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At other tlmn his pleasure tis, In aiwthrrttc unattending, flNi lie indifferent to this f xcess ot wor-hip which Is Ma ^ Iiro t'li n inh^rt nt merit, ma?fvtk '•• i ut from a terror of often ing tlfhis solemn despot of a baby. Suppose I nse su^h art* as tl Wil ladies, charmed attention 1 8efnr«> m • ni on bended knees Su making such ••ttempts to please? Should I such homage get? It may be, Though I am sorely anorehendiag They'd ctve it to so > e blasted baby. ^Washington _R«vu.bl>can. • |v ^ fe 8- FASHIOX REPEATS ITSELF. I, Robert Ogden, at 24, was a tolera­ bly good-looking youth, with a position ii Wells & Banker's wholesale store aa book-keeper at a salary of $75 a month. BTothing very biliiant about all this, to be sure; but I tliink thit I should have felt very well satisfied with my lot in life had I never indulged in dreams of ' Sudden wealth--in other words, if I had never heard of my rich Aun • Mahala. Now, unfortunately, just as you please to consider it--I had not only heard of her, but she was the oracle to which our family listened on all occasion*. She was a spinster of the severest type, but she WHS the possessor of $200,000 in good securities, and this, as you may imagine, covered a multitude of defects. When I was 6 years old, and my cous­ ins, Bert, and Jim Ogden, Mere about Hie same age, Aunt Mahala announced her intention of setting one of us up in business to the extent of half her fort- line when lie, the lucky boy, should become 25 years of age. Whichever One of us l<est suited her in general be- ' bavior and in the choice of a wife should be the favored one, she declared. On that day my tronble commenced. Of course, the choice of a wife had not yet entered my youthful imagination, but as I grew into boyhood I manifested a natural desire to have as good a time as ' other boys, and this was entirely pon-. trary to Aunt Mahala's strict ideas of propriety. "The idea of your letting that boy go < with a lot of other young loafers to ride down hill till 10 o'clock at night!" she would say to my moth r; and for that Winter, at least, my fan was spoiled, or •lse procured under the greatest diffi­ culties. Oh, I hated Aunt Mahala in those days, and wished her a thousand miles away! Wiien I was old enough to realize the Immense help her money would be to me, I did for the time try to please her; but her whims and her almost-constant interference provoked me beyond Ihe bounds of endurance. "Let her keep her money!" I de­ clared, wrathfully, to my m ther who was always expostulating against my impatience. "If Jim and Bert want to "Jfet down on incir vu uce vhsy do so, but I am resolved to be inde­ pendent." Now, all this sounded very fine, and I felt every word of it; at the same lime, $100,000 was a nice sum, and nothing would have suited me better than to have it at my disposal. When I obtained the situation at "Wells & Banker's, Aunt Mahala for the dBrst time ackuowledged herself pleased. "I like to see young men get into ^business," she said, emphatically. "*There is nothing more disgusting than •to see a young sprig like yourself saun­ tering around with a cane and a cigar, trying to make folks think he's a man when he don't know any more than a baby." Strangely enough, she advised all of lier t-ephews to get married. "Men are poor, miserable creatures Sinless they have a sensible woman to look after them and keep them from making fools of themselves," she said to me. I did not contradict this sweeping Insertion, but I might just as well have done so, for she took up lier last re­ mark exactly as if 1 had. : "Yes, fools--perfect fools I They al­ ways will be because they always have been." "Was that the reason you never mar­ ried one of them ?" I ventured to ask, *1 though I knew my chance for the $100,000 would sink a trifle thereby. "None of your impudence, young inau. I refused better fellows than f ou before I was 16 ve irs old, because i ft 't hey didn't know anything. This was very flattering, but I mod­ estly refrained from making any reply whatever, and Auut Mahala went on: "The worst of it is the women don't Jknow anything nowadays--a shiftless, lazy set, with no more common sense than a peacock. Why, when I was a young--" * But I recollected a pressing engage­ ment, and left the room. It was about this time that I met Rav Ansdell. She was an only child, and, although her father was not wealthy, he was in possession of a good income; BO R iy dressed handsomely, went in the best society, and every wish was grati­ fied. She was not a beauty, strictly speakiug, but she had a fresh, piquant face that waa more attractive than mere regularity of features, and she knew : how to make herself irresistibly charm­ ing to her friends. Gay. stylish and inclined to flirt I found her; but be- , neath it all she was pure and true and iiH--X womanly, and I loved her as I had" never even dreamed of loving any woman. I plucked up courage at last and told her so, although 1 knew she could do b tter as far as money was con cerned, unless, indeed, Aunt Mahala decided in her favor, which at present eeemed very unlikely. And now that Bay had promised to be mine, and I was looking forward to our marriage, I longed for the $100,000 more than ever. It would enable me to place my darling in as good a home as I should take her from, and I could not endure the thought of anything less. I did not want i o take advantage of Jim and Bert, however. Once I ventured to broach the subject to my eunt, and proposed that she should di­ vide the money