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A CARBONIFEROUS CONCEIT. Baek, my love. In the oim of time, Kre man on iih (lnl dwell In the dniuiiif eiirlmn'feroiis ollino, J'orvhmive I loved thoe well. The antf-same fiiellon I may liare asked That now acts ynur cliii-ln as low. When wo wrro mtur hiis and banked In (bo uindiinit of long- aito. , Thn rich ttrecii fnrtm a a carxt spread At thn fool of xtali'ly trees, That la.Hr rustled over liesd In the IuiikiikI tropical lircozo. They knew our love, ami witnessed tha truth Of tho tiiirnlntr worts I told To you when thn world m lirlt youth, Jn luiiny day of old. Dot thn minnyilav wan nlirlit al last. Our former eidvea were clay; Into thn uliadii of a vanished past Our Jo was swept uvray. Thn sharp, cold wind l blowing, Driving lite fallen snow. Dill the eonl In the unite Is plowing-, And toll inn, love, do you know Thn Arn-tlirht Hash Is ti lling A tender tule and (rue, Ilow with loin nur heurlHHm swc-llltiir, A lovo thut Is old, yet ni'W For thn gentle llt-lil Is thn sumo, lovo, That kissed us In dm s of old. And thouuh aires has helil the truth, lovo, That onoo to tho trees we told. Let the storm kltin ride In ley pride; Heed not the wlml and snow; Darlinir, aitalu I am at youraido, In I lie kuiimIiIiih of lonir atrii. Tlvimiu I'. t'lNiinf, In II iriier'i ll ixnr. CHINESE FOLK LORE. Firm Bollof of tho Celestials Signs and Portduta. in Drnail of I'lilurkjr Words anil Charms Amulets Many Installer of Nuper slltiotis llnllefs and I'rartlrr ' llelated The Wind and Water Diiifiiia. Chlncso folk loro present a subje.ot both rich and varied. Much of it il connected with Idolatry, but in every district aru found legends ami tradi tion peculiar to tint plain, with habit ami customs corresponding. 'J'lnsy have great dreiid of unlucky words, and on certain luy can not be induced to pro nounce tho word for "monkey," ami n ro careful to avoid all direct mention of death. They will gay a man "has passed from the body," or "ha passed from t Jui world or "hut gone to bcaven," but dislike to say plainly he is dead. Thu proiier word for "collln" i studiously avoiili'il, and the ciiplinnym "longevity boards" used. You may look in vain for a colli u n)io in pluiii words, but places for thu manufacture of "long life boards" are. numerous. Tho wonts "hiing-shanu ' mean liter ally "empty handed," but chair bearers In calling to pedestrians to open the way Invariably nay "kat-nhau," "lurky hand," because the other expression 1h exactly tho name in sound us "mur derer's liaiul." Hats are considered omeiiH of happiness, because tho miiuo in similar in sound to tho word for hap piness, ineir ureau or iiniiu kv wonts is sometimes utilized. A certain fam ily were greatly auuoved by crowds of Chinese men who would gather on an elevated platform overlooking tlio'r In- closiireandstiironl them, lieinonstrunoo was useless. Ho ono of the irentleineii bethought himself of this superstition ami posted up an unlucky wont In a conspicuous placn on tint side of his house where it was Hiiro to meet their eyes. The effect wan magical. Tho men disappeared immediately and no iiiriner annoyance occurred. They are lain believers In signs and portents, a comet presage war, and as mrun is aiwavs going on in some part of the broad empire they always seo mis sign iiiiiuieii. helioses are caused by a dragon devouring the sun or moon, and gongs are beaten furiously to drive him away. The breaking of a mirror Indicates separation from one's wife, and tho destruction of an oil jar portends even worse evils. Ileforo sit ting down they always fan the seat In the belief that If yon sit down while It Is Ntill warm you will fall out with tho last sitter. Sudden sneezing Indicates .L...1 ....... I . 1 1 Ml unit, some one in talking ill ( Mill Mirrors of a certain kind are said to foreshadow the future, and jewels have noon exhibited for a few cash in which his future was depicted to each observer in (lie shape of a oeggar, a mandarin, a inercliant, or Home other character. Charms and amulets are much used. Large copper cash with lucky characters inscribed are tiling around children s necks. In tho court of the temple, of the "Five (ienii" in Canton stands the tower of the tabooed Ml. It was cast about four hundred years ago, and a prophecy foretold it would strike tho doom of tho city; in consequence of which it was carefully Isolated, and all wore forbidden t itriko it. A rash ollieinl, however, ordered