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lesski 1 a r ftm tta bun blisjllithisd and twrnutont to sea wattau thee when to ntl snuorieniseshhnwu aatrarate iut h uw onwtet forolnw awl on the sntti sea what hv knd ii ours atone mar ikh tell to thee dome haefc 0 thoetlr nurlnen i dryad umdmfc impesoiu tide i ditad the further shore tcu ttw umectci o the wavw- sav- rhat mj- fate shatl be qukv for the mtirhtr wind me up awt wtu do wail tor mc hailandfarewtil oroyatrert ttclf must readthc wavro l hat re have learned o sun and storm is oars alone to know the inds are blowing oav lo sea take op ihj- life and gor womm gossip wattv a khodc mand justice refused to marry a ran named carfio a lady the tame name on the ground that he ni afraid to couple cvs obsekvk how seldom the old husband smiles when in conversation with hii wife and how constantly and amiably he smiles when in convemtjion with any otsiex lady soria scctimcntially i dearly loe to ustcn to the tkkinr of a dock itsoemsto mc that a clock has language of its own jlr smart vcs sophia the dock his a uncuage you might ay a dialect tux retortcourfeous he after pn rosmjaud being rejected i suppose in the endvorrftbe marrying some idiot of a fellow sc breaking in excuse me u i meant to i that i would have accepted roar cucr a rerxrr womain black puses the win dow look like a pretty young widow doesul she do you like to sec a pretty widow a patty young widow is always a pleasing sight le7 so long as she isnt joct- muir a vi wants a receipt lor preserving the hiir certainly ise white sugar pounj fyr pound add enough water to make a heavy sotjs add the hu and four otmess oleomargarine bod strain and put in stone or glass jars wrar a rough fellow that sniggins is y letalantly exclaimed the hopcdse girl altera straggle with the aforesaid sniggins at coperhagen- he nearly smothered me t and did you kiss him for his smother i asked the oth jt m naivelv tvtu you hold my baby wtrilc i look zhcr my baggage asked a woman of a railway man emploved ia a chicaso depot tie other day fo said the man but i will hoid your baggage while you look for your baby he held a baby for a woman once and she never came back fortt and that was what made him so careful a woiltv who carried around mfllr in paris said a naive thing the other day one of lie o oka to whom she brought uilr locked iui-tlcca- aal remarked with sarpruc i why tjcre is actually nothing there but water the woman having satisfied her- se3 of the truth of the statement said well ii i diiatforgctto put in the milk tunis beaotica plumpness such as would hi considered exuberant in the cold aai criual north of ecnpe eoostrtutes the popular ideal of emale beauty in the regency of tunis among marriageable yoong ladies of that province slenderrress of form and delicacy of proportion are rezardei with jusunahle aversion as disqualilratien for the wedded state thefatfer a maiden the better is her chance of making a good and early mateli to be abnormally obese is to be certain fdruwingi ptsa m the mitrimoai- al market aui ti lorchsit htheness re mains unwooei whil ljiel corpuleace can trick and choosefmsaraaog a throng of eligiole suitors i how deep a root this pre- dhfictaon for capacious charms has struck in the tunisian manly bosom may be gathered from the fact that widowers desirous to marry again should they haply moved by family semiary considerations select a lrii khscdiaiecrion5a reported to fall sour ai -ij- oi taj v vhfii their pre vious exne had accijmel them are want t3 se l i fje dear dcnirtils girdle and bracelet to the parencs of their too exigu- eusbetrothei qnjxseipt of these arti cles conveying a delicate hinfc that it miht be expedient to make up far natures short- kfe comings by some judidout treatment the brides napa and minimi proceed to fatteji her with assiduity and despatch for some weeks she leads the life of a strasburg jjoose t sad hen she has attained the necessary goodly proportions her nuptials are celebrated to the entire tatisfaction of eterybody concerned tn them vuulafbufs decoration i took a journey tue other day says a puis correspondent away to the other side rf paris tcthai faroff quarter where bon- gttereaa knd other great artists abide to see tim magnificent window in painted glass uch is destined for the diningroom of mr fffcm h- vaaderbhf s house in j ew york 73 splendid work- of lart which is tne largest one of the kind ever executed for a secular building is due to the talent of 5l oudinot who u said to be the first artist in the world in his peculiar line the subject of the pictore is the meeting of the two kings francis l and henry vul bn the field of the cloth of gold in the centre of the foreground the two young sovereigns magnificent in dress and in appointoientv each mounted on a superb and fiery steed cfasp hands while at the right jneen claude of france nntoanded by her at tendants contemplates the greeting of- the rival monarchs king francis rides a snow white charger with trappings ofazure and gold while hmrys jiorse is a dark bay a gaylyclad jester holds two hounds in a leash in the immediate foreground to the right while the rest of the picture is filled with the knights- nobles speaismen etc in at tendance on the two kings in the back- ground rise the gorgeous tents erected to shelter the throng ot royal and aristocratic personages tie coloring of the work which includes some forty or fifty figures is very superb nothing can be imagined richer in effect than is the velreicarnet of the dais of the queen its glowing crimson and rich gold border extending so far over ifjeid that it is fretted by the hoofs 01 king fcaneis steed and throws out to ad- railage be p vbite ol ammal tnetftfering azure of the silken tassels that adorn his housings this immense and gor- keens work will if lunderstaod rightly fill 5 one end of mrtauderbilt s diningroom