equally among the three of us; bat I was promptly told to mind my own affairs, and not trouble myself about money whioJTwould never trouble me. / Bert happened to be the one to in­ form Aunt Mahala of my engagement to Hf inijlH "JioHyott she's afryl- IC • &y . tftLu... ^ o*.. . S'v r ish!" I heard him say in conohi'ion, and with malicious intent I was sure, for the word "stylish" always goaded jthe old lady into a furious humor. "Stylish P she snorted--excuse the verb, but no other one expresses her tone. "Of course that's all he w»nts, then I Auy little fool wlio can minoe along and look like a fashion plate will do for hjjm--no brains, no common sense--but never mind if she's only stylish!" At this juncture I walked into the room, and Bert, who did not know my proximity, looked a l.ttle crestfallen, and BO->n took his departure. "So Bert was kind enough to inform yon of my engagement " I remarked. "Oh, yes. Jt was nothing to me, of ooarse. He only happened to mention it." This in her most sarcastio tone of voice, and I knew she was offended be­ cause I had not made a confidant of her. "It is only a few days since it was all Settled, and I was w liting an oppor­ tunity to inform you of it," I said, anx­ ious to conciliate her if possible. : "Don't trouble yourself to make ex­ cuses, young man. Of course no one expected you to think of your poor old aunt at such a time as this. She has nothing in common with lofty young gentlemen nor giggling little flirts either." "Aunt Mahala, please don't pass judgment on Ray Ansdell until you iuive seen her and become acqu-unted with her," I begged, feeling the occa­ sion to be too important to lose my temper. ', "Well, bring her around," she conde­ scended to sav. "I confess I'd like to see the girl who is tool enough to want to throw herself away on you." It would never do to slight this court­ eous invitation, so I explained to Kay soon afterward that an eccentric old aunt of mine desired to see hee. Ray ex­ pressed her willingness to go and pay her a visit. "I dearly like eccentric people,", die declared, enthusiastically. I greatly doubted lier liking Aunt Ma­ hala, but I would not discourage her by saying so. "I will come for you early Saturday afternoon," I said, as I kissed hergood- by at the door. "And, darling, you must not mind if my aunt makes pecul­ iar remarks; it is her way." "Oh, no! And I shall make her like me, in spite of your forebodings to the contrary." "Now, Ray, I never said--" "No, you never said so," interrupted Ray, "but you looked it all the time. You imagine your Aunt Mahala and I wonM; get on together; well, we shall "I don't know how any one can help loving you," I cried, snatching a dozen kisses from the bright, roguish face so close to mine. Saturday, immediately after lunch­ eon, I informed Aunt Mahala that I should bring R iy Ansdell to see her that afternoon. "Ansdell--Ansdell," she mused; "I used to know a man by that name, a good wh;le ago--a poor, shiftless, drink­ ing fellow. What did you say her other name was?" "Rachel," I replied, thankful that it was an old-fashioned name, for Aunt Mahala persisted in liking anything and everything dating fifty years back. "Then why don't you call her Rachel Af M'1U O nowvwck v* vuwv 0»u* lugauikiuv r then I suppose it would not be stylish enough for her ladyship." I kept my temper with an effort, and tried to say ealmly: ^ "Auntie, I hope you will say nothing to Miss Ansdell about your fortune or your intentions regarding it. Site promised to marry me, believing me to be a poor man with my way to make in the world, and, as slie will probably have to live with me as such, I don't want you to raise expectations which may never be realized." "Don't be alarmed," said Aunt Maha­ la, grimly. "It's not likely I'd be brag­ ging of my money to a little chit like her, who don't know the value of a dol­ lar except to fritter it away on candy and ribbons. By the way, I should think it would be quite a come-down for the young lady to set up housekeeping on a salary of $75 a month," sneered the old lady, in a manner that made my blood boil. "You will please be more respectful in speaking of her and to her," I retort­ ed. "I don't expect you to like her. If I brought down an angel out of heaven you would say she didn't know any­ thing ; but if you do not treat Ray Ans­ dell decently I will never forgive you, and when I have a home of my own you shall never enter it. Now* mark my words." "You insufferable puppy!" shouted Aunt Mahala, furiously. "You look well talking about angels out of heaven! You look a great deal more like mating with an angt'l ont of the other place, with your smoking and swearing and your disrespectful manner--" Here she choked for breath, and I escaped from the room. I reflected that I had been exceedingly foolish to 4«Mb my temper when talking to Aunt Mahala, for when this happened she never failed to get the better of me. She certainly had done so now, and this fact would put her into something as nearly resemb ina good humor as she ever allowed herself to indulge; conse­ quently now was the time to present Ray. I hurried at once to her home, and found her waiting for me. "You don't say a word about my new suit," she said, as soon as we started. "It just came home ftom the dress­ maker's, and it is quite too stylish for anything." Mv heart sank. Aunt Mahala would hate the dress and its owner, I thought, as I looked down at it, It was a plain, full skirt of some silky material, with a gathered waist, and pliffs at the top of the sleeves; nothing fancy about