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cHENRY, v *4 * i. Tin 8LTIK. Mttor * FrtHHnr. ILLINOIS WHERE AND WHEN1 the little spot of earth where I shall sleep. Some coming peaceful day, i grass and clover growing thick and deep, , o»e my face, while tall white daisies keep eir watch above the heart that lovert them ao, er than men are to the friend below? Si it apon the hillside, where the sky Seems nearest to the earth? There I have fancied that the dead ones lie • And feel the Hummer clouds go uniting by, 7 And low sweet voices echo in their ear. How far from as they are!--to Heaven mo near! Or in the valley shall my grave be made, Far from the ways of men ? . •On earth's kind breast I shall not IK- afraid, " v " ¥or close t« her warm heart I've often laid Sty tired head, and she has sung to me •*: tufa songs of rest that none conld sweeter And on the white stone standing at my head, What date shall carven be, .. .. One sweet, brief summer hence? Oh, blossoms dead, What do you dream of. in your earthly bed? Or shall the years be many, ere 1 lie With grass between roe and the tender sky ? < What does it matter? I have nought to feax%: It will be God's good timr With blossoms blowing, and the robins near. Or warm white snow above me, I shall hear The Infinite Voice, while dreaming 'i\ea<h the ' aod, Bud wake, some happy morning, safe with God. ..., --Eben B. Rexford, in Sural New Yorker. jl i MY INFUNDIBULIFORM HAT. /Ehk scenes of my childhood bow oft I recall! TBie sports of my youth, with my kite, top and Kill; And that happy day when, with spirits elate, I took my first step toward manhood'* estate, With a new coat and vest, bosom shirt and cravat. And debut with my infundibuliform hat. How I stooped beneath awnings full seven feet high To the no small delight of my friends passing by; And the sport that I made Jo? the boys at tne /£ store, 1 When I " chalked" as the height of my 44 tile" V on the d*or. > One foot and live inches--I think it was that-- My guess on that infundibuliform hat. Then my maiden attempt as a maiden's gallant, When I proffered my elbow, with glances aslant; And the walk to her dwelling that evening so fair, Jot to speak of the tete-a-tete when we got there; fhe forfeit 1 claimed, as together we sat, Then she tried on my infundibul^orm hat. * * -• . • * * Fell hoys will be boys, and we men, after all, lould srladly be freed' from Time's pitiless thrall, |d live those days over when, single and free-- »unds! Wife's looking over mv shoulder to see ' it 1 have been writing. * * Well we've had a epat, smashed my infundibuliform hat. |'• --C&artes F.Adams, in Detroit Free Fret*. WHAT I*DISCOVERED. * POPE tells us that " the noblest study off mankind is man;" and I believe Pope, with an addition. I have always been convinced that the study of man­ kind, when supplemented by "the study of womankind, is the legitimate occu­ pation of gifted souls like my own, and , Ijpnsequently I have shaped my life Wpon this conviction. *•*• To be sure, I have hot had large op­ portunities for prosecuting my studies, yet when was true genius ever fettered by the narrowness of its surroundings? Although 1 was compelled to pass the flrst forty years of my life in one street, in one house in that street, yet I flatter ^myself that I made the most of my lim­ ited field of observation in every way, and that what I did not know about the men and women and children--yes, Mid even the cats and dogs--of the neighborhood wasinot worth knowing. Last year, however, circumstances Unconnected with my present story made it necessary for me to change my residence; and all the inconveniences of removal were overbalanced by the prospect of new subjects for study, and #ider opportunities of knowledge. By the. 1st of May I was comfortably . * settled in my new home, and my small household (consisting of two servants and myself) was growing accustomed to the new surroundings. . Of course my opposite neighbors at­ tracted my first regards, ana kept me - almost constantly at the window. The two houses directly across the' street Were so entirely different. One was a well-built, spacious, elegant mansion, with ample drapery of lace and damask j|j$ every window, with an imposing col- Jjjred waiter and a staff of other servants, where grocers1 and butchers'1 carts de­ livered daily their well-filled hampers, Where well-dressed guests came and went continually, where lights shone brilliantly every evening, and where