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old mr. mottle. A Strictly Vernrlniu Jfew York Itonrillny House J)ilsnilv. Everybody know that dinner was nearly ready as the combined odor of boarding-houso vegetables had becom so painfull intense. Old Sir. Kottlo wandered down stair on the early bird principle- and took his scat. It may have been owing to the rain and wet weather outside, but tho old man was not in the besthumdr Ho ncted as though the world had hus tled him sonic and he wanted to drown sorrow in dinner. Tho bell rang as ho sont a pair of foraging eyes about tho table and tho other boardors began to drop in. The Two Maiden Ladies wore tho first to arrive, then tho Young Lady Hoarder attended by tho Bank Clerk and with every body following No ono noticed old Mr. Rottle's gloom. Tho Bank Clerk was in such high spirits that his sallies with the Young Lady Boarder occupied tho at tention of the table. Tho elder Maiden Lady was shocked at such a flow of spirits and remarked it to her companion, who ato three olives and said it was scandalous. As for tho Bank Clerk ho was in a reckless state. He devoured two plates, of soup without scrutinizing tho com position, and chatted aflably across the tablo with tho loung Lady Boarder. "Had quite an adventure to-day," he remarked, spilling some cranberry sauce on the table-cloth and putting his buttcr-disli over tho spot. Tho Young Lady Boarder was all interest immediately, mid so was every bod else, except old Mr. Bottle. "You seo when 1 was up in Connect! cut last month," said the Bank Clerk, "I lost mv umbrella. It rained so 1 had to sail into a country store and in vest n dollar and eight cents in a family cotton. I had trouble with that umbrella right oil. It wasn t spread tell minutes before tho dyo began to run and tho water fell oil the ribs in great brown drops, just as though it was rainiiiir molasses. I hurried to catch a train, and when I tried to furl that umbrella tho stick was swelled. I had to climb on tho back platform and it took me twelve minutes to get that Connecticut cotton together. To-day I whittled tho stick down and tried tho umbrella agabi. There- was a crowd on Wall street, but I was hurrying along and thinking pretty hard when a seedy old cove in front of me calls over his shoulder as angry as can bo: 'Hoy tliero, you young rascal, got your umbrella out of my collar,' and sure enough," added tho Bank Clerk, chuckling immoderately, "in the crowd a rib of my cotton umbrella had got wedged between the old party's neck and collar and was dripping molasses colored rain down his back." At this -mint old Mr. Rottlo turned red, and suddenly put his In mis to the back of his neck. "You young wretch," ho exclaimed, in tones that trembled with anger. "Not contont with poking your um brella into mo on tho street, you make a jest of it 'in public. The rudeness and flippancy of the rising generation is past endurance," and choking witli Indignation and soup tho old man hur ried out of tho dining-room. There was an appalled silence for Home minutes. Tho Bank Clerk's hi larity was already two miles and a half away, and still moving sixty miles an hour. At length the Young Lady Boarder said she preferred dark ni"at and tho Landlady asked every body to keep their spoons for the next course. Ar. Y. Tribune. Courting With a Brass Band. "Charley, I hear your girl has gone back on you." That's right." What was the trouble?" "She got mad because- I courted her with a brass band." "Well, that was a peculiar method; but I should think she would have felt coinplimonted rather than angry." "Sho didn't. She said sho wouldn't have any thing to do with a follow who couldn't come to tho front with a solid gold ring." Washington Critic. Plantation Philosophy. Do ignunt man, no matter of ho has got mo' monoy den or smart man, ain't nigh ez much uso tor do curmunlty. liver' yeah I'so mo' an mo' 'vinccd dat yor kaiu't guiigo do Verity o' or nuui by whutho says. Do haug squeals jistoz loud w'eu ho ain't hurt ez w'on ho is. Do man whut has do mos' frion's Is do man whut uses 'em do least. Do only way tor hab or nieo coat for Sun day Is not torw'ar it mo'u onco or week. A rkansn w Tra vckr. A Successful Boycott. "Say, Titmarsh, it's about tlmo you changed that shirt." "Oh, I'm