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fEANED FROM POKER. . Tlirniicll 'oiirt of r. - - 11 1,1 "" 1 T U '.(r.u'MtM rnili'-x' ln put ttiroug"" " PF-L to vreRii bin from the allure- f ,he gaming v . - , I .. , i, . rv Pit. ..... . , - .afferent mum ' ' .. t. ai" fininir men ill ofwonia-w m rpd.l '''!hlnt in PbrtmoutiuH. H. U i lie nrido of his futh- MM lim" r Ul h , t. .... i.nt t llleil II I in fr of fund Ho hud not been I i collage l'ora be boouie an in- ...( una lie "w- FJJ tai charms of the seductive ,.(! Ol IIH Slum'" i re 1 1. oil alslu tilth, h i"".'uu i'""1 "' , much of Hie tiay-iwiiu uov ! " L.i..,vo of the lilHtruetor. Ills L Ih'.'iiii to break down, several wen p.aeen iix.hiii. ""'" e latest examinations, and he h h, becoming n wreow. """""J fcbrflos iy. n . . i tn iitiTt i-k to tlio rnru lame, in miner gfj his falling ww "u DOtttll 1 ho young man con weakness, and told his father ha had done all 1,1 ,lU !),)Wor to LtTllio haMU 'Iho father mid p,. both enthusiastic yaciiimen. the fiitlior on us a fino yaelit. in ),,. passes a goon pan V the summer sou-soo. !, , foulnon to- ynoiiung. no kodtbe rounar man a $40,000 yacht would only abandon tho oard-lnblo Vote himself to his studios. 1 he . t.l... II.. Ik... I. mmmM promised laiwiiuuj mmm o vuiv touoii a earn unu ir n . .1 1 ... this word. BUI mo goou rosoiu- Stgd away a rapidly as u pile of L hen a full house is being backed E i strong hand, an I In less than knight be was again Dignity par- Lim- In a poker party, lie told his arthat be needn t order that yaenl I unit, f" ' ho preferred pluy- hokerto sa'llng, eren as owner of ,tv-!housantl-(lonar yacnu Ib'iitho rawer appueo uwie pn- ttl authority to save his son. He Lt Huston, mid was soon closeted President Bitot Tho olroum as were expla'ned, and President 0 incurred In the action planned Diis htbe It was arranged Hint the slimild return to Portsmouth every rafter class wo -k was linisliotl, Ho studying beneath the paternal roof. I take the first train for Huston in morning 1 nal is wnai ne is uoino In order to catch the early tr m Liaea f"1"' o'olook in tho morning dies Huston just in time to reach a -room, remains at the college an- til.- middle of the ntte: noon, is ex- led from the class-room lieforo the Lcr students, rushes into Huston, and ihi led back b) Portsmouth before lhns lime to think of car Is or poker I lay oilier dissipation. lloston Cor. Y.Sun. A DANGEROUS THING. " UrCnmmcnl mi the Plotaras Contained in Vour Friends' aiihuii. i clangorous thing to do unless you your full mind to it is to examine photographic album of a person don't know very well, when that Hon is a' your elbow. Eteceatly 'i young man of my nc lintanee found himself at a loss to rrv on a conversation with his hos- whoiiayoung married woman, lie himielf h id tho daring to lake pliolograph allium and commence turn tlie pages. Hit) hostess sat near nugli to see tho photographs and Iturally enough she made a running tniiient upon lliem. explaining who people pictured were. If the young man hud kept his mind I well lis his eves riveted on the book ere would hnvo been no trouble. Hut attention ran off at the In-ek of KM recollection, and ho turned over jif afle leaf niecliaiiically. Present- llieeanieto Iho oieturo of a pretty ud he ventured half iibseiit-mind- 11. v. half intending to pav a COmpll- ntl "Vour Bister, i jirosume?" 1"No, sir, was the quiet reply, "that's hv's nurse. We out it in to please by." This ought to have warned the young an of his danger, but it didn't The wt page but one disclosed the picture h young man with a self-sntistied nirk on bU face and banged hair. "A face like that," remarked the pung man, struggling to hide a yawn. lwayg mukca me think of a gents' Irnwimg store. He sooms to Do say- K- lhuso are our very best at 1)8. '" I A 11 the young matron replied to this Indeed! Do you think so? Bj stealth, late In the evening, he NUght a friend to the album and asked im who the young man with a smirk tu banga might bo. "Why, don't you know your host? hnt photo was taken before lie was rried." was the unsatisfactory reply. IPltUburgh Dispatch. Henry Clay's Rich Voice. Said one who heard it: "Mr. Clay's pea has prodigious power, compass riehiiess nil its variations are MivRting, but some of ils bass notes rill through one's whole frame. To who haa never heard the living pelody, no verbal description can con- py an ndeouate idea of the diversified Ifeet of those intonations which in one Iniin of sentiment fall in whispering rotli-iiess, -like the first words of love w a maiden's lips,' and anon, in its lerner utterances, ring with 'the mad- Mining music of the main, when idol ph. (. lay's enemy, passed trough Washington to his Philadelphia path-bed he demanded to be carried to be Senate chamber. "That voice, that Dice he cried, "I want to liear Clay a pea ooee mo.-c before I die,"' Th Hiutauuaa A oet m.m aked at the conclusion I marriage service in South Ken- fn.'ton what fees were due. and re- ved this statement: Vicar. 