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ATLANTIS. Pmud lle of llio long distant nge, Nlerd Innil of philosopher's dreams, Tliv name, In nil history's pages, With mistical radiance gleams: Enchantment her glamour of glory Has cast like n mantel o'it thee, As Time 1ms repeated thy story, Ixtgcmor the sea, Atlantis, Atlantis I lost gem of the sea. r.rlcht funshlnc no more rIMs thy mountains; Thy sloths nrc cnshromlud In night; I'lid K-crned are thv dear mulling fountains, Once crowned tilth seven-lined light; AH hinhed are thy hlrd-notcs. once gladly ltesotind ng o'er valley nnd lea; Elow tides through thy forests sweep sadly, Lost gem of the sea, Atlantis, Atlantis I lost gem of the sea. Sunk In ruins, thy palaces nestle Where, fhnit t Ihes fearlessly roam; Far above thv rich llelds the staunch vessel Sails swift 'through the hlsh tosMng foanu Thv monuments, fallen nnd shnttered, Can give to tradition no key; The threads of thy hauliers are scattered, Lost gem of the sea, Atlantis, Atlantlsl lost gent of the sea. Thy sons He at rest 'ncath the waters. 'lhelr tombs 'mid the coral groves placed; And with thi'in repose the fair daughters Who-e presence thv inaiis.on-lmlls graced. All at peace are thy foes and defenders: Side br side, sleep the s'.ivc and the free; A hat noiv are thy kingdoms or splendors, , l.tvl gem ot the Seal Atlantis, Atlantlsl lost gem of the sea. What scenes of earth's newness clystan Were rimmed by the curve of thy shore, Lre came inlchtv Nature's dccl-lou, "Stand thou before heaven no morel" Wl nt tales of hciolo endeavor, What tv sdom of iiond'rom degree, Are senlfd In thy bosom forever, I.otgemof the seal Atlantis, Atlantlsl lost gem of the sea. Oreat mother of nntions unnumbered, Once teeming tilth manifold life; For lent nilcs past thou hast slumbered, Unmoved by the surges' hoarse strife. Man's curious questioning scorning, Close-hidden thy secret shall be, Till thou greetcst eternity's morning, , Lost l'ciii of tliu sea, Atlantis, Atlantlsl hut gem of the sea. Char c3 JJorcitu Jaryer, fi Tht Current. AN AWAKENING. "Will yon como down to our place next Monday, Charlie, for u couple of day's .shooting?" 'Monday? Yes. Delighted, old cll.'ip." Then tlio friends proceeded to settle details. 'J'iiuy would meet at tliu sta tion nnd go liy the f):.'!0 train, which would laud them In comfortable lima for dinner. Now, if Charles West had a weak ness, it was that ho was prone to bo a little obi vious about time, and was in Iho habit of running his engagements rather line. The Monday afternoon, to beguile tiie time betweun luncheon and the train, ho called on a pretty woman of his ncqaintnnoo, and who was so amusing that lie slopped until tliu last moment and then jumped into a hau Kotn, telling Ids johu to drive like (lie devil. Unfortunately, his own wateli had stopped (ho lorgot to wind it up the previous night), and how could he know that his hostess' clock was a quarter of an hour slow? When liu arrived on the platform he was met by his servant, who. with a rouutonaneu inexpressive of emotion, pleasurable or otherwise, informed ill 1 1 that the train had departed, bear ing Captain Leslie wtli it. Tim Cap tain had left word that he hoped Mr. West would go by tliu next train, which was not nntilSN'IO, and reached D at 10:15, lie would drive the dogcart over to meet hnn it wassix miles from the station. Charlie swore exhaustively. He was not ill-tempered, hut surely, if a man might be justified (which 1 by no means admit) in indulging in bad lan guage, hero was a ease in point. To lind toursolf in the east end of London, with two h. iirs and lifty minutes on hand; to have foregone a pleasant din ner and evening; to have put your host to great Inconvenience and probably to have given a bad impression to his fam ily before your arrival all those tilings nre extremely vex ng. Hut, having a tolerably happy dispo sit ion, Charlie, after his" lirst outburst of wrath anil disgust, took it very well. Ho got inlo another hansom, returned to his club at the West End, read the papers, dined lightly and took excellent care to be in time for the tf:!H). It was a slow train it stopped at nearly every station, and arrived at last, thirty-five minutes late. His fr end, who hud time to recover Ids lirst feeling of resentment at Charlie's confounded