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0 0R 8LUM8ERLANIX' iln.r OUT yb-ueraflradlaa . -rtrtrf bound for BlumberUn. dr-r. lit on the ewnd. IW" u,lc I'lrru-ttian M Ulm. ttant Id St Klchola iiicfTfoutdne. IThcoJia.- said ft feeble role r.nf Charity, ft mild faced Uuf middle age, answered the um Crfihedyinjt wan, and approached imiw rr... Xf.it. . ' i, i.a.l fallen from ft house FT.'-., huildinir. few day be- I tai olnjured himself that he could I Mrr. j - Uof St Barbe, with hi ,ittle K'rI P t veara old. Ilia wife had ftae rears before, but Alioe, child ...1.1 i.ml'A J1T. ... u 1 1 1 Airtb llH coum -.. LaU U SKllllUliy M U "D ! .. 1 I... I ...! I... P i,ninukeeuer. So it happened (.'bring lnei 80 unu,mal affection fiHg up oeiweeu juiw "u uor SIr of Charity approached the The ick man'a face expressed jft ini his eye turneu ironi me ''.ukii little eirl. who was pule and Chicken, yet had self-control enough I.. uimv her emotion lest it should Lab father in Ills last moments. mat can I do for you, u. Aiontzr 1 1 o;;ior Tlieodosia. in ft gentle voice. C (lance wandered to his little girl kmora, Li;" he easped. "provided for." hrou mean that you wish Alice ;iJed forr asuea me sisier, striving hit broken words. JjjMdj provided for money there," ie pointed vaguely nown warns, 'jorniaii! He is wituduriiig, in mind," :M Uie sinter for he was pointing xloor; but she thought it best to Ur to have understood him. fiVihe said gently, "have no anxi- looked at her wistfully, and then, . . i i i king to mill ue wu uuuersuxxi, us ttck dpoo the pillow from which be tfted liu head, and moment after hen Alice realized that her father rallr dead she gave wav to excess- knef-to exceptive that it soon wore ' out, k-aving her pale and sorrow- SisW Tlieodosia took her into her ind pressed her head against her bin tad compassion, for little Alice now without father or mother. due time Hector Moritz was buried. die nait thing to be considered was, ikoulJ Alice be disposed of? tutor Moritz left two near relatives, cousins. One of these was a thriv- ;n4tinan in the next town, a man hid prospered, partly through his LWm, which was exoewive. The k tlto residing in .the next town, i poor ihoeuiaker with a targe fain- bo found it hard enough to make ends meet, but was, withal, kind cheerful, beloved by his children, khom lie could do so little, and pop. utMvuiage, . two cousins met at the funeral tctor Moritz. suppose Hector died poor." said M. hard, the tradesman, ft little uneas- piiboaae is all he owned, so far as lot," wid the notary, "and it is rSWed for nearlv its value." iimph! that is bad for th child," t ronch&rd. sippnee you will take her home. 'jochmdr said the nntArv hlnntlv. MkDOW that VOU &ra nmniwmui ' tradesman drint KiV Vim prosperous," he said, "I have " "or ior my money. It la all I JotODTOfida fnr m V turn taniv 1 P you won't do anything for the 1 m that TU irfve her twen. I'MUT. flftv frann. Tl..f . .11 1 ft to do." f long will fifty franca sup- ItdetaT DoturTi disdainfully, Hinait ""ues m wis nun fbnot my affair. She need not She can go to the almshouse." peaksof thealmshouser spoke L wbet, the poor shoemaker. , F,l'ard suggesu that Alice go to Lnukouse," said the notary. I have a home to offer her," poor cousin warmly. H M. Corbet," aaid the notary, ' poor. Can you afford, with J children, to undertake an tmrdenr w look on them as burdens y iy and comfort," aaid M. , , cau t K'T A1c ft luxurious , racl as I have she is welcome wre the good Ood wiU not let u I undertake the care of my .t7w couMn." '2 ' 'ooir thought M. Ponchard uouily. h, will always be poor." notary grasped his hand, and bet 1 respect you. If you are w'7.ou are rich in good "Mlhat is thebestkiudof riches." "opposition being made, the little wt home with the poor shoe a k, j lh cwtage. that was left ii,Lot t,,e "tary to aelL As rjW'oiated. there was ft mortgagt I w n ly iu ful1 TJU. tl"U it bit. ,1' , unnB mucn 0Ter . there should be would, of to Alice. 1 fcOntllf naaaiwl rltk., "'ItoseU the cottage. During F-A!i. , . ... i iyt ,2 oiBea at tba nous e Jtrnted, I was about to say, ,1 J f ". This, however. jsJ7,?,,tr'cUy correct. She wu htOl UoMof the famUy, but f'!Ii lD UmilJi abort, i t"at. for whom nothing Kunately lt this juncture, M. i- iibtidb; ajwaya oeen ?TkJ ' Lmit of hU nuU t.fc, ol,ing saved up for the I ft L . h had upon him. ouiy wera sooa in sad The notary heard of lt ant ., i with compaMion. "If only Alice had aomething" he ftU toSbier Theodosla, whom hi met oua day at a sick bed; for the good Sis ter of Charity spent her time In tending the sick without compensation. "If only Alice had some small property she might come to the relief of her poor relation " "And has she not?' anked Sister Theo dosla. "Nothing that I know of beyond the house, and upon that there la a mortgan to nearly iu full value." "But ber father upon his deathbed told me that she wu provided for." "Did he. Iiidwdr asked the notary urpriHCd. "Did he say anything morer "Mo. he wns unable to; but he pointed to the floor. I am afraid he wu out of his head and meant nothing." "Stop! I have an idea." aaid the no tary suddenly. "Can you leave for a few minutes