4 -Is.; O'-el fee, 1 U: clerk and sacris- l Is.: organist, 2 2s.; blower. '? fed cloth. 1 lis.: total. 10 It. Md the viear was not present at that. " t man refused to pay iU and in- fnry revealed the decision of a case in which held that a fee of ten shil- fn? to the rector and three shillings the clerk was unreasonably high. CLIMATIC CHANGES, rror. Clevelaad A Me Pttaearaea aa tki llltetellii( Hulijert. An article in the Forum is upon the subject of Uiemuch-talked-of ehai.ge in our climate. Tho writer. Prof. Cleve land Abbe, says that the notion that it is possible for a climate to obaogi is a modern one. Our ancestors lived In a region subject to but n'.icht climatic changes, and on this account ierhnps pro-umed that c'imate was absolutely unchangeable. In Cuviur pul lished his "DUcourso on the Revolu tions of tho Surface of the (ilobo and Change Tlier..liy I'n.dueed in the Alii mal Kingdom." This was at that day considered as contradicting ancient Inir ditions and the evidences of iho sen,,-,. Cuvier had In mind slow change- which were In progress through long ages and resulting from geological alt, rations. Hut after tho publication of Curler's discourse people got used to the idea that climatic changes were possible. Many writers have since endeavored to demonstrate that climatic changes have taken place within historical times. Nowadays it is indeed common to meet with persons who believe that climatic changes may occur within a generation. The distinction between climate and weather is that weather is (hi condi tion of tho atmosphere at any one time, while climate is the general condition of tho Important features of the weather during a cons defame time. Every bod knows thai the averages and extremes of temperature, rain-fall nnd other atmospheric phenomena differ from year to year. One or two abnormal years may greatly alTeet the average of any short terms iu which they occur. If ths observation of temperature af ford title hope of dsmonstratlng a per manent change of climate the observa tions of rain-fall afford no Ix-lter. The dlffloulty is that there are no ancient records with which to compare our modern observations. Wo know nothing of the temieralure ami r:i it full of distant epochs, of the dates of early and late frosts, tho frei .ing f rivers, cold winters and not MimmorSi the opening of navigation, and the temperature of the eat-lh. In our per plexity to know what ancient climates were, recourse has been hud to the periodic phenomena of animal and vegetable life, the flight of birds, nnd tho ripening of plants. Hut there Is no evidence of any sensible change In tho climate at any point of the earth's surface during the last l'.(M) years. The fact that Chaldea, Egypt and Arizona contain deserts, where there was formerly Cultivation, Is no ovideneo of a change of climate. Tho ancient fertility of these countries may havo lieen duo to skillful Irrigation rather than to moro abundant rains. The fault, it seems, lies with the me teorologist of ancient limes, who ii, -g-lee'ed to make, or at any rate to pre serve, his records. There is one natu ral phenomenon wbioh was observed as carefully in ancient as in modern times. This was the rise and full of the Nile. If we should at uny time discover upon Egyptian monument any records of those observations we shall have somo data upon which to compare the ancient and Iho modern climate of the Xilo Valley. 'The upshot of the writer's conclusions is that not only is it impos sible for us to know whether any change is taking place in our climate, but that it will require some hundreds of years of observation before w e can know what our climate Is. AN ORIENTAL STORY. A Chicago itnii PIsjrer's Redeetlona n Beholding the Taj Mahal. Beneath the cloudless sky of India the domes and minarets of earth's love liest shrine glittered tn the pale moon light with a radiance puro, unearthly and on trancing. Tho soul of tho ob server reveled in tho marvelous beauty nnd glory of the scone. On tho red sandstone and marble terraces rose the grandest mausoleum that human affeO tion. aided by tho resources of wealth, genius, art nnd imagination, ever reared to perpetuate the memory of the loved and lost. The voices of the dead past seemed to whisper in tho vast in terior of tho marvelous structure and bid mankind heed tho precepts of wis dom inscribed in iniperishnblo mosaics of precious stones on tho inner walls. The pure white marble, whoso polished surface was rollected in tho crystal waves from whose bosom this wonder ful edilico appeared to rise, the delicate spires, beautiful as a poet's dream and shapely as the embodied vision of mi inspired architect those might well enchain the Mention and hold in their magic thrall the soul of the traveles from tho Far Western world who stood with head bared to the breege Ud gazed in seeming rnpture at tho grand and thrilling spectacle. Tall, erect, with