boycotting my washer woman." "Whut for?" "Why, sho struck for fifty conts a dozen, so I'm boycotting her." X. Y. Sun. m A prominent junk dealer recently received an order for ten thousand old tomato cans. Tho dealer explained that much of this kind of tin is used for corners and odgo pioces on a low grada of trunks, while many peoplo uso it for flushings on roofs. Tho dealer is obliged to molt tho solder off, straighten the cans 6ut into flat sheets, pack the pieces in flat bundles for ship ment, and only gets about if 10 por ton for Ids trouble. Iron Age. r-Tho profits of tho Chicago stock yards nro said to have roachod tho enormous sum of 000, 000 during the post ton years. A SARDINES STORY. A Commercial 1'rninl J"xpnrl In a Novel nnl Aimiftlnir Way. I was in a iirst-class restaurant din ing with ii friend, and feeling in a gen oralis mood, called for a box of sar dines. "Mind, now," I said to tho waiter, "I want th'o genuine article none ol the down Last imitation." "Very well." lie disappeared and soon returned bringing what seemed do bo tho real thing called for, picked up our check replaced it with ono calling for lift cents more, smiled and retired. "Ah!" I said, tipping back tho lid which had been skillfully opened by the waiter, "here is food fit for a king. Look, I added, turning the box about so that my companion could read the legend neatly inscribed on the gilt bain encircling the sardine box a l'huille d'olive "no imitation about that, ehl Trv one." My friend thrust his glittering fork into one of the tempting morsels, when to tho astonishment of both of us, it began to work its gills and wiggle it: tins and tail. Its eyes snapped vicious ly. My friend was nbout to drop his fork in amazement, believing the lisli to be bewitched, when, to our wonder, it suddenly spoke out in a low but in telligible voice: "I am no sardine." What are you?" I asked excitedly. "Only a herring, a harmless little herring, it replied innocently. "I never saw France; I don't even understand the language of tho label on the box that recently contained me; I don't even know what an olivo is, but if you want nny information about cotton seed you can consider mo an author ity." By this time mv friend had some what recovered his self-possession, and, laying the talking fish tenderly upon the plate, waved his hand and said, in an interested way: "Go on; you seem to bo quite entertaining. "Entertaining? O, no," replied the little herring, witli a dillidont look; "not at nil; 1 never had a college edu cation; if I had I might not havo been boxed up hero with my unfortunate friends, but might have been editing a grocerv journal, exposing canned goods-, frauds and otlfor abuses. No, I am only a little herring a very small fish from tho coast of Maine." "From Maine?" "Yes, Maine. Ivould not havo to bo naturalized even to vote, but then, you see, there aren't many peoplo who know tho iliileroncc. I hero s many a young fellow in this country who cuts oil' his horse's tail, drives and talks English, who would pass for a genuine cockney in Zululand. Yes, 1 am a down East Yankee from Eastport." "Eastport?" 1 ejaculated "Yes. closo to C.inailiv. whom n food many so-called sardines would like to bo in certain emergencies. I wish I was back thoro to-day frisking in my native element; but I am doomed, it seems, to not only bo devoured by our good friend here, but to tickle his pal ate as I go down Avith a genuine sar dine flavor. No, I am no sardine. I am only a herring, a harmless Httlo herrinjr from Maine." Wo were fast growing interested. "You see," contiuued our lishy little friend, "some smart fellows down East found out by experiments how they would make mo taste so much like the real French article that no American could toll the diflerencc, so they went nto the business on a largo scale. J ho cotton-fields of the South furnished. the seed this makes tho oil in which wo are boiled, spiced and made to tasto so delicious. Tako a nip at met There now, you would not dream that you had the tasto of cotton in your mouth, would you? But it's there, all tho amor Ino a rhnillo d olive only cotton-seed oil and harmless little her ring. "Monoy in us? los, I should think so. i.ot mo soo; wo cost nvo cents a box a wholo box of us, just think! Tho packer soils