everything indicated the possession of y pimple means. The other house was small, mean-looking, too narrow for its height, and apparently overcrowded if one might judge from the swarm of jjliildi'en it held. No curtains at those Windows, no shades to speak of, and only one seVvant, who brought home flie slender purchases '.in a dilapidated basket, and who certainly looked .overworked. Evidently the Barretts -Were as poor as the Browns were Wealthy. f A few more days satisfied me as to Jfce occupants of these houses. Mrs. Brown was a widow, with an only son« to whom she was quite devoted, and Who was certainly an estimable young Ittan. Mrs. Barrett was also a widow, H'ith an aged father and eight children, frf whom the oldest was a girl of twen- tj', uncommonly pretty, who assisted |ier mother by teaching. A brother, two years younger, was a clerk, and Mrs. Barrett sometimes did fine sew­ ing by way of eking out their scanty resources. These details satisfactorily gathered, |L began to turn my attention in other irections, when a mysterious circums­ tance made it\impossible for me to feink of anything else than the Browns [Sftd Barretts. t happened in this wise. I was sit- by my parlor Window after dark, no lights in the room--as I am d of doing, because the dimness is rorable to meditation--when I attced to see, young Mr. Brown come but of his own house and ascend the Barretts" steps. v One of the children admitted him, Itnd he went into the parlor, where im­ mediately a light appeared. Someone jjrew down the shades, but they were '•ery thin, and I could see the shadows >f the inmates so elearly that there was 'no mistaking them as they were thrown fepon the linen. There sat Mrs. Barrett on one side th* center-table, sewing diligently, he* with iMf >er andthdr bead* almost > touching, sat Lucy Barrett and Mr. flrown. ' ~ This discovery--for I felt it was nothing less--amazed and excited me beyond expression. Here was evident­ ly a love affair, and how angry Mrs. Brown would be if she knew it!" To be sure, the diligent use of my opera glass enabled me to see some books on the table, from which the young couple pretended to be reading, but that amounted to nothing. Poetry most likely; and was not poetry always the natural language of love-making? Well, my sympathy with Mrs. Brown kept me on the watch for nearly two liours, and during all that time Mrs. Barrett sat quietly sewing, and appar­ ently unconscious of the way in which those two heads came together over the book before them. But at last Mr. Brown rose to go, and then the mother seemed to, wake up, for she went with him to the door, in­ stead of letting her daughter go, as I quite expected she would. But the moment his back was turned, what does that girl do? Drops her head down on her folded arms on the table, and seems to be having a good cry, as if she couldn't bear to part with him even then. Presently her mother returned to the room, and stood by, stroking the firl' s hair as if she was consoling her. 'hen the light was extinguished, and I suppose they went to bed, but 1 was wakeful all that night. From thv.t time forward 1 kept a close watch on Leslie Brown, and soon found that he spent four evenings out of six with pretty Lucy Barrett. Always the programme was the same; he sat close beside her, reading the love-sick verses such occasions always demand, while Mrs. Barrett sewed near by, or the old grandfather sometimes took her place and played propriety; though the poor old man always fell asleep. On the evenings when Mr. Brown did not appear, Lucy occupied the parlor alone, and wrote interminable letters, over which she sometimes cried. At other times she might be seen in ,|ier little bedroom, standing at the win­ now in an attitude of deep dejection, Jus if longing for her lover. Little cause had she for dejection, however, for.Leslie Brown was as de­ voted as he could be without exciting his mother's suspicions. He, too, wrote long letters (I could see him plainly enough, for he occupied the secona story front room, and he almost always left his windows wide open dur­ ing the first part of the evening), but he seemed to be very fastidious about the composition of his epistles. Some­ times he would fill and tear up half a dozen sheets of paper before he was suited. Then he would put his letter in a large yellow envelope--such an un- romantic color, too!