wfille at the sida of the roomwill be placed smalfcr windows each paintedhjy m oudi not and representing armor banners pano plies etc each turmoonted by the coat-ol- arms of one of the nobles that took part in the splendid ceremonies of the field of the oetiiofgoid ileseescirteheoiisareauol iowtiotable aaenticity jk siied by the artist from the mss and contemporary recordsof the time preserved in the national library k qndinmvl who si atemal corteons and most lntelhgent tantfeman fonnd on this euborate work his i hopes ohraralantic famend has ben u theresonrces of his energies and mb talent to the production of a masterpiece whenever i go among the artists i hear of some new and nuunficent 3fyg sc oesrtis tuid reodendoiit jenrlt baadiy hu tu rcivly iketched out the ceiling for hii drw tag room representing the marrilitffl o cu pid and ftychc tnd wme of the finett tn tiqae tapestrie that have of uto come into the market have boen purchaaed to adorn uk library wedtlaf iawdent a lew years since aayi a jetroit paper a yonng gentleman from the interior ol the ute came to vhe city for the purpose of meeting here and marrying a young lady who being left an orphan he year previoai had found a home nth an aunt who van decidedly opposed to the match the plan waa for the gentleman to come to detroit onan early train make the necessary ar- nngemente f and meet her at the depot at 7 oclock in the evening accompanied by a friend a person vat found who consented to the cerempny being performed in hii own parlora and all preparations completed the gentleman repaired to a hotel foe a quiet smoke before the train would arrive while so engaged the intended bridegroom be thought hinr of the financial phasr- of the traasaction and inquired of his friend what was the customary fee and how and whan it was to be paid apologetically adding witu a little nervous laugh j ton see mr lwy i was nerer married before the desired inionaation was given the soontobe benedict withdrew to a side table procund paper and envelope and in dited a note to the dergyman thanking hint for hia kindness and asking his acceptance of the enclosed at the same time wishing he were able to rive more the reverend gen tleman declared that he wished the same for the envelope did not contain a penny almost equally common is the experience of marrying those who resort to all manner of schemes to evade payment a wellknown clergyman narrates an uutance inpoint lie was then prcadiing at deiterj mich when an apparently verdant couple came over to his study from the hotel they had come to town oa purpose to be united by this clergyman lacy i and were going on a tower tc oltcmjuv ocr the groom thrusts his hand deep iito one pocket after another and then wiil a wrtieunulated an noyance ejaculated i declare jane i have left my money in the trunk over at the hotel i ee would go right over and get it and be back in a minute the clergy man however had been bitten before and blandly sngistcd that inasmuch as he was coming back so soon the bride would wait there ai return this arrangement seemed o be satisfactory and the groom started far tiichotcl he xm returned and said jane i cant unlock that peaky trunkf vocrn you will have to come over ami do it eventually the trunk resisted their com bined efforts for the clergyman never saw them afterward one day as an old whtehaired mniister was writing in his study a domestic came in with the announcement that a couple were outside who wished to be married he told her to admit them and in they came three pairs of them and all arm-in- arm it was impossible to decide which was the pair but selecting the most cou- fosed- looking couple he commenced the cere mony all went merrily until it came to tiie charge if there be anyone among you wfa knows of any reason why this couple should not be joined in wedlock let una speak now or forever afterliold hu poace here the usual brief pause was made but vcit quickly terminated by the groom ejaculating in a suppressed voice go on parson go on there aint no rea son r one of detroits oldest clergymen narrates an incident that occurred soon after he locate here when he knew but little of the people and nothing whatever of the iocalrw ties he was waited upou by a not very pxofessioiiallooking man- who wished him to come down to eranklin street to- marry me and liza ta the minister franklin street soanded as aristocratic as would washgtoa street bat he admits that he was a trifle taken aback when he followed his guide into the house and found he was in a saloon however aioonkeepers must be married as well as l other people was his thought and he followed on through the room up a flight of stairs and into a sit ting-room- then the guide who proved to be the groom as weustepped into the hall and shouted com on lire i come on girls the parsons come t and into the room trooped a crowd that showed that he had got among tie slums the opportunity was too good to be- lost and under the guise of that marriage ceremony be preached such a sermon upon the subject of morality as those present had nerer before listened to that his address had bean of no avail however he was convinced by the forcibly expressive remark of the groom as smitinc his fists together he trimnpliantly shouted there liie td like t3 see that fellow get you now f xxtraflrdlnarr surgical feat m george 0 starr sent 2312 invitations to physicians in kew york and therealwuts to attend an interesting clinic by dr lynn of london at a certain number on broad way some goo doctors responded many of them accompanied by ladies they were ushered through lines of living curiosities i which mr bannel had collected and into the j auditorium where dr lynn said he should be happy to decapitate and otherwise div member one or more of them if any felt like submitting to the operation none responding ihe said he would take a stage carpenter