and go with me to the cot tager "Yes, I can be spared for half an hour," said 8ister Tlieodosia. Together tliey went to the cottage, which chanced to be close by. "Now," suid the notary," when they were once inside, "to what part of the floor did M. Moritz point' Can you re meuiberr "There." said the sister. "Very well; we will won see whether there Is anything in my idea." The notary procured hatchet, and ucceeded after a time In raising a plank of the floor, Sister Theodosia looking on meanwhile, with surprise. But her surprise wus increased when, on the plank being raised, a box wu dis covered underneath. I "Help uie lift it," said the notary. Will, tl.a.I.I ..I ' . thecoveroftliebox.andthetwo uTtered an exclamation of surprise when under nation of surprise when under. nMih frnmH . w... ii .i fclS Zu i !...0n the ,W.M ',laced rT . 1 n ' .? wmcn.we. w"t- ' DM,lwmin0'l Hie accessed. mll!rVnu I far DTabtS'auV0' 'Umal6 ,tlir6 n M tbe' hm 8enturr- wllh uch "UCCPM th' ln m bar sake 1 hare llrad fnilyTand Ihops it mu ,rom wok " has happened before one of his ram yielded a fleece of thlrty sava her froai wut wban I am rooa. I now that while proceeding to or from j two pounds, ln 1849 Edwin Hammond, , Hscroa Mourn work, they have, some of them, boon at Vermont, who, like Whitney with his "IIow much is there? asked Sister j made the subject of attack by some- sotton-gln, has added untold millions to Theodosla. body with an undue proportion of tongue ' the wealth ot his country, bought an "There are two hundred and fifty to brain, but this may be said with i Atwood ram, the famous "Old Ulack," napoleons. These make five thousand safety never more than once by the francs. Truly, M. Moritz must have been same individual In addition to possess frugal to save so much." I 'nI a highly vigorous vocabulary, they "Then little Alice is an heiress." said n hardened with exposure to the Sister The-xlosia. "It is as you sny." "I am very glad. Now she can pay her board to that poor M. Corbet, and lit will lose nothing by his kindness!" "I will go to-night and tell him " The poor shoemaker was still sick, and his money had wholly given out, so that the familv had had no sum. I the family had had no supper, "I am sorry you are sick, my friend," aaid the notary. "Yes," said the poor shoemaker, sigh ing; "it is unfortunate." "I think you were not wise in taking an additional burden when you had so many children already." "I am not sorry. Alice is always wel come to all that we can give her." "Then you are not sorry you hart taken heri" "No; but I am sorry I fell sick. The poor child has had no supper." "Nor any of you, I suppose!" "Nor any of us. "M, ttorbet. you are good man and truly charitable. But I have good news for you." "Good news? Well, 4k could never come at a better time." . "You thought Alice was poor." "And is she notr "On the contrary, she is an heiress." "What do you mean?" "Her father left 6,000 franca for her fortune." "Is that truer asked the shoemaker and his wife, bewildered. "Yes; and therefore it b only fitting that she should pay ber board. How long has she been here?" "Four months." "Seventeen weeks. Now, u her fath .., t .m .miner allow vnu ' eight francs a week and you shall under- take to provide her with a home and clothing. For seventeen weeks, then. that she has been here I owe you 124 francs. I pay it to you at once." "But it is too much," said M. Corbet, surveying the gold with stupefaction, for be had never seen as much before, "It is right" "We are saved!" said hi wife thank fully. "I will go out and buy some bread. Children, you shall have some supper." At this there was a shout of Joy from the children, and tears of gratitude flowed down the cheeks of the poor shoemaker, who pointed to Alice, and said: "She has brought me good fortune," Before the money wu half expended the shoemaker had recovered, and went to work again. The eight francs a week he received for Alice proved a great help to him, small u it may seem to my read ers, and enabled him to afford more com forts than before. From that time M. Corbet prospered, and was even able to save up money, and all through his unselfish kindness to the little. Alice, through whom he believes good fortune lias come to him and Id. Horatio Alger. Jr., in Yankee Blada. Tha Grant AMn rorwt. In Stanley's report to the British Gov -,mnt in regard to his expedition fot the relief of Emm Pasha, be speaks as follows of the discovery of an Immense forest: "We can prove that north and noriheast of the Cong c Ohers .,(. an immense area of about 250,000 ! square miles which iscovered brone nn- . . aritahle forest. 1 brosen, com(- ; drummers. 