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! t i' A TEA-CUP DIALOGUE At Mr, Wellington Square's Mmlrale, Prlilay, From Tour to Seven. Margaret Why, Holcn, how do you do? TllltlL-Q Rli. InnU t 1 . certainly has faded awfully. I wonder who made her gown? Helen-Very well, dear. Tired, of course; it's so long a season ovory one's 4Ired. ' Thinks I might as well talk to her till somoono better turns up. Margaret Yes, of course. Who's hercP Thinks Hor coupe is attho door, and sho must bo going to the Grammercy Park's. I don't suppose it will do any good, but I'll be particularly agreeable and see. I lelen Nobody. I' m bored to death. I'm only waiting till I can go. Thinks How hideous you look in that hat' Though I'd ra'ther like it injvolf in decent colors, of course. Mnrgarl Is some one singing? Thinks How absurd to have any one sing at a tea. now, except Lehman! Helen. -Yos, don't you see that man standirg up in the room, opening and shutting his mouth? You dear girl, what a stunning costume! Paris? Th'nks. I don't believe she will ask nie. Sho always goes . about in her coupe nlone. Margarot Who's that man with Florence Lennox? Thinks. Sho knows ovory man in town by name. Helen. With Florcnco Lennox? Keally, you know, I can't seo from here. Thinks. Horrid thing! Sho know I didn't know him. Margaret. Oh! I aaw that absurd bit of gossip about you in ono of those wretched society papers, as thoy call them, last wook. I folt so sorry, dear; you must havo felt dreadfully. Thinks. I'll let hor see wo all know how sho tried for Dick Million, and missed him. Ilolen. Oh, I didn't mind! Any ono could seo it was prompted by personal spite, and tho outcomo is, cntra turns, I'vo been obligod to acknowledge to a vory few real friends, liko yourself, dear, that I refused him. Thinks I shouldn't bo surprised if Margaret wrote that paragraph in tho paper herself; it's just liko hor. Margaret I'vo told several people that thoro couldn't bo any truth in it, and could not agree with them when thoy all said thoro must bo somo foundation to give rise to tho stories. Thinks Don't believe sho over camo anywhoro near refusing him. It's ridiculous! Don't believe ho gave hor tho chance not with those eyes, with all her money! Helen It's so good of you, dear, to light my battlos for mo. I've boen so glad to seo you hero. It's quite paid me for coining to this stupid tea. Thinks I wouldn't go in hor old coupo. now. if sho did ask mo. Margaret -Como and soo mo soon, do; it's so long since we've had a good, long chat together. Como in any timo; I'm seldom homo, but you may just happen to find mo. Thinks Not if I'm awake, though; th's will about do for one winter. Helen Thanks, Margarot, dear! but I'm going out of town for good Ash Wodnesday, and I'vo r-illy not a mo ment up till then. Drop In at our houso somo Sunday aftornoon; main ma's always homo, you know. Thinks (Thoughts confused and in describable but not mild.) Margaret Good-byo. Mrs. Squaro! Sorry not to havo had a minute with you. Ono novor sees pooplo in their own house, you know. Tho music was delightful. Thinks Sho's worn that dross at every ono of hor days. Wrotched form! Helen Charming. Mrs. Squaro, I'm jo sorry to havo to go. Thinks No ono horo I caro a fig for; shall cut hor olT my visiting list. Win. Clydo Fitch, in Life. THE LAtVsT JOKE. iMow Mrx. Jinon Kntnllml It to Her Pa tient l,eitr Huir. Mrs. Jasju came homo tho othor .ovoning with her face "wroathed in -smilos." as tho novelists have it. "Well, what are you grinning at?" was tho cordial greotlng of hor lord and master. "I heard some thing funny down itown," she nnsworod. "Well, what was it." "Oh. nothing much. I happened to ;meot little Johnny FIgg, who used to keep the applo stand across tho way, you know, and he's got a bettor ono down town now. I asked him how ho was gotting along and ho says to me: 'Oh, I'm still keoping a stand, you seo.' I thought it was tho cutost thing I had heard for a good while." Oh. you did, did you. Mnrla? If 1 over seo where tho laugh corner in I'll try and smilo, oven if I havo to got up in tho mlddlo of tho night to do so," was his crushing roply, to which she deigned no answer. About two o'clock in tho morning Mr. Jason was awakoned from n dream of being stabbed by a masked assassin to find his wiTo energetically nudging him below tho fifth rib. "Oh, Johiol. I had that wrong," she twittered, in a tono of one who lias ma Jo a great discovery. "Johnny