the form of an Apollo Helvedore and the physical pro portions of a Greek athlete, the em bodiment nnd ideal of vigorous and magnificent manhood, he too,d with folded arms and surveyed the glorious beauty of the scene liefore him. His cyo wandered over the historic land scape and a deep sigh burst from his bosom. , , , Not a gol-darned place in the whois inclosurc where we can play a game.'' he exclaimed "It's worse than tho Pyramids mid the Coliseum' When a man lays out a ground like this why in thunder can't he have sense enough to build a back-stop and leave room for foul flags!" The traveler was Captain AnsOD. H" WSSlOokhtgal tho Taj Mahal Iron, advance sheets of a book to be pub lished by Editor Pfeffer next summer. Chicago Triboae. i "Wb are people who are sup posed to bring bad luck called '.Jonahs'?' asked S,,uildig. "Hee.-iu-e, like Jonah of o d. they bring d.-a-i.-r t . their a-sociates." repli' d MeMv.lli gen There-emblan-ei- n, perfect. -Why not5'' Jonah was a prophet, but 'the modern Jonah is a lo-s." -P.ttsb irgh Chronicle. Yes daughter, yes: you do tight t0 model in day. t . paint tho lights and (haaVMn of dyi; ; on ahiaa aadtreyosu- work ttatfa what I d do with it if I g ''I'- tcry is the old tst Wastry in tie world Adam was made of cay. and Cain got up the first kna. Accent heavy on the "a- "-Burdette. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. It is said that church pews have averaged ten per cenL higher this yen: nl. over tho country in re-rent-lug., - Georgetown I'tiiwirslty received telegrams of congratulation on its re cent Dsn tennis a lobratlM from Har vard. Michigan. Vassar. Hulgers and lhlgh aalversitiss and from tho I'm- VSSSlty of Sweden. The theological department of Howard Dnlverelty, by recent gift, re ceived fl, -.'7..')l) toward Its endowment fund and :'.'sl for the book and scholar ship fund. Friends bars also given a BBS prlntlng-presa and a set of tinning tools to the industrial department. - At Evangelist Moody's school at Northampton. Mass., is a fair-haired Norwegian girl who came to this coun try entirely alone in order to attend this seminary. She says: "Norway is much belter ncipiainted with America than America is with Norway. 1 learned of Mr. Moody's school through the papers. I wanted to bo enrolled among its Dumber, and so Icnme." There is a Bulgarian girl among Mr. Moody's pupils, and a number of Cana dian damsels. - "Not settled, but lit," la tho way some en-out West .-poke of a minister who is u the habit of changing his set tlements about as often as the moon, nnd had lately gone to a new place. A dismal fact it is that so many ministers Hit from church to church, in each place h iving time to sow little nnd reap less, Ls the fault all on one side? We fear not. "As thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone." Si many who might have been won nnd kept arc allowed to slip away. Ad vance. The Queen of Japan tries to pro mote the Interests of w omen. She is very charitable and is a patron of tlio Red Cross Society and of the Tokio Charity llo.pitul. She is especially interested in t ho education of Japanese women. A school for tlio daughters of the noble- is known ss the Empress' School, and one of the pictures on its walls contain- poetry w ritten by her. She is a line Chinese scholar, and many of her poems have boon set to music and used IS national SOSgS. The wonderful change from the pnst ill Japan is almost incredible. There are now 20,000 communicants connec ted with tho various missions, and they Increase by 'h) a month. This is the beat of all the wonde fui ad vancement in the country. Twenty yours ago there was no Japanese pub lic journal: now there are more than 500 periodicals daily nnd weekly papers and monthly magazines and reviews, and nearly all these publica tions are favorable to the Christiau ization of Japan The Living Church. KEEPING FLOWERS. Bow They Uny BS Preserved in tu Their PrSgTAaee unit lleuuty. A great deal has been written on Iho preservation of out flowers, but tho mailer is still Imperfect!) understood by most people, it is Important to know, not only how to take care ot them after being cut, but how to cut tbsnx On this latter point a practical hint may be of service to our readers, it might not occur to them that it made any serious difference whether the stems were broken off or cut w ith the knife or scissors. A sharp knife is tho right tool for this purpose, as it leaves the sap vessel of the stem open for Iho absorption of water, while scissors crush and compress these vessels so that their absorptive power is more or less destroyed. I.iko injury may be done by breaking off the stems, especially il they are tough, if the flowers are put into water im mediately the ends of the steins should be cut with a sharp knife, as the sup vessels will probably havo become clogged with e lagulated matter. Cut flowers often suffer from too dry atmosphere. It is diffloult to avoid this in our