--and send it by the negro waiter to his young neighbor when he could not go himself, ana then I was sure to see her perusing the well- filled pages afterward. What he could have found to write about so continually was a mystery to me, as they met so often; but 1 suppose lovers1 nonsense always was and al­ ways will be endless. just aboftit this time I made another and most significant discovery. I was selecting some Berlin wools for a new footstool, when Lucy Barrett entered the shop and asked one of the sales­ women if she could get some handker­ chiefs marked for embroidering. "Ladies' or gentlemen's handker­ chiefs?" asked the girl. 1 pricked up my ears and: listened. ' "Gentlemen's," was the answer. Of course! The book of patterns was taken down and the letters selected. By dint of strict attention, while I ap­ peared to be looking for a shade of crimson, I heard the girl say, 44 L. B. --all right Miss; you can have them to­ morrow," and then Lucy left without observing me. 44 L. B.," that was just what I ex­ pected--that meant Leslie Brown, be­ yond a doubt; and, oh! what would his mother say? I began to feel that I had a duty to perform in this matter, for only the day before I had heard from a friend of my own, who knew the Browns slightly, that Leslie was sup­ posed to be engaged to a young lady who was at present in Europe, but who was soon expected to return. My duty began to look very plain, In view of this last fact, and I was.not long in coming to a determination. I must notify Mrs. Brown without de­ lay, but how? Should I seek an inter­ view or write a letter? On the whole, I inclined to the letter, and, before I re­ tired to rest that night I had dispatched the following: " If Mrs. Brown will take the advice of a sincere friend, and look about her closely, she will find that her amiable and unsuspecting son is in danger. An unscrupulous family will use every pos­ sible means to entrap him into a mes­ alliance. Accept this warning from one who shall be nameless." That was certainly comprehensive and explicit without bein<* compromis­ ing for me, if my agency in the matter should leak out. I posted my note with my own hands, for Rosa, my maid, although an excellent woman, has an unfortunate curiosity which some­ times prompts her to take undue liber­ ties with my letters, and I knew the address on this one would attract her attention it once. The next morning I was on the watch for the effeet of my warning, and, sure enough, the explosion came. The postman delivered his budget at the Browns', and Mrs. Brown, leisurely snipping the dead leaves of her gera­ niums at the pallor window, took the letters and began reading them at once. Suddenly she started, crumpled the one she had read in her hand, and van­ ished from the parlor, to reappear in another moment, in her son's room above. „ My letter, beyond a doubt. Breathlessly watching, I saw her seize the young man by the arm and point to the just-read page. He caught it from her hand and studied it atten­ tively, and then they talked excitedly together for some moments. What would I not have given to hear as well as see for the next half hour! But as that was impossible, I was forced to content myself with double vigilance. Finally the conference ended, Lfatie taking his way down tpwit, while his mother returned to frir ffeate. - How* hs^kte ijiiiit,, I le» sure that Mrs. Brown wiuf and the young man, of course, was wretched. In less than an hGttr aoqpte- thing new happened--Mr®. 'Brown came out of her own house, looked up and do\vn the street, as if hesitating over her course, and then took her way into the Barretts'. My excitement at this stage of the little drama became painfully intense-- evidently my wai/ning had opened her eyes, and that talk with her son had made her aware of his infatuation. How grateful she must be to her un­ known correspondent! and how cor­ dially she would receive me some day, when I could avow my authorship, and explain the seemingly unimportant circumstances which had pointed me to the truth. I remained at my post of observation, of course, until the close of the inter­ view, ^ which was just fifty minutes long. 