it to bo struck, and forthwith an epidemic, broke out by which over a thousand voting chil dren died. Since then bells are worn by children as charms against disease. When a child meets with an accident or Is badly frightened the mother takes him to tho spot where tho misfortuuo occurred and presents offering to tho spirit of tho place to secure bis recov ery. Missionaries havo had froipiont experience of peculiar custonu of this sort On ono occasion, as two of them were ascending a hill in tho interior to obtain a view of tho surrounding coun try, some rude lmvs from the village noar-oy pursueu unit hooted at ttiem in a most insulting manner. They drove them back with some severe rebuke, and thought no more of it. As they camo down from tho hill-top, however, they were met by a throng of pooido evi- dently much excited. In the midst of tho crowd was a woman holding a boy by the hand. Sho accused them of frightening him so that he was greatly injured, and Insisted on their presenting her with a piece from their suspenders, with which to make nome tea to restore the boy to Ills senses. A more peculiar case occurred In my own exMr.eneo. Having anchored my boat near a lar, town, the village bova camo out in largo numbers, hooting, throwing stone and rendering them selves generally offensive. l!u!uiguHin them I aeixed one of theriugleadeisand threatened to have him punished by tho elders of Iho town if the d Miirbance did not cease. Soon after I heard a great clamor on tho bow of the boat and was Inforined that the mother of the bovbad come to seo me. Going out I found her with the boy who, she said, was so frightened that be had turned green, and she demanded a handful of saliva to restore him. Disgusted at the re oui'st I turned and left her, but she persisted, and all the peoplo joined in support of her request, so that in sheer self-dcfcnso 1 was compelled to accede. Whether the remedy was efli- cacious or not I never learned. An other re iiieit of tno same kind came a few days later from a long-rolied scholar, who was very polite in making his demand, but whoso little son had ben greatly startled by my strange appearance, and ho consequently was very anxious to guard against any ill elects. A certain missionary had a largo black dog that a-oompanied him in bis trav els, and on one occasion created con sternation anil fright among the half cl.id urchins that swarmed about him. Several were reduced to that alarming state at which a pale green hue shows through the yellow skin, and hair from the dog's tail was demanded to make, tea necessary for their recovery Their belief in spirits is notorious, and haunted houses are froiiuent Elves, fairies, brownies, imps, ami other super natural beings are said to abound. They believe in spirit-rappings, planchctto, iilclietiiv. mesmerism, divination of va rious kinds bv bamboo slips, by images, by somnambulism, chiromancy and palmistry. Branches of certain plants are hung over the doors to ward off evil inlliiences, and cast swords are hung in side their Ml curtains as protection against nocturnal spirits. Their roads are always crooked and abound in sharp comers to obstruct the approach of spirits, which delight in broad, straight ways. The houses on a street are never built in a line, but present a '.ig.ag appearance, us some project and others are set in. This is to check the progress of the spirits. Corner houses are avoided because their position allbrls such facility for tho evil spirits to sweep around them. A sharp roof indicates thut onlv a bar ber shop will prosper opposite. The en trance to a house is never d'rect. A screen in front necessitating a turn to the rlglit or left, and the arrangement of the open court inside, witli its llowers and stands, shows a circuitous path to tho inner upartments. Many accounts of supernatural appearances are met with, such as' tho storv of the Spirit of tho Mmt-tho fairv who visited the Km peror Lung, ami in reply to his question whence site came, said: "1 live on the terrace of the sun in the ciiehanti ii ton ti t iii ii. In the morning I am a cloud in the evening a shower of rain." Ancestral worship universally prao- Heed by tliot hineso is inseparably con iiocled with geoinancy or "earth divina tion," otherwise known as "FiingShtii, thn "wind and water" doctrine, ono of thn most gigantic systems of delusion that ever gained prevalence among men It Is lielleved that tliero is a subtle, In tangible something, vaguely