menus. dorntcuo.ss, met him cordially. The dog-cart was capacious, nnd they managed to cram in the ser vant ami luggage and went oil' at n spanking pace to tliu court. The moon shono brightly, the roads were tixccll Mil. ".love!" uttered Charlie, drawing a long breath. "How good everything btuells, and what a blussing it is to get out of London." They drove through a long avenue of trees ami (tame to a big, old-fashioned red house with a groat mure shining 1 l.e a mirror in front of it. "1 expect," suidd'oorgo Leslie, "that wo shall lind everybody gone to b.'d ; ull my people are "tronionduousry early." And so It proved. Tho friends re freshed themselves In the dining-room toto-a-toto, then returned to the smoking-room, and tho hour of 1 had given tongue from the stable-clot k before they thought of turning in. Leslie showed Charlie his room, spacious and tapestry-hung, and the young gentle man, having drawn back tliu curtains which the housemaid, after the manner of Iter kind, had hermetically closed, and thrown ono w ndotv wide open, re tired to bud, to sleep the sleep of tint list, lie awoke en sursaut by hearing ils name, "Charlie! Charley! do wake up" t was a pretty font nine voice, nnd Charlie was not in the habit of be ing called in tills fashion. Tie started and looked up. What lie saw was a slim young huly, with a very pretty figure, in a Uluo cotton gown and the hack of a charming head with golden plaits. Tho fair one was look ing out of the window and apostrophiz ing hnn sit the same time. It iKsneh a glorious morning; nrou't you indmniod of yourolf. you groat Idle creature, to bu lying thero missing 11 th a lovely sunshine? Do get up uud come out with mo before breakfast." Chnrlc. is not shy. but a very decided feeling of ombarrasmont creeps over him. Of course it is a mistake. Ho lias known somo rapid young ladies in Ids time, but never one who would Itavo come into his room to call him beforo she had ever been introduced to him. lint how on earth was In; to intimato to her that she was in error about his idenly? Sha had called him Charlie, too! "Leslie's name wasficorgc, and ho had no brothers. In any case it was rather a strong order for a girl to como into any man's room who was not her brother. Charlie buried his head under the c!othe, and awaited tho denouement. t was not long in coming. "Charlie," said the fair ono again, and this time her voice indicated that lier face was turned in his direction, "if you don't wake up tills instant I will throw a wet sponge at you. You are a lazy pig!" Then ho heard hnr proceed to tho washing-stand and dip a sponge in tiio water, and partly wring it. Next mo ment, witli unusually good a. m for a girl, it bounced on his head, which was protected by the bedclothes. Charle smothered a laugh, it was be coming too ridiculous. "Very well, then." said tho voice, ap proaching; "I shall come and drag the coll lies oil you." Now ho" must act with promptness. Ho raised himself a little and put the clothes just far enough back for his as sailant to see his laughing bluo eyes. Tho damsel Mopped midway in her ca reer; an express on of stonv horror llashed inlo her face; her cheeks died with crimson, and uttering an agon. zed littlo groan she turned and lied. Charlie laughed all tho time ho was gottmg ii)). He could not help wonder ing how she would meet him at break fast. Hy Jove, what a pretty croaluro she was! Would she toll any ono or would sho ignore tho incident? Ho would take his cue from her. The fam ily were all assembled in the breakfast--room when he came down, and ho was presented to his host and hostess; to tliroo nice, fresh-looking girls. Leslie's sisters, and a fair 3 oung fellow about his own height and coloring as "my cousin Kane." Hut where was tliu fourth, his charming visitant? Thero was no other place laid at tho table, and breakfast came and wont and sho did not appear. He heard tho other girls address tho cousin as Charlio, and comprehended that tiiat was tho young gentlemnn for whom ho had mistaken. Still ho diil not approve of a girl, such a pretty girl, too, making so free witli a cousin. "A brother is all very well," etc. It was evident that no ono knew .1 syllable about the ovont of tho morn ing. Every time tho door opened Char lio looked toward it; his eyes wandered over the lawn into tho