1 ney sen mo uruuiiuc n roacneu noma, i proutua u umu e Through tbe core of this lot-, tbtt j,, la KtCDei there yet, for I have beard est we traveled for thirteen months, . gnVj we;j ciothed. and tbey bear nothing of blm since. If you know of ndln its gloomy shades ninT cre' kIm elating his experiences on the anybody wanting one good log send blm of our dark followers perished. Out j of mDg tcnet the . around." prwress through the dense undergrowttt; jf Tbere j, , good deal of -Uere is a kit of carpenter's tools, ofbush and ambitious young trees wnlc" ; Arib in a boy after 1L They are costing quite a sum of money when new. grew beneath the Impervious niturally wanderers. It la as natural ; They were left with.me. a few at a time, tbe forest glanta, and which was matted fof , to nn arty from school and by earpenter who was out of work. He by arums, phrynia and amoma, mesbed n bunt fof blrdi. BelU or bens' . claimed to be looking for a Job, and sop by endleas lines of calamus, snd com-; a (j fof b(m htTe freckief 0 n family on what 1 rave him. plicated by great cable-like eonvolvuIU ing Tne uf. 0f a drummer has i a very liberal on tbat account, as was often only at the rate of 400 yards ,n u ,dlJlb 0f Tenture tbey like. Tbe tbe fellow would naturally redeem the an hour. Tbrongh such obstructions M u tbe toy's hero. Do you ee articles on obtaining work. Instead of these we bad to tunnel a way lor ths ttkt .hed hoy over thereat the bunting work, however, the fellow column to pass. Tbe Amsxon valley te, honeT i B,,rd blm talking to some ifed around bar-rooms and spent all can not boast a more Impervious of h , associate the other day at the blg moey for liquor, while but wife more ombrageoua forest, nor one wbice hour ,,e u ,, die worUed hard to support tbe family. I has more truly a tropical character tbaa nnt;, be fot to be adrummer. o aldB-t discover It until I bndjrot about this vast Ur.per Congo forest, nourisbd " coa!(1 t bl iB railroad tb wbole kit, and then I had to ao- Uu h eleven monm --r ; " "1 I ahowert. On Oplatn tka CmUar. The health journals and the doctor. aD atbatthewdmort-bcae-n- pTof the ordinary Ne ? ?Z try doughnut is the bole. The Urg th Sa. they My. th. Utt- U- doughnut. Qui Dumb Animal. LANCASHIRE pit WOMEN. SPANISH MERINOS. DICKENS' "MOTHERS." OCEAN DISASTERS. ..A LITTLE NONSENSE.- Thf Arc h fttroucnl Srt of hiul Wurkrr lu Ail Karup The Lknconhire women, at leat, an the rosl.-tt, .ttunj,,! set of woroei Imaglnalile-ihat 1 on Kundsts an holiday. h.'n r.-p.'fd wsshlngt an irubljinn have n-moveil several layen 01 coai uut; nl it U notorious, locally, that t pim b of them lrf) ,ullj ! equal In r,bjlel powr to their muuu ! line collt agues. At home they are nol ' niir orto almost any class of women, chuwtu they throve particularly well, working or otherwise, lUtntr engairoj and In 1045 that cokony passed laws to in the opou air all day, they ran naV ! encourage shiwp-ralslng. In ITS the urallyturnln the evenings with mort J Society for the lrouiollon of Agriculture than ordinary sest to household duties, in South Carolina offered ft medal for In a word, they are thoroughly domestl. the first flock of "merinos" kept in the cated. Lsstly-.nd this, aftor alL li1 State. It was not till 1793, however, the great point-thelr demeanor and that Hon. William Fostor, of Massa general conduct are absolutely unluv 1 chusetts,s nuggled three fine "merino," peachable. As to the working dress of i valued at 11,500, from Spain to the pit women, that Is certainly pe-! a friend In Boston-only -to be cullar, looked at from a conventional thanked for the dellcloua mut standpolnt Up to a few years ago, ton ho had sent homo! About they were attired like men up to the 1S01 the ram "Dora Pedro" was Import waist, with buckled clogs on their feet; ed to a farm on the Hudson river, and a above the knees came the end of a pe- pr f Spanish merinos wete obtained cullarly-fasblonod tunic, a composite also by Mr. heth Adams, of Dorchester, sort of a garment, half jacket, hall Mass., afterward of Dresden, a In ISiW dress, with some sacking material tied Colonel Humphrey, United States Mln round the waist as an apron. A limp Inter to Spain, sent to bis farm In Dor bonnet, tied under tho chin, ot by, Conn., a considerable flock, and from a sort of turban, so arranged : the wool of this stock President Madi ai Just to show the neatly-plaited ; son's inauguration coat was made in hair and the bright ear-rings, corn- ! 1809. The "full-blood" wool brought as pletod the costume, and very odd lt much as fj a pound, and pairs of those looked, especially at a distance, which merinos were sold at $3,000. A merino in this case did not lend enchantment eraxe wa the consequence; In 1119-11 to the view. Now, out of doferonce to hundred and sit cargoes, aggregating the fooling of certain peculiarly sen- j 15,707 sheep, mostly Spanish, arrived tn sltlve people, the tunlo is worn a little the United States, largely the purchases longer, so as nearly to hide the mascu- of William Jarvls, of Vermont, Consul line garment, the head-dress is a little neater, and. In addition, a short Jacket U, WOrn- Th!' dreM U n ?. .,,"UVU,V " " ,,u""" V,,B uvmost ireeaom oi mo- Uo. "V1 yond .11 praise. Novertholesa. the women themselves are conscious of IU Incongruity, and take the earliest op-j Dortunltv of phamrlnir It fur nnllnarv weather, and developed by the nature of their work, that they can give a 1 4CC0lint ol ! themselves, even though should ensue, and the opponent ; ntT DT0 ro'on to admit, with bene- j flting humility, tbe wisdom of Provl-1 donoe ,n endo,,'ln6' onien generally I lth tbe wU' M k?p,n. fro,m thT i tt8 Poer.