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WEANED FROM POKER.
A Student (lolnir Throned n Course or
Sprout to bo Cured of Gnrnhlliig.
Thuro is ono student at Harvard who
is being put through a vigorous course
of sprouts to wean him from the allure
ments of the gaming table. His case is
a little different from tho ordinary cn
reer of would-bo "last" young men In
llarvnrd University. His father is n
wealthy merchant in Portsmouth, N. II
The young man is tho pride of his fath
er's heart, and ho was not stinted in tho
supply of funds. Ho hud not been
long in collogo before ho became an in
veterato po.tcr-playcr. Ho yielded
himself to the charms of tho seductive
game, regardless of his studies and of
his health. Ho played pokor all night
and as much of tho day-time not spent
under the eyo of the instructor. His
health bogan to break down, soveral
conditions were placed against bis name
.at tho latest examinations, and ho was
rapidly becoming a wreck, mentally
and physica ly. Ho realized his danger.
but had not 1 10 moral oarage to turn
his bacrt to, the card table. His father
f jWUlitdl J113 Killing llU.lllll, illlll UilHU..
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k'lilm to account. Tho young man con-
Jos cd his weakness, and told his father
that he had dono all in his powor to
break oft tho habit. Tho father and
son are both enthusiastic yachtmen,
and tho father owns a flno yacht, in
which ho passes a good part
of tho summer season. Knowing
ills son's fondnoss for yachting, ho
promised tho young man a$ 10,000 yacht
if ho would only abandon tho card-tablo
and dovoto himself to his studios. Tho
son promlsod faithfully that ho would
mover touch a card and for a weo ho
kept his word. Hut tho good resolu
"Hon died away as rapidly as a pile of
chips whon a full honso is bolng backed
against a strong hand, an I in less than
a fortnight ho was again a nightly par
ticipator in a poker party. Ho told his
father that ho neodn t order that yacht
on his account, for ho proforred play
ing poker to sailing, oven as owner of
a forty-thousand-dollar yacht.
Thon tho father applied a littlo pa
ternal authority to savo his son. Ho
camo to Boston, and was soon closeted
with Prosidont Eliot. Tho circum
stances wero explained, and President
.Eliot concurred in tho action planned
by his father. Jt was arranged that the
son should return to Portsmouth every
day aftor class work was finished, do
his studying benoalh tho paternal roof,
.and take tho lirst train for Boston in
tho morning. That is what ho is doing
mow. In order to catch tho early tr in
lie rises at four o'clock in tho morning
reaches Boston just in timo to reach a
class-room, remains at tho collogo un
til tho middle of tho afternoon, is ex
cused from tho class-room before tho
other studonts. rushes into Boston, and
is whirled back to Portsmouth before
lio has timo to think of cards or poker
or any othor dissipation. Boston Cor.
.N. Y. Sun.
A DANGEROUS THING.
Never Comment on the Pictures Contained
in Your I'rlends' Allium.
A dangerous thing to do unless you
give your full mind to it is to examine
the photographic album of a person
you don't know very well, when that
person is at. your elbow.
Recently i young man of my ac
quaintance I'ound himself at a loss to
carry on a conversation with his hos
tess, who is a young married woman,
and ho h'msolf h id tho daring to take
up a photograph album and eommenoo
to turn the pages. His hostess sat near
enough to see tho photographs and
naturally enough sho mndo a running
comment upon them, explaining who
the people pictured were.
If tho young man had kopt his mind
as well as his oyes riveted on the book
there would havo been no trouble. But
liis attention ran off at tho beck of
some recolloction, and ho turned over
leaf aftor leaf mechanically. Present
ly he mmo to tho picturo of a pretty
girl, and he ventured half absent-mindedly,
half intending to pay a compli
ment: "Your sister, 1 prosumo?"
"No, sir, was tho quiot reply, "that's
baby's nurse. Wo put it in to pleaso
baby."
This ought to havo warned tho young
man of his danger, but it didn't. Tho
next page but ono disclosed tho picturo
of a young man with a solf-sntislled
smirk on his face and banged hair.