garden. Ho was almost distrait. "Have you any nioro sistersP" ho asked of Leslie, as they walked to gether to tho shooting, a littlo apart from tlio father and cousin. "No, only those three," replied Les lie. "And (piito enough, too." Charlie was completely mystified. He did not shoot as straight as usual; his thoughts were distracted by tliu pretty, golden-haired creature who had aroused him from Ids slumbers. Ho could not have dreamed it no, there was the wet sponge on his bed when he got up. The shooting was over; ho and Les lie were strolling homeward along tlio road, when a smart little village cart with a trotting pony, and freighted with two lad.i's came toward them. "This is our parson's wife," said Leslie. "Such a good sort I must in troduce you to her." And, as ho made a sign to tlio charioteer, sho pulled up, and Charlie saw her companion was li s fa r friend of the morning. "How are you, Mrs. Grey?" cried Leslie, ehoerly. "Let me introduce my friend West "to von. Mrs. Grey, Mr. West; Lil. Mr. West." Lil made the slightest motion of her head, without meeting Charlie's eyes. L'slio indulged in some gay bandinago with Mrs. Grey and Charlie, though lie felt slightly embarrassed, tried tomako conversation with Miss Lil. She an swered "yes." or "no," at occasion re quired, niid never once raised her eyes to his lace. "Do como up and dino to-night. Mrs. Grey," entreated Leslie; ' my mother would bo so awfully pleased. I'll go homo and get a mite from her if you think it necessary." Mrs. Grev appeared to waver; thon Charlie distinctly saw Miss Lil pinch her friend In a meaning manner. "Many thanks; I am sorry, but I can not possibly manage it to-night," Mrs. Grey answered. We have so much to do still for the bazaar." "Lil, yon young puss!" cried Leslie, what ilo you moan by deserting us in this way?" It is a very puor compli ment to West, here." "Wo, are so busy settling about tho bazaar," replied thooung huly. "Well, 1 suppose on nrocomng homo sometime to "night .Shall 1 walk down and fetch you?" "Do!" said Mrs, Grey; but again West saw the surreptit ous pinch, and Miss Lil replied hastily: "No, please don't. Mr. Grey will see mo home. 1 do not know w hen I shall bo ready." The pony was getting impatient. "We must bo oil'." said Mrs. Groy. Tommy is in a hurry." And away they tlow. "What do you think of our parson's wife?" asked" Leslie. "Not much the out of a parson's wife," replied Charlie. "H .love! what a figure, and what a lit her jacket was!" "She's tlio right sort," said Leslie "It would bo'n deuced good job if there were more like her. Hring a lot more sinners to repentance!" and ho laughed monilv. "Who is tho young lady with hor?" askod Charlie, trying to speak indiffer ently. "i. that is Lilian Pano, my cousin, Charlie's slstei." "A foighl seemed taken from ills friend's breast. "01" hu said with a gasp of reltof. "Tiresome, capricious money," ex ulnimed Leslie. "Shu mustoUko it into hur head ail of a sudden th s morning to fly up beforo breakfast down to Mrs. Grey. It is all rubb sli ubou: Uiu bazar; it is not to bu fur another month. Just becamo I wanted you to meet her. She is capi tal company and sings divinely. Just like a woman. Last night asked a dozen questions and was quite inter ested about yon, and this morning Hies oil' without stopping to sot eyes on ton." A smile curled Charlie's upper lip. "She is lovely," he said. "It is very unk nd of her." "Njisty littlo vixen," retorted Leslie. In his heart Charlie was secretly provoked. Leslie's s.sters were nice, cherry, fresh-looking- girls, but they could not hold a candle to Lilian. Ho was dying to see her again. He had never felt such an interest in a girl be fore. She did not make her appear ance that evening, and tlio following morning at breakfast she was still ab sent, lie was piqued. It was simply ridiculous for her to go on shunning him on account ot a stupid little con tretemps that might have happened to any one. "I'm afraid." ho remarked with a touch of iiiquo, as they wero standing in tho hail waiting to start on their shooting expedition; "I'm afraid it is I who am driving Miss l'annio out of the house." "Humbug!" returned Captain Les lie. "Win should you?" Then, as a sudden thought struck him, ho turned on his heel and went into tho morning room. "Mother," ho said, ask Mrs. Gray to