said jKa business was At a stand-still You eeo tho point now, don't you?" "Yes, I reckon so," said tho old man in no gracious tonos, 'und if I feel tho point of your infernal olbow jabbing me in tho ribs any moro to-night I'll go to sleep in tho barn. Do you hear? ' "And ho didii t laugh either as hu promised to," was hor rolloction, nsbhe settled down to sleep ngain with ths sweet cotl'lidousnes'j of duty performed. Detroit Commercial Advertiser. WOMEN IN JAPAN. Thmj Hare AIwht Occupied tho Illgneat l'lano or Any Aiintlc Women. In Japan, women have always hold fc position superior to that of their Asiatic sinters. Thoir seclusion, ovon In tho old days, wns not so strict. 1'hoy led a freer and moro out-door life, and they vcro educated to a cer tain extent. Tho family idea and rule prevailed, and with tho exquisite politeness of those peoplo exalted def erence wns paid tho mother of tho family. Tho Confucian laws woro recognized thoro as well, and her duties and obligations wero strictly defined by them. Her three great duties wero obedience to her father, her husband and oldest son. as they in turn becamo tho head of her family. Japaneso women of tho middle and upper olasses woro taught to road and writo tho common language in the. hirakiwi, or simple running charac ters, instead of tho square characters of the classic language. All novels, plays and newspapers aro written in the hirakana, and women nro still tho great novel-readers of Japan. No woman attended tho theater beforo marriage, and the upper classes not at all, the realism and license of the stage being given as a reason. A Japanese woman's education formerly comprised endless lessons and practico in tho mysteries of otiquotto, learning to play tho koto and samison, and to ar range bouquets. Women of literary taste wero not uncommon at court, and tho screens in tho Empress' suito in tho old Kiota palaco aro covered with au tograph poems dashed off by herself or her ladies in waiting. The present Empress of Japan is poetic in her tastes and has shown a great interest in Western literature. It is under hor lead that such reforms in tho condi tion of women havo taken place, and in tho court lifo sho moves and acts as any sovereign lady of a European country. Sinco 1870 new laws havo been mado regarding the legal status of women in Japan, and tho peoplo aro still in transition between the old cus toms and tho new condition of things. Under tho present laws women can hold property, dlsposo of it and man age their affairs on much better terms than aro possible to tho women of 3omo European nations. They can testify in court, although they seldom do it, old prejudices not being suffi ciently overcome to allow a woman's testimony to havo much woight with a Japanese judge. Tho advancement of women has been tho most wondorful feature in tho progress of Japan during the last twenty years. Tho Empress Haru has led most of tho movements, and found ed institutions and schools destined to assist Japanese women to a highor and moro noarly equal intellectual and social plane with men and with West ern women. Besides tlieso institu tions, the Empress is at tho head of the Fujiu Kiofu Kwai, a society for tho advancement of women, and aim ing to secure them a highor social and legal estate. Many Japeneso men aro members of this society, and earnestly dovoted to its ends, moro especially thoso who, having occupied olllcial positions abroad, havo had tho oppor tunity to seo and feftl how different tho position of tho women of their own families has been in foreign coun tries compared to what thoy en joyed at home. Tho Into Viscount Mori, tho Minister of Education. who wns assassinnted in Febru ary, low, was an anient worlcer m this causae. Ho organized a society of literary men, tho Moirokusha, that through its publications urged tho ad vancement of women, and thoir eman cipation from tho old customs and oti quotto, and Viscount Mori's great point was the social and legal equality of men and women. Ho was tho first noblo to mako tho now marriage coro raony conspicuous, a civil contract being drawn up before tho Governor of Tokio, and signed by Viscount Mori and Mile. Hiroso. In his deatli the women of Japan lost their ablest and most powerful champion. Japaneso women have been quick to accopt loroign methods of instruction, and provo thomsolvos intolllgent and faithful students. In tho hospitals and training schools for nurses