character twit as "wind and water, that has most powerful inlluenco upon the for tunes and destinies of men. What tho principles of this occult science are it lias been impossible to determine. Its power largely depends upon its i tit a n gibitity. and In the hands of ilesignin men, playing upon the superstitious fears of tho poojtlo, and exaggerating (lie ellects of the conjunction of certain material inmifticcsupon out ward events, tuts system of gcomancv has become might v power, and has imposed a vok of most galling bondage upon the pet) pie. Thev havo associated it with ancestral worship, so that the two are interwoven and combine ( form the strongest barrier to progress and en lightenment of every kind. In cxplana tillll it ltd lilltiiiittti,4 ttiil "fimir" U'itiil Is said to be tho cold air w hicft Issues from the earth, anil it Is In all cases de sirable that there bo no hollow or do jiresslon near a grave lest this evil wind blow into it ami disturb tho collln or the hones. The "Sliui water" pertains to tho couliguaration of the earth, which is supposed tube caused by tho dragon whose shape is discerned in the uneven line of ruts along the horizon. Tho homo of tho dragon is in the water, in whose winding course he delights Tracing the water to its source wo come to tho meeting place of the dragon - (lie fountain-head of the Inlliiences that control human destiny ; hence over tho gates of many villages may lie seen the words "i t-i.ung, "meeting of drag ous," indicating the propitious site of the town. I lie dragon Is nil-Important lie has power to give prosperity to tho land, to bring glory to tho King and honor to the sage, and Is tho symbol of all superiority and micccss in social political and moral a Hairs. Hence it appears that tho water courses, as the as tli haunts of dragons, are of the lirst im portance, tlioir source, direction, or conjunction with each other, and tho Inlliionces resulting, being de termined bv tho geomancer'! compass, if, for Instance, in tho case of a grave tho water Hows past a certain point 01 mo compass tno de scendants will lie prosperous: if it passes at another angle distress will overtake them, litis compass, so necessary ii determining every location, has twelve cyclical diameters, analogous to the twelve signs of tho nodiao. inscribed at equal distances around the outer circle. The first Is at tho northern extremity. and is placed at tho back of tho tomb which, unless for special reasons, al ways faces south. The order in which tho signs are read and calculations made Is from east to west, according to the diurnal motion, as it appears to them, of tho sun and stars. If a bend in the wa ter course is noted to tho north, it indi cates thai the descendants, if poor, will l thieves, or. if rich, that they will be robbed. If tho same sign appears on tho northeast, it shows that the tie scemlants will die voting or be left wid ows, or worse still, men without chil dren. If lite Und in tho water course occurs to tho east they will become vag abonds. At tho next point disturbance and rebellion are indicated. At the next a snake, will grow of itself in tho tomb, causing restlessness to the bones of tho deceased, and, consequently, to tho for tune of his posterity, bringing tho evil wind oi unhappy destiuy with special force to blast tlnnr prospect. Tho water In front of a tomb nbould never bo stagnant, but always running in a stream. Riches and' rank are supposed to flow capriciously from point ta po'nt. Iier.ee so much d -ponds on tiif course of tho water as it flows by tli'J limb. Tho cutting of roads or 'tl.o bu lding of bridge or dams may alter the course of tho water and disturb the natural inlliiences of tha place, and a man may be rultioj in fortune by the displacement of a hundred weight of ear h behind the grave of his grand father. In building houses, ancestral halls, temples, anil laying the foundat'on of villages, the service of the gcomancer is absolutely necessary to secure the proper conjunct'on of good inlliiences. In front of a village, for instancs, a straight roa I leading directly out of it, with peoplo going and earning, or a small stream (lowing in a straight course from it, are said to dissipate the good inlliiences. An open air allar, a bamboo grove or groves in front, and to have the left side low and the right high, are all unlucky signs. The great antidote for this system of gro-tsest error is the spread of Christian science. True knowledge