missions in the Southern
States, whore the church is mooting with
considerable sucoess iu inoroasing its
membership. Southoru converts are
being colonized in Colorado
mainly, It will be seen from these sta
tistics that the Mormons are very rap
idly on tho increase The Edmunds law
against polygamy appears to be futile.
The church flourishes despite all legal
opposition. Nothing short of pretty
vigorous cutting can remove this foul
cancer from our body politic; mere out
ward applications are now without any
efl'eot.
SCIENCE AM) 1MYEM10S.
During his late jonrney in Central
Asia, Dr. Vcnnkoff discovered the horse,
tho camel aud the gooso in thoir wild
state. They showed no fear of man even
after some of their number had been
shot.
Hills on tho Islo of Man have been
photographed fro n a place sixty miles
distaut. The original picture., was so
small that they hud to be enlarged many
times to reach the curto size.
A Norwegian geologist has measured
the glaciers of Iceland, and has found
them to be tho largest ieo rivers in the
world, those of Norway, tho Alps and
tho Pyrenees seeming quite small by
comparison.
William Cooms, of Westchester
county, N. Y., took a deg belonging tot
his neighbor, Thomas Maloney, iuto tho '
woods and hooged him by the nock un
til lis was dead, William was arrested
and lias beon senteaoed to the pun i ten, -
tiary for four monllis,
Yc!oan!o disturbances 2n tiio inland" of
Isahia are usually preceded by a turbid
appearance of water in baths whore it is
gonerally clear. To delect such ohange
arrangements have been made forcgu
lar chemical examination of the baths as
well as of wells snd springs.
In sn address to the British associa
tion for the advancement of soienoe at
its recent animal meeting, Prof. It. S.
Ball, astronomer royal for Ireland, re
viewed the methods employed for meas
uring the snn's distance from the earth,
snd expressed a belief in the possibility
ot determining that distance accurately
to within 100,000 miles. He doubts if
tho transits of Venns give opportunities
for calculations of such preoiiion, aud
thinks that a solution of the great astro
nomical problem must be sought
through observations of the minor plan
ots or astoroids. From tho measure
ments of all kinds thus far attempted,
tho most probable estimate of the sun's
distance is 1)2,700,000 miles, which csn
hardly- bo erroneoua to the extent of
300,000 miles.
The Irishman's Bute.
The excitement and crush during Oar
rick's last performance are matters of
theatrical history. That most entertain
ing of memoir writers, Beynolds, who
wss present the last night, relates an
amnsing incident:
Through a side box, close to where I
sat, was completely tilled, we behold tho
door burst open, and an Irish gentleman
attempt to enter vi et armia.
"Shut the door, boxkeeper!" loudly
oried some of the party.
"Taere's room, by the pow'rs!" cried
the Irishman, and persisted in advanc
ing. On this a gentleman on the second row
rode and exclaimed, "torn out that
blackguard."
"Oh, aud that is your mode, honey?"
coolly retorted the Irishman. "Come,
come out, my dear, and give me satisfac
tion, or I'll pull your nose, faith, you
coward, and shillalah you through the
lobby!"
This public lusult left the tjnant in
possession no alternative; so he rushed
out to accept the challenge; when, to the
pit's general amusement, the Irishman
jumped into his place, snd. having de
liberately seated and adjusted himself,
he turned round and cried "I'll talk to
you after the play is over."