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r" t th trftucftl huh wuwii olulianlc awea Tr. from nor snlrit's ne-rll. rose sweet friltD Came forth to m hup royal wi-l of fate, yiJ he iK"". "Yin," and lrM upon my . - IIIYItHtl While nxirt.t our rapture, dumb, ftxcd, uurx- Pv ti'' "-'ii senses, did there fluctuate i-Iia iilniiiti v mirin of our mortal state, f omimring the poignant ecstasy loo blest. Do I wake Into a ilmtm, or have we twain, Lured by oft wiles to some nnooiun.'ioui crime,' Pared joys forbid to irmnt 0 Light Supreme, L'pon our brown tranlt,;tiriin( glory rein Hot let the sword of Thy just angel gleam Ou two Who euloivd Heaven before, their tini: i "OLD HICKORY'S" FARWELL. Andrew Jarknonit l.at Hour in White House. he The "Maaaarre of Wvoaaini How many strange, old-new stone one finds down hero among these on cifiit people! Ami how many -.r.oii relics of tiava ''Is'toro tliu war, sab." In tht liiKt month of President Jack sons administration, lie canon in u voting artist, whom 1 am not permitted to name row, to do u miniature of lus deceased wife on ivory, man was lint 1'.), and thn seems to have taken him quite heart, from the letters and otho lio has preserved. The last few of Jackson's administration kept tlio artlnt constantly Hrrklea It was eurlv pilgrims were of horse maim At one of the Ht.ll0tl th niull knot ", mount ore a b-- ,'iest i He . vr an touned nori,i This you.m- T" "TniiHi old soldio ' ''-"MAtend, Uite to hi ol.j,vt him ami at work on the miiiiatijirv atica, che. rulr II n. ... ivigorant. B stom rs bus re he m8t ! inilorae m pniiiieiit us mid inieitu'L ".C1 The fifYther we. Ret from tli inci dents' of the devolution the morel philo- . .11 - i.l... !.... TA. civil war niadaS a mora rutioijlal pco plo to judge our Revolutionary fore fathers. , A committee was appointed frotn the descendants of tho Revolutionary men ofSv joining, on the one hundreth anni versary of that battle, to prepare a me morial volume. Mr. Johnson, who ac companied mo riding, was one of that committee, and he gave mo the memo rial book, of which 1 read a portion tho same night. There it is conceded that tho British liehaved very respectably and protected those who could come in. Tho British commander was a regular officer, named Butler. Ho allowed the people after the battle to surronder, and politely nJted their clergyman to act as secre tary of the coin ention. which he did, and this man wrote out the cartel, which was iaitMully kept. Tho American Bottlers wero allowed to stay upon their farms and enjov their property on condition of not enlisting against the British government. Tho valley was evacuated by Butler and his command, and was not again invaded by them. Ail this is put down in the sober second thought of a hundred years. If you sleep on any thing a hundred vears, except lobster salad, you will change your mind. Again, the Wyoming Memorial com mittee discreetly says that the probable cause of any invasion was the intoler ance of our patriots, who began the war by driving off their inoffensive mid nu merically weaker Tory neighbors. To reiustate those poor people tho British linec.uno, not unexpectedly, hauled by some of the same savage Iroquois wo had nst d for a hundred years to invade and murder the Trench in Canada. Our patriotic forefathers knew all abcut tho nature of their warfare, and inertly re ceived sonio of its consequences. The memorial report asserts that not one woman was cither killed or abused by tho victors at Wyoming. Hint- to Talkers. If the ministry were iretter v?rsed in ;he art of elocution they wuld un ioubtedly make more converts. Writers oi that art hold that, the end of oiatorv is to persuade, nnd thai in or- ikr to persuado ouo must bo clearly uruerstood. lias refers to a cltr enun- . tution of siftceh. There is iierhaps n't ono minister m hfty. even in cities, wiere they have all advantares, who sieak clearly and distinctly ennigh to b understood by even thei' nearest mditors. They may speak loudenougli, bt the articulation being inlistiuct, tb meaning is lost m tho goun( Asido from the prevalent Libit of "jnting," consequent upon enotion, a gsat many ministers really do nit seem tnnulerstanu that it is necesiary to opn their mouths to