dino to-night, and make Lillian come back, whether or no." As Mr. West was a gentleman of in dependent fortune, and she had three daughters, Mrs. Leslie was not alto gether displeased at tho pretty cousin having absented herself. "Of course I will ask llicm, my dear," sho replied; "but thoy are so busy with their bazar that I am not at all suro 1 shall persuade them to come." "If you don't," observed Leslie pointedly, "West will fancy yon are keeping L'd out of tho way on pur pose. I am pretty suro ho thinks so now." "George!" exclaimed his mother in dignantly, "how can ton say anything so absurd?" "Well, take my advice, and have her hack to-night;" and Captain Leslio departed without giving ids mother any time to make a rejoiner. He had, however, said quito enough. Mrs. Leslie forthwith put on her bon net and went down to tho rectory. Sho found Mrs. Grey and Lilian silt ng un der a tree together making a languid preteiifo of needlework. Mrs. Leslie greeted both affectionately. "Wo par ticularly wanted you to come up and dii.o with us to night," she said to the rectoress; "and this haughty truant must not remain away longer," smil ing sweetly on Lilian. "Oil, aunty, wo are so busv!" cried tho young lady, plying her needle vig orouslv. "Von must not quite forget, un love, that ton are my guest,,' said her aunt, with a certain amount of digu ty and a tone that .mplied reproof. Lilian understood it and colored deeply. 1 shall bo delighted to dine." inter posed Mrs Grey, hastily; "and you must not blame me for monopolizing so much of Lil an's time." I do not blame any one," returned Mrs. Leslie, naively; "but I hope to see you botli at. dinner to-night." So, as Miss Lilian had no desire to oll'end her aunt, she overcame her re pugnance to meeting Mr. West, and, to I hat gentleman's great delight, lie had the plea.siire of taking her to din ner that .same evening. Two or three neighbors had been in v ted. Hut, al though Charlio had an immense fund of .small talk and was reputed excel lent company, he failed altogether in inspiring any interest in h s fair neigh bor. She appeared, as she was per fectly uncoinl'01 table, and onlv respond ed to his sallies by monosyllables. It was a glorious moonlight night, and after dinner some of the touiig people went out into the gardens. Charlio watched his opportunity and pounced on Lilian, keep.ng herongago eil 111 conversation until thev were separated .some littlo d stance from tlio others. Then ho said suddenly, and without a slight llutterat Ins heart: "W.iv will you not speak to me? Suivl,- it is not my fault that such a stupid little accident should have oo euned. Why need ton b.-ar malice becau.se I was put in the room that your brother had been occupying?" In tho moonlight he could see tho swift crimson rao ng through her fair skin. "1 I shall never, never get over it!" she said, putting up her hands to cover the flames that wore burn ng hor face. 'What can you have thought of mo? if if an 0110 were to know it I should never hold up my head again." "1 hope ton think 1 am a gentle man," cr.od Chad 0, indignantly. "I Mipnosu ton don't think one word would ever pass nit lips on tho sub ject?'' "Will you swear it?" said tlio dis comtited'mnidon. And he swore bv all his goods. Af ter that she becamo more friendly. He had up to this time entertained a rooted avers 011 to matrimony even now ho could not quite make up his mind to propose to Ld.au, but thought ho would wait and see how ho felt. Ho was delighted to lind that she 1 veil in London, and struck up a tremendous friendship with her brother, whom ho bade to dinner a ul many other enter tainments. Kvorv day after ho was parted from Lltan ho felt worse and worse; lie began even to think that it was the bust thing in tho world for ft voung man to settle down, and that the constant presence of a domestic nugol must make Heaven of earth. So when Ldiau returned to London, Charlie, aided and ahettodby his name sake, contrived t so a groat deal of tier. Ho was invited tod no at hor moth er's house, and one evening, when ho had inveigled her into the ohurmng conservatory that led out of the drawing-room, lie. 111 tho mi lst of pretend ing to admire a (lower, turned suddenly to hor, and in a voieo that was a little uustoadv, exclaimed: "O, Lilian, can't ton see how awfully in love