usvit a profit of from live to seven cents, tho rotailor soils us at about thirty cents, and by tho time wo get to you on tho restaurant tablo wo are worth fifty conts. Not bad for a poor little Yankee herring, is It? And tho a l'hulllo do cotton in which wo are Immersed is none the best either." Grocers Criterion. An Adventurous Journey. Threo young Englishmen, ono an officer in tho army, nuothor a member of tho British consular sorvice, and the third a member of tho Indian civil sorvice, havo just succeeded in accom plishing an adventurous journey on tlio Kusso-Chinoso frontier to tho north of Corea, and in obtaining information ibout a region which seems likely to bo oven now of great political import ance. They visited tho furthest Rus sia!! stations, mid thence crossed the frontier to tho Chinese posts, traveling down tho Corcan frontier through Manchuria, reaching Mukden, the cap ital of tins great province, towards tho ond of December. WiHi tho exception of Russians, these gentlemen nro the first Europeans who havo visited this district, and their journey, which was kept secret, has caused much dis pleasure to tho Russian authorities in .astern blberla. Manciester Uuar- dian. m m m Tho fiftieth annlvorsarv: of tho mis sion to the Kols of Central India, es tablished by I'astor Gossnor, of Ger many, in 183G, has been celebrated. u 1885 it had sovonteou missionaries, eleven ordained nativo helpers, 81,828 natlvo Christians, and ll,S.t8 commu nicants, with a boys' school, normal school and a theological seminary with 288 students. THE TOMB OF JULIET. The Ul.I-'nteri Mniilnn's Apocryplinl Rest ing 1'lnco nt Verona, Italy. My first stroll through tho town was In search of tho supposed tomb of Juliet- Shakespeare's drama it was which naturally suggested to me such an idea. The story of tho ill-fated lovers had made such an impression on my mind that it was with a veritable enthusiasm I sauntered out in order to pay my 'de votions to the mortal remains of her who, in the hands of England's great est dramatist, contributed as much to idealize the sweetest and tendcrcst of human passions. On my way to the tomb, however, all my fervor evapo rated after half an hour's conversation with several ancient antiquarians, with one of whom I happened to bo on inti mate terms during my resulcnco in Milan, having been informed by them that tho tomb in question was a rank imposture; that if ever there existed such a person as Juliet, tliero is not the slightest shadow of proof for supposing that her ashes are in Verona; and finally, that the wholo story of her burial in that town was Invented by a 6et of tradesmen and hotel proprietors, eager to catch and fleece unsuspecting or credulous tourists. My feelings at be ing thus rudely woken out of mycher ished illusions can be better imagined than described. However, as it was not by any means tho first of my Span ish castles that toppled over into tho nether abyss just as I found myself in the act of admiring its stately grandeur and lino proportions, I soon managed to put up patiently with tho inevitablo and resolved to seo at any cost this apochryphal dwelling of tho dead. After a half hour's promenade through noisome lanes and alleys, I happened at last on a gateway somo twelve feet high, on tho summit of which were written tho following words in largo rough characters: "Tomba dl Giul vctta." The iron door stood ajar, and 1 entered an inclosure of half a square acre, overgrown with weeds and dog nettles, that seemed to mo to have been at ono time a garden. And I was sub sequently informed that tho roses bloomed hero and the marigold and hyacinth kepi watch and ward over tho solitary tomb hard by. If Juliet had been really buried hero, when the flowers wero in blossom and tho trees had their wealth of frondago and tho zephyrs thrummed their melodies through tho overhanging foliage, her last resting place would havo been cer tainly in thorough harmony with her character and temperament; but nt present there is no sceno so incongruous as this black bar ren wilderness no casket so utter ly unworthy of its gem. A group of artisans out for a holiday were play ing at skittles within a stone s throw of tho tomb, and their oaths, curses and other ejaculations wero quite tho re verse of poetical. The