any exteit, but aop oil their words in thei: grent twto to emit the next, llin rapid faking or "tju3oaujiiy" words makes '6 ivery nour me nero oi .ew mutant would come and look over his sl.enlkler in his deep concern about the prog j . of tho work. The room occupied, UH: was the general's private oltice it the time, was the one on the right, i medi ately at the head of tho main st.nityay. Tho artist now a gray, old Virginian, anil eminent in quite another walk of life says tin , , these last few davs tho president l,.ft quite alone. The (lies that buzz alnvt to suck the sweets of otlice had flown to w auccotwor. The king is dead ; long live the king, l'resi dent Jackson had nothing more to be stow, and so was left in almost en tire solitude. The general would not let tho artist go away, but kept him at his side in the private oftice, even to the hist hour, while he looked over and destroyed his papers. tie came to me last ono he cl.m I at it, let it fall in his hand heavily for a moment, then raised it up, lore it in two and threw it on the tlxr, where bits of paper already lav mtnv im-li... deep. Then springing up tie "old imm threw his two hands out. biniicd them woolen l'r lus !,-(;, frV hm hips f whii-h it iii!cmh1 lliln frum t-uin n.l Hl Ulltf ll L L ... I it I... - t Al.- L , ni II Jltuwil'l IUO "tr io, s,,,.,.,, mmi, ntlBr Bit , .n(1. "nth- respond.,1 tlmt ).. did uoL-that nM a cowboy. n f f I"1 ' -V0U IttHS0 tl,Ht foyr v Huh! Tliafs nothin'! Tho bov iild skin niv lu-a.1 " "Then I I't 11.4 klWI nnt.il l1.nl.A.'.. b . . . -vM-nnm ii i hi- ll nui. i " iiiiom a word the urge.1 to the other anil, as the little pony was side of the track. tr.lill aturl.i.l I...-.. .... 1 i.l.. , . "-""I "-i- llllll .u.-r inline a nasi,, BinR ahead of the train, (ir.idually as the train got un der way it gain.il upon its opponent until jt and the horse stood "neck and nwk. Then, ai if to tempt tho rider to Ins fate, oiara wero held to him from the car windows. Without a moments hesitation the little lonv was headed for tho road-bed. whii-h it reached bv a plunge from the higher ground. The train increased in speed, and the cow-boy, being intent on tho prizes offered him, gave tho rein to tho 1;ny and his attention to taking the cigars from the hands of tli.wn the cars. Over u-nshnnt nnd m. ., ground, through cuts and over eleva tions the animal dashed, and so close to the train that the rider's feet came in contact with it. Tho animal was left entirely to itself, and ono misstep There, thaik !od H,f ! ' " """" "' n "'e thrown Dotli iH the last of it, the very la, of it and fi f - 1- ....... .j.i.i. u iiiiiu lliu down and said : now I am going home to spend the re mainder of my days at niv dear Hermit age. Saying this he walkel across the room, took a cob pipe, tilled it and sat down, smoking a long time in silence. The artist also made ot tho time a miniature on ivory of Jnison, which he still has in his possession. The face is heavier, fuller, than we aro accus tomed to see in steel cuts nail paintings. Tho chin is prominent, massive, al.st double; tho hair is very thick, bristling, and liko suow. Mower In- r-.-.rla. raco was kept tip, and at tho end of it the daring rider was greeted with shouts, which ho acknowledged by a wave of his hat as tho horse mounted tho embankment. goes for a breath of fresh mr, to the tlower pot in his little room, which ho waters every night or morning, there is but a step, so to speak, ind, moreover, one may find flower markets in all parts of tho wonderful citv, nut to mention tho elegant shops, like that which I have already named, nnd the hand-carts which ugly old women push beforo them in every street nnd avenue. Tho Quai anx Fleures, tho Madeleine, tho place do la llepubliqne and certain parts oi mo outer uouievnMs nre so many open nir markets where the flag stones and nsphaltuni have been car petod with verdure and enameled with roses, geraniums, camellias, ' dahlias, aznlias and other lovely gifts of tho goddess Flora. It was Cato, I think, who wished to make it obligatory on every liyman citizen to have a llowerinq plant to look after and tho Par.'sinn of to-day would seem to have adopted his principles. Tho average Parisian, it is true, does not go beyond the