thoy show much ability, and tako satisfac tory standing. No ono among thom has yet aspired to bo a student of law, and whilo thoro have been women writers of novels, poems and dramas, history tolls of but ono Portia, a mur doress who defended horself in court, and won her acquittal by tho force and eloquence of hor arguments. Tho exciting melodrama of her lifo and trial is un old favorlto with ull theater goers. Tho women of Japan havo always occupied tho highest piano of any Asiatic women, and tho futuro prom ises them a position and consideration equal to that of their American sis ters. Oriental and Occidental reform ers can ask no moro. Harper's Buzur. Tho old fashion of making bngs of ribbon joined togethor with fancy stitching is again revived. All the ribbons with pearl feather or laca edges aro useful for this purpose, and silk and volvot look well together. Such bags have a base of velvet-covered cardboard about flvo inchc square, and aro mado of ton stripes of ribbon lined with a contrasting color. Somo very gay bags combino sovoral hues, und thoy nro tho most useful bo- cnuso thoy aro equally well adapted to accompany any frock. m m Tho successful farmer has to be sharp us u raiser. Merchant Jiv eler. J ABOUT LAMP CHIMNEYS. million of Them llroken Every Yer Where They Come From. Noarly 5.000.00) of lamp chimney? aro smashod every year in this city .tud at least 50.000.000 bits of glass are thrown into ash barrels, streets, alleys, gutters, sewers, etc Yet peoplo vent ure out in thln-solod shoes, children In bare feet and horses without any pro tection on their hoofs. Stranger still, one seldom hears of an accident arising from tho presence of these bits of glass. Tho street sanitary regulations of the city fortunately do much toward obviating such accidents, and most of tho broken and cracked chimneys aro deposited in ash barrels and find their way to the dump, where they, aro gath ered up by rag-plokers and sold, to junk dealers, who, in turn, sell tho ncraps. which aro known as "cullet." to the glass works tit 10 cents per IrK) puu"ds. Tho dealers in chlmnoys dispose ot their broken stock, which is about 5 per cent, of that carried, in tho same manner. Tho breakugo of lamp chimneys represents tho consumption of that article. Tho lamp-chimney business, therefore, is of eonsidor.;lo impor tance to tho public. There nro innumerable styles of lamp chimneys on the market largo, small and medium sized; long, short, round, flat and twisted; thin, thick, narrow, broad, square, globular, scal loped, colored, spotted, etc., from tho baby chimney. 4 inches tall by 1 inch in diameter, to the great big follow. 12 inches tall by lj inches in diameter, used on tho largest lamp in tho market, which throws a .0-eandle power light and costs from 15 cents to .2 per dozen wholesale. They oven manufacture combinations of chimney and globes, whilo every year brings into the mar ket half a dozen or moro of now styles of chimneys. Every yew lamp requires a special chimney. Nino-tenths of tho chimneys mado in this country aro manufactured in Pittsburgh, while most of the baianco aro mado at StoubonvHlc, O., while a very few aro made in tho natural gas regions. The majority of small ones aro im ported. Wherever the material in a lamp chimney is of greater cost than tho labor tho chimney is imported, and vico versa. All tho shapes used in this country aro of Ainorican design, but aro man ufactured abroad and brought hero and sold at much less than thoy cpuld be produced here. It is labor that fig ures in tho cost of manufacture moro than material. Tho odd shapes are all molded, while tho ordinary shapes two blown and are mado of load glass and lime giass, both in this and tho old country. There is a featuro that tho casual ob server would not notico in selecting a lamp chimney with a squaro top. Two chimneys of almost identical appear ance aro placed side by side, ono of which commands a highor price. A close observation shows that tbo top and bottom of tho ono is rough, whilo tho other is polished and smooth. Tho smooth ono possesses double tho durability of tho rough ono. Tho rough one is eutolf and cooled, while tho other is polished. Only tho best quality of glass can bo polished this way. Peoplo mako a great mistake in im agining that a heavy chimney is moro durable than a thin one. This is not tho fact. The thin chimney is far moro durable becauso of its expansion and contraction being