artifloiallyheated rooms but we may ul least put tho blossoms In the coolest part of tho room. Near a window, and especially in a bay-window, the temperature is generally sev eral degrees lower than in other purls of the room, as you will boo if you test it with a thermometer. The best authorities say, moreover, that tie- flower shou'd have the boneiil of light) and even of sunshine in most cases, though there is popular preju dice against exposing them to the lat ter. On tho other hand they sutler, as plants do, from sudden alterations of temperature and from draughts. In the oaae of the blossom that fall to pieces easily, it is a good idea to let fall a drop of gum or mucilago into the center, which will keep tho petals together at tho base. To pre vent this from running out before it hardens! Ihe'flowera should be kept upright by putting their stems through the bottom of a sieve or sticking them in sand. With the aid of a camel's hair brush or a pointed stick a largo Dumber of lowers may be gummed in a short time. When flowerg havo been carried a long distance in close boxes or cases, they Often appear withered and worthless, but with proper treatment they may be revived and restored to their original beauty. Instead of at once being put into vuses and exposed to the hot, dry air of tho parlor, they should either bo spread out on wet flannel or moss and covered with a dish cover or inverted box, or else out in pans containing moss and water or wet sand, in which they can be set upright, and then be shut up in the dark for a few hoirs. If they do not rwgaiu their froshness under this nursing there is no hope for them, but in all ordinary case their recovery is curtain. - Journal of Chemistry. Husband "Wife, Dr. Smith, the chiropodi-l. will dine with us to-day." Wife "All right: I'll oidor cornet' beef." Town Topic. Whenever they have a fight io the French Senate, the true humorist is imiielb-d to speak of it as an uproar bouffe. llars;r's Bazar. A fei'ow in Che-tor, Pa., has found out why a dog sometimes turns rround three times before ho lies down for a snooze. The reason Is: A dog thinks that one good turn deserves another. HUMOROUS. Book Agent - I would like to show you Hie very latest English ejc'opadiu.'' Old Timer "No, sir; English or American. 1 could never U arn to ride one at my time of life." -Mr. Grundy, Junior Partner --"Our traveler ought to be punished Ho told one of our customer in Croydon that 1 am an ignorant fool." Senior Partner --1 shall speak to him without fail, and insist that no more oHlco-ecrets bo divulged."- X. Y. Lodger. A B 'slon editor who doesn't work something ab mi t'no eighteenth Hru- nalre Into his French editorials is not recognised a a Journalistic heavy Weight, One overworked young man On the Advertiser had something the other day about the eighteenth Bromide. -Charitable Old l.ndy (to little beggar girl) -'There's soBb bread for vou. It's a day or two old. but you can tell your mother to take three or four fresh egg, a quart of milk, a cup of sugar, some good bultcr. and half a grated nutmeg, and she can make an excellent pudding of it." A new idea in Pari i a kissing school. Unless it will show girl-, iho advantage of bo ding s-t ill when a kis is about to be imp luted on the lips or oo theohoek, so that it will not light on the ear or on the back of the neck, it is Impossible to ass how it cau touch girls any thing now about kissing.--Norriatown Herald. -Blinks' Coachman (colored) "I t'oughl VOU saved yoah folks was so dog-gone rich?'' Jinks' Coachman (Celtic) "Sothev are. ye black divil. " H inks' Coachman -"Huhl I guess not. I looked In de winder la' night and seen two ob de young ladio play in' on de same planny. Guess you all has tor economise. ' 'America. Northern gentleman (who has been reading on the subject of Voudooism among the colored people, and thinks ho will make a little orig inal research) "Jasper, do uny of your people carry charms about them for protection Jasper "Oh yos, sab; but I nebUer hear dem call charms 'fore; more gtnerally call dem razors, sub." Harper's Bazar. "1 got into a discus-ion with a friend the other day." said a man, addressing an acquaintance, "concern- I lug the exact reading of a clauso in Hie Constitution of the I'uited Slates. We argued awhile, and then agreed to submit tho question to a well-known Congressman. We did so, but- ho couldn't tell us any thing about It" "But why did you not get a copy of the constitution and settle tlio mil ler?" "Couldn't And one. Wo were in Washington City at the time." Arkansaw Traveler. John Carver Baokbay ("f Huston, who has just proposed and been ac cepted, and has taken from tho lips of bis betrothed that loy confection, a Boston kiss) "And our love. Marian will outlast life will or live through tho eon of timet for it I baaed On ttU closest psychological af flnitlea From the great to the small, our feelings, our loves, our tastel are one. I noted, with what seems like a curious premonition, soon after wo met. that wo even used I he same odor of sachet powder!" Puck. - Reviving the Lost Arts.