fortifications, but it does not require mud in order to give him the sensation of tho country, tho odor of the tlower and the shadow of love. A lilac bush which will soou burst into blossom ami which stands in nn Li. .J,.,, a ...ill. aviation impossible, to say "otl-iUjs of l-thorns that ho ,mti,,,i irrw.'iseif along mo ancient The t rash or World. If ever two great worlds do moot in this way it is possible to predict sonio of tho consequences. To use tho tech nical language of science, "their energy of solar motion will bo converted into various forms of molecular nnd poten tial energy;" which, translated into the vernacular, means that there will bo ev olution of heat and light, while nt tho flowers i tl,an ,,l,li .!.. " " I . ' 'V. "mo .u' m 1'''" "0 : : ; "i"" ' vnoiiv I must confess tiie piission ror flowers is highly developed in Palis. From the I i alio chopping otl" process, which lvents the speaker from being under- no matter how slow ho might sk. To be heard is not always to be nersfood, and- tliere oan be no persna si or conviction unless the auditor ni'ivstands what tho minister is say- AOuMernted Tea, 4 lg Ti Wuilo engaged in ioir nor res with a cup ..P.liu.Ulll-r- 'III litioiis ol uuu-h. liver ,. ,.u mill a live of nial leases arc no lOWIH'd. ule by I'mK iul lXiders. ., nimly fr ter's All' rlSHl. lina- FAt.1.IBl-g Ct'KIH" eptie Fti, w, FaUlnK ess, Convul ..lcohollam, i all seases. Literary Men, nd all hosa "Jervous Pros xd, stomach, squire a erva G V r I i all. v. ,rnd f up iaat'rtL Fjl specially pr xri. Delivers istofnco.6l ibclwMjrS IS J5 torts: 75 E a HindBC' bieROSEi UIDE,' iUmdrat' ON ARO Ct 4VUicnin ' ; i..... n,t...n .... n .- 1 y lillli.lliu imy uin ill llf I, 111 MI- ,.ed charcoal, borie-Tifufi, clay, terra .. pulverized soap-stone, talc, Prus- blue, gravel, and other iimliwirablo :iedities. Such is the stuff scion- exjierts employed by the New York il of health have fonml m the green i6'.d in that city. Tho best grades i"k teas nri pronounced the safost, the verdict is rendered that "none e green teas are pure." . lid n.:i In the Xew llebrldcft. long letter from .the New Hebrides that this is a dry season, two tons aize per hectare ( twe and a half Rout tho immense number of wild makes cultivation impractieablo int pigvproof fences. l!y one shot 4t tlirty at least wero put to V pasting almost between the 'tei's legs, who was o dazed that nt uinml ulwf. TIlA pnr.lltrv i-nbed as fabulously fertile, well .tt and apecially adapted for p'Ow- ?r cane. Klrh Deposit. " tndLtr ofacreat belt of phos- ajrtli Carolina is anuouiceu .75Uiiieatiou to Briulstrjots, vlias been traced a disance V nnd an observer believes .. I distance of Thirty or forty ' sjdo o the uorticaat Fear river. alior'H Way. . wells ii quoted as say i lr.s manuscript MX v. t ; i . . t -iiu .m,.n 7.reatze nu mens oi a terrestrial paradisk MiralK-au said ono day when ho ,V ,mv"lg garden to Argcntenfl:! ' ' l"wprs aro the iioetry of gardens : m J,,",, Claretie has improvesi hem by calling tlicm "the pootry t V I'ns- TooKweet for Anyi'ii-i V i A tiny very tr.iv tug was served u a fashionable dinner the other evening; and w hen he was placed on tho table a howl went up from the assembled rank and fashion surrounding him. Tho lit tlo beast stood on his own hoofs in tho midst of a bed of Marshal Neil roses; in his rosy snout was the customary lemou, and twisted in his small tail was a blue or in part liiiuctied. the liotiids vaporized, and tho vapors and gases rarelied and expanded. Tho intensity of the action will depend, of course, mainly lipon the mnss and swiftness of the colliding bodies; but an easy calcu lation shows that if our earth were ever to meet another globe liko herself, and meeting with the same velocity, heat enough would bo generated by tho shock to transform them both into a hugo ball of vapor; unless, indeed, tho central core of the earth is much colder and more refractory than is usually sup posed. At any rate, tho quantity of heat developed would lie sullicielit to lnelt, boil, and completely vaporize a ma: of ieo fully 701) times that of both the colliding worlds an ice planet 150, 0011 miles in diameter. If, however, tho impinging masses were, to begin with, mainly gaseous (as tho sun