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The Joke of Long Ago. He stops JOB on the corner, and be gail? spins It oar, And you puiie and listen, lileut, though you ve baud It all beforu. You remember every syllable, anticipate each penis, An<l cn poiut the usual time for interruption and applause. Tis to biu a thiuK of liuauty, aa an ovcrlaatiuK iy ; Ha nuds tbe entertainment fraught with cbariuii tbat i ever cloy. A tide of things frgutteu at Iti call begins to flow- That (foul old joke that dear old joke tbat juke of long ago You have heard it in the orchard a* you lolled benuatb Uiu tr. i". Shirking algebra and Latin for thu humming of the bee*. You bavu beard it at the comer when the day's dull labor a o'er. The leisure-blest a.-emblcd at tbe village sou- oral Htore. Thou;;!! oacb reciter altered it for fear it might grow tame, It lived iu the ailectnm staunch anil faithful- still tbu aame. Ah! one likea to hear Ijn.i lull it take his time and tall it slow Tbat good old joke -that dear old joke that f long ago. My Fiddle. My fiddle ' Well. 1 kind o keep her handy, don't you know ? ThouKb 1 ain't BO much Inclined to troujp the triogs and switch the bow An I was before the urn:. or of my elbows got so dry. And uiy :.:!.; r, iere more liuibur like aiidca[>riab aud pry. Yet 1 can plunk ai.il plunk and plink And tune ber up aud play. An-i just lean bacK at.il lau^h and wink At every nicy l> My playin'i only in. :!.. a mats ( picked up when a boy Tbe kind u' sort ,> tljdliu' tbat the folks call cor- durov. " The oi.l I- at < ial " and " Ryestraw " and ' My Sailor's Ou tl:i - Is the 'owtillionethat 1 saw nben the cb ice is left to me. And HO I piimk anil I'ionk aud plink. And rosuiu up in . Aud play tim tunr ttut m&ku you think The duril's iu your t. . ' That' how tbis her*- old udJlu's won my heart s i-n-lunu lore ! From tho *tr;:j*;s cr -* her uiiddlo to the schret L-btu' keyti above From iu-r i *TIJ. over bnJ^o u^il to tbe ribbon ruuiiil her She's a wuoin cojin' pigucn. suiRiu " Lovo mo " . V. TV uotot Ami no 1 pat her neck, and plink !! r inngs with lovn. ImuiK And. list nm cloet, 1 Bometiuj?* think She km.li/ umli mauds! Jaitu-i ll'tntctrnb liiley. from Night t.. NOUB. BIL1*A1> THI sin ICTT. How can vile man be luntinVd with < Aad bow can ho be clean of woman born ' Beheld, the very uioen m dark before Hiui ; The vt-ry stars besula Mini are impure ' Bow much lucre uiau that ' but i worm, that And teeters in tho dark and loathsome earth ' fan i . unit, .1 unclean a;M M'TiJili-: 4 ; but Witb joy 1 kuow thai my K< <leemr hvotb ; Tbat He hall stand at the appointed day Upon the eartb . and t. . tbu worms ncoiu|iass and > In uiy uwu hviug llesli 1 >bali PAIL. Tlie blcoii of -l-ima Christ, tho s m : Doth purify Hi, people from tbi-ir Ami unto tbeui mat put tbrirtrunl m Iliin Tbere .< u<i oondem nation, l>ut. instead. ; ran.-e, ii!u .in 1 .y lor evern: : Prccureil aud purchased for them on the croar. W. M. One little bead of goMen hair Two little checks BO round and fair, Two little lips with fragrant M^bs, One little nuse and two blu,. Two little bauds as soft an a i>eacn, Two little l.-ot witb live tovs eacb, Two little smiles and two htUs tears, Two littlo |IK and two littlu Two little elbuwB and two liula kneel, One little uruut and on*' littlu nneoH, Duo little In-art, but no halo sins. Plenty of skirts aud huu ol pun. Oiiu littlu rluak and plenty ol [rocks. One lilt lo bond and two llttU. socks, A big dispuftitiou to haul an-1 10 pull. i ! tie stomach Hints never lull, One little m. -nth nf tberueen tint, One little botllo of pi-pperuiiu:, Plenty to eat and lota to wear Aud yot tbis baby is as cross as a bear. Johnnie do: it Mlxrtl. Mrs. l>o Cjuroy Bint! -Good graciaas. Man Ie, what in trim I hear ? Johunio na>u you told Mies Van Gilt iUai ycung Amor bond wan a frightful boy. Maude Why, Johnnie, bow dare you? What I laid wag, mamma, that Mr. Aator bond wax a dreadful bore. Johnnie -Well, I knew it wag somo sort oi a pig, but couldn't .