I 11 in with yon?" Lilian looked down. Sho made no response to his words or to tho pressure of tho hand which seized licr's. "Don't vou care n 1. tile for mo, dar ling?" he asked. Lilian turned nwny her head. "You have quito forgiven mo for what happened at tlio court, haven't you?" ho pleaded, maladroit ly, She dragged her hanil from his and turned a pair of Hashing eyes upon him. "If you daro remind 1110 sho began. "No, I won't, I won't." lie interrupt ed her. "Hut, don't you see, darling" and just tho least twinkle of mis- chiovousnos canio into his blue eyes "if vou feel so dreadfully bad about it, it would bo all put quito straight by vour marrting me. J hen you may throw any number of wot sponges at 1110 without any qualms of conscience afterward." This was too much. Lilian toro her self from him and rushed into tho drawing room. lie followed hor. Mercifully for him, 110 ono else was there. "Forgive mo, darling, and say that you do euro a littlo forme,'' ho pleaded, taking nor hand for the third time. "ll will think about it, she mur mured. "Think now," ho said kissing her whether she woulo or no. And ultimately sho decided to make him happy. Hiickhoiic of tho Continent. Tho pass through tho "Garden ol the Gods" is a particularly novel and interesting spot. Tho rocks here have been gradully worn away by tho attri tion of ages, and have assumed the most odd and grotesque figures. A littlo stretch of tho imagination and ono is immed atcly among tho gods and heroes of Grecian and Scandina vian mt thology. Wo reached our destination a littlo nast noon, a till after refresh ng our selves with a most abundant and in viting lunch by tho side of a clear, rip pling brook, we proceeded to tako a view of the "Seven Falls." This is a magnificent cataract, with a perpen dicular fall almost equal to that of Ni agara. Thero arc seven lliglits of steps by which you ascend the moun tain, where you gain a Hotter view 01 them than from below. Standing hero wo aro impressed not only by tho beauty and sublimity of the falls, but we feel the inspiration 01 the spot. Here wo aro poised upon the main axis of this continent, tho groat divid ing range which separates the streams of "tho Pacific slope from thoso of tho broad central plains. Last week 1 took an excursion to tlio valley of tho Arkansas and tho Royal Gorge, ono of the most wonderful sights in this region of wonders. This day's experience in my life will ovor form a page in my memory with the leaf turned down. Never shall I forget tho awakening dawn of that glorious morning tho sun kissing tho moun tain heights, and adown tlio hillsides, and deep into the dark vallev, pouring a flood of radience tlio earth arousing from her mght of sleep, and through all her arteries bounding tho pulse of life. Tho low veiling mists reflecting rainbow hues. Diamonds flashing back the sunbeams from every leaf and spray and tiowor. sparkling emeralds carpet ing tho earth, anil tho whole universo clothed in its thousand varied lines, all combine to make a scene lilting a king, and that king the king of Heaven. Munituu Cor.'cw Orleans Tones' Dem ocrat. Why the Hnby Cries. Tho young bachelor who volunteered an opinion as to the reason for a baby's smile, and the summary justice which ho received at tho hands of tho baby's nurso, aro well known, but why the baby cries is a matter as to which few men have any curiosity, provided it is not too lato to have an engagement down town when tho concert liegms. Tho Mother's Manuel of Ch ldreu's Diseases" explains tlio matter thus: 'Cries aro the only language which a young baby lias to express its distress, as" smiles and laughter and merry antics tell without u word its gladness. Tho baby must bo ill, is all that its cries toll one" person; another, who has soon much of sick children, will gather from them more, and w 11 bo able to judge whether its sull'ering is in tlio head, chest or stomach. Too cries of a baby w.th a stomach ache are long an I loud and passionate; it sheds a profusion of te.rv, now stops a moment, and thou begins again, drawing up its logs to its stomach; and as tlio pain passes oil', stretches tltoni out again, and ttith many littlo sobs passes oil" into a quiet sleep. If it has inllatnation of the chest it does not ciy loud, it sheds no tears, but every few minutes, ospeciallv