seems to be) thn effect might bo curiously different. Heat would, of course, be generated, just as in tho case of solid bodies; but as a consequence, apparently most paradoxical, the result ing nebula might actually bo cooler than either of tho bodies before tho en counter; of courso it would be vastly expanded in volume. Just as a gaseous mass contracting under its own gravity from loss of heat by radiation at its sur face, continually rises in temperature. so a similar mass, expanding against its own gravity from accession of heat within, may fall in temperature, nay, must fall, if tho body is composed of "perfect" gas. Of course, immediately after tho collision, and liofore the ulti mate expansion bulk was attained, tho temperature and brilliance of thn mass would bo for a time vastly increased, but tho final result would be as stated. FUNERAL ON THE CONGO. An t'nluuked-t r i:ireainii of r eel- insrom an Old African 4 hlrt Seeing their perplexity l.ieut. Orhan roluuUvrcd to the off a round of twenty cartridges from his Winches ter." The chief and people icre de lighted. 1'imld there be greater honor for the deceased than to receive Li farewell salule ut the hands of a white man. with his wonderful gun from Mqnto the mysterious region U'vond the sea ihel'nknown perhaps Heaven itself? i for are not these white men sons of Heaven?! So thought tho old chief ns he led us to seo tho corpse. With uu earnest, pleading tone he took cur hands in Ins and suid : "U you, ho are going home !" and ho poititvd to the pale and jieaoefiil evening skv. will send him back to us, will vou not? You will tell him his hut is waiting for him, his wives will prepare his manioc white as cotton cloth, and there shall be Malafu in plenty and a goat killed? You will send him back, will you not?" This expression of feeling quite took us by surprise. Ordinarily tho African is so stolid, so thoroughly 'material, that ono never expects from him auvthing like sentiment or poetic ideas. We tried as gently as possible for ho ap pealed to Itotii of ns in his distress to explain at once our utter inability to re animate this hideous corpse with the breath of life and to encourage him with voguo hopes that all was not in vain, but he shook his aged, grizzled head sadly ot tho confession of our pottorlessness face to face with death. The dead man had been placed in his grave in a sitting posture, many layers of native cloth lying under him, and ready to cover him up on the top were piles of cotton stuffs, received in trade from tho far off coast, and rep resenting to these natives a con siderable amount of wealth. In the vague, half-determined notions which tho people hero have conceived as to a future existence, everything in tho spirit world is supposed to bo a pale copy of things existing on the earth, ho that for this eason they put cloth, ves sels of pottery, and, in the case of a chief, dead slaves into the graves, in or der that tho deceased on arriving in tho land of shades may not appear unpro vided with tho necessary mentis of mak ing a fresh start in a'now life. Tho grave iu which this man was buried had been dug in a hut, and tho head of tho corpse was not much more than two feet la-low tho surface. We could not ascertain whether tho hut, or rather house-for it wasa substantial building of poles ami thatch would bo aban doned or not. 1 fancy not, as it is only iu the case of a chief that this is done; and tho man that was dead, although rich and influential, was, sltcr all, only tho favorito slave of tho chief. iviim loca History Tear ht It is not our intention to decry tho study of history, if wo really have any thing worthy of the name. Wo recog nize it as one of tho ornamental branches necessary to a "finished education." But what is its comparative practical value? To w hat real aeeoutit can ono young man in a million turn his knowl edge of Pompey's battles, Casar's con quests, tho triumphs of Alexander, or the brilliant victories of Napoleon, ad mitting that ho is familiar with all that has ever been written concerning them? What lessons of practical w isdom enn the girlderivo from studying the lives of Dido, Cleopatra, Elizabeth or Catha rine, as they aro presented by tho ancient or modern historian ? Wo do not ap prehend any danger from too much at tention being given to this branch of study by the youth of either sex.whether it is as tlio elder Wal pole thought, "nothing but lies," or as Macauley. de fined it, "philosophy teaching by ex ample. " It is a great deal moro ex tolled than read, and much moro com mended thau studied, and it is likely so to continue. Hoothin-c the Victims. jlanvood.thetnglisli hangman, used to H0th8 his victims by whispering words f encouragement to them. "Conion now," he would say kindly. ovi r in a minute.. It will bo all right. Aio it to mo." A well known pond lily. Ho was pronounced too g,rjrjU Arkansaw is equally as kind. sweet fcr anything, was uiiiy cut up ana i imie ago ho entered tho coll of a 1 l-l. 1 lil e il man w' wss 10 00 uangeii tuo loiiow- . . lor.,1 .al l. -TI... lilll,. '..;. tasted, nnd the health of tho Clnneso cook was duly drunk in champagne. A IVructual look. A perpetual clock was started at Brussels a little over a yo r ago. An up draft is obtained in a tube or shaft by exposing it to tho sun ; this draft turns n fan, which winds up the weight of the clock until it reaches tho top, when it actuates a brake that stops tho fan, but leaves it free to start again after the weight has gone down a little. At the last of June tho clock was run ning perfectly, after having been iu motion for nine consecutive mouths. Queer Oil irin'. ing day U(1 tn1 '"Thut little affair of ours ci'P" to-morrow, you know, and I Lfi that yen will bo quite ready for th perforon.M'0. Hold yourself pretty fctiff when ti. cap is drawn. Then)'0'1 R down straight and won't; dangle. It's very uncomfortable to ,lm lis iiinl vou will find tho stiff iieU'"' preferable." 1'rUou Morality. man who was convicted of theft sentenced to tho stuto prison in adolphia the other day astonished ht judge by making these pointed re- m:.J s in court: ''I wi rked three years your state prison making ea. and I know us much ,t t' l -iboi t maKinc simcs as i no larJ. .uV'1 t watches. "Venezuela Iris boiling oil ppringr -..I.- I. nn rrr on r surim' t ,"".,':' t i,. i .1 rf. J V.t watches. They taught mo to he moon, and Wyoming has oil ift lie .!.o,u;st. My principal work was l,Varo th,.irow.'. storage tanks, .U U ''f1'" V" to- P s -o Vm all," said Ca,t. J grfher to make a thick ... lo t, niq.-so Flower, of Venango county, i " J Aster honso rotunda. He !i:u ji.t1 r' turned fnm two years' t-.o o( titration t uU .-'i d oil fields r. A ,i, i. f tl... "'aeiik a!-ad of the time for other :.. -J- " Uut 1 '"" is ' nervous disposition . t' t r -ij "' .1,1 for him to';ar.i.l ' .. . A No"" York i:n r-liant w.is sppnTjng K.ti.-e? . "V V o rot: inat -f a gr..y-h..ir.-l cmrxle ho h.id ju.t - ' L j , , it .n-iii in- y i a vile of , UT,l a third wii-J. I can t urid-r- f2aiine-. Orli.a. ' .kl t ? ' t ntan in , . , . Jonu , ., ..T , wi,Jow,.r - ' ,"&!lJ- '.,;:if.bnt mridea h alway, Wn feige ofTrUitV ill urany. t Arwn than ., ; , i a m;ins fir-t wife muted him, he a substitute Lt h ;tc ;. "Y. '-rf3 . n,.r,. 'wronger :."uUi,iu't cxs--t that another could till vfrual in the pro. rhor. 1 Tommy. L 1 , . ar it duwa .i., and if sh i did not suit hiru, than i, lb HaiiKt'i- of TolMiennnlng. The Iiouisvillo Commereiars reporter got mi interview with the city solicitor of Toronto nt tho exposition, Tho so licitor said: "Toboganning is great sport. My friend Smith had a valuable horse that once made a mile in ten sec onds on a toboggan. Tho animal lost its sight, however, tlio fn.st needles having cut its eyes out of its head as it flow (town hill. Tho horse had incau tiously strayed to a toboggan hill in tho night, and had uceideiitly stopped on one of the slippery things, and away ho went. There was a slender, long-necked boy wiio was tho most skillful tobog ganer in western Canada; but ho met with a painful accident thut w inter that put a stop to his favorite sport forever. As ho was goingdown hill one afternoon lie carelessly turned his face to ono side, ami tho wind twisted his whole head nquaro round, so that tlio eyes looked down the buck of his neck, and, lingering for several yours in a rctro sctivo way, ho died insane his brain was turned. th lf.n the i.ublic. Tins man who had tho i r. Jr ntract was a Christian, a member of in'.. .' J(. church, at'd at the tune I called his ajatU' attention to tin- .a-tcl.ard business ho ad iu w.:s f..r -iii;ui of tho grr.nd jury. r L' ' ' no-J . v t A QnrHtlon of Frefdora. " I fought for your freedom," said a gentleman whom a negro policeman was conducting to tho lock-up. "You needn't try ter fight fur yourn, cap'n, fur if yor does I'll hit yer." "Ain't you got no respect for a man who helped to free yon?" "J ain't steadyiu' 'lwiut chit, cap'n. F.f yer had enilff sense to fight fur my free dom yer uughter hub enuff t-r 'halm yerse'f airter !' freed, lio.