'Nothing more happened: Mrs. Brown returned to her own house, and the day wore on quietly; but that even­ ing Leslie did not pay his accustomed visit. I was sure of this, for I Waited and watched until after nine o'clock, and should not have give* up my sur­ veillance even then if I had not seen the dim light in the Barretts1 parlor ex­ tinguished, and the outer door elosed for the night. A whole week passed, and not once had the lovers met. Leslie kept away, and Lucy looked almost broken-hearted as she went and came daily in the per­ formance of her duties. Once or twice I had detected the young man looking up anxiously at her window as he passed the house, but lie made no effort to enter, and, stranger still, he seemed to have given up writ­ ing to her. No more long and careful- ly-prepared letters occupied his leisure hours, and I was just beginning to think that the whole affair had been safely nipped in the bud, when, one unlucky day, Mrs. Brown went to make a brief visit to her sister in the country (so Rosa learned from her maid), and, within an hour from the time of her de­ parture, a bulky letter, in one of Les­ lie's horrid yellow envelopes, was hand­ ed to Lucy Barrett by that treacherous waiter, who had doubtless been bribed to secrecy. That evening witnessed the lovers1 reunion, and poor Mrs. Brown's re­ monstrances were ntterly disregarded, if not forgotten, as I felt certain when I saw once more the mingling shadows reflected on the window-shade. That was a very unfortunate evening for me. It was raining heavily, and I had a slight cold at the time, but my sense of duty made me forgetful of all risks, and a thought of the poor, de­ luded mother determined me to watch over the son. So, when Leslie rose to go, and, con­ trary to her usual custom, Mrs. Barrett suffered Lucy to see him out, I could not help raising my window, very soft­ ly, you know, just to be certain that they were not talking too loud. Per­ haps you mry have noticed that when the street is quiet, and the noises of the day are hushed, ordinary voices are singularly audible, They conversed for nearly ten min­ utes, and, just as I expected, I caught several words and parts of sentences, which I will set down in the order in which they occurred. 44 A good, true wife," said the young man, as he took her hand in his own. Lucy's reply was almost inaudible; but I caught " happiness in the fu­ ture," ana 44 more than I can ever de­ serve." * Then Leslie finished a long speech with " an excellent time for the wed­ ding:" and I heard no more. No need, you will doubtless say. But the next morning I found myself really ill; my throat was sore, my head- ached, and a violent chill was soon fol­ lowed by a high fever. My cold had been aggravated by my imprudence in opening the window, ana a week's illness and confinement to my bed was the result. I was really suffering so much that 1 forgot my neighbors, and it was not un­ til the tenth day after my seizure that my interest in my fellow-creatures re­ vived sufficiently to prompt me to ask Rosa a single question. "Well, indeed, mum, I've had so lit­ tle time to spare, since you've been sick that J can't tell you what's going on even next door. But cook says that she thinks they've had a wedding this morning over at the Barretts', for the young lady went away in a car­ riage over two hours ago, all dressed in a new traveling dress, and young Mr. Brown and another gentleman went with her, and all the children was a-standin' on the steps a-throwin' old shoes after them, and Mrs. Barrett was half-laughing, half-crying, at the parlor window?' "Married!" I exclaimed--"the de­ signing girl! Then my warning was useless. But she'll never be happy, that's one comfort. Do you know whether Mrs. Brown is expected this week,. Rosa?" "Mrs. Brown! Why, there she comes now, mum; just getting out of her car­ riage, I do declare," answered Rosa, gazing from my window. In a moment my resolution was taken. " Help me to get up, Rosa. I'll go right over there and break the news gently to the poor woman, myself," I said, as I sat up, suddenly forgetting ray ailments in my c6mpassion for poor Mrs. Brown. In fifteen minutes more I was stand­ ing on the steps and I had rung the bell. That pompous waiter ushered me into the parlor and took up my card, and before I had time to collect my thoughts, Mrs. Brown entered, with my card still in her hand. "Miss--Greenfield,"' shebegan, as if she found my name too much trouble to pronounce, " I have not the pleasure of your acquaintance, I am sure; but if it is a, charitable errand--" Here I cut her short at once. " No,' indeed, my dear madam, I am not come on an errand of charity, although my motives are benevolent. The fact is, 1 bring you bad news." She started violently. " Bad news!" she repeated. 