it, but if it w.is. stylish its fate was sealed so far as Aunt Mahala was concerned. "Rob, something troubles you this afternoon," exclaimed far-sighted Ray. "Do I look so very hideous, and are you sure that Aunt Mahala won t like me?" "You are charming, my pet; but I was thinking how miserably poor I am. Ray, have you ever reflected that with my salary I cannot provide all the luxuries to which you have been accustomed in your own home ?" "Rob, have yon ever reflected that so long as I have you I don't care a pen­ ny for luxuries or anything else?" "But when you are deprived of them you may miss them more than you im­ agine, my dear Ray," I urged. "If you keep on talking in this ridic­ ulous way I shall think you are becom­ ing tired of me, and in that case there is no!u°e going to see your Aunt Maha­ la," exclaimed Ray, stopping short and pulling her arm from mine. there, Rqr« I wont say an­ other word. We'll take each other for better or for worse, and III work--oh, how I will work, to make a fitting home forvou!" We had arrived at the house by this time, and I led the way ai once to my .Aunt Mahala's room. The old lady arose as we entered, and gazed steadily at Ray. "Where did you get that dress?" she demanded, without paying the least at* tention to my formal introduction. "Madame Guthbert made it for me," answered Ray, manifesting no surprise at my aunt's abrupt question. "It's the first decent dress Pre seen on a girl in fifty long years! Why, child, I had one made nearly like it when I was a girl; and a bead work- bag, too!" exclaimed my aunt, snatch­ ing at the dainty morsel of glistening steel which Ray held in her hands. "Just such a one as I had given to me on my eighteenth birthday. I used to carry it wherever I went, but one day I was out in a boat with a lot of young people and some one dropped it over­ board, and that was the last of it. I can't understand how you happen to be carrying one so near like it in these davs*," Aunt Mahala said, in a dazed kind of way. "This was Grandmamma Ansdell's when she was young," Ray explained brightly. "It's exactly like the fashion­ able ones now, and mamma said I might have-it for mine. I'm knitting lace," she went on, as my aunt oontinued to gaze at her like one in a dream, "so I thought I'd bring it along and work while we talked." "To be sure, my dear! Sit right here by me," said Aunt Mahala, draw­ ing out the, easiest chair and seating Ray in it. All this time I had stood by, so as­ tounded by the old lady's amiability that I hardly comprehended what was being said. Had she suddenly lost her' mind, or was Ray bewitching her? They were soon deep in the mysferies of lacemaking, and Aunt Mahala brought out piece after piece of lace yellow with age. "All my own work when I was a girl," she said; and Ray pronounced them lovely, and asked to copy some of the patterns. Never had I seen Aunt Mahala in such a mood as this, and I could only be thankful and hope for it to last. Rob, the poor old goose, doesn't seem to appreciate lace work," Ray said, with a sidelong glance at me. "That's so," replied Aunt Ma.ha.lfr, evidently agreeing on the goose ques­ tion. "And he can go about his busi­ ness, if he ha4 any." I left, and only returned in time to take dinner with them, rightly judging that they would get along as well with­ out me. "Your aunt has given me the loveli­ est hand-embroidered handkerchief!" Ray informed me. "And she is going to teacli me how to do the same kind of embroidery. Oh, I have had a delight­ ful afternoon!" she went on, turning to Aunt Mahala, "and I shall come again very soon." "Robert," said my aunt, as Ray was tying on her quair.t poke bonnet to go home, "Rachel looks very much as I did at her age." I actually thought I saw tears in Aunt Mahala's eyes when Ray threw her arms around her neck and kissed her good night, and her voice certainly trembled as she said: "Good night, my dear ohild. God HLOGFL arij VOAP vivn !n „ _ _ • . . "Rob, 1 " has your Aunt Mahala any property ?" inquired Ray, soon after we commenced our homeward walk. "Yes; I believe she has sopie," I an­ swered, hypocritically. "Then I am sure she intends giving some of it to you. She asked me how I expected to get along as the wife of a poor man, and I said I should be very economical. I told her we were going to work together and make money; that I should do most of my own work, and all that. She chuckled, and nodded her head, and kept saying, ' We shall see --we shall see!' And I couldn't help thinking she meant to do something for you. I hope she will, Rob, for your sake. I don't like to think of your toil­ ing behind that desk to make a bare living for us." Then I told her all about the $100,- 000, which I had hot the slightest doubt would now be mine. "And all because you are the dearest, sweetest, most sensible little woman in the whole world," I declared. "No," contradicted Ray; "it'sbecause fashion, like history, repeats itself. If the old styles had not become new, I shouldn't have had my dress made in this delightful, old-fashioned way, nor should I have been oarrying Gradm^m- ma Ansdell's work-bag, nor should I have been knitting lace such as your Aunt Mahala made so long ago; and you know very well, Rob, that it wps all this which pleased the dear old ladv." "Then we will call it Providence working in our behalf, and be thankful forevermore," I said. . "And we will do something for your cousins, who will be terribly disap­ pointed ?" pleaded tender-hearted R iy. "Certainly," I replied. "I always in­ tended to help them\ if the money came to me." The next day Aunt Mahala informed me that I m glit get into any branch of business that I desired, and she would furnish the money. "You have some business tact," she sa.id condescendingly, and, with such a wife as Rachel An dull, you can't go far wrong." I thanked her heartily, and kissed her to emphasize my thanks, at which she was greatly incensed, and told me j not to make a fool of myself. | Bert came over the same morning. 