moro regular. Tho non-breakable chimney, which is made chielly in Illinois, is non brenkablo in name moro so than in reality, though it is much moro dura blo tnan tho ordinary chimney. The difference in tho price how-over, does not warrant its purchase on tho score of economy, hence vory fow aro sold. Tho best grade of chimney is known as tho pearl top, which is mado like any othor chimney, but whilo hot has a crimped ring woldod to tho top, whilo tho ordinary crimped top is merely placed in a mold and shaped while hot. Theso chimneys aro much less liablo to break than the others, and are con sidered well worth the ono-third moro In price. Tho great demand to-day is for fancy tops. There aro also a great many chim neys now used on gas burners. On tho sholves of a first-class lamp storo can be found fifty separate and distinct stylos of lamp chimneys, while ovory grocery in the country handles .them, mostly I he common grades. Tho life of a lamp chimney is as uncertain as that, of a man. An ox pensive one is as liablo to break as soon a- a cheap one, as tho-oaro many causes calculated to crack or shutter them other than a fall or contact with uuother body. A draught of ajr, a damp chimney, a nplash of water or a high blaze will any of them terminate a chimney's ucefulness in short order. Cincinnati Times-Star. He Was Excused. "Excuo nie." he said lis he bit off tho end of a cigar and held out his hand to secure a light from tho other, who was smoking. "Hog pardon." i said oxou?o inc." "Oh, oi-rtaiuly. Always willing to OX0USO." And he took tho frosh cigar, llghtod it, throw his old tub away, and 111 ho began on tho new ono ho walked off with tho ivmnrics "Vory good irigur, Mi -vory good. Of course I'll oxuuo on. "--Detroit Fro I'rMHit THE SOUNDING ROCKS. A Xnturnl rhenoniennii Which Hits Glrro llle to .Miiny Legends. Not far from Dlunn, on tho banks of tho Arguenon, ono of thoso small tor rential rivers which, in emptying Into tho sea. carve tho coast of Brittany into capricious festoons, there is shown to tho tourist a heap of grayish rocks known In tho country under tho naiuo of tho "sounding stones of Guildo." In the crystallno tcxturo of theso 'rocks and their slaty color wo at once recognize that variety of stone known in mineralogy by tho name of amphlb olo (complex silicate of iron, manga nese and lime). Theso stones, which, aside from their musical properties, possess no novelty, are situated in tho midst of wonderful scenery. They oc cupy a small cove, that at rising tide is entirely covered, and which is over looked by a high bank, upon which stands tho little village of Guildo, formerly tho center of a celebrated pil grimage. Tho stonos of Guildo are not erratic blocks derived from tho upper part of the valley. It is clearly seen that they havo been detached from tho bank itself, the strata of which atv of rock of the same formation. Thoy are huge boulders rolled and polished by the sea. Tho sounding-stones are three in number. They are long prismatic blocks, lying side by side, at right angles with tho shore, and becauso of their form, the inhabitants sometimes call them "the horses in tho stable." Tho central stone moro particularly exhibits the phenomenon. It is about 20 feet in length, and 2IJ feet In circum ference, thus giving it an approximate woight of 1G5.000 pounds. On tho river side it ends in a sort of truncated spur. It is at this part that it is necessary to strike it with an iron in strument, or, hotter, with a stone of tho same nature. Near this spur there aro observed three or four points that, aro well marked by tho wear produced by the repeated blows of visitors. Theso aro tho points at which tha maximum of sonorousness is obtained. Under a blow tho stone emits a vory clear, silvery sound, similar to that which would bo obtained by striking a large bell with a mallot of soft wood. Tho moro ono approaches tho othor end, in continuing the blows, tho deader tho sound becomos. Near tho top tho totality seems to increase a little. Finally, at certain points, which must bo nodes of vibration, moroly a dull sound is obtained. If, whilo striking, ono presses his ear against tho othor extremity of tho rook, tho sound heard is extraordinarily intense, and, in measure as it dies out, tho various har monics aro distinctly perceived. The two other stones omit nothing moro than a mullled soun. It is assorted that this is duo to tho fact that thoy havo been disturbed