- The pas tor at Cactus Four Corners, A T, unnounoea that on the following even ing Prof, Ariooh, of Bhinar city, would lecture in the church building on "The Hanging Gardens of Baby ion." The announcement was re ceived with general enthusiasm, "I'm goln' to hour that," said Baldy Bind sue, "that's just tlio very thing wo i d in Arizona. Tliis thing of bavin' to walk live milos to find a trestle work or a railroad bridge every time We have some person to hang I a disgrace to our civilization. No won der they wunt admit u a a State." Burdelte. A LINCOLN ANECDOTE. IVhal Hows! Abe Considered the Proper Lonviii is Hanlwja A gentleman from tho West tell this story of Abe Lincoln, which, if nut new, is certainly by no means hack neyed Tho gentleman cams from the n et ion iu which Abo and Boug ht Were conspicuous figure ill lb" past, and the slory ho (ells re'nte to a decision made by Mr. Lincoln a to iho proper length of a man's leg. As Ihe slory goes, Douglas and Mr. Lovejoy were at one of the haunts in Ihe village, where they used to meet for new and gossip, and while there Abo Lincoln SUM in and sal down, disposing of hi lengthy limbs in a somewhat awkward manner. Tiny saw him coming In, and imme diately began a conversation in regard to the proper length of a man'- legs. Now," said Lovejoy, "Abe's legs are altogether too long, nnd yours, UotiglaS, I think, are a Utile short. Let's ask Abe what he thinks of II " The conversation had been carried on with a view to Lincoln's overhear ing il, and they closed it by saying: "Abe, what do you think about il? ' Mr, Lincoln had a far-away look, as lie sat willi one leglwint' d around ihe other, but ho responded to tho ques tion: "Think of what?" "W,-li. we've been talking about the proper 1,-ngih of a man - legs. We think yours are loo long und Douglas' too short, and we'd like to know what you think is the proper length." Wei!,'' -aid Mr. I.ineo'.n, "that's a matter that I've n ve.- given any thought l0- Oi f Course, I may b mistaken, bit mv first impression i thal a man's legs ought to be long enough lo reach from his'body to tlir ground." Yankee Blade, Leadpe (meditatively) r,Tesl I wa a wild one wlo-n I was a boy. My fondi -t dream a- a youngster wa to grow up and become a red-handed pira e." Householder (sighing) -"But vou didn't, did VOBf Lead- pipe (placidly) "No: I became s plumber." Lowell Citizen. London barber to American tourist ' ,-Tliere's a quantity of dust in Hit hair, sir." American tourist -"The I ! You don't say! Well, give me a good sham poo." L B. "Ho! I don t mean in the 'air of He- ead. I mean in I the habiOf the hatinosphere." BREAKING THE NFWS. The ruint ul ii M.tn Mini Tl 1',-iliirin th Il.it.t- ilii. You say that I'm palo and flustered and shivering in my shoe.: I'll lie hanged if you would't shiver if you had to "bleak tho news." I suppose you havo beard how Qulmby is stretched on a bunk down therewith a pint or more of hi own blue bl MM) mixed no with his auburn hair. Well, they made me a joint committee to go to his house and lell hi wife all about the scrimmage) and what to her man betel I wenl to the hOUM up yonder, not mashed on the Job, you bet, and my olaselc mil blue-veined forehead i was bathed in a 01 art of sweat. Tin woman was iu Iho kitchen a singing a plaintive song, but she dried up w hen she saw iu,', for she knew then was something: wrong Then I coughed. and I bammed and stammered, and I Madam," said I. "be brave! Your husband is now a lying " . Lord1 what a shriek she gave. And she walked up and down a moaning and wringing her furrowed hands, and hsr hair fell down like sea-weed adrift ! by the ocean Minds. "Oh, Heaven!" ho cried, "niv husband! They've taken mj love from me." and the way 1 alone is not only the only open aoaaiBS that she reeled and staggered was a at Ibis aristocratic academy. There Sight for a man to see: "so brave, so must bo more or less blood" no kind aid noble! So loving, so ' company iug Ihe money as a guarantee g and and strong, and now must I of good faith. Kvery thing at this wait his coming in vain all (he dark I school Is conducted on a scale of rare day long? And his children will wail I magnificence. They nave B teacher in sorrow, and never again in glee of etiquette there now who teaches troop down in the misty twilight am' I the young ladies the exquisite art of cluster about hi knee." And so she 1 how lo faint gracefully. One member went on a raving; her soivnni- for a of tho class Is usually selected as an block were heard) and I like a graven exanip'e. This is generally a girl of image stood there without saying a I the cold GalatOO type. When the word. It seemed like uiy tongue wn s'gnal for swooning is given she falls frozen or glued lo lily pearly teeth, I into Ihe outstretched a ins of the and hardly a breath came up ward teacher and recline there