11 fancied lie was a little anxious to know | how Aunt Mahala liked Ray. She did j not keep him long in suspense, but sounded her praises until he appeared to grow tired of listening. "Wait until you see' the girl I have my eye on," he said lightly. "You couldn't find onef like Rachel Ansdell if you had hunted the world over. Why, I shall never forget how I felt when she walked in here yesterday. She looked like some dear old picture stepped down out of a frame. It brought back the days of my youth--it did indeed!" declared Aunt Mahala, verging on the poetical. The old lady has never lost her good opinion of Ray, but always looks upon her with especial favor. She is losing some of her sharpness of tongue and temper too. I think she i< ashamed to indulge before Ray, who is good nature and sunshine itself. H she keeps on improving, she will be quite a lovable old lady; but, however that may be, R ty and I can never foiget how muoh we owe her. A CAMP KftSOlME. (John Taylor, in Philadelphia Times.] * f ore de Lord, I ootoh yon now, Bhuah." These words, not much in them­ selves, were uttered under such pecu­ liar circumstances as to cause shouts of wild laughter in the Confederate camp, located beyond the town of Fredericks­ burg, Va., and they were the expres­ sions of satisfaction given utterance to by one of the numerous faithful ser­ vants and followers of "Young Marster." The splendidly-organized, armed, and equipped army of the Union, under General Hooker, lay encamped along the north bank of the Rappahannock river, in Stafford county, while the Confederates, under General Lee, guarded the south bank. Rations, as usual, were scarce within the Confeder­ ate lines, and chicken was a luxury sel­ dom to be enjoyed. Jim, the well- known ^attendant of the Lieutenant- Colonel1 of the Forty-seventh Virginia Infantry, who enjoyea the reputation of being not only a splendid cook, but also a successful forager, had, upon one of his expeditions, by some means, fair or foul, secured a rooster, destined on some important occasion to adorn the table of the Colonel. Coops not being regarded as a part of camp equipage, Jim secured his prize by tying it by the leg to his cook-tent until tlie captive rooster became domesticated to camp life, when it was allowed to roam around the camp, yet ever under the watchful eye of Jim, its captor. The ordinary routine of camp life was occasionally varied by shot or shell, sent as a re­ minder from the Stafford Heights into our lines. Men soon become accus­ tomed to such things in war times, and Jim was not in exception to the general rule, as the future demonstrated. Tlie Colonel, summoning Jim to council, informed him that company of great importance would that day visit the camp, and inquired of his faithful ally whether it would be safe to invite them to remain and dine. Assuming an air of deep thought, scratching his head, and gazing intently on the ground, Jim replied: - "Marse, tings am berry scarce around here; but I 'spects by killin' ob dat chicken an' makin' dumplin' soup, wid what tings old Marster sent you de odder day, we might make out to git up a fa'r kind of en-ten-men-tain-ment, sar." "All right, Jim; tlitjn upon your re­ sponsibility I will invite my friends to remain to camp dinner," said the Colonel. Immediately in frSnt of Jim's tent there remained a panel or so of an oHl Virginia worm fence left standing, which had been carefulfy guarded and used by Jim for his culinary work. A search for "dat chicken" disclosed him scratching in a corner of that old worm fence. Jim went for the chicken, and that wise old bird sought refuge first on one side and then on the other, dodging under and through the rails in so successful a manner that Jim, tired and disgusted, mounted on a top rail and sat down, waiting patiently for the chicken to seek some other refuge where he could capture him easier, all the time giving expressions to his dis­ gust at the chicken's obstinacy in re­ fusing to be caught. Suddenly a flash^was seen on the Stafford side of the river, and the v- histling of 2 shot WM hpwcL There, crash, and, to the horror of the AMATEURS may fish all day without catching anything, and there is no reason why a fox is neoessary for the pleasure of « fox-hunting party. was a camp, rails were swfc» about, thq rem­ nant of Jim's fence lay Strewn around, and Jim was recognized on the ground in spread-eagle style. The Colonel's dinner was forgotten, and Jim only was thought of. As the soldiers ran to pick up what they supposed to be Jim's life­ less remains, he was seen to pull him­ self together, gain a sitting position, and gaze around him upon the scene of dis­ aster with eager and anxious grze. His eyes soon rested upon the frightened rooster making the best possible time down the middle of the camp; Jim, springing nimbly to his feet, without expressing surprise or fright at his escape, giving a loud guffaw, and in lively tones of pleasure, exclaimed, as he started on a rapid run after the chicken: "Dar, now, breBS God, you can't git under dat fence no mo'; 'fore God, I cotch you now, shuah." He captured his rooster, and