tomb lies in a kind of an outhouse, and presents a de cidedly antiquo appearance. It is some what in tho shape of an opon mauso leum, tho sides of which nro rather ir regular, owing, I was told, to tho chips stolon from tho block by enthusiastic tourists. Around tho mausoleum stand broken pillars and roughly hewn pedes tals, while on tho wall to tho left, as you enter, hangs a very old painting of trial Lawrence The stones hero and there aro covered all over with auto graphs of Europeans, Americans and English, prominent among tho latter being that of a certain Edward Shakes peare, a gentleman who, according to the well-informed porter, was a very near relative of a very great poet who was a very near relative of Ro meo's betrothed. Cor. Sm Francisco Chronicle. The Roaring of an Alligator. Probably fow persons have overheard of "tho roaring of an alligator." "1 heard it myself," says Mr. Sanson, "on one occasion in tho case of a hugo beast who appeared to bo following a femalo of his species." Tho animal was swimming very rapidly, diving nnd rebounding up to thosurfacoof tho water. Mr. Sanson was in a small Rob Roy canoe, anil remained still to watch his mancouvors Immediately tho alli gator saw tho canoe, ho "camo towards it, roaring liko a bull at each bound above tho water." As ho avbs diving, Mr. Sinison (who was unarmed) forced tho canoe straight over him, and so escaped. "Curiously enough," ho writes, "not half an hour after this episode, an alligator jumped from a stoop bank over mv canoe, nnd only just cleared it, as I was distractedly pad dling along undor the shore, nnd inad vertantly startled the reptile above mo. Travels in Equador. " in- An Incurable Habit, How is it that when a friend of yours shows you a now watch you Invariably opon the cases and oxnmino tho works critically, 'remarking that it's a "dandy," and that tho "works aro very fine?" What in tho world do you know nbout tho works of a watch, any way r loii only make tho ownor of tho watch nervous when you look at thorn, you don't caro a snap about see ing them, and ovorybody knows that you don't. But tho next new watch you seo you'll go jabbing away at it in tho same way, just as though you hadn't read this, until you tear half your thumbnail oft' and then borrow a knife to open it. I would advise a man with a now and valuable watch to havo tho easo covering tho works hofmct cally sealed. Chicago Journal. Tho initial velocity of tho 1.S0O- pound projectile, recently fired twico with 1,000 pounds of powdor from tho new 100-ton -run Intended for tlio British ship Bon Bow, was 2,128 foot per second. FATHER ANDERLEDY. Tlio Xpw .tefiilt fleneml'n Career, nnd 111 Stay In tho United State. "Just imagine the incalculable power of a Fraternity at the mere mention of whose name that of Jesus every head is forced to bow!" This .exclamation was uttered some three hundred years ago by Pope Sixtus v., one of tho most rcmnrkiible Pontiffs who ever sat on tho Papal throne, in alluding to the. Order of Jesuits otherwise known as tho Com pany of Jesus. Tho now General of the company the twenty-third since its foundation to whom every member thereof owes tho most blind and un questioning obedience, is Father An derledy. He was born on the 3d of June, 1819, at Berisal, a little hamlet of tho Canton duValais in Switzerland. He was brought up at tho Jesuit Col lege of Brigue, on tho slopos of the Simplon, and as soon as he was old enough, began his first novitiate for entering tho order. Appointed to a professorship of literature at the immense establishment of the order at Freiburg he soon at tracted tho attention of his supe rior. Perceiving that tho remarkable talents of this son of a poor Valais peasant might eventually be turned to the great advantage of tho order, he was sent to Rome, where ho spent some time studying philosophy and theology under the personal supervis ion of Father (now Cardinal) Pecei, the elder brother of the present Pope. His constitution, however, accustomed to tho mountain air of Switzerland, be came seriously injnrcd by the pestifer ous climate of tlio Eternal City, and he was obliged after a time to leave Rome and return to Friburg for the purpose of recruiting his shattered health. Just at that time the Sonderbund revolution was in full force