| into ritDumb r. Hi- I'ei.uy Font In Australia. Victoria introduced the peony punt all over ita territory thin year at a io> eati mated sit abont t'^OOGO per aoDum. ai..l now New Smith Wales n proposing; to follow suit, and the estimated loss will bu about ftlO.OOO to the revenue. I'p to tbia year tbe postage t\ ir tbu whole colony was 21, with a peony rate in Melbourne and Sydm-y only for local letters. Lundv Star. ^ To FMrmere. Don't ait{u any papor wbioh a strani{er prteut. DO matter what he Bays about it, and uo matter bow innocent tbe thin* appears. It is tbe beaaou when gangs ol windlers visit the rural districts ulib tonnued fellows who have educated them elvua to lie black out ot white. The gtrmal opinion among thoee wiio have made a study of tbe subject U tbat the imperial Home is baukrnpt. L'h municipal authorities and pruato individuals, presnminij too cinch upon th< immediate growth of the city as the capita of Italy, have gone into extravagant enter prints, far beyond trie normal and reaaon able neeiia of the municipality ; for although Home ie tbe leading city of Italy it doea not poasesa the trade and commerce to pot it on a par with tbe capitals ol France, Austria aud Germany. In the first election for tbe Japanese House of Peers, under tbe new Constitu- tion, forty-four commoner! and one noble have been chosen to till tho forty-five elective seats. Tho empire has now (airly entered apcn an era ot representative government, and tbe adaptability wbioh the people have already sbown to new political and social conditions is an earnesl of still greater progress and development Farmer Xillman, who is a candidate for Governor of Sooth Carolina, is an enemy ol the colleges, which he calls '* dado factories." In a recent lecture on cookery at Chantiuqna, Mrs. Emma P. Ewiug de cJared that good food is indispensable to piety. FIFTY YEAE8 HiHOE A Prophecy by tha Fast Master of St. Oecile Lodge, F- and A- H. There is a Masonic lodge in Nsw York which holds its meetings in tbe day time. t is known among too fraternity as thu afternoon lodge," or the " matinee lodge," >nd its membership IB obieliy made up of ctora, musicians, morning newspaper men and others whose occupations oolige ' .em to be on duty at night. This lodge, the designation of which ia it. Cecile, No. oti8, JY. and A. M., cele- >rated ita 25th anniversary ou June 17th n the commandery room of the Masonic temple, A large audience of members and 'rituds were must agreeably entertained by t cumber of actors, lingers and instru meutalista, including Fred. Solomon and p. Ulou of tho Casino, the " County fair" iiuartette, Cieo. W. Morgan, the organ- at, and others. When the programme was rather more than half finished, Mr. Charles U. Govan, a former master of the lodge, was presented to tbe audience, and gave a most unexpected address, lie began by saying that twenty- live years was unto long enough to deter- mine tbe vitality of an organization, and thai it was reasonable to suppose that tit. decile Lodge wan destined to an existence of great duration and vigor. " I have no doubt," he laid, " that titty years from now, n Ibis same indestructible edifice, theru will be a celebration by tbe members ot his lodge of thu magnincance ol which we can term only a taint conception. 