by tho action of ilio sea. In fact, it is to be noted that tho musical stone rests through a few points only upon the pebbles that sup port it, whilo tho two othors aro now partially sunk in the subjacent earth. Wo examined all tho surrounding stones, and found several that gavo vor.y varied sounds, without there seem ing to bo any rotation botweon thoir sizo and the height of tho pitch. At tho end of the covo wo more particu larly remarked a horizontal stratum partially buried in tho shore und di vided into fragments, forming, as it were, something like tho gigantic koys of a prehistoric piano. Threoof theso stones gavo clearly tho perfect major chord. Whilo watching our researches with curiosity, a boy of tho locality exclaimed now and then, provious to our oxporimonts: "Will sound!" "Won't sound!" and, accustomed to mako tho singular stonos spoak, ho soon showed us how, at tho first glance, it was posslblo to rocognizo tho musical stones. Tho rocks, In fact, exhibit two vory difl'oront aspects. Thoso of a silvery gray, with a vory lino texture, all render, ovon when broken, a very puro sound. 'J hose of a dnrkor color and blotched with brown, through an excess of Iron, aro us if exfoliated, and omit no sound. Thoso sounding rocks havo moro than onco furnished thoir contingent to tho already rich legendary of tho Breton country. Wo woro struck by ono of those legends. It is tho story of a tailor (hump-backed, of courso), who, ono fine overling, obligingly as sisted in completing tho round of tho fairies of Guildo, who woro disconso late over being in unequal numbers. As a reward, tho fairies taught him to "sound tho stone" in making a wish. At tho call of tho mysterious boll thoro camo from tho depths of tho earth gnomes and olves, who satisfied tho fortunate tailor's wishes, und begun in tho first placo by ridding him of hit hump, Then comes tho usual counter part: Tho artful and scotllng miller of tho valley of tho Arguonon wished to imltato tho tailor, and succeeded only in making tho fairies hostile. Thoy avenged themselves on him by ridding thomsolvos, at his expense, of tho tailor' o hump, which took up its porch on tho miller's shoulders. N. Y. Ledger. - A sheriff in the State of Now York wus in the habit of carryingu loaded revolver, and at night he kept it near his bedside. On one occasion he wne awiiKencd in the night by somo one crawling upon tho roof of ashed which scoured access to an open window, The sheriff took ills weapon and pointed it in tho direction of tho window. A man's head appeared and then hlw body. Ho was so sure of his man that ho oxiilaimodi "Who's thoro?" "Jo," wus tho roply. Tho voice of his son, who had lost hi latt-h-koy, wus so startling Unit the Hhorill never carried u we;iuoi uvula whilo ho bold oWe" ALL ABOUT SHARKS. lliiTfiimn Chnrnrter of the Whlto ano llHininer-lleiiileU Vrlctlc. It was reported the other week thai a sailor engaged in scraping tho sides of a troop-ship in tho harbor of Sierra Ieono was drawn into tho water and promptly devoured by a shark. ThN is not an uncommon experii'iice and the Standard reminds us that a boat man has beon bitten in the short time It took him to dip up a pitcher o( water whilo his craft wns ui.der fill' sail. Wo aro assured that it is noth ing uncommon for the rnveuotH fish to spring a foot cut of the sea in order to secure their prey. For miles they will follow a vessel, on the lookout for tiny stray unfortunate who may tumble or bo thrown overboard, and so deep do they swim under the surface that It re quires the practiced eyes of tho natives to detect their presence. M any of the West India harbors are so haunted by the white and hauimer-he.'uled sharks tho b-ast amiable of tho one hundred and fifty different kinds known to ,o ologlsts that it is dangerous to b.itho even a fow yards from tho shore with out an outlook being posted. Yet tho West African negro has been known to face tho brute, not only with impunity, but even to como off as vic tor in tho end. All but amphibious, tho swimmer cautiously approaches his enemy, and then, just at the mo ment when tho great fish turns over to seize him his mouth being so placed that It is necessary tho daring black plunges his knifo into its whlto belly. Tho pearl-divers aro also sometimes successful in thoir attacks on sharks which try to seize them, though, it is needless to add, such a mode of combat is possible only when tho monsters do not como