-Casseira Saturday Journal. ; THE QUEEN'S SIGNATURE. Despite Her Am It Is Still a Modal ol flrmnoM and Laailillltr. James Hurbank, an ex-member of the Canadian Parliament, is at the Hoffman House in company with a party ot wealthy Canadians who are going South on a pleasure trip. According to Mr. Vurbank, tbe Canadians are a happy, prosperous people, so woll satisfied with English rule and with such great love for Queen Victoria that they will never think seriously of annexation. He told manv Intorustinir laota a do tbe Queen's signature. "The Queen's signature to state docu ments," said he, "is still a modol of firmness and legibility, no sign of Her Majesty's advanood ago being discerni ble ln the boldly-written 'Victoria R.' which she attaohes to such papers ar have to bear the royal autograph. Tbe question ot the signing of state docu ments ln England by the sovereign be came one of great importance in the last months of George IV. 's rolgn. Dur ing this period Ills Majosty was ln such a debilitated state that the writing of numerous autographs wu an impossibility, and under those circum stances a short bill was hurriedly passed through Parliament authorising the KIwt to affix a fao-slmlle of his autograph by means of an inked stamp, It was also provided that George should, before stamping each document, give U18 vurum wvnui IA a u m invtuint form. The Duke of Wellington was ln offloe at the time, and it was his duty to lay certain documents before the King for bis approval One day the 'Iron Duke.' noticing that His Majosty was stamping tbe papers before htm with out repeating the prescribed verbal formality, ventured to enter a respect ful but inn protest, "Your Majesty forgets to repeat the verbal formality?" " 'Hang it, what can lt signify? re plied tbe King, in an lrrltatod voioe. "Only this, Blr,' replied the Duke, 'that the law requires It' "George IV. said no more, but at once began to repeat tbe requisite formality as he sum pod each of the documents." N. Y. Star. AMBITIOUS YOUNGSTERS. Many Boys Kmployad In atom Make Thalr War to the frank The other day I visited one of the wholesale bouses on Adams street where a number of boys are employed. "What percentage of these boys be come merchants?" I asked of the gentle- man who had tbem ln charge. He replied: "More than yon would think. Now and then some are forced i. kora h a father or mother who oon-1 thaJhey only want to keep their ,f Ut, Mturai commercial lnstinot they J J they blTO., tnPy V . . howeTer. amblt on to become commercial " . . . j 1 lm,hUD. oourao aw ia "p---- " .... . , ,. .v ii,i.im! Bet I gamD.e nag1" " -a- j Tribune. i ' i- - ........ .nwM Crook that, notwi b.tand J bbd in aubugalingtbin,tb Indian. with vary fw exception, bad sot oniv admiration bot affectlm tor blm, aad , waloomed fw vtaitor M nordiaUy. ' It is remsried Ot Vt law uenerai ; Th rale of the Klrl Flo Imaf ft4 lata lh l'e ted IUIm. Tbe story of the development In Spall of the cultivated "tourluo" sheep Is an Interesting one, but can not be told here. America did not obtain these One sheep until this century. Our so called "native" sheep were brought oyef hj the ffj colonUUj , J.miitown In ltlofl, in small the flrstto ......it ..la unknown but coarse breed. In Msssa- at Lisbon, from the fine flocks confiscat d and sold by tho Spanish Junta During the embargo of the war of 181 "rull - Wooi - woo reached a pouna; out, in mo rouapso wnicn loi owea, merino sboepZd as low a. a dollar ft head, and many of tho bout floclcn . Jl J rfA L'i.A.. ft I of Ohio, buying from the Humphrey ,.lr In IKI1 Ur,,A .w,f,ill f.. knlf a ind from the Hammond flock the so jailed "Amorloan morlno" was devel oped, a foot shorter ln tho nnck and six Inches ln the foreleg, yet weighing twen- ty-flve pounds more than Its Spanish progenitors ot a half-century back. In 1828-26 a mania for Saxony merinos iweptovor tho country, but our stock la itlll chiefly of Spanish descent, there being probably a million pure Amorloan uorlnos of that blood. One "Amerloan lnerlnoH tTT K .r?rd. ",OWOd, per cent, of the weight ot tbe animal; ind the rsm "lluokeye," shorn at tbe "State shearing" in Mlohigan, in 1884, produoed a fleece ot forty-four pounds. These enormous fleeces, bowovor, are tpt to be so full of "yolk," or natural ill, that some have been known to leave less than a quarter of their weight In K-oured wool; whereas it is commonly reckoned that unwashed fleeces should rlold one-tnlrd, and washed floecea i bout ono-half, ot their weight In KMurod wool. H B. Uowker, in Har per's Magazine. A PAVVNBROJER'S"YALC. tons of tba Cnrloaltlra of a Peculiar Use of llnaluraa. Not one-balf of the artioles that ar deposited ln a pawnshop are ever re deemed. It seems that really only sport ing men or gay young men use their collateral to make a raise from their "uncle" with the ldoa of redeeming the articles again. In noarly all of ths other cases the pawnshop is visited as a last resort, and the owners realize that ln parting with tholr good they see tbe last of them. The principal collection of the pawn broker consists of watches, rings, re volvers, jowolry, musical instruments and olothlng, although they have re quests, many of which are