1 nfect tu bu present on that occasion Laughter ) It has often been said tbat -ickiy people live lha longest if they are not tuo gickly. Tbuy are prudent l temperate bccamu they have to be. Therefore, as I bave not enjoyed robust health for twenty yeara, and never will again, I cxpec:, by reaaon of tbe extra- ordinary precautions I will have to take, tbat I will bu alive wben all uiy big red acud brethren of middle age bave died oil ;rom congested livers, apoplexy, fatty de- generation and other ailments peculiar to these wbo live not wisely bat too well. I will auk you tu imagine tbat the 7J.li an- niversary fcaa arrived, and that an jld gentleman not a ' lean and slippered pan- taloon," bat a tolerably wdl preserved old chap by the name uf Govan is brought forward and unreduced as tbe oldeal living L'aat Midter ct ?t. Cucile lodge. 1 will pull myself together and say iiom>.-ihing ia this train : Brethren, I have jut arrived from the great metropolis -Chicago where I have been making a visit to some of my grand children and great grandchildren, wbo are Mttlt< there. Worshipful Brother Griffith uf this lodge, accompanied mu to the ita lion, and as tbe electric exprees waa about to start, not more than tix hours since, his last worda were : ' Tell tbu brethren of tit. that although 1 cannot be with tbem in tbe tlesh I wul be with them in tbe ipirit. Tell them also tbat 1 will address tnem for a tow minutes through tbu micro telephone.' Fifty yeari ago it took me nearly a third of the time to reach this spot from the eaitern section (then called Brooklyn) as it did to-day to comu from Cbicago, and as I overlooked this beautiful city from the top of the tunnel tower, at the wedtern end of this street, before descending the abate, and rivalled tbe f moke-enahrouded desert of brick and mor tar known as New Yurk in the past, 1 re joiced tbat I had been ipared to lee tbis nappy time. 1 can appreciate tbu change as you youug men cannot. Vuu have never known what is was to live in a oity witb so few parks ; that tbe only playground for moil children waa thu streets ; where, in- stead of tbu beautiful elevated sidewalks, with all tbe retail stores ou the same level, with roadways underneath, aud tbe ground doors of tbo ou .meat) district given ap to wholesale traliiu, horses, carriages, carts and pedestrians, bales, barrels and boxes were all jumbled together on the dusty groun !. and you bad to risk your lite at every crossing ; where, instead ot the silent electric motor, which takes yoa wherever you want to go at a rate of nve miles a minute, yon bad to depend ou a horrible, nerve- wearing arrangement on stilts, called an elevated railroad, which roared like a leviathan while it crept like a snail, and on which you shivered iu winter and stewed in summer. " This ii now a oity of homes, bat in my voang days it was largely t city of hovels. Since the government first took tbe trans portation business oat of the bands of raa cally corporations it has gradually become possible tor every workingman to sit under bis own roof tree, for it now costs no more either in time or money to ride twent miles than it formerly did to ride on mile, and the portions of Westohester Long Island and East Jersey lying witbin a radius uf twenty miles from this ipjt, which were once solitary and desert-like now blossom like the rose. In my early days hundreds of thousands of strong men tramped tbe country looking vainly for somebody to hire them. 1 have seen women picking up rags and paltry odds and ends in tbe street for a livelihood. I have seen little children barefooted ou November nights selling papers or begging pennies, bave seen awarms of them at work in dingy factories when they ought to bavu been at play. 1 bave seen sick men at work, when they ought to have been iu bed because they could not alTore to itop. All these evils were rife in m] time, because of a system uf taxation wbieb choked production at tho foundation head and permitted a few idlers to grow rich at tbe expense of their toiling bretb ren. " Meanwhile tbo people, though daily conscious of a great wrong, were sorely confused by tbe sophistries of the press and the pulpit, both