for hii tubject and invited two of the doctors to assist him after propounding to them an intricate question w biology asking them if the solution was clear in their minds and being answered by the shaking of heds he confessed that neither was it clear to his mind and the stage carpenter who was ta be his subject tt strapped against a board at the rear of the stage a- certain being first drawn in front of him to conceal the painful process then the curtain being withdrawn dr lymnseizeota heavy pruning knife and with a neat twirl removed the left arm of the figure strapped to the board the left leg was next sacrificed the black cloth was next thrown over the head which was un doubtedly that of the stage carpenter and when the cloth was removed the figure was headless the doctor offered this part of the man to any lady in the hall who would hold it while the dissection proceeded but done volunteered- the figure pointed in mute appeal with it right hand to the place where the head ought to be and the doctor kindly restored the head which smiled i with gratification the other members of the body were then thrown at tne stage carpenters feet or more properly at hu foot and he was told to pat himself to gether again whik the curtain was dravn for half a minute at the expiration of that time he walfced forth to all ap pearance whole though dr lynn told te lookers on hat they must not trust wholly to appearantm m any rate what was done was accom plished without loss of blodd and the as sembled doctors- acknowledged that this was more than thy ooald themselves hope for in performing the amputation of a mans head anifann and one letj tainwwjwcanbdo twlawtesfefeiubt i r bkxhno of km gimtold the curious ltttan which fins has ealted from all sorts of ppls sine the death of her husband mrs gar field has received nearly 1200 letters from strangers in all parts of the country begging for some part of the fund which was sub scribed throughout the united states for her benefit most of thess letters hav been de hvcred directly to mrs garfield and many of them have becu sent to her cousin mrs mason with whom she itayed during the funeral week mother garfield has also had a great many similar letters and in one in stance at least little miss mallie was appeal- ed to by a correspondent who desired to be- come her step- lit her mrs garfield has read all of these letters and then burned them soon after mrs garfield came here from mentor to reside she received a letter from a woman asking for several thousand dollars to pay oil her husbands debts shu enclosed a photograph of her insolvent husband and i asked further that mrs garoeld solicit pre sident arthur to give him a clerkship of some sort under the government mrs garfield destroyed both the letter and pic ture six weeks later this same woman wrote to say that she and her husband hajl enjoy ed a vacation journey of nearly fixe thou sand miles the delights tjf which had been impaired only by the ever present recollec tion of her husbands debts and mrs gar- fiehs bereavement while fcythis time the public had for the most part j forgotten mrs garfields sorrow this disinterested bat in teresting correspondent begged to assure her that she still bore it in mind and shared with the nations widow the rfrief of the na tious bereavement 1 she also enclosed a peats tamp for the return of her farmer letter and her husbands picture in case mrs garfield was not dlsposod tp grant her re quests several letters were received from church societies asking for help with their debts one woman wrote for moaey to bur a mourn ing dress for herself and a tombstone for her sou lately dead another who had lost one hmbaod in the war had inarried anoth er husband who was a worthless and unde sirable companion rfhc wanted money to enable her to leave him a young girl wte for money for her veduin trous- xowcpapert and adnrtialbg the first ting lis h newspaper u generally considered to have been tha public luitlk gwrer commenced by sir roger restrange m 1g63 and suocccded by the london jliit in ig65 advertisements arc hardly met with until the beginning of the follow ing century an interesting work was pub lished about two years ago entitled a cavaliers notebook consistuig of notes and a sort of diary by william blundeu- of crosby hall luicashire captain of dra goons in the royalist army of 1642 the work contains a good deal of shrewd obser vations illustrative of manners and customs and political afiairs during the utter half of the seventeenth century j among other things which exercise his mind is the diffi culty of bringing together iperscfas whose mutual interest would lie in supplying each others wants he says ilany persons have money which they desire to put out for lawful interest kc but they are wholly ignorant of the means to do i many others would tike up aioney in extreme necessity and are willing to rive security but they know not where to nnd money this hath been the reason the scriveners of london hare been employed as brokers for money with benefit to themselves and commodity to the borrower aad lender this might be practised with much advantage to the coun try in eachcounty of england by the means of some discreet honest person in each town of note whose known employment it should be to put out money and take security fcc he further says the above was writ about the jear 1659 since wten great prac tice hath been made in this kind within our neighborhood so that now this present year 16s3 it seems so convenient to bor rowers and lenders that i think it is like to continue and i believe the like might be practised with great advantage to the coun try in other matters as in buying and sell ing of land and even in marriages if the person employed be discreet and tender of other mens cre4its some such way might be usad for the hiring of servants or apprentices and for the