in Switzerland, and tho Jesuits .were driven out of tho country and their establishments closed. Father Anderledy was arrest ed at Avenues in the Canton do Vaud, and after running a great risk of losing his life at the hands of the fanatical and infuriated populace, was cast into prison. Managing to escape, he made his way to Chamber, where, however, he was not allowed to remain long; for tho troubles which broke out in the spring of 1848 all over Europe forced him and many other members of his Fraternity to seek refuge in tho United States, where ho was at length ordain ed a priest. During cighteon months he devoted himself to Catholic mission work at Green Ba . Wis. His health again giving way he was recalled to Europe, and took up his quarters at Tronchiennes, in the Belgian province of Gaud, where he devoted all his time to a searching examination of the his tory, policy and aims of the great order to which he belonged. Just about that time the Jesuits be gan to devote their attention to Ger many. Establishments of the order were successively founded at Cologne, Minister, Aix-la-Chapellc, and in fact throughout tho King of Prussia's do minions, where toleration was the order of the day. Each ono of these establishments constituted a kind of center of action, whence a throng of zealous missionaries spread out in every direction to proselyte tho people. If their etl'orts were crowned with suc cess, it was in a great measure due to tho marvelous eloquence of Father Anderledy, who, apparently indefati gable, made his silver voice heard in almost every place of importance from the Rhino to tlio Russian frontier. But suddenly his overtaxed forces gave way altogether. He fell dangerously ill and for a tiipe was entirely deprived of the power of speech. The physicians insisted that ho should give up preach ing a'sovoro trial to so eloquent a man anil ho now resolved to devote all his abilities to the idniinistrativo work of tho so ciety. Successively rector of tlio Jes uit districts of Cologno and Pader born, he founded in 1808 tho college of Maria Laach, which soon became ono of the most renowned establishments af tho order. A few years later he was elected a member of tho Supremo Council of tho Society, nnd owing to his profound kuowledgo of tho politi cal and religious situation of Northern F.uropowas appointed to the high postof "Assistant for Germany," with juris liction over the latter, as well as over Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Hol land and Scandinavia. Tliero aro only live of these "assistants" to tho Gon eral, who are each intrusted with a distinct jurisdiction, and who together with tho General's confessor, or "ad nionishcr," constitute tho Supreme Council of tho order. So rcmarkablo wero Father Anderledy's services in this new branch of administration, and o completely did ho succeed in win ning the admiration and confidence of his colleagues, that when, in 1883, tho ulvanoing years of Father Beckx ren dered it necessary to chooso a coadju tor to tho General, Father Anderledy was at first ballot nlmost unanimously elected to fill tho ofllce. Tho new General is ono of the clev erest and most adroit suporlors the so ciety has over had. Ho Is a born dip lomatist; a man of polished manners out autocratic temper; a profound the ologian, an incomparablo administra tor, and a wonderful linguist. Besides Greek, Latin and Hobrow, ho speaks uul writes perfectly English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. His long 'ouiicction and intimate acquaintauco fvith Germany aro not unlikely to havo in important influence upon tho pres nt and future relations of Berlin and die Vatican. Home Cor. X. Y. Tribune. "Jones must bo a very dear friond jf yours?" "Ya-as, hu does come pretty high; just lent him a twenty." Judge. GOLD IN TRANSVAAL. An American Consul' ltrport on Kxten nlvc DIcoverlr Made Iteccntly. Mention has been made in the dis patches recently of extensive gold dis coveries in South Africa. Vice-Consul Knight, representing this Govern ment at Cape Town, has forwarded to the State Department an interesting re port upon tlio developments, in which he says: Gold mining in the Transvaal has been carried on in a desultory manner for something like fifteen years. The fact that a largo portion