of which tried to de lude us into the belief that we were a frei and happy people, amid the olamor o: socialism, anarchism, nationalism and 1 know not how many other iama, each ol which was warranted to be s sore cure for all tbe ills sMioting tbe body politic. I am thankful that the people had at length tbe wisdom to see that tbe remedy for all tbe evils besetting them lay in a simple amend ment of the laws by which the prodaotn ol labor were released from taxation and all government revenue wa> derived from a single- tax ou tbe rental value of land. No words of mine can de- scribe the magical change which- followed when the Incubus of land monopoly wai lifted from oar civilization. Tbe good esolta were so pronounced and nnmiitak- ible that oar example rpread like wildfire hroogbout tbe world. Natural opportum ies being everywhere set free, no man loffered from enforced idleness. Land peculation was abolished, for the reaaon hat holders could no longer afford to keep and idle, but bad to build, cultivate or sell. Dbia caused such a demand for labor that *a,ea went op like a rocket and have ilayed up ever since. Tbe working and luainess day wu gradually shortened from en or twelve hours to aix from U a.m. to 1 p m because every labor-saving iuven it,n, instead cf serving to still further inrioh the land owners, went to lighten th mrden of life for all mankind. " St. Cecile, an yoa all know, waa onoe an afternoon lodge. Now, tbe only differ- nee between tbis and other lodges is that wo meet two boors later at 'J in the evening instead of at 7. Theatrical and musical performances being now given between the hours of 5.30 and 8. .10, actors ind musicians are enabled tu attend lodge n tbe evening and meet witb their brethren in other walks of lite. The ladies are no ouger obliged to wear themselves oat and spoil their beautiful complexions over cook- 'ng stoves and wash-tubs, or to roughen ,heir lingers with ashes, clinkers and cans- ic soda, washing powders, or to burn themselves up with kerosene oil, for all aocdering is cow done as if by magic at the publie laundries, hygienic knowletj^e iu become so widespread acd the race las so gained ic vigor that raw food baa argely taken the place of cooked, and tea and coffee are no longer daily necessity ; every bouse las its own electric light plant and its own ice machine ; manufacturing and culinary operations are now conducted by means of water gas, which is far cheep r than coal used to be, and a roaring nre is now atorted by dimply turning a gas-cock, which at once turns on tbu gas and ignites it. Tbe whiskey cosiness has oeaaed lo be profitable ; tbe old prohibition pirty found oat long ago tbat the chief uoe of intern- :erancB was poverty that men drack to !orget their miaery bnt when poveity was abuiicbtd there waa comparatively few troubles left to be drowned in the lljwmg jowl. Drunkenness is now considered a liagrai-e, because there is no excuse for it. Inventions havu not proved an unmixod bleiaiug, however, for as Masons, for uince tbe wonderful improvements in dy- ing machines wu are oblige I, daring our meetings, to have a tylir at every window. Tbe beautiful and spacious parks and oommodioai dwellings which distinguish the east central (darter of this island occupy ground ooue the site of wretched tenement house-), where neither decency nor comfort waj poambie and where chil- dren died like murrian-amitten sheep. Tbe struggle for existence is no longer the des- perate battle it unco waa, in wiuub men grew prematurely old and sank into the grave before their time ; business and pro feasional jealousy uo longer array men agamat each oilier ; standing armies, so long a standing menace to ihe peace ol nations, have biien diabanded to engage in peacetul poriuits, and tbe lemon ol universal brotherhood aol for mankind one hundred and fifty yeara ago by Brother Robert Burns had been so wull learned ihtt, really, my brethren, 1 do not ice that there ia much further ise for our order, except to preaerve well loved traditions and to promote sociability." What do I like best in England 7 aski Bab, Tbu men. I liku them because they are- rial, and by real I mtau lacking m pretence. I like them h.