retired amid the cheers and shouts of the camp to his tent to make "dat pot ob chicken soup, wid dumplin's" for young mars- ter's company. Called Her " Darling." As the train pulled out of Charleston I looked around the car and saw that there were seven of us occupying whole seats, while the eighth was a peart- looking girl about 18 years old. I think the idea with the other six men was to get some sort of an excuse to share the young lady's seat. One offered to open the window, but found it open and fell back. A second offered her a book, but she had read it. A third handed her a newspaper, but she had the same issue. The fourth one was a drummer from Cincinnati. He pulled his cap down, picked up his grip and went to the door and banged it as if he had just entered. Then rushing along the aisle he plumped down beside the girl without a word, stowed his grip under his feet, and pulled out a paper and began to read. It was ten minutes before he said a word to her, but when the conversation opened she proved to be the most en­ tertaining talker man ever listened to*. She had traveled everywhere and seen everything, and had a laugh to make a man's heart jump. As the train thun­ dered on the drummer made love, lied right and left, and seemed to have made a complete mash. She gave him her address, invited him to call, told him all about the family, and permitted him to call her darling before we reached Sa­ vannah. He was to see about her bag­ gage there, and while looking for it she slipped away. When we got to the hotel he suddenly grew as white as j flour. She had l>orrowed his diamond ring and still had it. She had slyly taken his gold watch and chain, and when he felt for his wallet his lingers clutched an empty pocket. He danced around like a crazy monkey, figuring his total loss at $520, but he raved in vain. The entertaining girl, who had permitted him to "darling" her, and who had solemnly informed him that she had never known what love was until then, could not be found by the police. It was a back handed game.-^ Af. Quad. Come Easy, Wo Easy. A Nevada paper says that not one man in ten who made fortunes ranging from a quarter of a mi lion to a half million dollars in the early days of the Comstock mines is worth $1 to-day. "These men," it says, "were the m. at extravagant the world ever knew--even built the finest private residences, owned the best horses, and drank the liighest-pr ced wines that money couldi buy. Many of them went to Europe, and astonished the Old World with their lavish expenditure of money. To­ day the men who can proudly cl^im the possession of independent bank ac* counts as the result of their l^^re -pn the Comsto -k can be counted on one's fingers, and the men who were rich in the sixties are now reduced to nearly absolute poverty, and c m be counted bv the hundreds. It is the story of the California pioneers told over--only that the Comstock men had the advantage of the lessons in prodigaliry taught by the Argonauts.--Harper's Weekly. THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN. DK. DENKEB, of St. Petersburg, treats diptheria by first giving the patient a lax alive, and when its opperation has ceased he gives cold drinks acidulated with hydrochloric acid and then a gar­ gle of lime water and hot milk in equal parts every two hours. His method has been very successful. CAREFUL cooking of even the longest used and best known kinds of food, whether animal or vegetable, is the im­ portant rule to insure health and strength from the table. No matter what tlie quality of the food to begin with may be, a bad cook will invariably incur heavy doctor bills and a not less inconsiderable "little account" at the druggist's. PF.IIMANEKT REMOVAL OF CORNS AND CALLOUS SKINS.--Soak the foot in warm water for fifteen minutes; it softens the ports affected and it can readily be pared to the flesh, but so as not to cause bleeding. Make the following salve: To one teaspoonful of vosaline or lard add seven drops of carbolic acid, stir until thoroughly mixed; apply the salve night and morning until the irritation is gone. The above salve is excellent for cuts, burns, eto. ALWAYS IN A HURRY.--Every morning thousands of men in the vicinity of large cities and towns hurry from their houses and take themselves to the nearest rail­ road station- It frequently occurs that when a man is the most hurried, a train just rolls into the station as he comes in sight of it several rods away. Con­ sequently he runs pell-mell and plunges through the gate-way and into the train completely exhausted, with his heart beating like a trip-hammer and per­ forming its functions with great diffi­ culty. The hurrying man passes through these experiences daily, and the ques­ tion arises whether this incessant run­ ning to catch trains is not a more potent and general factor in producii-g heart disease than has been supposed. On this point a prominent physician says: "There is undoubtedly a connection. The bane of our American life is its ceaseless hurry which induces nervous diseases, and cannot exert a favorable influenoe upon the action ot the heart. And this especial matter of hurrying to catch trains is one that daily affects thousands of men, some of whom have hearts that are not sound. Therefore they are injured by the sudden and vio­ lent strain and expose themselves to grave dangers." The same subject is further discussed by another eminent physician who says that "great care is necessary in matters of this kind for people who are suffering from heart dif­ ficulties, either latent or