( "A faco liko that," remarked tho
young man. struggling to hido a yawn,
"always makes mo think of a gonts'
furnishing storo. Ho scorns to bo say
ing: "Thoso aro our very best at
$1.98.'"
All tho young matron replied to this
was: "Indeed! Do you think so?"
By stealth, lato in tho ovoning. ho
brought a friend to tho alburn and asked
him who tho young man with a smirk
and bangs might bo.
"Why, don't you know your host?
That photo was taken boforo ho was
married," was tho unsatisfactory reply.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Henry Clay's Rich Voice.
Said ono who hoard it: "Mr. Clay's
voice has prodigious power, compass
and richness; all its variations are
captivating, but somo of its bass notos
thrill through ono's whole frame. To
ono who lias novor hoard tho living
molody, no verbal description can con
vey an adoqunto idea of tho diversified
effect of thoso intonations which In ono
btraln of sentiment fall In whisporing
gentleness, 'liko tho first words of love
upon a inaidon's Hps,' and anon, In Its
htornor uttornncos. ring with 'tho mad
donning music of tho main.' Whon
Hnndolph. Clay's onomy, passed
through Washington to his Philadelphia
doath-bod ho domunded tobo carried to
tho SoniUo chambor. 'That voice, that
voice!' ho cried, "I want to boar Clay's
voice onco more before I die.'" The
Chuutauquan.
CLIMATIC CHANGES.
rrof. Cleveland Abbe Illvcmirne on Thlf
lntrretlnjr Subject.
An nrtlclo in tho Forum is upon tho
subject of tho much-talkcd-of chnngo in
our climate. Tho writer, Prof. Cleve
land Abbe, says that the notion that it
is posslblo for a climate to change is n
modern one. Our ancestors lived in a
rogion subject to but slight climatic
changes, and on this account perhaps
proumed that climate was absolutely
unchangeable. In 1812 Cuvler pub
lished his "Discourso on tho Revolu
tions of tho Surface of tho Globo and
Changes Thereby Produced in tho Ani
mal Kingdom." This was at that day
considered as contradicting ancient tra
ditions and the evidences of tho senses.
Cuvier had in mind slow changes which
wcro in progress through long ages and
resulting from geological alterations.
But after tho publication of Cuvier s
discourso pcoplo got used to tho idea
that climatic changes wero possible.
Many writers havo since endeavored to
demonstrate that climatic changes havo
taken place within historical times.
Nowadays it is indeed common to meet
with persons who believe that climatic
changes may occur within a generation.
Tho distinction between climato and
weather is that weather is th condi
tion of tho atmosphere at any ono timo.
whilo climato is tho general condition
of tho important features of tho
weather during a cons'dcrnbio time.
Every body knows that tho avorages
and extremes of temperature, rain-fall
and other atmospheric phenomena
differ from year to year. Ono or twe
abnormal years may greatly affect the
average of any short terms in which
they occur.
If tho observation of tomporaturo af
ford litlo hope of demonstrating a per
manent change of climato tho observa
tions of rain-fall afford no bettor.
Tho dilliculty is that thoro' aro no
ancient records with which to compare
our modern observations. o know
nothing of tho tomporaturo and r.nt
fall of distant epochs, of tho dates of
early and lato frosts, tho freezing f
rivers, cold winters and not summers,
tho opening of navigation, and tho
tomporaturo of tho earth. In our per
plexity to know what ancient climates
were, recourse has been had to the
periodic phenomena of animnl and
vegetable lifo, tho flight of birds.
and tho ripening of plants. But thoro
is no evidence of nny sensiblo chnngo
in tho climato at any point of tho
earth's surface during tho last 2,000
years. Tho fact that Chaldea, Egypt
and Arizona contain deserts, whero
Ihoro was formerly cultivation, Is no
ovidenco of a chnngo of climato. Tho
ancient fertility of those countries may
havo been duo to skillful irrigation
rathor thnn to more nbundnnt rains.