utterance of divers wares and commodities n lit wnuld be very expedient if each parish or village might have some place as the church or smithy wherein to publish jjy papers post ed up the wants either of the buyer or sell er as such a field to be let such a servant se such a service to be had kc and it roemeth convenient that each man that will sell his horse should tie a mark or sign thereof on the bridle these remarks are replete with good sense it seems to us dif ficult to realize a state of things in which placards and advertisements were unknown there had however been already a move ment to supply the want i he goes on to say there was a book published in lon don weekly about the year 1637 which was called as i remember the pablicj advice it gave information in very many of these par ticulars qusere if it continues still to do so or the reason that it dothj not a d 1ggg there is an office near the old ex change in london called the office of pubuci adria from thence bothprinted and private informations of this useful nature are always t be had but yhat they print i no more than a leaf or lessj in a diurnl i was at this office the idiurial consisted of 16 pages quarto in 1689 contemporary in formation or any historical subject isjalways valuable we have here newspapers and advertising in their inception a want was felt and we flee the tentative means adopted for its supply it is clear from the above statement that advertising jin newspapers commenced much earlier than is generally supposed the publkk advice in ltwo issued advertisements oa a single leaf which had grown in 1689 to 16 pages quarto jproba- bly the whole of this might not be occupied by advertisements but advertising was the chief object of the publication of this di urnal one soul made happy iracticec tae who yes talwavb make a pra some poor family a thanluj he was saying to the grocer want an extra one this weec make at least one soni happy ah heaven bless yoq man who had been asking ions you are the man turkey last year p f hat w you were street i 4 was and i was iaid foot and my wife was near jj chills t well im glad tonieet coachman to give the bird to person and im glad you and i shall never put that tarkcy up at a on him and outejd of f oir my wife i lw in eooug ine six weeks may yon ittftmijmki of sending giving turkey and shall yes i must forgrt raifle called out a price of ou sent me tha- living on with a lame dead with the jou iteldthe some deserving rere made hap- i you sir 1 railed in 3 wntol whiskey tobaiootoust what while it is easy to take cold in midsum mer colds are usually more prevalent when low temperature prevails though less in clear steady winter than during the varia ble ipring and autumn catching cold is usually the result of xntquality of tempera- j ture in two parts of the body especially ad jacent parts which disturbs the uniform cir culation of the blood at the place where this disturbance occurs congestion arises that is a rush of blbodto a part from one direction faster than it is carried off by the chilled blood vesaew in the other direction and this produces serious results if not speed ily remedied this diseased condition may extend over the whole body afiecting most severely an organ al eatjy weak thus a cold may raie from damp or chill- ed feet from eves a slight draft of air blowing through a c rack upon one side or portion of the body and cooling it from standing near fire or stove and heat ing one side while he other remains com paratively cold fro n warmer clothing on one part of the bod than on another f from tightly dressing the arms and lower limbs or leaving them naledfrom standing over a hot register from the chilling evaporation of water or moisturt from a ptirtion only of ones clothing in genera from any cause producing inequality of temperature the caosesof a cold named indicate how to avoid one maintaining general rigor by nourishing well jljgasted food gives one power to resist an attack when to bt es pecially exposed a ettle tonic as a grain or two of quinine taken in advance may be uscfu stimulants like alcoholic liquors are bul a temporary iaid the reaction after the first stimukting effects leaves one more iect u take coldf than if the stimulant lbeen omitted j limple remedies will usually remove a cold if taken promptly before the congest ion has produced erfcos disorganization when struck with a sense of chilliness 15 to 30 drops of aromatic spirits of ammonia in half a tumbler of prater will often start a uniform circulation ail through the body as this quickly enters the whole and is stirau- lating soaking the feet in warm water gradually adding warmer water as ions as it can be borne diawsoff the blood from all the rest of the uxly and often relieves congestion iu any local part smart fric tion upon any part dr the whole ot the skin surface or a uniform surface sweating pro duces like results j but in these cases spe cial care must be taltjento prevent afterchill ing of the feet or any other part after the feet heating wipe dry quickly and cover them warmly j 1 he best remedy h e have found for a re cent cold is a moderate movement of the bowels with castor dil or caustic or other mild cathartic magnesia this produces a sow of fluid drawn from the blood to the alimentary canal add thus reduces the pres sure upon any one congested point just as drawing off part of tjhe water from a flooded pond relieves pressup upon a weakened dam or eabankment this is to be followed by keeping the body farm and comfortable and toning it up wish good food or a simple tonic like quinine reeding a coliv prior to taking a cathartic is the ortt possible treatment it is oily adding inaterial to increase the congestion customs and ilea of the dunkers the dunkers process all the fundamental erinciples of clinstian faith they do not owever believe in pe eternal perdition of souls