developed. There are among the business and pro- fessionol men of New York those who are more or less afflicted with some form of heart disease, which in many cases has bpen induced by severe attacks of rheumatism or kidney disease. A case of heart disease cannot be attributed alone to ascending stairs. Of course the tirst effect of running or rapidly as­ cending is shortness of breath. The legs and arms move quickly, while' the motion of the heart is slower and does not catch up. By this a load of bloodi from the limbs is suddenly thrown upon the heart before it moves rapidly enough to dispose of it. This burden suddenly put upon the heart and the temporary congestion in the lungs cause imperfect action, and the victim experiences what is known as shortness of breath. This is the effect upon a person running up the stairs of the elevated railroad stations to caitch trains. If the heart is perfectly sound this over-exertion will not pro­ duce disease. But the thousands of per­ sons with weak hearts should move carefully, and miss a train rather than make themselves uncomfortable.--JBOM- ton Budget. Schools for the Circns. When, at the beginning of an exhibi­ tion season, after passing the manager's inspection, an athlete of any kind gets into the ring, he presents a vast amount of hard and thoughtful labor and in­ struction. He has been in "'winter quarters" of some kind, but he lias also- been at a "school," and the younger he is, tlie more he has to endue from ex­ acting and often severe teachers. The large shows and more enterpris­ ing showmen often set up "schools" of their own, connected, it may be, with tlie establishments wherein they keep and train their quadruped performers. In every such school of the circus there is a good deal of machinery, as well as an experienced professor of the art of doing impossible things. There are kept on hand every kindlof gynn as- tic apparatus for the development ox active and muscular strength. These latter vary, of course, with tUe nature ©f the lesson the pupil is learning, and a* last he is confronted with the very thing he is to employ in the presence of watching crowds. But the pitiless severity meted out to all needless failures made in the pres­ ence of his exacting trainer, tl e "school­ master," he is made to understand at en early day that he must never make a failure iu the presence of paying spectators. The trainer represents the keen-eyed" public and also tne demand of his em­ ployer, the manager, and lie must give a good account of his time, and money expended upon the school. If any l>oy should be seized with a "fever" to dis­ tinguish himself in the "ring" nothing would be as likely to cure him as a week or so under a careful and faithful teacher in a winter school for a circus. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the scholar would forever afterwa d l>e con ten! e l to remain outside of the iop© circle. SMALL DWELLING HOUfflS. r the InfarmaHm* Pvopoae Balldliig. JFrom Homes ni How to Make them Healthy.] The front door is at the side, and opens on to a narrow passage three feet wide at the most, which, when the door is shut, is in a state of almost abso­ lute darkness. Perhaps, however, the builder lias bethought himself of this point, and formed over the door a glass fanlight. This fanlight, however, being the only and obvious means of ventila­ ting the hall and staircase, is hermitic- ally sealed. The first door to be ap­ proached is that of the front parlor; a pleasant room enough, with a bay win­ dow, with its array of that best of all decorations, natural flowers. The at­ tention, however, is attracted to certain disfiguring stains on the walls-, rising in unequal patches from the skirting, and which, being obviously damp, connect themselves instinctively with a certain mouldy smell perceptible in the room. The cause of both smell and stains is not far to seek; it is no damp-proof course and no concrete under the floor. The ultimate effects will undoubtedly be dry-rot in floor timbers, and destruc­ tion of paper after paper, until the enemy is attacked at the root, and at great cost the damp-proof is inserted, the ground under the floor is removed and concrete laid down. Behind the last-named room, and possibly opening into it with folding doors, is a smaller room, about which there is nothing particular to be re­ marked, except that its smaller size is necessitated by the additional width required for the stairs and passage at the side, whilst its outlook at the back is narrowed by the projecting block of domestic offices In this projection is situated the kitchen, which, being the room that by reason of the heat of the fire, and the necessity for its being in nse during the heat of summer as in the depth of winter stands most in need of an ample supply of air and ventilation, is considerably smaller as to area, and some two feet lower in height than the rest of the house. Here, from innum­ erable crevices in boards and plaster, swarms of black beetles, emerging at night-time pervade every accessible spot. A wholesale slaughter now and then does not tend to improve matters by leaving hosts of bodies of defunct insects to the process of decay. A solid floor of concrete and wood-bricks would provide a lasting and not inexpensive remedy for this abominable pest. Ad­ joining the kitchen a small, dark and damp recess contains a sink and is called the scullery; while side by side, and with carefully arranged facilities for ventilating the one into the other, ar3 the servant's water-closet and larder, and at a few