of astronomy and physical geography will do much to break down this mass of superstition which has covered the whole face of nature with a mantle of Minister influ ences and made a man's orional virtue, us well as his outward pros perity, depend upon the physical surrounding of his home or the locution of tho tomb of somo remote ancestor. Ii. C. Henri, in i'a!iinrjton National IlqiitUican. DULL DAYS. Why Nome Mrri-liantt are ao Nensitlre to Klurtiiatlon of Trade.. "Why is it that merchants are so sen sitive to tho fluctuations of trade? I have liecn in two or three store to-day and they all spoke of its being a re markably dull day but little doing and appeared quite blue. They have bad a good trade right along, and I should think they would rather relish a quiet day, uow and then!"' interroga tively spoke a citizen yesterday to a re porter. The reporter replied: "Have you evor thought of the peculiar situa tion ol tno dry goods inercliant.-' no pays a large rent, lie must havo a good force of clerks, ho must burn gas freely anil then goods are sold very low now. His margins are very small and his sales must be largo to raako his profits equal his expenses. Every merchant knows iust what his daily e.xpeuses are. Tho largest retail dealer iu the city can toll you just what his expenses ure per min ute. When the merchant look at his cash book and sees the money coming in slowly, ho realizes that every moment hois losing money, for his expenses aro the same, trade or no trade. If his expenses are J'.'tHJ or $300 per day, you see lie may lose money rapidly and there is no wonder that lie is sensitive, for men don't like to see the cash ac count run against them, even for a day. Of course, somo aro more sensitive to these wrong side accounts than others. Somo scarcely notice a day's slackness in trade, making their calculations on longer time a week or a month and compensate for to-day's light business by saying that it will be all the more active to-morrow. Ho Is, in many re spects, a lucky man. Hope always keeps him in good spirits, while the merchant who broods over a day's dull ness cast a gloom over the entire estab lishment. I sometimes think It would bo better if the merchant could only see weekly or monthly statements of ac counts, but of course thev want to know where they stand each day, and perluiis, as a rule, that is best, yet to somo it may bo the causo of a certain degroo of unliappiness. Toledo Tele (ram. NIPPED IN THE BUD. Iy a Little A Uncial Calamity Averted KipUimtlon. lie looked all around to see .if any body was within hearing, and then dropped his voice to a whisper and said: "I loss, 1 reckon von km gin mo lectio information. What does a pusson do when lie elopes r "Why, an elopement is when a man and woman or boy and girl run away together. Wliar' do dey go to?" "(). anywhere they decide upon "Who pays do expenses?" "Tho mail, of course." "How long am dev gone?" "Sometimes a week .sometimes for ever. "Who pays do cxponses back?" "The man," What becomes of do woman's hus band?" "Well, ho generally urms himself with a sliot-gun. and if ho overhauls the couple ho shoots seven kind of day light through the man and forgives his wife and takes her homo." "Fo' do Lawd! Shoot right at ye?" "Yes." "Fills vc right full o' shot?" "Yes." Doan' gin ve no time to run or re pent, an can t bo bought off wid silver watch ami f 2?" "Xo, sir." "Now! Say!" "Well." "I isn't gwine! Tie changed my mind! (Jood day !" Detroit free I'resk The Dress of Great Men. Daniel Webster usually wore a suit of snuff-brown color, with a largo soft neck-tic. Martin Van Huron was very fastidious aNiut his clothes, and always appeared during tho summer in tiio whitest of white linen duck. His clothes were cut in tho latest style, and ho wore very high stock neckties, out of which peeiMHl his standing collar. An drew Jackson also dressed well, though ho did not make his clothes a groat matter, llenrv Clay wore a swallow- ail, and a standing collar extravagant- high. James Huchanan was aiwavs very precise in his clothes, always np- oaring in full dress. Washin-jtun Vor. tft-n tiMU l.oukr. -The practice of vivisection is a form of cruelty which should not lie prohib ited. It is necessary in tho puisuit of knowledge, not otherwise attainable. intended to conserve tho life and health not only of human beings who inflict it but of the bruto creation who suffer. lliil.idi-ljhiii lUcorJ. 