motionless from ihe paralysed lunn beneath Hut I braced up all of a sudden, ami "ma, lam," said I again. "I'm sorry I'm deuced sorry to have caused you this needless pain; let up on your fronsled screaming; ; ou don't need to weep and wail; yott old man ain't dead by a long shot, lie's only locked up iu jail." she itlared at me for a minute for a minute or two, and then lie said: "So Ihe durned old loafer is down there in jail again?" Then she picked up a tub aud smashed it all over my princely bead, ami 1 saw she was getting ready to paint tho w hole land scape red. So 1 skipped through Iho gate and mo-eyed so fast that I lore my slioes; and they don't make me a committee in the future to break the new-. Lincoln (Neb.) Journal. EDGAR ALLAN POE. A Pan I'letnre of the Famous Peel Drews ii? m LadgLeve, "Mr. Poe win about live feet eight inches lull, and had dark, almost black hair, which he wore long and brushed hack in student slylo over hi car, it was in line a silk. Hi eyes were large und full, gray and piercing, lie was then, I think, entirely clean shaven. Hi nose was long und straight, ami his features finely cut. The expression saboul his mouth was beautiful. Ho was pale, and had no color. His skill was of a clear, beau tiful olive. He had a sad. melancholy look, lie was very slender when I flrsl knew him. but hail a line figure, an erect military carriage, and a quick step Hut M wan his manner thai most charmed It was elegant. When he looked at you it seemed a if lie could read your very thoughts His voice was pleasant and musical, but not deep lie always wore a black frock coat buttoned up, with a cadet or military collar, a low tiirned-over shirl collar, aud a black oravat lied in a loose knot. He did not follow tho fii-hions, but Inula style of his own. His was a loose way of dressing, a If he didn't euro. Vou would know that he was very different from the ordinary run of young men. AffeotlOOatel I should think he was be was paaslouatola his lovo. "My intimacy with Mr. Poo Iso lated me a good deal. In fact my girl friends were many of them afraid of him, and forsook mo on thai account I knew none of his male friends. He despised ig -ant people, gad didn't like IrilliiiL' and small talk. He didn I like darksklnned people. When he lined, he loved de-perately. Though tender and very affect innate, he had a quick, passionate temper and wasvo y jealous His feelings were intense, and he had but little control of them. He wa not well halniic-d: lie had too much bruin. Be scoffed at every thing sacred, and never went lo church. If ho had had religion to guide him, he would have been a Isd- ter man. He said often Hint there wax a mystery hanging over him he never could fathom, He believed lie was bom to suffer, nnd this embittered his whole life. Reported by Augustus Van C'leof, in lla-por's Magazine. Farming Eist and West. Tho Wo, tern farmer, with his hundred of acro-i of new nnd fertile soil, looks with contempt upon tint small and often Sterile farms that are to he fniin I in somo parts of New Kn giar.d The owner of a Western farm 0l eight hundred acres, nearly all of it under cultivation, who was visiting in Maine, sent a totter home, in which he- expressed his mind freely at fol low : Here iu this eountry they call two gCTl - of ground, .'x hem nnd an old rooster a farm, and half tho time one gorg of ground Isgraveyi r,l. Hive me old Kansas every time.'' Youth's ompanion. Co'onel James A Wood died re cently at his home in llloouiti -Id. Ky., ggwd seventy -four years. Ltoioael WixhJ Kent to Texas in and took part in the rebellion against Ilex icu , He wa- at th.- ma.saere of the Alamo and. with two other, oscaped. Hu-y being Ho-only survivors of that bloody event 'o on, : vt nod in hi- account of hi escape, said that when Santa Anna ordered the prisoners to lie shot g gfOpped to the ground, as if he bad been killed at th- lirl discharge. M began to rol, over and continued roll ing until the river w a reached when be sprang to his feet and got awhy He never stopped traveling from Hit Alamo until he reached Kentucky. EXCLUSIVE SCHOOLS. nw got It! MeeeMoenl BstaBtMMaeecj for Iwell iiioik Women. Tho 1-idy principals of tlio ultra fashionable hoarding and day sohonjl for young ladies are, as a rule, women of tlie highest culture, but III one sense they are not unlike a merchant having wares to sell. When a woman of af fluence and influence approaches the lady principal of a select school nnd politely informs her that she doesii'l desire that her ditughu-r' shall re ceive a "teacher's education." or one calculated lo make them "strong minded," the lady principal will doubtless consider it politic lo arrange aottrrioulum of studies to meet tho wants of her patrons. 