in numbers, and under tho most favortiblo circumstancos requires a coolness, a dexterity and a courage which aro not to bo acquired except by long experience in such perilous encounters. As a rule, however, it is seldom that a man who Is so luckless as to drop among sharks ovor appears again. There is a shriek, a white out look is seen under the surface and a flu abovo it, a reddened crest tops tho noxt swoll which breaks against tho ship's side, anil tho horror-stricken seamen know that their messmate will bo seen no more. It is a woll ascertained fact that tho skelotons of sheep, pigs, dogs and cat tle which had fallen or been thrown overboard have been recovered many days subsequent to thoir boing swal lowed; and it is on record that in tho stomach of a shark killed in tho Indian ocean a lady's work-box was found, whilo in another tho incriminatory papers which had beon thrown away by a hotly-chased slaver wero recov ered from tho maw of an involuntary witness thus curiously brought into court on tho barb of a pork-baited hook. Kuyseh, ono of tho most trust worthy of tho old naturalists, atllrms that a man in mail homo lorlcatus. ho calls him was found in tho stom ach of a whito shark; and it is record ed by Blumoubnch that in one case a whoio horso was found. It is undonia blo that many havo boon killed with ample capacity for such undesirable contents; and Basil Hall tells of one out of which was taken tho whole skin of a buffalo, besides a host of othor trilles which had beon dropped astern in tho courso of tho provious wook. Sailors aro full of suporstitlons which touch tho suporhumau sagacity and incarnate iloudishuoss of this fish how, its senses being acuto far be yond what wo can havo any idea of, it will follow1 ships for days whon a death is likely to occur, and desert tho wako of c tho vossol whon no such good fortuno for it is in tho wind. Vatoa, tho shark god, Is tho lord of tho ocoan in tho Horvoy island mythology, and It is whispered that ovon tho Chris tianized Hawalians will still, whon in tho direst extremity, invoko Moonru, tho shark demon, to whom their pagan forefathers orooted toniplos and of fered sacrifice Tho poati divors of Ceylon omploy shark charmors to protoct thom whilo engaged in their dangerous work. Marco Polo speaks of tlieso officials under the name of the abnomanl, who rccolvod as wages a twontioth of tho divors' gains. At tho present day thoy aro called halbundl or shark-binders, and us the divors would not enter tho waters without oing certain of thoir sorvlccs tho chief operator receives a government subsidy of ton oysters por diem. Tho Tuhltians dollied tho blue shark under tho name of "Aukua maoo," dedicating it to shrines and priests, and in West Africa rabbits arc sacrificed to "J ohn."whllo.lf notsharp ly watched, it lias beon affirmed that some of tho tribes about tho Niger del ta will, at fixed times, bind a child dec orated with (lowers to a post on tho beach at low tide and leave it to bo devoured by tho sharks which come in with tno (low, drowning its crlos with tho nolso of drums. Newcastle (Eng.) Chronicle. Lack of Courtesy to Wives. A Western woman, talking of the lack of courtesy on tho part of bus bunds to thoir wives, says: "When I think I havo a hard time, I just think of tho women who have no servants, but who thomsolvos caro for tho children, wash, iron, cook, mend, churn, milk, carry wood and water, all for less than an Irish servant girl's wages. Of courso mon appreciate their wlvoH, of course thoy do, but thoy keep their polite manners and courteous ways for other men's wives. Ono timo James thanked mo for saving him room beside mo ui tho concert, and then sort of apologized for bolus polite, by saying lie thought It was my ulster Mury." AN ADAPTIVE STEl?D. A Trpogr.iphlnitl Mliickninlth' Jllundft nmt It Consequence. I inserted tho following ndvertiso mont in our village paper tho othor day : T7ANTr.n A small houso for tho season. Apply, etc. and havo had a great deal of soul twisting sport out of it. Tho compos itor, who works in a halt-factory fivo days in the week, porformed a notablo font In re-creation, by mnking a "horso" out of a "house," and I'vo been holding a Tattersall's rccoptioti ovor since. Before tho paper was printed, tho top of a torn livery stable bill-bond was handed in to mo ono ovenlng, and following this informal card camo tho proprietor himself. Ero I could ox plaln that it was n chalet and