-m pull biickil.it vv iv. I'll friii yer a lick fust tiling . r know dat'll ring so loud nut de hri! engines w ill come out. Yer ow n freedom se ins t..r boihb r yer much mol e dell I'lilie. " Y rut to tlir Mio;. The china toilet vt of t!n hito Ad-laid.- Neilson, .-very piece paint.-d with he r i:.':;("'ra!n, i-in-ire! d with wreaths ol ros s, U rin'-1 fur a h i:-; time the chief oi naiiient of a I l ie r. i ; ac shiei i n the P.ue du Septombre. i'i Paris. Arkansaw Traveler: A piisson what ain't (.'i,t no iiuissy fur a ummal ain't f-ot mine fur a miiii. an' is only k. ii'.'ii ni bcatii,' a man 'case he's a cn,.rd. 7 Slolrtlni Planter Cant. Where do I get mv molds and first easts? The best of tlieiu aro made in Itonie: now and then 1 get a fine thing from Paris. I don't import my molds. I get the best casts from abroad and make tho molds hero. Tho making of a gisul mold is a very serious matter. Look at this one of the Helvidere Apollo. The figure is but twenty-two inches high, yet tho mold is composed of seventy or eighty pieces, and each piece must tit with perhvt a.vuracy. Tho mold for that onus of Melos is' in moro than a hundred pieces. Tho mold, not the labor expended, is w hat makes a good cast exjHMisive, for we can make on ordinary cost in a day. We first tie ad tho pieces together and then pour in the plaster. If tho mold was not in many pieces how could wo get tho statue out? It would lo like going to work to undress a man by taking hold of his head and trying to pull him out of his clothing. Here is a little cast of a pear; it is in flvo parts, two for top and bottom and three for the sides. "We judge of a good cast by the lines. Look- ut this bust of Niolio; you see that tho lines caused by the mold are narrow and tine; in a 'poor cast ther would lo coarse and heavy, Ik'cuuso tho mold had become worn at its edges. And the corners must eomo evenly and closely together; ono pioeo must not fall Mow tho level of the others. Tho reason that an artist prefers a cast which lias tho mold marks intact is not Ih-cuuko of tho assistance tho lines give in drawing the figures, but because ho knows by means of them just how good the original was, and that tho workman has not, in scraping off tho marks, hurt the form of the figure. Common work men in plaster not only chisel off tho marks carelessly, but even smooth off the surface of tho cast with sand laper." The Church and the Mtase. While orthodox Christians iu this country generally frown ou the stage and all its belongings, it is not to lie dis guised that tho prejudice against actors and theatres is not us marked as it was, say, twenty years ago. ( )ne of the most beautiful and successful theatres in New York is owned by a couple of clergy men, who nre also tho proprietors of Tho Churchman, the ollicial organ of the F.piscopal denomination. The Her. KoWrt Collyer, and other lils-ral, as well as F.piscopal, clergymen openly visit tho Now York theatres nnd no scandal is mused thereby. In Kngland tho bishop and clergymen of tho na tional church attend operas and the atres tho samo us other peoplo; but more remarkable than all, The Christian World, tho leading London organ of tho Nonconformists, recently contained a leading editorial, giving Mr. Henry Irving a "God speed," apropos of his departure to America. Mr. (leorgo Macdonald, tho English novelist, is a clergyman, yet he frequently appears as an auiutenr actor on Bemi-publio occa sions. Tho theatre is growing in popu larity in this country. A largo space is given to dramatic news iu all our jour nals. It is for Christian people to say what course they shall pursue in the fu ture. It is idle