1 believe it was Itanium who said "that the American people must be humbugged " Tlie lady principal' own Idea on the education of young ladies la under ths ciicunitance, a secondary considera tion! There Is one of these ultra fashion able aud expensive boarding and day Schools for young ladies not a great d Is tan OS from Central Park, i uly ihe daughters of very Wealthy men can af ford to attend the school. Hut money for Ihe space of one whole minute. Another curious diversion is the les son bow to get in and out of a car riage gi acefully. It is said that Ihe lady prlnolpal keep a carriage Iu her tai l; yard solely for this purpose. So on lino, sunshiny day--, if the resiih nt- ip the Immediate vicinity will ascend to the housetop-, aud look over inlotho lady principal' back yard, they will see a score or more pretty nun grace ful young Indies in Ihe act of gelling In aud out of a "leainless" carriage. The teacher stands by giving insl ruc tions as to how high the dress should be raised, for it would be dreadfully bad itiquette to display too much ankle on such an occasion. At one time in the history of this IChOOl the principal engaged n first glees artist to give a class of young holies some lessons In painting. He was a bashful men, hut a conscien tious one. After the usual tnstfUO1 lions, and after lie had gotten over ills embarrassment, he was startled when he aaw thai the preliminary of draw ing well had been overlooked. "Why, young ladies," ha ejaculated, "you will have to learn to draw be fore you can paint." But the said young ladles pouted, stamped their little foot, and in u chorus said they "wouldn't." He then called on the lady principal, but as was expec.'nl, she look sides with her young ladle. Said she to the professor of the brush: "Sir, I insist that you teach this clus how to paint." Hut the obdurate man only shook his head and faintly smiled as ho remarked that "Il couldn't bo done." "Well, if you can't," was the rejoinder, " 1 will gel some one who can." There is many a (Inches and prin cess embryo gelling finished up at this school. The ranks of tho detectable Four Hundred can rely on a fresh sup ply of young recruit after graduation day. The day pupils v. ho attend the school, and there are many of them, live in pa! aces that recall alabator halls and music of swoot lutes. Tho Childhood and early womanhood of these swell girls are as a life strewn wilh roses and other fragrant llowers. Their Very existence seems like s dream i a fairyland. The bright eyes, clear complexions and o'axtir tread of tho winsome little girls aud young ladles is sufficient evidence that eraill ming is not in vogue there. Tho day ! pupils present an animated ami plot- uresipio sight as they promcundo on Iho avenue. - N. Y. letter. Neat Phi-Cushion Cover. Take a cushion six Inches sipiare ami cover tho top with dark green satin eight Inches square. Sow all around the edge of tho cover before attaching lO CUshlOtl a band of rime pink satin three InoboS wide. Tut the right sides of satin together and sow it in slnsho one inch widu and one ami one-half Inches deep. Cut the Slashed out with tho scissors, turn them carefully, and then with a needle and thread tack each slash hall way ovi;r, diagonally, showing tho pink satin against the green, t'nder tho llaehes all around put a frill of lace, and on the upper corner of tlie slashes put tiny chenille ball of rose pink. Kmbfoidef or paint In the center of cover a design of wild rose. Fasten this cover firmly to the teg of ihe cushion. Detroit Free 1'ross. Another County Heard From. HagabeS (solicitously) What would your candid answer 1st to the popular conundrum: Is niarrtage a failure? Mr. Hagabea (getting even) -My candid opinion? W ell ahem - I've known tOOM failure who were mar ried, and it's a poor rule, you know." --Dei roil Kieo Press. Electric prostration Is the new medical term applied to those affected by work under strong electric light A countryman at I'alatka, Fa., 1 tlio t .....1 ..in. fin-the tir-t time . ro,H TOa to U a a 'new onUa99t i,by wheels." style omnibus on baby Mr ewton, of Toronto, i ono of tho four women who wore given the ,'rimean medal. Hueen Victoria her self pinning it upon them. Mrs New ton went all through the Crim 'an war ss a nurse, and on Hint memorable day and night when the French cap tured the MalakofT and the Knglish assaulted the Sedan, she wa in the third trench before the lledan attend ing the wounded, and wa there shot through the knoe. r ACTS ABOUT COUGHS. Important Isfof SWitlssJi IPaleh win He New ! Meet Bonders, Nature lias provided for various asmodlc efforts of an expulsive character, lo rial organ of irritant matter. The circuitous route to tho lungs thr, ugh tho nnsal passage, is always, In health, kept moiat, i ar rest ilust and prevent its entrance Into the Im,.;- In guard againsl Hs accu mulation, the snoozing function is sup plied, accompanied by a copious over flow of serum to sweep away tho irri tating matter. The reflex action of tho stomach, when irritated by offensive food or poison, u of the same oharactor, The cough is equally beneficial in il pro vision. Il- principal object i the ex pulsion of trrltatiug