44 Yes, ma'am, bad news. Your ex­ cellent son--" But she turned deathly pale; then, clutching my arm, as we still stood (for she had not had the politeness to ask to alt down)* she gasped: .* " What is it? Is he ill, or hurt? Do, for Heaven'8 sake, speak! Don't keep me waiting, woman!" " No, no; he's safe--safe and well," 1 said. But she fairly pinched my arm- as She ordered me to tell her what I meant without delay. I never saw a more haughty, impe^ rious woman than that Mrs. Brown, and I must confess she conquered me. I meant to tell my story in my own way, but she forced me right to the point " He's married," I answered. Then seeing her look of incredulous amaze- nienf, I added, " Yes, married this very! morning, not two hours ago, in voui*| absence, and to that awful little neigh­ bor of yours, in spite of all my efforts to open your eyes." Mrs. Brown's face was a study. She looked by turns puzzled, astonished| angry and scornful; then, with a veryl disagreeable smile, she asked: " Are you in the habit of writing anonymous letters, Miss Gieeunekl?" What you have just said would seem to connect you with a contemptible epistle^ of that sort, received some weeks ago. which I burned, half read." (Just as ift she could make a woman believe that.) " Now, since you are so interested in my son, let me assure you that he is not married; that a little more than two hours ago he assisted as best man at the wedding of his old schoolmate and friend, Lyman Bertrand, who returned from Germany three days ago to claim his promised wife, Lucy Barrett, after an absence of nearly two years." She said all this very slowly, with her eyes on my face, and, I can tell you, I was not comfortable. Still, I would not give up yet. I replied: "But you must allow that your son has been very attentive to an engaged girl; or, perhaps you don't know that he has been spending most of his even­ ings there--writing such long letters, too, when he didn't go himself" Mrs. Brown's smue was more supei- cilious than ever when she said, " Mrs. Barrett, as you have doubtless discov­ ered, is poor. Lucy is an admirable German scholar, and my son expects to spend the next three years of his life in Germany. Consequently she has been instructing him for months past, at my urgent request." " But the morning you received my letter, I saw you rush up to your son's room and hold an earnest conference with him. Then for days he avoided going next door. Was not that in consequence of my warning?" I asked, anxiously. " On the contrary, I never told my son of your letter, but I had received intelligence from a relative in Ger­ many of young Bertrand's serious ill­ ness, and I went to comfort Lucy that same day by my son's advice. Poor girl! she was so distressed that the Ger­ man lessons were discontinued until news of her lover's complete recovery gave her courage to go on. I think now that I have fully satisfied your cu­ riosity, Miss Greenfield; but let me as­ sure you that I never would have con­ descended to these explanations if I had not been afraid that you would injure Lucy by your imperfect and garbled version of all you have seen. Talk, then, since it seems you cannot help it, but be truthful if you can. Good-morn­ ing!" and with that she swept out of Che room like an Empress, leaving me standing there like a fool. Well, I must say she made a very plausible story, but I always had my doubts about it. Youths* Department. ; v|:A NAUGHTY BABY. "S I've trotted him, I've patted Mm, otr* . I've given him Bonne food; p ' Birt tint I do for him f < V Will do him any good. ' I've rang a little lullaby. * ^ The one that mother sii.__ . . . . . . ^ One that to weary little om$|- # Sweet ulumber, always brings. I've soolded him, Tve ^haken him, i Mi All Horte of thing* I've tried: But the naughty, noisy baby-man Will not be pacified. He soreama so loud he frighten* m|f . He's getting worse and worse, V I do wish mother would mate homjfc, Or get this boy a nurse. I'll tow him np, I'll tumble him, ^ , Play "creep-mouse" and " bo-p4i£,* Perhaps if I can make him laugh, t. " The lnujfh will mnjee him sleep. Yon naughty, naughty tmby, How could you vex me so? £ . 4 One would not think you ever crie® f. .* To hear yon laugh and crow! 3L11, T?n«h. hiish! He r tiisd oatfc, ' Now very still I'll keep; K -1 There's nothing like a hearty , ijut a ehilu to sleep! , ' --Jo$epMke Pollard, to JTvntry, 't Waste Your Time. 5 ' ***{, i : v, ; „v , • -in­ .S-'-IV" Vib till fe 7 -'IfeMt. ,.