they have no creed apart from the bible jwhat they aim at is to restore cltfistianitr to its p imitive parity scrupu lously to follow the precepts and and the example pf the savic or and to make religious conviction the sole arbiter of conduct in iil they still baptize the neophytes as their founders at cchwarsenan did by immers ing them three times in the name of the father the son inl the spirit their holy communion it preceded by the rite of footwashing a curious discussion has of late engaged their al teution upon the ques tion whether the sfi gle or double moae is the better claim for jbservance when the same brother both washes and dries the feet it is the single mode when each ser vice is preformed by a separate person they call it fiwt- washing by the double mode it is not to be understwd however that the whole congregation s thus served by one or two of their number there are enough of them going around ith tub and towel to finish the ceremon within a reasonable time footwashihj and communion are always sdhunisterefl in the evening during the afternoon a love- feast is held in com memoration of the s ipper which jesur took with his disciples there ib no binding rule as to the choice of food though among the viands lmb has the preference even such luxuries as coffee an f butter unknown to scriptural palestine are not objected to after tie lovefeast comes the holykiss the minister gives i to the brother that sits next to him on the i ight he applies it in turn to his neighbo and thas it is passed along the line and by the last is earned to the next table th same order is observed with the women w th the exception that the first kiss is applied by the minister to the first sisters hand j suspicious symptoms j wpwlkjoa- a minister who was perhaps not too care ful in his habits was induced by his friends to take the teetotal i ledge his health ap peared to juffer anc his dodtor ordered him to take one glass of punch daily ohjjhesaid i dare cot peggy my old housekeeper wi uld tell the whole par ish j wnon do you shave the doctor asked in tfce morning then said the doctor shave at night and wijen peggy 1 rings you np yournot water you take your gjjfcss of punch just be- foregoing to be 1 the minister afterward appeared to im prove ia health and t spirit ihe doctor met peggy soon after tvid said fmfglad to heaiipegrythat your master is bettejr j indeed sir hes better but his brains affected theres something wrong wi his mind h why doctor hi used to shave at night before going to bed but now he shaves in the morn lie shares be ore dinner he shaves after dinner he shi ves at night hes aye shavint the symptoms wfre indeed very suspi cious the fatal nnml was 574 were held in mere acre in sxtent am the nai le of farms averagi sire of bol 2 acre i and of fara em consist 15 and 30 acres 136006 wh famr airilop acres who ta ireland of holdings in ireland whereof about 60000 itches of leis than one 524000 were worthier of j it appears that the in ireland is about mortnimerouaqiass those whoiown between hose number ithjooo hold between 30 and j yrmm wm sow the pttoteohnloa for qrkad ls plejrs- an made lemaxti a firework faotoryu not a very establishment to look at it canhot well be so it is neoessarj to have ihrn many workshops as there are various cesses in the manufacture and the law quires that only a certain amount of mal al shall be accumulated in each ship hfet only a certain nnmbcr of hands shillbe vb- ploved in it that the centre of each ship shall be at least twentyfive yards from te centre- of any other shop and that finished fireworks shall be sorted in quantitiestrii ly limited and clearly specified in sunk in the ground at least fifty yapds fi any other magazine ur workshop a firework factory therefore has thi ap anoe of a rather queerlooking in dual village the open spaces of which may hapshe piled up with debriss of one ana another while some of the foadwaj about it are fringed with a disphw of mortara which to any one wlio should ch to come upon the place without any kno edge of its character might very jprope suggast tht idea that the heaps of hroki frames rockctstcks barrels etc were te outcome of a recent bombardmeut jsis not altogether an inviting enck for u stranger to make his way into th is a big notice of danger in capital left near the entrance and all sorts of aotioea of pains and penalties and warnings to tres passers there are some fifty workshops and magazines dotted over about twenty- one acres of grass land and the rules and regulations posted up here and there about the place convey the ideaqnitean erroneous one no doubt that a general blowup may be expected at any moment evefy work shop is roofed with kambiulicon and lined witn paper not a scrap of iron is employ ed in their structure all nails etci being of copper the people emploved in them are compelled to wear overall boots mads especially for the purpose without fails and garments of woolen and pockets in which tucif era and other contraband articles might be brought into the place being strictly for bidden to insure that this prohibition is adhered to every person is searched before commencing to work if it is necessary as it sometimes is at busy times to carry on work after dark each workshop must be lighted byagalamp hthinff through the window from the outside these regulations apply of course only to such of the workshops as are devoted to that part of the business in volving the use of explosive substances one or two of the largest buildings are de voted to the manufacture of the esses and a very pretty manufacture it is to watchu the most interesting feature of it perhaps is the making of cases of shells those pyrotechnic oddities that spring inc the air with a bang go whirling up with i lighted fuse just like the bombshell of war and then burst into stars of golden rainfierynaheor innumerable snakes the