matter from tho lung, or nlr-tubcs. The miiclos of the glottis, idlest nnd abdomen com bine in Iho spasmodic act. Sensibility to irritating dust I confined to a few point of the meal membrane Botha sensibility Whll'h give rise lo il cough i limited mainly to the larynx and bronchial IiiIh'S. being strongest in tho larynx, and next in Ihe upper portion of tlie bronchia), lube. A in sneet log, the overflow of serum aids in the expulsion of the Irritant, so a corres ponding increase of mucus co-ucls with Iho expulsive power of tho cough. T here are many kinds of coughs. Through the net-work of the sympa thetic nervous sytein, dlsturbanoei at remote points may nffee' the nerve concerned in coughing, lb1. W. II. Thompson, in a paper read before tho New York Medical Society, enumerates a list of over a dozen kind of BOO" expectorant coughs, each characterized by a peculiar sound. An expectorant cough generally con- il of a number of suecelv uighs, be sound of which are like that of a chain passing Over a pulley: Iho non expectorant resemble rather the sep arate sound of a hammer. One variety of non-expeclorant cough is duo to simple irritation, without secret ion. of some part of tho respira tory tract, a in some forms of bronchi tis) another to intlainmi 'ory irritation of the pbaryBX a third lo irritation of Hie membrane Which surrounds tho lung and line Hie chest Another I malarial cough, sometime mistaken for whooping-cough, and curable by quinine A cough may alo be tho reult of disorder of many other internal organ the stomach, tho liver, the brain, and even the ear. Prom those facts it will be seen how unwise it Is, in case of a cough, to re sold blindly to tho druggUt for somo patent oough mixture, which may not bo of Ihe slightest use ill curing tho particular disorder, if. Indeed, It is good for use in any disease. Youth's Companion. GOLD AND SILVER. Kstraets gross she Rogori r Ihe Dlreelet ii the Ktat for i ne feas i . The report of the Director of tho Mint for 1888 show that the gold product of tho United State for tho year wa 1,114 1.H27 ounce, valued at 888.170,000, and of silver 10,798.881 lino ounce of tlio commercial value of about 848,000000 and of tho coining value of $1 i'.I, IBAtQOOi In addition some lil.lkiil.iHHl ounces of silver were ox reacted In tho 1'nlted States from for eign ore und bullion, principally Mexican. Thotolal refined product of the United State wa in gold 1.777. M77 line ounce, ami of silver iill.l'JM, (i'JH line oiincos. Tho average price of silver during the year wa iiImiiiI 114 cents. At this prico tho bullion value of the silver contained in tho silver dollar was 7-'.(i. I he (iovorniuent purchased 8B,8fOt il'.iH standard ounce of ilvor during the year, costing 'J1,4'.I1,:)40, at an average price of !M cents per lino ounce. Tho total amount ofsllvei- pur chased for the coinage of tlio silver dollar since March 1, I ha been !7A,007,98fj standard ounce, costing $-.'iiii,(),.P.',44.r), an average prlco of $1.07. 0 per lino ounce, or 00. 7 pur standard ounca Tho valuo of tho gold deposited at the mini during tho year, not includ ing ro-ilcpoits, was $ll,4'.i. 110, or,, iscluding ro-doposlt,$!X.7'.H.'.ixn. Tho foreign material comprised iu this was $7,u,Vi,llli The amount of silver de posited and purchased was .t.i.olJ.'WI standard ounces of tho coining value Of 841,888,971) exclusive of re-doposll. The coinage of the mints during the year 1HHM was a follows: Cold, $111, HHO.MIW; ilvor dollars, $81.9!W.KSS; siibldiary silver, 1,084 77:1; minor, $!12,!i0l; total, $tio,:ll8.!lo. In addi tion, coinage bars were manufactured at the mints containing gold of the value of $il,0.'0,7,.lH, and silver $7. $81,490, The Import of gold bullion nnd coin WM $11.0:11.401 nnd the export $!. 619,887, a loss by export of $3,ft87,7M The import of silver was $21,.VJ-,0tii and the export fL. 886188, a los by export of $H,80M,1I0. The metallic stock of the I'liited Stntes .January 1. 1HM1. Including bullion in the mints awaiting coinage, is estimated to have been: Cold, $70V.ObT,97o; silver, $40:1, 616,766; total. $I.1om.:,7h,781. The stock of coined and pnier money in circulation January 1. I860, was $1, :i.iNi .i.vt, against $1,870. '.180.003 on .January 1, an Increase of $l'.l,- 1 7b. I'M The director estimate the consumption of gold and silver in the United Slates during the calendar yeai 1H to have been. gold. $U.iOO,(KX: sil ver.$3, '-'HO, 000. Washing ion Letter. Mo L Time eleven a. m. Mother 1 "Now mind, .Johnnie, there' aghot in that dark closet guarding the jam!" Johnnie trembles violently and com mences to water at the mouth. Lie II. Time two p. m. Johnnie"!), mam ma! The ghost has eaten half of the jatu.'-Ues. Hostess "And so you really be lieve the moon to be Inhabited, Pro fessor?'' Professor Enizmachen "Ah, veil, I do not say sat, but zero is vun moon in vich zere mus' be vun man." ' Hostess "And which might that be. pray?" "Vy ze vat you call lt?-se i iMUjymoonl"