•* curiosities of SaieMe. , The latest report of the Criminal Ad­ ministration of France contains a very curious series of statistics relative to the suicides committed in that country in the year 1874. It appears that dur­ ing that period 5,617 persons killed themselves, and that this total is great­ er than had ever before been reported. Of these unfortunates 79 per cent were men and 21 per cent women. Of 105 suicides the ages could not be deter­ mined, but of the remaining 5,512, 29 were under sixteen years of age, 193 be­ tween sixteen and twenty-one, 1,477 be­ tween twenty-one and forty, 2,214 be­ tween forty and sixty, and 1,590 over the last-mentioned age. Leaving out those who committed the fatal act while laboring under mental disorders, in all 1,622, it is interesting to compare the condition of the suiciues with the cause which impelled them to make away with themselves. How prolific a source of suicide unhappiness in the marriage relation is, is indicated by the fact that 48 per cent, of the total were married people, and that out of 5,136 suicides, regarding which authentic particulars were obtained, 701 killed themselves because of family troubles. It will also be noted that the greater number of suicides were people past the prime of life, indicating that dis­ satisfaction with a wasted or unsuccess­ ful existence determined their putting an end to it. This is further substan­ tiated by the fact that out of the 5,136, 652 are known to have killed them­ selves because of reverses in fortune. Seven hundred and ninety-eight peo­ ple died to avoid physical suffering, and 489 because of various unclassified troubles. The faet that out of the 815 who were brought to self-destruction by dissipation, 572 owed their misery to drunkenness, is in itself a powerful temperance lecture. It is not easy to understand why spring and summer were the seasons in which most suicides occurred. THe percentages are 23 for winter, 19 for autumn, 31 for spring, and 27 for summer. This would seem to negative the statement which has been made that most eases of self-mur- der occur during gloomy weather, which aids in depressing the spirits, for certainly there are more dark days in winter than in summer and fall. Again, it might be supposed .that the privations incidant to winter would lend !an especial inpulse toward the crime. As to the mode of death chosen, more than seven-tenths preferred either strangulation (2,472) or drowning (1,- 514), showing that while the suicides were willing to throw away their lives, they probably shrank from any ^ mode of so doing which involved mutilation of their bodies.--Scientific American. --A postage stamp is just big enough to borrow, but too small to payback.-- New Orleans Picayunt. # i 1 •,..l.:., , '-Jf two young clerks in a large Ameri­ can and French house, in Pearl street, were particular!v intimate; so much so that, although tliey boarded in different houses, yet they were con-' stantly together during the hours of recreation from business. One of them had been presented with a little French poodle, and he at once set about instructing it to perform all those little tricks for which the breed is famed. For some days his companion wit­ nessed his persevering efforts to make " Grotto" bring his handkerchief, catch pennies, stand upon his hind legs, and do many other trifling but amusing tricks. At length he got tired of being a looker-on at so mucTi waste of time, and resolved that, while his friend was being the tutor of Grotto, he himself 'would be a pupil to a French teacher, and endeavor to master the French lan­ guage by the time Grotto's education was completed. Without saying a word to his friend he ^ commenced his studies, and, being diligent, fast acquired a knowledge (3 the language. He also improved from hearing a good deal of French spoken in the store, though he tarefully avoided uttering a word. At length Grotto was finished, and had very truly acquired a knowledge of on infinite number of amusing games, and his owner prided himself no little an his acquirements. The owner of Grotto was a little the senior in the store of the other, and of course rauked over him in promotions. One morning he came out of the private room of the principal member of the firm, and, looking very much down cast, approached his friend. •' Tom," said he, " the firm want to send one of the clerks this summer to France to buy goods, and they have offered the chance to me, provided I could speak French; but as *oui' is about