9 m -Horses that are not free driver will require less urging if driven with a bri- dlo with blind. I'hiUdelphi Vrtst. FERDINAND WARD. How He Pawee Ilia Tim In the I.udlow street Jall-Koatlne of the Day How the 1'imout l-'lneaelrr Takee Ills linprlaon niiint Ills Dath-Tuli, Cigars, and Hoard. The air was cold and the light gray in the corridors of the Ludlow Street Jail this morning, when Ferdinand Ward awoke. .It was half-past seven by tho gold timepiece which hangs at night over the head-rail of h's iron cot. Outside his cell door was a pail of fresh water, and in a moment he wa taking the tub-bath he always begins tho day with. The splashing of the watercould l)e heard along tho entire tier. His toilet is a careful one, and he does not shave every day only because his beard is lighter , than many of the boy1. When ho went in to breakfast ho bowed with grave courtesy to his fellow- boarder. Thero aro only two of them who can afford fifteen dollars a week for table board. Becky Jones is a guest of the arden s. ' H hat she eats will hurt nobody," ho says. After breukfast all the morning pa ners aro sent ard, and he lights ciirar before unfolding them. He find tobacco a groat solace, and his friend keep him well supplied. Hut ho uses no ther wino nor fpirits. They don' agnewith him, and besides he knows they muddle tho brain and disturb the c rculation. no is very careiui to Kect Ins head clear and his system in good order. I lie papers interest him im mensely, and he follows with unflagging interest the tliictuations of slocks, lie read a!l tho theatrical criticisms and sporting news and is a clo e student of politic. 1 hen ho takes an ooservai on of the weather, and if the sun sh'ncs on tho bricks of the court-yard pavement ho prepare fcr h s morning s walk Before this tho ia l-cells have vomit ed out their over-night contents. The drowsy, ragged, draggled, ill-sinclling, no-account mob has been shaken out into the inclosure; has been stirred up and ventilated; has been lot move about and o-tle where the sun can soften the Millon. cnmed faces and the cr sp a: bathe and brighten the heavy eves; and has been licked up again and swal lowed in twilight caves and fastened down with bolt. that even noxious gas c and swelling savage curses can not split. When Mr. Ward is ready for his exercise the eourl-vard is clear again ami Hushed with pure air. Ho walks much both rooming and afternoon, pacing back and forth across tho t-eventv-nvo feeu or walled brick with a brisk, cheerful gait. His boots are neat and easv, his dark clothes of fashionable cut, and tho dapper stick he sometime. swings a graceful and expensive plaything. Ho is fond of the warm, bright spots, and when the sky is clear often walks with his hands in his pockets, gazing steadily upward vv hen iiecky Jones comes out lor an air.ng he takes off his hat, and greet her am ably, lie adm res her at u dis tance, however, for sho clearly disap proves of h m. (Jaco, whon ha kindly complimented her steadfast pluck, i-ho snubbed him. She will ramble for hours in a sort of halting dog-trot, and Ward always leave her tho sunniest places undisturbed. He says very l.t- tlo to his other cha ice compan ons. al though aiwavs at) able ai d obliging. The keepers like h iu for his good na ture, but he is not a lively prisoner. Ho smile at jokes, but makes uono himself. He is aiwavs cool, silent and s df-possesu'd. 'lbs walk UMiallv comes to an end with tho daily visit of his confident al clerk, who stands bv him with adm.r- ahlo loyalty and dis niore.it.'tlnoss. This gentleman is of excellent family an I Iho h ghost business antecedents, lie is known widely and universally respected a a capable accountant and a s.ncere Christian. When Ward was poor and ob.-curo this man, a friend of tho clergyman, Ward s father, lent the young man money and helped him along iu other ways. After Ward bud joined his fortune with his old school mate, tho luckless Bucklirant, ho went to this gentleman, then occupying responsible and profitable posit on, mid offered him a place a his confidential clerk. Duped by Wanl's astonishing operations, and beguiled bv hints of unlimited fortune lor tho tlrm, that gentleman accepted tho offer. And now innocent of complicity in the young mail s schemes, and remembering onlv his lirst really sincere gratitude, ho is devoting his best energies to unravel the tangled affairs of Grant & Ward, and bring tho cao into ourt a soon i . . i , , ... us possioic. a Knowieugo oi the cir cunistanoos of