after drawing a deeper breath than before, or after each short, hacking cough, it gives a 1 ttlo crv, which it cheeks, apparently, beforo it has half finished, and this, bo cause it has no breath to waste 111 cries, or because the cll'ort makes its breathing more painful. If disease is go.ng 011 in the head, tho child utters sharp, piercing shrieks, and then between whiles a low moan or wal, or perhaps no .sound at all, but lies quiet, apparent ly dozing, till pain wakes it up again." ihicttijo .Sews. Throwing Passengers Overboard. The barbarous custom ot throwing passengers overboard as soon as tho breath has left their bodies when thoy dio at sea on a transatlantic steamer lias nearly ran its course. Since our statement that an ocean passenger steamer is legally bound to deliver per sons who pay their passage in advanco nt thoir port of dest. nation, whether they dio or not, wo have received assur ances that convince us that wo aro cor rect. As caskets can bo obtained in which a body can bo kept 11 a fair state of preservation two weeks with out the use of ice, all European nasson ger steamers should bo compelled to carry them. Tho relatives or friends of those who die at sea would gladly pay the extra expense entailed in pro serv.ng the r bodies and returning them to laud for decent and Christian burial. .Ve' York Marine Jouriiat.o As ininy its ;W,000 kbit tilt are made unu- ally In the Vale of Cashmere, which are north ou au average, 1,0 apiece. ENGLISH BILLIARDS. A. Silly nnd Stupid Onmo Thnt Is Ob solete In America. The rail Mall Gazette inquiros, in ronncction witli tho bankruptcy of Cook, the famous billiardplayer, wheth er the English taste for "billiards and show games" is dying out. The facts in this case are certainly curious. Cook is ono of the best English players, and occupies a position like that of Schaefcr or Slosson in this country. Yet he sworn that while the rent of his saloon was $1,250 and his marker and his waiter cost him $25 a week tho gross receipts of his place sinco April had not exceeded the latter amount week ly. Ho attributes his misfortune to a decline in the popularity of tho game. Everybody knows that in this country tho popularity of billiards is steadily increasing. There is not a billiard sa loon in Now York of which tho weekly receipts arc so small as that of the sa loon kept by one of tho most famous platers in London, while a player of Cook's rank could here earn a salary greater than Cook's total receipts by simply plat ing every daj in one place and thus attracting customers to it. In a general way Englishmen are quite as fond of games, either of skill or chance, as Americans are, and it seems odd that while billiards aro more and nioro played in tho United Stales thoy should bu loss anil less played in England. The iLH'erence must be looked for in the diUereneo between English and American b.lliards. Tlio Hritish con servatism which Emerson described as "prehensility of tail" is shown in nothing more strikingly than in tho manner in which tlio English cling to the most crude and antiquated forms of pastime. Cricket is a game which no body who is duly impressed with tlio shortness and uncertainty of human life lias any business witli. either as a player or spectator. It commonly takes three days to play out a first-class match, because of the enormous amount of time wasted in observing the conventionalities and traditions of tho game, besides tho amount wasted in absolute dawdling, if indeed this bo not ono of tho cherished traditions. Tho American people, to almost all of whom time is of some value, show their sense of its value by abstaining from at tendance, in any great numbers, upon tho solemn exercises of an interna tional match. If cricket wero to be come popular in this country it would have to bo so transformed that an En glish cricketer would scarcely recog nize it, and this transformation might bo eil'eeted without sacrificing any of the really admirable features of tho game. Tho old English gamo of "rounders" is the original of base-ball. Tlio gamo has been improved beyond recognition, and not tlte least improve ment is tho shortening of it, so that a first-class match can now bo witnessed after business hours. The result is that probably twenty times as many people have attended base-ball matches in this