Tho fault, it seems, lies with the me
teorologist of ancient times, who nog
leoled to mnko, or at any rate to pro-
servo, Ins records. 1 hero is ono natu
ral phonomonon which was observed a?
carefully in ancient ns in modern times.
This was tho rise and fall of tho Nile.
If wo should at any timo discover upon
Egyptian monuments any records of
thoso observations wo shall havo somo
data upon which to comparo tho ancient
and tho modern climate of tho Nile
Valley. Tho upshot of tho writer's
conclusions is that not only is it impos
sible for us to know whether any
chnngo is taking placo in our climato,
but that it will requiro somo hundreds
of years of observation boforo wo can
know what our climato is.
AN ORIENTAL STORY.
A Chicitgo Hall riuyer'i Itelleellonx on
lteliolclliiK tint Taj Miiluil.
Beneath tho cloudless sky of India
tho domes and minarets of earth's love
liest shrino glittored in tho palo moon
light with a radianco pure, unearthly
and on trancing. Tho soul of tho ob
server rovolcd in tho marvelous beauty
and glory of tho scono. On tho red
sandstone and marble torraces roso the
grandest mausoleum that human affec
tion, aided by tho resources of wealth,
genius, art and imagination, over
reared to perpotuato tho memory of the
loved and lost. Tho voices of tho dead
past scorned to whisper in tho vast in
terior of tho mnrvoious structuro and
bid mankind heed tho precepts of wis
dom inscribed in imporishablo mosaics
of precious stonos on tho innor walls.
Tho puro white marble, whoso polished
surfaco was reflected in tho crystal
waves from whoso bosom this wonder
ful cdilico appeared to rise, thodollcate
spires, beautiful as a poet's dream and
shapely as tho embodied vision of an
inspired architect thoso might well
onchain the attention and hold in their
magic thrall tho soul of tho travole
from tho Ear Wcstorn world who stood
with head bared to tho broozo and
gnzed in scorning rapturo at tho grand
and thrilling spectacle.
Tall, orect, with tho form of nn
Apollo Belvedere and tho physical pro
portions of a Gr'ik athlete, tho em
bodiinont and Idoai of vigorous and
magnificent manhood, ho stood with
folded arms and survoyed tho glorious
beauty of tho scono boforo him. Iiis
oyo wandered over tho historic land
scape and a deep sigh burst from his
bosom.
"Not a gol-darnod placo In tho wholo
incfostiro whoro wo can play a gamo,"
ho exclaimed. "It's worso thnn tho
Pyramids and tho Coliseum! Whon a
man lays out a ground liko this why In
thunder can't ho havo ronso enough to
build a back-stop and leave room for
foul llnga!"
Tho travolor was Captain Anson. Ho
was looking at tho Taj Mahal. From
advance shoots of a book to bo pub
lished by Editor Pfollor next summer.
- Chicago Tribune.
An Englishman recontly stated iu
roifrt that ho married at tho ago of six.
Icon bucuuso bo wus out of work.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
It is said that church pows hnvo
averaged ton per cent, higher this
year all over tho country in ro-ront-
I Georgetown Unlvorsity received
1 tolcgrnms of congratulation on its re
cent centennial celebration from Har
vard, Michigan, Vassnr, Rutgers and
I Lehigh universities and from tho Uni
versity of Sweden.
Tho theological dopartment of
Howard University, by recent gift, re
ceived $1,427.50 toward its endowment
! fund and $2,0 for tho book and scholar
l ship fund. Friends have also given a
fine printing-press and a set of tinning
tools to tho industrial dopartment.
- -At Evangelist Moody's school at
Northampton, Mn-s., is a fair-haired
Norwegian girl who camo to this coun
try entirely alono in order to attend
this seminary. Sho snys: "Norway is
much bettor acquainted with America
than America is with Norway. 1 learned
of Mr. Moody's school through the
papers. I wanted to bo enrolled
among Its number, and so I came."
There is a Bulgarian girl among Mr.
Moody's pupils, and a number of Cana
dian damsels.