cases are made of brown paper each being formed by neatly fitting together two hollow hemispheres to makes these hemispheres a boy sita with a little marble mold before him and pastes in layer after layer of brown paper just as a cook puts into a basin tbe crust of a meat budding when two such hemispheres are dry and hard thev are neatly tmuned round with frame and glued together so as to form a globeajn which a hele is left open for the charge and fuse by which it is to be icnvt d these shells are usually discharged from ai iron mortar just as the deadly unssijes of war are thrown it has been tound practii cabie however to make paper mbrtara of sufficient strength to throw up shells of moderate sue rery effectively the largest of these shells are twelve bches in iiameter and are as perfectly spherical and look to be as hard as common hails a visitor to one cfthejccaemijdiigeheu in which a good fire nuy le ranul u an open fireplace will perhaps bi rather startled o notice a number of barrels and jars which he will be apt to assume arc fill ed with fireworkmaking materials of an ex plosive character of coarse they are not of an explosive character or they would not be in a building with a fire in it these re ceptaclea represent the most modern devel- opmimte of the pyrotechnic art just take a dip into this barrel and bring ontj a little of its contents on the top of a pocketknife and hold it in the dark part of that gas flame it is artenite of copper and sal am- ncnic and instantly the broad light of noon day is overpowered with a blue glare that would have fairly astounded friar bacon on the heathen chinee or john babnqgton or any other artist in fire of ancient diys we make another dive and bring out a little calorate of baryta and a dealing outburst of green is the result when placed in the flame here is a barrel of sal nmorac which is combined with color giting sub- stances to give depth and intensity an other receptacle holds chlorite of potash a source of oxygen gas without a good supply of which neither firewotka nor tfiose for whose enjoyment they are made can be ex pected to be rery bright some ofjthe col oring substances are very perilouaj if for instance a little of a compound of litrate of strontia and smjphur and potash tbe source of the most vivid red color known jto chem istsif a little of this should bo left after a display at the crystal palace it is always either fired or buried it is too dangerous to attempt to store all this branch of py rtechny of quite rentdeteiopmeiit forty or fifty years a o colored fireworks were un known or nearly so j perhaps the most delicate and interesting feature of modern fireworkmaking is the charge of roman candles those colored balls which are puffed out softly in o the air one after the other without any re sort and which are always recognized as am h a pret ty feature of tbe sydenham dispuys the public like to see those balls thrown out with exactly an equal force so as to lay just within the same sphere in order to secure this very careful adjustment is i eoessary the fiery balls of color are little amps of composition filled into the case ai d aeparj ated from each other by a layer f dark fire a little charge ol gunpowdsr being just beneath each it is this lit ee charge of powder whieh blows them into the air and if all the charges were alike eery ball would be thrown out a little furthc than iu predecessor because the deeper do ni in th case an explosion takes piece ths i ore vio lent it is the resistance beig great r to ob viate this the charge of powder is made to ncreaseas the tube is filled np 1 he workt man who fills a roman candle thei fore has before him a series of little bcoom if differ ent sizes for naeasurmg the powuei and uses them in succession tsmiallest bf ing used lor the first ball put in and the fairest for the ball at the mouth of the tt be the dark fire is a composition wlich only smoulders and which therefore does not burn down to a second ball until the first has performed its gracefdjprogre tfarouo the air of all firewotks the rock t berhaw ia tbe most beautiful ndt it oerta nty i the most curious in structure r same tie heel of ffcem are said to raise pq a heigh dtfqtb than a third ef a mile hjs sjsiiiiiir mwoffltuseoured rt the sir outside that the rocket is driven up ward by it tbe tail of the comet consisting of the sparks of the fire burninz within evkketmakiaff of course forms a large part of the work of any firework factory la one shed tfte cases are being made in another buildii g sticka are being split up and round ed at t le head so as to ht into the rocket- case n a tbird all sorts 6f curious burdens are beij ig prepared for the fiery messengers whose teads are hollow chambers capable olhold ng tail stars comets colored stars golden am floating lights and a score of other tj rprisea when the rocket can rise no higher these floating lights by theway are wet worth a passing notice they are produo 1 by little tubes of color borne aloft by a snj dl silken perachute which together with th tube is skilfully packed into th head o the rocket the largest shed on i4egrc nds is that in which the famous set pieces the crystal palace are prepared this ah d is eighty feet long by forty feet wide jn the floor of this a large frame is laid do n the design is marked out in chalk j then mi le in lath and cane and upon the lathaet icanes lances or little bghts are fixed b means of nails without heads the whole 1 ing interlaced with quick match of whicajt is said that before now four miles have h4 used in a single display whii tarns mm athwimi vaccination thus then it becomes possible to affec sheep a id cattle with a form of anthrax-dis- j ease so uild as to bear much the same rela tion to tevcrer forms that cowpox bears to smallf ix x aud for this artificial affection with i be mitigated disorder pasteur uses