his caso gains for this confidential agcut tho confidence of all parties to the suits. Dinner turns Ward rcadv and wait- ing. His appetite is unfailing, hi di gestion sound, and though his face is still drawn and pall d ho has gained flesh. In tho early afternoon of three days in tho week ho receives a long visit from his wife. Sho is spending the winter in Brooklyn with her mother, Mrs. Green. Twice a week ono of Ids lawyers pulls tho big brass knob of tho lumbering jail door and is iinnied ately admitted. His legal inter est aro cared for by the lirm of Butler. Stillman & Hubbard. When ho has no visitor ho roads tho few books in his oell until tho evening turners arrive He aiwavs shows a great interest in any iiiui'ti milium ii-iiniii iu iiiiuseu. n is said that he Ins a scrap-book contain ing all the comment that ho has seen :..... I ...... ..... ...-.1 1. on Ins case. Ho lias pasted a choice collection f them on the walls of his cell, otherwise unadorned, and add to it from time to time suoh now pictures a lake h s fancy. Mr. Ward's solitude is uncheored bv the visits of Iits old cronies. None of tho (Jrant havo been near him. A a patron of the drama and a lover of tho gay and beautiful, Mr. James D. Fih could easily enliven him with choice anecdotes of the world of fashion as well a finance; but Mr. Fish has sed ulously kept away. Ho seem to have no friends devoted enough to brave a ride in the Grand Mreet cars and a fu gitive hour in tho gloomy shadows of the jail. Nor does ho go outside the walls. Thero is reason to believe storie to the contrary pure inven tion. Ward is left alone with his thoughts when he I. not busy over the record of hi eccentricities. Of the-e he never speaks to hi rtrison a.-cc ato. Nobody about the jail has oo heard him express an opinion as to h fate or bis case. Indeed, he encourages no confidence of any sort He looks like one who is calmly waitingfor some thing he has expected and proviueu ior. Yet if he ha money lie carciuuy cou cealslt Tobacco is his only luxury and his surroundings are hard and un lovely. Thn last meal of his day Is always hearty one, and he smokes and reads til hi early bedtime. He rests Ions', vet is not a sound sleeper. At the dead of night wakeful prisoners often hear him cry out in his sb-cp or tossing' restlessly. Sometimes he attends the night gliding up and down the corridor, having goi penu:ssmu Nobody is disturbed by his silent prom enade. and he merely says ho is un commonly wakeful xV. 1. Graphic COASTING. Hiimiosliloue Fun on Flluflap Hill In l'o dunk. Last night was a gala occasion at the coast on Flipflap Hill. The smooth, hard surface of this fashionable de clivity glittered m tho romantic moon light, a though its ermine bosom were studded with an infinitesimal array of diamonds, and the a'r was made musi- cal by tho merry shouts of Lullnh!" "Clear the track!" "Git out of the way, darn yer!" and numerous other manifestations of pleasure of the throngs of iocund sliders who ruado tho ocean on notable by tho r presence. Prominent among the distinguished coasters were Johnny Green, with his brand-new sled "Ripsnorter;11 Sammy Black, who bestrode h;s steel-clad cour ser with a grace and dignity all his own; Jim Sni.th, whose red mittens and strinned linnet were tho envy and ad miration of all who hud the good for tune to witnes them; Lhurtey Jones, whose elegant equipage was graced by the lithe ioini and rosy features of his cousin, Jane Dash; Bill Somes, whose elegant sliding o la belly-bumps was the delight of every on-looker; Dick Robinson and Jack Brown and F'red White, and scores of others. Among the elegant turnouts were the well-known sleds "Kacer, "Deerhound," "Tiger.1' "Lion," "Metamora," "Pirate,1' "Sylph, "Avalanche," and many mere too nu merous to mention. 1 here were sleds of solid frame and skeleton sleds, sleds with long runners and sleds witli short runners, single sleds, sleds big enough for two persons, anil uouble-rppcrs. Never, perhaps, was there seen such a wealth of sledding paraphernalia, ut least upon Fliplhip Hill. And the coasters were quite us "re cherehe" as tho sled they rodo upon so gallantly adown the congealed c urse, and which they so heroically pulled back to the summit, whence again they shot forth upon their down ward, meteoric career. It is estimated by a careful observer that the gentle boys upon Flipllap Hill last night rep resented a combined property of no less than four hundred marbles, seventy-five