"Not settled, but lit," is tho way
somo one out West spoko of a minister
who is in tho habit of changing his set
tlements about as often as tho moon,
and had lately gone to a now place. A
dismal fact it is that so many ministers
flit from church to church, in each
placo having timo to sow littlo and reap
less. Is tho fault all on ono side? Wo
fear not. "As thy servant was busy
hero and there, ho was gone." So
many who might havo been won and
kopt aro allowed to slip away. Ad
vance. Tho Queon of Japan trios to pro
mote tho interests of women. Sho is
very charitablo and is a patron of tho
Red Cross Society and of tho Tokio
Charity Ilo-ipital. Sho is especially
interested in tho education of Japanese
ivomen. A school for tho daughters
of tho nobles is known as the Empress'
School, and ono of tho pictures on its
walls contains poetry written by her.
She is a (inoChinoso scholar, and many
of hor poems havo been sot to music
and used as national sc.gs.
Tho wonderful change from tho
past in Japan is almost incredible.
Thoro aro now 20.000 communicants
connected with tho various missions,
and they increase by 500 a month.
This is tho best of all tho wondo "ful ad
vancement in tho country. Twonty
years ago there was no Japanose pub
lic journal; now thoro aro moro than
500 periodicals daily and weekly
papers and monthly magazinos and
roviows, and nearly all these publica
tions aro favorable to tho Christian
ization of Japan. The Living Church.
m m m
KEEPING FLOWERS.
How Tlioy Miiy lie TreNerveil In All Tliolr
l'mgriuico ami lleuuty.
A great doal has been writton on tho
preservation of cut flowers, but tho
matter is still imperfectly understood
by most people. It is important to
know, not only how to take caro ot
them after being cut, but how to cut
them. On this latter point a practical
hint may bo of servico to our readers.
It might not occur to thorn that it
made any serious dilTorenco whother
tho stems wore broken oil or cut with
tho knife or scissors. A sharp knifo is
tho right tool for this purpose, as it
leaves tho sap vessols of tho steins
open for tho absorption of wator,
whilo scissors crush and compress
these vessels so that their nbsorptivo
power is moro or loss destroyed. Liko
injury may bo dono by breaking oil
the stems, especially il tlioy aro tough.'
If tho (lowers aro put into wator im
mediately tho onds of tho stems should
bo cut with a sharp knifo, as the sap
vessols will probably havo become
clogged with coagulated matter.
Cut flowers often sulTor from too dry
ntmosphoro. It is dilllcult to avoid
this in our artificially-heated rooms,
but wo may at least put tho blossoms
in tho coolest part of tho room. Near
a window, and especially in a bay-window,
tho tomporaturo is gonorally sov
oral degroos lower than in othor
parts of tho room, as you will seo if
you tost it with a thermometer. Tho
best authorities say, moreover, that
tho flowers should havo tho benefit of
light, and ovon of sunshino in most
cases, though thoro Is popular preju
dice against exposing thorn to tho lat
ter. ( m tho other hand thoy Biillor, as
plants do, from suddon alterations of
tomporaturo and from draughts.
In tho case of tho blossoms that fall
to pieces easily, it is a good idea to
lot fall a drop of gum or mucllago
into tho contor, which will koop the
potals together at tho baso. To pro
vent this from running out boforo it
hardens, tho flowers should bo kopt
upright by putting their atoms through
tho bottom of a sieve or sticking thorn
in sand. With tho aid of a camel's
hair brush or a pointed stick a largo
number of flowers may bo gummed In
a short timo.
When flowers havo been enrried a
long distance in closo boxes or cases,
they often appear withered and
worthless, but with proper treatment
thoy may bo revived and restored to
their original beauty. Instead of at
onco boing put into vases and exposed
to tho hot, dry air of tho parlor, thoy
should either bo spread out on wet
flannel or moss and covered with a
dish covor or inverted box, or else put
in pans containing moss and water or
wot sand, in which tlfoy enn bo sot
upright, and then bo shut up in tho
dark for a fow hours. If thoy do not
rugaln thoir frwhness under this
nursing there li no iiopo for them, but
in all ordinary cases their recovery is
certain. Journal of Chemistry.