<oauuc they are big aud healthy-looking. 1 like tbeui because they wear their clothes as if they grew on them, and not aa it they were aasiimed by the assistance cf a ahce-horn. I like them beoawe they realise their own rights and insist upon having tbem. 1 like them because, while they are polite they do not make you think it n a sugar icing liko that on pound oake. I like them bocause they like children dogs and horses. I like tbem beoauen they can row a boat ride a horse and drive a four in hand well or else not at all. I like them because they are big am strong looking 1 prefer a brute to an effeminate man. I nku tbem because they like American women. fine York World. tiurs;eouii PariiaulH. A contemporary has this to say for tb parasol offering : " Tbe ann umbrella, o aa the French say, the en tui can, ia ii danger ot being displaced by tbe paraso 1 he former in tbe most useful article, aa i serves a double purpose, Chiffon and orei nd other flimsy stuffs of gossamer light ness are tbe materials run on for para sols. Some of thu most gorgeoim ar tlonnced all the way up. Artificial (lower ornament the bandies. These are roote to the stick itself, and don't get oat o order by the beat or pressure of tbe bain Some of tbe newest parasols are entirel veiled witb buttorlly net. They are wonder fully pretty." Noverthelesa.tbe red sun urn brella has been tbe seller " par excellence of the spring season, and at the presen writing is having the strongest kind o summer reaort popularity. Cnrlou* Lore of i he Hoc. In Buffalo, when anybody abows a trao of hoggishness in the street oars, or doe anything wicked on the streets, they sa he ia a Canadian. In St. Paul they lay on the M nines | > >li tana ; and wben any bod in Chicago starts to paint the town poop. shake their beads pityingly and say be ; from St. Louis. to in Philadelphia, who ever raises a row in that peaceful hamle ia said to be from Jersey, juat as in No York the victim of the bunco steerer an visitors who show themselves delightful! fresh and green are said to be Jerseymen " To Jersey' means, in Philadelphia an among New Yorkers who know PhJadel phi customs, to go on a spree, to tho theatre, c on a vacation in which each man pays h own expenses. New York Sun. The difference between a self -made ma and an " upatart" ia simply this : One i yoar friend and the other isn't. Rosettes of different colon, of narro N elvet ribbon, are the only stylish trimmin on some of tbe bonnets, with crape or tul rosettes of different colors decorate larg bait. THK OsTAD HAND. A reporter who baa been investigating he Newfoundland trouble on the apot rites aa follows : " The colonial flsher- len are a lot of big, strong, good-natured ellows, inured to every sort ol privation nd hardship. They are two nationalities EnRliabmen from tbe west jontry, and risbmen from thu south of Ireland. The resent generatiou of them ia native-born. numeration otatud fifty yeara ago. Tbe amihea of tba greater part bave been in iewfoandland for more than a century , nd have never moved from the granite liff, or the sheltered rove, where their orefathera tirst made a home. A braver eople uoald not be foand, bnt their aim- licity, utter laok of ambition and their ong continued wedlock with poverty have aught tbem to suffer tbe extremes of mia- irtunu with patience. The evils of which hey complain to-day have existed lor ifty years, but it ia only witbin last six months tbat they lave