feet distance, the dust-bin, with its complement of bones, decaying vegetables and other refuse. Up stairs will be found the liedroonis, with, nowadavs, not unfrequently, the bathroom. The size of these rooms and their position cannot well be varied, but care has been taken to render them as pervious to rain, and as susceptible to changes of temperature, by building the outer walls only a few inches thick, and by emitting any non-conducting material between the ceiling of the upper floor and the slates on the roof. The staircase, squeezed into as small a space as possible consistently with get­ ting up at all, and is so full of winding steps, and so steep, that one trembles for the chances of the poor little ones who will have to toil up and down the ascent. Tlie utter disregard of the possibility of a house of this kind being ever inhabited, by children is a curious and noteworthy fact. The faults de­ scribed above, together with other sins of omission, such as the neglect to sup­ ply cupboard room, and the utter dis­ regard of the simplest possible rules sanitary scienee in the drainage ar­ rangements, are repeated again and again, notwithstanding the complaints which assotL the builder on all hands. the Pacific coast Argonauts werp p-'rsi- monious oompared with theapu They ; Gifts in kind will bp gladly ftoeepted. M. DREYFUS, the millionaire of Paris, put in all the leading Fiench papers a card, stating that he would not in the future be responsible for any of the debts incurred by his son, Maxime. Whereupon the young man issued a counterblast, in the form of a circular, saying: "M. Mixime Dreyfus, in con- sequenoe of the note wlr'eh h s ap­ peared in *e eral journals is plunged in the" direst misery, and solicits the assistance of his friends, and will lie grateful for the smallest contribution. The- Old Families of New England. Some twenty years ago we used: to hear a great deal about "mudsills" and "F. FV V.V'--slang terms implying that the people of Virginia,or of the Southern States in general, were of more aristo­ cratic origin than the people of New England, and! were accordingly entitled to look down upon them. "We are the gentleman ©f this conn try, "said Robert Toombs in 1860. This assumption was thoroughly baseless. In point of fact the English) ancestors of . the Washing- tons, the Randolphs, the Fairfaxes, and the Talbots were no higher in social position than the families of the Win- throps, the Dudleys, the Eatons, and the Saltonstalla. The foremost families which came to. New England were of of precisely the same rank with the foremost families which came to Vir­ ginia, and in many instances there was relationship between the former and the latter. So far as mere names go, this is well illustrated in Bishop Meatfe's list of old Virginia families, in which occur twach names as Allen, Bald­ win, Bradley, Bowdoirt, Carrington, Copper, Dfubney, Davenport, Farley, Gibbon, Holmes, Hubbard, Lee, Mor­ ton, Meade, Nelson, Newton, Parker, Russell, Selden, Spencer, Talbot, Tyler, Vaughan, Walton, WardvWilcox and Wythe--every one of which is a name of frequent occurrence of Now Eng­ land. Two-thirds of the names in Bishop Meade's list occur also in Sav­ age's Dictionary of the Settlers of New England. Most of the leaders of the Massachusetts colonists were country gentlemen of good fortune; several of them were either related or connected with the nobility; tlie greater port of them had taken degrees at Cambridge, and accordingly one of the first things that naturally occurred to them was to found a new Cambridge in the New World. If they had remained in En­ gland, many of them would have gone into Parliament with Hampden and Cromwell, and would have risen to dis­ tinction under the Commonwealth.-- John Fiske, in Harper's Magazine. A Temper and a Fortune. A few years ago a young man named John Peck secured a situation as con­ ductor oil the Metropolitan railway, Boston, and it chanced that during the first days of his B rvice his car was Revet al times thrown from the track by vails becoming misplaced. One day the end of the rail flew up and became fast in the car truck. He lifted and pushed and 16at his temper in the effort to get the car on the track and the rail in place again, and at night was so dis­ gusted that he threw up his situation. But his experience set him to thinking, and in a few days he called on an officer of the road and said that he could make a "chair" that would hold the rails firmly together at the joint-. The officer laughed at his confident asser­ tions, and told h m that he had heard similar stories dozens of times. Bnt the ex-conductor exhibited his model drawings, whioh appeared so promising that he was told to go ahead and make : a trial. The result was a complete success. To-day John Peck's patent railway ohair*for which he secured his t, first patent m 1872, his second in 1876 and h s third and last in 1881, is nned > * by all the street railways in Boston, and :/ by many of the great steam raili the United States.--Bos on PosL PITH AND P0E*TT A BUX-CLOCK is useless when fherefe f no cause of alarm. ANY good-looking lass is perfectly happy when left toner own reflections. ^ AT least three men on the average jury feel bound to disagree with the > rest to show that they've got minds of their own. PA, what is an employment agent?" . "Why, my son, he is a man who is Very anxious to get work for others to do. He himself doesn't want any." JOSH BILLINGS' advice: "Mi dear boy, selekt your buzzem friend with > grate caushun; once selekted, indorse him with your bottom dollar." TEACHER--"Define the word exca- " vate." Scholar--"It means to hollow out." Teacher--"Construct a sentence in which the word is properly used.