HUMOROUS.
Book Agent" I would liko to
show you tho very latest English
cyelopa-dln." Old Timor "No, sir;
English or American. I could never
lonrn to rido ono at my timo of life."
Mr. Grundy.
Junior Partner "Our traveler
ought to be punished. Ho told ono of
our customers in Croydon that I am
an ignorant fool." Senior Partner "I
shall speak to him without fall, and
Insist that no moro ollico-secrots bo
divulged." N. Y. Ledger.
A Boston editor who doesn't work
something about tho eighteenth Bru
mairn into his French editorials is not
recognized as a journalistic heavy
weight. One overworked young man
on tho Advertiser had something tho
other day about the eighteenth
Bromide.
Charitablo Old Lady (to little
beggar girl) "There's somo bread for
you. It's a day or two old, but you
can tell your mother to take three or
four fresh eggs, a quart of milk, a cup
of sugar, somo good butter, and half
a grated nutmeg, and sho can make an
oxcellent pudding of it."
A now idea in Paris is a kissing
school. Unless it will show girls the
advantage of holding still when a kiss
is about to bo imprinted on tho lips or
on the cheek, so that It will not light
on tho oar or on the back of tho neck.
it is impossible to seo how it can touch
girls any thing new about kissing.
Norristown Herald.
Blinks' Coachman (colored) "I
fought you sayed yoah folks was so
dog-gone rich? .links Coachman
(Celtic) "So thoy are. yo black dlvil."
imiiKs L oacumau hum I guess
not. 1 looked in do winder las' night
and seen two ob de young Indies play
in' on de same pinuny. Guess you all
has tor economize. America.
Northern gentloman (who has
been reading on tho subject of
Voudooisin among tho colored pcoplo.
and thinks ho will mnko a littlo orig
inal research) "Jasper, do any of
your people carry charms about thorn
for protection?'' Jasper "Oil yes,
sab; but 1 nobbor hear dem call
charms 'fore; moro ginorally call dem
razors, sail." Harper's Bazar.
" I got into a discussion with a
friend the other day," said a man,
addressing an acquaintance, "concern
ing the exact reading of a clause in
tho constitution of tho United Statos.
Wo argued awhile, and thon agreed to
submit the question to a well-known
Congressman. Wo did so, but. ho
couldn't toll us any thing about it"
"But why did you not got a copy of
tho constitution and settlo tho mat
ter?" "Couldn't And ono. Wo wore
in Washington City at tho timo."
Arkansaw Travolor.
John Carver Backbay (of Boston,
who has just proposed and boon no-
copted, and has taken from tho lips of
his botrothed that icy confection, a
Boston kiss) "And our lovo, Marian,
will outlast lifo will or live
through tho eons of timo, for it is
based on tho closest psychological af
linilies. From tho groat to tho small,
our fcollngs, our loves, our tastes aro
ono. I noted, with what seoms liko a
curious premonition, soon after wo
mot, that wo even used tho same odor
of sachet powder!" Puck.
Reviving tho Lost Arts. Tho pas
tor at Cactus Four Corners, A. T,,
a mi on n ccs that on tho following ovon
ing Prof. Arioch, of Shinar City,
would lecture in tho church building
on "Tho Hanging Gardens of Baby
lon." Tho announcement was ro
coived with general enthusiasm. "I'm
goin' to "hoar that," said Baldy Bind
soo, "that's just tho very thing wo
need in Arizona. This thing of bavin'
to walk ilvo mllos to find a trestle
work or a railroad bridgo every timo
wo havo somo person to hang is a
disgrace to our civilization. No won
der thoy wunt admit us as a State."
Burdetto.
A LINCOLN ANECDOTE.
Whut
lonest Abu CoiiHldereil the I'roier
Length of ii JWiiii'm I.eK.