began to use tbe language of menace. Now they epeak up frankly. They ave gradually acquired a knowledge of what thu old treatiua contain, how they amu to be made and what tho interpret*, ions are which the contending politicians nt upon them, and they do not hesitate to ay tbat they will endare them no longer. One of the fishermen, an intelligent old bap, with a frame of iron and a faoe aa entleaa that cf the groat black <!o which ay on the thkt-' oroide him, put tbe cauu n this way : It were all i-ll enongb, ir, in them ila\n bvgocra before me an' ,e fourteen cliil itr waa borntd at all, fur aim two ei;ld kings to patch up their oarrels by ahdn' up Nulfunlon' betwixt ;m. Ay, it were all right thin, dye see.' Jut now. m an' me fourteen childur ia ere, an' we couldn't help bein' here, none f us, and bein bere, we've our livin' to mek. and we don't give a dom about them ead-an' none kicga, nor what they said " Wuconfusv tu a strong xympatby with be sentiment of tbe concluding sentence, 'oo much reepcct ia paid to the sayings und Dings of old dead and gone kings. " Tbe vil tbat men do livs after tin in.' King .'harles presented great (n'.atcs to his ille- itiraale children, and the pet pie ot Eng- tnd two hundred years later pay large inn j uvc-ry ><;ar to thu progeny (or per- mission lu ua a [urtiou ot their native and. King William was equally generous bin Dutch crony Portland or Bentmck, nd the ti-rma ot thu ^ift keep Engliabmen ioor two oentiiriea after William's death. Vhat right had Quiun Anne to compel men, rbo were not born when abc i.ed, to band iver a large portion of their earninga to the losceudauta of tha Dak* u! Marlborougb.as A perpetual pi-ution .' Iu thu early days ( Coper Cauaia, tbe Crown Lands wrro grtnted lavishly to men who bad political influence. Who has not read of tbe old documents " I, i< r i; -iisi II. Administrator of tbu Uov- ernment of Upper Canada, rio grant to ' you, Petur HuBstill, gentleman, that ' portion of laud, ' etc. By virtue of that wrformance, the Toronto BaM AIDS bave teen able to live in luxury without labor, rim pay men ta by Canadians to the Uuiinon Jay Company, und to tin: Canada Com- lauy rfoniKiriiiig (or nothing betoken oar rupee! for the doinge of dead and -gone lingo. II j* much better and nobler ia tho [efforaouian nu-a that thu land belongs in oaufruct to the living. The people wbo want to nae it abould have easy accees to it. Tbu rent of the land ubould go to tbe Gov- ernment for current public expenaea. Tbe 1 n nl a paat age were at liberty to rule in heir day, bnt what a farce it ia that they should continue tn rule and hamper tbe men of this age. Waa wisdom buried with hem. 1 8I.UP I2f HUT WK \TUKK. n tireitt IiuporUuc ami tli wr to '.n It. One reason, no doubt, uany xxiple become " pollen i I Health uriug hot weather in it,.' :. 10 not xerciae care to get th . Muoout ' sleep. At the very time whi .-. .:andt pou tbu endurance arc . . .an at :iy period of tbe year, tl. .'ewer oil' - to ruouperaiiug i tea in atuio'a perfect way than . - wben ie lieirnmii upon tno ph\ rcea ii nly normal. Uf oourtti it ia to . - tbat lia is tbu season wbt-u ihi i i-atest emptatioii to nrgltct 11 ' . 1.11x1111 Early to bed." Ai .TIU of oar ia a bed-room lenu ,i.\. ! t., i now, hen, especially if it IH uear iCt> .- of, aa ed-rooma often arc, ita air ...'! nt> hot nd etugnant ontil changed by ti: vening ret /sa from the lake. At no other season arc -> nuons o ait cut on the front pin.