country during tho past summer as over in ono season attended cricket matches in England. English billiards su-Tor under equal disadvantages with cricket, though tho disadvantages aro not tho same. Tho gamo is played upon a vast pla n of seventy-two square feet, broken by six apertures at tho sides. This structure requ.res a space of at least twentt-two by sixteen feet. Tho breaks in tlio cushion caused by the pockets preclude the continuous use of tiio rail and great ly hamper the play for position which in fully civilized countries is regarded us the highest attainment and severest test of skill. It was on such a table that billiards wero played in this country twenty-iivo years ago, and all tho changes that "have since been made in it have tended to make tho game more scientific and more intorostingand consequently moro popular. It is curious to reflect that at that remote period American billnrd pla ers not only played a gamo in winch pockets and earroms wero mixed, but that the color of the ball pocketed or of the balls carromcd upon mado a d llbr enco 111 tho score. These absurdities wero long ago removed from the Amer ican game. They survive in tho Eng lish game. The standard American ta ble is two feet shorter and a foot nar rower than tlio Engl sh table, while a smaller size still is used vorv commonly in clubs and saloons and almost univer sally in private houses, whore such a table requires about two-thirds the room needed for an English table. Tlio only advantage that can be claimed for tiio English table over the American table is that pool can bo played on it. Hut this is really a drawback, since billiards is an interest ng and seient.lic gamo and pool is merely a form of riot. If wo had been as stubborn as tho English in refusing to rat onalizo b.lliards our best b lliard players might bo going into bankruptcy. If the English had followed our "example billiards might bo as popular in England as they aro here, and the English players 111 gltt bo contending with practitioners of civil ized b lliards in Par s or Now York in stead ot making dismal series of "spot strokes against each other. .Veto York Times. The Press. Tlio press sways the world. It is the great lover by which human minds are moved; tho moulder of public opinion; tlio elovating and enobling power that lifts us, work-worn and weary though wo may be, out of the time deepened ruts of conservatism, and places us fairly ami squarely upon the even and upward track of advanced thought and feeling. Every elomont that has contributed to tho growth nnd prosperity of a beau tiful city, and helped to placo her in tlio envied position she occupies among the chief cities of a nation, becomes a subject of prido to hor citizens, and of interest not onlv to them, but also to the groat multitude who aro connected with hur by social ties or bus uoss re lations. And among the agencies that have brought about this result, none has been more oowerful than hor press. This is the golden age of tho iiross Long live tho uowspapor; verily, it bwuS tho world. St. Louis Magazine. THE OLD CHAPEL. From f unlit clm. that pentlv cant. The I011R anil sleepy sliadoirs lall Across the wild-crown sod, aslant The slotvly niold'rlnir chapel tvalL The chapel long In mosses ilrescd. The snail upon the crumbling sill, Beneath the eves the ttvalloiv's nest, But prove that God's Is nature's tilth Waihcd has the rain Its clapboards hare; - The window-panes have dropped nwny; Now, late the wild grapes cluster there. And there the thistles bloom hi May. The pigeon's coo from out the coop, The tqulrrcl heard but still unseen, The paoslng of a schoolboy croup, Can scarce att akc the slutnb'riiig scena. Within those walls it hat shouts have rua In davs when virtue virtue tied; How often there the choir has sung; There echoed up the funeral tread. But now its shattered walls unite No more the village sires in prayer; And yet, It s ems. by day and ulght A s'acred spirit lingers there. Oh. mindlnc of Its happr prime. With ttrlnklcRdeep'nimr ou thy brotr, Sav, is It not akin to crime To see It thus forsaken nowl Neath slxtv summers' sun and shower; They say it? time Is aluunt tlironsra; But bill!, O chapel, thou hast ixnter To wurti the false and guard the true I Sidney Wadnuuu WAYLAYINC A GROCER. Why Wnshbonrds mid tlio 1'rlco of Mrawfocrrlcs 'l ook u Sudden Itlsc. One afternoon not long ago a very innocent-looking niiddle-agcd man en tered a grocery on Michigan avctiuc. bought a nickel's worth of tobacco, and suddenly began laughing, "What's happened?'' queried the as tonished grocer. "Say, I've got a friend who roosts on the top limb of American his'ory. What . he doesn t know about tho Kovolulion ' arv War isn't worth knowing, and ho's mighty glad to air his opinions on ev ery pass ble occasion. Say, l'vo got him dead to rights." "How?" "Wo got to tailing about Lord Corn wallis the other day, and ho said tho surrender was on the 17th of tho month. 