A gentleman from tho Wost tolls
this story of Abo Lincoln, which, if not
now, is cortalnly by no moans hack
neyed. Tho gentleman camo from tho
section in which Abo and Doug
las wero conspicuous figures in tho
past and tho story ho tolls relates to
a decision made by Mr. Lincoln as to
tho propor length of a man's logs.
As tho story goes, Douglas and a
Mr. Love joy wcro at ono of tho haunts
in tho village, whoro thoy used to
moot for news and gossip, and whilo
there Abo Lincoln came in and sat
down, disposing of his lengthy limbs
in a somewhat awkward manner.
Thoy saw him coming in, and imme
diately began a conversation in regard
to tho propor length of a man's legs.
"Now," said Lovojoy, "Abo's legs
are altogether too long, and yours,
Douglas, I think, aro a littlo short.
Lot'b ask Abo what ho thinks of it."
Tho conversation had been carried
on with a view to Lincoln's overhear
ing it, and they closed it by saying:
"Abo, what do you think about it?"
Mr. Lincoln had a far-away look, as
ho sat with ono log twisted around the
othor, but ho responded to the ques
tion: "Think of what?"
"Well, wo'vo been talking about tho
proper length of a man's logs. Wo think
yours aro too long and Douglas' too
short, and we'd liko to know what you
think is tho propor length."
"Well," said Mr. Lincoln, "that's
a matter that I've novor given any
thought to, so, of courbo, I may be
mistaken, but my first impression In
that a man's legs ought to bo long
enough to roach from his body to the
ground." Yankee Blade.
BREAKING THtl NEWS.
The
I'luliit of i .Mini Who Will oym
IVrhirin the Duty Afriiln.
You say that I'm palo and flustered
and shivering In my shoos: I'll bo
hanged if you would't shivor it you
had to "break tho news." 1 suppose
you havo heard how Qulmby is
stretched on a bunk down there, with
a pint or moro of his own blue b'aod
mixed up with his auburn hn'r. Well,
they nuido mo a joint committee to go
to his house and tell his wlfo all about
tho scrimmage, and what to her man
befol. 1 went to the houso up yonder,
not mashed on tho job, you bet. and
my classic and blue-veined forehead
was bathed in a quart of sweat. The
woman was in tho kitchen a singing u
plaintive song, but sho dried up when
she saw me, for sho know thoro was
something wrong. Then 1 coughed,
and I hemmed and stammered, and
"Madam, said I, "ba brave! Your
husband is now a lying " O. Lord!
what a shriek she gave. And sho
walked up and down a moaning and
wringing her furrowed hands, ami hoi
hair foil down liko sea-weed adrift
by tho ocean sands. "Oh, Heaven!"
sho cried, "my husband! Thov'vo
taken my lovo from mo," and tho way
Hint sho reeled and staggered was a
sight for a man to seo; "so bravo, so
kind umiI so noble! So loving, so
grand and strong, and now must
wait his coming in vain all tho dark
day long? And his children will wail
In sorrow, and never again in glee.
troop down iu tho misty twilight and
cluster about his knee." And so she
went on a raving; her screams for a
block wero heard; and I liko a graven
iinago stood there without saying a
word. U seemed liko my tongue wan
frozen or glued to my pearly teeth,
and hardly a breath camo upward
from l ho paralyzed lungs beneath
But 1 braced up all of a sudden, and
"madam," said I again, "I'm sorry
I'm deuced sorry to havo caused you
this needless pain; lot up on your
frenzied screaming; ' on don't need to
weep and wall: youc old man ain't
dead by a long shot, lie's only locked
up in jail. Sho l.vred at mo for a
minute 'or a minute or two, and then
she said: "So tho durncd old loafer is
down there in jail again?" Thon sho
picked up a tub and smashed it all over
my princely bond, and I saw sho was
getting ready to paint tho whole land
scape red. So I skipped through tho
gate and moseyed so fast that I tore
my shoos; and thoy don't mnko mo a
committee In tho future to break tho
news. Lincoln (Nob.) Journal.
EDGAR ALLAN POE.
A Ten 1'letureof the Fuinoun Poet llrnirn
by it ljldy-I.ove.