-. . . ; -eat as ow. Tbia latter pnijmx- .H one ! tho pleasanteat of thui-e which charao- erize American informal KO i&i ,ife and eed not be entirely sacr :;... iiut to evcte to it boura which j|i: , :> passed alecp in to ahorten lifu atid un < :an be> ! very little use to society fu r he is dead or to bimaelf either no far an ihu matter* s tbis mundane sphere ro concerned. a the comic Irishman in tut rhyme uts >t : 'Hut's the world to a mail wuuu ...3 wifu is a \uldy ' Tho young can atand even IJLJ iban the Id the drain on their vitalnv .tuned by naufficii:nt re-pose. Ihe yr'iA.ii:; time of Ie, the time wben body and mind are in ie developmental stage, is a timu when utritiou and conservatism arc .mpera- vcly necessary. So lut ibu young folk, s wall as the old folk, * . 10 u these) umrncr evenings that they ;.' -i to bed etimes. hcHj wbo find it dillicn.i t<> ul>*p on ccuunt of the heat can reauii v . ircumvent d Sol by taking a bath. If .t .a only a asty apongo balh it will do wonders in ooliiu; the body, softening and freshening ie ekm, and preparing thu jv.ti m 'cr the ready enjoyment of " tired nature a aweet estorer. ' Awakening from such a ilt.p as it is oaiiale to uecnre even in warm rooms iroutjh which there is a drsf. :t nit, one s refreshed and lilted to cope to much etter advantage with the >u'. not ot weather than the tired ana .;. i beings bo have tried to >;tt along * iiot-t July vailing thematlvos of tbe 'pura- ive process which is at ever, uociy s oom- mand. l-'.vemng Wiictnain. A. LIMlXe; U VM.KK -ilU-NAL. lw and Froiiiinliiff Iniluatry ae l'ro|ioM*tl by i Tram |>. Tramp Madam, I have called to ask you to give me employment. Lady of Houte- Uo away. I have no work togivo \ou. T. - Don't bo too bnro of that, madam. Is t true, as your next door neighbor informs me, that yon aru Koint; to have your front !enoe painted to-day .' L of H. It is quite true. T. Very good, madam. Now after it is painted von ill put a tign oat with the word " 1'nint " on it. won't you .' L. of U. - It is my intention to do so. T. H'ra ! 1 was sore ot it. Nowevery boily wbo paasca will pet out a finger am touch your fence to ascertain whether it is paint or not. This will not only dis figure your fence, bat will caase a grea deal ot profanity among those wbo soi their tiogera and get you disliked in th neighborhood. Bee ? L. of U. Well .' T. Well, for a triila I will atand out aide hero ami nay to every passur-by ' ia paint. Yon needn't touch it. I'l take my oolemn oath it is paint ! paint paint '." What do you think of my ide madam .' L. of II. Yon are hired at 10 cents ai hour and victuals. Como along the momen he work is done. A Vrry Menu >mn.ii. Bernard AronHon, who carries on banking establishment on Canal street New York, was remanded Saturday i; Police Court on the charge oi awindlin many poor people, who bave been sendin money and tickets to Europe. More tha 300 poor foreigners wero complaints, ani they crowded tbe capacity of tbe court room. Yesterday there was a lively seen at tho banking establish ment when a crow of people wbo had bun swindled broke int tbe place and used the banker and hi i oler very roughly. Mrs. Annie Josephs told sample ntory. She had acut to the banke $75 to bo forwarded for a tioket to ho sister and hildn-n in Poland. After he siatur travelled 300 miles to the steamer' pier she found her ticket was no goot 1 There were 100 people in the aame fix, an tho aoeno of misery waa pitiable. Ohjeri Teacher -What s the past tense of see? Pupil "Seed." " What's your authority for that form .' " A sign in the grocery atore." "What does it say?" " Timothy seed." A little, unprotected, electrio light wir can beat a giganiM one- price clothin house way out ot sight when it comes t giving a man ready made fits. P<i|iularTIiorlr Hay II* B\i'l'i :d. We abould not be surprised f me labors f tbu Prison Reform Commmatou . mided few popular theohus. Chief il h uuon, f Hamilton, and aeveral .-ili-.r good uthorities are of tbe opinion IMIU thu pre- ailiug idea that jails aro aetK lu !or crime u mainly fiction. They bold tnat crim- nala are made outside and that want of lasailication ia not a main factcr 1.1 cans- ag crime. I'erbaps the uvr.