pegtops. thirty-nine bowkites and live cigarette holders! Iho costumes of the male coasters were severely plain, in most cases, as properly became the high posi t ons occupied in society by thoir wearer. There wore, however, some noteworthy exceptions. For example, Tom Harris' pantalo.ms were adorned with two outre pat -lies upon their broadest part; the sombre outlines of the nether integuments of Bill Jenkins were artistically rodeved bv normittiny a sliffht show of ermine J i o i- underwear to protrude through slashes in tho sumo local ty: and fringed el bows and perforated knees and neglige hats and porous shoo added to the grand ensemble of picturesque grand eur. Hut the brilliant effect of the male garmcnttiro was wholly swallowed up nml lost in tho rad ance of the clothing uiiected bv the g rls. uii for. the pen of a Milton to adequately portray the multitudinous com linations and the ravishing aggregate of thoir environ ment! Tliero were white hoods and red hoods and green howls and hoods rollocting all tho colors of tho rainbow; shawls, grav, brown, black, parti-colored : .1 rosso of inconccvablo variety of hue. the richest product of tho mills of Lowell and Lawrence; hosiery, homo made and machine-made, darned and undarned. It was indeed a resplendent sight! It was a moving, living pano rama of beauty, a kaleidoscope of tint, a paint-shop of color informed with life ! Toward midnight the sport grew fast nnd furious. Sled followed sled down tho slippery slide with reckless rapid ity. Occasionally a rjder is unsledded, and again a double-ripper overtakes its predecessor, or run madly into tho fenco alongside and scatters it aston ished freight and their torn clothing and fractured limbs broadcast upon the chillv night. It was glorious! There are few places like Flinilan Hill, and no one who has had the felicity of viewing tho beauty and the grandeur, tho elegance and tho clite ness which mark tho spot can wonder that it should continuo to be the rendezvous of the wealth and fortune of Podunk. Uoston Transcript. In a recent issuo of your paper. writes a lady to the Boston Journal, I noticed an account of an orange inside of an orange raised in Mexico. In 1S.U or 1S3.5, at the time "Honest John Da vis,1' of Worcester, was Governor of Massachusetts, ho boarded at a board ingJiouse in Cambridge street, facing Bowdo n street, kept by Mme. Wilson! At a ball given in honor of the Gov- ernor by Mine. Wilson, in making lem onade for the occasion, ono lemon in- uio of another wa found, and. as in tho case of tho orange, tho inner lemon was perfect and about one-third the size of the outer one. I doubt if 1 have ever cut a lemon since that I have not thought of this freafc of nature, atufthe uriui-e an I talk it occasioned at tho ball, at which it was on exhibition. When Dr. Bellows went to Abra ham Lincoln to urge tho appointment of Dr. Hammond a Sur2von-Generl. Mr. Lincoln listened to him for half an hour, and then, when Dr. Bellows w.-i done, said w th a smile, "Well, I ap pointed Dr. Hammond nine davs sen. but I do like to listen to vouroratorv." Dr. Bellows was really a great orator. Abraham Lincoln was a pre it wit Ckrisfian Advocate. A COLD DAY. lie Had Beanoii to Feel Ul.eourmfed and Ilroken I'p. The young man took the seat beside me, and as the train rolled on he un wound about twelve and a half yards of bright red and green and yellow and bluo knit comforter from around hu neck. Then he took off his fur cap and pulled off the knit cap which was hauled down close over his ears. Then he took off his big woolen mittens and pa:r of gloves, and then lie drew oft one pair cf arctics. It is not au fait even in the land of the blizzard, to wear more than one pair of arctics on the train. Ho then chucked off his ulster and unbuttoned his buflab) overcoat The rest of his wraps he did not re move, as ho was going to get off iu about forty-five miles. His countenance, when h's laco began to thaw out, woro an express on of profound dejection. "Stranger," he iaid, "do I look all broke up?'' I told him that ho bore the appoar ence of a man whoso entire system was ono permeation of laminated fractures, from wither t ) hock. I always talk that way out West You see I want these guileless children of tho "rowdy West to understand that I am uow residing in a land of superior culture, where we look proud and talk through our nose. H i looked at me for a moment, and then reached for his hip pocket As I dropped under