to ignore the stago or to condemn it by wholesale. After all, why not try and moralize it and freo it from objectionable associations? Take a Kood Itest. Y'on arc wearing out tho vital forces faster thnn there is any need, and in this way subtracting years from tho sum total of your life. This rush and worry, day alter day this restless anx iety for something you have not is liko peiible-stoncs in machinery, they grato ami grind the life out of you. You have useless burdens; throw them off. You have a grent load of useless euro; dump it. Pull in the strings; compact your business; take time for thought of bet ter things, (lo out into tho air ami let (lod's sun shine down upon your busy head. Stop thinking of business and profit ; stop grumbling at adverse providences. You will jirohuhly never seo much bet ter times in this doonod world; and your most opportune season is now; your happiest day is to-day. Calmly do your duty, and let God take cure of His ou ii world. Ho is still alivo and is the King. Do not imagine that things will go to everlasting smash when you dis appear from this mortal stage. Io not fancy that tho curse of heaven, in tho vast task of righting up a disjointed earth, is imposed upon you. Cease to fret and fume; ceuso to jump and worry early and late. The good time is com ing, but vou will never bring it; God cun, ami will; take breath, sir; sit down and rest, and take a long breath. Then go calmly to tho tasks of life, and do your work well. itapolcon'e Own Ilorowcope. While Napoleon was retreating from Moscow he lost an old manuscript, which w as afterward proved to be over five hundred years old. With this he hod cast his own horoscope. The ques tions and answers were in his ow hand writing, and written while ho was a subaltern. Of these questions and an swers only ono is given horo, although tho majority of them wero remarkably correct as to his after life. Question H. Khali I bo eminent and meet with preferment in my pursuits? Answer. (Hieroglyph of tho Pyramid) definition: "Thou shalt meet with many obstacles, but at length thou shult attain tho highest earthly power and honor." ; Tomb ot I'rrHlilrnt Lincoln's t.rnnd- i John Leach, of Yarmouth, I!nglaud, s.'ivs The Loudon Atliemeiim, has had i the inscription over tho tomb of tho grandfather of Al.r.iliam Lincoln, ut I Norwich, photographed for friend of i the family. Tho inscription is as fol- lows: ; "In memory of Mr. Abraham Lincolno, : of this parisfi, who died July l.'l, 17'., I aged seveiity-ninii years; and Hannah, bis daughter, who died Sepu-mbu 'I'i, ITi'.'.i, aged six years." "From Thee, great God, we spring, to Thee wo tend, Path, motive, guide, origin, and tiid." PREMONITIONS OF DANGER. A llailroad I'.nglnrer Mve III K. Iierirnee. "A fortnight or so ago i was on mr ay to the far west, traveling on a fust through llaltimore Ohio express. On a bright Sunday morning I awoke iu my lierth and realized that tho train was stui ding still. I raised the curtain uuu pcepeu out. I lie sun was w ell up in the heaven", and the train stood in a dense wood, away from any living creuture. It did not move for sonio time, and I arose, made my toilet, and went outside. The train stood partially on a loug trestle-work or open bridge, and 1 could seo smoko rising from tho end of tho structure furthest from ns. 1 walked out past tho locomotive and on tho bridge, wheio I met a number of gentlemen talking. '"What's the matter?' I inquired of one. "'Oh, a section of tho bridge has burned,' replied tho gentleman. " 'Lucky the engineer saw tho lire iu time to save us,' I remarked, gazing down into the water below, and shud dering at tho thought of Wing piled up, in a sleeping-car, in tho chasm that yawned for me. " 'Hut the engineer says ho didn't see any fire when ho stopped,' exclaimed one. "'No, taid the engineer who stood hard by, 'I saw no tiro. I had a pre sentiment us I approached tho bridge. Something seemed to warn me that it would not bo snfo to cross tho bridge, and it eaiuo upon me so strongly that I just stopped tho train and got out of tlio cab, and I hadn't walked twentr steps beforo I saw that tho act hail saved many lives, for tho wholo train would have gone down that hole, al though it is but tho length of