not a palfrey that I wanted, ho had proached this entiling sermon: "Ono 'r th' Mirror's proof-shoets blowed out th' winder, an' I seen into it that you wanted a small boss. I'vo got ono that's smaller than Uncle Tobo Benhntn, an' he's small 'nough t' feed seed cat'logues to a shonL Small? Why, I let hor out t' other day In a village cart to old Mls3 Welkin nn' sho didn't know moro'n t' sot right plum ovor th' axlo. Wheu that fat tarrlor of horn jumped tu behind, what does th' hull outfit do out turn a back ban' spring, an' th' boss, sho came down fiat on her saddlo jest th1 opposite of whoro sho was, an' Miss Welkin shut up liko a door-knifo tween th' seat an' th' gutter." I ventured to hint Ujat I had no tdoa jf buying a horso, but tho dealer evi dently thought this a moro subtorfugo ',o knock him down on price, and ho 'opt right on: "You needn'jJ)o 'fraid that sho's too small, though," ho said. "Sho's th' knowin'est thing you ovor see. "I'vo got tlireo sets of harness for her, each on 'em ono sizo bigger than. f othor. When I lot hor out to Mr. Frccson, tho parson, knows ho'a kinder dlgn'fied, an' sho draws hor jolf up, an' stan's on tip-toos, un. swells out, so's I havo t' put on num ber one. "Then when thoy's a funeral, an' things is kindor av'rago all 'round, sho's what yor call nominal, an' num ber two goes; but whon Silo Dyor liirea hor t' lot his rickety boy go up t' Kon 3ico for elder, you'd ortor seo her! Sho sort'r shrinks all up, an' draws hor logs in, an1 coughs jest ns nat'ral as s'nsumption. ".lost think how hnndy sho'd bo for you 'round th1 placo. Sho '11 oat any' thin'. Brigand, th' butcher, tolls mo that you always run a bit short toward th' last of tho wcok. That 's th' timo she'll haul in, tin' bo conlontod with, p'tatcr-skius an' old curl-papors. Then when things gits hotter, an' you havo a fair dinner, sho '11 put on hor noxr sizo, an' 'dapt horself t' what lobster salad an' fixins you havo loft ovor; un Mondays after th' Sunday dinner sho '11 expand, an' you won't havo t' havo no rofuso carts a-comln' intor th' yard. Sho 's sound an' kind, Mlstor Gotman, an' afraid of notliin'." Hero was a loop-holo of escape, and I crawled through. "If 1 bought a horso," I whisporedt "I should liko ono just liko yours; but that last clauso rather docides mo not to mako a trado. As my wife and chil dren would probably drive it moro than I should (bore I edged him toward tho door), I should havo to insist on an animal that is notafraldof any thing." "That's what I moan," ho walled; but I pushed him out on the front porch and locked tho door. Puck. Queen Margherlta of Italy. Quoon Marghorlta of Italy possesses, many graces and accomplishments, and whilo sho Is woll vorsod in classic and modern literature, sho is also ono of tho host violoncello playors of tho day. Wishing to pay special tribute to Italian gonitis, sho not long ago had publlshod at hor own oxponso, for the education of hor son, an elaborate edi tion of Danto's works, containing much that has been wi-Itton about tho poot, with tho reproduction of ovory picture, inspired by him. Sho is also an urdont patron of the arts und industries of her country, and under hor fostering caro tho manufacture of Ituruno lnco, onco apparently lost, was saved from extinc tion. Hor alms-giving is munificent but practical, and in hor religion alio is nolthor a bigot nor u freethinker. Her uttlludo toward public questions lias been so wiso and politic that sho in gonorally loved by tho pooplo, and tho greatest criticism mado of hor by bur enemies is that sho doos not dross in good taste. Harpor's Weekly. Superstition's Curse Was on Him. Swlpsoy Yes, mum, I'm lookln' for work. I'm poor nn' most starved. Can't yo got mo some grub an' a jobP Farmer's wlfo (handing out a son orous meal) Poor follow! Eat this, and then my husband will give you. work at thirteen dollars a month. Ho needs a man. Swlpsoy (ata safe distance) 'Xcuse mo, mum. I'm ashamed to own it, but I'm a bit superstitious, an' I coulda't take tho job 'cause thirteen Is un un lucky number. Judge. Some people spoak as if hypocrites wero confined to religion, but thoy aro every whoro; peoplo pretending to wealth when thoy havo not ti sixpence, assuming knowledge of which they aro Ignorant, shamming a culture thoy uro fur removed from, adopting opinion thoy do not hold. llev. Albert Good rich. Vermont claims to produce mora butter annually thiin any othor StaUi In tho Union.