the tern s acanation the qnestion that now arscs to which the whole previous in- vestigation has led up is th most import- and of all docs this vaccination with the mild v iu afford the same protection against the action of the severe that is im parted by cowpox vaccination against smallpox to this question atnnnatire answers were last year obtained by profes sor greenfield on professor burdon-sander- sons suggestion in regard to bovine ani mals and by if toussaint in regard to sheep and dogs the former when vac cinated from rodents- and the latter from fluids cultivated from outside the kving body after a method devised by h tous saint proving themselvs incapable of being infected with any form of anthraxdisease though repeatedly inoculated with the malig nant virus and remaining free from all disorder either constitutional or local the same result having been obtained from experiments made by pasteur himself pro bably about the same date with charbon- virus cultivated in the manner previously described was deemed expedient by one of the provincial agricultural societies of france that the important discovery should be publicly demonstrated on a great scale accordingly a farm and a sock of fifty sheep having been placed at k pasteurs j disposal he vaccinated twenty jfive of the flock distinguished by a perforation of their ears with the mild virus on the hird of may last and repeated the operation en the 17tn of the same month the animals all passed through slight indisposition but at the end of the month none of them were found to have lost either fat appetite or liveliness on tbe 31st of that month all the fifty sheep without distinction were inoculated with the rfrofljerfcharbounrus and m pasteur predicted that on the fol lowing day the twenty five sheep inoculated for the first time would all be dean while those protected by previous vsccination with the mild virus would be perfectly free from blage of agricultural authorities cavalry- officers and veterinary surgeons having met at the field the next afternoon june 1st 0ie rtiult was found to bt exactly in ae- conlanct tcivi m pasuvrg prtdictioiu at tvo oclock ivrnojdrtc of the unprotect ed sheep were cad the tirtnly- fourth died within another hour and the ttctntyfiftfi in an hour afterward but ths twentyfive vaccinated sheep were all in perfectly good condition one of them which had been designedly inoculated with an extra dose of the poison having been slightly indisposed for a few hours but having then recovered the twentyfive carcasses were then buried in a selected spot with a view to the further experimental testing of the poivmous effect produced upon the grass which will grow over their graves but the result says the reporter of the times jane 2nd is al ready certain and tne agricultural public now know that an infallible preventive ex ists against the cbarbon- poison which is neither costly nor difficult as a single man can inoculate a thousand sheep a day i have since learned that this protection is being eagerly sought by the french owners of flocks and herds and if any severe epidemic of the same kind were to break out in this country our own agriculturists would probably show themselves quite ready to avail themselves of it soft but a hard nut to crank the dough nut f sausage at wholesale price i dogcheap after alt the books of euclid are rather ptoblematiral laying iowu the lavthe judge on the point of resigning thempher time to assist a lady when she is about o faint a ooil fire is a grate oomfortv but a nut meg of ten suggests a grater man wants but little here below which a little more you know a book with loose leaf should be bound over to keep the peace j fritz says he cant eat pleoniorgarine be cause it disagrees with him when a tenant wishes to hold his dwell- ing house for another year he releases it ship captains ought to be good dancers because they are good skippers if a fellow goes skating for the first tune he can never ten whats going to turn pp a good meal for a fast an hasty pud ding boston courier a good luncn for a beat spongecake tawcoo jstrauss although seooiing to do so emotional act resses rarefy weep in their plays excepting when the house is bad a fashionable yonngladylike an inexperi enced printer- makes a great bustle in cor recting her form there are some days when you cant lay up a cent and other days when you cant get hold of a cent to lay up they tell us the time is coming when the grasshopper ahau be aduxden it lssmcerely hoped it will be a dead weight appearances are deceptive one cheese may seem to be the exact counterpart of another and yet be a mighty sight richer dont be forever sighing for wealth my son otunselled johns father be content wjth what you haver 1 intend to be con- tent when 1 have it replied john some one estimates that a million and a half of pies are eaten every day in the united states no wonder americans as a race are becoming daily more crusty horseshoes arc now being made of cork it will bea lucky day for the human race when the hind shoos of a mule are made of the ktltr material freshinan waiter what time is it please waiter jene sais pas msier freshman oh is it so late as that i promised to be home before 10 recently at ths launching of a ship the orator of- the occasion made a bow pitched his voice and delivered a few stern remarks in masterly style are you feeling very ill v asked the phy sician let me see your tongue please its no use doctor replied tbe patient no tongue can tell how bad i feel j- a lot of kew york inaident recently got up a fair for the poor and as quite a lum ber now wear engagement rings the eater- pris is spoken of as arilliant success ngrer talk about a childs peculiarities be fore it the greatest charm of chddhood is its forgetfulneea of itself its utter ignorance of the- state of its own attire and its own mind its cajubility of