"Mr. Poo was about flvo feet eight
inches tall, and had dark, almost black
hair, which ho wore long nnd brushed
buck in student stylo over his oars.
It was as lino as silk. His oyes wero
largo and full, gray and piercing. Ho
was then, I think, entirely clean
shaven. His nose was long and
straight, and his features liuoly cut
Tho expression about his mouth was
beautiful. Ho was palo, and had no
color. His skin was of a clear, beau
tiful olive. Ho had a sad, melancholy
look. Ho was vary slender whon I
first know him, but had a lino figuro,
an erect military carriage, and a quick
stop. But it was his manner that most
charmed. It was elegant. When ho
looked at you it scorned us if ho could
road your very thoughts. Ills voico
was pleasant and musical, but not
deo,p. "
lio alwnys woro a black frock coat
buttoned up, with a cadot or military
collar, a low turned-over shirt collar,
and a black cravat tied in a loose knot.
Ho did not follow tho fashions, but
had a stylo of his own. His was a
looso way of dressing, as if ho didn't
caro. You would know that ho was
very different from tho ordinary run
of young men. AlTectlonato! 1 should
think ho was; ho was passionate In his
lovo.
"My intimacy with Mr. Poo Iso
lated mo a good deal. In fact my girl
friends woro many of thorn afraid of
him, and forsook mo on that account.
I know none of his male friends. Ho
despised Ignorant people, and didn't
like trifling and small talk. Ho didn't
liko dark-skinned people. Whon ho
loved, ho loved desperately. Though
tondor and very affectionate, ho had a
quick, passionate temper and was very
jealous, ills foollngs woro intonso,
and ho had but little control of them.
Ho was not well balanced; ho had too
much brain. Ho scoffed at every
thing sacred, and novor wont to
church. If ho had had religion to
guide him, ho would havo boon a bet
ter man. He said ofton that there was
a mystery hanging over him ho novor
could fathom. Ho boliovcd ho was
born to suffer, and this embittered his
wholo life. Reported by Augustus
Van C'lcof, In Harper's Magazine.
Farming East and West.
Tho Wostorn farmor, with his
hundreds of acres of now and fortllo
soil, looks, with contempt upon the
small and often sterile farms that aro
to be found in somo parts of Now En
gland. Tho owner of a Western farm
of eight hundred acres, nearly all of
it under cultivation, who was visiting
in Maine, sent a letter home, in which
ho oxprosbed his mind freely as fol
lows: "Horo In this country they call two
acres of ground, six hens and an old
rooster a farm, and half the time one
acre of ground is graveyard. (Jive mo
old Kansas every time." Youth's
Companion.
Some mon novor like to bo alono.
Because a man is judged by his com
pany, you know. Yonkers Statesman.
EXCLUSIVE SCHOOLS.
Now York'-. l'Miieutliinnl KMiibllsliinentB
Tor Swell Young Women.
The lady principals of tho ultra
fashionable boarding and. day schools
for young ladles aro, ns a rulo, women,
of the highost culture, but in ono sense,
they are not unlike a merchant having;
wares to sell. Whon a woman of af
fluence and Inlluenco approaches tho
lady principal of a select school and.
politely Informs her that sho doesn't
desire that her daughters shall re
ceive a "teacher's education," or ono
calculated to make them "strong
minded," tho lady principal will
doubtless consider it politic to arrange
a curriculum of studies to meet tho
wants of her patrons. I bellevo it was
Barnum who said "that tho American
people must bo humbugged." Tho
lady principal's own ideas on tho
education of young Indies is. under tho
circumstances, a secondary considera
tion. There is ono of thoso ultra fashion
able and expensive boarding and day
schools for young ladles not a great
distance from Central Park. Only tho
daughters of very wealthy mon can af
ford to attend the school. But money
alone Is not only tho only open sesamo
at this aristocratic academy. There
must be more or less "blood" ac
companying tho money ns a guarantoa
of good faith. Every thing at this
school is conducted on a scalo of rare
magnificence. Thoy havo a teacher
of etiquette thoro now who teaches
tho young ladios tho oxquisito art of
how to faint gracefully. Ono mombor
of tho class Is usually selected as an
example. This Is generally a girl of
the cold Galatea typo. Whon tho
signal for swooning Is glvon she fallH
into tho outstretched arms of tho
teacher and reclines thoro motionlosa
for the spacoof ono wholo minute.