two rails. Tho fire didn't show up much above the ties, as it was routined mostly to the timWrs Wlow. liight there in that lit tle shed a watchman sleeps, said the engineer, pointing to a diminutive dwelling a half dozen rods away, 'and it wns his duty, and it V has been for years' ti xi out hero, and to pass over the bridge just beforo and after us ; but somehow I felt that he was not faithful, that ho might be asleep, and I could seo iu my mind, as I approached tho bridge, tho whole train going down to death, and could hear theories of the dying, and so I just stopped, as I said. The watch-, man, sure enough, was asleep. Oh, you needn't laugh, for this is no5 tho first time presentiments huvo saved lives when my hand was ut tho throttle. No, I've been in just thin position before,' said he, blushing to the tips of his fin gers, us two or three gentlemen smiled and whistled n bit. " 'No,' suid he, 'I had a foreboding of danger stronger than this a few years ago. I was running then on a "division of tho Sandusky. There is a little sta tion ou that road w!:ero tho passenger trains seldom stop, it has a siding for freights, however, and there was nearly always a freight train side-tracked as t passed through on tho fast express. Phut little place is on a long stretch of splendid truck, and for years the en gineers hud that as a racing ground, and I tell you sonio mighty good timo has been made there. At tho timo 1 hud this presentiment the rivalry among tho engineers on that stretch of track was at its height. It was a sharp winter night thnt I ap proached tho station, on tho down trip. It was foggy, and a florco wind blew. I hadn't stooped thero for three months, and os I went into that good track with a dash, and approuohed tho village at a terrible speed, I never thought of stopping. My locomotive was tho Hoetest on tho road, and I vyas congratulating myself, as tho fireman drow his watch that I was making Die Wst timo on record, and was thinking -to myself how I would appal tho train men side-tracked as I ilushed through. When a quarter of a milo from tho sta tion something whispered to me to stop. I didn't want to stop, and reflecting how chagrined I would bo if I would huvo to. atop when iu tho heat of a suc cessful race, I toscod my head, opened the throttle a little moro, and oh, how wo flow 1 Seems to mo I never saw a train como so near Hying, und yet sho just lay as closo to and smoothly on tho truck as could bo. Quick as thought I was commanded by an inner Imiug to stop, or it would make a run to death; and, without effort, my hands reversed (lie engine nnd applied the air. There was no signal, no whistle nor bell sounded, and tho fireman was astonished to seo my frantic movements. Tho train lay still a few feet past tho depot, and as I jumped from mv engine I felt so embarrassed thut I almost burned. I could inuko no explanation to the con ductor or tho trainmen who came about mo. I looked all over the engino. Kvorvthinir was nil riirlit T ra.t mv eyes along tho train. Nothing appeared wrong. Then I walked down the track in front of tho engino. W hen I I gone lots than a hundred feet, and yond tho rays of tho headlicht I : against a box car! It stood right out in front of tho engine, full on the track. Tho snitch had been loft 0en and the wind hol skewed it out. It was loaded with carbon oil. Had I not seen it, score of persons would have been killed and burned. had be- I ran Want It "Hone Itrown.- Flood, tho Californf millionaire, is going to ship brow nstoiio all the way from New York for his new San FrarV risco palace. This will bo an intior , tion in which health and comfort idv -' to bo sacrificed to stlo. Uriclr y, Mono houses in San l '-m e,i'"nre . simply utinhabitablo btit .rs-.i of t'ocir coldness and dampnesa, but Mf-JW J f believes that brown strii ai' Citi give the solidity and V-.r.-.f ? ty to such a pahw i h-i ti!.-;i fci build. hoal.l rw Kr-tten u i, liar. ' tastes are. tlu relore.j nn'i-J ero-ed aud Orthotic. v ' , . ' , A Point ti'e . Itisr. pcrted tV- ' u T i'l be wado next season 'T-'---' p ; uts on land that ctn ! ''' 'h croo was a fail'1-' " muTl? vuf ntliit south this vec oa ftt'r"uat A t e rirjjLt. l!v the way, it that Mr. Flo., J and utte!:'! hi,. J