granted, for i i , I loans upon every eonoeivauio aructa that man is possessed oi. One of the sights of the pawnshop, back of whloh there Is many a sad tale Is the children's olotblng. Some of the garments are brought by intemporato parents, who have become so utterly degraded that they will resort to any moans to gratify their insatiable ap petite for liquor. Said a pawnshop pro prietor to tbe writer: "I recall the oase of a man who at one time brought me at frequent Intervals children's clothing, on which I advanood him roasonablo sums, thinking that be bad either sick ness among bla little ones or perhaps bad lost thorn in death. The supply, however, appeared to be inexhaustible and I finally made an investigation, the result of whloh rather shocked my faith In human nature. It appeared that the man bad a pretty little child, whom he tent out begging for clothing. Her ap pearance was woll calculated to enlist sympathy and she waa generously re membered. The dissolute father would appropriate the garments and bring them to me, and you can bet that when I found lt out I gave him a piece ot my mind and shut down on him at once. "Some of the goods brought here would mske you smile, while others would start a train of thought ln your mind if you are given to soliloquizing on the ways of this world," said the broker. "For instance, there's that bun- die," pointing to something wrapped up In a newspaper. "You couldn't guess what It is If vou tried a weok, so I will tell you. It Is an artificial leg. Tbe man who left that bere obtained a loan on it aaylng that he wanted money enough to get borne with. I gave It to him and he hobbled away oa crutcboa, promising to redeem the limb as soon aa I . i , . - i . .... anowit - agv mjami iuviou w ... i i ..ll h. iiquur, uij iwj, wu.,.--. speaker, "leads msny a family's goods to tha nawashnn. It ia tha cause of break- ing up msny a home, and tbere s ao tPb.t .fjU, better proof of lt than u, p,,BiBOp Especially after what b juft nA 0B tb form could not doubt tha truth of th aaawUon. CljttiaaaU TLB U. - - r- . , .... Vw Of at Than Caa lla Klthar Aitialraa or ItaupMtad. "You are a student of Charles Dick ens, are you not?" "Certainly; I think you could scarcely meutlou a character of his with which I am unfamiliar." "Very well, then, If you ran point me out one mother In tbe whole of Dickens' novels, with any claim to education, who can bo either admired or respected, I will own that I have wronged him. I am ready to admit tbat on tba lower order he Is less severe." F.ag'er to prove tbat she misjudged m favorite, I began to search my memory. At the end ot ton mlnutus I was still searching, but I bad not spoken. Th fact was I was terribly perturbed 1 spirit I was most auxious nut to be worstod lu the argument, for it sooruod to me that a grave slur had been cast upon Charles Dickens' character; there fore, to feel tbat 1 could only bring for ward, as being worthy of respect. David Coperfleld's childish mother, was ex ceedingly mortifying. George's motlioi In "llleak lloiiMt" I eonld not mention, as, although she Is undoubtedly a line old damo, she certainly has no claim to gentle breeding; while in support of my friend's grievance there marshaled such a ghastly troupn of knaves and fools 11 so masculine a term as knave Is admis sible In these eiriMimstanous that 1 was utterly discounted. "My memory Is at fault," I muttered to myself. "I will go home and consult my Dickens." Pleading a headache, I made my ex ouses, but as I was leaving th room my old friend called after me: "if you have a headache don't pursue tbls subject to-night. I warn you you are going to search for a needle in a bottle of hay, only" somewhat grimly "the needlo Is not there!" I locked myself In my study and set to work. At tbe end of two hours, wlsor and much sadder, 1 paused, and gad blankly around at a formidable heap of volumi-s. I bad selected tho book haphazard, and had mado a pencil note on uach, with this result: "Great Expectations," No parents ot any importance. Slight character sketch of Herbert's mother, (a decidedly blam able fool.) "Old Curlosltf Shop." Old Mrs. Oar land, (weak.) Kit's mother, (lower orders.) Mrs. Jlnlwin, (detestable.) "Hard Times." Mrs. Gradgrlnd (Idi otic;) liiinilerby's mother (lowei orders.) "Little Dorrit" Mrs. Clonnam, (crim inal,) Mrs. Murdle snd Mrs. Gowan, (worldly, heartless wretches.) Mrs. Moagles, (nice, but very homely.) "Our Mutual Friend." Mrs. Wllfer. (outrageous.) "Nicholas Mckleby." Mrs. Nlikloby and Mrs. Ken wig, (lunatloa.) Mr. Squeera, (a horror.) "Domhcy A Son." Mrs. Bkewton, (a disgrace to ber sex.) Alice's mother, "Good Mr. Drown," (an ogress.) Polllt Toodlos, (lower orders.) "Martin ChuzzlowlL" Mothers not In it, with the exception ot character kotcb: "The Mother ot th Gracobl,' (a fool.) "Barnaby Rudgn," Mrs. Vardon, (In tensely objectionable.) Mrs. Rudge. (lower orders.) "David Coppcrflold." David'a mother, (amiable but woak-mtndod.) Mr. Ml cawber, (a caricature.) Mrs. Creak lo, (a poor thing.) Mrs. Stoerforth, (hor rid.) Mrs. Heep, (Hateful.). "Th old oldier," (worso.) "Bleak House." I,ady Dedlook, (well, well, the least said .) Mrs. Jellyby. (another