of tho north eatcrn territory of tho republic is highly auriferous had been ascer tained years ago, but tlio failure until quite recently to discover any thing like payable gold has kept the fame of the Transvaal, as a country of great mineral riches, in tho back ground. It was only in Juno last that the now famous Sheba reef, in tlio De Kaap Valley, was discovered. The quartz from this.rcef yields from ten to thirty ounces of gold to tho ton. The amount of gold that mining experts claim this reef contains is fabulous. But even this wonderful reef has been eclipsed by another reef discov ered shortly after and known as the Thomas reef, samples of quartz weigh ing 3,000 pounds from which, it is claimed, yield 118 ounces of gold. These discoveries naturally gave an impetus t rrosjiecting on a large scale, rc-ulting in the discovery of niarvclou-ly extensive and rich gold quartz veins. The territory witltin which gold qiuirtz has been found ex tends from Witwatersrand, 30 miles from the capital, Pletoria, easterly 200 miles to the De Kaap valley, with a varying width of from 30 to loO miles. These gold-bearing veins or reefs occur in patches of more or less rich or payable character. Quartz taken from the Witwatersrand gold fields has yielded from four to thirty ounces of gold to the ton. It is, of course, impossible, considering tho embryonic state of these g .d fields, to give anything liko an accurate account of their extent- or capabilities. This much I am able to state, from tho best information obtainable, Uiat the Trans vaal fields when fully developed will prove among the richest in tlio world. These discoveries have naturally given rise to no end of speculation and min ing ventures, and a great rush of cap italists, miners and adventurers lias set in for the fields. Near the Shelba reef, a city, Barberton, has sprung up as if by magic, numbering already 7,000 to 8,000 population, and is rapidly in creasing. As an illustration of faith that men of capital have in the stabil ity and futuro of the fields, I may men tion that three cargoes of lumber which arrived in Cnpo Town within two weeks were purchased for shipment to tho fields. Barberton, the cento of the fields, is situated in the De Knap Valley in the northeastern portion of the Trans vaal, between latitude 25 degrees and 20 degrees south. Tho nearest sea port is Delagoa Bay, in the Portugese possessions on the east coast from which it is distant about 200 miles. This route is only available in the winter months, the prevalence of fever in the summer time elleetually closing it to trallic. A railway between De'a goa Bay and Pretoria is in course of construction, and its completion will greatly facilitate communication with tho fields. The next nearest route to Barberton is via Port Natal, distant 181 miles, of which 189 miles is by railway and tho remainder bv wagon. The best and most nomilar route at present is by way of Cape Town to Kimbcrly, 040 miles by rail, and from Kimbcrly to tutorial 300 miles by wagon. The journey is made by this route in from six to twenty days, at a cost from $75 to .$120, according to class and stylo of traveling. While these fields ofl'er many oppor tunities for successful ventures to men of capital, I can not too strongly point out the futility of men without means venturing here, mile's they bo thor oughly practical miners. In the first place, no payable placer-gold washings have as yet bden discovered. The re sult of successful prospecting has thus far been invariably the discovery of gold-quartz reefs, tho workings of which requires largo expenditures for machinery. While a few have, and others undoubtedly will, continue to reap riches by the discovery of payable gold reefs, thousands, who, in tho ab sence of alluvial diggings, will follow prospecting, will, 1 fear, bo doomed to bitter disappointment. Tho largo in flux of population has already raised tlio price of food to famine prices. Tho time that must elapso before com panies will bo in working order, owing to tho want of ni'ichinery and the difficulties of trmsport, makes tho employment of large bodies of meii im possible for somo time to come. Tho Transvaal mining laws aro fair ly liberal. Aliens enjoy tho samo rights as citizens as to prospecting and min ing. Thofeofora "digger's license" is livo dollars per month. This entitles the holder to prospnet upon Govern ment lands or private lands with con sent of tlio owner. A licenso digger is allowed to hold ono alluvial and one reef claim, and may buy claims from other claim-owners. An alluvial claim is 150x150 feot, and a quartz reef 150 feet In tho dlrectiou of tho reef and 400 feet broad. No claim marked off by a digger can bo "jumped" until tho holder shall havo ceased working, or caused tobo worked thereon, for four teen consecutive days. St. Louis Globe Democrat, To tho well-balanced mind, fame consists In knowing ono has so lived ns to deserve tlie praise of others. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. Mayor Filter, of Philadelphia, was a poor boy in that city, and has won his way to wealth and honor by his own exertions. Mrs. Margaret Brown, who diedjre cently in Pittsburgh, Pa., aged seventy nine years, missed but one communion in fifty-three years. The word "it's" Is said not to occur at all in the King James translation of the Bible and but three or four times in Shakespeare. Boston Olobc. Yung Wing, a Chinese convert, lias been elected President of the Connecti cut Congregational Church Club. He is a naturalized citizen, and married a Hartford lady. Prof. Edward Olney, late of tho University of Michigan, had a great head. His brain weighed sixty-one ounces, livo ounces more than Web ster's and twelve abvve tho average. Mrs. Patten's wedding present to her daughter, who recently married Congressman Glover, was a magnifi cent full service of silver, accompanied by a check for a hundred thousand dol lars. Mrs. Grant is in possession of about two hundred letters written to her by the General during his court ship, which form, it is said, "tlio most exact and accurate history of tho Mex ican war ever made." A gentleman who wanted to con sult tho poet Tennyson about somo lit erary work wrote twenty letters. When the answer camo it tersely stated: "Dear Sir It is a fact, alas, but no fancy, that half my letters aro un opened." "Mammy" Wilson, who has kept a fruit stand in New Orleans for sixty years, is dead. She was a marvclotisly successful yellow-fever nurse, and had labored in every epidemic since 1847, and had many medals and diplomas to attest her skill. General Greely, chief of tho weather bureau, does not look like an adventurous hero. Ho is tall and slender, with dark hair and whiskers parted in tho middle, and which, with his eyeglasses and curious accent, give3 him the bearing of a very languid man of fashion. A drama, entitled "Le Chateau do Kronburg," and written by the King of Sweden, is shortly to bo produced at tho German Theater at Buda-Pesth. It is in one act, and is founded on an episode of the war between Sweden and Denmark in tlio seventeenth century. X. Y. Stai. In his address at the dedication of the new Brook's library building at Brattleboro', Vt., Hon. Mellon Cham berlain, of the Boston Public Library, said that "before 1700 there was not in Massachusetts, so far as known, a copy of Shakespeare's or Milton's poems; and as late as 1723 whatever may have been in private hands. Harvard College library lacked Addison, Atterbury, Bolingbroke, Dryden, Gay, Locke, Pope, Prior, Steel, Swift and Young." Christian Union. A LITTLE NONSENSE." Queer, but True We saw a horse My up tlio creek, A cat-nip ut her food: Wo saw a cliostrlut-burr, and heard A shell bark in tho wood. All Irish editor, when refused per mission to fight a duel with spectacles on complained that he could not see to shoot his father without thein. X. Y. Ledger. A Western paper announces that upon the occasion of a recent boiler ex plosion in the neighborhood, "between three and four men were killed." Little Giant. "Ida says you can't come to seo her any more," remarked a boy to the admirer of his sister. "Why not?" "Because you come seven nights in a week now, and how could you come any more without spreadiug the week liko blazes?" A citizen always believed to bo a Httlo "near" bought a horse, and after a trial complained to the seller, a neigh bor, that the animal "sometimes over reached." To which tho other party responded, "Well, they say tho samo of you." Worcester Home Journal. 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