the extent of my French, it's no go for this child. What a fool I was for not studying it when I was a boy." " Well," said Tom, 44 whose chance is next?" 44 Why, yours, of course. They will put the question around, out of polite­ ness; and as none of us can parley cous, why somebody will be engaged, and all of us headed off." In the course of the morning Tom 'was called before the firm, and in glow­ ing terms were the advantages set forth, if he could only have spoken the language of the country they wished him to go to. Tom listened with de­ light, and inwardly smiled at the sur­ prise he would give them. 44Of course," said one of the firm, 44 you should have the situation, if you could only speak French; but as you cannot, we shall have to employ some one else. Very sorry!. Great pity!" etc. 44Well," said Tom, "it can't be helped; and there is no time, I suppose, to study now; so I must just do the best I can. Mr. Toutette, shall you and I have a little chat? and perhaps I may pass muster." Mr. Toutette and Tom entered into an animated conversation, very much to the surprise of all present, which, having keen kept up in double-quick time for some fifteen minutes, Mr. Toutette very candidly told his part­ ners that Tom was fully competent' for the place. Tom was a great favorite, and the firm were heartily glad that he was capable of holding the situation; and he was instructed to prepare himself for departure by the next steamer. Tom now returned to his friend, who met him with a right good 44 Ha! ha!" 44 Well, Tom, no use; I told you so." 44 Ah," replied Tom, "you are out this time. My French has been ap­ proved of and I am done here--I sail in the next steamer." " 44 You don't say so! But, Tom, when did you learn French?" v 44 When you were teaching Grotto." A new light flashed acrosp the vision of Grotto's master. ( 44 What!" said he, 44 while I was fool­ ing over that dog, were you studying?" 44 Just so; ana you now know with what success our time has been re­ warded." By the judicious disposal of time, one young man was on the high-road to mercantile fame and fortune, whilst, by throwing away time, another, equtri in abilities, was doomed to drudgery and olerkship all his days.--Exchange. About Two Old Horses. In my great-great-grandfather's barn­ yard stood an old-fashioned well, with* a long sweep or pote, by which the bucket was pulled up. Tiiis well was used entirely for the horses and cattle. Grandfather had a horse named Pete, who would walk out of his stall every morning, go to the well, take the pole, by which the bucket was attached to the well-sweep, between his teeth, and thus pull tip the bucket until it rested on the shelf made for it. Then old Pete would drink the water which he had taken sb much pains to get. But one of my uncles had a horse eteil more knowing tfaan old Pete This horse was named Whitey. Every f Sunday morning, when the q]mrch-be|| rang, Uncle George would leadWMtey out of Ms stall, harness Mm, drive ̂ to church, and tie him in a coHaiui shed, where he would stand quietly till church was done. After a while, # Whitey grew so used to this weekly performance, that when the bells rang, he would walk out of his stall, and wait to be harnessed. One Sunday morning, old Whiter, on 1 - hearing the bells, walked oat Off hi* | " l stall as usual, and patiently waited for ̂ Uncle George. But it happened that | uncle was sick that morning, andikM|e of the family felt like going to church* I I do not really know whr.t Whifcpy'f thoughts were: but I have no doubt" that they were something like this: - j; • 44 Well, well! I guess my master is n<j£' - v going to church this morning; but that ' is no reason why I should not go. *• must go now, or I shall be late." Whitey had waited so long, that € was rather late; but he jogged steadi along to his post in the shed, g-nd the took his stand, as usual. ' .As soon as old Mr. Lane, who sat la*' i one of the back pews and always came p out of ehurob before anybody else, ap~ geared at the door, Whitey started for ome. At the door of the house he was greeted bv several members of the * family, who had just discovered hi»; absence, and who learned the next day from Mr. Lane, that old Whitey had merely been attending strictly church duties.--Ntirsery. r 7 -'•40 ' FACTS AND FIGURES* „ •M ,i *' V't > '4 W- At? * Wrecks on British coasts last ^ 3,757. , t .