Another curious diversion is the les
son how to got in and out of a car
riage gracefully. It Is said that tho
lady principal keeps a carrlago in hor
back yard solely for this purposo. So
on lino, sunshiny days, if tho residents
In tho immediate vicinity will ascend
to tho housetops and look over into tho
lady principal's back yard, thoy will
boo a score or moro pretty and grace
ful young ladles in tho act of gottlng
in nnd out of a "teamloss" carriage.
The teacher stands by giving instruc
tions as to how high tho dross should
bo raised, for It would bo dreadfully bad
jtlquotto to display too much anklo on
Biich an occasion.
At ono timo in tho history of thia
school tho principal engaged a first
class artist to glvo a class of young
ladios somo lossons in painting. Ha
was a bashful man, but a conscien
tious ono. Aftor tho usunl instruc
tions, and after ho hml gotten ovor his
.embarrassments, ho was startled when
ho saw that tho preliminary of draw
ing woll had boon ovorlookod.
"Why, young ladios," ho ojaculatod,
"you will havo to loarn to draw bo
foro you can paint."
But tho said young ladios pouted,
stamped their littlo foot, and in a
chorus said thoy "wouldn't"
Ho then called on tho lady principal,
but as was expected, sho took sldoa
with hor young ladios. Said sho to
tho professor of tho brush: " Sir, I
insist that you touch this class how to
paint." But tho obdurate man only
shook his head and faintly smiled as
ho reniarkod that "It couldn't bo
dono." "Woll, If you can't," wua tho
rojoindor, "I will got somo ono who
can."
Thoro Is many a duchoss and prin
coss embryo getting finished up at this
school. Tho ranks of tho dolcctabla
Four Hundred can roly on a frosh sup
ply of young recruits aftor graduation
day. Tho day pupils who attond tho
school, and thoro aro many of them,
live iu palacos that recall alabastor
halls and music of sweet lutes. Tho
childhood and early womanhood of
those swoll girls aro as a lifo strewn
with rosos and othor fragrant flowors.
M'li it t rr nvlutnn nt unmn a t ca
dream in fairyland. Tho bright oyoa,
clear complexions and elastic tread of
the winsome littlo girls and younjr
ladios is sufficient evldonce that cram
ming Is not in vogue there. Tho day
pupils present an animated and plct
urosquo sight us thoy promenade on
thoavonuo. N. Y. Letter.
Neat Pin-Cushion Covor;
Tako a cushion six inchos squaro
nnd covor tho top with dark groon
satin eight inchos squaro. Sow all-
around tho edges of tho covor boforo
attaching to cushion a band of roso
pink satin throe inches wide. Put tho.
right sldos of satin together and cow
It in slushes one inch wido and ona
and one-half inchos deop. Cut tho,
shushes out with tho scissors, turn
them carefully, and thon with a noodlo
and thread tack each slash haf way
over, diagonally, showing tho pink
satin against tho green. Under tho
slashes all around put a frill of lace,
and on tho upper corners of tho slashes
put tiny chenillo balls of roso pink.
Embroider or paint in tho contor of
covor a design of wild rosea Fasten
this cover firmly to tho top of the
cushion. Detroit Froo Press.
Another County Heard From.
Nagsboo (solicitously) What would
your candid answer bo to tho popular
conundrum: Is marriage a failuroP
Mrs. Nagsboo (gottlng oven) My
candid opinion? Woll ahom I've
known somo failures who wero mar
fled, and it's a poor rulo, you know."
-Detroit Froo Press.
Jamoa Hussoll Lowell, it Is sal,
will dovoto the remainder of his Ufa
to travel and roadlng. Ho saya that,
his literary work Is all done.