culpable tool.) Mrs. Pardlg gle, (an insupportable creature.) Mr. Guppy, (abominable.) Qoorge's mother, (lower orders.) In "Oliver Twist," "Tale of Twc Cltlos " snd "Pickwick," the mothon are v-ty much In tbe back-ground, and taking Mrs. liardoll aa a spoolmen ol those who do appear, perhaps It Is Jusi as wiill thev should be. Temple Bar. ST. PETER'S DOME. Iron Banna Kuolrel It ta Kaep It from (racking. If we happen to be at church on Thursday morning, when tho publlo Is allowed to ascend to the roof and dome, or, if we have a written permission, auy day will do, we will make the ascent. A long series of very easy steps takes us to the roof, wbioh is of groat extent, and has on It small domes and also house in which workmen and other persons employed In tbe church have their homes. About tbls roof the great dome rises to the immense height of 809 feet. Around the outside of it we see strong iron bands that were put there 100 years ago, when it was feared that the dome might crack by its own enor mous weight Tbere I an Inner and an outer dome, and between these wind ing galleries and staircase, very bard on tbe legs, lead to the top, which Is called the lantern, where we can go out on the gallery and have a fine view of the country all around. Those who choose can go up some narrow steps and enter tbe hollow copper ball at the very top of every thing. When we look at this ball from tbe ground it seems about the size of a football, but lt 1 large enough to hold sixteen persons at once. On our way down, before w reach the roof, we will step upon an inside gal lery and look down Into tbe church, and a e see tbe little mites of people walking shout on the marblo floor o far beneath u we may begin to wonder that is, so in of us if these Iron bands around the outside of the dome are really very strong, for if tbey should give way while we are up there but no matter; we will go down soon. Uouie Cor. Calhollo Youth. Tannfaoa's School IMjra- More Tennyaonlana, referring tbls time to tb laureate' school day "My ancle." write ft correspondent of tbe Pall Mall Osteite, "though four years tbe poet' senior, was in tbe sm class with him at Louth, and be used to threaten Alfred Tennyson with thrash ing when h did hi Latin vera for him; thu early did be beg.n to b a poet! To tbla day ha and my father often talk of th tremendous thrash ing tbat "Old Wait,' tb bead maater, ued to give tbem, for even such a amall quantity. 1 believe both my uncle and Tennyson were laid op for some tlm with one thrashing. 01d Wlte'a por trait bsng la my father's study now, and only a few year's ago, shortly be fore Mr. Walt' death, my unci wen to bins, tbea a very old man, and h xpretaed bl regret t having bee a, cruelly free wllh tbe stick; and. If i tnlstak not. h alluded with prld U Tennyson's fsmo," Tb borg'ar atart boos for rob wioat ii - , - Tb lo of I If at n Attributable M I Varlrlv of Can Spurred forward by Mr. Pllmsoll, ws have made great effort ln recent yean to Insure more security for life at sea The result is shown In th carefully Co it-M! tvl tables prepared by Mr. Gray In 18HI, l n 59.M ot tbe men employer ln our merchant service met with a vlo lent death. In 18H7-8 tho deaths of sea men by wreck, and aocldents other thai wreck, were 1 ln 104. The deaths bj wreck and casualty were 1 tn 1ST at against 1 In 70. 39 In 1881. Tbe loss of lift In ahlpa belonging to the United King dom wss 1,53 In 1S37-8, or 8SH less thsi In the preceding yesr, and 439 less thai tbe average for the previous ten year V bave another evldonce of increased safety In the doc ream of premiums oi Insurance. Tbere ia still large roon for Improvement Mr. Gray points oul tbat ot tbe 1..M3 lives lost in 1837-8, nc lees than 7H9 wore lost ln missing ve sela The llt Inoludes a steamer of 1, 67S tons, bound from Bombay to Pa lormo; steamer of 1,1139 tons, bound from Odessa to Rotterdam, and flvi iteamers, ranging from 1,134 to 1,7 tons, bound from British porta to thi Mediterranean ln coal In these and slmll r eases lt Is diflloult to res' t th conclusion that tho d. tasters v er dui to preventable causes. It is satisfactory to know that an in tornatlonal conference has been latelj assembled at Washington, whloh hiu taken Into cons deration tb wboli subject of the loss ot life at aei and the means for Its prevention. Th rule of tbe road; tha llghti to bo carried by vessels; tb sound sig nals in fog; the regulations to deter mine tho seaworthiness of vessels Is respect to construction, equipment, man ning, discipline; the toad line; the sav ing of life and property from shipwreck by lifeboats and rafts, by the us oil and other means available at sea, and also by operations from shore; the neces sary qualifications of officers and sea men; the question of lines for steamer on frequented routes; night signals, dis tress signs a storm warnings; the Inter national d strlbtitlon of the labor ol searching for doubtful dangers; the sy temato arrangement of lighthouse, buoys and beacons, and the establish ment ot a permanent international mari time commission all these wore among th many subjects Inoludod wl'hJn th wide scope of th deliberations. Ws may look forward to good practical re sults from the Inquiry which has bees ondorUkon. Our country has don ber part toward securing an effocttv Inves tigation. We were represented t Wash ington by Mr. Charles nail, with whom are associated nautloal mon of the high est eminence In their profession. For the losses which take plaoe at aea a large measure of responsibility lies with the ship-owner. In his report to Mr. Chamberlain Mr. Ro'hery stated tbat ot 403 oases of loss which he hsd analysed no loss than 829 belonged ta the category ot preventable casualties, such as undermannlng, overloading, bad equipment snd undu pressure on mas ter to make passage or to cm dowa expense Lord llrassey, in nineteenth Century. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. Brlggs "I did not too you at ohuroh last Sunday." Braggs "No; I didn't get In until you had gone to sloep." Terre Haute Express. lie wrote: "I luv you. You have throne a apell around me." And ahe re plied: "Why don't vou use it?" Bos ton Transcript "Yes," sighed the young wlfo, "I married a professional humorist, and' I wish I hadn't" "Why?" asked her friend. "Itocause he read all bl work to me before he put lt ln th paper." N. Y. Ledger. "Well, young man, so you want to marry my duughter, eb? What do you expect to live on?" "Why, my brains." "But don't you think tbat your wife will tiro of a diet of oalfs brains?" -Harper's Bazar. He "Man, yon know, waa created onlv a little lower than th angels," She "I wouldn't say tbat It sounds so muoh like a reflection on the angola, you know." Boston Transcript Irate wife (to oolleotor) "Don't be Insolent sir. I'll tell my husband and he'll kick you all over town." "Col lnotor, confidently) "I Just guess not My name's Bill, mum, and ha never footed one in bl life If h could help if 'Washington Star. Mrs. Angollo-"Woa't lt be Just too lovoly for any thing to have wings and harps forever?" Mr. Angelica (a dys peptic) "I don't want any of lt In mln. We wouldn't be tbere a weok before you'd want my wings to put on your hst" Lowoll MulL After tho proposal "Before I go," be said, ln broken tones, "I have one last request to make of you." "Yes, Mr. Sampson?" said she. "When you return my present please prepay the express charges. I can not afford to pay any mor on your account" Harper a Bazar. "Did you ever tee any of these mind readors?" said young Smltbklns to ft young lady. "Yes, I bave attended some of tbe exhibitions." "I don't be lieve tbere is any thing ln lt" I al lowed one of tbem to try and read my mind, and do you know he couldn't at alL" "Which is in no wsy surprising," was all the young lady said. Washing ton Capital. A passenger on tb Bpringtonlo sprang np from bis deck cbalr, wber be had been sitting next to a voluble Cincinnati drummer, with ft shout that tounded like "Man overboard!" "Where? Who' overbord?" yelled a score of ex cited passenger. "I'm ovorbored," be replied. "Tbls fellow ha nearly talked me to death, and I want to have blm shut op. "-Light Mis Summit "I presume, Mr. Dashaway, tbat you will welcom th fltnnel shirt again this season. It must b ucb a comfort to you gentlemen during the hot weather." Dashaway "True; but as a matter of fact, Miss Summit, I ean't say that I like the Innovation. It I too leveling. When 1 bav on a flannel shirt, bow ar you rolng to tall tn from r wall, for In stance, from common brakeman?" Miss Summit (artlessly) "Do y on k now, I bav of tea thought of thaam thing." Clothier nd Furnisher. "This is about tb tlm of year," aid Mrs. Watt to ber neighbor, "that tb fishing fever strike my husband. If be a get out oa tb band of om I reek and catch two r thre littl mod taU in th count of an afternoon, b 1 perfectly happy." "Indeed, ao b 1 vary fond ot flthlng, then?" "Fond of RahingT Why, tbat man Is a regular snglomtnlac" Terre Haute Ex prats. It msy not b Invariably tru ths 3n feathers mak fl birds, but la th aa of th parrot tbay certainly do mak b rill last solvere Uoaal lit i'stk. i George "Laura, will you be my better half?" Laura "Oh, Georjra, how ran I, and you so good? " ll:ngbaniton Lender. Mr. O'ltafforty "Horn, Teddy. I make ye a prlslnt of an Itllgint little blackthorn, but ef ye lose It I'll break ivery bone In yor body wld It" Texas S.ftlng. Chromo Agent "Do any of your family take Interest In current art madam?" Farmer's Wife "My dsrtor Joes, sir. She put up jolly every sea son." Chicago Times, Teacher "What's the past tense of seer Pupil "Seed." "What's your authority for that form?" "A sign ln the grocery ttore." "What does It a$?" "Timothy sood." Bingbamton Repuo llcan. "Is nil Nibs In?" asked a man who entered tho office In search of the man ager. "You should say, 'Are His Nth In?' " corrected a clork who was study ing grammar in his spare ruomonta. Munsey's Weekly. A lesson In Grammar. Sylvle "Oh! Isn't ho lovely?" Paul "Wher ltd bo come from?" Pylvlo "Papa brung him home this afternoon " Paul "You shouldn't say 'brung,' Sylvle, you shoa'd say 'brang.'" Jury. Wife (affectlonatoly) "How Is yonr rheumatism this morning, John, dear?" Husband "Pretty bad, my dear; pretty bad." "Why don't you try the mind cure?" "There ain't any thing the mat