• Br the war Tennessee lost $120,000,- • 000 worth of slave property. % There are 4,150 miles of railroad t west of the summit of the Rocky Mouii« " tains. » Washington will be the next Terri-1, tory to knock for admission into the ' family of States. Its population no wis 60,000. During the last ten years the Italian Government has confiscated and sold at public auction $106,000,(MX) worth Off church property. C Between Jan. 1 and Nov. 1 there agv l; rived at New York 71,576 immigrant ̂ ̂ in 1876, and only 50,035 in 1877, a faQ* ing off this year of 21,541. The sugar production of Cuba issajkl to be in danger of ruin. Statistic^ show tlvat the Spanish Colonial rule has „ 7? *s so burdened the industry as to make ft ̂* " unremunerative. • • . " „ • ; The population of Georgia IS 1,264»- ' * <4^ 240. ana the number of hogs is 1,264, * $ 1 440, or one hog for everv person in tUtf St^e, and 200 hogs left over with which to resale the strangers that may. happen within their gates. •'1 The Annuaire <T Economic Folitiqut states that the Russian debt was, til 1831, 220,000,000 rpubles; In 1847, 314- 1 000,000; in 1860, 515,000,000; in 1874, , 700,000,900. In 1878 it will have reached 1,193,809,956 roubles, equal to $501,557,700. Twelve million acres of forest, is estimated, h&ve been cut down or burned in the United States, within the laŝ ten years. Much of the timber is used for fuel, twenty-five cities being on record as consuming from 5,000 to 10,000 acres each. Fences and rail- ' way sleepers require 150,000 acres per annum. The timber industry employs 200,000 men, and $144,000,000 capita#* Thk returns to the Secretary of Mas- sachusets show an increase in the num- ' ber of dwelling houses in the State of 4,404, against 5,411 as last year re­ ported; 66 towns report a decrease and 39 towns the same number as last year. An increase of 891 horses, against a d crease of 2,673 last year, is report© An increase of 1,918 cows, against last year, and a decrease of 2,581 sh< against 1,490 last year. A decrea&i the number of acres of landtupd of 19,071 last year is reported; and en in­ crease of 4,*776 polls, against 5,071 last*" year. Of the cotton crop the New Orleans. Democrat says: Coming- now to the crop of 1876-77, we find that New Or­ leans has fallen to 26.74 per cent. Ala­ bama to 8.04 per cent., Florida to cent., Georgia to 10.96 per cent., white Texas has risen-to 11.29 per cenfc, South C&foliim to lO.io pur cent., Vifr ginia to 12.83 per cent., and .«orSjs , Carolina to 3.07 per cent. New Op- leans, which handled 1,580,875 bales far back as in 1852, and 2,139,425 bales in *1800, is credited with but 1,196,03ft- bales, out of a crop of 4,485,429JtyMef in 1877, while Texas, with but""'"" bales in 1852, and Virginia, with 20,820 bales in the same year, have vanced to 506,634 and 575,941 bales speetively in 1877. * The diminution of live stock in Greqt •'f'; Britain and Ireland within the last fe# ̂ years is causing considerable anxiety V in agricultural oircles in those coutt- tries. There has been a decrease Igtf 'fff? the number of cattle and sheep inQresit *y-;> » "Britain since 1874 of 7 per cent. There- was a steady increase per annum- <&r cattle in the United Kingdom froia- l *2 \ 1866 to 1874, and henceforward there ; has been a gradual falling off. TJ cattle census this year shows only 698,000 cattle in Great Britain, which is a loss of 428,000 in three years. At this rate of diminution the head of cat­ tle would be reduced to one-half Uk^ about twen ty-one years. In Ireland tm * decrease has been more than 8 per cent. • Sheep in Great Britain have decreased to the number of 2,753,000, or 7 per cent, while in Ireland there has been * * ^ falling off of 10J per cent., and yet * *f there is. now in Great Britain moi%. I "%• land under grass or crops for feeding animals than there was in 1874. Thfk decrease in the number of live stock kept is due to one or both of two causes: either the farmers are short of money for buying cattle and sheep for k keeping up the yield of their gree* crops, or disease has visited live stock - with such excessive mortality as to dis» suade the farmers from herding. --Levi Swartz, of Mansville, »Fs., ? . was shot by a man named Croll, the If other day, and died from the effect* the following day. Mr. Swart* had climbed into a grape-vine and waft gathering grapes when Mr. Croll earner* along with his gun. Seeing something t move in the vine he supposed it to be % wild turkey. or a pheasant, and disV charged his pieee a* " - V > J? 1 .A ' '•!W Tt;*~ ' . Litia*.