1 said tho 27tli. Wo disputed and got hot, and I've been ovor to tho Public Library to settle the matter, l'vo got tho date in this book, and now I'm go ing to got. a but of ton dollars out of Jim. Hello there!" At that moment Irs frichd entered the store, and the lirst comor at ouco said: "Sav, Jim. do you stick to tlio 17lh?" "Of" course." "How much?" "Any sum you like." "We'll." said the first as he winked at the grocer, "1 don't mind going live dollars even up." "And I'll take tho same," said tho grocer. The twonty dollars was handed to tho shoemaker next door, and thugrinn ng grocer rubbed h s hands and remarked: "Awl r ght. Open your book and paralyze him." Tlio Look was opened. Tho man ran his linger along the lines to a stop, rubbed his eyes, held tho book up a little, ami finally said: "Here, grocer, what does it say?" "It sat s: 'Thero was no eseape, and on the 17th Lord Cornwallis surrender ed.' Hang it! ou said it was tho 27th." "Yes, I know, but I must have got it mixed!'' "I'll take the twenty dollars," said the student of history as ho reached out his hand. He got it and tiic two skinned out. The grocer sat down in a tub of on ons to think it over, and when he became satisfied that it was agiim-gaino to beat him. and that the two men were con federates, he rose up and kicked a dozen washboards sky-high and marked the price of strawberries up four cents per quart. Detroit Ficc Dress. Church Cigglors. Some churches, remarks The Christ ian Life, London, aro troubled with groaners and sonic witii gigglors. Wo cannot tell which is tlio greater nuisance. An eminent minister recently -aid of tlio latter: "Giggling is do.scriued in tlio dictionary as the act of 'laughing idly, tittering, grinning.' It is silly and childish enough anywhere, but in church it is abom nable, and vol thoro is no placo whore giggling is more common, it is natural in school g rls, but when met in young women of 1!) or 20 it is unpardonable. It is frequently a char acteristic of young men with incipient mustaches, who think thoy qualify them selves for manhood by atlecting con tempt for which their ciders revore. Thoy gigglo at sun, thing. If thoy catch tho eye of au acquaintance, thoy gigglo; if a woman rises too soon for a hunn, they gigglo; if a baby cries, they gigglo; if somo ono drops a book, thoy giggle; if tho clergyman coughs, thoy g ggle; if tlio plate is handed to some one who puts nothing in it, diey gigglo; if some ono near them sings out or repeats tho responses louder, thoy g ggle; if tho choir makes a mistake, they giggle. In fact, nothing is too small or its giiifieant to arrest their not'.co and produce a giggle- Newspaper Circulation. There is no public faith in tho accur acy of tho daily reports of newspaper circulation which have been published in many journals. Even when sworu to the' aro not believed, for the reason that thoy maj bo honestly sworn to and yet be largely false. Any number of papers may bo printed and d stnbuted and sworn to as circulation; but how many aro returned? how many aro not sent to bona-fido readers? If tho cash payments for circulation wero honestly sworn to, the honest circulation would bo readied; but no newspaper lias overt attempted that only honest test of bona lido readers. Purchases by jKiiitical committees; spec al sales to advertisers, which are often mado at nominal prices to give tho appearance of circulation; specimen papors sent freo through can vassers or by mall to introduce tho paper bear no relation to buna-lulu newspaper circulation, and joumau which specially force and boost one illa tion always withhold from their public liguras tlio largu porouutago of iiapers uSt read or paid for.-iViitaiWi.ii Timei.