* Scholar--"The baby excavates when it •gets hurt," WE see that "fur-lined circulars lure fashionable again." People had muoh better advertise in the newspaper than was^e tlieir money sending fur-lined circulars through the postoffioe.--BOB- • ton Commtrcial Bulletin. "BILL, what's become of Lem John­ son ? Hain't seen dat chap for more'n ; seventeen weeks." "Oh, he dun got in a bad scrape and had to leave town." "How was dat ?" "He was caught in de act of passing a counterfeit cent." WHAT a judge of character that Brooklyn boy must be of whom the fol­ lowing story is told : UI reckin it's Vanderbilt hisself," said an urchin to a group of comrades who gathered around to hear his story of a man who bad just been rescued from drowning. "Why de yer think so?" asked one of them. "Cos I saw 'im give the feUer what hauled 'im out a quarter." "No, SIR-EE," remarked the old resi­ dent. "My wife didn't bring me a cent. But* it was my fault. I wouldn't have it. The morning of the day we were married I savs to her, says I: 'Maria, how much money have you got?' She says: 'John, I've just got 25 cents.' Then says I: 'Come with me,'and I took her down to the canal and had her throw the quarter into the drink. I wasn't goin' to have the woman twit­ ting me about spreadin' around on her money." DR. HAUGHTON, a well-known sage of Dublin, an enthusiastic lover of animals and keenly interested in zoological matters there, invited a London, yit to breakfast with him at the Zoological Gardens in company with a few kindred spirits. As soon as the wit appeared he was called on for a happy thought, and promised that if one occurred to him he would give it forth. Dr. Haughton was speaking of the difficulty of keeping up the funds of the sooiety-- sixpence had been charged at the jJfates, and twopence, but it was hard to get • sufficient money in. "A happy thought!" cried his guest. "Throw open the doors and let the people in gratis. Then close the gates and open the other gates--the doors of the beasts' cages. Finally, _i xi ^ D/j) VlllKT^V MIg - WIUIU^ VOT * Mall Gazette. ' -' "A MAN entered the office the Other day," says Puck, "heavily laden with a variety of objects. A breast-pin stuck in the label of his coat; a custard pie was in his left hand; a pair of lavender treosers hung over one arm, while a bent piece of stovepipe was held under the other; a green apple was in his coat . pocket; his other liand contained a plate of ice cream, a glass of soda watei and a can of kerosene, Beside him walked a mule with a garden gate on his back, and a bull-dog and a goat. He created a great deal of consternation until he stated that he was a journey­ man humorist, accompanied by his pro­ fessional instruments, whioh he desired to store for a few days, a reque3t,lhat- was cheerfully granted by the stall About Small Farms. According to the census there were- 4,00$,907 farms in the United States in 1880. No doubt this number has in­ creased perhaps 200,000 since then, as emigration lias been large, and there has been a fever for "going West," but the> faet to be especially noted is, that only i:i£»,241 were farms of less than ton acres. Farmers' clubs and farmers' jour­ nals have been scolding agriculturists for not working small farms, but peo­ ple generally know their own interests best.1 Land is constantly growing in val­ ue in this country, and at the' end of a long life the farmer with the most land is the best off. He may havo-made no more than a bare living with his broad acres; but the land, whioh,. whes ho bought was worth only $5 an acre, has a market value of $50 to $100<n*i acre. Then again, while land is cheap it does- not pay to spend money iiii costly ma­ nures or to farm high; it is more profit­ able to buy virgin land and exhaust it by repeated cropping. Yet over and Over again tlie critics of the farmers tell them that they ought fc®> neglect wheat and corn, and grow cucumbers apd ber­ ries on ten-acre lots; but the actual ex­ perience of the farmer is that it is the large farm which pays bent in the long run. When land gets very dear,'then will come the time to employ CQstJy ma­ nures and labor iu the cultivation soil.--Deinoi'exC# Monthly. ^ -i • • i • • •' ' ~~~ What Becomes of the Statistics cannot account for the world's consumption of one fish--the herring. Russia, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Holland not only supply their own needs* but have quantities of these fish to export. Independent of all this supply, Scotland alone produces enough to satisfy the world's demand for this one article of food. In 1881 the herring catch of Scotland consisted of 1,111,115 barrels. In 1880 tlie supply was still larger by some 350,000 l»arrels. Fresh herrings sold immediately after being caught are not included iu" these enormous totals. Heretofore the query has l>een: What becomes of the myriad of pins which are manufactured? but from this time forth the great statistical conundrum will be: Who eats all the herrings?--Demorext's Mtnthly. A OOBBB8PONDBNT of the American Cultivator gives tho following as a rule for the location of storms: "The wind almost always blows in a circle around a s'orm, and when it bl«ws from tho north the heaviest rain is ea t of you; if it blows from the south, the heaviest rain is west; if it blows from the east., the heaviest rain is south; if it blows from the west, tho heaviest rain is north jtm.-