jprgctting whether it is ill or well clad a pjpladalphia press reporter interviewed the prise fat woman whose weight is 720 pounds when asved po you still claim to be the largest fat voman in the world she frigidly replied excuse me sir but i- do not recognize the title i am said to se the largest large lady on exhiintion r at a trial of a criminal case the prisoner entered a plea of not guifty when one of the jurymen at once stood up the judge informed him that he could not leave until the case was tried tried repeated tiie juror m astonishment why he acknow ledges thafhe is not guilty it is printed as a rather remarkable tact that washingtons body srant was npt at the vorktown centennial his absence will not ppear o strange when it is es- 3- j i even slight indisposition a large aasemhlained that the old man was down in texps cutting seventeen cords of wood on that dajy he wanted to come but business is business and the wood had to be cut t pxbsonal a baolrslillni caarteaturlst richard whiteing gives the following char acter sketch in a paper in the december century on the american student in the paris art school i knew one american student for in stance who had the curse of caricature upon him whenever he saw a new lace it work ed on him like a spell he had caricatured all the men in his set not that he wanted to do it but because he could not help it all his taste for art was for serious work he worshipped holbein and if he could have helped it he would never have drawn a line to raise a laugh he was really a strong man but now and then be bad to yield to what he considered his infirmity eko a re- forming tippler returning to his old habits under stress of temptation there is a story of his calling on a new man with- the air of a visitor who is halfashamed of his errand sit still he said sadly it wont take me long and without another word he drew out a pocketbook and- fell to work on what proved to be a wonderful caricature of the freshmans face it was a thing to take the conceit out of a sitter for bnlfhis life time and i the sourness and illnature for the whole of tt it was so genial with intention and so alive with fun you see tknew i should have to do tt some time or other he said and 1 thought i might get it over at once if you didnt mind please keep it he added meekly handing ms victim his sketch it is of no use to me now and they parted the best friends in the world thftlmportant point some years ago there lived in a certain city a merry set of scotchmen whose mirth was notralways regulated on the coldwater principle john b was a prominent mem ber one particularly jolly night the t had gone abnne the meal and toward the sma nours two of his friends found him sit ing disconsolately on the curbstone not far from his bachelor quarters as the were be asked doye ken whanr john ny b lives yon an johnny b your self was the reply 1 ken that man said johnny butwhaurjdoesljobidy b j lord lyons has now represented england at pans for fourteen years an unusually leng tenure of the blue ribbon of british em bassies mr gladstone has had a regular body guard of police of late this is as mrnha novelty for an english prime minister as fbt an american president the jmpress ot austria seared by tne land league from hunting with the heath hounds is to take up her quarters at box- leyonthehill a beautiful old seat in rut landshire which belonged to a formbr earl of winchester who bequeathed it b his natural son father of the present owner i the rev dr stem of brooklyn was last saturday night presented with a certified check of 35000 from his congregation re presenting an annual addition to his salary- of a thousand dollars for the thirtyfife years he has been in brooklyn there is nothing like saving dp ones money and get ting it in a lump as one grows old had his people imprudently given him this thousand dollars every year as he went along he would jprobahfy have apent it this is why clergy- n men generally are paid small or moderate salaries they are going to get their reward in a hnrip byandbye most of them in tee sweet byanafcye 1 the abbe iiszt received a great ovation in rome on his seventieth birthday his receptioir was attended by the principal no bility and the chief musical professors and representatives of musical societies in italy and some ofiiis workt were given by a select chamber band the great pianist and com poser in a few sympathetic words express ed hia happiness at mfeeting so many warm friends and decwed that rome was the city in the world he loved best the shops are full of his photographs of all sizes aad the american sculptor greenooghhas juit executed an exceedingly fine bas relief me dallion of his aide face halloween was celebrated in the old sty e at balmoral castle and the arrangement fpr the festival were of the most elaborat j character f a huge bonfire was prepared o x the iawnih front oi ths castle and tins wa s lighted by friaces beatrice who was et corted by a procession bf two hundred tore i bearers then a witch was drawn out of th s stable yard on a car followed by maske i figures in a variety of gyotieaque dresses an 1 altera drumhead sort of thai she was cot signed to the named queen victoria re mained outside during the sporta and her health nnd that of the princess was druak with full highland honors after whicn the national anthem was sung by tlie company who numbered nearly four hun- 1 ann baa jut mannlacfcw hi ostsyaro tiij5b hpw qarflald heara ths neva atnad iwomrht about ten days after thalirat subscript vas mads to fund fr mrs garfieli laoqe one of the household informed hunihit falargessmof taonc was being raised in her is thaeren of is demise ai this he wasrerjr tnach surprised andsaid j what adding mheridantemqtiori as ihe ton edhufacstothepwow how kind arid thwrfitttu wrjatamawoostjacr waataiurtlanot absorbed for a hearihjsi anods the sabl st i i