-rurr.wded .'oronto jail ia an exoeptiun. < aldo prevailing impression tha: .;OMI are njnred by coming in o ntn i \>ita into in ail yards and corridors Sjme u( ti.u ex- perts oay it is tbe other way. '' -ujjsare (ten worse than the men. Iho governor f tbe Hamilton jail says that aa a rule the K>\B under his care use la. .1 the men would not use. The rj .;, R-.IM.. iu a sad me, bat no doubt there is mm n truth in it. Chora are several other pom in un which be public bold viuws that nn . oe t hown o bavu little or no foundation in fact. What ia wanted is tho trntn, and let us lave that no matter how muoy i<i<|>ular heoriea huvu to go by tho board. i..i;iuu'u Au luKenloiie Ueilini i>u. Teacher Now children, bt-ri wu have ho word " Intuition. ' Wbo can tell ma what it meaiiu .' Phenomenally Bright Scholar Intuition .s that faculty of the human mina wbioh enables a person to distinguish at a glance n patent medicinu advertisement , rom a real nuws article. W bear a good deal now aud then ot tbe " bliot gnn " policy down boutli and of the negroes dying in terror from the wrath of thu white men. .V colored man from Virginia, however, after a vn.it to tbe Northern States, comes to thu cone utiion that thu Southern negroes aro better treated and have more rights than their brethren of tho North, liu *aya : . ^auvillo, \ . iio o u llviiiK North bnt a hnel period, but Irom what 1 bave atiu of tho iionsl cmnn thu Southern . .r:, has more prlvilcfisM had advaatsjcss > iortb- ern broilu-r <>f tiie seme race. TboUKb 1 bavo imd my iiniiist tiuloavor to avail inytM-i' of thu " equal rifbts ' so bouanglT m< v thu " (rlends ot tbe Desjra in the Norili, 1 am le- bibrrcil IP. in tile workBlioim. from the counting* "in .'iiu:ial i'-.Mt :oin-. or ir m ,uy occapatiiiii 1 may seek, oxcupt that \\nirb re- .1 to wuar tin. wlnle n|.roii bmiiji. of cjok, '<r waiter, or as a bod-carrier. 1 imi?t seek only tun |u'-iitimiH least rniiinnerittiVH it not tlui uiul. Wben 1 pa^siklouR Luiiibard street, I'liilml'ill'liin. I 'iinl Hint pn j.uiii-i. -uiviiiKt them ban oroHiled tbu nefirtres to^etnur liko lions iu a pea, sad 1 Tsmture to assert that tban ;-. uot a spot seiitb of Miu-oii and Mi\ou s line where tha .1-11 nilhi-ry. .r face* such fiiualiil poverty, as the |H>or denlzotm ot Lum- inet and tbe oiber inisernlilu luiineni m wbiob be bas been oompelled u MX mu oi bis color to reuilu m ItM " good Clljr of Brotherly ".\solliilllewi60 to let n llttlll of thu syiui.uiliy that HCIHUS from the lovn of the i in liltick to IH-KIII beru at buiin.. Tbe Houtii IIM done, and Is still dolDg, more for the) Begro than many suppose. N. ; ,I.I,^ imv,. iieen seut from tl:u Houtb : >;hn . NI UM! Mates Senate, to tbu lower HOUHU of i>nur'.--<. to tbe Statu beglslatan, und they buve belli minor positions, mil I UHVII yet to bear of a "black Couiiresa- mau ' from thu Hepubltcan North a hingle neuro tbat line ever been considered good eiioiiiiii to iii'id tbu position of poetuiaeuir or aor other position tbat re.|inii- an ounce ot brain-work. It. is well enoin;n to bv iu tbe North mill talk of ne^ru auniiiiati n iu tbe HouUi, but wben is tbe Northern, town, oounty 'ay or Wat" < 1ml will swallow tbe iamo modi- n.e I Iio Northern nes.ro la not lM>rii a slave, but lie is Hint M uUectually shut out from the advantages of Imuianiiy as though tin. were foried uj on bun. He can u,-< er bo anjr- tlmiKi' be Nortb but n " muKer ' still, and tho luatidlin sympathy o freely expressed for the " rights oluenasro" down aoutb can be be t let leaded In the North. Mine. 1'atti, it is said, has an insatiable appetitu for Htcwcd prunes, wbioh she eats) for her complexion. I'bo King of Belgium requested iv c honor of contributing best man foe Stanley's wedding and named Comte) I'aroohe tor tbat honor. . V .. ^^SBBBasam L JLJ