the seat and crept be hind my valise he drew out ins tobacco box anil I came to tho front again, re marking that I was looking for my col lar but. "Oh, you kiu talk English, too?" he said, in a tone of admiration. "I wisht 1 knowed moro'n one language. But lcinine to 1 you. I don't look half as broke uii as I fed 'r else you'd bj askeered to set by me. You know how all killin1 cold it was Saturday night?'1 I fo t mv frosted ear tenderly ana nodded. "Well, I got on a freight train and rodo up to llubbleson's sidin", forty threo mild that night, to ee my girl. I allowed to visit with her folks all that night and Sunday, an come home on tho passenger Monday inornin'. She lives six mild from tho station, an1 I tramped out to the house in all that blizzard, and got there long bout Teven o'clock Saturday night. An' I'll be tectally cow kicked by a biillrush if theiewas a liven' soul to home! Old folks, 't seems, had gone away to Lin coln t' s'ay over Sunday, my girl had went r. vn to Grier's Island to stay a week, the hired man had taken tho only hoi's' left on the place and gone down to a dance on Berkeley's branch; cloven mild away, an' there I was, left over Sunday where I wouldn't know a souL Went to Deacon Mumlcr's and told him who my father was, an' ho kept mo. Deacon's stone blind and has the asth ma so bad he can't talk; his wife's so deef sho can't hear it thunder, they have no children nn' don't keep no help, an1 don't cook anything Sundays. I went to church three times thut day and went to two funerals; the doacou goes to bed at eight o'clock and so I shivered on a straw bed under a cot ton quilt in a north -room for thirteen hours Now think of all that when a feller M ben expect'n' a turkey dinner, Bingin' 'Hold the Fort,1 bv a melodoou all afternoon and hugiin1 tho ptirtiost g'rl in till Nebrasky Irom sundown till ono o'clock in tho inornin'. and tell mo cf 1 ain't got more right to f -el broke up than any man this side o' the king dom? Say 'no' ai' I'll slam you on top tho head w.th this overshot;!'" I didn't say "no." HunlelU, in Brooklyn Eagle. RETRIBUTION. he Sad Condition of the Man Who Pre dicted an Open Winter. Some would-bi) p-tsscngors woro wait g at a station up in Wiscons'n for a train which didn't arrive, becauso it was tinned m the -now sixteen miles away. A farmer came in, and, uftor thawing himself out by the stove, in quired of tho station agent: "Am I yer road open yet? Ho was" informed that tho road was effectually closed to traffic for that day at lo.ist. Next d ay ho came in again. Tho passengers ha.l disperse!, but tho agent was on duty. "Am t sho open yet? he in purcd, a soon us In; could pull the icicles awav from the front of h s mouth. "Closed up tighter than a mackerel.11 The third day ho reappeared, took off his boots to siw if his foot were frozou, and put a little sweet, o l on his frost bitten uose before inquiring: "Upon yet? "Navv, and ain't likely to bo before spring. " Well, 1 11 bo doggoncd! exclaimed ho iniiu'rcr, disgustedly: "bv the croat horned spoon, but this is tough. It sarves mo right though, sarves me ght." "How' that?" "Wall, you see. it's a clear caso of retribution. Thatfs what it is-retribu- ion. My well is froze up. tho creek on my place is closed solid, I can't cut through tho he on tho lake, and my stock i ftufferin1 for water. There's so tarnal much snow 'round mv barn I can't git tho doors open, and t have to walk Tto town, soein s I can t get my horc out Thev enu't keep the school house warm and th it's closed up. Any how, my children couldn't git out o1 the house this weather. All the 'taters in my cellar is gone, and those I buried down in the patch aro under ton feet o' saow. I'm out of terbacker, an' when I went to the only placo in town where I've got any credit that was closed up, too. prob'ly because thero wa'nt no trade. By gosh, everything seems to bo closed up, even yer old railroad. Am expectin' my wife on that train o' your'n that snowed in down by Jono1 Crossing. It's retribution; that's what it is.1' "Retribution for what?'1 "Why, darn it all, stranger, I'm tha man that predicted an open winter.11 Chicago herald. The lifo of quadrupeds generally reaches its extreme limit when the molar teeth are worn down. Those of the ehecp last about fifteen years, of the ox twenty, of the horse forty, and of tho elephant ono hundred. Many in ferior species die as soon they have laid their eggs, just as herbs perish as soon a they have flowered.