ter with my mind. It's my Joints, dear; my Joints." Old Mr. Stout (In an effort to pro pose) "Do you think. Miss Hanks, that you oould lesrn to rare forme more than you do now?" Ills Housekeeper "I'm sorry you ain't satisfied, sir, but I'm loin' the best I can on twolv dollar ft month." Judge. Ardent swain (to object of his sffoo tlon) "For several weeks past I have boon trying to spenk to you, Frauloln Rosa, but you never gave me the cbanc of putting In a word. I therefore gladly avail myself of your temporary hoarse ness to mske you an offer ot marriage." Fllegende Illaetter. Tannin "I want a set of false tooth, Dr. Stumps." Dr. Stumps (tha dentist) "Well, air, this Is tho place to get them. I'm making the best teeth In the city." Tanglo "Will you guar sntee that they will look natural?" Dr. Stumps "Certainly I will. My false tooth are so natural that they actually ache. "-Light "So, I'ncle Jake, you don't much believe In the Idea that men are called to preach. ' "Wall, sah, do Lawd mout Ball some niggers ter preach, but lt sorter 'pears to mo dat whar d Lawd Mils one, old man Laslnes calls er losen. Nine nigger preachers on ten ten Is do laztes' pussons In da worl'." "How do you know, Uoota Jnko?" "'Caso Ps er preachor merse'f, sah." Arkansas Traveler. A BRILLIANT SIGHT. fta Araarlmn Inilr's Umrrlptlon of Sunaat nn tha lloaphnrua. Far up tho Nile, whore the stars which look down upon the empty tombs of tha Pharaohs shine with so great a brllllan ty that ono can almost road by tholr light, I havo seen sunsets so gorgeous that even the yellow sands of the great ieaert seemed all aglow with the color of crimson and gold shooting up from the western sky to the tonlth like the auroras near the North Cape. But never have I seen a aunsot like the ona on the Ilospborus, which oomes back to ma now more vividly than any thngelso which I saw In the strange Oriental city of Constantinople, half Asiatic and half European. We were standing on the ieok of the Bchnra, wb ch was to take as to Athena The city wss still shroud id In the gloom of a wintry sky, for It was February, and tho wind blow sharp snd ohlll from the Black Sea to the Mar mora, through tbe Bosphorus on which we were sailing. But lt was our last look at a place wemlghtnovorsoe again, and we staid outside in tbe odd, watch-. Ing as fnr ss we could soe it, the muddy Golden Horn and the long bridge across It Then, with a thought of the oomtng night and tbe tossing so which we were enter.ng, glanolng at the clouds above us, where rllts of light began to show themselves, followed by patches ot blue and salmon, which Increased tn s so and Intonsity unt.l at last there was spread out around us th grandest panorama of unset coloring it has evorbeen our fort une to witness. In front to tbe west, the sun was go Ing down dying, a th old Egyptians used to think, and, In dying, unvaillng It faoe for a farewell look at the world It was leaving. But It wa behind us, on tbe oity, that the glory lay tbe gor geous, goldon light fa ling on the gr.ind palaces of tb Sultan and the gilded dom of St Sophia, whloh, from its height of one hundred and e gbty foet looked like a great ball of Ore, and shed it brilliancy upon windows below, until they, too, blazed In the reflection, as If all tba many lamps and candles Inside the huge building had been lighted for a gala night Beyond St Sophia th minarets of the mosque of Sultan Ach mold and of Suleiman, the Magnificent, out the sky, bathed in tbe crimson sun ihlne which shone tnrough tbe tall cy press trees snd upon tbe old Seraglio, and tinged th water below its wall with a hue like blood. And now th heaven wore all aglow, and as the rainbow colors deepened and the windows ot Scutari came into view, the whole olty looked as it watch-flrea bad been kindled on all its bills in bon er of some great victory, and behind ach pane of glass ln palace and hum bler dwelling a cindle had been p aced. Even tbe stolid sailor working at th ropea paused a moment tn their work to look at the magnificent ploture, which soon began to fade, for the sun had gun down, and with It going the dome and minaret lost their bright coloring th candles went out behind the window panes, and the tall cypress tree looked black against tbe oid Seraglio over wbioh darkness wa gathering so fast; Stamboul, Oalata and Scutari were lost In the twilight; tbe fires went out upon tb bills; th night win.lt blew cold across tbe deck; the bhie Ilospborus wa behind us; we were on the sea of Mar mora, and that glorious sunset wa gon forever. Mary J. Hollies, ln Ladle' Home Journal A Parndlaa for Old Hata, Tbls U found In tbe Ntcobar Islands, whloh ar situated northwest of Suma tra. It Is the only place, the Talker be lieve, wber second-hand bat are pre ferred to new one. Ia these Islands, It Is said, that all of th inhabitants vl with each other In the effort to obtain tbe grcatett number of old hats. Tbere s such a demand for them tbat mer chant from Calcutt ship tbitber whole rargor ef tbls cast-off material anu ex sbange them tor coco nuts. White hit with b'.acki bands Kea to bring ths highest prices, snd fetch from fifty to tlxty-fiv good note. Christian, At Work.